I l.'HJ.-J" .'. WW." 7) ST try: ' BY P. M. HALE AND w. l. sattndkrs. Published Pally (except Monday) and Weekly. RATES OP ADVERTISING. Rates op Subscription in Advance. Dally, one year, mall postpaid, $3 00 six months, " " 4 00 ".'three'4 " S 00 Weekly, one year, maU postpaid, S 00 " six months, " ' 100 To city subscribers Tex Observes will be de livered daily at twenty cents per week ; seventy five cents per month; two dollars for three months. ' " One Square (l Inch) one day,... " " . v two flays,. three . ;- a L , .,-.. vj foar ' " - . $1 00 1 to ...... a 00 S 60 ...... 8 00 L. live . - , .1(1 t " K(l . Contracts lor advertising for any space or time maybe made atjtne office of The Observer, Observer Building, FayettevUle Street, Raleigh Norm Carolina. , .. ! Q RALEIGH, 1ST.' C., TUESDAY,, SEPTEMBER i ,185 VJ VOL. 1. NO 41. .it! l-.f 1$ (ite.1 r 1 Hi . r " u m i m Origin mt 11 &n Another Version. . iThis time by "Darwin,' in Harpers. " CHAPTER I. Twas a lovely summer morning, in the year 9001 before Christ. The woods of Senegambia were clothed in their fairest costume, the lovely birds were chirping and singing their morning lays ; the sky. was one vast sheet of blue everything, in short, was full of sweetness and light, except the lovely Lady Adeliza de Chim panzee. She was in the dumps. Moodily she rubbed her shoulders against a huge palm tree, and, while performing this act, heaved a vast sigh. Just at that moment her mamima dropped from the tree above her. " . ' "My daughter," said the Duchess de Chimpanzee, "why that sigh?" "Ah, mamma, look at me.'said Lady Adeliza. "See how different! am from the rest of our tribe. See how white I am becoming." ' "My daughter," said the Duchess, lan guidly, as she seated herself on a conven ient bowlder, "you should be proud of the difference. It is a distinction. We are a higher race." "I don't know, mamma. See what lit tle caudal appendages we have. All the other folks can hang from the trees by their tails, but we are compelled to sit on the limbs." "We are advancing, my dear. You are whiter than I am. You can talk in your mouthy I could not until middle age. Your grandmother, as you know, can only grunt it. You are moving to a higher sphere." "Well, mamma, none of our folks will marry me," said Lady Adeliza, pouting. "2s o, my child; it has been decreed that there should be a selection of the fittest in marriage. We have offered you to the Prince d'Orang Outang, who is even whi ter than you are, as his wife." ."Oh, mamma," gushed the Lady Ade liza, "that's splendid! .Will he come soon?" "Restrain yourself. People of high blood and short caudal appendages never get excited. . lie will be here in a short time." :-- Lady Adeliza went away to look for cocoa nuts, and the Duchess sat on a rock, and reflectively scratched her head. chapter it. The Duke de Chimpanzee was chief of a very large tribe. If he had been in the show business he would have made an everlasting fortune. lie had but one daughter, the Lady Adeliza, and as she would inherit the live stock over which he ruletl, youths of the neighboring tribes desired to marry her. . Her parents, how ever, desired that she should be, if possi hlp th fountain of a new race, to which ail their traditions told them they were working "up. They determined that she should wed the Prince d'Orang-Oulang. The Duke proposed the matter to the Prince. - "Aw ! said the Prince, as he adjusted his eye-glass ; "is it nice?" "She is beautiful," Replied the Duke. "Aw !" said the Prince; "give it much stamps ?" . f "I shall give her all Ethiopia," replied the Dake. - " 'I will aw step down, and aw look at it," murmured the Prince, care lessly. "Bv surprise, you know." This was agreed upon, and the Duke de-- pjrted. . ' The Prince knew his worth. He was quite white, and was not troubled with the slightest particle of caudal appendage; but Ethiopia was a big prize, and he re solved to win it. One week after the Duke had offered his daughter, the Prince started for Senegambia with the intention of look ing at the fair face of "Adeliza. - CHAPTER III. The Prince was " wandering through the woods of Senegambia, gayly singing, I would be a butterfly, . Born in a bower, when his eyes fell upon a lovely chimpan zee sitting in a shallow brook, sucking a cocoa nut. She was the loveliest creature he had ever seen. His heart was touched at once. He raised his eyeglasses . and stared at her till her eyes fell in modest confusion. , . J "Fair chimpanzee," said he. "wilt not not aw tell me your aw name?" " "Adehza, whispered she. The Duchess de Chimpanzee, who had witnessed the meeting from behind a clump of bushes, chuckled, . and slid off on her left ear. j. Adeliza," sighed the Prince, "thou art aw beautiful. Wilt thou aw marry me?" The Lady Adeliza threw the remains of -her cocoa nut at the head of a chimpanzee who was loafing in a neighboring tree, fell into the arms of : the Prince, and gently murmured, "I am thine." - They were married in great splendor. The lit. Rev. Bishop Baboon, assisted by the Rev. Simiader Ape, performed the ceremony..; The , bridesmaids wore their natural clothes. : The choir sang the love lv antnem. "Monkey Married the Baboon's Sister." .Lady Adeliza and her parents rubbed noses, and then the bride started on her tour on an elephant with one trunk. CHAPTER IV. The seasons .changed; summer lapsed into autumn, autumn into winter, winter into spring. Then there was a great re joicing, for 'the Lady Adeliza gave the prince an heir. . The child, however, was an anomaly in that region. It had no tail; it had flat feet; it had a white skin ; it had no hair on its body. All the wise men ex amined it. It was not an orang-outang; it was hot a chimpanzee ; -evidently it was a new species. Then a family conclave was called. " What shall we call it T asked everybody. The Duchess de Chim panzee, who wasjanguidly makiug mud pies, said : . " Let us call it man." Kow Tmt Senate Will Stand. Wash ington, August 24. The (Senate now stands thirty-nine Republican - Senators, thirty-tl-ree Democrats and three vacan cies, which will undoubtedly be filled by the seating of Democrats. v This will give the Republicans but a narrow technical majority of three;1 counting all the disaffec ted Republican Senators as Republicans. It is easy to see that the Democrats will soon have centre) of the Senate; as the Re- . .. a . . . rv a. . a; publican senators irom Doum. varouna, Alabama, Arkansas and Florida will be succeeded bv Democrats. World Special . A young French wife lost her aged hus band, two months ago, alter he naa lain helpless with paralysis eight months. Soon lifter she appeared at the Paris Maine to announce her intention of marrying her cousin. . "I beg your pardon, madame," Bays the clerk, "but- the law is "peremp tory in forbidding a widow to remarry till ten months alter ner nusoana aeatn. "But those eight months of paralysis don't you take them into consideration ? - WINSLOW. Ia FavettevUle. N. C-on Son- day afternoon, Edward L. Winslow, ajfed abont &T icara. He wu the son of the elder Edward Lee Wlnslow, late of FayettevUle, once a proml- neni genueman oi tnas piace FIN LAY. In Wilmington, N. O, on FrMay. AnKost S4th. Kobbbt Finlat. In theMth year or hU age. Deceased was born in Paisley, Scot land. The riiiaaina wul be interred at Bocky Point. . ' McGIHT At her residence, m' Thompson's township, Robeson county, July llth, Mrs. bCSAn . jhcuikt, in tnejxn year ox ner age. . . i - BTTRsnstLL. AtScTDt. W. Ctr after a ion aad 'wasting sicknesa. April th. I87T, Mrs. Katb Kcbsku- aged W years, the beloved wle of W. W. BosseUutd daughter ot B. N. and M. U Bole. ...... SEPTEMBBR 4, 1S7T. JtORTB CAROLINA. AT GETTYSBURG. God knows we would not pluck a single laurel from the brow of Virginia to add to the honor of our own State,' but her own laurels honestly won we insist that North Carolina is justly entitled to wear. Our Virginia friends, however, do not seem to agree with us. The capacious brow of the mother of States and of Statesmen, in their esteem, is the only one fit to wear a crown, and a capacious brow it must be if it be at all commensurate to the greedy maws of the children of that respectable old dame.''. But not to waste further words, CoL Waiter H. Tatlor, of Virginia, had just come to the front with an account of the battle of Gettysburg, in which he claims that to Virginia alone belongs the glory of that fatal day on which all: was lost save honor, and corning from Coloflel Taylor, a gentleman of most estimable reputation in private life and General Lee's Adjutant General, the statement is Inexplicable to us save upon the ground that the average Virginian is never willing to admit that another State is entitled to share honors with his own. ! Colonel Taylor does not indeed claim that the loss of the day was owing to the action of North Carolina troops.1 He sim ply goes out of his way to land Pickett and his men at the expense of the other troops engaged in the assault. In his opinion the assault as actually made, was from the first but leading a forlorn hope that no one had a right to expect to result in anything save honor and slaughter even if every man marched in line untu shot down, m .To throw the blame of the disaster therefore from General Lee, Colonel Taylor asserts that the assault was not made as ordered or intended to be made. After perusing this narrative, which we print in another column. Virginia editors, especially the Norfolk j Virginian, rise up and announce first that the "myste ry of Getty sburgis at last solved," second, that his subordinates are to be blamed, and not Gen. Lee himself, and third and lastly, that Pickett's Division did all that was done and that "Pettigeew's Division and the Brigades supporting it faltered and finally retired, leavmgJJhgairnage and the glory of the day to Pickett's magnificent Virginians. " All of which is, very nice and lacks only the element of truth to make it an affair of great . honor to the Old Dominion. It happens, however, that one of the four brigades constituting Pettigbew's (Heth's) Division, was a North Carolina brigade, and two of the three brigades sup porting it were North Carolina brigades ; and the statement that these : brigades, or either of them, did not share to the' full with "Pickett's magnificent Virginians" in glory and carnage, is simply untrue. We followed General Lee with unques tioning faith when living, and we revere his memory when dead, but we are nbt willing that even in solving the Gettys burg mystery or any other mystery of the war that undeserved censure should be cast upon North Carolina . troops. This Colonel Taylor has attempted to do. It is we trust needless for us to say we regret the necessity that is upon us to come In collision with our Virginia friends, or with any, friends for that matter; but the wrong sought to be done North Carolina is not Only a grievous one and ..." one that we ieei sure uenerai l.ke himself never would have endorsed, but one not to be submitted to m silence. There were three North Carolina brigades that took part in the grand assault at Get tysburg, and as to the conduct of each of these brigades it. happens to be in our power to present proof from gentlemen of as undoubted veracity as Col. Taylor, and whose' opportunities were far superior to those of Col. Taylor for knowing the facts. CoL Taylor, though a Virginian, was not a "magnificent Yfrgtnlani'' that is to say, not one of Pickett's men, and we believe, took no part in the assault, while Major Engel- HABI7, the Adjutant General of Pendbb'b Division, and Gen. Lane, commanding one of Pesder'b brigades, and Major Locis G. Young, of South Carolina, Gen. Petti geew's Aid-de-Camp, were actual partici pants. Gen. Lane, , though ' a Virginian by birth and now by residence, was then in command of North Carolina troops, and a citizen of our State, and we venture to say, as magnificent a Virginian as any in Pickett's command. We proceed, there fore, to show what these three North Caro lina brigades did, as follows : ! - pettighew's brigade. Speaking of the conduct of this com mand Maior Louis G. Yocng. Aid-de- Camp to General Pkttigkkw, writing "On the Rapidari,"iFebrury 10th, 1864, says: "On the morning of the 3d July, Gen eral Pettigrew, commanding tietii's Divis ion, was instructed to report to General Longstreet, who , directed him to form in the rear of Pickett's Division, ad support his advance upon Cemetery Hill, "which would be commenced as soon as the nre from our artillery should have driven the enemy from his guns and prepared the way for attack. And I presume that it was in consequence of this having been the first plan settled on, that the erroneous report was circulated, that Heth's Division was assigned the duty of supporting that of Pickett. But the order referred to was countermanded almost as soon as given, and General Pettigrew was ; Instructed to advance upon the same line with Pickett. a portion of Pender's Division acting as supports. ' - -v- ,: ;' - -. , ' - "la the alignement of the division, Pet- tlerews Bneada, under tJOlonei Marshall, was second from the right, and it, with Archer's, advanced promptly" and in good order, in continuation oi incKetrs line. The distance over 'wnich we had to ad vance may be estimated, when I state that the fuses for the shell used bjkthe artillery stationed immediately in our front, Were cut for 1 miles. The ground over wnicn we had to pass was perfectly open; and numerous fences,' some parallel and others oblique to our line of battle, were f ormid- abletnpedlmenirin'nwrr'wayr The posi tion cr uxe enemy was all be could aeaire. From the crest upon ' which he" war in trenched the hill sloped gradually; form ing a natural glacis; and. the conformation of the rround was such that when the left c oar line approached -:hi works, ; U must come within the are of a- circle, frohi Which a direct;1 'oblique and "enfilade fire could be, and was, ' eoncentratea - upon it. TUKSDAT,. Under this fire from artillery and musket ry, the brigade on our left,1 reduced almost to a line of skirmishers, esve way. Petti- grew's and Archer's Brigades ' advanced a little further, and in perfect continuation of Pickett's line, whichs arrived : at the works before we did, only because they jutted out In his front, and because his had to move over a considerably shorter dis tance. 'The rieht of the) line formed by Archer's and Pettigrew's Brigades, rested A on the works, while the left was, ox course, further removed, say forty to sixty yards. Subjected to a fire even1 more fatal than that which had driven back the brigade on our left, and the men listening in vain for me cneenng commanos oi omcers, wno had, alas, fallen, our brigade gave way likewise, and timvltaneoHdy with it. -the whole line. The supports under Major General Trimble, did not reach as far as we had. - This repulse, to Judge from rei suits, was fatal to our cafnpaign im Penn sylvania, 'and the troopj engaged in the charge of the Sd July aret buuneable. for having retired without orders; but you will perceive that they had tb pass through a most trying ordeal, and it must' remain al- 1 S . f ' 1 .1 A ways a seaiea question wnetner or not Cemetery Hill could have been taken with the forces engaged. In this battle, Petti grew s Brigade, ' notwithstanding the dis advantages of impaired organization, caused by its heavy losses, especially ot omcers, did as well as the best, and that no troops struggled more fiercely tb gain victory, let its fearful losses attest. ;On the morning of the 1st July it numbered from 2,800 to 3,000, on the 4th. 835. : 'All the field offi cers, save one who was captured, were killed or wounded; and the brigade was commanded, after the repulse from Ceme tery Hill, by Major Jones, of the 26th reg. iment N. C. troops, what had been struck with a fragment of shell on the 1st, and knocked down and stunned in the third day's fight. General Pettigrew was pain fully and severely wounded; two of .his staff were killed, and Lieutenant W. IL Robertson still suffers fnm a wound which deprives the brigade of his valuable servi ces. On the 1st July, C&pU Tuttle, of the 2Gth regiment led into action two lieuten ants and 84 nitjn; all of the officers and 83 of the men were killed or wounded. On the same day, company C. of the llth reg iment, lost two officers killed, ! and 34 out of 38 men, killed or wundedj Captain Bird, with the four remaining, participated in the light of the 3d. tf these, the flag bearer was shoVand the captain brought out the flag himself. Well does he deserve his promotion.. These 1 give as examples to show how persistently our men fought. The losses in several other companies were nearly as great as tbesej but to name them or give a list of the casualties, would be to lengthen out my account beyond your de sign. 1 ne official reports are doubtless re corded; and the roll of jhonor, enlarged to receive the names of the many good and brave your brigade lias contributed, will, when . the history of the wart is written. embellish its pages with brilliant examples of noble sacrifice and heroic deeds. In the engagement of the list July, we lost no prisoners. After the repulse of the 3d July, the enemy advanced a Heavy line of skirmishers and captured some of the brigade, but to the majority or these no blame is to be attached; f Lieutenant Colonel John R. Graves, of the 47th regiment, whose courage has fre quently elicited comment and praise, would not permit those of thiee of his regiment in his hearing, some 150 men, to retire, telling them to await the arrival of the sup ports, with which thy would advance ; J they were then within forty yards of the stone fence, but the supports never reached this point, and the Lieutenant Colonel and his men were taken prisonersJ LANE S BBIG ADS. I General James IL Lane writing to the Richmond, Va. Tinux says in the issue of llth April 18G7 1 1. K j - Next morning General Lee appeared in front of my line, recorinoitered the enemy's Eosition and when he 1 as about to leave, e remarked that "he'necded ' more troops on the right, but that he did not know where they were to come from." Soon after I was ordered to leave Thomas and Perrin to hold the roail they were occupy ing, and to move my own nrigaae ana Scales' to the right,! and report to Gen. Longstreet for furtheii orders, j Gen. Long street ordered me to i form in rear of the right of Heth's Division, ;theri commanded by the lamented Pettigrew this division was on the left of. Ifickett I After I had taken this position, Ma.' Gen. Trimble, who had Joined froift the ' Valley of Vir ginia, relieved me of the command of Pender's Division. My position was soch as to prevent my seeing the first move ments of the front line there being a nar row strip of interven&sj woods but Gen. Thomas, who could Bee from his position in the road everything that was going-6n, on the left, informed me, the next day. that BrocKenboroughjB brigade, which was on the leit or uetn'&i Division, aid not aa-i vance further than! the road ; and that Davis brigade; which, was next to it, push. ed forward, inadvaiiee of the general ltne,! with too much ' litrpeluosity, ana was driven back. ' " ; I 1 j -" ; The remaining brigades of Heth's Divi sion were Pettigrew's and Archer's ; but it will be remembered - that the greater part of Archer's brigade! and General Archer himself were captured in the first day's fight. When General , Trimble ordered us forward, we advanced and took posi tion on the left of fhe troops that were fighting, and wben ihe ! right of my brig ads was . within a short distance of. thj stone fence that-was used by the enemy for .a breastwork eiy bi-htacle was now the extreme .left of the attacking force one of General Longstreet'a stuff came dashing through a hot fire with orders from General Longstreet to move my com mand rapidly to theleft, as the enemy had thrown out a nanKing iorce in mat direc tion, which was already pouring a destruc tive fire into us. S On ordering Colonel Avery, of the Thirty-hird North Carolina regiment, wiucii was the leit or my com mand, to face to the left for the purpose of meeting, this flanking column of the enemv. he replied.! "My God! General, do you intend rushing your men into such a place unsupported, and when the troops on the right are falling back ?T, . Seeing that .it - 'was useless! to ; sacrifice so many brave men. I ordered my command back, and in accordance with: orders from Gene ral Trimble'. , who i was leaving the field wounded, I reformed ,, in rear of the artil lery. .: , ' . I. '.,. , ,"'... ; I know too well what it is to be a soldier to wish to : do iniustice-to any command. and I regret to see that the historians from my native , State 'are ; so ivery partial to Pickett's Divisions In the many publish ed accounts of j the third J day's fight .at Gettysburg, not ad. allusion has, ever been made, that I am aware of,j to rny brigade and Scales'; and now that Mr. McCabe puts forth his boot as history, and makes no mention of us, I feel that it is ray duty to inform the public that Lane's North Carolina Brigade was. there that it fought on the, extreme, left of. Longstreet a line, that it remained oh the field as long as any Other portion of lhat lino and that it dis played the ' samel bravery that it did at Spottsylvania Court House on the, 12th of May. which calls forth such a compliment try notice from Gen. Early in his report of that battle; aad -afterwards .'at iteamfe Stationi when- - Gen.' Lee told ; me .. that "North Carolina had cause to be proud of such troops.'.' ? Gen. Lee's remark, in front of mr lino on ,,the morning - of the 3d of July, points, I ibinki to (the true cause, of my failure in, that afternoon s assault .:..-) W;lBCAlis RIGAD rf Major Enoxlhard, then Ad j ulant Gen- 6X81 of PESDiB'sDitlsIori, undnow Sec- retary of State, gives at our request his re collection of the facts. ' He writes as fol lowsr WiHi-vj: Office op Secretary op State, ' Raleigh, N C, Aug. 29, 1877. Messes.., Editors: Your note calling my attention to an article in the Pbiladel- ?hia Weekly Timet, from the pen of ' CoL Valter H. Taylor, General Lee's Chief of staff, descriptive of the ..battle of Gettys burg, is at band. I regret to read the fol lowing in speaking of the third day's fight. In his generally correct and impartial ac count of that great battle : "While, doubt less, many brave men or other commands reached the crest of the height, this (Pickett's Division) was the only organized body that enteied the worEs ot the enemy.' 'When I recollect the gallantry, and the achievements pt Lane's and Scales'. .Bri gades on that occasion, whom the fate of war ' had temporarily placed under - my charge. It would be criminal in me to per mit this statement to pass unchallenged. ; ' It will be recollected that on the ad ot : July. Malor-General Pender was mortally wounded. upon the eve or the battle oi the 3d, Major-General Trimble assumed command of the Division. Two Brigades of the Division, Lane's and Scales', were formed in rear of Heth's Division. These Brigades had been fighting for two days, and were not only tired, but their casual ties had been large.. . General Scales, hav ing been wounded on the 1st, was not in command of his Brigade. -;' When the line of battle moved forward the second line kept but a . short . distance in rear, and before the advance had passed over one-half the distance to the enemy's works,,! the second line united with the first, our right touching the left of Pick ett's Division. v i " ' M In this order we moved forward, subject to the terrible fire from the enemy's -artil lery and infantry in front, and the enfilade fire from the batteries from Round Top on the right, until we reached the Federal works, which, from the formation of Cem etery HiU. projected just where the left of Pickett's line and the right of Pender's (Trimble sj united, lo the right and leit the hill receded, and neither the right of Pickett's nor the left of Pender's did or could reach the Federal works, The troops of Trimble's (mainly Scales' Brigade) and Pettigrew's commands, who took possession or tne enemy s works, were fully as well organized as those of Pickett to the right of us, and did not leave until ordered by myself, when we saw the extreme right of Pickett's Di vision give way, leaving the leit or his Division and the right of Pender's; unpro tected. I write of incidents of which I was an eye-witness. The wounding f General Trimble before we had reached the ene my's works,, and of almost, all the field officers of our regiments near me, and the necessity for Gen. Lane to look after the left of the command which was unsup ported, placed that portion of our troops of which I speak under my special care, as AQjuiani-uenerai ui me uivisiuu. 'lite point at which the troops with me struck the enemy's works projected far thest to j the front, and consequently we were the first to reach them. I recollect well, my horse having been shot, I' leaned my elbow upon one of the guns of the enemy to rest, while I watched with pain ful anxiety the right upon ricaett s ex treme right, for upon its success depended. the tenablencss of our position. Surround, ing me were the soldiers of Pender's, lieth's and Pickett's .divisions, ana it re quired all the resources at my command to prevent their following en maue the re treating enemy, and some did go so far that when we were compelled to withdraw, they were unable to reach our lines, the enemy closing in from the right and left. , We remained in quiet and undisputed posses sion of the enemies works for a full half hour, the men, flushed with victory, eager to press forward. But when the right of Pickett's Division was compelled by the overpowering attack upon its right flank to give way, the heroism wnicn naa anven back every thing in its way being unable to withstand the natural barriers which protected the attacking force on the flank, there wasnothing,lcft for us.to do but to surrender ourselves as prisoners, which was much' the safest course," br'withdraw in confusion before the converging lines of the enemy,, those in our immediate front not having rallied. Our loss on the re treat was greater than on the advance, but we retreated in good order, and long be fore darkPendcr's Division presented "a shortened but a solid and determined line of battle, behind which General Lee made Jiis preparations for retreat, , 7 ' 4 ' 1 have written mis nasty pote witnno wish to provoke controversy.,' I noticed a similar statement in the magnificent ora tion of Major J: Wi Daniel, before' the Southern Historical Socsety lq 1875, and thought ; then I ought to notice it,' but it was neglected on account of pressing busi ness necessities. I submit it 13 not : just for officers' who were engaged In that great battle to publish statements, some of them aemi-vllMjuu, iu ictuu iu luc kui uui ire ujr troops not under their immediate; eye, without consulting with' those who could give them full and correct Information. At the request of the commander-lu-chlef I wrote the 6rBcial report of the part "taken by Pender's Division during the thre days battle of Gettysburg.' This request so unusual In military annals, implying as it did the confidence ot General Lee, Is now remembered as the proudest incident In my army life. ' I refer to ' this fart to show that". I was Id a. position to' know whereof I write, and haq the official recog-r nition of General Lee thereto. I fear we, have been too reticent in, our State in . regard to the achievements, pt North Carolina troops. ;;; While we" dld oUr full share1 of the fighting during the war we have riot been so' forward in fighting our battles since. At least let us demand justice oi musts wuu uu wni-c . ; Jos. A.' Engelhard. . We again express- our regret thatColo- nel Taylor has stirred up so heedlessly this old 'quarrel, arid with at least the means of acquiring better information at hand we must express our surprise also. It is evident that CoL Taylor had CaptJ Young's report before lam,' f or he . quotes from it, and it is evident also, that he had a report from Gen. Lane, for lie quotes from that too. V And doubtless, too,' he had seen tue report -Juoauu . ujr, uiayji auitvJiAJJ, for that also must have passed through, his handfl." In "the face 6C all these- -things. towevcr''t4 'deijberatelyputs forth' td.;thq , world t as a : fact tiiaJt.JPioKBTs pi vision was the- only - organized command that reached trie enemyViMki ai Gettysburg; all tho'otlier roopsth toot pjut jn the assault according to. his statement haying first faltertd aud then vfinany retired' W'thi ijharge.' ''f" 3 . With the greatest reverenee for General Lee; and itti shtilcient.' respetfctVlri ginums.1th.Qrdlnary and. "tpakaVR6ailt we respecifillly: submit that . ihe mystery of Gettysburg-fefcot ttf be 'solved by ri"y re flectiori' tipdV iiie conduct of the i&bps en- gaged In thoigrand; assault .onM day' Our Viiinia friends' must' be con, tAnt b Bhm''thia ' fataP honor? of 06ttvsi opouzetbenUjcAoe charge at eitys&urg sd1 far as the troops engaged ill ft,- wa jlouhUesfl n0RQ, pf , , the w.prld'a petkjlpda SM'o's. TATWB7 jjay'i'iibut! it was made so by North' Carolina 1 daring' as weU m by that of Tirginia.'1 v - A DEAD-BEAD ADXiyiSTRATZOX. home i very severe rebukes I were adminis tered to us a few ' months ago because we were unable to. see. the propriety of dead heading The Observer to the President. "ye did not see the force of the rebukes, though any lack of strength in the reason ing was amply supplied by the vigorous ear nestness oi the language used.' . When one of eur gushing friends of Hates proclivi ties, down East, for Instance, told us that Mr. Hates could not intelligently admin ister . to the ; wants of the people unless he.knew what their wants were, and. that he could. only know their wantq , by; the diligent perusal , of . newspapers,- we sajR. that , our , cotemporary , was , talking Ihf -usual good, sense.; : ;Andr. when it furth er informed us that in this enlightened age even . merchants found it necessary to; read newspapers, and many of them too, so as to transact intelligently their trum pery private j business of buying and seifc ing goods, we could still see that our co- temporary was far from overstepping the modesty of nature. But the, deduction was not,' and is not yetv plain to us. No body pays the merchant a, salary to trans act business. - Yet the merchant does pay for his newspapers. , The people pay Mr. Hates a very handsome salary to transact their business, and find him besides. If Mr, Hates then finds thai newspapers are neces sary to qualify him to fulfil the duties he has undertaken, and which is paid 'to attend to, why should not Mr. Hates pay for his education? Why should tee be expected to instruct him for nothing, and find our selves ? V Decent clothing is also necessary to the proper discharge of the Presidential office. But v that' 'does riot justify Mr. Hates in calling upon the dry-goods mer chants throughout ther country to" supply him dead-head with coat arid breeches, , and we incline to think that if he did the reply would be that they would see him well, say, in Georgia costume first. ' This i.s the way the thing presents itself to our mind, and if it be a Bourbonish presentation we cannot help It. We were raised to think that when people wanted other people's goods, especially if those goods were news papers, the way to get them was ' to buy them. -We'' learned the ; lesson ' yocmg, and, Bpurbon-like, we have riot forgotten it. , . " . : But it is not only in the matter of newsr papers, that Air. Hayes is a aeaa-neaa PresidenL The railroads and the hotels, the steamboats and the coaches, come in for their share of use, or.abuse by an ad ministration which evidently believeVthat it can eat its cake and have it; that it can draw large salaries from the taxidden people to, enable it, to live decentiy tfrid pay 4s way as it goes in a liberal and pro per; manner, and then go its way without paying. JNow to us an this seems uis- gracef ul, and we are inclined to say some ugly words about it ; but we do not wish to draw upon ourselves any more outpour; irigs from those vials of wrath which are held over the heads of us Bourbons tq keep us from stirring up sectional strife and precipitating another war between the North and South, nor to give occasion to our : aforesaid Eastern brother again , to rebuke us by the, solemn declaration; that however the hot-heads of , The Pbserveb people may be for War, his, "voice is still for Peace !" And further, and mote to the purpose, we fiid the work so well done to pur hand by one of our Northern brethren that we will show our "conciliating'' (that's the fashionable phrase, we think, j disposition by1 copying from the Brooklyn Eagle. Its Editor is a man after pur .own heart, a Yankee with whom We can "con ciliate" to-day and to-morrow and the day iter that. We shake hands .with ,him at least in the spirit, and if he were , within reach we could throw ourselves upon his bosom - and . weep, . our Eastern brother could do the same by Mr. Hates, ,. anq then the country would undoubtedly be safe. The work of conciliation would be complete. - , j .-,; . . , i .... .,, .: . . - ... . i ' From the Brooklyn-Eagle. V i The President and a piece Of his Cabinet with the persons accompanying them, will complete their free and talkative tramp t two weeks, to-day. The country has be come informed, from various authoritative sources that on this journey- none '"of the persons, from the President down, has paid anything or been charged anything The nulroads, steamboats and coaches they have used have been cost tree. The hotels they have stopped in .have presented ino bills... A fortnight of-, travel,.: extendin, over hundreds of miles, has .produced no expense to .any oi the . party. , Deadhead ism as a tact nas necome so raminar to the country that it no longer, produces a shock to find, what our Repupncan friends, (confounding the engineers with the machine.) call . " the r Government" engaged ; in the business. 5 -Indeed, President urant, wno accepted eve rythlng from a - bull pup ,.to a" library. which he scorned to read, would seem to have set an example' that his successor and associates' are realiyhnproving on. j MrJ Hayes has: already ' "done" -New .York, Philadelphia, Boston, , and. now pretty much all of. New England as a dead head. and has taken a large number of persons with him each time, on the same principle. Indeed, three Boston hatters have won as much advertisement as the numerous land lords who have entertained the "Admims- tion." Each of thS three referred to, and who shall not be more particularly referred to; presented .. Postmaster .General Key with,: "a new- bat and compliments," and that raying, and wordy Helot has, worn them in succession, being careful to set them down, ' while making -his powerful speeches, in - such, a place and manner as would enable the reporters to see that the maker and builder , is Smith, or whatever his name may be. -'The reporters-have fn no instance taken the bint or. the hat. 3 Of this Administration habit of dead- headiHg it can be said .that , the-general jublic sense Is indifferent to it, j ust be cause tne general public sense is apt to be Indifferent to matters that are not practi eel but whieh .are, purely matters of, good taste,, it-can be iurtner said, however, that cultivated' men and women of '- both parties, a number nbt large but influential, are not at alt indifferent , to the habit. It was habit which reduced respect for iresiaeni urant, who naa 11 largo margin of ' great achievement to gamble on and, dissipate, nji itia hftbltithat reduces if it doenoti entirely quench,, a very especial sort of respect which' "it is very' desirable: Mr.! Hayes, '-as fc' President:' with"itc-per4 aonal record bf greatness,' and a President by sufferance aagainsthe-willand vote of the people, should cultivate as assiduous ly at he can. The mflrmity,'however, will never be corrected tmtil n Executive la secured iwba: isla Jarge enough niaa to realize that , he cannot, afford to junket round without paying' his way, and that is" just becac e he is the Exemplar as well as the Preeif jt t of the United States, their itbu viuz,ei tin weu aa meir luuiei magis trate, and if t he ought to be more care ful than any )f her person in the Union tol put himseu , filler favor to, no man or cor poration, rjt ti keep -himself independent of all by aft p jieg nothing at their hands for which k 'does not : pay.- Thijs ; self-re-spectf ql coij of persorial manliness and good tx&mi I will have to be postponed, until Execu 28 are chosen of a very dif ferent sort f; mental and social material from thatpl fifbf .'whieh' the Republican party has h Jn t its Presidents.' -. Already the repress i ive junketing .vices of the Grant 'and ejiricoln CaWnets are being adoptee! by'; f Hayes Cabinet; ' ; f s ' , .Aside frQF.il hese free trips and free feeds ! . 1 .1 i A t rr 1 1 . 11 111 m m wnicn. 3 t .-fjayes oas ;perBonauy ; iea, , Mr. Sbern tsJs been taking two revenue cutters. at i l ifxpense of about $300 a day edch, to tlt4 pjeasnry of the United States, an rbund ftf i coast, making what he has been please; ) call ugntnouse mgpections, but "happ Siig in" at Long Branch,. Cape May, NewJ Jftj New London, Portsmouth, Martha s y fevard, lsie or Shoals, - ana Portland ei c it in time "for the balls and hops and pt i;uets that had been arranged in his horit weeks ieforehand. 'At the same time,! ff fc iShermah's, inspection was so much, of i t (access that he succeeded in knocking jo le, in the first revenue cutter, the Grant! i ha disabling her permanently. Several Seij: liri of the United States, -with ex-Secret4E iiv)besdn, the Blames land others oni Jd; have also been , cruising round the iat;in a United States-man-pf war at a-ii Semment expense of, nearly $1,000 a durfapd about every member of the Cabinet? j-ijjxcept Dick Thompsbn, who does not se hi able to stbp this use of gov ernment ii- pis for ' private persons and purposes,! j laji been darting. . rutner ana thither over 11, country "U. ti." ana Dy so much Jq fing himself and his office in the esteem! fjjthe thoughtful men and wo men of 'the; tiaited States. - Ve , -. .-' ' . There i ' desire among the oeoole of the Ihiitedtfites that their officials should not have . . i fxooa inner: 7 n ut mere is a very stronr - d pire among the more reflec-. tive andj.1 iffilned' people of the i United QfotQo tlioi WoTiinfr a trctnA timA". AhAii officials Jl ?m set a good example, iiot bUU'Mt.uiU'B v - f-, w U u . . , kt. - one which ti jaks thejTocation of a tramp differ frortl pleasure of. an.Administnu tion only t JM fact that the tramp does, at seasons trfjyt lor his ; way in work, and in the .frin eh that the Administration openly get It ?e; best pf everything' for fao thing, wh l ips tramp furtively gets what little he "ft Jt, fThe mere spectacle, in these times, offl (President' andhis Cabinet paying thj f fway,' and paying it liberally, would be j ieducation in a very desir abte degrd 4 p5 direction to all grades of society in. hi jUnion, , almost as good an exampleaT M jeforegoing of these junketing and a stea yladherence to the public busi- Jifi.'n !J . si. ;J . : i ness. HJreHiuenii is iwiue a much-inf ialkry and thrice as much in ollnwaiuu': l4x Vlt ffrpat KtmiiIivm nf the past; j faid f or all they , used, and maae no ft; 1, ana especially no corpora tion." thei ijteditor. Most of the Cabinet officials Vjjsenof fortmie. ' All of them; are paid j tf pes considerably larger . than who yet 1 w iage to .takfe their period of rest and1 i fcteation, during a part vof the summer; ( ptj vo pay lor it. wxujuui. ium vr embarrast pi )nW ; The whole deadhead sidej of the la jrfesidentuiltrip has been.,. piti-i IUL 11 1) ,B! fentuauy sure 10 uc uenioraiiJ zing. Ct ;il. Hayes use "Tom" Scott'd private 1 4 icy: all overi the United btates and . witil ind ;Tom ! .Scott's subsidy lobby ? ! r iarqr ior iavoros me ruie rouna the worif fM it is-a law rulers are a little more stn erinti iy bound by than any other But wl it is to be said of the other sides of the lai mip? - Has Mr. Hayes, have his Cabineil 'ef talking down tb silly and ll-t literatejsVfincea, or is- the sort of , stuff they hav! 4Hx!en speaking for two weeks tne dcsij- wvjpan ao, wnun - mey iry very hard? jlf life! Brooklyn aldermen - make better id jses than the President of ... the United, f Jiites has, . been making. Any "local p dibjer'' in ,this town can rest se curely ii) l!fact that his "license to ex-j hort" w ftj be taken from him if he per-; petrated ttj platitudes Mr. Key has been getting i jf,'; at way stations, in response to verted p jigal who is more than content wjth thonsks that the swine do eat. At4 tomey. ;irei!al Devens has blundered and floandei '5as : he was thought juite inca4 pable 'i J ; j'dblng.- - Mr; 1-McCrary seems to ha'v "sijrjy dodged speechmaking and to have) ift Idenly lef t the party. Secretary Evart4f MSMbeen "chaffed' before the whole e. ttHry, and finds his price of ser-i vice- tot joy paid to Mm' by Mr. Haycsj; in efforts'! j be pleasant which ' suggest , the movemf lylM . an elephant in a quadrilleJ and whj to nave taken the form of "iriak! ing f pn 'of Mr. Evarta . "big words," in Mr.:. Ej own house, tb a crowd outj side.. : pr inaa who was ridiculed, was the Seq jtiry of State of the United States, wbo'w jS-jhowing his resplendent hospl-j tality 'tj ; ne ruler of the greatest people on eart) jjhe aforesaid ruler, at the samel time, 1 i?g his best or worst to make an' ain jej Merry Andrew 'ef himself at the;, dpense of- the characteristles ot his ha For it this , reason or . some other, f jl-f. tEvarts himself has been jiu-1 der a p Wiess of flattening out. His "ad-j dressed ; jave been such as to show tha he holt fl fis audience or his situation in undjsg jfffidcontenipt, for he has delivered drivel Icbringing which or the equal on which Vhini tie would, soundly punish his so Vhx are at school'm Concbrd, we leat jrem a- 'dexterous advertisement of a pj c?0f learning which the reporters have i lerted in their accounts'. The offli cials 1 Mel have neither ' riiade speeches l.i . : .1. : J 1 1 .1 . 1 1 - worm; f ping: nor uispiaycu uie equauy necesa ' art of showing - that they knov rj- J5i'.;j 1 Li now;-3. n i ayoiu -. maaing bucbcucs. jur Hayei hiisf exhibited "himself and hehai trottel . Tor jitf his associates with5 absolutely less g ci arid-dignity than mark the resulf when. W ciirtain is tana ud and the conven tional ?t rpUpe". is seen in linen, cork and sables Ruling the - first order ' of the ' in terloci idfej or vmiddlecrnQn. 1 Decidedly "the t fernment" does better at the Cap ital.; - Hief press takes r. better care of its action i there than it can of ; iu ords Abroai i M- large family, everv niember of whict ji wadely -scattered. ' Aily grand fatbet jia a blacksmith." "I was not born here r iuse riiy father moved West, before I wasf Mn." "I know you are glad and de sirjouj aee"me." "Naturally you want tq near. jjjv.oice. "m give you a general, heart Buckeye shake" these are "sentU ment) ir&ki fall from "the President of the Unit J l States as easily' ; as words worth ntterf ig, ;and worth "preserving - have .raueii j:iroux;-.; some;,oif ma preaecea; sorslrtiiloauerice is1 so easy to ilr. Hayes thatl jig; "ought to ' guard ' against itJ Wisd; Oi is 60 abundant with his Postmasi ' ter t. tieral- that, -he ought to . Bubs'itute some kfpg forit, . as a rarity., - Ah the, mati ter, V JliWhich we' 'comment without the least julrpoee of partisanship, is one that conoi m I the dignity of Ihe people and' the Adnv Mftration athme and the reputation Of jbt jli abroad,' we hope all journals and aHT jcimen will .find means to suggest and i 4 free - the ' fact that the President and I si 'Qflacials should..either .pay- theii! Hsuent ifosy throHghout... the, country, oi soeef 43 w. - better Vet circulate themselves hyp) piographarid express themselves:by lhi iyea' alphabet, All for -their own grM dKKl.and-for the greater good of ?1Al jiight-hour-laW agltatiori is now ou ) kuw a . w auuu uwwyi ihw )s(tiot to' shorten the hours of work, rem) naerea Dy tne persons wno are bixiv I CALIFORNXA WATS. . ' ' ' ' . - - ' ' - ' - The-papers contain a! report of a very interesting trial in Los Angeles, California, the other day, the case being Ketohuk vs. The State of CaTifornla, with i Messrs. Gonu & Blanch aed as attorneys for plain tiff, and Judge WfMTEY for defence. Mr. GorLD called Ketchum and asked: "What becaine'of Lachehab?' Witness "He was hanged by Judge Widset and some other persons.'! Judge Widiiet' "quickly "arose and drew, apistorfrona' his pocket, and holding the muzzle . down, addressed Ketchum substantially fis" .follows: "Yoa say I murdered! a man 1 I, You lie, yon: per- ored villain I I was in Jhe .'couhty court. room trying a case at the time Lachenaia was hanged, arid knew; nothing whatever about it. ' If ' you andj your' crowd ' are armed to assassinate or! murder me, draw your pistols and go on." j Mr. Gouxd' 'We are not armed. Judge WrDNET 'Then will put away my weapon, as I will not use it on an unarmed mani" The' case then proceeded' without interruption until the noon adjournment, when Judge Widket asked Mr. Gould if his party Intended coming armed or unarmed in the afternoon,' as he would be governed entirely by their actions. " He said lie only wanted a fair Bhdw; "but did not intend that any one should get the drop on him. Mr. Gould make no definite promise.' - '.' 1 r ' 1: Evidently they hayela way of their own of transacting business ' in the courts of CaMfornia,' as ' they ' price had perhaps have now notions of their own' as to mati ters under the regulation of the church. 'L- , Some twenty years ago a North Carolina friend who had been one of jfche first emi grants to California in the days of the gold excitement paid a brief visit to his old home and family on the Cape' FearJ Many were the anecdotes he told illustra ting me social status of California, where industry,- ability and courage had won him high repute and fortune. ' One we re Call as specially indicative of California hab its. On a previous visit to the States he had married and taken his wife to California with him. '"When it jbecame necessary to baptize 'baby, a celebrated Chief Justice of California was one of the sponsors, and felt it "his 'duty and pleasure to1 make the baby a baptismal present He did his duty, and according to his lights, he did it welL The baby's present was the hand-; sorriest and most expensive pair of du- elling pistols that money could buy in San Francisco! '' " '' I ' " " ' ' ' ' '"'" '! ; OUR MAIL FACILITIES. j Calling attention a-few days ago to the constant complaint from all sections of the State of the decrease' of mail facilities and the inefficiency of much of the service that is allowed to us, we copied from, the Ma-j con "Advance and i the : Asbeville CtUteni some indignant ' remarks as to' recent changes in Macon and Buncombe coun-j ties. '- As to ' these we ' learn from the Department that if is true that the very important office at Aquone was discon- tinned on June 25th, 1877, but for the fol- owing rcason: ? ! The postmaster appointed lad failed "o qualify; there was no other applicant for the place; and as no postj office can stand upon the books of the D&j partirient withi a seeming existence and yet without a head. - there was nothing tq do. in ' the' case? but discontinue : it, It ' baa: however.1 ' been ; lately re-ew tablished, ' - with ' A.";- B. Munday afi postmaster. In Buncombe 'country we are informed,' the office J : at Granville was disl continued April 25th, 1877,; but it has alsd been're-opened. r It was discontinued bej cause the postmaster traded in postage stamps, and at" the; time' of his dismissal there was rid ! applicant to fill his place. The office ? at f Laurel jtotb ;waa discontinued In f consequence of -- the sariie 5 violation of " the " law. as ' tcj stamps. ' The'bfflce ' at ' Riverside was dis-j continued because the postmaster failedj to make his returns in accordance with the, instructions of the Department, the penalty for which is removal.' These ' offices; wej are assured, will W ptomptly're-estebushedj as soori as interested parties 'present fo'the Departrierit the'1 names - of prper personal to serve as postmasters.' ' "JU ' ' ' 1 " ' . j t Thb silver question will ; command ati tention at the approaching session of Con gress. The ChicagoTjir-05oft desiring to- ascertain the drift of - Congressional opinion has addressed a circular letter tq varipus members of Congress asking them; to indicate their position on the subject of remonetrzing silver, and has received re plies from 197 . Qf these 131 1 favor the; repealing of the law of 1873 and restoring the silver dollar to its old place in theourj age. ? Fifteen "favor remonetizing jVith1 conditions attached, " eighteen oppose r&t monetizing, thirty-one : are undecided ariq two decline- to- answer. 1 These- answer! represent every State and' include' thirtyt one oenaiors -ana 100 - neprescni.au vt4 . - -- . - 4 Irftr . T A ' Of the latter 113 advocate the 1 measure and thirteen oppose It. - U 8 I ritlj Jost as Mrs. Gajnks i stepping out the courts, another widow walks in wit a suit for the modest sum of , thirty milt lions pf : dollars. . Her name Is Miller, and she claims two hundred square mile in, : -West " Virginia ud Kentucky. Tfai city of Lexington; Ky., and much vali ble coal and iron property are embraced the claim. - Mrs Millku claims as hei of her graudfatBer.'Joicr YbusG, whoi near the close of the last century, invested a few thousand dollars in the patent lands pf the State off Virginia. -rS.. ' 1 he JxjrsDfos estate, which has been scj long talked about in this country, and as, to which id many conventions of heirs have been held, lias turned out to be a dehisiori and a snare, Hr.'. BsmrAHor writes from London to a friend in . Virginia that; be knows nothing whatever of. ( the so-called J-eskisus estate, nojr. does he belie ve in its existence. He1 would not give a penny! TvwtnWcfgmri fnr thfi frflfi gift of all the rights of all the cliimants. 1 .. , ; f.1 Tn Perinsylyanli coal 'company has ro fused the demand of its' '4,000 employees ior increased compcrisatioh. and the strikri r seeriis' Uk'el trf gd n "for peeks' longer it Is starvatldn; not m6b violence, that 00W most tb be feared; in the coal regions of ortheraPennjyivmifc"' ' j Fauiss is doing its terrible work In China as in India.. Lack of . rain has pro duced that, in India ; too, much rain has brought the Chinese to grief. "The damp huts of the rural population around Pekin," says a foreign journal, Vare crowded with weaklings who have just been abje to sur vive the pangs of, starvation, but aire too feeble to combat the fever, which u aggrai yated by the. pestilential gases arising from the dead bodies that have been wash ed out of their shallow graves dug while the frost was still in the ground, f. i Tme Chicago' Timet publishes a review of the fall trade, which shows that busi ness in nearly every line - in that city is mere active than at any time since the panics . There is an unprecedented rush in the chief staples, and a general revival of business in the Northwest Is apparently near at hand, "-'.i ';:;: v . ' v ? ; LETTEU FHOU SAIOFSOIf COUNT", Correspondence ot Thk Obsxrvkb. Habbeix.'sSxobb,N. C, Aug. 24,1877. - Messes. Editoes : Please publish the few lines in order that your many: readers may Know, now the ".Lower campsoniana" are progressing. . Unlike our sister count v.. Pender, all is peace and quiet not sp much as a dog fight to excite our dormant curiosities., 1 Corn looks veryj promising. The potato crop will doubtless bo short. We understand that some of our farmers have planted a superior quality . of corn this jseason said corn is knewn as the "Fanners'.- Favorite" and we are told ' that it will produce 112 bushels to the acre. The seed was sent, we hear, from Spring-, field, Illinois. It has been stated that all live "Patrons", will be furnished with a few grains of this princely corn the ensuing year. Hope it will prove beneficial to the farmers. The dog tax and no fence law are. the leading ".topics in this vicinity. Without any comment upon either at pres ent, I will state that your correspondent is in favor of both. 1 We hail with much pleasure the viuits of Thx Oskbvxb. ' We glory in its nerve and backbone, and unhesitatingly pronounce It the people's organr-the leading paper in the BtateJ It is just such a paper as all true Democrats admire. How a Democrat can . be an admirer of Hayes is a mystery. ; ; We are thankful, too, that Tub Ob servke takes such a deep interest in agri culture and. education. The great influ ence it wields in these ' two branches is worth more than its subscription; We hope that the day is not far distant when education will be more sought after than at present. ' ' -' ;' ' j ProL J. H. Mills with a chapter of Or phans will be with us bn the 12th of Sep tember. I feel quite Sure that we will not be behind in contributing to this public ne cessity to these poor orphans. Air. Mills deserves great credit for the efficient man ner In which the business of the Asylum has been conducted, and he ought tore- fceive all funds possible to aid him in push- mg rorward so noble a work. . ,,-Wishing you Godspeed in the noble cause which you have espoused, that of advocating Democracy, Education, Agri culture, etc, we come to a cloee. .Yours, Kappa. . : LETTER FHOITC CASWELL. . ' tCorrespondence of Tns Obskrvkb. Yancettille, N. C, Aug. 25, 1877. Messes. Editoes : Col. L. L. Polk, the Commissioner of 'Agriculture, visited this place yesterday, aud addressed the farmers and other citizens upon the sub ject of the agricultural interests of the State, and other kindred subjects connect ed with the duties of his office. Owing to the very busy -season, there was not, 1 re gret to say. a general attendance of the farmers. - The address was an hour or more in length, and was listened to with profound attention. I shall not attempt even an outline of it. Suffice it to say, that it was eminently practical; character ized by an amount of common sense and executive talent, convincing all present of his thorough acquaintance with the duties of his office, and his high qualifications for the discharge of the. same. He is certainly the right man In the right place. I regard this organization aa the most important that has ever been organized in behalf of the agricultural interests of the State, and anticipate results that no one at present can anticipate., - The corn crop in this county is very fair. The tobacco crop, though perhaps a little over an average one in acreage, does not promise to be a fair one, owing to much of it being late. K . -"' ALFALFA. ' : r , t Correspondence of Tax Obsxbvxb. ; .; Fatetteviliji, Aug. 23. 1877. Messes. Editoes : I would ' like your correspondent Alfalfa of a recent date to forward a specimen of the leaves and flow ers of the Alfalfa to Col. L. L. Polk,' Department of Agriculture, by letter for examination. t Alf. Robeson Small Gbaix Gkowing. J. C. Hargrove, Esq., a successful cotton . planter of Uobeson county in this State, raised this year fifty-six bushels of wheat upon three acres, an average of 18 J bush els per acre. A.- R. McPhail, Esq., of the same county raised this year M bushels per acre on two acres treated with moderate quantity of Guanape., On a half acre manured with 25 bushels of cotton seed he gathered eight bushels of what. Zack Fulmore, Esq. j from a three acre lot highly improved gathered in 187C 15 bushels of; wheat per acre. . The same lot planted in sweet potatoes after the wheat was gathered produced nearly 500 bush- els. From a two acre lot in Robeson county, deeply plowed and treated with lime and cotton seed ten thousand pounds ot oats were gathered this season, 2J tons per acre. The same lot is planted in sweet potatoes .and the yield will be severaUmndred bush els. - v : - S' ''' A farmer in Marion county, S. u., re ports as the result of his experiment: f.orty bushels of wheat grown on one acre of land highly, improved. Another farmer reports twenty eight bushels on one acre. varouna jrarmer. ' The Mails the People Need. Let the press continue Its demands for more mail facilities, we nave no interest in fast mails. Our people who, at best, can get their mails but once a week, don't care a straw whether the mail- from New Yerk reaches Raleigh in 24 hours or 00 hours ; or whether mail trains make ten miles or forty miles an hour. ; What concerns them is horse mails, suikr mails, back mails; and what they ask is more of them, more post omces and more routes. There is not a single post office on thp road from here to Plttsboro, a distance of 30 miles; there is not a post office- between here and Stag ville, 18 miles, there are not more than two l. ... 1. . - 1 . it ' : 1 . . t is but one between here and Roxboro. 24 miles. rThese arespecimen instances, and taken at random. No doubt every paper can furnish a parallel. Let all join in the demand. It is our right, WUaboro Re corder. . ,,- ' '. ' Chawok of Name.' The name of the postouke la Lincoln county called "Casta nea Grove? Jiaabeerrehanged to LowcsoiUe Since the ; discontinuance -jot . "Cottage Home P. O.jJLoweaville has been doing its business. D. .A. Lowe, Esq., is the postmaster at Lowes villa. Charlotte Dem. ocraL ....,,. . , iqgi i j IU iiiU til. uT v.'10 Vf 1. . : . j