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THE
E. R. STAMPS,
Editor.
TAHBOKO'. IV. O.
FRIDAY.
NOV- 13. 1847
TOLERATION.
Since the glorious Democratic
triumph on the 3rd, (a day to be
remembered in our annals) which
brought joy to the patriots of the
nation and carried consternation to
the party that had built itself upon
blood, a spirit of apprehension
seems to have seized upon a large
number of our journals, lest victory
should make our party rash, and
hence their columns have teemed
with homilies on toleration,
calmness, prudence and such like
quiet virtues. Now it is undoubt
edly true that we ought to be tolefr
aut, calm and prudent, but so many
sermons thereon are apt to produce
too great an effect and may make
toleration recreancy to duty, calm
ness callousness, and prudence base
cowardness. It is doubtless the
duty of the Democratic party to
act with wise discretion, but it
would be pusilanimous in it to fail
to correct the evils against which
it has so bravely fought because,
forsooth, it might offend the deli
cate tasie of some of it? lukewarm
friends or be objectionable to its
enemies. There is a stern duty
in the path of the Democratic party
and it should grapple it like men
and deal with it as statesmen and not
a3 sycophantic partisans fearing
every breath of popular disapprove
al. it should be tolerant but at
the same time wise firm and fear
less. Fiat juititia.
IMPORTANT DECISION.
We learn from the Greensboro
New North State that Judge Bond
rendered a decision in thfe Federal
Court there, recently, overruling the
decision heretofore made by Judge
Dick as the amount of property that
should be set apart to the bankrupt
under the bankrupt law as amended
by the last Congress. Judge Dick
held that the assignee should set
apart to the bankrupt the property
exempted by the laws and Con
stitution of North Carolina as
against debts contracted prior to
the adoption of the present Stat:
Constitution and as against judg
ments recovered on those debts as
well. In other words Judge Dick
followed the decision of our Su
preme Court in the matter of the
homestead. Judge Bond reversed
this ruling, deciding that a homes
toad which is retroactive is uncon
stitutional and void. This ruling is
in consonance with that made in
Gunn vs. Barry, decided on appeal
from the State of Georgia, we be
lieve. "We publish the decision of Judge
Bond, as it affects a large number
of our peopK-.
In re Sdipman In Bankruptcy.
This is a motion on the part of credi
tors to 6et aside an aplicalion for the
allowance of a honestead exemption
out of property encumbered by judg
liieuta upon dobts created antecedent
to the a-.'option of the Constitution of
North Carolina which provides for
that exemption.
It seems to me that this applica
tion is similar to tbat in Gunn va.
Barry, which was made under a iike
provision iu the Constitution of
Georgia, and which the Supreme
Court, iu 12, Wallace, declared, with
some emphasis, could not be allowed;
and, it is precisely the case of Dilliard
decided in the Eastern District of
Yirgiuia.
The act of Congress of March 3d,
1873, which was pa.sod, as is main
tained at Bar to overrule the decision
of Gunn vs. Barry, and to give the
h .viestead exemption paramount the
Hi" of antecedent judgments was by
the same Court, Chief Justice Waite
delivering the opinion, ia Deckert's
case which will be found ia the Na
tional Bankrupt Register, Vol. X.,
No. 1., declared to be unconstitu
tional. This application on the part
o 1 the Bankrupt must therefore be
refused and the motion to set aside
granted.
Hug ix L Bond,
Citcut Jude
We surrender a large portion of
our space in this ispue to the argus
ment of Mr. Batchelor in favor of a
state convention. A large number
of the best and wisest men of North
Carolina have given their views on
this subject and we are glad to see
that they are producing a telling
effect all over our State. The Enquirer-Southerner
claims to be the
first journal that mooted this most
important question and it is with a
feeling of j'jst pride that it sees its
views corroborated by those of such
men as have written in favor of the
convention. The Democratic party
claims to be one of principle and
we hope it will not betray its record
in tl,i- ijiMaiK'-.'. Let it gy forward
ui 4 t".ji Ussiy it r duty and its
p-i.iui i M i glii.isa iriuitti will
-3,va ?-v-Vi "
Extracts from the Letter of Bos.
Jos. B Batchelor, ia Favor of Con
vention. We publish today, regretting
that the entire letter is . too long
for transfer to oar columns, extracts
from the able, interesting and ad
mirable letter, upon the Convention
question, written for the Wilming
ton Journal by the Hon. Jos. B.
Batchelor of Raleigh. Mr. Batch
elor strongly approves the proposi
tion for the call and directl atten
tion to the danger that the Supreme
Court will declare the amendments
ratified by the people, illegally
passed. The letter is a clear and
most forcible statement of the argu
ments of the friends of the call and
is given to the readers of the Enquirer-Southerner
for their inform
mation, in making up their judg
ments upon thejquestion :
Your second question 13 :
" If, in your opinion, material
changes in the Constitution ought
to be speedily made, which mode of
making those changes, do you think
the best interests of the people of
North Carolina demand should be
adopted, that by Legislative enact
meut or that by Convention ?"
2 have no hesitation in saying
that the mode of amendment by a
Convention ij, under-existing cir
cumstances not JJonly tha better of
the two suggestions, but in mv
humble judgment, tho only mode
from which we can hope to obtain
such a Constitution as our people
need and deserve. After a careful
consideration of the present Con
stitution and an experience of its
practical working, I do not think
that by any system of Legislative
patchwork cuuing off here, splic
ing there, inserting in one place,
and striking out in another it can
be changed into a systematic and
harmonious whole. The defects
are too numerous, too radical,
too much in detail and too
complicated in its various provi
sions, to be remedied in this way.
The wisdom of the best Legislatures
which there is any reason to hope
will not be equal to the task of so
grafting amendments on the exist
ing stock, as by curing its defects
and supplying its wants, to render
it a desirable instrument. To ob
tain such a fundamental law as we
need, the Constitution should be re
written a whole ; and I do not see
how this can successfully be done,
except by a Convention.
To amend by legislative enact
ment, each amendment, or each bill
containing amendments, must pass
two General Assemblies, flow
many of these amendments are nec
essary, and how many bills it would
take, no one has yet taken the
time and trouble to cipher out. In
the late effort made in thi way
there were sixteen in one bill. The
next General Assembly dropped
eight of these, and now the ques
tion is pending before the Supreme
Court whether the other eight have
been constitutionally adopted. My
opinion, formed after investigation,
is that they are Cot. How the
Court will decide the question can
not now be known. But should it
decide that the amendments were
properly adopted, still grave ques
tions of construction will be pre
sented, and, as to one of these
amendments, I think the Court will
be compelled, by reason of other
provisions, to give it such construe
tion as will defeat, in a great meas
ure, the purpose of its adoption.
This experience illustrates b.i Ji the
difficulties above suggested ; first in
procuring the pdoption of proper
amendments, and second,in so lr.nn
ing and adding them to the . xist
ing instrument, as to carry r.at the
purpose intended. On the other
hand, a Convention, having the
whole matter before it could so
mould and adapt the various parts
to each other, as to produce a uni
form and consistent whole.
Admitting, as all seem to do, the
necessity for amendments, is there
any sufiicient ground to hope that
we can obtain them all, except
by a Convention? There is the
requisite two-thirds majority now,
to call it ; if this opportunity is lost,
I greatly fear that it willjnot soon
occur again.
Suppose the ensuing General-Assembly
should pass the desired
amendments ; these have to pass
the next General-Assembly by a
vote ot two-thirds of all the mem
bers of each House. In 1876 the
Presidential election will take place.
The election in North Carolina will
be as it was in 1872, the big skir
mish preceeding the great battle.
Ho is much more sanguine than I
am, who can really entertain the
opinion that with the immense issues
at stake, and with all the influences
which will be brought to bear on
the election, we ean again carry
two thirds of the Legislature. If
not, these amendments are defeat
ed, and another delay is inevitable.
Considering the difficulty of obtain
ing a two thirds majority, who can
torm any estimate of how often
these failures may be made ? May
not these delays occur until our
people, disappointed and dispirited
by defeat of their wishes, sink into
hopeless apathy ?
The real question presented,
seems to be a choice between the
present Constitution and a Con-,
vention. In such a case, who can
hesitate?
1 do not see how it is possible
for the party now that it has the
power to do so, to fail to redeem its
pledge so often and so fully made.
1 believe it is morally bound to call
the Convention and to do itspeidi
ly. its position was deliberately
taken, and has been consistly i
maintained at ail times, and uncier j
&A circuuislaaced. The people, j
with full knowledge of its position,
wilful! knowledge that it had once
before made an effort to accomplish
this object, and with full knowledge
of the pledge to alter and amend a
Constitutioo"so odiBus tons, bat to-
which we have rsubinifted With al
devotion to law and order tftuy re
markable, have entrusted theyjpartyj
with ''the requisfte inamy. liiey
will demanl how the power has
been exercised, and now the pledges
have been redeemed !
- -
It is further urged) .that.it U in -expedient
now. There are two
kinds of inexpediency : One is that
which tests a legitimate measure by
reference ka,,the eraloMp
State at large
, This is always proper, for there
are manny measures ?bich the Leg
islature has ' the riht to adopt,
which would be injurious, and there
fore their (inexpediency is a suffi
cient argument against them.
There is another kind of expedience
which tests a measure, , not by its
good or bid effocts on the State at
large, but by its effects on' individ
uals and parties: This seems to bo
the kind of inexpediency referred'
to here. No one can doubt that if
we could have a Convention with
out p(rty disturbances,and compos
ed of good men. it would be of vast
service to the State. But the argu
ment.is, that if the" Democratic
Conservative party now calls tho'
Convention, it will lose us the State
in the election: of'1876. Wfiat:is
the ground for this.' apprehension ?
We have now a" majority of tenor
fifteen thousand of the popular vote.
We have ' eighty members certain
of the lower house, with three in
dependents, and over two-thirds of
the Senate. Is it probable that the
same people who elected these men
and gave them power to call this
Convention, will elect other than
good men to it 2 The . measure ie
certainly lawful andt adopted' in a
lawful way. The necessity for it
has been urged and acquiesced iu
since 1868. Tho evils so patiently
borne can now be remedied.
For one, I cannot appreciate the
risk to the party of trusting' this
matter to the people. On the con
trary, I believe that a Constitution
can be framed and adopted, which
will so commend itself, to popular
favor that in 1876 our party will be
stronger than it can be, without Bucb
a measure.
But there is a higher consideration
with me than all this. If .the Con
stitution is radically defective and
unsuited to the wants of our people,
as we have urged so earnestly ever
since its adoption, and its evils can
only be cured by the amending
hand, and the benefits are as great
as we have been, taught . by our
leaders and public speakers to ex
pect, we have no right to stop now
in the discharge of this duty by
reason of apprehension that a party
victory may be hazarded. What is
success worth if we are not to use
it to the improvement of our condi
tion? Why denounce the Consti
tution and those who framed and
forced it upon us, if the defects are
so small that the people ean endure
them, provided, any plrticjlar par
ty can remain in power? , No such
principle, or rather departure from
principle, can be sustained, it is
the government of the people.
They made it, and they have the
undoubted riht to amend it in a
legal way. lo cal! a .Vjonvcri'ivn,
is only to refer the question back
to them, whether thev will continue
the present Constitution or alter
ai,d amend it, or adopt a new one. J
As a private citizen, one of the
people, ia no way
from the masses, 1
distinguished
ak . that the
right be now accorded to us, as it
1.
can now be
uon-j oy law. 1 am
1 T T
willing to trust
my i'eUow-citizcns
i agjiu with the power, and feci no
I - 1 .: .1
uppi eneiiMuii as iu no rejun,
I have nut mentioned, the , neces
sity for amendment in any puiticu
lar parts, i;or will I do so now, us
j this letter has, frnin the importance
and magnitude of the . question al
ready exceeded the limits which I
had assigned mydelf. I will, how
ever, mention one consideration
which alone, if all others were want
ing, wouhl with me. justify the call
ing of a Convention.
A largi; and very Important part
of the State, in the eastern and cco
tral pmiion, U laboring under the
evil effects of the present constitu
tion to an extent which can hajdly
be appreciated by those who have
not felt them. ! Teeming with intel
ligence, -wealth and public virtue
paying a large part of the State
and county, taxes bearing a full
share of all public burdens, the
management of county finances,
levying, collecting and disbursing
taxes, and general county business,
including the estates of deceased
persons, infants, apprentices, &c,
embracing matters of great, impor
tance and value, are, under the
present system, placed , entirely
in the power of those least suited
by character, habits,, education and j
interest to the performance of such
trusts. -The
people of this section seeing
the evil influences pervading and
poisoning the whole body politic,
have patiently submi.ted to this
bad system, badly administered,
hoping that relief in a legal way,
would come in the future. Now the
way is open, the power is in the
hand of our friends. With strain
ing eyes they fondly hope that they
see the dawn of a brighter day.
But there is no relief except through
a Convention. No one dreams of
carrying the necessary-; clianses
through
two Legislatures. Will
our friends now ' disappoint us ? 1
Will they hold ttie brimmiijgc.up
to the thirsty lip, and then snatcn
nr 11 .1 - 1 t 1 . " t " '
it away before one drop can vail !
upon tne parcneu -iongue f 1 enn
nut believe it. '.I en-tertain ' tri
t -.111 V '
ie j
iu: e, ana snail continue to do so.
uutil bitter experience proves tac
contrary' that our friends and fel-low-citizensof
the West will not,
for tj&eako of .the palys power of l
electing magistrates auu - cuuuvj
comSQissionrsv''by a popular rote,
subjecttff.tftdefinitely.to these evil,
lollhin once has the-East made
concessions to the West in matter
bf great iraporjtince. Now for the
firstHime!,twJ' cal on them, for aid.
What we ask is of smaltlmportance
t6 them; of inestimable value to us.
Shall we ask in vain ?
This question " more than any
other which has -been-agitated emce
the new Constitution was adopted,
will test the moral power of our
party. 1 admit that is important
of the.
State government, so long as we
are organized, and act on principles.
But when a crisis like the present
arises, no party having the perma
nent and larsing good of the peo
ple at heart, can stop to consider
so small a matter as the result of
a few 4 elections.' IFitis equal to
this great occasion, if it can now
disregard m:rc temporary results
and local influences, and looking
alone to the establishing of our gov
ernment on great and fundamental
principles which shall secure the
happiness, prosperity and freedom
of our people' for ages to e&me; it
wilt develop a power which will
render, 4t3 future triumphs as glori
Oils'ashey are certain.
'I Xf o'o the 'other hand, it falters
now. arid, fef.ripg to carry out its
principles; lets'this great opportuni
ty pass uniefproved, its moral force
must be impaired, if not destroyed.
Itcan no longer maintain the high
position 'which it has assumed, and
division and defeat, I fear will at
no distant day be ' its fate. Very
respectfully,
Your ob't servant, ' ; '
Jos. B. Batchelor.
. In the great jubilee had by the
people of Georgia, at Atlanta, Gen
eral John B- Gordon gave utter
ance to the following brave, honest
words of advice and sentiment. Ue
wasthenas almost always, a fit
exponent' of the thought and sentis
meat of the representative men of
South :
"One boon I ask' in this hour of
your deliverance. I ask you to com-j
mission me, in your name, to pledge
upon the floor of tho - Senate your
fidelity to the Union under the Con
stitution; your acquiescence in laws
passed in accordance with the Con.
stitution, good and bad, until law
fully repeated: your support of all
rightful ' authority; your cordial
friendship for etery man and men
of all sections, who will aid in res
toring peace to all sections, justice
to State, liberty to citizens, purity
to all departments of the Govern
ment and Constitution; to its sup.
remacy over President, Congress,
parties and the people. Loud
cheers. I thank you, my country
men, for that response. You are
as temperate in triumph as you were
great in adversity. You cherish
malice to none, are hostile only to
thieves, usurpers and tyrants."
Speaking of this extract, the New
York Herald s iys :
'That was a noble passage, which
we print to-day, from Senator Gor
don's speech at Atlanta, Georgia.
They were gulden words he uttered,
and t'ne Suuth will do well to heed
them.'
TEE IIUXT- PRESIDENCY.
The Louisville Courier Journal
thinks that 'Tilden and Allen"
would be a good Presidential ticket
f or the democracy in 1876. Repre
senting the two great States of the
Union, and the central figures just
now of the great democratic party,
it would be uifneuit to select a better
ticket, i But the west vili be very
Spt to "claim the . Presidency this
time, as the democracy of that sec
tion never did have the candidacy
Wrongly defeated with Douglas in
I860, they csn very properly claim
to be victorious with their best man
in 1870.
The Richmond Whig in speaking
of John'Goode, whose canvass in the
Norfolk district has "covered him
all over with glory," says : "If
Goode did not succeed it was cer.
tainly notbecau9e he did not dc
8erve 'suQce6s. lie' has had the
haidestjand' the heaviest of th
hands with odds enough against
him to have deterred most men from
the effort. But his party called
him forward to lead the forlorn
hope, and he has nobly done his
duty. . He hs achieved a victory
for himself and-for . the conserva
tive cause in thiU district."
EDITORIAL BREVITIES.
Alabama is freed.
Georgia comes solid, to Congress.
The Third Term ' is r a vanished
. --..-
dream.
j '.
Third Termers are aa hen'a teeth
for soarceasess.
Butler is beateja, . Louisiana is re
deemed. New York rebukes Dix and Btamns
out the Third Term. '
Butler is beaten; Ye., Butlerism,
Grantism. Radicalism, all beaten.
t The New. -York World' 'mentions
-ione waaaeu as one ot those who
wUl esert a controlling influence in
Hie next Federal House of Represen
tatives.! -- . -, ,
' Despite th'9 fearful forebodings of
Republican craters, the finances of
the country do not seem to be greatly
aisturoea uy trie jJeinocratic victory
of Tuesday. '
Pennsylvania once more wheels
into line and prepares to forsake the
faIjjB godS jrha hye misled her.
iButler i beaten; it is a sermon in
'The salary of $40,000 per annum
paid to Preiident Jewett of the Erie
Railway i the largest paid t-j any
railroad officer fa the UniUd . States,
and it is believed larger than any
paid to any railroad officer in the
world.
It was a neck-aad-neck contest be
tween the Democracy of Ohio and In
diana as to which w ould give the
largest majority on tho State : ticket
The official count shows that Ohio
won by a few votes: Ohio, 17,'202;
Indiana, 17,098.
Poor Butler ! Everybody kicks
him now, and the force which the
most servile organs put into the blow
is a good deal more than that of 40
jackasses.
The Delaware Gazette thinks that
Governor Ponder, of that State, should
issue a 'proclamation of thanks
giving over the recent democratic
triumph ia the country.
The Richmond correspondent of
the Norfolk Landmark says : " So
much negro voting on the conserva
tive side was never done here before,
and it was done bolily and without
tho concealment of ballot' j
Judge Bond of the U. S. Cirouit
Court for the Eastern District of
North Carolina haa recently decided
that the homestead law cannot be
allowed to have a retroactive effect as
against debts and judgments existing
before the adoption of the present
State Constitution. 1
The New Orleans Price Current
says : 'We Mentioned last week that
the weather had continued remarka
bly fine, since which the immunity
from all causes to diminish the yield
have confirmed long crop views,
while short crop have been extended,
and 8,500,000 is now spoken of as an
extreme inside estimate, 3,750,000 as
conservative, and 3,800,000 to 4,000,.
000, or even more, aa long crop.'
Some of tho stockholders of the
Bank of California have entered into
a contract with lumber dealers at
Carson City for the delivery of 60,
000,000 feet of lumber and mining
timbers for the Comstock lode. The
contract extends over a period of five
years, 12,000,000 feet to be delivered
annually. The lumber and timber
for this extensive coatrect is to be
obtained from the Lake Tahoe basin.
r The Philadelphia Press, radical,
sums up the result in the Pennsyl
vania legislature as follows :
Senate Republicans 28
" Democrats. 22
House Republicans . 97
t Democrats 104
These figures saya that journal,
will give the Democrats a majority of
one on joint ballot, and elect a Dem
ocratic United States Senator to suc
ceed John iScott, whose term will
expire March 4, 1875.' Enough
said!
lha tono ot politics in the country
must be getting healthier since the
storm of the 3rd instant, and the
"outrage" outcry be losing its sig
nificanco when such a journal aa the
Boston Herald speaking of Dawes'
candidature for the Senate from Mas
eachusetts says : "Mr. Dawes can
not fail to see that he has made' an
aes of himself. . He can step down
and out. No bloody shirt shaker need
apply at the State House for Charles
Summer's feat. We will have a states
man there, please God."
A novel feature of Fred Grant's
wedding was U10 perfuming of the
several rooms of the Hoaore mansion.
The front parlor was perfumed with
tube roses: the back parlor and under
the arch withoranza blossoms; th
library with whita roses; the dining
room with jasmine; the ladies' room
with violet; and the gentleman's room
with yhlangyhlanjr. This part of
the arrangement was tho work of an
artiss,' who imported the perfume,
expressly for the occasion, from Paris
and the effect was peculiarly agreea
ble. Corer.pondence of the New York Herald.
THE PRESIDENT AND THE
ELECTION RETURNS.
'Be brief, I am Sick" Caesarism
Dead, hut Not Cold.
Washington, November 6.
The result of tho election is the
only thing talked, read or thought
about in Washington, xor nearly
six years the Democratic element of
the District has been dormant, the
exit of President Johnson carrying
with it the last surviving relic of a
Democratic administration. Men
who were supposed to be dead now
walk the streets with faces beaming
with smiles. They are the remnants
of the ancient Democracy. But in
official circles the scene is different.
Two years ago the President and his
cabinet met at the White House to
hear the election returns. This time
the President said it would be time
ennngh to hear the news through the
newspapers. No one sent him' elec
tions, and to-day, as well as yester
day, the Executive Mansion was de
serted. Secretary Bristow called to
transact business, and the President,
in a melancholy voicej said,
BE BRIEF. I All sicK.
'He does not hesitate. to put the re
sponsibility upen Congress, or Tather
upon the Republican members of
both Houses. It vas enough that
tiie country s'.ould sutler the priva
tions and loses incident to the panic
of 1673, without addiog thereto the
protracted uncertainty of useless de-
bate on the currency question and the
suspension of business consequent
upon this Congressional agitation.
One thing, however, the President
does not concede, and that is that the
senseless agitation of
TB XHIBO TERM BOKSEKSK
bad anything to do with the result;
nor does he think that '1 uesday's vote
is a repudiation of the Republican
principles. It only appears to him
as the work of the panic," but he fails
to Bay to what extent the distress was
the result of the legislation and ad
ministration of the Republican party.
In the midst of It, however, he renews
his determination to fill the important
Federal" offices itf the South with
better men, and will, far as it is in
bis power, see that no further weak
ening of the Republican strength
hall- b laid to bis charg. It is
such circumstances as those attend
ing the recent elections 'that make
the President reticent. In his forth
coming message he will, in alluding
to the ' condition of affairs in tLa
South, recommend that such meas
ures be immediately passed as will
enable the Federal authorities to
make the laws of the country respec
ted, though.it is not now clear what
additional legislation is necessary.
He doubts the propriety of passing
the Civil Rights bUl, unless Congress
is prepared to giva him such aid as
would enable Jiim to make tie laws,
living fact, and not . a dead letter.
Unless this is done it were better the
hill should be defeated.' ,
THE MtTCH-TEOUBLED WILLIAMS. .. .
Among the members of the Cabinet
Attorney-General Williams appears
the most distressed and has little to
say. The only consolation which
comes to him is that the result is as
astonishing to the Democracy as it
is humiliating to ' the Republicans.
He finds no fault with party manage
ment, and says he has had but one
desire, and that was that th?ve should
be fair elections in the South. Postmaster-General
Jewell decerns the
source of this great revolution in bad
party leadership, though he doubts
whether the best workers could have
averted the political revolution. Not
in this, but in previous campaigns,
he thinks the Republicans weakened
themselves.
Contributions to the Orphan Asylum,
in October, 1874.
IK CASH.
Paid tS8,25, Got Vance's Lecture in Char
lotte. Paid 70,00, Beams & Walker's warehouse
sale.
Paid 50,00, advance on warehouse sales
by Pace Brothers &. Co., DaoviHe, Va.
Paid 40,67, E J Parish's warehouse sale.
Paid 35,50, Richland Lodge No. 214.
Paid 1,00, Mockville Lodge JXo. 184.
Pail 30,01, Greensboro Methodist con
gregation. Paid 29,34, HUlsboro Episcopal Church.
Paid 27,00, Mt. Lebanon Lodge No. 117.
Paid 25,00, eacb, Edward Kidder, Lenoir
Lodge Ne 288, and French Broad Ledge No
292. --
Paid 24,30, Re S W Wescott s col., New
beni. Paid 23,50, Asbpole Y M C Associatioa
Paid 22,00, Mrs G C Maas.
Paid iy,99, Greensboro Methodist Sunday
School.
Paid 18,00, W R Davie Lodge No 37.
Paid 17.20, Columbus Lodge No 102.
Paid 18,00, George Washington Lodge No
174.
Paid 12,20, Mingo Lodge No 206.
Paid 12.00, Evergreen Lodge No 308.
Paid 11,50, W oodson Lodge No 16, K ot
P.
Paid 10,16, Gov Vance's collection at
Monroe.
Paid 10,25, Ladies Sewlog Society of Su
gar Creek Church.
Paid 10,00, eao , a Frankiin friend, Mrj
E Wbiiaker Iowa, and Dr J H Shelton.
Paid 9,80, Ashpole Presbyterian Church.
Paid .20, Mt Lebanon Lodge No 314.
Paid 7,89, Inland Creek Baptist congrega
tion. Paid 7 60, collected by Robt P Walker.
Paid 6 80, Olive Branch Church.
Paid 5,00, tach, Mrs EiLsha Cromwell, Mrs
M E Peniberton, Greensboro Lodge Nvi 76, a
friend, Moriiins Star Lod-ja No 85, Mrs T
C B Hall, Uer W S H.kI".-, Joseph P Hunt,
W H Pace, J B Batchelor, T P Devereux,
T 11 Iiiigjs, Jr, Dennis Tilley, Clayton
LodjjeNol91, Robt F Webb, Miss A II
Whitaker, Iowa, It L Vernon, R T Nutt,
Col I J Young and T D Crawford &. Co.
Paid 4,00 each, Mrs E N Urant, Miss M
E Mitchell and three members of Triuity
Lodge 256.
Paid 8 30, Elmwood Lodge No 246.
Paid 3.15, Stonewall Lodge No 296.
P;dd 2,25, Eagle Lodge No 71.
Paid 2.00, each, Miss Annie Newsome,
Col J S Amis, A H Roberts, B F Parks, W
0 Murray and W P Barnwell.
Paid 1 50, each, Rev J A Stradley and
Sanford Council F of T.
Paid 1,40, Mt Euergy Lodge No 140.
Paid 1,00, each, A B Yates, J G Bagwell,
A R Umstead, B C Smith, S Y Brown, J A
Mitchell, Jr. G R Maynard, Curry Faucett
and Mrs Mary Vincent.
Paid 80 cU, J R Ethridge.
Paid 50 cU, each, DeWitt Umstead, Jas
Tillett. Naunie, Lillie, Lizzie, Fannie, aod
Mary Mangum, Addison Mangum, Jr, D II
Parker, N Hunter, J T Burch, R G Lea,
Thomas Watson, E C Murray, R 8 Barn
well, a friend. W B Sellars, J C McAdams,
C B Chrisp, Mrs H A Smith and Robt Mur
ray. Paid 25 cts, each, Geo A Long and Sidney
Tale.
Paid 15 cts, each, Susie, Besie and An
nie Roberts, Michigan.
IN KIND.
1 package Tin Ware, citizens of Charlotte;
1 years subscription to Biblical Recorder,
Edwards, Brougbton & Co; 3 sacks flour, 3
sacks meal, 2 boxes vegetables, 1 jar apple
butter, Eagle Lodge No 71; 24 girls' hats, C
H Gardner; IS pair shoes, Conover, Dorffdt.
Co. Phila; 100 pair woolen stockings, Young,
Smith & Fields, Phila ; 88 1-2 yards dress
goods, 8 B Callady, Phi'a; 4 balmorals,
Cooper & Williams; 2 pieces bacon, E C
Montague; 3 bushels wheat, Edward Crews;
1 barrel molasses, Hawkins & Co, Bait; 1
saw, T H Briggs; 1 bushel meal, 1 bushel
potatoes and 1 dozen cabbage; 1 bushel ap
ples, Miss Lulie Lumaford; 100 pounds
floor, Wtn Bowling; 1 sack flour, 1 lot tur
nips, and 1 lot cabbage, Joseph Luusfotd; 2
bushels turnips, A Mangnm ; 1 bag flour,
Misj M P Mangum ; 20 yards calico, Mrs N
T 3fangum: beela. Mr Oainrnr 1 Kr, ,1..
goodi, 1 barrel flour, citizens of Wilson ; 1
ineai, r v eer; l sack Hour David
Stray horn; 1 lot potatoes, "each, W S Bar
nett and Mrs Ana. T.anriU tnn. i ir
Laasiter; 1 barrel flour, J C & D Y Cooper,
o ooys nan, n unnt ; s pairs ahoes, Mrs
out ,niy ; o ywas casamere, Kev L K
Willie. . ',; -
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Consult Your Comfort !
CORE YOUR CORNS AND BUN-
lUfib fcsi (jETTING GOOD
FITS I
Have your Boats and Shoes made by
" ' from Mailt Street, cia
r-3r n Mr. John
O'Sagaa's.,, r
THE undersigned having had fourteen
yarn experience, irels warranted iu say
ayiug thai ho can fumin his couimuni y
With the VtrV brst trnrU Anil n Inn- ina
as cau be h oi elsewUere. i Utj Seeps on band
the nj..Bt iashtoaobie lasts, beat grades of
u itv uua ueiniqck so.'e-ieatuer, and
a gcueral aaoruaeut of shoe fiudinsrs. All 1
aak Is a trial. ' ' O. C. DOGU ETT
Jiov. I3,4t Tatboro', H. C.
MEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
TO?DAYf
10, O'clock at, the
V CpiirtrHgji$6,
MEETIXG OF STOCKHOLDERS
. - j - v." ''
- ' V . OF THE
FEMALE 'SEMINARY.
Be sure to 'Oome
..- -. v
; ; . OR BEND A A
Writ ten,' 'Proxy.
M. WEDDELL, Sec'y.
Tarboro, Nov. 13, S73.r' " "
III
!
STOLEN from my stables '-on Tuesday
night, the 10th inst., a
Bay Marej ? ?
with heavy mane, -a small knot ou iter tore
head, and one hied foot white.
I will give a reward of fgiT for the Mare
and S25 lor the apprehension of Hie thief.
FAYETTE LEGGETT.
Whilaker's, N O , Nov. 13, 18T-L
ROBT. H. ROUXTItEE, V. I). ROUXTRE.E,
Late of North Carolina.' ' . of WKsor. J. C
ALBERT I-. ROt'NTIiEE,
of Wilson, N. C. -
R0UNTREE& CO.,
Commission Merchants,
188 Pearl Street,
. New York.
Nov. 6, 1&H. tf
- !
Wilmington & Wcldon Kail
Road Company.
MM
Officji op Skcretart and Treasurer, )
Wilmington, N. C, Nov. 2, 1874. '
The Thirty-Ninth Annual meeting of the
Stockholders of the Wilmington fc Weldon
Railroad Company will be held at the office
of tht Company iu Wilmington, ou Wednes
day, the 18th iust. . "
J. W. THOMPSON, Secretary.
Nov. 6. w
Dr. G. L. Shackelford,
SURGEON DENTIST,
SaccenertoDr.L. X. Fnqna,
TABB0E0', N. C.
Ljf Office opposite the Court House,
over Dr. L. L. Siaton's Drug Store.
Ucl. 23, lb74. tf
JI
MY STORE HOUSE in Tarboro, opposite !
the Hotel. The Lot is 26 fL-rt 2 iuches
front by 153 feet deep, with the rifrht-of-way !
between Wulston's store and mine.
Terms: $2,000 rash, the balance on 1, 2 i
and 3 yenrs w'uh interest. For luriber par-
ticulars. apply to mt :U Wilson, N J.
Oct t-'S.-et. E. ROSENTHAL.
Edgecombe County In the
Superior Court.
D. H. Barlow, Sarnh E. Llovd, (-Jem-ire Lloyd,
Frank Lloyd, Nina Lloyd and James Lloyd,
the last four infants by thuir uexl friend.'
Joseph W. Lloyd,
against
Mary Louisa Caldwell, Henry Llovd, Mary
P. Lloyd and Harriet E. Lloyd.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
To the Sheriff of Edgecombe County Greeting:
You are hereby commanded, to snmraon
Mary Louisa Caldwell, Henry Lloyd, Alary V.
Lloyd and Harriet E. Lloyd, tt.c defendants
above-named, if they be found within your
County, to appear at the office of the Clerk
of the Superior Court of Edgecombe, within
twenty-five days, after the 66rvice of this
summons on them, excluhive of the day ot
such service, and answer the complaint, a
copy of which will be deposited in the office
of the Clerk of the Superior Court for 6aid
County, within t- n days from the date of this
summons, aud let them take notice, that if
they fail to answer the 6aid complaint within
that lime the plaintlrT will apply to the Court
for the relief demanded in the complaint.
Hereof fail not, and of this summons make
due return.
Given under my hand and seal of said
Comt, this 28th day of October, 1874.
H. L. STATON, JR.,
Clerk Superior Court, Edgecombe County.
Howard fc Perry, Au'ys lor Plaintiffs.
Oct. SO, 1874. 6w' -
I am now prepared to furnish GOOD OYS
TERS by plaie or measure. All 1 ask is a
trial belore purchasing elsewhere.
J. M. 8PRAGIN8.
Oct. 16th, 1874. 3,3 '
STOLEN
FROM my farm on Monday nicht, the 28th
of September, a CREAM MAKE, with
black mane and tail, blind in the right eye,
about 12 years old and of medium size. A
reward of Twenty Dollars will be paid to any
one who will furnish information that will
lead to her recovery. Address
J. H. ALSBROOK,
Oct. 9.-lm. Scotland Neck, N. C,
Piney Grove School.
rr is with pride that 1 call the attention of
the publi.' to the condition of Piney Grove
Free White School under my management,
i have bad an average attendance of 25 sebol
ara and they have madu rapid progress. As
1 expect lo make school teaching my pcrma
ueut occupation, 1 put this belore the public
U. . HUM.
Oct. 9, 1874. tf.
FOR RENT .
fTHE Btore occupied a; present by M. R. j
jl wtwrs, win ue ior tcm on me luui oi i
September next. The location' is one of the !
most desirable In Ttrharo for thcDrv Goods i
and Grocery business.
Term easy. Apply to !
J. A. WILLIAMSON !
Aug. 3. tf
HOWS THE TIME.
LOT OF FRENCH CANDY,
SUPERIOR TO An OTHER
told iu Tarboro, just received and for sale by
. f i. MSiiAGlNS.
Oct. 2. - s.- . . 1 -t
REWARD
NEW, ENTERPRISE !
TSE undersigned begs lo call attention to
his NEW TIN Sil01 adjoiniug the
toreot D. V. Hnrtt, whtro "he will execute
all work in his line with matnesa and des
patch. ROOFING, GUTTEK1NG aud REr,
PAIRING, a specialty. Prions as lo as the
lowest. - - - GEO. R. DIXON. ,
Qm. 8, 1874. Sa '
MISCELLANEOUS.
ill
f Hlff Job
' ylre now receiving the
'finest stock
O
FALL MD lilYffi!
GOODS
ever purchased by them. For
Cash' C. O. D.
we are prepared to astonish you in
prices.
The Public,
Customers,
Friends and
Acquaintances.
"Afc WELL AS VOL'R
" Friends and
Acquaintances,"
CORDIALLY INVITED
TO CALL.
I
Tarboro', N. C., Oct. 2. 1874.
POSTPONEMENT.
SECOND AND LAST
Grand Gift Concert
IX AID OF THE
MASONIC RELIEF ASSOCIATION
OF NORFOLK.
Day Positively Fixed.
Thursday, 19th November.
-. LAST CHANCE.
This enterrMse is conducted by the MA
SONIC RELIEF ASSOCIATION OK NOK
FOLF, VA., under authority of the Virginia
Legislature, (act passed March 8ih, 1S73).
50,000 Tickets -6,000 Cash Gifts.
8250,000
To "too Given A.xxrt-y I
One Grand Cash Gift of
One Grand Cash Gift of
One Grand Cash Gift of
One Grand C ish Gift of
One Grand Cash Gift of
One Grand Cash Gift of.
One Grand Cash Gift of
15 Cash Gifts of $1000 each
28 Cash Gifts of f00 each
4S Cash Gifts of 250 euth
79 Cash Gifts of 150 each
250 Cash Gifts of 100 each
578 Cash Gifts of 50 each-
5000 Cash Gifts of 10 each-
100,000
25.000
20,000
10,000
5,000
2,500
2,000
15,000
14,000
- 10,750
ll,h50
25,000
28,900
.. 50,000
t'COO CASH PRIZES aggregating- $250,000
PRICE OF TICKETS :
Whole Tickets $10 00 I Quarter Tickets 2 50
Half Tickets 5 00 11 Tickets $100 to
NO INDIVIDUAL BENEFITS.
This Concert is strictly for MASONIC pur
poses, and will be conducted with the same
liberality, honesty and fairness which char
acterized the first enterprise.
JOHN L. KOPEK, Prekident.
. For tickets and circulars giving fnll infor
mation address
HEXKVV.IHOORE, Se'r, Norfolk, Va
RESPONSIBLE AGENTS WANTED.
J
S. S. NASH & CO.,
HAVE JUST RECEIVED
20 Barrels Sugar.
18 Bags Coffee,
25 Bbls. Cakes and Crackers.
90 Bbls. Flour.
25 Boxes Cheese.
40 Tubs and Cans Lard.
20 Boxes Soap.
10 Boxes Starcb.
10 cases Concentrated Lye.
10 cases Oysters.
10 cases Brandy Peaches.
r
30 Boxes Cheap Cigars.
And have on hand a large lot of
BAGGING, TIES, MEAT, &C,
FOR SALE LOW.
Tarboro, Sept. 11, ld74.
TERRELL & BHD.,
" DEALERS IN
AND
STAPLE DRY GOODS,
Main Street,
Xcar the Bridge,
Sept. 30-ft .