THS REPORTER.,
r™? Si. Sa~ I J. Tt DARLINGTON,
Editor. AitoriaU Mrnior.
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National Ticket.
for Prttident of the United States,
SAMTTXIi J. TILDBN,
of Nt» York.
, For Vice Prttident,
THOMAS A. HENDRICKS,
of Indiana.
XUtCTORS FOR STAT* AT t.AROX,
DANIEL O. FOWLE, of Wake;
JAS. A. LEACH, of Dav»ds»a.
DBTBICT BLtCTOBS.
' IST. DIIMOI-
I» •' —JOHN F. WOOTBK.
3D •» —JOHN L>. STANFORD. -
4ra *' —F. a. BCSBRK.
Mr •• -FRANK C. ROSBINS.
era " —R.P. WARING.
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State Ticket.
GOVERNOR,
3EBULON B. VANCE,
orWscKLXiiafflta. * ;
tIBCT. OOVXRNOR,
THOMAS J. JARVIS,
OF PITT.
ATTORNXT-ORNKRAL,
THOMAS S. KENAN, 1
OF WILBOK.
BXCRRYART OV STATX, i
JOSEPH A. ENGELHARD,
OF NXW HANOVER.
TBXASU&KR, ....
JOHN M. WORTH,
OF RANDOLPH. ..
AUDITOR,
SAMUEL L. LOVE, '
OF HAYWOOD. '
SCP'T PUBLIC INOTRUCTIOR,
JAMES C. SCARBOROUGH,
• OF JOHNSTON. s ' '
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TOR CONGBRBS— Sth DUtrict,
ALFRED M. SCALED,
OF GUILFORD.
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BON EST IN POLITICS.
A colored man m this vicinity recently
remarked that he believbd it "impoesible
for a while man to be an honest Repub
lican, or a colored man to be an honest
Democrat." To the first part of this
opinion we readily assent, and will give
our reasons therefor; but to
clause we oannot agree, and will explain
oar difiereooe. .
First, a white man eannot give his
heart and hand to any measure totally
at variance with the finer and better in
stincts of his nature, and in direct op
position to his earliest training. There
is not an intelligent xpliite man in the
Boutb who does not feel that the colored
raoc is Dot his race, and that nature has
planted a barrier between whites and
colored that no argamentor philanthropy
ess possibly remove. Bat is order to
assure the confident* and political sup
port of the black nan, Radicalism is
swallowed with ss much grace as possi
ble, the inaste consciousness of anteri
ority m •oppressed, sad the white man
most bosons "one of them," in appear
ance at least. Now, let see how wsH
the f bite man succeeds in ilmtyj(«l(Mfal
role. He ptobsbly iau4*oes.
to the oolored people by,engaging with
them is some little free gams
of sards, mumble-pog, or marbles; than
lis may beoome liberal aad treat to •
half-pint of whisky, sod in order to
show his aiaoaeitj in bis new profesfioas
be streaooosly insists open the
ot having the Ust poll bottle
Then he is ready to expaUste upon ths
"rights aad pririlsges" dne ths black
aw» t and proaaisss unheard of legislative
waadsra when ha is elected to oltee
"Make ass your Moses, and I will lead
JOB straight to the happy Caaaan ! Yo»
shall have every right and privilege that
1 snjoy or ths law sDuws, for I will
laaka your iatsrest my first stady P
Tbs negro is thus fad cm fair prom
isss until he keoomes bloated with tbs
idea of ths import an oe ef bis ballot,
aad tbs glittering destiny that Mr. Seal
lawag, or Mr. Carpet-bagger, will work
oat for hixs. Bat alar, fur hamsa cal
culations! After the elections are over
are thsss promises ever referred to again ?
Have the "forty sores and a mule" em
made their appearance ? After the ne
gro has served the purpose of the y fecial
aspirant it is foofld that thoae J lodges
aad promise* are impracticable, and in
many instances would bo too humiliating
even to receive their support For in
stance, after being promised all the
"righta and privileges" that other man
enjoy, these same smooth-tongued Re
publican apostles do not redeem their
promises even wheal ia their power.
The j do not practice tbs doctrine they
prepeh. Republicans sometimes go to
r»lor«t mast's cubic tad spend pleas.
Msboura around bis hsarthstone, chat
ting guily with hit wife, paying flatter
iWg compliments ts his daughter, and
patenting sugar-plums to hia interesting
Tittle prattlers; but they extend no invi
tation to the family to return the
visit. "Faith without works is
dead," and white Republicanism has
proved itself only a shallow mockery, by
which designing men am enabled to ride
into office upon colored shoulder j.
In serving ths welfaM aad interests
of iho colored raoe the whits "awn and
brclfcef* abould al#a>a be Mr and hon
sst io his private dealings with tbe blaok
man. There should be no oppression,
no defrauding, sod np advantage taken
of Ma igooraoos. Bat are Democrats
lees liberal toward ths ftoedmcn than
tbeir own professed guardisns f Let the
colored people determine thia question
for themselves. The thinking blaok
men of the whole Booth have bad their
confMenoe fatally shaken within tbe last
few years, and atrioasly ask: "Why is
this inconsistency so apparsnt among our
/ leaders T" The J&swer is) ia the lsa4
guage of onr Dan bury negro: "No
white aaao can be an boo eat Republi
can!" Some are Republicans becaaae
they banker after tbs party "loavsa aad
fishes;" others, ia ordisv to secure the
blaok maa's trade aad patronage; and a
few others, pomibly, because through
that party only their rslativaa ever re
ceived ottos. Self-interest alone controls
them all, and ao love or sympathy for
Bogiw. The party leaden use them just
ss self-interest requires—either as voters
st am election, or as victims of a whole
skis butchery when Northern feaaties
demand s fresh "bloody shirt."
But why oannot a colored man be
oome a Democrat ? We insist that he
en, in all mnoerity snd honesty. If
ths Republican party bad redeemed all
of the promises it has mads to ths
colored rasa, proved itself honest and
oompetent, aad encouraged program and
prosperity instead of sowing ths seed sf
blight nod rain, then the negro could
do no better in any other party. Bat
what haa been ths esse ? That party
has violated swsry obligation, broken its
faith is every particular, brought dis
graos aad bankruptcy to ths Govern
ment, and baa not benefited tbe colored
man. It started ont with the promise
erf "forty acres and a mule." Who has
received these articles f Next, if it
ooold not give tbem all a farm, tbs par
-1 ty would help the colored people to save
money and purchase lor themselves.
Thsn tbe "Freedmen's Ssvings Bank"
was established, sad the colored people
deposited then 1 hard earned dimes and
dollars in that institution, having im
plicit ocafidenee in the honesty of their
aew-fband political guides and friends.
What was tbe result J Savings Banka
and msasy were all stolen, aad the poor
negro waa farther off from tbe farm and
mule thaw ever before I
Tbso stmstbing else bad to be done
is* order to satisfy ths colored people aad
regain their confidence, when Rcpnbli
ean bambuggery conjured ap the Civil
Rights bill. How did it work ? It hss
proved, os wss intended, to bs not worth
ths pspsr it was originally written wpon.
Supreme Courts boos deslarsd it not
soly imprsotisable bat pasitivsly uncon
stitutional, aad ssassqaently of wo sf
feet. Aad it sab ho sbowa that it was
SWiy in tended ss a maasurs to hoodwiak
aad waftm tbe eeiersd rase. Boelal
equality is wot, nor nsvsr will be, tolsr
glid «ven by thoss who posted ths biH.
Piashbock, a colored maa from Loaus
iaaa, as he himself says, was denied a
east in ths United States Senate to which
be had been etested, because it was
fears* that tbs wives af other membsrs
Weokd bC compelled to associate with
Mrs. Pinsbbeok ; bat ia order to satisfy
Ma ha was alls wed ISO,OOO as aafery
hwkia from ths ottos bw was a«vsr
allowed to IN. And this, to*, ease ths
sctaoa' of a RspubKeaa Ssaste, wbish
shews whst firtas those Senators attest)
to ths Isars they pass la favor sf asgro
aqtaaliejr. go long as they ean secure
ootocsd rotes snd use tbs black sasn ss a
ooavcoisnt to d, just ao loog will be be
et all remembered by tbeee Radical pol
iticians. i
• Now, we assert- that ths Bepoblissa
party haa deceived and misled* ths col
ored mas. It bar proved ladf dishon
est and no longs' worthy of tnM. It
is somposed largely of the worst stasee
of «sH»»e men j men who bswt stolen
everything in their way, from silver
spnoaa ap to whole States; men who
serve no interact bat self; who bsvs no
ambiriota beyond plender; natural klep
tomaniacs, who evftn rob tbs gravse of
sf tbe Union's eoldiSrs ia tbe nsme of
pstriotisoi.
Is this not s party that svsry honest
aasn, black or white, should bs ssbsmsd
off If it redsssas no promise, serves
BO good purpose, is corrupt and dishon
est, controlled bj office-seeker* and paid
hirelings, why should freemen of any
oolor longer be influenced by it 7 Any
mag who prefers honesty to
purity to eorruption, and reform tj con
tinued degradation, can conscientiously
become a Democrat.
A Pit* BR DRINKS.
It is a good thing lor the editor of the
New York Herald that Fourth of July
free whisky is not in continual circula
tion, for on the Btb instant his mind
still seemed to be fearfully muddled.
Just listen at bis ravings:
"The negroes and the whites are bar
ing another emenfe in the South, this
time at Hamburg, opposite Atlanta, Qa
It seems a silly thing to drag a lot of
negroes before a court ibr obstructing
the roads when they were merely play
ing soldigr on the Fourth of July, and
it i thoroughly reprehensible that armed
whites should support unasked the power
of the magistrate while the cause was on
trial."
Now, every sober man ia the United
States knows thai Hamburg, S. C., couW
not possibly, be witkflflflfaiifclMVH^pS
oae hundred miles of Atlanta'Qa., the
latter oity being in Middle Georgia, and
a great way from any boundary line.
Bat the Herald made no greater mis
take ia locating Hamburg, than in its
oomments oa the affair. Hamburg is
opposite Angusta, Ga„ the Savannah
river running between the two places,
about one hundred sad aeventy-fivo miles
from Atlanta, and is one of the oldest
settlements in Bouth Carolina. But
very few white people haveremded there
for a number of yeare, tbe village being
at present inhabited principally by ne
groes Yet, it is a very public place,
owing to its proximity to Augusta, and
a great deal of travel from all parts of
Edgefield oounty, at lout, beside all of
the wagon trade most pass th rough
Hamburg in order to reaeh Augusta.
So much as to tbe location of Hamburg;
now we will give tbe correct version of
what bapponed there on the 4th instant.
A dispatch from Augusta, within oae
mile of the scene, ssys:
"There were serious troubles in Ham
burg on tbe 4th. Herbert Butler and
another citiien of Edgefield county,
while driving through Hamburg were
interrupted by a colored militia oompa
ny, who blocked up the puWfc highway
and prevented them from proceeding on
their way home. Complaint was made
by Butler to Prince Hirers, (oolorod,) a
trial justice, who summoned witnesses to
investigate matters. Dr. Adams, cap
tain of the company, was the first wit
ness examined, but be became so inso
lent that Justice Rivers arrosted him for
contempt and continued the case until
tbe afternoon of the Bth, when the trial
was resumed. The company proceeded
to the court snd rescued tbe prisoner
Adams. Rivers, who ia additioo to be
ing a trial justice, commands tbe State
militia, ordered the oompany to disarm,
and on their refusing to comply with
his orders be called upon oitisens for aid
to enforce his orders, and they responded.
Prince Riven is in eoauaand of the
citisena."
it ia shown that the Herald
bis very little regard for the truth when
it wishes to crmte a "Southern outrage"
story. Those uegroes blocked tbe public
highway, ia vinletioo of law, to oompel
persons to await tbair leisure. An offi
cer of the law was requested to clear the
way, and in the disobarge of his duty
tbe captain of the oompany becomes so
1 asoLent that bis arrest becomes necessa
ry. Where is .there any "silly thing"
ia tbe conduct of the whites so far ?
This New York editor would doubtless
hare bad Mr. Butler to remain ia tbe
street, ezpoeed to a July sun, amid the
burning sand-hills of South Carolioa |
until tboee Fourth of July soldiers saw
proper to let him past. If this infer
ence ia correct,tbe Herald editor is as
Aetata the negroes. But tbe white
men only spplied to an acknowledged
ofiUer of th* law to assist then ia tbe
rigbt to travel peaceably along • public
highway. Tbe disturbers of the. peaae
treated with contempt the authority of
law, and tbeo Prince Rivers, a colored
nan sad s Republican, by virtue of his
position as Major General, commanding
State militia, ordered the oompany to
disarm ; and upon their refusal to do so,
he celled upon the oitisens to aid bim
ia the performance of his duty. And
this is what tbe Herald condemns as
"thoroughly reprehensible." We are
glad that the people of South Carolina
tahe a different view of sueb matters, and
prefer law and order, peace and civil
liberty, to mob rule, ;
We lesra that the late Republican
State Convention nominated Judge Set
tle as s candidate for Governer, and
Blow-Your-Horn Billy Smith for Lieu
tenant Governor. Smith's only competi
tor was a negro, who was plaoed in
nomination by some white Republican,
j Had the colored man been chosen tbe
I ticket would bave beon no worse than
it is. >
OUR BOOK TABLE.
The Skwthrrn Planter and Farmer
for July has been received. Its table of
ooatents, as usual, is made up of the
most instructive and useful articles.—
We regard it as one of the very best
agricultural periodicals on the continent,
and oannot too highly recommend it to
tbe farmers of the South.
The American Farmer for July is re
ceived, is found to ocntain its usual ex
cellent array of oontents. The commu
nications are numerous nnd practical,
and tbe selcoted matter is chosen with
special reference to the season and tbe
latitude of its readers. None of our
farmers but would reoeive full vslue for
the investment of the subscription price,
whieh is SI 60 a year, or only $1 each
to olubs of five or more. Samuel Sands
& Son, Baltimore, are the publishers.
The August number of Petertom't
Magazine ia promptly on our table, and
is a netuber fully up to tbe establiihed
reputation of its publisher. "Pick-t-
Psck" ia the title of its beautiful steel
engraving. Its extension colored fash-
I eon tains five bandaome figures, .
and it also gives a patern of Danish
braid work, ia colors, beside other fash
ion cuts almost numberless. C. J. Pe
terson publisher, 306 Chestnut street,
r Philadelphia, $2 a year.
Tilden.
The St. Louis Convention made no
mistake. The result of its deliberation
bas stirred up the country as it has not
bean stirred up before in the history of
most living men. Tilden's nomination
is a response to the almost universal de
mand among Democrats snd friends of
reform, and will be taken up, ratified
sod carried forward to a successful issue
at the polls in November. From every
nook and corner of tbe United States we
bear the grand reverberation of the en
thusiasm that first seised the public
mind. There is no doubt that the De
mocraoy are in earnest this year. They
mean to go into the present campaign
and fitfbt it through aggressively. It
wss this determination that aNsured the
nomin.vion of Tilden from the first, and
with him as a standard bearer and ihc
battle-cry of "Reform" emblazoned on
our banner, we will go forward to victory
as sure as »hc Presidential election trans
pires We huvo no sectional candidate,
no representative &t the licad of our
tioket, that good men everywhere cannot
oordinlly endorse and support. We
have as the ohicf exponent of Democrat
ic principles the foremost champion of
reform before the American people to
day. He is the one single man in the
country to whom men of all political
affiliations bare turned for year a? pos
sessed of the pluck snd capacity to re
form notorious abuses in public affairs.
Tilden iB no experiment. He bas been
tried in the great empire State, and was
equal to the emergency of that lcog
suffering, sorely tried and soverely plun
dered community. What ho accom
plished for New York he oan for the
people of tbe United Sutes. G >od men
have prsyed that some man might arise
equd to the demsnds of the hour, the
necessities of the occasion, snd the
Nstional Convention wisely fixed upon
Governor Tilden, as exemplifying in bis
private and official career 'he character
and qualifications so urgently requirsd
St the head of our governmental system.
That tbe actio* of t> e convention will
be rat fied at tbe polls we have not the
least doubt. If we do our duty by him
■ and the ticket he leads, our efforts will
culminste in a triumph over which
Dtmeaaats, Reformers aad good citizens
generally will hsve ooeaeion to rejoice
fond and long.— Stafcsville Landmark.
s je.'m .
#!.. . Grant's Absence. . .
If General Grant has no respect for
himself be ought at least, while occu
pying his present position, to show Borne
respeot for tbe country whToh once plao
ed him at the head of all its armies, and
has twice elected him President. Yet
be voluntarily and persis ently sbsents
himself frotu a national celebration
whore Ws presence was greatly desired,
and which can only occur once in a
hundred years.
Of ail th* Revolutionary fathers, of
all tbe men who have been President of
the United States, there was not one
who Would not have got out of his grave
and trudged on foot to Philadelphia,
bad be been permitted, to be present at
tbe great Centennial Fourth of July
Celebration. Yet hare is Geo. Grant,
President of the living
snd well, only a few hours distant, with
a luxurious pajgee oar placed at his dis
posal, refusing to coaie on.
It is evident that General Grant f*els
that a country so inappreeiative as not
to eleot him to a third term, may go to
the doge, so fsr as he is cor. corned.—
Even Dom Pedro, a foreign Emperor,
aod Prince Oscar, son of the King of
Sweden, manifested mors interest in our
Centennial than tbe Chief Magistrate of
our own nation. — N. V. Sun.
"Principles Not Men "
Said a soft shell Democratic farmer to
us, a few-days ago, "I shall voto for the
man this time." If he does, he will cer
tsinly vote, as we would bave him, for
Tilden. But whst aa avowal of lack of
principle. God belp our country, if this
declaration represents the feeling of any
large aumber of Buffragists. What!
ignore tbe great issues that underlie all
party organisation since the earliest pe
riod of American history, and vote for
the mere animal ? That is exactly one
chief cause of our present misfortunes.
The thoughtless mssses, carried away by
blind persoual preferences and preju
dices, have oast their suffrages for tbe
day caskets, unmindful what the char
acter of the jewel within—whether pure
gold or vilest pinchbeck ; and ia doing
so, bave mocked at the warnings of
statesmen and the teachings of all histo
ry. The very present beclouds them
They continually attempt short cuts to
prosperity, without considering the prin
ciples which operate to defeat all their
dreams.
Let us ask tbe furmer of the south
and west why he toils for others and is
unsble, even with the high prices which
have prevailed for years, to lay by any
part of the fruits of his labor T He re
plies, "The monopolies and taxes eat me
up." Ah, well, what sort, of principles,
what kind if legislation and what class
of men are responsible for this t-tate of
things? Did they exist under Demo
cratic administrations and congresses?
And if not—snd they certainly did not
—let us ask, why ? The truth ia appa
rent: Democracy or J»ffersoninuiem, in
all its raaifiuatioos of principle, is the
antithesis of that bayonet-establiehed
system of federalistic doctrines, whose
aims are a strong central government,
the wiping out of State lines and local
interests, and the building up of just
such monstrous monopolies and schemes
of ruthless taxation, as exist to crush
and curse our land to-day. Federalism
courts the power of paper banks and
combined capital; Democracy seeks tbe
equal and exact distribution of rights,
privileges snd blossiugs. Federalism
idolizes the man ; Democracy battles for
principle. Federalism is proud aud os
tentatious; Democracy opposes the prufli.
gate imitation of European monarchies,
and demands a plain system, void of
pomp, protecting all and granting favors
to none. Federalism seeks to reward
its supporters with the money of the
people, and to levy tribute upon all
sections for the aggrandizement of its
nurture-ground, the east; Democracy
claims tbat the west and south arc on
titled to the same consideration as any
other section or soetiou, and bave a
right to demand an equal share in all
the benefits of legislation.
Fedetalism bpurns the constitution,
when it trenches on its wasteful schemes
for the enrichment of tbe few at the cost
of the many y Damocracy insists upon a
strict construction of the grand funda
mental law of tlie republic, and a con
cession to the people of all powers and
rights not absolutely delegated to con
gress. Federalism despises plrbeianism
and fear to trust tho masses, and the
past fifteen nightmare years of its ex
perimental ruleship have well nigh made
a monarohy of our republio. and havo
effected greater publio demoralization
and diaregard of law than ever before
took plaoe _on God's earth ia die same
length of tine; under Democratic rule
and the governmental principle* of
Jefferson, no oonntry under bcavoo. wa*
ever to prosperous, happy aad free-
Federalism plays flunkey aad boat
lick to tbe orowned bead* of the old
world, and fears foreign displeasure; it
has bumiliatingly cowered before Eng
land and and even before tbe tat
tered greaserstof Mexico, tbe pig-toils of
Cbina aod th J} mulattos* of San Domin
go; it baa pe knitted American oitisens
to be captures on tbe high seas and
butchered by f'holesale, aad the red
barred fag of «ia republio to be iasulted
ami spit upon Still American rights bave
besoms a laughing-stock to all oreation
Wa* it so under Damoentic admmistia
tion and rufe? What nation dared
wrong an American oitizen or insult th*
flag of bis country, when • Democrat was
Preaident of the Union, tad Democrat*
led her armies and navies ? Even those
who claimed citizenship by virtue of
their declared intention to become citi
sena, as in tbe case of Coast*, felt the
protecting power of tbe starry banner in
all quarters of th* globe, borne to tbcm
by oar ibunder-aoathed ball-dogs of
tbe *ea.
Away with tbe folly of voting for the
mere nan. Let us return to Democrat
ic government under the stored, death
less principles of Jefferson and tbs cen
tennial father*, by sustaining "measures,
not men." And wa most do it thin
year, if even a remnant of personal lib-
crty tad national honor is to be tenoned
from the ruin wrought by fed oral ism
and Radical folly combined. Hayes
meant federalism in all its wont forma—
the federalism of Grant, Belknap, Mor- *
ton, Butler, Blame and Cameron. Til- *
den means Democracy—the Demooraey
Jefferson, Madison, Jaekson, Polk aad
Buchanan. Hayes means oontinbed
usurpation, ring-rale, profiigAy and oor
rnption. Tilden mean* reform, purifi
cation, reconciliation aad the r serration
of the old constitution and lain. One
or tbe other moat triumph this Ml, aad
the life aad death of the republic an
involved in the con teat One, is the in
carnation of Orantiam—the man. The
otber is tbe embodiment of all the grand
principles whioh make this oentennial
year memorable and holy. Choose ya,
this day, between them.— Raleigh Sen
tinel.
A Triple Homicide.
CLKVI'B VALLEY, PA, July 8
Scattered along a spur of the Blue Ridge,
east from this place, known as the Sk*
nahwah Hills, are several huts occupied
by a tribe of "Bush-Rangers" number
ing about 100. They belong to the
lowest order of human beings, and live
more like wild beasts than men.
Early on tbe morning of the fifth of
July a half-naked boy from the hill ran
into this village with tho report that
there was a big fight on the hill, ahd
that Jamscy Carker had killed Beans
Carker aad stabbed Sal. Carker, and
bad biuu>clf been stabbed by seme one
in (he fight. "Jamaey" Carker was the
aoknowled chauipion of the tribe, and
"Beat s" Catker was his reputed brother,
as "S*l" was his sister. They were all
three uluiost giants in sise and aireLgth.
Oti tho night of tho 3rd thu woman
had been in the village and procured
two gallons of whisky.
A number of men, with an offieer,
started for tho hill, and found tbe oabio
of old Mulliu surrounded and filled with
a promiscuous erowd, every member of
which was yelling, swearing, screaming,
or crying, and all were gesticulating wild
ly. Sal. Carker fras found lying on the
ground in tho cabin, with a fearful gash
io her left breast, from whioh tha blood
was (.till flowing. I>r Ware at one pro
nouuocd her wound fatal.
The woman was cansoinus, and, al
though weak, asked the Doctor savagely:
"H 've they killed Jimsey Carker yet,
d—u his s jul V
Some drunken friend of Jamsey's
replied :
"No, they ain't, by G—d; and they
won't while I'm here."
The woman attempted ts spring from
her position on the ground. Tbe blood
gushed from her sido as she rose partly
up, snd she fell bsck, gssped two or
three times, and eipircd.
On a pile of bushes near the Carker
eabin lay Beans Carker, the murdered
ni»n. Ho was out from his hip to hia
lower rib, on tho left side, and had a
stab in his right breast. It was evident
from the nature of hia wounds that they
hsd been ulmost instantly fatal.
It wu apparent that the sentiment of
tbe rangers was largely ia favor of Jam
aey, the murderer, and wild inquiries
were made for the man that had atekbed
him. One drunken aavage swung a
knife about his head aad ahouted, "I'll
put this in the heart of the man that
hurt Jameey Carkar."
Jamaey Carker oould not be found,
nor would any one give information of
hia whereabouts or of the origin of tha
dieturbaooe.
The Turkish War.
The Berriana have sustained another
oheok from the T\irks, thia time on the
southwest, toward Moataoagro; the oth
er, whioh was more of a defeat, taking
plane on northwest or Bulgarian
side. On the latter side the oaaapalga
is more defensive ia eharaetar than in
Bosnis, where the Servians must ad
vsooe or fail. Mshemst Ali, with twelve
thousand Turks, baa stopped the advance
of the Servian general, Zaohs, with a
foroe of fifteen thousand, aad driven hia
to hia intreucUmeuta. Itwaa plainly
tbe idea of the Servians to aeise the
high road at Bieaitza to atop tha ap
plies, and, holding the country from
Servia to Montenegro, cut the Turkish
forces in two. The importanee of the
aetion at Sienitsa can only be judged by
the ability of the Turks to follow it ap
or the Servians to reeover tbeir ground.
Tbe entire Servian plan of campaign
has not been developed yet, but unless
they onri pewt s strong foree in Novi
Bssaar, which is tbs neck, as it ware,
connecting Bosnia snd Heriegovina with
the reat of Tnrkey in Europe, thej oan
not expect to ehoke tbe Hoaleaa they
have attempted to throttle. From Ba
ling, near the Servian line, to tbe Mon
tenegrin frontier is about fifty milea in a
direct line, aad on that line ws may a*,
peet the most stubborn battles to be
fought. Tbs fights so fkr hare bean
straggles for position.
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