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VOL. VIII. THIRD SERIES. . T. K. l$RtT??ER, Associate Ed. SUBSCRIPTION , BATES : per Tear, payable In advance,...: $2 00 ADVERTISING BATES : ... men, one publication... - ?f "two publications,.... Contract rates tor mostly or a year. ..$1 00 ..- 1 50 NUMBER LXXVIH. Vow ngain for a native of the old North c.!. or rather wo should say natives. Our sketches have ranged from the cold, Vrren Mia on Canada's frontier on the aorthi and to the land of the Palmetto and the Orange on the south ; and yet we are aot jonev i We have some other lands mdothef nations yet to hunt np and jot inwn Il is! a labor, yet it is also a pleas ure to note down l he incidents of the eId pioneers! of this county. We care not when they came lit-re. If they came jrleif they; were infants, or yet if they veie bom here, or perchance came in the noontide of fife, they are all .f the coun r and whatever we can cull from the iucideuts: of their lives, that we think will Hjt?reet our readers now, or those who gjgy in after years peruse them, we shall tndeavor faithfully to give. In short we lf0 writing history, we are making his tory, not only for to-day but we trust for many years hence. j In Rowan county, in the State of jfortli Carolina, lived a man by name of Chiistiau Prow, who had, ou many a Jbatllef field of the, revolution, fought to tlie best of his ability the liiilish and Tories; who had for Iftugand weary years fought tbe battle of freedom. Pfeace had nof been declared, and he had sought his rural home, had returned to the bosom of hi family, to live, in pace and quiet the remainder of his days. Of this old hero we can leant but little. ' Ilia history is B06lly . forgotten by his descendants. Bui iii 17S3 or 84 there was barn to him in that couhiy a 80ti,whoui he gave also the name of Christian. There was lsb in older t son, 'called Jobn.l The young Christian, when he arrived at the jjiopet age was apprenticed to a hatter by mine oj Jno, Fly, at Salem, in the old Nortli Slate. It is remarkable how mny uflbiold North Carolinians were indue-, ed to japprentice their sous to the halter's! ide; let it was no mean trade, and ''.. i1 i i 1 i: ) ine iu wtuen a woriunin can aiwas uuu After young Lhnslian became twenty aie. w man tiy name of Peter Chmeut arifed to, and did convey to. him two lots iiiCfiut tiiville,iu llowan (now Davidson) rouutj upon condition that Prow: should Hurt alia tier chop. This offer he accepted. Dome "well all hie he also started ihebosines of wagoning f Wilmington, North Caro linaatid to Charleston, in South-! Caio- ... , .... : i . .. . . Ima.i! I Ins was also very profitable, so urueb o, lhat he litarted a Utile store in count ction iih his shop. fie was pros peniig very! wiell when his whole, Stock of goods were continued by fide Tleie was AiWajji prentice sleeping irj the tjpsiairspail l tbe huilding by name or j James jorowu, whose letrat was cut off by the fire from tbe . ladder! '-' The fire, however, had burned a hole in the floor large enough to Jet bis body -through, and shutting his ye&and uioulh he jumped through the i. . . T V . ... - k erf and escaped vvitu ins .i litf., altliougn seriously burned. Chiistiau Prow had beta married Home time at the datje of this occurence, i He hd married a girl by salne of Maitha Downs. la IS 13 Christian Prow Sr.. And his ous John and. Christian, and their fami lies concluded to leave the old! North fsUte, and seek a new home in the fertile Northwest! Young 'Christian -jat that lime was the father of three children, Jobu, and William; land James W.," the "tier if whma now lives iu Saltern, aud "olds tin otSce of Justice of ttiei Peace Oef.iK together their coods and IchatteU 'd started for their distant home.) They dually located on a creek about two miles pourtj of where Greenville iu Floyd couu M now stands. There was too "much "milk sick" there for them, and selling t their possessions there; they moved "tit into what is now JetTerson township, i' Washington count, at what is slill to ay known us the old Prow placed This aa in'ilie fall ut. 1S14." John Graham a livingi iu , ihat country, about two tnilej west, and was the only w hite man about there. When Christian jrj was iu tearcb of a location, he found this man Grabam, who upon finding tliat iSow de nted to settle iu that section, tcok hjai 'JT to iKe place he afterward settle upoti iere.there was a splendid spriugV water, pfaliana had cut bark aud - cvered the pniig, iu order that no one should find - J1 and aett there unless he liked th oka of iljeui. That spring, although for JWs one of the best, now goes ulinost it M duite drv. ' Th e-next spring or jsummer, William Stager- illiams came, and thto John Walr who soon sold otit to John Holler, a th place was adjoining that of Prow's , .w"l 8?y here by way of parenthesis, 'bat at tbis writii'g e bve no data as to bed Christian , Plow Sr. died ot where, buCWve the. premise that if it can he '"Utid out that we shall- have it After olleryeam Spencer and twoj of the Skills.', Before any of thes settlers wwa iu, that, country, a -Juan ly name f Ilead had located on what is kCowo as the Jacob Banta place. He aust have fC:tled thre in 180 or lC 'bea these few neighbors sboken of had ecUled there, Head sold out his claim, Jjog that it rwaat getting too iliickly e firBt-still house in that section was Reeled by Chiistain Prow, thel second, W'U call-him. Then John Holler "Wte one 'next' nrltinifio- tli Prow P ace. Then Isaac and Wesley1 Denny Urtcd ne up east of Prow's ;j iu fact, they were all over the country and it would seem were the pioneers of churches and school houses, and of a better'civili zation. James W. Prow was placed at the distillery by hts father when about fifteen to learn the art. He had strict orders neith er to sell or give away the least quantity to any one, hut to send all such to the house. One day, a large, powerful, giant of a man, a German or of German de scent, named Baker, came there Jot a quait, when James told him that he would be compelled to go to the house for' it, as he could not sell it. Baker told him the second lime to fill it, and looked right at him, and as James did not -move, com menced to open his hand, preparatory to laying hold of him. James says that at tbe time that hand opened, it seemed as large as the head of a pork barrel, and that he filled that bottle in a hurry. This same James .W. Prow was a Justice of the Peace in Lawrence, county for' nine years," and also a commissioner there for six years. As before remarked lie is a Justice now in Salem. Soon the tideof emigration set in after Christian the second settled there. Wm. CornetJ, Robert aud Wm. McNeeley. Christian the second died March 1, 1846, and his wife three days later. Their children nearly all of whom survived them, wee John, William. James V ., Eliza, wno married Jeremiah Kendall, and died in 1833 of cholera, Serelda, who raariied Samuel Louden, Christian, now of Campbell&burg, Levi and Charles. The Indians came through the settlement only once, hut done no - damage The wolves were very bad, and the sheep bad to be penned up every night. Often the settlers would gro out and shoot ihe-wolves by moonlight, as they prowled around the sheep pens. Iu 1814-15 - coru and provision was very scarce m lhat settle ment, and Christian 'the second . aud an- other settler took a five horse team and started for Beargrass, in Kentucky, to buy corn. On arriving there they found that the. owner asked fmy cents a bushel, but he unfortunately for them, was on a big s,pree, and they could do nothing with him. T-his detained -them a day, and then ihey were compelled to o up twenty-two miles in Kentucky to obtain a supply. This delayed them two days more. Ihey then came back to ork man s mill in Clark county, and were detained two days there before they could get their meal. The settlers were at the point of starvation, and gathered at Prow's, waiting anxiously .for the return of ihe team and wagon loaded with lb iue.il. The dTay had been so gieat, thai ihe settlors supposed the Lidiaos had capturedtln in. - But ' after a while .'the long wished tor load c-tuie in sight, aud the meal. was soou disti ibu ed, aud tnany a hungry person made happy. REX. A CAPTIVE FREE. Opening of the Prison Doors to W. II. 11. Houston'. His Excellency Gov. Brogden, on yesterday, issued a pardon to the most prominent man whe has ever been con fined ii the State's prison W. 11. H. Houston,. of Charlotte, The facts in this case became notorious at the lime, and are doubtless still remembered by many ofj.be readers of the NiiWS Four years ago Houston was the leading grocery merchant in Charlotte. His establish ment was the largest in the city and his business was immense. He was a man of we&lih and went in ftyle. He was a man of tle kindest heart aird was noted for his liberality. No begrir was erer turned empty-handed from his door, and his generosity aud geniality uiade hia: as popular as he was prosperous. But his vaulting ambition o'erleaped itself, and in his haste lo get richer still, he uuade ventures which involved fciia hopelessly. With a frantic hope of ex tricating himself from the dilemma iu which he found himself placed, he forged iii paoe.r to a large amount on tue banks of Charlotte, aud tailing to meet the notes when they fell due, found ruin slating him in the face, and th:d the State. He was arrested hi Canada and brought back. Giving bail, he fled again aud was ar rested last spiuig in k londa. lie was co ivicted in Mecklenburg court at May term, 1875, of the crime of forgery, and sentenced li the penitentiary for a, term of years. 'He 'has been in confinement there ever since, until yesterday. I)ayN before yesterday ex Sheriff W. W. Giier, of Mecklenburg, came to this city, bearir.g peiitions numerously signed by the people of Union and Mecklenburg, praying for liie pardon ot Houston, upcMi the jrrouud of severe afflictions in his fam ily. One,ofhis chiidreu has just died, aud his mother is lying at the point of death. The Governor heard the prayer of the petitioners, and on yesterday morn injr issued the p inion. Mr. Grier, ae- coinoanied by ex-Governor if olden, went out to the penitentiary yesterday after noon, and broke the joyf ul news to the criminal.- He could not believe it atftrs', and later, when he began to realize that it was true, he trembled like an aspen leaf, and cave marked evidence of the contending emotions within him. He was e need id It dressed in citizen's cloth ing, aud bidding farewell.-to the officers ol the institution, all vf whom I he had made his friends, he walked forth from the shadow of the penitentiary onee more a free man. We think that Gov. Brogden has done well in exercising executive clemeney in this case. The people who are most iu tereeted will sustain him en masse Houston has been punished sufficiently: "It wara grievous crime, and grievously bath, he atoned for l. It can do no harm to turp loose ithis no w thorougly broken-snirited and : penitent man, and let him co home to his severely stricken fatuily, -jRai. Kites AN: ENGLISH ESTIMATE OF GEN. a WADE HAMPTON.! The tidings of Gen. Hampton's elec tion as Governor of Southj Carolina has elicited from the London Daihj Telegraph a pronounced Liberal newspaper, words of hearty praise of the Governor elect, and of those who helped to elect Mm. The Telegraph says : ; ''It is much to the credit of the negro that in South Carolina a State where the blacks far outuumbeH the j whites such a man as Gen. Wade Hampton should have been juat elected Governor. Prior to the war Gen. Hampton j was a typical slaveholder, possessed of estates jin South Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana the owner, iu short, of property the capital valae of which was apprised at jone mil lion pounds sterling. Throughout the war he fought with admirable courage and coustancjr, displayinga military aptitude which won him the warm regard of Gens. Lee and Johnston.. He was severely wounded at the battle of Severn Pines, and carried away from the terrible field of Gettysburg in such a lacerated condi tion that none wboi beheld him dared to hope that he would live through the com ing night. Though stripped of his prop erty and ruined, he has survived to set as useful and uctive an example to his com patriots in peace as he did in war, nor in his darkest hour of agony did he ever desert his Bative State. She has reward ed him by appointing him to be her Gov ernor, and it is to be hoped that the long lane of poor South Carolina's adversity will at last have a turning, for it is cer tain that Gen. Wade Hampton will show himself lo be as (rue and incorruptible in I office as he was brave upon the battle field. " When the hour shall arrive for the South to gather up her jewels, it will be found that such men ai Wade Hamp ton of South Carolina j He b per of Virginia and Gordon of Georgia, j who j for four years faced fearful odds j upon many a bloody battle-field, will like the greatest of American rebels, Georgo Washington, show themselves to be 'fiijst in war, first iu peace, and first in the jhearts of their countrymen.' " j GOOD FOR THE OLD brwTII STATE. There is quite an ejuigijation movement in the direction of North Carolina, report ed from the Western part of the State, aud it is so honest in its! character aud enterprising iu its object that it deserve.' the fullest encouragemeuL The parties engaged in this movement do not go with carpet bags iu their handif to capture the political offices of the Slate, but they take their families and their household goods with them, with the io tension of settling iu the Old North State, buyintf-or leasing aud and helping to build! up the iiidustri al prosperity of the comnjon wealth while mproving their Own iortuues. 1 welve amities will leave Western Massachusetts or North Casolina. eaily jnexl month and one hundred mote are expected to follow It is uot eutiiely an experiment upon which they are entering, i Already Mass achusetts men have reu ted large tracts of aud from the platters there, and have ound ihir ventures profitable and tuetr surroundings plejasant. f Instead of en countering social repulsion, the Yankees find the best of friends anaou": the former secessionists, who welcome lupin to an honest cit'zeusbip aud a cordial j neighbor ly intercourse. '1 bore is: an excellent op portunity to buy good Iai?d on easy terms in North Carolina, aud active rpen can do a good thing fur themselves by , taking advantage of it. Boston, Post. THE MILLIONAIRE! MURDERER pJscaping the Hangman mid Going into Prison h Stay for Life. Petekboro, Out., Nov. S?2.--Tbink of a millionaire leaving his rich poasesiions and, accompanied by the ofHcers of ihe liw, boarding the train fr the penitentia ry there to remain for tbe terra of hts life f This morning James Ryan was taken from the jiil here, put on board the early train by the sheriff' and his cousta b!e!, and conveyed to the-provincial pen- itenlury in Ki niton, tie was touud guilty of wife murder at! the Peterboro assizes ou the lSih of October last and sentenced for death to-diy. The Eecu tive at Ottawa, however,; heard the prayer of almost the Province, as expressed through a petition asking for the merciful exercise of the Executive power, and the sentence was caoitauted to imprisonment forfife. Ryan in personal and real estate is worth, so it is estimated, 1 ,200,000. Twenty years ago whenlhe was of age, his father, Patrick Ryaunow a millionaire of 70. gave him half a million in gold with which to f tart in business. James bought a large tannery, and by energy in business and the wiseaud profitable investment of his surplus capital sojon doubled his father's gift to htm. Ejfcght years ago he married a highly accomplished young Udy of Montreal, the dabghterjof a vreaU thy French firm of clothibrs there. Every thing ho handled prospered, anil he was regarded as the c6ming five's of the Do minion, in 1SQ7, wnen, owing to tne panic, real estate was selling dirt cheap, he purchased largely fin Chicago, St. Louis, New York, and; elsewhere, aud obtained an interest in some property in Birkenhead, the chief ship building centre in the north of England! which brought him a handsome yearly jncomei ' He sold out his Chicago property in 1869, just before the great fire. : In the early part of this jerMr. Ryan took to drinking. On tlhe 8th 'of May he had an attack of deliridm tremens. He fled from hit house m. ae forenoon and took refuge from his; imsginaryt pursuers io the tannery, hard by J Toward even- in? be sent a workman for a t botiia ot whisky, and hiviag draik it felt nerved again, ana returned homet He sat down in 111 n.rU k . r . ... .v. uuu vyicu uia yuuujt wire to I.:-, el ii. . j . . nm. bhe walked n to bim And nnt tior arm around his neck, f Their two chil. dren, one seven and the either five years old, were in the room.l Suddenly Ryan arose from his chair add stabbed his wife in the side. She staggered from the room into the hall and down the steps and with a pierceiug cry fell dead n the lawn out side of the frout door. I The town constables 'arrested Rvan. sitting motionless in hla chair. On being accused of killing his wife, he wept bit terly, but made no answer. A long, thin bladed knife, tinged at the sharp point with Dlood, was lund on the carpet bv his chair, and was recognized as a knife nsed by tbe tanners for , prepariug pel tries, t The prisoner was duly committed for trial at the fall assizes, and on his trial was defended by three of the ablest nisi prius advocates at the Canadian bar. The defeuce was temporary insanity in plain er words, delirium tremens and when that failed, the learned counsel made an effort to show that the deceased wife com mitted suicide iu distraction at her hus band's druukenness. The suicido theory was abandoned before ythe close of the trial, however, and the prisoner was found guilty, after a trial extending over eight hours, and sentenced to be hanged to dav. The jury recommended Ryan to mercy, and this recommendation being backed by a petition by thM town at large, and by some of the inn. reputable physicians, in the country, Mr Blake, ; the Minister of Justice, acivis. d the Governor-General to commute the sentence, as alieady stated. ' i Under the old English law a felon con demned to. death became "taint by the Crown" aud his property,- like his body, was forfeited to the Crown. But that practice has been dropped, and Ryan's million and a quarter: is invested . with trustees, of whom his father ia one, for ihe benefit of the two children. A DOG LAW. Farmers in many sections of the Stale are calling for a dog law. Ex. We place ourselves iu that great army of honest, right thinking farmers and clamor for a law that the dogs of this country will be bound to obey. Dogs to day have more privileges than anybody else in the State of North Carolina and no man can possess a right they feel uu dor auy obligations to: respect. If a dog steals a sheep, nothing is ever said about the matter and he js never held amenda ble to the Jaws of the laud if a white man or a darkey should steal the same sheep, he would be immediately arrested tried aud sent to w&rk oh some of the railroads of jthe State. If a dog howls aud hollers and keeps you awake at night, nothiug is ever done with him for it; if a man is caught in disturbing the public peace iu the1, same rude and boisterous way he is thrown into the calaboose and heavily-fined. If a dog sfTps up and nips a piece oat of your leg when you aint troubling liiic, you will have to grin and bear it if a man aaaaults you, an action for damages will lay against him. A dog uuver works a lick the live long day and he makes his living off other men' a man has to make his living by the sweat of his brow. D gs are lawless usurpers and we are unalterably opposed to the whole race. We have very little hopes however that our Legislator will m ike a move in the matter. According to the Memphis Avalanche only two members of the last Tennessee Legislature are re-elected to the present. The last Legislature. passed a dog law. (Jhar. Observer. HUGH L. BOND. The Baltimore Gazette f November 5, 18CG, ppoke of the lawless acts of Judge Bond in these words : ''The ennscrva tors of the peace are imprisoned and the executive power of the State is paralized by judicial insolence ' and" usurpation. " And again : "The fact that no conduct Judge Bond can reduce him to a lower level than that lo which the disgust of all decent people has long since consigned him may hippily lessen the demoralizing effect of his action, but of course is no palliation or diminution of his guilt.1' It says of him now in 1S76 : "The 6eqtiel to Bond's Baltimore judi cial infamy is interesting in the present connection "It seems to be the function of Judge Bond to turn the stomach of justice and bring about a reactio.a iin favor of clean ii ness. lie is the datk hour that come. before dawn ; aud ot j of ihe abyss of degradation into which the United Stales judicial office is sunk in him, it miy rise to higher tiling. Jiidge Durell, of Louis iana, who was used (or the self same work ihat Judge Bond is now performing, was a poor drunken wretch, who was used and then cast contemptuously aside. We believe tint he diedj iii oWcurity and dis grace, shunned by even the men who had made a ladder of his infamy to climb iuto their present eminences. Judge Bond should heed ihe warning." THE WAY OF IT Louisville Courier-Journal. 1 The active military preparations of Grant, Taft and Catneron are now attrib uted by these members of the military party to their tremendous fear of the "democratic roughs of Baltimore and New York." Conspirator Taft, of the department of justicjC?) has discovered by means of his secret agents that there is a plot of these "roughs' to proceed in a body to Washington to bull doze Grant and his cabinet, aud deprive Mr. Hayes of the seat to which thoseTeaders say be is "honestly" entitled WIIO IS TUP. ' ""uuvti O i IXLIUXJl We have already made the prediction that iu the not distant future the warmest friend of the negro's right to suffrage would be found in the South, and its bitterest foes in theNorth. The addition al power given to the South by the ex tension of the right of suffrage to negro voters ha3 been made especially conspic uous in the recent election, and very niuch to the disgust of the Radical party, for it was no part of the purpose of that party in giving suffrage to the negro to give strength to the South. Such, however, as we have already pointed out, has been the unmistakable effect, and now the average Radical is seeking how to do away with it. "Should this state of things be allowed to exist?" is a question that is being now asked without their being able to have any one give the desired answer. A correspondent of the New York I'iutes, one of the most unscrupulous Radi cal sheets now printed i.i America, wri.t ing to that paper from Louisiana, ia es pecially exercwed on ihe subject and" conjures up dirV spectres about the future under the dominion of the "solid South," and this very naturally leads him into an iuquiry into the sources of strength of that "solid South' and he, of course, finds it in the negro vote. He says : "And just here is one fact which must not be lost sight of. The Southern States have 138 votes in the Electoral College. Were it not for negro suffrage, those same Slates would have only about ninety votes in the Electorial College. Louisiana has eight Electoral votes, but if the law did not allow the black men to vote, if the negroes were legally dis franchised, the State would have only four votes iu the College. As it is, the black citizens who give the State this increased influence in the nation are il legally and by violence kept away from the polls and virtually every wljue man, every Democrat, cjsts two votes. So in neatly in all the cotton States, the white Democrats have double representation in the Electoral College, and twice as much voice in the election of a President as have the citizens of New York or Cali fornia. Should this state of things be allowed to exist V Our colored friends need have no fear that the white people of the South will be favorable to any project looking to. depriving them of the right of suffrage. Trouble in that regard will come from the. North and not from the South, bat il will never be crcatcr than the white men of the South will be able, to meet and overcome. Raleigh Observer. NOBLE WORDSOF A NOBLE - MAN. When Hampton was told that all op position to his claims as Governor would be removed if he and several other promi nent citizens of the State would declare that they believed South Carolina had gone for Hayes, the pure and noble Hamp ton rejected tlie infamous proposition in these maulywords, "Tell them I would not say it, even to be President." They can deprive him of the office to which he has been chosen" by the suffrages of his people, and ihe hired incendiaries of the conspirators may destroy tlie home that gives him shelter, but all the gold and promises of power they can command, will not buy from turn Ins Honor, a gem far more precious to him than all the gold and rubies this earth cin afford. The sun iu his whole course does not shine upon a braver hero, a nobler man and a truer patriot than Wade Hampton, and his eh. tractor stmids out to-day like an isle of coral j t in the midst of the ocean, whose form 'Tows whither and purer as the dark waves of corruption aud de moraliziiion beat against its unyielding fides. Charlotte Observer. i .. WHO DENNIS IS. Springfield Republican. Hartford, Nov. 29. It is siugul how many Conuecticutyankee "bummers turn ui) in tlie Southern troubles. A few days ago I sent you a sketch of J. R. G I'tt kin, the Louisiana United States mar shal. I notice now that "General" B Dennis turns up as boiled ota'es mar shal iu. South Carolina, charged with the duty of "seeing that none but republicans stand guard to-night." This Dennis is another carpet-bagger from Connecticut who has gotten lich by plumleiiug the "prostrate State." lie was a Norwicl boy, who went out in the Seventh Con necticut regiment as captaiti, and whet the real work of the war began, rcsignec and turned sutler. Having made money out of the soldiers during the war, he got a brevet as general (fir what the Lord only know-, but brevets were very cheap at the close of the war), and since has been a prominent member of the republi can ring in South Carolina. If Bob Pitkin and John Dennis are to elect our President, we might as well give up any Presidents. THE COUNTRY'S DANGER. New York Herald. J The recent political canvass has proved conclusively that a serious danger mena ces us, unless we receive our political struggles from the pressure of office seek ers and officeholders. It is these two classes small in numbers, but virulent i'i temper who infuse such bitterness into our political contests. - Eliminate their zeal, their intrigues, tbetr unscrupu lous effwr's, and a presidential election would be quiet, almost a tame affair; for neither could maladministration proceed to such lengths, nor would the party in power be tempted, or be able if it wished, to compel ihe whole force of its officehol ders to its defence. It ih NoLSafe. All men ought to have found out by this time that it is never safe, either for a public functionary or a ptivato individ ual, to do wrong. It i8 never safe to in dulge in swindling, cheating, or bribe taking. It is neyer safe to; practice cor ruptionany kiijd or degree of it. It is never safe to indulge in falsehood- any sort of it. It is never safe to do anythiug which would briog shame to the doer by being revealed. One may fancy, his mis deeds can't be found out, or have been covered up, or can be so covered; or they can be so denied ;or explained away so the people will be deceived: about, them ; but yet it remains true that there can be no safety for the; wrong doers, and no security against his exposure. Though this looks hard to some people, it is, nev- crtneiess, in accordance with the fixed and irreversible moral hiw nf tl.i.,o.a a of being. The only safety Tor a man. or ior a woman is in retraining from wror." and doing right. American Manufac- turcr. HARD TIMES. The New York Tribune amused itself a few days since over the hard times in Louisiana, as developed in the matter of treiglit charges on election returns. The iribunes idea was that money was scarce with the Board only because the returns were Democratic, and to get them uul ut iue express otnee Ucmocrats were forced to furnish the. money. True ; but lllPl'P ia ! nnu a,.. ...... t t . I ..,,v.iC rrimiis yic ui uit luaner, wnicu escaped the. lribunc. Gov. e s declined to pay the 75 cents of freight because, as he stated, the B ard would be paid in warrants, and. tlie State's war- rams 'being worth only 30 cents in the dollar, he did not care to pay out 75 cents, and receive in return" serin worth 2?i cents. Ihat is what tha Tribune, nnd ur n. . ens ana, tneir parly have done tor Louisiana credit, llow they have done It. m 3 V tto fa t ai-.A finm fk. t..l. t I. I.. I j uuiu me intia lu-tw iu j uie last ten years tlie tax payers ot New uueans Have paid MOD, 000,000 in taxeson a total property- real and personal, worth icbs man ?iuu,yuu,uuu, ana now nnd .1 C inn rrr 1 .il themselves confronted by a co-called in-, ucuicuufts, principal anu ltiierest, exceea- uigii ana migniy, tlien is their change ap ing SI 00,000,000 more. Raleigh 0b proaching. Luthcrford. A. ; . , server. THE COLOR LINE BROKEN. fBostou Herald. 1 But there is Hne compensation. We rejoice to see the color line in politics broken in the south, and we believe that it cannot fail to be for the benefit of the colored men. whose votes hereafter are to be songht by both parties, and given to the one which offers the larger in- ducements, in the way of promise and performance, to;' the race. The colored vote betng divided, we shall look next to see the whites divided, -and then will cornel the natural end of that conflict of races, which, if continued would be sure to be disastrous to tne weaker race. BEET ROOT SUGAR. One hundred millions of dollars, (gold) are aunuallv exnorted from the United I States to pay for the sugar irrnorted and consumed. Can it be kept here ? If we lived under &n arbitrary Government in name, as in fact, the question would soon find an eflirmative. answer. -As it is, if saved at all the money must be eaved by uie prouticuon or tne sugar. in attcmpi is now making to do this by the introduc- tiou of the manufacture of beet root sugar, ior fitly years it has paid a fair proht in Fiance and Belgium, and there would seem to be no reason why it should r.ot be profitable here, where new industiiea are so much needed for tlie employment of idle hands and for profitable employ- ment or tnose aiready at work, ex- npiimeiit 1is iipvcr linen f.iiilv tr cA. 1 n . i i i rm r " j mis country, owing to the cost and neavy auty upon tne macuinery ou.uuu; nec- essary. xyow there seems to be some prospect of ascertaining what can be done A meeting of California and Northern men who propose to move in the matter was held in Philadelphia last week, and the testimony of leading foreign agriculturists collected, which sets tbe undertaking in a most favorable light. According to Mr. George May Powell, from 12 to 20 tons of beets can be raised to the acre, which, at $6 per ton, would pay the farmer twice as welt as wheat, lie also stated that "the refuse from the factory using 500 arccs ot beets would be equal for stock-feeding-to 500 acres of hay. Such a fac tory should produce about 720 tons of sugar and 100 tons o sirup." Capital invested in this way should pay the man ufacturer 25 per cent. The foreign com missioners present gave testimony very encouraging to the expelimeut. Speci mens of beet sugar made in Russia and Frauce were exhibited, and were pure, white and sparkling. The Hon. Julian Dannfeldl from Sweden stated that ihe manufacture jhad succeded admirably in his country ; the same testimony was given by ihe Australian Commissioner. The Canadian Government has recently offered a berths of $7,000 per year for ten years to the first company which succeeds in this business and also offers lo take off 50 per ceiat excise duty from the pro duct.' ' The Commissioner from tbe Ar gentine -Republic, where cane sugar is made, statedjthat itwas more economical to import the beet sugar for home con sumption. He however warned the ex perimenters that both the soil and beets produced should' be thoroughly aualszed before rnoneyf was put iuto factories. Yellow fewr was taken to Savannah ' by a Spanish vessel. The, Coal Producers. BethUhem, Pa., December, 4 Tbe long-expected suspension of coal production has at length occurred. At this moment more than one half the mines in The State are stop ped. The number of the working-men thrown out of work by this movement is variously estimated at between 35,000 and 40,000, this including men aud boys working inside and outside the collieres. Some few operators are still producing coal. ,but as these contemplate stopping work soon, it is believed the suspension will bo entire by themiddleof the mouth. Hctributive Justice. We learn that Kirk, the blood thiraf dog, whose record for infamy is so well known in North Carolina, is now almost a beggar in the streets of Washington Kjiiy. ue still occupies a subordinate position about some of the -deoartmentat Capital, and not long since begged a in the streets of Washington, for the loan of the pitiful sum of SI. Vengeance i uo'H'' euiuKiai, wnom ne met mine, l win repay, earth the Lord," is a diviue promise, which has been wonder fully fulfilled in this-case. Always Trust in God, Worthy and dear brother, know how to carry yourself in trouble KnanAm covenant in your trials. Hold by His blessed Word and sin not. Flee ancer wratb, grndgmg, envy, fretting. Forgive a hundred pence to your fellow servants k T 1 , r ucciiusu me .uora nas ioriven yoa ten thousand talents. Vnr I rn k the Lord, that your adversariesshall iram no advantages except you sin and offend the Lord in your &ufferin-s. But the way to overcome this is by patience, lor- giving and praying for your enemies ; in doing whereof von "h their heads." , ' " door to your trouble. Wait upon Him as a night-watcher waileTli for th mnm. inf. TIa u.;il . . '"js" --0 n 'ii out tarry; go up to your watchtower, and come not down but by faith and hone and nraver wuit on When the sea is full, it will ebb .airaiii l . - O I ana as soon as the wicked are rnm in the top of their nride. and r1 1-1 1 ,. . ... . The Lee monument fund now amounts. to about $25,000. The tobacco crop iu McDowell count v was almost a failure the past season. Illinois must acknowledge the corn. Her crop this year is 270,000,000 bush els. A fire in Louisville, Ky., Oct. 16th, destroyed property to the amount of I SGOO,000. The insurance was heavy. To tit down at th tahln nnA f.' yourself to eat, when there is not only no appetite, but a decided aversion to food. i The genius who invented wooden tooth-picks for hotel use has made over 850,000 out of the patent, and he is still picking up money. U- xo guzzie down a glass ot cold water. on gettig "P in the morning, without anJ feeling ot thirst, under tbe impress- it"1 health-giving nature of its wasumg-oiu qualities. oir alter iwaieign one clay asking a favor from Queen Elizabeth, the latter said, to him, "Raleigh when will you leave oil begging To which he replied: "When your majesty leaves off giving." So let us ever be asking from God who is ever giving aud who is every willing j to give. A theological student, supposed to be I .1 It . 1 . r ueucieni in iuurmeui. was asked br a, Drofegsor. ;., ,iK. Cl,llr,R ftf a riaa- -ms. naiion "P,ay, Mr. E how would you discover a fool " Bv the nueslions he would ask," was iTIg rather stunning re- V7- Christians should live in the world but not be filled with it. A ship fives iu the water, but if the water gets into the ship, she goes to the bottom. SoJDhristians may live in the world ; but if the world gets into them they sink. "What," said a teacher to a pnpii "makes yon feel uncomfortable after yow have done wrong ?" "My papa's big leather strap," -feelingly replied the boy. Now would be a good time for ih citizens of Counties to get up a petition and send to the Legislature, preventing the killing of partridges. ? - It is rumored that a petition will be gotteu up for the purpose of exleuding" the corporation of Salem and Winston westward. Salem Press. Our worthy citizen, J. A. F. Watts, Esq , this week, l jughleied two pig, each about a year old, raised by his little sou, weighing 340aud ;JG2 pounds 70? iu the aggregate. Who can beat that. Statesville American To persuade yourself that yoa are de slroyiug one unpleasant odor by introdu cing" stronger one ; ihat is, to sweeten your unwashed grmenisTi'id person by enveloping yoniseif iu The funics of mask, eau de cologne, ornose water; the best perfume beihg a clean fcki.i and welf washed clothing. 3 i J 'I t 'J I ; if !1 -!--- r
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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