North Carolina Newspapers

at. WM. H. BERNARD, Editor and Proprteton """n ' WILMINGTON, N. C.t Friday, June .1 st, 1877 . tST" Remittances mast b mdo by Check, Draft, Postal Monoy Order, or Registered Letter. Fot Masters will register letters when desired. t3T Only such remittances will be at the rUk of the publisher. ; , ggr- specimen copleaforwarded when d paired, y 1 GEORGIA FABniNG. - We showed; some time ago, that cotton could be made profitable at an average of 9 ceuls new At 12$ or 15 cents, with good farming, it would payiuost encouragingly. We used to hearnot many years since success' ful planters declare that they : could not afford to grow cotton for less than 15 cents," and that at 12f cents it was-simply a losing business. That depends on' the farmer. Some men'; grow rich making ' cotton at the average prices, whilst others get nearer and nearer to bankruptcy each year. . , " -' But we wish) to avail ourselves of some figures and 'facta in the rNew : York South. ' ,That paper says that it can ; - be established that cotton in Georgia can be made profitable at 8 " cents or less. ' it' thinks, such oeing the fact as to Georgia, that the plant- - er of other States can make it profit able at the same prices. It then gives the following estimate: - f , L. f. COST. . One mule.'. t 75 bush, corn at 60c f Plow and repairs. , . .; ;. . Hire of one hand. . . .. Food 12 bush, corn at $75 45 10 75 ! 21 7-$233 60c.; ' - 150 lbs. bacon at Uc , . . -1 Int. on value of land 15 acres, $100.4 , f CREDIT. 5 bales J 500 lbs. ' each, 2,500 lbs. (moderate yield), 8c ......... $200 100 bush, corn made i .. 60 Fodder..: 20 Cotton-seed( say 170 bush.) at 15c , 25 Peas..i...; 10 One mule. ....... ....... ... 75 T Plow say. . ................... : 5:: ,v . (besides oats, potatoes, etc.) $395 Showing a profit on one hand of . $162 But the above is merely in estimate, cal culated on a basis of only fifteen acres, of common land to the hand, while the prac tice is to give a band from twenty to thirty acres to be planted in cotton, corn, . small grain and general iarm produce." ,It next gives an actual result. A faithful, industrious freedman culti vated 25 acres near Atlanta. Here t is the account stated 0 bales, 4,000 lbs. cotton; at 10c (itprob- ably brought more). .w..;. $400 300 bush, corn at 60c. j. . . . i ..... . .. 180 U Fodder, 2,500 bundled at lc 25 Oats, worth i. ............ 40 bushel, say. 40 I Making a toUl of .............. . $685 Deduct expenses, not including mule. . 158 Leaving profit on one hand of. . .... ...$527 There would also be plows, etc:,' left mase one or more nunarea Dusneis or sweet potatoes, raise a few Hogs, and keep a cow, etc., with but little extra labor and expense, . except for fattening the liogs. The; cotton-seed .was not sold, bat could, have been, at the above estimated : price, for oil, cow-feed, planting, or to be used in composting manure. : . 1 Tho estimate 'first given is based on the least favorable conditions admissible a small quantity of ordinary land, with im perfect tillage, and no fertilizer. - From either the hypothetical case ; or the actual instance, it would ap-: pear that cotton can be made profita ble in Georgia even at 8 cents, a low figure. The South closes its article with these reflections: - ; "With the better educated labor gradual j ly appearing, deeper and more thorough til lage, the cultivation of less land, using im proved implements and utilizing as a fertil izer what is now allowed to go to waste on the plantations, we venture the opinion that ; cotton can be profitably produced for seven, if not for six cents per pound. ; It is be lieved that the day of high priced cotton has passed; and all who plant for over ten: cents a pound will be doomed to grievous disappointment." . We would, not, however, by the above figures, encourage our. planters to grow cotton now, or at any time, at the expense of making an abund ance of bread and meat, and food for stock. jThe independent farmer is he ' wlio keeps a well-filled crib and barn and smoke-house and dairy. The European , : war will ' continue for some , months doubtless, and ' he will-be a prudent farmer who , makes more than enough grain and other products that will support man , and beast during the year 1877. .1 We await further news from Gen.! Leach. 1 His visit to Washington is suspicious, although it is said to have "no : political :. - significance.'' - New parties are like poets born, not made. We do not believe, we i must nave the candor to say; that Gen.; Leach is in Washington upon any such Quixotic errand as he is credited with. He never saw the day since be became a man that he was lacking ... " " . WdB at'J"u6 n judgment and shrewdness. - He knows thprfl io tnKo nrC iiows tnere is to be no election in Worth Carolina for eighteen months,7 tw : :. . .".7--" seiuer preaaawire u lane ot new. combinations now. If be meditates & coup d'etat next year, be will scarcely traiu his powder and tire hia match now. . . - - i hp i' i iii 'i' i mi 'i i i ii m i hi mi in i '-.mif i-mjuBvmmnr' jj)-j.t r 1 1 1 r i i i i - Wo rmf posed roferring at length to lhj long Utter of Senator Mortonof t . ...,ir.w-.' i ...vuu r luuuuia, rvwiMyj'ttuu.c, u.Vu , he atate Ma views upon he political j out of a personal or family feud .of long .:.nii with elaborateness and ffiv jUandftur, suchj as was in former times of J situation with elaborateness, and giw ing au. analysis of what he says. But upon reflection we do not think the game worth t.end!e.ULfe&H by all ttwspaperreadrihat Morton never apeaks or writes- without mis- . .v ,k .n.t.AWhir representing the South, and showing his inveterate hatred of W lie gives us to understand that ' he will after a fashion give Mr.' IIayes a quasi support, and advises Republi cans to behave themselves, r But . no one has any confidence .in his sin cerity, and every one expects : him to pursue his old selfish iK)licy cjo-operaT ting oi' not as his own? interests are involved for ; the'i time.tl He Js 1 not' satisfied with what the President' did in South Carolina and Louisiana,' be lieving that he ought Jo, have used the soldier in sustaining .Chamber lain and Packard.- And ?till,f while indicating" that such'i sbould' have been the course of. the President,. he thinks it .would have ended in dis- appointment and defeat.' - The effort to uphold two governments upon Uie points of bayonets would; have been; futile but constitutional. - Such istho - ........ i, v ' ; u "X The wily Senator letter may leach, the South one lesson,, give one en-; couragement. It is this-first,f to keep up a thorough organization that the great principles , of civil libertyj and constitutional government may: be preserved; and, second, that there i& too much hatred, sectional bitter-j ness and repressed tyranny in the Republican party to offer any safe and desirable refuge for one who has been reared under the instructions of true- statesmanship, who loves his country better than party, who would do justice to all sections and to every race, and who would maintain invio late the letter and spirit of the Con stitution formed by the united wis-; lom of-our political, forefathers. . 1 The following from the Baltimore Gazette is just and apposite: j ! "Here and there he pays a back-handed compliment to Mr. Hayes, but besides the undying hatred toward the South, which runs through the whole letter, he declares in terms that the main argument of concili ation upon which Mr. Hayes founded his Southern policy 'was an 'argument of expe diency, not of right and justice. This is intended to place the President before his party and the country as a trimmer and a trader in expedients; to hold him up to the Scorn of every man who loves honesty of Conviction, manliness of character and fair play. This is one of the strong aims of the letter, and this is one wherein it will fail. Mr.:1 Hayes has adopted the only policy which right and justice dictated, and the ' only one ' which eould have, sat isfied the people. . Jt is labor thrown away, for Mr. Morton to profess to give even a half-hearted support to the President's pol icy, and to declare that he wishes it well. He does not wish it well' His own letter contradicts him. - He appeals to the war passions of the North, rakes up and reiter- tion. He warns the North against Urn "solid South,' and makes a passionate ap peal for a solid North to oppose it By ar-j gument, misrepresentation and fervid de-' clamation he seeks to array section against section, restore the color: line; and tear Open once more a fast healing wound. Mr Morton forgets nothing; learns nothing." I EXECCTETHE UWR. . j We watch the vindication of ; law; rrnus far Gov Stor ne ; seems to be afraid to "stir the matter" of the Kemper county outrage.; We trust the matter will come to a judicial .hearing speedily, and that the guilty, ones will receive such punishment ..as their crimes demand and the law ap-' plies. If this is not done 'the State: will be injured, and! the South, - too for its enemies will seize upon it as an evidence of Southern barbarism and lawlessness. -' . I' ''.:'irA i j Two revenue officers were killed in' Lee county, Virginia, and ; the Gov- ernor ot that fctate, Hemper, declares I that he will see to it that , the mur derers are hunted down and punished! as they deserve. ! Well . done.: That is the true course the. only i course to preserve ; order and. maintaih a good 'name.' V l V':' i But the South is not the only scene of violence.:. The North, that; boasts so highly of its civilization ; and frowns so contemptuously ijpotf the' : South, often witnesses greater crimes and on trages than . are . ever perpe trated in the South. .Only - a - few days ago an attempt was made .in r - Pennsylvania to poison some I workmen. - The Baltimore .Su has the following: . ; . ju-.y.- . "It is a deplorable thing that there should be States in the Union in -which political paflaioBS and personal hatreds , run tof-day as high as religious passions and hatreds' ran iu Massachusetts when a mob of civil-: ized neonle burned a. house nvpr iho hpurla Cif hofnlAOa 'Vnman '.ond AvtiTrn "Vmn sn! headlong flight for their lives; or when enJ lightened and refined Philadelphia burn-' ed do7d f hnJcbes! and,' a contemporary: remarks, if the rioters in Kemper county, . Mississippi, get no more punishment than: was ever inflicted upon these dastardly in-' cendiaries, it wiU be another striking -and- painful illustration of the malign aod de-s structive influence of extravaeantoartiaan' and aectarian nolicv unon the conduct and cuaFapier or communities Commonly ,repu ica cwuiea. pui ine cure oi su not to be found "ia (rjesh jnvasions and of local troVernment ' at tfa That section of the country has not been as guief foryar as since th.e inanuratVm pf Mr. Haves, and its general rood conduct ought to secure it from premature imputa tions from official sources against its dispo sition to keep the peace and abide bjrlhe ooltcv or reconciliation, vine vdimmiu q Ml88U8lppi 8eem, l0 have grown In that section, and having only a remote connection with poli tics, and ep far as this connection went Mr. Chisolra was unfortunately as' blamabjev as any vuw, , , , - On Friday" last the blue and tho gray mingled harmoniously at.Forts- D? - mi - .j aithugh' a Oonfederke memo- 'rial'5 celebration tW "1 United States I troops "performed ' tbeir1 ' part ' hahd- sbmely. f The graves' of ' the, 'soldiers oi ooin armieB were ueooratu uujvo without partiality or 'distinction.' The .uaitiiuuro says; ''hmj:;, iho'ttnWAi'Kf Friday, the United Btates marines from Qosport navy-yard and the war-ships the Ga8ftort- navv-vard Monongabela, Franklin and; Yantic parti cipated with the NorfoiK, jfonsmouiu ana Hampton military companies in observing the Confederate memorial day. The occa sion was the most imposing ever held there,' and thousands thronged the ceme tertaa. - R. O. Marshall: grandson of Chief JusUco Marshall, delivered the oration, and, Col.- Joseph Forneyi son of John W. For ney, aditor of the Philadelphia Press, com4 manded the troops.''- &mh f W BHBADSTUFF8 DECLINED. We are glai to jtiotq that a "decided: decline has taken place in breadstuff s. Corn is down to an average of about $0 ceHsra6m4 selling.ras low as 5 8$ c4hts for: June delivery.- The decline ince: Saturday: is . 3j cents. VVVheat has steadily declined from the tngn price it reached some weeks ago. ' In Baltimore, on May 26, Howard Street Superfine ' sold for ; $7.50;! Family I $8.50, and choice "Family at5 $9.50 The stock in the I Eastern .markets is small, owing to the' extreme dullness. If the . stagnation ; continues . long there must be a still further decline. ; 'A The victory V; of Gen. Miles' over Sitting Bul.l at Little Muddy Creek will contribute towards bringing the Indians to terms. He had four killed and ten wounded, whilst the Indian - .4 .. . . loss tnnst have been ! considerable as they: left fourteen dead behind, and tbey no "'doubt, as is their custom carried off all they could. Four hunj dred and fifty ponies were captured, besides two hundred saddles and much plunder. It was a surprise and a stampede. Fifty-four lodges were captured. The Richmond State thinks . that the number of votes cast in Virginia will 1 be very much less hereafter that it will diminish one-fourth, pos sibly one-half. The cause of the re- ductioh .will be the failure to have the necessary poll tax receipts, in Norfolk, in 1875, the vote polled was 2,233. The vote in 1877 was 843. A redaction in ; whites of798, colorod 592 I '.i ' Corruption raged so long in the South daring the reign of the carpet bag governments, that the half is not yet known. Oar South Carolina ex changes have recently made known thai a Republican printing company at Columbia, S. C, actually paid $50000 only three years ago to buy up the Uhamberlain Lieeislature to pass certain appropriations for the benefit of the company. Next. Xewerlas'tlie Standard of ftloalu. The action of the New - York inspectors of rosins, in recently lowering the standard of duality, thus creating much annoyance audi confusion in the trade, without any apparent advantage' to be gained by the change, is forming, the subject of no little comment here as well as elsewhere. Messrs, W. H. Win8low .& Co., of Boston, in a communication to the OH, Paint and Drug Reporter of New York, refers to this mat4 ter as follows: "The naval store inspectors of New York, we are informed, are this year, putting forth standard samples of rwin TBYllfttl in tlio ltlttar rrraAoa o pa a fnll grade below those established by the usage I of the past two or three years, thus utterly confusing the trade,, without doing any' good to the distillers or Southern commis-. sion' houses, as buyers will insist as they have a right to dor-upon getting the same quality of rosin as heretofore, without re-' gard to what letter may this year be forced, into use to indicate it. Jn short, if this! movement have .any results at all, it will be to throw discredit upon the whole sys-; tern, of New York lettered grades, and put ua back'Wbere we". were before this system of , fgrading . was . established. ; Moreover, foreign- markets will not - accept any such changes, and theTd&ult will be continual difficulty and claims for allowances from abrbad, as well as from borne' consumers. ynder these circumstances we respeotfuUy, . i . . calljupon the "NewTprk, Board of Trade, rd of Trade. and! the Supervising Inspectors of Naval Stores, to avert the evils we have indicated by prompt and public action tending to re store ine graqing pi past yearg.y ' Q,u lurteiiy neeUiiKS. rr.( Third 'round of appointments," as inidet oj ev. vy . . isiaca, Presiding JSlder for, ine ; w nmington uistrict JUetbodist Jfipis. unurcn eoutni ' , Wilmington, at Fifth Street; . June 9-10: Magnolia; at Carlton Chapel. ..June.. 10-17 vvaccamaw Mis9vat Pine Log June 16-17, Bladen, at Center,; ... . . June 23-24 Whitesville at Fair Bluff;:.. Je S0-Jnlv 1 Onslow,' at Gum Branch. . July-' -.7-8 Jienansvule, at Kichlands.;.. July 14-15 JEUzabeth, at Bladen Springs. July ' 19-20 Smithvflle, at Smithville. . . . July,. Wilmington, at if ront street, i , Topsail, at Rocky Ppint, (Dis- tipt Cpbfer. ..- i.-1 f ence !)..-..,".. tirAug. 23-26 I - - ..a a a MIAtfllA I a 1 W W B B X.s at BDi v. I I . ' Sound. , v - i n n n r vr n n n i mo wasravat wu - nm -t - We learn that A. It. Black, Esq,., Das re cently- made some rather remarkable ais- - x u - . x i i it. I (3 Jt coveries at his -place on .waaie ; uuu. Just east of hiaYeBldence there is w-hatwas Just east of hisYestdence there is wna was ooce an field.-but'-whlcb'. perhapi,.has not been under cultivation, for the last cen tury or two.- ' Some of his men had been digging In tills field, ! whenVa f e wl hurntk bones were unearthedt--Tbis- fact aroused Mr.'iBlack's . curiosity and caused him to prosecute his investigations,, which, finally resulted in his discyvering, two ti OM ftQ flf w tw dred yards' apart, literally filled' wl trenches two hon- with h'u- man - bones, their position and appearance j suggesting the idea that -a . oattle had once - been fought there ana tnaf tnese trenches contained the dead ' which ihad fallen on both sldea As i there flat no mention in . history . pf z, any , .battle . , e ver having been fought in that , locality, , it p difficult to corhe to iny satisfactory conn j elusion in regard to the matter, and in fact the bones,' though undoubtedly human, 'do not present the appearance of having be-f longed to the Anglo-Saxon race, t-Tbe. fact of the remains . being fpund, mingled , tp-j gelher within-such narrow confines forbids the supposition that they are the ' contents oi any uruiuury - grave-jrni u. - In this connection we would mention the fact, which has' come toOur knowledge through one of ; the old settlers .in ;tbat neighborhood, : that .many years ago, tne skeletons of a man and horse, apparently just as they hjallen upon the field, were aug up in uus same loewnj. -,. County CommlHloneri meeilas.T A special meeting of the Board of County Commissioners, in connection witn tne Trustees of the various townships', was neld "yesterday morning for the purpose of agree-; ing upon some uniform: scale- of , valuation of personal property, in accordance , with section Sd of ; the MachinpryiAcL., :The j Trustees present were A. R. Black, . Esq. , of Harnett township; J. G. Wagner, Esq., of Masonbord township, and 8. Van' Am-1 ringeEsq., of Wilmington township A. J. Qraddy, Esq., of Cape Fear, and Stephen, Keyes, Esq , of Federal Point, being ab sent, not baying received the proper notifi cation in time. The assessment wss made, and adopted. and the Clerk was instructed to: furnish' each assessor of the several townships with a copy Of the proceedings of the meeting.: The Board then adjourned to meet in regular monthly session on Monday, June 4th, at 5 o'clock; P. M." "Got Farther." On Saturday last a colored prisoner was taken from Burgaw to South Washington,: Pender countv, and locked up iu a room in the second story of tbe Court House,' the further precaution being taken to place haad-cuffa upon him and chain him to a desK, in order to leave, as it was thought, no opportunity for him to escape. He remained thus confined during Satur day night and Sunday, it being the inten tion to send him to this city on Monday morning's train. That morning, however, when the officer went to look for his pris oner he had disappeared, having broken the chain and wrenched one of the hand- cuffs lose, and then let himself out of the upper window and escaped, with the other handcuff still attached to his wrist. Up to last accounts the slippery darkey had not been recaptured. ' ; ; Bellcto.ua. - ' l,'fr '''v,i The Benpon of . Rev. E. F. Marable, at tbe Presbyterian chnrch on Sunday morn-; ing, was a forceful, logically arranged and impressive discourse; based on the words of our Saviour, "My yoke is easy Vnd Py bur den is light" The leading idea of the ser mon was that the propagation of Christi anity had been retarded more by the false teachings and impure lives of Christian teachers and professors than by infidel as saults and pantheistic and materialistic chi- losopny. . xuc sermon .was decidedly thoughf ul, and evinced careful preparation.: In tbe discussion of his second proposition we thought he would run counter to tbe wise teachings of Bunyan's immortal alle gory, but he avoided the collision to a great extent as he approached the close. . Tbe SlneaUr DIieoTerr oB middle ) Sound. The discovery of whole trenehes of huJ man bones on the plantation of Sheriff Black, at Middle Sound, alluded to in our paper of Tuesday last, :has very ' naturally elicited considerable comment hereabouts, In a conversation with Mr. Black yesterday he informed us that; the land at his place,- previous to its purchase by him, had been in the uninterrupted possession, or under the control and management of the Moore family for over one hundred and fifty yearsj and that during that period, as is positively asserted by I representatives' of the family now living, there 'have i '..beeri'no ".bodies buried m the particular locality referred toj The bones, from their somewhat peculiar formation, are, in the opinfon of Sheriff Black, evidently the remains of Indians ana iir. Ji. tl. .weosser, qi inia ciiy, naa promised to examine the collection Of bones and skulls, (some of the latter In a fine state of preservation, when further light -will aouotiess oe tnrown wii upon 4e;subject, aqdl cCnclusion be arrlveof At some satisfactory i 8i io wdu race inev ueiuuf. uuu oicer i : 4 : mul--itii'tJL- Vm1Zj ffxi The may be prop; er to say, were1. n'o Qb'tai4e'd from Sberift(BlackLpersQnallyi.but .he inw forms us that they: were in the1 rriain cor- rect, and he pr6Tmises to; ip4 teresting . and . important Jnf orniaon fela-j live .to these, singular deposits at .spme .future, day, 1 iC J.JVGarrett jin old j news paper man, "forimeriy of Qofdsiro jb" lit! more latterly of Baltimore, waV in 'pwn yesterday, and infofmsf us .that -, hei j will1 (shortly start anew paperatljendersonvllle, 4 'J In this State. -?'5 r- 7brcAA:We'learii 'thal'Mh sheep Killed " by j hum!. ' :KJ-- is 0lL -.1. - 1 1 u i. u irraar ' there no r relief for : OurJ farmers ; aealnst 'the tavaees.' of i 1 worthless, dogs? i,'?"'. nif,i fvV7e, gavea'bffef statement yester- day of the killing of Nathan CV-Clay- muuj ai vimi tout, uy nniies x . j iv . . - .11 . , , aAfi v. , i'- A f n . t ' 1 ft 4 . a si ' - Yi It r n'V""' WT' "u ' latter had just voluntarily surrender ed himself. lie has just been tried aj. UharotUy Xound guilty of man slaughter, and v sentenced to i nve years in the county, jail. . The Chart lotte f Observer contains a report, or the trial.,. We copy a part: ;: , I'' lie was arraigned according to the usual form : of law. -The bill of in dictmeutset! forththat l. Jamea; P; Wilson bad, on the 14th day of i Au-i fnst, f;wilfully: killed Nathan' Clay-i and by shooting 'him with a pistol; ljurtug tne reaaing oi tnis jtue W most -silence i pervaded the whole room,' notwithstandingv that it was nllea to its utmost capacity.' V 'Mrtlinitnr M fttttornmprv. nn thfi nart ot toe state, informed tne voart tnat when he first knew of the intention of Mn-'VYjlson to surrender: himself for triaL hewent ;to.the ..friends of 2ia- than, Clayland and of hiss family; and; stated ibe J faci't'O th'eW'and further informed them that if they would aid him in rrprocaruig the u witnesses; , he would piro8ecute..ithe case Jtp the. best oi nis aDUity, as requueu my iaw,;jLioi fbnhd no' -oti& disposed' to prosecute the defendanU -' It was ! a ! rather; r6- markable fact r that . all. .the jeye-wit-? nesses to the killing , were now dead.: lie, however, baa two witnesses wno Knew someiuiug ui iue uucurreuuB,: James -Fox.' colored, C'and James Alexander if ; were ; then- sworu. i The former was put upon, the stand and testified that he saw the deceased and the prisoner enter the room of Wm. Qumn, (the store on Trade street now occupied : by Nisbet &r Bro.), and in a short time, thereafter beard the! re port of a pistol. He next saw the prisoner come out, get on his horse and ride oil. - ; -:- - James Alexander testified that be was with the deceased during his last illness. He had heard him say! that the prisoner shot him, and that he did not wish him prosecuted for it. He was defended by Col. II. C, Jones and Gen. Iiufus ISarringer. , Mr. Wilson returns to his home shattered in mind and body, but with tbe sympathy of the entire commu nity. He has led a temperate and industrious life. He fought through the 'whole war in a lexas regiment,' and distinguished himself on many fields of , battle. For deeds of bravery he was raised from a private to the captaincy of a company, and received other marks ot lavor trom his com manders. He is now fortv vears of age. Jodee Key at Cbarlotte. the Jrostmasler jeceral made a speech at Charlotte last Friday.; We give a paragraph or so. What he says is worthy of attention because of the position he holds. We teppj from the Chariotte Observer's report; "The position I occupy is a very- anomalous one. A few months ago, to the best of my ability, 1 was; can vassing in Tennessee, urging the elec tion of Samuel J. Tilden to the Presi dency of the United States, and now I find my self , to rat own sarprise, and I have no doubt to yours also, a con fidential officer and member of the Cabinet of Rutherford B. Hayes. But, as previous to that election, I find myself a Democrat still, and you can readily understand therefore that I occupy a very embarrassing and anomalous position in a political point of view. When the proposition waa made to me when I was re- Suested to bedOtne a member of Mr.; ayes' Cabinet, my inclination .was? to decline it, and I have no doubt a great many of tbe people of the South thought 1 would do so. ..A very little reflection, However, brought me to a very different conclusion. 1 thought that when the f resident or the United States extended his hand to the people of the . South through me, it was my duty to receive that hand, lest millions' of the South might be the sufferers- whereas, if I made a mis take, therej would be no sufferer but myself, and, as announced at the time, as is well known throughout the whole'country, I accepted the po sition in the Cabinet of the President 'of the United States, with the simple .intention of assisting the people of the pouth if I eould, to regain some thing of the ground that they1 have lost durin? the last few years.) ' The President required 'no promise or pledge of me I went into his . Cabin net without ny instructions, and as independent as any member of it. and was received intti bis secret councils, and would t have been in his - council to-day . had I ' been iq W ashington City. This was a most extraordinary confidenpe on the part of the admiu-. istration. and one which I will never ueiray, . xuis pusiiiou is or . course embarrassing yet it is my duty i6 assist iti supportiug arid ; building up the , . administration if. X can,- rather thanseeking to.idestrov itv As the; pre8t4iBpi.;:iay8j, I take it, that j there'. nvRefeublioan or a Democrat: he serves his uartv best who aervesiiis countrv pP-ifc: . - - ":':-K- i' The' Macow Advance says of the rnica mines in that ppuntryi We have; been shown manv.speoimens of mica within the: last few days, all of the finest quality; Mr.' 4u a. arj&un naa a mine on, .morn moun-; tain, which is said ta be unsurpassed both for the OOdlitv and nliantitv of tliH .mir ,I)rf J. M. Jjyle exhibited la our office some Very fihe specimens of peculiarly striped miea,from a mine which he t is,operatlng: near tne iop or isaid; mountain:, Maj.. VV. 4 H: Higdoa has recently opened a mine on hiS'farm, near thisplaoe, .. and - though . he has qot penetrated far beneath the' surface i the specimens exhibited Indicate that he .has discovered -valuable mine. i - Charlotte ObsertieV KixvoitM 'ttdsrlntereBliBg features t the apptdach-4 , jngw'aveniiofl.pr tne. episcopal Church m junu v-Muima, io me people or unanoue wl oettoafceMinaotf of ;CoUpEHE5iQia Ijborna tQ the. ministry. V - ir A Weddlns tbat JDIdn'l come rRaleigh'Obderver.l , r,Tirne-r-Wedne8day, $3d inst.; place( '-Goldsboro. But in this, as in many other cases, there was a Vslip.betweeni tne cup ana tne up. - . M-Lt .seems that one J on n vi. uoa t rey? wooed and won the hand and heart oft a young maiden, sixteen years of agej of the above named towp. The tin -gagement lasted for some-time -anq last Wednesday night was lne timj when two hearts were to beat as'bnel The. family : with ..whom the young taay resiaea prepares ; a ijanusuuie supper the friends of the' bride had arrived 'to witness the ceremony; the minister was on hand, the ; bride had adorned ...herself with her .wedding garments, all things were ready'' for the consummation of the nuptials, ex-l cept the bridegroom,' he' didn't: cornel worth a cent ;s an hour passes, the ex citement is intense; theapell. is broken J thet announcement, the, (.bridegroom cometh.' brings the expectant crowd to the front!' but' the Lothair hath not on his wedding duds; which increases the; excitement; he seeks "the bridej and with tears in shiA"eye8y informed her that he is a married man already And cannot : marry' her J; be had -not lived with her for seven years "and was under the impression; j that that! length of time constituted a divorce.5 put on consulting a lawyer was ltij formed that it "did ndt; The jindigf haht younglady took Off the ehgage-s jnent. ring Jwhici; he had K given her threw it in his- iface, told- him .to giti and, seizing . a broomstick, by ;a few well directed blfws caused the scamp to beat a hasty retreat. "Served himl right. .1 , Tbe Democracy and the President. ' ; Raleigh News. v. - -i; --i I ; W e can never forget thatlPresi-- dent Hayes reached the exalted sta tion which he now occupies, through the instrumentality of the most un blushing frauds; bu't: we tleem it the height ; of : folly to molest or hinder him while he contributes to the wel fare of the country ' - Lord Halifax is recorded as havins said. king." We do not say that .. Mr. Hayes is making a better President than Mr. 1 uden would have madc,even; though confronted as he must inevita bly have been by an adverse (North and a hostile Senate; but we are dis posed to believe that President Hayes, with a doubt on his (title, is aj much better President for . the South than if he had come to the White House with an undoubted title and: an' over whelming electoral majority ; for the simple reasou that has anomalous po litical position, owinc his office to the tricks of a minority instead of tb votes of the majority, compels him to pursue the path of Right, of Justice, of .reace, of Conciliation: he! dares not follow the lead of them who elect ed him. We believe in the good bid rnaxim -agive the,, devil his due."; Personally,? Mr. Hayes is acknowledged jdn all sides to be a clever, upright. and ami-." able gentleman; disposed to do what is right; and with us he shall have full credit for whatever of justice, of fair dealing-and of statesmanship he may display while . occupying s the seat to which the people elected Sara-! uel J. Tilden. The masses bf the Southern people, we believe,' have for Mr Hayes personally none j other than kind feeling and sincere respect.: Mr. Hayes is not the Republican par ! iy. ana we can upnoia nis nanas witn our moral support without ien-: ddrsing the manner of his election, Vr the party that elected him. or the principles or the conduct of that par ty. " In maintaining an attitude of this kind towards the PresidentDe-: mocracy neither compromises.' its! principles, stultifies its .record, nor; impairs its strength in the least. V M A Grand Array of North Carolinian. : Raleigb Observer. ; i -1 : ' Mr. McGehee speaks of the Hills-! boro bar in 1827,when Governbr Gra ham made his debut in the Superior Court. Of the twenty-six :. present, there were Thomas Ruffin, Archibald D. Murphy, Wilie P. Mangum, Francis L. Hawks, Frederick. Nash,; George E. Badger, Wm. II . .Hay wood and Bartlett Yancey. It would; be hard to find such an array of tal ent in any court of the great cities of the country, much - less, in a small town pt one or two thousand , in-! baoitanls. Two of them j. were afterwards" Chief . Justices : of the' Supreme Court; five - Judges of the : Superior Courts, ,s threel Sena-j tors in Congress, one , the most elo- quent pulpit orator in the country; and then the young aspirant for fo- icuDnr iauiC) Duuociucutiy jruf cniur, Senator in Congress, Secretary of the Navy,; &g, &c,TaQf, the eighty first: named,' it is asingurar faot,l men ; tioned -by'Mr. : McGehee, that " fivej years t.fterwardsVirrl832 nottmeTe-j jmainedat-thiat'bari:i Several jof them had beeu made , Judges, ,and lone; of 1 them had. gone, into the ministry, j leaving assured eminence in one pro-j t-woivu ivi gicaici ciiiiiicnuc iu an other. They all, except Mr. Yancey, lived to old" age upwards of 70 and all have passed away. Edward J.Hale. . , .,, t;' - - '!,. 'I' - prdlnattona at tbe Catbedral. ! Bishop Gibbons of V f the " Roman Catholic DiOcese of . Richmond, Va., acting Archbishop t of! Baltimoj-e, yes terday -morning, iii the Cathedral, conferred degrees in Holy Orders on abouttfprty Btudents who-have been studying for the . priesthood ( at the Seminar v. bfi Siilninn A m'nn or ih nan ordained" ' deacons was. John Lynch,' of n Richmond.- Baltimore 1 iimeriA ' Charlotte Observer: ;Tay iqrM Jjean; Join O'eU, John - Davis, Richard Wicks and Yaak AlcGilL who constituted "the, "club," and vyerp banded , together to rou ue cui?en9 or uuanoue, have all been convicted , and " isehtenced to 6" ve' Ave yi 'ears' in ine county jail (.meaning bar OAjiliie vv v. uiutuau.i Spirits .TurDentine. 'x-Wher. Observer Z feils of a mor. nags at thirty miles .in hour on the Raleigh and Gaston-R?iilro d.? Two colored npr sons, Alfred Hultuu and MiiT'iie "Oant ran away;.and ltev. MrRiCbaiilsoo, 'of Mur- Jreesnoro, sphretl lira on iLe cars. But weart :juitis,."; Voodsoii, about that Ulblrtjrthilea' aii hour " - ;"r'A-correspondent of lha Weldon TifczMwriling from .'Northampton county saVS;We don't have much nr-ima lhei prohibition of, -the sale of liquor 'I ThmK'ilrwould be a good law to i prohibit the sale of Honor evervwhprp in n.o q .hipk jbere would be less crime and more energy every wuere in tne country. v t--jntaleigh,: Observer? Twenty-oue convicts arrived at- the penitentiary yester daysTh'eaheriff of Jackson brought a re ceipt for pone delivered at the head of the -Western North Carolina Railroad. Shpriff "Nowelliof. Wake, sent over nine as the firn lasiaimenx oi'duage strong's contribution and the sheriff of Forsyth brought in eleven Verily the railroad work goes .bravely on! -r !Rev, , Cornelius, B. Riddick President ofLos Nietos -Female College' California, has had the degree of D.D. con' ferred upon him by Rutherford College, N. C.." If exlraordinaa-y powers as a preacher and fine culture entitle one to be made a Doctor of Divinity, then we know few men who are as much entitled to the degree as Mr: Riddick ' He is a native of Hertford county, N.C. -r-.-rrJq'.wiy uaroiimqn: iiasteveu- ing, asifrsf Detrick and child, accompanied by Jtfrs.jHilI, were returning from a short -drive, their horse scared, on the- Long Bridge, backed against the railing, which gave -way aod-'thef horsef buggy,-the two ladies and childr all; fell into the water Several men near by went to their rescue and saved them from drowning. A narrow escape. f -. , .. ; ..'i r - V ' Danbury Reporter'. Judge K eir brought many- Forsyth -dinners lo repen tance last week, and tyi give some in this county, the., benefit . of , his .. attention next week. ' Evil doers find very.little favor in hia Court, and his manner of awarding in iquity will tend to suppress lawlessness and crime in this section-of country. Impar tial justice ;"anf a heap of it" is the only hope of the country. - Milton Chronicle: The convicts engaged to work on the railroad have ar rived, and are now making the dirt fly. We understand that the smallest man in the gang will pull down 175 pounds. Chief Engineer Templej who has no superior as a u arrow gauge railroad builder, has charge of the engineer corps. Croakers and a smart sprinkling of wise prophets in these parts at a great discount. Neios : One thousand tons of iron for the Raleigh & Augusta Air-Line Railroad have been received at Portsmouth, and will pass through this city about to morrow on its way to ihe head of the road for. which it is intended. Only twelve miles are to he laid to effect a junction of the Raleigh & Augusta road with the Carolina Central, nd we judge that the work ot filling this gap will be begun at once. : Raleigh Observer : There is on exhibition at the rooms of the Department of agriculture a specimen of orchard grass, six feet in height, taken from the farm of Dr. G. W. Blacknall, near this city. Tbe orchard grass is said to be by all the farm ing books the very best forage for animals that is grown, and to the farmer decidedly the most profitable crop he can raise, pro vided tbe soil and climate ia all right for its production, j ; . R. W.I B., in Raleigh Observer: The regular Tuesday evening horse swap- - ; . r ping is one oi ine auiusiDg ieaiures oi Kenans ville court. Tbre is a large pine grove, just in the edgeof the town, running' through this is a ditch; the swapping stock is formed into a line, and at the signal for starting, a dash is made for the ditch.. Every horse or mule which jumps the ditch is ruled out The scene that then follows completely lays Cedar Hill,' at Louisburg, in the shade. MurTce Bladei The Asylum Com mission have continued in session since our last issue, arranging and pushing on the great work in hand. : They are greatly in creasing the daily production of brick by erecting more tables, &c. Next week they will begin burning, and soon thereafter laying.-: The" material : ia splendid, and the quality of the brick, by all odds, the best we have ever seen in the state, and the cost is ngurmg out a litue less than any hereto fore made, ; : , -.- Goldsboro Messenger: The dwel ling of Henry CalwelU near Warsaw, Du plin county, was robbed one night last week by three unknown parlies, of nearly $100 in gold and silver. Mr. Calwell was in tne -nouse at' tne time, nut is quite an oldinan,and besides is badly afflicted with rheumatism, and although he knew of the robbers' presence, nis infirmities compelled him to silently submit to the robbery.. The other members of the, family, had all gone visiting. " . . - Raleigh iVews: It will be a little surprising to most men to know that North Carolina actually has a sewing ma chine factory; that it has been in success ful operatiou for twenty years; that the machines are as good if not belter than those bf ' Northern make, ' and find such ready sale that the manufacturers are un able to exceed the demand. Yet such is the fact. The factory - to which we allude is located- at Shelby, ; and the . machine is known as the "Carolina Sewing Machine." pr Granville Echo. Mr. H. H. Smith is an enterprising citizen a pioneer in fruit culture from Canada and is engaged ex tensively in the business. He has on his farm about 20,000 grape vines, 5,000 peach trees, 1,500 apple trees, 1,500 standard pear trees, and 1,200. cherry: trees, which, under his care ful and scientific management, must eventually prove to be a lucrative employ ment. "Canadians enter largely into the population of r Granville, and as an ener getic, industrious, and mind-their-own-busi-ness sort Of people, they are a decided suc cess, and a varaable)acquisition to the pros perity, growth,apd wealtlTof any commu nity;'' v'v- -. ' : - Spring (Mass.) Republican: O. .A. Smith, of this city, and C C. Thomp son, of Middlefield, who went to -North Carolina :on a "prospecting tour - several weeks since, have iust returned. .They visited Morganton in Burke country, and the farming lands in that vicinity. They come home greatly pleased with what they .8awj,t The climate, soil and water are, tbey say all that could be desired, and the only thing needed is capital, managed by New England men, to make Western North Car olina a desirable country to live in. The colony that went from this vicinity are bu sily engaged preparing for future opera-, tions. Linville, the new town, is being laid out, and a depot has been established. The Reid8viile News tells of a. horrible murder perpetrated a few weeks" ago in Rockingham county. A devil by tbe name of T. JE. Bowman had poisoned his wife that he might live with a black para mour, i The evidence is very strong, altho circumstantial.-' The New says: "There U not 'the shadow of a reasonable doubt' but that in addition . to the murdering of bis iwife he is a member of an organized band of robbers, who, in addition to making fre quent raids upon their neighbors' properly, are 40-dayt practicing; a system of free loveism" which, like a moral cancer,' is eating into the vitals of that - community. :His wife had, not been dead over three weeks, yet when arrested he was out in a faegra cabin," locked in the embrace ot his. negro paramour,, while four lewd women, two. white; and ,two black,. were playing i cards. in his dead wife's room.';