"i The Carolina Watchman VOL XT.-TfflKB SERIES SALISBURY. N. C, AUGUST 21, 1881. KO 45 - : - Appo.ulH.entS of Gen. Scales. The Democratic State committee LWtbe following appointments nDp I M Scales, at which Dr. reYork, the Republican candidate ST been invited to meet him, and a canvass may be exited : Trap Hill, Thursday, Aagrust 21. Wilkesboro, Friday, August 22. . Elkin, Saturday, August 2S. Dobsun, Monday, August 26. Mocksville, Wednesday,Auust 27. Salisbury. Thursday, August 28. fDemocratic papers circulating in the western part of North Carolina are requested to copy. XH E Sl.ANl EBB EFUTfJD. Base Fabrication Without Four.- Retort of a Committee of Republican Aaainst CI Char SfcwleTS opo Governor Cleve nave gum- ed circulation h; bv independent Republicans ojf Buf- fab, and the following repor, the . . .. JCDUlk w A ' e.ally given to the public. wnh nt t he inquiry, is nvw um IV the Independent Republicans of the Nation; As Republicans and dependents residing in Buffalo, and having peculiar means of knowledge, we have been called upon by private letter and otherwise for information in regard to the scandals which have been put in circulation respecting Governor Cleveland's private life. "We have felt it to be a duty imposed on us by circumstances to examine these stories in detail and to make a formal statement of the results. No such examination would have been necessary to satisfy ourselves j but it was due to those who have read the charges against Governor Cleve land, without kuowing personally his general character and reputation in this commuuhy, and without know ing either the position means of information of those have made charges, that we she Jt fit put forth a mere general statj I desiK'tb out a previous investigate lit VVe havej therefore, through a conrtnittee, appointed from our number for that purpose, carefully and deliberately made an investigation, and we have taken every available means to ascer tain the precise facts in each case. The general charges of drunken ness and gross immorality which are made against Gov. Cleveland are ab solutely false. His reputation for morality has been good. There is no foundation for any statement to the contrary. He was sought out and nomiuatedjfor the mayoralty contrary to his will, and was supported for that position by the larger portion of the educated, intelligent and moral cititetis of Buffalo, without regard to politics and on purely personal grounds. After he had gone through this contest he was again put forward ai one of the most distinguished citi zens of Buffalo as a candidate for the governorship, and again received the support of the same class of his fellow-citizens. In tins community, where he had lived for 29 years, and where his life was known and his character well understood, this sup port would not have been given to him had he been either a drunkard or a libertine. We are able to speak from personal knowledge, as bis ac quaintance is of long standing, and to say that his general private life "as been that of a quiet, orderly, self respecting and alwava highly respec ted citizen. Since he assumed his present office h's visits to Buffalo have been few of short duration. It is suscepti ve of -absolute nroof and ha hn Proved to us, timt upon no oue of - visits Has anything occurred to justily the statemeuts which have hum. . . 7 n,aue by Ins detractors. TbeH ge that he has recently taken part ji a druken and licentious debauch . fffAlo on the occasion of such a C 18 ,efHirely 'a!. VV.e have been Particularly careful and thorough in investigations of alleged betrayal, Ruction and inhuman treatment of woman of this city as detailed in a m newspaper. The circumstances "J oi wlucn this story was fabrica- 4. 1 S. tC.Urred eiftt years ago. The a JT , Jues,,on was at that time 1! V belweeu 30 and 40 years of o-i ".iu iwo ciiiiuren as 10 years old. The facts trav7lCaSe,ShoW that she ws e 2S lhat allegations re- tier abduction and ill-treat- me"tare wl olly false. We nti j leamrrs . -.i mU J lhi8 tter which aov , i f a Tuulic qstion requiring declaration on our part. Il!ftn,,iuation ofthe other cbar- hrch luve been made aoaitu i.. 'aaaaav Governor Cleveland's private charac ters shows that they are wholly ow- true. in every instance in which the reports and insinuations have been tangible enough to furnish a cine to guide us in rr investigation they have positively proved to be false. The attack upon Governor Cleveland's character is thoroughly discredited whea we consider the sources from 1 which it comes. It was first publicly made in Buffalo by a newspaper of no standing whatever. We have twice called upon the editor of this paper and asked him to produce his proofs -the names, dates and other particulars which lie had pi:b!ielv stated he was at libcaty to show. He declined to do so or to facilitate in vestigation into lb truth of either his own charges or those contained in the .anonymous letter which he pub lished. He admitted that he had no evidence to support any accusation against Governor Cleveland, except in the one instance to which we have particularly referred. He rested his case ou inat story, and as Xo that story he is contradicted by Hie wit ness Vavng personal knowledge. A Th tvb clergymen whose profes Jsion hasjjbeen invoked to give weight to tliejSeT charges ha ye no personal knowledge of the facts, and under the circumstances could not possibly have such knowledge. They have ventured to state as facts known to themselves stories which rest upon the merest hearsay, and which, when traced to their alleged sources, are in every case denied by the persons to whom they are ascribed. We have designed, to make a can did and judiciary statement of the results of our investigation of this matter without partisan coloring. We have mt thought it necessary or pro per to repeat the charges against Governor Cleveland in detail, nor to present in full the evidence by which they have been disproved. John H, Cowing, Ansley Wilcox, William F. Kip, Thomas Gary, -George P. Sawyer, . Ralph Stone, John E. Ransom, Henry W. Sprague, Josiah C. M -UN roe, L. D. Rumsey, X. Barrett Rich, Chas: P. Norton, John B. Olmstead, J. Tallman Pa vis, Henry Altman, J. N. Laarned. Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 9, '84. a clergyman's testimony. In the issue of the New York Inde pendent for the current week the Rev. Dr. Kinsley Twining makes the following statement; -Letters having been received at the office of the Independent by two reputable clergymen in Buffalo, N. Y., charging Mr. Cleveland, ' the candidate ofthe Independent Repub licans, -with habits of gross immorali ty, which, if time, would render it impossible for any Christian man or decent Journal to support him, it was thought best, on consultation, that I should go to Buffalo aud make per sonal and thorough investigation of the facts. Accordingly, I went to Buffalo, and spent two full days in the most thorough investigation. One day I spent with the gentlemen, journalists, clergymen, aud others who are re sponsible for the dissemination of the stories, and following up lines of in vestigation suggested by them, and another in visiting the leading citi zens of Buffalo, Republicans and Democrats, who best know Gov. Cleveland, and who all know all about the stories, and in getting their judgment as to his character. This investigation I made absolutely thor ough. I depended on no reports of the newspapers, or oi local clergy men, or others, but only on my own personal investigation of the case. I am satisfied that I know the case from fuller information than do any of those who have given it private or public currency. Now, it is not my purpose to repeat the particulars of the report in its grosser or its correc ted version. Those who want it can get it from the publisher of the Buf falo Telegraph, who will be glad to sell copies. If necessary I am ready with the full iacts ; but it is not necessary here. The kernel of truth in the various charges agaitist Mr. Cleveland is this that when he was younger than he is now he was guilty of an elicit con nection : but the charge, as brought against him. lacks the clement of truth in these substantial points. There was no seduction, no adultery, no breach of promise, no obligation of manage: but there was at that time a culpable irregularity of life, living as be was a bachelor, for which it was proper and is proper that lie should sutler. After the primary offense, which is not palliated in the circle for which I write, his conduct was singu larly honorable, showing no attempt to evade responsibility and doing all he. could to meet the duties involved, of which marriage was certainly not one. Everything here was eminently to his credit under circumstances which would have seemed to many men of the world to justify him in other con duct than that which he accepted as his duty. There was no abduction, only proper legal action under cir cumstances which demanded it. The facts, which have been blown up into a case of kidnapping, are that the child being neglected and in dan ger of death, Mr. Cleveland took Into his confidence Judge Burrows, a citi ceu whose high character is clearly enough proved by the fact that he was then trustee of the Protestant Or phan Asylum. Under his persuasion the child was surrendered by the mother to the orphan asylum, and regular papers resigning her parental rights made out. The entry in the books is that March 9. 1876. O.-ear Halpin, born Soptember 14, 1874, Cleveland, uor permit us to forget was received from his mother, Maria that above any other Amej-icau eiti P. Halpin, at the board rate of $S per sen now l iving and known to the week, whioh, presumably, Mr. Cleve- country lie possesses in himself the land was to pay through Judge Bur- administrative ability which is the rows. Finding that in the surrender . great and primary requirement of the of the child she had lost her claim ! presidential office. against Mr. Cleveland, Mrs. Halpin endeavor to recover him, and final ly, as the asylum record gives it, April 28, 1876, he was "stolen" by her. In the mother's hands his situation grew more alarming than ever. The ex- chief and the officers in charge agreed 4a representing to me that something bad to be done. Judge Burrows then directed the child to be returned to the asylum, where be was again re corded, July 10, 1876, as received from k As to the mother, w-ho was out of her head in alcoholic frenzy. the officer, Watts, says that he acted on the right of personal judgment, usually assumed by omcera in such cases, and took her not to the common lockup, but to the more private and less rigorous Roman Catholic Provi- dence Asylum, for both lunatics and inebriates, where she was placed to scolds, worries, and -abuses the chil recover. She was net incarcerated. ! dren whenever she feels out of tem- She was not entered for permanence. The motive was not to hide a trouble- some woman nor to suppress a scan- da), but to provide for a child aban- doned and in danger of death and a ; thinking "might makes right and woman out of her head by drink aud ' perfect obedience is his due, forget -threatening to throw her child out of ting that human individuality always the window. demands freedom of act and liberty There remain the worst and damn- ' of thought, ing charges -of general libertinism and It is a self-evident fact to all real drunkenness. I say distinctly, after thinkers that scolding and fretting abundant inquiry, they are false. They j never yet accomplished any actual are, I believe, the product of the im- good. It only angers and raises a agination of the stews. Every at- spirit of rebellion and insubordina tempt to trace them led back iu to the tion. Whereas, by kindly council merest gossip of saloons and brothels, and sympathizing interest in the wel On the other hand, my inquiry of the : fare of those under your control and noblest Christian men tn the city, es pecially in the legal profession, men above all reproach, men who will vole for hi m, and men who will vote and speak against him for political reasons, men who knew Cleveland most inti mately, who have been bis partners in business or his nearest neighbors, men who knew bim by day and by night, brings the unanimous reply that it is utterly impossible that such reports ean be true. He is a man of true aud kind heart, frank and open, so intensely devoted to his business duties that it is impossible that he should be a debauchee. He has the heartiest respect of the best families in the city, who only regrets that he keeps himself so much out of the so ciety to which he would be a welcome visitor. There are some severe prejudices against Mr. Cleveland in Buffalo. They have their chief seat in the sa loons, against whose tyranny his elec tion to the mayoralty was the protest of all good citizens of both parties. They have not forgiven him for their defeat. From the best source of in formation I received testimony that Mr. Cleveland is a born ruler of men, of the greatest independence and hon esty of character, a man who believes in reform to the bottom of his soul and has the independence to carry it out, aud a man ou whom the respon sibilities of office have rested with a serious and solemn weight. The men are very few who could have received such testimonials to their efficiency and conscientiousness aud independ ence in public duties as I heard given to Mr. Cleveland from the most in fluential and trustworthy citizens of Buffalo. It is now proper that I should in dicate my own view of the effect the truth in reft re nee to these unexpected charges should have upon independ ents who were ready to give their support to Mr. Cleveland. There is nothing in it that would naturally placate them toward Mr. Blaine, or mitigate their opposition to him. That rests upon grounds of public political morality. It does not require them to withdraw their support from Mr. Cleveland. . That rests oa the same grounds as -their opposition to Mr. Blaine. But it does send them into the canvasss with a fact in the history of their candidate which they cannot forget, aud which they will J have to carry as a burden. For there is no interest, public and 1 " political, higher than that of the fam ily. If Mr. Cleveland is a rebel against the law of the family he is a public enemy, and when he it shown to be so I will abandon him. But such he is not, even though the lapse of which be was guilty, and whose punishment he was man enough to accept is not to be palliated. Whether such an of fense can, in the course of years, be forgiven will depend on one's eager ness to cast the first stone. For ray part I can forgive it, when it has not been denied, and its bitter fruit has been accepted and all the duties which grew out of it generously discharged. Serious, therefore, as this matter is, I cannot, amid the great responsibili ties nnr) lrosa!iiv n aram i aa nf iUa nrdiftpnl titimt inn oaa tfii If onttinn. Leesusto set aside the conclusions which the whole independent party has drawn from the tried, trusty and admirable public career of Governor Don't Scold. No oue is fit to control another who has not sufficient command over bis own temper to be able to keep it well under subjection. The happiness of many a family is materially lessened by the giving away to fits of ill-tem per and fretfulness and peevishness in the heads and rulers thereof. The husband and father thinks he has a perfect right to scold at and domineer over his wife aud children. Are they not his own ? and dosen't he support the family T ami isn't He the head of the house? Of course everything ought to be done with a view to his : comfort and happiness. The wife and mother pouts about the bouse, ' per. tired, unwell, or anything goes ! wrong. The teacher scolds and pun- ishes the pupil, and the overseer domineers over his laborer.; each one care, you can enect almost anytnmg you wisb to. It may be neeessary or at least it may seem so to us in our ignorance lhat we speak sharp ly, crossly, decisively, now and then j but the more seldom we resort to this mode to show our authority the more sure we shall be to effect something by it. A hore under the lash soon ceases to mind it, while one that is seldom or never touched with a whip feels aud obeys its gentle stroke. Just so with children who are al ways scolded aud fretted at. They soon get so they hardly notice it and the voice must be growing sharper, shriller, and more incisive if it would make the desired impression. Only yesterday I heard of a moth er beating her child for four hours, aud for a mere trifle too ; a poor, lit tle, feeble, sickly girl, frail and deli cate, abused aud seriously injured, and all because of the ignorance and ill-temper of the mother. The woman was a brute, methinks I hear yon say, but it is not so. She is ouly living ou a . low. plane and doesn't know any better. She i conscientious nd tries to bring up her children right, and is called au affectionate .mother! But may the helpless little innocent be saved from such affection is the pray er of all who can see that power creates tyrants, and might does not make rhrht. The world is luwressine: out of the barbarism of tyranny and punish ment. -fisueciallv among the intelli gent and cultured classes, but it will take much teaching and preaching, much writing and reading yet, to save from future suering the weak and the helpless. Dublin, Aug. U .-Informer Casey has repeated his confession in the presence of the parish priest, Corbet, and a reporter of the Dublin free man's Journal. He declares that My les Joyce uor the four men who are now serving out their sentences were preseut at the Mantrasnas mur der. He Jreassects that be was com pelled to swear falsely by Crown Solicitor Bolton. Bolton told him that if he did not swear as he did he would be tried himself and would surely be hanged. A brother-in- law of Caseys, Philbin by name, corrobo rated Casey's statements and declared that Bolton iutjuced him to perjure himself. STANDS AT THE HEAD! THE LIGHT-XUNXING i f DOMESTIC." That it is the acknowledged Leader is a fact that cannot be disputed. M1NY IMITATE IT. NONE EQUAL IT. The Largest Armed. The Lightest Kooning. The Most Beautiful Wood Work. AND IS WARRANTED j To be made ofthe beet material. -To da any and all kinds of work. To be complete in every respect. Agents wanted in mioccupi&d territory. Adjd ress, DOMESTIC SEWING MACHINE 0., Richmond, Vk. For sale by KLUTTZ '84 36: ly. & RRXDLEMAN. 8alibiiryf N. C. NORTH CAROLINA, Rowan County, June 5th, 84, PUBLIC SALE OF VALUABLE LAND. At the Court House door in Salisbury, on Monday the 4th day of August, 1884, 1 will seM that valuable plantation formerly own ed by George Cauble, situated five miles south of Salisbury adjoining the Rimer Mine land, and the land of David Eller and others, containing 185 acres. This land has a number cf GOLD VEINS on it, and is believed to be rich in minerals. Terms of sale. One half of the purchase money will be required as soon as the sale is confirmed, and a credit of 6 months, with interest at eight per cent from day of sale will be allowed for the other half. .By order of Court, H. M. HOB AH, Clerk Superior Court, Rowan Co. 85:1m. Tornado and Fire Insurance. THE HOME INSURANCE CO. of N. Capital &0O0.00C. Cash Assets $7,492,751.11. Is bow prepared to Insure property not only against lire but against loss or dam age by Wind Storms, Cyclones or Torna does. Rates reasonable. Policies written one to five years. One-naif cash and bal ance in twelve month?. Far further particulars apply to J. ALLEN BROWN, Agt. Salisbury, N. C. May 3GyJ8S4-5jni VALUABLE STORE ROOMS TO RENT! The large and beautiful store osm for merly occupied by Bearnhardt Bros., is for rent. The building is two stories above ground with -a large and dry cellar. Depth of store room 110 feet; width, 25 feet. It is elegantly finished, and arranged for Dry Goods and Groceries ; and considering the advantages of the location in the cen ter otbusiness, is one of the most desira ble places in town. ALSO, TO RENT. TWO STORE ROOMS' in my new tuur room block on Main street, between the public Square and the Court House, two being already occupied. The block (66x 90 feet) is two stories high above ground, divided into four distinct suits, six rooms, (includfng cellar), in each suit. The store rooms on the ground floor.are large enough for merchant doing a medium business, are handsomely finished and mostconveniently arranged in respect to warming, lighting, yentillating. and . access to the upper rooms l in nnmiu:n. which m&v be used either fnr a small familv. for storage, .or for sub renting. 4- separate front entrance to the iinnr rooms from the street. Gas fixtures tfirniihout. The Er press Ofljce will oc cupy one of tks suits of the block after the 1st July. THANKS. .1 am d leased to thank my customers for Abe trade of the 8pring and Summer and desire to say that no efforts on my pari shall be lacking to keep on hand a stock of Goods fully equal to the wants of the community favorjng me with their patron age. The men in my employ are experi enced, competent and obliging, and ever ready to serve customers with promptness and politeness. B. HOLMES. 33:4t. BINGHAM'S ; Established ) Utbeonlr in f School lor 1873 i Boys in the Sooth nith CrAS LlttJii, ""iril GYMNASIUM, and a fjrsi-class BATH BOUSE The .ontse is PR"EPAEAT0RY.or FIH ISHING. There is a thoroughly equipped School of TELEGRAPHY. ' Special termi to voting men of small means. lSlst Seasion begins July 30th. For Catalogue, address. Maj. R BINGHAM 37:3t,pd. Bmghain School, N. C r Joint SheppawL - JL. . KLUTTZ'S WAREHOUSE For ihe Sale of Leaf Tobacco Salisbury. North Carolina. FARMER'S REMEMBER JCLUTTS WAREHOUSE has sola THREE FOURTHS of ail the Tobacco sold m this market this season, and can show the highest average for crops and a general average second to none in the State for the same grades of Tobacco, Kl&ttz Is fhe BESTIKHTED, BEST piace tnat nas SsKWfcfffc KOOM FOR PLANTER'S TOBACCO If yon watft)feCrHEST PRICES for vour Tobacco sell at KLOTTZ'S WAREHOUSE where yon will always find a full turn-out of anxious buyers. JOHN SHEPPARD, the Champion North Carolina, has orders for Tobaccos and will pay HIGHEST PRICES for all grades from the Ground Leaver to Fancy Lemon .Wrappers. DAILY SALES. HIGHEST PRICES GUARASTEEDL Your friends truly Salisbury, N. Cn June 4h, 1884. n A liOAllOJ And win completely chanff the blood la vi:ix uigiii irom iw is woeics, may be restored to Bound health, If such athtas be possible. For Female Complaint a these Fill have no equal. Physicians use them for the euro of LIVER and K I DICKY .diseases. 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Scarp's Fruit Preservative i Without the use of Scaled Cans. The CHEAPE8T and ONLY SURE KIND KNOWN. PERFKCTLF Hariixess. Call and try it, At-ENNISS' Drug Stohk l:tf. There will be a meeting of tfie StoH holder ofthe Western N. C. Railroad Or pany in rvtlleuury, N. C, on Tucs.iav t 25th Jue, 1884. Bt order of the trei dent. Geo. P. Erwis. fcso'H" Treaa Slbnry, N. C, May 2l; 1884.