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WHAT -HOIIACE OREEIiET THINKS OF THE M3IO-? CHATIC PARTY. 1 ..'.; fit-'' -i Kicli, Raw and Racy. Now 'that 'Jlr: Greeley "tasbecome the tedder of tho Democracy, we present Iho ollbwing extracts from editorials of Ths Few York Tribune, written by 3Ir. Greeley daring the Jbrty 'years of his editorial life. They are refreshing, and will not nauseate Democrats who enforce laws Ibr th'c V extirpation of the execrable Ku lvlux conspiracy; ana if it has not the nowdr to do it, then J say xmr GdVertrrrient is no government, but a sham. I, therefore, on I every Sroper occasion,, ad vpcatcd; and justi ed tho Ku-Klnx4 'ActF I hold It espe cially desirable for tho South: and. if it does not prove strong enough to ef fect its purpose, I. hope it will be made stronger ana stronger." Horace uree iey in 1871. -v ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S LINEAL SUC- . I l". CESSOR. -'.( "Many - will-ber surprised at the President's hearty endorsement of civil service reform Hifhisniessage of 1870: but he has been there all aloner. The President's summing up of the leading i.l i - ii . ;n : have i lost , all -self-respect; forsaken objects of Jiis policy, and especially his principle in their" fiuni for office, and become nrst-class dirt-eaters., The, ex tracts are as follows : . :" ' , t , ; . TltE WHITE HOUSE DISEASE. . "Mr. .Webster was not only a gentleman,-but he had the elements of moral greatness; and he, had hia faults i .as well. He failed only In one respect; and In this respect I differ from him he wanted to be President, and I don't.'! Horace ureeiey, in ibua. OUR GREATEST MAN. V.We have seen our greatest man, Mr. Chase, making thf .rama .blunder. j I have seen men who ,had the disease early, and died of It at a very Old age." Horace Greeley, in 1868. , THE FATE OF GEN. CASS. "Gen. Lewis Cass died at about 82, and up to the day ! of ' his , death Jie wan tea to' be President.' No one ever escape who-catches the disease: he Uvea and dies In the delusion. Being a reader, and. an - obserrer a fan ea ri y age, I eaw-how it poisoned And paral- j yzea u$ Destox. our puoiic men, ana have carefull v avoided It." Horace Greeteyin 1SG3. "... THE GOOD SENSE OF GEN. GttAN.j We, at least, In our day, have: a Presldent-elert who did not try to be President. He was elected mainly on that account." Horace Greeley, in 1868. THE ENEMY OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. "If the Democratic party were called upon to decide between Grant and my self, I know that their regard for what they must call principle would induce j nine-tenths ol them to vote against me. Why? I am a decided enemy of that party, even in its most respectable as pects." Horace Greeley, in 1871.- ' . j PICTURE OF THE DEMOCRACY. ' u Every one who chooses to live by. pugilism or gambling or harlotry, with nearly every keeper of a tippling house, U politically, a Democrat." Horace Greeley. ' .-: .; . ' IGNORANCE A DEMOCRATICALLY. If there were not a newspaper or a common school in the country, the Democratic party would be far stronger than it is." Horace Greeley. j DEMOCRATIC ESSENTIALS. "The essential articles of the Demo cratic creed are ' love rum and hate nlggera.' The less one learns and knows, the more certain he Is to vote the regu lar ticket from A to Izzard." Horace Greeley. : ' WHO ARE DEMOCRATS. "We thereupon asked our contem porary to state' frankly 'whether the pugilists, blackl?gs, thieves, burglars, keepers of ctena of prostitution, etc, etc., were not almost unanimously Democra to." -Horace Greeley. DEMOCRATIC VIRTUES. j 1 " To smote1 is a Democratic virtue; to chew is that virtue intensified ; to drink rum Is that virtue in the superla tive." Horace Greeley. j THE DANGEROUS CLASSES ALL DEMO . CHATS. "A purely selfish interest attaches the lewd, ruffianly,' criminal, and dan gerous classes to tho Democratic party. V Horace, ureeiey. ; 8IX IN A BED. . ." This would amount to six in a bed, exclusive of any other vermin; for every Democratic couch in the State of New York, including those at Sing Sing and Auburn.V Horace Greeley. - . j THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATS. j "Point wherever you please to an election district which you will pronounce- morally rotten,-, given up in great , part to debauchery and vice J where voters subsist mainly by keeping poiicy-omces, gambling-nouses, grog- desire to secure a pure and, un tram-: meled, vote.' must appeal cogently to the judgment .and affections Of tho American phople. He is Abraham Lincoln's lineal' successor : and the popular heart beats in unison With his administration and his efforts."-Horace Qreeley in 1870. rr. -r- f I . AN OPINIONOF GEN. GRANT. "As to the Administration of Gen. Qrant, I recognize no one as a Republi can who is not grateful for its judicious, energetic, and successful efforts to pro- cure the ratification or tne..iineentn Amendment that keystone of our po litical arch whereby, the fruits xf our ereat mumps over rebellion ana slavery are assured and perpetuated. That the President has made some mistakes in appointments is obvious. It would be strange, indeed j if one so I ri experienced in the conduct 'of political affairs had wholly escaped thpm. While asserting tha right-of every . Republican to his untrummejeci. cn,ouj, oj, canuiuaw-jur next President... until a nomination is made. I venture to suggest that Gen. Grant will be far better qualified for that momentous trust in 1872 than he was in 1868." Horace Greeley, in 1871. THE RIGHT OF SECESSION Whenever a considerable portion of our Union shall deliberately resolve to go out, we shall resist all coerciveraeas ures designed to keep It in.! " If the Cotton States shall decide that thev can do better out of the Union than in it, we insist on letting them go in peace." " If the Slave States, the Cotton States; or the Giilf State only, choose to form an . independent nation, they have a clear moral right to do so." Horace Greeley in 18G0 and 18G1. I MIXED SCHOOLS AND MIXED . CHURCHES, v." T 1-irtrto )i o timo irill nnma Ti'li art our educational institutions and semi naries will be open to men'of all races with a freedom, with a - hospitality which has never yet been enjoyed. I trust the time will come when no man's color will exclude him from any church or any religious organization whatever. So they say, with regard Mo our conn mon schools, where a small district contains by 25 or 30 families, it is sim ply impossible, where two or three of these are colored, to have separate; schools: and in these cases", to say that black children shall not go-to school with white children is to say that they shall not have any schobl whatever." Horace Greeley, address to the colored people at Poughkepsie, -N. Y., May 16, 187i ,.. ,v. -: - i - Iet Justice TJo'Done. ' r As Gen'. Brosrden. our able and CORRESPONDENCE. dis- tlneuisbed standard bearer for ' Lieut. Governor, has been frequently, alluded tb by some of the conservative newspa pers and conservative speakers . In the Present campaign, for the purpose of trying tb make a little political capital Out of his vote on the Committee on In vestigation, it is due to Gen. Brogden. and it is dueo truth and justice that the record should speak for itself. Gen. Brogden .voted for the bill to raise a committee to Investigate frauds upon t Ke State. He votedfor the "bill to further aid the committee on 'investi gation." Pago 262 and 268.V Senate Journal! Session 1869-70. V f On the 4th of March, 1870, Sir: Smith introduced a resolution to , abolish . the in vestigating committee ordered by the Sphate in January. . ;' ; J After some parliamentary ' proceed ings upon the resolution wnich showed that there were 10 Senators then absent from their seats and the question then recurring upon the adoption of the res olution, Gen. Brogden voted in the. af firmative, from the purest motives and best intentions, knowing that if he voted inr the negative and it should pass, he could not then move a re-consideration. When the vote was taken and the resolution failed to pass, he did not deem the matter of sufficient im portance to change his vote, as he did to have it in his power to . reconsider the resolution when the Senate was ful ler, and to prevent its' 'passage, r ; ' The' report was received' fromi the committee on investigation. - ; ; Mr. .Sweet moved that the committee be discharged; " ; r .-: i..- l ;.. ; Those who votetl for discharging the committee were Messrs.' ' Bellamy, Blythe. Colgrove, Cook, Eppes, Gallo way, Hayes. Jones of Columbus, Jones of Wake, Lassiter, Legg, Martindale, The Editor must not be understood as endors ing tha .sentiments of his correspondents, i Communications on all subjects are solicited, which will be given to the readers of Tpx Eka as containing the views aad senUments of the writers. 1 .. , . ! , l!- For the Carolina Era. OP EX-SIIEKIFF. ; KELLIjY V 'CIJBIBEKIANI. , f ' 1 : f ; For the Carolina Era :'-Xi i. Silas Burns." ; , v ' Mb. EditoK: I: noticed some , time ago a short piece "in your columns in regara 10 one man on tne , ocaie iickci that could not or been ' bettered." I al lude to Mr, Silas Burns, 'of Chatham county,, for Superintendent of Public Works. ; He haa been a citizen of our State about forty years, though born and raised in Massachusetts. . ; There is no man that deserves ' the honor of the ,. office: more .than Mr. Burns for, several reasons : First of all he is capable and ' qualified to fill the office by his long experience . in:, busi ness as a mechanic and a working man, his energy, for pushing work ahead. He was engaged on the United States Public Works for five years In charge of men under him. And ' the State House at Raleigh in charge of hands and men for six and a half years. And a contractor for building tne lencmg around the State House. He was a contractor for building cars for theN.; c.B.;-v.f-.;.v:';; ;y:::--M Mr. Burns , was : the firstVmaa j'that made a proposition to become, ;one s of the hundred to take one million of dol lars of the private subscription in the N. C. B. B., and the stock .was reduced to eight thousand 'dollars : each, v Mr. Burns paid every dollar of his to help build the IT. C. It. B.f also. he took one thousand dollars in the B. &G. .B. B. Where is the working man that has done more for the old North State than Mr. Burns. ' : - : He now. has a foundry at Xoekville Do IteXutes a Slaiidcr.of tho Fvy- ettcville Eagle. ' 1 1 .i, it 'A : .i i; , r.HlEItA.I-DITTrOCKAXIC-KE- T1IC - PtmiilCAN-ltlT KL.TJX AND XI1EIII LIES. f I Fayette ville, N. C., July 15th, 1872. Editok of the Era : However much I dislike to appear in the public press to vin dicate my character, I feel it is a duty I owe to myself, - my personal friends h and the party , which has heretofore honored me with political Preferment, to notice the fol- lowing article which was phblished in The Flajetteville 'Ecle of the 11th instant, as an editorial: . " . ' f K ' From the Statesville American.' JOHK BEIIIY, ESQ. , OF CUMBERE.AND county.:, ' This gentleman, at present the-' Mayor of Favetle ville. is announced on - the State ticket of the Republican party, as a candi date to fill the office, of State Auditor , A more suitable person could not have been chosen for the position" than Mr. ReiJly, who is a gentleman of high standing, of fine abilities and very popular where he is well known. His friends here feel sure of his election. V t : j : Fayettevili-e. ho had threatened SherifF R. This Mr. Mc Kethan denied, and said 'that 'he had Hot threatened him with anything. Mr. McKethan further stated that a school teacher, named Harris, hail lioan tr him to get an order for money for' teaching .didn't think there -was any money, in tho treasury.. .Thereupon Harris remarked that he had seen Sheriff R. have a receipt for $1000 money, paid in as school fund. Then MrvMcKethan went to Sheriff R. to inauire about, ity and finding out .that such was the tease, told Sheriff R. that he (MeK.) had been drawing on thi3 81600 as ordinary county j i - x t: i . e- 1 . . , r iuuus, auu, w reiievo uim ui uiu imsiaKe, at his.tequest Sheriff R. struck out of the receipt Uhe words ("school money,?) and paia m another jiuuo. . ; ., ;. The words "school monev" were inserted in the receipt after the Treasurer had signed it to designate the fund tQ which the money belonged, and Mr. - McKethan imputed no baa motive to bherm iu in doing so. This 5s I think a correct statement or Mr. McKethan's explanations. !. ; . ; r . - , . . S. A. BALDWIN, J. P., r REACH'S INFABIY. Kcad the Ilceord. ( VOTE AGAINST X1IIJ DESIACSOiJ If K. Moore of Carteret, Moore of Yancey, making plows and all kinds of casting, Smith, Stephens, Sweet and Welker 18. r. ' ; Those who voted asainst discharffinff the committee were, Messrs. Barnes, Beall, :; Beasle', Beeman, Brogden, Flythe, Forkner,- Graham, Jone3 of Mecklenburg, Lindsay, Love, Mason, Melchor, .Bobbins, Shoffner, White, Whiteside and Wmstead 18. The President voting in the negative, the motion to discharge the committee did not prevail. Page 547 '48. The Senate Journal shows that Gen. Brogden jand Gov, Caldwell prevented the Brags: Investigation Committee from peing abolished, as Gen. Brog den's vote against discharging the com mittee made the vote a tie, and Gov. Caldwell! aa President of the Senate, gave the pasting vote against discharg ing the committee, ana .it was not dis charged. j - ; ' : , - Mr. Jones, of Mecklenburg; . intro duced a resolution in relation to the committee on Investigation, continu ing the samej ' Tne iresiaeut ueciaea tiiat the m- trodu'etion of the resolution was in .or der.-- ' . f. V. ' . ' , . Mr. Beall appealed from the decision of the Chair, j Mr. Beall was a Conser- and can he found at his post every day: Mr. Burns did not seek the nomina tion. Was unanimously nominated by acclamation. And the Republicans here are well i pleased with the nomi nation of MrJ Burns for Superintendent, of Public Works, knowing as we do, that in him wa have, an honest man who fully appreciates the liberty of an American citizen, and heartily sym- fathises with the hard working, honest aboring men who k constitute the great body of our citizens. . - . - u In Mr. Burns the people .will have a faithfull guardian oi the Public Works, and one whose reputation for integrity and honesty cannot be questioned. lie will lead the ticket in Chatham.- . . M.T.J. . Lockville, July 13, 1872. The Election takes place on Thursday, the first day of August. From the Asheville Pioneer. MKRIIIMOX AND THE SOL DIERS WIVES. lie Indicts the Starving Wives oi Confederate Soldiers for taking Confederate Wheat. HI3 DEMANDS THIS IAST CKIVX. vative. t The decision of the Chair was sustain ed as theldecision of the Senate, by the following vote : Yeas Messrs. Bella my, Brogdeni Blythe, Colgrove, Cook, Forkner,;; Galloway, Hayes, Harring ton, liyraan, Jones of ijolumbus, Lassi ter; Legg, Long, Martindale, Moore of Carteret, (Richardson, Smith, Stephens, Sweet, Welker and Winstead 22. ! Kays-i-Messrs. Barnes,Beall,Beasley , Beeman, f FJyth, Graham, Jones of Mecklenburg, Lindsay, Love, Mason, Melchor, f Bobbins, Scott, - Shoffner, t White, Whiteside and Wilson 17.' j Of these 17 Senators who voted against sustaining thd decision of Gov. Cald- vvell, that Mr.! Jones had a right to in troduce a resolution continuing the committee on investigation, 10 of said Senators were conservatives, as fol lows : f Messrs. Joies of Melchqr, Hobbins, Scotland Whiteside 1U. .ft a Conservatives. i shops and darker dens of infamy, and that district will be' found at nearly or quite everf election giving a majority for that whlcn stvles itself the Demo cratic party.' Take all the haunts of debauchery In the land, and you wilj find nine tenths of their master spirits active partisans of that same Democ racy. What is the instinct, the sympaj thetic chord, which attaches them so uniformly-to this party? Will you consider 7" Horace Greeley. , REBEL. DEMOCRACY. . j The brain, the heart, the soul of the present Democratic party is the rebel element at the South, with its North ern allies and sympathizers. . It is jeb-ji el at the core to-day. It would comts into power with the' hate, the chagrin the wrath, the mortification often bit ter vears to impel and cruide its stepsi It would devote itself to taking off or reducing tax after, tax until the Treas-t urv was deorived of the means of cav iling Interest on tho national debt, and wouia nan ina uaingsnr national bankruptcy with : unalloyed ' gladness and unconcealed exultation. What ever chas&t ment may be deserved b our national sins, we. must hope that thU disgrace and humiliation will be spared us. Horace Greeley. AN EAJOJEST PItAYER. - - 44 Ma v It be written on m v crave that I was never Its follower ftiamcly,, of f th rwmncrtlft nftrtV'l AhVl Hvod arid CI William Hay, Esq., a leading Demo crat of Yancey county, has published the following letter : ! Mb. JEditor: Having heard many reports in regard, to a certain transac tion,, with which I was connected, I will here erive vou the facts as thev are. In the Spring, of 18G4 the Confederate authorities came and pressed from me 7o bushels or. wheat, paying me tneir own price : they carried the wheat off and stored it in an old store-house, near Tkivirl 'PrMffifK- A fpw rlavs thprPilftpr there came some ju or 40 women irom the different portions of the county, and proceeded (in day light)-to JNir. uaviu Pro fHts, and they asked for the key to the store-house. They were informed that there was no key there. They then went to. the store and took about 51 bushels of the wheat, and carried it awav. JN umbers of these women told Barnes. Beall. Graham. Mecklenburg, Love, Mason, Mr. Swgefe moved to amend the reso lution introduced by Mr. Jones, so as to make it read thecommittee are here by, discharged! and the amendment was adopted. I Mr.! Brogden again voted against discharging thecommittee. j The resolution discharging the com mittee on' investigation then passed. and Mr. Brogden again voted against discharging the committee, rage 552. vLet these facts be considered and let justice be donei ; Cfeneralj Brogden is one of the. last men In North Carolina who would ever under any t circumstances attempt to place any (Obstacle in the way of a full and thorough investigation of any and an maimers and tilings m any manner connected with the. public interest or the publiqgood. Will these newspapers which have misrepresented Gen. Brogden nowshow inuir KciitJfusiiy nu sense oi justice Dy For the Carolina Era. Letter from a Colored Voter. Mr. Editor: Allow me a small sDace in vour valuable paper, to sav a few words to the colored men of North Carolina. I am a Republican, and will vote for Caldwell and the whole Re publican State ticket, and I advise ev ery colored man to do the same, il am a man that was free at the time that the democrats told the free colored peo- fle of the county of Granville that if hey would vote for them they would go to Raleigh and do all they could for them. Did they do it? Yes, they went to Raleigh and called a convention by a big majority, and said the colored man should not vote any more; nor did he vote any more for thirty years. Is that all the democrats done for the colored people of this State? No; in 1856 they tried to pass a bill to sell them. Is that all ? No ; in 1858 these same democrats that now say they are friends of yours, done all they could to pass a bill to sell the free colored peo ple of North Carolina. Then can we trust them ? No : if you give them a chance they will treat you the same way again. I will say to the hard working white and colored men of the State to go to the polls on the first day of August and cast their votes for the Republican ticket. i I am one that will not fatten frogs for snakes, if I know it. I never intend to vote for men that have tried so hard to cheat me out of my rights In 1868 the Republicans framed a Constitution which gives you the rights you now enjoy. Did the democrats vote to rat ify it? No. . These same democrats tried, in 1871, to get a convention to alter the Constitution and deprive you of the rights guaranteed therein. Think of these things, my colored friends, be fore casting your votes. Don't forget to go and register before the first, day of August, and then on the first day of August go to the polls and cast your votes for your best friends the Republicans of your coun ty and the whole Republican State ticket, and you will do your duty to yourselves, your country and your God. Respectfully, f Republican. Franklinton, July 13, 1872. . , "T We giye place to the above for the pur pose of giving it the following endorse ment : In 1870 when this carpet bagger was defeated for re-election as sheriff; of this county, he had failed to pay overhe County Treasurer the school moneys in bis hand, and when 'called upon by the new Board of Countv Commissioners (Conservatives) to settle up with the Treasurer he paid in $1,000 ordinary county, staxes, and afterwards in serted in the Treasurer's receipts the words " school money," which was a forgery, for the Treasurer signed no ..such receipt. He was detected' in it by the different hand wiite and different ink. . He at first refused to correct it, but when threatened by Mr. McKethan, Chairman of the County Com missioners,he expunged the inserted words. See Auditor's Report for the. .fiscal yea? ending September, 1871. It is seen that Reilly makes a sworn return that he had collected State tax, ?10,854.59 ; county tax, $21,590.90. A finance committee appointed by the Conservatives detected an ' error in his - county tax of about $4,500which he was required, to pay. ' Then, if the ;county tax was. $25,000, the State tax, being exactly half as much, ought to be- about $12,5000, but the Auditor says he only paid $10, S54.59. May be when Reilly gets Adam's oflice he will correct thak This same " gen tleman of high standing " is now sued in the Superior Court of this county as a de- fainter in county taxes ior isoe ana ieoy. American please copy. ., ' On reading the above in The Eagle,-1 immediately went to the Editor's oflice to ascertain the author of it, and there I found a little " printer's devil," a mere boy, Who informed me that he was in charge of the office and wpuld assume the responsibility of writing the article at the same time de clining to inform me who the author was" It is due to Mr. McSween, the Editor of The Eagle, to state that the article was pub lished during his absence. On his return I made inquiry of him and he replied that he did not know wbxJ the ' author was, but would fi nd out and give' me his name. ' So far, then; I have failed to find out the writer of this slanderous article, I pro nounce this Eagle editorial an infa.-. mous. iiiE from beginning to end; -as .is shown by the certificates hereto annexed. I further pronounce : the writor of this edi torial, whoever he is,; a dir-tT, cowardly, SXF.AKINO, IiYINQ, WHITE-LIVERED VIL LAIN, and his conduct towards me must satisfy every, honorable man that the epi thets I have used have a meaning. He had the black-hearted infamy to "write a libel against my character and then he shows his mean, sneaking cowardice by prompting a mere irresponsible "printer's devil" boy to assume the responsibility. I leave the public to judge for themselves. Since the expiration of my term of office as sheriff of Cumberland county, I have twice been a candidate before the people of Fayctteyille and have been elected both times, and now when I am a candilato for a State office, some low, dirty coward, who is politically and probably personally op posed to me, seeks, by an infamous lie, to prejudice the people throughout the State against me. He well knew when I was a candidate for election to oflice in the town of Fayetteville, 'such charges .would not affect me here where I am known." . ' : The people can judge from the certificates accompanying this card, whether I have paid over, the public moneys collected by me as sheriff ; whether I have been guilty of " forgery " or not, and whether or not the county of Cumberland is still indebted to Also, how suit was brought against July 15th, 1872, i Office County- Commissioners, - 1 , ; Cumberland County, July 12, 1872; This is to certify that John Reilley, late sberjff of Cumberland County, paid to , the uounty Treasurer the balance due on his tax list for the year 1870, as ; soon as he wjis lniormea ot the amount due Dy the uom mittee appointed to examine " the accounts of the late treasurer and other officers,? and within the time prescribed by law,xis ap pears by Report of said committeo'on filo In this office i i !.'.' -vf-V :i oi-v V, Pi -Vj,it j . , Ai W- CAMPBELL, . : J ' 1 " Deputy Clerk." NORTH CAROLINA, 1 1 Cumberland CorrrrYrj" Superior Court Office July i2th, 1872. I hereby cerUfyi tliafc John Reilly, Esq., has 29 judgments against tho -'county of, Cumberland,: dock eted in this Court, via : Judgment: docket.'4 IV' from No. 1723 to No. 1751 inclusiv'e," amounting in the aggre gate ' to 4,578 "upon which amount a pay ment of one-third has been made, as aj- ears from the entry on the judgment ocket in each case. - ' f A. McPHERSON, Jr., I j - x Clerk. ., CREATING me. me that they had been living on wheat publishing this 'brief statement from died in nothing .its ureeiey. ebtor.M Horace TUB "FEBOCIOUS PIIOTECTIONIST." You only err aa to . the proper can-; didute.Jam not the man you need. Yourrty U mostly i ree Trade, and I am a ferocious Protectionist' I nave no doubt that-'I-uiigbt tes nominated and elected by" your help; but it would placo 'tuall in a fa!sj posUIon." Horace Greeley to 'J?i ; Donxui , in 1 871 1 j XHE BAYONET UW OP " 1870. " I "It fa urged by the Democratic or gans that the law Is' to be enforced in state and municipal elections. This Is done to make it more obnoxious, if that be possible, to their party. But, unfortunately, -this 'Is an error. The law applies only to presidential and congressional . elections, though we heartily wl& It could be made to ap ply to all others." Horace Greeley tn 18?0. . ; ' " .' t5 '"' ! THE KU KLUX JJLW. I hold oar Government Douna by- its dutv of protecting our citizens in I brand for some time and were suffering. together with their children, while tneir husbands were In the trenches about Richmond. In the fall of 1864, I was summoned to appear at Burns ville. as a witness. I then asked Mr. A. S. Merrimon (who was Solicitor at that time) what he wanted with me. He said that he wanted to prove who took that wheat. I asked him what he thought the husbands of these women, (who were then in the trenches at Richmond) would say to this? He (Merrimon) inadano reply; I then told him the- condition of these women that their husbands were in the war. nearly all around Richmond, and that he ought to allow them (the women) to pay for the wheat and proceed no fur tner. utavid I'romr, Jsq.. came up in the time and joined me in this, but at last alter long persuasion, he (Merri mon) said ir the wheat and fees was paid for by the next term of the Court, all would go off in that way, otherwise he would push to the full extent of the law. Mr. Merrimon was very slow to agree to this. I then told him that some of these women had left the coun ty , and asked what would . be done about their , part.. He said the full amount, the last cenl, must be paid or he would go on with the prosecution ; this was the best he could do. The ac count was made out for the wheat and fees against these women, t amounting to n ve nunarea ana nity dollars, (SooO,) and rather, than I -would see these women narrassed and punished I paid four: hundred dollars ($400)-and was going to pay the remainder $150, but the Federal army came in, and I have not heard or tiie balance since, what the Journal of the JVeics. Senate. Goldsboro1 t KU KL.UX ACTS. f. i Tli cy arc indorsed by Greeley... 5 ilNow, ;fhe Ku Klux organization miiy be active in this locality and dor mant in that may1 seem dead to-day arid be revived to-morrow but the Kb Klux spirit still lives at the South, and is very formidable. It is grounded in1 a conviction that .the blacks are un- '. For the Carolina Era: - A. Card . " We, whoso names are subscribed to this Card, a portion of the colored voters of Salis bury, N. C', do certify that on Sunday, the 14th, General Carey, of Ohio, now making Democratic speeches in this' part of North Carolina, interviewed us and desired us to vote for; Greeley. We told him that we were not disposed to change our votes that Grant made a good PresidenVnd We were willing to support him again.';; . ' - . -i Gen. Carey then said we should vote for Greeley, as Mr. Greeley was in favor or white and colored children going to, the same schools and that he was equally in favor of abolishing all distinctions betweep iifcand not'reallv entitled to vote that Reconstruction j is usurpation that j the colored and white races in public travel V tins is n V flue Man's government," and places of entertainment. and that the Black vote is somehow to be nullified ; by fair means, if practica ble; but by sonie means anyhow. ; It is against this spirit and its my riad manifestations that the Ku Klux iegjslatioh of Congress is directed in our judgrnenVjmost righteously and properly. If Congress be not empow ered to protect the right of the People to choose heir President and Vice Presidwat against such a conspiracv as thai which- falsified the ;verdict of Lou isianan 1868. then the Constitu tion is a sham andihe Right of Suffraare a mockery.f7 Horace ureeiey, July 18, 1K7I, tn.A.' U i Tribune. Pink Hall, f, William Johnson, James Pearson, Charles Moore. Lewis Coley. Salisbury, July 14, 1872. William Henderson, Alfred Tate, i Allen Waters, ' . " Logan Jenkins,, ' y . ;-; . '"Woun on You." . Ve frequently have good old friends .who never erive us anythinjr more than was done with the money I know not, the(r subscription jto the paper, and I know I paid it. Mr. Merrimon nor wno strut as the pillars that hold up no one else, will dare deny these facts. r . War. Bay. I Caoey' River, Yancey county, N. O, July 3,1872.'; : ' The Election' takes , place thps eves off this town, to come in and say to, us,. 'The people are down on you for supporting' Billy. Smith.' We are thankful;!to all (such for this informa tion!. But the people - can do as they ilrtise. And as lor us so helD us God ,u well do as tre please. . Drive on your Mt.Jitus&oro' Jtecorder, JJemoeratic. : . J For the Carolina Era.- ' " ;; " A Card.' :! - The Editor of The Sentinel states in his paper that I gave a man a. sow and pigs to swear to a lie. I Also, that I bid for bacon sold by Burgen; And that I received money for making the lease. I pronounce Mr. Turned or any one else who makes these charges an infa mous liar. I did think, after Turner had been charged by JVIajHearne with stealing the public money and R. C. Badger had published him as a liar that he would cease making false charges upon gentlemen, mt it seems 'he is determined to-'eontiiiue this kind of warfare. ' - W. A. Smith. on The Election takes . place Thursday, the firnt day of August. me, at whose instance and for what purpose, whether I( ever attempted to swindle the county or attempted to avoid investigation into my official acts. : I If the above Eagle editorial is an illustra tion of the "freedom of the press" and a fair 'sample of the "high-toned chivalry and respectability - or those who oppose me politically, may God help the country. ;; ' ; v John reilly. ': Fayetteville Eagle please eopy. ; fi hereby certify that John Reilly, ; Esq., late sheriff of Cumberland countyj did settle his county taxes for the years 18G8-'69 with the County Treasurer, S. N, , Wejsb, -Esq, in presence of a Finance Committee ap pointed by the Board of Commissioners, and within the time prescribed by law. Sheriff Reilly at all times during his term of office did advance his money at the request of the ATjl. 2. J A I - a. a. commissioners to me county, ior ine pur pose of purchasing provisions for the poor of said county and supplying the prisoners ia jail, Ac.,' and took County Scrip at its par value in exchange for money thus ad vanced, the county.being without the neces sary money to pay current expenses. f 5 iv f J. W. HOPKINS, - Chm'rt late Board County Commissioners t of Cumberland Comity. f Fayetteville, N. C, July 13, 1872. : ? f f Ou yesterday, the 12th inst, at the request oX ex-eheriff' John Reilly; I accompanied him to the court-house where Sheriif R. met Mr. A. A. McKethan. Chairman of the , Board of County Commissioners, and ex hibited to him the last copy , of . The Eagle containing an article in reference to Sheriff R.'s ofneial acta as sheriff of Cumberland county. ' - -'' -j Mr.-McKethan stated thaC'thoughbis name appeared in the artielfv that he did not write it himsehyior did he know, who did it, that tho charge that Sheriff R. was required to pay $4,500 on account of, an error in his form of settlement was not true, that the Countv Commissioners' U.i 1 1 jrou&ht suit against Sheriff It. for (S;)8j nine hun dred and eighty-two dollar,' which the Commissioners claimed against him on ac count of the tax lists for ; 1868-'69, which claim Sheriff R,' denied as' being just, and before suit was brought offered to pav.the claim if the Com mission ers "would satisff him that it was just; and further remarked that as the change was made, that unless the Commissioners sued him, then : he (Sheriff R.) would sue them. - The Commissioners then brought suit against Sheriff R., and the matter is now pending in tlie Superior court. . Mr. McKethan s attention was called to the statement in Synopsis of Election and Kegistra .'; tion Act Relating to Itcjristeringr i: and. Voting-..; v X, .' , ".' , ! QUALIFICATION OF VOTERS. The following are the only qualifications required of any voter inthis State ; . Ile must' be twenty-one years of ago or upwards j a native or naturalized citizen of the United States ; and must have resided in this State . twelve months preceding the election and : thirty days in th3 county in which he offers to vote. Any person poss essing tho above qualifications is entitled to register.aud vote in the township in which no lives. Changing, discontinuing, prkcincts. ' County Commissioners may establish; alter, discontinue or create separate places for voting in their counties ; but there must be at least one polling place in each town ship, as nearly central as possible. Thirty days notice of such change, fec, must be givefi in some newspaper published in the county, or in lieu , thereof, by hand bill posted in three - places in such county. If no stich notice is given - the precincts as heretofore established shall continue. 5 REGISTRATION BOOKS. The Commissioners ; shall, oh or before the 1st Monday in July 1872, select one Justice, of the Peace for each township or election precinct to act as Registrar therein. 1 W here there are not enough J ustices the Commissioners shall appoint some person to act as Registrar. , The Secretary of State shall! before the first Monday in June; 1S72, forward to Coun tv Commissioners registration books for each precinct. If he docs not. Commis sioners may provide same at expense of the State: v r -:--.;S'--'- ' : ' ' REVISING OLD 'REGISTRATION BOOKS, C. . Registrars of each township or precinct shall revise existing registration books so that they shall contain an accurate list of all the voters previously registered in such township or precinct, who still reside therein, without requiring such voters to register again. The Registrars shall, be tween sunrise and sunset on each day .(Sun days excepted) from the 1st Thursday in July, 1872, up to and including, the day preceding the first Thursday in August, 1872. keep open the books for the registra tion of any voters residing in tho township or precinct," entitled to registration, whoso names have not 'been registered in such township or precinct before, or do not ap pear m the revised list. WHEN AND WHERE TO REGISTER AND VOTE. NO CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRATION. No person can register ina township or precinct whereof he is- not an'actual and bona fide resident. No certificates of regis- tration will be 'given. Electors must vote in the townships or precincts where they actually reside on election day. No registration will be allowed on elec tion day, except where the person offering to vote arrives at the age of twenty-one, or for some other treason, becomes entitled to vote on that day, under the laws of this State : in which event he shall be allowed to register and vote. JUDGES OF ELECTION CHALLENGING. a ne county cammissioners shall, on or before the first Monday in July, 1S72, ap- Txnitll". Jit. PJirll fnivnaVi i r nr . nro!nr.f i'mir judges of election, two of whom shall be of a dinerent political party from the Registrar. The Judges and Registrars shall, on the Saturday preceding the election from nine o'clock a. m., till five o'clock p. m., attend at tne polling place or their to wnship or pre cinct, with the registration books, when and where the said books shall be open to tne inspections or the electors or the town ship or preciwet,- and any elector shall be allowed to'object to any name appearing on the said books. : Where there is an objec tion the registrar shall enter opposite the name so objected to, the word "challenged," ana snaH appoint a tune ana place, on or before election day, when he, together with the judges of election; shall hear and decide upon such objection. Due notice of the, time and place of ," hearing , shall be. given the person objected to. It such is not given, the person objected to can vote. ' Challenging can be done on any other day than that above specified. It may also be done on the day i of election. The judges of election and tho ; Registrar for each town ship or precinct, after being duly sworn, shall hold the election at the precincts or townships for which they were severally appointed. They shall keep poll books in which shall be entered the name of every person who votes., i r i '13. R. Ibink.assignoe'plaintiif j against fm . . . . I """"""lin, x uuiuas j . jsi uier, uerendant. ) STATE OP. NORTH CAROLINA;' , , ' To the Sheriff of Davidson countyG root ing: You are hereby commanded to sum- mon T. J. Miller, the defendant alx)o pamed, if ho bo found within yotir county, to be and appear before the Judge of our Superior Court, to be held for tho county of Davidson, at the court house in Lexington,' on the 2nd Monday after the 3rd Mondav of April, and answer,, the complaint whU h will be deposited in the oflice .f tho clerk' of thd Superior Court of said county, within the first three days of tho next term thereof; and let tho said defendant take notico that if he.fail to answer tho said complaint with in that time, the plaintiffwill take judgment against him for thd sum of three hundred dollars in gold, or its equivalent, with in terest'on three hundred dollars from the 21stday of March, 18G5. Hereof fall not, and of this sumnionH make due return. 'Given 'under my hand and tho seal of tho Baid court, . this ICth da v r April, 1S70. ' r ISeal.l L. E. JOHNSON, .' i , Clprk'of the superior 4;ourL . Returnable to spring term, .JKT0, of tho superior court oi Davidson county. Re ceived 16th April, 1870. Served on tho l?Uh ' April, 1870, by copy delivered to T. J. Mil- lerthe witbin named defendant. ' ' . ; , JAHi A. SOVVKltS, Sherin, T i lly T. C. Ford, Deputy Sheriff. SUPERIOR COURT, Davidson county: E. R. Brink, assignee plaintiff, ) against V Uomplauit. Thomas J. Miller,. Defendant. J The plaintiff complains and alleges: , r. That on tho oth day of March, jk(;. in Davidson county, the defendant, Thoman j; Miller, covenanted in writing, under his hand and seal, with J. M. ; Leach, to pay to him or his order, three hundred! dollars in gold, or its en nival ent. one day after date! with a condition that the same might, at the discretion or the said Leach, bo discharged within a reasonable time, in wheat, flouri corn meaL pork. lard, bacon, chickens. butter, eggs, &c, at gold rates. 1 ' . 11. That the same on the oth day ot Jan- uarv. ln6. was hv the- oniiorseiiinnt ofnn said J. M. Leach, transferred to the plain till', wno is now, and was at the commencement of this action, the owner of tho real interest III. That previous to the comnicnccinciit of this action, the said covenant was pre sented to the defendant for payment, ac cording to the terms thereof, but was ; not paid or discharged. , '.'!. IV. That neither tho defendant nor t tho said J. M. Leach has paid tho same. Where fore tho plaintiff demands judgment.) for threo hundred dollars in gold or its equiv alent in the currency of the Unitod States, with interest thereon from tho Ulst day of March, lSGo, until paid and the costs of this action. ; ' J. M. LEACH, ) Alt's lor ' L. M. SCOTTf . J Plaintiff. ") Sup'r Court of Davidson J County. Miller, answers E. R. Brink, assignee. against Thos. J. Miller defendant. .The defendant, Thos. J. the complaint and denies I. That any of the allegations contained in articles II of the plantiff's complaint are true as therein set fourth. THOS. J. WILSON, ) Att'ys for J. W. CLEMENT, J Defend' nt . In this case leave is granted defendant to amend his answer by withdrawing tho issue of the execution of tho bond. SUPERIOR COURT Davidson County. E. Ik Brink, plantiff, ) '"against Amended"'.'''" Thos.'J. Miller, defendant, J Answer.- , ' ,The defendant by leave of court. iilcH Win amended answer as an addition to the for mer auswer and for a furthei defence says : ist. mat tne consideration lor tho allogol contract sued, if anj', was illegal and con--trary to the policy of the law, in this, that James M. Leach, the payee, 'was at tho date of said alleged note, a member, of tho Houso of Representatives of the Comrress of tho Confederate States, representing tho district of which this defendant was a citizen, and that tho defendant was a Confederate soldier in tho military service of said Confederate States, and thereon, or about tho dato of Haiti note, was an invalid in tho Winder Hospital, and the only consideration of said alleged notej was for service rendered or inllueiwo excited by said Leach in hisoflicial capacity, to effect a transfer of defendant from ono department of tho military servico of tho Confederate States , to another, to wit: a transfer from Richmond to Salisbu ry, North Carolina, and so defendant insists that on this account also said note is void. I WILSON tt CLEMENT, Att'ys for Defendant. the newspaper that he x : . BALLOT-BOXES, &C. ) There shall be four ballot-boxes at tho polls. Candidates will be voted for as fol lows :. ; . - fj. j-.- r. " - - i Governor, Lieut. Governor, Secretary of State. Auditor. Treasurer, .Superintendent of Public Instruction, Superintendent of Public Works and Attorney-General shall be on one ballot and deposited in a separate box. Member of Congress shall be on one ballot and : deposited ? in a- separate Ixnc. Members of the General Assembly shall be on one ballot and deposited in a separate box. County officers shall be on ono ballot and depositedan a separate box. : t . ' The. tickets shall bo ton white paper and either written or printed, or both, and must be without device. ! ; If two or more tickets be rolled up to gether, or if any ticket shall contain more names than the elector has a right to vote for, or shall have a device upon it in either of these cases such ticKets snail oe mrown out and not counted; ; ,1 1 : ' "t PENALTIES ON OFFICERS. j i ;Anv- Registrar or Judgo of 'election- or any otliceri failing to perform any duty re quired of him by tlie Election Act, shall on conviction! bo fined not more than one thou sand dollars nor, less than five hundred, and imprisoned not moro than six norjess than two months. , SUPERIOR COURT Davidson county. E. It. Brink, Plaintiff, " V " ' against t Reply. i . Thomas J. Miller. ) Tho plaintiff, for reply to the amended answer of the defendant, says: ' I. That none of the allegations ol tho said amended answer are true. ' II. That the plainult is a purcluiser lor full value of the said bond or note, without notice or knowledge at tho time or Rinco of mVdcfect or illegality in the consideration of tho same, or in fact upon what eonsidera-' tion tho same was executed, and lie uciuch, that there is any illegality in tho considera tion thereof. ' j LEACH it SCOTT. Att'ys for plaintiff . Thos. J. Miller: You are notiucd to pro- - duco on the trial of tho causo of E. R. Brink against you, how pendirg in the Su perior court ot JJavidson county, at i'au. Term, 1870, tho two letters written to you by Gen'l Jas. M. Leach and delivered to you by Alex. Leach, ono of which you had m court on said trial ; also a letter written by tho said Leach to vou by Thad. C. Eond, about tno mntn or iviarcii, or parol, evidence will be given of their contents. NOV. 5, 1S70. K. 11. BRINK, , ......... u . f by Scott, Att'y. . Served by delivering a co'py of this sum- rpons to Defendant, T J. Miller. '.". Nov. 5, 1S70. ' J. A. Sowers, Sheriff. COFV OF NOTE. ' 1 ' ' $300. One day after date, I promlso to payJ.Al. Jjeach, or order, threo hundred dollars, to bo paid in gold or its equivalent, but which may be discharged from time to time, within a reasonable time, in wheat, flour, corn and meal, pork, lard, bacon. chickens, butter, eggs, fcc, at gold rates at. said Leach's discretion. . March 20, 1855. . Thos. J. Mi llhu, seal J stamp locts. Pay within to E. R. Brink: Jan'y 4th, 18G(J. signed J. M. Leach. SUPERIOR COURT Davidson county.. E. 11. Brink, plaintiff. Y . ,o. against -rJr.l - ' Thos. J. Miller. ) I. Did tho payee transfer the saiuo to the plaintiff before tho. commencement of this action? . II. Was the bond executed upon legal consideration?. j: Scott, Att'y for plaintiff.- Tit f nPTvt r r f tiMi-oiiU i l ma It i ! 4lir plaintiff prays an appeal to tho Supreme . court,, . . I ? .,- IIsote: JSo appeal bond was ever hui, consequently the case never went up to tho Supreme court. . . . - - r ,Clku'k. NORTH CAROLINA, ) KlllwM.if:r Davidson county. I 1 I, L. E. Johnson, clerk , of tho superior court in and for tho county and stato aforo- said, do hereby certify that the foregoing is 4 1 true and perfect transcript, of the record on hie in my otnee jn tho caso. or jj. jc. Brink, assignee, plaintiff, against Thos. J. Miller, defendant. , . - i ' ! Davidson sup. ) In testimony whoroor, 1 ' court seal. : I liave herointo set my ; North Carolina. J hand and alllx thewal of said court at oflica in the town of liC.x - Ington, on this 21st day of J une, 1S72. ! .( - ' ' Jj.. E. JOIINSON, 1 (,'Jark Sup, Court for Dnrvldaon county, Nl C- 1 1 X il f' 'i i. i rlheir rndarneofalrishts to pass and ITlmmlay, the first day of August. ' I - i . T - ' .-. i v