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-4 HAT THE 1VKGISI.ATURB DID;
After a session of some ninety days
it is to be supposed that some good
and necessary measures were passed
by i the Legislature. ' It - would have
been a most extraordinary body jf
they had not enacted some laws of
practical and wise utility. It had a
great deal of work to do, and' a part
ofiit was performed very j well..;; .No
one can deny thai: "It has left ' un-j
done some very important things that
ought to have been done. . But, let
us be thankful for what we got. : Jt
might have done worse, and might I
have brought dishonor upon the State. J
We agree with a recent opinion of I
the Raleigh A ewst that L"malice itsel
would not hav( the effrontery to im-
pnte dishonesty, or jobbery; of any
kind to that body . The . legislators
VT.b-rt-.-T
with the proud consciousness that the
confidence bestowed upon them by
K tAnriln boo rtAt noon nnenrl VaA
tlie people has not been abused or be-
l rayed." ' ;
I 117 5 . 1. -n : n n I
1 " ? irauu);cwiu. iucuj tuc i
of meaninf
lg well and acting honor-
ably. Their chief fault, it appears to
- s, was alack of broad views, and an
overweening': timidity. They were I
4ten afraid to do what .they, ap- I
proved fof were afraid of the peo- I
pie. The sheep husbandry bill, for
instance, would have become a law
but for the fact' that the members
who opposed it believed it would
make them unpopular at home. As
one of the best of. the members said
recently, "Yon will never get a dog j
3aw until you send men to ltaleigb to j
n.Vin An nnt uidli 1ft Vio ro I
o : . - - ;
elected." '
! We find in the editorial columns
of our respected contemporary, the
Jto6e8oniant a well considered article
iu advocacy of the merits of the Le
gislature, a part of which we copy
We clearly think, the Legislature en-1
titled to what is set forth in the fol-
in:n raaranhs: . . " " . !
---- r-70 . .
.... tt,i.irni niiiitn n,(
M.nv mincnrMor flmibtfat ntilitv that
were nn lor consiueraiiou ; uave uccu uc-
7eaSLP They were charged with.a deli-
.n.lin.rrf.nt .llltv! in RfHaflt Dff OUT
uiiuieaanu 4uu.u.arj -j".-" J""--
j am Ia Ann
form to the amended uonsiuunon proposeu
by oar late State Convention and ratified
bv the oeoDle of the State at the election in
November last. Thev have met that ; re
sponsibility and discharged that duty very
wisely by making only sucn cnanges as
were reallv necessary. They gave the ap
pointment of Justices of the Peace : to the
Legislature, as it had always been in North
Carolina before the adoption of the Canby
Constitntion, and with which the people of
.heJ8u.e ,d ev .- .i.aea, d
changed. They, increased their juns-i
ur - ii inn itui inn iiKWKr iirnnrii s Lt bcu
i;f-.n ir. nMi 'ini;Ana tn iu ntlmr
than matters of contract (commonly called
lnrto nkiira Ilia .mnnnt inVOlVArf HftAR nnt
torts) where the amount involved does not
exeeed fiftv dollars in value, thereby rid-
!J:liLzznlt I i-wwi
ding our Superior Com . docket oi a large
Amnnnt nf irivini and nnimDortant business.
and enabling our citizens to settle their
.. v ... . , . -
-disputes aad difficulties more expeditiously
ot iittiu Mat V- Thpv ham eatablishefi a
-system of county government that seems to
meet the approbation of alL Upon thisac-
-tion of the Legislature, there seems to ue
1 . . . .1 . . . 0 m.I.ama! in-
fproval; the system is jnst, simple and eeo-
. nominal - - i r ' I I i
i -v . ! a . . ..
They have passed an act establishing
Ilnferior.Courts for the trial of criminal
-cases, to ue aaopieu or not as tuo aiogio-
trates
less its
State
4rial
Hhereov
rfeediD? nrisonersic iail so long
necessary to do, and ridding the Superior
j an opporiunny w j i w
sasonable time and at less cost.
1 counties, where the Judges,
t are now able to try the crimi-
;ket in one week, the adoption
Yet in small
. or instance
al civil docket
ir Trim
VOL. 8;
Of these inferior Courts may ; neither be
ustcw or; economical,; ftence it is very I
.w.,,, my mnu me dusuces 01 we jfe&ce I
of eacu county to' adODt said courts or nnu f
Carrn . - . . . -
T. ui,Maj, uj nuwu W1UU1
acveloped the rich resources--of onr tmris
montane , coqntiesi giving a market to the
agricultural and mineral wealth of that rel
Kief m & n1ed a-
ItELlGlQUSTOILEBANCB
( Since 1835 there has been no legal
ban to religions sentn in TnrtK roHU f
0 . ; " - w . i
8re ,18 thf .only, Sate ihat tns
any religions test for political office-
holding, the recent election held
iirthatStatether4aSmai
to the Constitntion to b vntd f nr.-
which would remove :t the stigma of I
political proscription from the drganio I ""K but too sorely punished sister r conv,
law:pthe StaU.;ButtheNew HamDn
shire people have not yet been struck
by the oreat tidal - wave of nolitical I
Brea" ua wave 01 pomica
' Ji ' T "' ' . - ' r I t-
u reugious vo.erancc mat was put
1 rplimnna f nlortnnn (hut ntnn I
in motion two hundred years ago by l
xvoger ,.vy uuams in ; Massachusetts 1
and Rhode Island; and by Lord BaU
. , . , -i
timore in Maryland, the former was
a Baptist, the' latter a Roman Catholic.
;.The proposed, amendment was rei
jected by a majority of the people,)
and that relic of a persecuting arid
semi-barbarous age will remain npori
the statute books of New Hamp4
snire, a monument of a people's nar
1
row prejudices and unwillingness t
3
accord, to others the privilege the
i e . . .!
exercise themselves ot worshipping I
God according to conscience and rea
son.
We think it unfortunate that in
it h LiiinK il nnrnnnnup inai m i
. . l
our age ana time mere snouia exist I
i . - , ,
ui,. any ... section oi : our tana me oiq i
spirit of intolerance that once hi np f
the faggota put in motion the grinds
00 i ,1: , ! I
insr thumb-screws, erected the tribbet I
and the scaffold, closed the dungeon-
keeps, sharpened the . axes, created
inquisitorial hells, and filled the
earth with tears and groans and ago-
nizing death-scenes. There seems toi
be a latent principle of intolerance in
nearly all men. Ton are a very clever
fellow if you agree with me in.poli
rV08 orsreugion, uuv not so ciover u,
yon lhink and act fpr yourself, and
opp08e my view. There is rnany a
t 11 '.i.. if I
man wh0 would rather see hti son or
daughter numbered with the eternally
. . .. .. ... ... ' I
losl tnan lo unite; Willi some religious
body specially tepugnant to his con-
victions or prejudices. j
Oy. people must never favor or
foster that spirit f oppression and
intolerance that would put the mind
jn leading strings, and deny
. . - . . . ! ' I
to the
soul that liberty which the Father of
all spirit gave it. This is Xithe land
of the free" at least theoretically,
and it should. be. made so practically,
Said that great English poet,jMilton,
Give me the. liberty to know, to
(
believe, and to ulter freely, aceord-
jng .'to conscience, above all . other
liViapfioa " Sa51 VV511im Tonn thai
liberties,' Said William Penn. the
wise Quaker, it were better to be of
no church, than to be bitter to any.'
Ji i. AAnhtl in tlunprntincr.
niggardly; intolerant element in men
aw m . ---' a- -
that Bntler refers in Hudibras when
I he savs of some tliat they
pr0ve tbeir doctrine orthodox
I - By apostolic blows and knocks:
There is nothing more preciousun
1 ,
I iter iieavcii tiiau buui iiucruji
I . . . . :
1 a jiuuu iuiuk iui mo uwuniu , ptw
J th-i lV;M ..U.-,,,.
.T". '"V : t
I 4 am r f ra Toff f nf tliA m inn a rt 4AA t ha I
rF- -"r T . T
Vl I ' . . . . I
i tiimHn in nn 7 PlPrnal v hoot-iafk
conscience in an, eternal boot jacK.
Let it be ever so.
SlIOIJIiUEB TO SIIOFJDEtt?t j
; The true "Southern policy" is .for
tne ueraocraiH tu sianu unu, suuur
der to shoulder face to the front;
I , - - ZtAk LCa
Support ?U good, mereK obey rto
' i . i f r niiii in nnvu niiifiuwajuiiw
I - - ' - - ' . A' .ua
I i or tne next uaujpaiKii. f wucu
I nrincinles of --v their party
f .1
Will Wrt
t . r i : .-j uL tnm 7
maintained and enforced by them-
. . . i-.:. :.vwh.t
geive8 and not by the opposition.
I , - 3 rr . , i
. ; --i 1 .. T . m
the President.. cnooses to , appoint.
- . t.f- nm.Wj.' m a. fw om.
Kw n -!-- - i t.
paratively unimportant offices scat
- A IL'' 5 thron trb "the
w',uw --"t- ;;
I c" .1 O . 1 1 . . V. I .v. A . i ?f rl t ll
I -. . . - -j .'
out opposition,, but. do ,Hot -break
1 rank8 0rt account of it and all 1 turn
-. - .-Remain true 'to-your
i . r - .1.1 .7
. We trust that 'the Presided will
.Tr n tmn rpfnrm in1 the least
If he means true reform in vne least
degree he can not attain it in Hliat
:'ri.''s-frW.l . T 1 ! ' ;
way., JJan is a irana. , . . . .
'-WAV. i
A, Ji
mm,
.1
wiiiMiNGTON, a; Friday, .march 3ov 1877.
BANGS FIBBfift:
$ Tho
, .
Cabin
met are ' not a ; unit J4as 5ttf ibis
commission" to pps'e, around and pro
i tract matters, i In the meantime" the
mi
should be doubt or heaiUftcyuf the
President really means t nphold the
Constitution and RVflnntA f iri' ' Tnwa :
1. Vtl
--"-7-- . - " -1 1
'atvam r 11 iiwavuo uuuv t o uciuidacb uia 1
People, ;The;PhUadelpWa Tims,;
really independent paper o ;i great
ability and 8aeacity4 says;A 11 , ' i
?1Nont since the surrender at Appdi
stroke of the pen that shall recall' the ol4
sans andiift the bowed heads of vuiZtl
; i lite nenn a nr hnnis ani dava avu
dentiy rauch confidence in the pros!
; s .t-? --vn .-a wii.Su- I I
v;v kf ni? VtZ .li. i
IVVW Wl ; ft vvi t"4!?. I
-'. 7 -
th . nrnal StatA ;y ftfi1
savs -;:!V ' 'tci- 'UyFsai-uyfti
'On Thursday last the warrants of the
Njcholta government on the State treasury
sold at fifty-five cents .on the dollar ; oq
Friday seventy-five cents was offered, but
noDOdy would sell at that price. Another
cheering evidence of confidence in tb6
successor the .NichoJls cause , is found id
the fact that many of the largest taxpayers
are asking that their tax bills be made out
for immediate settlement. . Last Friday
Siy.vuuol taxes was , voluntarily paid into
tne jxichons treasury in one district." ,
THE LOUISIANA QUESTION. 1
We are profoundly sorrowfnl thai
the residentTfaesitates to carry opt
that pacific and constitutional .policy
; . , : -'4 - -. - . . .- j.
he had foreshadowed in hisinaugnraj j
address. Wo regard his delav in
ordering the soldiers froia Louisiana
.- ...... . . i
andSoath.Carolinasiinfoniinate'ld
.. , s?'.-.hZJ
uiiuwu auu uuiuBi' mj j ine . ooflniry
- i .... . -: - !
r i ui t nr .viia niu n . wrrn nn vn no an
t . ,
w'"f"-"
himsolf thatnAiiiv ishih nraa ailnntai I
. ... . I
and iniquitous, violative of the great
, , t j , . , .
legal chart and of the rights of the
peopie. vve oegin 10 nave serious i
r . r. . 'J. , -nT I
misgivings as to his nnal action. We I
fonr t.Ttnt. Via lias to t.Via . on 1 f
, . e . .
treaties ami arguuieuts - ui - tue w i
tremists in his own party.' He is 1
ag.an amiable and kindly
8ort of man an(l we fear he has been
,a.n ;i,Mi;M uA ,.p tb
heavy pressure his spinal column has
.
BO yielded as to become severely bent
w hv tima and trin oivpn it
& b ;
anr fminion7 that the pnonsB th
President shouid pursue was pi
fl;n
enoaffh if he reallv desired to
ough if he really desired to '.'do
riehti to heal the , canine - wounds!
and to restore peace and prosperity
to the country. All he has to do is
ltotr V a pAnotStntiAn TTnit a1
States which he on two occasions
iir aurAro m .nnnnrt. . Tt
is simply repugnant to the 2 instincts!
ideas and wishes of the best portion
0f the neonle of the United States to
have foe Federal Government Winter-
j fering in the domestic affairs, of the
I States. There is a strong, determined
can(in.Dnt n,0voiincr in tin a hnl
i . .!
j land that such officious intermeddling
mu8t be 8t6pped Armed Federal
: J
iiiiuri HrHIII,H W1LII ni2AaU 2111111 II UI A LI ULT
and irreconcilable antagonism 'to
tbe genms or our government, to tne
. . .- - " - . '
gouu w.etjri - tc Vvi.c. .
of, civil liberty, to the maintenance of
justice, to the organic v law of the
land. -The1 feeling of opposition: 'to
such usurpation is too vigorous and
1 . ii..-.:.t.tAj-wvci-s;i.i
V be long withstood. . Sooner
later TTovPfl . mnRt ' V1M , TIlP
I TJnited States House of Rentesenta-
I . j, j . . .. . i
tives is in earnest. . It.sbowed that it
did not intend to pass appropriations
tiiat t "iiwp., w
DUlI-aoze. . if rrunze auu uuerue tue
Southern people. ;;Uur Xiemocratio
tepresentativea are sharply in earnest
-If the -troops j are to, be employed to
J P s '
w r--. . . c
I ments in Louisiana or South - Caroli -
na, then , there' will be ne ' supplies
granted. iThe President will find the
I bi.wm
Honaa oerfectlv innvieldinct at this
point. He may call an extra. session
of; Congress, but.it will be in yam
unless he calls pff his war,, dogs, and
pledges nimseii. w fj goot ueuavior
henceforth; v He need not temporize;
I mmt viaii .lift wilt find that ne
. . :j, Le
will be met with the stern s denial; of
all authority on his part to uphold
common wealtb8.-Tronble, and only
ana WiOKeu acuwi u uia pwi. . j " ,
a
w-We grant that a withdrawaiot tne
'soldiers will be tantamount to; the
. -
Mam
trrrim'rih' ;of 4 Hair 3 ton - and ' "N"i r.holls.
s,, ? Aki.-.. I
-.. - V-' :fr :-: '
; ;They; knoy that theit. Gov-
estly. elected; ani thus knowing they
ney e j jwuiuij, .Busiam ine wo
its creature s who nav be set
ite wielded by - the i Presideni o
the
8am e.
; Every Sanof ordihirylntlugencl
and Cand0? knows that Packard and
ni 1 i;, ;5L: Li-i .ii-iiji'
si.?''-!.
vimuiucnaiu vrtic nut uiyejecieu;.
f'u' tii-.UO-H'-A-i.
c oAmtn am . e Ann i-v 1 m m r ' .-
ooin
Stateg ihave! freely admitted' this;
TKe people of Louisfal kno w' ihak
people of . Louisi
since: 1 87 1 they h'fltje'n;ng
ana cneatett tnai ine vv eus iieturn-
ing Board of il876 was the illegiti
mate successor of the Hawkins Board
of 1872, and of the Wells Board of
1 874. - They know ho w ; Federal in
termeddling; has -not only " deprived
them of their rights for many years,
t.:..vi.;.;.L. 'a-jJIj. A:;
but hbw it baaichandd u the-entire
. "j T-... " o T, 1
political Outlook of ithe country;' They
know, 1 therefore,' what continued
Federal interference in F their domes
tic matters means thai it means ' a
, I;
continuance of crime and villainy,' of
commercial paralysis and social gan-
' iL.. i' ii ; - ' 3 - i J- . - J
grene -inafc j i& uieaus wiue-spreau
demoralization and !mi!n. :Thus un
derstanding'the entire situation, no
wondef.theyVare indignant' and out--
raged at the prospect pf a continu
ance of their: sad experience, is Ihey
feel that . they , have been deceived,
and their amiability is
fast passing
away
Ano vnariesion uournm oj om-
e, referring5 to the idea of a com
t
WifW:H
,,"But this hocus-nocus isworn out. The
o.tv'... eft.... f hl
iiwris muguwautjwj
tees and bumed by Fedei troops. , Fresi-,
dent Ha vpa mnst wimnrehend the situation
without further information. He should
swindles, miscalled compromises. He has
no constitutional right to interfere with the
government and people ofiLouisiana. His
iciumiuu u uyi uij
lstes difficulties and dangers for himself.'
He invites all the Dressure which carpet-
bae ryinsr and activity can bean upon him.
Where is his pacification programme and
the local self-government he proicssea ,11
his poiicyto permu?
Tr' t i- Ji. .11 t.-
I i e uave uui, aosuuuwm an iivpo
that the - President may vet do his
duty and carry into . practice his re
peated promises. We still have some
hope not so strong is a few days
ago that he will act with vigor and
.. . ... . I . . . . '
I manliness, ana witnaraw, nis troops.
1 If be does this the Packard fraud will
De wipeaout,une to lowers 01 ine
bogus concern will be jspeedily dissi-
I pated, and Louisiana, ! once ' again
1 f . " a 11 r .a'.- l
1 cioinea wnn air or tne powers 01 a
1 tState. the enaal of an v. and iu tne
I xereie of 1 the right W self-governr
1 meut, will begin a new career ot
f peace and prosperity.
' The President is placed in a position
I of extreme ; responsibility -one re-
quiring the exercise of great virtue,
I manliness and wisdom! If he is true
I -"e constitution and the country,
all will vet be well.
I .11 atill nA la moll .!
I - V . ? . 7
P08ea pon loreign leruiizmg
com-
I v k ? - . , . - a ii 1 . : . ?
V p bf
I : c " ' . T
1 tersburg laeaj ca says:
I u "We know of one firm" in Baltimore that
receives from the State of North Carolisa
$350,000 per annum for fertilizers. Our
merchants are taxed ' on their sales; why
not these foreign 'corporations ? The 500
tax is small enough, and the last one or
them should be made to pay it.
The trouble seeras lo be that the
tax is r to, come out of the farmers.
The Baltimore companies, ; we have
seen it stated, have! already raised
their pricea $1 on thr ton. If they
8e long tney ge(- tne tax Dack,
i u Ioour !OTToir factories
d' 'We were wishing i the other- day
tljat we bad a list of the cotton man u
fU, i. North Cjoliaa.' W. W
1 in earnest ltuendeavonng to excite
I an interest on the subject ; or cotton
spinning in our. btate. We desired
h - & . -V " , i-
to see precisely, how much had, been
accomplished. , ;iuef iast,; yrpnan
I Miend, a useful and; interesting pa-
j per published at the Oxford Orphans
l xxome, auu buhcu ujq uui niouu, jt
penntendent John Hi Mills, a writer
I nr nnnnmmon cleverness. t?ave . in
:r " nrJ ! lu.
j part what we needed. 'We iopy the
j article entire; ':' Bro Mills says: I
We happened to visit Jamestown a few
jas. vooKe very ., poiueiy
wonderful ; working of . the
managed cotton facto
" yarn enjoys a hieU
bat when you see the countless
hg
esiaDUsament whuuu u
preciation of human ski
We appendRliat Ql
noted factories Jn" our,
some i of the; most
State: Factory' of
- - - - - - -
Battle & Son; Rocky Mount; factory" of
William JSdgerton. tflae .Level; Wilming
ton Cotton . Mills, Wilmington; Beaver
Creek Mills, near Fayetteville ; Rock Fish
uanuiactory uompany, near jrayettevuie;
Little River Manufacturing Company, (fac
tory burned-and eot-yet reboiltj near Man
chester Bynom Manafactnrin Company,
near Pittsboro; 'Falls of Nense Mannf actn
ring Company, near Neuse. maklne various
kinds of paper. Oranjre Factory, in Oranee:
Holt's f raniteuls."at Haw River:
J. IL & W B. Holt's Carolina Factory;
Saxapahaw factory; (Holt. -White & Wilr
liamson'e); 4:M. i Holt's Sons, Clover Or
chard factory, near Graham; Major More
head's factory, at Leaksvilie; J. & H. Fries
(cotton and wool) factory at Salem; Randle
man's factory, at Union ; Cedar - Falls -rfacf
tory. at Cedar FaHff: Deep River factory, at
Cedar Falls; Franklinsvillo factory at Ce
dar Falls; Randolph factory, at Cedar Falls
Columbia Mills, at Cedar Falls; Turner's
Cotton Mills, near Turnersburg ; Eagle Mills;
at Eagle Mills Qwynne, Harper & Co.
Mills; atLenoir: Elkinr factory.- at v Elkin:
Schenck; RainseurjCto.!8jttIlIsvPja2rjdo:
River Mills,vnear CtonWd;OdelTs:lCottoft
Mills, Concord; Claywell& Powell's Gran
ite Shoal Mills, op. ..Catawba ; J. S. Line
berger's factory, near - Charlotte; A."Pt,
Rhyne's factory, near Charlotte;- Tate's
Mountain Island Mills, ( near.;' Charlotte;
Wilson, Moore & Co's f aclory," near . Jas
tonia ; Pbifer & Allison's Joy Shoal factory.
near Lincolnton; Great Falls' factory,' near 4
KocKingnam ; fee uee iactory, near ockr
ingham; Malloy & Morgan's factory,'; near
Laurel Hill ; Jones' factory, ai Laurel; ; I
" Three others are nearly ready for the ma
chinery. ; Now, is not North Carolina air
ready a ' manufacturing State? . Whst a
commotion would be excited if' all these
factories were put down in little Rhode Is
land J - -rurvry -I
- Now if our friend will ; supplement
this with a statement of the ; nnmber
of spindles in' each factory, and how
many thousand pounds - of . "cotton
each factory: consumes i annnally,: hk
will have furnished us with the. pre
cise statistics we need. : One gooa
tu en deserves ; another, ; hq will , re
member. Having done so 1 much for
our readers, let him increase his faypri
still further; ;! . ,
OLD FOLKS.;
; 1 Mrs. Pauline. Spius died at Elnanowitz;
Austria, recently, at the age of : 108 years,
She had : never .been known to take' medi4
cine, and always- enloyed good health.-!
Philadeiplda JVeM.' : J .."'--?!
. .. We do not see. why the .Pmt
should go so 'many thousand "miles
from home in search of an old lady
past her centennial . year, when
persons of equal - or greater - age
are to be found in every nook and
corner of -our own land. The late
Mrs; Spitz would : have been no more
than a daghtHnjige compared to
someof our North Carolina mothers
and fathers, if her destiny had : been
cast on this side of the great, pond.
We can tell the iVess that; there is
scarcely a week that, as old a person
as Mrs. Spitz does not die in North
Carolina that is, according to the
newspapers. It is not infrequent fof
very poor people specially : the - in-
mates of our oounty pauper homes r
to attain to the ripe old age of 120 to
130 -years. One of the most interest?
ing facts connected with the exceed
iug longevity in this State is that it
is so very common, and is so much, a
matter of course that no pne eyer
questions any statements that may be
made, however unsupported by prot
bability, mortuary statistics, or fami
ly or baptismal Registers. The naked
statement of a maundering old man
who fought under Washington at
Braddock's defeat, or was with Chris
topher . Colnmbns on his voyage of
discovery, is regarded as satisfactory
and conclusive. -.It requires no exer
cise of an uncommon credulity o aci
cept the statements of such witnesses,
but their word is as strong. and sur4
as words of Holy Writ. ; ; ;j i
t u Last year 27 persons died in North!
Carolina who were over bne hundred
years old, and by the necrology; fof
1877, if the ratio of Increase in death
continues, over f fifty -centenarians-
so-called will, have r departed this
life. If the Ibess should be in the
least sceptical : of , what we have said.
it win p lease reau .tue tutiuwiug-utgu
ly ' interesting5 ahnonncemetit&" i
Raleigh' ; Observer, of ; Mairch23 says
"Mr. Beniamin Johnson died at Egypt,1
Chatham county, on Saturday last, at the
advanced aee of 120 years. He hadalrl-
waVs been a healthy man, I and was halei
heartv and active nn to two weeks before
his death, which was caused by a stroke of
paralysis. He leaves a lirge number of
children, grand children and great grana
children. He was an excellent .citizen;
Peace to his ashes." rp ij: riW,T
' .The Raleigh iVeios, in announcing
the'death of Mr. Johnson, states: ' ,
' ""He was perhaps," at the time'lof r ih)
death, the oldest person In the world, His
residence was ten miles south of Pittsboro,
and until very recently he had enjoyed bert
feet health his eye was not dim, nor, his
natural force abated. He lived to see bis
great-great grand-children married. .'
We only add, that As public jour
nalists it Has been our privilege to
record 1 the,
people. " !
deaths lof imuch oldet
-; FJred Douglass w a. bigger,. man
than old : Grant now.". Fred has!
$12,000 a year and a Marshal's baton
whilst Ulysses is smoking and -drink
ing, at hia own 1 expense as he goes., a
bobbing-a-round. ; . ; t
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i NO. ' 22.
Cn-terfeu Ualf Dollar. , x m .
The bogus half dollar pieces in x:ircula-
many cauuoua, areewnpoaeu oi nnmvuyn
' ' I.,
lead and tin. A genuine half dollar weighs
ffJSn 'k
93.9 grains, the antimony and lead andin
humbugs weigh only 143 grains;! Type
metal ?ri7oA"Kdaff'TiSTOarATr
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is electro-plated first with" copper and then J
'with Bilver. 1 It Weighs 1193.9 grams, li$e the ' haiyih1 become a settledbne, and with
real half dollar, bnt tho color jis not good; eaky? wholesale prices the retail market
lie false pieces ' are thicker ,thao ; tfce( genj- hh gone -down.!, Some of. the com
nine, and the devices are feeble and fanUy. . mon orts costing 80-cents to $1 per
Mr. Du Bois, 'AsiBayer. of the' Mint 4at . bushel - wholesale, are selling at 5 . -,
hnadeiphia,'. says 'offlcially that there 'is f
something about genuine coinrwhichpots
itlevond snsnteloni
new-whitesurface basgiven iplace iJoe WrS"TSing ,l ha Tft"-inimUablewMdperraanente-teaths
retaiIer
kint,andgeneraUy,ikswen
raah
testiif Mlvftr whiNi fan hs tint nn nvniiv I
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druggist It consists of 24 grains of nitrate l
of silver,' 15 grains of nitric acid" and I '
ounce of water. ;This,.iftbe coin ibe bad,
blackens it at . once. .tMr.t Du Bois, also
gives directions for testing coin by weight
T: ' .tii. 2. ' - rr'-JJ. i iy '.v r ' I .
'oise a thin strip of wood eight or ten ip'l-
ches long ' place a good piece at-one en
and the suspected piece at the "other; 'hav
a weight of three grains at hand; if -tauxti
erence is more than that, . '''decline
ceive iWaHrDuBois,,j,
Aaotaer nan Beheaded. ;, I J ? f
From a letter received. from; a corres-
pondent in South Carolina by yesterday J
.nnnino'a (vain m. Iamw. fti.t t!i "tiArln f I
ciwiugo uoiu, iMiii uia tuo uyuj w,i
an; unknown" inan "was iscoed!on the I
side of the road from Bishbpville.fn Bumier
county, t old Inchburyesteraaymoh
Ing, about7 o'clock with nis head entirely :
severed from his body., .Deceased was apM
parently aboutSO or 35 years of,age,com,
monly dressed In rieanspantbidsserk
j ; 1 i .' j ; tt i
coat, gray colored . vest, ckedsbir,
brownOiat with the inside turned out, com-
mdn boots, pretty well worn, with country 1
knit socks,XwoolX and rwith-doublef-1
barreUed shot gua lying at his side, be
the inscription, on a silver plate, f IMcr J
Elvane." The supposition now is that he i
was walking on the railroad track, Vhed life
concluded to sit down and rest; takirig'bff J
bis boots and coat; that he-: fell asleep on "
the track and theil2 o'clock train camfe
along, running over him and killing .hjra 1
instantly. Our informant states that
t - a a j ' il fl .1 ' '
IUUI J TirilU.II MI 1 a 111! IUI llliri I I 1 IK H IIFIfV M IL'I. . ...
..'jrn t I
An , Unknown ' Colored; Man .Fonn1were-71,000 bushels, and for "1875
Dead' : ' .r V I
Mr. L. Vollers. of Point Caswell: reports
that while on his ;way toi this city, yester
day morning, he discovered the corpse of
an unknown colored., man - lying near the
- - ..... i .
side of the road, between Wilmington an)
Point Caswell and about seventeen 5 miles
from this city.'.1 He had every appearance
of having been murdered, and Mr. Vollers
is under the impression that .he had bees
stabbed with a knife. , . i , . ;
Spirits Turpentined
Col. Donan writes a character j
istic letter to the last Tarboro. Southerpen
It is full of adjectives and scintillations o
wit and poetry. : : - ' . . . i j t w
House ' robbing , is : alarmirJgl
freauent at Charlotte. Two attempts were
made on Wednesday night' 'Verily this 'is
the time of epidemics measles, diphUienaL
burning to death and-robberies.
Keid8vilie ; limes: it is -sur-f
prising1 how many children are at school ia
Iteidsvule. . There are seven ty-nve sir is at
tending the two female schools and ovel
forty boys at the two male schools: j
-- At Nash Court a committee wa
appointed to report respiuHcomniemo-
rauve oi me virtues oi mat exceuent an t
accomplished genUeman, the late Caplt raay orace was xnrongea wun ap
Samuel T. s Williams, who died so much 1 plicantft -' In' the absence of Colonel
lamented last August. ',' : ... t J
"' - Blount, of ithe Wilson Addance
about to have hls'pictur took. iHesays 1
the "artists'' assure him Vthat they can 1? f
bveiWforsome how orherrwe'.have
always bad a kind of a, cherubic feeling.f f
Rev. J. D. Hufham, one of the
editors bf he BiMical Recorder; 'and th
master of the best: style of any iqurnalisUn
the State, has just returned from an extendi
ed tour through Eastern North Carolina In
behalf ofthe endowment 1 iqna pi ( vy ape
Forest College,
f
The Reidsville Times tells .of a
law suit for $200 thathas been going An fof
seven years.; The costs have reached $3.7Q0i
with an upward:tendency. : Evans com-
mentsth-s-ieas theia! itdoesasmucn
for the Brosperity tof the country as. the 1
Kansas grasshoppers.' - - ! I
J H- Blount ' thus " pulsthV case 'of from the, residence.. of-N. N. Thom
holdintt a stiff upper lip and. going it with f assonVitnakm a hole ten ! feet .' deep
a vim: r"Let ns then hold up our beads and
tte Pre?fnt, f?118:!
andw?ctneSSe?
clad it witb'glcm.n By SpDenhia that's
not so bad.;';''.'! 1YU 7 .y' y'VT. I
IRevMat
a native of Wake county, -and. a. graduate
of. Wake Forest Coltege has ;been. iap4
tist missionary to Chinarfori twenty-niBS
years.- He is a ,man of.,fair ability, and
speakf the Chinese language as well' as d
native, ? He is now a correspondent of ithe
lmeighJSOlBeeorder. r :j .?? f j
5 ' TarbbroCwiAerncr : On Satj
ufday nlght4 Hilliard Hagari arJd '-asteil
SUton, two colored, persons Hying)4n .the
country, left Tarboro, chock full of watered
chain-lightnlor. - double-honpowef ben4
zine. They got.lo8tWhen found; (U?d
woman had-froze la dfisth and the man!
was lnsensible:Heis recovering. Aiem
perance lecture. .V -
s -UltcickyPMottnt Jlfcik Sbhee-i
5KSTO
No living man can please4 everybody, fand
friendsiJKsforewesayh;
remember, that the hardest thnjg fo do ia
Un oximhhe how' Jau fhe
Chief officer of the State please us all?lf. Ho
just can't do it, that's alUV " J
Tarooro Sout&er V We have
been presented with a complete cinvehtion
iTthS way eLa patent lamp-burner. ;lt
has an attachment in addition to the regu
lar wick, which enables the lamp no: burn
all night with one light, without the. usual
escapement of gas and 'consequent un
pleasant i odor. ' Tbis: is n invention
Dr. J. B. Godwin, of Washington, NC 4
-, 1 . IFrom the Kew York World.
Jeannt Trade.
. In the? by-gone. T days good 'ward
political intrigue was often' required
to: qualify a' vender to t hold valuable
oiucwmvur wruer Hives, vviimn a
few yfi,ars,j since JLhe trade has ' be
come So' divided. "' the thrifty.- atntn.
e.8flue jitatfanjhas;. swopped . the cold
ana nackneyea organ-handle for that
$h warm anu noiseless poitaDie
Wer?d P?. raJ thf . r?X
m aiuu, x ut a juuk kuiie. retail, uruiita
, M, - .A
- w .vvulMgv , ua DAIS a UUOUGI
g01, waSes for the 'seller.
rinnttf..J.W V ff
bushels per day and night: but they -
r .-f r
aro rare, uaiienyine supplies irom
the South have heert Wvv. t.h nrnn
cents a 6 cents per quarV roasted. .
"Oice nana-picked Y lrginia, quoted
10 cents -
" 'ft ... .... .. -
general vrsteaainess' tnan ; any otner
ftem in th nnt Hpp. . Tn Rnmmor pr."
neariv everv other Bort is
neglected.' '' --f4' - "
- The 'pea'nniis a' nativ of Souths
America. - It'was taken e from there
to Afrfoa, and then brought from that
country -here. ,3;Hmin"gton, N. C,
once had the best reputation for. its
4aality,!but since the war the peanut
is largely included as a field crop In:
Irginiajlandlpts from..: that State
bring the highest prioe. It grows in
light, sandy," fairly fertile soil,': with a
gooa ciay sun-son. w nen cultivated
as r a crop it is sown in ,the pod, but
nmnll . am-. m m 1 n n-.
fvi a 111 ail uij i.-AJJCI llllclltai ' pui pUBCB,
the husk should be removed before
planting. Peanu.ts . can ' be grown
with as little 'labor -as ;is required
Jroilndian fnfAn facre yields
lnmeiiie ov
bnshels. , The .growth., is .eccentric ;
5tUi Ul"?.bl0?:0UU ?er
eeks. and enters the ground where
themut is formed,! henee it issome-
calleA vthe ; nnrl nnt. , Th
African - product . goes largely to
Francel ' where immense onantities
tiOQ orimitation of ? salad oiL 'Mar-
seilles is renowned for the nnmber of
cargoes, there handled.. sThe African
variety is small inrsize ; and ? seldom
used here" other5' than when shelled
f brconfeotidtfersJ wants. ; Some oil
erushing is done inhthis country . at
it thelheEastaodSoathfor table'purposes.
a'neof Ir 'Receipts ef peanuts at New York
lruui tue puutueru HiateB lur ioiu
Jfie.OO.Obnshfels .iftm, , ..
.iirti
V The Rnth for Offlee.
( :; : lRaleighjObserver."J t
r It was an oversight, in fact we saw
the error at the time, and the article
should not have been written. It waau
true,; and as local items were scarce,
we were almost .compelled to , use it.
We refer to the revenue article in
fesletdsiyrBr Observer in which it was
stated that, the .Commissioner of In-
ternal,, Revenue had ordered .? Col.
Young to employ six additional depn-
ties for this Congressional District.
When the clerks reached the office at'
$ o'clock, there were twenty-three ap
picants f or, office sitting on the door
steps and curb-stone,' not to mention
a ' number1 leaning on; the fence
across the - street. At 9 o'clock
they: were three, deep, and occupied
the entire front, of the office, t. One of
the clerks approached the multitude
and informed them that Col. Young
was confined to his room by sickness
and a would. J not, be . idown , before 2
o'clock -if then A.The - crowd , then
au;ckiv dispersed. " Throughout the
, t ; , -'i;! , : s ...
Young the principal clerk ;Was inter-
viewed. . and being, a. kind hearted
man generously promised the position
lo! every oh that applied;" He ;is of
the opinion that be will have about
two;hundred deputies ready for duty
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ROBLEIli FOR ' SCIENTISTS. '
Stranse Weak of Xlx tnlna ln Nortta
2U A 5 wrrespdndent swritesj to , i.-Tte
eWorld from Broad River. Cleveland
J. connW, N C, van" account of , a
I nnna 'nimnnmonnn'oriifK nonrraA
. ar . r - AWOn(n - ftf lhA ; , h '
Vn, V & . I
JQSt.tA i-xhex iigbtmngi strnerp:the
ground i about; one ? hundreds yards -
f and three orf our inches: n diameter
iat;top.4?tuhe;bottom it iwaa about '
nor, . quarter or t rnue; msiantv Baw
the bpltpijer. the grbuhd,' arid says
tfiejrqjwoieniderifletb
from uhe smoke-stack :-of a iocomo'
iye.9UiThT grbnrid; wav iwet" at K that
in-nra1 JJf . ater was
WhimmM
sopnri.no.wingir.througb.i the .channel
formed by the lightning, following :
jhe, westerly i urn taken;by the fluid,
and ..disappearing . no, .one : knows
whtfier.' The hard" red clay, ., too,
-geemingly cut o6t, no trace of' it
4,..s; J fW. MLmnAani
rerhaining.-i The correspondent de-
esjto haye ome light, thrown on
the;, subject, as Jithas . always been
held thai moisture nullified the elec-
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ZaCliariah1 Wflaynes, adeaf mute,.
9mViki' id?Augu8e?1874to
., TfcM.- 3.,, -tt Am Af T4t
InrA. diug-hter of ChangBanker,
;hifrn of h -
liviog.f Three of them are deaf mutes.
Mr, Haynes is a teacher in the insti-
tate' for, theJDeaf, Pnmh", and the
Blind, in this city, and lives;! in ; Per
son street, lie has two children, both
.of whom can hear.
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