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A j7 A47 Sj .... - ;, 1 1 ' " ' ' y r"T.' I ' " " V RALEIGH, N. O. fx x- .1 yf c5DAY,.t. .............JUNE 23. 18T3. X 1 V 1J. WAKE COUNTY POLITICS. Wa AAnfTMtnlofa thA npnnle of Wake county on the work and results of yester - day's Convention. The nominees put for ward by the Democracy are all too well known to require any very extended no tice. ' Their worthy deeds in private life and in the service of the party have en deared them to their friends and com manded the respect of all good men. The Senatorial honor was accorded to MB. GEORGE" HAYWOOD SNOW, notwithstanding his repeated request to his friends from all parts of the county not to place his name be fore the people. He had strong per sonal reasons for declining the political service which the county was determined he should engage in for its good. lie has yielded a reluctant consent and the inter ests of his constituents are in brave hands. Mr. Snow was born in 1846, educated at Lovejoy's School and the Hillsboro Military Academy, read law under the in structions of Mai. R. C. Badges and Col. E. Q. Haywood and was admitted to the bar in 1869. He has attained high rank in his profession, and has a fair future in his power. He was a good soldier, en tering the army as a Lieutenant and rising to the rank of Captain. He was a prisoner of war for six months at Johnson's Island. Mr. Snow was County Attorney in 1874 -75, Chairman of County Executive Com mittee from lSeO-ra, in which last year he ran for the Legislature against M. V'B. Gilbert to fill a vacancy. His brilliant canvass greatly. encouraged the Democrats of the county. In 1876 he was nominated by acclamation for the Senate, and made a splendid and thorough fight against great odds. He failed of election by only thirty five voles on a largely increased vote. A vigorous speaker, a tireless worker, a true man, no better nomination could have been made. The selections made from such a num ber of good men proposed for the House of Repre sentatives showed how determined the Convention was to discard individual preferences and seek the general good. , , , COL. LEON IDA 8 D. STEPHENSON, of Swift Creek township, is a tower of strengthen Wake. He belongs to the old Lank family in this county. A seat in the Legislature is almost a tradition iu his family. In the last one hundred years the Lanes have been represented in that body of tener probably than any other family, Joel Lane alone having sat in ten succes sive Legislatures. And froth that time down to the present the roll is filled with their names. The present nominee was born in 1839, and educated at Lovejotl's Academy, in Raleigh. Since the war he has been a Justice of the Peace for many yeais, and in this import tant position won the esteem and respect of alL He was a candidate and elected to the Legislature by a handsome vote in 1874. His course there confirmed the high opinion his friends 4iad formed of him, and we feel sure of his election, ne is a far mer, a married man, and the father of seven fine boys. DE. WILLIAM E. EICHARDSON, of Mark's Creek township, is a married man of about 30 years of age. He is a scion of a time honored old family in Wake, a graduate of the Washington Medical.Col lege, Baltimore, and a farmer. Without any political, record, he has pursued the quiet but aetiye practice of his profession and h as commanded the respect and love of - his people, and has been nominated by the Democracy of Wake county for the House of Representatives. This is en dorsement enough, and we feel sure that he will make a good and faithful member. We have seldom seen a more harmonious assembly of.the people than that which met in Raleigh on yesterday, and while some of necessity were disappointed all went home satisfied , that a strong ticket had been nominated and determined to do their .best for its success. 1 . A V MR. HENRTf CALVIN OLIVE was born in what is now White Oak town ship, was educated at Wake Forest College, is about thirty years old, a merchant and a farmer. He is a son of the Rev. John ston Olive, a Baptist preacher of great popularity 'and influence. Serving his community as Mayor of Apex, he made his first appearance in politics as one of the Legislative ticket in 1876" and though ' beaten then, he made such an impression on the people that he has again been called to the front, and will do good work. " EDWARD EOS STAMPS , was born in Mecklenburg county, Va., in 1844. His father,- Dr. Wm. Stamps, a man of fine intelligence and character, and before the war, of large'property, removed ' to Milton, Caswell county, N.C., in 1847. ; At the commencement of the late war.Mr. . Stamps was a student of Hampden-Sid-ney College, Virginia, and though a youth of only sixteen years of age, entered the 1 .Tartny, and fought bravely in the artillery ' service, reaching the rank of Lieutenant, and was often in command of' his battery. At the close of the war he returned to Col- lege, where he graduated in 1867 with high honors, receiving, among other marks of esteem, the medal given by one of the college societies to their best debater. After graduating,, he removed to Tarboro and read law under his brother-in-law, Judge 'Howard, and after receiving his license was for some time a law . partner of that distinguished gentleman. For several years he edited the Tarboro Southerner with great ability, and in 1872 was nomi- ' nated as a Democratic candidate for the v House of Representatives from Edgecombe. Though he had no hope of overcoming the heavy Republican vote in that county, he nevertheless entered upon the canvass with great zeal and efflciency.and greatly reduced , th ReDublican majority.- In 1875 here-1 moved to Raleigh for the practice of his profession, and in 1876 became associated with R. T; Qbat, Esq., of " this city. In 1876 be was married to Miss Bettie, the accoim?lihed daughter of Johh G. Wil liams. Esq., the well known banker of Raleigh. Mr. Stamps is a good lawyer, and a man of high integrity and unblem ished character, with no instinct that is not that of a gentleman of honor ; culti vated in intellect, polite and affable in manners, courteous and fair toward his ! opponents in debate, yet bold and tearless in advocating what ne believes to be right. He is a man that can be depended upon in any relation of life, private or public, and if the people of Wake shall elect him, as they ought to do, he will represent them fearlessly, faithfully and well. If he! should not be elected it will not be for want of an able and zealous canvass of the county by him ; if he does not win sac- cess, we are sure be will deserve it. TUB SECRETARY OF STATS AXD BASKS. : Some weeks ago a correspondent of The Observer, discussing Banks and Bank ing, called attention to the fact that by broken National Banks only thirty per cent, had been lost by creditors since the Bvstem was inau'srurated in 1863. Said J w , our correspondent: "Fiftv-flve banks, with a capital of $10,875,100. have failed. . The amount of claims proved by creditors is $17,899,886. The amount of dividends paid is $10,029,- 045. and the estimated loss is $5,525,000, or a little more than 30 per cent. Where State institutions have failed creditors have regarded themselves as fortunate when they received thirty per cent. Why this difference? It is simply due to the fact that National Bank? are required to comply with the law, and the Comptroller of the Currency requires the sworn state ments of their officers to be furnished, and rigid and impartial examinations to be made from time to time, so that, the in solvency of the Bank is ascertained soon after it occurs, and the opportunity is small, except with the aid of perjury, of making the failure a very disastrous one, "The foregoing was suggested by casu ally running upon the act of 1872, Battle's lievisal, chapter 2b, section 4d, which is as follows : "Once in each year, the Secre tary of State shall appoint, some competent person to examine into the affairs of every corporation which insures against loss, either by perils of the sea or rivers, or by fire, or which insures lives, or which grants annuities or holds property in trust, or re ceives money on deposit. He shall report to the Secretary of State the result of his examination, and whether, in his opinion, the said companies respec tively are safe and are doing their business on safe principles, and such report shall be published by the Secrztary at the expense of the company." "This section has been upon the Sta tute Book since February 12th, 1872, but has been permitted to remain a dead letter. No examinations have ever been made, or reports published, yet since its passage two State banks have tailed, tne Banks of Mecklenburg and Statesville, and I am reliably informed have never Daid their depositors a penny. Could such a thing occur if the section referred to was complied with, and must not then the Secretary of State, who failed to perrorm his clearly defined duties share some of the odium which must attach to such dis astrous and shameful failures? InSfurance companies are required to make sworn statements, and the Southern Under writers' show bow valuable the statements may afterwards become, but the banks are not required to make any statements, a3 they were prior to the war, but the above provision is substituted. "It will only require the attention of our present efficient secretary or btate to De called to this subject in order to secure prompt and efficient performance of this important duty to the public, on his part, We have been rjermitted to see the cor respondence between the Secretary of State and the Attorney General in regard to the power of the former to appoint Bank Examiner, and to require reports from the Banks of the State to be made to him: Maior Exoelhard, Secretary of State, held the opinion that he had no power either under the Act of 1874-75 or the amended Act of 1876-'77, either to examine the condition of the banks himself or to appoint some one to do so for him, or even to require reports from them. Ir fact, he did not believe that he had any power in the premises. Consequently last year no such examinations were made. Some reference having lately been made to this supposed duty of the Secretary of State-in the columns of The Observer as above, and the matter having also been called to his attention by citizens of the State all being of the opinion that it was not only his duty either personally to ex amine or have the condition of the banks examined bv an expert, but that it was a most grave and responsible duty that officer has asked the opinion of the At torney-General in regard thereto: , 1". Is it the duty of the Secretary of State to appoint a bank examiaer, and if be has the power to do so ? 2. If he has, what banks are to be ex aminedwhether both State and National, as well as banks with less than $100,000 capital? - 3. If he has no such power to appoint an examiner, is it the duty of the Secre-4 tary of State to require reports from banks,1 and which banks ? . Maj. Engelhabd adds : "It is my pur-j pose to discharge the duties required in the premises intelligently and faithfully. Satisfied that I can select some one who is more familiar with, and more competent to do so than myself, I desire to appoint an examiner if the law permits it." The Attorney General replies endorsing; the action of the Secretary of State in not making these examinationr last year, hold ing that the act of 1874 75 does not apply to banks, and that it has been repealed by the act of 1876-77 in regard to insurance,: which now prescribes all the duties of the Secretary of State upon the subject. " We take pleasure in making the forego ing statement in justice to our Secretary of State, and to explain why he does not un dertake what is generally considered an important and responsible duty, and which hia predecessor construed differently. ., j Congress at the session just closed dealt pretty liberally with, the Life Saving Ser- vice, so that next winter our coast line will be better equipped in this respect than ever before. The North Carolina shore is to be immediately provided with new stations, and the other districts will be attended to as soon as possible. ; : American, silver quarters are cut in two by the Mexicans, and freely circulated as "bits" (12ic) on the Bio Grande fron tier. ' - ":;;:r waivers. Yesterday's mail brought us the follow ing letter from Lenoir county : La Grange, N. C, June 20, 1878. Messes. Editobs : Having noticed the readiness with which yu answer ques tions pertaining to law and business in tbe columns of The Observer, we beg leave to ask if the following clauses, sometimes inserted in promissory notes, are valid : And 1 do hereby waive the benent ot my Homestead Exemption as to this debt" "And I do hereby waive the benefit of all Exemption Laws now in force or hereafter to be passed as to this debt, x our an swer will greatly oblige us. We are pleased with The Observer and think it just the thing to succeed tlie paper of "our daddies," the Fayetteville Ob server, although it was some time about it. V ery respectfully, Edwards & Murohison. The Supreme Court of North Carolina in a case known as Branch vs. Tomlinson, reported in the 77th volume of North Car olina Reports has decided that no agree ment to waive the homestead and personal property exemption, (even by an unmar ried man), such as is contained in the above letter, will prevent the maker of the note from claiming the exemption allowed by law. These agreements therefore amount to nothing. They add nothing to the note. The wheat crop is already being har vested in many parts of the country, and it is estimated that the yield will reach 400,000.000 bushels, or ten bushels for every man, woman and child in the coun try, if the population be forty millions. All the grain crops look promising. The potato crop in most of the Spates will be of immense magnitude, though it has been damaged in some parts of the country by excessive rains. The grass crop is the heaviest We have had for many years, the days of storm in the early spring having favored its growth. Peru has for the first time indulged in a census, which gives the population as 2,699,945, of whom 1,365,945 are males; 100 men to 98 women. mooresville. From the Iredell Gazette. With the first issue of the first newspa per published in the town of Mooresville, we propose to let our readers know some thing of us, of our town, its growth, mate rial prosperity and promise of future im portance. Six years ago there was nothing here save a railroad depot, a single store, and perhaps three or four families within a few hundred yards of each other. John F. Moore, who owned all the land here about, and who is kindly remembered and referred to as the father of the town, was well known throughout the country as a public-spirited, enterprising man, and a man of weight in the community, literally as well as ngurauveiy. ms snrewaness and farsightedness led him, about eight years ago, to engage in a mercantile busi ness here, and enlisting one or two ot bis 'hbors in the enterprise, the house ot Moore, McLean & Co., since so widely and favorably known, had Us beginning This firm soon established a large trade with the surrounding country, and brought to the notice of business men the eligibili ty of this point as a trade centre. Soon another store was erected, and then anoth er; families, one by one, began to congre gate here and the little community began to put on the air of a village. By Act of the Legislature, March 3d, 1873, the place became an incorporated town, taking the name of Mooresville from its founder, John F. Moore. Steadily thereft"- it oontinocd to lengthen its cords and strengthen its stakes, until now it has attained a population of nearly six hundred souls, and instead of being compactly built, the cheerful and tastefully adorned homes dotting the gentle, undulating sur face on both sides of the railroad, the large and well cultivated gardens and the beautiful groves of forest trees, give the town quite a refreshing rural aspect! One distinguishing feature of the population of the town is that it is made up of the very best material from the surrounding country. Men of enterprise and intelli gence have brought their families here for the sake of the social, educational and religious advantages afforded. We have no professional loafers. Every man is en gaged in some legitimate business. Dram selling is prohibited by law; dram-drinking is regarded as a disgrace. We have dry goods and grocery stores to the num ber of eight; shoe shops, harness shops, blacksmith shops, cabinet shops, and all sorts of shops except dram shops. Moores ville is decidedly on the side of morality and temperance, and our town council taxes the sale of braudy peaches and all so-called medicinal preparations of rum and whiskyf so high as that it amounts to a prohibition. Lenoir Politics. Correspondence of The Obbkxvek. K1N8TON, June 19, 1878. Messrs. Editors : I am a new subscri ber to your most excellent journal, surely it is one thing needful to have a paper like yours, that is edited by the people through correspondence. Already we begin to claim it as our own, because through its columns we of the sea coast can talk to those of Cherokee and they of tbe moun tains can send greetings of good cheer to those of Currituck. Long may it live 1 Crops are poor indeed in our section. Politics begin to crop out. The negroes have nominated their candi.lates (same old ring,) and have already begun to halloa, Stick to your color." Now, Messrs. Editors, if the West will sit complacently still and allow our next Legislature to be- filled, with such men, (and they intend to stick to their color, and by sticking to their color they are sure to elect in this county,) then woe, devas tation and ruin will once more befall our good old North State. Look to your interest, ye yeomanry of Western North Carolina, and attend to ', these fellows and see that they are ket out. Place in office men tried and true, who are ever faithful to the interest of our grand old commonwealth, and all will be well. j- : Lenoir. ' Nash Crops. Cotton every where is looking badly, and how a full crop can be made we are not able to see. Corn is looking a little better, but that is not as good as it should be. Wheat, from what we can learn - is not as good as it was last year. Oats are poor too, except in a few places where, they were sowed last fall. Spring oats are f very poor indeed. So we think it will .be a poor crop year. Rocky Mount MaiL Important Cask to be Decided. Col. H. C. Jones and Mr. W. H. Bailey will ga to Raleigh next week to argue before the Supreme Court the case of Withers vs Stinson from this county, in which Judge Cox decided that a discharge in Bankrupt cy affords no protection to the bankrupt as against a judgment docketed against him when he went into bankruptcy.- Charlotte Observer. - - ; Potato Bug MiscRiEF-Potato beetles are blown out into Lake Pontoosuc Mass., and eaten bv perch and bullheads: but they 1 Doison the fish, which are dving in great i I numbers. . Toe Next Court. " '". " ; From the Blue Ridge Blade. Messrs. Smith, Ashe and Dillard are all 1 gentlemen of iroocL exceptionally good. character and are regarded by the legal ! fraternity as good lawyers. The personal character of these gentlemen Is such as to make the ticket entirely satisfactory to the people in all sections of the State, and of all parties, so far as we have been able to learn.' We suppose there will be no op position to any part of the ticket, which we regard as an unmixed good. - From the Southern Homc.l Representative Republicans decline to brine out an opposition against it. They allege they could not defeat it and would not if they could." Neither of the three eminent gentlemen have ever been politi cians, as the word is now used, and not the breath of suspicion has ever been raised against the characters of this illus trious and honored trio. - All three are upright and high toned Christian gentle men, their lives have been consistent, and their legal ability is unquestioned. We doubt whether a State in the broad Union will have an abler Supreme J udiciary ; we know none will have a better and a purer one. From the Reldsville Times Smith, Ashe and Dillard. I be man caught voting against that ticket would be run down by his neighbors without regard to party and sent to an asylum to serve a term of years for a first class fool. Day light has dawned in North Carolina. The first step since the war has been taken to educate the people aside from party bias to look for good and true men for office, The Timea has been a pioneer in this course and will battle for it to tin end ex pecting no reward save that which dead men get after they are dead and buried. Smith Ashe and Dillard. Every man will vote it. The best ticket ever set up by any convention since the war. From the Ashvllle Citizen. The selection 01 Messrs. bmiin, Ashe 'and Dillard at our late convention at Hal eigh to constitute our next Supreme Court meets the enthusiastic approval and en dorsement of all people of our section. It is admirable in every quality requisite for such a tribunal, and in their election our glorious old Mother State will have reached that ''home" for which the hearts of her children have yearned these many a year. It is a comfort to know that we are to have a North Carolina Court, composed of North Carolinians true and tried, able and faithful, selected and elected by honest North Caro linians. From the Hickory Press. these gentlemen are without spot or blemish, they are learned in law, are emi nent for invincible virtue and form a ticket that is an honor to the party which pre sents it. From the Wilson Advance. The ticket put forth for Supreme Court Judges by the Democratic State Conven tion last week meets with warm approval from every quarter. VV ith such uprignt and competent jurists at the helm, the honor and interests of North Carolina will be in safe hands. From the Greenville Express. They are men of first-class ability, and are noted for their purity and integrity of character, and in all reverence we ex claim "Gloria in Excehis." From the Kocky Mount Mail. In the persons of W. N. H. Smith, Thos, S. Ashe and John H. Dillard, we have a combination of the highest type of person al purity and of the finest legal talent and firm and decided Democracy, yet devoid of low, groveling, time serving demagog erv that is so detestable in the minds of all thoughtful and good men, especially when associated with the Judiciary of the State, and our duty is to go forward in our sup port of them and elect them by large ma jorities. From the Chapel Ilill Ledger. Smith, Ashe, Dillard, the embodiment of compiled wisdom and legal acumen. the personation of true christian gentle men, the ideal of Southern honor, the exponents of all the good and pure mo tives of the human race the trio whose shoulders will put to blush the purity of the judicial ermine. Smith, Ashe, Dillard these are the men who are to manage the scales of justice for our State, and the balance will ever be jightly Adjusted. Lnseinsn, uncompromising, true, pa- tiotic, christian, learned, talented, great men, are bmitb, Ashe and jJiilard. Davidson College Commencement. In the senior class of Davidson College, the members of which will be graduated next Ihursday, Mr. Chas. Mcti. Hepburn, a son of Dr. Hepburn, president of the college, won the first distinction in his class, and will deliver the Valedictory. The second man is Mr. J. Lindsay Patter son, of Salem, who will deliver the Latin salutatory ; Mr. Henry W. Malloy, the third man, will deliver the philosophical oration. The other members of the class who will speak on that day are as follows: Jas. T. Murphy, Clinton, N. C; William J. Tidball. Greensboro, N. C: John P. Little, Little Mills, N. C; W. H. Neel, Steel Creek, N. C; Geo. F. Robertson, Asheville, N. C; James L. Williams, Charlotte. W. C: Wm. S. Fleming. We tumka, Ala.; Chalmers C. Norwood, Fort Valley, Ua.; VV. Walter Moore, Char- lotte, IN. C. W. W. Moore, agent of the Philan thropic Society, of Davidson College, gives notice to the Alumni 'and honorary members of tbe Society, that the annual meeting will take place on Tuesday night before commencement. CharlAte Ob server. The Mooresville, Winston & Dan ville Railroad. A vote was taken by the qualified voters of the town, on last Saturday, as to whether Mooresville shall subscribe $15,000 to the proposed Narrow Gauge Railroad from this place to Dan ville, via Winston. There are about nine ty voters in the corporation ; only two of these voted against the measure, sixty-five for it, and the rest pot , voting at all. Monroe ua&st&e. s , Roanoke Wheat. The wheat crop of this section has generally been harvested and far exceeded expectations in both quan tity and quality It was feared at one time the excessive rains would destroy it with rust, but it has proven otherwise. We hear of ordinary land producing some ten and other as much as fifteen bushels per acre. Weldon News. No Romance- in ilEB N. lhey were standing at a window. "In looking cut doors do you notice how bright is the green of the grass and leaves?" asked an elderly gentleman of & little girl whose home he was visiting, .'yes. sir." ?Why does it appear so much brighter at this time?' he next asked, looking down upon tbe bright sweet face with tender interest. . 'Because ma has cleaned the house and you can see out better," she said. The elderly gentle man sat down. . The Coming Election Is of very great importance to tbe people at large, bat while the masses are cheering for the can didates of their preference, the agonizing sufferer from the painful disease known as Hemorrhoids or .files cries tor rebel. This will be speedily afforded by the use of Barbam's Infallible Pile Cure, manu factured by the Barbara Pile Cure Compa ny, Durham, JS. C. Price S1.UO a box. sent post paid on receipt of price. Try it and be convinced. jne 17 Xwk. SALEM FEMALE ACADEJ1T, Correspondence of The Obskbvxk. Salem, N. C, Jane 20, 1878. Messrs. Editors : The Commencement exercises at Salem Female Academy took place this morning in tbe fine and commo dious chapel of the Academy. The school was founded in 1UU4, . and this is its seventy-fourth session. On Wednesday evening there was a musical entertainment given in the chapel which drew together a very select and appreciative audience. Ine programme was as follows : PROGRAMME. PART I Solo and Chorus for Female Voices. Chorus of Peris from Paradise and the Peri. Deck we the Pathway Schumann. Piano Les Clochettes. Impromptu Brillante R. Hoffman. Miss L. Cannon. Song Swiss Song Eckert. Miss M. Shawe. Recitation The Silly Goose (old story re-told.) E. A. Smuller. Piano Duo. GaietedeCoeur. S. Smith. Miss A. Early and Miss A. Van Yleck. Vocal Trio Barcarolle. Row us swiftly. Campana. 1st. Soprano Misses E. Greider and F. Owens. 2nd Soprano Misses H. Smith and L. Cannou. Alto Miss A. CarmichaeL Piano Marche de Nuit Gottschalk. Miss S. Vest. Recitation Schiller's Ballad . of 4be Diver Motley. bong Ballad. My true love has my heart BlumenthaL Miss B. Dibrell. Recitation Chorus from Athalie Ra cine. - Misses A. Muligan, A woodsidc s, M. Butner, S. Vest, E. Greider and L. Cannon. Piano Duo. Val3e Caprice Jean Paul. Misses L. Sims and C. Swann. Vocal Duett Sacred Duo. I will mag nify Thee, O God Mosenthal. 1st So prano Misses B. Alexander, F. Owens, L. Best. A. Vogler and A. Early. 2d So pranoMisses L. Scott, B. Brown L Bobbitt, D. Jack and u. urosiand. . : PAST 11. Solo and Chorus Gipsy Life (by special request. ) Schumann. Soprano Misses U. .Brown and M. onawe. Alto Misses A. Carmichael and L. Agthe. Tenor- Prof, Agthe. Bass Mr. Ebert. Piano Duo. Illustrations de Faust B. de Vilbac. Miss L. Bobbitt and Miss L. Gruncrt. Recitation in Concert The Battle of Bunker Hill Cozzens. Misses S. Rod- gers, L. Burch, A. Carmichael, F. Owens, H. Smith, D. McDowell and B. Dibrell. Vocal Trio La Vivandiere. Onward now gaily Gabussi. 1 st Soprano Misses M. and M. Wester. 2d do. Misses F Owens and L. Cannon. Alto Miss L. Agthe. fiano uaprice de concert, ine Joy ful Peasant. A. Hani. Miss A. Car michaeL Song Cavatina. For though a cloud sometimes concealeth. C. M. von Weber. Miss L. Sims. Instrumental Trio Divertissement sur POpera : Le Troubadour (Kummer) Pour Piano a quatre Mains avec Violin et Vio- loncelle. Dialogue "The Society for doing good and saying bad," Misses M. Wester, b. Fagg, B. Alexander, S. and C. Duiin, N. ltoberts and u. .Lash. Song -"Adelaide," (Beethoven) Miss B. Brown. Piano Duo. " Radieuse. " Grand Valse de concert. (Gotiachalk.) Miss L. Cannon and Prof, Agthe Recitation "1 he bunding of the ship. (l.iongfellow). Miss Dora Jack. Chorus "For His is the sea snd lie hath fashioned it ; His hands formed and prepared the dry laud. XUV Psalm, (Men delsohn.) The leading pieces were all executed well; the concert lasted until after 11 o'clock. 'his morning a large crowd was again present, when the following programme was given ; PROGRAMME. Chorus "O come, let us worship and kneel before the Lord. XCV Psalm, (Mendelsohn). Keading of Scripture and f rayer. Salutatory address Miss A. M. Mc Dowell, Spartanburg, S. C. Address Kev. J. 1. Zorn, Principal. Music Rondo Finale. Trio. Op.. 97. (Reissiger). Address Kev. Ldward liondthaler. Music Grand Duo sur J'Opera : "Les Huguenots, de Meyerbeer. (E. Wolff). Presentation of Diplomas to graduating class : Miss C. C. Swann, Dandiidge, Tenn., Miss A. M. McDowell, Spartan burg, S. C, Miss L. R. Sims, Bryan, Texas, MissB. D.'Coppedge, Wadesboro, N. C. Miss F. M. Moore, Welford, S. C, Miss A. E. Blum, Winston, N. C, by Rt. Rev. E. A. DeScheinitz, Presideut of the Board of Trustees. Valedictory address Miss C. C. Swann, Dandridge, Tenn. Chorus Canon. "For the .Lord is a mighty Gjd and a mighty Ruler. XCV Psalm. (Mendelsohn). Doxology and benediction. The school is evidently prospering under the new regime. Years ago when the school was at the zenith of its fame, and had usually 200 boarders or more, exami nation week was a gala perio j in old Sa lem. Wealthy planters, from; all parts of the South, would remain here; tor a weeK or two, and the streets would be constantly crowded with vehicles of every description, and there would be driving iout to the flower gardens in the suburbs,! and excur sions to. the pilot, etc. 1 hose were the old days when the South was prosperous and we had money. V rai. Opening the Campaign. The Golds- boro Messenger understands that Judge Fowle will open the campaign ' in a short time, e He will make his first speech at Rocky Mount and an appointment has also been made for him at KenansviUe. 1 he Judge is an earnest, able speaker, a vigor ous thinker and an eloquent: declaimer, with facts' and figures always at hand to support his arguments. We would be glad to have him come to Wilmington and, speak here where he has heretofore been gladly heard during the few Visits he has made to our city. VJapt. bwift Galloway, candidate for Solicitor from this District,' is also making up his appointments, lie speaks first - at Beaufort on Thursday next and on the Fourth at Snow HilL Wiltnington lie view. '1 Iredell Crops. Parties who are post ed, inform us that wheat throughout tbe county is turning out much bctter than was expected, lhe oat crop; promises to be above the average. A ! large -crop of tobacco will be raised in i north Iredell. The corn and cotton -Crops, though small, are looking well, and as a : eeneral thing have excellent color. The apple crop will be almost a failure all over the county, and as far as we can learn, throughout the en tire mountain section. This loss, however, will be partially repaired by the abundant peach crop, which - promises to be much better. than for several yeari. Mooresville Gazette. , ,Frrr Crops. From all ; parts of the county we hear complaints I about cooi nights and consequently bacKwara crops. Cotton is three weeks feehind the growth of this season of ; the year. 1 The wheal crop, now all harvested, was also very far below the average both in yield and in quality. Corn seejna to be doing well, al though backward, vv e are pieaseu 10 near thaUhe farmers are well up witn ineir work. Crops free from grass and In a thorough state of cultivation. QreenvUle BEAUFORT, FISH INO, A.C Zl Correspondence of Tn Observes. Beadfort, June 21, 1878. Messrs. Editors : Spendinsr a couDle of days in Beaufort is a very pleasant past- wme, especially wnen tne Dlue nsu and macketel are in the striking mood. So maca has been written and Baid about fish ing in the waters around Beaufort that there is but little room to say anything new. One thing however, is remarkable. that each year the blue fish and mackerel come earlier. More blue fish have been caught the present month than was ever known before in June ; and there a mack erel is hardly ever taken uutil the middle or last of July, but this year they are quite plenty. Yesterday your correspon dent tried the troll for a couple of hours; the result were sixteen blue fish and one fifteen pound mackerel. I had the pleasure of being in company with W. A. Day, Esq., of Weldon. He also caught a mackerel and the same num ber of blue fish. The first of the present week Mr. Day took 95. A party of gen tlemen from Richmond had fine sport, taking large quantities. I saw three mackerel taken to-day by Mr. Ives that averaged about ten pounds each. Nearly all the fish are taken on Shackelford's Point, or between there and the new bayou, on the left of the ship channel I notice that since last year both Macon and Shackelford Points are growing beautifully less. The water keeps washing awav the Points, and unless steps are taken to stop the washing, Macon Point will ere many years be washed away. But few visitors have as yet put in an appearance. Great improvements have been made for their &ccommoda tions. The Atlantic House has been placed in thorough repair, the ball room having been roofed over and fixed up in apple-pie order. Plenty of arrange ments have been made for those wishing to look at the dancers by three rows of galleries which are very pleasant for prom enading. -Great improvement have been made in the beds. The old sea-weed mat-; trasses and pillows were dumped in the ocean and new mattrasses, feather pillows and springs are on every bed in the bouse. Dr. Bagby will introduce a new feature the present season. He is having the shells picked up in front of the hotel and smoothing the bottom so that it will be comfortable surf bathing jfor ladies and children directly at the hotel. He has already several bathing suits, and if surf baihing is popular will order a large num btr. This will be a very pleasant feature to parties visiting Beautort. The Doctor has a very fine band com posed of Raleigh boys, Henry Slater, W. H. Vaughn and Lum Weathers. Another improvement is a new ladies' bathing house and also a new lauudrv. The Doc tor is determined to have every comfort and pleasure for his guests that it is pos sible to have. . The Ocean View House, Geo. W. Char lotte, Proprietor, has also been put in tho rough repair in every respect. His band will be on hand next week. He has also a very pleasant ball-room and is prepared to attend to the wants and pleasures of his guests in number-one style. Hi very body knows what a genial, good hearted man Mr. Charlotte is and how hard he works to cater to the interesis of his guests. Aside from the hotels, Mr. Perry is pre pared to attend to a goodly number, as is also Miss Sarah Davis. I here is better ac commodation for visitors at Beaufort the present season than tor years, so the people visiting there will find more comfort and pleasure than for a long time, Another new feature is the opening of ,the hotel at Morehead City by Messrs. trOlland & f ranklin, it is several years since this house has been open. These gentlemen have taken hold of it this year with a pnwpect of good success. Kichard- son and Powell, the conductors of the A & N. C. R. R., say tell the ladies and children to come down and they- will look after them, and as of yore will take great pleasure in attending to their wants. A new enterprise is soon to be inaugur ated on the beach inside the inlet, near Fort Macon. The Beaufort Marine Rail way Company was organized on lhe 17th of June, and will put down a set ot ways capable of hauling vessels of the largest size, lhe ways are already here, and as soon as placed in position this Company will be prepared to repair or build vessels of any size. E. C PENNSYLVANIA AFFAIKS What a. North Carolinian Thinko Correspondence of The Observer. New Geneva, Pa., June 1878. Messrs. Editors: Rain, hail and frost have been the topics of discussion here for a week or more. The weather is still very cool and corn looking quite yellow. Great complaints in uiny sections of the fly which has made its appearance in early wheat, and is doing much damage. No President, no Governor, not even a Chief Justice to be elected, there is no thing to report but failures in business, bankrupt sales, &c-, of which there have been and are still not a few, but our south, era people know enough of them already by actual experience. A perfect panic prevails here in every branch of business. Trade is almost dead, and every one seems to be aimipp only at "holding his own." A few of" the recent emigrants to the Western States are coming back with the report, "no better country than the Mag nolia Valley." There is some little emi gration to Tennessee and to Texas. A few years ago, capitalists thought the safest investment of money was in real estate. But the "hard times" have so re duced the prices of lands that real estate Is not much better security here than it is with us. Bogus statesmen talk of tbe "agonies of resumption." and quote largely from Sec retary Sherman and others to assign a rea son for the great depression. But Messrs, Editor, may not the reals reason lie a little deeper? May not the failures of manu facturers, reduction of wages, suspensions, failures, &e., &c be in a great measure, traced to a crushed and conquered South, and the loss of tbe Southern trade ? More anon. M. H. M. Odr Senatorial District. Messrs. J. H. Merrimon and C. McLoud declared themselves candidates for tbe State Senate last Saturday, conditionally however," both urging that the Democratic party call an other convention for our senatorial district, and the selection of a candidate to main tain party organization and avoid dissen sion. Mr. Merrimon states that he would not be a candidate tor tbe nomination nor against the nominee of tur party should it put one in the field, but only in the con tingency that no nomination should be made, will he run at all. Another con vention has been called, and a gentleman will be nominated who will command the united support 1 of the party. Asheville Citizen. ,.. Trrmxa. M. Labouchere has found th'iB excellent story in an agricultural paper as told by the Kev. E- L- llettron, of Romsey, to whom be all proper praise : "The record of Romsey Abbey showed that his prede cessors in tbe livings of St. Leonard and St. Lawrence received their tiths in kind in the north aisle. They received every tenth cow, calf and pig ; but how they managed to deal with them be didn't know. A rather pompous,' tight laced clergyman was one day called upon to christen a child, but on asking its name tbe woman said, 'I don't know, sir; it's your child, sir!' My child?' exclaimed be. 'Yes, sir, it's the tenth child, ai.'n . 1 ; TheMyihoIthe Lamb. . From the New York Times J There are few more interesting studip than that of comparative mythology. Triv ial auu uieauuiKifcti as many myitis seem to the superficial glance, they will always repay investigation. How fascinating for example, is Prof. Fiske's inquiry into The Origin and Development of thi Myth of Nimble Dick," in the ceurse of which he so clearly shows that Nimble Dick isTi personification of the sun : that tbe sun's rays, though intended to diMi. pate fogs and noxious vapors mentioned under the figure of a "crow" are some times injurious to innocent cats in win-, dows ; or, in other words, to unDrotprti human beings; and that the "timber" over which "Dick fell" is a forcible descrintmn of a solar eclipse. In like manner, nearly every myth can be found to be au allego- nuai uescripuun 01 some important natu ral phenomena, and there are scores of fa miliar stories which are really ancient Ar yan myths, and which only need to be re- ' cognized as such in order that we may perceive the valuable lessons which they are intended to teach. Some time ago the trustees of a well known Boston meeting house, which was famous because of its association with cer tain incidents of the Revolutionary war, announced that unless thev were nairl k large sum of money they should feel com pelled to pull that meeting house down, in spite of the Buffering which their pa triotic hearts would inevitably undenro. Accordingly, the people of Boston re- "solved to raise the necessary monev. and . to that end held a church fair thereby avoiding the letter of the law prohibiting piracy. At this fair were sold little locks of wool, j tied up with blue ribbons, and guaranteed to be part of the fleece of the alleged lamb celebrated in song as the friend and companion of one Mary. It is estimated that eleven tons of this wool were sold at that fair, and Roman Cath olic controversialists who desire a happy repartee to the popular Protestant asser tion as to the vast quantities of the true cross on exhibition in various Roman Cath-: olic churches, will do well to ascertain the precise amount of the wool thus sold. Kecent investigations into the origin and real meaning of the rhymed legend begin ning "Mary had a little lamb" have con. clusively proved that it embodies an an-' cieat New England tradition, and that in its present shape it is so grossly corrupted as to convey a otalty different meaning from that which it originally had. Thoughtful men have often asked them selves why so common place an event as the ownership of a lamb by a school girl should have been commemorated in song. and why the author should have woven into his narrative the palpably false asser tion that Mary's lamb accompanied ber wherever she went. Is it credible that the Puritans, would have permitted Mary to bring bePj lamb to meeting, or to take it with ber to a solemn and joyful Uuaker hanging? Would she herself have per mitted that lamb to remain in the parlor on Sunday night, thereby running the risk that it would bleat loudly at 1 o'clock a. m. and bring her father down staiis at an inopportune moment? If Mary had a lamb, it may have followed her to a limi ted extent, but that it went wherever Mary went is utterly incredible. The exact, date of the first appearance of the legend of Mary and her so-called lamb cannot be ascertained, but it is believed to be nearly contemporaneous with the first settlement of Boston. At that time nearly every colonist owned a few sheep and every young girl owned a lamb, the fleece of which she intended to use in making a pair of garments the nature of which need not. be specified. Now, the New Englander of the period wrote poetry with enormous difficulty, and it is unreasonable to suppose that every respectable Puritan would have wrenched himself all to pieces by writing verses commemorating so common an inci dent as the ownership of a lamb by a con temporaneous girl. He might just as well have gone to the trouble of recording the fact that Mary or Mehitable or Hannah had an average-sized nose, or the usual quanti ty of ears. How, then, can we account for the production of a wholly unnecessary poem celebrating a commonplace event, and filled with contradictory and prepos terous assertions? It iB this question which has hitherto baffled the ablest and most learned investigators. Fortunately, the mystery enshrouding the legend ot Mary has at last been dis pelled. The recent discovery of an old manuscript has unexpectedly shown that a typographical error perpetrated during the first year of Gov. Wintbrop's rule, completely changed the meaning of the poem and misled succeeding generations. The original form contained no mention of the lamb, and not the remotest allusion to any quadruped whatever. When it is mention-d that the true reading of the first line is "Mary had a little limb," we at once comprehend the purpose and meaning of the author. We know tlmt from time immemorial, the New England girl has had two arms and two "limbs," the latter serving the purpose of the legs in use outside of New England. Mary was a New England girl, and of course she bad a "limb," and similarly of course, it was a very little one. She took it with her wherever she went, as was perfectly natural, and an accident occurring at school, probably one connected with a broken bench, attracted the attention of tbe scholars, and caused a good deal of amusement. There' have been great chan ges made in the poem in order to harmon ize it with tbe theory that it referred to a lamb, but the true version is at once coherent and probable, and the reader can readily understand that it was written in celebration of an incident, or rather a series of incidents, that had intensely interested the early Boston community. In the l;gbt of this unexpected revela tion, what defence can be offered by those persons who lately sold eleven tons of wool alleged to have been shorn from a lamb which never existed save as a typographical error? If you want tobuy a stove, tin-ware, crock ery or house furnishing goods of any descri p tion go to Lumsden's. He sells cook stoves from $10 up. He employs the champion sewing machine repairer and adjuster; he also makes a specialty of gun, pistol and lock work. Lumsden has just opened his spring stock of mocking and canary bird cages, fly-traps, dish covers, lamp goods, &c. "Fly fans , and flower pots a specialty." If you want to buy anything in his line or want any tin rooting, gum-r ing or any kind of metal work done gu to J. C. S. Lumsden's opposite -aiarsei, Ral- eigh.'N. C. Tim Lee's The" Delmonico's Ral hnv ovsterw n the half-shell. Everv other delicacy S "J - . -,. . r of the season. Runners or meals at any hour of the day or night served in yuvaic iuuhb. The. best of cooks are only employed, and attentive waiters to attend to, every "beck and calL" -- . m 1 A Love Strife. I wondt-r whether 1 love nerT I wonder whether 1 hatef Now she will coo like a milfcwhite dove AU love ; . Now she stands, like a queen apart, . Crowned with beauty ; bat has she a heart T O, could I only discover Whether I love or hate, " Then should I know my fate, I wonder If for a minute She thinks of me when away 9 If she deems roe a trivial toy Mere boy T Tea, I can fancy ; yea, I can see Kosy red Hps that laugh at me. O, love's strife 1 I'll begin It ; Throwing aU fear away, I'U know my fate this dsy. . i 1 I
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