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! V f i 1 1 t i. t. I 1; i V. 11- r. lit tr 1 1 r, 4 ! 2 l t i vol. ni. EALEIGZ T, N. C, THUi: . il u 4 XxvAr.iAt .3; j . - ioi;ti:v. An IMitor Table. Thnedltor aatln blaaacctnni. lfi countenance f jrruwiHl with carts, lie iulod at Ilia bottom f biulnosm, HI reel at tb top or act air . . 1 1 i chair arm ona elbow upprtlngv 1 bright band upholding bla bead, 1 1 i vn on thfl dntr oil table. Willi d IITe rent documents prettd. ; .Tbare were thirty Ion paes from How , " lcrt " - With underlined capital topped," TLero were Ijrlca Irani Gubher, tbo ,t.i poet, s ' r- r. Conecrnintr sweet floweri and zephyr.' And. a stray rem from toddler, the I ncred hoarsely.' Mook yonder. Til ur k!, ' ' : . "firtniin's coming!" : , : - :. U won!, I taw hU knees frcmMc, nad hi f.iru prow iale. j ; What h It, Tom, old fellow?" leaked. Sick?" Ho turned around, and looked at mo with a faco whiter, paler, more ghastly ami fcar-strlckcn than the faco of any living rnan I had over ocn, nr have seen slnco a faco to like death that I was frightened for a moment at tho change which had tsken place so Instantaneously. . With a quick bound he sprang backwards, and grasped tho lever wtth one hand, while with tho other he pointed tip the track.'."-; I . 1 W W -r-m m mw i W ff ! Tho They,ll 1 ny4nd Vhr.t .Jly ankle U caczht cn:r that timber yonucr tho nul, cjukily. 'If that were removed, I could chi lly cxtrlcato raywlf . I rTSifpcd tho timber and crcttcd all niVEtrenrrtli to inovolt- I r ns- cceded In raliinjr It far enourrh frcm I X2icy Vont. among tho debru to cnablo her to I During tho ccrnlng cavaa Dcm SJJS J&h-aUe!- V.-II1 tccd v.!th lr3 ncath tho beam, I Elippcd p5 editorial oa 1!: s 0,11 cf :8 JJWe. the smooth floor and Jell violently. I Too pcoplo will La 4atergac3 cn Tho sudden Jar detached another I every stump by Democratic crators heavy beam from fell upon my leg. tho roof, vr'.Ich I heard the be no about tho bonds' Issued finat): inv It tv Thmlrnn ' Kh vst V - - W ' " I J A free, and I a nrLsoner. , . . meso orators win neve r ininK to WO were now, within a clrclft ofi rforltrt thn fart that.VAZvw fm"-. nro. ah around us tno names sinco thowar; but thesl papers and ;y tho State . peicrlblng acoopla'of heifers. ; I sprang to my feet with a bound I blazed fiercely, advancing steadily lions of bond were I?cd by !the t: : lotto to trcar to i," mcrr.crbr' csl.lliaoa for ruling money foifo crz!$ the fpxtrc cf the O&f&kratt cviX jT . Tho writer ofthU heartily re sponded to tho sentiment of Gen. 2uV. Itansom, In his memorial address at tbo Confederate Cemete ry In this city three years ago, when ho ' thanked God that lie had blessed this dr i of ours with an abundanco of fio.J3 to cover the graves of all who fell In the late conflict, whether under the blue or the grey,", but If the destitute wid ows and orphans of these dead sol . ft position; the CV:. .:v.. . cratlc tiarty hai riven f . . r Pledge to itho jpeopfo cf II 3 I t that it tia$ their In tercel .1 r 1 1; and afTords a strikin r centra t t tho Itadical party In 1 recent::: : f r thesamelmwrtaatoLIrcan'tir.iii I young man, young -ir. rzrzzil, whoso brief span, of lifj flnco at taining manhood- has nl.jn.Icd him Httlo or nO opportunity to shov hi3 fitness for the position. i;;: nau ' J . .... t )cf v.MJir T C 71. jour- billets from beautiful maid- f nd looked out. rpugn tho driy. towards, theVpoint, whenr. I ;lay vTLi VT' dra are to shIver In & and 8Uffer w". i ... . . -r U4 a can .u. ua, -uw uwpwa. -, 4 .. j ; . . . . ; . v . - s r : - : thfl nftnw nf hunfiw ti OTder that - v warn mm a . a a ' am . w - T - - w . r . finn on wat- i wtt i r . m 1 - wn i , iv nwa r r rcr rrr - rt a i n.-v- i t . - ' There were " - 9mr : i - And bi lis from a irrboor or two. j And bis best leader bitched to a lofter, , Wh iab Inquired 4f he wrote it or who t " ,.rnere wore ropiv- of prn!i!Hifj-iSJ wiire - .t r- v- - " Of the smooth and mellifluon nchool. And one of bis rival' hut papers Informed biia be was a fuot. up-train was approaching at rail I . I . endeavored with- all speed. In half a minute It would strength to raise the timber and ex-ifiriAmftxt in wo&ieif' by UTi'dhi iny train was 1 possible. crowded. . The young girl stood beside me. A3 uc sprang uacKwaru, lorn nau making no enorc to CSCiipe. uo,' s I said; Tho yojmg brag . lawyer of the Democrats In this city, and den. WV.lt. k,: "whom the , Democrats call Vthe bestSolieitor in theState,,,: haye recently given -our candidate a trial In the McPherson-Willlams t t Jcj. II. llr:r, ' t::3 cfthor,::.-. ir rr cf for tho c:v3 cf Clerk of GuiLlrJ. I: icr Court Republicans; when a man goes inlo a rculir 1 Convention1 ho 13 In ho'nor bound to abldb!lt3 d?c!:Ion. Let; no bolters bo enccir.Tc.L ;; . r.'-'j . I nesrlected in the effort to honor the u . :.v,m iVi' t -T--'iL ' -.i? conamon 01 uie&iace or irspeopier . - caxwwUu tuU "v". w f w mueuujug ,wm wurso m wo ara. 1'boro were several lon resolutions, WithnamejiteUinzwhom they are by; f:i:w nlzincr Homo harmless old broiher NVho had dwiio nothing worso than to die! 'I'lrc were traps on the tablo to catch him. And orpe;iU U tinfr and to bito; 'fboro rcro Rift enterprises to sell him, Ar.d blturs attctupiing to bite. reversed the engine." and now the heavy driving wheels were whiz zing round and round in the oppo site direction. Springing to tho chord, I whistled down brakes. It was all 'that wo could do; but ah! how little, when the lives of hun dreds were at stake. 'save vourself. Leave me: you cannot help me. I must die.' For answer she bent down over the beam as it lay across my leg, and exerted all her feeble strength on it. 1, too, assisted her all J could in my cramped position. Our Our speed diminished sensibly, efforts were utter failures. Tin. re vrcrc Ion;r, faring' ads"' from tho city, And money with never a oiie, Which added. " Please j;IveHhis inser tion. And send in j our bill when you've done." There were letters from organizations Their meetings, their wants, and their J;lVS Which said, "Can you t;ivo this an-nomu'einent 1'or the Kod of our glorious causo )" Tht'ic were tickets inviting his presence T festivals, parties and shows, Wr.!'i d in n-tes with " Plc.v;o give us ;i notice" Demr.rely slipped in at thecloso! In nh trt, as iiis eye took tho table. And glanced at its ink-spattored trash, 'J hero was nothing it did not encounter . Excepting pci-hajw it was cash. M I SC I? L L.AS EOUSj 'Go,' I said again, sinking back. 'Save yourself., The fire will reach you iu a. moment more, and no power on earth can save you then.' She deliberately sat down beside me, on the side where the fire was nearest. The Kn mincer's Story. but it became plain to me that a col lision was inevitable. "Tom," I said, Vwe can do noth ing more.' lie shook his head sadly. "Come, then," I said, "It wont benefit those back yonder to have us die." ' Tom's face was pale as death. He said not a word. Placing our hands together we walked to the door of the caboose and stood upon the steps. The engines were within Cfty yards of each other. Hand in hand as we stood upon the engine steps we sprang forward, hope. I was reconciled to death. It seemed to me that we were a long The fire licked her garments. Its time falling, and yet it could not heat was fearful, have been a second from the time we My face was turned towards tho leaped until we struck the snow, yet window at which I had entered, many thoughts rushed through my It was suddenly darkened. A man mind in that swift transit. sprang quickly within the car. I It was the bank of snow in which recognized hira. It was Tom. . wo struck and sank up to our arm- Manfully he. battled his way pits that saved us from Inatant through the fierce flames and stood death ; for had we fallen on the over me, his hair and whiskera frozen ground, or where tho snow singed by the fire through which was light, the shock must inevlta- he came. bly have killed us. As it was, .we I One effort Were there any rings t hi it? Did all of the blockade agenH who; re ceived bonds and mom -y faithfully account for the amounts entrusted to them ? Was there no misappro priation of funds? Were there no defaulters then t Was there no ex travagance with public funds ? I ..." The people wi(l bo told how mpeh tax it will requiie to pny the Siate debt, and how burdensome it will be on the tax,-p lyer. -Will these Democratic orators and editors tell mockery, r -. As Colonel Pool, the Democratic candidate for the office of Superin tendent of Public - Instruction, is publishing a paper called " Our Living and Our Iead," and as this chagrin. ;But we. want to see what and characteri7thea"nrx)Inimiitof 'mar i m I nas oeen saia aooui mr. -urnei Dy Democrats to office by Republicans tne press; or tne state. , we nrst quote from the Wilmington Journal of May 7th, 1870:1 . f: The First Att em pt. Th e maiden effort of our, young lawyer article concerns both our living and friend, Mr. Thos. R. Purnell, mfide our dead, possibly he will publish it for the benefit of those who can be benefitted thereby. the people how high the taxes You saved me from death she WOuld be in this fttate hthpvsup- ,t i i i a j t 1 1 ,1 : ,niti, i . . ucaun.y. auu x wu u,c vt in egtebllshlng the Southern Her face was pale and resolute. I saw she was determined that it should be so. Nothing on earth could alter her determination to die with me. I had given up all BY OUIjA. I am an engine driver. I run the night express from Springfield to St. Louis, rsight anr night my engine dashes through fog and dark ness, run sixty nines an nour, ana my Jolly, red-foots 1 fireiuan ami I are happy as the happiest, as old " Fourteen" dashes through the sleeping town, and over the lonely prairie in the dead of night, waking the echoes with its rumbling, and shrill, unearthly sound of the steam whistle as we near a crossing. I am in love. I am engaged. I, txor devil of engineer, and to mar- the only daughter or a man wno were entirely unhurt. A second later the engines struck. The crash was fearful. The crowded cars were telescoped one literally driven by the force of the collision into the other. High above the shrill sound of escaping steam arose the shrieks oF the wounded passen gers, and the loud, calls jfjoi., assist ance of those "who were unhurt. The wreck of the train was com- Elete. Cars lay in every eonceiva le position, one piled above an other, others overturned. To add to the horror of the situation, several cars caught fire from the burning coals which were thrown from the overturned stoves, and they who had escaped death were now m dan- immense beam was owns broad acres and much gold. I er being burned alive. Tom and I extricated ourselves at last, but only after valuable time had been lost, from the bank of snow into which we had fallen, and hurried to the train. Strong men were standing there, stricken utter ly dumb by the weight of the catas trophe which had -overtaken us, while others wept like children' a3 they heard the groans and shrieks of the wretched creatures who, The child of a proud, dignified old judge, far above me in birth and station; and he Is willing, he is content that one so far beneath him should love and wed his child, for he believed me to be a good man and true. Would you have my story? Listen, then. It was a fearful night when first I n ct my !s'.rling. The snow and u-ct were driving terribly before the fierce and biting northwest wind, and the night was bitter cold, yet Tom and I didn't mind it much, for we were In the warm caboose, and we laughed at the storm with out as it dashed its hail against the windows, striving to force an en trance into our cozy shelter. We were half an hour behind time. It was no fault of Tom's or mine, mind you, for we prided our selves, my brave fireman and I, on running old "Fourteen" nearer time than any dher engine on the road. We could not help it, for the up-train was behind time too, and wo were obliged to switch our train oir the main track, and leave it clear until the delayed train passed. We received a dispatch at last, after waiting half an hour on the switch, stating that the up-train would wait for us at the next sta tion, and to hurry up and make up s much of our lost time as possible between cur station and the next. "Throw everything open, John," said Simukins. our conductor. "Make her do all she can. The pas- the face of a girl of sonarers are crumbling at the de- which, despite the lay." VYc backed the train off the switch, and straightened it in a mo ment on the main track. "Now, Tom," I said, "toss in the coal. Give the furnace all it'll bear. We'll give those unreasonable fel lows buck yonder, who blame us for the delay, such a ride as they've never had before." of his strength and tho heavy thrown aside. 'To the window, quick 1' He caught me up in his strong arms as though I had been a child, and through that seething hell of fire he bore me swiftly to the open window,1 followed closely by the irLwhoai X had saved. , . For weeks I knew no more. I saw her bending over me when I awoke; to consciousness, with a look upon her lovely face which, once seen, can never be forgotten. It was a look of love. Well, I asked the old Judge for his daughter when I was well again, and he spoke these words : 'You saved her life, John, and it they promised to oeiongs to you. ibks ner, unu ue kind to my motherless child. I give her to you with all cheerfulness. John, for I believe you to be a good man and true.' And so I won my darling, my precious, blue-eyed Lizzie. Why Chubb Mourned. When Chubb's wife died we call ed in to mourn with him. and if wounded and unable to help them- possible to console him in his afflic- tion. Tne oia man sac in tne room ing chair, with his eyes closed, selves, were being slowly burned to death. The car next to us, the one to which we first went after extrica ing ourselves, was not overturned. It had been thrown from the track and remained upright, but the ends had been driven in by the force of the shock and the timbers had fal len in all directions. We looked through one of the shattered windows within. Sever al men and women were lying there, to all appearances dead. The liv ing and the wounded had escaped. it's no use, John,' said Tom.sad- chewing a toothpick, and' rocking to and fro as he apparently mused over the years that had sped . so haDDily in company with his late Confederacy? Howl many State bonds were issued for war purposes? father West," I man was even WW -tr V w MVi4VI AAV If much State currenci ? Was Klin tended to pay all ttJose bonds and redeem all that currency? Did these Democratic economists riise any voice against the enormous debt that was then incurred ? Did they cry out when State taxes were piled np mountain' high, and the tenth of all produced was seized! on for the Southern Confederacy ? Where were these mighty figures then? Had they learned the science of numbers then, or were they at school? The terrible evils of the internal revenue system will be depicted by these Democratic Solons.' , Will they forget to tell the people that if there had been no war that there would hovo boen-x internal rev nue system? Will they tell the people that this internal revenue is a tax entailed on the people to pay for the secession war? Will they tell the people that' certain Democratic orators were mistaken their figurings, when, in 1861, pay all the ex penses of secession with a ten cent piece? The demoralization of the times will be bemoaned by these Demo cratic leaders. Will they be frank and acknowledge that the great bulk of it all is justly chargeable to their teachings? Did not seccssjon produce war, and do- not war de velop all the baser passions of the human heartland transform civil ized men into little less than sav ages? Did these Democratic Solo mons think that young roen could be taken from the heavenr&influ- Too Had. . And now comes the iaiior, of the Charlotte Democrat, and grave ly proposes that tli shall be moved " to because a colored mentioned for the office of Mayor of Raleigh. He says: " The idea of styling an ignorant old negro "Esq., and mentioning his name as a candidate for Mayor of the -Capitol of the State is hot creditable to Raleigh or the State." Why, bless your dear soul, broth er Yates, don't get excited. There ain't any law authorizing a mayor as the "8ueked-Orangepollcy., V.pjLiR.Harrells Will find the: judicial -districts in this paper. jRespecting the times for holding-the several-courts, it case or the state vs. Jen. James, 1 would require a thorough examlna- elsewhere reported, has been highly tion of tho laafc ftf o-itto for a first appearance before a jury. Th,8 Secretary of State is supplying a.u to oaiu uia uc cviuvcu uiuvu I vuy wvuuww ntuu uio ian9 yesterday in Superior Court, in the knowledge of the intricacies of le a J a '?! gai argument xor one so young, 10 i .i ; a . State Capitol ana gives promise oia rapiu rise in ..... nix i n if ' a not TIL A I III IP I r-" ' The ' DemocratIc--Conseryativo party is a.party-jof old Ideas and controlled by old men, , .Young for the " Capitol ;" in fact Ihe State House don't need any mayor at all. It never did have a mayor, and if you just won't go and have the State House moved away from tening Raleigh, the Era will urge the " Solomons," when they come here next winter, to pass a law that the " Capitol" never shall have a May oreither white or black, or even jMtirther jwlor sc mocratic centres, and known asmu latto. Now, won't you please comp and let Raleigh keep the capitol without a mayor? But, seriously, " the ignorant old itor, but like Vance's catfish, "tney I men, hb matter "'. 'what ifcelr talent nave swunit migntiy." ? I. HuiliWl,VU3i ocywuwiw, Then from the TVlJmington 'Sfar and only the old fogies are"nomi- of Oct. 27th, 1870 : 4 , . natea to office by the Democracy. A Rising Young EAWYER.4In Tne name or no young man was the case of David 'Frihk.' tried for a I considered bv tho Dflmocmtift-fVn capital oflenceyesterday, Mr; Tnos. servative Fcecutlve Committee fhisPciaaoyhSi5f Superintendent ;?fvPub.Ic- In- Cnl. Mearea in the defeneft. is faid StructlOn. ' ' ) to have acultted1ii mself in a man- ' On the Other hand, ( trie name of ner highly creditable to him, and I n nld mn wna rnnBldArrH hx tho terms or enmnlfinflaf, nn. rmt.fi fhv uniww iu mat omce. his brother members of the bar and others who had the pleasure of lis-1 We hope : the next Legislature tot" his remarks. In Mr. I will make an effort ' to either i call Purneli's brief career in the profes-1 a convention ,to amend the State sion, ne has evinced the possession J Constitution or propose some need- or taients or a mgn order, ana we mi amendments ' in' addition to predict that the day is not far dis-1 those recently adopted tan t when he will be found in the I The election of Judees should bo front rank of the profession in this taken from the popular vote of the State ! 1 people' and recommitted to tho ThTTWofthe xsrtsltnr3TMtlo not a a. a . a i a. publican aper, of Oct. 30th, 1870, jadges and lawversfas exDOunders or tne law,) out also for the law it self. Charlotte Democrat. ' said: "One of! the foremost in the ranks of rising and promising young law yers of North Carolina, is Thos. It. Purnell, a member of the bar. of in negro," the mere mention of whose this city. I Mr. Purnell was admit The Democracy are afraid to trust the people to elect their pwn Judges, and so they wantto. keep tinkering on the Constitution till they get it noma Kqq or eHwtlrcwl fho Phurlnf f 1 ted to nraCtiee at thft Snrino Trm Democrat, has been twice confirmed of the Superior Court of 1869," (and so the people can be cheated out of ' tx, by the Supreme Court at June Term fi10fr fffa iU 4 HoiiAlInn no a Tit rant rtf rra fT tha I i.1 r .t 1 w.. . v, w puFuweuupuy As it has been said by Democrats, most important institutions of pub- and integrity, has brought hini a . '7 . ' " . ' tu.t4YLiKeff ftnaini. liberal Dractice. He has already that Pcl U a man of learning, r 7; appeared in three capital cases, viz: while Mr. Purnell is not, it Is prob- r ,7tT - CSX . State vs. jerrJames, for poisoning, ably well enough to ay that Mr. auu, vuwaiii. , muv. u ouilc vs. vjrcu. xzuuper, JUI uiuiuur, 1 there has been no complaint of a and State vs. David Frink, fori want of integrity or capacity on his rape. -ii- part to fill the position. Mayor Whltaker's Card. The card of Mayor Whitaker ap pears In the Era to-day. He sub mitted his claims for agnomina tion to the arbitrament of the city The Era has other complimen tary notices which we may Use hereafter, I and it regrets that the memory of our Wilmington neigh bor of the Journal has become so treacherous that he cannot remem ber what the naDers of his own city partner. We gently approached ences 01 nome, ana iorcea oiceio Republican Convention, and being said about Mr. Purnell onlv four the subject of Mrs. Chubb's depart- raid on some hen-roost at night! cf defeated, like an honorable man years ago j just before Mr. Purnell and true Republican he comes for- removed from the city." Thomas ure. we assured mm mat we cnn..) oi An too hr aittviMifhifAl nnrh htm in hto noan I 0 t nn.r'the'mor; incerel? gund without becoming demor alized ? Are scenes of blood and ly. 'They're all dead there, poor f hinrfo flnsa fioln 7am Tiffa w .aa-? vjivva v o fs and serve the living and leave the dead.' As Tom spoke I noticed a move ment from one of the females who was lying on the opposite side of the car, as though his voice had aroused her. As he concluded, she raised herself upon her arm and turned her face towards us. It was twenty, a face expression of pain which rested on it, was more beautiful, in its sweet and girlish purity, than any which I before had even dreamed of. The flames were between her and me, and timbers were falling every instant. To enter the blaz ing car would be almost certain death; yet I was resolved to brave it, and save this lady wno bore tne affliction, and the more sincerely because we well knew the estima ble qualities of his wife and were familiar with the virtues with which she adorned her home. "She was, indeed," we said, "an excel lent woman ; a remarkable woman; a woman of sterling qualities and unaffected piety." Chubb stopped rocking and looked at us mourn fully. "Unaffected piety?" he ex claimed ; "unaffected piety ? That's just what's the matter. I tell you, Adeler," he said, bringing his hand down emphatically on the arm of the chair, "the way that there wo man could roast a sugar cured ham would bring tears to the eyes of a graven image." Then we went out and left him alone to his sorrow. There are some kinds of grief that are too sacred to be lightly intruded upon. Max Adeler. carnage calculated to. make men better ? Did these Democratic ora tors suppose that the evil associa tions and corrupting influences" of camp life would have no effect on these men when they returned from the army ? Remember, people of North Car olina, that Democracy is the fruit ful source of all the evils we have, and that the only safety is in voting it out of existence. And "fire up" Tom did. until we approach of death so bravely. Tom had seen ner too, and wnen Death a Journey. The day is not very far distant when the world will begin to look upon death as a Journey to another country. It is now considered so by the little chil- 1 a m , . m aren, inose wno are to taKe our had a heat as irrrt that which Vulcan ever forged by, and under I asked him to assist me through place in the inext generation. Said the. Impetus given by the vast given by T.tnount of steam which the intense heat quickly generated, we dashed nlong at a speed greater than Four teen had ever reached before. The old engine swayed from side to side and we dashed by lono houses on said, as I entered the prairie so quickly that we could nace. 'If I don't the window he did not attempt to dissuade me, for had I not assum ed the duty first he would have gone himself, brave fellow as! ho was. 'Good bye.. Tom, old friend,' I tne blazing lur come back tell hardly obtain a glimpse of them them how I died.' before they were out of sight. We The brave fellow gulped down a were going at the rate of more than rising sob, and after one more long a mile a minute, yet we felt no fear, draught of pure, cold air, I turned for we knew that the road was new away from the - window and in a and good, and so long as the track moment, making my way over bo was clear we were in no more dan- dies of dead men and across burn gcr than would have been incurred leg seats, piled high up one above had we been moving at a snail's the other, where they had been pace. flung by the sudden shock, I stood Tom finished working at the fire beside the girl whom I had come at last, having arranged it to his sat-1 to save. one little boy the other dav. "I want to go to Heaven, and have a nice time." And then those two little motherless girls going to a lady and asking her to please go and ask the friend of hers who was dy ing, to "carry their love to mam ma," s It was yesterday we read the death of the brother of Congress man Saulsbury., When 'dying his wife said to him. "You want to go and see our children, dear?" He said he did. " Well," said she, " tell them their mother will come in a very few days." And she did go. 8he died the same week. f isfactlon, and after lighting his pipe, toot his station at the front windows of the caboose, and look ing out past the flaming head light into the raging storm. Suddenly before he had spoken a The ladies of Xeaven worth are signing a pledge " to use no more She looked up In my face grate- newspapers-except as men use the fully, with a smile so sweet that 6ame i ., . " n - ? even in the moment of peri!, I felt A handsome woman pleases the the blood course swifter through eye, but a good woman pleases the my veins, i think I loved her heart. The one Is a jewel the even then. other is a treasure. " Our .Living and Our Dead." Three little orphans passed thro' Raleigh a few days ago on their way to the Asylum at Oxford. They are from the city of Charlotte, and are the children of a deceased Con federate soldier. Their mother Is now, and has been, for some time, cook and servant to a colored family In Charlotte. She was asked why she accepted service in a colored family, and replied that they were very respectable people and that they paid her more than any white fami ly offered for similar services, and that her poverty forced her to go where she could da best for herself and little ones. ? , Another little orphan was 'found in Charlotte, . ancT 'It' was; desired that she , should v accompany those mentioned, above to the 'Asylum, but she had no clothes fit to travel In. A gentleman went to a number of places where dresses are " made, and offered to pay a good price if a dress were made for the little One at once. He was told that tbie dress could not be made, and . on enquir ing tho reason, he was informed that the dress-makers were all too busy making dresses for tho ladies of wad and urges his friends to sup porf'tjie nominee. This is the proper spirit, and while those who knew hi iii best exp'ected nothing else from him, raises him high in the estimation of all good Republi cans, and they will not forget this action. It is but natural that a candidate should feel disappointed when he fails to secure the object of his ambition, but if he comes for ward in the hour of his defeat, and, sinking, all personal disappoint ment and, selfish considerations, magnanimously declares for his suc cessful competitor, he proves himself worthy of the confidence and sup port of his party. This Mayor Whitaker has done, and he has thus set a noble example to every candi date who shall fail to secure a nomi nation in the State. K. Purnell has a record, and one, too, that ; would be an honor to a much better man than S. D.Pool. Railroad Directors. We are authorized by Governor Caldwell to say that he appointed Judge Manly and Col. Humphrey directors of the Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad Company 1st, because they are 1hUi friends and warm advocates or the gramt con solidation scheme which he has so much at heart. 2d, because he has the utmost confidence in the capac ity and integrity ef both of those gentlemen ; and, 3d, because he looks upon the completion of a con tinuous line of railroad from the Seaboard "to the Tennessee" and We beg our readers pardon for a recurrence to a disagreeable sub ject. Weintend that the Republi can party shall not be held respon sible for the appointraent, of one of its most embittered and violent enemies to a place of trust and profit under the; administration. We feel that we are right, and the endorse ment of "Republican" in another column is only one of many com munications received commending our course. , We. have yet to 'hear the first jtrue Republican approve of the appointment. There is nothing personal in our opposition to Mr. Spelman'as we. have before said. But it is to the principle, full of danger, to the party, in our opinion, that we fight, and shall continue to fight against.' Fill your offices with outsiders, or what is equally! objectionable, with men who are Republicans for the sake of office, and you weaken the attach ment of ihe loyal and trpe, drive them from your councils, and soon demoralize the organization ? ? Read th!e communication of 'Re- pubhean' in to-day's paper. ? ? 1 . Republicans, in Union i alone is strength. In harmony alone Is suc cess. ' Submit your claims' for , of- t-k Mwmloi nntntnalln PnAnJ Georgia line as, far above all party ij .Hf.fcM tha .vr consMeraUonGby ,'CUrtell con, n-XaT- losses to being a Republican of the -. ,: . i i straitest sect, and ' in all strict party ? Repubircan.nslder well before questions sticks . close to 'Ms party yon makej nominations, and, ;wben fjriends,. Jjut' . there' are 'questions you have made your nominations. which rise above party and he rises go to work vigorously for the suc- wf th them, I cess of the nominees, Purnell graduated )w it a, tho .first honors at Trinity College In June, 1809, and r delivered the. salutatory address on that occasion, j there be ing no-valedictory." st hi m . .. Hq received the degreo of - Bach elor of Arts and is now entitled to that bf Master. of Arts. iiS ui I Do those who . charge that I Mr. Purnell Is not a ' man i of learning mean to reflect on the faculty at Trinity? Or do they i mean to say that the law is not one of the learn ed professions ? 4 1 , i ? 1 i ' - ' ' .,1. o; v Murder as a J?lne Art," That the people of North Carolina may have a .fair specimen of;)iow law is executed - and , human life protected in Kentucky, a State that is now and always has Jteen, Demo cratic,; the 'following; extract, Xrom the Lexington (Ky) Herald Is pub lished .4 -at-.U ! t. - iiij ?jx r " It is impossible In Kentucky to hang a man who has. either money or respectable connections, and who has committed a murder.4' Does this sound strange? Prove It1 un true if yon can. Show us a case in the last twenty years where its, op posite Is revealed. Does it mean that Kentucky is free of this highest of crimes save among- the low,' tho humble, the friendless Read the daily newspapers Scan , your, own experience. . Is there a square mile of, occupied territory, that has not drank its share of Innocent blood ? How many lives have met the pen alty of the, law ffjom amonguthe wealthy, and respectable classes? Name one4." Scarcely1 ift day now passes that 'some life is' not swept away by the hand of violence, k Es timable and. valuable! citizens fall beneath the pistol-shot the grave closes almost daily 'oyer the victim or passion or resentment, or cooi and calculating malice. : A negro, a ruffian from, the lower .ranks, may be huDg-but justice is too cheap for more, respectable criminals, .. We believe there ' hasn't been a white person 'executed InFayette county for fifty years by judicial process yet in thAt time it would be .as easy tn nmvp n. hundred murders in the . counts r'ln, Kentucky murder has become one of the fine arts."; J 'OndrinVfrbnl the past act of the KuinuTemocracy; Is Mi tiot rea sonable to suppose ' this'wouldf be he condition In NdrtH Carolina If they -had -entlrd cbntrol of ' tho State?
The Era (Raleigh, N.C.)
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April 30, 1874, edition 1
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