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" " "'. - ' - ' .'! f ' - ' :": 7," V . 'Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable-DAsiB. WrBsrsB - -;.:.,, :v;;;:;r. r'r.;; V---vr- SALEIGII, N. C, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1866. VOL. XXXII. i i'.j-: W 5. .'. She Wttlh iautotL W. W. HOLDEN & SOIT, ao of tl Standard, and cndluxrued pMUhtn jf the Lam qf tht United SUUt. . Rates of Subscription. TERMS Cash is Abvascb. Tri-Weckly paper, year.... ,. " 8 " ;i ... Weekly paper, 1 year.. n " o months woo . 8 50 a oo , 8 00 1 so , 1 00 . 12 05 . . 40 00 3 ti . 5 copies 1 year ii 10 " 1 " u t B0 " I " To those who get np clubs of live or more sub bribers, one copy, gratis, will be famished. A cross X mark on the paper indicates the plratlon of the subscription. Rates of AdTertising Ten lines or one Inch space to constitute a snuare. One square, one insertion- 11 00 Each subsequent insertion 80 Liberal deduction made, by special contract, to large advertisers. , . - ; - Court advertisements will be charged 25 pre ent. higher than the regular rates. Special Notices charged 50 per cent higher than ordinary advertisements. For advertisements inserted irregularly,-35 per cent, higher than usual rates will be charged. No paper in the South has advertising facilities superior to the Standard. Letters must be addressed to . ' W W. Holpen, I W. W. HOXDEN & SON, -J. W HoLDEM. ( Kaleish, C. The Recent Elections. We give below the returns, as far as re ceived, of the elections held on Tuesday, 6th. HEW TORK. The estimated majority in New York for Gov. Fenton; Republican, over Mr. Hoffman, Copperhead, is 13,000. The whole vote of the State is about 750,000. The vote of New York City is as follows: Fenton 33,462, Hoffman 79,823. Fenton's majority in the State in 1864, was 8,293. New York City went very largely for Mr. Hoffman, but there were heavy Republican gains in the Western part of the State. There were Republican gains even in Auburn, Sir. Seward's home. r In the Congressional delegation there are gains for both sides, but the result is tUe same as in the last Congress. The New York Times, whose Editor, Mr. Raymond, figured so extensively in the Phil adelphia Convention, thus announces the result-: . ' . . '. "The State of New York has followed Tfp F.nfrliinrl. Pennsylvania and the Great West in reaffirming her Republican Union j -verdict ot 1H64, ana Dy an increased aggre gate popular majority, after overcoming fort y teven tlummnd Democratic trwjoritg cant in this City. The majority for Gov. Fenton can arcely fall short often thousand, and may reach fifteen thousand. The Congressional delegation remains, as in the present Con gress, nineteen Union to eleven Democratic members. ' The Assembly will le Union, as the Senate elected last year already is." Mr. Raymond, who led many of his ld Whig brethren into the Democratic party, did not intend himself to join it, but.rejoices lustily over the defeat 'of the .Democracy. He announces the General Result in flaming capitals, as follows, which we print for the .. edification of his followers in this State : "The re-affirmation of the October Ver dict Final Repudiation of the Democratic party Gov. Fenton re-elected by 10,000 ma jorityRepublican gains in all the Rural Counties God mudctlie country, man made the towns New Jersey ends a lot of new Republican Congressmen The ontsideStates adhere to their old Faith General Results, being a Radical gain in Congress." Thus saith Raymond, the author of the Philadelphia Address, and the leader of the Worth men of this State. We beg .our neighbors of the Sentinel to put this in. their pipes and smoke it. It has a pleasant odor, and will be good for them. DELAWARE. This State has elected a Democratic, mem ber of Congress, and Mr. Senator Saulsbury, Democrat, Governor. ILLESOIS. - The popular majority in Illinois is 40,000 for the Republicans, being a large gain. Eleven Re-publicans and three 'Democrats chosen to Congress. wiscossis. . ... Heavy Republican gains. ' Five Republi cans and one Democrat elected to Congress. Republican majority in-thc State 20,000. - MASSACHUSETTS. , ' . Ten Republicans chosen to Congress, and a Republican majority in the -State of about 70,000. . . ' , . MICHIGAN. , ,- ; . Six Republicans elected to Congress, and. Republican gains in the popular vote. . r MINNESOTA. ,' Two Republicans elected to Congress, and Republican gains in the popular vote. hissouul v " ' Seven Republicans and one Democrat elected to Congress. ' ' ; , .' : ', sew jeeset. .. -Four Republicans and one Democrat elec ted to Congress, and Republican gain in the popular vote. ' ' 7 ' MARYLAND. The Democrats have carried this State, rendering it probable that they will gain one Senator : in Congress. The following from the New York Tribune, will show how this was done: ' - BOW BALTIMORE WAS CARRIED BT THE DOS ..: ' BEBVATrVES. " ' ' '' V"J ,. iBaltimobe, Nov., 6 8J p. m. At this lour it is probable that the Conservatives have .elected a majority of their Legislative ticket in the city, and one, and perhaps two out of the three Congressmen. In all the precincts ex-Rebels have taken the iron clad oath, without any compunction, and their "votes have generally been received. Men 'who wr Tohutees in tha "Rebel nny ud who were stay-at-home Secessionists from the first swore that they had been always loyal to the United States authority and flag, and never gave any aid, support or sympathy to the armies or cause of the Confederacy. This is in obedience to the advice of. Reverdy Johnson, who informed the Rebels, that it would not be perjury for them to take this oath inasmuch as it was unconstitutional The registers were all Swann men, and per mitted the Rebels to register. In some pre cincts the loyalty of Rebels was tested by the question whether when negro regiments were facing Lee's army they hoped the former would be whipped, and they swore they did. A place called Blue Bell Tavern, in Balti more Ununty, out on the ruuuueipoia road, was taken possession of early this morning r by a large parly of roughs, who are employed in the Baltimore Custom House, and bcld all day, allowing only ;Re1iels to vote. They were completely armed with muskets, car- ' bines and revolvers, and . lay along all the -fences leading to the place challenging ap proaching voters, and turning them back if they intended voting the Union ticket.. Not a loyal man voted after they arrived. A Un ion man just arrived from there says if he had ventured to protest he would have been killed. Immense crowds are on the street, and the excitement is quiet. - 11 o'clock. The Radicals are beaten, but they Are more radical than ever, and their spirit is unbroken. The Legislature is large- ly Democratic, and it is believed that Swann will convene it at an early day. The streets are entirely quiet. . Public morals must be at a low ebb. when a Senator in the Congress, of the United States advises the people that they should . swear to a lie in order to obtain the privil- -ege of voting. ; ' . The result, pon the whole, of these elec tions has been to maintain if not increase the Republican majority in Congress. The next Congress, which will commence the 4th of March, 1867, will be more decidedly Repub lican than the present It is -reported in the New York Herald, that the President-contemplates submitting ' to Congress a proposed amendment to the Constitution, not to vary materially from the pending amendment We trust something may be done to ensure harmony between the. President and Congress. The President may rest assured that the governing el&ss in the recently insurgent States are not disposed, even to carry out his plan in .good faith , mnch less to accept any terms ; proposed by Congress. He has already shown great kind ness and forlearance towards the Southern States. They have abused his kindness and ; forbearance. Let him put his foot down, and require them even to carry out his plan, and be will soon see what material they are made of Let him try it, and it will be as if he had roused a nest of hornets. The Spirit of Lawless! ess. Some of our Eastern exchange are com plaining of the spirit of lawlessness in their midst. It seems there are organized bands of robbers in the Eastern part of this State white men who sometimes disgaise them selves and prey especially on Union men and negroes. Farms are plundered, houses are robbed, horses and mules are stolen and carried off, and in bouie instances violence is committed on white persons and negroes - We learn that in some localities the colored people are afraid to own horses r cattle, or even the corn and bacon which they have produced. Farms occupied by .Northern men have been plundered, and those who have rented the farms. to them are .threatened with punishment. ... Our County Conrts are held for one week every three months, and our Superior Courts for one week every six months. The Courts for the most part, wehaveno donbt, perform their whole duty:; but it is apparent that the civil authority is not adequate to the protec tion of life and property in the localities re ferred to. The reconstructed 'SUte govern ment of North-Carolina is a failure in this respect, as well as in others. 'His lawless ness will continue, unless something shall be done to punish law-breakers of iJ grades in the most summary and exemplary manner. The- people of this State, of all classes and cojore,:have a right to expect the fullest and most thorough protection to.tbeir persons and property. We are told that -we have peace, and that'tiw. prevails. But thieisnotso. . White Unionists and negroes-are mot protec ted as they should be, and.thereM no ground .for hoping they will be, as long as the pres-OTtordep-of .things shall exist. - ' ' - Mueh of this lawlessness is tie result of that immunity from punishment enjoyed by those " coascious traitors" who involved our people in war, and who now stubbornly re fuse to submit -to the .national ;aathority. Bad men of Row degree see .that Hie big men 'have escaped punishment' for lieir crimes, and they very naturally conclude that they can also run a career of crime, and at last evade justice. ' Many of -these heading men, and the newspapers they control,lso add to this spirit of .lawlessness 'by aaeering at Union men, by ignoring the civsl rights of the colored people, and hy exciting a mean, malicious, and unmanly prejudice against the Northern people. Whemthejiirit of law-: dessness is so general, neither thesegular army aor the Freedmen's Bureau .can Afford ade-' quato protection The remedy must go deeper .than any temporary interposition or occupation by the military.' Xhd cancer of treason must be pulled' out byithe wots. The law must be executed, against 'big criminals as well as little ones, or the -former muBt at least be placed in axondition whese they will be powerless. ; Congress will meatin Decern-, bcr. It will then be tor that body to decide whether it wijl -establish permanent order and security in the Sonthera Statea, by put ting them on a strictly1 loyal 'baas, or, neg lecting or postponing to do-so;lat Uiem drift stillinrtherand still deeper into tac breikers of anarehy and lawlessness.. Jrt;Al --.t- Congress will assemble on iUeifint Mi judaj in .next month. . -; " Affairs in Baltimore. - '"'We stated in our last that Judge Bond had ' caused the new . Police Commissioners ap- pointed by Gov. Swann, to be arrested as disturbers of the peace. ' This action by & t firm and npVight Judge had the happy effect ' ot preventing a conflict of arms, as the new .. Commissioners were .engaged in enrolling ? and swearing in 2,000 special policemen, for the purpose of taking ' possession of Balti- more by forced. The Judge, in granting the writs to arrest these persons, said:- .. " As the State Attorney for Baltimore City it is your duty to bring to the notice of the Court the Terr grave facts you have jus mentioned.' It is the only tribunal here charged with the punishment1 of crime and the preservation of the peace. Whatever power it has for these purposes should be immediate'.y invoked and exercised to pre vent violence, which yon suggest is contem plated, it is not our duty to determine the questions in dispute between those claiming to the office of Police Commissioners, but it ought not to be truthfully said that in a Gov ernment so long established as that of Mary land the only way to obtain possession of an office is by force of arms. The courts are open. An appeal to them can be speedily heard and all official rights determined This course must be pursued. - An array . of force for any purpose of this - kind is an un lawful assembly. The parties engaged in it are guilty of a breach of the peace, and must be immediately arrested. All the power - of tins Court shall be exercised with vigor and promptness to prevent such a violation of law, and the public peace shall be preserv ed at all hazards. The fact that persons claiming: rightfully or wrongfully to be Po lice Commissioners are about to place persons on the streets as police otlicers, charged with the duty of pa-serving the public peace, is calculated to alarm the public mind. The dread of collision between the two forces, and of ultimate armed conflict, will fill the minds of peaceable and order-lovinir citizens with terror. It is impossible that this should be allowed if the law can prevent it, and the warrant you ask 1 shall issue." - l no excitement in Baltimore was very great A correspondent of the Tribune says : 44 To-day the excitement has greatly subsi- j.., i .i . y iicu, ami mougu luousnnus oi citizens are grathered in crowds near Holiday-st. Thea tre ami the newspaper ottices, the most per fect order prevails. Peace is preserved rath er than maintained. An Army officer of hish rank present in the .city remarked that h never witnessed such deep and intense feel ing as was manifested yesterday, and never saw a high excitement kept under such per fect control. For this very great credit is due to the Mayor and Police Commissioners and their excellent force. No city in Amer ica has a better system than Baltimore, and at the present tiuie it is blessed generally with a greater degree ot public order. Dur ing the administration of tlie present police. wuo succeeded tue lorce ot the notorious Kane, none of the violence of former years nas been seen, notwithstanding the large in- namatory elements constantly present. Yes terday the excitement was at a high pitch nearly all dav, and the pent was felt to be imminent All parties seem to have co-oper ated with the police to avert it It was tult that a pistol shot fired with effect in the most crowded neighborhoods might and probably would result in a destructive riot and it is a remarkable fact, that with 10,000 constantly on the streets, consisting of exas perated soldiers lrora both the . Rebel and Union armies, secessionists, emancipated radicals, conservatives, police and ripraps jostling against each other all day, three fourths of them armed to the teeth, filled with the most opposite purposes and excited by tue most bitter passions, not a single blow was struck anywhere. All parties saw the impending danger and each man put an ex tra moderation on bis lips and an extra guard upon his hand. Prudence seems to have been combined with courage in every movement of the police. They displayed no weapons but were constant in vigilance. A dozen or fifteen arrests were made, but for riotous threats and tendencies, and not for any violent demonstration. The boys in blue, numbering some 2,000 in the city, of fered their services to the Mayor, but they -were not accepted as an organization. Mst of them, however, were mustered in as spe cial police, among them their commander and President, Major-Gen. Dennison, who commanded the loyal Maryland Brigade and lost his right arm at Spottsylvania. Gen. Wooley was also on duty as a police officer.. The boys in blue" were commanded to avoid eveiy unnecessary act or word that could possibly provoke a collision." Amritof habeas corpus was sued out for the imprisoned Commissioners, and the whole matter is to lie judicially investigated and settled. We repeat, it is obvious that bloodshed thus far has been prevented by the prudence, firmness, and caution of the existing loyal City ' government, and the 'j prooapt discharge of duty by Judge Bond. I .The country also owes much to Gen. Grant I for his frequent visits to Baltimore to pre serve the peace. He gave excellent advice, which was followed by the loyalists of Bal timore. ; :' ; . It is stated that the Copperheads have ear ned Maryland.' This report may be true, but we doubt it." ' It is better, when in a strait, to take what two can get than to wait and take the worst This maxim applies just now. with much farce to the Southern States. Many of our people subscribe to this maxim, and a major ity would, but for the hope that they will get All they demand. , The next Congress will dissipate this hope. But it is impossible to convince the majority of this fact. "Ephraim is joined to his idols; let him alone." - - '. .,'.' .' -: '' ; ' - M Te would be dopes and madmen, and ye arr,n When the worst comes, as it certainly will, y remember our warning. . Do not hold us re- ponsible tor wnat is in reserve tor you. we tried in vain to save you from the wrath to came, but you would have your own way. We have , 'warned you faithfully, and yon Shave reviled us for it We shall not 44 laugh ai your calamity, nor mock when your fear cometh," but it will come, if you reject the Howard amendment, as certainly as that the son 'will rise to-morrow. ; Remember I o.T ' To hear the governing class among us talk, Congress is-not a circumstance to our Leg iilatur., ;'.; : i Potatoes. Wears indebted to Governor Worth for a fine specimen, tweet potato grown on his premises. It is a good repre sentative of onr good old Governor ; it is as sound as a nvt and as true as a die. Sentinel .' The heading of the above article "Pota toes" ia calculated to mislead.1 r It appears that there was but one potato presented to onr neighbors as a specimen of the Govern-' or'scrop. ' '" ', But leaving this discrepancy ont of view, it seems to us that this must be a new spe cies of the connokulu batatas, as it is said to be " as sound as a nvt and as true as a dU.n We know our worthy Governor is very much given to slips. .. He gave us the slip in 1865, and we have been watching him ever siuee. But if he has any thing new in this line, as we are led to believe he has from the rfescrip tion of his potato given in the Sentinel, we think he owes it to tbe'public to submit to a "divide." A potato as 14 sound as a nut and as true as a die," must indeed be an esculent to be prized. That it is so. we have the word of our neighbors of the' Sentinel. . We have, never known them to mislead their readers, or to' misstate any thing. Indeed, their statements are always so correct that they invariably adhere to them, no matter what may be urged to the contrary ; a pitch of excellence which few people attain in this world. It must therefore, be true that this potato is 44 as sound as a nut and as true as a die.n We wish we could see some of the other potatoes raised by his Excellency. It maybe that they vary somewhat in struc ture and qua ity from this potato. If so, the fact should be duty stated when the Gov ernor goes again into his slips for tho benefit of his friends. A friend at our elltow suggests, that as the next Legislature will no doubt involve itself in a heated discussion on the Howard amend ment, it would lie well if the Governor would send in a potato to each House in the midst of the discussion, as a means of allaying the excitement " The potatoes might be sent in on nicely prepared chips from the public woodpile; and the Editors of tho Sentinel could stand, one at each door, to judge of the structure and quality of the article. Such a message, delivered at the proper time and with becoming seriousness, would operate like a charm on the two Houses. Ox Drr. That a negro regiment is to be brought to this City, in the course of a few days, tor the purpose of bemz mustered out We sincerely hope that the rumor is without foundation. SeutineL . If negro regiment should be mustered out here, it is fair to presume that the Gen eral in command will see to it that they con duct themselves properly, should they show a disposition not to do so. Wherefore this attempt to excite prejudice against colored men ? These colored troops, if mustered out here, will probably trade in our stores and shops, and leave a considerable amount of greenbacks among ua. If Mr. Davis and Gen. Lee had succeeded in their efforts to enlist negro troops under the Confederate banner, and if the Con fed erate cause had prevailed, we should have heard nothing against, but much in favor of colored troops. The colored Confederate veteians would have been set free, bounties would have been given them, and they would have been much more respected in the South than the white Unionists, if indeed the latter had been allowed to live. These secession leaders, who are engaged in exciting an un worthy prejudice against colored men and thus keeping up a state of war between the North and South, were very willing, towards the close of the - rebellion, to owe what they would have called their liberties to the valor of the colored man. Mr. Davis recommended negro troops, and the proposition was discussed by the' so called Congress in secret session. The pro position was- to conscribe the able-bodied blacks, as they had the whites, and bnt for the fact that it was perceived to be too late to effect anything by it, it would have been done. . The Sentinel, of this City, speaking of the admitted and growing spirit of lawlessness in this State, says : " . "Something must be done, and quickly done, or Peace will be more disostrious to the social weal even than War." ... -. So t'aras the honest,, well-disposed people of i d"8 State are concerned, they are at peace. They cultivate and cherish the things that make for peace. But the Sentinel and its followers are at open war "with the North ' Anrl mtifli . I r. n.linn.l - Ai'fll'IIHLant J-1 1 nnlit difference being that they are wielding the pen instead of the sword. The bitterness of feeling they evince in this war, is more in tense than that displayed during the actual conflict of arms." ' ; The spirit of lawlessness commenced in 1861, and those for whom the Sentinel speaks have pandered to and increased this spirit ever since. The Editor we admit, began well, for they were Union men in 1861 ; but they fell away by degrees, until now they are more bitter and thorough in their disunion sentiments than many original secessionists. We would vote to-morrow, for example," with much more cheerfulness for Gen. Cox than we would for either of the Editors of the Sentinel. Edward D. . Maksfield, LL.D., the well known ; correspondent- of the New York Timesi under the namo of 44 Veteran Observ er," has been selected to deliver the oration at Princeton College the next Commence ment 5 Dr. M. is the author of thr Life and Times of the late Gen. Scott ' i . -t ? . . ' . -''! : ' Amusing. -To hear old Whigs rejoicing over Democratic viotories. " 44 Misery makes strange bedfeUows." , . . -. ; ',-.- " - The Legislature of this State will meet in his . City on the third Monday of thia month.' '-..,-. -'....'', The Late. Elections. , .Elections took place onTuesday last in the 1 following States : New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Illinois, J Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri, ' and Kansas. New York elected a Governor, a Lieutenant Governor, 81 Congressmen,-128 ; Assemblymen,' who are to choose a Senator to succeed .Hon. Ira Harris. ; Massachusetts' elected State officers and 10 members of Con gress. New Jersey elected a State Legisla ture and 6 members of Congress. Delaware elected State officers and 1 member of Con--gress. Maryland elected a State Legislature and 5 members of . Congress. , Illinois elec ted State officers and 14 members of Con gress. Michigan elected State officer ami 6 members of. Congress. . Wisconsin elected 6 members of Congress. ..Minnesota elected States officers and 2 members of Congress. Missouri elected State officers and 9 members of Congress. Kansas elected State1- Officers and 1 member of Congress. v' ' ' It was supposed the contest would be very close in New York. . . The New York Tribune of Monday claimed that if the majority for Mr.' Hoffman, ' Copperhead, should not . be more than 40,000 in- New York City, Mr. Fenton, the Republican candidate for Gov nor, would be elected.'- Hoffman's majority in the City is 46,425. - - '". " ' We are indebted to our neighbors of the Doily Progress for the following returns by telegraph: - , . Elections North. . ' Baltimore, Nov. 6. Returns from the elections indicate a conservative majority in this city. The whole legislative conservative city ticket has been elected. J. L. Thomas is probably defeated by Archer . in the 2d Congressional district Phelps is re-elected to Congress in the third district ' Later. Without hearing from other por tions ot the State, the result of the election in this city indicates that the democrats and conservatives nnited will have in the next legislature fifteen senators - to nine republi cans, and in the house fifty-five representa tives to twenty-five republicans, a clear ma jority on the joint ballot of thirty-six. Boson, Nov. 6. Bullock's (rep.) majority for Governor will be alwut 70,000. The re pul ilicans have ele ted eleven Congressmen a full delegation. Butler has nearly 5,000,aad Banks 0,000. . . . New Jersey, Nov.. 6 Moore (rep.) is elected to Congress in the 1st district. There are large republican gains in the State. Mor ris county gives 600 majority for Hill, (rep.) for Congress, over Rogers, democrat. . . Newark gives Halsey, (rep.)' for Congress, 1,500 majority. Washisoton, Nov. 6. 11:30 p. m. Re turns from New York are very meagre and gives no definite idea of the result Private dispatches from prominent democrats speaks hopefully. It is claimed that ' Hoffman has over 43,000 majority in New York city. A summing up of majorities thus far received is thought in private dispatches to indicate a majority for the conservatives in the State, of from 5,000 to 10,000. The interior is yet to be heard from. It is stated that a full democratic delegation is elected in the city of New York. " Latest. Hoffman'smajority in New Yory is 46,423, and one district to hear from, which will probably increase this. . D not want to Return. ' Many of the Northern journals seem to be under the impression that the governing class at tlie South desire to return to the Un ion. This, is a mistaken impression. The following from the Richmond Examiner, will show the feeling which prevails in this re spect: 41 In the other Northern States the Radicals hold their own. We interpret this as show ing that a majority of the Northern people at this time are unwilling :hat the south shoi Id participate in the Government with out consenting to the most injurious and de grading terms. This tact has been tor some time perfectly well understood at the South. Its confirmation by these elections will not produce a scintilla of excitement among our people. We have, in many districts, sent to Washington individuals who could 44 take the oath," as they said. The continued ex elusion of these persons from their seats is not a wrong that excites our special resent ment : As to those who could not take the oath, we consider them much better engaged at borne in attending to their business pur suits than in such a Congress as the present or the future. In a word, we bow to the re sultant! wish our Northern brethren much joy in the sole and undisturbed possession of t he Government, in managing- which they have shown, s . much wisdom, moderation and public virtue." . When we speak of the governing ehss, we mean the old political leaders of the South, who represent the decaying but still power ful oligarchy. All other classes in the South are at present only tolerated." f hey have no power. This governing class would conde scend to return to the Union on their ' own terms, but they will never go back willingly on the terms prescribed by the national gov ernment. ; The Wilmington Journal is mistaken ' in supposing that we desire to " intimidate the Southern Legislatures into the adoption of the "Howard amendment"' We" have no hope that it will be adopted. A large ma jority of the members of these bodies are solemnly pledged against it ' They could not vote for it now,4f they-would. If they should vote for it, in the face of their solemn pledges, they would at once forfeit the re spect and confidence ot all honorable persons. ;C No, the Southern States, under the lead of disaffected and ambitious leaders, are going to do as they pleas e cow, as tbey did in 1861 ' The consequences of such action can. not fail to be disastrous. - All we ask is, that it be understood and borne in mind that we 'are not parties to this new folly." We seek to 41 intimidate" no one. ' . ' . - Union men here, as in the days of the rebell ion, have to 44 sing low" and walk a chalk line. An unconditional Union man is a " Radiual an infamous Abolitionist? a mean white man." ; The Northern people did a big thing when they thought tbey had " suppressed the rebellion." ' What are they going , to do about Ut ; v :'" ;; ..'-.- -. , We assure the Editors of the Sentinel that we have no idea of voting for either of them or for Gen. Cox. They do not want our vote, and Gen. Cox does not need it. ' -We refer red to these gentleman only by way of com parison. Gen. Cox was. an original secess ionist He went into the war and fought - like a man for his' prnciples' He was van quished, and surrendered in good faith.:- He sees and regrets his error. He submits in good faith to the national authority, and re cognizes the right of the government to res tore the Union on its own terms, just aa he did when he surrendered. ; . He is a gentle man and a man of honor, and when; he tells as this we believe him. We have ob served his course since the surrender, and find that his acts agree with his professions. Bnt the Editors of the Sentinel were once Union men. They nest became vindictive war men. They turned upon their old Un ion 'friends and persecuted-"them. They branded them as traitors to the Confederacy, and they encouraged those who. shot and hanged them because they would not, like them', desert their principles. When Gear Sberman reached here tbey fell on their fe ces, with their months - in the- dust, and swore that they had submitted in good faith to the national government They have since broken that solemn pledge. - They now boast of theirtreason. . They say Union men were cowards, lecause they wanted peace on the basis of reconstruction. And they are constantly engaged in rendering the people discontented with their condition, and in exciting them against the government- Therefore we say we have more confidence in an original secessionist, who has seen his error, and has h n stly submitted to the government, thai. W have in them. Death of Henry D. Turner. We regret to announce that this venerable and worthy citizen, long a resident of Ral eigh, departed this life tin Tuesday, 6th. Mr. Turner was in the 70th year of his age. He had suffered lung, but he was patient and resigned. He is sincerely mourned by many relatives and friends. , - - The deceased was ajnodel of integrity. He was prompt and methodical in his business transactions, and strictly honest,. ... In this re spect, as well as in respect of his personal vir tues, we commend his life and example to the imitation of the rising generation. He was followed to the grave by a large num ber of our citizens, his funeral sermon having been preached by the Rev. J. M. Atkinson, ot the Presbyterian Church. The stores and other places of business were closed during the progress of the funeral services, as a mark of respect to his memory. - - Mr. Beecher on 44 The Prospect." The conclusion of Mr. Beecher's recent speech in Brooklyn shows how; completely he has re-' turned into full communion with the domi nant party. It is as follows :'."., the prospect. ; . And now. fellow-citizens, not to draw upon your patience unduly, let me say that it seems to me that we are drawing very near to the consummation toward which we have been steering. The night, I think, is far spent, and the day is at hand. By tokens sure as thunder in the skies we know what the ver- diet of the people is to be. We know who are to hold power for the next two years. (Cheers. J We know and rejoice in it, and we could have never doubted sot, however, in the Democratic sense. Laughter. I deem it important at this time that the tes timony of the North should be Given with a volume, a vastness and a decisiveness that shall admit of no misunderstanding, and that when they who represent the peo ple again take their places it - shall be with all the North behind them and endorsing them. It is a good lesson for the South. It is a good lesson for those among them that mizht be mischief-makers. It will do no harm to them who are not mischief-makers. When once our power is gone we can then have onr own atneisms among ourselves. There is a right to diversity of opinion in the Republican party.; We have a .right to dis- cusss the expediency ot measures. But whenever thev have been settled and deter mined upon, then it is onr duty to stand hand in hand, and shoulder to shoulder, and with locked step and unbroken ranks to go forward, and to maintain the government of the country. v :. . - y . -Tennessee. " -' : ; ' Meeting of the Legislature-Gov. Brownlow's ; "; ' ', -;' Message. .:. . Nashville. Nov, 4. The adjourned ses sion of the Tennessee Legislature convenes to-morrow. There will not. be a quorum for a couple of days ; full returns have not yet lieen received of the election on Thursday. Enough is known to indicate a Radical gain of four members. , The Legislature will stand nearly as follows : Senate, 18 Radicals to 8 Conservatives; House,. 50 Radicals to 84 Conservatives. ...... ; -. - . There will be a respectable number from each of those parties, who will earnestly fa vor uuiversal amnesty and universal suffrage. This political doctrine is making consider able headway here, a number of prominent Rebels being equally in favor of it . Gov, Brownlow arrived here to-day. .It is under stood his message will advocate negro suf frage, but perpetual disfranchisement for all Rebels.. , , -; . ..;.'- - Tlie Hon. Meredith P.: Gentry died lln Nashville a few days since. Simeon Draper, of New York, is also dead. . ; , ' ! ' ' ' m " ' ''?- ' ' Stephens and the Conttitatlonal Aatead ' . . . . .;. ; meat. .. . ; ' MaLEDOEvrLLE, Nov. 4. The Hon. A. H. Stephens, in a private letter to a gentleman in thin city, incidentally .alludes to a state ment published in a Northern journal re garding himself and brother in the matter of the constitutional amendment, and character izes it as i utterly '.without foundation. He thinks the Legislature should reject the amendmc'ntj)rouvptly.ii(,cs- v ; , The Union . must be- reconstructed. Mr, Stephens is in the way r of this work, but re fuses to get out. of the. way. We onoa re garded Mr. Stephens as a disinterested patriot- Liverpool, Nov. 5. Cotton . firm ; sales 16,000 bales ; Middling Upland 15Jd. - - Steward Imaics j Astiah. Jam H.- Moore, Esq., has beeh , appointed Steward of the State Insane Asylum, in place of Rufus ; X Ferrell, Esq;4 resigned.',: This ia an excel- ' lent appointment Mr. FerrelL .voluntarily retires after many years of valuable service..; The ExDoetod Meteoric fibower la 1U- '. .;; ,.;; veaiber.. : T The public Vhaa been advised jbr aom '-, time, hy the papers, that : on or about ; the 12th, 14th or 16th of .November, proximo, a grand meteoric display, tueh has not been witnessed since 1833, would occur,' We leam, through the National Intelligencer, that Pro fessor Ferguson, of the NaUonai ObservBto- , ry, is making arrangements to, take scientific ;; observationi on the expected phenomena : ; Tbe Washington paper lurnwbe .interesting data on. the subject a portion of which we. ' subjoin as possessing no.little interest In con- nection with, tue nearness or tne aawpatea 'display : . , - . .. .'" The appearanee of shooting stars it quite ; common, nut to tne montns - ot August ana . November of each year they are aeon ia great-.;.; er nuralerB, generally about 10th of August and 12th ot .November. . llie great meteoric ; shower of 1790 seems to have drawn the at-';.' tention of astronomers more particularly to ; this subject,and from that time' to the recur? .,: rence of the meteoric showers in ,1833, and '. up to tlie piesent day, , they have been en deavoring to refer the "different, phases and characteristics of the phenomenon to known laws, and to establish the exact anniversary . of its appearance... - - - . .. ; - .--' ; '' ; Thus tar the more brilliant or oiese mete oric showers have; occurred at . intervals of . . thirty-three years ; that of 1838 waa especial-. ly distinguished by the immense numbers of " moving meteors to be seen at ; onoe, and for - ' the remarkable size and splendor of many of them. . Among the myriads ot. blazing me- u.. teors visible, on that occasion;: one was seen " at several pi ices of this, continent "It waa recognized by several observers by its extra- ' ' ordinary size and brilliancy. as well -as hy ;. the length ot time its train remained .visible, ' which was about ten minutes. The luminous train seemeil to follow the meteor . in. a ser pentine course and finally tlisappeared in a -vast nebulous cloud, many times larger than . the moon, and which continued to move on- ward with a velocity greater than the clouds, j The meteoric displays, of 175W and 1888 ' . were characterized by the fall of meteorites, '', which, rushing towards the surface -of the ; earth with a loud noise, penetrated beneath - -it several feet The periodicity of these star -ry showers is not so definitely., , ascertained -with regard to the day as the year. rThey ; occurred to a greater or. less degree- in the -months of August and Nvemler, from 1833 . to 1839 ; but t he. most rwnarkaMe of them appeared on the 12th. or November, , or be tween that day and the 14tb.. ..-,) '.; ? -j The next apearance of the meteoric phe nomenon, therefore, ia expected.-on or about - the 13th of next montii. The olservationa of astronomers have demonstrated that tha '' shHting Btars are more numerous between . miebjigbt and sunrise, and. the majority of . them agree in fixing the radiant point--that : point in which the. lines -described by the meteors in their flight center in the constel . lation Leo, limiting the area of radiation to the immediate vicinity of Regulus,in the neck of the lion. Others assign the radiant point to the constellation Orion,'." t; ' : ; The theory most generally accepted in ac counting for the regular occurrence of mete-,. oric showers is that an unusual aggregation'' of these asteroids exist in the plane which is ' . reached by the earth at that . point of its or- ; . bit, and through which the earth : is several hours in passing, although observations have -; . not been sufficiently numerous to establish . the exact period of the earth's arrival at this ' part of its orbit. -. During the flight of me ; teors in November, 1833, much apprehen sion was manifested from the fear j that one. or more of these asteroids would coma into collision with the earth ; but hitherto na dis- ' ; astrouf. consequences have ensued - fro n this : grand celestial display, and although -there ,- is some reason to believe that an event . of ' this kind is possible, scientific men -unite in the opinion that such a calamity is not with in the bounds of probability. ; ' - 7 Lawlessness Rampant. " We regret to see the spirit of lawlessness '.-" so rife in North-Carolina, as it ia at present ; . . and though we may lay ourselves liable to -the rehearsal of an; oft told tale wewill ". , again bring it prominently before our people. . - "..This spirit must be put down, r Murder, ar- v ; son, highway robliery and general dontruc- - - . " . tion of property, are crimes of blackest mag- : . nitude, of which North-Carolina has -long v been' comparatively guiltless; and she owes " 'X: . it to her fair fame to prevent the continued. ' ' recurrence of such acts of villanyi ':- .. The perpetrators of these outrages -most - -; bo bronght to justice. : It can be done with- J ' out military interference; but Unless tha civil :, ; authorities bestir themselves, and - the-test ' , ' men of every locality render aid, ws ftantha- ' military will again be sent among uiannK ' here. - .'' . : a. -c.-: -r, v i"J ' ' ; - Crimes such as have- been ; committed among us for the last twelve months, were almost : unknown before the war and al-. though we are now far belt iod many bt ; : States, in the catalogne of crime, we- have made such rapid strides in that directioK re- ; i cently, as to lead the true lover of the State . to mourn over the degeaeraey and evil ofthe . j- , . times. ' : :v'f ; , ' ' We do not believe anything other than a, spirit of plunder actuate generally, the par- ' -: ties engaged in the nefarious transactions.-- The bunds are eompoaed ' -of the : worstr-vea ' ."", : of the several comm unities' ia whicli they are ' organized. Soma of them are donUleas ' around ns daily. They read the articles pen- ' : ned against them in the 'morning', papers; - r , they note the money paid to tlie maa who -1 sells his produee in market; tbey visit the ;? plantations and select tha "stock Jbr theft j, ..:.' -. and then give notice to their brother robteera of the information tbey have gathered,' tod : lay their plans for tha perpetrutiosv tb'a .- crime determined upon. :. "-" .-: VT.---They are no respecters af parsons, Theys 'V. j take all kinds of fish in their net, i To day . ; a negro is plundered, to-awrrow a noTtbarav " : man's farm is invaded, and ;his stock driven,. '. - off; while the day after the little which a, : ' Confederate offteer, or. soldier,' bar. aykd ; from the wreck is taken from hita,1"" ' Justice demands that these itlinn "ba 'r punished, surely, swiitly and every.PTteyv are doing, incalcnlaWc mischief mischief fcrV; . beyond the mere., injury which they inflict, from, time to time, upon individuals -whom " they plunder t The mischief they are "Work. . ; 4 ingw-iil surely reach" every person in : tne Bute. None can feel safe while they are) permitted ', to infest the - land, plundw tika -people, and invade the . sanctity- UT.Mtfh . . ' homes. It tteds but a prompt energatio -. move on the! part of our people to- bring these men to punishment Will they not