TUESDAY.. ACGUST . ISIS.
ZH RESULT.
The returns from the election for mem
bers of the Legislature prove the correct
ness of the'opinion we expressed Bome two
weeks ago. We said that while we would
doubtless lose in some counties and gain in
others, oar majority on joint ballot in the
. new Legislature would not materially vary
from that in the old, and so the event
proves.
a As will.be seen from the returns, we have
lost one member in Alamance and Guil
ford, one in Alexander, one in Cabarrus,
one in Cabarrus and Stanly, two in Cum
berland, one in Moore, one in Orange, one
in Robeson, one in Rowan and one in
.. Wayne. On the other hand it will be seen
that we gained one in-Franklin, three in
Granville, one in New, Hanover and Pen
der, one in Pender and two in Wake, a
dear loss of only two members, counting
all independents as Radicals, which in
practice will.by no means prove true.
There are several things worthy of note
in this connection. The number of inde
pendents elected is small, two Senators
and four members of the House of Repre
sentatives, that is to say if Mr. Ttbhxb can
be called an independent. Nor does the
party seem to be in much more danger from
regular Radicals, for while we have had
four members beaten by straight Radicals,
we have in turn beaten eight The footing up
then furnishes but little food for joy to
those who had been anticipating a disin
tegration of the Democratic party. The
Democratic party to-day is as strong and
as solid as it has been for years, and the
men who baild their hopes on the loosen
ing of the ties that bind it together,
will find that they have built upon the
Sand. The handful of independents
will be as powerless, whether in or out of
the caucus, as unborn babies. A party
that has a majority of near seventy on
joint ballot, over both Radicals and Inde
pendents, need not fear anything that a half
dozen Independents can do, no matter how
evilly disposed they may be, and to be
afraid of them is to be like the child who
is afraid of bugaboos. The solidity of the
Democratic party and its organization and
discipline as a party will be as much be
yond question in the next Legislature as
its majority is fixed and assured. The
members know the wills of their constitu
ents, and will doubtless pay proper respect
thereto, both in caucus and upon the floors
Of their respective Houses.
. Another thing to be noted is the ease
with which the negro vote can be
transferred by Radical kadera to the
most obnoxious white man when it suits
Radical policy so to do. But a short time
ago there were perhaps not two men to be
found in North Carolina more obnoxious
to the negroes and to Radicals generally
than Moexs A. Blkdsok, of Wake, and
JosuH Tukszb, of Orange. Yet on
Thursday, Radicals of every hue, without
regard to age, race or previous condition of
servitude rallied to the Blxdsoi and Tcb
kxb banners and fought under them from
sunrise to sunset with a zeal worthy of a
better cause. The lesson was not indeed
needed to show our Democratic friends the
folly of trusting to disorganization and
supineness in Radical ranks.' The day of
election never finds them disorganized or
Bnt Mr. TmrtnrR.''" or the cmier or
the Brindletafla, to give him a title
that is as much his due after the
election as before, does not owe
- his election to Radical votes alone, for
unless there was 'great fraud, ; which
has not been charged, he received near
eight hundred Democratic votes. And
this surprises us more than alL We had
. not supposed that eight hundred Demo
crats could be found in Orange to go back
upon the regular nominees of their party,
gentlemen in every way worthy of their
undivided support, and we would not be
lieve it now but for the returns lying before
ns and staring as boldly in the face.
But there the fact 'stands. Eight hundred
Democrats left the Democratic banner to
fight with the Chief of the. Brindletails.
And the question that at once recurs to all
thinking men is, how far those eight hun
dred Democrats have determined to go in
support of Mr. Tumors. Any man with
that Democratic following can of coarse
command the Radical support for Con
gress, and there is nothing in Mr. TrRXXE's
antecedents to prevent the tender or accep
tance of that support. Oran ge county named
the opposition candidate for Congress when
she elected Josiah Tubhxk to the Legisla
ture. The Democratic majority in
this Congressional District in none of the
elections in 1876, reached as high as 1,700.
With these figures it is very easy to see
that Mr. Trams is the most formidable
man to the Democracy in the District if he
has a permanent hold upon his Democratic
following in Orange. Nor is there any
reason to doubt his use of that following
'to defeat the party in the Congressional
District as he did in the county of Orange.
Indeed he has already been announced as
a candidate for Congress.
Another thing in Mr. Ttjbhkb's vote
worthy of notice is, that large as it is, it
illustrates the fact we have often stated,
that is to say, that an independent never
appeals from the edict of the constituted
authorities of his party to the party itself,
but he appeals to the entire body of his
enemies, reinforced by a minority of his
former friends. It is true Mr. Tubsxb
got eight hundred Democratic votes, but
these eight hundred votes constitute only
one-third of the entire Democratic vote of
Orange county. The bulk of his support
Mr. Tubsxb drew as a matter of course
from the Radical ranks. It is needless to
attempt to disguise the fact that the result
in Orange has a material bearing upon the
status of affairs in the Congressional cam
paign now about to begin. The best way
to overcome what difficulty there is in the
Premises is to meet it squarely on the
threshold. Mr. Tubkzb's election to the
Legislature, in which we have a control-
Intr nurirwttv mtK fw n .
his election to Congress may be anything
else but a small matter. j .
Bo much for the political aspects of the
case. As to the personal aspects we can
only express our regret; at the loss to the
State involved in the defeat of the candi
dates in the; counties referred to. Nor
will others feel themselves underestimated
when in this connection we say that the
loss of such a man as Col. Thos. M. Holt
to the councils of the State will be specially
felt . . . . .
abb inarkate Democrat has entered I
nnnn in twmt. M. i. 1 t .
good paper, faithful to its convictions and
wue to we Dest interests of the people.
We i are pleased to see it announced that it I
win soon be issued cftcner than occe a I
LXT US MAKE SO MIST A KB.
The unprecedented vote given to Mr.
TuBKxsby the Democrats of Orange is un
questionably due not to any conscious fall
ing away from their allegiance to the Dem
ocratic party, but solely to feelings of
personal sympathy for a man whom they
have come to believe has been exceedingly
ill used in the service of the party. Mr.
Tubsxb it is said has been most persistent
in his appeals to the people of Orange,
and they felt that in the present condition
of affairs they might safely indulge their
impulse to right what with the, lights be
fore them seemed a great wrong. Two
years ago Mr. Tuknks made the same ap
peal, but then the absolute control of af
fairs was not assured to the Democratic
party, as it seemed to be last Thursday,
and then the appeal was unheeded.
All this proceeds, of coarse, upon the
assumption that the great aim of the Dem
ocratic party has been accomplished that
is to say, the restoration to the people of
the right of self-government, in comparison
with which all other purposes seem of such
small importance that men may safely dis
regard the stricter requirements cf times
of doubt and danger. Of course this is all
wrong. Eternal vigilance is the piice of
liberty, and what is the same thing in this
State, of Democratic - success. Want of
constant vigilance tends directly to a re
turn of Radical rule, and if Radicals shall
ever regain power, they will as surely re
turn to oppression, corruption and extrav
agance as a sow will return to her wal
low or a dog to his vomit.
A greater mistake was never made than
to suppose that the Democratic party, en
trusted as it is with the preservation of (he
liberties of the people of North Carolina,
can afford to sleep upon its post. There is
another campaign before us, and a most
important one. The legislation that is to
bring relief to the country must be Federal
legislation, and the men win, in behalf of
North Carolina, are to take part in shap
ing that legislation, are to be chosen at the
close of the . campaign, that is soon to be
gin. We cannot afford to indulge personal
preferences, or even to right private
wrongs until public affairs shall have
been put upon a proper basis. Indeed
the coming Congressional campaign prom
ises to be one of extraordinary interest,
and of the gravest importance. Issues
that involve the weal or woe of the coun
try for years to come, are to be met and
disposed of by the Democratic party in
accordance with the prevailing sense of
the people, or the party will lose the hold
it now has upon their affections. That
the party will promptly meet every issue
that may arise, as the best interest of the
people and of every class of the people
may dictate, we do not doubt. This has
been the history of the party in the past,
and will be its history in the future.
Heretofore devoting itself to the duty
nearest its hand, the Democratic party has
sought before all things to restore to the
people the right of self government. That
is now accomplished and the party must
presently address itself to the task of
perfecting such legislation as shall heal
as speedily as possible the wounds in
flicted by Radicalism upon the State
inxits material prosperity. This legis
lation, as we said, must come from
our national councils. It was federal
poison that did the damage and it will take
federal remedy to undo it. For one we
are unwilling to trust the preparation or
administration of JhjgTemedytoany
nm Democratic hands. We cannot for
get that even now as we write a
sister State, if not our own also, might
now hear the tramp of a ruthless Federal
soldiery. We doubt not that but for the
bounds, set to the President's power by a
Democratic Congress. Judge Bond would
to-day be in South Carolina backed by the
entire strength of the Federal army, and
all because the State Courts of South Caro
lina insist upon their right to try certain
Federal Revenue officers who murdered a
citizen of that State, peaceable and inno
cent of all crime.
This is no time then to grow lax in our vi
gilance, or in our discipline, or in our .efforts
to perfect our organization. The Demo
cratic party stands ready and willing to do
all that the best interests of the people de
mand. TUX UXIYBRSITY XORXAL 8CUOOL
CLOSING BXBRCISBS.
The closing exercises of the University
Normal School last week were of excep
tional interest. The concert on Wednes
day night by the members of the vocal
music class gave' great satisfaction and
pleasure, and showed most careful in
struction in music by the Messrs.
Wilsoh. The kindergarten exercises
on Wednesday morning showed that
the children, nearly 'sixty in number,
had been trained to a degree wonder
ful, considering how short a, time they
have been under the charge of Miss Coe
and her assistants.
On Thursday a grand procession of Noi
malites and visitors moved to the Chapel.
The welcoming address wasi made by
Prof. Ladd in a most happy style.
Kev. Air. Heitman, of the Methodist
church, offered the prayer, and the hymn
was sung by the Normal vocal class. Af
ter these Mr. A. J. Jones, President of the
debating society, it request of Pro
fessor Ladd, called out the speakers
according to the programme. The "old
est inhabitant" avers that never were
better speeches and essays on the com
mencement rostrum. Some very good
reading of selected pieces, by members of
the school, chosen by Prof. Owens, was
uxewise done. . After the conclusion of th
exercises, Prof Woodbotjbn, of Hender
son county, on the part of members of
the Normal School, .in a felicitous style,
presented a cane to Prof. Ladd; and Miss
Marshall, of Raleigh, on the part of the
tadfes of the school, and of the village,
presented a dock to President Battlx,
which elicited short tod appropriate
speeches from those gentlemen. The
address of Miss Mabshaix was par
ticalarly approved by the audience.
The school was closed by Hon. P. C.
Camxbo, President of the Board of
trustees, in the absence of the Governor,
in his usual forcible, earnest and happy
manner. The closing bymn, composed by
Mrs. C. P. Spxhceb, especially for the
occasion, was sung with much spirit.
The Normal School of 1873 has been a
wonderful success is numbers, in the
variety and character of instruction, in
enthusiasm, in good effected. We pre
dict that the school of 1879 will be still
grander.
t AT venice, when a stranger dies at a
hotel, the number of the room : h n
A tr .
inthe lottery. When the late Sir Wilua I
bTXKLTSQ Maxwell died at Dajsixll's, all
the hotel semnu played the Bombers, of
his ariartmenuv which won. '-
NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE.
Correspondence of Ths Ob.mekvik.1.
Nxw York, July 30, 1878.
In alluding to Judge Francois Xavier
Martin, in my letter yesterday, I intended
to mention his History of North Carolina,
but was interrupted. His law books were
all, so far as I know, published before he
left North Carolina, and included, if 1 re
collect anght, a volume of Reports, a Re
vis&l, a Collection or the I'nvate Laws,
and a Vade Mecum; but his History of
North Carolina was published, and proba
bly written, long after he went to New
Orleans. I think it appeared in 1830-'31,
for a number of copies, which he had sent
to me to sell for him, were burnt m my
office in the great fire of May 29, 1831.
For some reason the book did not sell, and
I doubt if there are a dozen copies now
extant. I have . not seen one in many
years. Histories of our State have not
been paying works. Lawson's, William
son's, Martin's and Hawks', all failed
to find an appreciative public,
though a copy of Lawson's, believed
to be one of only, two then in the
State, wa3 sold at auction perhaps twenty
or thirty years ago, fer $65 (if 1 recollect
anght,) and the State ordered a new edi
tion of it. Williamson's and Martin's were
poor books. Dr. Hawks woufd have -made
a valuable work if be had not been pre
vented from completing it by a want of
public appreciation and by the war. Judge
Murphy and Gov. Swain collected valuable
materials for a History, but neither under
took their embodiment and publication.
No doubt some bod v will Derform that dutv
at some day ; and if so 1 hope he and his
publisher will fare better than those who
nave heretofore essayed to accomplish it. 1
once saw a large. . octavo of perhaps near
i,iwu pages, Deing a History or a town in
Massachusetts, of which not one person in
a thousand out of that State had Drohablv
ever heard Med way I think was the name
of the town. . What the town was noted
tor 1 never beard : but its people had pa
triotism enough to look into the book for
its record, whether of good or ill.
The "baby -carriage case" has been de
cided, and of course in favor of the baby,
which will hereafter be wheeled to itt
heart's content over the fifth floor of the
fashionable apartment house in Madison
Avenue, whether Mrs. Pool, of the fourth
floor, likes it or not, and Mr. Pool pays
the costs of suit and $10 to Mrs. Higgin
sonas damages.
And this case being disposed of, eight
persons have come forward to "injunct" a
nuisance in the shape of four dogs kept by
a widow lady named Bassford, one of the
complainants making affidavit that he and
the neighbors were kept awake by the
howling and barking of the dogs. Mrs.
ttassford, on the contrary, says that the
dogs are all pets, kept in the house at night,
and seldom bark except in the dav lime.
"As for Fido. a poodle aged 14, he never
barks except when he sees a cat, and then
his little bark is the sweetest of music."
Here are more pickings for the, lawyers.
Clouds obscured tbe sun yesterday during
he eclipse. I saw the little of it that was
visible. Passing along the street at' 5:30,
I noticed that the clouds were very thin
near the sun; so 1 stopped, and in two
minutes the eclipse was plainly visible.
about one-third of the sun's surface being
obscured. In one minute more it was
past. I had seen the last solar eclipse that
my eyes can ever behold, for another will
not occur during the 19th century. In the
west, where tbe eclipse was total, the
"envious clouds", did not interpose, and
the view was perfect.
There is an amusing case in court here.
which has come up before a referee daily
for two or three weeks past, in which a
Mrs. Cooper, as she is called by one side.
and Mrs. Marshall by the other side, and
by the papers as uooper-juarsnall, has been
too much lor tbe lawyers and the court.
She is as sharp as Mrs. Capt Jenks before
the Potter Committee, and smiles and
laughs at everything. 8be keeps a board
ing house, is pretty and dresses well. Her
controversy is with Cooper, ber first hus
band, from whom she claims to have been
diverced before she married Marshall, and
who contends that she is still his wife.
though they never look at 6r speak to each
other. (Perhaps some cynic will say that
this is prima fade evidence that they re
ally are man and wife. But let that pass.)
n yesterday tbe following forms Dart of
uao eTuience or a witness :
"The first I remember Cooper saying to
me was that be loved his wife and children,
that his wife wanted a divorce and he
thought he would give it to her. Some
time she might see her folly and come back.
to him."
At this Mrs. CvXper laughed heartily,
wita me cnu oi nor tan in ber mouth.
"Do you remember one Sunday morn
ing wnen Mrs. uooper called a', your
motuer s bouse r
"Yes."
" Wherei was Cooper's room?
"Next to mine."
"Did you hear anything ?"
"I was awakened by somebody crying;
u was a lady s voice, and 1 beard her say
ing somewing snout "n hy don't you stop
the proceedings agaiust Marshall ? Cooper
said if Marshall would give him $25,000
sne coma nave nun, and be would never
bother her again: if Marshall wouldn't give
mm roe money ne wouia take ber back
and he wouid be a good man and she could
be a faithful loving wife."
Mr. Ten Eyck said : "Then, as vou un.
derstand it, Cooper was trying to sell his
wiie i
"Yes.
"What did she say?"
-"I didn't hear her say anything."
This is the highest price for a wife that
has been heard of. I remember that one
was once sold in England, with a rope
aiuunu ner nccK, ior a smiling. U.
Nxw Yoek, August 1, 1878.
A friend of mine, who is in his eighty
second year, writes me such an account of
the delights of country life in the western
part of this State, to which he has gone
with his family for the Summer, as to
make me almost wish I were not fastened
to the tread-mill of work, but had liberty
to join .him. and to renew some of the
many pleasant hours I have spent in his
family circle in his city home. Perhaps
jrour rcaucrs wui not ooject to a moment s
contemplation of the pleasant picture he
nas sketched. Hear him :
"In substitution for brick walls, stone.
lvea Bueeu, and rumbling sounds, we
have green trees, grass-covered lawns, and
uuioeicaa nignu. , instead .oi sewer, gas.
uu uuicr disgusting city smeus, we
have the perfume of fresh flowers
ana the odor of new-mown hay; fresh
cnurned - butter and , sweet butter-
mijK aa tuuum : and cream in our mrTt
The vegetables, direct from the garden to
the kitchen, have a different flavor from
those we get from the green grocer. Here
is a combination of rural attractions, and
tney are enhanced by tbe affectionate and
unremitting attentions of mv witVa
and grand-nieces. Then we have a little
boy and girl, grand children, 7 and 9 years
Ui ge, smiaoie, oocaient and intelligent.
sunDeams in the house. If I were an old
norae irom the city, who had been fed all
winter on corn-stalks and musty hay, I
would say (if I could talk) I am not only
freed from the harness but am in fields of
clover, with no whip to urge me onward
or whoa" to stop me.
."Miss M. has a Sunday-School in the
town three miles distant, consisting of
fourteen girls, 10 to 15 years, children of
trades-people and mechanics. Most of
them had never had a ride or even been a
mile from town, and none of them had
ever been inside of a parlor or handaomelv
lunusbed house. M. invited them all to
meet at the clergyman's house. She hired
a pic-nic wsgon, into which they were all
packed, the clergyman following. They
were all in white dresses, and it was quite
a picture as they drove up to the door.
They first took a run on the lawn i ksn
in the garden, and ; indulged in chil
dren s sports, iben all came into the
house and it was pleasant and amus
ing to. mars: mem as they , were shown
pictures,! statuary, minerals and every
variety of ' Me-a-brae. Then all re
paired to a long table in the dining room,
with a scat for each and a separate bou
quet on every plate.' . M. took the head of
the table, while Miss W. (daughter of a
waited on the guests
our young ladies
CUeSta. The Clcnrvmnn
asked a blessing, and well he might, tor
the viands were luxurious and bountiful.
After the table, they all assembled on tbe
jTutzzi and joined the clergyman in a hymn.
It is said that our greatest happiness is de
rived rrom the Knowledge that we impart
happiness to others. If this is so, M.'s
cup must have been filled fourteen fold.
It was tbe inspiration of a benevolent heart,
with no expectation of any requital."
Did I not say truly, kind reader, that
my venerable friend had sketched a pleas
ant picture ? I copy it because it is one
that we may all contemplate with profit.
It was not written for publication, as
were those interesting letters which he
wrote from across the ocean to tbe Fay
etteville Observer eighteen yews ago. And
as to the lady whose thoughtful liberality
provided so rich a feast, mental and bod
ily, for her poor neighbors, she would
"blush to find it fame" if she were ever to
see this as she is not likely to do.
There are some queer specimens of
preachers in this Northern section. A
sermon has been published, preached in a
New England city an Sunday, from the
text, "Let every one of us please his
neighbor for his good to his edification."
And to what use-does the reader suppose
the preacher applied ibis text ? -Why, "to
introduce a few thoughts upon the new
Opera House," and a general eulogy of the
stage 1
I find the two following paragraphs in
the same column of a morning paper :
"A kind father, of Southboro, Mass , s
man well to do, took his sick son to a doc
tor last week, and told him if he could
cure the boy for less than the cost of a
funeral to go ahead, but if he couldn't the
youth must take bis chances."
"At Pittsfield, Mass., last Saturday, in
a suit involving $21, a father and two son
testified against the wife and mother and
the other two sons." "
Hurrah for Massachusetts ! But for the
smallness of the sums involved, they
might claim to be the equals of the Van
derbilts. But they do things on a larger scale in
Montgomery county in this State. A man
lives up there who owns immense bodies
of lands in that section. He lets them
out in small farms whenever he can. He
is said to be 't hard man," like the greai
merchant here who was asked by ajxnn
debtor "if he had no bowels of compas
sion," and replied, "Nary bowel." When
tenants get tired of paying the rent he
asks, they move off, and for.hwith a house
or a barn is set fire to and destroyed. In
three years he had twenty-seven such fires,
involving a loss, including other depre
dations, of $70,000; for four years he has
had detectives at work, endeavoring to dis
cover the incendiaries; and yesterdays man
was arrested in this city who is believed
to be one of them. He came from that
neighborhood. He was committed for
trial, in default of $25,000 bail. It seenu
that there exists a regular society among
the tenants, by which all these outrages
are planned ; and" there are newspapers
there which encourage and defend them.
Now if this were only in the South, what
howls should we cot hear over the plan
tation manners of the Southern people !
The further hearing of the Cooper-Marshall
suit Las been postponed till the 17th
September. It has been going on daily for
about three weeks, and I shall miss its
morning instalments of fun. One of the
latest developments was the testimony ol
Q-ooper that bis wife paid him $500 (his
asking price $25,000. but like a regular
norae-jocaey, ne leu room to tall) for bis
consent to her getting a divorce from him
with a view to her marrving Marshall I
fehe accordingly got the divorce and mar
ried Marshall, and now Cooper claims that
she is stilLbis wife ! which claim she is re
sisting with all a woman's zeal and perse
verance. Who pays the piper, otherwise
the lawyers, doubtless they know. From
the descriptions of the woman, it would
seem that there is
"A laughing devil in her eye
yea, one in each eye, and five others else
where about her, which Cooper and Mar
shall com Dined have not been able to cast
out.
Another queer suit has been commenced.
1WO eentlfeinpn n. hrnL-pr ami o
General, hurrying along the street, brushed
against each other, the broker wore a
long watch chain, in which the buttons of
the Consul's coat became entangled. The
watch was pulled out and the coat torn
Tbe broker offered to pay for mending the
uoai, out me uonsui demanded a new om.
a demand w hich was refused. And so the
lawyers eo at it, hammer and tonga H.
I.KTTKU FKO.VI WAKE COr.lTV.
Oorrc.-iouU-iice of Til v. Orskrtkr.
Wake Cocstt, July 20, 1878.
aiKSsiss. bDiTOKS: We would like to
ask by what authority did our County
uonveniion, on thezad June, appoint dele
gates to tbe Congressional Convention ?
As we understood it, and as staled in the
call for tnat convention published bv the
very excellent chairman of our County
Executive Committee, it was h2ld for the
purpose of nominating our county candi-
uates. mere had been nothing said in
me papers, or in private conversation
about appointing such delegates, and we
minK this action was a supnse to nearly
every one. It was not then generally
B.uowa wno were candidates tor the uon
gressional nomination, and as the District
uonvention had not then been called, the
people had not given the matter much
thought. It is true that Nash county had
already instructed her delegates to vote for
r. iavig. and Johnston for lien Out
but we have heard oersona f rom ew h of
(nose counties say that this action by each
vi inese conventions was a surmise, and
was not entirely satisfactory. We do not
wish to appear as meddlincr with the affair
of another countv. and therefor will
not presume to make anv surarestiona
io our inenas in iMasb and Johnston.
uuk wc uo imna inai nere, in wake, com
mon fairness and lust ice demand either
mat another Convention be held for the
express purpose of apDointinir delegate.
or that the different townships hold meet
ings and instruct their delegates who are
already appointed. "We desire onlv that
the will and the with of the people may be
uiy auu miiy expressed and no honest
Democrat can object. All the ffentlemnn
wuo nave oeen SDPBxn ot as Confess on.il
i. i "
aspirants are worthy of our confidence and
support, and we feel assured that any one
a i i . . r
oi iuem woma spurn a nomination wherein
the wishes of the people were not fairlv
represented, we ao not intend to inti
a tty .
mate that our delegates were annointpil hv
trickery or fraud, but we do itsist that our
invention had no authority to appoint
kucui, iuu iuat meee ueiecates ma v. anri
men again they may not, represent the
wisnes or our people, and ihcir wishes can
oest oe ascertained in one of the mrvw
arjove proposed. By doing this we avoid
any pretext for grumbling after the nom
nn : t i i i .
luanuu us imuie anu win secure lor our
nominee the hearty and united support of
tuc wuoie pany, inus ensunne bis election
over any independent, onndletailor bolter.
What say you to this fellow Democrats ?
Mast Citizens.
LOUD DUFFEBIK'S MJCCESSOIt,
A Sketch of tbe iTJarqulv of jLorue,
From the New Tork World. July 88,
A cable dispatch from London snva that
the papers have announced nnon official
authority that the Marquis of Lome had
been selected by the Ear! of Beaconsfleld
to succeed Lord Dufferin in the Vice-Re
gency of Canada, and that the Marauis
had accepted the office. The Marquis,
who is the eldest son and heir of the Duk
of Argyll, it will be remembered, was mar:
ried in 1871 to Princess Louise, the fourth
daughter of Queen Victoria, that being the
uii uiauuice oi tne marriage or a subject
mi UK utugmer oi a reigning sovereign.
ine marquis has been in pubi c life for
ten years past, for in 18G8. when he was
only three-and-twenty. be was returned
to Parliament as member from Argyll
shire. When his father in 1868 went into
omce under the Gladstone administration
as Secretary of State for India, the son
acted as his Private Secretary. The Duke
of Argyll, whose titles descend to his eld
est son, is the most powerful of the Scot
tish noblemen.. He if hereditary master
of the Queen's household in Scotland,
chancellor of the university of St. An
drew's, a trustee of the British Museum
and hereditary Sheriff and Lord Lieuten
ant of Argyllshire. His political service
has been long and active, and he has also
written an. elaborate book entitled "The
Reign of Law." His son is also an au
thor, and published several ' years ago a
volume of poeaut . - . i
hair
LESTER rnO.M lO.VrGOJlERV.
Corrcsiiowd'-nce of Tu Obskkvkr.1
Ti:oy, July 29th, 1878.
Messrs. Editoks: Let the eye of the
thousands who read your valuable and
popular paper glance at it whenever it may
and it never fails to see letters from all sec
tions of the State, from Currituck
Cherokee; and still a communication from
the old county of Montgomery is seldom
seen in(priut. This' is not as it should
be. So exceedingly quiet and reserved
have the people of Montgomery been all
the while that the rest of the world may
conclude that she is without education sure
enough, without ente rprise and industry,
without patriotism and a hearty co-opera
tiou in the present and future welfare of
our common country; but the county
Montgomery will compare with any
point of education, in point of hospitality
and enterprising ciuz -ns, and in her ad
herence to law and love for the common
wealth of North Carolina.
This beinz our first attempt' to give
few sketches from this county, we would
like to enlarire upou its history; to speak
of its mines, minerals, mills, agricultural
interests all of which she can proudly
boast of, but for the ielief c f yoi.r
selves and readers, a lengthy narrative
these facts is omitU d, and sccne3 and in
cidents of recent occurrence are presented
Montgomery county is a place of gayety
md amusement as well aa of toil and lalor.
Pic nicsare in vogue, two have just passed
H, and another just ahead. 1 he one
Butler s F. rd, ou Little river, was an en
lovable hff.ur. I'kasantly situated, near
a cool spring, where bubbled up as pure
crystal water as evi r gushed from moun
tain side, surrounded by a beautiful grove.
amid whose leaves lingered the soul
cheering notes of delightful music.
ind to which melody all those of
Terpsichorean faith were bound to "trip the
light fantastic. All hearts seemed hap
py. Dancing sets and and courting sett
seemed to alternate with each other toper
fection. The dinner was excellent. The
'able knowing what a tremendous load
would soon be placed upon it, at the simpl
thought ot it, broke down beiore even
biscuit had touched it. Here was found
dUGh a variety of good things that the most
tastidious epicure cculd have oeen satisfied
All learned one thing that brandy peach
es are too good to carry to a picnic.
goodly number of the jovial crowd pro
ceeded to Troy late in the evening, where
they were entertained at the house of that
deve and hospititile hotel proprietor
Jesse Smitberman. Esq. At night the
crowd assembled in the court bouse, where
they made a display of their best and
fanciest dancing, and at tbe proper hour
gave the finishing touch to this, as out
among our many picnics.
Friday wouud up the canvass
in
this county, the last precinct be
ing Troy. There was consequently
large and enthusiastic
candidates, over fifteen
did not discuss any
crowd. The
in number,
political is
sues. Sorry to say, if the Democrat
of this county do not stand firmer they
will soon be swallowed up in the slimy
pool of lladicalism. The only sharp
shoot' ng on the campaign has been be
tween Democrats running lor the same
office. There are two or three Democratic
candidates tor nearly every office, and for
the same office never more than one lie
publican candidate. If the love lor Demo
cratic principle continues to wane in Mont-
gonicry county, if they cease to hold con
ventions, as they have this year, and at
tempt to break down men- of their own
political faith,., they may expect nothing
more than to-be ruled and governed by
that same oppressive Radical power that
has sat so long and defiantly upon its
throne of corruption. It is conceded by
all that Al. . JVlarun, Democratic candi
date for the Legislature, will bt elected.
Mr. .Martin is a quiet and unassuming
man,out a mere honest and more faithful
member cannot be lound in the next Gen
eral Assembly than "M. S. Martin.' The
next Sheriff will probably be Re
publican, there being two Democratic
candidates against one hot-headed Radical
For four years we have had a Democratic
Sherld, elected to the office in the darkest
times, elected two years ago when all other
Democratic candidates were defeated, and
this man who is so popular and has such
utter confidence placed in him by both
parties ia the presi-nt incumbent, Sheriff
Y. ii. Waikins.. He was pressed to run
for the Legislature or othci office, but cir
cumstances unavoidable compelled him to
dechuu. lie bus served his two tains in
credit, and unlike his predecessor, will re
tire in credit. In 'the future, no matter
how hih the suniicg waves uf Re,ubli
canism may roll, no matter who bis oppo
nent mty be, should Sa-'iiiT Waikins
claim the suffrages of his fellow-citizens,
the victory will be bis amid the shouts oi
triumph of his many friends. Ou Saliir
nay ionownm the speatmgon friday, was
an epoch in our county long to be rcuicm-
bert-el, especially by the colored popuia
lion. The oldest citizens said there never
were as many negroes in the town of Troy
ueiore. i he came trom Richmond, Stanly.
Anson, 'Randolph aDd Moore to hear
O. 11. Dockery speak on Education and in
the interest of an Academy which they
propose to erect in Troy. Tbey were to
have bad a big barbecue in connection with
the educational speeches, but tbey ate it
up before reaching tbe grounds. Tbe Kev.
Mr. Wright and Jerre Luther, Esq., made
speeches. Two colored friends delivered
themselves of declamations which had
been in soak so lone tbev had somewhat
soured. The first one who purports to be
from South Carolina based his speech up
on the riy mouth Rock, and we can t see
why, unless it was for the purpose of se
curing a good loundation where he could
successfully blast the "King's English.
Jf this was really his sole object we con
gratulate him upon his success. Then came
Ihe orator from Bertie who choked down
on his Latin quotations, while the white
people escaped choking up with difficulty.
mii closing speecn was by uoi. u. 11. Dock
ery, who steered from politics better than
we expected. ISot satisfied with this, he
and Aden Jordan seated themselves in
the court-house in the evening, had
the bell rung, proclamation made
for a political speech, but be it said to
the credit of the darkies, they had come to
hear educational speeches and not politi
cal harangues. Shey soon rallied to the
Court House, not to hear Dockerv nor
Jordan, bat each one with his partner to
knock the tones that echoed from the
banjo and fiddle in the good old scamper
biyie. a. ll wno could appreciate
breakdown," and it takes a man of taste
to do it, could here have feasted his soul
with laughter. Some estimated the crowd
of darkies at seven or eieht hnndiwl
o.ners at a thousand. Strange to av
there were no fiehts. and although A noiav
and lively crowd, still the day passed off
mbouwji j uicui sou wim credit to the
race, but with no honors due those who
wished to run their political machine i
me same time.
"Ichabod Cbanx.
A Shakk Chaeming as Alligator:
At the plantation of Mr. Turner
Lake City, Fla., a most singular scene oc
curred ine charming or a thirteen-foot
alligator by a rattle-snake.' The snake first
bw me aiiigator, ano wjtn bis rattles at
tracted the latter's attention. Then began
the charming process, which lasted fullv
V. '11 II- J
ubu " uuui. iuc alligator at nrst turned
his bead once or twice, but waa immfx
aiateiy called to order by the rattles of th
snake, t oward the end of the half hour
with fixed eyes, the alligator moved slowlw
toward bis terrible enemy until within
striking distance, when the sruk
himself more compactly, and with all the
Birengtb be couid muster; struck the alli
gator. Jor a moment the alligator shook
tremulously, and then, as if by magic,
made a semi-circling backward movement
peculiar to the species, and brought his
tan down upon tbe snake with fatal
enect. UUce uay ta. Reporter.
Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Iienewer
is no new preparation for the public to ex
periment wiui, ita success is unparalleled
for restoring gray hair to its natural color,
promoting its growth, and producing un
on bald heads. - - r . w;
will
Take Ayera Pills for all the dui noses of
a purgative, for Constipation, Indigestion,
Headache and Liver Complaint. ; By uni
versal accoru, iney are ine Dest of all pur
gatives for family use,
1
LETTER FRO.H WAKE CO I J ST V.
It'orrwpoiKlvnce of Til Obskkvbb.J
Wakk CorsTY.N. C, July 31, 78.
Messrs. Editors : So much has been
said, pro and con., on the Senatorial ' ques
tion that il tubtless ere this the people are
getting tired, if not disgusted with the
controversy; but as the election will close
to-morrow, if it be still continued it can
not affect the general result to say the least.
The writer of this makes no pretensions
save that of an bumble farmer of Wake;
he is no polilican to intrigue either for
present or future promotion; he has no
man's axe to griud, but . being a na
tive of the county and all his interest
being therein identified, he does claim to
know something of the sentiments of the
good men of the ; county. In your issue
of the 28th inst., over the signature of
"Videns" appears an article in reply to
your correspondent " Wake, " (both of
whom are unknown to the writer of
this. which we feel constrained to
notice in some particulars. ' Videns
starts out with the broad assertion
that Wake countv is solidly, or at least
five sixths for Merrimon ! Surely he, in
stead of Wake," is "the recent settler,
newspaper correspondent," disappointed
aDpiicant, future aspiran" or whatever else
he may be termvd. to assert this. The
friends of Gov. Vance in Wake ounty
and elsewhere have n mained si.ent, dur
ing the campa'gn just closing, solf y for
tbe good of tLe D;niocia ic Conseivative
party. They know, too well, the weal or
woeoftbi8 entire country depends upon
the unity that of party, and if tbe choice be
tween Vance and Merrimon be presented
to them at the November election "Vi
dens'" wilt see who Wake county will be
for. The writer ot this has no animosity
whatever towards benator Mernmon, ad
mires his ability, aiid with the great body
of the Democratic party, freely admits
that he has made a good Senator ; but be
has only .done his duty, and for this does
he deserve any more consideration
than numbers of other Rifted sons o!
the old North State? The truth is,
he was elected . to his exalted . posi
tion mainly by bis enemies, not by his
friends, and the alternative was presented
to him, either to go over to Radicalism.
body and soul, or be extra zealous foi
Democracy. II is good sense, patriotism.
or policy chose the latter. But the masse
of the Democratic party, not only in Wake
bit from the mountains to the sea-shore.
regard his election as the height of party
insubordination, and that tbe numerous-
independen's all over the State are but the
outcroppings of bis teachings. (We need
not be surprised if we bear of reverse
from to-morrow's work in some places.)
He will be rememjiered when the time
comes to elect his successor in office. But
the cry is raised that the Legislature was
and is being packi d : Have Chatham and
Johnston counties packed their members.
because when at -the late election, they all
having bolted the caucus, are now told
that that policy will not be tolerated.
"Videns" seems to think that Gov. Vance
will be rather slow in acquiring influence
in the National Senate ! Has he not
m national reputation second to no
statesman of the South? Did he not
make a name in the lower House when a
mere boy; and before hardly any of us,
trom the centre and east, had ever heard
of Judge Menimon, though they are both
nearly of the same age. And then he
(Videns) sagely asks, has Vance "the rea!
ability to o re with the great men in the
Senate ?" Shades of Solon 1 Ye immac
ulate admirers of Senator Merrimon. stop
calling ou Eno to be our next Senator, and
place the name of Videns at your mast
head. As his name indicates, he see?
what few ever did or will see, Messrs.
Editors. The people of Wake, the whole
ttate. feel towards Zeb Vance as tbey do
towards no one else I Born and raised
in their midst and of them, every pulsation
or their hearts beats in unison with bis.
He is their representative man, and they
intend, irovidence spares his life, to
send him the successor of cenator Merri
mon to the United States Senate, and
Wake will give him a rousing majority in
November, if submitted at the polls. This
is, a', least, the candid opinion of a farmer
of W ake over forty yrars old, who has
lived in the county all his life. ,
Pastukb Braxch.
- The nwcm Railroad.
Froni the Fdyetteville Gazette. .
Only those who have had an intimate ac
quaintance with the operations of this road
have any idea of the great wnrk which it has
accomplished during the past ten or twelve
months. In that time the line has been
completely surveyed, over a broken and
dimcult country, from Greensboro. Two
enurely different linos, challenging sepa
rate interests, have been gone over, necessi
'atitigmany preliminary surveys in differ
ent directions, with a view to final loca
tionand the company is now prepared to
go on with the grading of the roadbed for
the greater part of the distance between
the present terminus and the point deter
mined by the charter Greensboro.
The convict labor granted to the Wear-
era Railroad by the last session -of the
uenerai Assembly has been productive of
great results. The tract in extension is
now ready for the iron to a point in Chat-
uam county mree nuies bevond the On f
auu iuu worn so iar uone is perfect.
.4 . 1 1 . i - '
ve regard, the. extension of the road
now to ureensboro. either bv abort line
by Ore Hill or by the factories in Ran-
ooipn, as almost certain. The Board of
Directors are working all the time with
unceasing activity and consummate iudg
ment to pusa the work forward, and rhir
ciAuika are ueing crowned with the most
..a . . 7 "
gratirying success.
Un the aid ult.. a verv important mppt
ing of the Directors was held atFranklins-
vuie, in nandoiph count thp wntw
about which ate clustered five flourishinir
wtwu uiiua, aim orounu wnicu lies one of
the finest agricultural sections of North
Carolina. The people of Randolph have
long shown a deep interest in th
iiAtiAn ; 1 1 ,1 1 1 ... 3
of the Western Iiailroad, and a natural de-
ire nas ueen mam rested to have the line
pass along Deep River at a noint nnr
Columbia, in order that the manufacturing
interests on that stream might receive the
ueuem tnereor. mere would be. howvpr
to accomplish this end a defl infirm nf
eight miles in excess of the shortest route
oetween igypt and Greensboro, with on
additional cost of something over f 100,000,
the figures, as we have obtained them from
the official report of the engineer, bein as
Egppt to Greensboro by
factories, 61 9-10m, $516,822
Egypt to Greensboro by
direct route 53 9-10m, $406,730
Difference, 8m $109,093
ii was proposed m the meeting of the
directors to locate by this route, provided
metxjuniyoi ltanooiph would " subscribe
the necessary $100,000 to make up the ex
cess iu cost. As only one-half of this sum
was pieugea on tne part of the county by
prominent citizens then present, it was
deemed best to defer the location for the
prcseui, ana tne loiiowuig resolution was
luirouucea ana adopted :
Resolved, That the location nf k wt
Prn t ? q i 1 rcti A A r . . ,
the route by Ore Hill, to a point near Mat
thews Cross Roads, and that the further
location from said point to Greensboro be
W1CI1CU.
The President
forthwith to the construction of the bridrP
ov.oBO AA.-ep ruver, and measures were
eaaeu uy wniCO tbe iron will ha nPn,i
- . .- ot, ..1 uvui uu
'"J 1US luc irat to me UU1X.
v The building of this bridge is in itself
uiaiusroi uie greatest importance to the
uumucoo iuiercsia oi tne town of Fayette
ville, as it secures the snmis mn..;
i the Gulf, and that alone
Buuuiu nouung else be accomnl ahwin:it
greatly increase the trade of this town bv
bnnmncr to no all k i : . .. . "J
7" o uuametia oi mat im
mediate section. Which now ot l?I:u
and Cameron. ,,su
The DTOSnect Ir nnv fvirrht K ..."
n the near future the Western Railroad,
growing to completion from ita
significant proportions, will be one of the
Kicak uu uounsning raiiwnv linoo .k-
Booth, and with its extension our trrto
grow, our prosperitv win k rootn
and a large part of the business latterlT
diverted from us will be returned. '
Trunks, oarasola. nmhnna T? n K, '
valises, rubber plothing, &c., always tobe
imtnA .ft . a 117-.. r .
".TJAniftFD 0ICK, BUT OUT A
UlTL,n ,
Some men are . fastidious in selecting
wives. Others are not at all nice in mat
ters matrimonial.' But a breach, of prom
ise taw in Arkansas, in general, is too rare
and serious to leave a loophole for a laugh
to come iu.
Mr. Johnson Topp moved from Tennes -see
across the Mississippi into Arkansas.
He was a man of means and a bachelor.
He was not wholly averse to matrimony,
but he had a fear of widows. Grass
widows especially were a terror to him.
He had moved from East Tennessee to
Middle Tennessee, and that section to
West Tennessee, and finally over into Ar
kansas to escape from real or fancied mat
rimonial danger arising from enterprising,
perhaps charming, Tennessee widows.
That being Mr. Johnson Topp's history,
it surprised his friends that he should ap
pear as defendant in the case of Dublin vs.
Topp; suit for breach of promise. But the
Circuit Court docket forCrittenden county
lisclosed the fact of the suit, and the
affidavit of Mrs. Melinda Dublin set forth
he particulars.
The plaintiff was put on the stand to
tell how wickedly she had been led inu-
false hopes by the middle-aged baehelor.
'I live at heme with my old dad," she
aid, 'Vd -his feller kept comin' round
har m k bel'eve he wanted to trad
mules. After he tiaded a time cr two till
chat was plave d out, he come wantin' cot
ton -e J. . .I knowed he only wanted a:
xcuse to get to see me. and I told Por
when he come again to bring him in and
see whether he'd talk turkey or not if be
iiad a fair chance. And that was jutt
what be wanted. You never see a man
-t up to a w.iman
pearter than he did as
introduced us, tellin'
oon as ever Pop
urn, "This is my
dirter, Malindy." H
at the offset ; but let
as poweriul shy
iim git fairly started on mules or shoates.
md he was dead sure to end with spar-kin.
And it appeared like he couldn't wait
more'n a minit for a woman to say yes. 1
lidu t fool with tbe man ias lots do, but J
aid yes ; and about the ! next thing tha!
lappened he was trj m to jcrawfish. ThalV
tbout the whole story. . t
But her lawyer did not think it was the
jvhole s'ory, and he was right there wa
nore to be told.
"Will you s.atelo the jury how it hap
pened that tbe defendant, Topp. went back
his word after be had asked you to
narry him ?" ?
"Well, as I said Ixiforc, he was the most
ineasy man'unlil he got his answer, which
vas yea. The Toerth day of Jily, J
diowed, would be soon enough for tbe
redding, day, but be couldn't wait till
hen it w:is impossible. I told him to
call Pop in and talk it over. I went ovei
o the kitchen to git up a squar' meal, and
-tbow the man I could do the tallest cook
;ng in Arkansaw, when I let myself out
or it in dead earnest.
"And what happened when your father
md the defendant. Topp, talked it over ?
Before I left 'era I told Pop the man
as on the marry, and I reckined it was
ill right.' Pop allowed they'd best have
Omething to take. I set on tbe whisky
tnd sugnr, and told them thar was cookin
o do ; if ihey preferred mint in theirs
hey knowed jist where to git it. When
I came back I saw things was wrong. The
first thing the man said, and he lookin' so
oerin' a funeral : 'Curnel Dublin, I allowed
your gal, Malindy, was a single gal till thif
minit. Is she single, or is she ever beer.
narried afore?' And Pop he told the
rTuth, lookin' him plump in the eye.
"She s been married onct, but enly a little
only a little.' And I said. 'That's so:
he's talking the Gospel facts only
a little. I be man lit out then
mighty suddent ; and me and Pop thinks
if thar's any law in Arkansaw he orter
pay." .
The defendant urged that he didn't want
a wife who had been married ever so little:
He thought be bad been deceived. Tbe
jury saw it differently. A little married
didn t count in Arkansas ; he must pav.
and he did pay.
LET1EK FHH.H f HE WEST.
Correspondence cf The Observer.
CCLLASAGK P. O., MaOON Co , N. C,
July 20, 1878. '
Messes. Editoks: I have enioved the
reading of one of the letters of your edi
torial exjirespondent, ia which he sketched
some of the lovely landscape pictures
amio tne Carolina mountains. Among
these, the one that captivated me is the one
your correspondent saw from "McDowell
iiiil. ilis naming that hill revived in ray
memory a volume of incidents connected
with my early history, reaching back sixtv-
yeara into past time. How could it be
"otherwise after three years of my life hav
ing Deen spent near Asheville at an
academy? I left there in the year 1814.
in my 19th year, and I returned to the
place in the year ?874, a space in time of
sixty years. Of all my school fellows
there was not one who then survived, and
among the citizens there were but two,
and one of these was a black man. . I spent
the summer at Asheville among strangers
a new generation composed of the child
ren and grand children of my friends of
sixty years ago. All things looked and
felt strange and unfamiliar to me all ex
cept the distant lines of blue mountains:
these were the verv same aa when T last
beheld them. Such experience aa thin onH.
dened my heart, and 1 resolved
a day to my departed friends of tthe long
ago," and 1 passed the day in the cemetery
reading the inscriptions ontheiornhatnn.
and then I pasd on to the cemetery of
the old academy, but alas ! there was one
particular grave I had not found. Disap
pointed and sad, 1 started back toward
Ashevilie. On the way I met a venerable
ujock man, whose hair was' whit na t
ton and his face a nest of wrinkioa hut
deemed by bright and intelligent even Hp
gave his name as "Manuel Clayton." I
remembered him as the body servant of
one of the friends of my youth named
David Clayton, and he also remembered
me, and then we two old men had a happy
time on the road. We briefly PTfh a n fforl
our histories, and I informed him how I
had spent the day among the tombs.
"But Manuel," I continued, T have
failed to find 'Sarah's grave."
He replied; "Sarah was not huriod i
any of the grave yards; she was a girl of
peculiar notions, and requested to be buried
on a hill belonging to the old homestead.
J ou can find her grave on a hill betwixt
nr. vv. JJIClJowell'a honw ami iho ..
x lluouiwveiV PTHROPrl the rlH
J . . , WMW El TCI.
hand and exclaimed, "Manuel. God hl
you; and with a relieved heart pursued mv
way to Asheville. '
sakah's grave."
Next morning at 9 o'nlnct T vroa ot
ing on a lofty hill top that overlooks the
vallies of the French Broad and Swannanoa
nyere, anu near to "Sarah's grave." The
circumstance, as well as the surrounding
,, . f : . umpiring, and tbe
following is a transcript ot what I there
icn auu saw: An j our hearts have preci
wuo memories tnat cause tears to
uow wmcn are not of grief; and
ima wona nam landscape scenes so
grand and lovely as to cause breasts to
ueavc wnu emotions no km to pain 1
Such memories are now revived and such
a gntnu picture is now before me while on
this lofty stand-point, (McDowell HilL as
I now stand hard by "Sarah's Grave."
i c w iu uraw a picture, nrst, from a South
west view, and what do we see ? In the
picture's fore-ground we behold two lovely
mountain rivers meanderinff amid their
uuiet vaueys covered witn homeurffl nH
grain fields, while not more than a mile
owajr iuwaru tne .-west tnese rivers join,
ana their waters mincle in a nnn n.hr
and then flow quietly away toward the
i.iiuwcu quietly ? unly for a while
ana men get into a deuce of a brawl kir
tvfnr thaw Taoa KT o ; o
. &saoo iv mill in n ira nam.
7 -axysuire ana .Durham blood
finish the picture's fore-iyronnH t kw
- i . rC""6- uwure
ground commences with a wide campagna
of bold blue hills-toward th sif u ,7rL.
as they recede seem to grow in amplitude
ik.Bui, as wen as aeener blue tint. nr
awaroutonthe Southern horizon on m
these shoots ud a Dvramidal ton tht i.
uauicu juu i lsiran a son or Kish i ho
i rom tne shoulders and tinwnrH tnii,.
uuuBuum leiio wa i
- This is one picture you see f rom Mc
Dowell Hill, but it la but a part of tbe
panoramic view. Toward th wt
, -n . ... -
North, lines of mountains risw hoh;n,i Mn,
other and seem as an ocean mwmi with
bold blue waves, while .way out on tbe
verge of the horizou they allsccm to melt
into the Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountain
chain. This is rather the way the thing
looks from "Beaucatcher" east of Asheville.
The alKve is my story of "Saiah's
Grave." After this, when centuries 1 ave
run into future time, who knows but that
this story of "Sarah's Grave" may then
survive as a sensational legend wit bcut a
particle of truth but her name, when iome
fond Pyramu8 and Tbisbe of that age will
stroll off by moon light and seat them
selves by "b'arah8 Grave, and the old
legend may prompt the question by that,
fair one, "Who was Sarah T To prevent
falsehood attaching to tbe legend I will
answer part of that question now. Sarah
was the caughtrr of a substantial honest
fanner named. Daniel Smith, and at that
time owner of ; that lovely homestead,
which until recently, belonged to W. W.
McDowell. Tbe writer first met ber at
school in the spring of 1812, then a mod
est school girl in ber blushing teens. We
met in after years when she was not a girl !
Memory drop the curtain, the tale grows
sad! Ctjllasagk.
Sheriffs aud C lerk Elected. '
Cleveland - B F. Logan, -Sheriff, Dcm.
Cabarrus N. S'ough, Sheriff, Ind. ,
Jas. C. Gibson, Cl rk, Dem. -
Granville. R. Garner, sheriff; T. D.
Clement, clerk, Democrats.
Moore J.. J. Wicker, Sheriff, A. n.
McNeill, Clerk, Democrats.
Pender A. H. Paddison, Sheriff; W.
l Banmrman, Clerk, Democrats.
Richmond Z. F. Long, Sheriff, Rep ,
Ougald Stewart, Clerk. Dems.
Wake Jeremiah J. NowelL Sheriff,
Charles D Ucliurch, Clerk. R-p3.
Warren. N. R. Jones, Sheriff; W. A.
White, clerk. Democrats.
Wayne D rantham, Sheriff, W. T.
Yelverton, Clerk. Dems.
Wilson-K. H. Winstead, Sheriff, H.C.
Moss, Clerk. Independents.
Mb. Orchard, of Cabarrus, the solitary
"National" elected to the Legislature, is
said by both Cabarrus papers to be an
excellent citizen and most estimable man
of 'age, brains, and prudence." A story
of the recent campaign will bear repeating.
He was charged -with being an agrarian
and Communist. He said be hardly
thought that was true ; in fact his impres
sion was that it was untrue. He was, lie
said, the largest taxpayer in Cabarrus
County, and if he knew himself be was
not just then ready to divide out all around
and begin even with everybody else. Tbe
charge of Communism and agrarianism
was quietly dropped. -
Superior Wagons, Carts and Buegies.
manufactured at our works. Repairing
done in best manner. All work warranted
first class. Jrurs Lewis & Co ; J
' Raleigh,
N. C.
Location of Shops. Ilargett Street, im
mediately in rear of the old city cemetery. .
August G wit fri&sun.
The new light-running American Fcw
ing Machine has nore good points tn it
than any machine. A few of them are
self-threading, se-lf setting, needle running
backwards without breaking thread, more
room under the am,. a new and sinipk- de
vice for winding the bobbin without rt
moving the strap from the balance whcrl.
without unthreading the machine, or with
out removing the work : does not skip
stitches, and several more that other ma -chines
have not.
jel2 dlaw-wlm paid.
Yadkin College, N. C." This vry
cheap, good school costs only $40 to $r0
per term, 880 to $120 per session or 10
months. Cheapest school of the grade in
tne State. The next session opens last
Thursday in August.
jy 3-w8w.
A Trcb Bill. It is said that the pas
sage of the silver bill by the late Congress
has wrought much good in various ways,
but Barbam's Infallible Pile Cure has dene
more to relieve the sufferer from that ter
rible disease known as Hemorrhoids or
Piles than anything else ever yet discover
ed. Send for a box. We guarantee a
cure. Manufactured by the Barham Pile
Cure Co., Durham, N. C. . jy 23 If
"Our Own."'
If 1 had known in the morning
How wearily all the day
The words nnkind
Would trouble mv mind
1 said when you went away,
I had been more i-arefn!, rtariirp,
Nor given you needless nam ;
But w vex "our own,"
With look and tone
We might never take back again.
For though in th quu-t evening
You may give me the kiss ot m-swe.
Vet it might be t
That never for me
The pain of the heart ehonld cease.
How many go forth in the morning .
That never come bome at nighi 1
And hearts have broken
Por hard words spoken
That sorrow can ne'er set right
We have care rul thoughts for the stranirer
And smiles for the sometime suc-st
Bat oft for -our owu" t
1 he bitter tone,
. J.,,0,a8,, we toTe "nr ow" nc bf-st.
An I Hps with the curve impatient :
Ah ! brow with that look ,.f m; mi
T were a cruel fate,
Were the night too late
To undo the work of morn.
"Where
Haul Then
Cleaned T
"Where hast thou gleaned to-daj ?"
For somewhere all must glean.
Either where Satan walks or Uod Is seen
O brother, say !
"Where hast thou gleaned to-lay ?"
"Where hast thou gleaned to-day?"
Where nettles stand and ting,
Or in the broad, full gr&in-nelus of the Kins-1
O Chri'tiau, say !
"Where hast thou gleaned t day T"
"Where hast thou gleaned to-day ?M
Ah! thou shalt know at last.
When God requ res th past!
When thou shait face-thejndgraei.t s stern array
Ah ! thou shalt know it thenT "rraJ
Thou and thy fellow men,
"Where thon hast gleaned to-dav !
; . Anr O. Chatter, in the BoangelUt.
Ruth ii. 19.
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