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livered daily at twenty cents per week ; seventy
dve cenu per month ; two dollar tor three
months.
DVRHAn NEWS.
Correspondence ol Thk Observer )
Durham, Aug. 6, 1878.
Messrs. Editors: The election passed
olTtvery quietly at this place. No fights,
no heated and exciting arguments, and in
fact nothing unpleasant or disagreeable oc
curred. It was a matter of much sur
prise, however, to discover so many
Turner men in and around Durham, and
in fact it was quite a surprise to the State
at large that there should be so many of
this class in the county. A great many pre
dict that Mr. Turner will now go to Con
gress, but we cannot believe the people of
tlie Fourth District will vote to send the
g-cat independent disorganizer and would
be. destroyer of the Democratic party to
Congress. No. we predict that Josi&h
Turner is at the end of his row, and the
people who so earnestly and honestly sup
ported him, will .find out in due time that
he is powerless to carry out his threats and
promises. .
TOBACCO.
But very little of this important weed
has been offered for the last month, owing
to the dry weather, etc Prices for certain
-grades somewhat looking Tip. We have
been informed That ; a lembic bail storm
passed over a considerable portion of that
famous tobacco growing country, ; known
as the "Golden Belt," entirely or nearly
destroying the tobacco crop. The width
cf the storm was from ,six to ten .miles.
A very prominent tobacco planter esti
mates the loss at $100,000.00 around the
country of Flat River, so fam ou3 for its
line tobacco.
IMPROVEMENTS
are still going on. Mr. J. R. Day, J. B.
Whitaker, J. W. Jones, Wm. Lipscomb
j;nd several others have about completed
very handsome residences. The Baptist
Church is fast nearing completion.' The
Met nudists have laid the foundation lor
their handsome edifice, etc.
personals. 7
Col. W. T. Blackwell and lady, and
Gapt E- J. Parish and lady are enjoying
the sea breeze and blue fishing in Beau
fort. Mr. A. H. Stokes and T. A. Day leave
to-morrow for Piedmont Springs.
The beautiful and accomplished Misses
Harrison, of Newbern, and Miss Galloway,
of Goldsboro, have been visiting friends
here on their way from the Normal They
speak in high terms of the school. The
Normal School enterprise is a great credit
to North Carolina, and when we hear such
intelligent; ladiesaiabuve named speak
well of it we must pronounce- it a success.
A large crowd will leave to-morrow for
Richmond on the free excursion.
Yours, E.
i.frrrEK fho.ti ano. coc.vrv.
Correspondence of Tns Observer j
Pee Dee, N. C, Aug. 6, 187S.
Messrs. Editors : It is late to report on
the election in Anson, but bctur late than
neve. The Democratic party bad no op
jsition in this county, only for the office
of Sheriff. J. C. McKee, Postmaster at
Wades boro, in the middle of the canvass
announced himself as a candidate on the
Independent ticket for the office of Sheriff
against T. J. .Hutchison, the Democratic
nominee. Mr. H.'s majority over his cocu
petitor is 500 about 200 over the majority
on the Democratic ticket of two years ago.
A very light vote was polled on both tick
ets, no township in the county polling its
full vole. Our State Senator is pledged
for Vance for U. S. Senator ; I can't speak
tor the Representative to the House cf
Commons.
Anson county has suffered very much
from dry weather.. Cotton i shedding
very fast, and young corn is burning tip.
1 would - write to ask those U. S. ben
ator agitators how loDg they are going to
keep up this fight between Senator Merri
nion and Gov. Vance. They are framing
the way for .no complete defeat of both
those gentlemeD, or the complete destruc
tion 5 our glorious old Democratic party
iu this State. If tlie fight is kept up in
the same vindictive spirit until the meet
ing of the General Assi-cuibly, every voter
in the Stale will be a partisan on that
issue, and the defeat of. his choice will be
his rejection of he Deniocrauc party.
Those gentlemen are true and well tried
Democrats. Let the General Assembly
settle the rest. : W. P. G.
THE EWt fgOfc Mt AM TADIHt.
srccKss or republicans undm tup kam e of
independents,
Correspondence of The Obssrver.
- Yadkisviujc, August 3, 1878.
Messrs. Editors : It seems at this writ
ing that the Independent ticket in Surry
has all been elected with the exception of
the Sheriff. Tne Democratic party id the
county has split all to peicea. - Pearson,
candidate for the Senate, was beat by the
vote of Surry ; he made a large gain in
Yadkin, but this was of no use.
As you have already noticed, Surry was
dissatisfied at Yadkin's getting the nomi
nation, as Yadkin had had the Senator
eight successive years ; this dissatisfac
tion in Surry and the chagrin of the friends
of the disappointed candidates from Surry
were keDt ud till the election, and caused
the defeat of Pearson, notwitnstanding his
lame train in Yadkin. This was a strange
way to punish Yadkin, and has demoral
ized the party in tne two counties.
Worth's (Independent. majority over
Cant. Ford (Democrat) is very small.
Norman's majority over Col. Galloway for
Clerk is 300 to 500.
The Republicans have carried the elec
tion in Yadkin by majorities varying from
20utoonlv4. U. w. v.
JOHNSTON COUNTY IjETTEB.
(Correspondence of The Obseb verJ
Johnston, Aug. 6, 1878.
Messrs. Editors: The face of the
hnshandmah has crown brighter, being
cheered by the prospects of good crops,
oo hv thft recent rains. Yesterday
assembled at Smith field
for the purpose of electing County Com
missioners, who after much wrangling and
great confusion, elected H. H. Finch, J.
a nrnpr. Y. J. Lawborn, H. L.
mH Wm. Hinnant. Commis
sioners. I think it was a great mis
take the Legislature made when they took
from the hands of the people the power of
electing Justices of the l'eace ana vouniy
iloSinu-a- h.it t hrt most complicated
nnno..Wr u the election law, and
ought to be repealed, for the State baa no
right to demand so much labor at the hands
of her citizens wiinou ijr.
- r..: . .nmharri HWmonnta here VCS
teraay were rejoicing over the victory of
Turner in Orange, and I am assured that
iuit a large Dumber of citizens la Jobo-
u.stn would hke to see lam sent to ion-
Kress.
; J. U. A.
a n . i w n r. Occtjrekkcs. Eikanab
i ....n hKl near Dutchvilie, in mis
:..tV mn l AeA there perhaps twenty-five
: t . . : whwn i
years ago, raisea eigui. . -
have been elected to the legislature, j.
have
n t
in'oLi .i has been repeatedly elected
from that county. William, Edward and
Capt. Thos. B. Lyon, now m iunwu.
have represented Granville in the Legisbv
.. . .nH nns v K T,von. Esa.. is the
Senator elect from this county. Where
70 flnH anntlior instance of five Drtln-
ers being elected to the Legislature?
Oxford lorehlight.
-m Tvasvr woura Thp him not been an
noniwnt reti.rnpd on the tax lists Ol Lin
coln county in four years. Lincoln Pro
vol: 2.
BALE1GII, IV. C.
TUESDAY.
...AUGUST 13. 1S78.
AS OTHER AATIONAL.
We print this morning a communication
fwun IT TT IT ...
i,u,u xi. iiiu'KR, containing a
summary of what he says is the platform
of the National party. Col. Helper
also adds foui other planks of his own
Whether CoL Helper is authorized thus
to adcrlo the platform of his new nnrtv is
unknown; if he be so authorized it is a
tremendous discretion to vest in one man :
if he be not, the Colonel finds himself at
variance with his new party at the very
outset ; and in either event, the Nationals
will go before the people of the Seventh
Congressional District in a very question
able aspect. '
CoL Helper, if we mistake not. how
ever, is a very loose man in his party rela
tions, having, according to our recollec
tion, acted with every party during the
last dozen years, including an independent
candidacy for the Senate from Rowan and
Davie, in which he failed of an election by
an almost unanimous vote. With such a
record, it is not to be expected that Col.
Helper could find room enough on any
platform, -or that he could hesitate to
shorten it here or lengthen it there, as
might suit him.
It is one of the evils incident to all new
political -organizations, to gather to
gether all the soreheads, dead-beats and
men of loose political proclivities gener ¬
ally, men who though eager for political
preferment see no hope for it in their ac
customed ranks, and are, therefore, ready
to jump at any chance that offers, just as
drowning men are said to catch at straws.
Of course along with the mass of imprac
ticables there are men with good purposes,
and who have in view the public welfare
rather than their own. Men. however.
who have been lying about loose, first in
one political bed and then in another, are.
not able to give much character to a new
party, nor do they expect to do so they
hope rather to be benefitted themselves
than to benefit others.
The announcement that Col. Helper in
tends to meet Col. Armfield. the nomi
nee of the Democratic party, on the stump
will scarcely we think Create much alarm
either in the bosom of Col. Armfield or
among the rank and file of the Democracy.
CoL Armfield does not fear the fullest and
fairest discussion, nor does the Democratic
party, for it is easy to demonstrate that
whatever is good in the objects aimed at
by the National organization can be more
speedily and more surely accomplished
through the machinery and organization of
the Democratic party than in any other
way. The Nationals will not be allowed to
steal Democratic thunder, call it by another
name and frighten us from our propriety
with it,
As has been well said by a cotemporery.
this latest form of opposition to the Demo
cratic party may be called the Radical,
alias the Republican, alia the Greenback
alias the Workingmen,-iYw the National
party. When a man goes by a multipli
city of names it is a pretty sure sign he is
a rogue. The same rule may be applied
to political parties Like all other delin
quents, ijo sooner has a party, liecome
notorious for its frauds, its persecutions.
and its corruptions under one name than
it adopts another, in the hope of escaping
under cover of an alias. Whatever name
the opposition to the Dcnrcracy may as
sume, it is pretty sure to disgrace it, ana
to be defeated in a short time. The ene
mies to Democracy were defeated as the
Abolition party, the Know Nothing party
and lastly, as the Radical party. Now they
are organizing as the National Greenback-
Workingmen's party. But this change of
name makes no change of men. A rogue will
be a rogue, and a Radical will be a Radi
cal, let him adopt what name he prefers.
He cannot hide the cloven foot long, or
evade his inevitable destiny. He may
affect the purity of tne saint ; or pretend
to the zeal of the patriot, but he will accom
plish nothing. The counterfeit coin can
not escape detection for it is only the
old Democracy that has the ring of the
true metal about it.
MR. UKSDRICKS OS THIS SITUATION.
There are few men who have a stronger
hold upon the Democrats of the
country than Thomas A. Hen
dricks, of Indiana. As a mui, as a
statesman, and as a Democrat, he de
servedly possesses their highest confidence
and esteem. To the Democrats of the
South he is especially acceptable, also be
cause of the manly stand, he has always
taken in their behalf, in, opposition to the
many outrages that have been per-
nptrated nnon them bv the federal
r r
Govermeat. Upon other questions,
too. he is much more nearly in accord with
the prevailing sentiment of the people ol
the South than are Democrats in the East
ern and New England States. It will be
lone before his masterly exposition of the
principles upon which the -f ederal uov-
. .. . . . .1 A
emment oueht to oe aaministereu, us aci.
forth in his letter -accepting the nomina-
nion for Vice-President, will be forgotten,
and it will be even longer before his mag
nanimous conduct on that occasion, in
accepting the inferior place when he was
so richly worthy of the first, will fail to
be remembered everywhere by good dem
ocrats.
It is evident to every thinking man tnat
the next contest for the Democratic norm
nation for the Presidency will be a conflict
aoite as much between' sections and flnan-
r;oi
as between
individuals. The
.,mt in New York and the
adiacent States
the moDcy and capital of
the country.
almost regardless of jrty lines, and to
.tr'.bff that sentiment favorably has been
the object of all of our : Presidential
nominations, for the reason that in the wes
tern State Radicalism had too atronga hold
to hODe for its diilodgment on any ground
in a word, the point has always been to car
r New York. New Jersey, Delaware and
nnecticnt. In the western Statea the
mm-
prevailing sentiment on financial questions
is not controlled by the money interest,
arid the time has now come when sound
partisan policy, as well as a regard for the
best interests of the country, especially
the interest of the mechanic and agricultu
ral portions of it, dictate that tue next
Presidential nominee of the Democratic
party be chosen from the west, and that
the opinions and wishes of the money
power be no longer permitted to have ab
solute sway in the councils of the party.
As a recognized exponent of the views
and prevailing sentiment of that portion of
the country that will not only furnish "the
candidate but dictate the platform upon
which he shall stand, Mr. Hendricks has
an unquestionable right to be heard, and
not only that, but his utterances have an
importance second to those of no other
man in the country. . We take pleasure,
therefore, in laying before our readers this
morning the latest utterances of Mr. Hen
dricks, as put forth last Monday night in
an address to the people of Indianapolis, it
being the opening address of the Demo
cratic campaign in Indi lua for members of
the Legislature of that State.
After referring to the crime of plac
ing a man in the Presidential chair not
chosen by the people, Mr. Hendricks
said :
Need I remind you that the next Legis
lature will choose a United States Senator
and that the political character of the Sen
ate may depend upon t hat choice ? I sup
pose the support of the Democratic legis
lative ticket means Mr. Voorhees tor Sen
ator and the Republican ticket Gen. Harri
son. They are both gentlemen of ability,
but they represent very d.fferent political
opinions and purposes. If voting directly
for senator how would your ballot be cast?
You are sincere and eai"net in your opin
ions and will not throw your votes away
upon a legislative ticket that you know can
not be elected, nor do you wish to hold an
uncertain position betwien the two parties
to be bargained with or f.r. How, then,
will you vote? Mr. Voorhees believes
that national bank nou s should be retired
and in lieu thereof there should be issued
by the government au equal amount of
treasury notes, and that the right to issue ;
paper money as well as coin is the exclu- j
si ve prerogative of the government. He
also believes Congress should provide for
taxation by the States of the United States
treasury notes as other money is taxed and
he believes the policy of General Grant's
administration uud of (he present adminis
tration in converting our debt into
a foreign debt is unwise and in
expedient and that the true pihcy i
of our government and the best interests
of the people would bo subserved b3' uiak-1
ing "it a domestic debt, by affording the
people the most favorable and practical
opportunities for in vts; nit,' ut of their sav
ings iu the funded debt of the United
States. He believes also in the restoration
of the silver dollar with full legal-tender
quality in the payment of all debts, both
public and private, and that the coinage
theieof should be made as free and un
limited as that of gold. You are told that
the success of the Dem cmtic party means
payment for slaves and Southern claims,
even to the bankruptcy of the treasury.
Ctn it be necessary- to say that the
fourteenth amendment to the constitu
tion forbids much that, you aie assured
we will do ? The constitutional provisions
are that neither the United Suiu-s nor any
state shall assume or pay any debt or obli
gation incurred in aid of insurrection or
lebeilion against the United Stales, or any
claim for loes or emancipation of anv slave.
Airy man who tells you that au obligation
can be assumed or paid in violation of the
constitution deals falsely with you. Do
you ask what 1 think of Hayes' Southern
policy ? He has none. He and Ins ad
ministration are incapable ot any policy ;
but what they have done in the South 1
approve. - Oeneral Urant win prooabiy Oe
the Kepubiican candidate, and his candi
dacy will signify strong government, al
ways prepared to hold the people in con-
roL
THE CROPS IN NORTH CAHOUXA.
The report of the Department of Agri
culture for the past month shows the con
dition of the crops in this Stale to be still
favorable. The recent timely rains have
caused considerable improvement, and
with their continuancy our farmers -have
good reason to hope for fair crops.
Cotton owing to the recent favorable
weather is fruiting unusually well.
Early corn has been somewhat damaged
by dry weather, but the prospect is good
for an ample supply frr the next year.
The genera) outlook for the tobacco crop
is not so good; the plants are small and
the leaf very narrow. 1
Chufas farmers have adopted the ad
vice repeatedly given m iuk obsukyhk,
and are extensively testing this crop.
Hog cholera it is gratifying to note
that hogs have thus far generally escaped
the ravages of this fatal disease.
Judging from the reports of the Depart
ment, our farmers have every prospect of
an abundant yield and a bountiful harvest.
The Radical candidate for Sheriff in
Robeson county was elected by one vote.
And yet thousands of Democrats iduik
one vote doesn't make any difference.
LETI Klt FKO.TI GltANVlLLE.
Correspondence of Tub obskkver.1
Oxford, Aug. 7, 1878.
Messrs. Editors: The Magistrates of
the county met at the Court House Mon
day and elected the following excellent
Board Ot UOunty jommissionuis : . r. x.
Canady, J. C. Cooper, J. W. Stovall, Ji..
G. Brodie, J. xl. veoo. ine county is
now mann d with a full set of county offi
cers, and it is earnestly hoped that when
they enter upon their respective duties, it
will not be long ere me county, so iohk
buried in Radicalism, will be herself again.
The present board are determined to put
county script at par value within ninety
days after they get charge of the govern
ment.
in the afternoon a Democratic mass
meeting was held for the purpose of elect
ing delegates to represent id is cumuy id
the Congressional Convention at Raleigh.
A large number were elected, and any
good Democrat who might be in Raleigh
at the time, was authorized to act as a
delegate, -.. They , are left unshackled to
cast their votes ror iue uo uj&u. ;
Pic-nic and Baptist Associations are in
range. More anon. T. L.
Tobaooo. The hot and dry weather
hd its effect noon the tobacco markets as
well as on the growing crop. Very little
i. mmintr into anv of the warehouses, and
we do not think it worth while to publish
quotations at present. The drought and
hpftt nf thft sun are havinir a bad
effect upon the growing crop, and while
the stand la excellent, the yield will be
small unless good rains shaU speedily iau.
niiUboro incomer. , ,.
RALEIGH. N. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST
NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE.
Correspondence of The Obsekvek.)
New York, August 3, 1878.
I am indebted to Mrs. Harris for the
August number of her magazine, The
South Atlantic, (Wilmington, $3 a year).
The first article is on the Mineral Wealth
of North Carolina, by Professor Kerr, the
State Geologist; than whom no one is bet
ter qualified to write on the subject. He
states that the State has above 150 species
of minerals, which is more tban half of
the number found on the continent, and
that every year adds one- or more to the
'list. - He" considers marl the most import
ant mineral substance in the State. Prob
ably he means that it will become so; for
the present, our people content themselves
with sending out of the State for hun
dreds of thousands of dollars worth of
manufactured fertilizers. They will
learn better after a while, and
grow richer by their learning. Next
to marl comes irou, in the pro
cess of smithing and working of which
he says greater improvements have been
made in the past fifty years than in the
previous three or four thousand. Next he
ranks gold ; and here fie says that gold
mining in the United States had its origin
in North Carolina. A lad, while fishing
in Cabarrus county, turned over with his
foot a heavy stone, a twenty-eight pound
nugget of gold, and thus "started tkis great
movement, which has gone on increasing
in volume and momentum, like an Alpine
avalanche, until it has swept round the
globe and changed the current of com
merce and the seats of trade and empiie,
peopled new continents and unsettled the
rates of exchange the world over." This
led to the inauguration of the geological
survey in 1828. But let the reader get the
South-Atlantic for himself.
I am favored by the Publishers, Messrs.
L. V. & E. T. Blum, of Salem, with a
pamphlet of 109 pages, (sold for july 23
cents,) a "Guide-Book of Northwestern
North Carolina. It has for a frontis
piece a very handsome picture of the Pilot
Mountaiu. A vast deal of information,
statistical, descriptive and personal, is em
bodied in this little book, on which a deal
of labor has been bestowed. It ought to
be in the hands of every visitor iu thai
region, as well as of the resident citizens.
I wonder how many people in North Caro
lina, or even in Forsyth county, are aware
of the fact, that President Washington
spent a day in Salem in 1791, as the guest of
Gov. Alexander Martin, visiting the houses
of the Moravians and attending service
in tLeir church? An address on the occa
sion, and Gen. v ashington s reply, are
given in this book, copied, probably, from
Wheeler's History. Turning over its
leaves, I see many curious and some for
gotten things; among the latter, that the
sou of the gallant Col. Forsyth (who was
killed on the Canada frontier in lb 14, and
after whom the county of Forsyth ws
named) was lost at sea in a hurricane, as a
midsuipman on board the sloop of war
Hornet. He hid been adapted and educa
ted by the State, as was the daughter of
Capt. Johnston Blakely, acts of liberality
for which the Legislature of that period
received deserved praise. But I will not
take up more of your space. Let your
readers get the book.
A curious case of mistaken identity oc
curred here a day or two ago. A young
Irishman and ayoung German disappeared.
A body was found in the East river, which
the Irish family claimed was their man.
took him from the morgue to their bouse,
and held a wake" according to the most
approved Irish style. In the midst of this
ceremony the Germans came in and after
examination claimed the body as theirs.
The claim was angrily resisted, and a fight
would have followed, but for the interposi
tion of the police. The body was taken
back to the morgue, and the "wnke" sus
pended. Just at this time another body
was found in the bay eff Staten Is'and,
which proved to be beyond question that
of the Irishman. - So that both both fami
lies were provided. The controversy,
while it lasted, was intensified by the fact
that the one family is Protestant, the other
Roman Catholic, and each would have
been horrified at the U3C of the burial ser
vice of the other.
Your readers have seen how often I have
been cabled on to expose attempted frauds
by bogus concerns in this city; but I have
Dever had so impudent a concern to de
nounce as one that has come to the World.
A correspondent has asked that paper to
denounce E. M. Grandin & Co., of 681
Broadway, who proposed by circular to
manufacture and sell "marked playing
cards," and other contrivances by which
people were to be enabled to cheat at cards;
and this correspondent haa sent bis money
to Grandin & Co. and got no return ! A
most ill-used person certainly ! He desired
the means to cheat, and got cheated him
self. The World should have published
bis name and residence along with Gran
din's. Theres no such person as Grandin,
but his correspondent evidently has "a
local habitation and a name." and it is
pleasant to know, that instead of cheating
others as he desired, he himself has been
cheated. H.
New Y'oek, Aug. 5, 1878.
Messrs. Editors: I went to Grace church
again yesterday, to see if "nobody was
in town" still. The congregation consisted
of about a hundred persons, or about one
person to every alternate pew. Brown
was still absent and even the Assistant
Minister was off, two strangers supplying
the places of the Rector and his Assistant.
The sermon did not lug in the tariff or a
possible war with England, but was upon
the miraculous feeding of the four thou
sand in the wilderness, and the condition
of "want," spiritual and physical, of man
kind, from the infant to the youth, and
the man, and old age, and the provision
made by a gracious Saviour to supply that
want, of whatever kind or degree.
It is not often that one morning 8 paper
has so many Dutrages of all sorts rob
beries, assaults, suicides, gambling, drunk
enness, &c as are recorded to-day. Your
readers would not be edified by their
recital : but there is something so rare in
the spectacle of three women in a rough
and tumble fist fight, for the possession of
a man. and engaged in a nght at his sug
gestion, and in the presence of a crowd of
men, that I cannot refrain from copying
it. It was on the return from a Sunday
excursion to Rockaway, where ten thous
and people were congregated, where an
unknown quantity of beer and something
stronger was consumed, where fights took
1 3 lFTlt
place ana dockcis were picseu. "inree
women quarrelled about a young man,
each claiming him. J?ight it out," said
the gallant young man. The tallest of the
women, wno was neatly aresseu ana ap
peared to be falriy respectable, at once as
sumed a pugilistic attitude, ana naving
tucked up her sleeves, let go 'a temuc
blow at the nose of one of her rivals and a
second at the mouth of the other. These
two then made a combined attack on her.
and after a few blows which did not have
much effect began to pound one another.
They clinched, and bonnets and hair pins
went flying about. One of the women
carried off another's hair, and a ringing
cheer went ud from the drunken crowd
looking on. The owner of the hair grap
pled and "threw" her opponent, whom
both the others thereupon set on and
kicked unmercifully. Two of the officers
of the steamer at this stage appeared on the
outside of the crowd, but could not make
their way to the fighters, who finally gave
ud of their own accord, being exhausted.
The tall one grasped the young man who
was the caase ol the trouble viciously b;
the arm and walked away with him.
short time afterwards two men quarrelled
about a woman and fought for a few mo
ments. Then one of them who was get
ting tne worst or it suddenly drew a dag
ger and struck his opponent on the head.
inflicting a somewhat ugly wound. They
were looted up.
The large building at the corner of
Fifth Avenue and 14th street, well known
as Delmonico'8 famous restaurant till he
uioveu niguer up a iew years ago, was
sold on Saturday under foreclosure, and
was bid in by the mortgagees at $25,000.
It is subject to $3,500 a year of ground
rent, it was mortgaged for $70,000, and
the sale therefore fell short $45,000 of
even satisfying the mortgags. Delmonico
used to pay an annual rent of $26,000.
It was formerly the property and residence
of Moses IL Grinnell, one of the great
celebrities in commerce, politics and social
life, and at that time the whole neighbor
hood, now given up to trade, was inhabit
ed by leading merchants and politicians
who have moved up town or died. ,
I clip the annexed items from papers :
The total population of the earth is set
down at 1,439,145,300, divided as follows :
Europe. 312,398,480 ; Asia, 831,000,000 ;
Africa, 205,219,500; America, 86,110,000;
Australia and Polynesia, 4,411,300.
A young man of Port Austin haa been
sued for 208 suppers by the father of the
young woman he called to court every
Sunday afternoon for four years and then
di.l not marry.
The Collector at Boothbay, Me., has
among his curiosities a god, marked
"Heathen Idol," neighbored by a gold dol
lar labelled "Christian Idol."
The lamented X. left a charming widow
and a daughter who grew up to be even
more charming. She grew up with fear
ful rapidity, too, especially from her
mother's point of view.
"Why, Yloience, what a big girl you
are getting to be I How old are you ?"
said one day an old friend of the family.
"Fifteen aud a half almost," replied tK.e
girl, "but don't let ma know." H.
For Cong-re
ulitui S. larr, of Dnr
haui.
Correspondence ot The Obssrver.
1 present to the voters of this District
Mr. Julian S. Carr, of Durham, as a per
son tit and proper to be nominated for
Congress by the Democratic Convention,
which is to assemble in Raleigh on the 22d
inst.
Mr. Carr is a native of Orange courily;
is now in his 33d year; is a geutleman of
irreproachable character; is educated and
wel! informed; is liberal and enterprising,
and by the labor of his own hands and
brain has contributed very largely to the
success of a business which is now more
colsal in its proportions than any other
ever conducted in the State.
A few years ago he became a member of
the firm of W. T. Blackwell & Co., man
ufacturers of. the celebrated Durham Bull
Smoking Tobacco, and has since had
charge of the nuances ot that wonderfny
prosperous concern; and, though ayoung
mnn, he is regarded as the equal, in finan
cial ability, of any man, in North Caro
lina.
From Mr. Carr's business, he is perhaps
belter prepared than any other man in the
district to suggest and promote that legis
lation which is necessary to protect the
tobacco grower, dealer and manufacturer.
With his knowledge of the tobacco busi
ness it is believed that it will be almost
impossible, if be is our representative, to
have a repetition of the great injury which
was sunered by this important industry
by the agitation of the tobacco tax at the
last session of Congress. !- Mr. Carr not
being a professional man, tut having de
voted himself diligently and exclusively to
his manufacturing business, is not a
practiced speaker, but he is finc-nt, has a
good address, is well informed oa political
questions, has a sound and discriminating
judgment, and will, if a candidate, make
such a canvass of the district as will be
creditable to himself and satisfactory to
the party.
The writer of this communication be
lieves that Mr. Carr is the most available
candidate the Democratic Convention can
put in the field. He has the entire con-
adence of those who know him. lie is
popular among his neighbors, and in the
present juncture of affairs he can more
certainly poll the whole Democratic
strength in Orange, than any man who
can be nominated. He can carry more
Democratic votes in Granville, and quite
as many in every other county in the Dis
trict, and with him a victory is more cer
tainly assured than with either of the
other able men whose names have been
mentioned in connection with the nomi
nation.
Let his claims be fairly canvassed and
considered, and let the other counties
strike hands with Orange for splendid vic
tory in November. Success.
' L.ENOI It COUNTY LETITEII.
Correspondence of The Observer.
Kisstos, N. C, August 5, 1878.
Messrs. Editors: As the smoke of
battle rises from the plains of Lenoir, we
see the Radicals victorious, with a majori
ty of two hundred and two. Sheer force
of numbers carries- the day here; though
the figures might have been changed con
siderably had the Democrats entered with
more zeal into the canvass, or had all acted
with the energy of our Senate candidate,
Mr. J. F. Parrott.
Copious rains, within the last ten days,
saved many barrels of corn and much cot
ton to our people. The parched grass has
put on a brighter green, and cow bells may
again be heard clanking up and down our.
street pastures.
The estimatea amount ot wiieat Har
vested in this CQUhty this summer is
twenty-two thousand bushels. This
amount will be much increased next year.
And the bad spell this spring caused the
amount, as it was, to be much diminished.
The Harvey Brothers tobacco factory,
under the management of Mr. James
Reams, is turning out tobacco of nne
quality, and plugs that will compare with
any other anywhere. The red tuns oi
Granville and Caswell have found com
petitors in the sandy plains of Lenoir
and mayhap, a rivaL Grass grows here
too, well and abundantly. The finest oats
I have seen this year were grown oy Air.
John F. Wooten, near the corporation.
Thus we find wheat, oats, tobacco and
giass, for the growtu ot wuicu you up-
country farmers nave so long ciamieu a
monopoly, grow well down here where
vou once thought notning out corn ana
.cotton would grow.
The lightning last week tooK on tne
corner of Dr. Weyher's drug store. Also
four miles from here a tobacco wagoner's
two horses were killed by lightning.
ARAOHBX.
Curious Hybridizisg. Mr. Jno. Cheek
brought us a curiosity in the shape of a
corn tassel which is a beautiful and at the
same time the most unnatural cross we
have ever heard of. The tassel had been
fertilized by the pollen of some adjacent
weed, apparently the Jerusalem artichoke,
ank the silky efflorescence of the tassel has
been turned into rich foliage thick and
clustering of a vivid green, and no semb
lance of the original left except a few pro
trudine BDikes at the ends which retain
the character of the corn plant. HUlsboro
Jieoorder. .
: . Yadkts College, N. : C This very
cheap, srood school costs only $40 to $60
per term, $80 to $120 per session of 10
months. - Cheapest school of the grade in
tne State. - The next session opens last
Thursday in August.
JyS-w8w.
13, 1878.
COL,. JOHN R.WINSTON.
Correspondence of The Observer.
Mocksville, Aug. 1, 1878.
MKssns. Editors : As a plain farmer let
me say to you and your readers, in reply
to yjur respectful, candid and felicitous
article in relation to the independent can
dtdacy of col. John It. Winston, as a
member of the National party, that I am
not surprised to hear you say, as partisans,
. "it is a bold and somewhat lonesome pro
ceeding " Will you point to any great
movement, religious, political, or other
wise, the object of which was intended for
the amelioration and lasting good of man
kind that was not conceived and carried
into successful execution by bold, good
men like Col. Winston? Xou justly say
of Col. Winston that "we do not believe
he is actuated by personal ambition, or by
any mere desire for personal notoriety,
but think he is moved by an honest purpose
to accomplish ends that in his judgment
are necessary to the good of the country."
This is precisely what may be truthfully
said of many "sincere and conscientious
men in North Carolina to-day. And why?
Because they and the Colonel are heartily
disgusted with the bickerings and scanda
lous conduct of the political demagogues
of both parties, as manifested in many of
the County Conventions recently held in
this State and elsewhere ; that he knows
the Democratic and Republican parties
must very soon fall to pieces by reason of
their own inconsistencies, blunders and
inability to grasp the real needs and ne
cessities of the people, and are, therefore,
wholly incapable of accomplishing the
"ends necessary to the good of the coun
try." Wherefore, the. Colonel has, very
probably, gone over, with thousands of
others, to the National party, whose com
prehensive and progressive platform is in
words following, to-wit :
national labor league platform.
Money. One measure of value, estab
lished and furnished by the General Gov
ernment only, which shall be a legal ten
der, and the only legal tender, for all
debts and dues payable, public and private,
except where, by the terms of a contract,
it shall be otherwise agreed.
Of this money the Government shall
supply enough, upon a per capita basis
limited by the Constitution, and unvarying
as the pound-weight, bushel-measure or
yard-stick, to give full employment to la
bor and free activity to trade to enable
any man to pay when he buys and keep
out of debt, the object and logical se
quence of which is, that each citizen can
say, in truth. "I owe no man anything;"
and then, to assure that condition, abolish
all laws for the collection of debts.
The immediate and unconditional repeal
of the Resumption act.
The immediate and unconditional repeal
of the National Banking act.
Bonds. No issue of interest bearing
bonds,, on any account, at any rate of in
teixst, by the Government.
The payment of those now outstanding
ai tuo earliest day practicable, in exact
accordance with the conditions upon which
they were issued. .
Savings of the Industrial Classes. The
Government shall act as fiscal agent, in a
proper and practical method, to receive
a nd safely invest not use the savings of
the industrial classes, to protect them from
imposition and fraud by savings bank
sharpers.
feUver and Gold Coinage. 1 he coinage
of silver and gold on equal footing, and
the limit of either to be determined by the
demand for it.
Public Lands. Public lands free, in
proper quantity, to actual Bcttlers thereon
and cultivators thereof.
Labor. All persons who produce wealth
out of the resources of nature are entitled
to its use and enjoyment.
When the price of labor is due and un
paid, any laborer who is not so paid shall,
be enabled to enter any court of competent
jurisdiction, and upon that statement, pro
perly verified without any further for
mality, cause the appointment of a re
ceiver to take charge of the moneys and
property of the employer, and apply
enough of the same to the payment of any
labor unpaid, before using the estate, or
any portion thereof, for any other purpose,
an absolute and indefeasible labor hen.
Taxation. No distinction in bearing
the burdens of government all and every
thing bearing a just share.
Labor Statistics. The establishment by
law of Bureaus of Statistics relative to la
bor and laborers, to be placed in charge of
proper representatives of labor, to the end
of making labor more intelligent in its ap
plication and more profitable in its re
sults. Convict and servile labor should not be
allowed to compete with and demoralize
honest labor.
Internal Improvement. Government
should at once inaugurate a vast system of
internal improvements, which will employ
labor, develop the country, secure in
creased production, and thus distribute to
labor, through labor and for the benefit of
labor, instead of capital, full $1,500,000,
000 of money, so giving, with the sum
now issued, about $50 per capita for busi
ness purposes.
Tariff. A tariff prohibiting importation
of all manufactured articles of which the
raw material is produced and the labor to
manufacture the same is fouud in the
country.
All articles which we cannot produce
and manufacture, free.
Suffrage. All citizens of lawful age
and proper mental and moral character are
entitled to the use of the ballot, i
Education. Public instruction free and
open to all.
Official Salaries. Pay of public officers
should be fixed at such figures as that it
will not be considered a reason why a man
would seek an office. Let honorable re-1
cord aDd honest fame, instead of simple
gain, prompt the ambition of the American
statesman, as in the earlier and purer days
of our government.
No Special Privileges.
. No Monopolies. ,
No Subsidies.
Co-operation.
Arbitration not strikes.
Same pay for same work to both sexes.
The more machinery, the less hours and
better pay for labor.
No law should become operative till ap
proved by the people.
Iu this race of life, on the Columbian
track, guarantee a fair start, fair play, and
Jet all compete, without regard to color.
condition, race or sex. Let all attempt ;
and in a test of speed, spirit and endur
ance, let the best win and wear the laurels
of victory.
To which I would add as 13th and 14th
amendments:
Immediate ownership, by the United
States, of every inch of the North Ameri
can Continent, either by purchase or con
quest, or what appears to be. better, by
both these means.
(.Ionization of the negro race to Africa
and the West India Islands. Immediate
abolishment of the U. 8. Navy, save to
four of the most substantial vessels, whose
service shall be confined exclusively to the
protection of the negro colonists in the
two countries above named.
Immediate reduction of the U. S. Army
to 5,000 men, rank and file, and with these
the abolishment of the Military Academy
at West Point and the Naval Academy
at Annapolis, for the reason, among many
others, that volunteer service is as efficient
in time of actual war and much less ex-
riensive. -
Immediate reduction of the tobacco tax
to eight cents per pound, and a special
rarMTAtv tax on everv still used in the
manufacture of spirits from ' grain only.
NO. 33.
The manufacture of brandy and wine from
fruits of whatever kind to be free.
Of all the subjects that can be brought
before the peoplaifor consideration, both
in the real interest and well-being of the
white aud black races, colonization is the
most puissaDt, and if my physical 'strength
will permit, I shall, at an a ly day com
mence the discussion of this question in a
plain practical manner, as also those con
tained in the National platform, before the
people of this district, in opposition to
Col. Armfield.
Those of jpp who have gone over to the
National party, and who are EOt actuated
by personal ambition or personal notoriety,
court criticism fair, intellectual criticism,
believing that such a course on your part,
and the publication of our platform will
be of interest and benefit to the people.
Permit me here to observe that, inas
much as the late war has not been able to
obliterate the distinctive ideas of political
economy entertained by the old Whig and
Democratic parties, and that ten years of
sad experience has fully demonstrated the
fact that they cannot mix into one harmo
nious whole any more than oil and water,
your own true position is not, m my way
of thinking, outside the National party.
Respectfully, H. H. Helper
, BEAUFORT COr-'3iT LETTER.
Correspondence of The Observer.
Beaufort, N. C, August a.
Messes. Editors : It would be a pleas
ure for you to see with what eagerness
hands are outstretched to receive The Ob
server when the P. M. calls out' the
names of subscribers. What might lie
yur feelings then, to hear those, who
subscribe for neither it, nor any other
paper, diligently inquiring for the news,
this deponent sayeth not, We love
The Observer, because we can un
hesitatingly trust it. and feel that it is
really and truly the people's paper. We
love its fairness and justness ; for while it
has decided principles, which are also ours,
and advocates them fearlessly, it is aston
ishingly free from bitterness and fanati
cism. But I did not start out to tell you.
what you and all your readers already
know. That "oldest inhabitant" is ran
sacking his remembrance of the past
to learrt whether he has ever before
seen sueh a long, hot, (O, so hot!)
dry spelL Many of our gardens, upon
which some of us were largely dependent
for our food, are nearly burnt up ; dam
aged seriously, beyond remedy. Our
farmers are wearing woe- begone coun
tenances and shaking ! their heads omin
ously and sadly. Some corn fields are
very seriously damaged and cannot derive
much benefit from some recent showers,
which did, however, gladden many a
heart and change the frown of dis
content into the smile of hope and joy.
Cotton did not suffer a great deal, but it
is small and. backward, and surely cannot
make an average yield. Our farmers
ought to quit cotton, and after raising an
abundance of provisions, give their atten
tion to tobacco. This is not a cotton soil,
but it will grow all the grades of tobacco.
It will yield in profusion, with moderate
labor, all the usual products , of the
State, except, perhaps, wheaf, which
has not yet had a fair shew. At
present, it is rather, too moist generally ;
but after the canals ad ditches have done
their work a year or more longer, the ap
plication of lime, judiciously, will I think,
make Oregon even look to her laurels.
Bishop Pierce, of. the M. E. Church,
South, travelling in Oregon some years
ago, wrote me that the ordinary yield of
much of that land, of wheat, was 40 bush
els per acre, while some of it went as high
as 80. Here, this year the wheat was
almost an entire failure (rust). Some
fields were not cut at all; what grain was
in them would not have paid the reaper's
wages. The wet, cold (especially at
night) spring accounted for that. Our
peach crop is poor; apples fair; but the
most delicious (as at last 1 have concluded)
of all fruits that I have ever eaten (ah!
just think of a hot day, 11 o'clock, of a
great, big, deep red meat fellow, nice and
cool) , the glorious Tvater melon, has,
alas and alack-a-day, been nearly cut
off by the unpropitious Spring and the
Summer drought- I wonder if. water
melons did not grow on trees in the "good
old days of Adam and Eve." Does this
question remind you of an awkward,
gawky, but smart student at Chapel Hill,
from 1844 to 1848, and of many another
thing therewith connected? Oh! memory,
thou must not dwell on those joyous
days, else tear -bedimmed eyes will
prevent the completion of this com
munication. The election passed off very
quietly ; did not hear, as Hon. Jo. T.
usea to say a solitary "cuss woro. 1
am happy to give it to you as the opinion
of the political prophets, that considering
the result a, the precincts heard from to
date, (seven) the entire Democratic (I
prefer Conservative) ticket is elected in the
county, except, ilfay be, the Independent
candidate for Sheriff may have caused the
election of the Radical candidate (I mean
entire State and county ticket-)
We arc by no means disinterested 'spec
tators of the trouble between Gov. Vance
and? Judge Merrimon; and we look on
wnn sincere sorrow and deep regret.
Let Judge M. go back, and let Gov.
Vance have rest from his long public ca
reer, and when we need, we will call him.
Again.
lion. Josla.li Turner.
Correspondence of The Observer.
Raleigh, August 5, 1878.
Messrs. Editors: Your valuable and
much read paper has won the confidence
of the people because you always print the
wishes and opinions of the people, inere-
fore I make bold to write this in favor of
the Hon. Josiah Turner, of Orange. In
1870 he was the only man in the State
who dared take the side of the people and
speak out in behalf of their rights in the
face of the power which thep tureatenea
to take from them the little liberty which
was left. Despite soldiers, and guns, and
assassins, and chains, and dungeons, this
brave man stepped grandly to the front,
asserted the rights of the people and won.
He was the idol of the people and there
was nothing too good to be said of or done
for him: denvms selfish aggrandizement ne
still fought for the people ana spent nis
all in their service, untu be became
destitute of even the ordinary necessaries
of life for himself and his children, too
poor still to work for bis beloved State, he
went to worn lor tnem, ana as ne naa
borne the brunt of .'the; battle for popular
freedom, he now bore his part as a laborer
in the corn field. The people ol nis na
tive county ever just to true men have
elected him to the next General Assembly
by an enormous vote. There is no braver
or abler defender of our rights than he,
and in the name of the Democrats of
Wake county 1 name this "noblest Roman
of them all" as our candidate for Congress
before the Convention to meet on the 23d.
instant. Let our watchword.be "Joe
Turner and the rights of the people."
IS HOC SlGSO VlNCKMTTS.
A New York Duel. Two boys in
Friendship, N. Y., quarreled, and ar
ranged for a duel The seconds, who seem
to have had some sense, auietly put blank
cartridges in the pistols. At the first fire
one of the duelists sprang behind a tree.
and let his rival's ball, as he supposed, go
harmlesslv bv. He then sprang out sud
denly, tired two shots quickly at his adver-
. . 1 .
sary, ana tnrew aownms revolver ana ran.
In his haste he fell into a creek, and came
very near being drownea.
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Randolpb and Chatham '
From the Fayetteville Gazette . ';
One of the most delightful jaunts it has
ever been ourgood fortune to enjoy we
took last week, in"aUending the meeting
of the' Directors of the Western Railroad, I
held at Franklinsville, Randolph county, :
onthe23duIt. An extra train left Fay--etteville
for Egypt at 5 o'clock, and at
Sanford we were invited in to a nice break
fast at the capita!, well kept hotel of Mi.
W. C. Page one of the best houses of en- -'
tertainment to be found on any railroad
line in the State. We have to thank the
officials of the railroad for. uniform cour
tesy and kindness throughout the whole
trip, as they took us in charge and minis- v
tered everywhere to our comfort and
pleasure.
Going up we rode with Mr. Jno. D.
Williams through a portion of the best
part of Chatham, skirting Hickory Moun
tain, Ore Hill and Mount Vernon Springs,
and learned much of the interesting his
tory of that section. In the palmy days
of the oast the people who owned those
extensive plantations revelled in wealth
and affluence the Allstons, Brookses, ,
Palmers and Brantleys and hosts of others,
and their large and commodious residences
were the abodes, of a generous and bound-
less hospitality. Large slave-owners and '
possessing extensive tracts of fertile
lands, they enjoyed life to its utmost a
life of abundance and refinement, and
blessed, too. with every social pleasure.
A great change is noticeable now in
that section : change, death and decay
have wrought their eff eel s, and lands
which once teemed with rich harvests are
now lying waste. With the extension of
the railroad, that county would awake to
life again, and its people would enjoy their t
former prosperity, increased five fold. A
little distance from the base of Hickory
Mountain we passed the spot where two
or three staunch colonists used to manu
facture gun powder for the guns of the
Revolution a quaint, old, dilapidated
house, 1 situated at the very bot
tom of a red clay gullcy, looking
as if it might have been taken bodily from
"Lossing's Pictorial Field Book of the
Revolution." A graceful willow hang
its drooping branches in front of . the
primitive gate, and a clear stream,
with white pebbly bed,, crossed tho
rugged 'road just in front. Strange to
say, the trade inaugurated in behalf of the
freedom of the struggling colonists has
been handed down 1'rdm father to , son
through generations, and the sturdy yeo
man of that neighborhood loads his trusty
rifle to-day with the powder made almost
at his very door. . ,
Dining pleasantly at the residence ot .
Mr. Matthews, twenty miles from Egypt,
and resting there ee til 3 o'clock in the
tiftemoon, we took the ro-jwi to Frankhna
ville, fifteen miles off, reaching the bcauti-.
f ul and picturesque village, just before
sunset. Franklinsville is a charming little
hamlet, the common centre about which
revolves all the busy life of a prosperous
manufacturing and thrifty farming commu
nity. One is much reminded by its gen-,
era! appearance of some of the towns in
'ennsylvania which lie along the sides of
the Alleghanies on the line of the Pennsyl
vania railroad. Deep River flows beneath
it, giving life and power to the busy mills
scattered for ten miles along its banks, and
on the beetling cliffs above the pretty
houses and cottages are situated. There is
one physician for the place a'portJy, jolly
fellow, as perforce he must bean a land of
such exuberant plenty, but this disciple of
Galen would starve if he depended on his
practice, for nobody ever gets sick up there.
chills and fever are unheard of, and a gen
uine case of stomach-ache alarms all the old
women of the neighborhood.
The Union factoryA eight miles above
Franklinsville, is the largest mill on the
river, employing 20 J operatives and run
ning 3,500 spindles. It makes stripes and
plaids, and turns out about 8,000 yards of
cloth each day. . Next is Cedar Falls, with -
90 employes ana 1,821 spindles. Its capa
city is nearly 3,000 yards of sheeting and
200 pounds of yarns daily. It is a splen
did mill, with the very best machinery,
and is admirably managed. The superin-
endent is Mr. O. It. Cox, former Sheriff
of the county, and one of the sterling and
most esteemed citizens of Randolph.
lhe Randolph bag factory is given en
tirely to the manufacture of seamless
bags the only establishment of the kind
in the South. One thousand bags daily
are made, weighing one pound each, and
sold, with the exception of the small de- . ,
mands of local trade, almost entirely in
New York. The bag is complete when it
comes from the machinery, with 'the ex-'
ception of hemming, and Miss Pugh, a .
pretty, rehned young lady, nemmea one
for us to show the rapidity with which
they are finished up. Mr. Hugh Parks,
an experienced and skillful manufacturer, ,
is the superintendent, and he courteously
showed us all the workings of the large
establishment. -
Deep River Manufacturing Company is
operated by water alone. Number of
pmdles 1,100. its capacity per aay is
800 pounds of cotton; 4-4 sheeting, yarns,
knitting cotton, threaa twine, are tne
style of goods manufactured. Capital Wr
vested $20,000. Cold weather does not
stop its operation. D. Curtis, of Frank
linsville, is agent.
The Randolph Manufacturing Company,
Franslinsville, is operated by water alone.
Number of spindles 1,200. Its capacity
per day is 800 pounds of cotton. Yarn
and 4-4 Bhecting are the style of goods.
Number of hands employed 75. Capital
invested $35,000. Cold weather does not
stop operations. Hugh Parks, E3q.,.of
Franklinsville, agent.
Just at sunrise on Tuesday morning, pi
loted by Mr. Curtis, we paid a visit to
Faith liock" opposite the village, urns
is an enormous bed of solid, unbroken
rock extending for 200 feet above Deep
River, and lying along the Dank for more
than 200 yards. History records that just
at that point the notorious Fanning
hemmed in Hunter in revolutionary days ;
and the traditions of the people of that :i
section further recount that the blood- ,
thirsty royalist, springing from "Red
Doe," his lavorite charger, pressed liunter
down upon .his knees, put a pistol to his
head and commanded him to say his pray
ers before hurling him into eternity. Like
a flash the captive suddenly sprang to his
feet, threw himself upon the horse and
bounded down the precipitous DanK,-
which has ever after borne the name or
"Faith Rock."
This beats the feat of Putnam, but the
faith in its verity is firm aud unshaken;
and it is said that old Isaiah Coffin, one.
of the first settlers of all that region,
whose , homestead still stands not two
hundred yards distant from tho spot, used
to point out the traces of "Red Doe's"
hoofs upon the rocs.
Returning home, we visited Mount Ver
non Springs in Chatham county a beau
tiful place, the waters of which are un
doubtedly possessed of very fine medicinal
Eroperties. nature naa lavisnea many 01
er choicest treasures on this favored spot,
and with railroad facilities it cannot fail to
become a very pleasant and popular resort. '
Columbus Commissioners. The Board
of Justices for Columbus County convened
at Whiteville, on yesterday, and elected
the five following named gentlemen to
serve as County Commissioners for tho
ensuing two years, viz : Melton Camp
bell, G. W. Elkins, Jonathan Gore. J. J..
Long and D. S. Cowan. WiL Review.
Reams' Warehouse sold fine wrappers
on the 29th of May for $60, $65, $70, $91,
$105, $124 per hundred. Send all the
fine wrappers you have to Reams' Ware
house at once, Durham, N- C, fw,,
gress.
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