TEE GLEANER
GRAIIAM N. C. Aj rU 15 1879
K. S. Editor.
'IIIK NIiCRO EXOMIIN,
Much is just now being said in the
newspapers about the negroes leaving
the Southern and Southwestern States in
largo numbers for the Northern and
N jnh west rn States, and morn particu
larly for the lattei*. Kansas seems to
have been |lie destination of many who
have already left the South, And espe
cially Louisiana, and it also appears that
inanv more are on their way to that far
off State. Thousands have alrendy ars
lived at Leaven wot til, Topoku and other
points, and they are curiosity
to the people out there. There condition
is represented to be such as 10 almost
insure ervat destitution and suffering
among them, in the very near future.
They are represented as being huddled
together without any apparent object o
auu. They started to no to Kansas, but
■what they should do after they got there
does not seem to have been considered.
So far as onpital is concerned, that could
be spoken of in connection with any busi
ness, tliey are entirely destitute, the more
fortunate only having a few dollars.
Thousands liavo already gone, an J many
more are on the way, or expecting to
start. There is much speculation as to
the cause of this sudden exodus. I
Deep political plans are seen in it by
Koine; one of which is said to be (o dis
niitiish fhe population (f the South so
much thai the ue*t census, which will
be taken next year, when taken asa basis
Of representation in ibo lower bouse ot
• 'ongrcss, will give the South a decreas
ed relative number of Representatives;
and another ot whiebi* tlml the final des
tination of these negroes i*. States where
the political partie-i urn closely balanced,
such for instance as Indiana and Ohio,
and New York and Connecticut, and
that they aro being moved now to find
lodgtheiit in thoso Stales, and to bo used
by the Republicans hi 1880 to elect a
President. Now, wo do not believe a
word ot those theories. If we had to guess
we should say that the disposition to
move first had its origin in tome exags
erafed afory oftlio rich lands, and many
great advantages of the Northwest, and
etpoiially Kansas, possibly by some one |
who had a selfish purpose to serve, and '
that tbo disposition ana inclination of
fhe negro had led tu all the results. Em
inently credulous, and easily becoming
the crqahirq oJ any -excitement, such as
wodhllikely result from a proposed re
moval, in largo nnmbcrs, (he Kansas
fcver only needed sterling to insure its,
vapid spreading among the negroes any
where, but mOTe espccliilly among the
negroes ot tho far South, where they are
ot a much lower order of intelligence
than anioug ufc. That it will result diss
astcrbusfy to the poor negro who may
bo swept away on the current of the
temporary excitement, there can be 110
doubt. Tho whole thing wo regard as
but oi\« at the 'lnniMuerable means hy
whieltlato is slowly but surely working
out her deoreo that dooms the *iugro
race to final extinction in this country.
It may be, and wo think very likely that
same-railroad contractor who wanted
hands first set the movement on foot, or
it may have bcon nothing moro serious
than tho idle story or some aimless extol
ler of tho Utopian character of tho great
Sort h west.
TUB RBIVHAjHPftfHRK SENATOR
SHIP,
Mr. Bell, the appoiuteo of the Gover
nor, has been admitted to lite seat in tho
United States Senate, notwithstanding
the unfavorable report of the committee
on privileges uud elections. It turns out,
as stated in the papers, that tiiere
was once a similar caso in tbis State.
Mr. Mangnm's time expired on the 4th
of March 1858 ami the Legislature having
laHed to ek'ct his successor, the question
arose whether Governor Reid had the
power 10 appoint. After consulting the
leading lawyers he decided that bo bad
not. Bell was not seated by a party vote,
lie is a Republican and qnite a number
of Democratic Seuators voted to seat hitn,
while Conkliug and Carpenter, perhaps
Iho ablest Republicans in tho Senate
voted against it.
Six hundred tons of coal have teen
bought ferine Insane Asylum from a
dealer in Raleigh. Fai#ritisfo is charged,
and another dealer says bo stands ready
to duplicate the bill at a saving of 9850,-
00 to tho State ami ybt make a iair profit
liimFclf, and that ho requested one of the
executive committee to be permitted to
put iu a bid. A ooereepondent in The
save that the baying of coal
vasousapital good trade tor tho State,
saving at least 9200,00. A .sd so the mat
ter stands. Would it not bo a good plan
to let oat such contracts as furnishing
ooal to the lowfest bidder? It seems to as
that in matters where it is so entirely
practicable as in furnishing so largo a
quantity of coal, competition might be
- invited. »
I'KEHIPIiWTIAI,
«n> nf »»i iii 111 ymiati r—~- -»-.•»* Lm
A recent issue of the New Yotki'firnes,
the foremost Republican newspaper Oi
the country, prints thirty two columns ol
reports, from one hundred and seventy
correspondents, scattered over the entire
United Stales, purporting to give the
drift of po'itical sentiment in the two
parties as to thTcandidate ot each for the
Presidency next year. Not only every
State but sections of States are reported
from. The Southern Democrats arc re
ported to bo divided between Thurinauj
11 end ricks, Bayatd, Hancock, and Vor
lieesj witn Kentucky tor Tilden-; Thur
man having the lead. The Republicans
in the South being unanimous for Grant,
as reported.TToh # o Democrats in Jhe North
and Northwest are mainly for Tilden,
even Ohio, while it prefers Thurmau,
regards Tilden a necessity. Of course
Thurmau, Hendricks and Bayard all
have considerable following. A ,,10n 5" ,, 5
Republicans Grant seems to be piiiid
pally thought of, while Sherman, Blaine,
and even Zach. Chandler liavQ respects
lively their friends. It the Times report
may bo at all regarded as indicative of
the sentiment of the two parties it would
seem certain that National Conventions,
if assembled now would put Tilden and
Grant up as the heads of the two tickets.
How it will be more than a year hence
when the two conventions meet no one
cau even conjecture.
COMCSRUSSi.
f *•» fV i % t v I >
For the past week there has been
little of interest in the proceedings of
Congress. In the Senato the question
of the New Hampshire Senatorship WHS
disposed of by seating tiell, the appoint
tee of the Gftvernor. In the House,
•* c
Speaker Randall announced the commit
tees. Our liepreseutaf ivs, Genl. Scales
retains his place as clmirman of the com
mittee ot Indian Affairs, and Genl.
Vance also retains his position as chairs
man of'he committee on Patents. The
Senate committe, to which the army ap
propriation bIU as it parsed the House,
reported it back without amendment; aud
the debate upon the clause forbidding
the UP« of troops will commence this
week. In the meantime tbo House will
be engaged in the discussiou of the leg
islative, executive andf judicial appro,
priatibri bi*l, to which attached a clause
repealing the test oath fo,r jurors in the
Federal courts, and also one very much
[modifying the Fedeial elections laws.
| These bills will after prolonged debate
pass both branches of Congress, without
material amendment, and then the coun
try will learn if Hayes will sign or veto
them. The General opinion seems to be
that the session will be a long one, and
that the doors will be opened to geueral
legislation.
NEW IIAMi'MIIRK NEGATOR,
The term of one of the Senators in Con
gress from New Hampshire expired tho
4th day of last March, and the extra
session bving nallad to assemble before the
meeting of the Legislature,tho Governor
of that State appointed a Senator. The
question arose as to whether the Gov
ernor had the right to appoint. The
subject was referred to a committee of
the Senate, and the majority of ihe com
mittee reported that the Governor had
• no such power. It Is held that there is
1 no vacancy,such as is contemplated by the
' constitution to be filled oy the appoint
ment of the Governor. The majority
seems to think that a vacancy must
, cur during tho torn for which an election
has been held, as by tho death, resigna
tion or expulsion of the incumbent, in
order to clothe the Governor of a State
with appointing pover. Iu this case
there is but one Senator from the State
ot New Hamshire simply because the
term of one had expired and his succass
or had not been elected. We notice
lhat Carpenter has made a Lgal argu
ment against seating Beil, the Governors
appointee, which shows that it is not a
party contest, as both are Republicans.
TUX RECENT EMEI'TIONS.
The Republicans seem to have held
their own in the recent municipal elec
tions in the Northwest. In Chicago the
Democrats elected the Mayor. In Cin*
efnuati the Republicans were successful.
In Michigan we notice Republican suc
cesses iq quite a number of cities and
towns. In muny places there were three
tickets, the Nationals taking a hand in
the race. The results do not show
any material increase in their strength.
In Chicago the Communists had a regu
lar ticket in the field and it polled sev
eral thousand votes. If- any Democrat
baa concluded that the lit publican party
is teo feeble to be- formidable and dan
gerous in the contest ot 1880, and some
pretend to, or really do so think, the
sooner he disabuses his mind of the
mistake he has fallen iuto the sooner he
may be able to arrive at a just appreciation
of the struggle for the Presidency next
year. It will require all the prudence
and activity and organization of whieh
the Democratic party is capable to in
sure success. ,
TltOlilV AN» KKAM;
, The heatlh and condinon of l»otli Til
den aiulGrant are being' looked atfer.
For Roine time we have seen conlradics
torv reports concerning the former. Some
newß)>aper accounts say that physically
lie is rapidly, declining to decrepitude,
and mentally he is an imbecile, only to
be conf railricted by other accounts of his
approaching marriage, andlhat his sixlV
six years have only served to render liini
great and learned by the opportunity for
31 tidy and experience which they have
afforded; and that physically his condi
tion is such that driving a pair of dan
gerously wild horses in the difficult
thoroughfares of the city is only mild
exercise lor his well knit frame and rus
bust strength. The truth is that Mr
rihieii as a possible Djinocfatic candi
date is, and has been, regarded as espe
cially dangerous to polilica' friends who
aspire so high in the selection by the Nas
tioiiaiConveutioii.and to political foes af
terwards,and hence there has been some
thing of a coirmoii effort to paralyze his
limbs and unhinge his mind.
Grant is possibly dangerous, or at
least 8 J regarded by aspirants and their
triends in his own party, and taking the
cue, it is now jiiven out that he is in a
bad way, both as to body and mind, and
will be in nobodys way who wants to be
President.
WHAT SENATOR VANCE I* TO BE,
PEACE TO MADE BY FUN.
[From the Plii'udclphia Times.]
A bora humorist is a comparatively
rare American production. The spirit
of our institutions is earnest., eager,
matter of fact-somewhat tinged with sun
beams. We worship facts. Only a
small proportion of us appreciate fan.
To »in average crowd it is needful to ex
plain even the most pointed witticism,
so that it may be seen when the langh
comes in. What humor is current
among us is usually ot a grim and solemn
sort. Our jokes are niatnly satirical.
The lack of the genial element which dis
tinguishes genuine wit from unkindly
saicasnts. We understand vituperation
and can hold our own in the employment
of denunciatory epithets, but wo have
little conception of the uses of that
tasteful, delicate and good-natured ridi»
cule which is so effective an instrument
in the disparagement and discomfiture of
an opponent. Our legislative bodies are
humdrum enough to suit a conclave of
rueful visaged owls. In our courts there
are occasional flashes ofthe jocular, but
when they occur it is like lightning from
a clear sky and about as rarely. Ot
this, the bench and bar of the Southern
States present, perhaps, the most con
spicuous examples. The ordinary State
Legislature, however, is a very dry
affair.
I THE COMING HUMORIST,
We have had tragedy enough of lute
yeais in our politics. We need a revival
of the comic. Who is the coming man
I to answer this great national want l>y
inaugurating u regi.no of wholsomo hearty
fun iu high places? Tiie era of good
feeliug, so long fondly hoped for and so
j often foreseen just at hand only to leave
; us disappointed in tho sad Genesis of
new animosities, cau never bo brought
about by sober companions and conces
sions. Tile resources of statesmanship
Jiave failed to initiate the required solid
ami permanent reconciliation.
There is a tnan from North Coralina in
the Senate of the Republic who can till
j (he bill. His name is Zebulou D. Vance.
IHeis a wag of the first water. His
| brain Secrets jokes as other men's brains
!do ideas of a merely rationalistic kind,
j lie can make up tunny tales all day long,
: and it all comes as easy to him as terra
pins tailing off a log into the water to
get out of the rain. His wit never smacks
of the cloister, it is, not studied and
elaborate and odorous of the lamp. The
fascination of his fun is in its spontanie
ty, iis originality and the inexaustible
fecundity of the imagination which gen*
crates it. His mind is a vast reservoir of
humor, ted by perennial springs, ever
full and ahvavs running over. The read
iness of his inventive faculty in this (firs
ection is as marvelous as its fertility.
His quickness at ropartee is utterly un
matched. You can never cateh him un
; prepared. Uo to him with a funny story
and he will tell you, on tho moment, a
better one and a now one too. Hisuian>
ncr, moieover is irresistible.
This rich store of genuine humor is the
basis of Senator Vance's remarkable pop
ularity at hoine-nud the foundation of his
political fortunes. It ij this that made
hi in thrice Governor ot his native State,
ou two occasions agniiißt immense odds.
Ami now ho has joked his way into tho
American Senate.
Vance baa a great deal of bonhontifui
—that fine element ot popular leadership
which attracts aen tno re than whnt is
called personal magnetism does. There
is uo bitterness about liim. His humor
is always tempered by good nature—that
IS, it fc good natnred humor. When he
arraigns Republicanism, for instanc*, h
is as something away oil yonder, and tho
present company is always courteously
excepted.
When the country hears frcm Vance.as
it will doubtless before long, all sections
will fraternize in one general grin, and a
unanimous laugh will go with the celerix
ty of an elocttic flash from one end of
the anion to tbe other.
W. T. Spell. In Sampson county noiss
oned bis wito, as is thought. Spell is
re|iorted to be a sort of jacl* at all trades,
and about thirty years old. He went to
tl)6 Dr. in the neighborhood to get some
medicine tor hi* wile, and the Dr. gave
him somo pills. Ho went home and gave
his wile a liquid, shbwin? her how much
the Dr. said for he*«n tako. In fifteen
minutes she died. Spell ran away, ami*
coronet's jury said, poison. "' i
CAUCUS HKiOl.lil'lOlV,
Ai a caucus of the Democratic mcm>
bers of Congress held in Washington
last Wednesday, Mr. Stephens, ol
Georgia, introduced I lie following resolu
tion. with the request that it be placed
upon the table to be considered by some
tutrn-e meeting ot the caticu.s.
- Rvsbloed, Thai the aims and objects ol
the Democracy ot the United States, as
tar as we chosen by them as members ot
the present House of Representatives,
are entitled to be considered as (lie true
exponents of those aims and objects, ure
directed with a singleness of purpose to
the restoration ot coiiitiiulional liberty,
and-with it Ihe restoration of peaca,
harmony and prospen V throughout the
leufth aUil b'.eadiii of the (and; flr-v
abjure the renewal of sectional strife;
they accent u«I the legitimate results of
the late lamented war; they are utterly
opposed to lhe revival in this country,
or any part thereof, of African slavery,
or any other kind of slavery or involun
tary servitude, except as punishment for
crime. They stand pledged to maintain
the Union ot the States, under the
Constitution, with all its existing
amendments, as they s :all be expounded
by the Supreme Court of the United
States, 'i hey are against all unconstitu
tional or revolutionary methods. The>
urn for law and order,and ihe protection oi
tlte liberty ami pioperty, without respect
ot persons or social conditionsjfor the re
dr«si ot all g'e vances t tey lookabne to
the peaceful instrumentality ofthe Con
stitution. First, the law-making power;
s« cond. the law expounding power;
third, the law executing power; and
finally, the ultimate sovereign power ol
ihe ballot-box. They are for a free bal
lot, as well as for a fair and just count.
While they are opposed to a large
standing army, as were the trainers ol
the Constitnlio.i, yet they tire lor keep
ing the army sufficiently large to repel
invasion, defend our extensive frontier,
as well as all neccssaiy interior forts and
| garrison-, and to enable the President to
put down domestic violence or insure
rection in any ofthe Stales and in aid
iof civil rfficers as a j)osse comitatus in
the execution ot process in pur
suance of ihe Constitution as provided
in the acts of Congress of 1795 ami 1807.
But they are utterly opposed lo the use
ofthe military forces ofthe United States
in caroling or in any way interfering
with the freedom pt elections. They
irre tor the maintainaiicc of the public
credit inviolate, but are utterly opposed
to the increase ot ihe bonded debt unless
the exigencies of war should render it
necessary. They tire lor retrenchment
of expenditures, lessening Ihe burdens
of taxation and a thorough reform in
the present unequal ami unjust method
ot raising revenue. They aie lor plating
the coinage ofjjold and silver upon the
same footing, without restriction or
limitation upon ihe finiOunt of either.
They are for reviving the languishing
and perishing industries of the country
by an increase ot the volume of currency
founded on basis sufficient to meet the
urgent demands of trade in every
department of labor and business.
THE I)ISCENNUL CENSUS.—A good
'■ many inquiries are being made of us
ti about llie next census. The interest is
f caused principally by a wish to get some
subordinate place in tbe course cf tlie
enumeration of our population wealth
an industries. Wo make a brief summary
. oi the principal provisions of interest iii
1 the Act.
1 The census office is a part of tho Infe»
f rior Department, and iis chief officer is a
f Superintendent, appointed Ov the Presi
-1 dent, at a salary ol $5,000. The- Socrcs
j tary of the Interior shall designate as
many supervisors to a Slate as nc may
wish, not to exceeds 150 all told, and
and the President appoints and the
Senate confirms. The supervisors pro-.
• pose to the Superintendent the division
) of the district and designate to him and
i with his consent employ suitable enum
erators within their districts,one tor each
subdivision, resident therein selected
I with regard to fitness and without refer
ence to party tffiiialions according to
j the apportionment approved by the
j Superintendent.
Sec. 10. The compensation of enumera
tor shall be ascertained and fixed as
' follows: In subdivisions where the
j Superintendent Phall deem such an
allowance snfficiont, an allowance not ex
, feeding two cents tor each living iti'habi
• tant,*two cents for each death reported,
. ten cents for each farm, and fifteen cents
, for eacii establishment of productive in-
dustry enumerated and returned- may
J bo given in full compensation for all
I services; and no claim for mileage or
traveling expenses shall be allowed in
such subdivisions.
'1 ho subdvision assigned to an enumex
• rator is not to exceed 4,000 inhabitants,
according to the census of 1870.
Then follows the complicated details of
' the machinery for taking the census.
Three millions ot dollars are appro-,
printed tor completing the vast under-,
taking. After all it is in tlie patronage
. of the Secretary of the Interior, and to
'lhi in subordinate office seekers must
| look for encouragement.— The Obs
' ver.
>
> THE ORPHAN ASYLUM.— The statement
of tills institution for the month of March
f is at hand. It makes tut a meagre show
i ing in contributions, both in cash uud
i, kind. It reports the little inmates in cx
i cedent health, vigorously prosecuting
• their studies, ploughing and planting lhe
garden, and enclosing additional land tor
i cultivation. An earnest appeal is mudo
to the friends of tbe institution to bestir
themselves in aid of tho orphan work
and assistance asked in hunting up neg
( lected orphans. The 2ith of June is sug
gested as a suitable day for commemor>
•ting the virtues of an illustrious Mason
Uy liberal contributions to a noble chari*
tv.—The Observer.
Ex-Secretary Gorham, of the United
Stales Senate, a few da> s ago, at the close
of his administration, during which be
had handled many millions of dollars,
found tlm exactly one cent was due him
by the Treasury Department. A check
was made out for that sum. and tbe coin
—abljf,.okl fashioned copper—was sent
j to hiiu and will be kept by biiu as a rne
j ineuto.—Tbe Observer.
A Mrs. Fn*liie, a blind qnakeress, is
conducting revival meetings iu Wayue
pcouuty.
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location, salesroom, lights & accommodate
for both ocn and teams; and for comfort and convenience generally The *iSH
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We do PI CIV and . trictly a warehouse business, and our whole time and att»«ii .
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AGENTS "WANTED.
-T. S. DOVEY Manager, 64 N. Charles Street. Baltimore, M 4
1879 1879
Batatas! Bm*&a£iis2l
Boots, Shoes Sf Gaiters 7
Prices lower than ever.
- —o-o
I respectfully call tlie attention of the people
of Alamance and adjoining counties to the fact
that I ltave just received a larsje and complete
stock of leatiier, and shoe findings, which I am
prepared to make up promptly, and with satis
faction to all. I have all the latest styles
both for J
fiadies 311$ Gcßfcleraei!
and I do none but first class work. Repairing
done neatly and promptly. Thanking the public
for the patronage so jjenerously bestowed on
nie in the past, and promising my best efforts to
merit a continuance of the same,
1 am yery Respectfully
W. N, MURRAY,
i i ■ . . Graham, N. O.
hop East of the Court House.
Durham
Tobacco market,
DEPORTED BY
H. A. REAMS,
. . PK( PRIETOR OF 4
Reams' Warehouse.
Durham N. C. March SI 1879
_ , I-CCJB.
| Dark, > 2 to 3
' ' 8 to 4 W
I , BHIGHT
I  ommon, 4 i y to 6
Medram. , 8 to 10
10 to 15
■IDLGAF.
Fi «e, t £ 5
Extra Fine,.
BRIGHT WRAPPEIts,
&Z', moa > 10 to 15
Kin a 18 t0 2f >
1 40 to 60
60 to 80
Brwiks continue light owing to tbe dry wcath
order nCCS m for all colore(1 tobacco In eood
Ucan make money faster at work for us
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tress and suffering peculiar to pulmonary
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