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ORTH Carolina Citizen. VOL. VII. ASHEVILLE, N. C.. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 2, 1876. NO. 39. LOCAL IJear it in mind—that all work clone in the (,’iTrzEN’ Job Ullice is strictly CASH on delivery. osisa 'I'acaia^'S'. For the Senate—Thos. T), John ston. For the Ilonso of Representa tives— M. K. Carter and J. C. Sams. For County Commissioners—J. E Rankin, John Reeves, John G. Chamhers, II. K. Rhea and Robert W. Brank. For SlierifT—Levi Rlemmons. For Register of Deeds—Jas. R, Patterson. For '’rreasnrer— J. E. Sluder. For Coroner—Dr. W. L. Hilliard. .39tti DistrictF. Young, of Yancey, and (i. X. Folk, of (Juldwell. 41,'t District—G. S. Ferguson, of Ilay- Tvood. 42(1 District—James L. Robinson, of Macon B-'oi* BBomsc ol* Ropu*es«*Tni3nl.iYc«* Ynncy county—Vv. W. Proflilt. Madison county—II. A. Gudger. Haywood county—F. M. Davis. lliicon county—Dr. Rush. Cherokee and Graham—-Jas. M. Coop er. : 'JFBCKIOTM! I JJ®* Our paper may be delayed next TiiC Citizen Office is prepared week in consequence of our waiting to to furnish tickets at the following | obtain (dectiou rerurn^^. We liave rates, cash tc accompany all orders : ' made arrangements to obtain tlie re- Connty tickets, complete, $1.50 i tuins form all portion.^ of Western per thousand. Xoi-rh Carolina and from lialtdgh (tn- Legislativc, $1.00 per thousand, i news from other Stares) Congi-essional, gl.OO per thoi.e-i P;f’f"! . ® ^ expect to bear the tidings of a glorious ^ _ State and national victory to thousands For any single ticket, $1.00 per j of hearts who may bo anxiously await- thousand. Maried.—On the ‘Jotli inst, at the Presbyterian Church, this jilace, by Rev. W. Morri.son, Mr. .J. A. l\IoDowell and Miss Louisa A. -Murphy, all of Ikmeombe. The Tilden and Vance Club.— Remember the meeting of the Tilden and Vaticc Club in tins pface on Satur day afternoon at 3 o'clock: most iiipoi'- tant mattcM’s are to be considered, and every u»oinbcr slioiiid be p'-esent. the. result of the battle of next Tuesday, between reform and hone.sty unrl tltc basest corriiplion that ever enrsed a civilized people. Haywood court is ii.’. se.ssion this week. Scv<Tal of onriawyers arein attendance. Our bar is divided this week between Yancey and Haywood courts. Tlie Senior is in attendance upon Ilaj’wood court, this week. Mr. James H. Merrimon. who lias been ubeent some weeks in Philadelphia and oleewhere, returned lioine this week. It would seem that the bottom was fall ing out w’hen such Repniilicans as Marcus Urwin refuses to support Settle and Smith. The reasons he gives for such action can not be contraverted. Quite a number of our citizens have this week gone over to Morganton and Marion to see Old John Robinson’s big Show Only those who did not go to the IJcntiMinlal t(H>k this trip. Col. Fago is now on a tour through the We.stern comities engaged in—Hea ven knows what. Our friends in the section through which he may have {«6s<‘d should be ou the alert for any deviltry that may have been enacted, *@5“ Our friends in every locality will oblige ns by sending in to the Citizen, at the earliest possible moment, the returns af the ejection in tlieir respective locali ties on Tuesday ne.xt. The Bomb Shell which Major Marcus Erwin threw in'o the Republican camp at this place on Saturday last did not fall short of the mark, and we learn did m«ch damage among the blind bollowers of Settle and Smith. Vote for the “Ratification” of ,tlie Constitutional Ameudmend.—- A victory witliout these amendments would not be complete, a.s almost the very life of a large numl>cr of the citi zens ofthe State ‘are dependant upon them. Bewake op Fraudulent Tickets.— Onr Democratic friends in every locality canuot be too careful in e.xamining their tickets, State, national and county, before depositing them. Bogus Democratic tickets are being widely circulated—let DO lover of l^eform be fooled by them. Vote the strai/jhl Democratic ticket. White men of AVestern Carolina, yeur friends in other sections of tlie State are anxiously looking to yon for help next Tuesday. Let them not be ' disappointed in ii<, but let every man go to the polls and vote for Tildei'i, Vance and the Constitutional Amendments. The Rad barbacLie—better known as the Grant f-i-z-z-I-e—of last Thursday, in tills place, proved of benefit to tlie Democratic party. Quite a number of the Republicans present became disgus ted and left the party. Can’t Col. Fagg it Co. get up another before next Tues day—the democrats will contriliute thereto. The Radicals of this section—the of fice-holders—are vainly ende.avoring to hold their Iieads up under the prospects before tliem next Tne.sday. Like the rest ofthe 98,000 Grant bi-igade that arc garrisoned in every quarter of the Uni- r«<l States, they see tlie hand-writing on the wall and are tretubliiig thertat.— •‘They have been weighed and found —full of corruption.” We confidently believe that Gov. Vanoti will carry this State next Tues day by not less than 15,000 majority, nor will the Xational ticket nm far be hind this iiiajiirity. The euthusiaem in the c*;nters and eastern portions ol the State nee almost beyond boujid. Umntentional Tn.iu.stice.—In noti cing recently the fact tliat Mes.srs. Wed- dln & Bailey had leased all ofthe Flcm- mons’ stage lines in this section, we Inclnded the line from Tlcndersonville to Greeiivilli', S. C. T’liis was a ini.«tak<', as this line is under Ihe management of Messrs, Pinkney Rollins and T. W. Tay lor. who also have control of the line from this place to Hendersonville. Be at the Polls Early.—Onr friends here and elsewhere should I'O member tlie importtince of being at the polls early on Tuesday iu‘xt. Let every vote possible be polleil in the moi'iiing, in order tliat all absentees may be look ed after before fhe day elo.ses. A hard day’s work i.s before us, and let no lover of libert.v cease his labors until tlie going down of the sun on the evening of the 7t.h. . Let Us Have a Day of Work.— We see that in many places the business men have I’c.solved to devote next Tues day entirely to the effort of electing our State and Xational tickets. Surely every lover of Reforni should be willing to work this one day for the success of our democratic ticket. Wjll not the business community of Asheville give this much help to those who have been struggling lor montlis in their behalf? XOTICE TO ilEMBEkS OF THE FIExT General Assemaly.—We are reques ted by Col. Tate, Superintendant of the W. N. C. Railroa<l, to say that a special engine and car will leave Henry’s for Salisliury on Sunday, the 19th inst., at 1 p. ni., for the especial benefit of the members elect to the General Assem bly, which wd! jilace tliera in Raleigh on Monday, tlie 20rh, the day of Die as- semblingof tint Legislature. THA'r Vote whicli Bill Candler gave in the House, by whicli the Convention was called, has been a hard thing for him to fight during the present canvass —he cannot reconcile tliis action and his present fight against the amend ments. He boasts that lie voted for tlie call of the measure for two reasons— to kill the party and to prevent the I^-eg- islature remaining in session longer in order to send fbr absent meinl>ers. Does William remember thatit was gen erally understood on fhe Democratic side of tlie House that lie would vote as ho did whenever it was necessary, and that he only voted when Itc saw a Dem ocrat, the delegate from Xash, we be lieve, rising in his seat to make the eigh tieth man, the requisite number. Wil liam only voted J] seconds before it would have been too late for him to kill tke2)ariy. A Narrow Escape—A Staok Capsized ON THE Mountains.—On W'ednesday uiglit of last week a narrow escape from death was made by a number of persons en rouifi from this placc-to Henry’s, by the upsetting of a stage down a precipice some fifty feet high, some two miles this side of Henry’s and about a mile from the top of ,the mountain. The occupants of the stage were Maj. Engelhard,;Mr. Henry Nutt, Mrs, Wm, parseiy, Mrs; W, P, Taylor and children, all of Wilmington’ and Mrs. Brosher, of Tennessee, Maj. En-- gelhard and two of the ladies being.,on the top of the stage. The accident was ocoAsioned by one of the lead horses beco ming unruly aud falling agaiusflhc horse next the precijiice and pushing him over; this caused the right wheel horse to go over also pulling with him the right fore- wiieet, an j in this critical position the drive ^ Our general jn^jjarity iu Buncombe, this year, will reach quite 800. Tlie canvass in this county closes this week It has been a m.r't rigorous ono, and from every section of it we have the mosttlatteiing reports. IJuiicornbe will unquestionably considi'rabh' increase the Merrirnon inajovifv .>f 1872. Macon County,—A f-ttcr from Ma con county, under dale of Monday, says tliat our prospects arc brigliteiiiiig in tiiat county. A full vote will be brougiit out, and this means an increased Dem ocratic majority. The majority for Messrs. Young and Folk, Democratic candidates for the Sen ate in the 39th District, will go over 1 000, Radicalism has its hands more than full in running against these gentlemen. To have good health medicine is nec* es.sary occasionally. As a family med icine we can recoinmoud Dr. Bull’s Veg etable Ribs, and advise all to liave a box constantly on hand for cases of ne cessity. Wc wouldnot h.ave the feelings of the Federal office-holders in this section jnst now for agrear. deal—their nervous trmnbliiigs so disturi> them • tliat their slumbers are haunted by spectres that resemble much the march of Reform that next week is to hurl them from power and place. Mr. Win. C.andler, wlio was placed no on the Radical Legislative ticket in tins county because it was ttiought he could easily walk over tlie course, will almost unquestionably come out at the tail end of the race, even behind his confrere Mr. Ashworth. HD 'Masted personal popv..'ari'i.y ^ f-'U'rl. If the functions ofthe liiver are in any way disordered, the wliole boby, and not only the body, but the mind sympathises with the disturbed organ. Bilious coiuplaiiits are more common than any other (li.sease; and to remove the bile, as well as to regulate the Liver, you only liave to take Simmon’s Liver Regulator, whicli wiil impart new liie and vigor to the wliolc sy.stem. Messrs. Phillips and Cobb spoke at Burnsville, Yancey county, on 'L'liesday, having been es<-orted into town by Dolph Leaver and Ed. Ray with tlie negro band from this place. 'J’liey norateil for about three hours, and were follow ed by Capt. J. M, Gudger, who, onr in formant says, completely riddled them. He does not think those speakers will invade Yancy again with a negro brass baud. He puts the county down at 500 majority for Tilden ami V^ance. McDowell County—Says the Char lotte Observer: “Mr. J. W. Bright, a merchant from Dysartsville, McDowell county, reports everything as very fiattoring for Tilden and Vance, and gives tlio names of live Republicans, living in his immediate mngiiborhood, who have come out open ly for T'ihlen Vance and reform, and siiys there are mmihers of others who will change, but that they are quiet about it. His opinion is that McDowell will increase lier Merrimon majoflty' more than one luindi-ed votes,” A 'I'ilden and Vance Club, composed principally of farmers, was formed at YTmiig’s Store in Cain -River Valkw, Yancey coimty, on tiie Civenlng of the 2Ist ult. Thomas A‘. Houston wa.s made Pre.sidentand Wiley W. Wilson Secrora- i*y. A serle.s of patriotic and earnest resolutions were adopted, which have been furnislied ns for publication, but the crowded condition of our columns prevent us from doing sof Leave was asked to submit tlie names of aged and invalul persons who were anxious to join l)nt unable to be present, whicli was granted. Mr. IL A. Gudger, notwithstanding he has one radical federal pension agent to HAM. DEMOCRACY OUT IN FULL FRONT. ’J'he^IcIntireGate-A Valuable NOBLE LITTLE GBA- Patent.—Onr townsman, Mr. Jas. Mc- Iiitire, has recently obtained a patent for the best farm gate we liave ever ex amined. To describe it we cannot, to be nnderstood, but it is simplicity, cheapness, neatness mid durability it self—-a more tliomugli combination of all these virtues than we have ever be fore seen in a gate. Tt ean he very cheaply comstmetedy in a manner, ifpro- feiTcd. not to require nail's or iron, will be most substantial, never ‘^ag,’ and impossible to Ijk? raised off of the hinges when closed. It will answer for far oryartigate. Mr. Meintire Mil! have a model on exhibition during f»Hleral court week,and doubtless M’ill sell State and county rights.. We niihc.sitatfngly pnHionnce rf’ snperiot to anything iii The gate arrangement we have ever seen. The greatest merit is in the very excel lent manner of liangtng tlie gate. Let all examine it. It is triiily a -vahuible invention. Messra. Engelhard, Gen. Vance Mobinson and Cooper to the Front. Bob Ckmin. succeeded in holdine i u -i > i tlio brakes suffleientlv. with the aid ol' i “fPOSO. besides a pseudo democrat.c can- the remaiolng wheel horse, to allow tho ■ is carrying the field before him. occiipaots of the stage to jump out, which ^ This is the liottcst contested county in the occupied only a few moments, when Bob, j State, and i)iit few have the petty trickery finding it impissible to kiep the stage ' and deinag»guery to run against that .Mr. from going over, himself jumped olf, the j G. has, but his triumph will be complete, stage and horses falling a distance offif jMr Hollins'wliiskey,and Mr. Rumhough’s ty feet, the former falling bottom up ! trickery can’t defeat him. Mr. G. has with the horses beneath it^ so badly in-[ stood up too faithfully to the railroad in juring one of them as to cause las death. | terests, and other interegtsjof Madison, for The escape of the passengers was more ! that people to permit him to b« beaten fortunate, as had they not gotten out the | by the revenue ring, with Judge Dick and fall would unfloubledly have pr«v«d f*- i his federal court crowd to help them. Let to BOHJ* of them. 1 the good men of Madison stand- firm. Rial IloAi> Barbecue —Onr Cliero koe friends celebrated the beginning of railread work in their comity, on the IGCli inst, vvirli a line picnic. At least fifteen hundred people were present — The convicts were out under Gen. Gor man, in fine condition and spirits-— When the time arrived for ceremonies to begin, in the presence of the im mense throng, Pre.sident Fain, and En gineer Simmons. with spades in hand, broke dirt, aiul tlie biizzar of the crowd uent up to iioaven in an outburst of grafitnde for a gleam of light at last — thanks to a d<‘moeratic Legi.slutm-e. tjon. Vance and Gen. Hampton made railroad speeches. Gen. Vance always carries .any crowd witli him, and all the railroad people of F'herokee feel that in him they have a friend in deed, he hav ing subscribed liberally to their rail road. The occasion was an enjoyable one for all, and we sincerely trust the amendments may be carried, so tliat onr Cherokee friends will not lose the convicts, and their road maybe finished. The Citizen is gratifioil to see the poli cy it fir.st publicly advocateil, carried out. That RouzER.-Thac “grand repub lican rally and barbecne” last Thursday Avas a f-i-z-z-l-e—tailure, and fraud.— No Jim Blaine was there,, no Tourgec »lis l'"liilli;)5, or Hv :;k-ii,”or Morton, or any ‘colored orator,’ or any of the men advertised were there, or that “115,000,” hut, oh ! shades of the mighty men of Gath, Lu.sk was there, aud Fagg were there, aud Cobb was there-—an en<l—and Mr. High, aud .Mrs. High, and the Mis.ses High, and all the colored ladies, and bable.s, and children, and youths, ami all their kinfolks, and their relatives, and their relations with some reveiuies, and Jake Bowman and a few^ marshals, and several olfice- holders, and right smart good people— and—aud—some—only some, raw meat and not very much bi’ead. Lnsk spoke— Cobb enthused— Bowman felt big. fi'he band blowed—but when GOV. FAGG riz to speak, tlm colored ladie.s sinole a smile and then tlierc.se of the crowd—scattered—moved oil—left. 'Fhe governor moved tilings n hcii lie lets off. Ifc said he moved liiniself 1300 miles, fiom Asheville to Raleigh, once, to at tend the legi.slature and drew mileage for tiiat distance,—but his movements seem to profit himself more than others. Various and sundry excuses were ren dered for the failure, hut, the great truth stands out, radicalism i.s done for in North Carolina. Onr pious friend Postmaster Fagg, dismissed liis congre gation witli those sweet and never-to-be forgotten words : “Ye living men. come viewqiie groimil, Wtiere wo must sliortly lie.” The band tiieii came back to town, ut the head of the persesliion-of Gov. Fagg, playing. “Behold the great chieftain, Wlio in triuiiiph advances.” And then the governor disbanded— smiled away up into his beaver, and re tired with other laurels to bcileck and beantifiy liis ever graceful brow. Chrkring Xkw8.--A gentleman wri ting us'from Charlotte, under date of the 31st, says: Please say to our mountain friends that the middle aud southern counties are all for'l'ilden and Vance. I nevei in my life saw such an iuterest manifested by the leading business men. I would not be surprised to see all business suspended on that day, and see every man out work ing for the success of Ti'lden and Vance. We formed a colored Tilden and Vance BBamr<»<1 BInmpton svikI To?>e Axloy»«y si Piece. We were truly gratified to be with onr Graham friends on tho 19th, tlie occa sion of tlieirgrand democratic barbecne. Graham is one of the best counties in tlieSfate, in m-ore respects tlian one, and'we were pleased to find many evi dences iff iimprovinent since our last vi*^ it. Some of tlie finest farming lands in the State are rn this county, and a gen tleman from Ohio has rectnitly perclia*i- ed a lino farm and sent down over one lumdred improved sheep. We certain ly wLsli him the grandest success.— Wool-growing must .soon become a prof- fitablc business for tlil.s country, and we hail with pleasure any efibrt to begin that good work in onr country. But to the barbecue. We reached Robbiiisville that morning, having join ed Gen. Vance and Maj. Engelhard at Clay, and accompanied them aroiin l through Cherokee. We found over a thousand of tlie good citizensout, ladies gentlemen and ehllrh-en. 'The speaker’s stand was in a oeaiitifnl grove near the town, and many seats Jiad been provi> ded, but not enough to accommodate one-half the crowd. The following gentlemen were nevj^ ters of ceremonies.-—X. G. Pliillifm, President; S. P. Sherrill, John Yoley, Steven Whitaker. Allen Ammons. Maj. Engelhard wa.s first introduced by Mr. Phillips, and spoke for two hoars in his terrible arraignment ofthe radical revenue ofil(R'«holdcr’s party. The effect was marked and iminecliatc several who heretofore have suppor ted the radical party came oiit'‘square ly, dcelaring they had been deceived long enough, ‘'tliat somHhing wrong was the m.atter with tlie ooimtry, tfie radi cal party in power has brought about this wrong, ami we mn.st have a citange in administratioM.s or suffer III iicli more.’’ Tiion the mnltitnde was marched up to two very long, neavlly iadeiied tables —lioth just groaning under the weight of good things prepared by the good people of the county. ’Phere w.as enough and to spare. Everybod3' was invited to partake, and did, republicans as well as democrats. Tlie dinner was a splendid success in every I'espect. A r.iin coming up forced the crowd into tlie court room, wliere Gen. Vance, tlie favorite, ami Gen. Hampton ad dressed the mooting. The way of it i.s, Gen. Vance will, an ovcrwiicliiiitig vote, be retiimed as liis own siieces.-ior, and Ramrod goes around Jnst to con sume time. The people are all oneway in Graliam, for Jiob Vance, Jim Robin son aud Capt. Cooper, and wry nearly so tor all the balance of die ilemocratic ticket. Capt. Robinson for the Senate, made a short speech, but, like all th:it getitlv- maii says, it vvas torcible, iinpi-f's.sive and efi’ective. He lias no opponent, and will be elected by a unanimous vote. Messrs. Cooper aud Axley, eaiididatos for the House, .«poke. We are satisfied from this speaking that Mr. Cooper will beat Mr. Axley more than he did .Mr Campbell last year. He used Mr. Axley up, specially on the convict labor and the coiistitntioiial ameiidinents, iiot- witlistaiiding lie declared Tom Axley hadn’t roused liim up yet. Mr. Axley’s assertion, as a lawyer, that the coiistitu- tioii need not be amended to coiitliiiie the use ot the convicts on onr Western road, is a terrible commentory upon his judgment of law. AprEH the eleo TlOii, if the (imendme/its are not carried, the radicals ut Raleigli will have die convicts all carried hack, because tliey Want the money spent there. CaiiT our Western people nnderstaml t]ii.-> This concliKted tlie speaking, ami tho large crowd <lispersed to Miri; homes Club Friday night of 28 members, an'l , ....... ... a great many more say thej- will join to- i detennined to loll nj) a larger ma- night The bottom seems to be dropping j than evei'. out, and if the enthnsiasra that is now I Tins is political now fbr the social. manifested lasts until the election this I in vninpany with some ofthe county will give Vance such a majoiity as ] gents of the connnmiity, we was never droiiaed of. Let the mighty ' bevy of young ladies fVom tidal wave roll on, and I hope in a few ; and friends of Mr. Jfiiillips^. days our country, State aud muioual.will j cl'‘Fer ho.st, and wended on,- way b« rid of the most corrupt wt of officials 1 »>f tnat eon.teons gentle- tho world ever law. * 1 CONTINUED TO FIFTH PAGE.
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