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it HP it, - . : CBAS. JOWESf Editor & Prepriytor ishtkbxo at th Post-Ojtici at Chiswwtj, H.C.. AS SBOOHD-CUkSfl MATTES. FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1880.: SUICIDAL, IN ANT EVENT. The news from Chicago this morning is lull of significance. The struggle portends disaster which no result can avert. JfTSrant is nominated,fwtoch now seims improbable, the element which doggedly refuses to support him in the convention and bitterly fights him at every turn, can never be brought to his hearty support in the election. If Grant is not nominated, the influence of theConkling. Cameron and Logan factions will be lost. The bitterness which has been engendered cannot be healed. If there was ever , a doubt as to the success of the Democratic party this year, it has been removed by the wrangling, the hesitation and the scram bling at Chicago. This is the lesson which the report of to-day teaches. GEN. SCALES TPI GOVBKROB. This paper has greatly deprecated the unfortunate quarrel now going on be tweeen the friends of Gov. Jarvis and Judge Fowle, who are regarded as rival candidate for the-Democratic nomina tion. tor Governor of the great State pi North' Carollna,vancr when Ve" thought the time had come, as between thecan didates then before the people, promptly expressed a preference for the man of our choice JjetWeea the geatjemea then in the field. From this morning and henceforth, we propose to advocate the claims of another gentleman, against whom no charcre can be broueht. and for whom the people of the whole State entertaiiv the very highest regard, and the men tion of whose name will cause a thrill of joy through every patriotic heart withift the State, ajidilwt name is ... of Guilford. On last Saturday a letter was address ed to Gen. Scales askiiig in unequivocal terms, whether or not, he would con sent to idlow his, name to go beforehe nominating convention at Raleigh, ami we take pleasure iff laying the reply "te" fore our reader?. It is as follows: GEN. SCALEb' LETTEl'. Washington, D.C., June 1st, 1S80. Chas. R. Jones, Esq.: My Dear Sir In your favor of the 9th ult., you state that it has been as serted, apparently by authority, that I would not allow my name to go before the people as a candidate for the office of Governor, and that you and others desired to know whether this was true. It is well understood that I am a candi date for the nomination for "Congress in my district ; and with my present ex perience 1 believe that I can serve my constituents more efficiently than ever before. Under these circumstances ). say to you frankly what I have stated time and agaia.to others3, I neither seek nor desire any other position. On the contrary I have discouraged the use of my name before county conventions in my district for the nomination for Governor, and restrained my friends, as far as I could, from any public demon stration to that end. While this is so, I must repeat to you, what I have said to others who put the question directly, that if from any cause my party, in con , vention assembled, should decide that I was the proper man to carry its banner in the coming State contest (a contin gency most remote) I wOuld do what every loyal Democrat should do, accept the situation and devote myself to the work. I have authorized no statement inconsistent with this position. ' . Very respectfully, A. M. Scales. This settles it.. Gen. Scales agrees to carry the banner of the Democracy from Currituck to Cherokee, if the peo ple desire it. The time is short that must intervene between now and the assembling of the nominating conven tionJune 17th but there is yet time for the people to take the matter in hand and raise a "boom" for General Scales . which will Jiiake the welkin ring from the moahtainat the, seashore. -He stands on the platform of the statesman- and feelsthat it wotiH be a sacrifice -for him to enter the con test, even, at tha call of the party ,juid4 with assured victory before him, and yet he is willing to lead if colled; on to do so. No charges, sgtkt tiioae.,' iattat the doors of Jarvis nd Idwle?xaa:iUewi4c cessfully made against Gen. Scales, and without saying anything derogatory agaihtipjerf XSereg ndiflitirf for the highest position within the gift of the people of North Carolina, we be lieve the time has come, "When ;f or patty harmony and party success, both men should be laid aside, and some man sub stituted who will give us such a can vass as. will assure xia the victory For weeks the contest going on between the friends of both Jarls andTnwirrOote-a"a-Tinit. Notwith standi in the newspapers, has grown to-be wry Ditter, ana our Republican friends, if .either be nominated,, will -need no better authority for the charges which they will assuredly $rig, than Democratic newspapers and.)emocrat ic records, t Ny 'one regrets this more than wedOj. . Ve have discountenanced such a danvassf rem the beginning-, but the fates have decreedr otherwise, and nun wan buc ai iCi i rttl v V 13 UUOn US, we boldly assert that the trme! haa come i when the .' Democratic party of i.xuim , vaiuiyiii luuaii put jorwaru a majLwliose yery name js the sjnonym of victory, and that man is Alfred M. Scales. He asserts, and very truthfully, too, that to undertake the candidacy with all that jLhe term jmpliesrwill be a sacri. uc9 vwicusf j?Wi i iueu , are cauea upon to make, but he is willing to make that sacrifice. He does not seek the nomination, and is only will ing to enter the canvas a tjje spopf an eouscaU ofhU 'party. This Is ferty patriotism which wfll jgeojerf bring ts reward in the eftdeMlb Aot Vt lteTftjftJfWlMf Auroliia, jure eitbtitfrtasonSble or'ungenepoua, and while a candidacy for the governorship hA a sacrifice to (3n! fe'aIs-J Ifc will inf.is near life and riffor into id tne iJsmocraiiaparty wmnu. may ,buuj: time be in a condition to award other and higher honors. But, over and above all these consid erations, his nomination will lead us to a grand Democratic victory, in the State as assuredly as will the Wheels of time bring around the the ides of No vember. With Gen. Scales as the leader of our party, there will be no lag gard's in the path of duty; there will be no skiers to tyie rear, because every body will impose implicit confidence in the skill, the bravery and the ability, notles than the faultless record of the commander. The Observer, as a co laborer in the ranks of the great Demo eratic Tarty, Raises thScales ban ner, from now until the meeting of the State convention, for the good of that party. It dees so without prejudice to either of the gentleman now before the peo ple, but because the bitter partisan con test through which we have passed within the past few weeks, has de monstrated that defeat is possible with the nominatieiof either. This paper ulls strictly iwttHm the party traces, but in the discharge of ;duty it some times becomes necessary to stand on the shore and point out the shoals, and quicksands to the party ship. . That ship is the salvation of North Carolina, and on board of it are the hopes ana the aspirations of more than, a million people, aroundwhose name is clustered the history of more than a century, as unsullied and as untarnished as the white sand which lines the beach on Cape Hatteras. The present is an era wDicli -calls for a skilled; pilot, cool iierves, a practical knowledge of tte channel,' qiii6ksrfhds afid "sand bars,1 which must be passed, and Alfred M. Scales is that man. Let the refrain be caught up- and be borne from yQitifc towri to, town, aye, from hamlet to hamlet, throughout the State, until no man in North Carolina will hesitate to bow be before the bar of public opinion, which will make Alfred M. Scales the Gover nor of North Carolina for the four years succeeding the 1st dayof Janu ary, Anno Domini, 1S81. . . Intelligence .was received heye yester day of the nomination, on the tirirty seeood ballot, by theJemcratip con vention of the third congressional dis trics, at Fayetteville, of J. W. Shackle ford, of On 6low county. Tlie Waddell and Stednien could not unite and hence a dark horse. Keogh has lost his placjfe on the Isa tional committe. The North Carolina delegation at Chicago elected AV. P. Cannady in his stead.' H A NG1NG ?N THE BALANCE THE FIEHCE STRUGGLE AT CHI CAGO. A Day' Fight with no Decided Victo ry Urant Apparently Weakening; and AaKing for DelayProbabilities ofa Long Fight To-Day Coukling's ConfesKiou Scenes and Incident. Chicago,' June 3. At midnight Kirk Hawes concluded the presentation to the credentials committee of his side of the case of the contesting delega tions. He not only claimed that this committee should seat the twenty del egates from the ten contesting districts, but that it should declare the seats of the four delegates at large vacant on the ground that they were chosen by the State convention in which a major-; ity had been obtained by , the improper exclusion of the1 regular appointed dele gallon from Cook county. Bob Ingersoll made the concluding argument for the contestants after E. A. Stprrs had presented the case of the 8itting1delegation. A member of the committee said, there was n .doubt that the contestants woul'f' be" seated and probably the seats of the delegates at large be vacated. In the Grant caucus last night the short hand reporter were present dur ingthe speeches which Boutwell and Coukling made. The former declared they had from 325 to 380 votes on the first ballot, and that the nomination of Grailt was secure. Conkling said there was no .use concealing or perverting if acts;, it was time now, to look the. mat ter squarety in tne laoe. JSot more than 300 votes were assured tor Grant on the first ballot, and they need not count on more unless thev secured them hereafter. He, advised, however, that they hold tocether , throueh -the first, second and to fche tenth, bailor if necessary, butnot to yield?. Thev would veniually-worry; dutiheir opponents and win; tney wouliLneither. offer... or accept a compromise: breaks would ctfme from the.?;dthet cariliditeaj atd then they would gain cojivArt. A com mittee of one from each State repre sented atrthe caucuA. was annninttxl to visiiuie various wiate-TOiegaHoatB-afia-t repon progress tins morning. At this A . H A -m . poil omwrroceecupgR), tne reporter waJ soBierAat summarily remoVed from the meeting. "" It is repqKteAtj CitaiwariQessna, of the Pennsylvania delecration. visited icapuiioiomtjr, out maiming to represent the most of the delegation, offered to turn. thetPannsylvania vote over for Ed!bun4s ifnd Harrison. Tire Indiaba delegation did not discuss the matter seriously,, as Harrison, objects to the The Kentucky defecation held a cau- etts-tHreflirffled the resekrtie of the fetate convention instructing them to "viiifiiV- irpDoaravojritte delegations says four will disregard the instruc- tions. v.r Aftei" COncluairtn of Jhhpjrlno:thii f!lKe48-conteBt -in "Hie-committee oh credentials, at 3 o'clock this morninff. a vote onr the contest iii the 7th district wi ziiauaiua was xaKen, resulting in re adying to report in favor of the admis sion of Gov, Smith and Willard Warner, contfefctants. by fa, vote of 31 to 1 3. Gen. Kaum.inember of the commit tee, who also) acted as abairman of the Springfield convention, then addressed the cfmmittee at length on the Illinois contest. The committee finally acU journed at: 4 o'clock until 1 1 to-day, without reaching a vote in the Illinois case. j-iio Huu-committee on rules and or der of j. business, after a.longrses- swn, -agreed to"- a ' , list of tUles nearly the same as " those adopted at the Cincinnati Convention in 1876, the principal difference being in rule 8, which reads: Itt the Feeord of vntia 4 Dy states the vote 'of eaca State and lerntory and the District of Columbia, ouoik wti Aiuiouncea oy tne - cnairra in and In case the votes of anv State: lei- ritory or the District of flnlnmhia shall temyitM: tjfe chai,rjnjrtt shall anhoMc thfr nrimberof rotes 'cast for W 6arf- rOT ror or ag?nt any proposition, gate to tlte correctness of ,any.8ich wi- rManewaant y the chajraaaa W delegfefabif, thenpresident-of tbJBicoiiveh- tipn,snaii direct trie names of tne mem. f fcers of sueh deiegaUon to b called and 1 7ul u- wh jpmunuiau jfiyentne, lawexi part i this rule from "but i exceptions is an addition which does awaywith the unit rule. By the tenth - rule it isro vided that the Kepublican national committee shall consist of one member from each State, thus doing away with the representation of Territories1 and the District Or Columbia On the com mittee. 11:30 a. m. Not more than half the delegates are in their seats. The gal leries are only three-fourths filled. The New York delegation has just entered with Conkling at its headj who received considerable applause in the galleries. . 11 :40 a. m. The gallery and floor are filling up now rapidly, and the scene in the hall is very impressive. The con vention was called to order at 11:45, the committee on credentials being still in session;. . ana it is saia can t report for some time. An interesting aiscus sion is anticipated to-day, and the indi cations are that there will be an earnest contest between the rival factions upon every point It would be hazardous to predict the results, but it is believed the credentials committee will admit at least 18 of the 20 contestants from Illi- uois, who were admitted originally to the Springfield convention and subse quently ousted. j i a : A ... A lloar cauea tne conveiiLiun lu uiuci at 11 :45. He requested ail otners tnan membei-s of theconvention to withdraw from that part of the hall assigned to delegates, and directed the sergeant-at-arms to enforce the request. The aisles were cleared after some delay, liev. F. A. Noble, of Union i'ark Congrega tional church, Chicago, offered a prayer.' It is said the committee on contested seats will not be ready to report before Conkling moved tne convention au- journ or taice a recess tut six p. m. Hale made a point oi oraer mat tne motion was debatable. The chair sus tained the point and it is now being de bated. Mr. Hale, in his speech, stated that the convention must remain in a state of suspended animation until the .committee is ready to report. Mr. Conkling followed Hale, claiming it would facilitate tne jousiness or inecpn ventibn by taking a recess, and said it was not in, order to proceed , uu tne cam m i t.t.ee on credentials had reported. The motk to take recess was lost. Jov. of Michigan, offered a resolution that the contestants from the State of Illinois be heard in the convention by counsel. A motion to lay on the table was lost, and the roll of btates on Joy s motion was ordered. Joy subsequently withdrew the resolution. It has been arranged for Col. Bob Ingersoll to pre sent the claims of the Illinois contes tants in the convention. The committee on permanent organ- -ization reportetHhe name of, Gep.. F, Hoar tor president. .J? rye, or t Maine, moved that the committee on rules and order of business be - requested to tq- Vovt. Sharpe.ol JNew lorK, said as tnere wpukl be majority and minority re ports he asked' that it be delayed till the committee on credentials reported. Garfield said that under an agreement they wouWrfot render a report fcntU the comniittee on credentials had re ported, unless ordered by the conven tion. 1:10 p. m. Frye, of Maine, moved that the convention take a recess till 5 o'clock. Adopted. The committee on credentials is still in session, ana it is said cannot report tor some time. The committee on credentials has voted to admit the id contesting dele gates from the first, third, fourth, fifth, ninth, tenth and seventeenth congres sional districts of Illinois, and passed the contests in the second and thir teenth districts to allow Kaum to pro duce further facts concerniug them. The committee next considered the con tests in the second and third Kansas districts, and voted, 2" to 10. to admit the Grant delegates from both districts. A recess was taken until six o'clock, when the Louisiana case will be taken up. Tiie convention was called to order in the evening session at 5 :2b. Hender son, of Iowa, said the committee on cre dentials would not be ready to report this session. He moved, therefore, that the committee on rules be requested to make tueir report so that the conven tion could proceed to business, y . Ijogan, of Illinois, sard1 the commit tee had agreed to defer their report on rules and order of business until after action on the report on contested seats. If the convention desire's a victory for its work its members should not raise an axe too hastily at the heads of their brethren. JCheers. The rules ought not to be adopted before they knew who were entitled to seats as representatives in the body, especially as one of the rules to be reported Would limit speak ers to five minutes each. Let the com pact be kept that was agreed to- by members ot tne committee, and let the consideration of rules be deferred until tne report or the committee on creden tials is made. At this point Mr. Conk ling entered amid applause as he passed up tne aisie.j concluding, ne (Logan) urged the withdrawal of, the motion. Cries of no.1 "Some gentlemen." he said, cry uno." "Is it because you are determined not to stand by the agree ment of the committee V Do you desire to rjde .roiigh-ocL-Over-jaiembera Shouts iJf "Springfield," f romthe ,al-. lery.1 I cannot be throlvnrfE-hyl gtozta 1 personal allusions I Hrrv-Hbt addressing the galleries, but the con- TrA.iAn ' r i : 1 li -i J Hefrdefson. replied that he was glad to learn the sentiments of the distin guisJieUentletrran from IllfAQifcThey wpoldrecfttiff Jtbe iMe;oanSfcJE,rom no gentleman was he more glad to hear than Ifrom him that there must be no rough-icung over thjs cpnvention.JTu AfuLtupas aidlausf.7f e; Ivap gjacl hW tue contenuing columns here cominfy together on the field of fairplay. Ap )lause. The gentleman asted why this lasts.. He, on tlie contrary, asked why this delay. Apprause. The chairman ofythe committee on rules indicated here this morning that there was a com pact made in said committee, such as Logan- hasasserted." Jbe convention was now organized and ready for work, aiidhe mustinsist on his motion to pjoeed to Easiness. Applause. In conclusion he stated on the authority of the Kentucky member of the coni-mHtee-who signed the minority; report that v it - was in fact "readjr for beingr reported this morning. The Kentucky member of vhe committee rose and denounced as a misrepresen tation Henderson's statement that the minority report was ready this mom ifcgi Another committeeman; rising, shouted excitedly that Mr. 'Hender son's statement was. accurate and true. Applause and excitement Boutwell asked if it was true that the cojnmittee on rules would report in f a yor pf limiting all speeches to five min utes. He said he' should vote against such a rule if it. applied to arguments on the question of contested seats. Sev eral other delegates were proceeding to give their views on the five minutes rule, when Henderson; xf low i, suggested that it would be time euouli to discuss the-rules after the committee should have reported them. 1 He said his-isso- ciates hadno desire to take ah trfait4 advantage of any one, but he wanted th0 business ,tp proceed, and the way to do these things was to receive the re port and act upon it. C Sb, ot N4w frm, skihis mine r ity report'' was h6wready and it was siarned bv reDresentativ6nf nin Staff flwos4SqQ?aCLari to the snc 1 cess of the Republican party if in the fiommg fiqntestat was to succged.f Tlaej Committee hod agreed to ofefcpeBetlWI (enrorcemem .oi4.ne uve minutes rule I until the compositton bfhje eonfention f yraa decile, -If rthat agrfiemenc ..was pop unanimous it had been, at ajl eyjents now moved to amend the motion by or dering the committee on credentials to make its report. Mr. Garfield said there was no ground for any charge of bad faith by anybody in the committee on rules. He did not understand that any such charges were made. Thd fact was that the commit tee agreed that they would not of their own motion present their report until after the committee on contested seats should have reported, but whenever the convention chooses to order the report, from his committee the latter had no other duty but to obey. He said also that the proposed rules were so drawn as to leave to the convention the power to extend any speaker's time beyond five minutes whenever it should so choose, even though the general limita tion of each speaker should be fixed at five minutes. . Conkling, of New York, said some hours ago the convention had adjourn ed until 5 o'clock for the purpose of giv ing the committee on credentials time to report. The meaning of the recess was that when the convention came to gether again the committee on creden tials would make its report He had been told by members of that commit tee that they were ready to report, not in one or two or three cases, but in nearly every case referred to it. Why should not that committee make such report as it was ready to make, and that the convention pass upon it? He submitted that the good faith and good understanding of all concerned would be promoted and observed by proceed ing now to consider that report of the committee oh contested seats. .Henderson, of Iowa, replied that a good reason why the amendment should not prevail was the fact that while the committee on rules had finished its work and was ready to report, the com mittee on credentials had not completed their work and would probably not do so before to-morrow morning, and until then could not be here themselves to ex plain and sustain their own action. The chair stated that the question was first upon ; Mr. Sharpe's motion to amend so as to instruct the committee on contested seats to report. Mr. Sharpe asked; that the question be taken by ayes and noes, and the chair, exercising his own , discretion in the absence of any adopted rule, so or dered. The vote was : Alabama, ayes 20. Af ter the vote for Alabama was an nounced a delegate from that State rose and said he wished to vote in the nega tive. The chairman: "If the gentleman wishes to vote "no," his vote will be re ceived and recorded." Applause in the galleries. Arkansas, ayes 12; Califor nia; noes 12; Colorado, ayes 6; Connee ticut, noes 12 ; Delaware, noes 6 ; Flori da, ayes 6, Georgia, ayes 6 ; Illinois, ayes 42 ; Indiana, ayes 6, noes 23 ; Iowa, noes 22; Kansas, noes 10; Kentucky, an nounced 24 ayes. A Kentucky delegate rose and said there were delegates rrom that State who desired to vote "no." There were four stalwarts who desired their votes recorded "no." Applause and hisses. Because of the delegates' excited and boisterous manner the chair ruled that all debate on anything else, than correction of votes would be out of order. The chairman of the Ken tucky delegation here rose and said he would then give the names of the four, but just then Mr. Conkling went up to him and said a word, which led him to forego his purpose and take his seat. Then the four Kentucky dis senters stood upon their chairs in the presence of the convention amid great applause. The vote of Kentuckv was then recorded as 20 ayes, 4 noes ; Maine, 14 noes; Maryland,! ayes, 8 noes; Mas sachusetts, 7 ayes, 17 noes ; Michigan, 1 ayes, 20 noes; Minnesota, 3 ayes, 6 noes ; Mississippi, 8 ayes, 1 noes ; Mis souri, 29 ayes, 1 no; Nebraska, 6 noes; Nevada, 6 noes; New Hampshire, 10 noes; New Jersey, 18 noes; New York, Mr. Conkling, by instructions of his delegations, cast 47 ayes, 23 noes;North Carolina, 5 ayes, 15 noes; Ohio, 3 ayes, 41 noes; Oregon, 6 noes; Pennsylvania", 29 ayes, 23 noes; Rbode Island, 8 noes; South Carolina. 7 ayes, 5 noes; Tennessee, 15 ayes, 7 noes; Texas, 9 ayes, 7 noes ; Vermont, 10 ayes ; Virginia, 17 ayes, 8 noes; West Vir ginia, 10 noes; Wisconsin; 2 ayes, IS noes; Arizona, 2 noes; Dakota, 2 ayes, lno; District of Columbia, 2 ayes; Ida ho, 2 noes ; Montana, 2 noes ; 3n ew Mex ico, 2 noes; Utah, 2 noes; Washington Territory, 2 noes; Wyoming, 2 noes. Total ayes, 316; noes, 407. Pennsylva nia asked to cast two additional votes, aye, of the delegates who had just ar rived. This gave Pennsylvania 31 ayes to 23 nays. Michigan corrected its vote to l aye and 21 noes. Thus corrected the chair announced the result, ayes 316; noes 406. So Mr. Sharp's amend ment was rejected. The announcement was received with tumultuous applause and cheers. The question recurring on the original motion, Mr. Branazee', of Connecticut said he rose.in the interest of order, harmony and peace. He had voted against the amendment just re jected, but he thought there was a fair understanding in the committee on rules that their report should not be made until after tnat of "the committee on credentials He moved to lay on the table the pending ijaotion instructing the latter committee to report, with a view to adjourning 'until to-morrow morning.; The motion td' table was .aarreed to. arid the. convention, on mo tion of Mr: Metcatf, o Illinois, adjpurn- ou hi, o:o Mutu to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock. SOtJ-JTlf CAROLINA DEMOCRATS. A Harmonious Convention Nomina tion of State Officers, . COLUMBIA-- June 3. Thft rnvpnfinn ei assembled at 10 a, m. The following State ticket w'as then nominated : Gov ernor. Johnson Hagooi.: Lieut-Gover nor, J. D. Kennedy ; ,Secretary of State n. xl. ims ; jornptroiier-iLenerai, j. c, Coit; Attorney-General,, U F. You mans; Superintendent of Education. H. S. Thoh36on ; Adjutant and:Inspec- ror-ueneraj, a. m, jvianigauit; State Treasurer. J. P. Eichardson. Gen. Hagood, in a brilliant speech, manKeo, tne ; convention for the honor, and in accepting the nomi nation pointed out the sline of pol- iuy 10 ue pursued m tne campaign. Church matters. UERLiN, June 3. The first article of the Church bill which has been rejected by the committee, gives to the govern- uiciuuiBweuonary powers m tne appli cation of those decrees which' forbid any but German subjects and all who nave not undergone the course of : edu cation prescribed by the other learned professions from receiving appoint ments in the Catholic Church. ' . ' .. . : ' Church Burned. Brooklyn, June 3. Elm Place Con gregational Chqrch, Dr. Jos. Wild, pas tor, was destroyed by fire last night. Jyoss $50,000; insurance $30,000. A valuable organ was burned. . : 1 fyi , " Death of the mprevs of KnsftiC; : St. Pjetersbtjkg, June 3. The Em press of R0s$ia, Marie Alexandre vina, died' this rhorning, in the 56th year pf her age. . ... ; ; 1 : raoTHsfiuB. . 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Our stock of Ladies' Fine Button Boou. cUKIVns Gaiters, Slippers and Newport Ties, and of Gents' Hand-Made Goods, in Congress Gaiters, Prince Alberts. N"hvv";i, Strap Ties, cannot be surpassed in GOOD QUALITY, Style and Beauty of Finish. Buy only the besl. ShodJy G,. s are always the dearest. - . A. E. RANKFN & BRO mar25 ' " . . . Trade Street, iinder Ctr:il secretions which Is a delicious and REGISTERED. Mecklenburg: County orficers TVece Mity for a Cbane. To the Editor of The Observer: The communication in The Obser ver of the 7th, on county elections, county officials, &c, gives a word in sea son. Our party seems to forget that in the management of county affairs the principle, that we as a party wish to make prominent, and upon which we have based our fight for ascendency in the affairs of the nation, is the same principle, though administered on a smaller scale. It seems that the party does not know, or knowing, does not take enough interest in the affairs of the county, to notice that every evil has but a small beginning, and that if we practice or follow aline of policy, in minor matters, and the course pe is sued is not wrong, to follow it on a grander scale, is but applying a princi- fde that obtains in very avocation of ife. Are we not drifting, and that too, at an amazing rate, toward the very means for electioneering purposes for which we so strongly, and justly too, condemn the workings of the Republi can party. Can we afford to let down in matters that pertain only to the county and allow means to be used to secure to any man the nomination that are held up by the whole Democratic press of the country as base, mischievous and wrong, without going into the great Dattle tor tree government, tainted with the same odor which has caused the nostrils of the nation to need a con tinual application of musk to keep in safe breathing trim for nearly two scorces of years ? Let us go into the fight with clean hands and lift the veil tlwt has hid for many years the statue of liberty, and been the means, to some extent, of turning away the thoughts of the people from the reality to the phan tom that would destroy it. L.et us clean out-athome and then, when we call for yeas and noes we may reasonably ex pect a rousing answer as we would have it, and forever settle the question of the third term. The country would breathe easier, the State would rejoice, and the nation would shout evermore. We would love to see those who have been hanging on to the lower trunk for so long a period, loosen their hold and gently drop to the plain, admonished as they are by the autumn breezes that it is time to fall, and not make it necessa ry to apply the pruning-knife that is already sharpened and will certainly be used if need be. They could look back in after years with satisfaction and pleasure, and tell to children and grandchildren the tale of a. well-spent life in the public ser vice, endorsed and sustained by the people, and all that, and smack their lips over what was, and enjoy their otium cum dignitate without the sen sation of an approaching canvass for place, and look on with sympathizing tears as they see others battling with the angry, waves of the political ocean as . they rise and fall, carrying a fe w safely to the desired haven, while oth ers are- sent to the bottom to rise no more, and they themselves, having crossed and recrossed time and again, .now safely moored, to go out no more forever. Grand thought. Earnestly, Mr. Editor, without saying one word against the official conduct of any one now in . office, for they no doubt have 'been faithful, it is time for a change. This whole community is of that opinion, and doubtless many oth ers, if hot every toWhshipinthe county, is of one mind upon" this subject. It is time the townships were speaking !out. Only one name has been . suggested as yet for the county offices, and we en dorse the suggestion heartily, and hope that good men will be selected for all the offices and carry the county by an increased majority at the next election. Unless this is done, we are certainly in danger of defeat, even if we should hot deserve it. It is time to begin to think about it at least. Let Mecklenburg put on her best clothes and lead the State to victory. Then at the presidential election, even if Grant is the nominee of the Chicago convention, we need have no fears so far as our own county is concerned. Let us be in trim for the fight, and there is no better way than to take a new start at once". Countryman. The Itttthniu Canal. Washington, June 3. Admiral Am men has received a telegram from En gineer Menocal stating that the Nica raugan Congress has confirmed the con cession recently granted by the presi dent of that Republic to the American company for the inter-oceanic ship canal across the Isthmus. Is There Sneh a Tlitnir as t.ni.k9 it,1?., f e com,ne censai returns to be made J oi.,io. V OUI" cunous statistician has been F"? tm tne past experience of the draw- Lf?? "i'"e Louisiana State Lottery, which takes nipAfS8TO8pectoi getting a prize by the lnveajt ttakAfH??1 one doCar to ten for a whole or part febcapltal prizes of 8100,000, 8ft0,- toentthSuJ any rale of periodicity beyond Srtifity mme one will draw them on the toi5rt gut &oone draws ttie capital prize t tSl otil5.r are strikingly confirmatory t)tl New way. Broad- 1 .vt- Our stftfes'. are "how Bi supplied wlihylfain tna new Vnrut 'tl:v- .Tk. nas acme iiyuj. its -:: :,t anmoll.V,:.ca'JUCa!, evel7 monia ana semi anmially under, the care and supervision of Grtis irara vim AvtiAt rni. j ' . ' i r rri" iuictosicu write to m. a. xmunnm. BURGESS NICHOLS, Wholesale and Retail Sealer In ALL KINDS OF FURNITURE, BEDDING, &C. A FULL LINX OF Cheap Bedsteads, AND LOUNGES, Parlor & Chamber Suits. COFFINS OF ALL KINDS ON HAND. Ladles' and Gentlanum's Rnrtni Robes a fine supply. NO. 5 WEST TRAD! STREET. CHABLOTTK.N.C. Bonesst Bourbon Tonic An elegant Combination of boneset and other fine Tonics with a ripe OLD KENTUCKY WHISKY. From oar large stock of pure. SfS?; SSrS16 8t or pnrpose. Our tonic MUST Bg JTLMB OH NOTHING. We have no use for raise pretenses. For Dys pepsia, -Malaria, DeWUty. the Feebleness of Delicate Women. The JrrOStraaon Of Overworked CInmnn. anA Phvaiolana tha Ynnwt.iA causes Bad Breath, and ail Bronchial Weakness' U -f reliable remedr. - ' C0AMBERS & BROWN, Lois?ilIe, Rj. mar9deod6m-w'w6m. i s -J A,-.-- .J'"k-k-J WHOLESALE 0(D IE E AND Commission FULL STOCK MEATS, LARD, FLOUR, &C. MILLER'S PATENT FLOUR Finest in Market. College and Fourth Sis. Jfiist Received AT i J, "4 LEROY DAVIDSON'S THE LARGEST, Tu- AND UOSP COUPLET E Hi. JUST AliliXYED A Fine Lot of Hams to be Sold Cheap. flour, coffee. sugar, molasses. syrup, grits, tobacco, lard. cigars. ca goods; candy. ORANGES ft LESOHS, AND EVERYTHING FOUND IN THE GROCERY LINE, WlIOLESALF AND RETAIL. CALL AND GET YOUR BARGAINS. Respectfully, LeROT DAVIDSON. maj27 goItacjC0f Set. LTSS5ceLr,,,!ta Western; Nortn CaroBna Is Med il(&t8 brand, e; orfftyoa art dealer: writeltn mtfrfoifT eSca Ian and Wholesale price Address SON.HICXOIT.U i .1 t. . r ri l SOEIS Musical McSMITH MUSIC HOUSE, CHARL O TTEj N. C. THE ONLY COMPLETE IN THE SOUTH. LUDDEIM & BATES PBJUafciXD. TERMS EXACTLY TILE SAME. S s, to I BAND INSTRUMENTS, ORGUINETTES, ALL KINDS OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, SHEET MUSIC. &c. Send for Illustrated C;italogu and Price List H.McSMITH, CHARLOTTE, N. C. McD. ARLEDGE, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN Whiskies and Tobaccos, College St. CHARLOTTE. N. C. THANKING his friends for the liberal patronage bestowed on blm In the past, he begs to in form them that he has made arrangements with the distillers in the mountains that enable him to keep a full supply of North Carolina Corn Whiskey and Apple Brandy on hand, and he is prepared to offer special Inducements to close buyers, and ihloksbfe afn make It to thfelr ..Interest to see him before porcbas1n-e1ewbere. fW All ORDERS wi:l h ,;ve "hls;iest attcn'lon and the lowest market prices. Respectfully, McD.AR EDliH. apr-t ly. , F. C. MUNZLER, DEALER IK BOTTLED LAGER BEER, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Fresh bottled Lager Beer delivered to any part of the city every morning at 75 cetts per dozen bottles. 411 ardots V-ft -at i. Flschasser & Co's. Ice House, lor nr f f. E Selgldc po.jwfll re ceive prompt attention. ' -' BOUNDARY AVENUE Is now open to the public, and I will In the fu ture, as in the past, make It i THE FAVQRITESrlMMKB KESORT for the citizens of Charlotte. Open from 3 to 8 o'clock p. m. Ice-cold Lagtif Beer always on hand. apr27. t 17 STOP ORGANS; ed. Only $97.75. New Pianos Sub-Bass and Coup ler, boxed and snip ed, only ssn.75. New nanos, 8195 to si.rsuu. Midsummer offer Illustrated free. Address V -T W V T I L1 Til? . T"V VOnt'Uhrnn XT Y - --y El) TD1? AT 757 Broadway, . 13. liHi.l New York, pub lisher ot First class Subscription Books. waits one or mere-Agent In - wery county, Steady work aod i est terms. aNERMENTEO MALT AND HOPS LI THERE Is no greater BUotttvPCBmoie and Lir fimsu PRnrciFLK tn the world f ine'M clne than MALT BITTERS, prepared by the MA l.T BITTXRa COMPArTT from unfermented Mai. ana hom. It Is h Derfect renoyator of feeble an-1 exnausted jeonstitutions.'-. It' ennenes stltutii soiidifiea bones, 1 lens the tnliselfe: the nTTe.'perfecL qigeaUoife : cheers ttt roe nd and vtailzs1th newijfe every" fluid thehody. Itls so, ecanse- ItetfTkes at the root of all de'HUty rKEBLKtrDlOKSTION and LMrOVJElil-iH- D BIuOjp Sold eriwhera,,;; j,.. , 20 Gold or Silver Motto chromo Cards 1 cents With) nMHAiA!saa. akk. J- R. HI 1ST AD A C6iflfA-Btf tiiree Wm-aweiling with XI- WeUtf good water, oh wmietiltith ahd5) streets. Apply to ' J k.V$kT ' June l-3t . Cor. Ninth and 0 Sts. MS yliSlSSiW ANO mm Em m .it saw ti 3 mm the fcicwu.
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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