North Carolina Newspapers

The Raleigh Sighal . A republican Weekly Newspaper, PUBLISHED BT J, C. L. HARRIS. T" .... "V . J.LKJU). WUC xt&r. . r Entered in the postofBce, at Raleigh as sco- uini-u;u uiau mailer. A HE BlGNA BETWEEN TWO HORNS. vol. m. RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1889. The Raleigh Signal. Rates or ADfrEBTisnfo : One square, one insertion. . ... . . . 50 One square, one month , . . 1 00 One square two months .....!..'. 2 CO One square, three months. .....' 2 50 One square, six months. ' 5 00 H"Q. 9. .J06! contracts will be' made for' larger J, UY EAXAII P. rarrciuED. . Susan Swine" said 0, man that lives Captain between "I ttrll vou, Kue, "there ain't a .the Two Horns as would let his boy not bigger than your'n go out in a boat to-day. Don't vou do it Tain't no kind of weather for tht slip of a lad to go foolin' with them bi" fel lows as sweeps around old Dull Head. Vby look yourself, woman. You can see . them more u four miles away dashing and lashinr? the shore." b As Captain Rose spoke he pointed with his right hand in the direction of one of the two headlands between which Dell Haven lay rs ...1 .. -1 . a 1 i . ... J' 4UU uu "uy " narDor, he continued tied it forever at tho L, 5?J H" atber Captain True fa her this agony uiau,"7 b f , , J' ne BaaLL Just nat iiA tVx n . Dolly ran, saying to every one she met: thewavetlwn 2P the of "T11 1 saved ! -They'll be saved." The me waves the sun arose, shefrlm, .,v. i.-:i a:u .i . . ,.J . . , . , .. lance on the waters tw M 72' Lu UP, 10 """J a.na co?mt facing if w, A:'a: "T6',) "lief a wora: . one I coultl Bmile bow see in ua' i , , .. Captain Rose's eye was on the speck. He R,VW J..v aDC i' m0tner ? auctioned dared not take it off lest never to find it again, uicnard. ."lou must keen a mwl wi-, .Ur xi : t i ii -i , tr t wvjk uuv iui Au.ctuiviiiiu, me news got auroau inai vyapiaui Mrs. Swing, who sat 'S?TT-.KVf&mgh iled to her head and try to get out the message, which time a gill net into which the boat was she did at last i f T J il 1 TT . AC me. x ve got my ranges .right and can fetch the lobster grounds every time." "Is it far?" questioned his mother shudder mgly. "Not very, just outside Dull Head. T rV well fetch it" dipDimrhis Oars for n f nil atrrVo Itose had telegraphed to Cornwall for a tu and the burden of fear grew lighter. In the little boat again and again had Rich ard tried to turn its head toward the land, but with each trial it took in so much water that he was forced to erive up the attempt Noth- leftto tions. In the limited space to which mcauon muse De connned, l can the most objectionable features: 1. The law necessitates an entire new regis- than any section is t ration to the this commu- only notice 11 I - 1 I TT . 1 . 1 a. . J 1.1 l li' il I iuiv caiu AiUgui neau (pomtinfr towanl i"en leuinsr me coat slide nn to the nm. inrr nnii K im aa th tne iicauiana ai ine Jelt). not if nAntoin tt, mit oi a rolling wave a tml- V, hA v, k;i; ir i .,i, . . .. I . n - - -- uuv buuuti uuiuuc: otu. i w lew ui ci3 ncio buuacu i-iiiiuMui was arowin ot it You'd better Lirom aPr ezekiah Danforth, the master Mrs. S wins kept bailing as fast as possible, Mwuujiiuoiueu xiaven. with only the shell Of a horseshorse crab to ine wind crew stronger and strontrer. and wort wifh me waves every moment lnrreasAfl in bItq a lonnri. nrnA -t-o, n oto11 V - Mwa l - A. W AwUh VUU4 U . II 4 I AilkV U F" "II" U. kiah take mem lxiw-iocts out and hide the oars he won't mind without you doin' it" 1 can t bear to do it" said Mrs. Swino- if me discreuon of the judges ot elec- out 01 sectional lines, ot every sort whatever, The same principle that made them Vh .m tnanonr iNorthern Inends possibly can be. make us rich, and instead of having n nnn nnrt X 'ITifl Smith ra fnyria-n Ii'Ia tA t . ' 0 ""f ,r " uiivutiuii, iuu bu.uw.ooo, in a short time a popuIaUon l of icawiawuu Ul mo UUIOU lU WIUCU BUB IuuId I IIIIIIHHIIMMl tn (Pi. i. . i t i ii I ' ' vmuv to. DCUU mieresteu, uy a prouiem ment of 1 f VmoQa 41,; i,; throughout the Stated entailing a cost the roots of which go deeper than politics or open the door, as it involves the ceneral prin people of more than$9,000, to say busmess can reach. The presence of this einle of free trn,iA i . .t i i x u I i ii- -1 Jl - k ""J wuumi. uutmuj,' ux me persuuai lucouveuieuco lu euuii i pwuiwu iuo apptuuug uupurv ox wiucix is Uil- voter. derstood even where it is not confessed should 2. The registrar can refuse to register any win for her the patient and loving sympathy man, even if he has been voting for fifty years I of all men, and should strengthen, not weaken, who cannot prove by "such testimony, under that political party which is pledged to give her this in fullest measure. Especially should it be so when this problem is not of her own seeking, and not even the orderly outcome of any series of events m which she had part Un these two propositions we stand. They do not need argnment for they are self-evi- "1 a T t il iiHiu. ii 1 1 1. impi'h i u niioorinTi To ennn in l Lrn i . a- a ii tt i tion from the mother countrv. W vnt y - y , oath, as may be satisfactory to the registrar, his age, his occupation, place of birth, place of residence, etc., etc. This means that the registrar may register whom he pleases and refuse whom he pleases, and there is no ap peal from his decision. Even the South Caro lina law allows an appeal in . such case. 3. The judges may all belong to the same lulgar, a leading Ontario Liberal, saidi "Are we to believe that the customs oftieoni m both sides of the frontier are really the guard ians 01 our political independence from the United States? There was a time when an annexation feeling and an annexation move ment existed in Canada. That movement did not originate in political motives or political aspirations, but it was based .upon economical xeosuus. Dr. Sproulc, Tory, said: 'We want neither to address to the editors of the North, and tol party, in case the two Kepuulican judges are nave an answer written under each man s neither are not on hand at the opening of the polls, sense of his responsibility as an editor, that Uicharu will be so disappointed. He set his tven ,lcl?,ard Synced sideways more than which the boat rode gallantly, and then sud- the registrar can fill their places with men of we may record it in these columns. Here it is union. I see a l.bsttr ixts yesterday, and he hasn't 'slept ?nce with ill-concealed anxiety as the long bil- denly Richard shouted any ail nigut in ins eagerness to go out early lows came tumDiing on, and just then getting "They're coming for us, mother, -and haul. them. Don't you see, Captain Rose, ? gumPse of his mother's face beheld it so boat just ontside the harbor." it s fcaturday, and two whole coaches full of uianped with terror of the sea that it seemed Then the tears sprang into Mrs. Swing's summer boarders came last night to the Bright "m nis mther was no longer in the boat eyes. She stopped i bailing for a moment to Head Ilonse, and 'he can get a big price for wlU blm- ' look towards the shore. All she could see was his lobsters to day. My poor Dick has worked "-ck, she gasped as his oar missed stroke so hard making the - lobster pots himself, and anasent the spray over the boat, "Dick. I'm it hid3 like cutting off the boy's reward to arail t S on" 1 say you shan't go' to him." Dick glanced backward. He had pulled "Jsf imse you do feel weakish Tjout it Snsn. about a mile from 6hore and was midway be- but you don't want that ere boat to be picked tween the two headlands familiarly spoken of acumulating mass of breakers, and up adrift and no boy in it. do yet - "lou know I don't. Cantain Rose " nha c.M an even "If I hadn't loved him do you think I'd get up BnSnt Head caught the sea on its precipitous Ufore daylight to see the lad off." : sides, sending it backward in fountains of his party, t The old law required him to fill the vacancy from the "same political party as the abseLj judge or judges. 4. The judges are not required to be able to read and write, as the amendment provid ing for this was voted rinwn Iw the House. a wall of water shutting out the land. While the original bill was intended to dis- "Courage mother, ; Dick said. franchise voters who were unable to read, yet n.very rise and fall of the oar was a prayer: the ludges under the law as it now stands. every dip of the poor old crab shell was a peti- may be wholly illiterate, and besides that, they tiop lor life. j may be deaf, dumb, and blind, and yet be Out from Cromwell Harbor, seven miles to "suitable persons," in fact, the mast desirable -prefaced by a statement: There is not a State in the imperial federation nor commercial We want only to bo left alone, and then the iVmle of dtnnrln will f..A a 1 have proved, that the confederation has been a 1 oOUtU IH WIllCu. I rrrpat finrfs4 nnd ihftf . . , . . . , , i o , vu.. . wMM.t io nuiuDiiiuua ft cinAlia i incinn nr rA urhitna i'rt- 1 ,A mra; i f IL 11. . -VT 1 . -a . i I . tue negroes me uaiance 01 power, not a ptate as the horns. Dull Head was surrounded by the eastward, and hidden from sight by Bright persons to execute this law ! m which an unscrupulous minority of the whites could not by easy corruption of the illit-1 erate, or by the easy misleading of the ignor ant negroes, capture , the State government Whatever happens, the negro franchise will run in racial currents. Let the best happen and the negro could not within this generation acquire enough education, or even information, DEFENDING OUR SEA COAST, N. Y. Tribune.' Lieutenint- ainite gun; Zalinski, who invented the dyn and who is a genius, says: "Give me all the gas-pipe and soda water fountains that I want, and I will defend New York and other seaboard cities, and the defences will be "Hifch, Tsaid the Captain. "Here he comes, and he's fastening his straw hat to his but tons. He sees there is wind enough ahea1 " It was a morning in June and the sun was not yet risen, but the glory of his coming was ia the cast and on the sea. : As he came down the pier, the oars on his hhuulder, and securing his straw hat by a string to his j'acket, the old Captain said : "lies a fine lad, Dick is, and well worth the saving. "Goud -morning. Captain Rose," called out Richard. "Good for lobsters, do you think?" "Better for lobsters than 'tis for boys," ejac ulated the Captain, removing his broad brown hands from his pocket and laying one of them on the lad's shoulder as soon as the latter ; came within touching distance. "I say, ;Dick ; Swing, that you are not going out in that iK'kle-shell of your'n this morning," ho an nounced. '? "I certainly am, Captain Rose," returned the boy. "It's a little rough, but like as not the wind will come right around before I get half way to the ledge, and I should think you would know better than to scare my little mother here half to death. "See mother," he said, gayly, "I have an extra oar and one thole pin, yes, two of them, in case a row-lock gives way, and I've got a lot of extra courage about me that 1 can t exactly show you unless you come with me. This he said looking out to not feel like looking either at his mother or Captain Rose. i "Dick," said Mrs. Swing, approaching the pier's edge, as the owner of the littlo boat pro ceeded to bestow his lunch basket and extras under the bow. j . f : "Well, mother,", returned Richard, ilook Head, steared the tug Good Heart Never had its Captain stood watching the sea with more generous hand, is ever was steam ap-1 loams, and all the four miles that lay between plied with more generous hand. Twas the the two points were rolling miles of billows. woman and the boy in the boat out at se that bitting with his face landward Kichard had lived in the steam and the steam and m the not fully felt the danger. " fuel, and Good Heart bore away with cordial JNow the lad could not repress a shudder as speed till Bright Head was won and weathered, he said : "I don't believe I could find the bouys "I see it I" shouted . the Captain, "though in such a sea, and nobody; could haul in the how it s lived to get; there, more n I know, pots. I believe 111 put about" . and he gave direction to steam outside. Oh, dol O Richard, there comes an awful Richard's attention was so divided between one !" and Mrs. Swing slipped down from her the billows and the land and the friendly boat, seat into the bottom of the boat and hid her and Mrs, face from the coming wave. Richard gave' a mighty pull at the oars to keep the boat head on, and it rode that wave in safety only to meet new ones, into whose to establish political convictions that would ready Jn surorisinfrlv short, time in ih K Wo imro nnmo fn miii'ii t-vTvvT"c!? n i efl.rrv him fhmnorh nrflerlv rv cfarlfocf. wdvn I .f " ' - ... A. I . , ... ..... . w . I & lie new law to which I wish to direct special into either or both political parties.- His vote attention. Among other things, it provides "would be in any event lumped and congested that the maiontv of the ludffes of elections for and the prey ol me corrupt or cralty. In Mis the county and State officers for any voting, precinct with the registrar of such precinct, may, it they think it expedient so to do, rail off at a cost to be approved by the Board of County I Commissioners, and to be paid .for by the county, a space or enclosure with an opening sissippi, lor example, there are ia,UUU illiter ate white voters and 145,000 illiterate black voters. - Now, here is the question asked in frater- "What would he do with tho gas-pipo and the soda water fountains!" ' "Make dynamite guns with them: the eras- pipe would form tho long barrel of the gun. and compressed air for propelinc the dvnamit shells could be stored in die iron cylinders'of the soda water fountains. Zalinski. who is a methodical man, has the situation of every neither of them saw the tug until it was upon them, and a hailing voice shouted : "Hold on'until we pick you up." It seemed as if a voice from heaven had depths the tiny shell rolled to be completely spoken. Even bluff old Captain Rose up in the imr rrtafle at. one time- and no one excent the any power 1 Is there a .Northern btate in iudges of elections shall be allowed to speak to which although, as in Mississippi, there were or interfere With the voter while in the polling oniy xai,uuu wmte voters to oppose mem, mis greater when it hidden from the sight of two men who were standing out on the" Dell Haven pier. One was Hezekiah Danforth, the other was Captain Rose. i "If there was only a tug in sight to help them, groaned Captain Rose belfry of the church,! ejaculated "Thank God! as he saw the tug come to, nlftfie fiiish'nff his vote, whieh shall be nut in host of black illiterates could capture and the proper box or boxes by said voter, or by maintain the control of affairs under any pre- the iudges at the request of the voter. text or by any power T Could this be done m I believe that North Carolinians are re- Indiana, or m umo, and especially could it oe The shock of the call, the sight of the black, markablv honest but it is safe to say that done if, as in Mississippi, the hideous and throbbing tug, friendly as they seemed, yet there is at least one dishonest man in every siekening pages of the carpet-bag era, by show- the water, would bo exploded by concussion. : . i i . m T 1 Till I 1 ill 1 J"J J 11' i I . A M . . feet will be terrible. The gun already has a good range, but I look to Ha having a is perfect By tho way. there are two or three uuexploded dynamite shell$ lying about on flie botton of New York Bay now, thrown by Zalinski s gun before he discovered how to fire the shells by electrieitv. It was the theory that the shell, upon striking came near swamping the boat, 'for Richard let it turn, and the last strength he had was put precinct, and by virtue of this law a single mg what these people did do appalling sug Why didn't yon dun a little common sense forth in holding it up to the wind until a line into the woman if she dufn't take any naturally, scolded Captain Danforth, "or shut her and the boy up somewheres." "I told her, but I declare when I was young I could have brought down them oars in half the time it takes Jim to fetch 'em. I say, Tviah Danforth, ain't that boat trying to put about?" "It acts like it John, but it. will get swamped . f ,. , I i nst as sure as n-nns if no. it's coing Oil. There sea, lor he did ... , , T ' i:fA RftW a time when there wasn't a sail in sight. ... up was cast off, and even then he had no power to make it fast. It was Mrs. Swing who tried to obey the commands that came but could not, Finally the tugs boat was lowered. It was dishonest man by stuffing the ballot-box can vitiate the entire election of any precinct I have found no State in this union, except South Carolina and Louisiana, which allows the voter to touch the ballot-box, and we would do better to imitate other methods than theirs. no easy task to get to leeward and board the The ballot-box ought to be kept as sacred as liood Heart, wnicn neid its Dream, bracing it- the Arte ot the covenant, gone! No! There it comes self against the waves almost as a thing of life' to do its kindly office.! Richard and his mother had been saved". "Give 'em a signal! Give 'em three!" and the steam whistle blew three shrieks that went over the bay and up the harbor and over against the meeting house steeple, until old Captain Rose fell down on his knees to utter the first prayer of thankfulness his little Dolly had ever in nn "I wish The boat's again !" Suddenly a crv for helping hand was raised among the bystanders, and willing hearts went heard her father offer. New York Graphic forth from the land. ,'-' "Every second tells. It's a race lor lile I THF. NFAV FXF.CTION LA W. -f t, called out Captain Danforth. ."Jim you d bet would not go, she said, her You're strong ; if one of us tuckers seeehinrri . o ........ teered were not long in starting off. "Success to you. Fetch 'em back alive?" called ou Captain Rose. All at once the pier at Dell Haven seemed thronged with people. The news had spread t uragge that Mrs. bwmg and Richard, were out alone vou tones full of beseechin "Why, mother? Do you want my seven new. lobster nots to be carried off to seal he asked- "How could you have the heart to ask me? If this wind keeps on blowing I shall lose them every one." "That's true," ejaculated Captain Rose. "I never thought of that It's just right this wind is, to drag them off, but you never can haul them in alone, l'ou'll'be sure to be d overboard." "No, I shan t Come along with me il you want to help," laughed Richard. ; , "Humph 1 I should sink that craft before we got out of harbor," said the Captain; "though if I wasn't so heavy I would go.' " Captain Rose weighed a trifle less than three i hundred pounds, and had left the sea ' after : vcars of faithful service. Not another person was in sight, "111 tell you what 111 do," said the Captain. "If vou insist on going, I'll stop on my way up and ask Captain Danforth to look out for . you, and if he thinks you're getting into trou ble to sail after you." ; "Thank you, Captain." "Dick," said his mother, "can't you let the lobster pots go ?" "Couldn't ; possibly." smiled thfe : boy. . "Could you have the heart to ask me," j Will . vou cast me off ?" he called a second later. . ... i. - r t? "Wait a minute, exciaimeu Jirs. omK-i. the periled ones in time to "Fttch your boat close up. I want to speaK hQ gai(f tohimself . to you, Dick. i . j . .-The boy is doing well, but he can't hold The boat received the necessary impetus, J do jfc ,? c uin iitUe and touched the side of the pier. Mrs. Swing r ,in1 fnlWed her father into the had seated nerseii on me lupuiu&i, iajc forming the wharf, and leaned over as though to speak confidentially to her son. t "Dick." said his mother, 'hold fast I ' I'm coming," and into the boat she dropped be fore cither Captain Rose ou the dock or Cap taiu Richard in the boat hd knowledge of her intention. . t "What under the sun, mother,' cried the boy, "do you mean ?" 7: Im going with you, Dick, to keep you from falling ovef board when you haul in," and bhe seated herself in the stern, calling, back us the tide floated the boat out, "We depend ltre. to send after us if we III 1 II LA U ' H : ... Richmond There is no provision made here for exam ining the tickets, and no requirements as to their size, shape and thickness. Even Louis iana prescribes this much. .Under our new law the voter can put in ten as easily as one ballot, and then the judges can throw out the whole box. We have made no. provision to sift the ballots so as to reduce their number to the number of names on the poll list. Even South Carolina provides for this. The new law further provides for separating the State elections from the Federal elections by holding them at such distance apart as the iudges of election may designate. Uhis is direct challenge to the national government to look after its own elections, and I regret The following opinion of Hon out you can take hold." Pearson, published in the Asheville Citizen of All ready lav the boat, a dark green sun fuA 17ft, ;nsf ii i1A read with interest It boat, a boat that could stand heavy seas, and ig a caim evnose of that infernal machinery, exceedingly, because no good, fair-minded cit- the two men and boy who had nobly volun- 0tten up by the Democrats of the last Legis- izen likes to see Federal Supervisors around lature. to make a Republican victory in this victory in State impossible. Mr. Pearson says : The timely and earnest protest of the Citi zeh voicing the sentiments of the fair-minded Legislators from the West, contributed to the defeat of the harsher provisions of the Payne on the sea. . Election bill : but enough of the original bill As they watched the dim, dark spark now remains to make it a very bad and a very dan- nsmg upon the swelling waters and as quiciuy jrerous law. vanishing irom signt, not one oi mo The law as enacted diners irom tne bill as throng but knew the danger of the tiny boat introduced about as a grain of poison differs With breathless eagerness tney watcnea me from an ounce of poison, the grain may kill, while the ounce would nauseate the system and be rejected. The smaller is often the dead lier dose. Except the Citizen the press has maintained an ominous silence on this subject Those that say that "The new law amounts to nothing; have not read it or have not under stood it The House has simply tnrown a mask of velvet over the ugly features of the original Senate bill, I have made it a point to read the law care surf boat as its two rowers 'stood at the oar urging it onward. "It's down the harbor now. They're catch ing it It's an awful wind for June. Do you think they're gaining on 'em? That mite of a boat will never live till they get there," were some of remarks heard as they passed on. As for Captain Rose he went panting up the hill into the town, climbed into the belfry of Dell Haven church, as far up as he could go, and watched through a spy glass the progress fujjy an(j 0 compare; it with the election laws of the mere specK in me oistance auu mo tv- 0f Maine. Massacnusetts. uonnecticut, ixew ing helpers so far behind. Jersey, Maryland, South Carolina, Georgia, After a few minutes he realized that Captain Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and Danforth, alhough doing his utmost could not Arkansas, and I do I not hesitate to say that save mem n- iaw tm it. now stands, is less Democratic and more dangerous that the laws of any of the above-named States, except that of South Carolina, from which in part it has been copied verbatim in some respects it is worse than the South Carolina law, embodying as it does, some of the worst features of that law, with out providing the safeguards which even that celebrated law throws around the ballot-box. After twenty years of absolute Democratic look church and climbed the belfry stairs. v,0T-o TVillv " he said, "can you through here and keep sharp watch? No, you run you can go quicker'n I can," and the Cap tain scribbled a message on me bacit oi au en velope, and giving, it her bade her make haste BTrav jn North Carolina, after twenty years of to the telegraph omce, -jlou ten ovuuuj Blake it's to save a life and it must go ahead of everything." . Dolly Rose did not need to be told twice. She ran every step of the way, and rushing into the telegraph office flushed and eager cried of twenty-seven so-called out: "Mr. Blake, here, send mis quicit. iwcu ard Swing and his mother are going to drown and it's to save them. tt it ......to t.wt mil rrh " she rmsned. with a dasn II 1 i. JCW t,nr iuxq-I O & of spray in her face. . s "Ay, av!" cried the aptain, and he took off his hat and swung it, he scarcely knew well harbor: Steam out at once In search of Of all the women iu Dell Haven, from the gmaI1 boat woman and boy in it off Dell Ha i ldest to the youngest, Mrs. Swing most feared ven three miles; going against theJlt the sea. To live beside it, to yicu l: , oneratDr clicking away especially while they are producing suchDem muud delighted her, but to venture on it for "All right, said the ptor, clicking away ' ? J, . ?... meQ o The operator took the old envelope ana read: rntn,-n Tnio stpiini ins? Good Heart, Crom- boasting and I admit generally the justice of the boast, that our elections were fair, free and peaceable, after the enormous Democratic majorities in both branches of this very Gen eral Assembly, after carrying twenty-one out counties in the last election, after returning the Senator who introduced this bill from a negro county by about one thousand majority, what excuse can there be for the passage of a law more severe and despotic in some respects than that which South Carolina enacted when she was throwing off the horrible shackles in which for ten years she had been writhing ? Why change the character of our ffair and free elections," ,j. Jh w never known to do. i at his machine for a minute or two, anu mou , 1 : ... Iwhen UTrUimin. "It's done. Wait a minute, sis, imt rainer man iu wire runs tlx" tri-ar-li!-!.- nf the watei'S. mar his wild delight in wind and waves mis unselfish mother concealed as much as possi ble her anxiety for him. Richard was not selfish, and had "he imag ined what his mother was at that moment The minutes went by. Ten has passed when the answer came back : "Steam up; start at once; gomy rjw . rn a; A nnt Eton to write it "Run A. Lie SJrciBLW xwv. i Why the West for any further surrender of - the rights of free men ? j ' No candid man can find an honest excuse for this measure, and I trust that all fair minded men of both parties .will unite in con demning it, and in arousing public sentiment against the enforcement at least in Western North Carolina, of those provisions which are the ballot-box, unless it be absolutely neces sary to prevent fraud or violence. We should deprecate rather than invite Federal inter ference, and I 'trust that no judges in this part of the State will "deem it expedient to carry out the provisions of this section. 6. Finally, instead of iudges to execute a certain law and to count and proclaim the re sult, judges are appointed with the power to choose the method of election for the people, without reference to the wishes of the people, and then instead of recording the verdict of the people these judges have power to reverse that verdict. "Said board shall have power and authority to iudicially pass upon all the facts relative to the election and judicially de termine and declare the true result of the same." Instead of recording a historical fact they can make history to suit themselves. So that, instead of a "government of the people, by the people and for the people, we are to have a government by irresponsible commissioners, arbitrary registrArs and infallible returning boards. I hardly think that this will consist with the temper and genius of North Caro- Jk v linians. This law, if rigidly enforced, may cause the Republican party to dwindle away as in South Carolina, or it may so shock the sense of jus tice and fair play of our white men of the West as to insure the speedy repeal of the law or else the repeal of our very- singular system of our county government, which is now ren- - " .... . .. . dered unnecessary to protect "our bretnren in the East Kichmosd- .Feaesqn. ; THE SOUTHERN QUESTION. EXCUSING THE SUPPRESSION OF THE COLORED VOTE BY, A PABTIAL STATEMENT OF THE CASE. J . . Atlanta Constitution. The public sentiment that will decide the next I Presidential election is being rapidly formed in the North. An attempt is being made to hold the Democratic party responsible for the solid South, and to solidify the North by the argument that the South is solid be cause of resentment, estrangement, or the hope of political domination. Let us put on record here two propositions that cover the whole matter: 1. The South longs for a breaking up of sec tional alignment with an earnestness the North can never feel. We are the minority section in m e tlx.: i j: every sense, xo iorce a political uivkuuu uu r . .... tit sectional hnes is political suicide, vve neea capital, immigrants, development, and to hin der the incoming of these, as any sectional di vision must, is to hinder our own growth and prosperity. We realize this perfectly, llence we are more deeply interested in the wiping gestions of what they would do when the whites were divided ? - " . Iowa has about the voting population of Georgia,, say 320,000. If 130,000 of these vot ers were negroes, of whom 100,000 were llh erate (to say no worse,) is there any sane man who believes or any fair, man who will assert. that the white people of Iowa would not so unite as to hold control of their affairs and re mam so united, m all despite! Would- any political ambition, or could any external force, so divide the whites as to make it possible for a considerable minority of their number, by deluding the ignorant and bribing the-corrup of the negroes hold the reins of government Would they not rather, in Iowa or Vermont, do as we do hold the intelligence and prop erty together, administer affairs with just and equal hand, lead the ignorant to enlighten ment, win the doubting to confidence, the dis affected into friendship andj putting aside the minor considerations of politics, work ou patiently, earnestly, in conscience and honor, under the guidance of God as he maketh manifest, this enthralling and surpassing prob lem? And these questisns are respectfully sub mitted. CANADA'S GREAT TRADE DEBATE. T.TTVFTRAT. ORATORS DEMAND UNRESTRICTED CITY WITH US. RECTPRO The great trade debate in Ottawa, on mo tion favoring unrestricted reciprocity with the United States, is now neanng a close. Just two weeks since it began and a division was taken on the 20th inst It .will not seriously diminish the government s majority, but it has put them on the defensive. The debate has attracted the most remarkable attention in the country. On that I day Bichard, one of the French Canadian feaders, spoke. After stating the position, he said: "In the presence of these facts, 1 say that it is in the power of nb mortal man to say to-day what the expansion of trade with the United States would be if these obnoxious restrictions, which have imbeded it, were removed. There is on this vast globe ho country where all classes of the community are en joying so plen tifully the blessings of material prosperity as the United States. Colonel Amyot held that reciprocity could consistently, be advocated -by a protectionist He was very severe on England. "Let any one, ne exclaimed, "quote to me one smgie treaty by which England has taken the least care of Canada. It's all very well to say that we enjoy our laws and our liberties, that we speak French when we want to. Well, let us ero to the States. I have seen thousands and thousands of my fellow countrymen there, and saw a population of French Canadians satis fied with their position. Many of them told me they were happy, that they were making money: that they were respected. He ridiculed a statement that England could or would pro tect Canada in time of war. "If we do not have war with the States," he said, "it is because the States do not want to war with us. They I are too sensible a people for that, they are attending to the development and advancement of their own country and they would find no interest in making war on Canada. "I admit that their frontiers would be as much exposed as ours in case of war, and that if we are unjustly; attacked every Canadian able to carry arms, would be ready to man our border to protect his home and defend his country. : But with the States it is not a ques tion of war. He did not deny that protection has pros pered in the States, but under unrestricted re ciprocity we would remain protected as we are now, and we would be associated with the States to protect ourselves against the rest of the world. It would be protection enlarged. but the plan did not work. Now the shell is explded in a very simple manner. There is a little jelectrical apparatus on the head of the shell, which, when wet .by water, explodes it So that if the shell strikes the water, in a second it is exploded. The shell, in many cases,1 would thus explode beneath a ship: although it would be exploded by concussion if it should first strike the ship." j SHE COURTED DEATH. ' : Chicago Mail. Mrs. Martha Julian, a -widow, 42 years of age, who kept furnished rooms at 301 Fulton street; died yesterday at her home. Her death is ascribed to her obstinacy, and the physicians who endeavored to attend her refuse to issue a death certificate. They have notified the coroner. - When first taken ill Dr. Smith of 200 West Lake jstreei; was called in, and prescribed for a cold and fever. After he had departed the sick woman for some reason tore up the pre scription and sent for Dr. Van Buren, of 15 North' May street. He prescribed for infiama tion oi the bowels. The medicine was procured but trie woman refused to take it and sent for Dr. Piper. He, on examining the women, said that she was seriously ill, and hearing of her conduct toward his predecessors advised that she be taken to the county hospital. He wrote a note to the authbrities there and left it with the woman to be presented dn her ar rival there. - When he left she tore up the note rolled over, and died. Mrs. Julian once owned considerable prop erty hi Hooperstown, Rl., and is said to have friends in Grant county, Indiana. She has a, daughter, 18 years of age, whose whereabouts are unknown. THIRSTING FOR BLOOD. I A LA WYES AND A WITNESS WORK THEMSELVES IX TO i- ' , FIOHTINQ MQOD. ' In Jubge Clifford's court this morniDg the judge and jury were engaged in hearing the and William F. Thomas an ordinary action of assumption'- which has been on trial nearly, a week. Attorney James S. Harlan, a son of Justice Harlan of the United States Supreme Court, represented the plaintiff, and was en gaged in examining D. R. Thomas, a son of one of the defendants, who was a witness-for his father. He questioned 3'oung Thomas about a conversation they had had before the opening of court, in which the witness was supposed to have made certain admissions relative to the peyment of money. Thomas denied that he 1 had made such admissions. - - "Will you swear you did not state' this to me? asked lawyer Marian. , "Oh, he has so testified," said Judge Clifford. (Tl 1 A . 1 1 ' A I I . At omy takes up time to reiterate me qacs- "Well, sir," said the lawyer, glowing at the witness, "it's a good thing for you that you are in a court room." "I am not always in a court-room, sir," said Thomas, his face growing red with anger. "I am ready to step outside with you now, if you like," and he leaned forward as if about to leave the witness-stand. Mr. Harlan also looked as though his "Southern blood" was crying out or gore. "Hold on ! cried Judge Clifford, noting the belligerent air of the two men. "We are not going to adjourn court to give you time to settle this matter. Proceed with the case. The lawyer and witness subsided and peace reigned for the time, though there is no telling whether a duel will follow. Chicago MaiL BarberHow will you have your hair dressed? Customer Part it in the middle. "Well, but there is a third hair; side will you have that on? " which nal spirit and entitled to a frank and friendly ; T 11 Ol.l. "VT il. : U I . . . answer, as mere a otuie iu me norm m wmcu soda Water fountain and irAs-nine nmnnfwtW at one end or side for the j entrance f the if ,. as m Mississippi, 181,000 negro voters , of . .marked out on the map of New York city. Tho voter, and an opening at the other side for his which 145,000 are unable to read or .write, dynamite gun is certainly a success. It can exit, as a polling place. - . Unly were to-aay setuea, to wmte people wouia oe throw a dynamite shell wtth safetr. and when Swing was so intent on bailing, that one voter shall be allowed to enter such poll- or could be divided under any pretense or by such a shell explodes unon a shin's deek. itH f. lit 1 -1 A 11 l I T il XT 1.1. C?i i i I m , .... , 1 . ' 1 K