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TODEKIiY- ERA- Official Orgun of the United State Official Organ of the city W. M. BROWN, Manager. THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1874. Courage. It is not the custom and certajn ly not the part of wisdom for a good soldier to relax his energy in the face of defeat. It is - still less wise for a party whoso principles and . policies have become a part and par cel of. the fundamental law of a great government, to repine for a moment at a mere temporary check in its progress. Political reforms, like all other advance steps in the inarch of civilization, are perfected onlv after mature deliberation and We copy the following very sen sible article on the relations of bus iness and politics from the New Berne Weekly Times: Business and Politics. The merchant should try and keep bis individuality, as a merchant, as separate and distinct as possible from his individuality as a politi cian. He advertises in a newspaper for the reason that he is of opinion that it will increase his business, that the outlay will prove remun erative. For him to advertise with out some such object,' would argue a want of thrift contrary to the characteristics of the true merchant. For him to withdraw an advertise ment from a paper, which adver tisement had been inserted for the above object, namely: the legiti mate Increase of his business, mere- The rittsburgh Disaster. The Frightful Horror of the Flood . Over 200 Lives Lost. I The great storm in Pittsburgh; which set in at eight o'clock Sunday morning, as far as the destruction of human life is concerned, was the greatest calamity which has ever visited that city, and, in some de gree of horror rivals the recent Mill river disaster in Massachusetts. No high winds lent fury to the tempest of rain, the devastation resulting en tirely from the sudden down-pouring of immense volumes of water. The flood-gates of the sky were literally opened, and the ordinary channels for carrying away the wa ter were everywhere inadequate. There had been copious showers during the earlier part of the day, and when the evening rain set in, iyon the grounds of the political accompanied by wntmuous thund ... I onil lirrhf mnrr lirtlrk onnvononfiinTl sentiments of the paper, argues that he makes his business interests sub ordinate to his political sentiments; . ... in some instances tedious delays, m fact, that he has virtually become The Democratic party of this coun- more of a politician and conse- . . , 1 , k quently less of a merchant. That try has been and will continue to be K iQvhich merchants as a class a blockade in the pathway of all array themselves against a political progressive ideas, and it requires at party in a proscriptive, ostracising times unusual exertion to cast them manner, is ape to oe greatly injureu aside to make room for the true friends of moral and political reform. We are led to these reflec tions by the late repulse of the Re publican party in North Carolina. It cannot ha called a defeat in fact, in its commerce! for blows can be given as well as received. Certain sentiments and opinions may be unpopular and unfashionable in some particular locality on account of local surroundings, but those same opinions may be popular, fashionable and powerful in other because we hold that the Republi- I portions of the State and country I a m a l a f a I a. can party were not in battle array. They were caught resting with reversed arms, being lulled into in action by previous victories. From this time forward our advance pickets should ever be on the alert. No surprise is excusable. We have to deal with an enemy who suffers no advantage, however small, to pass unnoticed, and who, if not watched untiringly, will approach our lines with insidious step to the beating of the rauflled drum. The with which sections the merchant may desire to extend his trade. The many steam arms of commerce bring close to our doors people of all creeds, both of religion and of politics. In the excitement or a heated are said merchant may very properly take part in the issue, in his character as a merchant it is his policy to stand aloof. and lightning, little apprehension was felt by the people, as there ap peared no occasion for alarm. Pitts burgh proper, owing to the fact that it drains very rapidry, escaped without loss of life and With com paratively light damage. The pav ing of many of the streets in the hill districts was torn up, huge curbing stones were hurled from their place, shade trees were washed out of the ground, houses and cel lars were flooded, and fences were carried away, but nothing more se rious occurred. The Seventh, Tenth, and Elev enth Wards of Allegheny City caught the full force of the storm, and there occurred great loss of life and property. The avenues here ran through narrow valleys, hemmed in by great hills on either side. Gathering in vast quantities on these lofty grounds, the water swept in overwhelming torrents, OFFICIAL VOTE OF WAKE COUNTY. CANDIDATES. (Republicans in Roman ; Democrats in J Italic.) s a a o c o O o o o P5 3 a a t- 2 00 05 K I C " . Hi Hi 2 S3 I 4- I H H o 0 O H Pi O PS- o P o w w C5 o W a? O w H H O 00 W W CS P ft 1872 l i f ?i n campaign many rash things -""B"" ib , and done, and while the SUU5W v. " Post Office Regulations. The following are the regulations principles of tho Republican party passed by the last Congress : have only to be studied to be ap- I " Letters with request to return predated. Intended for the bene- printed or written thereon are to be fit of all classes, they should and returned without additional post- flfrp. Whfin n. fiuhsprihfir tn a news- doubtless will receive the complete paper changes his residence andde- endorseraent Anally of the people sires his paper forwarded to his new gular shaped house of the State. With who can doubt it? proper energy, The Daily News of Saturday con- f:iina on nrtfrl nmlpr tlin ho-nl nf i rr i! i i i I postage on it at the rate of one cent Negro Terrorism," which justly i fph nilnPM ftr wtion office transient rates of postage of one cent for each two ounces or fraction thereof must be charged on each copy as received. If a party re ceives a paper from the office of pub lication and remails it he must pay swept away as if made of card board, and were in a few seconds torn to trag ments, or striking against structures of brick, crushed them down, giv ingkthe inmates no opportunity to escape. So quick did the flood rise that in many instances the rushing of the waters into the second stories of the dwellings was the first notice of its approach. At the intersection of Madison avenue and East street, the water divided, each branch carrying de struction in its course. In a trian- at the intersec- condemns the action of those color etl men who attempted to proscribe those of their race for exercising tho right to vote lor whom they pleased. We agree with the-iVfs in saying that this thing ought to cease ; and we hopo the JTetbs will again agree with us in saying there thereof. Pamphlets and books can not be returned at the request of the writer without prepayment of postage at the rate of one cent for each two ounces or fraction thereof. Letters once taken from the post office by the proper parties cannot be forwarded without being pre paid. This applies also to return- reauest letters once taken out of a is another thing that oughtto cease ; postofflce. Letters addressed to a A. 1 .11 A. At 1 A A. I A A 1 A 1 I A 1 the attempt to intimidate those white men who did not see proper to vote the Democratic ticket. We recognize the right of every free man to vote as he pleases it is not a free government where this priv ilege is not granted and this at tempt to hold up to public scorn the names of white men who ex ercised the right to vote as they pleased, and who pleased to vote the Republican ticket, is another thing that "must cease.11 As soon as it was ascertained that the county and State had gone De- person not louna ai tne ornce ad dressed may be forwarded without additional charge." W. II. Bailey, the cleverest radi cal, (if there is such a thing) was beaten in the Salisbury District for Judge. He attributes his defeat in a great measure, to an unusual scar city of Republican voters. He has since announced his intention of i acting in full accord, hereafter, with the Conservative party. Con cord Sun. We are authorized to state that Mr. Bailey has never announced his intention of acting either fully mocratic, certain would-be ' great or partially with the Conservative men" in the Democratic ranks party, and that no such course has were going around ascertaining and ever suggested itself to his mind, tiking down the names of every Mr. Bailey is, and expects to con - white man who was reported as tinue, in full accord with tho great voting the Republican ticket, with National Republican Party. a view to hold them up to the in dignationof the Democrats, and of ipflicting social ostracism on them. Does the AVir endorse such conduct as this ? We do not believe that it does; and while we Join that paper In denouncing in thestrongest terms tho conduct of those colored men in persecuting those of their own race for exercising the right to vote for the party of their choice, wo call upon it to discountenance tho con- tion of the street named, resided Mrs. Conlon, a widow, who had three children, a boy and two girls. A vouner man named Arcnibald Arnold and another, named Rogers, were in at the time. The entire number, with the exception of Neil Conlon, were lost. Young Arnold had gone into the house to rescue some of the inmates, but fell a victim to the destroying flood. A square below the current again united, and, reinforced by addition al streams from the hills, swept forward with augmented force to the low grounds on wThich are situ ated O'Harra, Concord and Chest nut streets. Here the width of the sweep of water was probably two hundred feet, and buildings of frame and brick fell before it as if made of sand. On O'Harra street, four dwellings near each other were crushed. In one lived Jacob Fuchs, his wife, one child, and a brother of Mrs. Fuchs. All were lost. In the next were Jacob ) Caldwell, - -I Merrimon. - Ho.oj 'Representatives Spec1 1 Elec'ru 1ft7JM.V'B. Gilbert, 1676 J G.&.Snoic, - ) SupH Public Instruction : 1874 Thomas R. Purnell, j Stephen D. Pool, Senate : James H. Harris, -Charles If. Busbee, - House of Representatives: Thomas M. Argo, Isaiah King, Stewart Ellison, -Willie D. Jones, - -L. D. Stephenson, -M. W. Page, M. Whitley, -George V. Strong, - County Treasurer : Riley Yearby, -David Lewis, - Register of Deeds: William W. White, J. P. Goodwin, - County Surveyor : J. P. II. Adams, - G. W. Atkinson, - Coroner: H. C. Lash ley, -James M. Jones, - Sheriff: Timothy F. Lee, -Robert W. Wynne, -S'. M. Dunn, - Superior Court Clerk: John N. Bunting, - James Q. Williams, -Congress : James H. Headen, Joseph J. Davis, Solicitor : John C. L. Harris, Samuel T. Williams, - County Commissioners : 369 157 267 ol 377 118 374 124 374 369 375 374 122 124 123 123 366 122 382 113 370 117 364 117 366 7 117 379 William Jinks, Doc. R. Chavis, William A. Rhodes, a cripple, Jackson Austin, -the house R- A- Thompson, ljynn Adams, A. G. Jones, -Solomon J. Allen, -William D. Turner, J. Robert Xowell, - - 113 - 369 118 364 - 117 363 363 - 364 364 365 115 120 . 119 117 118 431 287 289 132 377 315 363 342 372 370 376 371 338 329 334 341 362 340 427 oq. 368 322 368 325 369 16 322 429 2S8 386 329 377 315 370 363 370 367 367 321 330 332 330 332 137 141 70 81 99 159 93 171 100 98 96 100 168 106 166 168 93 166 112 153 98 161 96 163 100 4 159 109 157 101 163 99 162 95 92 94 95 94 156 162 160 164 162 461 300 315 120 468 281 45S 300 469 468 464 470 293 287 290 295 463 284 4S5 273 466 2S1 455 281 415 10 274 475 281 469 289 469 279 461 458 459 457 459 287 287 287 285 287 86 130 46 89 72 155 69 162 70 71 68 68 160 160 161 160 61 157 77 157 76 15S 60 157 56 17 156 72 161 74 158 73 156 58 53 60 56 58 158 158 159 163 159 163 141 115 120 146 164 133 170 146 141 137 144 163 170 166 165 146 166 147 167 146 165 136 167 135 2 167 142 170 148 167 145 164 144 140 142 141 142 165 167 167 167 167 52 85 101 143 103 145 104 101 101 102 143 148 145 144 102 146 107 Mi 103 142 102 146 107 1 139 97 148 102 143 103 143 102 102 102 102 102 146 145 146 146 146 130 173 87 87 100 184 100 185 103 91 100 102 184 201 183 184 90 184 104 182 100 184 91 183 93 9 181 101 188 99 185 100 185 90 88 91 91 91 184 184 . 184 184 184 234 150 153 97 210 140 205 149 209 217 207 209 141 144 146 145 213 141 233 115 210 142 211 135 126 123 92 112 131 139 128 149 j 135 134 128 126 145 146 152 145 132 M1 138 137 i 132 145 131 142 139 153 112 13G 91 134 125 128 139 137 135 129 134 131 132 123 130 135 130 149 127 136 132 135 129 79 160 64 140 100 190 103 192 103 101 103 103 192 192 195 192 97 195 96 198 9S 196 74 220 208 9 125 137 110 192 148 95 215 141 206 142 213 141 208 209 210 210 210 137 142 144 139 143 134 145 133 146 132 142 127 127 130 132 1131 1 139 141 141 141 142 131 145 135 131 132 130 131 125) 127 129 134 114 128 130 129 163 111 .180 101 ,192 103 190 102 102 102 102 101 188 192 192 192 192 ! 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For County Commissioners M.G. Todd received 106, T C. Smith 101, C. Wr. Williams 96, N. Jeffreys 78, H. A. Smith 72, Scattering 2. For Treasurer W. M. Brown received 93 votes. There were scattering votes cast for Coroner. Indian Women. We can in no better form express A Mother's Holy Love. our views in regard to some of the The excitement that existed in The life of an Indian maiden, says benefits resulting to the people of F Major Powell, is blithe and merry thP whnlP pnnntrvfrom ReDublican , v w Ior a Iew years, Due wnen sne the whole country irom itepuDiican clagseSj and every mother m the comes a wife she is soon bro 1 u X L. m- -w- 4- Hi Ann t rn ima A a A. . - . A. . and one child, all of whom perish ed. Mr. Haflnagel, wife and three children, who occupied the house adjoining, also perished. A man named Hurbert, with his wife and three children, lived in the next dwelling below and were the next victims. On the opposite side of O'Harra street a frame house was carried by the flood against the brick dwelling of Alderman Peter Bolster, carryinsr away the front than in publishing the following extracts from an article headed "Republican Legislation" in the June number of the Washington Metzlen, wife Republic. We invite a careful pe- be- broken Dosinff the Baby. We have a baby ; his - name is Pica Gothic. Other families have babies, named this or that, but U . A U I 1 ! 1 l-i i i tiicic o uu uhuv line uur naov. i n city was for a timeso wrought up down with the pains of motherhood is generally in tho best of snirii rusal : "The Republican party has been responsible for the control of the Government since 1861, and its acts have been such as to command the approval of every fair-minded citi- V J -A. V -7 . i j a. j.-.i j i.. in tho friitxPTV von it o no rrxr i ri i riM uvhi ijv tho rWAPtPr of the legislation for the youngster which it stands responsible, the Republican party may well invoke the favorable judgment of mankind. Passing: over those measures nec- upon the su piece that sne couia hardly be induced to permit her children to go out of her sight. Gil lespie lives on Tenth street in the same row with Mrs. Maginnis. He moved in a few days ago, and Mrs. Maginnis had not an opportunity to become acquainted with him. He is very near-sighted, and when he came home the other afternoon he thought he saw his boy playing and he approached with the intent to i 4 1 i i i v. i r u..i. iu. .11 ,i i i i. auu me ueavv muura wmcu laii iu uui uiu uuitr uay, in lOOKing nun her lot, and she soon becomes over, ray wife discovered that his wrinkled, garrulous, cross, scolding, tongue was coated and that he hail in fact an old hag. Of course such a billious look. I was down town, hags are not pleasant company in and When I came home the doctor camp, and in the belief of the Numa had been there, counted the baby's such old hags grow uglier and pulse looked at the tongue, and meaner until they dry up and whirl- prescribed castor oil. My wife ha.l winds carry them away, when they the bottle and spoon all readv part of it. The family fortunately essary to the support of our armies are transformed into witches : and lest such a fate should befall old women, they are taught that it is pick him up and carry him into the longer needed, and if they do not iiuuuo. r ' , twao die by natural means In areasona- that it was Mrs. Maginnis's boy, ble time, they must commit suicide, and that estimable woman was This thv awm vprv willing tn rin had taken refuge in the kitchen, and all escaped with their lives, ex cept one son of five years. The lat ter was carried away by the swift waters, and when found in the ad in the field, we may regard with watching him with one eye while the other rested upon the second- luuiiuiu uicau- r . -.V! TTmii ,T,;t), h We are nleased to note the nreva- joining building, his little hands land grants lor schools ana coueges, jj- y ---- yy -we are pieasea 10 noce me preva- h rt?i! ..- r,iu tho menrnci fnr thft nrotection of der his arm, a rea-hairea vvctc uaaucu vviiii tiiu ucaui ..v-v. . . i:: nff.nn!nnV.: i .1 i : a i i i. ltrwcu vi a ueieriuiuaiiuu uii ine part i jft bedstead of true llepublicans throughout the family had a most remarkable es Alderman Bolster's State to rouse up for tional political battle distant day will have Everywhere minor the great na- which at no to be fought. differences cape, as the water was three to four feet deep in the room where they immigrants, the establishment oi a toox reiuge, ana the wans snatter ed. The scene in the devastated dis- should, and we doubt not will, be trict of Allegheny is one which beg gars description, f or hundreds of yards Madison avenue is lined with healed up. Let U3 profit by our past errors, present a united, bold, determined front in tho future, and duct of those or its own party who with true, tried, honest men at the arc equally as vindictive, perhaps helrq, we will again sail on to vie more so, toward white Republicans, tory as in days gone by. the wrecks of dwellings, furniture, tion of Territories, laws relating to bedding, dead animals, timbers, the treatment of Indians, and num pride and satisfaction those leading story window which she was wash acts which have conferred substan- g. When she saw Gillespie seize tiai benefits on all sections of the the child she knew at once that the country. The homestead acts, the kidnapper had come, and as Gilles- woman, in a condition of frantic excitement, might have been seen shooting down stairs and through the front door with the velocity of light. Gillespie discovered hi3 mistake just as he saw the infuriated Magin nis approaching him, and appre hending trouble, he dropped the child and ran. By the time he had gone around the block twice, Gilles pie had not only Mrs. Maginni3 and six policemen at his heels, but American citizens abroad, the ap- rjroDriation3 for river and harbor improvements, the protection of commission to protect American seamen, the establishment of the present banking system, the liberal laws granting bounty and pension to soldiers and their heirs, the cre ation of new States and organiza- rather than to meet that terrible ,fate of being transformed into witches, being compelled to live in snake skins, and wiggle about the rocks, their only delight being to repeat the words of passers-by in mockery. I once saw three old women thus voluntarily starving themselves. I rode up to what was almost a deserted camp, the three old women only remaining, sitting by the fire and intently gazing into the embers. They seemed to heed not my approach, but sat there mumbling and groaning until they rose, each dragging up her weight staff, and then they joined with a in a sidewise, shufning,;tottering, kept on until the oner senile dance around the fire, propped three gold watches, six v e say to all whom it may con earn that the Era has never in the past, and proposes never In the fu ture, either to advocate the claims or oppose the election to office of any man in the Republican ranks on account of his section, his race, his color, or condition. Its test of Republicanism is a strict devotion to the principles and policy of the party, coupled at all times with the proviso that the man or men put good government. forth lor position snail do possessed of common honesty. Assertions made in any quarter that the Era has in any manner deviated from such a course are misrepresentations, innocently made in some, but we fear wilfully and maliciously in others. Hon. J. C. Abbott city a day or so during week. Gen. Abbott, stones, etc. On O'Harra, Centre, and other streets in that vicinity, there is an equal amount of rubbish while many of the frame buildings not destroyed are removed from was in the "tir original pmces, anu siana in the present aI1 P0811003 except square with the v thoroughfares. As in the mill dis aster told of in Charles Reade's nov- up by tneir stans, and smarms: a doleful song; having finished which , against my cominer, and I took oil ray coat, tied a towel around my neck and took the child up. lb hadn't tho least suspicion of what was coming until I had him on hi back. ' Then he smelt cantor oil, and I couldn't keep him down. As fast as I pushed one end down, the other end bobbed up, and his leg-! shot out like steam pistons. Jong Primer and Small Pica began t cry, and I had to let the baby up and give him a bottle and a Hat iron to play with until he recovered his composure. Then we began to practice strat egy. We gave him sugar in the spoon, then milk, and then held it out full of castor oil. He opened his mouth to take it, got a faint bite, and then he drew back, uttcrcH a yell, and spit it in Long Primer's left ear. Then we tried to bribe him. I offered him ten cents at first, but 1 included horses, a house and lot, a million dollars, and a number ot steamboats: but hi- KiOCa ion nf or.!iii imnnrtanp.ft 1,800 other people and halfahun- and merit, having for their object d red dogs. At last he darted up an they sat again on their heels and blood was up, and he wouldn't IN the protection of personal liberty alley and endeavored to jump over gaze(j into tne fire an(1 j roce away. ten. I sent out for candy, pea nut-, and the development of national his back fence, but just as he reacn- Qa coming to the new camp of the pop corn balls and gum drops, but euiue wp wo ur,,- t 7s'"ul tribe the next day, ana inquiring or when ne lound that his getting ain veu auu uiug. iui iuc jega, Chuiat-an-um-peat, their chief, them depended on his first takin takes a hopeful view of the politi cal situation and thinks our late re verses will stimulate the Republi can party to such renewed exertions in the great contest of 1876 as can not fail to place North Carolina on thesideof the party of justice and we understand, el, so in this, the victims were strip wealth, have passed the scrutiny of the public, have stood the test of experience, and to-day receive the unqualified indorsement of the American people. To assert that everv measure ped almost entirely of clothing by passed during the past thirteen the water and Heating timber, wme years was the very best that human be around agam till the bumps on and before he could explain himself why these women were left behind, eastoroil.he turned away, knit M- and what they were doing, I was brows, and calmly contemplated a informed that they had determined grease spot on the wall-paper, to commit suicide, fearing lest they Then I threvv' him on his should be transformed into witches, and tickled him, and the policemen had hammered him considerably, and four of the dogs had bitten chops out of his legs. Ho is in bed yet, and will probably not having one shoe on, some the shirt- band around the neck, and others being without a shred. Congressman We hod the pleasure of a visit on Tuesday morning, the 18th, from lion. John A. Hyman, the mem ber of Congress from the 2d District. Mr. Hyman is duly impressed with the importance of the high position to which he has been called, and ETEL1 Y" Our Democratic friends in the next Legislature will be called upon either to levy a tax to pay off the interest on the bonds issued on ac count of tho North Carolina Rail road, or suffer the Road to be sold. What a whale for the un terrified ! We wonder which horn of tho di lemma they will take. we doubt not will reflect in his official life, credit upon both him self and constituents. Maynard, who is desirous of becominfr Governor of Tennessee, made a speech at Tuck ahoe in that State recently defining his position on the Civil Rights Bill. Like Senator Brownlow, he happiness, gave evidence of the unanimity of sentiment there against the mixed school provision by declaring his willingness to leave that section out of the bill. He was in favor of the bill as a whole, but opposed to that provision since there was so much it. Many per- wisdom rould devise would be to claim human perfection. This we do assert, however, without fear of contradiction, that what has proven to be defective Congress has im proved upon ; that which it knew to be wrong, it abolished ; and that which it believed was right and necessary' to the prosperity. and protection oi the Deonle. it framed into law. Add to its acts of legislation the constitutional amendments which it submitted to the people, the mor al triumph over England in the settlement of the Alabama claims and the disputed San Juan bound- his head subside and the dog-bites heal. When he does get out again he will wear glasses. Max Adeler. Our Election Spirit of the Vress. There are almost too many so called Independents elected to the next Legislature for our Democratic cousins to rely on the Convention question, and if they undertake to amend the Constitution by Legis lative enactment they must submit the amendments to a subsequent Legislature, which on such an Issm being presented, would be sure to be Republican. Another dilemma. Beecher has left for the White Mountains and will not return to Brooklyn before October. At the parting reception, Beecher, with countenance lighted with joy, but with eyes filling with tears, stood with his wife and received the guests. He took as many by the hand as could conveniently hold right and left. Ladies went up to Mrs. Beecher and kissed her. She was powerfully affected and could scarcely return their kind attentions. Beecher said he had rid himself of a great burden and was now to the White Mountains and away his troubles. sons were opposed to educating the child of a poor man any way. Men who are hostile to common schools will seize upon this measure to pre judice the schools, hence he would leave the school clause out of it. So would every Republican represen tative from Tennessee. He would not have his colored neighbor's boy hampered, but would give him an equal start in lile with his own boy, and If he outran him, let him run. ary, and a wise policy that has se cured peace and friendship with all the civilized nations or theeartn Who arc Happy? Solomon said what everyday ex perience proves to be true, "A con tented mind is a continual feast." We learn frona one of the assessors of real estate who inspected and valued every lot in our city, that aspect from the entering . 51 A. A. f the most nappy, cneeriui, and seemingly contented people he saw or conversed with, were those who lived in very small houses, on the plainest food, and with an income barely adequate to their daily wants, and the most thrifty of this class was manifested bv the cleanliness of their premises, and the industry whelming, fully as much to the fact back while he v;i- offhiseruard I slioDcd mv hand alongside of his head and held hi. mouth open until it resembled a three cornered knot-hole in a gar den fence. All this time I w;i- The Philadelphia Press says: "In trotting him, and whistling and themselves these elections were singing, and telling him about the comparatively unimportant. In boy who stood on the burning deck, !- Kentucky and Tennessee they had and he thought it was all a good chiefly a local character, tinged a joke. My wife poured the oil out, little more than usual with a party crept up behind me, and while the aspect from the entering in of the baby was straining his eyes to get- civil rights question, and the con- a glimpse at Small Pica over hv test of whites and blacks for politi- the window, the spoon went into hi- cai supremacy. In North Carolina, mouth. members of Congress, minor county It was an awful moment. He and State officers, and members of got the taste, rolled his eyes, grew the Legislature, were chosen. Sig- red as paint, and then he bobbed nificance attaches to the fact that his head, worked his legs, and sent the Democratic gains were not over- the mouthfull down behind my necktie. At that moment I got a durinsr the existence of Republican and taste displayed in their vesreta- of the gains themselves. Obviously cuff on mv ear. the baby was snatch m m a. t. r S 1U n I ! ea irom my lap, anu airs, ijuau went dancing around tho room, crying : 44 Yes, his father is an old brute, and he needn't take itnot a bit." power, and we have a party record ble and flower eardens. The asses- there is nothing in the general on legislation ' alone, that must sor was told that a large majority summing up of results to warrant standout through all time as the had no use for a coffeepot, and the organs of the party in indulging best argument to prove the patriot- never used sugar or butter except themselves in! the worn out and ism and virtue of the Republican on Sundays and holiday occasions, stale nonsense about tidal waves.' party, and the consummate wis- They had no debts to pay, no bank They indicate no great revolution dom which has characterized the account to keep straifirht.no rules of opinion, nor anything from statesmanship that controlled it." of etiquette or fashion to conform to, and no worthless servants to The Governor of Island St. Mar gueritte, protests his innocence of complicity in the escape of Bazaine, and accuses Col. Vallette, Marshal's custody on suspicion of having aid ed the fugitive to escape. Latest reports from Austin state that all Is quiet and that the refu gees are returning. There was frost in Ashe county few days ago. The Times1 Madrid correspondent annoy them ; hence, it was no won- positively confirms the reports of der he heard the voice of singing the recognition of Spain byEng- and joyous laughter when he ap- land, France and Germany. The proached their dwellings. The announcement caused general re- moral is thi3: Live within your joicing in the Capitol. The Post1 Income and adapt yourself to the are piacea ; your poverty, the republic. The Times In an Induced perhaps oy your irapru- editorial article says England would dence, but with a brave heart and have recognized Spain some time a trust in God forget the things that since but for the reluctance of are behind and press forward to France and the indifference of Ger- thoseahead, determined to be happy many. whether rich or poor. Crescent. which any sweeping changes may be practically predicted." ftolif one? Fbt flm no Austria anffltaly as also recognizing don't fret because of yot iroilc oner., nunt persons are now in Kn tk nxm ir o tnrfnrvvi nprhnrw hv vr Mr. John Payne, who resided in Alexander county, was bitten by u copperhead a few days ago and di-d in a lew hours. It seems thatir. A man named Hazell in Gulph, Payne was about his barn : engaged Ontario, mistakinga Miss Calver for in stacking straw, which the thresh- his own daughter, in company with er had left scattered, and being one Hurly, fired at the man and barefooted tramped about the snake then at the woman. The first ball without seeing it, and it bit himon entered Hurly's left eye and the the great toe between the nail and second entered Miss Calver's mouth first joint. Vhiskey was admins- ssed out through the cheek, tered freely but took no effect, it' and passed She fled, j pursued by Hazell, who fired again, shooting her in the neck. Both ol the victims lie in a very critical condition. Hazell fled. was some fifty years of age, and left five children to mourn their loss, who but a few months ago lost their mother, Statesville American.