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AVEEKLY NEWS. CHAKLOTTli: I Tuesday. December 21 r 1 6G& " LL It ALDItlCU & It .r WAtliXiJi Ofict on TWe-Sf'W?, Fpiinff' JivildinQ KATKd OK SUCSOKimoJf: 4ne T-cmr Wi Mentha i"arr 3ivatb, i.oO 70 APVERTIaKMEXltt : OneFiar?02 Hn tr le, tor each Insertion J . r more thau two. uouiti, try ajxrcial cou rxel.at lt rate ; We clip from the Standard a well considered article on the recent decis ion of Judge Jones, ia relation to an article lately published by; Captain Biggs, of the TarborV Sonthernej-. 7 - This is the first attempt ; ever made in this State, to interfere with the liberty of the Presj, aadhe Legiala tare should at once interpose i a au tkority, and teach this iasolent J udge, that though he may degrade the judi cial ermine, by appearing in the cars beastly druak, or. by . exposing -his perton in the streets of the capitd, yet, that he dare not deprive even, the meanest citizen, of his just rights. "We are glad to seo the Standard has come out so strongly condemnatory of the "J. B. nd sustaining so ably " the threatened liberty of the press. We transfer tie article to our columns witk pleasure. - On Wednesday night, one hundred and thirty-six persons, all from North Carolina, passed through this city, en route to the South and West- A well informed gentleman told us yesterday, that one thousand men, had this fall left, from threo counties in the central part of tho State. From, all we' can learn, we are satisfied, that at no pe jiod of Our his ory,were there so many persons moving from the State. ,In fact, it seems now.that only those who hare not the means are the ones who w J v w - - J - . . For several years before the war, and for one or two thereafter, our people had remained satisfied and determine I to work at home.Jfpw ajdjschaned, and ia a mighty stream, the .tide ot population Hows out There must be some cacso for this which mut be re moved; or with accelleratod niove- meat the volume will increase- - High taxes, and the scarcity of the eircula- . Economy and honesty in the appro priation of the public' means, and in creased banting facilities, will do much to stay tho tide. This L?gisla- .ture must adjourn. The present cor rupt officers must give place to those in whom tho people have confidence; or tho fabric of thoir own ill-gotten fortunes will topple in the common ruin. A new Legislature must be elected, pledged to ventilate the cor rupt sale of the State bonds, and im peach all' who officially lent the:: ' countenance to these astounding pecu 1 ttions. The disease of the body politic is of a desperate nature, and decisive remedies are demanded. f ' The Legislatirre. . on the part of this illustrious body to ' bold over. If it should do so, that it would be revolutionary, no man of ordinary fairness and- judgment, can deny. The mere fact of their holding on to power, and drawing $7 a day, i3 ai outrage, but the least, of the evils that will follow this dareing usurpa tion. The people of the State-are tick and tired of agitation. Grim want and hopeless ruin stares them i'i the face, and while this Legislature ia recognized, -they know affairs must continue to grow "worse. Every -ma terial interest is suffering ; and to es rape, the people are moving from the State in such numbers as were never before known. With a change of rulers the panic might be stayed. How is that to be accomplished ? Let pub lic meetings of every shade of politics and color be held in e rery neighbor hood, instructing : these Yampyres to resign. Let the 'Yoice -of the en tire people bo. heard,- in tones not to be "misunderstood, and even men ueaf 10 evervthint? else.tnav hnod thftwsrn. -9 ' -J . ' ings of an injured and indignant con- atituency. : These-burdens cannot bo borne and they .trill not be borne: If all other remedies fail, some ; Moses wil .l arise and lead us to denreranoe. But t '' . 1 . 1 - ed at cnn,and lat thes4 members know vii that the people are in earnest- that the very life and sustenenco of their wives and and children aro . at stake, and they intend to take' their, affairs In theirown hands before it is -too late. Bonds at 29 cents in the dollar, and millions of them top, in the pock ets of unprincipled. and irresponsible IJailroad lresident5, . fono of whom, a! least has been gambling them off the cardvtablev in uew Tori;) jithjt taxes consuming 1 V a.m .ad thii VPS Wl will stand. ..Let the voice of the peo ple be heard, prsooh there will be no people iorThParolina to be taxed. -,P '. ' ' . .. t x i " i. Female Ii&tut-sjr hi-h!xj np;l ated the Lectures that Xtipi jft.-X'te. Je- livcrcd beioi e . tiiem, iUut A 1 her- not " - but presented bin with, a rnapiictfvt Photoei-aTh Albiuu, bouiid bt Turkev (1 vim 'awil'liiinvilr ' o: r" plated L'old clasp.'i, houi:ir one uun- dred pactnrcs; also, a wntmge;,k, o,f Tvu-tey .LIoroceot heavily gut, cou ta.iriiij a jine geld, jv-n, j heavy gold pencil c;iye,'piip?r-kuift', pt nrs paper, envelopes, la short, every thing and of the bet quality, usually found in such an article. This is 010 of the handsomest tes tinioiiialat true merit we have had the l)leasure of chronicling for some time, and coming from' rcnue-I and culti vated Ladies, will be !ierishd by the talanled and gallant Capt tis one of the most pleasing and gratifying in cidents of bi;i life. . '' Wii-.t l),Ks it Meax The zeal which is manifested just .now in the General Assembly in behalf of tho scheme to disarm the white people I of the State, is a Httie significant whea; taken into consideration with the in-" dustrious energy with which, our vab; iant Governor is accumulating Win chester rifles .and "ball cartridges.; V.q happen to know something, of a scries of recent consignments' to Ii. iZ. Scott, hi'ii it is just as "irell that our ped-.pler-tho 'whiie'pTof jout lina,.hojull know alo. F,r;sLstice, the steamship Champion brought to this porf, on November 9, .40 eaesf ! (TPS and 5Q case of equip 1G the "steamship Manhattan .brought GO cases of rifles. On Nov. 23 the steamship Champion brought 19 cases of liilefi aad, 50 .cases of.equjpnents. On Nor-25" the steamship Cliarleet -n brought 28 cases . of ntles.' Oh Dec. 1 the Steamsliip Manhattan brought 20 basest and on Dec. G" the'stcamship' MagnoVa brought. 15 cases of rifles. And wo have reason to know that more -are expected. All these con-signments-:--! fcaso in all were ad drnsod toIi. K:.- Seott; at -Columbia. ready to' repeat, 'on a lare scale, at tliq State election next fall, the recent doings of ; Lis 'henchman and "their negro follower r? in t Abbeville and Edgefield ? CiaHeston Seics. ' EiiT6RATi6x. There is no sign of the times1 more discouraging amjdis raising' than the 'steady stream of peo; le moving Westward, from the States of Yirginlw nnd NorthCarolina It would seem that a Vry consider able proportion of t he citizb-';? of tliose States believe themselves- destine', to be curssd by perpetuaVfaiiare in tliejr nativeshomcs ; f r else are lured "from them byMhe glittering, but we fear deceptive sta of .Tappier fortune in the fields of adventure and labor of the remote West. Ton or twelve families of. such ad venturers arrived yesterday oh the- Southside!carsfrom some of the bor der counties,; and immediately took passage on tho Tennessee train. Thev were young and vigorous people, men, women, ana children -ol intelligent expression ana respectable dress. They belong to the class of "bold peasantry," wlueh i3 not' only "the ir country's pride," but also its surest and best Idenendence in peace or in WHT.Lytiihbwy R'pfibiiian. The New, York World says: -It would sce-m that tho Fifteenth Intendment is pretty -certain to b2 declared adopted before the legin ning of next "spring. A grave ques tion will then arise as to the constitu-' tiOnahty of the ratification by the ten reconstructed -States.' 'The Constitu tion presupposes freedom of action by a State iii its ratification of a pro posed amendment, and the legiskv1 tion of Congress bas the effect of co ercion, llie wo'iw. et lnuiunar ana New York in relation to the amend ment will also be iu xUspute, . Should the Sccretftry. of State, : tkextfore, . i- the subJancaof thef W. HJMalonef Caldwell . Uo rfZi : with hns(nM4 s'l'mnnt jfyfurUTouse of ileorcienlatkes oAl necessities ofife afihorbij fproiofition ti raise aWvmmiltee of m- , .1.11 ...M -IK 1,. .... . L sA'jJ.. CUrillrU lliau 11U urn, i w rrsrtqan flo til ICgZil I ruuua, Ifa-Ait beowetftotho fiiture action ortheT'Pai(J oxes in the hapo' cf: getting 7 Suprtino (Jourtor a Uoniocratic uon-1 "ie" ,uuf 1U. rfVllx, gruwtu auu great-tr in-css. J "'."' 1". ft development :"ofalF the- resburces of August 1 . , t ' T 1 ino pmxe. w coma-trope irom tne Thia Admirers of tliebeantifuliaral. hb t?&?W?t-A . T. fsaid by ... , ,rV, 10 see xno wnoity country rousea -to a - n will see on exhibition, at. Gittnt 2 beau-? 1 .- - T J-- .. I ton l to ley'4 aftilveir,ue3, '-which dni!i 1.1., tbi-v. It was oriuinallv presented the ladies of3onflf Oarbbjactftcr GetJ f-w J4ebsfcn ex- vao t Te rnvflii to? X&si bravest? tionti Carolinian ir the-jiext wari litSs i confit bddLsp qnest ciation i tcdtiuidnlati wwiix-JEns h 7? 61? ni.-vL ,,tt..i 1 1 Ki. an uprising etory at New Orleans.': infeAviU;.;- Zlil hurl iT-eskiort . jacisocritiirenea!,tii3js , ' . . " . - avo wugm . . . H V j . 1 . i UfJUUL- III ILL IV d ( tO U U CI L U U C - TrtC- TPrt U US f 'I r-Jk il A. . .- . ......... t. . . . . -. . i l: n ;.?:' - ; t m r r i j s . . a lea in.loatoXHac;4iAUtoiv"tftFanR lia-3 lieen paganized .thN-jtfafti completed-ithe--;destiiiv 6'f, the oaddHifrhsfedrdiirr toi i& i- PHra tW? r - hVeterai portion of the State depends . A.presmteditto.Capt,Sn-bPVuvolT-'u TZT . upon the! completion, of these works. president of the Palmetto Asao-bH V!. l,HB Yesjl Ions'to ie'eliht pouring thrush , na the reprxJScniative. ,of the maMMttiWiiimtorsontiiese Uhfc tuntiefof nanoa Gafknd- th regnnent, which, as a reguneut, won several iuuiroau. , r Vrn(3 Hhi;ixteni1l'oh fo Dufrhtown tlie place esitd43Mlie-iestat6r Whyuo do it I f Jlavo"we not ' the and Paint Book. I should delight to "the bravettt of . li brave wwhere right ato require. these men(fo show bsee-" the' eompletiott of the- Atlantic, f no one mdividiial fftooil prcmiueub J .-to: Uwaoiise .'what Uoy. have ' 2oa if Tennesson & OHio'Eoad,1 andrall the! trOiin.vjia j. ics-"u . ' wua mese oonas to wnom they others, iulcourse-of construction. But on , : IT Remark's of 7 .vxanaiemcnt of cntain Railroad Com- J ' - - - ... ... panitgon Hth "Decrl S09 . - nr.. o... . Jin- icr.. vf.t,; Thelastr eesonjoXJ this GGnfirflVAlnih?mJoiT4vo tertain Jcail - I road Lomnani aiCTUUl ana ana oeAn. ;t developWn-t.of the indusrri'al rtssourWsof .the Sfate i ' i-' report of 1 to 1 reau rer su Lr- (ju'ueu ov tner?Miiw in-litturwiuw eer corrio'ratKuw. td-tQ the sdm -of ' $21,707,500J . If this" stock, ,was J worth its ' liwimual value-.' 44ie,otatoi .; vi u i.!,j,-etwi .. 1 r - j..bt3 jt woau 8Menit that a Stats - having such a- stupendous, amount of stoi k in Ibulmad'weuU have iuili u basis fur capital, that her eredit would fetond pn-eiuinently high, in'all parts of the nation... liut 12,GD0,00-J of this - stock Were takeu under the authority of the acts of this General Assembl ., last winter ; aud tho Roads not being built, of eourso the. stock is worthless. v; In onler to show tho necessitv of iiifid eeiioinr ami a sttK-t ioestiga- turn in -all fraals uptn our . rig let us fur a moment look at the hts, in ddtediiess tf the State, w ,'hifh is ma le.' Up as f'tllows:' Tho "uld debt," , ' New debt (-pecial tax bond) (isbued) Bunds (sp-.cial tax) not issued, - ' $ 17215,0 15. 12,G00,O00. "-4,280gl)OO Total. -X' S3-M.'95,045. 1 Now let it W . Temeuibered -that most of "this euTM-mous- debt-is' the" result of -the State taking stock ' in Railroads. - - This stoek.is obtained by .5h0issKan.ee of lxnds to ber; managed by a board -'of Directors, appointed by 'the Gjvemor,vNow, these. Direc-. tots have extraordinary powers, 'and if they prove unfaithful '.iirtheinani agetont of. theso; bonds, our ;stock may bo otne worthless, and the Road remain unfinuhed, while a still grea ter disaster befald us, a destroyed cred it which, to a;State irtuo to a woman.' , is as, precious as : & . . ". . - -,t i t tte 1 meresr on 1 ue edtoihi - ia to ST.i&.lKMVt Bam' laigely rvore than he prfetit espouses of the State gov ernment. And of the 12;600; 000 tax linn ds ST.fJO'J.OCSiWinto the hands j - J - - - 7 0 of one rruin w"ih timcst unlimited control. Tho tax to be paid on the bonds con trolled bv oiftiiM & the sum of 120, 1)00, which is V.iote than two thuds of t'i expenses of -the St-government .with -til- its uousos a-na-.exiraagimue. s!in!v this n-roat iiiterest;. controlled bv a feV 'iiien,; should "be guarded "ith yreAt visrilahee bv this General ------ D o , , " , Asseuiblr. '' r And while it is true, tha1, the. work is Tirorra sine to aliiiii cd extent, on jDonas nave o6en issued sutneient to build every Road contemplated in the otate. Our credit has goao down, lovrn, the fair -name , and - famo Of the old State .of North Carol :.n have become a "reproach" and tby word" in " tlve -commercial reutres - of the world. .Why-is -all trds ? -The con stitution adopted and ra iiied by - the people,, guarantees the good faith in the "payment bf the. pnblia debt legislative 'enactments 'resolutions of alt parties declariug the inviolipbility of the public debt, yet strange : to say our eredit iiroics 4aHy vroer t Jxrioi say that much'of tliis results .from "the unwise ?gislation : of; this General Assemt'y. Never ; before in the history of anV cJi'te, was J such rechlcasnegs found. Here ai 7,090, 000 of bonds issued to one: man, otit security without-pledges, and tc-itn out a guarantee that the Iioa 1 will ever be built to another, is authorised 4,000,000 with liko'-obiectionJ Oii the passage of these jsednlls il'had "the j honor to offer certain amend merits providing, that the.se bonds should issue in limited quantities, and at stated periods, when the progress of the Work required, their application - J3ut these amendments were re pudiated and scouted by . a majority of this House as a proposition inon-i sensical, and absurd. And parties on this lioor threatened to kill every Road in Which my people ' were in terested if I insisted on suoh amend ments. : True, . I voted for most of theses 'bills, but under protest of thus kind - ;I did so, in order to obtaiosupport tor Rouds in which my -' people felt great interest. But of courserit was comtemplatal that these bands should be thrown on the market iu a prudent ' way -that the proceeds should be honestly t. aj)r tea. H.d this": been done, the people1 wotia rrave encenuiiy. suDmitteo: - t tBvntwin' 'ir, 41QTV,--.ii I BS IQ niinw U JJtion, is a farce ?f : ' . " J , ..u...vu iJtvj i ,. -. , gladly hate t a4jJfanr?i7ft P.ro':es 011 e,hl-1 opiin u. itu5H T a"" "Viacrwnuw,". L.LW .rV"uo?? uuu " " . a : - :lU!id - .thatV ;Kilroflwl ' 1 1 1 : a r . i - x - m 1 . - . 1 -- . 1 : Have becnsMd; and" atvhat fprice ? Shall we fallow ax,confederaiion of speculators to destroy ,thoj. credit of "T ""fa - 'J m nrstratioii Ion thtneofple fi 'ljiese ftte are and if DuiMurjSLft4.the pAi.0-? ie;S but the agents of the State ; the v have? transcended (their power, should , V. jVr ' -'ii. 1 or been guilty i t irauai we - tV. J.-- Xi.iriX "It is a famiTiat tntdbf iatr, that nn 1 .4 ' ' Qr.rw i ho l r r, i.r.. . j -r . z. 1 4; tn t,;a personal, joeneus wuuvui ,huiivoi.u mentTor fraud Wd f)ad Taith.' - The President of ba9 of ihpse Ilowds who shontd'ebnvfert a jutirrle bond to his iudividnil be" efit,Kis guilty, of fraud lndi esneciall if hi "ehonld ente: itito a, combination r 'ii ?peciil4ie on j these' bonds .eeral4' be 'considereti i guiify ; of-the oss'bSt! coilceivable -fraud, and should w til-Id p to , the J..i V- ;roiij, ik-v -U puoiij g1? as unwVf tyj ox iu. iiuoi ivposed.' '"Tn day's gene by,' if na' hoh kt nubLie nian was charired ith J the ViolVtioh ,fof ,-aav''offi ;Ial;- trust, 1 he w.mld 'deii.and a ComiStttee 1 iuves- tiirat-i.n id'order 'bi vindicate bi in nocence, IH 'ttry dfo'ht itoioj 'Ltbl nt these Railroad officials : behold in g charges of fraud and mismanage ment m almost everr. naner in tiie S?ute, andifroai almost every citizen of the Stateryjr they publish ui dn- i-l hev do not'deriiann an investi- cation- they u'o not make an ofli ial renort as reonired by law, m or der th it th condition of these Roads could be fullv known i I ask if this Is not a 1 lire nrn stance .of suspicion Does it look like the epnluet of the honest man who intends to 'vindicate himself? f " The law requires the Presidents of these Roads to report to this Ueneral Assemble.' through the buperinten -dent of iublicjWoikp,thecxaet con dition. of these, corporati cs. Have they done so C Already! this investi gation ha's' reunited .in showing a fail- iire in this re pxt; and the proof of this ofseer shows that tiiey have even refused To allow him to inspect the Roads -that they have - actually con ceuhd from him all the transaction periainin: to these Roads. This, 100, with itho full knowledge .of the law, a id of the duties of, the Super in .0 dvit of Public yprks, V Mi. Speaker, we hear of. "whiskey rings," Vgold. rings' and t:penitentia- ry rings, T. batlho grandest swindle" of the age is tho "railroad ring. , xne monstrous frauds of j these corpora tions, have become one of the great est evils "of the times! Look .at t' e Stup'endous frauds in the r' Great Cen tral Paci fie" Road," amounting to mil lions. But a few days ago, the. Di rectors of tho great "Riie Railroad," of Now York were , enjoined from proeeeditig on the . application of a share-liojlder and creditor ; the allega tion beiqg tbat forty -millions. of dol lars werb "not. accounted for, by this swindling Directory. And in North Carolina, it seems that a matu'a has seized a few; who being dazzled with the glittering" prospects of gaining millions; of dollars, are determiaed to and opulence at the expense of a peo-, pie, already oppressed, downtrodden, and humiliated. - -". z. x'', -And I now, "when w.& propose jn tho "Commit ee of the Whole," to investigate these frauds, 'is it not strange that m embe r 3 ; on this lloor throw obstacles in the way that they would-reso:t to every species of tactics to defeat a fu'l, fair and honest inves- tigationT f-,.. ' : '.' . But this inveGtigation must be had. We shall hold this I2r;slafure. and the dominant party ia this House, up to the scorn and condemnation of an indignant nublic opinion, if they fail to do their duty in the premises. 1 he interest involved is too vital and jnomentons to admit of dubious action. y he bonds ; issued to these Railroad Companies belong to the people of the State: they are paying o?r a half million annually to meet ine.inu,.sesion iucso uonus mis. must continue? irom year iq year, ana nnai- pwucipai must- 00 paia. will we submit to the manipulation, com binations and speculations of a miserable. swindling, soulless iiRing?'- . ' . i Vv ill we stand by,; and behold the country bleeding at-eVery pure Shall we not catch, and throttle, the "Yam pyres" who suck the life blood of the people? u . -i It thisi investigation shjdl prove the falsity of the charges agaijxst these men, 1 should be among the first to proclaim their innocence ; but if they are found guilty of this high breach of trust, 51 shall be willins: to vote a resolution of 'condemnation which would hand their names to nbster'tv. branded as the most isrnominious in- I grates of the present age, If gentlemem are- in good faith,- when they sayhey , favor investiga- tio', why not thrOw: open the doors ? Why' nqt give full Iscopeto. this in vestigation? i Why quibble about the technacalities 6f law ? Why refuse to send, fbr a single "witness, and cop. tinuallv Inrocfaim that the investicra- -T r" " ! t . T t . . . ,. . committing Court -we intend to prefer articles of. .impeachment before the lounai. 01 . puaiic .opinion in liepublican party which - was the gentleman from Johils- hqiTe been wboxn -amid a 1 halo nV "-frkw.M h-A tn. tnltnr. ct-n r fell to - pieces - tho glories' of" its triumphs will tade into d 3?ustfuLoblivion. and and indignant peop'e will power the fedscreaatSjwho to" play upon the; vitals of aistressea.ana -struBtrimg peopte a a . 1 : . ' .Ifinf'dsiroui to'see our unfinished I ".. ', p .i ".- t IT'. - " - excettwe trei- more than thirt3-one cent! on thol dollar, we cannotbnild l?n5ldsJ . '' : - ' fj- .2- ' ' 5 o intrstacnecK too usea in wo tnanagdmenlbf these bonds-te must curtaU theiri issue, and thereby-re-storelhe credit of the State, 'and ob tain the confidence of the people. Our citizens are languishing for re- lief 4hey cry .fo us, for help'f-shall we lfereg'ard thei interest shall -we b?come recreant to the hisrh trust with I xvUlt-h v wme on tri?ted? wuicn we were eniru'sxeu Oar people are oposed to repudiation,- tkey- do Dot wish the odium at tached to ; this dilemma, but gentle-, mon' .must- recollect ' that -te may compel fpudiation we may continue these- burdens, and tho people, for tfaut of- substan-ee, -and ability,1 will break down, in spirit, and then, repu diation and financial disaster, will be welcomed' as a 'p!ensa :t, last "resort. But all tlit may . be ' averted " by an honest determination to defeat the, dJ sins'of th-jse who intend to destroj- xIjot : parties, caucus, .and, political conibinations ba given to 'tlie four wiuds, and let honesty, truth and pa triotism rule the hour. ...... , . i". - ; I'rom the JiftlMgh Standard. A Wrongful Decision. . We learn wIUa regret , that Judge Jones btv dJidVr'eklc. jXin. Biggs,' Esq., editor of the.Tarb7)r6"T3fe'ftr7t-n ei from' practicing a-s ?. lawyer before his (Judge J ones') Court. The reason of this'proccediiig w-as that .InTBiggs published in bis pa per;an article reflecting- upon Judge Jonrs.: ' '. . ' We have never before refiTretl to this-aliair deeming the defence-. 'of Mr. Biggs to be so well founded rind so just that Judge. Jones would stop' all proceedings against hint ! We have beard with regret that the Judge hks taken another course and debarred Mr. Biggs from-practice. A . This action we feel obliged to. con demn, trad the fact that Judge Jones is a Republican cannot'bc allowed to cause us to refnun from opposing an action which ve cannot view other wise than as an attack upon the free dom of the Press. ' ' ' The articls at which Judge j Jones took offence referred to Judge Jones in disrespectful 'terms. It was a bit ter political personal article, and Mr, Jones the man had" a light to be offended at it ; but he should not have called to his aid Mr. Jones the Judge. . Yet "he did' So, and sought to nTako Mr, Biggs responsible as. a lawyer for his opinions as an editor. This he had no right to do, nor has anv other ittdire. -Mr. Biggsdefencel was frank., niaiily and just, and, not- wit.hstandinrr the fact that he is our political er.4 mv, wo are frank to con less that we endorse the! position he assumes, nis answer tOthc charge of the Judge was that' he imblished the article referred to as an editor, and -not' in the character of an attor ney ; that he had always respected the Bench; :HHT,paitl His Honor oh the Bench that i-espect due ins posi tiohas a; vadicial otSeer, and ' that in as an; iittornev, does not conceive that hcLcommitted a contempt We "consider his position" correct, and believe that Judge- Jones has abused his' ix) Vv'er, -and has made a wrongful decision ; which .justice should, cause mm to recall - at the earliest possible-moment. 1 If Ir. Biggs had used' as an attor- neiY language disrespectful to the Judge we should have supported ruling ot the Judge which .debarred th& offender from practice, but such ig not the case If" Judge Jones felt- 'agglieyed at the artic!exof the "Soutlberher lie had his remedy within the law, and coidd have brought an action fop slander; but he . had no right to decidehis own case, and to make tjliolawj'ef responsible for the utterances of the editor. ! "- -' .. 7 ..:V'" i 1 ; '" . ; We liave no sympathy withxslan- derers, and have never knowingly jm,srcpresentea any person in any maimer tuat wouiu uo uiem -.injury, and especially do v'e condemn the practice' of newspaper slander, but" on the other baud, we "do not wish to see any atte'mit imade to i destroy the freedom of the 'press, fcuen an at tempt we shall ever denounce and resist, and will aid the attacked, be he our friend or foe. . In this case, we believe, that Judge Jones has clcEe wrong, andbas co- vertly attacked the freedom of the press, and we denounce:.'-, the., action. Fexces.-. We build ten times too many fences. the fences . on many thrifty farms are a erreat tax upon the owners' It is a useless custom.' No iences are aosoiuteiy required, ex cept the fence about tho pastures, and a few hundred yards of movable fence that can be set up any where at short notice. ; High way fences' and : divis ion fences are an urtmitigi tod nuis ance ; the great objection to. them is their cost, but they also occupy good lanc land and-harbor weeds and , briars: they are in the way ofcultivating and uui vesLiiiif our crop", liie sooner we a.: iL. . . do not say tear down good new fences, ..' - j - but build no more except extra higrh and strong ones arOuud the pastures. But says one, if the highway fences were down the cattlo would destroy the crops.! .So they would . if allowed to run in tho streets. But which can be done with the least trouble or ex pense, keeping stock in the pasture or keeping millions of dollars worth of fences ? But the law requires that I should build a high way and divis ion; fence; so ;.it does, but in whose hands is the law ? Yours. If the farmers demand that this burdensome system ' be done - away, and more stringent laws passed in regard to re straining stock, it will be done. There are now coin muni ties where there are no fences, and we say to the new set tlers in the West, and to the impov erished land owners of the South, do not" let this burdensome tax' be settled upon - your industry,- but -repeat !the r down with the tcTxea.-Hitandd. front tlu Raltigh Sentinel. The Legislature of North Carolina. . SENATE. ' X- f; ' Thursday, DecilC; 1869.? ' .The-Sdnaio waa.aUed to. order at 10 o'clock. , - . -' ' A. II. Galloway M.) i .rMe to i question of privilege in reference to a communication wh,ich; appeared ia the . Hillsboro' Recorder , t which ' he considered Ttfas' .a . reflection poi himself, and other members of the Goneral Assembly. This articje liOj said was written by some unknown villain because, he Galloway) had in troduced a resolution to havfcBill Smith removed from tho directorship of the N., O. R R. ; The article stated that he (Galloway) was now a resident of 'Newborn, - which was lie .No. I, as it was well known that he was'a. resident of the city of Wilming-. to a i t a I so charged that be ( G al lo-waj-)' was a nuisanco" on railroads, and obuoxious to passengers on ac count of bis seet From the regularity of imbibing Tangle Foot and : Pop JSkull. lie believed the j article 'was written by Bill Smith - President of the Noi th Carolina R. R: who assert-, ed in caucus several nights ago 'th-t he (Smith) was drunk when; he mode that -Salisbury speecU I now public ly .denounce W. A. Sm'ah, ;(nd -1 desire the reporters to notice it) as a liar, Meard, trouhdrel and poltroon - -Mr. Respass arose to a- question of prixilpgein regard to some statements he had made in reference to the Sheriff of New Hanover county, 'he made these statements u; on evidence he had received from .tne Public Treasurer,1 but from receipts which said SheriSThas in his possessit-' he was convinced that the SherilMwas disposed to net in an honorable man ner..' . : .,'''"" i . :! ; .; I - .;. - icOTICE OF ltLLS. j 1 Mr. Rbbins, of a bill to protect the freedom of. speech and of the press.' .' -. . ' "' . Mr. Maitindalo, .ot a bill to organ ize' the cyhtia. IXTKODVCTIOX OF BILLS, By Mr. Murphy, a bill to authorize the Superintendent of Public Works, to sell the State's .interest - in the Fayetteville and Warsaw Pank Road; referred. - 1 -v.- TliritD KE.VDIXO 6f BILLS. : Bill making an apprbpriation for the' Deaf, ' Dumb and - Blind Asylum S-I0,'(i00, passed. ' . . "i - Rill making an appropriation for the Support of the Insane Asylum of $18,000, aud 12,000, iu addit"on"to be used in making improvements on sa.d building, passed. - N Bill to repeal an act amandatory of an act to incorporate .the Western N.. C. R. 11. Go., ratified 15 th of Feb. 1855, passed.' , - ' -; Mr! G rahain - said ho voted, in ; the affirmative on thi- j 11 in order to uiovo 'its reconsideration which he did. :r - ; ' " .-. -: ' Mdcre of Carteret moved to lay tho motion on the table, which prevailed. -communication from the 'Governor in reference to amending the "militia law, with a proposition to printv 20 copies for the use of each member of the General Assemblv." which was concurred in. . - ' .' ' y' . Mr. Shoffuer moved, a sufpensipn of the rules in order to allow him to introduce a bill in' accordance wi h the recommendations contained iu the message, upon 'hieh a considera ble discussion arose which will be given to-morrow. v HOUS.E OF REPRESENTATIVES. S 0 Thursday, Dec. 1C,.18G0. ,' House met pursuant to adjourn5- ment. . 1 . j - - ''-' ' 1 . " . ;. : uKroars or committees. Mr. Trench for Committeemen Finance, reported favorably uron the bill in favor of R M. Stafford. 'JSheriff Leave of absence was, granted to Messrs. Farrow, Seigrist and.Mathe- son.. EIIXS AXD RESOLCTIOXS. By'JIf. Malone: A bilbto declare yalid.the; election, of certain Town- . .l. Liims. rpnnTtpfl uniAVornhlir nnnn I the resolution in favor of Ennia and Henderson. ; ! " . - A message was received from . the senate irausmuung various oins ana rt ai . i ti I d;3noSOd of -A ,J By Mr. Gahagan : A bill to estab- lish a bridge across the Jt rench Broad River, in Madison county. Referred. ByJ.-W. Learv, col : ;A resolution amendatory of the rules of the House. On motion, the rules were suspend- I ed and the resolution was adopted, . By Mr. Grier : A bill to incorporate Referred t86S ' 9 eene ChuTch' By'Mr Gunter : A bill requiring owners of toll bridges and ferries to give bond. Referred. ! . By the same : A bill for the relief of Sheriffs. Referred, i Crawford, coli : A resolu- tion in. regard to the drawing of jurors. Keter.ed. i i , By -Reynolds, col. : A bill to incorporate tne Ann iioiaen ana Murfreesboro' Land and Building. incorporate the Ann Ilolden and A nciRtinn. l7ftfr.. ! A message was received from the Governor,' asking for amendments to I tne miiiua law to enaoie mm to sup- j press outrages. Ordered to be print- ed . j j Ou motion of Mr. Wilkie, the rules were suspended, and the bill requiring the County Commissioners o meet once a montn, was taa up. stitute reported by the Judiciary Commi t tee.. , i Mr. Proctor moved to lay the whole matter on the table. .Lost. I Mr. Frank ha moved to postpone 1 the matter until th.e -th Monday ia January next, at 12 o'clock-. . Lost After a long aeuate tne suostituto was adopted (the substitute provides that Commissioners shall receive pay for24 days in the year nnd euall re ceive no mileage. 1 "j .Mr. Pearson offered an' amend fiient that in those counties payijpg $15,000 tax, the commissioners bbkll rectire pay cf IS days iu oach year, those that pay over 15,000 and Un der $25,000 shall receive pay for 24 davs, thuee -over $25,000 f.ml under 40,000 shall teceivo iy of SO. dajje, those over 40,000 ah all receive iay for 40 . days and fchall receive j no milage. Adopted. ';;' j v - Mr. Smith, ot Alleghany, moveaj 10 strike "IS dava" and insert uVo. Lost. ;. ' - ' ' V Mr. Durham moved to strike 15,000? and insert ' $20,000. Lst. ' V ' ' f . Mr Smith, of Alleehanv. moved to nWnit hv savin i that all counues tavinMunder "$3,000 UT, the LCn:-' missiouers shall receive pay for 15 dava. . '. " r ' only The amendment was adopted in vote ol yea 45, nays 31 -The thon passed its third reading, j bill A Thriilins Incident. , ; .-i '. Mns, Inoalms " A BAPTIST SHSSrOXART IX Bt T.M AH, AMONG the EvnpmsTrr.iiisTS. V -Ye were iilcasantly cii'r tAinrx this mnnnnir bv JirB. lii3;uis, 'o a misiionary n-oni xjurman, Kvbo came to otir ofuce, acconipaiiicd by Prcsddent Scars, of Bf own University jkml while hero related many lntcf-cst- ing experiences of her lnissionarj h borV aud mdo frequent reference to tho valuablo aid offonlad her by j tho "Pain Killer," which is, she say rr fre quently i called by tho natives! tbo "Go'd-Metlicine," and soincthnos wor shipped by them. . ' . . One instance she relatca as follows : fW RtWmr dav I was fcent for to visit one of their God-men . or, jlrgli jpriests, who had been severely woun ded, the messenger jS.aying that ho w-as killed. I told lnm it was no use then for me to go as my medicine could n6fe raise the dead. "jBut he: persisted, saying "the God-Medicine would not surely fail to do him some ''". -. r j 1 1 -1.1.1. . good. JMy native prqciicr,: -who better understood the extravagance of their language, urged me strongly togo, feeling that GjX had in th'i way. opened a door to the gosi) l, in answer to. cur man' prayers. !5ut 1 still hesitated, fcariug fof the revata- lion of my. medicinei; which ; bad be come a powerful aid, in giving nc ar cess to the natives. At J length I yielded, and taking m tayj band -X bottle of the "Pain Killer," thechanik that hal opened this door, I folio wed vilfln 4livnirl f h mTl1f;f l1V . Ill- '"J ruluv ",1U,,A" j , plM.UI vhcre lay the wounded man ! upon the ground, a ghastly cbcct, covered ..... v . . . '. L . i i wjth bIod and apparently dead I knew something of the dancers that , ."surrounded me, and; ndtwitli- sitandihg my trust in llim whb , said "I will never leave nor forsako you. I could not wholly divest mvhclf of i fear. Standing besidd' flic dying man, 1 said to the monks or priesb who naa iouowca lae. in. or -were there before trie, that -my medicine could not raise the dead nor brind back the 2cj)artcd epirit;and, should it fail to rcetore" their friend, they ought not to condemn the mediciue, Still, I would do all in my power for the -wounded man; but, tc' begin with, I must have some bandages. They had none, and knew not where to get any. I pointed, to tlie altar curtain; but that could not bd touch- ed. -except by the high priest1 Iti tvUs the sacred yellow cloth., I startJ ed to leave, saving it would b. iisoJ less for me t9 remain, as I could dol nothing without means. But thev uc u.uu jiuu must bc saved' and I'aht, for 'jthiiJ ptupose.'.uso. the sacrcid clothJ '. I speedily laid "profane" hands on it , f and'shortlv eonvfirtl if into band ed in Pain! ith which; satura Killer," I bound up tha wounds of the still msenwble man. r then asked for a cup i r'.- in which to prepare some "Pain Iviller," but the sacred cups of .their gods, used only their reb'gions rightsj and never touched by bands profane, were tho only ones to be had. To save the God-Man I might use 'ope' of them, "ougb xio one of thEse present' dared take and give it to me.' I took one, ! hbweTet, and prepared in' it, and rrave to the unconscious mfTnJ ..-n'L t-m, - ., ?Z v . x MU f; xue man soon oegan to snow signs of returning consciousness, and soon recovered. . -' . '1 - - - From this time her influence wiUi J. . iwwf ,Hiui UJO lower castes, was aJmost unlMMinded and j for this she felt herself greatly in- debted to the "Paia. Killer" Sho that vear ftP rK' ,,';, . I ,,,-vv - " re iance uPoa " a remedy rot: aff diseases of tho stomacb - - - evtn choleric ; so fatal there - as weU,as for all the biHous affeons so prevalent mtt climate; and that it seldom failed , to reiUize nU acr eirect afters, ftcd often, snr- pnsed her by' the, promptness and efficiency of its action. - - J f Cosr.Mrsic.TrD'
The Weekly News (Charlotte, N.C.)
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