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4 - U " t':: 1 ,- " . ;-- .. " .:" . . ' "! ,:-. ,t '. .. t , r f "f"' - i . ,... m-i m v 7 ? r-tf f it i 1 1 1 I t Y I . w J it. at ' sli Tf ATf ,f 1 1 i v :. 7. 7 --', i- .... . . i i . VOL 2.1 , THE NEWS. POULIMIIED EVERY TUESDAY. Editors and Proprietors, - FAYETTEVILLE. n. c. OM year, , Kii months. $3 00 IU0 Do. I nr.vTTTr r,nttnj -nit ntt 0n Rqtture, 1 inch or lew first inwrtion, $100 4 M ecl1 "bsequeut inHertioa i . . . CO For one yfr, on nquarc. . 1 , , . 15 00 For aix moathM, - t,.. 9 oo For thr months, ............ L . .. 6 00 For Quarter Column, 5 aqaareii, 3 moutLc, $25 it ' t ( For Hlf Column, 10 sqaftrei 3 . 60 75 40 " 75 100 ,r6 4 ,0 It For On Column, SO unnares; 3 niontu. ' 75 II ll I It e 125 160 200 It It o 12 t .i I From the Home Journal, CONDENSED NOVELS A very enjoyable writer of brond bur iefqiie, paroiy and humor, is F. Bifet Harte, of California. He is best known for his Condensed Novels," a -Sejie of gofod-natur-rd "takings ofTVof I tire! popular j iiovf lists of the day. i 1 hese productions wrij ongi- nallv'cuntributed ta1 the iifcss'-of 'the-Pa cific Coast,' and gained, on their first an- pea ranee, .wide circulation in American and English newspapers. Their .-success his induced the author to collectj them in a volume which is now published under the 'above title by Carlelui& Co. j Among the' subjects of the, byrleKque arejDickens, Bulwer, Mruddou,(BrQUte,lDumasj, Collins, Vict or 1 1 tigo, M iche Let; i Bel Ite IJoyd a nd lst, but not least, the redoubtable- chnn pion of the Con fed. -racy, and jmuseular (yliri(tiaiiitv, the author of fjii'V Livimr- .lone. t he last-named work H;conde,,s ed by Bret Harte 8 peculiar process, and 1 he last-nanuMj work Hlcondeiis- ir-njqrv-jws us intr iuiiuw mg opeeiineii oi concentrated extravagance, entitled t . . .......... k.. .... .1... I . I I ...... ......... i. I i GTY IIK.AVTS1 OSE. Chapter Ir ' "Arm rfpandirf'thuni incmrtcfrviriim A diney, swashy, 'splashy ; f.i rnouon in Oeli-hei; a schoul-vard (i led with a mob of riotous bo vs. A lot oi uj Ktand ing out- oiitMtle. iSnihh iiVvcftiue a dull, crashin g sound frtioi tlu -ciiot Nroom. At tlu; tlu -rhot l-room. At ouiiiious iuiernijdiuii I shuddered ijivoluutairii , and , called-Sntiih-y.-: :') f ",U hat a up, hnjith liny s cleaning i II II I HP ( ... out the fourthTorm' he replied. i At the same moment George dei Coverlv' passed me, holding his tioKe, from whence J redly. To him the plebian SmvthsveJ laushi-1 iiuzlv: t -Cully! how's.hisnibHr I pushed the diMjr.:. oT; the school-room oprn ,yiiere ajisome, spectacles! which , a man uh ver fb rge ts. J'The j bu rni lig of Troy probably seemetl a large-sized conflagration to the pious Eneas, and made an impres sion which ie carrieq! away with the feeble Anchise. In the centre of the room. Iiohtlv hrnd- Uhine the piston-rod of a steam engine. stood Guy Heavystone alone. I'say alone, for theiuliTof small bovs on the. floor iu the corner coutt hardly be called i .. . .. - ' company. , l r ' tw t;; 1 will try and sketch him for the'reader. Guy Heavystone was then only , . - - - - His broad, deep chest, his sinewy quivering tiank, his straight paster him to be a thoroughbred. IV . was a trifle heavy in the fetlock held his head haughtily erect. werti irlitterinrr ' hut-nitLlB Tl n n i - - a rvhM0; nj?tliiiiar. i'laKsieal at such times. 1 i j. i s i:ii" .- He!sawjhe5:hst '. .. laxed. .Soinething'4ikea smile 'strU'cl led ihrnnnii ins rr r I f 11 iiiwninunic if iii-a .1 II" " I W lookiiiff oil the Juiiirfrau-after haviiir seep in. vt.f.n . .i... ...mii..i.k'. it nuo iinu Mon$ is lane at rule, only Iimc&nd awful. Kesting ou the shoulder of the head shuddered and collansed under hia-lmirh he stride-tuwaru-ifte.-P U-"rfr 11IS call tossing gait me Chapter II ai fT v W6' It wss.the wmter.pfrlSd-, when Lnext ft 9.BJ:;wjIeihadvf.e.fe University land had ventered the Seventy . v ., -ttt r a sternness about the lower part of his nitm in a nying j i.- ii; before face the old HcaVystorielooka irstern- steps "of: the wansjoii an(kidtibi Ug: at full tiijj iple gf? tn1- YfLtliohV ness heightened, perhaps, by the snaffle-bit spd.jtjj.r.quglf. jtjie, halKileaped through' the' of tc.; but which, intone of his strange freaks, 'he wore dra;wing-rooin,,windowaiidejoined irieValllwas over.-' in his mouth to curb his occasional feroci- lahguidlyjcu the-lawub t ii? "a j j fcjuy; HeaVystone ;ba4 d'ied-as he: had ty. His dress was well adapted to his VBei jcarefut-fr-'FUm'. BHirocsffare??,i lio'llivW mriri-'- Vi ' .df.4'i,u Y f ' .. J i - j : , ,. .. . I..... ' . '.!!! 'T "... i. if .". i.?1' t ; .i ll square se ana uercuiean irame. ' A sinpeu B' lu u,tr jii.jwwsieru loues ,vniie nis j . - ; ; i kidt unJershirt, closeifiairrg-striped tights, tittl ey -fji,t The, KoiEJlKABTMn8 audewsparesSeton Glfirgary cap adorned his Head. On it jyaaMl'.fCttto ; I'irepiied.-1?almlr, :to was disnfaved the Heavvstone k-rsf: a mck wisltW to iippearitoJbe behind him in ier r.--..... .... .... .1. ill V .....1 Vi..: I rorifrmt ir vrl)tl ftioirf i i . "pixril! .I i -r vvlin vivified tkiir..-'- "H ,kriii Miu(uunt v ii w uuiiuiiiii t , uiiu LIIB Illtliiu, 1 IT- "' v ""-''"-J " - jUevil a better !" j j -j Guy started otfin high: spirits!? He Was-fvyi I thoueht of Hbratius on thn hridfrft of we r Curm'-He iihd the first WlSJ'a tw Sost . flvctibnatH 5i.ntraty i seemed, HfctorrbeJorVlliH vvifc the last' upon him; and 'he turned whis .face:' think oL sorm-th nir UM ea i lence, while the. homute were roUiniLOverJAvaii, aetennmeci xo ciose tne interview. waiK was peculiar. 1 xoil could not jj.uk wv --ip -u whii mane ne imuw. nn.-u uicfio -"5-'r5 uuiii-imu.iiw tuui( it a stride. It. was like theJcreU-cr;p' the wall.;. She laiided twenty feet t he wasready and willing to listen to the )HutPVP! Rx.d of prancutg4 Wf.W.,ue TW:-aiul.t trembling. worus-oi neavemy counse.i. y, Pl on Prced f tqWafd; WW llrl!!.m obstacle hinisel , r ; Yankee' Vratb wahnihir-With' his . : Y V' i:! - oid pot? refuse llmf ::1V,Ui.iyniMTv tiT Yihiv ,r ,V tfi -ii-,,!. ,rna,.r. -.y Wail Hie uel Ullie. ; ' - V i niH,. wAmnn 'nr V.hlliT in ' lh t i i . - i sixth uHeayies a-haveH excheIherFloU Biniri?sffatei MI don't like thoie gown fbhe sword, yba see," he ?aai"oi I grasping myf fiVriSDfractttringtfe feonefe I ! 1 1' U!gftl?lbKj He wasquarer, sterner, and in everv wav I smarter and more remarkable than - ever; loegan io itei lowaru injs marrastrttilasi terfelt toward Piiyrgmo, ns somebody must felt!towd;!j&t&$ i 1. .. I T. I - I I I ieu towaru ouuson. . j I ' li"Come into,mv den.!,rho said-and: lift tng me gently by the seat ot my pantaloons he carried mje up stains and deioaltedhie before I could apologize, on the sofa, I; looked around tbo rorn.4 Jt was abachel lors apartmentl chBratertically furnish ed In the taste of the proprietor. A fewj clayotbres and battle-nxs Wer ra'rigeHra gainst the wall, and a culverin, captured by Sir Ralpi HeavyslbhdJfcuiuVdhei corner, -'.the other end of the room being taken up by a light battery Foils, boxing gloves, saddles and fishing poles lay around ciireJeMHrfAsm lay upon a silver salver, The man was not an anchorite nor yet a Sir Galahad" u'fV- il never, cohjdell, whatGiiy thought of woineu. - Poor littfeleasts, he vouId often say when the conversation turned on any of his rrVish- ebiiqUests. Then, passing his hand .over his marble brow,' the old I ook of stem jRxed t lessof p u Lrpose a nd jjiir flinching seYenty-vquld straighten the lines o: his nibmhFad",iiieoiihJ .mutter. halt tol himself S 4leath!- - rvome with me .to Heavystone Grange. jM. Kii"f: ; f a??"'? tu i roar ot a The Exmcaf ,p0au4Mh1oW4 bJt tfcKinorrow. . . vl '1 "? .; .l t: . I'll givo you a mount," ho said, as he a-ij i-Dog!;whyuwas.thiskept,fron mused himself bv rolling Up Vi silver candle- - 3't.W.hy, pUas?, ir, Miss Flora said as how tick betweehis fwges. "You rhall have a vas taT j.reor!p(IV at ,on .from -JUisa , Brande pieoplitifai'Biit stay," he lid.led, thought- ' WStk .M s'tt be kept from yqu where Vu Vi-in I ordered . Cleo- ?'0IV '""'"M IJk .to seeJ$3QjT patra to be s'lot this inornimr." I ! iirid ' T ? :.i.-e-? .m i-V. 'And why? f I queried. 7 v I l"She threvvpher rider yesterday-nnd fell PfcHfeui Ml YUO YJ13 7 tfJ -! i , And kilfeo; hin.? I 4XJrt -v Pl.t.u .l...,T,l t Aiu.) inu7s me, reasgn vyny ltaave or- ilered her to ln sluif T ktr nn !inimld that; UP.tldaiigejrdus-irahouldVddX :.... 1 M i ;iiiasei uie last sentence oetween his teeth, and a gloomy frown descended over IT. i '. ' .1,' ' !'. ! r ri . ins caiti ibrowJ I aKectrd f;o turn over the tradesman's InlTs'th' fur, " like all of thc-Jleavysroije race, Guy seldom paid but faia.;aiid-aid-:-"- - You remitld'me" of the tiine .when Leon- uias-r- I TOr bother j . Leouidas ainryouFrdassical-. Jnet'4 s I s: . -i t. auusiniKS. uotini We descended 10 linncr. Chapter 111. . ; j a.- H rarrie weight, he ri its a race. fr a tbous:m t per. wis." There is -Flora BillinstTnte, th" creafest" t coqie!eiid i wildest. rid -r theVonntry," JlUllllAComnHniuiHKAlpn Mortmr wc stood upoii Diimleberry. Common before the meet. ' ' I looked un and brhelil Guv Ileavvstonn beiiditis haughtily over tht saddle, as he addressed a beautiful brunette.J-'J'5'vtr, : , M; s i erne wasindeed. a spicndwily groomed nti.l !-.. I. .... ....... -.. : iiiuii-iiii ucu wtmiiwr. t; wfni near enough te overhear the following con ver-T satioti, which . anyndgYitonedre recognize as the common and, w pressioit ui ttiu.hichertcUisses.M -t.m V heir Diana takes I noLwhoIlyc6nfiuetl to I said: Guy, dartinff; aTi his companion, 1 ;l?'lora I i . . L?a. I '7' ' -'1 1 ' t i-i'ViHl i irom ine- giancu or me ihe sarcasm. u . ... . , . all I fence, whi e the hound8; were rolhniLOver. ;nntir lox., a hundred vards. tarther ni the ! . . r . . - - - 2 . . i . ....... 7 r 7-: ...t - ":Y - I '-'.' .' ' . - - Hut an unexpcctedYcirwimstance oc- EUiiciii'- iijU I " uaciv. lilt r.iiPKi nil l. nixri . . . '7 1 I. n 1. 1 I 1 .. A. ; back., his chestnut mare. fifteen. ;',jlf,.! I.i: were -.'looking a 1 nn EndynliortJ' seemed inclined to disperse. Giiy nncau- 1 -' , , ' f : and ow" she said, archly, as sha-play fully ktiously showed himself at theIoo; v riitS- l , 1 lm i ' . "l - V .;:Utl!DCV ii showed canie.rco:,over.a' lew nounus: ana leaped aving'snoT was mard and li: r; i ; i Ui5C,rn.r;;:vr.;.'..f.v-7--i. t; ',v"" Mb-- but he ; -Guy whispered a few words, JnaudibleduWr fl. h fafel' menagerie stKt-rr? ; i ;; .r sold hij His eyes toUhe rest;;otUbe,Tparjyn MiuVuretVif' hiinUf vjJ'ihluiui: the i animals to sc r; : , nad ivn I sh&htlv. cleverly1 cleared'two of. thehonLsf: -lit.s j :i l! ... ij - r eii. !t m !rAninr. recti veu a p . .';!7'; , : - ; v1 : u - . . . -;- o tv, "i ""'"-" srj r; J old pitiless fire shone in the 'eVesV:theio'(d ?W ,z. Xfsteh look settled arbuud hisimouth; Sei2 f 1 f'l VYi? rf,.uW 1 !( l refused a teurootwall.p She reared andfll.i 1 h a few moments t a- tnrle less sub- oacKwaro. igam ne.HHi ner up io it light- sent upon ins puiowjueiiaryij jooK ail i , . i : i . ? . i i i . ... i . - i. jii r fr : "ir .i i i i i. 11 hisandlkhtly l l)t t,8Hln re,,,sed- -allmg heavily, from, gonp, and ine, eye wei witu a.iear.t-T fi ? master. 7w I'm the corniig. Ouy started to his feet.eYThe t J .Vho taught V.qM thatr' Iie.asked? , i niiv was iii-nip miuiiii sui. iroianiJ.,CQiiKn.ji shooting. i$qi felphlllQrimam told-mej also f-haRhei:roafchVljtftWceir!-Mar BratMeiree andvGuyifiadeeii broken' off bv I-Biliijffssatcsaid Ralph, nher are a badla baby. Tlic Ucture waa , not illustrated.! '' 1 '" -V -MJ V;V. y "RJ-'-A- N O V Eilp.ER!.o, 1867. '.' . :i n li Io?H - jlrHer, father, Srn 1 1 1 1 fie i d 3 e B i U i xi ci froin the bottom, of- the pjick. juui nirus vcnon; ivv us uim pee vftiy.' ; 4 The next .morning ticjitaHed for,Fi'n-ina-CpoV::' Crossing ' jWhen n I reached Jthe $hooting-boxi where Ouyas entertaining a Reject coni pa ny 'of Tneods, Flora Bi 1 1 ings gate'greeted iiietwith a saucy smile. ;. uGuyase ever. , His guVrs "of paRsion were --funr frc quenti'nmr it' was - vvthyi'fHcult;;ifjt he could, keep an able-hailed . servant in i bis lamily. His present retainers vere : more or ,ltssrni ai med f rohi expoVu re ' to , the fu ry -of their master. k There was a strange cy tti cis'm1, f a"' c ut t i ngv sa rco snv ?Tn hU",. a J d ress piercing thrpVigh; his ipolislied manner. thoughtrof Tiinon, etc.; etc." '-' you ever hear- the trumt ed elephant! . It was like that. V . , I looked up at him with consternation. He was glancing at a letter . which he h'eli) at arju's length, ahd tiortmg. j'it vtp ;t it as w-'jfztHV U:-MrMk;.ce it bvvVf.'sl'l '';' f' i'tli the : Tist been I HSpeak,.dog! and you I I-put it .among, your bills, sir.1 .-1 'till I ! AW rOOnl Witll lie intormaiiou that a number of lugenuous i e,asautry,jofithe neighborhood weru ahmlt . fit liifliilin t Ii n f uvniii ' X I. - t L I ' .". tiniejofbiiriiuiir a 'TaVmhokisd' aird.&linnt.iinr J ? larmioru., .uy. nuietl aleartul smile, ! a landlord. ; Xjuy. ismileil -a fearful" smile, i Vl?)9$Z$Jy aeriii g his .stem, and . jdtiless exjiressioti, ! t-i . . ' 1 j L,tirheiii coinei h e 1 sa id , calm ly ; ' 'I ,? fvel iike.eiitertainiii company." tv , . ' V'e arricadeI the dors and windows, n!' JhtM,. ,!0 our ?ir,s hom.lhe anuory. l0's hoico was a singular one; it was a b'b'ig net with long handle atid a bharpl ca;ytiirva,ore.., , ;. . - ; i t , : ,4j We werei not dastined to remain long in ignorance of its use. A liowl was heard iroili.wittiout, and a party of hlty or sixty; - ruutl men precipitated themselves against? OI r ouiKieniy cue window opened. t with the' 11 I 1 . I : : , ' . t . . . , It . rintileader, eincuiated HuhrtH and with, : back stroke rf h Vi&r(rj ian! .W,!.!V4 4 .back - strf.ke.iQf .-liis cav lrj:rTY. ry.ryi;" - v.memoer.iio!.!'ns'' trunk and. drawin : r. .. . i i ? . i ... i - . I Chambertin,after a ? hardi day's work, ami ,e Democwlic party atfroethiir.? -Each party Guy wns listlessly turning1, over some jet- h.?7-et !ltaJr,,?v'i,:.-':-' i'V--; oJliei-s cim-itcrVwben-su'ddeuiy im. iUerfa.cw-Did W"'-- ;" 1 IMbh ig tne tvv oack again, which, by-auy chance, you see a creel tip u pun thevflo'o saying, 1 bn the back of a m a n. "The woman in the ' J S. l I . i j 7rurarttistrict8thorV, is, in fact, a beast of f-: ."" ' hiirdonr nrnl mi'n:, in JuSiitr out.' itr u-ivat . !-T . .1.. .. 1. .. l . epstjljejgory head i quietly:! v - i llfl..i ' 'lowrinS. conver-Tlj Again' the net yna-casfliie sfeei; flashed', nedreewMlH ntr was withdrawn and an ominous and, uaturahfjx; rfel4i i wiif. f-oti tne floor. .1 '.. tz I I i-i !.':. --. t i.ii . i ; iii;rn' .1 . 1 . rt -.x ... f i : .1 . T. 1, . .' . ; i. , .:. .: . . m l - !-- , ........ ... ... ...... i vj. u 1 ine ueiu inecnase is-i-m "xjo you n-nieniDeT wnai I'liiiv. gava ot : np:.f....iKnn urhiut iu,r w in n 1 MnTficanl1anVetaPfikbiv:--How ' ' rt.r th p", o, ,i ..,.,,ir? m, uotrhtiWri dfd'Wt'sIif :1 V ;i ,ii-nt..H'::r. v jr;,::T:'i:A .iluilur meaning .uupueuLintlcoiiumieu until iue heads, ot twenty Uespe-'; fiiendf-Wi'l Ui':-' ' v.-? i -i -u: i . ' ' " ' ' J" ' : radoes had. been vcathereu.'.iii:. . The; reat-L man that; - .;. ; .- 1 .iVr 'V.n frJ, -.7'. ......... .'i.:.'jK:.'k:x. t francs 'whicf ibui!; ,!.; ,''.'. i,. .v y.-YL trrdused stubbornly; Jo, Jisten to aTword Vf j Massachusetts,; Michigan, YWisConsin, Jlin taspirituai counsel from the COodHninister 1 neaota.illiinmaj' Kansas: i Miwwniri and Ne- tv1 hWtW die jXlie ilut toifie t- -ine minister-Silt uown dv his Ded. and 1.-' .. ... f I Jiilf-t; O . : to 8'na hTn" fi0" ln land; 'Q motheiUear,f exusalem," when I ftl rtnl" . . 1 I .1 T.ff.. II. .rir i.i- .'Biiuii i iuuiu u nicti i- ' shall 1 coihe.to.theei'I ; jMVfr,: minuter. I Y'nd st d?d,inipe, hhe:replled; and with house who has arrived at theugo- oP fiftyiyeafs,but .j,r. i r..i. i.;.' ti.lii4;.r;i'tirA-ii.l ' -. has felt thisUrhth tlturideritighroligli Tho Efiect of the Horthera Eecfion3-7hat' tne aocraurropos An Adendncat Acceptabia- The New York Worldl one of the moat in'- flnential journals in the North, andonq which w nov long ngo in inror ol Aejro auilrage, n9wf argues that he Democrats -will -hare power and vrill, nse thatpower,.to, prevent reinarjcs es,iouow8;t,.;. j,s;iv,.;iiu . ' c comejiowo n morQ immediate point. If the Democrata carry few York and other SUtes, oa we expect, the country will demand the settlement of the reconstruction question without further delay, k Seeinc that the Rad 14..' ' ii - ical scheme cannot succeed, , the people will . -17- VM1 Vk iJvrB1!,ieuo4 JiQ.itiiiAnere will arise a moral neccssity4for an immediate' set tlement oii, a more, liberal basis. u. AVe trust that 'such a settlement will be reached on the basis o( a'couipromise n: which th& Repnb-; lican party yill ' yield aomething, President 'ndinRttn'ni.f . of the'RenrV n . Deiiivcv-.lr. ifwW-j .'fiUifeatin'r I p?) the Kaaic point of the r'j auhatitants to i'ljv'Tm coutempti- a 'Iiv tf a n . 1 i ' j J vJ.oiicg. the control of U 1 tl i ana ine ,u i. J. tlou.Settiect.Ji.yt:. i i ;ii, v 4 jr Vwu Oi f. ;i:-rtr.rs hence.' : The l;ij:r,i';;j;'4. had ..crUr ka.i:;c con cession's than to .&taudpub aud-iose all. A settleinent thus reached would hava Una great advantage that, being established by the mutual consent of al parties, it would bind.tb .honor of all, and, be secure from subsequent dtbtnrbauccj AVhateveris deem ed Essential ', could , at once be out into the Constitution bv'the prompt ratification of all States; and neither party .would ,be a-future hot-bed. of ,,setiti6u, 'as. it misrht under the I soreness and! humiliation, of a completo and Xrn illtl Vlof. illfi.nrl tr AuonntA akvJi 4L.1 does not belong to us and offer ah ultimatum, but bnlv to 'cxnresa an oiniiion wliir-h u-o hurl ''Till ft nil I if tlifi fSumnfiti Kirti) irmtU J.'l., afs;n ,to t - i . . - AVOMEN IN TUK IlEBiilDES. Some of the --.Women in TUK llEBihpKS. Some of the maniierH and customs of this clasn would astonish and scandalizcTeformers. The wo- men, Tr 'iuaftiiic,' do all the, heavy work. Thevlii!, delvo and lioe: they carry heavv loads'of i:ure to the fields, and in the peaY season you may see them all bringing creel- fuls of peat from the bog. You will often see a liian trudging albtig the road beside a woman, hut the enel is always on the wo- man's hack. If they corr.o to a river ,'or ford, the woman crosses first, denosif Imr creel on the other side, and then returns to cjirrv carry, the man across, i I saw this only once, j but the. farmers tell me it is nn cvery-day- occurreiieo.: When the creel is emntv tin over his own shoul- dels, and then mounts tiixiti thp hack nfth woiran, who carries them across to-ge - - i n:s: ram tow, is the only occasion on . i look largely for muscular development. A among thc'English-ipeak- farmers that illustrates this conception tng tanners that illustrates this conception of woinpn s niission.', In the mifldleof one ahd placed it. iu ;ie tti. t standing the proxim'sty ot bears and ..tigers thej thief eptered '..the jcxige and carried away the chest and money. i !.- "On. the" first' Tuesday of November, whu-h.is the fiftli day of the mouth, r '(to-day) elcptioua will be held in the States ot New York, New Jersey; Delaware! 'Maryland. I vadaSoine 'of '' these States' Vote for a Governor and State officers; ''but in others the ticket is only I deal Yl i.; -1 ' A lunatic whose. haI!ucination it Was to think' himself Solomon, was locked up in Providence the other night. ' But Sumiier fstili;atJarge.:,:.Y..! ; V-s ii J L "A Yecruit,'eoiiig through the exercise of M-tiUff ot u, wound- K.a V ' ' - v , .1! v. Lr.l,'D......! . i. . .... ... fK a . i .. i ....! i . I the man turned hinj8Wordcuts, asked' how he should parry. Never mind that,". 'said - the old ' hussar, vyhd was fencing-master to the regiment; !yoii only cut; let the enemy' parry.; .' t YY -0ne 0;K0U,icrre' executioners died reCehtI v. In Paris, j He was an bid man of eighty-four, ahd-over seventy years, ago took! part iu the" execution of Kobespierre and fSt. Just. He has since,-presided over many- transactions of ,a similar character, tliAuuli the fact that he wa still living was I comparatively-'unknown uutu he arew I . . . . . . .... ... publjcatt f..i Y.'i' "... . 1 ' ' '.- Is It not astonishing, said a wealthy, in- 1 - sfortune. was J eft me only "seem ine:"once?V ItXvnuld havxrbeeri atill more astonishing, jiao.-tieit ivl yopraitei: seeag you twTwi. From the KaJeigh Sentinel. :; LATE MEETING IN THIS CITY. 1 ; ; ' HlLBSBOB o Oct. 1 0 1 h, 1 SG7, ' ': Gentlemen : -I shall be unable, by War sob of engagements of business, to bo prcs ent.ftt.the meeting, of the Conservative peo ple tjf Wake at Raleigh, on the 12th tnat, and to address thcrr on the topics involved in the approaching- election, in Accordance with; the invitation received from you a few days since. t:'I regret this, both because ..of (he pleasure I "should, have derived froma free communication with so intelligent au assemblage of the citizens of the Sute on the duties of the present lime, and because the topics in question are too numerous and suggestive to be treated satisfactorily in letter witlioutunbecoming teiousm-, I I VI pleasd in ob'rviuz ihit such a j meeting ha.-b ih ,r-ll( !,; I i tin opinion i v. ...-; . a.v ? tfi f .,-, 1 , r. '.u -ts. a z ..:h.!V'j; Vri'ut iriun.caiit.gfO.T-. T. - 3 active bxciil'i& tfi1,,. . ; them' and to'the bVi; ' ;v ' V ' - iq whjcb it was sou.i i.4; (v r ! colored voters by apt in v-:r:i!. .. sion, and hope ; of uni iu not been much disturbed i-v of this kind. Tr . whii.-- .ip"r fV'l l!nn dn il, . ....... i i r ' . ! r.'nnm :tvoi'Xo.; t.V v ' ous :s; v .;, .ji'tnuiii bers'the. black hi tbir pri.pli. i.i d" two: to onet othfireabouts, and, aUs: deducting all who are disfraucliisid undent he militarv act ofiCongress, the majority" of; voters of the fortnerlstand to the latter somewhat in that proportion; Tliis white population, which has been heretofore the depository of the political power ;'of Ahe State,1, is as faithful to'thej Constitution of the U. "States as it ever waaor as any other.State of the Uni on is now, but .they , have an intelligent comprehension of their rights and duties as electors and as citizens, and even without much consultation or conceitj will, in niy upinioncast a majority for such measures and candidate's, as will best promote their safety and happiness tTo the military au thority,. which has., been establiched over them., thy Yield a jeaily obetlictice. Even where it may supersede their ancient and cherished laws' and usages, they bow before it and make ho issue. Hut. when, by the law, art issue is presented to' them to be solvetl through au.rrco, it is uaturally to be'understood,a the. term, imports, that they are to have their choice to vote cither upon pleasures or candidates, as each indi vidual, voter, according to his views of the public interest or his sense of duty, may prefer. i The Bill of Rights of the State, from 17 76 umilViioW; proclaims , that elections oughVto be free.' It is a noteworthy fact tliaiu 'France when?,, so , far" as elections are allowed, universal .manhood ' suffrage prevails, uuder the first Honaparte in 1 601, and under the third.fn 18-5li a Itepubli ciin form of go e'timent was converted in to a monorchia 1 or 'despotic, one' tlirouirh the ceremony of an election, and by a vote of the 'peo'ple approaching to unanimity. These results were of Jcoursei attributed only to theinfluehce of duress apd .fear. Hut) inVEnglandand Amcricayiiuch influ ences arc not allowed to operate, and like bribery or fraud woultrrendex an election Riou lor et.0:i thnt; ed consultation and'lror suffrages are" accusfb;:!' '-. cording to "tho 'convict eTected thioush such . ' .i i Yi'Js L. ; ii:, - In the election now tv.-?' j. ui-i rtora are to yot i-tory :v:.r-,; r- irninsc a.uonvo n ii ih j. r . :; 'r & ' tim, for delekfrr v. tor' -'iivYiYu... j tie's in Convent ivqu, accord";! , . pro- visions bf- thc lavi ' Such' CoiYcaisop, v if called; is to deliberate on the formation of a Constitution, in which there? Khali be a a provision, .'that the elective franchise shall be enjoyed by all such persons as have the qualifications for electors iu tlitr present-election that is "all the maWiti zeus'of the State,twenty-one jears old and upward, of whatever, race, color or previ ous condition,, who have been resident iu the State for one. year previous to the day of any election, except sucli as may be dis franchised for participation in the rebellion, or for felony nt common law.41 I make tliis quotation1 with' care, for the purpose of col lating it in' uiy subsequent remarks with the qualifications'ot yutera in some of the leading States "now . represented in Con gress, whose members have shown extra ordinary xeal in prescribing its terms to US. : v au.:.. v: '"Y ; -: ' ' Y Never,' - heretofore,' in : America, hai the electite franchise been cite tided to new classes of voters, except through the agen cy oC'Conventions chosehby, those, who had ; enjoyed it exclusively' before Con gress, by t the 'acta ubder consideration; has extended it to all males of the -black race twenty-one years of age and upwards, with no' other ' quafifications' than Jthoe . above re'cited;4 but only so far,' however, as re gards jhe'presen I election.;. And accorjj iog to my Vecolle'ciion, it was ttated.in the de bate on 4hee actSL.-.byi.lIr. Fessenden, of xaaine, ccnamiy one; 01 ma 'tuu mos.t'experienced. membera of ,'the5enate; thxt no permanent regulation of this nature 1 1 - "m.ir ft could be constitutionally cstablishad- ia o State without the sanction of its .people; and I think the correctness of the .rersrrk was-acquiesced in by the subsequent amo tion of Congress. , Congress then,ht3p vidt-d that in, the present election, tiia black j-ace, with no other than tho .quil ificaliont already stated, shall. rotsj- Thl was their acL :If it'hall be provided thai they shall so vote in all future time, tS act will be ours. It is not sought to: b disguised, thjtt Congress, desires thit'Ja shall provjdef and it is strongly intimated that representation in Coqgresi will net be allowed us until it' is done, but it if still left to the people of the State as reprciccV ed in Convention to be deliberated uboa and decideil and no more momentous quc tion was ever presented for the de termini-. Uon ot a free people. ' r i,f The inquiry cannot ba excluded frcp our. consideration, if we would, Trheth'tr under, the Constitution of the United States orTny republican organization, aConitita ijon of Governtnent for the rejnilitioa ot ( , tne iiiicruai Buam ui a ouaio can DO I0rcC4 l'ioi a people assintt the, wishes of a nis ' 1 qualified voters, by distraint c JnrJ A CoatUation of. GoTcrnacoj ; S.1V8 lfarjiuliv. -whirh 'will fit nni CArct' . . . . . . " . " ; . ...... v.. . r At a 11 t- t a coat bv the meauira of the Anolln "RL I . A . ' mm m . . r . - r. r . : vmere may oe ei pec tea io ui 64 1 tss na man race. And the fery idea oi repabli can Government pre-supposes, that thi neorde themselves can best iud ere as' to that i , o . funilamental law "under which they tbill live" at well a of the enactments r: from .time' to time .by their Legislature:. This proposition is most clearly stated bji Wasliington 10 his Farewell Add rets, whcsC' he declares that "the basis of our political system to the ri$ht of.the people to' make? ; aud to alter their Conttitutiot t of Govern ment.' North. Carolina does not scek-ta have a voice in tha question wjfether the Japanese, Chiricso or any. Asiatic race rhsik exert iie the elective franchise in California nor does she claim the right to interfere ia! the domestic regulations of any sister Stata of the Union. On the other hand.7 she makes her appeal to the people of all thr other States to concede to her, within tha limits of their common Cotutitution, tha powers of control, and- those onty,.trkicli; those States assert for themselves. . But throwing Out of consideration that question of the right of the people of a StatI to frame their State constitution according to : their own conceptions of the public crood, is : the measure proposed expedient? Will itu promote the general welfare to confer thi right to vote in alt popular elections on tha'? negro race, with no other qualifications thaaY those in contemplation? Ib it not perfectly. manifest, that it will not? - The representa-; live republics of this country, with their wrifc ten constitution, their divisions of parrel! r into legislative, executive or judicial djrpsxfc ments, and their introduction ofti:opeopla- to participate in'and decide upon tho rintJ ! and interests of society, as voters and jurors. are looked for in vain iu other countries ci t the world; and are founded upon the idea ot a certain standard of virtue and intelligences in the constituent body of electors, ' without 'f which they - cannot bo maintained, Yh$ . among.ua believes, that the great masa cf .tha t blacks recently in a state of slavery, coma crp a to this atandaxd of virtue and intelligence, and are fit to : be raado self-reliaat electors? : I In such their condition as 'to knowledge and 4 morality, the extension of tho right ol.szU'm frage tp them indiscriminately, instead oldisv.it tnbuting political power among a gnsaies.: number of citiaens, will in fact concentrata l&le in fewer hands; as designing individuals trill; o tut enlarge their own power by using thm. to vote, not their opinions, but those of thii "ft ru n who control them. Already wa'leira.'i f r.irit tliey have been extensively orgr.mTe4 . t cecrtt societies or leaguea, with ft view ta;-1 I lv vg'uaI en rnasv, and under the influence of ..'I ; v-r r.dices caref ally instilled into them, in ot '! i .;liou . to the whites, who "were fomedy- l .'lers or may now be owners ox property, a 4. i-io eiect sucn a ciass io do permnncm TUvcta. ' - '. . , v . . . . i. . . . now. proposed to us, will be to nisis o revolution tending to anarchy, and to LazinL " in my belief, the long continuance oi any sta ' :i ble government. Foreignera barred out frdta- the right to vote lor nve years alter aetUa--1 ment here,-by our naturalization laws, in oi- der that they may beeoxno acquainted vritx ' I our institutions, aud capable oi taVirg1 pars t K in their administration, and must prove thai t i during that thus they have behaved as per ;q sods of good .moral character, and well du -posed to the good order and happiness of tHa ' i country. The free din en ai a class are Ic&a in- formed than foreign era and less capable froxi R want of education and early instruction. ..i But it tnav be said, there is little diaarrr&a rnt jrinnf onraclrcs' on this oucstion bnj -'r 2 consequences may do expected.- This is aa-r? argument which X am not "dx6pofied to paxx-it by, or to treat lightly'.- ;I think sons raLap- i I-r prehension prevails in regard to it. 'Coa""-C' gress certainly has denounced no penalty cn ' r such delinquencr, in any of the acts on rai.rlr construction. . After providing for the eslaV i.'r Hshment of Mihtary Governments in tha taa -2s Southern States, tho first oi theso acts goca -l ; on to declare that: ; ' I''i'i "When the people of any one cf said rebel Statea ahalL have formed a Constitution 'ot '-- Government in conformity with the Consti-rj tutioh'of the United States, in all rtrc?t I framed by a convention of delegates, clcct&l i ' by the male citizens of said State, tweuty-cua -years old and upwards,' of whatever rce, ' n; I color or previous condition, who have Tt;rau: r3 resXdentain said State for one je ax, pre riqqj-' rr: ly to the day cf such election, except tuili cj t may bo disfranchised and . i Y 5, rn j df the.electire IranchiEe thill be -crojcJI I - &' tidi such persons as hate tho cnaliCr": r I." .'r slated, far electors ;cf ilzl:-zizz-t1i.. ,Lcnv dt e
The Eagle [1866-1875] (Fayetteville, N.C.)
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Nov. 5, 1867, edition 1
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