North Carolina Newspapers

Berne 1 -'-PUBUSUEU On I orb mi rrk... " , rm nionlb...M.. ' Vt tbrt nioniho p.n!rtr rolum fnf wk '. i r i Va " ; mot "..-.- i ?mm yi"ftrM.H..f" Halt column ea m-rrk.. .. . 1 inoatfc.......--..; - , ft Editors and Proprietors. jr. M. W. IliRPEH, t S. MJSIN, Proprietors. INDEPENDENT IN ALL THINGS. Term Voa.3 tbk or 0f.V ar M tut ,- . , , , sr-BICTfiv : . er womb-..- ,. t ow rrr-. .... $2.00 .-.1.00 VOL. A NEW BERNE, N. C AUGUST 18X2. NO,.J7. ncn.Nll JOTHMAL, ! tit UrW -r l.l ' !trv(, Nrw Bw. Norili f)r .. . f H rtui B.AMks ilw r- i-i hunt Jew .a: ! is' V. - X'ttf BERNE ADYERTISEJTEN3T. 1 Mar. S0,8mw 3 -v '"y B. M.- Oatks. v' . ! v .- - 'J. VAYTIJ JAS"& Co. IcOMMISSIOlf MCEBCHANTS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IS . 1 V 3 Solicit Ctmsignments. v. .,. r:.,' Newbern, "Ni. C. Kir. CO DEALERS IN :. DRUGS, SEEDS and GUANOS, .vat-V.v' i 'ST .TruckervB Supplies SpeciaUvJ '.'V, .Nw Berne N. f!. DEALTR 1H GROOEEIES &DRYi GOODS j Z BOOTS; SHOES, HATS," r -1 Cies, 1 wine. Jai t Oil Cau : . - . .' ; -vom, and. Oukuiin. -A -Tl : LO l I M-A tc I u ff ' ? : - v Ts jf ; ".- : M.I .t a lakfu 1'or v? :. iif ;-'J -1 Foot of llkiklle street. ."N E W BKKNFV Ni C. H.tr. 3u, I i'iwT' HORSES inJLES;: PONIES, ms, Phaetons, Buggies, !un;:i:3v7iniSADpLES, (JbOI) YOlING STOCK ' '; . always oil band, and tor tale f. ' LOW FOE OLI-I. i'AM. HAHN, ; - .' , , , Middle Street, - J' Opposite Episcopal Church and' Odd Fellows Hall. ? . . Junel5w-6ni "- : . . . - j . . .... , , MARKET. VW ARF, Kt-W BEKIS E. N. . 2 ; Ci'-' J '. f r - - AIo kwp on feud full line of ICOP.ES. ANlfT?INES, , . SPIKES, NA1 IJS,- CANVASS, . -y '-V.i.C- WALt '1?H " "'''' ' SHIP CHANDELEY, PAINTS OILS and BEUSIIES . lias been in the business for "the last f IiI . L I S T OCR 1 14 ,-ffi ALWAYS1 ON HAND TiaI . . Comer of Hi naiJ Olvo lilm and MtddU- Strtvts:; ' s ; " - if' Mir. S W:S 1.SC11E1)0LEH. 1 SKi. W- J Oli V, " I8S2 . ' f k iJI persons taxed ,'nnder the law of Sclti tile (Bj are - hereby notified to come forward from the ljt t the lOth ?lay ot Juiv in. ". ' ' ' VlllSlV, and list the tame of all purchases and receipts for six months from the 1st of January to the 1st of July, as required by law, or a double tax will be enforced wich'the penalty.' ' ilemf Revenue act. yl: ;; ; jos. nelson, : fe'Vli-'f-, Register 'Deeds, f julyWlta-1 -rCraTenCo:, N. C. Eiimiture ,Horth Carolina FoUticr. - C. .' OURSELVES AS OTflTRUM SEE T extract -"NVe mve lt'low h Ion it fronrthe Clucao Ti ims on the litical parties of this State. While tb VitMV-? set forth sue iut iilwnys corttH'-t, in the 'main they give :i pretry lair picture ot itolities as 1 seen from the outside: BALEiGn, N. C, July 11. rSnee t . ial.-JTbo .0011 test in this state is exciting ai'.great neat. .of attention, not only within its Itorders-bnt in the snrroundiiif; States anl far Ie yond. Xo State in the union prolv ably enjoys jwlitics more than the Ieople of the obi North State. A North Carolinian can discuss pol i t ical issnes, it matters not whet'ber national, 5 State, . or county, witli more satisfaction - than any other man in the country. Here thejieo ple, as a rule, are never too busy. to discuss the political situation with a stranger. Under these ciren in stances it is easy to see that it is not a difficult thing to get up au ex citing contest iu North Carolina. Ever since 1873 the democrats have been iu control of the govern ment, and since that time no deter mined warfare has been waged be tween the two contending parties. The republican leaders, as rale, were ami ace federal oniceholder. Theitgreatest concern was to- keep fcheir places, and in the contests re carriug since the election ot Sena tor Vance as governor hi 1875, they have ouly kept up a show of light ing in oitler to retain their plaees.'. The liberal s'eyclone which struck' Virginia last year was hot slow in reaching the, tar-heel State. When it first uiade'lts appearance here niany. of the old republican leaders looked upon it with' disfavor, and not a tew openly declared that they would not light under its banner. The word, however, passed along the lines that - THE NEW MOVEMENT. met the liearty approval of Presi dent Arthur and the cabinet, and that those who threw obstacles in the way of its success would have nothing to hope for from the gov ern ment.iv.Th is had its effect. With the largest revenue service of anv State in the country, with the ex ception of twd or three, this is not to be" wondei'ed of. These revenue officers readily control the inaehiu eryr the - party. The managers, nearly , all, are employed iu this branch of the government service. When it was made known t o the moat influential of these that the president desired the liberal move ment to thrive and flourish in North Carolina', the work was soon ac- complishedr ltr-?was through the aid of these thaty; the ant i-prohibition convention which assembled here June 7, was controlled, and by the f ame methods that the republi can convention which assembled on the 14th of June declared in fa vor of an alliance with the independent democrats. The coalitionists and the Bonrbons have pnt t heir tick ets in the field, and the work of the campaign basset in in good earnest. Doth parties haver put up excellent men tor their nominees. MrvO. H. iockery, the choice of the republi cans for congressman at large, is a man of decided ability aud a great deal-of personal magnetism. His name is familiar to the voters of the State from the mountains to the seacoast, and wherever known he is popular. Dockery was an old ine whig, and, in the palmy days ot that party, was a tower of strength. As a stump orator he has no superior in this state. He is about 55 years old. Judge T. 11. ieimett, of Anson county, the choice of thejdemocratic conven- tion for congressman-at-large, is a gentleman of considerable popular ity, and is the equal of his opio- nent - in every resitect. Put it is doubtful whether he can carry a crowd with him like Dockery. For the past six years Bennett has served as superior court judge in his district. After his nominat ion hj resigned that wsition, with the. comfortable salary of $2,500 per year, to enter the race for congress. He is qmto iio pular, and can con trol the full st rength of his party. Judge!WN. Fowlk, of Caldwell, the liberal. NOMINEE FOB SUPREME -V6VRT JUDGE. has always f been a democrat, and has done that party good service in clays- gone by. He is about 55 years of age, a good stump speak er, and, as he is quite popular iu the western part ot the state, the coalitionists expect to secure large accessions from the democratic ranks in that section. Mr. FoulkesT democratic - oimonent is Judge Tliomas Iiumn.-ot Orange, who! now holds a iosition on the su- j nems ImmicIi of the State. He; stands high m his profession, and has a large itcrsonal following. As it is not .'customary in this State for ;and (dates for pidicial position to take t he stump, these gentlemen iu not meet imliscussion. If they did, however, Judge Uiinin could hardly accuse his opponent of hav ing left llii democratic party to seenre political advancement. In 1871 Judge Puffin was an indepciid ent candidate for the superior court judgeship in opposition to the late Hon. John Kerr. Although sup ported in that contest by the great bulk of colored andwbite republi cans, he was defeated; so the pot cau hardly call the kettle black in this case. The most important issue in this contest is the repeal of the present "iiiity govei'umet system. The liher.ils claim that the resent sys tem,. by which the magistrates arc ! chosen by the legislature, and j through them the county commis- .viouers and other local officers are selected, was adopted by the dem ocrats to prevent the negroes in t lie eastern part of the State from controlling the affairs of the coun ties in that section. This isadmit- I ted on all sides. The republicans I :userf thai while declaring against : Mini ilonnnniMiin' wiifrcili7.!it.mn at' M)wev; in national politics, the ilejnbcrats in this State have foisted upon the jeople a system by which all of their county officials ar chosen for them by a caucus or the different democratic, political com mittees of the counties. The dem ocrats admit this, but say tlfle end aimed at justified the means adopt ed. -Should the negroes, iu the counties where they are in the ma jority, be allowed to choose their own offices they would bankrupt them. As an instance of this, the democrats point to the years during which the old time carpet baggers ;kiuhiated in North Carolina poli tics when county expenses were 100 per cent. move, than they have been under democratic administra tion. The western part of the State, where there are no negroes, demands the-repeal of THE;PKESENT SYSTEM. and the eastern counties loudly in sist that no change shall be made and that the negroes shall not. be allowed to take any part in man aging county affairs. It. is certain ly a very reasonable position. The negroes iu the eastern part of t lie State are wholly incapable of tilling such positions of trust The pro hibition issue can hardly be called a live one, though the liberals rely on dissensions among the demo crats, growing out of the liquor question, to give them many voters. It is probable that in the western counties, where distilling is carried on to a very great extent, it will benefit the new party. Judge Russell, of New Hanover, one of the most prominent republi cans in the State, a few days ago. iu speaking of the prospects of thej success of the new. movement,. said: i "At the last election Cov. Jarvisj was elected by the - democrats by about 0,000 majority. I do not think, however, that, thev milled all ! of their ;t length in flint confe.;. bv I v good deal. J think that ihev cau do much belter than thev did then.'' "What do vou think, iurbre. ot the prospects of your party iu the approaching canvass V "Why,'' said he, "we have a good prospect of winning." ; "Do you expect," asked the wri ter, "to be able to do as" well as Mahone has done in Virginia V "If we had such issues," said he, "as Mahone had in that Slate, the Liberals could sweep North Caro lina, by an immense majority." As to the question of the repeal of the county government system, which they Kepuhlicamt rely onto carry. the State, Judge, liussell did not seem to think that.it was a live or far-reaching one. Hut he ex pressed the belief that there were any number of young Democrats who have grown tired of following their party leaders year in ami year out without ever being recognized. These, he thought, were manifest ing a disposition to cut loose from old party moorings and join their fortunes with the new movement. It is very likely that, the Liberals will gain large accessions to their ranks from this -Iass. THE OLD RACE ISSUE to some extent, dviuir out. The is thousands of young men who Jiave grown up since the war, and who have been kept in party traces by this cry, see that so long as it is continued, so long will thev be newel's ot old racers wood in politics. The whoop no the vouns- bloods, and then gobble up all the offices. The young men are in-ginning to see this. While thev' do not love the. negro very much lief tcr i than in other days, they manH'esf :. greater readiness to swallow I he,' darky for their own political ad-i vaiiceuieut. The young North Caro-j lina politicians have for years stood j by quietly and allowed, the carpet j baggers to utilize that element, for j their advancement, when t hev could as readily have made stepping-' stones of t hem for the. improvement I of their own fortunes. The change! has been slow, but i! has nevertlie- j less been certain. It is not natural , that the young. Southerners willj stand by longer and see others i make cat's-paws'of the : blacks. It is already manifest that in this. State, as is the case in Virginia, ' tiie rising generation of statesmen begin to appreciate the value of the colored man as a voter. It, is fi-oni this enterprising class thai the liberals expect to get a'jrreat deal ol assistance this year. Tin cam paign promises to be die bitterest known in the State siuce the las.j of Kukluxism. . The. Dcmocra'ts.i know full well that il they aredc--j lea ted this year it will be nei t I impossible to get into power again.! Their lenders will endeavor !odi;i j t he color line upon evei stump iui the State. The whiie man will W; called upon to rally again It. jre- ; vent negroes from coining iul t power. This cry will not fail to j rally the whites, except (ha! cla.s.! already relened to. It has liccu decided not f i r-l.i.e-v.c Lieiit.-Col Lazelle as Comm.4ijlant at the West Point Military Acad em y. Ze in ti,":i is Keeling f I ler 0:i t W'r'tiHii fur (Iih Cultivator and li" Faun.' . Six months ago our people didn't see how they would get through the winter. Everybody was gloomy especially the merchants and the farmers, for they are mighty close kin in business, and what hints one hurts the other. I'm a hope ful sort of a sinner myself, but 1 had the blues, for it looked like the country was broke andcouldent be mended- I dident apprehend any starvation at all, but it looked likr the farmers who had been on strain for a vear or so would iusf collapse and have to sell their stock'1 and hire out as laborers. Hut they dident. 1 don't know one who give up the ships. Somehow "or somehow else, they worried along and kept pegging away, and they sowed more wheat and more o.its than they ever did before, and they just reaped an abundant, har vests, and everybody is calm and serene. This shows how foolish it is to borrow trouble and mope around with the blues; and it. shows another. thing the wonder ful resources of a county where Providence smiles on the farming class. We thought we never eonhl rise. but of the wreck of war, but we did and did it quick. There wasent but One cow in my country when Shermau left there, and 1 give $:,(oo in Con fed money and a suspeded debt of 500 on a. good man for her for Mrs. Arp had a baby at the. bi-east and human milk was scace, and I would have give any thing" I had to' give for a -ow, but in three years there were t housands of em, and where they come from I never did' know. Oiie thing is certain, the hard times last winter come from too much cotton, and the farmers saw it plainer than they ever did before and they are changing base, and if we have good season . there will be more corn made this year than in the last two years put together. Such an oat crop was never heard of as has just been harvested. Cur county' reports 400 thousand bushels. Five farms in Wilkes have made fi5 thousand bushels. All this is splendid and encourag ing, and the only trouble is what are we going tu do . with the surplus. A few months ago oats were selling for 00 cents a bushel, but now , and vou cant, get a grain dealer in Atlanta to offer you the hall' ot it. The marl.:i ( is glutted now, and these farmerM owe' money and want, to pay it, and. right now they ha vent got anything else to .sell. That ; the doublet wit h inc. Liken fool I went, iu deb! and have got to pay a. lit tie passel of money by the first of July, and I cant find anybody that will make me a bid on my oats, and so I have, got to shindig around uad bridge over or do something: Mrs.- Arp told me not to make that debt, but 1 put on financial airs and says 1 just look at Hie oats rust, proof oats and Hun. oats, and white Russian oats. Why, I'll have enough to sell a t housnud bushels. Jesso! .And now she knits away and says every day or two whar. does the papers say alum t the oat market The paper! What is a paper worth about ma ckets Why the ('o)ixtitittio)), has had oats quoted for three weeks at "75 cents and firm," and you cant get. a dealer in that town to offer you 50. Its all well enough for a man to strut around and feel his oats, but if oats wont sell aud pay debts, why the farmers will go to plant ing cotton again. Bili- Aiil'. a, m m iieiioV.arvf Vallsu-etTer.: Bucket Shop. An IdUllrtll- inent whose dealings ;u e not based on any real transfer of stock, but simply a difference of value. Cover. To buy in order to neutralize the result of selluig short." C.M.I.. A -dock-privilege for which a certain consadei a! ioi is paid, whereby the lnyer of the ! " ',V! ege may "can on i lie !Mier, or a certain numPer oi me stock named, within a certain lime and al a. price agreed. LoN'o. Anyone liobas stock and holds il, either l hijs own payments or lhroui;li his broker, is said to be "long" of stock. MAlfutN. A parta inent made by the purchaser to protect flr.e tluc t nation.-; i n the able of t be si t ck. 11 T . A siiH-k -pri ilege- for which a consideration is pjid, whereby Hit buyer of the privi lege may deliver to the seller a certain number of shares of 1 be slock named, within a speeii icd time ami al a price agreed. Siiokt. To sell stocks without owning them, with the expectation of buying t hem in al a lowct I or borrowing to make the price, deliv ery. Sl'Ui:.M. A double privilege, gi big the holder t he right to call a certain stock at onti price, or tie liver the same at rrnllnr juice within a specili.-il t in ic. Sti:aiuh,k..-- Differs irom a "Spread" in that tlie privilege is- to c:dl or deliver al ono ;ied price. Wash. 1 :u. ii1;v. and selling "! he same slock at. the sann in give a false, appearance i i vii v. fapii VcfOi'tat ion. A H!-ye.ir-old cer:fui plant near Salinas. 'al., is no' Three w ccUs au I b in inn iitoom. plant was only Il e or t -live feet ot dower.-; sj feel the leel hlgt.. high 111 i top ir? a nl it is twen AbotiL four olid mi- ss of Gi'adod Schools A 1.ETTKK "UOM ALEXANDER OKA HAM. Fayette vi lle, N. C. July 12th, lssii. ! Mu. Editok: iieibre we say word on this important subject. Graded schools, we wish to say a i of a i ! word to the arnest and progress i ive teacher of N. C. at this time en i gaged in private school work, in those cities and towns where (ira ., tded schools are likely to Ik' est ab U'hed We love private schmds, Hid private, Sidiool teachers, and we wish yoii to listen' to us with at tention when we tell yon that "good teaching" is the same thing all over the world. If you are a good inivate school teacher, you will make a better graded school teach er. If you are a successful mana ger Of a large private institution of a hundred or two hundred boys, or girls, yon will make an excellent Superintendent of a graded school of four or five hundred boys and girls. This system, then, is the old system with the oau features ol the old left ont and' should be no bugbear to you. v A short visit to any well ordered graded school with your eyes and ears wide open will make you master of the situa tion. When your people begin to agitate the question, do not opose it but take hold of it and lead it. to success. You grade your smaller private schools and grade them well, necessity compels you to grade them and you always complain Ike cause you cannot grade them let ter. Where then, we ask, can you base an argument that yon cannot take hold and grade a school like this we advocate, where every fa cility is offered for careful grading, to wit; teachers, books and build ings and auy amount of children. If vou' arc a live teacher this "sys tem will please you, aid ami relieve you, and my word-"' for it, if you adopt it, before you will abandon it and go back to your former method you will abandon your calling. A friend in New Berne asks "what is the definition of a Graded School ? (2) Does the modern method of teaching have an absolute aud nec essary connection with such a school (.'.) What, studies are em braced iu the several grades(L) How long a time is given to each grade before entering the next f (5.) How many teachers and rooms have you iu your school. (0.) Is your school graded according to the modern graded school and do you adopt the modern melhodsof teach ing ?(7) Are all graded schools conducted alike? Our other cor respondents at Washington, Mon roe and Edenton ask the addition al question (S.) How shall we get the people to take hold and orga nize, a. graded school? We will answer some of these questions. Our ordinary private or common school, with one teacher, can very aptly be compared to a carriage or buggy-maker who does all his. wood work himself and calls on a neigh boring blacksmith and painter to finish the job. He makes spokes a little while, then hubs, felloes, shafts, bodies, bores some, draws some, sandpapers some, and so on till he is ready to go to the blacksmith and paiuter. The teacher hears latin classes, then grammar classes, then reading classes, geography, history by va rious authors, eight or nine differ ent, arithmetics, with ever so many alphabet pupils sandwitcbed iu at odd moments, averaging from 2S to L'JS recitations, from 15 minutes to i.ii i-. i 41... c..... ....... j 1, lioili n irnuuh in uie iui ciiuuii JV5 i" tbe afternoon. Mr. Editor Ilia olnwu lO 'V CflWAil tkl liTi kOll.l ill lit U KT 4 too many schools in N. (J. to day, t aught by teachers who work hard and give satisfaction to all con cerned. We leave out a descrip tion of the uneven benches without backs, little children with their feet hanging clear of the lloor and kept iu just as long as the youth of twen ty summers. Can any one wonder that constant corporal punishment was necessary to command even ordinary attention ? An ordinary, good graded f-.hool is like a large carriage or buggy manufactory con trolled ami superintended by a Boss or Superintendent. Oneclass make spokes, anot her felloes, anoth er hubs, bodies, shafts, another class iron this wood wink, then a series of classes do the painting and varnishing, un til tin1 vehicle, starting from a pile of hickory or oak wood, is rolled into the Bepository, a thing of beauty, ready to travel over the world; si) iu an ordinary, well regu lated graded school the raw mate rial is the non-reading primary, one teacher is devoted to these, then 1st Headers 2d Headers .'id Headers etc., then the (iraininar Schools, then the High School, then the department corresiondiiig to the preparatory department in our University, which gives a youth all he wants for the usual avocations of life or fits him to join the fresh man class of our great State school at Chapel Hill, where after pursu ing the usual curriculum, he is i turned out "a thing of beauty and ; joy forever. reads to assume the- t i inc. ; (pities of life. We think this deh f :ic- nition will satisfy our New Berne friend, w ho, we forgot to say, asked j for a "jractical definition." These ! schools are intended to feed our I colleges and I niversitv. Ihis sys l lem makes our educational ladder comilete. That system of Grading is adopted alter the cumulative ex perience of many years and is backed by millions of money. Where you see six primary grades, you may U connelled to ha .onr three, and so on through the (Irani-1 maraud High Schools. We haH nothing higher than a Ui immar School grale, the first year, then we added the High School, and then, a ye:'!- ago, the Noiuial School grade, i-orresmding to f lu- usual sub freshman college .coiir.se. We will have this ear, nine teachers, l nun oi pom ,e nine room'. e j adapt our .school to circumstance.-, and adopt ns many of the modern methods to conform to our notions iof common sense, and reject all others. This enables us to answer lM)sitively question (7) in' the nega tive, to wit , t hat all Graded Schools are not conducted alike. W would advise every teacher contemplating Graded School work to visit'-the Goldslioro ami Wilson Graded Schools and to spend a day in each grade. We regard Messrs. Moses antl Tomlinson us two of the most useful men iu the State of North Carolina. .. .. We mention these lieeause they are. model schools and because one is established on the basis of local taxation and the other on the basis of private snbscribtion. Our school is founded on the - Wil son plan. We are ready now to 'begiu our fifth year's Work with a larger amount subscribed by the people than ever before. The sub scription plan is available now. You can run a school this year on this plan ami levy your. tax after the Legislature meets for 18&1 and 1884. The earliest schools estab lished iu North Eastern Carolina will be certain to receive aid, as Dr. Curry will be sure to sustain them as radiating centers. We regard. Elizabeth City, Edenton, Washington and New Berne' as pivotal poiuts. You can apply for one dollar for every three yon sub scribe. Mr. Editor, whether you receive Pea body money or not you must have the school. Here is the argument why they should be adopted. The people de mand something better than we have had. They say our dollar in North Carolina is taxed tSn times as much as the Massachusetts dol lar and they have a hundred times better schools. They wish to know why is this. The answer in part is they have a better system,' they make by their improved system one school dollar perforin the duty of several of" our school dollars. . How will the Gradedsystein accomplish this for us, we answer, first bv its "Eeonoiny in money. "" : The State and county fund, the , Peabody fund and t he township or I coi'ioration tax fund are allconcen-i tratedon one good well Graded in nil. rilll.l Jl UIM I ICI, 4 .1 .. 1- I . - . . . insicao oi oeuig squanuereu on a dozen or more, private or separate schools scattered over the township. The. former lasting 40 weeks the latter not much over 40 or 50 days. 2d. economy in time and labor. The pupils are graded into eight, nine or ten classes- Each teachers has the class for which he or she is especially qualified. His or her whole time is exclusively devoted to that particular grade. They have 90, to 00, 50, or 40 minutes to devote, to a. recitation, according to the advancement .of the grade Each pupil in a grade has the same work to perforin in it. The gain in this matter of time can scarcely be estimated, The energy of the teacher and pupils is concentrated the one in teaching all he can. Drops of water make au impression on flint, if they drop long enough in one place. Constant employ ment takes the place of constant discipline. The teacher's work is more pleasant mid the children are more happv. 3d. economy in material or in BOOKS. These iu our graded schools must be uniform and of course; an inteli gent school committee will have none but. the. best. The school re mains the same, the books cont inue uniform though the teachers change or lose their places. Books bought at exchange or introduction prices do not cost a great sum, yet iu a number of yea is the saving to a city or town amounts to a large sum by adopting a uniform system of text liooks. Here we might add if we chose the good resulting from these schools as disseminators of good manners and better morals. This can not he measured or reck oned. We claim, aside from the moral feature, a vast economy in money, time and material. We! hop- then the cheapness of this! system will recommend it to every i community. During the year pre ! vious to the adoption of this system I iu Favetteville, by a careful esti-i mate made up from tin books of the teachers themselves, nhout six where in. the canal." But unhap thousjind dollars were paid for the; pily the blasts of the desert carelit supiMu t of sixteen or seventeen j He for official ordinances either in private and tree schools in our township with au attendance du ring t he . ear of 100 pupils, some of these continuing 40 weeks, most oftheni40or 50 days. The first year of the Fayelfeville Graded School resulted in an average at tendance of 450 pupils, and cost Superintendent SIM) 400 ( )ne .Male Assistant Ftiiir Female at y.'MM) each l'.;oo, Two Hent Janitor Wood at '0o 4(M ."il!.") 50 !?."J'-,5' 550, S50 To pay 'omit v which we had and State fund IVabody fund Subscript ion .:i;oo The surplus w"ai exjiemled in bmiks, whiidi-were given Jnr to the lor ami rich. .Twenty-two' bun- dred vs. .MM fnm I he citizens' ockets. " Ifere we seealouf 3 ljnies as many children cent fo fchool 5 times as long for one third the money , from , the (icopleV ocket. The h4-1hh1 the second yeur,n was carried mi at the- same figure and we earned over - a nuiance ot f.(Hi. The t hird year, we added the sub- freshman course, employed an extra assistant, the ,ol! . tax was more rigidly collected moving up iu tue year J'rom $550 to $770, , ami . last year from 770 to f 1100. So that during tlie past year we paid our ' Huperintendeut - .- - - 1200 Fi rat Al a U "Assist an t xiJVfO Second . " 350 Five I'eiiinle ' ,1500 Janitor Wood . -. - tn. -i 80 CO . " . &1700 To pay which ' ," . ; t County and State tax -. '. . 1 100 Peabody fund (already. paid) 700 Citizens' subscription ,i7,l700 ' ' " ' ' " ' ' ' $4500 We payilK)Ht25q i'yhHt whije ye have iucieaied Uie grade ami iucrjasel our. salaries we still carry 'over- a.-lmlanee in money. Many of our three 'year ' highest grade pupils ' a re t ea chers, . hi , pnr county , schools. , In 'our .priuiary and . .intermediato ?-department when, a teacher ' is : sick we Rrtpply the place with our - normal pupils. In June 1S81 we sent two boys, to the University 'andiu'.Juuo we sent two .more and also hud two young ladies of the same grade ex amined to test their ability to join the Freshmans class.' They passed the examination creditably We inent ion t hese facts in . evidence that graded schools are uoti AWily cheap but effective. Wehiul itluwe young ladies examined - to show that the. girls receive ' nil tlm edu cation they need iu a'Grflded School. We appeal tlie'u7' u he wealthy and middle men of .X-..CM with this argument; if you hare one thousand or twelve hundred dollars to spare to send yourlK)v'fo$n' ex pensive private sehoolat iiiost otlho predcts 50,WK) majority for t i . f.,00ayear, for lour . yeais why lUcw, moveinent; . Di'suiissing' I ui .leuii nun iiMir years ai. a cost $25,00 a year to your (Irmiwl Schools at home and tints sa ve your self 1100 to send him to-college, if sncn is your intention, oi rti start liim in life in whatever sphere chososes. . : . Ytmrs ti nr -Ke, Allexa'ndeu Graham. From the N'Yl,rltTiiMri. The Ditch of Great Price. If the system of modem politics be not actually, as a .caustic.; wit has asserted, "much ado about nothing," it, is frequently ; over what is uext to nothing 'thut it makes the -greatest ossUlc "ado. Two years ago all Etirope was in an uproar about a- dirty , little Al banian sea-port which '.would look small beside many a village on the Hudson. To-day Hurope is again convulsed by the real or fancied peril of a little trench of light-green water, 'shut in on either side by a hideous desert. The ' issues 'in volved in preservation of the! Suez Canal are, indeed, imortant .be yond dispute; but were n stranger suddenly placed upon one of the low sand ridges that flank this famous "short cut" between .El Kantara and Lake Tiinsah, ..he might well lie astonished to learn that the tiny ditch below ; him, completely invisible at fifty yards' distance, could everprodiice.au ag itation capable of .shaking the whole civilized world. From Port Said to Suez the ex treme length of the canal is 8G miles. For at least a third of this distance, however, it passes through a series of shallow lakes or lagoons, where its coHrseis marked by jole8 or buoys. That it should be a source of constant anxiety to its owners is perfectly, natural, for its condition is at best that of a consumptive patient, only to le kept alive by continual and elal orate precautions. Although it has a mean breadth of 70 feet in the main channel and of 100 feet iu the sidings, it is only the very centre of the cutting which is act ually available for navigation. Here the water litis a depth of .2C feet, but on either side of this deep er belt the shallowness such that it is no uncommon thing to see a man Avade out-from the shore till almost w ithin reach of a passing steamer. Hence the protection of t lie yield ing sides with piles cased in metal, and the stern enactments airainst j "throw ing ballast overboard any French or iu English, and a strong wind from either side will tumble into the channel enough sand from t he overhanging ridges to makefile labor of the great castle like dredg ers which are constantly at work in various pai ls of Hie canal an abso lute iiecesst . One ol these very dredges ran aground in the canal last Autumn, necessitating the eiit- ,ing i)l':i fresh channel all round it. J ii such a passage it is, of course, impossible tor two steamers to pass each other except at a siding, and when one boat sticks fast fhe pro cession' behind it can be likened to nothing but the uliue" formed at I lie Itox-officc ol a theatre on the first night of some favorite star, for these ami other reasons consid erable discontent has lately liegnn to arise toward the canal, and oujy a few months ago the project of a new canal intendel to eis to Cairo wa-wirm! y k -Should Arali rash' w I en fron!ilHpreHiiit xii-"', ; himself iiH)ii I he Suez Cm-. work "f .jnlschief' iil I " enough, -for the part f t!,e which Is most vulnerable is . I.r that lying nea ri'st fo hi The southern half of the j a fMuu the Great Bitter Luke to in Hanked by the ridgy uii d I country, less available fr hi -ixise 'than the, dead' h vil . northern Jisecl ion. . t reot railwuy . oonnecling Hurr wi: mailia and t he "Sweet waf i " ( ' through which' lioats pas f.or efty to theother,'jU PJlu iii", v (uake Jhe cuttiiig or maki the ISuez Cdal-iu that qJ! comparatively light Mow with the utter ruin wl.K h f proeeeiliug' would en tail i north, where the canal .is t: line o( communication.' A ' lietween Lake MeuzaMi i. 1 Timsah 'a' few Imndn-d Arrtbs-might do Incnlct.! ' chief In ft single night. . ... prayer may arise for Am' i'h cess in the mosques of (',.' a:, is easy, to giless with ' what i hU name Is coupled in the t(..: houses of the uez Caual, . w ! every, worthy I'ieiTe or J ' nightly expects tofee 'Ids l.tt'. lior-'tuid , tiny. - garden p't h crackling' Maze yof ruin," hi. spriiigfroiu Under Ids fat; i just iii time, to receive'-. bullet through his brain. . Arab khan jar Inr hbi heart. ; i . Cllgii. Gen. Tlmma L. Clingm issued an aihlress, of letter, - : forth hiri views on No'rt li ('. )Klitics." It is interesting, n nu. and valhabhv Ut IImmuU ..t ot litical history; tor it. uueartKs r long-forgotten '- poi n t s of p. tenets - Drifting 'down fl.i. . '. yearsOf ppblid life, the .C.t u reaches ami endorses, f he I a ' movement of o-day. lo tl. ' will, unhorse the east-iron ; " ' chine" iu lK)th the Itepublican, ; the "Democratic. ' arties and ooumi pro immo vvipucq, ii i -t . present views, " we fan I t ii i -: t-d' in t:. that wt? have ' never foii Koiriewhat common di-y t r bfXleu. .Cliugman ot 1 History will pronon m e S i the most:, remarkable North Carolina has pn ! car i r' e i 1 1, i L ' I! ysenel for years in the I f ,ws fof t i yearn a men ' n cress, (and among the i t neut); his six years ah '' during, the war ..comma:. v thv most noted brigwles Southern Army. Hisjy .-. ( writings com i wise a vci v 1 . unie, urn (will compare it ,i ever,. delivered iu North C u jo . subject matter, l'ii;n. scientinc attaiumentu, and c ; sentinient."! Such '.a career . limior'toiis tStateai . well tis him- self' ;4f-..- ;.Geu. Oluigrnan's course wincw th, war has not been -l'0rtnuat. He has managiMl to get .1 boron jhly "outV with lioth' lialties, nlfhoui h iiot claimed by either. ; This, i t be regretted; lor he' htM Ability tt serve the State,; nud ' the ; t'tatu needs tne ' am ot an. , iter mouh. Fa rm'cr and Meek a nu) lrajerjr ot .ilia. Uirypttan. '., ALEXANDRIA, ' JHI.V 12c 1 he truth is the Egyptianrt fought 'mm h Wttef fhau was !at".,all fXHK;te,l. They have well earned the honor vf being the first to face throughout n long day the most tremendous ar tillery lire ever opened in nny warfare.- Nor t;nn it be said that igno rance made them bold, for the(flrVt few round .from , our, heavy gui)s proiluced effectn -positively fright ful to witness even from a )toint. of safety, "while to,' have Mood iindr siich avalanches otirou wit ho t tliuchiug proven the- Kgyptlun o have some good tuiT Among them. If tle Fgyptiaiw 'oppoafl on r t roops with" , tne". aroe gallant j-y with 'frhicli tliej' fo6ght.' their, luur" last giius. our, Bohliertt will .havf their work cutout lor 'them Indorp they reach Cairo. "-. With the tre mendous tire of four ronclftds coip ceutrated upon Uiem 'vith the forty crumbling in rninn. rtmong them1, their guunern yet sent - shot alter shot back . through ; the - storin vf shell and Imllets for more' than a? hour. Sir Beanchri'mp, Soymoiij himself expressed his eens of re lief when at last -it4 Was' evident t hat the guns were -silenced, anl the unequal and heroic; coii test at an end. 'Londou liaitjf Xevn: i ue Araos say ; me i reason why the defence was so obstinate wan that the batter ie were manned by. negro - Mohammedans. London six difisoM a Tr,uil!?..r'' There passed through towu tbjif morning a gay Ami frolicsome party of six yonnr girls fn rtt . td the mountains. They were all robust, good looki ng, full 6r life and energy, ami InMit on a 1rolic.' Dressed in ii n i form style of walking hubit, slightly shorter even than th pre vailing fashion, matte, of excellent and durable linen, plain bat pretty hats, easy shoes With high ankle for dnsf, they were the perKoniflca-' ' tion of comfort.' Rnch bore a knap sack upon her back, Uoldier ntyle, aud was armed with a revolver and large iKiwieA-nire, . Their trip lake in nearT.nll themoutitaiu 'rountii Three if 11 eni are Marylanders m l three ate Yirgtuiana.-. (iretn-' o Patriot, .'j .', '". ' - ; --v. fV - 1 "'-'' '.