ASIIKVILI.fi CITIZEN
TlftTRSDAT, Sept. 26, 1878.
OIB(UI 9r«aa of lit linui;
■' *f Bmiroabe
■rial Ofinorrmtlr Org»« •!
the Blchih l>l»lrlr«.
fWTTint ASHEVILLE CITIZEN l*.pnh»ahe<f
Thursday and fnrtaiihed to «Tib*erO*er«,
poatr^e paid, at Two Dojxar* i*kr Annum, or
On* Poixar for *lx mouth*, (luvartably In ad
.. wwo.) ' •
pr \dvertUementa Will ho inserted at on
.toiuir per square (one inch apace) for tb# f»r*v
Insertion. and fifty cent* for each subseqnent
Insertion. Liberal contract rate* will be made
with reimlar sdvertlsens -
Hr-Obituarr Noticed, oeenprinir more than
twenty Mae*, .will be charged for at the rate of
live cent# per line. ' . ______
■ - . FTKMAN A 8T0N1S.
FOR CONGRESS.
fMli Canfirwialannl Dlafrlet,
HON. ROBT. B. VANCE,
_OF BlJN.COM BE
KVIlTdRUVi BRIim
Cavalry and cattle men have had
• fight with Indians thirty-fiTe
miles from Dodge City ; one Indian
killed and ono aoldior wounded;
military retreated in good order.
Mr. Blame thinks that Butler is
a “lamentably successful cross be
tween the fox and the hog." It
seem* to ns that the fox has all
hcen worked oulof him.—Aero Yurie
Mitt.
All© POUlU Vvurunuu xv» muuu
(running from-Oolnnibia to Charles
ton) has passed into hands of a
receiver, under a decision recently
givenby Judge Bond in Baltimore,
The road is hopelessly insolvent.
Hon. Fernando Wood gives it as
his opinion that we are oh the
eve of. a tremendous reaction in
trade, and that the greatest, pros .
purity the American people have
' known is awaiting them. We
trust that Fernando knows what |
lie is talking about, as we are oer- !
tainly ready -for a reaction in
tnulu ' '
Judge Baxter, jof the United
States Courbet Cincinnati recently,
in passing upon ah application to
allow railroads in the hands of re
Co vers-to*be garnisheed, remarked
that the practice of placing raiK
roads in the hands of receivers,was
altogether too commohi, and had
' beci,me a great evil. He said he
had observed that j when a reoeive*
got possession he generally ran the
road for the benefit of himself and
employes, including attorney, and
he (the J udge) would hereafter see
that there should be a reform ih
his circuit. Tor the lienefit of both
creditors and stockholders. If the
prwwpdiugs Ui suit and realize were
not pushed to a conclusion* he
—wolHirvaciite'tbe receivership hm'i
give the road back to the company
Thu mortality among the child
ren in tile yellow fever districts is
altogether unprecedented. During
one day in New Orleans, wbeii the
death roll numbered eightv-one,
. thirty five of that number on the
list were children under twelve
s-jwssRgnwwKr .tise?** ha** ksxau'yiwjp,
at • r spirt- r^to ever since the
soourgb m-gsn its "deadly work in
the South. The benevolent asso
ciations are so overworked that
they are nnalde to answer alf calls
mailenpon them, and the little
ones; unable to iako care uf. them
■ gBIVea," ott'ch die WitlKMtTaTtf ntiVn
—The death of these innocents is one
of the saddest features of the pes
tile n ran
in*} of tilt bodies of tlio dead, has
illway* tieon repugnant to the feel
iims of civilised and cultured men
but there are those in Mmu
. phis who believe it to be the only
means of relief from the occutuula
turn of corpses in that city Many
cjffflwjf ifaf *3Wtfhiried, and
... iJuffi "a^ken to tile cemeteiy they
ara thrown into hastily-made
graves and only a few inches of
. earth is thrown over them, so that
—the cemeteries add to the stench
which fiU the air. It is thought
better to barn the bodiee, repug
nant at it may. be, than to alhmr
the city to remain a vast charnel
house.
- TMK -UOWAUM.'’
-In the harrowing * detailswhich
reach ug dally from the piague
slicken cities of the South, we see
consla.it mention of the “Howard*
and the question naturally arises why
these humane and benevolent aaso’
ciations are called “Howards?"
The whole matter, will be fully ex
plained by. an article on the sixth
page of the Citizen, which we copy
from the Nasheville American. We
coaid not precept the rising genera
tion, nor apy other generation,
with better, reading.... How truer it
ist “That the good men do lives
after them.” ._ ...
A Naw and Wonderful Light,—
The N York correspondent of the
Raleigh Obtervtr says:
Among the wonders of the pres
ent age that of a new light is not
the least wonderful or important
An electric light, that threatens to
supercede gas and oil. It is in
use to a small extent in London,*
and a writer who has seen it Bays
that “the days dr if yon prefer, the
nights of gas are numbered." The
latter stands now. in comparison
with the electric' light, where the
whale oil lamp of fifty yeai 8 ago
stood m comparison with the gas
lamp of that time. ' “It is easy to
read ordinary manuscript at night
nnywheie Within 300 feet of one of
these lights, and yon can read the
pages of a duodecimo printed vol
ume as comfortably aB by the light
of the sun at dawn. This compari
son comes naturally to the mind,
because the quality ol this light
singularly resembles that of the
sun in tire early morning. The
street seen at daybreak, and it is
easy to understand bow the night
birds of Paris, for example, have
found it impossible tq, ply their
trades in the unnatural day it has
for them wherever it has been used
in that city. Obviously it is de
stined to be a sort of police torpe
do in all great cities, changing all
the conditions of bight-life, and act*,
ing upon CHein -who work-in dark
ness, and love it, ns ths opening of
highways through .a wild country
acts upon a savage people. Of its
immediate availability at sea there
con be no sort of qneftion. It is
the inevitable light of the future
light house all over the worlfL”
s The accounts from the yellow
fever sections record the noble her
oism of the wife.. Not a single
instance is given, to the credit of
woman, of a wife deserting her
stricken husband; though to the
shame of man be v it said, the hus
band his in some instances deser
ted his family.
Joe "Turner is likely to have a
Jivyly, ..thm ixitUa...\Vaka. Xlongress-.
ional District. Having gorl^ over,
‘•horse foot and dragoons,* to the
lladicals, they are now spewing him
up. “Blow-Your Horn*’ billy
Smith, of Johnston, has taken the
stump against him, and OraDge,
his own county, will fail him—rthe
-Republicans there will not,support
him. Poor old Joe ! His “kick
ing -up behind and before” can do
him no good now.
tant ministers and laymen baa been
called to meet in Trinity churcb,
New Turk, on.i/he 31) tl) of Oetobeiy
to diacuaa the question of the se
cond coming of Christ. Moody,
^mtlcey.‘normally well knowndmne
‘ wttPateend.— The- Rev, ttr. Mephen
II. Tyng stated at the preliminary
conference that he verily believed
the l.ord Jehus Christ would come
;.nK»i& tAvVl^ssw**!'!" *»/tafcs* eoatebl
Oftb* church, ' and establish HIS
kiugdom hero.
GeN IiKs's MausoLbum.—A con
tract has just been made for the
erection of a mausoleum of brick,
stone and iron to preserve Valen.
| tine s statute of General Robert E.
Lee. The buildinir, which is to be
1 about the shape and size . of the
channel of an ordinary Episcopal
1 Church to be built oil' the grounds
1 of Washington and Leo University
1 at Lexington. > Va. The chapel to
which it is to be attached contains
the room which was Gen. Lee's
office when he was President of tho
College, and which is preserved in
the condition in which he left it.
Bli'TCRKBl.tU SHBtiP. 1
One of the great reasons ' why
mutton and Iamb ate not more
generally eaten and i eUslied is be
cause, nine times ont of ten, we -
might eay ninety-nine Ont of' a
hundred, there is a taste and scent
about both even after the most
careful cooking that is ttnbeatffBle.
It is most obnoxiously and offen
sively of the sheep sheepy .-pw'taking
strongly of the odoriferonSness of
the William Goat, •. It has been
thought by many that this is caused
by the wool coming in contact with
the flesh, in dressing it.
Capt- Tom Lenoir of Haywood is
.well known ft* a mutton epicure,
for none finer than he enjoys, in
fatness and dressing, can be found
on any man's table. He tells us
that the wool story is altogether a
mistake bnt just what imparts the
offensive taste and smell to mutton
he never could satisfactorily discov
er. His method of dressing is about
as follows: the mutton, always a
magnificent South-down, from two
to fonr yoar old, is laid down with
his neck across a solid stick of
wood. At one blow of the axe the
head is severed, and. as quickly as
it can be done, the feet ore cut off
some 4 or 6 inches'above the boofB.
Then the skin is taken off, the
mutton hung np and the insides
removed and the mutton thorough.^
ly washed out. % . More deliciously
tasted meat Deter entered . our
mouth.
- in the fainter. farmer of
Richmond, a contributor, Mr. J.
51. McOue, writes tba;journal up
on the subject of dressing mutton
aud says:
“That this unpleasant smell and
taste is not imparted from the wool,
but wlmt is far worse, comes from
the contents of- the bowels. To
pvove.it to hi*, own satisfaction, he
has wrapped" mutton, property
dressed, up In the skin, next to the
wool, which does not impart a bit
of sueh taste or smell. -His invar
table and never departed from rule
is, to remove the entrails as soot,
as the sheep is hung up—and then
to remove the skin. In corrobora
tion ofthin idea, is the fact that
the lard from the small entrails of
the "hogs, is as sweet send free from
taint, as that from the kidneys,
even after the bog has been killed
some time, when that from the
largeentrail will be much tainted
But if the entrails are removed1
from the hog immediately the hog
is cleaned, as should be done, and
the fat removed at once and prop
erly fried, my word for it the nicest
connoisseur cannot tell entrail laid.
'TfCD3”ieif f5r“ “TeEr all'"interested
note these facts.” ■ ,
o luiuk iub juttiier oi m essing
motion and lamb an important one.
Good muttcn should be Sold in
Asheville every day, abd would if it
ware fat and properly and decently
dressed. But ancb as iB ordinarily
offered for sale -is, not wanted,
sanch and frequently.’ * Onb pound
«&>04*b^<HUn<V
nnrily enjoyed when mutton or
lamb is introduced will lost an av
erage family a whole season. j . j
Won’t- our fanners go to raising
muttons and laiiibs, aud won't our
drutc.tuhaneai.ihan.they . are di assail
decently! If this will be dime the
mutton and lamb trade of Ashe
ville will sopn become enormous.
> -Krirutz, the executioner of; H6e
dels (the would be assassin) is the -
lion of the day in Berlin. He is a
neat littleinan of 35. He wore a
fuil evening dress when he behead
ed Hot*del, and on his breast were
models gained ,in the wars of 18fiU
and 1870. He would accent Wo
compensation for his work, consid
ering himself paid by the honor it
afforded. Magistrates and court
• fBciato warmly shook his hand af
t- r the deed, and he was invited to ;
many festivals, “1 * ‘
Go North, South, Bast and West, and
you will Bad coughs and col da at this
sea^n of the year. A remedy wbltft
norer fails to give: satisfaction is Dr.
Bull s Cough Sjrup. Pricfc 25 cents.
la N«w OrleaM. «.: t -
- of muiaitl Copittwcltlj
“WitbiutbspMt wtelf^be jggreatg;
has been so great that notone fourth
.of tbe cases are reported, through
lack of the tune on part of the al.
tending physicians. Houses in the
First, Seeund,!Tiiird and Fourth
Districts, which have been exempt
so far are very ' fe|r ludeerf, less
frequent than those in which the
entire family, has been stricken.
Passing up the fashionable streets
late at night one see if the jinn sick
lamp burning in nearly every house,
and hjs walk will be sliort indeed
if he does not see the now familiar
sight of parlors flaming with light,
but containing tjje . hideous shape
which envelopes the dead: I saw
eleven^bodies laid out last night
while returning home from a sick
call. Tnere were three in due house
~~two children and - the mother.
‘•I:» the cemeteries everything, is
quetand oderly. Hut few graves,
comparatively, are dug, the remains
being for the most part deposited
inwoven like vaults Tor which New~
Orleans is famous. When the body
Ts deposited iu the earth it is hard
iy sunk below the surface, for at
two and a half feet there is Water.
In the PoLter’s field, however,
there is activity and horrible hurry.
VY'hen a mimber of dead come out
at once a trench is dug cap-.ble of
bolding five or six. This is just
deep enough to enable the workmen
to cover the cotlin—nothing more.
Some of the dead are in rough box
es, loosely Ueld together; others in
pine cottins, bearing the name in
chalk. No distinguishing mark ..is
pl^ced upon the gqnre; but ifi one
obliterating Sweep the burial is ac
complished, and the identity of the
friendless dead ist4oit f raver.
unu a portrayal
the scenes of misery resulting from
the plague would require the pencil
of fc)ore or the genius of Poe. A.
visit to the quartt rs of the poor
reveals a slate of destitution, dis,
ease and death, that ,the mind re*
fuses to accept as reality, and re
members onlv as a feverish, horri
ole dream. Hfo every sense there
comes a horror, and with the blis
tering heat of the patient's - brow
still burning the palm, the stench
of tilth ami oiseuse yet lUltng tbe nos
tnla, the aoilniLi of tliii. groans and :
prayers and shrieks of the delirious
yet ringing > in the ears, and with
bis eyeo still haunted by the images
of ttic writhing forms, swollen Tea
lures and maniacal expression of
the sick, or by the memory of tlie
discolored, spotted, hideously yeU.
low dead—the visitor to the lazor
house passes oul only tO\thin&~»nd
dreary .the sc^nei oter. apd over
again without respite, until imagin
ation ami memory are exhausted
and the'mind refuses to act. Still,
in the calm beauty of these exquis
ite Southern nights, when the last
oar has hummed into distance, and
Took forth, into the peace of the
moonlit street and find it hard to
believe that wit’ in a circle of one
mile raiius there are ten thousand
sutierera tossing on the^rfcd of fever,
and that an invisible spectfe is
beckoning nearly a hundred a day
to Hie grave.’’
* * . * "There are tiroes when
heroism and cowardice each aland
revealed in strongest light and every
human trail can he delected. The
braggart that six weeks ago was
Wfieutfirg YuV’tliimrtYy hY' woiiien,
and jesting coarsely at the expense
of the first few seized by the fever,
is pitifully unmanned, and with
ashy cneek and nollow eye is selts.
pilloried as a coward—while those
who Mere .justly alarmed at .the
'threatening "ii'e" now braving" the
danger with perfect calui and self
possession. Ministering angels are
no longer iu disguise. .They are
wateltin3> by-ewery .bed side, they;■
are reason to the delirious, strength
to the exhausted,'soothing pillows
to the dying and friends to the un
known dead; Ti*e vigil is inces
sant; there is nota sigii of despair
or gtoan of anguish passes unno
ticed ; not a pang uneomforted ; not
a change in the. Dickering torch uu
secn. Mansion or liovel it is tlie
same—rich and poor, .black and
white, all are equal in the balance.
'Pallida Marti ceyuu putsat pede pait
perum taUrnat, reguttitjue turret.'
This is realized on eveiy side, and
so, too, are charity and mercy
uuiied iu comrnou cau^e, irrespcc
tive of xaoe or condition, fke
attendants upon Hie sick are often
unaoclimated persons to whom the
. ' • 1 •• •• :-% 1 1 1 .■ ■*;*
ri*» *» nothing weighed against tk*,
appeal u> compassion. Yonr oor-.
respondent saw a young girt yea
CeriJay nursing a friendless women
who wag in the lash stages of tli*.
disease, lie. asked, as a eummon
placo I "TTon have had tire fever ?”
“ Oh no," was the-reply, a* hot I do
not fear it. . I might as well take
it here as at home.*' She hail been'
up all night, and was pale from'
fatigue. There was no tie of blot $
there; no Blisl instinct; no interest!?
no motive save tbit*- pure, sponUu
meoiiS love for doing good -which
making mom heroes and heroines
^ere- in one aay aliatt doe* maiy
tial ambition * rfcujjdied r Tmik: -
ties. She bad. simply heard that
the poor woman was stricken, and
at oace bad flown to iue rescue*
regardless of the sense of seltv :
preservation, ‘This is merely cited
as an example of what occurs on
every side/’ .. , ... .. ;.
OTERWHIXYIKP B¥ «E¥CK
-. ' owl rvT™'
Th« Month'* finulmdc forlhk
Ciifle Wot from .the Northers
Klalri.
The committee of the New York
Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday
received the following telegram®
from Vicksburg and New Orleans :
Vic&sbuhq. Miss., Sept’r 16.
Henrg Hertz, Chairman, NeU) York.
Vicksburg to her generous
friends throughout the country
sends greeting. The distress of
the South has only been equalled
by tho generosity of our friends
North, The responses to our ap
peals have been so generously met
that we think the aid already re- '
ceived will carry us through to the
end of our troubles; ind that the
public charity of the country may
not be imposed upon, we request
that Jail future subscriptions for
our relief be held subject to our fu
ture calls, of which notice will be >
given when required!
W. M. Rockwood.
President Howard Association. -
New Orlkans, September, 17 78 ,
Henry Henlz, Chairman Relief <
Committee, Chamber of Commerce,
New Xwrk
Your princely generosity and
that of our fellow countrymen has ;
amply provided us for any conlip*
gency. Canhut telTvou how many
ease* are on hand ip this city. \Ve
have about six thousand ; lquug
Men's Association about one thou%
sand. The worst has passed hero
I think. Holly Springs, Canton,
Grenada, Port Gibson Grand
Junction, and .other points south
ot Memphis will be cured for by us.
Don’t raise any more money. We
are overwhelmed by your liberality.
What we have on hand, and "what
is already in sight with you, Chica
go, Boston, San Francisco aiid oth
er points, is already more than
enough. We thank you all from
7JhV*Ti6afts. "' Muy" I feav en * rewar ct *
you. P. li SoUTHMAYD,
Secretary Howard Association.
Tiik trial of Hope C. Secrest, for
the murder of his wife und step
daughter in Burke county tome
eighteen months since under pecu
liar und mysteious circumstances,
was in progress at .McDowell Court
last week and-.continued info this
week. All the evidence is circum-.
stantial, but itsV.hain fs so com
j'Aff’ uiTu} fe&viiDdifoub'f of' the*
guilt of the accused. He had dri
ven in a buggy from Union county
with' Mrs. Stevenson and'her little
daughter, the two were married, in
Catawba as they passed though,.
■and two- (lays after -riecrest, 'was.
seen driving back towards liisohi
borne alone. Nothing- -was everj
heard of the woman and child UhtA
about ten months after, when thee
remind* *•*)» dis&fvererl mablisK;
low grave in the woodsabout three'
miles west of Hickory in' burke
county—becrest was - arrested on
suspicion of having murdered the
two,.and everything points to his
guilt. We have hot heard at the
time of this writing tbe-result of the
trial.
The gang of ourglars who work
for seven straight bouts to hammer
a safe to piece ..to secure fourteen
cents know how a country minister
feels next day after a donation visit. 1
Farmers, says the Graphic, cease
to notie the poetic beauties of ao
tumn when they fail to get fifty
dollar premium op a pig worth
.eight dollar* and a half.