WILUTltEYbGlSLA TUEE fold ; OVER?. .1 "We observe a communication in the Stand a?, written by some one styling himself " Spartabus," in vhica an ingenious but un sound argument is made in maintenance of the position that the members of the present Le iilatpr are entitled to hold their Beats till .August 1872. Tho Standard dte atten tion to the article which it commends as an able one and the production of a "well-known self speaking with the apparent clonfidencg of a maoi who is en rapport with hiph politi cal authorities, says that this question is soon to beconle a prominent one ; from "pinch we mav infer .that it is the intention of the -Radi- 1 1 1 J A - flt. AV 11 ! I 1 cai leaqers xo agnate m is matter upon tne reassembling of the Legislature on .the third Mondayjjof November. Perhaps t'ns article of " lSpatacu3" is a " feeler," throirn out by parties, iterested in prolonging the Term of the present Assembly, in order to ascertain xne senrunents oi tne people respecting tnis meditated cot'p d'etat , 1 and thus dnable the ' i . . i Radical, Tivire-pullers to judge whether it will be judiciplioifsafe to attempt it. ' We propose to notice briefly the which the question turns, and submitted, that i3, in April, it was necessary j to make some provision to avoid what would STATE XEWS. otherwise Jbaye been an Interregnum extend- j ' jINn iAia ing, as we think, from 'April to August 1S70 ; j Master 5 8t:n ASTER. Gen. Littlefield, the lliog oTriiiiit? nrr nnr frvrrnnr ami for the present Legislature, if strictly " Lien-'L' n ? r .t r . m - , cu.M; " Treasurer in Y all street, for the purpose ol mai miw xerm, wouia expire on tne Zora j of April, 1870, and ho other could be chosen points on the give grounds br our own opinion that there" is no real merit in this claim of right tojhold over till August 1872, but that the present Assem bly can Inly hold till August of nejtt year. That t lere is a pretext for quibbling and cavilling; on this subject we admit!: and we further, dieclaro, what we have be4n assured by well-mforined Radicals themselves, that certain tficky members of the Constitutional of the Ccinstituti on, which relate to the Term of the present Assembly, in such a .manner as . to warrant its claiming to hold for four years ; but thos'i members" of the Convention, who . were engaged in this plot, felt afrkid to re veal thefr purpose to the Convention, and employe ingenious ruses tq divert attention away from the precise wording .of those Bee tions of the Constitution. 'Hampered by the necessity! of proceeding thus covertly, they could not succeed in securing such satisfacto- , . t . . ; .-i it-i ! i n ry provisions as they would have wished ; but they at least prevailed far enough to throw a hade of ambiguity aroundithis point in thei Constitution! sufficient, as tkev hoved. to authorise a Radical majority in tike Assem bly to set up, and act upon, this claim, with some shajw" of plausibilityl The incentive to this deceitful manoeuvre, on the part of those tricksters, was that they expected to secure a Radical Assembly at the election in April 18G8, but they feared a failure in this in Au- , gust ipu; ana mereiore tney.sougiit to pro long the Term, and avoid another election as long as possible. This account of the plot we have .uppn the authority of s.a Wbll-posted Radical And Carpet-bagger, whose! name we do not wjsh to give, unless we are compelled, although;, we never understood his conimuni cation tq us as confidential. We mention the facts merely to show what tricks, and what deceptioii, are practised by Radicaljpartisans to keep their party in power. I But we are happy to believe that those 1 plotters yrere not skillful enough id the sci ence of lgal construction to accomplish their object ; o that although. they did succeed in muddling the subject enough to beget the questiori ;',bout the Term of this Assembly, they left in the Constitution some plain pro . visions utterly inconsistent with thejidea that this Legislature can hold beyond August of next year. . ;;." ,: . 1 , The entire language of the Constitution touching! this question will be found in Arti cle II, arid in the following ' Sections of that Article, to. wit : till the first Thursday in August, 1870, thus leaving us without a Legislature for over! three months a condition not go very frightful to pur people, perhaps, but ono, nevertheless, which the (Convention wished to avoid. To guard against this, the clause was added pro viding that the Term of the present Assembly should " terminate at the same time as if they had been elected at the first ensuing regular election." .; Now by this language, " the first ensuing regular election," we hold that the Conven- ion could only have meant " the time when he first election would regularly have-been held" to wit, in August, 1868, had it not been de&med necessary to order a special, ir regular, election in April, instead thereof. This is all it can be made to mean, when construed, as it must be, not by itself, but in connection and in consistency with the Sec tion (29) almost immediately following it. Section 29 provides that " the election for members of the General Assembly shall be held on the first Thursday in. August, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy, and every two years thereafter." Our readers can now see the basis of the Rad ical quibble about the length of the Term of the present Assembly. Those pettifogging cavillers say that the election in Augusf 1S70, is the first ;ensuing regular election," allud ed to in Section 27 ; and as that Section pro vides that the members of the present As sembly shall hold " as if ; elected at the time of the first ensuing regular election," thev are entitled to hold as if elected in August, 1870, whichiWould extend their Term to Au gust 1872. ;;. - : Bal-ing'u Ibe Bonds. The sight of two snch financial heroes is enough to depress anything.' Sentinel. Qcert. Was the advent of the Treasurer of North Carolina into Wall street. New York, the cause of the tremendous agitation in the gold market? By the way, we understand our Governor tc fused to see several gentlemen who called on him last week in the great metropolis, to make inquiries concerning the old N. U. bonds. Did the Governor feel a delicacy in taking on this subject, or was it that be didn't know what to 5ay about it ? He ought to have referred to his " Ring Master' the State financial Agent. Sentinel. WASHINGTON. Washington', Sap. CO. Senitor p?ncer and Lol. ctokes of Ala., vi?n-d Giant to-iav. a Hour barrel. This ba?!cet has a fiat top, with a rii-i round it. anc? a door in the side, which, opening, f!;ow id.flve-s within, with Li'U t k jt IJC;l vegetable, ierhaps desert, a l' 1 a.t;r.Ai..r.. --.1 .:...;....".,, ' f lottle of wine. bre:id. etc. A depression m I . cvjiivii'i j auv4 vi'iuixiiiiwitiiii t v mi; i f ..... . . - - - . 1 afl the passenger has to do u to tako out his plates one ?t a time, and eat at hi leisure. The co.st of this meal is something like half a dollar. The value to a hungry. tirtl travel er, is at least five dollars. Are the American people fo stupid that they would not appre ciate some improvement of this kind?. Let any enterprising railroad company try them. Now this ingenius Sec. 3.' The Senate shall be composed of fifty Senators, biennially chosen by ballot. - ' Sec. Git The House of Representatives shall be composed of one hundred and twenty Rep resentatives, biennially chosen by ballot, &c. Sec. 27. The terms of ofiice of Senators' and niembers of thi House of Representatives tihall coramenceiat the time of theiri election : and the erm of 'office tf those elected at the first election under this Constitution shall terminate at the same time as if J:hey had been elected, at the first ensuing regular elec tion.;-' - - Sec. 29. The election for members t)f the , General 'Assembly shall be held for' their re- spective Uistriets, aijd counties, at the places .where tly are now held, or may bi directed ' k be, hcd, in such manner as may bo pre scribed by.Luv, on the 'first Thursday in Au gust, in the year 'one thousand eight! hundred Mnd seventy, and every two years thereafter. But the general Assembly may-change the time of lidding the elections. " The ferst elec tion shajl. be, held when the vote shall be tak en on the ratification of this Constitution by the voters of the St-rie, and the General As ;Bt.mbly then elected shall meet on the fif teenth (Jay after the approval therqof by the Congrel pt the United States, if it fall not on . Sunday I but if it snail so fall, then oh the next day, theoafter ; ' and the members then elect ed shalliholH their seats until their successors are elected at a regular election. 1 v. . In these Sections, j the , first rnair point is that thef Term of members .of tho Assem bly is VfbiGnnial," commencing at jthe time ,: of their flection. But 1 as the periosl "of the general plections is fixed in the month of '1? ; ; gmt evey 2d y ear; and as the election for mem- bers-of tie. present .Legislature is 'directed to take place when the, Constitution! should be specimen of specia pleading -for a purpose-is most easily re futed by a common-sense view of the matter, and by a well-established rule for construing all legal instruments, which is, to construe al their provisions together and in such a way as to give some meaning, if possible, to each part, ; , Spartacus and his fellow-quibblers on this subject set this good old rule utterly at naught. They- stretch, to an unnecessary ex tent, the somewhat equivocal words in Sec tion 27 arid in doing this they treat; as com pletely ; nugatory the explicit provision in section 29, which says an "election for-mem-h,ers shall be held in August .1870." They shun the reasonable, and manifestly intended, meaning which we have above given to the words of Section 27, by which those words are made perfectly consistent with section 29. They draw from those words a mere infer ence, and with j this inferential cudgel they undertake to beat -down the plain, manda tory provision of Section 29, that an "elec tion shall be held " next year ! We submit that according to sound princi ples of legal construction, as well' as common sense, this direct command, to hold :an elec tion in August, 1870, cannot possibly be over- ,borne by a mere- deduction supposed to result from the the language -of Section 27, which language, as we have shown, is capable of re ceiving a fair interpretation, giving it a very important meaning and effect, without at all conflicting with the requirement to hold an election next year. - For, according to our view, Section 27 does prolong the Term of the present Assembly during the odd three months from April to August, 1870, which very legitimate purpose we. may fairly say it was intended to serve, and this only -and whatever seeming - want of preciseness may exist, in the verbiage used to confine its op eration to the period prior to August, 1S70, unquestionably arose by the Convention when framing this Section, very naturally contemplating, August, 186S, as the time for a regular election, as by analogy of the rule they adopted it would have been, though no flection took place then in actual .fact, be cause superseded by the special election in April, i We feel confident that every unbiassed '.le gal mind will endorse our construct ion of these Constitutional provisions ; and we cannot be lieve a majority of the Assembly will be wil ling to lend themselves to the attempt to de prive the people of their right to vote for an other General Assembly next August. There may be a few Radical aspirants to high posi tions within' the gift of the Legislature, and some members of that body hopeless of a re election, who would wish to see it prolong its Term to 1872. r But we think there " are too many men of both parties in the General As sembly who are amenable to public opinion, to permit the accomplishment of such a shameless usurpation and outrageous coup d" ciat. - The Rutherford Star says that Messrs.JT. C. Bradley and Vance Roads, captured two horses near Columbus, Polk county, in the possession of Jake Case alias James Smith: and another man who escaped, name unknown. The horses are supposed to have been stolen in Anderson county, Tennessee. I Persons desiring information in regard to the matter, can have it by addressing T. C. Brad- ey or Vance Roads, Columbus, Polk county N. 0. Attempt at Murder and Robbery. We are again called upon to record a most diabolU cal attempt at murder, committed by some in- huious negro. In this case nothing but the coolness and self-possession of the intended victim saved hini lroin a bloody death. The facts so far as v;e have been able to as certain, are as follows.:' About 3 o'clock, cn last Saturday r.iirht. Mr. O. M. Mayo, living at the residence of MoG. Jones, sonic seven or ci.ht mih s from Turbo- rough, was awakened by some noise in the dining room, adjacent to the room in which he was sleeping. Proceeding to the open door connecting the two rooms he discovered a negro in the very act of entering his own apartment, and suspect ing foul play, turucd to get his pistol lying near by. . As he did so, ho was immediately assaulted by the nej;ro, who was armed with a murder ous irun bar, and received a stunning blow up on the forehead. He grappled with the villain and succeeded in wresting the bar from hU hand, not, however, without receiving in the scufile several more severe bloWs on the head. ' Fin ling he had failed in his murderous at tempt the negro immediately turned and fled, and notwithstanding the utmost efforts of the citizen, he has not yet been apprehended. The room in which the desperate athur took I place bears many bloody marks of the horrible assault, and shows witn wnat determination Mr. Mayo fought for his life. The object oi the scoundrel is supposed to have been robbery or revenge, but everything connected witn. it is involved in mystery, as Mr. Mn'o was not able. to identify the would be murderer. At latest aocounts Mr. M. was suffering s2 verely from the effects of the numerous wounds but we arc rlad to learn his condition is not considered dangerous. people of the South and their intention-". Grant hopes to visit the South tt.n winter. , Revenue to-day $093,000. The President is urged to appoint D. C' Humphries of Ala., to succeed JaJge Swaync, of the Supreme Court. (The President has recognized Peter Stoub as Swi.s Consul for Tennessee, to reside at Knoxville. ' j Delano decides that a wholesale Druggist, Belliog less than half a pint of spirit, or more than five gallons alchohol, must take both wholesale and retail license. , Customs from 20th to 23th Sept. inclusive, over $750,000. , Washington, Oct. ;1. Advices from the city of Mexico, toSept;lst, received. Congress had assembled. Juarez made a congratulate ry address on the condition of the Republic. No Cabinet developments. J udge Richardson has resigned the Assist ant Secretaryship of the Treasury. Among thse named for the Virginia Sena torship is Edgar Snowden, Editor of the Alex andria G"zetle. Mr. Snowden opposes theclec tion of a Sen-Uor until Virginia is restored, but if the election does take pluce, it h understood that Snowden will be supported by the Poto mac Tide Water, Upper Piedmont, and a large part ot.thc Valley District. Washington, Oct. 1 CommandtrLanc reports from Lisbon that he-7-eaehcd th'at ;port in twenty-one day.". H'.3 ve.elthe Juniata is a success as a sailing vessel. The Juniata found the Saline at Lisbon. There had been no trouble whatever on the Sabine. ico 3.dt)crtiocn:cnl3. GEORGE II. DAWES, (successor to g. w. BLUFORD,) DEALER IX HIDES, LEATHER & SHOE FINDINGS, Ao. 31 K. sih; ITarlit Sjuare, NORFOLK, VA,' HIGHEST CASH PK1CE3 PAID FOR GREEN AND DRY HIDES. WOOL, BEESWAX, i FURS AND EGGS. Send far circular. octl-SO-m HOWARD HOUSE, HOWARD AND BALTIMORE STREETS. 'BALTLMOKE. N. P. SEVVELL. MISSOURI. St. Louis. Sept. .10. There wds a collision on the Iron Mountain 11. R., to-day, by which the engineer wis killed. The Indians attacked a detachment rf the fifth cavalry i'ro-.n Fort McPherscn. Nothing is known of their fate, except that a sergeant, separated from hia commar.d was pursued twenty-five mites. ROSADALIS. e PENNSYLVANIA. FiiiLADSLiuiiA, Oct. 1 Iu'a political row- to-day two Republicans were killed. c a "V yf .r V ' . M- 2A Q vys o. rr 9 CONNECTICUT. NomvALK, Oct. 1 The National Dark of Nnrw nlk ha been robbed. The Rank looses 00,000; private parties lose ir.wucn.-cly, a mount cot koo'.vn. ROSADALIS.- octl-ly The N. C. State Fair will be held in Ril eigh, coinrnening and Tuesday, October 19ih, and continue Wednesday, Thursday and Fri day, 20th, 21st and 22nd. The 1 air of the Central Agricultural Society will be held at Henderson, on the R. & Gaston Railroad, on tho 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th of October. The Fais of the Cape Fear Agricultural As sociation will be held at Wilmington, oa the lGth, 17th, 18th and 19th of November. , Our exchanges, especially in Virginia will please notice the above, as some misapprehen exists, we are informed, in regard to the dates of the Fairs in this States. Sentinel. Tire Caors About "Weldon. -The Neics says many planters contend that not more than half a crop will be made, while others claim a larger proportion, but from all the information we can obtain, both from personal observation and from a continuous mingling with the farm ing community, we do not think that in this county the crop has been injured much, if any, over a thimas some sections have sutler ed comparatively little. In Northampton the damage will not fall short of one half. The heavy rain of Sunday evening did much in jury in washing out the cotton, thus damaging it. The Morning Star says that Henry Rdmund son alias Henry Chase, who was arrested in Columbus county, trid, convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary for ten years, is a master thief, having stolen at least utty horses. The Railroad meeting which was to have come off at Snow Hill, last Saturday, may have occurred if it did, we find no mention of it in any cf our Lastern exchanges, nor have we any intelligence irooi it from -any source. V e hope it is not a failure. t Cotton Factory. The Charlotte Times i understands that a number of capitalists have in contemplation theereotion of a cotton facto- ry in or near Charlotte, that will convert into yarn or cloth an immense Amount of raw mate rial. It is well known that a lare amount of money is now deposited in the banks, and when the present crop is sold, a still larger quantity will be sec king investment. THE DEAF AND' DUMB AXD BLIXD INSTITUTE. ' We have hitherto omitted, unintentionally, to call special attention to the card annouueiug the beginning of the next session of the State Institution fur the education of the Deaf and Dumb and !ind. The r-ession begins on the 4th oi October aud already pupils are coming in. The purposes of this institution is of the no blest and most praiseworthy character. It takes the poor unfuYtunate class of human brings who are cut off by physical defect lrom tati. t of the sources of knowledge, and by a diliigent but certain effort, places them in communica tion witn their species, and overcoming, to a great extent, the misfortune which would keep them in isolation for life. We would uot only call attention of parents and guardians, who have children of this u:i fortunate cla3 uti 1 t their charge, to the ad vantages of this Institution, and the moral obli cation that rests upon them to give such chil dren a chance to avail if these advantages; but we think it the duty of every Christian, every philanthropist and every citizen m the State to use his influence in his respeective county or neighborhood, to have all children of the class for which th;s Institution was organ z d, sent to it. The President, Willie J. Palmer, Esq , and the subordinate officers, are fitted by mental and moral qualifications for the positions they hold to educate and care for those sent to the Institution, and it is a cruflJiiiidness. a misdi- rectal affection, which influences parents to Keep mcirueai anauumoor ouna ciumrcn at home and thus deprive them of the advantages that will so much enhance their happiness in after lif It may be proper to state that provision is made for the colored of this class of unfortun ates, as well as the whites. They are lodged and educated in a separate building, hired at present for the purpose, in the Southwestern portion of the city, where they are, however, under the direction and supervision of the President. Sentinel. TEN GENUINE RECEIPTS. WARRANTED TO BE NO TRICK! No.' 1 an J 2. For naVinj; the Wt Cologne an 1 Lair oi t a cost of TER (J.UJ.ON. No. 3. For making the best tooth powdrr at a cost of 30 cts per poun.T. No 4. ror inrkmK C nuioa Sealing Wax aor col.r, at a cost of 15 cent per pound and how to scai i o Domes id one Minnie. No. o. For n.aki.ig Water ai.d ire proof paint. or cerafnl, for roofs and wall at a cost of 10 cU per gallon. No. . lor cjViin Eraire soap at a cost of ?( cent pr poiinil. No. t. tar cutling c;i? in any thape, een in notcl.es WITHOUT A DIAMOND cott of iottru- raent 10 ct?, can be mmle Mnywhere. No. 8. How to cure toothache in one minute without F.xt raction orpiin. N . u. How to tcuiove warts and corns without par or soreness. o. 10. How to lizht a candle or fire a rnn with : drop of water or a piece of ice. 1 hc.-e receipt are all warranted to he exuctlr as represent el, and were given to a PohlierV orphan by an Experienced Chemist to ai l h-r in t btainin an t-duCHliou and will tent to any allress on receipt of CNK DOL.LVR, anJ your p!elre not to Ue them to uny oue out of jour own family. In proof that the receipt 3 arc as represented she respect fully refers to the IVt Master at Norfolk or ihe Editor of this paper. Ph-ise nd bes. LITTLE ELLA. P. o: Rox yl, Norfolk, Va. criiTos craig e. Ktna CEAIE. Hard Swearing. It is startling to observe what a Governor has to swear in Virginia. Nfn less than five oaths are put to him an oath of hdeuty to the State Constitution, another to the United 1 States Constitution, another against dueling; another that be was not concerned in the rehellion, and a fifth that he will properly perform the duiities of his office. Here .is a patent remedy against' all the evils of govern ment tnd troubles that States are heirs to. On ly pile up the oaths. Keep the Governor swar ing and you are sure to be safe. Where can we find a inore supremely ridiculous fact ? ITab?t is Everything. A city man, ac customed to lodpje' on one of the noiscst streets, recently visited a country friend. Two much quiet destroyed his rest at night. His friend felt for his distress and eaid he would try and relieve it. Accordingly he went to a neighbor's and procured a bass drum, which he beat under the guest's bedroom window, and Mrs. Leifrh, Lord Kyron's sister, wa3 a wo man of plain, unattractive appearance.- She was married when Byron was nineteen, and those who knew them well say that she was like a motherto him. She wasawarc of his numer ous faults, and hoped that his marriage would reform him. She had no"tate for p ctry. She was always in rather straitened circumstan ces. She had seven children, who were ill trained in their early life, and of whom the only one who survived iW, a diuhtcr, nursed her affectionately in her last sickness. This daugh ter was a woman of remarkable excellence.- Mrs L'dph. Was a most amiable and devoted wife and mother, and in every respect Wad held to be without reproach. Her husband wa3 ex ceedingly fond of her, and admitted her talents and her character. In the latter part of her lii'e she suffered much from domestic anl pe cuniary misfortunes. Qaeen Victoria was her iViend. CRAIGE & CltAIGE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. SO. C COUNCIL ST., OPI-OSITE COURT HOUSE. ttACTICE in the Superior Courts of Rowan ti and adjoining crunties, in the Supreme Court at Raleigh, and in the United States Circuit and District Courts rr the District of North Caroliua. oagii-C3-tw4wly WM. M. UOBBINS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SALISBURY, N. C, 1 PRACTICES in the Courts of Rowan, DaTie, Davidson, and Cabarrus, and in the Federal Courts of the State. Office at his residence on Council St., opposite the Episcopal Church, and oue square west of the Court Uoue. aug'Zo-Sa-twiwly WANTED ! 4 SITUATION as Tanner or manager of a Tan 'V try, by a Practical Tanner thoroughly ac quainted with all branches of the business would superintend the building of a Tannery Can furn-i-h the best of References aa to character qualifica tions &c. Address E, M. PRICE. .V)-5t Baltimore Md. TIMETABLE XOHTII CAHOIXA RAILROAD. mail going east. - TEX 3IIXUTES FOE DIXXEE. All American travelers know the rush and the bolt. In England it is as bad, perhaps worse than in America. In France the clerk of the refreshment safom waits on you in the train, takes your order, and when you get to tho depot, a good dinner is waiting which you have time to eat for, you can have lunch in the train and leave your plates, knife and fork at the next station. In Germany thev do the It nei-il not bo supioed that there is iAbhive L.31 1. M. 10.47 1. M. fl 47 A, M. '4 .03 A.M. O.SS A. M. 0 50 V. M. 11.45 A. M. h.U A M 4 31 A II A A M &T.vntXS . Charlotte Concord Salibury Greensboro .' Co. Shops Raleigh MAIL GOING YYEST. Rileigh Co. S"op Greensboro Salisbury Concord Charlotte - Lkatk 8.20 P. M. 9 C3 I. M. 10.52 1. M 1.53 A. M. S.23 A. M. 6. CO P. M. 10 20 P. M. 12-14 A. M. 3.16 A M 4 S3 A M FAST TDROUGH FREIGHT GOING EAST. y,u a iii i.09 p ta 2.A8 p m B.oO p ca Charlotte Concord 8alisbur Greensboro Co. Shops Raleigh 6.00 a ra 7.C4 a m U.20 a ra 1.21 p ra 3.18 p m same. had his bov run a squealcinsr wheedbarrow up ! any inconvenience or possible discomfiture in L. and down on the porch, while his wife played j these railway dinners. One does not hold a 1.17 on the piano, and' his servant girl pounded on 1 plate on his knees and a cup of collie in his j 5.47 , m the chamber door with the tongs. In this man- hands. Upon the arrival of the train at tho j 7.23 pra ner the i-uuerer was enabled to get two or tnrec dinner station, each passenger ordcnnrr the i r-27 P m FAST TUROCGU FREIGHT OOIXQ WEST. hours refreshing sleep, though it was heavy on the lamily, ineal is furnished with a tall round basket about as high but pot a3 great in diameter aa ( P . Raleigh Co. Shops Greensboro Silisbury Cncord, Charlotte - ALBERT J0HN8T0X. Qcu'l Soperintendeuf, 6.45 a m 11.43 a ra 1.37 p D 6.02 p in 7.30 p m