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, -if - , is.Ti .c i'.f, i.Vi.o u - THE JOURNAL. Alter. m&lj mm Mmir, .Huru. sTJCWBEHSE. M. C. AUG. II. 198 CbUt4 at tka Post offles it N Barm UMOotdlwi ss.tT. N C. Charles R Jones, proprietor of the Charlotte Observer, has made an assignment. Liabilities 9,500. The paper suspends publica tion, and an evening daily will be started soon by other parties. GE3ebal BrcKTTER is elected Governor of Kentucky by a greatly . reduced majority. In the last gubernatorial election the Demo eratio majority was over forty thousand; this year it is less than frweaty thousand. THE Prohibitionists of .Maryland hare pat a ticket in the field for State officers to be voted for in the fall election. It is onlv a ouestion Of time when they will have a ticket in ,-crv ctfaf-A ami in manv will in every stare, ami in many win, k.u v. k.i r T -v,;-: OUtU tJl? UlIIt-V VI 'CI. 1 LI L LA . .71 way they will make their power lelt and will make demands on both the old parties. Thx Fabmebs' Alliance is the name of another organization for farmers. It originated in Texas and is spreading rapidly in all the States. We are unable to see what better organization the farmers want than the Grange. But a new , broom sweeps cleamsoanew name and new ways will take like wild- fire for awhile. Organization, by whatever name you may call it; if its purpose is to bring farmers to - ether to consult the interest of their occupation and to devise ways and means for the improvement of arleultnre in all its branches, is a food thing. But every farmer sboald strive to be useful and bene- flcial to the organization, and not depend too much u po n the organi-. xation being of special benefit to him. An organization of farmers who feel that their success in agri - culture makes them capable ol benefltting their brother farmers would be a power for good. Kvery farmer joining these organizations, BO matter what the name, should aim to do good as well as receive good. DUBHAii is having trouble over the (jVaded School law. A restrain ing order has beeu obtained to pre vent the levy of a tax for its sup port. The order is returnable before Jadge Shepherd at Ilillsboro, Aug nit 8th. The enemies of public schools and free education will contest every inch of ground, but they are boand eventually to go to the wall. The people remember well that when the State and the public welfare demanded that a man should shoulder his musket and march to the front, he was not asked if he had property to fight for. It was only necessary that he should be an able bodied man, and finally this qualification was not particularly inquired after. Chil dren who are liable to be called upon for such pablic service are entitled to a lair education at the expense of the public, and public sentiment is iast driiting in this direction, even in North Carolina. SCORE 03 E FOE THE STATE GU ARD. The good of a military company was demonstrated a few days ago at Elizabeth City when a thousand or more excursionists undertook to compel the conductor of the train to run their schedule instead of obeying the orders of his company. The PasqaotaDk Rirles were called upon, and their appcarauce with fixed bajonets quelled the disturb ance and lour of the rioters were arrested. The LVonoaiiit says the Bities, and the H:tles alone, pre served the town from serious dis turbance and bloodshed. THE BACK-BONE TURN ED A KOI N V. Th Wilmington & Weldon Riilroad im 173 mile to length and iu branch line aggregate 1 miles more, making 4 total mileage of main Hue and branch es of S5S miles. These branches are the Wilson Short Cut, 74 miles. Tarboro & William stoo. 50 miles; Scotland Neck. 13 miles; Goldsboro & Smithtield, 22 mils ; Warsaw & Clinton. U miles, aDd Rocky Mount Nashville, IS miles. Tbs it will be seen that the branch roads exceed in length the main lina by 34 as ilea. This is a fact that u not gen erally known. Wil. Review. vnen ine l . i.. as com- pleted and the A. oc N. C. was: chartered and work begnn. the idea of the C F. X V. V. system. Beau was to have one grand trunk kne j tor: harbor would became one from the mountains to the sea. j of important South Atlantic with branch roads reaching out on coasting stations for trans Atlantic each side from various points along ! and coastwise steamships, and at the line, and thus gathering up the j once a convenience and a source of products of the entire State; wealth to our impoverished and transfer them to steamers and ve , languishing State: attracting the gela at Morehead City and New ( attention of the world to our pro. Berne. In other words, the N C K., the A. & ". C, and the W. N C. were to form the back lone of a 3rand system, and the branches were to be as rilw to the backbone. Bat the State haj slumbered and Jept until private corporations like ' the B. & 1). and A. C. Line have! twisted the back loue around and j will biing out. would in great part ade two running cross wise the find an outlet to the Northern fur bodj and the ribs shooting out naces and foundries through the from these two unnatural back ; jorts of New Berne and Beaufort. txJnes are depriving the natural The bulk of supplies imported for bone of its support and threaten to 1 the section of country lying be- break it. All this has happened in the lace of the wise and great men the old State ia always ready to boast ol; and even now when there is a chance to strengthen the natural baek-booe by connecting the A. & Jf. C. and the C. F. & Y. V. our rreat Governor hesitates and doubts as if he is realy afraid he ; wfll do a good thing for the eastern ; ection. If the Governor would )asi take one step forward, show his kTe for the grand old State by bringing these two roads together, the people of this section would with one coord say "well done thon good and faithful servant." A GREAT SYSTEM. Atlantic 4 North Carolina and Capl Fear & Yadkin Valley Railroad. A close olxcrvur of i'urn-rjt events cannot fail ti be ini pressed with the fact th.it the railroads of this countrv are ranulh eonsolidat- inp, the hirger corporations buying up me smaller and thus destroying all competition, will become the most oppressive agencies in exist ence, and it will be hard for Con gress or the State Legislatures to restrict them so as m prevent dis crimination in one lor in or another or rijjng ron pe h shed nver the ie-! In advocating a consolidation ot the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley and the Atlantic & North Carolina railroads, we believe we are aiding a State system which will be inde pendent ot the giant corporations that uow control the railroads of the State, aira in the de- "lopment of the entire State more j pecruiy wis eastern section una the ports of New lWne and More- heatl Clt-V- In order that 0lir readers may get an idea ot what the ( . 1 . vN. . V. comprehends, we quote from. a communication published in the columns of the Jovrnal in lss:i from a well known writer : This proposed system ot' the '. F. Y. V. Railway beyond the borders of Wayne county compre hends seventeen counties of the State, whose aggregate population js comprising more than ono nrln the population of North ! Carolina; and 10. 400 square miles, 'morethar, one fifth the land area lmProved. and ".0S9.W1 acres J, unimproved lands. Include Wayne, 1 Lencuri Jones, Craven and ( 'arteret anj we have o71..".01 population: ; mpre tua:, one i0ur:b that of the state: lo.20 sqaare miles: more than one fourth the land area; ', i,.sjo.116 acres Indus improved, and 4 1 7-j i ,.-,7:2 acres of unlmproveil jjAIUi as bemg ni the counties of the proposed .IfninfiV. Cape Fear ami Yadkin Valley system. The : COanties of this system, from the I northwestern limits of the State to j aufort Harbor are Alleghany, , Ashe. Watauga. Mitchell, Cald well, Wilkes, Y'adkin, Surry, Stokes, i Forsyth. Guilford. Randolph, Chat- I ham, Moore, Harnett, Cumberland. Robeson, Sampson, Wayne, Lenoir, Jones, Craven and ('arteret." At the time tl:e writer peuned the above lines the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley was only running cars to the Gulf in Chatham coun ty. By the end of this year they will probably be running cars through to Mt. Airy in Surry county, and the work will be pushed with vigor until the coal fields of southwestern Virginia are reached and a line to the great Northwest be tapped. So the writer of that communication was not overdrawing the pictuie when he so forcibly presented the C. F. S: Y". V. system, and urged a con nection of the A. N. C. with it. The reasons for such connection and consolidation are stronger to day than they were then, and the people along the line of the A. & N. C. are almost with one accord demanding that the two roads be brought logether under one system, if proper terms can be made with theC F. vV Y. V. What better thing can be done for More head City and Beaufort, New Berne, Kmstoii. F,i Grange and Goldsloro than giving them a railroad sytem extending from Beaufort harbor to Southwestern Va., and to the South Carolina line on the South, bringing togeth er twenty-two counties of the State and carrying their products out at North Carolina ports! What bet ter disposition can be made of the A. & N. C. Railroad uhich prac tically terminates at Goldsboro, and as a local, independent line will never more than pay expenses and the interest on her floating debt, than to make a part of thi great system ' To give our readers a further idea of the bene fits that would accrue to Beaufort harbor and New Berne we quote again 1-s:; : from the communication oi i-; v reason of the coal product :he developing hand which awaits ducts and the capacities of our sea port. The immense beds ot iron, copper and other valuable ores and minerals which lie along the l.ne ol the C. I". V Y. V. Road from Moore and Chatham to Aleghanv and Ashe counties which tl the lull development of s system ol transportation tweeii Way He and Ashe counties this line a4ong and contiguous to would hnd their wav in throu h the : ports of New Berue and Beaufort. and in addition to increased lines of inland navigation from New Berne, outside lines of steamships j would be established and main-; tained in the commerce with Beau-1 fort hirhnr While N'pw Berne instead of tindmg her customers wiftin a radius of thirty live or 1 forty miles, would extend her trade relations bevond the confines ot the State. Product of our cotton fields would be carried to the fac-. tories in Caldwell, Chatham, Cum-1 berland, Forsyth, Guilford, Ran dolph, Surry and the hundreds of others that are to spring up on the magnificent water power of these hill and mountain sections which the C. F. iS: V. V. system penetrate and in exchange the fine beef cattle, horses and mules and other pro ducts of the Western lope brought to our doors. That exchange of commodities would thus again go on between our Kastern and West ern people as in the days itefore the advent of transverse railroads in terrupted and finally shut oil' the natural currents of trade, dividing one portion of the State from the other. Can no one see in all this a reason for uniting the A. S; N. C. Railroad with the great through system of the Cape Fear and Yad kin Valley Railway, which when extended to the shores of the At lantic ocean, becomes a great State system of transportation and de velopment V The prominent and successful feature of Goveinoi .larvis's ad- I . .. . . , : ministration, the one which stood . . .. .. I Jout pre-eminently above all others, was the boldness with which he tackled the W.N. ( '. K. and made I such imposition ol it as secured its completion to Paint Hock, and put the Ducktown branch well under way. Our present honest and con scientious Governor has an oppor tunity of making his administration a progressive one: an opportunity of doing a great work tor the ports of New Berne ami Morehead City, and developing the Kastern section of the State. In the language of the writer from whom we have already quoted extensively, "'has any public ; policy of a higher consideration at time ever occupied the execu tive mind of North Carolina than this which proposes to give one fourth of the population of the State, their territory, products, in dustries and resources the benefits of access to an outlet through Beaufort harbor? Is there, or can t here be a higher or more beneficent policy of the State than that of fostering her commerce, the hand maid of agriculture, by building up her seaports ot Beaufort and Wil mington?" Will not the whole peo ple along the line of the A. tS; N. C. R. and of counties tributary there to approve any step the Governor may take looking to the consolida tion of this road with the C. F. S: Y. V. T TH K NORTH CAROLINA Sl't(T W. TAX BONDS. As those bonds were forced upon the people of North Carolina under Republican rule, and as there are certain parties at the North trying to give them a significance which they ought not to possess, we transfre to our columns the following letter to a prominent Chicago lawyer from Dr. Eugene Grissom, one of the most clear headed and influen tial Republicans in the State. Dr. Grissom has for nearly a quarter of a century been ably and sympa thetically associated with the be nevolent institutions of North Carolina. Though a Republican, he is first of all a patriot, a philan thropist, a devoted friend of the helpless. lie knows, that to pay those bonds would bankrupt our people. lie knows, that in such an event, the insane, the deaf, the dumb and the blind would be swept out of the cherishing arms of the commonwealth. And so, with that fidelity to his native State, so characteristic of him, he plainly and forcibly presents the case of the special tax bonds to his Chicago correspondent But to the letter : Henry S. Austin, A' Attorney at Lair : Dear Sir Upon inquiry I find upon a suit brought by A. II. Temple vs. the State of North Caro lina, Judge Bond of the Circuit Court hied a decree, commanding the State officers to make arrange ment for the collection of public taxes for the payment of the inter est upon the special tax bonds issued by the State, alluded to in your letter. ( ne of the main issues in this suit was whether a citizen can sue his own State, Judge Bond decided in the affirmative. From thisopinion Judge Seymour of the District Court, sitting with him, dissented. And, as you know, the case goes up to the Supreme Court of the Cnited States for de eisiou, on account of this difference of opinion. The counsel for the State, with whom I have talked, profess no doubt of the reversal of this decision. At a suggestion in your letter, I will give vou some thing of the history of this State indebtedness. These bonds were issued under an act of the General Assembly of this State, elected in 1SG, under the Reconstruction Act of C ongress. This Legislature was elected and assembled while the State was under military control, and in no sense represented the people of the State, their wants or their interests. They ordered the issue of eleven or twelve million of bonds, ostensibly tor railroad purposes. These bonds were placed in the hands of so called, irresponsible presidents of railroads, and by them they were forced upon the markets of the country, and sold at any price they could bring, in some cases, from ten to fifteen dollars in the hundred. Scarcely one dollar was ever ex panded for the benefit of the State. Soon indignation was so high and public sentiment eo strong, that the same Legislature, at a subse quent meeting in 13G9, repudiated its own action, and repealed the act of Assembly providing for the levying of taxes, for all after the ' first payment of these coupons. I In livsO an amendment was in screen 111 tne fatate constitution, J forever repudiating the snecial tax : bond debt, principal and interest. : From this you can infer the almost universal sentiment of our people st o r-i f,f, tn ,t ' " icgmmu u. i Anil if micllf hp a matter nf in. ituin - bow a decree for its collet-- 1 ion could be enforced even if the Supreme Court (which is not prouauie) iu couuim u. mere . ia J f KinL' Tif Q. Sfafft nffipiir tVinf !,, , "!. , XT. Di.;VV I wnnld not resicn or snbiect him- self to contempt, and the execution of the decree could be effected only by power and revolution. f course I am only giving you what is now public sentiment throughout the State. Make any use of this letter that you think might j n-vent in nocent parties from being vic timized by the sale ol these bonds. I have the honor to be, yours truly. Kt'tiKNK Gnissi iM .IOI HANDS. The New Heine .C'lKNAi is laboiing diliueiitly to get rlie A. Ov N. C. II. K. consolidated in snine way with the C. '. V. V. II. II. In this movement we join hands with the Journal. The Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley must needs have an outlet to deep water. It cannot seek that outlet by way of Wilmington because it cannot com pete with the steamboats on the Cape Fear. It ought therefore to come t his wa . Ir would have only to build from Sant'ord to Golds boro and then secure a lease or buy the A. k N C. II. II. This lS , i ii e oppori un 1 1 i or ( ion i- 'i , and : the Has;. I This is ; Li- only way lei;, too. whereby the dieam ol the great j mciutl' former days can be real j ied a dream of solid wisdom t he uniting of the West and Fast ov a continuous ranwav. w e trust j tnerel.re that tin- , jjj ''( j a h-ase which' th, rumor t desi 1 es true. A i mis hat the a lease This is favors i m an ; heart ily. At the sann t inn i lease that is made of the A. vV N. C. care should be taken that it shall not by any indirection eer fall into the'han'ds nf the W. lV W. R. R. or the p. , 1). R. K. Fuller of those roads would, ol course. Use it meiely as a feeder and would de stroy 1: s bein-tits .is .1 competing line. The number id' competing lines at this point ought in no event to be lessened, but rather im-teased. Goldsboro Argus. We rejoice that the Argus v::h us 011 this question. How can it bo otherwise, which the A has made Go eonsolida; iin limpet ing 1 1 lies, of ,V N. C. 1L is ,,;ie. sboro wh.u it is. A ol t hpse t wo roads ' he connect inr link and building :h will not destroy but strengthen it us competition The t wo 1 oails consolidated will be a uioie power ful competitor than the A. iV N. C. alone. The scheiue to connect these two roads and bung them under one management is a grand one, and we are unable to see how any true North Carolmiiu can oppose it. Tin: quest ion ol tilling the niches in Statuary Hall, Washington, to which North Carolina is en titled, is again receiving atten tion by the State press. There is a little difference about which men tioned the thing first, the Wilming ton Messenger or the Raleigh News and Observer. It matters but little which originated the idea, the im portant thing is which of these thriving dailies will be the first to contribute one hundred dollars for the purpose. We believe the press, when it is able, ought to do as well as urge others to do. If we were as prosperous and r. iking in the subscribers with the cash as fast as some of our State contempo raries pretend they are. we would head the subscription for thi pose with one hundred dollar pur The (ining-e Encampment The following preliminary pro gramme for this encampment has been announced. Detailed pro- grammes will be published one day in advance and distributed to visi tors. Monday, August ;h: General preparation day, reception and placing of exhibits, classification of articles entered tor compet ition. pitching of tents and assignment of quarters to grangers and delegates. Tuesday. August Sth: Formal opening at o'clock . m. by Rev. A. N. Wells, president of the local organization. Prayer. Music by the Steel Creek Cornet Band. Ad dress of welcome by Gov. A. M. Scales. Addresses by Hon. A. P. Butler and Hon. John Robinson, Commissioners of Agriculture re spectively of South and North Caro lina, and others. Wednesday. Angus' loth, o o'clock a. m.. ; o'clock p. m., 8 o'clock p. in.: Inauguration of the Farmers' Institute. Addresses by officers and membL"s ol the State Agricultural Board and by other eminent citizens, These meetings continue only two hours, affording ample intervals for inspecting the exhibits and enjoy ing the amuse ments. The same rules will apply to the meetings Thursday and Fri day. Thursday, August 11th: Rations of Husbandry .day Morning meet ing. Hon. W. R. Williams, Master of the State Grange, will preside. Addresses will bedelivered by the Master am otl r mi in hers of t he order. The meetings -it .; p. m. and s p. m. will be occupied by addresses by gentlemen whose names and sub jects have already been published. Friday, August 1 l' : i 1 : Meeting at '.' a. m. and o p. m. will be occupied by addresses as on Thursday. At s p. m. the coininittie on permanent organization will report. The report of tin- jurors of aw aid will be made, the meeting ending with fitting closing exercises, Saturday, August L"th: Removal of exhibits, striking of tents and tinal winding up. A great variety of eutei tainments and contestsjwill enliven t he several days. They will be so destributed as to fill in all intervals. The ad dresses will be delivered in a com modious tent. There will be danc ing in a large frame pavilion Wednesday. Thursday and Friday nights. For those who do not wish to live in camp, and who cannot find suitable accomodations in the village, trains will run at intervals of two hours from Mt. Holly to Charlotte at a charge of twenty cents for the rouud trip. Restaur ants and eating stands will have an amide sunnlv food for all nat- rons. ews and . Juser ei . 1"k thk Tkk i ii. The following is an excellent wash for the teeth: Dissolve two ounces of borax in .1 , .......l, K .;t. ..... 1 ui ee pouuus ui uon i U u a lei , am I Iiol'oro it iv pnl.l ail,lnii..falil,icn,,n,i lul of spirits of cami.hnr mid bottle for use. A tablespoonful of this. mixed with unequal quanity of water aim ajipneu aauy wun a so:i Kmoh trill nrnnrvn Hw f nntl, " i ' .... L tirpate all tartarous ilUUl'SlUO, arrest decav ami make the teetli pearly white. Aurora Items. e are having lots of rain. Are the red ribbon men all cranks.' Prof. Iionuer has returned from a visit to RobesonviHe. I'lummersaic coining in every day. The price of chickens will go up. lo-v. I.. () Wvehe is conducting a series of meetings at Campbells creek. When a calf is sutliciently excited to butt the pillow of a house great is i he excitement . IT. Fields was called to see a pa tient the other night and had to make a bridge: rain. ram. A i u m seller in Washington cuised one of Aurora's cranks the other day and still he is cranky. The Temperance cause is grow- w,7 111 reeiiMiir. i ne cniei oi inner loiu me mat ne inin notning to do now in mi on with the pa. Ti o!e hat man" has been oil and got a square meal aud now he says he is ready to sell his big stock of drugs and groceries cheap for cash. Greenville is ,1 tin iving town and with such men as Mr. Forties. Col. Ike Sugg, Ma.j. Latham. Harry Skinner and other men of vim and energv it can't help growing. 'i our eoi 1 espondeii t has just re turned from a trip to Greenville, N. C. in attendance on the District Conference of the Washington Dis t rift M. L. Church South. We had a ver pleasant and profitable meeting, plenty of good pre. u-hing. good singing and but little r.m.l filk. Everybody seemed :e agreeably. A strong temper. mee prohibition resolution w.i, .i ,1 and no opposition. lb-v. V. li. Moore, P. K. of this ikstric- 1- a model P. K. and has the eoini.ieiice of I he whole district. We were much pleased with the people of Gri-einille, and I tell you a fellow that has been used to eating ham. potatoes, poik and d iinbliugs and then so to a conference at Green ville and paitake of tin' good things he will get there and see the pretty girls, and hear the good singing and talk with the good christian mothers and fathers, he will want to vote for a district con lerence there quarterly and go every time. We were the guest of Ma Henry Harding one of the cleverest men in the county and our stay at his house was a very pleas ant one. Onslow County Items. i that there were many people enter- tilizer. tar lodge of Masons met last taining many curious notions. I ' My first observation of pea Saturday, regular lodge day. with heard of an old citizen of our coun-j culture as a benefit to land oc- a large turn our: one initiation ami two applications. S. W. Venters has plenty of old sweet potatoes now and they are nice, he also has new potatoes as large as goose eggs. Mr. E. W. Murrill has just re turned home from a visit to Snow Hill to see his daughter, and son in law W. E. Grimsley. The Disciples held protracted meeting at Highlands last week. Some 7 or s joined the church. Rev. H. c. Bowen and H. Burns officiated. Rev. W. II. Puukett will preach in Swansboro on the night of the .'!rd Sunday in August, providence permitting and will remain over for a few days to rest and enjoy him self in sailing and lishing. our county is getting very poor it seems: our bridges are being thrown aside by the county, and built up by the citizens. Our Northwest bridge is the first on docket, it fell in and is being re- built by the citizens, too bad. Fphraim Jones, an old colored man living on the plantation'of A. G. Murrill, says he is over 100 years old, remembers distinctly about ' George Washington: knows well when be died; can see now how to 1 thread a needle without spectacles: walks upright and has good teeth, jear hunting is still progressing. Last week another large one was killed. Kad Koonce was in the melee and got happy again. This makes the 10th one we believe they have killed on and near Gum Branch within the last two weeks, but they haven't found another 'yaller gator"' yet as some of them up here calls them. A large fish fry at Squire Benj. Ward's, on Brown sound, last Sat urday, and from what we heard, the Squire literally eclipsed every thing in eating fish and clams. It was a pleasant party of about To young and old persons assembled in the yard of the Squire under those beautiful oaks, and picnicked to about oou fresh fish and i bushels line clams. Messrs. P. Z. Barry and Lee Murrill from the convict force in Washington county are home on a leave of absence for a month. Mr. c. 1). Newfold, another one of the force, and for a long time steward, has resigned his position and is en gaged iu an agency business. These gents report good progress in making roads in the eastern counties. They have ; convicts at work t hei e. Last Monday night Esq. D. E. Sandlm was awakened from his usual quiet slumbers by a sharp rap at the door and a heavy call. Upon investigating found a bevy of colored people, come, they said. to be joined together in matrimony: it was rather late but the Squire got up, called up his family and joined "em together, and the groom after saluting his bride with a loud smack by the Squire's orders left, singing "happy land of ('anon." The parties were Kane Frazelle and Sallie Jarinan. The heavy rains are damaging our crops every day. since tne -0th of July we have had moie or less rain and some of the heaviest kind fell this week. We have good cotton crops so far. bat the looks of things now are not very encourag ino- Mr. T. R. Venters has a very nne P'ece of cotton 0 feet high on a level of five acres or more. Mr. D. E. Sandliu has a fine crop of corn, cotton and potatoes, and about 00 head of the prettiest fat tening hogs in the neighborhood. We were at his house last week and found Messrs. V. G. Simmons and Samuel Pope from your city. W'e asked them 'f they were rail- road prospecting and they said nut: : onlv on a visiting tour. Iiir last . we saw of them they were on tho J bear hunt. Misses. Ida and Laura Sandlin are at home, the former has just come lmme from a visit to1 .Jacksonville. Trust him little who praises all, him less who censures all, and him least who is indifferent about, all, I Jones County Items. Fodder pulling will commence t his week. Mr. J. P. Gray is preparing to erect a cotton gin at his house. We have been visited during the iast week with showers of rain. The Trent is booming but will cause but little damage to crops. The late wet weather has nearly tinished up the melon crop with us. We learn that the mill at Ttpti ton e-ma no.ir hrn.,i-m ,ir.; .1i(i.lj.iVJljtl Ui ItlRlllL UU1 Jilt LUC past week. Timber rafts down the i reut are is plentiful now as turpentine rafts were in old turnentine davs. The Salvation Army, the van guard of it. Was been' at Trenton some lew days but did no recruit ing here. uur crops are looking promising, particularly corn. Cotton, the farmers sav, uas commenced shed ding since the heavy rains. Have you sowed your turnips? remarked a gentleman to me today. Well, continued he, if you have not you had better wait until the moon fulls. Always, said he. sow on the full to make the root. Mrs. C C. Andrews, of Trenton township, died on Tuesday the 2nd of August, leaving a devoted hus band and live small children, the oldest seven years and the two younger ones aged only one week. Mrs. Andrews" maiden name was Iluggins and had many relatives and friends to mourn her early de mise, all of whom have the full sin y pat hy of t he entire community. Well, well, lemarked a Republi can "ii yesterday, exhibiting a siii.ib package of seeds from the Depuiment ot Agriculture at Washington. Who wcmld have thought it? Here I have been vot ing for years sending members to Congress and never before received any seeds. Now, said he, nothing like having a man in Congress who knows his business. Hurrah for Simmons. .Luc sceami-i una uiu uui iui iu on Thursday fast much to the dis- 'el,,-. , tn.-, T"-f.,f ,,t- ...t- ; appoinimeiu 01 many, i nearu one msnre perfect safetv, posts might gentleman say that he never slept be arranged tor inserting bars as any the night previous anticipating the liav ls stored, which will give the great time ahead but, said he, air-passages through the hay. Dry you better believe my great time .fodder or straw may be interlaid In turned out pretty gloomy after get-, stead of the bars (which mav be ting drenched in a heavy shower benefitted all around.) Fine crops going to Trenton and standing on , witlloat addition of fertilizers I the river listening for the whistle know of a patch of rye following for several hours. No more excur- peas that wa8 grazetl all winter and sious for me if you please. Thank till April, and then made the best you: plenty. i crop of rye I ever saw. Any crop We have often heard the remark ; following peas has the advantage that this was a curious world and of a considerable amplication of fer- , ty who said that he never intended to let his children learn to spell because Webster s spelling book spelled "phtisic" with a superfluity of letters, and, said another, were my sons to learn to read some of our rich Whigs might furnish them with a Whig paper and might change tlwir politics, and yet an other who said that he intended to see to it that none of his sons should ever attend school because, said he, they might become expert pensmen and forge some rich man s name on a note. Now let me say to every friend of educa tion of our county to canvass your various school districts and see if we in this enlightened day have not some who now are entertaining such curious ideas. We are confi dent that there is a screw loose somewhere. Why just look at it; teachers hired and paid by the State teaching school in some of the districts and the majority of the children shooting marbles at home, yoking up the cats, wading in ditches, some hunting, fishing and lots of them seeking out mis chief. Should not, and is it not the duty of us all to look up this loose screw and use every effort to induce parents to see their error? Odd Things in England. The tin pail as an article oj kitchen and pantry furniture is quite unknown in England. It is seen only at oil and paint shops, and never with a cover. Coal with the English is always "coals." What we term the "gaiter'' they call the boot. What we call boote they call "Wellingtons.'" A barber shop is one thing in London, a hair cutting saloon is another and separate establishment. The aver age English shave is a brutal per formance as compared with the American. The patient must arise from the straight-backed chair, wash his own face and brush his own hair. London newsboys do not cry their papers printed placard placed on the walk notifies the public, and the boy stands by his stock in trade and seems to pon der over it Their "livery stable" signs read "Cars on Hire," buggies are unknown. So is a general as sortment of dry goods and groceries in one shop. The "haberasher" keeps pins, needles, stays, takes. and all the other minute necessary for the lady's outfit. The woolen draper, cloths. The green grocer never goes beyond vegetables, save to idea occasionally in coals. The exceptions to this rule is with the co operative stores, which deal in everything. In the sale of cook- I pd t'nrwl Miprd nri- fcltrtrw eon fl n i n (r themselves to hams, corned beef and a few vegetables, served hot at noon, and to be bought from two- , .. .. " . ,' ""--i - rr o I I phATia m ohmif n cinnni n 1 ri- 1 i 1 , T1 , """"."s F.oiy and beef soups, and others cook nothing but fried fish. "Crash," our name for course towelling, is an unknown term, at least in London, Programmes must be bought of the theatre ushers. Molasses is called "treacle," and sold by the pound. A pie is either a "tart'' or a "turn over." The English street car a "tram" and the road a "tramway." A pitcher is a "jug'' and glasses are "tumblers.'' And when you call at the bar for beer they under stand you want porter. Breakfast in many families is not a set meal, but a morning lunch, to be eaten whenever'you are ready. Business, election and militia notices are posted on church doors, and in some places the amount of last Sun day's collection, in pounds, shillings, ponce and farthings. An Honest Lot. "Have you an honest citv government here?'' In- askt'd of a Uetroiter whom he feii into conversation with on the iry Hall steps. '-'Ve have, sir.'' "No charges against the Alder- men?'' "None that amount to anything." "You believe them honest, then!" "I do, sir." "Perhaps you are a contractor?" suggested the stranger "No, sir, I am not. rie Aldermen!'' I am one of; TRUST. I cried to my soul's beloved. As he lay on my breast to die, To send me one word from heaven But he answered not, save with a sigh, A sigh that passed over my spirit As the death-bell's solemn tone. Then I know that my love was in heaven And I on the earth, alone ! Alone, in the gloom and silence I watched through the dreary night, i But no voice came to soothe my sorrow ; Till the dawn of morning light, I saw the chill mist ascending. And the blue smoke curling high, All, as incense went up to heaven T 1l 1 J f l J w . - i vuv. unj With its glare and its life and noiae. But the.e came to my weary spirit o sound of my loved one s voice No sound, but of sin and of sorrow. Of earth with its etrif and care. Ah ! how could a broath from heaven Come down through the troubled air '.- I stole to the glen at even, As the dew fell soft on the ground . And I lay where I sat so often With the wooded hills all round. Then I cried. O beloved ! send me Ono word in my sore distrust ! And a voice, like a low sweet echo I'amc from heaven and said to me. "Trim!" J. F. Wallerr. Crojis After I'eas. In addition to the good thing already mentioned about peas in The Southern Cultivator, it may be said that after taking off the vines which make excellent hav. capable of keeping stock fat with 1 Ocracoke attending the cam) meet the addition of a very small quan-; inS at tliat 1 bice. We wish them ti t v of corn the land is left in ) a pleasant trip, good condition. The roots have: The steamer Trent was at our broken and mulched the soil to a 1 wharf on the :!d insf. She was on great depth, while the growing! crop has shaded the ground, which 1 with its attendant conditions is the best part 00 the results of pea culture. Three peeks to one bushel of Life Preserver peas is best for hay-making, because the crab grass will then race with the vines and make a good mixture. mhich shortens the time of good curing. Mown in the morning after the dew is off, raked into wind rows the same evening, on the next day, aud put into cocks - tue second evening, it wi for housing on the third be ready lay. To' ; curred the second year of my i experience "ot having enough peas about two acres of corn were without a pea crop that fall I sowed oats, using about seventy-five pounds of guano per acre. Where the peas had grown the year before I gathered twenty to forty bushels of oats after corn alone were hardly stout enough to be cradled. In a certain field, which was partly in corn and peas and partly in oats last year and which is now in cotton without fertilizer, the difference in apperance of the plant is the difference of a moderate ap plication of fertilizer in favor of the peas. About 250 pounds of ah element is excellent for peas sown alter (small grain in June Southern Cultivator. A Lesson. There is a lesson in this hypothet ical case which we find in an ex change, that it would be well for Christian people everywhere to ponder. "A young man comes from the country or country town to the city, knowing nobody. The churches are open two or three times a week, the Sunday schools onoe a week only, but on the first occasion cherishing a recollection of the church at home, he goes, and the chances are that, being ; stranger, he is either passed nn noticed or is treated with ordi nary politeness. lie hears an nouncements of fairs and festivals for the benefit of various objects; he goes to same of these, but finds himself little nearer lorming ac. quaintances than before, for such occasions are commonly so ciable only within a certain circle, to which it is often no easy matter to gain admission. But the same young man finds the saloon, the billiard hall, the gambling house; and worse places always open There is no cold politeness shown him by the children of this world nobody asks if he is respectable, or who is his father, or if his family are nice people. The waiter in the beer garden will place a chair for him obsequiously, and the proprie tor will be delighted at his presence no matter what his antecedents. The cheerfulness with which he is welcomed pleases him. even if he knows the politeness to be but feigned, and among these associates he makes acquaintances who are often his inin. The road to evil is very broad, and Ls travelers are numbered by thousands, especially among the young men of a city. But it might be well for churches and pastors to ask themselves the question whether some of the blame does not lie at their own doors. With churches open twice a week and the saloon doors always ajar, the wonder is, not that so many J young men go wrong, but that any are able to resist the temptations that lie in wait at every corner." "ft'hat to Read. ' Are you deficeient in taste. xveau lue uesi. .cuiian puois, ouuu as Thompson, Gray, Goldsmith, Pope, Cowper, Coleridge, Scott and Woodsworth. Are you deficient in imagina tion? Read Milton, Akenside. Burke and Shakespeare. Are vou deficient in powers of reasoning? Read Chillingworth, Bacon and Locke. Are you deficient in judgement and good sense in the common affairs of life? Head Franklin. Are you deficient in sensibility? Head Goethe and Mackenzie. Are you deficient in political knowledge? Read Montesquieu, the Federalist, Websters and Cai houn. Are you deficient in patriotism? Read Demosthenes and the Life of Washington. Are vou deficient in conscience! Pead some of President Edward's works Are you deficient in anything? Head the Bible. The woman that has not touched the heart of a man, before he leads her to the altar, has scarcely a chance to charm it when possession and security turn their powerful arms against her. Pamlico Items. The oldest son of Mrs. Alex, Dowdy died quite suddenly a few days ago. Malaria has slightly nipped some of us in the bud, but none of us are seriously ill. Mr. Henry Mills, one of our pros perous cotton farmers, lost one of his mules a lew days ago. Mr. "Waller Jones has moved his family in one of Mrs. Dean's houses and is a resident of our village. Mr. S. S. McCleese, of La Grange, accompanied by his family , is visit ing his brother, C. R. McCleese. near t his place. The Hooding rains we have been having for the past two weeks has damaged cotton badly, and in some instances the corn crop is seriously iniurea. The -lair young" cotton farmer has been awav for a. short time viewing the crops of other fanners, but says she cannot think of "con solidating," at least not yet awhile. Misses May Caps and Louise Hamblin of Bayboro. gave this vicinity a pleasant visit a short time since. Come again, young ladies, and bring your patch work with you. Mr.T. C. Jones and son Ambrose, accompanied by Miss Stella Roberts, of your town, are off to her way from Portsmouth to your city when her fuel gave out and she was compelled to give us a call and ieplenish her wood pile. One on the Conductor. The other day a maD got on aboard of a train on the Detroit .V Lansing Road aecompained by a bigdog, and j in due course of time the baggage j man walked back into the car and said: I "Mister, that dog must go into the baggage car. 1 "1 guess not. "But I guess he will! No dogs in passenger are allowed to rid cars." "Well, we'll wait and hear what the conductor says. He is a friend of mine, and if he says tho dog can't ride here that will settle it." It was half an hour later before the conductor, accompanied by the baggageman, got around to the man. "That dog must come out o'here!" annouced the conductor. "For why? He isn't hurting any body." "Because no dogs are allowed in the cars." "And if I don't take him to the baggage car you'll " "Put him off." ,,If you put him ofl','J replied the man, after taking a look from the window, "I shall go with with him. My dog is just as good as I am." ''Will you take the dog forward?" "No sir!" The train was stopped and the dog led out and pushed off the plat form. "Are you going, too?"' queried the conductor, with his hand on the bell rope. "Yes, I guess I will. I live in that farmhouse over there, and if I go on to Howell, where I bought my ticket to, I'll have to walk four miles back. Much obleeged to you, conductor. I just kind o'figgered to have the dog put off at abont the right spot!"' Free Press. Cutting: Down Expenses. "Pullem," said a Dakota real es tate agent, in atown which is en joying a boom, to his partner, "I closed the deal with that man from Philadelphia." "Is that so?" "Yes; he takes the five lots and pays $10,000. Let us liguro up and see how we came on them." "Well, they cost us ft 1,000." "Yes, and it took about '200 to treat and entertain that man lrom Chicago, whom we tried to sell to." "And I let the St. Paul man beat me out of S.iOO at poker in the hope of selling to him.' "Then I cashed a bogus check of 250 for that man from New York, and then he skipped out without buying." "Then that Iowa man took up tw o days of our time at $50 a day." "Yes, and said he wanted to think about it before buying. And then the St. Louis man I took home for dinner with me, he stole silverware to the value of ''lo aud skipped like the rest."' "And 1 paid a $10 drunk and disorderly fine for the Milwaukee man." "We musn't lorget to figure in about $50 for livery bills." ' No, nor 25 for speuding half a day to go to church with that Bos ton man." "And put down 100 for advertis ing and $50 that had to pay Jones for keeping still when he accidently overheard me tell this man we sold to, that the marsh just behind the lots was an artificial lake put in by the city at a cost of $30,000." "Let's see total 2,0.0 profits 7.1). 0. That won t hardly do we'ev got to make more than that." Yes, we must cut down expenses on the next deaf somewhere, i guess we better not spend time going to churcn with any more men." Dakota Bell. Their Business Boomlne. Probably no one thing has caused such a general revival of trade at R- N. Duffy a drug store as their giving away to their customers of so many free trial bottles of Dr. King s New Discovery for Consumption. Their trade is simply enormous in this very valuable article from the fact that it always cures and never disappoints. Coughs, colds. asthma, bronchitis, croup, and all throat and lung diseases quickly cured. i ou can test it before buying by getting a trial bottU free, large size SI. Every bottle warranted. work to d' 'i Itio nii-ntt l'.:-rn-rier uv tim Jam Mr-tint $ "i - l 'l h .l.i,.r ,(.... it Hli.l Wi ai.4 (shoe U t.etur, t'uu3UtiiiJ UclitCtlj tf l, j Uu: tut) butU ri,;ul. I .. oi-ri. r art i I i . lL.K ' Li I ,, P. i. :y ni. .ni.1. ! 1 v , .1. . - T'.c ll ll-r-. . - ,he t. -t in ru-l .j , - I ' at I i.t J mi.-, : ttirt'wfr&!tmer -.p.i. ' jJwwwgnwg'gmpyia tcvjkil.! jrtt i limn am iiimiwiiiimiium phimi Going: Rack to First Principles. An old fashioned Temperance So- ciety has been formed in Boston by a number of clergymen and others who propose to "take the reloiui out of politics." The new society intends to fall back on the old methods ol moral suasion unritrin spread of knowledge, to which the great reform of forty yearn ago was wholly due. While intemperance has eon tinned its ravages among the poor and ignorant, (here is one class that has eonstanly become nioro and more abstemious. Among the people who attend and givu dinner parties, excess in wine has become so rare that a person may sit. out a hundred dinners in London, New 101k, Berlin. Paris or Vienna, and not st one individual the worse dr The t wo bot t le men of old drink are no longer seen. People drink little in amount, and prefer the wines having liftlc intoxicating power. Thev drink less than t heir forefathers becaifKo they know more. They have dis covered that excess of all kiids de feats its object, and that the way to get the most pleasure out of every hour is to practice modcratiou and observe t he, strickest morality. They have discovered that excess is as foolish as it is wicked. N. Y. Ledger. New Kerne District -Third Kouud. J. T. Harris, P. K., Coldwboro, N. O. Beaufort Station Auft. 13 14 Straits Ct. at Summerfield 16 Core SouDd 18 Morehead Station 20 21 OoldBboro, St. John 24 A D VK'K TO HOTHEHI, MRS. WlNBIiOW's SOOTHING SyBL'P should always be used for children teething. It Boothen tho child, Boftens thp Kuma. allayB all pain, cures wind colic, and is the best remedy for diar-hu-a. Twenty-flve cents a bottle. marl7dtuthsat wly HEADQUARTERS FOR MII.KH. HORSK8 and BUGGIES. Horses and Carriages to hire at reasonable ratei. Everything guarantied Mas represented. Broad St.. Newbera. N. '. A Great Bargain. acki:s. Will be sold at a Great hacriliue. A valuable Plantation situated on the south Hide of the Netise river, three and a half miles from the Oty of Newbern, N. C. One hundred and twenty-five acres cleaied. Good land, suitable for trucking. The bal ance, two hundred and two acres, heavily timbered with pine, oak, cypress, and other kinds of timber. Ills also nne gracing land. Good dwelling, outbuildings, and a nne or chard. It has a tine fishery fronting half a mile on the beach, where there are high banks of marl that can never be exhausted, from which vessels can load with ease. It Is a very beautiful and healthy location, pre senting a near view to the passing vessels and railroad. The cl ared land with bnlld IngB aud orchard will be sold separate If de sired. For terms apply to P TRENWITH al2dw On the place, oi Newbern. N. C, W. L. DOUGLAS $3 SHOE. fbe only 3 SEAMLESS Shoe In the world. Finest Calf, perfect fit, and warraniea. congress, rvuium m.n1 Lace, all atvlt'S toe. A.B . styLlsb and durable aa those costing o or o. t a. SO SHOE excels the i Shoes adver tised by other riiis. rtaap-x! w t of h Am Rors all wear the W. T,. IHUrOLAS 2 SHOE. If vour i-alT tle not kt--i Un-m. ru1 Tour cameoo postal to W. L. DOl'CLAS, ltro kton. Ma. DARK COlNTY, N. C. A most pleasant, summer reaort, situ ated on the beach between Albemarle Sound and the Atlantic Ocean, and In eight of Roanoke Island. Will open (or the season JULY 1st. Many improvements have been added tvhich will add much to the comfort of the guests. A FIRST CLASS TABLE will be kept. The beet facilities are afforded for bathing fishing and hunting. Also, a good band will furnish music. For particulars address A. K JACOBS, jun22dsv Manager. A Noted Divine Says: "I hmo liecn imiug Tutt'a I.lver Pills for ItTMpepniu. Weak Stomarb and 'otlveiic. hIHi nlilcb I have Ions; been aff licted. ARE A SPECIAL BLESSING. I never lino n ny thine; to dome SO m lie h Kol. r oiii mend them to all as tlie lie; medicine in eiltsns." Itev. F. K. OSGOOD, New fork. SOLD EVERYWHERE. OfiWv, 41 Murray St., New York. Atlantic & N orth Carolina Railroad Co. Oi Hi e i i.'.n F itEiuBT 4 Pass. A(jknt, New Hern, N. C, June, 1HS7. Tin' f il'i'Wlng htp Through Rstrs of Kare "Honml Trii' tu-kt-ts from coupon statlniis U-ln-.s- in ..lnlKon t tie W. .N. V. K. li., SKASOV OP 1SS7. ' . Ui-lson Mile June 1st. IhST. i H I, I ret ii mini; until ( t. HI, IkcT. lull -1 1 11 sale .Sej.l. 311, lis;. I- 10 'M - V. 7. 9 S I. 1 Nil ii Ml II. 711 llMS 1H 211 17.7 ft Ii; K.', In Ml 17. V IH.'UI 1 2ft 4MM) a v a. 1 S 1 2 411 i i :io 1 1. kii 15 4) Hi lft 17.8ft Hi.k.i 1 1 Nil 1J TH 1 l.'.ll l Hil Fort HlHi k .Moimlmii 1 1.M Aslievllle 14 5ft Wftrm Niniiniiti ITli'i unit' oh ngi'd 1 1 Hot Hprlns. H. U 1)11.1., Administrator's Notice- Hiving duly qualified as administra tor of A. Hahn, deceased, before the Clerk of the Superior Court of Craven county, all persons indebted to the said estate will nake payment of the same to me, ami all persons holding claims against said estate will present their bills, with proof of the same, within twelve months from this date, or this notice will be pleaded in bar thereif. July 2'ld. 1887. CIIARLKS KEIZENSTEIN, Administrator A. Hahn. Simmons & Manly, Attys. v.5w J. W. STEWART, ftpl.'l tl tt'T v. m - asr nu"'.n. 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