North Carolina Newspapers

; V " 1 . j' . . .. .- ; .-.j ";" L tn,. 0 kr- .I'M I r TJT III 'II TRI-WEEKLY AND WKKKLY UY The Era Publishing Company. Hte of Subscription t Tih-Wekklt One year, in advance, $3 00 ft months, in advance, 2 00 3 months, in advance, 1 IK . I months in advance, j Wekkly One year, in advance, - $1 oo Six months, in advance, 50 The President stated on Saturday, in answer to questions by leading Repub liain Senators, that the administration had determined not to abandon the po sition it had assumed in regard to the t fabama claims, no matter what became of the treaty. Many important jills arefctill before the Congress. Since the beginning of the session the President Has approaed thirty-three bills which originated in the Senate, and one hundred and twen ty from the House. The House has acted on nil the general appropriation bills except .the fortification and the bill for the payment of certain civil expenses. At last every State in the Union is represented in the U. S. Senate. In common with Senator Shurman, of Ohio, we congratulate our people upon this event. Southern Senators resigned their scats in 1861; and after an inter val of eleven years, the unity and com pleteness: of the" Senate, unhappily broken by the retirement of Senators from the seceding States, is restored by the admission of Gen. Hansom. -.Every Slate is now fully represented in the Upior House of the Congress; and let us hope, after the lessons of the past, that Senators of the United States will never again leave their seats for the avowed purpose of engaging in treason against the general government. America is a safe and inviting asy lum for the oppressed of all Nations. Just at this time emigrants from Ire land arc flocking to the "land of the free and the home of the brave." The rush is so great that the great steam ship lines are compelled to run extra vessels to accommodate tle large num Iht of Irish people who desire to emi grate to America. Irish journals state that the exodus from that ill-fated country, will exceed this season that of any two previous seasons. Ireland s best blood seem to flee from her as though she were a plague siot. The rule of England makes the Irish peas ant n pauper in his native Erin, and drives him to this country to seek a home for his family and to carve out his fortune. Emigrant from any and all national ities are welcome to our shores ; the Irish and German emigrants especially, as they convert our forests and praires into luxurious gardens, build up our agricultural wealth, and promote our commercial prosperity. " That our readers may see what America gains by emigration, we ap pend the following extract from the report of the Commissioner on Emigra tion: "The number of emigrants who have ar rived at the port of New York from May 5, 1S47, to January 1, 1S70, is no less than 4,'207,9S0. Adding to the capital value of $1,125 represented by every emigrant, $150 per head for the average value of personal propertv brought, as I have shown, by each, e find that immigration increased the national wealth, in the stated period, by more than five billions of dollars, or more than twice as much -as the present amount of the national debt. The total immigration into the Unitdl States being now at the rate of 300,000 souls per year, the country gains nearly four hundred millions ot dollars annually, or more than one million per day." " . Democratic newspapers have endeav ored to create the impression that we c ondemn ministers of the Gospel who spouse the cause of the Democratic party, but have no word of condemna tion for the same class of men who ad vocate the principles of the Republican mrtv. Such is not the case. 1 Tt Cobb left Shelby and went to Statcsville to report the "campaign speech" of Gov. Vance a corrcsiKmdent wrote us of the fact. A c ... . i i K Srf"nnn tinn furnished publisncu me and added by way of comment the fol- 1 .-5ror "The Republican party recognizes the ri-ht of ministers oi w ZlV r, .... .loiro. We aroaston- l t rU anv minister having the fear of before his eyes, - ,Hl lK . . ..iiiwmrn." should. klux Democracy in ic - - mntrolottue couu... !l?hiSis.Imt'wo uld-no nums- no Jess.' We did not eonu - nualification ministers wno nu . quaii ml our astonlsh- ntKTh it men, clothed in theg-arments DemtScratic party) in sucli.prarb It is (Ijemocn i clcuicd, that min- n fact that wnnot ro nir pulpits for the use," than they did Jor Be- fiivin' aiueu, iu - Hgion. Hav of the South, 't o nnot be employed " JrxviS than In the interest of the othenv Ise .man mftdem days. IXinocratic party t - Should no longer pretend to be the ser vrtts o. me flt t0 joln cmleavoring i n-nncrs are W " Uberty. Union. embiazonw ' ' and Equant. rf Docrats ' ; ' -If r -4 ! ; . , : . - Vol. 1. . Mob Law. Under the head of "Lincoln Superior Court," The Cliarlolte Democrat says: Tho State docket was disposed of early on The horrible rape cane (where a white man violated the person of a white girl) was re moved t Gaston and will bo tried next week. Such villains, white and black, should receive speedier punishment. The Southern people Kliow more forbearance and respect for law than i manifested by any Northern community. ' j" - We are Surprised that an Editor who has been known as one of- the moderate men of our State; should en courage the spirit of mob law that is always rife in the . bosoms of people whose friends have been murdered or outraged. We have had lawlessness enough, in the Southern Spates; no matter how fruilty a criminaj may b, the law should be allowed to take its course ; more especially at th s time. Northern people have, in oany in stances, to their great discredit, disre garded the forms of law. Southern peo ple should not follow their example. We have had our fill of mobj law. A rigid enforcement of the criminal code is not sufficient, on all occasions, to' keep down mob spirit. Thj encour agement, that "such villaiits white and black, should receivespeedier pun ishment,"- coining from a representa tive of the Press, as it does in this in stance, will have a bad effect, result in the punishment of kmd may he inno- cent. T"li - nncio nllllllfl in llV Tit Vemocrat is of the highest in the catalogue of crime ; but it is infinitely better that the criminal should be executed after having had a fair and impartial trial, if found guilty, than to have been put to death by a mob. Such fiends are seldom pardoned. A convection is speedily followed by death on the gal lows. As long as we have canital pun ishment in this State it is to be hoped, that the officers of the law will be al lowed to perform their duties without the aid of lawless men. The Democrat should take the "sobersecond thought." Suppressing Facts Tht Constitution of North Carolina Article XI, Section 7, provides for a Board of Public Charities, totwhom is intrusted the supervision of all Chari table and penal State institutions, and it is made their duty to reportpnnuany to the Governor upon the condition of said institutions with suggestions for their improvement. I G. Wm. Welker, Eugene pnssom, Dr. G. W. Blacknall, and pr. w m. Barrow were appointed, and in Febru- ary, lo7u, . suDiniueu uich "v"' as such Board. Their report, showed that in many counties the jaijs had no arrangements for heating, and that consequently the prisoners therein con fined were subjected to much puttering from cold during winter. Indeed some of them were reported frost-bitten, and Cleaveland county gravely reported i,f i ho nulv mpnns of heathiff was to l a a t v - - - , - give the prisoners a "heated rpek !" The majority of the poor-ltouses oi the State were reported by Dr. Black nail who visited them as "not only a disgrace to the State, but a sin against humanity.'.' In one county JOrange) the male and female prisoners had been confined together, and when a, woman, sentenced to death for murder, was brought to the scaffold, her :ondition was such that it became necessary to ask at the hands -of the Executive a commutation' of her punishment to imprisonment for life. The late Democratic Legislature did'nt like for such facts ' to bo to the world, and so they enacted that the Board of Public Charties shy I not be allotted to nrint then report. And so no rpnort was made to the late session of tho General Assembly, and we have no Rtsitisticsof oaunerism or crime in the State for last year. Tvlesraphic communication with the old World, informs us that Mt. Vesu vius is again belching forth stones, lava, and ashes. Witnesses of previous erup tions represent the spectacle as terribly sublime terrible in its effects grand beyond description in appearance. Tourists from all parts of Europe are now witnessing the labors of this won derful volcano. Al ready, t wohundred nponle have lost their lives by the wthinir lava. Towns and villages are K-toMtvl with destruction Vine- i yards and other prorerty to an amount that will cause great suffering, have been destroyed. And yet, after each eruption, the surviving population re- turn to their oiu nomes, setuc uuU) i there remain until the lavn, stones, and ashes of Vesuvius, destroys their r. irivo them out cfi ainger. 14 1 Such is life. . Vcting Secretarj' of the Treasury Richardson has directed the Assistant Treasurer at New York to purchase 000 000 of bonds each Wednesday, and sell $2,000,000 of gold each Thurs day during May-in all, 10,X),000 of each. m i iof tUn Rnnrcifie Court of Florida decided that the Gi ve.nor s impeachment is still pending Sand that 1 . T- Icwroltv hnhls the Lieut Governor Day legally office as acting Governor. " ""-.','" ' ' RALEIGH,. Democratic Stale ConYrntion. , The nominees of this Convention axe -, as follows: -j , , -; i For- Governor-Hon. A. S; Merri mon, of Wake. . For Lieutenant Governor John W. Hughes, of Craven. ' For Attorney General Judge V . M. Shipp, of Mecklenburg. , Fpr Treasurer John W. Graham, of Oraifge. V ' For Secretary of Shite John A. W o- mack, of Chatham. rFor Auditor Collett Leventhorpe, of Caldwell. , . . For Supt of Iublic Instruction N e reus Mendenhall, of Guilfonl. For Sup'tof Public Works James II. Separk, of Wake. A much stronger ticket could have been nominated. Judge Merrimon cannot poll his party vote. ; When it is shown that the Judge dodged be hind a boinlj-proof and. rofuocd to fight for,tIie Confederacy, as he did do ; that at one time he was Geo. W. Kirk's fast friend ; that he is the friend of Geo. W. Swepson; that he defended said Swepson when prosecuted by Governor Caldwell for robbing the State in com pany With Milton S. Littlefield, of mil lions of dollars; that he voluntarily defended the Ku Klux and endeavored to screen them from the penalties' of an outraged . law, when on , trial before Chief Justice Pearson ; when all this and a great deal more is. made plain to the people, the nominee of the Ku Klux party will fail to receive the united vcte of his party. Mr. Hughes, nominee for Lieutenant Governor, does not amount to much. He was nominated because he lives in Craven and represents the ex-slave ar istocracy of the State. Judgo Shipp was renominated be cause he has served the party exceed ingly well. He has no strength out sidVhis party. When the law-abiding people are informed that he went to Rutherford county in June, 1871, in company with Judge Cloud, and ad vised the people not to prosecute the Ku Klux murderers of that county, that they, 'the people,, had better drop the matter, they will not touch him with a forty-foot pole. Mr. John W. Graham, nominee for Treasurer, suits us exactly. His finan cial ability is confined to statistical in formation. He is capable of receiving and disbursing the funds of the office; as for any ability as a financier, we presume he does not pretend to have anyl When the people are informed that he introduced a bill to extend am nesty to members of the Ku Klux Kldn who murdered, scourged, muti lated, whipped, and drowned, to secure the success of the Democratic party, he will be scorned by every voter who lovesjustice and right. Mr. J. A. Womack, nominee for Sec retary of State, is of no consequence whatever. Simply because the Con vention thought Chatham county doubtful in the approaching election, they threw overboard competent, worthy men, and nominated Mr. Wo mack; lie cannot carry his own county. Collett Leventhorpe, nominee for Auditor, is another representative of the ex-slave aristocracy. . The only rec ommendation that he has for the posi tion is. that he was Gov. Vance's Brig adier General of the Home Guards, and made himself notorious by his war up on Union men who would not fight for the Confederacy. The people of Ruth erford county, where he married and is well known, will put their seal of con demnation on hiin by giving his oppo nent one thousand majority.' Mr. Mendenliall, nominee for Super intendent of Public Instruction, is the best man on the ticket. He is in bad company; was an advocate of Conven tion and candidate also, last summer; and now partially represents the Ku KJux of our State. . Mr. J. H. Separk, nominee for Su perintendent of Public Works, is a worthy working man. Contempt for thatcjass of our citizens who earn their daily bread by the sweat of their bro'w, dictated his nomination-for a position that none of the kid glove gentry would have. ' ' Voters of North Carolina! such are the!, representatives of the Ku Klux Democracy, as selected by - the Grand Convocation of the Dens, which assem bled at Greensboro' on Wednesday last. Their defeat will preserve peace ; insure prosperity. Their election will breathe new life into the Ku Klux ; will abolish the Homestead; and guarantee to the leader of the Democracy the privilege of robbing the State by the letter "m." Republicans must do their full duty nominate honest, competent men pick out the very best material of which the party is composed go into the field and icork from now until the polls close on the first Thursday of August, and A ill -.1, .. ... T.. victory win perm upuu uui uiiuuci.'?. The following is the Platform : The Democratic-Conservative party of North Carolina in Convention as sembled, do declare, That all experience proves that in free governments, those to whom pow er has been delegated, are prone to en large its sphere, and by usurpation and abuses; encroach upon the rights and liberties of the citizens. v rrUa. tmicmit oonrl itinn nf rair reiuntrv ! demands an union, of all parties, by ! whatever name heretofore designated, f . . . i. Y...... on.. niUk lO avert penis gremer wmu uuy wrim which our government has been me naced since its organization. N; C, - THURSDAY, Constitutional Government and civil latf are threatened with, annihilation,; and military government and the. bay onet law substituted in their stead. . .-, Immense sums, not' needed for any legitimate purpose, are drawnfrom the people by means of a system of taxa tion, vexatious in . the extreme, and as unequal as the ingenuity of the makers could fashion it,;imposlng heavy bur dens upon the itffople, not only to sup port extravagance and waste by gov ernment officials, but also to meet the demands of wealthy monopolists, who seek to convert the whole government into an inrrmene machine by which the public is to be plundered for' their benefit. r1 , ' This system has produced au amount of official corruptiori that has astonish ed the country, and which will, if not soon checked, demoralize the people. The administration at Washington not only fails to correct these evils, but by its conduct, i -encourages extra va- ffnnoo, peculation And coi ruptluu. - In order that I the patriotic men of the" north may not be aided in their efforts to reform the administration by the Southern States, a large number of the men of most experience in those States are disfranchised and prohibited from taking efficient part in the man agement of political affairs. In addition to this, and to keep those States under the control of mere re tainers and instruments of the central power at Washington, oppressive and tyrannical laws have been passed and large bodies of troops distributed to overawe the citizens and prevent a fair expression of opinion public at the bait lot box. 1. llesolved, therefore, That the time has arrived when it becomes the duty of all patriots, without distinction- of partv,' to unite in an honest effort to re store constitutional government, an equal and moderate system of taxation, economy in expenditures, honesty among the officials and universal am nesty, and thus secure the permanent peace and prosperity of our common country. I 2. Resolced, That the present system of internal taxes on spirits and tobacco is unequal, vexatious and tyrannical, ought forthwith to be abolished, arid thus, by its extinction, relieve the country from the curse of a numerous horde of officers whose conspiracies and frauds demoralize the public mind, and who are harassing and plundering the people, and by' their extortions fat tening on the hard earning of a help less, impoverished and oppressed peo ple. , ,. , 3. Resolved, That the late Radical Convention of this State, by recom mending J. C. Abbott to a seat in the Senate of the United States, though he did not receive one third of the votes cast, manifested an utter disregard of the rights of the people of the State, a contempt of the Constitution of the United States, and a plain act of Con gress made in pursuance thereof, and a preference for the laws of Great Britain, where the minority rule prevails, and the rights of majorities are habitually disregarded. 4. llesolced, That their endorsement of W. W. Holden, who was deposed from office for gross violations of the Constitution and laws of the State, snnnndprinfr its funds, and illegal ar rests of its citizens, is well calculated to alarm our people with the dread that in the event of the return to power of his associates,' the State is again to be oppressed with military arrest, peni tentiary and railroad swindles and gen eral waste, profligacy, fraud and cor ruption. ! 5 npsnfipd. That the general tend ency, both at Washington and in our own otaie, ui ivauiuii utnun, .acium-v in the interests of monopolists and the wealthy classes, and for the oppression oi tne masses oi our counxryxuen, mm thnf. instpnd of snrh conduct- it is the duty of the government to aid, elevate and dignity tne laoorer, to wnu&e efforts, mainly, we must look for our prosperity. . . G. liesolved, mat education anu en- Hffhforl nnhlif! virfnp arfi indiSDensa- bly essential in a government of, and lor, me iJeupie, ;uiu wciuaisu nv and just proportion of the public lands, or their proceeds, which belong in com mon to all the States of the Union, shall be given to them for the education a 1 i. .1!., of all classes oi the people, witnoui ui& tinction of race Or color, instead of be ing granted by Congress, as they have heretofore been.i under the most cor ruption influences and in vast quanti ties, to overpowering railroad corpora tions and other monopolies of accumu icifni wraith tin riiinirorniis to the richts and liberty, the llabor and welfare of the people. I , 7. liesolved, That while we accept and faithfully abide by the constitution of the United States as it is, with all tne amenaments, hiciuuihs tion and equality before the law, thus conierniijj -equtif, tivn t Vl '- M vtrhn fir citizens of this rori vfknnhiw wo onoose and de- flint lntHnflinous construction which makes the discretion of Congress or the President superior to the consti tution, and under pretence of enforcing thft most important provisions securing the personal liberty f 1 1 i r ! I I'll I I J f 1 .1 1111 A 1 L . ' tknmiima intrk tviprft provinces or cor porations, under the control of a central ith no risrhts "reserved" to them or the peopleexcept such only as that central government iimj wu:i. s Resolced. That we desire a real, nt mnrplv ii nreteiided. civil ser vw rnfiirm. and that we believe the unnn tOTm lirincinlp '' for the Presi dency would greatly tend to produce 0. liesolved, That the patronage of the government should not oe orougni s ,r.fl?rf with1 the freedom of elec- ?nn nnd that ithe elective franchise c.iiri ho frp nnd nntrammeled. i T?9n?rfid. That the amendments to the constitution proposed by the last r 1 A ...till if nrrrar fonH mnfA. JLjegisiamre v in, i ttuuiw.u,ivi. :n,r x hnpf!MhA Shite, nnd we un- Vioc?totintrlr rfMommend their support to all citizens! with distinction of 11. Resolved, That all secret political societies are dangerous in a iree gov ernment, engender violencecombina incst. thin neace of society, inse- enritv nf nerson and property, and nnrht. tn be discountenanced by all 12. Resolved. That as an independent press is tho palladium to American lib- MAY 9, 1872. erty, the Democratic press of the State, for their able, manly and persistent de fence of constitutional and civil liberty, deserve, and are hereby tendered, the grateful acknowledgments and hearty thanks of the people of this State. j i How Now? . The EditorOf The HlUsbord' Recorder, before he left for the Greensboro' Con vention, wrote as follows; v The candidate for Governor must not be a man distinguished for his ku klux Democ racy or party extremeism. Nor must he be an able bodied man who dodged the mus ket in a war that tested men's patriotism, for thousands of the old soldiers have sworn by all the blood that smoked upon the bat -tlerfield tor the "lost cause" that they will never vote for a man who shirked or dodged behind a bomb-proof office and Ave are one of tho swearers. .Now, J udge Merrimon is decidedly an "an able-bodied man," and got be hind iv Commissary's Commission in 1861, and that's all the blood he shed. If any man calls that a "bomb-proof? let him' make the most of it. . How about that swearing, Evans? We hope it.is not that kind of oath that galled those Democratic members of the Legislature on the subject .of taxa tion, last Summer." j Mirabile Dictu. Mr. F. S. Strudwick, of Orange, a noted member of the Ku Klux Klan, having exhausted his bull-dog defense of his brethren, and ceased his persecu tion of helpless and inoffensive citizens; appears before the public in a new role. He is said to have. -resorted to moral suasion1 for the purpose of getting some deluded colored man or men, to accom pany him and , Mr. White Line Graham,- as" delegates to the Greensboro' Democratic-ConservativeKu Klux Con vention! How the mighty have fal len! How pleasant it is for colored and white delegates to dwell together in unity. Only two years ago, this was a White Man's government ; " Nig gers," in the estimation of . Messrs. Strudwick and Graham, were not the equals of the brute of the field. Have colors changed, and if so, how many? W hose Ox is Gored Now ? The News complained of a neglect of public business when Senator Pool and representatives Thomas and Cobb left their seats in Congress to attend the late llepublican Convention in this city. I Senator Ransom, and Representatives Leach, Shober and Harper left their seats in Congress to attend the late Democratic Convention, but The Neics has not learned the fact. It that paper hears that these latter-named gentle- men left their duties in .Washington to attend a political meeting, they may expect I fits. We do hope somebody will enlighten The News. Iowa has abolished the''gallfcvs. Crimes for which death was the penal ty are to be punished in future by im prisonment for life. This is a step in the interest of humanity. As the world grows older and its inhabitants become more and more enlightened, juaiciai murder will be superceded by a life tentureln the Penitentiary, Man can not give life; he should not take it either as Cain did or judicaliy. Our people are beginning to look back upon the whipping post as a relic of barbar- l ism ; cropping and branding also. Long ago theft was punished with, deatli. Every feeling of humanity would re volt at such a penalty in this-the .Nine teenth ! Century. A hundred years from now hanging for murder or any, other crime will be contemplated with the same revulsion and sickening dis gust. Tho learned editor of The Sentinel discourses in his issue of the 29th in stant on the "brewing oLbrandy."- Now, we had thought that brandy was distilled, ! and that malt liquors were brewed, and supposed that any man who had ' practiced at Pat Nolan's bar as long as the editor aforesaid has, would iiave ere this learned the differ ence between fermented and distilled liquors. When he wrote the article he was probably " in liquor" or in a state of ferment over his chances for a nom ination at Greensboro'. The Georgia Bond Investigating Committee, which has been sitting in New York for the past jthree weeks, concluded its labors on Saturday; The total registration of bonds is about $14, 000,000, the chief part of which, it is said, are legal, and the holders will receive pay in full, while those that have been illegally issued will be repu diated. ': ' The ! Baptist Convention of West Tennessee, North Mississippi and Ar kansas recently in session at Memphis, has pledged the body to raise $200;000 in the event of the Southern Baptist University at Greenville, S. C, being removed to the vicinity of Memphis. Parties coming from Sitka, Alaska, report great excitement in that region on account of the discovery of rich silver mines .within half a mile of the town, and of rich gold and silver mines in other places on the adjacent coast.' No.-48. CORRESPONDENCE. The Editor must not be understood aa endors ing the' sentiments of his' correspondents. Communications en all subjects are solicited, which will, be given to the readers of Tiik EiU as containing the Views and senUmcntf of tho writers. . . ' t. - , U Fox the Carolina Era. - Rnlfiii Badger Institute. It is really refreshingand gratifying, amid the wild contentions of politics, to turn from th'ose scenes of strife and turmoil to the more peaceful and pleas ant paths of literature. Ruffin Badger Institute, On Thursday, April 11th, closed its fourth Aeademic year. This Institution has metwlth remarkable success, but not mpreTemarkabIe than it really deserves. It was founded four years . ago, Aas an Institution of high grade, and that good; great, learned and eloquent divine and veteran edu cator, the Rev. Bran tly) York, was call eu to t lie Presidency. Under his con-. trol it has had great prosperity, and steadily increasing, the past year being more promising than any hitherto of its existence. The annual exercises took place on Thursday, April 11th, according to the following Programme : , I. Religious Exercises, by Rev. J.J. Farrell, of Chatham county. II. Latin Salutatory Wm. Brantly York, Chatham. III. valedictory Jospen ti. Jiootne, Wake. : 1 Intermission of thirty minutes. I. Annual Sermon, Rev. S. Pool, A. M., University of North Carolina. ' Dinner. , . I. Annual Literary Address Major R. W. York, Chatham. ' " II. Annual Address of the 1'resulent. III. Benediction . -: . ' -IT The opening religious exercises by Rev.-Mr. Farrell consisted in readinz a Psalm, singing an appropriate Ode, and a fervent and impressive prayer. These exercises were marked by a so lemnity seldom witnessed on occa sions of similar nature. r . :,) The Latin Salutatory of Mr. W. B. York did the younc: gentleman much credit. It was chaste and elegant in its diction- faultless in its construction, and fluent in its delivery ; indeed, so well was it delivered, that it seemed al most his vernacular tongue, and ex hibited much 'proficiency in the lan guage in which Cicero thundered, and Horace ana Virgil sung. Mr. Boothe's valedictory was really interesting. His subject was "The Im portance and. .Necessity oia lmerai Education." The subject was discussed in n manner that misrlit have done credit to an older head. The importance and necessity or a ljiDerai jaucaiion was forcibly ana succinctly set iorin, and the notion, now so prevalent, that a boy may be educated, so as to fight the world, with a base Knowieage oi a few elementary sciences, was severely criticised. His allusions to the inci dents of the four years of school were beautiful and touching; particularly those passages alluding to the death of fpllnwfiifndpnts. and of Miss F. S. York. one of the teacners in the Institution. The two voungr men who composed the graduating ciass, are oi very ut-uueu ability and promise much for the future.' . J 1 A 150H1 are xo eiuer me huj;iuu.ui law, having been engaged in its study for the past three years, under Richard W. York, Esq., of the Chatham bar, a lawyer of tlecidea learning ana aDiiuy. Both. we. understand, are ready to ap ply forlicense at the ensuing Supreme Court. Ttieir law course nas Deen reau in addition to their literary course, and shows what may be done when there is a will to do. We wish the young gentlemen much success at the bar, and in life generally. ; , , After an intermission . of. half hour, we had the pleasure of hearing really one of thebest, finest, ablest, ana roost eloquent sermon, to which it has ever been our lot to listen, the Annual Ser mon by the Rev. S. Poolr A- of Chapel Hill.. His text was "in uue time, Christ died." : - v The learned Minister erave a rapid and succinct sketch pf the conditions of me notions vi uie wunu,- pnux w, nu at the time of the advent of Christ. He exhibited clearly and forcibly the con nection of the conquest of Alexander the Great, in the diffusion and general cultivation of the Greek . language, whereby there .existed , at that time, what had never existed before nor since, a universal language asihe vehicle and means of soreadiner and extending: the Onsnfilr ' The universal dominion of the Romans as ; producing a unity of nations was handled in a manner truly philosophically, together with its con nection with the address, in a manner, to us somewhat . new, but at the same time convincing and Impressive. His nntline of the doctrines f Christianity was, indeed, grooping many things into a small compass. Any attempt to ffivp nn outline of the Sermon would do its talented and gifted author in justice. It is a pity that an enorc so loamerl sri nrofound. so chaste and A. - w XT J 9 henntiful should be wasted on the air. frhit sprmnn alone was enoueh to lYiairp i he renntation of anv man. and certainly the Rev. Mr. Pool is second .fr nn man in the State of his aire. was proud of the sermon, because 1 was proud that JNortn uaronna nau so iai ented and gifted a son, and especially that talents so creat should beconse- oratoA to the cause of Christ. The Rev. i!. Pool is the present President of he T,nral Minister's Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South for Korth Carolinaucceedincr in that place. the Rev. Brantley York, President of Ruffin Badger Institute. After dinner we had a very fine ad dress from Maj. R. W.: York, who had been selected to "deliver the Annual Literary Address. His subject was 44 the cultivation of a pure and noble character." The subiect was, indeed, nhiv nnd lucidly discussed, in its rela tions to religion, society, politics and education. He save most attention to the subiect of education, and seemed to have linked the other three so as to strengthen the main argument upon tho necessity of general system of Pub lic Instruction. Probably no man in North Carolina has given more atten tion to the subiect of -Public Instruc tion, especially in its bt&rings upon ma terial development, the preservation of free government, and Hhe suppression and prevention of crime, - He came out unequivocally for a general system of Public Instruction at all hazards, and, Rates "of .Adver-tininc t One square, one time, - - . - i- - $1 00 I 44 44 two time,- - - i- - 160 44 . 44 three timoa,- - - j- - 2 00 A square is the width of a column, and 1 inche deep. . . .ar Contract Advertisements taken at proportionately low. rates. Professional Cards, not exceeding 1 square, will be published one year for 12. ; , it seems to us his address ought to be conclusive, Taking it all in all, It was one of the ablest and most masterly vindications of Public. Instruction by the State, that we have ever heard. The annual .address of the President showed continued prosperity In tho at tenrlnnne. nnd that the deportment and grade of scholarship were entirely sat isfactory. . . . - j At this moment, .Jho. MMoring, R?n.. on hehalf of the frraduatincr class presented the President, Rev. Brantley York, with a magnincGnt copy oi tne Holy Bible. The remarks of Mr. Mor-in- were well conceived, as was also the reply of Prof. York. I !! After benediction oy itev. ir. rooi, the exercises closed, and the fourth vear of Ruffin Badcrer Institute passed away forever. ' I i Old North tTATK. For the Carolina Era. Madison . Ilawkins. Mr. Editor: Tlie contest "or Con gress in the metropolitan District, must in any event be a close one this year. In two elections the Democrats nave carried the District by small ! majori ties. The question for Republicans to consider are who is the strongest man, who is most available ' and against . whom the fewest objections can be urged. - In the contest two years ago, the lamented Judge Gilliam was ad mitted to be the most popular, the most estimable and the' most deserving in the District, and 'yet notwithstanding his distinguished abilities, varied learn ing, courteous manners, and large ex perience, he only defeated Madison Hawkins, Esq.; of Franklin, about 400 votes. . t , j ! j ' ! Now, Mrr Editor, under tho state of facts has not Madison Hawkins! tho highest claim to the nomination?. No one believes that any candidate in tho. District am consolidate as largo an in fluence and poll as large a vote as Judgo Gilliam did. Besides at the time Mr. Ilawkins mado the campaign i against Gilliam, although an educated shrewd politician, he had very little experience as a debater and electloneerer, yet last year in his contest against a Conven tion he proved himself to be an able canvasser and ready controversalist, land the large gain in the county against Convention attest the ability, of ; Mr. Hawkins. . ': . . ' I Then, Mr. Editor, apart from the fact that Mr. Hawkins is a most availablo nominee, free from every possible ob jection growing out of his occupation and . business connections, Franklin county has higher claims to the nomi nation than any county in the District. In all the changes of the District Franklin county has never furnished the member of j Congress. In other times Warren furnished Edward?, Dan iel, Turner and Mlcajah Hawkins. Granville furnished Potter, Venable and Gilliam. Nash. Arrington.i Wake, Omnfre. Jo Turner. Chatham. Msmninj?. Now we claim Madison Hawkins, Esq., for Franklin. Your correspondent is aw ro. that. other gentlemen have been this connection, but he insis rtred in that the Claims of Mr. Hawkins an that of Franklin arc paramount, t I T.et nil understand to attain success there must be perfect harmony as it) is Certain the Democrats will nominate their strongest man. . . , J j Franklinj ' I For the Carolina Kr.i. . FniToii Era : As the time is near-4 ins when the Convention williincet and nominate a candidate for Congress from theth Congressional district, the , many friends of Hon. R. M. Henry de- sire to see him the standard-bearer of this Congressional district. '! Tn aflertint men.fof Positions. WO should be carefuL to select those that. deserve preferment and political eleva tion at the hands or our pariy inenu , and in making the selection we ought to be careful and revert to tho time when one, should he enunciate ana de clare himself a Republican, imperilled his life. . ... J ... . . Now. sir. in taking these things into . consideration, I state without fear of being contravertea, tnero.iwas not a more bold, energetic and: working man than Hon. It. M. Henry. He canvass ed the entire West, where he did and does now wield a powerful influence, in inaugurating tne party oi enviaoiu principles the Republican party tho party of peace, free government, liber ty, freedom and economy. i : , . . j . In conclusion I will say, as tho party has never, done anything in return for the valuable services of Hon!.. It. M. Henry, that should they fail to nomii nate him, they certainly will be doing him great injustice and ' casting a re flection on his friends: Anon. Cherokee Co., April 18, 1872. rrom the Daily Xcws. ' A Card. r '- ; ' Messrs. Editors: I see from your paper of this morning that I have been classed as a Radical. This classification is wrong. The error however is due to myself rather than to you. I am not, have not been, and never will be, a Radical. ' - " J ' l-i , After the close of tho war, I favored the restoration of the State tb the Un ion on the best possible terms. I had my political disabilities removed, and favored the election of Gen. Grant In 18G8. ' ; r" i I. - In 1871, 1 voted for the State Conven tion and the convention candidates. This is about the sum total of my po litical acts. I have, however always regarded myself as a liberal Republi can opposed to Radicalism In all of Its forms. . i i tV - The card, from which you published an extract, was written under a feeling that something was due to Governor Caldwell for the position .which I hold by his appointment, against the wishes of many of his friends. Iam satisfied, on reflection j that it is due alike to the position which. I, hold, and to myselff to request you and your readers to ac cept this as a substitute for my former card, which is withdrawn. ; My work is for the educational Interest? of tho State, and nothing elso: ,-I have had, and expect to have, almost nothing to do with politics. I wish to see thcStato prosper and all of its resources devel oped:. I believe that popular education is the only foundation of permanent prosperity. , . j AlEXANDER MdVER. most of it. w"-