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VOL. 54. TARBORO', N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 18761 " - ' : NO. 32.
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GENERAL DIRECTORY.
TARBOKO'.
M -tor Fred. Philips.
Coissioxas Jesse A. Williamson, Ja
cob Feldeuueimer, Dauiel V. llurtt, Alex.
McCabe, Joseph Cobb.
SecreT-BY .. Tra91tkek Kobt. White
hurst. Culler of Police John W. Cotlen.
Asi.tnt Police J. T. Moo o Jos.. .
.imou.on, Altimore Macuair. - "
" '
. COUNT V. '
Superior Court Clerk and Probate Judgt
H. L. Statou, Jr.
Register of Deeds -Alex. McCabe.
Sheri ff Joseph Cobb.
Coronet
Treasurer Robt. II. Austin.
Surveyor John E. Baker.
Standard Keeper 3. B. Hyatt.
School Examiners. II. II. SUaw, Win. A.
Duggan and R. S. Williams.
Keeper Poor House Win. A. Dugean.
Commissioners Jno. Lancaster, Chairman,
Wiley Well, J. B. W. Norville, Frauk Dew,
M. Exera. A. McCabe, Clerk.
MAILS.
ARRIVAL AND PEPARTl'RE OF MAILS
NORTH AND SOUTH VIA W. A W. R. K.
Leave Tarboro' (daily) at W
Arrive l Tarboro' (daily) at - 8 30 1. M.
WASHINGTON MAIL VIA GREENVILLE.
FALKLAND ANU SPARTA.
Lv Tarboro' (daily) at - 6 A. M.
Arrive at Tarboro' (daily) at - - C I'. M.
I.ODUES.
The st aud the Places of lectin jr-
Concord R. A. Chapter No. 5, N. M. Law
rence, High Priest, Masonic Hall, monthly
convocations first Thursday in evury month at
10 o'clock A. M.
Concord Lodge No. 58, Thomas Gatlin,
Master, Masonic Hall, meets first Friday night
it 7 o'clock P. M. and third Saturday at 10
o'clock A. M. in every month.
Repitou Encnmpment No. 13, I. O. O. F.,
I. B. Palaraountain, Chief Patriarch, Odd Fel
lows' Hall, meets every first and third Thurs
day of each month.
Edgecombe Lodge No. 50, I. O. O.
T. V. Toler, N. G., Odd Fellows' Hall,
meets every Tuesday night.
Edgecombe Council No. 122, Friends of
temperance, meet every Friday night at the
Odd Fellowi' Hall.
Advance Lodge No. i, I. O. G. T., meets
every Wednesday night at there Hall.
Zauoah Lodge, No. 235, I. O. B. B., meet
on first and third Monday night of every
month at Odd Fellows' Hall, A. Whitlock,
President.
ii-UCiis;
Episcopal Church Services every Sunday
at 10 1-3 o'clock A. M. and 5 P. M. Dr. J. B.
Cheshire, Rector.
Methodist Church Services every Fourth
Sunday ot every month, morning and niht.
litUnndayat night and 5th Sunday at night.
Rev. Mr. Swindell, Pastor.
Presbyterian Church Services every 1st,
3rd and 5th Sabbaths. Rev. T. J. Allium,
Pastor Weekly Prayer meeting, Thurs
day night
Missionary Baptist Churrh Services the
4th Sunday' in every moLth, morning and
night. Rev. T. R. Owen, Pastor.
Primitire Baptist Church Services first
Saturday and Sunday of each month at 11
o'clock.
HOTELS.
Adams' Hotel, cortirr Main aud Pitt Sis.
O. F. Adams, Proprie.or.
EXPIIFSS.
Southern Express Ofllee, on Main Street,
closes every morning at J)4 o'clock.
N. M. Lawbencb, Agent.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS,
T7RANK POWELL,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
TARBORO', X. C.
J- Collections a Specialty .
0.ee next door to the Southerner office.
July 2, 1875. tf
JOS. BLOUNT CHESHIRE, JR.,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AND
N0TAEY PUBLIC.
t? Office at the Old Bank Building on
Trade Street. je25-tf.
OWARD & PERRY
Attorneys and Counselors at Law.
TARBORO',. N. C.
IZfT" Practic8 in all the Courts, State tnd
Federal. nov.u-ly.
H. JOHNSTON,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
TARB0K0', N. C.
VtT" Attends to the tran3action of busi-
otss in all the Courts, State and Federal.
Nov. 5, 1875. ly
JpREDERICK PHILIPS,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
TARBORO', N. C.
3 Practices in Courts of adjoining coun
ties, in the Foderal and Supreme Courts.
Nov. 5, 1873. ly
yy alter r. Williamson,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
TARBORO', N. C.
fVill practice in the Courts of the 2nd
Judicial Distri t. Collections made in any
part of the tale.
5f Office in Iron Front Building, Pit
gtreet, rear of A. Whitlock & Co's.
Jan. 7, 137C. tf
JACOB BATTLE,
Counsellor and Attorney at Law,
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C.
WT Practice in all tie State Courts.
March 24, 1876.
J
n.
& W. L. THORP,
Attorneys and Counselors at Law,
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C.
RACTICES iu the counties of Edge-
1. cbmbe, Halifax, Nash and Wilson, and
iu the Supreme Court North Carolina, also
In tuc United states District ouri,aiaieiu.
DR. E. D. BARNES,
Surgeon Dentist,
main Street,
TARBORO', N. C.
AH work warranted to give entire
satisfaction. ieu.io-u.
Dr. G. L. Shackelford,
ID HI 3NT T I S T
TARB0E0', N. C
Office opposite Adams1 Hotel, over S. S. Nash $
Cot Store.
')win to the stringency of the times, I
avc reduced my charges lor all operation to
as tandard that will not fail to suit every one.
Care of children's teeth and Plate work a
pecialty.
Satisaction feuaratt cd in all cases.
March 17, 1870 ly.
MISCELLANEOUS.
nt home. Agents wanted.
tjp JL ' Uutiit ami terms irec. ir.
CO., Augusta, Maine.
tjp 1 ' Outfit
TOBACCO HABIT CURED. It will seud
a prescription (cau be o'jtaiut at any
drug store) that will speedily cure and war
ranted to entirely eradicate the de-jires lor
Tobacco. No humb'ig. Seud for testimon
ials. Prescription with sample, 50 c-ts.
- Address O- 8.. TUD1, Speneerville, O.
$7T
A WEEK guaranteed to Aleuts,
Male and Female in their own local
ity. Terms OUTFIT FREE. Ad
dress P. O. Y1CKEKY As CO., Agu, Me.
$5 to $20...
dav at home
Sam
iples
CO.,
les worth
fret-
STTNSON
Port-
land, Maine.
4 SYCHOMANCY, OR OU CAARM-
T8i.
NG." How either sex may fascinate
and gain the love and allections of any per
son they choose, instantly. This art all can
possess, free by mail, for 25 cents; .together
with a Marriage Guide, Egyptian Oracle.
Dreams, Hints to Ladies, etc. 1,000,000 sold.
A queer book. Address T. WILLIAM &
CO., Pub's Philadelphia.
Price, Twenty-Five Cents.
NEWSPAPER
ADVERTISING
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTH EDITION.
Coutaining a complete list of all towns in
the Untied Slates, the Territories and the
Dominion of Cacada, having a population
greater thau 5,0o0 according to ihe last cen
sus, together with the names of the news
papers having the largest local circulation iu
each of the places named. Also, a catalo
gue of newspapers which are recommend
ed to advertisers as as giviug greatest value
in proportion to prices charged. Also, all
newspapaper in the United States aud Can
ada printing over 5,000 copies each issue.
Also, all the Religious, Agricultural, Scien
tific and Mechanical, Medical, Masonic,
Juvenile, Educational, Commercial, Ic
surance, Real Estatoe, Law, Sporting, Mus
ical, Fashion, and other special class journals
very complete lists, Together with a com
plete list of over 300 Germau papers printed
in the United States. Also, au essay upon
advertising; many tables of rates, showing
the cost of advertising in various newspapers
and everything which a beginner in adver
tising would like to know. Address
GEO P. ROWgLL & CO., 41 Park Row,
New York.
NEWSPAPERS
OF THE
UNITED STATES.
A comtilete list, numbering S.l; w ith a
Gazetteer correct to date, oi all town and I
cmes in wnicn newspapers are puoiisnea;
historical and statistical sketches ol theGre.it
Newspaper Establishments; illustrated with
numerous engravings of the principal news
paper buildings. Book or 300 Pages, just
issued. Mailed, post paid, to address for
35c. Apply (inclosing price) to Superinten
dent of the Newspaper Pavilion, Centennial
Grouud.-, Philadelphia, or American News
Compauy, N. Y. Every advertiser needs it.
PRIVTAE
Boarding House.
TR8- V. E. LIPSCOMB
respectfully an
TJL nounces that she has optned
a rnvate
Hoarding uouse m laraoro, on the comer
ot Bank and Pitt Streets.
Good Fare, Pletutant Room, Comfor
table Meets, ifoura .Tloctrate.
Feb. 10, 1S75. " ly
THIS PAPEK 13 ON TIE WITH
A
s$E
Where Advertising Contracts can Uo m4
GEO. S. HAWES,
MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN
Tin, Copper
IRON WARE
1
Tarboro. J
FULL LINE OF COOKING, HEAT,
mg, arior umce stoves,
kept constantly on hand,'
which will be sold at the
lowest cash prices.
R00FIXG ASD GUTTERING
cither in town or country, promptly attend
ed to and on reasonable terms.
of all kinds in his line executed with prompt
ness.
If yon can't afford to buy a new stove bring
your old one ana trade.
GEO. S. HAW ,
Nearly opposite Post Office.
Feb. 18, 1S7C. ly-
L.T.V.1..I l.L Wm II liJLilJ ft a
ifim.i.n, mi .ii.hiii.i.i..i
y STkM EXfiLNES.STKAW BOILERS, j
P MIL GEAR1NO MADE
Mm;. '-
JSHAf TING, PULLEYS AND HANGE
Address, POOLE & HUNT,
Want to Sell.
WILL SELL MI TWU B1UKI i
I in!? on Church Street, corner of Thomas
lltVU W U .vw "
house is newly painted and in excel
lent repair, une acre oi gruuuu is
attached under new paling. There are also
the necessary out bouses. It ts a Dargain lor
somebody.
I will also sell a cood r tano ana otne.r . ur-
niture. Also several vacant lots on cnurcn
Street. All iu Rocky Mont, N. C.
DOSSEY BATTLF. .
Oct. S9.1S75. tf.
I O U I S 1 XJ J t CjJ
Female Seminary,
Franklin Co., N. C.
THE duties ol the eleventn session oi turn
school under its former direction, will
be resumed Wednesday, July 12th, 1870, and
roTitimie twenty weeks.
Teachers of experience will dc employed
in literary and ornamental departments as
the interest of the school demands.
Terms per Session :
Knard. including washln. liffhtS, fuel
- and S'nrnishfifl rooms. f 70 00
English Tuition, f 10 to 15 00
f.htin. French and Italian, each. 5 00
Music on Piano,-wi4h use of Instrn
ment, 20 00
Guitar, 15 00
Vocal music taupht without charge.
Pavment reauired at close of Term. Par
ties paying in advance will be allowed 8 per
cent, deduction on aoove cuargt.
Circulars furnished on application.
Address, MISS C. A. CRENSHAW,
June40.-lt. 3 Principal.
TT!.T
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
FURNITURE !
4
Also
:. Furniture made to order, by
PITT ST., TARBORO', N. C.
Call and see before you purchase.
TTKTaD 3I3X--O
promptly attended to.
Keeps on hand and makes to order, Maho
any, Walnut, Poplar and Pine Coffins.
Also on hand a full line of MET ALIO CA
SES. Hearse for hire on burial occasions.
VW Terms cash.
Jan. 1, 1870.1y. J. E. SIMMONS.
W. T. TAYLOR,
Mauufactnrer of
WIXD0W FRAMES, DOORS,
Plain Pancis of every style
DOOR FRAMES,
V'lXBOtVS, SASHES, ULIXLS,
.VAXTZES, MOULDIXGS,
BRACKETS, SCROLL WORK
AND
Tobacco Box Patterns,
Whitaker's, N. 0.
Also, contracts to put up buildiugs, furn-
isLiug all material, complete turn-key jobs.
or otherwise, as parties may prefer, all with
kiln-dried lumber.
March 24, lSri. ly
GEO. L. PENDER,
, WITH
BruffJ Faulkner &, Co.,
Wholesale Dealers in
Foreign and Domestic Dry
Good, Notions & White
GOODS.
275 W. BALTIMORE STREET,
J. E. Ruff, 1 TlnHimni'P.
A. Ii. Faulkner,
Wui. R. Hallett, t
novl9-l y.
Look to Your Interests !
T
0. C.Farrar&Co's
FINE LINEN BOSOM DRESS SHIRTS.
FOR $1.00 EACH.
A large aud fresh Stock of
Dry Goods, Shoes, Boots and
Clothing,
with a lull line of (
GROCERIES:
just received. These goods were bought)
VERY LOW
and will be sold at rock bottom prices. Also
100 Boxes of Manu
factured Tobacco.
We assure our patrons who desire to pay
cash for their goods, that by calling on
0. C. FARRAR & CO,
they will find prices in every way satisfacto
ry and goods as low as they cau be purchased
iu any market in the South.
All we desire is au inspection of our goods.
Parties will liad it to their interest to call on
us.
When you come to Tarboro', don't forget
0. C. FARRAR &. CO.
April 21. 3m
SPRING GOODS!
SPRING GOODS I
SPRING GOODS I
Dress Goods,
Linen Lawns,
Percals,
Ladies' Hats,
Ladies and Children's
Shoes, Gloves, Hos
isery and White
Goods ! !
BOOTS and SHOES, frC.
All bought for cash at
i -it ii
panic prices, ana win oe soia very
low by
T. X. rATJlJN.
N. B. T. II. Gatlin is Agent for
" Domestic " Paper Fashions.
Tarboro', April 7, 1876.
A CARD TO THE PUBLIC !
Jam now prepared to furnish the Centen
nial BOOT & LUCKE TIE SIIOE, cheap,
er than can be gotten up In Northern cities,
and am ahead of trade in this and adjoining
counties. I use nothing but
First Choice French Calf Skins
and Extra Pebbled boat.
The finest grades of Sole Leather, English
B(!iid a F,uecialtv. The latest style last are
used in my business. Also keeps constantly
on hand all sorts of Shoe-finding.
Workmcnship unexcelled. Give me a trial,
and if my work don't suit will make sacrifice
on any that is taken from my house.
O. C. DOGGETT.
Tarboro, May 5, 1S70. 8m.
new m m
Friday
July 21, 1376
TEETOTAL SII0ES,
BY MARY DWINELL CIIELLIS.
A young man leaned over the
railing of a bridge, looking down
into the water, which flowed with
strong steady current onward to
the sea. You might have passed
without giving hitn a moment's
thought, bo alike was he to thous
ands of others 6cen everywhere in
our large cities. His clothing,
which had once been flashy, was
now dingy and worn, and the hat,
still set jauntily upon his bead, va3
etained and battered. He was
alone. His boon companions, more
fortuuate than himself in regard to
funds, were preparing for a grand
carouse, in which he had refused to
join because of his poverty. For
an hour he stood there, nearly
motionless, as one and another hur
ried by
At
leng
th
laminar voice ex-
claimed:
ow are you, Dick ?'
'Tad enough,' was the muttered
reply.
'Hope you are not having a fit
of the bluc3. I never have them.'
'Shouldn't think you would; 1
wouldn't if I was in your shoes.'
Til ;ive you my shoes this min
ute if they'll do you any good, I've
got another pair at home, so I can
afford to divide with you. Walk
along with me. We don't meet
very often lately. I've been on
the lookout for you .' .
'You needn't trouble yourself
about me. You and I ain't going
the same way,
'I do not know about
Which way ara you going ?'
'Ain't going any way.
Palmer, why don't you go
that.
Chris
along
and let me alone.
'Because that isn't my way. Per
haps I can help you. And the
tone of the speaker had no varied
from that of the hearty good-nature
which characterized his first greet
ing. 'There's a storm commin.
Wr at are you going to do ?'
'Don't know but I shall jump
into tho river.'
'And so give me the trouble of
jumping in after you, I ?hou!d
richer not do it this cold evening;
.bujt.if that's the host way to help
yiou, I won't be too particular.'
a ' A this, Dick Kedficld turned
and geied full into the face of his
mend who asked laugningly :
" i 'Want mv chripq n.iw ?'
Sappcse I do V
'You shall have tbem on the spot.
I used to go barefoot, and J can
gain. But you must remember
that mine are teetotal shoes, that
won't walk in the way of the toper.
They are to well trained for that.
If they'll suit vou, you shall have
them and welcome; and, Dick, I'd
ivc you a dozen new ones with
them if you would only go my way.
Come now, at any rate. Come
home with me and see my mother
'What made you stop to speak to
me, Chris :
'Because 1 wanted to. I don't
forget old times as quick as some
neo'tde do. Come !' And the tee-
total shces walked on keein step
with a pair of slouched boots, whose
owner was bitterly ashamed of the
contrast.
Mrs. Palmei welcomed Dick in
a motherly way, and judging right-
vlthat a thoroush ablution would be
a luxury, provided him with warm
"
water, soap and towels; o that
when he entered the pleasant kitch
en where supper was spread, he was
so changed in appearance he would
hardly have been recognized. He
felt very much as though he had
already started in a new way.
Later when the geod mother had
retired, his friend asked abruptly
,
'Jlow are you getting along,
Dick?'
As bad as bad can be, he re-
plied quickly. 'I was nearly des
perato when you spoke to me. 1
didn't know whether to jump into
the river or take to stealing. If
I'd show of money I'd be carousing
with the rest. I'm a hard fellow,
Chris,but shan't be any the worse for
me because you took me and gave
me a square meel. Tow, how are
you getting along yourself?'
.m- i T i l ,
up-top. i wor nara every
day, and don't touch tobacco or
liquor. Haven't smoked my first
cigar yet. Wear teetctal shoes.
you know, and a fellow isn't likely
to o far wron with them on his
feet.'
'Wish I'd been wearing such the
last five years. I'd kept out of a
good many scraps if I had. Ic
all luck and chance I didn t set in
deeper than ever to-night. There's
mischief brewing, and if I'd got on
a drunk, I might have had a hand
in it.'
'I'm thankful I saw you, Dick
.Now, it you will talk out plain to
me, I'll try and help you.'
The clock struck one before theso
two men separated, and when the
day dawned, the visitor wondered
wheie he could be, until he saw
some well-polished shoes by his
bed. Then he remembered
his
ift
with conditions.
Teetotal shoes for the remain
der of his life. Sometiraos they
seemed too tightly fitting, and
sometimes they dragged heavily,
yet he would not resign them.
They proved his salvation.
Months after, they who had ur
hed him to join them in a night's
carousal were sentenced to the
State-prison for the crime of bur
glary They had not thought .thus
to end their lives that they, fancied
so free and independent; but, while
spurning wholesome restraints, they
were slaves to a master whose
wages is death.
The Staats Sgitung.
Hon. Oswald Ottendorfer, editor
and proprietor of the Nat) Yorker
Staats Zeitung, thr.s signifies his
approval and givevin his adhesion
to the Democratic ticket :
'There is no tooiu for doubt that
the nomination of Tilden is a brilli
ant victory of the reform idea over
the corrupt methods which have
grown up uader Grant's administru-
T . ...
tion. is is, at tne same time; a
triumph of the better elements with
in the Democratic party over the
corrupt elements in the same.
Tilden represents all those reforms
for which the people of the United
1 . . - . . e
otatcs nave striven m vain lor a
decade. As the matter was in the
power of tho Democratic Conven
tion, the programme of the New
York conference according to
which it was declared that the future
President of tho United States must
not only have deserved the confi
dence of houest people, but also have
excited the fear and hatred of
thieves has been literally fulfiled
by his nomination. Those authors
of that programme, who could not
await the result of the Convention,
have tiven evidence that they un
derstood neither the contents of
their address nor the extent of the
principles which they asserted.
Iil'lonis not so much the candidate
of Lis party as the candidate of the
people, and his nomination, aside
from e.?ry other signification, is a
proof of a popular victory. The
Democratic party deserves acknow
ledgment in so far as it, in the last
decisive moment, comprehended the
necessity of consulting the wishes
of a majority of the people and
adopted a platform distinguished
for the soundness of its principles,
nominating a candidate wlio is a
real reformer. That is much more
than can be said of the Republican
party, Both political organizationa
remain daerous instruments as
they h.ve always been. The dif
ference is that the one, dependin
upon the many years threugh which
it has been in power, ignores the
demands of the peopld for a thorough
system of reform; while the other,
after a powerful effort at self-pos
session, has responded in the most
praise-worthy and positive manner
to these demands
'When we reflect what great need
the United States have of precisely
such a person, and when we com
pare the statesmanlike deeds of
Tilden with the inactivity of the
opposing candidate, it cannot be
very diicult tor us to decide which
of the two shsuld be preferred. We
do not belong to those who make
extravagant proiessions oi joy when
one or the other party succeeds m
nominating aa nonest and peronaiiy
irreproachable candidate :for the
highest official position in thi3 great
republic, uranc had the reputa
1 1 11
uonor oeing an nonest man, anu ne
has it still; nevertheless during his
official term the government of the
United States has sunk so deep
into corruption that the courage
and strength of a Hercules are
necessary to cleanse the Angean
stable. I hat tne candidate tor the
Presidency must ho an honest man,
is a matter oi course; ana it is
sadly significant sign of tho time,
that so much credit is assumed tor
a qualification which should be
taken for granted. We demand
something more than mere passive.
honesty; we are by no means satis
hed it it can only be said ol our
future President that he is not
scoundrel. Besides his personally
irreproachable character we demand
undoubted capacity proved by for
mer deeds, an undaunted courage,
and, above all the assurance by
previous actions oi a perfect con
sciousness of his responsibility to
the people. If these merit3 qualify
any man tor the office ot President
then, as matters now
stand, there
can be none more
worthy than
Samuel J. Tilden.'
Don't Care.
You don't caro for politics ? You
ought to eare. It is
your
'Don
care" more than anything else tha
has brought politics int) disrepute
and the nation into danger. or
,T ....
l. lou are a trustee. There is
no such thing us universal suffrage
wom3n, children, lunatics, crimi
nals, and unnaturalized foreigners
uo not yo:e. niy about one in
ten of the whole population does
vote. You represent ten people in
your community. If you send
man to Congress and he is too busy
I makipg money to care for politics
pledge. He had accepted the
you count him recreant, it now
don't care for politics -you ire equal-
ly recreant. -"You are a representa-
tive. It is your duty to care. 1
II. You owe something to pos-
terity.'What would you say, of a
man i776 who did not care for pol-
itics ? A more devastating army in-
Vades the ccruntrY how, The plague
of domestic flies is worse than the
lauge of foreign locusts. The of-
ce-seekers are more dangerous
than red-coats. Dry rot is worse
than bombardment. If you are to
hand down the inheritance of the
fathers to the children you must
care. Indifference is treason of a
mild sort, but deadly.
Ilx. if higer motives do not af
fect you, self-interest should. What
has paralyzed industry; stopped
me vwueeis ot uiauumctories ; leic
I . I 1 XT L j I . 1 .
half the nation barren and unpro-
ductive ; left us money without sta-
ble value and a tuture without cer-
tainty ; created universal distrust laid over one another, entirely with- I were then too streng for any Demo
and suspicion ; and filled the cols out covering, and in many cses crat to be chosen, Mr. Hendricks
umns of our daily papers with scan- 1
dal, halt ol it slander, the other half
. .1 O 1 1TV . lt 1 ..
trum : "on C care nas none it.
bo long as substancial men "don t
care who administer government,
or on waac principles it is done, so
long taxes will oe nih. and corrno- I
- i
tion great, nd mismanagement prof-1
icabiO, and reform spasmodic. The
reform must begin, not at Washing- J
ton, but in the hearts of men all
over the country who "don t care,
iv. iou cannoc uo an thing r
1W ..' 1 .1 1
Jave you ever tried t lou can go
to the primary elections, lou may
be beaten at the first venture ; you
ueserve to oe n you stay Deaten.
JJut even a defeat may be a prelude
to victory, lhe presence ot men ot
character, ot wealth, of ufluence.
n the .'primary meetings will make
tclf felt. Did George William
Curtis and Rev. Freeman Clarke
do anything at Cincinnatti because
their candidate was not nominated ?
V. Y'ou can resolutely refuse to
vote for bad men because they are
put on your ticket. You can break
away from party leaders ; and when
you do, party leaders will have to
consult you and such as you, or fail.
You can writo and sign a declara-
tion ot independence on your own
account. The office-holders and
oflicc-seekers are in an insignificant
minority. Look around you any
Sunday how many are there in
church? Stand on the sidewalk and
ook at the throng in any city street
how many are hungry for office :
Go through a rail-way-car arid take
census the vast majority are as
honest and disinterested as your
self. And you cannot do anything !
JNonscnse. lou cap do everything.
inc mciepcnuanc voters, the men
who care for country more than
mi -1 , .
party, and for party only as it serves
the country, can control politics
any time they chose. It is "don't
care" that makes them the humble
servants of the politicians whom
they affect to despise. Wherever
patriotism in the many is stronger
than love of pelf in the few, the
country will be redeemed. Its great
est national curse is 1 "don t care.
That is its old man of the sea; and
you are the one to help throw him
over.
And this is our Fourth of July
oration. v. I. Christian lyceklv.
Vanes and the Poor Boy of Currituck
County. . f
(Murfreesboro Enquirer.)
During the
war, a mere
youth
from the above county enlisted, as
volunteer in the army. After
time, he became
dissatisfied, and desired to procure
an honorable discharge.
Being very poor, and uned Jcated,
as well as without adventicious ad-
vica of wealthy or influential friends
he was at a loss how to proceed in
this matter. When far away from
his friends he sets down tind writes
to Z. B. Vance who was then Gov
ernor of North Carolina.
The boy was ignorant aud could
scarcely write an intelligible letter.
Notwithstanding, this fact, Gover-
nor Vance amid all the pressing
duties of his othce at that time, an
swered this letter, not
in a formal
manner, but as if the
young man 1
had been a kinsman of his, and
gave him such advice as induced
the young soldier to address to him
a second letter which also was re
ceived and answered with friendly
sentiments peculiar to the nrst.
Wo have been unable to ascertain
whether or not the discharge was
obtained, but every one must ad
mire and applaud those generous
impulses which induced Governor
t t 1 . M 1
v ance to answer a letter ot such a
character when it waa net his duty
And when accepting the nomination
from tho portico of the National
iZotel, he remarked that while
Governor of North Carolina, no
one ever came to the Executive
Mansion with a story to relate who
did not havo an opportunity to tell
it, and no one went away without
having his frievanMs redressed as
es o .
far as it was in his power to redress
them. A friend of ours who related
trie ahevfl inmrlenf. t.n 119 rAtnarked
that he knew that Vance wa3 telling-
the truth. For from his personal
knowledge of him he was incapable
of telling a lie.
Some men are admired for their
eloquence some tor tneir great learn-
ing, but no charicter is fully adorn-
ed unkss possesses sympathy for
those in distress, and it is the poi-
MB3ion of this element, more than I
any other which has given to Z. B.
Vance such a warm place in the
heart of the people of his native
State which wc confidently believe
will elect him next .November.
Night Scenes in New York How
Denizens of the Tenements Pass the
Weary Hours.
Before 9 o'clock last night thous-
ands ot persona in the ive Points
quarter had gone out into the open
street to remain until morning. All
along Baxter and the adjacent
streets the inner edges of the side-
walks were lined with blankets and
IT 1 T fl 1 I
oeascicKS, upon wmch halt nude
children were sleeping so close tos
gether that it was impossible to
step between them. Thev almost
with a cellar door or even the stone I
flagging alone for a bed. In one
.... .
Diace niht children tvnre s ecu on
a patch of wooden pavement, six
teet long by throe wide, and babes
scarcely six months old, with naked
limbs, lar exnosed to thft k v on
' y r j i
pieces ot blankets thrown ever e
lar doors. An hour later it was
curious to see the women and girls
sitting on the curbstones, and ma-
king their toilet for the night by
twisting up their hair and throwing
. . . !
a shawl around them. Ono after
another taey laid down in the open
oi
air bes'.de the children, and regard-
less ot the noisy throng that almost
jostled them in passing, to all ap
pearaace dropped comfortably
aslaen ( rjifinnll v t.liA nnitfl in trio
streets died out. A bevy of
girls, who had been singing "lhe
Star Spangled Banner and other
patriotic airs, fell asleep one after
another on a cellar-door, and the
sounds of
shouting and laughter
ceased.
The men pulled off their boots,
and while some placed beds on the
sidewalk to sleep on, a few braced
themselves up in the corners of the
doors to act s sentinels over the
sleepers.
"So they sleep every night,
said a policeman, "and we don t dis
turb tham: They can't stand tho
heat in doors it would kill them
Our Early History.
From the Hillsboro Recorder.
1 J
We present a few facts relative
to the early history of this town and
county, much of which we re sure
is new to most of our readers, and
information of which is appropriate
to this, centennial year suggestive
of old times.
Orange county in 1752 was erect-
ed into a county and parish, by the
name of Orange county and parish
of St. Mathews, and was taken off 1
from the counties of Granville,
Johnston and Bladen. The latter
county was formed as early as 1734
from New Hanover, and embraced
the whole western portion ot the
State as far as the limits of North
Carolina extended. In 1753 an act
of the General Assembly directed
that "the court house, prison and
stocks for Orange county be erect
ed on or near where the western
pathu) crosses the Jnoe river on a
piece of land where James Watson
now lives.'
la Hi i it Was represented to the
ueneral Assembly that UU acres
of land was granted for the site of
a town, by William Churton, and
was afterwards laid off by him into
lots of ono acre each ; and it was
enacted that the same be laid off
and established as a town by the
name of Childsburg ; and James
Watson, William Uhurton, William
Reed, William Nunn and Danniel
Cain were appointed directors aud
trustees tor designing, building and
carrying on the said town.
In l7b Governor Tryon, then
on a visit to Childsburg with his
wife and wife's sister, Miss Esther
Wake, changed the name of that
of Hillsboro, in compliment of Miss
Esther, who saw in the view of the
villa.e of Childsbur and surround-
ing scenery as seen from the top of
the Occonneches mountain;, some
resemblance to her native
place,
Hillsboro acros3 the waters.
"Somebody LCust Be In."
Here is a little story which tell
bettor than a dictionary can the
meaning of the word 'disinterested-
neS3.
The late Archbishop Haro was
once when tutor ot Trinity College,
Cambridge, giving a lecture, when
a cry of fire was raised: Away
rushed his pupils, and forming them-
selves into a lino between the build
ing, which was close at hand, and
the river, passed buckets from one
to another.
The tutor, quickly following,
found them thus engaged. At the
J end of tha
line one youth waa
standing ud to his waist in the
I: ... .
river. He was delicate and looked
consumptive.
W hat I' cried Mr. llare. 'vou in
the water. Sterling, you so liable to '
take cold I
'Somebody must be in it, 'the
youth answered 1 'why not I as
i well as another V
ne spirit oi tuis answer is that
of all great and generous doing.
Cowardice and celdaess, too iar,
U, somebody will do it, and tho
speaker sits still. He is not the
one to do what needs doing. But
nobility of character, lookini at
necessary things, says, 'ouebody
must do it; why not I !' And the
deed is done. (Jhatterbox.
Sketch of Gov. Hendricks.
Thoma3 A. Hendricks was born
in Muskingum county. Ohio, in
1819 and is, therefore, fifty-seven
years ot age. He removed to In
diana, and in 1851 was elected to
Congress where he remained until
1855, when he was appointed Cem-
missioner of Land Office. He filled
this position until 1859, when he
1 .-ITT-. -!-..
was elected united estates Senator
for six years. In 18G8 he was the
Democratic candidate for Governor,
but as the nassions and reiudices
was defeated by a small majority,
In 1874 h6 was elected to this posi-
1. .... .
tion which he has sinea ti eil wirh
signal ability, adorning tho place
with the simplicity of the early
Koman times, when the robust vir
tries wera valued n.t thir trn
- -
worth. Gev. iiendricks is one of
those unaffected great men who ims
press themselves forcibly on the era
as much by the wide contrast with
others as by their own simple
. " . .
worth. Such an lmnression he
made.upon North Carolinians last
year at our great celebration on
1 -
the 20th of May. And wo will say
that we think with reason that no
man would be more heartily sup
ported m our Stat who could have
hfifin nnminaf.nd nf Sfr T.rmla
young-IWilmington Star.
A "Wonderful Clock.
An eight day clock which chimes
the quarters, plays sixteen tunes,
playing three tunes every twelve
hours, or at any interval required,
has been exhibited at Paris, Tho
hands go round as follow : One,
once a minute; one, once an hour;
one, once a week; one, once a year.
It shows the moon's age, the rising
and setting of the sun, the time of
high and low water, half ebb and
half flood; and by a beautiful con
trivance there is a part that repre
sents water, Which rises and
falls.
thev were' in motion and .
,)l...:.it i
cedes leaving these automation slims
dry on the sands. Tho clock shbwa
the hour of the day, the day of the
month; there is provision made for
the signs of the zodiac; it strikes or
not, as may be desired: and it has
the equation tablo showing the dif-
ference of clock and sun ewnr dn
of the year.
The
Financial Republican
Flank.
(New York World.)
It is a very pretty, 'platform, and
must have taken Gen. Hawley a
long time to write it out. It is full
of correct sentiments .and beautiful
language. To be sure it does not
explain where all the money has
gono to, but we cannot expect every
thing even in a platform of seven
teen planks. As the western orator
well said: 'Although, eentlemen.
a President of the Yellville Nation
al Bank our deceased friend did not
account satisfactorily for the funds
of that institution, yet his remarks
upon the busting of the'same show
ed that his heart beat warmly for
his native land.'
Two sons of Erin shoveling sand
on a hot day, stopped to rest, and
exchanged views on tho labor ques-
tion. 'Pat, this is mighty hard
work we're at.' 'It is, indade, Jem-
mie; but what kind ol work is it
you'd like if ye could get?' 'Well,'
said the other, leaning reflectively
upon nis snovei, ana wiping per
spiration with the back of his hand,
O T11IA n.OW AAnn I... n.w.nn T
I , 1 ,
iul u 111.., ajr, vicau uu.iiiCBB, X
think I would like to be a bishop.
Little Clara was watching with
muca curiosity and interest a flock
ot iowls, as they were sunning them-
selves, when her attention was ar-
rested by the gorgeous red crests of
lW0 roosters, wiamma, wnat are
thoso red thinwa on their liondi ?'
'Their comhs, my dear.' 'Why, how
funny ! they wear combs ! Mam
ma, are they women T
n exchange says 'that a Savan
nah man cured his . dyspepsia by
..I i 1 i .i m
I ta&iug a buvyci aim who. marrow
and helping to build ten miles of
railroad. 'There are a largo num
ber of dyspeptics in New Orleans,
but they'll not adopt this method as
long as they can find a billiard cue
to punch the
balls with. iT. 0.
J Picayune.
Yesterday morning a Sunday
school teacher asked ono of her pu
pils, who seemed to be troubled
about something, 11 he had got ma
collect, lhe little Cherub embrac
. I .!'. 1 1 .xr .
eu ine amicwa part, ana saia . xou
bet and peppermint don't do it no
, x i..wu it a w uiui..
Aoove all tnings, cultivate your
neart, as well as your soil. "What-
soever a man soweth that shall ha
I"3 rePv'