North Carolina Newspapers

.j ' - : . : 1 j , --. , !'! : ! - li I h.t V , HZ" wrrffflWrttir- HKr Mr'Ki v i i it h ; u n m-H zr i s h z t . -, , i . . ii mm i ti f I I i , i ; l i ' ! 1 -J- i i 1 j 'i v-if -ir: - : . ..- GEEENSBOEO, N. C, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1881. Established in 1825. Now ScriC3 781 N6 i i IKKNSIKIRO, NOVEMBER 23,18 Si. AK EI3T0EICAlSEETCH0rOE5S. EOEO IXilALE COLLLQE. !'r .Mvt ral j t i flortJ W iTt male ille ,,r m'vituI years lforo any di ixe maile to esUbiiii e of high trade bv th M thoht in tLe oute, the ,.Vritv ofsurh an institution was 1 ,!i M- prominent minijUira and in i. iii 'I nt lavmcn of tLe church. It i t!i .ubji-t of frt-ouent conver Natii'ii 1 Hx-ia! circles, and of earn . t tliM uin in annual conferences. In ilH-.fiir 17, the Trustees of i, n ifl-'f emaie nooi sent a ttiti ' lu subject to the Virginia 0nfi n uce, which met in I YtpH "". .Va- Jan nary 31. At tir lin tl ortli Carolina Con :', M int- U x ii its M'ierate existence. T!i l iH-litini was referred to a com nitv ositinff of Ilev. Closes i;nL. U'V. iVter loub, and Kev. Saiuui 1 S. r.nunt. miu r M ttin forth the necessity .f a Icmal. of high gnule for tli. aiii'ii uf women, under the ut:-i " ',l N"rth Carolina An utsal Omiiifuiv, the committee rc j.utrd rrxIutioiis ilcclarin that ii . . r.n!. M uce woald co-oierate with tl Tnistji'es of Grecusljoro IVntaU S-hl, "provided one-half t!u- isiimUr of the board of trustees i.!iall, at all tiuies, be members of i tli- "Tth Carolina Conference, ii-l autlmrizing the board thus " i,.nHtitntel tojetitin the Lepsla- tin fr a irtier charter for a sem barv of leaniinff, to le called the ;nnln IVmale College. The 'r--,ltiU' al-M apitoiutetl 3foises linn IlczekialiC. Ix i'h, William 1 riunptMii. Ti ter I)hi1, John llanlc, .1.1? m : i:. id. Jlennttt T. Make, i!H. ta i::!lV!U.and 8.iniuel S. " r.najit, tn-wtccs, to carry into ef 1,,'t thi- i1ji-t ctiiteniIateL !a .ict tol.uice wiih these resolu I not. f-ii inmiters nametl therein an-I t-ft I.ibmii,i ?nstitutin the I vJnl 'f trustesr secured from the . Ij -"Mat tin ;l charter snuitin the - ri.ht ami r ilexes usually lJ uj-.ti ciIIeesoriji2lirraue. llrU li.irtrr was. ratified on the l.h ( H'j"tnler. IS'VS. Mir! thiiii aear K-fore the chartt-r was obtained, ttvo htm-,:n-il aj d U it at ie f land, I.iug .-t of the town of Creeiisboro, h.ul Ii pott haed, at a c.Ht of 1 WaU j b r- hundred and fifty dol lars." l-? rt aen s of this land were "itMrvvl ir the college building and grounds, and the remainder .e !iviltl into Imihling lots and -!-! f'-r sn amount nearly ufficicnt t- pay i'r the eht ire purchase. In the iuirtaiit undertaking ; t ttl.icli they had committed them- f-be3.:the trustees bad to contend ith that great -difficulty, which la operated against the success of im ni.iny ln-nevolent, noble, and fraud i enteri'ri'es the want of fll.d i ; I.'i v. S uaiw 1 S. Ilryaut was the , tr-t agent apjointed by the Con- r.-remiv I.Vv. .Moses It rock, lv. Ira' T.l Vych ami lie v. James , I:i !.l.. wen alM ngents fur the col- at d.nVrrnt times. He v. Peter I ;!!!, I. was, from the first, :i.i tie, earnrst worker, ami by Li. 1- rI.Mii.il influencf lid much for t!i i rf utt.ti. n ; f tire enten,ri; Th !.sr : dnatitn ever niale to t!- 1 .-Irt-u'e was a bequest of four t'l .iuj.l d..ll.trs. by 31 rs ijusan Mt t.!. nh.il!. an intelligent, chris- - iu -.ra .1:1 if (ttiilfurd county. . i l:i S.-ptt ab. r is VI, the corner- :: f t?e college building was -, Lii'l. a:i I ..it a'pnpriatc address !. - J . ;l t l:-i m-iMit'll by llcv. Si: i ; i. r.- .H,:. In the summer j f ;s:.-..jt!., biiil.Jiug, made of brick, t ir.t t ::. s?.i-h,itntainiiigthirty-' !.' 4 i.ai:d iNtingaUnt twenty 4. lUi -a'il dollars, was completed. . At a IVter date, for the pnrise k. ef pu:;,;h- -nii.4iHtlating the in " M.;i .bw -.s already incurred, the . ttui 4 bornwitl M'Veu thousand j !.4'ar ") fn;n the literary fund 4 ;"t!i-Sjate, for the payment, of j; !i a tattidter of them gave their " I r ttal ob!igatiu. f t'.u'li,r; ..r Frbniary, IMC, ' ti tr;,i . , .! cted a faculty, with . V. . :,'i,!t M u I,.-, a l(-:d ryinister . ;,i.t iiir. c rth ' Carolina, as 2-!i ti guuleiaaii of lilxral ; ? . i-. :id pl using manners; and , ' i i. . ! , j I. p.bion. lie had 1 t l" rganiing the classes regularly chartered fe- l i. i,.-.- lu North Candina, and . ; - m-. ..rU .uth of the Potomac ','' v l-.,.a,i Timale College at , -I-i ' . f rcia. l'inL? the first. 1! ' .1 iti. i!um was Mifiieic utly :. f..r n iustrtctin of hfgh r,t!.' tiliu-ition of women. i 1: j..- ,..11 U gati to attract -. ib itfi-oi. ;!r,i to irrovr in 1 It t .i r. t he numluT of pupils i ery '."vion. There .a.!::.tes during the first ;..f its history. .At!.- 4 pi rati in of this ihtuwI, ''v :.l r, 1-17. Hev. Mr. Lea x)tl- presidency, and Hev, Arit M. Miipp, I). P., d" tht , :' .Carolina Conference, now 1 : N..r ;; tli. Iiibliea! denart e now the Iliblical depart- ! Vanderbilt University, a: A.,iJ:, Teunes.s4.c, was elect- !;. ,i:ftt ,r, ami entered at ;i-.?i liisdtittes. Repossessed alt:.- f mind and heart that r.-u.I. 111! I, I l!l txwut iirlir ell adapt "tV t-itioru J,:n::-:ii,e vear after the !. Miij.p tM,k charge of the V ' 1 lo re was a considerable triy '"-the number of pupils, i"" jji'-ruU ofthe t ntcrjirise were -itlv e.-ji-otirjinL Their hopes acveM constantly grew brighter, Some, who haA haA hut Httl faith in the success of the undertaking. : ; 1 z a 1 a 1 were iiiiHreu wun concuence. I"SVini Xri r li ii 1 nmnhotioil f 1 i 1 n rt became silent, and the eyes of many of our people were turned to Greens boro lemale College, as a suitable place for the education of their daughters. President Shipp, which lastesl two ana a-naii years, mere were twenty six regular graduates. In Jane, 1&S0, he handed in his resignation A A. t A a. 10 rate eneci irom uaie. Ilev. Charles F. Deems, D. D. of the INorth Carolina Conference who at that time was Professor ir the Universitv of North Carolina, now in charge of the Church of Strangers in 2tew ork, was elect- 1 liin nrrfMnr. Tti ftreentance of Her. Dr. Deems inspired general commence, ana gave great sattsiac tion. He hatl traveled overalarire Irtion of the State as Bible agent, and was well and favorable known as a man of talent, learning and niptv. Ilia Knnerior natural en dowments, his varied attainments in learning, his agreeable and at- tractive manners, ana nis iioeraj ripw-M at eil neat ion. ouflJified him in an eminent degree for the presi dency of a female college. At the close of this first scholas tic year, the nnmberof matriculates had increased to one hunnred and thirtv-seven. The next rear the number was the same. The dormi tories w ere all filled. The necessity for more room, and room better adapted to school purposes, was urgent, me presiaeni ieu inis nw.tit- nd tirtred the trustees to take some steps to enlarge the building. In this state of things they were emitarrasscd. A heavy debt bad leen hanging over them from the first. They did not consider it wise or rate to increase the burden, which lmd alreadr nrevented them from making such liberal arrangements for the good of the school, as they vrrv iniirh ties ires I to make. Ul to this time the had restricted ex- leiiditui'S to luruisuing oniy neeessar facilities for instruction, not f'-eling able to make appropri ations for ii'sthetic effect, or enlarge ment of the oh? rations of the school. In thiM emergency, in the year a plan was proiosetl by the presi dent for raising funds for building purposes, known as the twenty thousand dollar projiosition. The follow iug is an outline of the plan: The trustees proposetl, that if the Vorth Ciirolina Conference would raise twenty thousand dollars, and place the same at their disposal, thr-the trustees, would arree to educate, free of charge for board and tuition, the daughters 01 an the ministers, who, at that tlate, were members of the Conference, and afterwards, ten annually, in accepted W the Conference., The presiueni 01 iuc wucjjc various localities and collected a considerable amount in cash and bonds. The proiosition was very Iopular. 1'ev. Vm. Class, D. D., while engaged to the actn e wort of a presiding elder, raise 1 several thousand dollars for the same pur- jN4e. - Uefore this plan was completetl, Kev. Dr. Deems dissolved his con nection with the institution. He was succeeded by T. 31. Jones, of Franklin county. At the close of the first year under the new ad ministration the number of pupils had increased to such an extent as to render it necessary either to cn ifir. the buildinirs or limit the Iiatronage of the school to a speci fied number. At thp annual meetinrr of the trustees, in May, 1S55, the consul eration of this subject was again urged upon their attention. iier mature deliberation tnev resoiveu r. prwt a win? on the west enu 01 the building. In twelve months this wing was ready Tor occupancy. tli first vear after this en largement of the'building, the dor- mitories were ail occupied, ana there was still demand for more rotiui. in ine meaniimc, uj ihtuii- annual payments, tlie treasurer was "T-..l.iallv diminLshinrr the indebt edness of the college. In the ertxtiou of a wiug on tue easi enu a-a 1 tr 1 n In 3Iay the trustees having -1 tr.m the tJonitrenco me unit of bonds for build- in" purposes, declared the twenty thousauil dollar proiuiuji t.m pk ttd, aud the doors of the college w t rc thrown Ien to the daughters r min'sti rs of the Conference, frceof charge, under the restrictions QiilnL Tliirtv-onedaugh- HIW rjv. . , - miiii.-,trrs receive! instruc tions in the institution for different lengths of time, sx or wnom grau uated. From 1SC0 to 1SC3, over two hun .ii nt.;u were annnollT matneu t .i ti,. n-t income from the Mini. .v. --- - - - - - - . . a r,f the fu-hool was satu f. ,trv. and the financial reiort abmitted to the trustees in May, isi'j, showel that there was assets to dischanro all liabilities. The Greensboro Female College was, at this time, cousiu n tMctxM financially, aa it had been for years regarded as a suc cess in affonling superior facilities r i. i.w..itwii if wnmen. Vt t he opening of the fall session of lS6i, on the utn oi juij, room in tho building was engaged, nnnlimtions lor rooms by lct- ":.i'i ..'.liwUnPi!. andouite a icr uwi own t r number who applied in pewon for admission were under eueccss y of returning home. A large 1 acultj . . i " The school had Ucn organize the wk of the session bad begun, anu uio was very encouraging. But an un expected casualty occurred. A sad misfortune befell the institution in the height of its prospertty. On Saturday night, the Oth of August, 18G3. about twelve o'clock, the cry of fire was heard, and before the Babbath surt arose, the Greensboro Female College ended: as all earth ly tilings are 'destined to end; in name and smoke. After the burning of the college, the reneral seutiment of all con cerued, was in favor of rebuilding as soon ns 1 possible. xnis was airreed uion by the proper authori ties and durin? the fall a plan for the new building was adopted and contracts made, with the purpose of having! the building inclosed during tlie next year, but the change in the condition of the country, caused by the close of the war ar rested the progress of the work. In 1871, after a long, sad silence of six years had reigned on the prem ises. undisturbed by the sound of trowel or hammer, work on the building was , resumed under the superintendence1 of Bev. uliam Bamnger. t i Under his faithful su- pervision tne wort was vigorously prosecuted.! On the 10th of March, 1873, the saddest event in the his tory of the college occurred, in the death of Bev.1 William Barringer, who fell from I a window on the third story and survived the effect of the accident but a few days. On the 27th of August, 1873, eleven years and seventeen days after the destruction of the old building by fire, the college was re-opened for the, reception of stu dents, with a faculty consisting of fonr professors and five lady teach ers, lii The new building is very large, commodious, and well suited for school purjioscs. It is situated on an eminence, a few yards west of the limits uf tho city corjwration, in an encloseure of forty acres, most of which w well shaded aud capable of ja high degree of im provement. It consists of eighty four rooms, j and has the capacity for the accomodation of two hun dred boarding pupils. Since the reopening Of i the school in 1873, notwithstanding the great finan cial pressure jervading the country thp patronage lias .been cntourage iug, the average number of pupils being one hundred and forty foar. I I We think the school offers supe rior advantages for. the mental and moral improvement of youngladies. The object of the faculty is, to gov ern and instruct those committed to their care, as to prepare them, nat only for society, but for the stern realities or responsible ex istence. .Ill mmm 4 A meeting of distillers was held iu Cincinnati last week, at which were represented all the chief firms of the west and southwest, with II. B. Miller in the chair. It was agreed to restrict production to one half the registered capacity, the details to be settle! at a conference in Chicago to-morrow. Tlie plau will take effect on Monday, and is expected to drive whisky to $1 17 by uecemocr.j . J. Howard Welles, who attempt ed to extort information from Jay Gould alwut thej stock market was a commissary! f subsistence at Baltimore during the war, and bled the contractors mercilessly. OCTOBER CROP REPORT." The following statement show- ingthe condition of the cotton, corn, and wheat crops J has been issued at tho Department of Agriculture: Cotton returns, sof November 1st from ten of f tho principle cotton- growing States I give an Indicated yield ier ncroi considerably less thtn last year, j ine urougui, w men v the cause iii all sections, was most severe in Itho States west of h Mississippi river, and the re ported decrease in those States is 33 per ceut. in ouisiana, 40 per cent, in Texas, and nearly CO per cent, in Arkansas and ortn car-nHnn- On the Atlantic coast 30 per cent less yield' than in 1880 is reporteti. ooum vo" s.wb. an.l Mississippi reiort letter cou dition, and the prospect aro for a mm not much below that of last vitr. In those States the weather is reiwrtetl ns having been favora m ilininf thi I month, aud the t,itoet of a fair top crop was good Tii a iiveraL'p! viehl ier acre of wliP.it in 1881. in shown by our re turns, is 10 buslitds, ngaiust 13 1-10 in 1880, indicating a decrease of about -0 per cVnt,"or l(X),0(K,000 bushels, from last year's )roiucr, rl. r h renehed I nearly oX),()00,(X)0. Atmn the Atlantic coast the yield i. a i.rtt mrinl Livatlv from that of i ..v. - - - - , irpvinus reason, but in the in terior and westi rn States there has !ecn a rreat falling orr, canseti the severe w interi late cold spring, drought, aud inf Several of the ctw iioteei radices But while nnantitv of the cron is mlueetl the quaiity is i generally reiwrted as very gootl. M rrm The Xovemlier returns how an averaco' yield of 20 bushels per acre of J corn, indicating a falling oil oi nuoui jer cuu rmm the crop of 1880. caused chiefly tli reneral i end protracted -lnfTiitdurinir tho crowing season .mi uxr PTrcssive i rains since the crot was harvested, which have done rreat damn go In many sec- Mneriallr in the Ohio and xrtiftinni vallevs.' The chinch i, a also loen destructive in some regions. fTlie " quality of the somewhat below the average in rfYnin and Minnesota there is a decided increase over last year's ield." but theso are exceptions to the general rule, U Wmm" ak. Sometimes I am tempted to murmur That life is flitting away, With only a round of trifles . Filling each busy day Dusting the nooks and corners, Making the house look lair, And patiently taking on me The burden of woman's care ; Comforting childish sorrows, ( And charming the childish heart With the simple song and story. Told with a mother's art ; Setting the dear home table, And clearing the meal away, And going on little errands la the twilight of the day. One day is just like another t Sewing and piecing well Little jackets and trousers, So neady that none can tclL Where are the seems and the joinings Ah ! the seamy side of Lie . Is kept out of sight by the magic Of many a mother and wile ! And oft when I'm ready to murmur That time is flitting away With the self-same round of duties Filling each busy day, It comes to my spirit sweetly, With the grace of a thought divine, ' You are living and toiling for love's sake, And the loving should never repine." WHAT HAS W05T VIRGINIA? PbIUd-lpbi Times 1 Colonel Cameron is now the Gov ernor elect of Virginia, and he will be the Executive of that State for four years to come. He has been elected Governor on the distinct platform of repudiating more than one-third of the already twice scaled debt of the State, and he boldly advocated it in every seecli nnd private utterance, lie is the first open Bepublican Governor ever elected in any State, and he owes his success solely to the iositive employment in his behalf of all the power, patronage and resources of the Arthur administration. It is Arthur's first victory in the South; it is , the first substantial victory for oien, shameless Bepudiation ever achieved in any common wealth. There might be less significance n the triumph of Colonel Cameron were it not lor me iaer, xiiai ne is an old advocate oi .me jiepuuia- tiou of both the State and national debt. If he had simply fallen in with a sudden title of Bepudiation to drift himself into the Guberna torial chair, there might be some hope that he would disappoint the blataut teachers of the heresy of Bepudiation: but he is an out and out Bepudiationist, and as such he brines to his new position anu ins exceptional power in Virginia, all the fervency and devotion to repu diation that could be given by a better man to a better cause. Only a few years ago Governor Cameron thus declared himself in the edito rial columns of his newspaper : As to tb foil and final payment or liquidation uf th priMDi enormous na tional Ubt. La tbat koova tb Americau ppU and tbelr n:ir defijiency in tb biu qualities of truth, - and Integrity ktowa that ancb an expectation ia but an kliai'a draam For ountelrea wa aball ro- l jica wbeo tba craab cornea. Iliaaueoi eontraclaa la id praac-auou ei bb.jbi- noai sod aonccesttry war. . Xor is Governor Cameron alone in bis proclaimed devotion to Jic- pudiation as a cardinal article, of his political faith. His new Attyr- a s a a s m ney General, elected like Cameron bv the power, patronage and money of the Arthur administration, pub licly declared that the success oi the Biddleberger Bepudiation act would be speedily followed by 4the rigorous application of the princi ples of reailjustment to the national debt. These public deliverances made by the new Governor and Attorney General, considered in connection with the fact that Be pudiation was the battle-cry of the Mahone party in the late contest, are an appalling lesson for the American people and a fearful issue for the Arthur administration and the Bepublican leaders to con- aiilpr. The administration and its party followers are wholly respon sible for this victory of Bepudia tion, and they must answer to tue country and the world for its bale ful consequences. Tlie total school fund of Kansas is $11,815,51920. Utmal Convention of the Patrons of Hus bandry. The annual convention, of the ratrons of Husbandry,met in Wash ington citv last week, tlie presi dent. J. J. Woodman, in the chair: William M. Ireland, secretary. Mr. .1. Thompson, of ashington, one of the founders of the order, made an address of welcome, which was tn bv Li. 11. 1.1US. oi Ohio. Addresses were made by W. 31. Blair, of Truro, Nova Scotia, master of Dominion State Grange, liv others. Dr. Inng, com missioner of Agriculture, accepted an imitation to deliver an au dress. At the afternom session reports were made from -various State grauges,aud President J..T. Wood ward submitted his annual reiKirt. it U an exceedinnlv interesting document. He says that the Grange is in a most prosjerous condition throughout the country, on,! i constantly; increasing its influence. He denounces the spoil .rCini nTvrm the altar of which the President was sacrificed. The following States are repre ted: Alabama, Arkansas, Cali fornia, Daleware, Illinois, Kansas, Iowa, Kentucky, Main, Maryland, faaRnrhTitts. Michiiran. Minne- Inta. Mississippi. Missouri, "ew 1 1 ampshire, 'ew Jersey, New York, Vnrth Carolina, oino, rcnnnjna nia Kinth Carolina. Tennessee, Tpt9 Vermont. Vircinia, and y ' Wisconsin. THE SOCIAL RABX OP THE PARMER. Professor Abbott, President of tue ncnigan 3tate Agnculrurl College, recently delivered jan ad tlress on the above subject, in which he held that if farmers were der pressed socially they were alone to blame for it. . We publish the fol lowing extract from his speech, as presented in the columns of the Western Rural, which will be of interest to our readers generally: j f 'Farmers must get rid of the notion tjiat work was deterioting to thei social condition. It was hard work that accomplished the desired end and all work that attained to any eminence. It was tlie first feeiingj that farmer's work was degrading tliat made it so, and this idea re-j minded Lira of the old , lady who; said, as she sat in the cool sitting room bff&e farm house, placidlyj rocking, and knitting the while,' watching a gang of harvesters as they toiled on in the burning sun,! swinging the cradle and laying low the golden grain: "It does ; make m so mad to see those lazy men out there swing, swing, all the day long, while 1 am knitting the very life out of me." There is nothing good nor bad but thinking makes it $o. If a man has his heart in hbj work, and brings intelligence to it, there is; no drudgery. u it. Tlie artist gets euchanted wjth his picture, and then works on with out eating, if it is necessary, Until, in the harmony of the; outline; and blending of the colors, his ideas rest on the canvas to delight the thousands. i i I It is not menial labor that gives menial appearance. Itis that there is no intellectual side I to fanning. It Is the idea that any one can be a farmer, nd the professor thought that farmers were to blame. Fath ers sometimes ! said to him: i"My boy is going to be a fanner; he ilon't need education."! When the farmer tomes to see that he Sdoes neijd an education, he will be more successful in his business, and! his home a center of good taste. W4ieu tho farmer comes to feel that he is an intelligent being, and demands his righfs, ther will IjC but little neon oi lawyers, rcpreseiiuug jUiui in the Legislature, or Congressmen ;;kmg bis speech at their annuel meeting. ', . . Fanners must, realize their bust- I mv 1 msH is a profession, sine Knowl edge of science on which agricult ure) is ' lsised, i ) making vast and daily g.iwth, and is fast coming into the-anks where it will have to lie acknowledged as such. Farmers' sons cannot afford to give two or three years to learning Latin and Greek: letter give the same amohnt of time to learning the Lnglish language. These men! who study principles have always been ridi culed for their researches. The sciences that have the most rapid progress are those that have had the .hardest workers, and it is this that; will bring up the! sciences (of ajrrieuUnre and give skill and tnte dignity to the farming class. Through the carelessness oil a seeomi in loaning a snot-guii, a mock duel hot ween Virginia negroes resulted in the death of John Jas per! of Norfolk county.' , . AGRICULTURE. At the bead of tho sciences aiid the'arts, at the head of-civilization ami progress, stands agrieulture, the 'sweet motlieri ot ail sciences, art.-i and industries, the origin and niauitaincr of human life, tlie staunch supporter lof that existence which is given us on earth. 1 No country everilived that neg lected it; no State) ever flourished that troti u untier iooi. xueic ouc stands, 'great, broad and beneficent, thejGtHldess of Agriculture, at thfc head of all things, swaying the de tinges of nations, determining the f-.t& of people, knowing that n country can liold its her! beneficent sway. own i without The country that has ceased to iiolrm-eful tf its acrriculture has ceased to be useful in j the world; thej iK'ople that have neglected ag rienlture have become neglectful nf 'heir existence: I neither nation imil iteniilo can ever take a finri f.K.tiiii? nmonsr the inhabitants o thA earth, unless it make agricub 1mi it firnre-head and places her tvl r kIu? deserves1 to ibe--at the head of affairs. Agriculture, alone can make. a live, which no other indus try can Io, and upon agriculture is '..'muled all hcalthv life. ! ihe development of the United Stales is Incoming I marvelous, thtir financial position; is stupeu- us. their actual iower tremen- l.its. At the present moment the United States of America sway the tUf tinics cf nations, for were tuey to jstop exports of agriculture mil lions must starve. tt the iHoile never! lose sight of the means of power,1 by under- the seed that Is put into ihn snil. that it mav flourish into a tdant and cive food to man. V1 is man's first necessity; it ctftml before housinir and clothing, for it is the means of existence, and without it there is no life. But agriculture requires science; tti aid her. and upon scientinc ag liave we to depend. The! very conditions of th soil promote progress for the soil wants manage mint and care, and will not grow! indiscriminately what is put intcj it! There are certain eiemenis in tho earth that promote growth, and they require knowledge to renew them if exhaust eti, ; Anereiore Keienee has to become a sister o agriculture, and must be associated with her. ; i Grain Prospects Abroad. The telegraph and cable report trom a large area of France the wheat will be a better than last year. Barley not quite so good as last year, but a fair icrpp. Spain reports all crops bad. - Great lintam reports wheat 10 per cent. below the average, and likely to realize 10,000,000 quarters; barley above the average: oats 20 perjeeht beloW; the average. Farmers of Great Britain will recover no losses sea 4y nil. sustained during the decade - Austria and Hungary reports say cropsjthere are good all rounil, witn wneat and barley above average; oats and rye below average. the the From Italy and Greece reports say crops are of medium quality, and much below the abundance of last year. , ; J ), On the Dandee in the Jurkish provinces, the wheat crop will be medium; rye abundant and good; barley a eood yield, and poor qual ity; oats very much above the aei" ae! j ' . v j j Bussia claims the best barley crop for; some years, and more tliati double last year, but not so good in quality;- wheat good; rye abundant. Beports throughout Germany say oat4 are a good crop; barley thin; none of the crops up to th average; in tne l'russiau states crops are only fair. , 1 The Swiss wheat crop is ver; poor Un equality, owing to thQ drought! but the quality is very a . -9 -m . 1 . l. Iii; nne. j uats ana oariey gooa in ooxn duality and quantity, but the area sown is small. Belgian wheat is far below be average,' barley good; rye and oatf fair, j . ' ! Cereals fn Holland are good. I In regard to the future action! m the star-route cases, a consultation! took place List week between1 Postmaster General James, Colopel, W. A. Cook, and Hon. George Bliss. It was agreed that the quashing! of the'inforniations was of little c6n sequence, except to settle thepojnt that all grave offenses must be acted upon bv the errand jury. The eases will be pushed foward, notwi(h htandiher the vacancy in the attor ney generalship. ,- . I D AITGEROUS RAILROAD POLICY. A ireueral advance in freights has been determined upon by the man agers of the trunk line roads. Tlds means that liaving become tired of fighting j one another, they have made ieace and united in declaring . . 1.1 war against tne puowc aim uic bohiniereial and industrial interests bf the Country. A iolicy of this kind, openly determined on and al fnost insolently announced and sjd- K ertised,' is not wise, ine iwiin bf our railroad managers should be ruided by rules as mhexible as the Inlifv nf our banks. The law of knpply and demand should control them as? it controls every other f ' 1.....:...,.. Tn 4liJ! ocro Inf Drancu oi uumucs. " -lose and keen competition the smallest iercentage inthe decline r advance of the rates of transpor tation is veryioften the margin 6n the dividing line of profit or loss. Arbitrary actiou of this character n r-renteil tlie intense auimosii hich exists against the railroad a m f A. - - companies, anuwuicii ironmiuejiu time finds expression in anti-monOp-lolv parties and in legislative efforts to" tdace the roads under goyeri- I ' wr i.1 Z 1 -x Li r inent control, w nen tne raiiiuuu- Snake war upon one another, patjeh ip a truce and unite in maKing war n the people who support them, they must not be astonished that the'industry and commerce of the country should in turn cast around for weapons with which to defehd themselves. svoiitien vears aero this month General Sherman, in possessisn jof Ltlsinta as a conqured city, began there his hiarch to the sea. Libit week Genvral Sherman stood before a gathering in the same city, sur rounded rin all sides by evidenjes or the progress and thrift of the newj South in all these years, and said with honest heartiness: "I fun just5 as friendly to Georgia as I un .to my own native oiaie oi kjuiu. Tlie; instntctive contrast oi iue i.m u incidents is something to ueremem bered. Y. Tribune. . Get a Piece of Land. "Get a piece of land!77 expresses the whole science which has made the fortune of so' many of our best people, as well as the millionaires of tlie East; a science which lie4 at the hearth of so many happy honies, which makes and keeps the best tortious of a I State's inhabitants honest, prosperous and iiiderjen- fllMlfri I-, "Usually the most intelligent get possession of the best lands. "The day is not tar distant m this country when to own a p ece of land will be an item. "Therefore we would say to young men and others, do not hang about the city looking for clerkships hnd book-keeper's bertbs tread niills that wear out and wear down the bodies and souls of men but go into the country and "get a piece land This will be an exhibition jof manhood of honorable pridej, of independence that win be creun hble, and i will insure : eventually Success. Ko matter if you have to jive in a shanty five or even) ten iirs. vou will be independen!t--a irerman under the dictation of iolo1v. inS the direct line of hon- labor arid honest triumph- The above was written twenty- tight years ago to a young .anan going to California to make hi for tune. It is as true to-day as then, would write the same to i-fmtiir man iivm it in jNonn 'x . " - i htr Carolina: "uetapiece oi iauu. PATENT AESURDITIES. t Amariean Eegiater J ' Tlie crudities and stupidity of our system of internal revenue, by which many millions in excess of all rea sonable demands are extorted from the people annually, are well illus trated by feWf samples taken at random. In his last annual report. Commissioner Banm, the chief oi the Internal Bevenuo Department, indicated h few instances -I where taxes might; be reduced or abolish ed entirely! The needless and an noying tax! in the shape of bank check stamps, which produced $2, 270,421 for the year ending June 30, 1880, is one that should iio longer be tolerated. In like ; man ner the tax of $2,347,508 on "bank deposits," ami the sum of.lC3,2p7 on "savings bank deposits," aro un conditional nuisances. . The tax upon the meagre saving of the poor and bumble deposited in savings banks is especially obnoxious and abhorrent ta right-thinking people; but when the tax of two and ha t millions of dollars per annum, ex acted from the depositors - is ' co trasted with the paltry amount of $811,430, levied uuW and collected as a tax upon the vast banking cap ital ofjhe country, the monstrosity becomes monstrous. - The! tax upon friction matches, a" simple article which is used every where from th palace of the millionaire to tb cabin of the j humblest laborer in enue of $3,801,300, an amount more . than lour times greater tnan tne whole revenue derived from the en tire banking capital of tjie conntrji The revenue lerived fromp theftax on j patent medicines, iierfumerjy &c., was $1,830,074 last iyear, or more than double that I imposed upon banking capital, and the opi eration of tlu.1 tax upon jierfumeryi it is alleged by dealers , andmanu faetiirers, "luis drivefn 'Americaii perfumery from the Mexican mark-j et."i- . -1- i I ! ! 1 These citations, sufiicieutly- sliow the stupid absurdities of pur inter-? nal revenue system, and call loudly for reform at the hands of Congress; but our Solons of both parties seem so immersed f in the schemes 1 for their own personal and political ag grandisement! that we are not san guine of secuting their at tention to matters wliicfi only affect the hap piness and prosperity of tlie peo ple. These litter are dwarfed to Lilliputian proportions when they conflict with ithe personal semsn ness or the political ambition of the average memjier ot Congress. ! . .. - NOTES USD OPINIONS. The Atlantic Constitution says the exhibit 1 of North Carolina woods and minerals at thi exposi ition is "the fihest ever made in the WorltL"... -: ' t . - . The so called drought of this jear has bedn a God send to the people who f don't want , to pay their debts. When they can take refuge in thei cry of "hard times" tbev feel as safe as the ostrich does f, , i-ii i.x.i ; : 4i. wiien no sucks ms ucau . wo sand. But there are many others tho will not avail themselves of any such a dodge. Milton Chron icle. T " i I -i ' iThe situation is this : The inter nal revenue can be abolished; and the tariff left fes it is, and we will still have more revenue than legit imate expenses. So in order to get rid of the internal revenue system, we need not increase indirectjtax- niinn bv imiwsts. Baleiah i Ob- serrer. i Of the 9G counties in North Car- olina more than two thirds have T . . . . . no local papers, or means ofadver f.'ii'no- thpir eaoneities. The result is manifest in Jnauy j ways. Coun ties which have the most newspa ner readers stand tirst in all re- spects. wake,JUccKienuurfff:triu villeJ Oranire. Guilford, Buncombe, and others are recognised as landing counties in olhical, material,! and edjicational importance; and fbr one hundred years; they have had the beiielit ot newspaper advertising. Farmer & Mechanic. , r . . I : I The king of Siaui has got a new: white elephants and the ! president of the stalwartshas Jianone. nne eiepnaiiis are siye aiiu uwuiejumo The Pulse of ihe Human Family. A crreat many people who never thduirht of pulses before have had their attention turned that way by tliri President's illness. This table will interest them. It gives the avejrage frequency of the pulse per nuiiute: 1 PnlM in tba nwli b rn infant. 133; to 140 rnlM duilnff first year. na ioi iu Puke during a-xond. year, ! PuUe dnriDfc third yaar, PnUk Hmiiiir taventh to foar 100 to 115 95 to 105 iinth rear. ! I 80 to 90 Pnla ilminir faurtHinth to twCUIT frutMr. f i . 75 to 83 Pale during tweDtf first to iixti- j I etb year, i Pulia ia old age, I 70 to 75 75 to 80 Iri inflamatorv or acute diseases the Ipulse may rise to 120 or even lG0,liii the adult and becomes so frequent in the child that it cannot he counted. -Muscular exertion, mental excitement, digestion, $lcp- holiodrink and elevatioh aljove the sea level, accelerate the pulse, and as a rule it is more frequent in the niorriincr than in the evening it is slower in sleep, and from the effects of rest, diet, cold, or blood WHnir. The pujse of a grown wo man exceeds that of a man off the same agd as much as ten to four teen' beats a minnte, pid accord ing to some authorities, is j less frequent in the tall than the short the variations being about tVitir! beats for each six inches of height, h f 5' uuueu states. :3 i Kansas City is going to have ft. i. -a nver convention df her own. I , i In the New Tork Historical Society rooms is to be seeol the '?(! chair in which NApoleou sat wheir? lirst consul, ,-t f ; f-i.i There are 2'40,000t Indians within th territory of tM HUniteil Statejs.S 1 1 Tliere are 140lav firms conducted entirely by women iu tliisi couuto According 'to 1 1 estimate bf:f the1 London Tine, the United States annually oses some $S0,-i i 000,000 in monejf aud - trade, n'f consequence of the decline of her ; shipping lnterestsl, v Ms '--'M - rr-i . M i . -mere ts one "poss ' tne less in the j country. r Iliighl Mc eba oflt ughlih, who; has the reputation control- ing the desdnies Brooklyn, has ! retired foni that position, j i i " k ! Ihree millions of dollars is the ; estimated damagd td proiertv at i the West by the repeiit floods.; Gen. Sherman,:ih his annual re- h port to the Secretary of Waf, advb 1 1 cates an increase of theregular artnV I i ! There are 700.000 Masons in tlie i! to30,449.--,-.-,-,l-V ::Ua-i Mi - Gov. Long,- or Massachuset ts, in puts: Scripture quotations kind a W hymn into his Thanksiriviuir proc- $ . lamatiou, and it makes the (larger P partpf it. .; ; - v Among 'the superb, passement-1 enesj are some very noveli: owes i; wf til iflinrAIKI IVraakj1 d-hin at 1 1 1 aa i- puffed stain wrought tvith beads! f t 1 tiu 4iu iriTia jui 1111 k era ti i rif lit r itrrn in ,; . tue saun ana .. weaa & emuroiuery combinetl nrotlucin i a roiitIerlfiI rich enect. del G ov. Boberts, i bf Texas! clares that "the eMlization capa-i ble of Bepublican 1 loibal selr-goy-i ernment begins and ends with tho : and eiids witj i i 1 - L piow.r ; Minnesota flour it is , much lof it pronounced unsoiiiid! the theht it i prd- tracted rains during I the 'sen son. ; I Tlie millera in some iettions tttVtlie V ; wests are running on liait-iime. . It m -m t owing to the higlr price of :vtheat and insuflicient Hupplies. . j ! j ' i ' 't ' ? Is i.i The elearing-hoiise exchange's at i Cincinnati reached 25,MM,W)n , on If 1 Saturday, the largest amouiif re-; cordejl in the financial histoih of the city It is predicted" tMvJ in his forth 1 coming message tlie pfesident will U recommend the altolitumof the tax on medicines and Jjank checks, wit u iother reductions i . ' I M 1 -1. anion i) ting to $7,000,000 peranfi ihi. 4, The 'London journals ered a yarn that the 8 iug of IVshanteq had two hundred young girls killf&in omen to use their blood m mijsjng mortar to repair one bf the 4ta unldingsi. II - Tlie ,capitorat Austin, Tex?., with ithe archives of I the old i re public and the Alam monuisejit vere l destroyed by utf last: week. Jhe jiecnniary loss is OU,OOUj, The Lesrislaturexof I South Car -ft olina will-meeron tlie 22d inst. . I J1 . - 5 - N ! v.' ? Among theimportan mateirs to us' ne orougm ociore lt'e ine j nen law, the report of tlie constitu tional; commission and! the Xfport of tlje 'commission ' a)ppin.t(4i'? to revisq the election laws Of ithe State As is his wont, ivirj ttamufi .i. ! Tildeii ajipeared upon tjlectioii day I '. at the! polls. He was fU anailr;y j to the friends who saluted ihfin, and, as ishis invariable habit; re- 1 nioved his hat while deposit ing.nis "ballot r , v ''-. !, Vy - Judcre Cox has decided that 4o; dlfr.uul the revenue inhe manner . cliarged against tlie star-MitersJ t islail infamous crime, :nnd, t lere- fore, tliat the accused p-airbc pro--, ceeded against only byndcf i lent, 'j Tlie , plrocecdjugs by itifoiiniitioii colne to an end. The eases which j it kas intended to, try tho aeeiised I oik wil have to be abaiHloiiedj and a new set ot more recent caseH win have t6 be prepared. j l-lj the apportionment ae fuss(itl by thf legislature of -Minnesota h!"" vides for five congressmen, S aiid puts Minneapolis and St. Baitl the same district. ' 1 111 ; i -I, I en. Grant has been interviewed at New? York; and h deouneLs'' as untnie all the reports ihrglati4n to hisj influencing - the Preide?ithe thf appointment of an eutiro Jtal wartCabinet, . I The Washington Gazette (Bejmb lican) makes the charge that duHug ' thej last presidential campaign Joitf thousand lithographic "pictures of Secretary Shennan were nanufatt red in the treasury deparmeht!and sept broadcast in oflicial f rapj jers, at a cost to the govenimeiit of $1,- ooo, ' . ;1 f ' It' is now said ' that . fecrei atyj Lincoln will not remain ifl the (pb inet, having ho ! partieuljir ibWro for he place, especially theii-isj coniliderable feeling betf ecu 1 lim. and Gen. Shennan. Jt is also al-j ledgetl that Frelinghuyseii wilbnot now! be Secretary of Stat lost heavily in the burste irk bank, arid, feeling unablej to kbep mi k AT.ii.fXX) establishment, on: $8,000. l'ostiiiaster-tleuefiil daifies it isjsaid, has arranged tu take carei of Vanderbilfs bank on tbe lstf of nexi .January, f NotwithHtaiuling all stateinent8 to 'the-contrary, Jl r, Fillv.is on a hot trail uiVr. Mr. Janws's 'portfolio, t SometlyerytiiiJ terefeting reading ia n promised wheii SecretaryiBlaine le?ives tho Calnerit and, with Bill JJhandjer,' gets a chance to relieve tms iiunu coneeniing McVeagh. iKS-Senaitor node's name is not now as i)romii ineiitly mentioned as 14 Emery Stoh's as McVeagh s successor. : & d Ncm Ii !:f 1 If :1 .S -f C' i 2-"I N