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THE MESSENGER rUtUtHED EVERY SATURDAY -If- ° -Hr WILLIAM 0. SMITH. SUBSCRIPTION > On* Year Six Months Three Months, Always In advance. **-All Letters should £•*}«««» 10 * ~ [Entered at the Port Office at Charlotte, N. C. as Meond<liM mutter ~~ SATURDAY, NOT. 18,1882. All money must be sent by registered letter or money order. If you don’t get your paper at the proper time please tell us at once. Snort correspondence of Interest to the general public is solicited, but don t be lisapiiointed If 7°“ J** 1 production In our columns. We are not for the views of correß. pondents. Anonimous communica tions go to the waste basket. JOURNALISTIC. The Concord S-n has suspended. The Raleigh Banner has suspend ed for a few weeks to give the edi tor time to fix up the premium award list of the Industrial Fair. We are pleased to place on our exchange list, alter a long time, the Africo Presbyterian, the. most pros perous paper in the State published by colored men. FRANK I. OSBORNE, ESQ. Mr. Osborne, our new Solicitor, received a handsome majority in this county as well as the district. He ran about 400 ahead of some of the candidates on his side. We cannot say anything new of him, our readers know him, but it is a well known fact that he received the votes of a great many colored men throughout the county. It is useless for leaders of our party to attempt to spring a stranger upon us to be voted for against such a man as Mr. Osborne. He is the colored man’s friend. We opposed him in the start, and that opposi tion gave us opportunity to learn his strength. Colored men love party, but men and principles often outweigh party fealty. Dot Repub licans, when they cannot put a man to cope with the opposition, let the place go by dofault. We have in Frank I. Osborne an able Solicitor. CORRECTED FIGURES. We are gratified to learn that in later returns from our own State, the result of the late election is quite different from first reports. As the Democrats had swept New York, Massachusetts and Pennsyl vania, and had made such heavy gains in this locality, we thought the claim of the State by ten thou sand by the Democrats, and eight of the nine Congressmen, very mod est But we find it different as fuller reports como in. Walter F. Pool, the Republican nominee in the first district, is elected to Con gross. James R. O'Hara, colored KcpiftMan in the second district, is el(4led, and Dr. Tyre York, Coa lition candidate in the seventh dis trict, is also elected. Instead of ten thousand Democratic majority they now claim only 200. The Coali tionists have made gains in the Legislature, but the Bourbons have a good working majority. Virginia goes Coalition and electa six of her ten Congressmen from the Coali tion ticket. South Carolina,though Democratic as usual, electa Mr. Mo lt oy, Republican, to Congress. Florida etecta Bisbee, Republican, Louisiana electa Kellogg, Mississip pi elects Chalmers, Coalitionist. Kansas elected Mr. R. B. McCabe, colored, State Auditor. Wo have gained two Congressmen in this Btate, and have effectually broken the solid South. Tie not so bad after all. WHY WASIT THUB? It is passing strange to many, why this terriblo cyclone as many are pleased to call it. We believe the press generally agree that it was a general uprising of the peo ple against Bossism. Take New York, it will be remembered that Mr. Arthur left his chair and went to New York and fixed up a ticket to suit himself with Mr. Folger, his secretary of the Treusury, at the head. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, the ablest and most influential di vine in the country, spoke and preached against the Republican party, for which he had been work* ing ever since its organization. He certainly did it more barm than any other one could have done. Rev. T. McCants Stewart, one of the ablest colored ministers of New York city, turned his church against Folger. The Globe, the ablest and most influential organ published by colored men, opposed him, and the Herald and the Times-, hence we see it seems that with common consent everybody voted the Democratic ticket in New Yojk at the last elec tion. New York had its influence in other States. Becoher has his followers throughout the country. The Globe has also. It has a circu lation of nearly two thousand in Boston alono. The result would have been much more disastrous with us, had the bossism praoticed with us in the central and western counties extended in the eastern counties. In the eastern counties of this State straight Republican nominations were made generally. Young and inexperienced men in many instances were mado do heavy work in the west by appointment and promises of office. These boss es may thank their God they got along so well this time. Had they allowed the peoplo to put out a Re publican ticket, we would liavo been rejoicing to-day over one of the grandest victories of the age. Down with bossism, now and forever. OUR TRIP TO COLUMBIA. Being a newspaper man we now have business all over the country and like to return to particular lo calities as often as our business re quires. This last trip of ours to Co lumbia gave us a bit of experience. This being the week of the Stato Fair at Columbia there were a great many passengers going down. Thero were four coaches, but on leaving Charlotte none of them were any thing like full. There was only one second class car on and that was used as a smoker and drinking re sort. Os course wo took a seat in a first class car and anticipated and encountered no trouble on the way. Wo noticed there were only two other colored persons in the coach with us, one a young man in a for-1 ward corner, the other a nurse. An old gentleman, apparently very clev er, occupied a seat just in front of us. He was from California and talked much and asked many ques tions. Just in onr rear after we passed Chester, sat what we suppose were two full fledged South Carolina bour bons. Here the cars were all pret ty well crowded, as a great many passengers got on. We soon dis covered that we were the subject under discussion by these two bour bons. One said to the other, "I don’t like this, and he has a whole seat to himself.” The other said, “No, I don't like to see it, and we have a legislature now which I think will put a stop to all such. They can regulate that as well as the freights." Then they went on talk ing of the election, the way the ne groes voted with them in Chester, Ac. We frequently beard men around us speak of “that nigger over there," but not a one spoke to us till we got to Winnsboro, when an old gentleman came in and ask ed for a seat with us. He seemed to be well known by many and very popular. The seat in our rear had been taken by ladies and our pres ence seomed loss objectionable. Heartless and unwise remarks from men on board caused us to think there is more truth in the reports of brutal treatment to colored peo ple in the South than many have wanted to give credit to. We are disposed to be charitable and think these are exceptional cases. We believe the general feeling between the races is better, that the better class of whites aro disposed to treat us kindly and regard us as human beings with souls. There was one Charlotte lady in the car with us who seemed to be well posted on politics and she hoped that Gov. Thompson would make good use of his opportunity to win the colored peoplo by kind treatment, as many of them had been persuaded to vote for him. We do not doubt that many of these people thought us out of our place, but as we are quietly disposed and cannot endure the smell of whiskey or tobacco we would have rather walked than gone in that noisy, drunken crowd in the second class car—moreover wo were a first class passenger and they were all excursionists. When all classes of whites learn that the better class of colored pas sengers are as good to ride with as their servants, they will find Ne groes much less objectionable. We are charitable, and do not judge the whites by their worst class, and hope they will not take our lowest to judge us by. We contend the feeling is getting better every day. Our train was an hour late leav ing Charlotte, and by the time it leached Columbia it bad lost an other hour, reaching that city about 9 o’clock. We made our way to Mrs. Gilbert’s where we were wel comed and furnished supper. After a good sleep we awaked Wednesday morning and struck out to see the sights. After strolling the streets a while we visited the Howard School. Hero we met the principal, Prof. Dart, busily engaged with a class in book-keeping. He teaches in this school, ancient history, book-keep ing, algebra, physiology, &c. This is one of the largest and most ad vanced graded schools in the South. All the assistant teachers aro young ladies. There are many commend able features about this school which space forbids mention. On Wednesday evening the young ladies gave a RECEPTION TO THE MESSENGER. • Here we met too many of the young folks to mention, and it is useless for us to attempt to describe the affair. It was grand. Among the pretty girls present we will be pardoned for the mention of a few only. Miss Dora Flemming was one we had not seen before. Well, they were all the prettiest. Miss Denie Stovo sang beautifully sev eral solos which added much to the entertainment. Fruits and all kinds of confections, wine and lemonade were served and after a late hour all loft having had a “huge time.” Our little Miss Josic Rady was with us. Several young men from the col leges and neighboring towns were with us. Merit Recognized. To those who are not tally con vinced that the colored people are rising rapidly, we mention the fol lowing facta : Mr. Chas. B. Leek, a resident of Ashtabula, Ohio, a town of from 8,000 to 10,000 inhabitants, is the principal telegraph operator at the L. S. and M- S. R. R. depot, he having three operators under him. Mr. Leek is also the leader of the Ashtabula brass band, a white band containing about fifteen piece*; and director of the Ashtabu la Opera House orchestra, also white. Mr. Leek is a colored gen tleman of marked ability, unassum ing in his demeanor and a perfect musician. He has made many mu sical contributions, some of which are of rare excellence among which is one, entitled “Good-bye dearest mother," a piece pronounced by our best local critic to be superb.— Mobile Gazette. Murder by Mieelonsris*. The trial of the two ex-employes of the Church Missionary Society, William F. John and John Williams, together with their wives, on the charge of wilful murder of a young native girl in the year 1877, at Onitsha, on the Niger, concluded at Sierra Leone on the 18th ult., after a twelve days’ hearing. The pris oners were convicted of manslaugh ter, and were sentenced as follows: Williams and his wife to twenty years’penal servitude, John to eigh teen and a half years’ penal servi tude, and Mrs. John to two years’ imprisonment, with hard labor. The sentence upon John would have been the same as that upon Wil liams but for the fact that he had been in prison awaiting trial for about eighteen months. According to the evidence elicited at the trial the deceased girl, togethor with a companion, ran away from the ser vice of the prisoner John. On be ing brought back the two girls were tied together, back to back, and whippod with barbarous cruelty, not only by the prisoners themselves, but by others at their instigation. The victims were left lying on the ground in the broiling sun through out the day, and their agonies were increased by the application of pep per to their wounds. One of the girls succumbed to the injuries she sustained, but the other survived. The affair has created an immense sensation throughout the colony, and the sentence is generally warm ly approved. The fact that the cir cumstances occurred so long ago as 1877, while the trial of the prison ers has only now taken place, has naturally excited surprise. The explanation given for the delay is that although the death of the girl was the occasion of suspicion and inquiry among the British subjecte, mostly natives of Sierra Leone, at Onitsha, in 1877, every attempt to find out the truth of the case met with the greatest difficulties, many people who were in a position to give evidence being themselves more or less implicated in the affair. But for the determi nation of a Mr. Haastroop the mat ter would not have seen the light at all. THE MESSENGER IS PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY AT CHARLOTTE, N. C. In the interest of the Col ored People and the Republican Party. It is the Cheapest and Best paper in the State. Oil; $1.25 Per Anna. t Every colored man and every Republican in the Caro linaa ought to take the Mes senger. WILLIAM C. SMITH, Publisher. Charlotte, N. C. 3Xera A dxtcvtisrinenta. WANTED, AGENTS. 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SODA WAIERs A Fine Soda Fountain in connec tion with the Store where cool and refreshing drinks are dispensed every day. A. W. CALYISi, West Trade street Charlotte, N C. 7-22-ts. Barber Shop. Experienced and polite workmen al ways ready to give you a Neat Hair Cut AND A CLEAN BHAVB, Jno. S. HENDERSON. South side—East Trade. 7—ls—6m. (aroliua Central Railway Train No 1 going Wist. Leave Wilmington. ----- p m ~ Lumberton, - - - lu J7 p m , . Laurenburg, - --1236 am , , Hamlet, ----- -a Liam , , Wades boro, 4 limn ~ Monroe, «, <4 a m , , Matthews, 4. Mum Arrive Charlotte, -7, 4t> a m Leave ~ At in , , Tuckaseege. 9, 32 a m , . Lincoln too, - • - -11, Mini Arrive fchelby, 12, 4m atu Train No. 2 Going East Leave Shelby. ----1.4 Mp in ~ Lincoln too, - • 322 p in „ Tuskaseege, - 4.52 p m Arrive i harlotte, - - - 5 40 p m r „ Wadeaboro, - - -046 pit ~ Hamlet. 2.00 a m „ Laurenburg, - -3.tC an* ~ Lnmberton, • • 452 ain Arrive W llmlngton. • KSQ a m Each of the above trains connect with Uw H. AA. Airline for Kaletgh. No trains leave t bar lotte, for Wllmlngtoo, on Saturday nor W timing ton, on Sunday.
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