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In the case before Justice JlP. Adams on
the 3Oth of April, 1870, in which John
Lane, colored, was charged with burglary.
it soons that ON .La... o. Ian.
uary, 1870, the dwelling of A. L. Woodall
was entered, and there was taken therefrom
trunk containing some clothing, together
with some relics. On a search warrant issued
by J. 2. Adams, Esq. the premises Of John
Lane were searched, in which were found
the Bible with the record of the family in it.
Also the dress coat of A. L. Woodall was
recognized on the person of the defendant,
who was required to give bond in the sum
of $1,000, and failing to comply, was
committed to prison. 49,, ~. -
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A CIRCULAR has been issued from the
Internal Revenue Bureau containing lengthy
instructions in regard to the new form book
(blank No. 52) prescribed in special No. II,
and revised by special No. IS. The circu-
lar states that this book must be kept by
every person selling quantities of more than
five gallons of spirits at any one time; and
distillers keeping this book do SO in their
capacity as wholesale liquor dealers, and it
is required to be kept in addition to the
other books which they are required to keep
as distillers Section two of the circular
provides that persons requiring these books
may have them printed in the established
form by any one whom they choose, as the
claimed on this book is not con-
sidered valid by the Commissioner
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TRIAL OF WOODS for KIELING MARY ANN
DALTON. case of Woods, referred
to in our last issue, was tried on Sat-
urday before Col. W. H. Harrison. The
Court House was crowded and every one
seemed deeply interested in the proceed
ings Woods, the prisoner, is a young
man of good appearance and seemed very
much affected. Judge Battle and son ap-
peared for the Defendant Mr.. Bell the only
witness examined, was near neighbor of
Mr.. Woods and testified that about eleven
o'clock on Thursday night, the Defendant
came to his house and told him he had shot
a man and wanted him to go and assist him;
he was undressed, having neither hat nor
shoes on. 1 accompanied him and found
the deceased lying in the lane about 100
yards from the house calling for water.
recognized her although dressed in male
attire. His Honor on hearing the testimony,
said that he had read the sworn testi-
mony given before the Coroner's Jury,
and his mind was made up. Mr.. Bat
tie, Attorney for the Defence arose and
after reading passage from Wharton's
Criminal Law, said that the defendant
was not only justifable in what he
had done, but in these times of lawless vio-
lence his conduct deserved the appreciation
of the whole community. The deceased,
though in fact woman, was disguised,
having on all the habilimeEts of man and
must have been supposed to be such by the
defendant. She was much larger than he,
and was advancing upon him, when he
warned her to stop. She still continued to
advance, and be to retreat, until he reached
the fence and could retreat no further. In
such circumstances any other man would
have done what he did, and it was fortu-
nate that he had in his hands the means of
self protection. The fatal result was one
which the defendant ldeepg. .7aulared. j
has said that he had rather lose the profits
of five years. labor than that it should
have occurred. But in doing what he did
he was completely justified by the laws of
England, by the laws of every State in the
Union, and more especially by the law of
North Carolina. Being disguised, and hav-
ing gone in that condition to the house of
the defendant in the dead hour of night, Z
and being apparently in the very act Of do. J
ing him some violence, she was, according;
to the statement which had been read, com. /,
hitting a felony, and he was justified in
shooting her. As an individual be Had
done an act for which he was justified, and
as citizen he had done, as l have said, in
these times of lawless violence, that for
which he deserved the thanks of the whole
community. +. .4- ''
His Honor then gave his opinion that the
accused was honorably acquitted, and Or
dered his release upon which the audience
applauded. We hope this will be warn
ing to all parties IN the future, and prevent
them from going in disguise to frighten
and annoy our citizens q
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Township Committees.

By authority of the Republican Executive
Committee of Wake county, the following
named gentlemen, are appointed as Execu
tive Committees for the Several Townships
of the county. 81, Ia fo T., F.. LEE,
3 s5Srjs ,aHd dai,i Chairman,
~ Buck Horn 7opnsaiapAH. c. Lashlee, D,
H. Gardner and Merrill Olive. -
~ Barton's Creek Toaoasaiip-R.. A. Thomp-
son, R.W. Wynne and Hinton Chavis. 8
+ Cedar Fsrk 7ostnshiipA Isaiah King, Jos.
L. Mosring and Philip Boylan.
~ F0restville l1ounsisiipT w. D. Jones, Hen
derson Hodge and Granville S. Patterson.
House Creek 1ownshiip- s.. D. Franklin. ].
j. Lynn and Henry @. House. sa1 ny
7 little Ritter 1ownsiip "A. J. NOVEL;. Bur.
ton Hicks and Willis High, II.
Marks Creek Topnship H. W. Rhodes. ].
w. Marshborne and JEFF Manor. 81 e :
= Middle Greek Township John Jones, AL
vim Wyatt and Grey Macklin. ~. ~,
3la Nei5 light 1oaonsbip-H, R. Chapel.
John Pearce and Mingo Hockaday.
: 0ak Grove Township ~ Roland Gooch.
John Colclough and Willis Lowe.
. Panther Branch 1opnship- Justice Par
rish, ]. L. Britt and Warren Adams.
81. Mathe,os' Township IA. Pulley, C. w.
Williams and Ben Scott ''-''
81. Mary's Township j. G. Andrews, W.
]. Pool and Henry Jones.
SDyt Oresk ToDnship-B. D. Peasants,
John Rosemond and Wyatt Locklayer,
White Oak Iosonship-Wm, yinks, John
Baucom and ], g. Walden,
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&C. Clark, Of Newbern, has been men
toned as a suitable candidate for Congress
in the Newbern District E-llsebange. !, 81.
It's the great coed fortune of Mr.. CLARK
to be mentionedfsain connection with
every Office ofia vacant character in New
bern and in tfea NeWR1berh District The
last " mention We saw made Of him was
in connection with the Mayoralty OF New
bern, and on that occasion Col. R. T. Berry
received an overwhelming vote and Mr..
Clark none. MI. G, is the hub o., a wheel Of
very small politicians in Newbern, and takes
care to see that the spokes and felloes do
mention menThis small-fry crowd, would
control Newbern and Craven COUNTY, land
would the Disttictif they could) but are ex-
cessiyely weak at voting, They are bitter pol
iticians, but are not active ones, and theri
hatred to Republicans is equalled only by
their commendabie detestation of the Democ-
racy. After the August election, Mr.. Clark
will be " mentioned" In connection with
some other vacancy That is all. He is
model Conservative Long may be wayel
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Sc RidgeWaY Enternrise 3,


Under this head the Ridgeway Press no
tees the enterprising spirit of the people
who are so rapidly building into vast impor-
lance place which was merely wild waste
near water station, on the Raleigh & Gas
ton Railroad, at the close of the war. In
this notice are spoken of, the "Ridgeway
Park Orchards the "Ridgeway Nursery =
the "Ridgeway Mills" the "Ridgeway
Granite Quarries;" the "St Pierre House !"
the "Englehardt Park" the "Ridgeway
Highways" &c.
There is, undoubtedly, great thrift in the
Ridgeway people, and numerous evidences
of solid prosperity amongst them.
The "Ridgeway Park Orchards" we are
told, cover two thousand acres of land, and
are the largest ever planted at any ono point
The "Ridgeway Nursery covers fifty
acres of land, and has the largest stock of
any nursery south of that geographical
myth, Mason and Dixon's Line. During
the year 1869, this nursery had budded over
100000 peach trees, 10000 pear trees, and
The "Ridgeway Granite Quarries are
close by the railroad and within half mile
of the center of the incorporation, and now
employ a large force getting out blocks for
all kinds of railroad bridges. tombstones, &c.
A branch road connects the quarry with the
Raleigh g. CASTOR railroad, and saves much
expense in hauling.
The sSt. Pierre House is set down as
D" not only one of the finest structures but
one Of the best kept and most comfortable
hotels in the State.r -
"Englehardt Park" designed and laid
out by q Prussian of that name. is said to
be ]" not only the most attractive but the
most accessible pleasure ground for excur-
sionists anywhere within hundreds of miles
of our State Capitol"
The highways, built by the Ridgeway
Company at great expense, not only within
the corporate limits of Ridgeway, but lead
ing out into the country many miles, "are
the best constructed roads in this section of |
~ IF. o.
the country" sai y
All this upon the authority of the Ridge
way Press an evidence in itself, by the way,
of the enterprise of that place-and if not
exaggerated, and we believe 1T is not, it is
not wonderful that Ridgeway should be re-
ceiving large acccssions of settlers from the
North and elsewhere. 1t would seem to he
q most desirable place to settle in. These re-
suits, we are told, have been brought about
by the foresight, liberality and perseverance of
the Ridgeway Co sThey drove the first
stake for the new CITY," concludes the Press,
: in the right place and at the right time,
they made liberal OUTLAWS of money to inn
prove and beautify the place, start bushes.
and build roads to make the tributary coun.
Try accessible, and, they have persevered in
their work through "evil report and good
report " until their success is achieved.
Whatever differences of opinion may have
heretofore existed on the subject, all must
now agree that Ridgeoay is a success
Pc" I
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THE War Department order, says tho
Washington Chronicle, removing the 18th
and 14th regiments Of infantry from Virgi-
MIA, North Carolina, and Kentucky, and as
signing them to duty in the Department of
Dakota. removes all the troops now perform
ing duty in those States The understand
ing is that the move has something to do
with the condition of affairs in the Red
River country, and refers to the neutrality
of the American soil during the existing
troubles. There are, besides the troops
which are to be sent thither, already in the
Departmental Dakota three regiments of
infantry and battalion of cavalry.
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E The New York Spirit Of tie Times be-
lieves that the breach now imminent be-
tween Egypt and Turkey will envelope the
whole of the eastern hemisphere in a great
war. The Pacha of Egypt has selected
number of ex-Federal officers as. chieftains
of his army, among them General Stone,
who, it is said, will either command the
Egyptian army, now forming, or be next in
rank to the generalissimo. ~.
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"PLEBscITE," which is now used in our
dipatches from France, is the Latin PIebis-
citum Frenchiied." Strictly speaking
Plebiscitum was the name of the law passed
in those assemblies of the people which the
Romans called comitia tri5uta, but Pieblscite
is now applied to the decree, the submission
of the decree to- vote, and the draft Of the
decree to the Corps Legislatif. tjgeGisl
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Book Notice.

AMERICAN LAW REVIEW. Little, Brown.
and Company, Boston, Mass.
This review j. published monthly. Tho
April number is before us and contains val
liable information.
We notice the following articles, which
are evidently fromthe pens of able lawyers
Doubtful points under the Bankrupt Law.
Right of a Landlord to regain possession
by force.
Copy before publication.
1t also contains a digest of the English
law reports from November and December,
1863, and January, 1870; q digest of State
reports, digest of cases in bankruptcy, a
large Ist'of law books. and the opinion of
the Supreme Court of the United States
upon the legal-tender case.
We can safely recommend this book to all
lawyers. Price Five dollars per annum.
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! OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. Mr.. Backalan
the efficient chief of the fire department of
this city has, we understand, just ordered
five hundred feet of rubber hose with the
Gould-coupling attached, and also hose
carriage for the use of the Steam Fire Com
pany. This is a good move, and while on
the subject we would like to beg our "City
Fathers" when they build the, new cisterns
to have them large enough to do some good.
Tohse we have now are too small. M.
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The NAV convention.

This is the second day of May, and on
the 18th inst. the Republicans of this State
are summoned to assemble in Convention in
this City. We expect to see large and en-
thusiastic audience, composed Of the best
people of North Carolina. The fares upon
the principle roads of the State have been
reduced for the occasion, and there is no
reason why our expectations should not be
more than fulfilled. q
Republicans who have been elected to
Office ara too apt to stand still and do moth
inc in this crisis. We have observed that
thew are drsgs upon tine party in various
Counties. They must be up and doing.
There are no soft places for them and hard
places for others. The party needs money.
They must furnish the bulk of it. 1t needs
thousand other helps, most OF which must
come from their brains and pockets, And
we say to them that they cannot stand still
any longer, for the imminence of the conflict
will not permit it. : z
Besides this the internal discord within
our ranks, which really amounts to but lit
tie, flor the parties fomentlng the strife have
no great inhuence,) must be quoted. There
must be peace, or the agitators politely re,
quested to leave the party and not return.
We can get along without them, if they de-
sire to keep up the war, but we had rather
see them in Democratic uniforms than In
Republican. @as,' ~ 1000. (,
When we say this We know that VS., speak
the sentiments Of the people There will
be but one voice in the May Convention
and that voice will be for harmony. Grave
| questions may asise, but they win be settled
in harmony. For unity Of action is victory
and the Conservative faction which has
thrice gone down beneath the onslaught Of
our consolidated battalions, viii again
WAIVER, and break when the harmonious cheer
of the Republican party is heard from the
mountains to the sea.
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TITS A SHAME and a disgrace to the
country that the remains of Gen. Jno. A.
Rawlins are to this day unburicd. They
rest yet in the public vault at the Congress
sional Cemetery, in spite of all the fair
promises and pledges made after his death
last summer. /, 1t is said that republics. are
ungratetu. In this case the American re-
public has been shamefully and inexcusably
forgetful and negligent, as well as ungrateful.
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Connecticut is talking of a State Con-
, YFentioh to revise its Constitution, by strik
ing out the word white from the qualifica-
ttions of voters, and changing the time of
the annual al election to November, that the
Legislature may sit in the winter. 9.sa
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tender to our afflicted sister city our most
sincere coincidence and warmest sympathy.
RssoLed, That while we lament the un-
timely end of the fallen, and mingle our
tears with those of. the bereayed and suffer-
ing, we would reverently bow in humble
submission to the will of Almighty God,
whose providence shapes our ends, knowing
that He is too wise to err and too good to be
unkind. a. ~
4 Resolpod, That as mark of our sincere
humiliation under this affecting dispensa-
ton, we will unite with the City of Rich
mond in observing the 4th day OF May,
when all business will be suspended in tins
City between the hours of 10 a. m and 4
p. m.-the bells of the city to be tolled be-
tween 10 and II a. m.,-and that the Church
es of the City be opened on that day at l
q. IN. for religious worship, and the pastors
thereof be equestedto'adapt their services
to the melancholy event. - sar
{ Resolued, That as further mark of SYM
I pathy committee of five be appointed by
, the President of this meeting to solicit such
donations as our citizens may be able to
, contribute to aid in thereiief of the suffer-
, ing and the needy, upon whom this calam-
ity has fallen so very heavy.
! Resolced, That a copy Of these resolutions
! betlforwarded to Gov. Walker and the
) Chief Executive of the City of Richmond.
Mr.. Turner seconded the resolutions in
[ the following remarks; al, b, 43sd 4 s'e
/, He said the words which they contained
were, already written on the hearts of every
gnod man. !. Rarely was it the case that such
acalamities .befel any community, and at this
time be could recall no, similar occurrence.
! The death of the sufferers was unlike the
death of theisoldier in battle u The fall Of
the Capitol buried the living. who were in
the hope of life, and not the living in the
presence of death. 1t was like the desola-
-rtion Of sudden fever cor rayaging diseases.
The resolutions having been unanimouslIy
adopted, 49, ~. ~. ~. &. -, s.
: The President appointed 9Messrs. VIC.
.Upchureh, IA. M. ,McPheeters, W. G. Stron-
ach, R. 81 Tucker and A. d. Jenkins, Com
.mittee on contributions, when 49,. +
I, On motion it was ordered that the pro-
ceedings beB published in the city papers,
and the meeting adjourned. 81 fii af2 e
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BROOM Corn CuLTuRE.-rWe call the at
tention of our friends in the country to the
large amount of money there. is in the culti-
ystion Of broom com. Almost any tillablo
land, not too wet, viii produce broom corn,
On average land, 700 lbs per acre can be
called an, average cron although 1000
pounds have been raised. About seven
cents can be called an average price 3 g
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Congress has been in some tribulation to
find out what to do with Alaska. That &C.
NAL aud highly productive country ought
to be put to some use, and, as the railroad
bills now pending ask for only 6OO,0O0,oOO
acres of thepublic domain as gratuities, it,
would be sound policy to make the grants
in that virgin territory, and leave the bal
ance Of the public laAds'elsewhere to actual
settlers
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At velocipede race of thirty.nine miles
and a hall, near Toulouse, France, Leotard,
the gymnast, beat fifteen competitors, ma
eng the distance in three hours and forty
four minutes, half the time running against
a high wind
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We see that there is a proposition on the
part of Northern capitalists, says the Char
lotte Democrat, to build Railroad from
Pittsburg, Pa, to Charleston, S. G., by way
of Charlotte N. c. The Christianburg Hes
senger says there is abundance of capital to
builG the road without outside help. Is not
the prospect forour little city encouraging
i,Joa1
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One winter of Democratic rule in New
York State has, in all probability, settled
the fate of that party. 1t went into office
full of loud-mouthed promises to reform.
Since then it has done nothing but scheme
and swear. The only conclusion it has
reached is the New York city job, which as
a swindle exceeds in gigantic proportions
anything ever incubated
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The San Francisco Society of California
Pioneers has been presented with the first
bar OF tin made from iatiyc ore in the Uni.
ted States, and regards it as the most ap-
propriate and unique addition which could
be made to its cabinet pf specimens Of the
mineral wealth Of the Pkcidc Coast
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DEsERTERs. I'VE understand that two of
the soldiers belonging to the regiment which
'ieft here a day or two ago, not liking to 20
among the wild Injuns,n, deserted. One
was captured on Friday night bur tho other
!, is still at large. 400 s5i.a, p. g
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Fernando Wood gets no sympathy from
tne press at large for his onslaught upon
den. Howard. Even the Democratic Jour
mails, well knowing the animus of the charge
90 not dare to support the New Yorker in
his attack. Iti ~
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90 IN he communication of spy in
70 dayspaper win repay a careful perusal.
1--WE mlgh' ado add mus much to the list of crime
mat writer has extracted from our paper
me picture, however, is horrible enough.
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WILMINGTON CEIEBRAT1oN.-We &C.
knowledge the receipt of polite invitation
to participate in the ceremonies of celebra-
ting the adoption of the XIV Amendment
at Wilmington, on the I'd of May. We pur-
pose attending if we possibly can.