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- J 7 sou dnN ILL USTJlA TUP A Gfr. BWi -ill ILLUSTBATED AGE, 40 FATETTEriLLK St Raleigh, N. C. It. T. FULGIIUM, Editor. RALEIGHf SEPTEMBER 30, 1875. TERMS TO SUBSCRIBERS : One copy, one year, (postage paid,) One copy, six month, (postage pa-id,) - 2 00 1 25 The SOUTHERN ILLUSTRATED AGE is the only Illustrated Newspaper in the Southern States The admirably written Serial Story ly ETHEL, of jV. jC, will be continued in next number of the SOUTHERN ILLUSTRATED AGE. The SO UTHERN ILL USTRATED A GE hat the largest circulation of any paper in North Carolina. Advertisers should make a note of this. Our friends will confer a favor by remitting' the amount due us on account of subscription, either for six or twelve months. The amount xs mall, but ice need it.SM The Editor of this paper is not responsible for iny sketches of the lives of prominent persons which may appear each week. POST OFFICE DECISIONS. Any person who takes a paper regularly from the Post Office, whether he has subscribed or not, is responsible for the payment of the subscrip tion. . ' ;v A person ordering his paper discontinued must -pay ail arrearages, or the publisher may continue to send it until payrrfent is made, and collect the whole amount, whether it is taken from the office or not. ' . " The Courts have decided that refusing to take a newspaper from the Post Office, or removing and leaving it uncalled for, is evidence prima fa cie of intentional fraud. COTTON. Alter a persistent, unsuccessful culti vation of this staple for several years, the iarmers of North Carolina this season find themselves in a condition unenviable by those of other sections who have de voted their tillage to the more independant and profitable culture of corn and the cereals. At this juncture according to the best agricultural statistics, the produc tion of the staple in the cotton belt pro per of the South, will supply an averaged increased crop of 25 per cent, over last year. The Crop in the gulf States will be unusually large. Favorable seasons, improved cultivation, with an absence of the catapillar and cotton worm are causes which fully account for this large aggre gate yield. The unerring law of supply and demand particularly affects the value of our cotton, and as the supply will be greatly irr excess this season, the conse quence must be great depression in prices and sales. We note the following cfcndi 'tlons nnffegttareip tt';'iiteret rVn , -o- r i hand ; the suspension oK-a-ge number of Northern Mills ; " extensive stocks of staple cotton fabrics in the market ; an unsatisfactory export demand, and the disrupted state of finances of the country. The last cause ha3" greatly impaired commercial confidence among speculators and shippers. These plain and injurious facts tell a sad tale for the agricultural class of our iarmers, who endeavor to live by produ cing a crop which will not command a profit on the cost of production, but un fortunately will fall considerably below it. The school of experience is a dear one, and if facts and figures do not lie the system of farming in North Carolina, es pecially where cotton is raised, has proved a failure as respects a nett profit and compensation for severe toil and heavy expenses to which our people have been subjected from year to year. There must be a change in the manner of planting, raising and sowing the crops, but di versified cultivation must be practiced to a very large extent, if our farmers ever ex pect remunerative prices for their har vests. It is somewhat satisfactory to know that an increased grain crop has been se cured this season, and success will here after force our people to adopt a system of diversified farming, which will hereafter enable them to obtain more compensation lor their labor, and lessen their expenses in the tillage of their ground. It may be repeated that it is suicidal for our country people to ignore the producing of the varied crops, such as corn, wheat, oats, peas, barley, rye and the like to give up entirely the raising of stock, the feeding of hogs, and depend solely on so fluctuat ing and uncertain a crop as cotton exclu sively, it must be borne in mind that although the United States furnishes the largest amount of cotton, still the cultiva tion of this product in other parts of the VST1r1 1 n AN QUOD in AliAnfHt - I'l ' ana ior tnis reason we cannot expect to maintain a monopoly in this agricultural branch. Besides there are other fabrics which are being introduced year after year, which must affect the demand for m 1 1 cotton goods not a little. Looking at the subject in the above light we cannot but think that our farmers will inaugurate a new era and so apply their labor and means as to become self- sustaining, independent, and consequent ly happy. In this connection we would say a word in reference to cotton factories. Now, a heretofore our raw material has been shipped almost entirely north, to sup ply the manufactories of New England. As an evidence of the great value of JJus branch of industry, and the immnse profit to those immediately interested, as well as to communities in general, let us go to one of their maniutoturing districts and witness the activity of human life, the large and flourshing cities and towns with thriving populations, which are the results of manufactories dispensing at their own doors, among the masses, cash by the thousands as compensation for la bor in the making of domestic fabrics of cotton and wool, &c. It is needless to say that we have abundant water-power and other facilities, so long as our people are deficient in enterprise and our capi talist horde their money or invest it abroad. Therefore, when we shall become pros perous and independent, we will have raised our own bread, manipulated our own fabrics, and give remunerative em ployment to the honest industrious labor within our borders, and not until then. What an immense benefit to the country would a well managed cotton factory effect in the City of Oaks ! THE FEAST OF ROSH HASHANA. Last evening (September the 29,) at sun set our fellow citizens of the Hebrew faith repaired to their respective places of wor ship to celebrate the feast of Rosh Hashana, (i. e.,) the Civil New Year 5G3G of the creation of the world, which will last one day, being the first day of the seventh month of Tishri, corresponding this year with the 30th of September. This day, as well as the day of atone ment, to which this is preparatory is strictly observed by all Israelites even by those who during the whole year consider the performance of their Jewish precepts and custom a secondary duty. This new year feast is inaugurated quite different from the year whose advent is greeted generally as a period of revelry and worldly enjoyments. The sound of the Shafir (Rams Horn) is heard during the morning service, which service takes up a large portion of the day, and heartfelt prayers are sent up to the God of Israel for peace, happiness and prosperity for all mankind. Our worthy Jewish citizens in this city haxATtartf tieatlsf fill r il i n 1 1 'inin i nr xwe -Tracwroijiy-piace 01 - -MessiMy.iM..' IvOSCn baum & Bro., on Fayettevillef street for a place of worship, and the service will com mence to-day at 9 o'clock a. m. EDITORIAL NOTES. Secretary of the Interior Delano re- signs, to take effect October 1, and the President gives his character the usual whitewashing. The New York Nation volunteers the remark that "the first sign of sanitary improvement in and about Plymouth Church will be the retirement of pastor and congregation as far as may be from the public gaze." We acknowledge the receipt of an invi tation, from Col. William Alderman, to attend the Thirteenth Annual Fair of the Cumberland County Agricultural Society to be held at Fayetteville on the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th of November next. The Spanish ambassador one day en tered the room in which Henry the Fourth was walking upon all fours with his in fant son upon his back. The King stop ped, and looking earnestly at the ambas sador said to him, "Pray, Sir, hare you any children?" "Yes, Sire, several." "Well, then,' I shall not leave off ; I shall complete my round." - Henry the Fourth of France was fond of farming, as well as of those who exeM cised that honorable employment. He made the Spanish ambassador taste one day some wine which was made from his own vineyard ; " I assure you," said he to him, "I have a vineyard, some fields, and some cows of my own ; and I know so much of farming, that I believe I could get a comfortable living by it." We must acknowledge the receipt of an invitation, from Dr. H. E. T. Manning, Secretary of the Roanoke and Tar River Agricultural Society, to attend its Sixth Annual Fair to be held at Weldon on 26th, 27th, 28th and 29th days of October next. The Fairs of this Society are always at tractive, indeed we are justified in Baying that they are the best held in the State, if we except the State Expositions. ) - : Gov. Vance, of North Carolina, has cd an invitation from the chairman 3 Executive Committee of the Demo i party of Ohio, to take the stump in rec. otl cn l .alf of Wm. A. Allen, the Democratic pmdidate for Governor. He is also in re ceipt of a similar invitation irom ine Chairman of the Democratic State Execu tive Committee of Mississippi, but cannot accept either, for the reason that his Fall Courts are just coming on, and he cannot possibly afford to mi.3 them. Rev. Dr. Deems, Pastor of the Church of the Strangers of the City of New York, delivers the address at the opening of Vanderbuilt University, Nashville, Tenn. HON. JT. A. GRAHAM OF NORTH CAROLINA A SCENE IN THE SENATE CHAMBER. "We find the following interesting historical incident connected with North Carolina, which brings within its scope men now to be found in the Capitol building in the interest of their State, in a recent number of the Macon (Ga.) Telegraph and Mes senger. The article was written by a gentleman a native of Raleigh, but who is at present living in Macon : Editors Telegraph and Messenger : The death of the lion. "William A Graham the. announcement of which I read in this morning's Telegraph and Messenger, and recalls vividly to mind a scene in the capitol of the once "good old North State," that I never can forget, and in which Mr. Graham was quite a prominent ac tor. I was a boy then, but through the many years that have gone by I have cherished the recollection of the scene I am about to describe. Mr. Grahamjl believe, was the last actor in it aU have gone across the river. There may be a few, who like myself, were mere "lookers on in Vienna," but those who took an active part in it are resting under the green sod. It was in the good old days of 1847, and when North Carolina oc cupied an enviable position among the States, and there were giants in the land. The great Mangum had just retired from the Senate ; Badger was in the zenith of his fame ; Gra ham had won a name among the statesmen of the country ; Stanley "on Stanley; c-ws making his neth Rayne; CliBgmtn .was making rapid strides to the very front rank of legislators; so was the gallantl lorn Meares. Morehead the jolly farm er, was in the Ixubernatorial chair. 1 and the present Governor, Curtis fl. Brogden, a most incorrigible Demo crat, represented the county of Wayne in the lower House of the legislature . Henry, Haywood, San ders, Snepperd, Persons, the Battles, J udge Gaston, Dudley, Ashe, Moore, and many others, whose names I have not space to mention, were all known to fame. There, too, was the gifted Miller, the pride of young men and the glory of the old. His light went out all too soon. Nearly all of these members were from the legal pro fession. From the medical I will only select two. Dr. Fabius J. Hay wood, and Dr. Thomas Beckwith, the best optician of his day, and the father of T. Stanly Beckwith, of this city, and Bishop J. "W. Beckwith, of Savannah. Yes tuly, there were giants in those days. Memory flees back and in imagination re-enacts the scenes- of boyhood--o'er again. But to the purpose. It was well-known to many of the prominent men of the State that Mr. Clay had long desired to visit North Carolina, and great was the desire of the people that he should do so. -When; therefore, it became reduced to a certainty that he would be in Raleigh early in April much enthu siasm was manifested, and prepara tions were made to give him a fitting reception. Thousands upon thous ands congregated at the capitol to greet the great statesman, and the ladies vied with one another in show ing him attention. Georgia was no bly represented in that immense throng by her own illustrious son, J ohn McPherson Berrien ; South Carolina by her matchless jurist, James L. Pettigrew : Virginia by her peerless statesman,8 Benjamin Wat kins Leigh, while Tennessee sent honest John BelL Oh, what a gath ering of mighty men I The world will never can never : "loot upon their like again. . During this visit, the Governor, with many of those I have mentioned, accompanied the distinguished guest to. the- Senate Chamber, unite a 1 large com Dan v. who had comehow learned the programme, had already repaired hither, and hence, not only the audience chamber, but the galler ies and corridors "were fulL After a short time spent in looking around, all of a sudden, Gov. Morehead as cended the President's chair and said : "The Senate will come to. order." In an instant every hat was off and silence prevailed. . "The Senator from Kentucky is entitled to the floor," fell in sono rous sound ' from the Presidents Hps. There was Berrien and Graham, Pettigrew and Badger, Lee and Stan ley, Bell and- Dudky, and many others of equal note. The old mon arch took in the situation at a glance. Gazing for a second at the grand ar ray of intellects around him.and then at the gorgeous constellation of beau ty in the galleries, he rose from his seat with as much dignity as if he had been in the Senate of the United States, and said : "Mr. President, I hold in my hand a bill apppropriating fifty thousand dollars for the erection of a suitable fence around this magnificent build ing, the committee to whom it was referred instructs me to move a sus pension of the rules in order to con sider it immediately." The rules were suspended, and then began a debate that I am utterly incompe tent to describe. Mr. Clay made a powerful speech. As he proceeded, it was noised outside that "Mr. Clay is speaking 1" Business was suspen ded, and a vast crowd gathered around the "old granite pile." But few, comparatively, of those present had ever heard such eloquence. Throwing himself fully into his sub ject, he summoned all the matchless powers of his great mind in defense of his imaginary bill, and when he sat down I felt that I was ready to go across the dark river. Badger op posed the measure in one of his hap piest efforts. Then Mr. BerrieD, with his polished words, came to the rescue. One o'clock ! but no one left. Graham, Bell, Leigh all join ed in. Now the lightning now the thunder. Three o'clock. All re mained. Ah ! how my young heart throbbed. Then, according to usage, Mr. Clay proceeded to close the de bate. Just then some one called ior lights! "Light," thundered the. "old man p "liflht" is whatthis people shouldlbe great, happy .prosperous. And in this strain he continued until after the sun had set, making, as some declared, the most brilliant effort of his life. Me thinks I see him now, as with blazing eye and com manding port, he is summing up the points of the debate now crushing with ponderous battle-axe now hur ling with Jove-like power a thunder bolt at his opponents now sweeping aloft his powerful sword of satire ; while ever and anon his sallies of wit were like the forked lightning scorching whatsoever it touched. He closed amid profound stillness. By that I was, I had never been so awed or bewildered before, and have not been since. Such an overpowering, torrent of eloquence had never been heard in that chamber.. The vote was by yeas and nays, and the bill was passed by the casting vote of the President. Of course an immediate , adjourn ment took place, and this wonderful episode became a thing of the past ; but I am sure that none who were present that day has ever forgotten it Not I certainly. At the very next session of the Legislature a bill in the very words, or nearly so, used by Mr. Clay was passed appropriating sou.uuu ior a fence around the building which he declared was "a fit monument of the public taste and liberality of the peo- pie. JLne wori was executed in a handsome manner, and is the one which at present encloses the capitol square in Baleigh. At the time of which I write, only the unsightly re- mams 01 a wooden fence were visi ble. I feel that I have failed in my por trature of this impromptu affair- one which, in many respects, was ex traordinary. It was a passage-at arms between men whose equals we shall never see again a collection of gigantic intellectual gladiators. But the death of Mr. Graham, the last one of the illustrious coterie, suggest ed the writing of this. Let the gi ants rest; they served their genera tion welL They sleep their last sleep they are free from ail pain. No sound shall awake them to (lory again. Truly, eta, Macon, (jhk, August 12, 1875. GENERAL -Postal cards to t! 14,298,000 were issaeel daiir t July. Tho Government rccciwj average income of 4,003 from tha fcIa waste paper from the dead-letter o2ce. A dog in Indianapolis has gen uine fever aud ague. lie has chills af ter o'clock every morninj. Several physici&i are hi attendance. , A great fire occurred at PadY bora, Prussia, on Sunday, Sept 12th. O. hundred buildings were 4detroyed, wherel 300 faxnilies. were rendered homeless.. . It is announced that the Greek Government has determined to encourage iU citizens to participate in the Centennial Lx position at Philadelphia. Dr. John F. Flint, United States Coneul at La Union, Salvador, was drowned August 17. He endeavored to rescue a drown ing woman, and in the effort lost his own life, whilst she was saved. The Governor of Colorado has ordered an election October 25th for delegates to a Constitutional Convention, which will meet December 20th. This is preparatory to the formation of a State Government. The whites of the senior class of the Bov8' Central Hi eh School. New Orleans. decline to attend because a colored man has been appointed professor of mathematics for that school by the school board. The Lawrence, the flag-ship of Commodore Perry, sunk in Lake Erie sixty- two years ago, has just been raised, and the bottom found to be in good state of preserva tion. The relic will form one of the features of the Centennial Exhibition. Charles Francis Adams has writ ten a letter in whicn he does not very emphat ically decline to be considered a Presidential candidate, because he is engaged in writing history, and he adds: "I doubt whether I could be made more useful to the world in any other way." Mrs. Lincoln, sinc arrival at Springfield, 111. , on a vis said to manifest much of fulDess. She rides out ff Tster, is Ves o ) jal ts for- a deep interest in the cha, mer visits. Her mind, h signs of improvement. -The Alabama t Convention has adopted a b. 4,bfir new Constitution, wh' clause, p&aseorTia&ijimDuoiy, Ui,wiu that Alabama accepts as final "the established fact that from the American Union there can be no secession of any State." It is understood that there will be two reports from the Commission appoint ed by Secretary "Delano to investigate the af . fairs of the Bed Cloud Agency, one exonera ting the Secretary of the Interior and Indian Commission from responsibility for the "irregularities," and the other holding them responsible. The Gulf coast was visited by a severe storm lpst week. The wind blew down two hundred small dwellings in Galveston and unroofed several churches. Three schooners and two tugs were sunk in the harbor, and several vessels were driven a&hore. ' Consid erable damage was done in other places. Es timates of extent or the losses and the num ber of lives lost, widely vary. The Vermont State Prison is a model institution. No prisoner has escaped in the last eighteen years. There are now 103 convicts, leaving only one cell vacant Two life convicts died during the summer, each aged about eighty years. There is not one woman confined in the prisen. The State takes off five days every month for good be havior, and also gives the prisoner a dollar a month until it amounts to $100. The trial of Westervelt at Phila delphia, for the abduction of Charley Boss, has shown that the Police had reason to be lieve that Mosher and Douglass were the ab ductors within one month after it occurred, and they could have arrested them any day, but carefully concealed this fact, in the greedy desire for securing the $ 20,000 reward, never hinting it to the heart-broken father until Mosher and Douglass were shot at Bay Bidge, when it was too late, and both child and robbers slipped thro ngVtheir fingers. J udge Gilbert, of the Supreme Court of Brooklyn, rendered a decision in a civil rights case wherein William F, Johnson, a colored mas, sought to compel a principal of a public school to admit his son there, in stead of sending him to the school provided for colored children. The court holds that common schools are public charity ; that ben efits conferred by them are a free gift front the State, and, like every other donor, the State may prescribe in what manner iz cpon what terms and conditions the gift may be conierrea.
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