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W. M.lmOWN, Manager. Okkick intlicoKl "Standard" Build- I i'..use, Kayc-tteville Street. in Z, one square South of the Court Wkkkly One year, - Six months, -Three mouthy, -Tbi-Wkkk i.v-Oneyear, -Six months. Three months, ?2 OC 1 (to 400 2 00 1 00 60 One month. I VARIABLY IX ADVANCK. 15- OFFICIAL NF Till: UMIKDSTATrJi, I'A.sSrJ) AT THK FIRST N KS- cN OF THK FORT Y-TII I HD ( N VKNTK )X BHTWEKX THE I N IT K I) STATES OF AMER ICA AND BELGIUM. EXTRADITION. ' ..i.cln.U-d March 10, 1871. Kutincation advised by Senate March -7, 1ST J. llifificd by President March 31, MS71. Ruined lv King of the Belgians April H74. U it ifu-.i lions exchanged at Bru-wels April 174. Pn Hlaimcd May 1, 1874. i:V THK rMXIDKNTOF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROC LAMATION. Whereas a convention between i lie I'nitPd States of America and 1 1 i Majesty the King of the Belt-Jans Wits concluded and signed by ineir respective PIeniotentiaries at Washington on the 19th day of March last, which convention, be ing in the English and French lan guges, is word for word as follows: The United States of America and His Majesty the King of the Bel gians, having judged it expedient, with a view to the bettor adminis tration of justice, and to the pre eritinn of crimes within tneir nspH tive territories and jurisdic tion, that persons convicted of or charged with the crimes hereinafter -jK-citied, and being fugitives from iti-ticc, should, under certain cir cumstances, be reciprocally deliv erer 1 up, have resolved to conclude .i convention for that purpose, and drive appointed as their Plenipoten tiaries: the President of the United Mates of America, Hamilton Fish, Si-cretary of State of the United States; and His Majesty the King f the Belgians, Maurice De 1 fosse, , JIU Mnjesty's Envoy Extraordin ary and Minister Plenipotentiary in" the United States; who, after reciprocal communication of their Mill powers, found in good and due firm, have agreed upon the follow ing articles to-wit : Article I. The Government of the United .M .tes and the uovcrnment oi Bel uium mutually agree to deliver up persons who, having been convicted of or charged with any of the crimes wcifk-d in the following article, committed within the jurisdiction I one of the contracting parties, -hall H'k an asylum, or be found within the territories of theother: Provided that this shall only be lne upon Mich evidence of crimin ality as, according to the laws of the place wheie the fugitive or person no charged hall be found, would justify his or her apprehension and commitment for trial if the crime had Ui-n t.ere committed. Article II. Persons shall bo delivered up who -hall have been convicted of or be charged, according to the provisions :frii!s con vciition, with any of the following crimes: 1. Murder, comprehending the ciimcs designated in the Belgian penal code by the ttrms of parri cide, assassination, poisoning, and infanticide. 2. The attempt to commit mur der. ". The crimes of rape, arson, pi racy, and mutiny on board a ship, whenever the crew, or part there of, by fraud or violence against the commander, have taken possession of the vessel. I. The crime of burglary, defined lo Ik the act of breaking and enter ing by night into the house of an other with the intent to commit felony ; and the crime of robbery, defined to be the act" of feloniously and forcibly taking from the person of another goods or money by vio lence or putting him in fear; and the corresiKjnding crimes punished iy the Belgian laws under the de scription of thefts committed in an inhabited house by night, and by breaking in by climbing or forcibly ; ami tiicfts . o omitted with violence or ly means of theft. . The crime of forgery, by 'which is understood the utterance of forged papers, and also the counter feiting of public, sovoreign, or gov ernment acts. r. The fabrication or circulation of counterfeit money, either coin or paper, or of counterfeit public bonds, bank notes, obligations, or, in general, anything being a title or in-trumont of credit; the coun terfeiting of seals, dies, stamps, and marks o: state and public adminis trations, and the utterance thereof. 7. The embezzlement of public moneys committed" within the juris diction of either party by public of ficers or depositaries. s. Kmbezzlement by any person or persons, hired or salaried, to the detriment of their employers, when the crime is subject to punishment by the laws of the place where it was committed. Article III. The provisions of this treaty shall not apply to any crime or offence of a political character, nor to any crime or oilenco committeil prior to tne. date of this treaty, except the crimes of murder and arson ; and the person or persons delivered up for the crimes enumerated in the preceding article shall in no i-a-o be tried for any crime com mitted previously to that forVhich hi- or their surrender is asked. Article IV. Neither of the contracting parties hall Ik bound to deliver up its own eiti.vns or subjects under the stipu lations of this convention. Article V. If the person who&e surrender may be claimed pursuant to the stipulations of the present treaty ludl have been arrested for the com mission of offences in the t VOL. IV. country where he has sought an asylum, or shall have been con victed thereof, his extradition may be deferred until he shall have been acquitted, or have served the terra of imprisonment to which ho may have been sentenced. Article VI. Requisitions for the surrender of fugitives from justice shall be made by the respective diplomatic agents of the contracting parties, or, in the event of the absence of these from the country or its seat of govern ment, they may be made by supe rior consular officers. If the person whose extradition may be asked for shall have been convicted of a crime, a copy of the sentence of the court in which he may have been convicted, authen ticated under its seal, and an attes tation of the official character of the judge by the proper executive au thority, and of the latter by the minister or consul of the United States or of Belgium, respectively, shall accompany the requisition. When, however, tho fugitive shall have lxen merely charged with crime, a duly authenticated copy of the warrant for his arrest in the country where the crime may have been committed, and of the deposi tions upon which such warrant may have been issued, must accompany the requisition as aforesaid. The President of the United States, or the proper executive authority in Belgium, may then issue a warrant for the apprehension of the fugitive, in order that he may be brought before the proper judicial authority for examination.- If it should then be decided that, according to the law and the evidence, the extradi tion is due pursuant to the treaty, the fugitive may be given up ac cording to the forms prescribed in such cases. Article VII. The expenses of the arrest, deten tion, and transportation of the per sons claimed shall be paid by the government in whose name the re quisition has been made. Article VIII. This convention shall take effect twenty days after the day of the date of the exchange of ratifications, and shall continue in force during five years from the day of such ex change; but, if neither party shall have given to theother six months' previous -notice of its intention to terminate the same, the convention shall remain jn force hve years J longer, ana so on. ratified, and the" ratifications ex- changed, at JSrssels so soon there- after as possjfe. Tn witness whereof thn resnective I - . m I ' . . I seals. Done at the city of Washington, the 19th day of March, anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four. seal. SEAL. Hamilton Fish. Maurice Delfosse. And w lereas the said convention has been duly ratified on both parts, and the resnective ratifications of the same, were exchanged at Brus sels on the 30th day of 'April, 1874, by the Plenipotentiaries of the re spective Governments : Now, therefore, be it known that I, Ulysses S. Grant, President of tho United States of America, have caused the said convention to be made public, to the eud that the ctamo nM ovnrv pihikii Hiifi rein I aWfvi nnri fill- plenipotentiaries have signed the I nrPnf i-nnvPntinn in diinlicfttft. tabllShing Several 01 the filled with good faith by tho United United States to exercise separate States and thecitizens thereof. ly the common law and chancery In witness whereof I have here- jurisdiclions vested in said courts ; unto set my hand and caused the and that the several codes and rules seal of the United States to be af- of practice adopted in said Territo- nxel ties respectively, in so far as they Done at the city of Washington authorize a mingling of said juris- this first dav of Mav. in the vear of our Lord one thou- seal. sand eight hundred and . seventy-four, and of the In dependence of the United States of America the ninety-eighth. U. S. GRANT. By the President : Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State. General nature No. 19. AN ACT making appropriations for the construction, nreservation and repair of certain fortifications and other works of defense, for the fiscal year ending June thir tieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-live. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Con gress assembled, That the follow ing sums be, and the same are here by, appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise ap propriated, for the following fortifi cations and other works of defense, for the fiscal year ending June thir tieth, eighteen hundred and seven-, ty-fivo, namely : For Fort Preble, Portland Har bor, Maine, twenty thousand dol lars. For FortScammel, Portland Har bor, Maine, thirty thousand dol lars. For batteries, Portsmouth Har bor, New Hampshire, thirty thou sand dollars. For batteries at Long Island Head, Boston Harbor, Massachu setts, forty thousand dollars. For Fort Adams, Newport Har bor, twenty thousand dollars. For fort on Dutch Island, west entrance to Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, twenty thousand aonars. For Fort Trumbull, New Lon don Harbor, Connecticut, twenty five thousand dollars. For fort on Willefs Point, East River, New York, thirty thousand dollars. For Fort Schuyler, East River, New York, twenty-five thousand dollars. ForFort Hamilton and addition al batteries, (for completing the RALEIGH, N. same.) New York Harbor, twenty- six thousand dollars. For fort on the site of Fort Tomp kins, Staten Island, New York Har bor, New York, thirty thousand dollars. For Battery Hudson, New York Harbor. New York, thirteen thou sand dollars. For Fort Delaware, Delaware River, Delaware, twenty-five thou sand dollars. For battery at Finn's Point, Del aware River, New Jersey, thirty thousand dollars. For New Fort, opposite Fort Del aware,Delaware River, thirty thou sand dollars. t ForFort Monroe, Hampton Roads, Virginia, thirty thousand dollars. For Fort Moultrie, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, tweqty thousand dollars. : For Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, twenty thousand dollars. For Fort Pulaski, Savannah Riv er, Georgia, twenty thousand dol lars. For Fort Jackson, Mississippi River, Louisiana, thirty thousand dollars. For Fort Saint Philip, Mississip pi River, Louisiana, thirty thou sand dollars. For Fort Taylor, Key West, Flor ida, twenty thousand dollars. For fort at Fort Point, entrance toSan Francisco Harbor, California, thirty thousand dollars. For fortatLime Point, San Fran cisco Harbor, California, thirty thousand dollars. For fort on Alcatraz Island, har bor of San Francisco, California, twenty thousand dollars. For torpedoes for harbor-defenses, and preservation or the same, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars : Provided, That the money herein appropriated for torpedoes shall only be used m the establish ment and maintenance of torpedoes to be operated from shore stations for the destruction of an enemy's vessel approaching the shore or en tering the channel and fairways of harbors. For contingencies of fortifications, seventy-five tnouoand dollars. For surveys and reconnaissances in the military divisions and de partments, thirty thousand dollars. For continuing exploration and survey of the Territories of the Uni ted States west of theonehundredth meridian, thirty thousand dollars. Approved, April 3, 1874. liENERAL nature iNO. JU.J AN ACT concerning the practice in territorial courts, and appeals A f mereirom. -m-m-rt , 1 1 J wnereas, Dy me organic actces- Temtories rovided that certain courts therof shall have common law and chancery juris diction, and doubts have been en tertained whether said jurisdictions must be exercised separately, or whether they may be exercised to erether in the same proceeding, and whether the codes and rules of practice adopted in said Territories which have authorized a mingling of said jurisdictions in the same Droceeding. or a uniform course of proceeding in all cases legal and equitable, are repugnant to the said organic acts respectively: Therefore, . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Con gress assembled, That it shall not uu iicurao y xu .ujr or tne courts of the several Territories of the dictions or a unnorm course oi pro ceeding In all cases whether legal or -eauitable. be confirmed: and that all proceedings heretofore had or taken in said courts in conform ity with said respective codes and rules of practice, so far as relates to the form and mode of proceeding, be, and the same are hereby, vali dated and confirmed: Provided, That no party has been or shall be deprived of the right of trial by jury in cases cognizable at common law. Sec. 2. That the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the United States over the judgments and decrees of said Territorial courts in cases of trial by jury shall be exer cised by writ of error, and in all other cases by appeal according to such rules and regulations as to form and modes of proceeding as the said Supremo Court have pre scribed or may hereafter prescribe: Provided, That on appeal, instead of the evidence at large, a state ment of the facts of the case in the nature of a special verdict, and also the rulings of the court on the ad mission or rejection of evidence when excepted to, shall be made and certified by the court below, and transmitted to the Supreme Court together with the transcript of the proceedings and judgment or decree; but no appellate proceed ings in said Supreme Court, hereto fore taken-upon-any such judg ment or decree, shall be invalida ted by reason of being instituted by writ of error or by appeal ; And provided futher, That the -'appellate court may make any order in any case heretofore appealed, which I a m 11 1A may De necessary to save wierign is of the parties; ana mat tnis ,aci shall not apply to cases now pena- insr in ?th Supreme Court of the United States where the record has already been filed. Approved, April 7, 1874. General nature No. 21. J AN ACT to amend the act entitled "An act relating to the enroll ment and license of certain ves sels." j Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the ffitPfi their of the United States, it is d I 1 rv A C, THURSDAY, United States of America in Con gress assembled. That the provisions of the act relating to the enroll- ment and license of vessels navigat- 5nf trootnm 4ma , on1 idn wftlfirs on thft nnrthfirn. northeast- era, and northwestern frontiers of the United States, otherwise than by sea, approved February twenty- eignui.eigmeen nunarea aua.srxty- five are hereby extended to include all vessels of the United States nav igatingthe waters of the United States. Approved, April 17, 1874. f General- nature No. 22.1 AN ACT to authorize the employ- ment of certain aliens as engin - ers and pilots. litk it AffirtAfvl Kn lkk UanaA an1 e t 1 : gress assem bled, That any alien who ner provided for bylaw. in the manner has declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States, and who shall have been a permanent resident of the United States for at least six months immediately prior to the granting of such license, may be licensed, as if already natu ralized, to serve as an engineer or pilot upon any steam vessel subject to inspection under the provisions of the act entitled "An act to pro vide for the better security of life on board of vessels propelled, in whole or in part, by steam, and for other purposes," approved Feb. 28, 1871. Approved, April 17, 1874. General nature No. 23.J AN ACT to amend the act entitled " An act for enrolling and licens ing ships or vessels to be employ- ed in the coasting trade and fish- eries, and for regulating the same." nassed Februarv eighteen, seventeen hundred and ninety- three. Beit enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Con gress assembled. That the act to which this is a supplement shall not be so construed as to extend the provisions of the said act to canal boats or boats employed on the in ternal waters or canals of any State ; on,i oil onnh hftata nvpontimr nniv auu U1I SUVA UUUUJI WAL VAUE, vm such as are provided with sails or p-p?'i? r?ry lj3z? auapieu UJ laKamrcuasiwiae uayiga- finn onrl avrant nrv ennh oa aro cm. ployed in trade with the Canadas, .mail m a i a i i i ui at c-m m . . - - -- o-m m. & i k a. m a shall be exenrnt from theDrovis- ions of the said act. and from the payment of all customs and other fees under any act of Congress. Approved, April 18, 1874. General nature No. 24. AN ACT to establish the Bismarck land district in the Territory of Dakota. Beit enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Con- mcc aoanmhloil rPlio foil fliaf rk"i tian of Dakoti Territory lying allel and west of the ninth guide- 11111 lii ill bur? nrt m cii ma a ouiiiuui u. uui m H on hn 'om t m camn a horo. hv. created into a senarate land dis- trict, to be known as the Bismarck district; and the land office for said district shall be located at the town of Bismarck, where the North Pa cific Railroad intersects the Mis souri River. Sec. 2. That a register and a re ceiver shall be appointed for said district land office, who shall be governed by the same laws and re ceive the same compensation as prescribed for similar officers in the other land districts of said Territory. Approved, April 24, 1874. General nature No. 2t.J AN ACT to amend the act entitled "An act to regulate the carriage Shff-SEC .'.".SSSS'&SS - i 1 three, eighteen hundreds and ht- ty-five. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Con gress assembled, That the thirteenth section of the act entitled " An act to regulate the carriage of passen erers in sLoauismus uuu uuicr vca- A. I- T . 1 Sels." approved March third, eigh- teen hundred and nuy-nve, De, ana 1 the same is herebv repealed : ano that hereafter each and every col- river and the height of every moun lector of customs to whom shall be tain in Asia, the ageof every reign delivered the manifests or lists of ing sovereign in Europe, the date nassensrers prescribed by the twelfth section of the act aforesaid, approv- ed March third, eighteen hundred! and fifty-five, shall make returns from such manifests or lists or pas-1 sengera to tne secretary 01 tne j Treasury of the United States, in such manner as shall be prescribed by that officer, under whose direc tion statements of the same shall be prepared and published. Approved May 7, 1874. General nature No. 27. AN ACT to amend the thirty-first section of an act entitled s"An act for enrolling and calling out the national militia, and for other nnrnoses." annroved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Con gress assembled, That all officers on duty at any. point west of a line drawn north and south through Omaha City, and north of a line drawn east and ' west upon the southern boundary of Arizona, shall be allowed sixty days'; leave otabsence .without deduction of pay or allowances : Provided, That the same is tacen Duionco in two years: And' provided further, That the leave of absence may be extended to three months, if taken once only In three years; or four months, if taken once only in' four years. ; Approved, May 8, 1874. General nature No. 28. AN ACT in relation to the customs duties on imported fruits. Be it enacted by the Senate and JULY 9, 1874. House of Representatives of the United States of America in Con- gress assembled. That the Secreta- ry of the Treasury is hereby direct- I nrl tn oncrwinrl (ho ronavmonl ff oil I riutiaa hretnfnrft naid on imnorted fruits until further legislation by Congress authorizing the same, or. until the final decision of the Su- premeuourr, excepi in cases wiiere suits in court have been discontin- ued by instructions of the Secreta- ry of the Treasury. And the error in the punctuation of the clause re - latin? to fruit plants in the fifth section of the act approved June I six, eighteen hundred and seventy two, entitled " An act to reduce 1 uuu on lmpwu, aim w imports, other purposes," of inserting a of a hyphen after T,m VT Lr rf JSl :.yi . t- vided, That the duties imposed by DroDHEHLiou or cuiuvaLiuu : rro- virtue of this amendment shall not be levied or collected upon fruits entered for consumption at any port of entry prior to July first, eighteen hundred and seventy-four. Approved, May 9, 1874. General nature No. 29.1 AN ACT to establish an assay-office at Helena, in the Territory ot Montana. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Con gress assembled, That the Secretary oi tne xreasury is nereoy auuionz- am m l 1 11 ed and reauired to establish an required to establish assay-office at Helena, in the Terri tory of Montana the said assay- office to be conducted under the provisions of the act entitled An act revising and amending the laws relative to the mints, assay-offices, and coinage of the United States," approved February twelfth, eigh teen hundred and seventy-three. Sec. , 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be constructed a suitable building at Helena, in the Tftrritnrv of Montana, for the Dur- poseofsaid assay-office, and provide the same witn tne necessary nxiures , . A -.J nd PParU9 at 5 cos ,nofc exc,?. LV:ULt S& --, -;t " , t 1 any uiuutv in uio h-u ju'J xmxjv m v v otherwise appropriated. Approver, xuay xort. General nature No. 30. AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to provide for the estab lishment of a military prison and for its government," approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-three. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Con gress assembled, That said act be, and the same is hereby, so amend- ed that all acts and things therein reauired to be done and penormeo i a Rock Island, in the State of llli- UU1B, 9I1U11 UC UUUC aim liciiuiuidu on the military reservation at Fort Leaveuworth, in the State of Kan sas: provided, mat tne govern ment buildings now on said milita- rv reservation at Fort Leavenworth shall be modified and used so far as practicable for the purposes of said prison. Approved, May 21, 1874. General nature No. 3I.J AN ACT repealing- the act entitled "An act fixing the time for the t"tf ?frrJ Forty-fourth Congress." Be it enacted by the Senate and House or Kepresentanves 01 tne united states 01 America in n- I trrr-aca OQfiamhkUl ' 'hot Tho anr. Onri. SeT i'acFflxinVthe UTteito election of Representatives from the State 0 California- to the Forty- fourthj Congress," approved March third, eighteen hundred and seven- tv-three. be, and tne same is nere- by repealed. Approved, jiay 21, 1874. - . oupcrnciai Acqiumiiw. a. writer says: "The boy or eriri who can envethe name of everv of everv battle in America, can hardly be as well off for all of this burdensome knowledge as one who knows the elements of human physiology ana anatomy, who is taught more or tne Knowledge use- ful in after life, and can tell how to help himself or another in case of i - ml 1 acciuem or emergency, ine ooy who is to go into active life and the girl who is to become head of a household, will have little occasion and les3 opportunity to use the greater part of the crammed, les- sons so. lnuustnuusiy , uucumuiaieu -x.J. 1 I A -J during their school years. A fair knowledge of the rules that are at the bottom of all healthful activity, a general acquaintance with anato- my and st well -grounded taste for natural sciences will all grow into and become part of their daily lives, and such things are far less likely to make pretentious men or women than, that kind of smatter ing. 4 memorized ' tacts and dates and ' words,' which is too often the penaltyJof superficial study." . I. C. Allen, Esq. This gentleman has been offered and accepted the nomination of the Republicans of Brunswick for a seat in the next General Assembly of North Carolina. : CoL Allen is well tion, to say that he never had any known for tried and gallant sol- association or affiliation with -the dier, a fine speaker and an energet- Ku Klux or any kindred organiza ic citizen. His; election ' by a large tion, and further, that the charge is majority is an ; assured - thing; and a base fabrication and contempt in the Legislature, of which he will ible slander, but it is not baser or be an ornament, there will dq no warmer patriot than Col. Allen. J WiLPost. , 1 NO. 3. WEEKLY ERJl. THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1874, 1 now lliey 11 ate. The Democratic papers are filled just now with reports of how much j,e negroes bate the whites in the it, , i, min b)Utn: an( lDf1use men I sometimes take the advice of Dem I ocrats, or pattern after the exam 1 pie of DemocraU and run for office, why these Democrats think it is a terrible thing. .'We have some few instances of how much the colored people hate the whites. Some three years ago a colored man committed an out- unly- - On the (rial the defend ers, thought that they 1 miornt. saw .fnpir flipnt's noolr nv i -0 . - I the selection of a colored jury. The jury were consequently all colored, and the colored defendant was found guilty : without the jury leaving the box, and was hung. Some two weeks ago, a white man wTas murdered near weldon by colored men. One concealed himself in the woods until a few days agq when he applied to a col ored brother for food, and although there was no reward for him, the colored man promptly arrested hm and delivered him over to the Sher iff to be tried for killing one of the hated whites. In Wake county, two weeks ago, a colored man committed an out rage on a white girl. The colored I men in the neighborhood promptly turned out to, hunt tho., brute and assisted in capturing him. On the trial five colored men sat as jurors, and returned a verdict of guilty; in two minutes. In the city of Raleigh, one of the most efficient fire companies is com i posed entirely of colored men. I - They are always first on the ground and a.th0Ugh own hut. Httlfi nrnnprhv. thnv work t - J 1 r " as hard, to save the property of the whites from destruction by fire as if it was their own. Any hatred in these things? Silent as the Tomb. If one of the rank and file of th e Democracy has the temerity to an nounce himself a candidate in op position to a regular nominee of the leaders of the party, the entire Democratic press instantly open fire upon him and pour their hot test shot into the offender; but when such Democrats as Hon. Thomas Ruffin or Col. G. N. Folk, come out as independent candidates against their party nominees, these same Democratic organs cease to make music and are as silent as the tomb. How true it is that the De mocracy will tolerate any thing the broad-cloth gentry may do, when if the same thing is done by the hard fisted yeomanry dressed in 1 homespun, made by their frugal wivoa and daughters, thev are un mercifully lashed with a whip of scorpions. What say you ta this, ye Democratic editors,, who are always pretending to be friends of thro r.U.f "Woo unto vou. I " ' ibea and pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye are like unto whited sepul chres, which indeed appear beauti ful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all unclean ness it Col. Thomas Kufiin. Col. Thomas; Ruffin, of Orange county, announces himself an inde pendent candidate for Judge of the Seventh Judicial District, and we publish his card in another column. Col. R. is a son of the distinguished Chief Justice Ruffin, and is a law yer of fine ability. He has had large experience at the bar, and has served the State acceptably both as Solicitor and as Judge of the . Su perior Courts. Col. Ruffin is an old fashioned Democrat, and while he is firm in the tenets of that party, he has ta ken but little active part in politics of late years. Without any wire pulling or intriguing to secure a partizan nomination for judge, he has at the instance of gentlemen of both political parties announced his willingness to serve if elected. His eminent legal . ability,, his high sense or justice, and his freedom from the bitterness of party are in striking contrast with those of Judge Kerr, and peculiarly fit him . for the position of Judge, and ho will doubtless be elected by a handsome majority. By Authority. We are authorized by Mr. T. R. Purnell, the Republican candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruc-' meaner, than the man' who makes it, or the one who gives itcircula- tion. i . WEEKIiY ;ERA". RATES OP ADVKRTISINO : Otui square, one time, - - f 100 " two timeH, - . 1 so " ' three times, 2 00 Contract advertisements taken at proportionately low rates. , p& Jon Work executed at short no tice and lii a style unsurpassed by any similar establishment in the SUte. Spe cial attention paid to the printing -f BuxjiKS of : every description. On Tuesday, the 30th ult. Capt.Joe Dayis, democraticconservati vo can didate for defeat In this Congress ional District, narrated at tho Court House in this tchy. His principal harping was on tbs Sanborn fraud, Internal Revenue, Ben Butler, Louisiana aflairs and Civil Rights. Ho failed to tell the people how ever that he voted for Greeley after the Philosopher had made his Poughkeepsie mixed school speech. When Jo ftpishejl his harangue, Col. I. J. Young, by consent, rc-' plisd, and - with marked success refuted every position taken by his adversary. He showed to tho com plete satisfaction of both Republi cans and Democrats that the Inter nal Revenue system was but the consequence of secession and war, and further proved that although it might be somewhat onerous the government expended all it raked from the South in the improve ment Of that section. He handled tho civil rights ques tion to the utter discomfiture of Ids opponent, and when ho wound up it was the opinion of all fair-minded men of both parties that Joseph was over-matched. We doubt whether Jo will again consent to have Col. Young reply to his harangues. Will he consent to a reply from the Colonel in Granville? Wo will see. The Democrats in Davidson have had a "sea of trouble" in fixing up their candidates for the Legislature. J. A. Leach, of Thomasville, late Steward Deaf and' Dumb Institu tion, declared himself a candidate. Also M. II. Pinnix, Esq. One or the other had to come down. Referees were appointed and decided in Pin nix' favor. Mr. Leach, however, thinks he was treated unfairly, as Pinnix had been a candidato two years ago, and was beaten by Jacob T. Brown, and that ought to suffice, but C. F. Lowe thought not. Hence, we are not surprised to learn that Mr. Leach is now a candidate for S. C. Clerk against the said C. V. Lowe, who is the Democratic can didate for said clerkship. Mr. Leach is now determined to punish his friend Lowe. This is a fight between the "Kil-Kenny-Kats," (K. K, K.) and we are not much interested, as the Republicans will carry the county anyhow. But by odds, if a Democrat was to bo elect ed, Leach would make a tenfold more industrious and better repre sentative than Pinnix, or even a bet-, terormore competent clerk than C.F.Lowe. Wo hope Mr. Leach will not retract .from his present do termination to run through. The Piedmont Press feelingly re fers to the bountiful crop of tares which the success of the "Merrimon Senatorial bolt has caused to spring up In our midst." The Press says . further. : " The greatest hindrance to our.Buccess in this campaign comes from that self conceited, self-serving' kind of pa triotism which now shows itself in so many independent candidates and bolters. ,Wo have no. .charity for, as we have no faith In, any man or set of men who ; think tho party was made expressly, . for. them and their personal, friends, or who have or could use his place, vote or Influ ence, against the: known choice of ninetenths of the party, 1 Just to gratify a contempt! ble: spleen of a purely personal character. We aro of those who stand un for onrai tion, harmony, and unitx, party for the party's; ar try's good, and to in?"1' must be discipH' be madeodlo How will gates from Ch Judge Mf as "trf ' submf havir( the ci. withdrL date fori 7th District. AT 4 Judge Tourgeo has : prpslpav. that District since 1863, and has won for himself an. enviable name by tho learning and ability with which he has discharged the highly responsi ble duties of; his office, and has made hosts of friends by his urban ity and gentlemanly bearing. Since 18C8 he has served the State as a member of the Constitutional Convention, as one of the Code Com missioners and as Judge Superior Courts, and in each of these posi tions he has acquitted himself in a highly creditable manner; There is no truer man, or abler lawyer of his age in the State, than Judge Tourgec, and we hope at no distant day to seo him occupying some po sition of honor:- and . usefulness for which his talents so eminently qualify him. Ai