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Injustice to North.Carolina---Our General

Injustice to North. Car0Iina...Our General
Nj. ED.oa 3. A; ssss III. Sd INST.
piece headed "ross Injustice to North. Carolina" in
which you say ahat the chief asaisgaan appointed for
giHsn person Of the name of Bradford" You make
me further statement in substance that galant OF
one OF our regments who had been wounded called t
Elnans had received appoinments &c. Alter treating of
those things you then warning to the people, telling
and demand the rssSsal Of this Tsrsiaisn 4s. Your
warnngIs we-timed and your remedy q good one but,
SIR permit me to mention another Our General Assembly
and am truly glad to understand that they have passed
good law upon the currency Now sir is It not equally
Incumbent upon the members to ward of all spositions
Proof IS ample that people have been treated
than any State in the Confeder.cy and sa continuation
be stopped if the rights Of the people are to be preserved
Now, Sir, as Of the citizens of the honest old.
fashioned nee dsb.Payng State Of call
utions condemnaoy of such conduct the part of the
officials at Richmond, especially as to the eki ISaing
man, and all Others Of like cast and also to keep our own
troops in ourpwn State The people will sustain them,
terests. DAILY.
Rutherford Co., June. 1868.
Our correspondent is informed that on the last
night Of the session. Mr.. Afford, of Wake, intro
duced resolutions in the House Of. Commons de-
nouncng the appointment Of this .Virginian as
Tithingman, and respectfully and earnestly calling
on the President to remove him. No doubt such q
resolution would have been introduced earlier in the
session but for the pressure or business, and Mr..
Affords resolution would have passed by q largo
majority if the two houses had had time 10 vote
upon it As soon as Mr.. Affords resolution was
read, DR.. samt L. Love, candidate for Congress in
the 10th District, Confederate officer and member
e kI,aH ~ o-lo4 nd -
He thought the officer referred to was obliged to
be of certain grade in the army, leaving the IN
ference that there citizen Of this State Of the
grade referred to. He also said that there was no
room for "grumbling" on the subject for no doubt
there were North Caronans in office in other States
and generally, in his feeble forcible, forcble fee
BILE way, he apologzed for this insult to North Car
olina and approved the action Of tbs administration
in appointing Virginians, Pennsylvanians, and
Marylanders to such Offices ID our midst.
Just here Capt Grissom, Of Granville; took the
floor and put the Doctor through course of sprouts
which he will long remember. the inevitable Mr.
Cobb, of Edgecombe then came to the Doctors res
cue, and elaborated the Doctors idea that Presi.
dent Davis was the second Washington Capt
Grissom also took him in hand, and Mr.. Cobb Jared
no better than the Doctor. About five minutes be.
fore the hour fixed for adjournment Mr.. Cobb pro-
| pounded question to Capt. Grissom, which the
latter proceeded to answer. It required some time
to do SO fully and satisfactorily. but Capt -Grissom
| had the foor-the moments we're flying-Mr. Cobb
distressed at the idea Of losing his speech-he
cried out Mr.. Speaker the gentleman is making q
speech the House roared-Mr. Cobb laughed and
looked sorry by turns,-Cspt Grissom, having the
| floor, continued to answer his questionable mo-
ment for adjournment arrived-the Speakers ham
mer fell. and Mr.. Cobb went over to the 4th Mon
day in November, when it is expected he will re-
sumo his remarks Altogether it was an amusing
| scene.
Let it be known to the people of the 10th Con
gressonal District that DR.. Love upholds tho ap
pointment of citizen of another State to collec
! the tithes in North. Carolina
In this connection we state that Maj. Smith
Commissary in this City, was ordered recently tt
report for duty at Richmond, and that his place ha
been filled ty Virgnian. And We learn that al
the employees in this Office, in this City, from
other States How long is our State to be treate'
in this way?