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EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE. NEW VOUK CORBESPOMOEXCE. TCKSDAT....... .APRIL 18, 1878. DEATH OF VT. 31. TWEED. This morning's telegrams state that Mr. Tweed died in his cell, in Ludlow Street jail yesterday. William Maect Tweed was born in fNew fork, April 3, 1823. He learned the trade of chairmaking, and in partner ship with his father was largely engaged in the fornitore business. As a dealer in 'furniture he was well known and 1 much respected by merchants in the town where .our earlier years were passed. Later in life he was admitted to the bar, became an alderman, a member of Con. gress, chairman of the New York City Board of Supervisors, a School Commis sioner and a State Senator, in 1870 he was appointed Commissioner of the De partment of Public Works, and while he , held that office he and his friends appro priated vast sums of public money to pri vate use. The thefts at last aroused Mr. CConob and Mr. Tildes to the necessity of stopping the heavy drain on the city, and on Oct. 28, 1871, he was arrested iu a civil suit on charges of malfeasance, brought by Chasles O'Conob on behalf of the people, and gave bail in $1,000,000. In Novem ber of the same year he was re-elected to the State Senate, but did not take his seat. On Dec: 16 he was arrested on a criminal charge of fraud, but was released on $5, 000 bail. On Jan. 30, 1873, the first of the suits was tried, and the jury disagreed. On Nov. 19 he was found guilty of fraud, and was sentenced to 12 years imprison ment on as many different counts, and to pay a fine of $12,550. He was sent to the penitentiary on Blackwell's Island, and subsequently was disbarred. , On April 7, 1875, a suit was begun in the Supreme Court of New York on behalf of the peo ple to recover $6,000,000 from him. These were the principal of several suits both civil and criminal brought against him. On June 15 the Court of Appeals decided that his further imprisonment was illegal, on the ground that the Court be low had exceeded its powers in its cumu lative sentence, and ordered his discharge. -tie was then ordered to find bail to the uuuuuk ml $i,wu,vuv in me pending civil suits, and in default of the same was sent to Ludlow street jaiL On Dec. 4,, while visiting his residence in charge of two keepers, he escaped from custody. The in genious plan; its successful execution; bis narrow escape of detection while in the streets of the city and in his own house; his quiet retreat in the wilds of New Jersey; his residence in a fisherman's hut near Fort Wadsworth, at the Narrows; his embar kation from Staten Island on a light and fast-sailing schooner, manned by himself and two companions and a negro boy; his arrival and residence for the winter months in Florida; t his reembarkation for, Cuba where he safely arrived and remained, still disguised, for a month or more; his final effort for freedom by leaving Cuba for Spain in July 1876, and his arrival and arrest at Vigo, September 2nd, 1876, are ' all matters well known to readers of The Observer, who could not have failed .to be interested in the long and absorbing story printed in these columns some months ago. He was brought back to New York and handed over to the Sheriff on November 23d, 1870. Since that date he has been "investigated" in many ways, but we believe that his money and prop erty have long since passed into the hands of lawyers and judges, and investigation with a view to restitution has been a failure. . At last his eventful life has ended in a prison cell in a crowded New York street He was a robber, a thief, but not a sneak thief. According to his light, he was not a thief at all, for he was .born and reared among a race of public plunderers, whose claims to political distinction and to social .eminence, such as it was, . were ' based on their capacity, .of stealing the public's money and converting it into private fortunes. He was a little bigger than most of tbem: that , was the difference. His schemes of plun der were great schemes contrived and executed with equal boldness and sagacity, almost universally successful from the skill with which they were laid and the secrecy with which they were executed. He was undoubtedly a robber, a gigantic robber, but he robbed not merely for the . love of gain. His plundering of New York was in some sort like Napoleos's thefts of kingdoms. He stole to give away. As Sir " Walter Scott has said of .Bob Rot, "like Robin Hood, of . England, he was a kind and gentle . robber, and while he took from the rich was liberal in relieving the poor. This might in part be policy; but the universal tradition of the country speaks it to have arisen from a better mo tive. All gave him the character of a benevolent and humane man in his way.' " So with Mr. Tweed, the dread of the New York wealthy, he, was the friend of its poor, and that great district of the citv in habited by the poor and wretched, whose wants had ever been his care, returned him to the State Senate as usual, in the face of exposures of his guilt. What cared they? They looked upon the whole brood of city politicians as thieves (and they were very nearly right), and thU thief, like no other thief, divided his plunder with them to feed and warm them in the cold Northern winters. The rich have (rained nothing hv rid of him. A greedy swarm of peo ple calling themselves "reformers' took the places vacated by Tweed and his fellow-thieves, and the expenses and the debt were greater than ever before. Patriotism was said to be the last refuge of a scoundrel in Dr. Johnson's .day; the word "re former" stinks in the nostrils of one who has lived in the great city of New York. The man's punishment, well deserved as it was, has been great; more than he could bear. :He has died under it, Let fi. us say as little evil and as much good as we may of him, and leave the rest with the Great Judge of all. that members of the bar can and do speak through the press, it being safer to do so when corrupt men are on the bench, and because a larger audience can thereby be reached. The sneer then, of Jbe ven erable fatherf iCje'-Bar IhfNorth Carov I nKruif AifnM -vtnw - frvulntTlnfr ail fhe I . . . 1 ant thing per, as we used to say before , '7 - cowrn aoout ine very rrriy mv .u ,, , fv w- oW law is as unjust as, fortunately itis barm. ployed in your excellent yVaeuinirtOB rorr the war, and in the nextpjweto be able I Mi.jtttAwJhJi hntthiA -Jtm.Ha( less, xxiupni nu irueMavtj eouw rima i TJTL ..n .-BT vfWfi.ori inTM? that even-lawyer are bond to respect. NSJoTPSii" S but in the matter or discussing tne opin- Wabm Springs, N. C, April 8. The temptation to say a few words once more, even from this distance, to tne readers of The Observer is no longer to be resisted. In the first place it is a pleas- Correspondenceof The Obsbkvkr.) Niw York, April 1878. Messrs. JCDITOB8: l have jvno copy rutin, nor prescriptive right. to tne Bigum turs which yoa always append to my let ter to -The Observer,' and have had ro to resume the habit is a convincing proof of getting thejbetter of a long and wearying sicksess. I nnd myself here under the orders of the physicians seeking benefit from the well-known yet not widely known waters of this place, and truly the bathing is delightful. It is, however, a long way to come, that is to say via' Dan ville, Virginia, to Lynchburg, to Bristol, on the Tennessee line, thence to Morris town, in east Tennessee, wherea railroad runs off to Wolf Creek -near the North Carolina line. Wolf Creek is nine miles from here and I made the trip in a heavy army wagon with spring seats. . For an invalid, just out of bed, the trip was not a little fatiguing. And all this extra travel was necessary because we have never fin ished our mad through the mountains. May the day speedily come when North Carolinians can go to their own places of resort for business, health or pleasure on their own railroads. But I must protest that I mean no complaint Of roads in other States, but only to express swish for the advancement of my own State, for that after all the kindness and attention I re ceived would be ingratitude pure and simple. ,. And now a word about mail facilities between here and Raleigh. I doubt if we newspaper men whose duties confine us to our offices are fully alive to our interests. I doubt if we give attention enough to our papers after leaving the offices en route and at the points of delivery. ' I fear that we content ourselves too much with know ing that our mails leave our offices regu larly and on time. Were you aware that The Observer that is mailed in Raleigh on Tuesday morning does not reach this place until the night of the fourth day afterward, that is to say Friday night, and that Thursday's paper does not get here until Monday night or the fifth night? I confess I was not aware of it until I got here. What can we hope to do in the way of extending our daily circulation at such points under such circumstances? The mail lies over at Salisbury, it lies over at Henry, and again at Asheville! Such a mail schedule as this is a disgrace to the age. I notice that within the last few weeks the campaign for nominations for Dlacea on the next Supreme Court Bench has opened pretty generally all along the line, aad I regret very much to see the great bitterness with which it seems to be prose-' cuted. One may be . a' full believer in the right of the people to discuss the charac ters and qualifications of the candidates for nominations, especially when nomina tions are equivalent to elections; Indeed the right to discuss is necessary to the intelli gent exercise of the right to nominate, but surely in a State renowned as ia oar own, for pure and able lawyers, the candidates for the highest judicial honors ought not to be subjected to such an ordeal. It lias an ugly look. - Another thing I have noticed with re gret is a disposition on the part of some to shut down upon all discussion of the opinions of the Supreme ' Court in the press of the State. Yet what a flood of light has been thrown upon the laws of North Carolina by the recent discussions ! Bat for these discussions in the press, who but a chosen few, a handful of lawyers and judges, would have known that a North Carolina husband may kick his wife in the side and stomach until she fall in the fence in premature labor and may then straight way set her to binding up oats and for all this be liable to be imprisoned icoly one month ? Nor did it matter whether in the case in wnicn tne law wa tested the par- matter ions of the Supreme Court they are per forming a sacred duty to the people rather than exercising a personal right a duty that I feel sure The Observer will never fail to discharge in a proper manner and on proper occasion. " S. THE JUDICIAL SCARE, s ; ' There is "'a .; good '.deal of , unnecessary alarm manifested in reference to what may come to the Democratic party of the ani mated discussion in reference to candidates for the Supreme Court and other nomina tions. - It ia unnecessary because no harm whatever will result to the party. ; Some individuals " may , come to grief, but the Democratic ' people when they ( meet in Convention will name candidates fit to be voted for. j "And if the stirrers up of strife, whether candidates or friends of candidates, are dissatisfied and will not vote for the nominees, why, they will come to worse grief than the joss of present promotion J ThatfealL' 1 ' ', '" .".: .: . . . , One great good we trust will grow out of the strife for: nominations forjudges of the Supreme' Court,' that is to say a change of the system .under - which they are elected. It concerns us not . at all whether the Judges are elected by the peo ple or ; by - the: ' Legislature. We are not sure but we prefer that the people make the Judges. - What is to be desired is that the tenure of office be ! changed, and that the Judge hold his office for life or during good behavior, as ia tne 'good, old days before Gen. Caxbt made laws for North Carolina. The history of England, of the United States, of North Carolina, records the election or appointment of Judges by far more disgraceful means than, are likely: to be employed in North Carolina at this time. They who read the history of either or all will readily see thai under the old system most excel lent Judges were made in the most on. seemly manner out of what seemed to be very bad material. Those who have lived under the new have seen very poor Judges made out of excellent men. The trouble is simply that Judges wish to be re-elected under the short term 'system, and Judges are but men like the rest of us. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. THOMAS X. BILL, ESQ. In the New York Timet of the 10th, was another of the series of special dis patches in Regard to North Carolina poli tics. This was reprinted in The Observer of thelSth. 1 Among its statements, were the following : " ; , " ' "Mr. Schenck recently held a term of court in ' Halifax county, and it has been well understood since that time that he and Thomas N. HilL of that county, bad formed a combination to secure each other's nomination as Chief Justice and Associate Justice. When this fact waa announced, the papers devoted to exalt ing the claims of ex-Judge Howard, of Edgecombe, attacked Mr. Hill, saying that he was not the choice of Eastern Carolina, and denounced him as unfit for the bench, because be has not a county reputation as a lawyer. Last week the manager of Judge Scbenck's canvass was in this city, and it is piesumed that he ascertained that Mr. Hill could not be of any service to the former. This manager lives in Ca barrus county, and on last Saturday that county held convention and indorsed Mr. Schenck. Mr. Ashe, and Mr. Howard, and totally ignored Mr. HilL The news now comes up from Halifax that Mr. Hill and bis friends are furious that he should have been so basely betrayed la the house of his supposed friend. - They threaten Mr. Bcbeock witn aoretenting war, and server of the 6th, with uttering the opin ion that it was "a crime to publicly ex press" a preference for Judge Schenck for Chief Justice. Tim "11" has not med dled with the question of Chief Justice ships, and begs that be who has so written will, luce the cockneys drop the H. Pe r- haps he indicated where be is located, but 1 do not so learn from Mr. Kitchen. would not like to locate him in that warmer place which alliterates with Halifax. It is stated that Gen. H. W. Slocura, of .Brooklyn, was serenaded at Atlanta, Geor gia, last week. This was remarkable, con sidering that this General commanded the left wing of Sherman's army during "the march to the sea," in the progress of which the city or Atlanta was laid in ashes, and I take it for granted from what occurred afterwards, that Slocum superintended the burning. 1 The after occurrence alluded to was that he superintended the burning of the uoterver omce in t ayetteville in March 1865, sitting in the window of the Fayette ville Hotel across the street and hugely enjoying the scene, as I heard. Perhaps I ought not to wonder at the honor thus paid to Slocum in Atlanta, when I remember that I voted for him for Congress six or eight years ago, whilst living in Brooklyn, But he was running as a Democrat, against a mean Radical, at a time when the South was under the heel of its oppressors, and anything, or anybody, even Slocum, who was or proteased to he i Democrat, was better than a Radical. Besides, he bad probably only obeyed orders, and I regard ed it as a compliment to the Observer that It was singled out for destruction.' An amusing incident occurred on Hay- mount in ayetteville at that time. The well known propensity of the bummers "to steal or destroy everything they could lay their hands on" they had been de tailed for that purpose from the most ex pert thieves in the federal army induced people to hide their valuables in all sorts of out-of-the-way places, above ground and under it One of the Haymount denizens thought he would "save his bacon" by carrying it to the roof of his dwelling, which happened to be almost flat., His residence was across the street from the extensive buildings connected with the Confederate Arsenal, and an officer and guard were detailed to protect his property From the flames to which the Arsenal buildings were doomed. They proceeded to perform that duty by mounting to the roof but were assured by the owner that there was no necessity for that as he could protect it from the flames. "But," said the officer, "I am ordered to station my men on the roof of your house, and I am going to do iu" As no further remon strance could be made, the party ascended, and what a sight greeted their lonein? eyes t The officer was said to have ut tered a rather profane exclamation, but thought the joke so good a one that he spared the bacon. Another effective expedient was resorted to by a shrewd, lady iu the same town. Anticipating the visit of the bummers, she opened her trunks and drawers and scattered clothing &c. over the floors. When the thieves rushed m and saw this apparent con- lusioD, mey naiurauy concluded that a gang bad been there before them and bad carried off everything worth stealing, and so bolted off to the next bouse. , Barnum, the great show man, has turned out to be a first-rate temperance lecturer. not. however, to the neglect of . his huge circus. A few evenings ago he related bis own experience as a moderate drinker, and nis total abstinence now for thirty-one years. Air. Barnum concluded his remarks with an earnest appeal to young men especially to sign the pledge, and said that among ue i,ow men employed oy lum less than fifty used intoxicating liquors, "and their places will be filled as soon as I can find temperance men who can do the work as weu." ii. LLTI'DU t'KU.n JOIl..VI O.N. . Correspondence of Th Obsbrvir. Clayton, N. C, April 1 1, 1878. Mrsshs. Editors: It is to be feared that we have too many and too zealous patriots in our good old Slate just at this time. I use the word "patriot," for what elae would characterize WINSTON-SALEM UETTEItV WASniHGTOS. Correspondence of The Observes. Winston-Salem, April 11, 1878. Messrs. Editors : Our county conven tion 'that was to appoint delegates, with instructions, to the District Convention: to be held at Yadkin ville this week, met at the Court House last Saturdav aftAmnnn I and immediately adjourned, it being the rxprvBtuuu oi opinion oi tne party mat it was too early to make a nomination for "Judge of this District, and adjourned to meet some day in May, while the General Convention at Yadkinville will not now meet until June. The Radicals in this District have no sort of showing and their only hope is a division in our party, and at a late hour running in their man. - There is a petition c'rculatlqg. in Little Yadkin Township. Yadkin, to annex itself to . Foray th That township is - isolated from the rest of the county by the river cutting it off, thus causing endless trouble very often in getting to and from court on account of freshets during the Spring and Fall; and besides, Yadain presents a terri ble wrecked financial condition through continued Radical manipulation since the war; jurors and witnesses have not been paid for two years back. , . These Western counties raise some short staple cotton, and one firm at Slabtown, Yadkin county, sent about 20,000 pounds oi cotton down here to Winston last year. wnicn staple, 1 believe, J. J. Gilmer buys the most of, and ships to Franklinsville. Over in the Yadkin river they are catch ing, occasionally, in their nets, some of the spawn of fish put in the river ., this year. It will evidently cost the , tobacco manu facturers $25,000 or more ere they get through with the great compromise case with the government, lievenue receipts for this District for the month of March amounted to $51,474.48. There has been a very large attendance from this section upon the Federal court holding at Greens boromuch larger than usual. The pros pect is excellent, at present,, for splendid crops or every kind, and the fruit trees are sufficiently leaved now to greatly pro tect the blooms from any possible Easter time nipping frosts. ; ;.: - :u 4 lhe tobacco barns all through the coun try are crammed with the weed, planters waiting for better prices than are now ob tained, which are distressingly short. The manufacturers will be at work very soon, and that will serve to attract a good deal more of the article to this market na mat ter what figures are obtaining, and the farmers, many of them, can ill afford to bold very much longer. On this market, in the "flush" time of high prices, four years ago, I have seen tobacco bring as high as $15 per hundred. The shipment of tobacco from this point during the last eight months has been very consider able, notwithstanding dull trade ruling in the markets of consumption, because of the agitation of the question of tax in Congress. During the period referred to there were shipped 18.885 boxes and cad dies of manufactured tobacco, 530 hogs heads and tierces of leaf and 182 hogs heads of stems, making a total of 1,704, 277 pounds.. The large house in Montreal of W. C. McDonald buys largely here and Keeps a man tn the marfcet continually. To show how certainly ' Winston is thriv ing in face of the verv irenArnl itonrpuinn only two insolvents were returned by the town constable after collecting the muni cipal taxes of the last year. The County Commissioners are farming out those in our jail serving out sentences, and they are at work upon the new water works constructing in Salem. The Moravian Chapel in Salem is undergoinir rermira. The large business of R. W. Foard & Sons at Ulun, burry county, js being sold this week under executions in the hands of Sheriff L H. Taylor. The project of building a new road from Danville ; via this point to Stateaville is exciting very great attention all through this region. A regular working commit tee, after having preliminary meetings, has been formed, consisting of Jos. H. Stock ton, J. W. Alspaugh, T. J. Brown, J. E. Gilmer, G.M.Mathea, Dr. Wm. Brown, J.M. Fries and it- L. Patterson, who are corres ponding with other committees and parties at the points named and all along the pro posed route, preparing circulars to be submitted to the Board of Trade at Balti more, etc, etc., receiving subscriptions, etc This point pledged $35,000 at the first meeting of merchants. Itis proposed to build a narrow gauge road, which prac tical men feel will be entirely equal to the demand of business aloDg the route, as is the case in Alabama and Northern Georgia, and such a road can be built for 50 per cent less than a broad gauge. Capt. Moore, a civd engineer, who has addressed the meetings of the board, says that a road of Special Correspondence of The Observes. Washington,' April 10. The House to day deferred.the Tariff Bill and considered the Pension Appropriation 'BilL There seemed to be a family r -quarrel going on among the RepubUcans,fwhen Scales called for the reading of the ffRiot; Act." What was done pobody knows but the official reporters. ! A glance1 at Mr. -Wood's speech shows it to be a carefullyv studied and sys tematically arranged paper. White it con tains nothing positively startling or origin al on the tariff question, it maaes very clear that the Government will realize an annual savingof ten million dollart by the Committee's Bill The system, complex, expensive and unjust, is greatly simplified. And more than all, the bill contains, in Mr. Wood's opinion, a panacea for the bard times. . . ,: Some wise, wholesome and economical legislat ion seems to be . necessary to check republican extravagance. To the House; deficiency- bill the extra vagant .Republican Senate has added ; For expenses of extra session of Senate, $14, 742.40; for "Government insane hospital, $14,583; ' rent of Freedman's hospital, $2,006; Powell's survey of the Rocky mountains, $5,000; Hayden's survey, maps, charts, etc. $20,000; mints and as say offices $17,600; for operating Des Moines Rapids canal, $7,500; for improv ing monument lot ponds, $2,200; survey of South Pass, Mi sa, $7,500; printing for War Department, $18,000; for provisions for Marine corps, $14,277,09; for payment for mail transportation to New Brunswick, and Canada railroad, $11,935.73; for im mediate repairing of Whales-Back light and fog signal station at entrance to Portal mouth harbor, - $15,000; for taking obser vations of solar eclipse July 29, 1872, $8,000. . . - ' : - The House appropriation for printing for the Interior Department was increased from $30,000 to $40,000, and that for the Capitol grounds from $9,000 to , $20,000.; The sum of $300,000 was added for sub sistence for the army, making a total in crease in the bill of oyer $479,000. ' ; j - ' : tbdrman's triumph. . The passage of the Pacific funding . bill in the Senate last night is so consideied here. , He was warmly congratulated upon his victory. It is a signal victory over a strong lobby, lhe but requires that the LETTEK FBOJI PERSON COlTNXlT. Correspondence of The observer. j Roxbobo, N. C, April 10, 1878. . Messrs. Editors: There is a splendid opportunity for macadamizing the road leading from Leasburg to Koxboro if some enterprising individual could be induced to pound the. rocks to pieces; it is undoubted ly the roughest traveling I ever experi enced, but however rough, I succeeded ip reaching this place without any accident Monday morning, in company with Col. Geo. N. Thompson of Leasburg. While en route we passed a bill called "Poplar Hill," upon which is the largest poplar trrA I wr mw - itis feet - in circumfer ence one foot from the ground, is a magni ficent tree and looks as if it werqr sound. healthy and vigorous, withr a fair prospect of living another century. ! ! THE COURT." . j"-""""-.. This week is thetime for holding the regular Spring term' of the Superior Court for Person cdtmty. His Honor' Judge A. A. McKoy, presiding. On the crimi nal docket there are 78 cases, about one third of them being for larceny. Four have, been sentenced . to the penitentiary, and others awaiting sentence to be passed, to two - of whom I think a suspension of judgment was granted, they being , tw young' girls 'Wbo, with : their father and mother, were convicted of wholesale shopt lifting in Roxboro ; the. old , sinners were sent' up. ' ' ' ; , ) There is no capital case for trial at this teim of the Court. On the civil docket there are 36 cases, and . 8 on the appear ance, amongst the former, is one, that has been rotating; Turner vs. Douglas. ,1 A civil case' somewhat novel was tried to-day. . A father sues bis married daugh ter for the clothes, she carried off, alleging! they were only loaned to her, ; CoL . L. Ci JSd wards' was counsel for plaintiff, and CoLThoma9 ftuffln for defendant. Each of these gentlemen , exhibited. ! tact and ability in the management . of this case.' The jury couldn't see, the. old man's right to the clothes, bence 1 they rendered their vprdiet in fnr nf t hA HpfpnHant .- r . ' ! Mills, located near their store. . This miil ia built across Flat river, and two wheat And' one, coru mill are taxed to their ut most capacity to keep up with the work. They make an excellent quality of flour audita reputation is spreading. They send targe quauuues 10 me ruueigh market. ' " ! THE' IflREKALS of Personcounty are attracting 'some at tention, and if the .good people will just build a railroad through the county, this interest: will be developed, and the gold, copper,, iron and soapstone which abounds in the county will come forth to pay off the indebtedness of the county.. There is a mountain of soapstone in the county, enough ta supply the demands for himl dreds of years to come. Some of the farmers are agitating tlm "dog law." They say sheep will Dav bet ter man ooga. l his matter is beine- dis cussed, and wuT"no doubt enter into poli tics in some counties this summer. The Observer is much sought after all through this section, its course is highly complimented, and even those whose poli tics are different, say : they cannot get along without it, I heard a lawyer say that there was no necessity for buying Su preme Court Reports so long as The Ob server published such full reports as were made out bv Messrs. Orav nnrl Siamho . be further said he had his on file, good paper and no mistake,' R. A. Leigh. BLAOEN county. ii'--q,ttAV-f, '.iKt TBS- BAB : J; U'U . " ; 'j is well represented in. numbers, talent and ability. . The resident lawyers are i J. F. Terry, S. C. Barnett C. 8., Winstead,? Montford McGehee, H. L. Bumpass, N.' K, Lunsford; ! J. "A. Long.5 A. E Hender- TTn-An Ponifirt i rwlu. t; son, of x ancewille: Geo. .N. 1 homneon. road companies pay into the United States t"1?.5 JC iWA rabam Thos. , Roffln, Treasuryin addition to the whole of the XT 'V : , -. government's earnings, not to exceed for fJ1' lsboro; L. C. Edwards, the former company one hundred and fifty "fordsiAj-WToargee, Raleigh, thnnoonri nnri fnr ih totta- ti,o H,wi I noticed a plow on exhibition called i arborough's improved plow;" it is an thousand and for the latter three hundred thousand dollars per year. The govern ment has heretofore retained all of the government earnings, although one-half of them has been to the companies. The objection made by them to the bill was not as to the amount to be paid into the sinking fund, but to the other sections of the bill, including the declaration of the right to amend, alter or repeal the bill, should it become a law. The amount due the companies hereafter from the govern ment for transportation and other services, which has heretofore been held in the United States Treasury without benefit or interest to the companies, will immediately on the bill becoming a law bear compound interest as a part of the sinking fund and ue piacea to tne credit oi the two compa nies. On the call of reports to-morrow the House committee will report the same bill. INCOME TAX. To-day the Committee on Ways and Means by a vote of 6 to 5 decided to report the income tax as part of the revenue bill. The bill imposes a tax on all incomes in excess of $2,000. . blair's BOMBSHELL. '"' The Maryland resolutions are in the hands of the Senators and Representatives from that State. They will be presented, perhaps to-morrow, or not until Monday. A bill conferring jurisdiction on the Su-; preme Court in the matter of the Presi dential question will be offered, but ex actly what are its features and as to whose sacred custody it has been committed there is nothing but the vaguest hints. Very little is said about it. Democratic members who ought to know tell me positively that they know nothing of any party movement looking to reopening of the Presidential question. REPUBLICAN CAtCUS. To-night the Republicans caucus on the tariff.bill and "Hayes' policy." The ques- Hun oi adjournment will be considered and some day the Democrats may find that swift judgment has been taken against them on this question. n. those corresDobdenta from different sections who in their ex- this kind between the nointa can hp frrriri ceeding great zeal are proving to their own for $1,000 per mile, provided they could April 11, 1878. A stormy scene mark ed me cioae oi debate to-day on the Den- invention of a Mr. Yarborough,' of Cas well county, and is said to do all the in ventor claims for it, in that it is : 1st. The best turning plow in use. 2d. By taking off the large wing which is adjustable, and putting on a small one, it becomes a cultivator. 3d. Take off the small wing, and it be comes a coulter. Its weight is . forty pounds. roxboro is' still high, but not so very dry at the present writing. There is a marked im provement in some respects since I was here six months ago, , but the large hogs continue to roam at will about the town, and I am inclihed to the opinion that there is an improvement in the size of them if not in number. v, I can't imagine why the good people of Person don't tear down the old. unsiirhtlv. badly arranged, single story building called the court bouse, And build one that would be an ornament and credit to the county ; may-be, when they get the narrow gauge railroad from Milton here, it will excite pride enough in them to build a new one. I notice that Jlr. S. P. Satterfield, one of . the enterprising citizens . of the town, has commenced to build a fine mansion ! on Main Street. Situated upon his lot is an old building re cently used as a dwelling, that has a little Revolutionary history connected with it: At the time Lord Cornwallis passed through this section, this house was then used as a barn on a farm six miles south of bere; it being full of corn, Corn wallis captured it and placed a guard aiuuLiu n unm ne couid nave it removed. The framing is still perfectly sound THE MERCANTILE AND TOBACCO manufacturing interest of Roxboro is looking up. There are three large stores of general merchandise, they are run by Messrs. Foushee and Satterfield, J. A. Long and 8. P. Satterfield & Co.; and all seem to be doing a good business. Messrs. juucneii .uunt run the drug store. To all these clever gentlemen I am indebted ior iavors, but to Mr. have ties were black or white; nor; can 1 look 1it, J,1 upon the suggestion made by way of coo- vu.Jz'Ji '-. mi . v Me. jwuiuuiu SUU. ICUCJKCU - Uy Mr. Hill to state that there has never been any bargain or combination between Judge Schesck and himself. The state ment that be and his. friends are "furious" about the Cabarrus meeting, or' anything else, is also without the slightest foundation in fact.. feasion and avoidance as it were, that Driver and his wife were negroes, as other than shocking to humanity. But for the discussion who would have known that in North Carolina the most virtuous wife cannot get even a qualified divorce from a husband, who has committed adul tery with her servant, and in her bed chamber, while by way of contrast the husband is told that he need not catch his wife in flagrante delicto with her paramour in order to reduce the act of killing them from murder to manslaughter ? If the husband is satisfied from the indications that he has been wronged he may pro ceed at once . to manslaughter, and he netd not be nice about the 1 indica tions. The poor wife, however, who knows her husband has wronged her, and under most aggravating circumstances, may not leave his presence; indeed must, as St. Paul directs, submit herself to her own husband, .even though thai husband come fresh from the embraces of her own servant in her own bed room. Verily, it would seem the laws of North Carolina do not desire either husband or wife to be nice. If it be asked where is the Script ur al warrant for the proposed changes In the law of divorce for the protection of wo men, the answer would be easy : where is the scriptural warrant for granting a di vorcement to a woman for fault of her husband on any ground ? But for discus sion in the newspapers, how would ih people ever know that the laws of North Carolina regard incest no more than ordi nary fornication, or that those same laws regard the act of one who steals to the bed of a married woman and accomplishes his purpose because the woman thinks he is her husband, as an act of assault and battery only, and not as a rape for which the villain may be hung? , ; Th8t were indeed a mock squeamishneas that would forbid reference to such opin ions as these; indeed we go further after due reflection and say that justice to wo men as beings capable of the lowest feel. Those who know Mr. lliix need no such assurance as we have thus authoritatively satisfaction, it seems, that all or nearly all ui uie ama woom we nave honored with nigh, responsible offices are unworthy of iue connuence and support of the people. We have a Senator that we thought was honoring North Carolina in Congress, but ."he is a bolter, and our county convention says they will support no one who supports mm ior next term. . , we have a Chief Jus tice who, as all very recently thought, was "the man for the place," but the patriots nave iouna out better now. And another Superior Court Judge whom we all ad. mired for his devotion to States Rights vs. federal usurpation, butlo! his Ku-Klux record ia not right. . There must be some mistake. The DeoDla atai think given. . Thosewnopurthe report in cir- "UJAle'7,.inon' Sm,th Schenck, &c, are iV. t'' l vL'i..L"mt. Kwu ana muvw tw ic uuuue. iue i.vme correspondent, we suppose, - merely tele graphed what he heard oc the streets of this city. : :" ' Elsewhere' is printed another batch of Raleigh rumors mi",'. telegraphed to the Time received yesterday, -h'i ; From Secretary Sherman's New York interview we - gather the resources of the Treasury for resumption on the 1st of Jan uary next The conditions, of the new loan are the immediate payment of $10, 000,000, and then $5,000,000 per month true men. and thev am amta penMjaueu loaiims "charging and counter charging" has its origin in considerations that do not promise much benefit to the party or to the State. . It is to be feared tnat there is too much "hankering" after tne spoils oi office. At any rate, these criminations and recriminations do net indicate much concern for the good of the chows ; uui an over anxiety tor me and my wife, my son John and hit wife, we four and no more." The whole matter is oisgraceiui to the Democratic party, and in the end will very probably deprive the c-tate or the services of some of her ablest. purest men. . For if the opposing factions imprest! me puoiic as each wishes to do. tne puoac will want and support neither get aw convicts of the State. It would require about $1,000 to survey. He says that a narrow gauge road could do all the business now. or at anv time to romp fmm Danville to Charlotte. ' Vral LETTER FBOiS GREENSBORO Jndre Ntrana-e b Wire-Ba.(ln- some U4MKI Advice to Cmmnmom denui, but the Bet Omitted (Tb&t tai to say. Make Letter Short) Ex. cept by Example. Correspondence of The Observer. Greensboro, April 12, 1878. Messrs. Editors - Ths romorbo n . , J win lady correspondent, as embodifHf In vnm- editorial of the 10th, reminds me of a deci- mon oy a judge of snaggy head, and pawimr the rich Brn scls carpet. Sparks wanted to ask him a question. He refused to be interrogated. The question was propounded, neverthe- ichb, ana is was a settler, it was this Early History Court. Ac 71 Correspondence of The Observer i Euzabethtown, April 10, 1878. Messrs. - Editors : In 1734- a new county was : formed from New Hanover, which was called Bladen, and which took in the whole western portion of North Carolina. ; It was named in honor of Mar. tin Bladen, one of the Lords Commission ers of Trade and Plantations. Elizabeth town was made the Capital and is one hundred and forty-four years old. Ac cording to the census of 1840, (William Prigden was the oldest person of that de cade, and lived in Bladen county. At that time he was 112 years of age, but lived to the ripe old age of 122. During the early cause of liberty there was no portion of North Carolina where men were more devoted to its cause, and no portion where it was more dangerous to be'a patriot, because of the large num: ber of Tories, and the nearness to the ene my's forces ; still the patriots of Bladen stood nobly to their cause and finally drove out the Tories. Almost in the centre of ' the town is a deep ravine which runs down to the Cape Fear river; and to this day is known as "Tory Hole" In 1781 the friends of liberty in Bladen . were commanded by CoL Thomas Brown, and the Tories by Col's Slingsby and God den. The tories had driven from their homes the friends of liberty, pillaged their homes, and burned their bouses. About sixty who had ref ugeed in Duplin, and who were exasperated to madness resolved to drive the tories from Bladen or die-in the attempt. About 300 tories had taken po sition at Elizabethtown. Col. Brown with his brave sixty and fvith only a scanty supply of provisions, marched fifty miles through the wilder ness, forded the Cape Fear river at night, and attacked the Tories. The attack was sudden and resolute Both parties fought with desperation. The Tory Colonel , Slingsby was mortally wounded, and God- V den killed. The attack was so furious that the Tories became utterly demoral ized, rushed into the deep ravine and made their escape. They became dispirited and less troublesome, so that the patriots re turned to their homes in safety. . Among the early and prominent men of Bladen, were Col. Thos. Brown, Mai. 1 hos. Owen, Gen. James Owen, John tflTAn Int. f . XT . I- 1 1 . ncu, v.iac uuynuur ul ixunu uaroiinaj. and also President of tha Convention at Harrisburg in 1840, which nominated . Gen. Harrison and Gov. Tyler for Presi dent and Vice President of the United States, and James I. McKay who received the unanimous vote of the North Carolina- iui mo jl iraiucub iu i ue na tional Democratic Convention at Baltimore which nominated Gen. Cass. I was shown by Mr. Howard Wilkerson a ipowder gourd of historic fame. It is over one hundred years old and was used tw hia iminHfotliav HnMn Kn 1 . i . : J " nna UUIlUg LUC -llCVOiiJllOIl- ary war. It is as perfect and sound ad the day it was plucked from the vine. The ladies, ever ready for the good work, have taken, advantage of Court week, and on Monday afternoon and evening came to the front with a grand dinner, and festival at night. The object was to form" a nucleus for a parsonage. Their expectations were more than real- -ized, and one hundred and twentv-flve dollars . is the nucleus for the Methodist It makes no difference where you go in North Carolina, you will find pretty girls with rosy cheeks and pleasant winning wavs. - Bladen ia not hf hinH irv this respect, and when they ask you to buy you can't refuse, and then the many "souvenirs" that are reminders lint the total ' of $50,000,000 shall hav X??ZJ? round , . t i -'i.va jk u imc ur iur:ii if iHitf av i - - uvu hue . A good citizen of this county, in the be- i,I7JT-.Viw 7ert e7, the Jhe government could pay its pensioners Been paid. The Treasury , has already $90,000,000 of coin and ' bullion available for resumption; and as ai)ver is to be coined at the rate of $4,000,000 per month it will have $32,000,000 of silver at the date of resumption. The com reserve of the Treasury will therefore consist, on tbe 1st of January, of these sums: Present available coin, $90,000,000; .'proceeds of the pew loan; $50,090,000 ; silver coin $32,000,000 ; total $172,000,000. my neanng. said that he mnr h.r Judge swear upon the bench but once. now tar bis profanity was justifiable is left to the decision of the reader. Judge S., who was gathered to his fathers, in your Cape Fear country, a ran. eration ago, was distinguished for his im pulsive, generous feelings, and for his chivalnc admiration of "the sex." A man was indicted in his court for brutal treat ment of bis wife. Among other thine it Tern a t ,, . . 0 " jjiucu tun ue compelled her mgnt to ride bareback and astriHo -fcfS. 1 . -Jl I . uwidc, a instance " or - TWO. or - , ewmony or the witnesses uau cviuenny excited his honor as well as the spectators in attendance. When the P. SatterflplH T sion appropriation bill Hanna, of India- a a3er lasting obligations for special acts narsonafe made some severe remarks characterizing 40(1 this may account for , their generosity the bill as an attempt to rob the pensioner. kindness to me; at any rate, it is worth He advanced to the cock-pit In front of trying. ' " ' the Speaker's desk and shook his awful " The tobacco interests 'are considerably fist threateningly t Sparks, ef Illinois. on tlie increase, four factories for making r&rr. S.rV"1? "PPr r rrV? V- tatterneia& of the work of fair fingers and nleaaant o.u vu we uui was oue to personal and r. t Bk 5 at but when chats over beaux and admirera. and wl.m hr mercenary motives. This Hanna fpro- Mr.'J. A. Long, rata th lr-Yt- s ?? admirers, and whether ciously denied,- shaking his ponderous, his present buUdmg lornleteZ neiH T'JX"" J- I purchasing this pin cushion, or WHber uuu . a. win oe the one to do me homage by cap- n irt full I f . . J . .' blast, the nonsmmnrlAn nf .l' - w"wu .? &l exquisite . ' r-in JTr"" V .r IUU f ruwKiie i maoe expressly lor Col. John A. buy mi,,, . . , , f . . . uiuj ware- i lenueu O What WRS Kxnl in rorvlu tuoo .,-.1 .t. I hnnsf anA konn 1 j . I J . . . Vigorous hlnwanfthVs..r-w managers were JUiss JNanme tK2 i,iri::iT;rV;-r"l&"? UUfc ZZSSZZr wnAueiay- Komnson and Miss Alice Mallett. ot Fnv- uuotuc bluluuc tn n Jinn fa a a na aiv. i auu jiiumvx. fwrartYi hna ninni i ... n n. ... . n - j eiieviiie. I ne Misses Alice ahd Emma Cro martie, A. E. Savage, Lula Kinaldi, Lizzie Parker, Mary K. Bizzell, Ella Lvtle, Ji Hunt W 'H: t" r-.L. uu,'.C I"'r' 1111,1 ine mrs. ihos. WhU- -' - - ' - aiu 1UUU1HS, -cue, f niaer, -voi. J. ov VV Ukerson, of iuiuaiu, V. niumin &nn U. VV Nnrwrwl of Winston. Henry Reams came near it. iwoxoom ia not mncnot a place fer a nhv. sician; tis remarkably healthv since th to near ! 400.1)00- tbe eenUeman's fMr. Hannah Uw W. iL VVhh : cZ 7C. TTr , l 1 as it was in- rour. j i . . r . ' . - " uiui aic- i lenueu mev snon n ror urhn .fo.. the Sunerior Court in a neighboring county many years ago. toe hostUe atUtude of Hanna as he ap- and Fridays... Person- has raised some of lhe gentleman who reported the case in I proached Sparks' seat, wildly and fWriv the greatest and mmt Dnf..! tnh.nM fimauug, iueani a collision. Members men m tne state ; Y. T. BlackwelL Esa from everj part of the House crowded in heads the list; then" foUows'J. Ii. iSavA.' anil m-iprl "fair nl.it " e i- . I t u... 7 it r... , , , TTl Q- uu f"7 -o-o Dirarns rose to receive tbe "mad Texas bull" as he after wards characterized him, Hanna retreated Sparks got into the pit and shook his fist at Hanpa. While the exhausted chairman was shifting the gavel to his rested hand Sparks was heard to say "It is so; it ia so- lean prove it, and that's what's the mat- subsiding of the dreadfulscourge dirm ter with Hannah 1" The wirtioiam OQ L theria. Dr. J T viio- .kJTI. !P ted, Mrs. C. C. Lyon, Mrs. Dr. McFadven. and Mrs. J. G. Blue. In everv rftsnfrt the- festival was a perfect success, and all present passed a delightful eveniDg. His Honor .Tiirim bn nnciuii rr.rf last Monday, W. S. Norment. of Lnmlier. ton, the Solicitor, being in his proper place. Tbe bar are represented by C. C. ujruu, i. a. XjJOTI, ri. crime or inefficiency. ginning of the war, voted for war. After 1a waiKingloand fro on the bench, war came, and he was conscriDted. he T,,??""?. Pronouncing sentence- voted against Vance because be waa itoo LS S . Wa? of fine' imPris- ot a war man. " Why. neighbor." "7.u. ,' wo7."rT. .ine .mmost extent iu mm, wny nave you changed He answered, Enough of a thing The bill proposed as a matter of to abolish pension agents. It was shown that j . uuiiuea inorough cleanliness W. tT tla7 and J. A. Carver deal in wet gro- vciwa. varver nas what no one in.Ral- eign naa. a "ton nin aiir ' xs through the Tw,' iV;t:; ::, r A-',""!- "u,ucyay 18 - - j pcunucuu tuiu vtiovniti uj. wuisiiy. uy sDecial in. saye annually about $200,000. A propo- jjtation I in company with othersted much said 1 so?" isenougni" Just so manv about this "family quarrel." of us think Nemise. 'Supreme Couet correspondence grows upon us. Be patient, friends; , ail will have a hearing in good time. The people are to eiect the Judges, and the people as weu as the lawyers are entitled to a hear: ing and in these columns they shall have it. mey talk plain talk, do the people, but hot ill-naturedly nor sneeringly, and we have no fears of barra reaulUng from ineir taix. 'jhe Seveh Insurance Companies of Hart ford, town with less population than sev eral wards of Philadelphia, have paid $95,300,562.53 in losses since their estab lishment, - And yet there are peoole who wonder at the frequency of fires and the inefficiency of Are departments. The Stockton (N. J.) spoke factory last week received au order from England for 50,000 pokes, to be used in the manufac ture of artillery carriages.' Oonventlwi -In Tn.. 11 - , - , ... uuo WilA Dame men id eyery ' respect worthy of th ings even of humanity, and justice to our: upport of DemocraU, and the Democratic eives as Deingg above the level of merci- people will support them. "The abuse" of less brutes, demand that discussion be had tl or that candidate thit e see aamuch and reference made thereto until the laws talked about has not 'coma undsr our ob, """" varonna oe cnangeo. And theyl servauon in oar, own correspondeBce or it uiDgea,t ano mat too uefcw an, i wooia nave been excluded. ..Neither have ui.uer opnng, u there be any regard for we seen much of It in our exchanges. ' wcuvj, aus uuuor, ior vircue, ior woman Ane total jannual consumption in this country of barley malt, it is said, will not iajj rr soon of 80,000,000 bushels. hood, down-trodden, beastly-treated wo manhood In the bosoms of North, Carolina legislators. , -, The nghte of lawyers and thea only lawjcn 10 discuss tne ' bearlnrs : and propriety of decisions of -the 'Supreme Court, or to dictate what is respectful and wiiatnotto that court, cannot foc's mo ment be admitted. ; Courts . ought to be treated with respect, but when such men as rsoND and the originar panel of out So preme Court sit upon the beach, it is ask ing too much to ask that they be treated with respect ' To do ' Is simply to teach lie. - NorT most ' tt' bolfor-oiiea ' Ta . ' " 1 ' . 1 i! uisHojf 4JnBBws, of the New York Methodist Conference, has decided thai nsmg oi, WOTpejri as preachers js sum ,we doctrines pi, Wesjey. ... The ppouited advocates of the new "denar. tore hsrs token' sn afipeal to the General Conference of (he Kethbdisto f ; Uw whole country-iBlSS0, .;a IowA U in the happy, cooditkm of hay. aeot,'-? itus remarkable exemptioii froraUw preyaffiM.xaMttacteristia of , the tiroes is, due t9 the fact , thafc 0 csontract-' ing of a debt Is prohibited by the constl-! II Alt. STOKJ1 AT CL.A.VTOIV. Correspondence of The Obsxrveb.1 CLATTOX. N. C Anril 11 1S7 Messrs. Editors : One of thA nfic hail storms ever known to the "oldest inhabitant" has has just passed over this place. I cannot convey in words an ap- luiare iuc ui IUB JOCTS. . At O O dOCK p. ra. tne storm ploud came rushing nvor tin 'PV.rt ki . i . uo. . i uo uubtuui seemed ; to have uroppea euu uau stones as large as hen eggs fell as thick and fast as drops of rai n in au orainarv annwer. Tn enm i, not a pane of glass is left on the windward in e P""1 of or the price of cotton, side ; for the wind blowing, nrettv strong 1 08,1 1 8a7'-" Bu it is to be wished that sition to assign retired army officers to this duty was voted down. Tbe Committee's uui was voted down. Ah amendment cutting down the fees of pension agents " wuneu. tne reduction will save the government over $100,000 Tn ua Bd, JJudge, you'd better hang me at frame of mind the House would turn the ...1M -Vg8 stopped and con- whole government over to the "wounded onment. cost, &c. to the of the law, all delivered in language which he thought suitable to the occasion. It was little short of an anathema. The cul- f" uimseii oecame exoitert onri once i ex- iIuu.eu mm. ins eye blazed. His long wuiu uunu w I in n -lerir rr n point blank aim. like the mnzrle nf and with it came the explosion : -Damn you, sir; I wish I had it in my oower to hang you !" An irrepressible cheer went up from the crowd. This Shows that there' la hnm.. . in Judges as well as other folbo wkk er this fact is to have any bearing upon the present squabble about candidates for tbe Supreme Court bench, nnm tx. h.w. en fight at Charlotte, the Eastern question, j . ,r , w WW VUUUbU nu oiBaDieo soldiers." Consequently when the amendment was offered requir ing the appointment of 'wounded and dis abled soldiers" as pension agents after next juiy it was carried with a shout The annual postal route bill was reported by Chairman Waddell to-day. The P. O. Appropriation bill was taken up. The amount appropriated by the bill irm Anon i . uoo,w less inan ior . the last fiscal year, lhe whole amount appropriated is fnw.uw.oio. inc oui wm De considered louiorrow. blaib's EESOLTJTION, lheuiair resolutions of lhe Mrvinni , , --'"ivm ,m mc uuc -. . ..--. uuw up a 41 v, lie 1 ".6"oioi.uic tuirouuceu in tne senate to-riv had come for, the "wreck of : matter and JiYcmJ of throw- by Senator Dennis and referred to thejS or, nearly ao and yet tbe hail stones may J? f ree ?8CU be, gathered up by, tb bushel I can't t"?nof the form . vet anv. mmut o.tian' .1 . IhinK vour t to free discussion illustrates the true func- hardlv canaed ; that august body. s Mr. Dennis ripple in dissented neWSnarter. , Xuirl,olnn T I fmm ha vr.. .- j . oajnagedpiw in our village and cpi.Hiuiniiy -.Jheir, criminative, remarks tative Roberts, an unterrified Democrat of to stock, chickens, imrriena fir. Ti.i pap hardly result in Dublin mnH t the tv.k ck,.i J"tv:-. wraL ni . ' D - ; , .,c . . , - " UW I' Cill LIUIU.1CSJ IT - fi0lWO best descnntion. after all tht T Pn vl u ib, u, wujngntjtn. . x ours, f. AIau, ' , ' m ' ' i- t Tbe Cropa-Mehols-.Tbe Obhcrrer. Correspondence ot TBe Obukveb. Keeners vi jxE April 11th, 1878. JUXSSBS. EDITORS- I Innlr mvn m miwutab na ueiag one oi tne. best papers to the United States. V Times wot hard up here sa tobacco is very low. Our "H"" J-jioi. lujDroving. manv new Knil1 Ings are going up. We have too good vvwwvio. vu iBUVUh II V lmr ' I mink the aher by Mrs. and Miaa U are having quite an Interesting .meeting in the Methxliot ninw.k J. ' . - - r vmu, vuuuuubea Dy the Key. Mr. Hnnt. The fniir T Z u uiuuu uun. vv neat nsn l i j better. . Politically wa are for T t -arn aoa for Judge as he is s Christian gentle man; nevertheless wa will annnn mun rhot trot t .t-..t J Yours as ever. W.Q.IL anyoi the candidates so hotly discussed "'"jiuicvi. uieoe wriLera are rnm!oh;nn ready made cudgels to our political oddo- ntnlfl ti) wnrrv na with t?3.-l . . 1 ---t " " " -'- iiuMi oi me gen tlemen named has shown capabUities for i j omce, .ana ..most "or them have already a public record sufficient to entitle them to the confidence and honors of the vcupie ui me otate. And there are num bers of others not vet named, of whom the same rosy be said. Let us all save our ammunition until after the Conventions pf A WOMAH'8 WlT.-"Mv love Count to his wife, ?oa remember tbe se- srei intu A- connded to me a week ago ? w ell, I am now authorised to reveal it to you." ... "Thank you for aotbinir: T Ann't MM to bear it-: . , . J ? ' . " TJon't care to hear it why f " ' ' ' ! "Because von , wonldnt leii tMA ... then. A week am it wna a uvmi . - it is only news. T . ' " his hostility to the resolution. Me. Tinhprta ays mat ue was as much opposed to the inauguration of Hayes as anybody, that he fought the fraud at every step and was willing to fiilibuster until doomsday but when Hayes got in the question, was set tled, and he is not willing to renew the agitation and unsettle the country. He say a that in a matter solely affecting his State he would feel, bound to . obey even implied instructions of hia State Legisla ture, but on a question affecting the whole country he believes it to be his duty to act for the best interest of tbe country. ,,U. i " ' ii ai , ... ,. OHooTiNG.The .Virginisi dtw (Nev.) Enterprise, describing Dr. Carver' ahootmgat the race track, near that cityj aays; "He began bv nhnntintr lo. w.n! ! WeTB tOBae UP to the sir, sod ont ?L2$ . W.,-abooting cotos tossea up In the . same wav hA was Dnnollw successful. He drilled six half dollars fc succession, and hit any number of 4imea aad quarters.'', u,i(,,f,1 , j viiutvu : x . ?aim. oot. JUuske, Fayette ville ; S. F. mcuaniei. Whiteville. and John Leary, (colored) Fayetteville. The criminal flortpt shows some 85 cases, which run about as as dockets usually do some 25 larceny, 1 libel 13 B- . 9 unlawful road: the baU ance are trivial ase Th nim,, tiary will claim five recmita. There ia nm-. capital case, which came heie from Kobe son county. It will take nearly the whole of this week to close the Mate docket. I ho tnnwtna f 1" . of a certain line of indicia! t. "?e80n (Dontrtwl tho i " Vt J ," "r A -.iv,w. A is oue to liiatien V! . , ,. . . -j ' WMV" ma esutonsnment, the first I ever saw. He makes only from corn and a gentleman bv wuu vuuwa to oe a judge says it is the best article that ever ran through a u w mc uouuieu liquid, l could but think requires revenue officers to keep on the T- .... YCOOC1 necessary to be. used it distilling. . Mr. W. R. Neal ment store-keeper: he very kindly gave me rn, "r-' . ; iaiey is the dis- tiller and is said to be the best in the State. rntcner 18 prepared to furnish ir.?.8DyfDllD8 them, but they are the - loaf v.li:.i . - . J , " ,tu'-'w we nag in, hence . muuu sougnt sner.r Should you wish to ride in a buggy he can furnish you mk H . " " iy snouid get broken, which is sure to happen if you ride to it iuueu over tnese roana. r tt n..ui i. f.l8 5" th same Una of; business. ; I men- umes OI he lawyers elsewhere u mis icner. Miss JennyLanadell haiTgood school, and isf an ceptaMe teacher. ' There is only one chnrrh. ht,iM;. r ,. V owned by the Methodists., Rev. H. H. Gabbons isthe pastor, and. is an acceptable and earnest preacher: u - -' Credit fnr order of her citizens attending court. Tlie crowd was verv small nwino- tn h. fi.m farming weather. A case was tried in omirt nt thia im for F. & A. The Droof tial ; still the general opinion was that the parties were guilty. The counsel assisting the State remarked that he wo a hio-lilv gratified at the verdiet of the iurv. which Was not g'liltV. Hifl Honnr iJnliLrl language of the Sunrem rvuirt t.t i0. Jury had been ' : preacher: nr. 1 , THB yKM1JCB iNTBSSSTS. VVWWav. w iicnii rain i it ir-i t rn .'""""ft ciwju sianas third; the last year will reach P. nno non much of it being asfine yellow raised, m the State. Large Cron of .h; ar- s faults a little blind . virtues very kinu, And had clapped a padlock on his min.l.' There is . , . O ivrASb(UU iuicit.r in the history of Bladen county for the past few years. Up to last year the county was under Radical rule, steoi; carried on with a high hand. Although enough taxes were collecteH tn .n county there were four consecutive ve&rs that not one single dollar got into the treasurer's bands. All bein in a mysterious manner. For six years no witnesses of Inrora --ww ASIC ICDlilb crop of t radicalism has left a legacy of fartu pounds, Mowxmd doUon upon Bladen countv. The last campaign the Demorrata of Wnitn went into the ftrht HotorminoH nmiuaiiy. raised, and t k: ,5m .l manr teats trfewirmB. nrfffc ia-.. - ..a uvuiooBtcr inn Binfri'iwtii a. A . w, hiu.w Heavy. ? UOm ia ma hoi... I llWP.lv. fwuni.l:. t .i.- o.n., " ... .aiiae i J i " kvv.uui ki liih f-v 1 1 li-i if r-i rf' i , -1 I A 1 ! " -Z . iT flcTer OI More, Robinson and rni O uvvciunuCU ltJ TV in. xoey were sueceflRfni snH Riorn na L deemed by about two hundred majority. VaaV - US w poiiucal arena, times are getting - .'f : " uuV ucuig 1 wpwuuiy in toe Very raoidlv in order tn o J . I AlrenHir XtT SSXW .95 - he wcent rams! ; The" dry Huske of omiirUnH irT til Gl vSftl' - JVWIJ In order, to take ad ISSS & , he .wcent. i The. dy Trcaiucrin Jaaren caused the tan,Q ti aon. onri K . !--rcr'z " so- hard 'itfwaa imr-vi VI , 8C i " i T' r incumoent, xnormeni, 2' b680n'are lead lines look! late fr .. 86010 y toe f ng for sectux) anchorage. rt While I wish DlentVinVfo'" ooe justice, or advocate the fni fo,n , ""laii uc Buccess i vMoo , uay iBdiviouai, still from d resent IUJ tanners in the countv I anrUnn. .i,. (.u. p , , sound ior the mnn- able farm n RrryT7 "-argeaiu-! wnicu ue naa been holding his wax JJM HI ".I t-M linn O A wmm ft I lrriiwy A buh X - a nneeeaa " T tm-ajng 1( I JWBa 1UUT years. HI av8JL?8i:.! n ConnecUon with their farm1 v ' ' ucy-run a in rem atmti.t ... r i tt.ih.tt TT tkii fcv.ZJrrPrw"'" ousineS3 trom I xuui vegeWDJe-ijioiJian Ha r Renewer fh.l.iJi:1 T fW.CGO a year, prevents, the hair from falling oft Use i