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Ci)e Star. J. B. CARPEXTKK. CARP EN T ER& k. W; LOGAN'. LOGAN EDITORS AND PROI'IUETOnS. RUTIIERFORDTO.X, X fc. SATlIlDAVi PE1EJIKEK 24, f 869 MUNICIPAL ELECTION. The Citizens of Rutliorfnn'ton, art hereby notilkd, that an election for Mayor, lour Com niinioiiors and Marshal for s:iit Town will be held ill the Court uuso on the lt Monday in January next.. . R. W. LOO AN, Mayor, Vix'iiiCATon ple.ise copy. Tho Domocratlc Party vs Bribery Fraud and Corrup tion. There lias been a great ileal of howling among the Demo crats, about bribery fraud, and corruption, and one would think to read the Editorials that are daily published by the Demo cratic papers-of the State, that thc 'Republican party are res ponsible for all the corruption; and fraud that has been com mitted, and that they (the Democrats) are as innocent as Angels. Now the people will reniemi ber that we have been fighting ihn J?;n with nil our kehlei - v . . jnight, for some time, and in' xloing so we have not taken bains to throw tho blame upon any particular party , oh the other -hand we, as public journalists, have pledged ourselves to the peopl to ex2?ose and denounce corruption, or fraud, no matter from what quarter it comes, ' mid we intend to continue this course without fear of any man or party, believing that it is just to the people. We are sorry to sec that the. Demo cratic Editors are taking quite a different course iu the matter and in thyif thirst ibr. power are endeavoring to throw all tho responsibility upon the Republican party. ,' Their ob ject is, as it always has been, to deceive, aiid to make -political capital, by throwing the respon sibility of their own sins upon others, who arc more innocent than themselves. ' . Now we do ljot mean to keep our mouths shut and allow the people to be deceived in any such way. ah 01 me jraua, cormv Hon and briber that has men committed in this State is not attributed alone to Republicans nor to thc Republican party ;r not bv far. but we are prCpar- ed to prove that there is room for as much, if not more suspir sion, to be placed upon leading Democrats in this State. They will howl about fraud corruption, BRIBERY, , but they arcscareful not to tell rou that there bare prominent Demo- crats in the Ring, It. cannot be denied that Geo. W. Swepson, is one of the leadr ing -Democrats ifl this State. Nor can it be denied that the Raleigli Sentinel belongs to him and that : Josier Turner, like PIKE of the Standard, is' only 1 a itraZ editor. Then it is true that Swepson is the contxoling Democrat in North Carolina. Well taking these facts ibr gran ted, let us see what relation tho" Democrats are to the RING. Geo. W. Swepson was, until a" few weeks past the President, of the Western Division of the Western N.C.R. R, The State appropriated about seven mil lion dollars in bonds to this , road, and Geo. W. Swopson as President of this Road, received these bonds. Now we want , the people to know - what has been - done with this large. amount of bonds, . that were placed in hands of this hiding '. Democrat, Josier's Mas George. ; . we cannot answer me ques , tlon in full ' ourselves, so we hope Joc,'er will nnswer it when ' hi come3 to make his big - Or.o thing we know, Swep . "i pt the bonds, hut what he - villi them we can't say, tut ho refused to report to ihn bi-cnntcndsnt of Public Yorks which is suCiciqnt evidence that there is something wrong. It is now a settled fact that this Democratic swindler, Josier's Mas George, has disposed of all his property, pretends ..to be insolvent, i Kot worth a red. Docs not that look supicious, when we consider that only a few months past he was looked unon as the wealthiest man in the State and the largest bond holder. Milton Swindler Littlefield is the successor to Swepson as President of this road, and was elected by the Dcmocrats,Cling man Woodfin and others. Then who is more responsible for the alleged fraud and corruption than the Democrat. We call upon the people to remember these facts. It is not the Republicans alone that are committing so much fraud but a combination of sicihdlcrs, among whom we, find the lead iny Democrat in the State, and the owner of the Sentinel Josi er's Mas George W. Swepson. As to the bribery question all will remember that the only man guilty of taking a bribe in the Legislature was a Democrat, and that he sold his vote for the pitiful sum of twenty dol lars. What room we ask has a Democrat to talk about bribery fraud and corruption 1 - Christmas We wish our patrons a hap py Christmas, and New Year, and maj- they all set out for the year 1870, to do' niore for the good of the country than ever before, v ' We do not expect to give our reader another number of the Star for tvo weeks as our printers like everybody else de sire a little time for holliday. We shall perhaps issue an extra if any hews of importance shall come up. High Taxes---High Salaries. We hear a great deal of grum bling among the Democrats, about hig h taxes, high salaries &c, &c. i ! We tell the people that this j'is all done for political capital, and that the Democrats are more responsible for the high taxes, than any bodyxdsc. But suppose our taxes are high, would the v be any less so if Democrats had Not a bit of it. the power 1 What guaran- ; tee have we, that if we elect J them to office they will reduce ! our taxes 1 The'old adage says j "judge a tree by its fruits. ; Then let us see what are the fruits of the tree of Democracy We are only dealing with them financially now; leaving off the tear, bloodshed and n"'they brought iqion thc country by secession. Just look back at their confederate taxation a T!.-l ' 1 I " 1 'If 1 """"" j . - iirttn nrni o onn rvii will v- member that you had to pay a j have lieai.domen enough say high tax surc enough, on every that thererhas been a fire some thing you had from the tin cup ,h that we have bee. as no and worse than this vou had a confederate tgthing law, that made you pay to the Govern ment, one tenth of everything you made on your farms, one tenth 'of your corn, bacon, cotton, wool and in fact one tenth of everything you raised or manufactured. ' We say if we are to judge by their former tax laws, God pity the people if the Democrats ever get power again. : Talk about high salaries, when they paid their members to -the Legislature,- dollars per day, and the poor soldier in the field of battle; half naked and half starred, fighting for the shameful mite of eleven dol lars ipe month; J Again we say God pity the people, if these men are to rule the country . Shame on every Democrat that dares togrunble about hiyh taxes and high salaries. ; . ; The people have not forgot ten their despotic nile, and they will decide their fate on the day of election by voting down their candidate by a large 'ma jority. A Ku Klux Killed. While in Shelby last week, w e made enquiries as to the kill ing of Busn Putman, a suppos ed Ku Klux, and give below the facts as we gathered' them from gentlemen in Shelby, and also on the read near the residence of Ned McBrayer a very res pectable colored man of " Cleve land county, who says he struc ; the f.;tal blow. Qif Wednesday -the 8th inst., Ned, as we understand, applied to a Magistrate for a warrant of arrest for several men who he stated had been at his house on the night before (Tuesday,) disguised and stated to the mag istrate that these men coin- menced abusing 'Ins- son who was sleeping upstairs, threat ening to whip him, the young man seeing their disguise commenced calling to his father belOY for help, when he (Ned) jumped up and caught up an axe when the Ku Klux com menced crying out shoot him ! shoot him ! IJhen Ned. let in to them .with his-axe and said he hit one of tliem on the head and with the blade cut two of them on the arm,, this not be- .ing the reception that they had expected, lied, leaving Ned in peaceable possession, with the following trophies which they left in their haste, to wit : two masks, two repeaters, two can dles, one hat, and one hat crown The Magistrate, we suppose, doubted the story, and refused to grant the warrant; we can't see why he should have thus refused. On Wednesday night some persons came to Mr. Robert Pitman's, "father 'of Bush Put- inan, and told him that they had brought him his son., badly wounded, an i that they were friends, thev left without let ing themselves be 7tnown to Mr. Put man. Drs. and Gidney were sent for, but Put man was two far gone to tell anything about the matter, in tact never spoke. He died du ring the night or next day, we believe. A jury of inquest 'was held but we did not get the findings but will be pleased to publish them if some of our Cleveland friends' will send us the findings. On Saturday night the Kir. Klux again attacked Ned, and set his house on fire in two or three places ; when Ned com menced using his captured re peaters with such effect as to again cause these midnight as sasins and marauders to take to. their heels for safety. ' , We regret that such things shall happen in our State, but can but holler Hurrah for Uncle Ned, thc darkey who has killed a Ku Klux, and put to flight a numbers of the Klan. We heard of the whiping of a. white man of Shelby, by some of the Klan, but if reports are true, he needed it. We have been very careffli in making our. statements and think we-havc given the mat ter as it was. m r iiiat uoat. Well now we editor could wear so irooda coat and pay . for it as the one we have on. This may a1 be true wer do not deny that such may be the cae, but we have not been at any fire, we came by our coat honestly. That enter prising firm at Chnrlotte.Messrs. Wittskowsky & Rixtels, pre- sented it to us, and we tendt them the most sincere thanks ot an editor for the same. , It is. nothing nenr for these men, it is almost a daily business with them to' make presents to such as need. We could not account for it until v"e took a peep sit their daily- sales from which we are convinced that they sell more g?ods than any concern1 in Ni'th Carolina. Long may the wave. We say again s to 'ou friends call on them when jou visit Charlotte. - tSSZyjhy don't you sub- Scribe fo the Stab j instead of borrowg it from your neigh- New Advertisements. We would call attention to the advertisements in this issue of the Star.; Messrs. Elias & Cohen' have a splended assortment of Goods j ...r.:i, i . it: . the trade; they make whole saling a speciality and vc ad vise our merchants togive them a call when visiting Charlotte. Messrs. . P. R. Smith & C-4 announce a full stock of Bti: Shoes, &c, and wc surc that, an inspection oi their stock will pay. Messrs. Oatf Walter Brem & Co., have 4 full stock of Axes Hardware, Guns, &c, &c gcc Legal Card of W. M. Sum', Esq. Messrs. Wittkowsky & Rix- tels . have a full stock of all kinds of Goods for the whole sale and retail trade. There is no more reliable firm in Char lotte and those who patronize them will be su: e to get goods at reasonable figures. Messrs. E. M. Holt & Co., keep everything in the Groce ry line and at figures as low as thc lowest. . Messrs. Stenhouse, Macau leyi& Co., offer to trade Salt at the lowest rates. They buy all kinds of country produce. Messrs: Kiloore & Cureton announce a full supply of Drugs, Medicines, &c. We looked through their stock and are satisfied that bargains may be had by tiadirg with them. Sewixq Maciiixes Messrs. Maxwell & Bradsiiaw can ac commodate you. See their ad vertisement. Mr. J. T. But leu will repair your Watches aud Clocks, and can sell you a watch or any thing in the Jewelry line right. You may "rely on him." Messrs. Wilson & Black: keep all kinds of Drugs, Medicines, &c, and take pleasure in recom mending their House to mer chants visiting Chxrlotte. Tile Charlotte Hotel is in full blast, with as accommoda ting Landlords a? can be found anywhere. hm you go to Charlotte be surrto stop with old friend MaThews and h'rs gentlemanly Sn. They will make you feel at home. Fruit TrJes See the ad vertisementf the the Greens boro' Nurreries and , govern yoursclve.ccordingly. If you want good truit this is the place to get the trees. A Wore" to the Colored Voters You nay think that the elec tion tc come off on the 8th of January, for Senator, is of but litth? importance, but we tell yoJ if 3'ou think so, that you are sadly mistaken. No ekc tirn has been held since the tie surrender in which you are verc more int2rested as a race," rind every colored . voter, who has the interest of his race at heart, should be on their guard. The Democrats are opposed to your voting or holding of fice, and will do anything in their power t deprive you of those sacred rights, as a proof of this, they introduced a Bill in the Legislature to call a Con ventioncvidently with the view to changing the Constitution in this, as well as other respects. Such a move would not only deprive you of your liberties, butimposc an additional tax upon the people. Remember tils colored voters, and every man of you go to the election and vote for a Republican, and against the Democratic Ku Klux Candidate. Oltr Railroad- The road from Cherryville to Shelby is ready for the iron with the ex ception of about two raid a-half miles of grading, and one small trussel, and the bridge over Buf falo, these are under contract and will be done we learn "by the first of February. As yet there has been no arrangements made to get iron, and it is fear ed will not be soon, on account of the depreciation of State bonds, j O, for a man ! How our road needs a man, who could" do something. Our S-', ''-i"7 . . , ..- Charlotto friends that ' the m. d. j is honest, but hcf not thc ' confidence of pitalists, if he had surely, AQ couIdT get iron enough compete the road to ! ShoWy. JOSIER TURNER, JR. GREAT EXCITEMENT!! The Daddy of the Ku Klux is Coming!!! Joicr, of llic Srnlincl, I to ept ak this place on londnr 11e 3rd of Jauunry. Knowing the people of this county would like to see a Ku Klux, and know what kind of an animal he is, wo invite one and all to be here on Monday week, as thc daddii of the Ku Klux fm North Carolina will be here on! that Ua' to give a rmblic Exhibition of himself and' his Klan. i Democratic-Leaders. .We call upon the people to note the fact that tho leaders of the Democratic, Ku Klux par ty in this Senatorial district are same men that deceived them in 181, about peacable secession. . They held a meeting in this place on'Monday last, and nomi nated G. M. Whiteside, Esq., as their candidate for the Sen ate. Of Mr. Whiteside,- we have'nothing to say, he is a good, clever enough kind of fe'-; low, but we cannot agree "frith him in politics, nordo we tbink the people will support him, knowing that he. belongs to that class of people who are so well know as the original Secession ists, and is equally responsible with the others, for ilie present deplorable condition of our country. Among the Ze.iders in this meeting, we recognised the faces of Dr. L. A. Mills, J. U. .Wilki no, A.. B. Long, Abel Hill, J. W.Davis, W. D. ilarris, Jefferson Hamp ton, R. 0. Ledbettcr, Dr. J. L. Rucker, Nathan Young and A. Lynch, the most notorious ram pant Secessionists of this coun ty, and besides these there was F. Coxe of Philadelphia, J. C. Mills of Burke, and Dr. J. A. Hague of Yancey, all original Secessionists. It seems to us as useless to spe)ak of the past record of these men. . I he people inow them, and surely they could not have forgotten their Rebel record. Do not the people remember the many fair promises made by these same men, to get them to vote for Secession ? Have they forgotten the pledges of these men to drink all the blooa that would he slicu, or wipe it up with a silk handker chief, and manv other like pledges. Have they forgotten the promises these made them, to divide their last bushel of corn and pound'of Bacon, with their wives and little ones at home ? if thy would only volunteer arid go to ' the war. Did thcyevcr carrv out any of these fair promises ? Did they not on the other hand, refuse to devide their corn' and bacon, with your'fa.iiilies, unless they would pay them the highest prices for them? and the poor soldier inthe war battling hard for them, and only getting the pitiful sum of 11. per month in Confederate mono', but little better than shucks. Wq call upon the people to remember how they were treat ed by these men. H e cannot nor do not believe that you will allow them to deceive you asrain after treating you so unjustly. v here are the friends ot the poor soldier's wives, and old gray haired fathers and moth ers, whose fingers were placed under the corners of fences, and tortured almost unto death, to make them tell the hiding places of their sons and husbands 1 Where are the friends oil Dock Hampton and manv other poor innocent younir men that were murdered in cold Hood hy the leaders of this bloodthirsty, ' Secession party ? AYe call upon you' to wake up another effort is being made by the party to deceive you and again get into power. Arouse from your quiet slum ber, and give them one more token vour remembrance of the past by goine to the polls in r ,,. 'i i , soil id columns and voting down their candidate. Let it not be said that y'pu have been de ceived agaiii by this band of Ku Klux Secessionists. Thej are to be trusted no more now than in 1SG1, for give them power, and they will rule with the rod of despotism and oppres sion. Then our advice is to every lover of liberty, go to work, work earnestly and industri ously, work early and late, and continue to work until vou have given these despots their just rebuke, by placing them out of reach ot' power. . . Let all work and all will be well. V The Railroad Frauds, The following extract from the Asheville Kcws, a Demo cratic paper, proves what we have, said concerning the con nection of the Democrats with Ring to be true. As we said before Geo. W. Swepson is one of the leading Democrats in the State. Now, wc ask thc people to read what the News says of him, and if they do not agree with us, that he has been swindling the State, and the people on a larger scale than any other man in the State, then we will acknowledge that We arc incapable to judge. Re member, that he owns thc Sen tinel, and is Josiek's master. Read the extract. Never was a people more infamous !v swindled and iulled than have been the people of Western North Carolina. t is now ; nearly n year since the np propnatiou of $7,000,000 j in btate Botidsvwas made to the Western Di vision or the W. N. C. li. l. It is well understood 3 000,000, of the Bonds were sold months ago at G cents on, the dollar, yielding $1,1)80.000 Where is that mo: cy i Iot tr.ce than $100,000 have been paid out for work on tiief read, and there is hot $5000 in the Treasury at this lime. Who has got the remainder 1 Ilshould be in the hands of-the Treasurer, but it is not. George Y. Swepson, the former President, who sold those Bonds resigned his office into thc hands of the present' President, with the remaining 4,000,000 of.BomK Swepson and Littlefield. immediately after the 000,000 of Bonds were sold, purchased by a a "little 'wcr of rascality. a railroad in Florida here the pur chase money came from k strongly Kuspec'tfd. The Florida Railroad is incomplete ar.d a bad speculation, un. less it is extended, and Swepson has employed, a gentleman of iir actpvairt tance iu Columbia, S. C, to build that extension. Littlefield, who holds thc 4,000.000 bonds belonging" to our road, is also President and part oner of the unprofitable Florida road. As (he former President sold. 3,000,OGO, just before he bought the Florida road, and cannot or will not account lor thc proceeds, is there not great reason to suspect th itthe Hiltle piece : of rascal ity" in Florida will turn out ; to bo a .great piece-of rascality in North Caro lina, by selling the remainder of our bonds to finish the Florida rood ? We consider this a. legitimate suspicion, and a.k those members of the legisla ture v. ho arc now opposing the hires tigution ol the alleged railroad bond frauds, if they intend to shut their eyes to the danger until it is too late. Sw-p son ought ta be forced by legal pro cess, to disgorge or account for this large amount, immediately, and Little field, his accomplice, should be enjoined at once from selling any bonds, and re moved from his position as President. The Legislature those who oppose in vestigation say there has been no charges made aSainst these men. We c?.n tell them the people are making charges aca'mst them every day of and demand i an investigation those chaises. 9 C 'TheRutherford Stur 'is endeavoring to have the world take cognizance of its existence, by getting itself noticed in the Standard. No usej ihe Shir, is too small game for ns to shoot. 'Shoo, fly, don't bodder us F "Standard. We always knew that a, cow ard would not shoot, and espe cially if he thinks his adversa ry will return the fire, just o with tbe hired editor of the Standard. He shot two or th ree bin snms sometime ap:r, and snifl .t.bnt. hn wnnk rinvo the Star guns to the wall, hut Be hoM when the Star returned returned the fire, it was not such as the Standard relished, and coward like the editor sneaked into his bum proof and wouldn't shoot no more. No, we would not admit the hired editor of tbe Standard to say anything to our credit if we knew it, or could, prevent it, for to be endorsed; by the Standard, would be the-death of any man before the people. See the inconsistency of this, the hireling of the Standard says the Star is "too small game for him to shoot," but shoots two more weak balls at it in the! same issue. The Proper Way to Pay a Debt Lower and lower, day bj day, sink lhu p;emium of gold. The supply U in excess of ihc demand, and speculation has been bonten out ot thc market. Vr thi gold there i no foreign dt maud : our exports, if of material pro V mV y, n, lUe , ful forciiin etcnanee, and, ihen the new crop of cotton begins to go forward , the supply will be jh largeljr in excess f the current demands to meet mature hip dvbts on importations, that it will take gold from Europe to meet tho hahmcc in our favor. In Jan uarjr, the Trcnsury will also pay out tttt.OOO.OQO in gold interest. Durirg the winter and spring, wc sh.nll find that the South has made a cutlon crop of 3,000,000 halos, and every Ta'c worth at least ?100. Nearly one half of this cotton will go abroad, netting us nearly, if not quite 150,000,000. Instaad of the bnUion current st-tting against us, V promises to be steadily and strongly in our favor. Kcsumpiion may be deferred for a while longer, but it is clear that tho day of high goid-pretnium has gone by. Our p-.pi r " promises to pay ' are ap predating in value, day by day, and will he aoon made worth their fe, not through any coup de Jinctnct, bnt simply because, day by day, we are gaining in put ability to pay our debts, as we have promised, out of the swell ing resources of our material wealth. Nations, like individuals, aro made solvent by their earning and their savinfis. We are now learning that lesson with the most gratilying succcm. Carolinian. IIoMKSTK.VD KOR MlNORrt ImTORTAXT Decision. 'Die Ahville Pionetr y that Judge Henry made ah important decissioir on thc Cirruit jut closed, which atbVds the rights of minora arii" ing under the provision of the Home stead. The joi tit arose on the applies tiou of Lewi--, adiiMuistratorj to th Court f..r leave to sell estate to pay the debts of his intestate, ljlney,' deceit ed. It appears that the d censed died during the war, turd that owing to stay laws military orders, Aia.'lhe admin in t rat or had not yet been abio to close up the cs'ate. To his application tho heirs at law responded, alleging that one of their number had uot jet at tained hi majority, and praying tfl l low under llio provisions of t eCnsti lution to have the Homestead exempt, tiou laid otf according to law, llis Honor, hehl tlwtt they were so entitled, on the broad principle that the laws was eiKKtid for the benefit of the "hdple" one-, widows and minors. We understand that in the opinion tho leading numbers of the hai concurred. iB I IHI JT" The Washington correnprm- denee afthe New York JJ 'era Id in dispatches on Tuesday , say s : f 'The Committee of Klectiorrs hfivc agreed iidon a bill, which provides that the day for holding elections (of mem bVrs . of Congress shall be uniform throughout all the State. A it will require som change tn thc laws of sevi ral ol lie at-'ites to colilorin to Ihiii act the bill provides that it hall not take elf ct tuilil the first Tuesday in . Iiav, oiUtM;.. ..Hi y IHia Kill has toi objects- first, to insure s full r epreenlalioii of all the Slrtes at the organiza ton of each new Congress on 4ih of march ; second, to ppevent por- sons from moving from one State to another to colonize, k is thought that having the Cot gressional elections go- ing on in all the States on the same day every district will find enough to do at home without going to help theit t.cigh. bors," ! Bkiduk Bvtwekn Kngvanu ami Fkakc'e.M. Boltkt, the ci lebrated France Engineer, ha proiosed the fol lowing plan for a bridg to connect En gland and Fi'anco. ll to rech from Do ver to Cape Blaneres on the opjM)s,ito coast. Tliere are to b; piers sunk' iu the straights at distance. of two miles apart, between which thb huge suspen sion wires are to be stretched Thi maximum depth of the straights Is awry three hundred feet, and from this poiut, both North or South, it aveeragws about one hundred and fiifly feet. The bridge is jto be contracted of strength sufficient to stand to' tho moe-t violent shock of oneof the stormiest seas in the world, and to support; tweUo loaded trains at a time between the pier9. Its estimated cost i. fifty mil lion dollars. Wilmington Journal. Masonic. At a meeting of Western Star Lodge No! 01, F. A. M., on Monday night, Dec. 15th the following resolu. tious w ere adopted : Resolved, That the tlunka of this Lodge are due, and are hereby tender, ed to the ladies of llutherfordton, for their kindtics in preparing the- regalia for thij Lodge. . Resolved, That the village papers b requested to publish the .abuve. Mrs. Stanton dws 'not think that the ror.'mg.places rf-ould be improper resorts for women, because women "go everywhere" with men. and do nt get. aamagea, MAISK1EO. j On 23d Nov. by A. W.IIaynes- Esqr., Mr. Baxter Jasiks t Miss Mart Adair, all of Mua. County. M ' On the evening of the 21st. inst , by Rev. Sofioman Poolr President of the University, of North Carolina Mr. Georoe D. rooL. olJbihzabeth City to Mis Hattie E. Pearson of Iiurke County N. C. M At the residjence of Mr. Hen ry Gibbshy N. E. Hampton, Esq., Jr. Asa Bailey, to, Misi Emly J. Hider. Printers fee received. ' f r -f . r
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