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Dowry the Sierras.
THE FASTEST DRiVJEIt' IN CAUFORXIA.
A short time before I left Santa
says a correspondent of the Louisville Courier-
Journal, I chanced to tako a few hours' ride on
the stage to a little town callod Rincon, where I
spent several days shell-gathering. There was
onjthe box beside tho driver another man. a
driver off duty a few days for a hunt and fish
ing frolic. He amused me very much by his
stories. In speaking of this anticipated fast
railroad trip, he told ma of a ride he once had
down the mountains. -Said he :
"If I do say it myself, I am known as tho
fastest driver in California. Whenever they
want fast driving they send for Charlie Crowcl.
I drove Bowen and Richardson and tliem fel
lows over the Sierras; but the tallest time I
ever made was when a wager of len thousand
dollars was pending between tho old California
Stage Company and the Pioneer Stage Compa
ny. I drove for the California. Tho track was
from Virginia City to San Francisco. Old Lent
you know Lent, one of tho richest mm in the
State in them days well, he telegraphed one
to drive him fifty miles of the way. Says ho:
Have youi, horses and everything ready to
start at a flash. Get a good ready, and I'll pay
the bill.' j I know Lent, you know; I knew
what Tie meant by a good ready, so I took a
deal aboard. I wasn't drunk an' I wasn't sober.
I just had enough to make me determine to
win the job or go to the devil. I strapped my
self to the box and Lent and two other fellows
jumped into the stage; and I laid my whip on.
There was six horses, as fine flesh a? you ever
saw. i Them horses was worth $10,000. I just
laid on. the whip at every jump. I never took
off the whip during the wholo fifty miles. We
was going down grade, down tho Sierras ; the
road was pretty rocky, and sometimes I didn't
skip the chasms, a thousand feet deep, by more
than two inches. It makes my flesh crawl now
to think of it, but then I was nerved up to any
thing, and we come down that road a finking.
I had. sent word to Taylor (he is now superin
tendent of the ' Coast' line), I sent word to him
to have his coach and horses ready, 'and when
ha seen mc a coming, if I couldn't pull up my
horses to follow right after me down the road,
till I checked up. So Taylor, he was all ready
and he was to drive the next fifty miles, and he
seen mo a coming, and he said he thought of
John Gilpin, and Jehu, and says ho ' hell to
blazes, if I don't think Charlie's mad, says he,
' them horses can't check np till they run into
the Pacific Ocean, and he starts down the road
and me after him, and w o run each other five
miles before we could pul,l np and change pas
sengers. I was black and blue all over, but I
made fifty-five miles in four hours; the time is
on record, or I wouldn't U 11 it. That's the
fastest time ever made with a stage coach. The
California beat by one hour and twenty min
utes the whole distance. The Pioneer gained
on bs in the bay. Our company owned an
ocean steamer, but she couldn't keep up with
the high-pressure North-River boat. She wasn't
built for shallow water, but - for all that we
landed our passengers in 'Frisco just an hour
and twenty minutes before tho old Pioneer came
steaming in. .'
"The company gave me this fine gold watch
for the driving I did that day. Says Lent,
says he, Charlie, yoa saved us,' says he, and
Lent says it. Says he, ' I never took such a
ride. Half tho time I didn't know whether I
was in or out of tho coach, nnd I was bruised
iroui neaa io loot iikb jeuj, uui nu uie iime
M t i e m. lM- " 11 1 A 1 1 M 1
says I to the other boys, ' Charlie knows what
he's about. Says he, He's the best whip in
these diggin's,' says he. Whenever I mean
business I send for Charlie Crb well, and he'll
drive to the devil if I Want him to.' .-"'
" But," said Crowel, after a timo, " I wouldn't
take that ride again for all the money in this
State. ' I wonder I wasn't killed. I can't see
what saved me. I was just full enough to bo a
fool, that's the truth of it i but for all that I got
the gold watch, and a reputation for driving
faster than the devil, and I have pride enough
not to' go back on mv record. I have been driv-
ing twenty-five years, and never hurt any ono
nor had an accident to happen."
As a specimen of stage travel I think this
driving of Crowel's entitled to a place beside
the time of the " lightning train."
An Immense City.
Few people have any ndequato idea of the
immensity o f London. No such city ever exist-
ass f h a otj-v1 A twkfs-fclA l?v.AM . "
... .u, M.. ,iy wmcii covers
seven hundred square miles. Fancy a city
. w" " "Z ",e wnoi .OI
months. A city in which tho police register
contains the names and description of one hun-
serenty-turee mues oi Deer-snops ;ana gin pai-
. a - mm . e
acesj wnicn nas minj-eigut uwuaiiuu urunk
ards ; and which, though it numbers its churches
by Hundreds, would require ncariy a uioosana
additional nlacea of worship, if the entire popu
lutlnn nrna anniilind Andwhon nil these facts
. -, m t '-f-t fw
are ciouiea upon oy me imK.-tW... j
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nlly ran that cf memory mart utterly foil
preen, My trcthful portr.,, of fti. .mUC.
concentration of human fife and energy, and
Indostry.nnd wealth, and porerty. nnd vice.
and crime, and prosperity, and culture.
A-aiesune, more twrnan amoucs man Kome. U common! v supposed, and that Us treatment K frmpntlllnn when it was forked oviir left nu P"M,S,K .
more Irish than Dublin, more Scotchmen than jery co musT be governed largely by the Sr1 atrocious murder by shooting down a number
Edinburg.. A city whoso port contains every 0f tho patient's symptoms, oonsti- wr$ verthoronj;h,T mixed and ready for of goIculzen.b, what is known a. tle Laurel. L.g reign rVaX by ret
day a thousand ships ano nine thousand sailors, tution and habits. - r . ase. A similar compost may bo made by any Tliough Judge Settle ma.Ie a speech at Mar-
In which a birth occurs every five minutes, nnd j r Rnd lf the aM jhall. the county scat of Madison county, and f'"!
n death every eight minutes throughout the Homely Maxima for Hard Times. ; h com or b w In several other counties contiguous where the '5 rxoVlo rnTu mLZ.
year. In which twenty-eight miles of new Take care of the pennies. gWe greater valuo to them, their iromufgatlon Wla wl 'Z? rrt fad a rrTl f!r
street, are opened annually and nine thousand X we to yor spending. No matter il, Sa matter of ptiblie goo.1.-. .27. from hi, Up. until ho spoke Suw
new business houses are built every twelve yfhat comes in. if more goc out you will always ow .n ramm a. States viUe. UK,Ir ow n , ,
leather in One Hour.
Wonderful are the changes that IuiTe been ef- M
fected of late years in the manufacture of Icath-
er by tho use of chemicals and machinery, in I
place of the old-fashioned tan-pits and the slow
manipulation of the currier and tanner. If
some of our old leather manufacturers could be
resurrected men who were accustomed to
soaking their hides for years and turning them
assiduously at certain seasons how they would
store to see the. present process! But every day
we hear of something new in this direction. A
I joint-stock com Dan v was raenntle t'nrm1 in
I - , tr -i , J -" I
TVtrnit r.,rtha Vr j
, f- VA WWillSll" ICHUIC1 111 I
i one hour! i! We give the information for what
it is -worth; but it certainly dscs look like
sleight-of-hand. Tho process is a chemical one
performed by tho action of certain inexpensive
",aier,R13 i ",e compounamg oi wnicn in me
a 1- .11. m
right ProPrti?ns is secret- 11 claimed
that robes, tanned with the hair on. are soft as
the finest wool: hides of the deor, horse, dog.
etc.. are smooth and soft, while calf and kip
show the texture and grain which shoemakers
most admire. jNo bark is required except a
little to give the proper color to the leatlier.
Bnrk is worth $3 to $9 a cord, and about 200
cords are required to tan 1,000 hides by the
common method. Two cords would bo suffi
cient to give the proper color to the sarco num
ber of hides, and tho saving in this item will
bo enormous. We understand that the compa
ny are turning out from 2,000 to 3,000 hides
per month. How tho article is wearing wo
have not been iable to ascertain, but shall watch
the result with interest. Commercial Bulletin.
The "Western Insane Asylum.
The Commissioners of tho Western Insane
Asylum met yesterday and the day previous
at the Insane Asyhini. Tho President, N. Men
denhall. Dr. Eugene Griosom, Col. T. G. Wal
ton, and Gipt. C. B. Denson were present. Hon.
S. C. Harper, of Caldwell, also appeared and
took his scat, to fill a I vacancy, making the
hoard complete. Reports were made of much
interest from the master-builder, engineer and
architect, and the progress of the work found
satisfactory. The walls of both wings and the
centra are in rapid ' progress, over one and a
hairmillions of brick having been ''laid, and
twenty-six are being laid daily, the forco hav
ing been recently increased. The cost of lay
ing per thousand, including valuo of lime and
sand, is 89 v., being little more than one-half
of the lowest bid of twenty-five contractors of
fered to the commission. Tho woik is being
executed directly by the commission, under tho
superintendence of Jas.Walker.of Wilmington,
master builder. j
Water is supplied from the South Mountains
by six inch pipes, and is adequate to the future
wants of the entire institution. Jt will save tho
building Jof reservoirs, and the purchase of en
gines as it is received by gravity, with 168 feet
head. No annual expenditure of pumping will
be required, nnd no insurance, as the water
will-be laid on every floor and over the dome.
There ia already a largo daily saving at tho
mortar dcus oy mc use oi rue waicr irom me
pipes. Tho iron lintels and plates for the low
er course
of
j windows arc nearly ready, nnd
good supplies of sand, limo and other material
on hand, j Tho farm land was ordered to be
rented for the' ensuing year. It was determin
ed to experiment by careful tests -in regard to
the quality of the clay in the vicinity of the asy
lum, examine brick machines, arrange for a
supply nifwood. &c., in view of manufacturing
such brick as would be needed for tho further
prosecution of the work directly by the com
mission upon the expiration of the present con
tract fori three millions. More has been accom
plished with tho present contract than was an
ticipated, and the work will be vigorously pros
ecuted until winter. A report in full, with
itemized expenditures, as required by law, will
be rendered to the General Assembly. Raleigh
News. ' ! I' r
j ! i Hay Fever.
Dr. George M. Beard, who has been engaged
for several years in collecting facts with res-
pectto tho peculiar disease which affects many
1 - ... f .... I
i persons unuer tlio names " nay lever," "rose
cold," autumnal catarrh," etc., has published
the results of his investigations. Mr. Beard's
method's oftinvestigation havo been tho best,
perhaps that could have been adopted in the
premises. He lias enlisted tho members or tho
" Hay Fever Association" in the work of col
lecting accurato facts, and. by means of circu
lars, has investigated tho origin and history of
as many cases of the disease as possible, in all
parts'oftho country. The conclusions which
tho author draws are that Hay Fever, Roso
Cold ami Autumnal Catarrh are in effect vary-
i ino fnrma of one disease: that there is still
J another form of this disease, which has not
j been recognized hitherto, and which ho calls
July cold; that smoke, pollen, the odor or flow
ers, cinders, orignt ngus nnu nnuui uiusr
tilings act as exciting causes, somo in ono case
and some in others, but that the ultimate causo j
of this disease is to bo found in disordered or
over-wrought nerves : that brainworkers cler
oymcn, lawyers, editors nnd other professional
men are more liable than other persons to nt-
I - 1 I
tacks of u; lhnt it Una a tendency io wo
hcretlitary. as all nervous diseases have; that
the disease is much more easily reiieven man
bo poor!! The art is not In makjng money, but
teenin it i j
Littlo exnenscs. like mice In a barn, wuen
1 r. r - - -
th nre n,any Wake great waste
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vrmrrr.'::r7'-
tho thahrh goes off the cottage, and drop by
IJaiW S-ev liaiH rtAAld CTmZ. mill T KliaW SJ T BaliSlT
dro rain come8 inlo the ehamber.
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.A. barrel Is soon empty, if tho tap leaks bat
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droPft"nn " j ; , .
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to months ny thIcTe down tbo rod law.
Th, i,0 JV, gre.t w,l. In other
things keep within compass.
Never stretch your Jogs' farther than your
1 reach or you will soon be cold.
blankets wi!
In clothes choose suitable and lasting stalk j
not tawdry fineries. To bo warm .Is the
main thing, never mind the looks.
A 7 make monoy, bat it Deeds a wise
man to spend It. "t ; ,
Remember, it is easier to build two chimneys
than to keep one going. t
If you gie U to bock and board, there Is
nothing left for the savings bank.
Fare hard and work hard when you are young.
you will have a chanco to rest when yoa
are old.
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vittiiu wi .uouern iuara.
(
Th K"10 exhibited at Roocn measured near-
eIShtn fcot-
Gorapius saw a girl ten feet high.
The giant brought from Arabia to Rome, la
the reign of Cladius Cxcsar, was ten feet high.
' Fannum, who lived in the time of Eugene II.
measured eleven and a half feet high.
The Chevalier Somg, in his voyage to tho
Peak Tcneriffc. found in one of the caverns of
that mountain the head of tho Gunich, who had
sixty teeth, and was not less than fifteen feet
high. I
Tho giant Farragos, slain by Orlando, neph
ew of Charlemagne was twenty-eight foct
high. 1
In 1014, near St. Gcrnan was found tho tomb
of the giant Isolcnt, who was not less than thir
ty feet high.
The giant Bacart was -twenty-two feet high;
his thigh bones wcro found In 1703, near the
river Moderi.
. . In 1623, near the Castle in Dauphlny, a tomb
was found thirty feet long, sixteen wide and
eight feet high, on which was cut In gray stone
these words, "Keutolochus Rex." Tho .skele
ton was found entire, twenty-five and a fourth
feet longj ten feej across the shoulders, and five
feet from tho breast bone to the back.
Near Palermo, in Sicily, in 1616. was found
the skeleton of a giant thirty feet high; and In
1559, anoiher forty-four feet high.
Near Magrino, in Sicily, in 1816. was found
the skeleton of a giant thirty feet high; the
head wasj the size of a hogshead, and each of
teeth weighed live ounces. j
Wo hajre no doubt that there were giants In
those days, and the past perhaps was more
prolific in producing them than the present.
But tho history of giants during tho olden time
was not more remarkable than that of dwarfs,
somo f wlsotii were even smaller than tho Nut ts
and Thumbs of our own timo.
Mixed Farming.
In seasons liko somo when wheat and
corn and; oats are gradually injured by heavy
and continued rains, we seo the advisability cf
putting mom of our farms Into pasture, which
suffers from no such cause, is it not better to
have plenty of pasture nnd raise a few hundred I
head of sheep than to trust to the main crop,
and perhaps lose that by wet weather? Yoa
will douile your flock every year, and can thus
sell a largo number of sheep yearly, which al-
wavs command monev. You will have nice
f h for tllo fnmily. and mutton is health-
, et than work. Yon can hava I
your farm kept clean of weeds and brush, and
no other animal can fill their placo In this par
a
ticular, j .
It is true tho dogs will kill them. But yon
must kill tho dogs, or keep your sheep in ny en
closure at night that dogs cannot enter. This
is cheaply made of pickets. The sheep will be
come wonted to their enclosure, and a boy can
easily attend to enclosing them at night.
. But the pnsturo land that we speak of will
answer also for cattle, mules, horses, or bogs,
all or any of which can bo raised, and generally
more money will be realized from them than by
putting all tho land in cotton, wlieat. corn or
oats. Indeed mixed farming, where the farmer
has help In his own family, is the most profit
able farming not running deeply into anything
to which tho farm is adapted so that if there
is a failure of one thing there may bo success in
other things. Where markets aro available a
a good orchard is a valuable acquisition to a
farm, frequently brlngiug in more money from
a few acres than all the rest of tho farm will
Composting Manure.
This work is always in order, and ItsMmpor-
tanco cannot bo too often dwelt upon. For
moro than twenty years the farmers of this sec
tion liuvo' been markct-gardcncrs. and, while
the average quantity of manuro used by. them
in their gardening operations is from eight to
ten cords per acre, the avers go quantity of barn
yard manure is not ahoTO two cords per acre.
The great dependence is upon compost, on
which they havo kept np the fortility of their
land nnd. in fact, increased their crops. Some
time ago I mado a compost for a three-acre
ficlt costing ef twenty barrels of hen ma -
, twelve barrels of crashed bone nnd three
nure
barrels of Kayni (potash salts). Theso three
articles make up about all that vegetation needs
nitrogen, phosphato of lime and potash and
tho cost was $71.30. including f 5 for expense
of composting and $5 for carting the materials.
If manured with stable manure in sufficient !
quantity the cost of manuring the three acres
would havo been 9180. In making tho com-
U,e materials were laid np In a square
h j alternate layers, to the height of throe
Jt remfljned lhree day9 nntn well ,ientej
The Latost Wonder of Telegraphy.
Tlio readers of tho Traveller have been made
ennInted with the .wonderful Inventions of
I " 1
Professor Belt, by which musical and vocal
wuul" w '
clectne wires; but few, ir any, are aware oi me
a wondcrfa, rRSaiu which are saro to follow these
ImorovemenU In telegraphy. A few nights
. ' e,, (n rmmn!(mn !tK
I Ko ttM' .
t.,BmI).to ooorator in Kr Tork. nd com
mencca cWr.ment.ng o. of U. ton
tions pertaining to tho transmission of musical
sounds. He made use of his pUnetie organ
and played the tnno of America,' and asked
I .r I nrt.s unco w "'" i
the operator In Now York what tone he beard.
" I hear, the tune of America, replied New
York ; give us another."
Professor Bell then played Auld Lang Sjne.
" What do you hear nowf
I hear the tune of Auld Lang Syne, with
fall chords, distinctly." replied New York.
Thus the astounding discovery has been made
that a man eao play upon musical Instruments
In New York. New Orleans. London or Paris,
and be heard distinctly In Boston! If this can
be done, why cannot distinguished performers
execute the most artlsllo and difficult music In
Paris, and an audience assemble In Muslo Hall.
Boston, to listen t;
Professor Bell's other Improvement namely
the transmission of the human voice lias be
come so far perfected tliat persons bavo con
versed over ono thousand miles of wire with
perfect case, although as yet the vocal sounds
are not loud enough to be heard by more tluin
one or two persons. But if tho human voice
can now bo sent overiho wire, and so distinct
ly that when two or throo known parties are
telegraphing the voices of each can be recog
nized, we- may soon hare distinguished men de
livering speeches in Washington, New York or
London, and audiences assembled In Music
Hall or Faneuill Hall to lisUn.Z?! Zrac-
The Tax on Tobacco.
s
Definition of UiC Internal Iietenut Laws on To
bacco in Ciyarcttes.
WASniXGTOX, August 2L Tho following let- I
ter Is Interesting to nil tobacco dealers:
TbEASURT DtPABTMrHT.
Orncc or IXTEKXAt- llcviwrE.
Wellington. D. C. August 13.
To lion, H. L. Gibton Member of Congress,
Washington. D. C. I
Sir: Your letter of August 17. Inclosing a
letter from James E, Bat net. of New Orleans.
Louisiana, in relation to cigarettes made from
tax paid Periquo tobacco, has been received.
Mr. Pernct complains that In manufacturing
cigarettes from Periquo tobacco, a double tax
is paid; a tax first on tho toUacco. nnd then a
tax on the cigarettes made fru:u it, and yoa re
quest that this office adopt 'some rule under
which Periquo tobacco, when' made Into ciga
rettes, shall pay only one taxi ,
In answer I liavo to say. that tho Internal
revenue law imposes a tax of Iwenty-fonr cents
per pound on manufacturing tobacco, and pro
rides that the Lax shall lo paid when tho to
bacco is sold or removed from tho factory or
plaeo where made. Tho same lw imposes a
a tax of f 1.75 per hundred on cigarettes weigh
ing not moro titan three pounds per 1000. and
provides that tho tax shall bo aid when tho
elffrette sold are removed from the factory or
placo where made. Tills Giro has no authori-
tj to adopt a rale modifying, amending or an-
nulling the law rufctred to. If a manufacturer
of cigarettes buys ruanufacluivd rather than un-
manufactured tobacco, to be used as material in
tbo manufacture of cigarettes, ho does it from
Clioicc, nud tins cBiO cannot rrfuntl tl.o tax
lawfully paid on tho manufactured tolmcco. or
remit the tax imposed by law on tho cigarctta
made from it.
Very respectfully.
Gurcx B. Ralm.
Commissioner.
In this letter to Mr. Gibmn. Mr. Pcrnct says.
If this tax could bo removed, Louisiana would
next year raise 100.000 enrols of pei iquo tobacco
where this year 20,000 will bo made.
The Apple Worm.
Tlio question how to destroy the codling applo
worm enmo beforo the New York Farmer's
Club; and notwithstanding tliat its members
are not tho men whom tho writer would go to
for sound agricultural information, yet occa
sionally an outsider has something of impor
tance to say. At a late meeting. Mr. Sylvester
Lyons, of N. Y., said lhat ho recommended en
circling tho trunks of the applo trees wiih bands
of Iwiatcd hay and they had. proved a success.
But as this method requires considerable liaj,
and is a slow operation in twisting tho bandsa
better way is to fold straw paper and with twine
to surround the trunk of tlio trees at a height
that will admit of easy examination once In len
days or two weeks to destroy tho worms under
tlio bands. He said: "Tho paper bands were
tried by a wholo community in a small district
in Michigan, and found to ho very effectual. It
has been a Tcry common belief thst tho worm
causes tho apple to fall and falls wltli themsad
if bogs enough to consume tho fallen fruit are
placed in an orchard, the worms will all bo
destroyed. It is admitted that hogs are the
most excellent tenants of orchards and are very
1 1a11 worm-enters, yet they Jdo not have
acce" 10 A larS Vrion of the wormy apples.
and hence cannot destroy all of them.
SETTLE QUIBBLES A PIECE OF WAR
lUSTOBY.
What IS known as the Laurel massacre took
place in Madison county In tlie year 18C4. A
squad of men under ono Col. Keiih. wlw claim-
ed to hold a commission in tho Confederate nr-
mv. and not an officer of " Vance's militia," as
Judge Settle asserted here, after plunderiog
nrs..s
Governor Vance explained It . A fellow by
tlie name of Deaver. who tins deserved hanging
a dozen times since U laurel massacre, and
who Is now cither a revenuo striker or a United
States marshal, was ono of tho ring-leaders In
tliat atrocious and dastardlr crirao. Tids same
Denver chaperoned Settle on his mountain can-
rass carrying him from point to point In his
. n, , i i
duitzt, xji course is wouhi uuti kivmit
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ing. Bat didn't Captain SeU . w la o. when
Vance oxposed blm?-cmrz Landmark.
I i ;u . : sr. .it - w .!-.) .. ...i . Minnirv rma ncrrr siwi iu mil loeea
McClcllaa for Tildea.
uu
RtASoxs ron rami r m toe ma
ro&scsjixa all. tuz nxqvurtts rt-
MAXTjED BT TUB TTXES.
Tho fo'.lowlng letter of Gncrl McOc'.Un to
a friend In New York, appeared la the New
York papers a few d-ys ago:
Cobtkt. Caxada, Aog. 16, 1J76.
Afy Dear ir x Yoar very kind letter ol the
lOUi has mch'd me, and X a!ie concur with
yoa. Deeply ImpmseU by lh gravity cf Ue
Isroee Involved In the approacldcg lYridcBtlal
election, believing tliat the hoc or of tb rocs
Uy and-U wtll-bclrg of the people depend la
no small degree upon the result. I feet compell
ed to depart from the reserve that has become
habitual to me and esprrr Um enmcH coavic-
lions um press opun me. Lnurr a conilito
UonM government the formation of pr4itirl
parties Is a necessary cnequcc of the diver
sity of human minds and interests. Sentimen
talists in their close t4 my dream uf an ideal
republic, all of whose citizens are perfectly
wise, vlrtncKi, and comenurtdly cmnimocf.
but soeh a dream can nvrr b4 re! i ze-d tm HU
earth, and wo must rccognls tJ.e f tct that po
litical parties aro not only ncclvory bet bene-
fJCLI. act!ng. as they do. as cheeks open each
tional countries that wtten any pirty possesses
uninterrupted power for a long time. ejl!lj
when Ue minority it too weak to interpose any
cfScient check upon U actions of I 1m majority
like tendency Is that tho leaders become careless
nJ reckless, forget that thero Is any power to
which they are responsible, look opon oCk as
a personal possession and reward rather than a
public trust, and learn to regard their tenure as
permanent. So, too, the legisUllro bodies be
come inclined to a system rf extravagance thai
engenders corruption, facilitate tb formation
of rings, and finally destroys the prosperity of
the people. The only sure remedy In such a
a caso is lltat tbo people sliall. throogb the ballot-box.
4aco tho former opptiUon in power.
Tliat oar country is now in tho condition jast
described is proTcd by lite cnlrcrsal and per
emptory demand fur cump!cte reform by the
tho people, without regard to party. Am org
Democrats there Is no doubt as to tho manner
In which tlra change should bo accomplished.
Willi many Republicans the question Is wheth
er they can trust tho professions of their party,
or whether they must take the disagreeable step
of breaking away fn-m old political associations
by leaving the party under whoso administra
tion all tho evils of which they complain Lave
grown op, and act with tho Democrats, who,
from the fureo of circumstances most necessa
rily bo reformers. I have tho Ugliest respect
for Ote personal character and Intelligent of
the Republican candidate far tho Presidency,
and belivre Lira to bo an upright gentleman.
But it seems to me quilo Impossible that be can
change the organization and policy of his party.
The leaders who control and stupo its policy
would bo the same after his election as nowmd
it Is Idle to hopo for any change In tbcm or un
der llK-m.
it is now aiMimianuy cvhlcnl mat lia4 not a
Democratic 1 louse been elected la 1 871. it would
hare, been impossible to unearth the vaiious In
stances f maladministration tliat have come to
light, and It Is equally clear that until the Gov
crnmcnt passes Into llc lunds of the Democrats
wo shall never know the whole truth, wbatertr
It may be; and we need to know the truth as
to tlra past. Ihsl it may serve to guide us in the
futnre. Believing, as I firmly dt. thai every
consideration of honesty and sind sister
tuanshlp, every true national and inditidual In
terest demands the prompt Inauguration cf a
policy which sliall. in the briefest practicable
time, reduce every governmental esprnditore to
the lowest point enni Oleosa rate with honor and
cfTu-iency; regarding the reform of the civil
st-rvico in its 'broadrst sense, and with It the
enforcement opon nfSccholders of tho convic
tion that there only business is to perform llicir
public duties, nod not manipulate rty politics,
as an inherent part of lids reform; sntUHed lL--t
it must tie accompanied by financial measures
steadily directed toward tlo resumption of spe
cio payments wilhia the shortest possiMo pe
riod. I cannot for a momeut donbt lhal llwsa
all important ends wilt bo best, and In feci on
ly attained by tho election cf the candidate cf
lite Democratic inrly. But quotient of finance
and reform are not tho only ones which affect
our pretcnt and future. The recent war alter
ed forever some vexed questions; for cxam4c.
tlie asserted right of secession has disappeared
In a sea of blood ; slavery lias been abolished,
never to reappear; to the negro has boon given
tlc right of citizenship and soffrage. We have
nothing more to do with theso results, save to
accept them frankly, and watch that they re
main Intact. After many trials and Uibobulons
the Slates not long since arrayed la arms
against tho Gcdcral Government have re-tsUb-
llshed Ibctr relations with ihe Union, and re
tained their autonomy. Generous cvortesy for
rollers but gMUnt foe. and selfish policy, alike
demand lliat we should leave no Jost thing on
done 0l wilt restoro peace and weltbcing la
the Sooth, re-establish fraternal feelings la Uw
hearts of all our people, and cause our reccni
enemies to bo proud of and lore the gOTtrn-
roent of the Union and Its fbg. The welfare of
111 North is Inseparable fions thai of the Sooth
nnd our country can never hwi iu
of3ce and enforce tlie laws. While the epialoa
that Federal Interference should nsver he re
sort ed pa ex eept In the cases provlii lor la
11 Coaitltntl.. I alsn think that if any oul-
raftes are commiUctl ari the rights, persons or
pO'perly or any clllscn.w iwiere r nis race.w nein
cr black or white, and Ui Sute anthoritics
negteet beltalo to do lUlr doty, tliat the
reneral rovernment alKMild or go and aid them
in everr Irral wav to enforce order and jostice.
and sIkmihI use all its b-glllmato Influence ia
- n.-t Ar. run I Ur. mufatl.nl faith la Ue
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lw t .Wliy of .r twU-rj hcrthrt, u
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the rlghu of the hamUestof their fsiiow-cltkms.
In Ur. Tllden I am conUat max ws nave a
candidate possossUf all tit rtqulslua Itat
txlgeeclsaoftU time demanl. laaloege
reer be bat given the Barest proofs cf V.itr
7 Integrity. It is a vt ry eauy ltnr to p"
iwTia u oppececx, vai very d.rerrst aX
Hr !2frT7 it oot la omi own rrtr. Tt-'.s
Mr. Ttdea h La4 tho rare eotxrtgs and aUlt'y
to da. Arslast great obaUetet ho cotaor&ced
raJ Ihrecrh tL bercolesa Usk of Cht-
IngeceroptJow and tcnolsj lL jisrderers la
bis own pnxty, and it l almost soperSooes to
deny tJttt the coomg. merry. tUrirg rerse
verae and accmea he dUjircd la tbc mtta
orsbJe ct ntests rrorrs tUt t pemsesse la a
finiBwi aerree ti4 qiviiZcic.s so csoea
ne!edlaoar ehkf rajisiraLo ia rrrseat
ctUu "four aHirs. Ia rgrd to all cpeslioes
of fiasDce and refrexa we have U tare crilrrioa
cl tls pt la ensble ns to Um raUivecvh
iiim.R. io lis latare. In bis rucls turU
solely tefttlM is.k ftf n!iBr r.bend J 3SllC0
to the Suolh. bl! leslcvsly rof the rifMj
of the North, atu! I l.ces drcUed by the rrest
strn-xle etdl. I truV. aM fercr. AVhea
elected I Ulirec Jk? win enter opoa the ds'Je
rf ht hzU r nVe ;U V .--! r-zrrrw of
serviar ias country tsithfully. sj J with tvolow-
to the glorious uk cf retrifg the r-Uoa
p-msprrocs at borne, bcoorcd and respected
I wuo-14 Jiit toappedd t those ho la
civil life hATC bnoored tne mi'Ji llt frlenisi.lp
n'l tcrpert. acl espeeUHy ed tnml esrtesUy
to thro cnen & hrm I hsvt pever appeslod ia
vain my comrade cd Ujo wai and to ask
them to stsad oos more w lib me la ccr coca
try's r-at.-. la a rjf (teit now. as fartaerly
la a tledlterstrDgeteaadsapporttolbeotmost
Ue eleetiof tr. TlUkntolhIresSdorcy. I
brSievo tliAt it (noes now at suVe are sltullar
totlof6r hlcb we fwcet.t ibo honor and
wcH-Ulegoflb nation.
I am very tmly roors.
Globcc B. McCtntu.
XTcadrickj Speaks.
TDK WOIUxJ OF A ST ATM AX TII TACTICS
or rue Ku-raucAs coxDtxxriv cood
corascoirjrr txctm DniocaATto
KftX, SAD tXtCS KAttCAL tCLX.
Sitrt-RTTtur, Ixt, September 2v nva.
Thomas A. Hendricks spoke here to-algU. He
sai.1 be Lad yielded Io bis friend s. and will
make this aad a few other addresses to lbs peo
ple. He saU that in a recent speech Got trace
Morton saM: -In soch a campaign, with
slander as the chief weapons. Republicans must
be excused If they speak plainly of the poetical
character, history and porpose of their an U go
nuts. Hendricks contlaned: " At the close ci
that speech there rrrca'ned no coestloa that
tbe campaign so far as Morton cocU give It
character, was correctly described as cX sUader.
No man of intellect or obscraiio hs fxilod Io
see that mUrvreescntatioa f the motites cf the
DemocmU Is Ue par poet and policy of Lbs press
end speakers of the Republican party. They
charge cwadoct. attribute motives and Iszpcle
scoliraeaU cdopiaioas wholly unknown to Uo
pnrties arrack rd. language Is atUibrded which
was never used, or so misquoted aad garbled as
to Import a mexnirg tevcr IaUadeL A csase
most Itvlced be desperate when Us vmd 'cation
requires a resort to means so slespicablo and
wicked. 5 -
M Ia this great Centennial year wbM Is tbo
troth and your duty and aim la res peel to the
Sooth? Ibotrrpcml my letter ed aeeeslsnce
when I say that all the people null be nude to
feel aad ktxw tlial once more ibcrs ks sslsb
lUhcda porpote and .policy nadcr whUh a!l
cilizeni of every condition, race and color wI3
be secure la the erjojmctst of whatever Hgbts
the Constitution snd laws declare or recognise;
and that fee Is a dangeroos enemy cf Ms coca
try wbo woold arooso or fatter seclioaai an
tagonism. In bat two Soo'Jera Suits U tbere
b!oodl.rd aed ileath between the races. Ia
Uie States al. nc. Ixrulslina and Soollt Caro
lina, is llat lUpublican parly dominacL 'la er
ciy 4.ber State of tle Sooth tbo pecj le hare re
covered anl reslored the American rigtl aad
power of self-goremmeBt and tbo negro raco
Itas erased to be l!e Uul of the party, and peace
and harmony prerad and prosperity is rapidly
returning to alt."
Governor Hendricks pr.lt ef the rcTtoralioa
of barmooy in Arkantts and Mississippi afUr
the overthrow of tbo lie pu Mica a admlaUtrsllca
therein. He ssid tbo same story tells tb his
tory of North Carolina. Texas and Alabama.
Why not restore South Csroliaa anj IoslsUaa
lotleUcssirgsof good g-iret noent. tliat blacks
and whiles alike and tegrtber may dwell nadcr
tbo mild iafioenco of pcoo and harmony as
wise men and ciiliens? I ask yoa to jodge
whether il bo right, expedient or LsrxAne to
cootiaoe the men ia power wbo make political
gala oot of scents of violence and t4oo'.sl.cd.
W. A. SMITH AS A DLSEEpni -HUNTER.
We copy the follow leg paragraph from the
Raleigh Standard, of Oct. tl. 143. then edited
by Hoi Jen. as aa evidence of the seal and eJ
cieney duplsrcd by Msj. Smith, now Radical
candidate for IJenlensnt-Goversw-. ia the par
suit of deserters for whom be now professes so
much friendship:
We learn that twcnty-Cre deserters bare
been arrested In Jolinstoo coo&ty wiihin tbo
last week or two. There are bat few remain
ing ia thst County, and they win rrohabtv be
gathered op soon. Major Smith and bis Home
Gcard am very active."
MORE TESTIMONT FHOU -THE STAN
DARD."
The Raleigh Saadird. edited by W. W. Hol-
dsn. la October. IBCX nfenicg to the activity
displayed by W. A. Smhb and Abrs la bant
ing deserters speaks thus:
North Carolina has fewer deserters ti-sa any
other Stale, and la this respect as ia others sbe
is dulng her fall duty io the caase; and yet sbe
Is suspected ia ccruia quarters snd the gresl
mass of her people, wbo art ConscrrsUres are
lclJ op as sBtrae to the Soath. It is rr ported
Uu.: certain Cvfelerate oSrers ia this Sute
are la posing on the old Umm men. tat now
true Confederates, because they were "not
right la Mm begioning." It It llie Jaty cf these
ufHcers to arresl deserters, aad Sot engage la
pi .lilies, or Iropiast on any pottlr-a cf the peopbj
on aecvonl of Uclr ptditkal tpil's. If any
pruof of sach ImpropiT or cpjesslvt condoct
wi Utrlr part should be laid befure Gov. Vance.
w tell these Seers lht be will rept tbcta
and bare Lhm severely deaH with."
Here Is lestlosemy ft Gov. Tance frota no
less a pers tbaa H olden who eegbl octtslaly
bow be good anlbcrUy oo that select. IT Ibry
wcveas wOU&Sto tsll tbo trstb now ea ttsa
tbere woo'-l be no need to rtf-tt tit a from
tie rir own moc-d-rU'rix
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