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RALXIIGH, N. C
TCBSDAT
..A1RIL IT, 1877.
JUDGE SCHENCK AND THE
REVENUE RAIDERS. : -
We like the way Judge Schknck talks I
to Grand . Juries about the Kevenue
Raiders. . ...
He charges them, as we learn from the
Charlotte Democrat, that Revenue officers
are indictable Jn. the State Courts when
they exceed their authority and commit
outrages upon the people and their prop
erty. He states to the Grand . Juries that
Revenue officers have no . right to remove
. their cases from the Superior Court tp the
federal Court, and that they are amenable
to bur State laws for their conduct that
while he is Judge in the District the peo
ple shall have protection from those who
. depredate upon them m any manner what
everthat while all ' men should sustain
Federal officers in the proper discharge of
their duties, those officers who violate the
law themselves should be indicted.
And the result has been . that quite a
number of Revenue officers have been in
dicted for cruel treatment of cititens and
wanton destruction of property.
Hiis would be ample cause for congrat
uiaiion at the course of Judge Schexck. ,
But this is not all ; we think the time has
come when the supremacy of State courts
in, matters of State police should be vindi
cated. It is time that Federal . office-holders
should be taught that they are not ex
empt from the jurisdiction and control of
State courts. No man ought to be per
mitted to violate , the laws of the State
wkh impunity, but, least of all, ought a
Federal office-holder be permitted so to
do. ' ,, ' .. 1 ;
It needs no long experience to teach us
that the most zealous watchfulness- ought
to be exercised in regard to the encroach
ments of the Federal Government and its
officials upon the rights of States and of citi
zens. Already the idea is abroad that a
commission as a Federal office-holder is a
license to commit crime, and a safeguard
against punishment. .
: "We are heartily glad, we say, to learn
that Judge Schinck has turned his atten
tion to this subject and for more reasons
- than one. We wish to see our people pro
. tected from the outrages inflicted upon
them by certain officials whom even the
Jew A orta estate, one of the most promi
nent radical papers in the State is obliged
to describe as men who have seemed to re
sard the people ast not being entitled to
any , respect or consideration at.their hands,
but have looked upon whole communities
as criminals, and criminals of no ordinary
character; and who have set about the dis
charge of their office as if it were their
" purpose to drive the citizen from them in
stead of securing his influence in their be-
-half.
This ought not so to be. Let the guilty
be punished, but let them be punished ac
cording to law and' not according to the
arbitrary will of lawless and despotic Fed
eral office-holders. No just understanding
of the proper relations 'between the State
and Federal governments can be arrived at
so long as a horde of desperadoes shall be
permitted to harry the State and set its
laws at defiance,' and go unwhipped of jus
tice merely because they are Federal office
. holders. Not a day and not an hour ought
to be lost in putting a stop to such a state
of things. We trust,' therefore, that Judge
, Schxsck and his brethren on the bench
will go on in the good work until the time
shall come when North Carolina Courts
will be once, more supreme on North Caro
lina soiL
The people in the East and in the Mid
dle portion of the State know nothing of
what their brethren further West have suf
fered in this regard. Now is the time for
" us to recover the rights we have lost dur
ing the days of reconstruction.
HOPE FOR SOUTH CAROLINA,
One of the first results of Chambkb-
i.ais's collapse in South Carolina, says the
' New York 5,"will be that the planting
operations, which have been delayed so
long by Hxtks' military occupation of the
State House, will begin in good earnest.
Several million dollars of idle capital have
accumulated in the hands of Charleston
factors and banker?, which they prudently
declined to advance to farmers for the
year's cropping while the dual Governments
threatened disorder! This money will
now find its way to the rural districts, set
ting the wheels of industry in motion and
giving employment ; to colored laborers,
many of . whom were brought pretty near
to the ragged edge of starvation under the
military protectorate set up at Columbia by
Gxast, and maintained since the fifth of
March by Hates. The rice planting in
dustry along the rivers near the coast will
doubtless be benefited more than any other
by the downfall of the carpet-baggers. The
Combahee and Ashepoo riots; of last sum
mer caused serious loss to the rice planters
and no little suffering among the negroes,
who abandoned the fields. Chajibkrlaik
leaves the State in a deplorable condition,
but, : going to work with new hope and
courage, the people may put a different as
pect upon affairs before many months have
passed. ... , . . . ' .
THE COAL CROP.
The production of coal bo far this year
: is largely ahead of last year. The total
amount of anthracite mined for the year is
3,952,423 tons, against 2,786,017 for same
period ' last year, an increase of 1,166,406
tons. . The quantity of bituminous coal
sent - to market for the week was 57,284
tons,' against 53,052 tons for corresponding
week last year, an Increase of 4,232 tons.
"f s The whole bituminous tonnage from the
i beginning of the coal year is 629,151 tons,
: against 663,756 tons in corresponding time
; last year, a decrease of 34,595 tons, and
the total tonnage for the. coal year is 4,
581,574 tons, against 3,449,773: tons to
same date last year,, an increase of 1,131,-
801 tons '
Thi Cincinnati Enquirer is very- cruel
indeed." We very much f ear that in hs hoi
om is to be found but little, if any, of
the milk of human kindness. Now we would
not give utterance to such disloyal sen
timents for any consideration, and we think
' we : know something ' about ' carpet-
. baggers, too. Cut that is the difference
. between Northern men and Southern men.
Southern men always were slow lo anger
and reticent of speech. - But the Enquirer
is otherwise, for one of its Washington
city dispatches' having stated that on Tues
day last tlirrarpet-bag" Legislature of.
- South Carolina would be '"thrown'ori their
own resources," it straightway warned the
Legislatures of other .. 8tates to proceed,!
once to the amendment of their laws on the
object of -Tramps.'' There now!' : '
"'' I i : -. - E
' The Scriptures of Truth, says a friend
writing to us, are full of prophecies, that,
while they anticipate the facts of history,
also set a moral stamp and pass their judg
ment upon the characters that are the sub
jects of . history Of .such kind, is the
DrODhecv of .Daniel XI. Slstwerse J'And
in his estate shall stand up a vile person to
whom they shall not give the honor of the
Kingdom, but he shall come in peaceably
and obtain the Kingdom by flatteries.''
This prophecy, it is thought by inter-
preters, . concerns Anttochus, surnameu
Epiphanes, the Illustrious, or more prop
erly nicknamed, Epimanes, the Madman.
These points are noted in the prophecy:
1. He shall be a tOeperxon, 2. The es
tates of the Kingdom shall not give mm
the Honor of the Kingd Hn, 3. Yet he
shall get in peaceably, without war,
through fraud and trickery. 4. He shall
establish himself in hi usurped place by
flatteries," and shall "work deceitfully,"
(verso 23.) vTue event showed how these
points noted were exemplified in the his
tory and character of the byrian Anli-
ochua. . .
Now history continually repeats itself,
and there is nothing new under the sun.
The points noted above are curiously
fulfilled in the present occupant of the
Presidency of the-United States. '
Beginning with the second point: The
American estates have not given him the
honor of the Presidency. The people, the
ilighest estate, have not given it to him.
The nouse of. Representatives has not
given it to him for it expressly declared
that his opponent was chosen by a majority.
of the electoral votes.
3. Yet his accession to the Presidency
was without civil war. He came in peace
ably, through the trickery of Returning
Boards and the no less trickery of the ma
jority ' of the Electoral Board to wham
Congress solemnly confided the question of
the honor of the kingdom, to whom it be
longed a confidence which, they betrayed
to party, and so rendered impossible for
ever, any such peaceable ; reference in all
future time.
4. He seeks to establish himself bjjtat
terietL e. by flattering promises and in
ducements of office, and by making fair
shows. How far he will gain his end by
working deceitfully time will tell. k '
But the mora! stamp and judgment set
by the truth of prophecy upon such a
person, notwithstanding his success in ob
taining the highest office of the .kingdom,
and notwithstanding his epithets of illus
trious, honorable, his excellency, &c., is
that he a tile person. No honorable man,
the infallible word of truth here implies,
will hold office, as the purchase of, fraud
and trickery either by himself or by others
for him. ' By consenting to do so, he
thereby proves his viieness. .
The office of government, especially the
highest office of magistracy, is an ordain
ment and a trust from God to be obtained
at the beginning as it is to be administered
all along in his faith and fear, and under a
sense of responsibility to the Supreme
President and Righteous Governor of all.
In the history of the American Govern
ment, we have now for the first time, at
the head of it, a person for whom the
analogy of prophecy has provided an epi
thet for all Jime the vile ! Hates, the
vile !
JUDCB DICK AXD BIS MARSHALS.
The Greensboro Patriot states that
Judge Dick rendered a decision last week
that will put a stop to the high handed
arrests perpetrated by Deputy Marshals.'
He notified these gentlemen, says the Pat
riot, that arrests must be made in accor
dance with law and only on warrants is
sued by due process.'
It seems to be a habit with Judge Dick
to notify his -instruments of justice, so
called, that citizens of North Carolina
have some rights that even United States
Marshals are bound to respect. Indeed it
has come to be what the Mew York Timet
would call a "chronic" thing with him to tell
his Marshals that they are under the law
and not above it, so much so that- if we
were an almanac maker we would along
during spring and early summer after
the fashion of the good old Mr. Gales of
blessed memory, warn the people to
'look out about this time for an order from
Judge Dick to his marshals."
, If we mistake not it was not very far
from this time last year that his Honor de
livered himself of a very emphatic charge
at AshevDle, telling his marshals that most
positively they must not do so any more.
We recollect publishing the charge and
commenting upon it in very complimentary
terms. In fact, it made an impression, for
the "charge was really a good one, and con
tained' sentiments that, in spite of their
very late utterance, commended themselves
very warmly " to the favor of every law
loving man in the 8tate, and utterances of
that sort being so unfreqnent, coming
from Radical Dps, we were quite struck
with them. , . ; '
We beg leave to suggest to His Honor,
however, as the result of sad experience,
that his lectures to Federal marshals in his
district have no good effect, and that it is
about time for him to , try other means if
he really wishes to put an. end to the ar
rests on blank warrants that have been so
arbitrarily made by some of his deputy
marshals and revenue officials. We have
no objection to soft words from a judge,
nor have we any objection to his giving
repeated, warnings that the constituted pre
servers of the peace ought not to become
its constant violators, but we submit with
great respect that they may become a trifle
monotonous. Variety is the spice of life,
and a little wholesome imprisonment and
some judicious fining in between the judge's
lectures would add very much to their
flavor. , Mere talk to" Federal marshals and
exhortations to them to behave themselves
have, as a means to accomplish any good
end, entirely played out
Ws have just received the April num
ber of the Republic a monthly periodical
devoted to- the- dissemination of political
Information. J ;( , , . 1 - '
It describes Mr. Lam ab as the Demo
cratic representative of the Eu Kiux Leg
islature of Mississippi, and as the repre-I
sentative of organized murder and fraud.
The lovely Keixogo, of Louisiana, Jt calls
the Republican representative of the vic
tims of Ku Kiux villainy and of organized
murder and fraud. , - . , i .
Commenting upon" Governor Vaxce's
reply to the letter .of ' some colored men,
discountenancing the policy of colonization
it says, hv a savagely ironical way, "The
State seeds their labors They have . now
all the political and social rights "they need
or can enjoy-r-the rights to Jrork for the
white man. aatUoU4he Democratic ticket
Where win they find such anotherelysium?"
And this is the kind of political informa
tion the -liemtblus tWsux'miriatpa : .VVhot
nice family paper to take for. Sunday read-
This is no time to desDise them. Both
false and foolish was the saying of Bksa
5i is Franklin- (as indeed were many of
his so-called wise sayings!), that a penny
saved is a penny gaine. . But 'now, if
never before, it is the necessity as it , was
always the duty of our pcbple to j try and
make pennies that may tc saved. ; Dollars
may come in good time, si last year's ex
perience in and around Salem proved, and
this year's ' experience . in almost .every
county of North Carolina may be made
to prove. .. . 1 4 r ' 1
Salem and its neighborhood last year
did a thriving business b shipping' dried
blackberries to Chicago, a firni in that city
having offered fifteen cents per pound for
them in any quantity. It, cost oiie cent a
pound to carry these berries from Salem to
Chicago, and hence the Salem merchants
could afford to pay the country people from
seven to twelve cents a pOund for them.
Salem, with scarcely" over, 2,000 inhabi
tants, shipped duriug ' three years over
three millions o. pounds of dried black
berries, for which it received $450,000, or
nearly half a million dollars, equal to nine
thousand bales of cotton at ten cents per
pound. j ' I j : '.
The crop is, of course, abundant almost
infinite. The old fields llterliy swarm
with the busy pickers during the season.
Frequently whole families turn out at early
dawn and pick blackberries j till dark. A
bushel of berries will yield fwelve pounds
of dried fruit. At 15 cents per pound,
this will make the fruit forth $1 80 a
bushel. It is estimated that; it costs two
cents per pound . to dry the fruit.
It is dried in the simplest man
ner, being simply spread -out on
boards and left in the sun. The smallest
child in the family can watch the berries
as they are drying, and carrythem through
the whole process. Deducfcj for the gross
cost one cent per pound for J freights, two
for drying, and say two cent? for the mer
chant's profits, and we have the net reve
nue of a bushel of berries to the picker, and
fixed at $1.20. The merchants : in Salem
had unlimited orders for the! berries, and
could have sold ten times the quantity they
were able to procure. The berries are used
for pies, for eating and for distilling purposes.-
They are exported j regularly to
Europe, and especially to Gefmany where
they are considered a great luxury.
THE RANK OF FRANCE.
Commercial interests have .had their at
tention called to one of the most remarka
ble financial institutions in the world by
the recent reduction of the rale of discount'
by the. Bank of France. ' This change had
been'anticipated for some time, though the
rate has been changed but twice j in thirty
four months. On June 4, 1874, it was
fixed at four per cent., and on May 26,
1876, it was lowered to three ; per cent.
The further reduction to two was necessary
because ' discounts had fallen ' off to an
alarming extent. The total was $450,
000,000 less than in 1875. J This rate is
arbitrary and unchangeable.! The Bank
of England fixes .a minimum ' rate', but
makes the maximum as high as it wishes.
The Bank of France fixes a uniform rate,
which the RoriiscniLos and the scaven
gers pay alike. The result is that the
Bank gets no "gilt-edged" j obligations.
The economy of the French reaches even
to banking. Almost one-quarter of the
business done last year was pn' notes for
twenty dollars or . less, and 6,381 of these
promises to pay were for two dollars or
less. Fancy arguing with a director to
get a note for two dollars discounted ! And
yet this institution which so respects small
things has within its vaults gold and silver
to the amount of $443,208,240 more than
enough to cash all our legal tenders, and
the greatest mass of the precious metals
ever aggregated since the creation of the
world. ' --. j-j
i Foett cities in the. United States owe
four, hundred and fifty millions of munici
pal debt, just one-fourth of the aggregate
of our immense national debt. ' New 1 ork
leads with $148,000,000, then Philadelphia
with $60,000,000, then Boston with $43,.
000,000. then Brooklyn with $42,000,000,
then Cincinnati with $22,000,000, then
New Orleans with $22,000,000, and Chi
cagBwith $18,000,000; Charleston owes
$4,672,663, and Savannah $3,600,640. Of
these forty cities San Francisco levies the
lightest tax $1.12 per $100 ; and Toledo
(Ohio; the heaviest f 4.44 per $100.
- 1eatb f Col. W. ncL McKay.
! From the FajettevUle Gazette.1
The circumstances immediately preced
ing the fatal attack are as follows : Su
perior Court was then in session; and Col.
McKaV had illRt flninhprl Hriifeaamr thn
court Judge Seymour on the bench and
was sittinsr bv Col. N. A. MrTnn vhn
he complained that the fingers of his right
nana were numoea. j i
! "Perhaps you fcave been leaning on it,
said Col. McLean. - '
"No : -I hftVft ItlMvd mv Tionrt and it
doee no good ; I believe I am going to
have a paralytic stroke." n
"You had better go to vour room and
ue uown, !
"I will remain or a awhile ; perhaps it
will pass off." I
In a few moments another case was
called, and Col. McLean turned to Col.
McKay for certain papers. The reply
was given m a slow abstracted way that
he knew nothing about them. The answer
surprised Col. McLean, and he looked into
his face, when he was startled at the
change that had taken place. H.e rose and
called Judge Seymour's attention to the
iau, uu kajl. jucivay was removed trom
the Court-house, He sank rapidly, and
never retrained ronsriniin un tr. tha
til-no nf liia loath : Hnp will
-.u.w v& VU1 IOHIC1D TTU1 UOM7
the remarkable s;milarity - between this
1.1 a. . 1 T . 1 . n. .
vase sou mm oi ixm. riooen strange ootn
in me same proiession, Dotn in the court
room, both in thn dilimnt nmaontinn rtf
business, both stricken down in the same
way. . i
Col. McKay's remains reached IFayette
ville on Saturday night, and the? funeral
loun. piauu on ounaay -aiiernoon irom tne
Presbvterian chnmh tho milnit M shih
was clothed in the habiliments of mourning
me service ueing conaucyxi oy Kev.
utLviu xainey, assisiea Dyitev. JUr. .Evans.
Notwithstanding the bad
fect storm raging through the hole of
ouuusy me BHena&nce was large and the
chnrrJi frrowded Mr TTatrlou-'a Co-.,
. J " UiOWUlSQ
" very impressive, in excellent taste,
and full of matters for grave reflection.
t. xx. . xiui, tne pastor, was absent at
Union Theological Seminary, Val S
Col. Wm. McL. McKav wna a man nf
prominence in the community. He was
for many years an elder in the Presbyte
rian church, and carried to all the affairs
ocruuning w uiai denomination the same
eal which characterized him in everything
UDOn which he entpmri. TIonrtoaoacoH tl.o
most indomitable energy, was of a bright,
sanguine nature, though faulty judgment,
and was emnhar WtTir -nrir u
for a long time President of the Fayette-
turn wu xiurenoe itaiiroaa m lact this
work mav be said tn bvo w Ma
tion. and should the mad mwr ha
Fayetteville will owe him a debt Of grati
tude no less strong than that due to those
now workinff in the mnu tt
Cumberland councy in the General LAssem-
uiy, ana represeniea uamDeriand and Har
nett in the State Senate. , ; j -:
CoL 'McKay was generous, impulsive and
warm-hearten nH vhilo main rf wMM
1 p w vuwa w. MlVUK
feelings," had' many warm .friends. We
tender to blS Mtmwliw wtfn mnA homiro
family our hearty sympathies. ;
jrrr. Nwaim'i Icter Additional K
collectlona ef the UUe Family
Hw tJbe AlmanaeUrM made
v . fCorrespoadence of Tnt Obskrvib. '. ' ','
' , : ' New Yoek, April 10, 1877.' '
My gratification equals , my surprise at
the compliment paid me by my la friend
who formerly presided so ably over the
Greensboro Patriot, when he and 1 were
younger than we are now, and by the assu
rance you give editorially thaf my random
letters are relished by your readers. Val
ueless as they are In themselves, and writ
ten under every disadvantage of time and
circumstance, they are rightly received as
evidences of undying affection for my na
tive State and her people, than whom none
are more worthy of the feeling. - No one
can. understand how much l, regret that
circumstances seemed to me so impera
tively to require me to leave them ten years
aga But it is heedless and unmanly to
repine, especially when the end is so near.
But how many recollections spring upon
me in regard to the Gales family 1 . How
the homely old face which I first saw sixty-five
years ago, grew to be lovable as the
gentleness and kindness of the nature and
habit of the good man were developed.
How his quiet taciturnity contrasted with
the rare conversational powers of his wife.
How he would look with admiration at
her as she entertained and instructed and
amused the company ; of the best people
from' all parts of the State, who were in
the habit of meeting at their table, in their
parlor,' or in their bookstore. She was a
great talker, read everything and with un--usual
rapidity, and was a ready writer of
both prose and poetry, having published
two novels, many editorials, and some very
pretty poetry.
Mr. Gales was a model of industry,
never idle, day or night. Prudent,
thrifty, methodical, he acquired a hand
some property, and reared and educated a
large family m a liberal style. His chil
dren were nearly all remarkable for talent
his eldest one, Joseph, pre-eminently so.
He was the most rapid writer I ever knew,
dashing off the brilliant editorials for the
National . InUUigeneer wjth lightning
speed in this as in some other respects
the opposite of his father, who was very
deliberate, and never in a hur.y. , Unlike'
his father, Joe, as he was always called,
had no idea of the value of money, but
would lavish all he happened to have upon
any impecunious applicant. His sister,
Mrs. Seaton, was the first lady in Wash
ington, perhaps not excepting Mrs. Madi
son. Another remarkably talented sister,
Ann, died young. As to Weston Raleigh,
my contemporary, there being a difference
of only a few months in our ages, every
body in North Carolina knew him or knew
ef him as the generous, whole-souled gen
tleman, everybody's friend rather than his
own. t
The mention by Mr. S. of Gales' alma
nac brings to mind the annual preparation
for the issuing of that important publica
tionthe many evenings in which all
hands assembled after tea to fold and stitch,
a labor which was made delightful pastime
by the cheerful conversation in which all
indulged, and which formed no unimpor
tant part of the education imparted to the
"bov9" who were domesticated in the
family, as was then the custom.
The compiler of the almanac, was for
many years a plain countryman named John
Beasley. who was seldom seen in town ex
cept when he made his annual visit with
badlv written and ill spelled manuscript,
coming in shirt-sleeves and stockinglesa.
The wonder always was how so illiterate a
man should be able to determine for a year
in advance the times of rising and setting
of the sun,and moon, but especially when
it would snow and rain, &c The vulgar
notion was that he had a hole in t he ground
in which he would stretch himself on his
back of nights and watch the stars. At
last the old man died, and Mr. Gales had
to find an astronomer elsewhere to regulate
the rising and setting of the sun. The new
hand made no pretension to "weather wis
dom," and declined to embark in that busi
ness ; but it would never do to issue an
olmanac without that most essential fea
tureGales' Almanac would lose its pres
tige if it failed to notify its patrons, who
were in the habit of consulting it and im
plicitly believed in it. of the times when
they might expect rain and snow, and the
various other changes which are said to
liken the elements to woman s changeful
nature. The old gentleman was equal to
the emergency. He filled in "rain" fre-
(iiiently In April, and an occasional 'snow"
in February, but in months which were
doubtful than these he spread more out over
half a age, one word in a line, " Look
out for rain about this; time," and
this doubtless maintained the reputation of
the almanac as infallible on the weather
question.
Perhaps no better illustration of .the
character of the old gentleman can be given
than that afforded by a trial which took
place before him when Mayor of the city
of Raleigh. A darkey was up before him
for stealing a pig. and when the case was
made very plain and the Mayor was deliv
ering a lecture to the culprit on the dis-
graceiul act oi stealing nr. bmitn s pig,
the roeue excused himself bv Drotesting.
that "Fore God, old Massa.1 wouldn't
'a took the pig if I'd'aknowed it belonged
to Mr. Smith. I thought it belonged to
you." . :
Allow me to wind up these light things
with a serious and yet joyful congratula
tion on the peaceful revolution at Colum
bia yesterday, by which another State has
been redeemed trom tyranny and restored
to freedom, has kicked out the carpet
baggers and thieves and installed honest
men and patriots. It is glory enough for
one day. let Xjouisiana speedily nil the
measure oi rejoicing lor another day.
: LETTER FRO!!! CCHBITITCK.
Product mad Rmrarces of the
i UNtntr-WMl ttNwiar,
' Correspondence oi Th Obshvkk. ,
Ctbbitcok-C. IL, N. C, April 10.
Messes. Editors : Thinking that many
of your readers would like to hear from
this section of the good old North State, I
will for the first time pencil vou a few
items from the eood old county of Curri-
ktuck, which has al rays been noted for
geese, ducks and Democrats.
The hotel, store and other buildings of
uapt, Wilson W alter were burned on the
29th of March last, with the entire stock
of goods in the store. The fire was caused
by sparks blown from a steam mill near by.
Loss estimated at $10,000.
Our farmers are busy at work getting
meir lanus in oruer ior crops, worn is tue
principal crop in this county, but some
cotton is raised, together with some truck.
watermelons -being the principal part of
me iruciung, wnicu- are raiBCtt- m - -great
quantities in some portions oi we county,
and shipped to northern markets.
Our county has many advantages, being
on me coast, ana toe AiDemarie and Ches
apeake canal running through it, makes
transportation easy and rapid. Our sources
of income arc at all seasons of the vear.
being fresh water flih. (which are causht
in great numbers in our creeks and bays,)
ana wua iowi aunng tne winter, white
shad and herring in the spring, melons and
other truck during the summer, and Corn
ana cotton in tne iau .
- Much attention would be pafd to sheep
raising if some legislation could be pro
cured to relieve growers from the ravages
oi uoga. vvooi growing would De very
profitable were it not for the destruction
C i j "mr
oi eueep cy uogs. - .many wno were en
gaged in this business a few years since
nave naa to give it up, owing to this cause.
" : ' i " -WM. .
i Colored Miijtabv. The nflWi-a nt tho
battalion of this military district compos
ed of colored militia met in this city yes
terday, C. R. Bobbins being Chairman and
. xx. xjovo oecreiary. mere were only
three com nan ie rpnreapntoH tmn nf w
bernandoneof Raleigh. The election for
m -V, J --Xl . a a - .
neia omcers resuiiea in tne cnoice oi Allen
G. fWen. for MW W. FT. rv rto-
termaster, and Henry A. James, as Adju
tant. There not being five companies, no
Lieutenant-Colonel was elected. Newbern
NuUAelL - -. f - -.
' The Farmtera. Th mnt 'mli Wtn
Wfftthop hna irrMtltr rotawlori fornttn nu
rations in tots-section;- Before the bad
Weather Set in. which butai ahnnt a wppV
our farming friends were well nigh np
wua meir operations, ana we general prof
pect was very ericoaraging, but they are
IlOW a. wwt hoVitnrl mrA thav will )
strike many extra blows to catch op on
V 1 M TIT".. V. "
mar larms. nuton jtxpnt. : - j - ..
' L ilEB FBOIB HAM FAX.
t . ...... -
The K( ite Id Flre-TUo Twi d iu
PeopI k. Now and In tlie Jat Poli
' ticM a ?iu Olden Time-JIaU Uaa
i - rcfsspondence of Tat Obsebvkr.
' lr: : Esfikld, April 10, 1877.
MESsik EprroBa:.My last letter was
from thre-stricken village of Clinton,
and mylj!t comes from the scarcely less
fated vige of Enfield, which, on the same
day thatfJjSnton fell a sacrifice to a con
suming je,i resisted no more successfully
its devot any rage. -
The 2:?ih of March, 1877, will be re
membefi as a sort of "black Friday" to
the insuijjce fraternity, though the com
panics hjjfie-- suffered far less' than was at
first sufifjised. The owners of property
at Enfle? JQfOrtuuately . were more generally
insured i di at Clinton. ' I believe they; were
all insurant excepting Mr. Derr, in whose
house t'fire originated. He lost every
thing artiad no insurance. The follow,
ing prop was destroyed : The store and
dwellinglrhf Mr. Derr; J. H. Parker's
store,. Il(y Bond's and John R. Whita
ker's, tw&tores of Pi B. Key and P. A.
Dunn 4 o's., 'E T. Branch, (formerly
Cohen's.' ) jihd the stocks of goods belong
ing to JtM Britt, Mr. Derr, Levy & Co.,
W. H. Mcpwiggan & Ca, and one or two
more I dotnot now remember. The insu
rance waC distributed . among the N. C.
Home, 0dfc North Bute, , Pamlico, City
Fire, Vif0nia Home, Farmville, Fire As
sociation.? Richmond, Old Dominion,
Albemafl 'Texas Banking and Insurance
Compani iconaing, and one or two other
Northerf companies. . Amount of . insu
rance $; 000. I hope soon to see the
burnt sflve filled with nice.brick build
ings. --- . ' '
, EnfieIiMweU located in a fine farming
section-i s ,l)eautif ully . laid off, and ,the
streeU a itvida. The buildings are in good
conditio! Uind the private residences are very
attractive I It is twelve- miles from Hali
fax, the LtSintv seat, eizhteen from Scot-
and NecK and twenty miles from Weldon.
-The leal fff encouraging feature I noticed
was, tha? everybody seemed to be buying
guano. Bond, the agent, could hardly
calculate 'vhat one load came to before
either atfior! cart, a mule cart, or a two
horse waohi or a man not on horseback,
with an f lil bag, was after him for more.
Judging !om -Enfield, I should say the
Legislate M made a mistake in not making
the tax 11000. This system of farming
has beea linpoverishing our people for ten
years, aiM yet they . have not found it out
at Enfiel. ' When" they do, I very much
fear.that fp land, horses and mules, farm
ing implements, guano, negroes and all
will be c.oe, - . . " . -
It warJbre that the bite Gov. Branch
lived. : ilr&e. old -family residence was
burned i-ut a year- since, and the old
chimneylj JSonly remain to mark. the spot
where effltentment and hospitafity once
did dweh-.f Near here the late lamented
CoL Spihitaker lived, whose memory
is still fc&yiy cherished, and 'whose social
worth an'ijnental culture, and whose ex-
traordinaO fund of mirth and humor, still
recall nocnS intercourse, and revive Dleas-
inir recol'Wtiona. - Near here once resided
two of jHlftleigh's most gifted lawyers.
B. F. Mi tre and Gen'l Jos. B. Batchelor,
both for?i?eily Attorney Generals of the
State, w(?pent a great portion of their
hfe -in . m$ immediate , section. Here
lived ondjA? hose memory is still sacred in
in the ftfi&s' of Enfield's people, whose
strenElh s?,d existence, when the unfortu
nate resu t) of war bad deprived him of
the powjp meet and discharge an honest
o bh'gatk! yielded to melancholy and
gloonl, af Ma troubled mind and saddened
heart hut 3 id him to an untimely grave
It is said y the heart, that touch it and
the eye ; -Tfcws dim, the pulse fails, the
wholesoit? stream of our blood is choked
amj, trout jpd, and ourlimbsdecay like sap
less seawM in a summer's . sun. The re
mains oftajrlj Henry Joyner, for it is of him
1 write, f buried in uus uttie town, ana
it is cotrf)rtine and consoling to know
that histlrnave is yet moistened by the
tears of 111 former friends and associates.
Enfiel(tlo former times was the great
camping? jfjround of the old V big and
Democra!n:partie8. It was at one of these
great polii: cal gatherings that I witnessed
a scene, ipr- which I have laughed a thou
sand um( . i ne aeserveaiy nigu anaais
tiniruisheV Position attained bv the gentle
man of iiyjn I am about to relate a truth
ful incident will shield me from his cen
sure wheM. he sees it in print, for it was on
this occa?Vi that he took bis first ' step in
his ascen! Lto the ninnacle of his present
fame : difficultv surmounted, each
obstacle iCercome, was but the stepping
stone to I present and future, triumphs.
But to fee story. - It was on a warm
August dW during the Scott and Graham
camnaiin jn 1852, .when thousands were
gathered M Enfield to hear the great Whig
speakerBvQpimmie Jones, of lennessee,
Gentry, i&x. H. Stephens, and others!
no less diTttpguished, who were to be pres
ent. a urge aroor,- covering neariy aa
acre of tJ-ound, had been made. I, in
commonlwith many others, from the
neighbors town in which 1 then lived,
made mvnv to Enfield. But when ws
arrived, iSifound no Jones, no Gentry,
no SteDhfS and General Alfred Docker v.
David At&arnes and M. W. Ransom, were
pressed service. Gen. Dockery and
Mr. Iwrgsspoke before, and uen. Kan
som afr-i dinner.
W hen dinner was
over, thimense
crowd reassembled to
hear Uefc-
I recollect his hand
some apji'jgrance, even his corn colored
Dants. tK.rst 1 ever saw. ; it was nis
maiden fcch, he had just been appointed
-i . '3 u: .-. r
eietior, -opuoueiHi ociug wc uc otu.
L. O'B-1 Jranch, Gen. Ransom had made
a secret i.'sangement with Sheriff Lane,
fknowni !v to Lane and himself, and
tliat 8ur ne Being who gave existence to
both,) ttfr pjust before he commenced his
speech, ks he (l Jme) snouia nre on an
old holld , loff in the woods near bv.
Gen. l&i2m had carefully prepared some
happy rel yH to accord with the boom
ing of caivipn, and to associate therewith
Gen. Scf glorious achievements on the
neias 013 xico.
He seijed to be remarkably, slow in
commeDpg his speech, and many whis
pered, "&y don't he- st-irt ; what is he
waiting . After waiting as long (if
not long; pas propnety would allow, ne
arose anmmenced as follows : "Fel-low-citil'l
I am happy to meet you" on
this mteij wins occasion. Pleasant recol
lections ?owd upon me to-day. I feel
that I adr imong my people. It was near
here tn4ny boyhood days were spent.
Near heff leside my relatives and friends,
and I eetfl4w those before me who take
interest & n'y welfare and prosperity, and
Did me IfLS-speed in the voyage or me.
Just her& ir man was seen m his shirt
sleeves efjrring in great haste and speed
from thc.e,-lfods, and proceeding faster and
raster toads the crowd, and, nearly out
of breatlfgiB stopped just at the edge of
tne great-" iss. it was J-Ane. - He shouted
at the tojtf his voice, (and I believe you
couia navii jeara him a Whitakers turn
out,) "M4i oh. Matt t for God's sake
stop, I Co4get that d d old log to go to
save my It Of course there was a great,
roar oi ls ihter, but the General bore it
well. 'HS'i.iade a fine speech, and pleased
everybody 1 1 never . shall forget the
effect, J,. after referring, in elo-1
quent ' JrMuage to the military .. ca-
reer
of g 1 1. bcott, be pulled out bis
handkerdp
weeping'
zens, aftc
ministratK
and wiping his eyes like one
said: "Think, fellow-citi-
this that a Democratic ad-
brought . him . from Mexico
in GhainsBsbe tried by Court MartiaL" I
beUeve tftif Franklin Pierce, his oppo
nent, hadAgen present they would have
rode.Mm a raiL Cot Herod Faison,
who was f Tian of remarkably fine sense.
said up ttef is dying day it was the best
speech helad ever heard. Dr. . Wlite
head, our teat county Democratic wheel
horse. 8wg2and cursed about that hand
kerchief Ssines8 for veers "after. And
Judge Senders, Democratic elector at
large, whj"aine along and made a speech
a few dayttfter, said fit was an infernal
lie about Mu Scott'f being brought from
Mexico Ih fains, whether Mr. Ransom or
Mr.
""Jlkew cmcoaiu mj me contrarv
irie.? ' WelL I rnust ston. I
have made K his letter already too lone.
and it is jf and I must give some repose
to the we limbs of
LS. ''; TAVT(T.T.ni. f
DEATH W. Tt. Down. A tT-
gram was l3eived in this city yesterday,
announcing the death of tbo father of
Maj. C. Dfd, which occurred at his resi
dence in M re county. Chat-lolU Demo
crat. i- : .
LET 4 S FROIS GOLBSBOBO.
I Promise Cae Doc Best
eared MHrderer latnalcipal
Colored insane Aaylani.
qwnidenoe at The obsekvek.
psBOBoitfJ C. April 12. '77.
Editors: After two days of
rain wit) tl;' ceasing we have at last been
favored vi I th a - day - or two of balmy
Spring. fanday and Monday created
lively h()j lining that , we were about to
have ano 1 fit deluge. . However it cleared
away on. jiesday noon and we are now
enioyina Jpring in all of its beauty.
. The tSfi iflTs office on Wednesday af ter
noon waj I ie scene of considerable excite
ment. J Liph Edwards, of the firm of A.
& J. f qirds, was arrested at about 3
o'clock ri "in;, upon the complaint of Miss
Bertha Sililtz, charging him with a breach
of promiii if marriage, and claiming dam
age to th iinouht of five thousand dollars.
As it waj : cwwn and currently reported
that tbe i would close on the 1st prox,
and the 10 brothers purposed leaving the
State, E( rd8 was required to give bond
in doubU -tp amount of damages claimed.
This wa 1 jlher stunning to him, as he did
not' contii ix late such 'a move on the part
of Miss ; JttulM. ; By the consent of the
Deputy ''"riff, and accompanied by him,
be caUed if the plaintiff's residence. While
there he', jvged and plead for a release;
hugged i J kissed his would-be father-in-law
and i jiher-in-law, and besought them
to relievf jejiim from - the onus of giving
bail, but; hey were obdurate. He was
taken toj it Sheriff's, office and informed
that he' 1; give security for his appear
ance at e! lift . or go to lail. He begged,
supplical , "exhorted and cried, but all to
no purp 1 ; . Finally his brother Archer,
and, I h - We his sister-in-law gave the
required jjcurity and, the pugilistic Joe
was relcq i and went on his way not re
joicing;; t0 l(!mbre conffortable. All of the
parties to ie transaction are well known
here and v i the State among the Hebrews.
A. & J, s ( wards have been in business
here for ie years, and have had a very
large tract i in dry goods. - A year or two
ago they ;. . ited and paid 50 cents on the
dollar asi rcompromise ror the past
three yeai ' Joe' (or as he is better known.
"Champa? Charlie") has kept company
with Misr jhultz, and it has-been stated
as a faOt $ itil now contradicted that he
was. 'bet lied- to her. N. Shultz. the
father of ! Jjuntiff, knowing that Edwards
was abofr : ? . to - leave the State, waited
upon fihi 1 Wedoesday morning and
said to hi' i In effect, that, he, Edwards.
had made! its, Shultz's, Tiouse a kind of
station qt long eriough; that he had
promised t t raarry his daughter more than
. ' . . . .' . 1 .
inree yean 0K iua mo acuons 01 laie
had warra if the opinion that he intended
some ki&f i of a flank movement and
ShultznoT wished for some information
regarding ; ilwards' strategy. As Edwards
was soon c. leave the State, would he or
would he i Is tharry Miss Shultz ? To this
categorical Jiuestidn Edwards heroically
replied he! byld see her further first, and
then and u ifg wouldn t do it, silence the
suit. The wve. statement was - given me
by Mr. Shrift.
There 'ir" ? twenty-three inmates of the
county jai : iwaiting trial at toe next term
of court, v tch opens oh-Monday, the 23d
Inst. Any fttqe number is one Doc Best,
a negro clL ed with the murder of Wm.
Etheridge j.fgurmer. .under circumstarices
of peculiar fjtjrocity; . Tho victim was
seated upot. i be' ground resting, and was
surrounded 1 jF.his cliildrep, unconsciousof
tne proxuni-1 01 an enemy, wnen ne was
shot f rom ticket near by and instantly
killed. ' t, amsances pointed to one
Edmundaoi r.'as .the murderer, and
he wai i'S X sted ; and s. brought he
fore a mas ira.te for trial He succeed
ed in provf n alibi and was discharged.
-I he count!, j commissioners onered a re
ward for St apprehension of .Doc Best;
and a feW if? ago he was arrested by
the Edmuri, brothers, brought to town
and lodged' t jait 1 be evidence against
Best is alto ? her circumstantial, but it is
to be hoped i i&t if it can be established,
swift iu8tir will be meted out to the
wnrth. ; 4 ;J . : '
- From .aH y.,a n learn there . is a prospect
or consider J J excitement . in tne ap
proaching ;i iinicipal election- There is a
great lack 6 rmony among the Demo
crats in the. . lite wards ot the town, and
it is possibE &t the feeling will not im
prove. . It ! conceded that one of the
commissidtr fjlrom one or the other of
these ward' iifl be "elected upon the un-
deretandins tat he is to be made Mayor.
and thereK IROw two tactions operating
in tne inter I ;r toeir respective candi
dates. It ij,- p lainly the purpose of the Re
publicans t ftcr and encourage this dis
sension, anq the event of their being un
reconciled, t I t;minate some good straight
forward Cot Ipvative Democrat upon their
ticket, with ; $ understanding that he be
made May 01' fid by this means secure a por
tion of the Q icicratic vote. The plan is quite
teasiole, lot 4 he mass . or non-politician
citizens are' S!rJ' of these squabbles of
the office se. ? jrs, and regard the election
1 : . j . . l j
luiu iio vuuf i&uxa as suupiy a umerence
between 5 .1 in" ahd ."A out." It
makes very v;iltle difference what set of
party politfc 1 run the town, as there is
little probab Hf that the management will
be one whit ' JSiter, and imagination . fails
to picture m 14 system which can by
any remoter 1 sibilitv be worse. Mean
time then i amount of wire pulling,
Duii-aozmg iiie omer "ei ceieras ', in
cident to er nons are being carried on
with an ene J f which indicates : that the
fate of Xbfi " f imtry rests" upon this par
ticular conu m v.
The ladia if St. Stephen's church gave
a Dime Pari the court house last night
which proy, fax entire success. It will be
repeated to-i iht. A Mother Goose party
is next in or,), . ;
Notwithst iing the tax upon manipu
lateq lertiit ftn. immense quantities are
being sold $ j y at this point. The reason
given for t 1 is that the season has been
so unfavora) i s to prevent farmers from
composting?. i it is now too late to begin.
Wheat is fc jtsng very well, and a few
truck faroei-'lEfe preparing to' ship vege-
The stock sldersof the Female College
Duiiaing ne re very anxious to dispose
of the prepf 'jto the State for an asylum
for insane I aed. I understand that a
large fee'wi iftcently paid to a prominent
lawyer to v Raleigh and see that the
committee tj l appointed to select a loca
tion for the- jfJum, -was properly consti
tuted, so tn tne w umingtonians should
not have 'e blanche" in the matter of
selection, as fere is strong suspicion that
Wilmington; itnipulated the legislature
very detier s.lt m the asylum arrange-menfc-4.-'-;'i;-'ji.
!!(.. ;
Property t ' Tfeers in the immediate neigh
borhood of 4 i 1 college are not. as a rule.
enthusiastic' 2 On the subject of locating
the asylum f lOoldsboro. and. in fact, are
possessed some peculiar prejudices
against ha'viL1 J : an army of negro lunatics
in their midk ?lLThe building is a fine one
for the purp , ;!and for a very trifling out
lay could be! in'proper condition. The
location is li' and there is an abundance
of land for. a. rposes, the ground cover
ing some six t' jight acres. The location
of Goldsbortj: a point easy of access by
rail, is favonf or establishing the asylum
here, and thrice demanded, $10,000, is
about one-hM fithe original cost of the
building.: ",.! . . Rot.
MiutabtJ iilhe officers of "tha Strand
Battalion Ne Carolina State, Guard asu
sembled at tt i Armory of the Wilmington
xi-uk iuiau jt. yesieraay morning, ior tne
purpose of ung a Lieutenant Colonel
and Major. i '" r -
Un motion lllat. Charles Haiirh. of the
Fayetteville; nlependent Light Infantry,
was called tj Sin Chair, and Lieut. J. D.
Nutt, of toe -iliiting ltifies. reauested to
act as Secrett ji y.
on motion, it was resolved to go into an
election' for t ijjjositions of Lieut. Colonel
and Major, fth resulted in the selection
of Maj. Cha tfaigh, of the Fayetteville
independents -laght Infantry, as Lieut.
Colonel, anf iifcptain M.-P. Taylor, of
the WUmmgt -1 Light'Infantry aa Major.
- Tho Servid J cf the La FivpUa
Band, f F, SteviUe, as the Battallion
Band, were isred, and, on motion, were
accepted witf v lianks. Wilmington Star.
The Sntof 1 STax oh Whmkt asd To-
baooo. All: i jenses . to sell whisky and
tobacco expij f ja the 80th -of April, which
is the end of .fit fiscal year with the Rev
enue uepartt t- Huca persons aa deal
in either one 1 these articles will be requir
ed to take rnew licenses on the. 1st
day of Haj.iKycharlotU Obmver; ' :
r 1 IS
".nTTi
CoBta.f
: MJESSi
LETTEB FBOn GBEENSBOBO.
rederal Court Bond t Hli Old
Trieko Mews Item.
Correspondence .of The Observe.
Gseexsbobo, April 14.
. Messrs. Editoes: Yesterday was just
such a day as Sunday and Monday the
most disagreeable1 of the year. Every
body grumbles, but as we are dry set, the
feeling? cannot be soothed by ."smiling."
Fears are entertained, that jsuch weather
will greatly injure the fruit crop, but so
far the damage has been slight. Continued
wet weather has been very injurious to
wheat, and farmers aver that nothing like
as heavy yields will be had this year as last,
which was extraordinarily . good. The
planters in this section are great, on water
melons, raising some as fine as can be
grown in the State. . It is a great source of
profit to the- producers, 'and during the
summer months the streets- are lined with
wagons, Belling fine melons from a dune to
a quarter each.
Just now tlie measles arc on the ram
page, and almost every family is afflicted.
A great many grown persona have been
caught, while the disease has nearly de
populated the Graded School. ' No bad
cases have been reported. HT
Federal Court is still in session with
Judges Bond and Dick on the bench. The
present term has been an unusually busy
one. This week the following 'cases have
been disposed of : Addison Cobb, $1,000
fine and ten years in the Albany Peniten
tiary; ditto for Rily Bowman; G. A. Gar
rett, one year and one day; all three for
illicjt distilling: Wm. Brooks, employed
in an illicit distillery, $1,000 fine and six
months imprisonment; R. C. M. Hannah,
for removing spirits upon which the tax
had not been paid, $100 and six months
imprisonment. The court, yesterday , was
engaged in hearing motions, etc. Judge
Bond pronounced toe above sentences, and
the Revenue Raiders are happy. They
(the Raiders) don't seem to be extremely
fond of Judge Dick, who is a man of
feeling, and has some little pity on
those brought before him, knowing the.
great ignorance 01 many or tnem.
The time is drawing near for our city
election. We have had very lively times
over such an event, heretofore, and expect
the same this year. The fight is on the
Graded School and market, both of which
have been in successful operation two or
three years.. Some of ;the old 'blather
skites" are bitterly opposed to taxation for
such purposes, and will fight hard. vOur
Graded School is under the supervision of
Alexander Mclver, (formerly ttupennten
dent of Public Instruction of North Caro
lina,) with a good corps of able assistants,
and is the pride or the town. - But we
can't -be "city-fled" all over, and hence we
have some of the most abominable' streets
and sidewalks of any town in the State.
Great complaint has . been made, but the
Commissioners don't seem to heed it. In
dependent chaps, are our City. Commis
sioners, but the firemen swear they will
drive them to the .wall this election, lligb
promises about purchasing an engine have
never been fulfilled.
Tom Evans, well known to the Raleigh
public, was in the city yesterday looking
after the Interest or bis paper, the Keids-
ville Timet, which is doing well under his
management. - .
The Good Templars are preparing for a
strawberry feast to be given .next 1 hursT
day evening! Capt. Potts, the most ener
getic Templar in the county, is engineering
it, and has ordered a large quantity of fine
strawberries from Florida, which will ar
rive in due time. The. members of the
Methodist church are preparing for a feast
of some description about the same time.
An obstreperous gentleman of color.
Fount Hiatt by name, just released from
jail, took it into his head to put an end to
the existence of his "dearly beloved," on
whose account he was "cast into prison,'
and proceeded to maul her good fashion.
Being near the Episcopal church, she
Bought refuge therein, her pursuer follow
ing. He was captured and lodged in his
old quarters, where he at once tried to
"shuffle off his mortal coil," but the strips
of blanket, unluckily, were not strong
enough. He will make a fine hand on the
Mt. Airy Narrow Gauge Railroad. -
Fourteen tobacco factories have been
seized in Stokes and Surry counties for not
complying witn tne law. it is rumored
that several more in the same counties will
soon be closed.
The North State of yesterday has an ar
ticle in reference to the collection of reve
nue, which seems to be driving at Major
Wagner, wnom the Western papers nave
been pitching into. It has some good
points in it, and ir nair we reports are true
about Mr. Wagner's conduct or the conduct
of his subordinates, -it will fit him very
wen. since w. s. Ball abdicated the
throne of North State that journal has been
like a ship at sea without a pilot. This
week, in the editorial columns one writer
wants more "Hampton men" in North
Carolina, while, on the local page another
cans 11 amnion "an explosive, boastful.
bankrupt representative of the old negro
i inui W.J . 1 n u buuu at uica in iw? Bauia
issue do not seem to harmonise' very well.
Mr.-Geo. A. Dick, son of Judge Dick,
of this place, yesterday was married to
Miss Dockery, daughter of O. H. Dockery,
of Richmond . county. CoL Douglas,
brother-in-law of the groom, will give
them a reception on their arrival home. -'
It is reported that the Grangers will
commence the publication Of an organ, in
this place, at an early day. If such a paper
can be published anywhere in North Caro
lina Greensboro is the place.
To-day is the day among the ladies the
millinery stores promise a big show of new
styles for Spring; average . cost of a visit
$8.50.
Mr. Ben. Aarons, who has been running
a branch of his Danville clothing store in
this place for the past three months, pulled
up stakes and left for home Monday. - '
Maj. Anderson, formerly of RaleighJ I
think, is located here talking insurance t
our people.
. Dr. W. H. Wheeler, late candidate on
the Republican ticket for State Treasurer,
made an ineffectual grab last . week, for
Col Winstead's place collector of inter
nal revenue for the 5th district. :
Yours, , . " Job.
LETTEft FROtf SALISBURY.
Municipal Election Severe Storm.
Correspondence of The Obsebvkr. ,
Saxisburt. April 13, 1877.
' Messrs. Editors: This old, historic
town has had a Radical for Mnvnr fnr tlia
last twelve months. This does not jsuit the
genius or our people. So much do they
dislike Radicalism in anv of its nViaaos
that they are now fully aroused to the im-
F",wu cueigeui; movements,
and concert of action in the Mayor's elec
tion which takes place oh the 7th of Mav.
Last night McNeely's Hall was the scene
of the largest convention of the kind held
In this town for manv voro - Tha nu.
ing was enthusiastic and harmonious. J.
J. Stewart, Esq., editor of the Examiner,
m uuuiiuaieu ior fliayor, ana eignt Com
missioners wpn alwi nnminatoH
1 ... V.V.. M.
ticket is a strong one and foreshadows de-
ieaiio we radicals. Indeed it is ques
tioned whether Or not thev will hove a
ticket for the reason that they have no
white man capable of filling the position of
mayor, wno is eiigjoie. K. tt. rJroadfleld,
Esa.. the rvreapnt AT nVrvr 1w!nr ramata,. tn
Bankruptcy declines to run. The good
people of this ancient borough have again
risen in their misrht. and ere ttw arm nf tt,
7th of.May shall have passed the Western
Al Stl . ..
gaw:, mey wm nave vanquished the foe
that would reign over them. ,
A northeast strum nravaila t Ar- ' Ti,,
f " .mm. v-vc , . x UC
heavy, rains will delay the farmers in plant-
inir! ThA frnit im mikiiri
o- n uuuui up n, una UII1C,
and it is hoped we will have plenty this
year. ours truly, X.
Ccbe for CmcREX Cholera. Tlie fol
lowing is said to be a perfect cure : Take
a handful of whiteoak bark, and boil ft in
a quart of water to make a strong decoc.
lion. After it cools mix witu tne liquid
corn meal to the proper consistence to
make a dough for feedmg. and give to the
fowls. " Mix a teaspoonf ul of -cayenne pep
per to two quarts of feed., the fowls will
eat this mixture readily.' The bark and
pepper act " as an astringent, and as Mi
cholera is a species of diarrhea, it cures
the complaint Wihon Expnrn.
FRprr. The ptospect for'a eood fruit
crop in this section : is very encouraging,
though we notice apple trees in many or
chards are not as full of blooms as they
were last year.-- JFB Advance. r.
ICTTEE rBOJI HILLSDOBO.
I Correspondence of The Observer. .
HnxsBORo, April 13, 1877.
Messes. Editors: Hillsboro, like all '
other places, has had its past, is in the
midst of its present, and with the usual
human hope, looks forward to its future
Its past has been brilliant, its present u
obscured, and its future may be approached
with doubt and despondency. ' In a physi
cal point of view Hillsboro presents some
striking features. Six miles to the east
as the traveler from the Jow " country apl
proaches iU he finds that 'he has entered a
new geological lormation. 'ine gentle un
dulations over which he has passed, and
the thin and rather scattered forest growth
that lies on either side of the road, give
place to bolder prominences, and the trees
stand thick in masses of oak, hickory
poplar- and walnut.5 -When he reaches
Hillsboro, he finds himself confronted with
a sample of mountain scenery. The three
hills of the Occonneechee group, closin
in the southern horizon, and to the -eastern
man, making a very respectable simulation
of mountains. The summit of the highest
is, perhaps, 700 feet above the level of the
sea. As thev are the first, so they are the
last, mountains to be seen along the line of
the railroad until within a few miles of
Morganton, unless one catches a glimpse
from the car windows just after he passes
Graham station of the beautiful distant
Cane creek range in Alamance, towards
the Chatham line. These mountains stand
alone; but, nevertheless, they are only
larger outcrops of some grand upheaval,
and the whole country around is a sucCes-'
sion of hills, more or less bold, forming
much pretty scenery, bounded by a grace
ful, undulating line of horizon. The soil
is of that bright red clay which clings as
tenaciously in the memory of the visitor
as it did to his boots while footing his
way through it. Hillsboro dates back
far into our history. Its site was chosen
for the location of Orange county court
house in 1753, when it was named ChildW
burg. - In 1765 it was named Hillsborough
by Gov. Tryon. in obedience to a whim of
the beautiful Miss Esther Wake; sister-in-law
of the Governor, and not, as Wheeler
says, after Lord Hillsboro, "Secretary of
State for the colonies, 'who was not Secre
tary till 1769. (See Hume). Hillsborough
never grew much. Its population has
been nearly stationary for one hundred
years. But it has always made up in
quality what it wanted in quantity. It has
always been conspicuous for talent; for
patriotism, and through its whole history,
for intellectual and social culture. Its citi
zens were leaders in the war of the Regu
lators..' It was the central scene of most
important events in the Revolution. It
was here that Greene gathered strength to,
deliver his blows to Cornwallis at Guilford!
Court-House. It was from here that Gov..
Burke was carried off a prisoner to Charles
ton by David Fannin. ' It? Was here that
the Convention of 1788, called to consider
the adoption of the Federal Constitution, -met
and rejected it by a vote ef 184 to 84.;
Hillsboro, until within a few years, has
been the headquarters of intellectual giants.
She has numbered among her citizens more ,
great men men of paramount (influence in
State affairs than are usually allotted to a
place of its size. Archibald Murphy, Dun
can Cameron, -Judge Norwood, Judge
Nash, Willie'P. Mangum, Thomas Rufflnw
Judge Bailey, Wm. A. Graham, HugU
Waddell, Judge Manly and Cadwallader
Jones have all lived in this town.; The
consequence is that Hillsboro has always
had a, highly intellectual and social
position. This, and ' its healthfulness,
together with its conveniences of access,
was perhaps the origin of its fame 'as an
educational point - It has, at least within
this century, been noted for good schools.
The Male Academy of William Bingham
acquired a reputation co-extensive with
the South. , It educated many who be-,
came prominent in all the higher walks of.
life, from the Virginia line to the Mexican
frontier. Walker Anderson, afterwards
Judge of the Supreme Court of Florida,
early established a flourishing female.
. school. This school was followed by that
of Mr. Burwell, now of the Peace Insti
tute of Raleigh, and that in turn, by that
most excellent school, kept by the Misses
Nash and Miss Kollock, the .former ladies:
daughters of the - Hon. Frederick Nash.
The Military Academy, established im
i858 bj CoL . Tew, rose finder him tot
distinguished prominence. He entered)
the army at the beginning of the war, with
his coadjutors, Major Hamilton and Capt.
Lightfoot, together with many of his ca
dets. Col, Tew was killed, or supposed
to have been killed, at Sbarpsburg; ami at
the . close of the war the school
may be said to have died. . It was reopened,
as a cla&ical and military school in 1874,
by Horner & Graves, both teachers of dis
tingushed reputation. After two years of
highly flourishing existence, Mr. Horner
withdrew, and not very long afte wards
Mr. Graves suddenly died, and the man
agement feU into the hands of Major Ham
ilton, one of CoL Tew's original corps of
teachers, and Mr. Morson, a graduate of
the University of Virginia. -.These gen
tlemen are worthy successors of worthy
predecessors, bow good scholars, and ex
cellent men. They are every way compe
tent to keep in-full vigor the reputation
of the school so worthily won under Col.
Tew, and afterwards under i Horner and
Graves; and it is to be hoped that parents
and guardians will everywhere recognize
the great and peculiar educational advan
tages of the Hillsboro Military Academy.
.- ' ' -v - . . ZEKO. . '
Murder in Gaston. A citizen of Gsi
ton county gives us the following partieu
lars of the murder of a white man nssjerii
William Johnston by a negro known as:
Dick McGilL in that county on Tiiesdav
afternoonj,-The men in the neighborhood;
had gathered together to work the road,
near South Point, and during the day at
quarrel sprang jp between the' two parties)
which continued during the whole day.
After they had all quit work and separated,
the negro and white man began to fight,
when the former ran into the woods, the lat
ter following him with an axe in his hand.
This was the last seen of them until a half
hour later, when the negro appeared at the
house of a man who had seen the two run
into the woods. ., This man suspecting
from the negro's conduct that all was not
right, went in search of the white man and
found him lying dead near a branch, with
his skull broken. The axe with which the
blow had apparently been inflicted, was
found a few steps from the body. There
were no signs of & struggle havinsr taken
place, but the imprints of a man's knee
and hand were discovered in the sand on
either side of the branch, and the inference
was that the negro had struck' Johnston
white-he was stooping to dr'nk from the
branch. Both parties had been drinking
during the Charlotte Observer.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
FOR SLEl
A House and Lot:
Situated on EAST DA VIE 8TRKKT. The lot
fronta 130 leet, running back SIS teet, and has u.
good GARDEN in a fine state of cultivation.
There Is a good WELL OF WATER in the var.1
and Ml necessary outhouses, .
KITCHEN,-
SMOKE-HOUSE, '
WOOD-HOUSE, i
v - COAL-HOUSE,
':' ' ".- u"-' f-. dV. i
ftlA tmnaA la nnanartivolv Watn. '
tare, containing eleven rooms, including bath
room and closet. Each room is furnished with
me .. -
BEST OF NEW IXBSlTtHE,
which will be sold with the property if ,ao desir-
eu, itj inmti wiauuiK to uurouBse. -
Also TWO excellent k
BUILDUTOXOTS f
Immediately opposite the noose lot.
For farther particular apply t
apr 6-eodl5tAw4t . ; , THIS OFFICE.
JOXICEa ;, ' ' T1 7
By virtue of an order of the 8a peri or Court of .
Moore county, and aa Administrator of the eaw .
tate of John Morison, deceased, I will offer and
ell at the Court House In Carthtfje onSrd of
May, 18TT, the following- real estate to-wtt :
1 2,200 ACRES OF LAUD,
In Moore county, on the waters of JfcLendon
and KUlett's Creek, distant from the town of
Carthaire from two to six miles, to be sold In six
separate section or divisions. 8akl lands are
fertile, weU Umbered anA abundantly supplied .
with (rood water. -- , . .
Tiute OF Salu -OBfoarth of the purchase '
money to be paid on day of sale, the balance in. ,
six mouths, secured by bond with approved se- .
eurity. - 'i -, . , ,
iJ f n. WORTHY,
MchSJ w, ,,...,.. AdmlBtetrator, ,
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