The Greensboro patriot [June 6, 1872]

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11.Greensboro Patriot,
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Established in 1824. THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1872.
iNew Series No. 223.
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Professional Cain's.
C. !'• liBMDBXa 11.1 Jnll.il N.
MENDENHALL & STAPLES,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
GREENSBORO, \. I ..
Will practice in the Couiti -i. ■ . I;
ingbam, Davidaon, Kon-ytlie, Stokes, Ran-dolph
ami AJwnuicv: aleo. L'.S.< nil kuil
District Courts. Special attention given to
collection* in all part, ol the State, ami I.
CM— in Bankruptcy.
If OBcc one door North ol I nun Ilouae.
Jan. 27:1 y
Dillard & Gilmer,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
OH rw Hank ofOreensb, ....
OPPOSITE BENBOW lit)' SE,
PRACTICE in Slate and Federate rts,
an I in Uwjcounlie. ofGuilfont, Alalnan ■-,
Randolph, Davidson, Slokes, Vulkin, S irry,
RocktDghaBI and Caswell.
One of 'lie firm will always attend lb* reg-ular
Probate Court, of KIM kin " n,Alaunuic«
and Gailfbrd counties.
April 18,1878. '-'- 5-1 r_
■ . -. II W :.. III..-. II. KKIKill,
!'. 8. Comuiiaaioiier. Register in Bankruptcy.
BALL Si H !■:« X ill.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
l.l:l'.I.N~lnil:.i. X. C.
PRACTICE in the Cuurti ol '■ Iford.
Rook „-!..on. Havid-.-ti ami l(a
Al-n in ili- I ircuii und lltsti. • I ■ ■-
I -' 11.i.• I Stale- lor Kortli i arolina.
Partir ilar nttenti 1
IMHCML iitiiM i: runs
in the I". S. <"...i11- ami la I ■ ,- tin U I ■■••
MINI at IVASIHXGTON.
Will gire *|M9cial atteulioti to : ;■ ■. ••
t!,.n ..I . lainis againel lb- f f;«
property taken by the TT. S. Army, and will
practice befiire tlie Coinniieeion ap| iub I ( >'
[ate act ol CongrceH to lake
Will alao atteinl prouiptly b
ntoler recent art of Connie - rrrtm lie to the
ii i..Iis, i. irvirorfe of tbv »\..:' i l I 'W-GRANT'S
FAMIIY RINO.
I i.'. . -..:ie i.fVln
iKaep tin- ran of "enO
u. K( u nil—(he SWle lieeui none of eui,
Avninlup :-. Ihere't more •.bun three ton
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HuDiln;^- • ri . xtlt uX-uVgun of em.
Obi lie' I] l.l-nt,
The I e>i cormorant,
■ ra hi ■ - ■ nest in t .. Cotjuigtoi
6 :
Orvill L.O.
I . ■ :, .i apree,)
OrawHon biapal n a: llhnni- co-Wt oBioe;
Half tin • ;..:.-..f l.\-—■ caU l"ia«t
' and Imnt..
i .i ; . ...»i lie;.is,
S'.mlp- . •' 1 '■■'* aniKV. y-atnl Pat ion*:
Kilt the Ii ut- tako tiie lead
ihe nholo blcased breed,
Kni •*■ plan a were Roihg they wwrt in
f, r the fat 'utis.
Ii ittiei i in-iaw, nephev* andepoar
>* of%f, tioepaef'ei' i leveral
ii'»i:. I ^. .,
til on u tux -I cotaiixWhity,
rit rcvci thi ;■ llud*bppoi LIIII-
' ':■'• .; ,', n: .-.lib brotherly
on i iv.
Mod , ■■ '■■'.. i" rfeel impnnity.
O." ! " In: ;. -<■:
Lucifer'a li< t,
In a hundrid prime cists sub a haul
in ii'i get.
Mil • ra, .. K, appraiaera, collectors,
y..: -' a!-, n. - tin v. Mils, inapt etorsj
I', tniaateap, mail agente, nnifoi ined llcc-
I..I>.
'. Is! what a < ■ rpa of 'em,
W lit—there'll be more of >m;
F..:i.\ and otic—there will soon be three
. i , ! 'eiiij
nut-i.. orchil gry one—list to the roar
oi 'em !
i : • I man
I'. S. O. !.-.:.:. the van,
ICob-Rm i..;,' i!,<- pnblie to I'.ii ten his clan,
,; .'. I.'nx's relation,
\V.ii 1 up, lake yoor ration ;
[| h for II Government
• »n,
Pal i I ..... in yoiirpockel ami try a
lb
'; •, ;■■ not to be alighted
'.v^, :i u :>.... - i i ol Ice are sutldenly lifted.
\.. .... A ... ii ft*e henr
ili- .- i leal
effeot legalized the shooting of men
ou the highway at pleasure.
In June, 1809, the Governor sent
Captain Boshere' ami other troops
to occupy Jones and Leroir'conn-ties.
Of Wake county he also »oJc
military possession. On the 30tii
ol October, 1869. liy a formal pro-clamation,
he threatened to declare
1>ft"t Lenoir,Jones, Orange and Chatham
I counties to be in a state of insur-rection.
Be it remembered that
this *vas three months before the
passage of the Shoffuer Bill.
On too 30th of October, 1869, in
an otlitorial intim Standard, written
and acknowledged by himself," the
Governor, referring to the last
nnuit'd proclamation declared that
under the Constitution and laws of
tueHtati-, hu had the right to de-cline
a county to be iu a state of in-surrection,
and that the effect there-of
W'lulil Iiu "to suspend all civil
law as it was suspended iu 1805."
On the ICth of November, 1869,
iu his second auuual message to the
Legislature, he agaiu renewed his
demaud for nioro military power,
complaining that under the present
militia law he was comparatively
powerless to enforce the law. On
the ICth of December, 1809, in a
special message, he again called at-tention
to the necessity for auieud-meuts
to the militia law, and again
asked that the arm of the Execu-tive
might be strengthened. The
response to this appeal for more
military power was the introduc-tion
into the Senate, on the same
alarmed for his personal safety, au-thorized
the insertion of the follow-ing
in the 5toi«farel,his official orgai
and edited by his son : "We an
authorised by the Governor of the
State to announce that these ou I
rages must come to an end. He ii-tends
id haveindemnity for the past
and security ** toe future. The
Governor will dc this 2nd tliwe **?
(i I sreat,
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W HOLDEM-KIBK WAR
Jan lJ;ly
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RALPH GOBUELL,
AUornt-v and CoaBstllor a! Law,
Greensboro, N. 0.,
It Ml.I. practice in the emu i- i i I
\\ Davidson, Uuill u i a id l.'a . •';:.. ai .;
Bankmpl r mrta. Oltiee, So.:. La« II
W.-t Sole of Court ll.-n—.
Prompt attention giren ■
all other bu-in.-- coiuinitte i In hi. <.. •■.
April -.'7, 1-7 I: ly
DENTAL SURGEON.
Dr. B. W. Scot!,
of lUltn v I' lltal ' .. ego.
Since tli.-.l. aib of lir. .1. W.
Howlett, i'i> • -i ami much
rateeuii il friend and pan m :. 1
lit it best In let my en turners '•• I "
have s.i 11 be tally patronized u-1 ..now lhat
lam slill at the old oilier of Howletl A
Scott, in Garret! building, where I . ...
I., practice Dentistry at a '
'./ti/ at. The !'• in i. l'olb •■•■ I at-tended
is eouaidered the '" -; ... lb world
ami tin- 7 years expericuei I have ban
enables me t.i pel fol Ul all
tin- Dental profe««iii .
anil in tbe '.. ■' ~i.. i-
Call ami £•■' ...
entitled "How to I
I refer you to
a, to my ability iwn I'.
Dr. D. W. C Ben
Morehead, ('. G. V
DrJ. K Hall. M. U l>r.
]).; Dr. U. W. Gleuu. M. I
.1. : Col. Win. Scon, W
1. .IS, lea, I.'.ib. it Sloan,
I. an, W. s. Moore, :. .i
Porter, S.;. it "ii! Slei le
I'apt. .1. E. Gilmer, Ii. i .'.
lir John E. Logan, M. l>.
\. tniiigton Jonrnal.
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Ckaryct S .-■■■■. - - I . ■ -
niblc) lh» **meiv operatun*" ati-i ■. ■ ■ -•■ . i
I>«DlUU.
N li -(:."- J wl.d t« lUv i:
will l»- i.:t.ii-i-il ilu - .
Ktffvmicc: 25 y-wir- .,..i--i:! j..
the medical MIII deui >l |ir».li - ■ m»;
h**\ kVivud* of Uiin .' Krfni i. mai '•£" ■■
Waller Clark. •'- M. Mul.^-i.
Clark & Mullen,
A-ttoi'ne^"H AI I ;i\v,
HALIFAX, N. C\,
PRACTICE in all the Cuuiin »l II
Uanin, aVoiilwuipton an i i' I
rouotie*. In ibo S raj n ' ■ in
Carolina aud in tlie Federal Con -.
13"* Culleclions made in a!! pan,* ot \**i !i
Cai'ulma. mar I4:1T
D. A. & R. F. ROBERTSON,
Surgeon Dentists.
Having :. . r i
ed tie;
II I be pra.tiee of
Cj-y>^Oj ■ • - nF.yrisrHY.
JaBSSfr'1* "- ' '_'•■: ■" :
XXXJ.vl '.. --^ alaerii ealothe
Ji V^, • ili. ens of
J <<- -*• _ i.t.. us'biir
antl the siirrou
dingcooatry. One or the ol her of tl ...
can always be found al their oOlce on
Lindsay's corner up stairs, entrain Kasl
Market Street.
atiafactory reference given, if desired,
spiitiv.- [latrona during the
r fifteen years. Sl&tf
WINDOW GLASS.
wiioi«»;»i0 ;,,„, Retail,
E. W. GLENN & SON,
Agents kw Ma ..,. . . : \y ...
"Virll-I. sell all - sea nml
TT Vorkan.i PI. ladi , .
added.
Fancy Glass for Vestibules.
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In
Plate Glass lor b.ilk
Glass.
HOT-BED GLASS,
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T/t■■/.'■■ Itirfii-al .State Convention
Intr'i, i ■> Formally Endorsed Hoi-
.' .. tiiut /•''■ Administration, »re
I'ropo e thi* Morning a briaf Out-line
i\l ' ' Hoi Jen-Kirk Waianl
• ■■' ,'.'/•■ ...''v Happening During the
..'-. w of William 11'.
//,.!' . /. Qo'renor of North
Cm . in Order thai the Pet*
■i .-.• lehat /.« in .s/orp far
ii .'/',' liadie il» again get into
I'oirei:
•Govei ililen wasinaugnratcd
■ .' .. II under the present Con-iiut'i
In* ii;i of July, LSiiS.
inaugural Address ou that
..-.. I'll at !.-::;:!ii upon the
and importance of streng-th!!
military arm of the
.nnii ... On I'.IO 17ih of An-gust.
1808, in response thereto, the
! gislaturo,al sjieeial session,i»8S-
■ d .i in!', giving authority to organ-ize
iiuti equip :i "force to bo known
as the detailed militia of North
i'itinli:Ki.'* Under this Act Gapt
Bushel's cub nmtiil was raised. On
the 17th of Xovember, lsiis. in his
ittutnal message, tlie Governor
i: iKiniir <i that he had procured
and again called attention to
nit of pfflei r.i-' in the mill-r'i
>nrtni "f. :.t the same lime,
r. decl n R • lial |X':ice and
ei pn v; ...••
• i the ' I'Jtli ol Kehmary, I860,
ill «as passed fimferriiig itr on
ill (lot .in. unlimited power to
appoint ::'::! pay spies. Prom thi*
■luie spies, Informers aud eaves-
MI ippors iniestetl every eommnni-
:;. in t!:i. Stiitv. Prom tliis date
had absolute com-i
l lie iii-aiii.v of the State.
II.M lie usetl it the Anditors's books
daii i^ show.
In ' lai i' IS69, the Governor
sen! i apt, iiosher and his vaga-bouds
to oecupj Alamance couuty.
in the -lili i>i March, 1809, a
party of bun, consisting ot Jos
VV. Iloldt'ii. Speaker ul ihe. House
ol Itej eutatives, various em-
|>1 yes and oiliw is ol the Stale gov-eruiui'iit,
:: ul others, met Josiah
luruer,.'... ,u i i, 1 ),j,,i: in Baleigh
and in it boily assiiultinl him. Mr.
Turn :'....,,-; .Hid pistol saved
Ins lite, rin parlies were arrested
and carried before the Mayor. The
<i >'.. r:i i ..: i appeared of his own
accord, avowed his previous knowl-
1 ...'■ ol Hi <pi , !■> make the
assault, :iN.I his endorsement of all
that had been d me. The Mayor
ordered him to keep silent, which
lie utterly refused to do. He could
uol l>e silenced, nor was lie punish-ed
for contempt of court. A lew
nights thereafter an attempt was
made to assassinate Mr. Turner by
shooting liim through the window,
near which he sal writing. This
time Mr. Turner's life was saved by
the cliauge ol its direction caused
by the passagi ol the ball through
the glass and window slat. This
was within . lea feel of the Court
Douse and during Court week, yet
ueither ;;:,■ Judge nor the.jury took
any notice of the occurrence.
On the loth April, ISSSJ, the Leg-islature
passed an act making it a
felony punishable with live and ten
years imprisonment in the peniten-tiary
to use a deadly weapon.—
\\ hen a is remembered that a good
hickory stick is a deadly weapon iu
law, thai ihe .sh.i-iiils,-oliciiorsaud
Judges were re.idy to force an ac-ipiittal
ul a p.trty friend or in case
of a ei.u.ii tioa, iii.it the Governor
was ready to pardon him, the prao
t eai ojieraliiiu of this law will be
'■ lily seen. -Mi. Turner's pistol
was exercising a strong inlluetiee
On the |j;li April, 1809, two days,
'•■ Or, the- 1'aiutiug act, or the
or. ; .: ig tbe wearing a disguise
try was passed This act, as it
lust sought iu be passeflj in
in human shape. If he is even per
sonally menaced, bis friends will re-sent
it and punish the man or tht
men who may do it—if be is slain,
or even wounded, It is already de-termined
that leading Democrats
and Conservatives who might be
named will be instantly put to
death. The Governor's mind is made
up."
In this same month of Jane,1870,
Kirk, who had been appointed by
Governor Holden, Colonel of the
2nd Begiment of North Carolina
State Troops," carried to* the Stand-ard
office and had there printed an
advertisement for recruits addressed
to Union men in general, and to the
"soldiers of the North Carolina 2nd
and 3rd Federal Troops" (Kirk's
bushwhackers during the war) in
particular. This advertisement was
itiUovernor Ilolden's own hand writ-ing
and declared to the out-throats
and thieves addressed: "Blood of
your murdered countrymen inhu-manly
butchered for opinion's sake
cries from the ground for ven-dav,
of the infamous Shoffner Bill, geance." "Rally to tbe standard of
This Bill attempted to authorize him • your old commander." This "Old
to declare a county to be in insur- j commander," this man Kirk,was no-rection.
Mr. Cook, a carpet-bag | torions, especially when acting in
Senator from Johnstou couuty, ur- a military character (as proved by
ged as a reason for tho passage of his crimes as a bushwhacker during
the bill that persons accused could j the war and as an officer of Brown-be
tried by drumhead courts-mar- ■ low's militia in Tennessee after the
tial and shot. In the JJoijso of J{ep-1 war) as appears from sworn testimo
rescutatives an amendment, iu the ny, as a "desperate, merciless, crim-very
words of tho Constitution, inal, violent,cruel man, a plunderer,
proposed to the bill, declaring that guilty of many outrageous deeds
the military should be subordinate ' and murders."
to the civil power was voted down. I On 21st June, 1870, this Col Kirk
OntheSOih of January, 1870, the with this well kuowu character, the
Shoffner bill was passed. On the brute who with his own hand.it has
7th of March, 1870, the county of been time and again charged, shot
Alauiancc was declared to be in a aud killed a boy while on bis kuees
state of insurrection, and Judge
lonrgee refused to hold court. A
detalchment of United State troops
was sent there and remained in
quiet uutil the last of April, when
it was ordered away,and the county,
begging for his life, was ordered to
rendezvous bis regiment at Morgan-ton.
On the 8th of July, Caswell
county was declared by Gov. Hol-den
to be in a state of insurrection.
A detachmet't of Federal troops
though in insurrection, was without was quartered in the county and re-a
soldier. The Federal troops had mained there unmolesting and un-shown
there, as elsewhere, their molested during all the troubles in
unwillingness to tyrannize over un- that county. On the St h of July,
offending citizens. ; 1870, Col. Kirk was ordered to Com-
The people of Alamance were pany Shops, Alamance county. On
the 13th of July, 1870, he was or-dered
to Yanceyville, Caswell coun-ty
On the night of the 13th of July,
1870, an attempt was made to as-sassinate
Mrs. Tnrner, wife of Hon.
and the bayonets Josiah Turner, jr. The would-be
assassin was so close to Mrs. Tnr-once
more able to breathe freely,
but the lull was both short and de-ceitful.
The August election was
approaching and it was seen that
the people would no longer submit
to Radical rule unless at tho point
of the bayonet,
were provided.
loth March,1870,Governor Holden ner that the powder from his pistol
wrote as follows to the President: burned her face.
"If Congress would authorize the It Is not Intended to charge that
suspension, by the President, of the this attempt at murder was instiga-writ
of habeas corpus iu certain lo- ted by Governor Holden, but certain
calities, and if criminals could be circuinstauoes happening afterward
arrested aud tried before military seem, to say the least, very singular,
tribunals and shot, wo should soou Upon rumor ol the attempted as-have
peace and order throughout sassinatiou, Mr. W. R. Richardson,
all this country.'' Ou 14th March, Private Secretary to the Governor,
IS70, Governor Holden wrote as telegraphed to Mr. Turner for the
follows to the members of Congress: facts. Mr. Richardson was at once
•I have called on the President for dismissed from his office as Private
aid, but be is restricted by the Secretary and pv2blfsbe4 *eardd«>
right of the writ of habeas corpus.— daring he had ' sent the telegram
We want military tribunals by without the authority, consent or
which assassins and murderers can cognizance of the Governor,
be summarily tried and shot. We On tbe 15th of July, 1870, the
eau not have these tribunals tinlisa wholesale arrest and imprisonment
the President is authorized to sns- of citizens in Alamance and Caswell
pend the habeas corpus iu certain
localities."
On 17lh March, 1870, Governor
Holden wrote as follows to United
State Senator Abbott: "We have
Federal troops, but wo want the
power to act. Is it possible the
government will abandon tho loyal
people, to IH? whipped and he hang-ed.
The habeas corpus should at.
by military power without any pre-tence
even of authority in law, was
begun, tin the 10th of July, 1870,
writs of Habeas Corbus were issued
by ChiefJustice Pearson directed to
Kirk. Kirk refused to obey them
and ordered the papers to be taken
back with the message that " such
things had played out."
On the 17th of July, 1870, Qover
once be suspended." nor Holden wrote to Kirk as follows:
Next comes the speech of Senator u There are many more arrests to be
Pool, made in the United States
Senate, advocating Senator Drake's
amendment, a measure "whose effi-cacy''
he said, "consisted iu the fea-ture
that the writ of habeas corpus
may be suspended, and that when
the military make arrests they shall
not be compelled to turn the offen-der
over to the civil authorities to
be tried by a jury of his own con-federates."
McKee, Captain.
On loth April, 1870, Senator Ab- tere(i in to-morrow. It will be well
bott made a speech advocating the to |et them remain in Gaaton, as
same measure. their votes will be needed, and they
In the first week in June, 1870, can have control over Gaston, Lin-thete
were held various councils of coin and Catawba. Twenty or thir-war
in the Governor's office at Ral- ty of your men should be sent to
eigh. It was then and there agreed
that a regular military force, to be
under the control of the Governor,
be raised, because neither the State
mflita nor the United States troops
could lie relied upon to accomplish
the desired purpose. Then it was,
also, according to sworn -testimony,
that Senator John Pool proposed
to put iuto service a desperado
named McLindsay, who would raise
a company that "would give Gov-uever
to oe nearu 01 again anu On July 18th, 1870,
suggested that the Governor should j jn8tice inquired of '
follow the example of Governor 1 the arrests and imprisoi
Clayton of Arkansas, "who had tak- ] prjg0ners b« Colonel K
ernor Holden no trouble, for that if list of prisoners and witnesses, to-any
of the men arrested by him un- gether with the proofs in each case,
dei took any resistance, he would 1 want to know tbe evidence in ad-kill
them or they would be lost! vance of the Court."
never be heard of again" and | the Chief
>f the Governor if
prisonment of the
nsoners 0* Kirk were in
en military possession ot disaffeeted | pursuance of his orders. On the
counties and tried and executed 19th 0f July,1870, the Governor in-large
numbers of men by Military | formed the iChief Justice that Col.
Courts." Immediately thereafter, Kirk was his subordinate officer
W. J. Clarke was commissioned an,i w,ls acting under his orders.—
Colonel ol the 1st Regiment N. C. Thereupon Chief Justice Pearson
State Troops.a force raised without officially and judicially declared that
any warraut in law whatever, and Kirk's insolent, defiant conduct was
proceeded to Washington City and merely " a flippant speech of a rude
procured an outfit for his regiment. 1 soldier," that he had sufficient ex-
Ou ihe 11th June, 1870, the Gov- cn8e for refusing to return the writ,
cruot alariiicd, or affecting to be that the prisoners were really in the
BKS of th« Governor and that U
t*e Governor refused to surrender
wem there was no remedy; for "THE
WWEB OP THE JUDICIABT WAS
■XHACSTBD."
On 20th July, 1870, Governor
Holden wrote to the President, sta-ting
the condition of affairs and pre-dicting
that the Chief Justice would
. «\j**nt»lly sustain him. On the
threats that he will be assassiaaiC. «« 0« July, 1870, the Governor, as
for so doing. Let them try it. The! Chairm*":.' ot *• 8**'*" Radical Ex-
Governor does not fear these fiends eeutive Committee, telegraphed to
John W. Forney, at WrMMHfriS*
City, as follows: "Habeas Corpus
ease just decided. Chief Justice
Pearson substantially sustains the
State Government and refuses to
Interfere."
On 26th July, 1870, Governor
Hollies, having been notified by the
Chief Justice that the Court consid-ered
tbe prisoners in his custody
and would take no steps to compel
him to obey the writ of habeas nor-pus,
refused to surrender them. In
publishing this, the iStaavJard, the
official organ of Governor Holden,
•aid: "We hope all citizens will
read it asd be satisfied that peace
Till now be sustained by the joint
harmonious action of tho co-ordi-nate
branches of the State Govern-ment,
sustained by the national
power."
On 28th July, 1870, Governoi
Holden wrote to Kirk as follows:
" I have thought it best, mainly on
account of the pending election, to
postpone the Court Martial until
the 8th August- It will certainly
be held at that time. I will notify
you iu time as to tbe necessary ar-rangements.
" I SEE AND HEAR OP NOTHING
HI YOUB ACTION THAT IS NOT DE-SERVING
OP COMMEHDATION."
During this month, when there
seemed no relief from any other
quarter, Hon. Bedford Brown, of
Caswell, a man foil of years and
honors, made a pilgrimage to the
Capital of the country, to appeal to
President Grant iu behalf of civil
liberty and tho life and liberty of
bis fellow-citizens. He found the
President not iu Washington, but
at Long Branch, who refused to
have his pleasure interrupted to
give a respectful consideration to
the appeal of this venerable states-man.
Mr. Brown returned home
only to find others of his people con-fined,
and preparations for their
trial by Court Martial.
The coast now seemed clear—
The Courts of Justice had been
closed. In all the land there seem-ed
no help for tbe poor prisoners
sweltering during the dog days in
filthy dungeons. The prilviege of
the great writ of habeas corpus had,
by the cowardice,uonni vance or cor-ruption
of Chief Justice Pearson,
been practically suspended without
the assistance of the President,
whici only a few months ago the
Governor had declared ha be neces-sary.
William W. Holden now
ruled is a military usurper, with the
power ot life and death in bis hands
and not as a constitutional Gover-nor
in North Carolina.
Ou the 3d August, 1870, Gov.
Holden wrote to Colonel Kirk as
follows : " I should like to have the
names of officers in your regiment,
who will be suitable to compose a
part of tbe Military Court. The
pending election, and the necessity
of some of tbe officers to be absent
on duty, have prevented tho meet-ing
of the Court as early as T wish-ed.
It will meet one day next week.
It is important to have all the, evi-dence
that can be procured. The
following officers, besides those of
your regiment, will compose the
Co«rt: Major General W.D Jones,
Brigadier General 0. S. Moring,
Brigadier General W. R. Albright,
Colonel H. M. Ray, Major J. W.
Hardiu, Captain Robert Hancock,
and another officer probably from
Alamance. This will leave six to
be supplied by your regiment, and
the Court will cousist of thirteen."
Colonel Kirk, at various time.--,
(nfqrmed the prisoners that "he had
orders, in case be was resisted iu
any way, to kill the prisoners."
Ou August 5th, 1870, by order of
Gov. Holden, Josiah Turner, Jr.,
a citizen of Orauge, was arrested in
the county of Orange (although
Orange had not been proclaimed to
be in insurrection) by a military-force,
carried to Kirk at Yancey-ville,
thence to Ahtmaute county,
and confined in a loathsome dun-geon
with a negro felon condemned
to death.
We have now reached the turn-ing
point in this infamous conspira-cy
against the laws of the State,
and the liberty of the citizen —
Thauk God, Richmond Pearson
was not the only Judge in North
Carolina. On the Cth August, 1870,
George W. Brooks, Judge of the
Federal Court for the District of
North Carolina, upon petition of
Josiah Turner, Jr., issued a writ of
habeas corpus, diivctod to Kirk, and
it was well understood, that neith-er
he nor his Court were exhausted.
On the 7th August, 1870, Gover-nor
Holden telegraphed to Presi-dent
Grant, stating the facts and
sayiug: "The officer will be direct-ed
to reply to the writ, that he holds
the prisoners uuder my order, and
that he refuses to obey the writ.—
If the Marshal then call ou the
posse comitatus, there may be a con-flict,
but if he should first call on
the Federal troops, it will be for
you to say whether the troops shall
be used to take the prisoners out of
my hands. It is my purpose to de-tain
the prisoners unless the army
of the United States, under your
orders, shall demand them."
This communication was referred
to Attorney General Akerman, who
reported upon it as follows, on 8th
August, 1870: "I don't see how the
U. S. District Judge can refuse to
issue the writ if the petitioner
makes oat a case for it under the
?K^J^T" m 0{ 18w- I«dvise
that the State authorities yield to
the United Stats* Judiciary." This
opinion of the Attorney General
was telegraphed to Governor Hal
den by the Secretary of War.
The triumph of civil law over
military power was now complete,
thanks to the interference of Judge
Brooks, whom North Carolina can
never honor too highly. But for
this interference of Judge Brooks
many of the best men ot the State,
men venerable for age and piety,
distinguised for learning and patri-otism,
purity and long public ser-vice,
innocent of even the semblance
of crime, would have been tried by
a Military Con rt ,sen tenoed to death,
tied to stakes and shot like dogs or
deserters. But Judge Brooks came
to the rescue, and Governor Hol-den
became as powerless for evil as
he would have been had not Pear-son
so "substantially sustained him
by refusing to interfere." We have
been accustomed to say that the re-sult
of the election changed Ilol-den's
purpose aud pot an end to bis
military usurpation. Not so. The
gteat victory at the ballot-box would
have been barren of result but for
the interference of Judge Brooks,
Governor Holden would never have
allowed the election to stand. He
knew full well tbe stake he was
playing for. Ou the 23d July, 1870,
Hon. O. H. Dockery, while on the
traiu, en route for Lumberton, sta-ted
to a distinguished gentleman of
North Carolina that while in Wash-ington
City, Governor Holden told
him " THE MOVEMENT HAD ORIGIN-ATED
WITH SENATOB JOHN POOL,
AND THAT HE (HoLDEN) WAS WIL-LING
TO POLLOW WHERE POOL
LED." Dockery responded
General Gordon CaUs Senator
Seott to Account.
The following letter tells its own
Story:
NEW YORK, May 20,1872.
Ho*. John Scott, United States Sen
ator/rom Pennsglranut:
SIB :—My attention has been call
ed to some remarks made bv von in
the UnitedStates Senate on'Friday.
the 17th inst., in which von aHece
that "General J. B. Gordon, of
Ueorgta, was among the organizers
and earliest leaders" of the Kn
Klnx
Not satisfied with the prompt dc
nial of two of your brother Senators,
you sought, in furtherance of the
political object which is apparent
throughout your remarks, still to
impress the idea that "Geueral Cor
don refused to tell all he knew upon
the anb)ect,- and you atT.-ot to be
lieve that I bad concealed facts
within my knowledge for dishonest
purposes.
It is not for me to contrast tin
motives,my honor or integrity vita
yours, but yoor persistent ratten
tion in your place in the council
chamber of the nation of a state
ment already stamped as a raise
hood demands some notice from me
You can not be ignorant of the fact
that I distinctly stated iu my tesu
mony that I knew nothing of am
snch order as "Kn-Klux,»save what
I have seen in the newspapers (that
I had belonged to an organization
of gentlemen, the nature of which
was that 01 police for the preserva-tion
of the peace in thedisorganized
state of our society ; that there was
no political idea in ii; that it had
never, within my knowledge, called
, that f "jeeting of its members) that I
he was neither willing to follow!Uad'T" St'en or Uear<1 of n dis-nor
to endorse the movement;' f1"?* ln UeorP,a ext-<,Pf those worn
whereupon Holden stated that"WE V , caI,tur,d robbers, who were
MUST CABBY TBS ELECTION ANY- I memocr8 end lit representatives ol
How." His purpose was uuchaug-! tvo"r owu lM>1,'"<'al V"^9 ■■il •»«**
ed until he got orders from Wash- ,? m8ny Potions of the South, and
ington to yield to the Federal Ju- ^ " lw"'1 ?ebeye, are now in the
diciary. Georgia Penitentiary. This is m\
On the 11th of August, 1870, • Imm*?siou ■?■«■*•■ ln '»> teatimo-
Governor Holden ordered Col. Kirk 5.. .re
T1!ue, .'"vestigalion Com
to parol his prisoners Ou the 15th j TS86 ln V IT*1?**?""
ol August, 1870, John Neatbery LJ* y
I
0!"' Vl810?:uaU »<* uctm dia
made a forced march, with a dis ! *B ? l'^djudice, which I re
patch from the Governor, to Rich- 8l,ectlull-v 8U"«"t is unworthy tbe
The Ku-Klux BUI.
The very large vole
Honse yesterday refo
and consider the Kn-Kbit
be convincing upon tl
Radical mind of the i
any attempt to couti
bayouet legislation ol
But it seems that it Is
another effort is to be 1
the adjournment. (The
inent Republfcai - .
because they tail to s«i ,
it for the adminlstrai
thing that "ill assist th
nan pwty peudiof .
rile President tl
lie had bi
terday, aud will ha
for a few days to coin
other trial, in tbe
Republicans r m be
tin- support of the m
Bui the Iteptil
ing il the Democrat -1
and
posts Of the 10!
ye8terdaj all Inn 26 mm
the Republicans
Rioh- E?nU2 sub""t "" uuworthy moud Hill, the home of the Chief ?'fb P°"«*W >ou hold as a repre-
Justico, revived that prostrate pub- !, "ve of a ffreat uatIO"i >'ou would
lie ffuunnccttiioonnaarryy,, rreessttoorreedd tthhee eexx- «Bve ■«» "PO" your Southern tor-hansted
powers ot the State Judi-ciary,
and returned to Raleigh on
the 18th, and had everything ready
for the Chief Justice to receive the
return of Col. Kirk and to discharge
prisoners in the Supreme Court
room at ten o'clock on the morning
what every honorable Northern man
who goes among ns sees, viz: That
whatever crimes have been commit
ted in the South are the direct out-growth
of the wrongs perpetrated
by the infamous State governments
you have set up over ns.
of the 19th. But Pearson can take i-i^fT \.!!r ,,,e,,ial of *• U'1
nnoo ccrree.dliitt. ffoorr pnrrnommnpttnnAeasas iinn rthkilas, ffiovr- ,0»ing facts: Whatever appieiien
the reason that Judge Brooks was
already discharging prisoners at
Salisbury as fast as they could be
brought before him.
Ou the 15th of December, 1870,
a committee of the House of Rep-resentatives
appeared at the bar of
the Seuate of fiorthCarolina and im-peached
Governor Holden 'or high
crimes and misdemeanors in office.
On the 22d of March, 1871, the Sen-ate
of North Carolina, sitting as a
Court of Impeacuwent, found Wil-liam
W. Holden guilty of high
crimes and misdemeanors, removed
him from the office of Governor,and
declared him to be forever disqual-ified
from holding any office of hon-or,
trust or profit uuder the State
of North Carolina.
Richmond Pearson is still Chief
Justice of North Carolina I
John Pool is still United States
Senator!!
Ulysses Grant is still President
of the United States ■', I
made, but the next list will be furn-ished
to the Judge Advocate. The
Court must assemble on Monday.
25th of July. Some of the Caswell
criminals are escaping. I want you
to exercise a sound discretion as to
such arrests in Caswell not on the
list yon have, as may be necessary."
"The Company in Dallas, Gaston,
willbe nuder your command, W. 8.
He will be mus-
Shelby, Cleaveland County, to keep
an eye on Plato Durham's friends
and prevent intimidation of voters.
• • The lawyers are exhans
ting every expedient, but they will
fail. This is their last movement.
It is importaut that the Chief Jus
t ice. who is substantially sustaining
inc.should be very courteoulsy trea-ted
in the person of his messenger.
You can confide fully in Mr. Neatb-ery,
and I wish you to send me a
Dr. Zeverly, of Salem, died in
Washington on last Thursday night
nis remains were brought home
and interred in the cemetery last
Sunday.— Western Sentinel.
Aayttnaj to beat Grant—An ine-briated
Democrat was dining at a
Western hotel the other day.
" Beef, pork, mutton, veal, or
chicken !'' said the polite waiter.
'• I don't care a d—P.," was the re-ply
; " anything to beat Grant."
Sad Accident—On Tuesday last
a little son of Williamson II an ul son
of Caswell county, was playing with
a loaded pistol and shot himself
through the ribs, inflicting a horri-ble
wound, from which be died in
the most painful manner.—DanrilU
Times.
Sidney Smith did not rank tbe
Scotch among those who require
the aid of a surgical operation to
get a joke through their heads.
Quite the contrary. He told Robert
Chambers: "You are an immensely
funny people, but you need a little
operating upon to let the fun out.
I know no instrument so effectual
for the purpose as the cork-screw."
A married lady complained that
her husband had ill used her. Her
father bearing it boxed her ears.
"Tell him," said the father, "if be
beats my daughter I will beat his
wife." Rather a pleasant prospect
for the lady.
When a steady, well-behaved
yonng man is seen shaking hands
with a pump, and bidding it an af-fectionate
good night, or saying,
"Poor old CorbisonRobscrew," there
may be a faint apprehension that be
has been taking something.
"Bill," said one apprentice to an-other,
"I don't like a boss as is alters
roun his shop lnterieriug with his
own business."
"My dear," said a husband to hisj
better halt, after a quarrel, "you
will never be permitted to go to
heaven."
Why not! "Because you will be
wanted as a tormentor down below."
Delicate girls
cook.
are the best to
siona were felt at the cessation of
the war for the peace of society and
thesafety ofcitizens, in consequence
of the overthrow of our looal gov-ernments,
the disbanding of an
army suddenly made panpera, and
and emancipation of a whole race ol
slaves, these apprehensions were all
soon allayed.
The kindliest relatious existed be-tween
the twoiaees; peaceandan ob-servance
of law were every where
found- And never, sir, until your
carpetbag governments, through
the fears and cupidity of the poor de
Inded negro, had embittered him
against us, and by his aid and yours
had robbed our treasuries, plunder-ed
our corporations, blithed our ag
riculture, blasted our hojies, and
hung debt like a mill stone about
our necks—never until then, and
until the administration of law be-came
a mockery aud political sub-serviency
a passport to Executive
clemency for crime, was the peace
iu tho South ever broken or ill will
engendered between the races.
And it is this dial ml ism you would
continue iu tho South. Like the
tormentors iu the Spauish bail
fights, you continually fling the
bloody flag in the face of the negro,
and goad the white man to deeper
ation with the bayonet, that the in-evitable
conflict may furnish the ex-cuse
for the perpetration of your
despotism I pray that the Ainiri-oan
people may rebuke this spirit ii,
the coming election, antl let the
reign of constitutional government
be once more inaugurated.
But be this as it may, 1 shall not
permit you by my silence to bolstei
up the fortunes of a political party
by thus dragging my name hilo no
toriety, without asking you to carry
also the responsibility ol the willful
falsehood you have perpetrated in
the effort.
I am, sir,
Very respect'y, yours,
J. B. GORDON, of Georgia.
Tbe band of hope—A hatband.
So slowly goes laziness that pov-erty
soon overtakes it.
'You're a chicken,'as the hen said
when she hatched out a duck.
The New England funners spenu
$1,200,000 for grass seed every year.
A modest, unprotected young
man in Chicago had two girls arres-ted
for "insulting" him on the street.
Where ought we always to Bud
the milk of human kindness? Iu tie-pale
of the church.
The widow of ex-President T.\ I,:.
her daughter aud grand-child, nave
been received in.o the Catholic
Church, at Georgetown, D. C.
The tide of immigration from Ger-many,
Ireland and other countries to
the United States, is larger than ev-er
before
A man, stopping his paper, wrote
to the editor: "I think folks otteut
spend their mnuny for paypors.my
dadda diddant, and everybody said
he was the intellgents man iu the
country; and had the smartest family
of boiz that ever dugged tators.~
them being Messi - l
of -Mich,, in. Bur.
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