North Carolina Newspapers

J U'KKKJV KKA.I V. 51. IIiaiV., Maimer. ! ti art N..tit ,.f tb 0u Jlmi, Fjftlli; Mrrrt. HAT IIS UK Kl'UHi'HllTlti t WitKiiu-OinjrMr, . . ti ii Hi x mouth, I ' Tlirtw month. 0 ! Klx ntontha, 2U) Tbre month. On month. '2 VOL. III. RALEIGH, :;. a, 4 1 xr Ixvauiadlt ix Advajick.-tj? 1 ( M i 4 f POKTItY. " """ " ""Spriiixr Styles. . - BY HOWARD CLYDOX. Fuir v, your costume i doubt lewi Am dainty cj dainty ran be. Ami le wtyle of your cxquUltw lHimt - . I iustructivo to pawner that . AihI perfect in doubtless the r lure You feel in such hearenly I-th In that fumimne beventh oi lu-avchM. p Not easily reached, as oti? knowst J) tit if I hbould , whinner you're not the Kugenia of fashion this year - Tli at there were nouie openings mnch earlier : Than tliw one that ha ct,t yon no ' ' Uear.- : - r ' . -:. x; s- "J is raid that you dwellers in cities ' Are tarter than we out of town ; ; Yet nonoe ofBH had our new things on While you waverod'twlxt black, blue and brown 1 : -" ' v- ,- ye TJ"fd7cm Robin, who fashions the fashions For a-very fastidious et. Has decided that oriinwiii and golden May Imj worn with propriety yet. And littlo Mins Sparrow dernuroly , Puts in her old penchant for brown ; Thu, you see, the spring styles in the country Partly answer the fashions in town. Ami further: the first pleasant morning Tin Spring, I surprised a riium! WIiomm lanrics so outrun the season They keep my slow mind on the streti-h. JIo ordain that l.are foet shall be proper Just as soon as ho wears out his shoes; And ho was rehearsing this fashion, I J ut neglected to send me the news. The Violets have spoken for purple Hut arcii t you bchiiulhanil in town? Wo were wearing Spring styles in the country When your orders were not taken down ! ITarjw' liazar. MISCELLANEOUS. The Gipsy's Prophecy. It was in the year 1822 that I vis ited the prisons of Rome. Among the he unfortunate' creatures brought dther by tlistress or guilt, I ob- erved in the corner of a dungeon a hith serve I in the corner ol a dungeon young fi'tnale sealed on a handful of straw, nursing her infant. Her complexion was swarthy, and in her large black cyi's glowed the fire of the sun of Italy. The relics of her apparel indicated that previous lo her imprisonment she had worn liu-arhofa Roman peasant. Her i-xpn-ssjve physiognomy and her IhiIiI look neemcd eaK u.ated to excite curiosity. I approached, and tieggid her lo relate to me through what misfortune she found herself in a place of such horror. S:. Francis!" exclaimed she; 'wliat interest t-an the narrative of my exlraonlii.ary- misfortune have for frt ami happy cople? My name is Maria Jiazia. My mother lost her life in g'ving hirlh to me. My father, devoted to his own pleasures, ami caring hut little about my education, i laced me, while yet vtry young, in a convent. The older 1 grew the more irksome this kind of life ticca me to me; for my inclinations!, my disposition, 'and the vivacity of my character, all seemed to urge me on to a futurity full of trouble. A circumstance which I nexer could account for had powerful in fluence upon my late. On some particular occasion, a gipsy woman w;.s. .mmilttd into the convent for amusement. All the sisters were allowed to hold their ars to the tin stcakinir trunict of the old sibyl, who moii-ovi r, gav- to each of us a slip of pajsT, on which was written what the hag termed the decree of llcaveii. Thrice 1 1 i I I go to her for tin miMiose of ci ioying the like favor, and thrice the oracle became unite. This relusiil ol the oiii wo man exciieil partly my curiosity. Uiirged. I entreated, 1 wept; at length the gipsy was moved uy my tears. You insist upon it, unhappy irirl.' said she; 4 well, then, know th:itvou will be the wife ofarob- ler, who will murder your father, and that your hair will turn gray in a dungeon.' 4,At the age of fifteen such predic tions made no very deep impres sion. I laughed heartily on the snbieet with my companions, and loaded the old prophetess with rid icule. At night, however, when 1 was alone my mind became, against mv will, a nrey to apprehension. missed the hours in anxiety and painful reverie; the prediction of . the rortune-iener incessuuuy nauut ih! mv waking dreams. Mv father took me out of the convent, but only to shut me up aain with an old house-keeper at the country seat, about live miles from Rome. One night tho weather vesm vtrv tempestuous. I could not sleep, i fancied that I heard a con fnl sound of voices under my window, which looked into the .f,.rrion. I awoke my Ajat who n,,vor went to bed without her vcPrtnnn. which was a large carving L-ifV Presently we heard the utor window shutter broken open We concealed ourselves behind the curtain; I had armed mysen wun the knife. A pane of the window was out, and a hand was protruded through the aperture to unfasten the catch which secured it. I seized tiie opportunity, and struck so ef fective a blow that the hand dropped to my feet. A sigh of agony and sound of footsteps succeeded, and then all was quiet again. .- f "At daybreak 1 rejiaired to Rome, where I related .my adven ture to my father; he admired my courage, and permitted me leave tho lonely villa. He was by this time thinking of marrying me, and even hoped that ray adventure, which was soon rumored abroad, would forward his design. "Among my suitors there was a young cavalier, the beauty of whose handsome features was heightened by a delicate paleness. He gave him self out for a Florentine, and carried his arm In a Un, In cromquencv, m it una asili! tt m llrlit .,...! which he had received In an aCalr or honor. Ills kind attention and umia bio manners soon madoa decn iinprjou upon me. no aoiicltea my hand. My father, with his usual levity, gave hu consent, and we were united. Tho day after our rnarrlago my hnsband was no longer tho tender lover, his looks were wild, his voice was Harsh, and his smile sar castic. Distressed at his melancholy change I asked, with teaw, after me cause oi iu "Would you know who I am?" he cried. Do you recollect that night when you cut off the hand of an unknown person who would have penetrated Into your cham ber? ". Well, that hand was mine. Look here.' - :TlTi3 " tnuUlated rm but (oo stxuiigty uuuiif ixiou iiia suiry. "1 had seen you,' he continued, and was captivated by your beau ty. I determined to carry you off. With two of my comrades I ven tured to climb up to your chamber window. From the reception which you gave me, I retired, but learned the next day that to you alone I owed the loss of my hand. Bhame and rage at being thus baffled by a girl of sixteen awakened within me the thoughts of revenge. I came under an assumed name to Home ; my friends, my artifices, my gold, accomplished the rest. You are now the wife of a robber.' 44 At this word a feeling of horror seized my soul. Nevertheless, whether it was owing to the flexi bility of my disposition, to the prediction of the gipsy, to that se cret fondness for romantic adven ture to which the heart often but too willingly resigns itself, or final ly, to the hope of bringing back, by the power of love, a stray soul. dwelling yet in a youthful body, to tne tracK ol virtuein short I threw myself at the feet of my husband, and implored him with tears, not to cast me from him. Moved by my tears and my resignation, he ciaspeu me to tlire yw I w 1 happy. his bosom, and for as, or imagined that 44 One evening, however, here- turned home, pale and perturbed, ins nriuuiiu lorn anu spoiieti Willi i : . . . a. 1 a t 1 1 Diood. in broken sentences he told me he was obliged to defend his life agninst assassination, and charged me to observe the strictest silence respecting this mysterious occurrence. 1 could not help trem bling, but not for him; my soul was shaken by melancholy forebo dings of a different kind. A horrid dream terrified me ; I awoke. At the same moment my husband was also startled .out aiLhis sleep ; his convulsed lips several timespronoun ced the name of my father; the recol lections of that gloomy prophecy enveloped my senses in darkness. u, my unnappy latner! u, my still more wretched husband ! The former had actually attacked the latter, having probably been ap prised of the real state of tho case, and desirous 01 withdrawing me from so disgracelul a connection.. xne agents of justice were soon in search of us, and we escaped with dimculty to the mountains. "There my husband bethought himself of his former comrades. He sought them out, discovered them, and a cavern of banditti was now my dwelling. His compan ions welcomed him with joy, but ne Had violated one of their laws, which forbids any of the members of the band to marry, and enacts. that if a woman falls into their hands she .shall belong exclusively to the captain. No sooner had the latter set eyes upon me than he rudely insisted upon his right. 11 is daring hand had already grasped me, when a ball from my husban I's pistol extended the wretch on the ground. Disliked as he was by the band, his fall was a signal ior a snout 01 joy irom nis couiruues, wno unanimously eieci- cd my husband as their leader. "io completely was 1 possessed Dy 11... " . I..- "I uiatwnu spirit wnicn muse nave been betrayed in my looks to the gipsy at me nunnery mat, 1 was ..r . w I. quite proud 01 my nusoand's eieva- m mm I nun. 1 now wrapueu m yseu iu me cuursc imouimeuu 01 a peasant,, 01 1 t ? 1 A A- I wmcn iiiese rags sun cover me, anu . ifll 1 I with equal courage and accompanied my husban expeditions. Towns and villages rang with his exploits fate at length overtook him. lie fell in a conflict with the horsemen who were sent against us and discover ed our retreat. At the moment when I saw my husband drop, I sought shelter in a cavern for my infant ; there was I seized and drag ged into a dungeon, where I antic ipated with horror the fulfilment of tho latter part of that fearful pre diction." Such was the narrative of Maria Grazia, the widow of the bandit chief. In pity for her situation, I offered her some pieces of gold, but she refused them, at the same time caressing her child, which had fall en asleep on her bosom. Coxpclsory Education. It will be seen from our Albany news of this morning that the bill pro viding for the compulsory educa tion of children was yesterday pass ed by the State Senate. It is right and proper that no child should be allowed to crrow up to claim the rights of a citizen of the United States without having enjoyed the advantages of a common school ed ucation. Parents, or course, nave a right . to educate their children where and how they please; but Ikn Ctnta Viou ..lorht'tn-KaV that i k irSfcrvi MnroanH more compulsory education will be- come law. among me civmzeu. na- Am r x w x mm tions. It has long been the law in t ...u- ; haoiinnawnnHPN f WX? vViTYo' n,r 1L IX IllJ V lug law til ajui.iw.iui , I - 'KAm-;Hinio will hfl ,i k on k Qfotoa nf thA A'nrrrTZu I ... . , 1 V V ' mw A Uhrratrd K.Atetat!i0Hftrab!lM.M'7 i TUo hall ttt tho ITota at I!rpn sctiUtives during this tnulna has oeen the tcrno of evestt of more than ordinary historical IntrmU At the beginning of the wi n thcro came the tricrd. attenuate! form of the VJco lTtaldrnt of the Southern Cbn fed entry thorynexuro u iui ryes. im a gTaru nueii cato as magnanimous tho House accoracu hira. tho privilege, cx ton (Jed only to ono other, of st lect ins bis scat, without tho usual furxa of drawing by lot; ealn when ho spoke for the first tlmo tho llocse masdca ltscir about him, carer to hear every word from the in Ann vet eran. and cave him such attention as has seldom been cnualcd In our congressional nmrj. a row uays ago tho cuhirry pronounced by I. Cl. C. Lamar, of Jilsslsslnnl. on Charles bumner trnnsflxed. as It were, every one present in the House. The Speaker sat with folded arms ana gaze intent throughout its delivery, while a silence un broken pervaded the chamber. All this was considered eminently proper. But to-day the other scene. the emancipated negro sitting in the Sneaker's chair, uresldini? over the House of Representatives, whilo Judire Parker, of Missouri, was making an eloquent appeal in be half of civilizing the Indian and elevating him to citizenship that is the scene that will make the his tory of the session memorable in American annals. The honor of presiding over the house was accord ed to a colored representative for the first time in the person ol Jo seph II. Itainey, the Representative of the First South Carolina district, who was born a slave m George town in 1832. During the war he was forced to work on the fort in cations of the confederates in Charleston, from whence ho escaped to the West Indies, returning to his native town at the close of the war. He has been a member of Congress several times and is highly respect ed by the members of this House. It was to this member that the late James Brooks went at the close of the Credit Mobilier matter and thanked him for the friendship he had shown him during the discus sion, and other evidences of his es teem, remarking that his conduct challenged his admiration, and as a debt of gratitude thenceforth he would be the friend of the colored race. "What Causes Fever. Professor Buckman, of England, claims to have discovered one of the causes of typhoid " fever. . A family in his neighborhood was attacked with a severe type of the fever. On a careful search of tne premises, a spout in the family pump was found to be covered with a sort of gelati- nous matter. Submitting this to mi croscopic investigation it was found to be a fungoid growth, from which spores were constantly washed away by the flowing water, lie followed up this discovery by a minute examination of the outlet of the sewer through which the drain age of the town flowed, and his sci entific zeal was rewarded by finding fungoid growths of a similar nature to those in the pump spout. In the vicinity of this outlet, the fever had also prevailed. Having cases of the fever in his own family, hefollow- ed ui h3 enquiry by a chemical analvsis of the water drank by the lamiiv. ana iouna in it minuw; J r 3 : A. spores or tho same rungus. xiis conclusion is a natural one, that the fever had its origin in the fungus matter taken into tho system, where it ferments as yeast in beer, and poisons the blood. The edi tor of the Courier-Journal. in a letter from Washington, writ- ten four or five days ago, is exceed ingly uncomplimentary to his iiem ocratic friends. 44 They are just strong enough to lose." hesavs.and CM again, the party 44 is not only di vided. but it has not one sinele leader of gen us and nerve. - r I nerve. Thur- - man is a solemn res pectability, COld and virtuous. Hendricks is an ... . - amiable commonplace." .From a . . . . he is entirely too exacting. Mr. Thurman is a irood man. and has the confidence of his party ; so, to -a certain extent, has Mr. Hendricks. They are 44 respectable," it is true, and if 44 respectability " is in the eyes of a leading Democratic editor I a crime, why we suppose they are not the men for the time and the emergency. John Morrissey and John Fox are evidently men after Watterson 's own heart. Tweed in the penitentiary, they have become the great leaders of the Democratic party. They are undoubtedly lead ers of 44 nerve and muscle." There was more than tho usual ceremony in Mr. Beecher's church in Brooklyn, on Sunday, occasion- art Kir Vi r opoocaSnn rtf mnrfl than one hundred members to the com- munion. jLitto na viwui t.v,v. ujr i multitude of floral decorations and a cross surrounded by a crown, em blazoned Victory." After the service, Mr. Beecher distributed the roses among the new members. a somewhat picturesque and appro- priate custom, men was sung a er made what might be called a joyful discourse. He did pot think I Christianity should be gloomy ana painful. The New Testament was fullofthe idea of rejoicing ; and joy, to Mr. Beecher's mind, was a and holiness. Idea that re- VA '"' i a ri w mm ma v r i iiiiii a a "ere wa pvFut ligion was a corami commercial transac- tion. caving a certain amount of - th irA- i vpJv sorrow nere ior - m of joyliereafter ; but large dividend that was not the true view. stout, stanch stout Democrat these ti.k kms. Grant asked them what they want- pleasure are rough and galling criticisms. cpu"" T "7.. ed they replied with one voice, d in his The trouble with Watterson is that before their eyes the terrors of social tAnvthiri dear cousin, so it is an 1 V ! tin : In TtielUl'y ( rrpn'scut t'. 2'.. Urmucntlf I 1 talk la Var.rjt::.' dcsrrtm cr. l odQZ" ft Ui i i bo f lictJ v; -in t: seppcrters of Ju,!.'? I dcprcetcn ilw t;.. :: ! t If t: ; - " v. . 1 out of tho Onjstrn announces that .. candidate f it vo r.! it thomscl vrt c:i J u : will irolably follow suit, ; ; Now If it was proper forJaJo Mcrrimon to dcclaro himself an In dependent candidate, and proper for those Conservatives whom the Orttctnt defends to vote for him, and nrooer for tho Crescent not to con lmn JmlfTA Mprrfmon and hlii - . u i j, u t . ouppoi ivis, .-.j-w!. - "unfortunate" ror ixjnservaiives less prominent to declare them- kpIvpm cmillflntps for offices of less , o i or propriety cease r j uoge juern- mon is a representative man of the rvinsprvfttive nartv. He was chosen over all others In the last State Con vention of that party to bear the party banner, and all Conservatives and Democrats were caHed on' to follow him. Thus appealed to they rallied as one. man and followed- him through a hard flghtand shared with him an inglorious defeat. Soort after the great battle 'and before his followers had time to recover and reform their shattered ranks, Judge Merrimon saw an opportunity to capture a rich prize on private ac count. He availed himself of the opportunity and set an example for all his subordinates, but as soon as one of them steps forward jto seize a prize, the chief buglers sound the retreat, and the poor fellow is threatened with being shot" and punished for attempting to follow where his recognized leader led the way. It seems that it was all right for Judge Merrimon to announce him self an indepeiidentk -tsiiidhlatQ ana defeat the regular nominee for the U. S. Senate. But such independ ence is not to be allowed to gentle- men equally as good Conservatives who declare themselves candidates for seats in the General Assembly, or for Congress or county offices. But the spectacle of the party leader seated in his richly cushioned chair, and drawing his $6,000 per annum for six years, is so tempting that some of those who followed him so faithfully during the cam paign of 1872 feel such an admira tion for their old leader that they experience a desire to iqiiow nis Illustrious example, though" they will be content with; much smaller prizes. Of late, says the New North Slate, some of the Democratic newspapers have weakly attempted to draw the line between the white and black races, by throwing out tne luea mat the colored folks are themselves forcing the issue. The charge is too preposterous for argument. Ever A w a T'k if since reconstruction, uemocrauc newspapers and politicians have been endeavoring to array the whites against the negroes, by ap- w'"3 -7u 7- pealing iu me prejuuicca jk mc iuc mer. and making especial enorts to deter their young men from vo- ostracism. There are some argu- ments (or sophisms) employed that ' ... nm k;vi n. r nauon, anu mis is one w him uru The people know intuitively that It iS a false pretense. And is : it not a I noticeable facti that ? year by year this cry of color becomes more fee ble ? The people are tired of it, be cause it is a humbug. ; ; The Wilmington PcwJasks the fol- lowing pertinant questions: .How can Mr. Waddell and Mr J WaddeU's I friends iri the face of a resolution of the.Democratic !LegislatLV$,: which declares the back, pay to be mcfe- uomdle on principle, and tended lo - - i.n.isiiv wm,v uwi.bw,. i urge nis claims ,to popular . iavor, except upon the ground that they disregard4prwic(pte'! and desire "to bring xntr wwernment into disre- pute f" If thatJ3theJssue upon which thi3 so-called Conservative Party place their claims toi popular support, degenerate, Indeed, . must be the times,' and fearfully corrupt uiusi ye me pwpie ji pey sutywu, If back pay was "indefensible on principle,' in 18731401; equally indefensible on principle in 1874? Or did the Convention, atf agnolia- meaQ to declare to the peopleof the Third Congressional istrict ' that uivy nan hu principles c i II . I!" 1 r Jl l 9 ft' IV if, X LlVV.t . i it -. i t I ;r,i I ! ;vrt l,"v ?t jf r- -r ti y in r. : '.1 il r t: . i H. J.::::.- . f, t,niutitf 1. r 1 .t four nr. I.r.tcftJ.a ' lT u;,:i, l;5Cst;-l, at 1 tn- ..: ...::;! ct Jt.sonvil?. -.-llo ts i;;.li;:tdt' P pj-;rs i f theacmTi tuinyhiMil :Of. indict t-ni-lu iht couutvctl lluncotnbe. N. C. furctn Lcizltinctil and ttjnplracy, both Llzh crimes in this htate, and has absconded froui tho Htate to evade the fuilns and penalties of the of fended law. I have heretofore made frequent ronuUltlons uion two of your immediate preuecvason tor ins rendition ana laiieu cacti lime in I a . s I niy appucauon. i nope, ami ieei I confident, that I shall be more sue- cessfui this time. Tho nct 0f congress of Feb. 12, 1703. as your Excellency is aware, provides that when tne executive lorone istate maices a uemanu uDon 1 . for a . fU2iUve from justice, it shall be the duty of the Executive of the btate or Territory to which such person shall have fled to cause said fugitive to be arrested 1 and secured, and notice of the ar rest to be given to the Executive authority making 'such demand,&c. lr a M 1. 1 1 r-1 arrested and is ready to bedelivered I will send an agent for North Caro lina to receive him and bring him to this State for trial. I have the honor to be, yery respectfully, Your Excellency's bb't serv't, TOD R. CALDWELL, Governor of N. C. -No reply was received to this let ter, and on the 22cf of April, Gov ernor Caldwell telegraphed the Governor of Florida, enquiring the cause of the delav. In response to this the following telegram was re ceived : TA LIi A II ASS EE, FL.A., April 23, 1874. Caldwell. 'Ibd 11 Governor of North Carolina : Important public interest 'de- mands delay before.JlnMiicliojLeaa: 1 oerfaKen in tn is matter. - , ' M. L. STEARNS, Governor .of Florida. Spelmania; Or, a Blast from the Blasting Powder. 44 The Radical party has quietly degenerated into a Grant party. If any Radical, before the nomination at Philadelphia,' had dared to say that 44he did not like Grant," 44that Grant did not have the right smell about him," or 4,that Grant drank more liquor than he paid for," or that Grant's poor kin vyere too nu merous," or anything 01 mat sort, such an audacious Radical was forthwith declared a villain, and was at once read out of the party." ,4Indeed all of the Republicans wno wouiu not oenu me preg 1 1 .1 - A All Xl nant hineres-of the knee that thrift might '.follow- fawning" have been declared the personal enemies of Grant and ruled'out." Spelman Would llnot bend," but on the contrary, kept his knee stiff and defamed Grant, and has been ruled tn. 4It is a well known fact that the President has provided soft places for most of his male relatives, and his wife's poor kin have also been well provided for. Indeed, their name is legion, and they should be known In history as "the jolly regi ment of' kin-folks." We suspect they were seedy and needy, other- wige they woul(i not n ave accepted places which thev were not quah fled to fill. It is said that when office.' 'Mark Twain used to say, during the war. that he was "willing to sacrifice all his poor kin to support the public interest" Grant's conduct shows that 44he was willinar to sacrifice all the public interests to support his poor kin.' V. Now this thing, of: ap pointing one's poor relations to of fice is simply disgusting." The foregoing verbatim extracts are from the, editorial pen or John Spelman, who holds a place worth five ; dollars per day under Gen. Grant's administration, while some worthy Republican who sUo- ported Gen. Grant with all his heart hs made to stand aside, tho' he de- serves and needs the place, and see gpelman enjoy the fruitsof his scan- unci vi luperuiiuu. UCU uraut is not to be blamed for this appoint- memy'for ' he knew nothing; about Spelman, but when he is shown up in his true colors wen. urants wiu be liable to censure from Republi- Mttot him t-ii Via removed. ' " . Other .more, choice reading from tbe'satne author will I be given in future issues or tn& Jra. D. ' Schenck Esq., of Lincoln, has been nominated as the Demo- cratie candidate forjudge in the 9th Judiclrtb district, and Capt. W. J. Montgorhery,!bf Csibamis, as Solicl- tor. f II J f I r. ' f, I : t 1 a : 1 v . . 1 r , f ' t : :U V .f f $tl ;,ff f I! Cttui.r, v,;i f ;. ; ti.ss Ir J3u lU:n tt Sivrv -y 1st r x: Certain. ciff.n-ii'tjU-ii -stitt-r-;' r.tj max! ty tdm Just 4 f,,rt Ue li4ittiht of tho Vftmtiti, - Mr. runuU'i carl has Uxntc- faro the putlio rntvcml tliys esd Mr. Hampton ins not rw ponded. Why U ihUT Wliat arothe dcvtlop- mcnuwnich the public are to cx poet? We pause for a reply. Fninlly 7am. Tho Democratic Pre of tho State appear tofbe very Jubilant over what they conceive to be dissen sions In the Republican nartv would it not be well and more bo- coming foit them to turn their atten tion to thereof their own household and endeavor to. make peace in their own ranks? Let them take a survey of Mecklenburg, Lincoln," Gaston, Cleaveland, Rutherford,' CiCbafrusi Iredell, adkin, Wilkes, Rowan, '&c., &c, &c, and they will find! a field for their best efforts "to make peace. " We assure them thaTRe publicans lare abundantly . able' ' jt6 attend to their own affairs without Democratic help. i"' Third District. The Republicans of. the ;tbird Congressional District met in Con vention at; Fayetteville on the 19th and nominated Nejll McKAy, Es.q, of Harnett, for Congress. Mr. McKay-was the Republican standard-bearer in that District two years ago,: and is in every way worthy ofj the cordial support of the party. . ; . . Welearpthat the utmost harmo iuy prevailed intheConvention.and I ih a t t h Q jjologa tog afipwpft tft4 w4W the best of feeling all determined to work hjeartily and zealously for McKay arid victory. The Crescent declares that the old Democrats of North Carolina are the "hewers of wood and drawers of water fpr the old Whig leaders," and that j44something of a ban is placed on pld Democratic favorites, they being declared unsuited for nominations." But the Crescent advocates Ithat the relation of Whig master ancl Democratic servant be kept up far the sake of harmony. Whether bid Democrats will heed advice which dooms them to per petual bondage remains to be seen. A meeting of the people1 of Cleaveland was held at the Court House in b.elby oh the ,16th, Capt. J. W. Gidhey presided and W. A. Hoke, Esq., acted as Secretary. The following resolutions were adopted: r 1. llesolied. That the County of Cleaveland send no delegates to the Congressional Convention, to be held in Asheville on the 23rd of May. 2d. Resolved, That in the opinion of this meeting, Capt. Plato Dur ham is the choice of the people of Cleaveland County for Congress. The Raleigh News says the 44 gen eral success of the Conservative party in the State in August de pends in a; great measure upon the individual strength of the candi dates for the different positions.'! Why ? asks the New North State, what's the matter with Stephen!). Pool, the Democratic candidate1 for Superintendent, of Public instrucr tion ? . Is his weakness acknowledg ed so early in the campaign ? It's real cruel." .in the Democrats : to leave v Judge Shipp out lin the cold, and refuse to nominate him fof Judge after , his arduous f labors on that VFraud Cpmmlssion.'f Have a . ... - . they, no gratitude? liid he not help to get -up the biggest Demo cratic campaign document ever brought out at the expense of the State ? i It seems there's "Mart v a sliD" ' Between the Judgeship and Judge Shipp. uj j The Fayetteville Statesman won ders if all the Democratic, news papers of the 3rd Ccngressional District will republish their many articles on the late "Back Salary Grab!" now that they have a can didate for Congress In the field ?. .. i 'it .. - ' J. lu Carson! Esq. of Rutherford and'ATa. H. DV Lee, ef Cleaveland, have been announced as jndepep4! ent candidates for Solicitor! in the 9th Judicial District. -1 I" t - s t I t r t t if : s ' !? . ?.! $:' tu:t r- ' I ' . 1 1:1 r i t - :r Cu ll it 1 inu . ,irft ar i, ' i ' ftS I -n r ! - " i if' t . , it I i i a i..., d a luuntain nave. eiJ '! . Naiilh kts trrsi Abani f. fitly lUpul41rans with a umdi sTlniQny ana xritcary as he nouM lava lieca If lo lud diverted llencrol Grant and turnul thUCnngrcsional UUtrlrt ovt r to the Ku K 1 ux. Now, 1 would Dot liae nnnolnted Mr. 8 pel man. 1 think his ap)mlntment was simpiy a misiaKe. and nothlm? else. Jt really amounts to nothing. It certainly ought not to bo u-cd by Republican to occasion ill feeling In the party, or to endanger the success of our principles.' l nave known William A. Hitiltlt a long time. I know him to bo a true man. Ho was a friend to the. Union, to the poor conscript, to lib erty; to Washington's governhient' and to the great body of the DeOnle" of Johnston, during years of i trill. trouble and danger when .he car-- fried his life in his hand, and when! but for him, 'there Would not have been any Unionism or any Reptibli- icanism to speinrsrTrTmat county. There has been'andtherc is no truer iRepublican in the State that Wil f paui v.. oiium. oam iun lniiraaie , jpersonal frlerfd, and t knout where-' or lspeaic ne is tne best and most ' successful rail road -. President in the Hylole South. U-Jn j this capacity hfii is. invaluable, to. the .RepubJican" is. tuyaiuauictt iui tne party and: to ' the' State." a-" friend'1 'to General .HP is 4:Grant ,' and as a member', of' Congress bis , yotes prove bihi to be, a good Republican. These things beingjso. is it expedient, is it. wise, Is is just to attem pt to sacri fi ce h i m on accou n t of. 'this t little Spelman business? No, a-hundred times . no! Even if : Spelman were now a : vicious Demo crat, it would, not bo wise or expe dient. 1 And I boldly assert that,1 ' after ! the sacrifices ; wh ich Maj . Smith has made as a Republican; 1 and after all-the-services he has It ennprPA.aa, a. party, todh, .nnrf . nnUianu ... .. eing true to the party, as his votes n Uongress show him to bo, ho would have had a, right to expect as a matter of courtesy and forbear-. ance among friends, that the farty'', would have beeri silent,' even if he had appointed a rampant and highly objectionable Democrat to this littlo place. . . ... jt . . , .tt1; - ; These arc the views oone; whoso , Republicanism cannot ' bb Impeach- , ed ; ofonewho aided in:founding ; 1 the party, and who has been:trtedl in the fire, and Who bai pevpr j scratched a ticket rpr . dodged f an f issue wheli prihclples were at stake. I appeal to our friends to drop thjis Spelman matter. It. is wrorypf4'to goad, or to drive to the walln so trivial an issue, a generpusrhearted a and. true Republican -like, Maj. . Smith: And for one I give notice that I will not desert him as long as he is true to General Grant awt'to Republican principles.", ,): I,, , ' . u A REPUBliCAN. Raleigh,' May 21', 1874? -. f 4 : - , . i j jrti 'i I. -.it 'i A. Card., ii .,!;-.- -i ! 1 To the Editor qf the Era : ; i '1 ; ' . i Some of the Democratic, journals of the State are charging that IpMid f in a public speech, at Halifax, that certain leaders of the Democratic 1 party met at the house of Geo. W: Swepson, in Raleigh, and raised a 1 fund to establish the Crescenfa &c., tc. and charge that I repeated or told a lie in making the statement. ' In reply, I have to say,' in the first r place, that I made no such state ment. What I did say was this ; . . that it was a rumor in. Raleigh, that Messrs. ' Merrimon Fuller, Ashe.Gen. Ransom and other Demo-li cratie leaders, met at the house of Mr. Geo. W.. gwepson, I n Raleigh, and pledged twenty thousand dol-if lars to conduct the, State campaign. Thit they further decided ' to' en" dorse the Crescent as the ' central ! organ of their party, , In reply to a demand for;my,au- thbrity, I said besides it being a ru- ( mor, a gentleman ' whose 'Integrity :l could not be doubted had made the statement to me as coming, from.f Mr. J. S.. Hampton, the proprietor . ; and publisher of the Crescent. , Gen. , Cox and Air.-Pool then contradict-' '" ed the rumor, and I' said I' was glad they had done so, as t the gen- : tlemen namedverewwmiJ friends of mine, and ;I was, loth jto beliove such things, of them, but, that , it came .very straight. have seen no 'contradiction of the statement' ' by the gentlemen mentioned a be- " ing present. , r , ;. .?. . ., I. ii In the second place,, as the Demp- .-, criats are so sensitive tipon this sub jects and in order to get at the truth " of the racts concerning the estab lishment of the Crescent I call Upon . : ' tho proprietor . of that Journal t to , . say whether ho is wllii ng that cer tai n . persons whom he approached about ' 1 the time or just before he' becamb proprietor, shall-befreto make public, certain confidential state- meats he. mada with regard to the . i esupusAmen oi a newne w8papertor llLI.' L. - f it me conversion oi one, aireaoy es tablished from a Democratic to a Re-: publican- paper. ' . -t I The proprietor. , 3Ir. Ilamnton.: . wlll.rreiidily, understand,, to what ! . alludeT ; Viil he remove tho, 6bsta- , cles m the wayJof making 'publid t : wnai tne plana were. 1 wait for-a reply. THOS. R. PURNELL. Raleigh, May 15th, 1874. J'