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J. 8. CAPPESTEIL . W. tOGAN. CARPENT E R & LOO A N XTIT0R8 A3ffD PEOPKTETOKB. lUTflERFORDTOJ, N. C. ATrKDAV, DECEJIHER 18, 1869 Mass Meeting. The Re publicans of Rutherford, Polk and Cleveland counties are re spectfully invited to meet at the Court House in Rutherford ton on the 23th ins., (Christ inns) to nominate a candidate for this Senatorial District. Every Township in the dis trict should send delegates. Let every Republican turn out. X3E7 Now is the time to sub scribe for the Star. " We have heard nn 'intimation com Ing from Raleigh tha; Hon. A. JL Jones would be likely to decline a. re nomination to Congress from this Dis trict. We are in possession of inform mation to warrant the contradiction of ' any such report;- In all probability it was put in circulation with a view to injure the prospects ot Mri. Jones for a nomination." Pioneer. t The above from ; the Ashe ville PioneerLoen very well so far as it goes, but we wish to add a few words, for the bene fit of Mr. Joxes, or any other man who may. wish to run for Congress in ibis district next Summer. We have nothing to say against Mr. Joxes. "We have always looked upon him as a eta,unch Republican and true Union man, and so far as we know, has made us a good Re presentative! in Congress, but, there have been serious chan ges" since the last elect ien , and the man that runs for Congress I next Summer, must conform himself to suit the times. In the first place we helieve that we are entitled to a candidate from this side of the mountains, but we will not be contrary on that score, but there are condi tions upon which we will sup-' port a gd . man, and we will give them in short but we want it distinctly understood that we will support no man, ijnless he 'conforms to these - condi tions. 1st. He must be !a true Wes tern man in.every pense of the word, he must both advocate and defend the interest of the West, politically and financial, and he must prove his sincerity by his acts. , 2d.. He must denounce the King,- and every man in any way connected with it, be he great or small. 3d. He must openly and firmly renounce x.ny affilliation with W. W.';Holden, and his flniVRepublican and usurping administration. It cannot be denied that the Republicans on this side of the Ridge, have the ballance of power, and Ave take the liberty of saying for them, that they will support no man, who does not conform to the above con- .'"' ditions. . We desire to see the Repub licans of this district' united, and work together in harmony and with the right man on the track,next summer, and a uni ted effort on the part of all true Republicans, success is certain, otherwise we must be defeated, for this reason we have "sounded the alarm" and we hope, not in vain. What w ? have said On this subject, is intended for no par ticular fnan, but for the benefit of all concerned, and we will only repeat, that . we cannot nor will, not support any, man, who is too afraid of public opin ion to stand up openly and boldly for Western interest, or who affiliates in any way with HoLDEN and the Ring, nor do we believe the Republicans of this district will support any Wuch man. HO l For the Holiday lgr The Star is the bold est advocate of Western inter- oota in' tnn Rtntp "RvprV VfV- ter in this Congressional Dis - trict should read it It is witn great regret, sas the Weldon irr that we see young men still' leaving their homes in this and other South ern States, and seeking for tunes in the more. western sec tions where wealth is thought to abound in more abundance We wish we had tHe power to persuade these young men to remain at home, not to desert the firesides by which they have been reared because, per chance a gloom may hang over their beloved sunny homes. The young, men cannot be spared-r-the South is now to all intents in its . infacy, strug gling to recover from adversi ty O ties which ' have made us all: poor ; and to be enabled to suc cessfully ovcome these Obsta cles the strong .. arm of the young of our land is needed ; the acred cannot combat . the evils their energies have in too many cases passed from them,, and to be deserted in this hour by tho se upon whom thqy have a righ , to lean For sup port, is to rpign the great re sources 'of the South entirely into the hands of outsiders. f There is no question but that our land -possesses, advantages over any portion of this ' coun trythe "great West" has be come flooded with feekers of fortune, and the rumors of wealth which came to us in our childhood in1 fabulous tales is no more to .be heard, and in stead young men who have gone thither have in too inany cases been glad to again turn their faces towards those homes waich they deserted to pursue a phantom. The South until within the last few years had but few of its immense resour ces of wealth opened now these embudded stores are be ing discovered; wherever our people have gon3 to work with an earnestness prosperity has followed, and in no case have we seen the young man, who has manfully gone to work, fail to meet with, a rich return for his labors. We make this as sertion without any fear we have seen young men deploring their ondi tion, but in every case with idle ' hands waiting, Micawber like, for something to turn up. Let him bare his arms to adversity's wants, and our word for it, prosperity will follow with open hands. Again we , urge upon the youug men of the feouth to stand by their old homes de sert not their country in their country's need ; and aged need them, the women of the South (none ever lived more true than they) cannot of themselves sur mount the -ills that surround them, and the strength of our young men must be had in the fields and in the workshops. Young jrnen cast . to the . winds the thoughts of seeking your fortune' elsewhere bare your arms to the wants 'of the pres ent moment and win the ap proval of those whom you love and conquer the success which will follow your labors. We have been led. into these reflec tions from hearing of a num ber, of young men from this section recently embarking for hew homes it pains lis to hear of this, and we had rather a thousand times see those who have already gone returning to those firesides where they will find a welcome cheer for them. 3C We are indebted- to friend Biggs of the Southernor, for a ticket to the Tournament Ball to be given at Tarboro' on the 23d inst. We would be pleased to attend, hut as we cannot possibly do so, we wish our friend a happy time of it. Lynch & Huffmaster, arc Revenue Laws of the United States. We desire to call the atten 1 our representatives in the Congress, to the complica ted and illiberal provisions of the laws of the United States; in relation to the tax on bran dy and tobacco ; and to request and urge upon them the impor tance of a speedy modification of the laws, and a reduction of the tax ? r -V.- . - As the law now: stands, a dis tiller of brandy is required to give a bond 'of five thousand dollars . rav a SDecial tax of 1 x i . fifty dollars, twa dollars per day, and fifty cents on each; gallon distilled. It is & well! known fact, that a, great many of the people of this and other States, have small orchards,and that through the distillation of their fruit, they have been able to raise money to pay taxes due the State and general govern ment, without sacrificing pro perty or necessaries of life. . Equally as much can be said in favor of a modification of the tobapco law, and a reduc tion of the tax. ;.';:;1i1i'i'.primaryobject of all mennvhen engaged in . perfect? ing a' tax bill, should be to raise as much money as possible, and fix the tax on everything as low as possibly to raise a suffi cient amount of money, and not drive any class of laborers or manufacturers from the State. The tobacco law' is so complicated and hard to under stand, that nearly every man who attempts, to manufacture tobacco, has his factory seized for a violation of the revenue laws, when" he thinks he is go ing according to law. We are opposed to any such laws. We insist that the tax be reduced, and the laws made plain. Will ,Mr. Jones, the representative from this district, take this mat ter into consideration 1 We call his special attention to the subject. ;, . JCSs Send in your clubs by the 1st of January, as after that time we shall withdraw our list of Premiums. The 8th of January. Keep it in mind that the election of a Senator to fill the" vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Capt. J. B. Eaves, will take place on the 8 th day of Janu ary, Let every Republican go to work in earnest to have a true Republican elected to the Sen ate. Work, wontf, WORK; from now until the day of the election, and then work until the last vote is cast and the polls closed. Let us make a long pull, a strong pull, an earnest pull and a pull altoffethdr, and we will be certain when the vote is com pared that we have elected pur man. E3C Why don't you sub scribe for the Star, instead of borrowing it from your neigh bor 1 The Senior Our Senior is off on a trip to Charlotte, we wish him a pleas ant time, and hope that he may return soon with a long list of subscribers, and a good quanti ty of i Advertising. We will take occasion to say here that our friends in Charlotte have been quite liberal in advertis ing in the Star, but we think they are missing a great deal by not advertising more. The Star is the best advertising medium in Western, N. C, and as there is a prospect of our becoming connected with Char lotte by Railroad, we think that it would, be considerable profit'to the merchants of Char lotte tc advertise their business freely, in order that oiir people might become acquainted with them, and know where to go to trade. rccciTing th4ir Christmas The Mall Facilities tm TYartaT Carolina. We have received a letter from Hon. John T. Deweese, in which he say.a : "lliave jut scn the 2nd- Assistant PoaUraaater. Gen G. A. Srnith.who in forms me that any off the old routes of the state can be opened, by a petition of the citizens, tent on to me, with the ome of someone, whnwil take the of fice ot postmaster; eithef male or female who can take the oath of office. Now if they will do this, uo more complaint can be made. This only applies to the old routes. Let the people know this." Thi is good news. Let tb'e mem bers of the' Legislature inform their constituents of this fact, and have th petitions sent on to Washington at once. There is hardly anything whkh will do more advance the interests of our Slate than good mail (aeiliies. The newspapers, too, are greatly in terested in the matter, as their circular tion vould be greatly increased by the extension of the mail routes. Now is the time to do a good work, and we hope that every paper in the State will do all in its power to secure to North Carolina, the many advanta ges which better postal: arrangments would certainly gi . ve. . Let us get back all the old routes, and then, go for new ones. Standard , Good news sure enough, and we will take, the advantage of this opportunity to inform our citizens, that there is a petition at the Star Office, to ask the Post Office Department to re open the route from this place to Spartanburg, S. C. Let one and all who are in terested in the re-opening of this route come to the Star Office and sin the. petition at once, and try and have this long wished for rOute re-established as early as possible. Are you a Republican Then take some pride in sup port of your principles. Christmas Day. Don't forget that there will be a Convention of the Repub licans of Rutherford, Cleveland and Polk, held in this place on Christmas Day, to nominate a Candidate for the Senate. We want all good Republicans to come and spend Christmas with us, and aid us in selecting a good man and a true Republi can as our Candidate, and then after the holliday's are over, be prepared to go to the polls androfefor tie nominee. Go yourselves an I see to ' it, that all of your Neighbors go too. Let every man do his duty, and his whole duty, and all will be well. I3T We want 3500 new subscribers for the Star by the 1st of January. Grand Chapter. -The fol lowing officers of the Grand Chapter of North Carolina were "elected for the ensuing year at the regular annual elec tion during the recent session of the Chapter : Wm. Murdock, of Salishu: M. E. G.H.P.; Thos. M. Gard ner, of Wilmington, M. E. G. II. P.: E. H. White, of Charlotte, E. G. K.; Johjt Nich ols, of Raleigh, E. G. S.; Thos W. Brown, of Wilmington, G Treasurer ; Thos.; B. Carr, of W i 1 m i n g t on, G. Secretary H. H. Munson, of Wilmington, G. C IL These officers were regularly installed by P. G. H. P. Alfred Martin.' Albert D. Richardson the well known war correspon dent of the New York Tribune, was shot by a man named Mo Farland on the 25th ult., for an alleged illegal intimacy, with the latter's wife. At first the wound was supposed to be fatal, but from later reports it seems there is some hope of recove-7- Josh Billings, says: " Any business firm that hasn't got sand enough in its craw to expend a few dollars in making its business known to three or four thousand people ought to pack up and go peddling pea nuts." . Trick, 1000 Suprite BQXe The Income Tax " " One of the duties of the present Congress, says the Ber rin Record, will be the consid eration of the subject of the in come i Tax. This u tax expires by limitation with 1870. If the law is continued in force, it will require manyamendmentsj and, we are inclined ton;think' the interests of the Govern ment require the continuation of this law in some shape," not however, in its present oppres sive requirements. It is now, in many cases, a tax upon the very necessaries of . life. The large family, where the strict est economy is exercised, requi res $1,500 for their support, and their income tax is but that amount, the tax requires 5 per cent r on the excess over $1,000, which is manifestly unjust. The law should, if continued at all, exempt, at least, $2,000 instead of one, as it now does. It should be so arranged, that it would still further exempt, when it clearly that this sum will Jnot cover the living ex penses of the family. We cer tainly think there should be no income tax collected off of any part of the necessary : expenses of living and .medical attend ance of any person whatever. A man's income might be $2, 000, yet sickness and living expenses might consume it all in such cases, it is manifestly unjust to collect income thereon. This tax should evidently be s arranged, that above a spe cified sum, say $2,000 exempt ed, tax would only be collected on what was really the profits of a man's business or profes sion. The exemption would cover all cases of poor but hon est industry, and be no hinder- ance to that class to rise in the accumulation of wealth. Moreover, the law should be so amended as to place no tax upon accounts of business men as tbe, unpaid account of a business man is no more in come, than the unsold wheat in the farmers' bins. The General Assembly. This body will adjourn on Monday next for the holliday's and will meet again on the 10th ot January 1STT0. We hope the members of the Ge fral ssembly, will take occas da: ing the recess to mingle free W lh their con- stituents, and whe they go back in January, go prepared to work. We want to e them do what is to be done id ad- journ. ty for We can see no netcessi- a long session, itour memoers ao tneir autv. luen i i ! Til miv let the session be as .short a) possible, lor surely the people are pcorly able to pay what is really necessary, and we do not think they ought to be taxed to pay for an unnecessary long session at this time, .. We are sorry to see so much wrangling in. the Tislature by both parties, long 'speeches and speeches for Buncombe, are too common, and there is too much quarreling going on for the purpose of making political capital. We think less talking and more working would result in considerable good to the peo ple, and we hope our members will adopt this course when they meet again. The Post Office Department. Post Master General Cres wbll finds that after cutting down expenses in his depart ment as much as possible, the end of the year brings him- in debt to the amount of five mil lion of dollars. He puts his wits together to determine the cause and finds that the great leak is in the " Public Docu ments " sent free; loading down a J t the mail bags for nothing and the Government has to foot the bills. It is evident to every econo mist that this needless expense should be curtailed in some way, if not done away with. We as a people are trying now to be economical, and cutting off such expense would, be a most excel lent place to begin. -fiewbern J.une8. - - R hcautiful n.ssorlmCfit of ' ' Gen. Alfred Dockery. ' ;J We ieed not tell our readers who this gentleman is. He has long been known to the people of North 'Carolina as an honest and upright public servant. Since the war, it is true, many of his old political associates have differedwith him in his political views. But they have not ceased to respect him." The same may be said of many of his old political opponents. Gen. DoeAery is now the Chairman of the Penitentiary Committee. As such he has shown his well ' known devo tion to the best interests of the State. In the disposition of the patronage at his command he has not consulted the wish es of the party with which he has atted for three years past. For this he has been ta&en to task by the organ of that party But Gen. Dockery is not the man to be whipped in." He bids the organ defiance. This is what all who knew him ex pected. One night last week he mado a speech to the mem bers of the Legislature, and others, in the Commons Hall. It was bold, frank and manly. He recounted! the acts of the Legislature at its last, session, and plainly told that body that it had brought the State to the brink of ruin. He referred to the complaints made against him . and his committee, and treated .them with the pontempt which they merited. The com mittee would continue in the honest. discharge of its duty re gardless of them. He gave an exact account of what the com mittee had done, how much money it had expended and for what. The committee chal lenged the most searching in vestigation into the manner in which it had discharged its du ties. All this, and much move of a similar character, was said by the old Pcdee farmer. It is truly refreshing to'hear speeches like this. It proves that there is Stirling virtue in the old land yet, and that it will not remain latent longer. We know that quite a number oPRcpublicans were rejoiced ats the speech we hcr.rd them say so. -'TPhousand: of them are anxious to cut loose from the ultra wing of their party, and its corrupt leaders. In Gen. Dockery they will find a worthy leader, and we believe that many will follow him. It is not as a partizan tliat we rejoice at the course vfhich Gen. Dockery has taken, and at the fact tiat he is sustained by many Republicans Since the lW election we have -occupied an independent position. We are a number of no organized political partv in the State or the Nation. Wc are a liberal and practical Conservative. We discard all dead issues and ac cept the situation in good faith if not cheerfully. We live and labor for the present and the future. Consequently every one must see that, while we are and ever have been deadly hos tile to radicalism sudden and- iolent innovations and changes we are very near the line. where rational Conservatism, and liberal Republicanism fade into each other. Old North State. The Congress. This body assembled in Wash ington on Monday. On Tues day, ir. Morton, of Indiana, introduced a bill in the Senate, to admit Virginia, and for the admission of her Senators and Representatives. It was gen erally believed that they would be admitted to-day or on Tues day.. I" the House, Mr. BuU ler introduced a bill for the re peal of the tenure-ot-ofiice law. Mr. Stevenson, of Ohio, , intro duce a bill, two-thirds of both houses concurring, for the re Candy, Toys, and a largquantity of Candies Fire moval of polical disabilities up; on tho."adppti6n the fifteen Ui amendment: The Committed on Election j reported favorably on the credentials of Hefllin, Dox and Sherard, of Alabama, i They were sworn in. In the 1 Senate on Wednesday,; Mri' Williams Introduced a. resolu tion that no State shall be al lowed to withdraw its ratifica tion of, the . Constitution. ; The : bill relieving some five hundred persons from political ' disabili ties, which passed the House last session, passed the Senate and Was scnt to President. Among those relieved are Blan--ton Duncan; of Kentucky, and Judge A. C. Kerman, of Geor gia. Mr. Ferry, introduced l joint resolution, abolishing the test oath, remarking that their, time.of usefulness had passed Pktindeuier. , ,. ., ;": ',.', 1' - The Suez Canal. One of the most important enterprises of. tho 19th century, the open ing of the Suez canal,has prov ed a success. The building of the Pacific Railroad and the opening of the Suez canal will form an. important epoch in the commence 1 history of the world. This canal extends, from Port Said, on the Mediter ranean sea, to Suez, on thle Red Sea, a distance of about one hun dred miles, the canal is from 113 to 130 feet in width, and at the most shallow place is 26 feet in depth. This important work was commenced and com pleted under the auspices jof the French Government. Vessels of large size can" easily pass through, it shortens the route to the Indies, and is but anoth er example of what scientific and engineering skill can ac complish. Mirror. CORRESPONDENCE For the Sln'r. 1 Messiis. Editors: Thwo are rii dent signs of a h itr f-ejing. on Agricuhurnl subjects in our country, j Whether the two or three letters of your correspondents hnve had any in fluence or not, I will not say, but, ss 1 know rniVny of your readers take a spe eial pleasure hi seeing thc-i- paper opened , lor such correspondence, I thought it would not be aiDiss to con tribute my mite. Wesluill undoubtedly have aSocietj jrnied here for the benefit of th farm ing Interest ; and the main question now U, in what wny will it be the moat eflcctive, or, to speak with more pr cisioii, how shall it b formed so as to be the mcst efficient. I wish to mak one suyrgcnioiv on that sul'tje'CL The day of sniall-' thing has passed,' If we havo , a society, let us put it on a scale in some measur e corresponding with the iinportanco of i ts obj-ct. If we were about to build a railroad or even a sciiooUhjjUs, it would be rc dieulous for forty or fifty -men to woiu tribute but fifty or seventy fiv cents ' ipiece to do it. There "must be money raised; anJ that money, no matter , how much ther is, if iti 15 prudently managed, will bring better returns than if laid out iu any other way. j Let every man that wants to: grl tho benefit of the society think this uiU ter over careluliy ; and wIkjii a n.eet-. ing of our citizens is called for jtho pur- pose of discussing the subject, jw will be better prepared to act toiih libera .views. Vours truly, f i ; " plowman. CrcsiieO to Dkath. Wb regret to Jearn that Mr. Colleir Griawold, of Goldsboro, engineer on the W. & Railroad, while endeavoring to "cou .ple" two cars, at Joyner's depot, yesl terday,.iu some rnanner was caught bev iween them and was so horribly crufch- hat when extricated he waa in; dying condition. Examiner. 533 As an example of the fel ship that the Georgia pres is disposed to offer to Northern men, and jRepub licans, we copjr the following paragraph from the Hancock Journal, having re- ferenci to the GeoVgia StatebVir ; Anioilg the celebrities present weer Generals Ilampto i, Gordon, Chilton,. Col. Paterson hdJ others. The inf. mous Joe Brown, the yankec ;or)i,yt and beast Duilock, had the impudence to mke their appearance. Tliey exci ted but littlo remark, unci: with a few exceplioas were trcated'with uitcr cou tempt. That Is Georgia hospitality and gin.- Ulity.--j-(Macon Ga.) Union. '
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