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U'ASII INGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent
For the Dkmochat:
General Hancock uttered a
great truth, when he said u
few days after In? was tiomi
nated for the Presidency "the
tariff is a local issue." If ev
idence had been necessary to
prove this statement it has
been supplied in large quan
tities by i he statements made
to the House committee on
ays and means in the hear
ing now going on upon the
proposed new tariff bill which
the Republicans of that Com
mittee are engaged in prepar
ing. For instance, the New
England manufactures say
that unless they are given
free coal and free iron ore
they will shortly be ruined
while the iron and coal peo
ple of Pennsylvania, Virgin
ia, West Virginia and Ohio,
to say nothing of others,
stoutly maintain that unless
the present tariff on coal and
iron is kept where it is, or
raised, they will be ruined,
and will have to abandon
their mines. When ' en. Han
cock called the tariff a local
issue the smart-alecks
thought it was because he
was ignorant of the subject
but since then many able
men, after years of study
have arrived at exactly the
same conclusion, because
there is no other logical con
clusion. No tariff bill that
has ever been gotten up, or
ever will be, will give satis
faction to the entireeouut,,y.
It is simply impossible be
cause the interests of one sec
tion are always directly op
posed to those of another
section.
Mr. Harrison returned to
the White House late Satur
day night from a duck-hunting
expedition down the Po
tomac and James Rivers.
He also visited Lower Bran
don on the Jamew, which was!
the home of his forefathers j
several generations ago and ,
11 iMl 1 t. I
wnu n is sim owueu oy an
other blanch of the n inner-'
ous Harrison family. He
came through Richmond Va.
where he was given a very;
cordial reception. j
The decorations given the!
late S. S. Cox by the Sultan;
of Turkey are on exhibition
at the National Museum in
this city and are attracting
much attention. According:
to royal etiquette they are
to be i ('turned to the Sultan ;
n a short time.
The cruiser Baltimore-th"
fastest war ship in the world
has been lormally iicccpted
by the navy department, and
will Ih r.'acvd in commission
as soon as she can be made
ready.
It is denied at the navy tU
paltineit that our squadron
was sent to Lisbon to com
pel Portugal to comply with
certain demands made by the
State department, as was
stated in a New York paper
last Friday.
Supervising, ar hitet SVin
drim of the .Treasury will it
is said, resign because ne can
not get time enough to look
ufter his private business
while in office, although he
says it was promised him
that he could, when he was
asked to take the place.
Look out for .squalls early
in January. Corporal Tan
ner has accepted an invita
tion from the Butler club of
Boston, to make a speech on
the Jackson anniversary
January the 8th.
Now, that everbody re
gards it as certain that the
House will pass the resolu
tion instructing the commit
tee on Reform, in the Civil
Service, toinvestigate the va
rious charges made against
the Commission. The Com
missioners have begun tell
ing folks how glad they are,
and how much they court the
strictest investigation. Let
them wait until the investi
gation is ended, and then
tell the people how they feel.
Ex-Senator Sabin, of Miiir
nesota, is here, it is said for
the purpose of trying to de
feat the confirmation of cer
tain appointments, buthede
nis that. All the same it will
not be surprising if several
men who made themselves
conspicuous in downing Mr.
Sabin. should find themselves
on the list of rejected nomina
tions.
Representative Moore, of
Texas, who is a member of
the House committee on E
lections, thinks thelargenum
ber of contested elections
from the South is the direct
result of a Republican con
spiraacy to unseat enough
Democrats to give a good
working majority. His only
hope is, that thechaiirnan of
the Election committee will
be fair enough to put a stop
to the revolutionary pro
gramme. A rather slim hope
Senator Voorhees is back
is'back from. Ohio, where he
has been conducting the de
fence in a sensational mur
der trial.
Hon. John ("Bishop") 0
beriy, a popular member of
the Cleveland administra
tion, has gone into private
business here. If good wish
es count for anything, the
new firm is sure to succeed.
Mi . Clarkson is running the
I'osofKce deiiart.mfnfr while
Mr. Wannaniaker is in Phili!
delphia shnightening up tlie
years busieess, and getting!
things in shape for the com-!
ing year in his big store. J
Washington, I). C. j
If you snfT.T pricking pulus on .
moving tin; eyes, or cannot bcurj
bright light, irid find your sight;
wf fik and tailing, you should j
promptly use in- J II Mi,ean!B
Strengthening eye salve twenty-j
hive eeiiLs a box.
s AX I'XKXOWX n.Nl.
i
.1 y.rih:ri of the f. S. Xwr
! Trodden hv Whit Mi'-i.
I J
Washington has n great nn
Known land like the interior
of Africa, savsthe SeaaMle
!''...-. Tin country shut in
jbyihe Olympic Mountain.
' whieh includ-s an area ofn
bout 2,."0v) miles square, h i
never, to th, nosative kti.iwl
i '
edge of old resid n!s of I lie
territory, lnen trodden by
t!ie foot of man, white or In
dian. These mountains rise
from the level country with
ill ten to lift ecu Uli'e.sof the
straits of San Juan de Fnea
in the Nort,' the Pacific. 0
cean on the West. Hood's cu
nal in the East, and th ba
sin of (iuinault lake in '.lie
South, and rising to the
height of ( toS thousond feet,
shut in a vast unexplored n
rea. The most generally accept
ed theory in regard to the
country is, that it consisted
of great valleys stretching
from the inward slopes of tie
mountains to a great central
nasm. 1 his theory is sup
ported by the fact that, al
though the coentry around
has abundant rain, and clou
ds hang ver the mountain
tops, all the streams flowing
toward the four pointsof the
'compass are insignificant,
and rise on the outward slope
ol the range, none appearing
to drain the great area shut
in by the mountains. The
fact seems to support the the
ory that tl.estream.s flowing
from the inner slopes of the
mountains foed a great inte
rior lake. But what drains
this lake? It. must have an
outlet souiMwhere. and as all
the streams penning from
the mountains rise on their
outward slope, it must have
a subteranean outlet into the
ocean, straits or the sound.
There are great discoveries
in store for some of Washing
ton's explorers.
A gentleman named Drew,
now residing at Olympia,
states that he hasclimbed to
the summit of the eastern
range from Hood's canal,
and looking down could see
great valleys stretching to
ward the west. A party of
railroad prospectors claim
to have penetrated the interi
or, but could give no acount
of it and appear only to
have skirted the outer slopes
ten or fifteen miles from
Hood's canal. A party of li
nked States soldiers are said
to have traversed the coun
try from Port Townsend, but
no data is obtained as to
what they say.
Numerous attempts have
been made to organize explo
ring parties, but they have
invariably fallen through, the
courage of protectors oozing
out at the last moment.
There is a fine opportunity
for some of the hardy citizens
of the sound to acquire lame
by unveiling the mystery
which wraps the land encir
cled by the snonw-ca pped 0
lympic range.
When nature falters and re
qui'cH help, recruit her enfeebled
eregii's with Dr. J. 11. M( bean's
strengthening Cordial and hlooii
purifier $1 .00 m- butt!.-.
Kfj.ert
OH
,
;As l.e,et, ore aiii:uouaccd, I
i make t He loiiowim; report olj
name and amounts s-ured!i
So". iii r U'.n igfi't'i
('. r. ;.t i i ml Gi ir .
Newton X. C D h-.,
for the .,ld,ers Home du-jt-lMMVoi, .rlW ,.,nt.
Inngtheh -st months canva. h , ,MW )Ul(,
: rii fado.ng noleM ami sub-1 ut IM11,
; scriptious ia e I) 1-it si UIm ,. .. i.:..
, 1 , , ,. the-are unmercifully v-
by me and turnedoverto theL , i;L...,.til.. If
treasurer:
Julius S. Carr, cash $2"i
n)te, 47."
W. S. Stonach, note, 100
Josephus Daniels, note, 100
Gov. 1K.G. Fov.le. note, 100
Ccd Win. Saun iers. note, 100
C-ol.T. F.Davidson note, 10!)
K. H. Battle, note, lQ
Rusbiv & Bushee, note, 40
Ed C. Sadth, note, T.O
Col. Julius A. Gray, note, 100
6'ov. A. M. Seales Mill. 100
Elias Carr, subscribed, 1(H)
Col. A. B. Andrews sub., 100
II. M. Cowan, sub., 70
C M. Roberts, sub., f
W . P. Batchelor, sub. o
A. D. Jones, sub., .r
S.'iia.tor Yj. I. Vance, 100
Total amount 1 ,7 !
I met ('ougresmen Cowles
and Henderson and they sta
ted that tl.ey and others of
our Congressional delegation
wo'ihl respond to my appeal
-ooii after t he holitiays.
The canvass was confined
mainly to therityof Raleigh,
though I saw a number of
persons from d iff "rent arts
of the State, and have many
verbal jiromises of help.
About one ha If of the month
was spent, in getting ready
for the canvass. The section
of North Carolina least affec
ted by short crops, &c, have
not been canvassed. May we
not therefore expect better
things further on.
Respectfully,
M. 0. Siii:kimll.
Agent.
Sta te papers please copy.
Far better than the uarsli
treatment of medicines which
horribly 'lipe the pnt'ent and
destroy the coating of the stout
ache, nr. J. McLuan's drills and
fever cure, by mild yet fflVrtive
action will euro. Sold at lli'ty
cents a pottle.
Let Our Cobred People Pon-j11'1
A copy of the Christian Re
corder, published in Phila
delphia under th auspices of
the A. M. E. Church, has been
placed on our table by Jos.
E. Sampson, the Register of
Deeds of this county, who is
himself a colored man of ex
cellent reputation and a cau
tious leader ot the race. He
has called our attention to
the following card which we
reprodnee from iu Recorder.
Notice oo the ministers of
Alalia ma, Georgia, Virginia,
North and South Carolina
Conferences;
Please, in the nameof com
mon respect, urge upon the
colored people of your sever
al States, by instructingtheni
from your pulpits not to
come to Louisiana for their
own good. There is a- white
man out here now known a kEd ward Atkinson,, the noted
"negro emigralor," named ' publicist, also spoke, as did
Williams, and who is frour ninny others. Mr. Atkinson
Georgia, contracting with:timt the "tend of all
the big planters in the. thought and of action is to
swampsand va.iey regions waid relieving the materials
of this State io bring several which are ueessary in the pro
hundred of our people out eecsesof domestic industry
i-eie h... ., .liier lio a tin; a- from taxation. Mrssonger.
hove named States, at ?ol
uoiiirs a neao ani ua-
Iter. Of VMMIIU IllU. fUlUT
rae to l bromzht l.e.v
... i i ....- ...
ind sold, in a hiis', special-
: I ill I li!4 i . I 1 1 1 'l liw I lH"if
they resist the punishment,
then they are taken out by
a mob and oeatHi to death
or lynched. Let them may
away from here. It is better
for them to live on bread and
water in their native State,
than to come out here and
b treated likebeasts. I warn
you all for the love I have
for God and humanity. Plea
se n und tin? alarm as watch
men on the walls. These
white men us Negro traders,
I am told go to those States
and get in with some innuen
ential colored minister, and
they, the miiii.-ters, persuade
our people to immigrate for
a few dollars. O.what a pit
y and a shame if such is the
ease! Iain yours for God
and my race. J. W. Rankin.
Mt'ssoiigf.'r.
A BIG LAND DEAL
A big land deal was affect
ed in Morganton last Mon
day by which the title to the
Rond timber lands, in Cald
well county passed to Phila
delphia capitalists in ex
change for a big pile of gold.
The Rond tract contains 18,
-J40 acres of fine timber and
mineral lands, and was the
property of Miss Louisa M.
Bond. Col. S. McD. Tate ex
ecuted a deed to the purhns
ers under a .power of attorney
from Mrs. Bond. The pur
chasers are Jos. W. Januey,
i hs. M. Allen and Aurin B.
Nichols, of Philadelphia, Pa.,
and the sale was affected by
Mr. W. B. Councill. Jr., a
prominent lawyer of Boone,
Watauga county. Mr. Coun
t ill lias also recently affected
a sale to the same parties of
the Davis entries in Caldwell
Watauga comities con
taining about 11', 000 acres
of land, so that the -Philadelphia,
syndicate have con
trol of 30,000 acres of the fi
nest timber lands in the
South. Most of th? land lies
along the base and the south
ern slopes of the Blue Ridgp,
in C'aldweli county. We are
informed that the purchase
price of the Bond lands was
.f 27.CSC50. or $1.50 per acre.
Morganton Hem Id.
Tariff Reform.
There was a great tariff re
form meeting held the other
night in Boston, at which the
able Represen ta ti ve from Tex
as, Mr. Roger Q. Aills, was
the chief speaker. The key
note to his able speech was
' the best home market isthe
one in which is ad mi ted the
largest importation." Mr.
The Boston Rrconl ti
matcH that -over 1J,0 ,. 0
quinine pills, weighing about
a ton, have Imth mtiMinted
by the jeouV of that city
during the past ten days.
It arrives at this coin bjsnn
after interviews with drug
gists and physicians, one
wholesale drug firm alone
reporting a sale of ."O.O:")
pills on last Saturday. Thi
isa larger quantity than Ii
ton usually consume in a
whole year, and it give.-
about five pills to every nam
wornn and child in the city.
It shows how strong a hold
"la gripn" has taken on the
locality. If other cities con
sume a proportional quanti
ty of this drug during the
prevalence of th? influenza,
epidemic, a serious inroad
on the supply of quinine will
be made, and an advance i:
its price may be the result.
Host on Recoid.
Victoria's Throne.
The English throne, used
in the coronation ceremonies
of the Kings and Queens of
Great Brittain, and which is
so splendid in its covering of
rich silks, velvets and gold,
is, in fact, pimply an old oak
chair of antique pattern. It
has been used in nil state oc
casions for the last 900 years,
and perhaps even longer as
many reputable writers claim
that they .ha ve diseoveredtra
cesofits existence prior to
the eleventh century. Ajies
Of use have made the old
oak framework as hard and
tough as iron. The back ami
sides of this hair throne
were formerly painted in va
rious colors, all of which are
now hidden by heavy hang
ings of silk, satin and vel
vet. The magic power nttr Rat
ed to the old relic, lies in the
seat, which is made of a hea
vy rough looking sandstone,
2G inches in length, 17 inch
es in width and V.) inches in
thickness. Long before it wart
wrapped in velvet and trim
med in gold, to be used by
theTudors and the Stuards,
this old stone of stones serv
ed as a seat during the coro
nation of the early Scottish
Kings. Progress! ve Fa vmor.
THE DEAD EDITOR.
The Brilliant Career of Henry
Woodfin Grady Ended.
The State of Georgia, the
"New South" and the entire
American Union have sus
tained an irreparable loss.
Henry W. Grady is dead.
Dead in the very morning of
his fame, when all the ele
ments of the business and po
litical situation seemed to
combine to promise him the
brightest future of any young
man in the United States,
lie was but 38 years old,
and yet he had rounded the
circle of achievement in many
lines and gained fa me as edit
or, correspondent, orator,
patriot, and, reformer. Tsi"
peculiar situation demanded
just such a man to make the
t wo sections known to each
other, and that man wasjrst
fitted.