North Carolina Newspapers

OS5c, in ihm "Standard" building, Et side of Fayettrvillt Street. IlVLISIGII, S1CXT. 11 tli. 1871. Frost. There was a slight frost in I xwiston, Maine, on the 7th inst. i -1 Yellow Fever. A dispatch ; from Charleston, 8. C, of the 8th, says three fever deaths have occurred in the past twenty-four hours. - No Distinction. A dispatch from Boston says the National Division of the Sons of Temperance has settled the question of colored membership by adopting a resolution that they know no distinction on aecountof race, color, or former condition, but are all alike equal before the -laws. t - Railroad Collision. A collision tooklace on the night of the 7th inst., betwicen two passenger trains, on the Iuisville and Nashville railroad at Randolph station, eight miles from Louisville, Ky. One ierson was killed ammI iwo Cvtally wounded. Among the latter, was a Mr. Vm. Buchanan, of Ashjville, N. C. - News from Rutherford. A pri vate letter from Rutherford informs us that I the Marshals are arresting and bringing in men charged with kuklux ing, every day. A squad of fourteen were, brought in the other day. Two were so badly wounded by the sol diers, that they had to be left; it is thought one will die. PAYMENT FOR SLAVES ! ANOTHER " NEW DEPARTURE 1 ! NON. SLAVEHOLDERS TO BE TAXED TO PAY SOUTHERN ARISTOCRATS FOR THEIR SLAVES 1 1 1 THE PLATFORM OF THE SOUTHERN CONSERVATIVES!!!! We published a few days ago an artf cle from The Richmond MTiig, in which that paper demanded of the National Government payment for the loss of slave property. For two reasons this demand creates very little thought in the minds of the great majority of our people: ... v , . 1. Because there is no probability that the opponents of .the Itepublican party will succeed in the elections which oc cur next year, and thereby secure the President and a majority of the mem bers of the Congress. , : 2. Because "it ' would be suicide for any party to go before the oople upon any such platform. . - The Southern wing of the. so-called Dcmocraticparty has always controlled the Northern wincr. and have had' things pretty 'much, as they pleased. It was so liefore the war, and the plat form adopted by the National Demo cratic Convention in New York City in July, 18G8, is a striking illustration of the power and influence of the South cm Conservatives. There is no absurd ity too broad for the Northern Demo crats, so it promises to win the apprb Ixitioii and support of Southern Con servatives. If the proposition of The Wltig is not adopted in so many words as. one of the planks of the platform that will be adopted by the National Democratic Convention next year, it is repudiation of the Constitutional Amendments and compensation for the loss of slave property This is the platform of "more than one-third of the States of the Union," and is what more than one-half of the Democratic States demand. If we. are to be guided by numerous precedents already- set, to this proposition of The Whig, sooner or later, the Northern Democrats will first submit, apd then make it the main plank in their platform. . HON. JOHN POOL. 1 No man in the State has been more, maliciously and unjustly assailed by the Conservative press of North Carolina than the honorable gentleman whose name heads this article; - .Senator Pool is a man of culture and of genius, second jierhaps, to none in our State, and when we compare what ho has done and is doing for the whole Card of Capt. R. A. Skotwell. We invite attention to the card of Captain Shot- ! wen, to be round in to-aays paper. It is disgraceful to see the efforts of certain . . pa- girs to prejudice the case of this gentleman, uilty or innocent, he is entitled to a fair and unbiased verdict, and it is cowardly to assail mm witn ris nanas tiea ana he con fined in a common jail. iSentinel, Sept. 5th. ' In The Era of August 24th, in com menting uppn an article taken from The . Washington Chronicle, headed "Praying for Leniency, "j-we said: "Men who have been arrested forKuklux iug in Rutherford and other eounties,should have justice. They should not be persecuted. We are opposed to persecution. It never injured any person except the persecutors. It will be Judge Bond's pleasure as well as his duty to see that every man arrested for KUKluxing, nas a fair and ! impartial trial. Wa shall tint sv anvthinr in tho mlnmns of Thr Era to prejudice their cases before beyond which forbearence ceases to be a the Court. If thev are found cniltv. thv I virrnf " ' i ; if . : ., should be punished to the fullest extent of the law. This is the mercy that tho guilty should receive. No more no less." For the Carolina Era. - A CALM VIEW. ; ' " Now that the election is over.' and I cannot be charged with try ing. to in fluence voters,I propose to offer a few thoughts for the calm consideration of the good people of the Old North State. Much is being said j about thei action of the colored people in the late elec tion, and charges of a damaging char acter are being made against us. that is, if the organs which make charges have any influence, land it is always safer to give your enemy credit for as much strength as he possesses. Hence.it seems proper that we should be heard for ourselves. Our custom has been to hear all mariner Of false charges in silencetbut, "there is a point i ' i i ! , t- I that nas. not iyu uwwiw, . u e thev have accepted this wholesome Be- EL-Jr the Conswativepdrty, "ex-. t A I thAT fill 1 1 1 t;LA I - . . i -. 4' SM.W nnhln. - publican aocirme. are Cept its advocacy u uul kvi amd in the eye ol t&ards be a right . toude , this fa they so Ditrer 111 orfnrfithem. the sole grounu u ; w. vr all whoemDraceu ui ""f -chance ZZIZZ tA all ! the old meniue. We think tmsa susp"""" ?LfW stumbling block In tho tainauw ui m r Q e ,,rwa nf Waging Bll that party. While this lasts wo cannot trust them. citizkx. : Charlotte, N. C., Sept. 1, 1871; eternal war, upon our rights-t- ? 't STtwo WhaVis it, that has fought t he two great antipodes together:, oldhi and old Democrats, men who stood on opposite sides of all subjects ? , , j VPlansAver, it is history repeatihg i . If there are papers through which efforts have been made to prejudice the case of Mr. R. A. Shot well, they should be rebuked,but not by The Sentinel; for s CbXTEssED. "We are informed tliat a young man by the name of Uoyd,re sidingnear Chapel Hill , made a con fession on Thursday last to Mr. Argo, and others of that place. He told who were in the raids on Mr. II. B. Guth rie and A. J. King. Here Is a case for Commissioner Shaffer and Assistant District Attorney Lusk. Nrvv Jkiwev Politics. A'Stite Omvention of the Itepublican party of New f Jersey, was held at Trenton on Thursdiiy, the 8th inst. Nine hundred and six delegates , were present. Cor nelius Walsh was nominated for Gov ernor on the second ballot. . Great har mony .and enthusiasm prevailed. We exjtect a good report from New Jersey. Fastest Time ox Record. A mile race, jtwo best in three, came off at Milwaukie, Wisconsin, on the 7th inst., lietween Goldsmith's Maid and Lucy. The Maid won every mile. Time 2:201, 2:17, and 2:201. This beats Dex ter. Mr. Bonner, the owner of Dexter, has a -standing offer $G0,000 for any piece of .horse 'flesh-that can trot in less time than Dexter, which was 2:17J. The Cotton Chop. ;-A dispatch . from Mobile, Ala"bama, 'dated the 8th, says thirteen large cotton factors of that city have been interviewed vith reference to the cotton crop prospects, and they say the accounts received from ; friends in Alabama and Missis sippi, are of the most unfavorable char acter.! The general complaint is the damage to the growing crops from worms and rust, and it is variously es timated at from a half to two. thirds of last year's crop. . ; : Reform in New York. The New York City Council of Political Reform is procuring the enrollment of all right minded citizens for the purpose of cor recting all public abuses, securing" the competent and righteous admiuistra- tion of the city and the State Govern inciit, and to put in nomination for of fice only intelligent and incorruptible citizens. Measures are , in progress to secure tho co-operation of all the cler gymen In the State In the worK. it is found that five-ninths of the voters of the State are m the Protestant church es. The movement -originated-, with" this class and its management has been chosen from it. - : 1 will certainly become a leading princi ple when the Democratic party secures the President and-Congress, if that time ever arrives. Thu3, in 18GS,- the elec tion of Seymour and Blair would have been followed by a re-opening of every question tliat ought to have been set tled by the war. According to the published platform of one of its candi dates, the success of the Democrats in 18C8, meant the re-establishment of State.Rights, if not the absolute resur rection of slavery. Fortunately for the peace and prosperity of the country, The People were apprised of the designs of the Democracy, and gave an over whelming majority for the Repub licans. . The argument of The Whig is, that the right to own slaves was a vested right, and that the United States could not, even by a constitutional amend ment, deprive the slaveholders of their property without just compensation. It is well enough, at this point, to say, that slavery was abolished as a part of the necessary military programme of the war, and in such cases the rights of belligerents are not apt to be respected, The proposition of T7ie Mliig will bo seriously discussed whenever the Dem Ocratic party succeeds in electing their candidate for the Presidency, and a majority of the Congress ; until then it is not worth while to agitate this pari of the question. Tho figures are more interesting at present ; let us take a look at them. . The V7iig estimates the cost of the slaves set free at $155,000,000, which is a moderate estimate.' Unlike many of its cotemporaries it has too high re gard for the slaves to permit them to go unrewarded, and besides, it is ad visable to secure the votes of the freed men for the Democratic party. There fore, for the purpose of buying the votes of the colored men, the additional sum of $150,000,000, is demanded, which will be divided among the freedmen a? a bribe for their votes.' " In this way the Federal Government will pay Three Hundred Millions of Dollars for the crime of abolishing slavery ! This" is the "new departure" to which the South proposes to bring the Northern Democracy. It will not be hard to do, when we take into consid eration the fact, that the Democratic party ever since. 1840, has been con trolled and governed by the Southern leaders of that party. The Northern Democrats have always accepted what ever the Southern leaders proposed. The Northern Democrats had nothing people of North Carolina, to those who that paper is guilty to a greater degree of so unrelentingly and persistently assail him how insignificant do they appear. If he had done nothing else to merit the approbation of all good citizens of the State except the active part he has taken as a member of the CongresSiCiial Committee investigating the Ku Klux villainy, that alone should secure to him a. high place in their confidence and esteem. The patient and thorough investiga tion of the Committee, of which Sena tor Pool is a prominent member, has established beyond all future cavil and question, that there is, in all the late insurrectionary States, generally dif fused, though not found in every county, an oath-bound secret organiza- endeavoring to prejudice the case of every Republican who lias been before the courts, than all the other papers of the State. i ' ; It is well known throughout the State, that Brick- Turner through his Sentinel, has been swift j to try,' judge, and condemn, before they were tried by a jury, almost every Republican who has been arrested for violating the laws of the land. Scarcely any have escaped. No, not even he dead, who were hurried to untimely graves by the Ku Klux, at the instigation of The Sen tinel, have been allowed to rest in peace ! Colgrove, Sheriff of Jones county, who was waylaid and murdered by the minions and strikers of the Conserva tion, working only at night ; its mem- tive party, was repeatedly held up the public gaze and denounced as an oppresser of the people of his county, Turner in the columns of Hie Sentinel. Stephens. State Senator from Caswell to bers always in disguise, with officers, signs, grips, signals, pass-words and all the necessary paraphernalia, with and, as a "carpet-bagger," by Brick the pledged and sworn purpose of put ing down the Republican party and putting up tne conservative party ; known in different localities anion the unitiatcd by different names, bu everywhere recognized by the general frequently charged with; being a! chick en thief and a man of bad character. The colored men wfib are now in Wake County jail, serving out their sentence of six months for a conspiracy to burn muntv. mnrrifirfft in the rlflV time in I f the a.urt House at Yanteyvii.e by the r2SJJ"IffBS3?- i allies or in' tjonservatiye party, was truthfully deny, that.w I cognomen "Ku Klux." This organization came into being hut' a few months urior to the last Pres- tlentjal campaign, ana exmoueu mucn vigo in many localities in the South, barns,were hounded downwind assailed but now it is much more widelyspread by Brick Turner's Sentinel, in a ami under much more thorough and efficient discipline, andconsequently capable of much moremischief. Tlie whole peopleof the country are much indebted to Senator Pool for the passage of an act by Congress to put down the violent and unlawful pur poses of this horrid Klan', as well as his active zeal as a member of the com mittee in ferreting out their hideous crimes, which the publication of the report of the committee will expose. :We are aware-; that some leading Conservatives denounce the Senator for all this, saying: "The Ku Klux are a social necessity growing out of the abo lition of the old patrol that used to keep the niggers in their places; that these frequent floggings and occasional mur ders are necessary to maintain such a state of morals among the blacks, as hites to lghborhoods." WTio believes one wrord of this? Do we not know that the negro is not naturally vicious ? Does note very day's expe rience teach us how docile and how susceptible he is of easy management by good treatment ? J No ; the truth is, the object of this diabolical Klan has com to be known and generally understood. It was es tablished by Conservative politicians in! the South. Its principal officers are the leading, active Conservative poli ticians in the South. The scheme has will permit these vice-hating whil live in their neighborhoods." man ner worthy of a better cause. These poor, ignorant negroes, unable to fee a lawyer to defend them, are indebted to Brick Turner in a very; great degree for their eonviction. Tlie minds of the people were inflamed and their passions aroused to the highest pitch, by the continuous articles from the slander pus pen of Brick Turner. Not content that the Klan should peijur themselves for the purpose of indicting and con victing every Republican charged with violating the law, the object and aim of Brick Turner has been to blast the character of his political) opponents by continuous slander and! vituperation; when no other avenue presented itself, the editorial columns of The Sen tinel were filled with articles calculated and intended to so prejudice the mind of the reader, that it would be impossi- ' ble to select a juryman jwho had not made up his mind that his political opponent was guilty of the crime charged. It is a fact that cannot be successfully denied, that the State of public opinion, as moulded by Brick) Turner and his Sentinel, has been and is yet, in many countiesjof such a char-! after that a Republican pan not get jus tice at the hands of a Conservative juror. The Conservative Press of the State under the leadership of Brick Turner, is responsible for this state of public opinion. Conservatives . have been' taught by the Press and in secret meet- virtue.' It is said that we voted solid ly against Convention, and it is charged, that this resulted from the teaching df carpet-bag preachers, teachers, Ac. 1 f . I have no doubt, that tne unanswer able arguments of Republicans of all classes, had a good effect upon the un decided, and brought many to the polls jwho might have remained-at home. I. have as little doubt, tliat the elo quence of the Conservative orators, and I the application of the party lash in duced quite a large number to vote for Convention, who otherwise - would not have done so. And I believe that it is generally conceded I that people have a right to hear both sides of a question. As the Conservatives would only dis cuss one side of the j Convention ques tion, it seems proper that tho "other side should be discussed, though it had; to be done, in part, by carpet-bag preachers, teachers, and native scala ways, (not very elegant terms it is true, but I find them inlhe organ of the jwealthjintelligence and refinement.) -i But the great body of the colored people did not need this discussion;they nave come to be like the man i in Bos ton, who always waited till he saw how the Democrats voted, and then voted the opposite way. i ; ; ; : : Now it will be as"ked, why is this the case? Being a colored man, and hav ing an extensive acquaintance with my people, I think that I am .prepared to answer this very question, and itis for this purpose that I have taken up my Den. ;. - -' It is charged, that we are hostile to- This 1 deny sso man can here the1 colored people have been shown any thing like fair dealing, they have exhibited the most kindly feeling towards the whites, and eyen where they have been treated otherwise, thy have showed a degree of forgivenness that is amazing,' 'A man shows no hostility toward his neighbors by keeping a good fence about his farm; he only shows that he wishes to leave no ground for a quar rel, and his neighbors will not find fault with him for so doing.unless they want their stock to flourish on his crop. Neither is our desire to protect our rights,any evidence that we are hostile to the white people.) Nor will any por tion of the white people find fault, or quarrel with us for doing so except those who wish to deprive tis pf those rights.. ! ( ! One reason why we opposed Conven tion was, that we considered 4 the call unconstitutional. Most of us have taken an oath to support the Constitu jwen wilt"" "v1 i tusiiiv-v " - . . to be sacrificed, these life ljnf enemies, dormine between theeand. dates PROSPECTS OF OUR TRIUMPH IN iafCAL. IFORNIA HEARD FROM ARD REDEEMED 1 CAUSE FOR REJOICING.; . '.' rThe victory in "California is quite gratifying. We havecarried tjie Stato by more than four thousand majority. Electing the Governor and entire State ticket In the second and third Uis- tricts we have elected our. ltppuimcan for Congress, in the first jet ii will require the ofllcial count uti i l vnnrvmrs. "were friends, i They deciareo uiut w ""i k of; their platform, ithebond of their Union, was an, uncffunto;. At'all events we will elect the United States Senator next winter, having car rod the iiejrislaturo largely. Since the Splendid campaign in Kentucky, the' -:hnid of Deinocracyin tho jngiomeraxiuij, i , . .v . ' menace, to the Union, 'whereby, we reduced their ma- So long as iv ,-oritv iibout forty tnousanu, loiiowed by our glorious victory in North Caro linaj and now; one equally as overwlicl ming in California, Nye, as a patty,have much cause' to rejoice," and believe that the tide is with us politically. " Ttie , California; Democrats fought oii the "new Departure" platform, in A.,Wfori hv their crreat Ohio leader UUjj Uiutvu . i ' Mr. Tallandigham who died liot long since.1 It is an opinion of the peo Je that bare-faced i ana hypocritical ing, This inhomogenious conglomeration. is, therefore, a standing -vt tno rkiiif'K 1 1 1:1.1 1 . .nsWa TYirnot a ceaseless vigilance Sust beuT 'watcWtdir We -know, that all its movements, j (whatever the pretence) are parts of the generalplan by which the war declared at its organ iaition is being carrried on. We. there fore sleep on our arms. j It has assumed various modes -of at tack during the last three years. In 18G8itwas bold and defiant, ' making its attacks openly, H believing ' It was to carry everthing by storm. Node ception , was then . resorted to ; Con- snoke out their, sen timenra. 'They toiaus piaimy " nlanK m meir pmuuiuu . u.oinne on they succeeded, our condition wouia bef more ' intolerable than wxiom ,anu Gomarrah were for their inhabitants, who thA Tord rained fire and brim stone upon , them; And !Qov. Vance, added on one occasion,! "and you mg gers, will give boot to be in hr-l,",,j . I repeat, there was nO dOception used then. But the result of that campaign admonished themr f that they must change their tactics, if they would make a successful ; warfare. : : A council . t lJI J. i 1 A rrt or war was neia. anus was uam that it is the death-knell to the cher ished hopes of 4ts friends ; and that it will be repudiated by the great bulk of the Democratic party-before 1872. : ! Our prospects were ' never brighter for success. , :i , A'party, that by well adapted inens ures and an efficient and honest admin istration, carried the country safely throuflrh a gigantic war, 'subdued Ile- that the plank ofwhich they had built bellion, restored the insurgent States their olatform was too istiff. They 6 tlieir normal places within 'the Un- therefore determined to rip it,' write fnnv-fAmWeJimtedlab6r.establisiied citi- negro suffrage on one piece, of it, and , . -- ita rixht. flml ' fin wnue Ltnc uu ""-"x' o- p -; the other side of it, ahd earry it to the privileges, by Constitutional and Ixg- West. Each piece now being . lim ber, Id het Imnt a little either way to strong a suit the: particular crowd to which it was cresented. 15v this means, accom- nanied with the bushwacking style of warfare carried on by the (K. K.) they gained a great victory in 1870. Many colored men voted with them, while others did not vote at all. Now, when the ueneral ; Assembly met w"hat did it do ? day passed during Why, scarcely, a thel session, but islative enactment, j has too hold upon the affections-of thej Ameri can people,to be overthrown by the Ku Klux Democracy.' A party that has, at the same time, advanced . the material prosperity of the county and people, by opening . up the interior of the Continent appro priating its vast plains,mountains,and valleys, to the free occupation of the cause he was a mend, to the colored people. . ; . ') )' -'m- ';.;. j The salary and fee bill was , intro duced before Christmas, and passed on the 8th day of February, i- The cause of i . . , m J.l , XI A. 1 1 . l1 ' 1 A . 1 tion, and we nave been taught; mat an, ueiay was inai mey wisneu to smoKe il ' 1 11 ' TIT" j 1 1 i I -..4. ;.n ,7 4.! .e T..1,'II T oil in is a BOieiiJii tiling. y e wpuiu not knowingly violate an oath,even though our lives depended, iand in all doubtful cases we prefer to give our j conscience the benefit of the safe side. Nor are our consciences so elastic, as those of some Conservatives who cannbt, con scientiously sit in the General I Assem bly, and not tax the people to pay the interest on te public debt, to do which would ruin every interest in the State, and yet they can conscientiously sit there and make not provision for the education of the children, which they are sworn to do, and which they can do without detriment to any interest. I am aware that I the Conservatives claimed, that the third section of the bill of rights gives the people the right to alter their Constitution at' pleasure. But they seemed to: over look the fact that the same section requires that they shall do this in pursuance of law. We claim that this law must be found in the Constitution itself. j The bill of rights was among the first articles adopted. t The members of the ennvontrnn liar! in fVrkij minrl'a otd VV. , .ViW, 111 viiwi """" J" XrjTKteSfiSS 34 by. Providing a national our colored people, was considered. Forty- rency, hy; maintaining and advancing iour aays oi me session were speni in impeaching uov. ilolden- simply be- Out the Superintendent! of Public In struction and his Assistant. The ob jection to the Superintendent was, that he was a friend to colored people, and had administered the; affairs of his d De partment impartially. The objection to his Assistant was, that1 he was black, i A fdw days before the! town election in Fayetteville, they contracted the town limits, so as to cut off' enough of the colored voters to enable them to carry the election. After the election they passed an act 'restoring the for mer limits.:;-; ::r v : Ml ! They passed an act, amending the Charter of the city of L Wilmington; so that one white voter was jequal to five colored. ,; " . ( ''r' ;: But I must stop here, jfor to enum erate the acts designed : to : Operate against the colored people", it would al most require that I I should writeii i 1 i 11 .J' . l f 11 -r . the national honor and ; credit, by tho efficient collection and honest applica tion of the Revenues, and by the rapid and appropriate reduction of taxa t ion , i n dustry has been stimulated and releiv ed; enterprise encouraged, and the coun try, without revulsion or disaster in monetary affairs, has safely passed through the period of war, and the dis turbances it engendered, to a period pf profound peace, (excepting the Ku Klu)and universal prosperity ! A result unparalelled in history and a crowning honor to the Republican party, which neither time nor; cireum staneio can tarnish 6x efface, j , Let us rejoice i(i our hearts at the victory in California,and remember we haveonly to be j true to ourselves and our country, to give a death-knell to Ku Klux Democracy in 1872. j ELECTION IN WYOMING TERRITORY, this a- the heartv srood will of a lanre portion inss, that their first duty to their coun- the article that would follow it respect- tion scheme was determihediioon. v w l.l I ' il . 1 i TT ! 1 1 i I CI ! XL 1 - Li 1 , . . ouemg tneir acts, ana Kpowing their Returns frnm flm isfP; Te"?ry tor memborsof thej Ixgisk ! t,r.4- iu'U ' turO firive thft Rpniihliin twU innlni stitution was our safeguard, that it met! u the Senate, rand the Democrats them at every point, andput 'a Jimit two majority in; th House. The last X dSVen1 legislature was .unanimously Demo- of the Conservative party, and the ac quiescence of . a much larger portion still, as well as many old Whigs who j hate the General Government and de sire, in almost any way, to secure the main object "put down the Republi can party and put up the Conservative party.".. To secure this object, intimidation is the grand measure; the intimidation of Republican voters, black and white, trv rthft.Kmirh.1 is tn hrpnfc- rWn tW mg amendments, tience, while it was t uitJ. i ,1 was declared that the people had the xvcrpuuxux poxy , u any xuui "- f inherent right to alter their i Constitu cuiated to attain that A wiESTKD. Judge Jonathan . Tar bell, ex-brigadicr-general of the United States army, at present Judge of the Supreme Court of Mississippi, and a prominent Republican,- was arrested on a warrant issued by the United States Commissioner under the enforce ment aci. . The affidavit upon which the warrant is -based is s worn to by three prominent Republicans, also office-holders. The'Judge waived an examination on the fit h, and was admitted to bail in the '(sum of $1000. ! . , Tlie offence with which he is c harged to do witbthe ' abolition of slavery, but especially the humble and defense Tliey are on record ajrainst it. To ac- less, by midnigt raids, by burning cept the proposition pf Tte Whig, will negro school-houses and churches, by involve no inconsistencyon their part, whippings of such extreme cruelty as The Thirteenth'. Amendmehtreceived but two votes in Congress. Iu no State did any. Democratic member "of either Ilouse of tlie Legislature vote to ratify that Amendment. Hon. Geo. II. Pendleton took the position that slavery could not be abolished by ;an amendment of the national Constitu tion. This doctrine was accepted and adopted ! by tho leading Democratic often end in death, by most indecent and painful maiming, by assassination and murder in such cowardly manner and with such hellish device as to strike terror into whole counties, and bring down the -Republican vote from thou sands to hundreds. Out of the mouths of more than two hundred living wit nesses has all this and more been es tablished ; and hundreds of the shroud less dead, from hidden" placesby the mountain statesmen of ; the country. , Having . . . . -r-,....i.i- taken this position, the Democracy are wavside. in swamp ? and wnoicTo in in untr n!iin i ljiiiiiii 11-7111 1 ' - 1 4;..,f rTio TriiH on record against the adoption and va- gorge.as well as from the sleepless ashes CJ111.1U : i f 41 -f 4- .iU .X Capt. Lake, one of the Republican can didates for sheriff, at the ensuing elec tion, he would urgo their removal from ollu'i'. . J , -.-1 , 1 -r'y -.i Thk. ;Ciioler.v. -The cliolenv epi demic in the Baltic provinces of Prus- . fiu-.liciiiU'to abate.., At Konigsber ylu-rp the disease has: been most vio lent, there were forty new cases and 1 wentiMghthtleatlis on the 4th nst.', ill ivt V " ' .j r - - '. . i-ases and -fifteen deaths.- There has been but one fatal case at Stettin j and jit Dantzic the disease luis been ' pro nounml " sporadic.. The few cases of cliolcra that have occumtl ! at liris . , . and in tliis city, are noW' said to have lwen of a diirerent type frpni the Asi: tidiuTL 't The nnxlefy Avhiclij was felt at Berlin and' tliroughoiJl : Germany Ia decreasing, and-Jt-ijconfitotly lioped4theprecations taken, aided-' by nppoach of cold weather, will -stay the progress of the epidemic. ' ' ' ' 1 V ' 4 ' lidity of the Fourteenth Amendment, Which , prohibits ! payment for j elayes ! Tlierefore, for the reasons given in tlds articlej to make tho National Govern ment responsible for the loss of slave proiKTty during tlie war, which would necesjsitate the payiuent of Three liun- dred Millions; of J)ollars . to the ex-slave-owners, to be eiiually dividetl be tween master , and !f freedmanf 'would not,,be distasteful t to . the Democracy. The principle once established, it is im- ghastly of fired homes, shout their Amen! - ; .i . , - ? :" Agnin,we ix?peat, the thanks and gratitude of all good men arc due Sen ator Pool, and the whole committee, for. their1 efforts' in' this 'matter, to say nothing of other .valuable , services which he has rendered the State. ; ; 1 Wc do not expect the thahfes of the defeated Conservative' politicians, who envy him and .covet I his - place. But the' plain, good people of North Caroli fair or foul, are to be adobtcd: hence the KuJKlux Klan. Itis passing strange that an editor who has been guilty of prejudicing the case of every political opponent charged with violating the law, should, at this day, cry out and condemn the identi cal thing that he has been guilty of for nearly three years. Wp have often heard it said that a considerableamount of cheek was necessary to carry a great! majority of the people through the world; but we! must say that Brick Turner possesses not only cheek enough to carry him through this world, but; also through that worldjjvhlch is said to be exceedingly WjptrfftV hoth "Winter and Summer, without the usual moles tation thaJt-tbeT Good Book, teaches us to believe befalls all who visit the place apart rfor the Devil and his angels. If R. Al Shotwell was a Republican no plea for a fair trial, would reach the public from Brick Turner's pen t no paper would be denounced and re buked for endeavoring to prejudice his case, but The Sentinel would put forth its influence to convici him in the minds of the people before the regular term of .Court. , "A fellow-feeling makes U3 wondrous kind." Wonders w ill probably never cease, and we pre sume we will be surprised a gresit many times at the arrogance, presump tion, and untruthfulness of Brick Tur ner and his Sentinel. : that any means cal- j t rf lat oDject. whether tion, it was also provided should exercise this right in of law, Now, as to the law enacted Convention, respecting amendments and in pursuance of which the people are to exercise this right, 1 have only to say that there is nothing Warranting the call of a Convention by lessthan a two-third vote of all themembers of the General Assembly, and thus, the people, therefore, are to exercise the right of callingKConvention, - through their representatives, and not other-J wise. purposes as we did, could it be exbeck ed that any sensibhVcolored man would that they vote for Convention? N j l asK JMr.Josiah Turner, or any oth4 er Conservative, to place himself in our pursuance by the positioh, and ask himself this questioni Govk , Campbell's idments, "would I have voted for Convention, ball is roling in eratic. Since, that -time suffrage has been conferred upon the ladies.; The lU' publicans arc jubilant over 'the result. Theyj claim the election as a Republi can : triumph,, and an indorsement of h:- Butrit is claimed that the ! ,Cbnven- ion bill wras the law in pursuance of which they wTere toi exercise this right, good nigger: knows his place Ac. We deny that the j Legislature has a But those who groan instead of. sm i 14 right to make any law amendments.: ! xt nas as mucn nsrnt io proviue mat; xnis is aDout ine Jiinsrnsii'oi several ar- the Governor be appointed by the: Leg- tides that I have : seen jin ; Convention administration.' The nn" in flin i-;l,4- t nn lieving as the. colored people irl .T: 13 - that the main bbiect was to fnvarlothpi; me gpienam campaign rights?" ;I knowhe iv6uld not.i ,But; ?n entupky ; . then . a victory; in this some of the Conservatives t seem td StatQ ; - :anothcf In. - Wyoming ; lastly, think that wTe are. still I slaves, and; at rleeming victory in California, in their bidding, must tie the hands of our. n,ext issue ve expect to chronicle. eauii ouier, una siana while they beat us.1 ,; jr : ; And the man who is ceivo. this treatment " good naturedly after the old style in , yhich the slaves hcic uuugvu ia-.xuucxvc i.uie .xasii, vs n and' look on a victory in Maine. ..-..-!:u:.-.; ! ! ' ' ' r- willing I to re- :l PRIGHtENED TO DEATH. rv A. Kentucky .man. who attempted to SAi hlg,h f111 "brido ftt Shep erdsville, in that Site, oit the 24th ult., stumbled and fell hAtw-n hi respecting ing nnderj oppression must be broke in J ties, but. fortunately manasred to L-risi , ' .S Wwthy useto sayi aftievwlth his hadVand&e hung ivide that This is about the English-of several ar- danglincr. with min r i.uViirwi rJ h PWe.to.f?rew..ft.l0?18toP Pa vnT love right and hate rapine,who plato durham'arrested and in jaiiJ. , It seems impossible for tho oppo nents , : of the , Republican r party to agree upon a platform. The Vallandig ham departure ' has ' already1 broken down, since that gentleman's , Un1- tinaely ?" death, Vi rjjyery Southern Stit refused to adopt - it as - their - plat? form; and the vacillating Democrats of the North. yielded. Upoii the' heels of tlie cilIjpsQ , qf thet .4new departure,! comes : the Jf financial departue,,, of j The 7iig and its Southern allies-:tliat do not excuse , brutal murder, , and at tempt to, palliate;, cowardly assassina tion by covering its crime, to shelter it from nierltHl scorn and hate, will sustain. hini. ' J "''.J:;'' V Christian men of our State! Humane: men! Toall decent men, irrespective of party, we appeal to you; Is a party worthy of your suffrages or success in this land, and In the XIX century, which seeks supremacy through -I such hell-born measures? . : A priate letter received from Ruth erfordton'on Saturday, last, informed us tliat A. J. Scoggins, j Deputy U. S. Marshal,- was then on his way to Shelb to arrest Plato Durham." : We i learned lslature as it has to alter, or joverride the article respecting amendments. I repeat, that the Convention was the body intrusted with the duty of provid ing how the people should' exercise their right to alter their Constitution, it did provide, and the people ratified that provision by a very large vote, and therefore madel it their own. ; ' ; We colored people so understand the matter, and believed that we would be violating our oath to vote -for Conven tion in the way it was iroposed ' to be Cidled. ; - . ' -:. ButitAvill Ik? said,that we vvouldnot have discerned thLs if wo had hot been taugfit by carpet-baggers. - This ! deny. A colored man of very ordinary intel ligence, was the first to call ttiy-C atten tion to the isulyectj lie asketrme how any man could vote for Convention who had taken an oath to support ' the Constitution. This feeling was general, and this is one great reason why we voted solid against Convention. 4 a j A second reason is, that we were un willing to trust our rights in the hands of our political enemies. This; feeling they say is tlie result of prejudice. 'I I answer that there Is no room-f for pre judgement in so plain a i casei The Conservatives have made no iseeret of their opposition to our rights. : We are not idiots, nor have we been asleep for 11. XI 1 - . II papers, f They tried to take our rights from us arid ; faiiedi; : Tiiey , demanded that we should ,tum in and , help hand cuflf ourselves, and we refusedV . And now we may look for 'extermination. So says The Sentinel, and The States- vUleAmeHcan.''it i n-iwif lau oeneath him. lie was utter ly unable to regain the top - of the uridge, and he Iiuncr on .With a grasp until his;criesT)rought assLstance. i-ilted from his norilmiM tuiUr.. i. wnsIedW the bridge,' andtlown tor a few minutes. nntsiri-f come; by the danger tlirough which he- : vvwv. . v nUlitUU UUU11-UUL 1 .1V. IUITDIAI. . lit I K II,, irfir. 11, V nil tn tni.U B?H4:ibiiV-J,Jt hne, walked a few sfeps, and i Uiat they are still so bitter toward the fell to the ground dead - Phvs!rin Republican party?: -M" - who carefully examinSl his bill i si Excei1ttherolitic!il ?n-ialifv :4rf fh that thorn wa 7 b,t5 1 man, there is natoririeinle in the ficieht to disable hi m. rniirIi liu ..... ublican platform, thalrpnewing.nr death, and arc of opinion that his tiUiiu' other the Conservative part v. , have was caused bv, frhrl, i J . ;; at some period tulvociitexl. r ,i " li ? ' " 1 C . ; I. I that Mr. yesterday that a dispatch was received I the last three years.! We see that even now, wnen tney pretend that they have accepted negro suffrage as a finality, they curse and : abuse every man r who had accepted it before them. Now why is tins? If they are really eonyeriedjir in thi3 city, which stated Durham had been arrested and is now in jail at Rutherfordton. particulars, t. We have no '4. black Rep the not Even the measu re adopted to 'lnves tigated Kirlwibutrages,Mand to-. arrest ofi'indors,.,and brjiig them ,,up .for, i heiiring Ixfpre if. S Commissioners, haxl their c0unterpart,1n the 'fugitive full-fir in ltiKf 1 r.i.r.,t 1 . dental Whig President the Federal Commissioh fo, to lridue&hijm to condemn a black man to slavery. That is, if he decided that he was a fugitive he received ten dollars, if otherwise, forily -five. ;This uxix A isth iano that is, played with tlie 'feel i .latest musiesd nvontim. l l1 It has sixty-eight keys, ciioru oi iour notCH. each one strikes .wv and her little child "'"o iiu iu grace xnat win. vnriiuU mother " Knhl tho , IT.' x T -o' --'v- iw i uaxe uoe,,we uWlll Still 'nraun Tlitn w a,tendency to; centralization, . as long ae live- won't woliVS! MTre: ih.r the JplaV ,IMay &aAw