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rBIHAYrXOYEMISEU 15, 187 .
lle l'olley of tH (iovprmnplil.
lur years ago President (ii:NT began
i.is Administration of the ( hner -ninent with
the declaration that " he bad no 'policy to
to enforce a-iinst the visiles of ilie
-people." '
Ift- announced, upon the reception e;f
tii.- ni-ws of his re-election, fhat. "lie will
endeavor so to shape hi.-s oilieial conduct
' as to meet Hi'' ex pedal ion of Hie country,
and to m.i'f the people in sf longer bonds
of peace.
if he allows the ni"-'!. malignant advisers
of his t ai ly to define t.o.v tin expei'tatioii
... the jK-ojiIe," as he. did
it,.- J pie " four years
th
ishos of
Tear that
tin- policy of
the A lniiiii.s i a! ion towards
i .' iSlJlit h
ill not, le softened hy l ime, it
;i Is: not shatnened hy tiveiwln lni
eg suc-
CSS.
IXoie the re-election of Pre.-ident
Ii:.M, hut alter I hat event was ceila'udy
f avshadnwed hy tlie result of the Octoher
, ! -tion.i, lhe New York ll'iahl said :
iVe Khali keep a sharp eye upon Con-
icos, an. I shall watch jealously fur a re
versal of all those laws by which the
jv.nthcrn States are now distinguished
pom the Northern States, and subjected
?o Kei'icial interference, direct or indirect,
,ii their local governments. We shall call
General Gkant for such a broad,
i -mpreheiisive, liberal treatment of the
S..;itli as will cll'eelually blot out all re
semblances of the var of the rtheliion, all
resentments between the sections and
races, and make us. hi heart as well as in
name, the people of the United Stales'
The New Orleans 'Picayune, comment
ing upon this paragraph from a recent
leader of the Herald, admits the policy of
the Jhrald to be excellent, but considers it
quite too good for either General Gijant
; any other man to cany out. It is a
policy which seems to suppose that men
are mete automatons, to be made by gov
ernment just what government ordains;
and that interest is all in the auctions of
men. It ignores our spiritual nature, vith
ail iis high and burning sensibilities and
pa-:sions. "Riot out all resemblances cf
the war of the rebellion!" "all resent-,
incuts between the sections and raevs, and
make us in heart, as well as in name, the
people of the United States.1' Does the
lb raid remember the words of Macbeth?
;imt-t tliiui Hduiiiiister to a ininl tligca?s'd ;
i-hu-k tu. 111 tbe memory :i rot.teil surmw ;
tiai-i.- inn ilrj written tablet of Hie ttrain ;
Ami with some sweet oblivious !i.r.ti lotc,
Ckuiise the fetuileit besom lioiu the perilous
tint'
Whii-h weighs uion the heart?"
Justice and free govenrnent, continues
the Pic.iyvnc, the North can give to the
Smth when they jestore it to themselves--but
the allections of the people are beyond
its control. These, vith their clinging
sympathies, ave as often the result of the
pastas of the present. AH the lost fra-
ternily anil aflectiou between the North
and the South all "the resentments be
t .een the sections and races" are the
creations of eighty years cf intercourse,
including the last decade.
Man's moral nature is so constituted
that it is impossible for him to love what
is hateful, or to confide in what lie has
iMind untrustworthy. Generations of
kindly inlet cour se, reciprocal benefactions,
and desvrvi d confidem e, cau har dly bring
t he people of the North and South into
harmonious identity. The characteristics
of the people are too different the cou
nts between them too terrible and the
hate engendered too dire (blazing out in
tii" North far more than in the Sotilli)
for any reasonable statesman to hope for
anything more than a rcs:ectftd toleration
.-i 'each other, ai d a luci dly commercial
iiiteicoiiie. Interest will aid to keep them
teethe: , pivvided the jjovet nnient which
l.iml.s them together is free. Ihtt the gov
ernment of the Unite 1 Mates is not a free
v.vei nmenl ; ami amongst Use vaiioup
policies laid down by the lit raid, "to
v hi il.c on in t.e:ni .-14 well :is i;i inline the
people f the Ignited Slates" the great,
ll e controlling, the only insti tiinentality
by which this result an be li'ecied, is en
'i:i ly omitted -a fie; government, which
all the people of the United Stales can
embrace and love. At present, ithe South
ern people ee in the government of the
United States, as the Northern people have
m ule it, an irtesponsible, arbitrary despot-i-in,
enough of itself, if t here w as nothing
rune, forever to repel the sections asunder.
Kvi-ry item of" the things the Jh rald com
plains of are the direct fruits of "this des
potism. It is this which has spread over
ihu land a moral darkness worse than the
physical darkness ef Egypt. It is this
which is eating out of the he-aits of the
IK-ople all aspirations for a pure and just
government, and renders vice respected
when tiiumphaut by corruption. It is
(his which makes it decent and fashiona
ble for Senators in Congress and distin
guished Americans abroad, to accept the
hospitalities tf a fugitive thief hospitali
ses I'm i.i-hed at the expense of the tax
payers of Georgia, which is announced to
the country as follows :
Ex-(;overnor liuli j,-k entertained Sena
tor Sumner and a large party of distin
guished Americans a', a d jaiitrr at his res
idence in the Champs Ely sees last week-
It is this which, scorning the people,
hudils up its power in a money oligarchy
as unscrupulous and remorseless as lioruan
impel iahsm, or the inquisition of tho mid
dle ages. Enthroned ia a majority in
f'ongiess, it has made the legislation of the
United States nothing but expedients of
legislative robbery and hate building up
vast monopolies on the one hand, and with
the other hairassing the St uth twith the
lonlett and must degrading tyranny. So
b..n. II... T f II . . '
i ur! iienuu supports sucn a goveiu
ernment, let it spare ils counsels for a re
newed harmouy between the North and the
South. The antagonism is between politi
ticdl liberty and a consolidated despotism
the constitution our fathers gave us, and
the constitution the North has imposed
upon us by fraud and military force.
Chant, tyrant that he is, by nature is noth
ing. The corruption which bloats am
festeis in the government at Washington,
nolhing.
This is everything a free frov-
frnmeut !
free.
To be united, we must be first
Vol. 28.
In the lives of nations as in those of in
dividuals, there are moments of ciisis upon
which ham; their future destinies fur veal
or for voe. After following, f.jr up w arils
of seventy years, the straight course of
freedom and prospftiity marked out by the
founders of their (Joveinment, the Ameii
c in people reached the embranchment of
another route. Ily moving steadily in the
original direction by clinging to the pre
cepts and the traditions of their past, they
ccild have kept on ini'.cfinit. ly in the way
of happiness and liberty. They chose to
turn into the riiL'gt d and diflieuh path of
sectional hatred and coercion, and to stul
tify their own principles and history to an
extent hitherto unparalie.le 1. Four yeats
of war and seven years of pr -rsccutroti were
t'.ie fruits of lh( ir fatal deviation from the
path of rectitude. inf. the worst eonse
juenre Hut followed was 'he utter political
demoraiia' ion r I' the conquerors them-
sel
ves and their -jmplete iuditli'reuc-i to
political light and wrong. Having, fbr an
unjust, purpose, laid a saej ilegiotis hand
upon the ar te of the Constitution, they have
destroyed the prestige of its s.icredness,
and they w ill vainly look lo it t'u protec
tion against the despotic power which they
are consolidating fr their own future op
pression. Again, at this day, the American people
stand at the fork of two roads. The first,
by a tedious cir cuit over many a rough and
difficult ascent, and through many a miry
and unwholesome swamp, leads hack at
last into the straight rad from which they
never should have deviated. The second,
by a broad and rapid elr-scent, leads into
that same wilderness of elespotisin, rev
olution and anarchy, which has en
gulfed llexieo and the South American
Republics.
The choice must be made now, but it
has blindly been left to the choie? of the
President and his advisers. We can
not believe that the American people have
deliberately elected to yield up the best
part of their liberties, aud to establish a
strong centralized power which will hold
them subject to its will. Dut through ig
norance and indifference to their rights
and their duties, they are bringing about
the same result. In the days when the
Roman Republic had become only a name
the ruling classes abinlcned all care for
their fteedom and their country in their
greed for the plunder e f the comquered
provinces, and the "plebs"' clamor ed for
nothing more than "7 'uncm tl irc)Lett.,
The American people, (leaving out the
South, which has no voice in the matter,)
care only for the pursuit of wealth, and
ssein to be willing to submit to any gov
ernment that promises material prosperity
for the present moment ; and freedom is
in danger of ulteily perishing on this conti
nent through the thirst for gold and the
want of vigilance ef the people.
IfCenetal Grant were gifted with states
manship, we might hope that he would rise
to the height of the situation and make
himself an imperishable name as the re
storer of his country. Rut all the world
knows that his ideas of government are
just what might be expected cf a regimen
tal subaltern. He knows but two alterna
tives to employ hruta force, or "lo let the
machine run itself.'' He is the tool cf un
scrupulous and irresponsible advisers, who
have no care beyond their own selfish ends,
and who will at any7 time sacrifice the
dearest interests of their country to pocket
a few hundred thousand elolhus. We have,
therefore, every cause to fear that ail the
lof.y and generous considerations which
urge the adopti u of a state-manlike policy
for the net four years will be utterly ig
nored, nnd the country will be in a worse
condition in lbT'I th in it is now.
Rut yet our duty is plain. We must
neither despair nor gie up. We must
hold up and vindicate under defeat and
disaster the prir.-ciples of free government
which made this country what it once was,
and what it may become again when the
er rors ami passions of this generation shall
have passed away. The assertion will, no
doubt, be ridiculed by the ovei whelming
majority that rules the hour, but it is none
the less true. The defeated Democracy
are the sole representatives and supporters
of free government 0:1 this continent.
Their being in a small minority is no ar
gument against them, for so is the Church
of God a small minority of mankind ; and,
as in the days of old, the deliverance of
Israel depended upon those seven thousand
men w ho had never bent the knee toUaal,
so in the future the otdy hope for free in
stitutions rests in those who in this day of
tribulation and apostacy w ill hold firm to
the doctrines of the Constitution as it was
before the war.
Let us therefore gird on our armor and
resolve to light the good fight unto the end.
Let us strive to preseive all that can be
saved of local self government.
So long as the liberty of the "Commons"'
is not utterly crushed there is liope for the
future. England in the darkest days of
her despotism always maintained her mu
nicipal liberties and it is through their in
fluence that she shook off the yoke of
tyranny. Let us therefore struggle for all
that is left us, confident that when the peo
ple of the North begin to feel the weight
of the voke thev have laid unon them? elves,
thy will gladly return to the Constitution
cf our fathers.
jiryituu coal.
A feature new to the coal trade is the re-
port that Uie lias been quite a number of
orders received for Cumberland coal to be
shipped to points where English coal has
been used, and it 13 generally conceeled
that the trade is in a healthier condition
than at any previous time this year. Sev-
mvJ vffd liavA iilrf;!v lpft ltnrrfit tw u 1
with cargoes of soft coal fcr foie:gn conn-
tries, and ofheis are expected to arrive and
clear before the close of navigation.
Cheap liviii-
1 he cheapness of living iu Fiance is due
not only to the price of articles, but to the
simple and unostentatious manners of the
people. A writer in Fraser's Magazine
says that however small or reduced ths in
come of a genteel family in Fi ance, their
social position is not m the hast affected j
by their circumstances ; aud that the gen- j
eral diffusion of wealth shown by the j
French loan is owing to the economical
living and the thriftiness of the women, i
who generally participate in the business of
earning a livelihood. And then, when the
children marry, they continue to live under
the parental roof, as before, in one family,
thus reducing the expenses and holding
the families ia a sort ot communion until
both parents aic dead.
The yonderinl Presidential Election.
The Administration triumph is com
plete. T'e returns, as they tare received,
only record how overwhelming 13 the Lab-
oji norm, ii, J3 v, cuoin, paiauei. Ann 1
how strange!
Four yars sgo, when the country had
very re. eni ly emerged Irom a great civil
war; when the prejudices and passions of
the strif; weie ranklitig in the hearts of
the people, and i s wounds were still bleed
ing, the political paity claiming to repre
sent the conqueror?, put forward the great
hero ef the war as their Residential c-indi-elato.
On the other Jiand, the Democratic party
went into the contest under the charge of
exposition to the war; saddled certainly
w ith the sy mpathies of the defeated "rebvls";
in violent opposition the "reconstiucion
measure's' of Congress; and under a lead
er, w ho, if he had not been a peace Demo
crat, had, as Governor of New York,
thwarted some of the tyrannical measures
of the Federal Administration. And, too,
the candidate 2or Vice President, iqoii the
eve of his nomination, had declared his
will t oppose, with arms if necessary, the
Radical encroachments upon the lights ef
the States and tlje liberties of the people.
Under all these fortuitous circumstances,
aud w ith the absolute certainty that their
cause was hopeless, the Democratic party
was defeated only three hundred thousand,
in a total of more than five and a half mil-
ons of votes.
Four years have elapsed since then. The
prejudices and passions of the war should
lore assuaged, its wounds should le heal
ed. It is time that the "peace" angel of
the conqueiing general should, at least,
show the tips of her white wings. The
hero-soldier had elwhidled down to an ordi
nary, common-place, gift-takii g, hoise
racing Presideut, and his infirmities of ap
petite and taste showed him to be "no
better than he ought to he." Puritanic
New England, which had fallen down in
idolatrous reveience before the hero of
Vicksbnrg and Appomattox, had turned,
shuddering, from the halVuc of the tip
pling shops and race course of Long
Rratich. His party and the country re
cognized iu the successful soldier the
unsuccessful civilian. Under these circum
stances General Grant was renominated
tor the Presidency.
On the other hand, the Democratic par
ty had "accepted the situation." Its plat
form recognized the "reconstruction acts"
as the law ei the land. Nay, more, it
showed its faith hy its works. Uniting
w ith the foremost loaders of the Republi
can party, who had been driven from its
ranks by its disregaid of the Constitution
of the country, and its violent assaults
upon the libertie's of the people, the Dem
ocratic party pronouueed iu favor of a life
long opponent, for many years the most
able leader of his party.
With Horace Greeley for President, the
allied forces of the Democracy and the
Reform Republicans went into the late
contest with Reconciliation and Purifica
tion as the battle cry. And bthold the
result !
Defeat! Rout! Disaster! Not hotly
contcsteel. Not by three hundred thousand
voies. Six, seven, eight hundred thou
sand, probably a million of votes is the
dreary record which the telegraph aud
mails are daily scoring in our columns.
And why '.'
Can it be said that Greeley, and Sumner,
a id Trumbull, and Cuitin, aud Schurz,
aud Ranks, and Palmer, and a thousand
other Republican leaders, embracing most
of the brain and character of the party, are
merely political sore-heads, without canse
lor their quarrel with, and their separation
fiom, their party? Can it be that their
grave apprehensions for the safety of the
couutry are naught but the idle echoes of
disappointed ambitious Men do not ordi
narily sacrifice positions in the United States
Senate; do not abandou Foreign Mis
sions; elo not retire from Gubernatorial
chairs, for the sake of a silly and profitless
quarrel with their President and party.
Or can it be that these men do really ap
prehend danger do see a tendency in their
party to uproot and destroy the foundations
cf civil governniiut? Aud if so, why such
a paltry following ? Yesterday the most
careless expiession of Sumner and Ranks
was the accepted doctrine of the ruling
party iu Massachusetts. Yesterday Cur-
tin's name was the synonym of patriot
ism and popularity in Pennsylvania. Yes
terday the hundreds of thousands e f sol
diers fie-m Illinois, who followed Palmer to
victory, placed him triumphantly in the
Chair ef State. To-day their im'luence is
gone, their voices unheard, their warnings
disregarded and derided. And why ?
Is political Republicanism more popular
r.ow than four years ago ? Has President
Grant achieveel victories more renowned
than did General Grant ?
The Northern people want peace, so
they declare. And just here was the fatal
mistake made by the Liberals. They do
not want any " shaking of hands across the
bloody chasm" with "rebels." They want
restoration indeed, but not reconciliation.
Restoration pays taxes, produces revenues,
restores commerce. Reconciliation is a
barren, unprofitable sentiment, and with
- 1 ........ .. i 1
I whipped " rebels," it is loo trying lor ioyai
j uerVes. ' '
The elog-keniiel, the horse-stable, the
j race-course, tlie tippling-shops, have not
j . d b tbe ,.ious jCoith, as
altogether suitable resorts lor the "head
of the nation," nor has cigar smoking and
whiskey-di inking been thought to be the
chief aim of the President. But then
j amnesty tc the South, reconciliation with
j " rebe ls," 'bloody specteis of a new se-
cession, are yet greater evils. The time
has not yet come, and will it ever? when
this couutry can be carried upon the plat
form of reconciliation. Let the successor
of Mr. Greeh'y present his clenched fist,
aud not his tpen hand, to Southern
" rebels." In hoc signo vinc-es.
The Home Journal, of New York, says :
Lieutenant Fred. D. Grant, sou of Presi-
li-f ro T TT" 511 Vn ym O ! ii I A 1 it 7i i ! r rt
j the coming yoar to Mis3 Wright, duighter
of the iate General Wright, of the United
j .1tPo rmv
Ihmch asks: "Why is the man who does
j not b-'t as bad as a man who does?
cause he is no better. ,f
Bc-
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1872.
From the Kaleigh News.
Russell's SfiscArriasre.
Jiut'man. prouil man,
1 nesHeii in a little brief authority,
lost ignorant of what heTs most assured.
His giajisy ehsence, like an augry ape,
11 ays such fantastic tricks before high'
"Heaven,
As makes the angels weep.
Measure or Measure.
Wo copy elsewhere from the Wilmington
Journal a facetious article, giving the
feelings of the editors of that paper during
the progress ef the efforts of CantweH, th?
Radical Solicitor, and Russell, the Radical
Judge, to have the Journal indicted for
libel.
The Judge made thiee special charges
to the Grand Jury of New Hanover on the
subject, in which he told them that the ar
ticle in the JeuKNAL, charging Judge
Uond w itli being a seounelrel, was libelous,
and intimated that they would perjure
lh last-lves if they di I not lind a ime bill.
The Judge lost his temper in the mean
time, and hinted to the jurois that they
might bo committed lor contempt if they
disobeyed his instiuclions. He grossly in
sulted them and attempted to bully them
into measures.
Rut the wordy and diffuse Solicitor and
the prececious Judge utterly failed of their
purpose, for the indictment was not made.
We think the Journal right in treating
the matter facetiously. It was a faice, in
its stricte'St sense, and presents a tine sub
ject for a first e-lass humorous article.
'rtie idea of such men as Cantwcil and
Russell setting themselves up in North
Carolina as paragons ot judicial pro
priety and luminaries of the law Cant
well of cockade notoriety, and Russell, the
precocious Judge ! Such creatures as these,
by .the grace of Radicalism and negrei
votes, "clothed with a little brief authority,"
have made a ridiculous figure of them
selves, and are the laughing stock of the
public.
Russell and Cantwe 1 noblle fra
Iruii are remarkable men. Their at
tempt to break down the influence of the
Journal has recoiled upon their own
heads.
The Wilmington Journal is a brave,
fearless, independent paper, and laughs to
scorn the puny efforts of the brace of
Radical expounders of the law whose
names are mentioned above, to stifle its
voice or affect its rower. Itsiulluence will
be ft It long after the names of Cantweii !
and Russell have been forge tten unless
perchance they have achieved an immor
tality of infamy in their endeavors to over
throw one of the chief bulwarks of human
freedom a free and incorruptible press.
From the Hickory Taveri. Eag'e.
LIBERTY OF THE PRESS.
Again an attempt has been made to
prostitute the courts to subserve personal
and partisan malice. The late attempt of
Solicitor Cantwoll and Judge Russell, cf
the Wilmington District, to indict the editor
of the Wilmington Journal for libel, in
calling Judge Rood a Vxiioiindrrl,'' Is not
only contemptible and cowardly, but a
gross usurpation of pow er. The action of
the Grand Jury in returning "not a true
biff' in the face of the irate Judge, is a
manly vindication of their honor and pre
rotative, as well as a merited rebuke to a
vindictive and partisan Judge.
The Libeity of the Press, the right of
j public discussion, and the responsibility of
public functionaries, would be but vain
delusions empty sounus it partisan
Judges are thus permitted to prostitute the
courts and the grand juries of the country.
Hon. Thomas A. W 'ickliii'e, one of the
managers of the "Peck impeachment trial,"
in his bold an 1 masterly argument, before
the High Court of Impeachment, on the
loth day of January, 1827, hi speaking of
the liberty of the press, said :
"He tells you that 'it has been fvon time
immeraoiial, and ever will be the perpetual
decautatum on the lips of all libellers.' He
tells you that it must be restrained. Courts
of ja-ticj have their ideas of the true lib
erty of the press. Liberty of the press, of
speech, ar.u the trial by jury, r.re but the
hobbies of political demagogues. That its
licentiousness must bo restrained, &c.
What power, let me ask, shall attempt this
daring deed .' The executive cannot do it;
Congress has 110 power; both combined
darenot do it. They once tried it, but wo
unto the politician who shall again at
tempt to muzzle the press, er regulate
iis exercise. The attempt to do it has
recently cost erne monarch his throne,
and lighted a.l Europe in a blaze
and we are now gravely debating in
the'Anieriean Senate, thepowerof a district
ju-lge over the freedom of the press. If
the press is to be regulated and its licen
tiousness restrained, and its abuses pun
ished, in the name of high Heaven, confide
the power anywhere socner than m the
unbridled discretion of a w eak or wicked
jydge. The liberty of the press, whatever
it is is protected by the constitution, is
connected with the libeity of man, and
must not be and cannot be separated from
it.
Its tendency to licentiousness is better
borne than any attempts to restrain it by
any department of this government. I
have been taught to believe that the fiee
elom of the press consists in .the right to
publish truth with impunity, with good
: nn.l fVn- Tiiof i fi-i K'fi v1mI lir
iRULIVCOj fill 14 1 Jk jUOLlUttViv "Jov., !. Mvmvi
it respects govertmmt, magistracy cr indi
viduals." It is better to bear with licen
tiousness than to endanger its useful
ness by legislative or judicial restraints.
It is the sensitive plant in the garden of
freedom ; touch it by the rude hand of
power, and it withers. How much has it
done for human libeity in this hemisphere?
What is it not doiug for the causo of free
dom in the other ? What country can be
enslaved with a free press? Tyrants of
every grade fall and cower beneath its
powers; and shall we permit a district
judge, the least of cur judicial corpse, to
fetter and bind this mighty engine of free
dom in his judicial meshes? With a press
free and unshackled, my country whl re
tain her freedom. With it she has noth
ing to dread from the rude assaults cf
power, or the more slow approaches of
corruption. Usurpation by force or fraud
will meet exposure, so long as we protect
the freedom of the press.' ' '
Tlie Hast Days of Dan IIIcj'm t'elebr.
tea Horse Excelsior.
During the performances of Dan Rice's
Circus at Cincinnati, Ohio, during the week
ending October 19th, it wa's observed that
the old horse did not seem in his usual
spirits, and in attempting to go through his
usual performances would sink down ex
hausted. On the night cf the 19th he was
brought in the ring for the last. time. He
went through a pait of his performances,
but before it was half over he had to be
led out, trembling and scarcely able
walK. xur. ruce men, in a muo speecu,
which was full cf pathos, told the crowd
! that Excelsior, who had traveled with him
for the past eighteen years, and who wa3
almost a child to liim, could not live much
lortger. lie had been his constant ce m
panion, and hatl helped lain to make most
of the money lie nau i.aci euinag mat time.
Tin 1 -m'iI "liim nr.!- fVT tVia ca tvimIi aa tv
tr.i.msn tri:a q,..i i.nmon
tiiiopnrfi that he possessed, and now that
he was about to die he felt a Fang U1 his
- - ---- A.
heart as if he was indeed human, lhs old
horee, he said, wotild be taken to Mr. Con
nally's stable, on Raymiller street, where
everything that was possible would be elone
to make him comfortable, and when he
dieel he would have an honorable inter
ment. Tbo father of this horse, "Old
Excellsior," when he died at Baltimore,
many years ago, was hurled with great
pomp. At tha couclusiem of his speech,
tfie showman's eyes filled with tears, and
not a few of his auditors joined with him.
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PrcsiIenftinl.Elections of tne Past.
. The Philadelphia "Press,". In aerifica
tion over the great triumph of President
Grant, r ecalls all the elections of the past
to prove it to liare-been the most complete
popular endorsement ever raxuvetl by any
President. As the following historical
fj,c'i.s are interesting, we. copy them from
its aiticle :
To appreciate the fullness of the triumph,
let us indulge for a moment iu a brief ret
rospect eif the Presidential struggles aud
electoral votes of the past. In the first
election, at which only ten ot the States
voted, the choice of electors in all save one
(Virginia) was made by the Legislatures.
Of the sixty-nine electoral votes, George
Washington received every one. . In the
second election for Presideut, in 1792,
Washington again received all the electoral
votes. 130. In the third, at which he de
clined to be a candidate, John Adams was
elected after a hard struggle, receiving 71
out of the 1:1$ votes. In the fourth electiou,
with every State voting for electors after its
own fashion, the Electoral College was
divided into 77 votes, for Thomas Jefferson
and 77 for Aaron Rurr, and the election
devolved upon the House of Representa
tives. The end of that memorable struggle
was the clioico of Thomas Jefferson for
President, and a constitutional amendment
preventing the recurrence of such a state
of aifairs in the future,
In the fifth election, Tliomas Jefferson
was again successful, receiving 104 out of
178 electoral votes. In the sixth election,
James Maddison received 122 out of 176
votes. In the seventh, he had 128 to 89 for
De Witt Clinton. James Monroe, his suc
cessor, had at first e lection l&i to 34 for
Rufus King, and at his second, 228 to 1 for
John Quincy Adams, almost a unanimous
vote, in 1821, Andrew Jackson received
9'J votes, John, Quincy Adams 84, W. H.
Crawford 41, and Henry Clay 87. The
election devolved upon the House of Rep
resentatives, and Adams was chosen by the
vot e of Kentucky, cast by Mr. Clay. Since
that time the vote has stood as follows :
Electoral
Vote.
Year. Candidate
1X23.. Andrew -l-ickson...
.John e. Adams
1S32. . Andrew Jackson
V"j2. . Kenrv Clay
1S32.. JoLn " Floyd ;
lt'32.. William Wirt
1S36. .Martin Van Buren.
lnaii. .W. II. Harrison
lS36..1Iugh L. White
1836.. Daniel Webster
10..W. P. Mangum
1840. .Mirtin Van Buren.
1S40..W. H. Harrison
1810.. James ti. liirney
!S4l..Jnmr8 K. Polk
1841.. Henry Clay
Party.
Deni
178
. . . . Federal.,
... 83
...219
.. 4f
.. 11
.. 1
..170
,..73
.. 26
.. 14
.. 11
.. 60
...234
Dem...,.
....Whig. ...
....Whig...
....Whig....
Dem
....Whig ...
....Whig
....Whig.. .
....Whig...
Dem.. ..
Whig...,
. . . .Liberty. ,
. . . .Dem.. .. .
.170
.105
....Whig.
1S4I... lames (1. Biruty Liberty.,
1811.. zaciiary 1 a y 101 w hig
.163
118.. Lewis Uaes Dem
1818. .Martin Van liuron Free Soil.
1852. .Franklin Pierce Dem
18-52. . Wiulk'Ui Scott Whig
185'J. . John P. Hale Free Soil.
1S.16. .James IJuchanan Dem
ls.vi. ..I. C. Fremont llep
18JG. .Millard Fillmore American
18C0. .Abraham Lincoln Ttcp
1h;d..S. A houglas Dem
18t0..J. C Irv;ekiDriilgo Dem
lSuiK.JoUn I5ell Union
. 107
..254
. 42
.174
.114
,. 8
. . . If 0
...12
... 72
...39
...216
....'21
...214
... 80
1804. . AbruIiMin Lincoln Ilep ,
1801. . (1. 15. McClellan Dem
1S08..TT. S. Grant Ilep....
1SG8. . Herat la Sevmour Dem.. .
IIUItACE ilKEELEy.
UK, limiMfcS TllK KlUTOESHir OF- the
TK11JUNE, ASD DEFINES HIS TOSITION
FOR THE FUTUBE.
The New Yoi Tribune publishes the
following :
A Card- The undersigned resumes the
editorship cf the Tribune, which he relin
ejuisbed in embarking in another line of
business six mouths ago. He-nceforth it
shall be his endeavor to make this a thor
oughly indepetulent journal, treating all
parries and political movements with judi
cial fairness and e-andor; but courting the
favor and deprecating the wrath of no one.
If he can hereafter say anything that will
tend to heartily unite the whole American
people on the broad platform of univei
sal amnesty ami impartial suffrage,
he will gladly do so. For the present, how
ever, he can best commend the consumma
tion by silence and forbearance. Tlie
victors in our late struggle can hardly fail
to take I tie w hole subject of Southern
rights and wrongs into early and earnest
consideration, and to them, for the present,
he remits it. tincc he never will again be
a candidate for any office, and is not in
full accord with either of the great parties
which have hitherto el ivided the country,
Le will he able and will endeavor to give
w ider and steadier regard to the progress
ol science, industry, tim uselul arts than a
partisan journal can do ; and he will not be
p-ovoked to indulgence in those bitter
rjersonalities which are the recognized bane
of journalism. Sustained by a generous
public, he w ill do 111s nest to make the
Tribune a power in the broader field it
now contemplates as when human freedom
was in peril it. was in the arena of political
partisanship. Horace Grkeley.
New Yoik, November 0, 1S72.
Position of tlie Charlotte Democrat.
Tbe last Charlotte Democrat reads a lec
ture to the Radical papers that have been
recently assailing Mr. Yates for his bold
and manly course iu denouncing; certain
Radical ollicials.:
The Democrat adds :
"We don't e x :hange , with some of the
Radical concerns that we learn have been
abusing us, but we merely say for the in
formaticn of others that if any one ever
thought we would hesitate to expose in
competent and corrupt, judges and dishon
est Radical omce-boluers generally, he may
learn his error by reading the Democrat.
If Grant is re-elected President . we shall
take, more trouble aud time hereafter to
expose cfDcial rascality than wc have here
tofore done. ' .. .
The Fatal Bracelet Anil tlie Deadly.
Coin A lio.Tutlful Jewetta Harried
Before She liuew It.
The Paris Siecle tells a .curious . story
illustrating the evil.;Coueequeuees of arbi
trary notions concerning marriages held by
the followers of religious sects in opposition
to the simple view of the matter taken bf
the State. The ancient customs of the He
brew nation make the reception by a young
woman of a gift tfYe-m a yoUng man, ten
dered v. it h the words": " I consecrate thee
to myself with this,"'a valid marriage. A
young and indigent man, being in want of
a rich wife, fixed upon a! 'wealthy young
Jewess as a fit person upon whom to try a
stratagem suggested by fhi custom :
He introdiieed himself to the lady as a
jeweller ia the town, and succeeded in
making her choose a bracelet. While pay
ing him she sa,w that, she .had not sufficient
to i
money, aud said so to the. pretended jaw- j Commissioner of Indian aflkirs has
eller, He iuslacLly handed her a coin, at j therefore been notified that the suscepti
the sama time pronounced, the , sacramen- t ble Comanche must be made to leave the;
tal wolds. .'; . citv forthwith, anel a thousand dollar draft
The girl immediately threw down the
in. piece, but the rascal had, m the opmion ol
! the bigoted rabbis, acquired sufucient right
1
over her to induce them to summon her
te the synagogue that the affair might be
investigated. They ' finally, decided that
the conditions making the gift a marriage
hael not been fulfilled ; but the poor girl
fell ill from agitation and anxiety, and
died in a few days.
"Do you prefer Newpoit this season?"
asked a wife of her husband. "No, ma'am,"
said the husband, "I prefer old f ort." The
wife smiled, and so did Ler lmsbaad, soon
after.
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LOCAL.
THE VOTJS OP TIIIS COUJfTir.
Wilmington Township Greeley 1.0S0,
Grant 1,982 Grant's majority 893.
Union rotcnaftp Greele 09; Grant,
101 Grant's majority, 32. '
Rocky Point Township Greeley, 74;
Grant, 248 Grant's majority, 174.
Federal Point Twcnship Greeley, 1G;
Grant, 43 Grant's majority, 27.
Harnett 1 ownship Greeley, 74; Grant,
1S4 Grant's majority, 1 10.
Cape Fear Township Greeley, 23 ;
Grant, 170 Grant's majority, 153.
Columbia Township Greeley, 82 ; Grant
119 Grant's majority, 37.
Masonhoro' J'uwnship Greeley, 49;
Grant 34 Greeley's majority, 15. In this
township Abbott runs la votes behind his
ticket.
Lincoln Totcnahrj)Greehy, 109; (.rant,
144--Grant's majority, 35.
UranL Townx'hip Grer-ley 104, Grant
154. Grant's majoii'y 50.
Caxioell Tmcnxhlp Greeley lift, Grant
139. .Gi.mt - majority 23
Holly Tuivn&hip Gree.-y 30, Grant G3.
Grant's 111:1 j-.rity 33.
llrdden Township Greeley 44, Grant 50.
Gram's majority IsJ.
TOTAL.
Total vote of New Hanover county
Greeley 1.879, Grant 3,443. Grant's ma
jority 1.54, against 1,353 majority for
Caldwell in August.
The official vole lor Columbus county
stands Greeley 730, Grant, 777. Ci rant's
majority 47.
Captaix Mokbisox, of the W., C. &
R. K. R., says that Sieve Lowrey and An
drew Strong, the remainiug two cf the
outlaws, were both at Moss eck yesterday
morning when the train passed there.
They were heavily armed, but evidently
not on the war path at the time. They
couvei-sed very freedy on all subjects, being
particular in their inquiries m regard to
tlie health of our city. Daily Journal,
10th.
A negro named Jas. McKethan, who re
turned to Columbus county about 2 weeks
ago after a year's absence in South Caro
lina, was accidently discovered dead in the
woods in about l miles of Wbiteville yes
terday. His sister resides about 3 miles
from W., and he started to go there on his
return from S. C, and was quite sick at the
time. He must havs been overcome with
the disease and stopped in the woods and
died Daily Journal, 10th.
Trobaklk Murder. Yesterday even
ing, about 7 o'elock,a difficulty occurred
on Erunsw ick, between Second aud Third
streets, between Emma Aip and Delia
Robeson, both colored, caused, it is be
lieved, by jealousy of a in."ti. The woman
Arp was struck by Robeson ou the head
w i'h a hatchet, making a long gash in the
left side, and seveiing the temporal artery.
The injured woman was taken to the Col
lege, on Third street, where the wounc's
were dressed by Dr. II. S. Norcom. She
was afterwards removed to her home, and
it is thought that the injuries w ill prove
fatal.
Count v Commissioners. The Roaid
met again yesterday morning.
A. V. Uorrell was appointed Constable
for Caswell township, for the unexpired
term, vice McDuflie, resigned.
Report ot Committee on Public Build
ings, relative to condition of Couuty Jail
was received and ordered spread on the
minutes.
Tlie appointment of one night janitor for
the jail was ordered, during the continuance
of the work thereron, as recommended by
the Committee. Duncan Holmes received
the appointment at a salary of $30 per
month.
The following is the report of the Com
mittee on Public Buildings, referred to
above :
The Committee on Public Buildings beg
leave to submit the follow ing report rela
tive to necessary improvements in the county
Jail, and suggestions of the Grand Jury
eitpan eled at last term of Superior Court.
1st. That a suitable supply of bedding
to meet present wants has already teen
ordered.
2d. For heating purposes in the second
and third stories, one double base Santord
heater and cone, to be placed in second
story, with register above, has been ordered,
to cost $125. set in the building with all
necessary pipe, register, &c. complete.
' Orel. We recommend that the inside
grating to the windows in the second story
be taken out and sold, being that they af
ford no additional security to retention of
prisoners; and further taking into considera
tion the great insecurity of the jail, we
recommend the employmeii. ol one night
guard, whose duty it shall be to patrol the
corridors between the outer walls aud the
cells, duriue the night time, and have
1 charge of the beating apparatus during the
fame time; the appointment to be made
and the wages to be fixed by the Commis
sioners. We also recommend that small
wooden bed frames be constructed, with
out iron work, and placed in each'cell.
Respectfully submitted,
Law son E. Rice,
Acting Chairman for Committee.
Board adjourned to meet again on next
Wednesday evening, 13th inst.,"at So'dock.
Daily Journal, lQri.
A FKIIALK FOOL
A Comanche Brave Captures tbe Heart
of a Wasuingtou Millionaire's
Dausnter.
Among the red men now visiting the
capital to smoke the pipe of peace is a youth
ful Comanche brave, whd has attracted no
little attention from the ladies of Washing
ton. The otlier day, during the visit of
several familes to tte hotel where he Is
stopping, he saw a pretty young lady of
about his Own age, the daughter of one of
the wealthiest men or the city, and lelt so
violently in love with her at first sight that
when the party left the house lie followed
her to her residence. For two or three days
subsequently he was observed hanging
around tbe vicinity, occasionally catching
a glimpse of her; and, strange to say, tbe
young lady has conceived an equally vio
lent passion for him. Ou Saturday last
she weut out riding with him in the ele
gant barouche belonging to the paternal
mansion, and when those having charge
of her strictly forbade any further exhibi
tions of such bad taste on her part, she
frankly declared her intention of wedding
the Comanche. On tbe other side, the
vonner Indian has been supplied with
money and declares that he will not re
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turn to uie nappy uumiu;'-s.roufMis -. n
West unless the object of hU i- voi.io..
should go with him. Of course such a
deplorable state of affairs has necessiuu d
.
some action on tne part 01 tne auinoriues,
j ha3 tendered by a brother of the mis
guided gul as a bonus for his departure.
Rut the Comanche is incorrigible, and
steadily resists all overtures. The delicate
circumstances of the case, and the fear of
their names being given publicity in the
event of a denouement, have so far woiked
upon the relatives of the girl that she will
be taken hence to New York on the
! through train to-night, ami notwithstand-
ing the lateness 01 ue seasou, win quieny
take passage for Europe by an early steam
er, the distracted millionaire whose daugh
ter she is, perceiving no other way to cure
her of her unhappy predilection. Host on
Iraveler,
yf
1X9 II 1 ABM
No. 4A.
The Press and the Election,
From tho New York Tribune.
THE IMMEDIATE RESULT.
Gen. Grant was yesterday re-elected to
the Presidency by the popular votes of
every Northern State, with those of South
Carolina, and possibly of two or three other
States below the line. There is scarcely a
parallel to the completeness of the rout
and the triumph. Democrats have vied
wiUi Libetal Republicans iu contributing
to it, some of them by voting directly for
Grant electors ; many more by neglecting
to vote at all. For the present the Liberal
movement seems crushed.
Let no man accuse the able and shrewd
politicians who, as the Republican National
Committee, directed the canvass for Gen.
Grant's re-election, with equandciing the
unprecedented sums raised aud disbursed
by them iu this contest with having
played a whole park of artillery to kill a
fly. The Liberal movement was at one
time foimidable, and had a prospect of
success. Had not millions been expended
to arrest its progress in the State elections
of the last three months, it might even
have swept tho country, though all the
money raised iu its behalf would &l best
have been pence to balance pounds. But a
peril anticipated is often a peril averted.
Thousands of the voters of Noith
Carolina, Vermont and Maine, were
convinced ty money that they might better
vote the Administration than the Liberal
ticket, aud that, if they could not so vote,
it was tlieir interest to stay at home on
election day and not vote at all. Thus the
Liberal Republican strength iu those States
was neaily neutralized by Democrats who
" would'nt eat crow " when they could get
$5 to $20 each for not eating it. Thus
was secured to the Grant State ticket a
small majority in North Carolina, aud
nearly the Republican majorities of 1868
iu Vermont and Maine; aud thus was en
couragement gi"en to the enormous outlay
by which Pennsylvania was made lo roil
up f jr Hailranft at least treble her Repub
lican majority. There was nothing jpxr
chasable in the Keystone State that ifas
not bought, whether of voters, electioneer
ers, or inspectors and canvassers; and but
one party had the wherewithal to buy.
lhe small yet ample majorities m Ohio
and Nebraska, with the balanced result in
Indina, assured all who stood aloof watch
ing the struggle as cool spectators that en.
Grant's re-election was highly probable;
and at once a stampede to the winning
sue negan wmcn grew oay ny aay more
formidable. If we, who were in the thick
of the fight, could not see this, it was obvi
ous to ;those who profited by it, and their
hopes were swiftly swelleel into certainties.
Thousands w ho had been perspiring With
I zeal for the Liberal cause silently dropped
into tne swelling torrent, j no ganant lew
who stood out might as well have tried to
stem the toirent of Niagara.
Well, we did our besi to stem it, believ
ing firmly 1. That no President should le
re-elected while wielding the enormous pa
tronage cf our highest station holding
that each should he shielded from all temp
tations to use those powers for personal
cads. 2. That this country was in great
need of a genuine Civil Service Reform
which should restore to her t llicc-holdeis
that freedom to think, elecide and act on
political issues which is their birthright, but
which they cannot enjoy under tne present
system, aud which should enable them to
give their elays to t he public duties for
which they are paid, rather than to patrcJlr
ing aud electioneering in the partisan in
terest of their patron and chief. 3. That
the war-wasted, tax-plundered, debt-cov-erfcd,
half-bankrupt South should be cheered
with a well-grounded hope of honcster rule
and brighter days, wherein the carpet
bagger shall cease to plunder, as the KuJ
Klux Klan have long since ceased to alarm
and outrage.
It did seem to us that the time had fully
come for a national reconciliation, where by
the destinies of the South should bo con
fideel to the better portion of her peoplo of
both races, and the master spirits of such
travesties of Republican rule as South Car
olina and Arkansas be made to quail under
the frown of Federal authority, and either
reform their ways or relinquish tlieir abused
power. Anil it seemed to us that suth
enormous elefalcatious as Paymaster
Hodge's $474,000 ought at least to be ex
plained before power is returned to the
hands which wielded it while such great
frauds went on for years undetected. Rut
tlie people have decided otherwise, and we
bow to their elecision.
The ealth of the country, anel especially
the incorporated wealth, rallied to the
suppo t ef Gen. Grant, and poured out its
millions in his behalf. It did not generally
deny that his civil career had been faulty ;
it merely insisted that that of his competi
tor had been and would be more so. Thcu
our manufacturers, bankeis, etc., were
nearly all making money, and they depre
cated any change whatever, and especially
a change which they feared might prove
radical and fundamental. Mr. Boutwell
in the Treasury had satislied them that he
was trying to keep the discount on green
backs rangiDg between 10 and 14 per cent.,
so that the devices and strugglers of the
gold and stock gamblers shoul 1 create no
'pressure" or "panic." Whether the
means employed were legal or otherwise
was to them a quite subordinate considera
tion the issue of millions of new green
backs, or snap sales of millions ot gold,
troubled them not so long as the end were
attained of making or keeping money easy
and the disparity between gold and legal
tender as neaily uniform as might be.
Geneia' Grant has a new four years'
lease of power, with a Congress of which
t o-thirds to three-fourths of either House
will support him zealously. He lus every
facility for effecting the reforms he is said
to meditate, especially that ef the Civil
Service, while the abolition of the much
abused franking privilege is so squarely
promised that its success would seem to be
a'suieJ. For whatever reform he may
give us, he shall have the Tribune's cor
dial recognition and praise; where he
falls short, he shall have, in the future as
in the oast, frank and fearless criticism.
And, while there are dangerous tenden
cies developed by this canvass, which fore
shadow a government by the rich and able
few, subsidizing and controlling tuch por
tion as they may require of tlie ignorant,
penniless, enal many, let us never despair
of the American liepuunc:
From the New York World, ( em.)
:
Tho country, in this election, has not
condemned our principles, but only the
corruption with which the party was taint
ed in tbe locality where it was strongest,
and which it failed to remove till too late a
pet iod, and then only by Republican co-
- emtion. The lamany taint win recede
i .. ... . V. h..I . In . f IVa n.mi. I . a r 9 t Tin
1 1 -1 1 r ill. paDi , uuis l.u :iui.i'rvj vi 1 11
vinociatic party, which were rapidly
login public favor until that great
blight fell upon our prospects, will outlive
mis contest and go on "from conquering
to conquer" in every future election.
"Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again;
The eternal years of (Jcxl are lici t) ;
But error, wounded, writhes in pain,
Aud dies amid her worshipper."
From the New York Herald, (lud.)
.
Hre, then, we cpen a new chapter in
the history of our political parties. Heavy,
indeed, have been the misfortunes of the
democratic party since It broke faith upon
the slavery question in the repeal of the
Missouri compromise. First came the
quarrel and disruption of the party in the
Charleston Convention, then the election
of Lincoln, then the Southern rebellious
Confederacy and the rebellion, and so on,
to the re-election of Lincoln, and nxt to
the election of Grant, and now to his re
election, which by his supporters it is be
licved secures the permauent establish
K ATI'S Ol' AnVEItTIBIKG.
Ono Square, one week $1 0
One Square, two weeks . l 0
One Square, no month 2 60
Ona Square, three months... 7
One Square, six month ; 13 0
Additional Squares at proportional rates.
A Square ia equal to tkn polid ivikes ol ad
vertising typo.
Cash, invariably in advance.
ment cf the fitulctnth and fifteenth
amendments, and the general policy of lhe
administration, foreign and domestic, with
such amendments only or such changes
hero and there as tho administration parly
may eloeur wise ,inl expedient. What,
then, will be th- new departure of tho op
position forces, including Hie democratic
party, from this decisive re-elect ion of Gen
eral Grant ? Whatever they may do, they
will do well fit st to consider their blunders,'
which have contributed to Grant's sutcess,
and to recognize the necessity of a more
practical opposition programme than that
of Sumner, Trumbull and Sehuiz, as em
bodied in Gie(l"y and Urgwn.
From The --.ow Yurt Times.
The Grcclcyi'.i s have made an appeal fo
the nathon, having ; r cully distillled the
business of the count.' y for many months,
are responsible fur much cutifusion and up
roar, and now will be expected lo allow
the business e f the country to go on iu
peace. They f.-piung a I t 'a 'ipon the coun
try solely for the purpose cf reviving
secession passions in the South, of restoring
to power a reckless patty, and of gratifying
the personal ambition of an eldeily gentle
man, spoiled hy his popularity as a jour
nilist. Greeley ism w as understood at the
South to mean nothing moie nor less than
secession. Had Giwley been elected, we
should inevitably have hid end breaks all
over the South, and Credoy himcel weMild
have been powt ih ss to restrain thi ui. We
have escaped this p-?ii!, and no .v the coun
try ought not to le thrown into fuither
agitation by the bitteinets and disappoint
ment of a disgraceful h.ction. The people
want peace. The contest hits been pro
longed, and every i ;.,ue that the Grecleyitcs
could raise has bi-mi 1 aii ly, fully and" pa
tiently heard and tried. Their arguments,
their tricks and their prcl-iscs have all had
a good chance. Judgment has gone agaiiut
them, and now it is their ilnty lo iefrahi
from striving to unset: ie private aud public
business, and to acquiesce in the decision ( f
the vast majority cf the is -pic.
I 'ntn the IJuliiiiiure Sun, (li.-l.)
.
One of the features of the Ivies e'anvass
was the general good rder and tranquility
by which it was characterised, though
while these are matters of conwral nlatiojf
and while moderation is a !Ute, iudill&t
ence is as often attended v. ith a.i injmioui,
effects us turbulence and confusion. Thfc'
evidence cf a Lck e Tin iciest in the latij
election has been nianil' sL even in thatij
section of the country Ihu South which";
was more interested than ;iry ether in th!"
results of the canvass. Whether thi3 arose
from despondency and hopvlessnoss cf (he
value of any further c libit lbr pditier.l de
liverance, or ft nil disapproval of the in
strumentalities in-ployed for that cud, wc
know not, but the i i.-i the same.
The widespread neglvct. of their duty by
electors, is one of the ei.iu eaust s cf the
iiiuiilerent q'i"ii.:;e:itie:. j ot j u.uic ohiccu,
both Slate and n.c.'.ieip
ral. Even men whose
are such as to require ti
public servants, are t..o
excuse for ab'senihig th-
, ; s ii n as lcue
iiu:,ines interests
ic b-.U quality of
' . . II I
t to l;nd some
polls, and hence !:..ve lee.ii'y them'-.elu s to
blame for the incompetency jud dishones
ty of ollicials wh i only obtained puAerlo
do mischief by io- jr ;.p..tl y ;;:iu :.cgl.el.
What is to ha. tie! ertl-ct upn exiolin;;
party organizations; f the new triumph of
the Republican patty i email a to be .seen.
It has often happened, ho v. eve.', in the his
tory cf parties, that t-atch un ubjolute. leai.e
of power brecd.5 it 5 o.vu dissolution and
dee-.iy. New pat tii 3 ;'.;e Jikdy to 1 he as
new interests grow i;p, and i.e.." lir.03 of
policy suggested by 1 ban; cf tini ; and
circumstances. .1'. i- p-'s-iibh-, iu viev.' of
the immense fiv. nxv.-l.ov.ii in le: i-I dioii
to capital, that labor 11 form :::ay c cupy a
prominent position L"ica."o r in mUi'jn:;!
politics. In the iu.'an time it v.oiiM 1 0
deplorable if the n-adt of the election
should be used as an end-:r5' ment f
prescriptive policy towards ti e SoUb, and
that section be 1 lu.iih' d by continif d po
litical persecution! for t'.e utppoit v. hieh it
has given to Greeley. 'The prospect for the
South and the country Will be jdoomy in
deed if the magnanimity and personal im
pulses of the I'll .- i lent, ;: (; vein.ii d in this
matter ty malign and iiv . : pon: '.hli coun
selors. 'The ciii' f ;:; pillion of patriotic
men of all purti'.s i- ' Let u.-; h:ev paee.-'
'.it Malo-muii.
CokjvIo Saw
Twlus-JIov.
11 1 sui,7
DB.vliiiil n
tlie C'rrfi.
. The Pacific c?.pie-.s tuin on the Pan
Handle Railroad M'r, the Columbus dej ot
on Friday e.ening hi.'t, i nd r lh-j charge
-of Conductor Dnuy. Nolfjii:;; tj umpired
to disturb the inoi.otouy 1 jpn coi.oiirfoi .-1
call on drowsy pasvsig' 13 f -r ".iekefs,
gentlemen,'' ti tit ii lie fi.tiu v.-s between
Dennison ami Stctibetivli!..'. "J'lrm ho w;i.;
notified that a 1 idy passenger desired hit
presence. Ho finnd lhe he.ly c. i-I -:nfly in
sonv? trouble and embarra-.-smetit. To his
allirmativfi respo: to i'; q-ieiy whether
he was married, t'.-i l i ly jt.-.t"d that sl.o
was on her way f: ( 'ii.cin! .all to meet
her husband in New Yoj.-, m-A that a
crisis was isip'-n !i;:, in.,h
ance eT an r.! oi' ioi :. r;
,e nppear
or. This
staitled the t on ttieter, f course, but
Willi
a heart big as an ' pliant le1 ''- lo work
to make the bdy eonn'oi t.J ! AY: the
passengejs une hastily shutlied into
another ear, and s::i.-!i f -x.v.M a.vi. lance as
could be procured on t'.e.- t : ai 1 va brought,
into requisition. In a 1 1 :(' li;;.' thelitlli
stranger a hue bouncing till ii the
phrase put in an sq pea nu ice, atiid tho
conductor congratulated i; . en his
happy escapo lioi.i a d J' Sun:.1.. With a
heart overwhelming V h rupa'hy, he
arranged an impronq.'.u wardr-.? lor the
J very young lad' IVoni hi-; ov. 11 undcreJcth-
mg. It was uol :':'i .ly 1.1 Mj.e ol lueso
"infant outfits.'' d ei l.i ; i in lhi; New
York jape t s, m ! it s. r d a .''(.' rurjw ; e.
Hut this h lint :db 'Juetn.in ifth-tni-benville
on time, :r d v. s xii thunderin;:
through and areund the hill- -f West Vir
ginia, when the e'otidvt.-.r received auolhi v
shock. This time il we ; -'a fine Umncing
boy." 1 wins, liy .jove : ; e .1 jiiK Kcye
and the either a I'.in-l I ".i!I
T he re.
inainder of Drury's liu'ui vent to start the
little fillow en I.ii j ,t.ru y th rough the.
world. Then fir fear cf wh:.i. might Lai -pen,
tin? I: a!n v. ;;s hurried np; in t!u
time it reach--. 1 1 'il' she.: g, ;u:u the lady ami
the two uuticketed i-.1-e:ige:s v. ere t' 11-
derly conveyed 1 r ronT 'ifabl s q-nule-rs at
the Lniors Dcput i.o'e !, vh'-ti a tdozruni
was forwanh d to t!,e h ;;s: and iu New
Yoik, which p.-cbahly liltul him out cf
his boots. At !at ud- Ic s tho nioih r and
children were de i v.-dl.
The twins ecrtaiidy (ommenced lil" un
der e'xtraoi uiu:;rv c;;ciiiu-tauce3. Rom on
a fast-going Paeiti ; train, the one in t'hio
and the other in V -.1 Vhginia, it ia safe
to promise tin y wi.l ho reasonably fast
young penpV. J he mother i-s represented
as a moat estimable, lady, but not given to
the fctudj ci iuKume.;.
A witty editor, jip.t fail J, tays he did it
with all tho hoi:o:s i '.var, aud rtliicl
from the field with l!.,ir g cdors, sheiiir.i
Hag fluttering from two v.Iudows and a
dor, and a white ii.-.g hung out of his per
son as a teiken cf .'.n; -render.
Another telegraphic :cory was gained
l.vr t in. eninr h liou ef the sub-iuai hie and
oveiland line which unites Melbourne,
Australia, with the great i tt-woikof news
carrying wires that now extends three
fourths of the way an ni.d the j-lobe.
A grave-digger, wr-ilving iu the streets of
Windsor the other day, chanced lo turn
and notice two doctors walking" behind
him. He stopped till they p:i-sed, and then
followed on behind them. "And w hy is
this?" said they, "i kuow my placvj in
- ) this procession," said lie.