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KALEIGIL N. C.
Tuesday, May 22,
1877
X C. tLi HARRIS, Editor.
, IK M, BROWJST, Proprietoiv
' Tlie Cross Mark. )
" .One cross eiaik indicates tliat yoip subscrip
tion s about to expire, an two paarks indicate
- tlioi it has . expired, and will be stopped if not
renewed.-.- '... :'-:- -.:
TJi e Raleigh Register Office,
South of the Court House and formerly .the Sen-
tinel office. - :
THE LA TEST NEWS.
Gen, CTrant and, family sailed from Phil
adelphia for Earore on Thursday last.
The Russians fleet left New. York on Fri
lay last with sealed orders.
Patrick Quigley was hanged in Philadel
phia on the 17th for the murder of his wife
.The American officers in the service of the
Khedive refuse to bear arms against Russia.
Senator. Morton is in thorough accord with
President Hayes and will probably be the
administration leader in the Senate. 1
. fFiv.e revenue officers were shot last week
in Lee county, Va.y while in the discharge
-of their duties. One was mortally wounded.
Mr. Fraeri of the District of Columbia,
smceeds Mr. J. Q. Hill as spperyising areh
itect of the.United'States. I
Ex-Gov. Chamberlain has been sworn in
as an Attorney and counselor of the New
York-Bar., , ;
The lower House of the. South Carolina
Legislature has passed a bill to pay the July
and January interest on the State debt. "
CoU Henry Mclver, of Caeraw, has been
: elected Associate Justice of the Supreme
Xkwirt of SuthCarolina. " '
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The Russians are concentrating a large
force at Glurevo, and a despera4e bit tie is
imminent. - ,
Tftfe rcdeniption cf National Bank noiie's is
"I greater than at any time since the bureau
for that purpose was organized. ?
i A camp of hostile Indians, consist ig' of
fifty or sixty lodges, has been discovered on
the Big Horn range.about seventy five miles
j nothwestof Camp Brown. The troojw svili
proceed agaiDSt them at once. 1 .
Prince Charles has informed the (irard
k UukqJicholas that in token of RautnariiaV
sympathy with the Russian cause he Will
allow the Russians troops to pass through
x Bucharest.
P. S. Dorney, the organizer of th Califor
. nia Order of Caucasians, has been expelled
from membership, and he now threaiens to
expose the secrets of the Order, which iha?
:been engaged in criminal proceedings. ;.
About 500 Russians infantry have crossed
the Danube, near Renif The Turks waited
until they got within range, when they
opened , such a terrible fire upon them that
the were compelled to retreat totheir boats
with heavy loss.
The Postal Commission are preparing to
complete their investigations in the Southern
States by means of a trip over the Air line
. to Atlanta. They willstart on th224th inst.
Postmaster General Key intends to accom
pany them.
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The en tire ministry of Frace, headed ' by
Jules Simon, have resigned ana new officers
haveheen appointed. by President Mclla-
hon. If the clerical party succeeds to pow
;er in France it is feared the good under
standing between Germany and France will
be seriously endangered. .
An election for State Senator to fill a va
cancy wis held "in Chester county, S. C, on
Tuesday, when Gen. W. A. Walker, Damo
crat, was chosen; by one thousand majority,
a gain of over seven hundred on Gov. H.ttn p
j." ton's majority in that county November
' : last. j .
At Oregon, Holt cqifnly, Missiouri, Miss
Kingsbury, teacher injseled school, attemp
r ted to punish a pupil named William Payue,
; aged ia file resiisted and struck I e; sever
al blows with his! first in the' breast, whien
vr she immediately Ml over and .expired. Ia
J iKt jxiortem examination revealed rh fact
that her fungs were diseased and heart so
? badly involved that death mirt'ht have Imeu
caused any time by over-excitemnL i
It. riiust le evident to every diriirmia
ting liiinB, tliat-Hpjirtjj which I'm existed
in opth L. Carolina, thrbti'rh tlie viscisk
tudes of the lasf nine ears, and 1ms
in-
creased its vote bighteeb thousa
id .dii
ring
that period,ias the' Republican
party
done, j?ossesse5 j)lnck, and vitality to a d
gree.that portends triumph in ! the n
fntmvK ' -
ear
Tli decline of the two dailies of this
; fty rrrnews gathering is apparent to afl.
; We published more than a week
; Item stating that the salary of Mr. ft. K
ri H of the"'Institrtfion4i
J the JJat, Dumb and the Blinded beli,
j raised from fifteen to eighteen hundred
i d0llal und-.8tra?Se to say, Th -JY
y jand id not i see
and- lmVo bot-Learii that; ih.i ,i..L..' .
i ' JanaVa personal c
. ty grew out of Jour article alluduitot hr
mutter RA I i , 'l K
, ' ; v,w puoiisii only meh
v 1 7 ' -i.-fwuie . auu good for the
i party. There are other Dace irf i.
:all the neWB and none suppVeed.
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NORTH. CAROLINA REPUBLICANS.
"The Kepubliean party in this , Stato is
buried 'so deep tjiat no .power cnn evet
brincr it into active, vigorous life again.
Charlotte Observer. j '
The columns of every I)emocratjc pa
per with which we exchange,, furnish con
clusive proof that the Democratic press
lo not believe that the Repjiblican party
" is buried so deep that no power can; ever
bring it into active, vigorous life again."
Tlie continual assaults upon the President
ano! the pathetic appeals wliich are made
from day to day, for a solid fsouth, is evi
dence which convinces beyond doubt,l that
the Democratic leaders; are j doubtful, o:
the success of their party in? the; future
The cry of "nigger" and the consequent di
vision of -parties according to color, made
the South solidly Democratic. , A con
tinuation of the Force policy ; would Have
made this breach bet ween the races wider
and wider - everv vear. Now thatr the
-
policy of the government has been revers
cd in accordance with the announcement
of President Grant, that public sentiment
would no longer sustain the adminlstra
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tion in upholding with the army and navy
"State governments which did riot possess
the confidence and support of. the people
and now that the people? see and know that
it is not necessary that the shall forget al
other ipsiifs and onestioris and band to
gether as one man for the purpose of se
curing local self-government and to pre
vent the domination of the negro race
voters will commence to examine the plat
forms and principles of the two parties
and take position according to their best
judgment and not in opposition to the
Republican party, solely and simply, be
cause the negroes are Republicans and
have nnitedlv suDDorted thatipartv. The
line of color is growing less distinct every
day ; and when it finally disappears, and
the negroes become fully satisfied that
each party is doing and will continue
to do all that is necessary to elefate the
colored race to the highest state of civili
zation that he is capable of acquiring,
the negroes will divide as their judgment
may dictate; and the result willjbe that
both( parties will exert themselves by all
honorable means to secure the 1 colored
vote7; and the day is. not far distant when
the colored man in the South will be bet
ter pio-eeted in all his rights as an Ameri
can citizen, than any other class of our
people, because, in many instances;he will
hold the balance of power, an 1 both par
ties will see to it., that he exercises all his
rights without let or hindrance from anv
source whatever.
The Republican party has all to gain
and nothing to lose from the utter extinc
tion of the color line. Democratic lead
ers who prefer the success of their party
to the peace and prosperity of the country
are fully conscious of this fact. It is this
knowledge which caused the press as soon
as the Southern policy was understood, to
put forth appeals for a continuance of the
Solid South, and the inaintainance of the
color fine, in the interest of politicians and
party, 'without regard to the effect ;a furth
er division of parties according to race
would have upon the country. The'prin
pies of the Republican party commend
themselves to the people: take the negro
out of politics, and permit the ealm and
mature judgment of the people to control
in the selection of parties, in the advocacy
of principles and the choice of men, and
the Republican party will at once resume
control of a majority of the Southern
States.
The Republican party is. stronger in
this State than it was on the 7th of No
vember last, or at any time since 1872.
As the negro disappears from; politics,
and the people become independent and
free themselves of party, so as to vote
for principles and the best'men, and not
in opposition' to either party because a
majority of the negroes may belong to
that party, and through fear of serious loss
in business, the Republican party will
grow stronger and gather strength from
all classes of the people. -
The virtues of the dead are often spoken
of and referred to; and while their faults
fXQ known and remembered,silence, second
nly to death, is maintained as! to them.
If J'he Charlotte Observer is sincere in
the assertion that "the Republican party
in this State is buried so deep; that no
power cian ever bring it into active, vigor
ous life again," it should not sully the re
cord of Southern chivalry by kicking a
corpse. ' ;
The. Republican party of North Caro
lina is not dead: it. will not disband. The
campaign of 1878 will be las hotly and as
thoroughly contested as that of 1876,
and with greater prospects fori success.
The letter of Bishop Hood, to be found
oh our first page; is published by request.
The question of license or no lico ue not
being political, we shall not espoase the
oause of either side, further, than to open
our columns to both parties. ;
A petition is being circulated requesting
the President to issue a proclamation of
;amnestyvto all parties who are under ar
rest and indictment for violation of the
internal revenue laws. We shall be glad
to know that the pray er. of the petitioners
has been granted; and we hope that the
signers will not hesitate-to use their influ
ence with the Legislature during the ses
sion of 1879, to have the : disabilities of
Gov. Holden rernoved.
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LETTERS FROM THE PEOfL,.
A. subscriber, writing from Win sd or,
says:' ' ,
"I think The Register Is by far the best
papor published in the State, and every Re
publican ought to take it. I wish it much
succVss in all of its eood undertakings. As
lon as there are 110,000 Republican voters
in the Stated the party can support a paper.
I wil send you some more subscribers soon."
Another subscriber, writing from States
ville, after renewing his subscription says:
"I am pleased with The Register and
hope you may have an abundant success.
We need a erood, paper at the Capital. Give
us that, and in my opinion, there can be no
doubt of a liberal patronage.",
An old subscriber writing from Stantons
burg to the Proprietor, says :
"It affords me pleasure to work for The
Register. I hope the Republicans of the
State will rally to its support. My coiupliv
ments to Loge; tell hina to keep wide
awake." A' friend, writing from Newbern, to th3
Editor, says :
'I am getting uo a list of subribers for
your paper which I will forward with money
ina few days. The need of a Republican
paper at the State Capital is ad untied by all
who are interested in the success of our par
ty, and I am much pleased to see that you
have undertaken to supply such a paper
that will defend the principles of the great
Republican panty. You should be sustained
by all of our friends and you may count on
me to aid you in your enterprise to the best
of my ability."
NOR Tit CA H Ol INA
AND TENNES-
SEE.
. Mr. Redfleid, the able and impartial cor
respondent of The 'Cincinnati Commercial,
after examination in reference to t.he effect
of the Southern policy upon the Southern
States, writes his paper .as follows :
' The policy of the President has greaMy
heloed, strengthened, nd built up the Re
publican party in Tennessee and North Car
olina, and such border States as have a heal
thy white Republican vote to begin with,
but that the strengthening process is sufli
cient to carry any of these States for tlie
Republican party at .present, I do not be
lieve. . But an election, would show Repub
lican gains, and handsome ones ; so much so
that JSorth Carolina might possibly be car
ried, thouyh I doubt it. Certainly nil the
other Southern htates can be put on the
Democratic side for ihere i where they wil
be found Wheu election day rolls around
in lennessee me iv puoucan party is on
rising ground and in a more premising con
dition than at any time, but the mnjurity to
be evercome is about three times as large as
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THE LEA CH LETTER.
comments of the press.
On the whole we must confess to a disap
pointment and regret in the reading of Gan,
Loach's letter. We had not believed it pos
sible that the charges against him could be
true, and we had expected of him a de lial.
but not such as has been given us, a denial
which simply binds him for the present but
which has nothing to do with next week,
or next month, or next year. Wilmington
Revieic. '
It is a matter of regret with us that Gen
eral Leach does not entirely approve the
course of The Ob terror towards Mr. Hayes.
If, like our friend, we could forget all else,
and recollect onlv what, is tVmw1 Mr
Hayes' " Southern policy " we might find
upon our lips, and in our hearts for all that,
words of commendation quite as warm as
those with which he refers to the President.
It could hardly be expected that we should
condemn any one for rid ling the South of
federal troops. We have labored as faithfully
in the sanctum as General .Leach has iu the
halls of Congre s to bring about this very
thing ; and he feels no pleasure at the res
toration of civil government in S mth Caro
lina and Louisiana which does not find a
responsive echo in our heirU B it we are
not ready to throw our oarselve at Mr.
Hayes' feet and fall down in the presence of
a power obtained by fraud, pe-j;iry and for
gery, and maintained by suborning those
whose crimes made his inauguration possi
ble. Wecannjt forget thatjthroughout the
entire South he has done nothing to relieve
her people except what has been extorted
by fear of a Democratic House of Repre
sentatives We are not yet prepired to as
sist in holding up the hands of one, who
will surely let them fall to icru-rh us when
we have by thii3 very means given him both
the opportunity and the power. Raleig'i
Observer. 1
James Madison Lach is out in a long let
ter to the Raleigh Observer, ostensibly in
answer to tne rumor going the rounds, that
" Geems " was looking for something to
turn up or he would turn. ov$r. Like Lincoln
saifi or Jfope's dispatches, it is chiefly icind.
Mjrganton Rlae. . '
, A STRANGE REVO VER Y.
A strange cure of an infirmitv which had
afflicted for many years a lady of advancer!
age, effected, H is supposed, by the action
oi electricity, put witnouc scaentiflo- or med-
tuAi iuirveiini)u uy pnysicians, tooK place
in HackensacK, N. J., about a fortnight
ago. lne person in whom this affliptinr.
re&ided, and who was so suddenly unH
agreeably affected, is a lady named Mrs.
Quackeubush. About 20 years ago, her
eyes, which had been growing dim, sudden
ly received new Keenu. ss, and she has since
been able to read tht- newsbaoers without
spectacles, although ft'ecomblains that the
print of The 'limes oi which she ia a constant
reader, is rather rl.ie and) trying. About
the time that her sigi t improved, her hear
ing became so badly unoaired thL
Only hear thejloudest souudsi and conversa
tion could only b- ir.aintaided with h- ...
cucuicy igii! a iu airoug tones. On the
af...v...l.. t Z. . 1 I
evei.i;ig oi ouuuay, April zy,
a shower came
up, anu at aooui 10 o'cIock I
llackensack. Tne flashes of !
it I'aised over
lightning were
very vivd, and the thun ltr had boon haaiin
f rJ n Al- iv .... u i. : ..7 .T " " " w " J
uacuuuoii, who was Somewhat
nervous, was kitting op in her bedroom:
,u uuuHuauy snai-D . nain of i7htnir.
caused her .to start up quickly from hw.
chair. The thunder followed, anq wun iue
crash Mrs. Quackenbusb felt a snapping lp
her ears, and as the reverberations of the
thunder rolled away she wa surprised -and
delighted to find that she could hear the
ticking 6f the clock in her room and soon
after the noise of the family moving about
the house and in conversation: Since that
moment she Kas been able to converse easily
with her friends, and to enioy the con versa
tion nf Mthpra when eirried on in a distinct
mannorard not too far a way Ifroja her.
New York Times. !
THE COLOR LINE.
In view of the changed relations ofthe
Republicans of the North to the colored
voters of the South, the true licy of the
white people of the South -the Democratic
partyis to so act as to eliminate the negro
fro-n national polities. j (
Every Southern man knows that the
negro is treated more kindly and is better
off in the South than any where else on the
globe. Everyone knows, also, that iflett
to himself this new fledged citizen would
naturally be coatrollel by the superior in
telligence of the white man. .Our troubles
with him heretofore have resulted from the
great an 1 undue importance that has been
attached to his position as a voter and
office holder, t 1
How can this' be remedied ? Simply,
we think, by ignoring the question altogeth
er, in all our platforms considering him
precisely as the constitution 'and iaw make
him, as having the rights of other citizens
under the constitution and the laws, and no
more. !
Hitherto the platforms of: the two parties
have had the effect of elevating him arti
ficially, and this has given? him a promi
nence wholly abnormal ; aqd he has come
to think that the pUb'ic ofiities in part be
long to him as of right. L'ne C institution
enforces his right to suffrage bur, it d es not
follow that he has a right tof otfi.'e ; no man
has that right. Offices are created and
should be tided sorely for the public good.'
Not one colored man in tn; thousand is tit
for'any om e that rtjuirfs jabilwy. If tne
offices are tilled by faiihlui and 'competent
men, the rights and interests of all will be
regarded, aud the negro hims-li will be
infinitely better off under tie rule oi good
men and he will soon reedguize this !kct
if he can get out of his head; the idea that
office is meant for the benefit of the office
holder instead of the public.
If our party will iu future act upon the
ideas hinted at thus briefly and imper
fectly,we will not be troubled with the
negro ps a caudidate often, ifvt all, and will
retain the benefit of the increased represen
tation given the Sjuth by his emancipation.
As long as we encumber our platforms
with the negro question he will be a;source
ot trouble to us ; but as soou as he is ignored
in party discussions he will sink into his
natural place and cease to be of political
consfquence, as a zule.-Raeigh News.
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THE UNITED STATES AND
MEXICO.
The United States. Minister in Mexico,
Mr. Foster, we are rlad to see., absented
himself from the ceremony of the inaugu
ration of General -Diaz as President of
the Mexican Republic ; for Jin the present
condition of Mexican affairs the absence
of the American Envoy much' mere than
counterbalances the presence of all the
rest of the diplomatic .corps so far as any
moral effect of either upon the popular
feeling about General Diaz in Mexico is
concerned. Since Ger.eral Di iz laid vio
lent hands upon power in Mexico Ameri
can citizens have been maltreated and de
spoiled in that country without redress,
and the Mexican authorities: acting under
his orders, have shown 'themselves, either
powerless to restrain the lawless borderers
ot Mexico from disturbing ! our frontier
country or indifferent to their duty in the
premises. When the United. States gave
tl ei moral support to the government of
President Juarez as against the empire of
Maximilian, Maximilian held the city of
'Mexico'. fust as General Diaz now does.
He had on foot a larger Mexican armv
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turtii vjcijui.w xiaz now coinmaiKis. jie
had a much larger and more outspoken
following among the bettor class in Mex-ico-
But the United States " regarded
President Juarez as the lawful ruler of
Mexico, because he was the ruler of Mex
ico under a constitution never formally or
legally abrogated by the Mexican people.
President Lerdo at tins time holds the
Mexican Presidency by a teniire oi law as
against the tenure of brutd force which
alone General Diaz has to show for him
self, and it would be a public misfortune
were this country hastily to eouVnit itself
to the recognition of the latter tenure.
Our news from New Orleans indicates
that serious preparations are making in
Northern Mexico, under the, supervision
of General Escobedo, the accomplished
and patriotic Mexican soldier who was so
recently in this city, to conr.Wt in arms
the possession of power by the revolution
ary President. It is altogether to be de
sired that the United States may abstain
from meddling actively witluMexican af
fairs on either side until these b'renarations
shall have been completed, and the issue
between the sword and the gown in Mex
ico fully and fairly tried in the way which
President Diaz has made necessary. N
Y. World. ''
EXIT SAMBO.
For the first time in sixty veafl-s we find
the negro no disturbing element in poli
tics. With the settlement of the South
ern question by the present 4 administra
tion the African is placed upon his own
merits as an American citizien without
the special protection of a fanatical-party,
seeking their own interests under the pre
text or advancing his ; without the con
stant agitation which kept him always in
he foreground as an object of particular
solicitude. As other citizens, of whatever
race or nationality, he must . take care of
us own political, rights and his material
interests. 1 he later constitutional amend
ments, which have been universally ac
quiesced in, concede to him- the same
privileges which invest all other citizens
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wun tne rignt to participate in the affairs
of government. There are thrown nmn
to him the same, opportunities for. making
his way in theworld that are accorded t j
the rest of us,- in that he is free to make
the most of all that is useful and service
able in - his composition. Since the first
attempt to extend tho territory of the
United States, wldch awakened the antt-
slavery feeling of the JNorfh, .thenegro
has 'been the subject of the bitterest poli
tical controversies in our history an4 it is
a matter of congratulation, not only to
the. country generally, but to the black
ihan himself, that he is rio longer an ex
ceptional figure in r polities. Mofirke Ex
press. ."'..- (
LITERARY GOSSIP.
ORIGIN OF HONEY-DE W.
BY MRS. MARY BAYARD CLARK, LITERARY
CRITIC. . '
The Popular Science Monthly for
June contains a letter from our regular cor
respondent, Mrs. Mary Bayard Clarke; on
the origin of the Honey Dew of Western
North Carolina, which we copy for the bene
fit of our readers', as the subject is an inter
esting one to many Of. them.
The bee-keepers of the mountains rely on
this dew as a valuable source of honey, and
its origin has never been settled to the satis
faction of mahy of them, Mrs. Clarke, who
is one of Appleton's regular Scientific review
ers, gives Mr. Morgan as her authority for her
statement, who is, as she says, one of the best
informed bee meu of our State, and a close
observer of nature.
To the ETdor of the Popular Science Monthly.
Dear Sir: Mr. Darwiu says in his
' Cross and Self. Fertilization in the Veget
able Kingdom," page 402, "Many years ago
I suggested that primarily, the Saccharine
matter iu nectar was excreted as a waste pro
duct of chemical changes iu the sap aud
that, when the excretion happened to occur
within the envelopes of a'fl ower, it was uti-lfz-d
for the important object of cross" fertiii
Zcttion, being .-ubsequentry much increased
in quantity and stoiettin various ways, t
'In is vit-w is leidered probable by the
leaves of sOiiie trees ex cretiug, unier certain
climaticcoiiditions, without tne aid of special
glauti-i, Saccnanue fl aid, often cailecl honey -dew."
s
In the mountains of North Carolina there
is a species of honey dew eagerly sought fjr
by btts, which is rarely seen by perou who
have written of it, and is by many supposed
to be a myth; out Mr, Rufus Morgan, one
of the beat io rm d and most eJuccessful
apiarians of that nection, w'io has fur severe
years examined it ia all its stages, is con
vinced th it it i an a umal, not a vtgiabl
exudation.. I i repfy to my questions re
specting it he writes :
4 Tiie phenomenon is not only well known
in my ftccubn of the cttate, but is ujf atuiuni
recurrence. I have frequently studied it on
greeu leaves, geut-rlly in the mouth of Juoe
or July, and invariably found it iu close
vicinity to the Well known aphides, or
plant-lice, ai ways! below them,- wneuce I
concluded tbi-y wounded the leaves aud
caused ; this fl w juf siip or honey.' - But on
t'urtrr examination,.! was fortunate enough
to Witney n afiual shower of dew in al
most ii.finit globules; and oa getting
thesunl'gh at th right angle, these par
ticles couiU be traced to these little creatures.
It was a perfect I q met day, jiud they seemed
to eject Uih glo?.jh s with some force, mak
ing tnem fly cleAr of the leaf and fall on the
leaver below. Of course such particles would
be wafied away by even a gentle wind, and,
not being accompanied by their cause, their
origiu would necessarily be obscure4
Li-ist spring, tefore any leave? were out, I
witnessed a moot extraordinary yield ot it
ou the piues. It hung in great tiropd, and ,
fell off like real dew when the limbs were
shaken.' -
At first I was mystiflid as to its origin, as
I couid field no apnidts whicti, according-u
my theory, ought to be present ; but ou a
closer inspection 1 found them in abundance,
not on the green, but on the dark or wiKMy
part of the twig. As these insects are of the
8me color as the substance on which tiiey
are found, ih.y are noticed only by'ciose
observers; but there is no douot ;in my
mind that the honey dew is an exudation
from them, i'nese insects are also called
4 ant cows' from the face of ants seeming to
sucif them, when tliey are only gathering
this sweet secretion. It will be hard to con
vince the public of this simple origin of the
ho.iey-daw, as, of the hundreds with Whom
I conversed respecting it last year, none
would accept my view, except the few whom
I took to the trees and showed the philoso
phy ot it, and even they seemed to regret
UiUv I had spoiled a pet delusion."
In his "'origin of species", page, $7, Mr.
Darw.iu, in speaking of the inability of the
hive bee to suck nectar from the red cloy er
flowers, says : "I have been assured that
when red clover has been mown, the fl jwers
of the second crop are somewhat smaller,
and that there are visked by rainy hive-
bees,! do uot kuow whether this statement
is accurate, nor whether another published
statement can be trusted, nara.:ly, that the
liigurian bee, which is generally considered
a mere variety, nd which freely crosses
with the conim u hive bee, is able to-reach
and Suck the nectar of the common red
clover."
Both of these stateni3nts' Mr. Morgan con
firms, and acting on-the fact that the Ligj
rian or Italian bee can procure honey not
only from the re 1 clover but other fljwers
ol his section, in which the nectar is inac
cessible to the common or black bee, he has
Italianized his whole apiary by crossing the
black and Ligurian bees, and finds the croa
stronger and better honey gatherers than the
common bee. These facts, as coming from
a practical apiarian may be interesting to
he readers of the 4,Popctla.r Science
Monthly," and therefore I have ventured
to send (hem to you. M. B, C.
Newbern, North Carolina.
STATE NEWS.
' Ju ige Settle has returned fro ti Florida,
and was in town this week looking remark
ably well. T ie Judge's old friends delight
to welcome him in their, midst. Reidivi'le
News. . f . i; "
F T)kka i. Court. The Grand Jury of the
P'e lerat Court in this place! wfys only retained
three days last week, being fifUliy dismissed
n Thursday evening,
the scarcity of funds in
ment. Asho'Ue Citizen.
This was owing to
the Judicial Depart-
Senteace of the Polk County IlEy -enue
Offendeks. Our , readers ' will ' re-
memher the disturbance which occurreil 'at
the Blue Housejiio B(eadern counfltn
February last, w hen a J party of men from
from Poik county attempted the rescue oi
one of their party who had been arrested for
iHicit distilling7 and who was! then bping
examined before commissioner MorrisUfaa?
Fisher, one of the raiding partyr being shot
and wounded by Deputy Marshal Ilarkins,
the' latter being wounded at the time; and
of the si b8?quent attern pt to rescue from the
Henderson jail the said Fisher, in which at
tempt several were capturod. and one or
more wounded,
A POSTM A.9TEU AND A LAWYER GOES TO
the Penitentiary. During the term of
the Federal Court now in session in this
pjface one S. C. Vance, a lawyer and late post
master at Grassy Oeek, Mitchell, county,
charged with robbing the mail, submitted
through his counsel, Maj. A. C. Avery, to a
verdict of guilty. He was sentenced to im
piisonment at Albany for one year. Ash
ville jCUizen. :
The - Case op Sheriff Collins- of
Swain. The case of Sheri ff Col li ns, of S wain
County, charged with killing a man named
Carr some time since, was last week removed
from Swain county to Jackson, and may
possibly be considered this week. The facts
of the killing las brought before the Grand
Jury make the circumstances of the killing
decidedly against Collins. Col. A. T. David-
son, of this place, appears on the part of th
prosecution. AshvlUe Citizen.
At the present term of the Federal Court J
in this place Jas. Fisher was tried and con-,
victed of engaging in the disturbance at the
Blue House. He was sentenced to two years
in the Albany penitentiary. Jack Fisher, a
brother of James, and Peter Camp, said to be
a U. S. Deputy Marshal in South Carolina
these twef having been captured at Hender
sonville were tried at the same time and
convicted of participatiou in the raid made 1
upoa the jail at Hendersonville for the pur
pose of releasing Jas. Fisher. They were
sentenced to eleven months imprisonment
and $500 fine each. It is said their confine
ment will be in some county jail. Ashville
Citizen. 1
A negro calling himself Henry Williams,
and claiming to hail from Randolph, burg- -lariously
entered the house of A. H. Motley,
Sunday night, and stole several articles.
while the family' were at supper ani then
madu his e ae, but was pursued by Dr.
Taos. VV". Kifi, to Dnviile where he was
arrested am. '-rought back. He Wlas tried
bf re Justit VVr.iy , and committed to jail.
Reidivule N-ws. ,
Revenue Iaid Tne Revenue detec
tives rerurnel to this place, Wednesday,
having captmvnl sixty illicit distilleries in
Wilkes and a jtceht section, and as trans
portation coufd not be obtained, the whiskey
was spi lied Ujnn the ground. Tne crop of
illicit i still remaining in that section, is
supposed to be large, and a future increase
more than probable. Statesvi'le American.
Broke Jail. Fraui" Covington, Milton
McBryue and' Jesse Rss, all colored, made
their escape from the jail at this place on la-'t
Saturday night by cutting through the wall
with pocket knives or soma other like in
struments, and are still at large. The two
former had oolyjust been tried during court
last week fjr larceny and receiving stolen
goods, convicted and sentenced by Judge
McKoy to 5 years each in the penitentiary.
Sheriff Long has offered a reward of $75 for
the apprehension of the three, or $25 for
either oue of them. ? Hiking ham South.
The Homes tead. The other case refer
red to, was a suit to recover on a note where
the defendant waived his personal property
exemption. It seemed that the defendant, " I
notwithstanding he had waived all claim, to
his exemption on 'It be face of th j note, yet
claimed its benefit when the sheriff was pro
ceeding to c Uect. The Judge decided that
the party, having waived his exemption in
the note, was estopped from claiming its
benefits. An appeal was taken. Wilson
Advance. '
Bsavan against Speed, 74th N. C. He-.
ports, page 5.41, would seem to be a precedent
directly in favor of the defendant. Editor.
The Legislature. This body of quon
dam Democrats sefem .to have been stricken
lately with pangs of remorse for'having car
ried the last election, and in order to relieve
their feelings they are dividing' all the of
ficers with th Ridicals, and they even go
so far m tnis determination to divide
and shake hands, that they take ofi the
names of the most prominent Democrats in
the list of recommendations and put in th?ir
places the names of the m ist obnoxious
Radicals, Hadn't we better strike out that
amendment to the Constitution which was
intended to secure the white people of the
Eist fair and intelligent county govern
ments Tarboro Southerner,
Capture of a Gray Eagle Yesterday
morning Job Fletcher, a colored man living
on the cornerof Norwood and Newouth
Fiont Streets, discovered a large bird per
ched on a cypress tree in the marsh back of
his garden, and getting his fowling piece he
44 crept down" On his game And discharged
a load of medium sized shot at his wing.
The bird immediately fell iu the m irsh and
on drawing near Job found, that he had
wounded a' very large gray eagle, which she
captured and'conveyed. to hi3 home, not,
nowever, wuuuut a severe strjiggie, and con-
ti lerable danger to himself, for the wounded
eagle fought with a tenacity pecaliar to hU
species and with a strength which the kin
bird of the. air only possesses. Newb rn Nut
Shell.
An Improvement- in the Steam E.vr
GINE. Mr. l.iddell, " of the Mecklenburg
In n. Works, has recently invented a new
steam., engine, or rather discovered the
means by which the old may be vastly im
proved, which is Attract inir much attention.
nd which is regarded as a most valuable
one, by all who have seen it and are capable
Of. forming a correct opinion. It is now irj
operation at the Mecklenburg Iron Works,
and although a 6 norse power, drives the
machinery with greater ease ana force that
the fifteen horse power, which is displaced,
The m!st striking feature about the eosrine
at first sight, is that it has no ciyinder heads,
and ttie whole motion of the piston can be
seen. The casual observer is at first utterly
unable o discover tho whereabouts of the
motive power, but after it is explained it is
as simple as can be, and excites surprise that
it has never been thought of before,'- dtar-
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