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KcDl th.D JtfMllf) mid ihat tbey ' were nut dtsetving of cen Muv.'j -Exchange, jj r ,. ; .- j- - Yen, bat; trie advanced practition er of the day hold that, although "they did the best; they cou id " lheir treatment of the cse wm bad. Dr. ! I - .i It. Bl Haywood, late President of the N nil Carolina. Medical Society,' in Ii'h excellent address before that body I to which we referred recently, says: 'Hu prufessipahl miu nuw before we can read ao account of the medical treat-! ineol of Lord Byroo j at Missalonghi, nd Ueueral . Wasbinglouf at Mount . Vernoo, without feeling a b!n-b o( shame for the! iiri-fe'fuiinnal liiethrpit wlm i In 'int-tl mi Uiostj occasions, 'i Byrou'a cis haiat been recorded in full, lie was starved and bled loj dc;at.h. Dr. Havwood aavc: fni: m,ly hud allowed in tiinn i four Meed itifcs had del.euium uhitne .- iiiKiwn stoiihfiil of broib bef ore men- lio.ietii' W-.w. K!nU-ruei. it Dr. liiuno tuil Ur. M nltugeii hnd Stiol B four-putltid MKit ihrouuli itid lordshiU dbn astiheycoald n t. hi iuv noiuioii. have more effectually k i d linn tUxn thcy-fil by those' slow bat 1 1 t; oc.et-sea. Th ero is no doubt that under tins V Ml . n'iif depleting ftena of thousands it .. I in. !. ' l - .i . it:.f T a- -i Ifiidersoii was once dinintj in Oxford " - 1 ( II he then jleadtD prctitioner ... county. ! a vounjr man ot mne-f r iwenly'p the clerk of the Dbo-f. r, at-ko! ll Mr. M- - was not dead!. - i i . ' ; responded jthe Doctor, "bat. d you ask?" "Because," said - i - 1 ! i ie ll ioiighlful; youth, "I noticed in iiftikiiM' charses fori visits and medi 1 i - i t- . I thai it happens thus: first visit, cJomel and 1 jalap, j and bleeding,! eo ralch; second visit, ditto; third visit, tiki same: no fourth! visit, bat an or- I T 1 . ! 1 I' del for a coffin." Said the wise I I - "i i 1 . . '. j Judge: "Doctor, if what- this young in Jn savs is true.. it seems to me that thJ time has come for you to change yoAr newer practice." Bat that: Doctor changed, .bat he removed to lliel South where he continued i to bleld, to -Ktarve, and to kill. ? We sa vil h im in his 87th year, in 186$. above conversation ocourred A Lhe aholit 1822 or 1823; Such Was the practice then. a' ... i. uri..k;ni.id " oo l.u ucucial ' . if osuiiigiuu a uaog iy wood says; :l i reneral Washington; fell into the hands of Rush! and bis discfples who did not wait for bis vital powers to be exhausted before bleeding; but commenced to exhaust the viihll powers by immediately commencing that operation. ! Rush's! ten and ten, as (Jobhett called calomel and jalap, were re peatedly given,) and four or five copious blood-lettings made. Byron was young aoil itad i the vitality of a mud-lurtlej - He 8!oo his men nine days.; Washington was u'd and weak; j and succumbed in three Uys: foi ? j any and what do you: think all this was why, for an ordinary sore throat, that bid woman in the j country ought to have cared wun spirits turpentine ana a il rag in one'day.njj ... I ; fUnri it! was because -of the bad practice Macbeth said, "Throw physio to that the logs I'll none of it." Bat most fortnajely for mankind the whole theory and practice of medicine has chafigeci within thirty years or less. Wefonce saw this subject admirably treated in one; of the! great English Quarter lies. The standard English work of physio for 183G was contrast- ed withlan English work of 1870 or 187 1, by' some; four or six celebrated 'practitioners. It was very instructive. jtarKnes9 ana tignt are not more op posed than those two works on prao ticel The theory of what disease was was antipodal. Tbe practice of 6ouse differed oat and oat. The days of drastic purgation, starvation, phle- ooiemy, hot-water and hot-rooms for the sick are gone forever. Dr. John Hall, now abroad, has literf offered tbe post of chancellor of the University of the City of New York, made vacant by Chancellor UrOBby's resignation. ; , 11 g -i ' 1 . ; -i;;: a : rv ' t ' - - ... p- i - ; r- OT 09- iO CO f tO OS O i-l 09 "lO Q W CO I ' jscript ....... .y :- - .m ; -i ... , -.......x.wnyj y. vol; xii. . - , thr roNvirn. W. PVViinainson of Edgecombe, is & some what recent convert to Hadt calisr. 'He aspires to leadership iq that party. ; Ho has published a ; le) ter in tho Greensboro North -Statei, Republican paper, in whioblie: charges that the convicts at work on the' rail road beyond Asheville are in a bad aoudrtiun because of bad treatment! Thoy are suffering groy, -he says from scurvy,' euperinddced by food oi poor quality and insqfficient qttantityi We do not know how this is. ;. If th$ convicts , are j treated ? badly, as is charged, then those : in '. authority should . see to il that - Temedy is found. ; Some one has power, we sup pose, to correct such evils. : In . Georgia there has . beep rgreati complaint of tle manner of treat-.' ment visited upon some of the rail- road convicts, and we believe some investigation was had. The oom plaints were caught ap at the North and some little' lay. sermons . were preached thereupon. We have noticed several editdiials in leading papers condemning strongly , the system of hiring oat convicts. Wo oan see no special objection to this as long as the law allows it and the prisoners are cared for properly. The Northern editors are uot in a position to un derstand the surroondingft ' in the South. : ' Our- penitentiaries' are over run with negro thieves, house-burn-eWj'&c. The supply promises to be kept up. What shall be done with them? They must; bf made to work when and wiiere they can! earn the most money and be thereby a less bar den upon the intelligence and proper" J ty of the State. But let them bo provided for and let them be treated humanely. -.';, -v:v:;.a i;'-- I We do not intend to be understood as indorsing Mr. Williamson's state ments, concerning which we have no knowledge. We learn some explana-: Hon has been made of tho matter in the Neies- Observer. but ; we . over- looked it. We have no doubt that the proper remedies will be applied if there is just cause for complaint or censtre. . THE COff- . ., VicTa. Mr. W. P. Williarasou, appears in two letters: in - the Kaleigh Jyeios- Observer, in which he says: "If the charge that the coavicts u the roae beyond AsbeviHe. owing to an attempt to feed able-bodied men each on twenty-six cent a day, tad woiking them daring the hot weather in June and July, unwholesome food being given, resulting in, acurvy in its worst form, are iu a condition of .horrible suffering, be untrue,, why does not Mr. Stamps explain or deny r ; "In the event of a denial, 1 will undertake to prove by gentlemen high in the councils of the Democratic party and in active accord with the present administration, that the. charge made by me is warranted by the faCt8." . ; - ;A ,:-if-:;, A-:-x He proposes to "turn on the lights,n and then asks two questions: "1. What caused Bcurvy to break out among the convicts? - ' ' f j : "2. -Who Is Major Roger P. Atkinson, and why did be resign f" TheRaleigh News -Observer seems to sanction the insinuation against Maj. Atkinson, and to agree that he was forced to " resign. We do not know ' . the ; history of -this . matter, but no man in North Carolina has a higher reputation for integrity, puri ty, and humanity than this gentle man has.' In Wilmington, . at Ra leigh, , at Oxford, in Warren, at Greensboro, where his family reside, all along the Carolina Central, and other railroads be has constructed in part, there are hundreds .who will stand up eagerly in defence of a man whose fifty-three years have been as pure and blameless as those of any man nOw living. .' Maj. Atkinson is as incapable of inhumanity as he is of dishonor, rile is a 'civil engineer of the highest repute,"; and for thirty years or more has known what labor'' ing. hands require. Ho knows what was the allowance lor railroad hands before the war.-' We venture to say that the hands - under his charge re cently were as well fed as the rail road hands (slaves) were prior to the war. , -: -; -"J We know nothing of the inside his tory of the matter, but toe do know Maj. Atkinson, and we cannot be made to believe that he has done any thing censurable or that justifies an assault npon hisbharacter. ,.. ' "Whatever record leap to light He never shall be shamed." - - He is now in Gilds connty, Virginia,- making a survey for a railroad company, and knows nothing of the critioism that isbeing made npon his official eond act - in ; North Carolina. Mr. Stamps .ought not . to " allow, a croandle8s aeonsation ; to " be Inade against Major Atkinson if he did not resign because he had inhumanly 1 " ' ; ' ; I'll i - : ;, 1 , WILMINGTON treated the convicts,' as Williamson charges. No doubt Major Atkinson Will bo heard from: in due time and at soon as ho learns of' the insinua tions or accusations made against his good name. In the meantidie let the public suspend judgment. We would bo willing to pledge our life that no Wel) founded stigma can ever attach to his character . .'.u : V z --.iv " THE DEATU-BATTIiE." ft; There is a new arid very profitable business now being prosecuted most diligently in many portions of the rich arid progressive North. ' It is a business that flourishes' in' Pennsyl Tama and is spreading in' that State, says the Philadelphia Times'. " That paperlaya "prominent men' are eix-J gaged In the business of gambling in human Ufy.n That is a fearful accu sation. We are glad "the uncivilized South" has not go so far on the road; that leads to "the higher civilization." 1 The new business is to insure.peo pie oa their death-beds, or ' who are known to be' infirm, for a good round sum. Policies are hawked about, and companies to carry on this disrepu table business are being organized at Williamsport, Muncey, Jersey Shore,1 Lock Haven, Renovo and other points There is a company " operating at Danville (Pa.), and it is doing a "smashing business." A special cor respondent Of the limes writes from Williamsport on 30th ult: " ' , ', "The Danville company is in full work ing order and doing a big business. This company ia composed ota number of the best business men of the place, and they claim their company pays every dollar of a death loss. - Williamsport is well repre sented by agents of out-of-town compa nies. It won't be long before the city will rival the towns farther down the river in this nefarious business. ; "At pressnt there is a woman, eighty-two years old, an, inmate of the Home for the Friendless in this city, bed-ridden for: years, wh09e life is insured for $100,000, and the policies, twenty in number, are all held by parties in this city, who, no doubt, are praying for the old woman to 'shuffle off, that they may realiza on their invest ment." , - - Wo do not understand how - the companies, make money by; Buch ope rations. The press of Penn sylvania denounce the business. It is thought that John Sheridan, aged 65, whose body, was found in a hogshead of rain-water at -Wilkesbarre, was mur dered. Ho was buried hastily before the coroner was notified. He was in-, sored for a large amount, hence the supposed murder. 4 The Baltimore -American, Repub lican, likes the position taken by Gen. Wickham in the Virginia con test.' It says he is a Republican "who believes in the sanctity of pub-' lio contracts as a cardinal principle of the Republican party, and who is now left to a choice of evils." V It would be singular to see a man of Gen. Wickham's high character ta king any other position than that now occupied by him. ' ' But some of the "organs" are now calling him "an aristocrat," "a Virginia ' blue-blood" "a Republican Bourbon." In the estimation of such sheets it is a crime to be a Southern gentleman, even though you be a Republican. , " t U. 8; Commissioner Baum is now helping the Mahone-Cameron party, October 16, 1879, he sent a circular to Mr. Van Aukeri, Tobacco ; Inspector, at Petersburg, Va., in which he was requested to resign at once if he was "exerting his influence for the read-' jiistment, and thereby the repudiation of the State debt of Virginia. This is looked upon by thinking men as immoral, and therefore inconsistent with the dignity of an official." I In 1879 it was "immoral" to sap- port Mahone.; How is it moral and dignified to support him and set in 1881? ' ' V l'VJ " ; : ' Col. Isaac W. Avery has just pub lished a -History of JSeorgia.',' It is selling rapidly, and is said to be well Written by a correspondent of the Augusta- Constitutionalist. By the way, Maj. J. W. Moore has rewritten liis sohdol history of 'Nortb Carolina, and a ' new edition - is in press. As this is a text-book in the coinmbn schools of the State teachers should see to it that they are supplied with the revised edition, it attords us pleaadre to learn of this much' needed reVlBlOn. OUUUBB3 W lb, eay heartily. - -wr . i - - - - we Nothing makes a Northern Repub lican so fighting mad as to talk of Democrats giving "cullud pussons'J office. I 'But if you wish, to throw an organ-grinder into an attack of irre- i : i -v" & i meuiaDie jtm-jama jUBu . wuiouoi m bis ! ear1 that Uncle S; T; is 'training for the next race over, the course of 1884. I - : tilt I .VII ,: -A ''ill - - i fi'cili It. it. . t y. a i: at .- .til 1 1. N. C.v FEIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9,T 1881. CONCKKNIPfG ROKTH CAROLINA ' UAlLIIOaDS. The Raleigh News-Observer of day was full of railroad matters. ( We give elsewhere'the tetters of, tho Gov ernior concerning rhost' Important subject t to JNorta Carouniana. .YVe ; copy also the report'ipf trie" Commis sioners of the Western ; North, Caro- ina Railroad, arid'a portion of an ed itorial in reference to -the oppermost topic jast'now.' It is, verydrScr.lt to get at thetrueJimardnesB" oi the squabbles and djffionlUeR growing out pf tho sale of tike Western, North Carolina Railroad There seems to be a wheel within a wheeL , By differ rences, suits, reporjtsi investigations interviews, letterjsnd dsetissiona the peopUvwilt altef a while learn a great deal more about railroading in North Carolina than is dreamt of tin their philosophy. It is to be hoped that the final outcome may prove less dis astrous to the interests of the State ; i , t - - '- - i - than the most flattering view jnsfc now would authorize one to. . antici- i .''--.I . -' . ' pate, j; v, --t- in a, .jv-.-. m: The sale of the road under the ex traordinary circumstances was never; acceptable to the Stab. : A , railroad that had cost over. $7,000,000 was almost given away. Everything that has occurred since the sale has tended: to confirm much that the Stab said long ago, and to assure all I careful observers that the road could have been completed by the State with but little additional burden to the people if! the property had been' retained. Bat it is but little profit to repine at the loss or to complain of the past. We can but trust that the 'foreign system of doing everything to injure the people and to build up "interests abroad! will not pass unchallenged or unresisted. : Tbe action of the Rich mond & Danville Railroad ; at this crisis in the crop prospects of large sec tions of the State deserves the severest condemnation and igquiiu characteris-i ticj of the management of that selfish, aggressive, grasping and growing corporation . That Company threa tens to swallow up every railroad in the State. A few Iweeks ; ago we were toldjby a gentleman from Rich mond, Va., that it had fixed its eyes on the Raleigh & Gaston and Augusta Air-Line, and .would never rest until it had captured or destroyed them. He said they would have a rival line unless they could buy, the one we referred to before, running from about Cary to Richmond, .Va., via Oxford, Clarksville and Keysville. : BA1LBOAD8. SOME IMPORTANT LETTEBS ON TIIK I: , ; TOPIC OF TUB HOUB. t ; Raleigh News-Observer, s Exkcutivb Dkpabtment, 1 Ralbioh, August 20,' 1881. Hon.: Thomas S. 'Kenan, Attorney- I General: -Dbab Sib: I think it a matter of great importance to tho people of the State that the railroads of the State be subject to such laws as the Gen eral Assembly shall .i choose, in its wisdom to pass for their control., . , I believe it is oonceded that such roads as have been chartered since the l adoption of the constitution of 1868 are subject to such control ; or, at least, tit is in the power of; the Legislature to enforce upon them obedience to ' its ' will. As to roads chartered before 1868, there is a strong opinion, in which I do not con cur,; that they are, in many parweu-. lars. beyond the reaoh of tbe Legis latere I say l do hot concur in this opinion because I do not believe there b any vested right, as between the estate ana tne corporation , inat is ine Creature of the state, which tbe Gen eral 'Assembly cannot alter or repeal. Buti be this as it inay, if 1 ihey are compelled to taice out new cnarsers, then it will no longer be a matter of doubt. : 1 . ' , I therefore beg to request that you will I investigate the charters of the roads chartered before 1 868, and see if any of them, for any. cause,, have forfeited their charters; and, if you find that any road has, i that you will take such action in the matter as, in your opinion, the case requires and the law justifies. . , Very respectfully, your obedient servant. 1 liios. J. jabyis. r t . - . - i EXBCTJTIVB DXPABTMBNT, ) Ralkigh. Aug. 20. 1881. f Hon. Thomas 8. Kenan. Attorney i Generol : ' ' Dbab Sib : The - State- is bur dened with a debt of oyer $3,000,000- for the construction of . the North Carolina Railroad, and-with a debt of considerable magnitude for the con struction of the Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad. , The State still owns a' large interest in both of these roads, yet we see the North-Carolina Railroad nowsor-operated-asto not only cripple the Atlantic & H orth Carolina Railroad, but to cut off the people of the whole eastern section of tne istate irom tne ireignt pnvuegeB of the North Carolina Railroad. This I get from a circular issued by Sol. i f m i- t. Haas general freight agent of the associated lines of railways (No. 88), in wnicn ne pronioits any ireigni rates beyond 4ioldsboro,j to fpomt on the Atlafl'tidl& North Carolina Railroad. One of thei results; of this outrageous proceeding on the part ot . tbe lessees of the North ? Carolina Railroad is that the' middle sections of the State, in wbieh the corn crop has ' almost been destroyed by tbe . excessive drought, will not be able to procure a supply from the east, where, the crops have beetf more" favored with rains," except at greatly 1 increased rates and by circuitous routes. c ,i Thisj action of the managers of the North Carolina Railroad j, consider an outrage upon the' people of the State,' takeir-to vent a litfle personal spleen, regardless of the rights and benefits ot the people, v , it I ; I have no , doubt that otjaes- in fltance might be 'found, in their man- agement, if not so " glaring, yet per nicious ' to the "best interest ' of tho; peopled 1 1 In : vie w of these . facts 1 beg that you will examine into the lease of the North ' Carolina Railroad, and the advisability ' of instituting a suit to vacate the lease and reoover back tho road, so that it shall not be operated against the best interests of the peo .I.U( t.L ek nsi:lti...l.Ki-i uti. ; Very ; respectfully, . your obedient; servant, t 5 Thos. J. Jabvis. Raleigh, N. C, Aug. 25, 1881 To His Excellency T. J. Jarvis, Go vernor of North. Carolina: - ; ; Sib: -We, the undersigned, com missioners appointed by the "act to provide for the sale of the State's in terest in the Western North Carolina Railroad arid for other purposes," ratified 29th March, 1880,; do hereby report to you, in accordance with the provisions . 01 section 1 o 01 said act, that"j from time to time, we have e?-: amined ' the work on the said road, and find that ; the assignees - ot. the grantees in said act mentioned, have failed to prosecute the same with diligence and energy;! that they have failed to keep a force of (sic) worfc on the Ducktown line, after the road had reached "Asheville, sufficient to insure its completion to Pigeon River by the- 1st of July, 1881; and that they. have failed to complete said road to that point and to Paint Rock by the 1st of July, 1881. 1 k In addition to the foregoing, we also find, npon examination, that the company of the assignees are daily. discriminating most) injuriously in freights and! charges; against JSortn Carolina "towns and cities and rail roads, contrary to the . provisions of section 20 of said act,' and their con- tract maae in pursuance tnereor. Z. 15. Vancb, J. M. WOBTH. ; Exkcutivb Dbpabtjibnt, ) j Ralbigh, August 16, 1881. $ Coli A. 8. Bufordy JRichmond, Va.'.; Djcab Sib: Twenty-Bix days ago I, with the other Commissioners of the Western North Carolina Rail road, addressed a communication to you and your associate assignees.. Up to this time none of ps have received any reply to that communication. "- I now havei the honor to : forward to you.a popy; of a letter received; by, me from the commissioners, on yes terday, relative to the conduct of the work on said road and the manage-: ment thereof in the matter of freight I I also send you a copy of a letter I have addressed - to the Attorney- General of the State, relative to the lease of the 'North Carolina Railroad, and also a letter addressed to him on railroads generally. . - . 1 Unless the. allegations . set - out . in these papers prove to be untrue Or the 1 cause of the complaint is speedily removed, I shall feel it to be my duty to use i whatever power the State administration possesses to oust I the Riohmond Danville l Railroad people from the control, of any rail road in this State'in which the State has a direct or contingent interest. .. Very respectfully yours, ; -;tfib & Ji'i Thos. J. Jabvis. ' Death ot David 8. Sanders. i- Mr. David 8. Sarider8,fone of the oldest white citizens of 'the county, died at this residence near Cattle Haynes about eight miles .from .this, place, after a , lingering ffiness .yesterday morning. Mr Bandera came to this county from Onslow some where ia the neighborhood of 1824 or 1825, and resided for some time at Topsail Sound.' He was a j very saccessf ul ; peanut planter and', was always: engaged prominently-, in Bgrrculi'ural 'pursuits. He served some years ago, and very acceptably, aa one of the Democratic members of the Board of County r'Commiaaionera .- for this" coun ty, and . in all the; relations of life he has been esteemed "torTbia " many good qualities. --Deceased1'. Waii- about j 73 years of age, and.waB a half-brother of the William Mumford. who was huog at New Orlean by order of Ge. Butler, and which created such a stir thrbugbout the South at tbe time of this among tbe most disgraceful occurrences of the late war..,; ' , . j . i Qauilon ioKaim. I iWixmNGTCwrfNHU-Aug. 25. ; JE&Uor of tRe ourna of Commerce i Is a riote given with, parol condi tions collectible aa between the origi nal parties without .'regard to those conditions t' Oar courts, in this State hold, not.';. Or in other .words, a note thus given is subject to ail the con tingent credits in question as between 'the original parties. Sbuscbibbb. ; piy.--Between the original par ties a note is subject to all existing equities which; can be 'duly estab lished. .1; NO. 45. he "Boom" la Corn and Wbat! h j earned it l' - - I 'i ' There is one subject in which we ate all wont to feel a very lively interest, and; that is the matter of meat and bread. Touch- me? the latter: branch of the important question, it is hardly necessary at thisj late period to remind our readers that tbe article of corn has lately been en a regular "boom" in the various grain markets of the country. In Wilmington, acknowledged to be one of the best grain markets In tbe South.the price of corn has jumped upwards of twenty cents within the last few weeks.: -: la our issue, or August 15lh the wholesale quotations were 62 to 63 cents for mixed and C4 cents for white,' in bulk, 641 to 65 'cents for' mixed and 65 to 66 cents for white, iq baga. To-day our quolations are',: from, store, there beine nacorn offered on the market, mixed 95 cents and white $1 00 to $1 Wi. . j Of course it u) .well known that tbe drought and cocsequem anon erops Bave oTougw uuut this resulL The:CbScago limes, of a recent date, speaking of corn crops in the West, sayst "Threes-fifths of a crop, as compared with last year, appears to be a fair estimate for the State of Illinois. The crop of 1880, it must be remembered, however, was ai re markably large : one. This fact tends to bring this year's average crop close up to that' of ordinary years ofproductton and smaller acreage, f Reporta from Iowa, the rival of Illinois as a corn producing State, are riot altogether harmonious. In no siec tionj however, is a full crop expected. The varying reports appear to be due to .the fact that many sections were less severely visited by drought than others. The yield compared with last year, is, in some locali ties, placed as low as 50 per cent., and the average bushels per acre at 20 to 25, instead, of the usual 75 or 80 bushels. In Missouri the drought was severe and long, and the prospects in that State are that the crops will be cut down from one-quarter to one-; halfij The crop of Kansasalso appears likely to fall considerably below the .ave rage iof . usual years. In other States the' drought was more or less.severely felt, and the crop does not by any means promise to be a full one, as compared with years of the 'greatest production. I . in our own mate 01 norm uaronna me drought has also been very severe. Some of our leading operators in grain, who have I correspondents in the .various parts of the State, think that in the Eastern belt of North Carolina, embracing' from forty to nf ty miles above Wilmington, the crop will be a fair one while in the middle part of the State the yield will be very short probably not a half crop and in the ; Western belt of counties the crop will very likely fall 'short over' one-third. The wheat crop will be pretty fair in all parts of the State where it is grown. V:?T - I ... . nr. BUu. , (Michigan Medical News.) ; , The Medical .Bulletin informs ns that f'Dr. S. W. Bliss, the Presidents chief physician, is a native of New. England; a member. of the American Medical Association, and during the War was a volunteer surgeon." There is one Dr. D. W. Blies, now in at tendance on the President, who formerly resided in this city arid' at other points in this State. . He and his brother left here as volunteer sur geons, and were present at the battle of -Bull Run. 'The suspense after that encounter was for, a time .very )ainful, but it was in a measure , re ieved by the following memora le telegram from Dr. D. W.J: 'Me j and Zenas - is safe." From hese j historical facts ' it ' t lias een charged that the President's 'chief physician" is a Michigan manl' We are under obligations to ourcon temporary ; for relievin g us of this imputation. . With this sense of ob4 ligation on us, we are happy ,to be hble to deny the Bulletin's assertion that Xr. Bliss is ' a member of the American Medical Association. He was a member in 1870, but is not now Had he been a consistent member he Wnnlrl tint have heen ; the President's1 chief physician" at this time. He occupies mat position simpiy uy mo grace r of cheek, and in violation Of all rules of ethical propriety. DrJ Townshecd was first in charge after. the .shooting, and the case was his. by all recognized rules,until the family physician could be called, but Bliss, crowded him out. Dr. Baxter, the family physician, was out of the city- at the time of the Bhootmg, but re-? turned immediately on receiving the, news, and presented himself at tbe White House. Uliss, nowever, re fused to allow him even to see the patient. Drs. Townshend and Bax-j ter were thus both, with the utmost; shamefacedne8s, defrauded - of their rights,1 their . gentlemanly instincts, and the sad circumstances of - the at tempted assassination preventing a defenoe of them against Bliss's at tack.! We cheerfully coincide Bliss's nativity to New England. ; . . 4 - ' FATAL SHIPWRECK. ' LOSS OF THB BBITTSH MATX. STBAMBB : tbuton; ok thb south afbicak 1 COAST ABOUT THBBB HtXKDBKl AND I TWENTY- ETVE LIVES LOST. : . iBv Teleeranb to the Horning Star.1 LONDOH, September 3. Tbe Standard's special Trom (Jape Town nas tne 10110 wing: Survivors . from the. wreck of the Union mail steamer Teuton state that' two hours before tbe ship sunK tae boats were low- ered to a level w.itb tne ouiwarKs, ana pro vlatnna m'riA rnmnMM nlncpd in them. One tvat hrotrA lnnnn -f mm if a fantentnffB while being lowered and six were brought along- mm a a .a . . -M t SI siae. . Aoout ininy-nve women ana cuu dren took their places in them first, when the water rushed into the engine room, and tho fitfl.mpr aanlr hv IhA hpftri. takincr down With her the four boats which were not rairly clear of the Bhip. ; Jfiigbt 01 tne pas sengers and' crew who rose to the surface clung to tbe floating wreckage until picaea tin hv thnaA vehn riirhted the third bnnt. At daylight the boats made for . Simons' Tt.v .11 -aihn were eltaeincr to soara beinir first taken aboard . .: Tbe Teuton had 256 nasseneers. 85 crew and 20 coolies aboard. Eleven of the passengers and 25 of the crew were saved. Spirits iTurpenrin e Chatham oourity . boasts of , a ronater who plays the part of setting hen and causes eggs to hatch.. s . , . . : - , : : Wade Harjis says the 'printer stuck an 0 too much' 'on hia-figures about ' the NrY. police.- Naughty printer!- . ; w The Cape' Fear river is eighteen inches' deeps at Fayettevine,-'and this is lower than it was ever known before; ; 1 1 Can't the Nut Shell 't manage to send us a daily, instead of two in a bundle? " We .like dailies. We notice seven Stab notes without Credit in Pridas , Issue.' , ' 4 Concord Sum . It . will be ;re membered that Stanly county 'wheat took the premium at the World'd Fair in Lon don, in 1856, again at Paris.ard later at the Philadelphia Centennial? ' J v f Toisnot Home: Two Utile boy?, Bunyan and Laurence Winstead, ; aged about 15 year?, bods of Redmon and Jor dan Winstead, left their homes last Satur-. day night and have not been heard from since. They left without money or clothing, except what they had,on. ' 4 - , : , It" .'is particularly deshed ? that the fine wheat, of Stanly conDty. ehall .be exhibited ' at' Atlanta, and Mr". Charles McDonald has requested Mr, Sid -Bernt;, of Albemarle, to procure a bushell, each of the best red and white varieties to be found : - in that county lor. thai purpose.; i'm, ii-uq The Raleigh dtfeedrfte reporta revivals as follows: Columbia circuit 9 ao- cessions:- isetnet ia; tjeoversrons mi. - Lehanoc, Onslow- circuity 18 accessions Bethany, Randolph circuit, 13 conversions, 6 accessions; Jones circuit 12 conversions, : 9 accessions; Davidson circuit: 11. conver sions; FrankHnsville circuit 12 conversions. 5 accessions; Salisbury -circuit 26 conver sions, IV accessions;' Kobeson t circuit '24 conversions, 32 accessions; Chickamaco mico 20 conversions, 14 accessions; The Cape 27 accessions; Concord 4 accessions; Forsyth circuit '8 conversions, ll acces 8ions. '. ' - , " ' J i Wilson Advance: Died, at his. residence, near Nashville, N. C., pn Thurs- uay iiigui, Augubfc xooi, 01 .apopiezy. Tirmr c t y, r-r n . A - fiiuiam j.-jlv xiarper, Asq.,- agcu cf years. r The qotton crop throughout this sec tion has been materially cut off, and somo" predict that a threefoarths; fcrop will not be made, . - Last Saturday , was emi- nently'the day of runaways, fouif having taken place in .Wilson on that day; ' One of them came near resulting seriously. Mr. Stephen - Boy kin" kft his horse standing with two - little children in the buggy, and' pretty soon the, horse, became, frightened And ran into the iron bars which support! the awning in front of Geo. D;. Greene & Co.'s store, throwing the children both vio lently from the buggy to the ground.' Their injuries, were remarkably slight con-, cerning the violence with which they were preeipitated to the ground. CV- .' Lihcolnton 5 Progress ; ) V News reaches us from an entirely reliable source of a horrible murder at the High Shodla, in Uaston county. The murderer is a negro named Jackson Boyd, and the unfortunate victim was the partner of his bosom, whom' he promised to love' and obey. The mur der took nace last Sunday, and the woman was strangled or choked to death. The absence of the woman aroused the: suspi cion of the neighbors, .when the husband was arrested and confessed the ' crime. Boyd,' the murderer, said that he had don-' cealed the body in a deep gully near the bouse, and search being made it was found covered with bra sh. He assigned as the cause lor lue rasa act inav ms , wiie. repeat edly threatened to leave him, and rather than seeoier carry tbe threat into execution, he preferred to kill her. Since bis arrest he baa manifested unmistakable signs of -insanity, but before the murder he was known and recognized as a sane man. Fayetteville Examiner : Mr. .Tampa TTvln nf Ihia town 'whn ha a laleltr : visited southwest Virginia and northwest ern .North Carolina, represents the condi tion of things in that country as distressing. Ordinarily it is a fertile and abundant tec , tion of country, but now it is parched and desolate from the effects of drought. Mr. John rowers,' formerly a citizen of . Robeson county,' but for the last few months . a citizen of Fayetteville, died in this town : on Sunday last, the 28th. and was buried , on the following day at the Fayetteville : cemetery.' Mr. rowers was. a soldier of . 1 1010 1 on - If Mr. Best and his colleagues -were : not bo absorbed in tbe . construction of the - Midland Railroad from Goldsboro via Smithfield, - Pittsboro, and so on to Salis bury, we would venture to call their atten tion to a scheme of equal importance, and naturally connecting itself with- the A. & -N. C. Railroad. A railroad from Golds- . boro to Fayetteville would place the C. F; V & Y. V. Railway in direct connection with the A. & N, C. at Goldsboro, and would -establish a competing-line between this town and the great North Eastern cities, ' which would, without doubt, command a large' amount of the growing trade. which ' is concentrated here." We say nothing now of an extension southwesterly to. the C. C. Railway, as that work is now in the bands . of the C. !- F. & Y. V. Ra'dway, and we trust with fair- prospects of success. - On election day the conduct of tha ne- -groes at Flea' Hill election grounds was dis- -graceful in the extreme. .Matthew Cram- -i Eler was arrested upon a warrant charging , im with carrying a weapon . concealed on -his person, which he had in an altercation v attempted to draw. He was carried before Justices McCaskill and Sessoms and tbe -pistol taken from him, and he was bound -ever for trial the next day.' Meantime the " negroes became riotous and demanded the ' arrest of Mr. W. H. Haywood on a similar -charge. Mr. H. was arrested and 'submit' ' ' ted i to be searched, but no weapon waa v found on his person and no proof was ad- , duced in support of the charge, and he was discharged. A band of negroes then fol-;, lowed Mr. Haywood around the grounds -dogging . and insulting him. - To avoid further trouble Mr. H. took his horse and . buggy and left the place for home. There were' then more than a hundred negroes on -the ground and only a few whiles. These facts we obtain from a magistrate who was-. present. 1 - : : ' -; V-r?-'- '' - m m m .... ', Hl Presentiment. ' " The following letter, written just a year before the President's assassina- tion, has considerable interest in con- j j nection with other expressions of Mr., Garfield which indicate a belief in im- 4 pending disaster: -vi ': - l ' "Mbittob, Ohio, July 2,1880 ;t 1 "Mx Dbab Dalzbix: -I have your letter and thank yon for it. I - know you are very sincere when you say you. congratulate me on the result t at Chicago; but to me there is.some-' , thing sad about it all, that I suppose neither you nor any man in ; tho world except myself can' understand. ' Yet I rejoice that I have so many lum tn mrimtla that . I havA vrir -t r . . TT T W .UVMWWW 1.UMW.- mmvw ft ... lien 10 il eweil 10 give you . a promi- -nent place in the canvass; 'though I doubt very inuoh the propriety of myj. havincr anvthiner to do with matters . of that sort. I am obliged to you for all your kind words at every stage of my progress, and in no formal sense, -subscribe myself, as ever,.. A. .. ' .) - i ; "J.i A. Gabfieltx." .1 ... ' ' m mm " '. , i!.- !Pere Hyacinthe (Loyson) will J visit the United States in the spring.