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We referred yesterday ' to ythVf e-;
cision of the Snpreine Court of North
Carolina sustaining the claim set ap ;
in behal f of the Federal Government.
It is to be deplored. As long as the
Court is composed as it ison r people ;
can have no guarantee ihatl fairness
and justice will enter into its delibera
tions. Its past record is so bl.urredt t
is so shameful" Uialbe mbst Jlaw
abid ing and -1 aw-re verencing people
"in America have lost much . of - their
res
for its. members. The ' de-
cision, we most believe, ..is partisan,
because the Jndges are not ignorant
or inexperienced officers of the law.
They hold an opinion .which as we
said yesterday,' is atterly - subversive
of the rights of the Slates that com
pose what once was regarded ; las a
Confederation, not a nation. ; ; rir
The Governor will take an appeal
to the Supreme Court of the United
States.1 We confess .that 'since, the
experience of the country' in regard
to the three Republican . Jndges who,
were members of .the Electoral Com-!
mission we do hot led confident that.
the Supreme ,Coqrt will1 find in.a?
cordance wit h la w and right. We
Lave lost much of our confidence, in
the impartial character of' that high-j
est '-gudicjaxy-Thai body maypossw1
bly lift ; .itself above : mere' partisan
ship, and may decide inrfavor of .the
rights of the States and against the
grasping and usurping. Federal pow-:
er. VVe shall await the issue with
f singular anxiety and interesWliirt I
j ne iaieign jxews pas ueen exam-;
ining into tbe appeals taken from the:
State Supreme4 Court- to the U. SJ
Supreme Court, "andjthe result isj
every ruling of " the lower court has
been, set aside, where .'tbe: construe-;
tioir of the Constitution of the TJTni ted!
Statesas ; been before it.?.; This is,!
indeed, encouraging, and but for; tbe
-. Electoral Commission ., business wei
should besahgttine that lavir and los-
i
tice woula be vindicated at last..
i
- The
3. -.ii?.'iS5
So our Cktirt lias taken three deliberate
aims atMhe . Constitution'-: of tbe : United
dates, a?d, as tbe Chief Justice sometimes
; expresses it, lias 'missed ' the mark every;
time. It was said of one of our old Judges
that ' be didn't know ' much law but be
1 acted well and 'guessed well" but -our
f Saprenta Court have neither of these eood
fortunes to console them. ' The Legislature!
ousht to present our Judges with a copv of
'Story on the Constitution, with the in junc
tion to read, learn ana inwardly .digest ; it
before they make' another; effort to con-1
alma lUa rVknctifTlf inn ' J ' .'iu'j.ij J
. "But not bnlv the Supreme Court of the
United States; but even Judges Bond and,
' Brooks have often snubbed them and dis
;: recrarded f their', opinions. ' - Note ' Dunlap's
case; Kirk and Habeas Corpus, -and the
Homestead cases.". '' " - ' h'-
Tbatexcel!ent gentleman, tbatcauf
I flcie n tioubohest 'aridfbljjtirit;!
lion. George "I W4, .Brooks, . to; .whose
memory jibe legal profession of Nbrtbr
'-, i: t i.i i . -j- e.: p
Hj yu.3im. huuulu ereci. a uuing muuni
'-Unent ; although a ! Federal . Jodge,?
once saved ine people ot x or to AJaro-
tf'jjifcM'i-iriSlritfa'iti
lina
coiuuiuuuub. auu
broke' the shackles from1 the'-limbs of
, the oppressed and imprfsoried,!
! srave them their libertv. When Pear
son, and the ignoblo set around him
were Bubservieni tb tyranny and. per
mitted uie greatest i outrage i Known
urvilitlbn a:defTBlpge
one of our own native citizens, came
to the rescueof ' hiffh-toneil Jpi
men who were in prison through the
; i m pe rial m an d a te uofjj th o y creat u re
: Holdeh, and set an example worthy
emrilaUon and of eternal honor.
So we would noVJfearIorNbrt,h
is Carolinians to bV ! tried be fore Judge
. Brooks, and such" as' be, for. any of
;fe fence.,- They:-would 4le ?dealfefiWith
X mercifully and according to lawand
jastice. aiBut ;lbe point no wcris no
that Federal. Judges ,' woold 1 not ;d6
eight, buj that in the Temoval o
' T-"'Vi; :'.'' 1 1 . 4 - r ' .' 'r- ! h-4 - ' rA '
. :- l V . 'i' - i
causes that Bhould" be triM before Ibe;
ptate courts to a Feaeral tribunal - a
'rafencefwilt agairistthe,
JnhejaRSjoaiieoabiig
people ant) a Eerious. blow is inflicted!
.upon the sacred ; rights ofi sovereign;
and independent ponlmdneafthslf
s We said in oar vlast issne that the'
tenden c v as U ipeii i jrafizati to an'
obliteration of State lines - and rotate;
oil k.Svi t xr t?. "Tfitart K!u ititt' too" A f
i
ance; df ft Northern Repubhcanism
Ben Wade writes this to the Wash-
ington .Republican of three days ago ::
..."lie greatly fears that .the: President's
policj, under color of what is calledlocal
selfgoverament, is an ignominious surren-j
der of the- principles of nationality for
which our armies- fought, ! and " for which!
thousands of brave men died, and without:
which.- tha Wfti Wn a ftliir-: j- ::s?f-K !
Honorary degrees ought to: mark extraor-
dinary scholarship talent or service, or all
e-rr.- t't-tLcy'-irrr-rr?-!!:
deacla stratezy 1a collesesor extraordinary:
ambition in small men. .'These decrees are
exceedingly cneap, ana are rapidly becom-
uik jcai. , iQBuiuuooa mat are oniv moae-
ate high schools, are conferring them irc;-i
iBJWK.ana, inaumuons inai ougnt to nave,
sound discretion are conferrinif them verv:
itorangdys AU young colleges and univer
sities, ought tol very modest in this par-;
ticular; their cases should be few and emi
nently proper. -Jf. 0. Christian Advocate.
So-1 writes a very sensible corres;
pondent of! the 'Raleigh '4 ft)ocae.:;
He is right in all he says. For a' one-;
horse academ v called by way of dig-j
mty "a; colIege,v to dub a man of!
mediocre abilities and the' smallest;
amount of human learning a .Doctor,';
is foplish and wicked. It is a fraud.
-7 i-r-i. , ----' - --"'-ii - " .-r.'.'-iiWi..i
a gross deception. . VV no can calli
one of these recipients Doctor ;witK-;
out an inward; Smile and-afpahg ofj
pity ?!When ipne metj the ':Jate. Dr. j
Mason,' of Raleigh, or Dr.: Hoopert of j
Chapel Hill; he might feel a glow of j
ide, for ; theys were indeed : men ofj
earning, an d were tichly' entitled to j
tbe . degree of : Doctor of Divinity.
But ihow) can we keep from smiliogi
when we ! meet Dr. Aristides Wind-
bag or Doctor.Ignorahtia8-Polycarp,;
and salute bim with thb very title we
would have- to bestow upon Dr. Jas.:
McOosh, of Princeton, or Dr. Philip!
Scbafif, .the historian . and biblical!
'Tbef recent summer flood was not)
80;Smdeprea;and ) jde vaatalirig as
we have known it, bat it was bad
enough. .. ..The sad part of tbe ibusi-l
neiss is.' the Doctorates deceive igno-
rant people. - J ail a man a uocior,
and although he may not have one
idea of his own in that huge head of.
his, tfuSuspecting people who are im-!
pressed by titles, will give the fe!lowt
credit! for ten? or fl fly times more
brains than he possesses. v; And then,;
too when-weknowwhat. ugly in-;
flaence8 . ' cause the . degree io be be-j
stowed in many cases, we must des-j
psee shani What vValue Tjcani
there be; in any title that means nb4
thing now and that ia so cheaply be-!
stowed j
ic Jisnop ijomoard, of Jf aria, was the
UlDb IUdU WUV WM OICi UVUUIVU HlbUj
the title of Doctor of Divinity. - It!
was over nine hundred years ago. .It
meant a , great , deal then, and for a
long time .thereafter; i It was a sign.
eminence, 01 eruuiiioo. tuiuuiu,
be 80
cheap
now, but, alas, it is abodt asj
as! : "gunger ! bread" on court;
day, or, herrings ( infish ! season. Is
there ho chancer for reform ?siM
1 ,THBWAR. - - '
The papers one while complained
that the Russians moved" slowly J
Iatterly they have" moved rapidly
enough to .please the: most restiyej
ana ;! impatient. , jtney " nrBb maue
every necessary - arrangement col
lectihg ' Immense stores, and f then!
they marched with a celerity and a re'j
sistiessness tuat are iuue , aumiraoie
They have : already passed .the Ban
kans in large force, and but for the)
unexpected oruer to siacsen, causeq
by thb interference of sbme ;: of the
nearetOyAdriopi
rectly in ; theayito the long covetea
"tiiAt:A i or 4 n t ! rnn c ht; Tri taf!nn-
stantinople.' -, llie ; fact seems tarbb
thafc tliA Russians bold the ' most im
pbrtant passes iri ..j,biiootAlns'aii'4'
with, an ov'erhelming' force arief mas
ters ojweituaUoihence". tbe;in
terf erende 'of the Powers.: Inithb
meatttiifle- thewar fevbriincteases k
the lirktsfi PapitangeMr
road6 n tha ..Cabinet ranH !1 arinyi and
everything looks f like j-ai protracted
and vigorous efetfceThe'f Sultan
sends 40,6o6 fresh troops to Adriano
le aiftdb4ut&brinj has been
sbpbreeded bf, Osman rPasha,awhb
was the 1 commander : at ; Widden; de
clares hia ' ability to defeat, theRns-
sians I sonth of the Balkans, lime
VOJ
- t'! - :3 - iA"
will bhow h ow much; there ..is in the
boast,-;:-fe'''
intelligent jjievvspaper crreSponj-
entsnTe-sthat th'e Russian)
armies are twell commanded, , and ' that!
no little generalship; has ' beei dis-j
played us. farj.in. thei
VasioiSiijearW lSrge .'armies to
protect their irear;aQd;beeagijetLthe
important cities, whilst they press to
wards the mountains iind .the regions
beybbd.'- Their mbyementB ! ho w de
cided strategic ability and if they se
cure the important passesl and tben'
isweep on and lake possession' of the
Urailroad, critics ay itflt bneJ
the most splendid exploits of modern
warflir! JTe pomfd
inevitably ) untessAusayAhjd Eng-
land intervene to ; aye' him from, hisj
fate, it Is mereiya duealion of weeks;
or months. v.. rvii
Relying upon yidence.i,tbat now
appearand ;b?sinsuffident;r"61cel
held that the Electric Telegraphy one;
o wed iu , paternity, JoHortb., Cafo-'
lina. 1 The Stab s was:'partly instra-;
mental in nrging.and giving currency!
o the I claim of Mr Junius L. Clem-!
mons, f oraerly f of TJrth CarblinaJ
and a native, as the jventbr!oti!ihat
- gteutnrtmbnft ifairly
rivalled tProsplMrb; and jFa-girdle?
around the earthr.rOar Teaders have!
seen upon what evidence Mr. Clem
mons claim! rests. ! ;.He concbiv ed thb
idea . of a y telegraph inM833.' We!
have ' no doubt of : this ! fact, for hel
offers good evidence to prove it. r And
ii . iiri ;,tn;"a !
was nomine nrst to entertain;
such an 'original' idea. ' -We think: it
unb jUBb iuak we reprouuee some evi-j
dence of t a very striking and conclu-j
sive character: that "goes to ' es'tabiish!
the fact; that; 'the
European origin, and CthatamuieB
Morse was nof." as is ; so confidently
asserted, the originator or inventor !
rl Colonel GeorgeWortham, alawyerj
of Oxford and a gentleman of consid-l
erable information in some 'depari-l
ments of learnings appears iti thei
columns' of the Raleigh Ofoper in'a!
well written and well guarded com
municatioh that merits more , than
passing notice, lie . undertakes 4 1
esUbliR-two propositions : . , -1 , - I
1st. that Mr. Clemmons was not t
North Carolinian to rwhom - the ideaif W
- - w . 1
magneuc leiegrapa presented liseii; aoq4
zo, mat -rro. floras ; was not me jurst tnan,
wAb miKed (Mi : ufea in ' an invention.
and produced a practical worHng telegraphic.
: He then draws a very just and clear!
difference between onsrinatincr ah 1
and making an inventiorti ' He saysj
aanuraoiy z.-i&i - , : . ?..-f. ;
The first is only Id conceive that a thine
can be doner the second is to change tbatj
conception into a fact by actually doing it4
An idea is not- uie suDject or a patent; aa
invention is.. In the case of the magnetic
telegraph, the truth.: is,1 that the : science of
electricity had been carried to. such a point J
that irom known facts, the idea ot the i
netic telegraph might and did suggest i
to several men acting . Separately and ind
pendently of each other. This is nsuall
the case in such mattera. Ar great . inven
Hon is seldom made that rival claimants d(
not spring up for the honor of having mad
it, because the science on which, it depends;
has been carried so far that the next step
almost necessarily leads to the invention
This, however, does not relieve one who
appropriates the idea of another, founds an;
invention on it, and heralds it to the world
as all his own, from being justly chargeable;
with fraud and falsehood." ..
Col. . Wortham then; mentions n-
other North Carolinian to whom tfia
accurredi twenty: years "before it
did tb; MrClbmnioni.tHe s
"Drv : William " A. - Turner, -of Bertid
county, in a letter written m laiiw - from
Nashua. New Hampshire ? to his brother!
Thomas Turner, Jsq., of Windsor, ! arte
mentioning: some; experiments, of . his : ia
electricity eoes on to say that if there was!
a wire Irom JNasnua to. Windsor witn a natf
tery in each place; they might converse to-j
gether, by means or preconcerted t signal?,
with almost as much ease as if face to face,
Here is the idea clearly stated. It originated
with Turner in 1811. and with Clemmons
over twenty years later, but neither of ibetd
changed it into a ract oy 1 inventing r syw
tea m -telegraphing. 1
1 But there was : ah : ihventionlbng
before the time of Turner,' Clemmoni
or Sam -rMorse the falsely laurel
crpwn
the following - from Arthur- s X out)
UUUIIU CUItlUU, X I C7C. - , A UUUg,U TT lib
ing of what hesato iri Paris ill
VIn the evening made a visit to Mom
tiomond; a very , ingenious and Vinvehtiyfe
taechanici:! In 'electricity he'has.made' 4
very, "remarkable , discovery fi; You 'write
two or three ' words.rOalparriivM 31
with-him into a room and turns' a machine
enclosed .in a Cylindrical case, at . top " of
which is an electrometer, & small fine pith
ball, a wire connects with a similar cylin
: der and electrometer in!a distant apartment;
and his: wife by remarking the correspond
ing motions of the ball, writes down,.the
words they indicate, from, which it :appears
be has formed an alphabet of motions.; ,.As
the length of the wires makes no difference
in thb. effect:! a correspondence . mteht be
carried on any distance; within.andi With
out a besieged town$ for : instance; or . be
tween two lovers prohibited or ? preyented
from any letter mmunicaUQmnk:n 4 f
: 0ol;s drtham 1 j ustly1 blaJcis sthal
this extract "certainly "describes a
opera--.3
co'm-1
iwjapd jays, that
jbigjon ! of Qift French
: lion the;
jnyentwn: would; nsva
ally,knowni JThe i-r
perishep.
j, was, an
3 cliabce
cm.- the scaffpjd 1 1 1 r. vl
gricalturist,. ?r. 1 I "
ftas preserved the
f a great
nyenUye, , genius. - C
Wortham
: . : i..
remarksjjv;;;;:;;
1- f Hadrthnrc-iri ;i :
a writer nj
med might;
;ct, ; bnt the!
-:?t,v which
'. subsoiling,!
tx At all
.ttedly.be-
rented the
l lorse steal-
;: ,.'4i';T'ii!4
ill be aptl
Ilenorf
'! to Mr.!
science! the attention of t! 1
4iave been called to tLa i
hooki of j anagricu!" -1
treated or pigs and ciover
was naturally bverlccl : J I
longa the honor of l . .
magnl5tfctelegrJph., ; DJ.
r Jjien-o eooer jaa rzeu
b!jcpncludeatTi;lheri
the, i n vehtion,, itself halo :
am iMpweffrntis.rtru'iei he
ipos-
bession ct t' oods. but. tL
robsH
fcllity is exceednglybtrongthathey;
are stolentiat a great and unfortu-i
nate -t genms -of., tf ranee. . has ? been J
robbed y onebp knew, how
cei ve a ; . world . as full of credulity as:
venality'.Awi-!
Col. Wortham says - he published
an article in the Raleigh Sentinelt va
1869, setting forth substantially the
aboye facts.:,, This called forth a let
jter i rota, a correspondent, in which it
is saidt that Morse admitted, in 1868,
at jtne grand banquet giyen him, tbatj
" the idea pf the magnetic telegraph
first occurred to him while on a voy
age from' JFrance to the .United States,
t l 832jrN6wi considering the , fact
that .Young, in. his travels in France,'
published. overt thirty.' years, before i
Morseyisited Paris, gives a detailed
description of,tbe mechanism and ac-
I tual v.operation . of Mons. Lomond,
telegraph, as seen by him ;ia. 1787, .is
it not, a possible conjectare, that, thee
shrewd Yankee ,drew his. inspiration j
not from ,the Heavens above, .or the
salt water beneath, but .rather from
descriptions,, and,: perhaps, a niqdel of-
the French mechanic invention
cladiog paragraph of CoU .Worth am'a;
letter: , . ;;., . - ,j
VIn view ot all these facts, would it not
be wise to pause and ponder the' subject
well; before proceeding to burn incense oo,
an altar which, after all, may prove to Be
.one whose only divinities are brazen faced
assumption ana shameless imposture. In
the code of morality prevalent in certain
quarters, an adroit theft, if money is made:
by it, is held to be equally as honorable as
an original discovery, but no! gentleman
should, directly or indirectly; countenances
any auea beresjrin- ethical
; : It appears from the fr in i vft
- '. 1
CppWjorthani. states Etarf acts jajid!
.in&KeH ins points tnai ne ia apunaanuy
able to dispose of j any,, claims that;
may be set up:, by... the j adrnirers ; of
Mr. . Sam Morse. When we see the
Stolen robes falling from the apotheo-j
sized charlatan we ' are . reminded. ! of
what James Russell t Xiowell tsays. of
those, ivho steal other men's ideaai
'Borrowed garments never keep ( onej
warm, : : A curse goes with them, asi
wrth Harry Gill's blankets, Kor ean
one gel smuggled goods safely . tnto
kingdom-come.; How lank, and pi ti J
fnl ndqes one of ; the gentry look, after:
posterity's customa-officers have had
tham has acted well the part of one of
those ; m u ch; needed , "oustoms-offii
cers," and we. thank him in behalf of
trath and fairness. The- Frenchman!
is , dead, bu t !his; robber4 has j been
Make a note of this: You can bby
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siz'etbr from ten t'twentyce'iaUl're
published ' iri the" "Seaside ' Iiibraryl
Library" of Chicago GeorgeEliot'i
novels can be' bought "at 20 cents pe
volume. A great oeueut is tuus uuue
and thousands, wPj'WHSVi?1
purchase the library editions of, lea
ing publishers scan ithas 'obtain! the
greatest triumphs of genius in the)
world of fiction. It is to be.': hoped
that ne idea Jpfheap"
poems,i travels biographies criticail
philosdphical and. scientific worka
and thjBre&t historibs will all bb in?
'i'Wh en: that - flatulent'1 demagbguej
Henf'SFobtead vbbates fahyf meaf
sure pr pbiicj, it is a good rule to pp
pose UUxXiq IS iu layor ot.a reaurre-
tiohl at He wants a fresh . deal and j is
f or reviyfnhplJ
Th. ere will not be enough., antiquated
will:h tpddthit
and Vs FootH will havu
hersb atfd'actas gi'ave diggerl; ITexi
OAtlr Q Ji:Abstin;bf Edgecombe,
lost - two ', hundred pounds - of bacon' by
thieves last week.
jmagntio itelegraj' '
political 'aspiraht8tteridlhgth at f uv
herat to' act as"; 'paltbelirers: Partly
f t.i'jij' :t' . ) 1 0;-; " 1
The Klall nobery reUmlnarr XC-j
vi amlnaUen berre tbe CmiaIIon.
-'Conrad Houseman (not. Houston. , as it
was; flrs reported to ns lhe alleged; mail!
robber; was anaigned before Uj ( S.v Com-j
missiouer Yan Amringel at the United Stateai
trtK;j)Mie.rdji mbruinJf atUlffi
o'clock ;TheR 'evidence f PMri Oltfred
May was to Uie effect that : Houman; aod
himself were stopping at, the .same .board-
ing house, on
iiut and Mpiberry str 'eels;; buttbapnia'
Casual speaking acquaintance" existed be-l
tween'themrtbatafed
was engaged ia writing a- letter; and was.
asked by. Houseman i who hft was . wriQSj
tb when!jieWAJ:hifpm thatieVwas
writing to his father. in -SoulhCarolinao
ocuu Mim Bouie uiuucjr, ub whs ,uui ul
fundi Two or three )Iays
Was abut time for witness, to hear from his
father. 'When' Houseman inquired if he (wft-
ness) had gothia money yet Mr. May rb-j
plied that he ; hadnojbut p, was ,time that
he had received it The next day (whfch'
;waa t Wednesd ay) Houseman . asked wit
ness it ne nad been, to tbe postofflce xo
inquire' for letter yet; 'and' upon receiving!
a reply in the negative, he volunteered to
5go for him, apparently being iaware of, ithe
fact that if jhe j could , ge j authority from
Mr. May to get the letter a, case of inailrob
joery, could, not be made, up against him.
Mr. 11; however, ' declined the proJEEeredj
matter himself. ' Then it was that Hbuse-
Luau.
and the money before Mr.iMay cbuld call
for it.; .He then , went to the postofnee, as
was shown, by the evidence of the officials,
and, representing himself as Gbttf red May,
called for a registered letter to that address,
obtained it, got the money for. the border
(ten dollars) and signed tne "name; of : 0ott
fred May to the receipt for the same. j. The
fraud was discovered . when, Mr. May sub
sequently balled forlhe tsame letter, ' and
Houseman was arrested V ,v .'$
The evidence being apparently conclu
sive as to the guilt of the prisoner, he: was
ordered to give a justified: bond in the earn
of fSOO for . his appearance , at ,. the next
term of the IJ S, District Court, which!
meets in'this' city on the first "Wednesday
in November in default of which hex was!
commHted. td jail. M-!:!i?iiV3l.:. j
. : Before being taken to the lock'UpHouae-j
man requested Deputy llaishal .YanSpelenl
to hand .over three dolktra i in his possessipnl
to Mr. May saying it was his money, (ihisl
amount being among , the effects ' takenl
.from tbe prisoner at the - time he wad ar-j
rested), thus virtually confessing 1. himself
guilty of tbe crime -with which he stands
:charged.;'.?f lp.
Aecompllalied at LaatjH' i :Ugku;t& I
' 1 It will be remembered that someKfifteenj
or eighteen mpntns ago a. Bupscripuon . was
raised amon the v white - people of New!
Hanover and. Brunswick '.counties to pur-
chase a, monument to bb erected over fhd
. m tv w . J
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had UulyyiiTb
suitable. inscriptionr was purchased, and
Was to . hive been erected with becomfn
ceremonies on the 4th ..of . July, s 1878.:. .1
transpired, however, that the land. 'upo.
which the old man was buried belonged
a rabid politician of the opposite stripe, an
he forbade the; carrying out ..of the plan
proposed, upon his iand.i.Tbe, intend'
ceremonies , were , thereupon , indefinitely!
postponed. In the meantime the lands pass
ed into the hands of another party.a colored
man, who did not entertain the same "con
scientious scruples" in regard to the matter
and a week ago last Sunday; the lohg'.de-j
f erred ceremonies took place, Mr. L; Rl
Taylor presenting , the monument to the
ntSAm in1t!ri man Avnnlorl avu tha m va t
vv Hiu w 1 wuibu vv ma vivvivu w va a.uu giaic
tWb "colored Vpreacbs-4r J (j..2Bry;,!fancl
Mack Millelrcialingbn
and a handsome donation being subscribed
r. the whites present for .the benefit of ; Ike
widow. There was quite a .large attend
ance of both white and colored people. - ,
t he Peannt Crop Obndlttoa in Tlri
Slnla, Tennessee and Nertb Care4
Una.
A gentleman of tfiW city has taken the
trouble' to obtain all the information possi4
hie ia regard to the condition and prospects
of the growing crops in irginia, iNprUi
Carolina and Tennessee. together with otbj
er facts bfJnJterestJtoJ
ence to the cropln Yirglnui it .has been as
certalned from, reliable sources ; pat . mere
has een about ; twenty-two!' per 'bebi do
crease . in tie ire
nuts as cbmparea Witt 1876. ':Thweamet
has been much less, favorable than in 1876.
or! than the averaee ;fbr many7' yearsl
The stands .are very poor and choked witl
grass, Owing to conunued, wetweatneri
The"cop:ioitjtw
than last y ear ,
ist year. 'The labor in number and
bfilciehcy is about the same asT iaste
?nt?e-jrtenl condition of the crop is
stated as very . grassy, "'weakly and back'f
ward." -The decrease in acreage !and use or
lemiizm 19 ttikriuusu iw tun
'dls
gust with'the ejryowrlces;'' obtained 'for
lastyeMferop
which is the recognized distributing, point
for Virginia peanuts, is stated ato.uuupags.
eaiand'stibi
Informatidii lb regard iofhe croptinTen'
nessee is oniaiuea irom Aieaars. . iucneu.
Brown Co.cotton factors andcbmmuislon
merchants, Cincinnati, Ohio! They, say that
it is 100 eanv w SDeaK wuu iuv uvfuuuiir
of the'cbmmg Tennessee' peanut crbp.tbut
I they are Tied lb oeifeve we 'Xcreas's
will be 25' to, 30 per 'bent!, Jess "than "last
year, ana tne crop ten or nueen oays laier.
The 'condition at present is fair. ' The stock
The use Of fertilizers, as compared witn
1876. shdws a decrease of about forty pe
:
1
13 f"?? v
in Cincinnati is state4 as follows: Yhits:
flight) say, 4,000 to 6,000 bags;, red (large)'
Bay 83,000 to 85,000 hags.' Demand' gobdi
and market steady: "T- ;",'br "
From the best ioformatldn1 Jd . reference:
lo'the-crop a our oWn: State; it is safe: toj
aay;thaJL thef aeraga will, be rom,,8Q4p a
per cent. less than, last.'year; , stand;1! very,
had ; condition' & present f ain The stock
iu tvumingion comprises u,uyu uags. ue
mandgood.u,;.a-4j '' I ihtcJ
i'i .J Sr..,: ',m m .. r;Vffg
y , Fatal Aeelden wltb. m Itvol varv
r'!itSpecial Dispatch' to EaUimore g'uu.y
y $ . j. ut. rhcuoND,-' July 1Y.6
! -"J'ulikh Harnson: bfthe fiftri bf PSer-
kind & Harrisod a lobacco.inspectoir
and partnetiOf the owners of .Shockoe
warebpose, accidentally shot' hi mseTf j
today with' an ' t 'oldpe ven-shoj
which was kept in a drawerof a desk!
in his bffice-He was looking tirbngh
the drawer for somethinsr'at the time.
and in moving the pistoT-but of tbe
"way it is supposed be struck the hani-
iner, expiouing uie coarge."- Aueoaii
ntejred ihistiieiu3iiniBt-K
.)ridg1bf.f :ene!gg
thronch and strikinc the ceiliniynf- t.fif
eipired almost lhstanuyl
ReaoU oNieueral Benctn's itllaslon
yM?M&tfdl oslkans: July i7r.f
iM3etri.ijN; ReneaulfhowbntHtd
the City bf Mexico bearing dispatches
from SecretaryrEyart8yTC
day '' by f? steamer from !!VCTa."jCrui.
Gen" Keneau reports that the country
is quiet; and says "that DiazV author
ity is recognized throughout the;, te
public, and 2 helbelieveSlhat f nowi
Mexico has the pest .government she
has had I f or t wentyyeMSI !W an5nH
terview 1 President ; Diaz' srprbssed la
desire ta'do everything possible . to
assist in . breaking up . lawlessness, on
the , Rio . Grande. Diaz earnestly;
hoeo!!hls gbvernnVeiit Would ; be1re4
cognizea Dy rine' unuea otates , at an
early day. I j H
t ii i.K,:f-Slttta-:BnU;ji cjanuada jxH'i:.
WHINGTON July 1 8.!
states tliat over 2.000 Sioux Indians.
including Sitting -Ball an
have taken np a pbsitibriinlCanadaJ
hot far beyond the United States bor-l
derV TbbGanadianfiuthoriiestar
anxious:! to , Be relieved 01 these ,qn
welcome. ..visitprSj- hot are puzzled
'-Hi:!-.' k.-'''--."'!'! i ' - t' 5 ('.fin?' Li J
auoui - now to proceea.-; ney nava
instructed alt Indian traders not toj
!sell these Indians any: fixed ammuni
tton or.xified-gnns,:iThey ;are allpwea
to. - purchase shotguns,-. and powder
and snot tor tne purpose ot naming.
ThreatetilBKCottflacraUon InaPena
't;A! fierce firb is raging m the vRbat-f
iue Buuurus oi. j,ui .vii.y,,,iuiu.,Mh . i
feared the mine .will have to-bet
flooded in order, to sava it. "' The firol
broke - out 'some " time dnrmg .lase
nisrht; in -tho stable sitaatedT m thei
lower veuS, SOOi . f eet ;belo.w- the ur-i
face,ofthe;earth-bttd was:4iYreds
before six o'clock this- morning by
the watchman; wbd; found' all " thej
males',' - ten in number, - burned - d
death.: , A; gang of ,men have -been
!busy;all day trying to extinguished!
names, nut. u is jearea ineir woric
will be fruitless. y?z - -.r; ym
Special Dispatch to Charleston Journal of
; . v ' -w: T6; iJuly 18
The! thunder torm' yesterday waM
one of the most violent which: haa .de
curred,. and tbe, most , disastrous ;.;n
its enect8. 1? rom all points, come re
pbrts of dambge done by lightning.
and in many cases it was accompanied
by fatal etfects. In tbis oity nt was
very , severe, bnt . it 'jseems sto,fc bay a
fiven lull, vent io il i urure over iu
erseVi" ' where!5! thifeef people1 "were
killed. The storm was also very bad
along the Hudson and liong Island.
Hilton en Jw and (enlles. j
jL;ejatlve jp. ine, ruuxpreq resuinuiug
of the order jorthe:xclusLon ,
brews' from the Grand -TJnioa Hotel
in! Saratoga ' Ju'dge' -'Hiltdtr!'' said; that
kpbwcrtbingjbf ibtnebaW!!
mithe papers this morning, 5 and. -sajd
thatuhis orders- Deanag on t na t ques
tton rem am" an chan ered. J Jtle added
thtniach fbrbe; btrmrnbd
wok or. altering embi4jn.mmsi
if drrTttrftoror Southerner; fsir
. ? W. aiuinDlaH a TTTVtoT I I ThA
:Small: JKy Sft';iljii j .ai-'yiCW 3
What's the matter with T0uf-yeL
aBillJones ibet Sam. White becould
fiitmV ''ndse with1 faf fire cracker.
'thout str&ng!thb!byeV5! Willitar-
amm.1 n mi mama n n' nXrtat All f n mtr
ye&5:sta.5!oa'citq'j'
What did von do for? him
my fist
.broke up ithb game.1
j Specialdispatch-to Charleston iJouraalof
Bl-Ttekurbgardiormerly Colleb-
tor;oi internal rwevenue:ior!itne ;ce-
cpn District of :3aton. Roager varf
rived 1iei:e last evemngicu'stbdyjof
& Deputy; !
tested yesterdaycharge'd witli "crook
edness in some ; cotton - specblations.
; t'-': t". '..rf..
WliyvTrdTeiraisMind with
an he 'passed' but: an?i that
and Jo Lew 13, got into, a f ght near Tr- '
borp. . .Result,- Jo ctabbci ia 1'- 3 E-o-'riU,
Elizabeth ' . CiivH ' Carotin it.
Rumors havs bern sf!oat for the ra:t'thres.:i
weeks that kheriil TiIcox, of ' tLa county, -has
collected taxes fcr- which he ; failed to :':
render an account-ia his settlement with
the -Finance Committee. The crcr 9 '"
are not so promising in Currituck as con; i
be wished; A; good -season,, however,"- lH'
help. , The watermelon men will commence - -to
ship this week:vc-al:S v-;.4--r-4'
Elizabeth (TilffMonost'i)
5artcd this life,' on Saturday morning; 14tb v
nst., John A.-Raper, a merchant of this
town, in the 46th year of his ae. The '
landing of Amidas and Barlow on Roanoke
island, and their first . settlement in 1223: ; ?
will be celebrated by ' speeches and other
entertainments; at Nag's Head, on Tburs-,
august loin, proximo, aai are in
vited, w-rrr Nag's Head excursions consti
tute the staple gossip.4 - A iXzte?-
" Statesville'ianifnar ht In cbm-v 1
paoy with several intelligent grentlemeDiwe -
had the pleasure ; of hearing;.. on last Sab-' ? ;
nam evening, Bishop J. W. Hood, of the
African Methodist Episcopal Churebl Alt
Was the ODinion of alt thaV the dispnnn :
was able, and' eloquently delivered. r " ; !
vuue a rain ana nan storm passed over this :
place . Jast ! Wednesday evening. Some
damage was done the growing crons: esre-
ciallyjcornt - The oat crop in this sec-
jt ipnf nas : turned out con siderably . better r
than k w as 1 anticipated. ' The Statea-:
jvilie Male Academy' wUlbe sold at public
auciion io-oay, xuesaay.' .t it a snake '
bites -you," and 'you have to- 'depend on '
whiskey to $ be. purchased in: this nlace.' :
-youldie.-v:!
in .correspondent 1
hrA rpl f rwrhTa 7
Ooerr;,There?are : nerhans - 800.0003
worthlessdogs in the Stdte mongreIs,curs, i t ;
ooanug, encn-iegged use, 4ad others of r j
thousand fcrades and mixtares that would ;
defy it classification even -; Huxley, , would t
find himself at sea should he attempt it.. A'"'':.-"
Kuur Buuswnuai i doi jess man
would pay. the tuition pf the poor, children ;.. '.
01 tne state, Whue tbe farmer could then
raise mutton enough to board them, and !v
vfoolenough to clothe them while atschool.
One' bf my neighbors has lost his last sheen :'"
of large, flock, while? at least fifty others- .?:"..' I
nave ueen Kuteu wiuun a miie oi'me re-: - J:
centryi Iilosta? fineu ewelast week; by!aK ': i;Si
negro's dog that would- horefffdt 87$ ct'
at any guano-mill in the couatyAWe have : " 1 r
asked for a?dogt taxbtttoau. unoffending C?
legislators' tell us that it is unconstinition: -al.'
; HovaU it that nearly every sheen raia- "
jng Sute iq the Union has, a'dpg tax? . ;
!i Tarboro .Southerner', i Dr. S. ! ' .-'v'
"Westray.BattleiAssistant Surgeba 1 id TJnited, l-,: !' t-
otates -wavy a native 01 Tarboro, and son W'y ?x
ui . vuz uiumioeni and wortnv , lownaman. ; 1. .
Wm. S; Rattle, Esq., is visitioghis father's
Hunur.:n Aii toe colored Prisoners u
jail needed to complete theichouvj makingf
"ifiui uiueuua, , was ; a ciass-ieaaeu ana "
preacher. These they have' in Ohe person
pf ; John Toung.: ; We know several :
roguish papers but won't tell. r On f ;
last Monday night Tempy Dozier, a notable ' - :
colored woman, of this: place, died, and e
while dying the negroes' stole her burial t
clothes. MkT4 T Thorni living; oni fe
the plantation of Major ( J.. M. Mayo, near; :
.Whitakar's, fell from the door of bis dwelt- ty
ing on. Wednesday, dislocating hisshoulder. i
- Wars are.no doubt terrible things .to
tacklev and red headed women ferocious to 1 ,
handle, .but did .. you ever bang ; on ? tbe fcj
ragged edge 01 .an impending sneeze and. .
nava amsato ask you "what's the matterr .
; -.Ton ask why we do-hot laugh, j.;
r i- I'hA rQonn'a vaw rlno r ..'" '"yt '-'
1 Our devil's now Startlihgus .';"y'f r.'.-vrk?
With "Some more opy. here." N' , :
i ; Statesville correspondent of Ra-' M tytfi. -X y-
leign Voserver: Xesterday, Jerusha Ijazen-i-A. ffa
berry, daughter or? AlphonsOxLazenberryi 5.:-;, n
of this county,:, made. ; the;Idkbolicalwtl!(W
tempt to. kill her new born illegitimate in-' !-"
fant by burying it alive. ' This morn-. "f; . ', '
ing Solicitor ; W. H. Cowles . received : the yyivy.
sad intelligence of the death of his wife, ' i
which toot place at her lathers residence : . -
in Ashe connty, on yesterday.? Sarah.
Johnson, a young girl 'not more than six-.
teen years or age, stands indicted for the ., v :'
murder of , her own ; infant child.; Frank , ... '
Houston, the reputed father Of the illegitwfr j ;
mate Child;' aW stands iadictedlir the same ;-v -x
bill as accessory before the fact. ' ;The " r 'y -Messrs.
Wallace Broa, merchants, are do- ' -:
ing a great deal to develop the mineral and : v.:1.
botanical resources of .North Carolina; :'-' .'' ' -'.
From the descriptive catalogue before 'me,: '.' -'';- '
- m . 1 a. . n . . . 4
mey auveruse os uiuerenv junas ot roots, ; . - . . ..'
herbs, barks, &c., and, they are how; filling ; . ' - -
an order for over four hundred specimens, s .
for the iX)Ueeeof'J3uttmawIaauiM
phia, to be sent to the ' different medical ' t ,
societies in Jiurope. - , itvc y:
ssaiem .resa : .Mr..- jonn u. r -:
Crutchfield. of : Winston; was found dead :; ? S i: !?:iS
in his bed on .' Tuesday morning . last He J ; . -had
for some time been subject to paralytic i' . ' ; .
affectionsi m severe, r stroke of which is ; -
thought to have occasioned his unexpected ;;: ,: -',.. ... s Jy
death. .' i- it. i- fomaexter ana Adam ; ; - ,
Hauser.nEsquires, bfrEast Bend,?Yadkin ; -" y
county, have each a hoe weighing at vtBaipjyy
ent 500 pounds.- i-cTho people of Suny:t ?' S:'
county will vote otf the question whether or y-i r -not
the!; county shalD subscribe' $50,000 to . . i . ' v
the Mt. Airy Kailroadontbe nrst Thursday - ;
in. August next. : .Two: hundred and ". - "
fourteen crates of peaches, each crate con.-r:;."'; : -y..-.
tainmg sevens-eighths ' or a bushel, were . . , '. .- - ,
shipped on : Monday evening's train for , v .
niCBaoiiu, ew DiKvwmvuier puiow ujr - u -; 7 r
our several orchard men. Salem has . (
a peacan and almond tret$ !bot: neither are " . '
bearing this year, on account of late frosts. ,
Several deatns have" oCcurredl in this
section among tbe children by the disease v ; . " V"
generally known as cholera infantum.!.' -
Dney, blackberries : bring only four cents , :. ; -. ..' :
per .pound. The. Colorado, beetle or
potatobug' has been found -in . a' potato y ;
patch, but as yet in small numbers.' ' ' v ;.
! -.f ". ill l-.:v: .:-,-:X'. : . -..;
.r-fjialeigh Observer: Thexe are; in ; : : ,
the State a number ft Clerks of the Supe-;. :.-. t. - '
nor Court who are behind, hand with the ,
fitate Treasurer in the payment of the fines ., . - ,t
and forfeitures to theschool fund. Some- ' : - . . : ' .
tt them are considerably behind, and the ! : -
amounts when collected will agggregate a :,. ' ..
very neat sum. We learn that the ' Treas - -- ' .,. '
rer will proceed at once to sue-on thej i y 'y fy-y :';
bonds of all clerks who fail to .make pay-.
inent within the next ten days.'' -O. R.: ' -"
mith, the. cotton picker man,: is now in ; ; -
York, fenn., superintending the construo . ;
tioii of his machines, several1 of which ' be ; :
proposes to have ready for use this season. - v --
Our correspondents ' in eastern Care-; -.' -'" -., '....
Una speak very discouragjngly of the crop? : ! - ; .. ;
prospect in their section. In Chowan and; ?
Pasquotank " the; corn is' reported' -very- ; . -trifling.and
the farmers do not anticipate a;: - ,
half yield, while the cotton is put down: as. -" : ' ;
ahnost a ; complete ' failure. " Water- . -. .
melons range from 10 to 25b. 4Two- . : : i '
thirds ot tbe flour, butter, eggs, chickens, -J -. " y
ducks,' geeser ' peaches,' honey, beef, pork,;- 'V.'''; :' -:.
;mutton,: lambs,, "opossums, squirrels and ; :
old hares sold in this market are from Chat , 'J
ham : county, f Whenever you see a good ; - -.'
looking well-fed - team drawing a covered, ,"; " ..
wagon with a colt 1 following, it is from ". " .
Chatham;" ' When you see a fine drove of : . '.
fat beeves coming in town, bet they 'are . : .
from Chatham, and you will win nine - - .. -times
out of ten. ' They plant but very lit- v ' . ;
tie. cotton in Chatham.. ; Wheat and corn ; ; '
they raise in great abundance, and fruit '' '
there is no end to the apple and peach - -;.
trees, t Every fanner has a clover patch. ;
and his low grounds are grass meadows.;
Ua-iMra; Mary Bayard Clarke holdshigh Zyyy 'yvcy,:
position on the editorial .a2 of- the Chica-i" ' ;
go Inland ITagasiney In " addition to her; "y :y 5-;.-..-work
on the Hzgazine she finds time to eon-f y -'':.
tribute to the .Chicago daily press, and to '- ::
write very agreeable letters to the Obserter. - ; ; - .-
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