Record
f H U US DAY, February
,1SS0
31. A. LONDON, Jr., Editor.
THE 1H1S1I FA3IIXK.
The people of America frequent
ly complain of tin' liarl times,"
and bemoan their lot in li'.', where
:is in fact they have loss cause to re
pine than any people in the world,
for above all other nations ours is
most blessed with everything that
c;iii contribute ro .nan's happlne.-.
J i,t at this time tU sufferinjiS of
tin." starving: J c-. j lc nf Ireland arc
i'c'.r;iiic n.e m nipauiie oi n.e im-
ilizod world. A iint i.-rievoiis fain-
... .1 ..l : i- .1 .
iae has 1 .. fa:L-ii that .iifoi tui.ate
country, and th'Uisand.s uioii thou.--ands
of its tiovcrtv stricken inhabi-
tanta arc iw sl..vly
death, and ti e daily cry
li lilVol.lill'' lliul'.- j'i. '-.'!
starving to
of il'.-tl'es.-s
and wide-
spread. Nj iant;-niu can
.scnlie
the r.iiia!hnir privations and tin tit
ter destitution that new pivvads.
ami which is , uniy; .-till worse
,t.iv bv ill v. It is ,-tated tl.iit al-
ivadv th
hittidivd sh.
g a lingering
ti-.iia
le:ul
are d i
fl'o'.ll
.ta: vat. 1.0. and caii
alive by superhuman
art of their f. :!.. . er
lily be k.'l't
.'forts 011 t!ie
aiinvs
It i-
liviii"
;ud that i-vnie ot theiu are
:i one nu.il a d.iv, and that c'ii
fi.-ti:::; eiily of turnips
4 : : 1 i ceil lusr u't'l s a
liaitMi ;!. The people
try, who are so hies
abundance of c.eiyt!
cannot rea!i;:e the terri
pot:!NHS
..r! y ex
f tlii.- conn
ed wirii an
i'lg to eat.
spread
Iridi. The
jietl to t'u 1
ii..!i i:,s K.r 1
,ar:i v ut
!p...! 1 ,
("litiall
! laio in
t':lS
l.i r-
great nii.-l'ortiiuj. Alreelv
:iioim! h.i e been contri'aite.l
. 1 fo-.v 1 from the. lii;il
Mates, but ti I t:. .-r c eues. over
l!u . at.-r
Go
-end
New
ti bread
York Her
Tin
tin
,f Ameri-
icati j'iu:-:iaii.-U!.
litcd the princely
ii'i .1 tho'.l: rm l 11.
has ai 'tie contrib
:mi ui' one hiin
'.1 .. . a: d i.-a.-ti
lv soli,-i!i;i;.r eiettrilititioiis
othei to aid i:i this gre.it ehai
from
v.
There are huvhvls of tiiou.-.ttid-
of Iri-hmeii H.i::;- .u Annriea nud
thev, with the wann ht arted gener
i.-iry eliar.-ieterl.-ti'' of their r.e-e. an
... . . ... 1
rerpomiiiig tioeraiiy ro tne apt
of Jieir .-tarviug
. rvinetn
The
lioMe example of the II. -raid is hav
ing oi! e'i-jct' all over tlie coun
try, and ;.n iunneti-e atnottnt has til
ready b !. r.iise-1 tiifottgh it- a..e!i
ey. That p-iper has promi-cd to re
-iivo and . !.:! b. Ir-liud a!!
eoiitiibini. ti- that may be sent, and
pub!:.:..-, daily hi its chumi- in
nanus of a!! w!a contribute and tie
sU.n, , :.(.!: !.:. .. The !tef:o'i !.:.
so si n; Sii.-e:-:it;o:i
l-i to all
and has
sections of the
country,
tii-n-o'tg'.ly org.tni
ity. Already its
e I more money t!
nil other persons,
combine 1, and foi
deserve the than
il- Untile
ar
.!;' irts h ive rais
an the efforts ,,f
or org.i:ii: itioii.-thi-
the Herald
:s of the i harita-
ble world, and reiliH-ts the highe-t
lintior upon American joiiiintlisin.
This i., an apt iilustratioa of the
power of the Press, and .-hows, what
a wonderful iutlueiice even one
new.-paper can exercise
Contributions left at the Knvoun
i.il'u-e will be torwarilci to the
Herald and the names of the donors
published.
A lu'iiiurkahle Incident.
Nothing more plainly shows the
Wonder1 1 1 changes made in the
past few years than fin incident that
recently occurred in the Supreme
Court of the United States. This
tribunal ju.-tly considered the
most aiigr.i.' body of men in Ameri
ca, being the he..ln t Court of near
ly lift y millions of pc; ph
law-
yef can be admitted to practise
at
its bar. unless he is le.lltie
it: tin-
law and his character is vou.-hd! f-.r
i . .
liV fjOillC olnel'
iwyer in goti.i sranu-
in.'. The inei.kiit
...1 ; 1. ,,.,.,1
to Mhlcli we.lt-
luil'.', took place last week, and was
the admission of a negro lawyer
upon the motion of a woman!
Tni-s was not icinarkahle becau.-e
the lawyer v:u a pegvo, f- r there
have been live of that .race a.'.initted
as inetiibers of that bar, but becaii a'
it wa ft nogo vo'tchel tor by ii
woman
law'vef. Truly li this a
i I w n Icrfu!
'progressive
fire the chatr
es wrought by it. H.e
idea ot women and negroes pi.iei.. uke 1 orest College, will pay his revolt. 1 saw a Bick old woman who outrage on Immunity, Ihcyieeom
i:i" iit the bar of the United States hoard ami tuition, and gradttut' Lint could not atand np without pulling mend the immediute dismissal of tho
Ssiu'ivitt" ' ''-"irt ! , in medicine." ! the roof off the little circular bhield-, prcint Leeptr tf the ptituu.
Miu-hhte Politics.
If the polities of our friends if the
Republican party are not rim by a the horrors of the Irish famine we '' - auge i.ounieis, unit
,.,,., . , . , , ,, ... , . answered as wa la. I saw more than
"machine, then we me ut a loss to copy the following extracts from let- oue i1()vt;1 in the dcyilhi of tLu bogs
understand what ia meant by the ten to the New York lferuld written actually built all over with dripping
term "machine politics." The recent ' from different feceiiots of Inland. bog mould, thatched with heathgn.sa.
I action of their Executive C'ou.iuutee One writer Bavs: "a " family of nine w ho had imth-
i , ,,,, i i ' . ,i . ,, i i i mg in the world to L'en life in thein
m tl.iS State well Utattrate. Low ht- -At he present moment, accord- t HUch i,vj(lkjJl.8 thl.y eouM
tie the leaders U that party con.alt tng to the mist ea.vful ca'euh. turn I lu,' JtiUkl
the wkhs of the voters. The lead- can make at , r personal visitation, , , ?
i 4 , 4 , ,i , 1(1 tu.ro are sixlv hea la of fannies who , " ... ,
ers direct what shall be .hue, and the . t, TrfT UMluiug (bor.t knowing! Scrap ot Secret History.
n utv does if, just as a well regulated , .. i,. ru Y.,V Aro to git breakf.st: r , , . i i
1 " , , . , , 'win i o uiiv ate 11 uukiMj To show m what high estimation
machine docs the will if t!:3 person for their six or eight ehildreu; who , . , . -,, . , 4
...1i,..n; if .: .:,. ! u.t simt.lv exist f.on, d,v to day ur-on Gov. Seymour was la id by President
t "i. u' ,-. ,.- i.u .,(,vf,,..;1V!po.uh'oi,M. relief or upon the ebnritv Lincoln, although they differed in
wetli, there 13 grer.t u.sjiiusiiiction ', . , , , , ' , , . , .... ., , . , . ,
. . , ,. . ... , of niigbbors only less wretched than publics, tho M ashiugtou Tost pub
am. ng t..e to publicans of thia Stale, i tll(..!is,.vi.s. Xh'ey share with one H,lu,H tho folk)win,,.
.eca;!, their E.y,M.l,ve Committee ,,,othtr Kke a .hipwreeked erew I ,.T(l UM w, " ,
i Ucted del. -itea to the National (Jon- have s. en a family of ten .;,pendet . t h;d i1.
,.i:,.t, , 1, ..,... f ., !-. ....! ;,,4,- l f jr their mipDer uniui a little meas- ., . ..... , .. ..
of Grant, nor do we bhm.o them for
such dits.itii-i'.ictioii. If a vote was
...1 . 1... il.... T i.i:
u, -.....y .iuiU..b u.40 l,l;,u,
"f North Curolina upon the qms-
tion of uoiaiuating t.'rant or 8hi rmau
r .1 1, . : 1 1 ... I 4 .. .4 .1. ..
the former would rec ive i.ine-teud.s
, . , .
ot the votes east, and yet by the ac-
tion of a few kaders the voice of the
masses of the 11. pub.i,,!,! pa.tv in
,1.wsi:,..1,,l , k:,,,,,,.',!.,,,.!
ior i.ie 1 ii'mui' ii'v. ne uouoi uui 111:11
-l i
their votes will be yivcu for the noin-
ination of a mm who ia not the
choice of oiH-te,;th of the partv. No m nny ep ulis 1 ii-. ii'.t meei one
, . , :. eomfortabh' pair of lil.uikits. J ry lit
wonder t.u n aiiimult. rmgi of diseon- f tl fl j,,;,flll 1(.v,,j ,0
tent, and tLat indignation lm etiiigs whiih t!ic people have d. B -end I wh. n
tie dtnotiueiug such a perfusion of I tell you of one broad-shonblereil
the popular will: but still there will's''""1 wlio ntnriK d from the Kiigli.di
1 .u 4 . l- . r harvest iiehb in 187S with 1.1. in his
be no lvvolt agant tne dicta; :ii i f , . , , . , ,.
" . ooi'ket, and returned in liJ on n
the 'ii.acliine, and the m'is.-i a will '., ,v- r..h..f i.'. .Ira .:,,, ( ,,
ijuictly submit, iu they have always
done.
The r.oe. t lW.hlicon convention y. ars a-o wan y.oii apiece m nur
. , . , ... 4 . , pockets, and were, when I ,nv them.
111 1 eiiiisv.'. aula iijm) i!h;.-ih litis ho-v '. , ,. ,., .M 1 ,
! Koiiing that tliey vcuhl lie statv
the "machine" ceiitrols the party in .jH,ltt ti. ,;1i.i,he of Fibrnary;
t oat State.
patty tlieie is coin-
j.h tily under the control of ) .n C.im-
: on, and votes as he directs. I In is
ibo speci.d ehamp: u if General
1 iiant and is doing all he can to se
cure the hate 's nomination. Al
tbo'igh the N.i'iuat ( ' nviution
vd.eu tie' nomination will in) U4ade
wi.l not mi tt until nest June, yet in
order that the action of l'-t:n-v Ivan-
1.1 iaii!.i iiiitaeiice 1 tin r :5tati s 1 am-
,1
eron er.kred the e u.vv irieu of that u v! ody wLo looks la ne ith the sar
State t 1 he In Id la-t mil;, and in- face to av or write otherwise. M.iht
delegates ware instructed to vote for of those who have still Potatoes to eat
Grant. S that ! -unsylvani 1 is tl c
lii'ft S'ate to dichtie for Grant, and
f mr years ago was the tirst State t i
uronoiinei; ig linst the thir.l term. and
by a Solemn resolution daly passe i
declared that no man si,oi;;,l b"elec
te.i tV. sM' lit the third time. S .
much lor 1.' iiMn-an eoni-;t ncv i
(('!'.-:! Eiittttii'fittors.
Th-; Saj eiiuteL.'eut of the cnpits
has r.rip.irid a ciieular as to the
manner - t taking the census, from
Wi..ch we e i v the f -llou .i g extract :
''A. Inge,.;: id. every to,,,, town-
ship, militia di ti iet, "or otl.a- p. 1
man. nt civil division of the e.-untv
si .1 l! 1 be (-instituted an enumera
tion district, if the estilliated poll!
hitioii thereat' exceeds si veil or t ight
hundred in'aal itan'..-. '1'he only lea
se. 1! V.hieh tiiis cJ.h'H Could rec1g!i;Ze
as sii'.iieieiit f r making su, h a civil
divisi ni a p u t of a Urgi r enuniera-lio-i
,i st lift would be the impossibil
ity of sei-ni !: a e.e..; .-ten! and trust
worthy eiiui4.ir.itor witlau its own
iimils.
1. The ( iimiii rati n .li tii.ts must
bo made hliiidl elio,l-h to secure th.
compli tion of thi' Cinva-oi within the
limit .-el by the i -n-a- law, viz. dur
ing the 'niot.th of June. To this
end, supervisors w iii be x licet ed to
exert he their best nntginent in goo.l
faith. Compli ince w it h the law
this muttir will Le liyi dy
uU.
. . .
ILs. ate. 1
.
Tiirinv Nc't'oes.
t, , ' ' i , , 4- i i
Several negroes have ti alined be-
lure the Senatorial committee
d
Washington, that was appointed to.
investi"ate the caiui-8 of the negro
exodus to Indiana. They proved
that the negroes were fully protected
in North Carolina unit many of them
were accumulating property. There
were three witnesses who are partij
ihtrly mentioned as follows:
"John O Kelly, nf Raleigh, N. C ,
wh-v was a slave before the war, tea-
titled that he was worth 000.
Another colored man, from near wav of clotl-ing and nourishing Hie risks of cold makes consumption tx
Goldsboro, N. C, aaid ho owua 47" l '..vei- r,.-. I,r,,'.-n ...o t 'nrn t. .ier.. ; .1.. iu ; i ;i.i
icres of land, part of which he rents
to white men
W. W. Arlington, of Nash county,
testified that he was a b'.ayj before
the war, I ut now he owns olio thous
and i.cia-s f land."
A Good Ex ant pic.
To those of our young men,
who
complain of tho "hard times," and
tl. lit thev iirit not iili'n fr .,,ii,.,U
- -
IXeir eilUeilllOll, We WOIU.I COIll niellll
.
tho example of a young man 111
Granville county, aa stated in the
Torchlight: -of Indi m-meal 'lent by some less 711 aa agai ust oi in lb77 ami 31 iu
"Mr. A. W. Parham, eldest eon of wretched neighbor, and eaten with- 1S70, when the prison wan equally
Albert (J. Purhaiu, post-office, Ox-' out a drop of niilk. I su.v a man crowded. Resides these, a I oiisidei -ford,
N. C, l ist year cleared new prowling over dug potato fields ami aid iiiiiubt-r died after being par
ground, pi ante I in tobacco, made digging them again for a couple of doi'.ed by the Governor aud leaving
l,."i)i) pounds, cured it and then lufl forgotteu roota. I saw an infant the prison. The committee also tlnd
home fer the f niv.irsity of Marylaud
(iiiidicid ) His father baa tuken
care oi t lie toPae;o, s;ri pet it and
"i p-reaent priee3 win ecu ior ?.iao.
'VI. ij .i 1, 1... .,,..1.1 O... .),;....
K,.i,lloi jj,,, V(Ur hi fore, after he left
The Starving Irish.
To give our reader some idea of
! !re 1 ",-v ' ",' . i '.!;. "
man, wno iui wiiio iicuce, .u ie
. i . i i. . i. . :n t .
ti: I.: t I.-"... ....
lu t,Ui . u: H'l'" '." "T1
week wul add with frightful nmidity
to i ne iiun''rv at n.v. iv me neeu-
. ,r " , T 'i i-i '41 11
" -uaieu-x .icuoeiau n luu-
w 1 .1 i-...
n'Seii 10 nie imiuuuu ino-tiiiiiB
. ot th, entire ,.opulatiou of tl,ia pari-h
-mi 11.! -.144!
wi.l be absolutely without the meana
" "-''nee -f they are abandoned to
f,'V,,r Ue' V" T ,hu"4,r f
h,I,,,,-S f HK;l-k
1111 y are wmioui 11 cow, u suet-ji or
cvt u a g. There ia not a fi uther
bed h it ui.)) iwned outside the town.
, thing; of two Ptrappiugxnitiig fi-lluwa
, who c. Hue home from Anuiica, two
of one i:av ti..iving Inrnier, geiieial-
K bi'.ev. d I have 'kej.t a stocking,
who crawl. Mi to the priest to intercede
for bin. r.'ith a Galwav trader for a
I'ag i 'I
p.ol.4-!.:
at-d S;
meal; ot anothei, who was
r l-hs-mgs on the Oughter-
fers ot Ab rcy for the present
of a s.ldiei's c.ist-i-ff tunie. For
(i lss;tke, ht not any body hug him
sill' will, the notion that these nr.
creatines of fanev and not men i
j. .sh and blood like ourselves.
I am
Ku-r-eolonnir iie'liin-', and I dare
r..-,. eneroai king upon their seed, the
1 est lie rsel of cargo the hhipwit-ckcd
f.,rmer will threw ovi-i'board, uiitl in
tl.iee wi 1 i;s v.:Il have none h-ft to
encroach up m. At the coiiuii. nee
lui ut of Much, at. the farlhsst, tin re
will be I f llilllii'S of foO-U. SS paup
ers, who, for the following fair
mouths must rieeive i xtruuioiis aid
or die."
From another h.tier wo take the
-Last evening ( hfden presonted
an m p-dling piel uve. Crowds of rag-
g' d faaushel men and w,men throng-
ed around the doors of the laeaMtops t
c!:uori..g for food. Many had watt-
ed un ail through the night in the
bitter frost beseiglng the hoix'
the ri H' f e.immilfei-. SeVer.d thou
sands tl aked iiito town diiriu; the
.lay I'eiii-iinling re icr. .n-veiui men
seli.ed liKlubel's of th'! coni'idttee,
ei'iug: ''We iue starving; wo must
have food 1" The police had to be
e.dle I iu to clear the liiculshupH of
the mill). They gathered threaten -
ingly around tin- house where thr re-
li. f e imn.iitt e wi re sitting The le v.
Mr. Corcoran had t ml lr ss them
from the wiii hov, imploring them to
give the c imntith e two hours to nr-
range. 'Hie cr.,wd di perse.l f r a
time. 1'ive hnndr. d leli'-f tii-kets for
half a bag of n-eal a.h were issued
durinir the d iv. Two hundred more
.,.... , I ,1.,,.;,.., ii ;
" "'"" "."
There wa re still iipplieaii-jiis unpro-
vided for. Knots of men and wnnieu
remained in the street until mi. lnight,
though the air was intensely cold,
,,,. ... .lt. '
1.111. 1-U141U14' l' e n irsuilii.n mv ii..i
i xh oisted. They lire $'')') in l-lt for
meal
Tle'1 demoralizing iutlneiicu of
relief in charity instead of work is
dready making itaelf painfull v felt,
(,'h n ity has mora than enough to do
iu feeding aud clothing school chil- haps, iu cases of escessivo humidity,
dien and helping the sick and agd. when the element of moisture, ho po
The first day new industrial pchoel tent in producing the ih composition
at Ardbear opened over illlt) children of localized tilth, hi comea ii control
applied for their breakfast. 0ing ling factor in the K suit. No better
'to the want if funds olilv sev.ulv of tl... snuilio e . ii', et nf n n.i'.l
,.r,n 1U)W be f.id. The Sisters of Mercy ,
,tre breakfast dailv to lOidiil
dien, a;,.', aro doing wondcra in the
l"0,lr faiuiliea aro iitriekeii dou in
one village. They have no food but
w hat the neighbors give for charily."
From another suction tf lit land
cornea the following:
I reckon that six hundred Ltmilieu
at the least will in a month have ex-
liaustcl their last ounce of food ami
I hi-ii' l.tst. fliaiici) of rnisiti.r imv. find
that at h ast one hundred families are
ti-,.i ,1,- i.i lli.il l...-i-il,l,. Ji-,t Tt,. ,.,
; - .r." "
,""" t., ,4,e.., nw.,,,u ,,,, vlll
.i... ,, i,,..k. .;,, t r
" ,Z'f.J.... A .,'.
food-
t.J.o.J 4 V 1,4 , 444-7 I l.nj, 4l)l,.l
one meal a dav. and that a handful
gnawing a turnip and eight little
bi others and siatera about her with-
out a rag oi uuuerclotlmig. i saw
oena oi siones au: Beaweea timr, n
tli4.v u-i.ru in nnv nil..... umii.trv ef
the world, would raise humanily in
ing made of Boda of bog mould,'
which she beisedf had constructed
would defeat him for the Republican
nomination, he locked about for a
p.iti iotie un ! popular leiuoerat for
, tlw, .i - ,,... ...i. ,
ministration could, in an emei-.-m-v,
,w llir,)Wn. Ml, ,.;... ,11)t 4l:jv
.. . t T,, .,, , .
iii.-triiKeii ,lii(h'o ( haw a h ''htv to
, , , ..:..:
, , . , , ,.-..M .... 1
V. i x r. I t
was Known to have t nisseil to a
mw U r o h.-MuU ,0
npiiri.i1L!I18io.IH j,, ,!a. L.v..,llof bis
l-einj da -ed in the Km eutive elmir.
Mr. Lincoln, the, f..:, , wroto to Mr.
Seymour, who lias it now in his pos
session, a long letter, in which the
propo.-itiou was made and uiii-,1
ii)on him with great force and logic
that he should Income a candidate
f.r the 1'resideiiey on us high a pai l v
plane as pos.-ible, o that ho c. .ill 1
leciive the support of such lo pnb i
calis us Colisi h red the succe.-s of the
I'niou cau-t i.-araiuount in impor
taiiee to the schemes of mi re politi
cal tr.cktteis or Southern haters.
Thia su'.ieitati n id Mr. Line iln's was
joined in by S. eii taiy Stanton, nu 1,
as may be readily inferred, the rea
sons given for s. k iting him ware of
the most colupiinientiy character.
Mr. Si-ymntir leceivtd the sugges
tions with I.i.; usual mudi.-siy. but de
clined in tx most pereiupt'.ry manner
to onsi.lcr it, urging tint his duly
... , 1.. ., tl... Ki.tl . . t V....
Vo k t " 1Vtl t;, Hl.rvo llt;i),'
,,n:l ils iov,.,,,,,,-, uni p,. c!ud,,l his
i -, . .. , . ,1, ,. 1
to be imp. si d iipan him. To Mr.
Seym. tin's unse.er Mr. Line. In re
plied in a second letter, urging that
, the statesmanship then l'cipiiu d de
manded a higher doty loan ('ally
CllUsi lei a'ioli or State pride, and re
iterated tae Ciintideuce of tlw people
ia Mr. Seymour's honesty, loyalty
aud fair dealing to all classes and in
terests. Mr. S'Mimnr wis proof
ugaiibt all these solicitations, and it
was upon his ii. flexible 1ah1s.1l to be
come a candidate that Mr. I. ncoln
: a.hlresseil hiniseif to the task of se
curing the re-noiiiiiuitioii of Ids own
party and b hating Mr. Chase's am
bition. Then- are gentlemen in this
city to whom, under the iaa.1 of cou
li ience, Mr. Seymour has shown
these tlVO letter.-, all i it is SUppo.-ed
ihitt thev wiil ;i:ilv be giv.m to the
1'nbhc when his reminisienses of the
'ar period, which it w understood
c.u.pi.mg, .na.l be
l-ni.islie.i.
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Tho Weather and Mortality.
Jl r..4i Ui" X' w V i k ILm-aM.
As manv are diseii-sing tho proh-
ui.ie i it -et ot tne noiii winter on tlo-
jiuljlic health, it loay be Well to call
at tent ion to a vain tide iu.esi igatioii
of the eminent Sc t:i-h nn t orolo-
gist, Ruchiin, bearing on this point,
This scientist hs made a cartful
comparison of l'.iiti.-h meteorology
and mortality, en ring a pi rio I of
thiity years. Tne best sl.itislies
show that spells of e- Id weiith-r, with
diyne.sin winter and sprine, increase
the mortality from in my diseises of
the nervous system and skin, while
cold snaps, with tie ordinary amount
of humiditr, have an enormously in-
i f....n.. f- n n. .,t
' " '""- """. ......... ..io... ... ,, ...
feeiioiia and tie.ae of I he respiratory
organs treiif rioly. 'i im inerease of
tin; d ath rate in sc triet and typhoid
fevers, during periods oi unusual
,, .,, , " 1 . ,, ,
com, liu liuiljpi.l'ss, is Itpilltiy mil A- ;
cd. Rut the coniparis in, though d.--
feetive as respects the positive effect
of mild spells, apparently eutublishi3
their mitigating imlaem over all the
above named diseases, unlet;.;, per-
winter on piihnom.ry diseases eau be
found than the ii,i!dvinter climate of
Egvpt, win ro immunity from the
dry air of Algeria. ';
Cruelty to Convicts.
The Legislalive Committee an-
poiuted to investigate tho manage
uientofthe Kentucky State prison
have made its report. The commit-
ten Ihul i.i.ti.ii.r ..ihi-r tlii.t-.u llmt
duiinu' the vea"lS7.. out of a thoua-
I i.,i. "1 ,.rn ,J., 11
. r""""' "- , i
,u, iie-on.ent im se.o.v, noiueeo
i. i..i ...i ;,.tn;..:.... ,
.Za 1' Tt 7 1, 7 '
L'l.a II ,4 .11 4 , 1 ij U1C1 '"I ItCUl V UlS'lltSe.
The death list in that i ear rau no to
t hut the practice of flogging prison-
era ia carried to a erml estent; that
oeos ana he.l. Img are lusullieient ami
in nam coii.iiiiou; mat ventiiaiion
nn.l ,.. ,Unl i o... .,.,.1 C...
ally, that such eontinenient is "nu
CORRESPONDENCE:
lli' ' wn.i. r.is i ixasi'.d to iikckivk
riiMMl'MCAl lO.NS ON A N V SIT..! KITH Til AT
may iik ok I :;t i; u m v wi Mi-riNir
ON A ItKsI'ONitir.l.K NAMB ACCOM 1'A.N Yl Nil
F.VUUV Aliril'I.K. ANIi AI.MI THAT IT IIK
WKITTK.N I'l. V1NI.V AMI OM Y ON OM:nlllK
i'l' TIIK I'Al'KU. '111.: UlUTOll IS NOT
Itr.-il'ilNsim.,.- Foil TIIK VIKV.U AN 11 ol'l N
IO OK iMKUtSI'ONIIKNTSli-T
HOB TIIK lift nun
Men Lies, N. C, lYbmary 7th, 1KS0. i
Mit. KniTon: !
Having a few h isuro monicnt, I
will dro.) you a few lines as to what
ia fjoino; 011 in this section of the
eoiintv. Woik on (hit Cape Tear ami
Yadkin Valley It lilroa 1 is Ix intj rap
idly pushed forward, and is now
graded nearly to I'oe's.
J A. Lonj.', Esi , of Caswell coun
ty, has sent his r-hitiv 8 in thia
neighborhood tobacco need that they
may cultivate the plant aud grow
rich, if they wish.
Several young gentlemen in this
eopimimity will nuke an exit tj u
diriiia to get rich soon.
Our nurserymen are doing a large
businuFri, hut might evi ii do better,
if they would only advertise in the
Ur.coni. and let those in need of trees
I 1 1 1 41 H
know who and wla-ie they are Una-
iiiesH ne. n fihould advertise and
not have to sav in future
"We In. k--l uk un nn owl, iliit w,
l.ir ir . k- sre fully n.ljuntt'i1,
We refiixi-l n !tii-- vim nee,
Aii.l iu u year r liti'-!." j
As your eorrespo'ident is not an!
aspirant to any i Hi o within thei
gift of the people, be may say a :
word on a political status. -
Our people bilieving our distill
miishe.l and el.ieieiit It prcselitati-e ;
iii t'ongri.sa, Hon. J. J. Davis, will
not ask to i i present tin m again, are 1
ijovv iins ous that H 'in John Manning
be tLe next ineuiubiajt veibuui sal J
sapienti. ;
The low fao'orv nf Mi s-rs Cole,'
Molli t & to., l ilow Columbia, on
the Deep Itiver, will soon be ready:
f..r m ichii.ery ; thia l:rni deserves;
gre.- credit. " j
We may n ot h iv nn opportunity I
to vlsi your eohiiiins ngatu soon. I
theiifirc, in bi l ling you vale s.'d ;
ii. ui semper, with hearty good wish-'
cs, we are,
Truly mid siuenrely, ;
f. I,. EnwAiins.
IiiceiKliarititi. j
Tin re were f, nr ntt. nij.ts made
last S:l!idnv ni 'lit to burn the eitv of.
in ,.l ' 'i' a. t ... I .. .
(hailotte. 1 ne lir.-t was by setting
lire ton Pale of h..y in the rear of
Wuds-.voidi's livery st. tides at about
S o'clock iu the evening; the second
attempt was made t burn the same i
pleiuises i.lioul half nu hour after
wards: the third w is al out two hours j
1 iter, i hen a l.:d" of hfiv on the prein 1
ise.s uf Capt W. E Stitt. was disciiv- 1
eieltobeon tire, and at about -1 '
ii'ilo- kon . md.iy m-. ruing, 11 lire
w.us discovered underneath the rest-'
ih-nci! of C.ipt. M. Jordan, l'ortuu-;
uti ly, they were all discovered in ;
season to lie extingui-hed with but
little lois of propel ty. After the1
sec. ml ill il lli the pi np'e beeaiue v-ry '
much exeiled, and the Mayor 1 r b r-''
e.l out the military tii assist the fire
d. paitinent in protecting the prop
ertv of tint eitis: 11 n. Two enlored
taivs have been arrested in the ineeii- ,
den ies, mid t V I V cifcum-.tance, as
we'll us the partial coiifeshioii (.f one
of theiu, point i to them at the guilty .
pari ies. t 'harlot te O .servi r.
Cooking Colfiv.
The Winston Leader, in its vtory
of ' (ifei n D'.tkeCookit g Green Tea,"
in U ill 'i r il lltll.. n.ivi'd llnl-
cotenniiirarv t vj.lei. tly reteia to
H un Duke, the father of Given, who,
bv the wiiv w is not tt peculiar fellow,
.... 1 !, ,...', ... ll'l,- :a
..... .... .I" PIIIIJ ..
follows: Wiiliani Duke, r.f pmchase
l'otilit, Wnrreii county, N. O, was n
mini of wealth nnd intelligence in
colonial times. In one of his visits
to Virginia he met for the first time
with cllee then littl. known ill the
colonies, nnd purchased a bag of it.
On reaching home nn n quested Ihh ,
wite, a uotalile housekeeper, to havei
Home for dinner, and without, -j R. H. ATVATER,
plaining the process of making it, lie; with
rode out to see how his farming op-',. .
eiations had progressed i hi at CHRISTOPHERS & SORRELL,
Reiiee. On his return ho found the: . 1
good woman in great tribulation.:
She could not git the coffeo dine.!
Site had mif.fak. n it for a new kind
of beans, aud boiled it with bacon,
and declared tint tho more she;
boiled it the tougher it got. Oxford '
Torchlight. I
Sheep Killing.
S.iin.i eight or ten dava ago, Mr
John Lashmit, living in huulh Fork!
ownsnip, ii'-hi ii a gnu nvo, in tne
report loud laughing,
three negro n.cn inn.
Ho then Raw ;
He followed.
but did not ctt dose enough to di.s-
, :: -v- . , .
com r wno iney were, .noi iieing
D,.i;Lr,...i i, ,..1. i b i n, ..i..
n..s... ., , t 4.. ,,.r,
where he heard the tiring, and found,
h'-Liud a log, the carcass of u sheep1
which they ha I killed. It d .es seiaii ,
that the fdj ep of North Carolina ,
have a hard timo of it between the
dogs and thieving negroes. Wiuaton
Leader.
Old Soldier I'u ii nd.
Alfred White of Scotland Neck
had a brother named Redding, who
johd the Confederate army during GENERAL MERCHANDISE !
the lr.lo war and engaged m several,
butthta io one of which he was sup- Wm jjuy CoUon in tho
poaeil to Lave noun killed and lt was
so reported- The family mourned Sood or lint !
him as dead. A few days ago M'tjor' 3-? ((. gtjr., 5
Emry went out to Cii'ciiuuti on bua-i" wj-.im wss .
incus aud found him there, where he I'urn.... , toning 11, ci,n it.-t tie-ir ei.11.1. oimmi
had been living for BOmo tilllO. "' ''wHoil i U" uly i.r.tti...'. 01 1 u-.at (lie
a l-11'S..ry.
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Dr. A. B. Cliapin Manager.
Stfqrth Carolina Branch of
George ZX. Chapin's Farm
Agency, Boston, IVZass.
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