' 'If- '. I 1 HE EXAMINER VOL. I. . SALISBURY, N. C, MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 18G9. NO 01 THE EXAMINER. 1 f 1 , : . - ,i. ,1 - '9 ' - . i PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY AND WEEKLY, BY ) NUTTALL. & STEWART. HATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. TERMS CASH IN ' TrMVe$kly 1 year, -' 44 6 months, 44 3 months, Weekly, 1 year, -44 6 months, - ADVANCE. - $5 00 - - 3 00 - - 2 00 - 2 00 - - 1 2h RATES OF ADVERTISING. Jen lines, tr one inch space to constitute square. - J One Square, first insertion, $1 00 Each subsequent insertion, 60 liberal deductions made, by special contract, to large advertisers. ourt advertisements will be charged 25 per cent, higher than the regular rates. peciai. NoTiCES charged 50 per cent, higher than ordinary advertisements. For advertisements inserted irregularly, 25 per 7. ... ... . . l .1 cent, higher man uauai rates -win oe cuargeu. ' Funeral Notices will be charged as advertise meiita. 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The New ; getner was battered and crushed by tne brute York Tribune copies the article of the World lorce of "umbers. and expresses a firm conviction " that the The Tribune doubtless has it more at heart Confederacy never put 100,000 men in line j to disparage General McClellan than to praise j OUR CLUB RATES. We offer the following inducements to those who will takle the pains to get up Clubs and fceijid us the; names ot Annual Subscribers, wifai the subscription price of the Tri-Weekly Eiaminer $5,00, or the Weekly, $2,00. CLUb! RATES FOR TRI-WEEKLY. IFor a Club of 7 subscribers to Tri-Weekly aininer, a copy of the same will be furnish- fcl lor one year. F(5r a Club of 1Q subscribers we will pa j in cash, 15 20 30 50 " 5,00 7,50 10,00 15,00 25,00 CLUB RATES FCR WEEKLY. ' IFor a Chjb of 7 subscribers to Weekly Ex . rjiiner a copy of the same will be furnished foi- one year. j For a Club of 10 subscribers we will pay i ij ill CUbll, 15 20 . 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The Tribune says further that the Confederacy had not 50,000 men in its encampments around Manassas when McClellan stood " inactive and irreso lute" for months before those encampments " at the head of 150,000 to 200,000 of the best men that ever shouldered arms." The Tribune lays upon McClellan the whole blame and shame of three long years of de vastation and war, and declares that McClel lan, had he been " a fit commander, would have demolished the Confederacy in 1862." Upon this point we quote the words of the Tribune : " There is now no decent pretext for con cealing or disguising the truth. We hold that McClellan had ample force to have whipped: Lee in a fair fight a force that would have whipped him inevitably, if their General had had the plnck to fight nay, that did whip him (at Malvern Hill) whenever their Gen eral on his gunboat could no longer prevent them lrom lighting and that only a nt com mander for such an army was required to in- sure tne demolition or tue- Uonlederacv in 1862. We hold that while McClellan was constantly caning lor more men, he never gave those he had a fair chance at the enemy, and that they would have taken Richmond directly after Fair Oaks, and after Malvern Hi 11, :. it he had not prevented. These admissions are frank 'and significant; out tne truth or ne xriDune is not aiwavs he truth of history. There was enough of timidity and lethargy in the Confederate mil itary councils to make us unwilling to cast the first stone, lhe bouth.'at least, did not blame McClellan, nor under rate his worth as a thorough soldier, an earnest patriot and an honest man. lhe loung Napolean under stood, far better than the Tribune, the weak ness of his forces. We only express the gen eral opinion of the soldiery of the South when we say that McClellan did the Confederacy rar more injury by converting a dispirited mob into a thoroughly etncient army than he could have done by a premature 'l On to Richmond."! Had McClellan hurled raw bat tallions against the untrained but martial troops of the Confederacy, the glorious tale of the first Manassas would have been told again, and Mr. Gladstone would not have erred in declaring that " Mr. Jefferson Davis had cre ated a nation, from McClellan alone the army of the Potomac gained the steadiness, confidence and discipline which saved its ban ners lrom trailing in the blood-slaked dust of many a hard-fought field. From him the Northern army gained the -qualities which enabled it to last to assimilate the new levies which came thick and fast, making of the raw- recruit with unwonted rapidity a trusty vet eran soldier. And if the irresolution and inactivity of McUlellan were the only reasons why the Confederacy was not ' demolished in 1862," is it not somewhat strange that his immediate successors met with no better fortune ? The braggart Pope was defeated more disatrously at Manassas than McClellan was at Rich mond. And then the fears fof the administra tion were thoroughly aroused and McClellan again set his squadron in the field, the Con federate army was checked at Sharpsburg The wave of invasion broke at the foot of the living rampart which McClellan builded up but even the master spirit vas powerless to arrest the backward sweep of the tide. At Fredericksburg, when the 100,000 soldiers o the "army of Northern Virginia had dwindled away to three-fourths of that number Burn- side was .smashed and shattered and driven out of the river. Later still at Chancellors ville, Hooker, who grasped the batten which had been snatched from the hand of Burn side, was smitten on the flank and hurled back to his entrenchments. , The conquering army was broken, bruised rnd shattered, whether led by McDowell," Pope, Burnside, Hooker or McClellan. At Gettysburg Gen. Meade won for the Federalists their first great success in the East.' Even then the Army of Northern Virginia, terrible in defeat, watched the enemy unmoved for two dark days and sullenly retired. When the throw had been made and lost; when Virginia calling for her children would not be comforted ; when there was mourning in every homestead, and a pall of gloom overhung the whole ot the sunny South ; even then General Meade did not demolish the Confederacy. At Wil derness, Spottsylvania and at Cold Harbor, the Confederate army killed and wounded a greater number of the enemy than there were in its own ranks. And when the final battle was fought and the war-worn Captain of the the South: but if it continue to preach the gospel of our weakness and the strength of our foe, it will compel us to believe that, du ring the war at least, on each pair ot bouth ern legs did march six doughty Yankees. Charleston JSews. A RADICAL PAPER CHANGES FRONT. We take the following from the New York right where England has it to-day. Is this true? Let the millionaire, with his millions of Government bonds, exempt from taxation,! answer. I jet the poor laboring classes, who are taxed on every article they consume, an-j swer. Let every farmer and owner of corner lots, who are taxed on everythin": they own and on all be raises to pay the interest on the bonds hel i by his rich neighbors, answer. If this te Republicanism, we are no Republican, 'PIIE ABOVE IS TflE MOST APPROPRIATE and plead justification in the Ptep we have ta-l : name tht cou d he been app'ie.l to ibis I xln.M. mJ Tn r. .M i. a.....: i iv vn 1 1 I M . . n . . . Trt t. ' 4 j i- piuuitu. us influence over puch painful mala io prove these statements, and to show to die as it i r,.mm,.i t ..r-jL . our . readers their correctness, we have taken questioned only bj those who bae not tried it. a position antagonistic to the party we have Thee i claimed for it a reputation oreT all other supported. We could not claim to be a Re- PrPraions recommended for einvliar purpose publican without endorsing the principles of WJ uTe muea the party ; and if changing the. fundamental TT ff TTtf" principles of our government is Republicanism. then we are no Republican. And aa we have has not. Keep it always in your fmnily for it " said before, and lone since been convinced lruy n "ny to NEURALGIA. JIEAIIACHE, that the Republican party of 1850 or 18G0 U V$Wnf$?&n$$8& not the Republican party of to day: and to iiT.,tnnv vi itv nvanriwii uoti - . " .w. -w&a M. AJ 1 1 Ul lil Ol 1. QWUIj a II Hll.A 1 . longer struggle with our honest convictions RHFCMATIC TAINS. FEVER & AGUK. si'KAlXS and self-respect, and to further stultify our ..If l. i i 1 ! World ranuennS 10 a pany wuose principles . ana measures we cannot give our coraiai ana The bickerings and jealousies on the Repub- hearty support, and only a quasi endorse- lican s-ide iu the rurai districts are taking a ment, is useless, not to say degrading to our deeper hold on the party than is generally sup- manhood, and humiliating in the extreme. I'wscu. nui uuijr mc luvir iiumuum uuno in j.o our new maue j-;emocraiic aines, we their conventions, but the temperance societies gently and modestly "tip our stove-pipe" are holding their meetings and deciding not to and extend the riht hand of political fellow- vote for some of the candidates on the Radical shiu. assuring them of our cordial and hrtv State tictet. iney are even cnarjrinK ureeiey support ol all peaceful and legitimate meas- with selling ttiem out, and declare their intjn- ures that shall tend to bring our government tion to either stay away from the polls or else back to the sure and Democratic basis upon 10 vor.e iur oniy a pornun iu uie iickui, uaving WhlCh Our loreiathers placed It. iOUAl tax- tne balance in uiant. a liaaicai paper at lior- ation, equal representation, no class legisla- nellsville (the Hornellsville Tribune) annmn- tion, an honest and economical administra- ces its disgust with the party ; has taken down tion of all governmental afiairs, and an uiifal the Republican 'State ticket and phced the terint? opnosition to the centralization nf rn- Democratic in its place, assigning the following litical power in our general government shall reasons for its course : be inscribed on our banner, and command our every effort ; other than these we now make no formal rlfdcrp. reserving to onrslf iho TO THE PATRONS OF THE TRIBUNE- t. to BnpV wiv nA fiiv nnnn nil o0. x . . -.--. j "1" " vjv.c- In justice to the patrons of this paper, as tions of political note, as our reason and iudg- well as the public generally and a proper regard ment shall dictate, and in such terms as the or our own self-rnspect, it is due that some times, case, and occasion 01 provocation may reason or explanation should be given tor the require & INFLAMMATION OF KHJKEVS. NERVOUS DEiULITV, COLIC. l'AtNS u- SPASMS of any character. Prepared and for sale by Dr. G B.TOULSOX, Drurrsrist & ApoihecarT. ;jal26-!2.tf Salisbury. N. C VENI, V1DI, VICI. WHAT EVERYBODY SAYS MUST BK SO. The Conqueror of all Snuffs. j G. W. G. G G G G G & AX'S ! G. W. G. A A A A A & AX'S ; G. W. G. I I I I I & AX'S ! G. W. G. L- L L L L & AX'S Fiom the IIornellsTille Tribune, Oct. 14. CELEBRATED CELEBRATED CELEBHA TED change in the political complexion of this pa. per. It is well known and understood that the Tribune has, up to this issue, been an ardent upporterof the Republican party and the pres ent administration. In the futUT.e we propose to devote the col- umns ot the J'riy'inc to the support ot tne Democratic party, believing as we do, that that is now tue onv parly tnat contains the elements ana aistinpj abi'itv-ana sraresma'ship re quisite an(j neCessarv to tng our shattered government back to the fundamental principles SCOTCH SCOTCH SCOTCH SNUFF SNUFF SN II FF Has been fully tested and pronounced br all amateur dippers to be the best Snuff now in use. lis superior taste and pureneas from all drug and iniurious icirrediont comrn.-ml-r n.-,l in tk nrn.. Notwithsfanding the ugly aspect of the weath- ratiou of other snuff, has gained it a wide world er yesterday, the crowd was very large and the reputation THE STATE FAIR. interest proportionably increased. There were many additions made to the articles for exhU bition. a few oulv of which we are able to notice. At 11 o'clock the trial of speed came off, mile heats, best three in five, iu harness, purse bou, entrance S1U. There were only two en tries, a sorrel horse by D. T. Harvey, Esq., 1 il 1 m T-fc -r mi 1 nnnn vhoh n.,r fnrnf:.thfirs wiselv deemed thev anu Day VnaeJ J a. raxiou, jcisq. ine sorrel " J I 1 j 1 j .1 " 1 . . v,o.q cnMiTT la ;f norsa was aeciarea ine winner in inree swaignt J r I 1 . , . OO . Oil 1 CO The Republican party of 1860 was biscd ""'" " i "'1"" PAINTS, OILS, DYE STUFFS, 2?" IVC JES IMPORTED A DOMESTIC WINDOW GLASS, PUTTY, SPICBS, &C. : SOqTHERN DEPOT FOR Would reepstfullj call the attention of Mer chants, Phy'aiians Planters and others, to their extensive stock 'and superior inducements. 107 SYCAMORE ST., PETERSBURG. apr2lU-6m r ' UR - CtAUttfiED VINEGAR. At I r - ; BINGHAM & CO.'S. Host yielded up his spotless sword, only a fiitiful remnant was left of the army of gal ant soldiers whom McClellan learned to re spect in the marshes of the Chickahorniny, in sight ol the spires ot Kichmond. The Tribune has said a foolish thing be cause of its political prejudice against a Dem ocratic soldier. McClellan: did. tail ; but so failed each of his successors, until the 100, 000 brave Confederates of, 1862 had become the weary 20,000 of 1865. And for each one of the Generals who followed McClellan more was done, in money and in men, than was allowed to the man who created the Grand Army" of the Union. With the means at his command McClellan accomplished more than could have been accomplished, with the same means, by any one or by all of his successors the butcher Grant included. As the Tribune says, there is no decent pretext for concealing or disguising the truth. Could the gaps in the ranks of the Confeder- upon a platform of principles radically different trom those enunciated nv the same party in 1869. Tn fact ever since the present dominant ... ii rtartv crime into nnwer. all its acts have naa a r j r. jrenerpl tendency to subvert its original declar ations, by legislating outside of the Constitution, centralizing the power of the general Govern ment. and coercing rebellious States into meas ures that tend only to perpetuate its control of the Government and continue in power a horde of unscrupulous political cormorants who have fastened themselves upon the unclean dripping of the public crib, where they hang with thv tenacity of a horse leech, crying, " give give We have long since been convinced that the more widelv the powers of the general govern ment are diffused among the States and the peo ple, the more freedom there will be for the peo ple ; and the more evenly the two great polit ical parties are balanced, the more honest and beneficial will be the legislation and adminis tration of governmental affairs. The history of our own government will bear us out in this proposition. In the people themselves rests the perpetuity of their own political rights and privileges, and all successful attempts to centralize the politi icul powers of the government by placing them in the hands of the few always interferes with and abridges the rights and privileges of the masses. Under the tdministration of the Republican party we have seen two at least, of the mcst important, and we might say vital, principles of our government entirely changed and subvert ed, which must inevitably entail heavy bur dens upon the laboring classes. When our Government was first organized it was based upon the principle that " the people nr i . n . .i were sumciennv intelligent to govern tnem- selves'" in contradistinction from that of being governed by a monarchy or dynasty. This in telligence was to be developed in the exercise of elective franchise, each State for itself hav ing the right to declare who were the proper persons to be put in possession of this privilege ANow this right of the State authorities, with out any change of the instrument or compact which confers it, has been rut lessly torn asun der and centralized in the kwmaking power at Washin gton. For if Congress has the right to say who shall be voters in South Carolina, then U has the riiht to say who shall vote in the State of N. York Thus we claim that the first principle upon which our Government was or. organized has been changed, and thereby the rights of the States and the people abridged. Again : In regard to the more vital principle oi nnance anu taxation, our tiovernmcnt nas undergone a most radical change a change which must eventally entail the most enormous burdens upon the toiling millions, of the Re public for all time to come, unless it is brought back to where the founders of the Government based it. The patriotic statesmen who sought to make this Republic of America an asylum for the down trodden and oppressed of the monarchies of the old world, engrafted, as a fundamental principle into our organic law, ' that upon the real and personal estate, the wealth of the country must rest the responsi bility of taxation and the support of the Gov ern ment." The Republican party has reversed this essential and life giving priuciple, and At one o'clock the ploughing match came off. The following onlv were entered: Tar Heel, manufactured by B. P. William son. The No. 19J, M. II , by J. II. Thompson. The old Davis, by the same. The 19J east iron, by the same. The Patuxent, by Sinclair of Baltimore. The Watt, Cuff and Brace, by J. M. Towles. The fine team of sorrel mules of Mr. Por ter Stedracn, was used for drawing each. Of course we could not get tne decision of the Judges, and are not disposed to forestal their judgment by any opinion of our own. At 3 o clock the pacing match was announc cd, best three in five, mile heat, 25 premium, D entrance. S. R. Hunt entered bay mare. Wyt.ne & Co. entered black horse. The latter was distanced and withdrawn on the first heat. The mare made the first round in 1.29, com ing in on the second round at leisure. A very interesting fancy match then came off between a bay mare belonging to Mr. J. S.J Bryan and a bay horse belonging to Mr. J. C. Suggs, best two in three, mile heats, which was wou by Mr. Bryan in two straight heats, tho' his competitor- held him quite uneasy for it, time, bl, 3.14. Mr. P. It. Davis's sorre'l colt, Timon, and Mr. Grave's bay colt, Nick, two years old, were trotted round the track for exhibition and elicited much admiration. Everything connected with the Fair passed off agreeably, although the weather was inau spicious and the vast crowd of persons seemed to enjoy themselves hugely. Today at 11 o'clock is the pacing race to harness ; at 1 o clock, running race, half mile heat and repeat; at 6 o clock trotting race to harness, best three in five. Immediately after the last mentioned, there will be a running race, one mile and repeat, three to enter. Then a mule, free to all, harness or saddle, best two in three, S10 entrance, purse 20. A good time generally may be anticipated, it it don t rain. txnttnet. - Do not fail to try it, for jou will like it. Ask for it. and take no other. See that our name is on eyery package. For salk by Bingham & Co., Smith, Foster Si Co., W II Howerton, C. F. liitx. ; Roberts McNeely 4 Co., Mock & Urown, G. C. Smith, Meroney & Bro. A. Parker, Rowland Bros., AVholesale Grocers' Acrea'. for Norfolk, Va. L. J Bosiieur, Wholesale Confectioner. A rent for Ricbmoud, Va. G. W. William & Co.. Wholesale Growers. aeenU for Charleston, S C. Noticb. Tho high reputation that our Sruff has attained has induced certain mnufaclurers to im itate our trauk mabc. The superior uualitv of our SnufTdei not lay in the trale mirk, but the Aupenor quality of Utaceo it u manufactured of. G W. GAIL & AX. juneJ 5-ly FURNITURE STORE, SALISBURY, N. C. ON HAND A LARGE AND lot of FCRNITCRE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, and am daily receding from New York and Bo-ton the Latest Stvlea of Furniture. donsistinsr of T NOW HAVE JLwell selected BED - STEADS, uu & 13 jug AX JULJL CHAIRS. WHAT-NOTS, CORNER STANDS, CANE-SEAT PARLOR CHAIR-. CANE-SEAT AND RACK &33&E OFFICE CHAIRS, FISK'S MET ALIO BURIAL CASES. I'! S The Iron-Clad Oath. Some needed liht is thrown upon the appointments made by Gen. Can by, in Virginia, through tbe inquiries of a Herald correspondent into tho Jlosby-Iiuyd i quarrel, and also upon the preat abuse to which the " iron-clad oath" leads. This oath can be taken by any Northern man ; so the plan is for Northern men to take the oath, sign the papers and sell out. The oath taker gets a fixed sum, and the man who fills the office must make his fees pay him, and do the duties. Thus the persons who stand on Caoby's re cord s as occupying certain omces are not the persons in office, and the object of the oath is defeated. This was one of the fearful abuses of administration in France that brought about the revolution. N. Y. Herald. KOSE-WOOD AND WALNUT 0 0 31 33" , ALWAYS ON HAND. ate army have been filled ; could we have placed the burden of taxation upon the small drawn on Germany and England and Ireland 1 property holder and the laboring classes, and f Bold at piics much lower than have been hereto fore in thU market. Goi WALNUT AND POPLAR LUMBER Uken n exchange far Furniture. I J. M SANDERS, . a -2-3 m berii.ten nt i DR. GODDIN'IS. COMTOUND " 1 I GENTIAN BITTERS Cares Chills and FeTer. Djfpepsia, Indigestion, Colic, Sick Stomach. Bronchitis, Asthma, ! Neuralgia, Rheumatism, ic. . i j t&- A UNIVERSAL TONIC:-a ,! A sore, sate, and reliable prevenUTe an J cure for i i i i r ? n i r: t ' uisees requiring a tt ucu ucucim aw uu iuwa uuicj, aj generAl tonic iran-son. week or two ao, a band drew near to serenade j Prepared only by Da. N. A. II. GODDIN and for ancly married couple. The General had re 'sala everywhere. tired but supposing that the compliment was ' JAMES T. WIGGINS, for him, arose, dressed and began to rehear a f -SawK 'i0' V 3i C? 10P.rieU,2 .n , 1 . ' . . " o,,,, l and Wholesale dealer in TAtent Medicines. Norfolk speech, lhe erotic music of the band and the ;j Virginia. apr28-H-l - abscence of calls for the General undeceived For sale a, Dr rouLS0N'S Drug Store Salibury, him, ana he resumed his disturbed repose. J c.