THE GLEANER.
uT m." imuki;h. editor.
GRAHAM, X. C\, SEPT. 7, 1875.
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■is not responsible for the opinions
expressed by correspondent*.]
MARUOWY.
The Constitutional Convention lbr tl»e
State ot' Missouri litis just finished its
labors, and Strange as it may appear in
these ilays of dissentions, and partizan-
Hctioii. it lias framed a constitution
which is approved by every delegate in
tlie Convention. All present affixed
their signatures to the instrument, and
those absent have the privilege of sign
ing it as soon as-opportunity is afforded |
which it is understood they will do.!
Could not our State Convention learn a j
lesson from Missouri, and for once, for-1
getting parly spirit and mere party in.
terest, act in harmony and concert in |
framing for us a constitution suited to |
our wants and condition. Ifc sadly
need such an instrument. Our future j
prosperity as a people very much de-1
pends upon the organic law ot the 1
State ' ' * —■■ ■ I
Our present constitution is an incu
bus, thatt In various ways retards all
efforts at bettering our condition
and entering trpon an era of pros,
perit v. 15u«t there is no ground or rea
son upon which to found a hope, that
our Convention will so act. The re
publicans have seen fit to make every ef
fort at Constitutional reform in the State
a party question, and they have done
so for the benefit of party, and nothing
else. In their opposition they have ap- j
pealed to the fears of the pcoplc f and by j
t hes-e appeals, supported by unfounded j
statements,they have really made party j
capital by their opposition.
The republican party, in the Southern !
States, has shown 110 disposition to do j
anything for the good of the people, j
ami in fact to do anything that did not |
promise, pay corruptly obtained, to
members of the party. The struggle
for ascendancy of republicans in North
Carolina, and in any other Southern
.Slate, is not a legitimate irariy contest
for legitimate party but it is
an eflort to control that the people may
be plundered to enrich Individuals.
The history of every Southern State
furnishes incontestable proof 1 of the
grave chargo.
We arc now only speaking of the
South, and where, throughout the land
is there a State, controlled by repubH.
cans, that" has uot been robbed and
bankrupted by them? The facia are
so patent that even republicans do not
pretend to deny them. Can Ave hope
for anything from such a party? Should
they do anything for flic benefit and
good of the State, it will be in the ab
sence of any temptation to act other
wise for their own advairtage and gain.
The Ptrange thing is that some good
men support a party tlrcrt by its record
itself so little worthy of Dtipport
—that shows itself so entirely deserving
of condemnation.
THE BANK OI lAI.UOKMI.
This mammoth bank lias tailed,at ieas(
suspended. There are various reports
concerning this failure or'
some of which are to the cflect that its
aseests in amount exceed its liabilities, I
and others are to the effect that the
failure is complete, its real assets not'
amounting to one-half the sum of its I
liabilities. The President, Ralston, was i
by the Directory requested to resign '
which he did, and then committed sui" j
cide. Its liabilities are set down, at}
about thirteen millions whereas its as- !
five to fifteen millions. This bank was i
what is known-as. a hard money bank,
that is it was operating upon a specie
basis, and its failure furnishes the Ohio !
Democrats, in their campaign, with'
what is claimed as au illustration ofj
their theory, that spceie, no more than i
paper money, is proof against the •
changes, fluctuations, and vicissitudes :
of trade. This grand failure necessita
ted iho suspension of ether banks, and
finally it is represented' that the ex-'
changes were all closed and business in
a State of snspension. This bank wa«
at the head of the fiscal institutions of
the Pacific coast, and was organized in
18(N, under the laws ot California with
a capital of two millions, which jvas
afterwards increased to five millfoiu,
upon which a monthly dividend of one
per cent, was regularly paid. The prin
cipal stock-holders aw represented to be
of great wealth, and enterprise-
Its busncss connections, both foreign
ami domcst'c were very extensive, and
it K said thas it was largely concerned
in tlio mining interests on the pacific
coast, some of which were very expen
sive and .unprofitable. The failure was
immediately caused by a depositors run, J
vet is said fo bo really the outgrowth
of a conflict between the different class
es of speculators. It is a financial crash
that is already, and will for a long time
to come,be felt throughout the country
Mstf. John 8. Morrison, of Iredell
cotti.iv raised three hundred and four
teen bushels best quai(t) of w.Tcat fVotn
fifteen acres laud. ' x_. ..... j
A TKI'K PICURE'
From 1860 to 1870 we have had ten
j years of nominal peace throughout the
I United States. The radicals have ruled
I through all. and Grant through six ot
I these years. And they between them
j have brought us—w!iither? A financial
j and industrial crisis, which began in
j 187:3, with the ignominious collapse of
j two or three swollen radical banking
I hous»2s s the pets and favorites of the
j put ty ill power, has led us on to a finan*
' cial and industrial catastrophelinvolving
}in 011 c common ruin the East and the
1 West, Massachusetts and California, our
■ railway# on land and our shipping 011
the se^.
j The negroes who were to have been
I civilized and educated at the expense
j alike of the tax-payers oF the whole
1 country and of tire fundamental princi
! pies of self-government, are relapsing
j into barbarism and planning here and
1 there throughout the fairest regions of
I the republic new Haytis and Santo Do-1
■ mingos. Misery and lawlessness stalk j
hand in hand over the North and West. I
! Vagrants fast ripening into ruffians make I
| the rural homes of New York and New J
: England as insecure as frontier settle- '
incuts, in this great metropolis of the j
nation, a laboring man was picked up 1
on Wednesday night in » public park by I
the police, and on being carried to the '
hospital was found to be literally dying
ot starvation. This in a population of
a million of souls and a city to which
for long years the pauper thousands of
the, Old World were taught to look as
the New Jerusalem of honest labor.
Meanwhile, at the head of the Govern-!
men' we have a self-indulgent soldier !
whom the war found eking oiitarvlnfm- j
ble and not altogether creditable }
existence in an obscure calling', and who
is now reckoned by his Associates with
vulgar and shamelessostemation-among
the new made " millionaires'' of the
land.
This head of th i Government has for
his right hand a Minister also a "million
aire'' Mr. Columbus Delano, who has
been and is now openly arraigned as a
public robber and the friend ami protec
tor of public robbers by men of his own
political faith, but of stainless public
repute. This is the record and this is
the result of Radicalism and of Grant
ism in these United States, llow much
longer is the disease to be left to mind
Us way unchecked through all the foun
dations of public order and of private
prosperity?—j\ r . If. llcruld.
I Froui the Hillsboro Recorder]
The following announcement ?s made
through our columns. It is published as
an advertisement, but we give it a place
among reading matter that the real ex
pectations of the colored people may be
known:
For the Recorder.
CHAPEL IIILI.; Augmtj 20th, 1875.
EDITOR RECORDER.
. As there is a vacancy in the Conven
tion caused by the death of Mr. Gra
ham, and as I suppose there will be a i
member to elect soon to fill said vacancy
from thJs county; I announce myself as
a candidate to fftl tire vacancy* lam a
colored man and 1 appeal to the colored
men of Orange to rally to my support.
We, the colored people of the county, j
have been treated badly by our white
I Republican friends and I think it is time
for us to of the offices. TheJ
way we have been treated by our while]
brethren reminds me of a transaction]
which happened in Alabama some time
ago between a White man and a colored
man in the division of a crop. Some one
asked the colored nun how they devid
ed? lie scratched his head and said, he
didn't hardly know: then the white
matt took oivt his pencil and began by
saying naught is a rro:-:ght and a figure
is a figure all tor the white maiv and
none for the nigger - r so it in with the
white man; they get the offices and we
do the voting. lam out andout hi fav
or of Civil Rights and for mixed school
and colleges and *m also iu fuvor(if
elected) «f altering the Constitution so
that the whites and blacks can inter
marry as well as have all other rights
that the white people enjoy; and now I
call upon my party friends to rally to
my support.
Very Respectfully,
ALEXANDKR CRAKJ.V
Alexander Craig, whose card appears
above is up to tho present writing, so
for as we have heard, tho only opposi
tion Maj. Patterson- has in Orange. Wo
supjwse Craig will carry the stength of
his party, especially so, as he has the
eloquent revenue officer, Col. Ike Young
| stumping in his behalf. The Negroe*
doirt want civil rights i Ohno>!
I § . i
In the colored convention at Rich
mond last Fl Ufay a resohitiou was ado
ted petitioning tho Legislature against
the proposed amendment to the Cori
stititution disfranchising a person
convicted of petit larceny. The interests
I of colored-humanity demands this con
c:ssiotK y "
If somo leather-jointed, suppje-sin
ewed Yankee does not come to the
front immediately and swim the Eng
lish channal two thirds sooner than
Webb did, the British lion will brrak
its neck by the ecstatic wag of its tail
[From the Asheyille Pioneer, 28th Aug.]
The Slrange-murra)' Homicide.
It has been many years since the good
people of Hay wood county have been so
wrought up and excited by any inci
dent as they are now and for ten days
past have been, by the killing ot young
James Murray of that county, by Thom
as W. Strange, ot Wilmington.
The shooting, took place on Cove
Creek, thirteen milds from Wavnesvillc*
on the afternoon ot Thursday, the 16th
inst.
The weapon used was a No. 1;
Smith & Wesson pistol, borrowed by
Stange ot young Bridget's, (sonofllob
crt IJ. Bridget's, President Wilmington
j & Wfeldon It. Jl. Co.) who with Strange (
John D. Williams, Jr., and other
young men made up a fishing party
bound for the Catalooche river at the
time of the unfortunate occurence.
It appears that on the morning of the
I 10th, Murray had given Strange the lie
I in front of Smititer's Hotel in Waynes
ville, which insult he at the time un
dertook to resent by striking Murray
I with a chair. The interference of
! friends restored peace, and Strange seat
! cd in Murray's wagon set off for the
fishing grounds with his companions.
Dinner was taken at Boyd's store Ten
miles from town, all the party eating
freely and in the best of humor. No
whiskey was taken by either Strange or
Murray at any time during the fatal day
though some of the other gentlemen
took a glass before table time.
Three miles from the store the rear
vehicle broke down, which caused the
front wagon (Murray's) to stop just in
the turn of the road—his passengers
alighting and going back with the view
of rendering assistance.
It was found that one wheel of the
wagon had given way so badly as to
need the aid of a workman,and while it
was sent ofl to the shop in charge of Mr.
William's colored bov,- the part) of
young gentlemen now all gathered to
gether in the road, amused themselves
by playing Auction Pitch.
The last seen of Murray unhurt, he
was seated on his wagony lines in hand,
in the curve of the road above describ
ed, out of sight of the card party } though
the rear part of his wagon was visible.
The party, which had now been joined
by several countrymen who heard from
the colored boy of the broken wagon
were startled by the report of a pistol,
after which in a few seconds Murray
came in sight advancing toward them
horribly bloody. He staggered, tell
to his knees, lay down in the road j
and died in their sight.
Every attention was at oucrcgfven the
body, and Strange, who HOAV came on
the scene, was arrested by his own
friends. Up to this time he had not
been missed by some of the party.
Esquire Lealherwood was sent foV,
who committed Strange and Bridgevs
to jail in Waynesville, where botn uow
arc at this writing. We refrain from
all comment in this matter, giving the
facts only as we have learned th mfrom
an eye-witness.
At one time threats of irob violence
were freely indulged in by the Hay
wood people; but Ihis feeling, we ale
elad to know, is giving way to cooler
influences of reason.
1 hough the pistol was borrowed of
there sseuis to be absolutely
Hrproof that he was in any wise ac
quainted with the use to which it was
-fo be pivt. The party had been firing
at paper marks, trees &c., during the
earlier part of the day, and it is said
that as Bridgers handed Strange the
pistol lie remarked. "Don't shoot away
all my cartridges, To-.n,
Murray was about 22 years of age,
the nephew of SUcritf Murray, (not the
son as some of the papers have it) pop
ular with his people, and as game as
the Chavalier Bayard.
Of young Strange we hear that he hold
| but recently been confirmed in the Kpi«r
l copal Church; wa3 supposed to be the
1 genflest,- best mannered ami most con
; scious of youths-.
llow it was that evil hour came on
him, and he was lctMolely to the guid
ance of passiou uncheked by any blcss-
I ed restraint of the religion he professd
: is one of the mysteries of the human
heart nqt to be solved till the day whew
the Great Unraveller shall cast aside the
glass through which we look darkly aud,
place us lace to face.
All the parties to this sad affair—the
Murrays, the Stranges, and the Brid
gers, have our sympathy, and the as
' surauce of impartial utterance on our
part if wn ever again allude to the sub
. JVVI r - .1 . . . L_
Judge Settle of the Supreme Bench
before whom proceedings in the Robe
son county election case had been iusti
j tnted, and betore whom they were re-
I uirnable, alter a hearing has dismissed
, the proceedings, declaring that he
1 had no jurisdiction; that Conven
tion alone was the jndge of the qualifi
cations and election of its own members
This ruling will meet the approbation
of all fair minded men.
.
"He provoked me into loving him.'
was a Rochester girl's excuse tor eugag'
ing herself to a mau whom she always
professed to hate.
GRAPES. —One evening last week we
went out to our fiiend Daniel C. Holt's
vineyard. It is worth a trip to see it;
lie planted this vineyard about four
! years ago, and the quantity of grapes he
| has is really astonishing. He has a fine
variety consisting of the Concord Mer
rirnac, Clinton and other kinds; He has
something more than an acre. The vine s
arc in rows trained upon a trellis, and
aiv cultivated as yoii would corn. These
rows are hanging with grapes in litcioits
bunches, some of which weigh as much
as a poundt Mr. Holt gathers and sells
large quantities (or eating; and he also
makes wine And Uhtildy; the latter said
to equal the best FiCitch brandy; You
know that It is ptlrei There is no rea
son Why every one may not have the
luxury that Mr. Holt enjoys, and the
profit he makes. It only requires atten
lion. He can furnish rooted vines ot
auy of the varieties he has to those who
wish! We never saw such a quantity
or such a quality of grapes before. Mr_
Holt has a good farm and is a successful
farmer, but declares that his vineyard
makes him more jlear money than the
whole ot his farm. We want a vine
vard.
One day last week, we had occasion
to visit the north portion of ~ the
county. We found every body
busy. On every hand they were cut
ting and cureing tobacco; The blue
smoke that escapes through the bartfes
in the curring process was to be seen iu
all directions. Upon inquiry we learn,
ed that the crop had suffered* from the
continued rain during the latter part
of the summer,- and that as a conse
quence the crop would be light/that is not
weigh so nnfch as the bulk would indi
cate. The quality is said to be good,
and good luck ltas attended the cutoing
so far. This cureing properly requires
thorough knowledge and skill. The corn
crops were never known to be better.
We crossed the new bridge aUheGran*
He Cotton Factory, and if it is not a sub.
stautial bridge we are no judge.- It is
an old saying that we should praise the
bridge that carries us oversafe If this
is observed we predict that for years tof
come untold numbers will praise the
bridge across Haw River at the Granite
Cotton Factorv.
The first fall election occurred in' Ca
lifornia on the first day of this month/
the next was in Arkansas yesterday/
the next will be in Maine the 13th, and
then comes lowa and Ohio 011 the 12tli
of October, to be followed by Virginia
Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mis
sissipi, Minnesota, Missouri, New York
New Jersey and Peuitsy!*ania on the
second day of November, and with
Texas on the 7th of December.-
Col. I. J. Young, Internal Revenue
officer and,-radical delegate to the Con.
vention from Granville county,was can
vassing in Orange last week iu the in
terest of his party. He was met by that
inimitable stumper, Gen. J. M. Leach/
It is thought that Ike will not be able to
collect his faculties in time to be of any
service to his party in any trickery that
may be resorted to in the organization
of the Convention.
A Father Kill* hiw Man through
Mistake
CINCINNATI. Sept. enticed
farmer Trusty's daughter to this city
Trusty finding her, took her hpmc.
terson followed makiirg threats agsrhisf
the old nVan, «tid hist night approached#
his house. Trusty took, a shot gun de
termined to kill Peterson on sight. Trus
ty's son, aged eighteen, learning his lath
er's intention, approached to dissuade
him, when the father mistaking his son
for Peterson, shot him dead.
The ticd-out horses in tlie speaker
ship race, are Baylor, of Ohio; Walker
of Virginia: Lamar, of Mississippi,-
and Banks of Massachusetts.- Each is
holding a place outside'as a possible
compromise candidate in case Kerr,-
Cox, Wood and Randall succeed m
killing each other off. The former, who'
is the most capable and modest of the
leading candidates, is gaining ground l
quietly but surely.
Since Jeff. Davis' Wiunebago
invitations for him to speak in different
parte of the North, are pouring in upon
liiiiH He was reported as having ac
cepted one,- which report is contradicted*
by the Tennessee papers.
The Memphis AvalctncA utterly dis
credits the telegram which states that
Jefferson Davis has accepted an invit_.
atiou of the Kuox county, Hinois,-agrh
cultural society to deliver An address.
Invitations are pouring in from the north
but the Avalanche believes Mr. Davis
has made up his mind not to speak in
llliuoib for some time to come.
The annual convention of the Episco
pal Diocese of Illinois will be held Sep
tember 14, when the election of a Bish
op in place of Dr. De Kovcn, rejected,
will be in order.
"Wo will Servia no longer," they
cried, and forthwith three thousand o
them went oyer to taste of the Turkey
wliicb they had so often served beforfe
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
B. FARRAR,
OPTICIAN, H'ATCII-nAKBBi
AND JEWELER, AND j
ENGRA VER,
1 AND DEALER IN
WATCHES, CI.OCHM, JEWELRY
Silver Ware; Bridal Presents, Solid
Rings, Walking Caiifcs,
Gold Pens, &c.
GREENSBORO, N. C.
Which will be sold cheap Tot C'nuh,
43F Watches. Clocks, Jewelry, Bewing Ma
chines, and Pistols repaired cheap and on
short notice An assorted stock of Guns, Pis
tols, Cartridges, &c.; always on hstufl
apr 80-ly
New Goods.
W.R. ALBRIGHT,
* (at Bason's old stand,}
- GRAHAM, N. C.,
Dealer ia
DRV-liOOVK, WOTIONB, itATfi
MHOBS, OROCEKIBN,
HARD-WARE, QUE EN 9-WARE, Ac.'
Having bought g«ods on favorable terms I
will sell cheap for cash or barter. Polite aud
attentive clerks to wait on customers and show
goods to all.
Quick ?11 lew nnd .Small Profit*
williuake money Call aud examine if yoi/
do not buy. It can do no harm.
feb 23-3 in
AND RETAIL.
We keep constantly o'n fianfl si large and
varied stock of
GROCERIES, HARD- WARE
DRY 'GOOD S ,
of all sorts,
NOTIONS, HAT'S, i'APN, BOOTS,
AND HHtfi'l), ICEADV-ItIADE
CLOTniNG,
Car petings
AND
I?IATTIJ\GS
of all grades, from the lowest prices up made'
a specialty.
VILLAGE AND COUNTRY MERCHANTS
areinvlted to inspect our stock aud hear our
prices before buying elsewhere.
They ,can examine and select for themselves,"
and we guarantee that we cau sell them their
entire stock or any part of it on such terms as
Will enable them to sell their goods at a larger
pro At to themselves than they could do by tjur
ehasing, by Order, from a distance.
• We are Agents for, and sell at manufactured
prices the following goods, viz :
Cedar Falls and Deep River Sheetings, Yarns
stud Seanb'ress Bags, Holt's and Randle
niSirj rfaids, Fries' "Salem"
J&ans, Charlottesville
; Ctfssimers and Erkcnbieechei-'s Starch.
bitthL, RAGEN & CO,,
rf(Vr 1 - » Greensboro, N. C.
J. P. GULLEY,
RETAILEK AUD JOBBER OF
Dry-Goods, Clothing*
NOTIONS.
BURT'S HAND-MADE
Boots & Gaiters
ll.if* AN# VAt-ISES,
TKCNKB, WIIITE GOODS,
AC., Ai.
Sotith Cor. Eayetteville St., and Exchange Place
RALtIGII. £'.• t:
JB7SV : R875:
Spring and Summer
GOODS!!
Tfle very latest Styles and Cheap.
I.AI> IEK TRfHIIItED tt.ilß,
fißOCiftiEH, HARDWARE
CRflictfßilT frOO'BEN-
I - f» A h#{.
Evtfrythinp' usually f6lind in a Retail Store
#ill bi. sold at
i CHEAP AS THE CHEAPEST.
.0 '
i When you come to town call and see my
slock—l am sure it will pay you.
„ , J. L: SCOTT.
apr27-2m ! ' r " Graham, N. C.
EfllaHl
GRAND, SQUARE k UPRIGHT
PIANOS
rfave received upwards of Fifty First Premi
uinfe, and are among the best now made. Eve
rV instrument fully warranted for five years
Prices'" as, low as the exclusive use of the very
best materials, and the most thorough work
manship *lll. Dha nrtnplnal nlnnlntj*
and composers and the . pfano-purchasing pub
lic, of the South; unite in the unan
' Iteous verdict of the superiority of the Stieff
Piano. The durability of oar instruments is
fully established. By over, s&ty schools and
Collies in the South, usiug over 800 of our
Pianos. , ,
Sole Wh,.resale Ageitta Wt several of the
principal manufactures ot Cabinet and Parlor
Organs, prices irom $75 to 9600. A liberal dis
content to Clergymen and Sabbath Schools.
A large assortment of second-band
at prices ranging from 975 to 9300, always on'
hand.
Send for Illustrated Catalogue,
the names of over 2.000 Southerners who have'
bought and are now using the Stieff Piano.
CHAB. M. Sniir,
Warerooms, No. 9 North Liberty Street,
- ' Baltimore, M. J).
Factories, 84 & 86 Camdem Street, and 46- A"
47 Perry Street.