THE REPORTE R,
MOSES I. STKWART, Editor.
THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1879.
Editorial Briefs.
Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris is living
very quietly in England.
The Tobacco Fair at Lynchburg be
gins on the 27th of May.
Now they talk of ruuning old Zaoha
riah Chandler for President.
Judge Kerr will not be able to hold
Montgomery Court next week.
The Raleigh Newt says that our Leg
islature saved the State $175,000
Francis E. Shober, of Salisbury, has
been elected Chief Clerk of the Uuited
States Senate.
The track trade of Norfolk brings in
$3,000,000 and the fish and oyster trade
92,000,000 annually.
Senator Everett has returned from
Washington. From what he says it will
be Tilden vs. Grant in 1880.
The King ot Siam baa tendered Gen
Grant an autograph letter, inviting him
to visit Siam and become his guest
Bills are before both Houses of Con
gress looking to the prevention ol Yel
low Fever during the coming summer.
There are in North Carolina 107 news
papers—7 daily ; 7 monthly; 88 weekly ;
2 semimonthly; 1 tri-weekly; 2 semi
weekly.
There were 302 persons examined be
fore a jury could be procured in the case
of Poindexter for the murder of young
Cartis
The Captions of the Legislature are
before us, but deeming them of so little
importance we shall not appropriate our
■pace to their publication.
A Republican Tri-Weekly is soon to
be published in Raleigh. Radical gun
for the approaching campaign. Send
•round your oootributions gentlemen,
and keep her going, if you don't she'll
aoon "blow up "
The fires in the city of Wilmington,
during the month of February, cost the
insurance oompanies the enormous sum
of $68,276 71 and the property owners
find themselves still behind $37,253.40
We think the organisation of both
Houses of Congress under the new
demoeratio regime is a very good one,
perhaps the beat that could have been
effected under all oonflioting circum
stances, —at least it is worthy of a good
trial.— Petersburg Pott.
On the 21st of Maroh the following
hanging exhibitions took place io the
United States : One man in Vermont,
one in Massachusetts, one in California,
two in Oregon and one in New Hamp
shire—aix in all—were suspended in
the air by the legal break neck appa
ratus.
The Sacramento Record Union 'eports
that a gentleman of that vicinity, having
stocked a pond on his ranoh with perch
and eatfish, baa found what seems to he
a cross between the two speoiss amonp
the young fish. The shape, mouth, and
eolor of the perch are oombined with
the stiff and threatening fins and the
•ealeless sxterior of the catfish.
The evidence in the breach of prom
ise ease of Mrs. Oliver vs. ex-Senator
Simon Cameron has not yet shown a
positive and nneontradioted promise of
marriage, bat it has developed, unmis
takably, a Mate of morale, the. like of
which was not suspected, by most of the
Senator's friends. The Senator aeems
to have been driven out of Congresa by
this woman, and not to have made a
voluntary offering of bia aeat to his son,
as has been supposed.
In the Senste the day was given up to
•pesebnaking. Mr. Blaine is still
•hooked, it appears, that Democrats
should presume to msture important bills
in caucus before putting them on their
passago ia Congress Mr Voorhee*. who
thinks that an extraordinary eriais justi
fies unwonted deliberation, politely ad
visod Blaine to mind his own business.
In the House the Army Appropriation
bill was introduced and referred to the
Committee of the Who a. It provides
for aa army of 25,000 men, 15,000 more
tbaa the eoaatry has any need of or
legitimate use for. For tie support ot
this overgrown army the bill appropriate
nearly twenty-aeven millions. It ban
ishes bayonets from the polls, sad author
ilea railroad oompaniee to go into the
telegraph business.
THE WISE FORESEE THEIR DANGER.
While in conversation with a promi
nent Republican, of this county, a few
days since, the discussion naturally
flowed into politics, and, among other
things, he remarked that it was ••essen
tial to the general welfare of the country
' that a change of government should
take place." And "as one party hold
ing power fur a number of yeart would
NATURALLY become corrupt I" We al
ways did believe a generous heart to
dwell within the bosom oi our Radical
brethren, therefore we are not much sur
prised at this uncalled for assertion.
1 The fact is things are getting so plain
that one, though he shut his eyes, can
generally tell which side the wind strikes
him the heaviest
We would say to our friend, who
H seems to be burning with patriotie seal,
j that thb Democratic party is coming up
from obscurity, mighty as an army with
banners, and with healing in her wings.
1 She is the physician that is to apply the
e. balm of prosperity to cur down trodden
and to day uuhappy pe pie— made so
by the enemy of freedom and upholder
1 of despotism, Radicalism.
1 The keepers of the R.dical parly are
trembling, their knees are giving away
and their strong men shrink from the
i perilous duly of rally around the old
standard. Even the President, they
tear will fall down bctore the newly
. erected shrine of Democracy.
To sav the least, general monrning
is heard throughout the Radical cau>p,
over the now vanished hopes which
their leaders have so loug entertained
'Tis hard for yon. my dears,
To go behind the screen.
Yet democratic laurels, sirs.
Still live quite fresh ami green.
We expect to see scores of sick, bit
ten by this Radical serpent, raising
their eyes to the shining courts of De
mocracy, to be healed of their loath
some disease, dishonesty, taken while
i doing battle for their vanquished heroes
LET US BE AT EASE.
It is to be hoped that Cong/ess will
, i-peedily finish the business before that
, body and adjourn, so that the publio
I questions that now agitate and distract
(he attention of our people shall be at
I rest. The vioious laws which disgraoe
the statute books should be repealed, and
the needed appropriations for (be gwv
, ernment should be made, and suoh other
> legislation as may be of general good,
> after which they should disperse, so that
« the people may have a respite and the
oountry be enabled to settle down at
quiet once more.
Tbe season for active farm operations
' is upon us, and the manufacturing busi
• ness takes a new start, and business gen
-1 erally receives a fresh impetus. The
people are weary of the political
' wrangling that has so long kept them in
doubt and suspense, and would, no
doubt, be happy ic get relief by turning
r their attention to domestic and private
affairs
Let these distuibing issues be quiokly
' and wisely disposed of, and the relieved
oountry will rise up and oall you blessed
1 Fox p-'pidi, vox Dei.
TEST.
i A Case has beeo made np to test tbe
! constitutionality of a reissue of green
i backs in time of peace. A Connecticut
) man owing five thousand dollars to a
! New Yorker tenders payment in new
I greenbacks issued this year after being
i onoe redeemed. The New York ereditor
\ refuses to receive them on the ground
that tbey are issued in violation of the
oonstitution and are not lawful money.
" It is expeoted that the case will be tried
r before Judge Blatehford early in April,
1 Gen Butler representing the ereditor
f and William Allen Butler the debtor.
' Whatever tbe decision may be, it will be
f appealed to the U S. Supreme Conrt,
8 which tribunal, knowing tbe importance
1 of a prompt decision, will probably take
J action during tbe May term, or, at tbe
1 futthereat, in the fall. It is expeoted
• that tbe decison will stamp as illegal all
reissues of redeemed greenbaeks, and
thus stop off dangerous attempts at in
' flat ion.
1 .
• Judge Rives, who is holding oourt at
» Lynchburg, has been cutting the same
r fantastic tricks there that rceently made
' him ao notorious at Danville. Under
his instructions, the grand jury last week
- found ind'ctuients sgainst nine county
• judges for their failure to put negroes
> on juries, vis, D. W K. Bowles of
' Fluvanna, Wingfield Griffin of Roanoke,
s John A. Wharton of Bedford, Samuel
j H. Henry or Amherst, John Thompson
„ Brown of Nelson, W 0 Simmons of
• Bjtetourt, Henry 8 Parrish of Appo-
B mattox, John Hill of Buckingham, and
Jobu G. Haythe of Campbell.
SENATOR VANCE.
Our illustrious statesman, Hon. Z. B.
Vanoe, entered upon the performance
of his duties, as a member of the Uni
ted States Senate, on the 4th of March,
since which time he has been making a
very prominent figure in that body and
a favorable impression on the minds of
his countryman. He bus already been
placed at the head of an important
oommittee, and his popularity in the
Washington circles increases daily A
special to the Richmond Dispatch in
speaking of him says : ''Governor
Vance is making himself just as pnpu
lar here as he is at homo."
In the debates pending the present
session of Congress, our State could
have no one so fully able to meet the
demand as is Senator Yaucc.
To speak of bis merits and qualities
it dfcly a rehearsal of what our people
are well auare, and need not be told.
Now fit the helm, with watchful glance,
Stands noble, wise aud braveZeb. Vauce.
And under his steerage we
the proud ship of state may be •tit to
reach the haven of a 4tud policy and ■
wise legislation, and that our BOW op
pressed and over-tax.ed people may soon
become prosperous and contented.
j//s Morrn nna SHUT.
! Oaring a "hreriy debate" in the U- S.
Senate, Monday. I he following occurred :
Mr. Blaine—"The Potter committee
was revolutionary in its aim."
M r. llill—"Then did you mean revo
lution wlieu you created the Teller oom
uiitiee ?"
Blaine, loosing his temper for onoe
in debate : "No 1 didn't mean revolu
ti«o, but i meant to find out the rascal
ities of your revolutionary bull doaers in
the South."
Hill—"And we meant to find out the
frauds by which you stolo tbe Presi
dency."
Tbe applause was immense, and the
mouth of the Senator from Maine was
shut.
Tttg WAY TO Do IT. —The democrats
have couimenoed operations in Congress
in tbe right spirit; that is to say, tbey
have turned out tbe radical officers aud
put men in, who will fight on their own
side. Tbey begin too with the right
tone in debate ; for instance Mr. Bayard
took occasion early to deoouoce the
stupendous fraud by wbioh Uayes got
tbe Presidency. "A majority of 300
000 freemen," he stated, "tjave said that
be bad no business in the White House."
Turner vs. Holden.
This was a civil action brought by
Josiah Turner agaiust W. W H ilden
for damages for his illegal arrest and
imprisonmentduriag the memorable Kirk
war in 1870 An action was first brought
by Turner io Orange Superior Court
against Holden, Burgin and S. A.
Douglass, which cause was removed to
Granville and then to Warren, where in
' February, 1875, the plaintiff was non
suited In April following. Turner in
stituted in Orange oounty, the suit
against Holden alone, and it was removed
to this county for trial, where it has been
pending ever siuce. Ou Monday of this
> week the oase was called and at last
tried. After argumeut of Counsel, His
Honor, Judge Buxton, proceeded to
charge the Jury, and wc take pleasure
in saying-tbat bis oharge reflected oredit
on the head and heart of tbit upright
Judge. He aaid in substance; that the
Jury should oot allow any political feel
ing to influence their tuinds, that they
were aworu to d> justice between the
plaintiff and deiendant, that be was him
self a aworn officer and as such be would
lay down what he conceived to be the
law, and they should find the facts : that
the arrest of plaintiff by the soldiers
was not denied, and such arrest was
illegal, aud that the defendant liaving
admitted (as above quoted,) bis consent
to his detection after such arrest, thereby
aanotioiied it, and was liable therefor :
that the measure of damages matter
for the Jury to pass on : that the Statute
of Limitations, relied on by defendant's
Attorney, did not bar this action, nor
did the Amnesty Act apply.
The Jury, whioh by the way was one
of our good Chatham Juries, then retired
and after an hoar's deliberation returned
a verdict in favor of tbe plaintiff and
i assessed his damages at eight thousand
. dollars.
The defendant's Counsel thereupon
' made a motion to set aside the verdict
- and grant a new trial, whioh motion after
argument was refused by His Honor.
An appeal will be taken to the Supreme
Court —Chatham Record.
TUB DARK AND BLOODT HUNTINO
GaoiND. —Kentucky bids iair to stand
to ber youthful reputation and renown
Daniel Boone no longer hunts the red
> man over tbe blue grass regions, but dis
! appointed suitors shoot down judges in
. the streets of her capital city, and short
them for their decisions in the courts
It is not a sin thit can be visited on a
I community unless the community fails to
punish it promptly and fully. If it does
fail to do so from any cause it argues a
■ disregard for law and authority tbat ex
tends to tbe foundation of society.
The penitentiary guard has been re
duced fibiti twenty-eight io eighteen men '
GENERAL NEWS.
Mecklenburg crop prospects are en
oouragiug — Reidiville Star
Oxford is all aglow for the Railroad
> to Henderson, tbo vote being unanimous
1 (with only one dissenting voice) in favor
of the {30,000 tax for the purpose.
Mr. O S Johnson, of Chatham, tells
the Record that he raised on five acres
i last year, without guano, 5,750 lbs of
seed cotton.
SODDBN DXATII —Pies Bow, colored,
| died suddenly, at Ruffin, Sunduy. He
was apparently well and had just asked
his wife to prepare his dinner, when he
fell down dead.— Danville Timet.
Richard Cranford was drowned in the
Cape Fear at Wilmington on Saturday
' night, and Tony Foy, another oolored
i man, died suddenly on the same night of
I too mueh roasted sweet potato.— Ruleijh
J Observer.
i Three hundred quarts of strawberries
from Florida arrived io N w York by
steamer from Charleston, S. C , on Tues
day, and were sold at from SI to (1 25
a quart Wilmington Sun.
It is believed that during the February
gales thirteen fishing vessels, belonging,
to Gloucester Mass , went down, carrying
' with them 153 men, making 153 wives
I widows, aud leaving one hundred and
thirty-seven children fatherless.— Wil
Star.
Mr. James Alexander, of Charlottes
ville, who is eugagi d oo the Jij/ersonian,
and is known as the "Thomas Jefferson's
Printer," from the fact that the first
work he did was for that great Virginian,
has just celebrated his 75th birthday.
Tbe Democratic party ought to penßiot.
this veteran typo for life.
The Ilcndersonville (ourier says a
valuable gold mine has been discovered
in Polk oounty. Maj Whisnant showed
it some very valuable nuggets of puie
gold tbat he had picked up in the sluices
near the mine It is his intention to
work it at once.
On March 28th the train from Char
lotte to Wilmington, when near Pee Dee
Station, met with an aceident. The rear
or pa-setigcr car wai thrown from the
track by tbe breaking of one of the
wheels on the rear end of the ear causing
considerable destruction and the loss ol
one life, that of the brakesman, a oolored
man, Hawk Lewis, who was fearfully
mangled arid died very shortly thereafter
Several others were wounded, amount
whom were the c nductor, Capt Burr,
sightly; Eli Gibson, painfully though
not seriously : John W. Covington wes
considerably, aud one or two oih-rs verj
slightly bruised. Tbe train was running
slowly at the time, and but for this cir
cumstanee and the early stepping of the
train through, the presence of mind ol
Capt Burr, tte suffering would h»v
been greater.
[l.vMiisuL'Ra PA , M J roll 28 —Habes
sah Douglass while walking last evening
near Dauphin, Pa , was met by a man
named Quynor who, drawing a pistol,
shot her in the left and right breasts,
killing her instantly. Gaynor then shit
himself dead. Habessah was at UDC
i time a domestic servant in the family >f
Gaynor and was about nineteen years
old Gaynor was a married man forty
one years of age It is thought that
jealousy caused the tragedy
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Oie teaspoonful of this Soda usrd with sour
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best Baking Powder, saving
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See pnekape for val
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tion.
If the ttaspoonfhl Is too large and does not
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use less afterwards.
Jan. 20—3 m.
JEWELRY STORE,
WIKBTOW, If. c..
REMOVED to CRAY'S NEW BUILDING,
opposite Merchants' Hotel, where you will
find a large assortment of Clocks, Watches,
Jewelry, Silver-Plated Ware, Walking Caaei,
etc., etc Repairing of every description in
my line done promptly, and warranted
I have been ia the JKWKLKI business in
Salem, N. C., for tbe last thirteen years, and
am well known in this and the adjoining
counties. WJI. T. VOQLBR.
Feb. 13, 1879—1y.
J. M. NICHOLSON, WITH
J. P. YANCEY A CO.,
(Successors to Yancey, Franklin k Co ,
131 FcRTERS OF NOTIOMB,
No. 1209 Main Street, Richmond, Va.
March 27, 1879. tf.
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All Bill 1 and
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1 HARVEY * CO., Atlanta, Oa.
A NEW TEAR'S GREETING!
We, H. W. FRIES and R. L PAT
TERSON, composing the firm of
PATTERSON & CO,
Wholesale and Retail Merchants,
OF SALEM, N. C ,
Respectfully present hearty cornpli- !
rneuts to our many customers, and beg j
leave to with them io the coiuinu year,
HEALTH, HAPPINESS and PROS
FERITY.
We koow that the past year has been
a season of di.-tren* in money matters to
all olasseß of our citiiens, and that our
(rieuds. the Purmeis, have especially suf
fered from low prices of produce, and in
some section-* from devastating freshets;
but the sign* of the times point to the
coming year as the turning row to our
troubles, and betoken a more settldd state
of business, less depression in prices, aud
a gradual return to a healthy condition
of trade We coufideutly expect that
by July next, more money will be in
circulation, and a livelier tone imparted
to the markets «f the country
In order, therefore, to keep abreast of
the times, we shall carry a LARGER
. STOCK OK USEFUL AND SALEA
BLE GOODS than ever before, atAiour
prices will be b-ised upon the
SHORTEST POSSIBLE FROFITB.
Dealing with the Largest Houses in
the United States, and BUYING FOR
CASH, we are enabled to give our cus
torncrs the benefit of all the advantages
we possess
We are LARGE PRODUCE DEAL
ERS, and expect this yoar to handle
mere of ihu products of the Farm and
Orchard tban in any previous year.
In the
Belo Building,
we have a LARGE WHOLESALE
ROOM—separate and distinct Ironi the
RETAIL DEPARTMENT, where
Country Merchants uud other persons
buying largely, can be furnished at a
SMALL ADVANCE UPON COST, with
Coffees, Sugars, Salt, Leather, Iron,
Nails, Steel, hardware, Glass,
I'uints, Queouswure, Tinware. Sta
tionery, Trunks, B n>u aud Shoes,
Clocks, Soaps, Spices, Lead,
Shot, Powder, Sheeting, Yarn,
Domestic Dry Goods of eve
ry description, Dress Goo is,
Shawls, Funoy Goods,
Musical Instruments,
Window Shades, N
otions of all Kinds,
Crackers, Cheese,
aud ruauy other
articles
Our RETAIL DEPARTMENT has
long takeu tlx lead io this v>uiuiuniiy.
We shall continue to keep in the lutuie
as Large and Varied a Stock s in the
past, and shall add NEW ARTICLES* when
ever called for by our cusiou.ers
We make a SPECIALTY f F & H
FRIES' COT lON AND WOOLEN
GOODS, and shall invariably se.l theu.
at Factory price*. We are. Agents foi
Holt's and Raudleman's Plaids; also
t Randolph and Deep River Sheetings
, We sell also, at manufacturer's prices.
: Call, Kip and Upper LEATHER from
the well known Tan Vurd ol J W.
FRIES, in this place
L We make a SPECIALTY of J & P
COATS' Uoriva>led Spool Coltou. of
which we curry a large supply, aud sell
to the Trade at the REUUCED price ol
57J cents per dost-n, with the usual dis
cuuuts.
THE ONLY
CARPET EXHIBITOR
in Western Carolin* is io our bauds.
By means of this excellent arra> gcuient
of mirrors, we are enabled to sell Carpets
frooi samples, (of which we keep a large
number, differing iu Styles and Prioes,)
charging only an AgeulV commission for
our trouble. branch of our business
has largely increased iu the lust lew
months ; the plan is s i excellent and so
conductive to the interests ol the par
chaser, that we expeot our sales to grow
into much greutei proportions We invite
special aiteution to this Department
Wo keep in stock ordinary FLOOR
OIL CLOTHS, ol good material and
various patterns; and we have made ar
rangements with two of the LARGEST
HOUSES in the United States, to order,
wheo demanded by our Customers, at •
SMALL ADVANCE upon oost, Floor
Oil Cloth ol any width, length or pattern
for halls, passages and libraries The
prices of Carpets and Oil Cloth* have
been GREATLY REDUCED within
the past few months.
Good Farming cannot be done with
out GOOD PLOWS. Fesling that the
oountry needs a well constructed, durable,
and good workiug Plow, we have secured
the Agency for the
JUSTL VCELEHRA TED PL 0 WS
or
B F. AVERY A SONS,
Louitville, Kentucky.
WE BELIEVE THESE IMPLEMENTS TO BE
THE BEST IN TIIE WCKLD !!
We have the exclusive sale of these
Plows in the counties of Forsyth, Stokes
and Yadkin j sod the right also to sell
from this point to soy eitisen of Davie,
Davidson, Wilkss, Surry and Al eghaoy
Counties It it oar intention to purchase
a large supply, together with a full stock
of extra points, lor the SPRING
TRADE. Prices will be GREATLY
REDUCED, and we shall guarantee these
Plows in workmaoship and work done,
to be superior to all others at the same
price. In order that the farmers in the
three counties named, may koow > efore
baod wh.it we prupoee to sell them, we
have appointed the following Sob-Agents:
Dr. W. A. Lash and D. N, Dalton, Esq.
of Stukt* County. C. C. Benhani, K-cj.
Messrs. 51 jen & Jones and R. C. Poin
dexter, of Yadkis County. These gen
tlemen will soon have some of our 2
Horse Plows at work on their own or
their neighbors' farms ; so that our claim
for superiority can bs tested. To Forsyth
County they will be io use by Messrs.
| H. W. Fries, Romalas Cox, Harrison
i Croose, Vestal Perry and A. E. Conrad.
They will be tested also upon the farms
| of Messrs. T. C. Hauser, Fletcher Rob
ertson and N. G Huntof Yadkin County.
AN IMPORTANT INDUCEMENT.
In order to give life to this enterprise,
we propose to send the "HOME AND
FARM," a valuable newspaper, published
by B. F. Avery & Sons, for twelve months
free of cost, to every farmer purchasing
oue of our Plows.
WE MEAN BUSINESS.
No efforts shall be spared on our part
to introduce these exoellont Plows on the
most extensive ccale.
The Patronage of both our WHOLE
SALE AND RETAIL DEPART
MENTS, has largely increased withia
the past twelve months, and with thanks
to our customers, (great and small, we
sgain wish them A HAPPY NEW
YEAR
PATTERSON A CO.,
J.O. lU—3b SALEM, N. C.
AVERY'S
PLOWS!
Best
IN
TTse!
80LD BY THE AGENTS,
PATTERSON k CO.,
MERCHANTS,
SALKM, nr. C.