ff^._..£f 4 ** jla h§f#i salisbury n c july 7,1871 cleltluioifs stage lines on and after july 3 1871 salem to high point daiw pooh llultsi coaches excursion 1 ickets round trip good until oct xi'dli wilmington to salem i,m.v 81 8 n.ri wllsoi " ig s tarboiu u i .. ](; |- stagi on 1 is — a pfohl & stockton's miiiclianr 1 1 . . r i winston n c at bottler's hotel salem n 1 ', head of western railroad in asheville daily i'niir in rse coaches excopt sunday — excursion t cket li ashovillo lor sale at the principal i mi rond offices on llm north caro bun ral i r i 1!l-'t ' i'liatliiiiii atnl i'iiveltevilleaiiilwis tcm railroad dally oxccpl sunday chahl.ilttk to itadeshoro n1 ueai ul u c ,\ 1 k 11 l.eiive charlotte mondav wednosday and friday leave w'adesboro tuesday tbuw day and butiirdny making connection with kiiilmiiil ai charlotte and dally stage to bead of wilmington char & rntber/bsd u r from wmesboro by this route luissougerh leave wilmington and charlotte monday wodncb day and friday al 7 a in and arrive at wil mmgton innl charlotte nexi ovenlng roating at night in wadosboro each way through tickets iran charlotte to wilnting ton only flo kingsti .•:.•: to gkokgf.town.s o.s leave oenrgetown monday wednesday and friday return next day through tickets tm n ii ruilroad to char 1 leston ifli 00 i ll t clemmons juno 24 1871 20:tf contractor vlme table western n c k r , takes rperct ivril 8p.pt 1870 i going west golvg east ' arrive iritre arrive leave ' i 6.10 am salisbury 11,80 in 6,03 am 6 07 third creak 8,38 s2m..m ' 6,65 " 7.iu " statesville 7 ll - 7,36 •■ t 8,03 " s.ii7 •• cutattba sta 11-33 " 0 38 " 8,55 i.ini " ni-.i't,,ii 5 30 5 35 !' 9,40 " 9,45 - ilu i nt mill .. 1 -- 10,35 •• 10.30 - iiiuii 4 0,1 - 4,06 ii . 11.10 " lt.ir i morkn n 3 15 ■■ 3 30 ■• i 11.5'j '• 13u4 •• brlilirotvator 8 36 m .. , ot7i port ' '" ' ■ cf breakfast and si>|u,ier at statesville j ' sept 33 ib711 38-tf i f r w best & co ra i.i:k;ii x c j auction & commissicn merchants bollclt consigumeiils of corn riour and produce generally particular attention paid it auction sales iti.r_:n nv pi iimi — i..n to w.h wu.i.tiiii l-r.-'i liali i th n.i i hull w e andbbho.v •■ i.i.zmi ■• jno i wii.i.i nm " state w ii a it s in ki-iiuv i.h iihii-il-ii n c march i - hm raleigh national bank of im c h w.kuii march 20th 1871 this liiuik i ninli r a resolution of the stock holders and authority from tlie coiiiplroller of tbe currency lias np'i ned i • nks ut tin ir hank ing lioiwc in ibis cily lor sul.mri|iliuii tn lb in rea-e of the stock in half a niillion 1 killiu -. in - ' iiil the ninli ii 1 . iniiil 12:tf i . i'l.wi'.v cashier administrator's notice the undersigned bavin i ijualitn i at viuin i.triilur lll-on tbi , i ' i john m lowraliee before llie pi m ' i ': l il '"""'■' ' hereby notifies ill i i onsbuvi i».j..inu.iiguiiisi ij ' . . . i ii.ii ii.nn ■" '""• '" fore i be san rn in in • xliilul tin " - . ... . ' . . r l ,, !--•• "'' ''"- notice ml be fir-l li'1 "' •'"'" ■ i t pleaded in bn s'tm s i.,,\v|;\n i tji'.:i"itt'-|iil a liiiiiii-ii.uur it a i i'oij.i oflivcr j j plaint i'n nm i im -- sii«i«r':2irs'j pain in ti i.i i s iiii tilu - tin i:iin i ill j^sssz^l i'll i i and i n.i takeu f..r i'lmiiiniiii.-in llm stomach is afl'ectcd with ln*s of appetite and niekncm bowcln in general cost e nini'tinics alternating tvith lax u jilthc bend i troubled itritb i in and dull bea j liv -. ity mi ii ii cnnsiil.ru ible i ..: iimm.ii iic "*" sj "■ ■ nicd villi painful ncn-uiiun otliaving left undone il.li niiitbi m have i i n doni . i ll u pi i m ol weak ne debility and low spirits sunulimci many of the above -;. niptoin u tti i d the d ease and al other times very lew of il •, im.i lbe liver i gem rally ilu org n nu i involved core tin liver « lib dr . immons liver kvml i toit a preparation roots and herbs iciirriiiilnl lobe alrieily v gi lal ic und i nn do no injur to mi one it lm in in nml l'i hundred , nud known for the ln*t in i • i ns one ol llii tim i rel efti.'iuiuu ini'l im in ili pn pai iiiun . 1 1 of fered in llm siifler'n if iul irly im i iier-i-linllt . it is sm ii ■■■■— j i i ii i ick i regulatoi ill ii tttn n-ry nf feeiiui nf lbe cn of tin cboly or dcpi n , colic ol l.a in - in ' ii^'il ague ii.i l'r in ll ol iii i . j'ri m - r,,r-i,li ■ 1 . i.l i i i ' i ' ". f.b j i i ry n i tflk©u>nortl state published weekly by i e w in ii a \ i s editor and proprietor iia'i i7s of m h llll'l ion onm yiiaii payable m advance a.5o six months •• ■• ijh 5 copies to one address 111 ill hates of advertising one square first insertion 1.(10 for each additional insertioi .-,() j speeiul until win be charged 50 per cent i higher than the above rates c t nml justice's orders will be publish ml nt tlm tame ruins ttith other advertiso ni obituary notices over six lines charged i asudvertlsi ments contract rates § i | \ f i m g 77 b * ? 1 space 2 o i g id s s s \ f & ms — ■ o u a b ll '.'■ ! i square 250,$37 *."■ on n>tf>!rnu>0 8 squares d ill iii 8 50.13 00 xi.tm 3 squares iiim i no 2 00'20 00 30,00 4 squares 8 on 1 1 nil 15 0025 00 i ill i column ii no hi oo jo 00:1000 45,00 i column 18 00 24 00 30 00 45 00 7"i.(m 1 column 28004000 50 00 j 80 00 130,00 the danger all nf the lu inns in the stale hold the present convention law 10 b constitution al it was also beld to be unconstitutional by innst of the lawyers and statesmen of the p"sl ut by imli men as waston rufllii menres biggs nnd fisher in view of all : this nlm doubts til ut the decision of the \ federal government will be should il be called upon to decide and if the 1 ten ! , tion meets nnd turns out all of the present ' i state ollicers — aud this is one of the p im.-i ] ph objects for which it is called the feder ' al authorities tpt'm be called upon to decide • for the pin mt officers ttill till claim t be , ' the government ami ttill call upon ilm pres 1 f blent to recogulze them as buch under tlie ' authority delegated to bim l.v tlm t 0f j 1795 for thi 1 rse they have tho pre 1 v:''1.''."1..'.'.1 fi«y.t.k.lw.l>ml hft'if'-rf iiiriiiiit . becomes of the work of ilm convention fur ' fnr which you aro called upon to vote 1 li ' ttill be scattered to the four tvinds and all - ' the money expended upon it will be forever inst to tbe people of north carolina the worst of human passions will u'so be urns cd and the return 01 peace and g 1 feeling | w ii be loug li'llll l.ll will tl llllll llllll 1 peace loving people nf the country vote for the convention under these circumstances ? 1 till 11 her danoeh ' to escape tlie ubove danger «■_ have heard , ; it proposed t i.-i tlm present governor nnd | supreme court judges remain whai is to be nine i l.t sueli n course .' nothing at nil ! for soi ne of the minor officrs some judge or clerk of thu superior ci urts will then t..-t the question of the constitutionali ty of tl meiiiiiiii law before the supreme court nf tlm suite another hoke and henderson case ill be the result and no one can doubt how the court ttill decide it itill ' decide that in the language of the great and learned hull'm the conventi.in tins m it n - authorized body and therefore no more ihan a voluntary collection of su many j , nn 1 • thai ii acts being void could ih live uu ciiiiliriuatioii from n vote of the peo ple s..i cither event tlie iviioih work of ilm rn nv ui i 11 will h set aside and all lhe 1 money expended upon ii u ill bo added to the taxes of lhe peo lo air inly overbur dened iili luxation i..-t the people | - der these things well for tbey nre llie words of truth and soberness ff tbey would es cnpi trouble let them vote nguiiibl tlm | res sent unconstitutional conventioi uinl wall lor the call of 1 constitutional one tbey will not i ate t innl very long and in the mean time several important amendments uu be cheaply and safely made by thelegis 1 liiiiti mode wai cn oot m thiers lbe french 1 president has issued a circular warning iim soldiers of ihe republic to beware ol 1 poisoned i quoi . is n is known thai lhe 1 iiininuiii-i puis uu il itniiii.'iiso qtutiit'lies i in l'.uis li is thought a largo poi tion of ii tt ill be ship ml to america who'll ■ ', 1 a drink 1 french brandy — tele gram sparkling ctilettvba springs — vve di reel iiiieii!mii n tlm announcement of 1 lol 1 hi iili 11 wyitlt in regard lo lhe billion sp 11 klii . i at nt 1 1 spri ., i bis tv an 1 ii t pluci 1 is bi come 1 i.i ite it lib mn pi ople and inili nn im imiillin ii lal loll f i 11 till i'm pi mini announces thai \\ 1 *. iv 1 1 nn till have chin mn of 1 lie culiu iry dc rl tneiil it bile t 1 m ll ir ul ol ii ileigh ttill li t '■ gem ml chin 1 lm in imi im 1 1 ii lo ire it i 1 ii'i ...'■. ims il join " tl c : . . 1 1 wa rd a 11 i in ver j less tveiil or i as y el only pro • > iiiiui ' i ' it in-ill ; uul tin iill utrodused in 1 lie nsseinhl y was 1 ii in nlly pi i hul ih ball is in motion . roll on until lbe in stitution it ct there as il is here i'lik lesson of vallandigh am'8 career any one who is inclined to tulce n loomy view of tho tendencies ol ameri can politics cun liuidly help having liis courage btrengtlicd and his hopes revived when be looks at the career of lbe late mr vallandigham and roadi the judg ment upon it llmi ida untimely end ims colled liiitb their could hardly be u better sij;ii of ibe r.'iilicul lii'iiltliiness nf american polit ical life and abetter justification nl ilm confidence with which tho greal body nl tin people look into tlm future than lhat career iu pile of us faults nay in virtue nl its faults affords li is a very great thing in tlm firsi place lhal in a time nl such cxcil moiil s t lint ill which mr vallaiidiglinm ki st made hitrself notori mis men should imve been found as ready to profess unpopular opini ms us lm show ed himself without incurring uny worse penalties than those which overtook bim in nn other country und in nn othcrstutc of society could a man imve risen up us lie did tn denounce a cause inr which ins neighbors were perishing by tlie thousand i without having uny worse thing in feur than contemptuous exile lint it would be unjust tu bim to bay or in.-inu.iti thai his course wns in uny degree influenced by it knowledge of the lightness of tho punishment that intuited bim his au dacity wus iii no degree diminished by the good-natured scorn ol tin government j there is nothing in tlie man's character us we know it tn warrant tlm belief thut bu would have flinched in tho least degree from tlm expression of ins opinions even if llie gibbet nr iln bhooting-pnrty bad stared iiim in tlm t'.um he bail beyond all question civil courage in lbe highest degree j uml nln-n wo say ihis nl any in.iii it lm lives in a community in which ' tlm tempi ni ii to go with tlie crowd is strong mui in in t natures overwhelm ing it is to nccord iiim tho very highest praise to say itnl uny nun i iii suy that be plays one of the most uti iul parts tli.it a ni.in can play in a democracy he is ii valuable citizen who gives form nnd substance to tili.it the mass of i.i coun [ tr.yiniin ui thinking and ieeling he is ; ii valtiublu citizen loo hardly less vulua ' i.l ttn tuie going tn bay — who tells ' iln in boldly ti int they would linlti to ' ll.i.il i i iu l ... l \ in n have nevi i been wuntintr ut any pe iiml i american history linn inter tailed in in listened in and even in the worst tinu-s linn suffered little if any thing in mind body ur estnle if we wished in give any one a vivid and true conception ol ibe bmnllness nl ilm extent tu which niter ull ilm working nf the machinery nt coneiitu'ionul government wns interrupted lit tlm wur and nl lhe small importance even nl iln temporary disregard nf constitutional forms ns long lis llm political illlbits i il ine 1 l ople ale unshaken we should pul it into bis hands nn edition of vulluiidigham's speeches during t'.iu lute war and an account nl bis in.il und condemnation by a court mart iul hi conduct during tlm war however wus bv no iiimiii ttli.it was most remark able rn mosl instructive in bis iif o ; ilm mosl vnlii.il.il uml ilm most symptomatic incident i.i i mis undoubtedly ilm readi ness in adapt hiuisi ll lo altered circum stances which was displayed by ilm new departure which im originated and pup ported in liis i i-t il.iys tlm li igll spirit ilm -.- i confidence llm pugnacity llie strength of conviction which mndo him dm ing the rebellion lhe bitterest nl cop | eilmni would iu linn m:in politics huve iiiiiii li in tt imi is iln re ciilli il uu ii re coi eil ii.ii 1 in never tt mild have for given bis persecutors nml sn fur from i . ediug li in uny ol i.i ot iginul tic in mil would imve added something tn tin m every year lio lit i d he « mild li ne cn t il for bin si if a syslt m of mur als in which in iiu i a and conspire would have i mi the i'nsi linn s ii t mild in bis own eyes have gradually grown mil nf nn lunn i martyr into an avenging angel siuit in smite and inn vile 11 i would im mora imve thought of accepting the constitutional n mend ments or of mod , ifyiug any opinion ilmi lm ever bud imhl aboul llm causes c induct or results of lbe win iiiun of bi tr uy ing his mother — ue would therefore have pnssed ilm re mainder nl his days us a foment r nl disorder and an apostle ol tlistt ttsl nud confusion | he would have managed tn shako the i onfideucc no li -- of bis < lilies i imn nf bis disciples iu lhe political system in der » lii h lm lit ed to lu-gcl even mining the law abiding that doubt aboul ilm lunn whicli , still innie than ili in ii'liiuuiiiitis nl iim lawless in ip in ruin free governments i le lind imu . ver in spite of ins fury and bis bitten , tliul happy tvinl nl i . .'. ilmi inbred ciiiiseinusue - nl lite l il nli •! ol extremes thai inviilu ible an i mi i hiding perception of tlm lucl thnl government instead of bi in the i ud i'm ivhii li sm iei \ exists i - implt a mc ins of nulls ii inn liv .- coinl'oi liil.ln ami llm line ox i lllll i ic ii 1 1 il ■ , nn . . ','. llii li i the iln i pn iili u of lliu '" « ll li lie i inligi 1 ,-. hi |. : , ' ii more fi.i ' :- lin d mali lin i forest il which ami tint llmi or arinii i • ■ ■'■ nl iiiiiii ■ i ii mti , ' r iiu ii iii.i i ly ui in ■ i fight v hi ii fight i ■.' liseli ii ug to ui ". ■ v ben the 1 i m h nl dl i'1'l i ill mm j ■ nli in d fitcti n i iratint ill i iciest iii mm present hour m proved himsell to bo a real politician in tlm besl sense ofthe word — the kind of politician to which the greni matt of ilm american people belong tlm way iu whieh the south succumbed nftor iho war tho sud denness of lis overthrow and the com pleteness ul its submission wero signs of pnliiicnl ability such us no other people havii ever shown nnd the marks of ca pacity were equalled by the total absence from northern dealings wiib it of the j usual indications of auf.r indeed the i only expression ol latin wrongheuded i ness und fully in lm nnl wilh in lm dis cussions which followed lhe talk aboul repentance us a condition prccedout of pnrdott ami ninli sty and even thai did i.ui la i long uml was only heard of from few mouths tho tendancy to fancy | himself tho vicegerent of tho almighty ] mid lo expect bis enemies to put their j necks under his in el and confess their sins iiiiii wicki dnessi i v hich is ilm be ' belting sins of llm frenolimnn when he finds himself in pott i r no american ever , displays or di lavs long without excit ing inughter among iho bystanders even i ilm apostle iiiim of salvation by im peaclinmiil has tn put hi tongue ill his check nowudnys when he begins to talk of a change ol heart ou tho part of southerners us necessary to a complete restoration of civil govornmdnl at lhe south tlm disfranchisement bus been ; maintained foolishly long us wi think ' but s'.ill un tlm good old ground oi oxpo \ dii-ncy not us a bit of divine chastise ment bul as s measure of public eatety mi viilliindighnm with all his wrong headedness ver lost his sight of this purely mundane character di iho politi j i-ian's mission his business is lo per -" ide and in preach ; aud if ho finds iln cnnnol p i-.uaile his duly is to make the besl ol it there is another lesson which tve do i see is to be lournt from mr vidian dighnm's can ei . bul tt inch certainly ii i rings prominently before us uml thai i ihe virtue of talk in politics if tl ther notions nf the world hud only a tithe of the faith iu it as ii redresser nf w rones i i r-i ■ i ami uu iiiniiiilui ut constitutions nud an i ussuagcr of malice and reconciler of dif fereiices lhe greatest fountain of human inisi ry ti nld bi ihii d up \- e h ive perliaps ib ,,| it li ,- u,g0 hand ' nf ann i if iii blatherskites would go li mit l inure iffeclive in ilm long inn tu ll ii rl spei flies nil mi ll iillli t lllllll in cm mull other's i lm iis tv could certainly pan ilu iu ani ihey could make a mosl iin|um--ii'i i.iii in nt ut their case the su mid .-. till s iiiiii tu bo sine — settles many things which nothing else can settle — bul it lines not bl'tlle llmin with that completeness with which they nre settled by ihe tongue there are often sects and put tb s which would face a world inarms nnd li^ht it liin a in iu wns lefl tu stand behind a hedge or a barricade ; but any party whicli finds tha majority ofthe slump mui is nn the i in mil s side nnd finds that it is being denounced steadily week in and week out by the tom-tom the blatherskite and the blunket sheet cuiiimi k i p up its courage long it mny be llmi the fuo has neither logic nor wit nor knowledge but if lie bus the longest tongue ilm game is tolerably sine 1'lm in i . if il does not bring conviction soon er ur later brings weariness of the subject mui a passionate desire for a quiet liie thousands of liini.icr.il who are now goi gioncquii co in the changes wrought bj tlm v in , mi no mn c con vii ci il nf i he i stitu iii nnliiy nl ilicm or of the expe diency ol iln in iban l it t-v ' i er viiii ; i in ilm i.i iii i m 1 in ii ration is t > ■< > much for tin in the immortal mind muy bo never sn mulish the in i vt s | t • way nl lust the nation tiie crith al periods of hu man life from tlio ugc i forty lo tlml f sixty a limn nlm properly regulates himself maj be considered in the prime of life — iii matured et ri i ih nl constitution mn ib i hi in it most iiu pi it us to the attacks , of disease and ill his functions are in lhe highest order having gi t year or two past six'y however ho ntrivci at a critical period of existence the river of dentil hows before iiim nnd he remains nl a standstill bill athwart ibis river is a viaduct i alii i tlio nun nl life which if crof i 1 ii •! m ■ '• ads in the valley oi • •( i .\ ■ ." rout 1 vt hich the i iter wim . and then llnws beyond it'uliuiil u bout or causeway lo i li ci ili | h i age the bridge i however constructed ol i r.i nil tnntfii n innl ii depend - upon i otv ii is trod len h bother ii 1 nd oi bn uk gout upi ph xy in ,| miii r bud chin itclers uro also iu the i iiii lay the traveler nnd ihrttsl bim i in ihu |! rn 1 ul bu iuin gird up his '•';! id | ■ ic liimsi if ii ii li pi t it . i cumin ui i " " " o i n i inpltor lhe i'ih i of life i i i ui i eil in r into a i p in ji .' • ilk ur in'n ihe gravi . the system nt i ' i ' '' h ih i tin uu • v begin either lo i-i hi t,or brenl low n ut once i i •' i'l ' ' .' ' . i . ii .- ;. i '■■ ii - -. . ■ - ' ■ ) ion ' i n . . i lhal tends to lorei n plulit will du il ill 1 i'll ll i y and iu v i g o r n 1 1 1 i i i in | : ■ ction i ... i k hu i iho • who caul ou sec or j ihi . dutv lo i till ' ' ' ■ mi thirst quenched without drinking ll may not be generally known to our renders that water even bult water im bibed through the skin uppoascs tlilrat almost aa well aa fresh water taken in wardly in illustration ol this subject a correspondent ling pent ue the following abridged quotation from a narrative ol kennedy's losing his vessel and bis dis tress ulli-rwai',1 wbcli waa noticed in i lullaby's annual register fur j'/ti'j i cannot conclude without making iiien linu of ibe great advantage i received l'i um snaking my clothes twice it lay in suit water and putting thorn on without wringing it wus considerable time be lure 1 cniilil make tho people comply with this mi a urc although ion seeing thu g i licet produced tbey afterwards did it twice ii day of lluir own accord to this discovery ! may with justice attrib ute ilm preservation ol my own liie and six ulber persons wiio must luive perish ed if il had not hei n put in use tlio i hint was first communicated to me from the perusal of a treatise written by dr i ind the water ubsorbed through the pines of tlm skin produced in every re spect ihe same effect us would huve re sulted iinin the moderate drinking of any liquid the saline particles howi ver which remained in our clothes became incrustcd by tho lout of the sun and that : of our bodies lacerating our skins and being otherwise inconvoniont but we i found that by washing out these particles and frequently wetting our clothes with otti wringing twice in the course of a day the skin beenraa well inn short time after theso operations we unifcrmly found that the violent drouth went and the parched throat cured in a few minutes after bathing and washing our clothes i und the some lime we found ourselves as much refreshed ns if we had received i sumo actual nourishment four persons in the lm ni tt lm drunk suli water went delirious nnd died but those who avoid ed litis and followed the above praciice experienced nu such such symptoms duelling we believe it to be our doty and un ' hesitatingly join our brethren of the puss i the iliiiiilebni adimuce and norfolk l.inrnal in coiidemnatii f ibe so-called practice much less a hung tft co wi i.kt'n ' nt by the officer ofthe law und approved ' by ilm public we do not believe t li.lt ho who lights ii duel thereby proves him self to be possessed of mure than ordinary physical coinage but he often shows in ! sn lining n lack of moral courage it is i i|iiully certain that a good character can i not be proven in this wny if a calls h a liar and i kills him on that account 11 may be lmt ii a liar and a murderer in the iianie nl common sense and christian 1 ity let us have no more of ii ; for the j sake of humanity generally let these ! things he stopped i'here is a law upon this subject iet it be enforced whenever i occasion offers we would have it understood that no i thing we have hero written is suggested by any i'm ling ut unkindiicss toward such person or puis ms us very erroneously wc believe entertain very different views wilson plain dealer the ke for mai ion dr payne smith the new dean ol canterbury having been nimble to preside at a lecture by the rev j iirndsley nl l ixfoi'tl sent ii letter of apology which is u gnuil substitute for tlio speech he might have delivered referring to the btibjccl nl the li dure tin reformation hi smith said : within tho lust few years it 1ms become the fashion to speak contemptu ously ol the lit liiriiialiun und lo loud tin t-hit i iiii is in it ttilli abuse it really tt as tuin nf ibe greatest and most remark ble awakciiiiigs of the human mind not merely as i'ce/nrds the purifying of the church but all that desire for progress uml improvement whieh bus struggled againsl abuses of every k'nd and made fngliind tlm homo of bulb eitil uinl nli i giotis liberty an enemy to the llefor ■ million ought iu consistency also to be an enemy in civil liberty and should wish i for tin ii stni iii ii of nrbitrnry authority i the abrogation ni the rights nf conscience for really ii was the diffusion of knowl edge caused hy lhe discovery nf the nit of printing which led tu ihe reformation for iiiuii bonks were made cheaper und uu li in gun to ri ad tlio liible and llm tvuiks ul lite curly lathers ihey were stir pi i.-i d to iiml ilmi a l.u go pi opnrtion l t_.o ordinary in lu 1 of lhe lime hud no authority eithei in tho one or the oilier — 1 should like tn know the dean contin ues ti imi imr l iiu people who abuse the term l'i oti innl u ish in bring these er rors back again aro wc to be dragged down in thai stale of lliiugs whicli exist . ' before the discovery of printing . li this is not i happen we must still pro test against fasi bond und abuse and er ror of t-i iy kind a bill tal murder we le rn il ll a . oui co regarded a mi liable llllll 1 imi i i-i muni i it || m mill imi ill w like i nl 111 f , n < '-. , , i k or i » ,. since 1 1 appeals ili.il a i , mu i idiug in ib.ii i ouiil v a fi tv prot to ilm iiiiiiiii i m.h it in ij i ; ii uu i i md for tt hich ho ri ci it • 1 000 iniili uii ness calling him , mi iv iinin in mo mu i.t'ini he lefl the mui nv with bis n ife and on returning in slopped over night with it friend living sunn leu or twelve miles distant from his homo in iiii night he droamed thai some nu n had entered irt house murder ed his wifu nnd two children stolen his money and destroyed his property knowing that he had left the money with his wife ho becamn uuousy und restless alter this dream und requested it peddler who was stopping at tho house with bim to accompany him at once to his home fur be feared llioro wus a reality in the dic.un on arriving at his house to bis horror lie found his wlfo and two children lying upon tho floor murdered and two men silting nt u tablo counting out tlm money ho had left with ills wife lie and i the pedler being armed immediately fired upon the men iiiii killed them who turn 1 ed out to bu llm man to whom he had s the limil nml fiom 1 k lll re oelved tho 1,000 and his sun i ni nil news tlm newborn republican relates the following curious stury : a man named edward brown of pitt county fled lo ilm swamps during the late war to avoid tho draft has been lately discovered living a hermit life in a dense thicket near tlm bank ofthe river ' when firsi discovered ho fled to his hid ing place upon being pursued ho showed | light but finally surrendered und insist ed upon refusing to go in the army up on being informed the war was ended about six years ago ho concluded to abandon his hiding place and return to the old plantation where found many changes since the commencement of tho ' rebellion his only clothing was made ' from the skins of coons and oiher uni ' mals ihat he has captured during the time having seen no one with whom to ' converse dining about eight years he bus ' nearly inst the control of luuguagc ex cegt a lew pro fin io words ili father ' and mother have both died during the ' past year i unconstitutionaitand rev i olutionary the constitution ol norlh carolina ! expressly di clans that no convention nf ' the people shall be called by the general i assembly unless by the concurrence ol ■ two thirds of all the membt is j each house ■• tf the general asscmblij aujj yei in ' by a vote ot the penple iiiiu in u milliner not provided for nor warranted in tho or ' guiiic law it is true thai ilm demosrat ' ic leaders argue that though the i institu ' tion dues iinpnse a restriction in this ro \ speei on tho legislature it imposes none ' on ihe people and thut therefore ihey can ' p 0,1ml act nn the mui ter to ibis tve \ reply that the penple su lung as they ' profess to be governed by constitutional ' forms must respect those forms and enn ' not change them unless they do so under ' authority i heroin contained and this ' was the view held by tlm democratic party iisoll in iis heller and purer days in ls-iii ii declared an attempt like the present to cull a convenlion to change ' the canetitution by a mere majority not ' piovided for iu tlm organic law — to hi revolution nothing nmre nothing less at that time a similar bill was proposed the democracy declared it to lie palpably unconstitutional and revolutionary lt can ho sup purled upon nn oilier ground than upon au appeal to the people of ilm state u guinsl their own orgnuic law let tlie people pause before they take this step north i arolinian a trial of strength the recent contest in ohio for the re i publican nomination for governor was a trial ul btrenglh between the s.m do mingo puny and tho officeholders on one side uinl the independent press on the , nib r president grant nnd the san domingo speculators were lesolvcd tliul ben wude i should be the candidate for governor the independent press wero for g uu ml ! noyes ; und when the convention met hen wado was so poweilces in it ilmi he i had to withdraw without a ballot leaving noyes to be nominated by acclamation grant and iho officeholders mui ilm sun domingo jobbers wero nowhere thel independent press had cleared them all mil ol llm li id just so i ttill l,i iii it yi ur v.lu-ii ilu republican candidate for tlie preside ey conies iu be nominated grant hopes to be ihu in in ami ill iln olliceholders and the san i lomiugo i j i cul iton i ncnui 1 1 , 1 1 . ; but the independent pri . .- puts iu its vein grant will retire — if ho i wise he i will nut wail for n ballot to obi cm il v | mui some mun 111 to bo presideni will be nominated in ins bteiul — a )' sun judge gaston and conven tion i upon tho question of amending the • constitution in the convention of 1835 1 udge ( luston iid : i i hi ■ tt i i i i f tho nm-l iii ;.. until 1 i[iii i i 1 tl iii iiiid i nn in fora ih cut t ■ iii ... ; i ibr w hull ver hi nefil bat ; ■ . ■ ■ i - 1 1 1 . i - 1 i ■. . . ui this body in l.u inr tho fi i n . onr t ..,.-! ii tim t,',i i ,.. uh i,,n i prim ipb -, if u " | in i inli ' i . hpsi i ihem - all tin ii indi ■ i 1 it ,. i ii wns not only i urpii u 1 but filli d with i fe uinl ... ,. i ■ lily in in t.i i n ciremo i mother i cniu experienced in calling u convention to amend our constitution we are determin ed to have a pe/iitiiiii changing constitu tion what is the proposition recom mended iii tho repnri ? thai two stio eiiliiig legislature by a bare majority ot votes may alter any part of tho amendments which may bo adopted by ibis convention or uny principle iii the hill uf heights consecrated for the so i entity of our lives liberty and property yiiui reason is given for ibis proceeding that a majority ought in govern let us nm i deceived by phernlltcs in what sense ought majorities in govern 1 lhat ihe d liberate will of tho people ought ul timately to prevail nn one will deny ; hut that the ,', niporary mill if a majority which mini in produced by the effervescence nf ilu moment ought in il ml i pleases sel up ami pat down constitutions from tlay lu day no man can be so extrava gant ns lo desire ii nothing more in needed fur the pur pose nf governmonl ihan this brief max im lei ilm mnjority govern what becomes ui all oui checks mi majorities why have two branches in our legislature why judicial establishments why tri al by jury if we adopt this unfetter ed principle why any ol these establish ments ? he would rather live under the most despotic government on earth than under an unlimited government of numbers he night escape the notice of one tyrant but there could be no escape from multi tude of tyrants on a subsequent day mr gaston of craven thought that the bouse of tho convention had been so distinctly ascer tained tho oilier day when the question tins discussed that no further obstacle cm-id be thrown in ihe way of carrying mu ilm principles agreed on hul we are now met wiih the popular cry ihnl tin are about io limit the power of the people it was nut the tt*7'/t but ilm creatures ol tim people that tho amendment proposed to limit tho course proposed was not an unusual one lt wus recognized in three constitutions which he had picked up ou the spur of tho moment viz south carolina ala bama and the united states it is to im post a check on in legislature that it may not avail itself of an accidental ma jority to disturb the repose of the people by frequently calling them together in con convention if we do wo ahull bo exposed to continual fluctuations tho people have il is true the sacred right of revo lution they possess the power of rising in their might and upturning ihe funda mental principles ol governments but ihey cannot du it unless the emergency is great mr g concluded by saying if the right of it bare majority to call a i invention were recognized in the consti tution he would nut give one fig fur ull ibe matters which the convention hud been engaged iu adjusting since it as sembled instead nf any permanent reg ulation everything would be set afloat and we should have a new constitution every tvo two or three years lhe north carolina railroad — the simple announcement that certain parties - have obtained ao injunction against the the n u railroad is calculated to mis lead the public while ii dues not convey the correct idea ul the case tried lust week before ilm 11 s court ul raleigh the bidders ol tome n tl.e bonds is sned by tin male lo build tbe n c railroad commenced action to prevent ilm dividends dclared by said road irom being paid into tlm stirte treasury claiming that said dividends should bu appropriated n rdiug io tlm charter i lhe company towards paying the in i i i i\e un ilm state bonds an in : junction wi i i in iiu nl against the road to that extent nnd no m — merely pro ! venting tlie payment nl the slate's divi dend idto tho state treasury nnd order ing thai ii should be paid to tho receiv er appointed by the court who is mr s f phillips | ho giving bond iu the sum of 3200,000 lo faithfully attend to tho in ii er tho mnnogemenl of ilm road is not in any respect interfered with the only cfl'ecl nf iho decision of ilm court is i that the dividends duo iho hen fit of the bond olih is in tend of to the state treasurer lobe used lor current i xpenses tho working and control of tho roadie i not affected in lhe h i i i in annual nu el ing of the company ti ii be hi id in grei r.sboro un ilm ] nib day ' i july nu i officers will be elected i.i iii i usual way — t ni iit democrat n i i i'i in the sii port of rcvolti unary men un ■ , i.l • the i loijve.nliou scheme nor by p i polluting outrages on odious ch i u-ii i ■ it lio happen to be iu ing down lhe pi iuljog of lices ol of limit u rudie d njiuels like lhe rutherford star ttill ilm people of north carolina obtain relief from their present ills of op ■ ion uru mu i ul i vi ilm i nv and pay n i ii forms of lutv il -.- ii would gel back into ll old m oj " i v i zed party ilogize uinl palliate ccuri is ilu ru hei ford out i igi . ■ : i ii ii • llm j nple of all pur o think i ing toward ri liy appeal ■ in ' ' ' r reached . the | haye tn i vol vi no 27