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SALISBURY. N. C, AUGUST 1, 1878.
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yri?HrT. K. B :
ftuir months affo we left S
for
TieVton, and I guess it is sufficient time for
iStoiam up uiy thoughts and pros
Sand say whether 1 really like the
siuus
,cf or not. Aiwiougn uiue uas wu
luborate upon my hands that I kuw not
f, w to dispose pf it, yet when I think of
fiJfour months; in fact It seeins very
Iit W to t
tie four
.holt for to-day I can see as plainly as
Uteiday the copious farewell showers,
Ind almost experience the relief of those
Uiwsful tears Mint ii
Salisbury and Charlotte us they flowed
Anvrn like tins-water flour the smitten rock.
N?w Wlliko Denton f. IwJllytbe
clfoitbV" iuliaHX;bricMjti. my. J.eajth
tiunesto;U..provtriJi spe-o the Ire,-.
r Lieut and terrible, attacks of lioiucsiek
C, ess; but sure; am quite as happy ami
" contented as I well could be sa tar from
home and friends. The town continues
to crow, and there are.few place that ex-,
cell it 3n the rapidity of its growth. I
...n with accuracy say, that within the
t, iKt four months, -there, has not gouo ut
jerts than twenty-live or thirty buildings,
and there are quite as many in progress
J and-contemplation. !The streets here are
frtnincutly crowded and, w hat is most as
tonishing, they are singularly quiet. The
town otticers are very prompt in observ
ing and enforcing their law s. If a person
in !inv wav disturbs the harmony of the
town"he is nunisbed and fiued in accor-
ii .n i to the otVcnco. I am told that a
yjing gentleman is subjected to the clos
est scrutiny before admitted into society ;
he must Iks strictly moral, benevolent,
honest and upright in all hiscouduct,and
in every respect must come up to their
Jtleas of a gallant man ; not forgetting
even the smallest courtesies.
1 am sorry to say I have not been aide,
an yet, to make a selection for you, owing
to niy limited acquaintance with tire sin
gle ladies, glad thoiiyh to write that--many
of them are like Job's daughters, "l;iir
to look upon.' Those" I know are quite
.pleasant and intelligent and, if necessary,
can sparkle with wit.
Since niy last to you, the Uev, A. P.
Smith, of Dallas, and lev(S. W.
Uogg, evangelist of EastTcxu I'resb v ter.V;
have visited and organized here, an01d
SclnHl Tresbyteiiaii chinch, consisting of
twelve members. The number is small,
but we have the assurauce that our Sa
viour despised not'snialf beginnings ; jmil
while we cultivate a spirit of charity to
wards all denominations, we intend to be
frank, and decidedly attached to our own
l'iebvUi iaiiisin, and intend that our
faith idiall bo dearer to us than all others.
Our little band is without shepherd or
shelter, but hope soon to have a pastor.
The Methodist haye been very kiud in in
viting ami vacating their pulpit for us,
and for which kiudness ve. hate made
public acknowledgement. The" Cumber
lands have recently erected their church,
which they have kindjy tendered the O.
H. Presbyterians. The churches are, very
plain; they have no gallery for organ'or
- choir they 4Ue sujliciently commodious
for their several congregations. I have
also hail the privilege, but one timejnily,
of hearing Jiishop liarrctt. lie is very
eloquent, and is said t be a very distin
guislied divine. -1 had tho jdeasureofa
visit from -him found him very pleasant,
indeed most agreeable iu conversation ami
of superior talent, and using his own lan
guage, entirely free from prejudice.
Messrs. T. E. and L. V. Jl. visited Fort
W(rth a few days tince were much
pleased with the city. L. , by invita
tioiy gpent a day ami night wiibMr. tiw -lon
Finley of that place, was most kind
ly and hospitably eutertaiued by him and
, wife, ' '. -
Last week the gwitlemen and ladies of
Denton city gave a musical entertainment,
l am not judge so tlicient to say w ho was
the "Prima Dona of the evening. Some
have line voices, but'l admire expression
dicidedjj as much as tone. My opinion
in, there are few-amateurs that can excell
: or wjualyi soiree conducted by Mrs. lium
, ple-or Mrs. Xeave. Still I bFlievd every -IhmP
was pleased, and their efforts elicit
ed from tho rightful judges unlimited
applause.
Tho Kail road has progressed slowly for
several months, owing to some coin pan v
or party troubles; but hope is the anchor
of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and it
is thus our spirits are kept buoyed with
the sanguine hope that it will not bo long
ere we are again in sound of the whistle,
and that the iron horso w ill toon be in
with his train.
The summer so far has been favorable
to the farmers ; the laborer has been en
couraged, and they now huvo solid hopes
of a liberal harvest. The corn is line
looking, lam told that small grain vields
much more abundantly to the acre
wheat grows from thirty-live to forty
-tmshels tothe acre; oats from- sixty to
seveuty-tive. 1 have seen but little-cotton
and do not know w hether it is plant
ed extensively through this portion of the
State or not. Emigrants still continue to
crowd Texas. They are coming in everv
day. There is almost every vaiietv of
tninan kind, from every State ; native :.md
Joreign, of all sizes, ages and color. Some
moving hither ami thither like swarms
ot bees. ou often hear the salute: -'HstI-1,
friend! From where did you hale, and
where are you going!" The reply, "from
uack iu Arkansas ; I'm going 150 miles
Jurther west to thecouuty of l'alo Pinto
tj crowded here for n.c, want to -et
. -'Where 1 can breathe.' '
- : - Ft nit is beginning to be quite plentiful,
i caches are ou the streets for sale everv
?J. . I have noticed water melons on the
Tublic stiuiU for the past Veek. There'
'eras to be more of u scarcity of apples
than any other fruit. -J
Master Toinaiio and A. are enjoying
splendid health many pleasing iucidVnt's
occur-aml viewed through certain glass
es appear very remarkable, but under the
circumstances I will not sjwuk of them, and
m only siiy like some writers have s;iid
that they are very astonishing boys for
x ieir ages. Xne was ever liko 'them
HBce our junior editor was a boy.
Yours &c, A. B.
c On last Friday, says the Sale
m I'rctis,
umiug a severe thunder storm, Miss Lon
' Crouchj in the employ of Mr. Joe.
' Jones, of West Bend, Yadkin county, met
a sudden death : She was enga-ed
u irouing and hud stepped to the dW,
hena treeltKated near the house was
"ruck, and she also instantly killed.
CHAMBERLAIN'S NEW GAME.
Correspondence Sun.
Charleston-, S.' C, July (JU-The South
Carolina Railroad is in trouble. If there
is an Institution in the State which clings
to the cherished past, it is this compauy.
The old bank of the State was once its
twin allyTaud the South Carolina Col
lege was the alma mater of both. But
the bank has long passed away. The
college is closed; the commingling of
white and colored pupils drove away its
old patronage. The railroad alone sur
vives, and the power which it represents
is now assailed.
. ,It is the oldest railroad in the world.
'Wheu it was tirst planned, its track was
elevated some six or eight feet on awood
eu tresale throughout its entire length.
It first Tan to Augusta, Ga?; afterward a
bra inch was- built to Columbia. Before
the war . it was perfectly solvent. Its
stock; was above par and its dividend
regularly paid. Its stockholders wero the
inoneyed people of the State, and their
meetings were annually reunions of the
best-' society.
Cuambcrlaiu looked with a covetous
eye 'upon this relic of a former civiliza
tion, and made a strange proposition to
Kimpton, tho State financial agent, to
get possession of it, as j well as of the
(i recti vi lie and Columbia Railroad. He
succeeded as to the latter, but there was
too much- conservative loyalty .in ithe
officers of the South Carol itu to permit
the wreck of their road. In fact, they
waged an aggressive war agaiust Cham
berlain and his wreckers, and finally
wrested the Greenville and Columbia
Railroad from their clutches.
This was an up-country continuation of
tho South Carolina RailroadT Though it
was reall3' owned by the latter company,
it was. neverconsolidated with it, but re
tained its separate incorporation. The
same blow which is aimed at the one is
aimed at the other. Bills have been tiled
by Northern creditors to foreclose the
mortgages upon both of them, and they
have beeu notified of a motion for the ap
pointment of a receiver, to be made be
fore Circuit Judge Bond, in Baltimore ou
Sept. -i. A preliminary order has been
granted enjoining tho officers of the roads
from disposing of -any -of the property,
and the trustees under the mortgages and
largest Southern bondholders-from trans
ferring or disposing of the securities they
now hold.
It has long been known that these road
wero insolvent. In fact, they have paid
no dividends for many years, and on the
lstof last January they did not pay the
interest upon their bonded debt. Since
then they have tried to make some com
promise' with their creditors, hut have
failed to do so. Upon the coupons for
this unpaid interest suit was brought in
the United States Circuit Court and judg
ment obtained at the last term. Execu
tions were issued and levied upon por
tions of the real ostate'of the compauy.
These executions were enjoined by United
States District Judge Bryau, upon the
intervention of the trustees under the
mortgages. This precipitated the ava
lanche. Among the questions of interest is,
"Who will be the receiver of these roads?'
The position is worth $50,000 a year in
money and a great deal more to an am
bitious man in political power. Of course,
there are many candidates for this Bo
nanza. Perhaps tho most prominent
among the South Carolina bondholders is
Col. William L. Trenholin. But, upon
counting noses, it has been ascertained
that the Northern bondholders aro iu the
majority, and that the old South Carolina
Railroad, with all its powes, will pass
into the hands of their chosen representa
tive, whoover he may be. Among the
men spoken of is Col. C. H. Simouton,
one of the South Crrolina counsel of the
Northern creditors against the road. This
gentleman was the tirst and List receiver
of tho Bank of the State, and is one of the
present trustees of the South Carolina
College. He stems destined to close the
eyes of all tho old allied power of former
civilization.
Chaniltcrlaiu, who drew up tho bills, is
now hi Europe.- Corbin, from his iutir
mate association with that traveller, was
thought to be tho coming receiver. But
why is not Chamberlain's name on tho
record as an attorney ? The counting of
noses has been done North as well as
South, and it is fearod here that Cham
berlain's long coveted prize, tho posses
sion of these roads, is to bo awarded to
him as their receiver. 'Hiink of it
Chamberlaiu once more in- South Caro
lina, the representative of its law aud of
its capital.
Govt Hampton will lo easily tempted
to let slip tho warrants of a violated law
agaiust his predecessor. There is a com
ing election, and whenever any of the
lesser Republicans such as Sammy Green
or Swails, have shown a disposition to
exercise his right to he a candidate, tho
Administration has found it convenient
to publish his misdeeds, as sworn to be
fore tho Investigating Comimttoe. These
small men are pigmies along side of
Chamberlaiu.
How will Gov. Hampton receive him?
How will he protect him from political
persecution ? Will any protection Ilamp-
ton can give save him from criminal pros-
ecution.
The Republicans say that with a, fair
election they can carry the next General
Assembly, and ! then elect their United
States Senator. Hampton has pledged
his word that they shall have a fair elec
tion.. I'hanjberlaiu'i wires may lead to
the Seuatorship. , The $50,000 per annum
for his Bervices ns received may be only
pocket money for necessary expenses on
the road to AVasliington. ;
THE RESULT O F THE , INVESTIGA
TION. What Has Been Prered So Far hy the Pot
ter Committee
Washington Post.
The Potter committee have proved be
yond successful rebutal, things believed
to be true, but not absolutely proven to
be true before, to-wit: That tho electoral finej wjtu fraud, nibezzlemenQ bank
votes of Florida and . Louisiana, which vuptcy, crime and euffering';andthis
were given to Hayes, belonged to Tildefa. Suite of things has been brought ; about
Leaving out of consideration the State of ty legislation in the interests of, and
Florida, which no honest man will deny ! dictated by, money leuders, bankers and
to have been stolen, we will take np Lou- j beholders. Neither the Republican nor
isiana. As to this State the Potter com- tJlt5 Democratic parties have, by their
niittee lias clearly proved : coum.f shown a sufficient devotion to the
1, That a conspiracy was eutered into iutei.esU of the suffering people by the
by certain Republican leaders, the object introduction of any bill or resolution for
being to hold no election in East Feli- theU. lvlief by equalizing taxation, uiv-
viauf jl l .(lib auu uuici 1uiuiH.iauc pai -
ishes.
2. That the fact that no Republican
votes wero cast in East Feliciana was not
due to intimidation, as alleged, but was
owing to Anderson's advice to the Rct-
publicau leaders uot to vote, as it would
have a better effect than nil the affidavits
that could bo procured.
3. That for a period of two days after
the election tho Republican leaders ad
mitted that Tilden and Nicholls had car
ried the State by a heavy majority. .
4. That when it became evident that
the election of Hayes depended upon the
result of the State, deliberate preparations
wero made for the purpose of defeating
tho will of the people as expressed at the
polls, "
5, That in pnrsuauco of this plan, pro
tests, forged and altered to suit the occa
sion, were made for tho parishes of East
and West Feliciana, whcieby a Demo
cratic majority of over 2,800 was changed
to a Republican majority of 500.
G. That the supervisors of the above
named parishes wero prevented by prom
ises of reward made by John Sherman and
others from exposing such forgeries.
7. That on the 27th day of November,
when the returniug board proceeded to
sum up the result of their labor, it was
discovered that while Packard and a Re
publican Legislature wero elected, Hayes,
were defeated.
8. That after the above date and in or
der to secure the electoral vote for Hayes,
forged protest were made for Richland
aud other parishes, and the returns from
Lafayette aud other parishes chauged so
as to increase tho Republican vote.
9. That affidavits bearing fictitious
names, and tho names of dead men, were
manufactured in the jcusioin house, and
iiou sneh affidavits various Democratic
polls were thrown out.
10. That tho t acts above recited were
known to some of the visiting statesmen
and received their approval.
1 1. That the electoral vote of the State
as conuted before the two houses of Con
gress was a forgery.
12. That John Sherman, now Secretary
of the Treasury, aud at the time the per
sonal representative of Mr. Hayes was
guilty of subordination aud perjury.
l'i. That tho leading parties necessary
to a completion of the fraud were prom
ised by him protection and reward.
14. That tho fraudulent President, in
fulfillment of Sherman's and Noyes pro
mises, has rewarded with office every
scoundrel connected with the great crime
in both Florida and Louisiana.
15. That Stanly Matthews, a Republi
can Senator from Ohio, and justico Har
lan, a judge of the Supreme Court, had
guilty knowledgo of the fraudulent trans
action by which the vote of Louisiana
was stolen, and personally interested
themselves to reward and protect tho
criminals.
16. That Senator Morton ami General
Garfield, both members of tho electoral
commission, knew when they voted to
couut the vote of Louisiana for Hayes
that is was both trauduleut aud a for
gery. 17. That Senator Kellogg, who assisted
at the forgery of the Louisiana returns,
has siuce been guilty of secreting the wit
nesses. 18. That not one of the criminals who
assisted to perpetrate tho colossal crime
of the age has been punished, but that all
but two numberiug overa hundred have
been provided with office by Mr. Hayes
iliroj! ftrxlAl rtf ponnadf o.wl In i .
j by and through his continued and per-
sistent interference.
With few exceptions these facts are
proved, exclusive of the testimony of
either Anderson or Weber, notwithstand
ing that the committee has only fairly
entered ujku its task.
A note from Col. J. II. Long informs us
that ou the night of the 13th inst., four of
his cows got into his sugar cane patch and
when found next morning two were dead
from the effects of eating the green cane :
j auother lived till about 12 o'clock and
died ; only one out of the four recovering,
j Mr. Harris Gray lost two cows from the
same cause the week before. Statescillc
AincrUttn.
THE NATIONAL PARTY.
The National, or Greenback-Labor par
ty, as it is sometimes called, has obtain
ed an existence in North Carolina, and in
some portions of the State has taken on
the Arm of regular organization
, At Winston on the sixteenth Inst., the
National party wes crcanizcd, and a re
gular platform of principles declared and
candidates nominated for the Senate and
House. The preamble of this new party
recites that: -
Throughout the entire State and nation
the value of real estate is depreciated, in
dustry paralyzed, trade depressed, busi
ness incomes and wages reduced,! unpar
alleled distress inflicted upou the poorer
ami middle ranks of our people, the land
ing the people an adequate supply of
legal tender currency ; or in any other
manner, so to legislate as to meet the
pressing wants of the laboring classes.
The limiting the legal tender quality of
greenbacks,the changing of currency bonds
into coin bonds, the excepting of bonds
from taxation, the contraction of4hc cir
culating medium, the proposed forced re
sumption of specie payments, and the
prodigal waste of the public lands have
been crimes agaiust the people and as far
as possible the results of these criminal
acts must be counteracted by judicious
legislation.
We demand the repeal of the speeie re
sumption act, and the issue of absolute
money iu greenbacks, equal to gold and
silver; we demand that all bonds now
subject to redemption be immediately
redeemed iu absolute money, equivalent
to coin ; reduction of all National, State
and Municipal salaries, aud the repeal
of the law exempting United State bonds
from taxatiou.
The Internal Revenue system, as now
enforced, is ruinous to the industrial pur
suits of our section of the country ; com
plicated and expensive iu its execution,
affording places for thousands of officers
and employees, with large salaries, which
absorb the bulk of the taxes oollected,
while the various complications and ex
penses of its regulations exclude the man
ufacturer of limited means while the rich
nionoplize the whole manufacturing in
terests of the country.
We earnestly deprecate "the manner
in which officers in the Internal Revenue
service commit depredations, assaults and
other crimes, in the pretended discharge
of their duties under the Revenue Laws,
which are in direct and flagrant viola
tion of the laws of onr State and aro pro
tected from just punishment by the in
terference of the Federal Courts.
The perpetuation of a free government
depends upon" the education of its people
and as the public lands arc the common
property of the whole people, instead of
being sold to speculators and donated to
Railroads aud other corporations, they
should be appropriated to educational
purposes and donated to actual settlers in
iu limited quantities.
We denounce all strikes, mobs and
other violence calculated tointerfere with
tho administration of the Government,
the execution of the laws and legitimate
rights of all persons and corporate bo
dies, aud ask all good people to assist ns
fairly to redress all giiovances through
the medium of the ballot box. We be
lieve the ballot box should be free aud
nutrainmeled, uninfluenced by either
force or fraud, and that we denounce all
attempts to carry elections, State or Na
tioual, by outlays of money, as danger
ous and contrary to the free exercise of
the elective franchise which should char
acterizo all free government.
They invite all honest and patriotic
citizens to unite with and aid them in tho
establishment of a new party of tho peo
pie, which they say is to deliver them
from the money and corporate despo
tism under which all now labor; to se
cure to labor its just rewards; give to
trade, commerce and credit, solidity aud
security; to reform abuses in the admin
istration of public affairs ; to remove the
burdens of xcessivo taxation, licenses
and impositions; to inaugurate a system
of absolute money for the American people
and to secure to them and their posterity
the blessings of civil and religious liber
ty. The National party propose no meas
ure for the benefit of the people, declares
no principle in the interest of the masses
that the Democratic party does not hold;
and in so far there is nothing whatever
to antagoui.e the two organizations. Tho
Democratic party in North Carolina has
been steadily contendiug for all the meas
ures of relief to the people and public
protection under the civil law for which
this new movement proclaims, and the
relief and beneficial results sought are
quite as. likely tp bo obtained through
the regular organization of the Denio-
rT-Afxr. at. itrescnt in possession 01
iiulj ) a li jow
tt comment, ami after March next
in control of both Houses of Congress, as
by the help of a new party, which, at
least, could not hope to secure control of
the governments of the State and the
Nation for some years. party, to be
permanent, must be of slow but steady
growth, otherwise, as in the example of
the Know Nothing organization, it can
have bat a mush-room existence. Under
the most favorable circumstances, with
the living issue of slavery dividing the
people of the North and the South, and
the free-soil elements of both the Whig
and Democratic parties to utilize, it took
the Abolitionists or Republicans a quar
ter of a century to get control of the gen
eral government a majority of the States
and eveu that growth was two rapid lor
healthy and permanent existence, or we
would not see that powerful party going
so soon to decayr.
But the Democratic party has endured
throughout, and to-day presents the same
vitality of organization that characterized
it in the days of its youthful vigor three
quarters of a century in the past; and
surviving the wars aud the mutations of
parties, is on the eve of resuming control
of the Natioual government, as it al
ready controls every State government at
the South aud iu many of the States North
and West. A party presenting such per
manency and vigor Of organization , and
existence, is not to be lightly cast aside
for an experimental party. Holding as
it does with the issues presented by the
Natioual organization now annouueed in
North Carolina as a party, the Demo
cracy invites the co-oporation of all those
who, in the name of Nationals have de
manded iu their platform those reliefs
and reforms it is the pleasure, as it will
bo in the power of the Democratic party
to afford the people of the United States,
after the fourth of March next.
Therefore; without necessarily antag
onizing the new National party, the News
insists that Democrats stand to their par
ty colors in all the county, district, State
and Natioual elections, pledged as that
party of the people is to all the measures
of reform and relief which the condition
of the people of the whole country im
peratively demands.
Two Ways of looking at the Same Facts.
An English scientific paper remarks as
a curious physiological fact that although
open air life is so favorable to health, yet
it has the apparent effect of stunting
growth in early youth. While tho child
ren of welUtO'do parents, carefully hous
ed and tended, iu'o, taller for their age
than the children of tho poor, they are
not so "strong iu aftiT' years. tfThe labor
ers' children, for instance, who play in
the louely country roads and fields all
day, whoso parents lock their cottage
doors when leaving for work in the mor
ning, so that their offspring shall not gain
entrance aud do mischief, are almost in
variably short for their age. Tho child
ren of woikiug farmers exhibit the same
peculiarity. After sixteen or eighteen,
.vSter years of hesitation as it- were, the
lads shoot np, aud become great hulking
broad fellows, possessed of immense
strength. Hence it would seem that in
door life forces growth at the wrong pe
riod, and so injures. The inference is
plausible, but is wide of the mark. The
children of thc well-to-do are tall, not be
cause they are kept indoors, but because
they are well fed and saved from severe
exposure. The children of the poor are
stunted not by too much suu aud air, but
becanso they are ill fed. Give tho first
class plenty of outdoor play, with their
proper diet, aud they will bo strong as
well as tall ; give to the laborers' childrcu
tho food suitable to their years", and no
amount of suu and wind will stunt them.
On the contrary they will uot have to
wait till age brings capacity to turn strong
food to bone and muscle, and time to
overcome tho evil effects of hard times in
early life ; but will grow from the first
steadily and sturdily.
GETTING
NAMES FOR
POSES.
BAD PUR-
In all the papers of the flashy sort, as
well as some what claim a higher stand
ard, may be read tho advertisement,
"Your name neatly printed on fifty cards
for ten cents postage paid," etc. Every
printer knows that the cost of cards fur
nished, whioh are of fine board, together
with the work and oostaire. will cost at
least ten times teu couts. How then, can
meu make this traffic pay ? It is claimed
that the list of names of thoughtless young
ladies and innocent girls, as well as those
of voung men and boys, gathered by ad
vertisements of this kind in every city
and villace. and at almost every post
office, command a big price when offered
for sale to men who deal in literature of
that kiud which poisons the yonug mind.
and prepares a foundation for a blasted
life. In the hands of these soulless
wretches, tho preserved lists aro an nn
eerin guide to the hearthstone of almost
every family. The cards' are somewhat
nice, but circulars offering books aud
and pamphlets, sensual and- beastly, at
ill doubtless follow. It
may be that the advertisers of cards do
uot waut the lists for sale, ana are tnem
selves the vampires upon society who
take this method of getting addresses for
a nefarious traffic. Be this as it may, the
iwuiiiid of names sent for cards thus
i --'--
ad vc. Used, are ou a dangerous journey
Shjonrnry Sctcs.
From tHe Charlotte Observer.
SHORT, SHARP AND DECISIVE.
Having, with good cause, abundant
confidence in hi statesmanship and pat
riotism, the Augusta Chronicle and Con
stitutiotialittf we have observed, frequent
ly call upon Governor Vance for his
Tiews on matters of pnblio policy. Just
now the State of Georgia is filled with in
dependent candidates who threaten to
disrupt our party, and iu this eniergeucy
our Angusta contemporary calls upou
Governor Vance for his opinion a to the
remedy. He responds as follows, and his
letter is published in the Augusta paper
of the 26th :
North Carolina, Ex. Dei't.,
Raleigh, July 20, 1878.
Editors Chronicle aud CoiittitutioualUt :
Sirs I greatly regret that my official
duties, together with distressing illuess
in uiy family, prevent my yielding to your
request. The great and only dauger to our
party arises from so-called independents.
If we cannot maintain discipline the par
ty will go to pieces, aud we should begin
by punishing the offenders iu high places,
not the aspirants for minor offices. The
general should be dealt with before the
private. Yours, respectfully,
B. Vance.
This is the only treatment which will
counteract the evil. There is uo use fir
ing at an independent candidate for coun
ty surveyor wheu there is game eqauily
near at hand in the shape of independent
candidates for Congress and the United
States Senator. The Observer has stood
and stands yet ou the platform laid down
by Governor Yance, aud without much
regard to the small fry has let fly its ar
rows in the dircctiou where thev will do
the most'good, viz : against the Hon. A.
b. Merrunon.
GAMBETTA AND THE TREATY.
What the French Statesman Thinks of the
Result of the lierlin Conyrcss.
London, July 24. The Tunes' Pari
correspondent gives an account of an in
terview with Gambetta on the treaty of
Berlin. Gambetta being asked if he was
an adversary of the treaty and disap
proved of the work of the congress, said
he could not be an absolute adversaav of
the treaty, seeing that whatever may be
its defects it procured for Europe in gen
eral and France in particular, the great
est boon to which we can aspire peace
He and others may have thought ill of
certain concessions of principle which ap
pea red contrary to the ruleon which the
international law of Europe reposes, but
from the-first-be ssftr two dearly -the-xliffi
culties of the undertaking to imagine
that it would be accomplished in a per
fectly blameless manner. Gambetta con
tinued: "1 think at the same time that the
European public law received great mark
of homage when Russia, notwithstanding
the disunited state iu which Europe then
was, aud notwithstanding her own vie
torious position, submitted the entire
treaty of San Stefano to tho judgment of
the powers. I will not now examine the
triple alliance established iu 187.' I will
uot say that it wa3 exclusively directed
against France, Jiut I think that when
three governments come to sucu an un
derstanding those who have been left out
of it are entitled to assert that not in
favor of their interests has the agreement
been made. Franco therefore, is entitled
to ask whether the congress at Berlin has
left intact ' the triple agreement, and
think it would bo difficult to reply hrthc
affirmative.
Resumption. The Charlotte Observer
says : Although- the Attorney General
has delivered no fornial opinion as to the
power of the Secretary of the Treasury
over the resumption of specie payments,
yet it is understood that he holds that
resumption cannot legally be attempted
before January 1, 1870 and it is also uu-
derstood that Secretary Sherman will act
in accordance with this opinion of the
of the chief law-officer of the government.
There will, therefore, be no formal an
nouncemeut of resumption before the
(Lite fixed by the resumption act, and no
payment of coin for greenbacks at the
treasury before that time. But Secretary
Sherman has set his heart ou resumption,
aud it is asserted that he will take sever
al steps for the purpose of securing
practical equivalency of value as between
ggld and greenbacks. "The popular idea
of resumption," says the Atlanta Const!
tution, speaking of this matter, 'Mias
always been an extinguishment of the
premium on gold, and if Secretary Sher
man can accomplish that niuch, he wil
doubtless claim the honor of having in
stituted specie payments.
The following is the official vote of the
Gubernatorial aud Congressional election
iu the 7th District, for 1876 :
Bobbins Dnla Vance Settle
807 :7 808 ;152
516 i:W 5i:i 154
1083 811 10t7 75
1018 6l7 1011 708
1400 14-6 1454 1540
2:354 1207 2:151 J 1230
2160 1201 2163 1250
1360 070 12) 1042
GOO 236 676 301
1328 1484 1284 140U
000 1073 810 1112
13724 0640 13107 10U72
13467
aj. 257
Alexander,
Alleghany,
Ashe,
Davie,
Forsyth,
Iredell,
Rowan,
Surry,
Watauga,
Wilkes,
Yadkin,
Robbins,
Vauce,
Robbins m
The Churchmiii says that the clergy of -V
Detroit have 'expressed their piiiioira.i t ' '
the duties of all coucerued in the matter
of funerals. They say that " before a"r-1 ' 1
rangenients are made as to the time aiid '
place for the ervice, the duties of their .
office require that the convenience of the
clergy should be first consulted.' "Ther '
say that the desire of many on faucral oc-
casions to have the coftxu open in the
chnrch edifice is objectionablcf5 and that
toe remains should in all cases be viewM
before the service is commenced. They
feel compelled for obvious reasons, whlcir
they give, to decline attendance at funer-
ils on Sunday at any hour, unless the re- " '
quest to do so is accompanied with a cer- - '
tiheate from the attending physician, do- u
claring the same for specific reasons im-
perative. They say that the clerirv havo
the right to expect that persons living in 1
the wilful neglectof religious duties should
not at any time require the services of the 4
clergy for the burial of their dead, with- '
out having resolved in future to attend
the services of the Churclu
A Dramatic Suicide.
Chicago, July 25. A special dispatch
to the Times from Caprou, Illinois says:
A dramatic suicide occured on Tuesday
night. Geo. W. Burleigh, an old resident
ot Ohio, last Sunday published a-card in
forming the citizens that iu order to grati
fy the curiosity of his townsmen to wit- s
ness some such tragedy as the hangiug of
Sherry and Connolly in Chicago, he would
ou the evening of ths 23d instant deliver
a lecture iu Thornton Hall, aud at ! tho
conclusion gratify them by shooting him
self through the forehead? The price of
admission was $1, and the amount rea
lized to go for payment of the funeral ex
penses, and tho remainder to be invested
in the works of Huxley, Tyndall audDar
win for a town librury. At the appointed
time the hall was crowded, and after de
livering an infidel lecture he" suddenly
drew a derringer, placed it to his forehead,
fired and fell lifeless.
The manuscript of Washington's fare
well address 'is iu possession of tho new
Lenox Library in New York. Mr. Lenox
purchased it for $2,000, a very small price
compared with whatit would now 6cll
for. This library contains other very
rare treasures, among which is a superb
copy of tho Mazariu BibiOj printed" at
Mentz, by Gutenlerg, and compiled in
1455, the first printed with movable type,
and btill, singular to say, one of the no
blest typographical -monuments in exis-
tance. "There arc only two copies on this
continent, the other soon to be sow by
the executors of the late George Brinley,
of Hartford. The last copies sold at tho
Perkins side in Loudon,-Juuc 6th, 1873,
brought for the one on vellum, $'7,000;
that on paper, $13,550.
The rite of the conimnnlun of the Lord's
Supper was conducted by the RevrJ. G.
Neifferlast Sunday, at Zion's Lutheran
Church, and w as largely attended. Twenty-four
new members were confirmed,
making the iotal number one hundred
and forty -one, that have been added to
the membership of the church since Mr.
Neiffer has been the pastor. He has only
been itour midst a little over two years,
but tho present prospcrty of Tits clinrch
speaks well for his energy and faithful
ness as a pastor, and also of what may be
expected in the future Lima (Ohio)
Jtemocrat.
Death of a Giant.
William Cambell, the Scottish giant,
died lately at Newcastle-on-Tyne, at tho
age of twenty-six. Campbell had been
exhibiting in London at the Egyptian
Hall, and returned to Newcastle, intend- ,
ing to stay only a fev days. He stood 6
feet 3 inches, and weighed 728 pounds,,
measured 06 inches round the shoulder,,
76 round the breast, 47 round the thigh,
and 35 round the calf of the leg. Hew as
the bigest man iu the United Kingdom,
and, soTiir as report goes, in the world. ,
Spurious tickets are being circulated
over the State with the names of all the
judicial nominees on it except that of J C
L Gudger. For this the name of W M
Cocke has been substituted. Cocke is au
independent candidate for judge in thor
ninth district. The people must look out
for these tickets and seo to it that none
of them get in the ballot boxes. Char,
Oohaerrer.
The issue is coining square down to
money at 365 interest in this country, aud
capitalists who hoard money in idle bonds5
locked upfrom that aid to public enter
prise and the business of life for which,
capital was designed way as well learn
The lesson early as late, that the sweat of
a laboriug muu is as sacred -in Anitrica
as the sweat of a dollar. llaUiyh Seucs.
The Anxiraliau Exhibition.
London, July 20. The British Com
missioners to the French Exposition offi
cially notified the other commissioners of
the international exhibition to be held s.t
Melbourne, Australia, in 1880, and invit
ed the present exhibitors to participate.
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