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To be the beam of had aewe ie al ways aariMf*; nevertheleaa, it aome timet beCotnsa a duty. We have now to perform a duty of thia kiad toward some of our friends ia ilia eoaaty ; but we will endeavor If "hreah the «ewa gently." We we informed that ia Seurttown towaehip pot it in ea have been circulated aad signed, asking tha County Commis sioners to order aa election ia that town ship at aa early day, in order to teat aad decide the queetien of 'lieaaae" or "ao license" We publish elsewhere the law upon this subject, ia order to show that, like the Irishman'* chicken, our friends'are too tiew in speaking, aad no election osn now be held before the first Thuraday ia nextjnae. We alao olaim that the question of "liceose" or "ao license" will not tea he ia o*dsr, hat instesd it sea he oae af "prohihitioa" or "license." We publish to-day "the original act of the 9iaswsl Assembly of 1873-74 i wita tha asaendsneata of 187 ft, 76 aad 1876,-77 embodied therein," for the iaforaMtkw of all eonoerasd- The act, sa before stated, amhreeea all the amendments, aad taken from certi fied copies of the original aa file ia the office of the Secretary of State, ie cor rect ia every particular. It will be seen that the aot absolutely prevents the sale of liquor of aay kiad, "spirituous, malt or vinous," ia any quantity or ahape ia the event of prohibition. la other words, it is "prohtbitioa or Usenet" in the stricteet sense of either tens. Now, what are the eircomatanese of the case ia Stokee eoanty f We will briefly state them. A beat oae handred and fifty petitionera hate aeked tha Consmimiaasra to gnat no Mr* retail licenses ia the several towaahips, aad the asoral iaflaaaoa of a large washer of the beat eitiseos of the ooowty are oppoeed to lioease. Tha law readers it absolutely discretionary with the Cea misaioaers whether they graat liceose er aot. A asajority of theaa doclfaac to throat thia evil upoa their eoaaty, doing violence to their ewa oowacasaes* aad the cxpreaaed wishes of many of their constituents, uatil te wiaheeef teasa ' juritj arc ascertained according to law. The friends of ietemperaaee have aeked for no eleetioa to teat te qaeetton, aad it ia now too late to do so before next Jwe. Sorely this neglect or indiffer ence is aot the fanlt of the Qewaiaaioa ers. All retail lieenee in this eoaaty expire with thesaoath of July, and with the praiseworthy aad detorwaed stood token by a majority of the Board, it ia plaia that we arc to haw at laeat eleven months of peace aad sobriety in ear section. At the expsrntiea of that tee the experiment of "no Uesaea" will have been tested, sad te people eaa tea vote iatslligaatly apea te aabject. Let those petitions ia Saaratowa, ask ing for an election, be quietly pigs*a holed for t>-a present. We know how to aympatfcKj with the disoppainMd; hat our friends must remember the good old hymn that rone ia this way : "Afflictions, though they mem severe, In merer eft are seat r* MSVSSUM MATTKMB. The following article, frees the Oreent boro Patriot , will he endorsed ia Ale section: The trial of Dcpaty Mattel Fln>h* which ws* est for Monday in Washing ton, will throw considerable light eate internal reveaae institution ia thi* State. The difficulty kae been all along that the people ia this ssstiea have been re garded ae disloyal sad consequently aa fit subject* of persecution, praetoation end pray by tho** who were in power and so disposed. They were arrested lor cease end without cause, very often on the flimeteet pretexts, harraaaed aad annoyed, pat to great oxpoaeo aad sometimes compelled to ananflee every thing they Ittd to pay attorneys aad ooats. The men who, as a gaatoal rafo held officer under te government went in for making all they aeald aet & them, aad in eight cans oat of ton aheeed the trust eonflded to tha*. J ' The foet of it is the whole internal fnASVI revenue ijncn ■ vaa* "§ ,bb|u b to cad and II ought to be wiped eat of existence. It always will he subject to abuse. It is deasoralisiag ia Ms aatara demecalieeo te people* aiai taatki ef whom obey it flrom eoaapalaiaa, aod te officers latiptsd with ias irsratina, niactentha ef wheat wffil tte aay ad vaetage they eea aadar it to saake measy- We hope to aae te whala aye tem wipsd eat ead te taxaa for te government parpeaea coHsated hp Stela officers, ss taxes for the Stata ars new collected. levww Trwubtoe la north Oarolma the very frauds whioU the government is trying to ancerth aad punish. This oonjecture K ROW being verifted by facts. Dctcotivea ef the Attorney General's office have m down aad eeaght aome of there alleged accomplices. Their ohW ta the Deputy Marshal of the Weetern District of North Caroline, end he ia eocayed of forgery end other crime', by whioh the government has been defrauded oat of many thousand dollars on bogus vouohers for costs, fee*, ete. Thia ia not the wont aspect of the affair; for the same man ia charged with tramping up oomplainta against persons for oheating the re venae. There ia no worse offense in the catalogue of orimee than thia. To aet in oollnaion with "erooked" whisky distilleries ia venial compared with the attempt to fosten gnilt or soapieion on innocent parties Owe knave of thia kind can do incalcu lable damage to the reputation of an en tire Stata by exaggerating the frauds really committed there and blaokeu ing the good names of men who ww guilt leas. The North Carolinians would be mora than bnman if they were not in dignant under aocusationa whieh are the ooinage of blacksaailers. The heat tem pered people at the North would lose their patience under aaoh treatment, wheo it was coupled with the extremeet severity in executing the lawa against those who had not been tried and oon victed of any crime. Aa usual in such operations, there was a ring, it ia said, ia whieh revenue men divided the plun der with the Deputy Marshal. Thia, too, "ia only one of a large number of aiaailar cases." We dare aay so. If the sleuth hoaada of the Department of Juattee are not called off from Washing-, ton, it will doubtless h« found that gov ernment agents are at the bottom of the illicit distilling business in the North Carolina mountains. We would hold these men primarily reaponaihle for the "erooked" whisky of that region. They should be oaptared aad punished to the fall exteat of the law, before the troops there engage ia another raid. Now that thane official frauda have boea dis covered, the North Carolinians would be justly incensed if the aaldieaa shoot an other eitiaen or destroy another still be fore the revsnae aervioe has beaa purged of the Inst of its raacals in that Stata. The Georgia Xleotion. On Taatej of hat week, ia pan*- MM of Ml Mi of tb# Iftltf LdgilllUft, the people of Georgia voted for dele gate* to a State ConvsaUsa to makeaaeh amsadmiate to the Stole Coawtitaiioa sa Might he agreed upon. At the su»e tee (hey voted upon the qusslisu of Osavsaticu aad ao Convention. The Dsaaosrata generally vera ia favor of the Coaveation aad the Badiaala oppoeed te H. There araaaay thiaga ia their Coa stitatioa that it ia anid oar Georgia frieeda are dasirowa of ehaagiag.— Aasongst ether things they aoe ao ascss aity for the word rebellion ia their Ooa atitution. In foot they aoatead that te call oar late war a rebellion ia theStoto Constitution ia te embalm a lie. They think, aa we think, that oar Coafoderate flag, the gbri— stare and bars eadar which ws fought, waa a symbol of some thing higher thaa a rehellioa. Objec tion is alae taken te that etanae ia their carpet-beg Osnatitatioa whieh raoogaiass allegiance to the Federal government is | paramooat to that due the State. j la* the priaant, at least, thaae are yaatisna af hat little practical impor taaee, though it ia well enough for the ergaaie lew of a Stata aot ta hear a lie upon ita foen, aad doahtloaa, had theaa beaa all the evils te -he remedied, the eleetioa of Tuesday weald aet have taken place. The troth ia, the Coaeti tution of Georgia, like that of other Sot hern Statea, being the haadiwerk of ctraagara, ia an suited to the wants aad wiehse of the people, aad the only weadar ia that they ever aabmittad la it ee leag. The herdeae it impossa sorely saw at he aa aatraas a* those iaftietad upon the people of Heath Carolina ,l)r the Caahy Constitution. With tkigrast Democratic majority ia Oaargia, there ena he aa doaht a boot the raaait. We vU o«r frieeds those for the fetam a Coaatitotloa exactly te their Raleiyk Obmrvtr. Attorney-General Deveas haa written e aharp Utter to Dhtriet Judge Dick,of North Osailies The Attomey-Ooooral dsakee te know hew frandalaat papers pasa through his aeart f Thia fo sup poaad to nfo to the naehsrs in blaak to which the clerk of Us court, it ia alleged, certifled afßdavits. ■" dfhelhnger Ahead. T" The difcatigLtion in the Repuhlleoa Mks imßh m * depressing Bment, rather than wl •fir* £hoetility to the admia(| t ration. The really serious oomplioa tiona whioh «• regard aa aot Improbable will ha*# a totally different origin. Oae (bat has mh daily fortehidoWd wj erioe at tba opniig of the «tn notion. Sosae ofthe mm injedieiooa frieade of the edatMrtNlloa have wmlwl tM idea of "orgiaiting the House" in Ha interns* Wo have no specific know ledge of overtaree ia this direction, bat the rumors have been for aome tint paat too positive, aad withal 100 mok ia harswey with aooertaioed facta, la bo aommarily discarded. It ia eoneeded that oa a atriet party basis the Demo crata will have the Hoaae organisation ia their owa haads. The question raiaed ia, wfll the Deiaoeratie party remain iataot, aay, wpoa the qacatioa of the Speakerahip f We hope that ft will. It repreeenta a majority of tke member on whom weft tke responsibility of regulsting tke machinery of baoiaess. They bare tke power and mint be keld aeooantable for ita exercise. We should deprecate aa a misfortune, not to toy 0' crime, afylntrigue designed to wreat from thMr the fruft* of their opportaai ty or to gtln for the administration aa inflncnoc to which it is not legitimately entitled. That aome bargain might be effected we "admit. The Democrats majority ia narrow, and hioladed Hi it are members to whoee constituencies the , party complexion tit the Speakerahip ia ot infinitely less moment than the for- I therance of some siaMer scheme. Only let tkis right sort of ageftta bis employed, witk authority to adjust the terms to the exfgfCnefal of eaOlt individual eaae, and the requisite number of votse night be ehsfkged. Tke proeeaa would be die graceful to'alf obaeedtod witk it, bat tke prevailing atandard of politico! morality ia not bfgh, and qdestions are available whioh woald render the arrangement of eqnitalents comparatively easy. Foremost among them ia tke subsidy question. It has many ramifloationa, and, onee opened will not be ol aed until the credit Of the nation haa been placed in imminent jeopardy. The Southern Pacific Railroad ia awde tke teat scheme, partly beoaaaa it baa peat and widely-diffused st rength at tke Sooth, partly leoaaOe ft b«» foe *ipport 1 of Northern combinations of capital and inlaenee in an nnnaual degree. Aa obvious baaia of a bargain exiata between the North weet and the South, tke former having ia tke Northern Pacile aa ea terpriae which on ita merits ia eertaialy aa auuh entitled to free aoeeaa to tke public puree aa thi route through Tezaa. Everbody knowa bow these things ate managed! The North #«iet trill kelp tke South and will obtain help in retain. Tke jobbery and speculation whioh bring Meaorn. Scott and Huntington together never ia wide oa aree that the acbeaae, fmadaient aad taaaoao aa it ia, poeHaaaa formidable aUfagtb. The boot {■oa of both parties will oppoee it— iV. Y- Tima. . ofs4"'»—^— Tke New York Snn tells the foliow iag story about the way Louisiana waa carried for Mr. Polk in 1844; how aaaeh truth there iato it we In >w not. In 1844 every citiaen of Louisiana bad tke right to vote in any and every pariak of ttie State in wkich be owned lead. Mr. John Slidell, a Democratic politician of celebrity, afterward a Sena tor of tke United Statoa, and still Inter aeat to Europe along with Joka M. Mason, of Virginia, as a representative iof tke Confederate government, bet •20,000 witk Dr. Dmoan, of Natoheo, KKaajaatppi, the* OWy weald kt de- footed, and Polk fleeted. He tkea bought at a trifling price a tract 6f swamp land in Tbquemilao pariak, aa . footed kit then,'and gave tech of tkea a deed of a piece of thia swamp fond, ao that each wos'made a fond-holder, sai thus entitled to vote in Fla queminet, iil addition to hit right to vote in NeW Orleans. Then Mr. Slidell hired a Steamboat 'and on' tho dny of the election, after Aey tad aH voted ta Now OriooiM, the mea wvre takes oa tkb koat end krried to Plaquemiaee, where M WtaV'igoU, as the low gore them arrght to do; aod Ike State wae SO rtNMy dirided between the two tios tkst tke addition of tkeao 897 aow land holders to A» regular *itee of Ao pariah tarried Louisiana for Polk. "Ui votfag waa contrary to the Mogo la Ifoort of tkeStetet, bat it was in accord with tke lew eafl of Louisiana. It woo a |lkiW pifHlm trick, having ko*. peattt peid by tke taoiaqf woo froat Dr. Paaeeo; batU fee not ilfogal, aad be correetly described no en aot of fread Besides, Polk would hare beoo elected without it. ' |C.y -id la a speeek at ONNatta thai ho kod tteys felt ahoonliar inttreat ia Nortk Carolina Hie #-wko waa by for 4he better pert m himoelf, wbea he woa el hoitt— waa a giaaddaaghter of Wnigktatill Avery, oae of the ligaert of the Meek lOUIfRIg l/66iirKllOu Ua 1 UUvpcutlvlivv. Ia additioa to thia, ko woo for a thort tiese a oitiaea of Ihe Stato. Wkea Joe Johaetea'o sarios.it.sd, ha waa compelled to aooh refogo ia North Car ollea aaoag the lolotiron aad ftioado of hie wife. Ho had aa money oad ao otooaa of eapport—hie oaly poaeeaaion beiag a poor blind male. He weal ap iato OaMwell eoaaty, rented a font, aad with Ua blind malo raited a erop of com. Thin ho eold for fifty ooata per bnahel, aad apoa the money obtained from this, together with the proattdt from the tab of thio malo, bo returaed to*kis boats ia East Teaaeasee. While, therefore, bio oojows ia North Caroliaa » aot of the moat ploasaat ebarneter, bo reeooaa aseatioaed, e£ill it afftrdod bftt a base whoa be eeald aot live ia hia owa State. Tbt Troubla Among~the W. a The pay of Deputy U. S. Manhole ia North Canliaa it ao saaall aad so pra eorioas that tba temptation to dish oa tot y is ooaoteatly before theea, aad it it charged tkat the Deputies of Robert Dougles, Marshal of Wsetern North Carolina, hnve for e long time beea ia the bnbit of eupplyiag defioenciee in their exebeqaer by fraudulent ehargee ageinot Ao government. At previously stated two of them hare beea arrested ia North Oaroliaa, aad the third, Jbebaa A. Fraaka waa coptnred kere. Lett week while tke Dietriet Attorney watnl Atkeville, N. C. qaietly iaveeti gatiag the offaira of the Marahors offioe under inetruotfoaa from Attorney Qea oral Deveaa, oad Deputies Fraaka aad Raid were there atteadiag oourt, Fraaka ■espootiug kit tin wna about to flad bim oat teddenly loft for Weohiogtoa. Reid end Freaks wore ia bed togetker, oad tke letter beiag nervooa from guilty Tear imagined that he beard a footatep oa the porch. Rejaiag up, ha laid, "My Oad, Road they're ooming." Raid said, "I roe boa not." Bat Fraake oaly look time to say, "take eare of my aed they oootaia important papers qnd most aot be seoa," aad before Reid eo aid reply Frenks bsd jumped through , ihe window, oad cled oaly ia aight eiothet ran away from the itaagiaary puraaera. At the hoaoe of a friend (re Qiiltf h§ obtftiotd Aod oama to the oity for the parpooe of ex poeing Marshal Beagles' Mao Deputy Reid haetag tafernned the dietriet ■MAoaaw OLA dtaKl tawasl NWnM| VI Plfaja tag wordt of Fraake, tke attorney ex oadaod thl toddfo hoga and found papers upoa whioh e«o booed the orimtael skergta egetaat Fiaski. Ia it wort foaad aa aaatrtmtat of eertifleotea for wkatotto feoe end mQeoge, to be drawa apoa prmeatilitn to the msiebol, whioh won tigaod with the namse of U. 8. Oummiteiooirt Wooho aad Rodgtro the sijoatorm, it li tappoood beiag forgeries There were ata tome forged oertiieetee tigaod ia bleak, oad ioveetigntioa do viloyii ike Aml *sbj xbovi of Ike semt eharaeter are ia airoaintioa ta that pert of North Carolina. Another im nwraat of orvort, whioh woe falaoiy ea dorted ta oxooeted, aad the orate ad- SouluMiat) ah irljaea# Iw ftie maa ■ i_i"Lm_i_ JIKIIOBvCO j uTIQMIIj lOt IN pUfp()M 01 tteartag the free, anaoanliag to |2&. Examination of the aoooeote of Fraake, pros sated at the Depertmeat of Jaotioo ihfift moj frtsdulifll nh>f|n r IS is alleged. Ia oae eeae when ho eaot nfew3 witaeaeae withia a mile ot travel, he eborgod 46 mileo travel to p eoaaty ia the mountains, aad for ieMgiaory gaordt aad board for prittatio oad witaMWk Ntivhii Douglas and thi Dietriet Attorney are here, aad o oload of witaessat mo oa the way from North Oaroliaa ta alload Fraaks' satnoaiamtioa qi W(jth% fiy/ofi £kar. G«. liobMt bTVmm )m. W4ml aJL£~?,J!7 Th Kin, & Crookn. A oireokr mommmMm ibis cutlery my: "TUbMm of Ifcft or*, tW m Wat wiM lit KfatolM' Iw —4 fcwml ihiUfr hH ihrif aertrJ&wm tkM *• wttfarj fa Mfefa WUktw *• 1— Mm l ii, m dM hi kMw (fate —■*!, - mi,k.H aoMtv Nortk oSSTJTfa famlWk«Hr. J, « tW Oi—bliij Vifa" iiri iTTi Cttiin. loruobing in lowa, in almost juoviduitiai, iacAPi or J "A MAN VTtfO HAD RUN IIANOED. A dispatch from Manhalltavn, dated June 12, A|s there is inteaie excite ■eat at the aeeae of the hanging of Eokler, ia Grundy eounty. The trouble oaf of whioh it grew is of long stand tag—a neighborhood quarrel between Rekler and a few vioiona and desperate men. To get rid of Eokler and drive him oat of the ooantry some five years 0(0, they trampod np a oharge that he hod committed a serious crime. He waa warned to quit tke ooantry, but, failing to da this, ha waa tarred and feathered. Kokler quit the eonnty, bat returned abont n month ago. He aaade several threata of having thoae engaged in the tar-and-feather matter brought to justice. Ia meeting oae of hia enemiee one day ia the field he told him he had a settle meat to make with him, and accused him of being one of the men who had tarred and feathered him. Several days after tkia tke man above-mentioned had Eokler arrested, charging that he had drawn a gun npon him and threatened to kill him. Kokler was arrested late in the even ing by Conatable N Ison and taken be fore Jnatiee Crary, seven miles from Union. The oaae was adjourneS over Oil Monday, and the constable took him kooM to await Monday's examination. At 12 o'oloek at night, after all were in bed. Nelaon heard an alarm at the door and, suspecting nothing, opened it, oad waa met by five men, all disguised who demanded Eokler. Upon his re foaal to give him up, two of them seised him and held him, while the other three raahed paat into Eckler'a room, seiaed hia, aad, without allowing him to droaa, harried him off on foot for over three qaartera of a mile, to a row of ootton wood trees by the aide of the road, where they had previously prepared a rail aeroee two limbe, with a large rope attached. They pinioned hia hands and feet, gagged him, and then lifted him ap, placed the noose about hia neok, and let him drop. The rope waa to long hia feet toaehed the ground. They re adjusted the rope and let him down again, and, thinking they heard some oae coming, they started to leave. One Of them, oa looking baek and teeing Eekler'o toeo just touching the ground, fan book nnd dug the earth from nnder hia feef with bis handa, and with an oath exelaimed: "There, damn you, die r How long he remained there Eokler is not able to say, aa he thinks he be came aneoaaeiona, but on reviving he foaad hit toeo just tonohing the ground. The rape, beiag large, did not alip tight aaaagh to ohoke bim, and by a desper ate effort ho wreaehed hia handa free, aad by drawing himoelf np with hi* haads seoa freed kimoelf. Then he asads hia way to a neighbor's house and procured oiotkieg. Mm Horrors of War. If 1811 the opposing Russian and Tarkiab armies stood faciag each other oa oppoeito banks of tke Danube. Dar ing tke nigkt between the Bth and 9ih of September the Tnrka succeeded, by making a feint, aad ao attracting tke Rassiaas to a spot aome tkree miles be low the real point of posaage, in throw lag a foree of 2,000 moo and four tans aeroea the river, a short distance above Oiaraevo. The firat attempts of the Ratoiana to drive thia email body baek into the river were aaooeeefully with atood; reinforoementa were rapidly brought over from the right to the left bask, uatil finally 80,000 men aad 50 gnus were oaaembled oa the northern shore. Every effort to advent* further aad drive baek tke Raaaiaw army, wkiek had fsl]|a baek iato au intrenched po sitive, was, however, repulsed; tke Tarks themselves being obliged after a time to soaotraet iatreachmenta, to witbatend the eoaator-attaeka directed against thorn. Unable to drive baek tke lavad tag foree, the Rntoiaae deoieted from any further native measures against it, bot, bringing a atroag flotilla of gunboats up the Denube, to prevent auppliee being aotriod aptaoa the river iato the Turkish ooaea oa the left beak, they quietly awaited areata. Tba provieioes of tke Tarkiak foree, thns completely ieoleted, unable to odvaaee because of the Rue. ataa foree hi front of R, unable to re treat beeeeee of the flotilla whioh effeo taaßy ptwvoatod any bridge beiag thrown aoeoea the river, aooa began to rue short The aanlhec keeome cold, bat there woo ■o feel witk wkiek to kiadle flrta. Un der thaoe eireumttaaoee tke aaitringa of the Ma were very great. For some ttatttkete wee htrotfltok, hat it had to ho oatoa raw, aa evea the tsat-eoles bed boo* oat ap aad baraed. Haadrcds dtod daily, aad their eoearadee had aot strength to bury them. Disease was eoeeeqaoatly teoa added to frariae, to that whoa ftaally, oa Ihe Bth of Decern ber, aoaee wae eoaeiadod, bat 4,000 mm, who wo dtoerihod at hoiac bat ■via* tketomee, witk aearee antfeient etreagth to ttaad apright were left oat of the M.OOO who throe months before had eroeaed the river. The Prohibition Law. AN ACT TO roonnn rat uu or irarru' ous, TINOUS OR MALT UQUOM IN TOWNSHIPS WRCRB TBI Pto. HI »0 DKTf RHINE. SBOTION 1. The Oeneral Astttnbiy of North Carolina ilo enac : That it shall be the duty of the Comity Commission ers of any county, upon petition of one fourth of the qualified Tot era of any township ia their reepeetire ooantiea, to order an eleotion to be held on the first Thursday in Jane in eTeir year, to aa certain whether or not spirituous, vinous or malt liquors shall or may be aold in said township or townships. SEC 2. That it shall be the duty of the sheriff of each county to hold auoh township elections when so ordered nnder the same rales and regulations aa are prescribed by law for holding elections for members of the General Assembly, so far as the same may be ap plicable, exoept aa herein modified. • Sao. 3. Tbat any person allowed by law to vote for members of the Qeneral Assembly shall have the right to Tote at suoh elections in the township in whioh he is allowed by law to Tote ; and eTery such roter who fa Tors the prohibition of the sale of spirituous, Tinous or malt liquors ia his tdwnship, shall votfc a ticket on whioh shall be written or printed the word "Prohibition and eTery suoh Toter who fa Tors suoh sale shall rote a ticket on whieh ehall be writ ten or printed the the word "Lissnae." Sac. 4 That on the day aezt after any such election ahall be held, (be in spectors of such eleetion and a Justice of the Peaoe of the Township, shall compare the Totea polled in the town ship, and oertify the number of Totea cast in favor of "Prohibition," and the number in faTor of "Lioenae" and the result ot suoh eleotion to Register Deeds of the oounty, who shall first oarefnlly copy suoh certificate# in a book to be prepared and kept for that purpose, and then file the same among the papera of hia office, and a certified eopy from the book in whioh auch certificate ia so .registered, under the hand of the Regis ter of Deeds and the seal of the ooanty shall be sufficient eTidenoe in all eaaea and Courta in this State of the result of suoh eleotion in the township to whioh the same may refer. Sac 5. That if a majority of the Totea cast at any auch election in any town ship shall hare written or printed on the same the word "Prohibition," then and in that ease it ahall not be lawful for the County Commissioners to lioenae the sale of spirituous, Tinous or malt liquors, or for any person to sell spirituous, Tinous or malt hquora within such townahip, from and after suoh eleotions; until another eleetion ahall be held in sacb township, according to the proTiatona of said ant, in whieh eleotion a majority of the Totes osst hare ahall written or printed on them the word "License Provided, however, Tbat no eleetion ahall be held within one year from the first election, and not oftoner than onee in eTery year thereafter; and if any person so prohibited shall sell any apirit ous, Tinous and malOiqaort within auch township, auch person ahall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on eon- Tiotion of snob offense, shall be fined not exceeding fifty dollara or impriaoned not exceeding one month ; bat if n majority of the Totea so east, ahall hare written or printed on tha aame the word "Lioense;" then spiritnooa, vinous or malt liquors may be sold in suoh townahipa aa now provided by l&w, and not other wise : Provided, Tbat nothing herein eontained ahall affeot localities in whioh the aale of spirituous, Tinone or malt liquors is prohibited by law. Sac. 6. The eheriff ahall deeiguate the Juatioea of the Peaoe ia eaoh town ship to aid in comparing and certifying the rote oaat at snoh eleetion, and tha Register of Deeda designate in speotora of election in eaeh townahip; in oase he ahall fail the aheriff or hw deputies ahall make suoh appointments, * and if any officers or other person (ball fail to discharge any doty imposed by thia sot, snoh person offending shall be gailty of a misdemeanor, and on oonrio tion in the Superior Court fined in the diaeretion of the Court. Sao. 7. That thia aet ahal) take affect from and after the firat day of April, 1874 " To eome Washington citiaena who called on Geo. B. F. Butler to beapeak hia infitvnoe in Jjebalf of a gentleman whom they wished to hire appointed aa one of the Commiaaionera of the Dis trict, the General aaid: "Gentlemen, yon hare eome to the wrong man. I hare no infioenoe at the White Houae, and no diapotition to aak a faTor of the Preeident. If yon want your friend appointed, go aak Mr. Cor coran, Gen. Gordon, and othere of their patriotic anteoadenta. The Preeident sent for Mr. Ooreoran and requested him to name the man he wanted for the Commiaaionerahip, and he modestly men tioned Mr. Archibald Campbell. The great steteessaa at the White Houae (for ha ia a grant atateaman) haa inatitoted n new departure. No more money ia to be spent on elections. I hare hereto ' fore oontribated to the extent of my mnaaa for the pnrohaae of lanterns and the painting of tranapareooiea, but thia tax ia no longer to be endured. People are hereafter to ruah greedily to the polls, trampling over eaeh other. If yon don't want to aak Mr Corcoran to ask the Preeident, aa it ia generally nn deratood tbat both the Republican and Democratie partiaa are deeaaaad, and tha old Whig party ia horn again, go out to soase grarayard and tranaoribe the namee of the detect mem beta of that organi sation from their tombatoece to your pe titions, and yon will atand a chance of getting what yon aak for."
The Danbury Reporter (Danbury, N.C.)
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June 21, 1877, edition 1
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