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BALEIOH, 3T. p. WEDNESDAY . JUKE 18, 1884. VOTISfi IN STATE CONVENTION As PrMrfWd 1 OrraBlxatlB P1m. ; The State Convention shall be composed f delegates appointed by the several county Con ventions. Each county shall be entitled to elect one delegate-and one alternate for every one linndred and fifty Democratic vote, and one delegate for fractions over seventy-five Demo cratic votes, cast therein at the last preceding nubcruatorial ejection: and none but dwtj or alternates so elected shall be entitled to seats in saui convention; provided, that every county shall have at least one vote te said Convention' - TUe Caaaty Votea. "CorNTIES. Alamance.'. Alexander Alleghany Anson Ashe Beattfort Bertie Bladen Brnuswiek Buncombe Burke.. Cabarrus Caldwell ...... Camden Carteret Caswell , . Catawba Chatham .z ( 'herokee Chowau I Clay Cleveland Colu in has '. Craven. . .'. Cumberland Currituck. Dare Davidson Davie '. Duplin Durham Edgecombe Forsyth Frauklin (iaston i. . . (iates (iraham (iranville ...... . (ireene .v. . Uuilford Halifax.. Harnett Haywood. . Henderson. Hertford Hyde.. ... Iredell, Jackson . .. Johnston Jones Lenoir Lincoln Macon Madison Martin McDowell Mecklenburg Mitchell......- Montgomery Moore Nash New Hanover Northampton . Onslow .- Orange r Pamlico Pasquotank Pender Perquimans Person -. Pitt Poik Gove rnor, 1 880. 10 6 1 3 11 i 11 3 5 13i io! 61 , loj 12 14 4 4 2 11 11 8 14 7 2 12 6 13 8 11 12 14 1 12 6 15 12 7 6 4 6 16 4 14 4 ; oi S 5i 22! : 3I 5! 10! 'Si 10; 7i 8! 41 4' 7i 5: & 2 3 A - P., 3 ' x f Pi , a. 1,447! 792 514 1,633! 1,027 I.T17! 1,188; 1,2781 702, 1,925' 1,074 1.45 ' 971 i 631 9901 l,446j 1,867 2,159; 748, 628 356; 1,691 1,5771 1,190 2,079 988 l,745f . 913 1,963; 1,277 375 247 995 1,032 1,743 1,721 1.530 896 1,506 816 1,057 419 523 .706 1,790 619 1,888 643 854 181 554 922 2,816 2.162 326 265 1,887 898 1,214 Randolph J 13 Kicntnoud .'. Robeson -Rockingham , . Rowan.... Rutherford Sampson Stanly Stokes. . - Surry Swain . .'. Transvlvania Tyrrell .: I' uion Vance Wake Warreu v Washington . . . , Watauga . Wavne Wilkes Wilson Yadkin Yancev 9 15 16' 13 81 14! 6i 8! 9! s! 3 10 7 29 6 4 4 16 1 io: 10 6 5 1,723; 1,765 2,034 1,097! 1,009 2,831 863 2.351 99a 959 646 850! 79 2,346 658 2,063 575 1,088 902 789 937 1,386 771 3,2891 497S 695 1.452! l,556j 1,359! . 1,512; 1,035; 2,225 584' 573: 749' 1,308 2,228 330: 1,976 1,340, 2,253' 2,361 1 , 1,79 1,204! 2,1081 8731 1,181 1,370 404 390. 410 1,481 j 3,470 1,796 1,996 1,127 518 3,142 950 2,248 2,426 724 440 843 1.181 92 1,603 215 1,707 796 1.370 763 267 1,089 1,295 578 3,205 963 898 1,397 1,36: 2,349 2,041 530 1,914 386 1,052 1,246 : 979 1,103 1,771 429 1.834 1,739 1,934 1,502 1,359 1,218 1,638 606 966 959 6' 284 353 880 4,280 1,354 621 672 2,330 1,480 1,573 920 680 4,648 2,690 950 552 2,233 L389 1,153 418 Totals, ! 121,8351 115,589 The Bennett vote is taken in Franklin, Gran ville. Orange, Wake, Warren and Graham. STATE POLITICAL ITEMS. HIGH PRIVATE'S REMINISCENCES. As has alreadv been stated in ithaar vnnja uourt noose in the afternoon or jnay 8. We were doable-auicked for a mire. thrown into line of battle, and dashed upon the enemy just in time to protect Ueneral Anderson's flank which was threat ened; i. After a brisk little skirtW we drove them, back and established our line. a was the crood fortuneTf the recruit to overhear the discussion between our Gen erals as to the policy of occupying the hill which formed the apex of that far-famed salient. There seems to be. but one opin ion nowon this subject, 1 andthat is that the line should never have , been extended to that point, but should have been run where it was subsequently established after the blood,y..battle.oi Jlay 12. The matter was discussed at ueneral Daniel s camp fire. General Rodes and he Were opposed to it from the first, but other counsels pre vailed turing the discussion one of them (which one is now rergotten) said with great earnestness, It is a shambles, a slaughter-pen; it will' costnhis army ten thousand men' Fh8y s from that. time, when General Daniel was dyiag in his tent, the words came back to the recruit as he sat by the side of the wounded man, and he has never forgotten them. The night of the eighth and day of the J ninth were spent in fortifying our position. There is no autr that a soldier more cheer- ruuy perionn than loosening up cartn with his Ibaypnet and pitching it on the breastwork swith his hands; thorns and rocks are at a discount for once. On the tenth Grant began to "feel our position" with his skirmishers, at an early hour in the day, and about the middle of the morn ing began to sendan lines of battle with the intent to drive in our skirmish line. Our brigade skirmishers held their posi tion - (by the way, we were holding the left face of the salient),' but the troops on our right were driven in to within a few yards of the, line of battle, Vhich exposed Qsu to the -Dte .01 thjankee,, packets. This soon became very troublesome, and a great many good men were killed. The failure of that skirmish line to hold its own laid the foundation of much of the future trouble, for just at dark a heavy column of the enemy massed under cover of the fire of their skirmishers close to . the apex of the angle, and at the word dashed up to and over our breastw orks scattering the troops that held them and taking the right wing of Daniel's force in reverse so completely that while the Thirty-Second North Carolina Regiment, which was at our right, was hotly . engaged with the enemy in front, a line of battle covered their rear; and the first intimation they had of the line on their right having been broken was a volley fired in their backs at a distance of about forty paces, Nearly the entire Regiment was killed or captured ; the few who escaped did so by leaping over the works and running down the line in front) of them. General Daniel arid his staff were near the centre of the Brigade listening to the firing on the right, which had not continued more than two or three minutes when one of the staff who had wing ran up out of DEPARTMEIVX.OP A6B IC U LTtH E. The "Hand Book of the State of North Carolina w is a pamphlet Of 1 54 pages, givinsr' graphicMescrfptton: of -the re sources of that great State, its agriculture, manufactures, mineral products, etc. The work: is published under, the direction pf tb4td,of jAifric tic' details "of ftim ult imate, soil. ons, government and institutions of the State prove the marvelous resources and great capacity of this as yet almost unknown section of the sunny South. For intending emigrants the book will be found crammed wita useful information that it wonld be well for them to know. A fine map of the State is appended. To young and energetic men who desire to better their condition and acquire arhome tinder milder-- skies jfhan .those of New -England, this description at the varied resources iof taXoita Cara Una will -prove valuable and persuasive. The tide of emigration from Massachu setts has always set strongly Westward, although, in recent years, there has been a smaller current trending towards the South west and to Florida, which has been so well advertised that its semi-tropical at tractions have completely shadowed the discomforts of swamp, sand, malaria and insects: The highway to the far South has been through North Carolina, and yet but few have stopped to examine into its va ried resources, its equable climate and its geographical position, which brings it so near the great markets of the country. The fact that it is sparsely settled, that its land is rich and cheap, that its mountains are built of minerals, that it is healthful, well watered, heavily lumbered, nearly free from enervating malaria and possessed of a genial and temperate climate, as well as a people who are in sympathy with North- 1 era progress and prompt to recognize push and business -activity, has not been strong ly impressed on the' seeker after a home. This pamphlet brings these facts strongly, but none4he less fairly, to the foreground, and also 6hows how the network of well equipped;, railroads thread the State and cut down time, space and cost in getting the products of the farm, the mine the mill and the forest to the market. There is no State in the Union just now which offers better inducements to the young farmer with a little capital than North Carolina, and it will richly repay any one who is looking for . a place to better his condition to examine this volume. The Democrats of Anson send Stedman delegates. Halifax5 delegates arc divided between Coke and Scales. Gates county ' Democrats declare for Coke and Roberts. Pender is for Stedman for Lieutenant Governor, and Green for Congress. The Union county Democrats send del ogates for Coke, Stedman and Walker.- The Chowan Democratic Convention de clared for Coke. Sampson Democrats declare for Sted man, for Grady and W. J. Green. The Congressional Convention for the SHtth District is to be held at Lumberton on July 30. The Greene county Democrats have in structed their delegates to vote for Captain W. A. Darden for Auditor. : Burke county Democrats declare for Tate for Treasurer, Abernethy for School Superintendent, Avery for Congress. The Columbus Democrats send Stedman delegates hwwlaleigh, and "Waddell dele gates to tl&Congressional Convention. The Durham Reporter Bays that county is for Graham 18, Fowle 4, cox 4. Orange is 25 for Graham. Franklin 20 each for Fowle and Cox. The New Hanover Democratic Conven tion declares for Stedman for Lieutenant Governor, Saunders for Secretary of State, Waddell for Congress. ' Robeson County Democrats send dele gates for Colonel Rowland for Conress ami tor Lolonel saunaers ior oecreiary of .State. The Randolph Democracy instruct for Dr. Worth for Treasurer in the most for- it.lc way, and for M. S. Robins, Esq., for ( 'ongrcss. The Fayetteville Observer says Attorney General Kenan "has made the best Reports we have ever had in North Carolina, de--x rves to be retained where he is, and we trust and believe he wilLbe." The Craven county .Democrats send delegates for Hughes for Lieutenant Gov ernor and Long for Public School. Super intendet. They are against internal rev enue and for county government. J The Leaksville (Rockingham county) laze.tte.anya that "in common with a very large majority of the Democratic party of this section we prefer that General Scales should receive th Gubernatorial nomfaia tion, yet it is apparent that Captain Coke, of Raleigh, has a large and influential en dorsement in the 8tate. il It need not sur prise our readers if he should be the man selected to beat Tyre York. No doubt he is in every way qualified to lead the State canvass, and will make a competent and worthy Governor." The New York Time and the New York Pout, and indeed all those independent republicans who revolt at ! Blaine, and whose votes may easily turn the,' scale iigainst him, seem, to be fonder of the name of Cleveland than of any other name that apenrs in the list of Democratic enndi- 'Itltes. been with the right breath and said, " THE LIKES ABE RROKEX, "s Brigade is overrun and the Thirty Second is destroyed." Daniel's first re mark was, "I don't believe it;" but instant ly cashing his eyes to the right he saw the enemy advancing, shouting and driving a handful of oar men before them down the 1 line from the; right. Quick as thought his voice rang out ike a bugle, giving the command to break ground to the rear. Quicker than it takes to tell it the Brigade dashed off at a run the men knowing what was necessary to be done, and not waiting for the word of command. In a moment we had a line of battle in front of the advancing and, as it seemed, triumph ant enemy, but weakened as we were by the loss of the Thirty-Second Regiment our thin line was no match for them. So on they surged, shouting in anticipation of certain victory.' Onr boys fought like Tar Heels though, and contested every inch of the ground. How well they contested it can be judged from the fact that on the ground over which we fought we buried over eight hundred next morning. The lines were not more than twenty yards apart ; we could distinctly hear their words of command, and the Colonel of one of their Regiments was heard to say "Sur render, you damned rebels, don't fire an other shot !" As the words left his mouth he fell shot in the throat; so his words were literally cast in his teeth. Generals Ewell,. Rodef and Daniel were all there, exerting their utmost authority, both by command and example, to keep the men together and make a stand, but we were being slowly pushed back, and the centre of the army was almost broken. Darkness fell and added to the confusion. At this moment occurred one of those incidents which showed GENERAL LEE'S WONDERFUL POWER over his men, and the enthusiasm which his mere presence excited. General Daniel had seen one of his men going to the rear in rather an unsoldier-like way (not to call it by any harsher name), and had stopped him and was using some pretty plain lan guage in good, strong Anglo-Saxon to him, when General Lee rode up, on his old grey horse, Traveller, unattended by a single staff "officer, not even a courier. In the midst of General Daniel's objurgations he y; j EMiCATIOItAL NOTES. ; Rev. R. B. Sutton, D. D., has been elected Principal of St. Augustine's Nor mal School, of Raleigh," in the place of ReT. J. E. C. Smedes, D. D. resigned. PitUboro Home. f ? ' The Trustees of Davidson College held a meeting last Wednesday. They found the financial affairs of the college to be in a satisfactory Condition and the gratifying statement was made that within the past few months the sum of 112,000 had been subscribed in aid of the endowment fund. Charlotte Democrat. Hon. A. M. Waddell delivered the ad dress yesterday at the Commencement Ex ercises of Lanrinburg High School. He spoke without notes or manuscript, and yet a gentleman who was present tells us that it was one of the finest of his many efforts. The occasion, we understand, was a very pleasant one.' There was a large attendance and Colonel Waddell was in troduced by Mr. John D. Shaw, of Rock- mgnam. one 01 tnc most interesting fea tures of the occasion one that was pecu liarly interesting to those from this city who were in attendance was the fact that one of the students, Mr. McCann, spoke Col. Waddell's address on Robert Emmet, and was awarded the prize medal. Wil mington Rctiete. The Elizabeth City Economist nominates for Superintendent of Public Instruction our accomplished townsman, the Principal of the Graded School, Professor Alexander Graham. The Economist justly describes him as "one of the most thorough educa tors in the State: an earnest, accomplished, hard-working, enthusiastic teacher." ra-yettetille Observer. CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS' HOME. . !; Colosel Beley PUa.. J nUaUDiini 11,-1884,, Ta the People of North Carolina : The Confederate Home Association of North Carolina was organized at Charlotte on May 20, 1884, for tlje- purpose of rais ing the means and establishing in North Carolina a suitable home for such of our soldier&rfis may be found unable tor main tain themselves by reason pi wounds, dis ease or age. The Association elected the following Directors: Governor Thomas J. Jarvis, General R. F. Hoke, General Alfred M. Scales, General Rufus Barringerj' Captain E. R. Stamps, Lieutenant Thomas G. Skin ner, Major Elias Carr, Colonel Wharton J. Green, Captain Octavitis Coke, Colonel John A. Gilmer, Senator Z. B. Vance, Col onel R. F. Armfleld, Major W; A. Gra ham and Captain James L. Robinson. The Honorable Joseph J. Davis, of Franklin county, with State Treasurer J. M. Worth, and Julian S, Carr, of Durham county, were elected Trustees. The duty of the Trustees is to receive, at the end of each month, from the Treasurer, all moneys in his hands and to safely keep the same, subject to the joint action of the XJirectors, Trustees and-President. Samuel C. White, Cashier of the State National Bank, Raleigh, North Carolina, has been made Treasurer, and Charles W. Lambeth, Secretary. All contributions in money should be forwarded, to the Treasurer, and all,; other communications should be addressed ' to the President of the Association, Raleigh, North Carolina. . ' ' " The amount required to carry out the plans of the Association is one hundred thousand dollars, and the hope is enter tained by the Directors and President that every dollar of this sum will be contributed by the people of North Carolina. Various ways are practicable and pleas ant for the raising of this money, and we hope everybody will cheerfully and enthu siastically engage in aiding, in some man ner, this noble and greatly needed charity. Organizations in every part of the State should be formed for collecting money, and every contribution offered should be grate fully accepted. It will only require an average of ten cents from each white per son in the State to build and fully equip the Home. Every five cents contributed will make and place at least one brick in the Home. To collect an average of ten cents from each white person would prove an easy task if the people generally, or the old soldiers and ladies, will organize in each township and earnestly undertake the work. No form of organization is neces sary; simply meet, agree to go to work and go to work and it. will not require very long for us to raise the stun neededto provide for our unfortunate defenders.. Can you not,. and will you not, organize at once, and collect this money before the State Exposition, that we may have the double exhibition in October of our grand re sources and of our character as a great and generous people? The men at the head of this Association have been honored by you in many ways and on many occasions, but I . venture to say nO prouder moment has ever occurred, or will ever occur, in their lives than will be that one which witnesses the laying of the corner-stone of this Home that is to shelter and support our needy and deserving veterans. When a sufficient amount has been con tributed the Trustees, Directors and Presi dent will meet, select a site and plan and commence the erection of the Home. Shall this time be in 1884? It rests with you to decide this question, and to you I commit its answer, trusting and believing that you will prove yourselves as good and noble in this instance as you have always done when the lame, the halt and the blind have ap pealed to you for charity. What more can I say? I know not; for if the aged and trembling forms, the diseased bodies and the crippled conditions of these vet erans, whose- limbs lie buried on fields made famous by their peerless conduct as North Carolinians, do not appeal with suf ficient force to arouse your generosity in their behalf, no words I could write will ever bring you to a proper realization of their just and merited claims. W. F. Beaslkv. President. CLEVELAND. OBITCARY NOTES. Col Bel Bessie jc Credentials. spoke in a voice as unruffled as though he were Bitting by his fireside, "Don't 'get excited, General, your troops are behaving admirably under the circumstances ; there is no cause for alarm, the hills on the other side f the ravine are being crowned with a battalion of artillery. Your right flank will be protected by General Harris in five minutes." The men did not know it was he until then, and at once could be heard, going up and down the line, ' ' boys it won't do to fall back any more, here's .Uncle Robert come to see us fight;" and they did not fall back twenty yards further. Gen eral Lee remained on th line not more than a minute r two, just long eriongh to have a few words with Rodes and Daniel, and didn't say a word to any one except those two; but the mere knowledge of his presence was enough. In a few moments tne troops moveu in on our flank and in less time than it has taken to tell it the fight in the salient was over, our lines re-taken, and a thousand yankees dead upon the held, lne loss fell mainly upon the Brigade that first gave way, but our loss was fearful. Among the dead we numbered Major James Iredell, who was so close to the man who shot him that his clothes were scorched. General Bryan Grimes, then Colonel of the Fourth North Carolina, came over that night and buried him. ' More eminent men gave their lives for the Confederacy, but no truer patriot or braver soldier fills a bloody grave than James Johnston Iredell. At the Old Seoteb Fair. Rockingham Rocket. But speaking of it reminds us of two incidents there that illustrate the Scotch as they were. Monroe bought a horse for $80 of Priest, to be paid for at the next fair. Said M. to P. : " They give a note now about such things." Well, well," said P, " write one then to remind you." A Scotch friend approached Pur- I cell at the fair for a loan of $50. He gave it and iorgot 11, leiinig uis wue auu inenus he Jiad lost H; but next fair his friend found and paid him, though he could not be made to remember giving it to him. A son of Moses Stroupe of Gaston coun ty tied the lines of a team he was driving around his body, the team ran off and the boy was dragged over ground to death. fifdinhiiry Tkraminer. Mr. Chesley Turner, one of the oldest citizens in the county, died at his home near Locust Hill last Friday. He was 87 years old. Camcell Nee. Died, at his homo in Westbrooks' town ship, on Sunday, June 1,-1884, Mr. Curtis Gilbert, in his seventy-fourth year, after an illness of two years. He was a highly respected citizen. Clinton Caucasian. Mr. Jesse R. Siler, Register of Deeds for Macon county, died at Franklin a few days ago. Mr. Siler was one of the most exemplary young men of Western Carolina. We tender sincere sympathy to his family and bitnQs.'Atheville Citiaen. i Rev. J. H. Guinn, of the North Carolina Conference and pastor of Rockingham Station, died last week, after a very brief illness. He was a man of marked ability, a fine pulpit orator, and greatly beloved wherever known one of the sweetest spirited men in our Conference. Christian Advocate. The Rev. Dr. Fox died at his residence in Lincoln county on June 10, 1884. He was a man of great industry. When he was not administering to the souls of men he was actively engaged-in relieving their bodily infirmities. He was a man of no ordinary mind. . His usefulness was not confined to his neighborhoods and coun ties, but his reputation as a minister of the gospel and a physician extended beyond the limits of this State. Newton Enterprine. Died in Buckhorn township, Monday, Mr. Robert Norris, aged seventy-five years. The deceased was one of the best known and most highly esteemed citizens in that portion of the county. He was an excel lent Christian gentleman, having been a consistent member of the Baptist Church at Holly SpringB for a number of years. His death will be very much regretted by his numerous friends in this city and throughout the county. Evening Visitor. At the residence of his father, in this city, on June 12, Mr. John S. McDonald, son of Colonel John A. McDonald, aged about twenty-one years. He was a mem ber of the Printers' Union. He went Wst a few years ago and contracted the disease which finally terminated in his death. He published the Morning Record at one time in this city. He leaves a father, mother, four sisters and four brothers to mourn his death. John was a clever boy and made friends wherever he went. His demise is sincerely mourned by his numer ous friends in this city. Evening tutor. Vennor is dead. It is now rumored, that he did not prophesy his own demise,, but he prophesied pretty much everything else in the way of weather, none of which ever came true, and as a consequence he became celebrated. He, exhibited great strength of mind in disregarding the, re sults of his' predictions. '"Like a true seer it was enough for him to make the pre dictions, and he gave himself little trouble about their verification. In this matter he was noted for his industry. Had he lived longer he no doubt would have struck something that must have turned out cor rect. He had many imitators throughout the United States, and most of them have disregarded his injunctions and example, and instead of sticking', to meteorology have applied prophecy to politics and are now predicting the election of Blaine. Like Vennor, they are regarded as consci entious but slightly demented astrologists. New York World. , Washington, Mav 13. 1884. Col: W. F. Beasley, Ox ford. N. C: Dear Sir Your plan for raising funds for a "Coafederate Soldier' Home" in North Carolina is, we belie ve feasible, arid we earnestly trust that ' it may be pushed to a successful consummation. We are in hearty accord with you and promise you our hearty co-operation. We regard you as eminently fit for the patriotic work in which you are engaged, and commend you to the people of North Carolina. ' 2. B. Vance, M. W. Ransom, Risdkn T. Bexnktt, A. M. Scales, W. R. Cox, Clement Dowd, W. J. Green, T. G. Skinner. R. B. Vance, Tyre York. Raleigh, May 17, 1884. Wo heartily concur in the above, J. M. Worth, W. L. Saunders, Thos. S. Kenan, W. P. Roberts, J. C. Scarborough. Having had the pleasure of hearing Col. Beasley's plan for establishing a Confede rate Home, I can say I believe he has the intelligence to organize such plan, and the energy and push to carry it out. In this noble and patriotic work he and all others shall have my cordial co-operation. Thos. J. Jarvis. EUa QualiaeMyM rttui Presidency. j. tAIba3yXriu8.i The qualifications of Mr. Grover Cleve land for the "Presidency do hot exist out 6f sights Tb A33aertan fpteXU&Si& fully studied Ins cUonsamJ beaVing) foi three, y ears: .pastfeHe is one of the. tui men who has exceeded the expectations of the sanguine and refuted the predictions of the cynical. Elexrted'Mayor of a great city by a,uion,of alf the friends of good government,1 he proved ' to' be singularly adapted to the requirements of reform. He Bever lowered the result of the elec tion. It had the same meaning in admin istration that it had in the minds of the people. There was ho degeneration of motive or method or effect. On, a large, but still a local, scale he showed a courage, conscientiousness, and capacity which elec trified a constituency, baffled politicians by trade, dispersed rapacious combinations, won the approval of the best elements of both parties;' and inspired the State. A condition of circumstances not neces sary to review then made the Republican organization the combined implement and victim of the worst and most oppressive political influences, wielded from the centre of Federal power, through bad and bold agents, in this Commonwealth. The Democracy became more than a party. It became a deliverer of the people from a grievous thralL The men of manhood and conscience in the Republican party found the Democracy preferring the re former to any mere partisan seekers, how ever worthy and popular they were. The political revolution of 1882 was the con sequence, with the election of Grover Cleveland by nearly 200,000 majority. He who had been faithful over a few things was made ruler over many things. The man, under the test of events, has proved as Governor precisely the kind of official he was as Mayor. Add the great civic . edncatiDOt which time and enlarged responsibilities have imparted, and you find his qualities only increased, not changed. He has studiously regarded his office as a public trust. He has discarded political arts and ignored political conse quences. Ho has luui no concealments or evasions in his course. He has looked for the 'right 'patiently and he has .done it without fear, doubt or ostentation. The purpose of an upright judge has been his purpose. The systematic method of an up right man of business has been his method. The spirit of a reformer has been his spirit. Not the slightest ulterior design has been predicate, of hjro. He. has demonstrated absolute independence and conscientious ness. He has acted from a sense of duty and not concerned himself with the praise or blame of men. With an industry as marKeu ns nis simplicity, sincerity, and saving common sense he has closed out. each day, all the work to hishand. and he nas gone to sleep not a ingle night with out knowing that' If he should be called hence his accounts with the State would be found balanced up to the last moment of his life, Confronted with duties often novel and seldom uncomplicated, he has granted to all interests a judicial hearing and decided them with absolute equity, givjg reiawbieh hMe fcemmanded the respect of the 'people and -placed his State papers on a high plane of merit. No Governor ever stood better in the moral confidence of the citizens of New York The traits alike to reconcile and incite the people to a change of parties, in itself t serious matter in a Goernment circum stanced like our own, are those which Grover Cleveland has. exhibited. j; A change of hands without -a change of tuethod is not. desired by the ; people.' A change of hand and a change of methods are desired by them for cause. The domi nating influences in the Republican party have given bad administration. The party in National Convention has been made the prey of malign forces which have put upon it a platform of abominations and candi dates whose public record is a nublic scandal. That revolt of true Republican ism which was effected in this and other States in 1882 has now extended through out the nation. As before, the minds of men turned towards Mayor Cleveland, so now they turn toward Governor Cleveland. His experience has been a fitting school for the Presidency, all the more because the office has never been sought or con templated by him. His record is a capital and an insurance of the Democracy. It is a source of confidence and hope to reform Republicans. They who do not perceive the leadings of Providence in the concur rence of the man and the emergency are blind, stupid, or. ribald. -Exactly the re forms and precautions which a change of parties, to be effected, most signify, are represented by Grover Cleveland. Exactly the firmness, frankness, freedom from ob ligations, high sense of duty, and indepen dence of judgment, with the integrity and industry required by the Presidential of- nce, are nis. 111s nomination would be a notification that a genuine Democrat and a thorough . reformer versed in great ad ministrative trusts would assume the her culean task of restoring the Federal Gov ernment to constitutional limits, of extir pating abuses and expelling abusers of of fice from power, and of displacing an appointive policy of mingled corruption and caprice with a system which would divorce politics from the spoils and de volve the selection of civil servants' on the merit eyatem, regulated by law, Because it would be the best, the strong est, the most elevating, and the most avail able nomination ; because it would guar antee victory and make victory beneficent to the Republic, the selection of Governor Cleveland by the Democratic National Convention should be placed beyond doubt. It can be placed beyond doubt by choosing a delegation pledged to him from New York State, and such a delegation should be chosen and instructed by the gathering at Saratoga next Wednesday. Mr. Morrison is of the opinion that' some body has put bis foot in it; nd would now be very glad to have a helping hand in getting out of the difficulty." Mr. Randall, however, is said to be thoroughly satisfied with his position, and everybody knows that Mr. Morrison is satisfied with his. A division in the Dem ocratic Convention on the . tariff question is relied upon j bj tbo; Republicans mere M the coming Democratic blunder which 1 enable them to elect their candidate, 'will POLITICAL NOTES. AMERICAN PROGRESS. :i ' i ; ! ! M j Vn4erbllt and Neweemfee. - The California Democratic Convention was all for Tilden. The Nevada Democratic State Conven tion in its platform demands the nomina tion of Tilden and Hendricks and the ab solute exclusion of the Chinese. California and Texas decline to accept Mr. Tilden's declinature, declination, de clension well, they won't take him at his word. Mr. Hendricks is to nominate Senator McDonald of Indiana for President, at Chicago, and Mr. McDonald is willing, he says, to be either President or Vice-President, i ine JNortnern religious press, which is quite as much devoted to politics as to re ligion, bolts Blaine. That is to say, the New York Independent, Christian Union and the Baptist Weekly, the most influ ential of the lot, bolt. Harper' Weekly is to contribute Curtis's pen and Nast's pencil to Blaine's defeat, and at the North the pencil is mightier than the pen. The Pension clause in the Chicago plat form is seeking Senatorial interpretation. benator ingatls has put in a bill to add $275,000,000 to the money already appro priated to the Union soldiers. The Repub lican Senators are troubled and are cau cussing about the matter. The Democrats say they will not be outbid. The surplus will toon be replaced by an empty treasury? :Mr. Tilden ia quoted as sayinir in reply to remonstrance against his declin refusal to run that, " It-will be all right. New York will give the convention a candidate who will as truly represent the principle of reform as myself a good man and a sound Demo-crat." "To whom do you refer V was asked. "I mean Grover Cleveland," answered Mr. Tilden. The Democratic National Convention will consist of twice the number of Sena tors and Representatives from each of the States, and the Democrats of each organ ized Territory and the District of Colum bia are invited to send two delegates, sub ject to the decision of the convention as to their admission. The votes of two-thirds of the delegates will be requisite for the nomination of the candidates for President and Vice-President. A mass meeting of independent repub licans was held at Boston on Saturday and was largely attended, among those present being very many of the most influential citizens of the State. Op position to uiaine ana logan was declared anda committee of one hun dred was appointed to take such action as may be advisable after the democratic nom inations have been made at Chicago. A similar meeting with like results was held in New York on the same day. The New York Time hot is attributed bv its party to its being a free trade paper, edited by an Englishman. The editor is a Vermonter. and the paper is not and never has been for free trade. It believes in the need of tariff revision, but was for Ed munds, the Protectionist, for President "Just now, the Tone says, -'"the voters have a question to settle which, is of very much greater importance than the tariff question. . It is a question that concerns the honor of the Nation and its safety 1 tie supreme and sole issue this year is whether or not the next President of the UnitedStates shall be a man honest himself and in favor of honest government." The three democratic organizations of New York City have practically united upon Governor Cleveland as their candi date for the Presidency. Roswell P. Flower, it is rumored, has a big barrel on tap for necessary and ' legitimate expenses, but there is scarcely a probability that he will get store than five votes from the city, Mr. Flower does not seem to have made any serious headway in his canvass. He has many friends, but few of them regard him as a strong candidate. On the other hand, Governor Cleveland has the support of the County Democracy, Tammany Hall and Irving Hall. All talk of a quarrel among these organizations has died out, and there is perfect harmony of sentiment. In the light of past bitter experiences, and in the face of the great opportunity offered to the democratic party at large in the coming Presidential campaign, the metro politan factions have resolved to bury all differences and be a unit in favor of Gov ernor Cleveland. John Kelly was for Til den, would be for Bayard, if an eligible candidate, is for Cleveland. fice were also burned, entailing a: heavy loss. The losses are estimated as follows : Major Ballon 4,000; Mr. Keever $800; Dr. Newland $300; the Tome $1,500. The Chronicle property was saved, but the type and forms were pied. As the outside pages of the Morganton Mountaineer were printed at the Topic office, the burning of that office necessitates the suspension of the Mountaineer for a few weeks only. We sincerely sympathize with our neighbors and trust that thev mav soon rise Phcenix- like from the ashes and at no distant day shine far superior to that of former days. Hickory Press. ITEMS OF GENERAL NEWS. A farmer who had stolen a wagon was shot by a Texan State ranger while resist ing arrest on Friday. By the wreck of the schooner Six Brothers off Newfoundland fourteen lives were lost. Eierht oersons were killed and manv in jured by a railroad collision near Phila- phia on Saturday. The cashier of the Watertown, Mass., Bank, who stopped in Missouri long enough to be arrested, was sent to State Prison for eight years. The United Presbyterians will divide into two bodies, the anti-organ and the musically inclined, and the preliminaries of the schism have been arranged. Eleven miners en route for newly discov ered gold fields, were drowned at Thomp son's Falls, M. T., last week by the break ing of a ferry cable. Hoe, the inventor of the printing press which bears his name, anticipates in the near future the invention of a photographic Eress that will turn off 960,000 papers an our. The Salvation Army save others, per haps, but do not save themselves. Thir teen of them were sent to jail in Buffalo for wilful violation of the laws on Mon day. The discovery of petroleum in the ex treme north-west of India, near Quetta, will have, it is thought, an important bearing on the industrial development of India. During a heavy wind storm at Carthage, Mo., the family of Mr. Brunk fled to the cellar for safety, leaving a son, Alvin, aged seventeen, sick in bed. When they returned after the storm had passed over they found him dead from fright. There is really something like an elope ment epidemic. From all parts of the .Northern country come stories 01 ttie sud den disappearance of wives and husbands. Even those who are about to become wives and husbands are seized with the sudden desire to fly. El Mahdi is marching toward Dongola with 35,000 troops. He hopes to capture that town before the feast of Ramadan, which occurs June 25. The fall of Berber is officially credited at Wady-Halfa. Egyp tian advices state that an Arab has arrived at Korosko who claims to be the sole sur vivor of the Berber garrison. He says he was- present when the rebels attacked Berber on May 23. The garrison defended the town for two hours of severe fighting, but the rebels were too strong for them, and forced their way into the city, where they immediately massacred the 1,500 men of the garrison and 2,000 of the male pop ulation. The women and children were spared. STATE INDUSTRIAL ITEM. Mr. Benjamin Frankland proprietor of the Frankland Woollen Mills, has perfected arrangements by which he is now' manu facturing ready-made clothing, such as coats, vests, panta, &c, from 'goods pre pared "by bis own mills. Waynestrille NevmJi .! - i a, i . . i . - - - i t i COMMERCIAL NWS. RALEIGH MARKETS. Official Report or the Cotton Market. f Reported by the Cotton Exchange. Rai.ewh, June 17, 1884. Good middling...: 11 Strict middling 11 Middling 11 Strict low middling 11 Low middling 11 Middling stains 10 Low middling stains M Market nrm. City Market Wholeale Price. ORkECTED WEKLT BT - W. C. & A. B. 8TRONAOH, Wholesale and Retail Orocers and Coffee Roasters 12 15 Raleigh, June IT, 1884. Apples, per bushel 501 CO Apples arted, per pounds 8g Bacon (N. C), hog round J1J(5 Bacon hams 13 buik Meats clear no sides u Bulk Meats shoulders Butter North Carolina 20 Beeswax 30 Corn 80S Corn Meal 85(590 Coffee prime Rio 1213 Coffee good Rio , . 11U y Cheese'....'. 1S 17 Chickens 25 35. Eggs, per dozen lft Flour North Carolina 4 50 5 00 Irish Potatoes, per barrel 2 50 Molasses Cuba 81 35 Oats shelled 55 60 Peaches peeled 10 13 Peas white (per bushel) Peas stock (per bushel) 1 50(S 1 75 Pork North Carolina.... 7 9 Rags mixed Rags cotton 1 Sugar white , 7683i Sugar yellow 6 Syrup 30 cb Salt Liverpool ttne 1 80a 1 75 Sweet Potatoes 50 00 Above are for large quantities. Wheu small quantities are wanted higher prices will be charged. 1 . WILMINGTON MARKET. REGISTER ADVERTISERS. Accident Insurance. The United States Mutual Accident Association, an abstract of the statement of which appears in this issue, applies the doctrine of cooperatiou to the business of accident insurance. Mr. 6. C. Jordan, of Raleigh, is GeneraL Agent for the Associa tion in this State. Wilmington Star, June 17, 1884,1 SPIRITS TURPENTINE Market firm at 27)4 cents per gallon, with .sales reported later f 500 casks at 27 reutik-,,-. , ROSIN Finn at 45 cents for Strained, ami $1.00 for Good Strained, with sales reported of 50 bbls (M) Pale at 2 i'i; 150 do. (N) Extra Pale at $2 75, and 500 do. Strained at $1 00 per bhl. TAR Firm at 1.15 per barrel of 280 11. with sale at quotations. CRUDE TURPENTINE Steady, with sales reported at $1.00 for hard and $1.75 for yellow dip. COTTON Dull, on a basis of lic. for mid dling. The following were the official quota tions:., . Ordinary 9 Good Ordinary 10 Low middling 11 Middling 11 Good middling 11 NEW YORK COTTON MARKET. New Yobk, Jnne 17, 1884. Good middling -.11 Middling UK Low middling 11 Futures closed weak; June 11.34; Julyll.40; August 11.53; September 11.33. THE TARIFF MUDDLE. Randall Hewitt Morrt ion, New York Sun. Any patriotic American who wishes to obtain an idea of the growth of the aD- preciatlon Of htsYouutry in Europe ought to compare London papers of to-day with those of ten years ago. A Chicago fire or a Wall street panic were alone deemed worth recordiajl fofO)etIi,TcUf h$ smallest tocAl nws from 'America I' pnolishcdas eagerly in London as European news of the same kind is printed here. In some cases they print even more, than we do here. So, for instance, it is reported in the London papers that W. H. Vandcrbilt would never have jeopardized $150,000 if he had been to church on the Sunday when General Grant called. -Hpon him. The first victim aimed at was Mr. Victor New combe, but, as he had been attending di vine service, he escaped the application, and Mr. Vanderbilt was called upon. This Mr. Newcombe, although short and insignificant looking, seems to be a very smart business man. He is always at church or some other secluded place when there is the slightest chance of losing money, but is always on hand when any is to be made. , The Louisville and Nashville Railroad being just now in distress, tried to get him into the presidential chair, va cated by Mr. Baldwin and subsequently by Mr. Rogers. But his answer appears to have been " not much." He promised, however, to interest Mr. Gurnee in the concern and helped Mr. H. Smith to be come President. BUSINESS NOTES. Two brothers werej murdered during lmrroom brawl in Oinoinnatl on Fridav. Five generations of one family are resid ing under one roof in Rutland, Vt. The great-great-grandmother is 95 years old, Washington Special New York Herald. Ex-Mayor Edward Cooper, of New York, is in Washington, the guest of Con gressman Abram S. Hewitt, his brother-in-law. .He was 44 at home " for awhile to-day in the committee room of Mr. Randall, where he "saw" a number of members of. Mr. Randall's way of think rng.oa thtxiariff. He then proceeded to the' adjoining 1 room, occupied by the Ways and Means Committee, where he also 4 ' saw '' a number of members of Mr. Morrison's way of thinking on the tariff. The most remarkable feature of these con sultations was that nobody could find out what Mr. Cooper wanted. They said they couldn't, and that settles it. But Mr. Randall somehow got hold of Mr. Hewitt's tariff bill and examined it at short range, for he had left his spectacle on Jul desk. Then Mr. Randall looked at Mr:i Morrison and the latter looked at Mr. Randall, while Mr. Cooper enjoyed the beautiful scenery at the ast front of theeapitol. MrRandalldlc0vered that business would iqture his attention elsewhere until Fri day next. Mr. Morrison, it is understood, was willing to meet the internal revenue fellows half way; that is, to agree to a reduction of dollar for dollar on internal revenue and tariff taxes. The schedule of reduction for the former was easily made, but when the latter was to be formulated everybody was at sea. A variety of in terests prevents the tariff reformers from agreeing upon the articles to be named in their schedule. At last accounts Mr. Cooper, Mr. Hew itt, Speaker Carlisle, Chairman Morrison and Mr. Frank Hurd, a member of the Ways and Means, were sociably dining, discussing the impossibility of rescuing the tariff issue from the Chicago Uonven- the ereat-irrandmother 75 years 'old. the tion grandmother58 year old, the mother 30j "I think,1' said a thoughtful observer of years old, and thft child 6 years old. -'what had been going on to-day, "that The cashier of a Delaware Bank has de faulted $38,000 to cover Reading margins. Raleigh's cotton receipts last week were 85 bales; for the. season, 33,451 bales. Wilmington's cotton receipts for the season are 91,226 bales. The cotton receipts since September 1 are 4,768,324 bales, against 5,845,598 bales last year. R. G. Dun & Co. report 203 failures last week. The casualties are light in New England and the Western States, but an increase is noted m the Middle, Southern and Pacific States. The total visible supply of cotton for the world Is 2,339,717 bales, of which 1, 456,917 bales are American, against 2, 683,808 and 1,778;081 respectively last year; crop in sight, 5,615,594 bales. New Orleans is in a sort of money panic. The banks there, as in New York, by call ing in loans, have placed themselves in a tolerably safe condition, but mercantile houses are toppling over and going down every day. The New York Banks have squeezed their customers and set themselves straight. The weekly statement of the Associated Banks shows the following changes: Loans decrease $6,725,300: specie increase $2,- 499,800; legal tenders increase $2,592, 300; deposits decrease $3,211,600; circula tion decrease $31,100 ; reserve increase $5, 645, 000. The banks now hold $6, 984, 500 in excess of legal requirements. The big railroad interests have fared so badly of late on "the street," that it has now become a subject of betting in Wall street as to which company is next to go into the hands of STeceiver. The major ity of bets taken, with odds given, is that it is the Louisville and Nashville, or the Jersey Central. The last named road is certainly not likely to escape the fate of a receivership, if the report be correct that the coal combination is to burst wide open in a very few days. FIRES AT HOME AND ABRp AD. Gwyn's Chapel, eight or nine miles from Elkin, Surry county, was destroyed by fire a few days ago. The house was neat and nearly new and cost $800 or $1,000. The fire was the work of an in cendiary. A man by the name of Willy was arrested and placed in jail, who, it is believed, fired the building. Mt. Airy Nmes. - 7 A very destructive fire occurred at Le noir last Sunday morning. The Ballou building fronting on Main street and the Public Square was totally consumed. The fire originated in a part of the building occupied as a hotel by Mr. F.. A. Keever, formerly of Hickory. The Topic office, 1 Dr. Newland's store and the Chronicle of- Mmnry's Geographies. We desire to call especial attention to the advertisement in this issue of Maury's New Geographies by that old and reliable house, the University Publishing Company. Most eminent educators, both North and South, pronounce these books to be superior in many respects to any otner on tne same subject. Of the late Commodore Maury, it may be truly said that no man ever lived who possessed in a more eminent degree the faculty of popularizing scientific truth, ; and especially Geography, than he. These books are not a collection of dry facts and statistics, but present the subject as a science in such a way as not only to inter est the pupil, but to win and hold his at tention and cause him to take pleasure and delight in its study. They are fully up with the times in all respects. The maps are new and clear and beautiful, contain in g-all the recent changes in different parts of the world to date, with county maps of all the States in the Union. They contain also physical maps of each continent, showing the direction of the prevailing winds ; the river system and water-sheds ; the great' ocean currents; the mountain systems and ranges, the valleys and plateaus, and the operation of general laws is every where explained. The Elementary is the most charming book for young pupils we have ever seen. The Manual is Geog raphy in its completeness; there is nothing wanting. These two books form a com plete series of Mathematical and Political Geography, and should be in use in every school, not only of our own State but of the whole country. The North Carolina edition of the Manual contains a larget accurate and beautiful two-page map of our State, and a complete geography of North Carolina. This book ought to be in every family. The Revised Physical Geography is a work without a rival and should be in all our Grammar and High Schools and Academies. These books are all models of typography and the book maker's art. We commend their examina tion and use to all our people. CHICAGO MEAT MARKET. Chicago, June 17, 1884. Clear rib sides, loose 8.35 Clear rib sides, boxed 8.60 Bulk shoulders, boxed 6.75 Mesa Pork (Chicago) 19.00 Market quiet. Freight to points on the Associated Raflwajs 53 cents per hundred. 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ANNUAL STATEMENT SIIOWI.NO the condition op -the United States Mutual Accident Association (Co-operative) or New Yobk. (ASSETS. Value of real estate and ground rents owucd by the Company (less the amount of encumbran ces thereon ), - - - Loans on bond and rnort- :e(duly recorded and a nrst Hens on tlie fee simple), - - - - Account of stocks and bonds of the United States, and of this and other States, also air other stocks and bonds ' . absolutely owned by the Company, - - - ' Stocks, bonds and all other securities (except mortgage,) hypotheca ted to the Company as collateral security for cash actually loaned by the Company, - . - Interest due and accrued on stocks and other se curities, - - - - - Cash in Company's prin cipal office and belong ing to tne uonipany, deposited in Bank, Cash in hands of Agents, and in transitu, - - -Premiums or assessments unpaid, ------ Premium or assessmeot. loans and notes, - - -All other assets, detailed in statement, - - - - l,7Tu.46 1,747.00 6,064.13 Total Assets, LIABILITIES. $37,fi01.rfl Losses unpaid,not includ ing those resisted, - $ - Judgment unsatisfied, - Claims in litigation, - Risks or certificates writ ten, - 73,557,750.00 All other liabilities, - - 9,104.54 Total Liabilities, Total Income, Total Expenditures, $73,So,854.r4 $228,121.00 214,465.08 North Carolina Btiilneaa In 188. Amount of Policies, or Certificates issued, - $. Amount of Premiums,, as sesementa, annual or ' other payment receiv'd . Amount of losses incurred and paid, Amount of losses Incurred and not paid, - - - - . Amount of policies or cer- tiflcates iu force of pre vious years, - - -, - . President, Chx. B. Pmt. Vice-President, Wif. Brixckkkhovf. Secretary. J. B. Pitchkk.. General Agent, Geo. C. Jordan of Raleigh. I STATE1 OF NORTH CAROL1 NAt Office or Sechetabt of Stte, Insurance Department, Rai,eioh, Ci, 17th April, 1884. In compliance with Sec". Oof An Act to con solidate the insurance Laws of North Carolina," I certify that the above is a true extract from the sworn statement of the V. S. Mutual Accident Association, on December Hat, 1883, now n tie In this Department. . W. L. SAUNDERS, Secretary of State.