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BiijBr-"'"""'M,llMM'a"'M'"" '- " mm -- n - hi)-mi wnmHn iiniimi vTTir'iK n i m irrr rmn r Train mir-irn -iirMrr-mi nirp- irmr--f-Tr-ir in i iiiiro-riMnum i mi. n mmi trn m -WT-m r 1.111 hi-ttiiiihiii) i ifwwumii iiTimr-iniinnu, wwi mi -.t- ,mMmimmMWMmmmmemim.mmmnmmmm BE SURE YOU AEE EIGHT ; TBLEIST GO AHEAD.-D. Crockett. VOL. 53. TARBORO', N. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1875. NO. 45. GStfSRAL DIRECTORY. TAKCIOIS'. Mayok Fred. Philips. Commission Ens Jesse A. Williamson, Ja cob Fe.denheimer, Daniel W. Hurtt, Alex. McCahe, Joseph Cobl. Secuetart & Tueasurek Kobt. White hurst. Chief op Police John W. Cottcn. Assistant Police Win. T. Hurtt, John Madr.i, J:is. E. ISiuionson, Altimorc Macnair. COtiNTV. Superior Court Clerk and Probate Judge II. L. Staton, Jr. Roister of Deeds Alex. McCabe. Sheriff Joseph Cobb. Coroner Treasurer Robt. TI. Austin. Surveyor John E. Baker. Standard Keeper P. 8. Hicks. Srhool Exwiiners. II. II. Shaw, Wia. A. Dnssran and R. 8. Williams. Keeper Poor House Win. A. Dntrcan. Commissioners -Tno. Lancaster. Chairman, Wilev Well, J. B. W. Norville, Franli Dew, M. Exem. A. MeCabe, Clerk. in a i ias. AURIVAT, AND DI'PARTCRE OF MAILS NOKTU AND OUTU VI A V. 4 W. K. R. Leave Tr.rboro' (daily) at - 10 A. M. Arrive at Tarhoro' (daily) at - - 3 :W P. M. WASHINGTON MAIL VIA r.RF.ENVILLF.. FALKLAND AND SPAKTA. I.oiva TVtrlinrn' f.lailvl at - - 6 A. M. Arrive at Tarboro' (daily) at e p. M. LODGES. The isbt!.ad tlje IMnccsof Meeting. Concord R. A. Chapter No. 5, N. M. Law rence, 11 u;h Priest, VasonK Hall, monthly convocations first. Thursday iu ev.i y mouth at 10 o'clock A. M. Concord Lodire No. 58, Thomas Gatlin, Master, Masonic Hall, meets first Friday niht it 7 o'clock P. M. and thir l Saturday at 10 o'clock A. M. in every month. Repiton Encampment. No. 13, I. O. O F., I. B. Palamountain, Chief Patriarch. Odd Fel lows' Hall, meets every first and third Thurs day of each month. Edsrecombe Lodsre No. 50, I. O. O. F., J. G. Charles, N. G., Odd Fellows' Hall, meets erery Tuesday night. Edgecombe Council No. 122, Friends of Temperance, meet everv Friday night at the Odd Fellows' Hall. Advance Lodire No. 23, I. O. G. T., meets every Wednesday night at Odd Fellows' Hall Zauoah Lodire, No 2" I. O. B. B., meet on first, and third Monday night of every month at Odd Fellows' Hall. Henry MoKiiis, President. i'iirii.'HEs. Episcopal Church Services every Sunday at 10 1-2 o'clock A. M. ami 5 P. M. Dr. J. B. Cheshire, Rector. Methodist Church Services every third Sunday at niirht. Fourth Sunday, morning and niarht. Kev. Mr. Swindell, Pastor. Preshiterian Church Services every 1st, Srd and' 5th Sabb-tths. Rev. T.J. Allison, Sta ted Supply. Weekly Prayer meeting, Thurs day nitrht Missionary Baptist Church Services the 4th Sunday in every mot th, morning and nisrht. Rev. T. R. Owen. Pastor. 'Primi'ive Baptist Church Services first Saturday and Sunday of each month at 11 o'clock. Adams' Hotel, corner Main and PUt Sts. O. F. Adams, Proprietor. i:xiiiEv. Southern Express Otliee, on Main Street, closes every morning r.t 0' o'clock. N. M Lawrence, Agent. piioh:ssio i ( Aims, J1RAKK. POWELL, Attorney and Counselor at Law, TARBORO' , X. C. Ale Collections u Specially, "a 8 Office at the residence of the late Mrs. M. E Lawrence. Julj 1875. tf TOS. BLOUNT CHESHIRE, JR., J ATTORNEY AT LAW , AND NOTARY PUBLIC. Ci?" Office at the Old Bank Building on Trade Street. jc25-tf. j JO WARD PERRY, Attorceys and Counselors at Law. TAK BOKO', N. C. I'jjT Practice in all the Courts, State and Federal. noT.5-ly. yy n. juhnsTon, Attorney and Counselor at Law, TARBORO', N. C. JJ5f Attends to the transaction of busi ness in all the Courts, State and Federal. Nov. G, lirTo. ly F FREDERICK PHlLlPd, Attorney and Counselor at Law, TARBORO', N. C. V Practices in Courts of adjoining coun ties, in the F-deral and Supreme Courts. Nov. 5, 1875. ly Dr. G. L. Shackelford, SURGEON DENTIST, Successor to Br. I,. T. I iiqun, TARBORO', N. C, ftf Office I'ot.osite Adams' Hotel and over S. S. Nasi' t& Co's stores Oct. 23 1874. tf no i j;s.n. Rocky Mount Hotel, (j. W. Hammond, Prop'r. TtDLITE AND ATTENTIVE SERVANTS I. always at the Depot, : tin; arrival of trams, to conduct pM' srs to the Hotel. Il is the Travt-Iit'b delight. Oct. Ul, 1315. tf YARBORO' HOUSE, RALEGH N. C. G. V. SLACEITAEL, Proprietor. Ca?" Reference made to all travelling gen ileinen. ATLANTIC HOTEL, iN illlc, Ari . R.S.D0DS0N, Proprietor. Board, First and Second Floors.per day, $3.00 Third an I Fourth Foors, " 2 50 Special terms for permanent boarders GASTON HOUSE, South Front Street, Newborn, IS". O. S. It. STKEET, Proprietor NEW A DVERTISEMENTS. Prescription Free lor the speedy cure of special troubles com mon to the young: and middle-aged. Ner vous, mental and phybical depression, loss of memory and energy, pains iu the back, self distrust, dizziness, dimness of sight, confu sion of ideas, and other disorders of the ner vous system consequent on various habits that lower the vitality of the system. Any druggist has the ingredients. Address DR. E. H. HILTON, Cincinnati, Ohio. t"JOa day at home. Agents wanted. p 1,4 Outfit and terms free. TRUE & CO-, Augnsta, Maine. If AM A gen 3 for the betl sHling ill 111 world. It contaios fifteen sheets paper, 15 Envelopes, Golden Pn, tVu Hoiuer, Pencil, ratent Yard Measure, and a p;ece of Jewelry. Single package, with eiegant prize, post-paid 25 cents. Cir cular free. BRIDE & CO., 769 Brodw y, New York. A WEE Ji I Male and V ' ' ,tv Ter WEEK guaranteed to Agents, id Female in their owu local Tins OUTFIT FREE. Ad dress P. O. ViCKEiiY & CO., Ajrusta, Mc. You Can Make S5000 In 90 days in A 1 Stocks. MY SYSTEM IS SAFE. HONORABLE AND SIMPLE. Pamphlet Sent Free to All. W. H. WEEKS, Banker, 178 Broadway, New Yoik. Stocks bought and sold at the N. Y. Stock Exchange. Ci I'er dav st home. Samples worth 0l lw Vw$lfree. SHSsOXi; CO., Port land, Maine. Advertiser's Gazette, A Journal of Information for Ad vertisers, Edition 9 600 copies. Published weekly. Terms, $2 per annum, in advance. FIVE SPECIMEN COPIES DIFFERENT DATES TO ONE ADDRESS FOR 2oe. Office No. 41 Park Row, New York. GEO. P. ROWELL & CO., Editors and Publishers. FOR NORFOLK AND t -s r irnrmmT 1 5 THE Steamers COTTON PLANT and PAMLtCO connecting with nB the Old Dominion Steamship Co., LggfatT aflord the most direct and the mrMrr quickest time for shipment of produce from all poiuts on the River. Through Bills of LadintT friven from all pnints on Tar River for Norfolk, Baltimore, Philadelphia, cw York and Boston, Pro duce is covered by insnrance, if desired, as soon as Bills of Lading are signed. Shipments by this line co directly tr des tination without delay at Norfolk or Wash icston. The COTTON PLANT makes close con nection witn the Wilrninjrton & Weldon Rail Koai, and gives tUronjih Bills of Lading from ail landings on the River at the lowest rstes. JOHN MYERS' SONS. Washington, N. C, Jan. 20, 1ST5. tf E. T. I'OOI.. C K. POOL. W. E. POOL Pool Brothers FASHIONABLE BAH, ISitliarel Mooms9 OYSTER SALOON, Barber Shop AND Cigar Store, ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. OYSTERS -TEVVED AT ALL HOURS, In st and sweet. Attentive waiters to attend to the nepds of hU ;ue.-ts. ior!9-tf. TERRELL & BRO., DEALERS IN STAPLE DRY GOODS, Main Street, ' Near tSic Bridge, Sept. SO-ft WEBER'S BAKERY ! yiUS OLD ESTABLISHED BAKERY IS X now rem'y to supply the people of Tar boro and vieii.il y with all kinds of Bread, Cakes, French and Plain Candies, Nuts, Fruits c, pc, $c, embracing every thing usually kept iu a First Class EstablUhment of the kind. Thankful for the liberal patronage of the past the undersigned asks a continuation, with the promise of satisfaction. Privnte Families can nlwayi It live tlieir Citkct ttakcrt bere at short est notice. Orders for Parties & Balls promptly filled. Call and examine our stock, next door to Bank of New Hanover. Nov. 4.-ly. JACOB WEBER. Hanhooil : How Lost, How Restored ! Just publisb.nl, a Lew edition of Dr. Ctjlverwell's Cele brated Essay on the radical cure (without medicine) of Spermatorrhoea or Seminal Weakness, Involuntary Seminal Losses, Impotency, Mental and Physical In capacity, Impediments 10 Ma' rianf, etc.; al so, Consumption, Epilepsy and Fits, indue- ed by self-iudu!gence or sexual extrava gance, &c. J3gT" Price, in a sealed envelope, only six cents. The celebrated author, in this admirable Essay, clearly demonstrates, from a thirty years' successful practice, that the alarming consequences of seif-aouse may De rauicain cured without the dangerous use of internal medicine or the application of the knife : pointing '"'tit a mode of cure at one simple, certain, and etieciuai, oy means oi wnicn every sufferer, no matter what his condition may be, may cure himself cheaply, privately and radically. ET This Leciure should be in the hands of every youth and every man in tne land. Sent under seal, iu a plain euvel'-pe, to any address, post paid, on receipt of six cents or two postage sunups. Address the Publishers, CIIAS. J. C. CLINE & CO., 127 Bowery, New York ; P. 0. 3ox, 4586 MISCELLANEOUS. THEFAJLDSITE HOME REMEDY. Is eminently h Kamily Medicine; and by be ing kept ready fjr immediate resort will save many au hour of buttering and many a dol lar in time a:i:l doctors' bil's. After over Forty Years' trial it is still re ceiving the most unqualified testimonials to ts virtues fn m pt i sons of the hisrhest char acter and responsibility. Eminent physicians commend it as tl.f- most EFFECTUAL SPECIFIC For all discuses of the Liver, Stomach and Spleen. Tuts SYMPTOMS of Liver Complaint are a bitter or bad taste iu the mouth ; Pain iu the Back, Sides or Joints, often mistaken for Rheumatism ; Sour Stomach ; Loss of Apep tite ; Bowels alternately costive and lax ; Headache; Lo:-s f memory, with a painful sensui ion of h iving tailed to do some hiug which ouht to have been done; Debility, Low Spirits, a thick yellow appearance of the skin and Eves, a dry Con'a olteu mistaken for Cousnnip.:" Sometimes many of tlut-e symptoms attend (he disease, at others very lew ; but the Liver, th" largest oriyan in the body, is genera ly the seat of the disci.se, a'd if not b r islaied in time, great sutterinc, wreteUcdavso ;id Death will ensue. For Dyspepsia, Constipation, Jaundice, Bilious attacks, iiek Haadache, Colic, De pression of Spirit,.-, Sour fctotuaeh, Heart Burn, &.C., &-. The Cheapest, Purest and Brst pamibi Medi cine i a the World! Manufactured onlv by J. H. "E1L1N & CO., Macon, Ga., and Philadelphia. Price, 1.00. iiold by all Druggists. Cheap Stove House J. 0. DUhLOP & CO., BALTIMORE. Parlor Heaters, Cooking Stoves, Illuminators, Furnaces, Ranges & Grates. 1ST STOVES REPAIRED. Sept. 17. 2m NEW GOODS JIST RECEIVED. Dress Goods, Embroideries, Collars and CufTs, Kid Gloves, Merina Vest and Shirts, Hats, Hosiery, Cassimeres, Jeans, Bleached and Brown Miis'im, Ladies and Gents Boston and Phil adelphia. Hand Made Shoes. Crockery, Hard ware &c, &c. Cull aud Examine. J A pleasure to show Goods. T. H. GATLIN. Tarboro', Oct. 1st, 1875. KOBT. IAYM). & CO., SADDLE, HARNESS, COLLAR, and TRUNK MANUFACTURERS and dealers in SADDLERY HAEDV7ARE, WHIPS, LADIES SATCHELS, CARRI AGE 0523, &C. No. 277 We.: Haiti 'uora Street, IlAIJ'l.nOUE, AID. April 2, 1573. ly Improved CUCUM- B CER WOOD PUMP is the acknowledged XW? 'STANDARD of the v -i-' market, by popular verdict, the best numt) lor the least r3 - ;a mor,f'y- Attention is invited to Blalcbley's Improved Bracket, the t- . itsT VTun utieck Valve, winch can be -it'jfcJ joints, and the copper chamber which never cracks, scales or rusts and will last a life time. For sale by Dealers aad the tfade generally. In order to be sure that you get Botchley's Pump, be careful and see that it has my trade-mark as above. If you do not know here to buy, descriptive circulars, together with the name and ad dress of the atiettt nearest you, will be promptly furbished by addressing with tamp. CIIAS. G. BLATCnLEY. Manufacturer, 506 Commerce St.. Philadelphia, Pa Feb. 12, 1875. Om ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. ALL persons bavins? claims against the es tate of the late Will: ii'i R. Cherry, or in debted to the estate, Hill please settle with the undersigned or her Attorney, John L. Bridgers, Jr., on or before the 12tU day of October, 1870. This notice will be plead in bar of all claims not presented. FRANCIS E. CHERRY. Oct. 15-4w. Administratrix. FOR RENT. VONE riOKSE FARM, making fifteen bates cotton yearly. Easily increased to twenty. Applications made to Editor, or MERCHANT, Oct. 23-St. Enfield, N. C. MISCELLANEOUS. Piedmont Air-Line Railway. -'-5- RICIIMOND & DANVILLE. RICHMOND & DANVILLE R. W.. N. C. DIVIS ION, AND NORTH WEST ERN N. C. K. V. CONDENSED TIME TABLE- In effect on and after Sunday, Sept. 80, 1874. GOING NORTH. STATIONS. Mail. Express. Leave Charlotte 9 15 p. m. 5.45 a.m. " Air-Line Jct'n, 9.30 " 6 20 " " Salisbury, 1158 a.m. 8 84 " " ' Greensboro' ' 3.15 " 10.C5 " " Danville.- 6.08 " 112 pm. " Dundee, 6.18 " 1.20 " " KurkviUe, 11.85 " 6 07 " Arrive at Richmond 2.22 p. m. 8.47 p m. GOING SOUTH. STATIONS. Mail. Express 5 US a Leave Richmond, 1 38 p. m. " BurkviUe, 4.52 " " Dundee, 10.3.1 " " Danville, 10.119 " Gieeiisboio', 3 00 a.m. " Air-Line".) nct'L.S 05 " Arrive at Charlotte, 8.22 " M. 8.56 " 111 P. M. 1.17 " o.O " 6 15 ' 8.25 " 8 43 " GOING EAST. GOING WEST. Mail. STATIONS. Mail. L've Greensboro', t" 8. 00 a.m. eLArr. 1.4 )A m ' Co. Shops, L 4.80 " L'vel2C0" " iTaigh, & 8 8:'.a.m.1 S.IOp.m Arr. at Goidsboro.l 11.33 " L've 5.00" NORTH WESTERN s7R. R. (SALEM HUANCH.) Leave Greensboro 4.30 P :.I Arrive at Salem (1.18 " Leave Salem 8.-10 a M A-rve at Greensboro 10.33 " Passenger train leaving Rait;li at 8.10 P. M . connects nt firppn;hitr' rith tlio Northern bound train ; making the quickest ' time to all Northern cities. Price of Tick- ets same as via oilier routes. Trains to and from points East of Greens boro' connect at Greensboro' with Mail Trains to or from points North or Suutb. Two Trains daily, both ways. On Sundays Lynchburg Accommodation leave Richmond at 9.00 A. M., arrive at Burkeviile 12.43 P. M., leave Ilurkeviile 4.85 A. M., arrive at Richrncnd 7 -j8 A. M. No change of cars between CL-'irlotte and Richmond, 282 miles. For further information address S. E. ALLEN, Gen'l Ticket Agent, Greensboro, N. C. T. M. R. TALCOTT, Engiceer tt Gen'l Superintendent. The Hcason ff'Iifj LAZARUS & MORRIS' Cclelirated Perfected Spectacles and Eye Glasses. Have met with such extiaordinarv success and are so mu-h in demand is because tliev are found to poiscss all the qualities we claim for them, viz : Purity and hardness of nnterial (therefore not liable to scratch), briilimcy of finish,-t-trensrtliening and preserving power, and conferrir an amonnt.of fa-e and cotnfori attained by no other Glasses in the world. They are without douit the mo.-,t perfect and scientifically accurate Lenses ever manufac tured, and last many years without change, For sale iu this locality onlv by JAMES H. BELL, Watchmaker and Jeweler, Tartooro, JHT. O. LAZARUS, MORRIS & CO., Wholesale Depot, No. lO Coiirtlandt JrStr. ". Mauufaciories, Hartford, Co.nn., and Sheffield, Exa K? Caution. We never suuply or employ Peddleis. J:-"-:lv TO TOEPIJBLH) ! Board Reduced from 82.59 per day to $2.00 ! THE undersigned desires to inform the public that he is still at the old Howard House, now known as Adams' Hotel, where he will be pleased to entertain Lis friends and the travelling public iu general. Comfortable Rooms and Clean Beds Always I TABLE FARE as pood as the market will possibly afford at th low rates of i-i.OOper day ! Those of his patrons who are in arrears are hereby notified to come forward and set tle up. it takes money to bny provisions. O. F. ADAMS. Tarboro', July 23, 1805. tf. TAItCOIiO Female Academy. THE Fall Session will open the 8rd Mon day in September, continuing- twenty weeks, with an intermission of oue week at Christmas. The Trustees have appropriated funds for improvements and repairs, when com pleted, will furnish everything necessary far comfoit and convenience. In requesting the patronage of the public' we feel assured that we can oiler as thorough a course of instruction and as careful train ing in manners and morals a3 auy school in the country. The standard of scholarship is high ; the moral tone of the pupils mot excellent. ITg?" Terms, invariably half in advance. Board, with English Tuition, f 100 00 Music, with use of Instrument, 80 00 Vocal. 10 00 Languages, each, 10 00 Tuition tor day pupils $10, SIS, Si-, accord ing to advancement. Boarders furnish their own iowels and table napkins. Charges made from date of entrance, after which no deduction, except for extreme sickness, and iu n case for less than one mouth. M. F. PENDER. References Rt. Rev. J. W. Atkinson; Rev. J. B. Cheshire, D. D.; Hon. Geo. How ard ; W. M. Pippen. Esq.; W. II. Johnston, Esq.; D. Pender, Esq., Tarboro, N. C. J. A. Engelhard, Wilmington, N. C. Address MRS. GEN. PENDER, Aug G-tf Principal. TARBORO' Lager Beer & Wine SALOON. KEEPS CONSTANTLY ON HAND ALL the Fine WINES and LlQUOKS, TO BACCO and CIOARS, next door to J. A Williamson's. ERHARD DEMUTII, ; Oct. 8, 1875.-tf. Proprietors. Friday, ; : : Nov. 12, 1875 For the N. Y. Observer. Tha Oysters and Thsir Friends. BY C. G. T. This summer, while spending a few weeks on the southern coast of Connecticut, I found I was in the neighborhood of the oyster family, bein a. stones throw of vast ci ies which tiioV had built under the sea. Miles of streets and blocks of white stone or shell houses, they occupy, under the salt water ; and the fact that they are net them selves a very gossiping set, makes it the reason vhy they should not be gossiped about. When I found, to my amazement that at every meal I was putting an end to the usefulness and enjov ment of a dozen or more lives which had attained the dignified age of three, five, or eight years, 1 wanted to know something of the personal history of these unhappy victims. So, next day, when we were tofsing up and down on the waves in a jaunty little sail-b&at, I asked that brown old captain to tell me all there was to know about oysters. . To begin the story, he said the fisherman go out in their boats, with all the old oystershells they can carry, pud as they row along, they scatter them so that they may fa!i and make a bed under the water. After a time the eggs or spawn of many a mother oyster who lies hid den away among the rocks and sea weed along the shore, come floating down through the water, seeking for a home. They take very natu rally to these old oyster-.shells, and there they clin, beginning forth with to build their own shell houses each courageous little oyster mas king a seperate home for himself, although five or six may be near neighbors, just around the corner of the same old homestead shell. Twice every day the tide comes atid goe?, washing a tluusand tiny particles of food around the stony houses cf these oysters, who open their doors, take what they can gel nd then go back to their dull little house, keeping inside ail the time, waiting to be three years old; for until that time an oyster is not con sidered large enough to eat. if any j:rain of sand, or ether unexpect3d visitor, intrudes within the shell, the brave little oyster makes the best of his unwelcome guest, overlooks bis faults, and ccy ts up his sharp points by clothing liim with some gentle secretion from his own patient body. In South American pearl oyster, this at last results in that lovely and translu cent thing we call a pearl. In the tropic?, oysters sometimes fasten themselves to bushes or low trees, but ihdir sheUs contain sufficient water to nourish them until the tide returns. When the New England oysters men, wh:i has made his beds some four or five years back, aud mark ed them out by long poles which stand up in the water ; wants to gather his crop for market, or have a nice little feast at home, out he goes in that frail little boat, which has served him many a good turn, carrying a pair of huge rakes with long wooden handles fastened to sether in the middle like a pair of scizzors. When he reaches the bed he stands up in the boat, and with these long prongs feeta about under the water uutil he discovers a cluss ter of oysters, which he rakes up with a ruthless hand, and pours in to the boat, stops a moment to throw out the seaweed and stones, and then makes another plunge. There are other ways of gather ing oysters ; for I have often stolen out of bed in the dawn of the morn ing, when the tide was low, and have seen fisherman wading up to their waist3 in the water, pawing about with short rakes, and occa sionly pulling up a cluster of oyss ters, which they caD feel with their feet. Not far from the ovsters are their cousins clams who content thems fcelves with living farther up the beach, buried about a foot in the mud, so that at low tide, when the ground is laid bare, they go out and dig them with a shovel, as though they were a field of potatoes. Besides these, far out in the wa ter, scrabbling about in an aimless way, live thosa more distant rela tives the lobsters. For these, the fishermen put down deep wooden baskets, which they call lobster pots. Any unfortunate victim who gets into this snare can never find his way out again, Etruggle as he may ; and so, when the owner goes out in his boat, he ofcen find his lobster pots well filled. It is a very simple and hard life these poor fishermen lead ; forever in the water, and under the water many times out for a day and a niht, toiling under ths fiercest suns and tossed on the wildest- billows, which threaten each moment to swallow them up forever their roor wives the meanwhile looking out into the darkness, only praying that the angry waves and the fierce winds may spare their lives, nev er thinking to murmur that as in the Bible story of old they have "toiled all night and taken noth ing. The Candidates for Speaker. PEN AND INK SKETCHES. The papers are beginning to figure closely upon the chances of various gentlemen in connection with the Speakership of the House of Representatives which will te organized on the 1st Monday in December," orthe next fair day thereafter," as the auctioneers have it. At present the contest lies be tween Micbeal C. Kerr of Indiana, and Samuel J. Randall of Pennsyl vania, it will be a very hotly contested fight and a very inter esting one, for various reasons. The other prominent candidates are Samuel S. Cox. (-'Sunset") and Fernando Wood of Few York, and Milton Sayler of Ohio. If neither Kerr, or Randall is elected after a few balloti, the choice will be very apt to .ie between Sayler, and J. Proctor Knott of Kentucky. Wood and Cox will be abandoned very soon if they do not develope more strenghtn than they seem to have, and neither will be takn as a com promise candidate. There has been some talk of Gilbert C. Walker of Virginia, but that will not be vari fied especially if the programme published in regard to it is attemp ted to be carried out. A personal description of these various gentlemen may be interests ing and wc give it. Micheal C. Kerr is a tall, rawsboned, rather awkward and stiff looking man with brown Lair, combed smoothly, hazel grey eyes, a billiou3 complexion, and beard. He has a strong, manly, and pleasant voice is a good lawyer a man of hard sense and correct habits, but not a firsts class parliamentarian. He would be an honest speaker, but would lose his temper sometimes after eating something which disagreed with him. Samuel J. Randall is a medium sized, rather short, slightly stooped shouldered man, with black hair, dar'i brown eyes, and smoothly shaved face. He is called hand some, but has a habit of distorting hia face by 'screwing-up" his eyes an nose, on account of defective sight. His voice is pleasent, but in no wise remarkable. He is a man of great nerve, shrewdness, and experience in politics, and is univer.-al!y esteemed 'the best fellow in the world.' He is more familiar with the rules than any Democrat in the House, and is great at 'filii bustering' as a resort to dilatory expedients to prevent legislation, is called. He is very popular on both sides of the House, and would make a more acceptable speaker, personaly, than any of his competis tors. Samuel S. Cox is a little wiry felloM. who resembles Rev. Dr. Deems a good deal, except that he wears a dark beard, sprinkled a little with grey. He is an irre- pressible individual full of fun, but as sensative as a vain school girl. He is well read, bright, quick and eloquent. Ferdinanda Wood is a tall, thin grey-haired man, with a disting uished air, caused principally by his white moustache and gold eye glasses. He has ability, large ex. perieoce in politics, and great wealth. Milton Sayler is a rather large, and rather clumsy man, floried, with light brown, close cut htard and large grey eyes, and is a bon vivant. lie is scholarly and sensible, has travelled much, and speaks German fluently. J. Procter Knott is a short, florid, light-haired man of genius. He is a fine lawyer a liard student, a wit and humorist, and has fine ar tistic taste and talent. A pencil sketch which he made between l?utler and Garrot Davis, was an object of amusement and surprise to every one who saw it. His cele brated 'Duluth speech was the most celebrate piece of burlesque in our political history, and has caused him to be esteemed only as a wag, but he is much moro than that. Such are the. personal features and characters of these candidates for the position which i3 extended the highest next to the presidenc in this country. Which one will be elected, or whether either will be, is 'one ot those thing which no fellow can find cut,' until after the election. Col. George B. Chamberlin, of At' lanta, Ga., has been appointed bu' pervisor of this revenue district, with headquarters at Richmond, Va. The district is composed of Virginia, the Uarohnas, Georgia and x lorida. ihe Charlotte Observer gives Judee Tourcee and his novel. 'Toin- ette,' a rap, and says of the object of the autnor : lt is very evident that the real purpose of Tourgeo was to popularize intermarriage between tne races in JNoxtn Carolina. Dean Richmond and Ms Son. Dean Richmond had a son, whose habits and character were not- entirely in accord with his father's wishes. He would not hold a pen behiad his ear, nor perch himself up on a fctool poring over the books in the office, nor did he exhibit any of the qualifications for successful bull or bear upon the stock market. The father lost cons fidence in the son, and so strong became his dissatisfaction that he finally ostracised him. He was al lowed to labor and shift for his wn means of support. He became a conductor npon his father's rail way. Mr. Richmond told aim that the least infraction of the rales would insure his immediate removal and espec ally was he warned against allowing any person wheth er friend or not, to ride without showing a ticket or pass, or pay ing the necessary fare. He had been employed in this capacity for some time and there had been no complaints, when, one day, Dean Richmond himself became a pas3en ger on his son's train. The con. ductor, when collecting fares, came to the old railway magnate, when the following dialogue ensued : 'Ticket, sir; ticket !' 'Get out ! I am the President of this road. I don't buy tickets.' 'That makes no difference. It's against orders for me to allow anybody to ride without he pays his fare, presents a ticket or shows a pass. Come hurry up.' 'Well, sir you know who I am and you know that I am enti tled to ride on this road free. 1 could make out a pass but I haven't got any blanks. You go on it's all right. 'Seo here, old gentleman, it makes no difference who you are Give me a ticket, ?how me a pass, pay your fare, or get off this train !' 'Humph ! young man, you are mighty arbitrary. If vou don't go on about your business, I'll have you discharged !' The young cons dactor made do reply, but give a vigorous pull at the bellrope. As the train checked its speedy and the father saw that he waa about to be set down beside the track midway between the stations, he pulled out his wallet and paid the fare. This little episode gave him an insight into his son's character, and he forth-with commenced casting al out for some business occupation for him. The two while on a wes tern trip, came to Dubuque, and the father purchased an elevator for his son, and gave his check for the requisite amount to carry on the business. Eafcy Snow. The following is the Enterprise' 's account of the baby show at the Greenville F.ir: 'Babies being held by their nurses or mothers, were eood ranged on seats improvised from the boxes containing game fowls, pigeons, etc. A list of their names and ages was taken, and they were critically ex amined by the committee each be ing held up to the admiration of the crowd. The following is a list of the cons testants -eleven in number : Girls Maggie Ware, nine months; Mary Shumate, five month?; Carolina Speights ten months, weighing 33 1 3 lbs; Min nie Hayne, six months; Hattie Curry, seven months. Boys John II. W illiams, five weeks; lomrme months; Taylor months; 0. K. months; Sammie Charles, four McBee, seven Mauldin, four Wallace, three months; Wm. L?rk, five months, weighing 27 pounds. The committee consisting of Mrs L. B. C ine, Mrs. II. F.. Sowel, and Mrs. A. A. N. M. Taylor, Ti ter considerable deliberation, award ed the prizes as follows : To Minnie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. T. iZayne, the prize as the finest girl baby under one year old. To William, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lark, the prize as the finest boy baby under one year old. The announcement of these decisions was mtde from the stand occupied by the band, and the baby cariages turned over to the winning babies, who were triumphantly rolled off in them amid the huzzas of the crowd and music by the band. So much interest and good humor were created by this exhibition, we pre dict that each year will find an in creased number of competitors for the baby prizes. Col. Fremont says in reference to the railroad history of North Caro lina, that the Wilmington and WeU don Railroad was the first undertak ing in the State. Chartered in 1835, commenced in 1 830, and finished in 1842; and was at that time the long est railroad line under one charter in the world from the Cap-Fear to the Roanoke rivers, 102 miles; and continued to be the longest until the Emperor of all the Russias built a long one from St. Petersburg to Moscpw. The Wilmington and Weldon Railrord, chartered as the Wilming" ton and Raleigh Railroad, received from the citizens of Wilmington a subscription of $400,000, a sum equal to the entire assessed value of the place, at that time a town of two thousand inhabitants. Spain's Latest Royal Scandal A terrible story comes from Spain, which, if true, destroys all hopes of a decent governmant tm der King Alfonso, and proves that he is following the footsteps of his infamous mother. The facts, as told by a Madrid correspondent ot the Bo tan Journal, are as fo'low3 : The King and the Duke of Sexto have been corrupting the daughter and the wife of an otlicer in the ar ray, whose homo is second or third door from Mr. Cushing's. He was in the North fighting, but hearing of the King's frequent visits at his house, he came suddenly to the city and entering his home late at night, he found tho King and the Duke of Sexto in the house ; he shot at the King but missed him, and was himself shot dead by th; Duke of Sexto, who wa3 behind him. The street police heard the pistol shots and came running to their rescue, but were sent about their business. The body was given to a night watchman, who carried it nobody knows where, and is now receiving it is said, four hundred dollars a month. The maid servant, who was an eye-witness of the murder, dis appeared the next day some say she was assassinated. But she had time to tell her lover, When ho found she was disposed of, ho hid himself for soma days but then ven tured out at last, and was found dead in the street, stabbed, one morning. The Judge, before whom the case of tho first murder would have come being a firm and incoiruptible man, was murdered and the report given out that he had committed suicide. None of the papers dare to comment upon tho facts, and t!i3 court are siient and inactive, although the stcry has gone privately to Lisbon, to Barcelona, and there is intense feeling upon the subject. Several persons have been hurried off to prison for daring to talk on the subject. Canovas del Castillo, the Prime Minister, has resigned, and a radical change has been ma lo in the ministry in a liberal direction, with the hope of warding off a rev- olution. TU : young King is said to be .5utTounded by those who strive to govern him by pandeiing to his passions, as they did to tlioso of young Amedous, who was thus ru ined, and tho pence of his family destroyed. The whole government from head to foot is prevailed with licentiousness and coi-rup'ion. A Eabcl cf Tcnsuos. During the session in September of tho annual Grand Council of the tribes in the indian Territory, just held at Okmulgee, Creek Nation, Colonel William 1'. Ross, principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, made a speech by invitation J tho Coun cil. Colonel Ross is cf rather slight and spare form, with gray hair and beard, and is a powerful irator. Iu delivering his speech ho spoke a sentence or two and then paused. Instantly arose the L urn of the in terpreters of the different tribes; tho sharp sibillation of the Chero kee, the husky glutteral of the Osage, the clear, brief syllables of the Commanches and all the rest in a mingled Babel of sound?. When they ceased he would utter another sentence and pause again. The speech was brief and plain telling the wild Indians of the plains that, however the Chcrokees and others might differ from them in dress, manners and habits, they were all Indiana and brethren, with a com uon problem of existence, and ur ging them to adopt what was good from trie white methods of life, as suring them that they would be none the less indians if they rode to Washington on the cars instead of going on horseback, wore shoes instead of moccasins, and raised corn instead of chasing the buffalo. He cited his o'vn nation as an ex amination of prosperity anu com fort, and concluded by inviting all of them to visit the Cherokee couu try and see for themselves. The speech was received with, frequent utterances of "Waugh" and other significations of approval ; nor is there the least doubt that, coining as it did fron an Indian, it had much more effect than it would have had if uttered by one of the white race. Cor. Fueniny iW. The corn crop tins season is un usually larg and the rains have been of more benefit than da-nae to it, on the whole. We may make ample allowance for tho destruc tion caused by the floods a couple weeks ago, and by the recent frost, and then confidentially anticipate a good average yield. According to the signs nuted by the farmers frost at this season is only expected after an interval of one month from the time it first comes. A reasonable amount of warm weather will serve to ripen the corn before that time, and the yield will in all probabili ty be abundant. Chicago Trillin?. Wilson Advance . A nogro girl named Leesy Woo'Jard, in this place, was stung on the linger by a large worm of a brownish color, about the size of a little finger, a few days since, and died in less than twenty-four hours.
The Tarborough Southerner (Tarboro, N.C.)
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