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.J ! T. K. BRUKEB, Associate Ed. SCBSCRIPTIOSRATES : iLjttlCir, laj.v" :1 .rihla In fw1vmv .. IS 00 .. 1 85 ADVERTISING-' RATES ' nne inch, one publication, . , ......... - - j" two pubflaaUons, ... ..... . contniet nltes for months or a year. ...... $1 o JACK EYE BEE-HIYE. persons wishing to purchase lie rrgj't la u?e or Pe" thisjnost perfect inven tion frtlie following Counties, will call" on the undersigned, to wit: : t 'I ; Uotran. Cabarrus,' Stanly, Davie, Catawba, Caldwell, Burked McDowell, Lincoln, Cleave ,nd, Gaston, Dayidsoru ,; i . : lutVe reduced the price on farm right from $ioto$o. !; 0 1 ; , u - lliaVe abo determined to offer County and fosnsiiip rights at a very reduced price.' j HENRY CAUBLE, ! Salisbury, N.C. kitentibn , PAEMEHS' ! GRAS&SEED. 'NJ4istrefeirrd ! a freh snpnty of Clover -gy. Drcliar.1 Grass, Blue Grass, lied Top tuJTnmithy, which I Mill sell cheap at ENNI3S' 15 CIS. WU1; buy one Box of ; Coucentated Lye at " ; ' ENNI33' . M tde old AM) reliable MP) ;;; SALISBURY Marble Yard. main Street, iXest door to the CODRT-HOUSE 11 HE cheapest and best place in North Car olina to buy first class Monuments, Tombs, HesdjitoJies, Ac , fcc None bat the best ma trtiftl used, and all work done in the best style -r iff the art.. A call will satndy you of the truth jif the above. 1 Orders solicited and promptly illed. I Satisfaction guaranteed or uo charge juide. JOHN IX. BrjIS.Propr. ",!'' ! i 17:6ms ' ; SUPERIOR COURT, -4 f Uowan County. hat E. Chamber, 1 ' . . : - j I Plaintiff, I ' Against Z'timmons. bamuerchaiuberfs Defendant. Btah: or Noirrii Carolina. 1'o4ji Sheriff of Rowan County Greeting: kit HERE BY COMMANDED I in the name of the State to summon Samuel thaniln'M l)efendanti"7n' llie above action, to pippesr at the next Term of "lie Superior Court f tW County of Iiowan, at the Coiirt-lloue in l&lUlmry. on the tith Monday after the -3d llomU'y in March 1876, then and iliere to nh wer the coin plaint of Jane E. Chambers, I'lain- 'tlf in tlii. iuil.i And you are further cornmnn ild.to notify tlie said Defendant that if he fails foannwer the complaint, within the time fpe fiStd liy lav. the said Plaintiff will apply to ik Court for the relief demanded in paid com plaint, and for all costs an d charges in (hit-suit ; incurred. W'itnie-w, J. U. Horah, Clerk of onr aid Court, at oftje, in Salisbury, this the 15th dj of. April, A. 1). 1876. ' 1 .: ' !. '. J.M. HORAII, 1 : ' CUrl Sup. Court Rowan Count. I 23:6t-.p'd. ON and OFF Slick as Grease ! WE A EAGLE respectfully announced hl MintiniiannA of rJj AEn.Hto Drug Store. He is always ready and aijnns to accommodate customers lu tho Boot prepared to do first class work and can ."Mipeie witn an nortrjern shop on hand made .ntr Vest patern. He keeps on hand ready WMe work, and stock equal to any special or W f,00,inK Boots- in best style, $7. New fBwitej best quality, $ll. Repairing neatly and promptly done at reasonable prices. -Satisfac-n f ntianteed or no charge sh orders by mail promptly filled? . . ; WM. A. EAGLE. 20. 1876. j. - 5:6mo ' tttilir ntrn ? , .. . ifie ci i I "r,u r1s couvincea teat sew iinii I d-'ne b7 machinery the only ques- Jttsreth BUmbcr of imPortant advantages. FLORENCE Sfi1" Wlth -regnlating tension. 8ew. Wtif p-moMn t' leather without change of 4 'vaa or neeil0 than r.m iiv f h.: uue ne style of the machine sews xy) nh , . T 4 n icib auu icib ithi;V . Prat6r, as may be desired and anisn a 1 v "u tHiin sraes. 40 elegance 01 oit . ,a Sffloothnesof.eperation. variety of mf(rr'A' u the Agent. i?fbrd Machine fnd?r 5iJ0Pair,i of have been knit ito tr fwim' and with perfect heel IbfVood- Sha,,. Scarfs, Gloves, &c, eotabut siDp?n t018-'" f . which fe-'u6116 in rclation'to either Knitter sr ji.ni tier ainples of rs by mail, inesabtp. ra!".10 application. All orders! tui-antl iF l or tDe ote, and satisfitotion Addrlf. n J0eRtl vented inetery County. T 8 ' communications to J -! V. C i Dtt a vn r . 1: 1 0r. F. G. CARTLAND. Gen'l Act. In v. ' Greensboro. N. C regent call on Hotel, (23: ly -- me ational ' ' ? th highest distinction. F. G. Cartland . N. C, U the A eent. He is also STONEWALL JACKSON AT' CIS UAll RUN. -a By An Eye Witness. .ii -r ! Richmond Whig. , t e iummer of 1862, after McCIel lart 114a een dnveal from the front f ivicumona to tDe feheiter 0f hig ganbo, on the lower James. tliA .rtma r s!,-. wall , Jackson, compriaing the divisions of Kwell onH WUJ...... .1 . ...... 1" .":'T """ft o wo tea a. i. Hill'i 7M """f" aa, was ordered to' Gor aonsrtlle lor the narnnta f s Wortuerai Virgioia, fa, the commander luougusjoeet; euiyeet, liowerer, to tle ordera of General U E. Lee, who was aim near uiclimond i with the remaiader 01 uia at my. . v. ; - i . " A few weeka rest in dia tin k.nnJ: foi country around Gordona ville great jy improved the health and spirit of the men uu rccruuea our wornout teams. ! General John Potiej who Ld r-ml- been apppointed to ; the chief command 01 me tderal forces j in Virginia, Was collecting a large army in oar front, with ai iuipeper Courthouse 111 " .1; I ll . ?i alar. ... I . . . . . trpops from the James to Fredricksburg, n the Rappahannock. To prevent a w .....uu naa bjpu LraMiinrrtniy ina lunciure 01 luese 1 tw armies, General d acKson determined tq strike the former and turn iope toward the mountaius, or drive him back upon Washington city. Accordingly a forced i march w md tlirough the eminty of Orange and part of al.-1 " 1 . . i . .! a vyuipcper me divisions moving by differ ent roads; Pope advanced to meet us, anu me iwo armies came together at a lit tle stream called Cedar Run, six miles south wesi from Culpeper Courthouse. Our line was quickly formed on the south side of the stream! EwjelPa division form ing Ahe right, and was jested on.the slope pt a little mountaiu called Slaughter's ; WiDdei's forming the left, and streched across the old stage road leading from Charlottesville to Alexandria Hill's division, wrhfch was still An colnma be hind, mafcintr the reserve, his mirch ha v. ing heen retarded by the wagon trains of nif uinersi j . Immediately in rear of our line there was a large body of woods, but in front the open ground sloned eentlv to the run aud from thence rose gradually to a ridge some six hundred yards distant from our line. Upon tins ridge were posted most of the troops; of tle euemy--a heavy column having been detached to march by a circuitou rout under cover of the tern ber ani attach us on our h ft. The sup eiior numbers of th enemy enabled him to do this withttut violating any military maxim. It came Very! near causing our dleat, too, as !tfie sequel will show. Our lrft Hank was i guarded by the second brigade of Winder's division, posted in the woods to the left of the r.ad. and formed at a right angle to the main Hue of bati Ii. : i ! From the top of th mountain above mentioned Gen. Jackson sat epou his horse, cahny Watching ihe movements of the eueniy. The brigade of Early opened the battle by driving in the enemy's cavalry; but he withdrew! to the position assigned him when thej Federal iufautrv ami artillerv came up and oegan to liue. j '. -- A murderous fire on deploy into the both eside was now commenced bv the artillerv: EwfelPa pudi doiug splendid execution from their ele vated position the enemy's fire being chiefly directed to our batteries in and Hear the rnad, across which Winder's di vision stretched. 1 The, fight had now commenced in earn est, and Jacksou, leaving his observatory on the mouutaiu, rode to the front. The shells were tearing. up the ground and ricocheting down the road in a most un healthy manner as we advanced, and just as we reached the; battery posted in the road, General Winder, who was directing the fire of one of the guns, fell mortally wounded, almost under the feet of Jack son's horse. Asking who that was, and being told, Jackson lifted his bead for a few moments in silent prayer and rode on. -J j : ' As most of Hill's brigades were still in the rear, Jackson became uneasy for hij left and the writer was sent to have the skirmishers thrown further out; The pre caution was too late, however, for the skirmishers came running in just as I reached the second bridge, and a heavy column of infantry were to be Been de ploy ingLfor attach, and-over-leaping the little brigade on both sides. Jtetuj-ning to Jackson with the infor mation,!! found him in the -field to the right of the road, midway between two batteries. The news seemed to have no other effect upon him than to cause the muscles! in his face to become hardened, aud his thin lips to be moie tightly com pressed He made no remark though, not even to the asking of a question. The artillery duel bad not lasted more than an. hour, and. it ws evident from the H-isinz uu of the infantry supports, who were plainly visible: from our position, that a charge was to be made by the ene my in ocr front to co-operate with the at tack of their ffauking eolumn, and here they came three long lines of battle fif teen hundred yards a extent. They swept down slope to the creek, through the fields of growing grain, and then up towards our line. I It was a magmficent sight, and J al most held my breath with- anxiety, and now our infantry, who had been lying down, rose out of the corn and poured in a deadly volley. ;Tne enemy's front line 1 quivered for a: moment and then broke, running through (he Qther.lines, thVowing everything into confusion. The fighting, , . r , : . i - . 0 b: however, contirued. the men on both sides firing as fast as they j could load. We were petti ne- the best of the fi?ht thourrh. and would soon have charged in turn bat jfr.lDe breaking rf the Second brigade, which came running pn on the Third, causing that to double up on the next to uie rignt, and then- our entire left gave way and commenced running through the woods to the rear in the wildest confusion. This left our batteries unprotected, and Jackson, immediately ordered them to the rear simply by a wave of his hand, and then turning himself he rode slowly back. As stated above, the woods were exten sive, and when we reached the south ern edge we met A. P. Hill coming up at the head of Branch's briffade. and there was exposed to view a long line of retreating men some two hundred yards distant. Seemingly inspired with new ardor, Jackson ordered Hill to form on the right of the road at the edge of the wood, and then ordering those about him to stop those men still running through the woods, and bring back those who had passed, he drew his sword, and by appeals and threats and with the assistance of the officers around him, soon formed a new line to the left of the road upon ar. exten sion of hills, the men falling into ranks as they were halted, or as they came back, without regard to company or regiment. I have noticed that all of his biographers, following the first. Dr. Dabney, state that on this occasion Jackson used the follow ing language, viz : "Rally, brave men and press forward; yonr general will lead you, follow me;" This is a mistake. Stonewall Jackson was too modest a man to use such language. Words very siiuU lar to these were used, but, not by Jack son. The Yankees were rapid I v advanc ing through the woods with reformed ranks, and for the succeeding half hour the fighting was the most desperate and at closer quarters than was ever before wit nessed by the writer. There wae little or no undergrowth, and nearly every tree was large enough to shelter one or more men, and the battle was after the regular Indian style Gen. Jackson betaking him self to the friendly side of a large oak of sufficient size to shelter himself and horse, the writer and the color-bearer of the Fourth Virginia regiment sharing with him the protection of the tree. As the fight progressed the men clus tered around Jackson, causing the fire in our immediate front to be very heavy, and forcing the enemy to give way ' to the right and left until a considerable gap was made in their line. Jackson, who had been eagerly watching from first one side and then the other of the tree, seized (this opportunity to charge. Taking the iag from the sergeant and placing the end of the staff upou his' foot, which projected oeyond the stirrup, and without saying one word to the men, he advanced in a cunter. U ith a reirular Confedi-nui vll the troops followed in a run. We had not gone twenty yards before the Yan kees turned their backs, and made belter time going through those woods than our fellows had doue'half an hour before. The pursuit was continued till dark, but mere was . 1 no ngutins: worth speakiug of after this final charge. I have always thought that Jackson showed more of the hero in that fight than any other of his numerous battles. ! The heavy rains that fell that night and the next day prevented further pursuit, even if it had been deemed admissible. I have only told in this description, Mr.Editor, what I saw myself, and have not attempt ed to describe the whole battle. An Eye Witness. LIFE. What a waveriner thintr is the stream of life I How it soatkles and il How it bounds along its pebbly bed sometimes in shade ; sometimes sporting round all things, as if its essence were merriment and brightness : sometimes flowing solemnly on, as if it were derived from Lethe itself. Now it runs like a liquid diamond along the meadow ; now plunges iu fume and fury over the rock ; ndw it is clear, limpid, as youth and in nocence can make it ; now it is heavy and turbid, with the varying streams of thought and memory that are flowing iu to it, each bringing its store of dullntss and polution as it tends toward the end. Its voice, too, various as it goes ; now it siugs lightly ae it dances on : now it roars amidst the obstacles that oppose its way, and now it has no tone bat the dull, low murmur ot exhausted energy. rucn is the stream of life ! Yet per. hape few of us would wish to change our portion of it for the calm regularity of a canal even if one could be constructed without locks and flood-gates upon it to hold in the pent up waters of the heart till they are ready to burst through the banks. There is a new Anglo-African organi zation. It came to a head in Washington Friday. The name of it is the 'National independent Political Uuion. Officers were elected and an address issued. Here is an extract from the document : "You cannot afford longer to band yourselves together for the perpetuation of a party that has bound you hand and ot, and robbed yoa of your hard earn igs' by instituting a freedman's bank ostensibly to make yon thrifty, but in tact with an eye to enrich republican cormorauts and vampires, whose disre putable characters were too notorious to reeeive other federal appointments." It concludes as follows : "The republi can party has been false to itself, false to the country, false to the negro, whom it has preteuded to favor, but, in fact, whom it has made perverse, because of the policy of hale it has forced him to ac cept against a people with whom he lives and must continue to live. For these reasons we expect yoa to co-operate with as inHbe coming presidential election j and aid by your ballots-to retrieve j the good name and lost honor of our common coun try. Friends may God enlighten ! and lead yoa to tee yoar political duty in the coming contest, is the wish of yoar friend and well-wisher I HOUSEHOLD HINTS. I Coeodnut Cake. 1 . woe cupugar, one and one-nair caps flour, one-half cup batter, one-half can m . . r salt ; oaice in tnree cakes. Frosting WOTS . 'f . - O vv uites ot two eggs, two tablespoons co coanut, with sugar to make as thick as cream. Put between and on top. Butternut Cake. Four eggs beaten separately ; two caps sugar, one of butter, one cup butternut meats, one-half cup sweet milk, two and one-half Caps flour (heaped), oae tea- spoonful soda, two of cream tarter. Rub the black scales from off the meats be fore putting them in the cake. Bake in two loaves. j I Centennial Cake.' Five eggs, beaten separately and nice ly, two cupsful white sugar, one cupful butter, one cupful sweet milk, one and a half teaspoonsful cream of tarter in four or more cupsful floiir, one-half teaspoon ful soda iu one-half cupful sweet milk ; flavor with essence ot lemon. Don't make too stiff ; bake one hour, f Farina Pudding. Five ounces of farina stirred gradually and boiled in one quart of milk, then let it cool ; separate the yolks and whites of five eggs ; beat the whites tp a stiff froth, and stir the yolks and sugar together ; then stir nil into the cool boiled farina flavor and bake ; it will be light like suffle if made in in this manner. To Cook Salsify. Scrape the root and put iuto cold water immediately ; when ready to cook cut into thin slices ; boil tender, make a nice white sauce of drawn butter and pour over, or boil to a mash ; mix with butter, salt a little, milk, and pepper; add flour enough and mix as codfish cakes and fry tn the same manner. ilfocjfc Cream. Boil a pint and a half of sweet milk, sweeten and flavor to taste. Beat three eggs very light ; add to them three heap ing teaspoonsful of flour, and a teaspoou- ful of salt. Stir this into the bulling milk, bp read this, when cold, between two layers of the cake as made for Wash ington pie, and you have a nice cream pie. Fish Fritters. Take salt eodfisli, soak it over night. Iu the morning throw the water; off the fish, put on fresh and set it on the Jange until it comes to a boil. Do not let it boil, as that will harden it.. Then pick it up very fine, season with pepper, mace, aud perhaps a little salt. Make a batter of a pint of milk and three eggs, stir in the fish, and fry hi small cakes. Any kind of cold fish makes nice fritters. Steicpd Beats, a Pare the beets thinly, and cut in thin slices across ; cut !up some onions, aud put all : together iu a slew pan. with a together little pepper and salt ; 1 ub a bit of butter iu flour and stir it pour this over the smooth iu hot water ; beets (it must cover them well) aud let it stew until the beet is quite tender. The older the beet the longer lime it will require. When quite young one hour will be sufficient, berve hot. - Worth Knowing. To whiten flannel made yellow by age, dissolve one aud a half pounds of white soap in fifty pounds of soft water, and also two-thirds of an ounce spirits of am monia. Immerse the flannel, stir well around for a short time, and wash in pure water. When black or navy blue linens are washed, soap!! should not be used. Take instead two. potatoes grated into tepid soft water (after having them wash ed and peeled), into which u leaspoonful of ammonia has been put. Wash the I i uens iu this, aud rinse thein iu cold blue water. They will need uo starch, aud should be dried and ironed on the wrong side. .An infusion; of hay will keep the natural color in buff liueus, aud an infu sion of brau will do the same thing for brown linens a'nd prints. Countrt Crullers. One and one-half pounds of sugar, four eggs, one pint milk oue large teaspoonful of saleratus made very fine, onehalf pound of butter, flour sufficient to roll. Roll out in small riis and join well with the hands, not making them very large, as they become larger by cooking. Have half a pound of lard very hot, and try email piece of dough to see if it browns quickly ; then turn it, aud when both L-sides are btown take it out. Care must be taken to keep the lard hot, but it must not burn, as it would spoil the crul lers. Bake in small iron ot, five or six at a time ; turn wth a fork ; take out with a skimmer, arid lay ou plate to drain; then place on a larger plate to cool ; when sufficiently cool plaee in a stone pot. Add more lard to Cook in when necessary, aud keep but. This recipe will make a large pot ful, and they will keep iu a cool place a week or two. Some warm them by placiug iu oveii a few minutes before eating. A Foot LampJ One of the most Ins teresting things in the Holy Land is the fact that one meets everywhere, tn dally life, the things that illustrate the word of the Lord.1 The streets of Jerusalem are very narrow, andjno one is allowed to go out at night without a light. Throw open yonr lattice in the' evening and look out; you will see wbatieems to bo little stars twinkling on the pavementrou will hear the clatter of sandals, as the late traveler rattles alqug'As the party ap iroaehes, you will see that he has a little amp fastened to his j foot, to make his' step a safe one. In an instant the verse eonies to your memory , written in, tnat city three thousand yesrs age "Thy word is a lamp to, my feet and a light to tny patn. THE CENTENNlALu The Opening Day Immense Crowd Pres ent Imposing Ceremonials Opening Address by the President Distinguish. cd Personages, tc.t dc. Philadelphia, May 10. It Is a legs uouaay. aii business is suspended. The Centennial gates were opened at 9 o'elock The sky was cloudless. The foreign com missioners and other distinguished visitors had a special eatraneeand were seated with out confusion. Full fifty thousand were on the grounds. The ceremonies opened with theairs of all nations, under the direction or ineodore lhoinas. prayer by Right Rev. Risnnn Surinam. I T l fi . Z.Vt " ""V',m a "jrmu ujoonn ureeoieaf miner, the Presentation of the buildings uuiku otaies centennial Commission by Centennial Commissioner John Welsh, cantata by Sidney Lanier, of Georgia pre sentation of the exhibition to the President or tne united States, by Jos. R. Hawley. and the proclamation of the opening ,f the International Exhibition, of J876, by the f iwmem, as follows : Mv Countrymen : It has been thought appropriate upon mis Centennial occssioB, to biiug together in Phiadelphia for popular inspection, specimeus of our attainments in the industrial and tine arts and in literature. scieuce aou philosophy, an well r as in the great business of agriculture and of com merce. 1 hat we may the more thoroughly appreciate the excellencies and deficiencies of our achievements, aud also give emphatic expression to our earnest desire to cultivate the friendship of our fellow-members of this great family of nations, the enlightened ag- ncunurai, commercial and manufacturing peopie 01 um worm nave been invited to scud hithtr corresponding specimens of their skill, to exhibit on equal terms in friendly competition with our own. To this invita tion they have generously responded, for so aoing we render them our hearty thanks. The beauty and utility of the contributions will this day be submitted to our inspection by the managers of this exhibition. We are glad to know that a view of th specimens of the skill of all nations will afford to you unalloyed pleasure as well as vield to too . valuable practical knowledge of so many of me remartcaDie results ot the wonderful skill existing iu enlightened communities. Oue hundred years ago our country was new and but partially settled ; oar necessities have compelled us to chiefly expend our means and time in felling forests, subduing prai ries, building dwellings, factories, ships, docks, warehouses, roads, canals, machinery, etc. Most of our schools, churches, libraries and asylums, have been established within an hundred years. Burthened by these great primeaval works of necessity, which could not be delayed, we yet have done what this exhibition will show in the direction f rivaling older and inure advanced nations, in law, medicine aud theology, in scieuse. literature, philosophy, aud the hue aits. Whilst proud of what we have done, we re gret that we have not done more. Our achievements have been great enough, how? ever, to make it easy for our people to arc-4 knowledge superior merit whenever fouudj aud now, fellow -cilirens, I hope a careful examination of what is about to be exhibited ui you, win uoi ouiy inspire you wun a . . Ml I ; . 1 profound respect for the skill and taste of our friends froirr other nations, but also sat isfy you with the attainments made by our own people during the pal one hundred years. 1 invoke your generous co-operation with the worthy Commissioners, to secure a brilliant success to this InternationalEx- hibition and make the stay of our foreign visitors, to whom weextend a hearty wel come, both profitable and pleasant to them. 1 declare the International Exhibition now! oDen. At 10.30 A. M., Dom Pedro was escorted to a seat by Gen. Hawley, followed by Gen. Phillip Sheridan ' and wife. They passed' over from the-huildiug to the stand iu front of memorial hall, during the rendition of uational airs, greeted with great applause, and closely followed by Hon. J. G. Blaine. Senator Jones, of Nevada, and wife. The President entered through memorial hall and was conducted to a seat on the front of the platform. Gov. Hartraoft, Gen. Haw ley and H-n. D. J. Morrill, occupied seats ou his left, while Messrs. Jno. Welsh and Goshorn vt re on his right. Fred Douglass, by some mischauce, worked his way through the crowd aud was helped over the ropes by the officers and conducted to a seat on the platform. He was greeted with cheers. At 11.03 the ''Wagner Centennial Inauguration March" was performed by ths orchestra. under the direction of Theodore Thomas, at the conclusion of which. Bishop Siinpron offered up a devout prayer, during the ren dering of which the Majo ity of the vast as semblage stood with uucovered heads. Sudden Death of Dr. Hall. New Yokk, May 11. Wm. Varley, known as Reddy, the blacksmith, died of consumption. Dr. Wm. W. Hall, of Hall's Journal of Health, fell in the streets and died in a few minute?; age 63 years. The cause of his death is unknown. The original of the Declaration of Independence is on exhibition in Phila delphia and was visited in one day by 8,000 people. It is in good order gener ally, though many of the signatures are obliterated by the process of taking im pressions from them. News. DOM PEDRO AT DINNER. From the World. About Dom Pedro, a gentleman in Brazil writes us in a private letter : "You would let the Emperor severely alone in the United Slates if yoa knew how utter ly he detests entertainments and publici ties of all kinds. At home hp never takes ,more than twenty minutes for dinner, ex cept ou the day when he invites the Por tugese Ambassador to celebrate the birth day of the King of Portugal. Then ho gives that august diptomatie funetuary ten minutes extra to teed. So tell my dear countrymen to handle their splendid American Emperor with tender consider ation for these infirmities, if they wish UIUI l "" " I lections of Iris flying journey to the great I republic.' I NO MILITARY MAN FOR PRESIDENT. To the Editor or Thb Sux Sir: In this mornjug's Issue of your paper I observe that!a San Francisco corres pondent briugf forward the name of Gen. W ilium T. Sherman as a suitable candidate for President. In speaking for myself, Ispeak the sentiments of hundred. f thAn..-.j. c good citizens throughout our broad land, when I say thaf the people of this conn try want no more military chieftains in that exalted clyil position. For one, I am free to say that I never again expect to cast my votejfor any military man for that high positien. Of these men it may he truly said tht their habit of thought, their discipline.! and their rwni;.- i-;.,- ing totally unfit them for the exercise of uie (unctions ot that, high trmt. The very nature of ftbe military service ren ders them self-willed, j arrogant, and dictatorial. Asi a rule, they cannot clear ly distinguish between the. civil nA military powersfof a Government, and in an exigency the are not willing to wait ne processes of the cojurts, but take the ihorter route td aecomnlUh nnrnn. j - w a-r I he Administration nf Hon n.-nn ; 1 vwm. u,au, iu dealing with the SontliPrii nnwiinn ..,k stantiates this boint. Our ennntrv linn never been so thoronsrhlv disf-n.l only in the estimation of our own people, uu. in tne eves ot the wnrid na it I,. f -f r - m -w m una esn during ihe incumbencv of that COnspicUOUS failure" known as PreairUnt Grant; and iff onr republican form of uw.ciiiiucu. ins ever buutphph nnn ri . troved. its ruiri will plished by som military chieftain. with all due acknowledgment of the onesty and ability of Gen. Sherman. I am very certain; that the people are in no temper to eyenfeonsider the question of a perpetuation f military Presidents. Gen. Grant, Gen. Belknap, Gen Babcock, Gen. Schenck, general rescality, general disgrace ! The reonle have had enonir i of Generalship! Civilian. -New lorkj itfay 8. A. T. Stewart's Everyday Life. Mr. Stewart s usually breakfasted at ft o'clock, his mejil ordinarily consisted of plain bread, a! bit of fish, an oetr. and . . , ', OOF some oat meal jporridge. Then he was driven down td his retail establishment. where he speuj two or three hours, walk ing through evfcrv part of it. asking the. salesmen the prices of goods in order to ascertain wbetlier they were ud in their duties, and observing how affairs were arried ou. Then lie went down in his carriage to the wholesale store. There he read his letters, and transacted tausi- ne until G o'clock. For many years he was accustoimtd to dino at Delmomco s. on the opposite side of liroadwav. hirt latterly he dined at home. Getting an interview wuni turn was mncn like get- ting access to he Pi line Minister of Kng- ? " t- laud. He w.s to be seeu only at the down-town st&re, and on the visitor's entering, the floor walker near the door would first inquire that visitor's business. If he said that he wanted to see Mr. Stewart, he wis asked what he wanted of him, and ifj it-was anything that a subordinate coald attend to, he was turn ed over to him If he still insisted upon seeing the greit man himself, be was al- owed to go $as lar as the toot of the stairs, where aliother Ceiberus was wait ing and unlesj he could be satisfied that it was worth while dial nrhinn- Mr Stew. art the visitor Was turned back. Often a message came down which would ena ble the business to be settled by a simple yes or no. Iffnot, the visitor was allow ed to go op the stairs and wait strain within sight of the glazed inclosure where Mr. Stewart est, and in due time was summoned into his presence. Though courteous in- manner, Mr. Stewart wasted no words, and! anything like a bore was summarily dismissed. And in no other way could he. pave got through with the immense number of calls that were daily made upon hiuf . N. Y. Herald. Tlie Formation of Coal. Mr. FI A. Wilnn in a reeent ftddroau before the Geological society of Glasgow, referring to the evidence showing the immeiifec time Required to produce a seam of coal, directed attention to the condi- lions which hebad examined in the Isle of Arran. There, to use his own words. he "found numerous cylinders of trees. completely flattened, of course lying acrets each other at various angles, with their bark conjpressed into less thickness than common! pasteboard, and the car bonaceous matters,. reduced to graphite, so that from three to four inches in thick ness of this imjmre coal contained, proba bly, twenty generations of tress oyerlay to g each other! Now, if we allow thiity years only for; the life of each tree, we have six hundred years: for tire formation of four inches ef impure coal, or eighteen liundred years for tin formation ot one not of coalr I I- It looks as if the exhibition of Ameri can pictures a( Philadelphia might come to naught, through the ignorance and pigheadedness tot one ot the. Committee on Art. This; man is Mr. Sartain, a Philadelphia mezzotint engraver, and a person ill adapted to the duties he under takes to rjerforin. aud who vet is trvine to bully the better men on the committee. Though art in I Philadelphia is of no ac- count ana mere is scarcely a painter oi national renutktinn there, vet half the committee is composed of Philadelphia us. Oue of the stupid decisions has been to hang in the most censpicnous place in the gallery afbajlly winted picture of great siae by a!Phihdkuia artist, Rntb- enaen, depicting me naiue oi uetiysourg. This is at the f Centennial feast of good will and brotbeibood Y. Sun, . I ! - - Memphis Avalanche, April, SO. : A nice lot of playthings, in the form of three hundred ana fifty liyfe alligators, passed, 0p the ri?er yesterday on their way, to the National Centennial at Phila phia. The hideous looking reptiles em braced all sizes, from the little thing sir inches long, just out of its shell, to nne 13 J feet in length named "Billy . The latter, a tvenerable rascal, with a rather repulsive countenance, Js supposed to be a 150 years old, judging by marks he carries, as set forth by Audubon and other naturalists. These alligators were cap tored by Thomaa.L. Bond iu the vicinity of Peat I river, Louisana, and near its en trance into Lake Pontchartrain. In the collection is a small, mean-looking cuss, named "Ned," who has learned to stand on his hind-legs, dance "juba and -play tricks Ned is about three years old, and if this precocious plaything keeps on he will be likely to ride an act in a circus be fore a great while. While the steamer Robert Mitchell, on which they are, lay at the levee yesterday, a large number of curious people crowded around the wood en tanks or boxes in which the alligators sported. At one time Mr. Bond felt un easy, and he called a comrade to watch his pets, to keep people from carrying off balfa dozen of them to eat. Mr. Bond feeds the alligators on fish. Alprcsent they are healihy, and some of the amphibious and ferocious brutes look as if they would eat a hog in a minuteor a man either. l The last news received from Iecland reports that the conflagration of the mountainous part of the north of the island, which some time ago was visited by th? Fnglish geologist, Mr. Watts , has been entirely changed during the winter through volcanic agency, some parts hav ing bodily sunk several hundred feet, producing at one place a large lake con taining boiling water, and surroundtd by several new geysers, which found an out let through several small rivers-running into the lake. The entire surrounding country was suffering from the volcanic action at ill in process, the earth shaking, sulphurous vapors escaping, and lond noises like distant thunder being occa sionally observed ; a fresh crater having also been -observed, calculated roughly at about two miles diameter. Ax Offensive Ikscriptioxt The Bolton, England, town council at their last meeting directed the town clerk to write to tWo sous of the late John Hilton, requiring them to attend. before the burial board and show cause why the board should not cause to be removed from the tombstone in the cemeteiy over the grayeof their father the following inscrip tion : Let gods attend on things which gods mnst know Man only care relates to things below 1 Nescio Deo$. Mr. W. Hilton, one of the sons, wrote in reply that he should not attend nefore the burial board, and said for his own part he should never permit the stoue to be interfered with or the inscription to be erased ; but if the inscription was of fensive to passers by he was willing to cover; it with a water-proof sheet, on which should be written, "This sheet to be raised by persons who are wilJing to read an inscription Tinderucath, which the Bolton corporation objpct for the general public to read." The Fisheries of North Carolina An Immense Hall of llock. The steamer L. G. Cannon, Captain R. C Minter, arrived here Saturday from the fisheries of North Carolina, and from Cap tain Minter we learn that one of the most extensive hauls of rock ever made took place Saturday, at the fishery of Messrs. Cape heart & Son. at which time 1,60 rock of a total weight of 34.525 pounds, was made. The haul also brought up 300 shad and her ring. Fuur hundred and seventy-five of the rock averaged 65 pounds, many weighing as much as 85 to 90 pounds. A second haul was made the same day. when 15,000 pounds were caught. The fishery is located at the head of the Albemarle sound. Captain Minter brought to the e!ty. for this aud the Northern markets, 60 boxes, each contain ing about 200 pounds. We ean surely say that this was an immense haul of fish. Portsmouth Enterprise. . TILDE X AND II EXDRICKS. Richmond Dispatch. j" Now, js not the weight of the argu meut against the nomination of a Western man ? If such a jnuebs nominated Lu friends must carry! Ohio and Indiana in October, or he will surely be defeated ia November jin die conntry at large. If, on the contrary, Tilden be nominated he will be nomkiaied because he can" afford to throw Pennsylvania, Ohio, Iudiana, and all the o titer doubtful States, out of the calculation! If tlie Democrat hn defeitt- -ed in Ohio; and 'Indiana iu October it will not damage him ail all. His nomination will relievo the Democratic party from the trvvibla and expense , of sending hun dred of speakers and thoUsjinds of jdei lurs into those doubtful States. The par ly will s tain d before the count rythorough ly independent and calmly confident of its ability ito elect' its candidate, j These considerations have had such as effect upitrt us that we are altaosi ready' to declyre that nobody but Tilden ought to be homioated- It would be such a pity ' great a wrong to; the South to be iiU strunienta) i-i perpetuating the power 4 ihej tufseable Radical party, that w throw asi4e all considerations of less mo ment and look only to the desirableness ef having a Democratic Preei dent. Iih'ere be any t$er mahi stronger than Tilden, let us nominate him Bat Tilden and. Hendricks! both 1 1 would that ut - bo strong ticket I Coming Guests-fThrec Hundred and i FiflylLive Alligators on the Way to the Centennial, i Hi W i a 4 If H 5 ' 1 i' ii i ii.. T i! . i ! Hi; H? 4f -1 Ji! 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Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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