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THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL (WEEKLY.) THICKS F SlTKSrHII'I'IO. The Weekly Journal at One Hollar and b ittj Geatt per annum, Oue Dollar for t. mouthy fifty Oj" tor T ir -e Month . . It K 1 "A U ' A " Never, in the history 'A politic, has the good eld btate of North C arolina, one of the original thirU-en BtHte-. been canvassed with more of ability, aeu-uuiit-s-Liuu uu untiring" sal, than has been the cane during the present campagu now ko rapidly drawing to a clot-e. It ia not aloue ou tho field of buttle, or iu the councils of a nation, tbnt the true pa tr'ot f hint f2 forth, but in i very instance where th" rights an wtil as the liberties of a people are in d.-mger. Iu this euu ti:st, in this rotate, the stinggle Las not b an pimply for i-flioo or for prty as o iud.t cj, bu it has been on behalf oi the p-.-pe and against a horde of 111 cials who, having been secure in place and power for no many years pant, Irive grown bolder and more exacting di.y by diy, until their aggressions ..n t!u) constitutional rights of u free peo ple have aroustd I he niaweH from Vir ginia to tfontb Carolina, and from the niuuntains to the cea. I is strictly a flht with us bt tween tho taxpayer aud the office holders, between hones ty and virtue, intelligences and wealth ou the one huod, and corruption and fraud, ignorance and prejudice on the other. In the Radical cauip the lead ers nre those who have grown fat on the spoils of ofHee, and wliO funih tho brains for t e entire machine, w.'iiie thy who do the work at the po is are the ransses of ignorant no gnn-'fi, an-I with us tho bone iunl sin ew of the party, the rank and fiiv of tin! ai ray, as well as the leaders ihem slve , are drawn from the people, and are of the people, and with the psop!o, the pt( U rlio own the property and who pay the taxes which ferve to keep the govt riiincut tilloat. This fact is undeniable, and is fully illustrated in the efforts of those who have no pri vate aims to further and no political axes to grind, but who yet, tine pa triots that they are, set aside the de man'ls of business auri social life, and g forth, at their own expanse, to fight the hydra-headed corruptionista who have mode such headway In our State. Surely such efforts as th'se, such self denial, such earnest labor for the good of our Htate, must result in a grand viotory when the opposing hosts shall meet together at the polls on tho first Tuesday in next month. How lo Vole nt tlie November i:itC Ilons. riix tickets are to be voted at the coming elections, and of course the same number of ballot-boxes will be used at every polling place. Here are the tickets, arranged accord ing to lavr: 1. YJcctroal Ticket Ten Electors for President aud Vice-President of the United States. 2. Slate Ticket. Governor, Lieuten ant -Goveruor, Secretary of the Hfcato, Auditor, Treasurer, Superintendent of Public Instructions and Attorney Gen. eral. i. Conrrcsssiotial Ticket. Members of the House of Representatives of the 45th Congress of the United States. 1. Leyislalirc Ticket. Senator (or Heuators) in the General Assembly and member (or members) of th j IIoubo of Representatives of the General Asseni Liy. o. fount i Tickets. County Truasur ery Register of Deeds, County Survey or five County Coniinisionera, Coroner and Sheriff. C. Constitutional Amendment Tiv:cf. " ItA TIF I CATION." We beg leave t-ocall especial attention to the oidinnnce providing for the eub mission of the amendments to ihe peo ple at the approaching election. It will be eeei that the proper ticket for those who are in favor of the amend ments is " Ratification " and not ' Adoption," as some of our exchanges have it. "Ratification is the word. Let everybody vote " RATIFICA TION." Let the Democrats in every town "ad village and at every county Ipre oinot perfect the organization of the party for the approaching struggle in November. You cannot have too many clubs or too maty meetings. The glorious news from Indiana and West Virginia is enough to Fpur for ward the most indifferent to actite and unfailing exertions. There is one duty which every mau owes to himself as well as to his parly and that is to see that his name is properly entered ou the registration books. No matter if you have not changed vour residence iu the last twelve mouths or even the last twelve years, you must remember that ijo havo an un-oiupu-loua enemy to deal with and it is therefore wise and safe to see, with your own eyes, that your name is properly entered on the registration books. Don't take Anything for granted but make sure that your name is properly entered on the registration books. V..ise. fr ru n Liberty I He Ha. be;t 4i )ii Orler LXCVT1VI2 L'FPAHTME.NT OF N . C. Adjutant General's Office, Raleigh, 26th May. 18C3. General Order, No. 9. Militia officers are ordered not to .rre(4t any man as a conscript or de serter who may have been discharged under a writ of habeas corjws trkd before any Judge of the Supreme or oupnor Courts of this State. I hey are further ordered to resist any such arrest upon the part of any Perdon not authorized by the legal or aer or process of a Court or Judge uav,ng jurisdiction of such cases, y order of Governor Vance. Dan'l G. FOWXE, Adjutant General. VOL. 83. The Brave Kescuc. A STOIiY OF CEriiON'. I was an only child, aad my father was a widower, bo that our actual ne cessities ia that olieapjacd frugal coun try, teyion, were eubily piovidrd for. Our nearest neighbor waa Air. Fors ter, a plantar, by far wealthier than we were. Now Oswald Foster and I wtte pkyhted lovers, but the very idea of u engagement bttween his only son and the daughter of his embarrassed n!ithbor was gall and wormwood to Oswald's faiher a proud, strong-willed man. Desirous to efface from OawaldV rnind the idea of marrying poor little Ellen Travers, Mr. Foster, with nib W'fw'a concur re no, proposed to jvend his boh to Europe, oonflden that for eign travel aud obauge of sceue would soon obliterate from his memory the image of the lonely little girl bevide the great tauk of Mmarj. And now a word concerning the tank itsell, the name oi which, I fear, conveys to the road or but a very inadequate concep tion ot the stupendous reality. The tank of Minary, justly reckoned among th marvels which the island of Cey lon h stilt to show, is pbihaps the grandest of tho artificial lakes ever planned by mortal engineer. Moi than two thousand years passed ainc, before he Christian era, a Buddhist king bade his aubjfeoU toil to erect the rn;siTa walls of hewn atone and tongh chunam tha- nviic-u that vast sheet of water, twenty-five miles in eicum fereuce. With the Minary lake, or tank, which lay oiose to ruy own homo, I had been from childhood familiar, and I d.arly loved the mirrorhke expanse of its cuim waters, fctudded with lloating i-iiaiids of tho crimaou bloebomed lotus of India, the rd flowara und green iettvee of which covered many thous and acrea of tho surface. Strai,ge fih of brilliant colors glided in alittcinz shoals through the deep, clear water, raiely disturbed by prow or paddle ; bright birds cf every size, from the caritr flamingo to the tsny oriolo or the towering adjutant, haunted it ; and all around grew in denst profit fusion the mighty trees and flowering creepers of the virgin forest, whence came at times the complaining cry of the mountain cat, the belling of the deer, the panther' snarl, or tho crash ing of cane and sapling, as wild ele phants forced their way through the traoklefis recesses of the jungle. Alligators were very common, snakes Xlentiful, and the scorpion, the centi pede, and the tree icccu wtre often to be met with in the more KWmpy and tangitd tracts of the wo&dlandtf. Oswald was going away, and it would be but very seldom that we were to meet henceforth, since, poor fellow, he was to sail by the Lord Dalhousie, txpected at Point de Gaile on the thirty first of the montb. I went with a hoavy heart to the pot where we always mot. To my surprise I did not at first see him for whom I looked, and begun to fear that he hud forgotten lo keep his wouted tryt ; but, on drawing nearer, 1 be held a eight that for the moment froze my very veins with horror, and oaus od the cry of anguish that rose to my lips to die away. Oswald, lying on the tnrf among the roots of the gigan tic palm tree, seamed to be asleep, overcome, probably, by the unusual heat, while around him was loosely coiled something that resembled a etout rope, curiously streaked with black and orange and white some thing that caused the withered leaves and crisp graea to rustle, as it btirred, writhing. I had never seen a living tic paluu ga, but I knew at the first glance that tho snake before my eyes was no other than a large specimen of that dieaded reptile, which in Ceylon takes the po sition that in continental India belongs to the cobra, and for the bite of which there is no known remedy. Twice within the last three year laborers ou my father's plantation had been brought in dying from the veaom of the tie palunga, but in each instance the skill of the native snake charmer had led to tho oapture of tho reptile, and it was not believed that any of this xpecies, rare as weil as danger ous, had been left alive in our imme diate neighborhood. This, however, was ui; questionably a tio palunga, many feet loug, and it had wrapped its coil, as though in hideous sport, around Oswald's limbs as he lay there unconscious. The great flat head of the enormous snake rested on the ground among the flowers snd ferns. 1 could see itueyes, bright as jewels, fixed upon me. It showed, for the moment, however, no particular signs of anger or distrust, but contented itself with quietly con templating the intruder on its haunts. As I stood gazing on my sleeping lover and the monstrous creature that lay, wakeful, but quieBcent, so near to him, all the stories of snakes that I had ever heard or read came crowd ing in upon my quickened memory. I knew that tite tio palunga, in com mon with most of the venomous varie ties of its race, seldom employed its poison fangs unless when attacked or annoyed ; but I also knew that the hardiest elephant hunter of the forests would sooner confront the charge of a herd of incensed tuskers than face the loncelike dart and rancorous bite of this dreaded denizen of the jungle. The tic palunga, unlike the boii and the python, rarely, if ever, preys upon the larger animals, such as deer or oattle, confining its diet, for the most part, to birds aDd frogs and lizards. Some cappice, most hkely, had caused it to twine a part of its supple convo lutions around Oswald as he lay, and so long as he remained asleep and ruo tionless, there was little probability that the serpeut would harm him. My great fear was lest he should awake, and, iu awaking, by some haty mov -tnent, arouse the ire of the resistless foe. Oswald was brave and t-trong, but it was a mockery to speak of i-treugih or courage when so terrible au untagouist was in question. Suddenly, as if it had been a whis per fiom Heaven, there came into in mind a thought that promised hop , iveo iu that diie fxtiernity of ne it. I hud often seen harmless snakes kept tame in colonial households, and was aware of their habits, and of their love for ceitain kinds of food, and, above all, for milk. Could I but bring to that spot a supply of milk, atnfr place it, before Oswald should awake, temptingly near to the tic palunga, all might be well. And yet to desert him poor fellow I in such terrible com pany seeme J cruel ; yet it was for hid sake, and I felt that 1 must go. Very slowly, then, lest my footsteps should disturb the sleeper or irritate the huge leptile that kept watch beside him, I stole away, and when at a safe dis tance, flew rather than ran along the orest path. The nearest European dwelling was Oswald's own home. There were Cin galese huts nearer, no doubt, wh re dwelt some of Mr. ForsterV hired men, but I should not be able to pis cure what I sought save from the planter's house. At auother time I should not hive willingly trespassed on the do mains ot Oswa d's father; but this was no occn-ion for scruple or punctilio. L f e and death, as I knew, depended my speed. There at length rote up before me the milk thorn hedge, the impenetra ble thorns of which are useful in beep ing out leapard aud jackal, which sur rounded tlie planter s homestead; aui passa g through at open gate, I eu-ttr-d the compound. The first ser vum that I met, and who lifted his hnd to iii a turban with a poitte "Salaam !" aud a smile that t. bowed his white teeth between his bearded lips, was a man -vhom I knew, a Mahrutta room, who had formerly been in my lather's service, a d whoe child I had nuied tftrough an attack of the Ceylou fever. "Lall Singh !" I gasped out, panting for bieat h, "do me a kindness for the wake of old bread and Malt. Get mj some freh milk quickly, for tho love oi God, but ask no questions bhai !" Something in my tone impressed the Mahratta, for without a word he hur ried off, and soon returned bearing a jar of milk aird a drinking vessel, "or lota, which would contain someting less than a (int, aud which, at a sign from me, he filled with milk. This very act, slight as it, seems, was no small compliment, for it was doubtless his own drinking cup that La'l Siugu wa giving me, aud should any lip not bfloj.gi;.g to oue of the pure Hindu descent touch its burnished rim. it would hereafter bo unfit for use. HowtVci, 1 Mcuroeiv waited to utter a word oi thanks, but .snatched up tho bran lota and darted out. It may be thought singular that I had not given the alarm to the house hold at Mr. Forster's plantation; but I had i t-solved that I would not, ii 1 oould do my errand unquestioned, create a turmoil which might bring about me the very evil against whic'i : was stiivi g. Oswald's rnotLu r and sisters loved him, but their nervo were nor the ttronget, a-id their out cries, had they beard the news, would hnve had the effect of summoning a score of servants and coolies, and to seal Oswald's fate by sending a ntisy posse of volunteers to the place where he lay at the snake's m. rc . As on winged feet, yet carrying the preoioun draught of milk with jealous care, I hurried back to tho spot wlurt, at the fool of the huge talipot tree" lay Oswald, yet arleej . The snake, how ever, as though uneasy, was beginning to stir. Its monstrous head wagged slowly from ?ido to side among ihe whits vi)d flowers, and its Blender tongue protiudtd from between its grim jaws. But I was in time, aud 1 poured the milk, or rathej; a portion of it, on tho giouni, so that a long trail should lead to the pot where I tat down-the brass drinkiu cup, with wh.".t of its contents remained, aud was care ful to avoid, by any abrupt gesture, incensing the-tio paiuug. Then o ime a minute or two of ago nized expectancy, end then, to my great joy I saw the r ptile slowly un coil himself, evidently making for the milk. First oue wreath and then another of the snake's limber iength was untwined, and the great serpent, brushing through the- foiest glass and flowrtts, stooped it? bioad head to drink. As 1 saw Oswald thus freed, and the unaufrpctiug foe draw fur ther awaj from the p'aoe where he repo.-ed, I feit the strength that br-d hitherto supported me suddenly be come weakuos. My nerves being no longer biaoed by the sense of Oswald's mortal psril, he instinctive ttrro aud disgust which f had from childhood felt for the serpent trib ftverpowered me, and I grew weak, and could scarcely stand and scarcely see. What wa this before my dim - jes ? The well known porch of the Dutch colonit's summer house, overgrown by trailing crtepers, and all bu: choiad by tall weed. Mechanically I entered, and sitting down on a mouldeiing wooden seat, ones decked with silken cushions and gold leaf, I gradually regained the physical strength which had deserted me, aiid with it Ihe capacity lor thougnt. xi iS cvrioua how, in kuch cases of tiienu; exhaustion, the btnumbed mind slow ly resumes some abandoned train of tnoi gbt, and thut it va wuii me. Bv degrees I remembered OswalUs danger, my own efforts to save him, and What was that rustling among the sterns and leaves and buds of the lux- urant plants that festooned the shat tered windows of ti-e summer house in all the rank profusion of their tropical growth? Surely surely not the rip pling, undulating motion with which a huge snake drags himself in ihe brake aud luuele crass ! les; my tears were but too true, for there in the open window space the broken trelliswork of which had been re placed by wild vines and dangling orchards appeared, at a height of six or eight feet above the ground, the Hv'eouB head of the serpaut that had lately menaced Oswald and now con fronted me. And then it flashed upon me tuat this deserted kiosk was probably the reptile's actual home, and that, as though in the verj irony of terror, I had ventured to intrude into the hai of the terrible creature from the sight of which I had once that Oswala's safety seemed assured reeied dizzily away. I had ofteu ht.!d of tue strange taie which snake. eviue.3 for an abandoned human dwelling, anil how frequently they hauut tha outbuildings o? Europeans' abodes and the huts of the natives, and yet here hal I rashiy stray td into the lurking place of the deadliest guardian of the Ceyton juLig.e, Thai the snake was pertu bed there could be- no doubt. It curved its grace ful mek like lliatof a swan, and hissed s ihtiy, win e its broad jaws pirtiy hi ,it-L.f T fAiieieil thiit I eou d see the eurv d poison iaugs nv.u-o tJ be dread ed tiian ever w.is Malay creese or Moor ish dagger wh;lo t-he. bright eyes gli t-t-rrtu ominous y. hu, pieiou-fcc shriek I could not reuieas; and tueu the futility of resistance or of flight forced itself upon me,;,and I stood, motionless as a marble of embodied fear, gazing at the emeraedine eyes fixed with so pitiless a stare on mine. The subtle, suffocating odor which large serpents exhale, when angry, reached me; but already I gave myseit for lost, and waited passive will the tio palunga should make his fatal dart. The sibilaut noise f r- m the snake's half-shut jaws had grown louder, and the bright, baleful eyes more menacing, while the grim head towered high aloft, ready to strike, when suddenly some thing bright flashed through the flower ing bines of the creeping plant, and the WILMINGTOH, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27. snake's hideous head and litbe bodydis appeared as if by magic. Then follow ed the s muds of a tiered struggle, rep ated blows, trampling feet, and snapping boughs.and tho accents ofhu maa voiC's;?.nd then Oswald came leap ing throug the doorway, me'.took in his arms, and bore me out into the broad light of day where lay writhing yet the carcass of the snake, hewn thro ugh by the sharp cuttiug ax which Oswald tiil grasped in his right hand. "Shabash!"' exclaimed Lall Singh, whose swarthy face gleamed with d light is lie spurned the body of the vai quish'.-d reptile. "It was well that the Hit t blow weut home, or it would hare fared but badly with the young tahit) when his accursed slayer of mex. tun f.d on him. Wah ! I d sooner have a tiir r." To Ldl Singh I was, indeed, in no slight degree indebted for my safety. Convinced, fioni the agitation of my manner, that something was wrong, he 1 ad followed me, and was in the act of arouaiii'iOswald from his slumber when tho piercing shriek which fear had wrung from me re-echoed through the woods and called attention to the immi nence of the peril. Thn Oswald had snatched up one of the keen, short axes which the native woodcutters had left stioaing in a tree trunk, aud had been fortunate enough to disable thesuak- at the first blow. My story is now to'd, and I have only to add that I was overwhelmed with praises and caresses by the Forster fam;lv hitherto so cold and that on the following dav Mr. Forster himself rode over to mv father's house to tntreat Mr. Travers. from whom he had of late been estranged, to accept his renewed friendship, and to ask for my hand on behalf of Ins son. Oawaid lost his passage on boar the homeward bound steamer that was to touch at Point de Galle: and when he did visit Europe, he took with him Ellen Trav els as his wife. We have loDg been happily settled- far from tropic jungles and their dan gerous habitants but never has either my husband or mvseif forgotten :noso fewiustauts of bitter anguishjaud alarm beside the tank of Minary. ' no ii tb rarullna Ou Wednesday night, in New York, there was a great public meeting to hear what Parke Godwin had to say about the political "situation." He made a lucid statement and a power ful argument why the nation should elect Tilden, and thus get rid of Radi calism, and reform the Government. After he concluded, Judge Thomas J. Mackay, of the Circuit Court of South Carolina, was called out and introduc ed to the audience. He was warmiy received, and made a speech, which is noticed as follows by the World re porter : ' After speaking at great length on the past and present condition of South Carolina, Judge Maokay said that the people of his State were determined to throw of! the oppressive yoke which they had boruo for the past even years. Cheers "Wo are carryiig the nag of the Union, and consider ourselves good and loyal American citizens. Cheers. We mean to stand firm in our tiiort to free ourselves from ho abides heaped upon us by corrupt rule, but we mean to accom plish this by the ballot and not by tho snoid. Cheers. Since the close of the war we have greatly suffered from the present pernicious government. At thnt time thn population of South Carolina was 700.0UO, composed of about .400,000 blacks and 279,000 whites. In July, 1808, tho debt of the State was $5,000,000, and in six years it had inci cased to 20.000,000. Tho tiuhlie priming alone one year cost S'i00,0i)0. J he whole taxable property did not amount to over 130.000.000. f 1 1 1 i ir u'.i! n ii. e Uepubiieuns extracted t T 1 l . .a $2,000,000 yearly. All the work of t!ie Legislature, couid be completed in thirty days, but the session is exten ded over 100 dayf, costing each year $012,000. The system of taxat.. in tho State amounted to nothing shoitof confiscation of property. "Shame !" Columbia, the cnpital of the State, has a tax of J per cent., while the bank rate of interest is from eighteen to thirty per cent., owing to the great risk of making any kind of investment. We cannot draw capital from the great North in exchange for the products of the Stnte, now wasting for the want of a proper market. There are, out of 10,000.000 acres of arable land, only 3,000,000 acres under cultivation, owing to the high rate of interest and the vicious system of government. ?he only class of persons who have done well in South Carolina are the carpet-baggers an I thft office-holders the latter grow richer as the Gov eruruent'growfl more corrupt laugh ter, and are likely to do so until they are viped out at the coming election." Applause The speaker then refer red to the nomination of General Wade Hampton for Governor of South Carolina, who, he said, was free from political taint, as were the other Des moctatic candidates for office: They iutended to do their duty, and had dared to face their Republican ene mies even iu spite of the bayonet. Cheers. JuriKe J. -jr. JiaeUey't Sentiment. This from the Columbia Register: Question ,1 udge, what is your opinion concerning Chamberlain's proclamation ? Judge M 1 know and he knows it is unconstitutional and void, and therefore cannot stand. Q But, Judge, pnppose we are, as members of a ntle club, arrested for drilling ? Judge If any member of arifl-? olub is arretted iu my circuit on that ao count, I will direct his immediate dis charge and order the arrest of the ar resting officer. Bystander Well, Judge, wo will drill ou your responsibility; and if we are arrtsted, win apply to be brought before you. Judge Every Judge in the State, except Wik'U (and he has not' been heard from) has expressed the same opinion as myteil. By.-tnder But we muy be. brought blwfe Judge C rpenter? Judge- Judg Carpi-m r thinks ex acfy as 1 do in i.giii to the matter. Bystander Well, Judge, what do you think of Corbin's statement ? Judge It is a tissue of falsehoods from beginuiug to end. Judge M. gave it as his opinion that Chambeilaiu is engaged in a bold o m bpiracy. He closed with this remark: "If I were iu command of a rifle olub, I would make Chamberlain withdraw his proclamation by 10 o'clock ti rnorrow." "My God,'' said a northern mau in Fayetteville the other light after hear ing Canaday epeak, what is North Carolina coming to when it is possible for such a mau as that even to aspire to Congress?'' - J A FBIXTEB'S POEM. TO MISS CATHaBINBJ- , OF V. T. K. Ac S A now I mean to write, 2 you, sweet KTJ, The girl without afl, The belle ofUTK. I 1 der if you got the 1 I wrote to you 3 4, I sailed in the RED A, & sent by L N Moore. My M T head wiil scarce conceive 1 calm IDA bright, But b T miles from you I must Mthis chimce to write. & 1st, should NENVU, BEZ mind it not, If any friendship show, B sure They shall not be forgot. But friends and foes alike I) K, As U may jilainlyC In every funeral It A, Our uncle's L E w. From virtue never D V 8, Iler influence B 9 Alike induces lOderuess Or 40tude divine. & if you cannot cut a , Or cause an !, 1 hope U'll put a. 2 1?. Ii U for an Xation 2 Uy cousin, heart aud K7"? He offers iu a ir A broad of land. He says he loves U to X S, U're vir uous and Y's InXLNCl'XL All others in his I'g. This S A until U I C, I pray you to X Q's & do not burn in F 1 (1 My qiiaint an. I wayward muse. Now, fare U well, dear KTJ, I trust that U ii true, When this U O, then U can say An S A I O U. From the Southern Home. VI . IV. Holden. This extraordinay individual de nies the statement of Rev. Mr. Bai ley, which it seems Mr. B. has made to more than one in the last few years. Mr. Ralley had no earthly motive for traducing Holden. The latter coald not admit the truth of his oonf ession without seriously compromising Grant and his administration. Within the last few days, evidence has been fur nished confirming Holden's confes sion to Mr. Bailey. Uhamberlaim ia now playing the same role in South Carolina that Holden did in our own State. He has started out as Holden did with a Proclamation declarinc certain counties in a state of insur rection and ordering the insurrec tionary bodies to disband. Thus did Holden m regard to Caswell and Al amance. Chamberlan will follow np this with the same violent meas ures which Holden employed. Now, how doos it happen that the reform ed thief acts just as Holden did? Is it not plain that Chamberlain got his programme at Washiugton.wl ere Hol den said'in his confession that he got hh ? The conduct of Chamberlain is au incidental proof that Holden told Mr Bailey the truth, when he said that the Kirk War was planued in Wash ingtou in the interests of the Radi cal party. Tho deposed Governor now denies thai he made such a con fession. But he also denies that he took bribes and Deweese and Hugh L. Pike, both Radicals, and his in timate cronies, while the stealincr was going on, say that he was re peatedly bribed. Deweese was a member of Congress during Holden's administration. Pike was the editor of the Standard at Raleigh, and au thor of the phrase "hoftv on the Castalian." Here is what Pike said: "I hereby swear that I am knowing to the fact that W. W. Holden did in the year Ibrjy, receive $2,000 (twenty five thousand dollars) in North Carolina bonds, for giving his signature to a certain act." Horace L. Pike. May 3rd, 1870. A brite taker will not hesitate to ie besides. Holden is editing a pa per, miscalled, the Constitution, which is just as full of faluehoods and ma- igmty.as some of the great religious newspapers of the .worth. If any truth of a political character is pub- ished in the Constitution, we venture the assertion that it has esoaped the editor's eye. Ilic Indiana Garrrmander, It may have doubtless puzzled many of our readers to understand how the Indiana Republicans managed to elect nine out of the thiarteen Congressmen from that State, with a majority ef over six thousand in the popular vote against them. The News and Courier says the detailed returns of the elec tion in the several Congressional .Dis tricts show how effectually the infa mous arrangment of those Districts by the Republican Legislature has stifled the voice of the people. These are the figures that tell the tale: 4th District 405 6th Otatrttt 2.'"3tt 6th District 1.057 7th District 8,334 8'b Ditric 80 SthDia'ilct 699 1st District.. 2d Dltnot... Sil District.. 12th District. 1,510 5,779 0,411 6,01s Total 18.783 Total Kaimblican niaprity 12,539 loth iltri. t 6'0 Ilth District 2,476 13;h Di3trict 2.353 Net Democratic Total 12,539 majority 6,18 It will be seem that in the four dis ricts carried by the Democrats their majority aggregates 18,723, whilst the nine districts carried by the Repub licans give only sn aggregate majority of 12,539, giving the Democrats a majority in the State, on the Con gressional vote, of 6,186, despite the fact that they secured less than one third of the Congressmen. The In dianapolis Sentinel makes the point that, under the present apportionment aws of Indiana, the Demooreats must have a majority of 17,000 of the pop ular vote in order to control the Leg islature and have a majority of the Congressmen. This is the kind of re cognition of the rights of the majority thai calls its lf "Republicanism" in the Centennial year of American In dependence. The rifle clubs in South Carolina, which Gov. Chamberlain has outlawed, have been officially recognized by him again and again. To one of them he presented, in the name of the State, a silken banner, be me- by that company in the pageant at Banker Hill. When Chamberlain came to Charleston last summer he was escorted by the Colum bia Rifle Clubs. Oa the 28th of June he rode through the streets of Charles ton at the head of the rifle clubs of South Carolina and Georgia, accompa nied by similar companies from New York and Boston, and at night he broke bread with those rifle clubs as their d'ustinguifched guest. Ml 1876. THE ELECTION LAW. Act os- 1871-72, (Battle's Rkvisax, Chap. 52,) as amended by act of 1874-75. 3. There shall be au election held for the following officers, Tuesday after the first Monday in November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six: First, Governor; second, Lieutenant- Governor ; third Secretary of State ; fourth, Auditor; fifth. Treasurer ; sixth, buperln tendent of Public Instruction; seventh, Attorney-General; eighth, members of Con gress iu the several districts ; ninth, mem bers of the General Assembly for their res pective counties and districts; tenth, a county treasuier; eleventh, a regis ter of deeds ; twelfth, county surveyor ; thirteenth, fiTe county commissioners fourteenth, a coroner ; fifteenth, a sheriff, for their resrective counties. 4. The county commissioners shall have Dower to establish, alter, discontinue or create such separate plaees of election in their respective counties as they may deem expedient, giving thirty days' notice thereof hy advertisement in some public journal, if there be one published in the county, or in heu thereof In three places In such county aud at the court house thereof, but there shall be at least one polling place in every township, as nearly central as possi ble, and then? shall bo a polling place open in each ward of a city numbering over three bousand inhabitants. 5. The Secretary of State shall, on or prior to the first Monday of September, year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, provide for and forward to the commissioners of counties, on their requisition, suitable registration books, when needed, for each election precinct as established heretofore, and for any new precincts which may be established under the last section. 6. If the commissioners of counties do not receive a sufficient number of regis tration books, as provided in the last sec tion, they are authorized and directed to provide the same for their respective coun ties at the expense of tbe State. 7. Tbe commissioners of counties shall select, on or before tbe first Monday of OctobT,year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, one justice ot the peace for each election precinct, who shall act as registrar of voters for sueh pre cinct ; and when for any cause there are not enough justices of the peace to have one at each precinct, the commissioners shall appoint some discreet person to act as registrar of voters. Said commissioner shall make publication of the names of the persons so selected, at the court house door, immediately after such appointment, and shall cause a notice to be served upon said persons by the Sheriff. I'rovided, mat any person wno is a eandidate foroffice shall not act as registrar, o. liegisirars snail be furnished with a ; resistration book, and it shall be their duty to revise the existing registration books of their precinct or tovr nship in such manner that said books shau. show an accurate list of electors previously registered in such precinct or township, and still residing therein, without requiring such electors to be registered anew; and such registrars shall also between tbe hours of sunrise and sunset on ea.h day (Suudays excepted) from the first Tuesday in ctober, one thousand eight hundred aud seventy-six, up to and iucludiug the day preceding the first Tuesday in November, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, keep open said book for the registration of any elec tors residing iu such precinct or township aud entitled to registration, whose, names havo never before been registered in such precinct or township, or uo not appear in the revised list. 0. No elector shall be entitled to register or vote in any other precinct or township than the one in which he is an actual and bona fide resident on the day of election, aod no certificates of registration shall be given. 10. It shall be the duty of tbe registrar aud Judges of election to attend at the poll ing place- of their township or precinct with the registration books on the Satut day preceding tbe election, from the hour of nine o'clock, A. M., till the hour of five o'clock, P. M., when and whero the said books shall be open to the inspection of tho electors of the precinct or township, and auy of said electors shall bo allowed to object to the name of any person appear ing on said books. In case of any such ob jection the registrar shall enter upon his books, opposite to the name of the person so objected to, the word " challenged," and shall appoint a time and place ou or before tho election day, when he, together with said judges of election, shall hear and de cide said objection, giving due notice to the voter so objected to : Provided, that nothing in this section contained shall be construed to prohibit the right of any elec tor to challenge or object to the namo of any person registered, or offering to regis ter, at any time other than that above specified. If any person challenged or objected to shall be found not duly quali fied, as provided in this chapter, or as provided in the Constitution, the registrar shall erase his name from the books. 11. The County Commissioners, on or be fore the first Monday of October, 1878, shall appoint four judges or inspectors of elec tion, two of whom shall be of a different political party, where possible, from tho registrar, at each place of holding election in their respective counties. The said judges of election shall attend at the places tor which tney are severally appointed, on ths day of election, and they together with the registrar for such precinct or towTnship, w bo snail attend with nis registration books. after being sworn by some justice of the peace or other person authorized to ad minister oaths, to conduct the election fair ly and Impartially according to the Con stitution and law s of the State, shall open the polls and superintend the same until the close of the election. They shall keep poll books in which shall be entered the name of every person who shall vote ; and at the close of the election the judges of election shall certify the same over their proper signatures, and deposit them with the register of deeds for safe keeping. And said poll books bhall in any trial for illegal or fraudulent voting be received as evidence. The tJounty Commissioners shall immediately after the appointment of the Judges of election, as herrtn provided, furnish a list of the names of such judges to the sheriff of their county, who shall within ten days serve notice of such ap pointment upon the said judges; and if for any cause, any person appointed judge ef election shall fail to attend, the regis trar of such township shall appoint some discreet person to act as such, who shall be by him sworn before acting, and shall bo of the same p ilitical party as the absent judge or judges. Provided, That any person who is a candidate for office shall not act as judge or ii.sjjector of election. 12. Every male, p rson born in the Uni ted States, aud any male person who has beep naturalized, tweiity.one years old or upwards, who shall have resided in the State twelve months next preceding the election and thirty days in the county in which he offers to vote, shall be deemed an elector in the township in which he re sides, and shall be entitled to registration upon application, upon taking the follow ing oath ; " I, , do solemnly swear (or affirm) that 1 will support the Constitution and laws of tho United States, and the Constitution and laws of North Carolina ot inennsistant therewith; that 1 have been a resident in the State of North Caro lina for twelve months, and iu the county f ft thirty days, and that I have not registered for this, election in any other precinct, and that I am an actual and bona fi.de resident of township. & help me God." 13. No registration shall be allowed, on the day of election, but if any person shall give satisfactory evidence to tbe judges of HQ. 43 the election that he has coma of the ace of twenty-one years ox the day of election, or has Tor any other reason, become on that day entitled to register, he shall be allowed to register and vote. 14. On the day of election any elector may, and it shall be the duty of the Judces of election to challenge the vote of any per son, who may be known or suspected not to be a duly qualified voter. 16. The polls shall be opened ou tho day of election from seven o'clock In the mor ning until sunset of the same day; and each voter whose namo may appear register ed, and who shall tot be challenged and rejected, shall hand in his ballots to the judges who shall carefully deposit the bal lots in the ballot boxes. 17. Immediately after any election the judges of election shall deposit the regis tration books for their respective precincts with the register of deeds of their respec tive counties. 18. The State officers, via: Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Superintendentof Pub lio Instruction, aud Attornev General shall be voted for on one ballot. The members of Congresi for their respectire districts shall be voted for on one ballot. The members of the General Assembly for their respec tive counties aud district shall bo voted for ou one ballot. The county officers for the respective counties, viz: treasurer, reg ister of deeds, surveyor, five commissioners, coroner and sheriff, shall be voted for on one ballot. The ballots shalfbe on w hite paper, aud may be printed or written, or partly written and partly pi luted, and without device. lt. The County Commissioners, or upon their failure, the inspectors of election, shall provide for each election precinct in their respective counties four ballot-boxes, one for each class of officers to be voted for as prescribed In the preceding section, iu which to deposit the ballots for such offi cers respectively. Each of said boxes shall have an opening through the lid of suffi cient size to admit a single folded billet and no more. The said ballot-boxes shall be kept by the judges of election for the. use of their several election precincts res pectively. And said judges of election, before the voting begins, shall carefully ex amine tho ballot boxes and see that there is nothing in them. 20. When the election shall be finished the registrar and Judges of election, in presence of such of the electors as may choose to attend, shall open the boxes and count the ballots, reading aloud the names of the persons who shall appear on each ticket ; and if there shall be two or more tickets rolled up together or any ticket shall contain the names of more persons than such elector has a right to vote for, or shall have a device upon it, in either of these cases such ticket or tickets shall not be numbered in taking the ballots, but shall be void, and the said counting of votes shall bo continued without adjourn ment until completed and the result threof declared . 21. Returns from all the precincts shall be made by the judges of election by noon on Saturday ensuing the day of election to the County Commissioners, who shall, In the presence of such persons as choose to attend, proceed to add the number of votes returned, and so far as county officers, members of the House of Representatives and senators, where the senatorial district consists of but one county, are concerned, the person having the greatest number of votes shall be deemed duly elected, (should any two persons have an equal number of votes for the same office, the commission ers shall decide which of the two shall be elected.) Aud if tor any cause the return of any p.ecinct be not In by three o'clock, P. M., ou that day, then and in that case the commissioners shill adjourn without comparing the polls, to meet again on the following Tuesday at twelve o'clock M., when the polls of the various precincts of the county shall be compared, and In the meantime they shall direct tbe sheriff or one of his deputies to compel the attend ance of the delinquent returning officers with tho vote of his precinct. When the commissioners have thus completed the comparison of the polls they shall proclaim the result at the court-house door, of the voting In their county for all the persons voted for and the number of votes cast for each, and shall immediately thereafter file with the register of deeds and with the sheriff of their county, or in case there be no sheriff, with the coroner, a certified statement of the same : Provided, the counties of Carteret, Hydo and Dare shall be allowed until Tuesday after the election to make their returns. 1 be commissioners shall also file with the register of deeds the returns made by the judges of the election of each precinct. 28. I he registrar shall receive one cent for each name copied from the original registration book, and three cents for each new name registered. 2. Any registrar or judge or judges of election appointed under the provisions of this chapter, or any county commissioners, register of deeds, or sheriff failing or neg lecting to make the returns and perform the duties required of him by this' chapter, for the non-performance of which no pen alty has been hereinbefore Imposed, shall be fined not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, or im prisoned not more than 6ix nor less than two months, at the discretion of the court. 30. Any person who shall with intent to commit a fraud, register or vote at more than one box or more than one time, or whoBhall induce another to do so, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on con viction shall be Imprisoned not less than six nor more than twelve months, or fined not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars, at the discretion ot the court; and any registrar of voters, or any clerk or copyist -who shall make any entry or copy with intent to commit a fraud shall be liable to the same penalty. 81. Any ierson who shall falsely and corruptly take the oath prescribed for vot ers in section twelve or fifteen of this chap ter, shall be deemed to b guilty of per jury, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars, and be impris oned at hard labor in the penitentiary not less than two nor more than five years. 32. The Secretary of State shall, on or be fore the first Monday in October, 1876, fur nish the County Commissioners of each county w ith a sufficient number of copies of this chapter to supply each county com missioner, register of deeds, sheriff, regis trar of voters and judges f election with one copy thereof. Act of 1878-74- 12. That all elections herein ordered shall be conducted in all particulars in such manner and form, and undei such rules and regulatioi s, as are prescribed in chapter one hundred and eighty-five, acts of one thousand eight hundred and seventy one and one thousand eight hundred and seveniy-two, and one hundred and twenty four, ac s of one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, both of which, so.far as they are not inconsistent with the provis ions of this act, are hereby re-enacted : I'rotided, that any elector thall be eligi ble as n;i3trar for their several townships in all such elections, and any provisions of chapter one hundred and eighty-Eve, laws of one thousand eight hundred and seventy one and one thousand e'ght hundred and seventy-two, inconsistent with this proviso are hereby repealed. That wben a voter is challenged at the pollf , upon demand of any citizen of the State, it shall be the duty of the inspectors of the election to require said voter, before being allowed to vote, to prove by the oath of some other person, known to these Judges, the fact of his residence for thirty days previous thereto In the county in which he propo ses to vote. Act of 1874-75. 5. That all elections herein ordered shall be conducted in all particulars in such manner and form, and under such ruka aud cegolations, except as to the time HATES OF ADVEBTISinO. One Sauare one week.. l ao One Square two weeks... 1 60 One Square one month 80 One 8quare six month. 10 00 Additional Squares at proportional rate. One Square la equal to m solid Lntss ad vertising type. uasn invari&oiv in ad vanoe. ma "MK.fOR.THE V (SHARK. this notloe will understand that! 4 their sub ouuBviiBcrn uiiume a Dine i mara urow scription will expire In a few days and they are respectfully requested to renew without delay. A red-mark denotes that their subscription has already expired, and unless we hear from thm immediately, we will be compelled to discontinue the papr. I ' holding the same, as are prescribed In chapter fifty-two, Battle's Revisal, entitled " General Assembly." and in chanter on hundred and thirty-two, laws of one thous and eight hundred and seventy-thiee and one thousand eight hundred and seventy four, entitled "An act concerning elec tions in this State," ratified fourteenth February, one thousand eiaht hundred and seventy-four, both of which, so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions ot this act, are hereby re-enacted. 6. That officers whose terms of office would expire did the election occur on the first Thursday in August, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, are hereby authorized and directed to hold over iu the same until their successors In office are elected and qualified under this act. 7. That the Secretary of State shall furnish the county commissioners of each of ihe counties of the State with copies of this bin, whose duty it shall be to advertise the same at the court-house door of their respective counties and at each of the voting precincts of tho townships for three months before the said day of election. HLII?I AND VANCE CLUBS-HOW TO OltOArlIZE TIlEm. The following simple form of organ ization we recommend for adoption in organizing Tilden and Vanoe Clubs in the various townships in the State. It is easily understood and we believe embraces all the essential points. The blanks can be readily filled to suit the wants of different localities. It is sub stantially that now in use in South Carolina: Abticlb 1. The name of this organi zation shall be -'The Tilden and Vance Club." Art. 2. The officers of the club shall be a president, vice-pr slients,secretary and a working committee of members who shall serve for such a time as may be fixed by resolution; and any vacancies in these offices shall bo filled by an election at the first meeting after the same Is announced. Aut. 8. The President shall have power to call extra meetiugs ot the club, andoue tldrd of the total membership of the club shall constitute a quorum fur the transac tion of business. Akt. 4. A regular meeting of the club sha 11 bo held ou the Saturday in every month. Akt. 5. Any male citizen of the vicinity may become a member of the Club by signing the Constitution, and pledging himself to sustain and support to the best of his ability all nominations made by the Conservative Democratic party, either In State, county or municipal elections. Art. 6. It shall be the duty of the working committee to prepare a complete record of the names and residences of all voters within the township. Akt. 7- That the members of this Club pled e themselves to each other and the Conservative-Democratic party to abide bv and sustain the nominees of the party for a offices, whether national, State, county or municipal, and will discountenance every effort on the part of indi vidua' i to distract our counsels and divide the vote upon independent candidates, whom we will regard hereafter as giving aid and comfort to our political opponents. Akt. 8. The Secretary of the Club shall forthwith report to the Chairman of the Conservative-Democratic Executive Com mittee for the county the names and post office address of each officer of the Club. KIDNEY COMPLAINT. Probablj there is no complaint that afflicts the human system, which la bo little understood at the present time, aa soma of the varied forms of Kidney Complaint. There ia no dlseate hich canses snca acute pain or more alarming in its results than when the kidneys fall ti secrete front the blood tbe nrlc acid, and other poisonous substances which the blood accumulates iu its circulation through the Byfttem. If from any cause the kidneys fall to perform the functions derolvlnz upon them, tha culml natltfns are taken up by the absorbents and the whole system tar own into a etat of diseaee, causing great pain and enflering.and very often immediate deth. Uenco tha importance of keeping the kidneys and blood in a healthy con dition, through which all the Impurities of the body must pas. PAIN IN THE BACK. There is no remedy known to medical science which has proved Itself more valuable in cases ot Kidney Complaints than the Vbobtinb. If ucta directly upon the eecretions. c.'oanMs and purine the blood, and restores the ' to healthy action. rhole system The following extraordinary cure of great sufi'ersrs, who bad been given up by the best pbyBic'.ane as hopeless casus, will apeak for cbemselvca, and should challenge tho most pro found attention of tbe medical faculty, as well as of those who aro suffering from Kidney Com plaint. THE BEST MEDICINE. Kat Mabibfibld, Aug. C2, 1870. Ms. Steven Dear air I am seventy-one years of age; have suffered many years with Kidney Complaint, weaknoi In my back and 8'omach. 1 was In luced by friends te try your VEKiTim, and I think it t-e best medicine for weakness of the Kidneys I ever used. I have tried many remedies furtbisdumplatnt,and never found bo much relief as from the Vbgbtipb. it strengthens and invigorates tho whole vyntem. Many of my acquaintance e have taken it, and beiire it to be good for all tbe compla'nts for which it is recommended. Tours truly, Jociabc H. Bbkbmai. Pronounced Incurable. Boston, May 30. lall, H. R. Htbvens. Esq.: Dear Sir 1 have been badly afflicted with Kidney complaint for ten yer have euflere i groat pain in my back, bins aLd aide, with great difficulty in pacing urine, which was often, and in very small quantities, frequently accompanied with blood and exocru tiating pain. I have faithfully tried moat of the popular remedies recommended for my complaint; I have been un-ler ihe treatment nl home ot the most ekillfa physicians Id Botton, all of whom jio notiuced my case ir-curable. This wa my con dition when 1 was advie by a friend to try the Vbgetise, and 1 could tee the good effort from the firt dose I took, and from tbat moment I kept on improving ort'l I wa entirely cored, taking in all, I hoaH think, ftb-iut ix bottles. It Is indee.l a valuable medicine und If 1 should be afflicted apa'n in the same way, I would give a dollar a doe, if I could not get It without. iu spcctfuUy, J. M. GILE, S61 Third Street, South Boston. NEARLY BLIND. H. F. Btkvkbs: Dr Mr In expressing my thinks to jou for benefits dnived fivin the nse of Veoktink, and to be n- fltoher, 1 will itate: Wken eight or nin jears o d I was afflicted wUh Scrotal, which made It appearance in my eyes, face and head, and 1 xs ve y near bli-d f'r two y-ars. All k'nds of oreraMous were per formed on my eyes, and all t no good r-sult. Finally the di-'eae irincira'ly e tf'd In my lo-ly, limbs and feet, anl at times in an aggra vated way. Ijtf t summer I w, 1rom fom entire, weak In my spine and ki'Jiiys, and It wa1 ac times vry hard to etain t'ne. urin-. .Se-i-.g your adver tiem'nt in the Commercial. 1 bought a botttle of Voetih ad commerced ui'r according to directions In two or three days lobta ne-1 great relief. After using f ur or fiVe bottle I noticJ it had a wonderful effect on the rough scaly blotches on my bo-ly and legs. 1 etill aed Vkgetisk and the hurmorons eore-s one alter anc,hr i' sap pear erl until tbey we e a 1 gone, and ! arU-u e the cvire i f tao two du-eibes to VBeiiTiua and nothirjf le. If I am ever attested with anything of the kini ap ain I s'jall t y Vkgetiujs as the o:i!y re I'.able remedy- Onc.9 javru accept my thanks, and believe me to be, Very renp ctf n ly, AUS l IS P KU'iT!', Kb. 85 5ano Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. December 1, 1872. IMsaes of the Kidney, Hladrte-, etc., a'e always unp'easar.t. and at tln.ex thv b'com the mot distressing an 1 d ng..rous dis a es ti at can aft'eci the human system. Mob din a e f thj K'dneys ari ef rra inif niti 1 - re bod. caTin humors whiM- ettl n ti pnrtA. V'EGVrtNE nc ls any kn w i r-nttly in tlii wbo'e worli for c eai ug an' p:ir.i ing tio blo d th- r by c aroi m a ! -a thy a tio i to all tha organs o- tho b dy. Vegetlne Is sold by all Druetglsta- eept 14-4w t Y Green & Planner, Wholesale and Retail Druggists. JKEr constant y oj ham a Ure and well ielecte-1 sbock of Pnipi a1 d M- tiu-ines. Toilet Articles, Seeds, fa'iin, Ut and Al cUal, Stc , Sc. For sale low. ftOJUSt IT