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OB0U2TD LESS FEARS. " , Somcfof our contemporaries and their correspondents arc much, disturbed it Mliat is knoiyu as the "Liberal Move ment." The scctn to be greatly alarm ed lest the "unreliable heads" vyhicb "now "misguide and misrule the affairs of the State" will obtain control of it. One, X," of the Wilmington Journal, ventures to sav that Gov. Holden is the author of the movement but that those who arc ennged in .it are ignorant of the fact. What a compliment to ihe in telligence of quire a number of men as intelligent ns !iunelf! He is further more of the opinion that in a short time, ;if things go on as they arc going, Gov. Jloldcn will hen grntleman. Who does he expect to alarm by such prognosti cations as these? Whose prejudice does he expect to excite by them? Docsiie not know that every journal now advo cating the movement regards Gov. Hol den as the Wells of IS'orth Carolina ? If he doe? not he should. He should al so know that his personal adherents are; regarded in the same light.. The movement does not contemplate a party organization in the sense. of tho I found favor with the brokers and prom- old Democratic nnd Whig and the;prcs.T5sc to reach !G cents. Whatever the cnt Ucpublicin parties. It contcraplatej a union of all tne-n and all parties in the tate who agree upon certain cssectial issues for the accomplishment of the ends in view. Certain changes in our State Constitution, for insUnce, are de sired by afvat majority of the pc ople of the Sutc.J If all who desire such chan ges unite in a . temporary organization Tor that rnrrpose they will be made. Otherwise they will not for a long time, as it requires the concurrence of two thirds of all the members of each House of the General Assembly to call a Con- m vention. When the end in view have been accomplished such organization will, in all probability, expire by its own limitation. J hat will depend upon cir .cura$tancss, however. It is evident the word Conservative, .or. the word IK tr.ocratic cannot be prop erly applied to such a party a parly united for the accomplishment of certain practical ends, but differing widely in romc raaiiers ii hutci ausu jlw y mci- C 1.. 1 T I pic. LiunnAL is the name. Old Isorth jiaie. . I Tut: VoTK. As the public may be in tcrcsteil in thovotc civen for Directors w of the Kastcrn Division of the Y. N. C. K. K., at the late" meeting of the Stock holders, wo give it below. Our friends t 1 A - tan UI.UC ititii vuHiiuiiu.-. i . . lvk. r iti III nil w W Ihe Committee appointed to supenn- tend the election of Directors, reported a m w hole number.ot votes poiica ,ju, oi which SauriMcD.Tatcreceived 28,903, K. F.'Simonton 2-1,901, C. L. S. Cor- N. W. Woodfin 15.4?1. John U. .Mc Dowell 11,570, Z. 13. V?nce 0,025, M. L. McCorLle 5,228, (. F. Davidson 4, .140. F. E. Shober 3.753, A. S. Merri man 3,543, A. M. Powell 901, E. II. Dkvi VX W. C. Krwin 079. C. A. Carlton 015. T. G. Walton 5G0, P. B. -.John Holt 505. Huch Knvnolda 420. A. IT. Avcrv 415. A. J. Mock 390, W. P. Fortune" 221, A. C. PnwlM Jasner Neal 20. Jonas Cline 15, J. S. McCubbins 7, Jofin L Shaver 7,,Andrcw Murphy 7, B. Fraley 7, J. S. Miller 7, F. II. Sprague 5, D. U. pcnui -t,ia.-. " ,;i"",t o-n tno cP0t grounds Xucsuay morning, Ti8ion of our Railroad will be W." 1 1 1lnirtnn ' ' t JliH ( I ::if ui. I i .1 r i : i l .vwf ...v.. oox car were inrown irom me irncK Dy column, lcr 23,299, C. J. Cowles 22,9ol, J. AV. coraing in contact with a cow. The two Bowman 22.801. K. A. Caldwell 20,7GG, flats ltpr, drmnlishrd and on. nf thrm " TI,C chanl8 of our Pearson 2, J. F. Alexander 2 quite rapidly. W ithin the past two weeks a large addition has been made to Very Correct Charges. The Stan- (ne f orce 0f YOrkmen. Similar activity danly of Monday last, presents one of is reported at the Charleston yard, and the truest bill of charges against its own jn 3 rcCcnt issue of the New York Sun party that we have seen published in there appeared the following paragraph : many days. "More than three thousand men are at Sajs the Standard i Wbrkuhcre, and an additional reinforcc- "Modcnitc counsels have been spurn- menthas been put on. Frigates, sloops- ed and he has been most followed whose 0f-war and ironclads are being got ready counsels have been the bitterest. for sea with extraordinary energy." A whirlwind of hate has swept over tho South, turning Tithcr against son, "Allowing every male citizen to vote, brother against brother and neighbor a- This is what I understand by Universal gainst neighbor. Every relation of life Suffrage and General Amnesty." has been controlled by the passions and W. W. HOLDEN. prejudices engendered by the politics of Just so. To vote, but not hold office, the day. This also is what tho Southerner has And the result? contended all the time to be-the mean Find it in the present disorganized ing of general amnesty, state of society. What better evidence can ;one desiro Find it. in tho bitter hate that has be- than this explicit avowal of Mr. Holden, numbed every kindly feeling. the head and front of the lladual party. : I.. tl.A oi.nn.tinn rf linQinAC T'Iia liKam! iron nf flifl fifafo flflmnrnfa ond the universal commercial distrust which pervades tho country. Find it in the poverty of the people, How long is this to continue ? How long is the prosperity and hap- v,:ea ft. nonhlo to ho sacrificed to ihe bitterness of the politicians ? The people ask these questions, and soon will DEMAND an ansxrer.- ti.. .Unf tluMlnrtor. the lawver. the farmer; the mechanic, the hboHng man, all .ay give us that peace without which vre must suiter. The people do Demand and will Hare an answer. 'Ami with that answer will Icpart the last vestige of unbridled and corrupt radicalism. Southerner. Mr.3ohn M. Long, near Mount Ulla, l?ntn rnnntr h.ifl A Valnablo mare I stolen Wednesday uizht. Mexican sad- dle, bridle halter and sheep-skin. The animal is a bay, natural pacer, good sire, with hind feet white, and spots on the bsck. The animal was tracked to Statcsvitlc, is supposed to have been stolen by Jim 116neycut, and making for Tennessee or Illinois. A reward oi .100 ia offered for the mare and thief. Statettille American. . SPECIAL TAX BONDS. A correspondent of tho Wilmington Star writes from New York, under the date of Aug. 26th, as follows in regard to the sale of JN. U. btate .Bonds : ""The Stock Board was znado. lively yesterday by the introduction of a new class of North Carolina bonds, described as a special tax: bond. An offer of nttv- six cents showed confidence at once in these Beearities.. The improvement is due tQ Andrew Jones, who, by some kind of management, is understood here to hav fashinnpd thpm info tins npu Rhanp .!. Tk: millions of bonds now pressing .on the market will make an important difference! to the tax-payers in the State, say, near- ly a million. AVhcn it is considered i . . i it i , that this change has been accomplished in the last few days, it proves skillful work somewhere. Jones ought to have credit for his persistent efforts in main taining the credit of the State. "What the especial difference is in this new class of bonds from any pthers I don t know, unless they are protected by a special tax. At nnV rate they have suddenly "manipulation may have been I know that certain bonds which havebcen hang- ing iieavv on the market at 49, will sell .J3-., r rn to-day tor Ub cents. The liondi mentioned are those appro priated by the last session of the Legis laturc to aid certain Railroads, to pay the interest on which a special tax was levied and is now being collected in this State. The old bonds, which were hon cstly appropriated by previous Legisla turcs will be shoved aside by the specu lators, to make room for the sale of the new issue. HVfcri Democrat. The Democrat might have added that a lanre numbcr'of these bonds have, in " 'l one way and another, gotten into the handsof the "Iiing, many of them having been bought up at less than fif ty cents in the dollar, while an agent or agents have been in .New lork several weeks for this purpose. Isow that the a mm m m . time has come to "realize, we hml it proclaimed in an advertisement by the oiaie ireasurcr mat me interest on r. . rn . i . . i these special tax bonds will bo paid on i A.r r i . i i i presentation oi couDuns. aunouirn saiu I a a ' J special tax lias not yet Deen collected as WC have alluded to elsewhere. Now the fc! I "h vv" out anu nave Its tunas rcauy lor SUcn enterprises as mav promise good returns durinc tht next session of the Lefrisla- , . . i v rx i :i i o o I . , c, , J r r - 11 n n . s-w n 1 a 1 i m m Accident on the Blue Ridp.e Uail- ROad.As the passenger train on th j3juc RifcQ Railroad was approachim ng J precipitated down the embankment. The damage will amount to Si, 000 it is said. Whether any one connected with the train was in fault is not yet ascertained, but we understand the President of the Company has ordered a rigid investiga- tion.of the facts attending the occur rence. Anderson Intelligencer Vth. Great activity is now, manifested in the navyyards throughout tho country, and at the yard in Washington repairs and new work are being pushed forward and Republicans, demand more. They want Universal amnesty, the right hold office. Tarboro Southerner. ' 7Twi 1 t Homicide. On W edncsday a, negro boy named 2s at, a servant at the Boydcn ?0use was shot in the . forehead and instantly killed. Tho killing seems to have been tho result of the; accidental discharge of a pistol, but whether the P'Stol was in tho hands of the deceased or ic the Jiands of Tom Ilargrave, an other colored man, admits of some ques tion. The verdict of the Coroner's jury leaves the matter in doubt. Tom was arrested by Justice Bcncini on a , charge of murder, but was admitted to . bail in that sum of two hundred "dol- lars. Old Forth State. " " " 1 ;IIon. J. A. Royce, of Cincinnati, here- ?fore a prominent Radical, in n commu- nication to the Cincinati Enquirer, says: !.Ihac severed myself from ihe Repub- an PartJ because it is an organized bypoency, a shuffling dissimulation, a fraud, a dcjusion, and a snare, a combi- 1,11 U1UU uu I1.1!? f.tho wealth-producers and wealth - distributors of the country. a a Ashevillo News and Farmer Friday, September 17, 1869, ROBERT II. STOKES, Editor. TERMS Stbictlt in ADTAsgx: v $3.00 per annum. $1.50 for fix months. Country produce taken, at market prices, for subscription. d. CLUB RATES FOB CASH: r ' rtt Ccpfct. $io 60. Ten CoTu$ $20 00. ATjvprtt9tn 1 square (10 lines or less) first iisertfos..,$i.06N xach subsequent insertion....... bv laoerai discount miue ror aarertisemenis m- Hereafter all Obituary Notices over ten lines wil1 ba charged -as advertisements. - NOTICE TUB X MARK. "cn suosenoer .a" mark on nis Pper is thereby rem lmlfd of two important facts: 1st, that we -har. adorned the cash ys- tem, irrespective of persona, and 2d, that the ,,me for whieiuney Mbtcnbod jas expired, and. to them in tvo weeks. ' COttRT ORDERS. We hate reduced the price for publishing Court orders to $e to b fjid rraicviv is av- fo-feflblic.t:on aatll lhgit fl u. and the emense for bostare or not sendine Lhem 10 Ui unless they send the cash. Vibe universal instinct of self-preservation, it is ' . . , '"VtTen'contcm plating a declaration of war against Asheville Church Services. pBtiRTTEBim Rrr. II. II. Bar ra. 8erTied etery Sabbath at lOlo'clock, A. 51.,n8JP,Mi Sath School at 9 o'clock, a. m. ' i MstnoDisT. Rer. L. k. IIatk es.--SefTicci erery Sabbath at 10 o'clock, A. affd 7 P. M; Sabbath School at 9 o'clock, A. M. j EnscoPAL. Her. Jabvis Bcxtox. Serncei every Sabbath at 11 o'clook, A. M., and 4 P. Mi Sunday School at 9 1 o'clock, A. M. Colored Sunday Scbool at 3 P. M. Baptist. Iter. Thos. aTRArrLXT. The raster being absent, the serrices are irregular at "Hesent. Sabbath School at 9 o clock, A. M. Produoe For Subscription. As money is tery scarce, and a large number of persons express a desire to take the "Newt. if they are permitted to pay in farm product., we hare appointed the following persons toreceire produce for us at the places where they reside. M. - 1? l--t - .1 1 I The ruling market price, at the place where deliTered, will be allowed, At Pigeon Riter Haywood Co., James Ownsby. Waynesvule J. C. Smathers & Son Webter Jackson Co., RobU McEee. IlendersonTille, Henderson Co., L. S. Gash.1 Old Fort, McDowell Co., R. H. Patton. BurnsTille, Yancey Co., It. B. Johnston. BakersTiUe, Mitchell Co., J. P. Horton. Little Iry, Madison Co., Brown &Kelsey. Kirerside, Buncombe Co., Gen. R. B. Vance French Broad, " Alexander Ray & Smith. Leicester, " John Carpenter or L. Chapman, Good wheat, left at Colman's Mill, on Reems l.rplf Pnflnn m AT ill nn SwtnmnnA. Rmftlhra or Cathevs Mill on Hominy, or Welch's Mill, on Raccoon Creek, and the Miller's receipt sent I nn. Mr. P. Israel has kindly consented to receire produce for us from his neighbors t u : I : r a t . . Splawn were jailed at Rutherfordton, on the 10th inst., on the charge of infanticide. So says the Vindicator. It is announced that the first annual meeting of ts Stockholders of the Western Di- held in this town nniicf? In another town hare deler- raineJ to close their rcspectire places of busi ness hereafter at 7 o'clock P. M. in order to gire (hemscltes and their etnplojes a chance for 0. little relaxation. The arrnogement is now in opera tion. Xhe Slate election ia Vermont has gone, as usual, in favor of Ihe radicals, and nobody is disappointed. The Senate is entirely radical, and only four Democrats in the House. Hardly enough to sare the capital from the fate of Sodom. JEaf The County Commissioners hare appoin ted Mr. Joseph Miller to fill the. position of County Treasurer vacated by the death of Caltin Patton ; they have also appointed Mr. A. H. Dowell, Jr., to the office of County Examiner. JEST Notwithstanding the' untoward weather which prevailed during July and August, the corn crop is not utterly ruined in this section. In several counties, especially Henderson and Transylvania, the yield will be excellent. In Buncombe there are few farmers who can boast of eten average crops. jD5?-"Capt. I. V. Baird has our thanks for one of the finest cheeses turned out by his factory. We are a- connoisseur in the cheese line, and know when we eet hold of something good. If the Captain makes all bis cheese as prime as the one he sent us, he is bound to carry off the palm in this section. tof We understand that Asherille Township pays more taxes this year than the whole county of Duncombe has paid in any one year hereto fore. It is so everywhere in the State. So long as the Radical leaders hold the reins of power, so long will it be taxes, taxes, taxis, from the beginning to the end of the chapter. Our friend, Andrew J. 'Lindsay, favored us a few days since with a basket of most las- cious grapes, of the Scuppernong Tariety. They were equal to any that we erer tasted, and we enjoyed them with no slight zest. We have maintained all along that there is no better cli mate in the world for the production of certain fine rarieties of the grape than our own, andit is to be LopedHfiat our people will, ere long, turn their attention to the culture of the vine and the manufacture of homemade wine. a-Our acknowledgments are due to Kemp T. Battle, Esq., President of the North Caroli na Agricultural Society, for a certificate consti tuting us an annual member of the Association ; also for an iniitation to attend the Fair to be held at Raleigh on the 19th to the 22d of Octo ber next. The Society has our 'most cordial wishes for its prosperity, and we trust the ap proaching Fair will be a signal success. Jt is such occasions as these which do so much to de relop our agricultural resources, and spur our farmers to redoubled efforts in the march of im proTement. It is to be regretted that our wes tern interests are not properly represented in the management of the Society, but the fault rests mainly with our own farmers, who staid at home and kept silence, while the middle and eastern portions of the State xwere busy in the work of reorganization. v ! jhe Jacobins Alarmed.; -,The rapid progress of the Liberal jnovement 1? this State has net only been an agreeable sur prise to its friends and advocates, but has struck ditmay into the councils of the radical leaders, anl set them to .oaklBg with apprehension lest tie thing that was foretold should surely come tj pass, and that is, the utter downfall and de struction of lbttr iniquitous house. That they ate taken jthejalarm is only ioo evident from is tone of their journals. Their leading organ ttempts to conceal its perturbation under a imiy tell of indifference, while at the same me it is wasting its talents in an , endeavor to heck the desertion of its late friends by erecting sort of Conservative Bepublican platform of its own, and hoping, by a pretended adoption of certain Liberal views, to take the wind out of our sails, j Recognizing the hand-writing) en the wall, interpreting the terrible signs with pro phetic clearness, and knowing full well that its day is dying out forever, the organ" bypocrit ical!y pretends to grind out conciliatory music, thinking by that means it can make the people forret the insults,, oppressions anil proscriptions It has heaped upon them during the weary years that have elapsed since the feverish but ever glorious dream of the South faded away for erer 1st AcTotoUoa Court House. Spurred on bjr that peculiar element of its party Which is least ...mJ.. with th ranidlr rrowin A, , Q.-.I-. it ...J public sentiment of the Stale; and it imagines. r , , , ., . ; ... . , 11 i- : the geaefil wreck of radicalism, or, if it nrast: sink! it will be permitted, ttt least, to slide gently ; into shallow water, so that it will have a bance, ! in the confnsion, to scramble out upon dry land; before its movements attract too tflflch attention.; The smaller OTgrtns, afld rural rofSers of j armed, and are getting; . . . radicalism ate no less alarmed no less weak in the knees. WUhout the ability j to conceal their trepidation like the Standard, many weeks ago, but we supposed the project and equally unable to Jteep their mouths shut; was abandoned as w have heard nothing of it on so threatening a subject, they stumble up to j lately. The source from whence we suppose oor the confessional and acknowledge that their j friend received his information inclines us to rotten craft is in jeopardy. The Rutherford) think that some few indiriduals int Ashe Star that enfant terrible of the Governor -j ville arc still anxious to get us out of their way speaks out in language that does not admit ofi and we now, unequivocally state to them that misconstruction, and' "tells its radical friends"! lEey can do much better than starting a nexo pa that curious alliances are going on, ajid that! per. , THE ASHEVILLE NEWS IS FOli SALE, things look very unsatisfactory generally. , It ; and by purchasing it the new-paper men would also says, in effect, that if the people will only 1 secure the whole Conservative patronage of this take its advice, and rally to the support 4f the: Congressional District, j to start on,- and hate radical party, the danger which impends canj matters about their own way, at about the same be nicely tided over! "A Daniel come to judg:: cost that would be necessary to purchase the mentl" Hear him: ; materials for a new paper. We are in earnest 'The wild and fancy notions of new party! about selling, but are determined the paper shall raised for the purpose of distracting the people- neither stop-or go into radical hands as long as would be put to rest, ana we wouia once more sail on in the old ship of State with ease ana safely. We confess that we have some fears that this will not be done, and that we will have to battle, on and on until time alone shall conquer themj but they will cling to the alliance ana damage the, nation by a continued striking at the; National Union Republican Party of the! country." ;' ' No one, possessing common sense, can be. longer blinded by a plausible party name. It is! not the first time the livery of heaven was stolen; to serve the deril in, or that the most corrupt; deeds and nefarious purposes were attempted to vm cvtivcaica unuer a cmpurnp uue ine Ultra; T 4 1 radical party of to-day, as represented by thej Star and its congeners, is no more a National Union party than Satan is a saint. The paityj of the Star has had control of the entire country! stnee the close cf the War, and yet several of thej noblest Stales, notwithstanding their prayers,! protestations and sacrifices, are out of the Unionj still, simply because they could not accept thej. entire radical doctrine, and become "hewers of wood and drawers of water" to the leading evit spirits of the radical party. ''National Union' party, forsooth ! The Star professes to be unable to understand how it is that so many of "the able and intellij gent old line Clay Whigs or Jackson Democrats' are enrolled, and still enrolling themselres, in the ranks of those Who arc waging such a re- lcntless warfare against the leaders of the radi ical party. It knows as well as we do why it is .u Knows, ana groans pin spirit orer tne Knowi edge, that its old shibboleth of "rebel" and "se cessionist" has had its day, and has lost its power. The secession issue is as dead as a doorf nail, and people are turning their attention to the real, liTing issues which are looming up be fore them ; issues which affect their personal and pecuniary interests in erery possible wayj. The experience of the past year or so has opened their eyes to some uglj realities and the pros; i ft .. mi pec oj no means sausiacwry 10 mem. aney Witness a cumbrous State, county and township organisation, intended especially to anord places 10 nungry parusans, ana eep me pany iof gether. They witness a mountain of debt such as North Carolina never had before and, we vfubs w.a nBTcr tc gn, uu nuica ,w ia- curred, in great part, to feed the insatiable maws of swindling speculators and wild-cat corpora tions. j They witness Ur upon tax extorted from hard-working and honest farmers to pay the interest on this dishonest debt, and tc .keep ...t t-iA. m.-.m. Lft... - J . ill 1 going me unwieiuy otate, couuy uu lownsniy machinery that is grinding us to pulp as fast as it can. They witness honor, honesty, dignity and intelligence banned, while rice, ignorance, rnlgarity and corruption occupy the high placed, make, expound and execute our laws in the in terest of party, and in utter disregard of justice, rcftunn. nonular oninion and nonular wants. U These aresomeofihe disgracefuraings which the masses are beginning to see and which they are determined to change. This is why the pecf pie are hastening to the support of the partv which adfocates a change. This b why sb man of the "able and intelligent old line Clay Whigs and Jackson Democrats" are in, antagonism to the radical party. And, finally, this is why the Star is in such tribulation and distress of mind, l though it will be rery careful not to give, aswe hare done, the true reason. XgyF. E. G., Lindsay, the radical postmaster at Raven's Nest, Va., and the same individual who has for some years past been humbugging the peoplo all over the country with his "Egyp tian corn' and sundry other swindles his act" ertisements in Hew York fashion hare been published almost everywhere has at last come to tho end of his rope by being arrested for robbing tho mails. The proof against him is I incontestable, and we suppose the "Egyptian corn" business wul "go up" with him. I -The President' Policy. It so longer be concealed that the Cabinet of the President is not unit in sentiment, and that the President himself is disposed to turn the cold shoulder towards the extreme men, like Boutwell, Cress well and others, who have sought! to rale him. The Virginia and , Tennessee elec tions, and the general uprising of the Southern people in favor of liberal ideas, have Verted to open the President's eyes, and precipitate cabi net disclosures which are very interesting. We hare .learned through them, I for instance, re marks the New York Herald, that Secretary of the Treasury Boutwell and Postmaster General Creswell were active and earnest co-laborers in said elections in behalf of the Radical party, and for the defeat j of the New Southern; party of liberal Republicans and progressive Democrats., We know, however, that it' was u,nder the wing of Gen. Grant's administration and Southern policy that this party swept the field in Virginia and Tennessee, and that, inspired by these suc cesses, the. same political elements are coming together in all tht other Southern States. We have seen, too, the failures of the Radicals of Virginia and Tennessee to induce the adminis tration to interfere in their behalf in upsetting these late elections, and in the official opinion ot Attorney General Hoar on the Virginia Legisla ture we have, no doubt, an opinion by authority of the . President. And what does this opinion I j t:s l s ' T is sl' J " ' 1U v " " -g-uca inM ueoerl uroafc 8 policy ia reieruuco 10 iae9 Southern elections is td give the largest latitude , , to the people concerned which the laws of Con- I gress will allow, and to leave to Congress itself the responsibihtj of defeating tbita l Tejectmf the new an t-1 est-oath Virginia Legislature. A NEW ?APE& IH ASHEVILLE. A friend, Writing from one of the Western Couniic?! informs us it is reported I here that, a new Conservative piper is to be esallished in . , L mi ! ft I 1 Ashetille; soon. The same report reached us -jt ig possible for ns to prevent it. Ladies' Festival, 'fi . The ladiesMf the Episcopal Church in Ashe ville proposes having a Festival on Tnesday evening next, 21st inst., in the building recently occupied by Dr G. TAWilmer, the proceeds to be applied to the benefit of the Church. An ex cellent supper will bespread, and thisj together with a table of fancy articles, will provide enter tainment for the evening. The deorsf, will be onencd at 7-o'clock PT M Admittance, inclu BuxtxtAr. 50 cents. Table or childtfen wit he opened at 6 o'clock P. M., the admittance fee including some article to the value of the money being ten cents. i We trtist ottr townspeople, old and young, wil exhibit their appreciation of the efforts of these ladies by a general attendance ; those ivho care little for the supper, or the fancy articles, wi care for the throng of entertaining company they will be sure to meet there. H J5SJThe Commissioners of Rutherford county have just sent in their little bill against the tax payers of that county, for the year (and two weeks) ending 16th ult. It amounts only to the inconsiderable1 sum of $1,182.95. Merely bagatelle, especially for such a rich county as Rutherford. The account can be dissected in this fashion. For holding Court, and re-dis tricting the county, 319 days at $3 per day, $957.00 mileage, foiravelliriO,439 miles at 5 ccnts per mile, J221.95. Amount paid chain- bearers, $4. "Total, $1,182.95. Rutherford counts must hare bn nrmii-r wU travollod orer. Wonder what sort of a showing other counties will make? Wonder how tax-payers iifce it ? But no matter ; "Thai's the way the money goes Pop goes the weasel !" jgCebe Harris, the "big Ingin" who has been 8quabbling the GoT.rnor for 80me T .. time pastf and bumping thc radical ship of Statc against the Railroad rfs and ehoals nntil i(s timber8 are aim0st ready to fall apart, adrerti- 8es "a lot of plunder" at public sale o4 Monday 0f Rutherford CourL "A lot of nluncier" his own words ; wilh his own naroe at th6 bottom of the notice Just thinkI Qaly j., 0Tjr ft ycar in office yet hia plunder- has accttmula. ted to m6h ftn exteflt as to ,n hia waj ftnd he wants to realize the cash on it. But it is a g00iidea. Money is scarce, and the "Blunder" boUnd to go off cheaply.- Let all the rest of ! .. . our radical officials foHow suit. . Let nS have a general auction of "plander." . . 3 -f L . t4s Auubuct gwu. MMAMif. uma. )H9cu mitmjf another of the old stock of Southern statesmen and patriots. Hon. John Bell, of Tennessee, died on the morning of the 10th inst, at the Cumberland Iron Works in that State. He had en in feeble health for a long while, and his deceas was 07 question of time. It was, howerer, his good fortune to surriTe until the orerthrow of corruption and proscription in the State he lored so well, and his last hours were soothed by the reflection that a brighter day -v "-f"" -V. fttST" The September number of the Carolina Farmer if upon our table, and we haye examined its pages with interest.' It fully sustains its reputation as a first-class agricultural journal.' Its proprietor intends,! on the' 1st of November, to change it from a monthly - to an eight-page Agricultural and Family Weekly, the price re- maining at what it now is, $2 per year j in ad vance. Address W. H. Bernard, Wilmington, JCST Hon. Eugene asserly, Senator from California, has our thank speech on the Fifteenth A Labbr Question, deliver July last. Aor a coprjLP K r The editor of the' Alabama Beacon Col. Jol G. Harrey, who sojourned in our town for some weeks, has been writing a series of interesting letters to his paper with a Tjew to atfract-public attention in 'Alabama to. the many .advantages which Asheville enjoys as'a summer, r;sort.-r- ' From dne of his recent communica,tibnsiwe clip the following merited tribute to a favorite son of Carolina.-;.: - , Among the natives of this county' who-have . ISal iviiiol. tk I Y Am oaIvoo in. 1 1 1 a Qlnt'a rv Tt nr ' ' councils, is Ex-Gov. rVance, viio was elected to the Governorship during the war, And who how l resides in Charlotte," Mecklenburg county. He is a gentleman of excellent conirrion sense, Ldf commanding personal appearance, of most affable manners, and of great personal pop;'ularityi I predict that he will bj) 'again 7 elected to tho Governorship should his life be spared for even a few years longer. Ie is now jn the prime of life and blessed with an exceedingly fine consti tution. The Vance family is one of ihe oldest The following paragraph will he! appreciated by all who have the gool fortune tbie accVjuatn- , ted with the distinguished -jurist to'wluchHt re- fers: ' ; V ' . K,. ';( "' " j . j.'U Hon. John L. Baijley, who. was raised in Eliza- V.lV. rlt tn tV!n Sl.t. '.-.! wiin Iwno Superior Court Bench for quite a nuniler of years, isjnow a citizen of Asheville, engaged in the practice of law. HeJs well knoVn tu sever;il persons residing in or near Greensboro, who oht e resided in the Eastern portion pf '."this St.ae. Though considerably "over scTcnty years of age, and apparently a man of.feeble conf titittion,' ho is in the enjoyment of good health wKh fair prospects fpr living yet quite a number of ye.irs. I Judge him to be iae of the! best' ruen, iwhose'-,. acquaintance it has been, my good fprjjune ever ... to have made. .No man: in this, or nn'yfothei Community, was ever more highly esteeiied, or, i may add, more generally beloyed. ) . .. The Cuban Revolution. The revolution in Cuba, still progresses! with successes reported on either side. An important battle. was fought on the 1 8t li ult., iii whicli .thc Cubans-were victorious.'T thcSpaniards having " been driven from the field with a lo&s of two huh dred killed and . wounded, twb hundred .and seventy prisoners and four, hundred deserters. The Government is stretching it3 war rpreroga tives to the utmpstlimita, watching the' telegraph, J examining jth'e mails, and permitting'no intellj geace to leae'the island nnfavorable, to itself if it, can prevenf HJ The most, revolting outrages . are reported fii6m nil parts of the island;, thej plantations are being-abandoned, and anarchy nttother country is,strainning. prevails. The every nerve to pjrevent the loss of its chief. Mc-. pendency, but t,h 5 times are perilous in Spr in . and soldiers afe needed at borne' -to kep down V the spirit of rcvol ation there. Should the United' ; States eovernment changeifs policy, and ertendr . its moral support to Cuba, the same as it-did to1 over that beautiful island would Boon' bp at an : " " end. Whatever tn.iy ue (he result, H much ;. fear; that Cuba is ruined. Should1 th'c resell :oii-'..y be crushed, Spain will adopt (neasurc s1sttTfr5M'4.t- : ly rigorous andprostr.itirrg to prevent iH spccJy resumpiipn j snouiu 11 i?e( success. ui, um tte&u uc- tionoftHe labor , system, vand the conversion f half a millionlfield hands iinto a seiyi-military V population, ignoranrt brutal,: and degraded, .will, hardly tend to advance the prosperity 'of -tho. . island. The examples (jf Jamaica find-llnvti ;i ij 1 too full of meaning 5o b:c lightly passed -over. - - -J Our Botany Bay. r', 1 Judge Watts, of the Gih Judicial District h.ts found out a new punishment for i!iislberriT least, new to qur laws. . Il4 s"e5nls them, liciicc, exiles flyepi, banishes them, send-s tlio.rn 'kiting" away over iifo South Carolina. Only a Vcck: or so ago "we noticed a statement that he ha l banished a colored man tp the Palirielto .Slate, with a threat that if he dared to return he should -have two yfiarsint he Penitentiary. Ifow we have another! case rive colorea woiiicu were m tried beforehim for barn-burning ; the pre-:, sumption, of guilt was very;strong, but. .the jury " laiiea 10 agree, wnereupon j.is uonor, accor i- 7 ing to tne living i 'resent, nau itie following otH. r entered upb'jl the docket-: ' "Ordered hyh'o. ' Court that an officer of the Court escort thq.de- ' fendants to the Southern border o,f. the. Statd,-"ayd.' there leave them." . : , The South Carolina folk's will," no cioubi, 1) delighted to learn that their State is to be rna-le a penaL colony for North Cxiro.ljnA. They v ill probably get up a servipe of plate jfor pfe'ritji-. ' tion to Judge Watts at once, in token of Ihein appreciation cjf his kindly efforts to increase J the-if populationft Nothing like encouraging ' imniigration, oven if it does ccme in a question able shape. Australia was bruiltuup by cornpilt innr 7ipn.l immitrrfttion and whv 'not South . - i 0 ' . :. ' ' ' Carolina? -Only South Carolina must not return the compliment. Any attempt, to pay us bapK will lessen if not utterly destroy, the, great ob ligation to. us under; which she nowsests. ' The Emperor Napolean. Recent European intelljgenceTndicatcs a wide r. spread alarm in regard to the heaUh of tle Iwu- peror Napoleon, lie has been ailing fur some time, ancpthough extraordinary efforts have been made by the government journals and friends o the administration, to allay popular apprehen-f slOtt," the general ailzlety la on the increase. - The Emperor is now in his sixty-first year, with physical constitution impaired, not only with early vicissitudes but by the extraordinary de mands made upon it during hisjimperial career. ills son is uniy luirieeu years ui, age, uuu iu mu event of his illustrious father's death, would hardly be capable offwielding the ceptro .over a people like the Frehoh, unless he fehould have powerful advisers rieaf the .thtone. It is tlc prevalent impression! that Napoleon's deah will be the signal for. commotion arid civil war thc consequences - of which iwill affect not . only France, but the enUre civiIize,d world. . As an exenange iruiy says, "prouauiy nu m" ; ever lived coutd give up the ghost with more admitted important consequences.'? j rajs Judge Lewis Dent has been unanimously nominated for Governor of Mississippi, on a li be ral platform, by the Conservatives andjmodcrate Republicans of that-State. It will be the ir- 1 einia contest Over again, and as in that, tno ex trmntlktu -will Wo to the wall. The latter. rery, much jHsgusted at the nomination Dent, and urge that th? ri inamncXi The Men W Honor. 1 i w i t.r ' - n. 1
The Asheville News and Mountain Farmer (Asheville, N.C.)
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