1 jl/ ; THE GLEANER. £, *. PAUKEIt, Editor. GRAHAM, N. C , MAY 4, IS7.">. >- [These columns are open to the, free diwussion of affairs. The (sLl'.iXLit .is not responsible for the opinions expressed by correspondents.] HllOl'V.n tl.r RR BRPKEBENTUD en a r»»«TiTi'i'iO\Ai. t ».\vr:x- TION t It occurs to us they should. If all should be represented in a mere legis-i lative'body, then certainly all should have a voice, one way *r another, in the framing of a Constitution which is j the foundation of the government in which thev live. It, for any cause, one j half of those who are competent, as adjudged by our law of .suffrage, j should be denied the exercise of all j . power in framing the organic law tin- J dor whii h they and their children arc j to live, it would be a great denial of 1 rights, and an outrage upon the spirit j of republican government. Tho-thco-. ry, tho great underlying principal of our government is, that all, who arc de clared competent so to do, and who by | their surroundings, their place ot rcsi -1,1 dencc arc considered to have sufficient I knowledge and interest therein to so ( entitle them,, are- to take part in enact-J iug the laws under which they are to , live, and which they are to observe. I Suppose-by force, or ojLher cause, only | half ot the people, by their or one of the counties of-ahe State by their delegates, should assemble in convention, and frame a constitution, j which should be ratified by those on-1 Jy whssc delegates framed il; and j suppose said constitution should be in) tho estimation of the majority of all free j lVom objection, and suppose that most | of those who had no part or prrcel in making or adopting it, should demand a reconsideration, another convention to consider ot alterations and amend ments to it, would it be in keeping with the spirit of a representative gov ernment, would it be in keeping with common fairness to deny them their request? It occurs to us that it would not. For the sake of satisfact'on and harmony if for nothing else their right to',bc heard ixi making their constitution should be recognized. But if that constitution should be a stranger to them, unsuitcd to their wants and condition, unjust and expen sive in many of its provisions; and adopted in a manner, foreign to any thing known in a free government, as a mode for ascertaining the wishes of the people, then would it not be down right injustice ami tyranny for their *• request to be denied. Our present constitution meets the latter supposi. tion. It is true that there wero not half flte citizens, who were then quali fied voters bj all tho te-;ts and require ments of law theretofore known, denied the right to vote tor delegates to> frame it, or tor its ratification or rejection; but then a great number were. There were at least ton thousand of our citizens, comprising more worth and ability than could perhaps have been found in other ten thousand in the State* forcibly de nied tho light and privilege of partici pation m the making or adopting our prison? constitution. These, with a majority of our whole people, think the instrument in many particulars is not suited to their wants as the fundamental law of tbeir State. That it was not has been acceded, and some amendments thereto have been made. And, as an evidence that ihc demand for constitu tional reform was not without founda tion, those amendments, everyone of' theui, which the people were permitted ! to pass upon, wero overwhelmingly adopted, ratified with a greediness that seemed to ask for more. Now, it the republican party means what it says when avowing its advocacy of govern ment by the people, why does it oppose it convention, wherein nil the people can bo represented? 'ghose who were disfranchised in 1868 can now exercise the right of citizenship. They, in com mon with a majority of their fellow citizens ask a convention in which they can be represented and heard; not as a matter ot courtesey, but for real cause. Tho constitution is uot such as our peo ple want, and its ameiidedmeut is es sentia) thei«* prosperity. It is not tho constitution of our people at least our whole people; and without dis franchisement, the only cause tor which was that thoso to be effected had there tofore enjoyed in, a pre-eminent degree the confidence of their fc.low-citizens, as men of w r.li, probity and ability, it is doubtful if the present constitution Would over have been trained, and if framed ever rititled. There will bo diflerenco of opinion as to just what a constitution should contain to be sure; l>ut that there should be a convention tho republican* could hot deny, if their deeming advocacy of the right of the people to govern were not a liol ow pre tense.— A convention will assemble. The constant demand, in the face of republican opposition, aided by every artifice, has at last been heeded, and uuw the effort is made to reader the call li -.-Au . nugatory by electing delegates who will not consider the subject matter of amending tlie constitution at all. Is tlie instrument as near perfection a3 it ; cm be brought do they suppose? Charles Nqrdhofl, a correspondent of i (he New York Herald , writes for bis I paper from New Orleans, of t!ie sitiia j (Ton in Louisiana. Sir.-Nordhoff-is a ' steadiest republican, and Inte earned for | himself iu newspaper circles, and among ( i the leading newspaper men, a veputa j tioii for accuracy and truthfulness. He I was lately connected with the New York | I Evening J'out. lli.s communication is , ; (oo long to be inserted entire,.. but -we j i giv6 below, in his own words, an ex- j tract which conveys a correct idea of his conclusions from immediate obscr- | ration. Thougti in republican estima tion. one crv >f white lcauger, ku-klux J pr rebel is sufficient to dissipate truth I and justice, anil to cover up and make harmless and entiiely proper fraud, dc-1 ception and oppression on the the part j of those who raise the loyal cry* Here ' i what he says: "This situation was one not different | in kind from that in New York city in 1871. The rank and file of the-party which calls itself Conservative consists in part of Democrats, who avc naturally opposed to Republican rule* but in part, also, of old Whigs, Know Nothings and i the mass of citizens not interested in politics. These entered the Conserva tive party onh to save the State , from further mi-government anil spoliation.' It was and is/ therefore, an 'honest men's party, and was called 'Conserva tive' and the name Democrat dropped,- because there are in Louisiana a large number of good citizens who are so strongly opposed to tho Democratic party that they will not actively, if at all, work with men bearing that name." "Whatever we in the North may think of the white people of the South we cannot forget the fact that Louisi ana has a long established and wealtv community,' with large and complicated business and social interests, and a great accumulated capital, invested not merely in iands but also in Machinery and important public works. New Orleans is one of the largest commercial ports in the United States; it Im3 a numerous body of intelligent and wealthy meichauts, the equal of any of their class in New York, Philadel phia or Boston. The sugar planters of Louisiana arc manufacturers: they have large sums invested in machinery and their business requires much techauical skill, and they are, as a cla s, the equals in intelligence and character of North ern manufacturers. Now, then, all these men, the ereamof the population, with scarcely an exception, are united in opposition to the present rulers of Louisiana, whom theynot only detest, but dread. It is not only the cotton planter of tho remote districts, there fore, but the country traders, lawyers and politicians who oppose the Repub lican rule. How, in.spite of so united a.i opposition, a handful of politicians, most of them strangers in the Slate, have maintained themselves in power I will try to explain in another letter." 'l'lSfji: GRAPHIC! JlliWS OF THE PiWTU'EEK-,, A velocity wind visited Norfolk, on the evening of the 25th April, traveling at the rate oi 42 miles an hour. Mayor Barrett of St. Louis is dead. Both Houses ofLouisiana Legislature adjourned sine die on the 2Gih of last month. * r Auditor Clinton was not suspended under proceedings of impeachment. Very few if any reform measures be-, i a ne4aws. Fight with the Indians in Kansas. Twenty-two Indians, among them two Chiefs and one Medicine man killed. Two Soldiers killed. William Sclwin. Chaplain to flic if England is dead. Henry Win. Piokersvillo an English portrait pointer of celebrity, aged 94 is dead. Jolitv Linsbor a citizen of Richmond Ya. was tonnd dead in Ciuciiiattiou the 2(>lh last mouth. Delano will not resign till the cloud resting over Lis department is dissipa- 1 "U*d. Gov. Bard Posinastor at Atlanta lias resigned to take etl'ect first ot June. 1 „ The Postoffice at Carigo Texas has been plundered b/ the Mexicans Dr. killed. Kail road collision on the Baltimore and | Potomac liailroad. Sine persons seri | ously injured, others slightly. Xo South i crnors names given, j Clerks from Washington took to Lon i dou Eleven Million in bonds, the last a 1 the subscription by syndicate. Tho PoStnaster General has cancelled all awards of coutracts made in favor of Hinds, Lauglin Wiyss and Iddin'gs, these being tho names fraudu lently imposed ui>on the department by j tho complicity of clerks. Tho routes , referred to aro all in the State ol Texas- The Militia in the Pennsylvania coaj regions have been relieved by other | regiments. Demonstration ot Indians near Fort Wallace Kansas. Tne Governeient i> . making preparations for several attacks f on the Indians. ■ , The Mayor ot Loudonwill attend the L banqet iu Dublin in honor of the Amor L icau Rifle Team. if 1 ' -' "■*-—*•—«fc*; ' n—V^hr'■ .ar. I■'.. . ... An exploring expedition to the Black Ilills and vicinity, accompanied by a military escort uilder Lieut." Col. Fred.Grant, will start about the tenth of May frqm YanktoWn Dakotah. Edwards Pierrepcut ot New York lias been appointed Attorney Genera, of the United States, to till the place of \Yillialll3 resigned. The Prince of Wales, has been in stalled us Grand Master of the United Lodge of Masons of England An immense concourse of Masons was present. A. Mr. Gnllv has been appointed Post master-at Atlanta Ga. Attorney Gwieral Williams will mend his fortune by practicing law before the Supremo Court ot the United States. Gov. Kellog of Louisiana has inst mo llis Attorney General to commence a suit which will ventilate the Treasury Department. l'rot. Henry has discovered a new planet. The Freed man's Ba!hk commissioners have §300.000. P will take SOOO,OOO for a 20 per cent, dividend. A negro in Washington City cut the throat of a white boy aged seventeen, over a quarrel at cards and killed hiin illstantly. The negro escaped. The striking miners in Pennsylvania arc determined to hold out. The Con- j stable and two of his posse while ser ving civil writs were mortally wound ed by barricaded miners. The Sheriffs posse have them surrounded. It is fear ed that dosperadoes will fight to the i last. In Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the women and children are lying about the streets, or roaming without houses, in conse quence of arecent fire there. In Georgetown Delaware, a negro preacher murdered his wife and con cealed the body iu the attic of a church. He was arrested. The Spencer investigation of the joint committee of the General Assembly of Alabama organized in Montgomery and commenced the examination of witnesses. Moody and Sankey hate compro mised the suit against them for taking her Majesty's Opera House for their meetings, by paving one shilling and cost, and agreeing uot to do so any m >re. Dan. Wright a negro attempted to violate a widow lady in Tennessee. He was hanged. The rebels in Cuba, who surrender b f ,re the 30th of this month are to bo pardoned. v. National Cotton Exchange meets at White Sulpher Springs, Greenbrier cotfnty, West Va., July 21st. \ ; OI'KU TIEN FOIIII GOOD HAB ITS. Young men doff your broad-cloth, kid gloves and finger-rings, put on, a neat, homespun suit, go to Major Craw- I ford's and see a cosey farm house, with J ; good barns, and neat surroundings, fences trim, and crops well ahead and . growing evpu. Uillike the former laud lord of the premises, who worked the land iu corn and made whiskey tor half a century or more, at the expense of once the best soil in Alamance. The Major will tell and show you how lie is rapidly reclaiming his laud by grow ing clover or grass, how well he is able to furnish clover seed of a superior quality, and unadulterated with wild : carrot, and sand at a cost less than you j pay for them in northern markets. While he is dilating to you on tip-toe on this subject, a good dinner will be prepared and no excuse taken for a re fusal to enjoy his hospitalities. Now that you aro ready to take leave of the Major, don't be unmindful j of the fact, that he like most meu, is i fond of a little flattering, in order to make a good impression be sure lo kiss the babies before saying good-bye.^ Ride over to Daniel Anthony's, a man who has a place for everything, j and everything in its place, look at his ; wheat, put in with a Bickford & Huff man gndn drill, and if you don't find ! (iim in a good humor and enjoy a call j here, I'l forfeit my judgment, and say j it is because the fruit has been blasted, j and the old man is to be deprived of i snitipies until another season. Pass on to David W. Kerr's, th 6 model farmer in Alamance, again enjoy ; a good diuncr and drink buttermilk to your hearts content, learn from him , a life time experience in tarming and the difference in running it on the old j modo of negro labor, and by the im proved implements of husbandry, man aged and controlled almost entirely by himself aud sons, then look at his vast olovcr fields dotted 6ver with herds of 1 Devon cattle, Berkshire swine, and • South Down sheep, all of pure stock, ' and say if you think there is no pleasure i in farming, to say nothing of the profits • derived from selling forty-five dollars I worth of butter a week, three year old r steers at one "huhdved dollars a pair, eight hundred or a thousand bushels of t; wheat annually at one dollar aud fifty » cents a bushel. 8 Pursue your course in the direction of Mebansville. Ou your way call on e the Wilsons, and again kiss the little r- little ones , then stop at the Whites Thompsons, aud Binghams, where yon will meet no disappointment of any kind whatever, receive from tliein the very •, important lesson, how to raise wheat and turnips. Go over among the Hurdles, Roneys, Hazels, a net "Grahams, and learn from them the fabulous prices they are get. ting for tobacco, and ask if tinning, won't pay better than lounging on the corners, gossipping about Kings, liard times, and things in general. Trust everything under God to habit. Make sobriety a habit, and intemper ance will be hateful. Make prudence a habit, and reckless profligacy will he contrary to the nature of a child grown or adult. Have a plan laid beforehand forcvery day. Acquire the habit of untiring indus try. Cultivate perseverance. Cultivate the habit of punctuality. Be an early riser. Learn something from every one you meet. Form fixed principles on which to think and act. - ' - " * • ■•---*■ . J Be simple ami neat in your personal habits. Acquire the habit of doing everything well. Master your temper. Cultivate soundness of judgment; Observe proper treatment of parents, friends, and companions. After you have firmly decided to act upon fins principle, buy a farm and go to work. . If any be curious enough to ask the question, why you are a farmer, answer by saying, it is getting to be a notori ous tact, that the professional market is overstocked with lawyers, physicians, and merchants, and that the supply of clerks greatly exceeds the demand, and this while the reverse is true, with re garjLt# farmers and farming. There is"about three times as many lawyers and doctors in this country, as are needed, and uot halt enough farmers. Now why is this? It appears to me tliat,ambition and laziness are two of the whys and wherefores. A large portion of our young men possessing lofty asp'rations for fame and glory, regard tilling the soil as the last road to that desirable object, as. it would be no place for the display df their fancied talents which might per haps, be very true, some from a pure love of indolence, and others because they consider & degrading, ungenteel, &c. A young man should be happier and more cohtcntented, in the possession of an establishment like Crawford's, Anthony's, or Kerr's than with all the wealth, social and other pleasures per taining to a city. I could give other reasons, for beins a farmer, but brevity being a virtue I forbear. Never fear then but what you will bp ablejto subscribe and pay for the GLEAN ER,pay your taxes, as well as the minister and doctor, and have" a surplus for lux uries or safe investment. Howell Grange, 108, Co. Shops, N. C. April 25th, 1875. SHARP!—SHE WAS.—The Daily News says:—There was a sharp young lady in Raleigh who had forty or more admirers. For each of these she bought the canvass for si ippers, all of the same pattern, the making of which she leased'out to an aged colored seam stress, while she kept the forty-first pair herself in the parlor, where she could have them on hand whenever one of her lovers called. Of course, the young man asked for whom she was working those pretty slippers, and she replied, willi bewitching drooping oft he eyelids which is one part modesty and two parts winks: "Oh, they're for a present for a gen tleman friend of mine." Then the in fatuated youth went off and bought her a sealskin jacket, or a pair of ear rings, or easy chair for her gift. She bestowed upon each ot her admirers a pair of sltpcrs wosked by the colored seamstress and footed by a Dutch shoe maker with one eye, v each -costing her on an average $2.65, while she esti 'matcs that her presents will average $45 froui each adoreV. The paiv she j i worked herself vis presented to a , yonng dry goods clerk in Cluirlotte to j whom she was married last September. ! j Shesjnce has sold the presents, and has j now money enough to go housekeep lillI illg * •J- • •"■ ,J . —S? ——- : THE GREENSBORO DRAWING. —The j Tobacco Plant says: The returns of ; this grand (?i drawing are not all in yet and not likely to get in soon. From whajt we have been able to learn it was a gijand swindle and we hope the ticket j holder* will 1 indict the whole posse. We are ready to unite with a sufficient number and bring suit at once. It j ought to be done and we hope anfl i believe that suit will be brought at] I once. ,! Two whales were recently captured l J on the coast of this State, below Beau ri fort. One 65 and the other 52 feet long, i J What a tisli a whale is!—if he is a fish i' at all? 1 V NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ODELL, RAUAN & CO., WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Gencral Merchandise, AND AGENTS FOR Crdar EallM and Deep Rircr Sheetings; Vnrns, and p>amlf»» IBOII'M and KaiiiUlpau') Platdii, Fries' •' Snloinf Jrnu». Chnrloiul villo CmniDiern and lirhttu. iirrccker'! Slarcb. GKEENSBQRO, N. C. apr2o-ly ■ SPUING OPENING OF MILLINER?. GOOBS. ■W' "" At Pugh's Corner, in Graham, on Saturday, the 84th"day of April, I shall open for inspect ion and trade,jay Spring st_>ck»f new DONETS, HATS, CAPS, BIBBOKC, LACKS, I'I.OWKIM, ORRA. ITIENTS, CCFFS. . Switches. Plaits, and everything usually found in a fashionable millinery Store. The ladks of Graham and fnrroimding-coiin try Are Invited to call «md examine my stock. Miss S, J. GItAGSON. apr. 13-1 oi AT MURRAY'S OLD STAND Keep constantly on hand D BT-G O O 15 S, nttOCGBIES, QUEENS WARE. BOOTS, AND j SHOES, PIECE COVDS, &C., AC. All of which we will sell as low as can be had else w her q,. for Cash or Barter. J All kinds of produce wanted. Look at our stock, compare with, others and buy jf y«fl .will^j, ** 1 : W. G. HARDEN. febO-Hin yy F. JONES & SONS, 9b GRAHAM, N. C., Baggy and Carriage Makers, Are prepared to fill at the" shortest notice all orders in their line. Repairing promptly and neatly done, at * / MODERATE KATES, j They, also keep constantly on hand 'for sale at their s>hop, an assortment Cf .ss~ Iron, Nail*, Bngsr Material, Prepar ed Paint* of ail colors, f Plaugba, and Cafflnit. Any style of coffin furnished at two hours notice. All kinds of produce taken at market prices. We are thankful for past patronage; fend hope to meritits continuance. feb IG-3m ' Q.RAHAM lIIGII SCHOOL. I REV. D. A. LONG; A. M., Principaßr- BENJ. F. LOG. A. 8., REV. WM. W. JSTALEY, A. 8., £ MRS. SALLIE BOYD. £ Session opened August 2Sth, 1374, {'doses May 27th, 1875. Board 68 to $lO per month, (everything furnished.) Tuition and incidental expenses, $3.50 to $4.50 per month. LONGr, : - Attorney & Counsellor at Law, 0 YXNCE YVILLE, N. C. GRAHAM "Jfc GRAHAM, * '• -* - Associate Counsel, j. pTgulley, RETAILER AND JOBBER OF Dry -Goods, Clothing, NOTIONS, BURT'S HAND-MADE Boots & Gaiters, HATS AND CAPS, TALISES, TRUNKS, WHITE GOODS, &C., Ac, South Cor. Fayettevilk St., and Exchange Place RALEIGII, N. C. JgAR AND FIXTURES FOR SALE. I wish to change my business, and will sell cheap, my Bar and Fixture#, consisting of all • necessary furniture for a eomplete Bar. Also • one Bagatelle Table, one set of oyster plates, with alcohol lamps. My llcnnse will be out the Ist of April. I wish to sell before then. I will also sell cheap a pair of fine heavy Wagon Horses^ tigether with an excellent two-horse wagon and ;;ood harness. Until I effect a sale I may be found at my old stand, on the Court House square, just the same. JOHN BfUTCHISOs, Graham, N. C. g C. ROBERTSON, DEALER IN , Grave Stones AND MONUMENTS. GREENSBORO N. C. ADVERTISEMENTS. muSSS yY R. FORBIS & BROTHER,. (under the Bcnbow TJnll,) GREENSBORO, N. C„ keep co.nst-.ntly on hand a complete assort ment of FJJKNITURE. Repairing of every description, including Upholstering neatly done. Their stock consists of CHAMBER SETS, ranging in price from #25.00, to §500.00 ; Office, nininjt-lCoom, I'arlor and Rock ing Chair*. Barrnim, nnrrfratm, liimincsii Dcakii, Niifm.Cribs, Cra dle* and Trundle-Beds far the l Utile folks, IVlnttrcNsCN ana ' Spring Beds oi every va riety and Mtyle, Hat-racks and any and everything in the furniture line. Their stock is the largest and most complete ever offered in this portion of the Btate. They defy competition in quality or price. .. apr2o.3m Drugs, Paints,, GLASS fc C . . * We keep constantly on hand a good assort ment of E RESH BIIICS AND CIIEJUICAEM, |E, • « I different brands of White Lead, a large Btoekof WINDOW GLASS, [ which we are now selling for less money than Ithey have ever been Bold for in this section. will supply „ t Village & Country Merchants a better article than they buy North for the same money. Also we have a large stock of TRUSSES AND SUPPORTERS, together with a full and complete line of •TOILET AND FANCY ARTICLES?. Come and see us, inspect our stock and saiifsy yourself of the truth of what we say. The Se nior member of the firm has resumed practice and can always he found at the Drug Store when not professionally engaged. R. W. GLENN & SON., In the Benbow House, Greensboro, N. C. AND RETAIL. We keep constantly on hand a largo and varied stock of GROCERIES, HARD-WARE DRY - GOODS, of all sorts, NOTIONS, HATS, CAPS, BOOTS, AND SHOES, KEASV-.HADE CLOTHING, Carpetings " ' AND ' iIIATTIAGS of all grades, from the lowest prices up made a specialty. VILLAGE AND COUNTRY MERCHANTS are invited to inspect'our stock and hear our prices before buying elsewhere. They can examine and select for themselves, and we guarantee that we cau sell them their entire stoek or any part of it on such terms as will enable them to sell their goods at a larger profit to themselves than tliey could do by pur chasing, by order, from a distance. We are Agents for, and sell at manufactures prices the following goods, viz : Cedar Falls and Deep River Shpetings, Yarns and Seamless Bags, HoltVand lUndle mau's Plaids, Fries'' " Salem" •Jeans, Charlottesville Cas timer* and Erkenbieecher's Starch. ODELL, RAGEN fc CO,, apr 20-ly • Greensboro, N. C. B. FARRAR, OPTICIAN, WATCH-MA HER, AND JEWELER, AND DEALER IN WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY Sliver Ware; Bridal Presents, Solid Rings, Walking Canes, Gold Pens, &c. GREENSBORO, N. C. Which will be Mid cheap fat Cash. 6ST Watches. Clocks, Jewelry, Sewing Ma chines, and Pistols repaired cheap and on short notice An assorted stock of Guns, Pis tols, Cartridges, &c., always on hand. Apr 20-ly —„ * —— ■ 1875. 1875> Spring and Summer §©© ® i s Pretty and Cheap!!! ARRIVED AND CONSTANTLY ARRIVING. We would respectfully inform our .custo mers, friends ana the public, that we are re ceiving a large, complete and well selected stock of Spring and Summer Goods. We selected ourselves, paid the a&sh, and can afford to, and will sell as cheap as the same goods can be bought in the State. When you come to the Shops don't fail to come to the Ti Yellow House" where every one comes to get cheap, pretty, durable goods, attherery Cheapest Prices. Come in and look at them, they will astonisb you. So pretty and so cheap ! JOHN Q GANT A CO., " • Company Shops, N. C.