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i Iri.-A.J. I Gr H. N. C TUESDAY, ...JULY , 1STS. 04 t JT IS TUB TRUTH THAT HURTS. Sometime ago the Greensboro New North State, published an article in which the Editor, speaking of the departure from North Carolina of some persons who had come here since the war, said: "At the lossofthdr oU they have 'wandered away to seek a home where they can speak their sentiments and vote as they deem best, without -subjection to insult, 'abuse and Tilliflcatioa of such men as Gov. Yancb." Referring to this, and other statements of the'same character, we remarked that -if the object of that paper were to repel immigration its course could not be essen tially different from what it is: and that the fact that the Editor of the New North State ' can 'publicly 'denounce Gov.'Vano and such men. as villioers without the slight est risk of. personal or legal responsibility, carries on its face the most complete refu tation of the charges of persecution." This reply of ours does not appear to haye been anticipated.' The possibility of having such5 an argument to meet : could nol ' have" occurred to the Editor of the State when he was penning his defamatory remarks concerning North Carolina. , At any rate, no satisfactory, answer has been made to it; and the skillful Editor of the State, instead of meeting the question squarely, attempts; a diversion and treats ua, to a column and three-quarters bearing chiefly on other matters. While we do not propose to enter into a discussion with the Editor of the State, we, will not be so discourteous as to pass over what he has written without a casual notice. r He doubtless believes for, if we understand him, he saysjso that the sixty, six persons whose names he has published as having departed from North Carolina to return to their former homes, or to seek homes elsewhere, left us because they were not allowed to vote as they pleased. But we do not believe any such thing, and we apprehend that there are but few per sons in North Carolina who will believe it. The 108,000 Republican ballots cast in 1876 are so many assertions , to the con traryj' We. suggest for the consideration of the Editor of the State, whether this is not an accurate statement that the only person in Guilford county who have been interfered with during the past few years, in political matters, have been negroes who had voted, or who desired to vote the Democratic ticket; and that such interference and per secution came from! Republicans, and not Democrats.' ' ' We will also ask the Editor of the State how many of these sixty -six persons who left us, as he believes, because they were not allowed to vote the Republican ticket in peace, were Canadians, and therefore not entitled to vote here at all ; and how many of them have removed to Manitoba, up in British America towards Hudson's Bay f and why, , if they were seeking merely a place to vote the Republican ticket in peace, did they not stop at Phila delphia, where, it is said, some Republi cans are not content with a single ballot. but : cast many, and save their country early and often ? Or again, why did they not remove Into some of our large ntfgro counties, where there were no whites to make them afraid, instead 01 going a thousand miles to a foreign country where there are no Repub lican tickets, and where they have, by expatriating themselves, deprived them selves of casting that ballot to which they attach so much importance ? The thing is almost incredible. Nobody but a Republican can understand it. SHERMAN'S CANDIDA CT. ' All is not lovely in the Republican canop. General Grant does not find favor with the faithful in office and those out of vmu; cue uuk iu vk uajuitu low i Lie rrueut support of Secretary' 8hmman. But while these divisions were expected, the country jwas hardly prepared for the very plain and positive signs of irritation which the New York Times displays in the fol lowing article on the canvass of the Sec retary in Maine speaking of the fears that the public entertain touching the future of resumption, and Mr. Sherman's con nection with that measure and his suppos. ed capacity to so manage public affairs as to retain- specie payments, it says : Mr. Shxemajs's availability as a candidate rests on these; apprehensions and on nothing else. There are impending sources of fl nancial disturbance, and if Mr. Shkbman is thought of as a candidate for the Presi dency it is because of the belief that hav ing materially aided in effecting resump tion he might relied upon for help to se cure its continuance and to baflij the efforts of its enemies. Only in this connection, and with a view to these contingencies, is Mr. ShxrmjlN a possible candidate. Looked at in this light, Mr. Shxrmab's Maine speeches are disappointing and un satisfactory. They leave unsaid the very things which a Secretary of the Treasury identified with resumption was expected to day. They trifled with the public intelligence in the matter of the silver coinage, and they contain J no allusion to other obstacles to resumption'... The evasion is cowardly; the silence is hot honest. Both originate in that miserable trucking ; to the ; lowest standard' of partisan expediency which is the curse'of our politics and the shame of our public men. Platforms are bad enough as. expositions of principle. Their sono rous platitudes pass for .what they X are worth. : But the statesman cannot divest himself of his individual responsibility. He cannot pander to the desire to catch votes by disingenuous pretenses without compromising himself. When, therefore, Mr. Shxbmas indorses an unworthy at tempt to turn the silver craze to Republi can account, and keeps out of sight the perils which surround the financial policy of whose success he boasts, he is as unjust to himself and to his oGce as to the party which has. trusted to his integrity and CJurage. The financier is sunk in the po litician; the statesman becomes the echo of partisan managers; the candidate for the Presidency throws away the qualities which alone could render his nomination desirable. THE COTTON MOVEMENT. For the week ending July 25, the Chron icle reports that total receipts have reached 3,272 bales, against 2,809 bales last week, 3,032 bales . the previous week, and 3,637 bales three, weeks since making tne . total receipts since, the 1st of September, 1878 4,433,653 bales, against 4,256,419 bales foe the same period of 1877-8, showing an in crease since September 1, 1878, of 177, 234 bales. The details of the receipts for this week and for the corresponding weeks of the two previous years are as follows : Receipts this week 1879. 409 137 43 100 SOS 189 8 1,693 "i 1ST 1873. -i 1S77 Nev Orleans,.. 838. ;ltt 910 163 6 S " 179 18 "192 789 610 831 409 Mobile Charleston Port Royal, Ac Savannah.... Galveston Indlanola, Ac Tennessee, Ac... Florida North Carolina Norfolk 9 . CS "'669 137 869 f ,9ll City Polnj, Ac... 19 83 ; Total Giiaweelu...V.r t,vt 4,03 3,289 . j The exports for the week reach a total of 7,123 bales, of which 6,756 were to Great Britain, 107 to France, and 260 to rest of the continent, while the stocks as made up are now 133,105 bales. From the foregoing statement it will be seen that, compared with the correspond ing week of last, season, there is a de crease in the exports this week of 1,001 bales, while the Btocas are 27,490 bales more than they were at this time a year agO. ! fcfc; ' The total sales of futures during, the week were 668,000 ; for immediate deliv ery 9,835 of which 5,357 were for export, 4,383 for consumption and 90 for specula tion.. The course of the week's market is elsewhere stated. -; - i ne visiDie supply is tnus located : Stock at Liverpool.. .;ZB1.00tf Stock at London.... , 44,370 - Total Great Britain stock. , Stock at Havre ..J Stock at Marseilles.. . Stock at Barcelona.... Stock at Hamburg , Stock at Bremen.....; Stock at Amsterdam.... Stock at Rotterdam Stock at Antwerp , Stock at all other continental ports.. 685,870 97,806 9,800 41,000 4,000 -81,800 84,100 900 8,20ii Total continental ports , 807,460 r Total European stock 792,770 India' cotton afloat for Europe.... ."v. -890,000 American cotton anoat ior Jvurope so.ooo Egypt, Brazil, Ac, afloat for Europe..,.. )0,ooe Stock In United states ports'. . . 133,105 stock in u. . interior ports.. 7,4 1 a United States exports to-day,... 8,500 Total visible supply ,.L325,863 Of the above, the J totals of American and other descriptions are as follows American ;'' ; LiverDool stock..... : .... 413,000 Continental slocks American afloat for Kurope. ...... United States stock.......... , United States interior stock....,. United States exports to-day.. . . . . .... 16O.U0O .... eoooo .... 133,106 .... 7,478 4,600 Total American..;...:...... East Indian, Brazil, dec 831.B2S Liverpool stock...... 188.0CI utaaoa stock .................. Continental stocks India afloat for Europe Egypt, Brazil, Ac., afloat.. . 44,370 47100 . ... .... 10,000 Total East India, Ac. Total American 649,770 77,08 Total vlslbls supply..... 1,336,853 These figures indicate a decrease in the cotton in sight of 152,168 bales as compar ed with the same date of 1878, a decrease of 774,343 bales as compared , with the corresponding date of 1877, and a decrease of 933,983 bales as compared with 1876. , The receipts at the interior ports were S3 follows t 4 . - Receipts at 1S79. 80 166 1878T Angusra, ua Columbus, Qa Maoon. Ga..... .............. Montgomery, Ala Selma, Ala... Memphis, Tenn......T. Nashville, Term . Dal taa, Texas r.-. . ... Jefferson, Texas... . - ShreveDort. La 9(3 83 18 89 T SO 4 -1 10 73 15 ; 'i 65 84 645 89 88 J80l Vicksburg, Miss 68 commons. Hiss............. Eafsla. Ala !; 18 Griffin, Ga ... Atlanta, ua.. Rome, s, Ga 67 Charlotte, N. C... 87 878 St. Louu. Mo. 170 ; 877 Cincinnati. O... 1,848 r Total 91 s.069 ' The receipts from tne plantations were 2,154 bale-; for the corresponding week last year they were . L119 bales. -. i Since September 1st, .the receipts from plantations have been 4,444.765 bales: thev were 4,252,464 bales in 1878, and 3,939,000 bales in 1877. , Most sections have been visited by satis factory rains, and the reports this week are mere generally, , favorable. . Texas, however, has been suffering from drought, and in some districts rain is badly needed. Middling, uplands cotton jwMquoted In Uverpaol on Friday last at 6 9 16d; in 1878 6 9-16di in 1877. 6 5-16d. and in 1876 515-i6d,LU A -J Tax German Government having prot hibited the transportatibu of 'wheat and other produce through its territory in bond the effect of the legislation will be to force the wheat brought from Austria and Rus sia through Germany from their present routes over new lines, which will consid erably augment the cost of transportation and enhance. the .value of the produce. And iq as much as these, two great wheat countries are the chief rivals of the Amer ican wheat : grower we can reasonably anticipate that the change will operate to our advantage and enable us , to sell our wheat at advanced rates. - This, together With the fact that enormous quantities of wheat .will be taken this year to supply the demand of western Europe, should, exert a material influence on the price of American wheat. I ' . - Th London Daily News -of the 28th usL, announces that in . consequence of domestic bereavements Mr. Wxxsa,. the Minister of the United States, has resigned. and will sail for home about the 20th of 'August: f!;;- -y: . 1 " X Tai wife of Chief Justice WArri, of the United States Supreme Court, -while alighting from. a carriage in Hadryme, Conn., on Wednesday afUrnocm,' fell and badly fractured her leg below the kxee, Hoist. Robt. W. Johsstos, Representa tive in Congress from Arkansas from 184' to 1853, and United States Senator from that time to 1861, died, Saturday night in Little Rock. ' It was through the influence of Mr. Johnson that the grant of lands in aid of the Cairo and Fulton and Memphis and Little Rock' Railroads was passed by Congress. Nbaely:-300- engineers, who are on a strike at Bradford, are prepared to emi grate to the United States and , Canada, in accordance with invitations received from various branches of the Amalgamated En gineer Society in the principal engineering centres. a'.'. -.;. r-:' v-.v-?-.:. Cape Fear and Tadkln Vsvller R. R, i ' Correspondence of Tat Obsxbvkb.T - Ashbobo, July 19th, 1879. i XIorroB Ubsketkk: 1 promised in my letter of the 18th from Aeheboro to have something to say of Randolph in connec tion with the Cape Fear and Yadkin Val ley Railroad. - There was a meeting adver tised to be held at Aaheboro on . Tuesday to discuss the subject of a county subscrip tion to tne road. I here was a large atten dance of the citizens from all Darts of the county, but tor reasons, which 1 will give as I heard them from citizens, the meeting was given up. To make myself understood 1 have to be a little tedious. -Randolph is square count v. Deep River enters the county about six miles froai the northwest corner, and runs entirely through the county, going out near the southeast corner .into Moore .county, passing several ' miles through Moore and then turning back a northeast course into Chatham, passing through two-thirds of the south end of that county, by Egypt, where the railroad crosses the river. The acts of the two past Legislatures reorgan izing the road and putting a large number of convicts on the road, were all based upon making it a narrow-gauge road. With that understanding, everybody in Randolph felt absolutely certain the road would be built near Deep River ; but for some reason no survey has been made al lowing an v increase over the grade used from Fayetteville to Egypt, which is 70 feet to the mile, going off in a direct line to get to Ore Hill ; and sticking to the 70 foot grade, making it necessary, as reported by the engineer, to go still further on direct line to the factories. Sc that the increased distance from Egypt to Greens boro is about nine miles, with an increased cost of over one hundred thousand dollars. and the Directors of the road insist that Randolph must pay the extra cost, or a very large proportion of it, to get the road to the river, acting as though Randolph got the whole benefit of the road going via the factories, lhe people say and they make the figures to show that the road going to the river would get more freight every day than it could possibly get in any week on the direct line, and in a few years would double and thnbble the amount of freight as the many water powers were put to work : and if a proper grade was allowed, as on all narrow-gauge roads, then the increased distance would not be more than half the nine miles. An intelligent old farmer took me kindly by the arm and said, "You are up here looking up matter for The Obsebvkr, as 1 understand." answered 1 was. .. "Well, sir," he says, "I am glad to see you. 1 don't write for pa pers, but 1 can laiK and tell the truth. was born and raised here; my first trip from home in my life was with my father, with the wagon, to Fayetteville. I have. taken a paper ever since I was a house keeper, and I know all this country from Greensboro to Fayetteville. I know Deep m ver I rom J amesto w n to. lug y pt. 1 know the proposed route of the railroad by Matthisea to Greensboro. I know that Deep River, nowhere from Jamestown to .Egypt, has too great a fall in any mile for a broad gauge railroad. - 1 know that to use the - increased grade and "carve said to oe allowed on all narrow-gauge roads, you . can go anywhere through Randolph." At this point the old gen tleman got up and got in earnest and said : "Let me tell you what I know. propose to compare the two routes the one by the river and the other by Liberty and Aiathia s direct to Greensboro. First, if you go up the river you get within an easy day's drive with a loaded wagon to and from Randleman's Factory. That place will furnish more freight every day than can be got on the other route from Ore Hill to Greensboro in a week. They have over 750 inhabitants. They Consume more of the farm products of the county every day than was sold in the whole county in a Week twentv vears ao. Next yeu get to Cedar Falls, the second largest factory on the river ; then to Frank- linsvuie, then Deep Hiver and then Colum bia Factories, all within four miles of each other, all handsome villages, all having an excellent population, all with their schools. Churches, &c, &c, and buying more of tne products oi the farm every day than is sold on the direct line In a week , jsei ween union and uoiumbia there are as many water poweis as are in use not yet occupied that soon would be making al most a solid village for ten miles. Now for the other route. What, have you got? Nothing simply nothing. There is nothing between Ore 11 ill and Greens bore that can ever make a village bigger than Spout Springs ; there is nothing to make it, the road only going through one corner or the county. The people should not be expected to vote for it, and as they are already paying their full proportion of tax to build it they do not think they ought to pay extra tax. i The road nearly all belongs to the State it is the duty of the State to build it where It is best for all parties, and you edi tors can do the State great good by looking into this matter. We have great confidence ia the .resident, Mr. Gray, and I want you to say to the Governor that we like his start., t We want all evil-doers punished. and we are willing to be taxed to feed and Clothe convicts, but press it upon him that we want tne work: done where it will mv I feel, sir, that no man can refute what 1 pave said. I am talking for mv countv and State. Don't let them make the great mistake of building a road where there is no business to support it." i i nis seems to oe the universal oninmn oi ltanaoipa county., : JS. c Breastplates Affaln. Correspondence of Ths Obsxsvxb. Editor Obsxbvxr : ! have read your article about those " breastplates" and your .who next, encourages me to say that in the sututner of 1863 (in July or August) while scouting en the road leading irom Areuion. in wones countv. to new- ban, at a house between Maj. Nethercuti'a and Deep .Gully, I was shown "Yankee breastplates." They were left at the house by Yankees or were picked up at one of their camps, or were taken from the dead body of some Yankee. I cannot be posi tive as to how the party came into posses sion of them, but 1 certainly saw them. They were made of steel or sheet iron with two or three depressions in them as if made by bullets. United States officer Judson may deny this, but there were oth ers of our scouting party who wQl testify to what I have written. ' , l . .-- ... k Abch'd MoFadten, ;- Lieut Co. A, 5th N. C. Cavalry or 63d N. C Troops, i.- ..-vr ; How is it that trees can put on a new dress without opening their trunks ? Be cause they leave out their summer cloth ing; - . jronxsTox county letteu. Correspondence of Th Obskhvxk. ; Shithtold, N. CL, July 26th, '79. Editob Obsxbvxb : Our boys have re turned home from the Normal School well pleased with their trip, and are unanimous so far as we have been able to learn in praise of the school; we believe it will be get a healthier growth of education in our good old State, which is so mucn needed in many places. The crops in this county -have suffered materially from the long drouth, especial ly the corn crop. We are now being blessed with bountiful ra!3, which is causing vege tation to spring up from its parched and sickly appearance to that of health and vigor. The farmers, too, have exchanged their long faces for smiles,-and every body now seemed to take new courage to fight the battles of life. We have all been reminded by the drouth that we are de pendent creatures, and should so act to wards our Creator. . The wheat crop in this county was probably a little under an average. The oat crop was good. The prospect for cotton now is that we will have an average crop. - There will proba bly be half a corn crop made. . Meadow Township had a gala day last Saturday. It was a pic-mc occasion ; large crowd were present and all enjoyed themselves to their heart's content for one day. ' - - . !' - - ":v The usual quiet prevails throughout the county. - ' ji. Tbe Coulnar Ktnr7' neaKUun Cen js.;X-i i lenulsvl. ' At a meeting of delegates from North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, to make arrangements for the celebration of the battle of King's Mountain, 7th of Oc tober, 1880, Captain W. T. K. Bell was called to the chair and J. EL Faysoux re quested to act as secretary, r The following report was adopted : ; W hereas, It has been the custom of the nations of the earth from time immemo rial to commemorate by their celebrations the cardinal and illustrious events of their past history ; and whereas, we would cele brate the ever-memorable period when, under a common flag and with a common hope and a common destiny, one of the glorious victories that gave us liberty; therefore," : " Resolved, That on the 7th of October,' 1880, there be a Centennial Celebration of the battle of King's Mountain, held on the battle ground. - Resolved, That we, the delegates of the States of Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina assembled, do hereby cor dially invite all the sister States of the Union to unite and co-operate with us in this national celebration. ! Resolved, That for the effectual celebra tion of said event, the following commit tees be appointed : , ' . . First. The Centennial King's Mountain Executive Committee, three of whom shall be designated by this meeting as Fresident, Secretary and Treasurer. Five of said committee shall constitute a quorum. Said committee shall meet at as early a day as practicable and give specific instructions to the committee hereinafter named. ' : Second. A committee on invitations and correspondence. - Third. A committee on ways and means. t ourth. A committee on arrangements, consisting of the following sub-divisions : (a) A committee to collect the historicrel- n-o ui ixiug o juuuuuuu untile givuuu BUU, also, to secure in pamphlet form a sketch or the battle and prominent actors therein ; (o) A committee to purchase a suitable monument ; (c) A committee on prepara tion of the grounds ; (d) A committee on application for troops to illustrate the plan oi the battle ; fe) A committee on police. Mr. W. G. Whidby offered an amend ment to the effect that a committee on transportation be added, which was agreed to. This meeting was largely attended and much interest was developed in the matter in hand. We are reliably informed that between 1,500 and 2,000 people were pres ent at the meeting, jj nday, which is a suf flcient guarantee that the sympathies of tne people are fully enlisted in the pro posed celebration. Unarlotte Observer. The Yellow Fever. Memphis, Tbnn., July 27. Fourteen new cases were reported to the board of health to-day. Among the most prominent are miies, uwen, ttrooKs, Wilson, and Jas. Aleath. Nine deaths from yellow fever have occurred since last night, as follows : C. M. Widrig, Eva Widrig, Henry Par- thesius, Louis II. Wehrum, Mrs. W. Ham- merle. Mrs. - James Ashbrook, Ed. Kear ney, Alary Burns and Charles Philmot. At a meeting of the Howard Associa tion, held this afternoon, it was unani mously Resolved, That the Association needs no assistance at present from phvsici&na or nurses from abroad to attend the comnara- uveiy iew cases now under their charge. . ... . r with heartfelt thanks to the manv who nave already kindly tendered their services. wnicn win be gratefully remembered, we wouia add mat under no circumstances. ill the services of unacclimated Deraons be nereaner accepted. ? ; r - J Two colored military companies went into camp, on the bluff, under orders of uoionel John F. Cameron, of the Gov ernors Stan. The police and fire derjart- menta have been strengthened and the au thorities do not anticipate anv trouble. Camps for the colanization of poor people wiu positively oe established to-morrow. The wife and two daughters of Dr. Thomas S. Easton, formerly of New York. wcid wiui icver uus axternoon. SICK BXFCGUS AT LOtTISVIIAaV Loinsviixa. Kt.. Julv27. Dr. n. R. ijeuoeiier, en row rrom Memphis. Was taken from the train by quarantine officers uus atternoon and sent to the fever hos pital The other four patients in the hos pital are doing welL There is no truth in the dispatches from Memphis' announcing the discontinuance of trains on the Lou lsville road south of Clarksville. Trains Nos. 1 and 4 will continue to run to and from Memphis dailr until Anirast 1. and after that date as often as the necessities of the case and business require. The con nection between Louisville and all nointit ouuiu ere uBuisturoed, with the exception u juempais. ' TEXAS INSPECTORS SSNT NOBTH. St. Louis, July 27. Dr. Rutherford, of the Texas State Board of Health, has tele. grapnea to omcials here that medical officers wilL be sent to Cairo, St. Louis. and Hannibal, who will examine all per sons going to that state by railroad and give them certificates of health, if found to be well or not recently from yellow fever districts. - - , , , ? . ST. LOUIS QCABABTT5S. V or. ixui&, July 37. The stenmers Ouachita Belle, with 300 passengers, and Mattie Moore, with ninety , people from Memphis, arrived at quaran tine late last night. There was no sic&ness on board. Either boat and all the passengers were permitted to come up to the city this evening. A large number of them will leave for Northern points to morrow by river. There are now five steamers at quarantine, and they will be held there until the authorities deem it prudent for them to come to the city. There are six persons now sick at the quarantine hospital, but no cases of yellow fever are yet developed. These include Mrs. Ban dry and her two Children, from Memphis, and Mr. G. Wathmey, chief clerk of the steamer Coohma. The two children are very sick and the younger will probably die, , i From TV&sblntrton. V (Special Dispatch to the Baltimore San.) " THX LOUISIANA CONSTITUTION.' ' Washington, July 27. Ex Gov. Pinch back, who was the leader of the : colored element in the late constitutional conven tion in Louisiana, writes to an officer of a colored suffrage league here that the new constitution as adopted by the convention for submission to the people effectually guarantees in every particular the civil and political rights of the colored citizens of the State. All attempts to discriminate against them by fixing an excessive poll tax or by requiring the ownership of real-estate as a prerequisite for suffrage were voted down. So also was the educational test. In the matter of the support of the public schools Mr. Pinchback says the colored people get full recognition. ... Mr. Pinch back says that in regard to the State debt the colored delegates in the convention op posed every, form of repudiation, and favored paying dollar for dollar. ; THX- NOKTHWIST INDIANS. Mr. Maginnis, the delegate . in Congress from Montana Territory, is in the city, and yesterday called on the Secretary of War for the purpose of telling that official that, in his opinion. Gen. Miles is perfectly right in his conception of the situation as regards the probable outbreak of an Indian war in his country. He believes that un less Gen. Miles is allowed to go in and drive across the Canadian border the roving bands of Sitting Bull's command who are now hunting in Northern Montana, there will surely be an Indian war sprung on us before many weeks shall have passed. The Secretary of War does -not coincide wiih the views of Mr. Maginnis, and has ordered Gen. Miles not " to molest small bunting parties among the' Indians, and to do no fighting unlessabsolutely forced. ' -.' ' JOUBNA.LISTIO. J H 1 It is given out that we are soon to have a new afternoon newspaper in this city. The names of the people who are to own and manage it would indicate that it is to be Republican in politics and favor Grant for a third term. They were the managers of a newspaper here during Grant's admin istration, when government advertisements were given out by the page and such rates paid as were asked. : ' v- ; ' POLITICAL FIGURIXO. " The Republican committee here are hav ing a thorongh canvass of all of the de partments made, .with a view to finding out what clerks have a right to vote in the States, how often they have voted since they have been in office, what ticket they voted at the last election and what, ticket they intend voting at the next. To the amazement of the committee, the; reports from one of the departments show almost a Democratic majority of the employees therein. But whether or not this is simply a little political arithmetic for campaign use is another question. j '( "' INDIANA POLITICS. f Right on top of the announcement that Secretary of the Navy Thompson's friends will press his claims for the next Gover norship of Indiana comes the statement that First Assistant Postmaster General Tyner is a candidate for the same honor. ' ' ; THX TKN-FOBTISS. The national banks holding the called bonds of the ten forty issue, interest on which ceased a week ago, are still of the opinion that they can, by waiting, break down the premium on the fours. Several banks have during the past week deposited witn the secretary of the Treasury legal tender -notes to secure their circulation, There still remains in the treasury as secu nty for national bank circulation about fl8.000.000 called ten-forty bonds Cotton Market, (From the Financial Chronicle, July 85.) lhe market for cotton on the spot has been more active for export and consump tion, tnougn tne opening was depressed Quotations were reduced l-16c. on Satur day and ic on Monday, to 11 9-1 6c for middling uplands. These reductions were followed by a better demand, and there was a recovery of 1-1 6c. on Tuesday, again on Wednesday, and again yesterday, with holders offering their stocks much less freely. To-day, the market was un changed, but closed firm at llc. for mid dling uplands. The speculation in futures has been much more active, with frequent ano wide fluctuations in prices. 1 be gen era! tendency was downward till Wednes day morning, when the lowest . figures of the week were made ; and yet the reaction was so sharp that yesterday morning the decline irom Saturday to Wednesday had been fully recovered. The improvement seems to have been caused almost entirely Dy tne demand ior cotton , in store, reviv ing confidence in the whole position, which nau oeen weaaened by the bad trade re ports from Great Britain and and improved crop accounts. There was some reaction yesterday afternoon towards lower prices, ana ior the early months only was an ad vance maintained. To-day the-, market was variable and irregular, closing at some decline for the more distant deliveries, and there was a notable widening of the dif ference between August and September. District Conference. (From the Charlotte Observer.) The Charlotte District Conference con vened in Concord Thursday, Rev. Dr. Bobbitt, the presiding elder, being in the Chair. - .;v- Rev. T. W. Guthrie, of Lilesville. and the presiding elder conducted the religious exercises. . . After the re-election of C. G. Montgom ery as secretary, ineuomerence proceeded to taxe up the regular order of business. bich was the hearing of the reports of the ministers of their respective charges. Rev. Mr. Bosbamer, being called on first, gave an encouraging account of the condi tion and prospects of his church, making special reference to the work of the Sun day school. He stated that the financial condition of Tryon street church was good, and valued the property of the same at After a sermon at 11 o clock by Rev. L. K Stacy, of Pinevule, the reports of pas tors was resumed. ; Rev. Mr. Stevenson, of Pleasant Grove circuit, has six churches under his charge. During the year his people had the misfortune to lose three of these by fire. Two of these have been re built. The spiritual condition of the charges good. He considered the value of the church property to be $ 4,000. ' ; iiev, it. JtL Stacy, of the Jfmeville cir cuit, four churches, eight Sunday schools in excellent condition, wants of pastor fully supplied, and value of church prop erly 0,VW.. , : . :- . ;,.T-'.,.:t ,,, ; Rev. J. Cole, of Ansonville circuit. eight congregations, good attendance on religious meetings, - including Sunday schools, some lack of systematic work. but an encouraging outlook: value of church property, $4,000, Kev. T. W. Guthrie, of the Lilesville circuit, seven churches, the spiritual con dition of which was not entirely satisfac tory to himself, especially of one churcb: the Sabbath school at Lilesville in excel lent condition, elsewhere not so good; many of the churches badly behind in finances; church property worth $5,000. Rev. H. P. Cole reported the reliiona condition of Concord station highly satis factory, financial condition rood, wanta of the pastor fully supplied and value of church property $6,000. . ?i ; -'";' Kev. Mr. L,ee. of Concord circuit, four churches, buildings good, religious feeling healthy and progressive; financial condition sound, but some lack of activity; church property worth $4,000. The Dry Goods Trade. ; . (From the Financial Chronicle of July 85.) Business has been light and irregular the past week with the package houses, and the jobbing trade continued quiet in all de partments. The spread of yellow fever at Memphis had a disquieting effect upon Southern and Southwestern buyers (many of whom are at present in the market,) and they consequently manifest great cau tion in their operations. Accounts from nearly all parts of the .West continue very satisfactory, and buyers from that section of the country are in the best of spirits and anticipate an unusually large fall trade. The tone of the tnarket continues very strong' ancTvalues'of cotton woolen and miscellaneous fabrics are maintained with great firmness, notwithstanding the late lull in the demand. -. - r v v Domestic Cotton Goods. The exports of cotton goods from this port to foreign markets for the week ending July 22 were 1.834 packages, which were shipped as follows ; , Great Britain, 1,110 ; Venezu ela, 139 ; Hamburg, 113 ; British Hondu ras, 76 ; Brazil, 72 ; Argentine Republic, 67 ; Ciaplatine Republic, 53 ; United States of Columbia, 46 ; &c. The current demand for cotton goods during the week was chiefly of a hand-to-mouth character and light in the aggregate, but consider able deliveries of brown,1 bleached and col bred cottons, cotton7 flannels, grain bags. &c. , were made (on ' account of previous orders) by manufacturers' agents. Prices ruled firm at generally unchanged quota tions, and stocks are in excellent condi tion. Print cloths were more- active, but prices had a downward tendency and sales of 64x64s were made at 4a cash. . Dark prints were opened by several agents at Cc. and 7a, and fair quantities were disposed of to local and interior jobbers. " ' ; $ DoaucsTio Woolkn : Goods. The1 dis tribution of men's-wear woolens, though comparatively light, was fair for the time of year, and prices were generally steady at unchanged quotations. Fancy cassi meres, suitings and cheviots met with moderate sales, ' and agents continued to make fair deliveries of leading makes on account of back orders., .There. was also a fair hand-to-mouth demand for worsted coatings,, but overcoatings ruled quiet. Cloakinga and repellents lacked animation but prices remained , steady. . Kentucky jeans were in irregular demand and on the whole sluggish, but the best makes, are firmly held at the lately-advanced quota tions. Flannels and blankets were only in moderate request but steady. Worsted dress goods were somewhat more active, and liberal sales of staple and fancy fab rics of this class were made to some pf the larger jobbers. Shawls and skirts were lightly dealt in. ,.ii :,.;H . ,f Foreign Dbt Goods. The demand for foreign goods has shown little if any im provement, and transactions were almost wholly of a band-to-mouth character. New autumn goocU are now being received by importers, but they are as yet only showing them in exceptional cases, as their. assortments are still incomplete. Tne BrvadMtuff Market. iFrom the New York Financial Chronicle. There has been an active and . buoyant market for flour, especially of the lower and medium grades, which were much wanted for export, but in moderate supply. " The higher grades, especially those from winter wheat, were more plenty, and met "with but a limited de mand. There are ; moderate offerings of Southern flour from new wheat, which sell low. Rye flour has been rather slow but a large export trade in corn meal was reported. To-day, the market was dull and high grades from wln'er wheat offered for less money. : The, wheat market has been active for export and speculation, but at variable and irregular prices. ; Spring wheat has sold to some extent at 9Sc($$l for Noi 3, and about $l.U8fl.l0 tor 2, but the tone of the market was quite unsettled Winter red and amber advanced early in the week, but has since needed. , The weather has continifed generally favorable to the work of harvest itg, and the crop is marketed ire-. ine inaiaet is quel and wean, jo. a rea selling at ijsi.n J'l.ll f ior .august ana oepienaoer. ? o V Indian corn was' quite depressed parly in the week, JNo. 2 mixed selling at 44c on the spot, . aud 4c. for September, 0l a better export demand sprung up, and prices recovered yesterday to 42ja on lhe spot and 47a for September Omer grades of corn are more or less nominal. Receipts continue liberal, but crop prospects are only fair. The drought has done much damage in many sections There was an easier market. No. 2 mixed selling for September at 463a t Rye has been rather quiet; No. 2 Wes tern sold at 64c. on the spot, and 63c for the first half of August. .To-day 24,000 bu8hfcisNo. 2 Western for July sold at 65a ? .Barley quiet; samples of the new crop are shown, and indicate a good yield of excellent quality in this State and Canada: v uats aecnneu snarpiy, out there was some recovery for white, mixed further declining, leading to a good business. To day, the market was again ; irregular, No, 4 graaea auotea at mc ior mixed, and t?4l41Jc. for white; Na 2 mixed sold for October at fie ; - A Mill Treasurer lilionetjr. DEFALCATION OF 837.CO0 IN THK MBCHAKICVKIUi ; . , .; OF FALL BIV&. . . . . ... - ' ' ' ' " ' -if: Fall Rivib, July 26 Business circles were disturbed and excited this afternoon by the report of, another defalcation on the part of a mill manager. - Little could be learned,' as those concerned had" made strong efforts to keep the matter quiet, and at the close oi business .nothing was known beyond the fact that the defaulter was jUeorge B. Durfee. Treaaurfrjof the Mechanic MilL Later it was ascertained, though the directors of the mill were very reticent, refusing to give any information whatever, that the deficiency amounted to f 374)00. though some placed the amount much higher, and had been made good by the transfer of property to the corporation by the Treasurer's mother. This prop erty consisted largely or real estate, sad it was through the transfer that the matter became public, despite the strenuous ef forts to keep it secret. u It is believed that the defalcation occur red within the last three months. . Durfee had been speculating in margins on col ten On his private account. At first he made a good deal through advances, but cotton declining 2 cents a pound, be verv soon became embarrassed, and met the demands made upon -him with the .corporation money . ? It is believed that be used the corporation money only as a; last, resort. and. lite so many others r who have gone wrong - before, be protested that be meant only to borrow, and not to steal The public indignation against the delinquent is very strong, and, notwithstanding that tne denciency has been made good, his ar rest and ; tuniahment are demanded. Though the mill is not impaired by the transaction, the city'd reputation is. It is contended that the experience of Chace, Hathaway & Co. ought to have been a suf. ficient warning, and the fact that the spec ulation was indulged in, and the money taken, when the - - labor troubles., were threatening makes the impatience and in ' dignation of the public - all the stronger. It ia understood that Purree's losses were n the neighborhood of 8100.000. and soma people- set the amount as hich as $l5a - 000. N. T, Times.. ; - Saw Bernhardt,, having no husband to support, has saved great deal of money vfrrfHiTeFXronbl vlf ' i - 4 1 '" v- i r-r S; - -1 i v" ' 1 ' i Fall Rivib, Mass., July 27. A serious WM.MW1 tk. BUt -.ill -1 . . O'clock this afternoon. Some Striking1 spinners, who allege that while passing the mill they were shouted at by working spinners,-' created ia-disturbance, and a cmwrt i nnmhprinff from ROD try 1 fWV sons sooQ - gathered. Deputy Bheriff Bufflngtoaj who was on duty at the milL - v u . uwf.ww u. ui,, uauie of the Commonwealth, but this they failed to do, and one big fellow handled Burning, ton rather roughly. The mob then began to throw stones and fire shots, one of which grazed the head of a working spin, ner within the yard. By order of the deputy sheriff the fire was returned, and a Buxiuug eyiuiicr , was bituck ' id tne hip and hand. The ; nolice were tplotrroK , . K ' " - UJUU for, but the crowd scattered before their arrival. . ; ' t The strikers assert thaOhe first fire came from the yard. The whole affair ' took place upon the private property of the cor poration. Another crowd of about seventy-five strikera to-night collected in front of Mechanics' Hall, which .- ia ahnnt two miles from the scene of this after- noon. 8 disturbance, and made loud threats against the spinners - at work there. A constable says several slingshots were car ried bv the striken, but that none of them were used. The police were immediately telegraphed for,' whereupon the crowd scattered.-- ! i: kk. vw. ..-,, w, --; I This afternoon a working spinner was assaulted on the street." lie was roughly handled and forced to flee to the station house for protection. --;..; .'!; 'Hugh Knowles and Jeremiah Delaney Were last nicht arritp1 ho th rvnliw nn .warrant charging them with .having last week aitempiedjto intimidate a spinner who is working in the eastern part of the city. Tk.. 1 i l ' A. uc T n n H iKimwi 1 fin iulii N W ADVERTISEMENTS. TO COUIITy EXAMIIIERS AND TO TUB 1, Teactos ofMc and Pnyate'SclooIs v mm m. mm. vauvuiciA, ; s p:-u .... - .' ' A.l-.l f?il-h -, -ji On the 83d of Hay, 1ST9, the State Board or Kd ncatlon of your Btate adopted for exclusive nse J . t-.i iitti . in the schools under Its aaspices Sanford's- Series of s " J 1 - - ; t Analytical Arllhmelics. 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