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oarrass the ConfedNacy.n And it is notori-


peace or Union man; that he "embarras-
sed the Confederacy in every possible way
up to August, 1868, when he went to Rich
mond to sees.Mr. Davis, and, under certain
appliances not yet made public, he changed
his course and identified himself with the
secessionists. IF, therefore Mr.. Pool has ac-
ted inconsistently and dishonorably," so
have Mr.. Hanes, Jonathan Worth, Gov.
Vance and Gov. Graham The only differ
ence IS that Mr.. Pool has been consistent and
has maintained his integrity as Union man,
while the other gentlemen named have de-
serted their Union principles and allied
themselves with the seccssionists.
But Mr.. Russ; with that combined strength
and elegance of phrase for which he is dis
tinguished, says he has been "scofwlly de-
ceiyed" by Mr. Pool. We have shown that
this statement O. Mr.. Russ is unfounded.-
But people who live in glass houses should
not throw stones" We know of no public
man who is more vulnerable in this respect
than Mr.. Russ He is the most arrant, boast
! full, "woful daeiver who has ever misrep-
resented the people of Wake. He says, for
example, " there is nothing comparable in
earth or hell to rampant Radicalism, North
or South" Nosw, we affirm that when we
gave Fictitious importance to Mr.. Russ by
! inviting him toaccompany US to Washing
ton in May, 1855, he was one of the most
rampant of radicals. He had just presided
IN Raleigh over an unconditional Union
meeting, utteEng as the presiding officer of
the meeting the most thorough Union senti-
ments While in Washington he was g ram
pant " for The direst punishment for rebels.
He was more radical in this respect than any
of the delegation. He returned satisfied and
happy, for he vas clothed upon with n lu-
crative Office, received at the then radical
hands of President johnson. Not being able
to qualify himself for this Office, he was
forced to decline it, but as soon as he could
take running start, he sprang into another
Office equally lucrative, to wit, the Sheriff:
atty of Wake County under the provisional
servant of a government which he now de
nounces as acommon thief And then, will
his usual efrontery, before he was warm il
his Sherifalty, he announced himself as thu
radical candidate for Congress against Mr.
Turner, stunped the District making speech
es in which he rejoiced over the success o
the Federal arms and was ignonliniously
beaten, falling hundreds of votes behind thu
radical or Union vote of the District. H
was so rampant a radical that it is repor
ted he said at Clayton that his heart swellec
whenever he heard of federal victory owe
Confederate troops; and it is reported tina
Mr.. Turner dared him to deny this at Oxford
and told him in no measured phrase that h
was "a white man with q black heart.
Not being able to qualify as Postmaster il
Raleigh, having lost his Sheriffalty and bee
beaten for Congress, he began to conclude tina
radicalism would not pay. Therefore, gradu
ally Sut cautiously he changed his Goa
Watching an opportunity for dotfing hi
radicfl garments and DOMINIC his new sece:
sion boat he thought he saw it when th
How Fd amendment was proposed. Like
lead in dog-days shedding its skin, h
III of one coat into the other so ma
hadroitly that many did not pei
until tie tongue spoke tire;
zion fire was seen to t1as
Even the writer of this wa
We voted for him under the bt
H. lit he was still a Union man, and bt
cauA, though in favor of the Howard amend
ment, we did not propose to make it an issu
among Union men. He has, therefore, nc
only deceived us, but not less than eigh
hundred of the citizens of Wake who vote
for him. We say this, because his spcec
shows that he is entitled to the confidence
no one. His vote was about equally div
ded between Unionists and secessionists-
He tells the former that they are worse tina
any thing on earth or i'll hell" and he tel
the latter that he hates them as he does tt
devil in hell" Mr.. Russ has strange wa
of standing by his friends. He cuts himse
loose from all his friends in this world, an
lessons his chances for a cool place in til
next by a needless reflection on that sulphu
Gus parsonage who keeps the keys below.
is certain he docs not represent the Uniol
lists of the County in the Legislature. The
at least, have been deceived. The secession
ists we presume, tolerate his abuse of thel
simply because, while it does not injul
them they can use him as an instrument I
subserve their purposes.
We repeat, we have been " wofully decei'
ed" in Mr.. Russ. The people of Wake hay
been deceived and if he should be pcrmi
ted in future to vote or to aspire to offit
under the new order of things we shall hay
ere long in this State, the people will remen
Der him and Will hold him to rigid respol
sibility for his conduct. His arrogance an
self-suffcicncy would be ridiculous, but ft
the important place which he holds an
abuses. The people will yet pluck all tt
fine feathers from this strutting jackday
and leave him to that obscurity and insis
nifcance from which, by his unfounded bl
we'll pressed pretensions, he has succeede
in emerging. The people noso know that
1" He has betrayed their business, and given up,
For certain drops of salt, our city Rome,
Breaking his oath and resolution, like
A twist of rotten silk"
Reported Outrages in Bowie Count,
NEW ORLEANS, Sunday, Jan. 81.