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LlNVILLE I.MPKOVKMl-XT Co.,
Llwille, Mitchell Co.
N. C.
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent
For the Democrat
Senater Gorman has, by
general consent, been put in
charge of Democratic inter
ests in the fifrht which it is
now evident will soon be en
iraered in uuon the floor of
the Senate. It will be a con
solation to democrats
through the country to know
that under his skillful leader
ship everything will be done
which is possible to be done,
to prevent the consumma
tion of the republican threat
of throttling the minority in
the Senate, as Speaker Reed
ha a already so effectually
done in the House.
The republican Senators
who have been opposed to
the new force bill, are slowly
yielding to the pressure
which has been brought to
bear upon them. Even Sen
ator Evarts it is said has,
under compulsion, promised
the new republican boss
Representative Belden that
he would vote for the bill. It
now looks as though the bill
would become a law. It is
regarded by the republicans
as a last desperate chance
to gain enough Congressmen
in the South to off set the
losses which they are certain
to have in other sections. In
fact Mr. Belden openly uses
this as an argument to con
vert republican opponents
of the measure.
Many of the more decent
republicans are disgusted
with Mi. elden's attempt
to manufacture sentiment in
f ivor of the Fortv bil., by
sending that remarkable
apjH'al to the republican edi
tors to come to the rescue of
theG. 0. 1
allien indignation is ex
ihvnnimI neii? over a rrmer
which has leaked out throng)
British sources to the effect
that Mr. Maine lias coin
nletelv backed down in tin
Reining Sen negotiations
and that Great Britain is to
havecverythiug itsown way-
Should it turn out to be true
goodbve to Air. ISlaine as a
public man. The American
people forgiveevery thing ex
ccpt cowardice.
The two subsidy shipping
bills, about which, for cer
tain reasons nnd promises
Mr. Harrison has been fret
ting a great deal, have pass
ed the Senate. Even snch
high-bound republicans as
Senators Edmunds find
Plumb could not stand this
bill, which will take millions-
just how many no one can
say out of the Treasury, all
of which will go to a certain
well known ring already
formed in anticipation of the
feast at public expense which
awaits them when the bills
become la ws. Only one dem
ocrat Senater Payne vot
ed tor these bills.
1 hanks to the solid repub
lican vote of the Senate and
of the House, it now only
requires the signature of Mr.
Harrison to complete the
degradation of silver and
put it on the same footing as
coal and iron or any com
mercial commodity. Sen
ator Sherman, the man who
is responsible for demonetiz
ing silver in 1873 is also re
sponsible for this latest fraud
noon the people, under the
guise of friendship. Mr.
Sherman is, and always been
the humble tool of Wall
Street, and the provisions of
this silver bill, with which he
so adroitly bamboosed his
colleagues of the Conference
committee, are all in the in
terest of those money sharks
No democrat stultified him
self by supporting it.
Speaker Reed is as mad as
a hornet over an article sign
ed "X. M. C." which appears
in the current "North Ameri-
- j i
can neview , snowing tne
mistakes which he (Reed)
has made since he became
Speaker. What adds to his
anger is the fact that the
article is generally under
stood to have come from Mr.
Blaine, who is madly jealous
of the prominence the Speak
er has recently gained, al
though "Gail Hamilton"
is the writer of it.
The tariff bill is now the
"unfinished business" of the
Senate, the majority having
repented of the "cussedness"
which made them refuse to
take it up last Monday.
How fast it will ,be pushed
through will depend largely
upon the action of the repub
lican caucus.
It has been the boast of
Speaker Reed that the House
was no longer a deliberative
body, and now that the Sen
ate 6eems about to adopt
the gag rules of the House,
the question naturally
arises, why not abolish tUtu
press, and le, those immac
ulate saints who now run the
republican party decide upon
what shall bmnne laws?
There is one consolation
however. The further the
republicans go in their en
croachments upon liberty,
the more certain it is that
the people will rise in their
might and thrust them from
the power which they have
so glaringly misused.
Gen. SehohVld w ill soon be
Lieut. General of the Army,
unless the republican bosses
shall decide that the bill re
viving thnt grade in the
Army, which has been favor
able reported from the
House coirmittee on Milita
ry Affairs, shall not be pass
ed because the officer to be
promoted under it is not a
republican.
The quality of the blood de
pends much upon good or bad
direstion and assimilation, to
make the blood rich in life and
strength givingconstituenns, use
nr. j. h. McLean s strengthening
cordial and mood purifier, it will
nourish the properties ot the
Mood from which the elements of
vitality are drawn. 1.00 per
bottle.
All honor to Cleveland
county Alliance! This pa
triotic band of the sons of
toil are true to their Consti
tution and refused to become
a political party. They re
solved to let every man vote
as individuals and as a body
to keep out of politics. This
was wisdom. This was good
policy, and bears good fruit,
and prevents discord in dem
ocratic ranks. The Alliance
stoops to conquer and have
won a victory, while avoid
ing stnte. The candidates
are all Alliance men satisfac
tory to town as well as the
country and now there is
democratic harmony between
country and town. Let
peace henceforth reign and
each help the other like a
band of brothers. All class
es are necessary in society;
all are members of the same
body. Shelby Aurora.
Senator Blackburn, of Ky.
is hopeful that the Radical
Senate will not pass the
Force bill. He thinks the
bill abominable even much
worse than is generally sup
posed He says many pro
tests are being sent to the
committee. It is revolution
ary and dangerous and ought
to be strangled to death at
once. Keeu ioicea it through
the House. We expect our
selves that the Senate will
pass it under whip and spur,
and the row will begin. Mes
senger.
Boss Quay has $300,000
worth of grease with which
to begin his work of purchase
and corruption in Pennsyl
vania. We wonder how
much Sundayjunketing Har
rison nnd moral lecturing
Wanamaker those two
nous frauds gave to the
at frying funds.
Life will acquire new test, and
cheerfulness return, if you will
impel your liver and kidneys to
the jerfo nuance ot thcirtuntions
Dr. j. H. McLean s Liver and Kid
ney nalm will'stimulate them to
healthful action, f 1.00 ier uot-
tle-
( !..ol, l., ll-tT 1S!M)-
And it came to pass that
in the secon.l year or the((;rilU.fl fur past patronage,
reign of i-njamin that James..,,,,! having a new sunk of
Ihenon of Mott, and Mat-'choice wines. Mirits and la
thew and Zehulon of tin
tribe of Jefferson, took coun
sel together against .John
the'pubican, and cast him
out of the confirmation
chamber. And after these
things John the 'publican
was tilled with wiath against.
Jamis the son of Mott and
all tl house of Mott. And
'us he returned to his house
and to the place where hesat
and collected the revenues,
he communed witli himself
and said: Matthew and Zeb
ulon are too mighty for ine,
seeing the people are with
them, for are they not sent
regularly every six years to
the great Sanhedrim of the
nation? Rut James of the
house of Mott is a son of
Belial, and him will I smite,
even in the son of his lions,
his first-born who serveth
with me in the collector's
office, him will I smite until
he shall be as a reproach and
a by-word unto his people.
And William, the son of
James of the house of Mott.
was a "Reliable" man and
had served John faithfully
all the days of his steward
ship. But John remembered
only the great evil which
James of the house of Mott
had wrought, and he said
unto If'illiam: I will resign
this office, and as thou art a
ready writer, show me how
aptly thou canst word a res
ignation of thy clerkship,
thus craftily intending to
obtain and accept said resig
nation without regard to
the form or correctness theie
of. But William remember
ed the teaching of his fath
er's house, nnd pulling down
the corner of his left eye, said:
the Motts never resign. And
John said you must go, but
William said I go not.
Then the wrath of John
waxed hot and his strength
asserted its power, and he
took IVilliam by the temu?
of his office and the texture
of his raiment and cast him
out of the shop.
And Benjamin wept be
cause of the strife among his
people. Press and Caroli
nian. The boasts of infidels need
disturb no one. Payne who
believed that he had destroy
ed Christianity, and Voltaire
who blasphemously attempt
ed to remove the light of the
gospel from the earth, and
Ingersoll with his sneer nnd
vile abuse of the truth all
amount to just nothing.
Some significant facts have
just recently been put before
the public. The net increase
of Christianity for the past
year is 887,000. There are
added to the ranks of the
Lord's people, about 11
churches and as many minis
ters and on an average 340
souls daily. This is true of
this country only! Oh! if
Christian people would only
beTaithful, how rapid would
be the progress of the Gos
pel. If there be pious conse
cration we need not fear the
assaults of unbelievers.
Central Baptist.
AX I ION EST SALOON APVEU
TISEMENT. EiaEMts and Neioiiiiohs:
ger Uvr, 1 continue to make
drunkard ami beggars out
of industrious und sober peo
ple. My liqiiorsexcite riot, rob
iM-ry and blood shed, dimin
ish comfort, increase expens
es and shorten lives, and are
sure to multiply fatal acci
dents and distressing diseas
es are likely to render
these hitter incurable.
They will cost some of you
life, some of you reason, ma
ny of you character, and all
of you peace; will make fath
ers and mother fiends, wives
widows, children orphans and
all poor. Train the young to
ignoranceand infidelity, lewd
ness and every other vice;
corrupt the ministry of relig
ion and members of the
church; hinder the Gospel
and send hundreds to tempo
ral and eternal death. I will
accommodate the public, e
ven at the cost of my ow n
soul, for I have a family to
support, and the trade pays,
for the public encourages it.
I have a license ; my trafic is
therefore lawful. Chr stians
countenance it and if I do not
sell drinks somebody else will
1 know the Biblesavs: "Thou
shalt not kill." "Voe unto
him that giveth his neighbor
drink," and not to put a
stumbling block in his broth
er's way. I also read that
"No drunkard shall inherit
the kingdom of God." 1 sup
pose a drunkard maker will
not share any better fate, but
I want a lazy living, and have
made up my mind that my
iniquity pays very good wa
ges. I shall therefore carry
on my trade, and do my best
to decrease the wealth, im
pair the health and endanger
the safety of the people. As
my trafic flourishes in pro
portion to your ignorance, I
must do all I can to prevent
your mental culture, moral
purity, social happiness and
eternal welfare. For proof of
my ability I refer to the
pawn shop, the police office,
the hospital, the lunatic asy
lum, jail and gallows, whith
er so many of my customers
have gone. I teach the old
and young to drink, and on
ly charge for the material. A
very few lessons are enough.
Yours till death. Lick-R-Seher
in Orange County Pi
lot, Santa Ana, Cal.
Wilkes County Wins.
Winston, N. C, July 10.
W. W. Barber, of Wilkes
boro, was nominated to-day
at the Judicial Convention
at ElA'in for Solicitor on the
eleventh ballot. He is a
good one and will win the
fight. News and Obser rer.
New York, July 14. Ma
jor-General John C. Fremont
' the Pathfinder" of nearly a
half centnry ago, and the
candidate of the first. Nation
al convention of the Repub
lican party for President of
the United States, died at
3:30 o'clock yesterday after
noon. He had been ill five
dayswith inflammation of the
bowels. His death was pri
marily due to exposure and
fatigue incurred on Tuesday
last, when the weather was
unusually ho':. He was 77
vearsandsix months old.
Ex.
STATE PRESS.
The Southern white people
were never more deeiident
on one another than I ow.
San ton I Express.
Our Kubscriler.s read th
letter of Senator Vance, and
can judge for themselves
whether it contained any
thing which would justify
Col. Polk in his animadver
sion on this good and great
man. Wadesboro Messeih
ger.
We think that the alliance
nrtcd wisely in rejecting the
sub-Treasury bill and endors
ing Senator Vance. The res
olution endorsing Senator
Va'ce was passed unat.i
mously. Lenoir Topic.
What is the use of talking
about him? He stands pre
eminent among men. people
and folks. The people of the
State know him and are for
him. This is enough said, it
se.nns to ns.-Jonesville Lead
er. The attack of the Progress
i ve tanner on Senator Vance
which appeared in the last is
sue of that paper has called
forth comments from nearly
all the State papers and it is
worthy of note that not one
of them has been found that
voices the sentiments of the
organ which pretends to
champion the cause of the al
liance. Ashe ville Citizen.
Until recently Chauncey
Depew always had a. queer
habit of saying "By gosh"
when excited. One day a
friend upbraided him for
using such profane language.
"What" asked ourChauncey,
'You don't really mean to
call 'By gosh' swearing?"
' Why, of course, 1 do," re
plied his friend. "Well, then,
by gosh, I will never say it
again." And Depew has
kept his word. He now
swears "by jingo."
The Farmer's Alliance at Rocky
Point, Pender County.
The following resolutions
passed by this alliance, and
ordered to be published by
the Piogiessive F aimer, at
Raleigh, have been handed in
to us for publication;
Resolved, That as the Far
mers Alliance is not a politi
cal organization, and does
not wish to engage in practi
cal party politics but leaves
its members to vote as they
p'ease, its noble and enno
beling plans and purposes
are not to make alliance nom
inations for office but to ad
vance by other means, the
great and neglected cause of
agriculture, appealing to
State legislature and our Na
tional Congress for relief
from the oppressive burdens
upon the frrmers aud indus
trial classes.
Resolved, That we appeal
to our alliance brethren all o
ver North Carolina to stand
firmly by the principles of our
organization, but not to im
pair its objects and prosjiects
by making alliance nomina
tions for office except through
the conventions of the two
political parties prevailing
in the United Staces to-day.
Wilmington Messenger.