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I. GRADT,
Editor and Proprietor, -Wilmington,
N. C.
CITY.
Try Geo. Myers' Claret.
Empire flour at Geo. Myers.
Ldies' traTcling truoks at Munson's.
Everything reduced at Anhalt's, No. 15.
1 Pure "Mountain Dew" at C. D. Myers &
Co.
."St. Emilion" ! claret and very old brandy
at Geo. Myers.
Try the Virginia
hams, nod breakfast
strips at Myers.
Douglas Jerold used to say "in the midst
of life we are in debt." -i r
Everything reduced at Anhault's, No.
15.
Go
lw
! All sorts of books at Heinsberger's.
and look at his "fresh arrivals."
Dress Goods at cost at Ho. 15.
' For fashionable family utensils visit the
elegant establishment of W. M. Stevenson.
; , . ;
The woman who maketh a good pudding
in silence is better thaa she who maketh a
tart reply.
They are calling the seventeen year locusts
the cicada septenidecim, but it doesn't seem
to be frightened.
"Mamma," said a little bey,-who had been
sent to drv a towel before the i6E.yis it
done when it's brown?"
Hotten'lrf'& Hashagen have received a
fresh lot of provisions
"cheap for cash."
and are selling
We have some
brought us to try,
try, try again."
fine Masonbtro
ucorn'
and we intend to "try
Shutte is absolutely "giving away" mos-
qnitto netting, and the ever polite Vincent
waits on the ladies. What more do you
want ?
The crops along the "Sound" are "look
ing up." Our friend W. H. M. declares the
ground pea, cow pea, and all sorts of pea
J crop good.
Do not forget the family supply store of
C D. Myers & Co. All the delicacies and
every one ot the "comforts" at the spacious
'emporium of C. D. M. & Co.
A colored woman was badly burned last
evening, at the home of the Sisters of Char-
ity, by the explosion of a kerosene oil lamp
which she was filling, while lighted.
No sort ot violet ought ever to be used in
any sort of evening dress, as the color van
ishes entirely under an artificial light. Many
a young lady has suffered for not remem
bering this. I j
We learn with deep Tegret the withdrawal
of Mayor Martin from public life. His
health will not permit; otherwise he would
be hsppy to serve his fellow citizens as we
had wished.'
"Summer Shoes" now in great variety at
the store of Dudley & Ellis. Do not forget
the old sign of the 4tbig boot" and the en
terprising and gentlemanly successors to
Bradley Brothers. ; r
Important Announcement. In order to
make room for improvements for the Fall
trade I will offer my entire stock ot Dry
Goods, &c, at cost without exception, at
Wo 1
A. Anhalt. tf.
POJ" ::'
The Journal dont like the "People's tick
et." This tender hearted friend of the col
ored man laments that "not a kink of wool"
,. recommended b,
appears
the Post. The Journal seems very anxious
. . , '. A.t T" .-I
vuiureu man snouia appear on lueiwpuu-
lican ticket for delegates to a Convention.
This eught to be reason sufficient to every
sensible Republican that none such should
be run. Letthe good sense of our colored
citizens rule them, and let them remember
U tend qca who can help and not injure.
1
Mr.; Hughes adVertises his plasteiiDg, and
his works speak for him. We refer our
readers to the Lippitt Row rss ihe best spe
cimen of stucco aiid plaster work yet known
in Wilmington. Gire Mr. H. a. trial. He
is a careful workman and perfectly reliable.
i' Wbat are you laughing at James ? your
Pa ? I should think you'd be ashamed of
myself for bringing you up in such a way f
Hereafter never make fun of your pa or ma,
my dear, it may reflect upon your bringing
Moral Children should not laugh, unless
asked to do so.
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I According to the I yStor i? drug clerk re
cently put up a prescription for a young
lady lriend of a dse of castor oil. 8he
innocently inquired how it could be taken
without tasting. He promised to explain
to her, and in the meantime proposed to
drink a glass of soda water with her. When
he had finished he siid:" "My Mend, you
have taken your oil and did not know it.,'
The young lady was nearly crazy, and crierf.
"Oh dear, it wasn't tor myself I wanted the
oil: it was for my mother."
The ABBOTTSBUiia Excursion. The fol
lowing are the societies intending to visit
Abbottsburg on the Fourth of July : The
Ladies Oo-opcrative Associatien, The La-
dies Aid Society, Ladies Union "Daughters
of Allen," The Ladies Rising Star, and Ris-
mg Sun.
Capt. James Bradley's aud Captain Lane's
cadet companiep, also the. W. E. Club will
attend. ",,
' Mr. Banks' societies of Sons of Mt. Zion,
Daughters of Mt. Zion, and Daughters of
Ebenezer, aud the Union and W. R.
Olub will also attend. Fully fifteen
died people are expected to go.
C. C.
hun-
News. The news ot the past week may
be britfly summed up as "red hot." The
Northern papers come filled with murders,
suicides, and general debauchery; while,
strange to say, the fire-eating Southerners
seem to have subsided into a "law-abiding
people," It we except the duel between
the editor of the Raleigh Telegram and
editor ot theTWrborSiufAjjai' which did
not come off, and the doodle between a
couple of civilians which did come off in
Virginia all is serene 1 Paris is in (or un
der) Thiers, and Europe settles down to
quiet, and the watering places. Long
Branch has along its sandy shores Grant
and the gabbling garish crowd, and we are
going to "Smiflle" so-long!
t i
Pipes. --Consider, in the first place, a
meerschaum pipe in its native purity' of
hue. It is a symbol ot one of the most uni
versal, and, we might almost add, one of
the most intellectual pleasures known to
humanity. From a moral oint of view, it
is suggestive of peace, of the calming of
over-irritated nerves, and of general geod.
will toward mankind. Tobacco supplies
Ono of the few comfo ts by which men who
iive by their hands solace themselves under
incessant Osbips, while it equally gives
relief to the excited brain of those who de
pend upon intellectual labor. In all the
Wide scale of human beings which inter
venes between the red Indian and the Ger
man philosopher, there is no rank for which
tobacco does not soften the harsh edges of
daily life. Next to the man who invented
sleep, we should pay gratitude to the bene
factor who discovered this method of en
tering the confine of sleep during our
akin2 noars; So great and universal a
pfcasure 8nould surely have its outward
. ns tQ Ten&n tue memory 0f past bapp
ness. .Some of the highest faculties have
been called'out in the effort to render mere
attractive the instruments which minister
to the more sensual and dangerous passion
for intoxicating drinks. If it is" worth a
man's while to ornament a
drinking cup
with the labor of months
or years, why
should not ah equal attention be bestowed
upon pipes ? The meerschaum is to the
ordinary xlay what the diamond is to agate,
or cold to copper ; but it must be admitted,
;r r inAtrn frnm the snecimens
exhibited
in tobacconists' shops, that it has hitherto
11 nojuu.x r 1
,
employed only a very inferior order of
talent Yet the meerschaum has the special
glory that, if skillfully handled, it is orna
mented in the very process ot enjoyment.
It would require no ordinary power of Ian-
guage to point out the lovely gradation of
colors through whicbthe virgin white of
the primitive material gradually deepens
through a delicate amber down to the
rioiiPftt chestnut, and finally to the black-
ness of midnight. The great qualifications
for success in this, as id every otner art,
are tnouEuuuiueoJv wt
. . tf.Matlnr. mnrt m dasn
sense of responsiDiiwy. xno mu
choose a pipe reek essly, or.smoKe n wun
JSjT&SJZ
a resaru oui y 10 iuo jmunuMw -,
distinctly before him ; once fairly launched
Jjth 0f success, he should not allow
I u 7 s . . - 1 3 i J tm
himself to bo hurried or; aeruiea
!m- and. when at length his labors have
rJjA ArA reanlf when the Bipe
fl .rrved in all its glories of color, and
everv danger has been evaded by unremit
r T,e should place it before him on
r wriital. as a record of lormer
IADIES COLUMN.'
H -lfortht.th Jlan-ttilliner 4jf Pariah
Arr)bassadors?; wives" . and court ladies
used to go to take tea with the fellow, and
dispute the honor ot filling his. cup or put
ting sugar into it. I once went into his
shop a sort of drawing-room hung round
with dresses; I found him lolling on a chair,
his legs crossed before the fir.e, ArounM
him were a bevy of women, some pretty,
some ugly, listening to his observations
with the rapt attention of the disciples of a
sage. He called them up before him like
school girls, and, after inspecting them,
praised or blamed their dresses. One, a
pretty young girl, found favor in his eyes,
and he told her that ha must dream and
meditate several days over her, in order Vo
fipd the inspiration to make a gown worthy
Ot her, "Why do you wear
these ugly
gloves ?" he said to.another ; 'uever let me
see yu in gloves of that color again." She
was a very grand lady, but she slipped off
her gloves, and put them in her pocket
with a guilty look. When there was going
to be a ball at court, ladies used to go down
on their knees to him to make them beauti
ful. For some time he declined to dress
any longer
the wife of a great imperial
who had not been sufficiently
dignitary
humble toward him : she came to him in
tears, but he was obdurate, and he only
consented at last to make a cown for her
on condition that she would put it on for
the first time in his shop. The empress,
who dealt with him, sent to tell him that
if he did not abate his prices she would
leave him. "You cannot," he replied, and,
in fact, she could not, for she stood by him
to the last. A morning dress by this artist,
worth in reality about four pounds, cost
trirty pauutU . oji a iwni ig L drfRfl t-ftwdry
with flounces, ribbons, and bad lace, could
not be bad under seventy pounda." There
are about thirty shops in Paris whero, as at
this man milliner's, the goods are not better
than elsewhere, but where they cost about
ten times their value. They-are patronized
by foolg witQ
more money than wits, and
chiefly by foreign fools. The proprietor of
one, of these establishments was complain
ing to me the other day of what he was
losing by the siege ; I told him that I sym
pathized with him about as much as I
should with a Greek brigand bewailiDg a
falling off of wealthy strangers in the dis
trict where he was in the habit of carrying
on his commercial operations. Labouchere's
Diary of a Berieged Resident in Paris.
Europeans have always been led to sup-
pose that, by the act of suttee, Hindoo wives
declared their undying attachment to their
husbands, but Dr. Cheever in his recent
work on Indian medical jurisprudence,
traces the custom to a very different origin.
He brings forward authorities to show that
the Bramins themselves invented the law
as a means of self-protection against their
wives. Betore its introduction tne wives
were in the habit of avenging themselves on
their husbands for neglect and cruelty by
mixing poison with their food, ana at last
things came to such a height that the least
matrimonial quarrel resulted in the hus
band's death. An easier remedy for the
i
evil might have been found in permitting
the wife to eat out of the same dish as the
husband, but this would have involved too
wide a departure from the customs ot socie
ty : and it must be admitted that there is a
j peculiar refinement of cruelty in the expe-
client adopted which would commend it
self to the Asiatic mind. Of late years ihe
law of suttee has been occasionally set at
defiance, but the widow cannot altogether
escape the consequences of her
husband's
I Ath HU familv degrade her. and nut
I m - ' . j
her to the most menial duties in
the house.
The sorrows of a young widow
are
HOl
ended when she gets her husband under
following
a lady to
ground, as will be seen by the
extract from a letter written b 4
the Heme Journal: - "Do you know, girls,
what it is to be a widow ? It is to be ten
times more open to comment
and criticism
J.
than any demoiselle
could possibly be.
It
is to have men gaze as you
pass,
nrst at
you, then at your black dress, and then at
tout widow's cap, until your
sensitive
i-ueryca uunu uuw w
1 (ha lnflirtinn IF la tn
have one ill-natured person sayi -i wonder
. will wait before she marries
fc',
and another answers,
Until she
gets a good chance, I suppose.
It is now
nd tb t0 meet a giaQce of real sympathy; American plaigarists, but j the West seems
I i i i -fill! Li L 1 .i.tnnfl 0twA nr. n nlA.OA1
generally from the poorest and
gene j. r f ,
humblest
feel vour eves
1 i r
women mat you meet,
fill at the token so,rare
thaUt is, alas,
- I nn00kei for. It is to have your dear fash
1 . '
ionable friends to condole with you after
it's
dreadful loss ; wc kuew you'd feel it ; poor
dear.' And in the next breath : You will
be sure to marry again, and your widow's
cap is very becoming to you.' "
. Miss Delia Roberts, a Kentucky school
teacher, twenty-two years of age, hung
herself ; last week, because of her love for"
one of her boy pupils,- a lad not yet fourteen.
On. the evening before her death she went
to the boy s house, and calling him to the
gte, said ; "Efed, you will never see me
again. When you grow to be a man and
marry, tell your Wife aBoui the woman old
enough ft o bt your''mitiierwnb' died on
your account." Thus saying, . she clasped
the object oj her strange passion to her
bosom, and was never seen alive again.'
In a town in Ohio, not long ago, the
women .went in bands of two and three
with their knitting and sewing into the
dramshops of the place and spent the whole
day with their work, and talking politely
upon various topics. Husbands and friends '
came in saw how things looked, and had
not the courage to step to the bar and
drink. . This was kept up for several days.
and the result was every shep in the place
was closed. '
Grace Greenwood is willing that 4 three
classes oi women snouia be allowed to vote:
oingie women who had property, married
women who had minds, and such others as
miSht desire. to. A good watch' well wound
ana tmed, a clothes wringer and sewing
machine, should be the property qualifies
tien, and the ability to support their hus
bands well, and the faculty ot keeping a
good boarding house should not be over
looked ! in the requirements of the examin
ers. ;.
The fashion of bonnet worn by draught
hbrses to j protect them fj-dm sunstroke re-
mains the same ?s, . last season. The moral
of this, of course is not intended for woman
kind, though it might not be altogether
irrelevant to inform the sex that horses
continue to wear their own hair, and are
not indebted to foreign sources for their
"switches."
One cannot be in the fashion maa, wo
man. olehild unless thev have something?
oi a uiue color oWrrr-tHetr i.ajbmit
set of studs will "save1' a man, and a blue
bow a woman ; but some blue they must
have; or be outside the charmed circle ot
fashion. The stylish gentleman wears a
blue coat; even on the avenue, Sunday af
ladies have blue dresses, parasols,
ternoon
and gloves; and young children, all of
them, appear in blue, from their hats to
their boots. Gentlemen's straw hats, with
band bt blue ribbon, will be worn very
generally at the sea-side and other resorts.
! A Word to Boys. Truth is one of the
rarest virtues. Many a youth has been lost
Virtues, Many a youiu nas oeea ion
iety by allowing falsehood -to tarnish
to socie
his character, and
oy ioonsniy inrowing
truth away. Honesty, frankness, generosi-
J ty, virtue blessed traits I Be these yours,
my boys, we shall not fear. You are watch
ed by your elders. Men who are looking
for clerks and apprentices, have their eyes
on you
If you are profane, vulgar, saloon-
going, they will not choose you. If you are
upnght, steady, and industrious before long
yob will find good places, kind masters, and
the prospect of a useful life before you.
! Mr. Martin Declines.
Wilmington, N. C, June 24, 1871.
CI I. Grady, Esq.:
IDear Sir: tl notice in the Post of 22d
inst., my name as a candidate for the State
Convention. Please take it out, as I am
ndt, and cannot consent to be a candidate
for the position. My poor health warns me
the necessity of lessening, rather than in
creasing my labor, j -
Very respectfully, ':"
f I Silas N. Martin,
BOOKS,, MAGAZINES,
5rc.
The Overland M&ntMy has been received
from Messrs. Bancroft, 01 ban Francisco,
and as the periodical ot the Pacific we hail
if na n. wplr.mo visitor. Not sneciallv be-
1 w . - r- - f - . -
cause through its columns the worthy
. Mrk Twain" and the brilliant Bret Harte
r i . .. .
first attracted that attention, now amouni
ihg to fame as well as fortune. s
We discern a certain freshness about tho
ifacinc 8loPe - -
XlllS Slue VI iuc uuuuucui. iiuciuci iiu
tie: new life and young society; or whether
tne! climate stimulates the brain in that far
I'M ' i M - - -
Western couhtryj we know not, but we ac
knowledge the fact that all who grace the
w i s j . ,
Tf-fa; -7-
Writers on
the Atlantic coast delight
ollowins the
tmcv nf tibmtnr
marked out by European authors or their
0 reject leading strings, and we are pleased
to discern edmething redolent of our land
is i : i' ! : . .. ...
arid indicative of a revived nationality,
broad and great as the mighty waters now
suject to civilized and Christian control.
The Atlantic
opens with a traveling
sketch among the Adriondacks, by R.U.
Dana, Sr., describing a tour iri the moun
tain" region some twenty years since, in
which the writer was hospitably entertained
byhe family of i John Brow of whom
some brief incidental notices ate also given.
Mr. Hay Vpictnre of the Spanish bull lights
in the fifth chapter of r"Castittyn Daysis
an admirable specimen of ' graphic realism,
evidently drawn from repeated experiences
of the scene, of which it affords a mere
vivid impression than is to be found, if we
aje.iro43Cd1n our rollecU any
previo'risescription -of ihsiipectaclela
Mglish'litermtaref; "Can a Bird Reason!!"
bjDeT. lLrewer, is an exceedingly inter
esting chapter of practical Darwinism, and
the remainder of the number, including the
commencement of a . new- story, entitled
"TlreirTTedding Journey,1 by Mr. Ho wells,
MottntaLinctring in the Sierra Kevada," by
Caarencoinig; uflow IQoitay Overcoat' 1
tGeorgeXYaring, Jr.; fSsppho bjp
y. iiigginson, and fThe Poet of Sieint
Tlafby Bret Harte, - is of tarjrgjthaii com
mon .excellence 5 An erisinal ' dramatic
sketch1 by George .'Elliot (Marian Evans) will
attract Attention, and so will! the extracts
from Dicken's letters to Professor Felten in
"Our Whispering Gallery," wjb'lcb' overflow
with exuberant rollicking gayety." J
Simons A Love Story, by George Sand.
This isn entire new book by! this celebrat
ed author, and will prove to be very popu
lar, and most have a large sale, -for George
Sand's style is noble, and beautifully" rich
and pure. She has an exuberant imagina
tion, and with it a very chaste style of ex
pression. She never indulges in declama
tion, and yet her sentences are exquisitely
melodious and full. She leaves you at the
end of one of her brief; r rich; melancholy
sentences, with plenty of food for future
cogitation. . No one can express the charm
of them; they seem like the sound of coun
try bells falling sweetly and sadly , upon the
ear.
inerj is naraiy a woman's heart an v-
where In;twi civilized wtrld which has not
felt the vibration of Geerge Sand's thrilling
voice. She yearns to do good. The popu
f . . . - - - . . . .. . .
larity of her novels, (Jonsuelp," a Love Sto
rJ The: Countess of iRudolStadf," a sequel
Si
mom rauuhju, iUw Ofoket, Lirvi AjL
Trae Love," "The Corsair," "The Last Aldi.
ni," etc., hava never been equalled by any
writer. "Simon, aLove Etory," is issued in
a large octavo volume, with a portrait of
tlie auttor on tht cover Pric fittJ ct
copy, and is for sale by P. Heinibe ger.
Davenport Dunn, by Charles Lever. This
is the seventh volume of the new, cheap and
popular edition of the works of Charles Le
ver, now in course of publication by T. B.
Peterson & Brothers,- Philadelphia, which
are having a very large sale; for Charles Le-
Ter hag no riyal ia that free manl dasniDg
styled sketching life, manners, and humor
ous incidents, to which he has devoted him
self. His reputation is world wide. The
popularity of his novels, "Davenport Dunn'
"Arthur 0'Leary,""The Knight ofGwynno,"
"Tom Burke of Ours," "Harry Lorrequer,"
"Charles O'Malley," "Jack Hinten " "Con
Cregan," 4'Horacel Templeton," and "A Rent
in a Cloud," have never been exceeded. His
works are full of genial humor, brilliant wit,
and striking characters. "Davenport
Dunn" is issued in a large octavo volume,
with a portrait of the author on the cover,
price seventy-five cents,
and is for sale
hy
P. Heinsberger.
Basil; or the Crossed Path, by Wilkie
Collins. The name of Wilkie Collins now
stands almost at the head of the list of the
living English novelists. His plots are in
tricate, his stories fill of mystery, and his
power as a writer unquestionable. We have
here the tenth volume ot a new, cheap, and
popular edition of the works of this cele
brated author, now in course of publica
tion by T. B. Peterson & Brothers, Phila
delphia, which are having a very large sale,
r
for Wilkie Collins is certainly one of the
most popular of living novelists, and no
writer of fiction better understands the art
of story telling than he does. The great
1 . . .
pepnlanty 01 nis novels aireauy published
8cnw comprising ,-ine eaa oe-
TTM nr? SpjV." Aflr T)irV
- 1 .
"The Yellow Mask," ("Sister Rose," The
Stolen Mask," "Mad MonJdbn,wThe Queen's
Revenge," and " Sights a Foot," have never
been excelled. -'Basil" is issued in a targe
octavo volume, with a portrait of the au
1
thor en the cover, I price seventy-ive centi, I iitical opponents especially with my breth
knd U for .ale bj Heinle. It id.g '"'Li8 ;SJMS!L
uniform in size and price with the new and
Georee Sand, now in course fpubUcaUoni.paper mucn Taneiy or mauex vuvu auar
ueorgeDuu, convention election. The proper de-
in by . ii. reierson jroioera,irmiaeipui,
Pa., who will send their catalogue to any
one writing for it.
Hans Breitman in Europe, with twenty
nitr ballads, beins the fifth series of the
Breitmann BaUads. by Charles Q. Leland,
" w w , . -1 -.. -
I . - . .
author ot "Hans Breitmas Party " "Meis:
ter Karl's Sketch Book," etc. This volume
ter ivarrs oneicu xoo, civ. viuiuV
contains twenty new poems by Hans Breit-
mann, describing bis travels and experiin -
ces all over Europe, in Pans, in La 8orbon
ne, in Forty-Eight, in Belgium, ftBfc 'in
Ostend, in Gent, in Holland; t the Hajf
in Leyden, in Amsterdam, in .Geraanyin
Cologne, in Munich, ; in Frankfort on-tne-Main,
in Italy, in Rome, where Bleitmana
interviews the Pope, at La Scala Santa.!as
well as Hans Breitman at a Pic Nic, and
Breitmann as a Trumpeter, with a full and
complete Glossary. Every balUd in the
volume will set you' in a roar, as every one
is fully equal -to, if not superior toHaas
BreitaanX arty is conipletoin one
Tolume; tinted papeviwith "a portrait1!
Hans Breitmann; on the ? Cover.1; Prlco sev
enty-five cents a copy. ' ;It is published by
T. B Peterson Brothers, Philadelphia,
w tjf i xieiasoerger.
s Mr. Morris will speak against Convention
tq-oorrow. . ; ,-.V-"-. " I
jliMoore Will bold a special term of
the Kperior Court at Tarboro.
iplalelgh has given a "testimonial" to the
skaters favoritet-Misa Georgia Briggs.,
Tn Raleigh papers; pay high compli
ments to iTsjor Griswold. He deserves ail
the Brethren give him. : X; i ' :
''ii ' . " - ii mm mmL j -I
M. W.,Churehill has withdrawn iron the"
"National" at Raleigh, and Mold Rat' runs
the thing into the ground.
I The ice house ofPhil. Thein near the
great Raleigh lager beer house has been
burned. The Ice cooled the lager or the
lager cooled the ice I Which was it Ger
man?' . - . .:
;The Hillsboro Mecrder says' the wheat
crop , in that Mction yielded better than
many expected; thoogh the crop is a short
one. Fortunately the supply - of the elJ
crop is heavy and will make up for the de
ficiency in thenewl '
The Ttltgmra states : "Joseph H. Wilson
one of the Conservative nominees 'of
the Mecklenburg Conservative-County. Con
vention, destines to serve, tnd assigns, as a'
cause of - his resignation, , his inability to
canvaaalhe conntyn advecacxbl iolega--
r The office of Adjutant General oushtHa
be abolished, at least as a salaried office;
and we advocate a Convention for the pur
pose of abolishing such useless expense to
the tax payers. The Legislature at its last
session, did not curtail, expenses in. any re
spect, but rather increased them; and there
fore the only hope for relief that we know
of is to have a State Convention to change
the Constitution. Charlotte Democrat.
We would like to know of Bro. Tates, ii
it is likely that the Convention, controlled
by the same influences which governed the
last Legislature, will exhibit any greater
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Telegram.
The Era declares the Convention is to be
Called by lawyers and shows out of sixty
members of the (conservative) Committee
but six belonging to other professions.
Our people will not fail to be struck with
astonishment when they read the organiza
tion of the Conservative party in this State
It will be seen that, while that party has"
many able and learned members outside' the 1
profession of the law, these have been sin-
Kgularly ignored, and on looking over the
I list of committees in the various districts.
one might easily imagine that he is reading
a directory ot North Carolina lawyers.
r -
The editor of the Charlotte Democrat in
alluding to the recent outrage in Ruther
ford county, says : "We denounce such out
rages, and hope Ihe perpetrators , may be
brought to speedy punishment. The men
who engage in acts of that soft are not only
bringing disgrace on the State, but are in
juring its business and prosperity, and caus
ing the industrious and hard workiig por
tion of the people to suffer serious-loss.
Those who commit depredations of the sort
mentioned above arc doiog more to promote
the ascendancy and rule of the Radical par
ty in North Carolina than all the Republic
can papers and speakers ot the State com
bined." Carolina Era Marcus Erwin, Esq., has
assumed control cf the JSfrct. In making bis
bow to the readers of the Era, he sayi: j ,
"I eanrestly desire to maintain friendly.
and kind relations wiin an my po-,
if abstinencrr on my part from unne-
personal! ucs . can acmeve sucn a
m' 11 a t .ii
convention election. The proper de
Mon of that t qacSlion j, E thing of
Taat moment to the people of this 8tate and
it will therefore engross au my enon ana
oMtinv all the available snace of the DaDCT
I the 3d of August Allied to no clique
or fiction ot the.Republican party hav-
. - I- . ., : ...
I mg no . gneis or aumwauw , vr gr.
animosiues. or grau-
1 f I aha 11 nriivnr tfl IIPM.I lnlLlv flw eWTT
VMr . rV.ir;mt
ln my Dcw vocation noi lor me promotion
of men, but for the advancement and ascen.
1 dency of principle,, zr pf -i:-'
ln mT ncw vocation not for the promotion