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SALMOOBT. BBIOAT, JPB
THE BENC1J AND THE BAB.
The controversy now peudjng between tle
Bench ar.d the Bar of North Carolina la one
of the most extraordinary that evtr occurred
in this or auy other Stat. The rhjpreuj
Court, it seem to us, intuit have aetd with
out due consideration in die premle To
coustrue the proteet of the Bar into a con
tempt 1 simply impossible. That it was the
iafenfion.pf.tha members of th Par who
signed it to bring the oourt Into contempt, ox
lessen the public respect for it authority, no
sensible man will or on moment believe.
Inded. the hiiru character of the protitaU
can lead to but one conclusion that their
object, ao far from being to bring u into pub
lic eontemot. waa to reacue tha eonrt from
the contempt into which they reared it voatd
be brought by the conduct of th Judges com
posing it- If the protest contaiued matter
wl.ich was libelous, as alleged, the remedy
of the judges was, as individuals, before the
courts and jurie of the oountrv.
We have said that, in our opinion, the
Court acted without the due and calm con
sideration which the occasion demandud, and
that, consequently, they hav Ml into au
error. We glva them credit for justice and
maguaniniity and believ that, whea convin-
. -i i ,l,..v ,.rtaiulv will be.
eeti oi uieu cnwn - J
iug the rule. The case was ap pewr -n
Court on yeeterda (Wednesday) and wa
argued with great ability by ex-Judgea
Battle. Fowle, Barnes, Person, and Hon.
W. K. H. Smith. The argument of Judge
Battle, eiecially, we have heard command
ed as triumphant and exhaustive.
We are unable to give any of the proceed
ings of the Court this week owing to the late
hour at which they were received, except the
answer filed in the case of B. F. Moore,
which will alo be the anawer of the other.
The answer is very brief, but comprehensive
and conclusive, and is in wprd a follow :
IK THE t ATTEK OT B. F. MOORE, IK THE
SUPREME COURT, JUNE TERM, 1869 :
The several answer of B. P. Moore to
the rule herin made by aid Court and
erved upon him :
TUa Tlpnondcnt protesting that a rule
which deprivea him even temporarily of
his privilege a an Attorney oi vara yourv,
onght not to have been made in hi ab
sence, without notice from bim, and with
nut affidavit or other legal proof of the
facts upon which said rule is baaed, re
spectfully aniwera: ,
I. That he admit the igning and pub
lishing of the paper called "A folemn pro
test of the Bar of North Carolina against
.lodicial interference in political aftairs,"
but itif ists that the Supreme Court hath
no authority in law to make a jurisdiction
to enforce said rule
II That the publication referred to in
said rule i not libellous, anddoh jUtU
ii i rl in iiMim rum I iilil i nr' w cva
ceived and prepared during the recent po
litical canvass for the Presidency, and it
publication deferred until after tbe cloae
of the canvass to avoid its having tne ap
ncarance of a partisan document. He ao
mhs that hi purpose was to express his
disapprobation of the conduct of individ
als occupying high judicial stations, yet,
as an act of justice to himself against the
charge made in tbe rule, he not only dis
avows, in signing and publishing said pa
per, any intention of committing a con
tempt of the Supreme Court or of impair
ing the respect due to its authority, bat
on the contrary, he avows his motive to
have been to preserve tbe purity which
had ever distinguished the administration
of justice by the Courts of this Bute.
Affidavit to this answer was made in
due form.
CONSOLIDATION,
The question of a consolidation of the N.
('.. and the A. at N. C. Railroads is now at
tracting considerable attention. It is a ques
tion of much importance, not only to the
Stockholders of the two roads but to tbe peo
ple of the State generally, and should be
thoroughly discussed. W have thus far
forborne the expression of any opinion of our
own, but now submit soma inquiries with
the hope of ell ieit iug information aud discus
sion. The first inquiry we submit is this : Is it
possible to divert trade from its natural chan
nels by any system of legislation or monopo
lies ? Will not all appeal to the State
pride of a people be made in rain against
their piain interest? Is not Norfolk the
natural outlet and inlet for all Northern and
North-eastern North Carolina T Does she
nipt possess the finest harbor on the Atlantic,
coast, and does not that harbor possess ad
vantages such as belong to no other ? And
mast not nearly all shipments of merchan
dize for those parts of the State be made
from New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore or
Norfolk 7 And is not Norfolk but twenty
hours time from New York while Beaufort
is fifty and Wilmington seventy f And when
our merchandize is landed at either of the
latter places is it any nearer itsJdeBtination
than if landed at Norfolk or Portsmouth T
And is not the cost of shipping to the Utter
places such as to counterbalance all the ad
vantage that the railroads of the State have
aver been able to offer T What are the
causes of this increased cost T And can the
causes be removed or overcome T Do they
not result from the dangers to navigation
on the N . C. coast in rounding Cape Iiatter
as and Lookout, which can only be avoided
hy the Norfolk route I And if these inter
rogatories cannot be satisfactorily answered
is it possible to force trade and travel perma
nently to Beaufort orMorehead City by eon-
solidatiunor coercive legislation I Would
not the persistent attempt to do so necessari
ly result in the building of a rival road, soon
er or later, that would eventually break
dnvrn t.ie consolidated road and render the
State's Mock in the North Carolina road a
a! losS 1 Is flotthis clearly proven nvthe
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Steamship Company and the A. Ac N. C-
Railroad Company, and the New York and
Nprtb Carolina Steamship line and the Wil
mington and Weldtiu Railroad company to
freights nearly all till find their way by the
shorter, phaapr and quicker route via I'ort-
mouth ?
If these inquiries are answered In i such a
wanner as to satisfy oar miud we have some
others to propound having another and a dif
ferent bearing upon the subject under discus
sion, ALAMANCK COUKT,
A big Railroad suit was up Friday. Ireland,
ot Alamance, and Duke, of Caswell, miinfr the
Central Road for damage sustained on a freight
ear from the igniting of powder during the last
year of the war. Damage laid at $-0,000
each. Oov. Graham, Boyd, RufBn, G ilmer and
McAden for the plaintifl. Phillips and Bad
ham for the defendant.
A nice point was sprung up in thw cae.
The counsel for tha ni hnrleni obiected that the
iurv was not Drooerlv drawn. That out of
2400 registered voteis there waa not a colored
man on tha jury when du re were b00 color
ed registered voters in the county. But upon
examination of the Chairman of the County
Commissioner there was found an array of
onlv 800 jurors out of the 2400 volets who hail
paid their taxes and were otherwise qualified
to act as jurors, tie also statefl mat ne Knew
of twenty and was certain not tnora than
101) of the BOO colored voters had paid their
taxes and I hat none of them were morally and
mentally oomoetent to act as jurors. The
Judge after a lair and impartial hearing of botl
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aside tbe point, iretanu got two
to be tried. Uilhboru Recorder
Only 800 voter out of 2.400 who had paid
their taxes ! And Alamance is not the only
county in which two-thirds of the voters pay
no taxes. Need we wonder at the reckless
ness of the legislature in taxing the people
while the taxing power remains in the hands
of those who pay no part of the taxes levied ?
We long ago suggested an amendment to our
State constitution, which would exclude from
tbe poll ail able bodied men, without regard
to race or color, who refuse to pay ibeir
taxes. This is a matter in which all tax
payers, of whatever party, are equally inter
osted. Make snch an amendment, and the
payment of $Gt,000 into the State and Coun
ty treasuries will be secured, or a very large
number of worthless men of both races will
be excluded from tbe polls, an they ought to
be.
THE N. C. RAIL ROAD.
We were not among those that indulged
any sneers at the election of Mr. Smith
to the office of President of tbe Nortli
Carolin Railroad, neither are we among
those who hare spoken disparagingly of
bim siuce. In fact we remained silent,
giving Mr. Smith a fair trial. Now we
are prepared to say, judging from all we
see and hem, that Mr. Smith is devoting
kia whole energies to build no th f
i ' tar maxing good officer an ex
cellent officer, and we take pleasure in
giving bim the credit which is justly due
him. The following from the Milton
Chronicle shows that we are not singular
in our opinion :
"That model Rail Road Secretary and
accomplished gentleman, F. A. Stagg, has
favored us with a tabular statement of the
earnings and expenses of the N. 0. Rail
Road, for elven months ending April 30th
1869, under the management of W A.
Smith, the efficient President. This ex
hibit is hiohly complimentary to the man
agement of the Road, and really sur
prises us! It shows an increase in re
ceipts from passengers and freights of
f 46,665 17 cents. The table
of compar
ative expences shows that notwithstand
ing the Company paid t2S,366 40 for in
terest, and 926,967 70 on other old debts,
the expenses were decreased, during the
1 1 comparative months, $18,8124 94. The
gross receipts of the Road for the eleven
months in question foot up.
8599,393 19.
Expenees paid $346,812 58.
Nett earning $252,586 60.
We confess that this exhibit surprises
no 1 -it
us. luemoreso wnen we consider the
amout of prejudice against the Road or
management the President encountered.
We will not disguise the fact that we had
been led to believe there would be an aw
ful falling off of receipts and an increase
in expenditure. Rut such is not the case
-indeed the reverse is the tact ami,
taking the exhibit before ns as correct
and giving credit where credit is due we
do not hesitate to say that Wm. A. Smith
is tbe right man in the right place, bis
politics to the contrary notwithstanding."
A SOUTHERN MAN in the NORTH.
It is pleasing to see that distinguished
rouflieruers are beginning to be received
with kindness and courtesy at the North.
It affords evidence that a better s ate of
feel in."- ia besrinnincr to prevail and that a
' happier era is about to dawn upon the
country. And when Northern men of
like character come among us they will
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receive the same ) attention wnicn was
shown to Oen. Breckinridge a few days
ago in Wisconsin. The following account
of this gentleman's visit to that State is
from the Milwaukie Wisconsin, a Repub
lican paper of recent date :
" The visit of Hon. John C Breckin
ridge to Wisconsin is to look after laud
which he owns in the northern coutxtK'
of the State, and in considerable quanti
ties. It has run behind iu taxes, and
needs looking after. .
Mr. Breckinridge appears to be an affa
ble gentleman, and was tbe centre of at
traction at tbe New hall yesterday. Several
of the old Democratic wheel-horses j.
ted him at his room, and had a talk with
him. About the rebellion he was reticent,
but regarding the future prospects of the
country was perfectly free to; give his
opinion. One gentleman asked him what
he thousrbt of Grant and his administra
tion, and tbe reply was that the President
was smart enough to take care ef himself-
lis Cabinet, while none of the best, WSJ
just such an one a Urant needed, ana
wa better lor ins purposes man on u
more talent would be. It was not design
ed to make the administration a brilliant
one, aud Grant's ambition was to make it
an every day sort of useful affair, lie
was studying the best way to do t'lis, anu
Mr. Breckinridge believed ho would suc
ceed in a degree sufficient to make the
people feel easy, although they would be
by no means satisfied. Mr. Breckinridge
does not believe we shall be drugged into
foreign war, although he felt the posi
tion ot thu country to ue a oauuai ne.
He thought we should have our dignity
milled pretty high before we got to the
fighting pilch, but said, if we had ft war
with Kogland and r ranee, tne ooiun
would furnish men enough, if necessary,
to do the fighting. The South did not en
tertain the most liberal feelings toward
the European countries, and many of the
r., . t!J -I -
people would nan mosi any ainu oi
fight With satisfaction."
From the editorial columns of tbe same
issue of ihe paper we quote tho following :
"John C. Breckinridge was in this city
yesterday. He has been a marked man
in th Southern Confederacy, and took an
active part iii its aggressive movements.
Yet when he was Here, gentlemen oi an
parties called upon him and cordially wel
comed him, because the bitter stiife is
over and we are all Americans, and we
mnst work together to build up the waste
places made hy the war.
Mr. iireckiuridge is an attractive man, a
Ismail of m"" sad cult urn, aud.. we.
are pleased to believe that he will hereaf
ter work zealously for the good of the
whole Republic, and that no man will
frown more severely on sny efforts to re
new the disturbances of the past. There
is nothing boastful in his manner, but -he
welcomes attention from the Northerner
with that kindly feeling which indicates
that he regards these courtesies as a gen
erous concession to the bonds of a revived
national unity, and that the glory and
happiness of us ull are inseparably bound
up in the welfare and prosperity of our
commou country.:'
EDI I'ORIAL DUEL.
A duel took place near the Half-way
House, on the Dismal Swamp Canal, on
Saturday last, between Capt. Wm. E.
Cameron, of the Petersburg Index, and
R. W. Hughes, of the Richmond State
Journal, in which Capt Cameron, was se
verely, uut not dangerously, wounded.
The difficulty grew out of the following
article which appeared in the Index some
days ago :
There is an article in the Friday even
ing's State Journal which, in its vileness
and virulence, betrays il parentage. Hell
has no fury like a woman scortud, per
haps, but humanity knows no hatred so
bitter, so reckles8,.so unrelenting as that
.L . Cil. Ia.ui.iIi llinaa HIS
IW-' - " 1-1 irencuery, ajiu uiiuiyiing
with enmity to all that is better and tru
er than himself an Arnold seeking to
cloak his baseness by slander of the cause
he has sold could have penned such lan
guage iu regard to Virginia gcutlemcu as
that which we ouole :
"If names could typify the meaning of
words, the mcne, tnenc, tckel, upharsin,
which a bloody and destructive history
has pronounced upon the sectional purty
that has so long ruled and ruined in Vir
ginia i." especially expressed in such names
as llocock, Douglass and Ayjctt. 1 ne.se
are but types of the class who have gone
forth to rejnvoke the people to courses of
treason. It is well for the cause of loyal-'
ty, reconstruction and State regeneration
that a class of parricides so notorious, with
the maik of Qain upon their foreheads
and the guilt of Cain upon their conscien
ces, have gone out as the champions of a
discontented, remonstrant and Incorrigi
ble sectionalism. They know that the
ascendancy of national ideas and loyal
sentiments must consign them to fixed
and branded obscurity ; and in the spirit
of Beelzebub, "better to rule in hell than
serve in heaven," they are ready to drag i
down tho Commonwealth into a deeper
damnation than that in which sho already
writhes and perishes "
There is only one jonrnalist in this
State who is at the same time sufficiently
capable as a writer and utterly degraded
enough iu character to have indited those
lines. He is one of those who lent trucu
lent and almost inhuman bitterness to ...the
Richmond Examiner during the war the
man whom on Jno. M Daniel chiefly relied
for his strongest appeal to the worst pas
sions of our people. , He sat at the feet of
John B. Floyd, a disciple who fcrgot all
that was good in the lessons of bis master,
but Btized upon the bad with the instinct
of natural depravity, cultivating and de
veloping iKnntil he has sunk to a depth
which PeteVin his denial never knew.
His nrsract afrcr the war was to connect
himself with the dirtiest of all the poison
ous sheets whicli have 'disgraced Rich
mond since 1864 the Richmond Republic
-and his undeniable versatility as a wri
ter was there employed to brand as infa
mous all that be hud advocated for six
years previous. Since then he has play
ed a part which Is, thank God, stranger to
Virginia journalism. His venal pen has
been cold to the highest bidder to bolster
any aud every cause whose directors were
willing to buy his brains. Ho has said
that his articles were merchandise, and
that if sufficiently remunerated he would
feel warranted in arguing for polygamy.
And the lime came when his former
friends, finding how valueless were words
which the public knew were bought and
sold like herrings iu the market, ceased
to remember his talent in the presence of
his want of principle. He is now contrib
uting editorially to the Richmond State
Joumai, which has loatTaur fifths of its
previous claim to respectability. The peo
ple of Virginia want no stronger evidence
Lpf unreliability in a public print than
to
know that its sentiment flow from tbe
purshnsed pen of Robert W. Hughes.' ,
Mr. Hughes, upon reading the above,
demanded personal satisfaction under the
rules of the du$ilo, and tbe above results
followed
NATIONAL POLITICS.
For some time past we have had but
little to say ou the subject of national pol
itics, and we do not propose to say much
now. But the following article from the
National Intelligencer, the leading organ
of the Conservative in the United States,
seems to us to bo so truthful in its state
ments, and so wise and patrioric in its
suggestions that wc transfer it to our col
umns It m bodies, as tbe readers of jflio
Old North State will remember, the views
and sentiments of this paper as expressed
on many occasions wilhia the last two
years :
From the National Intelllgencw, of Jane lath.
A GLANCE AU BAD THE DUTY OF DEM
OCRATS AND CONSEUVATlVEfl.
That Radical rule is tho bane of the
country, and that the people were long
acta sick of it. and longed for different
men and a different policy to control their
it II t I f ,
iffiirs, there is ample proof We see it
on v.vvrv 8
ide. In every direction, and
motifr all sorts and conditions ot men
save only thosn who are the nntton's spoil
... j ukn urn "l oiVillL' fat and full at the
nation' blood vessel, wc hear the muf
fled murmur, and the "curses, not loud,
hut deep," because of tho depiorablo puss
to which tho extreme and high-handed
mtaaures of tho party in power have
brought the country There is not, we
venture to say, ono-half of tho Republi
can party, and that tho infinitely worst
half, an satisfied with the manage
men i of their leaders. The other and bet
ter half, we feel assured, would gladly
avail themselves, if they had a plausible
pretext for so doing, of an opportunity of
cutting away from them, and coming out
for different measures and different men
measures and men of more moderation,
more conservatism, more peaceful hi their
drift, more in harmony with a past con-
stitutional policy, rainer man iou
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wayward, nerce, anu uuenj pa, i
uu national policy now pursued. There is
a strong undercurrent of leeling or tins
sort, which if ready to go at least naiiway
i,l 1.
to meet any party and work with them on
a platform of Union, constitutional obedi
ence, conservatism, and peace. It is a
very common thing to hear knots of Re
publicans, and of men even called Radi
cals, and under no cloak or cover of secre
cy, discussing the course of their party,
and dealing out to that party, for its in
fractions upon law, its contempt of prece
A,,nta ,i,l it cenerallv dantrcrous ten-
deucies, words anything but soft and gen
tle wordsjndeed, of bitter and profane
complaint.
We believe it to be the firm conviction
of the majority of the people of this coun
try that Radicalism, past and present, is
an evil-working and dangerous thing ;
,!,nt it inimlejil to the best interests of
j the country, and menacing to safuy and
unity in tho future; that its tcajJwf
and purnoae wtifutibns ; and "that un
less different and butter councils prevail,
and a more CWfserrative influence is
brought effectually to bear, we shall eith
er lose our form of government, descend
ing step by step through anarchy towards
something else, r possess it only in name.
To meet the wishes of, and guard against
the evils apprehended by this Conserva
tive majority, and to enable them to real
ize their hopes of a preserved American
Republic and American institutions ns
framed by the fathers, and under which
they and we, until recently, have dwelt
with unexampled growth and prosperity,
should bo the constant aim of the Demo
crats and Conservatives of the country in
all their conventions and in all their nom
inations of men to office. Men should be
nominated, aud only such men, as can
command the confidence and support of
this united mighty Conservative majority,
which t made up of Democrats and Con
servative Republicans 'together, and by
neither alone, and which demands that
the violent extremes and the violent men
and platforms of both parlies shall be set
aside. We have yet fresh iu our minds
the terrible, disastrous mistakes made in
thePresidoutial New York Convention of
July last, and we fear that we' may yet
have even sadder reasons for not forget
ting them. The earnest cry of the1 peo
ple was at that time, as now for Conserv
atism. They said give ns men and a plat
form on which we can all unite against
the common enemy, Radicalism, and there
will be no doubt about tho result of the
contest. But their petition was not heed
ed, their hope turned to ashes, and the
result was a fresh lease of power to the
very men who were and are the coun'ry's
worst enemies, and who, by a fusion of
the Conservative strength,! so anxiously
looked for and so greatly ; To' be. desired,
might have been defeated. The pall that
fell upon the minds of Conservative men
at that time by the folly of the New York
Convention will not soon be forgotten,
and, indeed, has not yet ceased to throw
1X8 shadow along the political horizon,
dampening still, even, to the spirits and
the hopes of countless rrmnbera of patriot
ic, reflective, and conservative men. A
grand and glorious opportunity for nation
al salvation and regeneration was - thus
sacrificed avid thrown away in yielding to
the importunate and extreme demands of
immoderate, self-willed, and self-seeking
men.
It fs most devoutly to be lnped, from
the bitter lessons taught by this, that such
a mistake nay, much worse than a mis
take, a blonder amounting toa crime
may never occur again. Webve sown
this seed, and we must bear the conse
quences in whatever fruit may come to us.
But let us know better, and what is more
important for We knew better before
do better in the future. Meu are, or
should bo, nothing. We have a certain,
well-defined duty- before us, and that is to
take cities, towns, States, the country,
and the Government thereof out of the
control of the dark and destructive pow
ers of Radicalism, and place them in oth
er, better, conservative, and law-abiding
hands. This can only be done by a' union
of forces between 11 Democrats and Con
servatives, by hearty and preconcerted
co-operation, aud by putting forward for
places of trust and influence candidates
whom all such can, without sacrifice of
principle, sustain, the thing aimed at be-
! ing things essential, forgetting all narrow
1 Ft ' ".' i,
and iufcrior party differences In united
efforts for tne common weltare.
That the Radical organisations, Bute
and national are rotten to the core, and
the party generally a fester and a running
sore on the body politic, is a truth that
ha long since impressed itself with pow
er upon the consciousness of the country.
Evon the party journals themselves have
from time to time, and in influential quar
ters, confessed as much, and have put
forth their expressious of dread lust the
dishonesty, corruption, and demoraliza
tion that prevail among them may prove
the eause, as they surely must at a time
not far distant, of their destruction.
KANSAS.
We make 'the following ectrnct from a
letter received from and old friend and
subset ibor, at the city of Lawrence, Kan
sas, which, we think, will interest some
of our readers :
We are having beautiful weather Skid
crops look splendid, we only want now
and i hen a good f bower to make one of
the finest crops of corn, oats and wheat
that this couutry ever produced. Every
farmer seems to take a pride In what he
is doing, and with machinery for th most
part tor his implements, ue wreu
ly wide row.
The soil is as rich as you conld possible
wib it. and the man who cannot raise
com euough for hi own, and two or three
other families is not counted a man;
great many farmers raise from five hun-
drcd to four thousand bushels of Irish pota-
toes which it is no trouble to do, where the
gffwndTequii- bus- tiuU eulunalian,. .... 11
have seen ground yield twenty-live to
forty bushels corn that never had a plow
i or hoe stuck into it alter planting u,
i and hundreds and thousands of oats are
1 now growing in Kansas promising to
i i .i
yield aounuaniiy. South Carolina new reu wneai, wo- inui
Some fanners are uneasy about the . uew cm rRi.cd by George W. Mel
grassljoppers, but I don't believe that , ton .,,., f Chester, Houth Carolina,
they will do much damage although they WR goj here at $2.25 per bushel. The
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do inucn uaiuage m mio nuiu.
j a1c vicinity last year, but in some sections
ti(y rttVaged the country completely.
1 liv aeen them collected Oil the Slin-
ny side of houshes so thick that it Beemed
like a man could step on a hundred
at a step, but for all this they did but
little damage.
Trade is very good here, cverp body
that lives in Lawrence is truly alive,
without energy tic naa oetu-r ., o
. . ,31.
saying is. There is more goods sold here
in one day, it seems to me, than is som in
any ono city of N. C in a week, we
ikn in from two to fifteen hundred per
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.,.,. n t i-i ill linn ri r e'.i'iti..
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sell liom tnai nmuuni io uo ni"""i
avarv thinP' is rush from early morn to
Into cave all grasping -for the
auuiiriiiy
dollar.
Wn h.ivn hern n renrcsetitativo from
every nation under tne sun'CarJout u.
that wasjiHtrfeftrs:''
Wo hare sonio very
fine churches
here, and no excuse for schools, tor lu re
isjjtuated the University of the State and
about fifty other institutions of learning
all of whicli tend to tho advancement
of morals &c.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
The right of negroes to hold office in
Georgia is before the Supremo Court of J
that State.
A little loy diod 4n DaylonjQliio, on
Thursday, from eating an over dose of
slippery-elm bark. .
Captain John Frey has boon appointed
special agent of the Post-Office Depart
ment for the ditrict embracing the States
of Virginia and North Carolina
California papers furnish an account of
the assassination of Jndgeiieore Gordon
Belt, who was shot dead in Centre stiseet
Stockton) on the 3d instant, by a until
named William Dennis.
Judge Blatchfbrd, of New York, in a
decision on aturady sustained the action
of President Grant in Revoking the par
dous of Jacob and Moses Dupuy. who
are obliged to serve out terms iu the peni
tentiary. The sleeping train which left Rutland,
Vt., at half-past 1 o'clock Saturday morn
ing ran off the track near Poultney, Vt,
and tho bagge car and one coach were
damaged, but no person waa injured.
A lot of land on the southeast corner of
Washington and State streets, Chicago
sold on Tuesday last the at tho rate of
$3,777,77 per foot. This is the largest
price ever paid for property iuthe metrop
olis. A jduel is reported in Taris between an
actress and an editor who criticised her
performances. She shot off a Idckofhis
hair, declared her insulted honor avenged,
and all hands adjourned to a buuntiful re
past. Ex-President Andrew Johnson was
taken violently ill with thecholic, through
eating too many oranges, at Galiatin,
Tenn., one day last week, and was in
considerable danger through the night.
Uc has since recovered, aud resumed his
canvas of the State. r
Some man, who musi he half crazy,
has brought suit sgainst the corporation
of Trinity church; New York, asking Hi
his bill that a receiyep bo appointed to
take charge of the property. He gives
various absurd reasous why his petition
shonld be granted.
A coloied mm raned James Washing
ton has brought suit in Qnincy, 111.,
against the St. Louis and Keokuk Packet
Company to recover damages in the sum
of $2,000the officers of one of"that
company's boats having refused to allow
him to sft at the table with white passen
gers. ; '
On Long Island railroad on Wednes
day a cow was run over and a ear thrown
off the track. No lives were lost. There
were one hundred baptist ministers on
i .!... ,
board, who passed resolutions compliment
ing the company for its discrimination iu
killing a cow instead of a Baptist minister.
At Chicago1 on Tuesday a boy named
George Doyle tied tbe halier of a pony
he was riding to ni foot, and alighted, to
let him grase, when the pone became
frightened and and dashed off furiously,
dragging the roy two blocks, when tho
halter broke and saved his life; but he
was terribly bruised, aud his clothes were
nearly all lorn uff.
A few days ago a dog belonging to
Rev. C. A. Downs, of Lebanon, N. H.,
had a slight "onpleasautness" with a
woodchuck, and tho latter seized him by
the cheek and refused to relinfiuish hold.
With remarkable presence of mind his
dogship repaired to a brook near by, and
sousing the woodclmck under, held him
there until ho was drowucd.
. . eoninfr session of the American
jn8tj,ute f Homaopathy, at Boston, on
j,'rjjaVf ,,e constitution was amended to
, prmjt wom,.n to become members by a
v( e of 6Q (0 38 j)r uaj,i Thayer; of
j uOit0 wa8 cit)n president, aud Dr.
j R jjlljll( 0f Chicago, secretary. The
( ,; wji be hold in Chicago on
the 7th of June next.
MaUtn's Funeral Oration. Minims,
mber of Conjrress
j from pet,nPWPOf d,nl .p.ak of tho Wb
j 0f an Arkansas carpet-bagger :
(.jj0 t,, 0Kt, j the solilorjny of
oWf) hto(Mj. we B,aH view him no
t ...i ..;- torch of Gabriel
ym-Tp firing eomwiiouwtee the maw-i-
aal dome, and we shall see ourselves as
others see us in that bouruo whenco no
traveller returns."
y-;(f p;rst tfetc n,eaf.A fml lot of
. .. i i . . r ft i nf
grain was small, but is representeu as
being in elegant condition. The wheat
crop of South Carolina is said to be very
fiuo. Baltimore Sun.
A man near Detroit bent on suicide,
the other day deliberately laid his left leg
, and riht arm over the rails, with his
head just off the track and his hst tunica
towards the approaching train. With
steady eye, he watched its coming, aud
V
j,,,, imiis were clU
oft, the man aying
lortjv afterwards.
MARRIED:
4
Iii Yariceyville, N. C, on the 1st inst.,
Rev. Jacob Doll, Mr. Junius M.
, , . .
lV Rev
Smith u( Danville, Va., to Mi Anna B.
11- J . C U..l. V..i.
an. uautrnier oi voi. low. u. h .hi..
a,. -.iV-r..'., to Miss
SliAtrtTtT Audcrsoii, daughter of Dr.
i Anderson,
( In Norfolk, on
ihe 1st inst., Dr. 8. A.
! Bell, of Saliebu
ry, JN. Li., to .Miss U. .
Whitehiir.st.
DIED :
In Cleveland county, on the 1st inst.,
Mr. Wiu. W. Klliott, aged 55 years one
of Cleveland's best aud most respected
citizens.
In Augusta, Ga., June 9th, Harvey
Wilson, iufant son of James W. and Anna
P. Moore, aged six months.
SALISBURY MARKETS
JUNE 18, 1869.
arcana bt j. a. Mrc.N n-ai-c.hlv. o.hockr.
Racon,
per pound 17 to
I'otl'ee, per pound,
32 to
Com, iwr bush, of 66 lbs.,
" ileal, bush. 46 "
Copperas. pcrponnd,
Ciindles, Tallow, "
" Adamantine,
Cotton, per pound,
" Yarn, per hunch,
Epjrs. per dozen,
feather, per pound.
Kiour, peraack.
Fish, Mackeral, ft. I.
" . " S.
80 to
85 to
10 to
SO t o
36 to
26 to
9 O0.to 3.36
13 to 16
464 to 45
4.76 tub. 35
91.00
30 to 33
to
8.
Frnft, dried, apples pealed,
7 to 8
" " " nnp'ld 00 to
do
" " Pcacbes, pealec,
" " " aupeaied,
Leather, upper, per pound,
. iojet ,.
16 to 16
ft to 10
69 to 76
S3 to " -86
iron, bar.
6. to
I
10
7
50
711
.90
60
13
75
00
Iff
30
castings, "
8 to
6 to
Xilt. cut.
Molasses, sorghnm, per ga
West India, "
" Syrup, "
Onions, per bushel.
Fork, per pound.
rotatoe, Irish, per bushel,
...
60 to
1.00 to
Ml In
10 to
60 to
1.00 to
14 to
18 to
90 to
riaii ...
hweet, " ,,i
Softar, Brown, per pound, .
" Clarified. "
Crashed Pnlverlwd ..........
Salt, coast, per sak,
" Liverpool, "
" Table.
Tobacco, I. oaf, per ponnd,
" Manufactured, ....... ..
" Kmokihff. ..........
on
9.75 to 9.78
0.00 to 9.0
5.60 to 6.00
8 to IB
SOto 1.50
40 to 1 .00
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
FRESH AND PUHE LEMON JUICE
r-
AND
LEMON SYRUP.
XT,
OTHJNG CAN BE MORE DE-
lijjhtfully.'pleasant, at this se.ison, than a glass
of pure and Iresh LEMON A DE. made icy cold ;
either as a refresliinfr-beverapre for persons in
health ; but pore especially fpr the sick, whilst
famished with ra'fjirijr thirst, in a scorching fe
ver. The Doctors not only permit it, but of
ten advise it. It cools fever, il quenches thirst,
is very grateful, and beside, is very cheap.
A supply fresh made, always on hand
At E. SILL'S Drug Store.
..JoMOkUU' Sarfrtrarr, N C,
Diarrhoea. Dysentery, Flux, Ac,
SILL'S DIARRHEA CORDIAL.
TlIlS PREPARATION IS INFAL
htile. as, in no case, whatever, when used ac
cording to the directions, has it ever been
known to fail of a prompt care. During, the
subscriber ' business here, some years ago;
these diseases, at timas, prevailed very exten
sively, as well as fatally, especially in the up
per portion of the county ; resisting the best
efforts of the faculty ; but upon resorting to
its use, which was sometimes done under the
sanction of the Physician, hundreds of persons
.were known to have been promptly and per-
lectiy reueveo. iurng tne present season, a
great many persons have had occasion to nse
it ; some in very severe ease ; and all without
an exception, bear willing and cheerful testi
mony to its'
erfeet success. . .
Prepared and sold jonly at
E. SILL'I Urn Store,
June 18 2t fcialisbury. N . C
-
Few FTONltlTEE Store
In Salisbury !
TlIE HI nscttlBKU having PUR-
ohawd the Furniture establishment of Moore
A Clodfolter will continue the bujn on an '
increased heale. All Kino oi nmnouu.
kept constantly on hand, juchas
SECRETARIES, BURE AUS,
BEDSTEADS.
Cent re-Tables, Sofas, Wardrobev
in fact all artioles usually found In -
FIRST CUSS Furniture Store
He also keeps constantly on hand
Flak's metallic Burial Cases,
Walnut, Rosewood, and other Coffins.
at prices lower that they have heretofore been
sold in this market.
Call at the old sfand of Moore 4 Clodftlter,
On Main Street, opposite the Store of
Mock db Brown.
)flgr Oood Walnut and Poplar Lumber ta
ken in exohange for Furniture.
a. r. 9AVXBSOW.
Salisbury. Juoe 18th, lm 24-3m
THE COLD MEDAL
Has just been awarded to
CHAS. M. STIEFF,
For tbe best Piano now raarte.OTer Baltimore, Phil
adelphia, and Mew York Pianos.
OFFICe a WD WAMBOOM8:
No. 9, North Liberty Street, near Balti
more Street,
BALTIMORE, Md.
BTIEFF'S PIANOS have all tbe latest improre
meuu, including the Agrofle Treble, Ivory r'ronta,
and the improved Krench Action, fully warranted
for live years, with privilege of axebange withia
twelva months if not entirely satisfactory to purcha
sers. Second hand Pianos and Parlor Orpans alwayion
hand. tnm $M) to ..
Hnfei.-iK-e, who hav our Piano in umii
(Jeu. R. E. I.ce, Lexington. Va.
c.-n. I. H. Hid. Charlotte. N. C.
(fan. Roliert Hansom. Wilmington. X f.
;,.v . John Letche . Ixington. Va.
Messrs. K. Kurael! & Sou, Charlotte. N. C.
Jaiin-i II. ftreealee, Morgatiton. X. C.
J. II. Smith A ii. W. Jleltonjl heater, A. t.
!:J-I!nin A Bernhardt are agenta lor the sale of
the alxive celebrated Piano.
Pianos sold at Factory prices. June 18 ly
TO THE LADIES.
j j,
THE Subscriber having been appointed an agent
for the Sale of
SINGER'S CELEBRATED
New Family Sewing Machine,
and all its attachments offers tbe same to the Ladies
ol Western Carolina.
This Machino challenges comparison with any
and all other Machines. H will do more different
kinds ot work from the simple plain seam to the
most beautiful embroidery than any other Machine
ever invented. "Economy is wealth, then why not
ouy mc beat.
Thepje Machines are warranted to
givo ctotire satisfaction. If they fa 1
to give satisfaction they may he re
turned after a trial of two months
and the money will be refunded.
Machines manufactured expresslyor
SHOE-MAKERS, HARNESS MA
KERS, TAILORS, Sec ,
will b supplied when ordered, at manufacturer's
prices.
Parties desiring information will please send for
specimens of work and circulars.
John A. Ramsay,
Salisbury,' N.0.
94 7m
Jnnel8. 1869.
nee's Sale.
OTrCK is hereby iriven that Twill exnose to Pub
lic bale on Saturday the third day of July, A !.,
1869, at the Court House in Salisbury, at 11 o'ctoca:
a. m.. all the notes and accounts in my hands as
Assignee of the estate of John A. Bradshaw, Bank
rupt. TeiuiaCaah.
THOMAS B. LOXO,
June 14. 186a S4 8t Assignee.
J U8T RECEIVED AT THE STORE
of SMITH' FOSTER & CO'S.
1000 SACKS OF SALT.
BBL.S MOLASSES.
12 HUBS. MOLASSES. 24-tf.
Superior Black Ink.
Of MY OWN MANUFACTURE, may
be had, in any quantity, at a very low price,
At
b. JILL S Drug Store,
June 1 2t
Salisbury, N. C.
BINGHAM SCHOOL.
MEBANEVILLE, N. C.
Wm. Bingham, Bobrrt Bingham, W, B. Lynch.
TlIE SESSION of l869-'70 BEGINS
August 25th, aud continues forty weeks.
The eour.se ol Instruction includes the prdi
nary English branches, the Ancient Languages,
French, Mathematics, Book-Keeping, and the
elements of Natural Science. '
Expenses, (including tuition, board, fuel,
washing, books and clothing,) $365.
Circular sent on application.
June IS, 1869. V 24 6V
-. -v- ' ,
DAY BOARDING.
if
ALRS McCANDLESS, at th
residence of Ntmuel R. Ha
'-Me Df. Sm,H"s Druu Slot--"
;l"iVug Store
t ... nnf
Dny -Boarders 'p"n lnr JR' 24 4
mis. 8he refer
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