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MinUter . Jarvis 8 hi pa for
i j Newport Sews. May
"iwill be at Riode
something
If J-B I,
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for JL
(7a loeil
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d tie wses
Vf ' 5, some
- tit a' wi m m t r mm Mjrw
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wa7 ired with
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A gardens.
are paveu
'J tbe others
'i8ire sewers,
thot 75 miles,
ft
constructed
city. At their
iempts are made to
iter the sewage be
rnito the bay. Water
oni ML Corcovado by
an ned act, which is
00 Years oldj at is 12
and crosses the valley
p and 740 . feet wide,
ers of arches, one above
The water is distribut-
Lit the city to fountains,
it is drawn for use.
especially those of the
e lighted better than,
Sr-c'i v iu the world.
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worthy of tir tTt .t:wi
tnrough it; the custom house, per
haps the finest structure in the
city j and the marine arsenal, also
ia fine building, at the end of the
rua Direita, in which are all the
. preceding. The rua Ouvidor, lead
ing out bf thisti is the principal
' street .of ltio de Janeiro; from it
leada the largo do Sao Francisco,
jon one side of which is the church
ot the same name and on the other
-the military academy. A narrow
street leads thence into the Jargo
:do ' cio, in which is. the theatre
of Sao Pedro d' Alcantara. . In tbe
middle ot this square is an eques
jtrian statue of Dom Pedro I., the
L pedestal of which is ornamented
i with Indian figures emblematic of
the great rivers ol Brazil The
;Camio Santa Anna,-the largest
i square of the cityi is unadorned
: ; and filthy ; on one side of it is the
senate, on auother are military
. barracks and the; offices ot the
minister of war, on a third those of
the .minister of commerce, and on
the fourth the 'Italian 6pera house
and museum. Among the remain
ing public buildings are the hospi
tal of Misericordia, the mint, the
academy of fine arts, the observa
tory, and the palace of Sao Chris
tovao. .Among the charitable in
stitutions are several hospitals for
natives bue for Portuguese, one
for English, and others for French
and Spauiards. The educational
institutions are a natioual college,
a military and engineering school,
a naval academy, a commercial
school, a school of medicine and
surgery, a geographical and his
torical institute, a poly technic and
an agricultural 'school, several
night schools for adults, and many
other schools. The city contains
30 churches and chapels, and six
con veuts and monasteries. Besides
jau Anglican chapel there are sev
era! congregations of other Pro
testant' denominations, composed
chiefly of foreigners, the natives
being nearly all Boinan Catholics.
The hotels, with one exception,
furnish wretched accommodations.
There are several , libraries, only
one of which, the imperial, contains
books in different languages, the
others being smalt and purely local.
The imperial library, formerly the
royal library of Portugal, brought
ironi xriSDon oy tne emigrating
royal family, has now npwartl of
100,000 volomes. Among other
treasures it possesses the only com
plete series ot Durer's wootlcuts of
the "Passion of Christ." There are
a government printing establish
aw
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Vses ; 70 native
tile merit, a well
cl. and German
conduct'. . , "un
ir on large market,
Wj'-d with great
Brazil
23rd.
Janeiro
rj, irutt, and
good
of BSD, M
"Jtles,
6nf (ne of the two
.wIM Mojfte Passeio rublico
"Jn tbdd its limits. Several
kfxeet railway traverse the
;t. .nhnrbat omnibuses
. t a villa iron
irJfflU the neignDorius
i: f Rtoam ferry boats cross
. -.rj nnm. Pedro railway
e oay , v"0,-".
,ta with the x aranyou n ,
TLi - .aBwrfTunHtothe terminus
. rtroroHs railway at the
oi tut- ----
Lead of the bayr Steam commnni
thn, Hp.anorts ot tbe
auuu " v.
Mtmire i ia freauent, European
steamships arrive depart al
most daily, aud there is telegraphic
connection with Europe. There are
numerous ship yards, and factories
for manufacture of cotton, td
hoco. naner. soan. crlass. and car-
iacroa - hnt nonA nf thn factories
- r
are very extensive. The climate
is damp and unhealthtul, and the
city is seldom free from yellow
fever, but this rarely assumes a
malignant form. Diseases of the
respiratory organs are very.com-
inon.
, The climate of the province of
Rio Janeiro, (in area about the size
of Guilford county,) is agreeable
and salubrious on the high lands,
but warm and unhealthy on the
low lands and near the sea. Vege
tation is luxuriant, and crops are
abundant. The forest contain vari
ed and excellent timber, and al
most all kinds of tropical and tem
perate plants are found. Coffee,
sugar cane, cotton, mandioca, and
tobacco are extensively cultivated ;
tea, rice, cacao, and potatoes mod
erately. Coffee is the great staple,
and its cultivation is steadily in
creasing. Nearly all the vegetables
jf temperate climes may be raised.
Every variety of tropical fruit
wounds, and flowers of rare beauty
And fragrance j adorn the gardens
and forests. Fish of many varie
ties are found in all the waters.
There is gold ! in ' the Cantagallo
region near Miuaa Geraes, and
garnets aud amethysts are found.
Iron is abundant, bat no mines are
worked; ami granite, a great vane-
ty of marble, and several kinds of
clay suitable for earthenware and
porcelain kbound. Primary educa
tion is obligatory. Railways are
constructing throughout the prov
ince, but the "Dom PedroH." is
the only completed road of impor
tance. Tbe commerce of the prov
ince is absorbed by the city of Rio
de Janeiro.
Although the bay of Riode Ja
neiro was undoubtedly visited soon
after the discovery of Brazil, and
as early as 1503, it remained with
out name until Juan Diaz de Solis
entered it on January 1st. 1516:
thinking it the entrance to a river,
he named t Rio de Janeiro (river
of January). The first settlement
was 1531. In 1710 the 1 Tench made
an unsuccessful attempt to take
possession of the bay ; their com
mander was taken prisoner and
assassinated. The attempt was re
newed in 1711 with success, but
the commander, Dugnay Trouin,
accepted a ransom and abandoned
the baj In spite of mismanage
ment and difficulty, the colon v as
well as tbe whole province pros
pered ; and in 1763 Rio de Janeiro'
was made the capital of the vice-,
royalty. Iu the beginning 1803
the royal family of Portugal went
to Brazil on account of the occupa
tion of the mother country by the
French ; their presence gave ' an
impetus to tbe growth of the city,
which has ever siuce remained the
first in commercial importance in
Brazil. After the return of King
John VI. to Portugal (1821) the
Brazilians declared their indepen
dence and established an empire,
with Dom Pedro I., son of the king
of Portugal, as Emperor (1822).
The trip is a long one, requiring
twenty-four days. The Patriot
wishes Minister Jarvis bon voyage,
ami a happy return to his native
land at the expiration of his minis
terial term.
Vaace's Eii4 fthe Para. '
(Wynevm Newt.
Taking our neighbor's views that
our party is entitled to its bosses,
aud that we have them, and that
they have farmed out the State,
giviug our worthy Senator Vance
the west end of the political farm
what has ho done T There is a
principle in agriculture which re
quires the husbandman to return
something to tbe soil iu return for
tbe crop he has gathered. What
has Senator Vance returned to
Western North Carolina, his end
of the political farm :
Col. Hani Jones, bis Charlotte
neighbor, district attorney's place;
Mai. uowti, ni8 law partner, a col"
lector's place ; Gen. R, B. Vance,
a .. & - '
Iim hrnthflr. nrsr. flasiafa
urrz 7W.nce
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VOICES OP THE PBEACHERS.
' Beecher Prayer. ,
"Your salvation doesn't depend
on reading the Bible. Your salva
Uon doesn't lie -in reading! the
Prayer Book. Yonr salvation never
can be sang to you oat of a gallery.
orK it oat with fear and tremb
llpg ; not a servile fear, ,but just
"" - a, . I. . 2 a.t..a.
.V.Aa anfarnriBA RTK1 iTTTl l &VFr
am
ward oar worldly business."
"Fervency in prayer I llow the
thought rebukes the average of oar
prayers i uisieu to a aecoroas
man, aceusiomeu to omviaie iu
public, who begins , and tells God
what He is. (ObtThon all-sufficient,
omniDreseut. omnipotent Deity: be
fore the mountains were brought
forth or even the: earth Thou didst
exist' good historical information
this 'we thank. Thee tnat xuoa
hast created mankind in Thine own
imW all very well; very good,
indeed: anybody can say that
we thank Thee that when man
fell' they never did, though but
'when they fell that Thou didst
raise up a remedy,' and so on and
so on. And this is so true to him
that he repeats it every time he
prays, and in tbe most undisturbed
manner no earthly reason why be
shouldn't come to it at a jump and
leave it at a jump behind him."
Better not to give utterance to
one single thought of God than to
meutiou it with a mere memory, in
a recitational voice. JWhen we ad
dress God our words should be
few, but they should be full of
powder, full of report."
"Men get nsed to prayer. A man
can go over tne lxmrs prayer at
the same time that ho is doing a
sum in arithmetic a man can
read a whole chapter in the Bibln
and never think of one solitary
von! of what he is reading. I've
done it." I - i
"Now it is objected that entbus
iasm leads to fanaticism. I wish I
could see some signs of this danger
among us. Fanaticism itself is a
thousand times better than languor
and torpidity, though it isn't so
respectable. We are not so much
in danger of fanaticism as we are
of cooling off and having no fervid
feeling at all." ; ;
"I have come to have a great re
spect for fanatics I think that all
the fifty years of tbe American
Bible Society, the fifty years of the
American Tract Society, the fifty
years of the American Board of
Missionaries,' for Foreign Heathen.
did not amount to so much, com
bined together, as an impulse for
setting men) free from bondage as
tbe one single incident in John
Brown's life his desperate, de
spairing endeavor to rescue tne
slave. There was .something in
that that fired, the heart of the
whole civilized world. 'He' was a
fauatic I wouldn't want many
John Browns ; we are not likely to
have many : nevertheless, . fanati
cism iu a great soul ia oftentimes a
thousand times more beneficial to
tbe human race than the waut of
some fanaticism."
"It is true that enthusiasm
wastes. But do yon refuse to eat
because it wastes food T When
you were after your bu Jness ten ,
thousand did yon stop because it
would waste you to be too intense f
The fact is this, that enthusiasm is j
shut down by men in this world to
tbe lower functions of lifef j
"There is nothing that wastes a
man like laziness. There isn't a
man who owns real estate who
does not know that a boose will go
to ruin quicker if untenanted than
if used as a boarding bouse." 1
"I think that religion j is a farce
at least that part of it that is
called the means of grace when
tbe hearts of men are not in it.
The man that drags himself thru7
the Bible as a matter of duty ; tbe
man that supers titiously says bis
prayers morning and night ; the
man that goes to meeting because
his wife won't let him stay at home;
the man that undertakes in every
thing to conform to an average
Eublic sentiment, though he don't
itself quite like it what a
wretch I" I
"If there is anything that God
despises it is burnt offerings and
sacrifices bought by those that
don't care anything about them.
but who want to appease Him by
bringing these thiugs to Him."
Go4a Toleration of 81a.
In continuation of his aeries of
sermons answering Questions which
have been submitted to him. Dr.
Talmage discoursed on the exis
tence and toleration ievil. Choos
ing for his text Job xxi.. 7. "When
fore do the wicked live T" the Doc
tor opened with a vivid deserintion
of Job, his affliction, bis surround
ings and his miserable comforters,
and then set forth the causes which
led to the bitter cry of the text.
It was a sore affliction, and Job's
wife, put to her wits' end, made a
diagnosis of the case.and ventured
tojrescribe a remedy. In his par
oxysmal outbursts, and when his
agony was greatest, it might, she
thought, afford him some relief if
he indulged in a little swearing
(audible laughter) and so she re
commended. Job's friend's came
to see him ; but they only added to
his miser'. "You must be an old
sinner," they said. "God would
not otherwise have sent to you so
grent a calamity." In his great
agony and. despair Job cried oat.
"Wherefore do the wicked liveF
The question raised by Job was
one which had often been raised
since. The good are cut off. The
wicked remain aud prosper. Ma
nasseb, the worst of all the kings
of Judah, reigued the longest. It
was a great, sad fact that wicked
uess did triumph and that it was
too frequently honored in death.
Dr. Talmage then went on to
give some reasons whr wickedness
was allowed to prevail, why tbe
wicKeu were anowed to live, une
reason was to demonstrate the long
8unerin? and Datience of God. Be
fore be allowed Noah to sail with
GREENSBORO, N. C, TUESDAY, MAY 1
the ark God had been warning tbe
world for one hundred and twenty
years. The patience of God was.
like all His other attributes, im
measurable. A second reason was
that tbe punishment and destine
tion of the wicked might be more
signal. f ' I ! '
"Why don't God (kill the devi
and done witb itf" Dr. Talmage's
little daughter said to him one day,
Laughter.) - It was the same old
wav nwi ,.u'Laa. '"Lt k.w
far. but be would null them do
at last. A third reason was to
make it nlaiu bevond 1 all contro
versy that there was another place
for ad ustments. A wuriu reasuu
was that it cave man' au opporta
nitv to reftentJf "Praise God for
His- slowness,"- said the Doctor,
but let us not forget that if slow
He is sure, and let us make peace
with Him while His patience lasts."
"Oar Oatlea Toward the Dead." .
Rev. R. Heber Newton preached
upon the subject of "Our Duties"
Toward tbe Dead." In considering
certain factitious duties toward tbe
dead, Mr. Newton said :
Oar duty toward tbe dead does
not call us, to any paradeof grief
before the world, j A great cbauge
for the better has already come
over the mortuary character of
good society. We no longer behold
tbe bearso draped in flowing black,
surmounted with waving plumes,
and the horses decked with the
insignia of grief. There is still,
however, room for improvement in
many of our forms ot grief.
It is questionable to me whether
it is right at all to garb1 our chil
dren from bead to foot in the deep
est black. Highly nervous chil
dren are sensitive beyond realiza
tion to colors, to the quality of tbe
material and the association in
volved in mourning costume. Some
proper marks of respect may natu
rally be placed upon our children,
but it caunot be a duty to tbe dead
to endanger; the health of the living
or to shadow i long and deeply the
tender, impressionable natures of
our nervous American children.
Concerning women tbe same
truth holds good. They will drape
themselves from head to foot in
the deepest black ; they will covet
their faces with tbe mourning veils
which shut out the fresh, strength
ening afr and the cheering, joyous
in, God's natural ministers of
comfort through physical nature;
they vill cast a pall over their
spirits measurable by: the shadow
in which they hide their faces, and
this they will do not only for weeks,
but for months, and not only for
months, but for years. .
Dr. Newton then r passed on to
those real and binding obligations
bicb the living are under to the
dead, and hile considering the
sacredness surrounding a dying
wish said : : But what obligations
more easily set aside t One of the
greatest scandals of our civilization
is the frequently recurring, bitterly
fought over contests concerning
wills. So lightly do most men hold
by. an injunction from the grave
that he who wishes to see his will
well executed had better make
himself bis own executor. He who
has generous schemes for the use
of any of his money after he has
left it W unm order his own schemes
while living and found the work
himself which he would have go on
after be has left as.
A Railroad to Meant Veraoa.
A surveying party is now at work
preparatory to the construction of
a railroad from Washington City
to Mount Vernou. The distance is
fifteen miles.1 .The track of the
Pennsylvania road ! will be used to
Alexandria, and from there there
will be a narrow gauge road built
a distance, or eight miles, it is
thought that the trip can be made
in about! three hours, giving visi
tors one hour at Mount Vernon.
At present the means of connec
tion is by a steamboat which makes
but one trip each day. Tbe matter
of the railroad connection will be
considered at the next annual
meeting of tbe board of lady re
gents of Mount Vernon, which
takes place in Jutfe. At present
an admission fee of thirty-three
cento is charged the steamboat for
each" passenger that visits Mount
Vernon. I The purpose of this was
to secure an endowment fund of a
sufficient amount so that the inter
est received from it will be enough
to maiutain the Mount Vernou
estate. ; r i i
It is understood that while this
endowment fund is not large enough
uow, it will be by i the time of the
next annual meeting, when Mount
Vernon will be declared to be open
and free to all. - :
Neighboring Cotton Mill.
There are ten cotton mills in full
blast within seven miles of Com
pany Shops.' We give the list and
what thi r are doing: - I
The E. M. Holt Mills 100 looms;
4,500 yards per day ; Go hands, t
Ossipee Mills James N. Wil
liamson 2,300 spindles ; 102 looms;
4,aoo yards per day ; bands, 125.
Granite Cotton Mills Thomas M.
Holt 400 spindles ; 212 looms;
10,000 yards; bands, 250.
; Glencoe Cotton-Mills W. E.and
J. m i Holt SySOO spindles : 184
looms; SfA) yards ; hands, 175.
Bellemont Mills L. B. & L. T.
Holt; proprietors 2,300 spindles;
111 looms ; 5,000 yards ; hands, 130.
Alamance Mills E. M. Bolt's
Sons 1,00 spiudles; 94 looms ;
4,000 yards, bands, 75. j
Carolina Mills J. H. and W. E.
Holt & Co. 3,000 spindles ; ! CO
looms ; 3,000 yards ; hands, 100. j
Swepson's Mills (Falls of Neuse
Manufacturing Company) 2,200
spindles ; 100 looms ; 4,500 yards ;
hards, 100. I i ,
Saxaphahaw Mills Holt, Wil
liamson & Co. 4,000 spindles ;
yarns and warp: hands. 75.
Rock Mills (Rock Creek Manu
facturing i Company) 32 looms ;
.W tfV A T f
ouiy piaius; x,owy-gs. -
- IJimar and Bayard.
WMhinatoa Letter.! ; '
Two of the members of the Cabi
net have surprised those who are
closely: following the coarse of the
administration. Bat ' these sur
prises have been of a totally differ
ent nature. Secretary Lamar has
surprised even his intimate friends
with the vigor with which he has
entered into the duties ot the head
of the Interior Department. For
years Lamar baa been called a day
dreamer, even by men
who have
FsociatedjrU&ei tor more than
aajii ,W mm 'Vutifnsv f ' IT da srl -m
tbe idol of his State, and while his
magnificent intellect was acknowl
edged everywhere, and in both po
litical parties, yet the general be
lief was that be was totally unfit
for tbe interior portfolio! So well
founded was this belief that Lamar
occupied a very nnique position in
tbe Senate, u nlike any other
Senator be was not expected to
look after patronage or to pay the
slightest attention to route mat
ters.; Sometimes he would absent
himself from the Senate chamber
for days. Then again he would sit
for weeks without uttering a word
in debat When once in the fray
however, he made the country, lis
ten to what be bad to say. Missis
sippi kept him in the Senate for
just such occasions. She did not
expect that be would bother him
self to descend from this pedestal,
and he never did as long as he rep
resented bis State in the national
council. After Mr. Cleveland had
been elected, and wnue he was
holding the famous "matinees for
statesmen" at Albany, be met Mr.
Lamar. He was impressed more
favorable with him tbari with any
other man he had met from Wash
ington. Lamar could have been
Secretary of. State if he had but
said the word, and as a matter of
fact, at one time he was booked
for the place, with Bayard for Sec
retary of the Treasury, but in the
ater reorganization of the Cabinet
slate he was given his present po
sition. Since he has assumed his
duties of Secretary of the Interior
be has astonished those who had a
fixed idea that he would trust the
details of his work into the bands
of the assistant secretaries. Just
the contrary has been the case.
Tbe assistants have been allowed
to perform their legitimate duties,
but Secretary Lamar has throw u
away all his oldtimo day dreaming,
and has emerged one of tbe most
practical of cabinet ministers.
Every detail of his office work he
understands thoroughly, and great-
y to the gratification of the Presi
dent, he is makiug a success in his
tosUion. Secretary Lamar sold
out the carriages and horses form
erly used by bis predecessor. Most
people imagine by that he walks.
or rides iu a street car : on the con
trary, he rides to the White House
on a Kentucky mare, the property
of Senator Beck. Lamar is" a fine
horseman, aud sits astride of his
mare like a ringmaster. The so
cond surprise among! j the Presi
dent's cabinet officers is Secretary
Bayard. I!
When Bayard's appointment was
announced it was greeted witb gen
eral commendation by all tbe wings
of tho Democratic party. He was
the scion of an illustrous family iu
Delaware, and had served his state
for 16 years in tbe Senate, being
his fathers successor.! No doubt !
was expressed that be would make
a model Secretary of State, but if i
the President bad set himself at
work with the deliberate intention
of ruining Bayard's chances for the
Democratic nomination in 1883, be
could have adopted lio more effec
tual a mode of procedure than to
have appointed, him Secretary of
State. Bayard was a large man in
he estimation of the public when
be was a member or tne senate;
since his resignation, and bis acces
sion to tbe State portfolio, be bas
steadily grown smaller aud small
er, until he is now only an ordinary
sized politician. Bayard ha been
a constant source of annoyance, to
the President ever since be entered
the Cabinet. Mr. Cleveland's mis
takes in the line of diplomatic ap
pointments have been in following
out the advice of tbe bead of tbe
State Department. It is reported
here that Mr. Bayard will not con
tinue in his present position to the
end of the administration. If he
finds that his popularity is ou the
Wane, such as it certaiuly now ap
pears to be, he can resign in a year
and enter the Senatorial race to
succeed Mr. Gray, whose term will
expire in 1837. There are those
here who predict .that this is bis
intention, and that after, all Lamar
will end at tbe State Department,
with McDonald as the new member
of the Cabinet iu Lamar's present
place. ' v -
Laokoat for Mad-Doga.
rAaaerOle CHiMa.
We have sometimes to thank a
panic terror for the extirpations of
public evils to which legislation
will apply no remedy. Every ses
sion of our State Legislature is ap
plied to in behalf of tbe sheep in
dustry to be protected by the abate
ment of the dog nuisance; and
every year the propositions are
summarily kicked out and tbe in
troducers made a laughing stock.
Just at present the dogs them
selves furnish the strongest argu
ment against them; an argument
so- strong as to be irresistible.
They went mad in several sections,
and then no plea of merit as coon
or 'possum dog, ua fame as fox
hound, uo keenness of scent : or
staunchness of stand as poiuter or
setter, no beauty as iioodle or lap
dog availed. All went dowu under
the frantic cry of "mad dog V
A large part of Mecklenburg and
"Cabarrus counties have been freed
from tbe .pest, and a Urge section
of Buncombe is relieved.
It is a hint which all couuties
may act upou, and let tbe Legisla
ture hereafter alone. The -quest ion
of sheep and dog can be very
promptly settled.
0, 1885.
Duncan K. MeRae'a latpreasloua.
Col. Duncan K.- McRae, who has
recently been to Washington, is a
close observer. He returned home
with distinct impressions of what
be saw and heard. We quote from
an interview; c
t iYon ask me what impression the
President made upon me.. Really,
he makes bat a single , impression
on every one ; ami it is because be
bas no arts and no practices. He
is an earnest, unaffected, straight
forward, matter of fact man of bus,
ine&s. He has strong limbs, a
portly pers6nTn-rrtg -tesand its
full of brains. Whoever
is not a great man and seeks an en
counter with him on that idea wil
nod himself unexpectedly in the
hands of a giant He ; is heavy
featured and rugged, but with
Napoleonic cast of countenance and
an expression of general good na
tare and of great will. I should
say ot him that in bis convictions
he is obstinate to the last decree :
uuiess tne approaches are made on
... . i-
the amiable side of his disposition.
I have seen a great deal of official
presentations and receptious in
Washington since the days of Mr.
Van Buren, and Mr. Cleveland
compares favorably witb the best
of them in ease and dignity of man
ner, and in an imposing presence,
and surpases most or tuein in graci
ousness and affability, and the
White House looks more like the
people had a property in it than it
bas since "Old jUickory" was its.
occupant.
Our two Senators f Wbjr cer
tainly, both are on baud. As to
eachV respective ; influence, you
know "comparisons are odorous."
But those who know ihem expect
to see them reach results by obvi
ously different methods. One by
the $uaviler in modo, the other by
the fortitfr in re. I Baw Gov. Vance
only for a moment, land then he was
hard bent on towing Ham Jones
into the' Western! Attorneyship,
and it is nianifest from the favor
shown to his brother, the General,
aud froml Hale's getting the impor
tant consulship to Manchester, that
the Administration likes to keep
tbe Governor in a good humor. Be
sides, Ransom gave him efficient
help in both these matters; . Any
one who looks can see that Gen.
Ransom has close relations with
the President and Cabinet, at once
cordial and confidential, and it is
well that! it is so, for be is very con
servative, and alwa s a safe and
wise counsellor, and a true hearted
North Carolinian, 'i
Iu the (Short conversation which
I had with the President be spoke
with warrathj of his interest in
North Carolina, and said it was
both his hope: and expectation to
pay our , people a visit, and that
before a great while. V
I saw, too, Mr.
Randall, who
is
also looking forward to visit North
and South Carolina. I saw no
Democrat who ras intimical to Mr.
Randall;' on the contrary, I heard
oil every side the expression of
confidence in bis orthodox Demo
cracy, ad he is everywhere re
garded as tho leader who is ' to
maintain and! defend the adminis
tration id the; House of Represen
tatives. ; Having himself greatly
contributed to the platform as it
uow stands, lie is expected to be its
promiuetit and faithful . expositor
in seecl andj action.
Anecdote of Judge Thomas Huffiu.
(LeakirUle EehoJ '
About 43 years ago Judge Ruffin
went to school at Shady Grove, in
Rockingham pounty, to Mr. Samuel
Smith. Across the river about a
mile and a hsilt from the academy,
iu the rich bottoms of the Mayo,
was a very fine melon patch, to
which the boys occasionally made
clandestine visits. The widow who
owned tbe patch had two pretty
day Mers, sprightly and lively and
fur . of Tun. ) Ruffin occasionally
car d oil these young ladies, and
ot.' one 'occasion the theft of the
melons was spoken of. The young
ladies told young Ruffin that they
thought the students of Mr. Smith
were the robbers. Ruffin at oace
defended the "boys" from the un
just suspicion and promised that if
it was so be would use his influence
to stop it. A few days afterwards
a negro'girl came from the melon
patch.' with a handkerchief which
she had fouud there aud gave it to
the young ladies. In one corner
was the name "Thomas Ruffin "
Tbe mother of tbe young ladies
selected tbe finest melon she could
find, tied it up iu tbe handkerchief
aud sent it to Ruffin next day by
one of her sons who attended the
school. It cured Ruffin lrom mo
lesti ug,- melon patches, and it is
said he never could face the young
ladies again. . 7
, ! a New Hemostatic.
At a recen t meeting of the Acad
emy of Mediciue, at Paris, Profes
sor Bonafoux read a paper upon a;
powder which possesses great
hemostatic powers, find is capable,
it is said, of arresting the bleeding
of large, arteries,-so that it ill
prove serviceable in important sur
gical operations. ; This powder is
composed of equal parts of colo
phony, carbon, and gum arabic.
Experiments have beeu tried with
it on the brachial artery in man,
and on! the smaller vessels, on the
carotid of the horse, and other
blood vessets of the same animal,
with marked succcess. It has al
ways prevented consecutive hoemor,
rbage. ' Tbe application can bo
lifted in the course of two or three
days, iwhen the vessels are found to
be completely obliterated. j!
A j grasshoper outbreak has
begun j thus early in California
ravaging the country in many parts
of tie State. The pest is a survi
val nfuue of last year, but much
mure serious, for the insects are
said Wbe "now issuing from the
tuountJtf)8 for a second campaign
and withTVeener aunetites." 'The
California fa apparently would pro
rer to iiavi h little Indian war.
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Plain Preaching
Auo ioiiowiug extracts aro
from a sermon delivered.byRey
Sam Jones at Chattanooga last
Sunday :
I shall ran these, meetings in the
way an engineer would run a train.
This is God's track,-and I am sim
ply doing his work.- ;il
I; know there are people in Chat
tanooga that would not get up out
of bed at six o'clock to save this
town from hell ; and they are to be
found in tbe churches of this city,
too, professing to be Christians, i;
' I want it always understood that
ou nave enough you may
go. 1 1 ii i nni"T ryr """ w Ha
that this fellow Sam Jones' tire
hini. Yon know -the way borne,
and) you may consider the benedic
tion pronounced, if you waut to go.
so rar as you are concerned.
I j would rather have no religion
at an than the type you have here
in Chattanooga; and if you don'
like that you may lump it. When
ever my religion dwindles down to
At ; !i..L Lni a 2 -
uie pibcuj pi uuaitanooga vnrisuau,
I want to go back to the world and
commence over.
A more innocent game never was
invented than baseball; .and yet
they have got it as rotten as hell,
to-day, and I say that whenever
Chattanooga or Atlanta or Nash
ville or any other city on the face
of the earth suffers this game play
ed on ! the Sabbath, that city dis
graces herself, and I would not
wipe foot on her at tbe front door
unless it was powerfully muddy.
I will stop right here to say that
there is not ranch difference In
church members, as it presents it
self to tbe world. There is old
Brother A. who says "if' you do
not turn : the dancers out I will
leave the church ; yet he is lending
money at 30 per cent. Brother 13.
does not j loan money, for a very
good j reason, and be denounces
usury, but you can take a demijohn
and tote old Brother B. into hell
after it. 1 Here is Brother C, who
does not dance, drink or loan money
but you just strike him on a trade
and see how quick he will clean
you up. (l tell you, you do not
know how much-scriptural hell fire
there is in a good trade until you
get to helL J
1 !j Charlotte Observer.
In one of the colored churches in
lis city,5 something of a turmoil
has: ! lately been raised over the
movement on the part of some of
the members for a division of the
membership on the color line. The
project is one of tbe most remark
able tbatj we have yet heard of, its
aim being to separate the black
skins from the inulattoes, the ebon
hued desiring to have a congrega
tion all I to themselves, aud the
ihulattoeS expressing a similar de
sire on their own part. Tbe sub-
ect was -discussed in a congrega
ional meeting a day or so ago, and
While each party was -willing for
a division, the terms could not be
agreed-upon. The minister is la
blackskmned divine, and naturally
enough tho blackskins laid claim
to him, in addition to. the church
and church' furniture. Auother
trouble was the fact that some 5 of
the blackskiuned men had mulatto
wives, aud some of the blackskin
ned women had mulatto husbands,
and how to apportion them in the
proposed division was a subject
that created a good deal of ansatis-
actory discussion. The difficulty
a a r
seems to De lnsurmountaoie, out
both factions are determined upon
a umsiou, ana it is oeneveu mat
the Synod will have to be called
upon to act as a board of arbitra
tion. A third difficulty in the way
of the proposed division, liars in the
fact that -a small portion of the
congregation are neither blacks nor
mulattoes, but come between the
two, and if the proposed color line
is strictly df-awn, they will have to
be left entirely out in the cold, and
will have to seek some other taber
nacle wherein such elevated ideas
in retrard to tone aud color do hot
prevail.; ' ; "
Reform In Woaaeu'a Dress.
- j (Cincinnati Enquirer.
Sneaking: of unseen features of
femiuinb toilets, Boston has evolved
something in that line. The Dress
Reform Committee of that city are
the authors of what they call Ithe
corset abolishing underwear. One
of their j enthusiasts, Abby Gould
Woolson, has brought , some of the
articles to NewYork for missionary
purposes. She showed them to an
invited gathering yesterday, and I
noticed s that, very ad roi tly , fthe
girl who acted as a figure mode on
which tO exhibit them was a slim
waisted creature, who might as
well go without corsets as not; so
good were her natural outlines.
The outfit consists of three gar
ments, viz., a bal moral skirt, com
posed of a deep . princess waist
reaching to the knee and joined
there to a broad, straight flounce;
then a suit of white cotton cloth,
or muslin, shaped loosely to the
form by vertical seams, aud I ter
initiating iu sleeves and drawers.
With one thickness of smooth cloth
the latter garment covers tbe entire
body from chin to wrist and ankles.
Finally,! beneath this, a woplleu
undersuit, woven upon the same
model, aud, like the chemiloon,
button down the entire front, f An
underskirt of fitting make may be
buttond : either to tbe balmoral or
chemiloon, and to the inner side of
of the latter the stocking supporters
are attached. I
!j Thus equipped with four fgar
ments -a union undersuit, a prin
cess petticoat and a princess dress
you have not a belt in your
whole attire nor a bit of gathered
fulness, save what -is fOnnd iq the
Bkirt: flonnct.. A ift of the should
ers meets resictauce only from the
toj;s of the stockings, so loosely
worn and connected is your entire
garbv Summer discards theflan
uel undersuit and reduces the num
ber of garments to three.
Kck, htckL.
Btudenta worr-ii.v
Student! hurryingN
Thinking of friend iu.
Longint again for the wv
. Of fktbsra utd mother &ni
Of brother! and sights and flow
x see it all and In my mind '
And tad that I am left behind.
" ' : - : 'in. . '
Absent face, empty ehairs.
Deserted room and noifelem stairs. ,
Day long and drear,. ; ' ' . "
Sigh deep, sincere, - -
Thoughts borne away to home delight.
Constant dreams of home's tweet sights, i
Of fathers and mothers and fair-faced girls.
ui Drotners and uters and Bowing curls,
I feel it all and in my mind
And sad -that I am left behind. . .
HI.,,
Hacks, backmen and nan - -
Students returning . . ,
. To lesmns and learning,
Thinking of friends and home delights.
Coming from home and home's sweet rigtta.
I see it all and say in my mind.
"I won't again be left behind-"
The C. F. fc T. V. R. R. ; .
Manufacturers' Record. . 7 '
Of the many enteqirises illustrat
ing the progressive spirit of North
Carolina, and promising great re
sults, there is no one which attracts
more attention than the Cape Fear
& Yadkin Valley Rail way ."whose
construction is being so vigorously y
puueu uy tue euergeuc presiuent,
Mr. Julius A. Gray, of Greensboro,
N. C. Whether it is because the
road is essentially- a North Caro
lina road, running diagonally across -the
State, bringing into close rela- .
tion sections far distant and totally '
different, aud v effecting an. inter
change of every product. orNorth
Carolina soil and waters; or whether"
it is because tbe people are rejoiced
to see the approaching realization
of an old idea and the success of an
enterprise that, for thirty years,
has been struggling with backsets
and perverse fate ; or whether it is
because it is the only road in North
Carolina which is owned, officered r
and controlled by individual North
Carolinians, built by North Caro
lina money, and operated for the
development solely of North Caro
lina towns ; whether it is because
of either or all of these facts, it is
noticeably true that the peoplef
the State are particularly interest
ed in the buildiug of this- great
work of internal improvement.
- Garden Cultivation. v ! f
In order to be successful inrais
ing garden crops, occupy : nomo
ground than you can make ric "
cultivate thoroughly, t Afou;
an acre well fertilized and. ,
clean will give-more rctarrx
quantity and incomparably bl
in quality than an entire acre)
poor land neglected ardlCT-
with weeds.; We have rtrgi
manv vears the imuortancey
tivating vegetable gardens f
horse, as it may beloue r
tenth the labor aswell
better than by hand, iMl.
garden oblong, " so that row!.
crops may extend the longest w
aud the horse may turn about -the
ends on ten feet vacant"
A 10-year-old Girl Arrested fur Horse.
Stealing. "v v,
Hattie Rogers, a preposessing
miss of 1C, of Erie, Pa., has been
indicted for horse stealing.. The
passion for horseback riding led
her to take a livery horse from his
stall, aud, jumping astride the ani
mal, she started at bjrak-neck
sryHl to evade the nc4agt whch
waV immediate v eiveu -T 0n
she rode, over hill and vail.
she crossed the State line, ;
only stopped long enough)
trade for a fresh horse;
captured she was so refri
to compel tbe officers to lr
The Virginia
The Democra
has issued a cat
ventiou, to be he
July 29th, to not!
and other state 6
publican State oL..
been called for July 1
same purpose. - j
The New York WoWt Uarth-
i. k
oldi pedestal tuud has rrfacbdd tlue-
handsome amount of $J5,000, and
in a few days will 'exceetfjO,000.
The money comes from iltonle of
moderate means, for the New York
millionaries do not condescend to
contribute to it. So the great
statue will owe its resting-place to
the comparativelypoor, and they
generally make the best basis for r
liHorfc in APurv fihaiin I
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There isrso little demar
for the famous-Sea Island
South Caroliua that few
have sold their last year's
was formerly used to' ad
silk, but the demand has
without any apparent reason, ex
cept that by means of improved (
machinery ordinary cotton may be
used for thread and other purposes
as well as the long staple.
The farmer-king of Alabama 7
is Bragg B. Comer, of Barbour
county. He raised 2,250 bales .
cotton last year, besides a larg
amount of com. lie has from 8,000
to 10,000 acres in cotton and corn
this year, and says crop prospects.
were never oetter.
--Near ChickasawhatcbeeV t
asawhatchee, 1 Y
ah AVir, a liif I
(till be seen w I
by Gen. Jack4
says the Savannah
earthworks can stilt
were thrown up
(Old Uickory) as a protection
agaiust the Indians ou bis march to
Florida through that section in
1818. i : -
Emma, Queen Dowager of the
Sandwich Islands, is dead. Her
death is chieflv noteworthy because
it removes from the living one of
the many royal pretenders wbo;
ninkft the actual occupants of.
thrones very uneasy.
Among the 100 laws regulatiug
the French ureas is one centuries
old, which threatens the proofread-
er with death tor even one oiunucr.
Jananese-girls, it is said, use
tiiir fimr nails as pens when
writing love letters,
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