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Tart! I Justice Trial and. Co n
viction -of Andrcir Jackson
Jones.
We publish elsewhere, from Tlie Sen
tinel, a communication giving an ac
count of the trial and conviction of A.
J. Jones, at Moore Superior Court last
week. At this conviction all honest
men must -rejoice and none more so
than honest Republicans.' The election
of Jones to the Presidency of the Wes
tern Railroad and his embezzlements
while In office, are among the faults
and crimes that have brought reproach
upon the Republican parly in North
Carolina. And the party owes it to
itself to urge the prosecution of all such
offenders, whatever their professed pol
itics may be, to the end that they may
be brought to justice, and the fair fame
of the party, as well as the State, vin
dicated. It must purge- itself of all
such characters, whether they be con
victed of their crimes or not, before it
ran hope for or deserve permanent
success. Wherever this class of men
attempt to raise their heads as leaders
the party must strike them down must
assert its honesty and purity. The
party has been weighed down too long
by a set of men of tainted reputations
and "known criminal acts, who are
generally believed to
cd themselves to it
of public plunder.
must be allowed no
liavCtl attach
for purposes
This thing
lonsrer. Let
the party purge itself of all such
characters, and nominate for office men
of probity and integrity, as we believe it
will, and it will atv once enter upon a
new career of prosperity and greatness.
There are thousands of good men in the
State "Who are ready to accept its prin
ciples, but who have been kept out of
it because of the influence bad men
have exerted in it. Let it follow the
course indicated and it will have large
accessions to its strength, and will win
a glorious triumph in the coming cam
paigns. To ignore these facts- is to
shut our eyes to the teachings of the
past, the wisdom of experience and the
dictates patriotism. This, we are sure,
the party will not do.
The Robeson Outlaw.
The A't c York Herald of the 4th con
tains a long, well written and some
what sensational account of the " Swamp
Angels," or Lowrey Gang. The writer
has evidently been at considerable
pains to ascertain the true history of
the Outlaws, and has, doubtless, given
it pretty correctly. It appears from
this account that this ang of live or
six desperate men, of mixed blood
Indian, Negro and Caucasian have
been in open hostility to all the gov
ernments that have existed in the State
for nine years past State, Confederate
and Federal. This, of couse, dispels
the charge so often made in many of
the Northern, and some of the State
papers, that politics or political feeling
has anything whatever to do with the
present deplorable condition of affairs
in Robeson county.
We agree with a respected city con
temporary that " it is a burning shamo
and disgraco to North Carolina that a
stop has not long 'since been put to
these heart-rendering outrages." Rut
we do not agree that any partof the
blame attaches to Cfov. Caldwell. lie
has done all he could do with the pow
er at his command. There is, we learn,
no law which gives him power to call out
and organize a militia force for t hat pur
ine The Legislature at its late session
failed or refused to pass any such law.
It did, indeed, enact a law authorizing
th Governor to offer rewards for the
delivery of the members of the Gang,
individually or collectively, dead or
nlive, to the aggregate amount of $09,-odO.-
Under the provisions of this act
Gov. Caldwell promptly issued his
proclamation, reciting the act and pro
claiming Jthat. tho rewards would be
promptly paid to the captors or slayers
of the gang or any member of it. The
truth is that Gov. Caldwell has done
everything in his power to rid theState
of this band of desperadoes, and there
i, not a man in the State more anxious
to rid the community of them than he
i.
Resigxed.-Mt. S. A.' .Vshe publish-
in "The MVmington Journal long
address to the voters cf New Hanover
county, resigning his scat as a member
of the Ilouse of Representat . yes . As
the present Kegislature wd "ever
meet again, unless convened In extra
met x 0 , f hich there
session oy wv
is no probability,' Mr. Asho mt tore
..JLifc.iho mimosc of finding an
oSaSion to addreis' his constituent
ThTeason given is a change of place
of residence. "
. r TTm.DEX has been
wmplimentcd by President Grant vr th
tender of the mission to Peru which
So haa declined- He has many friends
V tlT. o. ,vh would be much grati-
Jionorauiu t'""--
irovernmcnt. , : -
i..7ZL&tnrm was very severe
in many parts, of the country ,At
. . ,x K enmv fell tO the
,ep 1. rL-nrv - Tavern, as we learn
, : r ' iT. .. A . 2HZ"Z1I JL . : ! ' : ' ' - : - ' - -- v '. ' -
1 .11.5.
Obituaries
HIE l'EOPLia PlWSH tXJMEl to US
clothed in morning for the death of its
editor, Geo kg e Walter Sites, who
expired in Salem on theSd inst., in-ihe
G9th year of his oge. It was our good
fortune to have known him well for
several years, and it affords us a mel
ancholy pleasure to be able to bear our
public testimony to his many virtues,
I)oth as a man and" editor. In Ids
death the press of the State has lost jrie
of its brightest ornaments. lie was a
man cf genius, literary culture," a fine
writer,ai:d possessed of a degree! of
fairness ar.d magnimity as journalist
rarely met with at the present day.
Tlmnrrh lrr-ir!rcl in his own unlit teal
"""n" -" x r j
views, he never indulged in wholesale
denunciation of his political opponents.
He .was liberal, charitable and just.
And what we have said of him ns; an
editor may be as truthfully said of him
as a man. lie undoubtedly had
iad jhis
t? but,
faults. and who of us lias not
nil nisi lonum de morttuis.
"ilav his lailintrs he iovci til o'er Int his
tomb.
And rentniil laurels above his a$hes
bloom."
Mary, Ciiudup, wife of
Rev.
Josiah Crudun. died
in
Granville
county on the Gth inst. She was
tJie
daughter of the late George Boddie,
formerly one of the most prominent
citizens of that county, and sister
of Mrs. H. F. Moore of this city. , jshe
had reached quite an advanced age,
and her life had in all respects bepn a
most exemplary one. Few persons
have been more universally beloved
and respected by all who know tjiem
through the pc: tod of a life so Ipng..
Her venerable and Reverend husband
survives her at more than threescore
years and ten, as we, I many other bear
relatives and friends, to whom heijloss
will be irreparable. j
What the LcgMaforc Dal fed
State Debt.
The following communicatioii,
Messrs. Graham and Worth,
wn
in-
form the public what the Legisla
tiire
did in reference to a settlement o
State debt. It is a correct copy :
W T.KTfiii. X. V.. Feb. 10. IS:
the
MyDeauSip.: In answer to many
inquiries in regard to the action of the
present Legislature in regard td t!ie
State debt, we would say that the pnly
measure that has passed is the t;ct to
authorize tho exchange of tho stocks
owned by the State in the variousjrail
road and canal companies for the bonds
for which such stocks were obtajned,
where in the act ot incorporation, puch
stocks were specifically pledged for the
redemption of the bonds so issued; if
the stocks are not sospecltlcally pleged,
then to. take in exchange any bonds of
thft State, not special tax bonds, or
hond.s declared unconstitutional.
considered to come within the princi
ple decided in any case. The bonds
that will be taken are all those issued
prior to May LX), 1SG1, and those issued
during the war for purposes of internal
improvement, (but the scale of three
bonds for ono share cf stock, will -be
applied to those bonds issued on! Jan
uary 1, 1863, in aid of Chatham pail
road.) Also all bonds issued since the
war, prior to October 1, 18G8, or under
authority of acts passed prior thereto;
and, also, under funding act of Atigust
20, 18GS. In regard to the State stock
iivthe North Carolina Railroad, the
party offering to take (20) twenty
shares, (no less will be allowed,) must
also in the same otfer agree to take (20)
twenty shares in the 'Western North
Carolina Railroad (Eastern Division,)
and (10) ten shares in the Atlantic and
North Carolina Kaiiroau, ana 10 pay
for the fifty shares so taken, two bonds
of $1,000 each, issued to the North Car
olina Railroad under act ot
chap. 82, or 1854-'oo, chap. 32' two
bonds of Si, 000 each issued to tne4 v es
tern North Carolina Railroad tinder
chap. lOGof laws of 18GG and 'G7, jvhich
also have endorsed ou the back a mort
gage of ten shares of the stock pT the
North Carolina ltailroad, and one bond
of $1,000 issued for the Atlantic and
North Carolina Railroad, under act of
1&4-'5o, chap. 232, of acts of 185Gj chap
ters 74 and 70. This may scein a hard
oiler, but we must consider that the
bonds for the North Carolina Railroad
are not due until 1S83, and thd stock
cannot be subjected for their payment
until that time. The Atlantic S? N. C.
R. R., entirely in the hands of the
private stockholders, could be made a
profitable road.
The Western North -Carolina Rail
road is at present somewhat embar
rassed, but as the amount is very small
compared with the value of the road,
arrangements couia easily oe maae 10
complete the road to Ashevilje, and
pay off the present indebtedness.
We would suggest a general meeting
of the holders of the classes of bonds is
sued for the three roadsabove mention
ed, either in New York or Baltimore, to
take the matter into Consideration, and
advise them immediately to measures
to accept the terms offered in the act.
The stock in the Western Railroad (Fay
etteville and Coal Fields) is nqt specif
fically pledged, and any of the bonds
'we have mentioned in the former part
of this letter will beaccepted inexchange.
There i3 little probability that the State
of North Carolina will resume payment
of interest on the public debt for many
years to come, in fact it is extremely
doubtful, to say the least, if payment of
the full amoant of interest ever will be
resumed. A strong effort has been made
in the present legislature, to provide
for the payment of interest upon a com
promised debt;- This has been badly
defeated. Wo believe that' those who
accept the terms of this act, " will get
for their bonds than will bo paid
I to any other creditors. - The Attorney
! General and Treasurer are appointed
1 commissioners, and will make, duead-
FALEIGH, N:..ci v THliRSDAY, : MARCH 14, -1872.
vertisement of the time and. place
which the exchange may be made.
I Very respectfully,
I Jonx W. Giiaham,
. tl. All CAlOLQ lyuuvw -
, 5 T -11-' V.l-f tiI1 f tn
J. W. G.
J.M.W.
Ivsq., Ralti-
To SLmuel Edmonds,
more, Id.
Au Act
For Exchanging the Stocks cf the Stato
for Bonds -with -which such Stocks
, y erelobtaiaed and for other pxirpcsei
SecJ 1. The General Assembly of
Xorth llirolina do enact : That the Pub
lic Treasurer and Attorney General
shall advertise for six months in such
newspapers as they may select, and
invite proposals for an exchange of the
Stocks Jhcld by the State in any Rail
road oa other corporation, for the bonds
by wljich the State acquired such
stocks jj or any other bonds of the State
(not sppcial tax) where the stock is not
specially pledged for the redemption
of bonfls issued to such corporation;
such bi&j shall be opened on a day ap
pointed, and those terms be accepted
which may be most advantageous to
the'Stajte; Provided, That in no event
shall aijy of the said stocks be exchanged
for less! than their par value, or for less
than three bonds of same nominal
value, Issued in aid of Chatham Railroad.-January
1st. 1863: and provided
furtheA No stock in the North Caro
lina Railroad shall be exchanged, un
' less in jt he same offer it is proposed- to
take twenty shares of stock in the
North Carolina Railroad, ten shares
in thef Atlantic and North Carolina
Railroad, and twenty shares in the
Western North Carolina Railroad Com
pany (JSastcrn Division,) and to pa'
thereftfr two bonds of one thousand
dollars each of the State, issued to the
North Carolina Railroad under acts of
lS-lS-'ifo chapter eighty-two, or lSoi
'."), chapter thirty-two, one bond of one
thousand dollars, issued to the Atlantic
and NSorth Carolina Railroad, under
acts 18t-'o5, chapter two hundred and
thirty-two, or acts of 185G, chapter
seventy-four and seventy-six, and two
bonds $f one thousand dollars, issued
to the Western North Carolina Rail
road (Eastern Division,) acts of 1806
'1J, chapter one hundred and six or in
the aibfcsaid proportion.
Sec. I?. That any Railroad or other
eorpor4tiori, which has heretofore re
ceived fbonds of the State in exchange
for bonds of said corporation or person
holding such Shite bonds, shall be en-
amounir L-sued under the acts of the
General Assembly or Ordinances of the
Convetioii,authorizing such exchange,
and ujon a return of all bonds issued
under any particular act or ordinance,
the corporation shall be entitled to a.
concclEution and surrender of any,
mortgage executed to the State for se
curing! payment of such corporation
bnnrls Jnr Stnto bonds : rounons on said
I bonds inay be exchanged in like man
iitr uuu cu4 uu iinii itrumivxi
side tojmakeeouality.
Sec. 3. To "facilitate tho exchange
proposed in this act,, the State does
hereby! relinguish alllaim for stock in
thA Wkfprn Riiilroad above. one mil
lion ode hundred thousand dollars, and U
surrenders to the said Company two n
Hundred and tweniy-nve inousauuuui
lars coupons now in State Treasury
withheld on a fornler exchange of Com
pany ljonds for stock in said Railroad ;
and aUo, the State docs hereby relin
guish all claim to stock in said Com
pany above six hundred thousand dol
lars udon the return to the Treasury of
thefivb hundred thousand dollars of
Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutlfer
ford Company bonds, and coupons here
toforp Issued to said Western Railroad
Comprny; Provided, That any person
acquir ng a share of State stock in said
corporation, shall be entitled to all
rights and privileges with the private
stockholders in voting, and in the elec
tion of the directors whose number
shall bb determined , by the stockhol
ders ofl said Company. The State also
relinquishes all claim to stock in the
Wste -n North Carolina Railroad above
four n illions of dollars.
Sec. 4. That as soon as the propor
tion ofi shares of stock for which the
State i ppoints one director in any cor
porationis exchanged, the right of the
State" o appoint such director shall
cease and determine, and one director
to be selected by lot shall be deducted
from t jie number appointed on the part
ofthe iState; and upon acceptance of
this aqt by any corporation and such
guarantees given for its fulfillment as
shall bje deemed sufficient by the Treas
urer and Attorney General, all further
rightsi to representation by .the State
eitherjby directors or proxy, shall cease
and determine. : i
ticable, the Public Treasurer shall re
ceive jhe bonds offered in exchange,
and in the presence oTthe Auditor and
Attorney General, shall cancel the
same.S It shall also - be his tluty j to
transfer the stocks and execute such
conveyances of the other interest herein
beforq mentioned as shall be deemed
necessary, such conveyance to be in a
form o be approved by the Attorney
General. : : : !
Sec; G. It -shall be the duty of the
Auditor to make a minute of what
shall be done by the Treasurer in the
premises, and to make therefrom such
entries in the books of his office as may
secure a just accountability on the part
of the Treasurer because of the transac
action herein before mentioned- .. . .
Sect 7. 'fhe Public Treasurer shall
make special reports upon the subject
of this act to the General Assembly at
every session. ' -
: Sed 8. That this act shall be in force
from and after its ratification r'. i
. Ratified tho 1st day of FebruaryA:
I)., 1872. . . . ;
w. ' - -
Read the account of the discussion at
Merry Oaks. , 1
titled to a surrender oi a conci oi sucn out tney maKe ciear me way ior it uy
corporation, upon the return to the striking out everything that comes in
Treasury of anv State bond of equal conflict with it, and creating a portion
CORRESPONDENCE.
j The Editor must not be nnclerstood as endort
1 1 it the FenUments- of - his "correspondents;
Communications on all suujecis are soiiciieu,
: VHCU Will UC' CllfU W 430 kjx
and have arrived at the.conclusion, that
. . 1 . A 1 I 1
as a whole it wouia not Deriejr our
much complained of condition but
render us ten fold worse. It cannot be
denied that it contains some good and
beneficial alterations, but I think the
framers were far too liberal- they gave
us more than we wanted,' and .much
more than is good for. us to have; we
would not ; havflt4hem kill us L ; with
kindness, or curtail our liberties with
too much freedom. Such I believe" to
be tho true interpretation of the act.
The Democrats endeavor to attach a
stigma to the Republicans in the Leg
islaturethey say the "Radicals re
fused to vote for the bill 'at' the behests
of a few Radical leaders." v Now, Mr.
Editor, did they not support such a
bill at the behests of a few of their lead
ers? In condemning the Republicans
they ."condemn themselves with the
same condemnation. Again they say
Republicans promised to support Con
stitutional reform by the Legislative
mode. So they did ; but not any and
alf amendments' that might be offered,
but only such as was needed and con
ductive of good. One of the reasons,
commencing at the Legislature, why
Republicans refused - to support Con
vention was, that they did not want
the Constitution (and did Hot believe
the people did) upset from beginning
to end ; does not the" present bill pro
pose to do nearly the same thing?
There sire man v other objections, but
LI will only allude to but one at present,
and ono which, -in-my opinion uniu-s
the bill a farcq and a failure, nothing
more, nothing less, and I cannot con
ceive liow any sane man can see other
Mise. As we are bound to accept all
or refuse all, every good man, every
lover of peace and quiet, - and stability
of government, local and otherwise
should endeavor to defeat the whole
at once nip -tho bruing evil in the
bud it is an attempt at deception.
They knew the people voted down the
old county Court system last summer,
and they have concocted another
scheme to bring about the same thing,
they think unawares to the people
their eagerness for this, easily account
ed for--so many of the old aristocratic
lawyers are famishing for the people's
hard earned money and two Courts a
year will not support them, while so
many cases are clisposed of out of the
Court Houses. It is true they do not
call the "county government" county
. . -m a 1 1 A. ?
Courts, and just nere is xne uecepuou,
porti
nf its business &c- But this, Mr. Edi
tor, is not the objection alluded to
though no honest man will make an
effort to deceive his people. It is this,
it gives tho Legislature the power,' un
limited, and unrestrained to institute
my kind of county government in us
wisdom it may see proper noi tnai
the first Legislature that shall convene
under the amended Constitution, to fix
the county government unalterably
firm but all succeeding Legislatures
will have the power to establish such
as they may see proper. Why, Mr.
Editor, does not every candid man
know this will not do we woum ue
continually doing and undoing our
county government would doubtless
be changed at every session oi ine gen
eral Assembly,and certain to be changed
with a change oi political parties 10
power. This is a giganic evil, though
one easily remedied. Let the Repub
licans in every county and Senatorial
Districts nominate its best, truest and
ablest men regardless of color, for the
next Legislature men who. are op
posed to such an amendment. I mean
the present one in its present form'
and who willstrip it of its errors and
evil designs and send it out to the peo
ple in all of its desired purity contain
ing only whit is' needed and beneficial
to tho whole people. Combined with
these principles, let them be men suf
ficiently intelligent and able to handle
successfully the great questions of the
State's financial interests and men
who can understand the Constitution
better than the late Legislature de
ceased, that they may not in like man
ner be bruised and mangled by their
numerousjfafc and blunders over the
Constitution, and be left to expire
without a word of regret or a sympa
thetic tear except from tho ..wicked
Irriansnf the Ku KIux devils If Re-
'Tuihlirnns will put such men
in the
field for -the Legislature, lead by an
Ktnfft tirket. and every erood and
true man will cast his vote for the par
ty of progress and reform for, the only
party that has protected and befriended
the poor man, the laborer and mechan
ic in the past and the only one that
promises to look to their interests in
the future the party that has silenced
the Sheriff's hammer alike at the poor
man's and rich man's door the only
party that coudemns fraud and corrup
tion regardless of politics or previous
condition and whose motto is peace
on earth, good will to man, and equal
rights to all , Six.
, c , For tho Carolina Era.
""Republican of the 7th would not, nor
could not bepursuaded to enter further
into a profitless and unproductive con
troversy as to the claims of Gov. Cald
well and Judge Settle upon the Repub-
liran fYmvPntinn of April, but for the
attack first made by a friend of Judge
Settle upon Gov. .Caldwell, and will
now verify, generally and specially,
pvprv nnri prh encomium of "Veritas"
nn his fripnrl JndfTfi Sfittle. SRVinST and
excepting that portion of the 2d line of
the 4th paragraph of his letter, in which
he says Judge Settle was a "Union man
during the war." I had always under
stood that the Judge wa3 a Captain In
the late war, but was not , prepaired to
hear that he was serving in theTJnion
Army, Gov. Caldwell, I believe; did
not fight on either side, but Jpok it out
in "cussifig" tbeDemoerats, and, it is
hoi iovoH thnt hpTwill rliA rro m. Kiivinor
1 cuss words at them. .
Republican of the 7tu."
. . t . i j i r . ...
i'or the Carolina Er.
Honor to the VorKlDs-5ian. iderthccn arge of the judge the jury re
r Mr. Editor: lam a Southern workt turned a verdict of guilty. Tho learned
ing-man, and all my observations and f counsel then presented many points ot
1 V, LHjV. LIUiJO KJLllJ uv-lw .AJT ' - -r '
lowed a trade or profession1-'.involving
manual labor could be regarded as a
gentleman in the highest sense of that
fprm: And although neirro slavery is
now hanoilv numbered
ainonar
the
thiiiQ-s of the past, the vile
prejudices
nn.l fnlin spntimpnts incident to that
A.
condition of society still live and curse
our state, we see tnis an arounu. us
in the eagerness- with which young
men crowd into 'the1 genteel" business
of measuring tape in a dry goods store,
.and into the " honorabie" professions
of law and medicine, vluch is the
more . useful member of society the
mechanic who by his skill , shapes and
fashions the raw material in the ele
gant dress goods or the clerk who me az
ures it out to .the purchaser? Which
is tho mnrf! us pful. the printer and
.birfder who by. their arts embody the
thoughts of Blackstone into a book and
disseminate them throughout the
length and breadth xf civilization, or
the lawyer,. however learned Imd elo
queuty who pleads his cause before the
highest tribunal of the country? With
out the mechanic's art' and labor, the
clerk would be without an occupation
and the lawyer without a library.
Without the mason's, the carpenter's
and the blacksmith's labor, the banker
would have no vaults to store his
gold indeed were it not for the mi
ner's and coiner's labor he would have
no gold. Who fells our forests, and
tills our soil, and supplies us with our
daily bread? The working-man who
rears our houses which shelter us from
the rigors of the seasons? The mechan
ic who shapes and fashions the various
fabrics which protect our persons from
the inclemency of the- weather? The
mechanic ho manufactures and furn
ishes our houses with the thousand and
one articles which are tfaily required
to render us comfortable? The me
chanic. Yho builds our railroads and
constructs our steam engines? The me
chanic. Who builds our wagons and
carriages? The mechanic. : ,
Away then with the false idea that
labor is not honorable, and that the
mechanic ancTworking-man is not en
titled to the respect of the highest and
greatest men in the nation. I
He who by his labor or skill contrib
utes to the comfort and happiness of
his fellcvz-creatures is entitled to the
highest hon ors, however course his
dress or hard his hand. And the day
is fast approaching when the mechanic
and laborer will receive that consider
ation at the hands of the pubic to which
his eminent services entitle him.
MECT.-IAXIC-'-f
From the Sentinel. I
The Trial and Conviction of A.
J. Jones.
Cart hagev N. C, March 1st, 1872. ;
S?55T?S.
Editors : To-day has wit-
npKpd the conclusion of one of the most
interesting -and important trials ever
known in tnis tttate, a one account ui
whiph must be brought to the attention
of the-people of North Carolina, for at
last justice has been vindicated and A.
J. Jones, late iresiueni oi me wtsiu.n.
II. It. Company, lias oeen con vieieu ui
not accounting for the funds of the said
Company to his successor in office. As
is well known, MrA. J. Jones has
fimirerl rnnsnifMloUsl V before the public
in connection with ijttlefield, Swepson
&Co., and has been charged with mis
appropriating the bonds issued to his
railroau. A rresiuens 01 mc- .
R. Co., he received from -the public
Treasurer of the State one million three
hundred and twenty thousand dollars
in special tax bonds, .whiehjiad been
issued to 'completo the said road to
(irnnshnm bv the legislature in Feb.,
18GP, and then refused to deliver or ac
count for them to his successor in office.
Bv aii act of the present (ienerai as
sembly, ratified the 1 6th day of Feb
ruary. 1871, it was , enacted that any
President or directors or a ramuau
company who should reiuse to account
with their successors ior uiuiits iuiu
norpra , rf .the rfWhPftnV
A..
deemed cuilty of a misdemeanor and,
nrAn rnrvtinn he finMl at. thO dlS
cretioh of the court and imprisoned j
in the penitentiary for not less
than one nor more than Jive - years.
By virtue of this aict a bench warrant
was issued by Chief Justice Pearson in
March' last for tho arrest of Mr. Jones,
and after several days of patient in
vestigation bound him ov
200.000 to tho snrinir term
nerior Court of Cumberl
ivhiIi term a true bill
no-5ln;t him bv the errand . jury, and
upon his motion the case was removed
or trial to the county of Moore. -At
the last term oi tne court -me case was
continued on account of the absence of
a material witness and fhe : trial ap
pointed for Wednesday of the present
term. The prosecution was ably rep
resented Iy the solicitor, Neill McKay,
Esq.; and Maj. James: C. McRae, while
the accused was defended with all the
eloquence and legal' learning of Hen.
T. C. Fuller. The trial continued three
days, and too much honor cannot be
rendered to Judge. Buxton for the dig
nity, impartiality and intimate knowl
edge of th3 law which he displayed.
Among the numerous points taken by
the defendant's counsel and .sustained
bv his Honor, was one of .very greqt
importance, and which, if sustained by
the supreme court? trill render void al
the special tax bonds and release the
state from a large part of her.mdebted
ness. - His Honor , held, that, as the
constitution piescribes that the .acts
providing for the issue of these bonds
must also levy a tax to pay ihennual
interest thereon, and as theSfe acts
did not levy such tax but directed
that such tax "shall be levied," merely
reiterating and repeating the words of
the Constitution, therefore the issrling
Of such bonds was unconstitutionalrbut
that the defendant in this case could
r. i,fl4fru1 1-iiT tliTii l-..'ip-.i i',t -he
had received these bonds as a trustee Tor
NO. 4Q.;
! the company, and was liable to indict-
" AC. r AAA t v. V w A J ' 7 -
?nced to pay a
dollars and t6 be
penitentiary for
thichiudarmeritan
i the Supreme Court.
ee move slowly
but
urel. and it is hoped that all the p
un
all deters of the people's money, and
upon the vitals t)f an impoverish d
people may yet be -brought to the bar
of justice, -arid the, fair- fame and g6od
name of Norrlf Carolina be vindicated.
.;.- - ' ". "'. . hai,:-
niesK vunuita who iiivj jvr-
m
-a.j
Hepabl icai! Meet i a t ; 31 c rry
- Mr. Editor: Accord iner to previous
arrangement the crowd assembled at
I2o'clock. j Col. V J. Young being in
troduced made a Iweib considered ad
dress to over two : hundred farmers,
mechanics and laboring men, in w
some telling blows were showered
liich
up-re-
on Joe Turner and his associates in
frard'tr the State tMntinsr."
Col. Youner appealed to thejudffrbent
of the crowd vith! great force, winding
up with a commendable allusioiji to
Gen. Grant and his administration. '
John Q. DeCarteret, of Raleigh,.k fit
representative of the Secession Democ
racy, . followed Col. Young in ari . at
tempted reply, with mortification jto
his Democratic allies and to the utter
discomfiture of himself. : ' i ! !
i'- Capt. DeCarteret returned his hearty
thanks to his , opponents . for the Very
kind manner' he !was treated and re
joiced at the good; feelings "which (now
prevailed between the opposing parties.
Next followed Coh W. F. Henderson
with a speech of much pathos, poiver,
and wilting sarcasm; interspersed
with wit ancThumor. Having -heard
Col. Henderson on many occasions the
writer never heard him make suj:h a
masterly effort ; completely bewilder-ino-
the. Kn Kltixland their allies, and
utterly 'disgusting a large majority of
ineauaience wiui ivu jlviujl jLJcmvya. .
Xext followed Gen. W. D. Jones, the
welllcnown true and tried defender of
Republicanism, in a short speech being
so much indisposed that ho did not
speak long. Next1 followed T. B.-Lpng,
of old Chatham, the place of his boy
hood, v He referred to the Union men,
their sentiments and their persecution
and taxation during the past war wljdch
had a happy, effect upon a nunber
present, arousing and convincing, tjhat
the Ku KIux Democracy had lead and
would continue to lead them in diVers
disasters -and. would deprive the fa rm
ers of our State of the true value of
their lands. He gave it as his opinion
that if there had been no hostility! to
the United states, msnapeoi ivu-avfux
thnt, instead of their lands beinsr worth
on an average of two dollars per acre
. 1,1 .1-1 ' XI. J. .1.-1
tney wouia nave oeeii worui ton
lars..-' : - . ;.
'If the sisrns and indications for
Ol-
he
success of the Republican party are,as
o-ood in other part's of the State as
around Merry Oaks, we shall carry'the
State in August by . twenty thousand
mnioritv. u ! V I
Ueniiblicans! -let the watchword be
tvprk, work, WORK.
Spectatoi
' , l?or the Carolina Eiln
- Henry I5crrj Lowrcy.
The Democratic preSs- of the State
pretend to censure Gov. Caldwell be-
rans'o TTenrv Berrv Lowrev and his
gang of Robeson county outlaws have
not been captured. What are the' facts?
Gov. aildwell has done everything he
was authorized bv law to do intho
matter -mid more. He has no militia.
it his eonimand. and the late Deriio
cratic Legislature, knowing that fjict
refused to organize the militia of the
State, bat repealed the only law author
izing the Governor to send troops from
any other - county to Robeson. The
Justices of Robeson county have out
lawed this band as they were author
ized to do by law. The Sheriff of Robe
son has -summoned' his posse and gone
in pursuit of them -repeatedly. La rge
rewards have been offered by the coun
ty authorities and some I ),000 by Co v.
fVilflwell on the part- of tho State. At
Gov. Caldwell's request; a" company of
;.,ri Z United States.troops were sent to I to b
sliouid oe f , .... i,v: i,,,,,!,. i.n,i
esoit to capture the lawless band. Gov
fflblwell visited the county in petson
and consulted with leading citizens of
the county as to the best inoue of ex
terminating the outlaws. Ho also sent
his Adjutant General, a man of. un-
rirtnittf rnnriip-e. who remained a
month or more. - hee-Iectinsr his private
hti3inp.es. naviiicr his. own expenses, and
4 is anv law anthorizm
n him to do more? ;
.-Tow we sucrccst that-tlicisc whoLdis
posed to censure Gov. Caldwell in this
. . . .1 A.
matter lorm a origaue ana go tiovn 10
Robeson; capture Lowrey, pocket the
rewards and receive tne mamcs o me
People, or . ...ecaise iiicir ttiiscifM ujui'
linings. T t :
For the Carolina Era.
:L ; het State ; Trcasnrersliip.
' Mn, .Fpttots, : I see the- names of
nianv frenllcmen brought, to theatten
tion. of the nominating Convention
fhroulvyour columns as suitable jcan
dkbites , lor the several- State ofnc.
With yourpermission I propose alo to
;inrcrf; the mime of a prominent citi
zen as a suitable .caiididate for-th of
fice o Slate Treasurer. This, is one. of
hr mrtct. Imnnrfnnt offices in the State
government, and requires for the prop-'
er UlSCiiarge ui jib uutivrp, ci3jLicvxa.iiv m
the present . deranged condition of the
finances, peculiar talent of Hhe highest
order, as well as the , strictest - honesty
and integrity. -All of these high aml
indispensable qualifications are possess
ed in anminent degree by the distin
guished gentleman wnose name a pro-
John NoR FLEiTr, of Edgecombe.
peached, and Jus Republicanism of the
. i oftii-plv r-fiTieriitinEr with the COUntV
'er in nomi oi f- v.,;v atrthrlH in
ot tne ou- . ,i.. .... ,.r.,r T-.T--..it '
ana county, at . t rf,T,.n ,i,,'..; v ,
g and empotveri
POSE
As a business man; he has no superior;
as a financier ho ha!ffewi if any equals ;
hi hnr-octv and intesrritv, are uiiim-
, Rntcit . of, A.dveitilnK "t
If I f 1
4
two tim
1 Mi.
V threo timui,-., -' -
' -.4 square w the width of, u column, ml I
VncAe deep -
$33 Contract Advertisements tflk ii" U- .
proportionately low rates.
, Professional Cards, notexceedinsc 1 hJwuv.
will bepublwhcd ono year for 12. T '
truest , type, lie is pre-eminentlyLtlif
nan for the place; 'let him be nomina
ted and ho will add much strength to
our ticket. 0
An 1 TAsTitiiN' Ma
, !
- -; , , - r .. ? For t,bo Carolina (
MkKditor:', We learn that it iscur-
rently reported ifi ' Raleigh ' and cLse
where, that wo have -caused 'fM O.
Bcatty of Cabarrus county, Aol4 .ar-...
rested and held toJail for cominis.f.ons :
upon the sale of. an. interest, iii Old"
Hill," an iron mine in .Chatham onn
tv. this is an error.. "Ore HlUV hits;
never been in our hands for sale, or any '
part of it. We know Mr. Reatty ycry: :
well, and havo always found him to) be;;
a gentleman, and very correct iri all bis, ....
demeanor and'eonvorsation. Wi Jlave
had no dealings with him. The Nullum '
f hie rrrot mnst fall on SOm! other i'
company, not by any. means up n!. usj
We could not bt; guilty of conduct .fueH ;
as Mr. Reatty charges. , v I, . ,
" Respectfully,' 1 1 '".
- KlXGSLAND & MltlKR.
! "Raleigh, N. C, March 8, 1872.; --.,jv;J .
I: ; I ..lli. v
; i .: For tho Carolina Era.
' MrEditqr : I havo within thejlafit:
two weeks passed through the counties
of Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Graham,
Cherokee, and I am now in this (Clay
county,) I have availed myself .of; the
opportunity as my travels presented of ,
making inquiry of the wishes and dls-
positions of the1 Republicans, in- the
elections . for the Stata officers next
Summer. I find and I think; that I,;
am safe in saying that there is not a -Republican
in any -of the counties
Pfl ihfit, virill ' not support Gov. '
Caldwell, witn zeai ana energy ior mo
- . . . . . 1 t l iL.
Mil
position he now occupies, and he is the'
first choice with forty-nine fiftieths of
the entire party, and aside froni that ,
he will get many Anti-Ku-Klux-Dem '
ocrats. The Ku Klax .Democrat aro
furious against him. : - 1 j - ji '
ilayesville, N. C, Feb. 2Gth 187. ,
f For the Carolinii Ivi i. ' '
Mu. Editor :' Allow me' to siay in a
few words that there is no onojiuan of v
North Carolina; who to-day, enjoys the ;
confidence of the whole republican
Iarty, to a greater degree than thd dis
tinguished gentleman and able! lawyer . ,
whose name I shall propose for the posi
tiorrof Attorney General. -Possertsingf .
as he does all the qualificationstthatso
eminently fit him for that.position,, I ,
trust that he will receive the unanimous .
nomination at the coming convention
I refer Mr. Editor, to that" polished : A
gentleman, sterling . Republican, able
lawyer and eloquent speaker Col.'Tuz-; t .
well L. Hargrove of Granville county.!'
- 1 ' Inn).
Circclar.
To . the Colored 'Bepublican Voter? ' of V
the counties of liandolph, Zdvidson,' '
: Guilford, Alamance, Person, Casii:eU,
llocLinyhaiii and Slokesj '
Two very important elections, tiiaiei
and National, will take place this year;
in . hnth nf them we are deeply in
terested; members of ,the Generalj As-1
sembly, the different County officer,
members of Congress, Governor iii d ,
State ExeculiveofKcersand Presldeniir 1
electors ; ' ' 1 "I '' J')'.?'
In view of. the importancojofthe
election it is deemed, advisable that wo :
meet i:i-Convcntion, discuss and dilib-
e-ato upon the condition of afiairfe in
our District in order that we may agree
and Jiarmonize upon some plan that
will insure a full vote of our,.pepplc , ho
that in the contest the great principles
of the Republican party' 'may be
and that our liberties and
rights as" American freemen may ndt be
jeopardized. . . ' ; , : I
Jn the election of 1870 the aiye,
counties polled an aggregate Vol 4 of ,
17,4G. Mr. Shipp securing 0,o&) Mr.
Phillip5,--,! maKJUg mr imyui.ij
for Shipp 1,714. In 1871 the entire vote ,
polled was 19,001 for Convention,
o 874 against ' Convention, 9,820. , In ,
1870 while tire Kuklux had charj.o , r
the District they kept our peopio ay. .
. . II. 1 !..lt,.,Mitfnn !. f .I
lrom tllO pOUS.uy . limimuttmni ;t'U;
of the Government had broke, uJ rl o
murder, scourging etc. In ii'-;t h;. j
majority was 1,711. In 1871, afterkiiQ
irncWiont Pon-Tress and tlie srr6rifr rml
A JH.L.i.
oriranization. partially; we reduced b -.. .
majority to the. very small num;
-. rrhr leMs'sitiire has te-uiitncteX
hj'-l
State in ordei' tot arry everything j!
: Wi' think theio is' noll
!.' r
ug.
imaginable that wouia result more u:.?-; . ,
astrous'.y to us, as colored people, (than .;. .
th?t of the Democrats getting co:o t .
of the State. We believe that 'by j o. i-;
ihg together and consulting j as a, -.u..
having the. interest of our ieoii; , -heart
we will bo. able todeyisct it: ;1 ,t r
agree upon 'measures that will opejn t : . .
way to poM a inn coioreu -voic
that a Rcpublicaxiwill.beeitteljfrc;ij .:;
liia lHatrift. tr thfCon'jrre;j.srl t?;n Ui;'.-. l -
litiJ Jr - ' a ' ,
fed States, and, that .the limu. . J
ticket entire vil tie' "tritimph ip
carriedthroughotit the entire IU.kj-p1. '
County, State and National. J
To this end, theiviorv,' it is eaiU.-.,.' -'
requested .that there bo a delegation vi :
five for each of the Counties iLViuctl .
elected to meet in the City of Green- '
sboro, Guilford County, on Thursday,' f
March 28th, 1872, at '12 m. .) ij '
; Representative colored men Jn the if
County who usually lead ofHn tho call- r ;
ing of meetings are respectfully re- '
quested to take hold of this matter im
mediately. I 'j',-:; - ui ' ' 'u'1
Tlie good people, of Greensbor wdl . . !
give delegates : a hearty welcoriip.iVnd. . ,.;
offer thefn every 'hospitality.' i r ' ' :
, Delegates f.ssoonxw elected v.'H I plo.ve 1
communcate . wim
GEO. -Mt. ARNOLD. t,
' Greensboro, N, 0. .
1 . J. J. VA''- . . -. ..
abroad have promised to be present. 1 J :
. . Foa GRAsr.A- ixx.Ia1 dkpatfli 5 from . '
Springfield, IlL, to Tlie Democrat aaysTAd
State Journal, in a loading editorial asserts , :
that povernor Palmer has refused oyerurs r ,
made to him by, the Grata Drown ItcpublK ,
r a i..rtniti&nr v-ninreri mril rrniTi .
accept tho nomination for' the Presidency,
froni the Cincinnati ConTcntlon, and aka''
states that tho Governor Is now, ind ' has
always, been, a-warm person. fj-fend of
President Grant and a supporte. H'ad
ministration,?nnd tbat.li iuTend.t-,cri-:
tinneso.. . . r':i'--i: ;'-;
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