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mr Official Organ of the United States. Office, in th "Standard" bnildioe, Et sidc.of FayettrrOTe street. THURSDAY, MAY 9th, 1872. REPUBLICAN STATE .TICKET. Jbr, Governor: TOD R. CALDWELLi Of Burke? " ; For Liexdenant Governor t CURTIS H. BROGDEN, " Of Wayne. ' .For JVeayurer. DAVfD A. JENKINS, Of Gaston." ; . i. br Attorney General: -.-..' TAZEWELL L. HARGROVE, Of Granville. For Secretary of State : WILLIAM II. HOWERTON, Of Rowan. Jbr Auditor: . JOHN REILLY, Of OumWlnd. i-br Superintendent of Fub. Instruction, JAMES REIP, Of Franklin. . . . For Superintendent of Fublic Works ; SILAS BURNS, Of Chatham. ' The Era, until further notice, will 1k under my control.. . 4 J. C. Loo an Harris. - Gov. iroffman has vetoed the new charter for New York City. The Democrats have nominated - - a4 Merri-man for Governor. He will be a sad man after the first Thin slay in j August. Read our European Correspondence on the fourth page. It is from the pen of Mr. A. V. Dockery, American Con sul at Stettin, Prussia. The U. S. Senate has passed a bill placing tea and coffee on the free lists to take effect July first. The bill goes to the House for concurrence. The Commissioner of Internal Reve nue has ordered the immediate collec tion of all taxes due from distilleis, and recalls all orders issued for a stay in the collection of such taxes. We call attention to two communi cations from Charlotte concerning Gen. S. F. Carey. We will pay our respects, a second time, to this gentleman, in our next. . The President has signed . the bill placing coffee and tea on the free list after July l. This is a step in the right directlonand reduces the revenues of the government nineteen millions of dollars. Mr. T. T. Fentress is advertised to send up a large balloon named A. S. Merrimon in honor of the Greensboro Convention. In August the people will send A. S. Merrimon himself up in dis-hoaor of the Greensboro Conven tion. Dr. Livingstone, the African explor er, whose fate has been for so many years a matter of uncertainty, has been found, or rather he has found himself, and is now safe with' the hardly less distinguished New York Herald cor respondent, who went to search for him. Gen. Collett Levenlhorpe, late of the Queen's Guards, and later of Gov. Vance's Home Guards, is the Demo cratic nominee for Auditor. He is a long-legged Englishman and the only thing which keeps him from being a carpet-bagger is that he votes the Dem ocratic ticket. The Tichbome claimant has been set ! at liberty under bail, and all the people living on the Tichbome estates have signed a petition asking the crown to advance him money to assist in his de fense against the charge of perjury. As there are about 000 ef these people, their voice is entitled to some respect. The view of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius from Naples is said to be very fine, and to be the grandest that has been witnessed since 1631. Much social disorder prevails in the. city, and the troops have had to be called upon to preserve the peace. The citizens are compelled to use umbrellas to protect them from the falling ashes. A correspondent of Tlie Sentinel nom inated Alex Long, colored, for Super intendent of Public Works, but upon reflection it was thought best, inasmuch as there was a very small salary attach ed to the office and inasmuch as the Democratic party intend to abolish the office anyway if they get the power to nominate a working-man and so J. ' H. Separk was nominated. The dally prediction as to the char-- acter of the weather, by the authorities at Washington, has ceased to be a sub- j ject of remark. This application of I Science is or great rreat value to the entire country; and is doubtless in its swad-. dling clothes. New statistics are to be established as fast as possible, and we shall soon havo them throughout the Union." It: is to be hoped', that great improvement can bo made! in. this branch of science-so as to ex tend obser vations anJ prognostications beyond twenty-fotW hours. ' Bcv. James Held. The Sentinel of the 2Uth inst. contains a scurrilous attack upon Rev. James Reid. It i3 from the pen of tho Editor. Mr. Reid needs , no defence at our hands. He is one of the oldest iand most useful ministers of his church in North Carolina. No minister of his church is more widely and favorably known to our people. No one has done more cood. He is the spiritual father of thousands, and has" organized and built up churches - which! are! Aping erreat good in .many sections of the State. Though now in a green old age, he is still active and zealous, and de sires to devote his remaining years to useful labors in the great work ot pro moting the good of his "people by ad vancing the cause of popular education In doing this he is serving the Lofd.as truly as when, in the prime of life he -r- 3 1 ' ! ..U L was engugeu us a spiritual icacuer ua the Gospel. Education and religion are twin sisters.-' ' v ; I : . 'At the late session of the N. C Cori-' ference at Charlotte, he was appointed to the arduous but most imDortant field of labor in his ehurch-that of Sunday School agent for the State. He was .so appointed, no doubt, on account t his deep piety, his pure character, his earn est zeal in the cause of education, and his other qualities of eminent fitness. In this he succeeded one ot the best and most active members of the Conference. There is no interest which the church deems more important than that of education; none which lies nearer its heart than that 'of Sunday Schools, It was this paramount interest that was recently entrusted by his church to Rev. Mr. Reid. He was appointed the agent of his church to organize and su perintend these important schopls.-s- Thus his own church lately put him the forward in this erreat work for youth of the State. He now holds that - Position I The Convention of the Republican party, cognizant of these facts, endors ed the action of the Conference at Char lotte. They knew nothing .of Mr. Reid's being a brandy-brewer, or of his having "doffed the armor of the Lord to serve the devil;" as charged by The Sentinel. They are not yet convinced of it by the scandal of The Sentinel. They kuow he- is sustained byj his church as a christian minister of pure character, and that to him was commit ted by that church her .highest educa tional interest Knowinz this, hey proposed to extend his field by adding to his control the public schoolsinj the State. If they erred, it is to be traced to the action of his church and Bishop and brethren at Charlotte last whiten If his character is not good, the Pre siding Elder of his district is recreant in not investigating it. But it is good, and so pure that tven the filthy hands of the Editor of The Sentinel can never stain or pollute it. No error has been committed in his case, either byj his church, or tho Convention that endors ed the action of that' church. This The Sentinel knows, and hence its early and violent assaults uxxm him'.. The partizan malice and venom of that sheet are' levelled at whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever thingsjare lovely, whatsoever things are or good report." Mr. Reid has never been a politician. He has now reached a time of when he will hardly wish to enter arena. He has, however, his firm life hat hnd honest con victions." What good, hjfel ligent citizen has not? Ho has the? in dependence to express fearlessly I his views of public policy. ' This he .does in a quiet and inoffensive ,yvayr ;.,.( When Dr. Craven; ran for Superin tendent of . Public Instruction, he .was, as Mr. Reid now is, a member of ithe Ni C. Conference. lie was' as . Mr. Reid now is, engaged in the great work of advancing the interest of education. He was not charged by Republican jpa oers with "doffing the armor of the Lord." Nor wast he guilty, .of such crime. His acceptance of that posi tion, bv which he Indicated his willingness thus to serve his people, was one of the noblest of the-many noble acts of his useful life. , When Dr. Deems, in im, went' with Gov.u Vance, the partizan nominee for Governor, and ascended the stump with Gov. Vance; iif differ ent sections of the Stater he was notras- sailed. He was speaking in the inter est of education. "When The Standard referred to some indiscreet expressions of Dr. Deems-that if the Southern cause failed he would tearbfT his white cravat, doff his ministerial robes, and trample the New Testament under hh feet that paper was charged with the effort to injure the reputation and in fluence of a christian minister. What shall now be said of the violent attacks otThe Sentinel upon one of the oldest and. most useful "ministers in North Carolina, because of his political opin ions, and : because he has accepted jan addition to the useful field to" which his church, but lately assigned him 1 The Settinel is much exercised that one of Mr. Reid's time of life should walk ten miles on Sunday. If he did so, if which the simple assertion of 3he Sentinel is by no means proof, it isprob- ably not the lirst time he ever has done ' 1 1 , so. A'ernaps in nw earner years lie many a time walked that distance bri Sunday to teach the great truths of the Gospel to God's poor. Mr. Wesley was abundant in similar Sunday labors. It appears, from The Senliners statement, that Mr. Reid is still active and earnest in the great work of advancing the in terest of our State ; that "his eye is n'ot dim. nor his. natural force abated." The Editor of The Sentinel may yet find j that his ill-timed assaults upon Mr. i Reid, are but the letting out of waters whoso torrents will sweep him down to a rich! v merited, contempt and obli- vion. ; j.;.. " : it: ... .. " ;. Ciucinnali Couveiiiititii The Convention which assembled in Cincinnati onWednesdAy, May 1, was . -r - .- .: i. mi. : hi session inree uayB, , ijju , it- . ';- if ; - following is xiiq piaworm r-, , f - We," the Liberal Republicans of the" United States, in National Convention assembled at Cincinnati, proclaim the following principles as. essential -to just government : - v c- ' " JFirst Wq. recognize the equality of air men before the law, and hold thaj; it ' is : tho ' loty of government in its dealings with the people" to mete Out equal and exact justice to all, of what - ever nanyuy, race, coior,, or erbuasion, religious' or political: f ' . ; ' ' beconciM e.ipieageoipeives to mainiamiueumoiioiYieBeoiaies,eniau. cipauon ana euirancmsemeni, anu. vo oppose any re-opening of the questions settled by the j thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the Con stitution. . E . Third We demand the. immediate and absolute removal of all disabilities imposed . on account, of the rebellion, which was finally subdued seven years ago, believing that universal amnesty will result in complete pacification in all sections of the country. .. . . . . f . Fourthlocal sel f-goy ernmeut, with impartial suffrage, will guard the rights of all citizens more securely than any wnt t-o trrnl pnwor The piitlio -tl fcr requires the' supremacy of the civil over the military authority, and frce- doom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus. We demand tor the individual the largest liberty con sistent with public order, for the State self-government, and for the - nation a return to the methods of peace and the Constitutional limitations of. power. Flflhr The civil service of the gov- j ernment nas become a mere instrument of partisan tyranny and. personal am bition and an object of self greed It is a scandal arid reproach' lipon free in stitutions and breeds a demoralization dangerous to the perpetuity of l-epub- lican government. We therefore re- gard such thorough reforms of the civil service as are of the most pressing ne- cessitiesot the hour; that honesty, ca- pacuy ana nuemy consilium iue oniy; that the offices 6f t he government cease to be a matter "of arbitrary favoritism and patronagej and that public station become again a post of honor.' To this end it is imperatively required that no President - shall be a candidate for re election. - . . : Sixth -We demand a system Of fed eral taxation which' shall not imneces- sarny interiere witn tne industry oi tne people, and which shall provide the means necessary io pay me e-xpenses of "the 'government economically ad ministered ; the pensions, the interest on the public debt, and a-moderate re duction annually of the principal there of; and, recognizing that there are in oiir'midst honest but irreconcilable dif ferences of opinion with regard to the respective systems ot protection and free trade, we remit the discussion of the subject to the people in their Con gressional districts and .to the decision ion 2x- of Congress thereon, wholly free of E ecutive interference or dictation. Seventh The public credit must be sacredly maintained, and we denounce repudiation in every form and guise. iLigMh A speedy return to specie payment is demanded alike by the highest considerations of commercial morality and honest government. Ninth We remember : with grati tude the heroism and sacrifices of the soldiers and sailors of the republic, and no act of ours shall ever detract from their. justly earned fame or the full re ward of their patriotism. 2enthWe are opposed to all furth , er grants of lands to railroads or other corporations. " The : public domain shbnldbe held sacred to actual settlers. Eleventh We hold ihat' it is the duty ofithe government j in its, inter course with foreign nations, to culti vate the friendship of peace, by. treat ing with ; all on fair and equal terms, regarding it alike dishonorable either to demand what is not right or to sub mit 'b' what is wroiig. Ticeljlth-For the promotion and succe'ss ' of these vital primciples and the support of the candidates nomina ted by this Convention; we invite and cordially welcome the co-operation of all patriotic citizens without regard to previous anuiauons? On the sixth ballot Horace Greeley. of New: York, was nominated for Pres' ident. . . On second ballot B. Gratz Brown, of Missouri, was nominated for Vice President. . ... The report of Attorney-General Wil liams, just submitted to Congress, shows with much comprehensiveness the. re sult of the Government crusade against Ku.Kluxism and lawlessness in the South and Southwest during the year past. Five hundred persons have been arrested.in South . Carolina ; fifty-three confessed in open court that they were or hadbefen members of the .combina- i" - - j- v-j,i l lions anu conspiracies luruiuueir uuu. made penal by said act. In North Carolina 37 persons were convicted, or pleaded guilty of violations of the law; 944 persons were indicted for similar yioiatiohs; and 152 persons have been indicted in the Southern and 490 in the Northern districts of Mississippi. In Texas, where murder and outrage and robbery were reduced to a regular system three years ago, steady progress has been made -in the enforcement of law4 and consequently ' in the security of life, person and property. Social os- tracism is almost the only means now used to. punish persons holding obnox- ious political sentiments, and even this is rapidly diminishing. On fhe Ro Grande and Red River frontiers, how? ever, a region of terror exists, owing to the outrages committed by Indians and Mexicans. Crime : is also fearfully on the increase in the Indian country, owing to the large number of desperate assert their manhood ; and if -they de characters employed on the Railroads, sire promotion, the Republican party and t Jie f-icilities for introducing spiri- is the place for such men. ' " taoui Ikiuots. . The condition of the county, however,seems to havo Steadi ly imnwMrul nnA 1 n nsfr17 AVPTV nftr. nnJthRuihm(i and nrbpertvarel . - j -. . , ...:. v : - .1 much safer than a year ago. &j Cattle-Fish Tactics. . In another column will be found an account of the murder of Col: F. M. rWishart; of Robeson j county, Joy the blood-thirsty.Lowrey gang. This dia bolical act will afford another occasion for the Democratic press of the State to I charge upon Governor Caldwell tho responsibility of allowing this gang of outlaws . to pursue tneir muraerous career unpunished. . .These charges my deceive the ignorant, but every intelli- gentVniran ein theState is aware tha h rf omjnant in the General As ' , . -w1, :: --'11. semblv which finished its t imbecile career in April last, in order to quiet the nerves of their guilty ku kluxallies and. to forever debar any future Go ver nor using the miHtary power'of f the State to ; put down lawlessness ana crime, wrested from that officer all an thority which might prevail in this ex ie-encv. More than this, at their last session, in December, . the Governor throusrh his Adiutant ' General, called w " , . especial attention to this lack of author- itv on the part of the: Governor to use effectual means to accomplish' their capture or extermination, and asked that proper authority might be given him to that end.; They refused sthe recommendation . And should the Gov ernor, after having been, thus denied, to use extra official means, and do what the General Assembly refused to grant him authority .to do, these same parti- zan sheets would denounce mm as a usurper, and demand his impeachment, as they did in the: case " of Holden. j ; - Governor The fact is, thei whole responsibility in permitting these outlaws to remain at lartre defvinsr the law. is with the last Conservative Legislature ) and these journals which now so lustily charge the blame upon; Governor Caldwell, on, doso tQ ghield their own political friends from the responsibility ; which justly attaches to them. Had the Leg islature authorized the raising of a company of men to operate against these Robeson murders, as wTas recom mended by the Adjutant General, the brave and fearless Wishart would not have become, a victim to their blood- thirstv revenge; Before this, in all nrohabilitv. some start would have been made towards . their capture 6r extermination, and the State would have been rid of these desperate villains. Col. Wishart urged and re commended this plan of action. But our sapient Conservative legislators thought different, and sought to satisfy the necessity recommended, by tempting the cupidity of the individual citizen, and rested content after increasing the reward for the capture of, the outlaws, "dead or alive,' to $40,000. ,. 1 There' appeared in The "Era of the SOth of April an article headed "Col. "Walter Clarke" in which we exposed the ostracism and proscription of the Democratic party, and addressed the young men of our State as follows : : "Therefore, we j say to the young men of our State who endorse Republican, princi ples, if you desire promotion, the Republi can party is the place for you: That party alone proniotes and honors young men of ability. If young men desire to take part in the affairs of the State and Nation, they must, of necessity, join the only live party in the countrythat one which recognizes honesty, competency and rewards accord ing to merit." J I , . "-rNo flaw could' be found in this par agraph asa whole ; but for.the'purpbse of accomplishing a certain object, the following sentence of the paragraph as quoted above, appeared in We Neics of IBISCUJ',;-,;;,. .; . , ....... ?It young iner desire to take part in tha, affairs of the State and Nation., they must, of necessity, join' the only live: party in the country that one which recognizes hones ty, competency, ands rewards according to merit. .jviarK tne preaiction." . It will be observed that-, the sen tence as published by The News , con- i mAtnlMM "rtf Y7umwircau.Ug uu. V" - peared in The Era, . and as above quoted. - The sentence as published by The News enabled ' the . Editor of that paperto present his readers with an editorial founded upon a direct and palpable misrepresentation, not to say, an utter disregard of the truth. How ever, what else can be expected of a journal that prates about Republican fraud and corruption, yet fails tode nounce the robbery of the - State by Isaiah4 m." Turner, and refuses to ex pose the robberies of the New York Tammany ring? ; . : ; " Our Prophecy; v : . We made the following prediction in The Era of A'pril 30th : , ; Mark the prediction: Col. Clarke and no other young man will be nominated at Greensboro'. Mr. White Line Graham and that ilk of old L worn out politicians will have things just as they choose."- . . 7 -The action of theGreensboro' Con vention sustains par prediction. The young element of our State were forced to take back seats, and to assist in nom- inating a scion of the White Line fam- ily. The ticket is partly made up of old fogief broken down politicians j and the life and vitality of the State- our young men-were entirely ignored. This action of the-Democratic party compells us ; to repeat j yonng men who endorse Republican principles, but have been acting with the opposition through fear of proscription and ostra rlkm , must th n w oil the yoke placed upon their necks in 1808. They must -vf. Arrant Foolishness. . ... MrJrio. A. Womack was nominated "by thd Democratic Sta Convention for Secretary of Statei iause he is a citizerf pf Chatham IcoimtyH Hadhe, .been a resident of any otner county, Mr.ndrew Syme or some-other com petent man would have been nomina ted. ;'h.-': ..-V.o.j;V: - v Mr. AVomackt.was elected a member of the Legislature in 1870 by a majority 6f severalvnndred HettendeoVthe sessiona of the Legislature, voted for the Convention bill, .returned to nis . ...... E'fj ! i i: lf tit ?:vf'i.-'-m'i home' and his county repudiated him by giving.over two hundred :majority against Convention', et,' notwith standing this action, by the '.people of Chatham county, Jir..,YvvomacK was selected asl the Democratic candidate for Rfirretarv of ' State ! ; When it is known that Mr. 1 Womack . was noid inated for the. reasfti given by us, the action of the .Convention will be de nounced as arrant foolisfiness. "' ' . ; Chatham will., repudjate the entire Democratic ticket ; and it is proDaoie Mr. Womack, will run hindmost in his own county. ! ' U. ... . , ...... - i-f Repudiated at Home. - Judge Merrimon is an' unsuccessful many Unless elected io the Legislature in early llfe,Iie lias never been elected to anv position by the people.5 'He was a candidate in Buncombe county for the Convention of 1865, and was beaten seventeen votes by Rev. LI Li Stuarti In 1868 he was a candidate for Supreme Court Judge, and was beaten over nine teen thousand votes. He was a candi date for U. S. Senator against Vance and was defeated.1 'He was a candidate for the same office against Ransom and was beaten. '! Last year he was a can didate' for Convention in this county and fkiled to defeat Jas: H; Harris, col ored, who ' was one of his opponents. Such a man may be -said to be un lucky. He barely fails :to obtain that which he seeks,' yet i he never succeeds. The fates and the people are against Mr. Merrimon ,; consequently; he will fail by twenty thousand of an election; We were favored yesterday with a . call from Judge . Cilley, a gentleman Who has made for himself a host of friends, since he became fo . rasident of this .State. -Greens boro', Patriot. .. : f. , j Exactly. If , Judge Cilley . was a Republican and had been in Greens- oro1 attending a. Convention of that party, he would haVe been denounced by The Fatriot and other Ku Klux or gans, as a "thieving carpet-bagger, ' , According' to Democratic doctrine Northern men are welcome to settle in this State provided they oppose the Republican party, and aregentlmen for so doing ; but if they see fit to ad vocate the cause of the Republican par ty, they are carpet-baggers, not gentle men, and unworthy to be received into Democratic society. When this invid ious distinction is no longer Known among our people, and every man is judged by merit, immigration and cap ital will find its way into this State, and no sooner. Judge Cilley is a gen tleman, but not a whit more of a gen tleman or more honest than other men who are stvled carpet-baggers, by the Democratic party. Oar State Ticket. Immediately upon the adjournment of the State Convention, the opposition press began commenting (with one or two exceptions) in this wise "just as we wished it: if we cannot beat that tick et, we cannot beat anything;" but The Charlotte Despatch of which JUaj. Hearne is the managing editor, says, that the ticket is a strong ' one, and every Democratic vote is needed to de feat it. The Tarboro1, southerner '.says, it can, only be done by the hardest work; and most concentrated enort. These are not the ideas of pettifoggers j but of men who have had long experi ence as public journalists. This is a. virtual admission of the weakness of the Democratic party, and now as Re publicans we say, ; that we do not look for a, large majority, neither, do we ex-, Eect to carry the State without-: wprk, ard work arid n a thorough can Vaiss. We must also' keep' in ;mind ; the fact that North Carolina : is the first State to vote after the holding . of the- Philadelphia .Convention, and strain every nerve " to carry the State by a handsome majority. "We have no ' weaK enemy to ngnt, we must realize - this - fact,: .and. - by . ' every honorable means strive, to win con verts to our principles, The candi dates on the State ticket will be in the field, and on the Btump till the day of election, . . Our .principle; are ,worth working lor, and our sutx;ess will be elt throughout the entire country, Every man is expected to do his duty; and one of those-duties is to look well to the primary meetings, and see that good nominations are made; this is one half of the. battle $ npmmate-your true, honorable, honest, av orking men,! and victory is ou rs. : We need every vote that we can get, let there be. .no drones in ouj? camp. Our ticket is a'good one,. and the State will not suffer, in ttyeir, hands: so be active and vigilant;' and our opponents will meet with a! worse defeat than Napoleon met at Wftterlooy -jewbem republic ana VQurier, An' Incident. The following truth ful incident is - related of General Pat Cleburne, a distinguished officer in the Confederate army: - :- 'On the march of his; division from, Columbia to ; NashviHe,ho espied one of his veterans marching along the rough turnpike in his bare feet, which -ere hndsed and bleeding. Calling the soldier. to hisjhorse's side,, (the General being mounted,) he ' directed him to pull off his boots, which,- being done, he requested the soldier to put them on his own bleeding feet. '-. ' - ! ' This the soldier refused to do,-saying: "They are your boots, General, and not mine." . .-. . - " Put them on, sir," replied General Clpburne, : I order you to do so at once; I ain" your sunerior officer and will have ray orders obeyed besides; what does a man on horseback want with boots on his feet?" ? fi $ ; The soldier obeyed, and in a few hours afterward the brave and self-sacrificing General was killed while leading ' a charge at the battle of Franklin, i ' - neHublicam State tonveiiUoii. -ThHs Convention is conceded to have "been the largest ever assembled in North Carolina. During the two days Tiroeeedins. "Metropolitan Hall was trpwded to its utmost capacity, and there could not have been fewer than the floor. ' It has hppn said hv thfi enemies of Republi canism that it was a turbulent and dis orderly body ; but any one who Knows anything whatever about popular mass Conventions will admit that the pro ceedings wTeejconducted. Jiarmonipus ly and with as much decorum as usual- ly attends sucn assem oiages. w o g " antee that a Convention equally large, of anv nartv; assembled in ! any State, , not. have behaved . with ' more propriety. Had the Convention .been . 'T)omfvrfltic. one! assembled in New Vnrir o inro-A Tolire force would have been necessary for' the preservation of order. One thing va3 nouceuoio iu the Raleigh Convention : the delegates were in the hisrhest spirits and exhibi ted remarkablv irood humor. There was some bitterness displayed between the WirHsans of Gov. Caldwell and .Tiirlo-e Settle in the -preliminary skir tniahinw? hut wheri the nomination was made unanimous by the motion of Judge Settle, all bitterness was at once laid aside, andthe Convention ratified itrith rousiner enthusiasm: The vote in fnake it unanimous caused the welk in to ring' and nearlyLraised. the roof from the :,houseVAnd sso of many of the votes where the Convention were in accord." The ' sound was like the roarincr of a tempest, and he would be a old man indeed whoso heart was not thrilled with delight and enthusiasm. When Rev. James Reid was nomi nated to the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction,' the scene was inde scribable The :j venerable : mam - his hair silvered over with age, came . for. ward and addressed the Convention; At first his Voice was ' tremulous, but gathering strength tis- he proceeded; his clear tones rang like a trumpet through the vast assemblage.. -. He was received with tremendous cheers; the delegates arose to their feet, flung their hats high in the air, and their voices" swelled in a mighty chorus ; as they ratified the nomination of the good old man t , Democrats may affect to be delighted with the results, but their assumed joy covers a bitter disappointnientr None of them could : look upon the large as semblasre without beinsr convinced bv the respectability? and intelligence sjt its members, that Republicanism . in North Carolina is1 On the increase; 1 Many of the delegates were v new converts,"!' never before having acted with the Ke- publican party. Young men of tho best families in' the State were there: They ar6 disregarding the terrors5 of " social ostracism," and, exercising an independent manhood, are supporting principles that , their reason and. con sciences convince tnem to be right.1 The effects of ' this glorious rally will be :felt throughout the State ; and to Gov. Caldwell, more than to any other man, must be , ascribed the credit-for it was'he who rescued the Republican party from demoralization, if not dis solution.-The whole ticket is a good one. It was harmoniously chosen and will be eagerly and , persistently sup ported. JSeta Jxorth state, r. The Gag Law. Talk as fluently arid pathetically as you may, and denounce as Ditterly as you are habitually doing. , the oppres sions and mischievous acts of the Grant administration of government in the South, yet, there is practised as much tyrrany in the city of Charlotte by a self constituted election clique, as has ever been prosecuted by the armed authori tie3 of the Washington Dictator, and we intend to expose the outrage and call upon the manhood of the city to crush it. The right of preliminary suffrage is denied in Charlotte, and the gag has been put upon' 'the right to choose or indicate a choice of a candidate for the mayoralty. : . .. - .s'; y ; . . . At the meeting held on Thursday night last (we have been . informed by gentlemen who were present,) the com mittee appointed to receive ballots in dicating the ; choice of t voters, refused such ballots from', ptrsons. who could pot state that they had hitherto voted as Conservatives or with the Conserva cive party; "and hence- the turbulent spirit exhibited, ;sorne gentlemen favor ing Iree sentiment. and rfree ballot, threatening to destroy the ballots held in a hat by the managers. ; 1 H 5 5 1 ' ' Thus has the right t6 choose been denied by an unauthorized clique, "men; who claim to - represent r!yonservative sentiment and the' Conservative party. Has' the Federal - authorities eVer per petrated or countenanced ; the commit ment of such an outrage in North Caro-. unar t V:,M -... . -lr . - It remains for the voters fo sav whether or not, ! they endorse "such unwarrantable assumption of powers n Suppose President Grant .should or der a company of U. S. troops to guard the ballot pox on the , day of election, and instruct'' them not to allow the deposit of ballots by any one excepting by those who had hitherto voted the Republican ticket? is that not pre cisely tfye policy inaugurated by the guardians of ' uongervative 3 sentiment and Conservative policy?! 1 ' .s ;.- As a citizen of Charlotte and a jour nalist, w denounce -the outrage and will not aid in, promoting the success of such . a party. Charlotte 1 Bulletin. Dem. :' - :r:) i " .' j'.S Our State iTiCKET.--IWe . place the Republican State ticket?, at our mast head this week. It is one the people of me orate wno aesire peace and progress can rally around with an assurance that its success f will make those desires: . ae4 coraplished facts, Our standard bearer, Tod R..CALDWEjiTy,,is one in whom the honest people of North Carolina have confidence -They alwavs know; where to find him; He has been tried and found faithful., He, Is inflexibly, firm in his purpose to do rights He is not to be swerved frbrn duty. '. 'And he is an "unflinching and uncompromising Republican. ? . ! .. , .: .. As for the other, candidates, they too are. able and reliable men. f , They We acceptable general favorites wherever known, WitH such a ticket, represent ing the: sound principles qf true: Re publicanism, we' go into this campaign feeling that we can redeem the State from the control of p, venal Legislature and secure the re-election of North Carolina's favorite, Hon. John Pool, to the United States : Senate. F. City Qtrelinian. i v , , . .. ; Remarkable Curiosity. On Mr?. Mary VVnght's land, near Lloyd, .Va., there Is a remarkable ouriosity, A cherry tree stands in a field, to all appearance dead from the roots upward six feet or more. The trunk la totally devoid of bark, and the wood is as hard as a flintyet above this a'limb'ex- tends that regularly bears cherries of an ex cellent quality. . : v " . ' -i PiatfoimOrganizatioa-i Stata .Com-' rtlHUiiittee. al;K;M? fit;; The Republicans of Korth Carolina in Convention assembled do J Besolve U That theplat form and nrin cipjes; the Hepblicany W-North ; Carolina, as heretofore enunciated in IU Conventions, are hereby , re-affirmed, and events have proved that their prac-, tical- enforcement is - essential to the welfare of the country, and to the main--tainence'or the rights; interests and liberties of the people. 1 1 I j j v - 2. That the AdministrationTof Presi dent Grant meets with our hearty and unqualified approval, and our delegates to the 'National 'Republican Convon tion, to: assembleet Philadelphia on the 6th day of June next, are instructed ; to vote for. i his.. re-nomination to the . Presidency of the' United' States: ' ' 1 3. -That the Republican Jt)arty- of North Carolina favors as rapid a dirau- nition and as early an extinction of all internal revenue taxation as the exigen cies of the Government will permit, for the reason that the details of It3 collec tion are rieeessarily offensive, and in many respects, oppressive, to the peo- , pie. fi'-.; il-iiM .;-''-.; 4. That all internal revenue taxes on the 'distillation of fruit ; blight to be .abolished.-1 E: V ''! 5. That' the ; Republican i; party i ot North Carolina.recommend to the Con gress of the United States the passage ofa'general amnesty bill, and the adop tion of all necessary measures for the enforcement and protection of the civil and political rights of all - .classes , of American citizens. , , - - - V . G. That in a free and representative government we recognize the para- mount obligation to provide efficiently for the general education of the people, and we favor such legislation as will accomplish that end ; that we respect fully recommend and ask of the nation al government, such aid, by the provi sion of . a public fund, or the donation of public lands ta the purposes of estab lishing schools In the several States, as will secure to the masses of the people of all classes the benefits of a liberal -ed-ucation, ; - h --A- . ". (. "7. That we fullyendorse the acts of Congress, passed to secure equal rights and protection to ' the citizens of tlie United States; in the several States! ; and we resoectfullvi recommend a con- tinuance of , the. present laws and tlje adoption of such further legislation as will more certainly secure to the citi zens, full and practical enjoyment of all their rights, privileges and, liberties 8, In the opinion of this ponvention, the Democratic majority 'of . the last Legislature, by consolidating into one act its numerous propositions to amend the State Constitution, endeavored to . force upon the people a false issue. and to coerce them Into the adoption of obnoxious amendments, and insomuch as all these propositions- must be sub- . mitted tQ.thenext Legislature for rati-, fication, before the same can be referred to the people, therefore, : i ! Mesolvea 1. That the amendments proposed as a whole do ' not meet the . approval of the Republican party, . be cause their adoption would subvert es sential principles Of the existing Con stitution.' yA 2. That Republicans can endorse a portion of said amendments and the next General Assembly may adopt sucli . of them as shall seem best for the gen eral welfare. '. ' . j Mi ,,! 9. That we cordially endorse tlie ad ministration of GoV. Caldwell, and rec ognize the fact that our people may re- . ly upon his firmness in upholding their ' interests : and defending their rightsf and we heartily thank him for re-. sisting the revolutionary, purposes ot those who designed to deprive the cit izen of the protection afforded by the State Constitution. - ; ": 10. "That forgetful of personal prefer ences we pledge ourselves to support earnestly and without reserve, the can didates presented by this Convention, believing that in unity alone is strength, and that principles are more important than men, to the Republicans to North . Carolina, , ,.; fi : ... .... ' , The following is the, plan of organiza-, tion which was adopted : j j . Resolved, That hereafter the organi zation of the Republican party of North Carolina shall be as follows: 1. A State Executive Committee of . eleven members, to be appointed by' the President of the State Convention ; and the President of the Convention shall be ex officio one of :the members of such Committee. ' j i 1 2. A Congressional District Commit tee for each District, to be composefl of, one, member from , each county, to , be . appointed by the Congressional District Convention.. --: x i . ! "3. A. County Executive Committee to be composed ' of one member ' from each. township, to be appointed by the1 County Convention. .: r. . . ; - -.m bi r . A. A Committee of five for each town ship, to be appointed by the people. ' ' Jtesolved. That the present organiza-1 tion shall continue to exist Until the'! new one shall.be effected.; i j ; , ' Fesolvedi That the representation in the county Conventions shall be in ac- ' cftrdarice with the plan of organization of the party heretofore adopted, V - . . The State Executive Committee is aa follows ?v ""-';M 'i;1:r"!fT:s . ,vi-. ' Thos. Powers, of Craven ,-:f' : J ; ; ;T. B. Keogh, of Guilford, ; ; rj-. , i N. W. Lillington. of Davie, i . 'i G. L. Mabson, of New Hanover. v R. W.' Logan, of Rutherford, t j S. T. Carrow, of Beaufort. -r J. H. Williamson, of Franklin. . i : J. W.. Hood, of Mecklenburg, ,1 J.H. Harris, of Wake. '. , ( . I ;R. B. Ellis, of Wake, , ( ? I S. F. Phillips, of Wake: , e officio, ;:3;,l.;t',; .i; 1 A. Sad Romance. A'Bostbn woina n . who had for long been ' criveri un for ' dead by all Who were dear to her, lately' appeared r 4,the : ghost of her: forme self,?', to those vho bad thought; -never to see her again. She told a story of a strange and horrible ' suffering. t More than a score of years ago she had sailed, a young girl of 18, with hermis- sionary ; husband, Tor 'India's coral strand.' The yessel was wrecked oh the Arabian coast, and all on' board perished, saVe her husband and herself He was preserved only to fall a victim to Arab cruelty and sl?e to Arab glaveryr While her beauty lasted she, was the favorite wife of the most ro chief in the South-Arabian desert, but when that waned she fell from her 'bad eminence", and was transferred tA th harem of an inferior sheik. And so she lived, prayed for death but riot daring " to die, till; bandied from one barbarian to another, she, a-Boston lady, in whose veins flowed the nurest. Thu-h a I blood, found herself the wife of an Arabian.water-iarrier. From his power an American traveler Treed EoTb hef iYjlth the mens t rpaclj Found. The 'body of Master ' a - Price, drownod : near Wilminfnn ' . days ago, was found on Monday last, and . nuriitni ut vKuaie veinetery. . ;