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" i ': .' : ' . ; ".. " .'. . ..';r'.'. ;-.':, r -i i VV : ''!.;.." '' ' , ' 1 - - ...-Z,....--. ' .... ,. .... . . . -..:: . '.. - . '. '. ..t.l.--.-.L L-L-"-l"'i!'-m'-"t';-""-'i ' J' ---v'--'i ' , .j , . . ' . L I Office, In the M Standard" baUdlng, East aid of Pajcttcrill Street. The State Fair. . We attended the annual Fair of the State Agricultural Society on Wednes day and Thursday, and enjoyed it pro digiously. Though the number'' 'and variety of articles and stock on exhibit tion scarcely equaled that of former years, yet there was much to please,vinr terest and instruct visitors of every t urn of mind. Altogether the show was hjhf- The negro, Mack Swann. convicted ly creditable and encouraging; f i The MARCUS LEWIS ERWIN, HANKS, ICditoi THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26th, 1871. at the late term of Johnston Superior Court Is to be hanged on the 3d day of November, and not the 30th, as stated in some of the papers. number of visitors was large, exceed ing, it is believed, that of any previous year. , If we were to hazzard a guess a the number on the grounds on Thurs day we would say that it would not The fine Gray Colt of our friend W. fall short of five thousand. As to the W. Smith, of Asheville, we are glad to variqus articles on exhibition, we can- say, won the mile race Thursday last, I not, of course, refer to them In detai after a spirited contest. There's metal in the young un as there is in the owner. j Massachusetts has four candidates for Governor in the field. The demo crats have John Quincy Adams, the re publicans Wm. C. Washburn, thelabor pies from the mountains exhibited by here, but we will publish the award of premiums as soon as it is announced. Still we feel like mentioning one or two articles belonging to friends, and in do ing so we will not be thought invidi ous. We will, however, confine our self to two. First, the magnificent ap- reformers E. M. Chamberlain and the prohibitionists It. C. Pitman. Among the distinguished gentlemen attending the Triennial Episcopal Con vention at Baltimore as delegates are Secretary of State .Hamilton Fish, of New York, Senator John W. Stevenson, of Kentucky, Gov. Baldwin, of Michi gan, and Judge Battle, of North Carolina. our brother Atkinson, of The Asheville Citizen. They certainly could not easi ly have been beaten in beauty, size or flavor by any in the world. Secondly, we feel called upon to notice a beauti ful Afghan, manufactured and entered by Miss Mollie Hunt, of Salisbury. It attracted very general attention, and was greatly admired by all who saw it On Wednesday the President of the Society, Hon. Kemp P. Battle, deliv ered his usual address on that occasion. Though quite long, it was listened to with close attention to the end. It was Banner of Temperance. We have received the three first numbers of this new, handsome and excellent Temper- admirably adapted to the occasion, the practical parts of it being interspersed ance paper, edited and published by our old friend, Theo. N. Ramsay, Esq. It is conducted with ability, and the typographical execution of it is very good. "Long may it wave o'er the land of the-free and the home of the brave." Judge Jeremiah S. Black writes in a recent letter to The York (Pa.) Gazette: "The horrible and disgusting frauds in New York have done more to grieve and dishearten the friends of good gov ernment than any other thing that has with sallies of wit and humor the( inter est in it never for a moment flagged. His allusion to the Indians, present on the occasionthe decaying race whose ancestors were once the undispu ted proprietors of the vast American domain, and for which we have now no title deeds save that of the sword and the canon, was touching and pathetic in the extreme. It, of course, suggest ed different reflections to different minds. That there were thoefe who, when they reflected that God is a God of justice, and that he will allow that occurred within my recollection. To save the Democratic party alive.it must justiceto sleep forever, wished todis- hr- -. t.II A A V. - ruih m-m a JM - . V 11 . .l I uia c uuuur.ia uweriy. xi miss the subject from their mindSj we they fail to do it, they will go down to beliovf. fo tmP t ! political perdition." TIic liewbern Journal, of Oonmesce commenting on the Brngg-Bond cor respondence, in reference to the Ku Klux trialsrsays of Judge Bond's letter "that it looks very much as If radical political capital was sought for." It On Thursday the annual address be fore the Society was delivered by Hon. John W. Norwood, of Hillsboro Mr. Norwood is a gentleman of large views, and fine intelligence, as well as a suc cessful practical farmer. The address was precisely what was to have been i xac JLate Election. I The result of the late elections has an unusual , significance. It demon strates beyond all question that the great heart-of the nation beats respon sive to the principles and aims of the Republican party. It settles the ques tion of the next Presidential election In favor of the Republican candidates as i (certainly ; as f if the election , had already been held. Indeed it Is now Certain that the Republican party will carry, the Northern States at that elec tion with more unanimity than at any former time. AH the present indica tions are that the great party of the Vnidn will retain the control of the government for the remainder of the present generation. In view of the unmistakable signifi cance of these elections they should exert a great iufluance at ' the South None can be so blind now as not to see that the people of the North fully sus tain the administration, and congress,in their Ku Klux policy. None can fail to see that the Federal Government Will be sustained in all its efforts to put down' the organized lawlessness which has existed for so long in certain locali ties in the South, in whatever manner it may undertake" to do so. The ex treme men of the South, in opposition to , the administration,must be con vinced by this time that they have but few supporters at the North. What encouragement, then, for them to con tinue i their opposition to the re-construction measures of the government? None whatever. ! In the face of all these facts can it be possible that organized lawlessness, or secret political societies for the over throw of rhe constitutional amendments and colored suffrage, will longer con tinue to exist? Can it be possible that any good citizen will longer hesitate to use all his influence in suppressing the Invisible Empire, alias the Ku Klux? Theiact being palpable that the Re publican party will be the governing party for yeaiS to come, what have the people of North Carolina to gam by continuing to wage a war against the only power on earth that has it in its power either to help or hurt them? Is it not perfectly plain, that they have every thing to j?ain by placing them selves In hanwony with Congress and the national administration? And how can they do this except by acting with the great National Republican party? r 1 f What About it ? A communication from a responsible source, appears in another column, in reference tn the nranunta of the nnhlto i . i - .-i-. i exDeciea iroiii such u man emiuciiiiv : -.i,i, .- . ....j... wn not "snnfrM fr" W Wl T,1 , . , ,L, si P""? l" wiiiwi vc uuiio. 11, uur uut.y, m.r.7 . " . L . practical, as we iook no doiVi " todirecttheattcntionofAttornevGen l m crcr I i i i t t a i il. - i " whole of it distinctly, we will not do of the ,Interfista of th state, and ns a him the injustice to attempt any report mamhAr nf the sneoial nommfttPP. nn- ofhisspeech. Hereviewed our system nointefl hvthfi Gpnfrnl Asxemhiv t of Agriculture in tbfl past, and showed ita lfl5t session. toinvestiote !i11ppH Al L 1 1 T P At 1 1 -. e XI 1 1 I " --O Meeting of ConserTatke Execii--N tire Committee. i Pursuant to a call by the Chairman, lion. Thomas Bragg, the , Central Ex ecutive Committee of the Conservative party of North Carolina met in the Senate Chamber on Wednesday even ing, this 18th Inst. In the call were also included the several district commit tees, and the meeting, we are informed, was pretty fully attended by gentle men from all parts of the . State. No report of the proceedings j has yet been published, and, consequently, we are not fully informed as to what was done and what was not done, j In the pres ent attitude of affairs in this State what the committee did may be of much less consequence to the people of North Car olina than that what they failed to do. We have reason to believe that, there was some difference of opinion as to the policy of the party in the future. A committee of 13 was finally agreed up on, and appointed by the Chair from different counties, with instructions to report at an adjourned j meeting on Thursday night. What ithe report of this committee was, or whether it re ported at all, we have no j means of knowing. -It is probable that it will result in art address to the people of the State at an early day. We do-not mean to criticise the action of th'e Committee in advance, and shall, therefore, reserve whatever comments we may have to make until its proceedings are made public For the pood of the State, and for the sake of jace, law and order, we hope that they fully sustained the emi nent men of their party in the frank and maply letter recently written -by them to Judge Bond. If they have done this good may result from their meeting, and all will cheer them in the good work which they have underta ken at last. I Martial Law in South Carolina, i The recent proclamation of President Grant commanding ' the insergents, otherwise known - as Ku Klux, in cer tain counties of South Carolina, to sur render their arms ' and dtsguisa?? not having been complied with, said coun ties nave been placed under Martial law Jby a second proclamation. It is as, follows i i ? ;-.f f A H A PROCLAMATION. Whereas by an act of Congeess, enti tled "An act to enforce the provisions of the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and for other purposes," approved the twentieth day of April, anno pomini one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, power is given to the President of the United States, when, in his judg ment, the public safety shall require it, to suspend the privileges of the writ of habeas corpus in any State or part of a State whenever combinations and con spiracies exist in 6uch State or part of a State for the purpose of depriving any portion or class of the people of such State of the rights, privileges, immuni ties, and protection named in the Con stitution of the United States, aridse cured by the act of Congress aforesaid, and whenever such combinations and conspiracies do so obstruct and hinder the execution of the laws of any such State, and of the United States, as to deprive the people aforesaid of the rights, privileges, immunities,and pro tectiou aforesaid, and do oppose and obstruct the laws of the United States and their due execution, and impede and obstruct the due course of justice under the same ; and whenever such combinations shall be organized and should yet see in it many glorious pos sibilities : and even as it Is the future, which rises out of the smoke-wreaths that festpon the city,' is not unworthy the destiny which Chicago, in her proudest hour, had marked out for her- self. I"'- ' .. Immensely more tnan ine raw iiiaw rial of nature, and the advantages of an .,ncn-,rraaatA crcLdcnm nh i Pal DOSltlOn, re- main to the city, which has now the .l.MKlvT hiriA1 TT . Hoi ncr fhft most TT1 I UIII-II-II V I II II II II . -rw M.U . J honip tot mbdern times. We are told for that result, xncy nave peen re hapiess 01 moaern KfoHi-r warned that persistanco In H2.",SOTSSS- unlawful proceingS which have inortaL vision. ;Plck yourself up out of the wreck. "Set to with a will, for mischance has made friends for you of thewhole world.? ;;. l j! i'lfv i Frbin'the Washington Republican. The nabeas Corpus Snspcnsion. The nine counties in South i Carolina where the writ of habeas corpus has been suspended and martial law pro claimed have only themselves to thank They nave been ofaT.riino- TTfr thirtv-six raiiroaas as good as ever. There ig no abridge ment of her Iake froht on her marine. The great commercial houses,the banks, the insurance companies, held up by a communion in misfortune and a union of vigorous enterprise, and strengthen ed by the practical aid and unbroken fifipnA nf the- world outside, will rise out of the gloom and rebuild, and in all its beauty and grandeur, the whole of the burnt district. Temples of finance and trade will go up again.--Churches and hotels and theatres will appear, one after another, like the scenes of a panorama, and populous and reilluminated streets will present- taken place tnere for some time past 11.1. . i. x wouia necessiiaie a rwsori. w una ex treme measure.' The whole cbuntry is witness to the forbearance of the- Exec utive.' Four or five proclamations have been issued, so that ignorance of the law cannot be pleaded in .extenua tion, or given as an exctis. These counties have wilfully and knowingly . defied the President and the whole Government. The repeated Invita tions to obey the law, to obey the Con stitution, have been answered by the perpetration of outrage upoij outrage, crimson and diabolical. So f Insolent and defiant have these lawless' and mis become that It is kind. It will sober and chasten mucn that wasi excessive and riotous. It will spread and encourage the reflective over the merely wanton and reckless. It will, in fan imperceptible and uncon scious wav. make better men and wo- armed, and so numerous and powerful men of those who survive their rum.-- Ml AAAAUAA X., VVU ; w - - . . i I . 1 1 - II. 1- A l., .w.forotA fi nnp npss and unsismt- mimea peopie imxvwv uwi i. is not lmess which, for a moment, seemed even attempted to conceal or deny the liffhted bv not a ray of hope. Indeed, connection of some of their most prom- thedire nature and extent of the disas- inent citizens with the murdetous eon- ter frivol to Chicago a tragic interest spiracies and combinations i that .have which will be productive of many ex- turned the insurrectionary district into cellent things.; It must needs impress a regular pandemonium. ! i ita.r nnAn thn nhnmrfpr nf the teonle No defence of the action of the Pres- nn ica fhnn 1. t.h wonder of man- ident in thus exercising one of the Tiie Democeagy stands appalled at the'sentence!of the people of so many of the Northern States in the late elec tions. Demoralized, if not demented, it is now quivering in thes convulsive throes of disolution. Already the fact has been noticed that The Louisville Ledger, ana other Democratic papers that oppose the "new departure," have expressed themselves in favor of run ning a republican, on a republican plat form, against Gen. Grant for the Presi as to be able bv violence either to over throw or to set at defiance the constitu ted authorities of said State and of the United States i within such State ; and whenever, by reason of said causes, the conviction of such offenders and the preservation of the public peace shall become in such State pr part of a State impracticable; And whereas such unlawful combi nations and conspiracies for the pur poses aforesaid are declared by the act of Congress aforesaid to be rebellion against the Government of the United States; - And whereas by said act of Congress it is provided that before the President shall suspend the privileges of the writ of habeas corpus he shall first have made proclamation commandine such insurgents to disperse: And whereas on the twelth day of the present month of October the President of the United States did issuce his proc lamation, reciting therein, among other things, that such combinations and conspiracies did then exist in the coun ties of Spartanburg, York, Marion, Chester, Iaurens. Newbery, Fairfield, It will, in that was! weak and vicious. highest and most terrible prerogatives of his office is needed in the opinion of the loyal and peaceably-disposed peo ple of the country. For a long tune, in common with others, wo heard with distrust, and almost jrefused to believe, the stories of murder and assassination , that icame to us with every mail from certain portions of the South, and es- J.11 -. 4 1. 4 nAAiAn i VrWk 4 1 n TAho jsnrA 11 ownf: vr must alwavs neciallv from that section where the bea congregation, more or less, of good civil law has just been placed in i abey- and ill crowded in a narrow compass, the ill oft corrupting and overshadow ing the good, yet each influenced some what by tne cliaracter 01 tna otner,ana, in all . cities differing in degree and kind. Chicago had, we all knoWj a bad name. That let us agree to consid er burnt up along with, better posses sions. One thing we may expect. That bad name will never be so well deserv ed againL There are, as there always have been, many thousands of noble men and pure women in Chicago. Af fliction is ever a moral teacher, and sorrow seldom comes that it does not win a victory for the better part of hu- ance. nut tne evidence aunng me iust six or seven months has become so strong and overwhelming that it Is "im possible to any longer close our eyes to the fact thaMhd laws of the United States in various parts of the South no longer protect the lives and property of hundreds of thonsands of United States 1 citizens. Spartanburg and her sister counties are as much in rebellion , against the nation to-day as they were in 18G3. Tire law is defied, and, the Constitution is overriden and spat upon. The President has taken the only course that it was possible for j him to take under the circumstances. He lias j - I VJi-l VO JUUU1 VilOj j O. VT KJ. J j X U.11 ULXU dency in 1872. By this means they Lancaster, and Chesterfield.in the State hoped to preserve intact the Democratic of South Carolina, and commanding I -4-It -.aVm - 1 1 -y-wmn-. r nrv-w--wrv-.'t m ri - rl- i- Ii -T k I t A nro-nnirniinn imil 17 .oti l.o,r uuiuyuoiiig ouyii uu- pie. 11 13 as a reVOlUUOn - ....... v.v,, aaaa "..j- Iq-.x-.-i nmh naf mna anH nnncn rflf M :i:i jcr-'x 1 1 thought, it .-onlrl nnnr licta wiVi l" i ? . j-xYV Uiaie euwis iiiii v ue, uiiu. uuuuuae V. -"to-- - v.... .., .., iW. lo uisperseaDu reureptiauiyio uieir some nope 01 success against the re- homes within I five days from the date thereof, and to deliver either to the man nature. The influence of the good sworn to enforce every law, even if it - I -) M A JLf ?1f IX-... -- . . 1 Eeople of Chicago will be more paipa ly and directly felt from this time on ward, and if viciousness be not dimin ished it will at least be less dominating. There was that in the suddenness,the and the conglomeration of rise tftid progress which gave vices their peculiarity and prominence. The fire-blood has swept away a deal of this animating princi- . -r a J 1 a' TJ 1 its lmuie- brilliance Chicago's Chicago's but the statements of Ex-Gov. and Gen. Ransom, being candid and truthful,leave the advantage, as It will always be In such cases, with the Re publican party. t i R. T. Long, Esq., Is the Republican candidate to fill the vacancy In the Sen ate, from the counties of Richmond and Moore, caused by the resignation of Senator Ledbetter. Mr. Long, we learn, Is a gentleman of talent, and by a pro per exertion he can easily be elected. The republicans of that District are urged to make a vigorous canvass,1 as the moral effect of a republican victory there would be very great in the pres ent posture of political affairs In this State. lands of North Carolina had been, for ever lost to the people of the State,' and that if a change was not soon inaiigu- frauds upon the Public Treasury. If the scope of his duties, as such commit teeman, does not embrace a case like that alluded to by our correspondent, ted the remainder would go in the same certainly Mr. ShipPj Attorney Gen- Tiie Managers of the Institution . for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind gave a public exhibition on Thursday night, at the request of many vistors whom the Fair had attracted to the city. The audience was quite large, and all seem ed to be weil pleased with the perform ances of the pupils on the occasion. At the clte.of the exercises, on motion of Rev. Bennett T. Blake, a resolution of thanks was unanimously voted by the audience to the managers for their courtesy. wav m a comparatively short time. It is to be hoped that this able, instruc tive and practical essay of Mr. Nor wood's will be published, as it would be u real misfortune to the State for it to be lost. We did not attend the meetings of the Society, but learn that the several essays read before it on various subjects was of unusual interest and ability. Upon the whole the Society has reason to congratulate itself upon the success of the annual Fair of 1871, but greater reason for renewed and vigorous exer tions in the same direction in the future. In a few years it is hoped that the Ag ricultural implements which, together with the machinery, forms so attract ive and useful a feature of these exhibi tions, will all be manufactured in ithe good Old North State. eral, will do every thing in his power to promote an early and thorough in vestigation of tMs matter. What will he do about it? publican party, which they thus sought to divide and weaken. Others, more practical and more wise, see little hope of success in these tacticsj and propose others of a similar, but somewhat dif ferent character. It is how gravely proposed that the Democracy shall nominate an anti-Grant I Republican on a negative platform as their can didate in 1872, with a (view of uni ting with them the Republicans who are opposed to Grant's' re-nomination. Of course these tactics offer no more hope of success than the first. No republican who can carry any votes marshal of the United States for the district of South Carolina, or to any of his deputies, or to any military officer of the United States within said coun ties, all arms, ammunition, uniforms, disguises, and other means and imple ments used, kept, possessed, or con trolled by them for carrying out the unlawful purposes for which the said combinations and conspiracies are or ganized; j . 1 And whereas the insurgents engaged in such unlawful combinations and conspiracies within the counties afore said have not dispersed and retired peaceably to their respective homes, and have not delivered to the marshal of the United States, or to any of his be, dismal in the extreme. But the purification of the flames will hot be lost, and the good work will go on. The press of Chicago, always muscular and brilliant, i. but also lacking that mysterious charm, that steady gracious ness and grace, which had been reflect ed by ajprosperity less defiant and a should take the entire military and naval force of the country to do so. The highest and the' most sacred laws under which wo live the Constitution itself have been violated in South Car olina; the persons so violating! it have been again and again warned of their rrimfi and ordered to desist. Thev have refused. The duty of the Presi dent was plain, unmistakable, unavoid able. If he had permitted this condi tion of things to go on without an effort to prevent it he would be simply a particeps criminis of these people. . It would hae been the duty of the House of Representatives to prefer articles of . r . impeachment against him and him before the Senate. We know that the President was an xious to avoid the exercise of the power arraign popular Spirit more humble and god- which he has just put forth. He had fearing Will, we venture to predict, w cuuuijaic iu pvypi uuuvj r z j .- -. rjLi jl -. -. i uiri i iimiii l i f u if i iiiuir i i 1 1 r i u r 1 1 i i ir with himOin be found to accept anom- deputies, or to any military officer of a' At x i t -- m i. -ti r Al tt!i. J ciaa. !il f j r The Williamston Spectator, "a Demo cratic paper, pays the following well deserved compliment to an able and lkithful public officer: "Judge Wm. A. ZMoore. As we have said elsewhere, this gentleman is now holding court at this place. Judge Moore is, as all judges should be, a man of exalted pri vate character he Ku Klux in. Missouri. A dispatch from St. Louis, dated 11th Inst., says : The proclamation of Gov. Brown calling out the militia in Dunklin and stoddard counties, in southeastern Mis souri, is based upon a report made! to Adjutant Sigei by Captain Woog, who was sent to investigate the condition of anairs in those counties. Resources of Western j North Carolina. Under this head The Dai ly I Carolinian, in its local column of Thursday,furnishes the following grati fying information to the people of the mountains: "There are five different soecies of snake root that these poor people in the mountains gather for market. The earth is truly good to them up in that section, for were it not for these indi- fenous productions they would make a ad shift at living." iThat "these poor people in the moun tains" are not all "root diggers," and that they can make a "shift at living" without subsisting exclusively on snake root, bone set or alicum pane, "we refer oiir jocose friend Evans to thd fact that every article exhibited from .that sec tion took a prize. Buncombe' sent the fastest horse to the Fair. Yancy the ination thus tendered. Mr. Trumbull has already declared, in the most sol emn and public manner that he in tends to stand by the republican party, and without his support; such move ment will amount to nothing. It is the last convulsive effort of the Democracy to obtain power and prolong its exist ence. It is the last straw at which the drowning man is clutching. All will avail nothing. Unless rescued by a mir acle the Democracy seems to be doomed to final overthrow and lasting disolution in 1872. The late elections can be in terpreted into nothing else than an ap proval of the policy of the government by the people of those States. The or ganized lawlessness at the South has had the effect to greatly strengthen Gen. Grant with his party and with the country. Many believe that these dis the United States within said counties, all arms, ammunition, uniforms, dis guises, and other means and imple ments used, kept, possessed, or con trolled by them for carrying out the unlawful purposes for which the com binations and conspiracies are organ ized, as commanded by said proclama tion ;but do still persist in the unlawful combinations and conspiracies afore said: Now, therefore, I, Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States of Amer ica, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution of the Uni ted States, and the act of Congress aforesaid, do hereby declare that, in my judgment,the public safety especial ly requires that the privileges of the urrit of habeas corpus be suspended, to the end that such rebellion may. be over thrown, and do hereby suspend the privileges of the writ of habeas corpus within the counties of Spartanburg, York, Marion, Chester, Laurens, New berry. Fairfield. Lancaster, and Ches- with by a strongarm and a stern hand. best cheese.Buncombe the finest honey T,lis Ieads many who, under other cir ' I . . 1,1 r . orders can oply be successfully dealt terfield.in said State of South Carolina, I JL A 11 A . 1 V wooer's re- I A. L 1 LL A 1 -I - and of extensive legal !" ViwnOT apniea oy any , ,.. . . , . ,T - cinzenm otoauara county uiai mere unu xiuwry uiuumu.ma. xxe cum- exists an organized band of men in that manus me respeci oi me par ana peo- county called by some ."Kuklux" and pie and reminds one of the Judicial offl-1 by others "Dead Men." This bandds ccrs who in times past reflected credit composed of six companies, each fifty and Haywood and Buncombe the finest apples. " " Go to the mountains,, friend Evans, and we will promise you better "living" than five species of snake root, or any of Prof. Kerr's hard-tack in the shape of minerals. cumstances, would prefer the nomina tion and election of a civilian to the Presidency to favor the re-election of Gen. Grant. ! upon the bench of North Carolina. A Contrast. In the advertisement of the "Next Great Annual Georgia State Fair" to bo held at .Macon, Oct. 23d, we see, among its other attractions, that there will be provided "A Hand some Cottage with private rooms; for the accommodation of Editors and newspaper correspondents." , At the N. C State Fair such gentry of the quill as may visit it are not confined for their.ttaccommodation" to a "Cot-1 tage" they are allowed to sit, upon the ground, In any part of the enclo sure but not upon the fence. INvaljd's Bedstead. Among the mast useful and attractive .articles ex hibited at the State Fair last week was an invalid's bedstead, by Mr. Lewis tlal citizens of thecounty either became Laugenhour, of Forsythe county. It is strong, with a captain in command. Captain Woog further states that this organization was first intended for po- 1aT - 1 il i rm liiicai purposes ana mat some innuen i n members of the organization or counte nanced the same : but that the organ I zation is now nothing but a band of horse thieves, robbers, and .murderers, opposed to ail who are m favor or en forcing the law, be they Democrats or so arranged that the invalid can, by means of cords working in pulleys, eas- ily.adjust himself to any position that m"ay be most comfortable. He may lie down at full length, elevate himself to The energy being displayed by the people of Chicago is truly wonderful. In an almost incredibly short time the city will assume its former beauty strengtli and durability. Already we are in receipt of our Chicago exchanges, all of whose offices and material were destroyed by the late fire, j As an evi dence of what may be expected of the unfortunate, but enterprising and un dismayed people of the great metropo- By the President : in respect to all persons arrested by the marshal of the i United States for the said district of South Carolina, or by any of his deputies, or by any military officer of the United States, or by any soldier or citizen acting under the or ders of said marshal, deputy, or such military officer . within any one of said counties, charged with any violation of the act of Congress aforesaid during the continuance of such rebellion. 1 In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington, this seventeenth day of October, in l.. s. the year of our Lord,one thousad eight hundred and seventy-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America,; the ninety-sixth. U. S. GRANT. by kindness and greatness. To that end he again and again told them 'of their duty, and invited them to perform it. Every expedient that could be tried. without compromising his own digni ty, and the dignity of his high position was adopted, but all in vain.. The spirit of mischief and misrule had ta ken such complete possession of these rebellious people that they became ut terly blind!" to their own best interests as well as to the plainest dictates of pa triotism; honor, civilization and even Christianity itself. ! . This whole Southern question is a sad and wearisome problem, and makes one almost despair of its settlement in our own day and generation. The great difficulty in the way of that peace which we all so much desire is, that while the rebellion was thoroughly sentment of cheer. There is,r in truth, beaten in the South, it was only half enough m the spectacle of personal dis- conquerea in the JNorth. : .Every Dem tress to stagger the bravest 6f us. Going ocratic convention, national and State, over th Chicago papers that have that has been held for the last eight reached us the, heart is everywhere years, has helped fan the flame of re touched py the mingled signs of energy bellion and keep the fire in the smoul and sorrow which meet the eye. It is derin? embers. . Every Democratic or very like a battle-field after the fight is ganin the North at the present time ended. But we have no time to dawdle, defends and upholds the Ku Klux in We must support the displays of rhus- South Carolina, ' and hounds them on .to.aeeas or violence and crime.? They count their allies and friends in every Democratic caucus and convention. and hail a Democratic victory, sornc- wnat inesameas'-Liee's army Was in cited to renewed exertion at thd intel ligence of a Democratic electoral tri umph. ... m one way only can tho rebellion become Iarrer in its tone 'without sac rificing any of its enterprise tor breezy salience. The lesson of this great ca lamity wjill color tho religion of Chica go and creep into the schools. In a word, we) may fairly anticipate that the city, as it rises out of its mourning and its ashes, will improve its irurer no less than its outer and visible existence : and as it will lack neither the benefit of criticism ;to aid its self-inspection,; ena bling it to see itself as others see it, nor, the aid of substantial contributions to its material reconstruction, it can look into the future and utter words of cheer with an j insurance that all lis by no means lost. . ' '' ;- (The last few days the whole world has been j looking on the prostrate figure of Chicago with a sense of pity and amazement mat is at length giving way toal more practical and manly cular force, trusting that, whilst' we provide for the bodily wants of the suf ferers, the God of all mercies will, in His own spiritual way,temper the wind to the many shorn and desolate folds along that bleak lake-shore. It is not well that we should encourage repining. The time calls for activity. We do not doubt that the gratuity of the country will shape and systematize itself. Fifty and the legacy of ill-will and bitterness imiuuns in uasn win noc more tnan wfiicn ii nas Dequeatned be utterly de coyer the popular contribution, and strpyed and swept away, and that is by. iiiia, jjiupeny auu nonesiiy applied, will go a long way. Before the winter sets in we may expect to see the gush- Grtint will do more to pacify thd South. t nr rvf fVia nrot-ant rvmmT.4 n-wo4-r 1 1 I arirl' rttif on t-.-l 4 4t . 1 -..1 1 1 JA v--vs ,.----. lliuuicilt ,lIOUUlU ....v. yMV CUI tUU IA luc Uili'TCttlCU ! VUIIUI- into something of the nature of a solid tion of affairs which exists there! than institution, and, when that is accomJ any ; other event that could possibly plished, we may pursue the pleasures take place. That and the disbandment of the season with a happier and more of the Democracy, as a party organiza- contented spirit since we have done our tion an event which is sure to follow duty by Our fellow-men. will bring with it peace and tranqulli- In all I this we desire to say to the ty. But so long as . the Democratic people of Chicago that they owe us no party holds together, there will be se thanks. We have spoken of them the dition and turbulence, and a necessity more freely and unceremoniously be- more or less general for martial law in cause we desire to relieve ourselves the States lately in rehnl linn, i . Republicans, and for whose conduct no ft -poiinw nosftion or sit um-io-ht rmlitirail nnrtv nnr?,t. t hu rAOTVnc!Mo - reC-Iling position Or Sll Upngnt, US 'ti bnf ia oafr. tk Ka rr.cCi rr.o?r J his ease and comfort may require. Be- --- t... ..v '- V-. k'V-- lUiUll 1 1 f r At . . . .1 I 1 t I 'A! L !. II jy oi lugiuves irom justice irom Illinois, Arkansas and Kentucky. j The above shows the dangerous ten- 1 is of the North West, we append the following from The Post, of thatcityof the 14th : ! I J. C. Bancroft Davis, Acting Secretary of State. ir "Trvi-irlo-r no-v-. 7Tb A'nitiif Rnc fore him is a writing table as easily ad- will be issed in an enlarged and hand- justed to his wants: and altogether it some form, with new material and am is one of the most inerenious and useful pie room for temporary demands. dencies of secret political societies.--- Inventions ever patented, and is bound Meanwhile a fast press, equal In capac- Kemp P. Battle, Esq. -This dis tinguished gentleman has been re-elected President, by the unanimous vote of the State Agricultural Society, after tendering his resignation. No higher j which it has assumed, and what will be .-omnllment could have been paid to a the consequences of its continuance.4- That many good men became members of tho White Brotherhood and Invisi ble Empire for political purposes there Is no dobt. But they must be convinc ed beyond all doubt by this time of the dangerous and desperate character to supercede every the Kind. other Invention of ity to the one in use before the fire, is already speeding on the . way for our From the Louisville Courier-Journal. Chicago's Lesson and Chicago's Hope. The words which come to us from Chicago are full of that sort of courage and cheer which we had reason to ex- deservedlv public spirited citizen. We believe Mr. Battle heartily ! desires to conduct the duties of his position in tho interest of Agriculture In North Carolina, but we hear complaints, gen erally believed to be well grounded, against his subordinates alone, of par- j tiality In favor of one of the political Then let them abandon it at once and exert all their influence to induce their friends to do likewise. For if theKlans are not broken up and destroyed b peaceful means the Government do it by force, if necessary. i by will Alexander H. Stephens says that he has never seen an article of his rei parties of the State in the various bp- published In a single Radical paper ; to polntments of Marshalls, Judges,, Ac, which a Republican exchange repliesj this, it is honed, will be corrected "he never will unless he makes them hereafter. ; I shorter." Our Northern exchanges are still fill ed with accounts of the devatating fires in the North -West, Perhaps the Prairie fires that have swept over Wis consin and Michigan have produced as much suffering as the burning of Chi cago, as they have certainly been vast ly more destructive of human life. At the burning of the town of Peshtego alone twelve hundred lives were lost, and niany hundred more in the villag es .of the surrounding country. It is gratifying to see the liberal aid that is being extended to the sufferers by these supply with the paper. fires, as well as at Chicago. Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been con tributed to their relief not only by the cities of the United States, but by the cities of Europe also. use, and .another press or double our f pect in a people oi such resistless ener capacity is m process of con and them from any of that squeamish and embarrassing delicacy which comes from a sense of obligation on the one hand and of patronage on the other. There is ho obligation, nor patronage. We have done nothing that! Chicago would not have done, and even .more bountifully, having the impulsive and generous disposition which I gave to Chicago its exceptional character. We have done nothing but what we were bound to do as a Christian people, who do not feel the loss of a cent. So.mean ing to be both candid and sincere at I The Prairie Fires.1 Terrible Losses and Suffering in Wiscon- : ujua juicnigan. ;j Peshtigo,Wisconsin,dates to the 12th record the utter destruction 'of the town. Four hundred dead bodies have Deen recovered, and It is thought that 300 more are in the ruins, whero tho in. tense heat caused death by inhalation while the rest of the body was under water. . -j 5 . .. ; : . . ; of former capacity is in process struction. The present edition of the paper will be delivered to city subscri bers, even if it cannot be done until to morrow morning, and the same will future editions. -Let our subscribers in tho city and country have a modicum of patience, and they shall be served with The Post, daily and weekly, im proved in every respect, in a very few days. " : j; ' Our brethren of the press will confer a favor upon us by printing this an nouncement for the information of our country subscribers, whom we have thus far since the fire been unable to -. .--1 a . nit j veptsa. ui uuu iu mca t as we should wish to be represented and gy and dash. Words can not, of course, aescriDe ine real situation oi anairs in I men the desolated city. : The very effort to paint the picture with sufficient care addressed, and we say : "Pick yourself i-uu utiisii iw piaw it k tpuicany ueiurc up. f 15& oi good heart. Take a useful tne miners eye, seems to mocK that in- lesson, both moral and material, by expressible but strong conception with your by-gone experience, and improve f Latter accounts ronnrf. i hn i 1 the same time that we aremoved by-all life at Peshtigo at 1,200, and an etmal the tender sympathy that can inspire number at Green Bay. which the liberal intuitions of pi tv. ten derness and sorrow usually endow our better nature upon occasions of vcreat and wide-spread. suffering. The heart of America catches the idea of realism too terrible and Vast for the uses of the most skillful rhetoric, and the pen falls down abashed in the presence of a ca- The velocity of the fire Vfl4 an error, f that all escape was impossible. A Targe number of dead were brought to Ocon to for burial, as no materials for boflins could be procured. i The loss Of HfA nn ihex oast dlinM t- this confessedly dreadful opportunity Dover and Kewaneo counties, is appal for the reconstruction of your fabric on incr. All communication feo'i ,i a more enduring and a more perfect the terrible news comes slowlv At Be grateful,certainly,but chiefly plan to God: elevated and chastened, and a spirit humbled to be purified. lowerinr its lamity which miles of ruin do not half- signals before theiecrees of Heaven in way reprts-eiii. xi it were omerwise, order to raise them un hia-hr : nd if Pensaukeetwen?y-flve dwellings were burned and several lives lost. Tho de struction of hay, fiirm-houses and fen ces in the vicinity is complete, t In BrusseL., Dover county, two hun dred houses, comprising the Belgian f"l4 T-vt ssv 4- -.h 1 . A. -a wiutiuciii, were destroyed, i and Proceedings of the Republican Meet ing at Salisbury shall appear in the next Issue, the blackened waste-places which brihtpr. nd ii f0 4 :"::ltiiruy ? aPa. a have been substituted for the fairv thccYA:a 'JL Vl .C?8? re missing. world of a week ago, stood for all that has been destroyed, weird and dreadful as we should hold the visitation, we glory of this world ash-covered heaps sicken j and appall which the is not worth the of ruin that now our poor, piping ine people, in utter destitution, are struck dumb with their losses and pow erless. Houses, barns, farming imple ments, and cattle are all destroyed ;
The Era (Raleigh, N.C.)
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