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1 1 mm 1 Li in I IT '.;;"' :' , "Liberty and. Union., now a,Ti.cL forever, one and inseparable.'' Daniel Wkbstbb. ., r'.VV'-!' -1 vol. xxxin :' . : ' ' ' ' ' ' ' : ' k i I I - : I : ; : ' 1 : : -7 -I W. W. HOLDER. J- w- "ULDJSfl. W. W. HOLDER & SON, EDITORS OP THB STANDARD, Authorized publisher! of the Lam of the United Stittes, and of government aavernsemenu. Rates of Subscription. TERM3 Cash ei Advance. Tri-Weckly paper, 1 year 6 00 . ti tt 6 months 3 50 .. 3 " ..... 200 Weekly paper, I year 8 00 " 6 months ' 1 50 n 8 " 1 00 5 copies 1 year.... 12 05 ci io " 1 " .... 23 " 20 " I " .... 40 00 To those who get up clubs of five or more sub scribers, one copy, gratis, will be furnished. A cross X mark on the paper indicates the ex piration of the subscription. Rates of Advertisings Ten lines or one inch space to constitute t gijuan:. One square, one Insertion $1 00 lr.nnh snhseauent Insertion 50 Liberal deduction made, by special contract, to large advertisers. Court advertisements will be charged 25 pre nnt. higher than the recular rates. Special Notices charged 50 pr cent, higher advertisements. For advertisements inserted irregularly, 25 per cent higher than usual rates wm De cnargea. No paper in the South has advertising facilities superior to the btandara. Letters must be addressed to W W. Holden, ) W. W. HOLDEN & 80N, J. W Holden. Raleigh, N. C Judge Kelley in North-Carolina. This distinguished gentleman addressed the people at three points in this State on his way through Charlotte, Salisbury and Greensborough. We learn from the papers, and from friends w ho heard him, that his re marks were liberal, conciliatory, and indeed satisfactory to the great body of the people of both races. He spoke precisely as he did in Mobile. He was firm in his purpose to have the States reconstructed on the basis of unmistakable loyalty, with justice to the colored race equally with the white race; but this purpose was evinced, not in a harsh, domineering or offensive manner, but kindly and with entire respect for the feelings of those who heard him. At Charlotte (says the Guardian,) he said : " The speaker then said that he had been Inter rogated at all points to know if the Sherman bill be accepted by the South, the States would be admitted into the Union, and in reply said that whether Congress had legislated with wisdom or not he wa3 not prepared to say, but that Con gress will act with good faith on the Sherman bill, and those States that will hold a Convention and ratify a Republican Constitution would conced to all equal political rights would not be rejected. Upon confiscation he said that it was not the desire of the people of the North nor Congress that the people of the Sonth can only force it upon themselves that they were their own masters, that they held the the whip over themselves and npon their shoulders rested the responsibility of itB application. That the North did not want to have the milituty over the South. That we must reconstruct our State with the great Republican party of the North, and with their principles that we must adopt their cardi nal doctrines and take the motto expressly antic ipated by Daniel Webster, that of " Liberty and Union one and inseparable, now and forever." He also dwelt on the great natural resour ces of the South on the importance of ed ucation on the importance of machinery and skilled labor, and he gave some excel lent advice to the colored people. The Democrat thus notices his speech in Char lotte: " On Friday evening at 5 o'clock, Mr. Kelly addressed our citizens for one hour and a half in front of the Court House. We went to hear him with somewhat prejudiced feelings, bnt we must say that we were agreeably disappointed, for he said nothing daring the whole speech that could reasonably offend or wound the sensibilities of any one. He dwelt at length on the inexhausti ble resources of the South and of North-Carolina especially spoke of Southern soldiers as brave and gallant men, and hoped that nothing would ever again occur to produce alienation between the two sections. He stated that it the Howard amendment bad been accepted by our State, ber Representatives would have been admitted, as in the case of Tennessee ; and expressly declared tliiit if the Reconstruction Acts were carried out in good faith there would be no further trouble, and North-Carolina would be speedily restored to the Union. His advice to the colored people was as good as the most extreme Southern man could desire. He told them in plain words that if they ever got land and houses aud lots they must work for them, and by industry and economy get the money to buy property that God had so ordered the "late struggle that It had resulted in their freedom, bat they must show themselves capable of en joying liberty, &c, &c. He closed by thanking- the people of this sec tion for the courtesy they had shown him, and expressed great gratification at bis visit. Gen. RuTus Barringer, Mayor Harris, Wm. R. Myers, John Wilkes, and other true friends of the South, occupied seats on the stand during the delivery of the address. We ought to say that Mr. Kelly, In private conversation, stated that his speech in Mobile (where a riot occurred) was similar to the one he delivered hero -that he was particular to avoid saying anything offensive, and that the disturb ance at Mobile was originated by a few' evil dis posed persons who premeditated it before he had said i word. We cannot say positively what has been the character of Mr. Kelly's speeches elsewhere, but we will say that his speech in this place was cal culated to do good instead of harm. Men who widely differ with him in politics express this opinion." The Salisbury Old North State says, "His speech in Salisbury was certainly calculated to do good." The Banner, of the same place, also speaks in approving terms of his Salisbury speech. We learn that his remarks in Greensborough gave equal' satisfaction, though we have not yet seen any account of Jt in the papers. . , , ' . This, then, is the " incendiary Kelley 1" He urges the people of the South to avert further evils by promptly accepting the "erman act in good faith ; he exhorts them to forget the dreadful past, as he will, and lte a new start in the career of prosperity ; e points out to them their vast natural re 80Urce8 ani urges them to develop theni, Promising that as soon as the States are re Nrthern capital and skilled labor Cmc t0 their aid i n'e advises the white 'to extend cheerfully to the colored race nm." 1 mnuAl and civil rights-"" to f Ue means for educating the children of both races; he-tells the colored race tha they must be sober, industrious and hones and get learning and get lands, not lookm to confiscation ; and this is the " incendiary, , so pronounced in the organ of Gov. Wort ; and other rebel papers 1 w e wish we ha thousands of just such " incendiaries" in tli South. It is true, these papers are compelle for very shame to change their tone somi I what since the Judge has spoken i ; this State, and they affect to believe, as justification for the injustice they have dor him, that he has " moderated" or change . his tone since he left Mobile. But not so He delivered in substance the same remark in Mobile which he delivered in Charlotte Salisburyt and Greensborough. The onl. difference is, that in Mobile he was replying in the outset of his speech, to the charge a rebel newspaper that he was the represei tative of a faction, when he was rudely ir terrupted. He then stated that he was a tr man in a free country, and had the tnilitar to sustain him, and could not be put dow in that way. The firing then commenced the meeting was broken np, and the Judg retired to his hotel. There was nothin more " incendiary" in all this on the part ( Judge Kelley than there was in his speeclu just delivered at various points in Nortl Carolina. This charge of incendiarism is intended f , prejudice the people and keep them fro ' turning out to hear Republican speakers.- The habit of speaking of incendiaries is relic of the old slave power. Those who ai , continuing this habit should remember th: ; the slaves are now as free as they are, an : are not more disposed than others to act i i an incendiary manner. Rebel newspape; L which thus assail the Judge, ought rather 1 ', thank him for the mild, and generous mai ; ner in which he handles them. He is n i half as severe upon them as he might justl.' and properly be. We trust this is not the last visit of Judp j Kelley to this State. We . hope to see hit- here during the campaign for members c the State Convention. Mr. Stanbery'g Opinion. We surrender much of our space to-day to the opinion of the Attorney General on the reconstruction acts. The opinion is an able one, and has evi dently been well considered. We do not attach much importance to it, however. It depends entirely upon the temper of the peo ple whether the rebel States will be recon structed under the Sherman act. With the rebel State organizations in existence, and with so many .rebels as voters under the act, while a number of good Republicans are ex cluded from the ballot-box, it is by no means certain that such action will be taken as will ensure the return of the States under the act. But we hope for the best. We learn from the Salem Observer, that the Rev. Mr. Hart, who hails, we believe, from Granville County, while in ' attendance on the Mayo Baptist Association in Forsyth County, recently, went out of his way in one of his pulpit harangues to use the following language: " He said that " any man who had a sonl as big as a gnat would rather be a relative to Gen eral Lee than to be related to General Butler, except those men who went into the bushes rather than fight for the Confederacy, and they ought to be hung with a grape vine.1' The loyal men present took fire at this language, and the next day they went to the place prepared to administer to him a good castigation. Becoming alarmed, he made an humble apology, whereupon they spared him. A paper printed in Winston tries to excuse this reverend traitor and hyyocrite by speaking of him as "a Christian gentle man." The Lord save this people from such Christians 1, They are the Devil's own. If there be one place in perdition hotter than another, it must be reserved for those preach ers of the gospel who sow strife, discord and hatred among the people by their political teachings. Our subscribers at Lanesborough, Anson County, complain that they do not get their papers regularly. The fault is not at this office. We have similar complaints from other quarters. There are persons who read the Standard sent to others, without sub scribing for it, and before the regular sub scribers get it. This is wrong. If you wish to read the paper subscribe for it, and do not deprive the subscribers of the paper for which they have paid. The subscriber is first entitled to the paper. If he chooses to lend it to others after he has read it, he can do so. Speaking at Smithfield. On Wednes day last, Jos. W. Holden and E. Pou, Esq., addressed a meeting in Smithfield, Johnston County. There was not a large audience on the occasion, the meeting having been fixed for Monday, but unavoidable circumstances causing delay. Our observation is that Johnston County, which has never been wrong in the past, is still right. The Union Republican captains of hundreds and thousands are again npon the war path. Johnston will be thoroughly organized by the time the campaign opens in earnest . : " . Jadge Kelley. , Judge Kelley, in passing rapidly through. this State on his - way home, addressed the ' people at Charlotte, Salisbury, and Greens borugh. . His speeches arc spoken of in high terms by the press in those places. : We regret that the Judge could not make it convenient to pass through Raleigh on his ? way home, . - , .." .' ',' '' '-- ' ',' It is stated that Jeff. Davis is in Montreal, and ' very quiet." ; So are the thousands . consigned by him to Woody graves. ;t They are " very quiet." " That those who brought out Gov. Worth did right, and did what was best for the State, has been abundantly proven by the result and by subsequent facts. No propo sition can be more clearly established than that the defeat of Mr. Holden was a fortu nate circumstance, as every man of discern ment must have seen at the time. Perhaps the testimony of Senator Wilson will satis fy the Democrat. When Gov. Worth was in Washington city last, he . met Senator Wilson, in the presence of a number of gen tlemen, who expressed much pleasure at meeting Gov. Worth.. Mr. Wilson remark ed substantially, addressing himself to the Governor, " some folks made an ado because you beat Mr. Holden for Governor, but, for my own part, I was glad enough of it." llaleiyh Sentinel. If Senator Wilson " was glad enough of it," it was because it afforded him an oppor tunity to impose more degrading terms on the people of the State. But what did President Johnson say about Mr Holden's defeat ? Will the Sentinel dare say that President Johnson is not a compe tent witness, that he is not a " loan of dis cernment" will it say that he is a radical ana an enemy to tne aoutn f nere is wuu the President said about the result of the election for Governor in 1865 : . Washington, Nov. 27, 1865. W. W. Holden, Provisional Governor: Accept my thanks for the noble and effi cient manner in which vou have discharged your duty as Provisional Governor., You will be sustained by the Government. The results of the recent elections in North-Carolina have srcatlv damaged the prospects of the State in the restoration of its govern mental relations: Should the action and spirit of the Legislature be in the same direc tion, it will greatly increase the mischief al ready done, and might be fatal. It is hop ed the action and spirit manifested by the Legislature will be so directed as rather to repair than to increase the difficulties under which the State has already placed itselt. ANDREW JOHNSON, President of the United States. We consider that the above refutes the statement of the Sentinel and affords abun dant justification for the support we gave Mr. Holden in 1865, and for the efforts we then made to prevent strife and party ex citement ' Let the Sentinel answer President Johnson if it can, and show that he is a man of no discernment Charlotte Vem. We do not believe that Mr. Wilson utter ed anv such language to Gov. Worth. The latter is, of course, responsible for the state ment, for he must have made it to the Edi tors of the Sentinel. When Gov. Worth was last in Washington his special business was to continue, if possible, the use of the cow hide on the backs of persons convicted of stealing. Mr. Wilson does not approve of such punishments, and he no doubt knew the object of Gov. Worth's visit It was not natural, therefore, that Mr. Wilson should meet him as cordially as stated. Again, Mr. Wilson knew that Gov. Worth had been elected tor the most part by per sons disaffected to the government, and his opponent beaten because he was and is a more loyal man than Gov. Worth. For these reasons we do not believe that Mr. Wilson met Gov. Worth in the manner stated. But if it be true that Mr. Wilson was pleased, but a few months since, at Gov. Worth's election, how did it happen that, when Mr. Wilson visited Raleigh recently, Gov. Worth did not turn out to meet him, and show him the respect to which he was entitled ? It was stated at the time that Gov. Worth dined with Mr. Wilson. This is not true. In company with the Senior Editor of the Sentinel, he simply dined at Mr. Wilson. ' But this is mere byplay, and amounts to nothing. We became convinced in 1865, when Gov. Worth was deliberating as to whether he would become a candidate for Governor, that he had no special or particu lar regard for truth. The Sentinel says " those who brought ont Gov. Worth did right" They certainly did, in a rebel sense. Yet the Sentinel, but a few weeks before he was brought out, gave seven or eight reasons, as the files of that paper will show, why there should be no opposi tion to the then Provisional Governor. He was "brought out" for two reasons; first, because the Provisional Governor thought proper to recommend to the President that the application of Gov. Graham for a pardon should be suspended ; and secondly, because certain public men and certain families felt and saw that if the then Provisional Gov ernor should be elected, they would lose " the spoils" and the control of the various State corporations. This is the whole secret Gov. Graham fretted like a spoilt child, be cause he was not promptly pardoned, and he stepped forward out of spite to mar and de stroy the President's plan of reconstruction. He found convenient tools, and he did the work. These people, under the lead of Gov. Graham, do not wish, in the first place, to re store the Union. It is repugnant to their feelings to go back under the old flag. In the second place, it is against their interests, for they know that restoration must cast them out of office and deprive them of "the spoils.'! Hence their opposition to the Howard amendment, and their present purpose to defeat - restoration under the Sherman act, if at all possible. The .only remedy is to abolish them by act of Congress. Let them drop through as office holders let the existing rebel organisation be abolished, and let the State, with its trea sure and its corporations, pass into the hands of the military, and there will then be no room to doubt that the State will be recon structed and restored on a loyal basis. : As it is, the disloyal are governing the loyal, and the Congress, without intending it, is offer ing a premium to treason.'; - Mass Meeting in Stokes CvWtTv - We are requested to give notice that, a mass meeting of Republicans will be held at widow Michael's, Stokes County, on the road leading from Sandy Ridge to Unrston's Ford, on Saturday the 15th of June. , The people of both races arejnvited to attend.' '-....j Hon. Thomas Settle and other distinguish ed speakers are expeoted to. ba present The Contest in Tennessee. ' We copy, with our cordial and unquali fied endorsement the following article from our friend of the Hendersonville Pioneer, in relation to the contest now going forward in Tennessee. Tuat glorious old patriot" Gov.Brownlow is opposed by Emerson Eth eridge, a double-distilled, envenomed cop perhead and traitor. It seems that John Baxter, Esq., has lost what little Unionism he once appeared to have, and is on the stump agaiust Gov. Brownlow. It is a treat to read Gov. B.'s excoriations of this rene gade and demagogue. We would copy them in the Standard, but for the constitutional provision in this State that " cruel and un usual punishments shall not be inflicted,", however well deserved, as in the case of Baxter. We are glad to learn, as Ve do from a friend in Nashville, that Gov. Brown low will be re-elected by at least thirty thou sand majority. . " . The Pioneer says : ' "As the day of election for Governor in Ten nessee approaches, the contest grows wanner. It appears that every secession-copperhead con servative, of any prominence in the State, is very anxious to defeat their present most exceMcnt Governor. It is perfectly natural that those who hunted him down, and persecuted him for his devotion to tue union snouia leel cuargnnea ai his exalted and honorable position. Governor Brownlow has done more for the prosperity of Tennessee since the close ot tue war, than couia have been accomplished by any other man in the State. Under bis auspices the credit of the State is becoming sonnd. The old Railroads, which lay in ashes at the end of the war, have been put into full operation, new ones have sprung into existence, and others under way of construction, manufactories arc springing np at various points ; industry and prosperity has taken the place ot war, devastation, blood-shed and ruin ; provisions have been made lor the edueatiou of the rising generation, without distinction of classes. The objections to him come from ihe enemies of the Union among this class everywhere the howl is raised against him, aud for no other reason, in rt-ality, but for his uncompromising, uncon ditional devotion and attachment to the Union. There are many North Carolinians in East Tennessee, who fled from this section- during the reien of terror, and manv others who have emi grated there since. We trust that every man of mem win siana square up to me support oi uov cmor Brownlow, remirdless ot copperhead in fluence and opposition, come from whatever quarter it may. Ihe Governor ss tearless, out spoken, frank, postive and candid in everything pertaining to his public acts He has alwiys been an eyesore to political hacks and dema gogues never deceives the people. He is just the man for the times, aud a greater calamity could not beful the people of Tennessee, than the loss of the valuable public services of this fearless and upright man. He is the right man in the right place, and there is t-curcely a donbt but the people of Tennessee will bo decide by their "bal lots. The rebels of Tennessee, above all others, are most indebted to Governor Brownlow. Under his leadership, and mainly through his influence. the State now occupies a proud position as one of the States in the Union, whereby the chances for the confiscation of rebel property is greatly lessened, ii noi entirely secured. Outrages on Colored People in Ken tickv. Kentucky is under rebel rule. The Cincinnati Gazette gives the following ac count of outrages in that State on the col ored people. If North-Carolina should be restored under the auspices of the Worth' Graham-Vance faction, or if that faction should obtain control after the State is re stored, we may expect the same outrages here. The Gazette says : " At a fair estimate, two negroes per day in Kentucky are beaten, outraged, maimed, burned, or murdered. Under the civil rights law over fifty murders and more than two hundred cases of outrage npon black citizens have been report ed by the civil and military authorities. During ma past year alone, over five hundred murders and outrages upon ncuroes have occurred in Kentucky. This only includes such cases as were officially noticed by the United States commissioners, civil courts, or agents of the Freedmen's Bureau, and it is fair to Dresunie that lOO or 200 more cases occurred which were never reported at all or acted an officially. But a single judge in the State the Hon. William C. Goodloe, who hog always been loyal, and was arraigned last winter by the Legislature for bis loyalty has recognized the statutes passed by Congress and admitted negro testimony into his courts. All the rest of the judges have either ignored the law or nullified its effects." m m Tennessee. Great significance is attached to ine recent summons oi ueneral iliomas to wasn ington, and his subsequent interview with Gen. Grant and the President and Cabinet The in dications in lennessee, growing out of the out rages perpetrated by Brownlow's armed militia. consisting mainly of negroes, have assumed so alarming and portentous an aspect, that it has been deemed indispensable by toe government to interpose and prevent civil war in the unfor tunate State which is cursed by his wicked rule. ixmma. . We do not credit the report that the Pres ident intends to interfere in the internal af fairs of Tennessee. He has no more power in Tennessee than he has in Pennsylvania or Ohio. If Gov. Brownlow should call on the President to aid him in maintaining order in Tennessee, it would be the duty of the latter to extend the aid required ; but beyond this, the Presi4ent has no power to interfere. The Sentinel will be disappointed in its wish to see federal troops slaughter the Republi cans of Tennessee. That is what that paper and its partisans, want . , . . Tennessee is doing veiy well. She is pros pering under loyal rule. If the President interferes and takes part against Goveornor Brownlow, to snstain the copperhead traitors who are responsible for all the trouble there is in that State, he will do so at his peril. The blood of the nation is already roused by the bailing of Mr. Davis. It will not brook much, more. " " Mexico -Maximilian. The Liberals, un der Juarez, have recently stormed Queretaro and captured Maximilian, the so-called Em peror of Mexico. It is stated that orders had been issued for the immediate execution of Maximilmn as a tjrant and usurper. The American and Austrian Ministers were ex erting themselves to save him, but it was believed their efforts would be fruitless. We shall hear soon what his fate has been. : -. The Freeman's Journal. .: w : We have received two numbers of a paper with the above title, published at Charlotte, in this State. . .. ' ' '.. ... -. -. This paperis very neatly printed, and filled with interesting and useful matter. -It is thoroughly Republican in character. We wish it success. . ' .'.""-" '" Vy : ': We learn lhat R. C. Badges, Esq., bas re signed as County Attorney for Wake, and that cVrles'M. .Busbee,. Esq., Ua; Jeea elected ty fill the vacancy. Mr. Stevens on Confiscation. Hon. Thaddeu8 Stevens has written a let ter in vindication of his proposed policy of confiscation, a proof-slip of which, from the Gettysburg (Pa.,) Star and Sentinel, address ed to Hon. E. McPherson, Clerk of the House, of Representatives, its editor, has been received in Washington, as follows : Lancaster. Pa- May 29, 1867. Dear Sir: Short as your letter is, I fear I cannot answer it without violating an injunction of my medical adviser not to suffer myself to be come excited. ' You live in a region which was two or three times invaded by the ar mies of Jefferson Davis. In the counties of Bedford, Fulton, Franklin, Cumberland, Adams and York they visited almost every iarmer and otber inhabitants, and plundered them of their horses, cattle, provisions, wag ons and money when found, besides some detached casesi 'They laid in the ashes one thri ving village of 9,000 people, and turned the inhabitants houseless into the streets to seek shelter in fence-corners. . No provision has ever been made, or is making, to reim burse the plundered citizens. By the law of nations, a government makes no compensa tion lor damages done by an invading ar my, unless such government is victorious, when it always provides by treaty for the payment by the vanquished enemy. A gov ernment which neglects to make such pro visions on behalf of its plundered citizens is basely negligent ot its duty. - A quasi peace exists between the belliger ents, the terms of which are dictated by Congress, which is under the control of the Republican p:irty. Nothing but the pro ceeds of the confiscation of a small portion of the property of wealth; rebels can be ap plied to pay the damages inflicted by these marauders, unless it be paid outot the treas ury of the Uuited States. A few republican meteors always erratic in their course, are flitting through and exploding in the repub lican atmosphere. They attract sufficient at tention to enahle them to assure the amiable rebels who inflicted this injury that they need fear no , confiscation that nobody of any note in the North is in favor of imposing such punishment for the sake of remunera tion or justice. They assure them that noth ing shall be taken from Aiken's estate of millions from Hampton, Davis, Orr, Faulk ner, or from a thousand others, who are still worth their hundreds ot thousands, to reim burse the loval men North and South who were plundered of their estates and to aid your poor neighbors to rebuild their humble tenements. It is scarcely to be endured that Congress tor two sessions should sit indifferent to these sufferings, and take no steps to enforce these rights. These remarks apply to a large portion of Maryland, ot West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana and Missouri, as well as to the slave States. He who can patiently listen to that putrid humanity which we now see propagated. has more command of himself than I have. Indeed, it looks as if we were still to add to the burden of our taxation to defray Ihe ex penses of transportation and the ovation of triumphant traitors. But 1 must stop, or I shall commit the fault agaiust which I have been warned. With great respect, Your oledient servant THADDEUS STEVENS. The New York Herald seems to be pro voked and alarmed at the liberation of Mr. Davis on bail. It says : " Bnt what will be the consequence of letting the rebel chief go without being tried? How will the people interpret this act ? Will they not argne that if there be no treason the war was in vain and is fruitless ? There is now in the public mind a degree ot consternation and doubt, ihe action of the government and judiciary bas unset tled it. Is there treason or is there not? is the question every one asks. Soon, if we mictake not, the people win interpret tne action oi tne government the Chief Justice. Underwood. Greeley, and of all the rest as repudiating trea son ana as declaring the war a lailure in its re sults. If so, will they not regard the national debt a national swindle, and repudiate that as readily as the crime of treason bas oeen repudia ted?" They will say naturally enough that they ought not to be burdened with a debt of three thousand millions and upwards, reckoning the debt of the States as well as of the general gov ernment for nothing. They will ask why they snouia oe taxea a nundrea ana nity to two nun dred millions a year, when they have been cheat ed in the object and results of the war. Is there treason or is there not ? This is the question of the time, belore which every otber must give way. It involves the security of our government hereafter and the payment or repudiation of the national debt Understanding the action of the government and the judiciary as virtually declar ing there is no such crime as treason, we should not be surprised to see, within five years, the debt created by the war repudiated as an im position and a fraud. That m fact, wonld be the logical consequence of letting treason go un tried and unpunished. If there be no treason the war was all wrong, and the national debt is a national swindle. Charleston. THE CASE OT THE 8TKEBT CAB RIOTERS ALL BUT TWO RELEASED THB MUTILATION OF THB NATIONAL FLAG DISCHARGE OV THE PERPE TRATOR. - Charleston. May 26. General Sickles this evening issued an order in the case of the negroes concerned in the recent street car riots, stating that, in view of the general good conduct of the colored population in trusting to the action of inc auiuorilHSB lur luo rcufuiuuu uuu cuiurn- ment of their rights and privileges, all are re leased excepting Wm. Hughes and John P Stew art, who, being cnargea witn stoning tne cars, resisting the Dolice in the discbarge of ibeir duty, and inciting others to riotous conduct, are re manded for trial by military commission. In the case of Stephen Calhoun Smith, charged with mutilating the national nag at tne nremen i parade on April 27, the order says the only eiten uating circumstance is the prisoner's acknowl edgment of euilL coupled with the avowal that the act was done in a moment of undue excite ment and the expression of sincere contrition for me onence jrruuiiucMi nuu luuucuuu uuwua haying petitioned for Smith's pardon, represent ing that his offence receives no countenance in the community, and it appearing that the confine ment aire idy undergone by the accused, added n the condemnation of the community, will tnf- flciently admonish him of the consequences of bis misconduct it is ordered that he be discharged. The man who deliberately mutilates or insults the flag, should be shot! : . . County ; Work Housr. We learn that W. J. Holleman, Esq., has resigned his place as Superintendent of Wake County Work. House, and that Mr; Willie Perry has been appointed in his place. ? ;r '..'... " We invite attention to the Republican ' Meetings in to-day's Standard, and especially to tie excellent Resolutions adopted by the Buncombe colored Meeting. .Mr. Stanhery's OPOTorf. We though! of giving an editorial synopsis of it; wit aiter reading it twice, we are ; w holly unable to understand one woru oi it. . a usicubwiji written in the Enslish ton Erne, but tne nan uscript has apparently gottea dacged in ' the hands of the printer, and the result is, theooinion of : the "Attorney fcfemerai is mass of unstratified ' nonsense. Charlottes ville Chronicle. - The Ralkioh Sentinel and the Char lotte Democrat. The Sentinel has be come somewhat excited and seems to have lost its usual propriety in discussing public affairs. It rails at us in rather bad temper, and talks about " twaddle " and " whimper ings." There is this difference between the Sentinel and the Democrat: The Sentinel is the organ of the present State administration, and is anxioi.s to keep a certain set of men in office it is working for party purposes and for party men while the Democrat be longs to no party and is not under the in fluence or control of any party, but is striv ing to establish good feeling and peace among all men. lUe Sentinel has favorites to promote to office, and consequently it considers it a duty to denounce all who come in their wav. We have no particular favorites to promote, and have never abused Gov. Worth or his friends, but have merely cautioned the Sen tinel against abusing- Gov. Holden and bis friends, believing that such conduct promo ted contention ana stnte. . We do not belonzto the Republican partv. and have no favors to ask of that or anv other party, but we can tell the Sentinel that there are as good and as honest men co-operating with the Republican party in North Carolina as can be found in the Sentinel's party, and the sooner it acknowledges this fact, and ceases its "twaddle" and "whim perings" about Holden and Holtlenites the better it will be for the welfare of the State. The Sentinel has already caused trouble enough to the people of the State, and it is time lor it to change its course. By advis ing and promoting contention for the office of Governor in the Fall of 1865, it did a great deal to prevent the admission ot the State into the Union, and its factiousness afforded an excuse, to some extent, for the passage of the late Reconstruction Acts, by wbicli many of our people are disfranchised and put below the negro. Alontr with manv of our fellow-citizens we have been deprived ot tue right to vote, and we teel that we are justified in blaming the Raleigh Sentinel for ussisuug in causing iuc uisirancuiseuient oi the white people. We do not approve and endorse every thing that Mr. Holden says and does he knows that we often differ with him but it should be remembered that he has been badly treated and deceived by the Sentinel and others who heretofore professed great friendship tor nim, but who deserted him for very slight or no cause at all, and in that way aggravated and forced him to treat his opponents with some severity. He is not superior to human nature, and those who assail him may expect to be assailed in re turn. After Mr. Holden's conduct as Pro visional Governor was endorsed by a unani mous vote ot tne State Convention, and after it was well known that President John son and the true trends of the South in Washington desired his election to the office of Governor, if the Sentinel and its advisers had permitted the election to pass without opposition and strife, they might feel that they lire not responsible for the present un settled and threatening condition of affairs: "but as it is, they are justly subject to blame and, censure. : We never asked Gov. Holden for favors of any sort; and have never received any. Can the Sentinel say as much ? Char. Democrat. FOURTH MILITARY DISTRICT. The Arkansas Legislature Dissolved. Just as we go to press we have received the information that Governor Murphy has issued a proclamation, based upon an order from General Ord, dissolving the legislative body of the State, and transferring the pub lic treasury to the hands of Col. Page, of the Quartermaster's Department of the Uni- j Ot .... Wa Lmf. nnt I.Ann ahla ' KU U I (l (11 111 J . I,c UK.t UUb unu Ol-MG bl ' obtain a copy of the proclamation, and give the above as its substance upon information. ( Helena Art) Clarion, May 1. J Gen. Ord is determined that the recon- j struction District No. 4, shall be conducted , by loyal men alone. The Legislature of this State is more disloyal than it was in the S days of '64. We call Gen. Sickles' attention j to this fact The existing Legislature pass- j ed an amnesty bill which throws the mantle of secrecy over the crimes committed bv men 1 in the employ of Davis, Vance, Wise, Gra- ham, Toombs, Hampton and many others of i Bimilar character. They passed the revenue i bill to tax tue people a sufficient amount to raise five hundred thousand dollars. This money is not needed. There is money enough i in the Treasury to-day to meet all the State expenses fur more than twelve months. This fact is vouched for by the report ol Treasurer Battle himself. There is no earthly use of . allowing the Legislature to assemble in August next- It j is an illegal body. The reconstruction act provides " that all elections shall be held j without regard to race or color." The pres- i ent Legislature was elected alone by the whites. Anything it may do will not be ; binding upon any one, since the act of Con- gress makes all elections held heretofore null j and void. The assembling of the' Legislature will cost the State some thirty or forty thousand V dollars without doing the State any good whatever. We call upon our colored friends ' to petition Gen. Sickles to dissolve the Leg-' J islature, as they had no hand in choosing it, I and anything it may do will not be binding upon them. Our colored friends are free-j men, they nave tne right to petition uenerai Sickles to this effect We trust they will exercise this right We call the attention of the Republicans of the State to the above facts. Also the Republican press. ' What say you, brother Standard t Let us hear from all the loyal press of the State upon this highly important subject Ruth. Star. Little Hope fob Maximillian. But little hope is e expressed at the State De-, partment that Maximillian's life will be spared, now that the news is 'confirmed that he has fallen into the hand of the Liberals. Juarez, in his communications here, charges that the Imperialists raised the black flag, and first executed Liberal officers,andthathe cannot control his under officers in this re-, gard. The Emperor will probably.be shot most certainly if he has fallen into Esco bedo's bands. Wash. Star. , - The Southern Mission: Gov. Boutwell, ot Massachusetts, will speak at Leesburg, Virginia, on Friday, and at Hamilton, in the same county, on Saturday. He is one of the most eloquent, forcible and,: convincing speakers of . the country, and his Services will be of the greatest value to the union cause in that State. , ; A gentleman who has jnst retained from an extensive tour in Virginia where be went as an agent for the tale of mowers and reaper says that they have the promise of the most extensive yield of wheat ever known in the history of the State. He memtioned the eaw of one fanner on the James River, who expects to make 86,000 bushels ; and that through even to Tennessee, all wear cheerful faces in expectation of what the coming harvest will do lor them.. . Catawha Station, N. C, )Say fi9th. ' , " Editors Standard: How Ifreuld your -, readers like te have an occasional contribu-. : tor to the Standard from Western Carolina, ; 1 the very appropriately termed Switzerland -j of America I If they desire it, we humbly :' tip our cap, and beg to introduce ourselves to their good feelings, under the rum it' plumeofuQ. C. Mc." - - ' In our preliminary, we will state, if the f matter which we write will only be as pure as the air we breathe, there will be no danger of it producing any contaminating effect on -the morals of any of your numerous reader.'' Catawba County has long been .noted for ; '. the industry, perseverance and indomitable energy of her hospitable citizens. Her rev olutionary history, is connected with that of ". Lincoln County, from which she wat divided some eighteen years ago by - the indefatiga ble exertions of her, then (Lincoln) member to the Legislature, Mr. Wilson. - Her capital " . is Newton, called in honor of the immortal ' philosopher, Isaac Newton, as we suppose. and whose picturesque scenery is surpassed -by only a few towns in North-Carolina. A -branch of the W. N. C. It K, about two -miles long runs to the town. In the survey ' of the road, we think this could easily have been avoided with less money than to build ,r the branch. Newton is in a prosperous con- v , dition.it we judge by her appearance. Sev-" ; eralnew buildings have been erected since the war, and all her stores are full. The' merchants have had a good time, as there was a great deal of corn to sell in this Coun- -ty. It sells now at $1 to 1 10:. There is a. very good school under the supervision of Messrs. Clapp & Finger, gentlemen in every respect qualified to fill the position which , they occupy. ' :- v. v----'"' . Shall we not say somethingconcerning the "; place from which we hail, Catawba Station! It is not yet a town, and neither was New York not many hundred years ago. It is a pleat- ' ant place on the W. N. C. R. R. and near the hanks of the Catawba nver. The Shuford 1 Gold Mines, owned by a Northern firm H Powell, Connor & Wilson's Lime Works, '' Granite Shoals Cotton Factory, are all near ; this place. ..... .. ,. In a future communication we expect to : give you a more extended article concerning '. this section of the State, hoping it may prove interesting to youj readers.. . G. C. Mc. . ' Whenever the Democracy argue that the j. great crime of social convulsion will ensue if ' the measures of the Union party are perse-' . vered in, it merely means that they them- j selves are meditating such a wrong. ' This gives the fears of a " war of races" so often, predicted by Democratic editors its only eig- '.' nificance. In the canvass for President in 1860 the Democrats predicted civil war if f Lincoln was elected. They knew that . their party leaders had then determined on the war of rebellion. It was the first intention of the Southern leaders to massacre the ne- ; groes. The hopes held out by Mr. Johnson's , policy induced a change of programme, and instead of destruction they sought by legis- .-' lative enactments to practically enslave the ,. freedmen. Now, the threat of the Louisville Courier that Northern men will not be al- , lowed to." peddle politics and jacobin insb- lence" in the Southern States, means the mobbing of all missionaries after the manner 4 Jutig ; Kelly was treated at Mobile. One of -the cardinal points, in the creed ot the - old Democratic party was to cultivate a spirit of ' prejudice and caste between the whites and the uegroes. The result of this is jutt.now one of the most formidable obstacles in the " way of reconstruction. It is useless to.dis- " guise the fact that there exists a certain en mity between the white and blacks of the South which may lead to serious consequen ces unless carefully watched and discounten anced by the military authorities. There is ' no good reason why the whites Bhould hate ' the blacks and seek occasion to annoy and ' injure them. Providence has cast their lots together at least in the South and the ' sooner the white men there learn to respect . the new position of the negro the better for ' both parties. We regret the riotous mani- ; testations being witnessed just now in differ- ' ent parts of the 8outh, because they will . have a tendency to delay the work of recon-V: struction. The people of the South should understand that demonstrations like that at . .. Mobile will do them no good. . They will K not commend their speedy restoration to the - - i i : 1 1 .i i - people of the North any cause to believe that majority m uur win bucjr giw Mia the South really wants to assume its position in the Union. Considerations' like these, , , which must occur to every sensible person, S ought to induce the more orderly and ;! pectable people of the South to sternly die- '' ix countenance all attempts at interference with :- , liberty of speech, and with the rights and privileges of the negroes. Madison (Ind.) ( Courier. ''..' - A Shower of Molten Iron Hurled ' . Through a Foundry Butldino. Yester-' ' , day morning at about 8 o'clock a terrible explosion was heard in Dennis Long's foun- -dry, on Ninth street, near the river, . which ' jarrjed the glass out ot windows within a;,"' square or two, and shook the earth for some distance around. ' A fire alarm -was sprung-' from Box 51, corner of Tenth and Main r streets, by some parties close, as it was not .: known what had taken place, . and it .was '. expected that some of the huge boilers used 4 in some of the machine shops in the vicinity of the river had burst. On hastening to the ' scene, however, it was discovered that the explosion was caused by the upsetting of t 'f cauldron containing about a ton of molten -iron iato a mould in which rain had drip ,f ped and water therefore stood.: The man.'--who was working the ladle was blown out of the window and badly injured, and th molten iron hurled through the roof of the ' ; building, tearing' out about 20 feet square of it Every window in the building was bad- , ly torn up. . There were other persons . ia the molding shop at the time' of the anci- . . dent besides the party injured, -. but ail of . -them fortunately escaped severe injury, Tha circumstance is astrange one. - There might .' .., have been a more serious result had the mol- ' ten metal scattered around the shop, instead f of being propelled upward, as it happened . to bt. Louisville Journal. ... , ' ; " , A Hartford lady recently connectedvith Christian Church, has renounced her sith -j and joined the Jewish comnURion. ,-, .,... Earlt Has vibt. The Monroe (Ga.) Mhse;. ' ' User learns that the wheat crop in some portions of that county will be harvested the latter part ! of this week. The crop Is enssaally good, and. ' . 'Is uninjaree by nut or otherwise typ to .tbla. . time. . .- : - - ' m a -V...- - . ."- ; Order ttm the Bre J4fe Keller v'. ' - - .: . ; -. Richmond, May 80. . :f Gen. Brown, of the Freedmen's Bureau, has 1 sued a circular directing the officers of the B- ' rein, in view of the hostility which nay exist to the freedmen's voting, to-see -that every .freed man Is instructed -hhis . lights, and the e 1ft ; . f registered and votes; -''';! - " - ' Judge Kelly spoM ito Dewitto te-Atj, I si.; Li' 'Li k. I Mi ! i in V i i