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GREENVILLE LXPRESS. THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1880. OUU NOMINEES. FOR PRESIDENT, WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK, 1 Of Pennsylvania. s ''I FOR VICE-PRESIDENT, WILLIAM H. ENGLISH, Of ludiuta: ; FOR GOVERNOR, 'THOMAS J. JAjlVIS, of'Pitt. FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, JAMES L. ROBINSON, Of Macon. FOR SECRETARY OF STATE, William l. sattnders, Of Orange. FOR TREASURER, J. M. WORTH, Of Randolph FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL, THOMAS S. KENAN, Of Wiloou. FOR AUDITOR, i W, P. BORE RTS, Of Gates. FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC IN STRUCTION, JOHN C. SCARBOROUGH, Of Johnston. ELECTORS AT LARGE, •• GENERAL J. M. LEACH, FAP IUS H. BUSBEK. [Entered at the Postoffice at Greenville, N-. C., as Second Class Matter.] CONVENTION. The Democratic Congressional Convention of the First District will be held in Plymouth on Thurb* Gay, August 12, at 11 o’clock a. m. ' or tht? purpose of nominating can* iidatesior Congress and for Dis trict ElectoA By order bf the Executive Com* mitke, W. D. Pruden, July 1, 1880. Chairman. (Senator Matt W, Ransom is the-. North Carolina mem be; of the Dem ccratic National Committee appoin ted by the Cincinnati Convention. An exchange suggests that the man who wishes to break off the habit of smokiDg should postpone the lighting of the first cigar five minutes each day. In this way the hour for beginning to smoke will be gradually put off until after he has ‘guna to bed and got to sleep. VICTORY. We learn that if J. J. Martin is \ nominated, the white Republisans an<l respectable mimber of the col ored people will not vote for him, li.en with Martin as a Republican I — candidate for Congress, we may ? I,op? to carry Pitt County by 500 j majority if not! more, and it would1 not surprise us if our candidate for. Congress did not get 1000 majority. ■'Nothing is impossible, and the Democrats are determined to work -bard and with spirit to make Pitt County, the banner County of 1 he first dlngressional District. Our • vpeopte will be aroused, the County \/ll be thoroughly canvassed, and in /November we predict the- greatest / victory known in the history of J Pitt County for the Democratic par 7 , t)T- ’ __ ' Willia* H. English, William H. English, the nominee of tlie democracy for Vice-President ■ ' is a native of Indiana, He was born in Scott county August 21, 1822. He reeeived a collegiate ed ucation, and soon became a success ful lawyer. He has frequently been honored by his fellow citizens being at one time speaker of the Indiana — iloUs&ojf Representatives, and hold «" in/a seat in Congress from 1853 to 180:1. He has latterly been engaged in large business enterprises, and is a capable, enterprising aod patriotic uitizeo. ' __ j j Winfield Scott Ra^cock. The nomination of Gen W. S. Hancock is hailed with great enthu siasm all over the country. He was unanimously nominated by the Na tional. Democratic Convention for President of the United Stales oil Thursday, the 24th day of June, (i.rid will be inaugurated Preside^ of these IjJnited States on the 4tJi day of March 1881, should Provi' deuce allow him to lice to see that day. General Hancock was horn in Montgomery county Penn., Februa ry 14,1824. He graduated at West Point in 1844, served with distinct* ion in the Mexican war. Was made ] Brivatfier General September 24th 1861.****Ju J862 he was promoted tc the rank of MajorGeneral and foughl with distinguished gallantry at Wil* l.iamsburg, Frazers F'rm, Sharps* burg, Fredericksburg, and was wounded! at Gettysburg. At the close of the war he was placed sue. cessively in command of the middle department, the department of Mis souri, the department of Louisiana and Texas, and on the death of Gen. Meade, bf the department of the East. Next to Gen. Sherman he holds the highest rank of any officer in the United States, Dougherty’s Speech. Our readers have heard a 'great deal about Dougherty’s speech, pre senting the name of General Han cock to the Cincinnati Convention, and we give it below in full : I propose to present to the thoughtful consideration of the Con vention the name of one whe on the field of battle, was.styled “The Su perb,” [cheers,] yet won the still nobler renown as a Military Gov ernor whose first act when in com piand of iLouisiana and Texas was to salute the Constitution - by pro claiming that the military rule shall ever be subservent to the civil pow er. [Cheers.] The plighted word of a soldier was pioven by the acts of a statesman, I nominate one whose name will suppress all fac tions [cheers,] will be alike accept able to the Noith and to the South —a name that will thrill the Re public, a name if Dominated, of a man that will crush the last emberfc of sectional strife and whose . name will be hhiled as the dawning of the day of perpetual brotherhood. With him we Can fling away our shields and wage an aggressive.war. We can appeal to the supreme tri bunal cf the American people against the corruption of the Re publican party and their untold vi olations of constitutional liberty. With hicq as our chieftain the blood y banner of the Republicans will fall from their palsied grasp, Qh, my countrymen, in this supreme mo ment the: destinies of the Republic are at stake and the liberties of Hie people arp imperiled. The people hang breathless on you delibera tion. Take heed / Make no mis step ! I nominate one who- can car ry Pennsylvania, fudiana, Connecti cut, New Jersey and New York— the soldter-staterraan, with a record as stainless as his word—Winfield Scott. Hancock, of Pennsylvania, if nominated, he will, take his seat.” [Cheers,” GEN, HANCOCK. His Personal Appearance airiji Family. Few delations. Hancock in personal appearance is tall, well formed and handsome. His height cannot be less than six feet two inches, and he weighs ful» ly 240 pounds.' He would make the finest looking President who ever sat in the White House, except, possibly, George Washington. His form towers above other men, and he attracts attention by his mere looks wherever he goes. His eyes are blue and have a benignant and mild expression when in repose, but inspiring when in danger. His man-' ner is dignified and knightly and he js courtesy itself. He is always magnetic and draws men to him by his kindness and gentle-; interest tn their affairs. His sympathies are eauly aroused and lie becomes in« tfensely concerned for the sorrows and misfortunes of others, striving in every way to relieve them, as though their misfortyines were his own. Hancock’s kindness to his su bordinates always won not only their love, but also tbeir confidence, and caused them to rely on him as a friend as well as a commander. He gave a man a good opinion of him self, and made each one ieel he ’yas of more importance than he ever-be fore suspected. It was this which caused him to have such power over his officers and men in battle, and made them prefer rather to die than forfeit the good opinion of their com mander. t'f| Gen. Hancock had two children, Russell Hancock and Ann Elizabeth Hancoajf. The latter died in New York ot typhoid fever, when eigh* teen years ot age. She was a young lady ofgreat promise.—Russell Han> cock, t#»e General’s onljy son is liv ing, and is.a planter in Mississippi. ThatTitebel Yell. “DIXIE” IN THE CINCINNATI CON* VENTION, HOW IT SOUNDED THROUGH NEV/ ENGLANDf Boston Herald. When the roll call was completed the Hecetary began footing up jllie results, and as the task was a long one, the Joand seized the opportunity to get in spme work. Its tooting and boomihg was unheeded until it struck up “Dixie,” and then as the familiar struius rang through the hall, the old rebe} yell, rarely heard since the days of Appomatox and the apple tree, rose and echoed again and again, /with shrill and startling earnestness. Not a cheer was mingled with it, not a shout, but the clear, piercing cry that pen etrated the ear like the notes of the fife and the clarinet, wavered and rang .shuddering until the close and heated atmosphere fairly palpitated with its strange, ^veil'd tones. It was a startliug episode. Old Confederates pricked up their ears and joined in. as the superanuated charger joins his neigh to the well remembored bugle call, heard after many years of peaceful pasturage. Union officers and soldiers who had not listened to the Southern slogan since it came from parched and heated throats above the gray ranks charging the blue on some bloody, hard-fought field, leaped to their feet, uliye with the instinct that announces the near presence of a foe, then laughing at their sudden alarm, joiued in the cry. Eor several minutes thu yell continued until its long drawn throbbing, notes were broken in ups on by the strains of “Yankee Doo dle.1’ Rough and hearty cheers followed, and in a moment ssores of men were seen shaking hands' with their quondam foes. The. scene will not soon be forgotten by those who saw it, and will be long talked of as a notable incident ef the .Democratic Convention of 1880. The rasping voice of the reading clerk and the thump of the gavel re called attention to the interests of the day. OUR VISIT TO ASHEVILLE On Saturday, the 26th .of June, we laid aside our pencil and sensors for the purpose of taking a week’s recreation and attending the meet ing of the Press Convention in Ashe ville on the 80th. We arrived at Tarboro Saturday night and leit on Sunday with Dossey Battle, Presi dent of the Association, At Golds boro we were handsomely entertain ed by that clever gentleman Mr. William Bonitz. We were joined at Goldsboro ny several other mem bers of the Press who, like ourself, were convention bound.' We stop 1 ped three hour® at Raleigh where we enjoyed the hospitality of the clever proprietor of the National Hotel, after which we went over to the Capitpl to pay our respects to Gov. Jarvis. The Governor is look ing remarkably well, is'in excellent spirits, and is confident of carrying the State by a large majority in No vember. Reaving Raleigh, we con tinued our journey by the N. C. Railroad io Salisbury, at which place we took passage on the famous W. N. C. Railroad for Asheville. The journey from Salisbury to Hickory was made at night and we were un» able to enjoy the scenery of the country, but the loss was more than made up by the presence of one of the fairest daughters of our 6tster town Wilson, with whom we spent several hours in pleasant converse, and whose pleasant conversational powers and ready wit would have commanded our attentiou had the whole trip been made by day and the scenery been the most beautiful on earth. We reached Henry early Tuesday morning, where we took breakfast and commenced the aseent of the mountains, which surrounded us on every side. Although very tired and feeling much the need of sleepj the grandeur aud majesty of the mountains held us spell bound and in our heart we felt proud to thinljt that the State within wh.>«* borders those lose lofty peaks raised their heads was our native home. We regret our inability to tell all we saw that was interesting. The people gave us a genuine North Car I I—1|M |i mi ..■ olina reception, and there was no end to the good tbiDgs said and done for our comfort and pleasure. The lir was delightful-and invigorating, the scenery more beautiful than we had anticipate^ and the town itself .contains bo many tasteful residences as to excite adulation. It was our fortune to be assigned to the keep* ing of Cant. Calvin M.,McLoud, one of the most clever of Asheville's cit izens, ancj we \vill long remember his fine beef, tat mutton and other substantials, as well as the attract ions of his home. In conversation with his interesting wife and fasci nating niece we spent the most pleas ant hours of our stay in Asheville, and shall long cherish their remem brance as connected with the beat spent moments of our life. After the adjournment of the Convention Thursday we spent a couple of hours in riding through the country, after which we made preparations to at tend the Ball given iu honor of the Press Thursday night. The large ball-room wa* filled with the most beautiful of the daughters of Ashe ville and other ^vns in'the State with a sprinkling from other States, and everything passed off in the most pleasant manner. A descrip tion of the ladies and their dress is a task beyond our capacity, ami we will not spoil our reputatiou by at tempting one. Sufficient to say that they were as lovely and grace ful creatures as heart could wish their drestes were pretty aud fitted them nicely, apd their movements iu the merry dauee were splendid. We found the Western Railroad in much better condition than vve expected, and with careful manage ment, there is pot much dauger in crossing the mountains. We must admit that wo somewhat dreaded •‘Mud Cut,” l^ut laughed at our fears when we came to view the huge bug bear in its true light. The road is completed to within five miles of .Asheville and the road bed ip being picpaicu iu i li tii u pi *v;u. Qn Friday we visited the tobacco factories of Messrs. S. G. Shelton,aE I. Holmes & Co,, and were shown samples manufactured by J. E. Ray, and were surprised at the amount of the weed manufactured there. Mr. Shelton owns the pioneer facto ry of the district and was the man who first introduced the cultivation of tobacco i u t hat sep.tiou of the State, As is usually the case W. T. Black well & Co. were represented by the celebrated Durham Tobacco and his checker board. Every smo.ker had a generous supply of the tobacco for himself, a faD tor wife and a checker board for the children (we mean the ones who possessed the last named articles of household furniture. Not having them we gave our fan and board to one of our more fortu nate brethren and kept the ‘bacca.’) We think the Press of North Caro lina will sustain us in sayiBg that Blackwell’s Tobacco has added more to the pleasures of the conventions of the past three years than any otlur luxury. We bade adieu to the citizens and scehery of Asheville Friday evening and took passage for home . well pleased with our first trip, to the mountains of Western North Caro lina, having pleasant memories of courtesies extended us by the good peo :>le of Asheville. Our sincere thanks are’due Capf. Browning, of the Wilipiogton & Weldon Railroad, and to Captain Haywood Clark, of the Tarboro branch of same road for courtesies extended. Both are clever gentle men and spare no pains for the ac commodation of passengers on their trairfs. The proceedings of the Convention are crowded out this week. Will publish them in our next. Ludden & Bates’ Grand Clear™ ing Out Sale—The one Grand Chance of a Life-Time to But" a Fine Piano or Organ “Aw ful Cheap.” Commencing May 15 andending July I. To uare heavy expense and labor of remp vlng to New Double Four Story Store < July 1, we offer opr entire stock ofPkmbV and Organs now on hand and to arrive be fore lemoval, consisting of 27 Chickering 50 Mathusek, 21 Lighte &Co, 5 Hallett & Davis, 62 Southern Gem, 10 Favorite 27 Guild * Chutcli Pianos. 110 Mason & Hamlin, 100 Peloubet & Co., 44 Ster ling Organs. All new and just from the factory, Also 100 second hand Pianos and Organs, nearly all used from one to six months, and precisely as good as new. All tb be closed out by July 1, at manti factuter’s wholes de late . We can’t and won’jtmovethein. Ion’ uiss this chance. Addfets us ftr “C’e ing ut Sale Circu lars and Prices,” and In qu * about it too. LUDDeN & BATE.) (Southern Music bouse, Savannah, Ga, May bo:4t. l SUBSCRIBE TO THE GREENVILLE EXPRESS. PUBLISHED EVERY Thursday, at Gr ee imlle 5P it t County, N, C., B¥ s J. R, WHIG HARD & BRO Deyotedjto the Political, Agricul ural, and Mechanical interests of Eastern North Carolina. Subscription : $1.50 per year. Parties desiring to advertise, will fin,d no better medium in;the State than the EXPRESS, as it has a large circulation, being read by the majority of the intelligent citizens of Pitt and 6urDmidIng counties. N- -.Mi. ■ : .... ' !- i " I MILLINERY EMPORIUM ! i r has just received from Baltimore a very large assortment of MILLINERY GOODS, Consisting of L nosa. HATS, J VEILINGS, ;K. ' WHITE & BLACK BRETON LACES, CORSETTS, SILKS, ' SATINS, GAUZES, CREIPE LEISSE, AC, My Goods are all of the VERY BEST QUALITY, and I sell them at prices that DEFY COMPETITION. Thanking my friends and the public generally for past favors, I hope by strict attention tp-business) to merit a continuance ot their patronage. ; , Aery Respectfully, p ! M, T. ROUSE. Greenville, N. C., ) •f • April 8, J880. ^Fatisue ffSB^BASgt “3 SON L A RKStUo, 30 UtflON SQUARE/? v NEW-YORK “CIT Y. ^MASSM ISAAC A.SHEPPARD & CO.,Baltimore,Ml 'm 0 Manufacturers of THE UNSURPASSED “ENTERPRISE” COOK THE HOUSEKEEPER’S FAVORITE Combining nil Improvements of Vajue* And Perfect in Operntlon. AXSO A VARIED ASSORTMENT OF SUPERIOR HEATING STOVES FOB BALK BY J. B. HICCS, Greenville, N. C. TO TjiI; P'JRLIC. FTaviivg r-rauvetl fr<V.i our old stand, we lake pleasure in nuivunciiig to the public generally and to our pair:-r.a in particular, U.<tl v, e . lutveopei b < i a row estyLiliilimei.t three doors Jterth of the Court Hi use. Extending ilianls for for mer favors; we invito all who desire as Shave, nice Shampoo or neat Half-tires, to call and be satisfied. Henry Edmond & Son. Ftb. 19, 1880, Greenville, I\, C Practical [ Watchmaker AND JEWEfrEft dVIa.in St., near Court ilousc, t^:r,:bcd:r,o, 1st. c. Dealer iu Fine Jewelry, Watches, ' Clock SPECTACLES, Slver fare Fue Table Cutlery &c. **3?~Fme fepairfu antfd ; Promptly Done and War janll lv. “notice to trespassers'’ All persons are hereby forbid bunting on my lands with dogs, guns, or in any manner, either at night or by day, EDWARD C. YELLOW LEY. June 17, 1880, lm. CLOTHING! CLOTHING! MADE TO ORDER. representing one of Hie leading Clothing Houses of Philadelphia. Parties de sirms a good suit of Spring or' Summer Clo thing, guaranteed to fit, and as cheap as can be bought, would do well to give in a call A choice selection of s imples just r. eeived. DAVID J. wmcHARD. G nrid, N. C. Send 75 cents and get the Ex press for the CAMPAIGN. For the local and political NE A S OF THE FIRST DISTRICT SUBSCRIBE FOR 3» A DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER, PUBLISHED AT ELIZABETH CITY, N. C. «*Sent tt any addn as to J m. 1, 18f 1. orrne dllar. 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