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he given to ( lubs _ he leonard scott pub co ho fulton st n v the 1 u fitb co also publish the farmer's guide by hsinv stkpiif.si of rillnhurgll and the late j p niiut is of vale colloge 3 vols royal jrtavo 1600 pages uiul niimnrodi ptikruviiiks price vt for the two volumes by mail post paid in on juno tl b r moore attorney and counsellor at law ami - «•• ll'l tab h 11 » •• li ii _• «• « !* whm/li-gton n v »__*-—_» j the state democratic con tion the platform wo the delegates of tho democratic and conservative people of north caro lina in conrention assembled do resolved 1st that we approve of the nomination by tho national democratic convention o horatio seymour for pres ident md frank 1 blair for vice-presi dent of the united states : that in these men we recognize statesmen of experi ence and eminent ability of sound politi cal principles of unsullied public and private character and unbounded patriot ism nnd as such we recommend thorn to the hearty support of the people of north carolina 2d that we approve of the platform of principles adopted by the said conven tion ; it speaks in no doubtful sense its language is explicit and moaning clear — the issue presented to the country nre plainly and unmistakably defined and with a free and fu election we confidently be lieve they will '.'* endorsed by a large ma jority of the people ; and with that en dorsement must come biich a change in the administration of thcnational government us will restore the constitution and give peace harmony and prosperity to the country and especially to the down-trod dent states of the soutli 3d that it is our earnest desire and intention to bring about these wholesome and necessary changes by the peaceful means of the ballot box and all efforts to produce a contrary belief coming lroni what quarter they may are but the tricks of interested partizans of a desperate po litical faction bent upon perpetuating its power by any means and at all hazards they are attempting to alarm tht people of this state by tho false cry of revolu tion and war threatening them at the same time with military force while in other stales of the soutli they have not hesitated to take from the people the elec tion of electol'p of president and vice president and to confer it upon legisla tures tlio members oi which were elected under military rule without fiecdom of choice and with no regard to the question of presidency in order to secure the electoral votes nf such states for the rad ical candidates in disregard and defiance of the just rights of the peoplo of such states and of the whole country 4th that it is our frank purpose now and has been since the close of our late civil war to accept and abide by in good faith and without disturbance the legiti mate fruits and consequent's of that war to yield to the government of the united slates a cheerful submission and allegi ance and to perform all the obligations of g oil citizens to tlieir rightful government and we do proclaim that in asking recog nition on tenia of equality in thai grand j copartnership of states which constitute our federal union we do so with no hos tile intent ; on the contrary we wish to share its benefits nnd its duties to rebuild our waste place under the protection of iis flag to re-establish the old era of good feeling in our common country to thwart the designs of unpatriotic men every where who seek to perpetuate discoid and division and to participate in the bless ings as well as the burthens of the gov ernment 1th that wo have seen with indigna tion the completo overthrow of our late excellent system of state government and laws and lhe adoption of others in their stead heretofore unknown lo our people unsuited to their condition and utterly ad verse to their habits their wishes and tlieir interests ; and with this change has come the election to high places of profit and trust of men in most instances with out character or qualification and not n few of wliota ue mere adventurers from abroad bavin : no int est in common with tho people of the stat nnd no fitness whatever for tic talions which they have reached by means most unworthy and disreputable gth that the attempt by tin gover nor of this state aided iiy his extreme partizans in and of the legislature to have himself clothed with authority to appoint organize equip and keep on foot a large standing force of not less than 0,000 men to he belected and officered and commanded by him with powei to any member of the said force to arrest any citizen without authority or warrant from any civil officer or magistrate wasa measure clearly violative of the constitu tion of the united states as well as that of the state ; dangerous to the liberties of the people anil well calculated if not intended to pro luce bloodshed iu our midst and as such it deserves to be re probated by all well disposed citizens of the state 7th that the measure subsequently in troduced and which is now ponding anil will in all probability lu adopted howov i er artfully disguised is but tin same i incasuro undor another mime with one or iwo of iis objectionable features altered ; j iml which yet clothes the governor and | hi arc turci and p-rutta in with hi i her to unheard of powers which are susceptible of great and dangerous abuso in the hands of men who have shown but too plainly a disposition to rule the people of this state by the bayonet and as we believe to at tempt the control of the next election by that means we most earnestly recom mend to tho peoplo of the state and es pecially to our political frieuds to give no occasion oi c_.cu.so for the use of military force ; bht nevertheless to yield none ot tlieir just rights 8th that the governor of this state having proclaimed it aa the policy of the kadical party to suffer no one to hold any ■ office appointment or place in the state however humble who will not lend his aid and promise his support to that party and which policy he and his political friends are now vigorously enforcing to , effect the exercises of the elective fran chise it is the reuse of this convention that the people have the right to coun teract such policy by all lawful means if they iliink proper so to do that any j citizen nl tllo state therefore has a man ifest right of which he cannot be lawful ; ly deprived to employ or not to employ i or cease to employ auy-person whatever when any existing contract terminates — and that any tlttcpmt on the part of the legislature by 11113 pretended law to de prive any citizen of such right or to im pose any penalty or penalties for so do ing will be in vit lation of the constitu ! tional rights of the citizen 9th that tn obtain success in the ap ■ proaching presidential election every ef 1 fort should be m do by our friends to per j feet their organization and no legitimate means should be spared to bring every | voter favorable to our cause to the polls • [ to that end wo most earnestly recom ! mend to our friends io organize at once i seymour and blair clubs iu every connty and every district with active canvass ers whose duty among other things it ] shall be to see that all our friends entitled to vote are duly registered nnd brought to i the polls and that unqualified persons are not allowed to leiri.stir or vote . • ai.kxts wantkd hull the offigial history of j the war lis tn use cbaradcr luudiict and results by bon alex-sdf.b i stepiikxs a book for all sections and parties this great work presents the only com plete ana impartial analysis of the causes of the war yet published and gives tlu.se in terior liirlits anil shadows of tho great con flict only known t thus iiiuii officers who ' watched the hood-tide of revolution frutnits fountain k[iriiit and which were so acces sible to mr stephens from his position us secoiul officer of the confederacy to a public that has been snrfeitod with apparently similar produc tions wo promise a change of fan agree able and salutary ami an intellectual treat of the highest order the qroat american war has at last found a historian worthy of its importance and nt whose hands ' : it will receive that moderate candid nml im partlsl treatment which truth ami justice so , urgently demand the intense desire every vhere manifest . eti to obtain this work its official character and ready sale combined with an increased commission make it the best subscription bonk ever published one agent in kaston i'a reports 7 sub sorlbors in three days 1 one iii memphis tenn 100 subscribers in 1 live days 1 send for circulars and see our terms and a f'.ll description of the work with press 110 ticesof advance sheets sco address national publishing co 2fi south seventh ht p lladelphla pa ' " tub 1 irolina ftrmblil hi 1 isti thai the interests of the l*vi ( mors ami plaiitoi's 01 this unction demand tho , publication of a periodical 10 bu devoted to the advancement of igriculliu'c in ilie two citruli 1 nus we have tl t iiiiiued to itstabllsh such 11 1 periodical under tho title of till uar0lin.a , kaumkk and will issue ihe lirst number ns . simii as a siitlicieiit number of subscribers arc obtained to nay a reasonable share of tbe ox l ponso cf publication 1 the farmer will bo issued monthly at *?*- per , annum in advance will contain not loss than thirty-two largo double-column pages uf read ing matter hound in handsome covers nnd in 1 typographical execution will not be surpassed 1 by any agricultural monthly in tbo country doing determined to do whatever onergy will accomplish in making the parmor worthy the support ofthe intelligent pluutorsand farmers t.l north carolina aial south carolina | and de siring to introduce it into every county in those , states wc wish in employ active agents ut every post otlice in whom i lie most liberal in duooineuts will bo oii'_r-d addross all communications lu wm ii itliknaim jc-7 w:lw:t wilmington n ('■ plain truth rp 1 hose indebted to mo aro horoby notifled to nil nml sctile by the l.'ih in-t or their ac counts will be placed in tho hands ol wm ii liiulcy k-ip for collection / am in earnest john ii li nn i ss druggist j jul h m'm flw 11.370 the old north state till weekly j jd-ratks of subscription cj tkkms cash in advance tri.wtoi.ly one year j5.00 " six mouths 3,00 weekly watchha.h and north state one copy one year 13,00 six months 1,50 a cross x mi uie puperindicuti'i-thcc.xpirution ol the subscription the type on which the " olp noicru state is printed is entirely new no pains will be spared to make it a welcome visitor to every family in order to do this we have engaged the services ol uhleand icconijilished literarv contributors advertising kates 1-ran8ient rates for all periods less than one month one square first insertion j1.00 bach subsequent insertion go contract rates for periods ofouc t foui months 1 mil | 2 mil | 3 mo | 4 mil | 6 mo 1 syt-aitk boo wso 113 00 i 6.00 4*211.011 soiuiks 7 all 13,00 17 uo | 31.00 27.0(1 3 squares 1000 ihihi 2111(11 36,00 8400 4 sot'akes 1300 ihliu 9300 28 ill 3,700 quak c01 13110 19.00 241iu 2(1(10 3 sail half cm 211.00 27.dll 33(1(1 38 uo 44.0(1 3qi'ait cul 3fl ii 88.00 401111 45,00 bu iii one cm 30,01 42.00 f.2,00 1 00,00 70,00 assassination of gen thou c iliiht i man a deputy sheriff killed — the murderer lynched memphis sept 2s 1868 general t c hiiulinan late of the confederate army was assassinated nt liis i residence in helena ark last night — i the superintendent of police received n i despatch this afternoon to arrest a man named kobbins n passenger on the !*■ breve who it is believed committed the deed — kobbins was arrested and sent hack lit is from springfield mo and served under hindman he stoutly denies being the murderer i.ate'.i a special dispatch to-night 8,13*8 : — gen hindman wus shotut ten o'clock last night while silting in i iiu inidat ui hi in 111 iiy smoking his left liunil which held the pipe wus carried away by the charge of buckshot two of which entered i his neck inflicting 1 w.onnd from which he died eight hours afterwards it is be 1 lii-veil that ho wiih assassinated by a po litical enemy a helena arkansas letter of yester day says : yesterday morning deputy sheriff joe a moley with a poflbo surrounded the cabin of a notorious negro named lee morrison who hid killed several persons lust winter he shot and maimed for life sheriff hart taylor while he was attempt ing to arrest him and he recently knock ed a jailor in the head and escaped to the hills where he has been the terror to all white and black people no booner hud the sheriff's posse knocked nt the door yesterday when morrison tired instantly killing moley the others then attempt ed to close in on him when ho made a desperate resistance severely wounding perry neaglc and andy barnes colored ) he then escaped to the woods the news spread like wildfire and soon fully one hundred men were scouring the woods and succeeded in finding morrison whose arm was broken and he was otherwise injured the vote was taken on the spot iu favor hanging him which was accordingly done n y jleruld impartial suffrage — the n y world says that in tho name of impartial suf frage congress has forbidden virginia texas and mississippi to vole nt the coin ing election und it is now desired to know whether lhe votes of those states are to bo counted ns making up the total vote of the electoral college jf so tbo total will be 317 and 159 necessary to elect it not ihe total will be 204 , necessary to elect 14s the point seems to have been left open as placing n discrepancy of elev en votes at the disposal of ongress to manipulate according ns in the light of the election returns the interests ol moral ideas may require if seymour should get 148 votes il would be no election and must go to the house if jrant should get 148 ii would be all right a fair elec tion will ofthe people ge-lorious triumph and so on let us have peace if ive have to cheat for it arrival of emigrants — about thirty five swiss emigrants consisting of men women boys nnd girls imported from swit zerland by messrs thomas and w i atkinson of wayne county arrived in goldsboro tuesday they wcroatonce conveyed to the farms ofthe messrs at klnsoil about ten miles from ioldsboro where they will sel lie ohio — the cincinnati enquirer in an elaborate review nf the election prospects iu ohio claims fifioon congressional dis tricts for the democracy concedes ihree to the republicans and thinks one doubt ful with the chances l favor of iln demo crats history of newspapers judging from the large nimj-kwjof newspapers it '* ase that the major ',. j „\ mankind i-./tvo in tho saying of a celebrated 1 n that a country without a govern ment is better than one without a newspaper certain it is that we have more of the latter than of tho former though tho quoted adage is not substantiated by this fact the history of journalism is one of the most influential branches of the pro gress of mind and yet how seldom do wc meet with any reference in our journals to this important subject our authority for tho facts we are about to relate is of a darsic charac ter and our readers will have no rea son to dnubt italy is the cradle of newspapers tho war between venice and soly man ii gave rise in 1503 to the custom in venice of cominiini eating the military and commercial information received by written sheets to be read at a particular place by those desirous to learn the news who paid for this privilege in a coin not any longer in use called i gazetta — a name which by degrees i was transformed to the newspaper | itself in italy and france and pass ed over into england the first reg ular paper wasa monthly printed at venice the republic becoming jealous of the paper ordered it to be no longer printed and it was thereaf ter distributed in manuscript editors were first called mainantes threaten ing because they spread about de famatory reflections of course there were many intentional lies in the ear ly journals a fault which is attribu table much less to tho writers than to the times in which they lived even to this day the peasantry of ger many say of a liar ho lies like a newspaper a reflhbcvwb rtthwm i by no means complimentary to the knights of the quill the en glish established tlieir first paper j the mercuric in 15s8 though it i wus not regularly printed being more on the order of our present bulletin during the civil wars of tho com monwealth newspapers were more generally used appearing uuder the title of weekly news books the first german newspaper was printed in 1612 and was called account nf what has happened in germany and italy spain and franco the east and west indies etc tho french imitated the english in their news paper system and these two nations with the germans have ruled the newspaper world until the within the last few years when the united states came in for a lion's share of the sov ereiguty on the continent of europe tho primal object of journals was to communicate military intelligence and to-day the princ pal and most im portant papers aro those which arc called otlicial addison establish ed a small sheet mostly of a literary leaf uie which was intended to be read nt the breakfast table the world owes him everlasting thanks for tho spectator which was tho res suit of the great author's labors a host of imitators succeeded addison and our libraries now contain the tattler the adventurer rambler idler i'eo and others then followed the weeklies and as science passed along with gigantic strides the peo ple demanded monthlies such as the edinburgh review north british and a long catalogue of oihers in all countries afterwards or about the same timo appeared tho illstrated weeklies both serious and comic — to-day in lhe great newspaper pano rama spread out beforo us is blended every hue of nature at all calculated to please the mind and eye month lies reviews otlicial organs of govern ment political commercial scientific dramatic artist'c musical illustrated comics weeklies and magazines these mo the triumphs of civilization tliere is no po-bihlc excuse for ignor | ance in any one not oven in the blind information on every subject isat every body's door and with ins formation the unities of society arc collected into a grand national mass the four quarters of the globe are under the influence of intelligence and it belongs to the press lo educate both themselves and tho people in the daily ovents ol the world let the pies discharge its duty let the pouplo sustain it with might and niiiin and the small gazette ostftbli-h i.il three centuries ago then consid ered a great sun will be unseen in the brilliant brightness of our news paper world — lyiichburgh news registration wc have now about fourteen days in which to prepare for registration let all conservatives and democrats remember that tbe great struggle be gins on the 15th day of october this is almost equivalent to the election tho people really commence voting on tho 15th those who do not re gister cannot vote ; and every man twenty-one years old and who has been in the state one year and in the county thirty days can register the clubs in tbo different counties should appoint canvassing commit tees in every election precinct in tlieir respective counties — men who live in ihe precincts and who know all those who arc old enough to register these committees must see — they must know — thnt every vote is regis tered before the 3d day of november it is true one may register and vote on the day of election but there can bo no excuse for ibis delay when wo have fifteen days for registration previous to the election we beg our friends to take right hold of this vital question if we register and poll onr full strength wo will carry the state by a decisive majority tliere can be no doubt of this — morning star i'or the watchman a old north stato hunts ville sept 30 1868 messrs editors : on saturday the 26th inst a meeting was held in iliintsville yadkin county for the purpose of forming a seymour and blair club william harding was called to the chair and ii g hunt requested to act as secretary — william a ruboy was called upon by the chair to explain the object of the meeting l;~i tu j;j :„ . *...„ rr--r *•—• . after which fifty-one members were enroll ed and the follow ing permanent officers elected : isaac brown president ; thomaa wil liams isaac a jarratt and henry s puryear vice presidents ; l g hunt recording secretary ; v a martin cor responding secretary ; isaac jarratt trea surer the 1 resident was conducted to tho chair by win a ttoby and richard c puryear wus culled out to address tho club he responded in a brief but forci ble speech which was received with great applause the club then adjourned to meet on the following saturday when we expect considerable additions lo our numbers l g hunt rec sec facts to be observed by the people 1 in the approaching election no mail is disfranchised who ever was entitled lo vote 2 a new registration will begin on the 15th of october and every voter old and new must register 3 there arc ono hundred and forty thousand white voters in north arolina and seventy thousand colored voters in round numbers a majority of two to one 4 although the whole of the colored vote should be cast against tho conserva tives which will not be tho case and thirty-five thousand white votes added seymour and blair will still carry tbo state if a full vote be polled 5 military government has ceased the election on the 3d of november is to be free as iu former limes 6 any person who shall assemble arm ed men at any place of election on elec tion day is liable to a penalty of 81,080 according to the revised ode page tofl —'.). w a gha1.au john w norwood hknhy k nash josiah tinttf-n jr . ♦*■_►•— ■ ■ ""* why seymour nnd blair should ho elected to the presidency and vice-presi dency oftlie united states because they assure tin restoration of peace and iran quilily to the country let the american people nrlso in their majesty and elect iiiiiii mm coi livinoston i-tiiowv — the democratic and conservative candiv iluie for congress 111 the 5tll district will address liis fellow citizens at tho following tunes and places viz lexington tuesday oct rtth albemarle : thursday " 8lh winstoh sat ii nlay " 10th itookford monday " 12th daubiiry wednesday " 14th ahheboro saturday " 17th graham monday " 19th greensboro tuesday " 2oth uoxboro saturday " 2.tli yancevville saturday " 81st f#f by hanes fc bruner vol hi no 115 the old i¥or.l state forever gaston salisbury is c tuesday october j 1868 single topic five cents whole no 406