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THE GLEANER 6RAHAM N. C. AUGUST 27 1879 E. S. PARKER, Editor. • ' ■ —- General Grant bus expressed himself to "a high Chiut-ee official in regard to the Presidency as follows—as reported: '1 have hold the office of President as ' long us n has ever been held by any man. There are others who have risen to great distinction at home and wlic have earned the honor, who are worthy and. to whom it belongs, not to me. I have no claims to the office. It is a placo distasteful to.me, • a place of hardship and responsibilities." We hardly beliove Grant said it. It is rather sensible chat for him, and not at all like Grant, We hope tor his- fame, and for the reputation ot the country, in so far as he cfleets it, that ho did say it, uuJ will stick to it. The Greenback party in Texas has as» mined such proportions and developed so much life aud activity as to be a seri ous apprehension to the Democrats The great number ol aspiranGs for United Slates Senator have created a jar in the Democratic organization, and the Re publicans, being in a hopeless minority, will join the Greeubackers on account of their poskiou on the public school ques tion, and so it is thought possible that Hammond whe led the Greenback tick et as candidate for Governor in the last campaign may site eed Maxey iu the Uuited Scutes Senate* The Ohio campaign is iu full blast. John Sherman and Carl Schurz are 'both there speech making, and another as sessment oi five per cent is made upon clerks iu Washington, for campaign purposes. Many of these clerks a*e women, and is it proper to force them to contribute to a campaign , fund while forbiddvng them't? vote? They areMorced to pay the fiddler and are not allowed to participate in tbo dancing. By the way, when the salary of a clerk is fixed, say at. one hundred dollars per month, with the tacit unders standing that five or ton per cent, of that salary is to go into the Republican campaign fund, is it not a pretty thin trick by which the revenues of the coun try are made to do partizan service? Why not put the salary at just what the clerks get, and deliberately take the percentnm from ttie toeasuvy ?It would be a more manly .open course, and the effect would be precisely tho same. POLITICS AND SHOT GUNS. The very foundation of our system of government is the liberty of the people in casting their votes. This liberty has ' never been full and complete. Extrane ous influences have always in some de gree been brought to bear up9n voters. For instance, the employer has -perhaps always in a measure controlled the votes of the employed. Corporations and large manufacturing establishments, v.feose hands arc moie than ordinarily depend*- dent upon them, have manifested a grow ing disposition to control the votes of thoße wfcose situations mean bread for themselves and families. Recently we have heard much of force and violence as,means of controlling votes when there were no relations existingjaetweon tho parties to be used ftp the purpose. That there has been sometHiuy of this must be true, but that accounts of it are for party purposes grossly exaggerated is no doubt also true. While this coercion has in various waya been practiced upon voters, in every State in the Union, and for a great number of years, yet candidates have, for being such, been unmolested, certainly as a rule and probably without exception, only in so far as they stood threatened with the pains and penalties of party discipline. In Yazoo county, Miss., force, or rather a show of force and threatened violence have been used - *° drive » man from a candidacy for office. Henry 11. Dixon, a Southern mau and a Democrat, declared himself an ludopen deut candidate for Sheriff of the county. A meeting of citizens was held, at which about three hundred are reported to have - been present, and after resolviug that the candidacy ol Dixon was dangerous to the peace and welfare of the county, ho was waited upon, aud induced by dire threats to himself and supporters to withdraw, aud he signe4 a card to that effect.ln ext enuation ol this uuheard of proceeding it is|urged t'.iat the character of Dixon was such as to raise the gravest apprehensions ol riot and bloodshed, 1 and that the action of the three huudred was really in the interest of peace aud order. Affairs must have reached a desperate condition when ; such a remedy was considered necessary. That Dixon was a mau of desperate and reckless courage seems to be well established. The negroes, who are in a majority in that county were his follow ers, through iear, not because ol their liking foi or confidence iu him. lie stands Gharged with no less tbau six murders, lie is said to have upon oue occasion, solitary aud alone, approached a crowd of negroes, and with drawn revolver, co rape I fed them to hang, nntif he was dead, one of their own number. The his tory of his crimes, and of his life for years past, forms a story of blood audi murder that is scnrcely credible, for its atrocity; On the 19th da)' of this month the man win had so mercilessly murder ed others, was himself shot down in the streets of Yazoo City by a man named Joues Burksdale. Of this tragedy the telegraph furnishes the following ac* count: A difficulty occurred at Yazoo Oj«v yesterday between Jbnos. Barksdale and Henry M. Dixon, resulting in the death of the latter. Dixov, while passing down the west side ct Main street, was hailed by Barksdale from thaeast side, who ad vanced to ib« middle of the street nvmed with a double-barrelled s!»ot gun. Dixon halted and immediately drew a pistol. Barksdale raised theguu to his shoulder and Dixon seeing this moved toward a stairwav when Uarksdule fired, four buckshot taking eflect in Dixon's back. Dixon then fired several times at Barks dale but without effect. Barksdale then fired a second shot but it inissed his vic tim. Dixon bled internally and died at 4:80 p. in. A preliminary trial will take pluce to- marrow. The difficulty is rep resented as of a personal natuic by Barks dale's friends. If Dixon, was anything like (lie man he is represented to bo lie was a curse-to ihe community iu which he lived. Whatever may have been the immediute, ur proxis mate cause of Burksdale'slnurdcrous at tack, it will be set down as political, and to the discredit of the State and section where ft occurred. As manifestly unjust as it is, the people of Mississippi and of the South will suffer iu reputation as an orderly people, from this occurrence. Upou the heels of this comes another awful tragedy iu California, some par ticulars of which we publish in another column. That bad men are to be found in every State and community, and that crimes more or less horrible will always be committed, ns they always havo been, is probably true, but whenever these oc cur at the S >uth, there is a united effort 011 the part of the Republican, press to charge them to general lawlessness characteristic of the Southern people, and especially of the Democratic party. It is useless to point to the tact that crimes, equally atrocious and graeatcr iu number iu proportion to population, are porpe (rated at the North. The charge 01 lnw lessness and abscuce of political freedom at the South has been so frequently and so persistently made, and every trans> gression so grossly exaggerated, not to meutiou actual and totally unfounded misrepresentations, that it is not strange it mauy people, seeing nothing of us, And hearing nothing save what reaches them through a designing partizan press, should believe us to be little better tbau awl of of desperadoes and cut throats. The ins iustice of holding a community responsi ble for the acts of one or two reckless and lawless individuals is not considered. WASUINqTON I.ETTEK. One of the knaves have come to gtief who stole the vote of Louisiana from Tilden and gave it to Hayes. lie yield ed to the blandishments of men* who are now Supreme J.udgfes, Cabinet ministers, and ministers to foreign countries, and is now left alone to pay the expenses of the theft he aided to commit. His name is Casauave, and he is here to complain in person to fcHemen whom he assisted to wealth and honor. The members of the Returning; Board were prosecuted crimi nally for changing tho returns of tne Presidential vote of Louisiana, and when Board's lawyers came to collect their tee they found this man Casanave tho only one of their clients who had any property. They propose to sell that property, and Casanave justly says that it is hard that he, the only member of the Board who hasn't a fat office, should be compelled to lose his property while the others go free. If we hadn't had years of experience of Louisiania' poli ticians we should all think from this story, that there was something extra ordinary in this treatment of Casanave. It is however, only in keeping with what has happened among the radicals of that State constantly for years. It is a pity that Mrs. Sprague has rushed into the newspapers with accounts —two at least—ot the quarrel between her huoband and Senator Coupling. The accounts so far published as coming from her are not consistent with each other or with probability. Neither does either ot them agree with facta which are well known here, but which M rs. Sprague seems to thiuk were not known. The lady in the case has spoken, and Senator Sprague, through a friend, has had his say, and now explanation and denial from Senator Conkling are in ordor. It would be a pleasure to hear from him on the eubject. He listened to words from Senator Sprague that "no good man would deserve and no brave man wear.'' He ought, at least, to speak. All your readers wdl be glad to know that the report of the death of Genl. Grant's only daughter, Mrs. Sartoris, was false. She is alive and well in England. ; We in Washington hear only good news from the Maine campaign, and have assurances from every bounty that the result will be all that could be hoped for. Radical letters from Augusta show that Senator Blaise has no hope of the elec tion of Davis, his candidate for Govern or, by the people. HILTON. A CARP, BEAUFORT, N. C. August 20, 137&. EDITOR OBSEBYKK; 1 desire, with your permission, to give a brief account of the dedtructioti of the Atlantic Hotel at Beau fort during the l ite s'.orm. At 1 o'olock Monday morning I was aroused by the whistling of the wind and found my clerk and night watch man up. The wind was then blowing .very fresh and increasing Avith a beating rain. From 2to 4 o'clock there was no change, but after the latter hour it com menced to blow a gale, and the tide was coming in. It was still very dark, and the rain pouring in torrents. 1 then thought it best to make provision to scut tle the floors so as to let out a portion of the water which was dashing against ; them with such force as to result iu tear ing them up . Just here, I will say that no alarm or notice had beeu given the guests of the danger, because it was yet dark, aud I was fearful in the panic many lives would be lost, fur the reason that they would have been unable to see their way out of the hotel, A 8 soon as I discovered that there was no hope of the wind abating or of the "tide receding, aud at the first peep ol dav, 1 ordered the clerks aud bouiuien to go through (he hotel aud notify the guests that they must leave the buiwHng at once and especially charged lliem to allow no trunks to be removod* The reason for this on'er will bo explained a little later on. I then untitled my own family to get ready to move, and while they were dressing 1 went (town stairs and assisted a number of ladies across (he bridge to the main land, and I then took my own family out. If all the guests did not recleve times ly notice it wes because of the howling of the wind through the building aud the Blamining of doors aud shutters. The woineu and childien were gotten out safely, (hanks (o a gocd Providence, and all the men were reported safely bn land before the bridges were swept awsv. But it turned out that ;lwo young men Iroin Newborn, Owen Guijn and Will iam Disoway, did not hear tho.alarm and they were caught it* their rooms on the third floor, and there was no escape for them except to juiqj) out of the third story window, which they did, and were driven by the 'force ol the waves to (be shore, with some scratches. After this an alarm was given that three ladies were lelt in the hotel, aud handkerchiefs were seeu to wave Irom the windows, appealing lor help; and this alaritf, un toudid as it appears it afterwards turned out to bo. no douot was the cause of the sad diath of John D. jjughes, of New born, wb>, when he thought he saw wo> men in such danger, madly rushed to their assistance, and it is supposed was killed by the floating debris in his frans tic eflorts to reach the the hotel and car« ried oil by tlio strong current that was then running. I was in company with Mr. Hughes through the trying scenes of saving life, and no one worked more faithfully and earnestly than he. It seems that he thought the lives of all depeuded upon his ability to snatch them from the fury of the waves, unmindful of danger him self, and turned a deaf ear to the warn ings of his frieuds to be more careful of his own life. Those who knew him will not be surprised to hear of his noble and heroic conduct* as through his whole lite, ho has been remarkably noted lor just such shining trSits of char&fcter; tor* getful of self when others could be servs ed. To hiß bereaved mothei aud father aud his entire family aud large circle of liiends, let me ofler my deepest sympas thy aud mingle with Ibem my tears over the remains of one who died as he had lived, noble aud scll-sacraficing aud with a character aud example worthy ol imi tation. Another sad death occurred as the re* suit of Uie storm, W, H. Congletou, a resident of Beaufort and a boatman. He was at the hotel about 2 o'clock and was among the number who gave the alarm to the guests. The lust I saw of him was about 4 o'clock when I gave him an axe to scuttle the floors and it is supposed he was washed ott one of the piazzas, lie was an industrious and hard working man, and his loss is sadly ielt by his friends in this community. Ho too died iu the discharge ot a high and noble du ty. A few moments after the last pers son was rescued from the hotel, the long plank bridge was swept away, then the building ou the main land, used a* a bill* iard and bar room, and after this, the roof of the hotel began to fall, and por tions of It were blown several hundred yards bofore falling to the water. The kiti'heu began to tumble aud then lol lowed the hotel proper ,whicb was com pletely swept from the blocks at one stroke. The guests took reluge iu the houses near by, but were compelled to abaudon them verv soon and seek shels ter on the back street, which was strewn With huge trees that had been torn up by the roots and were falling on every side as the people were passing through. The citizens of Beaufort,opened wide their duors and gave all a cordial weN come. Wearing apparel was- furnished to those who were drenched with rain fU>d sca-spruy, as also were tables set with provisions. It there are any who are disposed to attach any blame to uic for the loss ot their valuables aud baggage, or for the hurried maimer iu which they were corns polled to abandon the hotel, 1 have tbis to say : At. 4 o'clock iu the morning, it was pitch dark with a driving raiu, aud the tide coming in rapidly but not high. I saw aud felt the dauber that was ahead and, iu the ihidstofall this, atfout one huudred and fifty precious souls w«re in the hotel entirely ignorant oi, the storm that was raging outside, and the tearful distiuctiou to lite aud property that was likely to ,eusue. 1 shuddeied when 1 t'.iouhht of the consequence it the guests should recieve the alarm during i the darcness, and besought every one to keep quiet till daylight. There were only two courses to pur sue; to notify tbem or wait aud take the chauce ol tne tide not being too high at break of day, and the result has confirm ed my judgement, as not a single accis dent occured while leaviDg the hotel. In regard to loss of clothing, jewelry, &c.: 1 well knew if a longer had been given many of the guests would have packed their trunks and insisted on taking tnem away, aud in that event the passage aud hallways would have been blocked up, thus completely shutting off all means oi egress. If any mistake has occurred, it is as error of judgment, and I am perfectly willing to share all the responsibility of it, especially when not a single life has been lost by such a mistake, if it was one. In that period between four and five o'clock, I would cheerfully have Biir» gendered atl I possessed or expected to have if I could have been honorably re leived of the great responsibility that I felt w&8 resting upon ine. I sympathize with those wbo have been such he*vy losers of clothing, Ac., but nearly all of us are in the same con dition, as my own fafiiily have not a single change. After the stoirn abated, and as soon 88 Governor Jarvis (who was one of the guest*) saw there was no organized force to clear up the debris f jr the pnrpose of recovering the baggae, he promptly order ed out a gang of men and paid them to do this work. Gen. B. C. Manly and Dr. Blncknall also rendered valuable assistance to the guests in reclaiming •'heir property. " The Beaufort Light Infantry, Capt. Geo. Charlotte, were on duty protecting the property during the excitement. B. L. PERRY. Proprietor latj Atlantic Hotel. BC'IIOOL OKGANIZATI ON, BIO*FALLS, N. C. ? August 15ih 1879. £ To TNE EDITOR OF THE GLEANER:— Through your paper as a inedinm we will say a few words about School Or ganization. We think tuat in no profess sioii among men is there such a want of uniformity, and such diversified view? on the general principles that should govern us, as this subject. Our Churches hare their conferences, synods, assemblies, ast sociations &c.; lawversilieir legal clubs; physicians their medical societies; iner ciiants their Boards of Trade, and me> chanics their union leagues &c. But how lew are the organizations ot our school teachers, especially county organizations. This fact my fellow teachers is worthy of . cur consideration. If we, as a body ot [ men ever expect to receive that consider ation which the noble work which we are engaged in entitles us to, we must work harmoniously together. There must bo concert of action. Then we must have our State aud Comity Associations more perfectly worked up. We have, it is true, our State Teachers Association But every county* should have its Association. Gentlemen, we must rally, it wu everex'* pect to accomplish anything worthy of combined effort aud action. So long as we try the one man power just so long may we expect our profession to be lock ed down on and the Work of truiuij.g aud educating children of minor importance. We can moujd public opinion if we try; we-can command the highest regard aud receive the most profound respect if we will do our whole duty. Then let us la*- bor to endow our prolession with that zeal and devotion it deserves. Wo should endeavor to rid ourselves of all clogs that hinder forward movements. Let meu aud womeu who know nothing and care les4 for the success ot the schools and their reputation be banished from the schools, aud let the brotherhood recognjze aud own as a worthy member he who most earnestly strives to elevate andjmake the profession better by his membership. We should strive to let no tramps enter our ranks, the earnest working bees in the hive should sting the useless drones ouc. Just so long as the large army of iucom potent teachers crowd our ranks, so long may we expect to find bitter and power ful opposition to us as a class of men. The public is not slow to perceive what is to their advantage educationally. Let true men and women fill the schools of the land, aud let the people See that good and solid work is being doue in the schools, abolish your 6ham exhibitions and stuiled examinations and prove by honest labor that you are rendering au equivalent value for value received and the cry ol high taxes lor school purpose* will no longer be heard in the land. Fill our schools with men and women who have not only thoroughly prepared litems selves lor the responsibilities of the teach'* er, but who have determined to die with the harness on. ' * "The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world'' is as applicable, it not more so, to the teacher than the mother. The uiiiid of the child is no mere bauble or plaj thing that we*can amuso ourselves with for a few moments aud then care lessly toss aside. It is by far the most brilliant gem tho Great Teacher of all has over vouchsafed to onr keepii.g. Then the teacher should study its struc* ture well. The child is as plactic day iu his bands, subject to his will to be mdnUK ed and iashioned, trained and educated to grace every walk in lite or to become, by lalse education and bad training an incubus on society. The school room is the nursery ot the future destiny of the child, and as it tWere learns its lessons, so will be the failure or the success which will attend its after years'. To the teach er is entrusted the power of fashioning his pupils' character, and tilling the vir- S[in soil of their young susceptible hearts. Vitb what watchfulness and care should this most sacred of all duties bo entered upon and when entered upon, what fideN ity aud earnestuess will it not demand at his hands. The responsibilities of the teacher when viewed from atruo stands point, is not to be tindertaken without a full appreciation of tho nature ol the dus ties he may be called upon to perform. To implaut the lessons of overy day life, to instruct iu the various brauches which constitute an education are not the only (asks that lie within the sphere ot his du ty. There are others of far greater im portance. because they, become part of the very nuture of his pupil, and are as lasting as the years of his life. Theu the teacher should guard well the sacred trust committed to his keeping and study child-nature, and never assume the high position ot teacher unless he is fully im bued with love tor the noble work. — JOHNSTON. Col. A V B. Gorrell, ot Winston, Chief Marshal of the next State Fair has ap pointed three Assistant Marshals lrom each Congressional district in the S>ate. From ibis district Thos. C. Worth of Neal Ellington, ol Greensboro, llolt, of Alauuuce, have been appWated. 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