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Y 'HE JNews ALEIGH itt vl U: at ' ma V0LXV.-8:. RALEIGH, N. C, SUNDAY MORXING, JUXE 8, 1879. S5.00 PER ANNUM THE KELLOGG CASE. litl. . AFriltIT A1TOTIIK RRinr.KY M ATTF.R. lit OHala 1 fwhn of Ihr l.on l lfUUInrv Kb ere I ate! Tfcielr Privilege. V MltTN. June 7. The Nii- Cominitte on Privilege and Kle,-ti.-t.s resumed thei lamination of vit i m the SitTonl-Kl hgg ce. first w itne.s examine. w. is V;!!iim Johum v i mulatto;, W ho t i litem!, from K. id- parish of the I -vrtslalu re that ele-te.l Kell,-g. An rrV1.vit w.s ihown the witne pur j -voting t have i 1 1 igiitsl bv tii)"ii l-efore Judge Pussoti. in m hielt ho t:- that '-in it h wh was .ificrw.ir l c die tor of New ('rlrai.' throw an i fivflo, in his desk. . led. mil that he .q-eried it tanJ found It to eontaitt money; ato, that metnler- had Is-en ttrel from f JJ to S-i."o fur their v.w, and UiAl ral who had ln promis-! bad jfot nothing, ami thai he hiii. l'if ?- fr voting for Kell.vg- The i'it-r denied the signature a;il iJv of de affidavit being in his hand J writing. Tli wltnesa h.vl previously I 'in- -i t?u4l he Ita-l rt"nel any money ; f. ..tnc ir K-l!ofc'rf. The ailiiUit nail In- usl to -oii(r-llct hmi. s-:.-v testihe-l to in k in r!).lu it ;ri ' N k HflMin at the oiicrfot ion of Ward. ' a -'trig for -of!or-l. in w hi-h ho alleged i att'Min to t hriry for voting for Kel- ' l-Vg". wit n.-. .li t ti f.r Kellogg, but i,. irr r viul 4ii( uiotni; aHi-ritar-l .:;. n-M-l .." f..r him4-lf anl ' lit ii!i-,;iu-'. The uiontv i-mii-?" in l;.iwrt n. I hum rut ! -n.ilor. tu'"Uk'ii liio. iv .:l; i-oftor! h-l ' ii tfnt ott- to elit-t h;m l-fori lf t -v til h' lift-it -r !-ntv i-niii r.i.h- iht !i t it t'n-. riT'l tn nt u il j thl florl .iii!rt1-7y ll-ul-1 1 - at u. : n lr'" o.i hi unliT lo.iol .tnv il in "..-sfi it'irti'ii t" Ui tit!-; 'nliu hs.! tn'o'r Ivf'Tf -'ii thf alll- tif l.f.,ri- tlv- -oiii in it ii-w ft . i:ii'I I v! nrv. H' hi-, n.iiiit- I ' I , ir 1 . t.iiin to tii ranal'toii . .r I! In I i. . of 1 r I in I. lur'i ''. ii.-i- I'iciit i'siI thf afti'l.t x it in - !!! .'in' t:inl !v li--I -x . I'hl i-m t ftore r iiiHiritr-itf. "I 'i -.it i Murr4V h ret-nllfl. -ln! : tlr.t lei.w to!'l h;m tif?'-n niin-ute- ; ..re k.-o'nj' ..n flt : m ! tli.it In i'i: I . e.ir . I rti I. the .it!:. I it. 4 otire. v H t n- r J u iic . lloit.. Tlie IK- : ! in jiiinuttet ..f liic t.tU oil :h-. i.i uiKii.: . II.: i.:..il a,iroiri.i- 1 1 .ii : - i i -t r irtn ei t. The !ill the ri'ili.tlne lo- -l- I u l I'V -- tl l- lll-l Keit-r o!ferel a- a -ul-titute r-.r : tore 1 1 in .iii.i i.-Jii' nt ai t'roiria- iii ,.. I:! ! .1. to f i in. cili t llV'to- appr.p ri.i:-l ? i.k'...n ;.r ia uo-nt l.-i ter-.-.trrier- f.-r the riu-.tl year ii. I- iii June. !-.-. ainl i7i',i I r the men, of iihTi.iv'J i.t.-tri.-- of U-tter-i-i'rifr for the h-nl year eiulini; J une. l-7'. Mr. l'o move ! I. tin ren-e the aj-profriatioii from J.'.V'.,iU to fll.i.iim. .o. n-- on eii-ue.1, after w hu h Mr. I o' motion a- :rc--l to, ami after iiit' f -rth. r .h-'-iinoii tl.e .-.miiiiil-tj a-. ami tin- hill .. re -orte.! t tl. ll--'i--. Mr. Ketfer s.ih-titute aa aint-n.le! I Mr. i'x' amen Jinent w a ojt . "lhe I til w a. then p.t--sl. an.f the loiic .i.l.miriii-1. Ion ei Hrnr -a of a I..M-., June 7. -Tht I'nllure. -t illt, refc; rin ; to the f.tilute t lav i! tuart A to.. of cr; vol. : Ilojt" are eliter- taine-i ttiat the firm of Man.he-ter haiiKer- which thoilkrht to I in oitl in the I ierHMl failure, will oo af'e J'.. e--ap- ?uiien-ion. i'.a Iartfi-! re.!t:.ir hav in vtrrance-l h take up hit hiila. .tie! .--if.tn.- from other hanka ii h-iii e te I. Hu! the tfrailual lujui latvon of the hanking firm -an hardly ! aertel. The imii-w of the llf?ici"lltle- I) l k up of c.lj it.il. Mi l r. i- n.t prohahlu Ih it e-n ;i. the or-l ee;it til.- liiitter will hate i In - r Ian t t-rin.x in ii. i- in I on lot., I.i, l in M.ui -f. t.-r t.iher faiiuit- are ex -. t - I to foll .w. an I it i tii l tht H.r Iri-h eim&r.iii: w ho are in the h.!.it of -en-i-itHf nioticv to th- ir tiietel- at home, will t h. a y -.if!.-rei h tfie l.ixcr I I f.niure. KtBftMt.rllan .iiliv. June 7 . affairs. A ! -pal'-h from oi.-tant uioi it- to lit. liter i ew ' ram A tCelvev -avs th' ' em inelil fiaa lli forme.1 the" 1'owrr- that the refusal -f Aleka I'd-ha. iimi'ii r of Uoumeiia, to wear the .'r. w as a lolatiou of I he en -Kdt-ellirlit l4'l it II liilli Hli'l thw I'orte. ILi- iluoriiiuriit will wait until lla.-l Hoiiii'iii.i i- t-v a. u.itei!, when it will uuilnon Aitka 1'a-iia to wtar the fe and ho:t the Turki-h flair. If the de mand is not complied with the I'orte will rt-nue-st the Powers t sanction eka removal, hh.1 would stint a IxJv of Turki-h troo'is to iss-iijiv the Kalkans. seere Hlorm it tauatla. Kixoi skv. T. June 7. A severe storm tniii the northeast ' in ;t ten i. dock Usi niifht, hlowmsr :-. iinle an hour. At tie o'clock tins iiiormm; it hlt-w uiilt-s. The s-iixiii-i s Marie. I. lice. -diamrocK , sva-.-mers l.iMMiri' and '--.ii lavis drifted a.-hoie herft. Thewliarf is hatli r. i A huiMni.es were I h.wn down and ,rn.s!away. The rolled into the streets wa.-hint' awav s.ie- air.. .. an. i io . : - . i. i.r i . l..,w. i . atreWtl with wrtsktsi tH4t. Ac. The iitriitnousc on o- - . u .l.i 1 awav. and tte rauroan track lorn up- " " n1 i, ,lHt'n'' llonse (oinnilll- Bualneaa, Was.iinoTon. June 7. Th House ronimitt- met to..l.y. hut did not con-Cud- consideration of the i.r.,j .: -lion hills. A meeting will " 1 Mondav. when it i- expecte.1 that the legislative hul w ill W cmpUt.sl and rei-.rted to the I loll. for .ass.t-0. N" cutest w ,11 arise on this bill, as no J.o-liln-al nii'.i-iiti'.irf attached to it. I'hairu.m -;irks. of the House Mili tary omiinllee. as his committee villi r.oi lake action 'on the Kiln John I'oitt-r case at this session. "EarlT Samts Ki Rlilni" nl llealttiy. N. M-. June 7. Wtslnes- dav niKht nt I LVit-, the Itali.ni. who last fall, inurdertsl a Kreiichma'i and w ho w a- - ...I . Mexican woman. to hangexl hul ule- ..ueiitlv alh.exi trial, and the Mexican, who..,. WtHlneaday murdeie. a man were taken fmmja. and hatured 7 " . .. i: , r hv t itirens. The 111 llltJ I'""!! . belies were atill hvngliiC veslerdav morning. Km .t lb wen -.strike is alKut ended. Un of the steau, sh. i. coin,ni. "" to tv weekly wa-e. nd ti -trlkers show" a disse.itnm to afept. Arreste for I'erjaary. W v-niio. I. .. Juneti - Jos4 ' J Johnson, one of the witnesiiea in sup- i.nt of Kr loire'i ca-e. wm to-ly ar- wlth exuiiinUting fr- jury bv swearing f.tUcly lefore the al t oiiitnilf ee; ainom other things that In- did ! .li t.i i single line r wnnl in the affidavit .tiered in the ov i- ll.Mlcc l.cfoe thill l-olllllllltc'. I Ire and lAfm f IMfe 1(1. 1 Xu iwa, June Hi ;.-The ! ,i w ren vi it-nli to hum' iitriet I I- II.hihi- w ill-'. i . vl hy ti i e v. The inu"t." neri" fiip?llf t it-, r i from the uj-pi-r v I.i.It. '. y. Kean. tx- ..n.liKtor on thf Mit-hiu'an ' Ciitr.nl i I'ailro(il. IVII from the lo irtli niry to the iloA.tlk. ntji inj fnl-il injii rit-H. ,-. Ji.".i". Tin- luiil-Iiiii; w.ih injured for hal'. Ieih l:t flntlf. ) 1-Iil. .'dill t4ltllV M-'. 1 1 i.i y . J. me 7. Sorr-i iro.-.tiJj in ll lifx lo-.i.iv mrr th h:th ot Mr. teor.Ce V. Owen, will -I; on-line! at 4.2ii 1 1. m. Mr. Owon wit-, one ofthtj mott promiiii'iit iiii-K !i. nits oj lliilifix. He t.ua much 1-ttet-me.i hih! haJ a w i U- cm li' of fri'iil anJ rf iHtive?. II i.i t AX. 1 ikt Koreal Colleife wuiBif nfiurnl. t"orrt-oii!rin-f if the Nr. WaKK KoKKsr .t.KHK. June 7. Our tVtiniiienciiient mi lire Tbunwlav, Hie 4th instant. The wrmnii to tl tr m' a hiKt rlaa will i pra.irheI on Tiiei.ty- evening lv Kev. John A. itroa.tiiH. I. It., of I-ouiville. Ken-t'K-Wv. The ahlretM to the I.iterMry So-ictieH will lx dolivere.1 on We Incs- l.iv mi II u rliick, hy Hon. M. W. Rui biii. of the rnitw-l States Sonate. On the Mine il.iv. in the afternoon, Memo ri .1 t tire' a in oumieinoration of the lile mm vtmcts of Ir. W I n tf.il . late i'rt-Hi.li iil ol the ( 'olle .e, w ill lx iloliv ere l hy I'.e.. F. II. Ivey an I Ke . J. I. liiiifham. 1. utnl the I orner-Stoiie of the nitrate Memorial Imihlint; will I Ui'l. Kev. It. H. N.ivae ill ih-Iiver i he Aiiiiuu! Ail.ln it iiiirht. Thui' il.tv will ! oet-tipietl with the- xerviie of the i;r:'lua!iiii; -l.--. The rnilnj-ul authorities throihont the State !i i k;ti.i .-oiixeiite.1 to i-on-v.-v vioilon over their io:i.h ut hIhhiI h.tif f.ire. :t!i i then ticket" will he j'.mm! from Nh'te!.l '.'ill t- oio:iy the 1 t It m-'i.ii t-. Your ti ul , W. i. . Rev. A. I 'orrl-lot.ll'.l-, IHion In llallf. r : li.- N. . . II .!.!!' A . June .. th.it .tn thine -Hr- up t of our oil I liiu ii 41 in u- 1 1 of the Ke .A.I'. In ou It ti ue. I, ii roil: 1 1 everul : hi -e Hcrinon- a tiny, cm -.iv. that e:t -h an-1 aorki'tl inoHt etlect i e It i-. -el , n it- lile an. I hope the M i a'-hlllT w inch h:iH eoli x eek-. t wo and Aini I think 1 e cry -rmo 1 ;mv1 iii-oii this cx iniiiiiiiity. I atteii'le.t nearly every ?M-ri"e, ainl ne er h i it he.-u in" plea sure to -ii'o i.e.iriii t!1'- oi-l ofliotl iri-v- An.! 1 Id-i.i-ve the w ho e com li: u 1 1 . ' v. hjv w hnli', hot-an-t- l'0r!v evei v o: e that ttnihl af.eiitl as closely as I tli.l w ill iy the -aim- n reu.inl- thrniel e-. The ohle-t iiilivihitfint- -ay that never m.in prt-.i. he.l like thi- man in thin tort ii. He i- umlouhte )!- an al.le ami it:.le.aticahle t-tcht-r of the Won'. In l;-leiiin to him. one coul l .nliuo-t ini njinethtl :lu-x w'-an ht lrin the Won! J.rca- he I hy .ln'i:: tin i'. i;.:i!. There l- onlv -iic m mi.t i n hi-, the Baptist, chun-h in th:- place, hut -till every tune he pr.a. hel the church was fuil of fieiri-r-. uii! th- cniinous silence he infi -ei r n.in 'c.l one with trein 'liuv rp-:"ehv.i-i'n-of the coming end of .til thl'iiT- e irtlllv. Mr. 1'ixon l- a tine ..kinu man. inl wcc:.r i oil 1 v t w en" y-f. -u r vevli-ol.l. lit ili.l c 1 iiel li-tiirj- work in our mi'lM. He i- not a man to tir up the fvtnaticnl fe-lnnr that oritrinateM in reli gions excitement ainl dies out in a l. ithim: of ihe true Word, lie inspires nwi- and reverence, ami carries one iliiily and delilierntely ta the cross, lie makes ns know the truth of those lines: "The vanity of all earthly pur suits ami what shadows we are, and what shadows we pursue.' In a few woid- he i- ininien-elT spular. '. The Nrbool Hook 4ue(lon. r..rrei,iitt-iice of the New. Nokiu dxtrroN Cot'NTV, June ".. I ohserve in yttir iue of the 4th at ar ticle on " The Select itu of Te xt Hooks '' w hi h is mischievous. I n the name of all that is ahsurd w hat has the personal exc'lleiice tf the author of a iMok mt lo tin with it-fitness for ue in schools ? I know nothing of the iite-. of the i uiv ei sity Seri," hut in common with many of our active teacher- 1 do know that some of tliem are not up to llie standard of excellence which now is ris-o.ni7.ed. i'hey were very Kod Ux.ks when tinl puhliahed, hut the past ten years have witnessed ureal atl vances in the movies of teaching, and these lolvsaie now only milt t-nr.i on the road of " educational proresa" v aluahie ihey may le a.s curiosiiiea, hut of no prat lical use. I also know, in common with others, that in calling this The l' niv er-ity Series,'" the pub lisher is tultv of i to put it mildly) "a surest ion of falsehood." He Would have the public infer as the author of the article to which I refer evidently thinks that these hooks are i-sued un der the sanction of "The I'uiversity of Virginia." Now the fact is that the I "ni versit v " has expres-ly denied this. Some of the profeaaors of the I'uiversity" honored names it is true in their private capaeity many v ears sine-, wrote aoine of these hooks and sold he co .y-rivzht to the ' t'niver aitv Tub all n ' 'onipany " M-eulIei. I -ii Mse they have now no in terest in the sale of the books, havine hiiia sim e parte! w ith the copy-right. The nrotit arising from tlie aaJes goes Ike " L"ainin"Vi..V-be- i'n. i 1 d. lo know w ho llieir vice-pies.o. and know ing tins i 11. .1 t do - desire to know no earnestly proteat more. " - . atrainst roiisKieraiiona oi mis SxinU any .weight in the see,. of teXt-tKXlKS IOT mil I"""" ... ..... i. -it -t the Nvoks themselves; mi MRii t a"-- . n scan their several menta and Hefts-ts and giv ns the it one om. "" ,, ,,e-e--sitv for t,,,.,.J all the bm.ks -some h.use may publish one If .treat excellence, w hile others of their issue may 1-e inferior, ls.k over the whole field, and take a good nok w herever yo.i find it. I confidently appeal M the teachers ot our State to stay w neinei I niveraity aeries IS Ol ucu sur- that it should le i. rising exeeuem-e Laken as a whole in our Vre not some of the series aiitiMuatod -bhin thetimesr " I tali on you. e-eiitleinen leachen.. for an expressioii of your v iew s. This is an i.iorUnt m.tter to you as well aa to the t-fuldieii of the State, and in it you are expert-s. You w ill have to use these tools in your dailv wo.k. I,ook to it that , you are . . . 1 . 1 i a j 1 rxn 1 d furnis he.i with the ik-si. in imijiiih" iilow tor w tor the cultiv ation ..i lauu n er thinks of asking " what manner of an it was who made this tool? x ...i tlvstion lol lanu w no ev carefully examint the tool itseir, sl...tA thA rnttP we think the lest. and How much more iniMrtAiit is u 10 no im aelecting a tool to cultivate the minds of our children 1! tientlemeii - of th il.Mrd of lUlu.-ation." to you is com mitted a most weighty trust. See that von discharge it without " tear, favor, or affection. Oto Tkachkk. It haa leen discovered that, when a St Ixuis girl bithea her feet in the Miw.stdl'P. t the big briiUe, there is no trouble In the largest venae! floating throntrh the jetties. Thia fortunate cir camsunrt will doubtless, insure Tapt. d getting an extra half-ndllio t from the Government. ,.-F ... - ... . .1.:.. ir. LETTER FROM JAPAN. IHJCRIFTIO. OK THE ISI..VSDS AU THE PEOPLE. I tie f lateral Malth-Cuatom ofth Inhabitant Farming and I.I ye fa t oe k A. General Review. Correspondence of the New. Naoasaki, Japan, May .", 1870. Re lieving that the readers of your valuable paper will take some interest in the de velopment and preaent condition of Ja pan, I jot down for you as succinctly a I can my impressions of this people. There are at least two directly oppo site w ays of looking at tao habits and customs of a foreign people. If a per son goes abroad with the belief that his own nation is perfect, or at least the very bet in every respect of any nation on earth, he w ill find very little to ap prove in the customs of foreigners; but, on the other hand, if he leaves home just a little "3red from any cause.it would not le strange if be found very much to admire. Almost every nation uiuat poa-seas both merits and faults pe culiar in a certain degree to itseif, and that traveler i9 most wise w ho can see merits w herevor they exist and w ho is not afraid to criticise wherev er criticism ia needed. IT I- nt"T A SHOUT TIMK since American readers have had a chance to know comparatively anything concerning the inhabitants of Japan, and even now tho letters of tourists sent to our newspapers from that coun try are very few and far lielweeii. The empire of Japan, now our next door neighlmr at the w est, consists of nearly four thou-and i-lauds, some half dozen only of vv hie h are of comparative im- (kii lance. Tho whole area oftheein- iro e.uals something near 17,Uh square miles, or three ai d a h ilf limes a.- large as New Kjigland. N'iphon, the largest island, is almut '0 miles lung, and in aoine iortioii.s, iMOmiU-s wide and extends through more than ten degrees of latitude, from iSl0 to 41 thus giving tho country a climate fa vorable to both animal and vegetable life. At Sapporo, the seat of the new agricultural college, the snow some times falls to the depth of two feet in winter, hut w hen the ground is once covered, there is no rain, ice, nor snow crust to interfere with travel. The mineral wealth of the empire is very j great, coal especially being very abun dant, w hile petroleum is found in liui i iied quantity. The people are both PATKIolli- AND ( Ot RAUKOl S, I and much hotter farmers than their an I oestors of a few centuries ago. They i have many peculiarities as a people, : particularly in their tastes for personal ! adornment. India ink is used very I freely hy everyldy for marking the ' sk in, the finest silk goods being inii i tatediulhe nake 1 sk i n, so t hat if a per son is clean, he a I ways ha- a clean d ress, and one, too, which never wears J out. In mechanical work, tho Japanese aro particularly handy, their paper be ing the verv best in the world, while thei r lacquered work is ad mired every- re. It is supposed that at the Cen- w here. tcnnial Kxhihitii.il at Philadelphia, the Japanese exhibitors sold fancy and use ful articles to the amount of nearly twenty million of francs. The Japanese sword is of superior excellence, and is frequently more costly than one's real estiiie. There are two kinds of swords carried almost constantly bv the better clvisse; the smaller for ordinary pro tection, the larger heavy enough to cut a man in two, from shoulder lo hip, with a single blow . The wearing oi word- is. however, becoming less fashionable since the government has taken measures to prevent it. l.'ntil within a few years, KVKHV HoV AT sHioI., as soon as he arrived at a certain age, w as allowed to w ear a small sword, anil when arriving at matin it y, w a.- entitled to the long one, also. The men, how ever, have very little use for their wea pons, because everybody minds his own business and thoroughly respects the rights of others. Karmcrs hold a high rank in society, even higher than mer chants. tJreat progress in educating the youth has been made within the past few years, the American system of public schooling being adopted throughout he nation, the schools beii g free to lth sexes. Animals have not been valued very highly in an agricultural point of view, sheep being neit her consumed for food, nor their wool worn in clothing, but a great change is being w rought in this respect. Not long since, 2.",(XH worth of sheep, cattle, and horses were import ted to Japan from California for one fiirni alone. Of course, this is a govern ment farm. The value of cows' milk as food, either in the form of milk, butter, or cheeso, has been hardly known till the Japaneso Kmbassy visited the Cni ted States a few years since. Govern ment officials seem to be very humble and economical in their habits. The taxes are fixed for six years in advance, tto that the people can know just how much money they will have to raise, and the government expendi ture are kept rigidly within tho ap propriations. Tho highest rulers, dis dain extravagance in dress or personal ornamentation, claiming truly that in these there is no dignity. lovcrninent ami . sre now levied at the rate of two thev ha, i,;i, formerly I from tift v to seventy percent. HWj Lone of the commonest virtues, no tsjlts or locks being useu upon .., ... the dwelling houses. The dwellings aro built oi bamboo, and are very simple and cheap struc- tures. cheap The furnishing is aiso c-. there being lew, if any. chairs a . 'I 1.1 ri a rr known in tho country, o- ....:,i imii few inches anoveiut .nr.... 1111DCI ...t ti.c nn.ii.li sit upon their heels ! while at dinner. Nearly all the women carry a small block of wood witu a soft side for a pillow, aim trvoi j takes A NAP IN TH K PAY TIME. Komi is poked into the mouth w ith ii .;,.iru f.-oo little hand basins. A 111 UN .'i' ' - On. first rate house can be built tor r ;t.,r costs nothing. Shoes and are worn on the street, but are always left - :.i uhon enterinir a dwelling. Dllll'iv ' - v l i j It read and meat are rarely eaten, boiled rice being the standard dish, and on this food the people are very tough and hard V. Men draw carriages in place of horw, and make a very handy team, as thev can attend to the getting of their ownd'innerattheend of the route It aaves harnessing and grooming. Two men can be hired to curry a traveler oie- it dav. for a cent a mile, and 11 II II ll I i - 1 board themselves. This is very cheap fare for a "pull'imn" car. Many things are eaten in Japan which we would hardly relish. The root of the common burdock is a common article of food as are also, the bulbs of tho tiger lily. Kruits are eaten green, teaches, pears, nnd apricots being in their prime when nearl grown, but w hile so they are a "our nanl, and unpalatable to an hu 'Jishman as a green w alnut. Melons are also oaten green, as we eat cucum bers The Japan orange, is the best fruit I have ever seen in any country. Tea is used by all classes, but there is a great difference in the value of differ ent grades. A few choice leaves sell at home as high as eight dollars per pound. Of course thequantity produced is very small. Alcoholic liquors are indulged in to some extent, but drunkenness is almost unknown, especially in public. Noisy carousals are among the things unheard of in Japan; everybody being polite and courteous as a'rule. Smo king is a universal custom, but the amount of tobacco used is very small, a pipe full making only three whiti's, and three pipes full being a regulation "smoke." Everybody smokes at a cer tain hour, w hen the factories stop and all work ceases. AT THK NINTH WH1FF work begins again, ami they mean business when they do work. No shirking or cheating, but the men run aa though life depended upon getting a certain amount of work done in a given time. All hands sleep at noon just where noon finds them. Children are brought up in a way that Americans would call queer. They are often tied together, a small one to the back of a larger one, w ho goes right on with its play or its sleeping, a.s though entirely independent of a charge, and the little one accepting the situation as a matter of course. Rooms are heated by burning char coal in open bowls in tlie center of the room, while ttie inmates neon tne lioor with their heads toward the bowl of coals. Soap is but little known, but the people bathe often and are really cleanly. They have had very little use for cattle or horses; a good pair of farm horses can bo bought for litillsare sometimes used for carrying burdens, and cows are kept forre.iring bulls, but beef eating ami beet killing are almost unknown. Hutchers are outlaws: and a tanner of hides is about the lowest being in the scale. Gen. ("rant would hardly add to his honors were he to visit Japan in the capacity ot au ex tanner. Since the introduction of a few improved cows into the country, milk is becoming an article of food, but at a dollar a quart is, of course, used in very limited quantity. A w hite horse is kept in some of the stables as a sacred animal, and asuiall coin and a single bean are deposited in front of it by each visitor, the horse getting the bean ami the attendant tho coin. Many thina are done directly opposite from our own ways, as tho horse is backed into his stall, the saw and plane aro pulled instead of being pushed, as with us. The horse is SHOP W ITH STRAW SlIOKS, put on by a blacksmith who sits when he works. Hooks are printed on one side of the paper only, and the work begins on the last leat, so that one reads backwards. The lines also run down the page instead of across it. Candles are hollow, and are made from poison sumac Tlie people never kiss, but show their deference and respect by stooping and touching the forehead to the ground or floor. Labor is very cheap, so that egirs arc hatched by hand as cheaply as in the natural way. The laud is kept entirely clear from weeds ami all useless vegetation. Irri gation is very commonly practiced, even where much hand labor is re quired The tillage is also very thor ough, and constant cropping is carried on without deterioration of the soil. Night soil is saved with paiticular care, and is applied to the growing crops just when it w ill do the most good. A famine is of rare occurrence, as all are industrious, provident, and frugal. THK HOl SK WINDOWS being of paper, the inhabitants live out side much of the time, and much taste is shown in the cultiv ation of flowers near the home. Everybody appreci ates beauty, and the most common flower, whether on public or private grounds, is never plucked by the trav eler. The people, old or voting, never steal flowers. Rice is the main crop, and is grown in wet land, into which leaves and rubbish are trodden for en riching it. The grain is grown for alstut a dollar per bushel. Tea growing is a great industry, and some of the tea plants are I "0 years old, and some plantations pro I nee over 8 ?, ino worth per acre. Labor is very -heap, ranging from six cents per day for women, to double that for men. The government is now doing much in the way til improving the agricul ture of the country, by establishing the Agricultural College at an annual cost ofS4"i,ouo, and that where money is many times more valuable than with us. Seeds of trees are being imported, and the plants grown are given away to tho people who will set them out and care for them. In short, Japan is doing with a will and a rush what some of the older nations are still refusing to do at till or very tardily. Thesmartost men among them have been sent abroad to find out what there is in the world belter than theirown, and with authority to pur chase at the government's expense. I will write you again from Yokoha ma and givo some accounts of the re ligious observances of this country. s. I-:, l. Letter from Smyrna. Correspondence of tlie News. S m y una. Asia Minor.May f. Your lct terof the:5d ultimo, requesting some in formation in regard to the present pros pect of the Euphrates Valley railroad has been received, also a copy of your valuable paper containg an editorial on the subject. I have consulted the En glish Consul, a very intelligent gentle man, from whom I learn that the com mittee intrusted by Parliament with the subject of I'll E BEST ROl'TE TO INDIA, reported against the Euphrates Valley route and recommended a more north because li' wouh ,uvi..i'v)r,A ti-lpUj-fectly sterile country for more than one thousand miles, and would have to compete, ultimately, with the river tratlic. 'While the route through Persia would be greatly mo-e costly, it would have a rich country t support it. THE ACql'ISlTKvN' OF t'YI'Rfs ',as turned out to be such a uhid le- oh'tnt to the British Government that I uf llu! appropriation bills to keep Con think it rroblematial whether ,,! Ker. Gariield and Frye from surprising ...Ill . .. ' i tllf ("llnl. Jlllil limlnilrrin,. tl... ; route to I tuna will e completed for 1 Vcr truly yours, E. J. S- - manv years. The Early Flow are (ione. The woods are full tiny graves. The sweet graves I the flowers. That sprang in everjsheltered nook. Amid tho springtte hours, The buttercup lies ohe slope Where first the sutght fell; The violet sleeps be3o the rill, The daisy in the d. Upon no stone s evod the name Of April's elnldrifair; Thev perished wh the sky was Wight, And gentle was tair, To the soft kisses ote breeze They held half tabling, Up Full many a snialllnsparent urn And honey-ladeii'ot). And when the roseidded out, Tn sn miner's ball hours. No little mound w:4ade to tell Where slept tne g)e flowers. Those early flowerhey seem to me Like little chiiaryeet. Who smile a mome our patJl Then perisn ai ou WASHINGTON GOSSIP. HURRIED (JLAXt'tS OVER THE PO LITICAL FIELD. The Republican Whoops: "Grant and Setile." and -Sherman and Key." On the Chesapeake. Special to the News. Washington, D. C, June 6. The news here from " Ohio " as to the nomination of Charles Foster for Gov ernor by the Republicans of that State clearly indicates a Sherman victory over Grant. It is now claimed that the Republican party will be solid on Fos ter, and no division in their ranks is feared. The ticket is regarded by the Republicans as being very strong while on the other hand Democrats declare it a weak one, and say it can easily be de feated. If the Democracy depend upon the w ild and unreliable calculations of Senator Thurman's chief henchman, John G. Thompson, who is a mere figure-head in politics in the Ruckeye State, thev w ill find themselves sadly mistaken after it is too late. His ever sanguine calculations have caused the venerable Senator to make some bad moves on the political situation of late yea rs. IF TIH ilMAX IJV! to get the Democratic :h exi'ei-ts nomination for the Presidency he must select some other man than John G. to push his cause. If he, John Gee, can run the average Congressman, which is not much of a job, he will iind it very dif ferent to run a Presidential candidate. Ewing does not feel willing to risk him to make his right, so he has named another man to be Chairman of the State Central Committee. The night Ewing w as nominated a number of the Executive Commitiee telegraphed him to know whom he desired to be made chairman of tlie Central Committee. He answered emphatically by wire : I want Colonel I.cn Harris, of Cincin nati, made chairman. Thus it seems that Thurman and Ewing do not see alike as to w ho shall be the BOSS MAX.VtlKlt OF THE CAMPAIGN. Ewing has tho advantage of Thur man's sad experience with Thompson's mismanagement and proposes to avert it in time. If Ewing is successful in carrying the State it will raise him high in tho political scale for a place on the National Democratic ticket. The nomination of Ew ing and Rice is regarded here as being the strongest ticket the Democracy could put out. Such prominent Republicans in Con gress as (iartield, Keiferand Governor Tom Young say it is a strong combina tion and a very respectable one, but at the same time they say with Foster's good record and personal popularity tho Republicans will beat it. Since both parties have made nominations for State tickets in Ohio, the friends of John Sherman are jubilant over the outlook for his chances for the Presi dential nomination. It is claimed by Sherman s admirers that he has made many friends among the Southern Republicans, and will go into the convention with a majority of them in his favor as against any other man. The two tickets on the Republi can side which are being whooped up now are as follows : OltANT AND SETTLE, SHEKMVN AND KEY, the present Postmaster Genera!. Can dor compels us to say in the event the honor should fall on Judge Key, the country7 will find in him a true and honest man. We have watched him close since his installation in ofhee as a member of the Cabinet, and so far as we have been able to judge, he has ad ministered the affairs of his department honestly and in the interest of the country he follows tho l.-.w to the very letter. The news for tho past week about the doings of Congress is dull, and noth ing has been or will be done by the present Congress to relieve the people of the great financial depression that now livings over the country, threaten ing ruin and starvation to so many of the human race. The wise statesmen worked and toiled nearly three mortal months on the appropriation hills which could have been passed in two weeks. THEY HAVE slll l THE DOOliS to all other business legislation during the time and compelled the people of the country, who have been watching with anxious eyes, to stand still and hear what they might say. Committees have refused to consider bills which have been referred to them, and which could have been reported on and been ready' for action early in the next ses sion. Rut all this time has been lost, while some important bills, both of a private and general nature, have been neglected and allowed to slumber. The Northern Democrats are to blame for this, with such men as Fernando Wood and others at the head of the move ment. The reduction of the duty on quinine is a most important bil i for the South ; but Fernando is the head of the Ways and Moans Committee, and says we must not tamper with the tariff this session. Whenever the direct interest of the South comes in contact with that of the North, our Democratic friends North blandly smile, and say not yet; it won't do ; wait a little longer. There are supposed to bo between fit'tv and sixty :cii!Ov-ra;ic tuo ibers absVit from the House. T.e Hull this warm weather; what few members happen to drop in through the day look as tho tgii thev had I C?ftIl OH ;i tufltif xt iio'iis wvuk arouuu tne ring champion belt. Sparks and" seem to bo the only ones on the 1, , . .. ,T 11. . , for the Atkins Demo- ciatie side who have the energy to si al: iuev aie me waicniul setiTine t-rtuqj aim j'loionging tne session luiouog ua s. AtKins and Conger are both dyspeptics and look as though frequent doses of a liver regulator and heavy draughts ot soda water would be j oenenciai to tneir general health and I add much to the improvement of their j tempers, and the comfort of those who surround them. A Washington cor respondent writing to a leading w est ern paper says: "Congressman Vance ! of North Carolina is one ofthe most j useful members in the House. His I whole soul enters into everything he unuertaKes; lie is the friend of the needy, the comforter of the distressed: his presence is always like the silvery lining to a summer cloud. He will make more personal sacrifices to serve the deserving than any man we ever knew. Self-denial s.i his watch word. Not long since ho paid a bill at the Congressional Library for books which a Washington dead- i beat got from him under false pretenses. ! He paid the bill, and said he honed hiJ I friend would repent of his wickedness and sin no more. We incline to the be lief that all the Washington correspon dents will give the above paragraph a hearty indorsement. ON THE BLUE CHESAPEAKE. One of the most delightful routes the traveler can take from Baltimore to Richmond is by the way ofthe Chesa- Ceakeand York River line. You leave ;altimore in the afternoon on one of tlie company's splendid steamers, and have full view of the shipping and Bal timore harbor as you steai" down the Patapsco into the blue Chesapeake. The boats on this line are splendidly equipped, and ofticered by first-class gentlemen and experienced seamen. The accommodations are all that can be asked for by the tourist. The meals are equal to a first-class hotel; the bed ding clean and comfortable. After a pleasant night on the bay you reach West Point on York River next morn ing, when you take the cars for Rieh- mouu; auer arriving you maKe con nection with all points South. This comfortable line of travel is under tho direct management of Colonel Reuben Foster, one of the best railroad and steamboat superintendents in the coun try. It is worth a trial trip to all those who have never been over the York River and Chesapeake line to make it. STATE NEWS. Necli len bu ry . Charlotte Observer. Wheat harvesting has begun in some sections of Mecklenburg. One of the pioneer excursionists learn ed one valuable lesson on his trip to Winnsboro: that white pants are not the things to go to a picnic in. It is said that the number of root doctors is rapidly increasing among the colored population ol this county, and accordingly the number of d oat hse very month. Mr. Geo. K. Tate, of Mountain Island cotton factory, has juat returned from tho North, where he purchased two hundred additional looms for the fac tory. They will arrive by the 1st of July and will be put up immediately. At a meeting of the directory of the Young Men's Christian Association, Tuesday night, the following gentle men were appointed delegates to the State Association: Rev. J. F. Uutt, Major MeLeod, Captain Brenizer and Mr, W. B. Nisbet, the president and secretary being ejr-officio delegates. Guilford. Greensboro North State. We regret that Mayor Dodson has severed his connection with the McAdoo House. It will be difficult to fill his place. On Monday afternoon last, about one o'clock, the section of country south east of Greensboro, about six miles from town, was visited hy a terrific storm of wind, hail and rain. Consid erable corn was broken down and cut to pieces by the hail stones some of which were as large as partridge eggs. We learn from a gentleman just ar rived here from Lexington- that the wheal harvest in that vicinity ia now being cut, and that the faraiers report the yield as being at least ono-third better than the last crop. This is good news, both for those growing the crop and for those who will use it. We learn from an esteemed sub scriber at Jamestown, that, that region of our county was last week visited by a hail storm which did much damage to the grow ing crops. In nianv gardens the growing vegetation was beaten into the ground ; fences and trees were blown down and many wheat fields were flattened. The branches wwre filled to overflowing, thereby damaging the growing corn. On Tuesday afternoon last, during a severe storm of thunder and lightning, a valuable nude belonging lo M r. Slack, near Franklinsville, was killed. Mr. Slack's wife and child were sitting within a very short distance of whore the mule was killed, and were knocked dow n from the effects of the electricity, but not materially injured. One or two other persons, not far distant, were somewhat shocked, but escaped injury also. New Hanover. wi lin i nvrt t n Kevievv. Wo were shown a fish caught by Mr. Sneeden, on the Sound, of a kind un known to the fishermen hereabout. It was shown toa naturalist who gives the lollovving information : This fish is known as the tricliiu rut of Cuvier, the comin.on name of w hich is scabbard fish or blado-fish. It is thirty inches long by one and a quarter wide, very thin, with bright slimy skin, and with out scales, and a fine hair-like tail. View ed sideways these tish appear as beautiful silver ribbons. There are several species in the Indian Ocean, but one only in the Atlantic Ocean. The Ohio Democratic Nominee. General Thomas Ew ing, the Demo cratic nominee for Governor of Ohio, was born at Lancaster, that State, August 7, 1S2!, and is, therefore, fifty years of age. He graduated from Brown University in 1854, and immediately commenced tho practice of law was chief justice of the Supreme Court of Kansas in 1.H61 and 1S52. Entered the Union army in is2 as colonel of tho Eleventh Kansrs Infantry volunteers, and served throughout the war, coming out as a major general of volunteers. Was a member of the XLVth Cougress,as he is ofthe present, XLVIth. AmericusV. Rice, the candidate for Lieutenant-Governor, was born at Per rvsville, O., November 1H, 18-S5. He was educated at the common schools, graduated at Union college in ISoO. He was studying law when he enlisted a.s a private soldier in the Union army, in April, lbl. He was successively piomoic-a to ),.;6i.J'' Kcnerai oi c ... ted States voulnteers, and served till ISfiO when he was honorably discharge. lias been much engaged in u uo pon- e i.,t.. vnnrs. null served in the is a I ii v ' I n.i .' - . . . x t T-fi, owl Vf.Vth Congresses as a Representative from the District. Fifth Ohio K . . i .. .. in sria. In Paris people lament over the nu merous disappearances of infants, and this is a mystery npon which no light can be thrown. It is certain that about six months ago the police arrested a woman known as the "Ogresse des JJ las,"' w ho is supposed to have stolen several children and to have made away with them income nivsierious manner. Tho "Ogresse" ' is still' in prison; she is a highly educated woman, who has moved in first-class society, but what her real name is the police have been unable to discover. Tow ard the close ofthe reign of Louis XV. there was a reportspread that a numberof children had disappeared; and serious riots en sued w hen it was asserted that they had been kidnapped for his Majesty, who had boert ordered to bathe in tho' blood of children. Raleigh Female Seminary. The Commencement exercises of this institution occur on Monday and Tues day evenings of next week. Monday evening's exercises will take place in the First Baptist Church and are as fol lows: 1. Organ Voluntary. 2. Prayer. .'. Announcing Distinctions. 4. Snored Duet "Meekly may my Soul Receive." 5. Annual Address bv the Rev. W. E. Hatcher, D. I)., of Richmond, Va. 6. Gloria, from Mozart's Twelfth Mass. 7. Benediction. Tuesday evening's programme is purely a musical entertainment, and will be given in the Seminary Chapel. The programme will be published in the News on Tuesday morning. A SINGULAR LETTER. MATTER THAT REitl'IUEB IN. VESTKJiTIO.V. Letter That a Xegrro Reeelveal. Hinting ofa Nagrro Outbreak Probably a Haiubug;. Charlotte Observer, th. ' A letter has recently been received by a negro man at Matthews Station in this county, which has created a rip ple of excitement in the community. The negro, it seems applied to a young man in the neighborhood to read the letter to him, being unable to read him self, and in this way the facta in the case became public. The letter waa dated at Hampton, S. C.,and was signed by a name to which was attached the word "secretary." The letter informed the negro man that it was now time to begin to burn the houses and railroad bridges in the country, and went on to say that the colored man had to resort to this, as they were not treated as they should be, and that their Northern friends would furnish them the money. It informed the party addressed that the "president" had $200 for him for his service iu the cause, and would come up on the train. He was, however, told to spare Monroe and Charlotte. Some reference having been made to a former letter, the negro was question ed as to this and exhibited another sitrncd bv another name, to which waa attachod the w ord "president. j . . . This was dated at Russell. S. C. and was to tho same purport as that referred to. One or other of the letters informed tho negro niau to whom they were ad dressed that he should send his answer to Liberty, S. C. The negro pretends to know nothing about the whole matter except what he heard from the letters. He has boon about Matthew's Station for several weeks, and was formerly employed on the Carolina Central Railway as one of the hands who were working with the steam shovel. It was soon after he waa discharged from tho road that he came to Matthews. He has been employed by several farmers in the neighlior hbod, and none has noticed anything suspicious about his conduct. rm The matter is undergoing investiga tion at the hands of several well known citizens in and around Matthews. . Let ters have been written to the points in South Carolina indicated in the letters received by the negro, but as yet noth ing has been heard from these places. The more conservative element in tho community is disposed to look upon the matter with no feeling of alarm, but at the same time consider that if is one which must be investigated. A Recommendation, Raleigh, June 7. Theofficcis of the First Baptist Church (colored) of the city of Raleigh, take great pleasure In saying that our association and inter course with the Rev. Jefferson Worlos has been of the most agreeable charac ter. He has beon with us for five years' and his walk and conversation during tho w hole of this tiuie has boon that of a gentleman and Christian. We confi dently recommend him as a most suit able and worthy pastor. A Word of Caution About lee Cream. It not unfrequently happens that nersons aro made vcrv sick, and occa sionally this sickness has resulted fatal ly, from eating ice cream, when the cause of it cannot be accounted for. A ph3'sician suggests the cause, which implies the remedy, in the following: "Ice cream is generally made in gal vanized iron freezers, sheet iron coated with zinc. Zinc is a valuable metal in the arts, but should never bo used for culinary vessels, as it is soluble in the w eakest acids. Zinc and its acids are even dissolved to a curtain extent hy water containing salt, and any one of the compounds of zinc are poisonous, and especial lyjin sulphate ofzinc,wh!ch we have in ice cream allowed to stand eight or ten hours in tho galvanized iron freezer after the freezing. If the cream is not served soon after freezing, it should be removed from this freezer to an earthen Tessel packed in ice. It is not that bad eggs and other impurities are put in the custard, but being kept over in the galvanized iron freezer that produces the poison. "Eggs are one ofthe special Ingredi ents iu this custard, and eggs contain more sulphur than any other article of diet we use. It is the sulphur iu ti e egg that discolors a spoon, and in tho icecream it is the sulphur in the egg, coming iu continued contact with the zinc, tiiat produces the poisonous com pound, sulphate of zinc, which is known to produce excessive vomiting and purging, accompanied with anxie ty, distressing restlessness and extreme prostration, and, but for the expulsion ofthe poison, by excessive vomiting, it would prove fatal in all cases of over dosing. Then, if the saloon-keepers will only remove tho ice cream from the freezer after it is made, and not al low it to stand in the galvanized irn vessel, we will have no more sickness from ice cream poisoning." Do One or .Neither. the Other, or Itoth. or It's too warm for b'onde complected stone masons to work, and therefore the public would (a-nestly, tl o.igh re spectfully, request that the authorities ofthe Government building will em phatically decline to permit any work to be done o 1 the sudden depression ia li.o -uiowuik . j,t in front OItne , h entrance. Better stand the automaton who presides over the Post Office on the top of the sUme sides ofthe step to the main entrance for a solid hour each day, between 1 and 2 o'clock, and Ht h.m tell the public as they pss , of their daily mail and perseverlngl v out the question, "When are you goft,Tu fix that thing?" " t""K u The Nalem Itand. rm ti i ne ra.om silver cornet h-o.i u leui, which 'i oi oa- undoubtedly tj,e best baud in North r.irniulw.,1 ttw ' V' "1CU l.arOllllU 'jn.l a ........... ao ai me cuiversitv during Commencement week, ij through tho city yesterday en route tn V ake Forest College, where ,t wUl e liven another Commencement with ita tine music. The band to some of tho best vounir men ofL-Jtl.. all of whom J imlUHl are Donular not ' home, but Wherever "lu " T. Grouse, who manipifl thJ'iSjC tone horn, ,s tho captain, and J only a most excellent musician hul possesses, m an eminent degree that hue executive ability necessary to con- 1 and thVT? it r8 lleriiilon r.l i.riiw. 4 -----., i.- V. Vi- 1 J "D lVMi ieauer 's horns. ' . V -"'"niig the first R Ib Holoalto, H.s. Christ; first alto Shore, second alto, C. W W tenor, L. A. Brietz Vwi gJe5' -at, J. A. xveicn C. I iirst, tenor, L. A. Brioir ; "8,wi and G. RNh Sfi' fCond Linebach hresides over t . . and the bl bass dnSZudftm? 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