North Carolina Newspapers

7 ' ... : : ' . ..(: : : ' ; . " : " . ' - : ... .. i . - : J; a- r i WeddlBjr. Jr. Commodore Chauncey, a Young Widow, Disguised as a Man. shoots Her fickle lover. L:Lst Thursday night there was wcililinr at the hotel in Spotswood, N. T n town on theCamdon and Amlwiv railroad, about ten miles from South Ainlxy. About midnight a suspicious looking ix?rson was noticed on the piazza and about the yard. James Jer- nee, propnetor'of the hotel, and Dan- :rl Snowhill, one of the guests, went out to see who the person was. They hailetl the stranger, but received noaii- ?Aver. 1 hey then asked him either to . away or to come in an join' the par ty. Snowhill insisted upon his coming in, ana tooK noiu oi Jus coat to draw him toward the house. Up to this time the stranger had not spoken or made any motion.but stood back in the shade. When, however. Snowhill took hold of his coat, he drew a pistol and fired two shots in quick succession. One led I entered Snowhill's left breast, and the other passed over his head and en teral the tramcwork or the doorway. r i At t T ir. rMiowiiiJi ifii 10 me grumm, anuin the excitement following no attempt was made to secure tne would-be mur derer. There was no clue iv to who the as- -a-in might Ik?, and no suspicion rest ed upon any one until the following morning. L ion examining the grounds about the Jiouse, a false moustache and goalee, a silk hat, and a pair of gentle men's gloves were found. It was then discovered that Mrs. Commodore Chauneey, a young widow with whom Snowhill had been on terms of inti macy, was missing. Her absence and the articles of disguise found led to the W'liefthat she was the assassin. She is now under arrest at her house, near the scene of the tragedy, she being too ill to le removed to the jail. Snow hill lies in a critical condition; it is not thought probable that he can recover. The bullet, which lodged near his . heart, has not been extracted. Mrs. Chauncey is a handsome widow of M, with black eyes and dark hair, and appears to Ik? a woman with whom it wouldnot.be wise to trifle. How ul timate her acquaintance with Snowhill v.ai.the neighors do not say, for it ap pears to have been kept a secret. It is said, however, that there was an en gagement of marriage between them, i he breaking off of which was the "cause of Mrs. Chauneey's rage. Her friends say there was no quarrl be tweeir them, no engagement or inti macy of any kind whatever, and that Mrs. Chaiuieey went to the wedding in men's clothes, with other female com pynv, for a Mlark," and that she shot Snowhill in her fright after the latter had .struck her. Her injuries result from the blow which struck when she first tired at him. Dressed in male attire, he thought her a man, and put himself on the offensive as soon as he discovered that his assail ant was armed. Physical prostration after the excitement of the attack and the tight has done much to reduce her strength, so that it is scarcely likly that she will le well enough to be removed to the jail for some days or weeks to eonie. Tin: Democuatic Leader Ue sionsiiili That the Democratic lead ers of North Carolina are responsible iiillKi cneeiv uini siuji uki dence. In wickedness and atrocity the organization has no parallel in his tory. Its puriKse was to gain political supremacyjy driving the liepublicans t if the South into submission and si kiuf, or by compelling them to' fly from their homes. It electioneered by murder and pur.niadrfl men by the lash and the destruction of their property. IX sought to waste the courage of men and their devotion to principles by eau-ing them to go to oed at night with a dread that they might be mur dered and their houses dotroyed by tire before morning. - It worked bv means that sapped the mental as well as physical strength of men and tried to force them to sacrifice their princi ples and their feelings in order to mir ehase securitv for themselves and their families. IMeft no room for neutrali ty. It demanded of all to take their stand upon the one side or the other absolute submission upontheone hand, or total insecurity for life and projerty . ujn the other. , . , , , t Such is the record, and for this bloody I record the Democratic party is justly t held responsible. It won't do for tne leaders to excuse themselves by saying that they did not commit these crimes ; for the "reply conies back that they held the garments of those who did; that they stood by in approving silence; that thev uttered no word of condem nation; that they raised no hand to bring the guilty to punishment, and that thev receici the political profits re Milting from their perpetration. Such is-the judgment of mankind, and such will be the verdict of history. These spots made upon the Democratic escutcheon can never be washed out. tl. City Chrofinkut. . Comfort fou Democrats. - Our Democratic brethren are so fond of quoting the . V. I". Tribune, that we cannot forego the publication of the following paragraph from' that pa per : Thoe conservative journals which af- iW ted to disbelieve all reports of the a. r T.'n Clnv in ii j til iMroll- I'XlMHHr Ul JViriviu " - n a, are discreetly mute upon tne jeet since the complete rout of the sub- or- .iiii tiiw 1'nlfnl States Circuit Court. Two-prominent citizens have been al-n-adv convicted, and one of these is now a fugitive from justice.' Ijghteen indicted members of the ng have made clean breast of their doings, and have plead guilty to the charges atrainst them. It is said that these un fortunates were forced into the com panvof the Ku-Klux under threats arainst their lives, and that their con feions implicate citizens of their coun tv who oecupv the highest social posi tions. It is apparent that the system f terrorism which has prevailed in some parts of the South has been severe enough to drive into the ranks of the Ku-Klux many men who would other wiH" have been indifferent to what was going on. Now that the courts have broken up this tyranny the unwilling -ubalterns in the gang are glad to tell what thev know about it. V,., C. A R. R. R. The Wilminyton Jour ttat learns from a dispatch, that President Martin, who U now in New York city, has ctrts ted a purchase of iron to finish the Wil mington, Charlotte A Rutherford Railroad, upon condition that the bill now before the Legislature for the-relief of this Company becomes a law. This is indeed glorious news, as we cannot doubt tho bill will pass nt mtee. Jragcdf at a i d' 11... I.-.. 1- I it v s-iOTvo rii T.i f-irtt-i oml tta ' 1 Z Vlnl ble information as to the judicial .i... i?. I:,, i thft conn v of Mecklenburg liioieiiertu 1111? in.-injviiiiiv- ii vi.- u - ... I.idcro Itnnd theiradmis-,ion thatthev portant to a committee enquiring . .r CORRESPONDENCE.?' The Editor notheuntotoodaaendor.: m the wn,mTn,. Communications on all subjects are solicited, which will bo given to the readers of The Era as containing the views and sentiment of the writers. I ' . , For the Carolina Era. , -The Enx of the 4th contains an editorial headed'Lct Justice be Done," which brings prominently before the public the names of those Republicans in .whom I feel a deep personal and political interest. Let the Re publican party strike tlioso men down for Judge Ixgan or Judge anybody else, and I wouldn't give a sixpence for Republicanism in the Pth District. I Cave no personal feel ing against Judgo Logan. Never having heard him charge a Jury, cither Grand or Petit. I thank Judge Logan for his effort in bringing to justice the misguided men in their midnight and damnable raid on Mr. Justice, a member of the House of Repre sentatives from Rutherford county. Hav ing a personal feeling for the integrity ot the Republican party, I know of no better way to maintain that integrity in its purity than to keep out of office, and ir necessary put out of oOlce men who have or will bring reproach upon the party by reason of cor ruption or ignorance. I do not 'say, nor have I any reason to t believe, that Judge Logan is a bad man. Cut I do know that such Republicans as Gen. Bamngcr, I5y- num and IJailey, men who are as free of the kit klux stench as Gen. Grant himself must bo heard and lelieved, and the arm that is raised to strike them for what they consider an honest discharge of duty to the Judicial interest of this District simply par- alizes and destroys the Republican party, Again, to sustain these gentlemen, I beg to refer you to the action of the Commissioners rMfH-klrnhurcountY. I know the men coiuiKjsing that Board, they are good men not T?onu hi ieans. but noku klux. There is , no party in their action in the matter. I cannot close thin article with justice to myself without alluding to a report of public meeting in The Era of the 2nd, held in the Court House in Charlotte on the 20th tilt. I have examined with particu larity a to the individuality of" the officers and committee composing that raeeting.and would not now notice It, were it not for the that is attemnted to be made at Re- j- u - - publcans of high standing socially and ju diciallv. I have been a citizen of this city for thirtj- vcars, have tried to serve my peo ple faithfully and advise them honestly, and did say in a public speech in the Court irniiso in Xnlisburv. when a candidate on the Douglas elcctorial ticket in 1860, that would submit to Mr. Lincoln's election,and do now -onsidcr myself a true Republican desiring in everything to promote its sub stantial interest. I must protest: 1st, that do not know, or think I do not know, either the Chairman or the Secretary of that meeting, I therefore cannot speak as to their qualifications to sot in judgment upon Jiirlrrn i.-ran. I am. I think, more fortu nate in a knov ledge of the personal of the nmmitteo on resolutions. If John. Arm- stead, George, Ejdmond, Ac, of the com mittce luul consulted the Commissioners of tiii a mnntv. what the citizen's duty was to county, thev might have- received valua expenses of statistics, im- as to legal Mnitv i.f n J nd ore. This committee, an of whom are coloreUmen, have good reason to believe I have been a friend to their race, and would not improperly advise them now, and hope not to bo misunderstood when I insist that their verdict shall not be taken as the verdict of Mecklenburg county. ! Again.it will bo remembered by Republi cans of this county in the judicial election of 1SCS, that they were admonished that the General Convention, in nominating Judge Logan for the 9th District, had pre sented the party of this District a candidate of extremely limited ! judicial capacity a good man that knew no law, and with lim ited knowledge growing out of previous practico at the bar that they owed it to their party and county that a State Solicitor of legai experience and ability should be nom inated and voted for by tho Republican par ty, w hose duty it would lie to assist the nom inee in case of his election. J Republican, 9A Judicial Dish'ict. Chvrlotte, January 5 1S72. For the Carolina lira. M r. Editor : The knelt of the departed year is hushed. The JXew Year's smiles beam through the clouds, and all, with re newed resolution, contemplate the futnre. May the New Year be a happy and pros perous one to all. Now that tho holidays are over we stop for a while to breathe, but most of our peo ple have already buckled on the armour, and work moves on with renewed impetus. Nothing has transpired of great interest in our good old town not even our munic ipal election ! Yesterday the people should have leen allowed at the ballot box to say whether their former city fathers should continue in office, but our wiso Legislators have decreed that men j who were elected to serve twelve months, shall serve sixteen mouths, whether they desire it or not. I am not advised that the people asked for this dispensation. I have made diligent inquiry,-but have' heard of no petition from the people, but have heard that the present incumbents "desired it,", or " advised it," (of course). The whole thing is a political manccuver. The election is to come off in May. The Annual Meeting of the Stock holders of the Western Railroad is in ApriL The town stock and private stock owned by Republicans might control the organization of the Road! There is the whole thing! They had everything to lose and nothing to gain by holding the election according to law, and so the law is changed ! Well, per haps the next Legislature will not bo so one sided as this, the most partizan Legisla ture that ever assembled in this State. May it be more Republican and more generous. j Vox. Faycttoville, N. C, Jan. 2, 1872. , For the Carolina Era. Mr. Editor: I witnessed a Ku Klux trial at the Court House in Winston on the 3rd inst., before J. I'-Vest U. S. Commissioner, to-wit: United States M.Burk Kirby, Jphn W. Stone and Lawrence Slauser. i The charge was conspiring and com mitting an outrage on one Jacob Tay lor, col. The evidence being positive, the parties were held to bail in the sum of $o00 each for their appearance at the next term of the United States Circuit Court in June next. .The parties gave the bail. Citizen of Forsytiie. Wlmfnn, January 4, 172. i ' . 1 For the Carolina Era. .1 Mr. Epitor: I desire to present to the PU 1 I present law taxing Distilled Spirits. I nnttltx m Vivn trYita : In ffMnMI V f hfl The present law la too Intricate and cum bersome to be suited to a free people. The requirements are such, that the common faxpaef and poor of land, cannot engage In It ' unless j they do so in violation of law. ifow, U it right or prudent to continue in force a law which excludes the great mass of the laboring people from the lawful pur suits of their fathers ? . . The Constitution of the United States for bids the granting of monopolies. , Cnno-rpsK did not intend to do such a thing, but tho present law effectually does, and for tb jit reason the present law should be modified, so all the poor, as well as the rjcbf could lawfully engage . in the manu facture of domestic Spirits from their sur plus gralnj and fruits, If they desired to do so. This is not asking too much of our Re publican law- makers. Let's propose a sim ple plan iii regard to assessing and collect ing" the tax . from Spirit distilled from grain. I . , ; , . , Abolish storekeepers per . diem tax on distilleries of a less capacity than 50 gallons in 24 hours. Change the special tax on dis tillers. I Tx each still of fifty gallons or l?ss, ten' dollars, and fivo dollars for every twenty-five gallons in excess of fifty gallons Reduce the bond of distillers of Spirits m? . 1 1 t om grant, uct tne aisvuier De required t4 give bojid for double tho amount of the tax on thei spirits that could be reasonably pfoduced in thirty days in the distillery. Abolish or repeal the law requiring the iJannfactHrn of snirifs rhronorh continuous w X a I ciosea nines, xne uisuuer snouiu uo ut- . a lu wed to- cnnih according to his own jndg ! i V 1 st Z wnA msm . . - - 1 . . iieni, ami, tun iret? m w nn fcrmentinK. LV liberal survey should be made by tne Ass distiller required t$ make a return once a month of the time and amount of spirits mlria flrfrinir the nrecedinff . month. It would be brbper also, to require the distil led to glvej notice of his intention to still and register ic. as renuired by law. If the 'governmeiit thought it necessary to contin- ntstorckecners to watch the ' distilleries of 'largo capacity, the government should pay them. That would leave the storekeeper frtvc art el tfire would be but little induce- Lment to collude with the distiller. I can- Wr b - notbelieve that storekeepers are other than humane or more honest thau the distillers In general The writer has had some experience in the revenue fo!r the last two years in the 6th District ofiNorth Carolina, and from obser votinn ftnri i-rrripncQ has been forced to believe that if some plan like the one in dicated above was adopted, that it would ffive general satisfaction to the loyal men, andlgreatly increase the revenue of tho Dis trict. . It would orreatlv lessen the cost of prosecuting those poor illicit distillers, who, by-the-byj many are of the class known as TTrtiAn men durins tho rebellion, ana are siuhch Republicans now. They honestly believe that if the-Government could be aquainted kvilh their condition that it would mrUWfv th laws so that thev could manu facture spy-its from grain according to law. The tax of 50 cents on the gallon would not be a burden, but would increase the price of spirits, and be paid by tne consumer. Mri Editor, I think that we might confi dently appeal to our Republican friends in Congress to motiiiy the present law msoiue way so that all may have an oqual chance in the race of life, and relieve their Kepuoii en friends in many localities in tne union from the necessity of apologizing for the un- 3 - ... A equal operations or the present law. The" broad platform of the party is Equal T?iriif. nrl Justice to All. and hundreds of A A a - I . millions have been spent to establish and maintain that glorious doctrine throughout the Union J And I hope that it may no car ried tint i its broadest sense in collecting thm tnic from distilled spirits. The Govern ment needs the tax, and should have every dollar of ItL but it should not deprivo the great Biases of the privilege of engaging in a lawful pursuit, and contributing their por tion of tax'to the support oi tne uovern ment. I VeiT Respectfully, Yadkinville, Dec. 13, 1871. J. M. M. For the Carolina Era. Mr. Editor: On the first day of Janua- ry, 1872, a large number f colored people at the Qlethodist Church, Charjotte, .. C, i for the purpose oi ceieDraung m i f . ii A.; i nation prociamaiiuu, auiA uuci 6. T),n lilii'Ticr nfGMl WS InVOKOU Dy A. Jj. Lawrence, "after which Rev. J. W. Hood ad dressed the assembly upon the subject aboveHiieritioned, in interesting and en couraging terms, touching generally upon the blessius and privileges which emanate from tile, emancipation of the slaves. J. Schendk and Dr. Pritchard made a few interesting "remarks. Tho Rev. Bishop Lo- iran was present, (accompanied by Rev. Mr. J, Moore) and addressed the audience with much ejcfpience. He specified certain evils i.iVK anv iworlo must abstain to bc- como eminent. Then the following resolu tion wak proposed and adopted : Besotted, Thaf everj' future anniversary be celebratqd, and that the Presidentof such anniversary appoint a Committee of two from each township of the county of Meck lenbunf, whose duty it shall be to make all necessary preparanous c.ii Yonri If. Y . UAiir, of Biddle Institute, Charlotte, N. C. SouTtiEBX Claims. The wasiangion 1 I a. . M 1 A 1 f?jwif RvH tho law prescribing mat uie Southern Claims Commission shall report wrv m'--mJ m but on during each session of Congress works k-atier to the disadvantage of the Commission, as well as to those who are to be brouj;ht;ih connection with it. Those claims' that! were not submitted in tho re cent report lof tho Commission will have to remain janither year before reported on, and every cuaim must be submitted in the Commission's next report, or else become invalid, ks the time of tho Commission ex pires one yar from the 4th of March next. Congres will be asked to .change the law relative to tiie power of the Commission-to report, and the general impression is that it will be authorized Co submit the results of its labors to Congress at snch times as it may deem liscretionary. , Accidents. A horse fell on John Hess, ot Asheville, a few days ago, without inflat ing serious ; injuries, k ' On Tuesday last, mV.: Jhn Patton, a citi zen of Buncombe, was accidentally killed by a falling tree. ,He leaves ahirgo family. ' Abouftwo weeks ago, Thos. Luttrel was out on the mountains in Buncombe, and while descending, his foot caught in a vine and he pitched forward on a stump, a sharp wtprtion of which struck him in the breast, fr,flirtjnt? internal injuries from which he dted on Monday ast. So says The Pioneer. All Lctttrs rlaiac : to Subscriptions or Advertisements, must be addrtssed to Wit M. BROWN, Business Manager. , . - w t All Registered Letters can be sent at our risk. Subscribers receiving their papers with a cross $4 mark, may know that the time for Which , they subscribed j la nearly out, and unless they renew, after receiving three papers, with a cross mark, their papers will be discontinned. ' ' ' '' ' ' ' J. C LOOAJV HARRIS, Editor. THURSDAY, JANUARY 11th, 1872. Local, State and General Items. --- " ; I Bio Suae. Dead letters contained 3.000, 000 last year. - . '; . , U. S. GuMMISSIONKK. S. K. Stansill, .of Buncombe, has been appointed U. S. Com- nnssioner. Appointed. Thomas B Long has been appointed special postofiice agent for North Carolina. A Goop Joke. The Governor of Virginia has just pardoned a man who has been dead six months. . Absurd. We always thought it absurd for a man to expect to "wet his whistle" by I using dry wines A Goodly Number. About 2,000 men have been arrested in South Carolina under the Ku Klnx act. - New Paper. The Masonic Monitor, a handsome eight page monthly journal, is soon to bo published in Goldsboro'. Impeachmext op Judok Logax. The resolution to impeach this gentleman was rejected on Monday yeas 23 nays 80. ? . II id. BJgham Young is said to be hid den in a Utah gorge, and the Government troops are trying to make him disgorge. J. R, Dabden. Esq. We learn that the Representative from Perquimans county is detained at his home by sickness in his lamily. IIeayt Pia. Mr. J. A. Stell, of this county, killed a pig of the Chester White breed a few days ago, which weighed 425 pounds. Tolerable Poor. The Newbem Times says there is some land at Stump Sound, in Onslow county, so poor that you couldn't raise a disturbance on it. Resigned. W. M. Tweed, the great Democratic thief of New York city, has re signed his position as Commissioner of pub lic works of that city. One by one, they I retire to private life, and to Sing Sing, Promoted.-Beniamin Durfee. Esq.. of Wilmington, N. C, having passed the ex amining board, has been promoted from a second to a third-class clerkship in the Third Auditor's Office, Treasury Department, Washington, D. C. Good Average. Gov. Caldwell recently slaughtered nine pigs of the Chester & Berk shine breed which averaged 212J pounds each. They were twelve months old. What other officer of the State Agricultural Soci ety has done as well? Reassembled. The Legislature reas sembled on Tuesday last. There being no quorum in either House, nothing was done. Tarboro Enquirer. They spent $1,000 for the privilege of do ing nothing on. that day. A Judoe Fined. At San Francisco on tho 30th of December last, J udge Lake, in the Municipal Court, pleaded guilty to an indictment for assault and battery with a pistol upon Charles De Young, of The Chronicle, and Judge Stanley fined him ?300. Swearings A man onco went to an ec centric lawyer to be qualified fr some t The . vnnrhand. vn 8Wl said to him, ftU creatIon couldn't qualify you." - r 7 ud vonr nana : rii swear you. dui We'll bet that office-holder was a Dem ocrat. Exfected, Were we in Logan's place we would resign, we say impeacn mm, let the cost be what it may. Char. Observer. Judge Logan will not resign. Tho peo ple, excepting the ku klux and their apolo- gisers, are opposed to impeachment. Row ix New Orleans. A dispatch to The Carolinian reports political excitement intense in New Orleans. Large force of po lice at all points, and in both Houses of the Legislature troops, with Gatling guns, at the Cnstam House. Governor arrested. A statetof affairs bordering on anarchy pre vails. President Lincoln's Presentiment. In a recent conversation respecting Abra ham Lincoln, Dr. Draper stated that shortly before the assassination of the President he said : " I do not think I shall live to see the end of nay term. I try to shake off the vision, but it still keeps haunting me." He began to receive threatening letters soon after his nomination. He kept them by themselves, labelled " Letters on Assassin- tion." After his death one was lound among them connected with the plot which had succeeded. In the North Carolina Legislature, the other day, Mr. Johnston, of .Buncombe, moved to take up the bill to incorporate the village of Excelsior. Mr. Johnston, how ever, did this for Burke, and not for Bun combe. Louisville Courier-Journal The amount of things he has done for "Buncombe" is amazing. He introduced fifteen bills on one d j, and looked cross after that, as though he desired to introduce a few more. Our correspondent, Timothy Tarbucket, was so hard on Mr. Johnston, that we have had only one Buncombe bill day this session. i John D. Ashmore late a carpet-bag mem ber of Congress from S. C, having run the gauntlet of carpet-bag rascality, blew his brains out with a pistol a few days ago in Mississippi. Jlillsboro'' Recorder. Why, Evans, John D. Ashmore is the . -a ' a9 Arm ' - same -carpet-pag mem per oi vvngress- who came here to Raleigh in 1881, In com pany with W. W. Boyce, and made a speech from the steps of the Yarborough House, urging the secession of orth That was. the first we heard of his "carpet nag rascality. -Kc IlEiiAXATioX-If 0 edMifMsctsi-For the benefit of those papers and. persons, who have consoled ' themselves ;with thee belief thai the change in the ofHce of. Attorney: general of. the (United States, means that prosecution of Ku Klux is tb be relaxed, ff not jcompromisdd and dismissed wVptitK lish tho following letter from the new At- ifyrMT Clary . - - - . j rfYASHiKTON, P. C.j Ieo. SO, 1871. JIoii. John JbQl Washington, C. ; ; : -S; Mt Dear Sib i I liavo received your let ter of the 27th instant, covering one from Colonel Carrow, United States Marshal of North Carolina, from which it appears that certain interested persons' pretend and are trying to produce the impression that the late change in the office of Attorney Gener al indicates on the part of the Administra tion an abatement of vigor in prosecuting offenders under tho jecent. legislation. of Congress to enforce the rights of citizens. I am not acquainted with the motives which induced Mr, Akerman to resign,' but I know that the President was perfectly Sat isfied with the energy -and zeal displayed by him in prosecuting members of the Ku KluxKlan.' ( v ; . - . i Jndirinc from th Avi1PTrfl ' fillnitAi? unon ronpht trials of snpli nfirsnns. thin Klan is an 1 organization that no Christian or civilized guvcnmieut uan roieraie, anu u iutst wuu commit or countenance its atrocious crimes expect any favors from me, they are doom ed to signal and bitter disappointment. -1 do not abandon - the hope that all good citizens in the Southern States, for the sake bf their own safety and happiness, as well as from other considerations, will assist the Eublic authorities in breaking up all com inations of men formed to disregard law and destroy tho peace of society ; but if un reason and defiant crime makes it necessa ry, the President is determined to use all the power which the Constitution and laws have placed in his hands to protect the lives and property of peaceable citizens and main tain the supremacy of the laws. Yours, very truly, - Geo. II. Williams. This letter is significant. Those who are muesui wij take notice and govern them selves as suits their purposes. Licensed to Practice Law. The fol lowing applicants for law lice, se were ex amined on the 1st instant, by the Supreme Court and passed : -W. P. Batchelor, Wake. II. L. Staton, Edgecombe. j).B. Cheshire, Jr., Edgecombe. II. P. Pugh, Bertie. T. R. Waring, Mecklenburg. M. F. Smith, Caswell. Authur Spruill, Tyrrell. R. T. Gray, Forsythe. W. B. Glenn, Yadkin, jl N. Wharton, Davidson. c A. Cook, Warren, E. W. Kerr, New Hanover. . T. B. Baird, Buncombe. II. A. Gudger, " S. II. Reed, f " Jj. N. Snelson, " ' W. B. Myers, Beaufort ij. T. Mitchell, Franklin, - D. Pemberton, Richmond. C. C. Lyon, Bladen. They Wice. The article whtch appear ed in the editorial columns of this paper on Tuesday last, headed' Thou shalt not Steal" seems to have touched The Caroll nialn oi this city in a tender place. We thought when we penned that article, and we think so now, that the Legislature failed to perform its duty by not investigating the printing fraud early in the session. It was known then just as it is known now, that the State has paid several thousand dollars more for State printing than the State prin ter is entitled to. Yet. no action has been taken to reimburse the State. Such action does not accord with the declarations of Demociatic gentlemen who preached re trenchment and reform in 1870 and 1871. Tho action of tho Legislature is explained when we tell the public that the State prin ter and those who have reaped the benefits of the State printing, are Democrats. The money of, which the State has been robbed must be returned. If Democrats will not protect the State from Democratic sharpers, the people should bo informed of such con duct on the part of tho dominant party. We repeat" Thou (Democrats) shalt not steal." . ' Distillation of Spirits. We publish ed in Saturday's issue a communication from . Yadkin ville, over the signature of " J, M. M." That communication took the right position. Some such change as re commended by "J. M. M.," should be made by the Congress in the laws govern ing the distillation of spirituous liquors. As! the law now stands, men of small means men who desire to distill whatever fruit the season may produce, are prohibited by thd regulations of Revenue laws. It does seem to us that tho laws can bo so amended as to place every man , in a condition to distill his fruit and grain if he desires to do so,! not only without detriment to the gov ernment, but so as to increase the revenue of the government, and decrease criminal business in tho U. S. Courts. Our delega tion in Congress should take charge of this matter, and use their influence to have the laws amended as suggested by our corres pondent. . : Vox. In our issue of Saturday last, we published a communication from Fayette ville, over the signature of " Vox." That communication complained that the muni cipal authorities of Fayetteville, by an act of tho Legislature, are to continue in office forj sixteen montlis, when they were elected for1 twelve months. When the time for which the authorities were elected expires, the Legislature has no power to extend that time. If they have the power to extend it one day, they have tho power to extend it for ten years, or any other extravagant pe riod. There is a recent case which has been decided in New York State, directly in point; and if injustice is done to the Repub licans of Fayetteville, they shonld test the constitutfoildity of the act of the Legisla ture extending the term of the municipal authorities beyond time for which they were elected by tho people. The Contract Given out. we learn from The Itoanoke News that the contract fori removing the rocks in the Roanoke, from the falls at Weldon to a point some mile and a half below there, as per proposal recently advertised, has been, awarded . to Lieut. J. M. Footet of Plymouth, but who was stationed at Halifax some few years - ! - . ..111 - ? a gO. It is supposea tne wotk wii 1 ue com menced in the coming Spring. ' We . are pleased to know that the contract has fallen into the hands of Lieut. Foote, as we know him to "be an efficient worker. V, Not Scrpbiset. The Charlotte Bulletin says Judge Logan should be impeached.- We are not surprised that it should say so That paper is the organ of one of the Re publicans who signed the memorial asking j the Legislature to remove Judge Logan, i There is no sense in having a dog and do I the barking yonrself. JLLtTX. Adi8patch from Columbia. S. C.2 dated January 2nd says, in the U S. Circuit Court of that day argu- J mehts were 1 made and ei rerdict of guilty j Tefurnel against :"Dr. Edward T. ; Ayery who nea .on jsunaay , lass.. .. , y M'f yet been foiind . of ; his bereabouii This nvktion.U'reded as tte roost (impoi ,tent yet obtained. s1 ., :--:.,' rj r r " ;. .Eighteen prisoners from r: Spartanburg nn;y appeared and offered to plead guilty. The Court consumed : the day' in hearing thrir statements. The prisoners declared that "mostly every white man in Spartan burg county belonged to the klan, including lawyers, doctors, arid, ininisfers; 'that they whipped men, women, and children belong ing to Republican families. No reports have been so harrowinsr and melancholy as ; the simple stories bf -the prisoners, who assert ed that they, were compelled, upon pain f death, to execute the decrees of the Klan.--Such a spectacle was never witnessed before in any Court. ' . , 1 A Loophole fop Stealage. TBe Cfa'f qlinlan of this city says: , V v ? v- ' "The bond of Ihe State Printer was not made to cover the defalcation of the Printer, but onlyto Insure the performance of the work. With his count or measurement the bondsmen have nothing to do, and unless it is established that the work has not been faithfully executed, the bond of tho State Printer cannot be attacked by any one, nor can the Attorney General institute any sort of suit, except against the .Public Printer and his private property.".-. . . .' If thi3 be so, the bond was drawn for the purpose of allowing the State to be robbed with impunity. A comment on Democratic legislation that is. commendable when we think of our impoverished people 1 - . ' -Atlantic and N. C. Railroad. Ths Newbem Times says, the Board of Direc tors of the Atlantic & North Carolina Rail i At oxl tie 30th ult., at the office of tho Company. The omj. winess cf importance transacted was the increase of tne ooi heretofore paid to some of the agents and f.rmrlnf'tors. and the reduction of the fares on the road. ! Both of these actions are significant as well as gratifying, the first demonstrating that the road miu?tbe doiriga good business n onrri tho increase in salaries, and 'the latter evidencing willingness and adisposi tion to mako traveling as cheap as possible for the public. ' , Special" Court. His Excellency has commissioned Judge J. L. Henry to hold a special term of the Superior Court for Meek lenburg County, to begin on the 20th o this month. The court is for the trial o civil cases, afld will continue ontil the busi ness is disposed of. The appointment of a Judge other than the District Judge is in accordance with an act passed by the present General Assembly. 3VIARRIAGES i Married, in this city on Wednesday af ternoon, 3rd inst., at Christ Church (Episco pal) by Rev. R. S. Mason, D. D., Armistrad Jones, Esq., and , Miss Nannie II, second daughter of the late General L. O'B. Branch. All of this city. , Married, in this city, on the 2nd inst., bv Rov. J. B. Bobbitt. Mr. J. S. Branton ! - , andMLss Mary L. Carter. TTOHN MASSE Y is running a Saw Mill fj at Carev. He will furnish all kinds of Lumber at short notice. Any order left at this office will receive prompt attention. January 10, 1872. 31 w4w. TATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, ,, , Pitt County. . j ' .5 In Superior Court. James A. Thigpen, adm'r. of McPortus, against John Portus, Phoebe Portus, Win. II. Tytus and J. II. B. Tytus, heirs-at-law, defendants. Petition to sell Land for the payment of Del ts. It appearing' to tho Court, that Phoebe Portus, Wm.'H. Tytus and J. II. B. Tytus, three of the defendants in this case, are non residents of this State: It is therefore order ed that publication be made tor six succes sive weeks , in The Carolina Era, a news paper published in the City of Raleigh, notifying the said defendants of the filing of this petition, and that unices they appear beiore the LierK 01 tne upcnor .ourt 01 said County, at his office in Greenville, in six weeks from the date of this publication, and plead, answer or demur to the said petition, tho same will be heard ex parte as to them, ana 1 uugmcnt gramea accorumg 10 tho petition. Given under! my hand and seal of said Court, at office in Greenville, this January 2d, 1S72. I W. L. CHERRY, C. S. C. A. II. Mansfield, jj.c ai wtw. ST. J N. JOHNS' COLLEGE, AT OXFORD, IT-OXt LEASE. Tho Board of Directors propose to lease the above property for a High Male School or College for a term of five years. At the late annual communication ot tno Grand Lodere Of North Carolina, it was decided by resolution never to sell the above - . -, , property or divert 11 irom ns original pur pose.; - j . Description of the above Property. The building is of the best brick, 120 feet by 40, with a center of 60 feet in depth, four stories, with basement, containing a chapel 40 feet by 60 with large and spacious gal lery ; 8 large professor and recitation rooms ; 2 society rooms and 53 dormitories. The above building is situated in a beauti ful ten acre grove, studded with large native oaks, the whole enclosed with a substantial oak plank fence, and is wrell suited for the immediate reception of a first class School or College.' ! The Directors) would state, that in society, climate and water, Oxford is not surpassed bv any locality in North Carolina. . 'Proposals for the above property will be received until the first of February, lt?72. RJH. KINGSBURY, Pres. W. J. G randy, Sec. . - dec 23. 80 td. . JJISSOLUTION ! . -: i UPCHURCH & DODD. The late firm of Upehurch A Dodd is this day dissolved, by mutual consent. All persons indebted to the late firm, will call and settle up their accounts with W. G. Upehurch, comer Wilmington and Martin streets. W. G. UPCHURC1I, . ' W. II. DODD, Raleigh, Jan, 1st, 1872. 8 1 m. S ALE OF SWAMP LANDS. Tlio Board of Education will receive seal ed; bids for Durant's Island, in Albemarle Sound, until Jan. 22d, 1872. 1 , - , . The Island is! valuable chiefly for its fish eries, and as " a range for cattle and hogs, which its reeds and grasses would sustain in great numbers." It is about six miles long and from two to three miles wide. , ' All communications should be addressed to ; ALEX. MclVER, Sec of . Board of Education,' . 8?-wfctw4t. r Raleigh, N. C Office Life Association of America, St. JjouU, December 28, 1871. . A N ELECTION FOR DIRECTORS OF I J. the Life Association of America, will b3 held at the oflice of the Association, in the City of St. Louis, Mo., on the 30th day of January, 1872. Polls open from 11, a, m., to 3, p. m. , WM. HANLON, ST-taw3w. Secretary. Trial op Kit Prices." j , , f ,; 3pOOL Orocem 'and Commission MercJuxiU, ) j Corner Wilmington, and. Martin Stsi- 'a,:'. COTTON pern iT . 1.-., ISJ CORN per bushel, . . A . . -. , f po . OATS per hundred ' .f:.-.T .- FLOUR North CaruUsm Family, A4 A 60, . i-LAJUU liaitunore j?amuy, t, i- ,, y BACON--perlb., 10( SALT per sack, ill An -4- BAGGING . - j COTTON YARN ' iJ"-i CORN MEAIiper bushel, : F 1 oU . 1 00 . XtetaiL ,Iricr. BY ... f. t X "A R & A LF O R Grocers ' and Commission Merchants, -. . ' 'Hargett Street . ;)- t BACON Baltimore smoked, " unsmoked, , -strips, - - V ' " . I shoulders, .- -. " ! N. C. dlams, ' , ' f 11 ,.10 12m 00 S is (a 25 Q 125 (4 12 Hk 00 10 17 , 20 30 BU'i-iJiu per r. BEESWAX-per lb.1, BEEF-fon hoot; ' I per quarter, COFFEE per ft.. - ; 3 ( : 5 ' 25 SO 181 . 20 1 60 85 m 00 '15 20 30 S5 8 00 (o)ll CO 1 25 1 40 M 75 (5)1 00 J 05i(M . (K 1 10 12 7 50 C$8 00 30 , .40 ' S3 (2 ' 50 CHEESE per - . , COTTON YARN per bale, COrt-N per bushel. CHICKENS per piece, EGGS per dozen,. , -i FLOUR per bbl., - ' - " FODDER per 100 lbRi -' ' -HAY per 100 lbs., - i(- : HIDES green, per B., - ; " ! dry, per lb., - - : HERRINGS, N. C per bbU, LEATHER per lb., -LARD-i-per lb., - ' ' - MOLASSES per gallon,-'- -" - ' Golden Syrup, MEAL per bushel, I , - : 1 00 OATS per bdshel, ' - " - " per 100 lbs., I ' : - -PORK - - - - -POTATOES Irish, per bush..' '-(- sweet, per bush., SUGAR crushed, ' - - . " . ! extra C, - - -" p. R., '- ; . ' common, I ' ' " ' -SALT per sack,- - -TALLOW per k. 1 - - VINEGAR per gaUon, Cotton ;Mnrketi i . ' . by . v GEORGE T, STRONACH, Dealer in Cotton and Naval Stores, Market and Martin Streets. . ,j Receipts at Raleigh, - - SO bales. For shipment from . Raleigh,. For storage, - , , t - . ' Sales yesterday, - ! - ' - - ' '1'' - QUOTATIONS : ' Ordinary?i - - -" i Good ordinary - - - - Low middling, - j - - - Middling,; - - . ; - i - 41 U u i 'i' 1: 131 C. B. Edwards. N. B. Brotjohtoit. .1 EDWARDS & BROUGHTON, PRACTICAL !:-,! h J Fayette vUle Street, ""Y, (Old Standard TBuildins,) RALEIGH, IS". C. ' f The undersigned, practical printers, would respectfuHy inform the citizens 0f Raleigh, and State generally, that they have pur chased a complete outfit for a FIRST CLASS Book and Job Printing Office, and are now prepared to execute every de scription of . v . . 1 . I i ' , Plain and Fancy BOOK AND JOB PRINTING, from the smallest Card to the largest Poste r, on as reasonable terms as tne same worx can be none as any estapiisnmenc in ine State. Merchants, Manufacturers, PROFESSIONAL .MEN, AND OTHERS, in want of . Pamphlets, Briefs, ; - . . Check Books, j - ; " V Receipt Books, ; - Legal Blanks, or Blank forms of any description y Business Cards, ' ' ' ' J' . -Wedding Cards, j . , Visiting Cards, W : Admission Cctrd,' .' 1 ' '" -.' Invitations,' Ball Tickets, Excursion Tickets, ; ; If 4 MailrXKul Tickets, tic. 4: Posters, Pi'dgrammes, Handbills, Dodgers, ami Everything in the. Theatrical JAne, Circulars) Statements, - ' ? . 1 - ) ,. (, , ;;.' Bill Heads, Letter Heads, . . ' ! - .... ' .' -. -Labels of every kind, . - 1 . . t ::u Or any Description of Printing, Will find it to theh advantage to liall, ex amine specimens and ascertain prices before contracting for their work elsewhere..';'. ' We will keep constantly on hand, or print, to order, 'Wholesale 1 00 m. 10 75 m so 00 i 00 6 Vj 8 , , 1 00 50 75 20 ,;oo 16 16 '15 00 4SH'- 00 Z 00 Vfa 10 40 ' 60 isoiicnor, (superior kajuil ceroneryT, and Magistrates Blanks' - K) J'j . of the latest improved form, on most reason- abeterms. . 'i-..--'-; ' , We will pay special attention to BRONZ E ' V WORK- of every description, such as . ,- , v rj; Trinirvn T.tt?TJI RINDS. NflTirM AZ . ,., ,. ...., ; fc . "t:l f Vi , Having had an experience of ten years in ' ' I' the printing business, and having always, j ; 'if on hand a fin assortment of the best quali-, - ,-1 -ty of Taper, Cards, fcc, we flatter ourselves Vi that we can please all who will favpr usJ. with their patronage. - ; ;vj Orders solicited, and satisfaction guaran-" ' 1 teed. .. EDWARDS A BROUGHTON, v ' Sept. 1, 1871. 89-tt ; Raleigh, N. C." 1 y lS NOTICE IS HEREBY - GIVEN, THAT VP' 1 application will be made to the Gener t 1 al Assembly of North Carolina at its present - -session, to incorporate The People's Build . '. ing and Loan Association of Oxford; Deceniber 18th, 1871. 83 S0d; 4 .'ft til.. !