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Y E EKLY ERA- W 32 EKLY ERA: " 3L KOAVN, Manager. n. K intheold Stamlanl " Ituild- ...... sminra South of the Court ot Kayetteville HtreeL u vTKS OP SUBSCRIPTION : nKi.v-()eycar, - - ?2 00 Six months. - 1 0U Throe months, - 50 ....Wkkki.y One year,- - 4 00 Six months, - 2 00 Three months, 1 00 One month. - 60 v Invariably in Advance. -TS WEEKLY ERA: 'MIL' US DAY, JULY 23, 1874. if.-l" ortlrp to fcecnre the Cra it I .nrv Hint the price of ub- ! . - - - - ..Iah klmll nrrninna.ni' All Ol cri'""" - for the pnner. Our lcrm are m - - ral iri-hts in tlic North Car olina Legislature. Since reconstruction, the purpose , r the Republican members of the i.t-neral Assembly of this State has U i ntokeepout firebands.and to re- ,mi let he people of both races to the -liilIlLT- I audition of affairs. The rw polirv of the Southern people j- to make the most of the situa tion, to accept things as they are, and to avoid, as far as possible, the raiing of issues which may result in keeping them back, and behind theajre, for ierhaps another gener ation. WliiW acknowledging all the ri'liS guaranteed by the amend ments to the Constitution, the Re publican members endeavored to kii p out firebrands, as follows: In iln- House, the civil rights res olution introduced by Mr. Bunn w:t indefinitely postponed, nine-t--n 1U -publicans voting to post- p()!R Mr. Dudley's bill to secure equal rMii to colored citizens was, on motion of Mr. Williamson IvnlA. , . n...u,. ,:-.. i. J I I . fill I 0 IIIVTI.IOO, lllll I V 'llll J3 1 . " , t . i . , 1 ,. .,,.,t I informs us of the sudden and unex It, puhlK-ans including four color- DQCted deatn of Gov. Tod R. Cald- d, voting to table ; eight Republi- , iiu iiiini.fr two white, jmd one . n iMuocrat, against tabling. In the House, on the 17th Of Jan uary, 1 sT I, Mr. Houston's protest :tg:ti ii-t the passage of the civil rights I. ill by Congress, was read Mvond time. The House refused to table. Mr. Howman, Rep., moved to po-tlione till the following Thurs day and make special order for that day. On motion of Mr. Jones of Cald well, D-m., the motion to postjone was laid on the table. .Mr. Williamson (col.), Rep., of fered the following as a substitute for the resolution : lit so) red Li the Home of Jlepre stitttiticts, the Senate concurring, That our Senators be instructed and our Representatives requested to vote for such a bill as will secure ifpial civil and political rights, and AGAINST ALL BILLS TEND ING TO AN ENFORCEMENT or SOCIAL EQUALITY. An amendment of Mr. Jones of Caldwell was adopted. The question recurring upon the adoption of the substitute offered ly Mr. Williamson, it was rejected. THIS SUBSTITUTE INSTRUCT- F.h oLK SENATORS AND RE iJl'KSTED OUR REPRESENTA TIVES TO VOTE AGAINST ALL HILLS TENDING TO AN KNFOKCEMENT OF SOCIAL KtJUALITY. The following gentlemen voted for the substitute : Messrs. Abbott, Bean, Blythe, 1 1 we, Rrown of Davidson, Bryan of Pitt, Bryant of Halifax, Bryan of Wilkes, Brooks, Bunn, Cobb, CoiK'Iand, Corson, Cox, Dudley, El- lion, Fletcher, Foster, Gilbert, Gor man, Goodwyn, Guyther, Hamp ton, Hughes, Jones of Northamp ton, Jordan, Lloyd, Lutterlon, MeLiurin, Miller, Michael, Mizell, Patrick, Paschall, Perry of Bladen, lVrry of Wake, Reid of Randolph, KIhhIcs, Scott, Sharp, Sneed, Triv ett, Winslow, Williamstou, Wheeler mid Whisnant all Republicans, twelve colored among them. The following gentlemen voted against the substitute: Messrs. Anderson of Davie, Bal lard, IJennett, Blackwell, Bowman, llryson of Jackson, Bryan of Samp n, Uryan of Alleghany, Carter, miht, Craige, Dickey, Freeman, Gant, Gidncy, Gilmer, Godfrey, Grady, Hayties, Houston, John Jones of Caldwell, Jones of Tyrrell, Joyner, Johns, Lindsay, Lii.-key, Marler, Maxwell, McGe ht McNeill, Mitchell, Moring, Mo., Norment, Presson, Reid of Mvk!cnburg, Richardson, Settle, Shaw, Shinn of Iredell, Shinn of Cabarrus, Shackelford, Stanford, Nowe, Tcdd, Turner, Warlick, Waddill. Watson, Waugh, Webb, w ih-y, Whitmire and Woodhouse -all liemocrats, except Mr. Bow man. Mr. Godfrey was electl as a lU'puhlicau, but the Democrats con Mdereil him with them. The Civil Rights bill is not yet perfected: until it shall have been, gentlemen aspiring to seats in the legislature should discuss questions affecting the good of the State, such as the public debt, popular educa tion, railroads, &c. No attempt will U made by Republican members of Congress to force upon the people ither mixed schools, mixed church--S or social equality. These are 'natters which naturally regulate themselves. The jieople of Wake should elect n incorruptible, as well as compe-h-nt, IkmhI of County Commisslon ,,r. Timothy may approach them th a watch ! VOL. IV. Tone of the Press. We give such extracts from the IVess of the State, upon the death of Gov. Caldwell as have thus far reached us. The sorrow expressed at the loss of this good man is not confined to any particular party or class : Death of Gov. Caldwell Y e recrret to have to announce the death of the Governor of North Carolina, Hon. Tod R. Caldwell, which occurred at Ilillsboro on Saturday evening: last. He wem to Ilillsboro on Thursday last for the purpose of attending the N. fi lial I road meeting, was taken vio- lently ill with cholera morbus and sank rapidly until Saturday eve- ni"e wJen "? Dreainea nis last. xy mis sau occurrence, me lion. Curtis II. Brogden, the Lieutenant Governor, becomes Governor of the State, and will serve out the unex pired term of Gov. Caldwell, two years from the 1st of next January. The Lieut. Governorship will be nnea when the Legislature meets next Fall and the Senate elects its President the President of the Senate then elected taking the place vacateu by JMr. lirogden. let the good people of the State five I rr 1 1 rncn I r tVnr anil irrt er-support in discharging the re sponsible duties suddenly devolved upon him, and act unitedly in pro moting the best interests of the State and the peace and prosperity or all our people. iVir. lirogden has served in public life many years and is not a strang er to the duties of Governor. He is a North Carolinian by birth, and about oo years old. Cfiar. Dein. Death OF Gov. C'ALDWKLL.- A special dispatch to the Journal well, which took place yesterday afternoon at Ilillsboro. Gov. Laid- well graduated at the University of North Carolina in 1840. He enter ed public life in 1842 as a member of the House of Commons from Burke, serving for two sessions. In ISoO he represented his county in the Senate, and has been in public life almost continually since. After the close of the war he was a raembsr of the Reconstruction Convention, President of the Wes tern North Carolina Railroad, and was elected Lieutenant Governor upon the Republican ticket in 1868, becoming Governor in 1S71 upon the impeachment and conviction of Gov. Holden. He was elected - . Governor upon the Republican ticket in 1872, by about two thous and majority, after the most excit ing and hotly contested election ever held in this State. We have seldom seen anything to approve in Governor Caldwell's of- ficial conduct, but we shall bury ma errura in me saixiu iajluu ili which his body will lie, and pay his memory the respect due his high official position. Wil. Journal. The following is an extract from the Charlotte Observer on the death of the Governor: However much we have differed with Gov. Cald well, we have always regarded him as honest in his intentions and pur poses, and aside from hi3 own par tizan views, we have no hesitation in saying that he has, in the mam, acted with an eye single to the in terests of the State, looking at things from his stand point. While we have differed with him on political ouestions. we have always been willing to concede to him honesty of purpose and sincerity of action, and now that he sinks into the grave, the final resting place of us all, we are willing to cover his foibles with the mantle of charity, and see only his virtues. The character and the services of Governor Caldwell are before the State, and we have nothing here to say of them. His record is made up. In the grave all hostilities are buried, and in the presence of death all party passion stands abashed. We pass over all those causes of dif ference which politically separated that in Toil R. Caldwell a large por- tion of his fellow-citizens found in him qualities and talents entitling him to the highest honors In their gift. Ilillsboro Recorder. A few years since Squire Wynne did Lee the favor of aiding him in giving his bond. This was at a time when the Squire thought Lee a proper and just man. Lee pre sented Wynne with a watch, which Wynne IhotTght was a mark of grat itude. Lee now says he intended that icatch for a bribe. Of course he did not tell Wynne thisat the time. He knew that the honest old man would have spurned such an offer. Squire Wynne says it looks now as if Lee had bummed some gentle man out of the watch during the war, and that if he will let him know the gentleman's name, he will return it, with a ten dollar bill for its service. Lee has the people's money to the amount of sixty-six thousand dollars, and with unblush ing effrontery acknowledges that he intended to bribe the Chairman of the Hoard of County Commission ers. The people of Wake have for many years kuown Squire Wynne. They have at last found out Tim Lee. They can choose between them. The fact that the Sheriff of this county has kissed the blarney stone, does not argue that he should essay to be the master of thirty-eight thousand people. Freemen of Wake! 44 if you have nature in you, hear it not." RALEIGH, N. Take Particular Notice ! By section 12, chapter 132, laws of 1873-'74, it is provided that " when a voter is challenged at the polls, upon demand of any citizen of the State, it shall be the duty of the in spectors of the election to require said voter, before being allowed to vote, to prove by the oath of some other person, known to these judges, u, " "ia --"s mi iiniiy uays previous inereio in ine couniy .1 . ? 1 A in which he purposes to vote." In nrrlur tliat vnn mnv he nllnwti in a tiia nniia in r.. to vote, go to the polls in company wiiu yuur iieignuor ur bviuv omer credible person. What has become of the original pledge filed by Sheriff Lee with the State Republican Executive Com mittee in which he declares that unless he settled with the State of North Carolina and county of Wake in fulL by the loth inst., he would retire ? People say that a paper purport ing to he the pledge has turned up. Those who are best informed on the subject say that the original pledge, in Tim Lee's own hand writing, has, by some legerdemain, been transformed into another pa per written , by the aforesaid Tim. The matter win doubtless be ven tilated in time ; perhaps before Tim settles. At Panther Branch, Sheriff Lee conjured up a story to the effect that Mr. Wynne had retained a portion of the idiotic fund. Not being al lowed a rejoinder, Tim had it his own way. At jviiuuie creeK, now- j -"Br it i i ever, the matter was satisfactorily explained to the people. Mr. Wynne accounted for every cent of this money that had come into his hands. The amount erroneously charged to have been retained is small, while the Sheriff fails to pay over sixty odd thousand dollars. There's cheek for you ! SJliAriflP T,ctf In his eflTort In mass th colored votG for himself aDDeals tne coioreu vote tor nimseii, appeals A. A mT A. 1 r - . Af nBa to the passions of this class of our citizens. Colored men ! when he talks to you in relation to Squire Wynne's slave-hunting dogs, "Hal" and 44 Wallace," ask him about the report that Tree's regiment hanged colored freemen to lamp-posts in Neio York ! And don't forget to remind Lee that the withholding by him of that school money keeps your children in ignorance! CORRESPONDENCE. It must not be understood that The Era endorses the sentiments of its correspond ents in every instance. Its columns are open to the friends of the party, and their communications will be elvento the public as containing the views and sentiments of the writers. Discussion at Franklintou. To the Editor of the Era : On last Saturday, the 11th inst., Xll! Fourth District met at I rankhnton, Mr. Headen, the Republican can didate, being a stranger to the most of our people here, was introduced . aa " a e to a large ana attentive auuience ui both political parties, by Maj. B. F. Bullock, Jr., whose endorsement of our candidate was sumcieni to en title him to the confidence of the Republican party here. Our stan dard-bearer, Mr. Headen, came for ward and addressed the people for one hour, in a deliberate, dignified and able manner, enunciating and defending the principles of ourgreat the entire satisfaction of ??e Capt. Jo. Davis then spoke an hour, but failed to discuss any po- litical principle, Iiis only theme be- ing the 44Sumner Civil Rights Bill," by which he attempts to draw what the Democrats call the 44 white line," but it don't work 44 worth a cent " here. Mr. Headen then re- Elied for half hour, dealing some eavy blows to Capt. Davis and his Democratic friends for having voted for Horace Greeley, who favored 44 mixed schools." fcc. Capt. Davis looked like he wras sorry he had ever swallowed the bug." capt. . . . . . 1 Davis re oined. but considering that how the trreat lin-ht of the Demo- cratic party in Franklin, failed to arouse much enthusiasm. Suffice it to say, our party is well pleased with Mr. Headen, and re- gard him as a full match for Capt. Davis. You may set down tne mil Republican strength of Franklin county for Headen. After the Con gressional candidates.then by agree ment Col. I. J. Young, on behalf of the Republicans, and Col. W. r. Green, on behalf of the Democrats, addressed the large crowd. Col. selves powerless to prevent, single Young, who led off. attracted the handed, the consummation of the crowd, and. though large in the be- crinning. it increased all the time. and his speech, which was a most masterly effort, was greeted through out with loud applause, causing great enthusiasm among Republi- cans, ins useless to attempt to uo justice to his speech ; it must be heard to be appreciates, it was conspirea againsi ine impartial au truly eloquent, and showed Col. ministration of justice and the lib Youner to be one of the best speak- erties of the people. ers in the State, of any political partv. His speech was such as to enthuse his mends ana commana ..' " . . mi the admiration of his political en- emies. Republicans have no cause to fear the result where Granville's favorite son is heard. His allusion to the late war, and the part that he, with I C., THURSDAY, others, bore in that struggle, and nis euiogy on ine brave sotuiers oi the gray and the blue, who fell in a cause which each believed to be right, was truly touching and sub lime, and brought tears from the eyes of his political opponents, as well us political friends. Col. Green followed Col. Young, ami while he is alluent speaker and ready debater (the best in Franklin county;, nis enorts, alter the power- borr, .,n(1 r.AUfHi to makeftnimnres- I - . Sion, except that he was overmatch ed when he got hold of Col. Ike. Wherever Mr. Headen and Col. Young are heard, Republicans are jubHat The bemocrats made nothing bv the discussion in Frank linton last Saturday. Let our friends carry on the good work, and the farst lhursday in August will crown the effort with a glorious victory in this District. Hurrah for Headen for Congress ! Hurrah for Young for next Gov ernor ! FRANKLIN REPUBLICAN. July 13, 1874. 3Ieeting of State Officials. A a; r Al ATT f 11 meeting oi me ouicers ui me Executive Department of the State Government was held in the office of the Secretary of State on Mon day, the 13th day of July, 1874. Present: Lieutenant Governor Cur tis H. Brogden ; Hon. W. H. How- erton, Secretary of State; Hon. John Reilly, State Auditor; Hon. D. A. Jenkins, State Treasurer ; Hon. T. L. Hargrove, Attorney General; J. 15. Neathery, .Private Secretary ; D. W. Bain, Chief Clerk Treasury Department; Wm. P. Wetherell, Chief Clerk Auditor's Department; L. G. Bagley, Deputy uierK supreme uoun; x.ii. isaney, i s- rr T r 1 Clerk in office Secretary of State. State Treasurer Jenkins was called to the chair, and btate Auditor lieilly was chosen secretary. Attorney General Hargrove in- troduced the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted : liesolved. That we, the officers of the Executive Department of the State of North Carolina, realize with feelings of deep solemnity and grief the loss the State and country have sustained by the unexpected death of His Excellency, Tod R. Caldwell, Governor. liesolved. That our relations and associations with him, officially and nersonallv. have been of such a Pheasant character as to endear him t0 us as a friend ami cause us more m a a deenlv to deplore nis loss as an honeswaitmui, conscientious anu : . . . , able officer and statesman. liesolved. That we tender to the family of His Excellency our sin cere ami neanieit conuoience in this their sad bereavement, and we will wear the usual badge of mourn- iner for thirty days. liesolved. That those of us who can leave our official duties to do so, will attend iiis remains to their final resting place in Burke county, N. C. liesolved. That the Secretary fur nish a coov of these proceedings to the family of the deceased and that they be published in the wtate pa pers. The meeting then aujourneu. D. A. JENKINS, Ch'n. John Reilly, Sec'y. Address to the Kepublieans ol the 7tli Judicial District. The Democrats are known to have a considerable majority in this ju dicial district. Presuming upon their strength, they have, without hesitation, put forward as candi dates forjudge and Solicitor, their most obnoxious men ; apparently . a i . 1 r ,i a. caring ior nounng uesmes jmny success ; and not regaruing auuity, or fitness, in their selections. They have done this, in the face of the fact that they have better men within their party, and evidently for no other reason than to reward those who have distinguished them selves bv their zeal and violence in resisting good order and the princi- pies of good government. They T a 1 1 A : l-Af VY r- nf- nave musiosi siniui, uiu uccu ui- terly indifferent to, the welfare oi the people. They have made bitter partizanship paramount to every other consideration, because they have thought they had the power to do so. This spirit should be reouKea ; and the minds of men, naturally inclining to justice and well-doing, revolt because of this arbitrary ex- ercise of political power. The un- fitness of the nominations excueu the disgust of large numbers per- haps a majority of the Conserva- a 1 - A I tive party : wno exciaimeu against such wiekedness, and began to look for a remedv to cure the untoward evil. The ties of party were strong, but the desire to crush incipient op- pression was vastly stronger. Republicans shared in these ap- prehensions of future wrong and injury, ana coincided witn tneir political opponents in tneir esti mate of the impropriety and wick edness of entrusting to violent hands the dearest interests of the people. They realized that they were in a minority, and felt them projected iniquity They assembled in convention, at Graham, on the 23d day of June last, and determined not to put for ward nominations of their own, but to concentrate their strength UDon anv proper candidates wno might ofler, to defeat those who had At the time of the convention, it was not known what candidates, if J 1 aL A t 1 any, wouiu present meinseives; but with a knowledge that the situ- atlon could not be worse, and with the hope that it might be much bet- ter, the convention delegated full powers to a committee, represent- ing every county in the district, to JULYt3, 1874. I take all necessary measures, to ear- ry out the wishes of those who, wuuuui i e uiu paiij auiiiauwiii, uesireu 10 ueieiit ine ouiiuaious nominations of the Democratic -1 1 a i At - I ; . party. Since the meeting of the conven tion, two gentlemen of fine abilities and irreproachable character Thomas Ruffin and George lion son, Esq., have offered themselves as independent candidates tor judge mittee having been afterward called together, although possessing the power to make nominations, have still deemed it inexpedient to do so ; but recommend to Republicans that the contest for Judge and Soli citor be conducted upon non-parti- zan grounds; ueint: persuaded that the public welfare demands the loring of partv and the ad it vancement of mere party men ;" and urging Republicans to come forward to the support of the non- partizan candidates who have pre- sentea themselves tor the omces named. Ordinarily, Republicans desire to vote for the nominees of their par- ty, because they believe the preser- vation of their party organization will best tend to the advancement of their principles, it the Demo- crats had put forward their good men, no doubt Republicans would also have nominated candidates not hoping to elect them, or serious ly trying to uo so merely to pre serve their organization. In such contingency, (while wishing it might be otherwise,) they would diave had no apprehensions because of the election of political oppo- nents. But in this crisis, being anxious to assist in rescuing the dis- trict, for the next eight years, from the domination of bitter partizans, I, a . . i .1 they have thought it wise to depart from the traditions and discipline of their party, to join with all other good citizens, in defeating an un- holy combination of evil minded men. By order of the Judicial Executive Committee: WM. S. BALL, Chairman. Greensboro, July 13, 1874. Card from Judge Moore. To the Voters in the Second Judicial District : The General Assembly has order ed an election for Judge in this Dis trict, in August next. I believe the act to be unconstitutional, an assault upon the Executive and Judicial Departments of the State Govern ment, and that my term of office continues until August, 1878. It is a duty, therefore, that I owe to my successors as well as to myself, to re sist this encroachment, as I believe it to be, upon the prerogatives of my office. v 1 have upon all occasions declared that I would accept no nomination for re-election in August next, as I wnn hi therehv admit, the constitu- tionality of the act, or be guilty of V,.. "- the absurdity of running for an ot fice which, in my opinion, I already fill. It is the opinion of the leaders of the Republican party of the State, as well as of a large number of the ablest lawyers of the Democratic party, that the election for Judge in this District in August next can avail nothing, but is positively mischievous. The delegates from the counties of Bertie, Washington, and a majority frpm Mo rim. Williamstnn re fused to vote for and protested against the nomination of Judge. Judge. I believe the Supreme Court will vin dicate the wisdom of the action. I am not a candidate for re-elec tion in August next. Respectfullv vours, W. A. MOORE. Plymouth, Washington Co., July 8, 1874. A very destructive flood occurred in the western part of Massachu setts, on Saturday and Sunday nights, the 11th caused by a rapid 11 and izth inst., rise in the West- field river. a dispatch from Chester says that the Railroad Arch bridge, Highway bridge and two dwellings at Middlefield Switch Station, are gone. At Chester, West's dam and Shaddy mill, four highway bridges, B. W. Palmer's barn and Samuel Otis' shop, are swept away, besides two railroad bridges being partly destroyed. The dam of Hampton, Emory county, at Chester, is also carried away. Every one of six or seven bridges of Boston and AI- bany Railroad, between Middleford --- . a J t 11 and Huntington, is eitner wnoiiy or partially destroyed, ihe em han km en t of the railroad is also washed out in many places, and there is a very serious break be tween Bracket and Washington. The railroad travel between Spring field and Albany will be interrupt ed for several days. The New-Berne Journal of Com- A A d merce says: About ho'ciock on Wednesday morning some little excitement was occasioned by a diffi culty which occurred on the corner of Pollok and Craven streets, between Mr. Seth M. Carpenter, of the Aet bernian, and E. R. Stanly, Chair man of the Board of County Com missioners. The difficulty grew out of a publication in that morn ing's Netcbemian, which Stanly pronounced untrue, whereupon Mr. Carpenter slapped his face and re ceived a blow from Stanly's cane in return. Gentlemen interfered and the combatants were separated, little damage having been sustain ed by either. Several Indians passed Wilson a few days since, way to join the navy at Va. through on their Norfolk, Israel Disosway, a prominent cit izen of New-Berne, is dead. NO. 5. The cotton planters report to the department of agriculture in accord- i unit jim ui? itwoviiuuiku promise of the June rciort, an increase in tne condition oi me plant in every State. Tjhe percentages of the av erage condition are higher than in June by the following figures: Three (fents in Louisiana; four in Arkansa ; six in Florida; seven in South Carolina ; nine in Mississippi; ten in Alabama ; eleven in Georgia; twelve in Tennessee and Texas; thirteen in North Carolina; her con dition is above the average. The following are the States' av erage: : . : f North Carolina 102; Sodlh Caro lina 88; Georgia Ul ; Florida UG; Alabama 1)2; Mississippi 87; Louis- iana 73: Texas 102; Arkansas 01 Tennessee 97. As compared with July of last year the condition is higher except in r Ionda, Louisiana and Arkansas, though the difference is slight in Tennessee and Georgia, and not very wide in Mississippi ana Alabama. In North Carolina the tempera ture has been high, rains seasona ble and growth rapid, though the plant is still small and ten days later in certain counties. The fields have generally had good preparation and clean culture. Edgecombe, which produces one-eighth of the cotton of the State, returns her condition at 110. Improvement has been rapid in South Carolina aiSd is still progress ing, though the growth is not ad vanced to any average. Lice infest some helds. Darlington, yielding one seventh of the fibre of the State, returns her condition at 90. Seventy-three counties in Geor- gia, representing two-thirds of the crop, report thrifty growth, a back ward season, too much rain, better and clearer tillage than last year, ... . less of fertilizers used. Rumors of the caterpillar come up from South western Georgia. improvement is manifested in Florida, with too abundant rains in some of the counties, and a tendency to the shedding of forms, while the rains have been frequent in the Al abama fields, which have generally beenkept clean. Of theseven counties which vield n third of the cron of the State, the condition is placed at 90; in Bullock, Barbour, Montgom ery, Marengo and Russell, SO; and in Hale 100. IS one are lower than 75, or higher than 110. The crop is late in Mississippi, but is growing rapidly. It is grassy in places, yet much cleaner than last year, ihe condition ranges from GO in Tunica, where it was destroyed by the over flow, to 110 in DeSoto and several other counties. In Louisiana the planting continued after the over flow until June 15th, and the crop . 1 A 1 is tneretore later man eisewnere, and has suffered in places from cut worms, drought and excessive rains. Rarely has Texas had betterprom- ise of a fine crop. In some counties the growth is not well advanced. In some localities plants made their l..A T appearance mt jo uuue. I he stand is generally better -man in otner Al J At. States. The drought has been injurious in Arkansas. Some localities have had no rain in eight weeks. In one township in Independence 1,000 acres were left uncultivated on ac count of the drought. Rains have been more general of late in portions of the State, yet half the counties report 100 and above.' A majority of counties of Tennes see return an average condition. A few range from (w to 100, and bhel- - T il . " 1 I. oy county, which y yiems one-sixui the btate aggrega te, is placed at 110. The loss by the recent fire in Chicago will not be less than four millions, and may reach six, two- fifths of which is covered by insur- ance. The ioiiowing are some oi the largest losses: Jewish Syna- A-.i-v -v rn 1 gogue, :$oU,uuu; Junius unapei, $15,000 rithe AdelphI Theatre, $75,- 000 1 Std James' Hotel and furm-? ture, $150,000 ; I'ostomce, $ou,uuu ; First Baptist Church, $100,000: Church of the Messiah, $25,000, and Olivet Baptist Church,' colored,) $40,000. A number of serious cas ualties have occurred. The nreis now under control. 'the Goldsboro Messenger says : John Thomas, a white man, noto riously known in Saulston town ship, Wayne county, was shot on Thursday night last, and it is ieareu dangerously, some forty-two large size squirrel shot being' lodged in - - - - a a rvf i his abdomen, lace and breast, ine party who did the shooting is not known. Thomas accuses iir. .uem- uel Hill. It will be remembered that only a few months ago Hill and Thomas had a personal difficulty arising! out of unpleasant family matters. A gentleman just fromFort Sill, says that the Indian Chiefs Santia na, Big Tree and Lone Wolf are in collusion against the whites, and serious! trouble may be expected. Col. Carter, with one company of the 10th Cavalry, are on a scouting expedition through Cheyenne agen cy. Major Upham, with one com pany of the Gth, has gone to Medi cine Lodge and three companies of the 5th Infantry from Leavenworth have gone scouting along the trail from Wachita through the Chey enne agency. , The josses to the Insurance Com panies bf New York by the Chicago fire are estimated as follows : Home, $150,000; Phoenix, $30,000; German American, $30,000; Underwriters, $57,000'; Continental; $50,000; Han over, ko.OOO; Standard, $10,000; and North British and Mercantile, $20,000). A terrible fire has occurred in Chicago destroying over half a mile of the jsouthern part of the city. The fire had not been controlled at last accounts up to the 14th inst. ItATlis OF ADVi.UTISINU : One square, one time, - - $100 " " i two time, - - 1 co I throe times,- - 2 00 Contract advertisements taken tit proportionately low, rates. jZ-ir- Jon "Work executed at Khort no tice and in style unsurpassed by any similar establishment in the State. Spo cial attention fiaUl 'to tho printing or Br.AyKS of every acwcriptiojn. General News. Secretary Bristow returns Washington about the KUh inst. to The President and Vice-President have gone to Saratoga. The thermometer in New York, on the I5th inst., was ix. Bristowand Belknap have return' ed to Washington:; President Grant and wife went to a camp meeting at Round Like, New York, on the 15th inst. The Ex-King of Hanover was lying dangerously ill at Vienna on the ltlth inst. W. J. McCormick, Collector of Customs at Sandiego, California, has been arrested on a charge of em I ." zlement. The demonstration of Orangemen in Pittsburg, Pa., on the 13th inst., was the largest ever held in the city. A train was thrown from the track near Springfield, Mass., on the 13th inst., and nino persons in jured. The amount advanced to date for the payment oi the indebtedness of the District of Columbia is $173,01(1, of which $151,500 was paid In coin. Governor Kemper, of Virginia, was received with a salute and other military honors, at Fortress Monroe on the 13th int. The Orangemen of New York, Boston and other cities, paraded on the 13th inst. Everything passed off quiet. The managers of the Erio'Rail road estimate their loss by the Weehawken fire sit $175,noo. Insu rance $102,000. Ex-Governor Herbert, of Louis iana, publishes a letter in the Af tional Republican favoring (J rant for a third term. i Mrs. Maggie Smith, of Charles town, Mass., was accidentally killed on the 13th inst. by the accidental discharge of a pistol in the hands of her little son, nine years of age. The Court of Commissioners of the Alabama" Claims will occupy rooms in the Department of Justice building and expect to be in working condition early in Au gust. Prince Bismarck was shot at while driving in the country near Kissengen, on the 13th inst. The criminal was 'promptly arrested and with difficulty protected from lynch-- ing. At last accounts, tho militia at Little Rock, Ark., were under arms in anticipation of a disturbance at the meeting of the State Constitu tional Convention which assembled , on the 14th inst. The amount paid on account of claims of loyal citizens for supplies furnished during the rebellion, as awarded by this Southern Claims t Commission to July 13, 1S74, is $277,033. A cabinet meeting is expected to beheld on Friday, the 17th inst., to consider the appointment of a suc cessor to Minister Jewell, as repre sentative to Russia. It is said that . the mission will be tendered to ' Gen. Longstreet j The United States and Mexican Commission continue iu session, dismissing a number of cases,passing others and referring those on which there are divisions of opinion to the umpire. These cases contain no points of general interest. The War Department is in daily receipt of reports from army officers , of preparation to resist the appre- hended Indian troubles. The indi cations are that a general war with the Kiowas, Comanches and Ciiey ennes is imminent. Deputy Collector Mattison killed John Davis, ai fleeing distiller, iu Anderson county, Georgia, on Sat day, the 11th inst. He is supposed to be one of thej party who recently drove off a party of official. and re captured a lot of illicit whiskey. Chief Justice Waite has Just pur chased a lot in the Northwestern - part of Washington in the neigh- t-r r r.Ai iirnnrfi i rrnFnmf 4 run frr t AaI - . Williams, Sir i Ed ward Th and Senator Stewart havcf dwelling houses and will h for his family residence, s A special dispatch, b$j the English Admiralty , received in Panama that the vessels! com po tish naval fleet on thr ordered to rendezvous j Panama for special rci The Tenedos. the first it isY m a - aTI a. Lt ,1 a. on 2Sth ult. No fresh developments have been made in the child abduction case in Philadelphia. Unfortunately the father in the ledger personals sig nifies that he ibas the money re quired and is ! willing to pay the abductors, who are believedto lie a gang of English professionals, ac customed to this nefarious business. The American, Dockray,has lccn tried by court martial and sentenced to death in Cuba, but the judgment of tho court must be approved by the Governor General before it is carried out. Hopes are entertained that he will not confirm the sen tence, but will commute it to a low er grade of punishment, j Tho Navy Department will not order North this Summer the ves sels now in Gulf of Mexico and cruising in the waters adjacent to the West Indies. They will all re main about their present station, no that in case of necessity for their presence in Cuban waters or else where in that latitude, It will not bo necessary to fit out and send ves sels from the North to thatquartor.