THE
J. PEI'PHR. SR., | S. 1. DARLINGTON, i I
Associate Editor:
N. C. S TATE fJkIR.
We are indebted to C. B Denson,
Superintendent of the„N-,C. Agricul
tural g.iciety, for a complimestary ticket
to the State Fair, which will be held in
Raleigh, on 16ib, 17th, 18th, 19th
nod 20th of the present month. We
leern that the prospects are most bril
liant for the best Pair ever held in thh
State. The entries are very large (n
■amber, and the display by the Agri
cultural Department will include evCfry
county in the State in its exhibit of
grfein, grasses, fruits, etc: The grand
review of the whole military furoe of
the State will bo a striking feature ; and
the display by the various femaie schools
in competition for the splendid organ,
Valued at $330, given for the best draw
ing, painting, embroidery and needle
work, is another item of much interest.
Very fine horses have been' entered for
the races, and a pleasant time is antici
pated. We wish the Fair ait possible
•access. '
THE EDUCATIONAL EXHIBIT.
We pnblish this week an exhibit of
the Free School funds, the apportion
ments, amounts expended, amounts due,
and amounts overpaid. This exhibit
should be preserved for future reference
by evety family in the county; but as
it will be published again next week,
in order to afford an opportunity to cor
rect any error in the same that may have
been made, it would be ad- isable to
await our next issue.
It Is earnestly hoped that committee
men will take an interest in the proper
discharge of the duties incumbent upon
them Theirs may not be a position of
distinguishing honor; but it' is one of
most sacred trust, and of vital impor
tance to the next generation The fu
ture of many a little boy and girl de
pends largely upon the stewardship of
the several committees. It is in their
power to blot and blur by inaction and
inattention, or by zeal and faithfulness
they may paint a rainbow of hope and
encouragement. How many children
are there who literally thirst for knowl
edge, but whose noble aspirations are
chilled and smothered by the insffer
enoe of those who should provide schools
for them, and the incompetence of those
who are employed to teach them ? How
much our county has lost in intelligence,
molality, virtue and prosperity, by care
lessness in regard to educational inter
ests, no one will ever be able to com
pute. If our committeemen will see
thai all former abuses of position are
corrected, and not only perform their
own duty, but see that others do so, we
may then indulge a hope of benefit front
tbe free school system. But let na have
competent and moral teaohi rs, or none.
Children are far better off when left to
in ignorance, than when in
itiated into vicious ways through the
influence of unscrupulous teachers. It
is not to be expeoted that children will
accept and profit by the virtuous pre
cepts of a teacher whom they know to
be a drunkard, a liar, or a loafer. There
is more in example than in preoept, and,
therefore, we urge the necessity of some
thing more than "book learning" in the
qualifications of a teacher. If earohil
dren must go to the devil, let us spare
ourselves the reflection that we plaeed
them under the iufiuenoe and tutilage of
ol ruinous associations before they were
old enough to resist evil.
A vicious teaoher in a tehool-roßm al
most invariably plays the part enaoted
by Satan in the Garden of Eden. He
assumes a character not his own, and
professes a wisdom that readily inspires
confidence among the inexperienoed and
unsophisticated. Then he often brings
his sophistry to bear upon a certain set
of morals that have been instilled into
hearts of his youihlul charge ; and such
and adept is he in imitating the original
tempter, that he often succeeds in Bap
ping the foundations of high moral
character, ere the ohild reoognixes the
factor the parent is aware of it. A
skeptical teaoher can easily sow the seeds
of infidelity. An immoral teaoher oan
make his charge believe that virtue was
never intended for every day use, but as
a sham for special occasions and select
company. A drunken teaoher can quote
that threadbare argument in support of
his weakness, ttiat "what entereth in at
the tnouth defileth not a mm," eta., and
illustrates the fact by getting drunk
uvsty Saturday and Sunday. Thus it is
tliat schools may become a curse instead
of a blessing, and all depends, in a great
measure, upon the will and direction of
behool couiuiitlt ernen. It is hoped tbat
much of the looseness in the discharge
of duty that has characterized tl.e ~nst
j will be reme|ied, and that henceforth
. oar schools will be made of real value
.yojpg, aada creditable to tbe
co*Hy. Hut they are not likely to be- j
eottie so by accident; or indepeodest of
thoso to % hose care they are committed. j
it wilt require the most faiifttul super
intendence of the respective committees,
and an impartial discharge of their du
ties, to bring the free sohftols op U> fen
acceptable standard, and we hope they
will all prove to be the right men in the
right nlace. »'
A Virgina View of Barringer's Le ti
ter.
Gen. Rufns Barringer, one of the
moat prominent native Republicans of
North Carolina, has written • reoent let
ter endorsing the policy of President
Hayes and prophecying from it all man
ner of good things to the people of every
section He attacks the earpcr-baggers
in sharp style, and attributes to them all
the evils, politioal and material, that
might have eome apon the South during
period of Reyystruotion. It is per
tinently asked by some of our North
Carolina Conservative exchanges, why
it never occurred to Gen- Barringer nnd
other respectable gentlemen like him
who now repudiate the carpet-baggers,
to denouooe and eschew these gentry
when they were in the bloom of their
power, aad while they were glutting
themselves on the robbery of tho con
quered States. The exposure of osrpet
baggery at sueh a time might have ac
complished some good fur the relief of
the people b has much the appearanoe
now of Jack Falataff's performance in
slaying the slane and stabbing the dead
Percy at Shrewsbury fight. Not. bow
ever, to indulge in criminations—for
this is the era of good will and reunion,
it is shrewdly surmi ed tbat Barringer,
and others of like poeition and character
with him, desire to build up an adsalnis
tration party in North Carolina, discard
ing the elements whieh made the old
organization so corrupt, and appealing to
good men who may be disposed to bold
up the liberal poUoy of President Hayes
We are sure that the scheme will not
suoeeed. North Carolina baa bad quite
a sufficient experienoe of Radicalism.
Under whatever new name it nray appear,
it ia the same old serpent as before
Gea. Barringer will have all his pains
(or naught, and. the next Conservative
majority will be stilly more rousing than
that which sent Vance to his present
perch.— Pelerthurg Index- Appeil.
A Matter of Principle.
Some gusher having written to the
editor of the Baltimore Gazelle com
plaining of what be calls tbat paper's
"everlasting and nnoeaaing and never
let-up on Mr. Hayes as a fraud," the
editor in his own vindication, reads his
correspondent a lecture, and gives him
some wholesome advioe, whioh is worthy
of general applieation. Says the Go*
zett : "Our friend fails into the very
common error of confusing principle
with fact. Because Mr. Hayes baa
adopted a wise fend patriotio policy to
ward the South—a policy which the
Gmzette has heartily endorsed from the
first, and which it strenuously dvmsnded
long before Mr. Hsyes bad any notions
fet all on the snbjeot—is no reason why
we should condone the eriaie whioh
made him President. On the contrary,
while it is the duty of every independ
ent journal to fearlessly approve all
measures of the administration whioh
are plainlj just and right, it should with
equal courage denounce every thing whiob
smacks of deceit and fraad. Our friend
would have us forget '.be past, and give
to Mr. (layes'the thick nnd thin support
of a party organ. Has he ever reflected
upon what might ensue were the people,
ia their recognition of the good points
ia the President's policy to forgive the
oonspirstors who counted him in ?
Does he not perceive tbat the only guar
anty this oountry caa have against the
repetition of that monstrous wrong lien
in the sentiment of the people ? The
greatest danger which threatens the
republic at this very moment grows out
of the torpor which baa overtaken the
public eouscienoe end dulled its power to
distinguish between good and evil. It
wpald be the duty of the Gazette in
any event to denouooe fraud, as it wonld
be its privilege to nphold the right; still
more is it its duty to sssail it when its
perpetration threatens to aap the founda
tions of liberty and imperil the integrity
of the republic. This is the sum and
substance of the wnole matter. The
Gazette, as an independent newspaper,
will continue to approve and sustain
eierj measure of the President's which
seems designed to .benefit the people,
bnt it will never 'let up' on the fraud
which made him President." i
j ,
Failures of. savings sre the
order uf the day now in the North nnd
Wen.
Some New York Ways.
U|ualiy about this time, or perta|fe a
little earlier, the offioera of housa? agents
•re besieged by women looking* around
for fnrnishald bouses, with tba intention >
of taking boarders. Many of thMR pro
pose to do business on an exceedingly
small capital, or probably none at ajl
A wonap of &is dais fntera'an- ofitin
and says"l want a nice
house in a good neighborhood, where the
own r will take the rent in board and
allow uie to accommodate a few friends."
In the majority of oasps this means that
the woman has no capital whatever—
perhaps not a dollar—and she wants to
get a start at some other person's expense.
If she obtains a house on her terms, she
may manage to get crodit from butcher,
baker, and grocer till the "lew friends"
(i. e., ordinary boarders; though she
won't admit that she keeps boarders at
all) pay her at the end of the week. So
long as she keeps the bouse she has a
living and a home, at least, and if, at the
end of a few months, she is ob'iged toi
''give it up, owing to butoher, baker, and!
grocer shutting down on her on acooont
of arrears, she is no worse off than when
she began, at any rate. She baa lived
pretty well in the meantime, and ahe
may poesibly have a few dollars on hand
whioh ought, by to be paid to M>e
tradesmen who have supplied her table.
Very few persons, even in New York,
have any idea of the number of women
who push along in this way. When
they cannot get houses all furnished and
ready for business, on the condition of
giving board in lieu of rent, they are
willing enough to agree to pay the rent
in money, and by raking and scraping,
they may get enough together to pay
for one month in advanoe. From that*
time forward the payment of the rent
depends upon the state of the business.
If enough money is taken in to *quare
up, well and good ; the rent will probably
be pai l; if not, the landlord must stand
the lons, and perhaps have the trouble
and expense of dispossessing hia tenant
besides She either won't or can't pay
the tent, and she won't give up tba
house unless she ia. obliged to, and on
the whole the landlord has enough
provocation to sake him use language
that no Sunday-sohool superintendent,
with a proper moral training, could
possibly encourage
A friend of mine bad a pretty ljvely
experience with a womau of tbis diss
not very long ago She hired a fur
nished house from him, and made the
Srst rent payment in advance. Before
letting the house he required references,
and was given the names of two aen
both engaged in business, who spoke
well of the woman. She was perfectly
honest, and would not wrong any one.
But when the second payment waa due
there were signs of trouble. The woman
put him off for several days with prom
isea and assurances that money was
coming to her from another city, where
she claimed to own property. * He
allowed the matter to run on fron day
to day, and finally decided that it waa
time to aot. His first step was to have
her summoned to court for non payment
of rent. Sbe dodged the marshal who
was to serve the auaamons as long as she
could, but he cornered her at last and
handed her the paper : Three days from
lhat time she was in court to respond.
My friend was also on hand. He was
rather taken aback when a cheap lawyer
whom she pioked up in the ouurt for a
eouple of dollars appeared for her and
filed what be oalled a counter affidavit,
bluntly denying every couot in the com
plaint. On the strength of it the ease
was adjourned for three days. When it
eame on again the eheap lawyer araa
ready with another affidavit, alleging,
this time, the absence of an important
witness, though there had not been any
witnesses at all, and another adjourn,
ment of three days was granted. My
friend now began to s*e that he hada
sharper to deal with, and got down to
work. His first disoovery was that one
ef the men to whom the woman had le
ferred biui for eharacter was her own
aoa, under a name different from here,
while the other was a former landlord,
who bad agreed to act as a reference in
consideration of her paying up some ar
rears of rent which she owed him. His
second discovery waa that at the time
she was taking his house she waa being
dispoased from another, where she was
in arrears for three or four months, and
that it had taken two marshals and a po
liceman to put her out. 9he had sold
several articles of furniture belonging
to the owner, and defaeed the honse so
mnoh that it cost bim nearly a thousand
dollars to put it in order again. With
tbii' knowledge in his possession, my
friend confronted the woman boldly and
threatened to have ber handed ever to
tfce police for grand larceny, if ahe did
not aacate hia house at onoe. He then
had the gas meter taken out, and per
suaded the boarders in the house not to
give ber any mondy, and at last, the
morning the ease waa to be tried, ahe
paoked up her olotbing and left. But
his fight to get her out had been a hard
one, and, oouotjng the lose of rent, cost
him a few hundred dollars The eity
fairly swartne with men and women who
are always on the lookout for a chance to
swindle someone.— CLurtrnion Cornier,
SCHOOL EXHIBIT FOR STOKES COUNTY. }
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li 1 I j2 s 13 3. If
•s» • /«i *nl* i - 3 s s~ g„- s £ :lx7
of" e School Committees appoiatai Ky the Board of Ednoation "s «g 2 g-g o-g
*G H for the several Sohool Districts of said County, - -"-a
""Ifr I August 7th, 1877. for two yeara, , •! HBS 3-fiS 1 IH I
S i "d Districts designated g a 22 ' I 2 8 1/2
£ £ •" .it . .. ias follows: SB ■ 1 ■«! . _____
* F'OR WHITES. I ' ~
No 1 No 1 Martin C. Dorsett, J. G. Gordon, F. M. Vennble. 46 $lB4 00 $lB4 36 $ $ 36
2 8A T. Bdwarda, Satn'l. J. Wall, Rufua W. Bolee. 70 280 00 189 87 } 90 12}
3 3 Joel Jackson, John H. Shamel, Mat. Phillwa. 46 184 00 175 00 900 ——
4 4 John Kiger, Jr., Joel J. Stone, Lawreuoe Hauaer. 61 244 00 312 00 —— 68 00
5 5 Wm. L Loyd, John Newsom, Joel Snider. 61 244 00 294 00 60 00
6' 6A B. Helsabeok, Jamea Creson, James Riser. 54 216 00 170 00 46 00
T| 7W. W. Johnson, Wm. G. Slat*, C. J. Carroll. 46 184 00 209 00 25 00
8 8 John H. Oaudle, Alei. Boylee, Mat. Overby. ! 69 276 00 178 00 98 00
9 9R. G. Gentry, A. E. Smith, H. C. Gibson. 60 200 00 180 00 20 00
10 10 A. E- Savage, I. P. King, I. F. Boylee. , 54 216 00 110 00 106 00 ■ ...
QUAKER GAP . >
11 11 Frank Lynob, Raleigh Brim, MD. Turpin. 53 212 00 288 00 fg 00
10 12Joo. H Mitchell, Wm. Southern, Jerry Slaughter. 51 204 00 165 00 39 QQ
9 13 A. H. Martin, Riohard Forreat, Wm. Nunn. 45 180 00 326 00 146 00
jIL 5 14 T. J. Boae, Wna. A. Simmons, M. I. Simmons. 73 292 00 145 00 147 00 —-
8 15 C. T.'Christian, Johh Tilly, James Forreet. y 75 300 00 330,00 30 00
3 16iJoshua Smith, Ambrose Flippin, Joel A. Tilly. 41, 164 00 210 00 45 0O
2 17' Thomas Collins, Peter Overby, Sam'l. Mirtin 40] 160 00 140 00 20 00 _____
1 18'Wm. M Beaely, John Francis, P. J Leake, Sr. 4l| 164 00 75 00 89 00 —.
6 19 John L. Smith, BY. Payne, A. H Durham. 38 152 00 111 68 40 42 _____
7 20 J-T. Joyce, Williemsoo Hart, Joa Nunn. ' 42 168 00 250 00 82 00
12 2l Reuben George, Jesse Goorge, Henry Flippin. 41 164 00 175 00 ——• HOO
Pkteks' Cr'k
4 22 C. C Smith, Frank Hall, (Miller,) Gabriel M. Shelton. 41 164 00 166 00 100
5 23 G. W. Tucker, Robert Priddy, John H. Fagg 59 236 00j 262 00 26 00
2 24 Leander Nelson, Jae Rieraon, of Nelly, GW. Mauring. 62 248 00j 192 85 55 15 _ .., ■■
1 25 John R, Mabe, Jaeksou Mabe, B-: C. Mabe. 42 168 00 IC9 00 100
6 26 Moses Lawson, S. >l. Sbeltoo, Powell Robertson. 63 212 00 186 65 25 33
5 27 James B. Tucker, Amer. J Tilly, Gideon Martin. 70 280 00 252 75 27 25
7 28 A. C. Rhodes, J. H. Campbell, H. C. Laekey. 69 276 00 225 00 51 00
SNOW CREEK.
4 29 B. J. Martin, J. M. Lackey, G H Shelton. 77 308 00 245 17} 02 82} ■
7 30 Wm 11. Hawkins, A J Rrowr, Jr , Wm. J Moore, "
3 31 George Priddy, Wm. 11. Tilly, Henderson Murefield. 65 2GO 00| 281 50 21 50
2 32 Sam'l D. Steele, SM. Ward, Sam'l Martin. 73 292 00 j 278 75 13 25 ——
5 33' J. M Martin, W. B Taylor, Nath'l Hutcheson. 77 308 00 187 85 j2O 15 ————
gl 34|A. J. Brown, RG. Amos, O. H. Simmons. 11 62 248 00 215 00 33 00
l| 35 John Gann, Jno. Hi Griffin, Robt. Wall.. 114 4&tJ 00 210 00 246 00
Bca'R ISLAND ! b L .-J. „
4&5 36 BA. Mitohell, Geo. J. W. husly. 91 364 00 431 75 . 67 75
3 37!G W. Webster, Shade Martin, W. J. Robertson. 54 216 00 226 00 10 00
2 SglWo. Lemons, 8. 3. Wall, W A Ward. 60 24d 00 265 00 25 00
1 39'Sam'l Hairston, RH. Steele, J. Flinn. 51 204 00 220 50 16 50
BAXiaATOWN. •
1 40; C. W. Willis James, Alfred S Stewart. 67 268 00 227 00 41 00
2 4ljl v J W. Lasley, Jaoob Fulton, Watt Fulton. 83 332 00 184 50 147 50
3 42 Henry Burton, T, D. Fulp, James Powell. 35 140 00 295 00 155 00
4 431 Haywood Taylor, B. S Brown, JM. Linville. 47 188 00 150 00 33 00
5 441 H. H. Maaeey, Thornton Sautuel, J. W. Samuel. 54 176 00 20 00 00
g 45lbenj. Bailey, P R. Davis, Fraulc Redman.
MEADOW. J
1 46 W. H Cumbie, Albert 11. Morris, Dr. L 11. Hill. 36 144 00 128 25 15 75
2 47' S. S. Hampton, Jas. M. Tuttle, Charles Bowm .n. 57 228 00 317 60 BM#O
3 48 R F Fetree, W. G Ru*ledge, Martin Hartgrove. 82 328 00 302 40 25 60 -
4 49 Wm. J. Moore, Daniel Kiser, Hinton Holland. 71 284 Oft 265 00 19 00 ————
5 50 H. R. Carroll, LH. Southern, AG. Siaemore. 87 348 001 206 00 i4-> 00
V ' 7 51J F Hill, J. B. Vaughn, Win. H Smith 91 364 00 300 00 G 4 00
8 52 Lee Riersou, H. W Rierson, Juhn H Tuttle. 48 192 00 207 62}; 15 624
9 53 SM. Rierson, J B Wliitten, W A Estes. 61 244 00 243 40 60
10 54 G. W. Mabe Thos Mabe, JD. Yonng. 25 100 00 153 50 53 50 '
11 55 Wm. Young, R.J. Wood, William Alley. 36 144 00 156 25 12 26
QQ. 4I 56 Joshua Smith, Ambrose Flippin. Joel A. Tilly. 34 136 00 95 75 40 25 ,
Mead6j t . 57 G- Southern, John A. Southern, LII Southern 37 148 OOj 139 00 900 -
YADKIN. FOR COLOIUSD CHILDREN.
1| 1 Abe King, David Kcllum, Wm Martin. 40 108 00 168 00
QUAKER Gai>.
1 j 2 Smith Francis, Ant. Dearman, J.ish Jessnp. 56 224 00 224 00
2 I 3Clem. Francis, Pedi'o Flippin, Henty George 57 228 00 228 00
PETERS' CR'K. q
1 I 4 Jobn- Joyee, Frank Hughes, Clark. 41 164 00 219 85 .. q»
2 I siJauies Hughes, Torn Martin, Alus Fiodley. 40 160 00 171 00 ??
SNOW CREEK. I . >nl ' ' ' ■ * I '
1 I 6,J»ck -Moore, Bob Martin, John Bwwn. 54! 336 00 1 ..o-
2 | 7 Maurice Payne, Wm Nod Chandler. 58 212 00 47 00 , VRS OO
BEA'R ISLAND. \
2&SI 8 Baker Martin, Jamea Alams, Calvin Martin 59 2 36 00 290 00 ' 54 Oft
l| 9 Wyatt Robertaon, Henderson Carter, Greene H-irston 4 0 ' i C o 00 193 00 33 00
SAURATOWN. 1 ../ . .1
2 lOPink Hairston, Jordan Fulton, Nuck Fulton; 59! 200 00 184 50 1550
3 11 Sam Hairston, Dick Hairston, Hunly Huiraton. 49 lur ft( , 96> TH -•
1A 4 12 Jeff Dalton, Van Withers, Lewis Warren. , CT , 256 00 176 00 6b W
5& 6 13 Terry Bailey, Milton Lash, Murtin Lewis. , ( glj 324 00 260 00 64 00
MEADOW.
1 14 Charles Hill, Pink Davis, Simon Benton. 53 2 12 00 385 00 73 00
2 15 Thomas Goode, Gabriel Moore, Lairis Cbundle*. 45 ,gQ 237 50 i* nn'*
3 16 Charles Smith, Sam. MoDjjuinl, Barweli Louwtta, 51 204 OO* 117 50 86 50
Tba foregoing table abows :■ lat. The number r f Children ; 2d The amount due from Jnlv 1* 1873 toJnlvlat
1876 ; 3d The amount expended by eaeb PWtrict during aaid Ifcterval; 4th. The amount due Julv Ist 187« •
The amount overdrawn up to July Ist, 1876. " •«- • - JU,J " l » 187B ' atn -
NOTE. -The Tax of 1876 not having been aettled, that aaonnt ia not shown, bot the Board eatimates 60 oenta
to each child. There will alao be about the same amount lor this year, ending July lat, 1878. Make that estimate and
take from it what yonr District expended during the Fall and Winter of 1876 and '77, and you will have tba amonnt now
due. Tbia Exhibit ia published from the Treasurer's books, and by order of the Board of Education of Stnkea Countv
Committeea must report census by l*of BepWtßber, 1878. Bchool Laws and proper blanka will be furniabed UDOR
to me. j G H . MITCHELL,
' '' Saoratary Board Education for Stokaa County.
New York Polities.
Great interest centered in t,he Repub
lican Bute convention which met at
Rochester, New York, last Wednesday,
becauso it *u known that the battle
would be tb«o fought for the leadership
of the party in the Empire Slate. It
was also known that the iaaue for supre-.
macy would be tried between the Hajee
or Administration faction on the one
aide and the anti-Hayes faction on the
other, the former of whieb is led by thej
distinguished Senator, Rosooo Conkling,
•»d the latter bj George William Curtis,
Evarts and otner adherents of the Ad
ministration in that State. Briefly it
was a trial of Conkling and Hayes, be
tween whom there has been antagonism
ever since the inauguration of the latter„
Not to follow the proceeding! in de
tail. Mr. Conkling who wae present in
person bad everything his own waj in
the oontention and achieved a signal
triumph over his enemies in kin owni
party. He was chosen permanent prea :
ident of the body, but got excused from
nerving in that poeitia» on the grtnnd
that he wished to take his full responsi
bility of the proceedings, and subse
quently accepted the chairmanship of
the oommittee on resolutions In this
convention Curtis and Conkling, who,
had for some time been antagonising
each other, met in debate for the first
time id several years, and the Benator
had die opportunity ot paying off some
old Scorn which had been accumulating
against him. He paid the debt with
interest. On the resolutions reported
' by the oommittee, Conkling and Curtis
mtde speeches. The resolutions as re
ported end as adopted fail to endorse the
Administration either in its Southern
policy or' its course on the civil servioe.
In fhet the convention snubbed the Pres
ident. " Mr. Conkling and his followers
' took the ground that the Administration
has no rigtft . to forbid an officer holder
from taking part fn la canvass er other
party preeeMtnge and treated suoh in
terference asan infringement at indi
vidual liberty. Mr.;Curtis proposed an
amendment, which endorsed ti)e Admin
' istfation, but this amendment was re
jected by* tile decisive vote of 295 to
109. -t'l ' •'
*
Senator Conkling'a victory tu oom
plete tod the Administration was gives
the cold shoulder by the convention, fat
the friends of the latter olaim that thh
wis a victory among the politician# oily
and that the peaple of New Yevk sya.
pathiie with Hayes, in hie Souther*
policy sod hia efforU at eivi) servioe r»-
forui. The leading newspapers of the
State entertain this view. In the prat*
enoe of this breaeh in the Rcpublioaa
party, it would seem that the Democrats
should have no difficulty in carrying the
elections, and in aeenring the Uaitad
States Senator to be ohoeed by the next
Legislature.— Danville Rngistw.
Grant was interviewed by some news
paper man in England. The gist of
the interview ia that Grant pronounced
Charles Summer a liar of the trat wetet,
and Carl Sohura a firat-elasa ham burg.
He don't be! Eva maeh ia sivil serviaa
reform, which in the abstract may be a
very good thing but in practice is oae of
the impossibles. Yet when he was ia
office he talked muoh civil setviea tt
form- But nobody ever thought ha
meant anything when he talked about it.