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THE GLEANER E. S. PARKER, Editor. GRAHAM -N. C. AUGUST 20 1879 TUB NOUTO t'ABOIiIKA SYSTEM. For some weeks passed these word? liavo frequently appeared in many news papers of ihe Stale; and thoy refer to our railroad 3 , or rather to those roads that we should be able to properly call ours. It wa* the dream of the early advocates of internal improvements in our Stale to have a trunk line from the extreme West to the Eiut, nnd torrid up a North Caro lin i port, from-which the produce ;>l our Stale would largely be shipped. To car ry out this idea The North Caro'ina and Atlantic and The Western North Caroli na Railroads wero chartered and given Slate aid; the North Carolina Itailroad, from Sail-bury to Goldsboro, becoming a long link in Iho great line. Somehow the expect..!ions ot Ilia promoters of Ibis sys tem seem never to have been> realized ; Moivbead City and Beaufort harbor did nut become the busy sites of great com merce, as predicted,anddhe scheme seem ed tor years to have been practically abandoned, if not lorgotten. However, it has been lately revived, and it is said that Gov. Jurvis is now as fully impress ed with it»importance, and as zealous in carrying it out, as wero Gov. Morehead and his- compeers. inoro- than, twenty years ago. To this end Gov. Jurvis ap pointed a new directory on the Atlaulic and North Carolina Railroad* and in so doing has met criticism, wliethor just or unjust we are not sufficiently well in formed in railroad mat tew to say. Wil mingtou thinks tliat her trade and inter est are discrimalcd against, or likely to be r and (hore have appeared in her bo halt some notably well' written commu nications in the Slav, over the signulure of " J uniuß." .The new board of dircrtors of Ihe At lantic and North Carolling Rail road Com pany have elected Col.-A. U. Andrews, Superintendent.-Col. Andrews has the mputation of being au efficient irauager of railroads; and bis qualifications for the posMion-are hardly to be questioned. But, if the purpose is to carry out, after such long delay, the idea ot a system Mint would carry North Carolina produce to water transportation on the Noi th Carolina coast,, whan we remember Col. Andrews'other engagements, we can hut feel some soprise at the selection. Col. Andrews is now, and has for some years been, the Superintendent of what was the North Carolina Railroad,.iu the employ of the RicbmoflH & Danville Railroad Company, and how he can serve ihe interest tf both roads, entirely un - trammelled, may well be considered a question in the minds of owliuary mor tals. Allowing however that the ap pointment is au outirely proper one, and tfiat no conflict of interest between the two roads, managed by Col. Andrews, can, or docs ariso; and that an earnest •Sort is made to make NewberJflfcnd Sorehead City large shipping points; there is something else needed, besides a pai'road and ftivorable freight tariffs, and , water, and a harbor, to build np com mcrco. Capital, energy, enterprise, bu siness qualifications and? experience are all essouiiatft. Now, when we consider these do we not see-a great, obstacle in the way of the achievement ot that North Carolina System which contemplates Morehead City as the place at which our feeii(htß,,frou) the Mountains all along -Ihe line, are to find carriage to the vari (his markets of tbe world. There was a time when Newberu ami Morehead City bad very groat advantage over Wiliuing- ( ton, but they tuilcd to rotain and benefit , by it. This was just aflor tho war. ( Newberu, and Morehead City, early in 14(62 were occupied by the Yankees* The oOuiury adjacent was within their lines. ' Business by somo of our own people and by strangcra wa* revived. Wilmington tell late in tho war, and at tho surrender, her people, in common with others, were tn tho midst of do6olation.' Newborn was in far bettep condition to induce trade; and for awhilo it seemed that she wookt largely command it r and did so, from tjhoee sections, at least, that were so los catcd as to point to hor as their natural outlet. At that time naval stores were very high, and their shipment was large, and fur miles west of Uoldsboro, con signments were to Nowbern houses, and by way ot Newberu. But tlifo was ol short duration. Wilmington very soon got upon her feet, aud became at once the great naval store depot of tbe State, »s well as in nil other branebes of com merce tho great shipping point of the State. Newbern was scarcoly heard ol west of Goldsboro- Thero must have been a cause for this. Then was the time when life should kavo teen -infused into New bern and Morehead Gky, and their hern Slid Morehead City, and while they have scarcely held their own, Wilimug- Nortli Carolina ports and not against .them, and should like to seo Ncwbern, and Morehead «?itv„ i»»id'. Wilmington* and all our cities and towns, and all our people prosperous, but it does seem o ns t'hat Wilmington affords us about our only hope ol realizing a North Carolina System, that will ship any considerable porting ot North Carolina produce from a North Carolina port. _ HIGU IICAfV D'.fcl i. At the homo of ex-Governor, and ex« United States Senator Sprague,at Nar> ragansett Pier, in Rhode Inland, there was a little moie than a week ago quite a scene, in which were mixed up Mr Sprague himself, Senator Hoscoe Conk ling,of New York,and Mrs. Sprague, with occasional glimpses of a German teacher named Li nek, but this last pjrson is so vaguely seen as to give rise to doubt whether lie Was really thcr? in person, or whether his presence is the crratiot. •of an excited vision* The first account of the affair only presented Mr. Sprague and the German teacher, as actors, and it is charged that this was with intent bo deceive. About all there is of the Get man teacher is that there is sttch a uiau, something unknown to the public bofjre, and that he might have been there, whether he was or not. As to the other actors, who, to say the legist, were leading characters, they are well kuown to the public, and they were there, as was also a shot yun, and some profanity. The reporters have been busy, and or e account alter another has appeared, until columns have beeu prin ted, and we guilty to reading all we have seen, ; and from it all we learn about as follow*: Mrs. Sprague, who is the daughter of the late Chief. Justice Chase, spends much of her time in Wash ington city, and that she is fair to look upon. Her husband does not stay much in Washington. Senator Conkling also spends much of his time in Wash* ington, and Mrs. Conkliug does not. Mrs. Sprague and Mr. Conkliug, through sympathy perhaps, each for the lonely condition cf the other, became very fast friends,no much so that an immoral public insinuates ugly thiugs concerning their manifest intimacy, and liking for each other. Hints of dark hue found their way into the public print*, Mr. Sprague saw these; probably heard much more. On the occasion of the scene, Mr. Conkling had gone to Spragues home, taken his baggago'aud set himself up for a pleas ant visit. Sprague got a shot gun, curs* ed the handsome Senator all into heaps, gave him five minutes to leave his house, and in default of his so doing declared his intention to open fire upon his wifes best friend. Conkling had nothing, in his hand but au umbrella,-and what was that to a shot gun? and so he left with» In the timejperscribed. During the truce, Mrs. Sprague appeared* upon the stage, and she also left, taking with her what ever she could hurriedly have packed. The troupe appears to have broken up for good, and no repetition of the play is likely to be witnessed. Conkling claims that there is politioal significance attach ed to it, while Sprague claims that its char ucter is purely social. CANDIDATES FOB CIOVJBBNOB In another column we publish a Ral eigh letter to the Goldsboro Messenger, giving the correspondents views upon the present status of the aspirants for Governor, together with the nauies of those prominently spoken of for that exalted position. In the Democratic list we find eighteen, and they may be called an assorted lot. Somo of them will never be Governor, and never ought to be. It is more than likely however that the name of the next Governor of the State may be found in the list. Some of the gentlemen mentioned can hardly be called aspirants for tlw place, while others are, and have been for some time, a«piring very laboriously. An ambition grossly in excess of ability, coupled with egotism and flattery will hardly do for the make up of the Derm ocratio candidate for Governor in 1880. A nomination, if prudently made, will insure an election, but these radicals may wake up, and give us spmething of of a campaign after all, so we had better be a little particular for that reason, if for no other. By the way, wbirt does it take to make a man prominent for Governor, anyway? Is'nt there tome mistake about a few in that list? Well, perhaps it will do no great harm fo say they are spoki* of in that connection, and it doubtless does them a power of good. It is fortunate that some people can so enjoy simply being «pokon of for Governor, instead of de ferring their pleasure until spoken of an ' Governor, "METROPOLITAN MATTERS." » NEWS AND VIEWS AT OUR STATE CAPITAL. (Special Correspondence of the Messenger.) RALEIGII. August 13,1879. - The dog days are dull at the Capital, tfany residents are away at the sum mer resorts, trade is fallen down between seasons, and there is a conspicuous ab sence of the politician element in the slack stream of travel that flow| through Raleigh at this time of tho year. The Supreme Court is still in session, und will be until September, the cutting do .vn ot the Court to three members im posing almoet double work on the Chief Justice and associate Justices. The cou vic'iou is very general that it was a mis take to have reduced our court ot last resort from five to three Judges, and al ready ft constitutional amendment resto ring the Court is under discUisiou. Few t r law) ers from a distai.ee have . atten ded this session than has been since the war, owing to the act of the last Lcgis turc taking away what is known to the profession as the lax fee to attorneys. The Treasurer is at his post daily, issu ing new and cancelling 'l,l State bonds, aud with reasonable time he wijl have iidjusted the old debt ot the State aud brought it under a figure easy to man age. The Governor, Attorney-General and Supenntendant of Public Instruction are also in tl.cir places, the Secretary ot Stale aud Audiio' - alone being absent. The former at the North' Carolina Warm Springs and the latter at his home in llaywood county. Late advices from Col. Saundcrf ar- to the effect that he is not so well, and lie is expected lo icfitrn in a few days lo attend the Press Con vention at Beaufort, oljwhich he is Press idciit, alter which he goes to Buffalo Si>rintrs. Seeking icstoraiion of his iui-> paired health. THE NEXT GOVERNOR. The absence ot the usual number ol lawyers and professional politicians from the Slate Capital during the summer has left the gubernatorial question not defi nitely settled, but the subject is haying duo consideration at the hands of the laymeu. Thus lar the number of candi dates, probable and possible, seems lim ited to tho present incumbent, Judges Fowle. Merrimou. Howard, Ashe, Cox. McKo'y aud Shipp; Hons. T. Dorlcb Jaines M. Leach, A. M. Scales, M. S. McGeliee, Robert B. Vance, A. M. Wad dell. James L. Robinson, George Davis, William M. Robbins and Col. Thomas M. Holt, a round dozen and a half, rep resenting au array ot fitness to select from seldom, it ever surpassed in any State. The ctrength of the incumbent is at present and must remain an unknown quantity until near the nominating time, dependent always on the success and popularity ot his udmitisiratiou, a result impossible to forecast at the end of his first halt year of governing. Ot all others mentioned. Judge Fowle has de veloped decidedly more strength than any, aud as matters now 'stund would carry off the nomination. But the ins cnuibeiit will undoubtedly improve as bis administration grows older, aud but tor permitting the election of the press ent President of the North Carolina Railroad, might have held the West solid, whereas he may uot score one be yond tho Ridge. The third and last mentioned have each an organ at the Capital, but they may both be safelv counted out from the start. Howard is positively strong only in a section of the State pretty well divided be tweeu Jarvis and Fowle. Ccx will command the nomination for Congress from this district, if he wuntsait, aud will not, therefore, probably bo iu the gubernatorial way. The support of ull the others would be local, or at most, confined to a district, except Ashe, who could unite the Cape Fear and Pee Dee regions. The race, viewed this early, is between Jarvis and Fowle. with present odds iu favor ot the latter, bul wilh the final chances that the former will win; Judge Ashe, of all others, alono com lutlndiug strength enough to decide the contest between Jarvis and Fowle. MAKING WAR ON JARVIS. The effort which uas been made to render the Governor unpopular in re gard to what is knowu as the "State Bystetn" will end in a political boomer ang which will fall at the feet of those who sent it up, to t ho destruction of their influence and their friends.nnd leave the gubernatorial game to laugh at the hun ters. Senator Vance is reported to have warmed up at the changing ot his pot management on the Atlantic and North J Carolina llailroad, and is said to be I bringing the power of his ridicule to bear on the North Carolina scheme. He doubt less feels keenly alive to the nomination ot his brother lloberi tor Governor, but his warmth over the Atlantic ltoad must have grown into intense heat when he read iii the papers that his management of the road bad gotteu away with leu per cent, ot the gross, and half the net earnings for a whole year. With all duo regard for his abi'ity, unfortunate! v, Gov. Vance was tiover, himself, capable as an Executive bead, of protecting the Stale's interest, from hie utter lack of ad ministi alive vigilance, and wbile 110 oue is disposed to be unnecessarily harsh of the late management of the Ailautie Uoad, or to attach any particular blame to Governor Vance lor the state of affairs down there, or for tho escapade of his European agent at the close of the war. it would be only fair and commonly de cent forjiiin to keep his mouth shut rei specling the administration of his suc cessor. There may or may not be any thing in a North Carolina system, but any effort in that direction must be an effort iu behalt ot North Carolina, and he who essays to do something for the good of his Slato, whether he fail or is successful, surely deserves well of his day and generation. During the adtniniss tratiol l of Governor Vance, the freight on a barrel of apples from Old Fort to Raleigh was more than the prime cost and freight added on the same article trom the orchards of New Englaud. It has been said that a North Carolina System is designed to alter this state of 1 things, and it may be well to suspend judgement until it is seen it these things cau be done. HOSTIUTI or THE PRESS. There it developed in the press an tin expected hostility «o the State System, and the slmuliaiiooasness of the move ment was sufficient to raise the suspicion that it was a common inspiration. Char lotte. the lAOSt magnificent i nilmrwl «... liw of tlto State; and our queen cily ofl the inland, suddenly became alarmed at the threat en itc; uuiuitlo o I (lie sandbanks that fringe the waters ot liogue aud Ocvo Sounds at Moieliead city. Wilt mingtoit, in the midst ot commercial splendor, Jess real only because we have had no North Carolina gvslein to foster her., grew panic-stricken at the roar of the waves which alone distress the solU tude ot the deserted Beaufort Harbor. The leading paper at the Capital, aud tho chief power of the preset tho Stale .-changed its policy in a night, aud looks ing only to Wilmington, turned its back upon North Carolina, and whatevor is culled North Carolinian, in cautradictiou to the country of the Cape Fear. But strangest of all, the great will-e'lhe-wi*p ot the pi-egß. permeating and penetrating everywhere—owned and controled by the President of the NorMi Carolina iluiiVoad Company, the main ccnt.ic, the the soul and Hibstsyice ot any pot-sible North Carolina sysletn, has furiously flashed its lire-liy jainp in opposition to the Slate Policy and every othor possible, ? resent and remote interest of the Slate, n its spirit of personal malevolence it even assails tho Agricultural Depart inent, while its owner and controller is LVeei lent of the Agricultural Society, and bv virtue thereof the chief director of the Agricultural Board. But tlu-u each of llteso metropolitan dailies liavo their candidates for Governor. Such scenes of warfare on the present encumbent is calculated, with the sober secoud thought, to strengthen him, and therein lies the danger to hi* chief opponents. OTllKlt PORTIONS OF STATE. The gubernatorial question has over shadowed all other considera'ions of min or importance. The Lieutenant Gover . ail tip has scarcely been thought of here, aud will not be talked ot uutil the first I position shall have apparently centered on one of sufficient prominence to make him a possible nominee for the Senate in 1882. Thus lar about the ouly name sug gested -villi any thing like a possible toN lowing is Col. Thouias M. Holt, tf Ala mance. There will likely be uo change in the offico of Secretary of State, while it would shake human credulity to sug gest any other name for the position filled Treasurer Worth, unless he should decline, die or runaway with the . §tate wallett betweeu now and nomination day. * Nothing has becu said about tlie Auditor or Superintendent of Public In struction, while only the names of C. B. Watson, Esq., ot Winston, and Cul. Walier Clark. ofßaieigh. have been men tioned for the position ot Attorney Gen-, oral, which considering the efficiency ol Judge Kenan, speaks volumes tor their strength und popularity. THE BKFOBUCANS. The Bepubticau slate is not made up. Or. Grissom is an almost unanimous choice tor Governor, as their conversa tion aud speculations now turn. But his closest personal friends say ho is not in politics, and cannot afiord to throw away the advantages ot bis snlendid profession al reputation tor political preferment and especially to enlc£ the doubtful field of Republican poliflcs in North Carolina. The name of Judge iieade has been sug« gested aud also Judge Buxtor., but the strongest candidate, excepliug Grissom, appears to be Judge Win. P. Bynuw, ot Charlotte, aud Into of Supreme Court. But whoever 6hall undertake the nomi nation next year must lead a fjrioru | hope, as under no sort of circumstances run the Republicans hope to carry North Carolina in 1880. > B. HUNT." THE NIOCEK, The Lamars Sentinel a stalwart Re publican paper of lowa has this to say of the negro: While the amiable idiocy that pre* vailed in Congress during the recon struction days was at its height, the nig ger was enfranchised. He was invested wilh the ballot on the pretty theory that he was a man and a bruthei; with an infusion of sand in his make-up. It was given him on the school-girl notion that affection for tbi p»rty that gave hiui his freedom would wuke htm its perpetual instrument. But the nigger is less serviceable to the Republican party, ab a Voter, than he was as a slave. lie needs too much coddling—too much protection. He can only vote tho Republican ticket when surrounded by a cordon of Republican bayonets. There is no grit in him. There is more voting energy and par ty strength in a dozen raw irishmen than in a thousiud well fed uigges. There is not an ounce of Stalwar' ism in a ton of nigger. The uiore nigger the less strength. As a slave, the picturesque misery of the nigger was ait unfailing army of par ty weapons—as a freeman the»-e is no romance in lum—cowardice is not ro mantic. Ail over the South he is throwing his ballot for rebels and traitors, when he votes at all. He is too cowardly to vote his con victions or too stupid to have convic tions. When the stalwarts get into power in 1880, he must either be disfranchised or compelled to vole right. The free nigger is a fraudd. ACCIDENT ON Tax WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD.— On last Thurs day, the uiail train from Salisbury west was benind time, and just as it emerged from the western portal of the first tuns nel this side of Swannanoa, the engineer saw rushing down grade to meet him four flat cars, one at least loaded with stone and dirt, at a speed of fifty or six ty miles |>er hour. lie reversed his en' gine and pulled the throttle wide • open, but the rushing fiats were upon him. Mr. Charles Gordon, the engineer Con ductor Newland, and the fireman were painfully but hot very seriously injured. The pi *ieng rs were considerably Jolted, but save some bruises were unhurt. The. wonder ia that no lives were lust. And old man, and young lady and old lady, and those of uncertain age, and children all GO WEST of the court house to the store bearing the sign J. W. HARDEN To buy i-'i « . | YOUR GROCERIES YOUR HARDWARE YOUR DRY GOODS YOUR SHOES & BOOTS* — YVUR HATS & CAPS • •• YOUR READY-MADE CLOTHING; YOUR LEATHER YOUR BUGGY FINDINGS YOUR EDO* TOOLS * t- V ; ■ ? • YOUR MOTIONS ° « > - YOUR CROCKERY «fc GLASS WARE" . . , , XOUR TIN A HOLLOW WARE YOUR LADY'S HATS & BONNETS To ecll AND EVERYTHING ELSE YOU WANT YOUR CHICK ENS, YOUR BOGS, VOIIU HCTTKH,, YOCR WIIUAT. If OCR FLOUR. YOUR OATS. YOUR CORN. If OCR PRODUCE. Qtf EVERY KIND. 7279 tf ° ttDd BCe " J: W " HiRDEW; CHEAP FURNITURE i"- ■ My store-rooms and shops, are only a few steps north of tho court house, In Greensboro, aud I ask the people of Guilford and surrounding counties to examine my stock of furniture aud ask the prices, and then, if In their judgment they can do better anywheru iu North Carolina, I shall not expect thein to buy of mo. My Hock in part consists of ham ber suits, Dressing suits, Bedsteads, Chairs, Bureaus, "mlsh stands, Tables, Looking glasses. Folding chairs, Mattrasses, Wall pockets and Brackets, Book shelves, Book cases, Wardrobes &c &c. All these and many other articles in the greatest variety, from common to the finest, Burial Cases and Coffins from common to the very finest, always on hand, in large numbers, of assorted sizes, so that anv application can be filled at once. Also x BURIAL ROBES, I of all sizes, beautiful and convenient, always on hand. I shall be obliged if people will calf and look for themselves. R GULLETT Greensboro, N. C. —: i —— —! DID YOU EVER? No, Never! "WHAT! MIVIR? well hardly ever ■ . w* t '*-«;•-,c\ * ip "l.Jf:; See a larger, cheaper more varied and complete. STOCK OF GOODS • • , ' h . . ... L "J. \. ~ ■' ■** * a ny where, in oy market, uy any body than ifr John Q. Gant §• I'o •t OOHIPANY nnops have in store and are constantly receiving. You can find about, as near everything an their shelves, counters and in their warfr-rooms as can befounA in one store In this oountry. They iuvlte att \v-Uo winJj to. look or buy to come. Their stock says, come; thtir prl.es say, couie; their polite and attentive clerks say, coiue; their liberal prices for all kinds of barter say, come; and, above all, the Interest of thoee wishing to buy says to try JOHN Q. GANT &o. Company Shops' maiiilDß. BUTTS inn No. 12 N. Eighth St. UUUUi Bt. Louis, Mo. The PHYSIOLOGY OF MARRIAGE The PRIVATE MEDICAL ADVISER Booki that in really Gaidee u4 Mf-Mmlm in *ll nut tan pertaining to lirtni and Wmitnl. and supply wanflong felt. They an kuillMly Ularintr*. and in plain language, eaaily undentood. Ttaa two book* embrace MJ pages, and. contain ralaakla iafciaaatfaa for both married and •ingle, with all the recent improvementa in medical treatment Read vhat our home pasen car* "The knowledge imparted la Br. MV new works la in mo way of questionable chae acter, but la something that mrj eae akaatd knew Ike Yaaih, the victim of early indiacretoat the Baa. otherwise perfectly healthy maybe,but with waning rigor In Ihe prime of life, and the Wessaa, in from the many Ilia her MB is benU 111 JUi I ■ to." —St. Lonla Journal. nkllkllllai rtniu nucH-O eta. l,! 1^ both ia one volume, (It la cloth HI ■ H 3i 9tOoipi or praoi in aSvOty or iiunpe. WtmmmF AH WEEK in your own town, and no ipOVJcapital risked. Yon ca* give the business a (rial without expense. The best oppurtunUy ever offered for th«se willing to work. Ytra should try i\oiliing eke yon see for yourself what you can do at toe business wo offer. No room to explain here. You can devote all your time or Qiuy your spare time to the business, and make great pay lor every hour that you work- Women make, as much as men. Bend for special private terms and particulars, whloh we mall free. $5 Outfit free. Don't oomplaiu odf tare! times white, you have Address 8. H\IJ t F t TT & CO., , a.' Orchard Grass Seed, Clove* Seed &gd Fresh Garden Seed at SCOTT DONNfiLL AooonaMitMif, lam running a comfortable close hack to the depot to meet all trains, and will be glad to take passengers to and from at moderate charge, i am also prepared to convey families, drummers, and others, any where, at any time. My vehicles are good •nd nr y teams active, and driver prompt and attentive. Shall ba glad to serve thooa wish ing transportation on moderate terra*. Jany. 14th 1879. JOHN HUTCHINSON "SINGER Family sewing m ic ine ! Barely Ahead ia Sales, mf all CMapMitara. THOSE WHO ÜBE THEM speak in high terms of their merit Machine* Mad* -Especially for TilliOßS, SHOK MAKERS, ANfft UARNtM nAKIU WHICH ABE UNSURPASSED We are prepared to sell oft Monthly Instalments for country produce, good notes or cash at 4 lew price, as may best suit the porehaser. Do not buy a sewing m*clvta« will you have tiled the SINOB* I 0. nwstrj
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