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WJBAU JJB &' J. U JAJl'JLK L Q G A L: : TJt Sriiincrt. Alk.. Mr. JKO. riiv- reuiaiuiuff sou of the fj!" Tisheiy aged 63 year. The if(JKL, a native of this- town,, but with his father many years ago. bo. required; to advertise I-1 Uts of IIoxoR.--At a' meeting of 7,(BIV Lodge, August 4th, tweuty-one i ij..a.intributedto aid in remov- i f t lift order from thecitr of Jfl i I I ll.. ......0 ,r.f tl.n -f. wvn.- Caldwkll, whose health us jets .f! . ti tttu rtl'tno -Jylpighl, to her former -home, at Kluttz's, in order to make Lrnren?Ant to her medical attcu- " v U i t fob Salisbury. -Several jjJuitiiof this place, practical printer, .r?a u iiiurvfljiCH the Dublicatioolof a i fA .innHJuce the publication a jSUper here week after next. The u'rfee meets, as it should, a warm: t?f il'k W- iU o..J that the clerk accordingly. . : . - , ' .... . i v The Mayor ras " j requested to sell the pump taken out of the well atithe National Hotel to the bent advantage. I j-; Ordinances XXV and LXXSXin regard to penning cattle at night, were repeated. me taxes lor 187U were laid: at 41f I cents on the $100 valuation and $1.23 oil each poll. . , . " v, J . j The proposition to move the" lamp in front of the i Lutheran church - across the street was referred to the Gas Committee. Commissioner Marsh was : requested to copsider the subject jof a fire alarm. '; i-' - An account of A. 'IL Boy den amounting to $81.90 for overcharge in taxes for the years 1873, 1876, 1877, and 1878 was re ferred to the Finance Committee. j Messrs. Marsh and. Wiley wej-e appointed a committee to inqu re into the expediency of laying 'slate onthe sidewalks bf 4hc town. - - 'l -k : . j The Mayor was requested to hate the dead trees Jn the English grave yard re moved, j;-- - h I j .-j -': The following ordinances wre adopted : Beit Ordained, That it shalljbo the! duty I! T by our citizens. Jl6re about it hereafter. i ! i. nLMrA newsier: lhe Uine .Mue nna Vi,gvi, f Concord, kill play a match ijfobase i balJ, on the 14 th of August; .iiL ivui in: tuo iarae-iess me, oi will nlav flMV c'ub in the State meet them at the grouuds. -i . o ; ,, litid a call on r nday, lrom Mr. J . 'f'T'.; Sp-' . " .a - - Firaierland Mechanic,' published every ttd alj-Kaleigh- Mr. jpoud Js making tieintejest of his paper; Send him $2 gtt!a gH)d paper, i l; r I ,' - - ; m1b4uces. liowan seems to be doing orettfair business in the matrimonial jije this year':. We record license granted ijjau0ry, 25; in February, 24; March, ;-Afui 15; May, 17; June, 4 Jaly, j-i45 for the first six mouths of the jtar About one-third jof the whole u um ber tferfc grauted to colore d applicants. o- of the police to takcj and keep account of every beef, hog, veal pig slaughtered' and offered fori town of Salisbury, when sol tl and by whom, and make a report of the same at each reg ular meeting of the Board. . lie it Ordained, That the Tax Collector shall be required promptly and faithfully on the Tuesday preceding the jfirst Friday in each month, to com ply wit h the require an accurate mutton or sale In tkeJ meuts of the act of ratified March 12th. ti;x& Our business men are showing meiiof awakening concern in busi Ksiiiiatteis. Messrs. Crawford & Tay k Lave 1 put up a splendid additional 4 p fheirllardware store, and Messrs.! Itikex & Keave have followed suit, slight-l-,id tlje Stove business, j These gentle neo urefno doubt thinking of the Salisbu rV and 'adesboro connection, which by-tjie-ttavtis worthy Of their most active -o- JTHK jOBAcco Luop.4 In this county. wfar us ,we can learn, it is. not very jironiisiag. The drought was very severe upon its, and although the-' rains of last :"0el.w31 do much toimprove the growth, ilisBpitrelit-nded that jthc quality will U conhWrallj- impaired. i CottoH.e have seen some fields of ibis crcji njrto a fall average if uot better. JlieiUU rains will crieatlv increase the and we learn ! that it is boiling the General Assemblv 1879, chapi 194. and at all times when making payment to the Town Treasurer, to tile with said Treasurer a detailed written statement of the sources from, w hie n Such payments were derived, whether from! general tax book or special taxes. O' any ther j sources ; and thej .said Tax Collector is stiictlv forbidden to nav. or in any manner take up, any Tow n claim except in settlement of an individual's taxes, but" shall pay to the said Treasurer all monies collected bv him as money.! Be it further Ordained, That (it shall be the dity of the Treasurer to cdpy into his accoipt such detailed statements as may be filed by" the Tax Collector, and shall ex hibit his books monthly to the Board of Commissioners or tany committee ap pointed for this purpose. j Be it further Ordained, That; if the Tax Collector or Treasurer shall fail to comply with th preceding ! sections of this ordi nance, lie shall be liable to bd summarily dismissed from ffice. ; Ordinance XL1II iwas amended to read as follows : Be it OrcUtined, That the depth of all graves dug inj the cemeteries within the corporate limits shall not le less than four feet to the vault, and thajt thej price for digging graves shall be for infants $1.00, for children $1.50, and for adults $3.00. B. F. Rogers, C. B. C. sacrificed. Such a route will undoubtedly pay the best, even if the distance be a few miles greater and the cost of building be more. 'yc: :;.;.: f.'- -4i Let us briefly , notice some of the leading and most important interests of. the two routes suggested i ' ' .;, The road via ' Albemarle would, open up or benefit but a narrow strip of jl territory. Citizens' on the other side of the Yadkin river would go a much greater distance to market rather than cross it. This route would be a little too far off to o;en up or materially appreciate the valuable water resources of the Yadkin, which for many miles above and below the Narrowsis un doubtedly equal to the great water resour ces of Lowell, Mass. I am candid , to con fess that I do not see One ;tksonable interest ' in favor of this Albemarle and Gold Hill route ; while the route! proposed by Nemo seems to subserve all the great and important interests of the whole sec tion, me lad tin river being bndged at or near suitable depots, it is admitted that this route would open up a vast extent of rich valley lands on both sides, from which circumstance alone it is evident that it would more than justify, a double expense f I if 1 - TI I. m uuimui. men mere is me important interest of the va&t mineral wealth in the adjacent hills and valleys of Montgomery along this route. This also would enhance the value and importance of the route. There is also a vast amount of 1 the most valuable kmds of timber along this route- thousands upon thousands of dollars' worth of toe finest stave timber immense quan titles pi the very; best hickory and other kinds of timber valuable for . shipping to factories. This interest alone would cer tainly justify the building of this road tor many miles along the most expensive por tion of this route. Finally, Nemo is not far off the mark in asserting thaij the water power along this route is sufficient to run t he machinery of the United States. Then how valuable it would become! wore this road built ! No location in the United States at least would be more favorable or eligible for the establishment of kinds of manufactories. It is nearly as obuld be selected on the boundary line between the cotton and grain growing sections of the United States, and would be connected by railroad directly1 with the most abundant Western storehouses of grain and meat, and the vast cotton region of the South. In short, if this ' road were built, we should expect this w ater power to become of immense value and importance, not only to the property owners j along the river, bur to this whole section of country. It does seem to me that a road along-this route would be of almost incalculably more value and importance than the one via -Albemarle. Even the neoDle of i Albemarle J .1.- , .! . . anu me citizens aiong tne enure latter route, would be benefitted vastly more bv Efts of the ! 1 .- ' i ; : - "i. . . speakers could ba beard, & crowd 'new issue! assembled i iu , the hall below, anu pj me aia , m- urums, uanjos, violins, aud by pommelling! the floor with , their pedal extremities jni a kind of wild dance, produced a noise j very much "like heaven andyeath were torn fng together.'! Uncle Isham Davis says a young f nigger" will be a wdam nigger, &o matter Sniggers", try to make him folks. ' . r Notwithstanding they! succeeded in funds, and Pro Bpi organize the school If scientists could ducq rain to order how hard old do like white the ,?fus and frolic! raising the necessary fler, of Raleigh, will at an early day. , devise a plan to pro- U sutncient quantities at low rates, much of the .uneasiness ex perienced by farmers land others in times of droujght, might be obviated. Various plansj have) been suggesiedL. such as the explosion; of large quantities of gunpowder and the burning of immeise piles of wood. .Bui rain produced by ariificiaLcanses generally costs more than it J tomes to. We once listened to a conversation between the Revi James Ballard and Pr. II. G. McEachen on the efficacy of prayet as a means of obtain ing rain in dry weather, Ballard maintain ing its efficacy an'd jMcEachen the reverse. Ballard cited tirabs and places, wheu and where people had assembled to pray ftir rain that copibus jj showers, sometimes drenching rains, had (succeeded these meet ings.! On the other hand, McEachen main tained that people never nieet to pray for rain until the feat; of famine stares them in the face and those natural causes which produce rain are Mxiijjt to culminate that there is just as much good :mse in prayihg for a shower of truanui as for. m shower of rain.! Be this as jit niay, one thing w du know, that when Elijah went up on Mt Carmel and bowed hjs head between his knees and prayed fopjirain, it came down in rowth, MVl 1 'niia the bottoms, is verv fine : aiBCD X the iinland t orii which iguth be honelesslv ruined bv the ijHas coine oat beyond all expec tation within. the last ltrafor the eater 4 tcne a r no W and was week. Thei-e will and seed for the is the time to sow There is no tiwe to be lost. p f'Sow tlie seed to-day fo a t! "0P i :1"0 W; Thursday in August V sowing tnruip seed, by long usage, m hecdine a law. But rather tl Din mijis !!luSaH, put them in anytime with- f P aeek. i - Enochville Items.; We have had frequent showers of rain last week, which have revived the corn very much. It now bids fair to yield, at least, au average crop. ' I I There was a "Stock Law" meeting held in a corn-field near this place lait Sunday one week ago. There are six or seven men interested in the same field and a majority of them were present wheh the following preamble and resolution iwere 1 1 " 1 ! ' unanimously nuopceu : t . Whereas, We have leen compelled to work for the last two Sundays over half the day. besides a good part of the tiuw? during the week to put the stock out of corn, and I j - ; Whereas, We. see but one way to get rid of all thin trouble, therefore- be it A'ctfofeoVThat we will all vote for the Stock Law. ' ! Last Saturday, Alex. Deal sav his cows iu Jacob Freeze's ?orn field. He (Deal) went to drive theiu out Mr. F. saw him and Went too, overtaking Mr. D he knock ed him down and :gave him a jbeatiug. The stock law would surely prevent all such trouble between neighbors. W. 'July 29th 1879. ! i almost all located as a road along the route proposed by Nemo. 1 ICOpISSIOXERS'MEiTING. At IWiraieetiue on Monda- th Honn- LSf Cwumisiouers authorird Thnmna-TT. Ifajd, at the Boyden House ; W. II. Wrthis preseut place; and A. G. fo&thig stand near the market house, !apaymenUf taiM' tj rit!!l cniFltllmm term of three .mouths. I 1 ' ,oyurf s icuu i a peiiiion Pjjftigin interested iu.the subject of I unigeacro88 Crane Orppt. residence, and directed the fcV T maae estimates ot tne pf fijaj0 aad rep0rt at next meet- MiiCteiwere mnnvl ttam. A i patare-applicanta for. favors in 7 7 t4Iea and persons who thought trt' i J " "avy ou mem oe r? we Loard. 1 tr..r SpnlliC; - ; j " ; -v ;?;kk rJ Bingham andbavi Snmm?- "gff0 appointed to list qualified iw erve mm t: H HTVo u i .. . ; - mjuiws, aim suomic , at the next miwr;n t ! MO verse TMU IMAM -.1 i i ii i er of the poor f the Poor House. reported 19 Commissioners' Meetlns. Atocsf 1st. 1879. AZUm8fe Commissioners rWdter' ,,lIey iwcnwine, Smith imit f:L u ut inos- McDonald to retail Jden House till May 1st, The A ?ranted- Nth,'V. ,PPrted that he had exam- 'Wj1:umic -veU in front of Mrs. oioa i guested, and that in his n5 k Po'ble - to puHt in niKi! HQ by the expenditure of anv lb. "noant of thomW.- m m!e,Coin?li"ee were given unti on ? - .aJng For tbe Mratchman. Kirk's iliLLS. Jcly ?7, 1879. Rockingham and Wadesboro Railroad. Mr. Editor : I was delighted in reading in your wride awake; paper of ih insL, Ne mo's correspondency in which lie suggested a verv important and desirable (route- for the prospective lailfoad betwee Salisbury and Rockingham. Also I was pleased to see in your issue of 17M), an article headed uWadesboro and Rockingham Railroad." Whether we realize it or notj there cer tainly is no subject of more jinterest or greater importance j pecuniarily and other wise to this w nolo Becuon ot country tnan tliis railroad enterprise: and I am heartilv gratified to see it agitated and discussed so reasonably by intelligent, public-spirited citizens, through jtne columns; or your 1 6nfhr f v .adjQst tae claim of T. P. .. . 'WS. in I NTT I "&t the tT- fWS-a a iclud,nS the 10th day of rther?4 ,aU Persons who Wtti Ftofore list tJ . un ;, .ki.1i lues, uiai dVlnr i-l ' Ii: I n. --JUV, IO thft ftnrlr n f ' all Z x e!cwame -r that after TlJ;: ."vbebt listed shall be '"iatreu to pay double tax ; and paper. - . . . . , Let our influential citizens taice noia oi this important enterprise at once, and se cure the speedy building of this 'road,1 lest, while we delay and; slumber over tne. sub ject, other more intelligent and progressive communities pusn iiorwara ani cue us on. We must not shut our eyes withindifference in resard to the significance, of such dem onstrations as the recent mass-meeting Land barbacue in the western part of the State. The projected enterprises of our public Spiritetl - neighbors may have an immense bearing upon out own as well as Upon their business interests, j It is not too late for Salisbury, by timely and well-directed en terprise and effort, yet to become one of the most important and prosperous busi ness centres of the State. Prompt j action, however, is of the greatest importance, for by delay she may suffer herself to be effect ually checkniated. j The action of some of the citizens of Salisbury, in regard j to i this Important enterprise, when it was before agitated, has always seemed unaccountable to me. I know they were stockholders of the Central road, and were said to have been influenced by what they thohght to be their interest therein ; yet this cjjuid have been an act only of the most short-sighted "penny wisdom and pound folly.' It is to be hoped that they ;will now be as strong and successful advocates as they were op ponents of the enterprise before. . It mav be well for the citizens of Salis bury especially to ponder over the losing paragraph of the article, uWadeshoro and Rockingham Railroad, in - Watchman of 17th inst. We would commend its thoughts to the intelligent citizens of this entire sec tion.: ; ;! .H ' j My object when sitting down? td write this w as only to make a few remarks in regard to the two different routes advocated for our railroad. As I am a Stanly1 man, I should prefer the road's being built entire ly1 on this side of the Yadkin' riverjia Albemarle, all other thiqgs being equal. We must not, lioweyer7 be governed in dis cussing this subject by any local or other selfish prejudice, but must endeayor to un derstand and appreciate the real merits of the different routes; ias it is certaiiily to our individual as well a Collective interest that the road be built where it will subserve aad develop the most , important resources m our whole section provided no other creator interett of other section be I feel almost assured that a large majority of these intelligent citizens will.jwhen they see and consider the points, heartily advo cate thisj-oute with probably a few slight alterations and amendments. ' To say that the route via Albemarle is a r :i . , ... lew nines ucarer, anu could be built tor a few thousands less which is not clearly eviuem proves or esrauusnes notliuig per Min iavorot this route. If the one road when built should be of two or t,hree times the value and importance of the 'other, it would be only an illustration of short-sight ed "penny wisdom and pound folly" to prefer the latter iir order only tojsavea few miles in distance, and a one-fourth expense. There is, however, one and onlv one valuable reason given in favor of the route via Albemarle, viz : That the Rockingham and Salisbury Railroad, and Wadcsboro and Salisbury Railroad, in order to' save expeuse, should have a common trunk to the mouth otMtocky river. Can not this interest of the road be equally eubserved by a slight and probably desirable alteration in the other route ? if so, there does not appear one valuable reason for the route via Albemarle. j As we have no valuable property or in terest to be appreciated by the, one any more than by the other of "these routes, our only object is to promote the best and most important public interests. We can hardly realize how valuable this railroad would be ; and, if built along the proper route, its value and importance would be immensely accumulative for ages, no doubt. We hope to see this irrand en terprise gone into at no distant date. De lay in this may be dangerous. Very respectfully, Pno Bono Publico. Tuoy, N. C, July 80th, 1879.' Negro Celebration, JLc, Ac. torrents. NemoJ j 1 1 For the Watchman . Our Public School System TtYld IQd elOStfi " i And ton th v.I.. 1. his party Is concerned, bu regard for vrcOr ia not as hisrh even an the Uiermomwr ta t r.7 .? onr goverament can f xmreUerate soldier alarms htm beyond infiasure it we auve a reunion of coolederata soldiers at Salisbury, I give tt as my candid onlon that b toc9 the yearcloseayou wiu see announced ta some KPucaa WW irita nuv - leaders, someSSy RfkindUdA Reunion of Our Con ftdermU SolJim; f th Lint, U Thttr LUijTt nrf ttdtral Soldier Sm our CettmtrfBepubiiemn mrul lMmocrnU if the north U the ruciJt1 .1. .u kaowtaat the eontederate soldier Is truer to-daj to the Union tnan one-baOt ot tbe northern republican poUUcaaa, but wt cannot make tne peo ple ot ta norm believe It. We know taat tae mol Uves ot our people are pure. It Is whispered tUat tnls movement has been set on toot fortSe advance ment ot local pouttclans. I do not believe it. if n pe true, theu let tiiem be caterul. Give no capital w uie enemies oi ine democratic party. 1 do not pretend to put mysel- forward as an advisor. But wiu uiese lacts oetore us, l ask the question Is it Wnt to. naTe a reunloa ot coatederate soldiers at Salisbury ? ! i l ours truly, - - ! FRANK BBOWX. We have no doubt the thoughts ed b Mr. Brown occurred to many of that large; ooay ot respectable citizens who met at the Mayor's ofhee recently to give their approval to the reunion movement. Neith er the authors of it nor those sanctioning it Had any object in view beyond the one an nounced ; and as it is understood that sol diers of -the Federal armv were to be invi ted .0 participate in the" festivities of the lay, jthejr did not think there was much to be apprehend from any perversion of mo- p,c more genuine, noiy sym pathy existing between the 6oldien of the twaarnies than between the members of any other class of men in the country, .and there is j not another class who would or could, curse with curses from a profounder depth the man or party who would atteniDt to stir the expiring embers of the Jate civil war tnauthey. lhe reunion was designed for them in its simplicity, and we undertake to say tuat that design will not be denarted froral I 1 ' Ed. Watchman. Of THE Common Sc : 'Hi, valnation of Wake county ' lands j t We are glad tlut the disgraceful "ai showaau iucrease of 43 rer cent. ' Item of bazin aa'.rrtraetitwtiV'at WIt f llevi D. C!j Rankin, nf Vnrth run- t."'1- w .uouea eau turougn , - - -- . r"""tiine uroninL actum a ua been elected to till the profesiHirship in the Institute tor Traininz a Colored Ministry at Tulcaloosa, Ala., which was made vacsint by the death of EeV. A. F. Dickson, D. D. ; A churcii ia being built jointly at Mar shall, Madison county, by two congrega tion of the Methodist Church and one of the Missiouary Baptist, aud the second story of the church, which is now near completion, will be used for a masonic of tht Secretarr of War. i Six cadets Lave been - dis&miased. Hereafter cadets are ex Dec ted to comnort themselves as ofScers and - frentlemau. uoou. u v. -irar. 4- It is a matter of perfect indifference to the people of Montgomery county, whether or not the flooding of the great African desert, would cause northern Europe to be drenched with incessant rains and reduce the temperature of north Germany and Den mark. If Denmark, Sweden and Norway were submerged by the waters of the Arctic Ocean, the North sea and the Baltic, if the Maelstrom, that great whirlpool so much dreaded by northern navigators were made a calm and those channels with unpronoun ceable names, the Skager Rock aud Cattegnt were wissed out by the general influx of the waters,' seven-tenths of bur people would never hear of it. All our people seem to want is set forth in the following lines : "Beefsteak when Fm hungry, Whiskey when I'm dry, Greenbacks in my pockctt, Heaven when I die." . If M. de Lesseps lived contemporaneous with Ham and had devised and carried in to effect a plan to flood not only Sahara, but the whole of Africa, he certainly would haverleen a great benefactor to the human race. The war f the "Great Rebellion" would never have been ; the i"Great Na tional Republican Party," whicji was "con ceived in sin and brought fortli in iniquity," would never have bad existed fe, and the White House would not havje been dese crated by the "Great.FrautL'il There cer tainly would have been no negro celebra tion at Troy last Saturday, and those young men of Caucasian blood would not have "looked on the daughters of Ham, to lust after them." The nickels spejit by them (the young gents) in the purchase of cakes, candy, snuff and tobacco, and given to those ladies of "the kinky naif and sooty complexion, "without regard to race, col-, or or previous condition," jhiight, with more propriety, have been spent in the pur chase of school books for some needy relative. And again, Uncle JTesse might have saved those "dams" so liberally be stowed on the obstreperous 'negroes and utilized them in the construction of fish ponds, or applied them to the exclusive benefit of his many insolvent debtors. But inasmuch as JL de Lesseps wasjj not "in the right place at the right time" to flood Africa and drown the descendants of the "cursed" son of Noah (Ham), it is well that the negroes baa their celebration. It was gotten up solely for the benefit of the col ored children of this county, and its object was to raise funds to finish pacing for the academy building and the lot bin which it is built. Four colored orators ! attempted to address the immense throngl but it was almost impossible to hear themj. j For while the older ones, who had been brought up in slavery, were up stairs in the Court-house entieavonnff to maintain order, so that the To-day. the first Monday of August, many of our Common Schools open their full sessions, and it seems an appropriate time for a revievof the merits und demer its of this much discussed, illanme-ciated and poorly enjoyed jaysteni. much has already- been said and written ou this all important; subject, but as long as "Intelligence hndjvirtue are the foiin datiolu aud cornerstones of the American Republic j" as lohg there are so many and so patent defects m our preseut edu catioual svstem (shall I rather sav lack of system ?) : as long as our people coutiuuo so apathetic towards the proper mental development of their children, no a polo gy-is needed tor 'lirte upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little." S H To the valuable works on this subject by Northend and r helps, credit is hereby given tor niaiiv lof the ideas herein pre son ted aud their sentiments I shall Use freely without further ackuowledmeut. Fust, let us conidejf IMPORTANCE loots. Too many, and among them some of our best citizens, are accustomed to i speak disparagingly , of them. Seeing their' many defects under their present wojkiiijg, they are ready; to infer that the system per se is radically wrong. These defeats are not the fault of the theory, lut of the application ot the system. As lpng as universal suffrage prevails iu our midst : as long a$ our gov eniment continues republican in form ; as long as it is the government ot the people, for the people and by the people, so long must the commob st'hool, or "The Peo ple's College," a4 it lias been fitly dubbed, continue a prime necessity of our laud. The real strength and glory of a nation are to lie sought and found in its uui versally educated citizens. Aristotle says, "I hat the educiitioji of youth ought to form the priucipte part of the legislator's atteutiou, there cau !be no doubt, since education first molds and afterwards sus tains the various forms of government. The better and more perfect the system of ed ucation, the better aiid more perfect the plan of government it is intended to in troduce and upheld.? They ore especially important to us, because all the iiitellbctual training of the late majority of our masses is received in the common school. This importance has been felt and appreciated by many of our best aud wisest Statesmen. Edward Everett,'! when governor of Massachusetts, kaid:: "Good common schoojs are the bsislof every wise system of education j" and to a vast majority of the American people they are not only the basis but the superstructure and apex of the only system j within their reach.- .More man iiiueieeu-i.weniiei.iis oi our children derive theirisole educational ad vantages from the common schools. Dan iel Webster saidi "If 1 had as many sons as Old Priam, I would send them all to the public schodls.tf How, in the next place, is this importance estimated f Fig ures are said not j to lie. SCHOOL STATISTICS. By the last census ( 1870), the popula tion of the United j Slates, exclusive of children under ten years of age, Chinese and Indians, was1 2y,(8(,664. Of this num ber, the number bf illiterates, or persons unable to read and write, was 5,643,534. The meauing of whieh is that over one fifth of the population above ten years old are unable toj read or write. The population of North Carolina at that time was 1,071,000, of whom 336,000 could! not read, I and 379,000 could not write,! and the inbst of these were white persons. The meauiiig of this is, that in North Carolina oyer oue-third cannot read and wriie. For insirticting this 1,071,000 people we find in existence about 2,400 schools aud au euai number of teachers, or one school and teaiher to over 400 in habitants ami of this number we natural ly mav expect to! find, as we do, about 135 w;lio cannot read and write. Hence the importance, 1 not only of the public schools, but of some radical changes in its present mode of petating, and this leads us by au easy transitiou to speak of some of the defects of our present public school system, and to suggest some possible rem edies thtrefor j ull of which 'twill be best to reserve for another article. M. TiieL War Ended Aaik-Famixe Pbobable Next Year, &c, &c. London, August 4. A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph from Cape Town says : 'fChief Morosi has submitted. The pres eut trouble with the Basutos, therefore is settled, but much discontentment still ex ists.1 i j "It is feared there will be asevere fam ine next year in Zululand, as it is now seed time and no lauds are being sown, while much seed has been destroyed and many cattle have been seized. i "Rumors are rife of impending trou bles in Transvaal. It is feared that if the colonial ministers take energetic '"-.! a. . . . measures wun regara to that province immediate disturbance will ensue. "The announcement of the dispatch of troops aud the approaching visit of Sir Garnet Woolsly, have probably disquiet ed the Ioer8. i Ai dispatch to the 27ie from Port Dnrnford, dated July 13th. says : ''King Cet.vwayo, when leaving the battlefield of Ulaudi, told his chiefs to look to their own safety and to seek terms of peace as best they could. His army' is broken up, the nation is dispersed, and the king is a fugitive. Zululand will probably be divided into three or lour seperate prin cipalities, each uuder the rule of an mde peudent noble. Cetywayo's brother, Uham, will receive his own territory un der this arrangement." - r-XDEAVORS TO CIRCUMVEXT CETVWAYO. London, August 4. Special dispatches from South Af rica agree that the capture of Cetywayo is all important, because as long as he is free he will remain the "ceil tre of conspiracy aud mischief. Gen. Woolsloy; however, has no intention of pursuing him with Brittish troops as the nature of the country renders such course impracticable. His policy, rather, is to stir up the neighboring tribes against the king. Agents have been sent to Swazies and Aroatonzas with the object in view, and five thousand cattle have been offered to Oham if he will capture his brother. Gen. Woolsley has Him moned all the native chiefs to meet him at Emangweni, July ll)th, to hear the ft nal terms of the settlement. A flying coin in u has started for that place to pre pare for the meetiug and Gen. Woolsley and start will soon follow. hail, n f lhe; negroes within reach of Memphis uuueierrea iy tear ot the jrellow fever, ush thither iu the hope of obtaining free rations. Of course they are disappointed. They think it very roughthat they should risk catching . the infection and have to forage fpcjhemselves besides. It is rough that meu cannot always eat the bread of idleness. - i I ' i There were 26 deaths in Memnhis for the week endiug laat Saturday night, and ueauis up to that date this season. In ;New Orleans there is a division of senti- meut among the doctors as to the type of wie casues reported, and while the doctors are quarreling over ths matter, the peo pie are neemg irom the city. ' n n L k II I T. , . . v , s voireoiMfuueai. tens uie iwiieigu Afic that a few miles from Edenton there has been discovered a water that when corked hp in bottles will effervesce like cham- pange,' ana is Deiteved to contain great meuicai properties, fames are takincr Steps to have it tested. - .ii Saturday was the boss dav for water- 1 1 i iT .1 . mt meious in tuis city, ine streets and huckster ; stands were overun. One craft alone brought 750. At the low price ,1 iJ ' r !i. Z a. a fiaiu tor uus unit, it may oe supposed hat it is an unprofitable crop. Not so. We learu a farmer uear this city has sold one hundred and seventy dollars worth Of melons from two acres bf ground, this season, and has fed his stock from the patch besides.- Nut Shell. L F k ' - 1 from one of the officers of the Charleston land quarantine that he has, turned back Seven per sous, on their way to that city irom Memphis, since assuming charge of his post. There is also unofficial informa tion from other officers of persons being turned DiacK. North Carolina Collegfe; Mt. Pleasant, Oabairns Co., H.0. '- F . ' "i" - '- ' - : - ' Jm-r T tar . Tit annual aeaslna of this Tnstttntinn hwiM m. First ltondar In Aarast and eo&annM iawml- THe course ot lnatrucUoa la Uorouj:a ; tn locaUoo. Hnuuu; m com maiuiy nonu ; ana Do&ra km. t w luruter pamcuian soaress - il - SXCUTAKT Ot TlUt FaCCUT. ' ' i y ' THE GENUINE. DS. C. SIoLANE'S Olebrated- AWriean'if'.tH :-v wpkrvi specific " . '-- ' OR ' . VBRMIFTJGE. X1 The Eeunlen; 2IoTement r Mr. Editor : I tblnk no citizen ot Salisbury feels a deeper interest in tne W elfare and prohpertty of our town, our county our J State, or our country tnan I do. Iam&i aU times ready and willing to contrtbvte a part ot my tune and limited means to tne advancement ot Uie business Interests of Salis bury. see by posters and newspaper notice that It Is proposed to have a grand reunion ot Confederate soldiers at this place borne time ibis fall, and to ex tend Invitations to leading men wbo were officers of luli rank In the Confederate service to be present on that occasion. This would certainly be a most pleasant and agreeable ajTair. No citizen would be better pleased than the iliumble writer to shake hands with his old feuow soldiers, the scar worn veterans of the late war; jnor would any citizen reap a greater proilt from so large a concourse of people, i But there arises in my mind a question of the propriety of thei thing, i Is it wise 7 will It be prudent 7 i We must remember that In less than twelve months we will be in the midst of one of the most heated polllical contests that this country has ever witnessed. Two great, parties are to make a tremendous struggle for the ascendancy. Already the great political chaldron la . simmering. Candi dates for national office are comlag to the front. These candidates are casting about for capital. Especially is this the Case with the Kepubllean side cl Uie liouse. Iet us remember that thr ' imagina tion of the Northern &epubJcan politic! is very ! Paper Collars. A paper collar will last a member of the Legislature who speaKs, eigne minutes and a half; one who thinks, thirteen minutes, and those who do not think, a week. There ar e said to be several members who have not found it necessary or convenient to change collars since the session open ed.-inomarie ( Ua.) 1 tares. SYMPTOMS OF WORMS. rjlHE countenance is pale and leaden colored, with occasional flushes, or a circumscribed spot on one or both cheeks; the! eyes become dull the pu- pih .diUte; 1 an azure sexnicircie runs ' along the lower eye-iid; the nose is ir ritated, swells, and sometimes bleeds; a swelling of the upper lip ; occasional ; headache, with humming or throbbing of the ears; an unusual , secretion of saliva; slimy or4urred tongue; breath very foul, particularly in the morning; -appetite variable, sometimes voracious, with a gnawing sensation of the stom- ' ach, at others, entirely gone; fleeting pains in the stomach; .occasional nausea and -vomiting ; violent jiains throughout i the abdomen p bowels ir regular, at times costive; stools slimy; not unirequently tinged, with ? bloody belly swollen and hard ; urine turbid; respiration occasionally diteciilt, and accompanied by hiccough ; r cough sometimes dry and convulsive ; urTeasy and disturbed sleep, with grinding of the teeth ; temper variable, but gener ally irritable, &c Whenever the above symptoms are found to exist, DR. G. McLANE'S VERMIFUGE will certainly effect a cure. it doesot contain mekcurtv in any form ; it is an innocent prepara- not capable of doing the slightest v4 tion, The Roan Mountain Republican hoists injury to the most tender infant. State for the campaign of 1830. U. S. Grant and Thos. Settle for President and Vice-President. For Governor, Eugene Grissom, for Lieutenant Governor, D. M. Furches. : rather ivans thinks that a protective It tx TT7 T3 "DT TT P policy! adopted by the State would bring JJLVJtLXx. r I I A back the boys and make b'usiuess at home --it The genuine Dr. McLane's Vi. mifuce bears the signatures of C Mc Lane and Fleming Bros, on the wrapper. :o: DR. C. MoLAZTZTS fairly hum. Tax all manufactured arti cles that are not made in the State, says lie, and it will make it health for outsiders to do their manufacturing inside, instead of outside ot rnorth Cvrouua. The total valuation of Boston property for 1871), real and personal, is $b'12,2337- GOO, a loss of $18. 11)3,000. The tax asses sors have fixed the rate at $12.50 per $1,000. a decrease of 30 cents. There is a train of 3.539 polls, mainly in Demo cratic wards. Tho Stl Louis Journal of Cammerce publishes letters from all sections of the West, particularly from country mer chants, all of which note a large increase of business, rapid restoration of confidence among all :clases, abundant crops, gen eral prosperity and bright prospects for the future iu all departments of trade. One of the busiest meit in Newport is Mr. George Bancroft, the well knowu writer. He is an early riser, and his pair of stenographei-s are oblidged to be at his cottage on the cliffs soon after 8 o'clock every diy. The eleventh volume of his ''History of the United States" will be sent to the printers next winter, and this wili take thework up to the year 1890. At Saratoga, Friday last, a colored man named Robinson jumped on a vvehicle in which W. H. Vanderbilt and friends were returning from the races. He was order ed off, and the driver "whipped behind," but the clandestine passsenger clung to his place, f Finally he was pushed off by force, whereupon he began hurling stones at the carriage and its occupants. One of these struck Mr. Vanberbilt, hurting him somewhat. The man was then ar rested, taken before a local magistrate and sentenced to the Albany penitentiary for three months. William Horn, of New York, has in stituted two suits agakist tho State of North Carolina, one for past due coupons on a bond issued iu behalf of the Western N. C. Railroad Compauy under act of Feb. 3rd, 180D. The other for coupons of above issued for the same road under act of Decj 18th, 1863. These suits will bring before the court the question of validity of the special tax bonds, the suits were instituted in the supreme court uuder section 11 act 4 of the constitution. Vm Shea. A company of Russian soldiers, while recently on their way to Elizabethpol, were beset with clouds of grasshoppers that frightened them more than the Turks ever did. jAs night they could not sleep; their guns, uuiforms and they themselves were covered with these insects, that crept into their mouths, noses and ears. The officers fled into the houses, but the plague of grasshoppers had previous possession. A region of fifteen miles was thickly covered with them and all the grain and grass were instantly des troyed. Xut Shell . There were 42 deaths in Charleston Last veek 10 white and 32 colored. e are informed by the Southern Home that its editor is "authorized to say that so far as Gen. Vance promising not to rim or exchange places with any body, that is a mistake. Gen. Vance on being asked if be was a candidate, replied, ''I am in the hands of my people ; if they wish me to serve them, I will do so. I'll neither seek nor decline the nomination." j 'lhe Home then gives a list of the other gentlemen who are aspirants: Capt. James L. Robinson, Capt. Thomas John sou, Capt. Nat. M. Atkinson, Cap. James M. Gudger, John G. Byuum and Edmund Jones, Esq. j Cleaveland county, also, says the 7ome has caught the Congressional epidemic from her sister counties, Lincoln and Mecklenburg of the Sixth District, where Editors, farmers, lawyers, f ! Banjo-pickers, preachers, j Doctors and school teachers, have fallen victims to this fatal Congres sional malady. She presents two candi dates, Mr. Frank Scheuck and Mr. Lemuel Hoyle. Raleigh Observer. i If men did but know it there is no hon or in titles. Small meu only require them as props aud plasters. Who ever speaks of Gen. Hannibal or Consul Julius Caesar, or Hon. John Milton, or Hon. George Washington, or Rev. Dr. Paul, or Rev. Dr. John ? If titles ever had any intrin sic value it has been lost by their free and u n s ti nte d distribution." TTiZmiMtoa Star. It is really funny to read the list of "llonorary Managers" to the Beaufort Ball. They are all "Honorables" or 'Kurnels,' with the exception of one stray "Majah." This is truly a very great country. It is a very sanguinary coun try. -WU. Star. NATIONAL i Cortlandt Street, NEAR BROADWAY, i HEW YORK HOTCUKISS"& POND, Proprietors. M On The European Plan. The restaurant, cafe and lunch room attach ed, are unur panned for cheapness and excel lence of Her vice. Rooms 60 cU. to $2 per da j $5 U 10 per week. Convenient to all ferries and citj lailreada. New Furniture, New Management, i 13: ij. are not recommended as a remedy "for all the ills that flesh is heir to," but in affection of the liver, and in all Bilious Complaints. Dyspepsia and Sick Headache, or diseases of that character, they stand without a rival. . ' AGUE AND FEVER. f No better cathartic can be Osed preparatory to, or after taking Quinine. As a simple purgative they are unequaled BEWARE OF IHITATIOXS. The genuine are never sugar coated. Each box has a red wax seal on the lid with the impression Dr. McLane's Live Pills. Each wrapper bears the signatures of C McLane and Fleming Bros. Insist upon having the genuine Dr. C. Mc Lane's Liver Tills, prepared by Fleming Bros., of Pittsburgh. Pa., the market being fall of imitations of the name M.cLtnet spelled differently but same pronunciation. BUSINESS LOCAL COLUMN. Theo. Huerbanm is well again and -has just received another Tot of those nice Soda Mushroom )rackers. He lias also on baud a fine lot of Laun dry Soaps, Calico Quilt Soap, Simon, condensed" Soaps, etc., etc. Fresh Northern' Pickles, Cheese, Lem ons and an extra fine assortment of Fresh French Candies, which are received fresh everv week. TRY BUERBAUM'S CAR AMELS. a. e. iiLiziii.s Has just received a new and FUEsn stock of confectionery, Arbuckles' unground, roasted coffee, in air-tight lb packages, 20c, A full line of fresh FAMILY-GROCERIES always on hand, and sold cheaper than the cheapest. JSfCall to see my goods. and ask pnccs.,3 PRICE CURRENT. 1 f Corrected by J. 31. EsoxT & Co I ij' ; August 7, 1879. CciTTox firm Middlings, 11 low do .10 S ;j stains ' 9 Bacon, county, hog round l BlfTTKHr 1520 Eoos 1 8 Chickens -per dozen $1.502.00 Cobh j 5065 M$iX moderate demand at 60 Wukat good, demand at 80G0 Flo x?b best fam. 8.50 j ji- i ?' super... Z.2S Postoes, Irish ': 40 Oiuoxs no demand - 40 Lard 1 810 HiTi- : ! 25 Oat$W 5 30 Beeswax I 20 TAi.to.vr - C7 Blackberries 2(g3 Affiles, dried JH4 Dr. Bessent will be in his room. No. 6, National-hotel, the balance of this week and would be pleased te see all who wish his services. July 31, 1879. Letter and Note Heads, Billheads, Cards and Envelopes printed to order at very low. rates. Call at this office. ' 35 39 PARSOVS SyCFF, Still increasing in favor. Try it. It is mild and pure. For sale by J. D. Gasxiu - County. Petition to sell land to pay debt. NOHTH CAROLINA. M R. CHArnNr Adm'r of Jesc A. Clement decd, ! PlotS. Againtt W. A.Clement. B.C. Clem ent, J. L. Clement, H. Har-S- grave and wife Martha, Ja cob Eaton and wife Mary, Laura Clement, and. C. A.- CUment, DffU. It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, upon affidavit of Plaintiff, that W. A. Clem ent, one of the defendants above named, is a non resident of ihit State, it Is ordered that pub lication be made in the "Carolina Watchman" for six aucceaeive week, notifrinj? said defend ant to appear at the office of the Clerk of the Superior Conrt of aid county oil the 15th day of Angus t next, land answer the complaint which is deposited in said office, or the plain tiff will apply to the Court tor the relief de caanded in the complaint. Witneaa, , j G. M.BnroHAM, CTk Jane 30, 1879. 6 w SopV Court Davie Co, HORSE AMD CATTLK POWDERS, At un LRwa iAVl ld tor eur and rvttoa l orn. cattla, Jiavm,i.c tcp r tow 92. J'OV'r2.I.S.aiGMM M
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
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