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Office, In tb Standard" bunding, Et tld of Faycttorttl Street. alaticjjs Enwix,E(lltoni THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1871. Dumb. The Raleigh Sentinel on' the frauds which have been practiced on the State in regard to the State Print ing. . Dead. The Carolinian of Monday contained a dispatch announcing the death of Gen. Robert Anderson of Fort Sumter fame, at Nice, France. CbNVTCTED.Rosenwelg, the quack doctor who murdered Alice BowLsby in an effort to produce an abortion, has been convicted and sentenced to seven years hard labor in the penitentiary. He should have been hung. .The Ninth Annual Fair of the Cumberland County Agricultural So ciety will be held at Fayetteville on the 22cl, 23d and 24th days of November. The annual address will bo delivered on Thursday. -: We acknowledge t he recei pt of an in vitation to be present on the occasion, which we hope to bo able to accept. 'Senatorial, Election. A leading Republican writes us as follows from Moore County: , , "That true and sterling Republican JL T. Long la a candidate for the Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of air. Ledbetier. The counties of Kicbraond and Moore comprise the District. Mr. Ixng was put out by the Republicans of Rich mond The nomination meets the approba tion of the Republicans of this county. I think his election is certain." . Misa Nancy milliard has not re tired from the Exchange Hotel in this city, and returned to Chapel Hill, as reported. She is still at the exchange, keeping only such a house as she can keep, and intends to remain there. Persons wishing to stop in a quiet and retired part of the city, and yet, be convenient to the public offices, would do well to goo the Exchange. " ' i Professor Piiiixits, a distinguish ed British geologist, is of the opinion that earthquakes and volcanic erup tions are caused by steam pent up in the bowels of tho earth. He thinks that tho heat twenty miles down is suf ficient to raise steam to a pressure of forty thousand atmospheres, enough to account for any disturbances hitherto noted. Good News." The Ashevitte Citizen learns upon the authority of Col. Tate, President of the Eastern Division of the Western N. C. Railroad, that he has made arrangements with the Penn sylvania Central Railroad Company, for the completion of the Road from Old Fort, to Wolf Creek Tenn., and that the work will commenco in the course of a few weeks, or as soon as the contract can be carried out in detail. Address. The courtesy of The Car otinian enables us to present In- this is sue, on our third page, the address of tho Democratic-Conservative-party of North Carolina. We have not space for an extended notice to-day. We promise, however, that the public shall not long wait for a thorough review of the Address, in which wo hope to strip tho document of its elegant plumage and lay it before the people of the State, n its true colors. f - Boys Sciiooi.-nIt is with sincere pleasure tliat we learn that Captain Thomas B. Bailey has yielded to the solicitation of sundry gentlemen of Ral eigh to take charge of a select school for boys. Mr. Bailey Is a gentleman of the highest, character, a fine scholar, and has had an experience of twenty vcars as a teacher. No gentleman can troduce better testimonials as to his success in this most useful and honora ble profession. November Elections. The follow ing elections will occur on the 7th of November: Virginia, election of the; Legislative and county officers ; Mary land, election of Governor, State . offi cers, and Legislature; Massachusetts, election of Governor and the Legisla ture; Minnesota, election of Governor,' State officers, and Legislature; Missis sippi, election of Legislature; New Jersey, election of Governor and iLegr islature; Illinois, election of Congress-' man at lanre : New York, election of J State officers and Legislature ; Wiscon sin, election of Governor. State officers, and Legislature; Nebraska, election of State officers, if the new constitution shall have been adopted at the eleetion of September 19th. , j The burning of Chicago, and the still more destructive prairie firesof Michigan and Wisconsin, were not suf . ficiept to satisfy the rapacity of the de vouring clement. The flames have, in deed, been" subdued in the Northwest,' but fcnly to reappear in another locality farther east. We learn from our ex changes that New York has been inva ded by the devastator. Extensive and disastrous conflagrations are said to prevail in the swamps and woods of Monroe, Orleans, Genesee, Senaca and other counties in that State. Like Chi cago, and the plains and villages of the Northwest, these places were threaten ed with destruction by a fierce gale which was blowing on Sunday and Monday last. Great alarm was felt by the peoplo in the vicinity of, the burn ing district, tho dense smoke making the use of lights in the city of Roches ter a necessity in the day time. It is to be hoped tkat.thc flames have been, checked without serious loss of life and property, and tliat New York may es cape from the distress of Michigan and Wisconsin. 1 What will he do about it, again ? t Another call on the Attorney I General. ' j. I The Sentinel having succeeded in tak ing charge of tho State Agricultural Society, assumes, also, custody, of the Attorney General. It answers, for that officer, as If by authority from him, respectful request of ours, in regard to a matter of public concern, which has been freely spoken of in this city,' im plicating those who see and handle the money derived from the public print ing, in an improper charge against the Treasury Department. And how j does it answer? How does it relieve the Attorney General of the duty which his office imposes on him ? Why, by saying to us : It Is yonr duty, if you know of public robbery, to expose it, -wneincr.uie Aiwraey General calls on you or not.". The Question is not what it is our duty to do In this matter. We know what that is, and we shall do it. J But we want the Attorney General o do his, if he can screw his courage to the sticking point, and investigate the reports in circulation about the public printing. We want a lawful In Vest! gation, by an officer of the law, compe tent and bound to make such an inqui ry, so that the guilty, if there bo such mav be condemned and the innocent acquitted. But, since The Sentinel has taken charge of the Attorney General, and is running his office, and as it is a little obtuse in understanding this nrintiner business, for its. benefit, we will nsk the Attorney General. If we can" wake him up. to inquire: 1. now much money has been paid upon the present contract for public printing? 2. Has the State paid the public printer according to one measurement for done, for which same work the public printer paid compositors by a different measurement? I 3. Is the measurement charged against and paid by, the State the usual jneas- urement? . I 4. Is the mode of charging a compli- ance witn tne contract oi mo puunc printer? I " 5. Has the public printer a rig it to farm out his office? G. Has the public printer a right to the office he holds, If he is not "able to give his personal attention to the public printing," as The Sentinel says ho fa not. We submit it to the good sense of the the Attorney General, that calling us an Arab or a Long Perry, or a short Perrv. or a Perrv of anv thickness' OC length, or of any dimensions whatever, does not quite satisfy the public mind, that there is nothing wrong about! this nubile printing. He had better call on us. and we will give him some valua ble information. Where is it? The Sentinel of the 23d inst., under- takes a reply to a communication, which recently appeared in this paper, in regard to rumors of fraudulent 'prac tices In the matter of the public print ing. Its reply suggests the interesting enquiry, tcho gets the money for the pub- tic printing f Mr. Moore has the ap pointment of public printer. He has filed a bond for the faithful I periorm ance of his contract; but, according to The Sentinel, Mr. Moore does not get the money, Do you Mr. Mooret) be cause he does not " give his personal attention " to it, and " has neverjmade out or collected a bill from the State." We are Informed at the Treasu jy De partment, that more than twenty thou sand dollars has, thus far, been paid out upon the contract for the public print ing. The Sentinel leaves us to infer, that Mr. Moore cares so little about that insignificant sum, that wrapped in the glory of a subordinate employ ment, as a compounder of pills, M the Lunatic Asylum, he disdains to pother with the public printing, and (foes'nt even give It " his personal attention," and has never made out or collected a bill from the State," much less received any of the emoluments of his office. Of course Mr. John W.! Marcom, " the foreman of The Sentinel office," who made out the accounts for-printing," and Mr. Theo. N. Ramsay, the book keeper of The Sentinel, who " has collected the money" to the amount of twenty thousand dollars, did no use it for their own purposes. No' suqh inti mation has been made in any quarter. And then, "the Editor of The Sentinel f to use his own words in his issue of the 23d, "has no knowledge of the contract made for printing, nor has he geen or handled the money." What has be come of the money? Is it lost j? Mr. Moore has not got It. Mr. Marcom has not got It. Mr. Ramsay has notjgot it. The Editor of The Sentinel has not got it, for he emphatically declares that he "has no knowledge of the contract?1 "nor has he seen or handled the money." Where is it? Twenty thousand dol lars or more are gone out of tho Pub lic Treasury,on account of publi print ing. " It is currently reported that, from thirty to fifty per cent of this . amount has been pocketed, by somebody, by overcharging the State Government, in violation of its contract with thd public printer. Where 13 It? It is not proposed to discuss the ques tion of the powers of the Federal Gov ernment, under the Constitution, to do what is now doing in South C3arplina that has already been done by(ono of the foremost Conservative lawyers oi this city much more ably than it could be done by this paper. The argument referred to was made before J udge Bond in August, 1870, on a motion for a warrant ior me umssu ui .tKrifcvu. a phonographic report of it Is on! hand, and it is proposed to publish copious extracts from it soon, - - ' Another - " New Departnrc." Last summer, the Hon. Clement L. Vallandigham, of Ohio, now deceased, launched forth what is generally known as the " new departure " platform of the. so-called National Democratic par ty. But a few weeks after the promul- gatiofl of the "new departure" plat- form, Mr. Vallandigham accidentally snot nimsen wun a pismm, auu uieu . . m .tit 3 J r from the effects of the wound. "The death of the originator of the move ment, the determined opposition of Mr. Stephens, of Ga., together with that of more than one-half of the press, and the result of the recent elections In Penn sylvania, Ohio, and Iowa, killed the "new departure" as dead as Julius Caesar. There is no resurrection for it. The trumpet of " Boss " Tweed, the most powerful of all the Democratic j chiefs, will fail to awaken from its slumbers, the deceased offspring of -Mr. Vallandigham. All hopes of electing a Democratic President upon the "new departure" platform, having fled, the leaders of the Democratic party sucn as 'ranK 1 Blair are now endeavoring to inaugu rate a second "new departure," upon wiiich they hope to tarry the country in 1872.- In a speech delivered by Mr. F. P. Blair, in Montgomery, Alabama, a few days since, the following " new depar ture" was announced' by that gentle man: , ;, a . ; y.- -'. . -- There is no earthly chance to elect a simon-pure Democratic candidate to the Presidency in opposition to Gen. Grant. Mr, Stephens and his friends will not suDDort'a candidate who is committed to the new departure", as promulga ted by', Mr. Vallandigham ; and the friends of the " new departure" will not support a candidate who ispledged to the repeal of the Reconstruction Acts, and the dispersal of the carpet-bag State governments of the Southern States at the point of the bayonet. Here, then, is a dilemma which must be successfully dealt with before there is the slightest hope that the Democrats will succeed next vear. What can be done in this V . 4 1 J emergency to inspire ine uemocraxs with a hope of electing their candidate for the Presidency ? We must not hold i ' : --v J AS a JNationai .uemocrauc tonvenuon and nominate candidates, but we must hold back and allow such men as Carl Schurz and Horace Greeley, to call a Convention of Republicans who are op posed to the re-election of Gen. Grant, and nominate a ticket for the Presiden cy ; this ticket we will support, and in this, manner defeat the regular Repub lican ticket. This is Mr. Blair's "new departure." The Democratic party proper is not to be known in the campaign of 72, but for the purpose of defeating President Grant and. the Republican party, a Re publican who is in favor of General Amnesty, reform in the Civil Service, and opposed to tho Ku Klux Bill, is to " ' i -a tl De nominated Dy quasi xtepuDiicans, and supported bv the entire rank and file of the so-called Democratic party. It i3 supposed by Mr. Blair that such men as Fenton. Trumbull, Logan, Gratz. Brown, and Greeley, -would , ac cept a nomination if tendered as sug gested by Mr. Blair, in opposition to Gen. Grant. We do not believe either of the gentlemen whose names we have mentioned, would accept a nomination in opposition to the regular Republican nnmin w n "National ticket as. nominated by a National Convention of the Republican party. We have been pleased that Messrs. Schurzl Trumbull, Greely,and Sprague, have seen fit to discuss what they view as needed reforms, inside the Repub lican party, and, as advanced and pro gressive Ilepublicaiis. Such discussion does not disorsranizo and distract the party, and is, therefore, the strongest evidence of the strength and durability of the 'Republican party. Instead of iniurinir the party by their efforts to inaugurate needed reforms, Messrs. Schurzland . other leading gentlemen mentioned in this article,have purified and strengthened the party to a certain extent.: If men who are recognized as leaders of the Republican party can not be allowed to discuss and point out the imperfections as well as the perfec tions of their party, the discussion of party politics must be confined to very narrow.limits; the result of which would soon be the overthrow of the party. The Republican party allows the widest latitude tj all its members. It courts and invites discussion upon its prin ciples; conscious that investigation into their merits will win recruits from the opposition. The s proposition of Mr. Blair to run a Republican against Gen. Grant, is a complete acknowledgement that the so-called' Democratic' party is in the throes of dissolution and death. Its mission ended when the first gun was fired on Fort Sumpter. It incurred the contempt and excited hatred in the nfm-.n, wni mnn w ranrtpxinp- uv.v.v.,, MT O Lincoln in his endeavors to suppress tho rebellion. In 18G8, it drove from Its ranks the conservative voters of the country, who were tired of war and de sired peace and quiet, by adopting a resolution in July 1868, declaring that the Reconstruction Acts are u uncon stitutional, revolutionary and void." From the openinsr of the ; Presidential campaign of 18CS, up to tthe present hour, the Southern wing of the party has disgraced itself in the eyes of the civilized world, by organizing . and turning loose upon the Republicans of the Southern States theKu KluxKla The Northern wing has equally dis graced itself by denying the existence of the Klan, and apologizing for its murder? and outrages, i While , the Southern wing has been using the Ku Klux to obtain place and power, the Northern wing under the leadership of I Tammany Hall, has been stealing and robbing the city and State of New York of more than ONE HUNDRED MIL LIONS OP DOLLARS. This large sum was stolen for the purpose of buy ing enough votes next year to elect a Democratic President. - i" mi t A. 1 1 1 knAu1 Hnf 4)inM Zl;" i iui Liic rrcuiiAiaio .v uuuu for the Democrats to make a race next year: I. Because the party is divided upon what is the proper platform jto adopt, II. Because the enormous frauds and robberies in New York which are now being exposed and brought; to light, shows that' Tammany Hallthe lead-; ing the chief and the most powcrfu organization known to the Democrat ic party is guilty of the stealing. , ' III. Because the party upholds the Ku Klux in their career of crime, and assails the President for endeavoring to exterminate the organization. The Republican party in Congress has only to be prudent during its next session, and still more prudent land cautious in its nominations, f to sweep the country from Maine to California, at the elections which take place next year. Mr. Blair's "new departure will draw a few spasmodic breaths, and will(be buried beside its brother, the 41 new departure" of Mr.; Vallandig ham. Tiie North Carolinian, of this city, calls upon the Government of the United States to erect a Federal Court House and a suitable Post-office build ins? in the city of Raleizh. In this The Carolinian 'will be seconded by the cit izens of the State generally. The need of such buildings is very seriously felt by all. The present Post office build ing is in every respect in aaapteu to 1 Ml J 1 -4 the business for which it was intended. Besides it is nothing but a low and un sightly hull, of which the government should be ashamed, as the people of Raleigh are. And for the Circuit and District Courts no building of any kind has been provided. These Courts have usually been held in the Senate Cham ber, but during the next term of the .9 Court- the Senate itself will be in ses- sionand occupying its own hall. The Court must, therefore, look but for an other hall, in which to dispense justice. The County Court House is entirely too small and wholly unfitted to the ses sions of the Circuit Court. The Government owns one of the finest and most eligible lots in the city, with sufficient area for all the needed. buildings. Then let an appropriation be made for their erection at the earli est possible day. And in j connection with the Court House let a ! number of offices be erected for the accommoda tion of the various Federal officials. A great and powerful Government, like that of the United States, should pro vide edifices for the accommodation of all its various departments commensu rate with its ability and its wants. By the erection of tho, proper buildings for the use of the Courts and the Post of fice, the Government would not only do that which it should do. for its own convenience, hutwpuld do much to adorn our city and win the good will of the people of the State. Let a por tion of the vast sums of money disburs ed by the Government every year be expended here, for the benefit of the impoverished people of the State as well as the Government, and it will do much to promote a better feeling to- wards the Government and attach the a people of the State to it. The attention of the North Carolina delegation in Congress is called to this matter. That every one of them, in bath Houses, will favor it we have not the least doubt. Then let them go to work to obtain the required appropria tion as soon as possible, and let build ings be erected that will be an orna ment to our city and the State, and an honor to the Government which erects them . Complaints are constantly be ing made of the damage done to the furniture of the Senate Chamber in con sequence of the Courts being held there in. The cost of the repairs to the State is considerable. wThi!c she ' is unable to incur the expense. ' The Federal Gov ernment is rich and powerful, and should not hesitate to incur the expense necessary to the erection and repairs of the buildings and iurniiure necessary to meet its own wants in the matters suggested, and, we believe, it will not. Virginia. The Washington corres pondent of Tiie Jew York Tribune, writing from that city, October 24th, says the canvass in Virginia is proceed ing with great activity, and it is evi dent that the Republicans make sure progress. Full success for them would be the result of complete party organi zation, which has not yet been effected. It is certain that we shall make large gains in the way of legislative represen tation, especially in the Valley of Vir- - TT 1 1. 11 ginia. .Tne onerous j?nnaing oin ex- cites great hostility, the more It is ven ... , , 1L 1 . . TV.U ' cratic desire to sacrifice tthe common schools in behalf of that measure, which at the best is regarded as opening the door to corrupt speculation, is produc ing effects the reverse of Conservative expectations, j So far the Republicans have had no outside speaking talent, and the canvass is conducted by Sena tor LewiSjRepresentatives Porter,Platt, Stowell, and McKenzie, with the Hon. L. !H. Chandler, Cols. Darnels and Hughes, Gov. Wells, and other State politicians. The State; Committee is quite hopeful and energetic Nearly 70,000 campaign documents have been distributed therein from this point and Richmond. It is noted, as an evidence of educational progress in the Southern States, that there is both an Increasing and intelligent demand for political reading matter, and the documents fur nished by the Congress Republican Committee are of a character requiring thoughtful consideration. The well organized and deter mined movement of the Government afrainst the South Carolina Ku Klux seems to be producing a . wonderful ef fect. A mighty commotion appears to have been stirred up among the lawless fraternity. Large numbers have been arrested by the marshals in several lo- mmips. while hundreds have fled the State. No resistance is to be apprehen ded, as the Government would, if nec 5snrv hrincr all its power to bear to sustain and carry out its measures.- The strength of its power has already v,orn fostwi and is well known. It is determined to crush the insurrectionary order utterly and finally, and it will do it. Men may talk about the tyranny of the Government, in the measures it has inaugurated for the purpose, as much as they please : it will avail them nothing. It is personified mildness compared with the tyranny of the Klans. , And if some wrong and injus tice shall grow out of the Government's proceedings, as is almost inevitable, the people will have the Klans alone to blame for it : for it is' one of its worst evils that, because of the secrecy which it attempts to preserve, the guilty and Innocent are alike often involved in trouble and difficulty.. The fact that thov have oersisted so long in their lawlessness, with this fact in; plain view, shows how desperate they have become how dangerous they are., , , j ' That the people of the North will sustain the Government in its present measures against the Ku Klux does not admit of a doubt. This was shown by the recent elections there, arid will be confirmed by those to be holden on the 7th of November. The sooner the peo ple of the South realize and act upon this fact the better. The Government that put down the mighty effort to dis solve the Union and establish a South ern Confederacy will put down the Ku Klux which it regards as a secret con spiracy against some of Its laws if not against the Government itself.; 'After all that it has done it wouki be recreant to its duty if it did not if it failed to afford every protection to those of its' citizens who were unable- to obtain jus tice in the State Courts. . If it failed to do this it would fail of one of the chief and most important objects of its crea tion, As to the means which it uses, none will say that they must not be fully commensurate with the end in view. If Mr. Hanes would think for a moment, he would not be surprised that democrats would feel unwilling to serve with radicals, even the best of them, on committees at tne fairs. Sentinel. 4 . If such really be the feeling of the democrats and conservatives of the State, and they are ready to avow it publicly arid act upon it, then the death knell of the State A gricultural Society, and its annual fairs, as a State institutu tion, is already sounded. Rut we do not believe it of the great body of them we feel quite sure that it does most of them the grossest injustice. Mr. Battle does not stand alone among them 'in the sentiments expressed in his card in another column. That some of tho bigots of the con servative party desire to exclude all republicans ftom- positioner at ther State fairs, so as to make them merepartizan gatherings, is now admitted to be true the above is a shameless and un blushing avowalof the fact, which is attempted to be Justified, both by The Sentinel and its correspondents When we stated that we had heard charges of partizanism made against the man agement of the late fair we, refrained, in the absence of any proof that such was the motive, from the expression of the opinion that they were just we sincerely hoped they were not. But Tiie Sentinel boldly and. shamelessly comes forward, puts in a plea of guilty, and attempts the justification of the conduct of its friends, for whom it has entered such plea. ? We repeat our belief that the larger and better portion of the Democrats and Conservatives of the State are op posed to ignoring all Republicans in the appointments to positions connected with the State Fairs. One Republican since the war has been called upon with creneral approbation, to -.deliver the annual address: and one is now, with such approbation, the first Vice- President of the Society. . . ' ; ; . Whether those for whom The Sentinel essays to speaK wm tnanK u ior its efforts in their behalf, and endorse the sentiments to which it gives utter ance, we are unable to say we nave our doubts about it. ' ;t : Effect of the Proclamation. It is clearly ; an errorr-one which we may have committed ourselves to say that the President's last proclama- tion declares .martial law in certain specified counties of South Carolina, The mandatory clause only suspends the habeas corpus with regard to all per sons arrested by the United States Mar shal, his deputies or the military under his direction. The purpose seems to be, not to proclaim martial law, but to make the United States Court supreme in all cases where a violation of the Ku Klux law is charged. In order to pre vent interference onthe part, of the State authorities with the jurisdiction of the United States Courts, the power in the former to issue writs of habeas corpus is suspended. All the cases will doubtless go before the Circuit Court, Judges Bond and Bryan presiding.; : . Na objection can be made to this by any man who favors the suppression of the organized lawlessness at which it is aimed. .The cry of tyranny.which greets our ears comes from those who have given the matter but little thought, or who themselves sympathize with the awless and insurrectionary, organiza tion. The President will be sustained by the lawr-loving and la iv-abiding peo ple of the country generally, without regard ta party. . : From the Charlotte Democrat. j -aue uiu , itnw titTi TTnntsrs." which We publish tO-day qWjMa nf two weeks aCO in rt1 1 l v iaj uui - - about the unjust indictment oi xiyz tors of Election, was written by Mr. Aifhrnip-h we do not our' Township ejection w eu"y , v- l, nnmrnimimtioa is so respectful in tone that we did not con- Swerit fair or right to. refuse to pubt Hshi it : ana Desiuws, ii of Witnesses', though we have reason io SolievS toat it. dots not give all the names of the persons concerned m i tne matter, v : t -,y ' . , ... . ; ttat.ottfJn. COct. 13th; 1871. Editor Charlotte Democrat In ypur issue of last week you refer to iu-t, TT c rjwnri; Jnrv. lately in oesoivu 0--J - . , , , r r.d, in T?niAio-h. naa lounu true uma iiomPTit. nirainsctne juugra www nwrncMn flrtion,forMasistrates and so forth, and you also state that tho names of the parties who make the char- asainst the omcers aionssuu..-. o not Known, du& win t v -vt. nr-rter tn relieve the - public mind, which seems much troubled oyer it is deemed proper to give nnmps nf the parties referred to. The following named gentlemen were Ttniinriv subrxenied to frive evidence l"" . . . hfnro the Urand ; jury in uio uaso '-j-) - - xi aw TTiPntinned. to-wit: Gem Bufus "Rn rr I n cfr. C. ' J. Cowles ' T. D. Mc- Aininf .T. W. Hood and A; B.1 Law- Barrinffer was called away Deiore, tne uiae.waa- iwwucu - did not have an opportunity w , trro tho umnn .i nrv. in answer to vour inquiry why the parties who felt agrieved; did-not ap- rP9l to the Superior Court ' of this county, I would ask, first, what success HILL LI lcV 11 il V c y uvu "'J " h rrnntr Commissioners ine Corinty Commissioners at first decided that they had jurisdiction, : out aiter werria nn motion of Mr. Gulon, they iriHpH that before thev could hear the case they must first declare the 1-esult of! the election and induct the candiates inrn oflipft. and after they had done this, and the candiates sworn in, they rWiriori that the matter wa beyond their control and thi3 in the face of the rdain letter of the law. wnicn reua ; The County Commissioners shall have authority to decide in cases of contested Rnnnose. Mr3 Editor. ? r Republican 11 ! J. Juiin In nrtana rf VTltpSTf'fl -Rnnrri had made such decision, . what n howl would have been raised against h 'trrMt Tifldieal outrarer But - to back to the. question, why did not these parties go to the Superior Court. Now. it must be known to al most everybody that in any appeal to the Superior Court the case must go at the foot of tne uoeKet, ana as uiu xjuvk et now stands, it would not be reached for years. This,' I trust, is a sufficient excuse for not going to the Superior Court,5;-. ' .i".;..:;-.- :J :':--? - ' I The merits of the case I do not pro rtnso to discuss. A iury of North Caro fininns will decide the Question at the ( !ourt. You sav that ' "forbearance sometimes ceases to be a virtue." That is exactlv what these parties tnougnt who went before the - Grand Jury in Raleiffh. At the last Presidential elec tion over one hundred, black men were disfranchised at the Charlotte Dox through the fault of somebody. 1 was on the ground, and I know whereof I affirm. In the contest for Mayor be tween Maior. Dowd and Mr. Davidson, January. 1870 some twenty-five r or thir ty were unable to tender their votes ; and now this'year again, ninety-five le- eal voters were disfranchised through the fault of somebody. Congress has passed laws to protect the newly en franchised in the enjoyment of their rights," and la wabiding people 'must not complain if these laws are en- forced. JLeV?ne?rSJ 7nAii?i?5 the object of these indictmentsis not to intimidate any one. All that is asked is fair play at the ballot box. If the County Commissioners will only ap point polling: places enough, so that there ' will be ample time for all to ten der their votes, no objection will be made to having every colored man who tenders his vote thoroughly examined as to his right to vote his- age, birth place, residence, &c, can all be asked him including the question whether he is a good farmer. But objection will be made to asking: a man whether ' he is a good farmer, &c., when such - ques tions mav nmder anotiier ?man ?irom tendering his vote. In reply to your charges of unworthy conduct, sneaking on to liaieigb. &c 1 will only say that the gentlemen whose names I have given you have eachtho testimony of a good conscience, - and when the facts in the ease are known they will have the support of the right- i i a -rr l r minaeamen oi xorn. uuruima, unu for nothing else do they care. - ONE WHO liNOWSUi Chicago Politics Parties Unit ing. a dispatcn irom unicago, says the two political parties of the city and county, in view of the present con- dition of aflairs growing out oitbe great fire, are trying to unite upon a Union fifh,. ;hfV.flnH . .ffi xwv j j . to be voted ior two weeKS nence. notn parties were in uravention on-tne 24th inst.. when it was arranged that the Republicans $ should r have the candi dates for mayor,, city collector, police 1 commissioner, twelve put of twenty aldermen,nine Out of the fifteen county i commissioners, judge of the Superior I Court, and some other j minor officers; The Democrats are to; have the ' city 1 Treasurer, city Attorney, Judge of the Circuit Court, , eight , aldermen, ; sir r . ... county commissioners, and some small officers. Joseph Medill, of The Tribune is the candidate for mayor, f n r.'l i - ; : V 1 1 1 r; - . . tl "Cr? f Arrested. On the2Gth inst., Vic- tor Y Powell, a clerk for eight years In tho Swmrl A nHrtf'a OfH In Woch ington, D. C, was arrested by a Depu- rnLnni nu rnn tyi Marshal j charged with fraudson the government in connection with bounty claims." The amount is said to be over 1100,000.: - K4 f. Ex-Congressman W. B. Stokes, Su pervisor of Internal Revenue for Ten nessee, : was arrested on . the same day charged with the same offense. The amount is said to be $C0,000. lie waiv ed an examination and gave bond in the sum of $15,000. A complete examination should be -..-"vM.;4''1 had, and If these gentlemen are gull- ty, they should be severely punished. HI jLkxxs h uc o BWiti'iinr in mi nn OI I ; . fj fj R R E S P U H U t N U t. ? The Editors must not be understood as endors- , tn?Tfr ntiments of their correspondent Communications on QbJ ftiellcited, i ,h h win itc. ci vt" ii m iuc reuucia hi iiir t-.ni as containing the view ,and sentiments of the writers. . i Si J : For tho Carolina Era. Messrs. .Editors: in conversation .wiui uuo vvuu ,,ty i"- mnrks were made as to the different conventions for forming and amending the Constitution of the State of North l vuiuiii-.- . . r w" ventions on tms suDject. The Convention held at llalifax, it76, wnicn iormea a uonstuu tion. This Dooy was cnosen on no 15th Oct., I77G, by tho people in accord ance with a resolution of tho Council of Safety; with which the Executive power of the State rested. The Legis lature Was exercised by a Provincial o ' ,,r.ii i i ci i f v,noress. as it wua cantxi. - uv wym fiovernor uuaruu nuu icik uieoiaiem Afnv. nreviouslv. This is one of the earliest State Constitutions formed ; an considering the; circumstances, vas a monument oi :me painuwaiu mw ti- I gaciiy ui iia huauwo. hvu woa h President, and to him. Thos. Burke, of Orange; and Thomas Johes, indebted for this work. . I o The next Convention was held at' I . . r. x 1 1 ttmnn i Hillsboro on Monday zisc juiy, X4&a, nnf odiourned Saturday. 2nd , August. i . . t . t- in This bodv was called oy a resoiunoii! f tho Opneral Assembly, to consider fhA Constitution of the United States., wiiiio Jon?. of Halifax. wTas aleading crurit. in this able bodv. and under , his . mtiuence tne uonsiuuuoa vv a rvjuct,; bv a vote oi i4 to x uwu " rtfthnii .innmni. liiu oluiu ihus iu- oinri nut of the Union until 1789, when a . .. . ; . .. , , . . A o rnvontlon met on the ICth of No- vcmber, 1789, at Fayetteville, and after . I a KIIUTI rSlUH Ul ocrsii uv , -v.tw,v the Constitution of the United States, and amended the State Constition by giving the town of Fayetteville a mem ber of the Legislature. 4. Convention met on the 4th of June, 1835,'at Raleigh. ' The question of Convention had been previously sub mitted, by an act of the General As sembly, to the people, who agreed to call a Convention, and elected delegates. This was unquestionably an able body. The then Governor, of the btate, ( u. L. QwainV Judges Gaston and Daniel, of I . . ZL ' t 4Vr InrtAlnrr tne OUpreiliU WJUU, ,mm mc iiuMig men of the State were members. 1 Na thaniel Macon was the presiding officer.' It adjourned on the 11th of July, 1835. This materially changed ' the. organic law; and the amendments were approv ed by a vote of the people.4 ' r 5. A Convention called by an act of the General Assembly passed list May, 1861, met at Raleigh on the iwtn jviay, 1861. and "on that day an ordinance of Secession, Of the State of North Caroli na from the United States, was unani mously passed. This body adjourned on the 28th, of June, to meet again in November. It met in November, and on the 13th of December adjourned to the 20th of January, 1862, when it met. and on the 26th of February adjourned to the 21st of April. It met on the 21st of April, and sat until tne latn.ot May, 1862. Hon. Weldon N. Edwards was President of this body. ! ' I ,; 6. Convention met at Raleigh, in Oc tober 1865, elected by the people upon the proclamation . of the Provisional Governor, Holden This body ratified the lath amendment to tne uonstuu tion of the United States, abolishing slaverv.and repudiated the debts of the State, contracted during the war. Judge E. G. Reade was the President of this body..;. r -1 ;- - 7. Convention met at Raleigh on the 14th January, 1868, elected by the peo- ple; on 19 and 20 November, 1807, in pursuance of the acts of Congress, and -the orders issued by the . General Com manding: the 2d Military District, R. body ws presided over by Calvin J. oowle. Es5.: and formed the Constitu- Cowle, Esq., and formed the Constitu tion under which the Stato is noy guided. 1 : , ' ' , Very respectfully, i Your obedient servant, 'lM ' Jno. H. Wiieelek. -,--. T 1 0 mm $ . - i For the Carolina Era. The first "Fair of the Carolinas'? has come and gone. The weather was In tolerable, but despite all drawbacks, this was a great success. The crowd was from 3.000 to 5.000 each of tho four days. . The exhibition of articles was very fine. Tho racing and trials of speed and of power, were all very good under the circumstances. " And better than all, there was no serious accident or difficulty to mar tho peace and hap piness of the occasion. The proximity of this city and section to tho disturb- ' ed regions South and West of Charlotte, exposed the vast assemblage present each day. to continual Jars and dangers from party "rough" and "bitter." Quito anumDcroi mese were present, nut the more pleasing excitement of the Fair and of . Old Jno. Robinson's ; Cir-' cus, and the calm temper of the more sensible people, kept down all trouble. Ui course we bad "distinmiishvl wn. But I was struck with the fact.that tho -. ' proiesseu poiiucians were less noticed JJSS' ' 5 Jl?!1I(X?ked.do cast. : The display of talent and enterpr ze in omer aepartments or me and business. has a wonderful influence in bringing mto note otner classes or men. .None seemed to be more welcomed on this occasion than Mr. K. P. "Battle; 'the genial President of the State Agricul- tural Society, and Mr. -Thliroen: tho able and practical Editor of The Re- constructed Farmer. ' ; By the way, it is thought that tho presence of several leading i Democrats here has something to do with the re- ported movement of the partv arminst Gov?jVance. It is said that he will bo X ffinSST the torsnip. His enemies chuckle over the late insults to Gov. Scott and others in ' this city. , They also intimate that ho Judge Merrimon are largely res-' ponsible for the discontent of tho West; especially in regard to the present con- dition of tho V. & N. 6. Railroad ' They have both deserted the "sinking Ship." - ? , 51? Troops stationed f 5P.r,e leffc. ?P.thP. Lincoln lload oh tho ' zotn, ana it is tnougnt that the move ment indicates some more arrests in that; direction. But of this anon. I will keep you posted as I "gang along." Charlotte, Oct. 27 1871. A . ' v . , V , For tho Carolina Era. Messrs. Editors: I desf through the columns of vour valnnhin paper to sever my connection with tho so-called Consenative party, and pub licly to declare In favor of the re-election of that great and good man, V. 8. Grant, to the Presidency of tho United States in 1872 : for I am satisfied t that ; ii: . "uuua UIU nation as well as all the citizens of this great ronnhUn flntA - a tt a . " .A. V