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WEEKLY ERA. Official Orpin of the United States i W. 31. BKOWN, 3Ianager. THURSDAY. APRIL 23, 1874. State Republican Ticket For Superintendent IubUc- Instruction : TtiftUAO O DIIPMM I OF FORSYTH. NOTICE Persona desiring to recommend, through the columns of the " Era" any friend for office of any deocrlp tlon, must pay sdrertlslnff rates for the same, In advance, whether Ite publican or Democrat, otherwise telr articles latter the first com. itftanicatlon relating to any one per on, which will be inserted era t Is), Will not appear. Tbe charge for advertising the name of a candidate for any office, will be S, In advance. The publisher can no more afford space In these columns, furnish pa per, Ink and labor, without com pensation, than can a merchant furnish goods to the public, without pay. Persons who want office can well afford to pay. The town property of the State is Valued at $13,865,078. There are 25,"02l707 acres of land in North Carolina, and its assessed valuation is $70,182,370. ' There were in North Carolina in 1870, 330,789 persons over ten years of age who could not read. The census of 1870 shows that we had in North Carolina at that time only 3,029 persons of foreign birth. The population of North Carolina In 1870 was 1,071,361, or C78.470 whites, 391,050 colored. Tho aggregate value of the farm ing utensils, money on hand, solvent credits, listed in North Carolina in 1872 was $23,839,430. The aggregate valuation of the land and town property of the State of North Carolina is put down at $S3,987,448. In 1S72. tho number of persons I listed for poll tax in North Carolina I was 12C.87G. Of this number 85,223 I were whites and 41,653 colored. Tho aggregate value of the horses, mules, cattle and live stock owned In North Carolina in 1872 was $16, 994,578. Conservative-Democratic Pools never were noted in North Carolina for their running qualities, and the last one will be instructed by the people or the estate to dry up in Au gust next. The Democrats of the Greensboro District say they have been Leached beyond satisfaction by their repre- sentatlve In Congress, or in other word that he has been weighed in the Scales and found wanting in n sufficient number of a renomination. votes to secure Col. S. 1). Pool, editor of Our Living and Ou Dead, has been nom inated as the Democratic-Conservative candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction. He is a rep resentative of the old fogy fossils of a by-gone age. The Conservatives can speak of their candidate until August as Our Living" after that they'll call him " Our Dead." Gen. P. II.HU! wanted to be the Democratic candidate for Superin tendent of .Public Instruction, and he isaid in hi paper that no one was entitled to run for office who didn't have a good war record. The Democratic State Executive Committee seem to coincide with the General in his view of this question, for they didn't nominate him. Graham county was cnated by the late Democratic Legislature. The books of the State Auditor show that tho whole amount of taxes collected In the county last year was $597 00 Sheriff's commissions $29 87 41 mileage to Raleigh, 87 40 117 27 Leaving $179 73 as the total amount of taxes paid to the State by a whole county. Now as the Democracy hold that proper ty ought to be represented in the Iegislaturo equal to If not above Icrsons, what will they say about Graham county? There's over a hundred townships in the State which pay more taxes than this De mocratic county of Graham. Did it not show that the Democ racy were fearful of losing . their majority in the Legislature when they created this $479 county ? Distinguished Carpct-Bajjgcrs of North Carolina A great hue and cry has been raised in North Carolina by the De mocratic party against carpet-baggers. They have been denounced so loudly and long that search has been made among the public archives of the State to ascertain when the sys tem was inaugurated of allowing citizens of other states and countries to come into North Carolina and take part in public affairs and hold office. It was not thought fair to say anything about the officers sent to the State by the King of Great Britainprior to the Revolutionary war, and o these were all excluded. It was found that the first Gov ernor of the State after the Revolu tionary war was Richard Caswell, a carpet-bagger from Maryland, who held more offices in the State during his time than any carpet-bagger of Gov. C. was succeeded as UovSrhTJ: by Abner Nash, a carpet-bagger from Virginia, and he by Thomas Burke a carpet-bagger from Ireland. Gov Burke was succeeded by Alexander Martin, a carpet-bagger from New Jersev. and the people were so pleased with these ancient carpet baggers that they named a county after each of them and again elected Caswell Governor. After Caswell's second term Sam uel Johnston, a carpet-bagger from Scotland, was elected Governor, and then Alexander Martin, the carpet bagger from New Jersey, took an other term as Governor. Next, Richard Dobbs Spaight, a caroet-baererer from Ireland, was ' made Governor. In 1795 Samuel Ashe, a descend ant of an English carpet-bagger, was elected Governor and was the first native of North Carolina elected to the office of Governor, but (to make amends for electing a native,) in 1798 William R. Davie, a carpet bacrerer from England, was made Governor, and he was followed by Gov. Ben. Williams, a carpet-bag ger from the Lord-knows-where but Jno. H. Wheeler donk for he says so in his history. Gov. Williams was happily suc ceeded by Gov. Turner, a carpet- baercer from Virginia, but in 1805 the second native Governor, Dr. Nat. Alexander, of Mecklenburg, was elected, and he was in turn suc ceeded bv Gov. Williams, who didn't have any birth-place that Col. Wheeler knows of. Turning to the Judicial branch of the State government, we find John Louis Taylor, a carpet-bagger from Ireland, as Chief Justice; John Hall, a carpet-bagger from Virginia, Su preme Court Judge; Thomas Ruffin, a carpet-bagger from Virginia, Chief Justice fr"-Jt gll, a carpet- bagger rrour juciauu, J uugebupenor Court ; Duncan Cameron, a carpet- bagger from Virginia, Judge Supe rior Court ; James Iredell, a carpet bagger from England, Judge Su perior Court. In later days we find such eminent carpet-baggers as Judge Heath, from New Hampshire, Judge War ren, from Connecticut, and even since the war, Judge Cilley, from New Hampshire, wearing the Ju dicial ermine lovingly thrown over them by Conservative hands. This article might be extended almost indefinitely, for the material is abundant. It might be shown that Joseph Ilewes, one of the sign ers of the National Declaration of Independence for this State, was a carpet-bagger from New Jersey; that Win. Hooper was from Massa- chusctts, that Waightstill Avery, tho ancestor of the distinguished family of that name in Western North Carolina, was a carpet-bagger from Connecticut ; that our Mc Dowells came from an Irish carpet bagger; that Dr. Joseph Caldwell, first President of our University, was a carpet-bagger from New Jer sey; that Stephen Cabarru3 and Francois X. Martin were carpet baggers from. France; that Gov. Morehead was a carpet-bagger from that is me son or Son vTTmTT"' i iil r ik ....... Pennsylvania f the late Judge Badger was the son of a carpet bagger from Connecticut, and Judge Gaston the on of a carpet-bagger from Ireland. So it would seem that carpet bagism lias been the rule in North Carolina from the formation of the State, and the wonder is that the Democratic party, with all its in telligence, didn't discover the fact and raise a hue and cry about it before the Republicans elected a few ca r j et-baggers to office who were true to the Union in the late war. No Dictation No Threats. Probably it is just as well as not for it to be understood that the Era does not presume to dictate to members of Congress or others as to whom they shall appoint to gov ernment positions. It simply says let none but Republicans be ap pointed, and it will continue to say so. Neither is the Era to be in timidated from speaking out for Republicans by any threats that may be made by any one. Any attempts to muzzle a free press by threats to withdraw patronage will be treated as they deserve. " Put none but Republicans on guard." That's the slogan. John Spclman's Appointment. Maj. W. A. Smith is very wrathy because the Era won't throw up its hat and hurrah over the aDDOint ment of John Spelman, late asso ciate editor of the Sentinel, to a government position. Now the Era is the accredited central organ of the Republican party, and was endorsed as such by the last general caucus of the party held in the State, and because it won't say that Mr.j. Smith did the very best thing in the world for the party when he went into the Senti nel office and took Jo Turner's as sociate and appointed him to a gov ernment position at $5 per day why Maj. Smith says the Era is not a Republican paper. Well, that is rich. According to Muj. Smith's logic the Era would be a Republican pa per if it only endorsed his appoint- 2 . . j . -tt r the Sentinel, and if MajTSmith' were to pursue his course, and break np the Sentinel office by appointing Jo Turner to a government position alongsida of his la t&-associate, Johi Snelman. why the Era would be two Republican papers don't you see? Maj. Smith Is so mad because the Era don't endorse his Sentinel ap pointee that he-has returned his copy of the paper and his name has been erased from tho subscription book, and the Era is still published at $4 per annum for the Tri-weekly and $2 for the Weekly. If there is another Republican in the whole State who feels aggrieved because the Era don't endorse Maj. Smith's appointment of John Spel man, late associate editor of the Sentinel, let him say so, and if he desires it, his name shall be stricken from the list of subscribers to this paper. The Era has cheerfully supported Maj. Smith for Congress and in his railroad schemes, and it has no words of denunciation for him now, notwithstanding he has lost his temper and indulged in undignified language, and applied some of John Spelman's choice Blasting Powder epithets to a number of gentlemen who labored to confer the honora ble position of member of Congress on him, all because they did not submit unmurmuringly to the ele vation of aKu Klux Democrat over their heads to a paying govern ment position. The Era has said and still says that Maj. Smith did the Republican party an injustice when he appoint ed John Spelman, late associate editor of the Sentinel, and if this be treason to the Republican party, let Maj. Smith make the most of it. The ( Committee raked the State from Mecklenburg's H'dl to Craven's Pool for a candidate for Superin tendent of Public Instruction. It was a sort of high-low game with them, and low won. For is not a Hill higher than a Pool, and was not a Major General a higher officer than a Colonel, in the late Confed erate army? It was a question of leveling up or leveling down, and with prophetic ken the commit tee decided in accordance with the direction their party will go in ugust. There is nothing like the 'eternal fitness of things," you know. Hack Fay and Fore Paj'. The Democrats in the late Gen eral Assembly madja big noise, and let off a considerable amount of gas about the congressional 4 Back-salary grab," and ihensome of them showed exactly how they elt about such matters by drawing heir pay in advance and going heme before the legislature aa- ourned. This act of theirs proves that their consciences were not so much troubled about their own fore pay " as about the back pay " of somebody else. This conclusion then we draw : That, nn AXArHsn of iaw . -. . " - v - l is as Torino l -?fcrs mmmmmmma - - Of those who made our law, . Grabbing for tho 14 fore pay M stiifr. Col. A. A. McKay, of Sampson, is to deliver the memorial oration on the occasion of decorating the graves of the Confederate dead at Wilmington in May. He will prob ably dwell pathetically on the he roism and self-sacrificing devotion of the Confederates as displayed in the fact that they did their own fighting andllud of Colonel KcKay, too. The Democrats whine piteously over the poverty of poor old North Carolina,'? but leading Democratic members of the late General As sembly did not hesitate to draw $5 per day from the State Treasury for time when they were at home at tending to their own business. Mr. Williamson Wright, of Indiana, n-hn nwns a marble ouarrv in London county. Va., has forwarded a memorial J Y . 11.. to vXHigress ouenug w give mo uuyci ji ment the full possession of all the said property, aa lessee and owner for two years for the procuring of all the mar ble necessary to finish the Washington Monument. The Washita has flooded tho valley throuirh which it flows. The towns of Trenton, Monroe, Columbia, Harrison burg and Trinity, ana neariy every plantation on the river are injured. The loss will reaeh millions. OBRESPCXNDENCE. Itiust not be understood that Thk Era e6rse8 the sentiments of its RnrmnnnH. - i1118 Jn very Instance. Its column are communication will be given to the public as containing the views anek sentiments of the writers. - To the Editor of the Era : A correspondent in the Era of the 18th, purporting to write from Warren, but in reality writing from Raleigh, strongly recommends J. C. L. Harris, Esq., of this place, for Solicitor. Now there are one or two propositions, self- eviaent, ana wnicn x presume no one will deny. One is, that the Republican candidates in the closely contested counties of Franklin, Nash and North ampton should not be called upon to carry any greater load than the office holders of the Republican party have already made it necessary for them to carry. If the load. 4s increased, they will be deffattXJ, and -we shall lose three ,oc ''four Representatives in the General Assembly, and twice that number of county officers. Again, can the record of Mr. Harris be sustained before the people? There are certain grave charges laid at his door, thai "Original Panel! . and Mr. Harris' other-inends" must answer or j publican party londorsVnim." -charges are, 1st. That he was an Assist ant Assessor or this District, ana while in that office aevoted the whole, or his time to his ordinary pursuits, yet drew his pajtregularly jroiv. the government ; andcri')tnout rendering to the gov ernmerit anv services whatever. 2d. That he in like manner drew from the State $75 per month as Clerk to -the Superintendent or Public vvorKs, witn oui ever doing any service whatever for that sum. Now il these things are so, outside of the fact that be is now Treas urer of the Insane Asylum, City Attor ney and Deputy Superior Court Clerk, the party cannot endorse his record, nor ought it to be called on to support mm. "Original Panel" mentions many ser vices of Mr. Harris. Has he not been paid for them more liberally than any other Republican in the State ? I think so : and I do not think it wise in the party in distributing official favors, to confine itself pertinaciously to one man, or one set of men. P. S. The unfortunate selection of the party, in filling the offices, espe cially the judicial places, has been one of the most pregnant causes oi our present minority in the General Assembly. No doubt of it; and if the Republican par ty is ever to learn any lesson from past experience, it is high time they were beginning so to shape its course as will convince the people of the fact that the party has taken and will pursue here after, a new departure in that particular. WAKE. April 20th, 1874. Republican Meeting in Eden ton A meeting of the Republicans of the Town of Edenton was held at the Court-house on the night of April 11th, 1874, pursuant to a call purpose of nominating town officers. The meeting was called to order by Wm. R. Haughton, one of the Ex ecutive Committee. On motion, S. S. Bookrum was called to the chair, and O. F. Gilbert was requested to act as Secretary. On motion, the following named gentlemen were appointed a Com mittee of Five, to report the names of suitable candidates for town of ficers, viz. : W. R. Haughton, John W. Draper, Geo. R. Richardson, Daniel H. Smith, James Gregory. During the absence of the com miltee the meeting was eloquently addressed by prom ment citizens of Th srlon nominations eDortetmre following ticKet ior town officers, viz. : . JFbr Mayor James E. Norfleet. For Commissioners of the Town S. fi Bookrum,. K. R. Pendleton, Jol Charlton", John Thompson, W. R. Haughton. For Town Treasurer O. F. Gilbert. For Fire Wardens Jacob Kafer, Ruffin Mebane, Henry Knaben. For Commissioners of Navigation Charles Blair, Daniel H. Smith, John F. Lee. For Town Constable Wm. Heath. On motion, the thanks of the meeting were tendered to the Chair man and Secretary ; and the editors of the North Carolinian and Raleigh Era were requested to publish the proceedings of the meeting. On motion, the meeting adjourned. . 8. S. BOOKRUM, Ch'n. O. F. Gilbert, Sec'y. Thomas R Purnell, .fcsq. The Union Republican, published at Mr. Purnell's home, says of his nomination : We hail with gratification the nomination of Thomas R. Purnell for Superintendent of Public In struction, This is an excellent se lection. We are personally ac quainted, with him. He is a gen tleman of talents and culture, and fond of literary pursuits. He takes a deep interest in the cause of edu cation and in the permanent estab lishment and success of our free school system. He deeply sympa thizes with all those who have been denied the advantages of edu cation, and earnestly hopes to be fcvery poor 4 child f irf " the State of every race and color, as is contem plated by the State Constitution. The Republican majority that framed the Constitution wisely pro vided in.it for a permanent system of public ednca tlon, and inserted a section making it compulsory upon the counties to have schools taught in everv townshin for at least four months in each year. The Democ racy, long known to be the enemies of geueral education, have made every effort to strike this section from the Constitution, but have been met by the Republicans and successfully defeated in their at tempts to make heathens and bar barians of the rising generation. The Republicans have always stood in solid column in defence of educa tion. They now nominate Thomas R. Purnell, wThose whole heart is en listed in the noble cause, to take charge of this department, and call upon the friends of education, law, order, and good government to rally to his support. The mother of Charles Sumner was a woman or strong and heroic traits of character, and those who knew her best could trace in the Senator's no blest characteristics a direct inheritance from her. A few days before her death, in J une, 1866, a friend bent over her to receive her last message to her son, then at Washington : she caught these words from the failing hps: "Tell him his country needs him more than his mother does." He returned, how ever, instantly on receiving tidings of her fatal illness, and bad the satisfac tion of being with ber when she died. J Profanity. The awful prevalence of this vice obtrudes itself upon attention, go Where we will. In cities, towns, and villages, along the railway lines, and by country highways, one's ears are daily saluted with profane utterances. The vice is not restricted to ignorant negroes and abandoned white men, but those wearing the exterior of cul tivated gentlemen too frequently indulge in blasphemous expletives without seeming to think that their claims to gentility are there by xlisparaged. Always the chosen costume in which the raging pas sions of men disport themselves before their fellows, much of the profanity which smites the ears of the virtuous is the i'd.le accompa niment of ordinary conversation, without even the shallow vindica tion of angry excitement. But the most odious and deplorable evi dence of the prevalence of this form of evil is furnished by the great swelling oaths which may be heard issuing from the lips of callow youths, and little boys searce loosed iu 4.-njH-1nn1 '-tnAfi rT-c n ft! n ,Mnni '".fA LTi?SiD ?l Z!? were not swallowed up by the pro- iounaer sentiment 01 pauuui sorrow- to note the fluency of these fledgelings in the dialect of the pit. s For this lamentable state of things, parents are largely responsible; and upon them, mainly, depends its correction. Few men contract the habit of swearing after maturi ty, and if the early youth of the E resent generation of profane men ad been properly guarded, tho evil never could have reached its present fearful proportions. There is a peculiar charm for boys and youth in this gratuitous vice, grow ing out of the mannish air it is sup posed to impart to the stripling who indulges in it ; and many a boy becomes ensnared in the mesh es of a vile and almost invnicible habit from no worse beginning than a vain desire to resemble his father, or some other man. Slang, too, is the stepping stone to profan ity, and not a few boys descend rap idly from the low plane of home circle cant, to the lower level of rofane swearing. In this particu ar, as well as in higher depart ments of moral training, a grave responsibility claims the vigilant and untiring attention of parents, and they cannot be too diligent in guarding their children against this vicious habit. Nor are we certain that the pul pit is wholly guiltless with refer ence to the widespread disregard of the third Commandment. The ir reverent flippancy with which the Sacred Name is uttered in sermons by some preachers, is sufficient to dull the edge of any rebuke they could administer to profanity. But enough, the evil is great, and seems to be growing; let parents and preachers, and indeed all who reverence God, or even appreciate high-toned society, bestir them selves for its suppression. S. C. Advocate. A Hundred Years Ago. On hundred and ten years ago there was not a single, whUe loan in What,isj0OtV Kentucky, Ohio, Indi ana, dr f Ilinois. Then, what is now the most nourishing part or tne United States, wras as little known as the country in the heart of Africa itself. It was not till 1776 that Boone left his home in North Caro lina to become the first settler in Kentucky. And the pioneers of Ohio did not settle till twenty years later still. Canada belonged to France 115 years ago, and Washing ton was a modest Virginia Colonel, and the United States the most loyal part of the British empire,and scarcely a speck on the political horizon indicated the struggle that in a score of years was to lay the foundation of the greatest Republic of the world. A hundred years ago there were but four small newspapers in Amer ica; steam engines had not been imagined, and locomotives, and rail roads, and telegraphs, and friction matches, and revolvers, and percus sion caps, and breech-loading guns, and stoves, and furnaces, and gas for dwellings, andsewing machines, and India rubber shoes, and an thracite coal, and photograph, and ehromo paintings, and kerosene oil, and free schools, and spring mat tresses, and wood engravings, and Brussels carpet, and lever watches, and greenbacks, and cotton and woolen .factories, in anything like tho present meaning of these terms, were utterly unknown. A hundred years ago the spin ning wheel was in almost every family, and clothing was spun and woven and made up in the house hold, and the printing press was a cumbrous machine, worked by hand ; and a nail, or a brick, or a knife, or a pair of shears, or scis- .sflraiiaraznr, ,px.vmQli:iipair,Qf shovel or a Iock ,or key or a plate of glass of any size, was not made in what is now the United States. Even in 1790 there were only sev enty-five post-offices in the country, and tne whole extent of our post routes was less than nineteen nun urea miles. Cliean postage was unheard of, and had anv one sug gested the transmission of messages with lightning speed he would have been thought utterly insane. The microscope on the one hand, and the telegraph on the other, were in their infancy as instruments of science ; and geology and chemis try were almost unknown. In a word, it is true that to the century i i . ..... passed nave been allotted more improvements in their bearings on the comfort and happiness of man kind, than to any other which has elapsed since the creation of the world. Topeka Kansas) IRecord. Statistics. A gentleman of this city who has examined a tabular state ment of the general capitulation of the statistics of the M. E. Church. Sonth, Sublished in a recent number of tbe 'ashville Advocate, calls our attention to the following exhibit for the year, which may be of interest to our Meth odist readers : Increase of traveling preachers, 121 ; superanuated preach ers, 18; local preachers, 210; white members, 22,151 ; Indian members. 69 ; Sunday schools, 119; teachers, 2.532; scholars, 8,812 ; collections for missions, $2,504.36. And the following decreases, colored members, 128 ; infant baptisms, 29; adult baptisms, 1,901; collection for Conference claimants, $1,248.73. There were some defects in the min utes of the Conferences which the Edi tor endeavored to supply. Wit. Star. Stylo in Writing.. Tho besi writer 'is he who can convey thp clearestUhoughts in the shortest space. Some waiters so hide theirj thoughts in useless words that it becomes a task after you have read j a column to comprehend its meaning. Ornament in style is good when it beautifies the thoughts advanced; it is inexcusable when it covers them from sight. A wri ter, before he touches a pen, should first get a clear idea -of the subject he is to handle; this well under stood his next effort should be to say what he has to say in the few est words possible.;; We would not have a single thought dwarfed by a stingy use of language ; but even this would be better than to see it choked out of existence by a super abundance of words. Write to the point, and when you have reached it, stop, f It requires severe mental training to acquire that simplicity of expression which conveys to us the grandest thoughts in the fewest words, yet it is within the province of all to approach if not to equal it. It has been said that it is more diihc- t if nonn nrt iMp frmrt to Wf ite wHte ?ihorfc arcle el? than to present the same thoughts in double the space. When Queen Anne told Dr. South that his sermon had only one fault that of ;i being too short he replied that he should have made it shorter if he had had more time. Let our writers especially those of the press boil down their efforts before they present them to the public. ?In this f fast age the man who can say the best things in the shortest! space is not far removed from a public benefactor. Our Coast. It with pleasure that we observe the announcement of a completed line of telegraph and life-saving sta tions along the - coast from Nor folk, Va., to Cape Hatteras, N. C. There is no one public act of the government, consummated for years, so replete with lasting and signal benefits, not only to the people of this section, but in fact tn mariners and the shipping interests pf tho world. . r Sinceltaleigh's ill-fated oxtKil tion, the coast of North Carol i with its shoal irtg banks and treach erous waters, has been the dread of mariners, and the utter absence oi any of the appliances for the safety Of life, or the communication of ac cident, rendered it the more dan gerous and inhospitable. The construction of telegraph and life-saving stations will give more security to life and property, obvi ate delay, and ought materially to lessen the ratos of insurance. The advance and appliance of civilization to even the most barren and remote points, is one of the marked features of our age, and in. this instance the Hatteras wrecker will no doubt consider the whole thing at direct strike at his peculiar interests, and like Othello, will soon consider his "occupation gone." New-Berne Times. Marrying a Serious Matter. It appears to bo no easy matter to getarjejdjnSwitzerland. " A cit- r1iuw jrmsen.Alwno naqi re t inciter . tTiTton . " asbctl from? his ' commune the necessary permission the marry. The presi dent of the commune in reply told him that in addition to payment for the f needful documents he would have to nrovide for the rights of bourgeoise if his fiancee were a Swiss,1 200 francs if a foreigner. The man was told, moreover, that he would have to prove by certificate that he was provided witn a wed ding outfit and a fortune of 800 francs' He would be required to nav. in addition. 23 francs to the school fund, 20 francs for the mili tarv tax of 1873. and 36 florins 12 kreutzers for expenses incurred by his commune when he was ill in Germany. The claims thus amount ed to 233 francs 40 centimes, lrre- snective of all other expenses of permissions, translations, stamps and the cost of documents. The man was totally unable to meet this claim, and representations to this effect I were made to the counsel of his commune by a society for en couraging marriages, but all their efforts are useless. Our Candidate for Superin tendent of Public Instruction. At , our mast head this week we raise the name of Thomas R. Pur nell, the Ite publican nominee for Superintendent of Public Instruc tion.; This being the only State officer to be elected this year it was not deemed necessary to civil a con vention to nominater The State Committee, at a meeting held at Raleigh on the 9th inst., after full consultation and deliberation deem ed it wise to propose the name of Mr. Purnell, of Forsythe county. hyftrsothw?acn and ..wili. give uie nominee our cuiuiiii oup port ''""''' " '" ""''' ' ' Thomas It. Purnell comes from good stock, jbeing the grandson of one Of North Carolina's best Gover nors: Edward B. Dudley, lie is a fine scholar, a good speaker and an able man. He id very popular wherever known, and if elected will fill the high office with credit. El izabeth City Carol in in ) i . General W. T. Sherman sets a good example to those fiercely loyal persons who think it scarcely less than criminal to forget and forgive the past. In response to ' a recent letter from Judge Mackay, ;of South Carolina, an nouncing theVansfer of the bodies of two Federal soldiers from Columbia to tho national ; cemetery at Florence, Gen. Sherman i wrote: " Satisfied that this act of sympathy and kindiu-.-s n the part of the ex-Coniodeiiit-- ilii-,rs and spldiers jof Lancaster was meant aa an earnest of their respect for the great cause in which those two soldiers died, and as manifesting a desire to bu ry the passion of the past civil war in oblivion, I promptly respond to your request to recognize the courtesy of the act, and to assure them that such acts will meet a prompt recognition on the part pf the people of the whole country who want peace, not only on the sur face, but in the hearts of all our coun trymen, regardless of locality or oi past dissensions. A mortgage has been put on record by the Farmers Loan and Trust Com pany; as Trustees of the real estate, franchises, rolling stock and all appur tenances of the Erie Railroad. The mortgage is for thirtv millions of dol lars to secure tho s.econd consolidation mortgage bond. PnoFiT. says: We have in mind an observing farmrr living in central New York, who carefully weighed every animal 1 was fattening every week. To a fine steer he cave daily four quarts of barley meal, and ho found tho increase in its weight to be ten pounds per weekj Ho then tried the experiment pf' giving eight quarts per day, ahd lie found that the weekly increase of weight was less than when four quarts were given. Twelve quarts were now given daily, and at the end of tho week there was no gain of flesh. These facts teach jail persons who feed domestic anijnals that there is( such 1 tiling as feedincr their stock ' so largely or hcav ily that the pro- fits will be les3thaii if the stock were o receive huh ler allowances. When a portion of the feed passes away without haying been digest ed, it is a reliable! indication that it is not consumed; as profitably as it should be. I w t ;,t ed?toriardcilarinTtL"r Tho nfflniAl the admin- declaring the present time opportune, and gives reasons for tho immediate recognition of the Cuban Republic. The article contains ci tations from International law writers, showinjrjno Just caus3 of offence to Spain 'ifj recognition Is ac corded and commercial treaties en tered into with tho Republic. It declares our commercial interests are greatly sufferihg by the war In Cuba. That the complications here tofore existing no!longer exist. That England intrigues for control of Cuban affairs and trade. That re cognition would open a new market for western grain (growers, provision dealers, mechanics and manufactur ers. That the Edstern and Middle States would furnish occupation to thousands of Southern people and restore prosperity and good feeling in the Southern States towards the government. j Pkkpartxg Hot Beds. Pro lan six u i eks earlier than 1 the t i silt- when it will bo safe to set out thf , hints. Seeds may boisown in a ii t bed of finoj soil placed upon tile manure, or what is better, where only a fey of a variety are wanted, sown in earth in shallow boxes, and these j placed in the hot bed. Give air an mild days, and water when the J soil becomes dry. During coid nights cover with straw mats or shutters to keep out frobt. The Industrial Congress, in ses sion at Albany, protest against ex pansion of the National bank cur rency, believing j it to be the robber of labor, and thcsumofall villain ies. They want legal tenders di rectly from tho government to tho people. j An aristocratic New Yorker, on being requested y a rich and vul gar young fellow for permission to marry "one of his girls," gave this rather crushing reply : "Certainly; which would yob prefer, the house maid or the cook ?,f , ANinlr V" asked a traveler! Of a Ducth woman. "Only shoost a little vays." "Is it four, six, eight, or ten miles?" im patiently asked the stranger. " Yaas, I dinks it is," serenely replied tho unmoved gatekeeper. The Other! Sect. On a very pretty girl's saying to Leigh Ilbnt, "I am very sad,you see," liu replied, "Oh, no ; you belong to the other Jewish sect you are very fair, 1 see.11 L Where they Came From. The question jof where all the Smiths came from is answered. A factory in a neighboring city bears the sign, "Smith Manufacturing Company.". Horrible Suggestion. A re cent number of a ladies' magazine, in it3 "Housekeepers' Department," informs its readers that "Farmers' wives make the best pickles." : A sign in a barber's shop window announces "Boots blacked inside." It is suggested that this must bo very bad for the stockings. ; What word is always pronounced wrong ? Wrong. When are brokers happy ? When they meet a loan. .j IN BANKRUPTCY. THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE, That on tho 1st day of April, A. D., 1874, a warrant in bankruptcy was is sued out of tho District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of North Carolina, against tbe estate of Ishcun Young, in the county of Wake, and Stato of North Carolina. who has been adjudged a bank rupt on his own petition : That tho i if r l iin.ii k ni nt. uinim. fir iiir 1 in . are forbidden by law ; That a meeting oi the creditors of said bankrupt, to prove their debts, and to choose ono or more assignees of his estate, will bo held at a Court of Iiankruptcv, to bo holdon at R.-tkigh, X. C, befoie A. W. Shaffer, Kegistei, on the 2.th day of April, A. L. 1874,at 10 o'clock, A. M. 42 3t K. M. DOUGLAS, Marshal as Messenger.' W. Ji. Tack, Attorney. BAJ sel k m t Y onci:.-1 WILL ell at tho Store No. 18 Fayettevillo Street, Italeigh, N. C, on Monday, tho 20th day of April, 1874, at 10 o'clock, A. M., the stock, comprising groceries, liquors, wines, whiskies, brandies, syr ups, bitters, canned oysters, lobsters, canned fruitsjelliesfmarmalade, sauce, eaptsups, mustard, pickles, bar and faiify soap, perfumery, lamps, 1 ollico desk, chairs, tables, paintings and en- ; graving, 3 billiard tables, ollico chairs, i st o!s, b:wkcts, twine, clay pipes, emp- '-, uwuijuuhs, a variety or 8tUlI ed birds and animals, panel and glass doors, iVc, Ac-, tc, the property of Philip Thiem, Bankrupt. 1 V y The above is one of the best selected stocks in the State. The wines, liquors. ' brandies and whiskies are old and pure, and well worth tho attention of con noisseurs. The sale will continue from day to day until tho whole stock is sold oir. THOMAS H AMPSON, Assignee. 41 law2w Kaleigb, N. C. NOTICE IS IIEUEDY GIVEN5 That I will sell at public auction, at the Courthouse door, in Italeigh, N. C.,onMonday,the27th day of April,1874, at I o'clock, p. m., to the highest bidder for cash, the accounts and notes due tho firm of J. 1$. A 1). P. Higgs. Cn.VS. E. JOIINSON, Jr.. law2w. Assignee, Italeigh, N. C. How To Feed fFon One of our exchanges
The Era (Raleigh, N.C.)
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