THE fOBACCa PLANT
Urt'Oi, I.iili.i-.
SlftVd n (rap !,
'VII-. was'it t'-.it tUe Genera' As
semble cutild iut da a-i wi-lied i
regard to tho election of 'J.stices of iliv
Few? How was t thy the gentlemen
(ompossng that tod ignored the. .wishes
of the! j.oop!': as exr-re-fwd in t'nei
county; meetings, arid e'ecel tbw.vho,
itt fiOiiiS instance, we: net only i b-
j jectionable, but absolutely incompetent
-Mori was it that the d. funct body wa?
08W:ftto do sOne things i fought never t.
have done, so id w to do some things that
so much needed de and bo dreiict in
leavine" undine to iU last many thing
ip-n agy manufactnred atticla is filwriy ! that it ought to have done ! Absenteeism.
at v
2) J 2 H A & C II Ut, 18 7
'J'asea S-VrltJizfrrs.- ;
The liw recently passed by fie Lg
Sslafrure living a tax of 4 "'08, on each
fcouipiny fjf the. pnviVge of fselHng
fertilizers in t'eS ate that r? raanufae
Tiifed outside (ri Its bor3er'wflT oppre
the very ' claw for -whose bene! r It was
TWtcnsibTf intended the fani;e-. A'ta's
wi'.l .not be
t jiuiri.fd no li.ut'er
ow
Wid b tha consumer nd e notice ' peanuts, t mulity, inexperience,
tbt tfce msnsfat-turerH of Fcrrt&r in Croats and a flowing bowl, may m part
i expiaia ino niaicer. tvi o.ui.
We ere not aprisJ of the p'kcyj
Baltimore have resolved to increase the
price of ail fertilijrra $1,00 on each ton
old ill North Carolina. Now. v. be pays
lre taaf? , The rmer of course, and in:
stiad of retaining m$Bey in the Sjate it
. will send th" ' ""f dollars out of it.
iiShortaisf appers; to u
powerful thr.':r pilLtiijal bricking uiay le.
The clm fur oGdejin tin' Dcpartmort
ha?, of. xt 'ur-p, bet'n greater t'l.n in
aay other,.and has nqCiJSiitated fie print
ing of a circular to h j effect ihaf. ib.era
are no vacancies andjtlut when vacancies
occuv they will be filled by ui.ii it an I i:i
accordance with civi server rules. The
prospects of the Uiej-c office sddker were
never more gloomy than- now, and the
large number who have made a pilgrim
age to Washington' have lost money.
The vau Department. Iu ' this
a i a.I t : a
uepari.naji toero nas as yjt b 1 n'
tiistinctivc policy advertised. Tne new
Secfe..iry is esteemed, by ;buth politica
friends aiid'eneinies, a - niot abl", csre
that prompted our legislators to appoint
incompetent nsgro magiotrates, but
think their time wuuld have been bet'er
sneut at Tim Lee1 wake.
Nappe ith iu uv(
1- J T . mi, I
4.C will sieg ot ytoreigJ
conapaaiatf , d fardaftr.wil
ay the
What tlie South need it imnn ;ration
oS an bonest and thrifty eiaas of people
nd we an glad to knDW the subject U
being ronsrsred in the NorthernjStates.
, Persons, who ooe Biong us iwkh a
deaire and intention to make gv.fd aad
fiermanent oit'uens, will always fricaive
4 warm welcome from our citizens. Mr.
Dennett, of Louisiana, writing fr0a Bos
ton to the New Orleins fanes, p'ajs.
; 'lbe meeltaaics and lut.dlesi "furmers
of the Northern States are Jii'UtenaJ ;
i
ud they are beDt upoa having, land in
the South ai soon aa tbey can jossibly
i:et it. We have been anion;? jta uia-
Governor Hauiptou, fr purposes Tt
iknowajjp himself apJ hs adf iiera, -is
now engaged tn otgiimain a strong una
effective constabulary forca. fle has ap
pointed Col. Whi, 15utler. of EdgeQold
as chief of the force, which so far num
bers fifty picked men. Butler it a na
tive of Greenville, but now a resident
of Edgefield. He u an ex-Faderai and
ex-ConfederuU arni j officer, and was
Colonel of the First South Carolina
Regulators. He is regarded as an ex
cellent aclection for thin responsible po
sition. . :
'.' The action of the H nttse in declaring
that.Tildea was e'ecttd President of
the United States places a bLur upon tlic
aliumistratbn of Hayes lh it Bo legis
lation can wipe out, for it "goes upou the
records of Consiress' and will remain
.chanica-of Massachusetts forty djays, and j tj9re forever, and it will go '.' dowk to
Imve consulted with them, and have
-heard then? italky and , have scin them
' organizing tq go t-j Virginia, jFloiida,
iSoi tli' Carolina aid Texas, and we apeak
. understandingly. : about th'i matter.
'J'hey never sptak o' going West the
, .South is on their brain. Imorgration
.. to. the West is at an end. ' j "
fXUe $xt Hons?.
.' A correspondent at Washington gives
lhe following to show Irw the I)toocrat
e propose toaecure tbe organizatio'i of the
. neit House . of . RepreaftntatiTea. .-He
. 'Clerk Adami is engaged ia co.inpUing
the roll of the next House of jpresen-.,-Jtati?es.
lp view of theprospcottHe con
test to secure the organizitiun for the
- ilepublicans, it is ascertained that he
will ' exclude all Repub;lBs in contest-
. . fed cases, so that the appareat Democrat
ic majority will stand about seventeen.
Leading .Republican members in the
city have, bjon in conference! upon .the
ubjeet in tha bopo of devising some
means by whicli, this aibitrarj . proceed-
; ing may be defeated. They have deci 1
.ed that it is a question of siicli grave
importanc to the President in carrying
out hi commendable policy! of reform
And retrenehment in every branch of the
Government that hfl shoulj have the
lull support of thejjonse if at all prac
ticable.' i '
history Jor all time thaf-thta -National
tlouco of Fvepreseut ves. regard him a3
lhe da facto, hut not the juris Presi
dent.? '
Judre Shaw, "of the Circuit Cjurt
Judges of South Carolina h .'i ci mpelie l
a hhsviff t) recsgnio the Ilhmjton
g.ivernmcnt. He regards it as the only
legal government inthe State and is de
termiaed that all the officers of h s vuri
shall feapcefc it.
ful, and judicious man, ait giveu to dis
play and proc'awaon. It'.forms will
doubtless, be instituted, when he shall
have surveyed the field, but they wili mos
probably be known 'by their fulfillment
before they have been announced in the
bills. SlfoMcCrarji a lawyer of great
ability, and it is kuovn be would have
preferred the Attny Ooneials-iip to
the place in the ialiet lis uow holds.
But 8i!:C3 iriany qntntions arising from
the use of the anjiy in the South are sure
ton-quire legal discern ment,and manage-
mect there is reason for congratulation
that an emioerft lawyer is at the head of
the Derfartment of war. In compar
ing this administration with the lust,
the predominance of the legal profession
is remarkable. W ith the exception .
"Mr. Schurz every member of the preseut
cabin t is a .lawyer. In Gen. Grant's
cabinet the only lawyer wus the Attorney
General. . ;
The question of an extra s s-ton has
uot yet bocn settled, but t!ie prevaiiirg
improsslon is that it will be indispensi-
ble. The competitorj of Mr. Ivandall
for '.be . speakership, are urging delay.
Ttiey opjjote the asaomblinj; of Congress
until Dcember, with the object, of form
ing combinations fa favt-r of Cox, Sayler,
Springer, Wood, Paiter, Blackburn, and
other.'. Should an extra session (;) is
ino-t probable) b'i called iu May, Mr.
llandall, it ii thought, wilt Invi Ipu'.
littie oppoi-ition foi tho speakership i
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lAfo Insurance.
The "fSPfnt failure of a number of life
; insurance Companies have to a very consid
erable extent impaired pvbVc confidence
in life insurance. These failures are con
fiqedta'what lire ' designated - "weak"
companies thmjb have , sprang into exist.
nnce during tKe past few Jesrf and have
,ut(furnb 16 ineompBtent management.
post date, has the lollowiog aensible re-
marks T "In conseqaence of the failure
"of a few life-Insurance companies and
the relation in . at least one instance of
, utrocious (raqd and'' mismanagement, a
ve'y bitter feeling Ins been1 exci'el.on
r. the sabject in the public mind. There
' is some danger .that this feeling may be
carried to excess aid applied where' it
is not deserved. .TLo February number
f Su)rtfet-iaM-alliirg Attention to
tbis danger, presut a .detailed state
ment of what tie twenty-six companies
tpelonging to the itJbam'er of Life Insu
rance have doea and are actually doing.
During a period of thiriy-two months,
between April," 1874, and November 18
70, incluaiyeJthose ceMpanies-paid fro,-.
ftsj.442 fer deatli and t endowment 4
Uims. Of these, the "endowments"
were lea thad nine pr cent, eti thatJ
."nearly fartj-nine millron OoHars were
paid to Bjarvivors to the i families j of
men who thus provided against; the cvilj
day. The payment run whirewarkar-
tie evenness Mircugi tne pnou.in bo one
; rtioQhJaGqng31rilku ,$1,380,
'009. , It ,ifs catculatci that aboit six
hundred fainTTies are thus relieved-from
. listea, iaotyevertyeTer rnontbj and
Xhat thirty thousand children 'per year
- inns -obtain the pp if Unity of a good ed-
acatiod and aUrt m Uw world. U tule
it is very de&rrablo tkat feebU insurance
' "companies -should b wwedeJ out, it
t Iur Wasliiuton Belter.
I l Frojri our regular Corrsspondont.
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WXhingtos, D, C. March, 16, "77.
There is nothing D3w in t'le.sitJation
to, day, jand aU that is ol interest froi i
political stand-pointariscs fioui the de
velopments of the reform policy of the
ne resident and his a'dordaut cabi-
net It is fresh and refreshing to hear
an announcement like tint of Secretary
Schurz to the effect that there shall be no
dinnis'als without ciu3e, and q'o appoint
raen:s without merit, an 1 that ersonal
and political considerations shall not in
fluence him in appointments or promo
tions in his Department.. TriE Navy.
DiiPARTMEXT also it ' appears is to be
gWtpt with the besom of nfiu. The
hnry ".nland Neptune who has been call
ed to take charge of the marine portfolio
assembled the various chiefs of the bu
reau yesterday and rqad them some tail
ing ooders that were both Btartling and
impreniive. In the first place he said it
was his intention to eall them together
would be - terrible miatake
to overthrow
public confidence in sound companiee and
in ia Tteni nhicH' Confn
spread benefit."
sueh wide-
We are always pleated to, recommend
a good article! Drt BuH'e Ccugh Syrup
never fails to cure a Cough or Cold in
short time. Tbs price is j ots
l..'isliliYe Appointaicnts.
Eclow we .publish a Hit of magistrates p.p
pointe;l by tho last Legislature for the coun
ties of tr;uie, Piarsoa au l Grauvilla.
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Iiilldboro -Calvin E Smith, Nutnattiel
p. lUin, Alvis Dnihana, Juo M. lllackwooJ,
Lemuel Lynch. ' -
I.itt'.o Itivtr Ramuil 11. Jordan, Lambert
W. Hal!, Addison! L, Holden.
ManKum A. K. Umstead, Geo ' W. Jonas,
Uurani-Wiii.!'W. Ouesn, T. P. Paschtll,
Robert D.. Tattersoh, D. 0. l'arriih, M. A.
Anier, C:il?b H. ,Orien.
rntterscn Samnel li iiirreutiao, uaOnel
A. Barbeo, Woi. Maso i.
Chnpsl Hill itnas W. Johnson, Waa G.
Hohea jB, Merri tlCUeek, Jao II Watsoa.
Binhiun 1) Durham Rout Long, T P
Bradshaw. . ' I
Cedar Grove Win. "W AlHion, Wm. T
Tate. John Thoiipsou. -
COIXT1.
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Price reduced to suit the times. 25 tons just received -'fresh from manufacturers. a
Urintr your tobacco' to Durham Warehouse, where you will get big prices and load back with lJoppleins 10-
bacco Fertilizer and savd the country. , V ery Kespecttully, ,
Cunninghams
Riclmonl,; -Robtj
Olive Hill W.
regularly, once a week, and bold a sort
of cabinet meeting over the condition of
the Navy. All the Chiefs of Bureaus
will theu be expected to suinbit, among
other things, the latest developments in
the business of contracts, and not to
proceed to award any without his knowl
edge and consent. This he insisted up
on as an invariable rule from date, and
'b;it he would hold all clerka accounta
ble for ,a strict compliance with it.
Furthermore he said there should fa the j
future, be no reliance opon a deficiency
bill. When expenditures seemed necesv
sary, they would consult the naval ex
chequer, and if the expeuae could be
afforded all right, but he would uot drive
ahead with expenditures relying on Con
gress to square the account by a defi :ien
cy appropriation ; he -law no use and no
excuse for this habit. Tho Secretary
ended his first la won by asking for tha
report for the House Committee on
Naval affairs, affirming that he proposed
to sail by that ohart. In the Post Of
fice Dejpaktmeln we have presented a
resaarkable picture of a happy family.
The most discordant elements have com
promised their antagonisms and ki-sed
each othar. Mr,Tyer, late Post Mas
tar General ueier President Grant, has
virtually; the earoe place under the new
administration, Tot he has been appoint
ed first assistant Post, Mastei General,
aud the result will be that Mr. Morton's
first friend will have, as the immemori
al prerogative of the first assistant, the
patronage of fully 25.000 post officjs, r
nearly all "of those ia the Northern and
Western states. Post Master Genera!
Key has announced his intention, to look
after the Southern appointments only.
Hare als? civil service reform has been
inaugurated. Competent officials will
rrot be removed, and iBcemnetant we '
-Samuel A Barnott, C II
A Willi arcs. ! -
0. Winstead,. James M
Burton. A J Het-fer-
Bushy Fork if L Brooks Jno G Coleman,
James O B'adshpr. ;
Flat River Ales Rearas, Henry Mont
gomery, James Catas. .,-
Roxboro Juuicb T ditcher, J B Pleas
ant", Wm It Webb.
W. ols Da'e jS J RoburUon, Jno A Bam
ett. Jeff J Brooks .
Halloways Thomas J Montague, E N
Wilkerson, Thomas H. Street.
AUensville H W Harris, L. C Clayton,
B A Thaxtort
Mt Tirxah Q Q Moore, Grcves Meadows,
W T Noell !
iKAXVII.I.E COUXT1.
Henderson H C Crosby Harvel Harris,
E 0 Brodie, S S Cooper.
Kittrell's Erastua Pewall, Baldy A Cape,
heart, Cha W Villiams,
Fishing Creek Harvey Harris, Jr, Rich
ard W HarriB, Wm M Blackwell,
Braesfield' Samuel H Kennedy, Clinton
M Rogera B.obtGarni
Dutchvillo Wm T Mitchell,- Jno B Green
Frank J Tilley.
Walnut Giove-rW T Lyon, Wm Daniel,
Jas M SatUrwhite.
Sassafres ; Foik Wilkin Stovall, Walter
Pattilhi, Wm U Tanner..
i ownesville-iJ Herbert Taylor, J W
Heart, W K fSnsed.
.Oxronl J W W,koS H T Hughes, L A
PaachAll, A C Parham. N A Gregorv.
Tally Ho Arthur T Carrinpton," Vm li
Smith, J H Webb. ,
Oaa Hill y . H Turyear, J W Koyster,
Ruiu Ami.
. J PABHISH,
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PAINfS, PAIMM, PAINT
. IF YOU Y7AOT TO MINT YOUR
D -W ID --L." li I N" Gr,
1 A 31 nOlSG WpllK VERY J.OW, A OFF,
If XG 1 TO SVA UVMTV OF M0SE1T.
.
I have red-ced'rnv prices forjwork, though material is Lightr. But Ij
'Trcirse to'iise the bent material ftud warrant my work for any reasonable
lin e, and Vlso to give satisfaction in the Quantity, Quality, Taste Dura-:
t bilitv of ray work, anu a.j low ns any inuer uri uass "ccu.iii.v-
j Give me a Call,
HOUSE, SIGN. ftND ORNAMENTAL PAINTER
Shop adjoining MarWiam's prick Store. ...
J DURHAM, p. 0 ,
II. W. VAHAB.
u. m. wahab;
JNO. C. WILKJEESOif
WQ1
DURHAM N. CJ
Valuable Property
D TJj K H J M
FOB SAL1,
s
I wish to eetl my hoase and lot in the
town of Durham locate! on Church stree.
It ia near the -business part of town aiid
very convenient for a boarding- house. The
lot contaius j about one half of ,an acre
the house a two story with four rooms to
the main building, donble poanh in front,
and with two rooms in. the ljear for cook
aud dining rbona, a poaea extending the
length of both rooms nicely latticed up;
also a well of gocKl water on the premises.
fis is oae of the most desirable residences
town. ' . .,
. J. fiD, LYON,
S-tf 4 - Uurhaai, N. C.
new FOR '
991 E. A,Si';.::
' ! A place te sell all kinds
of old Irons, Rough t, Casting, old Chains
Coppet, Brass, Zmck, in fact every kind of
metfthi "fer the cash at 0. M. Herndon's
Meat Market. I Main street next door below
Hunt Wrights store.
C M. HETtNDOX Jr..
We the undersigned, will on the
well-known ;'
15th, day of this month take charge of the
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DURHAM, N. C.
For The Sale of Leaf Tobacco.
(Having been Ipn for several ; years by E. J. Parrish,)
day it will be run under the Sepetvision of Oapt
whose Ion y experience and known
Our market, the largest manufacturing market, the
State, will need for the next year TEN MILLIONS
okers, besides large quantities ot wrap-
arket.iBrin'na your TeWooe ie.
ability in V
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Is known to the trade, ha having had 26
we deem it useless to make futhe
We simply say
will be wanting od
Prid
We make uo boa
besides, but we di
other house can d.
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September 9tl
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