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- ' m. rl -I- AS- ,r t1 SALISBTJEY. Ui Ci SEPTEIEBEE 1, 1881; if .5 i . 1. HO 40 & i -apo. i 1 ii 1 V 1 n to si n , .: 0iliiiOh v.V (Dlivbllllldirlo . jhe Carolina Watchman, ' 'ESTABLISHED IN THE YEAR1832. .. BATES. I month m'Sj l put W i Two (or i fur tor ! vnr (6f $1.60 S.00 4.5 .M 13.76 nirrRiCT ADVERTISING - I . ' V-' It i . ffi.UO $H.(W 5. S3 7.60 1 1.00 T.M I1.0& U 15.00. 13. 18.00 11.25 1.50 45.00 20 25.C0' 40.00 63.75 48.75 "15.00 g 1 4.50 C.60 9.W 15. .5 34.25 JiL column for i J0mrS.'HDTCHIHS01I,: DEALEU IS Italiau J American Marlile ine . practical niarbleworkerii enb es win r::' "n-S. of work from the me . . . - ...mnii plaboraic in an artistic 1 be given to the most exacting pat,n. .... Hli Call and examine my Stock and prices be- i.si,lg,aslwill.ell at the very lw- t it prices. . , . , UDiw.ndesamate8 (br.any desired work I JlM be furnished on application, at next door tAj.D. WcNeely'sbtore. - ! H Sali-Wry.S. C, Marcn vwi; 21:ly. 1' . .. t, R. CRAWFORD & CD. -: AKE SELLING PORTABLE FARM AND FACTOEY steam mm. ALSO - pf Carli and Caps. i ' ALSO Tls Ml RIFLE POWDER Mie. ffapnsjapnsfapns; til . Oj our own and Foreign make and From the Finest to the Cheapest. CtaBian Mot ere. Horse Rakes, &c. : Jo - Salisbury, Jan.'C, 18S1: ; ZB.Vasce. W; II. Bailey VANCE & BAILEY, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS, ' 'i-Il ' ' I CUAULOTTE, K. C. . , ' . ' KPractice in Supreme Court of the United 8latw, Supreme Court of Korth Carolina. Federal Courts, and Counties of Mecklenburg, Jiirru, Union, tiast on, Kowan and David n. " rguQfBte, lwo doors ''east of ludepea ; deuce Spiare. " t-ariv- ;'-J3;tfi -Is J.JI. MCCOBKLE. TUEO.F. KLUTTZ ! s !- - i McCORKLB & KLtTTTZ, ! ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELOUS, -;.; ' ' Salisbury, N. C. : j i t"0ffice on Coun;il -Street, opposite the ! wiuh nju?e. 37:m! KECncaAIGE, - X.. IU CLBMEXT. CRAIGE CLEMEHV issi. MTO&XE Y AT LAW,; SALISHURY, Tf. G. 'V, Practices in the State: and Federal r Courts. 5 12:Giri' - Blactpr ail Hendersoii, Avsorneys, GfJunselors and Solicitors. SALISBURY?!? ;C ' '2.. " ' . " ' 1 M t i ETHS" SEEDS S BEST! ll't oidinTt)Wto,n VrjiJu F"l Cant lor Otft- rnttrH ...... ...rT. rs S1 ..I . . f n i HI ! i x -i Blastiui Fm.j, 7D;J l ma THE WESTERN X. C. RAILft(?AD rA Legal Statutes of ike Case Between J. Best and the Present Jlanaqeri- , Aqreement Made Vand" Signed ty , f 1 ?BWA frrtesi i AS T- .-V-- w' North Carblina rRailroad Company, which From cor. Ealeign News Observer. ' ,1 may jest in the said grantees,- hen said com As Mr.;SWJ.Bst has given notice that ; pany shall have been reorganized pursuant he intends to contest the title to the owner- to the provisions of the said act of the 29th ship of the Western North Carolina Rail- of March, 1880, named to the- grantees in road with the present managers, we publish said act, named so that the assingees shall theonowing agreement entered into be- be 'fully vested therewith and in possession iweeiim:ad:t)i3f !$$tofl eo!irs thtrtofj'.7j. ,;. "uj,t'ni-fj- "r form some intelligent opinion of the status ! -Foartli. The said assignees agree to as of the case and what Mr. Best founds his sign to the said Best, on his demand!, all claim upon. "-f - p, I ;:. ; D' rights ;ift4 trncise?pnpertyiuid ei- Bj act f the Qeneril! Assembly of NorthUte whicbl shall have tognC assigned to CaroHua, atiledihe 29th day of lllarch, ' thenii on the ' , follpwmgco nditioris : TH 1880, the interest of the State in and ito the ! shall naakeiuch demand witliiunincty days Western Nortlr Carolina Railroad vaa diif from the MUkttofafifth rected to be sold and transferred to Messrs. vfors makings sn"chdemancl,pay t6: the same W. J. Bes Fish," Tappan and Grace, of' assignees the sum of fifty thousand dollars, New York, upon conditions and stipula- j tions well known to the public. Sixty days from said 29th day of March was the limit of time in which the contract directed by the said Act to be entered into by and on' the part of. the Slate with the said BestFish & Ca, grantees, should be signed sealed and delivered, &C , and the said railroad -property duly-transferred. j. After the ratification of said act, Messrs. ish, Tappan and Grace, for reasons at east 1 sufficient to thenisolres, decided to - - i withdraw from the association, which left i Mr. Best alone to assume the Contract.! It is well known, for it was frankly avowed by Mr. Best, that these three geutlcmen were to furnish the bioney necessary to assume und carry out the contract, he. having no capita, at least for such an undertaking. r matters -to have thus remained no contract could have been made, the propcr- ty ("elephant" as it was alarmingly cal lea) the would . have remained in' the control of State with appropriations for its con6truc- tion repealed, and the entire work of extra session gone for nought., , ;j the io avert this result, and -save the con- tract, it was necessary the stipulations! and - agreement, as directed in the act should He signed, and cutcred into on or beforb-the 29th day of May following the ratification of the act. ifi-r y. "In 1 ? The 27th day cf May had arrived and Mr. Bes had failed entirely to enlist other capitalist who -were willing to take the places of Messrs. Fish, Tappan and Grace. At the solicitation of Mr. Best', Messrs. Clyde, L.ojjan and UulorU, olncer.s and part owners of the Richmond & Danvil le corpor ation, agreed to advance to Mr. Bes the money necessary to repay Fish, Tappan1 and Grace for their outlay, and to meet thej first instalment due the State for convict labor and for interest on the bonded debt offthe i . road, and tlius-save the contract; Messrs. Fish, Tappan and Grace thereupon assign ed their interest in 7 the -contract to Mr. Best, and Mr. Best entered into the follow ing agreement with. Messrs. -Clyde, Logan and Buford : ' (All my facts, dates and figures relative to the act and the contracts are taken from the official record of these tranactions, made and published . by Jibe last Legislatare. AS AGREEMEXTJfADETinSTWEXTT SEVEXTH DAT Or MAT, 1880,' BET WEEK , WILLIAM J, BEST, PAltTT HERETO OF THE FIRST FART, AKD WILLIAM P. CLTDE, THOMAS M. CLVDE ASD ALGKRXON S".' BUFORD,' PABf IES HERE JO OF THE SECOND PART. -Whrcas an '-act was -passed byj the Gen cral Assembly tif Nortli Caroluiaand duly ratified on the 29th day of Marchji880, en titled Anact to provide for the sale of the State's interest in the Western North Caro lina Railroad Company,' and for 'others pur poses," which, 4tct and all thOj several pro visions thereof are i herein referred to with the same force and effect as if the said act waVfulIy recited herein. ' ; -' S " 'And whereas it is alleged by the i-arty hcret-o of the first part and. assumed by the parties of the 6ccond part, and t the parties who in said act are designated "grantees," have done 9ach and every' act by said stat ute required of them except to reorganize, the said - Western North Carolina Railroad Company, as in the 8th section of said act provided for. And whereasjt is represented to the; par ties of thjMrecond part that in order to render the said reorganization effectual, it is.r eces sary to raise the sum of fifty thousand dol lars and apply the same to various purposes in the said act prof jded for, and, that with out the aymenV tliereoT, said Ureorgniza- tion and'the many benefits trt lbe people of the State of North Carolina intended by said act wouldjail.. : , ' . Now this witnessetu that -the parties hereto, in consideration of one dollar by each to the other paid, and of. the mjutual stipulations and ; a'sreements" herein con taiped, do covenant and agree as follows: ;V First; The parties . hereto "of ': tte'sicond part, (hereinafter in -this agreement called "assign ecs,1) agree forthwith, when requir ed; to furnish the said sunt of fifty thousand dollars to be " applied to the purposes the said act provided for. , : - : Second.-The said party of the first part niTinarY"erin ' this agreement called the said ,'Boitp .agrees bftVth properstep shall 03 ' takemaawaciory to, lue.saiu as- s'srue I to reorganize the saidTfestern N..rth CaVoaVRanroad sotbat 1t;Jshall iui ve all ! ( he, 'righ ts'aod .poweirs, directors aud officers necessary io exercise vue pow m of icVrioy. " T77 Tt ' 1 , TlHfA.t The said Best shall procure to be duly . executed and; .deli vered .to ,thpt as- jfignecs, an essignmcn-oi an iub 'jiguis. iHacbitesi property- imd estate, and other adrantagea wLaUJyer, which hare been j aet lonn.TTnicn saia sura frj' mousana TT. . granted bribe cornmissioners in tbesaid MdA dollars baa been aid, a tberein stipulated. TI4 andin &nd7nrider the contract between the ' asd , i( hkbxas1 jji aaiu .. xe,ao , Stateof North Carolina and said; gf anteea ' Stateof North Carolina and said; d ii rights and interests In . the Western i and interest thereon at the rate of six per cent, per annum, and any : reasonable'iand necessary outlay and expenses, which the. grantees may have paid or, incurred in this matter, and as such assignees.- He shall prior to said demand, have made arrangements satisfactory to the assignees On behalf of the said company, to insure the finishing of the railroad of said Western North Caro lina Railroad Company to its western . ter minus, at Paint Rock, on or before the first day of July, 1881. He sliall also, before said demand, execute and deliver to the assignees, or to the Richmond & Danville Railroad Company,. bis guarantee that the traffic arrangements between the last men tioned roaiLand the said Western North Carolina Railroad Company, approved by said Best and the president of said Rich mond & Danville "Railroad Company, and now in possession' of said president, shall be faithfully carried ott by said Western North Carolina Railroad Company, and shall not be changed or annulled except by the mu tual consent of the said companies. He shall, on or before making said demand, give to the assignees one-half of the stock designated in said act as stock set aside for the benefit of the private stockholders of the Western North Carolina Railroad Com pany, which he now owns, or has the option to purchase, and duly transfer said one- half to them on their paying him one hilf of the sum he shall have actually paid therefor, being at the rate of about fifty thousand dollars for the whole of $212,500 of private stock in said act providedfor. Fifth. Notwithstanding anything here in contained, the said assignee shall on such demand being made by said Best, as in the fourth article of this agreement provided for, have the option and right to retain one half interest in the rights, franchises, prop erty and estate aforesaid and to assign to the said Best the other half only, and to accept from said Best one-half only of said sum of fifty thoiuand dollars and interest, and one half only of said reasonable and necessary outlay and expenses in said fourth article referred to. , But to entitle themselves to retain the said one-half interest, they shall assume one-half of any liabilities and bur dens incurred by said Best In respect to said Western North Carolina Railroad, so that said assignees and the said Best shall be hequal sharers in the property aforesaid, and in said Best's obligations and burthens in respect thereto! , , Sixth. Should the .said Best be unable to entitle himself to the right provided for by the fourth and fifth articles of this agree-' mcnt, or neglect to do so, and should the said Best unite with the assignees, their as sociates orassigns, in building the railroad from Ashcvilleto Paint Rock, he shall, even though'all the money necessary to complete said work be raised by or through the said asignecs and their associates or assigns, be entitled to five-twelfths of all the preferred or common stock' which may have been re ceived by the assignees-or their assigns, and of all other benefits and advantages derived from the "assignment to them in the third article of this assignment provided for, and the same shall be conveyed to him. In witness whereof, the parties hereto have hereunto set their names and seals the day and year first above written. (Signed) W. J. Best, (Seal.) - Wjc. P. Clyde, (Seat) T. M. LooAS, (Seal.) A. S. Buford, (Seal.) Sealed and delivered in presence of (Signed) Asdrew Boardman." During the month of July, and before the ninety days" alluded to in the above agreement had expired, Mr Best notified Messrs. Clyde, Logan and Buford, by letter, of his inability to raise funds elsewhere, and as other money wou'ldJvery soon be needed to meet obligations to the State aud carry on the v work on the road, that gentleman finally induced-Messrs. Clyde, Logan and Buford to assume the entire contract, and entered into the following agreement and full assignment, which bears date July 8 1st, 1880. It is as foilsws f " 'THIS AGREEMENT MADE THE THIRTT-FIRST , DAT OF JtXY,' EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND l EIGHTY, BETWEEN. W. J. BEST, PARTY OF THE FIRST PART, AND WILLIAM P. CLTDE, T.M.'tOOAK AND A. S. , BUFORD, PARTIES OF THE SECOND PART, WITNESSETH , " j-- - .-iv ... - i . That.. Whereas, by an agreement in writing,: bearing -date the twenty-seventh day of May, eighteen "bundrcd andr eighty betweeeu,thesaid parties, certain stipula tions therein recited were entered into by ssid barties. under which the said partus of the second part undertook to pay and advanceto the party' of the first part the sura of fifty thousand dollars for the consid- eration and. purposcs, and with the condi- tions and limitations, aiaaid:'agrecment not daue U extra. er furUtpr mm, the op- wn ana ngmt to nun, ihc ui Tvsrrrcu in clauses j 'ourth and six of saagreement. And Whereas it has become necessary, in proper protection and furtherance of the interests of the said W. J. Best, in connec tion with the Western North Carolina Rail road, that a further considerable sum of money shall at once be advanced and ex pended in and about the prosecution and completion of the Western North Carolina Railroad to Paint Rock, which further sum the said Best is at present ,uriatIe to pro vide and advance for such purpose, - Now, therefore, it is herebj: agreed by and between the said parties as follows : -7-Tbat foland incoidWtioaeXthe un dertakings of the said parties Of the second part, as hereinafter stated, the said tW. J. Best hereby release and acquits to the said parties of the second part, all option and right to claim or demand the assignment to him of the rights, franchises, property and estate as stipulated in said fourth or sixth clauses of said agreement of the ttcenty seventh of May, eighteen hundaed and eighty, or any part' thereof. And the said W. J. Best hereby agrees that the assignment by him, I made on the twenty-eighth day of May, eighteen hun dred and eighty, to the said parties of the second part of all his right, title and interest in and to the contract hereto fore made by and between the State of North Carolina, "of the "One part, and W. J. Best, W. R. Grace, James D. Fish and J. Nelson Tappan, of the other part, and the advantages derivable therefrom and under the act of the General Assembly of North Carolina, ratified on the twenty ninth day of March, eighteen hundred and eighty, and of the interest of him, the said J Best, in the Western North Carolina Rail-1 road Company, as re-organized on thetwen ty-eighth day of May, eichtecn hundred and eighty, including all rights and interests of him, the said Best, as assignee of W. R. Grace, James D. Fish and J. Nelson Tap- pan, under their assignment to him dated the twenty-eight day of May, eighteen hun dred and eighty, shall be absolute and without restriction or limitation by reason of any reservation or stipulation made or contained in said agreement of the twentyf seventh day of May, eighteen hundred and ciiihtv. And in consideration thereof it is hereby stipulated and. agreed by the said parties of the second part that the said Wl J. Best shall be entitled to and shall receive of th(capital stock of thejsaid Western North Carolina Railroad Company the amount of seven thousand Jive hundred shares oi the basis of an entire capital stock of forty thousand shares.'ora proportional number of shares on a basis of an entire capital stock for said company of a greater or smaller amount than forty thousand. And it is further agreed that the said parties of the second part will provide and advance, as shall be necessary, such sums as may be required to pay the amount due the State of North Carolina on the first day of August, eighteen hundred and eighty, for. hire of convicts and to pay the floating debt of said Western North Carolina Rail road Company, referred to in section twen ty-four of the act of the General Assembly of North Carolina ratified March twenty- ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty, such sum not to exceed the sum; of thirty-five thousand dollars. And it is further agreed that in order to avoid any question or inquiry as to the lej- gality of the re-organization of the said Western North Carqliua Railroad Company effected in the city of New York on the- day of May, eighteen hundred and eighty the said party of the first part -shall, with out delay call his board of directorc togeth er within the State of North Carolina, and have them formerly ratify the proceedings aforesaid, and to take such further steps and to do what else shall be requisite and legal to make such organization conform to the laws of the State of North Carolina. Witpess the following signatures and seals this day and year herein first above written. Signed ia duplicate: W. J. BE8T, Scat Wm. P. Clyde, Seat A. S. Buford, Seat Witness : Signed A. B. Andrews, Jno. P. Caddagan." I have inserted the contracts in full in order that the people of the State who are invoked to sit in judgment upon the re cent transactions concerning the Western North Carolina Railroad may have the full est opportunity for a free, Unbiased and in telligent opinion. t It will be observed that in tho two con tracts above cited it was agreed to assigu to Mr. Best five-twelfths of flic capital stock seven thousand five hundred shares, rep resenting seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars worth of stock as a consideration for his trouble, time, expenses, etc., in get ting up the measure and for the assignment of his interest in the contract to Messrs. Clyde," Buford and Logan, -j Thus Mr. Best tranferred, 'without reser vation" of any character, ave the seven thousand five hundred shares of stock, all this rights, title, interest, benefits, etc., in 'road to Messrs. Clyde,'. Logan and Buford. As if to separate himself the more, fully from the road, save as relates to the stock, Mr. Best, in September following, presented io juessrs. oiyde, Logan and Buford a bill of expenses incurred while negotiating for the purchase of the road, which account waa paid, as per following agreement ; v T "MEMORANDUM 0j AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO IN NEW TORJC, AT THE GRAND CEN TRAL HOTEL, ON THE 80TH SEPTEMBER, 1880, BETWEEN THE PURCHASERS OF THE ; WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD. PRESENT, WV J. BEST, B, MCD. TATS, Ai S. BUFORD AND W. P. CLYDE, OF THE PAR TIES J Z. B. VANCE AND . P. CADDAOAN, 'WITNESSES. , v . ' MEMORANDUM. Mr. Best to be paid in cash for his expen ses heretofore incurred the sum of " f 3,41 1 of which $1,000 Is to be paid on or before the 1st of Septenfber, 1880, and $2,411 on or before the 1st day of March, 188L ,.' ' . Mr. Best to receive as president of the company's salary of. l00 peV month, to commence the 27th of May, 1880, to contin ue as long as he is president, with the un derstanding that he is not required or ex pected to do work as president, except such as he wouldjbe legallyobliged)to do, or such formal acts as may be required by the board of directors, as attending and counselling with the board when desired; but that he will extend his continued good will to the enterprise, and his cooperation with the board of directors in the prosecution of the work. The foregoing was written down in pen cil by Col. Buford, read over, and assented to byall present ; and, at their request, 13 written out and kept by us for future refer ence. (Signed) Z.B. Vance. c This gives the transactions by which Mr. Best assigned his interest in and control of the property to Messrs. Clyde, Logan and Buford. MISCELLANEOUS. The old style of doctors used to bleed the arms of patients. The new style bleed their pockets. The change however ism Favor of life. The wealthy man walks out to get an appetite for his breakfast, and the ramp to get a breakfast for his appe tite, and tiius the world rolls on. A man who was formerly a night watchman refers to it as his late oc cupation. "what a blessing it is,' said a4 mrd working Irishman, "that night niver "comes on till late in the nay, when a man is tired and can't work at all, at all !" The Pullman Car Company em ploys four thousand men ; pays them $175,000 per month, and provides schools, gymnasiums, reading rooms and churches for the employes, but no saloons will be permitted in the town. Good judges estimate that the defi ciency in the cotton crop this year will be 500,000 bales that is to say, the total product will be 5.800,000 in stead of 0,300,000 bales as in 1880. Uncle Samuel Tilden is coming to the front, evidently, as the leader of the Democratic hosts. If the Presi dent should die, most unfortunately for the country, as there is now, alas, too much probability of being the case, Mr. Conkling will be the leader of the opposition. In both cases the New York, and not the "Ohio idee," would dominate. Wilmington Star. The New York World announces that the Richmond and Danville Extension Com pany has taken the contract for building all the breaks in the line of the Georgia Pacific Railroad between Atlanta and the Mississippi River. The road runs through Columbus. Inka and Aberdeen. About 500 miles are jet to be constructed, and work is to beKin at once. Jvetcs-Observer, This way of a newspaper starting up every now and then and trying to reform tho spelling of the country by producing four pet words in its columns, is rather a failure. The Baltimore American is nn of this sort. It exercises its chief strength on reforming procrauime. It delights in parading it as program. Our devil says the way to pronounce it is wrog-ram, accent on both syllables with emphatic deliberation. Wilmington Star. think one of the teachers at the Couutv teachers institute in this place, niu iravft it Dro-srrara and said that was the style. . Thi Roston Herald rejoices in the discov tht Mr. Bacon. Speaker of the Georgia TTnn: nf Renresentatives, confesses that "the Democratic platform consists only in opposition to Republicans but why no one can tell." The converse of the Speaker s nnfMigion ia certainly true "that the Re- nnhlican platform consists only in opposi tion to Democrats and why no one can ah r Thft Renublican Dartv is the ally of repudiation at the South, aud the Uerald can nna in mai no rcwuu "i "it"" The Republican party at the South is the party of oppression and disorder and lawlessness, and the Herald can find in that nil rnnsnn for opposing it. The Republican party is the party of wrong and outrage, bent on tearing down Anglo Saxon civili ; th South and building on it African barbarism; and the Herald can find in that no reason for opposing it. Thaak Heaven there ar6 men who know their duty to society, to government, to ri Titration: and one of these duties con sists in opposing the Republican party. Sews Observer . At the Insane Asylum.- There ia "one man at the iusaae asylum in Raleigh who fancies himself Napoleon Uonapftrte.- He gets out early In the morning and with a corn-stalk in hand charges! across the grounds crying, 'Charge! Bring up the right wiugT and Urea himself down at it before be returns to his room. Auother imagines that he is to be hung by the sheriff at 1 o'clock uu. he can wind up a spider web by that time; and there he sits going through the motion with all his might, and cries if spoked to. 'Hush! don't bother me! I must have this done and it is most one.' A lady who wears a trailing dress shaped like a peacock's tail imagines herself the Virgin Mary, aud to every visitor she aysjouch but the hem of my garment and all j thy wounds shall be henled. DeJarneitcMs allowed the' whole grounds but stays with stony gaze in his room indifferent to. everything, and considered by all clearly insane. He scarcely ever leaves his room, brooding, broodiug all the timej Farewell, Lard I Welcome, Oil ! New York Tribune. i " " ' The eating world will have occasion to throw tap its cap if the discovery late ly Announced that cotton seed oil is ,4a most satisfactory substitute for lard" be confirmed. I hope it is true, for the sake especially of the many housekeepers who are sorely tried in their cooking by that prodnct of the swine, which, like butter, varies in the quality, and whose odor, when sizzing in the frying pan, awakens in the imaginary kitchen goddess vissions of pent up, garbage-fed and slimy pork ers and perhaps a notion or two of trich ina snugly ensconced on the cozy vesicles. No one is afraid of good vegetable oil. Its impressions are cool and historic and agreeabloj It whispers of dewy meadowF, refreshing breezes, sweet aromas, and so on. But lard! Everything it suggests is heating aud exasperating. However, more to the point : Col. Nelson, of Huntsville, Ala., says he has repeatedly used cotton seed oil at his house,' aud finds it equal to tho best article of lard. A hotel keeper at Mein- )his publishes a statement to the same effect. It has been tried bv several citi zens of Tuscmnbia, Ala., who say that they can fiud no difference betwecu the oil and lard as au article for cook inc. The best thing about it, as most econom ical housewives will say, is the cost, that being not more than half the price of the pork extract. And should this discovery turn out a fact undeniable, what a revo lution it wirl produce in the pork trade ! And what an impulse it will give to the cotton interest, coming just in time to speed the revival of industry and enter prise iu the South. Everybody must grease the pan the hygienist for his roll, thav beef-eater for his steak-and all will heartily welcome the sweet, transluccut distillation of na ture. II. S. D. New York, July 28 1881. Conference of Stalwarts. URGING VICE-PRESIDENT ARTHUR TO EXER CISE THE DUTIES OF PRESIDENT. New York, August 19. -The following facts have leaked out in regard to the con ference at Vice-President Arthur's house for the past few days, iu which Grant, Conk ling, Logan, Cameron, Dorsey, Belknap, Jones. Bliss, French, Ward and many other conspicuous adherents of the third-term wing of the Republican party have partic ipated. The fact of such a gathering while the President is lying at the point of death has occasioned considerable talk ; but it seems that this conference of leaders was projected last week before the President's relapse became so serious The Vice-President was told that it was his dutv to go to Washington and declare his. uurnose of exereisjng the duties of President. George Bliss, Attorney-General Ward and Mr. Conkling gave legal opinions unon the constitutional clause in favor of the Vice-President thus assuming control As a result of the conference it was agreed that the matter should be held in abeyance for the present, until it shall be determined whether the President will survive his re lapse or not. In the meantime the opinions of two of the best known constitutional lawyers in the country one a Democrat and the other a Republican have been sought by friends of the Vice-President, and will pe presented to uis notice ai an earlv daV. All the persons present at the conference were unanimous in the opinion that it was the duty of Mr. Arthur to assume control It is said on good authority that Postmas ter General James aud Secretary Lincoln, who would carry the War Department, are favorably inclined toward the project. General Arthur is willing, provided Secrc tary Blaine would consent, and strong ef forts are being made to obtain his consent. If the Vice-President becomes the acting President, the stalwarts think that they will have no trouble in carrying New York this year.l A stalwart will be made Su preme Court Judge in place of Clifford, deceased, and another will be appointed Minister to Berlin, while many important offices will be filled to the advantage of their wingpfthc party. Flour aud all provisions have taken rise, but Cotton is not apt to follow the lead. Tlie increased price is doubtless owing to speculation, and the South suffers from the sharp practice or uie speculators. If we onlV raised our own provisions; these speculative rises would not affect us ; but when we keep sur smoke houses and barns in the Northwest, we are at the mercy of the sharpers. lb. Deserving articles are always api.nci litpd. Tile exceptional cleanliness of Par kerV Hair Balsam makes it popular. G ray hairs are impossible with its occasional use. augu?pi And now that Prodibitionbasbeen dis-i" posed of we bear of a call for the organi zation In this State of A Liquor DnV Association. We rise to ask the mean ing of such ad organization Mr it U encourage and propagate intern peraoce,, or to control state legislation indie ln4 terests of liquor sellers, then we, for one, l,10 f.nter rj w,emn P"test against It! rThe liquor sellers 'deceive themselves if they construe the defeatjof the Prohibit tion measure into a backing up of grp shops witbout number or restraint-Sr if tliey think the people are prepared now to slect only such men to office as will dance to any- music tho grog-shops may .r- 7ho firog-shop is a pow4aful ii " slitntiou, but the people will cuitiune to tax them and keep them under the con trol of law and order. ' . The above is from a paper that oppos ed prohibition and its voice -should bo ; heard. A want of moderation might tuns the tide differently next . time. urtoro Southerner. - The" following is the" first intelligible description we have have seen of SLT FrancqVmnch talked of fireless locomo tive; "Tho construction is much HkV an. ordinary locomotive, except that there Is no fire. The boiler Is'n receptacle of ex tra strength, and the water is raised to a tern perature of about 395 degrees by the injection of steam ,: at a pressure of 225 pounds. The areless locomotive is thus -charged with water capable of giving off a quantity of steam sufficient for a mod erate journey. Of course the pressure of steam given off is "very great, aud gradn- ally lessens; but the inconvenience which would arise from the constant change of pressure is overcome by the adoption' of a reducing valve, by means of which pressure of steam reaching the cylinders can be nicely regulated. These 'engines were tried and worked from Rueil to Port Marley, 9.51 miles, and from. Port Marley to Marie le ItofJJ.lS miles; it is therefore evident that these engines are quite ca pable of covering journeys of length suf ficient for trainway work, especially as the engine, described draws a train' of twenty tons. '.'.- - The Land Bil7 IiTlts Final Shape. ' The Irish land bill has at last been pass ed by both Lords and Commons, and a great step has been taken toward remedv- ii me evils irom which lrcianu nasso long suffered However, like most compromise iiicueutvB. ii -is miiuiij saiiBjaciory io no body, and least of all, perhap. t those for whose benefit is intended. T'he funda mental principle of the bill i the right f free sale, the Irish land system being partly codified and partly rearrange! in such a way as to give the tenant a marketable ropertyin his holding, independent of any improvements which he himself nmy have made. The other two F's. i. e.. the iruar- antees of fair rent and fixity of tenure, are deduced from the right of free sale. In the passage of the bill through Parliament it lias undergone notable alterations, some of them being of considerable importance. One is that the commission of three mav utilize the services of the county courts ; another that no member of Parliament shall at the same time be a member of the com mission charged with carrying- the provis ions of the bill into effect; a third secures to owners their game rights ; a fourth se cures the landlord pay for the improve- i l. t 1 . a ,V . iucuis hi; litis iimuc iq case a noiuing is sold; the fifth declares that deductions shall be made from the receipts of a sale for deterioration of the landlord's propertv. - When the bill reached the Lords it suffered . numerous amendments, all of which' were set aside on its return to the Commons, ex cept the one which struck out the provis ion to stay proceedings for collection of debt from tenants. When the bill was sent the second time to the upper house the Lords exhibited great firmness, striking out again the featuresTjf the biltto which they had before objected, and exhibited a dis position which, if persisted in, would have forced the resignation of Mr. Gladstone and his cabinet Much feeling hfTavor of the stand taken by the Lords was now ex hibited in unexpected quarters,, and it, be gan to seem not imKssible that if the two parties went before the country in a general election the conservatives would como 'out victorious over the party at present in power. The immediate result of the Lords' firmness was a partial victory for the oppo nents of the bill, as Mr. Gladstone, on the return of the bill to the House of Commons, assented to three of the Lords' amendments one authorizing an appeal to the land court in the matter of leases, another giving a landlord access to the land court when. he failed to conic to an agreement wlth'his tenant, and the third striking out MrPar nell's measure for staying proceedings' of ejectment when the land court has been asked by the tenant to fix a fairreoi. Upon all points, however, touching the principles of the bill the government was unyielding, and the concessions made to the Lords v ill ' not impair its fitness for being, in the lan guage if Lnrd Salisbury, of-great benefit to the tenants and not much harm to the landlocdd." The bill will take effect with in a few days, as steps for securing the 1 Queen's assent have already been, taken, Baltimore Sun. t . . " Which is the Most Miserable? . Here is the "composition1' of a littlo boy. In its freshness and crispneaslt is deliciously free from big words -encyclopedic references, helps from au anxious mamma and corrections from a earefal teacher. ... W- "which is tho most miserable, a miser able boy or a miserable girl." .m when a boy wants a pair of slates' a led a printing press a jig saw a veloci- pedo a pony a box and watch, and dout get them, then he is very miserable), when he has a sore eye and- a liad '.euld and has to go to school and write a 'com position then he shurely is miserable, Girls ha vent got much to be miserable about. ' They get nil the dolls and candy they want aud have no use for jig s4ws and velocities. If nhe dont get all the new dresses and ribbons she wants au feels very, bad and that Is not ma eh to be miserable ahoat. This in all I have to say about this subject. Manner. , L -1,