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-inmntinr 11 tmn eTsjaflafaTTtWaaTt.il ---'n T' rifw-niffrniirrfi rifr : i marts in ini. T II URSDA Y, SEPT. 2, 1 SSO. II. A. LONDON, Jr.. Editor. FOR PRESIDENT: WINFIELD S. HANCOCK, Of ronnsyl Viin ia. FOR VICE-PRESIDENT: WILLIAM H. ENGLISH, Of Indiana. FOR OOVEBNOR . THOMAS J. JARVIS, of Pitt FOB UEDrSNANT GOYEHMOR, JAMES L. ROBINSON, of Macon. FOB SECRETARY OF BTAT1 : "WILLIAM L. SAUNDERS, Of Wake. FOR TREASURER i JOHN M. WORTH, of Randolph. FOB ATTOBNKT GENERAL I THOMAS S. KENAN, of Wilson. FOR AVDITOB ! WILLIAM P. ROBERTS, of Gates. IiB uriTHUN TKNUINT OW WDLIC INBTUl'iTIOK : JOHN C. SCARBOROUGH,! of Johnston. iOU JUD31 SUPERIOR COVRT: JOHN A. GILMER, of Guilford. FOR C0S0RE88 FOCRTH DISTRICT: WILLIAM R. COX, of Wake. "The bayonet is not a fit instrc- j IfEMT FOR COLI.ECTINO THE VOTES OF FREE me.h." Hancock's Letter of Accept-1 nnce. m . : for their personal profit the Legisla BLEDSOE'S MUSTY MEAL, j tuxe enacted in the bill appointing The manner, in which public offi-!tL,',u- ('"tion) : cers discharge their official duties and ! "That no contract for work, mate execute the trusts committed to them, j rial or othei service shall be given or is a proper and legitimate subject of awarded t any member of the board, criticism. The people have a right 1 either directly or indirectly." to know and should be informed how The Legislative investigating com a candidate for any office has dis- ,ittee in makingtheir report say that, charged the duties of an office that lie ..tt very large quantity of meal was has heretofore held. Before commit- ground at the mill of Mr. Bledsoe." ting to him new trusts they should i,ut they do not think this is pn.hibi know how he has performed his form- ted by the above quoted law. and ei o Vci il duties. For this reason we therefore to prevent it in the future will call attention to sonjj) of the past , they recommend that said law "be so history of Moses A. Bledso the re- amended as to include the case of publican candidate for Ctfngwss iu ' Huplics." this District, and show from the The republican speakers and papers official records how he discharged his severely denounced Mr. Bledsoe's duties as Chairman of the Board of ,n,m.r.meiit of the lVnit ntiary as e r' V i'-nt .v tin mo 1 M inlili:; i 'linuil Of. In doing this h wul state omy such ,lJ1(i ,.l,.,lvvd to make much politi facts as are found in the otlicvtl docu .lU ,.Il,lllni oul f tt against the dem- mentsand sworn to by credible wit ocratic party, for at that time Mr. ncsscs. Bledsoe was a prominent democrat. By an Act of the Legislature of ClOY (aldwell then claimed that the 1S71 (Chvpter 191 Laws of 1870 71) Legislature had no right to appoint the entire management of the State 1 jrr. uit.,lsoe and the other directors Penitentiary was entrusted to a board t)f his i(),lnl nIui proceeded to appoint of five directors, of which Mr. Bled- a (vv )a.m r,.publieai:s. Bledsoe soe was made Chairman. Soon after refusal to give un to Caldwell's board the Legislature re-assembled in Nov- and thereupon (iov. Caldwell would ember of that year (li71) their atten- ot allow any money to be paid to tiou was called to the management of p.i,.,,,,. fr the support of the l'cid the Penitentiary, and a committee of tl ,ltiHry whereupon the latter threat investigation was demanded. Public ened to turn loose iu the streets of rumors werecirculated. mid the repub- lWeigh all the convicts that were in lican papers were tilled with charges. ,m, iViutcntiary. ( ,llV. Caldwell rat h that the convicts were half starved and or tli.in imvi. tll'0 (.um i(.ts t..ni(,(1 (los(. the ailaiis of the institution were upon tll0 4.tiz,.,,s ,.f ;.'., vit-I.U-,1. grossly mismanaged. In consequence , anowf.(i Inont.v to 0 Ji awn from the tiiereof the Legislature appointed a Treasury by Bledsoe, ami then ap committee to investigate these charges ; pe(llcil t'0 tl'lf. Courtj ,() (kri(lo v ho and their printed report with accom- ( was rilt Tho Superior C.uirt de panying testimony is Document No. ci(1,nl alinst IJ1(,1m10. alul hc alp.a. :!" to be found at tho end of the vol-.eil to tlie Supreme Court, and that umoof Legislative documents of 1871-'Court decided against him. so that he 72. We will quote extracts from this : WflH fon.t,(l to uv uml ,lt u 1(,st testimony of sworn witnesses to show LisJ p0sitioll as Chairman of the board that much of the bread furnished the ; of 1Vuiieutiarv directors. When Penitentiary was totally unfit for any : the ncst democratic board of directors man to eat, and that this bread was WHg IlI1oilltttl j,v (;ov. Van-e Bled baked from musty meal made at 8oe WBa ,eft outl,vas not n. npriilt. BletWs mill, und that when com ' ejafU1. tilllP jlis .lemocrucv plaints were made to bim he declared togrcw iulualiy i,.ss ari(1 iftutifiilly it was good enough !" j 8maUer." and he is now a f nil blood- We will first quote from the testi ' ed republican. mony of W. A. Johnson (on page 20). 1 who was an overseer of convicts, and ,,.. . , ,1 "TllR RIOHT OK TKIAL BY 41 ltY. THE who swore that, '"The bread was al . , ,. , , ti 3 1 HABEAS COIUTS. Tilt I.I11KKTY OK THE ways Dad ; ine Daicer 101a an. jieuHue i it was because the corn was bad ; I have seen very frequently large quan tities of provisions, especially bread, thrown away by the convicts because it was impossible to cat it, it stank so I have complained and shown : tho rations to Mr. Bledsoe, especially the bread; he insisted it was good and I achusetts (more generally called left it to the baker to decide; the , "Beast" Butler) has declared for Hun baker decided it wa bad and for the cock and English, and will vigorously reason that the meal was ground from ; canvass for their election. A large musty corn : Mr. Bledsoe asked the meeting w as held last week in Boston baker if he knew where it was ground, 1 composed of men of both parties I and the baker replied at his (Bledsoe's) democrats and republicans who are I milL" I for Hancock for President. Butler On page 21 the same witness swore made a powvi fid speech, strongly urg thftt, he hail "frequently seen cracks iu.r Hancock's election. Prom all in the bread in the morning that you j quarters we hear of prominent repub could lay a goose quill in, and the brans coining out for Hancock. Bike crack chock full of chischks. The rats who leave a sinking ship they are men absolutely could not eat it." j leaving the old hulk nf radicalism be From the testimony of Y2Aun fore it sinks in November, and are Utloy, who was Sergeant of the guard, coming on board the good old dem we quote the following on pago 23 : j ocratic ship which w ith Hancock at "Question. Do you know that the j the helm is sailing on to an assured meal brought by Mr. Bledsoe's team. , triumph. Come on gentlemen, for at any time, was damaged ? we have not yet quit taking in. though Answkb. I know that the meal would ( after the election the doors may be be about exhausted when thev would ' closed. I'otno in, mill after the meal was brought by them the lireml would be ' sour." Ami on I'lie 'Ao the same wit- I neas Bftvst : I talked to Mr. Bledsoe j several times about the fare." Mr. j M. T. Williams (then an overseer of j fronviets and now a resjei ted eitizen ! of this eommunity) test ilii's on yiiv ! 41 that '-the bread was fi-i'niu-iith-j baked of bad meal." Mr. W. B. Nor i wood (another overseer) swears on page 4.'?: "I have freiiueiitly seen i food on the guard and oversews' table j that no man could eat. At times when I knew the rations to bo seant. I I have had my men to say to me that ' they could not work because of weak ness iroiu Hunger, not kick but nn- GRY and WEAK." W. A. Gowen (who was the team ster that hauled the meal from Beldsoe's mill) testifies on page IV2 : ' I carried meal to the Penitentiary in a two-horse team generallr, t wo or three 1 times a week, carrying '20 bushels at the time." So that it appears from the evidence of these witnesses (who were not con victs but men of good character) that from 40 to l!0 bushels of meal wi :e ground every week at Mr. Bledsoe's mill, that the meal was frcq'icntly un lit for food : that Mr. lledoe was so informed ; mid all this tinit he was I Chairman of the board of directors to 1 whom had been entrusted the care of j the institution ! This meal (the evi denco shows) was baked into bread not for the convicts alone, but also for the guards ami owrseers, and yet ' when the baker decided it was bad Mr. Bledsoe declared "it was good enough." In order to prevent the directors of the Penitentiary using the institution PliESS, THK KHF.KIMlM OK Sl'KKCH. TIIK SATCIiM. IlliUlTS or IKKSONS AMi TIIK IlIOHTS OF l'llol'KKTV MCST HE I'HKSHiVtli." fHancoek's Louisian.-i Order. MTLEll FOR HANCOCK. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, of Mass A WOMAN (AMU DAT.. For the lirst time a woman lms been nominated for a State i.tlice. At the late State Convent ion of the dem oerals in Kansas Miss Sarah K. Brown was nominated for the position of State superintendent of public hist na tion. She is at present school super intendent of Douglass count in Kan sas. and has made an eliiciciit oH'iivr. and is fully qualified for the position for which she is uouiinated. THE STAR IX EUKOK. The Wilmington Star is usually ! wide awake, and we are thercfoic sar ; prised that our contemporary should state that a man could be a Presiden : tiid Elector and also a Judge. In its , issue of the 27th of August an edi torial in the Star says : "Col. Bi nuett lis now tho Presidential Elector for i the Sixth District. Whether or not his nominal ion to the Judgeship will necessitate bis resignation we are not informed, but we should think not. i He can bo elected to both positions ; without detriment to either.' Of course this ea-lllo: be. f!! 1 so we must correct the eio r iu' v; !. i; our city coiae:n oiai v l a. f ilK u. And. bv-the-wav. tlie Star i- l ' - n in saying that Col. I'.enneM is "i'i.. Presidential Elector for the S'',h District." for he was only a cmmiti: for that position. COIlIlESrOTMDTJrJCE. 1 ;F.r Till. I.i . . i.e. Cam: Cm ks. Aug. 17. 1 Mn. F.niioi:: As it is i.::;i ;to be fasUiQU4ible to f.aiiic e-ii iii s for public strvants, and as tli i ;i time when wem ed inoie I i an ev i r the very b'-st men we have to a.!x -cate our cmise and t'i r pre -a :.t Us :m the councils of the StaV I vidi t i bring to ulhc ii' ticc a !, ;t;-.e ticket conipocd o! men .:" .--all the quaiiticaf ions m e, 11 v f ; at. fleet ive canvass, a sure v'-.-c;ioii wise legislation. Give ns V'. Strowd for the Seriate rn .1 H !i John Mat.uitit; and A. 11 on '-r I t the House, and we will l..-:ve a trio of Htnndard-hcarers who will carry the Democratic ll ig tin. u:h the l.o: contests of tin' appi'oa.lil.:.' fit:: I'.aigll to a most sueee--f,il vicjot-y, am! nii'ke n j re.n nta'ive wl-owill be an oi ii.imeiit in avy 1. .':'.! i v bo.lv, tin honor to thelii-elves mid honor to the county and the people who send them. TJiese geittlel:n !i are to' wi ll l.n oMi both at ii 'licsnel abroad to need miv eulogy !ivm nie or any one else, (live u- '.: s.- gen tlemen and our ro.i.l t. i--:. ! y in easy and orr interests s t'e. everyho.ly i for Shei iiT here he .ping S. II. J. !' .- t: Chatham Co, N. C An... 'J Mil I Mil. Imi rei:: Who sha'l ii pi 'I r, pt.'sent iinty in the 1 who m il ii- , ! it a- :! p t. i.'iy. I 1, !!.! !!! I. i i.er o'ia'i i- the people of ( 'hatiiain l i next Legislature? As on er dc-iii s no: ( . c's :' yoMiin; man who uc!- i! ill the future i f our c t tllis qMesii in; Sha'l w simply bec nise t hi y ;v the in o;i'e. and ha e '. i cation but tiiis al- 'tie ': ei rtan Many of th :n--t ; 'i: tr t ' we have ar. di ! V t: I ; only because crr'tp". lar. centage of the ju'i-pl" I fc iv ! er c;irr.pt or igm.rai;. r Then-fore it is a verv d.ilicilt mat'o r to elect strictly good an-1 h l.e-t nu t to otlice. The gre it m i.-.- s a iv ai! huiebugged by etV.c s, , I.,-r. we elect mi ll becau.-t tie y ii ivi erto occnpiid places i.: trmt jiiotit, or hi cause tiny have tin qualification that tic ir n um-s illwavs been li-foie the T - 1 Sha'l have c f -1 office? I vim lire t mv ti at nim-'v nine cut. of every hundred n -nl.ii politicians caie l.e'hirg for tin.' "dear people" or tl.eir oiii.tiy, only to u-.,-them for their own promotion. Khali we select men hi cause they have served thiir country i n ! !" bat tip-field, with no otlur qualification but this? Or shull we select i:i n because ot tutir devotion to party with no nth- er prc.fqnisite tn office, but this, This seems to me to be the lat of all reasons for iviug a man nllice, In- cause if a man is not wi'!iug to m v. his couulrj f.iithfuliv and h without hope or expectation i f re ward, he is certainly not a go nl citi zen or a very great patriot. Then what kin I of n;. n shall w. choose fir these, imp rt i-if. t'lits: We want men with phu'v if er.j.. common sense, who kno v the i.e. d and wants of tin- people a: d v.ic. are bsk aruved just as tho Tanner fast- ; citizens' from Norton county, Kansas, sound ami honest in every ri'-p-a t : ;ng excitement was on th WHn, tke ; visited the mayor of this city and tho Men who have consciences, and who public would have been inc msol- members nf the merchant's exchange, would discharge their whole duty able lor something to discuss. While i to-day, to secure assistance for the without fear nf the people. Men who the monolith is being landed and j starving people of the community, would not pander to th p:. i lie. s placed iu position, wo shall all bo J They say there are over 2,000 fami ot their constituents; men w ho will liaypy ; and by the time that is over lien "there in absolutely destitute cir do their utmost to enact laws to pro-; it is to be uoped something else will cuuistaticra. No food was left over tect and encourage tho honest ami turn up equally interesting. Every sinco last year, and the citizens of industrious iu their labors and efforts school -hoy has seen "Cleopatra's i eighteen counties have been left to build up this great country oi ours. . Swindlers are rogtii s hii I shied, 1 treated as such. We en truly i lann a line fTiiuitry and lu.d i n, ruli.v been what they shicil-.l iiave been m (he past, we would to-d-iy ho the happiest and most prosperous people under tho sun. Perhaps the greatest blunder that has been made, since the war was that which alio .s persons lin-ontiacl debt and then encourage, t'n-m not to pay it by allowing them n home- stead ou nil they ha.o. Tor thie unfortunate ones who came out (he lute war involved (herein mulonbt there otieht to have been somcthieg doue. Perhaps it was nothing more thau humiiiic togive tin in somcieliif, but to further encourage, rascality by allowing a lionict-t sad on new debts), or those eivn'cd after the war, has done 1 v to impede the material prospi ntv of good people than any otliti one Hung. Alt liongli it may renuire an nlt ration of t lie state con- stitution 1 solemnly declare that I will never support any one for a t-eat in the Legislature wit hunt a promise that tm y v ill do soiiietliiiig to try to lime tin- b. famous t emption erased from o'.u c.'iist itir.ion aiid laws. This thc must pit Dais 1 to do if it con - signs t!.e:n to piivati life forever. Aj is. oi i! m:v YOKK LETTEI5. ;Or.r l is will ilouotlcss lC will tlonbtlcss be pleas. .1 to read another letter frn, i" -"ougu jouug la.i es, n ay ..... ii.i-i nig lieeu there, are never alter able our New A oik correspondent, lor 1 j toI,roIimIlK.t. it Hvthing but "lih letters lire exceedingly interesting1 Ht.,. .,,ted on 'tho last syl.ihle. and i uli i (.lining. Indeed tiny arn Clergymen, whose? uigregati msliave higl.lv complimented bv all who read! allowed them a v.,cilion and prob ,,' i i i 1 ab!v a fr o ticket, have doulitless them, ami w? unl esit itinglv pro- . i , . , . ; bent their steps towards Kome, l'igypt nouncc them equal if not superior to , uml tlie lKty L;lml, Solue of tbeln any lcthrs that appear in any paper have l inked out upon the peaceful pubiishel in Xoitli Carolim. The 1 waters nf ( Lililce, ciini-jd the rugged aii'i!..risa.1oMCathan i:efi..!iiAl- "scent of Mount Calvary and w.in . . , , i . dcrd with solemn pace along tho via lillL'lit low,inV 1 ... f i i 1 l'o.orosa of Jfi liKiicia. Ni m Y. iu;. Aug., 2'J, 180. Ti.e trip to the Orient, once so n Ki n i.i: Aid r enjovii.g a jie-1 daiig- roiis nud ditUcult, is now only si'.' I ot cool weather, VM' are neain an excui si n i.f a few weeks. The V- iti i it, ia vh.il might be called : slei py Or; n!al i having his "dolce-i-.i 1 -iiaitiiei heat. Ninety-tl ve i-i t he f.ir-iin-i.t e" I U-. u in u;ion by the sl.-'-ie in su;;i, i- i;t to take the energy toe ami steam of the Occident. Tlie ''it ( i lio.lv, newspaper cones- triivellt r can now ri le up the atccnt j u.nh ids iucjii led. News items ' arc of Vesuvius and look over into the scarce. t.i . Iv.a n the number nf great crater, from the window of a s;iici.!i s has S'-..-ibly di creased. Ia ; niibvay c.icli. I'lilmaii Palace-cars ciol wtatl.ir we iisii'illy avi-r.ige t'vo, now rim up the Nile past the 1'yra n tiii.e i week, bat in mic'u torri 1 nnds K n na!; a".d Tiiehes uhnost to heat as tlds, a liii.u is apt to Ihiuk the bor.iei u' lsi nia; while the twice before i mi;:! utinir lo a eoimir. haiidsome oiuiiibns has made sad in wl.i'r dim authiirita s. r.ia'or.iing to the I'Ost I'.ai ticuiiulv hot, ami win re i'.'" !mi ice cream saloons are !ii.kmivm It v.ci -,',,1 si'em, that per ..s i !i!i. t"d w i i a .-iiiciil.il mania i. i lobe il.ll.leiiced by tiie cx aliip.e of tiieis ill tho time, place ami i. aaiier of shuttling oli' tiiis mor tal n li. 'This year, Central Park has I.eel the favorite Joealitv for such ! mama : but whv a ler-on, :,: - ii4 to put an cud to his existelje sii .i:i! go I tin' trouble and expense I bnvi'-g :i pistol, nr poison, when by 'n. stiin. ti small amount iu tin - i . 1 1 s.siti ticket on some of our over crowded steamers, the same end m' i;t be attained, and with almost :il leitaiiit v. There has scarcely bn-ii a week during the summer that has i,oi had i ii lit r a collision, er a liow-up to luake it memorabk- to the survivors, ut le ist . lie public in eilitors all over the -x -nil are no v anxi'insiv so n m b i : i- Soiitueiu exch-iuges in the i.ope - I liinhni' some! hi m thev can denonii natc "i ut rages." There has been s 'mi accom. ts of such tvcurri nces of late, l.iit tmy have not been exactly suiiable us sul'j. ct matti r for blood thirsty editorials because the bilil ;! .-'zing has beeu on the wrong side. Tin: account ot iuj Hi' tVi nsivc colored im n miudtred in the Missi-ipi hist wed; would l.avo been just the thing, had il not tin utd out that the color-mau-nnd-hrothcr was a Democrat :iii 1 the bull dozer ami murderer a lepnb!ican. It is too early in the campaign to send down correspon dents to manufacture sensational s'oiirsiindpKH-ure-alh.liivits, astlii-re.t.,l tlie manager of tho show. The -on: I I-time to disprove them; but latt-r's cries brought Harry Martin in- an 1 by tho '-outrage-mill" will be (o his ai l. upon whom Jim imme-si-uti 1. ami then, nodoti! t, we shah .liatelv suramr and fastened his teeth have em- feelings lmirowt d up to an . ;. .!'!. g exrviii. '.il.'.-l. bowing p-n-ji- itii-g to be an i x fact li-oin a leiter oulihsh.-i) in the Jii mi l is Avui iiictie is i v 1 1 1 ir tin Aval inch r..ie of the Bless ill : .s; l should think not the New Y.iik he No: tin rn it a forgery, Hi raid which 1 poi tunity of knowing, pill lislii'd !, as follows : "If t'c- lu gri cs will vote the I,e pilb.ii an lichit, let thfm do it, but he wl it.- n..!'l who does it should be iii -.i he. I as enemy of tin. South an I or.-iii !i d warn the iiil.'iiuy he deserves." -.'.-this mr.v bii' tin- sintiment o ; isoii who wrote i, but no one ,.ft tow n as usiuit fir tho Siiininer, .mm lias hvi l in the Suiiih, can lion- ou the 2th of June, his three ht . silysav that it is a relies of the Vlllts n i liuing ill charge. Being i p:!!i-us of S.ai! htm people. Th at informed bv one of iheni, a bov, tlmt :mre are mai y honoiiil.le men iu the ,i,t, tW(, worn, u had been 'in the Sou-h, w ho are eomeu ntious siq.por- , lmbit. nf indulging in nightly t rs of the K 'public in party, is true, . parous i's, he quietlv returned on las't in I it as tqunlly tiiie that they are Sundsv morning, when armed with not socially ostracized on ace mint of . uj dotibled-bai relied bhot-gun, he then- poiiucal opinions. Bigotry and dislodged throe men fiomhisown and .i.tolereiice, either in jv.litics or red ! family beb, and kicked and cuffed ion, wid find m favor with the !,,.. "mio Ho. Ki-,.et b1io..1,.k hntm Ameiicm people at this late day ; and ! if ( bit field is elected he can thuuk yxt such a-sau ne letter writers as ; tue em respondent, of the Memphis ; Aw.l im-he. Such effusions as tho, tn-st, rate campaign tsf the I publicans, ami will ii-. ii. South more damage than ; tij,. Wi,men wore his daughters dress ail tlie "inemies; id the South'" put'e8." U gi t her. i m t Wiih i:t soiuL-thing to got excited I Starvation in Kansas, nvei-, the r.veiat'e (bithamite is m:snr-' A de-pidcb from St. Iionis, dated me, and had not tlm V, 'vntian obi- Needle" pictured and described in hi ! (uograpuy, an 1 has doubtless won- ff rent crops of grain were utterly id ltd what sort of a woman Cleopa-, df strayed by drought. The State tr.i must have oceu, to have made they claimed, was financially crippled use of such a monstrous "needle." , and the suffering extended more or llow the monument came to le call-! less throughout Kansas. Asubscrip ed after the beautiful queen of Egypt j tion will he raised on cl ange to-inor-is uot known, for it is certain that ; row. she was not the builder. .A thons- and years before her reign it stood ; upon the banks ot the Nile. It was old. wtieii Europe was a savage wil-' d. r.i. ss, and when Hamulus and ' lo-mus were building tho mud walls of their city. Later ou, the imperial legions of the Ciesars bivouacked mound it. Tun Holy Family, iu tneii ! sojourn in Egypt, must have beheld ! it, and perhaps rusted on the steps of j ds pedestal. Empires Lave risen i ' and passed away. The wars of the 1 S.iracen and t'liris'ian have shook its foundations time and again, hut i though the contending millions have passed to dust and ashes, tins lmuii- work of primeval man en. lures. The cost of its trnsportatiou and placing it 111 tent ml I'aik will bo uj: 1 wards of seven! y-live thousiind dol- - lars. It is now gtMnled by Police ! night and ilay, to prevent lelic j hunters from clipping oil' pieces and 1 defacing (lie iu.-e. intioiiH. The exodus of tourists to Europe is about over for this season, nud even now, the first installments of the re turning pleasure seekers are bouining to make their appearance. The Mecca t . r i. l ' l.l . I l : ' 1 most oi ine rt-iiioiiaiMes mis ueeu roads on tie' business and back sheesh of the w hiiholin Arab douky driver. A company have a chartt rfrom the Sultan of Turkey, mid propose to : bull t a iai.io..d from Constaulmople i through As;a minor to Bagdad and Damascus, with hian -hos to Jernstt- i lem ami Joppa. So, iu R short time the shiiei of I ho locomotive will re Cll lllPil'. tiie shams of Olivet, audi the lrim li u.-e i ie:.i h his thirst iu j the waters of tuc Jordan. Bill will; it not soiui l st range almost irrev- j ereiit--to hear the railroad ellieial! cry nut- "All aboard fur Joppa and I J rusilem; 13 ly your ticket before I entering the car-! Baggage checked through to Damascus twenty min nt s f ir bniil.l'ist at Jericho! Pis-1 setigers desiring to stop over nt Sodom, ! or (!i mor a i, must procure lay-over tick t Itoin tiie Conductor,'' &c &e. j Well it will no doubt wjikeu up ! tnedrovvsv lurk, and the locomo. lives may prove to bo the most bUC- ees.sfiil missiouarv after all. J. G. I). l'i-lil itli ii Monkey. A despatch from Chicago, dated Aug.. "Jii. Mays; li Iv uml 'lOMuibly fatal fiht occurred tins morning between a ; m oi and a m iikey iu a small zoalo- j gic-d giiideii on State street. Among tin ammals ixhibited whs a large i in. 1 vici-nis creature, being a cross ln-twiiii the gorilla ami ordinary) imuikt v, named "Jiui," weighing I about sevei;t -five pounds. This fore noon he broke his chain and attack nn l cia-.vs in his lower limbs, tearing !!i'!:i in a ti-arriil manner before a-, sista:n o enild be rendered. The I miu.k-y esc ;p! il to Wnbash avenue,1 imrsiied by a crowd, and there hid j uiidir the tidewaik. Martin whb re moved to a doctor's ollice, and his numi'ieiis mi. I ti; -'y wounds were! sewed up. He siiti'i-red greatly from I lo-s i f 1. o il, but niiiv survive. I ii in il oil (Jticsts. j The Ne'v York correspondent ofi th U ih-iii New:, pays: "A ! utlt man residing in an ele-' cai-.t. bouse in Eihtv-third street ftUl coatless. He found lhat there UA( ,eeQ people entertained every njrrht, on one occasion us ninny aa fourteen. They all slept there, they drunk his wines, some nf which had ,.llsf i.;,.. t. u dollars a bottle: thev ate ,is i,;. ats. cakn. sweetiuents. Ac. and Aim .27. khvs that a committee of iu great destitution. Three dif- Frtlit Fair Postponed, I'apt. Natt Atkinson, presidont of the North Carolina Fruit Growers' Association, gives notice that it has been determined to postpone the fruit f iir from the 8th,9th and 10th of September till tho State fair iu Pal- eigli iu October. The president says Huh change has been rendered neces- Hiwy by want of time to perfect the arraugouicuts. Baleigh Observer. Tho Bead Indian ('hid'. I Fnm tin' Sow Y-nk llxrnM -J'.uii.l Chief Ouray, of the I'to Indians, whose death on Friday at the Los l'iuos Agency is announced by tele graph, wan one of the most remaik able of Indian statesmen since the death of Black Hawk and Bed Jacket. He was born probably with in the present territory of Colorado, some Tio or (10 years ago, when that region nominally belonged to Mexi co, but was utterly unknown to white men. The important tribe of I'tes, of which ho was the most conspicu ous individual, occupied an immense territory, einL racing a large part of Utah (which derives its mime from the tribe,) and nearly all of Colorado west of the Bocky Mouutains. The chief settlements of the Utes were upon the Colorado river and its up per tributaries, the Grand, (liven, White, Uuuuison and San Juan rivers. They are divided iuto sev eral bands, under separate chieftains, the beet knowu bauds being tho Uintah Utes iu Utah, the White Biver Utes, the Southern Utes, and the Uucompahgre Utes, tho latter being the most numerous and the one to which Ouray belonged. The nanio is derived from the range of mountains which they inhabited, and this probably from the Spanish words uu compadre, literally a fellow god fattier, but colloquially meaning a good friend. Ouray became acquainted in early life with some of the M.-xicins oil the northern confines of New Mexi co, traded with them and learned the Spanish language so as to be able to use it in conversation. Sinco the settlement of Colorado and Utah by Americans ho canio into close rela tions with many settlers and was known as the white man's friend. Many years ago, while hunting east of the Bocky Mountains, his only child, a boy 12 yeius old, was! captured by thu Sioux, and is be lieved to bo still living This was' the greatest grief . his lif , and he repeatedly, and not unreasonably, app.'aled to the intluem'e of the "(lieat Father" nt Washington to se cure his return. Since the opening of treaty relations with his tribe Ouray rapidly adopted many nf (In distinctive habits ff civili ition ' Tuoueb tho greater part of the I'tes remained savage, he learned from the ' whites the methods nf agriculture, established a farm of sixty acres, on which ho raised good crops ami cat tle, aud built a comfortable house! and had;it well furnished. overnor McCook, of Colorado, made him a present of a handsome carriag.', and with a stylish team uml a Mexican ' driver, he was able to "astonish the I natives" by his magnificence. Being a natural diplomatist he soon lenrned the secret of cotnmuii mating his views iu writing to the Iud.au i. pai tuiciit or directly to the l'lesi leiif, uml used to sign his name to such letters as he caused to be written, lb- made at least three vbits tn Washington , being ii e.-ived with proper s.!t. ntion. His i-fforfs to iivert war I ist y- ar iu connection with the Meek' r in l'-.b r by tho While Biver l.'tes, his apjioii t meiit us a peao oommisMimcr, along with one i-r two white ne n, his elo quent speeches on the grievances of his tribe, his visits to Washington last winter, and his appearance be fore the Committee on Indian Affaiis will be renicmbere 1 bv oi;r readers. Quite recently he had b en negotiat ing the sale of a large portion of the Ute Beservation in Colorado, but his premature death will prnhah y ren tier it difficult to accomplish thai cov eted ol'jiiCt. Slot iu at Kichiiioiid. A telegram from lla.-hmoud Va, dated Aug. lllst, says: This city was visited last night by ono nf the fiercest id must v. r known in this section. Eur two hours the rain fell iu torrents, accompanied by almost incessant thunder an I li-hr-niiig. The ni-h i f water in the streets was so great that Shockoe creek, in the lower part nf the city, was swollen (o n angry torrent, which oveillowed its banks and flood ed tho whole vicinity. Many cellars were tilled and buiiilings b udcriny on the creek iuund ite.h The occu pants of the buildings wero mostly coloied. The llnod came upon them so suddenly they being awakened by the rush of the water into their houses that it was w ith the greatest difiiculty they were rescued. The scene iu the neighborhood of the swol len stream was terrible. Women and , children were seen at the windows, holding lamps and screaming for ' help. The night was pitch dark and ' often cries were heard from points where no one could be scon. Men were wading about iu tho water Hy ing to save life, while they saw their worldly goods swept away. While the damage in figures is not great, yet the loss fulls heavily upon the peoplu who are the least able to bear it. A number of merchants sustain ed considerable loss by tho ll aiding of cellars. In other parts of the city tho streets were badly lhxided, and sevetal bridges in the suburbs were swept away. Lightning struck in several places, but did no serious damnge. The loss of hfo has not yet been reported. Reports from the surrounding country show (hit the storm covered an extensive area and did some damage. Fell in a Well. Mr. Jus. H. Lii 1 )tt n (ooJ f.iriu homo kst Siihinhiv, by itw f tiling into an clil well, which was covered with mils ami earth. TLoisiilH had rot ted nud the burso hroku through iu wall; uif,' ovi r it. Aliuunnrc (riuuin-r. Executor's Sale. I will iu-II 1. 1 iti liiKhmt l-IM.-r, f . r -h.sIi, al the Into rwl'l.-mi! willliun ll.-ivl.-n, iH-i'B..'il, on Tliurmliiy, Ihr :nt ilny i.f lv j.ti-inl r m xt. imn l4 if .ullli-. Ii"ir, rariniiic ti-U, li'iuncli..! I Mmliuro iuiJ i fi-ntllt-r In- Io. a. li. Ill.AliKN. uuk III LA. c ul.ir. SCHOOL BOOKS! APPLETON'S SERIES Exchanged for old books and sold at introduction prices, which is less I linn one-half regular price. Teachers would do well to call at LONDON'S CHEAP STORE and see them. Appleton's Headers ore recom mended by tho best teachers in the State as being the very boat series. ti?" Teachers will be furnished with specimen copies on applica tion. August 5th, 18S0. W. C. DOUGLASS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ASM IiHOliO, 1 . C?. IT '.I'-i In Oif l'"iirl!t nf Kimdoleti, nmllidtn nn-l M -iiiK aii.'ry. Julf !ri ly H. A. LONDON, Jr., Attorney at Law, piTTsnoKO', nr. c. jprtf-Specinl Attention Paid Vl Colleotina. - . JOHN M. MORINC. Attorney at Law, Murlniovlllc Chalhaa .'., N. C. i us M msri, or Cbktliun. Or Ortngs MORINC & MORINC. A-ttornoyai at Zjiw lU ItllAJI, n. v. All baiineM iutnuUd to then will rMT prompt attention. W. E. ASDF.ROX, V. A. WILIT. l'reildQQt. Ca.kltr. CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK, or UAI.EKiH, X. C. J.D.WILLIAMS & CO., Qrocors, Commission Merchants and Prodnco Bayen, FAYETTEVILLE. N. C. NORTH CAROLINA j STATE LIFE INSURANCE CO OF RALEIGH. X. CAB. t. n. CAMERON. frMifont. W. . ANDKKSON, Tl Trm. W. IL HIC KB, Bt'v. Thd 00I7 Horns Lift Iniurane Co. ia the State. All IU fund loaned out AT HOME, d atnoiif our own people. We do not lead N.irth Carolina money abroad to build ap other Rtate. It I one of the most aamewful eon panic ot its age in the United Blair. Iia aa. b,-u are amply sufficient. AH loasra paid promptly. Kiglit thnowod dollar, paid la ina l mi two yrara tofamillv in Chatham. It will cost a man aped thirty year, ouly fife Mali day to Insure for one thousand dollara. Ari'.y A"' further luforination to H.A. LONDON, Jr., 6m. Apt. riTTBBOBO, jc. a 100 uggies. Rockaways, Spring: Wagons, Sto. rde 1 f Ilia Uat mauriais and lull? aarraat t . tn lw sold rotcardluM of cost. PartiM la wuDt will ooonnit th j own intMwat by riaan itiiiig onr stock an-1 prioaa before baying, aa we are determined to tall, and bare eat da onr prion., ro they cannot be net by any other bonM in the HtaU. Also a fall stock or. Iliiiiil IVlnde IlariiCMH liCrAIUINS dona at bottom prioaa, and la best m.un-r. 8nd for pr os and ante. a, A. MoUrHaJI k lOKt. Fsyat anlla, M. C T. H. BRIGGS k 80H3, BRiaas Bum) me, RALEIOH, N". O. DXAIaXBa ia HARDWARE, WAGON AM) BUUtiT MATEKLiJU dASH, DOOBS, AND ELIYDS, FA1NT9, OILS. AKD OLABS, tun, OEimr, A5D PLABTZa Steves, Nalto and Iron, Children's Carriages, BPOBTINO GOODS AND FISHINO TACKLE. j Band for a Bampla Card of "ToM'n Jfc, Country' REACT VIXID PAIKTH. It is tho Boot. We offer Beat Ooods at laswset Prtsse. SQUARE DEALING. aifjrvwrs-il HwTV"n
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Sept. 2, 1880, edition 1
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