SALISBURY. N. C.,i NOVEHBEE. 9, 1876.
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"T. K. BUUNER. Associate Ed.;
j,,, MfDiMcruwiwiioagu I IttUti oTUltx ABOUT. VANCE,
off the leper? and thereby establish a T Vto
suB'Rirnox rates : :-f
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w rear, Pay"
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ADVERTISING BATES:,
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wtesor months or a year, r
'jROWt OUR EXTRA OF
fiBEAT DAY .IN CHARLOTTE
! : 5,000 People Out. ; , '
tftfliiesdarl was a great time in Char
peaking dining the day and
i torch -light proeessiou at nigm.
Hoa. 11 bhober, or Kowan ;
Oilier U Meir, caiiuiuair i"i vmijirv,
J filler gvntlemen addressed
1 ..im-r-A
l ,(idI'4 Weieuulron several per
v , i ..... !,
li w-re prseni, I'i.ii un loren
? ill- ' ... .
was oii ot Uie grandt j
in North C-tro
Thero were lauu mounted men
-.ftp
Ill
rbiii 10S of whom were colored
The occasion' passed without dis-
tftat&e and with ouly otic small aefci-
public speak'tig in Cti-
alid a toich-itgut pro-.
of
i i
ate tuny arouea
account oi thfiu-
Tuere was
jjffeitcrdi
jfjioe atj iiight-i -The consei vativea
5 patriotic jcou ut v
J till&iveia -good
Klresat the flection.
the dny, F. If. Bu?bt'e,
F E. Shober, Ciiarles
II. Crawford and Frank
PrcrVrU.
TCff Jackson Hill j
Tlie Uuverlior tmd h large audience at
Jickioa ilill, iJavulsou Lo x ednvs-
ilsj, -Hi speech was well -received.
Hiifiifiids there, a elsewhere, enthusi
uiitaud tmitideut of victory, j
lie pet a.very pleasant night at Mr.
K-'aiund KufHy'e ou hid way t t hi" place
lie met at Mr. It
tifty'ofthe neighbors Willi
a ine ana social iuik
fr Jitckcoil Hill
Iium lie Lad
Old liowa i
Tluiila '
fKitCHUli -In-Ill !'
iiIitlnui
jriily, liilt ,t
aud uusk
itb chef r,
on
GUV. VAXCK'IX SALISBURY
did
hti'dtjf ju-at honori oil
oio aye iji ciiervaiive
i t ccpiioti. jSiie
Hi to lou lit a ii"oa!ttwi ot
in I- in leaih, w ilii baunei
! i ' ii i
Ik whs greeted on all blue-
haiiii kerchief and
MUffiue uiiilnerd lie watt conducted ty
injUnvtieii tl'itise and alter renting1 an
pari dir piuce.-si(u w& agai.i fuiineil
sd uitrcueii! to the fair L round. . 11-jjn-nid
lit ?)ee'cb aboui. 12 u'cliictt.
injustice; ctiiji mated by liiuiself at 3,U0U,
wu retry attentive. He made Here, as
rtttrjwjtiere lelse, a fiit rate impression,
fbi cauclusiou oi his speech was greeted
itli a round of applause. The Vance
tidTddea Club, oh invitation from the
Tk - . ..
rrnptierefi ilrs. JJr. Ileevei", diued with
two ai (e Buy deu IIaue. And a the
Gorrm$r4 woik i not yet finished, lie
ajllo.U'pd to rtst during the balance of
iayjand) nilit. lie took the Western
Una Friday morning for Morgantoh
bere hci Wit advertised to speak to; the
Ppiif liurke; To-dav he is at Marion.
IMcDotfeit c buiitv: and thus he fcT work-
JH tpm.day.tod'ty, for the overthrow of
"".ucuin-t pm uiu oiaie aim couuiiy.
Lt tba Deonle How do llieir dutv. and
tae wotk williQ well done.:
llieKprttticnns have' virtually given
Ml'.' w
8P Aew Yoik to.Tilden and Hendricks
ud bate atio vlriiw II v p-ivcii nit I lift idee.
:i9by.the free ballot. They are very
wxious, ja, how, to lind oat some way
j wuieuncjf Tpreveht Tilden from being
u ciecieu. Aire uiuooy ouui
'J the bardnet are both, about to i fail.
id novv tli
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uc UPo-ioi'S or ,1 iitumnni art- l.iiilnc
u democrat Jii sucli large number ll.it
it i . . H ... .
-.ww eettmated Jliat State will , give
tilden ;ijojfy; ()f T.0,000 ! The dem
r?ta re ioufideiit of .carryiug Soulh
YriauTa Georgia will give a hundred
wWud yijoVity:'wrhe prospect in the
"reiem counties of Knrth Carolina
rH.g brighter, dav bv dav..-'
THE COST OF BIG GUNS.
The trials of the 81 tun sran which have
gently takeit place in England are
f"rie a being conviently satisfactory
W thartillerisis ; but,it may be doubted
T4 will aliaiu iii tlift nilii'i i!lu
'jPfeeged gratification. At eveiy dia-
,??f thi monsler weapon, over 300
iT ntltiareei6roded at a cost of
ttieH roenrt t'f 'j ahelK Ami ffiPa.
Men the gun itself, originally- estimated
7 4U;,yOOr lias actually necessitated
"- pend turfe bf gome $12,000, besjdes
Snu.M?tjpnp railway at Woolwich,
. ,TCfo jtr transpotatiou. and several
y.s. VMofeoVler the firiiig'of She
e at.'Shoebufyneea' has had the
j' rblpyingd.owu or at least serious
7 suitriug tu,a ihutt au4 cottages of
military let tleiueut,. so that jl will
i ? (f'ayo to be rwbuilr gvern
Sih t?ft8et 1 Meanwhile, ori this tide
e Vathir, costly proceedings ' profit by
rifM fttl f f experimems, ana ,cn
Ute oorstlves that wa are riot; nav-
'cientific America. '
CARD FROM W. II. BAILEY, ESQ.
O f I.
Patriotic and Manly Words Grantism
and Fancc. ;:-;i4'..v'--,;'rj- J ij
' r Charlotte, N. Cj Oct 1676v
Jfa;.- IF. XT. Malone: ".
Dkar Sir : Your request, so urgent
ly made to me for the expreieioQ of , my
views as to the duty of good citizens in
ihe election to take place next montli I
cannot well forego, for although " my'' op
inion had beeu sought by many before
and ou account of ray ; ' personal .relations
wiih the Republican. candidate "or Oo
ernorj as welL- as roy desire o avoid
pontic aitogetuer, l liaa aecitneu to an
swer. The eloquent appeal which you
made fo'my patriotism, has moved me to
give in rough some of the views 1 enter
lain f the situation .with great distrust
iht I. shall be abl. t- throw any' iuw
light upon the subject.
1 believe that personally both Hayes
ami Tilden, Settle and Vane, are ur.iui-t-.
tellable, but a merely honest man can
not satisfy ihe requirement of ihe lime.
The people demand that the Augean
stable shall be cleaned, and that can only
be done by the election of men not merely
of good iuieutian8 but earnest, euerge;ie
patriots who will pee thai it will bo doiie.
The administration of President Grant
has become, in plain Saxun, astink in the,
nostril of the honest men. Need I recur
to all or any of the act which will asso
ciate his name with the Nerns and CaIli-
gulaa of a once powerful nation. Lt me
siugle out. one thing fresh in ihe memory
of all. Mr. Biistow, Geo. Wilson, Com
missioner Pratt, of the Treasury Depart
ment, entered into a laudible combination
to bring to punishment the revenue otfi
cial who had entered into au unlawful
conspiracy witlf the distiller of St. Louis 1
to defrand ihe government to the extent
of million. They put a detective Yaryan
on the track and succeeded in having
ihesd revenue official brought to trial.
Fhey were prosecuted by Mr. Dyer, Dis
trict Attorney, (Republican,) tried before
the eminent Judge Dillon, (Republican,)
were defended by perhaps the strongest
array of legal talent ever mustered into
service since the trial of Queen Caroline,
and were .convicted.
The country breathed freer aud the
thanks of the nation were given for their
partial deliverance. Yet, suddenly there
after, without assigning a reason, Brislow
resigns, and Inflowing m rapid succession
the head of Wilson, (grown grey in- the
Treasury service,) Pi ait, (a mm ot high
character,) Dyer and Yaryan fall from the
political guillotine.
JLis this picture a parallel in history f
Aud what significance can be attached
to it, except that thereby the President
in tended to give warning to llieir succea
. i i-
sors inat ll was no longer crime ioi ,gov
eiiimeul pets to sleal, but the highest, po ¬
litical crime to cause them t- be brought
to justice
Now, does Mr, H-ayes approve such
conduct.? We. know uot.
Again, the President listening to the
counsel of such men a ChambciUiu, is
sues a proclamation as to a State of this
Union which is false, aud deluge that
State with Federal Iroop. We all know
that whether in this instance the white
or blacks were to blame fur sporadic riots,
there jwas no reeistance to law, uo defi
ance of lawful authority by the white
race.
Yet, on the eve of an election which
may decide our destiny a a nation for
weal or woe, when thousand of colored
men were rallying to the bright standard
of honor, and reform home aloft by Hamp
ton, the vile pretense of insurrection- i e
futed by every Judge u early in the State
is et up by au iufamous carpet-bag
Governor, is seized at by hi willing ally,
the President, and as noble a race of white
men u the suu ever shone ou aie ariested,
their arm taken away, while ihe. negroes
are armed by the State government to
shoot defenceless whites. Uh I l It uot
ihe bloodiest niclure in -the book of
time ?"
When and where do we ever read of,
in the his one ot people civiliezd or
savaire. Mich an instance of recreancy" to
blood, lineage aud caste l
,1,1s not that heart, especially that south
ern bean, cold and callous indeed, which
w uot stirred to it very depth when In
Contemplates this-premeditated and cold--blooded
attempt to enslave the white race
and that by a degraded and recently per-vile-class
oi the community 1
Does Mr. ilaves anorove of all this t
VV e known not.
Again, who are Mr Hayes main sup
porter in the campaign I
- The Chaudlers. the Cameron, the
Blafnes, aud worsl of all, the Morions
These, and such as these, have done
all that in them lay to corrupt every
avenue of the governmeut sectional , in
spirit, unappeasable in the tierce hate of
the South are they the men whom hon
est Republicans wish to see our next
-President eurroundeiLand advised by ?
And yet, if elected, Hayes is bouud to
feel that to these aud such as jhcse he
would owe that honor. v
Then, we have immediately before our
eyes two gross and inexcusable infractions
of constitutional liberty, "-Namely :
1. The right of ihe citizens to bear
arms.
2. The denial of the power to quarter
troops upon a people in time of profouud
peape. .
Besides these unlawful usurpations for
which, or the like of which, precious blood
has flowed, aud for which'and mch like
priceless heritagi our ancestors establish
ed this ga$ empire,
We see that the rery Lead of the gov
ernment, who should be. and be felt to be,
uor parens patriae has deliberately done
that which must be understood as a sign
to all officers hereafter appointed that
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frauds against toe goyernmegt wuen ier
petrated, as was the ease at St. Louis, by
government ofScial should not be ferret
led out or punished. ;
And for worst of all we see a palpable
attempt and purpose to degrade, and, if
need be to carry South Carolina, to de
stroy the Anglo Saxon race there. , j
I will not delay, to add more, j The
history of the admiuisi ration is fresh in
the mind of every intertigent person.
Who is best able and most likely to
correct the evils accomplished and threat
ened t Hayes or Tilden ? j
Tilden has shown his faith in such
direction by his works.
Can Hayes with his probable, nay al
most certain, surrounding?, such as I have
descrihed.ePlablish the great reform which
ali dciUj-iiid i
Perhaps it cannot be better expressed
ihau it was by the illustra:ion cf ihe
'solid Sou h."-
tusiice it: such
is
Dutchman to Mr. Schurz,
The Dutchman sant suppose a hen ha
been Selling for month on a nest of rot
ten t ggs, would -putting auotht.r lieu ou
tin in hatch them oul ? '
There are now ihotisands of office
holders woikiug actively for Mr. Hayes
and I have been informed reliably that
the salaries of at leasi all the subordinate
officials have been assessed to swell the
elecliou fund.
Will that genial and amiable gentleman
muster up the will and courage to drive
the whole horde into "outer darkness. "
Did any man, o situated, ever do so 1
. Complaint isj made by demagogues -of a
Is there any fairness or
complaint, when we all
know how much veiy Southern j State
ha been plundeied by the remorseless
carpet-bagger aid the hungry scaliawag.
Why, ttie desperate atu-uipt to hold
South Carolina 'is explained by Senator
Patterson iu his boast that ''there were
five years of good stealing yet left in her"
aud "honest John" is but a type of his
class who though gorged with plunder,
like the horse leech of ihe bible, continues
to cry "more ! mote!"
Compare the present condition of
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, &c, with
their couditiou under the rule I have de
scribed, when their credit. was destroyed,
their energies to a great extent paralized
and organized the!', disorder and tumult
prevailed note under Drmocratic rule
ihey are prospeiing, are to prosper, law,
peace aud order reigns supreme.
Then is it uot natural that those yet
dow n-trodden aud despoiled by the horse-
k a 111-. ' V
leeches should desire to attain lo a UKe
prosperity with ih.-ir emancipated istefs.
Aud this, anil this only is ihe exlieut ot
"solid South." j j
I htse uie some of the reasons which j
fljtrr a struggle with ray pride, impels me, j
it I live to Viite for T.ildeu.
As to the Slate ticket I had fully eX- i
peeled in ihe earlier pari of ihe c.invae
to have voted tor S'-ttle. I
1 know him to be personally tli2 Worthy
sou of a worthy sire, nor do I believe, if
left lo himself, that his heart would allow
him to do an intenlion.il wrong.
But I greatly fear that if th-cted tha; a
. a- :.
power behind ihe lurone, mien to our
feelings and sympathies, professed politi
cians, who fatten upon oifici'-tl pap, will
coulrcl and direct his actiou as the ship
is controlled by the movements of the
rudder.
The case of ,the, Charlotte poql office
illustrates my idea. He has been eulreaied
by tried Republicans to do justice or see
it done in that matter, and lo all appeals
he ha turned a deaf ear.
He has the will and power, and yet he
hae uot shown the moral courage expected,
or at least hoped, from him lo exercise
it.
i ll i no party secret that there exists a
larger combination of Itepublicans; a this
Slate, banded together to control the poli
cy and patronage of that party, kuiown a
the Greensboro Ring," aud it has been
believed, aud I think is uow demonstrated,
that Judge Se.lt le, belongs to, or at least
i coiil rplld byj iliai impe rium in imperial
a despotism as' complete and tar moie
dangerous th in au obligarchy.
Again, 1 nave uot beard ih it I Judge
Settle has denounced the adiutnilrattou
of President Grant, especially his iale ac
lion with reference to South Caraliua,
uor of ihe tyrant Chamberlain.
My regard tor Jmbje Settle forbid me
to say fljore ?iffice- it that I exct to
vote lor Ihe third time for Hon.; Z. B.
Vance to be our iieU Governor. ;
Perhaps it would uot be inappropriate
lo say through you a few words lo my
COLORED FRIENDS.
What cau they expect Jlo gain for
themselves1 and '.pQSierily by V i'solid'
vote tor the Republican party !? Let
them divide their vole,' and the moment
that- is done ihocoiiuiet of race disappears.
fhey cauuot expect to coutrol the gov
ernment: theu is it ivqt) tUe, wiser ! policy
to maintain tlie balance of power between
the two parties 1
They are uot allowed to bold scarcely
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any oi tue omces ; ana in ?ue iicwucu
District, overwhelmingly Itepubiicau De-
cause overwhelmingly colored, the Repub-
can have verined scripture at least iu one
iustauce, fby taking from them eyeu that
which they have," uud.have added insult
to. injury by takiug'ddwii the namie ot Mr.
O'Hara from ihe electoral ticket a finer
orator than any white man ot the parly,
except toereileat Achillea f Ashiville.
Northern schemists are already agitating
the question of - their removal, while
Southerners will oppose it to the bitter
end. r Theirs is a commoti destiny with
the witp,j JiT6 en?7,Ee44r
fore'thewVtlMi'are they Wag justice
species of aristocracy amongst them) cal
culated to stimulate the; betier class to
honesty and sobriefy of life. The best
disposed have hitherto been, and are yet,
driven by the ignorant and vicious mass,
pressing like a surgtfig flood from behiud.
If adopted, this hidueucu will be measur
ably destroy ed. , . ' ' : ,
In conclusion, Derpitt uie to say that
iu what I have written I have not intended
to wouud the: feelings of any honorable
man, and hoping for i the best, whatever
may happen, I am Your friend
. 4 tl. j Bailet.
THE RETURN, oi?' THE BRITISH
ARCTIC EXPEDITION.
The British arctic expedition under
Captain Niires, comprising ihe steamer
Alert and Discovery, ha returned, the
Alert having nnivetl at Va.eniia, New
foundland, n October 27. The ships
left England on May 30 1875, and enter
ed the ice off Cp; 'Sable, on July 29.
Aher a ievrv stnigli-, t U' norlh siJe uf
Lady Fiaiikltn B.iy was reached, u l
here the Di'covery i was left iu winter
quarter?. The Alert pushed on up to
latitude 82 27', and there wintered. At
this point the sun wa invisible for 112
days, and ihe lowest temperature ever re
eoided was experienced. The mercury
fell to 59 below zero, and remained so
Birds Breaking Windoits.
rromtnewadesboroHtrald. - The, Providence Journal says that on
A maimed- and disabled confederate ondaJ 'munilng Supeiintendent Nourse
soldier from Montgomery county, called obserTe(1 a ho,e tbrought one of the plate
on us the other day aud said : v R'a8B winaow8 io- Social Hall Block,
"I want you to put this iu your paper- Woon.8ockeli Q second story room,
I was a member of Vance's regiment occupied tt present by the High School,
the 26th. I was a Door man unlpampd Going into the room, to ascertain the
but always tried to do my duty. I lost c08.e t a 4sdPartndS L Was found
my ngnt arm at liettysburg, and after
the surrender my left arm was so badlv
crushed while I was trying to aid appor
widow iu getting her horse and cart out
of a mire, that it has been ef little use to
me. Having ft familv In on
ter tryiag other things, went several years ly Wle. g,a!3 "V ave
rn Pt,.rMn i ken. It broken by the burl in i
-o" vuauukK, uuping i u gei ou guaru
or ponce duty. 1 tailed to
do so. and
felt almost hopeless' aud desoairine.
But hearing that my old Colonel, Zeb
V ance, hved there I huuted him up. I
told him my circumstances. He took
me in his house ted me a week or more;
he and his family treating me iu ray rag
ged chit lies as weil as if 1 bad been the
richest mat: in the Slate ! And when I
any mad' onacv to
it. Iu
am-r laiimae
on the floor six or eight feet from the
window. The paueof glass is two feet
square and nine-sixteenths of an Inch
thick, and a hale was broken in it six to
eight inches iu j diameter. Nofstoue.
stick, or other substance was discovered
een bro-
broken by the biid in its pas
sage, as is supposed, it demonstrates the
rapidity and mom-eiitutnof its flight.
TheScrauton (Penu.) Republican re
lates a somewhat similar story thus :'
"Yesterday morning while Mrs. Theo
dore G. tVolt of this city, and her sister,
Mrs. Ptimrose, of Stroudsburg, with their
chilJren, were seated at the parlor win
dow of the former, they were startled by
tor a fortnight, and at one period reached
104 below zero Sledge parlies were
fitted our, . one of which traveled .220
mile to the eastward, and the olher went
.o the north, proceeding on land uplo 83
07', and thence on ihe ice lo 83
21'. Further on, nothing but ice could
be seen, which was so rugged lhat scarce
ly a mile of advance could be aceotn
piifhed daily. The floes in some places
measured lbQ feet in thickness. Four
men died Irom the effects of the cold.
Finally, becoming convinced that it was
impossible to get any nearer to the pole,
aud seeing that hi men were succumbing
under the hardships, while the Alert
herself had been much damaged by the
ice, Captain Nates started horacwaid,
leaving Smiih Sound ou September 9
las
This expedition, it will he ru uie m be red,
wa fitted out with, every aid to polar ex
ploration which Science could devise or
the experience of the oldest arctic explnr
ers could suggest. That it has failed to
leach the pole i proof of the enormous
difficullh to be overcome iu that under
taking, rather than of
the task ot those who attempted
deed, we miy believe ihat, at'ur
32 i reached, Ihe obstacle: augment m
some compound ratio. The results winch
have been obtained are, however, of on
riderablc importance. Captain Nares
has reached , the highest northeru point
ever attained, latitude 83 21'. The
Austraiu expedition, which sailed, iu 1872,
Inward Spitsbergen, only reached Cape
Fligely, iu 82- ', and sighted Cape
Vienna in 83. It is remarkable, how
ever, that the Polaris, ill equipped as he
was, reached bti 10 , aud winrered in bl
38', while Hall, wiih a sledging party,
pushed onward ' to 82 30'. Captain
Nares has, therefore, advanced ol geogra
phical miles further north than the Ameri
can explorer, aud has approached wilhiu
400 mile of the pole
Tim detail uf ihe other accomplish
ments of ihe expediliou which have reach
ed us are very meager, bat pidicales the
Captain Nares' forthcoming report will be
of considerable value. Piesideut Laud,
usually marked on arctic map, has uo
existence. Lady Franklin's Strait is
really a bay ; and fiom the fact lhat Havel
was conducted on the ice tot the highest
point reached, it would seem that no opeu
polar sea was encountered. The north
ernmost point seen in Greenland, wa iu
latitude 82 '57'. Excellent coal wa
found near the place where ihe Discovery
wiutered, and a number of valuable scien
tific collections aud observations were
made.
The Pandora i siill in the ice, aud was
met by the Alert on October 16 (where,
not stated),
went to leave he took me to a store and cra.8a ' 6a. flowed by a fluttering
gave me a pair of shoes for my wife, and . " an.a lPe SSle ot-a b.rd upon
then at paitiog handed me twenty dollars
more money than I had seen at one
time since the war; and said "go home ;
do the best you can and, though I am
poor myself, I have two good arms and
hand aud can work, aud whenever you
i . . .
are ;u distress again, come to me and 1
will divide with you."
And here our one-armed friend was so
overcome by the recital that tears came
coursing down his rugged, care-woru
cheeks. Recovering himself he contin
ued aud there were truth, eloquence and
pathos iu his unstudied word?:
"I have walked 30 miles to tell you
this. I know you are Vance's friend and
will publish it ; say to every poor man iu
North Carolina to vote for Vance : he is
their liiend he is ihe best man iu the
world. God bless him forever !'
And as our friend walked away, we
could but silently repeat hi prayer, "God
bles Vance !"
If . the uume i required it cau be had
on application ; and the man can be fouud
near Mount Gilcad.
the floor. A shot had beeu heard a, few
minute previous, and the visitor was a
wounded pheasaut that had dashed itself
against the window-paue. So great was
the force in which it struck against it, that
ii, uma. oui in fragments a large pane
14x10 inches as clear as it it had been
cut by .a diamond. The poor fugitive,
bleeding trora it wound, fell at the feet
of the ladies, and as if content to die
there, never moved affain. The nartv
mg ml
were very much startled by Ihe occur-,
rence and were fortunate in the fact that
no one was hurt."
Scattered thickly over Franco may be
seen posted the following notice from the A
If:.!
jimiaier.oi agriculture: -- -Ki i
Ibi placard is placed under the pro
tection of good eenso and public de
cency. - j :-
lM Hedgehog lives on mice, small
rodent?, slugs aud grabs, (versblancs) an
imals hunt ui to agriculture. Mon'l kill
the JftdgeJiog. , .
lie loaa, farmers assistant: destrovea "
from twenty to thirty insects an hour.
Don't kill the toad. .'. .u-' y.
The Mole is continually destroying
grubs, .(veKs blancsJ larvse, palmerworms,
nil !runila liitnriAin lo ...!..lt.J. ? - '
.vvB u" w agniiuimrc. i?V)
trace ot vegetation is ever found in its
stomach.. Does more eood than harm.
Don't kill the mole. . ...
The May bug. . and its larva or arub.
mortal eoemy of agriculture : lays from
seventy to eighty eggs. KtU the May '
bug. -
Birds. Each department-loses several :
millions annually, through insects, j Birds
are the only enemies able to control
against them victoriously, They are
great caterpillar killers anT agricultural
assistants. Children don't disturb their
nests.
Children will be paid 25 centimes for
every 500 May bugs placed Ju the bands
of the garde chapetre.
For the New York Observer.
FROM NOW TO NOVEMBER.
AX APPEAL TO CHRISTIAN VOTERS.
Doing the Centennial in One Day.
Enthusiastic Philadelphian, speaking
to a friend from ihe rural districts :
"Have you been to the centennial, and
what do yon think of it V
"Yes, it's magnificent; went all through
it yesterday, and saw everything, it's a
big show."
"Then you saw the 880,000 set of dia
monds; beauties, ain't they ?"
"Lem'me see; they are in Machinery
Hall, ain't they ? Y'es, I remember litem;
they're very niee, but I ain't much on
thing of that kind; I like machinery bet
ter." "Ah ! Then you must have been pleas
ed with the immense Corliss Engine ?"
"I don't exactly .remember it. Ob, yes
I dor it is in the Woman's Pavilion. Yes,
Among the bunches of grapes lately
exhibited at Edinburg and Loudon, were
the following : Black Hamburg, 21 lbs.;
Raisin de Calabre, 26 lbs. 4 oz White
is ice, 25 Its. 15 oz. The largest bundl
es raised in Aifferica, have weighed about
7 lbs., -while 2.V lbs. to the bunch Arm
very large clusters for the Muscat of
Alexandria, Hamburg aud Syrian Varie
ties.
Mount Ararat has beeu successfully
ascended by an Englishman Mr. Brycey
of Lincoln's inn, Londorr. This is be
lieved to be either the third or ' fotfrth
ascent, the first having been made by
Parrot in 1831, aud the second by Abicli
in-1850. The moantain-ts 17,212 ft. iu
height, and the last 4,000 ft. had to be
climbed alone, the Coisack escort refus
iug to go further. The Armenians of tha
neighborhood believe the mountain to
be inaccessible, and insists that Noah'l
Ark still exists upon the summit.
A Southern correspondent writes to us it's a mighty fine thing
one of the ablest and tnogt stirring appeal
in the same line of remark in whiju we
haveofieu indulged closing with these
word :
"It was De Tocqueville, I think, who
expressed the opinion that the greatest
danger to the United States lay in the
election of her chief magistrate. Certain
ly there is no civic duty devolved upon
our citizens of more responsibility and
moment than that of choosing their Pres
ident. There i none, from the perform-
My Ii lend, I guess you and 1 saw
things a little differently. But tell me
what do you really regard as the best
thing in the Exposition 1"
"Well, 1 think 'ihe cheese of Paris' is
about the best to my notion."
"You mean the 'Siege of Pari? dou't
you ? '
"It looked likea cheese to me, and I
thought it got it's name from that."
"Oh, a slight mistake. What ele did
yon see to admire 1"
"Heaps of thing. The five legged
The consumption of eggs in the manu
facture of calicoes is immeuse. No albu
men is equal to ihat contained in an egg
aud it wouldy consume ihe lay of 300,-'
000 hens to supply one of the targe calico
manufactories in Franco.
ance of which passion, prejudice, aud
venality should be farther removed; none calf, the two legged horse, the
which should more enlist and exercie the "lou have employed your time very
best powers both of the mind and heart, profitably, and will be able to tell your
If we look to the momentous interests, and friend all. aboat it," interrupted the
ihe far-reaching consequences involved, Philadelphian, as he bid hi rural friend a
alike to ourselves and to the world, to the hary good-by. Aud the man, so the story
present and following generations, and to runs, went back to Bucks county and told
iu sniritual a well as temporal aspect, hi wondering neighbors how he had done
r
At Shoebury, England, a new eighty
one ton gun was recently discharged.
The people of Sheebury-bad been warued
to leave their doors and windows open,
and those who bad not done go, or could
not leave their wiudows open by reason
of the windows being fixtures, sufferred
considerably, sasbes beiug tonj out, plate
glass of a quarter of an iuch thick iu a
store window being shattered, doors burst
open and, iu ihe case of married soldfers,
quarters the houses were much damag
ed.
when she signaled "all well.'
there is no matter in which it more be
hooves Christian patriots to seek, from
the fountain of all wisdom and power,
that help without which it-is impossible
for them to rest assured that they arc
choosing wisely and for the best.
, "Suppose, now, that from this lime
until the election in November, the re
spectable press of the country, and espe
cially the religious press; suppose1 that
all ministers of the goepel of every naoie;'
suppose that all men who love the coun
try, and desire its prosperity, whatever
may be their choice of parties or candi
dates would unite in sternly rebuking the
the Exposilioujn one day. J. P.
Washington Chronicle.
iu
A RICH AND NOVEL CARGO.
On the 16th of June last, the schooner
Era left Kew London, well supplied with
mining implements, tramways, and all
appliances for the excavation of minerals,
tinder command of Xieut, Mintzer. former-
erly of the Polaris expedition. The des
tination and object of the voyage was
kept secret. The schooner has just re
turned. She went to Cumberland Inlet,
a place known to whalemen as N iattic-
foul spirit of partisan falsehood and scan- Valley. Two gangs of meu were put to
dal. of which I have spoken, and in work about 1,300 feet above the level of
" - . . M -
St. Locis, Oct. 28. A special to the
Globe-Democrat from Little Rock says;
Three Methodist ministers, while riding
their Circuits iu Prooe county were shot3
by Dlingles aud Hale from tire brush, who
are illicit distiller. It was supposed that
the ministers were revenue oQrcers coming
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ed. A large number of illicit distillers
live in that section, seven of whom were
convicted this week.
THE CENTENNIAL MAIN BUiLD
ING TO REMAIN.
1 lie airmount riiK Uommisstim nas
yielded 10 ihe''popular demand, and the
Main Exhibition B.,1,1 ii..g ii io real in, to
be used a a gradd bazar ahdiudusuial ta.ii:
wiih the prdvisW, bo we'er, that the structure
is to be removed after two years' uotice
shall have been' gi fen. Ttie'-'charge for
admission i restricted to 25eeu?s-for five
days of ihe? week, and 10 cent on Satur
day ; aud wheii the. income it yield i
sufficient lo pay expenses and interest on
the investment-, the admission fee is to be
still further reduced, so that the public
may enjoy the exhibition at the lowest
possi tie charge for entrance.
The. British Government I has recently
presented Philadelphia with the hand
some buildings now occupied by the
British Commission. ' What with the
Main Building, Memorial Hall, Horticul
tural Mall,' and probably Machinery Hall,
together wiib-l the British edifices, the
statues, etc-, it' appears that a considera
ble portiou of the1 Ceuteunial structures
will be left, affording. all the facilities for
a very large permane.it display.''
The Exposition will close on Novem
ber 10 ; but visitors will continue to be
admitted as usual after that date, in order
to provide necessary funds to defray ex
peuseB of policemainteaaace, etc.
' fro Aning down bribery, fraud, intimida
' lion, and all other dishonesty or lawless
j nes that would interfere with a free and
i intelligent choice by the people. Suppose,
! further that all men aud women in the
j country, who believe in God aud in bw
i Bupei v:si.:i of ihe affairs of the nation,
should daily, and especially on every
Sunday intervening between this and the
th of November, ask that the spirit or ail
If I'eoCild'siiy n wWdta each of ithem
I should say vote your - honest. coiwkt'iQns
aud stop jumpiothWb'ari-Jiie steeg af
ter the bell-wether. - !
I learn ihat the 'constltajional amende
the sea, aud were assisted by Esquimaux
in blasting mica and taking it on board
by tramways. From ten to fifteen tons
were blasted out of tho veins, about leu
feet below the surface, when the veins
gave out, aud no more could be secured.
Some of the blocks are remarkably large
end clear, measuring 18 by 21 inches in
thickness, and weighing about 50 pounds.
The mica m said to be worth from 85 to
wisdam may guide the people in selecting I 312 per oound. The schooner ou her
our future rulers, and that concord, peace way back was delayed eleven days by
aud prosperity may re,ign throughout oil I ice.
of our borders: suppose this done, and
a
A FAST1DEOUS WIFE-HUNTER.
entered
left the
the
fol-
tlieie is not an atheist uor an infidel
throughout all our broad laud who would
not believe in his heart that the man
elected President on thtt day will "be 'the
best who could be chosen from the can
didates before the people. There is not
au intelligent thinker in the world who
would not see in this simple fact a truer
proof of real greatness, aud a sureraugury
of the grandeur and perpetuity of our uo
.a iii. I 11
ion tnan couiu ue given Dy a uuuarea hnat mftftallre. 30 inches: waist
Centennial Expositions, or the extinction 28i jacttes. Bize of boot 3fr; ditto of glove
The other night, a man
Chicago Tribuue office and
lowing advertisement :
Personal. The advertiser desires to
make the acquaintance of a lady of re
fiuemeut and good looks, 5 feet 4V inches
high, and weighing about 136 pound;
measure.
of our public debt in one day
: "Now, why cannot this be done? I
propound the question; it is for every one
to whom it may come, to answer it upon
bis own proper responsibility.
"G."
A MAN WORTH TALKING ABOUT.
D. M. Ren no. Esq- the famous bridge build
er, b engaged in building the new bridge over
Uf m..imim -t - AH 4 Ii - 17 I ui .1. A Mil flulon P.II.
road.1 Yesterday thowever. he , dropped every
thinu-aud this morning he leaves for his home should, by any possibl
: IU AeaulOK. reniinYiTiou, in urutr iu vuve lur ..r . . .ii .1,
- .Tli.aUrMir- it ;.fr n i ihullfe by giviug too much milk, she will
meuts are affecting them, especially chap- j wi,d will refarro theeounirjif it! -ver re 1 have lost it iu a good cause and saved
mm . ' '- .-J.J ' t Jf i fcil N J Tl ! tm,.i Vl .J.. ' L.. K,. fc. . !.- I ..l...-'., t ' , . X C
Cr Z. ' ilUW, twiar irour- tUlB W;iu - lormcu.v: i.n;e'W3i,wvuuivrutuns.ou - uni iurv itiu u vmviici o. kuhi.
i, A correspondent of the Country Gen
He man writes : "I am a decided adyo.
cate for milking cows up to calving : if
the milk gets thick, throw it away, but
milk the cow. Always give her to un
derstand that giving milk is her business,
and keep her at it late aud early. If she
e means, lose her
5; complexion prououueed brunette, deep
hazel eyes, with a view to matrimo
ny. "Seems to me you are mighty particu
lar about the sizo and kind f wife you
want," observed the advertising clerk.
"Well, perhaps I am ; but you see my
wife died befote we had been married
long; aud she had'ut begun to wear out
her clothesand her father gave her au
awful sight of them, so it seem to me
lilrH fleirisr in. the face of frovi
dencei whea silks and things is so
and the country laboring in the tbroea-of
financial convulsion to take another mate,
and let the moth break-ibj-ough and rust
and corrupt all them dud. So I iut
w ant a wife to match them things." ,
THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET. -
' The popular song of ibe "Old Oaken,
Bjcket" is said to have had ts origin
under the following circumstances, which
give it additional interest: Borne years
I 11T 1 . 1 .1 J
ago, when v ooa worm, ine printer anu.
several other "Old New Yorkers," wera
brother typos iu a printing office which
was situated at the corner of Chestnut
and Chamber, streets, there was few
places in the city of New York where one
emili pnmv'tlifi Iniiirv of a reallv "ffood
drink' Among the few places most
meut kept by Mallory, in Fraukliu street,
or about the same spot where St. John'
Hall recently stood. 'Woodwortby-in
company with several particular frieuds,
had dropped iu at this place one after
noon for the purpose of taking some
"brandy and water, which j Mallory waa
famous for keeping. The liquor wai
super-excellent, and Wood worth seemed
Inspired by it, for, after takipg a draught,
he laid hi glass upon the table, and,
smacking hi lips, declared that ftfalloryV
eau de vie was superior-to j any be had
ever lasted. - .
"No," said Mallory; "you are quite
mistaken; there was one thing which, in
both our estimations, far surpasses this
iu the way of drinking." "What wa
that?" aaked Woodwortb, dubiously,
"lie draught of pure, fresh, ipriug water
w ..d la drink from . the old O&keu
bucket that hung iu ihe well after our ro
turn from the labor of the field ou a suU
try day in summer."" The teardrops
glistened for a moment iu WoOdworth's
eyes. "True! true!" he leplied, and
ixinii nnitled the Dlace. He reiorned U .
dearJ the office, grasped the pen, and io half an
hour "The Old Uaken Kuctei, w t
tlt most delis-btful compositious in our
language, wa readyju manuscript io ba
emhalmed In the memory of succeeding
geueraliouc.
t"