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jrfWVUK V i'.u;!''-.:' U;!. ti l?! r K-A.' .feast eCjj -II?. iy r; J ---- !. r .'-., --. .- . ....... ' ' ' T "Liberty, and Unioh now and foreyer, one : and InseparaWe." Dasol Wibstkb.: vol. xxxmr .-'!r-.' RALEIGH, ; N. C, WEDNESDAY, " JULY 31; 1867; N031. i ...! , YA II I f II lit I 1 . H II i .;,-- ff W. HOLDEN. HOLDKN., ,W. "W. HOLDEN & SON,.,,; -: " VI.;-.- SDITOM 0 TBBBTAMBABD, Ti: 1 ' 1 ' Authorized publisher if ths Lawi the United States, and of government ddvtriiaantnis. ' Rates of ; Subscription, f : - TEEMS Cash in Advahcb. Trl-Weekly paper, 1 year.......; $6 00 .s - " 6 montht...".. 8 50 .. it .: ' - 3 - r ;aoo .' - Weekly paper, 1 year....'..r".-viV8 00 ! . " '. 6 months..:..',!.: 160 ... ' 4 8 " .. 100 . ; ' ', 5 copies 1 year.,... '13 05 n, ,i " .... 23 0t w , , " 20.. " .1 " ,..,40 00 To those who get up clubs of five or more sub scribers, one copy, (rratis, will be furnished! ! 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' In accordance witb the following resolu tion, passed after full consultation, at a meet ing of the Republican State Executive Cora- mittee, held in Rateigb, on the 5th of June last, a Delegate Republican State Conven tion is hereby called, to meet at Raleigh at 11 o'clock, A. M.,on Wednesday, September 4th, 1867: u Resolved, That this Committee recom mend tliat a Convention ot the Republican party of North-Carolina assemble in Raleigh on Wednesday, the 4th day of September next ; and that the people be requested to elect or appoint, through primary meetings, ' delegates thereto." - - . ' : The object in calling the Convention, is that it may ' take such additional steps as may seem necessary and proper to add to the efficiency of the Republican organization in North-Carolina, and to secure the triumph of . Republican principles and measures. It is proposed that each County in the ' State send as many delegates, white and colored, as it may desire, anil that when as sembled in Convention the respective Coun . ties shall . be entitled to as many - votes as they are entitled to members of the Hnnse of Commons under the present apportionment. . All who are prepared to act and co-operate with the Republican party, are invited to attend ana participate in the proceedings ot the Convention. : ' ' " ' . , The great and vital qnestions of public policy now at issue the importance of in suring an early return- of North Carolina to the Union, and the controlling influence the Republican party is destined to exert in the accomplishment of this result, render it im portant that the Convention; should assem ble with such a spirit as will insure harmony and concert of fiction. - , With 'all' the -associations connected with the struggles and trinnphs of the' Re- publican party its wise and patriotic record in peace as well as in war its anxiety and power to preserve and perpetuate thq Union there is everything to inspire. our friends, and to induce them to co operate resolutely and - vigorously in. the work of 'restoring XT .1. r 1" - a ' I-! 1 ' f'l! ' ' -J 1L mum ly&roiiQH w a luyai position in me government, I thus hastening the return of peace and prosperity ti Imt people.;' -: ! ' - W. W. HOLDEN. Clmirman. - C. L. Habris, j. , .. Teob. Buttle, ' y Jas. F. Tailor,:';- Robert P. Dick ., , Dr. E. Grissom, ' . ' Dr.: W.Sloan, v : , Wm. A. Smith, .". Jos. H. Neff, ' ' John Pool, r ; J. Q. A. Brtan, ; J ; Lewis Thompson, ; L. L. Stewart D. M. Carter,, . , W. G. B. Garrett, ; David Heatok, Saml: Forknek, . ",. 'J. IV. luOMAH. KWn.i.uva '' E. L. Pembertok," G. W. Looan, : Danl. R. Goodloe,; K.W. Krsa. " ' '.r Alfred Dockeet, :' Jas. H. flARKiaj ' v. ' Alexis Lono, ' J. W.' Hood, .. i James Jones, ' ' f ' I. B.' Abbott, . " g. w. brodie,"-:. ; n. EppEs, ; )F f ;' John Manuel,-, ' ; T. A. Stkes, :. ! . G. P. Rocrke, , , Tomr Greeh, ' "' W. Cawthobn, ' ' , R. Smith, i John Htman. ; ' j. E. O'Haba.. ' , I . H. Unthanks, . ' Alfred Stokes, ; ' Committee. July 24, 1867. .. . Mr. Conway's Report U. I A. The attention of our- readers is invited to the report of Thos. W. Conway, Esq.to Hon. J. M. Edmunds, of his tour in the South in aid of the Union cause, and espe cially of t at patriotic Order, the Union League of America. ;. " :.zr. . ; I-.- We are gratified to state that the League w making rapid progress in this State. It is destined to be of great service in the work of reconstruction. AH the loyalists in this State, whether . 'members of loyal organiza tions or not, are working together with zeal and harmony. .'They are all Republicans, having the same end in view, to wit ; the res toration of the Union and the good of the State. '.'" .:-'.' ' More Mischief. It k stated that the' President is considering the. propriety of calling the District Commanders' together to - Mtablish uniform rules of action for the exe cotton of the Reconstruction Acta. , : We thought Gen: Grant had charge of the work of reconstruction. '' MrI 'EDrron : I beg leave to ask our city authorities 'of Charlotte why they do not abolish tho city Guard, and thus savea large item, in the pockets of the tax payers. The chief might be retained to report to: the Mayor, if that officer be thought necessary, and he could report to the military Com- mander of the Post what arrests were neces sary as cases occurred. "For to this com plexion must it come at last." And what ' use a double set officers are I cannot con ceive. We have certainly been burdened enough with taxes in the last two years to obtain this much relief. What say vou.' City Fathers? ' . (; ' ; QUERIST. - We think the questions of "Querist"" de serve consideration. "'- As' the 'military 'is ' here, and paid by the Government that has Volunteered to look after us, we' do hot see: the necessity of keeping np the civil :'estab--lishment . We would like to see all the offi cers of every grade in the State resign, and thus'place the entire management ot affairs into the hands of those indicated by the'' amendment of the reconstruction bilL Con gress has cleerly enough manifested a deter mination to perpetuate the continuance in power of the Radical party," and opposition is worse than useless The competent aud : patriot people of the South are disfranchised and nothing is now lelt us but either to leave the country or submit.. ' A Convention is a fixed fact : registration will soon commence. We advise all who can to register, and to vote for the best man who is a candidate. ' Charlotte Timet'. ' " - ' ' . " ' ' The above is from an anti-Republican pa per, but it takes a correct view in relation to the double government we now have over as.' :;- .' -.- v' ' ' : ' : It is clear that the purpose ot the recon struction acts is to place every State officer under the absolute control of the military. An officer who has taken an oath to support the Constitution and enforce the laws of the State, can not, it seems to us, enforce any order of the military, for the reason that, as State officers, they have taken an oath with which such military order would come fli- rectly in conflict . They must either violate their oaths of office or disobey the military. 1 This applies to all State officers, from tho Governor down. - We observe that Judge Merr'.mon has re signed his commission as a Judge of our Su perior Courts. A person of his knowledg e of the law can not have failed to be impress ed with this view. A successor to him will be appointed by Gen. Sickles. This succes sor will be do more bound to obey Gen. Sickles than the Governor and our present Judges and Justices of the Peace are ; but he will act under a different oath, thus present ing the strange irregularity of one Judge act ing under one oath and another Judge under another. , ' "' i.The government should be either civil or military. Congress has emphatically declar ed that the present State governments are illegal, except in so far as they are upheld by its authority through the military. This is the law of the land.. , It is the duty of all to conform to this law, and especially is it the duty of all State officers. ' If civil gov ern ments exist,1 then, as we have stated, ev ery officer is liable to be ordered at any mo ment to do some act which will conflict with his oatb. But if the military be paramount, as we all perceive it is, is it not advisable and proper that the State officers should re sign, and let their places be filled by citi zens who will represent and.be responsible to the military alone ? : - ' -. ! We also entirely concur with the Charlotte Democrat in the following article on the . subject:','.... '. , ... . ' '....' ; u The, State Governments. A . good deal is being said about the authority of the State Governments lxjing superseded by military authority. Now, we think, consid ering the circumstances, and taking into con sideration the power given the military au thorities by the reconstruction bills, that it would be decidedly better to dispense with the so-called civil authorities entirely, tintil i the State is restored to the Union.. The civil officers are a useless expense to the peo ple1 the most of them are .afraid ' to act in accordance: with our State laws, and when they do act it is not ' final if . the military choose to interfere. Two sets of officers and law-ninkers are & nnisance to any people. '" In the present anomalous state of affairs we Lelieve it would be better for the people : to accept of military rule, and have their grievances and difficulties settled altogether " by military authority, rather than pay the expense of a civil government that cannot enforce its laws or proteet them. ' We don't care how soon the State Governments are abolished.'"': V ;..?! Ki-r-.: v i.l The State Convektiou. The Newbern , BeptMiean concludes a sensible and well-considered article on this subject with the fol lowing observations: :' Vv v.- "r:' '-"In addition to the foregoing, we cannot refrain from the expression of an earnest wish that the mere fact of temporary politi cal disfranchisement will not prevent various true and able Republicans of the State from being present and taking an active part in the proceedings of the Convention.. It is their right, and, as we conceive it, their! sol emn duty under the circumstances surround ing us, to give their active aid. counsel and support in building up and strengthening . our organization. The test of Republicanism ' in our State is to be found is an unequivocal support af the present plan of reconstruction submitted by Congress, and a determination to aid, through properly organized effort, in brinsring the same to a triumphant and suc cessful issue." - '- , t f '.T.' ' ' "'i'1 Registers.' .:i:' ; We publish to-day the list of Registers appointed for this State by Gen. Sickles, " ; .We presume the General will very soon direct these Registers to proceed with their business! ' . ' Registration ih Alabama. Partial re-., turns from 49 Counties in Alabama stow' the registration of 28,000 whites and 49,000 colored.. The colored majority in the State is estimated at 80,000. , . .; . ; . -; -i. Motto of Thi '. Wobth .Faction. " Liberty and Union, now and forever, one. and insufferabkL The Board of Registers for Orange." ' We are not disposed to criticise the appoint ments of Registers made by Gen. Sickles, for the task was a difficult one, and the General. no doubt did the best ho could with the lights before him. The whole number for the State is five hundred and forty-three. We are personally acquainted with many of them, and we know them to bo men of in telligence and proved loyalty. ' We ' have heard complaint, which we believe to be well founded, that in some cases intelligent iwlored men have been overlooked, and those of inferior knowledge appointed. This may be traced to the malign influence of Goy.. Worth, who is known, to be opposed to the appointment of colored men as Registers, and is, therefore, anxious to injure the col ored people by preferring for this work those of them who are least qualified for the busk The appointments for Orange are general ly good, ,There is but one colored ruanv however, on the Orange Board,, when, to our knowledge, other intelligent colored men were nominated. There can be no objection to Dr. Swain, or to Messrs,' Hogan, Carr, Hancock, and. Jordan Swain the latter a colored man. Thomas Wilson is a white man from Pennsylvania. . At a public meet ing held in Hillsborough, on the 30th March last, this roan Wilson presided, and resolu tions were adopted of an inflammatory char-' acter, intended to obstruct the work of re construction. One of the speakers on the occasion said : 1 J ' . . " When the master sit by and fraternizes with bis manumitted slave as an equal, in the halls of tuecapitol, he can readily excuse if not encourage his daughter in matrimo nial association and alliance with his own professed equal." . . .'.., ; : ; The resolutions adopted declared that ' Congress had M re-commenced hostilities upon " the South ; that ' whiie there was " a spark' of manhood left," .the meeting would not rejoice at the passage of the re construction acts ; that, in substance, a des-, potism existed over this people. The follow ing resolution, worthy only of an assembly of demons, was also adopted : , : " Resolved, That we have hopes that it is in the ordinary course of God's providence to mend our condition, and finally to relieve us from the dominion, of Thad. Stevens aud his faction, in his own good time and way ; aid we shall putiently await the looked for event." j ... : .... . ' , ' Mr. Stevens was very sick at this time ' his death was. expected every day, and this is u the looked for event " referred to.. ' 1 . ' ' The chief engineer of this body of traitors was Josiah Turner, Jr., and the presiding officer, as we have stated, was his tool, a cop perhead from Pennsylvania. This man Wil. son has been appointed a Register, and ster ling loyalists like Elmore W. Woods and M 1. W. McCauley have been overlooked. They are both more loyal, more decent, and more intelligent than Wilson. ' i' "; :.' Mr. Turner, who got up and engineered this meeting, was a member of the Confeder ate Congress, and has recently been pardoned by the President. He was sent to Richmond by the Union men of this District, with the hope that he would do something to stop the war and restore the State to the Union ; but when he got there, he collapsed in the august presence of Jefferson Davis, and did not dare strike even one manly blow for his constituents. The close of the .rebellion found him a disgruntled Unionist, and by theclose.of the year 1865 he was in full com munion with; rebels and traitors. He is banned by the Howard ' Amendment, and yet he is appointed by Gov. Worth, and per mitted by Gen. ,Sickles to fill the office of President of one ' of o.ir most - important State corporations, '.to which he has been elected since the passage of. the reconstruc tion acts, and which provides that persons banned shall not hold office in this State. ; We havo thought it our duty to refer to. this man Wilson, so that the public may know who. he is, but' it is a matter of small importance whether he is allowed to serve or not. ; Orange County; will, be thoroughly canvassed by the 'Republicans before! the election. The colored people of that. County will be fully posted as to their rights and duties, r' The loyal, whites and the colored yoters'will register their; names, and Orange wilVsend 'two Republicans , to the Conven tion, in spite of the efforts of Turner and Lis tools. :if' -; ;'.;": ,'.; ' i'.. ' f V ' ')'' i '-"' ;t:.':-: Mr. Jaraev.B. Harris.. ..-.. The speech of Mr. James H. Harris, at Warrenton on Saturday last, is spoken of in high terms of ' praise. A friend ' who was present informs us that the speech has been of greaait!vice to the people of Rtli""faSer in Warren. Our correspondent ' assures ' us that Warren will go with the Republicans by a large majority. . .;.;t, :; . We learn that Mr. Harris will address the people at Oxford on the 6th of,' August at Lexington on the 8th at Salem on the 12th and at Piedmont Springs, , Stokes, on the 15th. .,'', :,.;;; U; : i "I;;, :; There are calls in all parts of the State for this distinguished colored speaker. We are authorized to state that during the months of Septeraher, October, and Novem ber he will - visit the .Eastern part ' ofthe State and address the people,. Timely no tice will be given of his appointments. : -r-... Violated his Pabolb. -A commnnica . tion has been addressed by loyal citizens of Memphis to .the Secretary of , State of Ten nessee, nrging that according to Gen. Grant's letter to Gen. Pope, Geh. Albert Pike "has .violated his parole in advising citizens to go to the polls armed. This seems, to be a clear case, c There are others who have done the same thing. .,. The honorable course, and the surest way to keep the parole, is .to folr low the example of Longstreet and Jeft Thompson in advising the people to accept cheerfully the reconstruction acts. " Carrying Deadly Weapons.- We learn that a leading Republican in this State, who has been insulted in public company on account of , his principles and his life threatened, has nsked permission to carry weapons in self defence; and been re fused.' .'.We learn also that there are enemies' of the government who- carry deadly weap ons. : We have heard of one impudent Ten nessee traitor in this City,'-who boasts that he carries his . Derringer.: .We know that a Republican meeting , in ' Wilkesborough, in this State, was recently disturbed; by armed rebels, and that thelatter amused themselves for a while .by cutting and beating loyal Union men of both races.' We have not heard that any arrests have been made. ' ; It is also notorious that the police officers of this State, a large majority of whom are enemies to the government of the : United States, are permitted to carry deadly wea pons and lord it over Republicans, who are unarmed. We know also that persons who own land are allowed to carry guns and hunt upon their own land, and it follows tbat those who own no land are not permit ted to carry gnns. .. " ; f , .. -., - r. We merely state what ' we . believe to be facts. Comment might be both useless and imprudent.' '." '; ; ; , . The remedy .for; all t,his, and. for many wrongs of a grievous character, i$ to tale the State lack to the Union on a loyal lasin, This purpose 5 on '' the part of our loy al people can not be defeated, no matter who may help or hinder.- It is going to be done. If any of the military in-District No. 2 are disposed to defer more to Andrew Johnson than to the Congress, let ' .thein do it We must get along without them. . It may he, as in the case of Gen. Gates, of revolutionary memory, that their Northern laurels will degenerate into Southern . willows." If so, so be it. ; We know but one path of duty, and that is of paramount devotion to the nation and a fixed purpose to restore the State to the Union. We have- experienced hotter times than these. We did not besi tate to stay here and assail Jefferson Davis in the height of his power, and labor fo pull down the horrible despotism which he had set up over this people ; and we shall not hesitate in future, when the rights of Union men and the cause of the Union itself are ig nored or placed in peril, ; ' , - ' ,.-.y The, Bureau The military. : Since the Governor's mansion has been surrendered by order of Gen. Sickles to Gov, Worth, the headquarters of the Freedmen's Bureau have .been removed to the former res idence of Mr. A. M. Lewis,, in the Northern part of the city ; and Col. Bomford's head quarters are now at the Fair Grounds, in the Eastern part of the city. . , , , . We learn that this impoverished people are to be still further oppressed by an ex penditure for repairing the Governor's pal ace. :. Our people are in no condition to foot bills for repairs of fine .mansions for Gover nors or others.-.. This thing reminds ns of the days of Tryon, who levied an enormous tax on the poor colonists to build a splendid palace fur himself in, Newbern. .God help us!, The .loyal people of this State are about as much respected' by those in civil power here, as the colonists were by Tryon. . Amusing -An XL. D. t We learn from our copy of the Sentinel that Davidson College has conferred the de gree of. LL. D. upon Gov. Z. B. Vance This is Titania putting flowers in the ears of Bottom. i t .-.;-..-: r. i " ' ; We venture to say that this new LL. D. can not read bis own diploma in the Latin tongue. -. He . has . little if , any claim to scholarship of any sort, i He is not yet self educated, nor bus he been educated - by ar.y forcing process. He was three sessions at Chapel Hill as .an irregular. He studied none of the classics ybile .there, nor has he done so since. He has read law," but his practice has " been very limited. : He has gained his evanescent reputation merely as an agreeable and successful joker... He would cut but a poor figure f before the Supreme Court, where ' anecdotes and tomfoolery would be very much .ut of place.' , , . r The conferring. of thisdegree will not ben efit Gov. Vance, while it will injure the rep utation of the College for learning and kno wl- edge; . y; :;,?;;, 1;. i .-There are but two., imaginable qualifica tions that doubtless weighed with this pro found institution of learning in conferring this degree. ; The' rebel Governor is, as ! he calls himself, a ; Presbyterian the citizens here know well enoueh how devout a one, and he has been quite a pious and devoted jeaarfrajt" ',.. 'since the. Fall of 1863. If these two reasons -are cogent and 'appro priate for the degree of Legum Doetort Zeb most assuredly is a fit subject. it 1 J. ' If there are other reasons that weighed with that august Academic Board, they ought to be known. ; ..; ; FLot!B.F!our has nently fallen com id erably in price in Baitimore and New York. The wheat crop in this State was good, and mnch of it was saved, r We see no good rea son,' therefore, why flour, should be so high in Raleigh."' ."',,., . '-- . . '.-',') : ' . Silter Cro. Some of the Merchants of Beaufort have gotten up a silver cup plated with gold, "which r they will present to the. planter who is fortunate enough to raise and bring, to that mart the first bale of cotton, the growth of this season. We learn 'that several of the Carteret cotton planters intend competing for the prize. . .. '-- , The stomach tires of every thing but bread and water. . .."!'. .- " -yA -.: . t-.-.-i ' - A woman's tear's soften a man's heart ; her flattery his bead. The Convention of the Union Republican party of North-Carolina which meets in this City on the first - Wednesday .in September next, will be one of the largest and most int portant ever held in this State. ' We. hope ana have every reason to believe that the party will be fully organized at thi Con-: vention and ourliest and purest men selected as its leaders and directors. Register. 1 : " We concur with the Reg ister: ' The Re publican party of. the Stite now has an ex cellent organization, as the result of the 27tb of March Convention, but this organi zation may be rendered more efficient Thib is the object, as e understand "It, of the propel Convention, .which, we have no doubt, will be a harmonious body. . Good and able men should be selected at all times to carry out the principles of the party, but the people who compose thei party should be " its leaders and directors." Public men who serve the party are simply its expo nents. If the people are not with them they can do nothing.. y - ;- '. . ! ' i ' ' " ' i .'' Georgia Matters. , 'j ''' . r fFroni tbe Great Republic. C L. A. SPECIAL KOTICE. .. Grand Nat. CotTNcrii Chamber, Washington. D. C. July 15. 1867. It heing alleged that a traitor in Tennessee has divulged the National pass-word of the order, with some other portions of. the worK, a cnange win be promptly niadew the same. , Until such change is communicated through the authorized agents . of the order, each State and each subordinate council will, by order of its president, adopt a special local pass-worn, to be given only to members who are Known, or vouched for as truly loval men, i We take this. occasion to say, that the principles and purposes of the Union League ot America nre before the public without re serve, and are confidently submitted for the approval of every patriot s The secret Work so-called and the pass-words are used for the purpose only of keeping the enemies ot the uraer out ot its councils. , . , The Order does not in the' least feel em barrassed by any pretended exposure. :The better its objects are known the more will the organization be appreciated. The pass words will be changed. The work of the Order will go on without interruption, and the traitor, whoever he may he, will have in jured no one but himself. . Papers friendly to the organization and desirous ot promo ting the triumph of the great principles vin dicated in the Contest for the preservation of tbe government, are requested to copy this UUUCC . J. ill. X.LIiUlii.M'O, , Pres. of National Council, IT. L. A, . On the 7th of April, Gem Pope wrote to Gen. Grant asking bis views as to the status of rebel army officers paroled at the termina tion of the war. He wanted to know whether the paroles still held good, or were set aside by some ot the proclamations of. tbe Presi dent He asked the question because he desired to know what action he ought to take against rebel officers thus paroled, who might actively and openly counsel the peo ple of his district to resist the execution of the Reconstruction acts. He said, in his opinion, the provisions of their parole, which required them to return to their homes and obey the laws, also required them to refrain from inciting others to neglect or resist the United States. In this view, an attempt on their part to keep up difficulty and prevent a settlement or the Southern question in ac cordance with the recent action of Congress, .was a violation of their parole. ; To this letter the General replied t 4 Tour views of the obligation of a parole are in strict accordance with my own." - ' Such of the paroled rebel officers' as are permitted to vote under the reconstruction law, and much the larger portion of them are, will not be restricted in the privilege of voting as they may see fit but we take it tor granted that, tney - will not be tolerated in counseling others to resist the law, or to actively-' oppose the plan of restoring the . State governments of the States embraced within the military districts, nor in attempt ing to prevent legal voters from exercising - uie ngnt ot su&rage. .:. ' ' '-. We are glad to know that very many rebel officers have lived fully np to the spirit and letter of their paroln of honor, but some of them have not and it is well tbat they should now be authoritatively admonished that the obligations they assumed must be observed. lndmna State Journal. " ' From the Newbern Republican, 23d July. :' " ; '" Harden and Koberiea."- " " As we are going to press, report reaches us ot another murder perpetrated almost with in the limits of the city. ' " ' Last night as Deputy Sheriffs Bryan Wil liams, J Sliipp and D. Ryan were proceed ing along the line of the Railroad; toward Bachelor s creek, they met so suspicions 'looking colored men, whom they arrested, fsuspecting them ' of 'connection with the hand of out-laws who infest the neighbor hood. The prisoners- were - given : in the charge of Mr." Williams, while - Messrs. Ryan - and Shipp proceeded up the road. ' The latter had not cone tar when they heard the report of a pistol, and returning towards town, they found Mr. Williams had been shot and tbe'roubers had -escaped. Mr. Williams is reported to be dead. ' Messrs.-' Shipp and -Ryan immediately came back to tho city for reinforcements, . with which they again went to the scene of - the murder." They have not returned np to this time (midnight)'1 Mr.: Bryan Williams - was one of the most efficient officers of the Onnty, who had recently arrested several suspicious characters, and his - murderers were no doubt members of the gang whom he was pursuing. ' -- .t '.v 'w. ... ' Since writing the above the body of Mr. Williams has been brought to town, r ;; .""'jrCRDER AT BATCHKLOR's CREEK, - f ' ' Mr. Reuben Bratcher. who was an impor tant witness' against Sturgess, the -alleged leader of the fieudisli gang who are throw ing gloom and fear over our. community, was found murdered in the , woods near Bachelor's Creek on Saturday . last. No clue has yet been found to the murderers. ;.' - ROBBERIES.' ! :l ; We learn that Mr. Isaac Harrison was rob bed on Saturday at his residence, near Bach elor's Creek, by four robbers three; blacks and one white.: ' ' ' ':' " j' . Mr. 1 - Harris,' living "near the : Trent road and Dover Swamp, we learn, has also been -rob bed and still -' another ' person .whose name we could not learn, arrived on the train last, evening, a fugitive from the . atttack of a hand of menders. " ' - ':": ; Virtnre and happiness - are , mother and daughter., j :...,r v , God gives every bird its food, but does not throw it into tbe nest . - - THE PRESIDENT'S VETO. '' In any trial of streneth between Andrew Johnson and the people, Andrew Johnson will be overthrown. Of that he may be sure. Yet if there is any man utterly blind to the events of tbe day and alienated from the spirit and purposes of his country, that , man in mo rrebmeni or tne Lniteft estates. He is as far removed from svinpathy with this nation as is the Khan of Tartary, and lurtner than the Emperor of Japan. In his own land he is as a foreigner. . He holds tho highest office of tbe Union in the intereetsof Rebellion, and the whole aim of his policy seems to be to substitute the defeat of the Union for the victory to which it is entitled. There is no man who talks more of the Un ion than he,' and none who now dots more to prevent its peaceful reconstruction. It is his misfortune tbat be has forgotten the Re bellion, .Treason, to him, is neither a crime nor a mistake; traitors and Rebels forfeit no rights; the secession of ten States gives to the Government no conttol. over their reor ganization ; Congress, representing the loyal people ot twenty-six States, is powerless to prevent the rule of. a minority of Reliels. Yet a few years ago Andrew Johnson led the band of extreme men who demanded that treason should be expiated by death. who proposed the gallows as the solution of all National difficulties ; and there have leen no acts as arbitrary as his when singly, and without consultation with Congress, he took the whole business of reconstruction on him self. By what miracle these extremes have been reconciled it is useless to ask; it is enough that Andrew Johnson, in the Presi dency of the United States, is now the worst toe of the people who placed him there. At pea with the whole world, we are at war with mm. ,--i .. . . . ..-.! We, who put down the Rebellion, have the right to dictate terms to conquered reb els. .. Who denies the right t Not the rebels. When they laid down their arms to Grant, and Sherman, and bbendan, they laid down everything. -! Techically, ' their . property, their lives, were forfeited by the laws they hud offended; but Humanity and Christian ity plead for them, and the noble argument tbat mercy was but' justice convinced their conquerors.- They had surrendered everv- thing, and what did tbe nation take! Their lives and liberties it gave, their property it restored, . and all that it demanded was submission to the terms which, for self-pror tection, it had imposed. - Who denied the right to enforce these conditions? Andrew Johnson. He inspired with a passion of new resistance a rel tell ion that was prostrate at our feet Tbe fruit of his policy was riot.and mur der, and massacre; fresh hatred between the South and North ; the long and costly de lay of Reconstruction. The nation had re solved tbat certain things should be done. and they have been clone, but at what cost f Every step that we have taken has been over a Presidential veto; loyalty wherever it has advanced has found Andrew Johnson bur ring the way : we have fought ' every battle of the war over again with him for the ene my, till very weariness of the Btrujrle has given us new strength. He has professed. his willingness to yield to the decrees of the people, and again and ' atrain the people have decreed, ana repeatedly he lias refused to obey. Nothing can teach him, and Con- press, re-assembled to prevent the nullifica tion of its laws, is again 'met by the petty quibbling, tbe gigantic obstinacy of this taithless servant . Uis message goes further than we thought even he would dare to go. . He has hitherto opposed the .law ; now he would defy them. li the President should un dertake to carry out bis argment he will be gin a new rebellion but, like tbe old rebel lion, it will be crushed. - - - ! To the extraordinary . argument which Mr. Johnson opposes to the Supplementary Reconstruction act, the Senate replied with contemptuous silence, and the immediate passage of the bill over : his veto. - It is al most unnecessary -. to answer r his so phistry, though Mr. Butler ably - exposed in the House the pretense that the legislation of Congress in reference to Federal Courts in the South, and Constitutional Amendments, admitted the power to place the rebel States under military rule. It is not with the President's argument but with the spirit of the message, tbat the country will . take Is sue. Wc pass by this flimsy logic, but we must listen to bis threats. .- To us tbe em phatic portions of tbe message are. those which insult the people by declaring that Congress has placed twelve millions of Amer ican citizens under a rule than which there has been none more intolerant.and more espe cially that which refuses to execute the act His objections to the Mil are worth nothing, now that it has become the . law. ,' He is bound to discharge . the high duties of his executive office, to - the letter and in the spirit and ne need not predict what wou.d : be the result should this servant ot the peo ple persist in affirming - " I will not," when the nation has again we, believe for the last time, commanded ? You BhalL"- N. T. 2W-. tune. ., ,. - - - . - - .''"': 1 r: : - r For tbe Standard. MASS MEETOGS IS CURRITUCK, : ' Messrs. Editors ': The Republican Mass Meetings were held according to notice giv en through the press and by handbill Tbat at Indian Ridge, on the 6th inst., was presi ded over by Capt. Samuel Dowdy, assisted by R. H. D. Holbrooke, white, and. Wm. Tbomas, colored, as Secretaries. - - . : ' - Speeches were delivered by Messrs. C. L. Cobb, of Pasquotank, and Jos. W. Etheridge, white, and John wescott James Banm, Benj. D. Midgett, and Moses Mardre, colored. "'' Letters were read from Hon. John fool, ' Jos. W. Holden, Esq., Bvt. Lieut Col. CI) as. Bentzoni, and Capt W. H. Doherty, express ing regret that they could not attend. . - On Saturday, " 13th, the old flag was thrown to the breeze at Powell's Point, and a large number of persons, representing both races, assembled in its shada';W.: D. Chad- die, Esq., was called to the chair, and John W. Evans, white,, and Frank Sears, colored, appointed Secretaries. -t " : j Capt Etheridge, at the request of the Chairman, explained tbe object of the meet ing. .. . . - - .'-'J -1 . Col. 8. W. Watts, ot Martin, was then in trodnced, and spoke for two hours in his usual forcible manner. Uol. w. was tollowed by Rev. Mr. Berry, colored of Camden. Cap tains Etheridge . and U. JUcU. Lonnsay, white, and Messrs. Frank. Sears, and Moses Mardre, colored, also spoke. " . ? I. . The platform- . laid down by the March Convention was endorsed, and a resolution adopted, approving of the call for a Conven tion, on the 4th of September, next ? -The Chairman : appointed sixteen . delegates eight of each race to represent the Republi cans ot the County in said Convention. . -. : CoL Watts visited Roanoke Llaad where on Monday afternoon, . 15th, be spoke to a large audience. The Colonel's visit to Curri- :i tuck has had a good effect and it is hoped j he may again come among us before the day of election ;:; ; - r' . v.r- " ' Signed by THE SECRETARIES. v: - .1--. ; jror tt Standard. Messrs. Editors : Certain evil disposed men of the rebel persuasion are doingtheir utmost in this section of the State to excita the colored people to acts of insnrbordina tion .and - violence. "Rannhlinan - amaksra. wbite and colored , alike, bave uniformly counselled the negroes to peace and quiet ness and me observance or good order;. ana our assemblages for Dublin instruction hava been characterized, fn every instance except wuen . aisiuroeu and - interrupted ny. tno rebels, by the utmost decorum and good be- uanour. we nave acted upon tne principle of peace and. moral suasion ; and it cannot be proven that any one of ns has crer given, other than good and moderate arr A to the more ignorant ot our nuntbeft Laadry mean rebels, however, are taking advantage of every circumstance to excite difCtion among the colored population. Tbe fact that the registration of voters, which was announced to commence last Monday, the 15tn inst, was postponed, Has been tortured by these bad men into an argument that tbe Yankees," (as they call the U. S. Govern ment,) never had any idea of allowing the " d d niggers " to vote at all, because they, the "Yankees," knew the " Southern peo ple " never would tolerate it and, therefore, did not dare to: force it npon them.. The large crowds of orderly and well disposed colored men, who attended at Rich Square and the other precincts in this and adjoining Counties on tie 15th, for the purpose of reg istering as voters, were told by these inci ters of sedition that tUey were humbugged, and ought now to see it for themselves. They told them also, they had better test the sincerity of their " Yankee " and Republi can friends, by calling on them at their houses and offering to sit down at .their ta bles and slee-j in their beds, and see what sort of a reception they would meet with. They also told them that the. new' Bureau. Agent here had declared that he did not come here to "mess with d d niggers," but tbat beinteuded to " make them know their place, and that in short -order." Also that Congress was now in session for the purpose; ot upsetting previous legislation in behalf of the t'reedmen. Betides all this rash and in cendiary talk, which any reasonable , man must perceive is calculated to- excita and provoke the colored people if any thing can, these mean rebels have been' circulating ly ing reports among them about disparaging remarks alleged to have been made about them by certain prominent Republicans, something after the style of H.-R, Helper's new book. ' ' ' .. ' It is stated now that the blacks hare been drilling under arms regularly every week in Hertford County, (adjoining this,) and that they have been furnished with ammunition by a gentleman in that County, who I know . would be as far from anythiug of the kind, as any man in the community who could be named, and . that they have refused to obey the Sheriff's orders to disperse.'-'1 ; Now, we cannot understand this thing any better than you can at a distance. ( The mo- 4"i va man I a nmrniba tit rwklstmwtA- AA1je (who have been thus far very orderly and peaceable,) into, committing some outbreak, which may afford a pretext to these rebel In cendiaries to commence a New Orleans or Memphis massacre, under the plea bf self preservation ; and at the same, time afford tbem (the aforesaid mean rebels) an oppor tunity for breaking : into people's . smoke houses and stores, and for other plundering enterprizes. all of which can ' be laid at the door of the colored men, ' An incidental ob ject undoubtedly is to render the Union men and Republicans as odious as possible, and to expose them to public contempt- and la suit ' . ' . r; :v i !', . . Now, it is a fact which should be borne in mind, tbat a large proportion of the white Unionists of this County are members of the Society ot Friends ; and we do not believe in fighting and rioting, in order to advance any cause whatever. We consider those of our number who enlisted in the Union army during the rebellion, as excusable, becsuee they would otherwise have faera conscripted into the rebel army, and made to , fight for slavery, which was always oppose to out convictions of right - A Republican cannot ' arise to address his fellow-citizens, if Tor not more than ten min utes, but what his remarks are distorted and falsified in the most outrageous manner. No matter how moderate bis talk .'may be, he it abused and cursed for it for weeks sfter . wards. , Two versions are .usually given s A copperhead version to those of the colored people who were not present and a rabid Radical version to their fellow rebels.- They seem unwilling to let us have any tnend at all, on one side or the other. " ' -; -. . . As an example of their (the relels) exsg ' iterations. I will mention the fact that some gentlemen Who were seen distributing the Dialogue between a Republisan ana1 Freed man , were accused of dealing out p4ciaget of powder and loll to ngrot4. '1' :-v - ' ...Now, Messrs. Editors, we Republicans art men of peace ; and we object strenuously to these exciting and incendiary doings. We are willing to behave ourselves,, and we think we have a right. ' to ask that the rebels may be made to behave themselves.;' J. ' Northampton, July 19th, 1867. i-v :i J r t, m m i '' i i Fall Txbk of tbb Sufirkih CotntT. The Judges of tbe Superior Conrts in this State bave arranged: their ridings for the iFall terms, as follows z.-j--r -iv v'--t '!"' - . 1st Circuit Judge Barnes. , Shipp. ;: , Gilli:un. .-'.'. "'"-Mitchett ; ; a u u , Warren. Fowle. Merrimon, ' Buxton. : K. Resigned Mrs. Da. Walker. That erratic female who during the war paraded through the streets of Richmond, on her way to Castle Thunder, attired gorgeously in the uniform of the u boys in blue,"! recently, visited the Hospital de is Charite, in Paris. Her vis it is thus noticed by the Opinion Ration ale : t )',: ... ' '.V 1 ... ':' Petite and ftarilL uttiiwl with ttia liranfc simplicity ot a fashionable lady, More. Dir. Walker was received with merited cotOaity and respect ' She displayed great interest in the medical and surgtoal services the es tablishment : Her visit to the i!oep"tal da la Charite : proclaims a new principle, t"e righteousness of which has . alreiy- been consecrated in tbe New World Cat of re cognizing the equality oi- moatea and before science. . . - There is one goodA: In tiecr tf ; Vi every ; married Kan . CLi U-U Le LU i her.-: - ,- . - . -. . - .; An able man shows bis !.!t by pnSsj words and resolute actions; t 3 hot nor Uiimid.f , ; ; .- ' . . Our real wants aja few. 2nd 8rd 4th 5th ; 6th 7th : 8th
The Weekly Standard (Raleigh, N.C.)
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