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1W MOHTIIBUni ITlOMTIIIilK-O ON
. There were never two peoples, who
were more an like than the RepubiU
cans of the
North and the Southern
Democrats.
They view all questions
from oppos
ng standing-points. They
write acco'ujnUtor battles. -differently-
They have rwit the same standards of
f tir dealing, j morality "ahdjusticei;
-This is shown in a thousand - wavsJ
IJefure the . war, they were utterly
unlike. ; Since the war the variances
have widened. In 1881, they are more
opposed i 'sh&raeter, if possibly thari
they have ver been. There is dd
usir to blink matters. The Northecti
itepublican and Southern Democrat
ire as antagonistic la all respects ) as
it is possible for two men to be.,
They do not' hold the sdie ethical
siand.irds. They do not plaoo ( tbe.
Krtuu interpretation upon the Great-
Char let of the people's liberty.- They;
(I.I ut
move
i' the same plane.)
i ii' v are as
" " i
, h d ihey will
antipodal as possible
never ; be more alike
i!i!tn .iliey are inow..;
One rifjards the Oouslitutioh as
''!.! ic enough! to wipe out States-and
i:i-:io h. "Nationr":fpeU always with;
h very, large f'NJJL-Thetbfr looks
upon the reserved rights of the States
upon local self-government as tKe
f and ition j stones of civil liberty.
The one justifies every invasion- of
th i Constitution as fight and proper;
th ther regards, an assault upon
that sacred instrument treason'to
thrt peoplej -A The one justifies. and
sustains Grant's eight years of usur
pillion, peculation and immorality,
and the greit fraud of 1870 by which
Hayes stole; the place of Mr. Tilden;
the other denounces Graatism as a
i-.rinie, and the; fraud of 1876 as the
most shameful, recoVd ever made by
any parly or any peoplo in modern
times. ;; .--v-1,
We might easily extend the com
parison. The points tof antagonism
are innumerable. Wo are . reminded
of this wiieri wo turn to two Northern
1 i , i - . - -
monthlies f 0jr September.. There is a
1 r - ) .. . . ' ,
the tJSTorth 'American Review
. . I. M 1 11 ' m
paper in
by Ibossiler
f onnson, a liepuoiican oi
some literaij reputation.. It purports
to be a discussion xf Ex-President
DaviVs important Work. , The title of
the paper ia "Factitious History." It
is ignorant jsmd malignant. . We give
but "one specimen that betrays the an
imus of the slanderer. Replying to
the argument unanswerable-,, and
very siguift 5ant--thatNtho Stktes rati
UeJ the Constitution as Stales, hoy?
Jo you suppose this petty maligner
undertakes to answer it ? We must
give hie own words. He aays; ; ;-
. "By the tsame logic he might reason that
htciuau be surreodered to the national
uoops as Jegeraon Davis, and not cut is
Daviiisjmrald mother going to ih spring fop
vater, therefore be was not a prisoner." vi.
How contemptible! How-mean j
How false! j A he out 'of, the I whole
cloth, and Itossiter Johnson knewsn
when he penned it., ille oould not
forego the pleasure of giving, the
illustrious Southron a slap :.even
though he must repeat a slander' that
no decent man would use under " anv
circumstances. There is a pressing
need that there should be . - ' ' . ':: .'!; :
y, i'la every hoaeBt baod a whipi
.T.i lush such . rascals naked. IbroueU tba
world.' . JJ.J - i '
The writer was unable to meet thaj
argument by facts, so jio rosorted to
the common dodge of small . mind s
and cold blooded, malevolent fellows
who hate good and honorable men as
Iago hated the Moor. They are so
infinitely below , the great "men they;
asperse that the sense of their inferi-.
ority, every way,' 'A.. ,; .: . .j --r-
"Doth, like, a poisonous 'mineral, gnaw
their inwards." - i : :
lit
t u
t t IJsaiiJfi &aofei ?
Vfeli jCjoiifediiieooyerniaentijait-
teemsf ro -bginnig ta end with
an44hoea3Linga :JofJ slim faihars .oft
tnatgrvat uistrment : The writer of
th article- may -have 'read Story,
Ourrta and sdme of Webstecvs Jf alia
' ciofla and misleading speoches' but he
. Knows, nptuing. pt . the other aider he
Thisriteri baar Ihleahdoirtoaay;
K6weverj: thal theeecesshjrof tii
Sontbern States'il not Id be tried' by
the, Constitution" . OL course .hoi
irtriedMby:;that Standard theSbatn
makes: good ita cavse and justifies its
oourso ih fellofwlhg the teachings and
threats of the Nw0 England leaders
bwSuoIanWlba
i?Sii&w thelTniol,
We have only space; for one . .other
Jbritf quotation! I! It shows nbat- the
w ri ter kn o w s- no lorff rjfte ? J effehbn
Davis's .chajethin.iial8 of the
Southern; petoisfelaWj'andHhat
be has lent a' willing ar and" ' an 'un
qtt'eBtiqping 'cre3aiity to . the! .vile
slanders ; and u misrepresentations tof
iNqrtheru penny a-linera. ajlle writes;
it. "We have, fwthermore, no desire to en4
Cage in the very vaimp)e ' amusement ot
abusing a man (Mr. Davie)rtoto has fallen
below the point at which - he idiene eeeA
How self-complacent ! How sub-j
liraely ignorant! In all' Massachu
setts there is not one man who in ele4
yatiori oi character, in love of vtrutbj
in- purity of purpose in greatness j .of
soul is fit to it ire' Jefferson- DaviB's
presehoie. -.And yet the scholarly and
literaryf A tlantic . Monthly pretends
to look dowu in contempt upbn such'
The trutb-wstbs wyes -of the writer
ot tnat poof review.wero so. purblind
u w b m luu&iugi at. some , other, person
when he thought he .discovered Mr.?
Davis before him. " Either this,1 or his
moral obliquity ja so great he can not:
detect virtue and worth When it stands
bodied forth-4tHb 4nified presence
of the pure and . incorruptible South
ron. -; - . L-O'J: k ;9u:h:i ;,.jr .
We thought once wo would take up
som of i the very peculiar remarks off
the Dostou. organ of culture' and nn-
..- - , . . . . . . . . - , . . ' . !
sounu pouiics, out really tho gameis
not worth th o candle.: Th ereis scarce-
ly one truth l& be found in the entire
article. 'It is as false in statement as
the J ohnson paper is indecent in its
.venom. , .
THB&tLlNTA VAtR, NORTH CAB-
OWN AOTHIS kEOTION. :"
The. Atlanta .-Cotton Exposition
promises to be a grand success, j We
notice that several New York manu
facturers and merchants are hrebarinj?
to exhibit : theirs wares. '-We:4oopy
the names and what they propose to
show..' This will give1 our" readers
some idea of the comprehensivepess
of the great Southern Exposition : '
"Toe followiop firms have contracted for
space to exhibit their jjooda: Thomas Bus
sell & Co., George A. Claik & Brother
AachincloBs Brothers,'! pool . cotton;, the
wuumaiic Liincn uompany; John ARoeh
linn's Sons & Co., wire rone: . Kahn-
weiler, cotton seed . huflorjiH. &$.,.
ThurLer fc O)., groceries; D. Appleton &
j., u.Guu.cuubiuuuw , jjuiMicaDODs; ine
Waltham, Waich Company; Colgate & Co.,
soaps; New York : Plow Company, agricul
tural implemenis; ibe Washburn & Moen
Maoufscturine Company: Hazard Manu
facturing" Company,. barbed wire fencing;
Cooper. Ue witt & Co w rought iron beams;
the Allen Paner Oar Wheel Kin
Pulsotne ter ' Slea at A.' Pump ; Company; E.
Remington & Hona. arms and agricultural
jmptoments; Reed & Barton, ailyerwario
? a Of coureer the South is much more
interested ; in the htlmboi ' and value
of Southern exhibits than the display
H ife$ero
the: Soajthem people wilt display he
coming' energy andeuterprlse..: Ijet
alL of our best products be placed
favorable, - places, - for j being
se
Much will- lie; expected.' " The1 iwunj.
ber of isUprs frora'.lEuropei and the
Norih it is anttoipatedill be greatl
Y?e jiopthiai
respect'disappmnt them
painful atfef fiiwiaaciif and
of. verv smal readme in thA iiTainrtr
- ? We notice that Mr. Edward Aikin
sonlhe Efston. viitei on . cbitph
matters, has: written a 1 otter to the
TJ.S..' W;ri?u
Mr., Q. B; Lonng, afeiag hini to call
f or Jffi e c'bp peratioh "of the ;! various
departments : of agriculture 1 in the
seyet ili?WiWigge8tbgai
delegates be appoihteti to' visit At
tanta, and make reports, &c.)o:IIe
expects ' inp6rtihV?cSoJtsJ:t6 "now
romtbe exhibition, and y s t r :
e "The exposttioia promises W be 3agreat
eveotin the todbstrial history of Ibis coun
try,". The' vs coliectioh of minerals, ot
timber, ot soils and of rthe ?ra and 1he
fauna of tba great central or mountain sec
tion of the South, may and probably will
exceed in variety-aod i promise of future
value any collection that can be made from
any other tual area of the known world.!
We copy this for a special purpose.1
" " - :
Ft J- '''-! 3 if:1 iff
'toil t4
,We wisho emphasize again; the icq
rportahce. ot . haying the .minerals
; woods, &e.of Ndrth Carolina; repre
sented.0 'Oaroottdn', tide; 'cbrnV wheat,
oso.t may,not surpass that of other
;teteiP , ; the iprqdactipns ipf 3 pur
mines and - forests cabu4i North Card
lina can send 'a greater variety of
apples and of a finer1 quality thaVatiy
: Southern Bate;H- The - fcestortb.
Carolina 'scupjperobngvgrape iiould
be sent. But how is all this to ibe'
accomplished? iTJnless money is raised,
and the right !men work1 hard ia'thje
directioii of seburibg Mefuaio' repre-
sentation of onr productions we fear
there will, be a xailarQ. c,Jy pluntary
effort will accomplish bat little. ..Wo
shall' all feel5 mortified' wheV' we gb
through r the . vast ij building i to Hfiod.
North - CaTOrm,wirepresented , or
represeotedindifferently.; 4 We . pre
fer a.yacant spacer to a shabby array
of articiefc.i?'-.', J5ss,''t
Jil Oat friend prieeiatbldnainfai
yhen he visited the Royal Iiibrary at
Vienna tie Haw over an alcove the fa
miliar; name; in: gold letters North
Cakpuka: He pulled aside the enrf
tain and entered. 'lie saw but' one
book Wheeler's "History of Nortk
Cartolinia.-j Tihk
cultivation ; ,thia work, useful enongli
for its historical material 1 was the
standard by which " poor - bid North
Carolina is to be judged abroad. Aus
Brians . are to.' measure the taste 'and
culture of North Carolina by Wheeler.
The scholars and statesmen , and di
vines of North Carolina will be judged
by that bne book Each will say,
lieu! memiserumf . Shall it be so at
Atlanta? We hope not. " Wo hope a
few poor inventions c badly : made
scrawny stock; a few mineral specif
mens; a few specimens from the for4
ests, will not be alL : Here is an opf
portunity for the assertion of 2 that
State pride often : heard of . and
written about. Let it assert itself J J
' But there is still another point, and
this part ot the State is interested in
it. more .paiticularly. Mr. Atkinson
refers to th flora that will i be exj
hibited. This section is rich pecu
liarly iu flowers, rare !and : beautiful.
The late Rev. Dr. M. A. Curtis.
without : a , rival amoug. . Southern ,
botanists, was of the opinion that in
Brunswick county, . just across the
river from Wilmington, there was an
area of six square miles that ! was
richer in floral , specimens than any
other corresponding territory in thi$
country. Then we -rarest specimens
shown to the late William A. Wright
of this city, in the botanical gardens
at Kensington j London, by the super
intendent, were familiar specimens
that grew around Wilmington? Shall
the Jlora of thisBection be represented
fittingly ? If so, how is it to be done?
Who will move in the matter? , Shall
k turn out that it is nobody's business
and that the greatest variety ; of
richest flowers in all this land shall
nqt be seen at Atlanta? May we hope
for better things ? ; ;, ;. s - - "i
j..--ii.:. " , i:
A FUKB ! B AIiIiUT IIiI.t78TR ATBO.
S Rhode Islandis an oye-soro among
the States. - Not larger than an old
fashioned Roanoke .' plantation before
the war, it iayetwell populated. Ini
,1840 it had .108,000 "inhabitants. V In
J880 ,it had 270,000. ,: And yet , the5
vote of 1880 is but a little larger, if
any,' than - at was in 1843, when the
prontrObmstitution.(.was adopted
"Why is this thus? Our; readers
have not forgotten how pointedly swe
brought put ,the facts in regard; to
Massachusetts and. "Little Rhody"
daring the warm debates in the Sen-
ate 'during the" r extra session: Act
eordi ng 'l to 'th e ; -'census : there were
70,000 men in Rhode Island at the
Presidential cpt!6ntlThe total vpte
was 29,000. This looks as if 41,000
could : not vote "or would ? 'not vote.
Tf trutfit istho' most4 of them are
"disfranchisea. '.In, INew - Hanover
county there, are not fifty negroes
who could exercise the right of ballot
if they lived in the little Republican
State of1 Rhoder Island Providence
has 30,000 mjjfjthese but 9,100
can vote. The ordinary rule for cal
culating the vote is one vote to 'every
five and a h alf .. inhabitants., t By this
rule North" Cajrplin a, ought to poll a
great deal larger vote than she does
Let'Us see. l jm j j
- In June, 181 JOthe census; was 1
400,047. Theiacrease daring the last
decade was 30 per cent. " The popu-
Uapnti Jnnei8si;442,.
048; k The full vote how ought to be
kboui i2C2,Opo,; "Therehas heverbeen
fi fall vote pol'led by more than 15,000
Bat there has; been no law to disfran-
m & ... . i -;-.- . II---. i . . . t - wmt -i . r t -,t r , i
. r. - j .iV-r ,
ctii8je7thlj
thet past5 But idRbei Islaad-t
wool-dyed, ; fira-tried, thorough-gqip g,
cantankerous,: bloody-nshirt; flapdooi-
uie, xvepuDiican nnoae jLBianft-iQere
is a disfranchising law and thelresult
is above. The negroes canvoteherd,
andsome rof them 'ftuccBedti 4 ybtibg
: ivslfc.. . f.i-jiKf.tt.nt. .51 Uti. .4.1 :,:.; ! P.
more; than once iahd voting in towni-'
ships and wards of which they are fidt
residents, ana buu tne Jxew Jtungian
Radicals are unhappy and will 'trot
comf0rtea.f : Baf ill this time Lift
. ' x t -i i r
.i
is ne
Sh is al
. . w . . i . . 1 t
to
aimoBC as anomaiou
t; - - Tiyl J-', '-i f
000 adults' ; arovdisf rahchised '4t !i-ih
TTrah f tiflvarft a law. nnto themselves.
nil .1 -t Li :'"'. . -' ' Jr Vri. -i.-T
A nc Vynarieston mi eivs unit .juourier l
thuss,: explains he;! law fiin, uR.hode
t8laQd :.( ;., 4r'-4i
; "Thelnative who QSrno4SXbJC)ifo
perty must register la the .year, preceaanjc;
tk.t i. inkiik lha 4no la in Ka bt i inti
pay a tax Of one dollar of he jCAnno;Vpei-1
At present, and tor ine past ionr. years, ne
is required by Iawto register ipersontBltr
each vear. and to. csv his tax on or before
the second Baturdsy in January. If regis I
try taxes for. on year arfcinor paiff.tae
Constitution forbids the. vote until th
arrears for two yeats are paid up. . To those
who serve In the gtate militia the registi
tax for such year Hi remitted."' The foreig
born citizen, although doing military -dut;
or paying ; a tax upon- -personal -propert;
cannot vote unless ne- owns" real 'estate1
the valne of 134. -A low aterBa'e oH
for a homestead is$2,000, so -that it - wo4l
actually require $H invostiaoeBt or, th
sum, instead of the f 134 pamed in me Co
stitutioo, to make the f oreigh-horn "ms'a
citizen. Tbe beautiful pperatioa of such
law will be seen by reference to the Stat
census of 1875, which Showed that oal
5.364 foreign residents were able to copapl
withithia requirement, and that at lea
30.000 foreign-born adult -males, or five
sixths of Ihe-foreigo population, were prer-
.As long as tens, of v thousands
white men, are disfranchised .Pf act
cMjln Jwo.gjand Stajka. a
reference to elections in tbe South
N"nrl.rifii"nrH is: ft nioe of- imnerti
necoe, and whaj.they say. should-nob
as the idle wind.?,,, Instead oV'rprnedy-
mg
they
of another section and ofaBotber
-! .. i . -n- fiiv I
people. In Massachusetts andtnqde
Island the country has a practical
illustration and, application , of the
' - . .. . , .. . . ' . ... " i U j
New England, theory of "a free elec
tion.'' It la -free to certain educated
and
moneyed classes.
NO OPINION ALLOWED.
Governor Blackburn, of Kentucky,
is a . very 1 distinguished physician.
From the first he has insisted that
the President would die. He says: .)
i 4,l thought at the time the President 'was
shot his wound would prove mortal.. 1 1 still
think he will undoubtedly ' die- I believe
tbe ball was deflected, and struck the spinal
column, affecting the great nerve. Nothing
else could account for the pains in his feet.'
'This movqg a Chicago Sunday pa
per to make a bitter attack upon the
Governor. It seeSj in' it-"brutality,"
&c. 1 A Southern man must not' even
entertain j.an opinion as to the charac
ter ot the wounds and the condition
of the President. Dr. Hammond
and others may criticize at will and
at length; the practice of , the attend
ing physicians, and that is right
enough. They live r . in the "loyal
North." But a Southern physician
iscalloos and brutal" if he say s the
President is wounded unto death. It
is oeiievea in vv limmgton amopg
physicians that the President, is
suffering in all probability from j, may
larial fever. ' But this opinion would
be denounced as "brutal" in Chicago.
The dirty paper that ' attaoks .Gqy.
Blackburn, indulges its own opinion
as follows: " ' , '-', f
"The danger of chronic debility, resulting
from the inroad of .fever; the worry of long
confinement,-and the effects- of the hot
weather?is always presents-. The people of
this country must continue to feel serious
apprehension every day and every j hour
until the President Bhall be actually conva-
. The South, with , the utmost
unat
nimity of expression, has shown
deeply it has felt .under the sad
tation. To-day,, in, all Southland,
there is not one man, not depraved by
a long course . of vice, who , in his
heart does not desire the safety and
welfare of the President of the. United
States. I .We note , the above because
of its intensifiedmalignity, and; be-f
cause it shows what a certain element
in the Republican party feels towards
the South.
I
. .. A correspondent; of the PhiladeU
phia Tresa from Washington discusses
blood - poisoning... Referring to . the
statement of Dk Blisarthafr there U
none wnatever iu me case
President he writes i ; m-x iv
the
D "He may state the C truth in
matter.'" I am certainly hofdispating
him, but he does not ' offer anything
beyond his assertion, and : I merely
state that all the symptoms oft the
President for the - past two weeks
have been consonant with the theory
that his blood is slightly7 poisoned by
tUB UBB iivui hub nwuuu.
occupy
in our system at Mas8aeh'fseiW'4hr
tltahlf inbe iorJhearry:fl40
preferto.meddle Wtththn affairfa
i i' iionniiir in tub pcx.pixi : ;
i ' r. . - . . , j ... ..... ... - , " - 1
jsilf 'rhbdomoatade & wero; eloquence
and rant; were, force! bow very grand
and;soecessfnl.p some-' "writers and
speakers would boV- ' We have latter
ly met with squiasy ery 'Vicious speqir
' I j i r .11
mens of composition. bjoTJestl we be -
personal we jj mitt s not particularize; J
Th4 vulgar andrilliterate may be cap-tivated-byl
"words of learned lenkti
and .thuhderingi- sound,"- and' by k
barbafic displaytof glittering terms
and reverberating I periods,!bnp
thoughtfoi- and cultured people will
turufsawayi ia absolute .! disgust. ! ;A
f ew-1 yeara ago; we went, to f hear; k
ybttfig minister preach the truth as it
is found in Jeshs. He had a certain
reputation among ! bis j peopleli sW$
never listened to any thing more pal--
try dr cdhtemptiblel 'He gOt'joejf
the J cisap,-nd4 in 80ph6)n6ri0- styl
Bp outed his 'Bttte'lpPTei wa
nothing1 shnpte, n'atutal'dr5 pleasing
ievery pe,ribd"s(rainfed every thought
flimsy ahd thinly, beaten."" It was' a
cataract of sounding platitudes and
sohrous-adjebtiyos; :4 We went away
disgusted That' ? young man has
mtfeh- t6- learn. We" read alfermOij
the-'oihee' dayj by'4 a minister in th0
sairie churchl !f It was frothy, gran
diloquent : and'' ambitious. : It H was
jpuhlished vo
author and hisj admirers thought; it
suponPV'rhcTo
if written by a boy of eighteen, might
ppmyparpueouan. oe
that -the intelligent:-and educated
people oC tha dehomlaaUoh; to which
these ministers belong f are content to
ibe if ed upon suoh , exceeding; thiq
.i ; v L i
gospel grael as they dispense? : j
do not i these "teachers in ; Israel
3
jstndy the English of their Bibles an
oi:i Banyan's j "Pilgrim's Progress??
iTey.awiU. become. t offended . after
awhile at their own .vain, empty and
highf alutin" j J performances, .. if i they
have any thing"in thent. They need
culturoai familiarity with; the no-l-
blest models, i f The good opinion of
one judicirmsirjandtdand intelligent
person is worth a thousand hosannas
from a braying multitude, i- But
then, some persons prefer. to please
the multitude.1 " Taste is muchtherf
is no disputing. " f !.
Tinsel is not adapted to the Gospel.
There is ho irhetorical-' display ; in
Paul's grand: speeches reported in
outline in the Acts of the Apostles.
There is the 'eloquence of thought,
and there is consummate art,but there
is ho rhodbmontade; the speeches are
not bright "with excess of light."
Simplicitlyj force, clearness are the
characteristics of a good sermon style
and they are 1 the ! characteristics of
all ; good styles. Some -persons are
imaginative. It is as natural for
them to talk in figures as it was for
Alexander Pope "to lisp in numbers."
When God gives a man eloquence he
should use iti A When God endows
a man with grand j rhetorical ' powers
he should hot hido his light : under a
bushel. ; But he
should not be
a "dealer in
fustian. He should
not "flplurffe" and
rant and bellow.
He i should not
make the! mistake
that glitter is gpldj or high-sounding
phrases and magniloquent piatituede
are eloquence: He should not err in
supposing that thunder is more ter
rible than lightning. Of himself he
should aim to h
ava
it said:
'Though1 deep, yet clear; though gentle, jet
;notnuli;ki .. .. J -
Strong without rege,
'fuU."-- My
without o'emowmg
The great human;
master said there
were those who spoke Vplain . cannon,
fire and smokel" who -gave "the.bas
tinajdo" with ;.f their ;; tongues" . and
bence four ears are cudgel'd." ,The
pulpit where itie Gospel of Peace as
to be proclaimed is upt the nrenajtj)y
suoh yain. displays.' . . -tyt !
' The xNew York 'journal of Corn
fnerce makes 'an 1 argument to prove
that the Democrats of North Caroli-r
ha J are0 ' responsible r for the -' election
held' and are responsible for ptohibi-
tibn.; lrsaya:',?",.L(;t ! '
."But the bill, which was submitted to the
voters Was adopted by a Democratic Legis
lature, waa approved and Urgently recom
mended by a Democratic Governor," and
was sus'RineoDy ; IBeleadlng men of that
naitv. 'It was- obDOsed formally by the
1 Republican patty, who accepted the con
test" as a party issuer une Lemocrat8 am
not stand by their leaders when it came to a
vote, or it would have been carried; but we
were entirely warranted in all that we said
as to the attitude of the parties concerning
hefjreply ,tc thii bbvipus. The
Democrats in j the Legislature .were
importuned.; by; 2t)b000;: men: and
; women through petitions sent to the
General Assembly to take immediate
-,..-'J!r..- ' :'-, -i' v , p.Ui Y5' ' tJ.fc'M?Ct- 3ti:.vJ ....
steps-
to secure j A uprohjbitoryi law.
:TNfrjrie8t
thepreyioasqanpaignCrTJie,members
bad irtruqliqns. fj-They saw what
nnriftjtrfid tft he a areat rjonnlar move-
Tffienfcf They fiaallyKin connection with
- ' . ........
ReDnblioan members, screed to sub
mita .bUl ito jhe popnlarotoi .How
oould.they ha,vo refused tojhvedpne
less under the- perfect deluge of.peti-
Liibns ? - They gave the voters oXthe
State of ail: parties an opportuhiy tp
pass the bill orvote.it dowhIt.is 1
: : ' ; i v, i ii, i :r-. aa : ' x a ; a l T
certain.' loaf-. j not.. ;-Qneyuaj oKtn
Democrats voted for lU, Sl is, certain
that many Republicans- v qtedf f or it
- v.As to the Goyernors ppsitiqn it:i
known that only two of the ptate om
oials. fayqred the bill, whilstk f pur ot
five others 5were against, it;- It is. a
great mistake to. suppos,e.that all of
tue uiemuer woo vuuou iur ouumit
ting tb4flto- th-people were per s
in faff)? of WW fom tOf it Th
fTourn(4of Commerce .very clearly
.does not. understand the situation.., I
r-! Wanoi' Earrar.is' one ? of Jthe mest
eldqttent of living writers.' 1 He is be
kides " a ' very learned and decidedly
man. His two 'works ' on Jeshi
Christ and Paul the Apostle arei elo-
quenlfcjj'-anath8!-- ver learned
and instructive-? His -sernions are
splendid speeimens of beautiful ;and
fascinating rhetoric. Ho is Chaplain
to. the jQaeenvj Heydenies tthaVthere
is a heil and believes in the aalvatiori
. --.I . : .1 . .. 1
of all 1 sinners finally. ,This;. consti-i
tutes1-' an ihsu'pOTablebJatrieritoi' his
fluoceedinff Dean Stanley as Dean 'of
Westminster Abbey, a post of dis4
... . . ......-.. - -. '. - a . Y 1
tinction oniy secqna to : vne .rcnt
bishopric,' it is stated. ' He may die
lieve what he likes, but he must ho
deny a doctrine; of 'faitfc'Wiei'k-oa
; ; It is believed in New Hayen tha
Blanche, Douglass's testimony shows
that she and Jennie drank ten glasses
of wine. That she then retired with
Waltej", whilst James carried ; Jennie
in an ;unconscious condition to his
own room.' ! This was otr Wednesday
night. The belief prevails -.that' the
Malleys drugged Jennie , on Friday
night in order to make her ' submit;
that they were all drinking, and that
toormuoh of the drug .was adminis
tered ' and . death - ensued.- Finding
that she was dead, the 'young men
took her to the water and left her to
create! the impression that she had
been drowned. This may be set aside
when the jary reports. Blanche is
reported as saying she never saw
Jennie! after Thursday morning. V
; Ay,;' r !
.. President Garfield is credited with
saying that : tie would not agree to
Mrs. Garfield's receiving the subscrip
tion that has been raised for her ben
efit. It now amounts to $155,000.
N C. sonday Scboi ConveBtlon.
The annual meeting of the North Caro-
Una Sunday School Association will be held
in the Moravian Church at Salem on Sep
tember 1st and 2d. All persons actively en
gaged or interested' in the Sunday School
work are considered delegates. The object
of the gathering of Sunday School workers
is to consolidate the efforts of all denomi-
nations to devise the best ways and means
to improve the present methods of teach
ing, and suggest "such plans as will make
the Sunday School profitable and pleasant
for scholars, teachers and parents. : Round'
trip tickets will be furnished on the various
railroads. . - fi;lr$ '
The CoitoU and Bice Cropi.
' The long continued dry weather is prov
ing very destructive to tbe crops in this im
mediatej section.' The cotton on Mr. James
Petteway'a plantation.which was promising
very finp a few weeks ago,. now looks as if
it may jnot yield more, than one-third of
what might reasonably have been expected
of it with good seasons. It is thought pro
bable that he will not get over Oner picking.
The same may be said of Mr. W- J.: Mott's
prospects, as weU ; as ot other planters
in , tat1 . section. Judge Rassell's fine
crop in jBrunswick, which was promising
so.well only two or three weeks ago, now
looks almost as if a fire had swept through
it, and We suppose the same is the case
with De. Bellamy's, in the same neighbor
hood. Ia fact, wherever' the drought
reaches the same distressing state of affairs
exists. Mr. J. P. Garrell, who planted bis
cotton about a month or five weeks later
than the others mentioned, can still boast
of e very fine stand, but - in - some places,
where the soil is lighter than: in others; bis
is also tjnrniog yellow, and the entire crop
will suffer badly if tbe excessive drought
continues a few days longer. - ; I ;
: ltplan;d rice " jis - also suffering materi
ally for jthe want of rain, as a wet August
is absolutely essential to its proper develop
ment.: v- ta i most cases, we hear, v pkvnters
hereabouts will hardly make their seed, iln
Cape Fear township, in this county, nearly
every farmer, white and colored, puts a
good portion of his land in flee, and the
loss to such will be verv severe, i ' .1
j i The ; lowland rice, h after all, the most
certain J crop, as neither, long-continued
drought nor excessive rains can injure it or
retard its growth, and those of our planters
who have large crops of this - Important
cereal, in the low grounds, can smile ; se
renely while others less fortupate grieve
over their onghted prospects.
j-r Raleigh MeVds Observer : .Co.
Polk" received responsea"; yesterday " from
Gen.". Bob - Ransom, JCo&t DZQ. - Coward,
commandantof thffoldS2d regiment, and
V1 YO U qmtt&mtMimvg the
proposed reunion of our ex-soldiers m tbe
t5UiteairandproihMngio be Eeient aod
j)artlcipat&-rMajor B'.ackwelUnforms
us thatT yesterday fifty Germans, arrived at
Dnrhamr to make jpigarettcs forBlackwelt
a neir ; cigncette. ousmtsa is cnor-
mous.
. i?JzS? i'f'oi-rot zitA: -ly
StalesviUo i sjCanmarifey-tiThe
ProkibUion.Iecanve ;ConimiUee ot Ca
tawba county publiahea in the- Newton E&.
ierprise a.caU for.a rassff meeting ptU per- ;
jsens favoring prohibition to be held in tbe
court house in Ne ton during court wetk
"to erganiza a.,countyprohibiuoa paty!" i
This is the first m,ove Kbat has "been rnade j
in the State in this difeetiod; and ih the in
terest or harmony and - the public welfare, ;
ii- is - to ee i-hopeoMCTs he " Jast, .
There-are now nearly or quite 200 guesta it
the Sparkling Catawba. Springs. :Tbey are
enjoying themselves,. as a matter of course.
Ih the Landmark of August Sth; 1S81,
appeared poem by "K. P. H.,, of Old
fVwtj r Thq poem'ia not original. , it was
written'.by a lady in tIredell f county, in
memory of her baby boy; and was p'ablisb
d In, the Iredell Qautte of Jsnuaryor Feb"
ruary, otl880. . .. . . : , "
. CharlotteOoseryer : ; Mr . s Wm.
T -i. rj S?" thiL'i'if.
uee, luimenjoi mi cny, aieu tn urreena-
borq night before last- JUe was a native of
Mecklenburg, where his famrly still live.
He was for several 'years -engaged In the
drug busioess. in: this city, but, moved to '
Greensboro some years ago.' - Mining
men her say thsre is more -aCtivitftf Da
vidson,-. MonfgomeryHvie. . Jqwanand
tadjdftflng'xojuities, thsn,here.' ::irfigt?old'
jtiin, ine tjonradi tui 4M- 8ilve Vaey
and numerous . smaller . ones, have received '
and are stiir recelviilg 'tdbtf machinery aa
indicatesextEnalve operations. -Xtnuy.
netbegenerally,kownKbut it is a fact, i
that President Garfleld ls and'has bbevfor
several yesrr a. iifarlk Cirolificcreal fasiale
owner., Bie"" -is. largely, iqterested in the
Beaver &am placer Vgola miaertnr Motrt-
gormery jcannty. wmctt Has need and stm .is
being operated actyrely and successfully. '
Kinstqn journal: Mr!' isniel
Harrison; aa eged aad" prominent Cltiien of
Jones county, died on Monday nighjt last.
Jtte was in! his eightieth" year. - The
crops ia Onslos are quite ; good nd:T1t Ha
really refreahing to see broad acre of cot
ton from four to six feet "high; Anoiher
serfons affair -occurred uear-Falftag Qt&k
station, in this county. , on -Thursday, last.
Dahiel Glisson.who was riding upon a load,
pf lumber commenced .'throwing at; soibe
one in front of binx when the muJA bicame
frightened and ran away."' Gllssohi in (ry
icg to jump from ' the .wagon was thrbwo
heavily against the ground and seriously if
' nordangerously hurt.' La Gradgeaot : V
'I'sesweattier continues dry., i it Is.bau tljat
mature ay was. the hottest day, the ;ther-
: 1 'iL. s : An . .i J.I 1 i'K l!'.
mumpipr rpnrnpn iri?iin rrrf bt mn a - - -
; Fayettevifl SThe
Cape Fear rivir for some time-past has been
extremelv low at this - nninL . PrHnna ara
j 'now crossing on- horseback and is" vehicles v
t at the bid ford, a few hundred yards beJaw
tneuiarenaou oriage,; :4'ne oman-.
niversary of the Favettevitie' Independent
Light Infantry will be.'celebrated jOo-Tuies-
day next. The target-shooting .will be at
Robinson's Spring, and the1 dinner Will be
at the Fair Grounds. L During the cot
ton year fast drawing to a close (September
1. 1831.1 there1 have - been sold in the Fav-
etteville market about ; 25,000 bales of cot 1
ton, against 17,000 bales sold here last year.
This is an increase of about- forty-five per
cent, in tbe amount. - The Cape Fear
Tobacco Works at Wilmington use steam
power, employ 140 handstand manufacture
4,500 .pounds of tobacco daily.?)'f- The
mermometer registered degrees at ; Wil
mington, Raleigh and at this place. : Mis-
take. The thermometer on Saturday here 1
was 94 in moderately favorable places.
Gbldsboro Messenger ZQn Sun
day last ,the;Gpldsboro Rifles, marched in a
body, forty-two. strong, to the Preshyterian
church,- to3 attend divine- worship: ' The
pastor,-RavrEi. -B. Mc Alpine, is the chap- . '
lam or tne company. The Duplin Ri
fles, of Kenansville has been assigned to
the Second liegitnent, as Company. D, i Ail
promises to! be one of the best companies
in tbe Guard.' -' Greene' County items :
Dr. W. J.-Jones has thirty acres of -beautiful
j rice in cultivation.' It " will average
above wai6t high. - Four ('dwelling
houses are now in course of . erection, in
Snow. Hill. Some weeks ago, as a
gentleman aod his' little son were passing
over Speight's bridge, in a wagon pulled by
two' horses, the bridge gave way under
them, not far from its. northern abutment,
and threw wagon,, horses and all to tbe bot
tom. The wagon -was knocked into a first
class wreck,', and the persons and horses
were badly scratched and bruised ia seve
ral places. " ' ' "".-;
' Weldon News i Wo are pained
to chronicle the death : of : Mr.- Richard
Brinkley, who died at the residence of bia
brother-in-law, Dr. W. H M. Perkins,' in
this county, on tbe 10th. Mr. Brinkley was
in the prime or life; being in tne sia year
of his age. "We learn ' that a son ot
Coll F. M. Parker, while in Eo field on Sat
urday, was overcome by the extreme heat
and was taken home.-. We are glad to say
he has almost recovered. -i The beat
here on Saturday was extreme. .The ther
mometer at Clark's drug store reached the
high point of .107 degrees. ;. - We regret
to announce the death, of. Miss Mollie E.
Phillips, which occurred at her residence
in this place on the lllh inst. ; Enfield
notes : We were shown a peach a few day
ago that weighed 10i ounces and measured
10 inches in circumference. It was grown
on the farm of William Burnett, Esq., -near
Enfield. We regret to' chronicle the
death of S. S. Alsop, Sr. which took place
on Friday last, after a brief illness of over
three days.- Mr. Alsop was from Freder
icksburg, Va., and the father of our former
townsmen, John T. Alsop and 8. S. Alsop,
Jr.
-i-Reidsville Times- A letter to
friends in town from Geo.' Scales states he
is improving; the doctors think it was ner
voui debility the matter. ; MriW.' C.
Adams, Chief of Police, was struck a. heavy
blow on the nose Tuesday night about, 12
o'clock in front of this office by some would
be assassin, n The blow was with a lump of
ooalclanker. - A recent raid is Ran
dolph broke up 14 distilleries. (The block
aders have a . big, -, bell ; on ..top of
a dwelling' house that can be heard four
miles ' around; and 1 whed once rung the
horns are blown in every direction and
tbe distillers fake to theif holes. One
still had 24 hogsheads of beer, i ; -Wed-nesday.while
tbe camp-meeting. waa going
on at Fair Grove.Mr.Wm. Green.of Bansja,
sent: Geo. Waggoner, an orphan lad aged
14, employed with bim, - to Mrs. Nancy
Parrish's, about a ' half mile off, to get
something. . . He intended George to, walk,
but the boy rode the, mule,, and the. mule
threw him, his foot hanging to the reins
and the reins bung to a stump on tbo
road; the boy's head had bit a rock and
the rock was driven into' hir skull.;; Dr.
Denny probed : for it and , it - took, five
strong men - to hold tbe boy while the
probing was going On.; ; He died the next
morning, aod the camp-meetiog closed .
the I same" day. It opened with a , little
child's funeral and ciosed with' a young
lad's death. A hail storm last-Saturday
:in this county did much damage to the
tobacco in the Carmel section. It riddled
John Mobley's, Stephen and Wash Mob
ley's tobacco, and totally ruined 'about
forty thousand bills for . 'Squire Jarrett.
He says be would take what be paid for the
fertilizers for it. '
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