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Year: 1872

We had hoped that the story about
desperate railroad race between Coy.


Yarmouth and Lieut. Gov. Pinehback.
essinently discreditable to the Ssate in
so far as it might contain anything be-
sides the fanciiul ingredients of an un-
timely Joke, would have little or no
substance for consideration aud con
cern. But we are compelled to aban-
don this hope in the face of cireum
stances and incidents of such a nature
os to leave no doubt that conspiracy
was recently coneocted for practically
subyerting the State Government in the
interest of the Radical election cam
paign. This conspiracy originated in
a dispatch from Marshal Packard to
the Republican committee, urging them
to send Lieut.. Gov Piaehback imme
diately to the State for services of the
utmost importance to the party.


One Of the first acts in the revolu
tionarv programme was to be the sign
ing Of the registration aud election
bills passed by the last Legislature
Those bins, it is said, were placed in
waiting for Lieut.. Gov Pihchback on
the Jackson railroad, at the FIRST station
this side of the Mississippi boundary.
Executive appointments were next to
follow, in order that the new laws might
be administered in strict keeping with
the intent of the conspiracy. 1t is
even suspected that so high handed
measure was meditated as the eonvo-
cation of a convenient quorum of the
now extinct Legislature, for the I'm
peachment aud instant suspension of
the Governor. and for the removal of
every Official or legal obstacle to the
acquisition of complete control of the
machinery of the State government in
all Its branches.
Year: 1872

whose prosperity have more heartily
rejoiced. and this is because l belleYeu
her prosperity was firmly linked and
bound together with the prosperity
and growth Of our whole country Now,
[ appeal to her business men, appear
to her merchants, [ appeal to her man
ufacturers, to stop this war. 1t has
gone on long enough You can not
afford to teach part Of your country 60
hate you, to feel that your success
your greatness is identical with their
humiiiation People OF Pittsburgh /
ask You to take a generous part IN this
work Of recouciling your couatrymen
to each other | ask you to take the
hand held out to you by your Southern
brethren in their adoption Of the Cin-
cinnad platform, those who were our
enemies. I ask you to grasp that hand,
and say brothers, we differed. We
fought. The war IS ended. Let Us
again be fellow couutrymeu, and forget
that we have been epemies FrieudS
aud fellow citizens, bid you good
night.
Year: 1872

FoRREsTER, the alleged murderer Of
Nathan, was discharged yesterday ia
New York the District Attorney .ad
vising the discontinuance Of the case,
as he had not sufficient evidence to
prove the guilt of the prisoner. For
rester was sent to the Toombs to await
a requisition from the Governor Of
Illinois, whore Forester will be sent
to serve thirteen years Imprisonment.
Year: 1872

Speech OF Senator Wilson at vii.


mingtOn. Er.


NEW York, July 19-A dispatch from
Wilmington, North Carolina, says: sena.
tor Wilson, the candidate for the Vice
Presidency, addressed a gathering, most
OF which was colored, there yesterday.
dc said the contest was not between men,
but between the principles Of two organi.
cations arrayed against each other. Grant
and Greeley were before the people.
Some men will tell you you can vote the
Baltimore and Cincinnati ticket and claim
to be Republicans, but you could as well
have been In Lees army, and say
that you had fought for the defense
Of tho union. To vote for Greeley Is to
vote to defeat the Republican party, 1t
means not only the defeat OF that party
but Its determination. They say 1t Is
time Tor this great party to die. Why
we have just begun TO live and We will
live thousand years. He cannot see
why the Republican party which has
done SO much should die. A greater work
than the emancipation, was to change the
hearts Of these three millions Of Ameri.
can Democrats. The Republican party
was always in the right; he. the speaker,
had been long in public lie but never
have written q line or uttered a
sentence tending to degrade any man
black or. white. / have acted with
the Democratic party and against it; with
the Wing party and against 1t. The
North Carolina election would exert an
immense influence on the vote. The
country people are looking on this vote
OF North Carolina as a settlement OF the
presidential contest. II the Democrats
carry it it will give more votes for Gree.
ley than you think, but II you carry 1t, 1t
will give more votes for Grant than you
have got in your whole State. They say
we have stolen, but there has been q less
percentage stolen Under Grants admins.
tration than any other within Q quarter Of
acentury, by. actual tiguresless than one.
fifth of one per cent. s.
Year: 1872

The startling intelligence comes from
Iowa that "a new worm has appeared in
Wexford county, and is taking everything
before It," The item omits TO state the
direction in which this novel insect is
Year: 1872

There is a very excellent feeling, says the
Cincinnati Enquirer, pervadinS the masses
of the Democratic party on the subject OF
the nomination of the next Presldent.-
There is no effort among the friends OF any
of the gentlemen who have been mentioned
in connection with the nomination to at
tempt to pack the Convention in the inter
ests OF any of the candidates The gen
eral idea is to make all reasonable cOnces-
sions, to waive prejudice and personal
friendships, if they in the least conflict
with the success which is so generally de


at all costs or hazards. Never before was
there a Convention where the delegates
were so little influenced by previous COM
initials as they will be in the coming Dem
ocratic Convention. They will be elected
to make a comparison of views and to unite
upon that laan who, qualified for the sta
ton, can obtain the most votes. Those
who deem it cXpedient to nominate any OF
our well known Democratic statesmen who
have more or less been active in the politi-
cal contests Of the past are, so faI as we
can judge, very few. 1t is tho alR1ost uni
versal impression that some combination
should be formed with those Republicans
who are hostile to Grant. The only diff
Guilty is as to the manner in which It can
bc effected. We think the best plan would
be for the leading anti-Grant Republi-
cans to call Il meeting at the same time and
place that the Democratic Convention will
be held, and then communicate with the
latter body through a Committee of Con-
ference. 1t is worthy Of thought also
whether it would not be eXpedient to follow
the example set us by the Wing opposition
to Martin Van Blren in 1890, who held
their National Convention with closed
doors, i'll secret session. There can be
much more freedom of consultation where
it Is done within the view and hearing only
Of those who are engaged in it and respon-
sible for its results. Speeches are then
made not to the galleries or outside public,
but to the delegates. A nomination that
would have the assent of both wings of the
opposition, which was not numbered with
Il questionable platform, would be sure to
succeed. 1t will probably be deemed best
to have no platform at all, except that
which calls for change in the Federal
Constitution. The first thing that is in
order is to turn on the present corrupt aud
disreputable regime. That accomplished,
its friends in Congress and among the pe9z
pie would be able, beyond doubt, to agree
upon platform and ticket acceptable to
both wings of the opposition.
Year: 1872

may not be able with our bleeding fingers
to pluck it.


We do not propose, however, to mora
lie or to sermonize generally this morning,
but only to direct the attention OF orr
readers to one single point.


We recognize fully the beauty and excel
lence of harmony, yet not more fully than
we recognize the doctrine of cOmpensa-
tions, but if we were to write week we
could not express our o idea more clearly
than is done in the old adage that declares
that. when rogues fall out honest men get
their dues" The wisdom and experience
of centuries are embodied in this short say
ing. The beauty of harmony in the abb
stract is fully admitted, yet the cOmpen-
sating good coming from its violation IS
also fully admitted.


As truthful journalists, it becomes our
duty to announce to our readers that the
great law OF harmony is now being hourly
violated by the Radical party.


The fact is so palpa5le and SO pregnant
with momentous consequences, that we
would not, if we co;ld, and could not if we
would, conceal it from our readers.


There is said to be a silver lining to
every cloud. TO the dark cloud Of discord
settling down on the Radical host, is there
any silver lining that promises to compen-
safe us Of the Democracy?


We have been watching with painful in
terest this cloud, at first "nO ligger than a
mans hand" but now coTers almost the
entire political horizon Of our enemies.
We now have hope that Their dissen1iOns
and divisions are irreconcilable, and we
base our opinion, not SO much upon any
particular faith in the superior wisdom or
integrity or sense of justice in either fac
ton OF the Radical party, as i'll the belief
that these dissanSions spring from the
claims of rival leaders to gain and keep
control Of their party, in order to advance
their own ambitious desires.


The factions are now, nominally, Grant
and anti Grant. But We have no idea that
Senator MOETOE would hesitate for mo-
mcnt to oppose, or Senator SCHURZ to sup
port Gen. GRANT, if by such a change the
| control Of the Republican party could be
| kept or secured It is simply and purely a
| foht l0Y the spoiIs-E' the lion and the uni
| corn fighting for the crown" The point OF
| interest to us OF the opposition, IS this
Both cr these factions cannot win. The
public patronage, vast as it is, is not large
| enough to give every Ithdical an office. 1t
| follows then that the faction that loses i'll
the ii.M for the control Of the party organ
| izatiun must abandon all hope of spOils, OF
must join with the opposition forces, to
wit :-tIIc Democrats, and form Il new line
| Of battle.


Ii will take time to accomplish this. 1t
is now the only hope of the people of the
South to regain the protection Of just laws
and Of he Constitution, as it is the only
hope ofthc vanqiished faction ofthe Radical
party to gain q share Of the public plunder.


In such an emergency the policy of the
Democratic party, both North and South is
Il plain one. We must hold ourselves ready
at the right moment and in the right way
to take advantage OF the disScnSiOnS among
our enemies, ever bearing i'll mind that
"Whcn rogucs fall out honest men get their
CIup<.
Year: 1872

The Executive Committee of the Cape
Fear Agricultural Association have the
pleasure Of announcing the following General
and Special Premiums for Field Crops to
be awarded at the Fourth Annual Fair of
the Association, in the Fall of 1872:


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Year: 1872

LNOR SALE-AT A SACRIFICE, THE STOCK, FIX.


lures and good will OF an established Clothing St0re
the stock Is all seasOnable and second hand death
OF the proprietor is the cause selling Apply at the
store, 495 Pearl street
Year: 1872

One room at Malmaison was especially
consecrated by Josephine to the mem
ories of happy days passed thu re by Ma
pOleon before his divorce from her. 1t
was a room then used by him as study,
whenever the cares of war anil politics
permitted him to seek a temporary rest
in her society in that charming retreat;
and when she was left, there alone to
mourn their separation, she would allow
nobody to occupy this room but herself.
In it lay the pen last used there by. the
Emperor, which the ink had long since
corroded; on table lay the map he had
last. studied there, the line of march
tracked ont which had long since taught
Europe to feel the power of his tactics;
on the wall hung a glass-case in which
some of his hair was arranged IN Orna-
mental or symbolic form. 1t was so
long since that hair had grown on his
head that the sight of it must have car
ried beck Josephine's memory to the
time when she, the widowed Vicomtesse
de Beauharnais, determined on marrying
its owner, the young soldier OF forttine,
with nothing but ''his love and hls
sword, and his cloak to offer b T. Such
a sanctuary indeed was this chamber at


Malmaison to the ex-Empres', that she


would not allow any hand but her own


to dust or move the objects IN t, which


had been consecrated, as she deemed,


by the touch of the husband who had


sacrificed her to his ambition, md in so
doing had lost the guiding tar, the


guarding angel, of his life ady Cte-
D,e,afiaa Darts RecoliectioRs II .SOciety.
Year: 1872

An act to establish q system of deposits, to


prevent desertiOn, and elevate the cOndi-


tiOn Of the rank and file of the army.


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives Of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That any
enlisted man of the army may deposit his
savings in sums of not less than five dol
lars, with any army paymaster, who shall
furnish him deposit book, in which shall
be entered the name of the paymaster and
of the soldier, and the amount, date and
place Of such deposit. The money, so de-
posted shall be accounted for in the same
manner as other public funds, and shall
pass to the credit of the appropriation for
the pay of the army, and shall not be sub
ject to forfeiture by sentence of court
martial, but shall be forfeited by desertiOn,
and shall not be permitted to be paid until


final payment on discharge, or to the heirs
or representatives of a deceased soldier,
and that such deposit be exempt from liza
bility for such soldiers debts; provided,
that the government shall be liable for the
amount deposited to the person so deposit
iting the same.


SEC. 3 That for any sums not
less than fifty dollars so deposited for the
period of six months, or longer, the soldier,
on his final discharge, shall be paid interest
at the rate Of four per centum per annum.


cEC. >. lnaU Jn6 money value OF all cloth
ing oveTdrawn by the soldier beyond his al
lowance shall be charged against him every
six months, on the muster-rOll of his com
pany, or on his final statements if sooner
The amount due him for
he having drawn less than his al
lOwance, shall not be paid 20 him until his
final discharge from the service.


SEC, 4. That the system of deposits here
in established shall be carried into execu-
tiOn under such regulations as may be es-
tablished by the Secretary of War


SEC. 5, That the amounts of deposits and
clothing balances accumulated to the sol
dier's credit under the provisions of sections
one and three of this act shall, when pay
able to the soldier upon his discharge, be
paid out. of the appropriation for pay of
the army for the then current fiscal year.
consistent with the provisions of this act
are hereby repealed.


Approved May Is, 1872.
Year: 1872

IN act to authorize the construction Of


certain bridges across the Mississippi


river, and to establish the same as post


roads


Be it enacted by the Senate AID House
of Representatives OF the United States Of
America in Congress assembled, That it
shall be lawful for the Western Illinois
Bridge Company. q corporation existing
under the laws of the State Of Missouri. to
build bridge across the Mississippi river
at the city Of Quincy, Illinois, for the pur-
pose of crossing persons and property, such
as are usually crossed on wagOu-jTidges;
and also to lay on and over said bridgenTail
way tracks for the more perfect connection
of any railroads that are or shall be CON
struCted to the said river at or opposite said
point, and that, when constructed, all per-
sons and property as aforesaid, ami also
all trains of all roads terminating az said
river, at or opposite said point, shall be al
lowed to cross said bridge for reason
ers of said bridge, under the lin tatiOns and
conditions hereinafter provided; and in
case OF any litigation OF alleged obstruction
to the free navigation of said river, the
cause may be tried before the district court
Of the United States Of any State in which
any portion of said obstruction or bridge
touches; and that all railway companies
desiring TO use the said bridge shall have
and be entitled TO equal rights and priv
ileges in the passage of the same, and in
the use of the machinery and fixtures there
o., and of all the approaches thereto, under
and upon such terms and conditions as shall
b. prescribed By the Secretary Of War, up
Year: 1872

An act supplementary to the act entitled


"An act to prevent the determination Of


fur bearing animals III Alaska"


Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives Of the United States Of
America in Congress assembled, That the
Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is
hereby, authorized to appoint one agent
and three assistant agents, who shall be
charged with the management of the seal
fisheries in Alaska, and the performance OF
such other duties as may be assigned to
them by the Secretary of the Treasury; and
the said agent shall receive the sum of ten
dollars each day, one assistant agent the
sum of eight dollars each day and two as
sistant agents the sum OF six dollars each
day while so employed; and they shall
also be allowed their necessary travelling
expenses in going to and returning from
Alaska, for which expenses vouchers shall
be presented to the proper accounting Off
GERS of the treasury, and such expenses
shall not exceed in the aggregate six hun
drod dollars each in any one year; provided,
that such agents shall never be interested,
directly or indirectly, in any lease of the
right to take seals, nor in any proceeds nor
profits thereof, neither as owner, agent,
partner or otherwise.


SEC. 3. That the Secretary of the Treasury
be, and he is hereby, authorized to erect q
Year: 1872




An act in addition to an act entitled IAN


act to amend an act entitled AN act for


the removal OF causes in certain cases


from State courts, approved July twenty


seventh eighteen hundred and sixty-six,"


approved March second, eighteen hundred


and siXty-seven.


BE it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That
whenever n personal action has been or
shall be brought in any State court by an
alien against any citizen of State who is,
or at the time the alleged action accrued
was, civil officer Of the United States, be-
ing nonresident Of that State wherein iuris-
diction is obtained by the State court, by
personal service Of process, sach action may
he removed into the Circuit Court Of the
United States in and for the district in
which the defendant shall have been served
with process, in the same manner as now
provided for the removal of an action
brought in n State court by the provisions
of section three of the act Of March second,
eighteen hundred and thirty-fhree, entitled
"An act further to provide for the collection
Of duties on Imports"


Approved March 30, 1872.
Year: 1872

An act to create an additional land dis


trict in the State of Nevada.


Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives of the United States Of
America in Congress assembled, That all
that portion of the State of Nevada, em-
braced in the following described limits, TO
wit: commencing at the corner common to
townships twentyfOur and twenty-five
north, range fOrty-fOur and fOTty-five east,
Mount Diable base and meridian thence
running due east to the eastern boundary
line of the State Of Nevada: thence north
on said eastern boundary of said State TO
the north boundary Of said State thence
west on said north boundary of SAID State
to the eastern boundary Of~the Carson land
district thence south along said eastern
boundary of the Carson land district to the
place 9f beginning, shall constitute separ-
ate land district, to be called the ElkO land
district, the Office of which shall be located.
at ElkO, in EikO county, State of Nevada;
which location may be changed by the
President of the United States from time to
time as the public interest may require.


SEC. 2. That the President shall appoint,
by and with the. advice and consent of the
Senate, or in the recess of the Senate.
register and a receiver of public moneys for
said district, and said officers shall reside in
the place where said land office is located,
and shall have the same powers and receive
the same enOlUments as the same officers
now receive in the other land districts in
said State.


Approved March u. 1872
Year: 1872

An act to authorize the construction Of a


bridge across the Mississippi river at or


near the town of Clinton, in the State of


Iowa, and other bridges across said river,


and to establish them as pOst-rOads.


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That it
shall be lawful for any person or persons,
company or corporation, to build a bridge
across the Mississippi river, at such point
on said river, within fifteen miles of the
town of Clinton, in the State of Iowa, as
may accommodate the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy railroad and its connections on
the west side of said river, and to lay
on or over said bridge railway tracks for
the more perfect connection of any rail
roads that are, or shall be, constructed to
the said river at or opposite said point,
under the limitations and conditions here
matter provided; that said bridge shall not
Interfere with the free navigation of said
river beyond What is necessary in order TO
Year: 1872

An act extending the time for the compile


ton of the Green Bay and Sturgeon Bay


and Lake Michigan ship canal, in the


State of Wisconsin.


Be it'enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
time for the completion of the Green Bay
and Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan ship
canal be, and the same is hereby extended
to the tenth day of April, ammo DOmini
eighteen hundred and seventy four.


Approved March !, 1872.
Year: 1872




in the State of Minnesota.


Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives 81 the United States OF
America in Congress assembled, That the
President Ofthe United States be, and he
is hereby, authorized to establish an addi
tiOnal land district in the State OF Mime
sofa, embracing all that part Of the present
Alexandria land district which lies north of
township number one hundred and thirty
six north, and west of range number thirty
five west of the fifth principal meridian,
and to FIX from time to time the boundaries
of thereof, which district shall be named
after the place at which the office shall first
be established; and the Presidept shall
have power to fix from time to time the To-
cation of the Office for such district.


SEC. ,. That the Presidents is hereby author
lied to appoint, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, a register and receiver
for said land district. who shall be required
to reside a the site Of the land office for
said district. who shall be subject to She
same laws and responsibilities, and whose
compensation, respectively, shall be the
same as that how allowed BY law 30 other
land officers in said State


Approved March y, 1872.
Year: 1872

YoUR VILLAGE PAPER.-We find
the following sensible little article in
an exchange, and produce it, hoping
that all the people in this vicinity may
read and note its moral :: Do the
city papers say anything in regard to
your own county? Nothing. Do they
contain notices of your schools and
churches. meeting, Improvements,
and hundreds of matters of interest
which your paper publishes without
pay? Not an item. Do they ever
say word calculated to draw atten-
tion to your county and its numerous
thriving towns, and aid in their pro-
gress and enterprise? Not a line.
And yet there are those who take such
contracted views of this matter, that
unless they are getting as many sqnare
inches of reading matter in their own
paper they think they are not getting
the worth oftheir money. Itreminds
us ola person who took the largest
pare of boots in box because they
cost the same as pair much smaller,
but fit.n
Year: 1872

HERE is Quaker toast that has a
thought in it: .'This is me and mine
to thee and thine. I wish when thee
and thine come to see me and mine
that me and mine will treat thee and
thine as kindly as thee and thine
have treated me and mine.