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R. H. COWAN, Editor ad Proprietor. 1'ih.e XjiTDenrby of -tlx Press must "be Preserired. ZHaan-oooIfc- TERMS : f 2.00 pr Year. VOL. 1. WADESBORO N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1881. NO. 39. Anson Times saeceeds The Pee Dee Herald. TEEMS -.CASH IN ADVANCE. On Year 2.00 gim Month 100 Tkr Months 50 O ADVERTISING RATES. One squAre, first insertion, $ 1.00 Koch robsequent insertion, 50 Local dTrtiemont, line, 10 gr-Special rate jjiren on application for tourer time. Xdrertiaen ar requested to bring in their irmriimtamnU m tfrmAny evening of each week to insure insertion in next issue. 0 VST The TIMES is the only paper published in Anson County. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. SMR. Allen, DENTIST, tar- Office 8. E. corner of Wade and Mor gan rtreeU (near the Bank.) 3o-n. A. B. Huntley, M. D., WADESBORO, N. C. Offers his profasional services to the jitins of Anson county. OtS oe first door above the Bank. WM A. IXGRAM, M. D., Practicing Physician,. WADESBORO, N. C. A. J. BAROlN, J- D. PEMBKRTON. . DARGAN & PEMBERTON,. ATTORNEYS AT LA W, WADESBORO, N. C. Praetice in the State and Federal CwrU. , J AS. A LOCKHART, Att'y and Counsellor at Law, WADESBORO, N. C. lf Pratices in all the Courts of the State. JL K. LITTLE. W. I. PARSO.X3. Little & Parsons, AT TO RN E YS AT LA W, WADESBORO, N. C. ' Collections promptly attended to. SAMUEL T. ASHE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, WADESBORO, N. C. Speci-d attentiou given to the collec tion of claims. GEORGE V.. STRONG, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, RALEIGH, N. C. . 37 Pratices in the State and Federal Courts. HOTELS. HUNTLEY'S HOTEL, WADESBORO, N. C. Headquarters for Commercial Trav elers. $3r Table Supplied with th test the Market affords. 1-tf J A V I Li I A X HOTEL, CHARLESTON, S. C. Rates, $2 00, $2 50 per day, according to tlie Location, of l'oom. The Pavilion is one of the lending first-class Hotels in the city; is centrally locat?d and eeunected by Stiwt Railway with the Rail road Depots," Batiks and Post-office The table is supplied with the Iwst that our tome and northern markets afford. The house has been thoroughly renovated tkis season. Communication by telephone with all parts of the citv. E. T. GAlLLARD, Proprietor. YARBROUCH HOUSE, RALEIGH, N. C. Prices Reduced to Suit the Times. CALL AND SEE US. JpURCELLi HOUSE, WILMINGTON, N. C. 4 1 Recently thoroughly overhauled and reno vated. First-cla-i In every respect. Loca tion desirable, beine; situated near all busi ness houses. Post-office, Custom House, City Hall and Court House. Rates, 2 00 and $2 50 per day. Our motto is to please. B. L. PERRY, Proprietor. QHARLESTOX HOTELi, E. H. JACKSON, CHARLESTON, S. C. Rates Rkduckd. $2 50, 3 00 and $4 00 day, according to location ofxooms. J as. A. Leak, President. Jas. A. Leak, Jr., Cashier BANK ofNEWHANOYEE, I WADESBORO, N. C. tif" Special attention given to collections, and proceeds remitted on day of payment, at arrent rate of exchange. DIRECTORS: JAS. A LEAK, J. C. MARSHALL. Charlotte Marble Works, I CHARLOTTE, N. C. j MONUMENTS and GRAVESTONES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Price-Lista and Drawings furnished on ap plication. j JAMES A. JOHNSON. (Opposite Postoffice.) j TILLMAN db KLUTZ, ... JBarbers and Hair Dressers, . " (Opposite IfcLendon's Drag Store.) -If you want a nice, clean Shave.a late strle ft r a Shampoo, call M Tilbman tc Kluta. SCHEDULES. Carolina Central Railway Comp'y. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Office Gesebal Spperuttesdekt, , Wilmington, N. C, May 25, J880. ( On and after May 25, 1880. the- following schedule will be operated on this Railway: PA88EXGEB, MAIL. AND EXPRESS TRAIX. m . Leave Wilmington, ' 9 45am J Arrive at Charlotte, : 6 45 p m v n ' Leave Charlotte, '. 9 45 a m f Arrive at Wilmington, j 6 45 p m Trains Nos. 1 and 2 stop at regular stations only, and points designated in the Company's lime laDte. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT TRAIN. " ( Leave Wilmington at Arrive at Hamlet at ( Arrive at Charlotte at 5.00 p. It No 5. 1.26 A. V 8.10 A. M. 7.30 P. It Leave Charlotte at No. 6. J Arrivp a Hamlet at 3.26 A. M 9.30 A. M ( Arrive at Wilmington at No. 5 train 'Is daily except Sunday, but makes no connection to Raleigh on batur davs. No. 6 train is daily except Saturdays. Through Sleeping Cars between Raleigh and Charlotte. V. Q. JOHNSON, Genl Sup't. Raleigh & Augusta Air-Line R. R. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Superintendent's Office, ) Raleigh, N. C, June 5, 1S79. f On and after Friday, June 6, 1879, trains on the Raleigh and Augusta Air-Line Rail road will run daily (Sundays excepted) as follows No. 1 Ieave Raleigh, 8 00 p. M. Cary, 8 31 p. u. Apex, 8 53 p. M. New Hill, 9 14 P.M. Merry Oaks, 9 ?S p. M. Moncnre y 50 p. m. No. 2 Hanilet, Hoffman, Koysr, Blue's, Miuuly, Cameron, Sanford, Osgood, Moncure, -Leave -' 2 30 a. M j 3 14 A. M 3 37 a. M 3 54 a. M ! 4 13 a. m i 4 50 A. M 5 41 A. M 6 02 A. M 0o-xl, Sanford, Cameron, Maiily, Blue's, Keyser, Herman, 10 17 p. M. 10 44 p. m. 1 1 27 p. M. 12 0i A. M. 12 2i A. M. 12 4.S a. M. 1 14 A. M. 6 25 a. M Merrv Oaks 0 42 a. M New Kill, 7 00 a. M Ajk;x, 17 23 a. m Cary, 7 59 a. m Ar. Raleiprh; 8 30 a. M Ar. Hamlet, 2 (X) A. M. Train nutnlxir 1 connects at Hamlet with C. C. Railway for Charlotte and all points south. Traiu number 2 connects at Raleiyh; with the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad for all points north. ! JOHN C. WINDER, Superintendent. Cheraw & Darlington Railroad. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. President's Office, ) Society Hill, S. C, Feb. 28, 1880. f On and after Monday, the 28th inst., the train ou this road will fun as follows mak ing connection at Florence with trains to and from Charleston, Columbia and Wilmington both ways: GOING DOWN. Leave Cheraw at . " Cash's, 44 Society Hill, 44 Dove's, 44 Darlington, 44 Palmetto, Arrive at Florence, COMING UP. Leave Florence at " Palmetto, 44 Darlington, 44 Dove's, 44 Society Hill, 44 Cash's Arrive at Cheraw, Close connection made at 10 30 a. M. 10 50 44 11 15 44 11 45 44 12 15 12 35 1 00 P. M. 3o P. M. 3 00 3 15 340 4(15 4 25 4 50 Florence with trains to and from Charleston and Wilming ton, every day except Sundav. Cheraw and Salisbury Railroad. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. Until further notice, the trains on this road will run as follow : ; Leave. Arrive. Wadesboro, 8.40 a. m. Cheraw, UJ.05 a. m Cheraw, 1 0. 15 a. m. Wadesboro, 4. lo P. M Making close connection toth ways at Che raw. with Cheraw uarungton tram, ana at Florence with the Northeastern train. B. D. TOWNSEND, Prefeident. Northeastern Railroad Company. Charleston, K. C. ) September l!i, 18X0. On and after Sunday next, 19th Mist., the mail and passenger trains of this road will be run as follows: Leave Charleston, 10.45 a. m. and 0.45 p. m Arrive at Florence, 3. 15 p. M. and 2. 10 a. m Leave Florence, 1.45 p. M. and 2.35 a. M Arrive at Charleston, 6.15 p. m. and 7.00 a. m Train leaving at 10.45 a. M. connects with Cheraw & Darlington Road and for; Wades boro, N. C. P. L. CLADFOR, General Ticket Agent. TIME TABLE Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley R. R. TO TAKE EFFECT MAY 9, 1880. Leaves Fayetteville at -Arrives at Gulf at Loaves Galf at Arrives at Fayetteville, Daily except Sunday. L. C. 4.00 P. M. 7.35 P. M. 6.00 a. m. 10.2a a. m. JONES, Sup't. THE CHARLESTON LINE. FJiOM THE UPPER CAR OLINA S. THE NEW SHORT LINE FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO THE SEA. Charleston, S. C, Aug. 2nd, 18S0. Commencing August 3rd, the Cheraw & Salisbury Railroad opens from Wadesboro, Charlotte and all adjacent territories via Che raw and Florence, a new line to Charleston and the East, and respectfully invites the at tention of all shippers, and a share of tlieir business. For rates and all information inquire of W. L. Rose, Agent, Wadesboro, or the under signed. A. POPE, General Freight and Passenger Agent. FOR FLORIDA. Via Savannah, Twice a Week. On and after December 1, the palace steam er ST. JOHN'S, Capt. Leo Vogel, will leave Charleston as per Schouulo below: On the Tuesday trip the St John's calls in at Savannah going and returning. On the Saturday trip she goes direct to Florida, not stopping at rsavannan eimer way. Tues'y, Nov SO, 12 m Tues'y, Dec 7, 1pm Tues'y, 1 14, 10 a m Tues'y, Dec 21, 12 m TuesV, Dec 28, 10 a m Satd'y, Dec 4, 8pm Satd'y, Dec 11, 8pm Satd'y, Dec 18. C p m Satd'v, Dec 25, 8 p m Satd'y, Jan 1,7pm Connecting at Fernanchna with fransit Road for Cedar Kevs and points oif the Gulf, also with Boats at Jacksonville and Palatka for Upper St. John's, and Oklawaha Rivers, and with Railroad for St. Augustine at TocoL Freight Received daily. State rooms secured and all information furnished bv application to RAVENEL& CO., Agents, 20 East Bay, Charleston, S C. Bituminous Coal! CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C. A fine coal for gas, shop purposes and steam. "Vhen coked it is excellent for rur naeoR. All orders promptly filled. ddress, HAUGHTON, Gulf, N. C. V GENTS WA-NTRD for the Best and Fastest Selling Pictorial Books and Bibles.- Prices reduced S3 per cent. National Pubhlising Co. , Atlanta, G, - . ALiAMANCK. ByS. W. Whiting, of North-Carolina. No stately column aiarks the hallow'd place Where silent sleeps, unnrn'd, their sacred dust; The first free martyrs of a glorious race, Their fame a people's wealth, a nation's trust. The rustic ploughman, at the early morn, The yielding furrow turns with heedless traad; Or tends with frugal care the springing corn, Where tyrants conquer'd and where heroes oiea. Above their rest the golden harvest waves, The glorious stars stand sentinels on high, While in sad requiem, near their turfless graves, The winding river murmurs, mourning by No stem ambition waved them to the deed, In Freedom's cause they nobly dared to die The first to conquer, or the first to bleed God and their country's right their battle- cry. But holier watches here their vigils keep Than storied urn of monumental ston For Law and Justice guard their dreamless sleep, And Plenty smiles above their bloody home. Immortal youth shall crown their deathless fame, And as their country's glories still advance, Shall brighter blaze, o'er all the earth, thy name Thou first-fought field of Freedom, Ala in anc Tlie Evacuation of Fort Sumter. In the 17th chapter of the Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Mr. Davis gives the following account of the evacuation of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor : " The brave and invincible defence of Fort Sumter gave to the city of Charleston, South Carolina, addition al lustre. For four years that Fort, located in its harbor, defied the army and navy of the United States. When the city was about to bo aban doned to the army of Gen. Sherman, the forts defending the harbor were embraced invGen. Hardee's plan of evacuation. The gallant commander of Fort Sumter, Col. Stephen Elliott, Jr., with unyielding fortitude, re fused to be relieved, after being un der incessant bombardment day and night for weeks. It was supposed he must be exhausted, and he was in vited to withdraw for rest, but on re ceiving the general order of retreat, he assembled his brave force on the rugged and hell-crushed parade ground, read his instructions, and, in a voice that trembled with emotion, addressed his men in the glowing language of patriotism and unswerv ing devotion to the Confederate cause. The cheers, which responded to the utterances of their colonel, came from manly and chivalric throats. Yielding to thel inevitable, they claimed for the Stars and Bars a salute of one hundred guns. As it was fired from Sumter, it was re echoed by all the Confederate batter ies, and startled the outside blocka ders with the idea that a great victo ry had been won by the Confedera cy." The defence of Fort Sumter by the Confederates was creditable to every one engaged in it, and is, indeed, so bright and shining a page in the -history of the war that it is a pity that llv. Davis should have fallen into er ror in describing the final evacuation, and we hope that in a second edition of his book he will be able to revise this particular statement, in order that the truth may be known and justice be done ' to officers whose names should be linked always with Sumter s eventful history. Gen. Stephen Elliott was not in command of Fort Sumter at the time of the evacuation. In the early part of 1864, while in command of the fort, he was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General and ordered to Virginia. He was in command of a South Carolina brigade, as will be remembered, at the desperate fight at the Crater in front of Petersburg, where he was seriously wounded. In the fall of 18G4 he came to South Carolina on sick leave, and shortlj7 before the evacuation of Charleston, in February 1865, was in command of a brigade on James Island. This brigade consisted of the second South Carolina artillery, Ducas's Batallion of Regulars, a battalion of artillery composed of the Palmetto Artillery and Gist Guards under command of Maj. G. L. Buist and some other bodies of troops amounting, in all, to about 3,100 men. When Gen. Elliott was relieved from the command of Fort Sumter, in March, 1864, he was succeeded by Capt. John C. Mitchell, of the First South Carolina Artillery. Captain Mitchell was the son of John Mitchell, the Irish patriot, and was mortally wounded on the parapet, while in command of the fort, in the oarly part of July, 1664. A monument to his memory was erected by his com rades in Magnolia Cemetery, three or four years ago. Capt Mitchell was succeeded in command of the fort, on the day that he was wound ed, by Capt. Thomas A. Huguenin, of the First South Carolina Regular In fantry, under orders from Gen. Rip ley. Just at this time the memorable sixty days' bombardment of the fort began, the most terrible ordeal to which the garrison had been subject ed. From July, 1864,"until the night of February 17, 1863, when the Fort was evacuated, Capt. Huguenin was uninterruptedly in command, al though wounded twice. On the night of February 16, the .sick and wound ed, witk the personal baggage of the garrison, were sent to Charleston by Capt. Huguenin, under orders from Gen. Hardee, who directed that noth ing of a public character in the fort shonld be destroyed or injured. A few barrels of whiskey were emptied into the water, but everything else in the fort was left intact. At sunset on the 17th the garrison were informed that the fort would be evacuated at midnight. There was, oi course, no saiute. xne only gun fired waff the usuaTsunset gun. Be fore midnight two small steamers ar rived at the fort, and on these the gar rison embarked, the garrison consist ing, at the time, or" two companies of the First South Carolina Infantry and three companies of the Thirty second Georgia Infantry, with the engineers artiscins, &c. About two hundred ne groes, who had been employed as la borers in the fort, had been 6ent off with the baggage on the night pre vious. liy midnight the whole com mand was aboard of the steamers and the lines were cast off by Capt. Hu guenin, as the commanding officer. and Lieut. Swinton, the master of transportation. No shots were fired at Sumter by the enemy for at least twenty-four hours preceding the evac uation,, although Fort Moultree and the Sullivan's Island batteries were bombarded fiercely. It was after wards learned that the enemy were under the impression that the garri son of Sumter had been withdrawn the night before. The whole garri son of Sumter was landed on Cooper River, where they rejoined their com mands. The two battle flags which were displayed at Sumter during the great sixty days' bombardment, while Capt. Huguenin was in command, were sent away with his private baggage on the night preceding the evacuation, and are now in the custody of the Wash ington Light Infantry- and the Sumter Guards of this city. The flag which was 6et on the last day that the for was held and was lowered on the even ing of the 17th, upon the firing of the sunset gun, and which had never been fired at by the Federal batteries, was turned over to Capt. Huguenin's Bri gade Commander, Col. Alfred Rhett, at Strawberry Ferry, where Capt. Huguenin reported toliim for duty. The facts above given were obtained from Capt. Huguenin himself and from Capt. Louis DeSaussure, who was Gen. Stephen Elliott's Adjutant General at the time that he left Sum ter for Virginia and when Sumter was evacuated. Charleston News and Courier. Capture of Jefferson Davis. HIS OWN ACCOUNT OF THE AFFAIR. In Mr. Davis' book he gives the following account of his capture: "After a short time I w'as hailed by a voice which I recognized as that of my private secretary, who informed me that the marauders had been hanging around the camp, and that he and others were on the post around it, and were expecting an assault as soon as the moon went down. A silty story had got abroad that it was a treasure train, ana aun sacra fames had probably instigated these marauders as it subsequently stim ulated General J. H. Wilson to send out a large force to capture the same train. For the protection of my fam ily I traveled with them two or three days, when believing that they had passed out of the region of marauders, I determined to leave their encamp ment at nightfall to execute my original purpose. My horse and those of my party proper were saddled pre paratory to a start, when one of my staff, who had ridden into the neigh boring village, returned and told me that he had heard that a party in tended to attack the camp that night. This decided me to wait long enough to see whether there was any truth in the rumor, which I supposed would be ascertained in a few hours. My horse remained saddled and my pis tols in the holsters, and I lay down, fully dressed, to rest. Nothing oc curred to rouse me until just before dawn, when my coachman, a free colored man, who faithfully clung to our fortunes, came and told rae there was firing over the branch, just be hind our encampment. I stepped out of my wife's tent and saw some horse men, whom I immediately recogniz ed as cavalry, deploying around the encampment. I turned back and told my wife these were not the ex pected marauders, but regular troop ers. She implored me to loave her at once. I hesitated, from unwill ingness to do so, and lost a few pre cious moments before yielding to her importunity. My horse, and arms were near the road on which I expect ed to leave, and down which the cavalry approached; it was, there fore, impracticable to reach them. I was compelled to start in the oppo site direction. As it was quite dark in -the tent I picked up what was supposed to be my "raglan," a water proof light overcoat without sleeves; it was subsequently found to be my wife's, so very like my own as to be mistaken for it, as I started my wife thoughtfully threw over my, head nd shoulders a shawl. I had gone nernaps is or w yr.rds when a troop er galloped up and ordered rae to halt and surrender, to which I gave a de fiant answer, and d roping the shawl and raglan from my shoulders, ad vanced toward him. He lev d his carbine at me, but I expected, t he fired, he would miss me, and my in tention was, in that event, to put my hand under his foot, tumble him off On the other side, spring into his sad dle and attempt to escape. My wife, who had been watching, ; when she saw the soldier aim his carbine at me ranf forward and threw her arms around me. Success depended on : j 'a. .' a? j, msianianeous action, ana recogniz ing that the opportunity had been lost, I turned back, aria" the morning being chilly, passed on to a fire be yoiid the tent. Our pursuers Lad taken different roads and approached our camp from opposite directions. They encount ered each other and commenced fir ing, both supposing they had met our armed escort, and some casualties re sulted from their conflict with an imaginary body of Confederate Jtroops. During the confusion, while attention was concentrated upon my self except by those who were engag ed in pillage, one of my aides, Col. J. Taylor Wood, with Lieut Barnwell, walked off unobserved. His daring exploits on the sea had made him on the part of the Federal government an object or special hostility, and rendered it quite proper that he should avail himself of every possible means of escape. Col. Pritchard went over to their battle-field, and I did not see him-r a long time, sure ly more than an hour after my cap ture. He subsequently claimed credit, in conversation with me, for the forbearance shown by his men in not shooting me when I refused to surrender." A Practical Maiden. SHE GETS THE BULGE ON A TREACHER OUS LOVER HOW NORTH CAROLINA GIRLS BRING SCIENCE TO THEIR AID. Our girla add to their charms of manner and person those 6f a quick wit which makes them always a match and sometimes more "for the average lover, wno goes about in search of lambs." The girls in other parts of the globe have been content to go in the good old way, and only utilize the results of science in the way of attraction, bringing into play the kerosene lamp which has been ranged by an eminent scientific person so as to lurmsn but the one- thousandeth part of a candle power. This takes with the average young man, whose eyes are weak at night and who can't bear to look at his girl 'by the bright light." Though the phonograph, that "bottles up" words las been invented a long time, its ad vantages in breach of promise suits were never shown until a very recent period, and then only, to her credit be it said, by a North Carolina girl. This maiden was being made tlie re cipient of the usual gush from a lover whose reputation as a "flirt" was, but too well known. Sheheai'd his burn ing words and protestations of un speakable and unnecessary affection, through three long summers, and likewise through three spells of cold weather, when much of the old man's coal was consumed and much dam age done to dress waists. But femin ine, patience and forbearance had their limits, and the maiden deter mined to cme to an understanding. She soon saw, after an experiment or two, that her adorer was iot as sin cere as he might have been. . Then followed a period of calm, when the young man was not distressed by the least hint of matrimony, except as a thing of the dim, dim future. But it was the calm before the storm. The practical maiden secured a phono graph, having thoroughly posted her self as to its uses and advantages. Nothing is easier for a woman to un derstand than a phonograph", for it is just like her in that it can't keep a secret. Whatever it knows it "gives away." Well, the sly creature so ar ranged the phonograph that it was near her on a delightfully dark porch. Behold the lover coming, and see him find his wav to his adored one bv the mysterious instinct, perhaps, mean ing forward near the gentle maiden, nothing was heard for the space of ... , -r many minutes, but softly whispered confidences, and, on the part of the lover, the most fervid protestations of affection. Into the open mouth of the nhonoeranh went his words, ev - ery one, and the treacherous instru ment held them, too, until such time as it should be desired to repeat them. At midnight the gate swung softly open, and the lover's boots made tracks from the house. Then to her room retired the maiden, carrying with her the phonograph. In a day or two there was a quiet meeting, and the young man was pointedly asked as to his "intentions.'- He "backed and filled'as the sailors say. Then the mother appeared on the scene, with the fateful phonograph. It was placed on a table, while, the lover stared, amazed at the instrument, and at its appearance on the scene. Quickly the old lady turned the crank, and from its capacious mouth poured a profusion : of murmurs, ; sighs and soft adjectives.,, The young man's hair rose while his spirits fell in in verse proportion. He was bet rayed, basely betrayed, for the treacherous instrument kept not back a word -Forced to the wall, and threatened with a suit for breach of promise if he failed ty make good his vows, he succumbed to the combined influences of two women and a phonograph. The girl had won the day, and a de scription of a marriage nc.U tall w. conclude the story. Neics av.d Ob server. Mr. Hale, in Charlotte Democrat. I have hesitated whether to write -anything about the horrible event last Saturday, not because I do l.ot feel, and feel profoundly, the viola lion of all personal and public righ s involved, but because your readers, and all the world, will know all about it before I could reach them. But on my way to church yesterday I was thinking and speaking of the mania for otfiee,growiug out of "the spoils" doctrine, as the prime cause of the outrage; and the minister, Rev. Dr. Potter, in an admirable address on the necessity of government family, church and State government ad vanced the same idea, and expressed the belief that if we cannot eradicate this abominable and demoralizing doctrine, that "to the victors belong the spoils of office," tlie country , is doomed ! I thought I foresaw some of the sad effects, when, just fifty years ago, the Fayetteville Observer cut loose from the idol of the day, President Jackson, because he had adopted and was acting on this bad principle. It required no small de gree of moral courage to quit the par ty of the great idol, whom I had help ed to elevate, for the prospect, was that the Observer could not exist in the midst, of a people so devoted to that idol. I have ever since looked back upon that period as the most eventful one in my editorial life. Not only was it a decision to do what was right, but it was the foundation of reputation and fortune. The people agreed with me, and sustained me ever after. I mention this as an en couragement to young men never to flinch from the performance of duty for fear of loss of popularity or pa tronage. Yes, I believe that the dreadful de terioration in tne kind of men who are of late years put in office, and the consequent corruption, fraud and aling, have all resulted from this vile spoils doctrine, which justifies such villains as the assassin in de manding office. Will it ever come to an end ? Shall we again have a par ty and a man in power who will dare to discard it and allow all to remain in office who faithfully discharge their duty ? I fear not. So deeply has it taken root in the public mind and heart, that it would seem impos- sible to pluck it out. But it must be done, or, as Dr. Potter said, the coun try is doomed ! One word more. Individually I never asked for office, and never would have it when it could have been had without the askin. This maT noteem wise by many of the present generation, bat to me it is a matter ef satisfaction in old age. It is fortunate, not only for the South and the Democratic party, but for the country, that this was not a Southern or a Democratic outrage, but solely and entirely Northern and Radical. Mr. Best Successful. The lease of the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad to Mr. Best is the beginning of the consnmrnation of his plan to have a line from Morehead to Tennessee operated under one management. We suppose he con templates other railroad connections in Tennesse and Kentucky. There were two propositions of lease one from the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad Company, and one from Mr. Best, both offering rental of -40,-000. Mr. Best further to deposit 85,000, $40,000 of which was to se cure the payment of the lease money, and $45,000 was as security for the rolling s ock. This offer was agreed to by the company, but subject to ! the final action of the directory. directory at first was a tie on I TV tt. V... r Ln .f 4- r.lr. r .-',A Friday, but Mr. Parrott changed his vote on Saturday from the nagative to the affirmative, and the lease was (made, ine hnai vote stood: U L j Thomas, II F Grainger, J C Woolen, j J R- Davis, James A. Bryan, Eugene j Morehead and J F Parrott, for the i lease; Col. Whitford, Col. r aison, CS Wooten, C C Clarke and WT Caho against. We learn that Mr. Best at once deposited the 85.000 at the bank in Newbern, and took for mal possession of the road, calling it the Atlantic Division of the Midland Railway. He has retained Col. Whitford as manager. Under the provisions ot the lease the work on the Midland road is to be begun in three months and com pleted in three years ; a failure works a forfeiture. The $45,000 to secure the rolling stock is to be relieved by any money expended in the purchase of new rolling stock, which i3 to belong to the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad Company. The plan of Mr. Eest.is we understand it, is to ob tain possession of the North Carolina Railroad froint Gpldsbbro o Raleigh, and build at road from Raleigh to .Salisbury. : ;lf the Richmond and Darrvi le Railroad Company refuse to let 1 im have this piece of road, he n-ill bisild fromGohUloro to Raleigh, and tl cnce to Salisbury. The pur veyors are already in the field. On reachii g Salisbury his plan is to con nect with the Western North Caro lina Railroad, which he hopes to ob taid entire possession of by that time, if not earlier. He will thcu le able to offer eastern connections to the Kentucky and Tennessee system of roads, and his expectation, doubtless, is to diert much freight from other seaports to Morohead City, building up a p!cndN.4dferfktruim oa our coast. We hazard no opinions as to his final result, but any operation that' otters a new railroad to the people of North Carolina has oar most cordial wishes for its success. The citizens along the line of the proposed road have as much right to railroad facili ties as any other people in the State. Raleigh News and Observer. What the Bashful Clerk Wanted. Old Pinchem sat in his private of fice the other day figuring up his profits for M.-.y, when las head clerk, looking as pale as a sheep and ns red as a cow by turns, entered and be gan: "Mr. Pinchem, .11" "Have you got those goods oil for Kalamazoo ?" interrupted the old man. "Yes, sir, they arc ofi Mr. Pin chem, I have long" , 'And about that order for starch?'". "That lias been attended to, sir. Mr. Pinchem, I have long wanted to speak to you." "Ah : speak to me? Why, I thought you spoke to me fifty times a day." lea, sir, l Know, outruns is a pri vate matter." "Private ? Oh! ' Ah! Waif till 1 see how much we madoon that last 10,000 pounds of soap. Six times four are twenty-four; five times two are ten, and two to cairy are twelve; three times seven are twenty-one ah, well, go ahead ; I'll finish this af terwards." "Mr. Pinchem, I have been with you ten long years." "Ten, eh? Long years, eh? Any longer than any other .years ? Go ahead." ' "And have tried to do my duty." "Have, eh? Go on." "And I now make bold" "Hold on! What is there bold about it.' But never mind 1 11 hear you out." "Mr. Pinchem, I want to ask ask I want to ask " "Well, why don't you ask then ? I don't see why you don't ask if you want to." "Mr. .Pinchem,-1 want to ask you for for" "You want to ask for the hand of my daughter. Ah ! Why didn't you speak right out? She's yours," my boy! Take her and be happy. You might have had her two years ago if you had mentioned it. Go 'long now I'm busy." : "Mr. Pinchem." "What, you here yet ? Well, what is itr "I wanted to ask you for for " "Didn't I give her to you, you ras cal !" "Yes, but what I wanted to ask you for was. not the hand oi your daugh ter, but a raise of salary." "Oh, that was it, eh ?" Well, sir, that is an entirely differout matter', and it requires time for serious thought and consultation. Return to your work, and some time net j fall I'll see about giving you a raise of a dollar or two a week. Six times four are twenty-four and two, to car ry; and three times Detroit Free Press. I'uns on tlie Pres. Our brother Robinson of the Win ston Leader makes the following puns on. the newspapers of the State: "The North Carolina Press speaks for itself. Like the voice of Nature to the individual who "holds commu nion with her visible forms, it speaks in various languages.' For delin quent subscribers it has a voice of frequent entreaty. It is the baro meter of public sentiment; the com pass that measures a communitjTs enterprise, and the mirror of mind and matter. The State 'Press,' ever j full of 'Enterprise,' and up wiih the j 'Times' to 'Chronicle' the 'News end j Observ'er' progress, has sent out its ! 'Messenger,' bearing the 'r'Torch light' j of intelligence, and its 'Courier,' arm ed with a "Free Lance' keen to give the 'Signal' in many a 'Sunny Home' in the 'New North State' that every 'Patriot,' every 'Farmer and Mechan ic, every 'Advocate' of 'American' liberty, every 'Tobacconist' . every 'Observer,' every 'Reporter,' every 'Recorder, 'every 'Examiner,' and every 'Sentinel' upon .the 'Watch Tower' of 'journalism 'At Home and Abroad' would assemble in Winston to 'Advance' the 'Spirit of the South,' make 'Brief Mention' of the 'Progress' of the 'People's Press' and record it in the 'Journal of Industry' with a Falcon' pen. pur brethren wilf here find many an old 'Landmark' which every true 'Carolina Watchman' will readily se IB an 'inanx to our aA u our m;o6jH.niy. Here the 'Tobacco Plant is sddand t manufacture, is the great '1o .t. of conversation with t and 'North Carol in i-n very .'Visitor' th? -:iH pv-j. or been here before, rose-colored chariot Am-oru' in iher w-n't Matter flowers around a happier 'Southern Home.' where tlie 'Democrat' and the Republican' walk in praoe over tlie same 'Battle. Grotm!.' The 'Surf doesn't shine upon a mjro pnspchu9 section; .therefore the 'Leader,-' with the spirit of a true 'Southerner' and' 'Citizen' of our good fold ' common 'wealth welcomes to Winston th queen city of the western hills," the Iorth Carolina State Press Associa tion. Th fwinNowns giv t mem bers a cordial greeting.ijind bids them . partake to the manifold blessing which it lias pleased a bounteous and lavish nature to WstOw upon us. May your stay in our intast be a Imp, py one and nny you gii back to your 'Post' of duty bearing the 'Record' of pleiisure and profit, and may you -'Ink-quirers' of p:qer under every 'Lamp Post."' in vou'r 'licview' of the twin towns." The Work on I lie l'mlkin. Capt. Wm. II .lames, United States engineer, with his two assistants, Mr. -Frank Brown and Mr. Reid Whit ford, are working a force of about fiftj hands in the river, just alOvo the old. Locke Bridge.. They have two largo hoisting scows, rigged with derricks, five large stone scows and' a lot of row boats. They clear about twenty cubic yards, per day with thin force. The channel is being opened from fifty to seventy -five feet wide to clear three feet at average low water. Tliey expected to get half a mile above Sower's Ferry by the last of the month, which will bo near ' three miles of the work done? The blasting is done with dynamite, fired by an electric battery., With this apparatus, any number of charges may be discharged at once. They generally fire from five to ten-, charges at a time. The water is thrown GO to 75 feet perpendicularly, and falls back in whites spray; occa sionally bits of rock are thrown in all directions, but generally the charge goes down in the rock, Capt. .James told us that he had ordered (and the machinery was on the way) two steam hoists and two steam drills, , with engines to run,thein. These are to take the place of the slow derricks, and will greatly facilitate the work. The men are, of course compelled ter work in the water, and there' i : trouble to get men to stick, but they are becoming accustomed .'to it, and the regular foree'does not give much trouble. These men are quartered and fed by the government 'and paid by the month. ' .j This is only half t)io force the other scows, under Mri Brown, are coming, down tho north fork of the river and will join Mr. Whitford where he is now at' work. The work is going on well and un der the present management will continue to do s'o. It will take , several years to complete it, as noth--ing can be done in cold weather. Salisbury Watchman. I . Ulert rieity an a Propeller of Bjata. Another new application of elec tricity as a motor has been experi mented in during the hist few days in Paris. M. G. Trouvc, a well known electrician, has devised a method of applying the electrical cur rent to the propulsion of a boat, and so far the results have been eminent ly satisfactory. The) 'experiment have been rnado on the Seine on se?v eral occasions with a small-boat con taining from two to six persons.. The boat was five and a half metres Long, one and a fifth broad, and .weighed eighty kilogrammes, j MJ Trouve's electric motor consisted of a Seimens coil, which by a simple but ingenious arrangement is made to transmit its power to a three-bladed ncrow at the stern of the boat. The motor itself .i? fixed on the upper part of the rudder, which it follows in is movements, as does also the .screw, j The motor with its accessories does not than five kilogrammes.! weigh more . In the cen- tre of the boat are arranged two bi chromate of potassium batteries of six elements each, and with a total i weight of twenty-four kilogrammes, ; The two batteries may be employed together or separately,! and at night, while the one is drivihg the screwy the other may be used for lighting purposes. M. Trouve's apparatua may be adapted to any 'boat, and f there seems no reason ;whatver why i it might not be so modified as to be applicable to vessels ol much, larger dimensions than thatj experimented on, which sailed againt the; current at the rate one metre-per second, and with it at the rate of two and a half metres. Experiments in navigation by electricity were made ojn the Neva, in 1839 by Jacobt, but the method adopted had so many drawbacks! as to be practically useless. Ja Gazette. Kverjbody XiJtit. W hsn e very one says a f thin; is so. it m :ist be so. Oa this point Mr.; A. II. Lyiu an, D aiggist, Manistee. Mich., , writes: Every one who " tries ;St. Jacobs Oil, says that it irf the best remr edy ever used for rhetim-itislni. Mr, White, a eustormer, after hai'ing j?m ' ployed every known specific for rheu maaam was cured by ' MS, Of Jaeb j ui Oil, --.''f'--;i. ' .''-- - . 4 !-
The Anson Times (Wadesboro, N.C.)
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