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TRI -WEEKLY AND WEEKLY BY The. Era Publishing Company. Rate of Subscription t Tri-Wkekly One year. In advance, $3 00 ft months, in advance, 2 00 j 3 months, in advance, 1 lu 1 month, in advance, i iffoturr,. - "-' !- 1 rn 1 souare is th ciiithnj s i . ) - - - j IwlllfllH, U7(U l izajn vxrairact- AUvertiHriiieriU taken proportionately low rateal " - ; ' : Professional Cards. notexceedirii v kkklt One year, in advance, : Si o -1 Vbl. 1. ; RALEIG'r:' C; v , -(TH tjRj&D AY, MAR'CH ; 28, 1872 ; out inouin-M, in advance, : i wm hePnbhed ae yer for ?J2.,.i,J t ' . . .' ' . . i . i -., r I- , . ' . " - . i .'- - .... I , r ,. , ' . i ' . The Gorcmor and his-Duties. me action or; the Governor in refer ence to the penal and charitable Insti tutions of the State has received com A . a m menis ana criticisms which seem to demand a notice in these columns. Believing as we do, that Gov. Caldwell honestly desires to maintain the integ rity oi me Jbxecutive Department of the Government against the encroach ments of the Legislature, in the inter- t-sts of civil liberty, he will receive the endorsement not only of this journal, hut of the law-abiding people of North Carolina. The people have willed tlmt the three Departments of government, executive, Legislative and Judicial, shall be forever kept seperate and dis tinct from each. They have entrusted the Executive Department to the keep ing of Gov. Caldwell. He cannot allow it to be encroached upon without betraying the trust. If heshould allow me legislative Jjepartment to assume powera which, according to the deci sions of the Supreme Court, are vested in the Executive he would le unworthy of his position. Let us recur brieily to the facts of the case. It is well known that the Demo iTatic and Conservative parties, by an overwhelming majority, carried the State in the 1870. As soon as the Gen end Assembly met it began what may well be termed a raid uion the Execu tive Department of the Government. It kept this up in almost every conceiv able form during a long and memora ble session. In 1871 the people were appealed to, and they gave a rebuke vhich should not yet be forgotten. But the Executive Department bided its time. It used no violence. It trod down the rights of no one. About the middle of last month a ease was deci ded in the Supreme Court which drew the line between the Executive and Legislative duties of the State govern ment. The limits of the two Depart- 7 r j readily admitted. The conclusion at tempted to be drawn is that the Gov ernor Is bound to supply them with State funds under his control to enable them to hold their illegally acquired offices. If this is so he must contradict his own act and deed. If this be s, ho cannot recognize the officers whom it is admitted he legally and properly ap pointed, j - - "When the illegally appointed officers held over after demand, they placed themselves in the rcrong. It is the duty of the Governor to maintain the Exec utive Department.of the Government. The. people demand this. Reason, 'jus tice, good government all require) it. The shout of the mob may chim in with the denunciations now heaped upon the Governor of North Carolina for what ho believes to be an honest discharge of the duties of his office, but the people will sustain him. IfJ in this contest, between the lawfuf- gov ernmentof the State and wrong doers, the public press and public sentiment worn nrnnrrlv dirrctrd "" " tin wronsr t 4 , o doers no offense is meant by the term would soon retire. There would then be no necessity of putting any bne upon half rations or sending any bne home. The. people have seen quitq as much resistance to lawful authority of late as thev desire to see. They de mand obedience to the laws and to law ful authority. iREPUBLICAN MEETING' ' 1 Mass Mcding; in Duplip-nii The Republicans of Duplin jWnty assembled in force at Kenansyilkj at the Court House, in Convention agree ably to the call of the Republican Exe- "The Pcnileniiary Imbroglio" Governor Caldwell has been advised by learned counsel and is, of opinion that he has the power under the recent decision of the Supreme Court Clark vs. Stanly, to appoint direc in ors in our State institutions and corpora tions, and refuses to recognize those persons holding unjder Legislative jap Iointment as legally in power. lie has appointed a board of Directors of the Penitentiary and paid them moneyT inr nt wrru sr rlpiirlv lnfinrl ihnt tiwv for the support of the. prisoners. The could not be mistaken. It was beyond tloubt that tho Legislature had occu pied large territories which indisputa bly belonged to the Executive. Gov. Caldwell either had to allow this en croachment or take steps to avoid it. . .Ho preferred the latter. The Court, in the case of Clark and others rs. Stanly. and others, decide that the General Assembly can in no case create an offieeand fill It. This, in fact, is an express provision of theCon-.-titutionj It further decides that the General Assembly had created the office of Appointors of Railroad Direc tors, and had filled it; that the Legis lature had thereby violated the Const! tution, and had encroached upon the duties of the Executive, and that their action was null and void. . This decision virtually settles all cases of a similar character. The General Assembly had abolished the office of Directors and created that of Trustees of the Deaf and Dumb Institution and filled the same. Legislative beard refused to vacate dml notified the Governor that they had only five days rations on hand. Before the five days expired the board 'ap pointed by the Governor appeared at the gates of the Penitentiary with an amply supply of food for the prisoners which they offered to deliver to the old board. Although the old board had notified the Governor that the prisoners had been put on half rations, and a propo sition had been made to call a public meeting to denounce the Governor Tor "starving the prisoners," THE OLD HOARD REFUSED TO RECEIVE THE PROVISIONS 1 The President of the old board noti fied Governor Caldwell that they wre willing to surrender the institution, whenever it was decided by the Courts that they wero not the legal directors, and yet when the Governor proposed to make up a caso in the nature of cuo ftnityJcQwardice aud unutterableiu- t fanjy which could, paly spring from a party, Claiming air the rfvirtue and in telligence' and onlyAiinlfestingmalice, incapacity and greecU-V ! r,: , J ! Jteolvedy That in, Hbn Thmas Set tleyofRockihgham,, we recognize ' tt kiliampiofv peculiarly fitted ".to." bear the tJifvrmpi 'at T?fmnMTA'rr?s'tTf i ie nnmi Mr. Enoch Hill was called 4o the '"-victory in the cmnlriY Gubernatorial Chair, and 2fx. Amos McCulloch wasr j Contest and thd! delegates to the State requested to act as Secretary,. The rol 1 -Convent ion aco hereby instructed to of Townships was called.' cflch'Towri-1 support him as thafirst choice of the ship being fullv representee!,'-' trpoh -Republicans of, Guilford for Governor. which a permanent organization "tvas V Too resolutions - Vere unanimously effected, and the folloinir'6ff1cers cho- ('adopted sen:: Enoch Hill, President;" SJiade j i The. following geiitlenieh were ap- Connor. Moses Wilson and -Thomas f pointed delegates to attend the State Wilson, Vice-Presidents : and Amos i Convention : McCulloeh as Secretary. Delegates fc Hon. A' WTourgt?, Tho. B Keogh, State Convention, Irving''-' Beeirian1, . W P Heath, David ftodgiui Wm. Fen Shade Conner. Delegates District trrssR Y- Davis Eti Horney, John Convention, Enoch Hill and Ames Mci- Holt, AbneiS Holtanc Daniel Welker, Culloch. 3Iessrs, Shade Connor, Ifvihg !'ES Dean, AH Lk?jl?y, Fred. Smith, Pearsall, and Amo3 Dobson wereapv pointed a. Committee to draft resolu tions. During "the retirement of thr? Committee, G. P. Rourk, Esq., of Wil mington, addressed the Convention in a speech replete with unanswerable ar gument levelling sturdy blows at the ku klux , Democracy and imparting a spirit of undourtded enthusiasm among his hearers. Mr. Rourk was succeeded by Edgar Miller. Esq., also of Wilming ton, who laid bare Jefore the people the masked hypocrisy of the ku klux Democracy, dwelling with convincing force upon the successful achievements of the National Republican party. Mr. Millers excellent speech was brought to a close by the appearance of the Committee, who submitted the follow ing i resolutions, which were unani mously adopted : ' ! Whereas, The Republican party of Duplin county are firmly bound togeth er and united in one determined pha lanx against the aggressions and en croachments of the ku klux Democra cy; and, whereas, we are determined to make one errand effort to rank Duplin county as one of the triumphantly fore most under the Republican banner. liesoived. That we unqualifaecuy en dorse and approve, with the most cheer-' ml satisfaction, the administration oi President Grant, and declare him as our nrst and last choice lor tne re-nomination td the Presidency. JiesolvecL Thtxt the delegates to the Congressional District' Convention be and are hereby, 'instructed to cast their votes for Hon. Allan Rutherford for rxtUrMVu Vl-lr-freirilr .Tnrrinn A ri ders Oil Elred, Orpheus McAaoo, jJtjgn McCulloeh, and Obed C Anthony. ,,' A resolution was adopted inviting all Republicans from Guilford who attend the State Convention to join the dele gation and appear as delegates. ; The Chairman appointed a committee to report names of delegates to attend the Congressional Convention.: The com mittee made the following report which was u nan i mously adopted : f , , i ; . Geo. Wm. Welker, Chesley A Lewis, Charles Albright, AC Murrow, T C Starbuck, Joseph Hoskins, Thos. M Owen. ; The Convention was addressed by Hon. Jacob T Brown, T.B Keogh and others. ' It was resolved that the proceedings of the meeting be published in The New North State and The Era. DAVID HODGIN, Ch,m. Leo. M. Arnold, Sec'y - ; Hope Township, Chatham Ccnnfy. "The meeting was organized by call ing W. P.-Holt, Esq., to the Chair, and appointing WJM. Longr' as Secretary:, Kelly Mitchell, Esq., explained -the viujvruL ul me meeung lo appoint .ueie gates to a county Convention, to be held in " Pittsboro on the SOth March. On motion, the Chair appointed the following, nanjed gentlemen to' draft resolutions for the consideration of the meeting to witt J. B. Long,'- Ji II; Barges,-B. Biirges, H. R.'Ellis,-Aaron Scott, Tyra Johnson Renty. Womble, Kelly Mitchell, J.-N. Mitchell, J. E. Bell, Daniel Mathes. , and then reported the following 'reso- . -". i i i luiiuijs wiiicn were unununousiy atiopi- edj . ., . n - ' ... ; .. .... ,-t;, 'Resolved? That we the Republicans of New Hope Township' having ' the Utmost confidence in the abilkv and integrity of R. Odd well, dp hereby i $rYfir'c '"fot-rtr ifhliu fnz .Governor i in August next. ... , t , r 1 Resolved, That we are for IT. 8J Grant for President of the - United Statejf against all others. ; -u; ;, U ; The meeting was addressed in a bold and enthusiastic manner by Kelly Mitchell and J. B. Long, Esqrs:1 ' - Kelly Mitchell, J. fE Bell, (Aaron Scott,. Jesse, Horton, Thomas B urges and J. B. Long, being requested to at tend Pittsboro on the 30th March, the meeting adjourned: . W. P. HOLT, Chairman. W. M. LONG, Secretary. The Chairman- having beent called from the meeting, Dr. L W. Jones was called to the Chair When Col. Long in troduced" the 1 following- ' reselutiontt 'which' wer6 adopted:- , H - s hu?; I'r; r Resolved: That ; we recommend .Dr.. :W, H. Howerton, of Rowan county, as an eminently suitable person to receive the nomination,' for : Secretary of State. RemlvedTlmt otir distinguished fel low citizen, Hon.-Jaines s G. IlamsajT, is einhietly suited to represent the in terests of this District in the next Na tional Congress, and that we recom mend his nomination therefor, in the District Convention, t' - . ' . I , r Resoli'edThai theARepublicans .o: this county desire the nomination of Hargrove,-of Granville, for Attorney General. or u - i ; On motion,- the? meeting adjourned, j ti, "T,:fL w..joVESj:i ;; ;-. . . .Chairman. - , 'Secretary-'' CoK T. L g: B. tcarranto. submit it for judgment at Spring Term of Wake Court, and carry Theyid tho same thing in regard to it by appeal to the next Term of the the Insane Asylum and Penitentiary. Supreme Court tne oiaooara looerec These cases arc clearly within the deci- ojnized in the meantime and receive such sion in the case of Clark and Stanly, sums of money for the support of the and are settled by it. It would be useless prisoners Lc, as they require,) illn v in irn tlirniio-h f ho form of another OLD BOARD llLr LS-kJJ suit. It will hardly be questioned that the Trustees and Directors of the penal aryl charitable institutions of J.he State are officers. If we admit and this was decided that Appointors of Railroad THE TO AC CEDE TO THE ARRANGEMENT! The fact is, all this clamor in regaj-d to the Governor's right to appoint was gotten up to create Democratic pary capital. Th&good of the State and the been lost sight of in the effort to retain thfi snoils in the hands of the .demo cratic board, and all these appeals io the passions' are but the clap-trap ma ..... rhinerv of dcsicrnincr politicians and C W M. demagogues. reason a Of Directors are officers, we are compelled proper support of the prisoners, has to admit that Directors of the Peniten tiary and Trustees of the Asylums arc officers also. The same section of the Constitution which prohibits the General Assembly from creating an offieeand then filling it authorises and requires the Govern or, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to nominate all officers whose appointments are not otherwise provided for. By subsequent statute the Governor is authorized to fill all va cancies that may happen in the Boards aforesaid without the advice and con sent of the Senate. This statute brings the appointments by the Governor within the exception, "unless otherwise provided for,' and they may be made without the consent of the Senate. It is true that tho Court, in the opinion in the case of Clark and Stanly, say, that the expression, ".unless otherwise pro vided for means " unless otherwise provided for in this Constitution." This,-however, is obiter dictum, not necessary to the decision in that case, not decided in the case, and altogether untenable. To abide by decisions has become a maxim in our jurisprudence, but no one has ever claimed mat ornter dicta are binding as law. ' J if must be and is admitted by the le , rojrt thnf according to the decision in the case,of Clark and Stan ly the acts of the General Assembly ap .!. and Directors are pointing j-iuov - unconstitutional and - void, and that the '.persons tfius illegally appointed are liable to be removed. It must be, and is al admitted that the Governor had the -right to commission other Trusted ' and Directors to take the places of those illegally appointed by fne General Assembly. It is c femed other hand tnai iuq mBj and -Directors are are St. Patricks day was celebrated in nlcndid stvle by the sons of Erin in this city on Monday evening last. They gave a magnificent banquet at the Yarboro House which passed off in a manner entirely satisfactory to all present. It was a feast of flow of soul " in the highest sense the word. The table was loaded with the choicest Viands and many excellent speeches were made, and many patri otic songs were sung. All honor o the Irish, that noble hearted and gen erous people, of whom it has been said 44 They have successfully fought the battles of every country Jbut their own." Let us hope that in the , course of time and events old Ireland will yt take the place among the nations of trie earth to which she lis, entitled by the laws of nature and of nature's God. on the .,T;r,to Trustees -i-rfA onri t hat their acta valid until toy are legally removed. This fa not denied or doubted All the authorities quoted to prove this are Going! Goxe!! -A certain veracious Democratic editor west of Raleigli, whose chief business for two years past has been to make war upon the "Brin die-tails" seems to be relenting. He now seems to be willing to receive to his own embraces such "Briftdle-tailsf Congressman, from this district. Resolved, That our delegates to the Strife Convention, at Raleigh be, and are hereby instructed to cast their votes for the Hon. O. 11. Dockery for the ol- fice of Governor. " "The Convention then adjourned with three cheers for Gen. Grant, old New Ha mush ire and the National Repub lican party. County Convcnuon The Republicans in Guilford met in Convention at the Rooms of the Grant Club in Greensboro, last Thursday af ternoon. Every township in the coun ty was represented, which speaks well for the efficiency of the organization by townships and argues that, as the cam mign advances, the organization, will be still better. Hon. David Hodgin was called to the Chair and Geo. M Arnold was made Secretary. , j John A. Pritche.tt, Chairman of the Committee on resolutions, made tho following report: Resolved, That we regard the Na tional -Republican party, as the only hope for a safe, economic and just act ministration of the government and pledge it our heartiest support. Its success means to every Southern Re publican peace and prosperity its de feat, ruin, anarchy and assassination. liesoived, That we heartily commend and endorse the patriotism and devo tion to the best interests of the State and Nation of the Republican members of our Congressianal delegation. liesoived, That every attempt to de stroy . the .unity and integrity of the Republican party or to impair its suc cess in'the coming election, is actually a movement in favor of the Ku Klux Klau, -tends to reproduce -its horrors and rekindle its smouldering fires. I Resolved, That we heartily comment! the action of Gov. Caldwell hi refusing to lend the sanction of his high office to the unholy purpose of the unscru pulous partizan zeolots who constituted tho mrjority of the late Legislature, in their treasonable attempts to subvert the Constitution of the State and tram ple upon the liberties of her citizens, j liesQlrca, mat tne itepuoncans oi Guilford.- in common with the law- abiding peo'ple of the entire South owe a - ff A? A. .11.1. . ! ... .3 . to resiueni Ajrrani a ueoi ui gramuuc which no devotion can repay, support ed and .sustained by a patriotic majori ty iq' Congress, his duty has been per formed with a promptness and hrmness which has made his name a terror to midnight assassins secured our lives and liberties from the bloody tyranny of the ma.sk and the dagger and saved the nation from incipient treason and we believe that the future peace- pros perity aud safety of the South emphat ically demands his re-election. Resolved, That the action oi the con servative Legislature, in repealing the act of April, 18G9, which made it a mis demeanor to go disguised with intent to terrify, and made the commission of any crime while thus disguised a felc- nv is an overwhelming, reiutation oi former denials of Ku KliUkism, a clear assumption of the parentage of tho Klan, an unmistakable endowment oi its infamous acts. And we firmly be lieve this repeal to have been the des perate act. of guitty conspirators to. shield themselves and their fellows from the impending punishment which Rowan Connt). Pursuant to motion the Republicans of Rowan held a meeting in the Court House in Salisbury.on the 16th inst. t On motion of , Dr. W. H. Howerton, Hon. James G. , Ramsay was unani mously, chosen to act as Chairman, and Dr. Geo. B. Ponlson as Secretary. In his usual terse and vigorous man-X whereas, ner the -Chairman, explained the objeot of the meeting. . Qn motion of I. W. Jones, a coram itr tee of fi ve was appointed to draft reso lutions A committee of .five persons was accordingly appointed, and retired for the purpose or performing the du ties assigned. ; ; During the a6sence of the Committee on resolutions the ; audience called for a speech from the Hon. James G. Ram say, to which call he responded in a masterly manner. After an absence of half an hour ihe Committee returned to the Court room in tho Aanonai anu. uiL,,,i r,i,,. ' ...u;,,u ...v.-, nngthe preyentjeiir. -v- preference, for thos-e .T.K.-& v. t. Public Meeting. At a public meeting of the Republi cans of Caldwell county held m the Court House in Lenoir on Saturday, the 9th day of March, 1872, the follow ing proceedings were had and resolu tions adopted, to wit : On motion of C. C. Jones, Major R. B. Bogle was called to the chair and Smith II. Powell requested to act as secretary of the meeting. , The object of the meeting was then explained by j. u. Jones, wno saia that the Republican party of Caldwell county desired to give expression to their views in regard to the approach ing contest of pr be entered upon State elections du and to indicate our ers in some of the more, important offi- in ii0" f, in re?Pon 1 , r. k ti 'i k inng io a can ior of the United States and the State of North Carolina. On motion of C. C. Jones, the chair man appointed the following commit tee of five to draft resolutions to be' be submitted for the action of the meet ing: . ;C. C. Jones, J. M. Estes, Hosea Brad ford, G. W. Livingston, and Lewis S. Harris,- who retired for that purpose. The committee, after a brief absence, reported through their chairman, C. C. Jones, the following resolutions : ! ; Resolved, That we, a portion of the Republican party of Caldwell county, do resolve and declare, 1. That; we most heartily endorse and approve the administration of U. S. Grant, President of the United States, and declare that ho is our first choice to be voted for as the next President, in November next, and we sincerely believe lie is the choice of ninety-nine. I Hiii as Lyman Trumbull, Gratz Brown and their atrocious crimes so richly deserv Carl Schurz. He will then be no longer ed. ' '-,-.;: p of any service to his friends. Othello's Resolved, That .we, commend the u f " .... T . , course of our fellow-Citizens, who, hav occupation will be gone. Let all good ing thoughtlessly followed the lead of people curse the man who seems to be traitorous partisans and become identi ready to pfay Hicks with the Democ- fied with that crowning villainy of civ racy. Who would ever have thought L1? nity theiku klnx klan have r ' , ,., . . . b had the boldness and manhdod to come that Hannibal would entertain propo- forwartl and denounCQ its $nfamies. t sitions of surrender to the Brindle- . Resolved. That the brutal treatment of vital importance to the. peace and welfare of -the country, and especially that of the Southern States. 2. That we heartily approve the ad ministration of tho Executive duties of North Carolina, by .our present able and patriotic Governor, Tod R. Cald well, and we hereby pledge him,. if nominated for the office of Governor by the Republican State Convention to' be held in Raleigh on the 17th Of April, 1872, our earnest and willing support, and that he is our first choice, for Gov-, ernor. , - , ; " 3. That we hereby express as the sense of the. Republicans of Caldwell county, and declare that-Rufus L. Pat terson, of Forsy the county, is our first choice for Lieutenant Governor, while we recognize the claims of many other distinguished Republicans in the State, s eminently qualified for that position, and we pledge our undivided and hearty support of the nominees by the Republican Convention of the ticket selected as the standard bearer of the Union Republican party, believing as we do, that none but honest and capa ble men will recti ye a- nomination to any office. 4. That the Chairman of this meet ing appoint three persons to represent as delegates the Republican party of Caldwell, in the State nominating Con vention in. Raleigh, on the 17th April next, and In case no . one attends, that Hon. Lewis Hanes, editor ofTirfeERA, is hereby authorized and requested to represent Culd well county in said Con vention. . . :;' 5.That this meeting endorse The Era newspaper, as an able advocate of Republicanism and justice, in North Carolina, and wo do recommend as many Republicans as can do so to sub scribe for said paper. " ' : -; Under the 4th resolution the Chair man "appointed the following named persons delegates to the" nominating Convention, 17th Aprils tiz: J. M. EstesEsq.y David Moore, Esq .y "and- a wtate convention to be held in Raleighon the 17th of April, declare their adherence now, as hereto fore, to the great principles of Republi canism, and , ., . , .Resolve, 1st. . That the Administra tion of President Grant, has been emi nently successful in consumating the work of re-construction ;, in practicing economy; in maintaining , inviolate, the public credit ; reducing the public debt, expenditures and taxation; in regulating and reforming the civil ser vice ; executing the laws ; protecting loyal citizens against violence and out rage, aud all glasses in their rights; in its prompt investigation and punish ment of malfeasance in office; in sub mitting toarbitratioh our claims against the English Government; in its gene ral pacific relations with foreign na tions ; in fulfilling itirpledges to remove political disabilities as the spirit of dis loyalty- shall die out : and in having At: a meeting held In- Boon Township, Johnson Co., I N C, On Sat urday, lOth March, 1872, , on motion, Franklin Phillips, Esq., was call to the Chair, and John T." Rains hraa made Secretary. 3 - - - 'I' ;r ' - The Chairrxiah addressed the meeting by f briefly stating - the object of the meeting. After which, the meeting proceeded to elect a Township Execu tive Committee, and appoint delegates to the County Convention to be held at Smithfield, on 26th March, 18J2. - .The following preamble and resolu tions were offered by Dr. James lllay and unanimously adopted by the meet ing':- 'i .--- w ;;5- .i- a, . whereas, The uemocratic-uonser-vative -party "so called" did in tho canvass of .1870 promise the people re trenchment and reform in the manage ment of the affairs ' of the State ; and, instead of retrenchment and reform the expenses of the government of the State have been nearly doubled; and, whereas, the people have; been and are now overburdened by taxation caused and la'd by the "so called' Con servative party, by the useless and un necessary long stay at Raleigh of the ''so-called" Legislature composed most ly of "upstart and ignorent boys" who knevv nothing about Legislatnre and cared less ; and, wrhereas, they promis ed, if elected, that peace should prevail in the State by a rigid enforcement of the laws made to punish disguised as sassins comonly known as ku klux. Instead of the enforcement of the laws in this respect, they repealed the laws to shield themselves'1 and their follow ers from the impending punishment which their attrocious crimes so richly deserved; and, whereas, this ignorant, disloyal and ? trifling Democratic-Conservative Legislature did nothing to allay the strife and contention between the people of, the State. But - on the other hand did all they could to widen the breech and cause unnecessary agita tion by electing a banned traitor to the United States' Senate, and electing to an important office one Moses A. Bled soe who favored raisins: the black flag during the rebellion, but who refused to risk his ow,n carcass under any flag. Thus plainly showing that the "so-called" Conservative party is nothing but the old "bumb proof" Secession party of 1861; and, whereas, these self-styled patriots ,hypocritesand demagogues did have much ' to say about the public printing in the last canvass, and prom ised reform. Unstead of retrenchment and reform they gave the printing to an office that! attempted to cheat the State out of a ! large amount of money. And after this was proven,1 gave the ministration , our national , debt has been reduced, confidence- restored, and , our national cret! unplaced beyond qties- tion.- r':;yu'i - .-i :is. ,.(,:?.;.:..;. ! 2d.4 That'we.do hereby "cordially en- u . I 4 1 T T T JL Tl 1 - r -r. tor arid that his un wearing and persis tant efforts Jn; calling the attention of' Congress to' th cixistanee of a secret and M treiisohable ; organization ' i extending inrougnoui. .ooutnern states, and y his services in devising effectual meas- ! ures for the suppression and extermina tion of the same ; entitles' him ;to the ' tltflnks of the nr!on " . i ! if;: .. - .: pd. That . we cheerfully endorse the administration of Goy-. Tod RJ Cald well, aud tender; to Mm , our gniteful " thanks for his efforts In behalf of peace, ' , and recommend j him to the Renubli Cans of North Carolina as a. fit and suitr . able person forMhe ! nomination for Governor, and hereby Instruct our del egates in the State Convention to be ' held iii RaleisrhJonI thel7th t)f Anrll i next, to vote for him for said position . ; auimans county, is our liWt'bndlce ilTr ' Lieutenant Governor,. a man'" of the' people, by the people, ; and for the peo- , pie of great ability and "devoted to tho interest of the State. . ;M ;J ' 5th. That W. A. Moore, of Washing? , ton county, is jur first choice for Attor- ' ney General he is a true and tried -Republican and a gentleman of great legal ability.-; : f.-..ly 5S ! r 6th. That having confidence ; in the Republicanism of D. M. D. Lindsey, of Perquimans county, a man who was a ' Republican when it took men of iron r will and . indomitable courage l to de- clare themselves in faver of Republl- can principles. We hereby recommend ; him to the Republicans of the 1st Dis trict of North Carolina, as a fit and suitable person and'one well qualified' tn ronrpspnf. thlaHist.rirt in tho noTt Congress of the United States. I . Which upon motion was adonted. ' h On motion of George Sears the Chair-! man appointed the following as dele gates to the State Convention, viz : . E. , F. Baxter, James II. Ferebce, .W. Ai, Ft Stoikston and Wiii. G. Thomas, and on motion of Jonn Sampson tho Chair man and Secretary was added to the : list of delegates. . ?7 ; - . i On motion of James II.:Ferebee the; Chairman' appointed the following as; the County Executive Committee: '', James H. Ferebee,: E. F. Baxter,, Wm. A. Powers, Edmund Wilson, W. A. F. Stoikston, W. G. Thomas, George SJ Vanslyck and Thomas Chapell, and on motion of Albert Shaw the Chairman1 ' and Secretary was added to the Com mittee. ' - - i- j' !' j ! On motion of James IU'erebee, Col. D. M. D. Lindsey was appointed proxy to cast the vote of the county in tho Staie j Convention 1 Provided noneof the delegates appointed from the coun ty are not present. ' ' .'. j j On motion of Miles Dixon the Secre tary was requested to send a copy of the proceedings of the meeting to tho North Carolina Era with a request to publish. ' I On motion, the 'meeting apjourned. THOS. G. M UN DEN, Ch'n. Frank It. Sears, Sec'y. 1 l i a Norflfffiinf A noneto enforce against the j concern ; and, whereas, this self-styled sition, and we regard hh re-election as ones, Esq.' C.C. J " On motion of C. C Jones,- Resolved. vThat the proceedings will of the people; and tneretore it has justified our support; warrants the en dorsement of the country, and calls for Gen Grant's nomination and're-elec-tion to the Presidecjcy of the United States. . ...... Resolved, 2d. That Governor Tod It. Caldwell having given us a faithful and honest administrate 'of th State Gov ernment earnest and efficient to brings to justice, offenders against society, the laws and credit of the State; bold in withstanding unconstitutional legisla tion ; right in callingto his aid just and upright councillors ; wise in appoint ing to office, men of capacity, honesty auxl Ioyaflty ; and generally successful in the discharge of the duties of his office, notwithstanding the impedi ment of a reckless, violent, treacherous and revolutionary Legislature : for these and other eminent services, we commend him to the cordial support of all good men throughout the State. , Resolved M. That we arraign the pre sent Legislature for its unconstitutional Legislation ; its usurpation el Jtsecu- , tivc prerogatives ; its want of self-res- j pect in refusing to investigate charges j against its own members ; its disregard of the rights of the people in denying them the right of petition ; lor gerry-1 mandering the State "In the apportion- f ment of Senatorial districts ; for its fraud, its corruption, its ultra partizan and prescriptive" spirit, its covert de-j fense of Kuklux outrages. For. these, j among other good reosons we call upon the good people of the State everywhere j to set the seal of their condemnation I upon them. ' I Resolved, 4th.. That Hon. John Pool, ! Hon.lC. L. Cobb and Hon. Charles R. i Thomas. Senator and Representatives from North Cafolina. having rendered faithful and efficient services ; to the State and the ' nation have won the gratitude of all-right thinking men,. Conservative party have shown iby these and a thousand other mean and eontemptable ! acts to te unworthy of the support of all law-abiding and good eitizens therefore, - j I , Resolved, That we, the people: of Boon Hill Township regardless! of tions, and we invite the Union men of 1 1861, whether they formerly belonged to the Whig' or Democratic party,' ton klux party of North Carolina, com-. I nritv. l,v V monly. known by the "brindle. tail appjlcd party, wm not support - any nut true Union Republicans in the coming etee- ltEADIKtt TIEB; IlANDWRITINd. The Chicago Timei tha leading Den i ; ocratic organ of Hie Northwest, thu : refers to -the defeat of its party in New liampshire: - "The defeat is abundantly compensa- ted by the moral which it affords. This, moral is embodied in the obvious de-i duction that the Democratic party alone stands noshadowof a chance to prevent the re-election of Grant. Tho-most . hopelessly pig-headed Bourbon in tho party must now recognize the fad that the Democratic candidate for President could not carry morr than one-third of the electoral vote,? I ' " i The.JYmes, however, affects to cherish ( the-hope that, "the country may be rescued from Imperialism" a 'Demo-' eratic way of expressing the hope that Grant may be' beaten, by a combina tion of all the soreheads, Democratic ! and otherwise. ; But it stamps the hopeless character of the' effort by its admissions. The idea that a party 1 commanding two-thirds of the, electo ral vote may bo converted into a min-i the disaffection of a few uis- that a party coin-: men, and name" of Conservative-Democrat icj uaUI"S H'1 "'uru .man-.w inmi may, party ''"N-"" " ' v vtmvriui iu ti auajuriiy oy uiesc. - Rwlrcdhnt our pr ont Governor, j isolated acc4osis.js rather too prepo-, Tod R. Caldwell, has U-.i tried and i tc.ro"s Jt..w yet doub.Mul whctln r it found true tp all Union men and true j will have any action at all. ; to the besfc interest of all the citizens of i It, niut be ttnlncntly inspiring tf, the North Carolina. .Therefore he is our J and hie of tho i)emocracy tk U first choice for Governor. ' - ! ! th' etvVP'. M their. Resolved. That Htm. Tluw. Settle is i eauuig orgaiw, iiuu im-jr purvy suii us, our first Choice for Unit tar, and we will do ail toi ftf Rnn... I not a ghost of a chance of carrying the it-, 'fin u. t--ii-rv Presidential election, and that its oi.lv e fan io cai rv , .... . " , . i , - snauow fr np iwh in. ino nrnvai oi recniits t wiio never .ome,- If. ;Ncw Ilainp.-ihire.inforot's.tlK' firvt. lesson, it al?o: ciu phut teal ly Vlz.es lw second. If it teaches that Dcmoocu-y is practically defunct, it kIiows that it can get no new i :eeeHsicis. -If i kiu-ssof iaitytis the Legislature so as to elect hirn to that high position. Resolved, That we recomn'iend'a:iour standard barer of this district the name of 2Iaj. W. A.- Smithy believing: he would tlo the people more good TServiee i uu 11 V. V in Congress than any man in theState,'5 '"P;,1 from publu-aji as helms never failed of success in what- H there wei-oanj-s.ack erer he undertook to do, we know that he would be elected by a large majority. FRANK'N PHILLIPS, Ch'n. John T. Rains; Sec'y. ... ' , Cnrritnck Coaniy. fm S DrJJi: vv. Jones movei that the Chairman appQint a suitable number of delegates to attend, the Republican State Convention - in j vRaleigh on the 17th of April, whereupon the following . r .1. ii . ..I , . leuiieiiey miujug iv puiiiicans u brcUK up and reorganize, rt would hav : shown itself in New Hampshire. ''.'And -yet in what was only a preliniinai .',; : contest, without the consolidating, t i. , ergy and force of, a national campaign, the Republican party stood together in -' 1 l .! , ,1 , ,.T. X . 1 t -A In accordance with previous an- j V , iisfUA c, !a . I? nonncement'the RepubliJims of Curri-! wf.S l)liLafSL!2 r, ! JI!" tni-k- rnnntv ' nssomhlpd--' nt'lht Cwrt.t r ' f";s-icyiuu 1'iuiuiy reiul the handwriting on the wall. -At- House, on the 13th of March, for the . " T purpose oi appointing aeiegates to the - ).'. " v .; m - , .... State Convention. 4 ., . . , .. . . """ On mtion ' of Jamels H. Ferebee. Ah Irishman took a contract to dir a and the endorsement of ;the people, of Chairman of the County Executive ! public well.' When he had dug down theState. ' V- j ; " " A Committed, Thos. G. Munden, our es-I about twenty-five feet, . he came one teemed and efficient Post Master and morning and found it, caved In. filled nre tried Republican, was caned to the nearly to tne , top. 'at looKed cau tails? Fame. To be abused by. the new$- 1 ' J i.j-.w-mvAm r A V aT naners. ana nave hiuu-bw uawwu i r .... after yon. i ; r : ;" andyWholesale starvation of the prison ers in tho State -.Penitentiary by Con-: servative officers ahd conlractors, and the failure ef a Conservative majority in the Legislature, - to - notice and con demn such conduct is an act of inhu- and other Republicans papers copy. On .motion of C. C. Jones, the . Chair man of this meeting, 'Maj.;R. B.' Bogle, was aobointed adelecate to the State f Republican Convention in Raleigh, 17th ' On motion the meeting adjourned sine die. s '- : -' , ; : i;;, .... viij B. BOGLE. Chairman. 1 " SiiiTir IL J'pwbll, Secretary . " .Ib'axk.ixq Entebprise. We learn that a Savings IJank will be organized add pat in Operation. v6ry soon in Cbiirlottce. A -A. A. . AJ , VX, J-T. -1IAjA.A. U, James Smith, Peter Hargrave, Colonel Thomas B Long, f Dr. G. B. Poulson , Frank Moring, Rev W. J. . Moore, John A. Ramsayi Pinkney Hall, Harry Cowan.' A. J. Phillips, E. S. Pl Lippard, John Rl Potts, Cumby FJlis, Jacob Po we, "Wiley Bean, Noah Peeler, Kiah Fisher, " Jesse P- .Wiseman; Robert H.. Broadfield. George Pinkston, -Wiley Dpdge, Allen Rose and A. LClitrke. ? On motion the name of Hon. James G. Ramav' was addedl to: the -list of 1 delegates,; & Chair; and Frank, Sears appointed Sec- i tiously around"" and' saw that nobody retary, the Chairman in a few appro-1 was near, then took; off his hat and priato remarks explained the bject of i coat 1 hung : themy on i.the windlass, the meeting. .- MV iff ? - ,s ss ! crawled into some bushes ard awaited , ' On motion pf fy)Ison .. Dogin, the the result. ; In a short time thecitizens Chairman wareVested .'to.appoin't-'.a J discovered that the well had caved in, .'" Committee of six toTeport resolMtions , andiseeing Pat's hat and coat on the- for the consideration- of the meeting, windlass, they supposed that he was at -tfie Chairman appointed- the following , the bottom of the excavation. -1 Only a as thejomnytteo, viz: "John Sampson, i few hours, brisk digging. .cleared, the Gecrge Sears, Samuel , Simmoris,,MireA X loose earth from the well," and just as ' Dixon, Albert Sixain and Jaeob Poyner. ' the eager citizens had reached the bot In a short time the Committee reported tom and were wondering where- tho the following resolutions: . iA: body was, Pat came out of the bpshes Resolved ltt That we. approve of and 'andood naturedly thanked , them for , cordially endorse the administration of ' relieving him of' a "s6rry job." Some T . JI X a. - : . 1 . , . I . r Ii a. a A - 1 . ' . . - A - 1 I A. jrresiueui vjrraiiir auu , uieuge- iiuu our, ox tne tirea aiggers were uisgusieu, uut, support in the future, as he has hkd it in Ihe past and.' that it is a matter of I gratification to ua - that under his ad- the fokef was too good to allow any thing more than tho. hearty laugh that; followed..