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i. " " " " , ! OffiM, la thm "Standard buHdinr, Et side of . Fayettfrill Street. U2WIS HAJfES, - - - Editor. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1872. Republican Stale ConTcntion. In accordance with a resolution of the State Executive Committee of the Union Republican party of North Car olina, adopted by said Committee, a State Convention of the Republi can party of this State, i3 called to meet in the city of Raleigh, on Wednes day,' the 17th day of April next. The Convention is called for the pur pose of nominating -candidates for the .offices of Governor, Lieutenant-Gover-ernor,State Treasurer, Attornej'-Gen-eral, Superintendent of Public Works, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Secretary of State, Auditor, and for other purposes. According to the Plan of Organiza tion of the party, each county will be entitled to as many votes in the Con vention as it has members in the House of Representatives of the General As sembly. . S. Jb . I'lllLiljlltj, unairman. J. C. L. IIarri3, Secretary. At Last. The long agony is over. At 12 o'clock, M., on Monday, the Legislature ad journed sine die. There may have been some sorrow among the members at having to separate, iiiany of them to meet in the Legislative halls no more, forever. Some few tears may have been drawn by the pathetic farewell addresses of the members ; for farewell addresses by retiring statesmen have , been indulged in ever since the days o George Washington. Yt it is confi dentially believed that the news will be jeceived by the people ; generally with dry eyes, if not with expressions of satisfaction at what has been done. For certainly few Legislatures ever as sembled in North Carolina with less ; capacity for practical statesmanship, or Tell further below the high expectations that had been formed of them. None ever exceeded it in the partizanism of its legislation, and the adjournment of none has ever been hailed with more delight, except, perhaps, its immediate predecessor. Of its members individ ually and personally we have nothing unpleasant to say- They were, for the most part, a very clever set of fellows, and we wish them a pleasant journey through life in their new avocations. But their public acts are public proper ty, and as such will be "paraded before the public through these columns, with jusl criticism a criticism none the less severe because it is just. Many of their acts they may expoct to see reviewed, and the motives that prompted them, as they appear from concomitant cir cumstances, pointed out and exposed. We shall recur to them many times between this and the first Thursday in August next. That Amnesty Bill. i What has become of Senator Gra- h-im's Amnestv bill? Hundreds of interested persons are anxious to know. The poor criminal Leaguers are wait ing with breathless anxiety for its pas sage. They are anxious to be discharg ed from the loathsome dungeons in which they are confined, to await their trials for the numerous crimes they committed in pursuance of the decrees of the secret organizations of which they were members. They feel that there is something in the unseen man ner and object of their crimes that en title them to Legislative clemency. They feel that their acts, horrid as they seem, are not to be compared to those of men who were silly enough to com mit petty offences against the laws of the State without having first entered into a secret political conspiracy. Such silly criminals, they agree with Senator Graham in thinking, should make atonement to the offended law. In fact, as their own crimes were the result of a secret conspiracy for politcal purposes they regard them rather as meritorious acts. Even if the deeds themselves were evil per se, they believe that the patriotic motives that inspired them entitle the doers to the clemency of the Legislature, if not to the gratitude of their country. They cannot but re member that Russel, Sydney, and many others who paid the penalties of treason with their lives, have ever since been held In honorable remembrance as un selfish and disinterested patriots. Why, they ask, does not the world now make the same distinction between conspira cies for the accomplishment of political and patriotic ends, and those for the destruction of the morals and peace of society? In Senator Graham they have found a chivalrous and magnanimous political opponent, who takes the cor rect view, and they have no idea that either he or his friends will fail them now. They feel quite sure that he will call upon the Committee, to whom the bill was referred, to report, and that the report will be forthcoming at once. They feel quite sure that the bill will pass, unless objection should be made by the ku klux, to whose members the bill, tcWioul being so intended, may also apply. And such objection is much feared by the pusilanimous Leaguers. It is well known that the ku klux are brave, high toned and high souled men, who prefer death to the appearance cf cowardice or unmanly fear. They may make a determined effort to defeat the bill, lest the world should suspect them, or their friends, with having sought its passage for their own benefit. If eo,; -ro KnnA fhpv will fail. If they are de- , F V m'T I termined to take rank amorg the mar-j'l tyrs, let them reject the proffered am nesty, as they doubtless will, ancTgo exultingly to their doom. The patriotic Leaguers demand the passage of the bill. Let it be called up to-day, that our Democratic Legislators may have an opportunity of making a magnani- jnous record for themselves of the high est renown throughout coming time. ' Another Investigation. "The present Legislature is one of the weakest and' most partizan we ever had. It has shown itself unable to grapple with any of the great questions that have engaged its attention. It has done absolutely nothing in the shape of practical Legislation, likely to redound to the good of the State, if we except the school bill, drawn up by the excellent and efficient Superintend ent of Public Instruction. Nearly all of the first session was devoted to Leg; islation of a partizan character. The revolutionary Convention scheme was passed for the purpose of turning out the present officers of, the State gov ernment, that their piace3 might be given to Democratic politicians, more than anything else. The law passed for the purpose of depriving Governor Caldwell of the power of appointing the State's Directors in various railroad companies, and vesting the same in the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House, had no higher object in view than the reward of Democratic party favorites. The same may be said of many other acts, passed at the last 4 and present session. But of all the purely partizan acts passed at either session, that removing the State's Directors in the Eastern Di vision of the Western North Carolina Railroad, and purporting to authorize the Stockholders to remove all the om cers of the Company, was the most out Vacreous and unjustifiable. There were no charges affecting the integrity of President Mott, or the general manage ment of the road under his administra tion. At the meeting of the Stockhol ders, called pursuant to the act in ques tion, Dr. Mott was removed from the Presidency of the Company, on the ground that he acted unwisely in the hypothecation of certain mortgage bonds in New York. All charges in any way affecting his integrity were expressly disclaimed, the removal be ing solely for alleged incompetency. Dr. Mott defended himself on the oc casion with ability and self possession. He placed himself on high grounds, and declined to appeal to the courts in defense of his constitutional and vested rights. He explained the whole trans action of the hypothecation of the bonds in New York. He declared that he had not acted solely upon his own judgment in the matter he had taken the advice of some of the best financiers in the State, all friends of the road. But he had acted chiejiy upon the ad vice of Col. Tate, former President, late financial a'gent, and then one of the Stockholder's Director1: of the road. This was not denied by Col. Tate, who was present in the meeting, let the stockholders proceeded to displace Dr. Mott for the transaction complained of, and elect Col. Tate, who was largely, if not chiejfy, responsible for it, a Direc tor. At a meeting of the Directors that night Col. Tate was elected President, the Directors on the- part of the State having been appointed by the Legis lature in the act removing the old ones. The history of the matter thus far is sufficient to convince every intelligent and fair minded man, that influences very different from a desire to benefit the State or the road had been at work somewhere. It now becomes neccessary to call the attention of the public to what has been done under the administration of the new President and Board of Directors, appointed by the Legislature to save the road from sale and protect the State's interest therein. So far from saving the road from sale, it has been sold under ex ecution during tho very administration that was created for the express pur pose, as alleged, of saving it from suc h fate. It has been sold, too, not in con sequence of the hypothecation transac tion in New i ork, as was said wouia be the case if Dr. Mott was not remov ed and a more efficent man appointed in his place, but to satisfy some execu tions obtained in the courts of this State for comparatively small sums, as we are Informed. Tiie sales were made in the several counties through which the road passes so quietly that very few a men heard of them till after they were over, and for a comparative- trifling sum. At least one of the attorneys for the road had no intima tion of any of tho sales until long af ter the day had passed. Rumor says that the formation of another corrupt ring." which has become the pur chaser of the road and intends to spec ulate off of it, is the explanation of the whole matter. How this may be we do not pretend know. Justly or un justly suspicion rests upon it, and upon those concerned in it. Had Dr. Mott remained President of the road we believe the sales would not have taken place. They could . have been prevented, and wo; believe they would have been. Dr. Mott would have confered with Gov. Caldwell, and j together they would have saved the road until it could have been turned to proper account at least. Honor to whom honor is due. Wr. II. Crawford, of Rowan, deserves the thanks of tho good people of the State for the introduction and passage of a resolution through both Houses on Friday, making it the duty of the Governor and Attorney General of the State, to institute a rigid inquiry into the whole matter, and take such steps as may be neces sary to recover and protect J&e State's interest In the road. We repeat, "that this act reflects the highest credit upon MnJ Crawford, whose democracy is unquestioned and unquestionable.The great merit that attaches to his aiion in the matter is that the whole ;inves-, tigation' is directed against his ; own party friends, none other, so fair "as knowrv being suspected. ! We hope the Governor and Attorney General will institute the most search ing inquiry into the matter and jmake a thorough investigation. . If the suspi cions are unfounded, it is due to all parties that it should? be authorita tively made known. If any jcrim inal acts, are brought to light we feel sure the Attorney General will prompt ly do his duty by having the guilty par ties prosecu ted in the courts. And tve do not urge this because the accused parties happen to be Democrats. We urge with equal zeal the prosecution jof all offenders in like transactions every where, whether they be Republicans or Democrats. ? We have never given the least countenance to such corrupt trans actions by men claiming to be Republi cans. We have never made any de fense, excuse or apology for them, either in the Old North State or the Era but have always denounced them anq de manded their prosecution and punish ment in the courts,a certain mendacious paper to the contrary notwithstanding As we said on a former occasion, these things are to be attributed to the de moralization of the times rather jthan to the corruption of any particular par ty. If all the facts could be brought to light it would be seen that as many Democrats as Republicans have jiiade fnrhinpj nut of the plunder o ! the State and corporations since the nf the war. The dishonesty ; Close is not nil ronfined to one party by any means, and the people are beginning to find it out. The only question which haisj the most dishonesty in it. Afraid of, the People. The Conservative or Democratic par ty are afraid to trust the people. iThat party violently opposed the placihg of the ballot in the hands .of the, colored man, but as soon as it was seeri jthat the United States Government was de termined to proscribe no class of its citizens on account of the color God had been pleased to give their skins, these -same Democrats announced ihat they were par cxcellaice the colored man's friends! Foiled on the line of color, they showed their friendship! by proposing another test t. e. education. They knew, that but few colored: men could read and write, and they knew by applying that test a majority of that race would be cheated out of : their votes., j j They found that many of the colored voters preferred to vote in the towns where friends would take pains to see that they were not deceived in their ballots, and to prevent this this Legis lature passed a law requiring them all to vote in their own townships, j The Democrats hoped thus to defraud a few ignorant negroes out of their votes. Thi3 Democratic Legislature also re quired by law that a separate ballot box should be provided for each! can didate voted for. In the multiplicity of boxes they also hoped to confuse a few ignorant voters and cause them to lose their votes. , This Democratic Legislature also con ceived the idea of defrauding illiterate voters by enacting that no colored pa per should be used for tickets, and also making it unlawful for any design io be placed on a ticket. The wonder j is that they did not further provide; that the tickets for the entire State should be printed at The Sentinel office,! and that Mr. Tnrner should be allowed :to charge by the letter m for printing them! i ! This Democratic Legislature also de- tormlnpd to cheat the ignorant voters of the State by enacting that the iregjs tration books should be closed ten days before an election. The poor laborers, both white and colored, are thus j com pelled to lose two days work oi lose their votes. If they fail to register ten days before an election, they are io all intents and purposes disfranchised thereby. The Democrats knew' that these poor men could illy afford to lose dav's work in order to register and another day's work in order to j vote, and so they thought Jo speculate on his necessities, in othor words they de termined to fine each poor man in the State the value of two days work br disfranchise him. What a spectacle ! The once i great Democratic party which prided j itsel on being the champion of free suffrage, deliberately entering into a conspiracy to cheat the poor out of their wages or out of their rights ! j Poor men of North Carolina, what have you to hope from a party which deliberately and maliciously seeks jtp defraud you out of your votes? Not Satisfied. A portion of the Conservative press of the State, and es pecially in the West, is not satisfied with the acts of the present Legislature, and its mutterings of discontent are beginning to be heard in unmistakable tones. 1 I Read the extracts which will be found in this issue from The Hickory Tavern Eagle and TheAsheville Citizen. The italics in the extract from The Cit izen are ours. The free school bill passed its third and ,fi nal reading in the House of Representatives by a unanimous vote--it haying previously passed the Senate by" a ver large majority. Much credit is due to Pro. Mclver, Superintendent of Public Instruction, for the success of the measure, as well as the Legisla ture. ' . ; ! Obituary HI Grace, the Most Reverend Mar tin John .Spalding, Primate of the Rc: man Catholic Church in the United States.and i Archbishop of ,altimore, died tyiHhit city onf Wednesday las. He suffered . a ! long-continued ' iiness, anU.eplred In f he argh sion, in the sixty-third year" of his age. He not only held the highest ecclesias tical rank in his church in this country, but he was the ablest1 defender ct its dogmas' and it most brilliant orna ment. He was a man' of attractive manners, , extraordinary theological powers and thorough devotion to his church. ' "His theological : and other writings have been published, and'enr joy a widespread circulation and con siderable celebrity. In the late Ecu menical Council at Rome he was very prominent, more so than any . other member from this side the Atlantic. During the earlier sessions of the con clave he was understood not to favor the dogma of Papal infallibility; ut he finally yielded his objections, if he had any, and took a bold stand in its favor. No " ultramontane" prelate could have been more decided in his adherence to the most pronounced pha ses of Pontificial theology than he soon became and remained until the end of the great Council. For this devotion it is said he was to have been soon re warded with one of the highest honors his church could have bestowed ; for it is reported that next spring he would have been made a Cardinal in compa ny with two of the most noted prelates of Northern Europe. The late Archbishop was a native of Kentucky, and was in youth, instructed in the western schools connected with his Church. He finished his education at Rome, where La was ordained. In 1848 when in his thirty-eighth year he was made Bishop of the nominal see of Legone ; in 1850 he was transferred to the bishopric of Louisville, Kentucky ; and in 1SG4, on the -death of Bishop Kendrick, he became Archbishop of Baltimore and Primate of the Ameri can Church. One of his favorite plans was the extension of Roman Catholo cism among the freedmen of the South. The idea of bringing into the bosom of the Mother Church over three millions of converts in a single section of this great country was a grand one, and worthy of the attention of any prelate. To carry out this great purpese Arch bishop Spalding organized a missionary system in the Southern States, which is now in active operation, and which deserves to be emulated by the reform Churches and sects. He is believed, judging frorii his writings, to have looked forward to the day when the Roman Catholic should be the national Church of America. That this hope was visionary few will doubt, but it affords evidence of his sincere attach ment to the Church of which he was the brighest ornament in this country, as well as of his ardent zeal in the propagation of her faith. It is thought that Bishop Lynch, of South Carolina, will succeed Arch bishop Spalding in the Primacy of the American Church. War With England. For several days rumor has been busy spreading the report of a probable war with England, growing out of the American "demands before the Ala bama claims commission. The Eng lish press declare with much earnest ness and vehemence that these claims arelnadmlsable, and breath something of a beligerent spirit. But, after all, that is the very question which thearbl tratorsare assembled to determine, and the two governments having agreed to refer the matter to them there is certainly no ground for alarm. Like many wars with England that have preceded it, the present is destined to be fought out both' valliantly and bloodlessly by the press of the two countries. The - gallant New York brigade are already engaged with the London battalion. The engagement may prove to be a desperate one, and we may all become involved in it be fore it is over, but it will be entirely bloodless. The truth is there is not the slightest danger of a bloody collision. Neither country can afford it, and neith er will be found ready to engage in it for the cause now at issue. The rumor seems not to create the slightest excite ment at Washington. A French Version of the Stokes Trial. The Messager JYanco-Ameri- cain sums up the Stokes defence, by Mr. Graham, as follows: 1. To prove an alibi, ana to snow that Stokes was not in the United States when James Fisk the younger was killed. n . 2. To prove that Stokes never carried a pistol, or that if he did carry a pistol it was never loaded, and was never fired. 3. That Stokes killed Fisk in legiti mate self-defence. 4. That Fisk carried a Gatlin gun in his pocket. 5. That Fisk reorganized the Ninth Regiment for the sole and avowed pur pose of making war on Stokes. . 6. That Fisk destroyed the peace and happiness of Stokes' home and that consequently the homicide if there was any homicide was legitimate and a sacred duty of Stokes. 7. That Fisk was a bad man, and it was a good act to put him out of the way. j , , 8. That Stokes was insane when he fired at Fisk, and was not responsible for his action. ! 9. That Fisk did not die from inju ries inflicted by Stokes. I 10. That Fisk was killed by the ig norance of his doctors, 11. That Fisk was not wounded at ail. ; - : v: ' -"-' : , v 12. That Fisk died a natural death. Clergymen, like brakesmen, do a good deal of coupling. , V Tlie Editor mast not be understood as endors- Jngtfifc, sentiments of his correspondents. Communications on all, subject are solicited, asntaining the views ami sentiments of the miers:5 - For the Carolina Era,- Mr. Editor : I notice an article in Ttt-r "FIt? a nf -wstprdav signed "Old T.ino wViioVi nrifh tho fvrnpnt.ion of his "choice for Gevernor" meets my en- lire appruuHiiun, nuu ujusi uc ouut to say that-I think it-should meet the approval of every reasonable and fair minded "man in the State. While I have my choice for Chief Magistrate of North Carolina,-" Old Line has his also, yet we wilt not reflect on any one: jon that account. Suffer me this, Mr. Editor,1 to suggest for Governor that true Republican and worthy man, Hon. Samuel F. Phillips, of Wake. For Lieutenant Governor, Judge Tnos. Settle, of Hockingham. . -i With these two, gentlemen to head the column' in August next, we could not but march to certain victory. , , .-. : Fair Play. Merry Oaks, Feb. , 9, 1872. What the President Means. The Washington correspondent of The Springfield JRepublican says: i Governor Jewell of Connecticut, rwho 13 here, says that, from his personal knowl edge, he can assert that the President is thoroughly earnest in regard to civil service reform. The President has . quite recently said to more than one of his political friends that, if any of the Republicans in Congress think that he is insincere in his advocacy of an immediate and thorough reform, they will soon rind out their mistake. He has declared further that Mr. Schurz is not more in earnest in this matter , than ho is himself. - .. There is no reason to doubt that this expresses the real determination of the President. ' Newspapers which them selves have little care for any genuine reform of the civil service, and which have given it no effective support, ea gerly seize upon every pretext to assail the President as inconstant to the work. Thus the necessary suspension of the rules for a season after the first of Jan uary, because of the inability of the Board to organize and arrange the nec essary subordinate Boards, has been loudly trumpeted as the death-blow to reform at the hands of its own origi nator. Had the critics taken the trouble to enquire into the facts they would have been compelled to admit the in justice of their criticism. But that was precisely what they did not want. , r With the President the conviction of the necessity of reform is rib new thing. Two years ago , he apprised General Hawley of his views and discussed the question with such thoughtfulness and intelligence as to prove that he had given it much reflection. His public utterances on the subject show that he long ago grasped the true nature of the disease, and has not merely been cap tivated by recent theories or plans. He has been in advance of public sen timent on the matter, and all his career goes to show, that he will not recede from his well-settled convictions! xf duty. Albany Journal. , The Alabama Claiias. The London 27mcssays, -on Jan. 12, that although it is expressly provided bv the Washington treaty that each ves sel shall be the subject of a separate in quiry, the decision of -4he arbitrators on the Alabama herself must inevitably govern the issue of 4 4 the claims gener ally known as the- Alabama claims." In all the circumstances of - her ill omened career this famous cruiser fully deserved her evil Dre-eminence. These facts appear to be fairly stated in the American case, nowever invidious me construction which it is sought to put upon them ; and some of our readers may be surprised to find how different an aspect they present when divested of the ex post facto coloring which has surrounded them for so many years, and simply viewed as they actually oc curred. No candid Englishman would deny that on the side of the United States there are some effective points; but they are marred by the eagerness of the draughtsman to prove too much. It is virtually maintained that neutral ity is a state with almost unlimited liability, but without any correspond ing rights, and that it was incumbent on Great Britain;' if she could not see her way to help the United States, at least to insure them absolutely against thp. ju'ts of British , shinbuilders. Of course, if this' principle be accepted by tne arDiiracora as rramuug uui rules in article 6, Great Britain must wnhmit, to its conseauences. We can not, however, bring ourselves to be lieve that it will be so accepted, and we are sure that, if it be, the situation of neutrals, already most-trying, will henceforth be well nigh intolerable. TJie Times is not surprised, in its next issue, considering how severely Ameri can commerce suffered during the war, that a stricter view of neutral liabilities than has ever governed the practice of the United States government should now be adopted by it as against Great Britain. But it is surprised that abso lutely no account should be taken in the American case of the prodigious difficulties which must be overcome by any neutral government, and especially by the British government, - before it can suppress illegal equipments. No strain ever put on the neutrality laws of the United States can be compared with that to which England's were subjected. It is not merely that incred ible efforts were made by the Confeder ate government to evade them; but that, owing to England's manifold ship-building transactions, it was im possible to identify a ship . as destined for the Confederate service , without positive evidence of that fact. Nor can T7 7?r7 hpln ' pxnressiuer its rearret that, aitnougn iivir fil that, although Mr. Adam's dispatches nnfrnition is accorded in the American case to instances of its successful inter position, and it is even maintained that no credit at all is due to Great Britain for detaining and purchasing the rams. tm;ori .i tnjiav thA-Rnfl of unprecedented commercial activity. western railways are doing an extraor- riinoru nmmmt nf husinpss '" Hitherto the rollinar-stock has been chiefly im- portea irom xxance anu urcriuauy, the carriage-makers there having more on their hands than they can manage, two factories have recently been estab lished within the limits of the venera ble little Republic to supply the de mand. - Another new branch of manu facture is that; of paper from wood, which is being actively prosecuted in Sweden also. On Dec. V 1870, there were 150,000 foreigners in Switzerland, of whom 62,000 were -French. The number of strangers is far greater in the tourist season. N. Y Times. it .. -. - -ri X I 4- I o tlie voters oi uayiasoii iuumj. Fellow Citizen's: ' , s On the adjournment ot tne uenereu Assembly, I deem it a suitable occas Inn frv thank vnn for the honor confer- UM V ' . - red on me, in electing me one of, your Representatives, and at the same time render vou a short account of my stew- ardship, and give you my views on me leading political questions of the day. The most important question before l Asspmhlv has been the fo rloh Vnn nrf aware that this Apht was incurred bv the State in the effort to complete our railroad and bthe works of internal improvements. A large part of this debt was incurred before the war and is now known; as the Old debt. It consists Of bonds is sued by the State, and the State pledged itself to pay the; interest thereon reg ularly, and the principal when . it fell due. It must be borne in mind that when these bonds were issued our peo ple were much better off financially than they are now. Millions of dollars worth of property have been swept away in the wicked attempt to, over throw the government of our fathers. It is well known to you that the peo ple of North Carolina did not go wil ingly into that war. They were dragged into it by the wicked leaders of the Democratic party, and they owe the loss of their sons who were slain in bat tle and who died in hospital, as well as the loss of their property of various kinds, to that'party. When these old bonds were issued our people were in a condition to pay the interest on them promptly and the principal when it fell due. But having lost the most of their property in a war which they were dragged into, against their wishes, is it right, to tax what little they have left to pay these bonds in full? All our bank-stocks have been lost by the war, our bank-notes have been rendered useless, and the greater part of private debts, made perfectly worthless. What man expects his neighbor to pay his old notes in full? And as most of us have been made bank rupt, and are willing and anxious to scale our private debts, ought not the bondholders to , do the same? Why should our property be taxed to pay the rich bondholder in full, when our poor neighbors are willing to scale to one half it may be? ; Knowing the condition of our people, I was not willing to place a heavy : tax on them to pay rich bondholders in full. I am willing to give up what property the State has and let it be sold and go towards paying the debt. Another important matter is the amending of our State Constitution. You know that I have been in favor of amending that instrument in several particulars, and am, so yet. But I am in favor of giving the people, the right to amend it as to them seems best. I think each amendment should be voted on separately, and ' that the people should not be forced to vote for one thing which they are opposed to in or der to get in an amendment which they want. I have watched the movements of those who were loudest in their clam or for amendments, and have found they were the very men who denounced the whole Constitution, including the Homestead, as "infamous," and who were the leaders in the unconstitution al Convention' movement last spring and summer. ; They have no respect for the Constitution, and are willing to get rid of it in anyway. These leaders of the Democratic! party have tacked a long string of amemdments together, (some of which I am in favor of) and they have said you shall vote for all of these amendments, or agamsi inem an They are afraid to trust the people to vote on tnem separately. They say : TTtvrfi is a dose of medicine: some of it is sweet and some bitter ; you shall not have the liberty to choose the sweet and reject the bitter, but you shall take it all, or none. The men who brought forward and agitated this question of amending the Constitution care i a great deal more about building up the Democratic par tv and frpttinsr into all the offices than .they care for the j, Constitution or the good of the people. Tne question wnn them through all this session has been not what is light or what is wrong; not what will benefit the people and build up our State BtfT what will tut THE DEMOCRAT! TARTY IN POWER ! To show how consistent they have been it is only necessary to allude to a few facts, which ho one can dispute. It is well known that these Democrats made a great howl about the high sala ries paid State officers, and made many solemn promises that they would re duce them. And,' so they did reduce all the salaries of Republicans, but when they came r to Democrats, they forgot their promise. They reduced the salary oi the state; Auditor, iienaerson Adams, one-nan. j ie is tne most im portant officer of the State. He is re nnirpd to ?ivfia heavv bond, and has responsibilities resting on him greater than any other officer. But he is a lie- publican. The Attorney General is a Democrat, lie gives no Dona, ana is not called upon to give an opinion once a month. He leaves nis omce wnen he pleases, and gets some lawyer to act as Attorney General in his absence. His salary teas not reduced, but. more than doubled. He receives the follow ing salary: ! As Attorney General, J 31, 500 200 For attending Supreme court, Making 1 f $1,700 In addition to that sum he was ap pointed a Commissioner ostensibly: to ascertain whether any one had defraud ed the State, but really to get up matter for a Dpmoeratic camDaisrn document. and was paid five dollars a day foj: that service, xi ue ciuugt iui nuk ing days he gets $1500 for his duties as commissioner, which, added to thesum mentioned above, makes three thousand two hundred dollars paid the Democratic Attnrnev GpneraL It looks like he ought to have been satisfied with that nil .little sum, but it seems he wasnot, rrpme Court with a salary of six hun dred dollars more, ana; gave mm xne right to print as many copies of the Su nremfi Court ReDorts as he wants. This -m 1 A 1 last will crive him about one thousand dollars more. So tne Attorney uener- . - it . ai's salary win ueiisiouowa; As Attorney General, - ' fl,o00 As Fraud Commissioner, - - 1,500 As Reporter. - - - - COO Sale of Reports, - - - - 1,000 Making $4,800 And yt when the Governor sent this same Attorney General to Rutherford county to investigate the Ku-Kluxout-racrs hp phflTo-ed his exnenses to the State, and the Legislature allowed them and ordered the Treasurer to pay tnem i That's the way the Democrats retrench ! , The Republican party has been in a minority this Legislature, and is there fore not in any way responsible for the length of the sessions of the General Assembly, or for any of its acts. Tho Democratic majority in this Lee islature has shown, its contempt of the people by xefusing.to receive respectful petitions from them, because those I pe titions called attention to the fact that certain Democratic members were charged and believed to belong to an unlawful and wicked bound secret socie ty known as the Invisible Empire, or Ku-Klux. . , '.. : The Democratic party In this Legis lature has shown its contempt of the government of the United States and its Constitution by electing, or pretend-in- to elect, as United States Senator, Z. B. Vance, when they knew that he was laboring under disabilities by rea son of his rebellion, and therefore ineli gible: When they found that Vance could not get the seat, they disregarded the claims of all members of their party who were in the least tinctured with Unionism during the war. andelected, or pretended to elect, M. .V.. Ransom, an ex-Confederate General purely on his war record. This last act was one ; of gross disrespect to the Senate of the United States, which body was at tho time considering the matter of admit ting the party previously elected. It was shown by the report of a com mittee specially appointed to enquire into and report the facts, that the Scnti nel office had plundered the State Treas ury of more than thirty-three handred dollars in about nine months by a false count in the State printing. This mat ter was brought fully to the attention of the Legislature, and yet the. State printing was again given to the Sentinel office notwithstanding other parties of fered to do the work for a less sum and gave good and sufficient bond j to deal honestly by the State. I It was shown by the report of a com mittee to enquire into the management of the State Penitentiary that gross ir regularities have been committed bv the officers of that institution. A1-; though ikwas shown that the Directors had shamelessly neglected their duties had allowed thousands of "dollars of the people's money to be expended ou insecure foundations for the peniten tiary buildings the Directors! hoping thereby to break the contract with the present builders, 'and line their own pockets by putting up tho building. Let it be borne in mind that Lthere is not a single mechanic on the board which proposes to do this thing.- The Report of the Penitentiary Phy sician shows that over sixty convicts have suffered the past year with that dreadful disease scurvy, when a few barrels of potatoes or onions -.which could have been bought , any ' day rduring the year, within half a mile of the Penitentiary, wouia nave prevtim u this disease. It was also shown by sworn testimony, that the convicts had eaten cats, rats, a hog which died of disease, &c., for want of .proper .food. The officers of the Penitentiary are all Democrats, and so the Legislature re fused to allow this sworn testimony to be printed, and continued the old board in office. ' ! , . I have voted againt all tax bills, but have favored liberal appropriations for the education of the poor children of the State. - I ' In conclusion, 1 have to sayjl have undiminished confidence in the admin istration of President Grant. He has reduced the U. S. debt over two hun dred millions of dollars. Ho has shown himself as much a master-spirit in over coming the dishonest hords who have fattened on the Federal Treasury as he did in subduing the great rebellion, and while the unrepentant rebels, dis appointed plunderers of the Treasury nnri iu rviux svnipainisers. ur umw in their opposition to him, he deserves meri and will bo triumphantly rc-eleo ted in November next. I am also pleased to bear my humble testimony to the honesty, firmness and ability of our present Executive, Gov. Caldwell. In him the people of North Carolina have a Chief Magistrate of whom they' may well feel proud. A true Union man during the war, he gladly submitted to the government at its close, and has labored faithfully for the good of all the people of the State ever since. Called to the Executive Chair in obedience to the Constitution when Gov. Ilolden was impeached for attempting to maintain law and order and suppress the mufdefous Ku Klux Klans, he has discharged the duties of the high and honorable office in such a manner as to entitle him to the hearty thanks of all the goodi people of the. State. Believing him I in every way worthy and capable, I shall cheerfully support his nomination as Governor at our approaching State Convention, and hope to see him elected by a rousing majority. x Again returning you my sincere thanks for the honor yon have done me, and trusting that no act of mine has in any way impaired the confidence you have reposed, .1 i I subscribe myself j very truly, Your obedient servant, Jacob T. Brown. Explosion of Five Powder Mills in Ohio. Springfield, O., Feb, 5. Five powder mills, belonging to tho (Miami Powder Company, and located between Xenia and Yellow Springs, on the Lit tle Miama . railroad, exploded j at ten o'clock this morning, j Several men were killed"and another is missing. The ground is strewn with timbers and ; debris for half a mile. AtYellow Springs . hundreds of windows wero demolished. This city was considerably shaken, and the inhabitants ran into! the streets in great alarm. The names of the persons killed by the explosion are : Nero Bal lard, Kobluson "White and a colored man named Conley, The latter was blown into fragments. Nothing could be found of him but a portion of his head and trunk. The shock was dis- . tinctly felt at Dayton, Urbana and Xenia. The amount of loss has not been ascertained. Hundreds of citizens are hurrying to the scene of, the disas ter and rendering all possible assistance. Duncany, a colored man, is so terribly lacerated that his death is momentarily expected. Search is being made among the ruins for more-workmen, some of whom are missing. The bodies of the dead are shockingly mutilated and burned. A brick house, standing more than a mile distant, had the windows completely blown out, and was other wise damaged. Great excitement pre vailed. v' ... , . ' r m ' , t- j Fkied Oysters.- Drain oyster through a sieve, beat' up two or three eggs, and have ready some greated bread crumbs ; sprinkle a little pepper and salt over each oyster, dip! it into the egg, then into the bread crumbs, covering in thoroughly; have th'e fry ing pan filled with half lard and half butter hot and clear: and when it boils lay in the oysters carefully,, , a few at a time. They require close attention to prevent their burning or being cobkKl too much. As you' take them out lay n a napkin on a plate in the stove even . to drain and keep hot as they jmust be served very hot; take care that the fat does not become scorched. ' 1
