NEW SERIES
SALISBURY, N. C, NOVEMBER 6. 1868.
VOL. I, NO. 44
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WATCHMAN ft OLD NORTH STATE.
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LINKS ON K.LON O.BLACKMER.
BY 'KATHWJA."
h i M '" West evangel,
PjmwI fnB earth, it sow i angel
On l bright aud smtosd shore.
Where th bsdow W more.
Where U whita-wisgsd cherubs dwell
u u inj' " 'H-''
Mourn not for the nobis mm !
Butiful lb rase hs ran ;
go the looming star that shine
En- the shades of night declines.
When the AJ its bsstas etesJ,
I, bid in florjr, "It It well."
Where hi sohl feat now ma,
Sin and tprrow ne'er ahull eoawt
Jesus aJItii ttep shsJl guide.
Br the sweetly rolling Uds,
NO
It if welT
they are calling for mora aoldlera to
order to support these thorongh
ly "Democratic" end "Republican"
KrafTieata, and that it reconetruc
I My 80a them Democrat in
friendt down there greeted me In
way which I shall never fbrtret to
my dying day. The kindness, the
wtrmth. the consideration, the order
men the allowed in welcoming an
v..i ,, .7
viiufur eatnsciaiir from M iuji
cituaetia. who woold tro down
and amy to them a kind woid
wins Mght wajteri at the
Gently niunnur.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS AT
HOME.
RiReviwt hie Southern Vint A
Graphic Vmdieatitm of th Rights
ot Southerner A Sound Sum-
mum Bmm-"Let us be friend.!
At a large Democratic and Con
tsrvativ meeting held at Weymouth,
Man., on the Mod, Hon. John Quin
ce Adams add rested them as foil w :
Mr. President, My Friends and
Neighbor: Yob mast not expect me
tu make a speech, for. I hare nope to
. T 1 m. - - i
intse in isci 1 nae mot non mauu
wnnid not treat them like bova. and
call thfitt rebels, traitors, miserable
rascals or villains went to my heart.
They asked me to any to joe my fel
ly w titer at the North that the v
fonght frm in the war ; they believed
that they were right; that they fonght
yon aa bard ae they coold ; and when
the war was done thev fraoklv ahans
doned that they had fought for. They
aaid we had whipped them : we had
conquered what we demanded dtiaing
me war, ana tney were ready to give
it np. They would fiirht no longer.
and all they asked was friendship and
iuudcss. vv nat tney deserved rrom
ns at the North waa merer, the band
of kindness, good ' fellowship and
brotherly love, (Loud apWanscV
fney want no more contest, no mora
II blood ; they want merely to shake
hands,;sayiog We fought and now
the fiffbt It don, lot nt bo friends.
That it the feeling of the mass of the
whole people I met at the South. 1
LeTTTEB OF PRESIDENT JOUN-
8ON TO OEN. EWINO.
The Nation 1 InteOipenm, of lbs Mtb
last., cod tarn an hnpottaat letter frost
President Johatea ts Oea. T
bag, Jr., dated the 4th mstn
at ws reqnsst ef us bsmcv. M gives s
rapid review ef lbs iasaclal Ustv, of the
touotry and Use Btttsai atom tag 000 d I
tioa of its (inanees. Ha ssys that the
Krvolntionsry war eot the people of lbs
there i Luilod Hutss l? 6,000,000, wssca bad
l even rruucmt to 9l3,ow,tioo wuea toe
war of 1818 comtnrnerd. The war brosgbt
an the nalion.tl diht, in 1816, to SlL'7,
0W,000. Ry wfe OMiiuerbent, rliai debt
was paid eft in twenty years, under Jack
son' administration.
At the eloss of lbs Mexican war, In
184U, the debt incurre d atuoentad t '4V L-
000,000, and wss aboat the saiuo, when
the wsr with tba Boathern States began
in 161. The entire cost of the govern
ment, for seventy-two years, from the 4tb
of March, 1789, to the 30th of Jane 1801,
bad only been 81,700,000,000, whereas
the expense ef the government from 1st
of Jaly 1861, ts the SOth ef Jane 1866,
sad Ha
shell Mpsresde the tapretae law ef the
land whether bt that of oeass the eeaaf
lax ullniiirs sad a siaidiag arasy, lbs
ewe alassst as auassrset as lbs other, and
ataxia lbs debt a refwaaeot harden upon
lbs prodsotive hdestry sf lbs people ; or
wbssbsr tba Conttitatton, with sseb sad
all of Its guarantees, shall be saeradly pre
served : whvtawr now, as iu 1780 or 1816,
provision shall be made for the payment
of oar obligation at as early s period si
practicable, that the fruits of their token
stay be enjoyed by ear citiseni, rather
than sjwd to build op and aastaia a noa
eyed mononply at bonis and abroad.
Tbe eouVt ia ant merely who slmll occu
py the prineipal ofltec in lbs people'
gift, but whether the high behett of the
I edersl Cogatitulion (IihII be observed
sad maintained, ia order that oar liberties
aisy be preserved lbs Union ef las
Stales restored, thai our Federal system
may bs Dnimpairail ; fratenisl faeling re
etsblihed, that oar national strength
may be renewed ; tbe eipsnditare dimin
ithnl, ibal tsxalioa may be lightened;
J .L. J.L. Til l.k.
tnmjmn of eivd war, were eOO.OOO,.".- r"' - ITSs
: prosperity and morals
saw no nnxiawaasKS, no tort or reeling
indicating uolffiuncaa towards any Jrl
the people at the North. That they may
be treated in decency and akjndneea
they do ask, and that it what I pray
of every one odtyou to tfkr. (Ap
plaute.) It ia the thing, it seems to
me, that we need here at the North
as much as they need it at the South.
Ail that tneyjuk, and all that the
000
Tbe President ttates that the public
debt, at the close of tin: wsr, aatoeatrd le
,600,000,0O0, bat. in February, 1866,
la .-.J.J aA LjW ft AAA L'
CACUVUCU ty.iJUU.UVU.UUU. X urum 111 1 l " s a a .a ' - . a
latof Jnlv 1SC5. o the tOth of .Tun I 01l"eSslDer which the eonntry it
life sud energy, tl
of the nation.
iiejpviag that for the redress
great wrong, and the correction
of
of
the
the
-but at Hook around me and se4 Democratic party at o North seek
fanit-iarwfaees, it
tier All, I should
yon know, ia thnj. Tfy?
lion. It is the ooMBB"ncf lb" cMe
in ten States of lBT?f ? to,w
oo, and what is it I It ia simply
-the rule of the military and
ling eUe. In order that it may
raanr friendly and
occurs to me that after
like to tar a few words in an off band
sod friendly way aa one neighbor
talk to soother, about the experience
I baye ban in t lie conrse of the last
two or three weeks. Aa yon all know
1 have made a little trip to the South
during that time. I wighoa to see
what a reconstructed Slate waawand
I went to South Carolina for that
purpose. I have coins back with
this conviction, thongtrl do not know
hsa- the other conservativetjaitixeng
of tad Lnion mar feel about it.
never intend to atop, to relax for one
I moment, m the heartiest, moat ear
nest and most honest efforts I can
make to remove all snch "bleesinir
1st reconstruction from the necks of
every oajp of my fellow eitizgnt
r Load cheers.)
ihe issue in tins campaign to me is
Isimply this and nothing mora, lie-
(construction, a
I Judical constitution
Iconeritntion now
I Union, and what is it I
kbit
Biotmng eUe. in oTder that tt may
riot jar too mncb upon the aswsjtel
h repitWicaii people to see) eight mil
lions ot Their teuow eitixens held
lloa-n by the bayonet, they 4nV
Irrooght in a great mass of three or
iur millions of poor, lafaorant, ue
pxded bhM men, and rt theru up
Id t row, as it were across tbe South-
i States, and because you cannot
tbe bayonet behind them, they
st, I n.it is a republican form of
f )orernlnent.', How republican f
"bat w this republican torm of gov-
nmeni? Why look at theeoodi
bun of those State 1 Soupoeo that
nottai; die yoteisin this. Cura-
noowealtli thonld suddenly be de-
red of the franchise and in Hie:r
lltetit wat bestowed noon a aet of
but who we.re entirely Ignorant of
P value and responsibility of the
xmg power, who, kew notninj
Dtstiv of the nrineirnWin rear
.ji,'.' r r aw
wincti they Were votintT. Suppose
t clam of men were to oe put
tyoo, of course you would not
it ; you weald feel uncomfortable
1taftroesbls, and yon would not
ftiieir rule if von oou d heln it.
let this is urnrnssdv tho eondition in
hicb South Corolina Uto dav. She
ftoverted by a set of men whu, if
people were Inft to themselves,
"fid have no more chance of hold
I the oflicet of your government
ry now hold, than I should of be
t elected King of Great Britain in
e of Qneen vfetorio. If I were to
to accomplish is, that we may be al
lowed to come togetherinsaiave in
lnace and amity ; that tssjeuicubu
. t reconstruction may be taken off
the people ; that these soldier ussy
be taken away from between, and
tlet we all of ns once more may
feel North as well aa Sousw white
roan aa well us black man Ihe bene
fits Of Union under the old eyettiu.of
Govern tuent.
Mr. Adams' retired, amid the great
eat enthusiasm and moat tumultuous
cheers.
MlSTAKKX The
speaking of the decline of trsds
burg, says :
"Norfolk is the only place bt
Raleigh Sentinel,
in Peters-
Virgtoe
to have
and North Carolina that
risra to sod cxeeedsd iu former prosperi
ty "
The Sentinel ia mistaken,, Charlotte
has not only risen to iu former prosperi
ty, hut far exceeded it. We think tbeSB
Mai bees more sew building erected here
ef th war than in any oth
South of Baltimore ; and
the wholesale and retail trade of tbe place
is almost trouble whet b wss before tbe
war than ia any ether city or town South
of Baltimore ; and tbe wholessle saw re
tail uade of the pi see is almost double
what it wafl before the war, beeaase oer
merchant are offering great iwikseemesU
to buyers, and paying the highest prices
for produce, considering the distance we
are from the seaboard. Besides, the pop
ulation has largely increased.
Tbe country surronnJlng Charlotte fir
100 mile is ss good as any is the worlek. ...
The people are industrious snd intelligi iTT w
, . . k.1
1969, It it estimated that the cost of the
government, for four years, in a time of
peace, will have been 81,600,000,000,
art amount nearly a great at waa expend
ed from the foundation of the government
for the first seveuly-two years, to July,
1861.
After this summing ap, the P resident
that forcibly proceed :
"In making this comparison, we should
remember 'hat dujing the Jong interval
between 1789 and 1861 the Government
wss frequently required to make expendi
tures of aa extraordinary character. Lasf
turns were paid to Indians ss annuities,
and for tbe purchase of their lands, snd
sxpesjsire wars were waged against pow
erful tribes. Louisiana was acquired from
France at a cot of fifteen millions ef dol
lars ; Florida, in conakration of fivcrSH-
Hon, was ceded to at try Spain tsCaiypr
aia became a part ef oar peases ions on
payment to Mexico of fifteen millions;
while for ten millions ear ( mvrnimerrt se
cured from i'sxas tbe territory ef New
Mexico, During these periods of our his
tory we were also engaged in wars with
Great Britain sad Mexiqm-the first wsged
waeaioit one of the most powerful nation
Ttbe world, the other made additionally
expensive by IBvJ prosecution ef military
operations in the enemy' territory,
i The ataxtlinfi faeu, Uses seneiseiy sta
ted, suggest au inquiry a to taw cause of
this immense increase in lbs expenditures
snd indebtedness ot the country. I luring
the civil wsr the maintenance of the Fed
eral Govenuseat was she one great par
posW that animated oar people, sadfjhat
economy which should always characterise
ear nosaciai operations was overioeaeu in
the great effort of tbe nation to preserve
its existence. Many abuses, which bad
their origin ia thfj war, eon tinned to exist
long alter it had been brought to a trium
phant conclusion, and the people, having
become sccaslomed to a lavish expendi
ture of the public money for an object so
dear to lhemj the preservation of the in-
iKctr
now laboring, we must look to the Amer
lean people, and lbs! in llienfl our hope,
I urn, Sasv truly, your friend,
ANDREW J0IIN80N
Gxtt Tnotita Ewixo.
Favxttxvjllb, Oct 88lb, 1868.
RL OU Mortk State:
in a reeont number ef your paper an-
peau an article from "Philo," charging
llie"P ivctt. rille Eoqte with defaming
Jnrige rloxton, are , for appointing t'al.t
Ran; .""uperior Court Clerk of Cumberland
Comity. e,
1 'lease insert tbe follonuig reply to
"Jusiitia.-a a reply to "Phil..." Bux
Ion professes eonservstlve sentimenU and
appointed Coltabea, a leading iaesadus
radical here, and againtt the withes, hi
tercet and appeals of nine teuth of the
tme men of the connrv.
Buxton has betrayed bit farmer friend
snd supporters and was not governed by
his bouuden and legal dut fEd.aofe.
CoLtxntK's ArrontTMRXT Jt'KTt-
jTt A AM) Jdbkx. An article appeared in
, our paper of tbe 8th intt., txpoaiug Jiidgo
Buxton's action in appointing Collaban,
Supertor Court Clerk. During the ab
sence of the editor au article tigned Ju-
tiua was sent in reply. We arrived hern
on 'ednesday just before lbs issus of the
psper last Thursday, 15th Inst. The
time being short and having to tasks wsy
for erection news we could not reply
Thursday. WeDnw.tsy to sll parties
concerned tnat Iu nurmrtlcle or the 8th
Inst , we meant wbat we said snd sid
whit we meant. We hare neither meant
sasimade s personal atUck on Judge Bux
tXu charted by JsuKitia. We criticised
hut official aet a ws had s right to doand
ss we expect to do hereafter net only with
him, bet with otrTers. We rsgtet aVst
Jud Buxton has setod ts at to lee the
eoofideajce snd respect of this community
a a Judge or public officer or citizen
We bsd hoped better of him. When oth-
neaeeable and law abiding, and as nobis
hearted a any on the faee of the earth.
Are we not justified in expecting tht Cbsi
lotte, N. C, will soon become the largest
snd most prosperous city in the Soitth be
tween Norfolk snd New Orleans t We
confidently and sincerely believe it. If
tbe editors of the Sentinel had been in
Charlotte since the Fall trade opened they
w.Hild believe It slse. When we go from
Charlotte to Balehrh we feel lonesome,
because we do hot see the same activity
on tbe streets or in the stores.
And if the Editors of tho Sentinel coold
see tbe fine trou front building Jrort creel
ed in this citygby R. . Me Aden, Kq.,
they would give up, probata, that Tuck
er 1111 is not quite up to It Charlotte
jjemoerai.
tegrtty rrf tbTTr free Institutions, nave pas era turret ted todimstid we refrained
tienlly tolerated taxation of the most op- from saying anything disparaging and cx
Btessive chatactcr. Larasasums of moo- preed one disannroval of tbe burnitur of
ey scntinue tojbe etiortedTrom ibem and I bim in eMgy as scented to he threatened,
tqiian'dererl in uSsSesi and ext ra vngant ap-1 We, like onr friend W. B. Wright, hoped
propriationsv Knormmi expenditures are j Judge Boston weald correct the mutter in
demanded for purposes, the accomplish tome wsy. r.
men t of which require large Standing j We hojihd If would turn oat thst he
army, perversion of the" Constitution, and i had been led intoiirorunawiiresor perhaps
ilniigalion ot B ales to negro domination. I bad not made a definite appointmeuf. In
&m a military estalilishmeut.eo.Ung in jail this W were disappointed. Judge
free press Is denied as, ws will turn our
back en eeitortsi lire.
W did not know whether Judge Bai
toa was a ineatbii of any church and do
1 not know yet. But the word "pious" in
ear former article we with changed to
"san; iimonleut" at tx pressing nearer ear
meaning of dignified by poertsy, and aet
aa referring to anything of religion. Let
the clause then read t "Let aa outraged,
innocent and confiding people inow no
violence to thit smiling and aanctimoniout
traitor, but tot us show bin we have the
aenr to treat him with utter i nattwyl,
and tn tneakeY his treachery as it dsser
e " II course ear bmlasss relation
with him should be fair and respectful,
but the willful injury bo hat perpetrated
onus of thit county, we cannot easily for
get or forrfv. Our column have been
open to Judge Buxton to correct or deny
or explain ; but so far as we know hs bss
at tempted nothing nf the kind. Ws learn
be hat again left home, for Anson court.
If even yet be may explain or palliate or
Justify, ws sre sll ready to allow doe cre
dit. Bnt as tbe matter stands we repeat
what we said and more. Juitilis misrep
resent us In charging ns as "malevolent.
We asknown too wellslhroogh this part
of North Carolina to neetr'any further de
nial of math oiM'or part. Justitia stake
s false statement and we bckeve wilfully
fslse, in saying Judge Buxton hd mode
ao appointment. He made sit the ap
pointment the Isw empowered him to
wrtko. We saw and send the written bi
trument ourselves. It is now with the
comity commissioners. Judge Buxton
bar taken no solemn oath to support tbe
radical party unlets in tome League.
Jwdge Barton's Oath to the govern
ment ha nothing I do with Jirllaban't
ppohilmeut, but hit obligation to liol
deu and the radical parly probably did.
Jostitis slaws au tatter fain hood again in
saying that Judge Buxton was compelled
or bound t speohsSk Collahan. When
ColUhan had failed npo M Sept. to
gie sufficient bond, the office bylhe plain
meaning of Iff law was vacant, and la
law ibeu authorised the Jsujgs to appoint
.it person v Ml it On the lb Sept.,
Button on hisreiurn from Stanly, appoint
ed Cohahan as his deliberate choice, and
e submitted a new bond not yet sceent
ed. Coltaban ia Clerk by virtue of Box
ton's sppolutment snd tint by election of
the people or any part of the people. Jus
ntta is ignorant of the ctt or wjJfaHy
pvrreru irutn.
and the admiration of strangers.
If tbe tJonservntive have registesv
ed their foil strength t hoy will poll it
next Tnesday ( anat will give ns
North Carolina by liltaeu thousand
msjurlty.
In the few remaining days tlissjaare
leiLus let us work like men let ns
work for our Stale, and for its oher-
toned institutions Victory is within
onr ranch. Shall we not grasp it I
Wilmington Star.
Bsc in Txrrt The United States
on" re Court has recently made an im
portant decision on the tubiect of the traus
fers of Isad profeing to bo aa absolute
senveyance, but aceomiianiad with a eon-
iiimwm.nl lu'lvn, ri f 1 1 n...
lies, securing a benefit to the grantor at
the expense of his Creditor. The court
says that the law will not pennjj a debtor
in tailing cireumttancet to convey ait
land by deeds without reservations, and
C occupy it far s limited time fofbi own
efiL II eaee, when a debtor, in pursu
anee of a private understanding, retains
paststtitn, rent free, tar one ysar, of tend
sold by him, such conduct creates a secret
trust for hi beix-tit and lender the
I Washtegtow, Oet. P. M Bat few
ir apt remain at the Bwptsal of the au
ihorltise. Fosur eompsnietef the lfth In
fantry, ordered to Memphis, are d laaWi i
here with a special train, to meet aastr
reneyjdettuuafe. The tresps are all "in
Farther apnoluiment of Revenue 8a-
pcrvisors will be pwtpoued till
election.
Seward
Customs, i
elusive, are nearly three million.
David Raltaan ha Veen arm do-
will be p-ajtuoued till after th .
has gone home to vote,
a, feast the IBUi to tbe aUtkyaa.
AvrtXL FOB TBaT BOOTH". Dlshoi
Atkinson of North Carolina, delivered
A discourse Snnday morning at Tiini
ty Church, in aid of tbe destitute pen
pie of the
stiffen
time of peace not less than one Innrdred lluffon acted freely, intelh'iruntlv and
millions annually, snd a debt, the interest c .ve Cofhirfan a full; complete snd dell-'
npou which draws from the Treasury, itrsti appointment a Bnnsrisr Coiiry.'lerk
snch year, one hundred snd fifty million .of t uiiiberlsiid in writing. d.iu-d L'lWr'ep
ofdoUvre for these two items of expendi- j u-mber li68 Tlio bond of CoJIahaa
turn alone retrenchtnent has become su! which be oners under ibat aptmintment i
absolute necessity, or bankrnjrtcy must jinrned by O. H. Docitery snd others da
soon nrertoke , and involve the country j red we think, Sept. 17th, 68. Can
fat its paraiysingXand disastrous reanlts. Jndg Buxton now revoke his sbsolnte
If, however, a wl; econoniy be adopted, appointment It would teem not unless
tbe tote may soon be inatermlly reduced, Ubc Comuxjssionerv refuse for any cause to
not merely, for iff beHetit of a few, bat in ' qualify and confirm t'ollahan's bond, by
tbe interest of all. A revenue would yet which the -appoint meet is annulled. The
remain sufficient for tbe administration of . Cmnniisaioiter have the acceptance or re
the Government, a well a lor uch a re
I duction of the public debt as would, in
lew years, relieve tn people irom minion
of interest now annually drawn from tlteir
resources
'She ides thai ibe debt is to become
oui;iuamw ioxi iiuibiij '" oitotosu
. I K. I r 1 n n . . . . I M.a I .
a fniriuj nsgxo evievivu mn yH
text lroin mav lam aar
what it m wm I' oe ! Pi
tmln theaml Mm and lose ma mm
own n'oamj mm r ; iwsi mr
H i tn asBswaj K tvstsw JM Bftftf
mmim an mwo a r nam mmtMmmm .
mm m"m WL
II LbbbbbbbI maV
ami ml ami'
We with a fervent ap
mi)f to the liberal
mrth- A large con
j - t11lft
, naas
permaiamt should be at nil limes discoun
tenaneeoas involving taxation too heavy
to be borne, and payment of sn amount in
interest every sixteen years equal to tbe
turn. I he gradual liquidation ot
it debt would by degrees release
pUl invested In ttic securities
vtumment, wbieu, seeking remu-
in other sources of income, untold
the wealth . of the nation, upon
it is now to great a drain. This
debt, if permuted to become per
nt and Increasing, mutt eventually
gathered in the hands of tbe few, and
enable them to exert adangerne and con
trolling power in the affair of tbe gnvern
mtmt.' The debtors would bestwi .th
am mi It ef the lenders' the twdmriw tbe
masses of the people. 1 1 is new our boast
that ws have given freedom to three mil
lion of slaves ; it will then be our skaeae,
that by their own Iplsssli ef usurpation
and profligacy, forty millions of people
nave enslaved thisttslrst, and sx changed
steveaeUers for new teak matters is the
It is tlll under their
rJrwsnt vet approved
.haps of bond holders and tax-g.tbersts.
Honcctbevftal iae whether Coogres
fual of the bond
t consideration tboug
Ibey (or their chairman rather) may keep
the bund uudsr conidsrslio imhlnotel v
if allow ei to do to. The public i( iuter
su dJn this bond and lias a right to kn,ow
the nW-rit andtlomerite of every name on
it Dockevy's and all.
tot this way Deekery bat put bis insol
vency before the people of Cumberland
county in a public capacity. Wc are thus
forced to enquire into aud make known
hi financial standing, and tliis entirely
from his own set in becouiin' public sure
ty for our domestic county basiness. We
bave loo much follow feeling for the1 op
pressed sud unfortunate to make public
tba private affairs of a man for our own
gratification. When he makehimelf
public sad the public interests demand in
formation, ws tball always serve the nub
lie good, fn the ssme manner we have
acted towards itoxtoa. Hi action, us nay
official it condemned by nine-tenth of the
financial snd substantial interests of this
county ; aud we believe the sentiment ex
pressed in our article is the sentiment of
the community generally. We are sorry
it is ae. We rsmet the cause that made
It so. At a faithful journalist we shall
J the had act of officials aa ear
nestly ss ws will sppbsad the
THE ULTBAS QN-flUAXT.
Wo notice that in anticipation of
Un. Urant election to the 1 resi
dency, tho extreme wing of the Had-
icm party are beginning to betray
tome unoetajnes lest ho may turn out
to be not so nltra as ifesy tmVild like.
Wendell Phillips lias already sound
ed the key note. The Anti-Slolftry
Standard declare Hiat (Irani was
never trusted by the Abolitionist
proper, and that lie wss nominated In
pit of them. This ia a nod aign.
Lot these extremist denounce him.
Aa the fanatic begin to. separate
themselves farther and further Ir m
Grant, bo will get nearer and nearer
the ctnmtitutiou. We are glad I hey
dpnt mean to stand by him iu dane of
bit election. When they attack hit
administration, then the moderate
ltouubiicans will oome to hitsnoiNtrl.
and lie will bo the mora inclined to
lean to the moderate or coutorcative
view.
We are not ret tanzuineenoneh to
hope for any par; culnr itood from
(trant's election; t ill, on the other
hand, we protest agaioat yielding to
despair, aud especially in view of ibe
demonstration made by the extreme
Vingof the Kadi mIs. Our policyT
the South clearly is to koop hands. off,
wiitcn our own domestic altairs, and
nlet Grunt and Phillip havu tliindiirln
out - thoiimseives. Wendell Phil
lips is n.nreilty a hitfer cneniy of thu
ratlin, nut no somctiiues nuwittitigiy
doe us a grent service. In ease o
Uraat's elestion the best thing that
could happen for us would bo for
I'hillips to aitack hit adtuin'sUutioii
and insist oh extreiiiu u easnfo
against the South. Let him deoouce
Grant Ate not "carjying out nltra
ideas, and let the wholo pack of ex
tremtats, Sumner, tsrueiey, ller
and tlio rust, mnko war on the
President, and then wo itt.tv he-riii
fuke hope ; for Griint will cnisli them
all, arrd.a Bieir fertnnoH go dou n
ours will g up. UaneiUe Register.
appointed To
bacco inspector for the Seveulb Yinrinia
I District.
FROM SOUTH CAROLINA.
Charleston, Oct. . Governor Scott
has issued the following ptasltmslim to
tbe eitisens of South Carolina t
FtUom Oituens.TbosM
plaiuu made to this department ef i
den and outrages committed by wicked '
...A U..LU.i. i
W.M. I. WU .IUV.I KM. KIWIIW, t,MISI J MI'
tciienartv fueling, made it my duty to
issus tw tote Proclamation, calling upon
aJ4sd and true men, without respect to
pmtTreal prejudice, to unite fat a determi
nation to diiessateasnce snd denounce
lawlessness ami state Be, and in an effort
veyance fraudwtent as to creditor, aad j to recover and maintain the goad name
void. 4jd it nude uo difference, in the that hat heretofore been the honor and
fecal asnert of the ese before the com 1. 1 nride of onr beloved Bute. It bt now mv
mat the interest reserved was not of great pleasant Out to congratulate you upon
value, anerftiat the debtor did not iutoud tho beneficial result that have rnsaod
to defraud his creditors. 1 froflf the admirable aad well timed ad-
'' ( I dress of Oeu. Hampton, aad th execu-
A Vii.i.mm.I's l!Kini Pitowv live committee of the Democratic Party.
low a Pxtrrartn i.v the Paorrra or ins In honest snd impressive ternflSey have
own I'lUMXtMATlo. Daring the Ute called upon the people to support the UWT
termof the Circuit Court tt Smith-1 nu preverre the peace and to denounce
ville, DoKalb County, Judye MeLain thnte rnitl- whleh have so recently been
presiding, a murder case was tried in committed in tome portions of our State.
winch Judire Mauseii M. linen, of ,"T l . '"i "
thit eety, was engaged. In the eonrse r;ntT w,aJ m imieoine isnuesmjto
Of hit arguiiiont Judge Hricti made "i" , "f k!!.'"U " u' ,"g T
Ibe ...rtling declaration that "there is J? !tZ SlTtZTfr "
. aiv.marc( v. into fruww BwVV QHifJlCU UIO ml
re8u,.r Prh'r "'"f prehension, aad eseciliatad tbe rosaoct
Win. . lirownlow ana Colonel :j :i ,hs.i, Mu,ii L.
Ulackburu, on. thelIIo wing terms : ! Tkta i. eeei.i.l . aJ ..... tSZ.,.,'
That the said Colouol Blaekburu latino tn svsrv well wi.li.p nf tk. M.t.
hall arrest and convey to Nit-hvillo an? it gives me dhfeigned pleasure to "--m
nu iiicii in uiai hecwui oi tno ntaie ; knowledge it sud to earnestly InvokeThQ
who arc accused of horse ttealing, I cooperation ef'veii rdftnber of the Re
publican party tn reciprocating to the f ul
murder and other crimes, and that
when they have arrived in Nashville,
and bt fore tin y arc tried, lirownlow
thai I offer a retoanl for their arrest.
lirownlow and Blackburn divide the
prafita arising from Biowulow's re
ccnsVproclamation. Judge Brian elicited this etatetruyit
from the evidence of Col. Blackburn.
lledenoanced the partnership as s
"sTOcies of infamy heretofore an-
Isst extent of pacific policy, ae admirably
inculcated by the Deatecrstic fesdent
Let seerimonions and ii i ilallngmit its
tions be avoided and tppsalt he made to.
the intelligence ef raaten aad aet to the
fear or passions of the note Stan tty. Dif
fer ss we may in political tentimenU, Hi
the dictates, alike of wiadom sad pstrit
Urn, for all to appeal to aad cos fide bt ef
ficacy of peaceful remedies fey
evils, aetaal or supposed. Let
known," and further stated that he forbear be our maxim and so shall the
"expected to ben ssatssioated for ex- j peace, prosperity and honor of ear kwloy-
poatiig tue partiot, ana mat too
speech he was then makiufitwwaa the
lasthc ever expected tu be permitted
to iWfko at the bar." Nashville Ban
ner, vet. lo.
The llartaville VidetU, say of this
villainous conpiracr :
"The case in all of its horrible de
tails wat brought to light in open
court ariSmith ville before the Boo. Stale Ti
ed State be malntatnsd and piapaiaattJ
and her time honored escutcheon will bo
preserved, unsullied and uudiuuned in all
its original puiity and lustre.
Signed J Kobxbt K. Sooft,
Uoveroor.
FROM RICHMOND
Kichmond, Oct 29, JVM. Tbe Jour
nal publishes the official stetement of the
tor toe past year,
is on hand. October tal
ons hundred and seventy-throe tbousaud
w a .. F-
Judge MeLain, and from hi well ing that there Waa on hand, Oet
known seal in ntinialiinn' illesral acts
it is fair to i, resume that the name of dollars
William ti. Browolow will toon, fig
nre in the list of ItidiOwnonts bv the
l)e Kalo comity grand jury, and that
ho will learn flint such exemplifica
tions of 'loyalty' wilt not bo allowed
in the Mountain, Circnitand especi
ally in the chivalrous county ot 'Do
JGilb." s'
NOliTII CA UOLINA OURS.
If the white men of North Caroli
na are doing their duty they will have
registered, by uext Monday night,
One hundred and forty thoosand vote
while the negroes Will have register
ed aboat half that number. Assam.
ing this to be a lair basis, tho Itadi
ical party mutt poll an average of
four hundred white vote in every
county in the State in order to give
our electoral vote to tioflrt and Col -fax.
We do not believe that there are
thirty-five thousand white men in
North Carolina who have lost their
manhood. We do not believe that
in thit broad domain there are thirty
five thousand whit men who have
lost their veneration for tho old insti
tut ions ; the uiitarnitheU, credit ; the
nroud memories which one made
When du great duty aad privilege of a North Carolina tit boast of her eon
ENOUMOils-.:!' OFFERED BY
DR. HELM HOLD.
II. t. llulmbold publishes the fol
lowing injUi6 Now York pitpcrs.
Will the toon tod rtnd conUUuni lUdit
cals take tho ditjU -he prospose to
niako f
I am now ready lo wager one mil
lion dollar cash on the result til, j h
November election, as follows :
-'50,00U that Giant will t.ot' receive
a majority of the electoral votes of
tho United Sate, or a tnojiirifv of I
the votes cast by the people ; (1290,-1
(too that Indiana and Pennsylvania
will iro for Seymour and liluir ; $250,-!
(UJ thai Now York will gt for Se
inour and Ulaiaiid liidliiinn ; $j50,r
UOUftiMt Sevmoiir ami llluir will bo
elected .'resident and Vice President ;
FRIZE FIGIITms ARRESTED.
mkna, Oct. 89, P. M. Ned O. Bald
win antUJoe Werasald hare been
ed, after having fought ene round.
Tux CoaacrrroH Pcuc Dbxiwiq.
The Now York -Sun (Radical) ha the
following editorial confession :
"It begins to look as if due Demo
crate would carry New Jersey. The
Jersey Republican itttheir alarm
have been to tho National Committee
for money. They haVtdid tbeua
thai their vbtrxe htslken drained to
save the three great central States,
and that they must go hoaa and
bleed their millionaire candidate for
Governor.
RswShtO Of Merit.-A good name,
in mth or woman, is the immediate jewel
of tbe tout. It has uo doubt big in
fluence in business. liearrbat the Ral
eigh Sentinel says of one of oar most
prominent merchants:
''Our friend, A. Myers, (formerly nf
Salisbury ) may be found at Na. 6 Com
merce Row, Ferry Wharf, where be hsa
I -' I A . l I - ,
. . . i , , ... , I openoo a nisi cutaa noaac, a a wooiesaie
of the L uited atutes lean lis seen Li.-. :,. ri. ..Jiinm-i
P.. f m,' V" ..... ...... .....,.v-,. IU.F1..
OI. Ii "in tins u. XT vaM It ii a mil tlif annrrrv mnA m ilkammt
! . i C'8 neer tsary lor tbo bumnest which he
I refer to Uovon
svh oiii;! ex (iot yiio. r Joel Parker,
of New Jei , e. fciovernor V. U. i
Minor, of (niie'icut : lion D. S.
Berne, of Ne York; Win. Weisjfc
mflti f tlio firm of Puwcis & WeighT
from 10 A. M. to 4
date up to Oetoiter
store, ISromlwHv. As to integrity, ! ha commenc.-d under favorable susnices.
imr 'in tin, of Pin i- and bis etteblisbmcUt is being fitted up in
superior style. We prob.ibly need not
commend bim to the North Carolina trade.
urn n, I'Utladc pliia; and as tn dispo
sition and ability; lo leading drngists
auu niuns4j4'ra in me i nnesj otsies.
FROM THki PACIFIC.
New York, Oct 20, M."I'he Alaska
brings a quarter o-a millioer in specie.
R. T. Fetkins, late Post Muter at Sun
Franeisso, died during the passage.
Ssa Bht habeen issssly destroyed by
harncanc. roar lives were lost.
as hi own residence snd former pursuits
in tbe State have given him u general ae-
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eertam : none or ibem need go beyond
him to get what they require in his Ha.'
e knew the gallant Major daring the
"ens
SSl.-fi
stand by tbe cause. Alter tbingt
up, be did nan grieve ever spilled milk,
but set to work with renewed efforts to re
cuperate, aad, to judge frost kit !
he it getting along finely. Long I
wave. A ofSMtt J outuq
nf e anew me gauaut majoeaarmg tno
isis," anahe u consoled with tbe proud
-faciioum well snaVoeUr did he
le! by the cause. Alter thing treat
Hatrr flood in Chili thirtr drowned.
Unnatural rdjeuuBtena eon Unas through- Dr. Henry Stewart, ef New Orleans,
out Sooth America. At Tutesnsnna, toaaWia been appointed Asststoat Ssrgsoa of
kmt Of the water i
. At Tufesenuta, tosTtUa been i
waked tan. j the Navy
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