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G.tKFIELD AND THE BCTV OF
UBKIOCRITS
In what we said of Grant in our
ditoi ials of yesterday and the day
before we confined ourselves to one
aspect of the question -that of avail
ublity. Our judgment is that he
would have been beaten easily in a
fair election. In other words, that
confining ourselves to the question of
strength' or popularity we are satis
tied that Grant was the weakest of
the various persons named.
But there is another aspect of , the
question upon which we have barely
touched the dangers that awaited
.civil liberty and the corruptions
that would follow inevitably if
Gram had been nominated and
then fairly, or unfairly placed
in the Presidential Chair. We
grunt most readily that, viewed from
ihw standing-point, it is a great bless
ing vouchsafed the country in the do
fat-of the "strong man." If the
Presidency is again to be wrested
from the people by frauds and vil
lainy, then it is a happy circumstance
that Grant will not be the man to
occupy the chair of the Chief Execu
tive. We rejoice with those who do
rejoice when we contemplate the sub
ject in the light of an unfair election,
and a dishouest count. When we
regard the dangers that would fol
.Kw a third term we can but
be glad that the country is relieved of
Graniism, and no doubt forever. We
are quite willing to concede that,
whilst we steadfastly and most sin
cerely believe he was the weakest
r inau, inasiiSueh as all things are un
certain, it is best not to take the
chances. We can say this the more
readily as Gen. Garfield is a much
better man than Grant. His record
may not be above suspicion, and
probably is not, but he is a statesman
of no mean abilities; is possibly the
most scholarly member of the House;
is not half as vicious as Blaine, Ed
muuds and Windoni; is rather fond
of Southern men; has had a long
expedience in public life; is well
acquainted with the condition of the
whole country, and, if elected, will
be his own President. He will gather
men of character and ability around
him, and he will not be moved and
manipulated as a mere automaton by
-the Conklings and , Logans and
Congers.
Gen. Garfield is a thoroughpaced
Republican. In fact he may be
classed as a Stalwart, but not of the
extremist type, lie is a good lawyer,
and will not' undertake to run the
Government in peace just as he would
in times of war. We do not know
how wul founded are the charges of
corruption. They have been made
often by the New York Sun and other
papew. Whatever of truth oi falsity
thertrmay be in them will be made
Known clearly before the election.
Oar impression is- that Garfield's
nomination is by no means the
strongest that could have been made.
It appears to us that it is unfortunate
for Garfield that ex-Collector Arthur
is on the ticket with him, as he, too,
is resting under some charges not
creditable to him. We do not know
the exact character of the charges
against him and Garfield, but they im
plicate their honor.
With a thorough campaign, a full,
fair, free election, an honest count,
and a good ticket, the Democrats
ought to triumph. The American
people must settle with the Republi
can party for its eight years of cor
ruption and wastefulness and pecu-
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VOL. XI.
lalion under Grant, and for the great
fraud of 1876. i Tbish great wrong
must be lighted,1 and the way to do
it is to put a ripe, honorable
and
honest statesman in the Presidential
Chair.' We believe if ;the Democrats
at Cincinnati are controlled by a high:
judgment and iiot by ; personal pre
dilections or antipathies, that a first
rate ticket will ' be ' nominated and
that a victory will erown their ef-
forts. . i !
The only fear that wo have of
the
result, iudeed bv the light we now
have, provided the ticket is the pest
that can be made possibly, is this :
that the Stalwarts in their determi-f
nation to win and defeat i the known
wishes of the people, will change in
certain States the method of appoint-
ing electors, in rfew xorK ana
mhWtfite?aVy Tor Garfield to
have in order to be elected, the Re-
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publicans have a Governor and Leg
islature ready to do their, bidding.
There is no constitutional bar to pre
vent them from having the electors
appointed by the Legislature, as was
the case in South Carolina before the
i i i
advent of the devouring carpet-baggers.
They may appoint them as a
whole composed of men of their own
parly, or they can distribute by Con
gressional districts which would give
the Democrats a part. lie re lies the
danger as we apprehend it But a
great deal depends on the ticket put
in the field by the Cincinnati Conven
tion. We have said,1 and repeat
without elaboration to-day, that
according to our most matured judg
ment there are two things that are ha
zardous; to nominate a man of known
warm Southern sbmpathies, or to
nominate a man whose chief card
must be that he is a strong States
Mights man, and Jights upon that
issue. In either case it will make the
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nominee popular in j toe oouin,
but will no doubt render him weak
in the doubtful Northern j States,
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without which he cannot be elected.
Let oui delegates consider; these two
points maturely and dispassionately.
A great and irremediable mistake
may be made. j
G.N. MCALKM NUT A CANDIDATE.
We never understood that Gen.
Alfred M. Scales was a candidate for
the office of Governor, j in the sense
that he was seeking jit. He will
however accept the nomination if it
is tendered him, but he does not desire
it. This is all that any one has a
i V
right to ask. The fact that be is not
a candidate will tend to make him
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more available with thousands of
voters. If Gen. Scales had actively
canvassed for the nomination, he
would have been a very formidable
rival of Fowle and Jarvis. He
may turn out to be the "dark
horse" after all. The General does
not desire the nomination. Mark
that. His position, as we before said,
is quite like that of the j illustrious
Horatio Seymour: he will not seek the
office, but if the office seek him he
IS: ? ' '
will "not feel at liberty to decline."
Thin is explicitly stated by Gen.
Scales in his letter of June 7th to the
Raleigh News. 1 1
It is to be noticed that some of the
Jarvis and Fowle organs do not ap
pear exactly comfortable under an
apprehension that Gen.! Scales may
loom up as the choice of a considera
ble portion of the delegates. ... With
out taking sides or espousing any
man's claims, for no man has any
special claims upon ! any office
within the gift of the people,
we may say this: we have an impres
sion, created by what we have read
and heard, that if the people- had the
naming of the candidates for Governor
and Lieutenant Governor, that they
would not be any of the persons who
have been trying to secure the nomi
nation. Newspaper puffery, constant
letter-writing, machinery and elec
tioneering have given ; men great
prominence, when probably three
fourths of the people, if left to them
selves, would have preferred other
candidates. !
The fearful collision of two stea
mers in Long Island Sound and the
burning and sinking' of one, causing
over fifty people to lose their lives, is
one of those awful visitations that
shock us and show the uncertainty
of human life as well as the dangers
that attend travel.
D. Appleton Ss Co., Now; York,
have just issued a Life of Senator
Thomas F. Bayard, by Edward
Spencer. It is a neatly
decimo of 303 pages.
bound duo-
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UARFIELO.
We learn from Washington letter
writers lhatthe Democrats in Wash
ington are already overhauling j the
political record of Gen. James A.
Garfield, Republican candidate for
the Presidency. On the 9tb, the day
after the nomination, Representative
Cox, of New York, offered a resolu
tion . to reprint certain documents.
This was objected to of course. The
Richmond Dispatch's correspondent
says of them: ....
"These documents contained the testi
mony taken in the Credit-Mobilier uud De
UoJyer pavement investigation. The Dem
ocrats, however, will print and scatter tbem
like, amtumn leaves over too couotryJ
They are terrible on Mr. Garfield, and their
effect in unio was so great mat even in
1876 he ran- 3,600 behind Hayes in his Dis
trict, and 872 behind him In his own countvi
The Grant men chuokfeqy.r these develop
ments." ' ; . . .: i:. A-
"Arthur's recora wilPbe overhauled,'
also, and thoroughly. We yesterday
gave important evidence of his cor
ruption from President Hayes and
Secretary Sherman. These letters
are enough to damn him among all
honest men. The Dispatch's corres
pondent says of Garfield: j 1
"Garfield's record is full of damaging
material. The Chinese question, the salary
crab, the subsidies, Fitz John Porter, the
De Golyer pavement, the Credit-Mobilier,
etc., will be the headings of pithy cam
paign articles."
Garfield is a man of good habits.
If his good name had not been so
much besmirched by certain transac
tions we would not have a word to
say against him other than we would
say against any Republican who
favored the great rape of Louisiana
and Florida, and was "ready to
stand by Grant if he was
nominated for a third term.
It is charged that he was one of the
Credit Mobilier fellows. The proof
of this will be forthcoming if it is so.
Then it is said that he received a fee
of $5,000 for engineering the De
Golyer pavement ; swindle. Here
also the proof will be ample if he is
really guilty. He was Chairman of
the Committee of Appropriations.
Of course it is very suspicious when
he took $5,000 for asking the Board
of Publio Works to adopt the pave
ment. It was a job and of a very
disreputable sort. We infer that
the evidence establishes all this. If
not, then Garfield . must stand ac
quitted and be regarded as a badly
injured man.
Since we wrote the above our eye
has lit upon the following extract in
the sketch of Garfield in the Balti
more Sum
"Mr. Garfield was accused of receiving
while a member of Congress a fee of
15,000 as "attorney' for De Golyer & Mc
Clelland, the Chicago pavement contrac
tors, who in October, 1873, were awarded
contracts for patent pavements under
Shepherd's rule in Washington, those con
tracts aggregating $196,262. He was also
one of the members impeached in Mr.
Oakes Ames's little memorandum book as
a recipient of ten shares of Credit Mobilier
stock. It was not shown to the satisfaction
of Judge Poland'scommittee, which inves
tigated this matter, that Mr. Garfield took
this profitable stock with corrupt intentions,
nor that bis votes were influenced by the
tender."
We copy this because we do not
wish to wrong any man. If it cannot
be established that he is guilty of the
charges then they ought not to be
insisted upon. For years he has been
again and again accused of corrup
tion, and of course a very minute
scrutiny will be made of his record.
In this connection it will be not out
of place to refer to any probable ef
fect the nomination of Garfield will
have upon the Democratic choice.
We avail ourselves of a paragraph
in L. Q. W.'s special to the Rich
mond Commonwealth, sent from
Washington. Let it be remembered
that the writer is a strong Field. sup
porter, lie says the nomination of
Garfield compels the Democrats to
put up their strongest man. "Very
well. But who is be? We quote:
"In the first place, it compels us to put
up our very strongest man. It will not do
to run Mr. Tildcnnowon the theory that
anybody can beat the Republican candi
date. Nor will it do to run a peace Dem
ocrat of the North against a man,
who was a General in the Union army.
Hot will it do now to run an Ohio
man for President (whether Thurman.
Jewett, or Payne), against Garfield, and
thus stake everything on the October elec
xion. witn uarneia as their nomi
nee and Mr. Payne as ours (for neither
Thurman nor Jewett have any show.) we
should be compelled to carry the October
election or lose the Presidency. This view
I find so generally conceded that I appre
hend it will govern the action of the Cin
cinnati Convention; and thus if Mr. Tilden
has an idea of making Mr. Payne his heir,
ni8 scueme will now rail to the ground
i Of course be finds the strongest
man in Judge Field. We are not sure
that he is not weaker than any man
named for the place save Tilden. Our
own opinion , is that Seymour is by
odds the strongest. He was not "a
peace Democrat of the North." He
is- not "an Ohio man," but from the
State 'so much needed, New York.
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY,
. Ohio will not and ought not to
have the nomination,' we take it. As
has been susrgestedOhio holds a
State election in October, a few weeks
before the . Presidential election.
Suppose the Republicans carry it; all
of I us know it would go Republican
by; an increased majority in the
Presidential contest. Remember
North Carolina in 1872. Suppose
Judge Merrimon had beaten Cald
well 5,000 votes, would not Greeley
have swept the country? If you
doubt it ask those who are best in
formed. - Ohio lost in October would
ose Ohio' in November. 'Nay, it
would injure us in many other States
if bur candidate for President or
Vice-President were' to come from
that State. We hope the "Ohio
i'dee" .-will not .prevail at Cincinnati.
We have read nothing more dis
gusting in a long time than the re
port of the opening proceedings of the
National Greenback Convention.
One Rev. Mr. Ingalls, of Des Moines,
Iowa, opened the Convention with
what passes as prayer in the North
west. Mr. Io galls referred to the
act that prayer had been offered in
New York for the two great National
Conventions at Chicago and Cincin
nati, omitting any reference to this
great Greenback Convention, and
saying, "We come to Thee, O Lord,
on )ur oxen hook' applause, and
asked heavenly direction in the Con
vention's proceedings. His prayer
was interrupted by applause and
cries of "Hear ! hear !" and "Amen!"
Several of our State exchanges
have referred in terms of warm ap
proval of the appointment of our elo
quent and distinguished townsman,
Coll D. K. McRae, one of the Demo
cratic Electors for the Slate at-large.
They say most truly that the Con
vention could do no better thino:. He
would make a brilliant and telling
canvass. We do uot know, uowever,
thai the appointment would bo agree
able to his wishes.
BROKE JAIL.
Geo race Hirer, the Noted Colored
Burglar, Breaks Uot of Ilia Cell
and Uacapea from the CoOntjr Jail.
tLc astounding fact was discovered yes
terday mornibg that George Myers, the
som iwhat notorious colored burglar, who
was awaiting trial at the next term of the
Criminal Court, had broken out of jail
during the night previous and made good
his escape. Daniel Howard, the jailor,
says' My er3 and Joe Campbell, colored,
charged with breaking into a stoic in Pen
der county recently, were together in the
same cell and both chained to the floor,
another stout chain, which- linked the pri
soners together, being attached to a strong
iron tetter which confined a leg of each of
the malefactors. In company with the
jailor we visited the prison yesterday morn
ing, when we obtained full particulars in
regard to the manner in which the escape
was effected, so far as they could be ascer
tained. The chain i connecting the fetters
was broken in two near the point of connec
tion with the fetter attached to Joe Camp
bell's leg, leaving! the latter with one
of the fetters and Myers with the
other, which he carried off with
himi This, Joe Campbell claims, was
done without awaking him, he declaring.
that be knew nothing of Myers escape until
yesterday morning. The latter then went
to work and broke loose two of the lower
upright bars to the cell door, first breaking
off the beads to the rivets by which they
were1 secured, and also breaking the bars
off at the point where they connected with
the first cross-bar, thus leaving a hole about
eight by twelve inches, through which he
forced himself from the cell into the cor
ridor. He next wrenched from its position one
of the pieces of iron with which the water
pipe is fastened to the wall, which is a
sharp-pointed instrnment, shaped some
thing like a staple with one prong broken
off, with which, together- with two pieces
of broken bars, be succeeded in removing
a sufficient number of bricks from the wall
immediately under the window on the
west side of the building, near . its intersec
tion with the southern wall, to admit of the
displacement of the window jill, leaving a
hole in the wall about the size of the one
made m the cell door, through which he
forced himself, the fall to the ; ground be
neath being from twelve to fifteen feet.
There were several prisoners confined in
the cells directly in the neighborhood of
the one which Myers and Campbell occu
pied,! but they all declare positively that
they heard no noise during" the night and
knew nothing of the escape until morning.
We have already stated that Campbell
averred that he knew nothing of the
escape, although Myers was in the same
cell With him and bad one of his legs
attached to one of his (Campbell's) by a
strong chain.
Up to last accounts- no clew had been
obtained to the missing prisoner, although
active efforts were beingmade, at Howard's
instigation, to effect his recapture.
Myers, it will be remembered, broke into
the house of Mr. D. C. Davis, in this city,
some monlhs ago, during the night time, as
is alleged, and stole a quantity of money,
and was subsequently captured after a long
and exciting chase. At the first term
of the Criminal Court after the alleged
burglary took place the case was continued
on account of the absence of the main wit
ness, Mr. Davis, who was very sick. At
the last, or succeeding term of the Court, a
motion was made to remove the trial to
another county, on the ground that de'
I fendantr could not get a fair one here.
which was overruled, and a motion to con
tinue for the defendant was afterwards
granted. The case would no doubt have
come to trial at the approaching term of the
Criminal Court; hence the desperate and
successful attempt to nee from juBtice.
JUNE 18, 1880.
For the Star.
RIaae-flleetlaa: a Onelow.
In pursuance of a call of the Democratic
Executive Committee, made several weeks
ago, a large assemblage of citizens of the
county of Onslow met in the Court House
at Jacksonville on Monday, June 7th, 1880,
and was called to order by Richard W.
Nixon, Esq., Chairman of the Executive
Committee. " Mr. Nixon stated that the
meeting had been called for two purposes;
first, to allow the present Executive Com
mittee to resign, and second, to let the peo
ple appoint a new Executive Committee,
and, by consulting together devise' some
plan that would secure efficient organiza
tion; and harmonious action in the Demo
cratic party in Onslow. He then called
Dr. E, W. Ward to the chair.
On motion, a committee on permanent
organization was. appointed, and on its re
port D. E. Sandlin was made permanent
chairman, and C. Thompson and N. N.
McMillan were chosen secretaries.
Mr. Spicer moved that the Chair appoint
a Committee on Resolutions, consisting of
three gentlemen from each township.
The motion was carried, and the Chair
man appointed the committee - as follows :
H. H. Sandlin, J. W: Spicer and Dr. Wm.
D. McMcMlllan, for Stump Sound; L. O.
Fonville, M. Russell and W. B. Ward, for
SwanBboro; Samuel Gerock, Nash Mat
tocks and Dr. W. J. Montford, for White
Oak; A. J. Murrill, Richard W. Nixon and
J. O. Scott, for Jacksonville: C. Stephens,
F. Thompson and Dr. T. L. Nicholson, for
Richlands.
j Motion was made and carried that one of
the secretaries be added to the committee,
j The committee then retired, and after
some delay returned and offered the follow
ing report :
I We, Democratic citizens of the county of
Onslow, in mass-meeting assembled, in
prderto harmonize our party throughout
the county, adopt for our governance the
following resolutions:
I 1st. That the County Democratic Execu
tive Committee shall name a day on which
a primary election shall be held in every
election precinct in the county, and their
committee shall appoint poll-holders for
this primary election.
' 2nd. That the poll-holders, on such a day
as the Executive Committee may direct,
shall make, at Jacksonville, proper returns
of all votes caatin their respective precincts;
and the Democratic Executive Committee
shall ascertain and declare the results of the
election.
3rd. That whoever is found to have re
ceived the plurality of votes shall be de
clared the party's candidate.
4th. That, if two or more aspirants re
ceive an equal number of votes, the Dem
ocratic County Executive Committee shall
have power to declare which of them shall
be the candidate.
These resolutions, after some discussioo,
were adopted.
The committee on resolutions offered the
following resolution also:
Whereas, We, the Democratic citizens
of Onslow county, in mass meeting as
sembled, have beard with pride, that the
nomination for Congress, in the Third Con
gressional District, has fallen upon our very
worthy and distinguished countyman, Jno.
W. Shackelford; be it, therefore, .-.i
liesolved. That we hereby express
our entire satisfaction in the choice of the
Fayetteville Convention, that we assure our
brethren throughout the District that our
standard-bearer is a true Democrat and a
vigorous, far-sighted, thorough canvasser.
and that, both to the party in this .District
and to him. we pledge the undivided
strength of the Democracy in Onslow.
This resolution was unanimously auoptea.
The County Executive Committee then of
fered their resignation, which was accepted.
On motion, the thanks of the party were
returned to the members or the committee
for the faithful discharge of their duties.
The meetine procceeded to elect a new
committee with the following result : Dr.
Wm. D. McMillan, of Stump Sound; Dr.
E. W. Ward, of Swansboro; Dr. Wm. J.
Montford, of White Oak; James G. Scott,
of Jacksonville, and L. A. Hargett, of
Richlands.
For the purpose of effecting a thorough
organization, the Executive Committee was,
on motion, instructed to appoint in eacn
township a sub committee of five, and in
each voting precinct a sub committee of
three.
On motion, the County Executive Com
mittee was empowered to appoint delegates
to the Ninth Senatorial District convention;
and it was also declared that any Democrat
present at that Convention should ce con
sidered a delegate.
The proceedines of this mass meeting
were ordered to be sent for publication to
the Wilmington Star, with the request that
other papers in the Third Congressional
District, and the Goldsboro Messenger and
Hi ns ton journal copy.
The meeting then adjourned.
D." E. Sandlin, Chairman.
C.lhompson, If. N. McMillan, Secretaries.
A Fiance of Sixty Feet Down a Well.
A gentleman who was knowing to the
fact, informed us yesterday that a white
man named Corbett, living at Wedgefield,
S. C. if ell down a well sixty feet deep at
that place a few days ago, and when he
was hauled out it was discovered that he
was only slightly bruised. He and two or
three others were engaged in cleaning out
the well, and Corbett was just in the act of
being lowered into it, when, by some hitch
in the arrangements, he tumbled headlong
into the yawning depths. Those who wit
nessed the accident say Corbett turned two
or three summersaults before reaching the
bottom. If he had struck. on his head his
death would no doubt have been instan
taneous, but fortunately he landed square
on his feet.
Appointment.
Capt. Jno. F. Divine, Superintendent of
the Wilmington & Weldon and Wilming
ton, Columbia & Augusta Railroads, has
been appointed Superintendent pf the North
Eastern, the Cheraw & Darlington and the
Cberaw & Wadesboro Railroads, all Of
which connect at Florence; S. C, with the
Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta Rail
road. Capt. D., we understand, enters
upon his new duties on the 15th inst. He
will continue to have his headquarters in
this city.
Dlacnarged.
Hector Locklear, of Robeson county, in
jail for violating the Internal Revenue law
(selling liquor without a license) took the
insolvent debtor's oath before U. S. Com
missioner McQuigg, yesterday, and was
discharged. 'He was convicted at the late
term of the U. S. District Court, in May.
There is not a so-called cen
tenarian in North Carolina whose birth can
be established by incontestable evidence.
If so trot out the evidence.
N(X34.
CONGRESSIONAL COMMENT.
Xbe VlewB of Various Senators and
Itepreaeniatlvea.
ISpeoial Dispatch to the News and Courier.
Washington, June 8. --The Grant
and Blaine men say that it was scarce
ly ; possible to select a better candi
date, excepting their respective
favorites.
I have interviewed many Senators
and Congressmen of both parties, and
send the opinion of a few as samples
of ill. Governor Claflin, Mr. Rus
sell and all the Massachusetts dele
gation are delighted. ! They say that
Garfield is in every respect a suitable
man. !
Senator Kirkwood says: An ex
cellent selection. Will unite the party
audi give a fine chance of success.
JVIr. Cannon, of Illinois: Next to
Grant Garfield is the best man and
can; easily carry Illinois and makes
Ohio sare. i
; Gen. - WhiCe, of Pennsylvania: I
love it; ho can't be. beat. Pennsyl
vania will be solid.
Democrats, especially! from the
South, express regret that Grant was
not selected. Almost all agree that
Garfield is a stronger candidate than
Grantor Blaine, but can be beaten.
Senator Beck says: "We owe some
thing to Blaine for saving the coun
try from Grant and all that that im
plies." I I
i Senator Withers: "Stronger than
Grant, but they have done them
selves irreparable injury by the bitter
fight in the Convention."
Senator Lamar says that Garfield
will probably draw a full Republican
vote, but he does not think that it
affects the question who should be
our nominee.
Senator Hampton : We shall beat
them certain if the Democrats nomi
nate the right man.
Senator McPherson : Garfield will
poll a full vote and make an enthusi
astic campaign. We shall win with
any Northern man. No Republican
living can carry New Jersey.
' Mr. Sparkes, of Indiana : Garfield
will be a popular nominee with his
party, but he cannot carry Indiana or
Illinois against Bayard or Seymour
with a man like Hendricks as Vice
President. It settles Tilden.
: Sunset Cox says that Garfield can
not carry New York.
Senator Johnston thinks that the
nomination increases the chances of
the selection of Bayard or Seymour
and of Democratic success.
; Sanator Booth, of California, who
was to have been Vice President on
Blaine's ticket, says that next to
Blaine no man would run better in
California than Garfield. '
AriUur'i Testimonial.
"You have made the custom house
a centre of partisan political manage
ment." R. B. Hayes to Collector
Arthur, January 31 1879.
"With a deep sense of my obliga
tions under the Constitution, I regard
it as my plain duty to suspend you in
order that the office may be honestly
administered." jtf. B. Hayes to Col
lector Arthur, January 31, 1879.
"Gross abuses of administration
have continued and increased during
your incumbency." John Sherman
to Collector Arthur, January 31,
1879. ;
"Persons have been regularly paid
by you who have rendered little or
no service; the expenses of your office
have increased, while its receipts have
diminished. Bribes, or gratuities in
the shape of bribes have been re
ceived by your subordinates in sev
eral branches of the custom-house,
and you have in no case supported the
effort to correct these abuses."
Secretary Slierman to Collector Ar
thur, January 31, 1879.
The Ticket to Win.
Washington Post, Dem.l
The ticket to beat Garfield and
Arthur out of sight :
i For President Horatio Seymour,
of New York.
For Vice President Allen G.
Thurman, of Ohio. i
Let us nominate it.
Gen. Grant stepped quietly
into the Palmer House at 10 o'clock
this morning, and I never saw him
look more gentle or composed. He
came unheralded, at least to the mul
titude, and witnessed with compla
cency the profuse floral and bunting
decorations of the Palmer rotunda
and lobbies, which were intended to
celebrate his nomination. He chatted
pleasantly in passing his acquain
tances, walked leisurely to the ladies'
parlor, and the outer doors closed
against all when he entered. In half
an hour he stepped out in the same
unostentatious manner, and the faces
of Cameron, Logan and Storrs were
visible as the lieutenants with whom
he had been in conference. ' What
transpired in that brief council of war
will probably never be Jcnown to the
public, but after Grant had hurried
off to the Milwaukee train both
Cameron and Logan said publicly
that Grant would be nominated with
out opposition in 1884. Chicago
Dispatch to the Philadelphia limes.
Raleigh Observer'. Deputy Sher
iff 'D. E. Parbam yesterday put in the pen
itentiary four convicts Willis Trotman,
Lewis Miller, Washington White and FraDk
Archibald. Midshipman Allen G.
Rogers, United States Navy, arrived in
this city on Wednesday, on a visit to bis
relatives, and will be here until the autumn.
Perhaps in no part of this section of
the State are more agricultural improvement
to be noted than on the line of the Raleigh
and Gaston Railroad.; At the match
of the Raleigh Gun Club yesterday, Mr.
John P. Creech won the badge, breaking
19 out of 20 glass balls, j
Spirits Turpentine.
Carthage Index: Nobody in
this county carea to run for the Legislature;
all desire to 1UD from it.
Greensboro Patriot: The black
berry crop this season is said to be larger
than it has been for many j ettt-.
The Wilson Advance publishes
a synopsis of Rev. Dr BurkbeadV excellent
address before the WiNoo CoUcgite Semi
nary on the Sd inst. -
Henderson Revietc : We met
Superintendent Mills, of the O.-ptmu Asy
lum, a few dttya ngo. lie h id s aned on a
tour in behalf of the 150 orphans at Ox
ford. -
The Rockiughain Bee compli
ments very highly some dramatic readings
given at that place by Miss MacCall, a
young lady of grout promise. She i? a
native of that section.
Charlotto Observer: Hon. Oli
ver H. Dockery was at Rockingham du
ring the session of the District Convention,
and, if was understood amoDg the delegates
that he would be the Republican caudidate
for Congress this lime. He can surely get
the nomination if he wauts it. .
Capt. J. L. Hall, son of Dr. J.
K. Hall, of Greensboro, is visiting (hat
place. Capt. Hall, the Patriot says, has
resigned the command of the Texas Rang f
ers, a position which has given him a 1
name noted throughout the country for
courage, capacity and good deeds.
-j- Kinston Journal : Theji seeing
thisstate of affairs, and remembering the
jealousies and dissensions already engen
dered by the' two rival fcikn, lt the del
egates from Lecoir unite in voting solid for
some one, either McKay, Scales, Metii
mon or some other worthy Democrat.
New. York Herald: Mr. Hick?,
of Florida, made half a dozen bptecbfs,
a"nd .every time he sat down, coveted with
perspiration and tttury, every mtmber of
bis delegation shook his rhetorical hand.
When he nominated Tom Settle he referred
to him as the hero of Judge Tourgee's story . -of
"A Fool's Errand."
Lenoir (Caldwell county) Topic:
Prof. Kerr writes to' Dr. Beall that he ex
pects to be in Lenoir in a short time, on his
way to meet a party of gentlemen from
Pittsburg, who are interested in the build
ing of the proposed! road from Pittsburg
to this section, and to connect with our
narrow gauge road.
-4- Warrenton News: Capt. Peter
Turabull died a bis residence in Warren
ton on Saturday morning last, in the 7(ku
year' of his age, after a brief illness.
Doubtless both Gov. Jarvis and Judge
Fowle have been slandered. The first shot.
was fired by the Governor's friends. It was
an editorial in the Roanoke News. .
Elizabeth City Falcon: Intelli
gence was received here by telegraph on
Friday of the burning of Life Saving Sta
tion No. 17, on this coast, which event took
place on Thursday last. Robert Outer
bridge, convicted of the murder of Peter
Freeman, in Bertie county, was executed
on Friday. He stoutly maintained his in
nocence to thelast.
Salisbury Democrat: A num
ber of the young men of Salisbury met at
the Mayor's office, ' Monday , night, and
organized a Military Company. Mr. Theo.
Parker was elected Captain by acclamation.
Mr. Wallace Gray was elected 1st Lieuten
ant also by acclamation.- Zeb. Vance
was considered the strongest man in the'
State in 1876; yet Fowle, as elector, got
2,400 more votes than any other man be
fore the people for any thing. But the Jar
vis men say that was because he was a
Presidential elector. They forget, that
there were other electors, and his vote
largely exceeded that of the others.
Fayetteville Examiner : Mr.
Elarq is a native ef Fayetteville, and was
regarded as one of the most tale ted young
men ever raised in this place. Since his
adoption of the profession of journalism he
has strengthened the high opinions enter
tained of his abilities, having won a high
reputation ns a polished and forcible wrter.
Greensboro has prohibited the sale of
intoxicating liquors within her limits.
Nevertheless, it is computed that about
seven barrels per week of the ardent fire
waseonsumed there. Meantime, the reve
eue from licenses was totally lost. The
people of the city, by a majority of 116,
voted on Thursday, the 3d inst., to restore
the old system of licensed retailing.
Winston Sentinel: A little
daughter of Mr. J. Bsard, of Kernersville,
made a miraculous escape with her life
Thursday morning. She was placing fruit
upon the roof to dry at the second story
window, end in so doing, accidentally fell,
striking the ground only a few inches from
a paling fence, and most wonderful of all
receiving only a slight sprain of one of her
wrists. Gov. Jarvis is out in a long
letter defending himself from serious
charges made against him. The Demo
cratic party must be an aggressive party,
and cannot afford to nominate a man who
even before .his nomination has to assume
a defensive attitude. At an election
held in Winston on Monday, for the pur
pose of appropriating $40,000 to the Vir
ginia Midland Extension, and adoption of
Graded Schools, the grandest success re
sulted. Majority in favor 368.
We giean the following from
the Charlotte Press concerning the Congres
sional Convention in the Sixth District:
"After the adoption of appropriate resolu
tions the following candidates were placed
in nomination by their respective friends:
Col. William Johnston and Major C. Dowd,
of Mecklenburg; Col. R. T. Bennett, or
Anson ; Col. Rowland, of Robeson; Hon. W.
L. Steele, of Richmond; Col. J.F. Hoke, of
Lincoln; Col. M. L. McCorkle, of Catawba.
Thirteen ballots ensued without a result,
and at 6 P. M. tbey took a recess until 9.80
o'clock. During these ballots Col. Ben
nett came within three voles of being nom
inated, receiving 84J; and at one time Col.
Johnston got 79, on the 13th ballot. After
the recess on the 14th ballot Col. John
ston's friends relinquished their claims for
him, and with wonderful generosity in
order to defeat Col. Bennett, the eastern
representative, voted for Major Dowd and
so did all the western delegates nearly, se
curing his nomination , by a vote of 88,
which was made unanimoua amid cheers
and applause.
Charlotte Democrat: The cot
ton factory of Col. R. M. Oates'and the
Oates Bros, will be completed and ready
for work early in the fall. - Gen. Rob
ert D. Johnston and wife, of this city, will
leave for. Europe next week. General
Johnston is a delegate tothe World's Sun
day School Convention in London.
The rains in this section this week were
timely and have done much good. And
we think tbey have been general. We
notice in some of our Eastern exchanges
that Col. R. T. Bennett, of Anson, is sug
gested as a candidate for the Governor
ship. He would make a big canvass,
and be elected if he was nominated.
The mining business is unusually ac
tive in this neighborhood old mines are
being reopened and worked with improved
machinery, and new ones opened in various
localities. Prospectors and speculators are
abundant. - Editing a newspaper is as
much of a trade as setting typec. Writing .
for a newspaper and editing one are two
different things. A correspondent of
the Goldsboro Messenger, speaking of Ons
low Superior Court, says that everybody
was pleased with the manner in which
Judge Avery discharged his duties,- and
further remarks: "His care for the finances
of the county was so marked as to elicit the
thanks of the county commissioners in a
: gracefully written communication."
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