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FROM RALEIGH..
LSPECIAL COEEESP05DHKCE OF THH STAB.
The Senatorship The Turner-Cling
man AfTray The Convention Ques
ti-n and Other Matters. ' '
: Raleigh, N. C, Dec. 4, 1870.
Deaii Star : Thinking you would not
be averse q hearing again ffoui'the 'City
of Oaks," I will jot down what has trans
pired here during the past week of suffi
cient importance to interest your readers
The Senatorial matter, you know, has been
decided adversely to the wishes of Eastern
-Conservatives "by the election of Gov
Vance. It is, under the circumstances,
due to this distinguished gentleman tha
his friends should be assured that the op
, position of the East to his nomination
sprang trom his being under disabilities.
-While we do not pretend that we esteem
: him as highly as the Western men, with
fwhom his lot in lite has been chiefly cast
yet we can truly say that he -is generally
foveu respecieu oy an classes amonir us:
id that his inability to take his seat in
.tUe:United States Senate was the great
cause of the opposition made to his nomi
nation by Eastern men. And. in this con-,
nection it may be proper to observe that
the Conservative members from New
Hanover worked earnestly to secure the
nomination of some person free from disa
bilities, and only ceased their anorts when
majority ha'l de'i-led against them.
Among tbe aspirants lor ''Senatorial
Honors," was Gen. Clingman, who still
has a longing to re enter public life. 1 If
he indulged in hope s, they were indeed
illusory but he hs , at least suc
ceeded " in "g.tting" his name in
the papers but under ' circumstances
far from a green bie to his feelings. Joe
Turner has, as you are aware, been- in the
habit of hitting at the General whenever
he could find nothing better to do; now
as far as their differences vour cor
respondent expresses no opinion. It may
ae that the General deserves tre, sensure
that, the Sentinel has so persistently leen
bestowing, or it may be that Joe Turner
hns been unduly severe on this frmer
uemocratic cnampion, Dut nowever tnai
may be, the Sentinel ot Saturday's issue
contained matter which the General
thought would do to fight about, and mce-
ingtheEdiior of that. piper in front of tlie
Capitol on that morning, he, assailed him
with his cane, when Turner turned the
tables on him and punished. him severely.
To-dy the General is better, while Turner
isin ins usual jouy exuuerani spirus.
'In.the Senate there rjps, been quite a
discussion on the Convention question,
which resulted in the passage'of a resolu
tion proposing to raise a joint committee
to consider Conslitutioual Reforms. It
Seems that there is every probability of a
limited Convention being called one that
will not intertwre with Suffrage, or Hme
s;e id or Laborer's Lien. In fact, as the
Conservative party is now opposed to any
iaterferencH with Suffrage as it exists, and
is an advocate of the Homestead and
Laboier'a Lien, I s-ee no necessity for the
Convention being restricted on these
matters. Indeed, mem' ers of; the, Legis
lature assert that they would rather go
before their people as advocates of these
measures than have the false appearunce
of being unsound upon them by having a
restricted Convention where they caunot
be discussed and perfected
An act has also recently passed the Sen
at3 repealing the obnoxious spy-law un
der which the Governor has heretofore ex
pended thousands of dollars as "secret
service, money." This is one of the most
offensive laws on our statute book, ; being
entirely repugnaint to the genius of , a free
people. It was pa-sed in the interest of a
prosciiptive party and having serve') .its
purposes will now be. repealed by the Con-
servative party as ttie .nrst step : towara$
restoring constitutional liberty. The Shaff
ner militia bill meets with tlie same .fate.
It was passed to affect elections; the elec
tion being over there suddenly are no more
K. K. K.'s. and no.longer any use for such
an infamous law. 1 ' '
In the Hou?e, tlie Alimanee and Cas
well elections were declared invalid, and
a new election ordered. The same will
probably be done in' the Senate, for mili
tary force cannot be used to carry elections
in this State so long as our citizens have
control of affairs. v ;
A bill has been' passed abolishing the
office of State Pinter,and authorizing the
ranting Committee to let the printing
out at reasonable rates. I understand Joe
Turner offered to do the1 work and charge
only current, expenses, rather' than let the
swindlers who have ruined the State have
anything niore'to do with it. Tnrner's
patriotism is practical if every nlan had
the same notions we would soon see the
credit of the State again in good repute
.Good night. Yours, 1 . Occasional.
the world at large to come and admire their
happiness is always noticed and laughed
at, and sometimes more than laughed at.
Yet to some women this parade of love is
the very essence of married happiness, and
part of their dearest privileges. They be
lieve themselves admired and envied, when
they are ridiculed and scoffed at ; and they
think their husbands are models for other
men to. copy, when they are taken asexam
ples tor all to avoid. M-n who have any real
manliness, ho wever, do not give in to this
kind of thing ; though th re are some, as ef
feminate "and gushing as women them
selves, who like this sloppy effusiveness of
love, and carry it on into quite old age,
fondling the ancient grandmother with
gray hair as lavishly as they had fondled
the youthful bride, and seeing no want of
harmony in calling a withered old dame
of sixty and upward ly the pet names by
which they had called her ;when she was
a slip of a girl of eighteen.; The contin
uance of love from youth to old age is very
lovely, very ch ering, but even John An
derson, my Jo," would lose , its pathos if
Mrs. Anderson had ignored the difference
between the raven locks . and the snowy
brow. This public display of familiar af
fection is never seen among men who pride
tlu mselves on making good lovers, ascer
tain men do those who have reduced the
practice of love-making to an art, a
science, and Know tueir lession to a letter.
r Saturday Review.
The. Danger of One Crop Felt at Last.
We have for nearly five years argued
with all the ability at our command
against the reckles, speculative system
which has-inflamed our cotton growers,
and they themselves arc beginning at last
to realize the serious danger, so often
pointed out in these columns, 01 relying
upon one crop, even though that he the
"snow of the Southern summers."
, The ' frightful distresses in India, to
which we have more than once alluded in
illustration of our views, are easily traced
to the exclusive reliance en rice, and so it
will always be with any agricultural peo
ple who rely upon any one staple. We
have a great breadth of land in cotton,
more than we can pick, but shall have to
buy bur bread, with a depreciated market
for what we have to sell and a rising one
for that, which we have to purchase. It is
in recognition of this fact we presume that
a Planters' Convention Is to be, hekl at
Little Rock to urge a "diversity of pursuits,
and, says the Memphis Sun, "they propose
to raise less cotton and ; more of something
else." This in our judgment is the most
se-nsioie movement lnauuraieu sim;e iue
war and we vyish it a cordial God speed !
Norfolk Virginian.
Sloppy Effusiveness ;
Nothing is more annoying than that
display of affection which some husbands
and wives show to each other in : society.
That familiarity of touch, those half con
cealed caresses, those absurd names, that
prodigality of endearing epithets, that
devoted attention which tbey flaunt in the
face of the public as a kind of challenge to
The Missouri Horror Further Par
ticulars oithe Butchery and Bnrn
, ing of a Creole Family.
From the Washington County, Mo., Journal,
; November 24.
On Monday morning our community
was shocked beyond description upon
learqing that a family of French Creoles-
David Lapine, his wife Louisa and their
child, together with .Mrs.., Lapine's sister,
Mary Christopher, and her child-five in
all had been most brutally murdered, in
their cabin, a mile , audi a half north of
Potosi, and their bodies burned to shape
less masses ot cinder and ashes in a con
flagrat,ion of the building. Mr." Lapine
was a very old and innocent citizen, who
had been for many years engaged in, min
ing in ; the; various .lead fields in this
vicinity. - Some three years since he mar
ried a woman of like origin , as himself,
but who had not a good reputation
among those of. their class ,in society.
Their marriage has resulted in r the birth
of one child, one of the Hyictims 'of - tne
cruel massacre. Mary , Christopher, the
sister, has also been an inmate of their
cabin during the union. '
Sheriff John T. Clark, Dr. J. A Bell
and Justice Moloney,', pecompanied.', by, a
party o citizens, repaired to the spot as
soon as the alarm was given, where a
most revolting 'and horrifying sight
awaited them, that of a mass of undis
tinguishable ruin where the cabin of the
victims bad stood, and unmistakable evi
dence of the perpetration of one of he
most cruel and bloody tragedies known
to the history of any civilized country.
Investigations among the .ruins of the
building disclosed remnants of the bodies
of the five victims ot the fiendish massacre,
so completely consumed by the flames as
to render tlm . unrecognizable until after
a critical examination by Dr. Bell. Sheriff
Clark, assist d by seVeral of our most
valued citizen?, immediately commenced
making arrests in the neighborhood in
quest of some clue to the perpetrator of
the horrid crime, and which were soo..
crowned with entire success. The most
fruitful witness was Leon Jolly, a boy of
about fourteen years of ge. On being
arrested he informed the Sheriff that he
had witnessed the murder of Lapine
and the four other members of his
family on last Saturday night, the 19th
inst., at a late hour, by his brother, Chas.
Jolly, and Jno. Armstrong; thati they had
come to town that night, procured a jug
ot whiskey, and on their return had step
ped at Lapine s cabin, burst the door open
with an ax stolen tor the occasion, and
had killed the entire family; He stated
that during the commission of the crime
he was not permitted to enter the door ot
the cabin, but witnessed it all through a
crack m the wall. Having done their
bloody work, the two fiends set fire to the
walls of the cabin, and ted the names un
til the building was consumed. This oc
curred about 12 o'clock on Saturday night,
as nearly as can be ascertained, and the
murderers remained in the neighborhood
until an early hour on Monday morning,
when they undertook to make their escape.
On Monday evening Sheriff Clarke, with
two citizens Messrs. Amasa Frissell and
Wm. H. Blaine set out, mounted, for
Jefferson county, on a trail ! which
it was thought the prisoners had taken
in their efforts to reach Rush; Tower,
and cross the Mississippi river, A
brief and well-directed pursuit, how
ever, did not afford them anv trace of the
object of their search. Returning to He
matite, they next proceeded to the house
of Mrs. Dodge, mother of the two mur
dered women, who live about a mile from
town. Breaking cautiously and with the
utmost delicacy the fearful news to her;
great was their surprise at her stoical man
ner and indifferent reply: " Well, I knew
they were bad girls, but I think the two
men (Armstrong and Jolly) have done
enough now; they ought to be taken up."
After similar conversation with the wo
men, the party returned to the house of
Louis Jolly, but could hear nothing con
cerning them. About 9 o'clock Tuesday
the pursuers returned to Hematite, and
thence to De Soto, where they mounted
themselves and set out Italian settlement,
about two miles northwest of Rush Tower.
On the trail they were greatly facilitated
by the guidance and kind offices of Mr.
W. McCorroick, a citizen of the country.
The gentleman's judgment was that" the
fugitives would, sooner or later, make
their way to the house of Bellacamba Lu
cas, an Italian, with whom JoUy had lived
for a time, or else at the house of a Mr.
Mays, about a mile distant from if. The
party repaired to Mr. Lucas's place at
about 4 o'clock in the afternoon. At this
rendezvous they were met by several citi
zens, who at once entered into the effort
tocapturethe fugitives. A consultation
resulted in the approach of Lucas's house
by four of these citizens James Irvin,
Noble Irving, John Armstrong (no relation
to the pursued, however), and Robert
Showdell. Having made the necessary
dispositions they soon realized the reward
of their search as not far distant, upon hear
ing the cautious approach of two men to
the nouse, ttue voice 01 one 01 wnom was
instantly recognized as that of Chas. Jolly.)
As soon as the two had entered the house
the pursuers divided into squads, passing
two to either side of the. house, and
awaited their opportunity. This soon
occurred, when Armstrong and Jolly ; had
seated themselves at the supper table.
Simultaneously thev entered at opposite
doors of the dining-room, and before the
surprised murderers could rise from their
seats each was seized from behind and his
hands firmly bound with cords. The as
tonished prisoners stoutly denied their
identity and protested against the uncere
monious treatment to which they were
subjected, until they were confronted by
the party from Postosi, when they became
silent and hopeless. They were removed
to the house of one of the captors, Mr.
James Irvin, where they were guarded
during the nit;hf, and from whence they
were brought to Potosi yesterday and
lodged in jail. The remains of the mur
dered family were carefully gathered and
brought to town in a box, in which they
were hurried in the town cemetery yester
day. Senator Tanee.
In the prime of life and the full enjoy
ment of every faculty for usefulness, Sena
tor Vance is -probably destined to play, as
considerable a part in national affairs as
any man in the Southern States. After
serving in tlie estate ."Legislature he was
elected to Congiess in 1858, where his
practical mind and sound judgment,
though one of the youngest members of
the House, made much impression.
In the unhappy excitement of 1860, he
was recognized as an opponent of seces
sion, and in that sense sympathized with
the sentiment ot the Old North States
which resisted all extreme policy until,
events changed the current ot opinion.
He was elected Governor after the out
break of the war, and was distinguished
for energy and uprightness in the dis
charge ot all the duties connected with
that high office. Since the proclamation
of peace, hisrefforts have been cons stently
and earnestly devoted to the restoration
of harmony, and to the work of reviving
the prosperity of his native State, which
has been outrageously plundered by a
combination of adveniurerers and a few
native accomplices, even more debased
than their trading principals.
Senator Vance may be regarded as
representing the best type of the man of
progress, energy and purpose in , the
South, who will mainly have the' tsk of
directing her new career, and re-estab
lishing her just influence in the. Union.
However much he may mourn much that
. . . i 11. 1 1 aI-
IS past ana now irretnevaDie, uc uas me
moral courage to confront the situation
as it exists, aDd the ability to work out
ot it a redemption the very opposite 01
that which was designed by the malig
nant and persecuting enemies of the
South, first by emancipation and
then by suffrage. They sought to
crush out every vital spark by a
pretended philanthropy whose inspiration
a pnv-intelli-
srence. rsut tne reaction nas come, ana
was revenge, and, by conferring
ilege upon ignorance, to degrade
these short-sighted plans of selfish vindic
tiveness have returned to plague 'the in
ventor. The day is near at hand when
the South will be more powerful, more'
rich, more compac.t, more united than it
ever was with slavery, and when, under
this new political dispensation, it will
perhaps return the poisoned chalice to
the lips of those who had treacherously
commended the enptoits thirsting pal ate.
Washington Patriot.
The Proposed Combination of Reve
nue Reformers in the Next? Con
special Dispatch to the Journal of Com
merce. Washington, Nov. 30.
It is understood that the plans of the
Republican revenue reformers are perfect
ed and that they will make overtures to
the Democrats to join with thein on the
issue of a reform in the tariff, and make
Mr. Farnsjvorth Speaker of the next
House of. Representatives, so as to control
the Chairmanship of the Committee ot
Ways and Means. Probably Mr. Logan :
will. in that case be Chairman. The . Re
publicans do not, propose to fuse into a
new political party, or to make any polity
ical concessions, but if the scheme fail
will-charge the failure to the Democrats..
Mr Yocran ia their choice for Speaker, but.
they fear he is too objectionable to the
Democrats.
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