North Carolina Newspapers

i. I i. I , 3 a 9 1 .i . " I ri r. i It r n M I- Carolina Watchmaj JUNE 21, 1877. Clues involving tlje issue, of t r ?cteni! Cyurfu wil oine up iniieSu prejue. Court ?t Kajejglj, tl : f he Wellington correspgufc ot the Cincinnati Commercial, wrf tiijf a - dia tinraighed Southern ady, jsjra4ty qpen to criticism in the iinporpt V)int of LnouleJee. iudennent andnste. The Oxibrd .'.'Torch Lfcht," f ptn up on iU fifth volume. It Jk one of tlie5le8t lpert in the State, anthere arc ifew bet ter asjuined. It is a,.T2 column Japer ud 16 oniiem are filkl with advertise. tnenta, mostly TepreWn ting thebusinesa ff the growing town n 0Ard. Col. Chas. "R. Joxt pditor of the Char lotte Observer, liiwin 'invitation delivered lecture tfl a small but highly intelligent ftudieucfc at ' States ville, last week, wijch Is spoked of by the newspapers as a very - jjplendid success. His subject waS 'Progress of events in the XlXth Centu: JTtv& 1e fp4 fruitful field. ' - The Statesvillo A mericau claims to fan orgaif pf the national -conservative party, 'now crystalizyjg all over the cotm: Jrv, &c.M The American is modest. Why, it is not only an "organ,?' but it is the father of it in North Carolinathe great he fellow or Sitting Pull of the concern; and there is not another son nor. diiuh ct. So be it. 1 f Some newspaper has aid i)iaj however w isely Sir. ilayes may adnunister his high o(fice,the American people-can never for get nor forgive the infamy by which hep reached liis pition. That it is fairly bHrnt into'the popular heart, and the peo ple yll never rest unlil they have rebuk- p4 n the mest decided manner, the re turning board infamy and the electoral coiumission treachery. Nor should they. prime, It is frequently asserted by the newspaper press that crime is on the in crease. ' Jfr is very" desirable to kpow whether or not this b true ;Tind it occurs to us that it would require but Tittle labor pn the; part of the Superior Court Clerks in the several counties' of the State to make out and send up to Raleigh a list of crimes recorded on their dockets, cover ing a term of years, for the purpose of ponjnjpariftou and settlement of this ques tion referred. LIFE INSURANCE. The abuses that insurance companies had practised upon the people lecame so glaring and alarming, that the legislature t of New York, very wisely appointed a ;, committee, whose business it Nyas to ex amine into the assets and accounts of all large companies, doing ' business within the limits of that State. Whpu th,ey uiade llieir' repprtSj the' revelations, were 'as . touuding, 'and almost took the 'breath from the tqo qonfiding pqplo who held large policies iu the -.same. Ope company paid its president the enormous salarv- of $60,000, and it also employed a number of other officers, about twenty in all, the sal ary of the lowest of which, ought to have been almost sufficient for the president, rj'he, people could plainly see that their hard earned. niODey was going to the sup port of salaried officers, and thatrthe ide a of economy had never-been the thought ht such companies. ' We toil tj directors of all insurance companies, (hat thjs king of insuring, will entirely play out if some reforms are not quickly made. The peo Wfci Tiaye had their confidence in insurance, badly but Justly shaken, and something iunst be done to have that confidence re tored. Charlotte Observer. ' ; U conceded on all hands that the aan wlio patronizes lotteries, prize pack ages, ot gambling of any kind, will soon er later come to, grief. If he had any mon ey to begin wijtfi he will lose it ; and nine- ; ty-njne times out of a hundred come to tags and lice by th,e tjme he ia sixty years old. We put the life Insurance business in the same catagory of other systems of gambling m so far as It concerns the ptatc. To illustrate: JLet Massachusetts : v or Virginia have the insurance offices, and r the people of Nprh Carplina pay, to Yirz ginla for instance, three million dollars a year for life insurance ; and let that thing go qn for one hundrd years. We under lake to say that in lass than half the time, ihe people of iorth; Carolina would be utterly insolvent; and if Virginia had in vested the proceeds of her opcrationsn purcliUip ands in -North Carolina) she would hold fee sipiple dtjeds "foic half of all ' i,'.t i - it i ' T T the lands in the State. We own that this notion of ours ig off Landed, and not the result of very patient uvestigation into well established 'facta, iThere jfi one evidence to which we will advert as a basis: It is cnrrently report cd and generally believed, that the people of North Carolina did pay out for the year 2874, about three millions of dollars for -t InsnraBce. n insurance agent very re iirtly itwi) tUligh told us about that time, that he had seen the figures in some i lfice thare and Jhat it was a fact. We , Mskcd th gootleman . jf-from his intimate : cowfif fUa insurance business he ixrnlli (ell, jproximaU?ly, what amount . pfthat gaOO.OOO wouI4 over return to t hoso who paid it f Ha answered, "no." .'..VA'cj again, if he suppoiBed one-half .pi it wouut rejnrn to them. He very 3rompflyanswerW Ono." We asked still again : Do yon think a much as one- J Ti ' '' ' ,u f"f repirn i ne ingan X Jl. Ml : SU T. . to as ht wp were driving at the system, hnd wrijiilinff jn hs seat answered with fcbme hesjftiQU t js doubtful," We vf$T tfi$ qiijy "fjfjr'wljat it ij 'worth. It is not'pViiof, buifc is a elf wt when we find A man engaged Jn a'hnfcWsa who can k ive no bcttef account oi f t, pe us sup jMjse that ' one-third of 'the '$.0QQJX) re- yarns'; and upon tha basis we splcjt an pwers to Jhe jrpiK4ton Jjqjt piieli pibnoy would North Carolina pay qui, in principal and interest, for the term of fit- y years, interest at tne .row? r cent. fjie whole gystern of insurance af no practiced is a stupendous fraud by which thousands nnon thousands of men are hv: ing in splendid luxury at the expense of hardworking, innocent uupes. -a-mu mmes build magnificent palaces tor tneir . . ' L .1 !, orinningl mull. central omces, amt yj m? ti"r" - agers higher salaries than is received by any government officer in the country. And sleek, sinOoth:tongueU, wen-yam agents are to be met with in almost every hole and corner in the eartn. ixue, mere are not so 'many now as there were a few rears ntro. in thia section at least: 1 heir vurtinHitv has no end. A liiiie wnue after the war it w as reported that an in: surance agent pursued man Into tne rratt r of Mt. Vesuvius. Only another wav of telling how useless wa an attempt to avoid them. But times are changing on una suuuxi. . munu.o ...t.. larso part in btripping the people to the skiii, aiiti they are" beginning to find out thatit ianot the surest road to wealth after all, - - . .- j - THE NATUEAL WALL. In rpply to a letter i u f w h id as mentioned,' Iter. Prof. E. which the wal wna liipiitiniipn. nev. i roi. r.. x. v- well writes as follows : f'Tlie famous waft in Royau is a natur al phenomenon, common in the- north ; tluMirrh fiftr or more vears airo. it was reirartled as an artificial work ; and in okl books, sucji ag Alprse's Geogiaphy, siwiken of as' curiosity, Persons often sent trreat distances for specimens ot tne rock The fragments were bxed up and sent abroad. Amanonce.it is said, dug week across the width of it to find the bot tom, but did not succeed. . It is what in ireolojrv is called a dike, a word that sig nifies a wall. Iiraude says, "when a mass of unstratitied or geneous rock, such as irranite, trap, or lava, appears as if in jeeted into rents and fissures in the strati tied rock as to intersect tne strata, it is called a dyke." They vary in thickness from a few inches til 20 or HO yards, they Lre composed of what is called greenstone or basalt, from their breaking up into regular shaped fragments, trap rocks from a Swedish word trappa, a stairs. "Sometimes, when the melted matter thrown up from below to fill the crevice cooled, it formed regular prisms, ot .3, 5 sides, &c., as in Giants' Causeway in Ireland. Generally these columns stand perpendicular ; but in some places about Lake Superior, they are found lying on eaclnther, with their smooth ends , even on the side of the wall, as ltpiecesof tim ber or hre wood had leen sawed off, ex actly of the same length j and then piled up regular. hen the earth is removed and the ends are exposed to view, they become an interesting natural phenome non. All these operations show an effort of nature at crvstallization on a large scale We wish that those who visit this locality would take a compass and mark the di rection ot tne wall : wnetner tiiere is in this respect any relation to the Blue Ridge; whether of uniform thickness whether the outcropping indifferent places lie m the same line : would a line drawn i . Li. j. r I . 1 in me ui rection oi one, striKe auoiuer : when it runs through another rock, how j is the latter affected by it : how related to tfe bed of granite in the vicinity that contains the trim, cry stills of felspar : any I specimens the wall north of the South ! River ?" Watchman, May 12. "The "Natural fair in this county so learnedly noticed abqve, has been ex posed recently so that it may now be in spected with good degree 'of satisfaction. Mr. T. Walton the owner of the premises, with several of his neighbors, by ditching, draining and excavation, have brought out about 15 feet of it in full view with out disturbing the stone? and other ma- jejuu of vnu?u jc ) epnpoea. It is certainly an interesting subject for the Geologist and the student of nature ; and as there are some intelligent pprsqnsj wno sua insist rnai it may ue $ work ot art, it is of interest to scientist generally. The first impression of the common mind is that it wailmilC by human hands. It is so perfectly wall-like stand so per pendicular and accurate in line and breadth that it is no wonder many should yet believe it is a work of art j for it is not common iu this part of the word for na ture to exhibit herself in this form. She display es veins in the earth of various kinds and dimension almost everywhere, and they are easily and universally rec- ogmzed as such. But in this case there is 4 wulc departure from that order of phe nonienun, and we have something that Sfantjs out in sharp contrast, puzzling the niind tp reach a satisfactory conclusion as to its true character. I he course of the wall is very uearly soufh:east and north--west, and is tracea-; bl Py put:lying stones of the same gen pral character, scattered on the surface through woods and fields for half a mile or more. We speak now of actual observa tion, made last week company with a patient, persevering and inqusitive friend,' Maj. b, vv . cote, and regret that time and. 'a ' k - . 1 a " ? opportunity urn not allow of more extend ed search. It is believed that the out crop at Rbbley's and that at Fqrley Ellis' about six milwt easf qr soijth of east, arb parts ot thf same line. And continuing the same direction to the cst bank of the Yadkin river near fho railroad bridge; we learn that the same kind of stone ap pears in a form well 'enough defined to be called the ;fwall rock." Going north-west, we hear of it again near Correll's mill, and again, in the same general lne? at or near. John D. Johnson's! A line drawn from Mr. Johnson's via Correll's Mill Kobley's, and Ellis' to the east end of the Railroad bridge across the Yadkin, we Uhink' would pot vary much from a ti south-east direction ; nor would it nec true neces I - -tt. santy wave very niuch to touch all the points named. The wall at Robley's; is covered by the sou to tne depth of about two feet. The land east of it swells up into a considera ble hill, which is covered w ith foresf trees At the point of exposure the' wall is' em bedded in decomposed granite, and the iine of distinction between that and the' ina terial of which it is composed is sharp and clear. The stones cf the wall are what is coniuionly called t'iron rock," an4 are of variable sfces and shapes, generally long er than they an? bred or thick, cross ecr ..r ,.. . . popn pi iriicjpreseiiii iu jup "f diamond shape. The new fracture is ii"-hlv roetalic in appearance, not nnlike he luster of broken steel. Tliey are tuieK v coated with a material resembling iron rust, which may be cut away with a knife (ike chalk. This oxide, or rust has ac cuniuiated between the stones in all their Various fractures, horizontal, and trans verse, forming wjiat is popularly regarded as cement, whicl we are free o admit does in many places closely resemble. - We do. not perceive much practical value attaching to this subject, but j et if is not witbout interest, having at an early eriod of the history of the State attracted the attention of scientific men so far at east, as to merit notice in some of their writines. -we learn tnat rroi. ivcrr, - .... T State Geologist, expects to visit this sec tion during the summer, and will proba bl y tarry long enough to give the "natur al waF such au inspection as will enable him by the aid of his Geological knowl ti lull us anvthimr Prof. Rockswell -v"C7 w t may luxve omitted. P. S. iuce the above was in type, we learn that' Prof, jierr, who passed her "Monday, in speaking of this natural cu riosity said it w as first brought to public attention about one hundred years ago, by a naturalist named Nutall, wlio Avas pur suing 'his investigations in this section.. FULTQN'S ACCQUNT OF THE FIRST STEAMBOAT TRIP BETWEEN NEW YORK AND ALBANY. In tlie Suffolk Gazette, printed at bag Harbor, on the east end of Long Island October 12, 1807, , is a letter from Robt Fullton to Joel Barlow, giving an account of the first trip of the first steamboat on the Hudson River. It is as follows : To Joel Barlow, Philadelphia. New York, 22d Aug., 1807. My Dear Friend: My steamboat voyage to Albany and back has turned out rather more favorable than I had calculated. The distance from New York to Albany is 150 miles; I ran it up in.32 hdurs and down in 30 hours. The latter is just five milt an hour. I had a light breeze against me thewhole way going and coining, so that no use was made of my sales; and Vthe voyage has been performed wholly by the power of the steam engine. I overtook many sloops and schooners bearing to windward, and passed them as if they had been at anchor. The power of propelling boats by steam is now fully proved. The morning I left New York there were not perhaps thirty persons in the city who believed that the boat would ever move one mile an hour or be of the least utility. And while we were putting off from the wharf, which was crowded with spectators, I heard a number of sarcastic remarks; this is the way you know in which ignorant men compliment what they call philosophers and projectors. Having employed much time and mon cy and zeal in accomplishing this work, i gives me, as it will you, great pleasure to see it so fully answer my expectations. t will give a quick and cheap conveyance to merchandise on the Mississippi, Mis souri, and other great rivers which are now laying open their treasures to the en terprise of our countrymen. And although the prospect of . personal emolument has been some inducement to me, yet 1 feel nfinitely more pleasure iu reflecting with ou on the immense advantage that my country will derive from the invention. However, I will not admit that it is half so important as the Torpedo system of defence and attack f for out of this will grow the liberty of the sea ; an object of infinite importance to the welfare of America and overy eivilized eonntry. But thousands of witnesses have now seen the steamboat in rapid movement, and they belieye--but they have not seen a ship of war destroyed by a' torpedo, and they do not believe. We cannot expect people in general to have a knowledge of physics, or power of mind sufficient to combine deas and reason from causes to effects. But in case we have war, and the enemy's ships come into our water, if the govern ment will give me reasonable means of action, I will soon convince the -world that we have surer and. cheaper modes of defence than they are aware of, NEWORK. OMINOUS PROCEEDINGS ON THE TEXAS BORDER, Printers TTitltdrawinq 'from the Printer Luton. UNION MOULDERS OBTAINING EM I'LUIJIEM IN NON-UNION FOUNDRIES. Governor Hampton Will Stop in Xetc York j a a. . rrt 10 etjoiuiie a lemporary Jjoan. I rot, June Id. The Troy Tunes, em bracing nearly one-half of the compositors in this city, to-day withdrew from the printers' union. A considerable number of moulders, heretofore belonging to the moulders' union, have obtained employment in non union foundries. New York, June 13. A special dis patch from New Orleans to the Herald, says ; "Gentlemen just returned from the Texas border, say that by direction of the State department, people are preparin sworn statements of losses by raids during the past ten years. Governor Hampton, on his return from Auourn, will stop liereto negotiate a tern porary loan, authorized bv tbelevislature to defray expenses until the taxes are collected. The Western Union Telegraph Compa ny opens to-day an office at the Surf Hotel, r ire Island, connecting with the telegraph system of the company at Babv lon, Long Island, by sub-marine cable across the great bouth bay. Fire Island is thirty-five miles east of Sandv HiwL- and captains of steamers and masters of vessels are requested to display their si , nals off Fire Island. A Suicidti About fata and Tpmatq Vines. :Wi.HiXGTpx, June 16. ?pbt. Richter, clerk in the War pepa.rfimen.t, found at his home a pleasure in rearing tomatoes, lis wife found hers m breeding cats, lie molested the cats ; she tore up his toma to vines. Richter stationing himself in the midst of his demolished "vines, said : Nosir you gee me,! and shot off the top of his head. There are three little chil dren and a frantice widow. Richter was a quiet, sober, industrious and upright man. ' RASCALITY AMONG RADICAL OFFI CIALS IN NOimi CAROLINA. Special to Richmond Di?ptcL. IHE DKlUTY MARSHALS OE XOnTII CARO- " " UNA. Washington, June 13. Investigations of the transactions of the Deputy Marshals of Western North Caro lma show tha not one-thim ot the ircr mense sums charged against the Govern ment within the last three years has been for actual service nor honesty expended. These fraudulent operations have Imd ex tensive ramifications and increased with fearful rapidity during the period when the Presidency was in doubt. It was gen erally believed down there that Tilden would' succeed Grant; and as he .would have made a clean sweep of the Federal officers in power, they determined to make hay while the sun yet shone, but they ruined themselves by overdoing the job. ov KUCHA nc.Es and false charges. The favorite mode, as previously detail ed in these dispatches, was to make over charges for mileage, and false charges for guarding and feeding prisoners. The loose notiaus among many people of that part of North Carolina about evading or violating the revenue laws in relation to the manufacture of whiskey furnished a rich field to be cultivated by nimble dep uties not oppressed with too much con science, and stimulated to activity by small paj In one case a half-dozen men were arrested and put in irons and carried from house to house among their friends iu the same neighborhood for nearly a week before they were taken to the court house, only seven miles distant. And for this the Government was charged as if the prisoners had been transported seven ty miles and boarded ami" guarded for five days. The soldiers who acted as guards were put down as civil guards, and the accounts sworn to as correct, though FRAUDULENTLY RAISED TO TEN TIMES THE SUM. More lately a sharp officer arrested a druggist for violation of the revenue laws, having found an unstamped bottle of tax able liquid on sale in his store. The sum mons, arrest and examination took place on the spot, but mileage, guards, board, &c, were charged against the government. Western North Carolina is Hooded with Lthese bogus warrants, technically called "pav rolls," which are certified by United States commissioners, the signatures gen erally being forged, and they pass as cur rency among tne mountain people, rrc- uently they are given as "boot" in horse trades, and some parties do a thrifty bus- nes discounting them. A man named Sluder is particularly mcntoined in this connection. OFFICERS WHOSE RESIGNATIONS WILL HE ASKED FOR. When Hester went. to North Carolina to work up the frauds committed in Marshal Doijglas' office, he found that a package of documents which had been forwarded from the Attorney General's office had been opened in the post-office at Asheville before his arrival, and the suspected par ties fully informed of the object of his visit. This caused only temporary delay, as the proofs were in' possession of the government. There is good reason to believe that Marshal Robert Douglas, Postmaster agg at Asheville, the Collectors of the rirst, Fourth and Fifth districts, District Attorney Lusk, and perhaps Judge Dick himself, will be asked to resign or be re moved. Washington, June lG.-VThe New York Custom House Commission will recomend the dismissal of two hundred and fifty employes. O. II. Dockery, of North Carolina, has een appointed Consul to Leeds. It is understood that when the Consul Gen eralship becomes vacautby the retirement of Gen. IJadeau, Mr. Dockery will succeed am. C. S. WinRtead, collector of tho Third district of North Carolina, has been re quested to resign. His successor has not yet been named. HAYES TO SUMMEU AT THE GREEN- UIUELt WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. Mexicans Captured in an Engagement on American sou. Won't Accept James Bussell LoiceWs i?c- sig nation. WAsnixoTox, June 18. It is under stood that Hayes will spend a portion of July and August, at the Greenbrier W hi to Sulphur Springs. Helms engaged a cot tage there for his family. Sherman has directed the Assistant United States Treasurer to issue one and and two dollar notes in sums not exceed ing ten dollars. General Sheridan telegraphs officially, and substantially confirms the Galveston News' special, regarding the Mexican fight on American soil, near Fort Clark, and the capture of several Mexican officers and forty -five men, for violation of the new treaty. Sheridan regards tho pris oners as a hard set, and wants to get rid of them, but the War department directs that they be fed and detained. Harvard College refuses to accept James Russell Lowell's resignation, and has given him leave of absence to go to Spain as minister. ' Secretarv Sherman has designated R. E. Preston as director of the mints daring Dr.linerman's term of inspection. : General Julius Miles, formerly, minister to tlje Argentine Republic, ,spokeu f or the Turkish mission. Twenty plate printers have resumed work on the four per cent, bonds a$ thp ljurea of rrintmg and Engraving. Kenneth Rayner, though a native of North Carolina, claims citizenship in Mississippi. His appointment in the official distribution, is charged tp that State. ' FROM THE MONTHLY 4 Of op Reports. Department of Agrici'ltcrk, Raleigh, N. C, May, 1877. Below is presented a "summary of crop repqr.ts for the month of Mav, from Spe cial Correspondents for their respective Counties, received at this oflice to date. It is to be regretted that all the Counties are not included, but in many of them my application for Correspondents has not yet been rqsppnded to, and hence they are not represented. It is hoped, however, that each County will hereafter occupy its place on the list. This report is publish ed with the hqpe that it will prove inter esting to our fanners, and that they may glean lessons from, the facts presented, to aid and guide them in their efforts atim provement. The continued rains of early spring, followed by the usual drought for the season, extending through the entire month, and which prevailed generally throughout the whole, greatly retarded the crops, especially Cotton, Tobacco, Corn and Oats. In nearly all the Cotton producing Counties reported, the acreage of that crop has been reduced, while but one County reports an increase. With but few exceptions the condition of the crop is very unfavorable, but it may yet do well, where good stands were obtain ed, ami attended with favorable seasons during the period of-its growth. Gener ally the reduction in the acreage of Cot ton has found a corresponding increase in other valuable crops especially Grain and the Grasses. The average condition of the Wheat crop is very fine and prom ises a large yield. Though the area de voted to the Oat crop has been enlarged it will necessarily be short; having suffer ed great damage from the dry weather which set iu just at that stage iu its growth when the effeets were most deleterious,4 The Corn ci op is generally unpromising, partially from the same cause, but great complaint is made of the ravages of the bud worm, especially in the middle and eastern counties. The fruit crop is most excellent and is fast becoming a leading interest in many sections. The use of commercial fertilizers has been greatly curtailed in many Counties, more atten tion being given to home-made manures. To encouraure our farmers in this oiiin. mendable departure from the almost ruin ous habit of buying their fertilizers, for mula? for manufacturing them at- home, and for composting, furnished by our Chemist, Dr. A. 11. Ledonx, will be issued from this oflice in time for the fall crops. A general survey of the field affords abund ant reason to bo grateful for the encour aging prospect. The most gratifying feature in all of these reports, is the gen erally earnest interest evinced in all sec tions of the .Stale, on the subject of grass es. Never in the history of the State has there been such interest manifested. Nev er so lare an area devoted to this great and important crop, and that area rapidly increasing, and never was there a more opportune time for its successful introduc tion as a prominent crop; The fallacy of the -long entertained opinion, that a verv large portion of our State wasunsuited to the successful growth of the Grasses, has been happily demonstrated by actual ex periment, and it is encouraging to note, that no correspondent has reported a fail ure whenever they have been tried, but 011 1 lie contrary the experiment has been uniformly satisfactory. Whenever our Ieople shall resolve to declare themselves free from the exacting and oppressive rule of "King Cotton" and shall avail them selves of the unsurpassed advantages and inducements afforded by our diversity of soil and climate to raise their own sup plies, then, indeed, will our deliverance be ut hand. L. L. POLK, Commissioner. PRESIDENT HAYES' PROPOSED VISIT TO THE SOUTH. Petersburg Index-Appeal. The Petersburg Index-Appeal learns, on the best authority, that President Hayes has given positive assurance of his intention to visit the South as soon as his duties will iicnnit. What sort of recep tion will be given him ? Raleigh News. He will be received with all the respect due the President ot the Uunited States, and with all the more favor in Petersburg because lie has lately appointed a post master for the city whom everybody iu it holds in just esteem. The people of Petersburg do not propose to establish any court, on the occasion of the Presi dent's visit, to decide whether the title by which he holds his oflice is de facto or dejure. They may hold private views on that subject not likely to be consolator ry to Mr. Hayes ; but the practical ground which they occupy in the matter is that Mr. Hayes will have to be treated as President until somebody else- having a better claim to the crown shall make the same good. Inall probability they will wait three years or more until that consummation ; and in the meantime Mr. Haye, whenever he comes to look at the Sulphur Spring, theCrater, the Tabb Street steeple, and the other wonders of art and curiosity in ad arp,und the city will continue to be received every time he arrives (and it is to be assumed that after coming once lie- will: some often,) wjth all the honors thatbelong to the successors of Washington. ; 4 Nor what will you dq -with that ? Is the mau crazy ? By no means, lie. will be found "sound on the goose" when some ''bf "the lrrconcilables have taken a "new departure." Stokeg , county c.rrcfPOdent M exc North State: Daubury has four stores, two blacksmith shops, four M. D.s, and one dentist, two shoe-makers, one harness- maker, two lawyers, three hotels, one cabinet maker, one wagonfinaker, one grist mill, two saw mills, one jail and a candy shop. -7 Farmers have planted about half' their tolacco crop. The oat crop will bo a failure. Dry weather has injured the wheat crop considerably. There are forty eight grist mills in the county all run by water. Stokes has inexhaustible quantities of coal, iron ami lime. To Tie Far GTS. Millet German or Golden Just Received. TWO CROPS 1H ONE YEAR fln The Same Call and see it For sale at EnNiss' &:uw. Drug Store. A Restorer of Intrinsic Worth and One that Pleases All. Wood's Improved Hair Restorative is unlike any othr, and has no equal. The Improved has new vegetable tonic proper ties ; restores grey hair to a glossy, natural color ; restores fa'led, dry.Hiarsh aud faliiiitf hair ; restores, dresses, gives igur t the hair ; restores hair to prematurely bald headsr, removes dandruff, humors, scaly eruptious ; removes irritation, itching and scaly dryness. No article produces sudi T;y it- call for Wood wonderful effects, i Imnrj.ived Hair Restorative, and don't be put off with any other article, bold by all druggists in tins place and dealers everywhere. Trade sup plied at manufacturers' prices by C. A. 'ook. iVj Co., Chicago, Sole Agents for the United States and Canadas, and by J. F. Ilenrv. Gurrau te Co.. New York. .'51 BOVOEN HOUSE 0 For Rent. Apply to 34:1 in. FKALEY A II ADEN. NOTICE. North Carolina Railroad Company. PA NY. ) fKIl'E, I, 1S77. J SECt- KTARY ANIJ TREASURER'S Ov Company Shop, N. C, May 31 The twerity-eiiilh annual meeting of the Stockholders of the North Carolina Rail Road Company will he held in Salisbury, N. C, on the second Thursday of July, 1877, and ihe transfer looks of Stock of said Company will will he closed from tins date until after the J. A. McCAULEY, SecretarV. meeting. FRANKLIN ACADEMY. An Eaaglish, Clastic, Math ematical ami Scientific School. MALE and FEMALE. This School, located in a growing, healthy little vilajre, four miles north of Salisbury, on the New Mocksviile road, will Reopen on July 30th, 1877. TUITION REASONABLE. Board can be had in highly respectable fam- Iies, at from $7.00 to $8.00 per month. Am ple facilities for Messing, &c. 1'or further narttenhtrs address Rev. II. M. Brown, Salisbury, Rowan County, N. C. Rev. II. M. Brown, A. M., Principal. 33:2im, ""TOWN JAKES. Notice is hereby given to all person." wibiect to pay a poll tax to the State, who resided with in the limits of the Town of Salisbury on the 1st day of April 1877, and to all persons who own, or were possessed of taxable property with in said town on the 1st dav of April. 1877. lo give in to me before the SOlh day of June 1877, a nsi oi ineir saia poll ana taxable property, under oath, and also the valuation of said tax- ble properly, as assessed for taxation te tbe fetate. All persons who fail to Iit their polls and taxable property within the'tim ahiv prescribed will have "to pay a double tax. Ihe tax win he ad valorem, upon all real and personal property, and also upon the real value of all bonds, stocks, or other investment in bonds, railroads or other incorporated compa nies, and a like tax on cash onjrand or deposit;- on soiveni credit, ana on stocks ot mercandise on hand, the tax on purchases belnw remitteI By order of the Board of Town Commission ers of Salisbury, N. T1IEO. F. KLUTTZ, 34t. C.B.C. Salisbury, N. C, June 4th, 1877. Wews Bar mm Saloon DR. TRAWTHAW .... . . -r. . :.: ia business tt iisviog pnrcnasea the lJUUU oTUHrJ or bch bisih, win wnu --. ijne. iTAKD. Will keep constantly on hand a full nd complete stock of U goods iu n. ageD,et l3"picial attention given the Presctiption DepaxUnent, which is under tne Mr. C. Li. IUkkks. - 2ru ijlL'lNlRY MRS.t S. Af GREENFjEi is receiving new additions to her sto-u wn,ip "ATS or the most nopour SILKTltfS, ' Freieh ani American FIbwb RIBBONS, &c, &c. ' -ell at very W price,. teed. " - uo- Opposite R. K. Crawford'H Ney U,rj, in. hard mm ARE OVKU. Just received an entire Klock tff-new s goods, which were purchased at ihe jPR market prices, consisting of Staple and'F Dry Goods. A great variety of all kinder Notions. HAldBURG EDGINGS i ,! Also a large and well selected stod k of CLOTHING, HA liooTS, SIlOEk , G EX T L EM ENS. F V 11 X 7 8U i GOODS. j If you want to drink goed coffee, come ami tr "Wallace's Kiol 1 Complete Mock of Groceries, Crockery Ud Cutlery constantly on hand, wlutli I can! air as low as any house in the city. Since hhe great political questions have been wiilli uicrr i!-j;umi uuit-h aueau lor tile IMrOple. f all on auace lor cneap goods. I have determined to start the Herb and Root Business in thj city, in order to give many a chance to makeToc to $100 per da v. V. WALLACE. 29:2m. a m t; Salisbury pril 24. FOUNDRY MACHINE WORK. We have located at E. H. March's shop, cor ner of Fulton and Council street, where we are prepnred to do all kinds of cast tug in eithr Iron or liras. We are. now manufacturing one and two horse Plows, of the improved Farmers pattern at prices to suit the time. We are also prepared to do all kind of Wood and Iron work : jitieli as Pattern- Alskinj, Ge er.il Repair WorkraudIanufacturingall kind of Agricultural Implements at short notice, and at reduced prices for cjrsh or harter. All our work guaranteed to be equal to the best. A share of patronage i desired. TliEXLKK & OWEN. 23:3m pd. . A. S. MUEPHY, Attorney at Law. Oflice lu No. 2 Lawyers Row, Opposite Court House. Salisbury, N. C. 10. J. A. CLODPELTiiR & CO Wholesale and Retail Ieflers in FURNITURE , OF ALL KINDS, SAZiZSSUV, U. C. Tj"8pec'il orders made from PhotograpL in our oflice. will be supplied. Also Agents for the Remington Sewing Mwhjne, the nrost perfect and light running Machine io tb market. They have no rotary cams, cog wliee!or ever aims to make a noise, run hard, or get out i order. We warrant every Machine. If they doe t please we take them ack and return the money. Call before buying id see theui. j l.U . SALISBURY Flouring & Sawing. The snbscrilwjr having purchased t above Mills, respectfully solicits the par age of the citizens of Salisbury and surroun ing country. He hopes for the continuity of the patronage heretofore given the - " and by close attention to extend the ness in both branches. " . ca By special contract timber can be sawn shares. Call and bee me. TV. M. 21. ly. pd Send 25c. to G- F JIOWEL-L &-0 v . York, for Pamphlet of 100 Pac0,"! ,bo lists jf 3,000 newspapers, and t - mg cosi oi aavemsiiig. to ti,e p Of A