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Having fehown conclusively that
, the pdsiii6n of the Stab5 is Jdentical
- w i th that' o f suchSontbern ; Demo-..
, crats as Senator Ijaniar,; Gen. Forrest,'-'
of others to sajr nothing of the posir
-lien of nearly all the'"; leading '-Demo
I cratid paners we.are entirely Iwilllng"
to 'play quita'with our ; brothers of
the Democratic press in North Caro
Una on the questions of party policy
. that have recently created some f ili-
vision of sentiment in. our ranks. f: All ;
we ask isthat we -be., permitted to
I have aiid i:to express .v6ur : own; 'conV
scientioas convictions without ' hav-
- .ing our motives ' impugned, orj, our
loyalty to the Democratic party ques
tiohed either dirfctiy oir byinnubodol
We cheerfully accord to those of our
, friends who do not agree with us entire
honcHty of purpose. ,and a sincere d
sire to so direct their efforts that they
may ;;result in j the" highest' jwssible
good to the .'Democratic party.. But'
they pdgH potio intimate that those;
who differ from themareVtng t6.
organize a new party,- or to da any r
. thing that - will prejudice the claims
o the Democratic party when itgoea
before the tsounttrln'lSSO
We all have & common object:--to
preserve the integrity' of the''T)em6-'
cratic party, and to do our ttmost tto
bear its banners to victory in the next
Presidential eiectnljetsihen
agree to disagree l on minor points,
and took :mo're,i6 the grand result for.
which' we are all struggling M'
' 'J . . ; .... . t- y-A1
iTHAT HRMLVTION. :; V
; The j jWadesboro . Herald is aston-,
isbed that the -Stab' attempted : to!
construe sa resolution,; Qf, the Postal
Convention as W indorsement of the
President 8 Southern constitutional
jpolicyv WeyWuppbsed ?it embraced
. bt the President's efforte to "re
store peace, and quietude to the coun
try," or we-would not h? ve i'eop.ied'lt
and .commented upon : it,5 We cer
tainly; had ' no purpose to mirepre-.
8entthe introducer of the resolution,
Co-ne , editoirto
Observer? for whom we have bigh re
spect. lf in .error m our supposition
we mast, regret it, for it would have
beeti(iigb)yp
lion lb have indorsed all of the Pres
ident s efforts lo pacfy:the .cpuntry
nand restore-proserity io 4ti South.
.. CoI. J ones bau.rait editorial. expla
natory .of the : resolution; aapart of
which we copied in : our eveflihg fedir,
tion of .August 3d., Vfe were anxr
i us that he, ghold beat once heard
byon r readers. test we should appear:,
to do'him injdstice intentionally.
We again copy, that part of hig edi
torial in which he; Expresses hisJ own
views , of i the t' value f 'i President
Hayes's services towards' itie South.
"The 'policy of f jhe: President "waanojt
nnder consideration, bnt Wo 'sincerely be,4;
. lieve tbst bad the resolution; been intended
to endorse his so-called "policy", it would
have met ' with the - same substan tial com
s mendation.' Certainly President Hayes has
nothing to be ashamed of.' Hd Is certainly
; making heroic and honorable efforts to re-:
form . the extravagance and corruptions
which' have so long disgraced onr.system of
Federal gdVernment and in this we believe
he is right, and believiBg ; so, when t ; he is
- right wei shall strppbrt him; when he is
. wrong .we. will condemn bimv We have
nothing to do With his occupation of the
. Presidential chair. i 'No act, deed, word or
. thongbt of ours helped to place bim there.!
Bat he ia there." Ue is certainly President
of the United Stales until some One exhi
bils abetter title iQiXxo&andmitaJMl
and he vMking war vpon U&ihievei arid
pditieai prostitute 5 who hate fed' and fat'
: tened too Jon on the executive patronage
from the White House,' and IB this warfare
he shall have our sympathy and 'oo-opera-
- tioo,? ; i! li&iH minus . ...Mfpvui.Hi--K.
We 'ttiinkjejfecaa be "iia miakei
io the positiott of the ) Charlotte ' Ob--server,
It is iiuf honbrablejustCandf
conciliatory oneone we 1 are in pro1
M..t', i'.'-tti-x "-.i-t -Ui l '
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VOL.; 8. .
ii .1
it-
found sympathy MHui'Pl'ly
extract expresses our: own yieWs'aii4
purppsospfecisely.'ilfdu ihKt
"goshing, th'n tnaki V hmV.ittff, i u
AVe may .mention that the i aloye. ex
tract does not J contain all - w pnh
lished tefon?';0.
' ' i--
r Jo-
li-isBradleyVCthdi uifamons Judge
betra vd lhV Ja'uHtf of ribt' and
who
justice, and his couuiry also-, .18 mean
r;,.f
opub to fdoj t any tliMigj
BsUliivea
Jo is entitled io&htal-irlfjjcliai
done as chargedWinota matter
credit upoji propereidepce.tviBut
what is the pharge 1INyjiSb
argument and a decision giving to tbj)
to past; the electoral vote; . of j that
State;ithat he, ;rea4v4this argument
and conclusion to ?Judgo-ield ahd
Judge
bers
.the :, night, however,5 Judge
Bradley'a house1 was i. besieged by!
promieniRepublmansho? useli:alf
their arts. of persuasion upon , Judge,
craaley with such ; success.! that -ioit;
the next day that iuriBt eame in'to the"
Electoral Com mission ' and cast his
. I .1 . ! . . . ... r. . .
i vote for the Hayes electors without iii
i the slightest changiug his argumeri t,
and rendered. the : eighttd-severt de
cision j which r Virtoaliy 1 decided ' the'
rwhole contest between the ueoDle
and the Count-in Conspirators, klrtf it
.: We jwillbeglad to hear more about
.this char
'nesses f 1W hat5 do5Judges FieVd . and
tChttofdhavei,to say ?Ib ifeUne -of r
Xhe sensations, or U ritihef
puth ? j Ijet thd two witnesses ' take
.the stnd aUJfyiv W,' doubt
ther statement. hecAnsn wo wnnfd havn
probably heard abbut3 it before it it 1
puyuiu x? ieia 1ancif sjimgfo, uave ; re-;
mainecL suent soJdhff?l5fI ifcftii
, J"adge.Merrimon is represented -in j
aity bef oro'the otmal Schoohrr Hd
s a, very aoie man,?' ana tiia speeches
ndicatei thorbughhess ' thodgbtf 6:1
less, conscientiousness, ; His speeches
in the benate . have , been eminently
distinguished for : i their . dom prehen-t
siveness exhaustrreiiess and force?
The ablest political speech we . have
ever heard Was delivered, by,.bim. at
Tyinitypollege iu 18t21Vm;tbet!Gui
bernatot-ial cinvaas. VST learn from
a friend' tlytt his remarks at Chapel
ilill we're misunderstood or; misrepre
sented to 8omeiextert-4at least in ao
far as the report in- one Jdf 3 our State
capers is coocejued in which ho re
fers xd! ItewgtoaIteaciiernow
atf the NormaT School writes1: to r the
Weldonj News concerning t he speech,
hiphfj 9w?ioW thejleachers at
least, liked itr if outsiders' wjore not
iltbgeAerpleased-Me'saysr
I 'Judge Merrimon's address, last evening,
da' The Evils of North Oarolinft an thir
. - - -
Remedy,, alone,! has inspired 4s Willi i f
thorough determi nation to go' out among
our. fellow beings and labor unceasingly
and untiringly to promote their moral and
intellectual interest, and make North Caro- 1
Una stand first; and not- lasf b our1 greaiT
oommDnweaue in .me 'development oV an
her resoorees: i. f f But enotia-h. an-'
less I could do full justice to the fine speech
of this gifted gentleman; . You have doubt: ,
ies seen it m run ere this reaches you.
Every one was pleated and: delighted -wbd
lieard Judge Mcrrimon while at the same
time they deplored the many 'humiliating
facta, which he s0 vividly held , np' before
them, of tbe moral,'pby8ical 'nd thtellec
ttal torpidity of e-fdpleof-thlsr State."
The HillsbbW!Kicfe asks ihe
m. SJf'JJ"V fti il-V
r ,But is Stephens .opinion either, worth
heedinsr or auotinir f Of that of Toombs
either for that matteK '
pt WhytrArethePuoVD
very. j ableuwel-inf armed ad a inde
penacnt , xmnicers r ; l pey .are Dour
native GergiansJ Odcf waaCbii
f4derail Ge'fie?ai, tEe oth'erSas Vlcef
tacy., Stephens is in no sense a radiJ
cil, but a moderate man iu his; Views'
r-r-a conservative in tho tone ahd tem
per of his minL .Hai.is not
views collide with the other, extrem
islsjbecause, fhe j"Kf ojry pesacey! forjre;
conciliation,; f or ibiue&J&vyPiddft
other A case-,' of,d6xy-rthb)nd'
netero. vv e propose to encouragean
men7 to I do irightStepbenis i snd
xoomDs are rigni, now. jjiay.ttjey.ai-
1 fPiitvitt-ti:ii v"t tt'Mtih
" .. i , t ''. h Hi
, r f The Virgioia Convention a U an Titf-5
oii one resolution? Ittls abbut time'
w . "oou laowijv-rconvepionsi xavie
growa too ponderous.
I 5 f tftf .f-hflu', it!
is responsible for thd atat'embrit' thai
ine;inraort.I JoT.ad ,ijrernr?--l'-ai
Clifford, who were also mem--
of the filectorai . Commission..
' r - .
the papers as having made an excep-'
Lionall vl ffobeefciilat in e 4 ' tlmver4
always
jight,; but! who is f iTbombs iran'exy
tremist '6tiarilrJust nownis
happen to pe against yow. ,An- J
, f i . j i' -4 i.i ! i " ;;-'
i l'u.- ill. I,1.' ) i .i
i:WIBMINWONiN.v.C4jiFKI
; '.;.. a won an op rmca. ' -:
There is a Jady. in vSbnth? Carolina,
once in good circumstances, who' has
exlHbited inIoin ttaye'fpIucanX1!
ergy that lifts her above tWordinary
men and women of vpi4r age.:i By her
own personal efforts she haB actuaily
supported tierself and her nine father
ie8s5;t4fldrefeVupon abneacrefarta.
How she ; bagntjslji inystery to
the lazy and uninitiated," tinted Wii.
An effort--ii 'inost!comraendable x)ne
:t-4a note brr fobt'bi Soutb'tbTKrta
raise a f u tid lor the . pq rch as , ofU
for the .lierpitt, wiido.Hri.ar.il i hen house
hald,uTho ;Ckarlestbri Iaf lurid GStf
ritrtii aeknbwle&v!inefce1p jiot
libfonifoseV nofice
that ouo contribution .--of-r.50 comes
-mi. "i!i 4i.-w.-,-i Ji- i ..4.. -.- sv-v rrr ...
a.aimilariamounU.-We copy? a part
of. the note of M r. Deshlef, President;
of the National Exchang4!:Barik; of
althangh J jm Northerner, and JR
publican of the firmest kind. I ,auv more
L than that a man who, admires pluck, and
; wno sympathizes with the distress of those.
waooaveiseeuiieuer uays. v-1 senaniiyaoi
lars .for the lady, trusting that i time , and
pluck, and common sense and mutual good',
will among us all, both North and South,.
wSIL ere Ion?, alleviate the sorrows and Am
tress now so prevalent i throughout: our
lif Vi7t hmraredaudi fifty.fi ve ?miirders!
i have been committed-in New York during
the last ten yeara.2&cM; 4; v
...The population of , Jorth 1
lis now L Drobablv.; 1.200.000. Ki Wo
(doubt if there have" ; beeri five hun-
jdred and fifty murders committed ib'J
Jtnis Sta' intH
last seyentyrseven, years... l'he-, pop
ulation ; of ; 3$e waYork ten years .ago:
was about.750,000; it ia now over 1,
000,000 : Of the 550 murderers bow'
many have been nanged? Ve sup
pose five have been hanged in North,
jCajrolina to one in. New York ;. Such,
;is the difference Jn the two civiliza-?
Itions.' ; ipi2ii
si-.:;- . ' ! I,-' . 11 - iiwt'
J Pennsylvania is Bti suffering from,.
Sawlessness. ner troubles are chrp-i
pic, and even heroi&,.treatiaent ; doea.
jnot cure, h, The people Of. "that State
jarenow sb entertained by 1 their- bwh-
Bcenes of ttfrbnlence that 'they have 1
Sno 'time, to intermeddle . with the J
Sou th. . It is qutte4hee-week8 since
'Philadelphia, paper jnnanutactured
,A Southern Horror ; f It t f truth,
according to the, ;Greek oracle,; that
!(thefnilis oj Godfgrind alowly.but
.hey , grind awful fine."5 We -ihay'
nention, jTmjilhat j a sin-
;ular word is usedpbd-ahd not as
)rdinarHquoted'
icen r the j-qriglnal Grefc perin-
endent ; 2ills, of Oxford, his thb
Sreek Oracles, supposed Wbe1 )6f lhe!
. .al lrfth-5iv..4l;omit
Tho papers) North speak hopefully
1
IWlf I PfiQWiniprpsperitysi
oeing Ss believing j is, an y old! adages
shevd'
UviioeWHi-'''S The
MgdS.
money .market is A said to be : impror-:
uigr-mV . is io f sayfjpuoaecreasei 01
reenback8 in tlie yNe w BYdrk ibanks
Tt la tAfinl. . Aatt lli.l . knofnaflfl ia
rivincr when the rate' .or ' interest; is low.'
The reverse is true! r Active ! business ' cre-
'ates a demand for moiey; when business is
dull. mon?y lies idle ip . tho Jpaaksu and j me-,
nev is chean. 1 It ! is the . ODinion. , of loose
;Who watch narrowly the signs xf the, times'
mat me money maraevwui oe oetter inis
fall than at any time siace 1873, and that'
business j.df jftlLr kiadsiiwilLi sympathize
'With jur.H- - - i f 4 rYlMt-w-uM
generally hero
that fourfmiUion, ; of j our: inhabitants
I
anoubS remain : idle -thai 3Q,rjb6 oab
proauceau inai -ine wnoie people can
;.15ut our, population is.up doobtjnear
tjiafbur ?inW!half aillmfera?;
;rhe:Ctird prihis great Hhreateningi
4nVlt 'itr th.nfi
tabhsh
Xpreign commerce t,;
i yil.n
1
Thil. Ho!SamuefjJ,nttandaiiwB'
.1 .... ..-:( . . ' . .' v ' J
bo elected bpeaJejvQl, tpya Jiext House
is strongly believed ardalibfcd5 for.
Ho richly deserves . it. He is, . the
fight maJor :lhal rgsjio.risib.piaqef-
kWo, .hope-41ft Sojathwrnij inanUcan.. hi
awrirrnrli!!
1
A pernicious . insect t called' the: earpet-j
I"..
' - 'nm mm
'iBarly, or it: will-devour your sabr.
stance and leaiejou poor indeed.
T.Thera are iix?.-passes' idxtthi
.B-pkans available for the passage of armie&i
to vt-s a luiiiivii Aaviiai a. a va r iuu
id I nvaA rrttlli AW 'IrvlT am f tL ti a "1 Vwa of
.tii..-rii-s.'ifT.y,i 4tiij it-Ii.--4i4l
4
I j ThN4w XhTkttfratd ftijiWl
Sndoced W ppos&liira? M fjet'fltf iriakd
haste slowl v. We ar4'iook'ihlrr kt
'bugHf that rioted ..lo. c longt onU the
'teW thihgbftlie SdulK ari! knotvii1
1
sie snail appear to vindUzU ,t
l,4To..STAB.bat)'natrii;byi&e rt
copdoned the Teat' wtwi; -jicypc . -tedl
byfGinisind -the EcUral -missibii.
branded vtfle fraud" , i 1
y;-i .,.-'! !;; bqn -Vjtll ;r,ii,ni 1 -
such terms as was deemedUMig;,,
ati! ecVdsti'amif iPradlpVi' 1
bjseopfederatvsoiirfidrim "1
bte peopieof UiaUniied State's V. .'a
rbeated but' of their tTghfa and' i: ,:r
tljat the peoJe, of, ihft .U.uitedi S
vindicate!! theiv rights . arrd a
f rom tbJe jofflcejS g ol1' 'the Gov err.
all Wbritf tlMtecc .
iton and'nndef the spiled ahd t"
'tpormjarid
campaign f .1 1 876t3tiVTe ) are atill for
peace and'recbnciliatiOn; 'ahd for gen-,
tiinthbrbagli ref or
the Presideritchobsest to act within
hp constitation, and ; inaaguraips; re,
fprm it.i. the civil service of the coun
try wo hold ' that ; be -i should be sua-
everynndthatiisl healed jevery
wrong that is rectified, will bring the.
country back the. sooner to a condition
of prosperity and hbnorJ and render
, r; -.x .v';-:.,.. n
tho great work f the Democracy yet
fehdicel as despicably tiiean and Shj
toitted:tih'uafa;vr
whfo" is'd ri veri ' rbm latau.Tpfi'
Lh CarolinaMito e done the more complete and as-
sured. W hils we would snstain the
President when he dpes what is man-;
ifestly right, as Gov.. Hendricks eaid
the Democrats should do, we arc not
forgetfulof that other declaration of
hi8, .that we must 'dp .this. becaus$ . $t,
isjrighit and for paMtpfiBi
country, and not at all because of any
fealty t&tfe party that Stands de
feated and condemned by the peo-'
ple.w TliU hka bbeti our positiob from
the first,' On ; ,June 23d we heartily.
re-echoed , the grand y .sen timeut rFpt
Gov. Heudricksy.our Democratic can-,
didato for Vice President, that Ma
great and sincere people' will! rest
thelf final iudffiiient omv ktvontrutfC
never fraud f successful
mrough technicality. Vx 1,1 . jj
t In acting as ; Gov. Hendricks de
clares all Democrats should actand
an his 'party there is no' 'purert' truer
BSTrarrn4as..nevr
as for a moment tliat in any sense we
condoned ... political il crimes, i made
right wroog or: wrong right;' -or, in
anjf manner, lowered in'b'igan1
dard bf political and" social, morality,.
V;4fKaim5nfnP!Kd
my principle . or taurreodered any
right 3.0 criticize sharply the aetet bf
.he Government: We have hbsen1'
td'e'xercisb tbatk4'ig
;asioo8, anu purpose voconunue 10
ixcrcise it upon 2 occasion.., , ,We "avej
lever sought politicaLfaVor i through
idlitical prostitution Wo mean to
vear our honor unsullied amid every
shange" and every' aUarementf and
vhen ithe Jliheaf are drawn, ithl ;llie
battlb Ifet lb; 1S6, we tnteJidS 'ttiai
ine iore-iroui Dearing, aioit tne.iusr
which,.,,, though .ballet-pierced and
itormrrentby the conflicts. ; through
irhich it has been borne inlhe pastis
till brlghi! and unstaine'fnHh
b'ur'Pf cor.flici1 the STAB.will be, true
to 'itself, true to North Carolina, true
truea.to Democratic pPiioy and 'prtn-'
fiinlfi- 1.-Vv1-i.'m,'ijr" if iMtf''
1--
- - -
iWheRCoUTLambv of orfolkteniM
orary chairman was 'addressing the
JeTriocratto Ccvedtibrt , of 'Virginia,
fe 'days'1, a'gb; he thns 'refe'rred''io
! ?r.ii; &;s v'ivvU-riAi; ?iiJs.J4
ie late wov. tienry A.;:vvjsei-:l, x, .
In his grand campaign :,? -low t Henry-
ti
P learned my lessons id civil an d religious
liberty speaking of ihennvioiabUity pi the
public laitu, said:
Vl.'tj,
If "Though direct necessity may come-rp
pre
served. ..Private honor is precious,, but at
-iaflnateiy higher than an IndividuaLis the
State, so infinitely higher than private honor
is the honor of the Slate; Iteproacb 'Vir-'
dnia who will rQ)roach her whoever is so
isclined .ho man' can , say, her .honor has
yt been stained 1 If it be necessary to tax
ypu to defend her honor, I shall commend
tixation, though it makea us groins -rx.
j "The . noblest sentiment -that, knishtlv
"Virginian ever1 proclaimed 'throughout his
tbng and brilhant career." 'j l'i '' 3
J
7V4-t'Jtfi
If,.,wp:may;:.trust3
step. in. civil Hreoi;m win . soon aRfli
fT41?' .I 1.1t4i... iwLui.t
of ;tb) portPf Kew- 3f O?kliWilI Ebe
6ff
'iilTnia headHecann
lie new rules aroenforced itThe Ten;
pen. investigations in: uiet; i,xbw a one:
bnstom hose revealed great rotten'
'bess iinr the "raanagemenETAlf. Arthur
should pe made to leav.e, t pnce,an
nttpata
ing.' .; !..)'.!.'!.' n,V.-n..'j'l (.-.i ; it
-i ii.; ill ir.if
c f, t!;o dej.?f fraa iliU OlivctCkHmcil
IIo. i9J J-fcf T.pf Ulreity,ndrih'recent
fcU&lihea'CByKcilim grange,
W.r:f pmay,.thauh5 reeling aafl3tfe a
l.ra 6iie, Iwentyttwb tutor4fts.t4G4mnt8
being represented: ; The repr fromVHe
various CobufcilslcaerT?.firdefd,, be
in a; mock rnofd flourishing! ujondUtoi tfcia
tea ImAlWiPmfM pasmTbe
: 1 . . 1 J4T.I. ... . ... . mi . 4
low
the
f ,.Conductorf-.TluiD. Earchsii!
.;.:en.Unelj-TC-'fttffi.Vsd J oi'dotbtida
colored maiif,1 h: has gmdebben?1 isce'ri
taiaeA to be dnb Pavid Bmith, of Plorehee
Sf:G,, walked .intu the market; hoUsei arj
proached Jlhe huckster's; stalij kept by kech;
lored; woman named Celia:Paimeriand
asked for somethingrto eat. He was sup
plied wWha'tteaklasVcbniiM
cult and flskj and took a seat on a hench oi
fcWal lo dat it,j- Ilfr hadOBsmiU3dalo4it:a
half jbf 4on biscuit., and; a. 7portipu pf.tb
fish when he suddenly fell backward from
his seat to the floor. Several persons Mn
ftyicfairy Uhb saw the man fdr.' has-
tfened " to the spoi, while Samtlel 'Merrickl
ondiof the colored butchers, started for the
nearest phys$ywa
ercd, however, i that doctors'! .medieinea
would be pf no avail. He died, almost in
santly, n'bi uttering a 'syllable or scarcely
making a struggle after his fall, om the
market house the - body ''ot the - nnfor-
tnnate r man .,-wat conveyed ;-4oi: thel sta
I tion duse, whererorierjHewle
isoon assembled his, jury andf commenced
the inquest, thvTdence' so far 'as. plated
to his tteal:oe1oi!auWlDU4UTJ- as;,ven.r
' above. Deceased had been! for a long time-
j in 4he. employ of the Wii ia! & Ai-IL&'it
Florence, where, his father, rnuel. Snillhe
! resided- , He has been subject to disease of
the heart, and was also, afflicted with sore
eyes, necessitating frequent visits to this
inlands lX fWonW' hrw-TioTt.At" Un
jf.MW YV44.U 4m,4VOgVl
underro .trbatmentii He was ADDarehtlv
about 35 years of age.fcir) ml -iHvt iO
: . ' . . fmm . '.. .
a yeruicitwaa remrncqiQ me enect mat
deceased came to his , dealt from,. some.
cause uujLuown io uie jury, nut supposea
tbbe beartdiseay, ;::lt?J
? ' il may ue proper to state that there was a
difference of opinion as fa the. name of the
uafprtuqiertman,i' ''apmftiyitneips,
jBtating that it.waa David, Smith. d otbers ;
.thaUiUwaaaviti; Davidsi and there la
reason to believe tbat 4he latter is correct,'
krem Uie fact ihai'tallrdad pa1bdbMr4
bapera fouod on is preon bolt) he'nametj
bf PavMDavida iri I.tir. j5r:J ft
tt.'iH
oDSTt Jc6nnission jbks. i
The Board putty CQmrnissipners tafitll
ouroeu 8esaioD,,iuiu coniimaeu ne conBia j
LJIi!' "I-i it. Hi 'HL ,.V.' 3 i-ii Ij. i yilj
prtMIOO Ol UIBUOUOIBUUU DusinesH. ... . ( -
eommunic&tidu f rod Al. k.Moseley;c
P.;, of Harnett To wnsh jpiand ' ahblau
kpplicatn fflrarndryl citizens ! or tbd" J
Two conflicting apr)lications .from .8un
Iry citizens bf ' llasonboro' and Harnett
rdwnsbips, U'refelrence tbl4chtyfTdas;i
Were oa; motion J laid pnthe table? V45
It:y?asy9rdereiy that thfi bill ofi Jhn
Garrell Superintendept of the County Poor
House, be referred toTthe Committee on I
foor nousu. wuu power io aci. ,i f
LuWietiohWeWDrdea kbWih)b
M, r. I ilii.i'Vi.'f Aii. 5rtf f 1 lit ! I
I be; reortf of ttedHhlg jCdmmjtte
for the . months of April, M.apd .Juner
Was, OU mttinn, rprPlPPfl, .ad nrdorprt
sprea
nd oMred sprfea'oa the mlnnlesvatid'f
labed oAfi)i''ltf's:j45ip Sua Mow
AppliqaUaos iPpsitfpn ,panUor jfn
motion, ine jpoard proceeded to oaiiol ior
Uii'mnie'hereuDbii fedcarAfiner.oloired!.'
dWof 'the appneints arbeSald1 WceivedT
t ie;nbanhnon3 fcoU bflthe Board tnd paS-
t eclared duly elected, , ';,:.
Tbe.repprtipf jib. Apitii Commirtee
'fpr the month, of Juljmav tm nuitlun, re
'ceived and brderbd:SDrad-ea' the'1 minuted
$uuii,'ki!'W&i-& b b-
; j l no repori otno voinnipHn yni-wwMt
orden
.9
i
'rainutes and placed
uu my.
4n i .. .
CimeV.'malferartBbulh
nfeeredetetllhHd fA'(he idtta, J.
tanfce
Oa'molmn,?the.Bosid the totik ai recess
ubtil next Thvrday flemOoiatVlockj
1 ' '- 4 m m:mm '
w'e baVP the fipesvrdiis ve! kDowV.' The
nlualshipmCTtsjfremitispcnt:;(Aaljp
phrch) areapulJQ ' $fot$$ti$i
b6ro0nmb; Afiolina); are veryi:iavorarC
hfe Ellin trui-satmi lo ajf.s.xl aoiidifti'i
odT..."viJilk( t
eid8fdefeWe(fvI'dww
the'sete'rf-nllepost bn'Llsbdtf road5J The i; ;
trfeescroW fronl obft atid a half 'to twp feet
high, ahdliear 3aAirUs! Utr :sizff bf afLee
Mftf J.WP- OWi odJ
jChaplain llev, R. IL Brown. , ,
?mtdar
'freaWraC! . K'OiflasamS. ? J
d on the minutes and nlaced-jm file; y
The report or "the County ,Treasurer for.
us mbh'thof Julji?was1bnv moifbn, received''
J. 4. PWntv P int V i
a business letter to the stab, uadcf date ot I
thlMT .mmMM Ushpoie!!
year win reacn i.uw ; uaies. , , iiarge quann
tits of deacheS of Ihe finest quality are
;pjoduced7: f In the uppe? pSrtibai "of. Rpbe
.sdncrbbsrflnV, buavefc5fifldbi'
ifi:';fef'-'ft;ii
' .T f,:f..- j : V' Tf'iT'.T'T?'-":' t
-5NO.;42.
Soatb Carolina AlTalr.
J Special Dispatch to the News and CJonrier.T
- ine event of to-day is the resigna-j
tion1 bf SSLee colpVedtfiloliei-
drpsiguation .wUlciake, effect i.on L the
14th insti & Leef waa formerly Speaker ;
vjl iq-xiouaer oruepreBeriauves,;aua
Vas:' .arresled,:" f e w' day aago.' oxi
a.rgesbpf, fraud jnijLhej6S-sueoti.pay
iJertilieates j J3eing.;.Unable it ;give
vwmhj r ,'J s f -yiJiji.'.ju r4i!
tie only -witness examfcfed'iby
i n vstrlatl rdbhimted'av
the
was
J ii F i Jrtie i.iuU viir! Kieeuau : o Jfe d
Hi yhcielegraphtihas aapip.aoced,;tlj&
day,. of the "workingraenV - legisla
live OAeterWIit
iibjBiogiiixeeptlpfi.
mpprats presented. what th& Goxkrietr.
mitted ofit.pa'y-:iaaia'tf appeal
rto the'.voters 'tp'giye the candidates
npmuiaeri, an .enlJipgiasjLio support
election new trganization deye!
Sped jtselFi evblVed frbrn the Sxcite
menty criminations'and recrittiiriatiotis
oyer Jthe larfqesUb
past '"pwweeksp and under .the car
tion ' of the ' "working hiehV party, ?
put a ticket in trie field and succeeded
Selecting il Thkl Ctew
8ay8;Uie;prgapizaron75s a 5frni.tage,
Pfc Pfion,; -which wiilj , ere,; jnan
weeks ;, rolll rouhd crumble, at- the
IpnclivandprbVei
;Xenatbr - John fPpbl, ; pjf NpVtn
CarV)lifia;'whb has ben'ickib u a
living hef as a .sort of 'claim 5 agent'
ayicehis Stateepudiatedrihini bub
latlerjybas bWttr.idemopthedin;
his fealty. to Hayes, and has boasted
a-laree Bharof Snfliience'in h'elMn
the President tp pickeeWfceable
o4d-line Wigjfprpcjha.hadihWi
fealty very decidedly,; disproved Hby?
the' publication' of the f bl Io wi as ex-'
iTactr-wrrtien - oy nim ' ip a inenq.m
Alamance count v,'- Ndrth 'Caroli na i
Jgputhpcn, Jepuhlicaps cauooJitexpeiJt.
TOPS fefl f P,owf84
that be .: under, him particularly, for
General jliey'SJPool atul hangs aboul
the WhitPii House, ii. howfeverj ijand
claims to have, .the President's ear.7-
Milra?lhe Ca:naa1an, ffirauer bf IS?
kprlbrVAffairk-x
Sshnrii bnTj jthb ato-day nrpfi
garaing outing iiull who is now in
the 'Canada. r;Tbeibmmendation
Smith, tasomee acqainted with
Sitting! Bolbbe: enb Jto interview b im
and ask lila pleasttre for: future mo vb;
ments, will be submitted to the CabV
Qdt-tpi'moTr'o'w.''1 The; vpersPn If Who
will bp chosen for !this mission will be
tome one who has 1 had dealings . with
he Sipux in behalf of this governr-
Special patch to the News and Courier, 1
J lui'Aij. J mColtjmbiA, Angl 9: 4
j ttdgV J.Vright Ayas the,;only
witiSeissr before, Uie, cbrAmittee to-day,,
1 t. Aiepnis. arnyea , tnis-. morning,
ir)d Wiliiestijrto-morrbw', ,He came
f (rfuntarilupSoa thV gemmittee'S5
;nrtbat:.nd;:adyantag .would
e. takphf
ented to; prosecute bim;vi zi Y;?$l
pdgWWriguIhbarflfd
)ii b AVefl- beFPre the i n ves ti gators. " C?
Bowen.wasiexpeiatedtite-'dayi bot
a flairs In Praee.'
v.
By! Cable tofiarlestonNews fcedCdufier
o-tT Ji.-r.J-'jiTt ,Vkbs& August 8.-.-.
ft s decided rhat President . Jdapi
'fthon will visit the - Western. - Cen-
raiand Sobthefd dprtrbents during
apreseWmontteTepUtawon of
arisian jouroalista smarted upon Mim:
agarast measures pending to restrict
ePofipaj
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Vift tW tJIEHBUS1JMI8.,(;AUg8iS
Three rwhtternmeoYi Bame4toryi
t..l.
Wflpatrick and Bush, were
feigr - iTSEfS,
on e tk I n a' H A" : iPf fl1-1 ; h i
-?5t J-vf r.i t juNjiTW-YOBKi'Atfg '8.1
SurVerr .Sharif has received - in-'
tractions from Washington, to seize.
TVfiiiiruuiiiA4irerpoot onccounc; ot
1 mH illHfl "v JiJ
-3i oil? xi . J!slPTOi.lfiaiis
III TheateahcV ibtleSapTraeMneK3
fbr New.xaglaBd
It
Col. lTl;.wPolk- isc expected to
address : 'the people of,'lockIngharao at
Beidsvi.lo, on the. ,S3d';in.J;., and. those o
Caswell, at Yancey ville, on the 24th.'",, ?
Journal claimed was an nezceptionr
able ticket, and iho executive com
thoiissmurgliog of iiiqwpr535 i20fXOO0 :
-fiis jderi r;turn f rprji tbeghtnpky
vFairnWipUai..thb.appemtefl'
mill tr; Rrtofvow ffVflll I Jji:C 2
. Thfr PxeaidentP leAV e rotf.Mon d a v
-V. : .' ;.., . . ... -. - - .--n-i.-rc-Three'
aged people .have just
passed sway in S'okes coysty, viz: 11 3 '-
miuTl Wood, In LU TClh year; llrs! lie icy .
Mitchell," ia ber-Sthr year; anil Joseru
'.Martinbi.his .8?thafnrci U-U revered and
'o6y."i:.
. ,r Cherokee JReratM1 Wheat crops
are good this year in this section;; farmers ,
report a heavy increase over last year; our
' people are. begining to find out that,. their :
farms are very Well adapted to the growing -of
wheat. ;''' ';' : ' - -' ' ' " ' . - ; ;
S 7"- Oxford 'Jeerwe.ieen
tcrtainment given by a chapter of orphans
at Henderson last week; the handsome sum i
f $95 35 was - realized against $16 20 at:
Kim-ells, $9 i5 jmis Chapel, and $5 at
Grassy Creek. , . . ,-.
Hickory 'Press: We, don't. hard-1
3y 4hick-.il is the intention of the train hands
pn.;thia pad to a.;t;Jtather tban do ibisr!
we would advise . lhm to tie a box car '
around their necks, jUmp into the Catawba '
river, and remain there the balance of their
aays. - ' ' ; . 1 j - -
fSifiAj$ni''re8fc. ;
dence, aboul ten miles from Loiiisburg, on
Alonday night, August Ctlr, Mr.4,EthelrMlge
Green d ied. in the 80th year of his ae. He 1
swasona bf Fjaiiklia.'srnas respected' eiti-
il trXbeijGxford -free "Lance say; ;
lalerv allowed J2. lt tlnyjirt isfVT
pellarminj onedfi tfaa necessary ad j anctS :
ates or.the . court. It gives other misap- f
jcatjoliiBiday's4M.i;.-i-?v' ..;
vlrrf, TbriaiSa.'i qaiteKk timber of ' '
amestpwn weeds grdwlngin;ifferent parts ?
of ttte town that-h6utd be rooted ' up.- -h-Eickorff,Jres8lCxit
io Ahgufet "and dried,'1 -and
they are a . specific for . the relief of :
asthmanot core, but instant reliet Smoke
IA. a pipe.: actSTUa :?,. im .
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itfT-lAccprdmg tp Mfi. S, in Raleigh.
Observer, Gov. Vance began his speech be
fore the Itfonrial School by saying: "He
had,; bfieii invited, expressly to. give ns a
speech, without any instruction ip it, and he
flattered himself the Very man in all North
99ronabestjd)leto4p.i-!y;Hir : '
Wilson vltft?ance; We attended
the biif August -'mbetlng 'at "White Oak, last -Sunday
and found; an immense -crowd in
attendance, estimated as high; as 4,000.:
We regret to announce llie ".. snddnn
I dbsth of Wiley WilHanison,' Esq;; a worthy'-
ana respeciame. citizen or ihe ?UId ieids .
township ' '.' v "
. Superintendent Mills, iif his
travels with; the orphans, found the crops
very abundant in all parts of 'Granville
I such as he never saw before."' Jlere is what'
j he isays'-'.on f another1 point if .VThe ..ample
grove is full of DeoDle. and the writer i.t
so much fried chicken .and peach pie .that
iuoiiraj iuijico ui 4.uusu wuu uave ever
; mistaken him for a preacher. '." ?"
i ' ttt 1 ne iM e w x oric Woruk' makes
I special :note of Senator.'Merrimon's late
t speech at Chapel Hill ,: It . says: 'Perhaps
the most healthful sign is the disposition of
and tell the truth about the 'Shortnm In r. :
of their ; people; ; There, never was a better i
ciaiujjio ui- iui pmin . speaking inan me
speech of Judged MerrimonJ delivered last '
.lireepsboro JJrotestant: The .
Register of Deeds for 'Alamance5, county
has twb sorts of marriage ; licenses. ' as we
learn from the fffean9r-white and colored.;
ilow figure, and five cents will capture one
tof, very respectable size. - .The fact is, the i
pelds,' gardens iand" orchards ' have been 1 ;
woing their level beat and oar Only . fear is - '
jthat they will have4iUlor no ammunition .
(left for the campaign of 1878.. .. ,
r- vnariotte. toserrer: ..At , the . .
Imeetinff of the stockholders of the Chester . .
& Xenoir Narrow : Gauge: Ilaflroad- held at ,
!LimMrfatQaJliesdAyjtwa8 decided, as be- " T
jtwen eNewton andvTHfckory, to' run the
roaduoy way of iSewton to Xienoir.: i .
As was anticipated, Mrs, Charlotte Deaton, ,
who was ' struck by the engine on the' At- '
antici Tennessee & , Ohio Railroad, Wed'
nesday, has died. Although, the body was .
terribly bruised, she lingered -until yester-'
lay morning., -.j utft U-. , it s "v '
Raleigh liegisfer:. Johnny" W
M;assey, aged 14, son of Mr.' John P. Mas- '
ieyi one of '.the 1 Board of Commissioners ' i
tilled a; rattlesnake op, bis : father's' farm ; ;
ne,day last week. His snakeship had 18 - j '
atties. Good work' for young 'America. , i
rriT ;-Mr.; JawbWagner; -jinte.rnaV: revenue '"
Lgent who has been operating in this Stale ' ' '
pr some lime.'haS returned to Washington ;v (
sth. full reports made tp the Commission--
a as to the condition of affairs in this State
to, far as they affect the revenue. s '
fefe '.Charibtie'iDocr'toj'h'e.Megw-' ;
man Dock Hunsucker, who was struck on
he head with a hoe by another negro, Ru- ( ! -us.
Lowrance, ; hais -died. ' The ! dis-1 ' ,
soyery of a process to turn fifty! gallons of. . 1
sommoD water, at a Cost of Only ten or fif- '
een cents, into a permanent Preserving .
fluid," is the most wonderful. discovery, of .
hb ago. " It was made by a physician in
Ijasissipplfii- A State law :f orb ids any '
erson from Belling ; liquor; on Sunday. ,
severpcrsons have been fined for viola- " -I
ing thejaw in thiseity. s I t -.t
.fetiUeCSiil0O!&. Vance - -
i ppointed on Tuesday the , following di
iectors obl the part of the " State for ihe " -Westwa
- Division of i the Western -N.! O. '
Railroad : T.JD. Bryson, of wain, k, V. !
Welch,1 J.J Ratcliff, Jr., of Haywdod ; David ' '
QolemaB,T W- Pattoa and T. 'F, David"
son, of Buncombe; W,, W.'.Rollins, of Mad .
ison. aiid Neal.'of McDowelL f J
GenClingman'a book i3,Lrapidly growing
in popularity, and it is now thought a new V - L -
adition wfll be necessarv.'" i i- Our snlorT'V - '
. devil went fishing last ' week in Haywood,
and succeeded in Killing a black snake 14 . .
feet long.. And it--was a poor , snake for -- -Haywood
at thatf: A snake story, by St:'
Patrickil' .3UMl'.4l-:iA-?.t,.-44"?,f? i-M.t'M
.M.!Hubbard7?. now of Maniius, N?. Y.4 biitiy
Q.4 TT:.:4n u . .: ......
city, the guest of Captain T,: tlr-Argo. '
The first term oL tbo tlniversity Normal r '
nooi ciosea on, wepnesaay witu appro- -
'laie'ceremoniesi', jriusooro corres-
rescinded their former order to hold an '.
electiotf btf- the 6th of SeDtember for our '
citizens to vote on the ouesUon of a coantr
nbscription of $50,000 . to the Western !
itailrosd Worn JSgypt ta ureensboro, ami
;Iiockvillei to DorhamJ The opposltioii lo' .
Be propdseo: suDSonplioa was so great that' ' , -theiCommissioners
'very properly decided ":
not to put the county to the useless expense 1
of holding an election.;- f ryJ.y-YV 1 "l '
i'j- TarboSAlmTho Metfi-'
bdffit campmeeting at Ocraedkewas hard
ly a saccess owing in greatr part.,to. the y
Innumerable quantities ::- 0f musquitoes,- . m t
which. were' almost unbarableV' Old Bro.1'' '
Qoss said that as he did not swear and did .
tapt wish to begin now,' he' bad concluded v j
tb break pp the meeting and leave the little ,v
pest in charge of the field. -7 Mr. Jesse
Moofe.a pfominent citizen fdled on Sunday. '
29th ult. at bis residence near Hamilton..' j-.-
Alias it. JS. nines, pi Ui is place, . Has - -. s
twdgeraniums of -the rose species,1 rooted f ;? s
Uiisyear.'measuring It feet 4 inches in cir- v "
cumference and 20 inches in height. v
It ha been emphatically 'asserted1 that no-- -' .
man who has paid, regular for his nespa- j.. ,
per was ever bitten by, V mad 'dog. .
TbSre wiU M a thkd more ; corn; raised Id
.Edgecombe this .year than; any since the,' r -war."
-The indebtedness of Edgecombe -.' :
couhty opto July 1st, 11877, 4was $lf,C223
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