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I Office, la th M Standard' buildinr, East side of FayetterU! Street. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER . 9, 1871. The Democratic Address. The promised address by the Demo- cratic Central Executive Committee to the people of North Carolina has at length made its appearance. It had been looked for with the deepest inter- est by patriots of all parties who are anxious for the restoration of peace, law and order in all parts of our belov ed old State. And it is with much re gret that we are compelled to say that it has sorely disappointed the fond hopes of that class of our fellow citizens. To show this an analysis and criticism of certain portions of the address is here proposed. But in the course of it a universal and sweeping condemnation of all it says and all It proposes must not be expected. Due credit will be given It for all the good It contains, while its faults and short comings will be fearlessly pointed out, criticised and condemned. The address says truly that "all par ties, with scarcely any dissent, recog nised and conceded the paramount necessity for a change in the organic law In several material particulars." Iffurther regards the late election as having settled the question of the man ner in which the desired amendments are to be made in favor of the legisla tive mode. As this was the mode con tended for by the Republican party it cannot be denied that that party was so far victorious in the contest. The Democrats have accepted the mode of amendment proposed by their oppo nents, and In relation to this matter both parties now occupy a common ground. This is a matter of congratu lation to all the friends of constitutional reform in the State, and especially so to the members of the Republican party. For the Republican party is as decidedly in favor of reforming the constitution in several Important and material particulars as is the' Demo cratic party, and it is hoped that both parties in the Legislature will be able to agree as to the amendments that should be submitted to the people for their ratification or rejection. It is further hoped that the more important amend ments may be submitted separately, so as to allow the people to accept of such as they may approve and reject such as they may disapprove. If this course is pursued it is believed that an approach to unanimity will be had in both Houses. As to the particular amendments that should be submitted to the people, it is not proposed to dis cuss them how. Many of those pro posed by the address, it is believed, will meet with general favor with all parties, while others will be likely to encounter strong opposition. To the suggestion of the address that the peo ple give "free expression of their wishes as to such amendments as they desire" no objection is made; let such expres- gions be given independent of party. "' j, The adcaptandum portions of the address require but little notice-they were looked for, and followed as a matter of course. Every . one expected to hear the cry of radical extravagance, corruption, the public debt, c, repeat ed in a paper like the one under con sideration, for party effect. But the day is past when it can be successfully used against a great party whose fun damental principles cannot be attack ed. Heavy frauds and much corrup tion during the years 18CS-C9, while the Republicans had control i of the State government, is admitted. But sub sequent developments of gigantic Dem ocratic frauds and swindles in Tenn essee, California and New York City the latter surpassing, both in magni tude and wickedness, anything of the kind ever before heard of in this or any other country have convinced every thinking maji that ; their cause is to be looked for in the dreadful demor alization of the times rather than the corruption of any particular party And those who have looked fully into the matter have long since discovered that many members of the Democratic party are as culpable as the guiltiest among the Republicans. Many such roll In wealth and splendor and erect palatial residences out of the money obtained by their connection with the corrupt rings of that . period. But for the fact that the Republican party had a majority in the legislature none would be able to say that party was any more responsible than tho Demo cratic party, for the frauds and swindles complained of. Members of both par tics, in the Legislature even, joined in the rings, which were formed for the passage of the acts - authorizing the issue of the fraudulent bonds. These facts are matters of history, and are known "and read of all men. They show that both parties contained bad and corrupt men, who colluded with each -other to enrich themselves by plundering the State and defrauding her creditors. But they in no way ef fect the principles of said partiee, or . nmvn that one of them was more cor rupt than the other. ; The Republican party. condemns all the acts of fraud and dishonesty com plained of, and denounces their perpe trators, as strongly as does the Demo cratic party It will allow no party to go before it in It3 denunciation of such deeds of vilainy and corruption. Wm. 212 Tweed, the great "boss" of the Xew York Democratic swindlers and thieves, Is a candidate for the State Senate n the 4th District of that City, ! , .'r . -1 with a fair, prospect of being elected, while M. S. Littlefield dare not show his face In North. Carolina Let the thinking and reflecting people Of tho State think of this, when Demo- cratic politicians attempt to hold the Republican party of to-day responsible for the deeds of shameless and dishon- est men.' who happened to obtain a momentary influence at a period pro pitious to their base and secret designs. Let them remember; that uovebnok Caldwell has done everthing to bring them to justice that any man in his office could have done. Let them re- member, too, that none of the known actors in the schemes of fraud referred to in the Democratic address are now recognized as leaders of the Republican Dartv thev are denounced and con- demned by it as strongly as by any M f w t other. They have lost every- particle of the Influence with It which thy ever possessed, and will sink Into mer ited oblivion much sooner than some democrats who shared their plunder, and grew rich by their criminal con nection with them. The subject on which the address was expected by many to be more pointed and decided, If possible, than any other has been almost entirely ignored by it the Ku Klux. It, indeed, de nounces crime in general terms, but studiously avoids all mention of the White Brotherhood, the Invisible Em- Dire or tne Jvu i.iux Jvians. mis could not have been accidental; none can doubt that it was done with a cje- and a purpose. What that pur- pose was the public is much more con cerned to know than anything which the address actually declares. Ten influential leaders of the party had ad mitted over their own signatures that the proof of the existence of the Invis ible Empire was complete, and that it mm m mm J POTt was, "an illegal organization." xney had admitted that it was guilty jof crimes which no honest man in North Carolina could excuse, paliate or deny, and that it was the duty of all good citizens to do everything in their pow er to suppress it. Nay, more than that, they had pledged themselves to do everything in their power to suppress it. All good citizens were looking for them to shape the address with a view to the accomplishment of that much desired end. But all who entertained such hopes have been doomed to mor tification and disappointment. The address has not alluded to the Invisi ble empire, much i less urged up on its members, who are also members q the same political party that issued the address , to disband the "illegal organization." ' The auestion arises, whv is all this? , v , The answer at once suggests itself, to every reflecting mind the Invisible JZm- pire, ichicn comprises a iargem parcioj the party, would not submit to such dicta tion. It was too ioverful and too lnnir ential for control, and the party could not safely venture to incur its - uis- pleasure it was master of the si ua of tion. Is there any other solution the mystery? Is there any other rea- sonable hypothesis which suggests it- pelf to the mind of the reader upon -ti-Vi I Vi on nvnl q no f Inn rni ti 1 1 1 r, J vl If there is we are willing that the Democrats shall have the benefit of it. But, says one, the address declares that the party it represents "has al ways and persistently condenned crime, by whomsoever perpetrat xl." But do not men often condemn crl mes ... while paliating, excusing or apologis ing for them ? Do not most men who commit crimes condemn their own acts, admit that they were wrong, and often frame excuses - in paliatio i of them ? A denunciation of crim b in general terms, with a call upony all good men to aid in bringing offenders to justice, falls very far short of the de mands of the occasion in fact amounts to nothing. There is not a single mem ber of the Invisible Empire, or" Ku Klux Klan, in North Carolina, includ ing Shotwell, who has not at all jtimes been ready to sign such, an address. The men who assassinated Stevens, hanged Outlaw and drowned Puryear would not hesitate a moment, tb put their names to such a paper. ' There is not a single Chief of a County, Klan or Den, in North Carolina that would not readily .have tdone the same thing. But would they have signed and published an address con demning and denouncing the organiza tion ly name, and urging its members to dissolve all connection with it? They would not think of such a thing, unless they had really made up their jminds to disband the organization and ter minate its existence altogether. ' It may well be doubted whether, by the general terms of the address, the members of the Klans will consider their acts as having been alluded to. For one leader of the Democratic party of great authority has character ized them as "a species of wild justice," which is very far fiom having designa ted them as "crimes." Another leader of equal authority has spokerj of the lviux, in a pupiisned speech, as unauthorized ministers Of justice." Will men who regard themselves as "ministers of justice," authorized or unauthorized, be likely to suppose that j they are included in a general denun ciation of crime and criminals?! , Tho address must be regarded as the -. platform of the Democratic party for the time being, yet it has not oho word of condemnation for the White Broth erhood, the Invisible Empire; or the Ku Klux Klan. or even for secret oath- bound political societies of any kind. If the party has not, in this address, en dorsed these secret, oath-bound, insur- ltvuu"'uJ fH r-jb iy OI Ualll USC CVtiJf UllXiO 1U CllO UUCU I der, it has, at least, failed to repudiate hem, and this, under the circurnstan- I ces, almost amounts to an endorsement. There is one passage in the address that is simply ridiculous that which charges that the course of the Republi- cans Gf the State has a tendency, "by giving a political turn " to these crimes and outrages, to "destroy confidence In the Courts and bring them Into disgrace and contempt." It is almost a wonder that the ink did not refuse to flow un der the pen that indited a charge so ut terly without foundation In fact. It is the fact that the Invisible Empire is a part of the Conservative party that otherwise no such turn could be given them by Republicans. No one. it is presume, wUl deny that the acts of a secret political organization are justly changeable to the political party of which such organization is a large, if not principal, part. And how does the fact' that they are chargeable to a po litical party V produce the almost in e1 table? conviction on the minds of dmntere&teci observers tnat tne pur , - ... .. pose of the press, the Legislature. and the Courts, is not to suppress crime and outrage,! but to manufacture political capital j ? It does not "produce" such conviction it on the minds of disinter- ested observers," as the address alleg- es, but only "on the minds of" inter- ested " observers," as every one can see by observing who such "observers" are.. : In making such a charge against leing j Republicans this address has shownia degree of effrontery which few were disposed to attribute to the par ty which it j represents. It sounds like the cry of "stop thief " to divert attention from the acts of its own press and partizans. And well may it at tempt a diversion in their favor, for no set of men ever had greater, reasons for desiring that attention should be aver ted from their recent course. From the day that the late adjourned term of the U.S. Circuit Court began in this City to the present, the Conservative press, has been doing everything in its power to " bring it into contempt." It has charg ed the Court with having connived at, if not actually procured, the summon ing of a packed jury ; with shameless tyranny and corruption : with bitter and malignant part izanism in its charg es to the jury ; with everything, in fact, which goes to "destroy confidence in and bring it into disgrace and contempt." It has even charged, in the spirit of th0 t bitterest partizan malignity, that the convictions before the Court wer unlawful. In this way " the mor al and legitimate effect of its judicial determination for the suppression of crime" has' been well nigh destroyed by the very party that now has the au dacity to come forward as the champi on of the Courts. ; i All this time, too, The Era, the ac knowledged organ of the Republican party in JNortn uaronna, nas oeen up holding the Court, and defending it against the false and infamous charges of the Conservative press, so as to create and preserve confidence" in it, and prevent it from "being brought into disgrace and contempt" with the good people of the State. And yet Republi cans in North Carolina, as well as out of it, are charged with pursuing a course which "is not only ignoble, but tends to destroy the moral and legitimate ef fect of the voice of the press, legislative action and judicial determination for the'suppression of crime." ' In the lan- guage of the address under review, 44 I,vfn; io rW nnl,r o-v ,Mw less, false and scandalous, but infamous to the last degree, and betrays a spirit of wickedness, we venture-to assert, without parallel in political warfare." Well may this be said when it is re membered that it comes from a party whose Central Organ has, for years, per sistently denounced as corrupt the Courts, both ; State and j Federal, and all the Judges of them with but one or two exceptions ; thus bending all its energies to do the very thing for which it now essays to sit in judgment on Re publicans upon a trumped up charge. Dal ton and the University. The SentlnePs jeorrespendent, Dalton, in his last letter, under the head of "A Ffiwi Hours atPonlar Mount sheds crockodile tears over the removal of the late iTesiuent ana vacuity oi me um- versity. They are extolled to the skies as men eminently fitted for the stations which they filled, and who ought to have been retained at its reorganiza tion. To this we have nothing to say at present, except that such talk comes witli a very bad grace from the repre sentatives of the Conservative party. Who has fonrotten the attacks made upon Gov. Swain and the Old Faculty I w Tit Twom miri tno f tho " ...ew - '67 ? The objection then made to them was : that they were believed to have entertained Union sentiments durincr I the war4-that they were radicals and. therefore, did not command the confi dence of the Southern people. Smart- , - n Vinrirr thrsft nttfirks Gov. in gr under tnese attacKs uov..&wain came to Raleigh and made a speech in the Commons Hall, to the members of the Legislature and others, in defense of himself. Subsequently one bi the present leaders of the party was heard to say that he would prefer "Jim Har- j ris to Gov. Swain as President of the University." Yet these same men how lift up their hands in holy horror at the removal of the men whom they then denounced. ; O, shame, here is thy - t I The ..University should be revived, but i it can never be revived under the j and TnliHrel ...rr. :"-- . pill tiC. 4H dhuuiu lr icmicu basis that will elevate it above the con- troi prseci or mrty, C rrL'4:mAnv 1 .oudii8c:ipiu-i.j.... in his examination Dei ore the ivu mm. a a . mmm m mm am -r-i -r J Lf i r Ui- tTT. jviux xnvesiigaijuu wjuiuuimw,! nan- ington, x). u., Jtiehruary zitn, i$7i, jo- siah Turner. -J. v being sworn, testified as follows, vi Question. Hbw.,long since you heard of the organization of the Ku Klux or White urouiernooar Answer. I never knew anything of it UU tte.frir&4brfA Crt, (Ang., 1870). I had no knowledge of it, and none that out rages were perpetrated. I - Q. Did you not say at Graham, last Spring, in the Court House, in a speech, addressing . ' got for voting this radical ticket ; it will be a great deal worse for you if you keep on ; or words to that effect? A. I remember making a speech there (May 1S70) and said, not to the negroes, fori I hardly ever made a speech to them, they were not apt to turn out and hear me ; I was speaKing to tne vvniie people anu a . . . in 1 J r enumerated the outrages that had been perpe trated throughout the State by the Leagues, I m lA VUGU X CUUlUCiavi tuv V U. V Mfevo I had been-perpetrated by the Kit Klux, and I anil IUSU X CUUUientKU ulio uuuogca i,ua 1 . . v denounced both, and told them that they were the result of secret societies, and that it would bring destruction to any country, The witness swears positively in his answer; to the first question that, he knew nothing about the Ku Klux, and knew nothing about any outrages that nad peen commuted unui August iu It will be seen by referring to the print- ea wsumouyuj iuu, uuu uiunuswer was given upon fhe examination in chief. After having been switched off in the cross-examination and led gently back by cautious advances to the main auestion. the witness j swears that he did have such knowledge in May 1870, for that he enumerated; outrages which had been perpetrated, and ascribed them to secret societies.! It will be fur ther observed from the printed testi mony that the question of time " was material to the issue.V We will not proceed to remark what kind of swear ing this is." The honesl and intelligent reader will judge for himself, and com ment on our part would be superfluous. But let us examine the testimony of the witness a little further.' It is the question-of time, again,; that is in issue. Q. Do you say that you never had any be lief or information that such an organiza tion existed before ? (Before August, 1870, time of the late trial.) A. I never had the least information; never saw a man who told me or who inti mated to me that ho belonged to it! ; Q. llave you ever, and if so, wnen, in your paper denounced the Ku Klux as an organization ? ', A. Always. j (i. Dia yoa ever assume in your paper that such an organization t existed? A. Did exist? Q. Did you ever admit in your paper that such an order existed ? A. I think I have. Q. When? A. I do not now rem em 1 ber what dates. Q. Was it before or since the trial? A. It was before the trial,. ,Here again the witness swears posi- tively in the examination in chief that he never had the least information of the existence of the organization before the trial. But cornered in the cross- examination, he is compelled to confess hesitatingly and reluctantly that he had admitted the existence of j such an organization in his paper before the trial. If the extremest stretch of Christian charity might by any riossibilty excuse the witness in the first' instance above cited, can any human ingenuity palli- ate a repetition of the same thing ag it ooo In enrl incfonr-n? i FJ.vVii.r We remark again as we remarked before that comment is entirely unnec essary. - A ' With the "respectability " that such a witness represents, we have neither lot nor portion. j Resigned. Rufus B. Bullock, Gov ernor of Georgia, has resigned his posi tion as Chief Magistrate of that State, which took place on the 30th of last month.. The reason assigned by Gov. Bullock for his resignation is, that the Democratic Legislature of that State which assembled on Wednesday last, had agreed to impeach and. depose him ; and for the purpose of defeating that object and for the further purposes of installing Mr. Benj. Conley, President of the Senate, as his successor It ap pears mat lur. Forney is u xvepuoiican. Gov. Bullock's administration of the affairs of Georgia reflected no credit on himself or the Republican party of that State. From information that we have before us, we are constrained to believe that Gov. Bullock, Foster Blodgett and and others of like ilk, are responsible for the present condition of the Repub lican party, of Georgia. 1 That Htate has been cursed, as most of the Southern States have, with a class of meni natives and others, who are no j credit or profit to any people. The people of the State eeneraiiy. and more .? especially Tne 9 am V.1 Z ' a ma va AAnwwofnin. ted n the exodus of such men from the Southern States. Speaking of the installation I of Gov. Conley. The Atlanta Sun of . Nov. -1st Isays : ! V . I " We doubt if this wrasa legal step. The Constitution provides that in case of a vacancy in the office of Governor, j the Presidetit of the Senate shall exercise I tne duties or tne omce oi governor, i xue uuuts are iu tzc&ruusci uy mm, i by virtue of his being President of the 1 n. 1 - T - T I Senate. He does not thereby I become I Governor only exercises the duties of the office. When he ceases to be Presi dent oT the Senate, he ceases to have authority to exercise the duties of Gov ernor. ; If this view be correct, Judge Conley will be out of office to-morrow: and whoever is then chosen President of the Senate will have the legal au- 11 .1 1 1L.- tt 11 I m r.nxnrtoinoH I by many. j I If the view above presented is held J to be not according to law, the iegis-1 la h nnthnritv tn nrdpra new 1 election, which it will, no doubt, do at once, and we shall have anew Gover- nor. TIia Sanfinol find tflft AflflrASS.. ; v.. - I X T n All theConservatlve ana .uemocrauc 1 . . '.i-i- i papers m tne estate nave euuuracu. wo Democratic address except une oeniv net. One or two of them have criticised if. nnt hPincr fliwother what the oc- casion demanded, but all of ihem have en(iorsed it eenerally except The Senti- i attkt ta Kia9 Ta if. wvmmisa it does ,lnnnMaa AiottUl whn onnosed of everybody, the Ti,T Tv2rrmor indictment against the Democratic party in 1865-is unwilling to be called a liemocrair n not uus wnui utu uie reason be? For it seems to be certain that The. Sentinelte displeased with fUp, address on some account. Else wjiy failure of Tie Sentinel for thaQ a week the; address its endorsement? If The Sentinel talis into line by giv- I incr fh nddrpss its pndorsftmpnt hereaf - I " ; j ter it will be fair to suppose that it has I r ii i 11 A. : i. 1 peen iorcea in oy inegeuenu ieeiiuS 1 1 T 1 .I" 1: and sentiment of overshadowing and influential leaders. Will it yield to such influences? The Illinois State Journal says : Iowa California, CJolorado, Montana and Maine have all given sweeping uMUn moAiHoa mt .' If. R. ,f ? Tt . ,fi that idminis. tration of President Grant gives geoer- i :r,A: i i , , -j j. i t mII that, hna rwn sain norninat. ir. It. ... e - " means mat it is regaraea as ; souna, nonest. economical and useiuii and is therefore satisfactory. The elections also mean that the peo- pie of this country do not yet feel like trusting the leaders of the Democratic partv to the extent of putting them into power. All their and other changes of front be of little avail. The nearer they come to adopting Republican: princi ples, the more they condemn their own record ; and when they attempt new disguises, without any recantation of past errors, they but add hypocrisy ' , -...j x new causes oi uisirust. xesiaes, wnai could the nation expect from theascen- dency of such a party, in the! way of purity or peace, economy or such exhibitions as it has lately by its Tammany Hall in New and Ku Klux in the South? At all events, and whatever the con trolling reasons may be, the people ac tually seem to have come to the con clusionunanimous enough for all practical purposes to let the; Demo- cratic party tarry yet a little while in Jericho. Sam. Piiixljps told a wilful false hood in open Court on yesterday. Sen tinel. I Upon reading the above we were re minded of the following anecdote: Many years ago Governor Scott, of Kentucky, a Revolutionary officer of approved valor, happened to give of fence to an upstart lawyer, who de manded, an apology of him.. The apol ogy was refused, when the upstart said : "If you do not make the apology I will send you a challenge." " If you do," said the Governor, "I will take no notice of it." " If you don't," said the upstart, " I will publish you to the world as a coward." If you do," said the Governor, "you will only publish yourself to the world as a liar, for no- I L J -sil 1, i uwy win uiicve jou. , ;, body will believe you." What does the reader suppose the charge of falsehood against Mr. Phil lips was based upon? Why simply an expression of opinion by him, in the discharge of his duty as an attorney, that a certain party could have a fair trial in Wake Gounty- TlieSentineVs own statement where is thy blush ! We learn from' The Washington Republican that a supplementary proc lamation releasing Marion and includ ing union county, oouth Carolina, in the number wherein the writ of habeas corpus shall be suspended - will be is sued by the President in a day or two. A proclamation of like tenor affecting certain counties in Georgia is antici pated, j From the South we continue to have some Ku-Klux echoes. The Congress Committee in Georgia have satisfactori ly ascertained the fact that over two thousand persons have been driven into Atlanta from ; the outlying country. t- r- ii. i? , il A I j? rom ooutn Carolina we , learn mat the military authorities in the counties where the priviliges of the writ of ha teas corpus have been suspended have had no resistance in making ! arrests. and none have been made in the night time. So the imaginary terrors of "martial -'law" disappear before the actual truth. It is to be hoped that the example made of the Ku-Klux! in this State will have a wholesome influence upon those in Georgia, otherwise the same measures may be used for their suppressions, j Aieantime, the "con Meantime, the servative77 JMaryianders, who retain a lively interest in the Lost Cause, have j been : uttermg ; wild aies of t protest j airainst " me wicKea war now wasrea i LL Alii A It ..-Tll I ; oviuai nucrty uiiu jlu, v . . . xt la cuxiuus that the irate Marylanders have wait- ed until some of their own friends were in trouble before tfndiug -out that is a war somewhere. iVi Iv Tribune. -A , The famous French tri-color is still flying from the spire pf the cathedral at Metz. There is said to be in all Metz onlv one man who is both ski 11- f and daring enough todln the steeple to its entire height, l This is t - , - , he who placed the flag there. He is a poor worKinan, who, during the war, attacnea tne nag xo xne peaK or the SDire for five francs, but thfl nalrioHn opiv vi ixwuvo, uic? uaiiiuui; Frenchman has refused the Prussian Governor's offer of 5'000 francs to re move it. ! .IjCUCr ffiuui uiv0 nfthe charlotte Bulletiri I I L T FT. s H-ML. w vm - i , t T rTnir "N" r. Oct. 30. 1871 - I iwuixuu, -- . irht o111 i Tpnr Bulletin : 1 tnougnt ii mi you good in your oiix to hear oi tne 1 J ks, once more irom tne VJWJtJ ULVX A A. w. " V . - II i. fmanri rT rt n PT and xrom your quonuaax, w r- i?1? th stand you tok f hft convention auestion. Time lias cnnm fhnt. von were rifirni. it w time to call a Convention. I am gua Your course in boldly and openiyue- -A M X tt iriinr. meets with meets TIth great favor nere. You reghtjd in i saying rnat ine uiu "jv ponslbl0"for u InfamousT or izatfon. iltistheontrcroppmgof a Utlonj to not responsible for this LfV"J ganization. It is 0UviT3 x 01J'",3V AnZT nriVi- 1 mT awvA-YC-V1 Ul M "II I ini & tA.mV ry, mat niia ii V V;?ntia pies, and r. young men who .don't know what to do with their telentsi and toallytuni in noliticsandtoKuKluxing. 1 thinK 1 oA and fwl a cTPat chancre. I vy o 7, " I Tl J MtH hAW TnilT, 1411V. UliUliUUi Xli 19 EW-l uw " - ' . J I I Tn7 I M ' V . UM . r'- v 1 romrvmfv are oppcteed t tne extreme course of The Sentinel nnd the voung bucks. They say it must be stopped or the whole South ruined. : . it would do you good to see i j X S r imnwttrinn QTIf how and I do miinn iniu I'll v ik iiuuiuviiit: r hat if npnnle enerally at the efh wnnid betake themselves in some honest work and let party politics alone, the whole country would soon recover from its depressed and distress t rendition. . ' I hope, my dear old mend, tnat your davs mav be lengthened; and that you may continue to receive the encourage- I . - . i r 11 mont ann snnnnrt oi coou. uieii ui parties. Yours, &c., The Wisconsin Fires. Correspondence of the N. Y. Tribunal. Men who were in the turmoil of pre; dpsrri hft it, ns a chance acrainst double- Bhnttpd batteries ransred at either end new departures or the pMn-if it so happntheblast . passed ry you and struck the compan ront appear to PJfftJ unnrRide. The waves latterly ion by your side. The waves lattenv ricocheted and rebounded from earth nnward and downward. Tnose tnat remain marvel most ai wieir rarapp. . . i .i ii Frightened birds, hovering far above tho trPA trns. wtre neimessiv swirieu i ntn tha whirliner pool. More wonder- ful than all the rest, perhaps, few fami- hip. fnmrarativelv. so far as can be as- hrtained. were burned inside the hou- . . . j fnrn tha witn them on every hand. A faciily well known to the three settlements for , r. . . . ji - ii i i ble scar was on the dead bodies, wev- enteen in one family-grandiatber, grandmother, sons and sons ons of sons were found on their own farms. Hfp- less. But why attempt the cold work of recapitulation? What awful satire was it that made life and death con front each other in this frightful time. While four hundred souls were riish- ing out of the world, one puny mortal entered it; and lives now after such a baptism of lire as the world never De- fore witnessed. The mother of this memorable waif, Mrs. .Caroline Ehg land, did a work that day which ex ceeds in improbability the wildest fic tion. Riding four or five miles on horseback, she reached Peshtigo in the closins: hours of asrony, and with her own brave hands and heroic resolution saved the lives of four of her sister's children, standing five hours in the flood with her unborn babe, whose first wailings were mingled with the mut tering: flames. The constancy surpass ed the self-contained determination of the bravest men. A resolute mother gathering about her a brood of five lit tle ones the youngest but ten days old threw her dress skirt over their little heads, and seating herself calmly at the foot of a tree, with her bak to tUC SCVereSt OI the IlTe, Caimiy piUCKed icked th hurnimr brands from the ctouo at the burning brands from the group at her feet, and outlasted the tempest with very little safia though one bi the little creatures has since died fronji the burns received. The mother is badly but not fatally injured. Brave in the purpose of saving wife and child, a Mr. Tanner rushed with his little fam- breath from the little one. Disdainful of i life, the unhappy father drew his knife, but a merciful-limb fell and crushed him into safety and life. Two gastly wounds attest the fervor of his determination. t The Chicago. Fire. Chicago correspondents continue to furnish copious details and Incidents of the great fire, with abundant i com ment on the present aspect of the situ ation. One correspondent writes : "A cat has actually been recovered, alive and squalling, from the desolate ruins of the post office and custom house build ing. I have with these orbs beheld that feline salamander. She still wears her royal vestment of fur, and retains velloSv imDroved.- her lung-power and appetite, both mar- " . veiiuusiv iuiuiuvcu. uauira a.u.. i xiuu- I bard, dar., Uncle Sam mail . dls- James M.IHub- patch officer at ; tUls point to whom. by the way, considerable credit is due for the rapid reconstruction of our pos tal lacinties was hunting m the rain to-dav for sbmethiner he thought jnicht still be preserved. . "Meow !" Hedis- tinctly heard the familiar melodous voice, lie is a judge of music. , and could not be deceived. He listened. Again rose the muffled falsetto. I "It must be a ghost 1" He stepped: lightly over the crumbling brickbats and help ed some women to excavate the ruins in the corner whence , the sound pro ceeded. Lo ! There, eight feet I under ground, at the mouth of a sewer pipe UDn in a pail of water sat grimal- L in wiii a m in hprOTdonfi rinru - .UUA O in her eyes. ; Sister of Shadrack, Mes- nacK & uo., she had survived the -fiery furnace, and came forth unscathed. It seemed, on examination, that she had exnibited the presence of mind to stick her legs in the water and her head in thesevver, whence she drew air, and probably smelt mice ; " and ' when the building collapsed a column fell so as to shelter her. A million dollars ini gold had melted into bullion within twenty-feet of her. Pussy Is an im mense favorite In' the Post Office,' and has resumed her i place as a regular : member of the staff. How is that for cat? - 'cJ.:A::U - .-.I'. . The American Bible Society lias appropriated $5,000 worth of Bibles for imuiediate distribution In Chicago. according te ily toward a fancied place of security ; with our history since our late strugtrld O shame I UU51iU1, utxuiug cuireut vviuicreu mei wuii uie union. f -' i i x ,1 i : i- : i.x i ii i nu n tt . t i wuiuuu auu m a uiuuicuk ocuraieu me 1 a uere , nas oeen, as ever v niouiriniT . 1 1 A 1 f .11 1 ! J 11 "T A 1 If f 1 I CORRESPONDENCE. J I -irHrtramnKt not be understood aa enlora- Ine the sentiments of their correspondent, Communications on oil suojecis are Boucitett, 1 V. V 4ii lw, tri vpn to the readers of TnE Kua rnntalnin the views and sentiments of the writers. - , . - For the Carolina Era. Letter from Washington. Messrs. Editors : The great sensa- i - f riA,,ftftta- Alexander H. Stephens. To ency. and of being a Jolly old "fraud," and not by any means a demi-uod, s - o - . the deluded Georgians Imagine. exander floundering through weari some columns, trying by "vainrepei titions to cover his treason and fol iv. while Governor .Ilplden belabor) I ... m the poor fellow until tne. -people roar with laughter, and poor iviecK roars chagrin and wounded vanity.- wi c k that at this Atgllr the deluded South has wveu"",1" ,inrifror nf iu,in 0ri not awoke to her most entirely wiped out as a section, and old State lines abrogated through the persistent folly of Ku Klux and Ku Klux leader. At last the "Invis ible Empire" folly has aroused the at tention it deserved all along, and tho is credit is freely and fairly given W. W. Holden for his clearness of vision in rej cognizing the conspiracy as " the second rebellion," and attacking it with bold3 ness, although endangering- his ,ovrj life and property. He was defeated, but the Klan leaders were obliged tc disclose their plans and power so lonj concealed until the nation stood aghast at the spectacle I Treason and murder ever go together, but who would ha vJ thought that treason could have plotted so meanly against the very one wb4 saved lives justly forfeited? Look at the record, men of North Carolina, and tremble at your future unless you repuf dlate the conspirators and their plans; Four years of bloody war should havd taught our people a lesson not soon tS be forgotten, but here we find thesamft dark ulots of 1860 about to be repeated and with no possible chance of success Men might plead in 18G1 that some considerable reason existed for going with Alexander Stevens Into a "blood less war." He advised his State and people to accept secession as the only way to escaDe " war at home." and lo his recreancv he was rewarded wit. the Vice-Presidency of the Confederat States. Let all men who profess to leai be examined and their intentions care fullv investigated. Did Gov. Grahan or Durham act wisely or well whei thev condoned and defended murdc and the driving from tho tate all dif fering from them (their imperial maj i nor in an nistorv u ueu "71 7uZZ;Z ""1 . i fic wa vy""" ,J, 1 iT ; 1 Pen again. 'J. reason win noi ue iorf given or forgotten should the army of the Union conquer another rebellion in the South!. It does seem as if histo; ry had no lessons for some people. Our foolish leaders have effectually arrayed popular sentiment in the late Conied- nm mr armincf thn rrnvortlinonf in 1871 as they did in 180 1'. Ten years have, taught us nothing, and the money and -men we might have incorporated into the very fabric of each Southern State has been driven back home where abun dance oi ooin uwuii uui, me uruur ui President Grant to occupy and h&ld forever the late seceded! and now re bellious States. It has come to this, and can no longer be concealed, that a conflict is imminent, and tho only way ' to prevent the disaster is to arouse the plain working people lrom their lethar gy and shake off the chains that bind them to the great conspiracy called Ku Jvlux, White lirotherhood, or " invisi ble Empire." Repudiate all lawless advisors and punish all perpetrators. wtop persecuting men for opinion's sake, and look with suspicion upon all seek-; M ou P 'c.rU1 ,J.Wt0 OWUI.- 1 trouble and anguish will -come Upon you. C. For the Carolina Era. The Southern Reform wish to call , the attention of tho reasonable public to a fact connected jnind has noticed, a decided reform in public opinion so far as regards indi vidual merit and virtue. Yet how few. are willing to grant this, reformation the importance it demands! We are readv to lie down in riosnhir whon tlirt results of our civil wrar ' are mentioned to us: but let us look at the bright side? of the picture. When Providence shut ua up m ine aarK cavern with the wild beasts (hisrh taxes, dep-pnorntn iYinmlM2' &c.,) He nicely threw into the lonely-. aoyss, at least one golden ray of genial light which serves as a ladder by which we may climb out, and not only, out, but higher in the scale of civilization! than we ever were. There is rank vet J- It is true, but everv man ho!d thnfc rank in which he places himlf hv hJ conduct. I repeat that men am psttmn J ted according to their true merit. Thcj rich man receives honor: if h. mvr it at all. not on account tT thtminvnu ili t 4.i.. . i j , V " ' Sft JlLtllJi of the unquestionable worth of an hpn-. est and noble man. Rich man, you, and not your negro, are worthy of thoi civilities paid to you now. . j The well-to-do farmer, treads with-1 out shame, yes. treads croud I his plow, and commands the respect of the rich and the learned.' s ' . i The poor man. If he Inborn find tinr. forms his part, enjoys the commenda tion of his employer and the nmisi rf his neighbors. He classes that Position in society which he prefers ' -und l wm. comed there. . ' . ..i., - There has been a errand reform nn of which we are proud tn which will ever stand, forth a living monument in contrast with thw hln k- Bcenea oi our late drama. : -: ' fu ; ; f. A Guilfqbd YoiJTir. " j ( ' ' For tho Carolina Eli Messes. Editors : Termf t mo tn ns- of ' you the privihvre ' of through your columns the honpt inl true sentiments which -I relation to; the Conservatlv0 party,' which I have heretofore been associated with. I look upon It now at tlm tncf corrupt political organization that ever existed therefore,! henceforth and for ever sever all the ties that bound me to that party, and have afflliated my-' self with the noble. proVid "Nrtf T ii . . o y. Republican partv. a partv' nf worth and good meaning. -; -.t -.; . i ; , , . , -r-v.-jxespectfully dc., H ; a V Vi---. John G. Efland, ! SalisburjT, N. C, Oct. 80. 1871. , a
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