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Ho paTf 'iii li-i l'itiiA tt lilt, t'Ulilii lvith'.' t!.K a.-fiiran' fib J hat it.s late prenfaliun to th ru has lx ( :k fp.m ri'-.J.ick'o." jritent .!' ;n Mil) ..art r.s Win T. -V.ir. flie TicMiotsjioi ;.,n " :ii'i.l Tu-drs ri' naiiiv -V n:;-i;--xiii'rci - 1 ut wjliile this e- true itri puh-pi to divide anI dLsjnt the i'vuiiMfiitie faHy'in North, .drolma is so Mljal.i- tlmtpv.? ar; .unwilling, ' wit jiout tlte--t ;iiHtaHplit ,pr.1', t'-avuv a belief ifi.it iii IitI ir" oritfin in anv 'other th:tna fi tfiicaj ' hnxj Certainly he is tio trur-' I. ijrM.p r.w'l. dH:. not kx'k upoii all at- 1ciiitsj t diiiroy the harmony anil t-oiihe-.I'ui titil thu. t fiiciericv of the.. I)eHioc)ratiq jny tteijpls to' do great wrong to oitr' ni- itr jx-opie. out .vviien u ai- ,t .em efforts to stir Bp strit; Lad bhxl 'between the pw . tA l Ii(Hllerenc. WH-fions m iiur caw f i -1 ..."- . . i . mm I - 1 -i , . L' I' . . O ... A tui-v i-ohtitu a ,cnni . inat in purpose and inU-ii't fills hlirt in' nothihgi of "tlie TlMiiSt )li'u4 tlcitull. ( ).f jthe piirpjise and - '.intent to oiiii iut such a crime th? paper i-i'i' h we phjit below funiishes evidence jl "ill 1 aii eimij;l' t- and varied. -. ' " 'j'l he precis' fi.r.a whif h this Litest attack iipi.il the. ink p ity (if tlie Democratic party, i'afortli Canlina hits 'assumed'- is fliat of tn; argiini(;nt agriirrst the completion .of the t . 'Aeittrij Xortji jCarolina Itailroad by cut ting shirt t!i( yorkat Ashevilie, the point . at.' whi(:h .it .;iL now p'ractic-illy jarriveJ. Thi-'. reiisiiiLS fi-.-igneif for the stoppage of , he riKi'i at 4she iile by thcj-sipert. which,, in ! spite of ifl.-ct and careful jcircula- rton,;is ipopnfiiiif. known a.t the 3Iud-Cotfj II'M.in, :tre in'etiK ral: j : i . Tlfat iii M-oiistH jueiice- if .Democratic . legislation' iiif-r."- than two millions; of. dol lars have .bi-ifli. wasted in building the road fnmj IJciiryj t. Asht-ville, a di-1imce of only 21 mile by "stage road. a gap that it was v n n -cessary j to till an l that when filled mut i t;r remain unprofitable; anLfurth-.' r that ' unltsri hfs aG)fesid Deiocratie legislation isjiiiidone 'many luoreiiiilliois r v:ll be 1 wasi -1. ; In a" word, allj money s . nt on the jV.tcru North Carolnia liail road r to bej-.speat on it under Democratic adnnniMraUqn is money 'wasted: There is iiyitlior icomplaint we believe asj to any liu ney spent"v,nli'r I'adk-al t-gislatiori nOr " i iilj'.li6i uiafje as to manag-aient un-v .ladieal administration -of. the affairs' 4if-f1ie eTfiirrwuv. It is onlv Democratic -. waste' tltat iiiakeb the.BiMjni roll its thuti , iter and 'scatter its fork'ed.liglttningi ; 2. iriiat'tiie Spartanburg I & Asheville' -4lailriad Co?npany a private? corporation,' " 4iSjjKth iiblej; and anxious tit eiitiuue. its; road down tlie French Broad Rivec to Taint .llotkj ou the Tennessee line, imdtliereniake ' iimhettion wjth tire Tailway system. of the 3Iississippi alhy,. thus aecom pushing a eompktion in part at least of the (.Western Xoitl Carolina llailroad without expense "i to thq States : J F :.'" I V r " 3. iThat tlie continuancej.f the riAid'hy - the State ; under .'existing ' legislation will alvamage, and in point Of fact is .'.intend-- 'H)y!the lcaik-rs ot the xTemixratie party to ad antage, only the mortgage bondhold . ' crs of that road by laying down more track For thoni to gobble up vvhen they; foreclose their mortgage which they-can and" will .jtlo Fpedily. ' .-' ' '-' i,' Upon! these three assertions the M iid- -Cnt iioom rests ; but fortunately for the ; peopre6f4leAVest especially, and fordie. ; . ... e: .. . o . it.. - ''vi V "neither hssertion-has anv loundation in It certainly is not" "our purpose at this " late d; y to'jenter into any discussion as to . the pr priey of completing" theJ Western " ""North CarQlriui llailroad, for upon this uestii nj thei, Democratic party has spoken .tocvof;en, too lo.ujlly, and foo jIain)y, to i '- leave, any ddujjt as to its position: j Indeod, v the oiiestioni ls.no lomrer' a cause of dis- . 1 i . i ' ' pute uetweenj parties in the State, and it - is sufheient to say that if there i.4 any one thing to which.' the Democratic; pirty is ' i'ully :hbfoyghly and completely i eommit-. ted in tfery possible way it is to the com pletior of that road. . The lioom. how- eVcr.;tkikes "psuej s-juardy with the Deni- jiarty on this ijuestiyn and lnaiii-.. '- tains t - .cast o ' llenrv Iiat. the road ought to, have stopped the mountains,' that; to isay at . -iOu'that isue,! howeveif. the Dem- ocratiq tlofeatl forty jrevaieil, and the Boom was il, for tire road is already practically the mountains and at Aslieville. aero- The 1&'k.oii i iei-!;istent. liowbverjiu think ing th road "i.ught to be stopped some- r' "ivhcre. jWhen it was at Henry tli.e Boom ; - thoii'1 t it cruirht to stop at Hen rv. -It is bow at Aheville-and theBoom 'thinks it '. ought jtoi stop at .Asheville, and, we ven "; Jure to say at every succeeding station on .''Tits wayjwest the Boom will think- the road -.ought istojp there. JBut, as we; saiii, it is not Ahr purpose to considef whether the i Boom is right or whether thie Democratic ' ' ' party ii right in regard to the completion " of the- Vestern North Carolina Railroad, .. ; for it i; ' a- settled 'question. "We therefore -v jroceei to point out at once theerrors of T -' assertion; in this last arraignment1 of the .1 r1"''' :itie' "partj- before the peojle of ! Nprt'h i L'rolina. .'"'..'" -j , "-. ''. " . . The poom charges that under Demo-. j iratic pHrisiation two millions Wf dollars 'anii-iaorc of the Staie's.' money have been wasted, in building, tte'lroad from ; Henry ; tAtaheviIlc...,.Thc'.. truth' u that none of Ltlie money has been waited and only S4f4,i .(;t;9-Jl.liave;Wu fi--t under the legrda-f tion referred to. Any one who desires may for himself from the records in the State' Treasurers' office that, the exact amount, hpeht under the act of 1870 men-1 tioried in the dJoom is $256;f9.91..' Of tiu.4 amount S12I Jli) 2.'J was(fur, the sup port of the convict and the remainder, ? i:Jl.'G9Mj"8," was f rt the purcha.se of iron ; that Ls" to fea v, m H1 , 1 1, li i ,20-, in 187', 81,220.50, ad in 1870? 8.i2,02G.- In'.' ' I'n'ler the 'othejf act referred to that J, the irevof the Boom, but to Kadieal legis .'il' 18:7 l-'7u,-the State Treavurc-r-s bwjks ! lation tha affects it not at; all, the' only also fchpw that? only 238,000 have .been paid out, making in all $491,000.91.' . ,. ..This much h:U been spent, but not a' 'dollar of it has ien' wasted fur the simple tj,at foT tti repayment the State has the amplest security jand not only that, but jfecurity. for the hice of the convicts as -j well. ' For all the work .done ly j the . con-.J Victs'on the road the; State is- credited and rthe: road is charge4 ,at the usual market rite for such work1, and tosecHre payment, therefor tlie State, has a ii -n upon the road. ' Instead then of a waste of over two millions there has been an ,exTenditure only .f -'just '-$-49-4,609.91,' the repayment of which, together with the payment for the hire of the conviet.S, jls 'f amjly. secuVed. . And in tliis connection it will be well to bear in mind that whether idle, or at work in the l'enitentiarv of out of it; the Statje caimot escape -payiajg for the clothing, guarding and feeding 'of the convicts. Bjy hiring them out to the road with a lierj for their-hire, the State wit only gets its money back but makes a suhktantial profit. The hooks of the' State Treasurer show that under iJemocrati.cJegislation to the first of October, 1870, the State paid for thJ supj port of convicts on the road 81121,919.23, taiidfor the hire of said convicts, to July flat, 1870, the State tas a. lien constituting 'aniplil security for $301,347.00, that is to say, giving a profit lof over $100,000? at completion of the road to Asheville. This does noriook much, like waste ; but if it be 'waste',. wc doubt not. the fKjople' will pray for more Democratic legislation as that is . . S . .i. the;kindof legislation that makes convict laboriay profit. And just here we take occasion to correct another persistent mis- representation aiid state that the, land slides into Mud-Cut have riot damaged the, road a dollar, but on the other hand have saved it money. Within Wo hundred yards of the cut i a deep filliand the slides from the mountain side actually save money to 'th'cj. road 'by the reiadier access thereby given to dirt to put ih-the.fill. - - ' . ..'.' i " ' ' But the assertion .of the Boom is absurd as well, as untrue, The public; jecords show to every one who will examine them that in the last three years the amount of taxes collected by the State from. the xpea- -pletis S1,120OS1,1(; and fhat'durirjg that ttiuO the current expenses- of the CrOveni- meut including Penitentiary arid Asylum arid ither construction bills amounted to just about the same sipn. According to the Boom. hoeyerrour worthy State Treasurer by some magical financiering not only paid current expense's but furnished a million of -dollars besides to jthrow away between Henry and Asheville. Now -we have great Confidence in Dr. Worth's financiering c.apa.city, but" to pay 2,500,000 of debts, doHar. for dollar, witli 1,500,000 of assets is, we think, beyond jCx'n . his. skill. - And ' stritne to say .while iall this waste is coins orij taxes ard actually being lowered and, no debt is being made ! j Wc doubt riot the people will think si lessening of. tlieir taxes .is a curious accompaniment of extravagant expenditure. It ; has" been often sahl of old that '-figures do not lie," but that was before the ,days of Pina- . iores anuiiooras ; met qualifying " nardly ever " will now doubtless - be added. So much for the great: waste iirbuilding the toad between Henry: and Asheville, a road that accordius to the Boom ounht never to have been built, and that will never be profitable. : . '. - ; , . And now a word as to the reason given whjHhe road that ought riot to have' been huiltj to Asheville slwuld not now be built beyflnd it The Boom says It will be folly for the State to spend its money to build a road f 'rom Asheville down the French Broad , Kiver because Mr. President McAdex's Sjiartanburg Company is . ready, anxious and . able to build it with private means! .4 In this point, howeverl we doubt not Mr. President 3IcAE. ii' better inform ed than the Boom, and. here is what 31 r.' President McAden says ; it is cohclusive:--. ". Charlotte, N; C., Nov. 17," 1870. . .!. Utile. i ; In reply to yours"! I will state that the .asserton in circular referred to; that the Spartanburg and Asheville llailroad Com pany was able and anxious . to build the road to Paint Rockj is- made without the authority or approval of any one connected with the Company. ' ;The authorithjs of the Spartanburg and- Asheville Company have never contemplated j any connection with .the Great West except, through the West ern llailroad at Asheville. . The Spartan burg and Asheville; Companyis without means to build froriirllendersdnville to Asheville, and is anxiously lookimr to the completion of the Western ltoad, hoping that the western connections will so help ' its credit that means can be raised to get to Asheville. ; 11. Y. McAdex "$ So the second assertion falls to the PTOTind flip Wan nf-CmnJ...: ! C- ' - " " . v -vyuuUitlIOil. r The-4hird assertion is simply char"-e of corrupdon against the Democratic 'party and crops j out in every-part of the Boom. A single word, however, and a word, that has' already jbeen spoken flings it at once to the winds. The' Boom charges that the effect and purpose of the aforesaid Demo crafic legislation and its continuance will . be to give the mortgage bondholders greater .profit and the State greater loss. This is simply absurd, for the road from Salisbury to Asheville, a distance of 148 miles, is . . -. . ;-. . . r .. - , alone worth far more than all the liens upon it; which fact puts it in the power of tfte State to set at defiance! one and all of the mortgage Ixjndbolders.l The , fact is,. the mortgage landholders are safe and so. .is the State. So the. third assertion abso, .the puny child of vindictive malice, fulls f helpless to the ground for want of foun'da- "tion. And here wi might Ik: well content to stop if the Boobi did not strike at every wort .of pAblic improvement in the State. So lng as- our present financial . distress. continues, a distress by the way that is due nolto' DeUKxratic legislation which excites lHssible waylor the: State to aid works of public . imrove?uent w through the labor ; of the" couviets. Vhtn, -therefore, . the' I Boom shall succeed in making any other disposition of. the convicts' "than that no i adopted under Democratic legislation it wilt sound the death knell of material prognss ,in North Carolina. Are the people ofhe -i 'State 'ready for this ? TheBoom may b 'ready for it but we doubt if, the people of tl poor AVest are ready for it ; and too we dubt if the friends of the unfinished Cape Fear and Xa(lkin Valley llailroad are ready for: it. We doubt too if the friends of the 'various projected, canals and 'roads in the tax-paying East that will so soon come in for their share of convicts under the present system are ready to cut the tree down just as their share of the fruit is ready to ripen And then too to hire out' the convicts, to. put them to labor in the Penitentiary,. or indeed to put them to labor iii any way except on j works of public j improvement, involves the. forcing of the products of the labor of a large number of convicts into competition with the products of the labor of honest men and honest women. Is the Democratic- party ready for that when thee is no necessity whatever to forix! such a competition?. The Boom may beeady for Such competition ibut we cannot thinfe 'the'' Democratic party! is ready for it. The Boom,' however, cares for none of these things, and would fain persuade the Democratic parry to believe it could still be the doniinant political organization in 1 North Carolina after having cut itself loose from every-section of the State unprovided with natural or artificial means of travel and I transportation ! Was ever folly so supreme, was ever madness so great,! as to believe j such a Suggestion to be honestly made? No Democrat who will take the trouble to I count up the Democratic members of the Legislature from counties demanding thijir share of convicts will doubt j the impolicy I of forcing an unnecessary (conflict with them on so vital an issue. In the bosom off the Boom,- however, the result of such a jeonflict creates no apprehension, and in its mouth the fruit of the policy ofrTor-eins iimnccessary conflicts inside 'of party lines of which there was so lately so plentiful a crop in NeW York, testes uot bitter but sweet ; 'and it would fhin persuade North Carolina to seed her political soil for a sim ilar harvest ! : In a word, to divide us as . t - . . the best way 'to conrjuer us is the purpose of the Boom. . V ith the fate of New Ybrk right .before its eyes tiowever, the Democratic party of North Carolina will ;di. well to reflect maturely ami count caie fully before it attempts to crush out or to cut loose from any sectiori rof the State,' lest fn the cxjiressive slang of the day it may "cut off more than it can chaw."; Especially' will the so called negro coun ties! he slow to endanger the power of the Democratic party so long as those counties jare entirely dependent for protectioh from Ithe horrors of negrp " local rule upon a LDemocratic legislative majority. The Boom .mearis death to white rule in negro coun-, (ties just as surely as it means death to jpublie improvements in counties that have them not. It is so easy for the tax-payers, and heavy ones they 'are in the negro coun ties, to, fixjt : up the cost of negro rule in kheir county governments that we doubt Jnot they will do it, and having done it we ;are quite sure the Boom will find no friendly; lodgment with them. The control of the Democratic party in the Legislature is the pniy security tne negro counitieg nave ior the continuance of their present system of tounty government. THE BOOiTI. : " ' . ' .' - ' - - ' i '-'.-. r. " Where Half Our State Taxes Go. 5iitance from Henry to Asheville, by' , ftage road, ' - ' : ; 21 miles distance from Henry to Asheville, by ; railroad, " ., -'. -28 miles distance from Aslieville to Paint Hock Ai miles istanoe from Asheville to Ducktown 150 miles THE 'iMrDCUT" SECTION." ' By legislative action,; which it is now too late to "recall, over one milIioi dollars Raised out of the tax-payers by! the me dium of the sheriff will have been spent, before the next Legislature meets, to build tlie railroad across the mountains from JlenrCTo Asheville (21 miles by dirt road), m addition to nearlya million dollars more previously spent but Taised partly from sale qf- State, roads. It has been an almost to tal waste of these Two Millions since the railroad when it gets to Aslieville will be met there by another, railroad coming up from iSpartanburg, being the natural out let, and built py private enterprise icitliout costing the iax-jiyers a cent.'. This rail rbtid will take the great bulk of the freight ahii passengers not having the dangerous aWi ever-sliding "mudcut" on its line, bcr sdes'being -100 miles shorter j distance to tie seaboard, imd will leave the State withr 6nt any return for its two 1 million dollar spent in ; tunnelling and "niudTCutting" to gjat across the mountains from Henry to Asheville. ; The road -would doubtless h'hve been equally profitable by remaining .with its' terminus at Henry and the two millions might have, been spent on the Pjublic Schools, or kept in the pockets , of tle tax.payers Ashelle feas its"railroad Xi SDartanburs anvwav. and the oalv rxis-- Bible benefit derivable from this huge ex.- penaiture of the public money is to the holders of mortgage bonds on : the West ern N. C, railroad who will have 2JI. miles i more of iirop t seai. ,wfen thc?ree?06e , on me swatf. ai tney j e.niuaijyjmuai ao. 0,0 19 votes that the items of the tax I It is u-seiefsjto FjeSofthe expsiy'e eM-; . payers !irin this side of !the Blue Unlge j 'sinoerinf .:tii. :hL kracK1i:-Dry ti.are.-to'.be kjept to the. grindstone till;. alt, i Asheyille f of the t4-.er-shdi, everf the tranprnontaTie iroada are built." Let ' yawning! gulf at 'Olu'l ut,'' -yjfach iiktf t us soe what this - on-? railroad from Aine-f the historic jone i"n the t'orum g Rome', threatens n)t to close' tilf all ouriluabIe are thrown lnt it. ' V-". V ? ' ';..; 1 ..Tills vVaste of tv0 MitLNS of public lioriey, on tlias littleldistance from HenryUojAshevffll 'could er hare taken place pt the tacts ittiad bef;.r 1 'known anij indeed if iersistent l efforts JM eerthin quarters; had not kept, toem carjlly eon-' cealed. I For tiis reasonj, the .fa in re irard to the expense and TroDriet2ttf soinr beyoud iVshevijle sh6uljTbe fullyid wide- 1.. 1 . 1... ,....J 1 .1.. ;. ....!.!.. :i . .. l that the'peopl'ej, who shifiuld only?"Je taxed i.,.:r eln ,;.;n can in- struct their representatives in.e next Legislature whether or ot to rfeeal the act levying iaxts.to paythd annd subsi dy to this railroad coapojration toguild un productive branches beyond AslilU.: . -The at-t. h4 partial neoeal ofhich or j their iii.liS'.-if-ti s as io stop tfl raising of. taxes!, to 'Jiiiy suboidiof to hwSbeyond -Ashevitfe are' chapter 1010 (page ;Ht); laws 187GV77 arid! chapterf 150' (piie 172) blaws 1874-i75.': It is f i be red the passage iof sme of the .-ovisioi of said ActsNras procured rather by theextrous manipulations .of shrewid politiains and wit e-pullere Jiving' legonlt the Bl.liidge, ' or if from tnisvside acting-in tlinterest , of the mortag3xbondhcders of.&ie roaif (who are its real oVnersthoughie State holds a largq part of. Wworthleand nn- i saleable shares-as a preteJttd prfire gub--sidies.) than; in the intresKof ie. great; body of the tax-payers wlio live et pf tha Blue Bidgei '.while thej money j to b spent west of it East qf the Bjy llidgo pays (24-25 twenty-fovlr-twentfthsNoi the taxes that co into tne Btate treasury. ' West of the jBlue RidgeleverM9untiej pay one twenty-fifth ol the SrJe taxesj. not as much as their froportitS. of thf expenses of the State goifirnmei' '- that the tax for te railroads fceyond te mourn tains is all tol he raised ifliis sidtipf them and sent over there. ' ' . The provisions in thei; acts infiiest ion arc '- X r '.-'' -; ' ' .' . iff' '.-. PERPETUAL IN TIIR TEl, : ; and unless repealed thetlevy fiMxes for. 'Sthese railroads must conjlinue in&finitely for to use tle. language of 'a Sltor be yond the mountains, whip sat in-the last Legislature, - .hey "have Rour nos- to the grind stone a id intend tj keep tbi there until .-thc trans-monmne railifids are built." 'Not content witjli taxin&he tfCx paying portjo vo the Stfite for aS unprc duptive railroid from Ilnry to leville ! the, act provides if or 'fu-o. rom Asli-ille on, one branch frpml Asheyille to 1'irjt Bock and another f om Asheyille to Dektown. The:act irequiresj that wheh .one jvi"ct, aj the tax-payeri' expense, is. put to jwork on the Paint llok bi-anch,l anotherjall be pot to-work dpi the JJueftown preach, and of course where one dolfar of -th ax-payers' money is fepc nt for iron or pss ties on the Paint llo ;k line another dilfar shall be spent for like purposfes on ' tli Duck town line.: Let us looll at the wo lines separately. ' j . j . . . - THE i'AINT UOfK I.INE- - This will bepeit one cunty onS-'ilad- ison whicli pays,9i,on oi;pi k taxes itrength ami srave aniie .its run jjwniocrau of y27-yffesj i It is hqt neeessaSl to tax the,, other poipioiis of tlje State p build this 44 mile b' difficiijlt road, Impairing heavy grading anjii. n ume-ous brides, since the' private qnterprise ivhich bujils the railroad from pplut anbuxg to Aslville - is liot only willing; lut ttnmous, to cjry their hroad ori to Paint jBock tb connect frith the rbad fiom Miriistown and thuaake -al through North, p iT8ufh line. . Mlhy not let them do it j ! It will save inanp- dojlar to the sore-ladbn tax-patters of Ntwi Car olina and Madisiln couiitty will fcffully as much benefitted as if the tax-payersid built it. . The railriiid frOui Cjiattkhoogo Bris tol (see map) owns this orristownjj( Paint Bock branch 4nJ would!be lad tjghiakeja favorable connecjtion )wth a At 'and South ine, suoli as tlie bntinuatii of tlie Spartanburg lipe jwould'f e, their in. niaih line being an tJuMt und Vet lineal If the tax-payers, hqwever, have to hidthe Western North Carolina:BaiIroaui from Asheville to aiht Itocfc, this roui being an; East and Vcst line,:the railrol Troin Chattanooga t( Bristol lining alsoiii' Eak aiid West j linej will not ijturn loosptreight Western North! Carolina! RailroadM 'i-- ! - - i- L THE DUCKTOWN RAILRO.4 This work we have seen is reefer ed to be built "pqrilpassu, "Mep by stf, ,with ' the progress ofXhe Paintj Rock linii' Only1 seven of the eleven couities lyiniest of the mountains pre interested, in t . road (Transylvania arid Henderson-beinbn the Soartanburc Railroad, aid Buncoir3e and ison : on tha continuation oi tsgc :ran roadoruponi the PaiM Rockvpranch of the Westerli North Carolina iKilroad if the mx-payepHtuive th 'build it The seven counties jfor wliOslbcnefit..t road is to be built are' by no fceltam the most populous r wealthiest courititn the ' State. Their politician ; have so.fer ously, in the Legislaturei arid in ;o. Stated Democratic. Coil ventionsJl termed tW the, " srreat.West" and so boldly iritiinaBd that this railroad wis necessary- to keKthem true to the party (wnicnji was 11L,Si "PH the true Deiuovraey of that sedti) that it will not be ari)ss to "git e the Decratic vot t.hftv nolledl at the list Gubernatorial election and thtjamount jbf taxes t pay annually into th State Treasury. -J' Stae Taxes ; ?ies for " 1,728 490. Cherokee, Clay, 563 I g 324,. Graham, Macon Ilaywoodj 177 084 ,013 Jackson, Swain, 1,135 553 66 .''' -';$ 377 V.-.mu-t--- Total $8,037-,618 West "t for wbicv'Pthev .Their "Great clamor for our Imillions 1 to build f'vm a railroad pays a !!total b $8,637 :5ate'J taxes being about Iv-..'' pNE-SEyENTiE'r (1-701 or. THEM? ' ni? TBI BTlTITTlVfe. if OF while the sin injjle eastern iounty- i H'ak the same year paid. 827,384. or. ovithree times as much asrthe wbble 'seven mJkZ&esil which compose their " Geat WesW-1 tbA whole seven cdunties f this seatledM " Great West ", ave V nce 3,bl srate vSte one thirtyhfifth of the Del rjttic vote of the State1 and a little mot a ffian and passenger at .Morristown to gpfover la-. rival line, whehj it can Carry themlyer its own line! to Bristol and iihence foardby n shorter roiitefiwith lowir Errades'tSan wie l. l,8S8Vp ' 2,180 'IS the tota ypte cast by throne eastefc lerjun- victeii atthi expense f the counties, trans tv of.- 'PraVilrlJn.'iiich isu so smalHblt it ported at a heaw expense across the moun- sends but one member tot ithe lowejf -leuse j of the General AssemblT.. And -is by r. -r- ! , ; 11 ' , ' .1 ' threats of Mans an indefinite part of thu r Tille to lucktown, which ;the tax-payert 1 must build ( unless the aboTe act ia repeals ed) wilbcosti 'It will run through m'ounJ tain chain after: mountain chain, will re-' lnire ,the cutin? numerous and cosily j tunnels, .the buUding of numerous and ep pensive bridges, will encounter doubtless many mudcuta (while one; has been tx .much for our patience and poekeU) much of it must he graded io the solid rock, and it must WurmouBt'an aggregate gradtf of ' ' r . 1 " .-.' 1 " f - - ' ; ; ..' -1. ; ... '. ; -- ( . . ' . OVER 4,000 FEET OF. ELEVATION from Asheville to Ducktown. Com4.teut engineers estimate its cst at froiu IO, Q0ft,0p0. to 815,000000, It is safe to gay that the two branches the tax-payers are condemned by thu .act to: build beyond Asheville will cost jxjtrxk liiUlioie of dol lars. ' This is just one-truth of the entire assessed taxable value of all the property in the State horses, mules, cattle, sheep, houses, lots, lands," bonds, and property of every kind. : For what are we to sacrifice one-tenth of all. our property, for whose benefit are we to toil one hour in every ten ? Look at the map. The Ducktown railroail ends in a nest of mountains where it is - as effectually " bottled-iip " as Butler was at Bermuda Hundreds. ! The country through jijeh it is to be built at our expense, and ? ":; V - I ...l - i'. -.' THE AID OF THE SHERIFF 8 HAMMER would not from the evidence of the tai- list (take,n under bath) ship enough to load one good train of ears a month. The peq : pie along the line are not' to blame fojr this. Nature made their country moun : tainous and they cannot turn it into fertile plains'.. But some will say. through fVeights can be had by going; on to Chat tanooga. In reply : 1. Whence is to come the inillions of money to tunnel and ; "'"Mudcut" the fifty miles across thie1 Smoky Mountains I from Ducktown to Chattanooga fv-. I these millions arc pro- cured and the work done, its effect will be to. destroy and render . valueless the greait ; sum spent to build the Paint liock branch for a " through.route." x 3. When the road gets .to Chattanooga it willineet there two lines; each parallel to its own, each fully equipped, and' each "with i lowcrKgrades, a shorter'route and less expensive to operate and keep up! - - j ' . Is it just, or wise, or right to continue to tax the country east of the Blue Ridge .hundreds of thousands of dollars annually for thelniilding of these irailroads in the transmontane, which if built and made a present of to the State would probably re quire an annual appropriation to run them ? No one objects to the people beyond, the -mountains having their railroads. But let theiri build them themselves.' ! If likely to 'be profitable, private-enterprise wi'U build them, if not likely' to be profitable why should we be taxed to I build Aheml for other people's benefit? . Why should we be taxed to build the Paint Bock branch for the benefit of the ieingle county of. Madison, when private; enterprise will build it if allowed to make it part of the Soartahburg1 Kne. ? i Why build a whole raiiroaa ior ine one, county oi luaaison on the other side of the mountains with her .annual payment of $1,G28 of State taxes and ; her 927 Democratic votes, when no I aid can be extended to 1 large tax-payjrig fCiTbnfcierf on this side ot the mountains to build railroads that woukTbe profitable ?! WHY TAX OTTRSELTES TEN TO FIFTEEN - '.. - .. v- - MILLIONS ' - Ii . of dollars to build a profitless railroad, (parallel totwo, orie each side, already existing) through thie seven counties con stituting the " Great. West," with their combined total of $8,037 annuai payment of State taxes, and their aggregate of 3,6J8 Democratic 'votes, when at the same time all aid must be refused the Albemarle sec- r tion to build a' railroad "omtfrorii Edcnton, or to tne centre, to ouiia a raiiroaa irom Raleigh to Plymouth, or from Fayetteville to Washington, or ptheiy that might be named. ,; . . ":.- '': ji :. .'.. '. ', ' j As a matter of ppljicy even, can the Dekn qcratic party in its ;iext State . Convention afforif to endorse the continuance of heavy taxation to raise subsidies for these rail road corporations, in which the State's in terest is a sham and the real owners are the holders of the mortgage boqds of the roads? A Presidential election year is before us. . The Republican party will put forth all its efforts. Can we justify the Continuance of the above expenditures, when our oppo nents take, as theyj will assuredly "do, a stand against it? orrshould we not rather be satisfied that we i have done enough 3nj cutting a gap through the mountains 'to: Asheville for an outlet, wisely stop thttre and leave the country -beyond the Blue Ridge to build their! own' local roads into Asheville? ' I . ' WE HAVE SEEN COCNTY AFTEK CotjNTY, Halifax, Greene- and others for instance, : vote . down county appropriations to rail roads when the railroad did not Happen to run the whole length 'of the k)unty, one end of the county not being willing to be taxed ior the other end. Can we then ek pcet the whole State! to be willing, after.; a. full discussion', such j as ice will have, to support and endorse at the polls, taxation levied to build railroads ini the extreme end of it beyond the mountains, in the poorest section of the State (according to the tax list) and exactly where railroad building jis most expensive and that too when it 5s so clear that no possible return can come to the sections raising the taxes? It can not be said that the transmontane section has ever helped to build our railroads. It" can De aemonsiraieu irom tne i.uuiur, s Reports that in no one year has the coun try beyond the Blue Ridge, taken collec tively, paid more taxes into the State Treasury than the pay and mileage ofthejr sheriffs, the cost of their; insane and deaf and dumb and their! portion of the State govenrlbntal expense-j i" thatmuch. They have never paid any net revenu .which could be applied to the ; building 1 of our railroads. 'ir: -'. . ': . I j THE COUNTRY EAST OF THE BLUE RIDOE is not only taxed Ini money to build the transmontane ' railroaids but they ; are re quired to convict their criminals at an ex pense tq the respective counties ranging from $100 to $" l,00Cj to each csonvict, and then these convicts ire shipped off across the mountains where their labor can bring no return to ua-r-the experise it for us, the profit is for others. ' 1 In other States the convicts are hired out ' so that their pen iten- AZ '- - - nnt n,l 1. Xuariea axe a source oi ihuul, ouu uw iniuu. Jrbm the convict labor lightens somewhat the taxation : caused ! by the expenses of trial and conviction. : Here they are con- (tains to a remote end rof the iState to build tpon-paying political railroads, guarded and Xiothed at the .expense "of the SUte, and 'all these expenses and the labir of jthe cui yicts virtually given away to (he itiortgage bondhowers of the road and r the j.liti cat promotion oi asiunn Liiitiemen ln-m the mountains. I . If the iue was fairly put, and ft may he done in the next ehxti.n, Ut the people of each county, do you wUh the taxes now raised out of you to pay subsidies to raihx)ad rtortgaga boridhoTdera tio build their railroads beyond the mountain to remain in your pockets or devoted to wlu cating your school children iristeatl of it taking ita present course where it hoM lessiy Joit to you and yours, and do yiu prefer that the convict eonvicteil mt" yotir expense! be retainjd iu your iwn Kx-tituw to buildj your own railroad and fniil coun ty roads, or bin! out as in other States so a t reduce the eij-nscs of civk-ting them, in preference .to sending them M now to a remote region and taxingjyou tie sides to transport, and guard and clotbethem there to labor for others ?" should this quction be put does any one doubt the popular and emphatic answer? :taitj one doubt that it tc ill be puff, Ought the ; Democratic party to endorse a cOntiriuance ot a system which if fully discussed and submitted to the popular vote! will c jive thejr Bupport ? Of course, not.i ' - ' I - - - A recent occurrence renders the not rc- it will. consid eration of this matter by the; party more urgent.' ! At the last Legislature the- one law wluch concerned, more than all! ther laws of that session, the poorer classes who cast t large a proportion -of ojur votes, was a bill to give increased ! school facilities. By some means the bills levying taxes for the railroad subsidies and all othc er taxes i were all signed but . THIS BILL WAS NOT. lhe bpeakers very unfortunately nilea ed first from the Attorjiey General and then from Judge Eure, both; bf whom dit rected them to I cure the "mistake ' bv signing the act, till they i got into the Sur' preme Court which after coasiderable hes itation and delay held that they had no poicer to make them sign. Inconsequence the law passed by the Legislature io favor of the children of the poor is effectually vetoed. To some extent our opponents will succeed in attaching sonie blariic for ' the Speakers unfortunate action n this Is it matter upon the Democratic party, prudent then, on the back of thi . into another campaign with a plank to go or- sinj; the subsidies to the ! rich railroad cor porations ? -; . ; ' .- ; j ".-." '" ! It is true our last platform had a plank advocating judicious aid to the Western NC. R. R. But is that to continue for ever ?x 1)(ks it bind the next State Con vention"? Is it judicious in jthe light of the above facts; to endorse a continuance of the subsidies after ice have built to Ashe ville ? Aiid when private enterprise will build the Paint rock branch and the Duck town line is demonstrated to be a delusion and a snare? " ; , 'I-' . , I :! If there should be men in the next State Convention: from east of the Blue Jlidte ' who, in spite of the above , facts, in ho)es of securing 'support for their j own aspira tions to' office from the .seven 'counties ; which compose: the much vaunted "Great West" are willing to sell out their man hood arid our pocket books, is it not better to face, them down and out-vote them iu ' the Convention, than by yielding put our selves in the wrong and face a; wronged and . outraged people on the hustin ballot box I , . v These matters merit calm and earnest consideration. There is too much disposi tion on the part of men who iclaim to con trol the aforesaid "Great West" with its solid seven counties with their 3,600 Dcni OCTatic votes to use that vote as a sort, of trading capital arid to biill-doze with it the rest or the State. . Sectionalism is deplorable, and this is the Very worst and most odious form of sectionalism, to claim for one Ismail section the exclusive right to receive lhe benefits, and that.othcr sections are to bear the bur dens. ; : .: In conclusion, the amount of burdens borne by a few of the counties for the pay ment of this railroad subsidy is subjoined. In calculating it, the approximate value of their convict labor, which might be hired put, but is now lost to them, is added to the amount which the counties named pay into the-State treasury in cash for i their part of , this railroad subsidy j Wake -Mecklenhurj; Edgecombe' New Hanover . Granville -Halifax . Orange Alamance $15,000 Cumberland Guilford Rowan Wayne : Northampton Anson Chatham Craveni $Voo 1 10,500 ,ooo ff,noo 3,300 3,000 9,000 11,000 6,000 6,000 4,300 300 It would be too long to give a list of the amount the railroad subsidies are now costing each and every county in the State. Each individual can "calculate for himself that . he will' save over half jthe sum he now pays in State taxes by stopping the turther waste ot money build political railroads. in (subsidies to lhe mends ot the continuation or this subsidy would do their cause service fey inot breaking out into ill-temper every time this question 'is: brought forward. It causes distrust in the public mind, flhc appro-, priation of so large a part of our jtaxes materially affects every tax-payer in the State and it 'must he' discussed, like (every other public, question," publicly and on its merits. It is tot often that' readers of Hale's 'tiT-A. - i' 1 ' tt-t ..i i'.i :i 1y eeklv are trouoieu wun naii a uozen columns on one subject,, and when they are the usual supply of misccllaneojus and news matter finds place on its ample pages. I The? editor who has learned his business has learned early in his newspaper life that the great public cares less1 for his thinkings than for news and for gossip, land 'always sacrifices his pet "editorials'" to news which will, interest people or ; to - a good story which will make them laugh. Mud- ' Cut and the necessity to go through tt have '1 crowded out to-day several of oulr own pets, and what, is of more importance the j City Editor's weekly contribution toj. Raleigh's material 'interests. In printers' parlance our pets are u. dead"; his will keep. : Y; . ;..." Ht: j I The great American newspaper, so the New York Triltvne calls itself, ought to be ashamed of trying to make people jbelieve that Mr. Toojcfis' toast, telegraphed to a Grant celebration io Chicago, was "death to the Union," or anything at all hke it. By iteration and .reiteration of the fable, the Tribune has succeeded in making some people out here even believe it, though we did. not think there was a ten-year old child in all the South witfi so little j sense. Why, even- Mr. Toombs has more sense than to say so silly a thing. r NEW YOKIi (OHRKsrONDIX i:. lt'rrrji.mtlrrr 4f I.nt I ' W it V ; ,.Vl" Yi'RK,, N".V. i:'. Mr. I'l'lToit : Quiti'a nunil r f N..rth Can3inuivs have ti i.t-re" .U x un.l r laedicaV irvtnicnl, the Lre iu.ji!fy ing hulii-s. Of thth r.- x. Chit f ti.v Smith hx. been, I am to iv. d- I ; charged by hbj ph vfiu un, and il! U ni j houie, rroliably, Wfore ou print thi. I jtrut that he ill ' nj havo g...l ih. -alth,. and thiit he riv lng advrn lb- nh-u1 I tirc-le and -the! 'high judu iJ piiriim'. to i which- kc-ha invn 4-ltiUl. 1 hc frvii him fn-ueutlrt-iiKi- h Ii'.In-ii hfr. anl always -rith ran enjoyment. . , -lly-the-wav, V maJii, itt nit, al the rouircUioiit ..f tTi47"m,-t t-uiimut j.h -Miiuiu--tu whom our fjlo gi iK-mlly conic ;Lt th ir tutu nit diuld limtrd up tnwu,ri)t be low the Fill U Avi-uue lltl, as oue nf thiui .JnuJ he .would iyt L-it a patient owcr doviu town. Thu wan laugh able, a tti appunut evidtL-iuv of the pre tciitioui deiuantl.i f f.4hioii ; but ou reflec tion thvre is rea'U ll iu : Kcry quiiru-r of an hi ur of the.x' profcSKioiial mauatea in worth twenty-five or fifty dollar u thrm. and thijy may wtH obj.Tt U wa.-ting that time in riding dutw n town. "Their khargi tor a vuut and jiocrij tiu r.nge lroui t u to fifty dollam. though few of (ht-iu, 1 li jicve, clwirge Southern paliciil mo liiuch. ' A britdal i-oitjilo, Mr. and Mr." William B. Shcjiirdj .f Kdeiitoji, are iu towwr. The bride, itA you know, is jthe. lovi'ly'dauhu-r of Paul C. Caim roi), l f if UiilUboro, and the bridvgriHtiu of a t-ntlmuuil of Kdenton, for whom he was named, i-ry distinguished as a IgWlator, Coiirt-jviiiuu, and UtAatvKf, during hi lite. . I I hear of oue of the oaddit caat-M of re verse of fi'rtune ttiat I h iui uiUr' Au old gentle-man w;m the head of a grout uiinan tile houie w ha h failed during tho lute lonjt cintinuiil H-riod: of rvveie. lli fortune jwas nwejj' away, lr ho aid his 1 t-reditorij in(eud of U i rig : mo many other 'have doine, wiuipromUiiig his di bt and re taining a largo xirt his ' mcaiH. lie continuitd to pay as lwiig as he t.ull iu- ' tnand lasM-ls, liutil j h .liHtl s ttlitl .ff ninety px r c-cnt. of his debts, and then hia creditor! i rehawd him jfroui thu rcinaiiiing ten er Lent. Jl'.ia llow, I learn, netkitij a position is a t'lUsiitttn! Iu his prtf-'-. peroua Jays hewas iiijthe habit of giving thousands, cHjM-ciiOly to tlte t hiirch of w hich he is a devoti-d niimbor, at Ouo tiuw giving his clic k for $ 13.500 to jay on of il debts. I have no jKntonal aetpiaiutauoo with hiau, though ' often seeing his In ut form and gray head -lis he paitel j around ' the plat 2 on occasions of dum b colIoctiHim. It is to be hoped, thatjliM gray haira will yet be ved from 'gjing down iul sirrow to the grave," by ; tioiue act of luVrahty such as die hiiuseli' wa4 accustomed to con fer in his pnH-rodays. 1 VuibtlmM there arc matiy like cases of reverm; in this great city arid iu these times, but this, ia the moht notable oiioth;it has. come to my knowledge. Ido not feci at liU-rty to give his nauae, which would lie known tO lllofct Southern merchants. George Augustus Sala, author If a i top will 'sail from houdou ou the 15th , instant for the United States, is.iiuiisi'iii(sl u inaku a tour th rough the Suthorn StaU-s as a cor responccnt yf the! lymdoii Ti byr.ujih, iu which api r his litters will lie pijlilished. The Hw Wsays,) ' It will be of gri at in terest not only toj his own people but to Aiiieriiaiis to study the new social "condi tion of tho Sbuth j through this eytM oI'ho close, s . impartial and so well-trained an observi r of men and things." We would like to know in what interest Mr. Sala will write? If a radical view is I meabt to )mi jirtkented, his liook willsell, for th bloody shirt folks hero will buy it. , If hit is actu ated by n. kindly feeling 'to,t,he South, he heed ribfc hxk for eitlicr praise or profit when his observations come to be iinilMKlieil in book 'form, for the Northern jiejtple w ill not buy it to any! great extent, and the Southern generally: l;ck both the ability and tb-opportunity'to buy books. Thg death of Mrs. Eaton, at the age of 84, ha revived the recollection of jthe pro digicmsj sensation which, nhe creatiil fifty years ago, when the refusal of the jaivcn of General Jackson's Cabinet and of tie Vice-' 'President to recognize her, notwithstanding that her husband; was a member of the same Cabinet, caused the resignation of that, cabinet and afTected politics for many years sifter. Her' reputation was; -not. of the; best, but she: and her husband and Generaj Jackson insisted upon hir social recognition by Washington soini-ty .Mrs. Calhoun,! of South jCaroIinaMrs. jBranch, of Norih Carolina j Mrs. 1 Berrien, of Geor gia, and Mrs. Ingham, '.of Pcnnyyivsnin, utterly tretu!ed to have anything to qawitfi her, wiilst Mr. -Van Burcn, SHTetary' of State, r widower, j had no wrtiphw; but sided v ith Jackson and -Eaton and Mrs. Eaton.' The Cabinet rcsigneil, cr force; but Eaton and Vnril Burcn were previdiil for, the fi inner as Minister to Spain and the latter as Minister t Kngland.' ! The Sen-' ate refuse to confirm hhn, and that refusal made him Viee-Prt-sidcnt first and then President." ' :' ? , " .It is surjirising to thirjk how curtus and gentlemanly was General Jarksvin, that man ofjiron will, when not rousi-d by, pas sion. In 1835 I was tKTHuaded bv a;Lidv to go with her to the White Houhc t call t upon lum. It was; not 6f choice j that I went, for I Was opposed to. his administra tion, btqt his courtesy and gentleness sur prised me and made the Interview a most agreeable one. In j the room was a fine portraitLof Mr. Van Burcn, to which I .called the attention of the lady, when the i General! remarked, f Yes,1 gooij tiortrait, a good face, and a good man. Jveadjrille, the great mining town in s Colorado, is said to have four churches and one hundred and eight gambling .houses.' This is an improvement upon an order we once filled for a book-seller in Arkansas who wanted one Bible and nearly f a thou sand, novels. ' j ' j . - I look forward to the reduction of letter postage! to two-cents J before long, for, notwithstanding-, the ' reduction of pottage on bills from three cents to one cent, the rev-' cnue of the department for 187 79 is nearly eight hundred thoui ind dollars more than fur the preceding year, and about a million more than jwa-r exje t-sl. The sending of bills in unsealed envclojici for one cen t postage is a great saving to busi ness men. The bills must be ftartlv print ed. '. ' I' I - "- ' The following, good thing is rijlated.of that blind bjgot of a "bloody shirt " party man, the late Senator Chandler, of Michi, gan. It is said that he was much disap pointed at Hayes not giving him a p!acc in the Cabinet, and refused for many months to go o the White House. Finally, Jie met the President, who grasped his hands warmlvl and with an air of patronage said : " Well,, Chandler, I suppose ybur. old ' constituents were glad to welcome you home (again." " Yes, 5Ir. . President," Chandler replied, "I met j with but one iu m m !" n.. d ;i.it..n'. -I , i. ( K4--uiSitWi;an- t iy h ni l t m in.'. Ju miJ, " t'lmnll. t, X I th. v.- , t 1 .id; .1 a f . . . . 1 thin.' but ttle l'r -it is. ', oi l il tt.i ti. tijt. i' 1 tLii 1- U Ur. I. v . l ;f 1 1 C is :i 1 ntil tL(i ii itn- i''f r in. I .n il, ,i tlaV. '"' ' ', a 1,1. jr., id whiih I . aiur ""rrj to mv I -I . , . tl.viA . 1 will t nti.tl. 14 . tjiii Wiil.iu ihr..- Illl'lltjlr. W. fh.lLl tV thl Ut J I.I lit .III '..i'. vl -.. trMg k i-i lft tu ih. j ji. v 1 1 ilii tiou and juotKv t. the .' UtU w l,i h ' 1 1,. I 1 1 i)i." a.liiiiio-:i ,ti ii prK .tii.it l in A.i4,l, I TTjiHud wlottt it ahaiit.4K l ui.M it.J.. "'I' Ti.' 1 hi" pn tln-iHtii i . .M;ii l-l o 'o , 't:- Iiii-IjL. ti ).U-n - .,. i t ll,.-.H,-,l.,i I, th.t ''Un I4 . ,IH I L-i nif,U,, i. , tublrlil lit N Vtl'k, , tio pHiU. r who wL.Vit, i,i,. ll.. 1, -;;..!.'.i ' 4 .111 party can I j, r win iu !, f ,tt ' It .!! , j ri-Uin- bill t".w W,ik',.t' ly.-.Iit.i!l 11 t,. j i'iiiti- N. m ..rL l,.'w !ur.l j,nit I the M.ilwjft 4 viitt-iiiioii m MmI. 4-.oi,i ' , . South hj-.l.n u. i.'i'..Mr. t 't lilkiot will U- 4t'inyt vii In r- 10. If .11 i l',i. I 'i-ampiieti .,t I, itc ,U (,'-"l ,.t ( hi- 'iiri) in 1 V- -l. ti .it. . i! i a huo'ii, I' tliiMis.ni I l.jili.4- N ..! ! I i.wt , 1 hi. I., t tr than Mrj C.iiLliui hinU. U ! I'. ih n not. Mr C.i,kLii tl,n-f..ti.it Ln.w it ,i il. , anv Tiittie th ni Li 1,, m It '',, ,, t.( 1 rmblt-lii of the-K.idit J I il!t m hii Ii t k arc in l hktlvt i y.tr up in ihit -it n.; ninth lf- in three iu..iiihi M:'i-..m, u i' not i-tfo tiie in Thi l. iit t-it ie 1 mi . I ot it h:o4 IllUt.h llOlli-ntN- It It-hi fe. ,-, ' III the l ie nt 4t.11.l1ti .1i lhe 1, it. , initicpany. tliert? nri-iiiriwv lnr who that ittt.ttiuinj h would J cjit iifi in tlie 1 'roi.htiti.il 1 -l.f-t i.n n, t M ir it' t!... SeMiiuur would with.lr.iMr ihi-. ii... mi.- i. fiitid again ti i-nt.-r j 'i' '-.-l htc mii I f..H hi party to run him He' i ttii-oi,H ni.u who i'ould if it, titdy 4-arrV lhi ISl.ite, plo bnl.lv 1'V a. lii.ijotitv ii II Mat Iii hi liKluiiii -A lett.rill lilt1 ll'A I'mhi I ties, whtl.- lie lint., wi) a that hi vym- r a I 1 i I T 1 and hi vt.ii-4 an linn, u i.iit , nt. 1 1 in tin- wile .f Senator It.tM-oe Coiiklm, Mild that he tlm-w not think l T liil-l. Hid 'the lii-M loan iii thl Wolld, ,'! oiiili.. by the following i-xtrn.-t trolu the l.-i : t ,il ludetl-to iiImivO : 1 ' r.-iii' iiihi-r tfi.it iHue ; -mouths ii-'o af 14 mt iul j.- ilheruiu' t Mi l -Mr.' I'omW ('i.nkliirf wlio'i a i t..i l J llora-tio Sey lilt. ur'i; J I f.v' bit lif l.l!K in i with the fioVi rtir Nlltl Hi-v, i h.ie t i,y..y, .1 iuy.ilf t inore." ""Vv,'' hii. 11 brother i jill the I..! 11, 111 j'l thi woiM "Without iscfjitioM. Mr. ConVliu'.'? I Inaki" ni cxecpti.m." "w.-i tint r l , ." in brolher in jut l lit IjcM man h in ' Sn.(li ' too, i the utiivrrH.il opinion in il Vi.-.i mo.fi: IhiIIi Hepilljeitt. Mild lt tnl. r 't-4 ' 'I he lady liiight' Im even mm lriii'd t-l inko nu ixecptioti f.f her Iiu-ImIkI iin-e ii jh'i forinatiei iu t ie Spngue lu.iit, r at Not 1 .1 ' g.ins II. ; . I . .1. IT. 'i'ihi. a ll.piihlir.iii iih-iuIn r of Coiin-w, has Ihi-ii arr.l.l lor iinln- . r.leliM.iit of funds of a balik'of whi-li To ! was Pnideiit; lie has iiiiide nu iii-. n ; ill, lit, WM It llalmlllles o P.i.lll IIIMI mi. I eolM- paratively ftinall assetst A man 17 yeiirsold, gained a Miit io a court lure a f w day ago, attending mutt hiiu-M-lf at tlii trial. If was a uliar caM'. When hi" W-.-ii "'.I yeaWol l he e.ie tl lll.lfl 4'MI oil , o,liol that ill hhouM livi1 in tlu tcnetnetit lmuV he 'thin mi u piid for the r -hi lind. r,s.f hi hli, n Ii -e. 'J'hi' owner of lhe' Ii..iij,i tool il fir craiiletl that till! old infill Would not live long, ;ili. I SUpMifed thnt to ll:id.lnade 11 gn.M.1 baii.'aiil ,Itttt ttie ohl 11111 Iihw livet 'J i'r, wliill' tho owner of the lioune hie. -Ii. il, nm l . witlow I'Mitttiii iiiHaue., A m w hoiistt ugeni"' ideiuapded limre relit, mil when lhe old 'man refiifK-d to jiy 1t, broiighr suit tl., , j. t hiin,.biit the i-4iurl Histaim d , hii li ht t , kip the proiKTty so lung a lieii,i hie. I4-t tiie give you one r two is l1 itlmti h item : : - ,:''!.'' ', -I . . Kev. William McKay, nlb r inulin ; several tioticiTi from hi puti.it in the Melh ' odist cliun-h nt tletievrt, Ind , Kii.l time ; was another matter of whu h be desired to inform hi in-Ti"'ation. - Hi, wife bad cIol with Mr. Ilattoi,) a nei-ljlMir. At St. I'utriek's i-huri-ft, in thi i il v. a f.ur lilirlilirf ,.,-r.. 1. .ii,... U',.11 ...I .... ...I 1 ... " ......n M". H IIINII Tt.tll.t '1 ,,. l,(.- die aisle with his .hat oil. mid look a N ut nearest the altar. .Tin w-iloii went up ui, I 1 remonstrated with hihi, mid was answered ' with an oath, lie wns'iiiovitl und taken . to the station house, 'fjlie next- ilioriiiuv,- i when brought hcforn the .1'iistii, the M ' liwing iKTurred: " IM.ln't 3'ou know Wll-r than to wear ! Hour hat in i-liurvh?'j(',ukiil ;Jutie(. Mr- ! 'N ',-;' answi-Tid lhe muii with mi oath, j "Wlii-rij wtir'e; you born, anyway f' j nurlisl h' Just i.e. ' j ! " In the L S, A.i" was the non h.il.int i Veply. , ' . ! 1 J " t ro you ncvi-r iii a t huich f f.,r,-'t " t "'N aM1 I'll ! - if i I Pi, le-aiu.' P nai s. me uiiicn-inr. anv 1011. hel r I ept my hat on iu'thun h or tint'?'' . 1 "Well, it's just 810 d.ir-riii-4.," tui.1 lhe f inansl rate, smiling. x, " V ill you t;J.c .J 111-h. d.lwn y, ask, .! j hfprisnticr, " . lie was ) lid up f(r tti days'. '" Ur. Thomas (tuthrie give homo cxi: nt reason for U-iu a 4,Hj abstiueiie.! titan: - . . - . - - ..- . v " I liave triid Isith wy ; 1 )' 1 fr.nu jl xis-rieuix'. " I am in i;.!,!. ini fi 111 so I take no ftj.irit-; 1 um hale Irauw I use no ale; I lake no aiitLhrfe in il,. C.r... .r Jrugs luxaiuse 1 take u n,lmm in th f.,rm , f ijrinka. Thus, iIiuukIi itt tlie first ii : sunoe I sought only thi; public pad, l"1 lave fouud my own also, aiu. Us-hiiiu u tl..tal abstiiincr, I hav iUvm lour reason ; ftir oontinulng to be one; first,; my h.Mlih ! Ih alMugi-r; e'oiit, my head is c learer ; third, my lururt is lihu r ; fourth, my prw, is heavier." ... t . ; " , v ( Many another man luightj'irivu a i-iuolsr Jx4erhn'ou. - ' . 1 i Hkmhioi h Itk.m :" ' j The colored JtaptUiJ ,.f Alabuma 1JIV fj.r the Lot year siistaitind a ll:c..lugi al and n;onnaI sx Jh.1 af Selnia, with five tet her and 252 student; without iticurrin.- anv d- bt, and, paid $C'mmi, bijdc .liaTih.'V had i.rrviously paid, on the punho of round and buildinr Rnnibcr of member uudi r t went v'-i v..u r of.ge UAW. ' IJuriiig the year disowned and J .1 rp.gnid. Th. r are - uiiiiutij-ni, i u it reuse 01 1. j I The Key; Dr. KirluifrWtor ,m of the rrotestant Kpisooirthunh,U ,f Jjjj) j .... luiii K rtienuy asueti , r c-ontribu.'. I Tlie IndjanaYearU- Meeting of I'ricuda .rj i.rts an increase ,f hx mcmU r duritvj the year ist. -The'tiumU-r of nicml r 1 1i,4j4, or whom G.t3 were received " rciucst," and 219 by " crtifl.M " V? tln of "gold, silver and jcwidry" fn,,0" U : life eongregation for the manufacture of a f . n;w artjimuniod nice, m with a V. sponse in the alia,, of a half bushel of sib I vtr plate and jewelry, Among U.e Vri,A . 1 wa a diamond ringalui,l JU -' ii 'U,: ,,:!SS:-;! f