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f' .Raleig-h Mews ll Jtljlj V L )L. XIV-NO. 2. THE YELLOW FEVER. I a a baled II rrr Death and uraiunuoRflcaiami ar Keller. K. Trit-f rj-h to th . w .Ntw OrLKaxs. Sept. 'i Two huQ- .Intl and nrty-three application vera u 4J to 'ue Howards fur relief yester- diy. Hie Members of tbe Visiting I rmrflittce report tb general spread of iu er. Ami uuu it encroaching upon Lvalues heretofore measurably exempt The Ancient Order of .Hibernians, LusU tsran l urttijume la lnnE ikjoero leat ArrcUtoni, hafe tirade appeals to Miml-ir organizations throughout the L dioq lor assistance. I..t isviixk, Sept. 2. The extra day's xxcwf. 01 uie woaisviiie Jockey Clnb. pL Sub, will be for the yellow fever utlrvr. osi.vejtox. Te.. Sept. 2 The II,utoa Board of Health has Issued the .lowing "From and after the third day of Sep- teraoer, i3.it, no passengers, ex Dress. freight or mails will be allowed, to enter the count j of Harris from be roc J the n:e line, until the 23d day ot SepUra- :r, iT. Tfotice of the extension of the time will be given should safety de- iroed.) UHLTiitiiroKD, M. D., Health Office, City of Houston, Harris .. coaatr." - : r New Orleans, SeplmJT 2. The I liu ky successor of the deceased Tom M.nrsbalU telegrapher at Grenada, is itjt Tehran telegraph superintendent, KUnory, a gentleman well !'! u jud respected throughout the -nth. A Menipun dispatch gives his vxvn a -Fleming," which is errone "Mr. Klanery has been identified iiv-lhe Uleraph in New Orleana and r e where sll his life, and in ferjr :ue Daa constituted himself a turi, xvc personally cared on many occasions ! r h; sick aud dying operators. Ke r.t'r he rvmOTed to Richmond, Va.. tr it whicb plaoe be voluntarily ten- Uied his service whenever needed, lie wm ordered to wren a 1a. Nkw Orleans. September 2. Tbe Kuvineu's Charitable Association of this tit lias been compelled to call on the jnbiic for aid. The Police Mutual i'xrcoToltfb; Association has also appeal- . i lor svsutance i'kv wola, September 2. Pensacola -'laarAQtmcd aAin&t Mobile. Pen- icola had ouly four deaths in August; i j o( tnetn infants. The PensacoU railroad shops sent Port Gibson forty : 'iUr. The Masods sent Memphis ti.:ift dollars. I). T. Sullivan sent New Orleans one hundred dollars. A citi yen s subscription is beiu raised. AMJi.NuTDS, September 2. The tueetin of the Youcg Men's Christian AviAtion. held this afternoon, was LciJ in response to a letter from the Indent of the. Y. 31. C. A. of Ne ; .ear., who says : "The Association makes this appeal :o vou for help in the name of our uaiiwD humanity, in the confident Lvl that it will be responded to, bo- use it would seem proper that our or- Kiaualion should be foremost in food vrks of this kind Pleasures were taken lor a generous I'-yponse to this appeal. Other agencies re at work elsewhere in this same di- ricttou . I'kotidelsck, II. I., September. 1 he loard of Trade held a meeting to- tUj aiil appointed a committee to ol- iect contributions for the fever suffer er-. New York, September 2. The us Ta lor, a native of Louisiana, now a re-r. lent here, sailed Saturday to assist tL feter sufferers in 2few Orleans. Nk Orxeax-. September 2. To. f. '.i-iwisg has just been received : Port Girso-, 3Iiss., ) September 2d. To ti .Wj. ,.it',t Vj : There are fi ur hundred cases and fifty ueauu out of .) persons remaiu in the town. About 1.200 have tied foe distress is vry great. The sick sr.- ujin with no one to give them a drmk of water. Some nurses are oa me way frvrn New Orleans And CkJca- go. Help and funds are needed. 'Signed.) James A. Gao, I'tfuiJert of the Howard Association. -w uni.r9. September 2. Two cujMreu and nine new cases and3 ueathj are reported. 0R1, September 2. Tbe oathexn IU-Uef Committee of the tcamber of Commerce met at noon to- " t p to that hour subscription .Tiounung to 12,5 M were receired, among them being toJ0 from Wm. IL Wr.lrjhilt, and from Wilttara Afr; fiiO from Gen G J Magee. This tnikcs the tcUl amount of subsciip ti ..: to .Lite. 44.W7.12. The Com tii -tee authorized the Treasurer to rc- m t th,- following amounts to-day : l o the Howard Association of New "rieaua, i,0n0. TLc Howard Association at Vicks- lo the Howard Association at Ore- H e Howard Association at Memphis, - -j. I he Citizens Relief Aseooiatioa at Henphia, 11,000. . ontribotions of the dtkens of 'r- klyn thus far amount to 2.179. ' Meet ions by the police on Saturday ii i Sunday throueh the ballot boxes, '"ucted to o7.l). Mf.wrnis, ge-tember a. -To-day 'I ted clear and warm with a liltle 're of workers nearly exhausted. u.e fever continues without a-ate- t. but is impossible to obtain the t'luj.ber of new cases m to noon for rea.Kn that physiciAcs are uot re- i i rird u report before 5 p. m. Un-'J-rtakersl rerxrt forty-eight fever Uiuieou up to noon, and the indica- r.A are that the death list 'will be as ' yesterday. A a timber cfle- ?T" ome eithein drank, assembled tfre the commissary depoC-tbta uornin? and becoming riotoos, made rQil tha door. They were kept c by tfca eoUfed militia who were on Itnard, but a secend attempt being "aide, the guards Ared, killing one ne ?ro. The doors were then closed, and 'neral Luke E. Wright spoke to the erud, restoring quiot for the time ltV- The committee Is doing all in Power to mnriU the neoDle with but some of the. negroes are dis ified with the manner ia wkiehTS are iasued, and further trouble is orIg Iritelflgeuee. Isih, September S.-The Brl Luderdl u dead. of f inrmlnghain, trTui'wu3i the United Liabilities esti A Vienna despatch says that the correction at Freibere was cansed in by tne knowledire that tfiA T.,rW i ah t-a cr it lara intended to surrender the citadel to th Anstrians, in obedience to orders irom the Porte St. pETRRsniTRO. SeDtember 2 Sv era! newi papers mention the report that vouoi ocnouvatoa. the Kussian Ambas w iinuon, is aoout zo oe sp pointed Chief of the new Ministry of t-oiice, including the whole gen iCar- nune and police administration hitherto under the control of the Minister of the Interior; that Prince Orloff. Ambassa dor at Pans, will succeed Count Kehnn taloff at London : that 1L Novikoff. Ambassador at Vienna, will go to Paris; and Prince DottbriU Ambassador at Derhn, will go to Vienna mgri-banded .Mexleao MeasareN By Telecraph o the Newi. KKW Oklkaxs, Sept. 2. A special to tne o aires ton news ironx Kio Grande city, says that yesterday 4h ediot went into effect abolishing the "Zona Libre." except as to Matamoraa and New Lerdo, ana prohibiting commercial intercourse at other points. Tbe people on the Mexican aide are much exasperated. especially at Camargo and Mier. and have sent a violent and threatening pro test to tne central government. l'latola and Coffee Tor Two. Monroe Ksqolrer. We learn that a psrty from South Carolina settled an "altairof honor" near the dividing line between orth and South Carolina; in Anson county. one ilar last week. Two shots a niece were exchanged, but no blood shed. The parties were a Mr. Wilnaras. of Camden, South Carolina, and a son of ieneral Cosh, of Chesterfield. After the second shots the kiTair was amica- blv Ktt!v4 nH all loft tlin rrritn n. I a oa frleuxls. Debt .Sfateuieut. By Telejrarh to the News. Wasuikoton, September 2. The public debt statement for August shows a decrease of tfl,47r,504.7S; currency 12,122,171.97. special deposit of legal tenders for the redemption of certifi cates of deposit, f 4 ,400,000; coin, f 238.420,700. 57, inclndmg coin and sil ver certificates, $44,017,SoO; legal ten ders, 3 4G, CM.llti. Lynch Law. r.y TeleKIh ro the Nsws IJai.timoke, September 2. Tuesday last Mike Green, nogro, committed a violent assault on a young woman in Prince tieorge county. On the same day he was arrested and lodged in .jail at Marlboro. About one o'clock this morning, about 2o men entered the jaiL took Green and banged him to a tree 'on the public highway, a short distance from the jail. DEATH I'ltOM FKIGII T. Charlotte TLady with Ilalelgj ConneetlODi. OorrespoDdenee of tbe News. Moroajjtox, Sept. 1 Mrs. Peter Drown, of Charlotte, died suddenly on the road from Glen Alpino Springs to the Kailroad, yesterday, She had long been a sufferer from heart disease, and her life has been several times despaired of in the quiet of her home. CAUSE OF THE FRIGHT . The hack from Glen Alpine to the Hail road broke down on the route, which gave Mrs. Brown a fright, and under the excitement she suddenly ex pired. HEK CONNECTIONS Mrs. Brown was a relict of the lato Peter Brown, of Charlotte, and in ber second widow-hood. She was the mother of Caot. Wm. II. Crawford, of Salisbury, and of Rev. Lee Crawford, now stationed at rayetteville. ami wno married Mits Marianna Pullen, of Ral- eiin. me ceceaseu was ai a very au- ... . . i TAceed age. NEHN ITEMS. A man who was recently hung in In diana, being of very practical turn of mind, made no ofeserraitons aoout maetin? an body in beaveu. He mere ly nodded to the preacher and said. : . - - - . ,. . . Laconically, ."I'll see you 4aer, ana then the trap ten. Postmaster General Key dropped in at tho railroad buffet at Omaha tbe other day. calld for a cold broiled chicken, half a dozen hard-boiled eg-s, a plate of potato-salad and some pickled oysters. He followed tnis up witn a dKert- consisting of peach pie. harvest aDDles and watermelon. As be pulled down his vest and sailed out of the saloon with a comfortable air, tbe boys gathered round him and called for three cheers for "the boss luncu-ueua oi America." In spite of orders to tho contrary, Kearney spoke from the steps of the capitals, at Washington, Ihursday uivrbC to thousands, and gave ms views of the I'resldent and otner puono men. Hayes, be said, is a nice gentleman, but he hasn't a high opinion of hint He is owned, body and soul, by the Mnev-Power. He despises TUden (for whom he voted.) because he hasn't hack -bona. Peter Cooper, he say, is a cranny, uui uutier is iiiv mau , uu . T . 1 . . L - . ..,J if we had him, we would be, in his opinion, all right. John Sherman he pronounced a scoundrel, who had con cocted a scheme for plunder.ng the American people. His great speech at Toleda was not listened to, and it took him three months, with a wet towel tied around his head, to prepare it. He sent cODiea of it to all the organs of the plunderers CX tart country, and tne next aonunguej-.m. came out wim liant SDeech froni John Shermtu." Richmond Whig. Dennis Kearney. Ve . h I n trt n Pn.L I Whenever the Press of the country attempt to create another demagogue for universal detestation we trust they will have the sense to select somebody possessed of at least an ounce of brains. There are plenty of draymen in Wash- cl&l city either who waste twenty, times as much intellect in ordinary. .... . daily conversation with the mules they . - - . i i . drive as was exoioiiea oy mo micu-; vaunted Dennis Kearney in a three hoars' harangue last night. As for tbe Post, it humbly apologizes tt its readers Crtr haviar bestowed a thonsBdth part of the apaoe on him that it has. SUtee, have failed mated at 31.3o0. RALEIGH, N. 0., TUESDAY MORNING, KANDOL.F1I SUlIUOK COURT. Trial r Thomas l'lnkaey How man for Marrder A Verdict of Gnllty Appeals to the Supreme Court. Correspondence of the Kes. Your correspondent has been in aN tendance upon Randolph court during this week, and suggests a few items'of interest. f , Court was called Monday morning last, at 10 o'clock promptly, his Honor, Hon. John Kerr, presiding. His charge to the Grand Jury was, as usual, for cible, unmistakable and in strict har mony with the ' moral charge handed down to Moses from Mount Sinai. All preliminaries having been ar ranged, the court proceeded to dispose ol the case of State vs. Aley Foster for an attempt at infanticidet-thn jury uuumg uer gumy in manner and form as charged by the bill. Tuesday morning, the case of State vs. Thomas P. Bowman, for mureer, was taken up. haviae been moved from Rockingham, where the foul deed was- alleged to hare been committed, to Guilford, and from Guilford to Ran dolph. The prisoner was on trial for poisoning bis wife with atrichnine about the 30th of April. 1876. It nnMrd tha.t the prisoner had lived unhappily with his wife for several vears. the cause having been gross infidelity to her aod unmerited attention to an other woman of indifferent character. It was in evidence that the prisoner had purcuascti strychnine from a drug store in KeirtHville, mixed it in a pint of whiskey in the presence of parties, and endeavored to employ them to adminis ter tue doe, swearing at the same time that if they didn't lie would. 1 he prisoner 19 ably defended bv Governor Reid. and Joseph Glenn, while the Hon. Thomas Ruffin. James Reid and J, R. Bulla are assisting the Solicitor in the prosecution. The pro press of tbe caso has been unusually in teresting and instructive, especially the testimony and examination by a large uuinber of experts as to the chemical and physiological condition of the or gans of the deceased. Prof. Redd, of the University, was present on exami nation, having been the analytical chemist who analyzed the parts and ob tained therefrom pure atrichnine, which he exhibited to the jury, and with some of which he had killed other animals. The defendant's counsel attempt to account for the sudden death of the de ceased by showing to the jury that she died from sudden internal hemorrhage, large quantity or blood having been fouud in the riirht pleural cavity, but the State had undoubtedly made out a plain case beyond a reasonable doubt. The jury, soon after the case was given them, returned a verdict of guilty. Bowman was at once sentenced to be hanged on Friday, October 1th, at Ashe boro. His counsel immediately took an appeal to the Supreme Court, en the ground that notice was not given the counsel of the last exhumation of the remains for examination. The exam ination of tbe internal organs of the murdered woman, by Prof. A. II. Redd, of Chapel Hill, is said to be one of the most thorough anylyses ever made, and stamps that gentleman as one of our first analytical chemists. Jlandolpn county is more than an average county, containing within its boundaries five cotton factories, which do a large business, and keep coustantly employed a large number of hands. The corn crops in this county are fine and tbe prospects for an abundant har vest truly encouraging. Politics are sleeping rather quietly now, but General Scales will poll a large msjority in this county in Novem ber, as he did two years ago. The " Nationals" are nowhere. Ncncius. KAILHOAO WASHOUTS. Temporary Ilreak In western North Carolina Railroad. Staff Correspondence of the News. Old Fort, Sept., 1. My letter of date Friday 30th was de layed by one of those difficulties to which it referred as constanly, besetting the Western North Carolina railroad, as well in its operations as in the ex tension of its lino. On that night there was a heavy rainfall throughout the mountain country, and it had been raining freely on both sides of tbe Bluo Ridge for several days. THE WASHOUTS. The mail and passenger train pro ceeding East on Friday night encounter ed, some five miles below Morganton, a washout destroying over a hundred lineal feet of high embankment at Ber ry's mill the damage said to have arisen at this point from the effects of pond- inir tho water tor tne mm. A. nan oi mile or so below occurred a similar dis aster, and employees of the road say that it will be some days Detore tne broken road is open to the passage oi train. NO INTERRUPTION TO TRAVEL. But there will be no interruption of travel. Mail and passenger trains run regularly on both sides, passengers an i baggage being transferred with little ioconvenience or delay, ine wasnouis were discovered and reported before the approach of the trains from either direc tion, and there was no injury to passen gers or damage of property whatever. large force wa3 promptly set to woric repairing damages, and the road will be restored at tbe earliest possible mo ment. TUJi OJiH" IIEIAY 8UFFEKED. Mails and passengers coming this way will have no delay, but for Raleigh and other eastern points there will be a necessary delay of twenty-four hours. The break is eight miles west of Salis bury, and it will be impossible to make the 6 a. m. connection at Salisbury with the Raleigh mail, and keep up the mid night Salisbury cennection westward. The freight and accommodation train was also caught on this end. Nerved 11 1 m Right. A bluff and hearty sea-captain from San Francisco had last week tne su preme satisfaction of resenting a gross insult tos young lady who' ivas travel Hfi in the same car. She-had taken an express train at Chicago, and had be gun alone a long journey to ingiana sickness. When the train reached via. rfvr ion itiiu uu hv Pittsburg, a coarse-graineo oruw en- terad the car. and being strucit uy uj beauty of the girl, dumpea ninueii m th M&t behind her. Leaning forward, he attempted to engage her in conversa tion, but received no reply to his ques tions,: and as he persisted in them, she appeared deeply mortified and her face flushed scarlet at hla insulting ad dresses. Finding mat sne wgm - reply, he followed up nis ruue auvmo by crowding into the seat beside her, despite her protest that she was fatigued and preferred, to ride alone. At this point, the sea-captain, who had been quietly observing the fellow, approached and invited the lady to his seat, which she gratefully accepted. At Altoona, the young lady's persecutor stepped from the train, and as he reached the platform he was confronted by the cap tain with the remark that he had a wife and sister who might be travelling alone and subject to tne insults of such a man ; the captain thereupon dealt) him a powerful blow in the face, felling him to the platform, and cutting him badly below tbe left eye. The passengers in quired excitedly the canse of the asaaulc, and the captain briefly explained that he was resenting ah insult to a young lady. The stranger rose quickly, and while drawing a pistol was struck again and knocked to the ground, and upon rising received several terrible blows in the face. An officer finally interfered, but upon learning the cause of attack made no attempt to arrest the assailant. CATAWBA COUNTY. 1 Cpoiaiiasioiter.iroLk'a Address at Hickory The Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge. Correspondence of the News. Hickory, Aug. 31. Our town has not been so crowded this season that events unusual could pass unnoticed. Since the meeting of the Press Association and the excite ment over the summer election there was little else than the rounds of en joyment with the young and gay till the coming of Col. Polk, Commissioner oi Agriculture, on tne 5atn. me no tice of his coming was not much known, yet a respectable number of our far mers assembled to hear him. They were deservedly complimented by the Commissioner on their success in the noblest of sciences and many advan tages held to view as inducements to united and persistent efforts. Agricul tural orators and writers have labored for years to create the impression among young gentlemen that manual labor, and especially farm labor, is not degrading, and we have some living evidence their labors have not neeninvam. -A young gentleman, a "worthy son of an honored sire," one of the noblest and best families of the Cape Fear region is seeking a place with some Catawba farmer to learn how to farm. Says he wants to buy a tarm alter ne has learned how to man age it. What an example this young man is setting to his brethren, the youths ot our good old state. Let us hope many will follow and be benefitted by it. CHESTER ANDLEXOIR GAUGE Our town was again enlivened on the 29th by a visit from Mr. Hardee, Pres ident of the C. & L. N. G. Railroad. It is now a settled fact this road will be completed at no distant day. The grad ing is finished to Newton. The force is now working from Lenoir towards this place, which will be reached by winter, leaving only the space of ten miles between Hickory and Newton to be graded by our town by the time the iron is laid op to Newton We have strong hopes from the new administration. The efforts of the ex- President to put the road in hands of a Receiver, has proven fruitless to him The suits now pending in South Caro lina about the bonds of Chester and York counties, are supposed by all soon to be decided in favor of the Company, which will place it in a very healthy condition and insure the progress of the work in extending the track towards Lenoir. The whole line is about one hundred and ten miles. They have fifty miles completed and equipped, and some thirty or forty miles more graded. The convicts are well cared for, work well and seem as well contented as could be expected under the circum stances. If nothing prevents, they will soon finish the grading of the C. & L. N. G. Railroad and be turned over to our Watauga and Caldwell friends, and we may soon hope to see the little iron horse taking his loads of South Caro lina cotton tojpur mountain factories, and returning with loads of potatoes, cabbage and buckwheat flour to feed the hungry cotton planters oi the South. So mote it be, M. Mother Goose Altered, "fiaa, baa, black theep, have you any wool? Tes, dear sirs, three bags lull ; Tho' none for "Moses" and none for MJo," But all for our own man 'twill be sure to go?" "Hey diddle, diddle, "old Jo" took the fiddle And "Moses" Jumped high as the moon; The niggers all laughed to see such rare sport But the Dems ran away ivilh the spoon !" "Our Moses had a little wish To Congress for to go, And everywhere that Bledsoe went He let tbe darkies know. It followed him wher'er he weut, He told It down in Nash, It made the people loudly laugh To see the man so rash. What makes bim love tbe people so, All the neighbors cry? It Is "cause Moses wants the grub. And that's the reason why !" An Undeniable Truth. Y'ou deserve to suffer, and if you o misarahla iinRnt".idfa.rfnrv liffl in this beautiful world, it is entirely your own fault and there is only one excuse for you, your unreasonable prejudice and skepticism, which has killed thou sands. Personal knowledge and com mon sense reasoning will soon show you that Green's August Flower will cure you of Liver Complaint, or Dyspepsia, with all its miserable effects, suoh as sick headache, palpitation of the heart, sour stomach, habitual costiveness, dizziness of the head, nervous prostra tion, low spirits, &c. Its sales now reach every town on the Western Con tinent and not a druggist but will tell you of its wonderful curee. You can buy a sample bottle for ten cents. Three doses will relieve you. augl4dawlyeow A lesideratum. The good fanner is always a connois seur in the matter of seeds. He is al ways aware of the advantages of secur ing such as by their appearance give full promise of , pro dncing the- best results as a crop. About none is he mora particular than as to oats. At the store of M. T. Nor ris & Co., there have just been received 200 bushels of the finest seed winter oats ever seen in this market. The firm also has on sale a quant ty or rust- attentiop of farmers generally. prooi ow, r" ;,Tr i Gen. Howard was not the founder of the Howard association, which takes care of the poor negroes who have the yellow fever. He founded the society which took care of the poor negroes' money. SEPTEMBER 3, 1878. THE WESTERN NORTH CAR OL1NA RAILROAD. Ureal and Iifllcult Work of Crossing the Rlue Ridge--- auHneis,i-utsand JLand-Slides A Task ror the Times Steep Winding Way to the Sky, Wonders or American Kogin- eenpg-rrogress oi tne Work. Stall Correspondence of the News, ! Ou Fort, August 30, 1878. i Tbe public patience has been well tried over this great State woik, one of the most important links in our system; of internal improvements. But at last it is about to cross tbe line of the Blue Ridge. The mountain work is rapidly approaching completion. Work on the shorter tunnels and the intervening cuts and. fills is nearly done, the road-bed pretty well leveled up, and, without un usual land-sliding in the deep cuts, six to eight weeks more will bring the iron track to the mouth of the Swanoanoa tunnel, under the crest of the Blue Ridge. That work is also progressing to completion, but of late has been seriously impeded by the Jailing earth through which it is made, the diggers having gotten through the rock forma tion to encounter the more objectiona ble earth excavating. Now they muft timber as they go, where, before, the solid rock, when cut through, consti tutedTlts own supporting arches. The timber supports will give place to stone or brick masonry before the road is open to safe and permanent traffick. With all the precautions of timber sup ports, the trouble and annoyance of caving cannot be entirely averted, for only a tew days ago a portion of the tunnel work at the Western approach caved in, involving additional labor and causing delay to the progress of the work. But without much unforeseen trouble, the track will be through this tunnel,' and four or five miles on toward Asheville by January. A HERCULEAN TASK. mis nanroao, now measuring one hundred and twenty-five miles of track, is nearly a quarter of a century old They who projected it never would have undertaken the work could they have appreciated its magnitude and the al most insuperable difficulties in the way. The trouble with the public is that the work of building the Western North Carolina Railroad has never been un derstood and can never be appreciated by the people. No written description conveys an adequate idea of it. A map would go far to illustrate it, but one must walk over the route and take in the topography of the country, pass through the deep cuts and over the im mense rills, to approximate the magni tude ot what has oeen accomplished by engineering skill and manual labor. And one viewing this work, to get an idea of its immensity, must see a beau tiful cut through a great hill suddenly spoiled by a land -slide coming tumbling into it, loosening several acres of earth on the hill sides above, necessitating not only the removal of another cut full of dirt, but the volume of loosened earth above which comes creeping down as fast as the laborers remove it at the foot. These land-slides have seriously impeded tbe progress of the road buil ders, and for a long time after . the completion oi tne road win tail in, en tail expense and interfere with traffick. Mud tunnel, so-called from its being all earth, fell in after it was through, necessitating one of the great est cuts in the world. Mud cut filled as above described, and a convict force ot sappers and mm ere nave ior several weeks oeen repair ing similar damage at the mouth of Licklog tunnel. There is no means of estimating the quantity of earth that has fallen into completed work between Henry and the Swannonoa tunnei, a distance of eight miles, but it would be found to be equal to a large propor tion of what was originally estimated as necessary to move. Mud tunnel, which fell, in loosening a mountain of earth above it, was over a hundred yards long. STEEP, WINDING WAY TO THE SKY. Without being precise to the foot and inch, Old Fort is twelve hundred and fifty feet above the level of the sea. At Henry, only three miles, the railroad track is fifteen hundred, and at the mouth of the Swannanoa tunnel, eight miles from Henry, the track is twenty four hundred feet above the sea level It is but three miles from Henry, up the stage road, to the Swannanoa Gap, the summit of the Blue Ridge, but the railroad has to take a tortuous way through the mountain fastnesses to make the nine hundred feet rise, and if it did no' dash through the Ridge a hundred and fifty feet under its crest, tne grade would be tnat mucn nearer heaven for the eight miles of the aver age of one hundred and twelve feet Walking over this portion of the road, a slight stretch of the imagination con verts the cross-ties into stair-steps leading toward the skies. The general direction of the road from Henry to the Swannanoa Gap would deenbe a short, broad, square-toed shoe sole, the space from Henry to the Gap standing for the toe, the heel planted back in the moun tains : but the line at Round Knob,- as it circles that mountain, doubles on itself, describing the letter S. This piece of work, in engineering skill, is not surpassed in .North America, and bv substituting the S route for a line indicated in the original survey, is dis pensed with a proposed bridge of two hundred and forty feet height. A more particular description of this poition of the road can be better understood trom a map which is being prepared for the News, and which will illustrate the line from Henry to the Swannanoa, showing the tunnels and more importr ant cuts, aqueducts, trestles and fills, Mill Creek alone being crossed as many as twelve times from Old Fort to where the track i at present laid, four and a half miles beyond Henry Station. THE TUNNEL8. In round numbers there are thirty five hundred lineal feet of tunnel work on the Western North Carolina Rail road, besides the fallen Mud Tunnel, which was three hundred and fifty more- These tunnels are Point tunnel, Lick Log, High Ridge, Burgin and Swannanoa, five in all, and day light has peeped through them all, save the last, and two hun dred lineal feet more of excavation will complete the tunnel work on the road. But don't let any more of your writers reach Asheville by January. Six mouths later will be plenty fast, for the next Legislature must place a heavy force at the Tennessee line and bring the road on this way, and thereby sooner close the gap in our great Western connec tions. - - " - King Cotton. New Orleans Democrat. The telegraph has told us much of the triumph of America at the Psri$ Exposition, of the victories achieved there by her inventions, her machinery, her engines, etc., but scarcely a word has been said on the point of how America, compared with the rest of the world in her greatest product, her chief strength and wealth cotton. Of all the vegetable kingdom, cotton ranks first in importance at the Exposition it has clearly shown there its superior lty proved that it is still " King Cot- ion, mere are more specimens of it on exhibition than of any other agricul tural product ; there is cotton from Egypt, from Brazil, the Fiji Islands, Greece, naiy, ludia, Umna, Gui ua, beoegal, Mexico, the Cape of Good Hope, and a score of other countries. iub Xixposiuon, mereiore, lurmsnes a fine field for studying the cottons of all tnese countries and comparing their vari ous merits and advantages; and this study will clearly show that no quar ter or tbe globe can even compete sue- f ..11 l i ' it . , i . uesbi uuy wiin me coutuern states id raising good and cheap cotton. Euro pean cotton is scarcely woith consider ation; it can never be grown profitably. A few thousand bales are, it is true, raised in Greece and Italy, but the sea sons in these countries are too short for the proper development of the cotton, and hence it is of an inferior quality. Algeria, just opposite Italy, offers great advantages to cotton-growers, coupled, nowever, witn disadvantages tuat pre vent tne successful cultivation of this article .there Labor in Algeria is ex cessively dear, and very uncertain ; the native grasses and weeds, moreover, are ot peculiarly stronsr aud ramd growth and a fatal enemy to the cotton plant. The Algerian cotton-growers nave lougnt in tuese weeds tor years in vain; the weeds have finally tri umphed, and thousands of acres of land that were cultivated in cotton only fif teen years ago are now given over alto gether to couch eras?. The cottou raised in Asia is all of an iuferior quali t.y. The fibre of that raised in the East Indies is coarse, short and weak; it is our principal competitor as far as quantity is concerned, chiefly used to work up with good American cottOD ; mueeu wituout America 1 cottoa as a basis, there would be little of any, de mand for the Indian product in Eug land. The Chinese cotton is but little better; there i?, moreover, little likelihood of its ever finding its !way to Europe, as all that can be raised in the Celestial Empire is needed at home or iu Japan. In fact, the Paris Exposition has demonstrated the fact that it is impossible to grow good cot ton anywhere in the southern part of Asia, which it was at one time predicted would supply the world with this staple ;lne temporary success of Indian cotton cultivation was due to the hih prices born ot the war, to the aid of English capital and the cheapness of labor in India. In Senegal and the Cape of Good xiope so finaii an amount ot cotton: ir T T 1 so , . : . " cultivated that it is impossible to teli whether it can be produced there cheap enough. The cotton plant grows wild bn the western coast ot Africa, but no efforts have been made in any of the numerous English settlements on this coast to go into cotton raising to any extent. The Sea Island cotton, raised in the Fijis, js another English failure. The cotton plant grows well in. these islands, and the fibre is nearly as long as the best American, but mixed with short fibres that are lost in spiuning, an insuperable objection to its use, and the cause of its low value. Thus it seems that America is the only portion of the world where good cotton can be raised cheap. JNortu or South America seem both equally well adapted to this staple. The chief American countries engaged in cotton raising are Brazil, Mexico, Guiana and the Southern States. In view of the fact that more care is taken here in the cultivation of cotton that our labor is better and surer, and that the gov ernment is not subject to frequent changes, as in Mexico, there seems to be no reason why we should fear that any bpanish-Amencan republic or English negro settlement can compete with us cotton raising. Such is most valuable lesson that the Paris Exposi tion teaches. Movements of Cotton in llal- eigh. Receipts for week ending Au- gust 30, 1878 71 bales. Receipts for Saturday, Au gust 31, 1878. 19 " Receipts for same week.last year. 139 Decrease iu receipts for week this year, bS " -Whole receipts since 1st Sept. 1877 io 31st Aug. 1878 45,318 " Whole receipts from 1st Sep tember, 1876, to 31st Aug., 1877. s 44, 274 Inorease in receipts this year to date. 1.U44 Receipts for year ending August 31, 1874, 25,892 bales, market closing at 13 l-4c. Receipts far year ending August 31, 1875. 35.032 bales " market closing at 11c, Receipts for year ending August 31, 1876. 39.774 bales, market closing at 11 l-4c. Receipts for year ending August 31, 1877. 44.274 bales, market closing at 10 1-2 c. Receipts for year ending August 31, 1878, 45,318 bales, market closing at 11c. Above are given the comparative cot ton receipts in this market for the past week, and also lor tne past year, ine receipts for the past five years are also . v. V - 'II 1 A eiven. irom wnicn it win do seen mat they have nearly doubled in tnat time. This is very gratitying. and tnere is reason to believe that with the increased facilities for doing the cotton business in this market, and the quick and cer tain transportation afforded by the rail roads, that the receipts will yet largely increase. The grade ot cotton nre nas been greatly improved by the free use of fertilizers and the improved condi tion of cotton lands. The growing crop of cotton is a large one, and it is gener ally thought will reach 4,800,000 to 5,000,000 bales, but if so large even as these figures, it will-all be needed. So all may hope for an active market dur ing the coming year. At Cost for Thirty Days. In order to reduce our stoclc and make room for Fall stock we will sell fine walnut dressing, case suits, parlor suits, side-boards and hat lacks at; cost for thirty days. Persons buying and paying the cash we will keep furniture in store until October 1st. Now is the time to get bargains, we mean business. Ca and examine for yourselves. W", H. Morris & Co. $5.00 PER ANN DM Sales at ICeams Warehouse, Durham. W C August 29, 1H7&. J A. McCauley, of Alamance county sold 10, 738108., 4784Ibs. of this sold for &5169.54, averaging $45 35, and this araouut is less t han half Mr. McCauley'a crop, when the other half is heard from Mr McCauley will certainly be elec ted; as all other farmers will be, that carriy good tobacco to Reams' Ware house James A. Crews, of Granville county, averaged for four grades $42, -21. Wm. A. Bobbrtt, of the same countv. aver aged for three grades $47,78. W. L. Al len, of Person county, averaged for four grades $54 2G. Farmers rememlr Reams' is still trettiuir un. nnrl ricrh along on the average, and you all know that is what puts tho greenbacks iu you rpockets. Fine Wrappers and Fancy Smokers in good demand at Reams' Warehouir, at paying prices. (Jail and see Reams. Fall Wheat. Agriculturists sre always in doubt as to Vrtiether wheat planted in the fall urPluS jrioiufi too gi-earr results. Iu. this climate and soil, with Drooer at tention, fall wheat produces a good yield. In this ease, however, mnnli depends upon the fertilizer used, and this is an almost paramount consideia- tion. lAmong tbe various fertilizers on sale, the Arlington guano has been proved by use to b the mast suitab'e for fall wheat. This excellent fer .ili- zftr is on sale at tho store of Cooke tfe Wainiight, Mai tin, between Wilniim- tou and Blount streets. Partnership. Having withdrawn from the late firm of Barbeo & Latta. I have associated myself in business with Hand it I5arlee, wholesale grocers and commission mer chants, and take this occasion to return thanks to my old friends and custoineis for their past liberal lvttrouage. and hope to see them at my new place of business. Respectfull v. E. IS. Rakhkk. The style of the firm will be Rami it Bar bee Bros. Raleigh, N. C, August 23, 187S. if To CarnenterN aud HuildeiN. If you are needing anything in the way of edge tools or builders hardware. of any kind, we would advise you to call at J. C. Brewster's hardware house. where you can tiud a splendid stock of goods in this line, and at prices to suit the scarcity of monoy. All tools sold are fully warranted. Ho will contract for roofing at prices which will enable you to put in your bids (where there is any tin work to be dene) lower than ever, giving you an opportunity to use tin in place of shingles. He uses nothing except the best ma terial. J. C. Brewstkil Holleman Building. Lumsden's is the place to buy your stoves. He sells them on time, if you haven't the money. So none need be without a cook stove. His "Old North State " took the premium at last State Fair as being the best wood cook stove on exhibition. Tin ware, wood ware, and a complete stock of house furnish ing goods at Lumsden's. Powder, shot, caps and wads ; also., gun work iu all branches, at Lumsden's. While a Mr. Lancaster, of Batlo- boro, N. C, was filling a lamp with kerosene, it exploded," filling the room with flame. The house was only saved with great exertions. Raleigh Daily News. ratt s Astral Oil is safe under all cir cumstances. Burns in any lamp. Julius Lewis & Co., Sole Agents, Raleigh, N. C. At Prime Cost. Ou account of removal and change of bnsiness I will sell my large stock of boots and shoes at prime cost for cash. I offer shoes cheaper than they have ever been sua at waieign. uau anu examine. lmo . D. Oettinger. Ninety-eight new Home Sewing Ma chines sold from J. L. Stone s ofnoe during the last four moDths. This shows business for the hard times. Mr. Myatt keeps at all times a full ine of sugar, coffee, flour, meal, corn, meat, &c, &c, and cordially invites his friends to call and examine his stock for themselves. He sells invariably "as low as the lowest." Gall on him. If you want to try cne of Woollcotts telephone shirts, send 74 cents, 65 cents for the shirt and 9 cents for postage. Adress W. Woollcott, Open rront Store, Wilmington street, Raleigh, -N. C- If you buy one you are sure to order more: Tombstones at Cost, Parties wishing tombstones of any description will find it their interest to to call and examine Mr. John Cavton n larcre and varied selection. He will sell at cost for the next thirty days. Now is the time to secure bargains. Marble hard just below Harps carriage factory Stop While in Kalefgh at the W aller floue. This house is situated in the most pleasant part of the city, on Hillhboro Street, within one block of the Capitol. Rates, $ 1 50 per day. 'Special terms to those remaining longer than one wei k. Good Living. a carefully selected and With well kept up stock of first-class family gr pre pared to who appre- ceries, l am at an umes offer good living to those ciate the luxury of f esh family gro- fvris at. f.he lowest cash prices. J. .1 Pritchard, Jr., comer BaiiflDury anu Hillsboro Streets. Apply early this morning to A.t. Sanders & Co., for mullets. They havo iust received a fresh and fat lot, and ... .1 T-V f : 1 . il will sell them to-day. lt.m i i.-ui to eau or send your orders. 'EW assortment. Those elegant EMBROIDERIES arrived to-day, at Petty & Jones Mr. Reams, of Duiham. J. u., oa hnat of having made the higuesi aver age ou tobacco of any other warehouse m Noith Carolina or Virginia, during the year 1878. Those Having n io u bacco to sell will remember and bo com- vinced that Reams' warenouuo u place to sell.
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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