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9h(f Oh'tirlotio Hooo anfl Ooaoosat, Bbaslotto, D. 6. Home and Democrat. CHARLOTTE, N. C. Correspondence of the Home and Democrat. New Yobk, Nov. 7, 1881. Editor Home and Democrat: I am rery glad to see that the World's travel ling correspondent (understood to be Mr. Page, of Wake county, N. C.f) is more just to his native State in hia letter from Atlanta on her physical resources, than he was lately on her educational and men tal' progress. His letter in the World ot the 1st inst. , describing what be saw at the present great Southern Exposition, is exceedingly gratifying, and may well excite the strongest feeling of pride in the bosom of every North Carolinian. Some of you no doubt are familiar with the facta stated by him, though they may be new to the great majority. I hope his letter will be copied in North Carolina DiDers. Ita publication here at the North mayjopen the eyes of some here who have heretofore underrated the resources of the South but are at last beginning to appreciate them. In the Herald of the same day is a scarcely less important letter, so far as the whole South is concerned, than that of Mr. Page. It is from the great Boston manufacturer, Edward Atkinson, whom the ITerald claims as the original sug gester of the Exposition, who writes on hia own behalf and that of a committee representing one-eighth of all the cotton spindles of the United States, to express his and their "profound convictions of the great importance and grand success of this Exposition.' "The Exposition in its cope, in its influences, and in its com pleteness, exceeds anything that I had dared to dream," says Mr. Atkinson. "Few can conceive the magnitude, the variety and the representative character of what is here." "These are the begin nings of great improvements and, results profoundly affecting the whole industry of this country more than any exhibition , ever held anywhere." "The potentiali ties of the future are to be found here in the ores, in the timber, in the coal, in the productions of agriculture, in new - ap paratus, new machinery, and absolutely new inventions for the treatment of cot tonall in wonderful variety." This is strong language, not from a Southern man but from a citizen of Boston. It is one of the many indications of the awakening of the North to the great truth that this generation will not pass away before the South will have become the most pros perous section of this great country. It will rise from the ashes in which Sherman left it. Since the above was written I have seen and read with intense delight the state ment by Mr. McGehee, the Commissioner of Agriculture, of the showing made by North Carolina at Atlanta, far surpassing, as he says, that of any other Slate, in its miueraU, its ores, its metal, its marbles, its granit, its marl, its mill stones, its corundum, its mica, its woods, its jute, its wheat, its rice, its tobacco, its cotton, its wines, its cotton and - woolen manufac tures, and its silk. We have known here tofore that North Carolina possessed all these riches, but she has never heretofore taken the trouble to show them to the rest of the world. All honor to those who have been patriotic enough to collect and forward them to the. Exposition. Their labor yrill bring its reward, pos sibly not to themselves, but to their pos terity and the State. -'i ; '' The World relates how a' New York Judge, of the Tweed ring, consented to sign a certificate in favor of a candidate for office. "Certainly, with pleasure. Don't know the man, and don't want to know, him, but I will sign anything except a promissory note." : Passing along Pine street a few days ago I saw two news-boys on opposite corners, eaoh with bundles of papers on hit arm; crying out lustily, "Here's the first newspaper ever published in America gives a full account of the death of the first President of the United States, George Washington." These newsboys are generally sharp enough to know that the first newspaper was published a cen tury or two before the death of the first President, but they doubtless supposed that not everybody was as well informed as themselves. - v On the same street trenches were being opened to lay the pipes for Edison's Elec tric light the first that I know of in the street below Brome street. From that up Broadway and Fifth Avenue, as well as in many side streets, stores, dec, the elec tric light, either Ed i hod's or Brash's, is introduced already. It makes a light almost like that of day. J As to its , cost compared with gas I am not informed, but its illuminating power throws gas in the shade. The following epitaph is attributed to the Rev. Legh Richmond, of Bedford shire, England : ? ; "i "Here lies Jim, the wandering Gipsy, ' Who was sometimes sober, yet oftener tipsy ; But with the world he seemed to thrire, r .r he lived to the age of a hundred and five." . '-'.'' "V; '; . : . , ii. The Griffin correspondent of the Atlan ta Constitution tells the following story of a cow in that city: - "One of the most re markable cows 10 the history of the bov ine race has just come under the observa tion of your reporter. Her cowship is owned by Mr. 8. B. Mc William, of this eity. She isjust like any other ordinary cow. with an exception which I shall name within a few lines. She gives her two gal Ions of pure, rich milk twice every day, and goes about her business without say ing a word. The strange history connect ed with her is that she has had eleven pairs of twins, and every morning wh. a sent to the pasture carries in her wake the twenty-two oalyes. There is no myth about this story, but it is vouched for by some of onr best people." . Gov. Vance's Address. "'r: The Raleigh Observer gives the follow ing synopsis of Gov. Vance's Address at the Colored People's Industrial Fair at Raleigh on Nov. 3d : "Senator Vance was pleasantly intro duced by the colored master of ceremonies as a man who had won in the highest de gree the regard and respect of the colored people of North Carolina, and as one whom theydelight to honor. The Sena tor then began a speech of an hour's length, whicb, from beginning to end, was full of admirable things, good, cheering, commendatory words for the colored peo ple. It was an earnest, intensely practi cal talk, with just enough of wit and hu mor to give it zest. ; Senator Vance said: "The world moves. If any one had told him ten years ago that he would to-day be here address ing the third annual fair of the colored ?eople he would have been astounded, 'be exhibition you make does your race credit and does your State credit. The people of other States cannot realize its extent, its merit, its importance, Sixteen years ago you were slaves, set free by violence, after a long civil war, with no land, no houses, no property of any kind, and now wonderful to relate, you are con tending with your late masters for the prizes of peace, while one of your late masters addresses you and others sit with you and wish you God speed in your work of progress and advancement, moral, so cial and industrial. It does our common humanity credit, a credit the future will not fail to give. No man can deny that you have had a hard time of it. But yes terday a race of slaves, iguorant and un educated, you were set free in a manner calculated to ipfiame haired. Yet, not withstanding all these things, peace reigns and good feeling between the rapes in? creases, day by day, month by month, season by season. No man will deny that you were unfitted for the duties of freedom ; that you lacked that foresight and manly self-dependence that was need ed to make you self sustaining. And yet, while these were all against you, you have had such good as rarely falls to the lot of any people. Your lot baa been cast in pleasant places in the genial and fertile soil of good old North Carolina, among a people with whom you were raised and to whom you are bound by a thousand ties. Yes, your lot is cast in a State which has no equal in the plentitude of its old-fashioned freedom ; handed dpwn by the ancestors of the white race, but in which you are free , and full participants, To-day you are precisely upon the same footing as the while people in all matters of law and of public education." The speaker then said he had never asked colored men for their votes, but that when he became Governor he at once made it a duty and a pleasure to see that the negroes of North Carolina bad exact and equal justice before the law, with full participation in the privileges of the public schools. In thus benefiting the colored people, he declared that he had benefited himself and the State. Then the Senator went on to speak of the vast responsibilities resting upon the col ored race, responsibilities which grew greater day by day as ignorance gave place to intelligence. The duties of citi zenship, so varied and so important, are onerouo, but cannot be lightly observed. So far, the speaker declared, he had no reason to feel dissatisfied with the pro gress made by the colored race in North Carolina since the war, lor in all respects it had been equal to that made by the white race. Your percentage of increase in population is larger than that of the white people, while the percentage of your children at the public schools is greater than that of the white race. You have accumulated much property, and if you continue to progress will soon be a wealthy people. Senator Vance adviged his auditors not to lay too much stress on education, but to learn how to work. He urged a care ful compliance with contracts, paying that character and integrity were the poor man's capital. Again he alluded to the good feeling between the races, and to hia delight at the exhibition, and then urged his hearers to acquire land, not to be ten ants, but owners. With much su eh good advice and amid continuous applause he closed his admirable address." 1 Electric Light Wonders. Mr. Edison, has just completed and transmitted to Prof. F. G. Fairfield, of the New York College of Veterinary Sur geons, an electric lamp which has the novelty of being probably the most minute ever constructed. The electrodes, or car bon points, are only onetenth of an inch in diameter, the object being to obtain the highest attainable intensity within the smallest possible space. It requires a battery of about 40 cells. The flame will not exceed the dimensions of a silver five cent piece, but will concentrate within this limited area the power of five hun dred candles. The conductors are scarce ly larger than a hair, and the electrodes are adjusted by means of a delicate screw movement, capable of altering the dis tance of their points from each other one ten-thousandth of an. inch, if necessary. The instrument was made to illuminate a microscopic objective constructed upon the neWly discovered law of homologous sections. This lens renders it possible to obtain a power o 60,000 diameters. At such a power only a section of a colored corpuscle of human blood can be viewed at a time. : Computing the molecule of living matter to be about a twenty mil lionth of an inch in diameter. Prof. Fain field believes it possible to project the image Of it upon a screen with the help of the lamp, and to take photographs Bhow. ing the molecular constitution of such complex bodies as albumen. A Tbibctk to Southern Loyalty. The Boston Transcript, a staunch Republi can journal says : "The Confederate shout is in the Southern blood. , Years qpon years will be required to eliminate it. When the recollection of dangerous ex periences flashes upon the apprehension of individuals, bringing back the times when the thud of bullets and whizzing of shells cemented a comradeship that only death could disrupt, the, pent-up emotions will find an utterance identical to that signaliz ing the period of the utmost peril This leeling can coexist with the most perfect loyalty, as is now evident. If occasion demanded, Southern battalions, mingling the Confederate y el 4 and Union cheers, would rally to the support of tfre general governmentwith the same enthusiasm that inspired them in their unequal contest against American nationality," Shipments 'of coal from the Sewanee coal niine9 during the month of October amounted to 769.331 bushels. ' This is 149,859 bushels more than last Octo ber. N. C" NEWS. Th North Carolina M. E. Con ference meets at Durham on Wednesday, Nov. 23rd. " ; " Col. John D. Cameron has purchased a half interest in the State Journal, and that paper will hereafter be issued semi-weekly as well as weekly. o OnQ innDSnla in ilia iipn! t fn- tiary, of which number 75 are f white and 234 colored ;,50 females, 2 white and 48 colored. After an illness of some length the Rev. Branch H. Merrimon died at Aaheville, on Monday, in his 80ih, year. The deceased was the father ot the Hon. A. S. Merri mon. . Sam Rives, colored, of Cameron, ex hibited at the Industrial Fair at Raleigh a spirit barrel, made of oak, in five separ ate compartments, so that it will contain five different fluids. So well is the bar rel made that it looks like a solid pieoe of wood. We learn that worms are destroying the wheat in some sections of this coun ty. The farmers in this section are complaining about their timber being des troyed by persons who eo through their lands on hunting excursions. Shelby Aurora. Dr. J. T. Graves, one of our most suc cessful farmers, left at our office yesterday a stalk of cotton, of second growth, in full bloom, containing 19 white blooms, and several nearly grown bolls. This is from the Georgia Extra Prolifio seed, and this growth is almost unprecedented. Wilson Advance. Mr. W. M. Day found a stalk of corn in his field, bearing three ears, which, when shucked and measured one after the other, averaged 26 inches in lengtb. Mr. Day also gathered irora a ten acre field, four two horse wagon loads more of corn, this fall than he got from the same piece of ground, last year. He has also a turnip, raised this year, nine inches across. Thisdosen't sound much as if the drought had ruined this county. Lenior Topic. Westkbit Cokn.- Within the past month the Western North Carolina Rail road has laid down at Statesville fifteen car loads of corn from Chicago. This corn is delivered here at 90c. per bushel. All of it is for purposes of distillation, and it is to the credit of the distillers that they have, in view ot the supposed short crop in North Carolina, looked beyond the borders of the State for corn to convert into whisky, Landmark. tdST Mr. H. E. Bonner, our Post Mas ter, met with a paiulul accident on Tues day last. On his return from Abbeville in a buggy with Prof. : Young, and when in about a mile of Due West, as they were going down a hill, a part of the harness gave way. The mule began at once to run, and Mr. Bonner jumped out of the bnggy; in doing so he broke bis leg about the ankle. Prof. Young remained in the buggy and was unhurt. Mr. Bonner suf fered a good deal the first night, but is now comparatively comfortable. A. R. Presbyterian, On last Friday, James Warden, Bill Woddte and Jiramie Barker were shot by a man named Roberts, who was stilling near Laurel Springs, in this county. War den lived twenty-six hours after he was shot lived long enough to tell his family that liquor had been his ruin, that there was no hope for him in eternity. He died, leaving a broken-hearted wife, and a large family of little children. The other two boys are said to be fatally wounded, though they are still alive. From what we can learn. Warden, Woddie and Barker were trying to forcibly take liquor from Roberts, and the shooting of the three was the result. Lenoir Topic. We yesterdiiy watched some well-diggers at work. They were aboutj20 feet from the surface of the earth, and at that depth the soil was as dry as : powder. There, was nut the slightest evidence of moisture. This shows the effect of the long drought. Capt. R. F. Laswell, of Durham, who has been suffering for the last six months with a large internal tumor in the neighborhood of the liver, had a surgical operation performed on Thursday last, and was relieved of sixteen poinds (two gallons) ot water or fluid substance. He is now doing well, and hopes, under the skillful , treatment of his physicians, to be speedily cured. Raleigh Obser ver. 1 The quantity of rice now coming into our market has never been even approxim ately equaled heretofore; it arrives in carts, waggons, canoes and even the im posing corn cracker is pressed into its ser vice. We learn, that the work of grad ing on ihe Midland N. C. Railroad has been pushed about eight miles beyond Goldsboro, and is more - satisfactorily ad vancing day by day. It is stated that more than 500 laborers are employed on the work. Rough rice is coming in in enormous quantities and sells readily at from 95 cents to $1.10 per bushel. New corn at 60 and 75 cents per bushel. New bernian. Mr. Patt Abernethy was acquitted at Bakersviile court this week for the killing of Mr. Sparks last summer. The trial terminated last Wednesday. The jury were not out more than five minutes before they brought in a verdict of "Not guilty." Mr.' James Winkler, of Burke county, came to Hickory last week and purchased a revolver and on his return home he was examining and carelessly handling it not once thiuking of it being loaded, wheu the pistol was discharged, the ball entering his thigh. Surgical attention was given, but no ball could be found. The finest lot of wheat that we have seen this fall was brought here by Dr. Scott, of Caldwell county. The grains were large and well matured and it was entirely free from all kinds of trash. , Messrs. Shuford & Abernethy paid fl.?0 per bushel for it. Messrs. Shuford, Gwynn & Coare cow erecting a large cotton factory on the waters of Gunpowder, in Caldwell county. The location is known as the old Beard Forge and is only one mile from Lovelady, and about seven miles from Hickory, Water, is plentiful and the dam has a fall of about fifty feet. The factory is a two story building 50x100 feet, and will be completed in a few week. Two mem bers of the firm, Messrs. A. A. Shuford, of Hickory, and N. H. Gwynn, of Patterson, have returned from Lowell, Mass.; and Providence, Rhode Inland, where they have been to purchase their machinery which is the latest improved and the very best make, a part of which will be here about the first of next month, when it will be put up and the factory started at once. They will ran about thirty thousand spindles, . which will ..consume a large quantity of cotton every day. The com pany is putting up on the grounds six residences for tenants and a building for a store of general merchandise. Hickory ... , NEWS ITEMS. The Nashville merchants pay over $300, 000 annually for snufE -" - Cotton has been about all picked out in the hill counties of Arkansas. The cotton production of Arkansas for the year 1880-81 was 705,000 bales. W. H. Gardner has been elected presi dent of the Mobile cotton exchange. - The "dried fruit crop in the Knoxville section of Tennessee, will be 400 cars. Diphtheria is playing havoc with the children in Allen oonnty, Kentucky. Forty-two acres of land in Mason coun ty, Kentucky, recently sold for $125 per acre. , The wells end water courses are lower in Jackson connty, Florida, than ever known before. It takes $30,000,000 for freight and insurance to place a year's cotton crop in the New England market. Thirteen hundred and ninety-one farmers have paid for their fertilizers in Greenville, South Carolina. :- Bainbeidge, Ga., November 4. Judge Wm. O. Fleming died at his home in this city to-day. Martin Kinkawski, the murderer of Nina Muller in Jersey City, has been sen tenced to be hanged on the Qth of January next, The railroad ; bridge over the Licking River at Cythiana, Ky., on the Kentucky Central Railroad, was totally destroyed by fire last night. Suppose Hancock had been elected last year. How the present queer little boom in confederate paper would have alarmed all the republican organs ISpringfield Republican A prominent merchant of Athens Ga, says that he is daily besieged by young men from the country soliciting positions as salesmen, and they are willing to work at the mere price of board. But they are not willing to work in the field at any price. It would brown and roughen their little hands, . The Philadelphia Record tells us that the Holland hydrogen process, which in volves the disintegration of water, making it serve the place of fuel, has proved a suc cess. It also says that last summer we were thrown into a state of alaim by re ports of ice-worms eating np the ice; and now comes the coal bugs to make qs trem ble for our quota of fuel. There is noth ing like something new to talk about. The Keeley motor man is threatened with trouble. Everybody has heard of this genius who can develop incredible power out of a drop of water. He has been at work for several years on a motor, and his experimental machine has been seen; by hundreds, and none can account for the extraordinary power exhibited through it by the nse of water only. His stockholders, after paying in large sums, have grown weary of waiting for results, and have threatened him with legal pro ceedings nnless he patents gome of his alleged inventions. The Bristol and North Carolina Narrow Gauge Railroad. Under this head the Lenoir (Caldwell county) Topic speaks very encouragingly and enthusiastically of the prospect of the speedy construction of a road across the mountains along the proposed roate, and copies extracts from the Bristol Courier of October 27th, which, after alluding to the opening of subscription books, the organiz ation of the company, the election of a Board of Directors, and the eleotion of Gen. Imboden as President for the ensuing year, closes as follows : "Full power was conferred upon the Board of Directors to take the necessary steps and adopt mea sures for the speedy construction of the company's railroad, and for its equipment and operation. The President is entirely confident that he can consummate negoti ations, within 90 days, that will insure rapid work on the road during the coming year. He has lately returned from an ex tensive examination of the country, and finds that Carter and Johnson counties, Tenn., and Mitchell and Watauga counties, N. C, composed a region next to, if not equal, to the Lake Superior Iron and Cop per District. The mineral wealth between Bristol, Tenn., and Lenoir, N. C, a dis tance of 113 miles by the railway survey, is so vast that capital is eager for its de velopment. Wilmington is now certainly settled upon as the Atlantic seaport to which the road will be built." The Search for the Jeannette. Sax E'eancisco, Nov. 5. The schooner Golden Fleece, which left here July 18, with Lieut. Ray and a signal service party to establish a Meteorological sta tion at Point Barrow, returned this after noon. Capt. Jacobson reports that on Oct. 1 he spoke the whaling bark Dawn in Behring Strait, and learned that in the latter part of September the Dawn had spoken the United States relief steamer Rogers in the Arctic Ocean. Capt. Berry reported that he had completely circum navigated the so-oalled Wrangel Land and had landed in several places, but bad failed to find any trace of the Jeannette. He intended to winter either on Wrangel Land or on the neighboring Siberian coast. Beyond establishing the insular character of Wrangel Land, the cruise of the Rogers bad been barren of result. Capt. Jacob son reports that he left Lieut. Ray and party September 17th at a new station c lied Oagla Lamie, five miles west of Point Barrow. All were in the best of health and spirits. Capt. Jacobson ex pressed entire unbelief in the story of a wreck and white men having been seen by the natives eastward near MacKenzie River. He heard nothing of the kind while at Point Barrow, aud is positive that if any such information had existed among the natives of the northern coast it would have come to his knowledge. His theory is that the story referred to the whaler Vigilant on the Siberian coast. He con firms previous reports of an open but very stormy season in the Arctic ocean. Govenor Bigelow of Connecticut says of the suit which was made for him at the Atlanta Exposition: "That coat was made in a day. The cotton was growing in the morning, and I was. receiving in it in the evening. It was brought to meat Gov. Colquitt's inanition, two miles outside of the city of Atlanta. You couldn't tell it from broadcloth in the evening, but of course in the daytime and under a close inspection, it looks rough and shows its true character." It has a coarse but not nnseemly appearance, and is lined with silk. The vest was made of a sort of basket cloth pattern. It is colorless and of - the regular reception style. It is backed and lined with an elegant pattern of white brocaded silk. The Growing Cotton Crop. -The members of the Cotton Exchange have estimated the growing cotton crop. There is a wide difference between the highest estimate, which is 6,505,000 bales, and the lowest, which is 5,175,000 bales. That the latter estimate approaches some where to correctness is shown by 900 re spondents to tfradstreet', representing over ninety per cent of the counties in the cotton belt. The following table fhows the average probable out-turn of each State, Oct. 24: i Below Last Year, per Cent. North Carolina and Virginia, 31.4 South Carolina, 36.5 Georgia and Florida, 25.3 Alabama, 18.5 Mississippi, 21.4 Louisiana, 17.6 Texas, 39.5 Arkansas, 52.9 Tennessee, 42.2 Average for cotton belt, 30.5 Last month's report showed the condi tion of the crop to be 34.5 per cent below that of the preceding year. The reports received this month indi cate that in every State a portion of the crop is still healthy and making fruit which may mature. From North Caro lina, Tennessee, and Arkansas, however, nearly all the reports are that the top crop is not likely to mature before the frost, as it requires several weeks of clear warm weather to mature. From Texas, also, the prospects for a top crop are reported bad, in consequence of too much rain hav ing made the plant green and sappy. From South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Missouri, and Louisiana the reports are that in th portions of the State where the plant is healthy, and where worms have not destroyed the new growth, the pros pect for a top crop is fair, and, with fa vorable weather and frost delayed till November 10, the out-tnrn there may be somewhat improved, though not much. If the top crop in Texas, Arkansas, and Tennessee does mature, it will materially add to the yield in those States. A special telegram from Gen. Hazen of the Signal Service Bureau, Washington, indicates that the heavy rains which have generally fallen throughout the cotton belt since Oct. 24 must have injured the grade of the unpicked cotton, and must, for a time, have put a stop to picking and the further maturing of the crop. Tele graphic reports mention light frosts in parts of Tennessee, Arkausas, and north ern Texas, which will most probably kill off all the seoond growth, and destroy the chance for a top crop in those States. The following per cent age of each State's crop is reported still fruiting and liable to make a top crop : North Caro lina 30 per cent, South Carolina 20 per cent, Georgia 23 per cent, Alabama 16 per cent, Mississippi 20 per cent, Louis iana, 18 per cent, Texas 45 per cent, Arkansas, 25 per cent, and Tennessee 37 per cent, the average for the entire coun try being 29 per oent of the crop. The reports in many instances mention that the yield of lint cotton from seed cotton is very light, and that the result of ginning shows it '.o be smaller than re ported last month. It is also noted that the bales are very light, the cotton being dry and fluffy. It is impossible to get as full weight of cotton into the bales as was the case last year. On the above thowing, a fair estimate of the crop of 1881 would be about 4,500, 000 bales, About Confederate Bonds and Money. Statements have been made, and again have been denied, that there is deposited quite a sum of money in the Bank of Eng land to the credit ot the Confederate States. We have not deemed it at all possible that this should be so. The Con federate government had money abroad, but it was in the hands of agents, and probably in nqcase was a dollar of it ever deposited In the name of the Confederate authorities. The agents deposited it in their own name, and were responsible to the government for the disbursement of the fund committed to their charge. The amount in their hands was never large, and there were continual demands upon them; so there is no likelihood that any thing of consequence remained at the end of the war. We doubt if the assets of the Confederacy in England at the termina tion of hostilities amounted to fifty thou sand dollars. We notice, however, that the officers of the United States pretended that the balance, if any over there be longs to the United States government. That is hardly so. Were there any moneys in the Bank of England, or elsewhere, held as the prop erty of the Confederate States, the States formerly composing the Confederate States would be entitled to it, and on ap plication we think would get it. Right, reason and law were entirely lost sight of in the days following the end of hostilities. But now law would be observed and the rights of the parties interested would be respected. North Carolina and the other Southern States in 1865 had a fund raised for a purpose which J.he . courU of the Union would hold to be unlawful, but, nevertheless, the fund so raised belonged to them if it has not been covered into the treasury of the United States. If there is any money deposited abroad to the credit of the Confederate States, North Carolina would be entitled to her part of it. We, however, do not think there is any euch fund. Raleigh Observer. The Star Roctk Cases. It is reported says a Washington dispatch, that the President has given distinct intimation to those concerned that be desires the prose cution of the star route cases to be pro ceeded with without any further delay. The President realizes that the dilatoriness of the counsel employed by the govern ment does not look well, to say the least of it, and he is determined that none of the responsibility for delay shall rest on bis shoulders. It is said on the authority of a prominent ex-official of the Post Office Department that the late President Gar field expressed only a few days before the 2d of July his belief that the star route prosecutions would amount to nothing. The ex-official says General Garfield made the remark to him per sonally. The St. Louis Republican says : "There are many farms in Missouri now on which the crop is worth more than the land. Twenty dollars per acre is above the aver age price of good land, and yet the crop on ' every acre which has produced fifty bushels of corn 1 worth more than twenty dollar. We have heard of several in stances where farmers who have purchased land this year have raised crops on it which they could sell for more than the land cost. Comparative Cotton Statement, The following is the cotton statement for the week ending Nov. 4: : 1881. 1880. Net receipts at all United States ports during the week, 215.216 252,657 Total receipts to this date, 1,375,848 1,575,897 exports lor toe weefc, 113,722 149,501 Total exports to this date, 652,764 825,163 Stock at allU. S. ports, 696,602 702,471 Stock at all interior towns, 182 550 116.741 Stock at Liverpool, 509,000 417,000 Stock of American afloat for Great Britain, s .t 161,000 231,000 Cotton Crop Report. New Oeleans, y .November 5. The Democrat has received a number of spe cial dispatches concerning the condition of the cotton crop, of which the following is a summary : Alabama Rain and frost have occurred, the weather is fine and cool, and good for picking, which will soon be over. Arkansas The cotton crop in some sections of the State is all gathered, but not yet marketed in consequence of the rain lately, but the rain has damaged the crop very slightly, except to interfere with the picking. The crop, it is estimated, is now smaller than it was a month ago. The farmers are holding back their cotton for better prices. Florida The weather is good for pick ing, which is nearly finished. Two-thirds of the crop hag been marketed. . Georgia The past week has been fa vorable for gathering. The dry, hot weather has caused the cotton to open un usually last, and it is being picked as fast as it opens. Very little of the crop has been marketed, the planters being too busy. A heavy frost occurred on Thurs day, but did no damage. Louisiana The weather has been rainy and very little field work has been done. There has been no change in the yield. Most of the crop has been marketed. The balance! is rapidly being shipped to market. ! ' ' Mississippi The cotton has been dam aged somewhat of late by rain, but the weather is now fine. A frost occurred on Friday morning. The picking will be finished by December if the weather con tinues as at present. Tennessee tThe weather during the past week has been unfavorable for pick ing. The crop will be gathered by No vember 27th. Texas A heavy frost occurred on Thurs day. The cotton crop ebows no change. The worms still continue. The yield is now calculated at five-eights of a crop. Ninety percent, of the crop has been pick ed and half marketed. Some Facts Abont Mormonism. Mormonism is not a dead institution. It is a thing of the present, as well as the past, and is stronger to-day than ever before. There are 109,000 Mormons in Utah. Of these 33,000 are under eight years of age. All above this age are members of the "Church of Latter Day Saints." Of these 76,000 members, 23,000 are officers ; so that there are two officers out of every five men. The Territory of Utah is divided into about twenty "stakes," or districts, Salt Lake City being the cen tral stake. These stakes are again divided into wards. There are 231 wards in the Territory, twenty-one of which are in Salt Lake City. Over each ward are placed a bishop and two counselors, and under them are deacons and teachers. It is the duty of these deacons and teachers to visit those who live in their respective wards, the wards being portioned off in districts for their convenience. Thus the control of the Mormon hierarchy over every mem ber is complete. A telegraph runs from the Endowment house, in Salt Lake City, through all the principal wards, passing through the houses of the bishops, and operated by members of their families. The net proceeds of the tithing, for the year ending April, 1879, were $493, 000. Prof. J. M. Coyner, principal of the Salt Lake Collegiate Institnte, in an interesting pamphlet entitled "Letters on Mormonism," states that the income of the church from the tithing is about $1,000,000. All this money passes into the hands of the officers, and no report of it is ever rendered to the people. Chicago Advance. Napoleox, Ohio, November 5. This morning the jury, in the trial of ex-Gov. Scott, ot South Carolina, for the mnrderof young Drury, brought in a verdict of not guilty. Ex-Governor Scott was tried for the murder of W. G. Drury on January 2, 1880. He was indicted for murder in the second degree. Drury was a drug clerk in Kneeland's drug store, and on the even ing of the murder was taking care of a young son of Governor Scott, who was drunk. The Governor went to get his son, and says that Drury refused to admit him to the bedroom and made a movement to draw a weapon, whereupon the Gover nor drew a pistol aud fired the fatal shot. The defence is that the shooting was accidental. Oeaxgebueg, November 5. Mr. L. R. J. Ziegler, while on a deer drive, accident ally shot and killed himself, in attempting to handle the gun of a friend who wished to call off the pack from a false trail. . The entire load of buckshot entered bis body, tearing his vitals through. NEW GOODS. Our stock is now complete in all details, and we iBTite aa inspection of goods and prices. We guarantee to sell the very best goods a", the very Lowest Prices. We carry in our stock a good assortment of Dress Goods, Domestic Goods, Cassimeres, Flannels, Jeans, Tickings, Gloves, Hosiery, Clothing, Shoes, Boots, lists. Caps, Trunks, Valises, and all other goods adapted to general household and family uses. Every body is invited to call and examine our stock. Respectfully, , - Oct. 21, 1881. T.L.SEIGLE & CO. Wine and Whisky. We have fine brand of wine and whisky, for medical use. Oct 21, 1&81. WILSON Ss BCRWELL. Cough Syrnp. Burton Cough Syrup Is the best Simple, safe and ture. 8old by Oct 21,1881. WILSON & BUR WELL. Perfumery; Soaps, Perfumery, and all kinds of toilet arti cles, can be found at WILSON & BURWELL'S Drug Store, Oct 21, 1881. Trade Street Onion Setts. White and Red Onion Setts for sale b WILSON & ,BUR WELL. Seizuek of Distiixeeiks "and Whis KY.For some irregularity at the distil lery of Fries, near this place, last week, 19 barrels of whisky were seized with stills and other property, by Revenue offi cials, and likewise the distilleries of W. A. Daniels, and he bound over to Court by Commissioner Anderson, upon waiving an examination. It seems that the whisky had been removed during the night, and buried in a recently plowed oatfield, with due regularity covered with the plow, and was found after the fashion of Federal soldiers dnring the war, banting - for hid den treasures secreted by the Southerner!, sticking their bayonets in the ground, the officials in this case using sharpened rods. Statesville American. ; Nash viixk November 6. Massy Hill, colored, who attempted to commit an out rage on a little girl near Manchester, was taken from jail by a mob last night and lynched. . EXECUTION S SALE. By virtue of an execution against Jefferson H urd in my hands, I will proceed to sell the two Lots in the city of Charlotte at the corner of Hill and Graham streets, and known on the Map of the city of Charlotte as the Hurd Lots sale to take place at the Court Bouse door on the 5th day of December, 1881. M. E. ALEXANDER, Oct 28. 1881. 6w Sheriff. Send for Photographs and Prices. I sell as cheao aa anr Fnrnitnre TfonaA In th State. V V My store is 145 feet 1nni nn thn flmf itnn- 140 feet on second story. I carry an Immense Stock of Furniture. I also keep Baby Carriages, Mattresses, Pic tures, Mouldings, Frames, Window Shades, Cor nices and Mirrors. Also, a full line of Coffins and Caskets. ' Thos. W. Andrews, formerly with Mr. Nichols, is with me. Come and see us at the White Front.' E. M. ANDREWS, Successor to E. O. Rogers, Trade St, Charlotte, N. C. Oct 28, 1881. FIRST CLASS INVESTMENT SECURITIES. First Mortgage Bonds ($150,000, 30 years, Six Per, Cent Inter est) Atlantic, Tennessee & Ohio Railroad, extending 47 miles from Statesville to Charlotte. The undersigned, having been appointed agents of the Atlantic, Tennessee A Ohio Railroad, to place the 1st Mortgage Bonds recently author ized by the Board of Directors, beg leave to offer them to the public by subscription. The recent lease of this Road to the Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta Railroad for the term of 99 years at an annual rental of $25,000, secures the payment of interest beyond peradventure, be sides paying 3 per cent on the stock of the Com pany. As these Bonds run 80 yean, and the In terest is thus secured, they become one of the best investments that can be offered. The Board of Directors have authorized ; the issue of $200,- ' 000, but only $150,000 (or $3,200 per mile) will be issued at present, and perhaps this latter amount will never be exceeded. . - For further particulars apply to M. P. PEGRAM, Cashier 1st Nat Bank, . or A. G. BRENIZER, uasmer uom. nat Bank, Oct 28, 1881. 4w Charlotte, N. O. tW For Retail Trade, to which we pay special attention, we buy the best goods to be found. -;; - " WILSON & BURWELL, Sept 30, 1881. Druggist. JAS. P. IRWIN, At the old Po8t-offick Stand, Near the Court House, 1 Offers to the public, at lowest prices, a fine stock of Staple and Fancy Groceries. Including various grades of Flour, Sugar and Mo lasses, Corn Heal, Bacon and Hams. A fine selec tion of Teas, Coffees and Spices.' -, - - Choice Soda Biscuits and Family Crackers. Canned Goods, Jellies, Pickles, &c., &c Chewing and Smoking Tobaccos and Cigars. J ust received, finest quality of OatmeaL Also, 10 pound Kits of best Mackerel. Also, Bran, Mill Feed, Corn and Peas always on hand. 5 Turkeys, Geese, ; Fresh country Chickens, Apples, Cabbage, OAT MEAL, and Richmond Sweet Potatoes by the barrel. Oct 7, 1881. . M. HOWELL. Housekeepers take Notice. The finest assortment of first class Fancy Gro ceries in Charlotte, among which are many arti cles new for this market, have just been received at . March 18, 1881. PERRY'S. Cooper's Buchu. Cooper's Eliz. Buchu, Juniper, Cubebs and Holland Gin, unsurpassed for all diseases of the kidneys. Sold by WILSON & BURWELL, Oct 21, 1881. Druggists. Lanterns and Lamps. We hare now on hand a fine stock of Lanterns and Glass Lamps. WILSON & BURWELL, Sept 30. 1881. Druggists. e: j. hale son; PUBLISHERS, Booksellers and Stationers, 17 Murray Street, NEW YORK. Invite orders for School, Hiscellineoas and Stan dard Books, and for all kinds of Staple Station ery. WRITING PAPERS Cap, Letter Note and other sizes. BLANK BOOKS, of all Grades. ENVELOPES, all sizes and colors and quali ties. SCHOOL SLATES, best quality, all sizes. 8lte and Lead Pencils, Pens, Inks, Mucilage, Ac ' Feb 18, 1881. E. J. HALE 4 SON. g3? Johnston's Ready Prepared Kal aomine, the beat article of the kind now in use. WILSON & BURWELL, Agents. Castor Oil, Laudanum, Essences, Tutt's Pills, and all suck Goods as are sold by Country Merchants can be bad very low at Db. T. C. SMITH'S Septl7,1881. DrngStore. FOB SALE, Some very desirable property la the city of Charlotte. r ' No. 1 A House with 7 rooms, in a large yard, beautifullv shaded with Elm trees: Well of water and erery convenience usually desired ; located on Trade street, near the Air Line Depot. Apply to Gen. D. H. Hill, Fayetteville, Ark. No. 8 An English Cottage with 8 rooms, is a yery quiet desirable part of the city ; good Well of water, Gas, and all necessary out-buUduES. ' Appij u ura. if. xx. xiiii. No. A large family residence, on Tryon street, opposite f. L. Morehead's. It contains 10 rooms, has a spacious yard and handsome grounds. . : . .- - Apply to Gen. D. H. Hill, or to J. P. Strong," Editor Hom& and Democrat or Mr. Frank Jjrwra at City MUls, Charlotte. N.C. t'ct 7,1881. tf