JOURNAL; :.'J . X. a. ACQ. W 1384. i -. . i ei K c ... C I IVELaJD'S LTTTEX. : -. C. v .a5D h written LU . r of lenzth it ista InproT ; r 1 coaptiiort; aad wbil i cr the topbUtxies of that fr, it coYfr th CToaod j err cocj !etelj tnd eon&QM rucra sirkU to ti ffittr la 'a lit. Ttxixs. Goreraor . p lace Linjelf qaajw- ' - jUtibna of principle M . 1 Uli d oa bj t& pasty . : nil CoaTtnUoa, nd i i t il position to go cither . r U-inJ tha sentiments f m en t. On matter of ad La epta clearly and Te people," aaya he "paj -. ..; cf public employee : j ara entitled to, fair aad : workwbicatbe money tbtu ! :. J.l command, and that it ' t'.uty of those ia trusted ,wita t v- moment of their . aJSelrs to : .:ca jablie aerrioe ia forth and farther, expreesea the : V., it tha voter of tbe land ;ird to anpport the party ; , vc3 the beat promise of ad : :.- tie government, la tie , 1 and plaia Banner : 4 consistent vita it caarao ' ureses. Tbey bare learned ; -rj an 4 concealment in - rement of their affairs ::...': aod betrayal, wblch ::. it Gov. Cx.TXai baa . i ft : t e a Utb observer of tbeae , ; t'-a taiaor Sees of the . , --.J in which there teaa . . - J fir reform aad iav a tLere U in the higher i f tl.a Nation. ' . r ia all iLs part ahova . : LA5i to be what 'I r I !, aa ont and oat ad ." - - rs J ia bis eloeinj 5 -'.cz:lj pletlea bim 'j I'.s eorta to bii 1 w:;b a tim reliance ! ..- 1 lowing of tbe -, : i Louest endeavor i -charge of duty. A.-:-J exploring expe- ! - s.1 .raji been an J ty the dTil s :; J tld fall detaU : ;- ;'. e.cr raultUade, jk relssh fit in r Cher object. Tbi ; le cwinj ta two , u the scieotisU 1 : t! -. !y i a tereated, ' - v?e all manV-lad I ..' - J. . of daring, aad depri ratios, : ; -a -.lf-ia:posed a : Arciin ex7isitiona ; ! . ; 5 terr.in:itioa of Sir : JLix'a expedition and : cr.es h.ia only wbet-i ; " ; rp-etita for lartbex . ?. ' ! . t i: t'.lllioa; tbe return : : cr t..j 1)3 LOXG rarty r . 1 curiosity to keen . : ti cvt rytbia; connected :' .',rra for tha GaEXtIT , a-J bad worked ' up t ; .. :.,;loaj of aa occasion to r tha heroic nirering of tl.a brarery of tbelr , :'.. self B.icrifidBg derotion - t:aJer the moat tryiojdr . ' S and a general applause :i lii) bad nobly oifered . cpoa tbe altar of acieae . -" r National glory. "' wLaa tbe telegraph T ! that Capt. ScaxiT waa In a cf tbe ataxTinganrviror Its remains oft2ia deeeaaed : i a thrill of Joy and aorrow ' r: :ja tbe wbola -ranka of .:. a. Tbe liriog would be 3 .and tbe dead eanoniaed, . ' far tbe frailty of man t the Bocae baa eb an gad, and tbe of that expedition becomes a rerolting nature that one t '.rir.ka from a pernaal of it, 1 'u i:plied to tbe naaaeating : 'a m to that of a coro- r-a of eannabaHam are Bade, 1. ,.at admitted,an exeeotioo for '-. ij cpaly stated, and Instead .' : ' -lory tbat sboold snrroond ; ; actors in tbe drama, there is l" fizz cp in tbe pnblie mind a feIiag of diegnst for the 1. 'a eLterpTiae,aad it aiey be : Arctic expeditions will reeeire a - b, c i for a term of years. Tbe r :ioa natoraHy saggeets itself ther cr not tbia waa tbe Jtrtt ( . Iltioa tbat ercr reeorted to tbe -?rae measaree of eating, each ' or ia it only tbe first one tl. .t t t let oat, tbe faett In c r erezi we. think it liae shorn f :::a baxardoaa ' expeditions of r.zzli oftiefr glory, aad they win -1 .icTy cot be fitted oat in tbe tntnrs with tha readineaa'of tbe pest, (or th reaaoa tbat but few persona w.ll wUb to start oat on aerniae, wita tbe f hjaaicg' aasoraaee tbat they wi2 be either compelled to eat taeir (ellow men, or tbeir fellow raen win be compelled to eat them. rTSIOJ JD1SA5TS0C8. General Bmxx'S plan of foaioo ia one that baa a fair appearance and atractiT featnrea a boat it at tbe first blaab, bat like tbe old pratleaiaaa campaign 'generally it prorea to be a sham when flren a cioae examiaacia. Taae with the minority party" njs be (a the sereral States. Then to faae with bis ticket ia to admit jT-rrs.!f tbe iWfy party, which ia cioae State woold bei dia- is adnl-.?on, and la States i " ? r.:3rity rrtr will- the Geucrala Uciet borne with it in Its minority there to stay. Faskm then to say nothing of tbe arrendar of principle that woold beeotne seeeasary, has a Lad show Log" .m aa set oi policy. Majority parties bare no caue to wlah a lusioii, sad wiftorH.v artte who do wUh it are m far in the minority as to become more hope- ieaidy so, by such an act an tbe cry of "Help me Carina or I link, which would be surely interpreted aa the mean in r of fusion with tbe BrTLXS party. WSmOETER TE ROW THAT SB1U. TE ALSO HEAP. . Tbia alaxim applies to political matters with equally aa great force as It does . tt thioga social and morsJ aad it would be veil for tbe American people to pooder tbe wisdom and truth of the proposi tion. . Erery four years we are called apoa to select a chief magistrate of the nation, and to take ono or our follow citizens from the lerel oi tbe manure and elevate him to tbe highest position in the family of nations; for or American pnoe urges us to beliere that tbe Presi dent of a government of orer fifty millions of 'free. Intelligent and happy people, caa take no second rank: among the rulers of the world. Bat 'we' belittle oarselre ia the eyes of other nations by tbe manner in wblch we conduct our quadren nial eanraat for this important po sition. , Before any nomination is made tbe discussion as to the demerit of areeesb candidates begins and the most scathing criticisms are writ ten, published and scattered with ail the seal of an excited rural dis trict trying to eircumrent a boras thief.' And after tbe nomination of each party is made then tbe war become general, aad tbe army of matter receives a Cores) of volun teers tbat woold rejoice the heart ot a nation' engaged in, a foreign war, aad wooJd-wipe drafts and conscriptions from the face of the earth. ""v- ,r ." ;' !f- v-. Tbe burden 6t the campaign then fls to be able to- show, what an utterly "contemptiblo ' 'allow tbe other party is running; and by the time the election is orer, tbe publio mind is clearly made ap, to select the least of two erils and take one of the candidates, Botfxom any gooa tnat u in aim oar, to seep a man more thoroughly unfit from being elected. -V"-. Bat few rotes are cast from any admiratioa foe the Ttrtoes the man msy hare, nor tor 'any qualifica tions that be ma : possess. So far as the. masses are. informed, tbe President is "entitled to no respect snd consequently but little ia given him. " " :" x Ills position In tbe estimate of a Large part of bin subjects ia near the same as that enjoyed by tbe Cxar ol Cassia in tbe kindly sentiments of tbe Nihilist. . Thus far we hare bad but one GuiTtAU and we bait between two opinions, as to bis sanity, aad pre fer to thick a 'craxy man,, shot tbe Preaideot-ralthongb be failed to prove it satisfactorily to tbe court that tried' hlm-to beleiving tbat any sane one would assault the bead of o beneficent a government aa ours. Bat if this plan of electioneering eootioaes there will be "good caose to fear a repetirdow of these trsge diea., v ;, . -i .. A ' Instead of an endeavor to win rotes by extolling tbe rirtues of tbe eandidatea and bailding up a high respect for them In the minds cf v the people, : the reverse is practiced, and Just as the candidate is' degraded in the minds of the people Just so will the Prtidl be erea after' he has been formally inaugurated. Tbe eonseqnencee can be ' foreseen, by any one who will re fleet , upon the subject, aad remember that it has been written, Mwbataoerer ye sow that shall ye also reap and again, "if ye sow to the winds ye shall reap the whirlwind." ! No gorernmeDt can enjoy peace and quiet where the highest officials bare not tbe confidence of the manses; and it would seem to be the part of wisdom to create a ehsracter of parity for them rather than attempt to destroy that which they may bare, however little it is. The New York Sum seems to view the coming contest as fraught with many uncertainties ss to the result in the election of a President. This msy be so, but really it ap pears tons tbat the situation is so far . unchanged in any material point. Tbe two parties which held National Conventions at Chicago are still alive and vigorous, and although Geo. Wm, Cruris has gone back on his convention, and B. F. Btjtleb on bis, there is still a good working quorum left in each which, will stick to the business with a becomiag consistency eveu unto the end; and when the electoral college present tbe votes to Congsess next winter, it will be the same old contest of Democracy and Be publican ism struggling for the matery, aod we think with a boot the same chances of succeaa for the former, with which it started per hap a little improved. " j "Ws proudly cli our remraentl cLm i uJentod which irrotcttn to ! itelf th mnemcl of publio rapcMubBcthtoi." This is tbe way Mr. Cleveland puts tbe matter and if he should write many letters, and deliver an Inaugural address, he will hardly ever say anything fuller of meaning, or more worthy of the consideration fe parties, that what is con tained ia that abort,, bot compre- hensive, paragraph. ,;2 LOCAL ISSCIS. A sharp, well defined issue in local politics is a great stimulant to bring voters to tbe poll. w. don't know how to account for thi, uu less it is beciutte tbe ieople are not so familiar with the iuen in State and National olitic-. Hut when stirred by tbeus local nmttirx the election beooue a matter of in tent to them anil ibey to the Dolls, and once they tret there fall into line aud vote the whole ticket, X local iasue that ha this effect often proves leDeticial to oue party or the other. j In Lenoir county there (.eeiu! to ; be more active interest in the pres-1 ent campaign than in any for many years. Tbe Republicans had a j sharp, active canva, terminating ' in a dwrmcefnl mob. called a con-' vention, after the Craven oountv't,,e water in his present fashion, for the nominations. The Democrats and Republitmus both have been much concerned about tbe stock law. In sections on the north side of Neose river the farm-1 ers were, on account of scarcity of timber, sereral years ago compelled to adopt tbe stock law, and after it went into operation some people in the adjoining sections saw tbe ad vantages of it and etitioned tbe last. Legislature to extend tbe operation of the law. This was done, and now the whole of tbe north side, including portions of Greene county have the stock, or no fence, law. The change was so radical and sudden until many liv ing in the "no fence" districts have not yet become reconciled to the new order of things. It is a hard matter for old men to abandon tbe methods of farming which their fathers before them operated suc cessfully; hence, (here is some dis satisfaction among those who live ia the stock law districts, while on tbe south side of " Neuse river, where there is plenty of timber and much good range for cattle and hogs, there is some alarm less tbe new order of things should be ex tended to tbeir territory, and the time-honored methods of their fathers be swept away. So great has been the agitation of this subject tbat the convention oa Batnrday last thought it nec essary to define the position of the Democrat io party, which was ad mirably done in tbe resolutions which we publish with tbe pro ceedings. The only candidates before . the people ia the county that can ac complish anything in the way oi amending or abolishing the law. are those for the General Assembly. We learn that tbe Be publican can didate has declared that he would use erery effort to have the law abolished. If he does this he woold do violence to tbe rights of those who have, on account of scarcity of timber adopted it, and they cannot, consistent with their interests, vote for aim. And, since the Legisla ture is sure to be Democratic, of what service can be be to those on the south side who dont want tbe law extended into their territory T The Democratic candidate, Mr. J. W. GKAixasB, will respect the rights of both; he will not interfere with the stock law in neighbor hoods where the people want it; he ill not rote to force it on the peo ple on the south side where they don't want it; and in all events, if elected, he will be on the majority side of tbe House where he can be of real benefit to his constituents. Bat is it not strange that people ill wait for some local issue; wait until the operation of some local law comes right to their doors be fore they realize the fact tbat they have rights and can assert them at the ballot box f Are they not aware ot tbe corruption that exists in high places T and are they not aware that some as radical assaults have been made upon the Constitu tion under which they lire as upon the old time fence law, which has always been a farce on the statute books, for not one farmer in a dozen has a "lawful fence.'' There are laws for tbe protection of life, lib erty and property; they are made by men who are elected by the people, and they are jnst as im portant as tbe law which restrains tbe hog and cow of tbeir liberty. Tbe people should read good, re liable newspapers and keep posted oo what is being done at bead quarters as well as in tbeir own neighborhoods. "The real of thine house hath eaten thee up,'' may be said to the prohibition party ia the present campaign; bat as zeal is always tempered by defeat, their cause i by no means hopeless. The pres- ent platform is entirely too radical and extreme in its demands and Raleigh on Mas the Kith, l si.J. purposes. They ask tbe people of He was eminent in his profession this country to try an experiment : and had won the highest esteem of which has no successes to point to j the citizens of his adopted city, and withal, places the party in op-j The Rt. Uw. Bishop of Georgia, position to the old time doctrine of" who is his brother, was once a citi State's rights, which is emledded 1 zeu of our neighboring town ot in the Constitution, and wheueve.i j Washington; ami relatives ,,t the assailed baa found able defenders, j deceased aie still living in Hvde, manfully contending for it, without i Washington and .(aheson counties, regard to their own party aflilia-j He had reached the npe old age ot tions or the source from which the ' soventy-t wo and was pronounced assailants came. This party has one of the bo: plijeian - in the au available issue and a fair prom- j State of Ins adopt inn. ise of success iu the future, but only attainable through a modification f jcv aud a temperate applica- i tion ot its principles. its principles. Whenever it shall dawn upon them, a it did jupon the old Abolition party, that ; restriction is a much more popular ' term, and one that will gather strength as it moves along, they will have discovered the key to the situation, and while tbey may suffer defeat in many battles, yet the charging lorcos will rally again, and re-ea forcemeats come to them from unexpected THE SINKING OF THE TALLA POOSA.. The sinking' of the Tallapoosa in Vineyard sound wrs one of those accidents to which tbe public have become accustomed, and it seems providential tbat it was uot an event of a more shocking character. Had Mrs. Chandler and her ven erable mother been on board, as it was their purpose it might have een still more appalling, for the sinking was eo sudden niter the collision, that the escape ot females would have been almost miraculous, wa8 with none but a trained crew on board, who had regularly drilled, in supposed emergencies, four were drowned, including Surgeon Black. This should be ; warning to the honorable secretary, not to go near ! the water in his present rickety ! navv but to do his 'junketing'' on shore, facilities lor which aie found all along the coast from the Norfolk Navy Yard up to Passamquody bay. The Tallapoosa was a "war built"' as well as a war ship, constructed in 18C3 for the purpose of contend ing with a power whose naval out fit, at that time, was constituted of a few shallops sporting the sounds aud rivers, and avoiding the ocenn with a dread of the waves, quite eqnal to tbat of the powerful navy of the United States. The loss to the government is not heavy. It is that the official pleas ure boat of i he department has gone to the bottom and but for a train of official circumstances, which kept tbe honorable secretary on shore, might have been much more serious. It would have been a sad commen tary on our exiensive navy to have had the Secretary of the Depart ment drowned, in having his favorite war ship run down by a coal schooner. IP the Republicans lose the Ohio election in October the disaster to the Blaine party will be heavy, and some go so far as to say tbe canvass would crumble to pieces. While we think it would be very damaging to tbat party, we are not prepared to say that the plucky huntsmen alter place would give up the chase. Washington correspond ents represent tbe Republican chances in the Ohio campaign as very poor, rendered so by the scarcity of the campaign funds; and intimate tbat the thirty thousand dollars now being wasted in the east if taken to Ohio would remove all doubts about The success of the ticket. We are hardly prepared to think that the case. Ohio will go Democratic we think on principle just as she did when Gov, HOAJD- LEY carried it at the last election. It is not creditable to the Ohio peo ple to say they are swayed by so small a sum. The telegraph informs us that Secretary Chandler will appoint a court of inquiry to investigate all tbe circumstances attending tbe loss of the Tallapoosa and to de termine the resion6ibility therefor. This is eminently proper, for while Congress has with great care framed rules and regulations for the government of the merchants marine, and enforces them with rigorous penalties; it would seem out of place for a seeming disre gard of those rules to take place on board of a government vessel, manned and commanded by men into whose charge the eminent secretaries from Robeson to Chandler in regular line have entrusted themselves and friends should pass unnoticed. Let the court proceed. The Waem Springs to be Sold. It is announced that the present owners of this famous watering place aiul pleasure resort have signed a contract to transfer within thirty days all their rights, titles and interests in the springs for a consideration of eighty thou sand dollars to a strong syndicate who propose to spend tin additional thirty thousand in improvements and ornamentation of the property. This will become one of the most at tractive resorts in the whole conn try once it is thoroughly introduced to the travelling and pleasure seek ing public, and we are glad to see capital coming iuto the State and esecially when invested in such a way as to bring more after it, as we think this is destined to do. On Saturday last Dr. T. .Stanly Beckwith, of Petersburg, Va.. died at his residence in that city after a protracted illness. )r. Bei'KWITH was a native of North Carolina, having been born in i AN"Tiii:i; b ion dollar.- ot ml ca,! tor te:i mil the rhiec per cent Uinds will be made this week. Verily the bloated bond holder will ere long be a thing of the past. PuiN ted. We clip the following from the Sim ol Thursday last: VOH BENJAMIN 1'. IU'TLEK. To the Editor of the Sun Si-.- If VOU hare no objection, piease answer through the columns of the Sun sion it says: "If Ohio should go Demo whicli of the four candidates for cratit 1Q October it would be'a heavy if t . r i not an impossible, undertaking to rally President you expect to vote for. the forceB7or tha 'November conflict in ,V . i.. J. B. G. I Ohio or outside of it." STATE NEWS (ili uned from our Exchanges. Roanoke Kcirn: A two acre vine yard at Rldgeway tented this year for $500. The corn crop in the county is larger and better than it has ben since tbe war. The first new open cotton we have seen came from J. J. Goodwyn's farm Tuesday. This is not premature but early. Mr. Goodwyn will soon have a bale in market. Snow Hill Ttlanaph: Mr. R. E. Joues has (jnite a collection of curi osities, lie has a cannon ball that his grandfather, John Jones, brought home with him from the revolutionary war. lie .dso has a shark's tooth that weighs li pounds, and die ley; of an iron pot which was dug up out of a marl hole, lie thinks the pot must have held a barrel judging from : ho size of the leg. Whose pot was it Chatham livcord: An interest ing revival has been going on all this week at Rock Springs church, near this place. On last Satur day night Mr. Silas Siler, of Mat thews' township, died very sudden ly, lie was about 70 years old and was much respected ly bis ueigh- bois. Our people had become 80 accustomed uming this summer to having a ram every day or two that the present dry spell is almost un endurable. Stonewall Enterprise: The army worms are eating the pea vines and corn in the fields in the New Ditch sect i in, bur as yet have not commenced on the cotton. Soon after Dog days "went out,' the big rains ceased, the weather cleared up, and it has not v.iined since. The weather is now delightful. Capt. H. Tl. Dowdy killed a rattle snake on Dr. Keil'! ing'.-. farm on Wednesday . Mr. Hrad ord Gatliu and Mr. Joe Hooker each killed one last week. Wilson Mirror: Miss Fannie Waters, aouny; lady of fine men tal endowments and high literary culture, will leave us soon for Beau fort county, where she has accepted a position in the school of tbe Rev. Mr. ling lcs. Died, at her home, in Greene count v, on Saturday, tbe lGth of Aug., 1884, Mrs. Maria Best, relic of the late Henry Best. She was born June 10, 1812, and was consequently 72 years and 27 days old. Durham Tobacco Plant: The building boom in Durham con tinues. The increase of the valuation of property in Durham township from June 1st, '83, to June 1st, '84, is $2,000,000. The new cotton factory is the most massive building in construction in these parts. The brick masons are working on the third story. Four teen dwellings for the operatives are built aud foundations laid for several others. Wilmingtou Star: We learn from a correspondent at Excelsior, Brunswick county, that the crops in that section are very promising. The average in corn, he thinks, will be from fifty to sixty bushels to the acre, ootton is as nue as he ever saw it. Tbe only discouraging fact is the presence ol the army worm, which, it is feared, will play havoc with the crops. They prey upon the grass first, and then upon the pea-yines. Our correspondent says it is feared they will eat all the fodder and cotton. Tarboro Southerner: Wednesday of last week Edmond Feeding, colored, was lodged in jail charged with assaulting and outraging about three weeks ago, a little colored girl about nine years old whom the doctors say is yet in a very critical condition. He was apprehended in Wilsou county, brought to Sparta where the crime was committed and a preliminary bearing was had before Dr. C. W. Eagles, J. P. We have been un able to get at all the particulars of the matter, that is the details. We understand that the State will have a strong case. The accused says ho ia a married man about 30 years of age and never saw the child until his trial before the committing magistrate. Winston Sentinel: It is said that the tree upon which the murderer, Henry Swain, was hung, is slowly dying. Not because of tbe deed being committed upon it, as some suppose, but for the reason of the many bits of bark, twigs, etc., car ried away as relics, --fit medicine," tooth ache cure, and the like. The Arista Cotton Mills of Messrs. F. & H. Fries closed last Wednes day for six weeks. As is usually the case during Presidential elec tion years, business is dull aud the firm, like many other manufacturers this year, are ahead of orders to an extent to necessitate a brief sus pension. Their woolen mills will continue iu operation and the Arista resume work at the expira tion of the above time. Statesville Landmark: White, Smith, Alexander and Johnson threshed seven thousand bushels of grain in 23 days. Mr. R. S. At well, ol Iavid.son township, found an open cotton boll on his place Wednesday. It is the first re- ported. -Mr. M. L. Hall, of Shiloh j township, last fall seeded five busli i els of wheat on five and a half ; acres, and this year gathered from lit a crop vt' 112 bushels. B. F. I Sumrow, Esq., of Coddle Creek i township, has on his place a cluster of trees which, taken together, constitute perhaps the largest lot I to be found iu the same space any i where in the county. Seven ot ! them measure as follows: A black oak 24 feet in circumference 12 i inches from the ground: a post oak l." feet 10 inches in circumference J2 inches from the ground: white oak 21 feet 10 inches 7 inches from ground: Spanish oak U feet G inches 7 inches from ground; poplar 22 feet S inches 10 inches from ground: pine 12 feet 1 inch 10 niches from ground: red oak 1 teet 12 inehe. from ground. No one ot the-e trees i- more than 2."0 yards from any ot her of the number. What l.i cii r.u .Maiviiks Did. The Boston Com niDian altli says: New- ha - collie that, iu Julie, t here died at I laden, llet r Adolnhe Pol lack Hitter von Hudin, one of the greatest manufacturers of Inciter ni.Hel.es in the woild. His chief monument is the Hiidolphinum. where srventy-tive pupils, attend ing the l'olytechnccum. are lodged and bo. tided free of expense. A kindergarten for a hundred children was in process ol erection at the time of his death," The Cincinnati C'oi.imeriUil Guzcttv pounds a note of warning, if not alarm. to the Ohio Republicans, anil in conolu- "Do Potatoes Mix in the Hill" Tbe above question, variously expressed, comes to us every now and then. This time it is from "A. W. M.," Alamosa, Col., who writes: "Please state whether potatoes of different 6orts, planted together, will affect one another so as to pro duce tubers different from the seed planted, i. e.t the potatoes, when dug, will be different from those planted in the ground?" We might answer this with an unquali fied "No," as the potatoes do not "affect one another." Such an an swer would not be satisfactory, in view of the fact that occasionally potatoes, when dag, are found to be "different fjom those planted in the ground." Some farmers are so well assured that potatoes will "mix in the hill," that to avoid it, they take great care to plant their different varieties as far apart as possible. It is often very incon venient to plant tbe varieties at a great distance apart, and farmers should understand tbat all the care taken to do this is utterly useless. ThejT should be assured that the tubers of one variety can have no influence upon the tubers of another kind, however near together they may be planted even if in tbe same bill. It may be asked: -'if they do not mix how do you account for the fact that potatoes are sometimes dug which are unlike those planted as seed ?'' Similar changes occur iu other plants in which there is no suspicion of "mixing." It is a well established fact that a branch of a peach-tree has more than once borne nectarines, and a nectarine tree has borne peaches. A Black Uaniburg grape vine, having been injured by fire, threw up a new shoot, the grapes upon wnicb, to tbe surprise of the owner, were white instead of black. Florists are aware that many of their choice greenhouse plants, notably the bonvardias and geraniums, have given flowers on new branches, which were quite unlike those upon the rest of the plant. A few years ago a noted florist obtained two very distinct roses from a well known kind. Two branches pro duced flowers quite unlike each other, and so different from the original sort that they were propa gated and are now in commerce as new varieties. Cultivators call these departures from the original plants "sports;" botanists call them "bud variations." This last is a more precise term, as each branch proceeds from a bud, and whatever causes these variations must have its effect upon the bud. The appli cation of this to the variation in the potato, will be apparent when we consider the real nature of the po tato, which is a tuber and not a root, and has no more connection with the root than if it grew upon the stem, above tbe surface of the soil instead of below it. If a potato plant, or vine be dug up just as tbe new potatoes begin to "set,'' the real nature of the tuber may be seen. Underground stems are produced, which begin to swell at the ends, and these ends increase until the full size of the variety is attained. These tubers, unlike the roots, have buds, or "eyes," as they are popu larly called, corresponding to the buds of an above-ground branch. W hen a seed potato is planted, one or more of its eyes start, the growth from one eye, or bud, corresponds to, and really is a branch; this bud may vary, though we do not know what causes it to do so any more than we know the cause of the va riation in the bud of the peach or tbe rose. All that proceeds from tbat bud or eye, whether above ground or below, will be unlike the seed potatoes tbat were planted. We do not notice differences iu the above-ground growth of the vines, as they are not the portion for which the plant is valued, but dif ferences in the tuber at once at tract attention. These differences are shown in size, shape, color, time of ripening, etc., tbat of color being the most striking. The 'Late Rose" was a sport (bud vari ation) from the "Early Rose;" here the important difference was in the time of maturing. In this case, the variation was noticed in the plant, or vine, one hill "of Early Rose remaining green aud still growing, long after all the other plants were completely dead. American Agriculturist. Farming Hon't Pay. The Atlanta correspondent of the Savannah Times says- I bad a talk the other day with Hon. J. T. Henderson, the State's Commis sioner of Agriculture, and he made one statement that was so startling that I have decided to pass it around. "Does farming pay in Georgia?" I asked him. "It docs not," be replied. 1 was so dazed that I did not venture another question for a mo ment or so, and then 1 remarked inquiringly: "You do not print that sort of information in "your reports?'' "No," be said. "It would dis courage everybody. "If it is truth, I would print it," I answered. "Do you mean to tell me," I asked, "that a man must, in Georgia, trade or work at a trade to make a living!" "Well," said the Commissioner, "it is nearly that way. In spite of the reports in the Comptroller-Gen eral's office, I am convinced that i every day the sun sets it sets on a poorer people than when he rose. The increase in wealth is the in crease in towus. Georgia must change her policy before she can claim any true prosperity. Our lands have been bled with cultiva-1 tiou until they lost their power, and j they are not being rclaimed. Ve have sapped our life blood out and are doing nothing to restore the lost vitality." "What must be done?"' The fanners should at once every oue begin a system of're-j claiming with pea vines and clover j wherever the latter will grow. That j done with judgment and persistence, i the State will again blossom like a I rose." On the subject of labor, the Com missioner has some very pronounced views. He says education ruins! negro labor, aud he laments the disappearance from the face of the j earth of the old-darkey, in whom a man could put his faith. Of the , modern educated negro he says ' many promise but few turn up. He; regards the solution of the negro problem as an incomparably bigger' thing than the tariff question. I Washington, D. C, Aug. 23. A bond call for ten million dollars three per cent bonds is to be made the first of tbe week. The Secre tary of the Navy will in a few days appoint a court of inquiry to inves tigate alTcircumstances attending tbe loss of the Tallapoosa and to determine the responsibility of its officers therefor. NEWS FROM THE OLD WOULD. London, Aug. : from Shanghai to gram company say. Semalle, the Prencl 2. A dispatch Heuter's Telf " V leom t e de i rcji.osciHative at Pekin, immediately all ei- thej lowering of the. French flag, a Hie j legation started for Shanghai " i FARIS, Aug. 22. Admiral Conr- j bet has been instructed to bombard tbe arsenel nt Foo Chow this morn ing and to land a detachment of troops aud destroy the war material and stores accumulated ( here, which are of immense value. This action is intended :is a reprisal for the ac tion of the Chinese at Langsou. At the same time the French off Keel ing have been ordered to occupy tbe foit and coal mines as security for the indemnity demanded by France. London, Aug. 22.- A dispatch from Pekin to the Times, of yes terday's date, says: "The French legation left Pekin yesterday. A telegraph station v, as opened here to-day. This is the first message wired.'' London, Aug. 22. The fall Mall Gazette this afternoon says;: "China will not issue a declaration of war, but will inform France and the neutral powers that she will regard a repetition of the Kelung incident or an attack on Chinese territory as an ipso fucto declaration of war. China will ask the other powers, and especially England, to be strict Iy neutral. The English colony at Hong Kong has been the base o! operations against Tonquin. Cniua expects that in case the French at tack is renewed the English colon ists will be warned of their duties as neutrals. It is quite certain that tbe Chinese will immediately cross their southern frontier aud invade Tonquin." Paths, Au;;. 2d. It is semi officially stated that inasmuch as France has nor declared war, neu tral vessels going to China :ue not subject to restrictions wliieh would be imposed in a state of actual war. London, Aug. 2.1 The Exchange telegraph company, on the author ity of the Chinese embassy states tbat Foo Chow was bombarded by the French Ibis morning. London, Aug. 2.'. A dispatch which left Shanghai at. G o'clock this evening says: ""It is reported that the French have captured the Chinese fleet stationed at Foo Chow and that two French vessels were sunk. A telegi am lrom Pekin announces that -Li Hung Chang has been instructed to make pacific ad vances." Paeis, Aug. 23. There were four deaths from cholera at Tonlon last night and two at Marseilles. The government intends breaking up tbe camp near Toulon and distribute tbe troops among tbe other stations. Owing to the appearance of the cholera at Geneva, Dr. Costella ad vises an immediate inspectiou of the travellers at La Plaine, the first railway station on the frontier. London, Aug. 23. The steamer Barnesmore, from the Mediterran ean, lying at anchor in Lough Foyle, is flying a yellow flag. It is feared that cholera is on board. London, August 23. The Eas tern Telegraph Company has given notice that owing to the hostilities at Foo Chow telegrams to that point will bo accepted only at senders risk. Such telegra ms would have to go from Shanghai to Foo Chow over the wires of the Chinese government. Aden, August 23. The French transport Aveyron was wrecked off Cape Guadafui. Two hundred and eighty-six of the officers and crew have reached Aden, and three hun dred remain in Guadafui. Dublin, Aug. 23. James Pillar, who pleaded guilty to various in dictments for felonies and con spiracies against him, was sen tenced to day to twenty years penal servitude. Dumas and the Cholera. The cholera panic in France re calls an incident of the elder Dumas in 1832, His servant rushed into his room one day, crying: "The cholera is in Paris! A man has just fallen dead with it iu the Rue Chauchat!" Dumas laughed, incre dulous. "But it is perfectly true, Monsieur!" said tbe scared domes tic; "he is laying stark and stift and as black as a negro, though they have rubbed him for more than an hour." "Humph! Perhaps they have rubbed him with a blacking brush,'' retorted Dumas, carelessly; but vrithiu a week he had the chol era himself, severely, and would probably have died had not the servant given bun an overdose of ether by mistake. She gave him a glassful of ether with a few drops of water, instead of the prescribed glassful of water with a few drops of ether. Dumas swallowed, it, lay unconscious for two hours, aud then awoke, convalescent. Warren Lelanet, whom everybody kno'.vs as tin- Mir. .-.-il. manager of tbe Largest Hotel Enterprises of AnKTica, pays that uiii'-1 t - New York on b".'u 1 :i --'.ip Horn, in tlit.1 .';ir!yi!;i'li'v.r, :. ifnmia, he learn-i! ihaL . '.. tho ves-M hu! H. m . a, .f ar: :::. .u.- .-a Ayer's Sarsapariii.. Since then Mr I.ki.Mj iu it ' i. A V Kit's S . J! r a u ; i I in . i cases, and lie la m'v- i et h- : ure to cttVt a r.ii:.-;'.l ."i:'.'. Some years n- tm Mr. I 1 i. - : ' I r laborers bruise; L..- b .. i: . state of his blocMi. ti!- sv-nf..;- . : i or lump appeared :; i'.: : rible itch in i: f tb-- .-..in. '.v:;:i ...:. n: r darting pains :';r'i:'i tb.- : almost intf !r,ralb b',c l. im- . i.' inously enlarg'1'!, aii 1 r ; n ', ii ; u . ; - i . disuhargiug gr-'at qu:iM;ii' I r:.j:i ptfensive matter. .Vo tr.-U'.av.t r. - -t .. arail unt:i t ho man, b'-' Mr. b: . r ' - . tion, was suppib'-i "it:! .Ami'- -: - ' RILLA. wliieh allay-'.I T!.P p.iiu a:..i : : '. : healed the sort-.-. : L-rnnv.-tl th,- . .t Ccmpletolv r.'?r(-r-':i 'b i.n.b '-. . Mr. I.i:i.ANL ha- p- rir.y r- ' Ayer's Sarsaparilla for KIieumHtisTii, vita r.' v y-:-- . .,:. after careful L'bstTvai;'jii. if- ar - : his belief, theri' is i. iml-iMf' i;- '' m r equal to i fnr t::-.1 c.,:'Ui Liver I-i-onb i-' flout, the cflVct- t;f lili,'h liiin.; it Kheum, Sores, llruptitnis. :v. all tin various formrt of blood l( H-c W"e have Mr. I.kj.am perni.s-i' u lip-i; all who may wiire f .irther fvid.-nei- ;i: re-ard to tbe extranrdin.ary curative powers - if AYE it's S.VTiS atakilla to see him person ally either nt bi-; luaiiiinota cccau 1!": !. Long Branch, nr at the popular I -elan i H :. . Broadway, 27th and 2Sth Streets. New VorU. Sir. Le land's extensive knowledo of th. good done by this uneqaalled erarticator cf tlqod poisons enables him to givo iniuirers much valuable inforiuatiou. raEFAAED PV Dr.JaC.Ayer&Co., Lowell, Mass. Sold by all Druggists; $if8ixbotUsfbP5. ... f ' 'tfil Absolutely Pure. This powder never v&nem A marvel of purity, strength, and wholesomenetnu More economical thaii-the ordinary kinds, and can not be sold In competition with the multitude of low test, Khort weight, alnm or phosphate powders. Bold only In cane. Koyal Bakjko Powdeb Co.. 100 Wall-t.. N. V. noTlWydw I I IN CASH GIVEN AWAY Smokers of BUckwell OennlM Bull Dnrfaam RmoktDff Tobaoeo wul receive Premiums as follow on terms snd conditions hersspaciflad: gt PREMIUM, S5TOOQ 2d " $2,000 3d " $1,000 88 other Premlnms as ben shown. - Tbe 96 premiums will be awarded Deoembar S3, MM. 1st Premium goes to the person from whom were, ceive tbe largest number of uur empty tnbmaao bmrt prior ! U. CdwlU be iriren for the next largest number y and thus, in the order of tbe number cf empty bsirs reoarnd from eaoh, to the twentr-flT eneceaafnl eon-. testants. Each bur most bear ear original Bull Durham label. D. a Revenue stamp, and Caution Motlee. Bags most be doae np securely in a package, with name and addnss of sender, and number of bafrs contain ed, plainly marked on the ontatda, ' and must be aent,charaes prepaid, to Rlfick well's Durham Tobaecs) Va., Durbul, N. C. Every Pennine : packatre baa picture of Bull. -Hee our next aanonnoemenl $500 $450 $350 $300 $275 $250 $225 $200 $175 $150 $125 $100 $90 $80 $70 $60 $50 $40 $30 $20 $10 NOTICE. ' Having qualified as Executor of the last Will aud Testament of Gabriel Hardlson, dee'd, all p rsons having claims against the decedent are hereby notified to exhibit the same to me on or before the 1st day uf Sep tember, 1886. Ang 23d, 18f4. ' - GEO. D. CONNEK, Executor t an28w8t of Gabriel Handlaonv Brick, Brick. For sale In any quantity at prices to rait the times. r: Brick have been examined by good Masons and pronounced first-clues. ' Samples can be seen at my store. Orders solicited. .-, iuneKriAwtf K R. JONES. - The Methodist Advance, , (VOLUME V,) An unofficial organ of Southern Methodism, edited by Rev. W. M. Robey, D. I) of. the jNortn uaronua eionierence. , In order better to meet the wants of the people and to enlarge its sphere of useful ness, the price of the Advamcb has been, Reduced to One Dollar and Fifty Cents ; A YEAR, (or e1hi months for one dollar) payable alwnys in advance making It one of ine cheapest par in 'lie rtoutn. Tbe Auvakce la an Independent Journal, acknowledKinK nlletriance only to Southern Methodism, but depending for favor entirely on its merits It is in harmony with all the official Journals of the Ohurch and is Indebt ed to them for many coartaslea. It antago nizes none of them, but seeks v co-operate witnuiem in giving to me people an nneX' ceptionnble literature. Sample copies furnished free on applica tion. Address METHODIST ADVANCE, au2dtwlm UoldsberoN. O. THE HENDEBS02? HOUSE. Now under the management of THORNTON BKOS., is prepared to furnish Board and Lodging at reasonable rates. I.IVKKY STABLES." Horses and buggies constantly on hand for transporting passengers to any neighboring town. , THORNTON BROS.. Henderson House, Middle street, jy23dwly New Berne, N. G. H0HASV1LLE FEfJiU COLLEGE. An old nnri nrmlv estflhlinhH TnBtUatloa. Locate mar the centre of the HIU Country oi N.C- Ito-mslng unsurpassed Advantages at unprecedented! Imnia, BKinsiunextK'ssioD An)?. 26,1884. A Mineral Spring of Health iiiv-ng wnieron uiet oiiejcegrroiinacV or catalogue. &ldres6 tbe i"rir tofjCiioroasville, K. G TRINITY COLLEGE. Fall Term begins Aug. 30th, and ends Dec HM, 1881 (414 months). Christmas vacation two weeks. Spring Term begins Jan. 7th, nn.lnnds June 11th. 18R.1 IliUmnnthil. Tnl. tion In College Classes, $a 50 per month; In Prepara' ory Class, $J 50 per month. Hoard from $8.00 to J12 00 per mouth. Seud for Cata logue and particular. Rpr. M. L. WOOD, D.D., Pres., jyl2 Trimly College, Randolph Co., N. C- IT. MORKIS. F, MORRIS. ESTABLISHED 1W7. J. J. BURGESS, of N- C-, W. H. MORRIS & SONS, -TFiTVr-I-F . T, Commission Llerch'ts, yon 23, 2 & 27 Commerce St., N Oil FOLK. VA, .-' iH'i-iM hi tent ioa given to sales of Cotton, iir;!iu. reaiiut ana country rroduce geue ImS'v. 1-ibernl cash a dvBiices made on oon i Mnni ntv l'roinpt returnsand highest mar ket pn.'.-H guaranteed. au2dwtjanl COLD SPRINGS FARM ! (K WALK. i ulK r br fale tlie above valuable pro petty r .ms:.-; ii:Lr ' ne 'I bnusiind Two Hundred j -.x! l';iv Aries, Four Hundred under - ;v.i:k.i, l.a'Hiice in t inker, lying in t i . i "'it : i n ! , f -u r in ltcK be low Newbern by rai!i"ai. !t is admirably Mliiatod between r!i.- A a N. (L-iilrond dmlf mile from it) aii! n ) iiiiviable erei-k. Addr.'Hti .!. I. Wnl.KKN PEN du Newbeni, N. C. Dr.O.HARPEB SURGEON llgf3 DENTIST Kinstoii N. C. rl"-i",strv .. i.Tiiliy. Office up mi . "I'.-r.i lliivi.-..' 1 Km I fin ict t Uie place Brock's Livery Stables Horses for Hire at any time, Day or Night. Al-c Taken and l'ai l For on K'asiiall ''!ins. . II. n.-il wfiin HltOCK, KINSTON, N. C, HEW HOTEL, AT i Snow Hill, Greene Co., N. U. Vvell furnished, and Table supplied wltb the iifcST Uiu market artorUs. Maniple rooms for oommercial traveler. -BATES KBAgONABLK, , ' ' . s . , "W. E. GIUMSLKT, fol5-4Swtf , ' f t. rroprletor. SflflffiS THE SEASON. REFRIGERATORS. j IOE CREAM. FREEZEE8; WATER COOLERS,1 ' ' Kennonable goods f every deeerintlmJ ' Including '. FLY FANS, " . W1R$ dish covens, ; ; . ; i FLY. TRAPS, ETC., T&j '.. ,'-''? AT TB9 ,' W. ' II Aj llv X W A XI 15'' '-."?, AMD ' House Furnishing Store ; Full stock eottoh and planter bona, tisi ' cradles. Braes blades and briar books, eta. - - r or in oeeijcooaa ana lowest prloee eeJl oa. - y, I H. CUTLER, 'J-. . ', -dw v . .V MlddleetMet, - Only $47.50. Only $47.50. Tito lllsgcr Organs. ' If you are (ntereeted In music and want ta Set a good Organ, be ft) MB TM1T YOU ' IVTTHBAllKOKR Hell, Yon can get a beautiful WAVnVT CAM ' RAID CARVED, rich I v trimmed aod t sawed Fret work. While the combination of miMle Is unsurpassed Pour (4) full aala of reeda wltu'nlne aaeful stops attach d t my- new FatentStopi Work Automatic Bellows, ' which work so easy that a child east nlas- ' without growing tired This Organ will be packed In a tight bos.' ' Stool And Book Injln Jwl, and deUvvred on . ears here free of charge for only T Jut. Remember Uie regular price of Uils Organ la $76. but In order to Introduce them 1 tiava da oided to offer a limited number for MT.AO. - BIT DIC LAY. ...,..' .-. Address, :- tt. "W. A LUCOEE, '. '-. - Washington, KawJararr. . r-iwreu r irw national naasv y. Augldwsra , V St-tlary's School; -,v;RALEIQH, W. The ADVENT TKRM. the Rftli Meant a- nual Session, begins THCRIDAT. IIP- TEMBEB III.. ltt4. for eaaaiogue aidreas The ReTir. . " , ., .c .,. Kit. Bb.NNKTl BMKIJCH, A.M.. ' i JyiPdvwsan. . jflUES-;REDr.:or:D, J('aJ 'Agent'aiid Bottler " fv '. or THE ' rxvnnrrtro 9. mrtn.m 1 - .' :n :himmm cos PHILADELPHIA LAGER BEER." . New. D erne, N. C Thfi teer took -premiums t th Cfetv- tennial Exhibition at PhlUdglphi ajd the Paria Exposition.- Keeps bettor thast v any other in warm climate, and ia th V favorite brand wherever kBowni 1 ; ' For gale in kegs or crates. dW ' CoalGcMl. n 4 Hay,' Hay, Coal, Hay, Ico & Wdodr FOR SALE BT VATSOH G DAHIELS. APPLY AT THEIR ice ;n b u s Ei ., Near Foot ot iddla stcsi, r, Ntiw Berne, TV, J - c fi : ' ' rj ' - fT Call on tts before parchaslos; 1m- where.'..; . , ' jjlt dwly , ' . NOTICE. '-.V waiutiuio uuy rupeny ,' .. ', u, ; - , i Pnranant to an order of the 8o per lor Ooori OX Oraron esontr, inmto In a spaetal prooaad ibs pending tharalu. In whloo J. 1. Hobarts ' and wife si sis srs plAl ntl fffe and I. K. Wutoai, ' B. ft. Gutoa and K, MoS. Bobsrts Mrs defaad-ants- I will sell at tha rtonrt Bonae door In bm ' city ofHewbern, at TWELVK o'oiork, Moa . MONDAY, tba E1QHTH day of SKFTKMltkli, 1884, at Public AucUoo for oaan- Two lots of land in said eHy: On lot balnc -a part of lot 396 as known la the plan ol tha city of Nswbsrn a fall description of whlrb nay be bad by referenea to th netltloa filed In said Proceedings; Tbs other lot bwlnnlnc at the northeast eornerof New aad Metoeir treeta, running northwardly with Metnaif treet io Johnson street, tuenee eastwaru. ' with Johnson street to the westers line ' tbe Newbern Aoademj's irwwmds, ,thst S. aoathwardly along sold weatorn iin of sakd Newbern Academy's grounds and parallel wltb Metealf street to New street, tbenoa westwardly with New street to the begin- - , U1US, UIVMUiv w.HH ,w i pim, i' i . aiu mu mm . known In the plan of tbe olty of Hmw bern with all Improvements thereon commonly "i ; known as the "Boberta Property." , Aug. 4, 18M. 'r - . PHIU HOLLAND, J., ii V anldwtd . Uomrslsatosisr j -, For Sale, Leaso orRent A Small Farm in Jones Cta,'- . six miles from Trenton, six (pile from PollocksvUle, two mOeg from Tract ', river, and near the famous Qoakar Bridge road. Apply at once to 'S-' -a-.. C. TATL0R, . New Bertta, N. O. dw ? f w ill w uivu vw yivaav wa wMauuiif v- A ( mhlnV. r n)aaaa ' alll slmrts to wit: V . . , ... I t 1 which ban compelled n to Inortass oar feel . Itteaforthe aooommtxlatton nf wrewma. em, and hR tntlnned ua to sell la ta future .. for even a ! roarKln (nan ever, la order to . compete with ami underveitoar aetgauorlBg marketK. .... WeareKiire In make a sale wbeaever we ran a compni-laon of (roods and ptlors. J. SLAUGHTER, Jr , & BEO WHOLESALE 1NP IET11L CEOCIKS, , KINSTOW. N. C. - ' DR. POLLOCK'S NO." T, HE SRIAT SOt'THEM EEIEET FCR WA Cnres Nenralpla, Sciatica, Colic, H.rrna, Kt rlttea, l'x)ld, l'ain In -ht, h . I mu, - -Throat, Toothache, arrii-. i 1 Ache, and all iKxiiiy tiHinH. i - v - ' been cured oft vn by o. 7. '1 n ... v . i X AA fa T " . ' , - ar v " . . .vJVrs-v '-at-. r v