JODIN8TOWE JONES, yi - x wv. Editor aa4 Proprietor. BnaiseM Manager. Wc4i;:0pt6bCT29. 183. The YcrkrilU Enquirer A 'Point The Enquirer of the 23d inat,, thinks the ObsxbV2& baa failed to mtet "a ingle point at issue" In the contro verar about the Chester & Lenoir Railroad Id quryetetday, issue we prexn)-inAt our contempora ry should have no further grounds for complaint against us upon this score. So, we proceed to-day to con sider one of the main "points at is sue" t I .GWC. , . , In the Obsibyxr of October 1, we said : The County Commissioners of York County are attempting to force the people of- York to pay a neavy subscription to this road, against their will. Their authority to do this is questionable. Certainly the auinocuyuoaer wmcumev cuum w act is bot clear and undoubted. Judge Mackey recently decided in favor of the County. Commissioners, and ordered the injunction against them to be dissolved. But his opin ion does hot clear up the doubts resting upon the case. To tffEtgtpf Oct 9, re plied, "the Observer's assertion that the county commissioners ofYork are attempting' to force the people of the county to pay a i heavy subscription to the road against their will, is wholly presumptuous..' t' r We go further to-day than we did in our issue of October 1. We say that it is ajfacfositive and, unde niable, epounty commission ers are attempting to force the peo ple of York to pay this arbitrary sub scription of an hundred thousand dollars against their will.And we shall prove it by incontestable evidence. We willmiwnrBt that the commis sioners in making this subsori ption acted directly against the Will of the people so far as that will could be ascertained without a rote of the county. .? - Before reciting the proof it is ne cessary, to a full understanding of this controversy, that the clause in the charter unerr rwhich the county commissionenrClaim to have acted, be given. It is as follows : Sectidnlir. Thatit shall be law ful for any county or town interest ed in the construction of the Chester 6 Lenoir arrowGauge Railroad to subscribe to the capital stock of said company, or of any company with which it may consolidate or unite, such sumVand to be payable in such manner, as the people or proper au thorities ofsuch county or town shall deem best, determine and sruthor iie." " The Enquirer, will agree with us that "the will of the people" previ ous to elections, is commonly ascer tained, by public meetings? At all events, it will grant that, next to a direct vote, it is the nearest possible way of arming at the state of the public mind upon any public ques tion? And especially ought this to be the case when the public meeting is held at the court house, the editor of the county paper is the secretary of the meeting, the judge of the cir cuit is the leading speaker, and the leading citizens of the county are there, and the persons present show a unanimity of sentiment on the question before them. Will not the Enquirer admit this ? We must pre sume thatit will; : we hope it has some reason' left in spite of its mad advocacy of its pet railroad scheme. Well, be; will of the people" of York on this subscription question was plainly and most positively ex pressed in the- 'manner above shad owed forth, at arUrdad meeting in Yorkvillepn the 7th,; of April last. If the intolerant editor of the Enquir er will refer' to hi file of April 10, 1873, tie will find a full report of this meeting. It is "hi own report, as it appears in the editorial column. He denominates this assemblage "a meeting of the citizen of York county." Therefore, he must admit that their resolution expressed the will of "the cuizenft ioi . xotk county." And if we show, .by what we find in the columns of his own paper, that these citizens expressed themselves in fa vor of the question being submitted to a vote of the people, how can he have the face to say now tbatjgour assertion, that the commissioners are acting agajtfshepiriu of the people, is. presumptuous?'' The ,very . . object , of the meeting was stated, In the language of Judge Mackey (ihe principal speaker,), to be ' whether the . .county : , of York thould wte a iwacriphori'J.0 the -pro posed railroad.?.; He tnen proce ed to speak in favor of the project And eeidJlM tMtina comes, the neopie oi x ont the town Uni 'IWutyiU mvote ly&c He conUded his speech by saying, 'Thope on the day of elec tion, there will be a general turn out of the citizensand, as this is an elec tion possessing no Elements of dis cordnothing to break the! ties of brotherhood between, citizen and citizen that all will vote with sound judgment, unbiased by prejudices of any kind, but solely with a yiew of promoting the common good of the whole county. ,r k The ediforof the Yorkyille Enquir er, the secretary of the meeting, then goes on "to" say : K "Judge Mackey took hid seat amid continued j ap plause, when J. S. It. Thompson, Esq., offered the following resolu tion, in support of which he said the meeting should give come expression as to its object and purpose: "Resolved, That the county commis sioners of York county be requested to submit to the voters of York county on the 20th May next, the question of subscription by said county of $100,000 to the oapital stock of the Chester & Lenoir Nar row Gauge Railroad Company. "The resolution was. seconded by Waa.I. Ciawson, Esq and adopted without a dissenting voice." Thus we have shown th At a large pub lie meeting of citizens from all parts of York was held at the courthouse that the commissioners were re quested in a formal resolution to submit the question to the veters of the county that this was a unan infdus request and that the editor of the Enquirer was then and there (present endorsing the action of the meeting, by acting as its secretary, and assenting, to the resolution adopted. In the face of this the county commissioners (a negro, a Radical and a professed Conservative) a few days after, met together, and disre garding this request of the citizens of York, made an art itrary subscrip tion of an hundred thousand dollars to the proposed road without asking the consent of the people! And the York ville Enquirer, that now prates of disinterested patriotism, was not true enough to its own people to remonstrate against, this unprece dented act of tyranny ! Now who has been guilty of "pre sumption in this matter the Ob seever, for asserting that the com missioners are attempting to force the people of York to pay the sub scription against their will, or the Enquirer fer denying, it? -We, leave it to an impartial public to say. We have still further evidence, equally incontestable, to establish beyond cavil or doubt the truth of our assertion, and we will produce it in our next issue. The Enquirer has made an unpro voked, and discourteous attack upon the Observer, and we intend not to et this matter drop until we have made its fickleness and its faithless ness to its own people appear as clear as the noonday sun. Yellow fever has appeared at Bain bridge, Qa. The people are panic-stricken, and every train leaves the town packed with refugees. Savannah mat sJkare the fate of Memphis. There is danger of its spreading all along the Atlantic coast o the northern limits of the malari ous region. The;citizens of Charles ton, Wilmington and Norfolk, would, we imagine, show wisdom in prepar ing to meet the terrible scourge. 'An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Hon. A. M. Waddell, will lecture in Wilmington in a short time. John C. Heenan, the prize fight er, is dead. General Bradley T. Johnson, is in Paris. - . Hon. Weldon N. Edwards is se verely ill at his residence in Warren ton. Wintermute, who killed General McCook, has been admitted to bail in the sum ot $50,000. Col. S. A. Sharpe, of Statesville, has been appointed and accepted the position of Chief Marshal at the Hickory Fair. John Bragg, telegraph operator at Raleigh, will take charge aa. mana ger of the office of the Southern and Atlantic Telegraph Company at At lanta. Robert C. Miller, of Caldwell coun ty, died in the State Insane Asylum last Thursday. Me had been a prom inent man in his section, and at one time represented Burke and Caldwell in the State Senate. Robert Sexburv. of Waterto wn ' Conn., died on Saturday. , JEIe was a great hunter in Northern New York. He lost a legat the age of 80. Several of Sexbury's children between 80 and 90 were at the funer al if Orange Court is in session this wm?- Turner' of tbe Sentinel, is iL.f l!b?J Pre"n& his suit ;Sm8t Holden to a trial. He eairii rViy ests th attendance of Gen; aid i I'V whom Holden IX?' J!Jlcnols & Gorman are with us") and who- vi one pf the witnesses. COMlTOKlCATEDrp " Died on the Field f Glory." Dr? JohnT. Kennon? a prominent and usefnl jphjsicuui of Memphis, has fallen a victim to the "pestilence that walketrP in" darkness" in that desolated city of the West. He was of that lineage which gave to the Mecklenburg Declaration one of its many illustrious names. The- Doc tor was unusually endowed with phv sical and moral courage. To aban don a post of duty and of danger as. signed him by Providence, he sim ply, didn't know how. In his pro fession he seemed to be one of those "to the manor born." Brave, gene rous, social, free-hearted, free-handed, he made many friends. Whilst living his heart was all aglow with the warmest impulses of humanity. When death came and changed that manly brow to . marble, Nature, proud of her noble son, encircled it with a wreath oi- immortelles which she had herself woven and reserved for the " bravest of the brave." "Go tell the Spartans, thou thatpass estby, That here obedient to their laws we lie." Gambros. Davidson College, Oct. 27th, 1878. NEWS OF THE DAY, The City Hall at Hartford, Conn., has been burned.. On Saturday at Dexter Park, Gold smith's Maid made a mile in 2:16. Only ten new cases of vellow fever were developed in Memphk on Sunday. Doctor Blount is dead. The Conservatives in England have gained twenty-one seats since the general election in 1868. Fifty-one car loads of tea passed through Omaha, Neb., on last Satur day night. Thirty former deputies of Alsace and Lorraine have signed au address to the Assembly in favor ot the Ke public. The Stokes trial in New York is eliciting some extraordinary testi mony, and the perjury of more than one of the witnesses appears to be undoubted. The Harmony Cotton Mills, at Cohoes, N. Y., the largest of their kind in the world, closed Saturday night last indefinitely. It is proba ble that the woollen manufacturers will soon follow this example. STATE NEWS. The Goldsboro Fair grounds are to be sold on the 24th of November. The Baptist State Convention meets in Warrenton on the 5th of November next. Kinston having been nearly swept from the face of the earth, is now talking about a fire company ! A disease resembling meningitis is quite prevalent in Lutnberton and several children have died of it. The Sentinel says that Mr. Gibson Martin, of Wake, raised fifty bushels of sweet potatoes on one-fourth of an acre. A negro named Jack Robinson met his death while out hunting one day last week near Goldsboro, by j,he accidental discharge of his gun. The Argus says another and richer vein of coal has been discovered on the plantation of Major Boggan, near Wadesboro. The Monroe Enquirer has seen the limb of a cotton stalk, with six bolls all branching off from the end of the limb, and opening in a mass. The Monroe Enquirer says that Mr. P. C. Rae, of Providence town ship, Mecklenburg county, recently picked out 434 pounds of cotton in eight hours. The News is authorized to say that the premiums taken at the State Fair will be paid immediately, the Executive Committee beginning on yesterday. The GoldsbOro Messenger cautions the public to beware of an imposter, sailing under the nam of St. Clair, and claiming to sell steam engines for Cotton gins on a credit.- He stole a quantity of wearing apparel and also a horse in Sampson county last week. Green county darkies make short work of it when one finds another stealing turnips from him. Silas Edwards was engaged last Tuesday night in the sport of stealing turnips from another negro who just ups and killed him. - The Raleigh Christian Advocate says :. The Methodist and Presbyte rian congregations at Concord, N.C., held a mass meeting by agreement, in the Methodist Church, on Sunday night, the 19th inst., and, after hear ing addresses from their Pastors, Rev. Messrs; Bruton and McKinrion, raised $105.00, and forwarded it to the Memphis sufferers. According to size, no town in this State has done sb well. .. i The Wilmington Star regrets very much to learn that a serious accident occurred to Captain George Morri son, conductor on the Carolina CeW tral Railroad, Saturday evening. It appears that he was on a hancUcar coming to Rockingham from Wades boro',: when?J arriving at a. point jqst beyond Pee f Dee .Bridge, the hand car ran into a .flat car . .standing on the track. Captain 'Morrison, who was sitting oh the front of the hand car the time of the collision, had bpth legs broken, ' h i- FROM THE I U V -jpatRJGAty PRESS VASSOCIA T10NA SOUTHERN AND ATLANTIC LINE. by telegraph to the observes. T TT T ".f 'j '' ' ' ' t "Speeltll to -the Observer; ( "CoxmrmrS. (I; OcC27. A grand concert for the benefit. Pf he- Mem-. yuut aim oureveporfc- sunerers wok place; to-night at "Parker's Block." The finest musical talent of the State participated, aided by the cele brated !QlttIJpitedStates Army Band lead by Prof. Buchar. An immense audience was present. Columbia will not forgot the sufferers, but do her part. Uur townsman, lroi. Jos. H. Denck and Miss Feinneger dis coursed splendid music, both voenl and instrumental. NEW YORK JNKW YORK. UCt. TO-QaV Was the 18th day of the Stokes trial. The crowd in and about the court room showed that public interest in the case had hot abated. Tremaihe con cluded this morning. He continued his argument on his third and fourth points, and took up the subject of nervous tears and apprehensions on the part of Stokes, and argued that if the jury believed in the existence of these, it effectually id awfcy- with- all loea ot murder or manslaughter. The prisoner and-the, man he killed i it . t met unexpecieaiy ; acting on tne principle of self-defence, the prison er fired. extracts irom legal docks were then-read on the: priik'iples of self detence. iremaine tnen toot up Stokes testimony in his own behalf, and claimed that his story was cor roborated in almost every particular He animadverted at great length on Fisk s character and dwelt particu larly ou his threats against Stokes and the latter's fears. He reviewed the testimony as to Fisk's Distol. as serting that he had one and tried to shoot btokes He contended that the evidence furnished by the clerk was worthless asserting that it had been altered since the shooting. He also made the point that if Stokes did not see the pistol in Fisk's hand, as he' swore he did, he might be insane. Tremaine finished with an earnest appeal in behalf of his client and the court took recess. At 1-45 P. M., District Attorney f helps commenced to sum up in be half of the people. He commenced by a complimentary allusion to the elegant speech of the counsel for the prisoner, which couldn't have failed to touch their hearts. But some thing in his argument were not so becoming. This was not the place tor display ot personal criticism, and he regretted that in his speech the counsel had taken snch a course Phelps then spoke of the solemn du ty and the duty devolving upon the jury. He referred to rumors about the conduct of the counsel, and of the jurors, but said he would not discuss them and would take no fur ther notice of any accusation upon himself or his assistant counsel. He argued that the plea of insanity was a mere subterfuge, and asserted that Fisk's wound was mor tal, because he died of it, and that .. i ft . a i i.:n: .: tne laea oi ms treatment, miuug unit could not be entertained, as the at tending surgeons concurred in a cer tain treatment, and this treatment was proved correct by the success which attended it up to the point when discontinued. They could not leave him todie withougivingsome relief. He said Stokes testimony was not corroborated and showed no justification for the killing. He re viewed the hostilities between the prisoner and Fisk, the quarrels and reconciliations, the legal proceedings in which Mrs. Mansfield was a party, and claimed these in all that Stokes was the aggressor MARKETS. New York, Oct., 28.. . , Money easy at 4 to 5 per cent . Foreign Exchange iquiet at 106J to' 106i for 60 days, and 108 for sight. Gold quiet and steady at 108J to 108. State bonds dull. Stock market closed firmer and higher. State and Western flour closed active at t a concession. Southern closed quiet but steady. 'No 2 3.75 to 4.65. Baltimore, Alexandria and Georgetown, .mixed to good superfine 5.20 to 5.60. Extra and family 6.25 to 10.25. . ; Wheat closed easier. J Corn closed stronger and fairly active. Provisions steady. Cotton weak and lower; low mid. 14; mid. 15. t f COTTON. Cincinnati Weak; mid. 14; sales 96; stock 16,312. ' Norfolk Quiet and lower; low mid. 144:sales 600; receipts l,27o, stock 7,848. 'Wilmington Verv ouiet : mid . O J 1 7 14J ; sales 57; receipts 329 ; sales 75; stock 1,751. 13 J; receipts 738;"tales 34; stock 14,- 927. ' Savannah-Stead v: mid. lAi: sales 3,73$ receipts 3,813, stock 52,425. Mobile Quiet: mid. A5l sltei 600, receipts 442; s tock 20,958. Charleston Easier; mid. 144: sales 1,000; receipts 2,062. Baltimore Dull and lower: mid. 14$; receipts 1,800; stock 6,228. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. There are 130 students at this time in Wofford College, Spartanburg. Some Of .'the journalists ::6f New York, art beginning to demand a re duction of city car fare tothree cents. Donaldson, the balloonist, is build ing a. paper balloon, in which he proposes to attempt to cross the ocean. ., ,, Virginia. Citvy Nevadaia.au ffering for want of drinking water. The great majority of the male popula -rir-,, tion do not mmd it. Polygamy is said to be on the de crease in Turkey, in consequence of the general adoption of European fashions. ..'. r .- ? . . . Of thirty thousand Americans per manently residing in Paris, twenty five thousand ares said to be from the South, i s . . In some of the Western granges, it is said, the members are pledged never to go to law with each other, but to settle all their disputes by ar bitration. The two women who are to occu py seats in the next .Wyoming Leg islature are already practicing throw ing inkstands and dodging law books .Atrreen x$ay man called a young lady his ''precious darling, little han- ey-dew of a rosebud, and then stood a breach of promise case before he could marry her. They manage things differently in Borne, Ga. An aeronaut collected $200 for a balloon vovage. and then backed out. He was properly lynch ed. A Maysville, Ky.. paper says there ia BervH.ui.giri in niai iown woo nas lived with the same family for a whole month, and during that time has been to one but circus, one fair, a colored funeral, six prayer meetings and picnics. At the Vienna, Austria, Exposi tion, Warren county showed the largest cotton stalk ever exhited. New Advertisements. FAIR THE CAROLINAS. ' THIRD ANNUAL EXPOSITION WILL BE HELD IJf CHARLOTTE. UST- O. NOVSKSEB 25th, 26th; 27th, 28thf 29th. Liberal Premiums on Money, and in the Society's Diplomas and Silver Medals, Made Expressly, for the Fair of the Carolinas. Annual Address will be Delivered by GEN. WADE HAMPTON, OP SOUTH CAROLINA. The Society's buildings are ample, and well arranged. Railroad rates for transportation a9 liberal aB for any other Fair. Articles for Exhibition Free of charge. Half Mile Race Track, as good as any in the country. Balloon ascension during Fair Week under management of ' rf PROFESSOR GR0NER. Gyro Pigeon shooting match for a $200 breach-loading gun. Other prizes will be'.added. : " Charlotte Cornet Band, engaged for the week. Season Ticket. $2.00 Single Admittance 50 For Premium Lists and other informa tion, address, THOS. L. VAIL, oct29tf - Secretary. i WATERS & MARSEt COMMISSION MERCHANTS, -:. WE are prepared to make liberal cash advances oh' cotton' shibTSedfo our friends in Charleston, or New. York. Will also attend promplr to sales of cotton con signed to us. Office at Wittkowsky & Rintels', Charlotte, N. C. oct 29- FISH & OYSTER SALOON. HAVING fitted up a Fish and Oyster Saloon in connection with my store, I am now prepared to famish a plate of Oysters or Fish that, shall give satisfaction to any jrentleman. Our country friends Visiting the city will do well to give us a call. We promise them more fish and oys ters for less money , than they usu ally have. We. are also, prepared to furn ish meals for regular Day Boarders; hav-: ing our provisions in quantities from first bands enables us to iurmsn ooara as low if not lower than the lowest. Oct 29 B.N. SMITHS JACOB M. Manufacturer Cigars Tobacco, r trade -yr T tar5 t. Viavsi.rAw- imsm p$ m (Next door to Brem, Brown & Cb'$- Dry Goods Store,) , . -. . CH ABLOTT Ev 1 W. C. Dealers wishing to purchase Qgars wilL Ao Dwelling: nouses and FOR SALE. ul- UJNfGTwo Story Hoik. SKS' twt lots, ha7SUtith fe two niceBa? W ONE Two Rtrv good erarden an. a ? excellent water. w .u We)1 Also,'6ne1iouae with eight room. stories hieh. with two rnnH kS two ItlWlta urnrkrl wall . una ur Lwa idu. u mxv ru rt . '"j j --. r T . uJireii ah new and in rood connMHor. ft... All Terms and nrioea ihrA ' - es ntv i rr"."c 1UIS tor !mi P. S. The above houses if 'nffi ?' willbeforrenV: ; 0t0n MINCE MEAT. Jujt Received a lot of Atmoe'a 11 COll Call soon at and ; J- L. BROTHERS & CO S oct 29 ; s WASTED. I wish to employ a number 0f rplioki and industrious men for the Fair of t? Carolinas, as assistants, guards fcc approaching exhibitioji. Hand in tlts T;L. VAIL, Treas Fair oftheCarolmas. oct 29 - FOR SALE BY the ounce quart or gallon, Silver lK,SeWigMaChine0i1' at the Home Shuttle Office. OCt 29 lw JOSH Billing's Farmers' Allniinax ! For the Year of our Lord 1 8 7 4. Being the 98th year ov Amerikan Liberty and pver 5 thousand years (if i don't dfs remember rong) since Adam did the bizz ness for us in the gardin ov Eden. MORAL. In Adam's sin, We all jined in. For sale at TIDDY'S oct 29 Book Store. CHARLOTTE, N. C, Oct. 28, 1873. Messrs. Culver Brothers : Having purchased froni you and had in use in our families for sometime uast vnnr Farmer's Cooking Stoves, we. cheerJully bear testimonv to its manv eood onnliti. its economy in the use oi' fuel, the rapidi ty with which it does its work, the uni formity of its baking and cooking and the many conveniences combined in it. all tend tc make ifcin our judgment, the best cooking stove in .use, mux as such we would recommend it to the public : J P Houston, M L Harris, J Watt Kirkpatrick Wm McCall, P C Harkey, Noah Bolick, Wm N Alexander, David Corven, J W Griffith, D H Smith, R H Abematliey, J M Strong, W,B-Cochran, Joshua Glover, EH Richardson, Samuel Williamson, M-K Bowdon, M E Alexander, C A Sehorn, M M Wallace, W H Taylor, Timothy O'Connell, J E Brown, J F M Ferrell, J H Black, . E A McAulay, Joseph Weeks, EC Grier, E A Helm, WmL Griffith, Jonathan Stinson, J W Stewart, James Pucke'tt, Wm P McCloud, Wm L Harkey, J S Gribble, J Bluner, John C Hunter, M J Holbrooks, SC.Hager,. Jordan Underwood, James Cohnell, M S Little, a hundred names for oct 28 J Elam Caldwell, R B Hunter, C Jv.HutchJfcson, A B Downs, W C Graham, J A Weaver, JEUriffith, VV A McGinn, J M Coffey, S A Kirkpatrick, John M Potts, T A Wilson,,. R H Hendersoir, S H Elliott, C M Campbell, S D Smith, James L Grier, WS Wilson, PD Furr, SM Stafford, ' H M Dixon, R W Sehorn, J S Long, Wm Taylor, . Jas L Johnson, WHCashion, M M DeArmond, R A Torance, Robert S White, A S Kirkpatrick, E C Griffith, M L Cansler, J C McCatherine, JSReed. D J Harkev, R M McCloud, E Griffin, S B Blankeiiship. John B Kerr, , J C Fite, WmC Wolfe, We leave out over want of space. LOST. rnWO Hounds. One black and tan, me JL dium sized, with split in the left ear, and blue toe-nails. The other is a blue speckled dog, with the right eye a glass iye; end the left a brown eye; an altered dog, "with blue toenaUs. V Five dollars, re ward for each one. , NATHAN CHAPEL, At Col Wm Johnston's residence, oct28 3t Charlotte. Fair of the Carolinas. THE . following rules have been establish ed for the regulations of the "Gyro Pigeon" match by the directors of the Fair of the Carolinas. Prize one double-barrel breach-loading shot gun Valued at $200. Time Friday, Nov 28th, 1873. Place, Charlotte,. N,. C Twenty-five yards rise. One and one-fourth oz of shot No 6. Powder not limited. . Bussey's Gyro Pigeon will be used. Each contestant to have ten shots. The match to be determined by the largest aggregate number of shots striking the pigeon. ; Entrance fee $10. Those desiring to enter will please ad press without delav, J "; JAMES H ORR, Oct 28 Charlotte, MENDEL; : and Dealer in . . i . . . X 1...; , I Snnir, Ac. STREET, well to give mei a . call V V oct 24 -r(4t'