tint i itt
W&f. H. BERNARD," Editor and Proprietor.
viunrioTON, u. a
Friday, August 3d, 1877
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A SERMON FOR THB TIMES. -'
t Editors sometimes preach sermons
, . n -xr .1
d clergy, . yv e I
as well as the "reyerenc
naveaiorcume pru
course from onr "editorial sanctum I
.u ' " witiinnt -pflifi-1
that we trust was not, without
cation to those who heard or. read and
, , .
lesselabo-
v I
rate, we presentea our -,Tiew h - wu--1
cerning tne re, anu 4, J
growing out of it, . We shall proba-1
. . .. ,i : -!.: anH i ;
Diynave omer viwB
other points to discuss suggested by
the great Northern Rebellion, ior as
such it should be known tin-' history,
just as Pennsylvania was 'distin
guished in the last century for its
' "Whiskey Riots," and latterly for its
"Molly Maguires.
- The weatherjs so tremendonsly hot
w . ' - . . I
we cannot undertake to preach mucn
e tttt. onloi. rinlrW tn.rlav
from our own secular pulpit to-day, I
fvor tr.A TimVU nf a dm- I
L7U It 1U LAO V Brxa AW TV w . j-- -
Ka(mm.nnthoi wtion of the I
vuuiau uvui , r- ,-- r i
country where the mercury, is con-
tent to stoi shorv of rnnninff out . of
the top of Che thermometer, giying
due' credit for the same. j The "Bos
ton Advertiser preaches a sermon on
"The Laborer and His Hire." from
the favorite ministerial text "The
Laborer is worthy of his hire" It
does not take the side you would
naturally suppose it would take, dis-
cussinc the text oflirmativeZv. show
ing m what particulars the laborer is
worthy oHris hire; but it takes -the
negative view showing what-is noU
affirmed
four points
the naddiucr
the first nlace it is not the iire the 1
1 j 1 ji iri 1 . a. 2 a. .. m- H.a.tAw I
ne is wortny. - Bince tne aaveni 01 man i
upon the earth it has never been otherwise. I
t he laborer has not received what he sun- I
posed his services to-be worth, but what
the employer ieit able ta pay, except, m i
the very rare circumstance 01 the parucu- i
....... .1 . Mi.
tar lauorer ueuig au esaeuimi iu . uiu em
essential to the- em
could be found able to
ten it is otherwise, cap-
ying labor. As the la-
ployer that no other co
take his place. When
borer works for wages, so the capitalist em- I
bv the text. We copy the 1 10 violence iu oruer u reuress meir 1 mtely at Hal mercy. o fine day ' wui
J ... I" - m. i j. :' I When in thA RA.t a irf . TSTw . York m
presented, witn some ot 1 b"'",;.,"" "...vT"".-I tude of people; none ' of whom"
i - j - . - - 1 criminal, unwise ana reactionary, ana 1 more than ball a breakfast, or ;
ploys labor in the hope of profit. When I bf the recent strike, not yet entirely foritoore i bread?. I seriotisly-'apprehend
the profit goes there is no more inducement I , . ,,T ; .. . ., , I that you wilU in some such season of ad ver
to hire men.1 ' The right of capital to estab-1 ended.. VV e trust - that the railroad I my as I have described, do thincs Which
. bsh wages is therefore not only indisputa-
ble as a principle, but is essential to the
well-being of labor. -r y s'-M'-v
'Wnnrtiir- Tt i nniv ti inhr who t.
worthy of ins hire., . When he ceases to be I
our text has nothing more to do with him! I
The words were first poken to i men ; who
tpnro tn lavnta ihoir nunc 1r tr hornnot
and severest labor, and were to receive for I
i v .7 . fc , r
theory of labor is that the unemployed.even
when iheyjrefuie work, are laborers. ') . ";
'Thirdly.' The laborer is worthy only
ci ins tre. - xie is not entiuea to a snare i
i in, and has no right- to destroy,, his em- I
ployer's capital. The text does not author-1
ize him to stop his employer's business. It I
. does hot grant him the privilege of inter-1
lenug uiwtea omer employers ami oiner i
lauorera. uoes not piace mm aDovetnei
laws of the land. He is simply worthy of I
his hire.- ;- , I
?oSof! toK-ooTS.er
men.' If .he refuses the wages offered and I
robbed He erawT
some other man, who would be a laborer I
if he could be, would be glad to get, and I
of which that other is worthv. The striker I
of which that other is worthy. The striker
who uses - violence .kicks, orer ine mnaa-
mental principle "which the demagogne says
hi. nihkm in i iiih fnii i h ii u y nnntiinui
iu4i jb. uwi ; uii av
is m danger from no other quarter , It is
iabor-retorm is to secure to evi
the right to work for such waee
get and w. willing to take. l EveTy laborer I
is worthy of his hire, and when the trade I
union says : ne sni
shall not have his
.... . ...... . ,
perative duty of defending his right." - 1
Wnfi,ntt;. r ..u.i-
practical, preaching we take it, and
we do .not think it contains any falla- j , u ii" poin wu, m ve rp7 i yet, entirely quelled, show that i.eiti
cies that are dangerous, of any state- fember - correctly, to. certain . causes I ienswhen orgaqizpd: and disciplined,
ments that 'are untrue: There are I
two sides to
the laborers
. rights which no sensible: man- will
question and no just man'wiil invade,
the- employers' of -labor have nchts
if na ' t.t.T.r ...
very principle that stands by the la
boring' classes," and .gives thenivthe
nght to work or beadle at their will:
to' remonstrate against in lustice. and
to ; protest mJ:a
proper legut way
: against oppressions, is not a one-sided
principle, an Unfair princit)le.'an nn
int T.riromlp. hnt it Ttit,flwt.
tion to the. other side-it protects
jsiuptujcio iu, tueii ciutH ,auu privi"
And regulating the hours. r The prin-
pie is tair,v' equitable, necessary.
The one right is really just as acred
sis luv oiiwr iJut, auu wuuii timer is1
-disregarded '(here is disturbance, dis-
.
eoflieni, ana tne .gaiety ot society is
Iirought into jeopardy; r
With all men seAwesa-predominates,
IJan looks at his own' inter
ests. lie is so limited in his vision he
every question , Whilst lu" ? a1,8?, any mobs,a The, excellent Jfiftbdieg-
have creatand Peculiar -or.ll?-at r later bTqadinment;oiBaHimoTef and ..the, s police,
. leges--m their right to manage their danger to which the institutions f this -4' citizfehs 6 i,bushfoutlhfy
; Easiness in their'own wayand to em; country could be' subjected,; would issue' r!ebeilidnr"ThatIwe are "correct! Will
. - . , r ' c ' pom the contest between 'capital arid' la-i ! .iu 'V.. 'i i
ploy whom they please,fixinff the price bori : was ridiculed bv our statist ind' appear from, the subiomod stat6nient:
can see but one side, and that is sure I
. - i i t ... j. - ri l
lopeaitfown Biue. uib uiupiuyoiB
are too prono to consider their own j p
interests only in bargaining forjabor. I
They do not have before theiryes
that golden rnie, so wise, so just,. bo i
humane" to do unto others as -they I
would bis donp by: Hence, the bar-, f
faina &ro"oFtorihard:ovefbeari
P . . ' . r -" - -.'V " - ' -.. - J-!
uumci uiiMi. iueu v(". ; .p.r'i
: I ... 1 Mnn An -lf.nn ort fill 11 l I
th.o ant simnlD AnmnAllnil In an. I
cept wnat is onerea. necessity-no j
onlv knowR no law! but knows tio're-1
J. i a?'-, r, I
fnsal. . . .. , I
If the individual man, is often, hard, J
. . i- j w
and exacting, and invariably ri.8elp8Df:j
.. . ' . , - ftraf:Ana -npfliiii J
Very rich andpawer
. . .. . t j
fal ? The American ' people
u . v -r --f.-:-i;:r-i rate i -Dene to . M-oenam,-taoagn is. aer
Mswer the inmmy without hestta.1ierred;byaiphsical.canaa, Asjongasyou
OM" -MlWuinrt,-J have a boundless exnt of fertile and' ,nr
tion thev are : cenerall v 'Short-
' , -r . ,
sighted, unwise, and severe xas
r ' t ;'.' 1 ' f:u'
masters, often exacting labor i
- hxk tho offer no adeanate 1 com-. I
pensation. They generally ; commit
r . , lha0 .t?)e
: -'., . f .
But this 'onlv' ab
pliei to the employes the. sabbrdi
nates. The head. men have fat,, ofli-:
ces with royal favors and enormous
salaries. In other words,1 the "rail-
road rings," and they are .numerous.,
and crreat.' make money j whether
dividends are declared or the fern-
i v, k i,oir oino 1 WhAn I
VJm "-.-"rv -,""r,- AVrtL I
ever corpuntiuuii aio wv,
- .i I
buwjr I
. - j m
w w lUbUto
-r . ... . .' . ..
nle8S circumstances aosoiuieij , re-
4 olua" " - -
ITIVM IIHIII. B f ini il 1 1 1 LH1I Lljll
renders as effective and faithful ser
vice as when labor is appreciated and
well paid. ' Selfishness in individuals'
or corporations, when it takes the
form of getting the ; most labor for
the smallest sum possible, is sure in
the long run to meet Twith, .'a recoil.
When laborers have less wages
ihan their necessities require or than
their services are worth, - it is -bad
policy,' nnjvise action to have recourse
ta Certain l end in 8eria trouble.
mmamAIvm , f.
UOTic . nd to destrov nronert v w
WyfT--r.P7yP?r:T 8,P1V I
bfinause vour emnlover is selfish, nn- 1
ftn, in:h(:rai ia ,thfl fiTti-Pm of I
r : . -y ' s
tolly, is - absura . in .itseit, and is a
- - ... - M , ,
positive and inexcusable injury to the
public " - ' . --v '.'
f -rrr . ""'-- ,' k, .
" " i .
n We t BO,me good w! come out
companies may be as liberal and kind
, , - ' - . ' A"
to tneir employes as ., circumstances,
will allow, and that thev mav consult,
the , public interests, more and their
Own selfish ends," less. 17W.e ..trust too
I that the laborers will look at the
It.
matters .in" dispute,' from a not alto-
getner selnsb stand-point, and that
. - v .
they may see. from ; tho 'great evils
that have ' flowed from tho' violence
"". '': '' '. "
and wrong perpetrated ..by, strikers
and ; mobs in many States, that the
' . : , ' . . . .
way to redress their grievances is not
the wav Of threats and force tind
i -, ' -t - .-. ,..? j..,-- .k t
lawlessness. .They must , remember
that but few , persons, but few corpo-
-! e "'g. ''
a reduction. 6f wages may Bom6times
imperative ;necessityi-growing,
out of the embarrassments s of ! the I
i; ; ' ' I
times. ! -. u, . -h; , t A .i-i :!
LOBD RKACAVIaAY8 PBOFUECyi
t . ,
t 1 - J ' - . - I
remcmucr reauiugsome twenty i
ffinia K author of : the lifa of Thrmiaa I
,Va " a?r.t?1 ,ne..!uf ?h 1 .n.ai8 I
i -1 : .1. . - -if - r . -
J 4si,tm wwu-1
tl0D,tnen,andsinc6 hicT prophesy has I
lI,mv, fjy ?j75n?r
T .;. 7 . "(. " T. " , f .l
wvut".w UM
"T ..VyBP awa7-
avai1 .ouraelv-e8 fffl.W
of 'e Petersburg ntin
Petersburg
which paper s a portion of ' Lord Hi
ca
fttUiUaiixg
the
6 riOtS IS rpDmdnnArl. If montintio 1
. -r : . , v.wUV.yr .
that; no
f fit fan nfiimnJ
from the
mplished editor. We tLaote iranx j
f f ditorial lf ,e
i-.-L 7 7. " "-"vv" lucB'i
i;Xt8" &.ZSA ;easo5 . K
Harper for thisyear: in which the lettira 'nt
gf
1 U1 ju.awtuj.jf uuu am ignorance 01 AmerK
SvttStt
... . : O puv WiiUCUT
wPiiiSSr ..T088- 'W
JlTK? the edl?rs ?nd; statesmen who 1
toZn6Z?lle&X n1J,ort J
tation; and how'.far-Eeeicff was tin jrrfit'
student - anrt ' Tnctna f7i,
fr??:,, .rAli11810"- whe- - he .'An -
VTO???" Present
,vu ,cCOieaeBS io De exnibited
by the-authorities in the face of a great so-
ciai pern,, aay ne Dest appreciated Dviuose
twi10 -rill give r'- aulay'a calm words a re-
rusi-janci -erato consideration."
- Ave c .tinot publish all of Lord l.Ia
Julay'siettejv.V111, copy some stri ting
vaticinations, a no leuer is aatea
IIolly Lodget Kenslnatoif, '" London,
May 23rd, 18a7ir': I t. 'I 'd 1) $:) v !
iittjoha rmrelv Dftmnriratte mnatr crner or
JateP destroy liberty or civilization, or both .
- 1 -. . . 7
In Eurooe. where tho noDulation is 'dcrise.
taost instantaneous i-f! r&aJ! -i fi-4TI
have not thesmatl-est doubt .that; if we, had
a tfarely Democratic govenimcnt here.5 the
effect would be the same Either the noor
would plunder .thelch and; civilization I
- urrii i ill - npriB it iinmr linn m k rui ri i v -urnii in
fcesavedby. a; strong military, government,
and liberty would perish. L You'nisy think
Wthevils. JiwW iWly ownpn
that I am of a very different opinion. Your
occupied land.N; Voiit laboring population
bontinue to exist without causing, any fatal
siMa will bcf as; thickly peopled aa Old
Engraod.; : Wages will be as lowland flue-
tuate 8s muclrwith'yOuas With us. You will
in. t taa mny"! with vaii a wim im y nn wii i
iave yourjManchestets -andiiiiroaingnamSf.
ad . in those Manchesters aod Birming
isms, hundred 'of ' thousands of artisans
Will aasuredlv bo sometimes out of rwork.
Xhen your institutions will be fairly brought
to nne test, uisircss ,everv.wnere 1 mases
tbeHaborert? mutinous. and, discpn tented, .
and inclines him to listen with eagerness to
agitators who tell him that it is a monstrbus
iniauitv that one man should have a mil-;
lion while 'another cannot get a full .meaL
r0 bad years there
here, and someti
rs there is plenty ol grumDiing
sometimes a little rioting. "(But
t mktew little. For here the stiff eFers are
not the rulers, vine aupreme. power , is .an
tnehandsofadass.nunierou&
ioW vf n - ntM Hnssn ftf h class
w" v
iwmcn is, ana wrowa ieu woe,- awpwin-
lametui in inn inntv nr nmnArtvann ion
p.the
WSSKS
the wealthy to relieva the 5 indigent k The
springs of national prosperity soon begin, to
flow aeaii: work is plentiful, wages rise.
. t , . . 1 ana
and all is tranquility ! and ! cheerf ulnesai r- I
have seen England pass three or rour tunes
through such critical' seasons as I have de
scribed. Through such seasons the United
tates wil have to :pass jn, the course pi;
b next century ir not 01 uns. ; iiow
tf vou Dass .throuchf them? I heartily
ish you a good deliverance. But 1 my
reason and mv wishes are at war. and I
cannot help foreboding the-' worst. . It is
quite . plain , that , your; government will
never be aoie to restram a distressed ana
discontented majority.- -For with! yon; the
majority, is the government, and has thei
lieu, nuu ug am ajo uiiuuiiijr, auou
come
multi-
has; had
expects to
choose
f. Legislature. It is possible to' doubt what
sort oraijegisiature.wiii. ue cnosenr; mo
respect for vested rights,' strict1 observance
bf nnhlin faith. Ob the other is a dema-
pne side is a statesmau preaching pauence.
fe0.?06 "nting about the' tyranny of capi-
talists and nsurera. and , alkincr whv any
body should be permitted to drink Cham
pagne and to ride", in . a , carriage while
thousands of honest folks are in -want- of
necessaries. Which of the two candidates
is likely to be preferred;, by the. working-man
who hears - his i children cry
willprevent prosperity from retnrning that
you will act like people who should in a
year or scarcity devour all the seed corn,
Mdltbus makethe next ayear not of scar-
City, but of absolute .famine. v There jWill
be, I' fear, spoliation;! The" spoliation' will
increase the distress The distress will
produce fresh spoliation. : There is nothing
to stop you; ' Your constitution is all sail
and no anchor,' Aa J said before, whon a
society has entered on this downward pro-
.... ? a i . . i . j i . . .
tvBBi f eiiuer ciYuizauon wr. iiucrijr juua.
perish. !t Either - some , Caesar , or. .Napoleon
will seize the reins of frovernmcntT with a
Strong hand; Or 'your republic will -be as
ieariuuy plundered, and laid waste oy parr
barians in the twentieth century as the Ro
man empire was in the fifth,' with this dif
ference, that the Huns, and vandals who
ravaeed the Roman ' ernDird came from
Without, while your Hnas and Vandals will
aave oeen engendered wumn your, own
.;f vtJ- 1 1 ' '.ft-. ;
U09IR TBOOPS TUI RKLI AN CB.
tMarshal 2 UaoMahou I recently j ex
passed his admiration of the facility
FJtfe which Araencana jbecome good
k,a- rw. . . aZniA
sotdierB. sThe Jiexicah-Lwar of 1 1840
proved;quite conclusively that South
ero, volunteers could bef relied .upon
i - . . - ' -
lo riyal;or eclipse i thei regulars Aln
i . ' ", - - ,
featasilyf any, force! of ..regulara not
... .
hance .irf foreign war,oriia.,domestio
violence ia nnoiv the militia ,nr:mrlv
drjlled.ThQireicent disturbftftcos, ,noc
ar,B ftPunasnuy.apie.itoaKe:, care, ot
4rmed .with muskets,? were qhiteble
to disperse a mob of 8,000, at .Cain,
den statidnTEvery-one'expected that
Uhrn.
f New 1
New Vork' citv 'for irie verv 'material
iiitbf which tVgath'eriSremendous
'' Ul'i L'.' -4' 'l i
moo was reaay at nana, ana
1 p roteciioi4 f
mMttW& tt&J&'AFKtiiliZt
uuuiij iruuo, auu me aetermmaiion
V made by thacautious, conservative
I papeft tho New; ;Tork Journal of
bommeree'; the most trustworthy, of
T n.Bwav pajjers.-- it sayST
t"'
. State had not been overawed by the. : braye
and determined attitude. ot ourihUara.
snondina with full ranks to the etil om;
: RoblnsoB, the mobs,-.vnow 'isperfed
I t.u . ? .1 j. n ? the , Union, ,
I' ,"U1U "vv.riBrinore--iamage tnan
1; they havo inflicted.?. A 8iiftr;Sflfiil rifling V
1 the rouehs arid thieves "of Tne rnn-
would fave been the Bignal for a'more des";
I have more than hair a dinner, win
perate resialanee to tL ; 1 . 3 in all parts of
the land. The federal rora were not re
quired here, becau- t" - clil'i were ov
sure a- 1 trusted dc -. at. . the former
were iree to be - scJ i" c lier seci!or3
where he loc i :ir fIed .from jcow
irdlce ;r lac': of nu rat 3 or. discipline. If
Aevf xorkLai ticivli? rown herself on
the War Department at Washington for
protection,- instead of trusting to ner own
strong: richt-arm. he would have removed
the vonlyi barrier- that remained' in some
other Btates-against organized murderers,"
incendiaries and. thieves. . Every : matt;in
this broad. Union is now secure from harm.
in person and property, to-lay, , because
the National Guard of ITew Tork obeyed :
the call v!to arms' with alacrity, and stood
icady to sacrifice their lives if fleed be, in
upholding the laws.".- - ( f : - r :i tt ;
jJilV honor! then1 to the':;.New. rt
pihtia. I We cannot doubt that they
rendered 1 very i'efiicient f service. '-fey.
their promptness- -and ! willingness to
uu wuair was neeaea in supprpaiug
or ' overawing' the rebels.-' In the
Boatb there was not rnucK danger of
Bcrioris ' riotinj;. ' We think f quick'
work would have; been madej of any,
persons :f engaged in. violatitig "the
laws.;-.rOov 3 Nicholls is an case; in
b6int.: When there was danger of a
riot in New Orleans the military com
panies' of the city - were 'ordered; to
wasto no powder in firing blank,,:, car-
The South has not the ' same ele-
tneDts of disorder that CQrse thQ
North, Hencel there wopld be less
danger of a riot. ,15 ut the. reliance
in case .of . rio'ta would' be upon the
t . " ,i i '.. j . u , -. ' .
I . . 1 . ... . . . TT c. 'I .
miuua, anu not upon tne vtov-
eminent. A -proclamation from Gov.
Vance would r be -responded , to, with
great alacrity, and thousands of vete--
rans would spring to arms to protect
the State fro.m civil, commotion,. and
to uphold the laws of the land. ; -t :t
I j We, have some fine military organ-
izations. , We hope , that companies
now .Organized will be , recruited to
the largest size, and that , other com-,
paniea will be formed. ! There ought
tobq at least four., regiments of, in
fantry, one cavalry legion, and a regi
ment, of artillery. The Legislature
should take such steps as would en
Courage the ( raising ; of companies.
An appropnation of money to help
uniform companies might . prove a
Judicionsyexpenditure, - and. .certain
immunities and privileges should be
extended to all who serve a terra of,
years in such military organizations.
In a country like ours is becoming
tho fostering of a martial spirit may
become a necessity. "'
, : We referred yesterday to the grow
ing ! spirit to. have a strong' govern-f
ment, and to tho loud i calls for an
increase of the army on the part of
the Kepublicans. igueir papers have
already begun ' to howl lugubriously,
and to demand that the army shall be
largely increased. 'Phe 5 New J York
Times opens strongly, and the Gra
phic ,wani8 the biggest sort of an
army not less than one - hundred
thousand recnlars. This will be the
cry during the next four or six months,
and the Democrats will have to stand
jn the breach ,and ! oppose, the . fierce
onseU We copy the following from
ihoiCourier-Jburrialzi "jj i vui:
I -'Now." Instead of urging - an increase of
the national army, it is; perfectly; evident
that should every State proceed at once to
organize its militia, as in the States named
by the Giaphic, there will not be a particle
of necessity to work up an imperial army
of regulars, in fact, the American people
wil I . indorse 'ho journal which advocates
Such a measure.' ' They don't wania large
standing army, Jor obvious and : historic
reasons. There "is . every evidence, how
ever,' that the States are realizing the ne
cessity of perfecting their militia systems,.
and, if the idea is earned out, the striae
will have 'performed - one good omce, ceis
talolyv
.Tl)ft experience of . the -, country-
specially of
the South has been such
that it .will
never favor a large stand
ing army.i
the esiericyJbacked bysan UDScru-
pnlous, sPY.erbearirigj vindictive, and
Senate, and alarge stand-.
ing ariny ItOj bey 400 mandates of
tyrannyv theSontlt&would jbe ground
fQ,waitaiid.b.aUo
with jf our-f ld j intensity and barbarv
ty.ii iWe priBf er the unwashed, unrea
soning, unorganized mob to. a despot
ism, disciplined, merciless aggressive
anu, piinq., yv nn tne lormer we.-vrw
will ,be , worried , and . despoiled with
theJatter the liberties arid prosperity
if, the. i South .will be destroyed for-V
?eJFii:i,'W':'.-iJ 'Jr?JS1.SV'W!l5'-4HV:;iii-i.:,:.?
ff 'Alexander Stephens does no
cease'his tiblerat talkne' wili'be
Ostracised and not allowed to sit op
the same side 'ol' 'the-tJhairiber-.with
f Beqaocratio'i Democrats. He; and
ciilaiidiy
' driven from the DartvIwf:tThe 'excuse
for them nd doubt will be that ;tHey
arir Senile Mt are f scarcely lirespbtf
Bible for .what they i' fay-1 Bnt 5 -really
taoklei as .- the si Democratic ?-.Demo-
crats ;rHight.rid.up
hear Mr. Stephens who is f 4 great
r this sort rft tSHSaai w&te Xhdi
'Mr. Haves is doinz what Mr. Tilden
'never could have done. The revolution of
' il . . t "k-r ...a . . .ii f..L J
scnumeni, in tne riortn is somewiug wuntierf
ful, and indicates a return to right princi
ples. 1 1 think ' the inaneuratiooi of Mrj
Hayes was equal, in the good it has effected.
10 me auuicauon 01 janics j.x., 01 xungiana,
that r nts since that time have
j prod ce great lesults and pro-
ventgrer vils
outs de 01 party s.iouid
sustain r id aid im in nis puiiuy ui i-.
cation. I told Ir. Hayes that he should
cot 1ooe2 from party and give the people
good government aud pacification; - and'
seven-tenths of the people would uphold
him. : I advised him, moreover.nottohave
. k . .. . . ... . -1 : i I . C
a hand in the. SpesKor's election, nut to ap
nal to the country ori" the strength of his
own executive right-doing.-"-
.The Georgians' are ' moro: toleraht
thanu North Carolinians.5 i IV'iQen
Leach, or Geh. Ran8oni,or Gov;' Vance'
were todarb'oxpress himself in' that,
free candid manh'er, he woald be de-'
nounced from Currituck to Cherokee
as a traitor;1 and; would tie kicked out
of the little party of the "Democratic
Democrats.w 1 North Carolina is not
The CrOpB in nobes'oni'. -;
Wbd haa'lately,,'1had., occasion to ttravei
through 't the greater, 1 portion T of ' Kobesoo
county; - says the!' crops,1; especially eottori
1-.. j -..1 iOj!:t-:s j. ' 1 tpi..'.;.
anu corn, are promisitig weu. tuo iuiuici
staple shows a : very healthy condition,! and.
the stands -generally -good."' 'ThoughV per-1
hapsnot" quite ad large.,an,area has, been
planted as usual aa average crop, provid
ing the ; season continues propitious, Jmay
be expected. There is, " however, a much
larger, acreage of corn planted,, and the late
rains, t have , wpnaerfnlly, , improved, both,,
The oats harvested turned out welL v Irish
potatoes' suffered from drought and -'rot.
Peas.ar in blossom and doihg weHi tWa'-
termelons are, pack ward and scarce. Apples
scarce and of; very y inferior quality com
pared with previous years. Peaches, though
pleritif ul. 'are unmatured1 and ' stiriyelled.
All ; the"' farmers along the line of travel
seenv however, hopeful,"' and for the most
pajt have r'Jlaidbyf. their crops, or are pre-r.
paring to do so,: 4. t, iW ,ti.
vMMMMBBaiBBBwMv
To Bxfctbil at Smitkvllle. :-vi::eil--.H -'ul
Burr's . Oceanicon7f ; will exhibit ': at
Smithyille on Monday or Tuesday - night
aext, and we assure our friends there that
a great treat is 'in' store Tor J them. The
next place of exhibition will be Fayette.
T
Ule.
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TWINKLINGS.
I , The cotton,. mills of ;Ne w; Eng
land are beginning to : show encouraging
Symptoms of more work, .i.'.w -
j There are nbw three1 full tickets
in the field in Ohio: The Democratic the
'temperance and the fireenbaefc.
f .' 1 3a 'i 1: ."l? I
I Capital did not believe in any
2ft.
thing' or anybody before 1 the, -strike, - It
confidence was practically gone then, j it
must be in the jim-jams now. -t ,. .
y rr CmriiTournal; When a high
toned female customer is buying' at a store
in New. York, a "saleslady" alls 'out; f 'Ask!
somo of the young ladiet to come and show
gloves lo this woman." , ; ,
: Why cannot ?two slender per
sons ever become great friends? Because
they Wilt always be slight acquaintances.--Exi
As a conundrum that is two. thiq. ,
N&rristown IleraZd. ' ; ' : "
il?lVty strong belief has ? been ' and
still is that the drunkard's only hope is in a
renewed., heart, .with new- desires - and
Strength from God to i keep him. I have
ho f aith In a simple pledge alone. lbocfy.
I ) -f- Richmond Jtnquireri . ? We "ead
that 'Mars will, on September 5,. fee only.
85,000,000 miles from the earth.,:, How to
prevent a collision ion that - day between
Mars and the fashionable shrt collar is the.
problem now agitating Richmond philoso--
pliers." :diHiiA -jlf'kf'"'.?
I -rriThe following definition, which
occurs in most abridgments of Webster's
Dictionary, must be extremely patisfactory
and instructive to a foreigner who is study?:
irig our language: 'Cock: male bird, form
Of a "hair part of a gun; notch of an' arrow,'
Spoot to draw beer, small heap of hay.? it:,
I : Danbury News: Jffo wbeauti
ful Is the sea. One can ' stand upon the,
rocks of the coast and watch the Incoming
waves and listen, delighted to their low
music for hours at a lime, and yet it is the
Sea that causes thousands of Strong men o
swear. Chew plug, drink, rum, v go. .withoul
suspenders and smell of tar.'' " ' '.;
( i 'r "mm'm m'x'f "''"'P!
.I'--, The ColombI; Iayestlsatlon.., t;
Special 'Dispatch tofhe Charleston Jbarnal
p.:m 'of Commerce.1 My
jjo icu3iBiWs c. Jiiiyif
1; Woodruff, accompanied 1 1 by ui his
counsel and Lieut.: Chapman, left for
Charleston at 7 o'clock jto-night. lie
was admitted to bail by Justice Mar
shall id theH sum of 1 forty thousand
dollars. , i d ,.ir.-l -t-v-i n
lVfoses,;tf testimony was concluded
to-day, and his. early release on bail
is assured.' Ijlis evidence is invalua
ble' to'ihcf commftfcee tri1 :tb'pr6secu
tion .'of ; their purpose, and involveato
a damaging degree, all the, prominent
Radical leaders with a sprinkling of.
Democrats.' '
I 'Worthington testified itd-day?.fNo,
warrant naa oeen issueuiior tiim uut
simply f a ; summons ,m as a witness.
T7Avtil a11 am1 TtiAci rkf : A lVftn , r Txroro
also heard, and S; J.Lee will fill an
: :Tkee;4re'800, Baptist thu i rches
irijMiflsissippl.ri.) j 'M'Vi"w i .-ir.H'i -j
j , Sanders ville,j Ga,. hasHaf;co,rk
tree, planted fifteen or twenty years ago,
which is' now 'one foot in ' diameter and '
thirty feet In height , . -
- Hon. Alexander H. Stephens ap
peared in a; justice's court ln- Urawfords-
ville the other., day as the attorney of a
, bllUd colored matti'f.;
-j Ari'ee?,' meaidrmg-thirty-thre'e
f Inches ia length and seven inches around
the body, Was kujed neat , Walton; Monroe
qourity, Ga.Va fewdays agbr u ,.X' n-
' M: There are five Baptist pteachers
i n .thei 1 Georgia convention; Rev4 ? B r F.'
Thorpe, D, "D.v of Ferry; ; iiev. , . F.
(ItooiDer. M;D.t of AriiericusVBevVIV? Wi
Edge, JRev. '3 . BRespass,; and Bef ULyiEU
, ti nguk, ui iWJLuc xucaqitwni mu re
j Primitives; 1 Th ere'1 'is' one Presby terian
, preacherjfj.fl
ff'HaTSnds' (colodiwis
: hanged; aiTelriI
for the. inurdeivbSfiiei
"..ti'.L ''i n:i -.-i..-v- . .nll,i-.iV!
m oaxe -xaoim1: pas, Deen r; cieany
proven to' jje Mrs, R.'.W." Gilderi'- wife vof:
ono of the editors of Bcribriefa ToniMy, but
Mr; K. Wi'Gilder says she is not; . ' -'
an 1 tfcr
cou.plred
A niitrenlnr "cc: '?nf .
A very distrc -ding ecidcat occurred in
fthe"' river' pposile tl.3 city; on Sunday,
abouS 12 c Jock. .C L Ebon Horton, of
r. L iOT, wBo r sides on Fifth,; be-
twcea Church and CuStle streets, was re
turning from a trip to Fort Fisher, haying
his family on? board; and was -passing a
point between the Messrs.. . Kidders tltii
Ao.dahe.CottQff.JSac,tory, whnnobert.Ili
time, and the acj in consequcnce.attrnctin
but little attention. ., fctiil he was warned to
be' careful,' ofae of'theMiands'oritlie,
uum, uuj. uie wyrua ui eaiftjuu uuu scarutiy.
been' spokenii when .GapLHorton l was
shocked'5 1 by ' the 5 - startling, cry thaf
his 'J son " was' overboard' The ...vessel
was immediately iStopped, a boat, lowered
.and t av search 1 made f or.the unfortunate
youth; hut nothing was seen of him ' from
the tune lie , fell, the jimpressioabeipg" that
be was stunned by coming in contact, while
falling,: f with- the( anchor -which-was. Sus-'
perided'.ovrHb'e'.bpwSj'orfthat
passed directly: oyer him.. v; The remainder-
of the afternoon as spentib searching tor1
iiie body, bui it!was'not recovered. v-T
.None but those whq have suffered a sim
ilar bereavement can fully -appreciate -the
feelings of tfae'arenls'af the result'of this1
heart-rending accident. 'rThe m6therwbJ
Understand wa,' at fast accouotaalmost
frantic with, grief and the father though
more capable ot; restraining his emotions,
no doubS. feels as' -deeply 'the sad calamity'
which basso .suddenly .befallen them.? 4
Sirice1 Wrtllag- the above we" have se'eh
papt.,'H6rtdn;i whb says'lhat his "wife 'was
riot with' him; but that his eldest daughter
and another young lady werf on the Vessel."
e Was at the j wheel' at the tiine? the acci'
dent occurred, and says that his son, who
jvas Bitting on a rope attached td the bow
sprit) and'clos'e against IbeWwof the ves-
f ! : 'r.lii: tt J-.h , aii! iUli- ''-
sel, must. haveheen-wStunneoVJjy -striking
against the bows as he fell.-;He:cooldswim,
and was also remarkably familiar, for one
so - young,, with the . management oft the:
Vessel. PapLJL was so shocked at the mis-t
fortune .that he was scarcely able to get the
Schooner to the wharf, and the effect that
he knew the' intelligence would have1 upon
his wife rendered the duty of informing her
Of the fact almost as disagreeable to him as
the loss of his childJ
Bteetlne of the Cemmbilonert of tbe
1 ;oiora su Aijum. t ii i.: .,;-,-
j The Commissioners appointed f by the
Governor to decide upon a location for the
colored Ibsane ''Asylum,' consisting bf Dr. .
i. jW. Vick, ' of . Johnson, ChairmanAnd
Dr JrL Moore, of; Duplinr GoLfL RXiles
of Anson,- and Messrs. '-.Theo.-Edwards;-of'
Green L p. ... Bordon, of -Wayne, and O.
G.'Parsley, ; Jr:, ands M- All iKatz, of ;WiU
mington, met in this city yesterday,1 and ex
amined the d iff ercnt ' sites1 offered for the
location of theasylum jn this city They
then bad a meeting; and ..voted upon the
question of locating, the asylum. On ihe
first ballot the vote stood for Tarboro.'S
forGold8boro, and 3 foriWihn1ngtons..:Tbe:
second, third and fourth ballots stood 1 for
Tarbpfoy'S.for. Goldsboro,land 3 for Wil-'
mington,; .and the fifth and- last ballot re
sulted 1 as "follows: Goldsbbrb 4, Wilming-5
ton 3. 1 So Goldsboro'gets the asylum and
Wilmington is- left out in the cold. " W-v
I ' ' ' 1 B ' "
Bdy Recovered.' , ' ' - - -J -
The tiody of Robert' Hortori, tlie?yoUth
who was drowned off , the schooner, Sivm
on Sunday afternoon last, was recovered
yesterday afternaon. iThe schooner tfdlie,
from Baltimore wasV corning up the river,'
and when-atji; point about fire. miles below;
ttecit,ft Oppositc the secdnd etties'ihV
Body' Was! dtisCovere .'flo'.v!er2;
ConvciiienUy lb We his f Bwabbat,. but he
called'toa party in a boattbat was passing
m' tho vfeinitv' and'Tfeatiestefl thm ' tn a-
cure the bdy animake it fax to ojw1 of the" f
jetties;1 which was'donfe On Arriving 'at
the wharf the rcirumstaik;e was reported
and Coronet Hewlett noete? -.ti
I Coroner He wlett held anHnesr-TriaP'
pf japtuonpB, of the schr m, j whp
Was drowned off. that vessel on Sunday af-
i t- t UJ '- tfU j,!fc--.S "Jt ii'i.
ternqon last. The jury returned a verdict
that deceased caine-to'his' 'death ' by (tCci
dental drowning. . The remains of, the. ua-.
lonunate nine leiiow were mierrea yesier
1.
iteviBlag tbe Tax: Lists
so,?'
The Board of Cduniy. Cototnissionefs will
meet U Monday it, ii4.accordancp: with
law, tpj revise jtbe tax. lists. .Section 18 of.
the Machinery Act. under which this reyi-
siun laiiea piaco, uroviues as ioiiows: ..
1 "If .'any pers'drirshall Complalnbef ore hd!
commissionera mat his Drooertv. either real
, or personal,' has .been . improperly. valued,
or that he is charged with an excessive tax;1
he,shaypresenjj hfunia writing and
they shall hear any evidence adduced py
him; and.shall -summod ' arid Examine any
witnesses :t necessary for. a,. Just decision of
the questlori.' "If they decide against' the
mtntJ AlnAht fhtfv' Bhall nl art intia inrt irrrtonJ .'
against him .for, the costbf the inyestiga-,
wuu, uui 14 vua ouuniy commissioners snail
find 4hat be has- caqser: for complaint they
shall direct ;ther jjlerk to render a true ac-,
count thereof, arid the account1 thus reri
dered. certified' by the clerkshall bei reri
dered to the Auditor who hali credit the
sheriff -with' the overcharge 1a i hisiiseUre
ment for that yar.'fi fcsrh.-
State Hill J3radf oxd.iconnty, Penii
,ttirick"the sldinfi;m
mai.i ,ty :iggtngf nes exnumedj.the
ribs: land several pieces Of - the": verte
brm.f ebMes- yo-wellpreservbdl
1 "t .Tr-M :t 15,iP"vvoMap . was; f tour
larggj topenipffs arid .marksj oi' two
horns broken ofti in :a iUfce;: one iabove
the others it? thecentrei'Vf wif
f daptain' toHbwrsfa o tlie
proposed f.Polar expedition writes tb
.pergeautiignepi: re W; iiayen.
signal station : ; uia 1 . write you
-iijpai, uur ejpeuiuun. woum gei on on
:otbbu'rtho2dthl f?dolet trie;
nowfj give yoUitthe, plfasanV ncwa
tJiuo uuutij uv3 ucou ouuureu, tue ves
sel bought, and she is now .nearly fit
tbd np in readiness for1 departure.' !
ftonv . onof ijlhe captain, aged ; about 43it Raleiglr-has ''received 43 571
iyears.went ftnfc on j thp Jiowsprit jofj tbo !liales of cotton" -since Sciitember 1," 'V1876
schooner.' there'beincbut'littlo windatthe, c,harlolle 47,824..?: --, i -
j esterdyamuy;"ilcox
ylvAnia,vhile, fnowihgin a? "bdj
imeado found parfly! buiried- i'nthtf
j Spirits Terpentines
Marriages'in AVake for July
five white and sixteen colored couples. '
The:Charlotte Weekly Observer
3 to be made a Sllcolumtt.paper.at t2 &
year. ; c
The.Ciarlotte'1 Observer is pub
JishiDg. letters from Europe from Mf. J. c
1
-77. John' Mon'tagne, an honest'
Abd sincere Cbristian..died in Granville on !
July 20lh, nearly 89 years of age :- i
j - -r-Goy; Holderi.ihaving tendered
tuis 1 csiguanoQ as a memuer ot the ltepub
3ica&..State Committee, we ? navo, says the j
Mgh Register; taken hia'name out of the
.list of members. - r - j
i vMrj;-Rehm,bf;:NewlWrV,-'docr
:f rom.one acre, on the SOtU of May, thirty
six -barrels.; of: largeisse Irish '-potatoes
(which were sold for hinv in Baltimore at
seven dollars ner harrl . '
Biblical Recorder'. The miin
buildina: of Wake Forest College
'fully painted.f -Jhe place never looked so
bright and cheerful as at presenL When
jtho campus is improved it will be the pret
tiest place in the State, . . zi -
I The following prices'for tobacco
raised Iff Graaville have just been realized
at Henderson 1 Rj- P. Reaves, $33.50. 40-
&.&P-U87Mra- " Hnnt
UU S.5Baslett, $40r $50,t $55; 50; Bb!
Burroughs, $36, $4-5; J. IV Cheatham,$38,
S45. This rnhntv lipnio iho 071,1 .vi
fine weed. - '- - r - -f
L Wadesboro ' Herdldi ' In the
garden of N, Frederick, is, a watermelon
yine one branch of which produces and
bears the natural and expected fruit, while
on the others, appears a hybridamalgam"
productionrwhichlooksJike1ettuce, cauli
flower and cabbage. The hermaphroditic
thing" has'pfoauced - flowers, in sma'll clus
ters, :and no w seed, resembling luose of the
radjsh; appeal. (
! rfeidsvilleVcws: We learn that
ProfvRedd,' of Chapel Hill, who is investi
gating the case ol Mrs; Bowman, who is
suspected of having been poisoned, disin
terred her body; again this week, and look
her, heart, braias and, liver for examina-.
on. TheBev. S. S. Bryant, D.D.,
Of Jefferson City; pakt our town a visit last
Saturday, and preached twice Sunday in
the Presbyterian Church. It is rare that
we have tbe good? fortune to listen- to ser
mons of so much merit. - . ; -
j 7 Asheyille Pioneer. On Monday
last the Sunreme Court affirmed the deri-
Sion-'of the Saperior Court for this county,.
in tne, case 01. w. w. Fiemming -vs. u. m.
Boberts and others This was a suit to re
cover from defendants the block of. business
houses on Main street, west of the Public
Square. The amount Involved is about
$10,000, and the-case has been -before the
courts seven, of eight .years. r There is still
litigation fa regard to it. but thus far everv
decision hasheen in favor of the defendants.
Raleigh Observert The manv
friends of Gen. Wiley D. Jones will deeDlv
sympathize with him in "this his hour of
deep and sore 'affliction.- His Bon-in law,:
Mr. E. Al .Carver,, died Monday night of
typhoid fever, and his daughter. Mrs. Car
ver is lying at the point of death w ith the
sameisease .xesterday morning his f am
3y instructress, Miss Cooper, died of the
same fever, -r So'there were two corpses jn
the house at one time, and another member
Of the family barely brealhirfg. Col.
YYheeler has Made his will and bequeathed
o,pur State( library all of; his valuable li
brary; manuscripts. &c." His 'forthcoming
history' of North Carolina; bringing it up to
the present, is now read v for the press, -v
i ; "riri Hillsboro Recorder:.. A number
of tobacco planters were in town on Satur-
d ay,' and give good abcouni s of ihe crops.
Corajis ? 8plendid.4.;Tobacco . is generally
doing welllr -- We shall "not mention
names; but uarty5 of little children, the
offspring ipa man who .died last falU leav
in2 them in destitution, were en ffacwl in
gatherings blackberries along' the' fence
rpwspf ; one of their; neighbors, - with , the
nope or eaing out their slender means by
the- sale of the- dried fruiLi; The owner of
the field came upon them, and finding their
occupation look their baskets' from tbcm
and threw away, the contents, ; and' gruffly
Ordered them off the premises. This when
blackbferriesi;were rin4' millions in every
hedge row,;' and) spoilioi;. on. : the vines.
Can "meanness" "possibly go farther T, Give
hiS'name. tHand him around. : ;; ; ;
I ftDxford' TorcUighjU diiEcuity
qccurred 5 at jKittrell's, one. day. last week,'
between Mr.;Reid and Mrs, James Fuller,
in which Mr. S. was badly cut about the
iace. Air.! ij aueria -now connnea in tlx
fprd jailv . - r Before the war Edgecombe
was ' recognized as the " banner farming
county xf the State. "Since the surrender
of. Lee Granville .staada .firmly, :but mod
estly, at the head onne list, ami dll con-
aaue to do bo,-for; the reason that chettuoal -analysis-,
proves that her soil.- produces to-
unuco 1 or exueucuce uucuuaicu 111 .uitiric;
-f-r:WeJiave:seen from the. garden of, our
tSownsman, Mr. A. H. Cooke, a tomato that
Weighed'; 'ounces. ! We are in
formed! by a gentlemen f rom the neiehbor-
hood of Tally-Ho, that a great deal of to
bacco -has rotted on the hut from the effects
Of the iate rainsr The-prospecls. for other
crops ar good. ' It is rude and nngen-
tlemanly to strike ' a young' lady; ; but .the
dear girls like to be smacked on their lips.
Isn't it s6," "girls? '" - .
Charlotte, Observer : A physician
cays' the health ot Charlotte was never bet
ter. ,4 There is arcelyaby general sickness
at all. -A gentleman from Asheville
'yesterday reports all the hotels and board
ing houses crowded to their fullest capaci
ty." i-A grocery ' merchant says' that iri
ii 1. ; -i i 1. . 1
oimio upaKiwa iu uusiucia ue acviji ire
fore saw. aa many .eggs on the, market at
thia season of ve'ar as at Present. - - Tlift
'young: man. who has already written twelve
hundred and forty-live words on one postal
cjard.'noW' proposes to put' On glasses aud
make it two thousand. :'-r General D. :
Hill leaves to-day for some point in Cana
da Which the reporter did riot learn, there
to deliver an, address,. by in vitatiort .upon
the subject of the grange, its origin, work
arid purpose". J'if-Mr; McD. Arledge, who
was so badly stabbed, week before last, by
-ai knife in the hands of John W. Roberts,
is improving very rapidly. .Deputy.
Sheriff Grifath steps up and hands over tbe
largest Irish potato . It lacks scarcely jn
Ounce of we"iehing twopounds. and wa9
raised on a lot near the iaiL 1 . '
1 7. RaleFgh sJenos : A correspond-
sty;:Write that he!:has a !hen that laid sev-etaly-three
eggs at a liUeri After performing
sthis feat she, treated herself to a well de
served 'month of ' recuperation,' and then
commenced layiag 4igain.;and at the jiext
; litter produced one hundred and seventeen
eggs: , Geo.' Penny, colored, employed
on the, fann-ot Mr., Ransom Penny, ten
rriiles southwest of this cityi dropped dead, ,
Satvirday moraine, while Blowing ' in the
; field, 1 He? had 'Jbech. .extremely hot and
inuiy ana naa aranK a large quantiiy 01
cold water; dropping dead in a. short time
afterwards. -Lewis,t the man who was.
sb severely bitten by ,dogs last. Sunday af
ternoon; in the orchard of Dr. GiW. Black
nail (at tbe Green, ,place),we hear, is. im
proving, and will, the ' attending physician
think s,. recover;' providing lockjaw and
hydrophobia ido not set in., -r-The num
ber of deeds, mortgages and other instru
ments admitted to probate and ordered to
registration in Wake county, for the month
of J uly, was one' hundred and sixty.'J .