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Official Orff&m mt (lie United State. Offic. In th M StAndrd" buildior. East Bid of FajrctteTOI Street. THURSDAY, JUNE 20th, 1872. 'REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS. Fob President: ; ULYSSES S. GRANT, of Illinois. For Vice President: HENRY WILSON, Massachusetts. i... KLECyORAIi TICICET. FOB THB STATE AT LARGE: MAUCl'S EllWIJf, of Buncombe . ; L. of FOR THK C02fOBESSI02f AI. DISTRICTS: 1. Edward naasom, of Tyrrell. 2. William F. Loftln, of Lenoir. 3. Wni. A. Guthrie, of Cumberland. 4. Thomas M. Arro, of Orange. 5. Stephen A. Donrlat, of nocklngham. 6. William S. Drnum, of Lincoln. 7. James O. Ramtay, of Bowan. S. Jamea 71. Justice, of llutherford. STATE TICICKT. . For Governor: TOD n. CALDTm.L,il JTurke. jTuI v x n an t Governor: . CURTIS IL. 11 XI OG DEN, of TFayne. For Secretary op State: W7T. II. IIOWEBTOX, of Kowan. For Auditor: JOI I II KILL. Y, of Cumberland. For Treasurer: DAVID A. JENKINS, of Uaaton. For Sup't. of Pub Instruction : J ATI EM ItriD, of Frunkliu. For Sup'.t. op Public Wokks : SILAS IJUKNS, of Chatham. For Attorney General: TAZ. L. IIAUGKOl'E, of Cirajivllle. i the people oViltiiiioi-e art already pre-T baring, fotf Democratic National Cbn-N VenUon. viiey i will giro the delegates a, cordial reception. , J ' It rained a sulphuric shower at Saratoga,; jCyY., on the night of the 14th. In many places the ground was covered with a xle-f posit of yellow sulphur, j J Senators Thurman, Stockton and Bayard; denounce the newspaper report that they" favor the nomination of Greeley and Brown! as an unqualified falsehood. j The locust eggs aro poisoning the mulber- ries in Tennessee by being ' deposited In them, and the mulberries ara poisoning children by the same process. i President Grant has appointed Mr. Wil-j-liam Barnes to be one of the. three Commis sioners of the United States to the Statistical Congress at St. Petersburg, Russia. . The Brooklyn, N. Y., committee of flftyi report that the people have been swindled! out of $580,000 In patent-pavement contracts' by the Democratic ring of that city. 1 The provisions of the new internal revenue, law take effect as to tobacco July 1, 1872, and": as to distilled spirits, August 1, 1872, so says; the Commissioner of Internal Revenue.! I ! j i Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts, and; nominee of the Republican party for Vice4 President, will canvass the Southern States. He is expecteddn this State by the first of, July. 1 All claims of the Southern Claims Comf Jo take such aMiori as the situation of things miein tn whlcli an award' has'bec'-i iTJJ-iarcArrr in r rv r r vr W -rr VA-'r -T f ' T T ttT- a 1 1 j Your attejVciun is respectfully drawn New stainps are necessary t but to eagrflVfl the plates and print a new series would re quire not less than three months. But in order to meet the requirements of the trade the present series will be used, with the ad dition of an impression, that they are issued under the act of June 6, 1872, printed on the face of every stamp. To meet the great de mand the bureau, of engraving and printing and the printing companies in New -York are working their forces night and day, and IL is hardly probable'! that in the limited time that a supply can be go t ready to equal the demand. New stamps for distilled spir its, compound liquors, export purposes and brewers' permits, will be ready by the 1st of August, the time when that portion of the bill relating to' spirits goes into effect. The following circular has been sent to about two hundred prominent gentlemen who .'favored the original Cincinnati move ment : ' 1 ! New York, June 6, 1872i . The undersigned desire to have a confer ence of gentlemen who are opposed to the present administration and its continuance in office, and deem it necessary that all the elements of the opposition should be united for a common effort at tho coming Presi dential election. ! - i They respectfully invite you to meet a number of gentlemen belonging to the dif ferent branches of the opposition at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New 'York, on June 20, at 2 P. M. for the purpose of consultation and iril eqUat" to that of Russia seventy yearSagd. v - This is one of the issues now before the people of this State. If the masses desire a National Government strong enough to preserve liberty, they will vote the Republican ticket. A Repub lican triumph in August is virtually a victorv for Grant, because the State will, vote in November as it does in August; ' Nationally, - the Democrats are at sea : Republican candidates should'make the canvass turn upon na tional issues ; Democrats cry for mercy upon such issues; that cry will not be heard, and our Democratic brethren must meet national questions or with draw from the canvass. CONOUKSSIONAL TICKET For CongressIst District: CLINTON L. COnil, of Pasquotank. i For Congress 2d District: CHARLES It. TIIOTIAS, of Craven. For Congress 3rd District: i:iLL JIfKAY,oi Harnett. For Congress Itii District: WILLIA3I A. S7I1TII, of Johnston. For Congress 5th District: TIIOJIAS SETTLE, of Rockingham. For Cong ress 6Tii District: OLIVER II. DOCKEKY, of Richmond. Rutherford. Third Auditor of the Treasury for settlement. ' . Despatches from all sections, of the coun try report the Republicans as jubilant over the result of the Philadelphia Convention, Salutes have been lired in nearly every city over the nomination of Grant and WIK a00- .. . '.' " A treaty giving Germany the working control over the Luxembourg railways ha been signed. The Germans stipulate never i . a. i a j ?: l1 to make use of the roads for the tranporta-g tion of war-like material In time of war. attejVciuu is respectfully drawn to the fact , that this invitation is strictly per sonal to yourself, and a pi ompt reply is earnestly requested, addressed to Ilenry. jD. Lloyd, secretary of the committcel P.JO. Box 22)9. Cari, Schurz, Jacob D. Cox, War. Ctjllen Bryant, Qswald Ottexdorfek, David A. "Wells, Jacob Brinkerhoff. f . For Congress 7tii District: DAVID T. FCRCIIES, of Iredell. For Congress 8th District: , G. CANDLER, of Buncombe. The Erv, until further notice, will be under my control. J. C Logan Harris. THE 2sT3i:VV The Issue. Tho real struggle in the next presidential election- will be between Republicans and Democrats. These are the only too great forces" that will confront each other and con tend for victory. Whether the anti-Grant Republicans shall help the one or tho other is a question which they must decide jQor themselves; yet, if they conclude to ally themselves with the Democratic party, let them have the candor to acknowledge the fact," and call themselves Democrats. Let them not attempt to sail under false colors. Politically they are powerless, unless they are maae strong by a coalition with tne Democratic party ; and in such a coalition . they would be merely the servitors of Dem ocratic purposes and the open enemies of tho Republican party. This is the common-sense view of the matter. JVeip York Independent. 1 The above is the truth, the whole 1 truth, and nothing but the truth. It is or no consequence wnat action The .Convention may see fit to take, the is sue is -between the llepubhcan and Democratic parties. The election of President Grant will be a victory for the. Republican party ; the election of Mr. .Greeley or any candidate other than Gen. Grant will be a victory for the Democratic party. The people are not to be deceived. kThey understand Cholera has appeared in Southern parts of Russia, i i 1 A. T. Stewart talks of retiring from active buincsj. Sidneyj Parham has been nominated for Governor of Maine. Mrs. Laura 1. Fair is to have another trial ou the 24th iust. There were fix cases of sun stroke in New York city on tho I4th. Tennio C Ciaflin has been elected Colonel y the tClii (colored) regiment. "In South Carolina it is unlawful to allow minors to plav ten-pins or billiards. i Ilex. Dr. Huston has been presented by a Baltimore Grand Jury for adultery. The Democratic National Convention will meet In Ford's Opera House In Baltimore. Some children have died in Tennessee from editing fish that had eaten caterpillars. : The new one ccut . postal cards will be ready for distribution in about one month. : The ruins of Fort Sumter will shortly lo rcjnoved, and a new fort constructed on the site. John If.Surratthas lieen married to Miss Victorino ITuntor, of Montjcomery county, Maryland. Senator I Tar lan, of Iowa, has bought the nno-half intenst in the Washington, D. C, Chronicle. The busy hum of the first Methodist omip meeting of the season has just been heard in Minnesota. Twenty-three South Carolina Ku Klux were confined in Albany, N.T., penitentiary - on the 13tlu Governor Brown has called an extra , ses sion of the MLvtouri. Xgislaturo to ro-dla-trict the State. It Is not expected that there will be any effort made to further negotiate our bonds in London this summer. ' - Commodore Maury has resigned his posi tion in the Virginia Military Institute, to take elTect in September next. I.t. Gov. Koerner, of Illinois, denies that he wrote the recently published endorse ment of Greeley attributed to himJ Kx-Governor Robert C. Wickliffe, of Lou isiana, declines to support, Mr. Greeley, , avIio he thinks is not to be tolerated. No building has as yet been selected in Baltimore for the session in that city of the - Democratic Convention next month. Later advices from Zanzibar state that Mr. Stanley had arrived tlu-re, and that he had left Dr. Livingstone alive and well. Cbnsrress did not in reducing the tax on tobacco change the rate on snuff. The tax j on this article remains at thirty-two cents per pound. The Republicans in Oregon have a ma jority of about one thousand. They have also a majority, on joint ballot," in the Legislature. - Indiana, Vermont, Missouri, South Caro. Una, Kansas and Iowa, endorse Greeley and Brown. The Democrats will not nominate at Baltimore." It appears to be pretty generally under- stood that employes at navy-yards, custom-! houses, and elsewhere will now put in claims for back pay for the time they were' required to work over and above eight; hours since the eight-hour bill passed Coh-j gress, about two years since. I Mr. Charles W. Woolley has at last drawn out a letter from Mr. August Belmont, heij chairman of tho National Democratic Com-j mittee, upon the canvass. Mr. Belmont is;' rather non-committal, but it appears that, as a last resort in tho canvass to beat Grant, he will accept Greeley. Extra Billy " Smith, sometime Governor of Viruinia and a Democratic member ofJ . i : Congress in the pt.d old days before the war. writes a letter denouncing the impu dence of Greeley's demand for Democratic J indorsement, when he can bring to the coalition no Republ'can votes. In consequence of the results of the in ves-1 tigation into the affairs of tho Erie railroad a suit against Gould for the enormous sum of six millions of dollars has been served 'on him by the attorney of the road This suit is the precursor of alont forty similar suits to be based on the result of the same inves tigation. . " Governor Warmouth has written a letter' declining the nomination of the Baton Rouge (Pinchback) convention. This . action is tiiken because of the proposed fusion of the Hhe Liberal movement. They know two wings of the republican party in sup- that' all roads out of the Republican port of General Grant, which the Governor party lead to the Democratic camp. opposes. lie sun declares allegiance to tne Therefore, they are not to be deluded Cincinnati nominees. , j into voting for Mr. Greeley because he About twenty thousand applicants for Uaii3 under the banner of Liberal Re- pensions under tlio act or Congress granting puhlicanism pensions to the soldiers of the war of 1812. I and to their widows and orphan children, f We respect a bold, manly foe ; but kone that skulks in the dark and strikes f frorn ambush is contemptible and cow rdly. Such are those who style them The Wilmiiierton. Cliarlotte, and Ll L Rutherford Railroad r The Wilminaton Journal of the 15th K ass .... V A says afteRUl tne i persevering enoris o the Wilmington, Charlotte &Ruther ford Railroad Company to pay its in terest, restore its credit, and secure the extension of the railroad from Wii mington to Charlotte, have proved ineffectual, and the bondholders have finally commenced their proceedings to foredoset? mortgage. - WhUsTvv may, Von fiist ' thought, rt that tlo -tepOTtan4jHterpTise is to pass fromir.tbe control ' of our own citizens, Ware consoled by the fad that it. goes into friendly hands and especially, that the change signifies the speedy completion of the road. More over, we are bound, as 'an honorable community, o recognize the moral as well as the legal right of those who have lent us their money., to construct the road thus, far, to take appropriate measures to save-themselves from loss. Upon the fhoIe, then, it should be a matter of rejoicing rather .than regret, that this great enterprise is to fall into new hands into the hands of men who have the means, the inclination and the foresight to bring it to that success ful completion which will so immeas urably add to the business, prosperity and wealth of Wilmington, and the -de velopment of the resources of the entire Southern Carolina. half of the State of North Ex- have been finally acted upon, and there aro, now on tile, pending further examination, from ten to twelve thousand applicants', with others coming in at the rate ofabcut twenty a day. . Hay ti intends to declare war against Baez, who is accused of being the instigator of the invasion of Haytien territory. President Baez, being satisfied that the Haytiens mean mischief, is arming all his available forces and sending them to the frontier. The world may therefore shortly.expecito hear of desperate battles between Baez and his old foes. . The celebrated elephant Romeo, famous for his many exploits in the way of killing his keepers and creating panics on period i cal rampages in different parts of the coun try, died in Chicago on tho 7th inst. ' He was one of the oldest, and said to be tho the largest of his species in tho. United States, and was valued at $30,000. His body was presented to the Chicago Medical Co1!? lee. A lar-re and formidable organization of pirates has been discovered, whose places or rendezvous and held or operations are along the Mississippi between St. Louis and miDuque. it is estimated mat over 50,(100 worth of property has been stolen by them since the opening of navigation. Some of the party, 'one of whom is sup posed to be the chief, have been arrested at a secluded house on an island near St. Louis. I . j Among the Important bills ' passed by Congress is one allowing national banks to deposit United States notes and take, out certificates of deposit, which they may hold as part of their bank reserve required by law, and use them at tho clearing houses. The Treasury Department at Washington is now engaged in preparing these certificates, which will be payable to order on demand, and in tho denomination of five and ten thousand.' . ' . ' - .! Hon. John II. Gilmer, leading Demo cratic politician and one of the first lawyers of Richmond, Virginia, is out in a letter, in which he says that he will support Gen. Grant for the Presidency. Hon. Henry A. Wise, late Confederate General, John M. Mosby, Confederate Ranger; and Mr. Ben jamin S. Ewell. President of William and Mary College, all support Gen. Grant. It looks as if Virginia would cast her vote for tho Philadelphia nominees, j ' A meeting of the veteran soldiers and sail- j ors was held at Philadelphia in the rooms, of the Massachusetts delegation, Continental Hotel last week. General. Ambrose E." Burns ide. of Rhode - Island, presided.' It was agreed to hold a grand National Rati- fication Convention in Pittsburg, to open ou f ;,selves "Liberal Republicans." They ;skulk in the background and endeavor ito? divide and distract the Republican party, by adopting the name of Liberal Republican. They seek votes from the Republican party, and at the same time they are making bargains with jthe Democrats to secure the endorse ment of Mr. Greeley at Baltimore. If Ir. Greeley is endorsed, he is to all in dents and purposes, the Democratic can didate, and must be so regarded. Re publicans could have voted for Sey mour and Blair with a great deal more grace and with less loss of self-respect, than they can for Mr. Greeley. "Why ? Because Mr. Greeley is a deserter from khe , Republican party. He has gone over to the enemy. So far as lies in his power, the Republican party has been tetruyedi its positions and movements have been made known to the hostile nrmy, and that by one who was a lead er of the Republican party for twenty years. For these reasons, aside from hnanswerable reasons of public policy, fljo Republican can vote for Mr. Gree- Heretofore, we have not had much to say concerning Mr. Greeley. This much is said because we are now of the opinion that Mr. Greeley will be en dbrsed at Baltimore. We desire to put our readers on their guard, that the in sidious attempt to defeat, demoralize, and ruin the Republican party, may be understood and met at the threshold. Thus far our State . canvass has been free from national issues. From now until the day of election issues nation al in character will be presented to the people, and our State election must and Will be decided upon those issues. If Greeley and Brown are endorsed at Baltimore, it is reasonable to; suppose that the i Cincinnati platform will be adopted also. In this case, the Repub lican and Democratic platforms are now before the people for their deci sion. V . The Meeting: of - Republican State ecutive Committee. This Committee met in Raleigh on the 13th inst. Present: S. F. Phillips, J. H. Harris, R. B. Ellis, T. B. Keogh, by W. S. Ball and R. W. Logan, S. T. Carrow, J. H. Williamson, J. W. Hood, by J. II. Harris. . "' . . Mr. Logan made J. C. L. Harris his proxy. ! Mr. Phillips was elected Chairman and Treasurer. Mr. J. C. L. Harris was elected Sec retary. The following sub-Committee were appointed to conduct the campaign: Phillips, J. H. Harris, Ellis, Carrow, Williamson, Keogh, and West. Messrs. ;lifcJiRdjrJJ. Sawyer, were elected Secretaries to the sub-Committee. :- : -" ' ; . A committee were appointed on rooms suitable for Republican head quarters, to report at next meeting. The question of an Elector at Large to fill the vacancy caused by the resig nation of Hon. Thomas Settle, was discussed without action. Adjourned subject to the call of the Chairman.! S. F. PHILLIPS, Chm'n. J. C. L. Harris, Sec'y. I Insult to the Workingiiuiii. The nomination of Mr. J. H. Separk as a candidate for Superintendent of Public Works, is an insult to every workingman in the State. The salary is only three hundred dollars per an num, and the Democrats propose to abolish the office as soon as they get the power. To nominate a workingman for an office of this character is a direct and wanton insult to every man who earns his daily bread by the sweat of his brow. Mr. Separk is equally as well qualified to fill the offices of Audi tor or Secretary of State as General Leventhorpe, who arrested forty-two women of Randolph county and con fined them in a bull pen, i or Mr. Wo- mack, who has been repudiated and beaten by the voters of Chatham coun ty! Why is it that Mr. Separk was not nominated for one of these posi tions? Simply because the Democrat ic party is hostile to every interest in which the ; workingman is interested, and the nomination of Mr. Separk is a tub thrown to the whale. We are as tonished that Mr. Separk should allow himself to be made a tool to advance the cause of a decaying aristocracy who have no sympathy with .; the toiling masses of our people. Had Mrl Separk been nominated for Auditor Secretary of State, or Lieutenant-Governor, such nomination? would have' been - a just recognition of the claims and worth of that class of our people known as wofk- ingmeri but his nomination for the office of Superintendent of : Public "Works, is evidence conclusive that the Democrats seek to hoodwink the work ing masses because they, the Demo crats, cannot longer ignore and disre gard that large class of voters whose representative on the National Repub lican ticket is Henry Wilson.: the "Natick Cobbler." COKKESl'ONDENCI For the Carolina Era. WILLIAM A. SMITH. From The Nev KorCi StatCi REV. JAMBS Ri:il. Letter from n Conservative Speech at Elevation. mu, m: ID VINDICATED FIIOJI XI oi: ITI A I.I CI OlS ATTACKS OF TlfflJ KAI.EICII SENTINKI. J Correspondence;. ! The following correspondence ex plains itself : ! Raleigh, June 14, 1872. Hon. Josiah Turner Sir: For nearly three years you have been,, denouncing and belittleing me in your paper; and in your issue of the 14th of June you, by ineundo, charge me with a want of veracity. I demand for all this an apology, or that satisfaction known among gentlemen. I am the more confident that you will accord this, as you have yourself appealed to the Code ot Honor for the vindication of alleged wrongs done you by Tod n. Caldwell, i This note will be handed you by my friend, Maj. B. C. Manly. j liespectfully, 11. C. Badger. Raleigh, June 14, 1872. Maj. JR. C. Badger, . Dear hirt in accordance with your request I waited on Hon. 'Josiah' Tur ner and informed him that I had a hos tile message from you to him. I then offered him your communication, which he declined to receive, disclaim ing any reflections personal to myself. thereiore respectiuny- return your communication, with the substance o Mri Turner's reply, which was not in writing. Very respectfully, 1 B. C. Manly. JOHNSTON COUNTY AI-l. KIGIIT. Mr. Editor: As a matter of justice- we desire to publish a short article With reference to the Rev. James Iteid, the Republican candidate for Suporin- Mr. Editor: The Hon. William A. tendent of Public Instruction. YV e Pre- - . 1 1 i t a - Smith addressed a highly respectaDie face what we nave 10 6ay Dy professing meeting of the citizens ot this town- ourself to be a Conservative of; thci ship, dealing in facts and figures--teii- "strictest sect;" but we cannot see .the! private cnaracier oi a jaiuijtu, pious; minister traduced, without raising our voice in his defence. J " 1 I It has been published in the State that Mr. Reid was guilty of distilling in violation of the rules of his church. Mr. Reid was executor of his brother-in-laws estate, and in order to us the fruit of his large orchard, proposed to the heirs to feed it to the hogs. They objected that it would not be injustice to the estate, and he was forced to distill the fruit for their benefit. The matter was investigated by a Committee of the North Carolina Conference, and Father Reid was not even. censured. : f He was accused of walking to Frank linton on Sabbath in order to reach the to his country, are stubborn facts, living Republican Convention in Ralefgh.' examples worthy the Highest emuia- Mr. Reid - rode to a neighbor's on Sub- tion, that must certainly commena bath-evening where he remained until him to the kindest considerations oi an late next day, when he rode to Frank men. - The greatest revulsion in feeling Hnton, where ' he took the cars a dav has taken place' in our county we have sooner than was necessary to reach the touched, tasted and handled democrat- Convention in ample time. The brother ic ruie, uiiu we are iiuw kji"5 w jsieinouisi was Bumewiiut uiisu.iK.eii. ing more than any other politician has for the last year's in . tne couniy nv-ins- reason, iustice. humanity and Chris tianitv on his side and with a gifted tongue he made as heavy inroads into the ranks of the Greensboro7 latter aay saints as the Roman chariots armed with scythes did in the ranks of the Onrthaprpnians. The Maior did not even desDise small things condescend iW to eomnare his N. C. R. R. Stew ardshiD with io turner's he nailed in the eorfin the remains of conservatism with as much decency as was due the deceased neglecting the passage money over the Styx. This man's noble strug gles in poverty, his heavy losses by emancipation his unwavering fidelity record of the Republican party is its best guarantee for the future ; but in addition to that, the people must de cide whether they will have a National Government strong enough to preserve '1-11 'a. j .t". : i! I peace, - put uown uouiesiic yiuienee, two daj-s. , A committee, consisting of one t 1 . . ... a representative from each State, was appoin t- f guaranteed bv the Constitution ; or, ed. to prepare and Issue a call. General j bether they will have a Government Burnside was chosen chairman of the com- i! whose inefficiency will be a mockery for other Nations, and whose impoten- of the battle of Antictam, and continue for 1.111 i Ikhh!' nrenared in the German Voil r,.nnvU nrrtvirlln fnrthfl flTDnlsIon ( mittOO, M. CM w. w . - - "O M j J !. J , , . , . . - ofallJesuiU from Germany, even though' The new revenue law, so far as It relates I cy yvin ureeu auarcny, cnaos, comu- sion, ana eventually result in uespot- thev le natives. to totics,goes intoeflecton tho 1st of July. Gov. Vance at Trinity. Governor Vance wound up the com mencement exercises at Trinity Col lege last week with a characteristic po litical speech. This was very appro priate. Gov. Vance and his Literary Board gave the money which purchased the buildings and grounds of Trinity College to the Trustees OUT OF THE COMMON SCHOOL FUND. The Trustees of Trinity College bor rowed $10,000 before the war from the Common School Fund, and gave a note therefor secured by the property of said College. Gov. Vance and his Literary Board in 18G4, when Confederate money was almost worthless, invited and allowed that note to be taken up in Confederate money. x j r: - . Of course Gov. V. enlarged on the squandering of public money, which was appropriate--standing as he did on ground paid for out of the Common School fund by him. 4 ? . i Mr. JaineuII. .lloadeii. We were pleased to meet in our sane turn Mr. James H. Headen, of Chat ham, .Republican, candidate .for the Senate in that county.; Mr. H. brings good news from his county. The Re publicans are at work.. Mai. Smith is making a vigorous and effective can vass in that county. We do not enter tain a doubt that Chatham will roll up a handsome majority for Caldwell and the ticket. - The county cjjnvass will commence in! July. Mr. Headen will do his whole duty as he did in 1871 against Conven tion . s Such , a; 1 leader, with Howze, McDonald, Pace, Gunter, Burns, and a host of others to support him,: suc cess is almost certain. If there is thor ough organization in the. townships, victory is assured. Organize in . the townships !' ' i - ues. . Who introduced a bill, dur ing the last session of the General ' As sembly, in the Senate, to grant amnes ty; and forgiveness to all Ku Klux mur derers and Democratic assassins. 4 Ans. Maj. Jrio. W. Graham candi date on the Democratic ticket; for State Treasurer. We are' compelled to leave out the preceedingsof several public meetings to make room for important matter. Increased Salary for the Attorney . General. The office of Reporter of the Supreme Court has existed in this State for seventy-five years. The late Legisla ure while denouncing " Radicalism tore up this venerable T Office by the roots and destroyed it. Was it an unnecessary , office ?. No, every duty connected with it was de volved on the Attorney General and every man in the State holds that it is necessary that those duties be perform ed.' Was the office abolished to save expense to . the State ? No, not a cop per was saved by the change, but every cent paid the Reporter is now paid the Attorney General. ' f Then why was it abolished? Simply to turn a competent Republican out of the office and; give the salary to Judge Shipp, the Democratic Attorney Gen eral, who was at that very time receiv ing two or three salaries.:' Judge Merrimon Opposed to the j Homestead. The Sentinel with its characteristic disregard of truth, says Judge Merri mon is in favor of the Homestead pro vision of our State Constitution. Judge Merrimon is opposed to the Homestead. The Sentinel has not stated the truth. Why ? Because Judge Merrimon vehe mently i opposed the Homestead in 1868. Because Judge Merrimon -en deavored to raise money tocarrya case to the United States Supreme Court which Involved the constitutionality of theiHomestead, for the purpose of de priving he people of their Homesteads. Because- Judge Merrimon advocated the call of Convention in 1871, for the purpose of framing a new Constitution, and thus do away with the Home stead. ' ' : ' The Daily News states that Judge Boyden, of the Supreme Court, is op posed to the homestead, and was known to .be . so by Gov. Caldwell when ap pointed. . We not only deny that Judge Boy den ! is. opposed tothe homestead, but assert that he is one of the firmest sup-. porters on the bench, of the homestead, both in its prospective and retrospect ive features. We call on The News tor its authority for .stating that Judge Boyden is op posed to the homestead., f At ' the i recent commencement at Trinity College, on the 13th, the degree of L. "li. D. was conferred on Judge Merrimon. From what we have heard it was a pretty considerable Ku Klux gathering of told : and young, and the literary exercises were freely inter spersed by political harangues, char acteristic of ? those two great guns of the Democracy, Gen. Leach J and Gov. Vance. verse neither touching, tasting nor han dling the unclean thing, we rejoice at the returning sense of reason among our old Union friends in this county, and that they have become convinced of their error in heretofore co-operating with the old "Sesesh" element. Even a partial success of conservatism in State and Nation lor the last sixteen years has been attended by war, fam ine, pestilence and drouth. We, of Elevation, rejoice to know "rule or ruin " is at an end. We are pleased at the course of The Era in denouncing fraud. &c. and we feel confident that vou would not do injustice to any hu i -i 7 .1 .:v. man mucn less au lnnumau, auu wish to call your attention to Mr. Hon. Neal Coffield one of the latter day suits wor thies, and who sells campaign cider wine at 25 cents per quart, "the same man. rumor, says he bitterly denies the assertion,,, that while he was in the Penitentiary he directed a cat to be eaten, Moses being the presiding elder of the public restaurant, and they did not direct mouse-cat, rat and very little oi anytning eise to De eaten, xnis in connection ! with the tyranical Cald well's refusal to extend executive clem encv to those subjects is enough to make us exclaim with one of old "Ah Moses how ! can you treat us wayward brethren so." The question now agi tating the conservative masses is, was the hapless tabby executed, by the wanton Summey, State property or an occasional visitor with Moses and who is responsible for this mg. we trust tne iacts developed on the libel-hapless-tabby starvmg-panic-black nag, sour corn, meal suit. 11 coming and telling events east their shadows before them, I can see the shadows of conservative latter day saints as a fish on the tables of the past i. e. soulless, headless, gutted and scaled. - ? BtLi. Bangs. Elevation, Johnston Co., June 1, 1872. Further, he is said to have traveled on a delegate's ticket to the Greensboro' .Convention. Mr. Reid bought a full fare ticket at Hillsboro', and informed the Agent that he was no delegate. i Furthermore, it has, been published that some one refused to lodge with him at the Benbow House. Father, Reid was never inside the Benboy House. . i i We call attention to these misrepre- , sentatiOns that he public may see in , his true light, a man whose character was passed bv the ministers and lav- men of the North Carolina Conference J at their last session. Father Reid lias, , for many years gone in and out before ' the people of North Carolina; from th mountains to the sea, and it seems to , us that it is a reflection on the intelli- j gence and integrity , of Methodists, that', a man whom they regard as a christian ' ; .gentleman should be so gravely tra-f " duced. . Not a whisper was ever utterr ed against him before. His only erimt seems to oe that ne is a ltepubiican,! . and while we of the Conservative faith . regret that the Republicans have won over so good a man, yet we deprecate the day when any party shall assume to denounce a good man's private char acter because he exercises his rights as a freeman in adopting political princi ples. Mr. Reid has friends and rela tives who have been, are now; and will continue to be as true and faithful to the interests of Conservatism as any , ! For the Carolina Era. . - ; ! i..- . Mr. Editor : Supposing it a matter of interest to you, and the many read ers of your excellent paper, to hear from Maj. Wm. A Smith, the candi date of the Republican party for Con gress in the 4th district, I write you a short account of his first appearance and impressions in the county of Chat ham. Maj. Smith; addressed a respect able portion of the people of Chatham, at Pittsboro, on yesterday, the 11th in stant. He led off in a speech of one hour in length, replete with common sense and sound, practical views, and while firmly upholding" the great car dinal doctrines of the Republican par ty, he conciliated all right-minded and right-thinking men. He i was replied to by the Hon. John Manning, in a speech of one hour. Mr. Manning (who is a good speaker ) seemed to be con scious of the burden that was upon him, and spoke with I more than ordinary zeal and vehemence, embracing such points as usually make Up a Democrat ic speech of the present day. Maj. Smith rejoined for thirty min utes. I had known the Major for sev eral years, but I must be permitted to say, in an candor, mat i. was not pre pared for such a triumphant and over whelming vindication of himself and his party. He not only met successful ly all the points made by his opponent, but produced altogether the finest im pression that has been made by a stran ger in many years. , It was remarked by " a Very intelligent, educated man, that he waslthe only political speaker he had ever heard, that offended no one, and pleased every one, He will certainly carry Chatham by a hand some majority. V ' C. QqMtP snnnnSr members of the party, and wo.know an?? wififtS fnllv that the principles of the party are iZ Ll y enough to Insure victory without per sonal abuse. No hue and cry; was rais ed when a great and good minister was put forward several years ago for this same -omce by our party, nor when a good minister of Conservative faith can vassed a certain county in the State for the Convention. 'Mr. Reid does not stump the State on political issues, and all his public talks have .been simply. on educational subjects. His course he- fore and since his nomination has. hot been other than that of a christian gen tleman. . If nothing wrong can be found in , a man's public character, for the sake of justice let us not tnisrepre-; sent or abuse his private actsi especial ly one who has so good a record ns Father iteid. conservative. ARREST OF TRKZEVANT. 1 t Reply of Governor Caldwell to the Firemen's ProtestJ Executive Department. dtate op north Carolina, " T'-- For the Carolina Era. Rowan Nominations. - Mr. Editor : The Republican party of old Rowan to-day nominated Hon. J; G. Ramsay for the Sen ate, from Rowan and Davie, and Col. W. A. Houck and Capt. Levi Trexler, for the House of Representatives. Strongest ticket in the county, and will be elect ed. This is saying a good ' deal, but mark what I tell you, tissp. The coun ty Commissioners are Moses L. Holmes, John , Buchanan, : J. D. Johnston, Ephriam Mauney, and Paul A. Sif- ord. County Treasurer,1 Thomas J. Foster. "Register of Deeds. Caot. John K. Potts, Surveyor, ; Charles Wagoner.. Col. Thos. BJ Long presided as Chair ¬ man, Thomas W. Haynes as Vice Pres ident, John A.! Ramsey,' J. L. Bailey and John F. 3IcDowell acted as Secre- aries. Old Rowan is i awake, as we will show you in August. Caldwell's election is looked upon as certain and the mere mention of the name of Grant brings down the house at all times. r i Yours, TIMOTHY. Salisbury, June 15th, 1872. . I For the Carolina Era. A Card. r. In The New Bern Reimblic and Cour ier of June 8th, 1872 I see an advertise ment in the shape of a card, signed S. in. juiuco, vvixicii uuta um injustice, x ook on that card as ku klux impudence ;o provoke me, or my friends to mako an attack on him HSrhe failed to accom plish anything In his attack on m but a gross violation of all laws under the canopy of Heaven. ; ; Calvin Cox, U. S. Com. and Attorney at Law. F. I Raleigh, N. C, Junell, 172. JL Qlover, Esq., Sec'y Hornet Fire Co., No. 1: ." -. . Dear Sir: Yoursofthe Hth instant has been received, enclosing ,! me i'opy of preamble and .resolutions- of Hornet lire Company, JNo. 1, or Charlotte, in regard to the arrest of W. II. TrezevantJ one of their members, and his forcible removal from this State to South Caro lina. i . i As at present informed and advised, I agree in the opinion expressed in these proceedings that thearrest off Mr. Trezevant, and his removal to another State, was unauthorized by law, - and was both a public and a private wrong, deserving the severest condemnation. I have forwarded the proceedings to the President of the United States jandi asked his prompt action in the preiiii-j ses, entering my most solemn proient against the action of the parties making the arrestvfor the unlawful manner in which it was done. I have no author ity in a case like this to demand the body of MrTrezevant from the Gover nor of South Carolina the arrest, as t am informed, having been made, not by. State, but Frederal officials, and Trezevant- Iteld In custody! not by State, but by Federal authority. . J have some reason to believe that steps have already been taken before a Fede ral Judge of South Carolina to secure hia release and his return- to his home in Charlotte. . j . The citizens of this State may rest as sured that so long as I have the honor to remain Governor of North Carolina I shall do my whole duty in protecting their rights and liberties, and that I shall not tolerate the slight invasion of either the one or the other, j. After saying this much in regard to the merits of this case, I must be per mitted to add that I cannot but consid er a part of your resolutions (that re flecting on the National Governmennt. and charging it with settled hostility to our section) as not only in bad taste, but grossly untrue in fact. Such, false and frivolous1 charges . and accusations prove the fruitful source of much of the organized violence lately prevail ing in certain quarters of the South, and causes the very interference of tho uuiieu otaies uuiciuis compiaineo OI. The National Government seeks to in jure no part of the people of the Uuited States. Its sole purpose is to furnish just protection to every class of its citi-w 1 iL 11 1 i . i . A .ens, uuu mis it nas ventured to ao at all hazards. The sooner our people re cognize this fact, the soonerthey will find the Federal autorities cease to in terfere in the domestic concerns of the several States, and thesooner will peace and prosperity? again prevail1 in our midst.; -. - f .-; I- n Very respectfully t ; . j r. Your ob't serv't, 1 t! - '!'.- Tod R. Caldwell,! i J Governor. :1