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Yba 8 PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY D. H. HILL, CHARLOTTE, N. C., Devoted to the vindication of the .truth ot Southern History, to the preservation oi Southern Characteristics, to the develop ment of Southern Resources, under the changed relations of the Labor System, and to the advancement of Southern Interests in Agriculture, Mining, Manufacturing and the XT anh anU A ft a ' In addition to the contributions from the f writers of " THE LAND WB Love " the services -will be secured of twirh men of Science, and of Practical Farmers, Miners, Machinists, &c. o . TERMS OF SOUTHERN HOMK One copy, one year, in advance, Five copies, one year, -. ' : : : Tn conies, one vear. : : '. $2.50 11.25 20.00 The remittances in every case must be by onecK, r . u. vruer, or itegisiereu ueira 0 j- To those -wishing to subscribe to an Agricultural paper we would state that we will furninh the Southern Home and Sural Carolinian t . 4.00 14 " and Southern Cultivator ' ' 4.00 ' To Advertisers. The Southern Some, having now the largest circulation of any paper west of Raleigh,, affords a fine adver- LlOiXllT UlGUl-UlIX AAawavvv D. H. HILL, Editor. Randolph A. Shotwexi,, Associate Editor. CHARLOTTE: MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1874. Voices from the Past. It is characteristic of great minds, that their genius is often unconsciously prophet ic, and their utterances gain in weight and credence as Time, the great revealer, un folds and confirms them. How strange for instance it must have sounded to the cotemporaries of Thomas Jefferson in 1821, when two-thirds of the Union were slave holding, and abolition doctrines almost un heard of, to hear him using such language : ' "Nothing is mqre certainly written in the book of fate than that these people (the slaves) are to be free. Nor is it less certain the two races equally free cannot live in the same government. Nature, habit, opinion have drawn indelible, lines of distinction between them. It is still in our power to direct the process (colonization) peace ably. .. ' If oo the-contrary it is left to Torce itself on, human nature must shudder at the " prospect. We should in vain look for an example in the Spanish deportation, or de pletion vof the Moors. This would fall short of our case." Jefferson's words fell on his auditory like the idle, whistling of the wind; yet within forty years later they were realized by the forcible emancipation of the slaves ; while 'the prediction that the two races equally free cannot live in, the same government, finds an echo in every heart, and is at this hour confirmed by despatches from' all parts of the South announcing conflicts between the races. Already there have been seri ous encounters in Louisiana, in Arkansas, at Austin, at Somerville, at Byhalia, at Mobile, at Augusta, Charleston; George town, and many other points. In our own State disturbances have occurred at Wil mington, Newborn, Wilson, Raleigh; Ashe villo and Robeson; and but for the almost abject forbearance of the whites there would long since have, been blood-shed in all the counties having large negro. popu lations. Over the line in our Carolina sis- t ter State, the dread of a conflict of races is wide spread and growing daily. . Where is this thing to end ? If Jeffer son's prediction be true, and the two races cannot live-together, which race shall go to the wall ? Is this another problem for the South to work out in . sorrow and suf fering and the best blood of her sons ? Not less prophetic were the declarations of Daniel Webster against the Abolition ists, then just beginning to display their purposes and power. How neat a sketch of the misrule of the past decade, is the following: . - "If these infernal fanatics and abolition ists ever get the power in their hands they will override the Constitution, set the Su preme Court at defiance, change and make laws to suit themselves', lay violent hands At - -. ' JI?- ' 1. . on moBe woo araer wnn mem in opinion and dare question their infallibilitv. and finally bankrupt the country and deluge it in Diooa. But the great Southern seer, John C. Calhoun looked still more closely into the future. It is now a quarter of a century - since he penned his address to the people ' of the Soutti containg the following para graphs, yet every word sounds as if it had been written after the fact. "If emancipation ever should be effected it will be through the agency of the Federal Government, controlled by the dominant pow- trw i oi.ui.ii. u i me jonieaer-. acy againBt the resistance and struggle of the Southern. it can only be effected by the prostration of the white race; and that would necessarily engender the bitterest feelings of hostility between them and the North. Owing .their emancipation to them. , they could regard them as friends, guardi ans and patrons, and ; centre accordingly, all their sjmpathy in them. The people of the North would not fail in ta and favor them instead-of the white! Un- der the influence of such feelings, and im- polled by fanaticism and love of power, a volitical and v,T " VTT former owners by giving them the right of puuuc omces under the euerai vjovernment. Agam ue Bays: "itaised to an equality, they couid become the fast political associ ates of the North, acting and vriKnctK them on all questions, and bv thin uki union between them, holding the white race in the South in complete subjection Tk blacks and the profligate-whites that might : i :i.u ll 1 l i .6 ""I uuno wiui wcui cuum uecome the nrinci- pal recipients of federal offices and nat ronage. and would in conseanenhA ha ed above the whites in the South in the i uicai ana social scaie. t-- ;. . ... We would in a word charm condltiono with them a degradation m-eater than has ever vet fallen to th lnt KT. fr .n enlightened people, and one from which we could not escape should emancipation take place (which it certainly will if not prevent- rr uu. uy neemg tne homes of ourselves ana ancestors, and by abandoning our country to our former slaves, to become the permanent ahnlA a;a, and wrctKQ - " --wuCOS, . ;, vu" ie880n to be learned from instances . .-cprUpnecy 13 that by forsaking tne counseiaolthewiseandgood, by permit ting encroachments upon the constitution by allowing fahaUcism and all rf- "isms" to soring n. yA bv the neelcct of iTTi A 1 - , ,. Z, i. w "Merest uwv" r """" w American; people have transformed the model Bepub - lie of Calhoun, Webster and Jeffefson, in to a co-mingled scene of anarchy and des- pot ism, of moral and political corruption, and of bitter suffering, poverty and humilia tion on the part of eight millions of South erners, i Da Mortnis nihil nisi bonum, -It has been said of sailors that they sometimes! repeat theirj ."long yarns'; until they come to believe them themselves. Whole nations are occasionally 'self-deluded in the same manner. An idea or a sen timent that has come filtering down from generation to generation is thoughtlessly accepted as axiomatic, and passes current among men, unquestioned, simply in defer ence to tradition, or; because the masses would rather adopt, than investigate it. For instance there is not to our mind a more precious bit of humbug thap the Bcrap of Pagan philosophy expressed above "speak nothing 1ut good of the dead." Considered as a mere sentiment; it is pret ty enough and makes a show of charity and magnanimity; but the fiction is mani fested when you reflect that the injunction is not to refrain from thinking harshly of the departed, but merely, frpm making one's thoughts known. tThe forbearance is all outside, like fashionable mourning for rich but ill-tempered old relatives; yet such is the force of custom that many good people would be shocked at the least cen sure of a man in his 6broud; even though he had been a public functionary, or one whose life was without profit save as a warning to his species. It is a common thing to see persons cursed as the very embodiment of depravity to day, and to morrow, when dead, lauded without stint, and followed to the grave by a "large con course of mourning friends." A man may play the rascal, the miser, and the rene gade up to the very hour of death, yet if he have wealth and a wide acquaintance, in due time he will have an eulogistic obit uary, and an epitaph ranking him among the good and virtuous who "deserved well of their country." It was not strange that the little girl in the cemetery wondered where the bad people were buried, since all the tomb-stones she saw bore witness to the angelic virtues of those sleeping below. Now to strip the sentimental sophistry from this subject, taket the question; why should any one strive to live honorably and leave an untarnished name, if all men are to fare alike in the grave as respects reputation ? Why reprove a man for an worthy conduct in life, yet when his miscon duct has borne fruit in an untimely death, forbear to point to the , warning conveyed, but rather proceed to whitewash his char acter? Or with what consistency can we denounce the living rascal, while speaking nothing but praise of the dead one i But it is said that the grave ought to cover all faults that the burial shroud should shield from all reproach him it en folds. We repeat that this is a pretty sen timent, and looks magnanimous, but under the light of common sense it fades to noth ingness. Reputation is the product of a man's life and labors; if the latter be credit able, his post mortem reputation should reflect honor on his name, and be cited for the emulation of his survivors. If his re putation be discreditable it should receive censure, and be made to serve as a warn ing for others living similar lives. . The true doctrine in this matter is not to hold, have, or exhibit any resentment against the dead; but in all things to speak the truth concerning both living and dead. It would be indecent if not unchristian, to hold malice against one no longer amenable to human responsibility; and above all should we avoid falsely accusing or slandering the dead. But the same justice that causes the world to point to Nero as the pattern of a tyrant, Caligula for cruelty, to Henry, the Eighth, for licentiousness, and to Thad Stevens for blind fanaticism, warrants us in showing up the vices of an unworthy fellow citizen, whether his fault be political, moral, social, or otherwise. Let us be fair to the dead as well as to the living. And let every one know that his future name shall depend upon the character of his pre sent lite. Shameful Conduct of an U- S- Judge- Were it possible to out-herod Herod were there degrees of baseness, yet unat tained by that infamously famous Bond of "Iniquity," yclept "Jeffreys," we should feel obliged to award the distinction to the creature who signs himself "Dick Busteed, United States Judge for the District of Alabama' Bond and Busteed are the very antipodes of Barnes; but the men are twins in infamy, with the single difference that xsond is a tool of the administration in a dignified way, while Busteed rather likes to serve his royal master and carry his own purposes by personally wallowing in the Blums of mongrel politics. It was only last week that we heard of him skirmishing around in a black-and-tan nominating convention, exciting great in dignation among the whites by his incen diary speeches in favor of a negraaspirant, I -n now we nn Paying bully in I championship of another of his Ethiopan associates. An insolent negro forced his way into the ladies car on the Selma & Montgomery "Railroad. The conductor told him the car was reserved for ladies, and on his refusal to withdraw, took him "J "llu w cJCUb At lQls JQae Busteed jumped up. and drawing a pistol, 101(1 tQe blacli scoundrel to . stand his ground. He then called in a mob of twen t( th "ense alarm of the lady Pas3enoers- Finally when the rioters had given vent to tueir insolence, tuey were persuaded by one or two white scallawags to leave the train. The dispatch adds "Great indignation is manifested at such conduct of a United States Judge.' We should think so 1 The only thing we can't understand is, why the conductor didn't call in a posse and pitch the whole - gaQg under tho car wheels. Busteed needs Ww l,;- k, . 1 ji . . . n'. t.i -" I "ecu UU. we UKH It. IDB AUDUniUlg i , , ' ' WCCP " were saiieu away, Wltn similar specimens of decayed Ham. in some obscuritv. nnirlA iAn. Ati.n. than the -unerring instinct of a mongrel's nose. . But, shade of Blackstone ! How fallen is the character of th Nftf;rti Bon.w Qrant haa ha1 t. fi. . w, 1 have supposed a dozen vears a?n thaf. th O u W .1 L1KJ WU1U ' I T7-l- 1 T:: . - . fouctw ouLuoiaijr wouia ever have a liond, a Busteed, a Uurrell, a Story ? , And what crime can equal the debase - ment of the Courts of Justice ? nf Ta" Childrin's PiCNic.The Z P,cnlc tor the poor, colored Children .of ; )wu, wnicn toor place j nday, will 1 long pe remembered by the boys and 1 Bri wnoenjoyea it, tbroogbt&e fiunanessl State 10 their hands is so great as not to 1 of Mr Hurley atMt. Pleasaat. Abetter or tHow tbem to spare even i the eraves of I ?0re .Serous ; work t has rarely been j aone ln ay Boothern city. . f A Yankee Disgruntled With' Arbitrary Elections.'. ; .-r In politics, as among private individuals, ;t mokpo ft rrreat deal of difference whose nf . o , . . . . i After all the years oi .h.meM .b or power ,be wherein every vestige of fairness was elim- inated from, the elections and all the influ- ence, and agpney of the government, repre- in senting the dominant party in the -North, was used to "cover up dismert . Wte l have "deputy marshals of the extreme par- tizan type at hand to sustain the acts of Judges of election and United states i 11 nA m.nnar OVtlffl f I II tl II IN W 11,11111 X.U.1.X allU UtlMMftVU I orders" after all that has been said by the Northern press in commendation of the ad ministration for its mal-treatment of the South, we read with distended optics, the fallowing from a New York Radical sheet: "With a set of supervisors, an interest ed in allowing and covering up dishonest votes,; deputy marshals of tne extreme par tisan type at hand to sustain tne acts oi the supervisors, and United States troops within call and prepared to execute orders, the Chief Supervisor could, if he would, manipulate and control . the elections at will."' And the editor goes into a long tirade against abuses of the election law. . He considers it "scandalous" "tyrannical," "despotic", for such things to be, instead of the old constitutional plan of free boxes, open ballot, and a fair expression of pre ference in the choice of officers. Well, we can't sympathize with him. Chickens come home to roost; so do wicked and oppres sive acts committed by the dominant fac tion in a Republic. We have been made to eat the leek until we have lost that deli cate sympathy that made our ancestors rush to Boston Heights to defend the 3-cent-tea-tax economists of that region. We shan't rush any more: not much ! TheTohpedo System. We'said last week that Gen Gabriel J. Rains is the father of the system, which has completely revolu tionized naval warfare and made the de fence of a harbor a cheap and easy thing. Just after the battle of Seven Pines, Gen. Lee sent for Gen Rains and told him that the James was full of yankee iron clads and wooden gun-boats and that it seemed to be the design to attack Richmond by water. He asked Gen R. if he could use torpedoes in the river so as to . frustrate that design. Gen. R. who had used tor pedoes with great success at Yorktowni undertook their manufacture on a large scale. The J ames was so filled with them that Richmond was safe on the water side and no more apprehension was felt during the remainder of the war of an attack in that direction. Gen. R. organized a Tor pedo Corps and planted torpedoes in the harbor ot Wilmington, Charleston, Mobile, &c. U. S. Naval officers have said that they could have captured Charleston at any time but for fear of those terrible, un seen foes. Little boats, too, were construct ed carrying two of the corps and with an immense torpedo at the end of a beam. These were called "Little Davids" and the largest Goliahs of the ocean were afraid of them. No yankee gunboat would ever venture into a river where one of these dar ing little warriors was known to be. One of them attacked the largest iron-clad in the yankee navy, the flag-ship of the squad ron, anchored right in the midst of the yankee fleet. The torpedo did not explode exactly at the right point, but it tore a great hole in the iron-clad, and came near sinking it. The "Little David" then re tired and though thousands of balls were shot at it, the mark was too small and it was not hit at all. In the attack on Fort donnston in juooiie naroor, three of the H l t - T i 1 ' , i I uve iron-ciaas were aestroyea oy torpedoes, young cnicsens wnicn, losing their pa During the war there were 58 vessels des- rent, refused to go with another hen, but troyed by them and the fear of them was so great that no war-vessel would venture to go where there was any suspicion of their being hid under the water. All the great nations of Europe have recognized the importance of the torpedo system and have organized lorpedo Corns. vv e are proud to state that the inventor of the system is a North Carolinian. . The three great inventions of the age, the re volver, the telegraph and the torpedo, are of Tar-heel origin, but the world does not know it and probably will never recognize the fact. A Gallant South Caeolisian Speaks fob his State. From a leading editorial pf the Dallas, Texas, Herald edited by E. C. McLure, formerly of the Chester Reporter, we extract the following which is unfortunately only too true. Speak ing of his late fellow-sufferers the white inhabitants of South Carolina, he says : "They have done all that manhood could do to avert their rnin. but all with. out avail. In the providence of God thv seem to have been called to suffer. That suffering they are bearing as bravely as they did tbe shock of arms. "It-is true. they are being despoiled of their real estate to have it parcelled out among their negro rulers. Already an area larger than the State of Delaware has been forfeited to the' State for non payment of the excessive taxes, but we have yet to learn of the first man who has been tempted by the hope of saving uio prvuvriy tu aiTince IliS Character hv U . i ..am. A :i 1 . joining the infamous cre'w of negroes and taieves mat is rnnng and robbing the State. 6 "To givo one instance of the lene-th to which this spoliation is going, we codv a portion of a letter received by us, on Monday last, from Dr A. P. Wvlie. of Chester, South Carolina. ' That it may be fully understood,- we would state tbat Lyman C. Draper is the secretary of the oiate jiistoncai society of vv snnnn n that ho has been engaged for years in procuring material for the life of General Sumter, 'the old game-cock of South Carolina,' and that Dr Wylie has been engaged in assisting him in his researches. Dr Wylie in his letter to us copies the fol- ,u w,ug eaoi irom a letter just received ir?m draper: : l tee! sad over the miseraoie conaition ot your istate. 1 had - .-v. lluul wucnu a lotlnr f ha nt hor (fin n 1 r. a gmuu wu, ocuauuan oumter. rest a,nS ncar btatesburg, in bumter county, aymg lie bad just consigned the remains ot his only brother, lion: Thomas. D. Sumter, to the grave in the old General Sumter ' homestead with the Sad feel ing from the fact that the land had been forfeited for taxes and he could not see bow he could redeem it. I am in debt several hundred dollars, and .vet I would orladlv ftnnkrihntn fifW AnUnm nm.-Aa gladly contribute fifty dollars towards a fund to redeem the' grave and homestead of the gallant Sumter and preserve it to his descendants. Cannot such a fund be raised among some of the descendants of those who knew Sumter's love of coun try, and fought Cinder his banner ? ,The bare recital of the facts are suf- (. Hcient without any comment. That the rapacity of the thieves, who have the the revolutionary herots, should call forth a burst of indignation from every honest Camden; S. C., August 17, 1872. ' Col. T. H.Brem, Charlotte, N. C. ! ' Peak Sra : I will give you a detailed account relative to the arrest and release y. H. H. Houston J it- Oo Thursday morning i receiveu iue ton j etkrDd early Friday morning tnat ne waa at tne hotel Three men came a buggy and registered as ; " , rtJ . - j repaired e&ty to the residence of J K Witherspoon, one of the citizens, who had jiormeny Deen cniei -oi ponce, ana at nis SUfffftJBWUn, ftUU WILU an earnest desire to protect the parties who had been swin-4 ww died, 1 proceeded with him to tne otnee of Trial Justice Con Bart, there being no other in town) made the necessary affi davit, and had him arrested. He, at the suggestion of the Sheriff, sent at once for lawyer James M. Davis. He had the right to a preliminary examination. On that preliminary examination, I produced the Charlotte paper containing tho ac count of the forgeries. I had also receiv ed your telegram, "Hold Houston by all moans." Lawyer Leitner, on behalf , of the Bank, insisted that there was ample testimony to hold him. The Trial Ju3tice showed very soon, that he was determin ed to release him on the pretended ground of want Of sufficient evidence. Leitner asked and urged; for ftime. but it was refused. He was! released from arrest, and immediately escaped. , . Cou-r sart went to the hotel and received mon? ey from Houston before he left; what amount, I cannot eay, but probably a good pife, On the receipt of your telegram offering $200 reward, the Sheriff said be would proceed with a posse immediately, but to my utter astonishment, I found, late in the afternoon, that , he, bad not gone, a earing tnis, naa tnree men io start, who rode all night, but could get no trace of the party. The Sheriff, (who liko the magistrate) is a Radical of the deeoest dve. connived at. if he did not assist him to escape. Deep and lasting censure rests here upon both of them. When Mayor Davidson's message to our Mayor arrived, Houston had been gone' some time. There is not the least doubt in my mind, that money defeated the ends oi justice. 1 should have men tioned abovre, that Houston did not deny his identity, said he was the man named in the p&per, but that the charges were false and slanderous. Houston is com pletely bewildered, and carries guilt in his face. Yours Respectfully, Sidney Readino. I certify that the above facts are true in every particular. J. K. WlTHEBSPOON. .Language of Insects and Animals- Our notice eras lately attracted to the labors of a colony of small black ants, which has taken up its abode in a chink in the wall outside our office window. A solitary ant, evidently on a private fora ging expedition suddenly encountered a scrap of bread, which had fallen on the sill several feet from his home. Instead of nipping off a fragment and carrying it away, the insect apparently made a care ful examination of the entire piece, and then turned and run at full speed back to the hole. In an instant, hundreds ot ants emerged and marched directly to the bread, which they attacked, and very speedily, morsel by morsel, transported it to their dwelling. Another good instance is that of a ter rier dog belonging to a friend, from whom we obtained the facta. The ani mal somehow, it seems, excited the ire of a larger dog, and accordingly received an unmerciful -shaking. Shortly afterward, the terrier was seen in close consultation with a huge Newfoundland. The result was that both trotted off together, and found the terrier's assailant, which then and there received a furious thrashioff from the Newfoundland,"while the terrier stood by and wagged his tail in high glee.- m t.j. ii jl ne last case wnicn came under our ooservation was tnat oi a orood oi verv 1 1 . ' W manifested an extraordinary affection for a pair of turkeys almost as jnvenile as themselves. The turkeys have assumed all the parental functions, scratching worms lor their charges, and gathering them under their wings, -while- tho Chick ens appear to comprehend the signifi cance of the turkeys' "peep" equally as well as they did the clucking- of their natural mother. In the case of the ants, it is clear that the single insect must have imparted the news ot his discovery to an entire com munity of his fellows ; in that of the dogs, the terrier must have made the Newfoundland undoratand the circum stances of his misfortune, apd eo secured sympathy and assistance; lastly, be tween the chickens and turkeys, apart irom the singularity or the relation, it is curious to remark that tho language of one fowl was understood by others of different species. Scientific American The following interesting particulars of the escape of Marshal Bazaine from his prison on the island of St. Marguerite have been received in London : "The apartments occupied by Marshal Ba zaine opened upon a terrace, which was built upon a lotty and precipitous cliff,. overhanging tbe sea. A sentry was pos ted on this terrace with orders to watch tho prisoners every movement. Sunday evening the marsnai walked out upon the terrace with VjOI. y uiette, his aid-do- camP At 2 o clock he retired as- usual, apparently to sleep, but before daybreak I t-v ,-4 AAtfAH Yta .r. TT I uv "ttU cuouucva mo ceuauti. iie musv bave crossed the terrace in the dead of night, and eluding the sentinel. : gained the edge of the precipice thence, by the means ot a knotted rope, he descended to the sea. He evidently slipped during the 3 . . j . uescent ana tore nis nanus, as the-rope was iouna stained with mood in Several places Under the cliff in a hired boat, was Bazaine's wife and cousin. , They received him as he reachea tbe water, and Madamo Lemanebate taking the oars, rowed directly to a strange steamer, which had been lying on the island since thei previous evening. They reached the vessel in safety, were taken aboard, and the steamer then put to sea. It is thought they landed at Genoa, as the steamer proceeded m mat direction. The first news of the affair came to Grasse; the nearest place on tbe coast, and the magistrates of the town imme diately sent officers in every direction to search for the fugitive.; There was a great commotion in Marseilles when the fact became known. An investigation was opened, and Colonel Villette, who was walking with the Marshal, on the evening of his escape, was discovered there and imprisoned. The command ant of the Fort of St. Marguerite was placed under arrest, and Gen. Lewein has gone to the island to investigate the af fair." . : The Wilmington Journal . of Sunday says : The same culvert that wrecked the excursion train on the Carolina Central Railway last month, was -washed awav yesterday morning, and but - for timely aiscovery, would have done the same for yesterday's down passenger, train. The up freight from Laurinburg passed over i' j j- . uc yr uu toe section master GlSCOVerea the injury just in time to save the down passenger train frpm a periOUS disas- ter. a North Carolina Hews. A new TSaptist Church is talked of in Monroe; They have begun work in earnest on the Chatham road. '.. . fi. f.. end of Tha' Eniruirer savs that the bijf tbe horn of plenty seems to rest in TJnion ....... i county-tnis year. . .. Mills Ik Eure, is elected Judge" ot the First District over his opponent, J udgo Albertson, by a majority of 2,500. ?r DrvWilliam Cameron, of Hillsboro, had a fine mare kicked to death by an other mare last week. Worklifl progressing quite rapidly on ino railroad from Wilmington to tho Sound;- : ' Thfl Uil bnildintr of Yancv county, be- gun, fifteen year ago, ifotyApproacb; ing completion . . r z North Carolina pays $1,492,546,96 In ternal Revenue tax. i uVfeeh States pay more than JNorth uaronna. : Lon WUliam&rof Y&dkiuand'j Mr, is ran a naa.a iaooung aurar iu.uhjli on the dav of election. Brand was shot in the abdomfli Si jf g- f Mr. C. E Alhinf a natovVof this Slate and member of tbe firm of L. Green & Co., PetersburgiYadiedjquite sudoeoly in that city las'. Saturday. NaRh countv.haa the smartest man - in the State-. - H6 is 2i years bf&ge 8 feet high and weighs 40 pounds.. His name is Billie Nope. ' Last Thursday at Polkton,.Mary Ha ley, colored, shot' and killed Elias bmitb, colored. The jury of inquest brought in a verdict of eruiltv against the'w.otn&a who was arrested and lodged 111 laitJ The Wilmington Journal says that Col E. R. Liles. for some months past,, edit or of the Wadeaboro Argus, has with drawn from his connection with that paper on account of political differences with the proprietors ot tbat paper.-: 5 Hillsboro Recorder: A prominent re publican here, upon hearing the result of the Congressional election in tho btate, remarked: "Well, that's all right; there are seven gentlemen elected, and they ought to have ono darkey ' to wait on them." x , f - . ;, The- most remarkable result 01 any county in the State, is tho election to the House of the infamous, Jim .Boy4,-by the good people of AiAmanie." He i4 regatoy: ed by all gentlemen as meaner and more contemptible than the meanest negro in the State. Yes, wo would much prefer seeing thero Geo. L. . Mabson, of New Hanover, and this is saying a graat deal Citizen. Messrs. Griffin and Pettieord two young men with an old grddge' between them, met at boutu ijork. precinct m Forsyth county on the day of election to settle their differences. Griffin fired seven shots from his pistol and Pettieord went home with one finger les8 than he was born with. Tho Newbern Times .learns that member of the band emnloved at the Atlantic House, Beaufort, while standing in the door way 01 tbe cook room on oat urday night last, slipped and fell out, his bead striking the brick breakwater, and sustaining as is feared, a fracture of the brain tbat may result fatally. The Raleigh News says : We are happy to be able to announce to the citizens of Raleigh that the Great "Archibes Gravity," Wilson Cary, of Caswell, wil re-occupy his seat in the House of Repre sentatives next winter. Give him his old place under the picture. Cary is by no means a bad negro, and we regard him as an improvement upon the member 01 last year. The Journal tells of a row which took place in a colored clurch in Wilmington last Friday night. A number of disor derly persons were -present, and made a disturbance, when the sexton undertook to put them out. In the melee which followed, a man and woman were cut with razors. Five arrests were made by the police. W. H. Moore, colored ' Justice, of the Peace and member elect to the. General Assembly from New Hanover '.county, was tried before a Magistrate oh Monday for having stayed the election, and hav ing acted 10 a boisterous and ' disorderly manner at the polls. The Journal says a justified bond of $500 was required of him lor his appearance at Court. The Raleigh News says : If this sort of thing goes on, Jim Boyd, ISsq-, ot Ala mance, Scott, of Jones, and the negroes of 'Halifafax (leaving A. OaksmAtb to hear from) will be the only negroe in the House. That Snobbish Affectation. . The N'. Y, Express recently, illustrated in rhyme a current English affectation: fif pruuuuuiatiuu, vviiu uu luirouuction in prose, as iowows : - -v:- "u nougn tne coia or mo jnnrniRg.was so inteuse that a thigh of beef was frozen through, a thaugh followed before nights" Either Neither. Haveyou seen the dictionary : Of this new vocabulary, Which pronounces Either i-ther, And pronounces Neither ny-ther? Do not call it affectation, Shoddy Show pronunciation :;; It upsets the ei dipthong, Making e and i-cbahge places; :. , With the ease of Grecian graces : Only. let them change thear'statlons-. In liko place In all relations' Change their places in-believers, Change them also iuxlecfiveje ? Chansre concirf id nnricttelcf. ' ' v ' - Fortune's freight to fright f ffrigibted, For the rule which gives ua irther , Changing neither, into hythet,' ' "' ' ; Makes believers all bely vers.- ' And deceivers all decyvers, The conceited man concyted,' Why le tbe freighted ship is fry-ted, Deigning, too, is dining, true, For every Hne brings something new Vein is vine before this current; . Weight is wite, with Yankee accent ; If you cannot change this, also, Speak as others do, or should do. T. W. Cardozo, Mississippi Superin tendent of Education, a negro from South Carolina, publishes a communica tion in Fred Douglas lira, in which he says : "It is better that tbe whole State of Tennessee - should be reduced to ashes than that the civil rights bitt should fail bucn are tne sentiments ot leading ne groes in all the Southern State's -and eim- liar violent sou irvuzieu ' language is common among them, is in I net their staple eloquence and their theory of poli tics. Is it to be wondered then that the white people are organized Into "a race party to protect society from such sava gesy The negro Congressman, Elliott, is a candidate for the' Legislature from Aiken county. He wants to "fill an aiken void. The Badical paper a' callMtf 'ipatrioiisnv Lin him to give up ; $6000 -In .Congress for ouu in tne uegiBiature ; , out Xiiuotb knows that a nominal $600, . With all the perquisites and stealings of a South Card Una.: legislator; (under S&dical rule) is much better than a paltry tUU0 in Con gress, uesmes, the negro means to sop plant patriarch Mpses as" Governor, . ' W v.- ' i . An nld hanhelor bhv (U miinn tb jadie3 alwavs readmarriage ! notices, the firHt thino- in the naner ia because thev South Carolina Items. Everybody went to the calico ball at Glenns' Springs. A new post office has been established at Rock v River., l in -Anderson,c coanty. witbMrj A. MJNbrris as postmaster;''; i A brother of Barnaido has banged hiht self. . H: -y- W. tv; HI Mosby and CotH JaaS SPayne Vir about to -fight a duel but that inevitable policeman came up and kept the peace. Mr. T. H. Hoover of Steel Creek town ship had two mules stolen from him last week we are informed. Some sacrilegious scoundrel stole a splendid heavy hunting case gold watch. made by Josh Johnston, Liverpool, from Rev. W. J. McKay, Maysville, S. U., last week. With it was a ladies neck chain, and a gold badge bearing'the inscription "Dialectic Society." , Mrs Mary Gafney .died in Spartanburg county on.the 13th inst.; aged;92. Mr. J . JULortorvonCPaeolet rivr died the :' 1 - M.L- . Jf 1 O name aay. j .juJs. Deverfcon uieu iu opar- anourg on ine .izta ; inra. xnzy tjavio died at, Woodruffs on the 19th inst! Private letters from South west Georgia state that in Ih a last: four, days caterpil- Jars have made their appoarance in. large nnmbers. The larmers are in great tear lor the cotton crops--', v" ' ' , We are sorrv ta 4earn that Jjiorida is threatened also. . . ' Radical Riot. Charleston, August 16. Georgetown, in this State, is the scene of a dangerous contest botweh the negro tactions, led by iiomley and Jones, ba eegro .members of the Legislature, ty, in which negroes have a large major ity. A Bomley meeting, ion Wednesday was broken up by the Jones faction, 'and one colored by stander dangerously wouuxieu. .. , ' Rubbers were sent out, and armed ne groes poured into town during the night some of them nest morning tried to kill Bomler; and at midnightThursday there was heavy faring, which was lound to be an attack on the he-use of Jones, who was slightly wounded. There were sever al other slight casualties. -On Friday. Born ley's house was attacked; atid Bom ley, to save his lile, surrendered to the Sheriff, and is now in jail. On Saturday at noon, the excitement was still ib tense aud the town .aS:.fiUef wtbi armed ne groes. None but "radicals were " in the riot, but the white citizens are ' alarmed lest some careless word or act should cause the attack upon them, which they have no means 01 meeting. Charleston, August 19. Advices from Georgetown represent the town still crowded with negroes. The militia is still guarding the jail. The commander of tho revenue cutter sent a letter to the collector, of this port to-day, stating that the cutter could protect United Mates property, but that there was not an adequate force to protect the proper ty or lives ol citizens. An order was re ceived hero from Governor Moses to-day for one company of negro militia to be ready to go to Georgetown to-morrOw The militia was summoned, but only- twelve responded, and . they, were sent out to arrest the defaulters. The Adjutant-General of ! the State is to ar rive - to take command, and the troops were dismissed at b p. m Joseph McJunkin, an apprentice of the Union Times, Unionville, S. Q., being grossly insulted by Jim Knuckles, a negro politician, obtained a pistol, and happen ingto meet Knuckles, shot him in the head The darkey still lives though in a critica condition. McJunkin fled. Another case of civil rights' teachings tragedy in UA8T0N. rom a corres pondent of the Observer, we learn, that on Wednesday last, near. Cherry ville Station on the Lincoln Railroad, Ben McGinnis of Gaston, was killed by his father-in-law, James Moore. Mr McGinms, when intoxicated, had been unkind to his wife. She deserted him, and, going to her father's horde,?! refused to live with him again. - McQinhre,armed'1 with a pistol a tew days after this emeute, wont ' to 'MOore's .house and a difficulty ensued about the child. Moore, desirous of: -avoiding a personal; ;encon;tjer,'; had tari'icadod the doors ' and ordered off his ' eon-in-law. McGinnis shot at Moore twice but missed him. He then attempt ed to cut down the, dopr wilh an axe, when Moore opening the windowj shot him in the breast. McGinnis fell dead, with ase in one hand and ' pistol in tbe other. As Moore was defending his own life and every man's home is his castle, it appears that Moore was justihable in this f ad. tragedy. At the colored preachers' convention ia,-CDumbIa, th'eTirqwiBg r;TntereslIng proceeaiogs : ; The convenn brok9,up in a row be- tweeo-Sam Le cofor'dd, of Sumter, and State Treasurer Cardozo. Lee who c'alms to be a Reformer, made a severe attack on Treasurer Cardozo denqunr. cing him aa . a dishonest official-r-when the keeper of the State money-bags etiuck from the shoulder and- stretched the Sumter Reformer on the floor';, andr when the latier arose anu maae peuiger ent demonstrations, the portly, treasurer gave bim another sockdoilager, . and and the" combat ended. .The' COlumni Union-Herald mildly describes this as a warm discussion between Mr., Cardozo, Mr. Lee and Others. ' Gen. Braxton Bragg has beeni appoint ed Chief-Engineer the'Galf, Colorado Santa Fe Rmlroadand wlu begin a sur vey of the line soon with a corps, of 100 t i. Dele3ATE3 Appointed, The junior of the Home, andlMraK S, Williams have been elected delegates- to-' iW--Grand Lodge; I. O. G. Tf which meiBts . in New- nern next month; ' Hon. W. H. Bailey says the Concord Sun is wrong in ascribing to him change of base to tho Democratic party JtLe is p the same pid .ba.se; . Attention Frmer IF YOU WANT TOUR LAND 'WELL PLOWED, AT THE SMALLEST EX ! PENSE IN MONEY,! AND IN LABOR OF YOUR HANDS ' - ;" - AND TEAM, ' -rOU &ROULB BUY THE Farmers l?riendPIo w Chilled Castings. -j. OR ;THE ' ' .---- ; Brinley Steel Plow,; 'y. BUBWELIi; GRIER V CC; : i CHARLOTTE;. -N t C. '::i FRUIT "JARSi; tl rT:yfi , CASES Self-Seanng;'ruit Jmjlj " 'JiiBt received bv ' " . ' . ; V : . W. R. BUBWBIit tOl'ft Si -m-i mm m 1 n I f r. fe v -v Notice to Grangers and Others. THE COOPER WAGON. Parties desiriuc to turpli Waarou, will leave their order with M...; Grier 4 Alexander, East Trade street, Charl loitB, r. " giviug yourordera, Ifsprine seats breaks, and tops are desired, it will beSjecessary to so state. A description and price list will be furnished ou application No orders will be received after the lotli ofSept. W. D. ALEXANDER ftug 524 ,Zt A gent. "Gleaveland Female Seminary. Cleaveland Mineral Sprisgs, -N.'C. The nextSe8sion. t this Institution will commence Sept. 291, and contimi without intermission; iiqtil June 4th, I8t5, Fhe H5. Railroad passbsr within ? of L mile of the; Springs, and hacks are in readiness at King's Mountain, 12 miles dig. tant, on the Air Itine Itailroad, to convey passsecgers to tbe Springs; car particulars; apply to T. W. Britvahd, . Or Mrs. T: W. Brbvabd. f "nc'P&'p. tTHE LITHIA WATER BUFFALO SPKINGS. Prompt Belief giDen by it to a Painful Bladder Affection of Two years standing. CASE OF MR. GEORGE JX. COLE, OF WARREN COUNTY, N. C; Buffalo Spbings, Va. ' Au 10, 1874. Col. Thomas P. Goode ' Dear Sir: For two vears I have been th victim f a most distressing atTectloti of the BLADDER,' the passage of my urine occa sioning great pain at the time, and contin uing foreometime afterwards. vDuring this period, I was treated at one time for four months continuously by one of the most skillful . physicians i of my section of the country, but no medicine afforded me even temporary, relief, i One week ago I arrived at these Springs, and commenced the use of tfcfi. JULXJH.IA WAT.fc.li. In twenty-four hours I experienced decided-relief,-and I am now petfec.tly i free &dni!every . unpleasant symptom. Respectfully yours, ,L,l QEORQE D.:COLE, Of Warren county, N. C. QRAVEL of many years standing relieved CASE 'OP MBS. HENBT LOFTIS, OT MECKLENBURQ Stated by Dr James Shelton. BUFFALO SPRINtIS, VA., Aug. 10,1874." Col. Goode Infcomphance ,wtth your requeaVI-give you a. statement f the ease of Mrs.-Henry Loftis. She had been a great sufferer from Gravel ' for a number.of years,, medical "treatment accomplishing nothing for her, beyond a mitigation; of suffering. She recently began-the use of the LITHIA WATER here, and in a few days discharged a gravel weighing, I am confident, not less than twentyrgrainsjp wbich is jiow ln Wy possession: J . -i-YoursJcCespectfully, ; . . JAMES pHELTQH. .M. B. . CASE OF DR. PAUL d VFNARLE, Of Mecklenburg Co., Va., one of the oldest and most intelligent practi tioners of" the State of Virginia. t , ; Mi!.;:?i u ;t--i..Ti- ,. ' Buffal6 Springs,' Va., Aug. 12, 1874. To Colonel Goode- '- - - ' . ' An attack of meningitis, in October last, left me with paralysis of tHe bladder, ! ren dering necessary Jlie use ofihe catheter in the discharge of urine - The treatment to re store the sensibility of the. bladder resulted in such extreme sensitiveness as to occasion spasm of the bladderaud urethra whenever there was a passage of urine. ; These symp toms resisted all remedies for the space of six mpnths. I then came to the Buffalo Springs, and-after using the LiIthia Water for some days the disposition to spasm was entirely removed, followed by a-free flow of urine. From the great- amelioration of my distressing symptoms in so short a time, when I had despaired of4 relief from any quarter, I arri inclined to believe that I shall be permanently restored to health under the use of this remakable water. I confidently recommend it to all persons suffering from any affection of the bladder or kidneys. Respectfully, PAIIL C. .yE II ABLE. aug 21 TO THE WHOLESALE TRADE. JUDGING the future by the past, we en ter with confidence upon this our new enterprise, of separating our Wholesale from our Retail Trade by: having a separate and distinct House for each ; and in doing so we Hatter ourselves that it will not only meet the approval of our numerous, customers, but that an Exclusive Wholesale .House will bring us & large influx of new trade. and of a character not heretofore enjoyed. It.must be obvious to every buyer that a strictly "Wholesale House," arranged and adapted for that traW FJth ( corps of experien5ed"rroTe.sale Salesine'n, with a Stock carefully'elected for that Trade only; and moreover, the avoidance . pf coming in, j contaofcithf retail bnyfefs; wrkfcll wi andyoW 1 all have heretofore found to 4te so Irksonre, as it frequently happens that Ihe retail buy er is. your. very neighbor, (pejhape your own customeu) ,(uqh.ft houses we ; assertv must and wiil commend itself to the' trade. Four years ago we , advertised that we in tended to make Charlotte a wholesale mart 'and ours "The. -Wholesale House.',' We now have the proud satisfaction of eeeipg it an accomplished fact. . . . We now call your attention to the fact that we have converted our superb Store into m y . " J - WT J'. ..mi an exclusive, tvaoiesaie' uousewuvre juu can .find all lines of eooda necessary for a country store," towit:- Dry Goods, Clothing, tJoots,. Shoes, Hats, . Notions Groceries, T T : 1 Jrillr ' I I 1 1in.Ii naru ware, Hii uivuuiiMtiioJiuca, . bought ,Lu; hirge jq.uantitles . and. from . the first hahds . . Our" stock is now arriving and will be complete about the first o September, and will54 thfllarget otMhmJ IrW pwten sions of others to the contrary notwithstand ing. We respectfully invite your personal inspection or write to us for circulars. very iespeuiiuuj, WMOWSM&RI .IXj- ' Now i few words " ahout that. We now occupy the superb house heretofore, so fa vor ablylcnowa as the Messrs., Brem, Brown Co4. Dry-goods House, to carry on pur e WI basineis, and as "xcelBior;' la andhas always been, Our motto, we claim ; that line to excel in stock, to oeUn l" nesd of prices, and to excel Senlly. Vo will in that house, have a corps of thirty Sesrnen"nd&fisles,aU Charlotte, N. C, Aug. 24, Wft Jan l'sU SIMOSTOS MILE COLLEGE, STATESILLE BEV- B TAYLOk ,iiARTXNyBreat. ' Fall Terhi begins 'Sept; ' 5 74 -and ends Feb. 5, nb. Bprioig Term begins Feb. 5, '75 and ends June22;-75. T; " r Beard and Tuition in English, $10O. ; Music, $25 Send for cireuUuv . r- atig24 tf Carolina Military Institute. 'i i !;'" !i:i;; .-At: .'I- - : Exercise resinned October 1st," Beit, j Fflr '.bWgUter, anii Circalar,. address ' 1 qOL, J. P. THOMAS, Sunt. "With Ostlohi'on the same. For sale at wish the, "news of the ifcaA." Tiddy's Book Store.
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