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THE GLEANER GRAHAM N. C., DECEMBER 3 1879 E. 8. PARKER, Editor. ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ 1 ■ ■ ■ And n«w it is reported (hat Grant k insane—at least bis mental powers are giving way, and that this lias boon diss covered by those close to him for some » while, and that great auxieiy >s felt con corning it. Wonder whether it was ltiaine or Gonkling startod this rumor? TH> KBIiLOOG CMMBTtEI. For some weeks before tbe meeting of Congress, tbe committee of the Senate to investigate the manner of the election of % Kellogg, of Louisiana, had been sittirg iu New Orltana; and it is said that the eviduuee taken will show that in addition to the illegality of the body, callmgitsell a Legislature, by which Kellogg was elected, that he procured his olection by bribery. It i* thought tlwit he will be ousted and Judge Spotford> will occupy the seat to which he was eleeted. There will doubtless be much said by the lte~ publican press upon tho subject. The truly point, it seems, which can be made, in reason, in favor of Kellogg, is that his case has already been passed upon, and is what the lawyers call res ad judicata. Whether oustom or law sauctions the reopening of the case we do not know, but if SpoSord was kept out of his seat by a Republican majority, for partizan reasons, as will scarcely, be denied, it would seem no terrible crime for the wroug to be corrected. That is all there «in the case. It appears tc us that the dignity of the United Statea Senate ought to be such as- bo- tonbid a niau's sitting in it,, who- obtained his entrance thereto by ftutud, bribery, or the votes of those not rightful?) empowered to vote. If wrong haa beea perpetrated it seems to us it , should be corrected, and to do this is all that is proposed. SRANT AMD TJIB SOUTH. T~ > For n year, more or less, certain per-' -sonsand newspapers have been engagod fai working up a sentiment favoring Genl. Grant as the Republican candidate for President nest yea*. nis by some said that tbe movement had Its origin even Before the expiration of his last adminis tration, and that bis trip around the world, aud his belug. kept constantly be fore tho public,. in the most favorable light possible, through t)itt medlumoftbe Itewttng newspaper of-the country, by the regular fottera ot an accomplished COIN respondent, sent out for the purpose, while he was so far removed as to avoid Hie inconvenience of imprudeut acts or .utterances, or the expression of impolitic views upon any of tbe public questions ot the day, formed part "of tbe deeply hhk plau by which established custom should be violated; and be should receive a mark of distinction conferred upon none of his predecessors By being oalled : to the bead of the government tbo third time. Tbe advocacy of Grant for a third term' never fagged,buc apparently grew in earnestness, and spnad, as time rolled on, brimring nearer the timo ot final de* termination of the subject, until it reach ed proportions sufficient to justify those who had undcrrtakeifthe manufacture of sentiment, in placing their man person* ally before the public, and' so, a short while ago, he landed at San Francisco, and was taken possession of by those Who will continue the direction* of his movemefita tNI he is mado President again, provided the programme is acted oat to the eud contemplated. All this is not vory remarkable when oonsiderad as the deeply laid plan ol Republican mana gers to redeem their party from its sig nal defeat ot 1876, to escape the immedi ate consequences of which the grandest of frauds was perpetrated a* the instance of meu whese positions should have fors bidden their participation in it. whatever may have been the accommodating na ture of their individual morals. But tbe strange part of tbe wfeofe thing, amfa part wWcb was probably not put down in the original programme, or even looked for by its authors, is that U seems certain Democrats, o» lather men who were once Democrats aud cons tinue to bo regarded as such, have Bud* deuly baiWt revealed to them that Grant is to become tbo great pacificator ot the oouutry, banish all estrangement between the sections, change distrust into confi dence, diffuse iKroughout the laud a spirit of conciliation, uproot »R bitterness aud plant iu its plaoe'affection, and that, ao far as tbe South is concerned, tbe very best thing to be done is to manifest a con trite spirit for not having sooner made the discovery and humMy aak to become adherents of tbe man Grant, That we are admonished so to do by only a few is true, but that there can be one man who olairos to be a Democrat and an advocate of oivil liberty who will so advise is past our comprehension, unless we put it ups on the uncharitable ground that he con. eiders hia chances of reward poor, as a Democrat, and has decided to risk his prospects upon the success of». u Individ* nal who lias given some evidence of liavs ing been born lncky. What has Grant done to comment)kim to lovers oI civil liberty, and or honest, >wt government? For eight year| be was President, and wherehi did he Ibow his great fitness and capacity as the Chief Executive of a great and free people, uns rler a constitutional government,' where official powers are supposed to be pre scribed and circumscribed by the consti tution aud the law? "Was the question of legal power and rightful nnthority ever raised in Grant's mind? Force, physl*- cat force, seemed to be tbe only subject matter of his investigation fn directing the affairs ot Government. On* of the very last acts of his official life was to assemble a pot tion ot the army lo Wash* ington to overawe the people, and defeat their right of choosing his own successor. He dispersed the Legislature of a sover ign State with armed soldiers, ho su*> rounded himself with advisers and asso« ciates that have brought reproach upon the country and the high places they fill* ed, and wheu found oui in their crimes he shielded them, and took occasion to assure them of his friendship. Under his admiu'Btration jobs were put up, lings forwod, extravagance indnlged, the treasury plundered* and alt by his spe cial friends and supporters—the jrery men who are tlte authors of tbe third term movoment. They are in earnest; they are acting with their oyos open, they want ( lo roll in luxury* and amnss fortunes by direct aud indirect plunder of the people. Is Grant » different man from what bo was then? He lias spent most of his time since, among the halt civilized and heathen monarchies of tbe East, and, for the opportunities ho has had of studying free just government, ho had as well have been with Bitting Bull or Dog-Scratch-the-Dirt-with-his-hind- Feet, or any other head of au ludian tribe*. .- s • Sooner (ban ibo Democratic parly should support such a man it should cease to vote. Il might tben offer as an excuse its hopeless condition, and plead helplessness to longer champion the right* of men and the cause of tree govs eminent. But to support Grant, with his antecedents at a President, would be the glorjffjie ©ld party, ,-Mth its rfhiory of devotion to' JUBIICC,! right and liberty, into the infamy of the coward that flies with hypocritical eant to tlie bosom of the enemy he lacks the manliness to oppose. No, rather than endorse Grant let tttaold party disband, let its members nerer again refer to the bonorab(e history it has made,, let the names of the heroes ot free, Just ment who lived and died Jn its ranks, never more be mentioned by their no* worthy successors, let its pasf be blotted from memory that the dishonor of the present be Ibss conspicuous. Bnt the Democratic party tiouth, 01; elsewhere will never support Grant, or his like. The old fires of patriotism will not eeasc to burn; old traditions will not be for* gotten, the rights of man and the cause of liberty will yet bo sucseselalty cham pioned,-in spile of recreants and time servers, who for awhile have enjoyed as sooialion superior lo their merits. Never an army but some would dosert, never a cause in which some would) not latter, even in the day oi victory and how of triumph. SBANTIN Till! SOUTB, ''' t ' ' DtMMtalle C»irtHa» Bepadiate the The Charlotte Observer condenses from the Post as follows; , The Washington Post has been inter viewing a number of Democratic con gressmen in regard to the alleged improvement in favor ot General Grant in the South. We quote the sub stance of the views expressed. Senator Davis, of West Virginia:- "All thu talk of Grant being able to create an enthu siasm in the South is the work of the stalwarts, who hope in that Way to create a sentiment iu his favor. Grant has been the worst enemv the South ever had." Congressman Daac of Ar» kanaas: "It is * mere broeae in tfa tree , tops; nothing in it. It originated with a- few Buch men as Feltony of Georgia, and will hardly extend beyond the bor ders-of that State, and even there amounts to nothing." Congressman SU monton, of Tennessee; 'The Grant boom is confined to the State of Georgia, and is of rather small size there. There sis no idea of anything of the kind in 'Feunesse, »nd there is no prospeoct of it becoming general in* the South." Con gressman Davis, of Missouri; ••There is no feeling for Grant in Missouri, feo far aa my observation extends, the so called boom originated in the State of Georgia; was gotten up by a few per sons who have always been trying to do all they can to disrupt the Democratic piny, and will b« confined there. The people will certainly take no stock in any such movement, and the in the South will remain stafraartly Dem ocratic aa heretofore.' Oongrersman Ellis, of Louisiana: "The Southern Grant boom is a barren ideality. I can hardly believe that Grant will again be a can didate under any circumstances, aa oer iain forces that have not been made ap parent will operate against afc. Those who are trying to work np a feeling for him in the South are men who do not really represent the Democratio party, and have very little influence. I regard the whole sgitation of the matte* as j-itjienlous." Congressman Blackburn, of Kentucky: I think tliis Southern *rant boom a sublußely insane inapira lion of wfew jackasses. Why, the *uff is absurl on its face. The South is i)eraoc|ttic." Congressman Bright, of Tennessee.* "It is not the; sentiment of the peopltt of the South, nor of their representatives or statesmen, that, for their troubles down there, th?y should seek a relief by espousir.g the caose -of (J rant and a riionarchial and despotic government. They are in favor, as they always have been, of a constitutional lo cal government, and believe the polisy of the Democratic party isT>est fitted to bring that about." Congressman Hun ton, or Virginia: "There if no Grant boom in the South: it will be solid for anv Democratic candidate . except Til* den.*' Congressman Manning, of Mis* sissippi: "The idea of Graut carrying any Southern States in ca-ie bo is the Republican candidate, which seeius very' probable, if-the merest tobh. upon the South us solidly Democrat ic." Con gressmaa Mowjr, Mississippi: "There are a lew people-in the South dit>hean« eued, but that the feeling is widespread I do not believe. And I think tlie South may confidently bo r liei Mi to ' help elect, in company with New York and Indiana, a pemoiratio President ' next year." Congressman Slomonn,' of Ar kansas: "There in no Grant boom in the South that 1 know of, except the idle vaporiugß of a few fools or rascals." Con gressman Mill", of Texan: "I know noth ing of thj existence of a Grant feeling in I tho Soath. Such calk is that of dreamers f and idealists r who hardly know what they are saying. ABB WB TO n Aril ABBViattPB. lii some ot our exchanges of Inst work there were dbcussions concerning the cost ot the completing ol the Western North Carolina Railroad. A long article appear ed in tho Tar bo,to Southerner and in Hale's Weefjf, Withont name, making a vigorous altuek npoh that enterprise. The > last named papor contained a long edito rial reply. We have not given the mailer such attention as would authorize us to speak ex cathedra , and so we at present •ay nothing. We mfly, however, say this: We will net be a party to any dis cussion at this time thai will iu any way divide the Democratic parly or inject into the approaching canvass new and dan gerous matter that may hand over the State into the tender keeping Of the Rad icals, who came near destroying tfie old $ tat A-forever in gone by- cam paign of 1880 is too important every way to onr people and the country at large to justify tho Star iu espousing an> side, or In filtering'upon any discussion that may arouse.sectional prejudices and antago nisms in North Carolina, aud thereby eir danger the bvccese of the Democratic party ill the next State and national elec tions. We do not say that the "Mod Cat" question w>H have that result. We have not considered the matter as yet, and do not know that k woahi hove a disintes grating or oxchhig inftnence iu the cam paign that is approaching. We wttl not agree to enter upon any discussions that will lessen in any way the influence and strength of tho Democratic party, upon whose triumph in 1880, as. wo* believe rests no little of the perpetuity, satety aud prosperity of our eoinmon country. Wilmington Star. Tkt nerriiunicka (Petersburg Index-Appeal, 25th.] We give further details of the homicide which took placo at \Veldon on Saturday from necoiuits'recieved fi'oro that place.* When larkhi nwdMcrrit returned to >lbe spat where tfce ktllins took place afs ter the first altercation, Hicks came out ot bis house, revolver in baud, and fired at Larkiu. TJJO ball took eSevt in the latter's hand. Merrttt, who was armed with a gun, took deliberate aim at Hicks and fired. The whole loud struek Hicks in the faee tearing ofi almost the entire half of hi* head. ' ifrar. Hicks then crone ont of (he house where she had witnessed the killing ot her husband, and picking up the dead man's pistol fired it three utnes at Mcr rilt and Larkiu, bat without taking el» feet upon them. The two men then left Ore horrible scene, and the WOHWII, with her eight children, throwing themselves upon tho mutilated and bleeding body ot their ill' fated hnpband and father, rent tbe air with their shriek's and lamentations. It was with great trouble .thfe; neighbors could induce the murdered man's iamily to leave .the body. There i» considerable excitement in tbe town. Mid stricture* «{>OD the conduct of Merrilt are very severe, notwithstanding Hicks fired tbe first shot. \ UOVO BLOODED IHDBDRB. [| ~ 1 — i— The Charlotte Observer gives )be fol lowing: A negro named Leach, brother of Peter Leach who was convicied of murder at Lnmberton last week, not long ago escaped from Hobcson county Jail. Last Saturday tbe Sheriff of the couuty heard ttawt Leach was in the vK cinity of Betf Banks, and sont a - deputy kiiamed Cole to arrest him. It was known that the negro wai a desperate character and tbe Sheriff armed the riepnty with a sixteen shooter rifle, captured tram the famous lienry Berry Lowry of outlaw notoriety. Cole went to Red Banks. Tbe negro was approached juid tbe capi as read to him. He heard it patiently, and tbeu coolly remarked: 4 Do you suppose lam going to let such a man as you arrest mer Almost before be fin ished the sentence, he drew a pistol and 1 , shot Cole dead in his tracks, the ball oass ing through the skull. Not satisfied with this, he stepped on (be body of the man and fired nuetber shot into his breast. He then coolly walked away. Our intorma> tion la that the terrible t meed y was euact ed hi the presence ot three er four othev men, M attempt was made to arrest Leaab. As be went aw By be still held the weapon Isi bit baud, aud no one dared approach bim. * Tbe Grand Lodge of Masons convened in Ualeigb yesterday evening. WOMAN TRIED—ACQUITTED.—Some time last year, Miss Amelia Linkhaw, of Lumber ton, shot'and killed Mr. Ed. I!artn(ftt), a drummed for a Baltimore 4iouse, it parloilof a I hotel in the town f where Bhe,; lived. Week befwe last she was pu4 upbn her trial and, and a mis-trial took place. Last Monday she was again put upon her trial and acquitted. Saon a(ter the kill ing of Hartman she was delivered t)f a, | chiW it is charged tbat- he was her 3 (seducer- Her dafaaoe waa emotional in* sanity, and that was established by ex pert*, and the jury waa out only a few minutea before returning a verdict of not «»"'»• i KIZXED nr PAMLICO COPNTT,— Some days ago a prisoner confiucd in Pamlico county jail, made his way out and es caped. Being lookod upon isdesparodo, and outlawed, (he Sheriff organized a lor his capture; having been In. formed that the game of which they were in search was secreted in a certain house, the posse surrounded the premises: it was night, and shortly after taking op the position a person was seen to leave the horise that was under upon a challenge, to halt, the person ran, thereupon the party instantly kill ing the unfortunate victim of their mis taken zeal; for upo.r investigation,' it was discovered that they bad shot- an innocent colored boy oUwelvo or thir teen years ol age, The outlaw has es caped and no tvtt»g« have beeu rccievcd ol him.— JXeubernirtw, T)EATH OF FIIANIC CLOUD. -Frank [OIHIU, who was lor some time one of Oar itown police, was shot and killed at 1 Gate's store in Patrick county Va;, on [ last Thursday evening by a man named VVm. iidrnon JSOP* The pariicjlars are UP folfows: Cloud wa8 t at the store when Edinondson came up with hisguu, when Uloud commenced teasing him and tell ing him he-could not sliool, ami that he could throw rocks and beat hiin. rectly lie started out of the house saying that he was going to put up a mark and throw rocks at k aud heat bun, as he reached the door Edmondson raised his guu and fired, lodging his whole load oi shot iu Ids hqad just behind his car, kill* ing him instantly.— Winston Sentinel. 0»c Bxp#ri«»oc«i fraui Il» r , ''l had been rfck and miserable so long and bad caused my husband so much trouble ana expense, no one seemed to know what ailed me , that 1 was completely disheartened and dtnoour aged. Iu this frame of miod I cot a bottle of tlop Bitters and used them unknown to my family. I soon began to improve and gained so fast that my ku6tmnd and family thonght it mnatarai, but when J told tlicm ; what had helped ine, they said "Huirah for" Hop Bitters! proscer, for die/' have made mother well and us happy."—The Mot her.— Home Journal, NEW ADTEKTISEME^TS'. A NEW MAN JiEW G I have moved to Graham, and opened' a gen eral store at PUSH'S MBHEB, where I shall be glad to gee the people, form their acquaintance and obtain a share of their patronage. I shall constantly keep op hand DOY-OQ9DS, GROCBBIM, READY. HIADR CLOTIIINA, ROTIONN, BOOTH and PILOEN, J and everything usually found in : a general stock. I would call especial attention to my stock of STATIONERY I ean sell good letter paper at IO cents a quire Envelsps at 3 cents a pack- H . I want all kinds of country produce. h i Bil ".1 'i- r '' ' •#« JS si|mf* • \i)\ air iifte ? AUCTION SALE 1 . . »o ■ - . , I will sell at public auction, at my residenoe near Company Shops, on •»' THURSDAY, 18th DEC'R. 1879. •camaneing at 10 o'clock my personal property consisting in pars as tsUewt; Stock of Cattle, two Horses, one two Horse Wagon, one Grain frill, one Roller* one Mow ing Machine, one Corn Sheller, Lot Of Fodder, fifteen Stacks Stay, Household and Kitchen Furniture and such other articles as are usaally found on a well stocked farm. TERMS CASS. Na article delivered nnlfl ISeefUt'lß7tf A. i l . JERKINS. BINGHAM SCHOOL ■WANBVItLI,IT,C, Is now PRE-EMINENT among Southern Boarding Schools for boys. The 171 st Session ending Dee. 17th, 1879, has beea the most prosperous in the 86 years of the School's hfotory- The 179a4 taiUa will kt|is #ai*srr 14ih 188 A. Board sl3 pe* month. Tuition SBO per Ses sion. For Catalogue giving Mi particulars) Address, MA*. R. BINGHAM, Bupt. FOR BALE.—Twenty thousand pounds ship stuff—'.he best of stock feed. SCOTT FC DON SELL. K OM ?P AIII^MIOPS * 1 • ' ' . * V. v I Oar Jty McOMIeJ ipcnt gome time in the Northern cities, sdeetfn* and parchasfrg onr/an ais Winter stock of goons, and we flatter ourselves that we can make It serve the internet of our friend* and tlie public to of im - ■ i i f i man. .... nwi-^jwiiriiiiiMjiLw . :-t Drees Goods, Millinery.,• ithoee beautiful ;? . i , / '?, if f ) ■, . HATS, BOI>OfKTS, UOSEIB V, NOTIONS, CI9AKB A*» A : •>«/ beautiful lino of SHOES and GAITERS •-H % . .• » .i lU; , ,t and many other artfeto for *.« ; . , •. > THE LADIES. BAT*, ROOTS INI) KHOED, PIECE 7OO»S, READT.IIIAOE I'ttfrniNn, and many other Artie la* for TMI ®11!1E IIAHf»WARK. EDfiE TOOLS, QFEKIVS WARE, WOI.I.OWARE, CBOCIKIK^ and many other articles-tor . THE FAMILY We are yet in the largw and convenient store house formerly occupied by Daniel Worth, and woul J be pfcased to show our goods. Wo leave it for ©ur goods and our prices to bring us customers. 10.39. ly. . , , , , v , UcCAOLBY & SMITH, CHEAP FUBNITUEE vp-' f «t utt My stofe-rooms and shop*, are only a few steps north of ttiecortf Vcmfej ln> (iroensboro, apd I ask the people ofiUiulford nud surrounding couutics to exanlhe my naU-k. of fiMFnitfaoe and ask the prices, and then, if iu tiieir judgment they can do better anywhere in- Norfcu Carolina, J. shall nob expect them to tray of me. My block in part consist* of. - ■ Chamber suits, Dressing stands, Tables, Looking.. glasses,, Folding Mattrasses, Wall pockets and Brackets, Bookshelves, Book cases, Wardrobes &c &c. All these and maay other articles- in the greatest variety, from Common to-the finest. Burial Cases,and C6ffix& ?*•* i *•" rrsf, *-• r '•* ? BURIAL ROBES. ... • ' ' -• ■.- . ;of all sfges, beanWal aud convenient, aJways-oui liawdf. T shall tto obliged if people%|lT call and look for themselves, ;. ,; u ■ ~, y j , 4 ., j; „ t '■ it GUItLETT. - i'-" . - N. C. 5-og-79. fy, •••*■ -• 'm >.>j fi \ ," 111 ■ * J 1 "; . 1 . ; 'mi 1 " .I 1" ■" .1 »'tiij >'■ - • ic»•^ NO. O. REDD, T, N. JORDAN, Ueu*y CaswmCo., N. C. Farmers new brick warehouse ratfiooM Farmers Warehouse Site BAKTTILLI3, Ta. Tothe Farntew and Planters of Virginia and North tors of the " w >. * voini MW BIXOK TUBPHFTIRSA to call attention, to its superior advantages of " sj Tg S location, salesroom, lights & accommodations for both men and teams; and for comfort and convenience generally. The proprietors are experienced warehousemen, especially onr Mr. Redd, and our assistants are all proficients in their several departments. We dopurely aod ctrictly a warehouse business, and our whole time and attention is devoted to the interest of our pottone. I fttthl V«. .1 !/■■•••: \i 1* 't ■ v 1; n-tin, fZuL-, v ' J", the mmmißt raicsis, edpecfafly for flbe grades, gtiaranfeed". We-do not speenlajte in tobacco, and pledging oureolvea to »ook CI.OSEI. V to the sales, and to handle careftiily any tobacOo semt of —takep Im own ers may rest assured that their interest will not duffer -la ouiUiands. r^i>ni|)tfe#r%iid fldcMty cur cusstomws may depend upon; ». !jr (STCome to the HEW FARMER WAIiEHOXI&E, when to;DanviHe. ' Yours «&c . ...f.... t i hj t m _. i i « ri'.-r tini> no.' j i • -. '/ Our Mr. Gant, while in th.e Northern cltiCß ttfa faiyappght the largesband ntoyt uomplete STOCK OF GOODS . *ri}JTT' ITT. hat we ever had in store He bought befere the upward tendency i» prices.began, aad we hav« not marked them up. Several years experience has learnadus thoroughly the wants of our customers, and belter enablad us to select the goods; that our trade demands, our stock of »*I« 4 »O W.* BEADY MADE CLOTHING **' r » , k .> ;-J| >■ laespeiflsdiy extensite, and" in sizes to at almost anyone. t ~ . " * Yiiii 'l it , fji it*%4unjk ,f " f « n[ iiMhr lr«m IMM to have in variety and of styles. As to ' '"V ' '*■ • 1 r •' * I** BOOTS and SHOES fi •».»'» 5 *•"*• •Ml .. L»\. ... • . 'i wo prido ourselves on the line «« ke«p> r nf toWT they hav« giyrti satisfaction. --j-rr'T'.' T •• !■■■' r, • '» ■ '• - V Trr '-^ r ' • .T:r- -3 BUGGY: FINDINGS | g. n> "' ' ...S all lin4a for the acooiaasadation of onr*raU> leep. EVERYTHING F to h* foond lb a general store yon *iHlii* with ns. We honght to .elk .tor* s i * Coapany BhdpvJf,C, j
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