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Home and Democrat.
CHARLOTTE, N. O.
Correspondence of the Home and Democrat
New Yobk, Nov. 6, 1882.
Editor Home and Democrat: Many
of my Southern friends, who have met in
my office Mr. Geo. J. A. Coulson, the au
thor of "The Odd Trump," and various
other novels published by as, will regret
to learn that he died very suddenly, of
heart disease, on Friday the 28th nit., at
his boose in Patterson, N. J. For a num
ber of years, so long as A. T. Stewart fc
Co.'s wholesale store, (in which Mr.
Coulson was head of a department,) re
mained down town, Mr. Coulson came
regularly, day by day, to smoke a cigar
after his lunch, and thus all in my office
learned to know him most intimately and
to respect and esteem him thoroughly,
and many of my Southern visitors en
joyed his genial manners and inexhausti
ble fund of anecdote. Since his removal
np town, two miles from me, when he
could not make his daily visits, there are
regular inquiries for him by those who
were formerly accustomed to meet him at
noon. By these he will be missed, as I
miss him. He was a Marylander by birth,
a warm Southern man, a man of learning
and piety, a writer not only of novels but
of various and learned articles on theolo
gy, published from time to time in the
Presbyterian Review and elsewhere. His
first novel was written to show his accom
plished wife that it was not essential to
the success of a novel that it should vio
late any virtuous principle. And so all
of his books are the opposites of the
French kind of novels, and no one even
imbibed an evil thought from them. He
may not have been able to way as who
can ? that he "never, wrote a line that he
would have wished to blot," but bis works
are singularly free from anything to foe
ter a bad habit or principle. As an es
teemed mutual friend writes to me about
him, "We all will mints his genial face and
speech." But ho has gone to his reward.
Having some leisure since the closing of
Stewart's business he had resumed the
writing of another novel, commenced a
year or more ago, and which he told me
was all arranged in his mind, only need
ing the manual labor of writing out.
feeling faint whilst writing at bis desk,
he stepped out for fresh air, fell in the
porch, was taken to his bed and died al
most immediately. Funeral services were
held in a chapel he had built, and in
which he officiated as catechist in a Sun
day school and lay speaker in other meet
ings. His remains were taken to Mary
land for intermeut.
The money value of offices in these
parts, including "the pickings and steal
ing," may be estimated by the fact sta
ted in the World, that William C. Butler,
the present County Clerk, and a candi
date for re-election, has contributed $25,
000 for the expenses of the canvass. The
office is said to pay $100,000 a year.
At a church Temperance Convention in
this city last week, the Rev. Dr. Howard
Crosby msde the astounding statement
that "there has not been a time for years
when a majority of the Board of Alder
men were not liquor eellcrs ;" and that
that was the reason why the laws regu
lating the sale of liquors are not enforced.
He said further, that "officials are in re
ceipt of revenue from those places. One
prominent police official was, he was in
formed, in the receipt ol $75,000 a year
from blackmail on liquor sellers, gamblers
and disorderly houses." Is it not dread
ful to think that a great city like this
should be governed by the tncsi disrepu
table class in it? that the lives nd pro
perty of the people should be iu such
keeping? Yet doubtless those officials, it
called to account would say like Warren
Hastings that they are astoiiinhed at their
own moderation, that they have not stolon
hall as much as they had the power to
steal, for this city is not in the condition
of North Carolina during the reign of the
carpet-baggers. Vv hen one of that gang
was getting into the omnibus at Yarbo-
rougu's to come North, he was asked il
ho expected to return? "Is there auy
thing left ?" be inquired. Tbey had sto
leu everything that th-y could lay their
hands upon. But there is no eud to the
pickings in this rich city.
The Sub-Treasnry iu this city mailed
11,784 letiers containing checks for inter
est on U. o. bond-, on Tuesday last. A
large corrt-spondeuce.
Among the Charitable lusurulious 10
tnis city is a "Oea side .lllltarlum, to
which the overworked, crowded and
weary worm n aud children can resort for
fresh air aud rest during the hot summer
months. From April to Sept. of this year
it accommodated 2,780 mothers ' and chil -
dren from one 10 three weeks, 2,716
mothers and children for one day, 15,200
free baths were given, 51,400 meals fur
nished and 1,050 medical visits by the
physicians in charge, who made up 650
prescriptions, all free of charge. The
Secretary said in his report: "A very
pleasant feature of our last year's work
was the enterprise of the New York
World in sending us 400 little children
and forty young women in eight different
parucs, wuicu were selected without re-
.gard to creed or nationality."
A letter from Washington says that
that city abounds with bridal couples, no
uu lony naving registered at tne
hotels within four days. On one trip
down to Mount Vernon seventeen couples
went.
The Rev. B. Edwards, of Norwich,
England, has been rector of one chnrch
for seventy years, and now in his ninety-
lonrtn year performs a fnll share of
parochial work, visiting, reading and
preaching.
"The Salvation Armv in England re
ceives all sorts of valuables when the con
tribution box is passed around, liold
and silver watches, gold gnards, gold and
silver lockets, gold scarf pins,
silver
brooches, silver solitaires and gold watch
keys. Watches and jewelry, it is under
stood, are to be abandoned oy an wno
claim to be true Salvationists."
A man has been convicted in Paris for
stealing a hat. It was his habit to go
into a restaurant bareheaded and come
out with the best hat he could lay his
hands on. At his lodgings no less than
forty-seven hats were discovered, lbe
prisoner pleaded that he was absent-minded
and had no head at all; the Judge
thought he had too many hats for a man
with no head and gave him six months
imprisonment.
Since the day when the darkies have
come to realize the foroe of Mr. Jefferson's
proposition that all men are born free and
equal, and themselves laid down the fur
ther proposition that all women are
"ladies," some of the sex may have had
such an experience as this :
Mistress (to applicant for cook's posi
tion) "Why did you leave your last
place ?"
Anolicant "You're very inquisitive,
marm I didn't ax you what for yer last
cook left you." - H.
The Pittsylvania Plague.
Diphtheria, which has been prevailing
in certain portions ot vjhatnam county,
Va., for the past two months, and which
had somewhat abated, has broken out
afresh, and, if possible, is of a more malig
nant type than ever. At first only chil
dren and young persons were attacked,
there being but very few cases among
grown persons; but now it is attacking
persons of all ages, and in many instances
has proved fatal. We heard of a case
that of a lady twenty-five or thirty years
old who, while her physiciau was in the
room, became strangled with the false
membrane which accumulated in her
throat, and jumped out of the bed and
seized the doctor around the neck and died
in his arms, he beiug unable to afford her
any relief.
Little children, among whom it ha
proved most fatal, frequently die in twelve
hours after they ar taken.
Capt. Walter Coles, living six miles
from Chatham, lost a bright little girl ten
ears old. She died in twenty-four hours
after taking the disease, although she had
the b-st medical attention during ihe
whole time. Himself and wife and sever
al more ol his children have also had the
disease, but have recovered.
From tte best information we can gather
there have beec iu this county since July-
last between seven and eight hundred
cases, and from twenty to twenty-five per
cent, of these have proved fatal. It is cer
tainly a most drt-adtnl scourge. There is
scarcely a household in the district over
which it has passed that has not lost Irom
one to five children. One colored man
lost six all that he had. In some in
stances there were two, and in others three
corpses in one house at the same time
There are now several cases in Chatham,
but they are much milder than those which
have occurred in the country.
Chills and fever and malarial tever are
also very prevalent. Il one family there
mm 1 1
have been tour deaths Irom the latter uis
ease. Mr. jas. oneinorse, nis wne, ana
two children. Capt. . C. Tate, near
Chalk Level, is also very ill from the
same disease. Richmond Dispatch.
A Tribute to the Farmer.
In his address at the opening of the
Wisconsin State Fair Gov. Rusk said
"Agriculture is the foundation of the
business and prosperity of the wool
country. Wbeu the toil ot the larmer is
utter v lost: when, after ulanting and
Img and waiting, the harvest-tim
- .
brings no harvest to hun, every industry
and every l merest instantly teels H
Hov completely a series ol crop failures,
r even ot short crops, paralyzes the busi
ness of the country I So a series of good
crops etimuiaies every ousiuess ana re
i i
vives every dr.-oping industry, the rail
road Iin-s lengthen, the rolling mills are
bu-v. the iron mine, the saw mill, the
lumber camp, are all scenes of activity
ami every instrument of commerce i in
use. The nura of the machinery is th
natural accompaniment to the songs ol
th harvest field. The daily publisbe
telegram Irom the money centre of th
world is an unconMcious daily tribute to
agriculture and the farmer as the prime
factor in commerce. They note am
chronicle every frost, every rain, every
hostile insect, as earetully as the physi
cian the sy.mpi-oms oi ins p-uenu otous
go up --d down with the varying reports
as mi wheat and corn. lhe Wall stree
. .... i
trnmh er who never heard me meaaiw
lark in the fit-Id reads with as eager in
teres the ?i-ws from the grain fields as
one fearing for a friend would read the
casualties of a battle. But such tribute
is temporary awl compulsory. It springs
from selfishness mou , and the crop as
sured, indifference to agriculture pro
claims itself too often in an undue levy
upon the crop for carriage and in oth r
wavw," which I lwvtf not time to mention.
' ith the growth of the country increased
prosperity and the multiplied and splen
did educational facilities, ur colleges, uni-
verMties, academies and other mstitu:
lions of teaming are filling up with ambi
1 tious farmer boys, vigorous in body aod
mind, bent upon acquiring knowledge.
This U well. They make good students
and scholars, but I have feared that too
many of them rather disdainfully turn
from farm life to the professions as being
a step higher. I would like to impress
npon 6uch young men that tbey are mis
taken in this. There is in a true sense no
'step higher' from the calm, thoughtful,
healthful, independent life of the intelli
gent farmer."
The Indians at Standing Rock
Agenoy have raised this year 750 bushels
of wheat, 6,500 bushels of oats, 10,000
bushels of corn, and 5,000 bushels of pota
toes, besides a good supply of squashes,
prodacts'.
pumKins, melons, Deans, ana other iarm
Our army last year cost ns over
15,000,000. This is about a million
dollars apiece for the fifteen Indians it is
supposed to have killed. Cincinnati
lmea-!star. ' ,
EST Michigan claims to have gained
50,000 new settlers in her northern coun
ties this year.
N. C. NEWS.
BSlf" It seems to bo a fixed fact that
Raleigh will have a new and modern
hotel. One of the Nearly birds" comes
orward and suggests as a good old North
Carolina - name for it " Albemarle."
Raleigh Observer.
Impobtant Case. The case of Seymour
& Co. vs. the Western Railroad Company,
(now the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley
iailroad,) involving $ 250,000, was argued
before the Supreme court ' of the United
States on Tuesday last. Hon. S. F.
hillips and J. W. Hinsdale, Esq., appear
ing for the plaintiffs in error, and . Hon.
A. S. Merrimon for the defendant corpora
tion.
Death 'of W. J. Long. W. J. Long,
fisq., of Randolph, and well known in
Guilford, died in Minneapolis, Minnesota,
Sunday evening last. He sold off .his pro
perty in Randolph some months ago and
removed to Minnesota. Many years ago
Mr. Long was a prominent lawyer at the
Greonsboro bar and was well known
throughout the State. Greensboro Pa
triot. A Smabx Woman. Among the many
wives and mothers of this land who are
helps and not encumbrances, is - Mrs. Hel
ton, who lives on the farm of Mr. A. Mc-
Connell in Davidson township, Iredell
county. !.A correspondent informs us that
she has finger-picked, carded and spun the
cotton and woven seven yards of cloth
which her husband and son were wearing
The cotton
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oraa rai-pri t.hia vpir stnt.MmiLp. Jfina- I
mark.
Tukker's N. C. Almanac for 1883.
This popular almanac, "The Old Reliable,'
which ior torty-nve y ears cas Deen paying
its annual visits to the homes and firesides
of our people, ha been received from the
publishers, Messrs. J. 11. H,tiniss & oon,
Ralfigh, N. C. As usual, it is full ot im
portant information to all classes, and
especially to the farmer, gardener and
lousekeeper, to whom it 19 invaluable.
For terms, etc., address J. H. .iLnmss &
oon, aieign, v,.
Mundex Escapes Again. lhe noton-
ous W. J. Mttudeu, late Republican mem
ber of the Legislature fr.)rn Pasquotank
county, is again free. He sloped wi!h
Mrs. Johnson, last yen-, flfd the btate, was
captured, and placed in Pasquotank jail ;
broke out ot that not very stronghold, in
company with several desperate negroes ;
was recitured and oo:fiied in the strong
jail at Edenton, so as to make sure of him.
But now he is out again. ieterday a
telegram was received at ih.( Executive
Deuartment from Sheriff J. C Warren ot
Edenton, Chowan county, which conveyed
the informal ion thus plainly: "W.J. Muu-
den broke vtil last, night." Hal. News and
Observer.
Mr.
Alex. Helms is a farmer of
living near ih. old Carlock place, and
Shep. Carelock, color, d, is one ot liu ten-
niits. On Moi-day evening after quitting
vork Shep. left some cotton sniing in the
fit-Id in a basket, and Mr. Helms noticing
it carried it to the house aud remonstrated
with him lor his o-irelfssness. This caused
Shep. to fly into a passion, and gathering
an axe he threw it at Mr. Helms, striking
him in the face with the sharp edge, cut
ting a laige gsh and knocking out and
breaking several terth, and cutting a se
vere gash in the side, lhe negro was
subsequently arrested and carried before
Esq. J. P. Horn, who, after hearing the
evidence held him in the sum of $500 for
his appearance at the next term of the
Superior Court. Monroe Enquirer a?id
Express.
Late Tuesday afternoon Bob Henderson,
colored, was brought 10 Oxford and con
hned in the county lau, charged with the
murder of his wife on the preceding Satur
day nighi.
The facts, as elicited at the inquest and
Irom other sources, appear to be substan
tially as follows :
1 he prisoner, riob Henderson, was
a '
about 21 years old, and h id been mar
ried to his wife early in the spring.
The unfortunate woman was en ciente
at the time of ihe minder, and it was -x-
Ducted that she would be couhn d iu a
nhort time.
The evening of the murder the wile was
seen apparrn ly in good health. The
night (Saturday) about 9 o'clock her uncle
came to see h-r. He went in and sp k''
to her -everal times, a.kinir her how sne
lelt. She replied rdie was "had off." Hen
derson told him not to disturb her and
that she would be all right in a little while.
The uncle went home aud returned about
- 1 1
I o clock. nti was still sittinir in ine
ame room and the wife lying in the otfier.
He went in to see her and found her dead.
Severe marks of violence were found on
the body.
The testimony wan sufficient to hold
Henderson, who made a number ot con
tradictory statemeti s. He was very much
onposfd to the inquest, but his since pre
served a laosi stoiid demeanor, refusing to
make any confession. It was shown that
he had been in the habit of beating hi-
wife. Oxtrd Free Lance.
The Ashland Riot. Ashland, Ky.
Nov 4.- Alexander Harris one ot trie
wound, d at Ashland, died to-day. Among
the 'wounded wan Rev. CI. M. Dower of
North Carolina, who was on the wharf
'boat. 'with his wife and child, to take pas
sage on the "Granite State. tin was
knocked into the river by a speni bullet,
and while swimming out, his little girl in
the arms of its mother, was struck on the
head and hand.
Cotton Picking in Texas. Galves
ton, Tex., Nov. 3. Dallas special to the
News says: !Bradsi reet's reports for the
week ending t.-day from all northern and
central counties show that it has been a
wek of fine weather for maturing and
picking cotton ; one dollar to 125 per
hundred is offered for pickers. Hands are
scarce."
A Hunter's Horrible
spring a Frenchman named
Fate. Last
Goodenough
left Greenvilfe for the woods at the head
of Moosehead lake in Maine. Last week a
skeleton supposed to be his was discovered
with both hinds caught in a bear trap.
He bad evidently got caught in the trap,
and no assistance being near died from
starvation.
Gen. Loxgstreet in Trouble. Wash
ington, D. C, Oct. 31. It has leaked out
that Gen. James Longstreet ia short in his
accounts as United States marshal for the
northern district of Georgia, and that the
sum is a seriously large one.
oty o i.aa a ptiuuvu
of 80 years living witb his ninth wife, who
a iuici ui uuj-vuiro vunureu. fli, s re-
cent reunion over ouu aescenaants wished
him Iao 1Ua
N. C. Supreme Court Decisions.
Fall Term, 1882. :
Reported for the Charlotte Observer.!
State vs. Daniel, from Pitt county.--
Indictment for an assault with intent to
commit rape. The defendant proposed to
ask a witness "what was the reputation
ot e prosecutrix for virtue.' un objec-
on the lourt rruled out the question
v eraici, o. guuty ; aeienaam appeaiea
It 18 an enlnhliahoi rnlfl that nroof oil
bad moral character' may be. adduced for
. . a r i
the purpose of impeaching the testimony
of a witness. In indictments like the
above, while evidence of general bad char
acter is admissible to show that the prose
cutrix like any other witness ought not
to be believed, proof that she is a reputed
prostitute would go lar towaras raising
an inference that she yielded willingly.
General evidence of this kind is admissible
though the woman be not called as a wit
ness. Error new trial.
Indictment for fornication and adultery. I
iltery
At Fall term, 1877, an indictment for the
same offense was preferred and defend
ants were acquitted. Evidence that "the
children of the woman had been heard to
call the male defendant papa or pappy
was admitted, the exception, to which is
the only question to be considered, lhe
grounds ot the objection are, that the lan-
ffuaete testihed to anti-dated the finding
of the first bill and the acquittal pre-
eludes an inquiry into the alleged unlaw
ful relations preceding" that time, lhat
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the lnauirv snouia oe . restricted io
acts
done duriag the two years next before the
action ol the grand jury upon the present
indictment. The Court savs: lhe evi
dence tends to show habitual illicit rela
tions extending back to the time when the
oldest child was born and sheds liht
upon their present relations and it was
proper to aamu it.
1 root ot acts anterior to the time al
. . . 1
leged may be adduced in explanation ot
other acts of the like nature within that
time. No error affiimed.
Bridffers. from Wavne. The
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nrisontfr and auother are charered m dit
fereui courts in the first and secoud de
gree with the murder of one Jacob Best.
The jury acquit him of the murder and
find hun guilty of the felonious slaying.
lhe only error assigned is the admission
iu evidence the examination of the de
ceased taken before a justice on the day
after the assault. Prior to its introduc
tion the justice testified that the accused
was brought before hun, au acting justice
of the peace, and upon investigation ot
the charee. the deceased was examined
for the State upon questions put by him-
sell, the auswers to which were written
at the prisoner put some few
questions which with the answers were
... . .
not written down because not deemed
material, and that it was but a repetition
of the testimony already taken. The ad
missibility of the testimony is contested
upon the grounds: 1. lhat it does not
appear to have been taken during a judi
cial inquiry into the charge made against
the prisoner. 2. lhat it is not lull, em
bodying the substadce and not the words
of the deceased.
The Court holds that neither exception
is tenable. That the justice entered into
the inquiry in his omcial capacity as
shown by bis evidence. That a magis
trate is not required to write down the
very words ol the witness as tney' are
uttered. It is sufficient if be puts down
fully and accurately the testimony as wit
ness intends it upon the subject matter ot
iuquiry. No error let this be certified,
State vs. Shepherd, from Carteret. In
dictment lor bigamy. Ihere is no state
ment of the case on bill ot exceptions ac
companying the record. Upon examina
tion of record no error is discovered.
Judgment affirmed.
Moore vs. state Auditor, irom JNew
Hauover. Plaintiff is Solicitor of the
criminal court of New Hanover ; was
elected in 1877 and has since continued iu
office. In his complaint he alleges that as
such Solicitor he is entitled under act
l876-'77 to receive from the State Treas
urer twenty dollars lor his attendance
upon the Court at April term. The Aud
itor refuses to audit the claim and a man
datnusis prayed for. The complaint is
demurred to upon the grouud that the
plaiutiff is entitled to no such compensa
lion irom the state under the provisions
of the act or any other law of the State
mi j 1 3 vl
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appeaieu.
The Court says: The terms of the sta
tute referred to leave no room to doubt
the correctness, of his Honor's ruliug.
The 9th section declares that "he shall
receive the same fees as are now allowed
by law to Solicitors of the several judicial
circuits, c. lhe line, between the
general compensation ot district Solicitor?
and the fees which they are entitled to
have taxed against convicted off ndrs, i
distinctly arawn, ana a law which con
1 1 1
fers upon the planum the right to receive
the latter only, cannot, by any legitimate
T l i. r 11 t
construction, ue maae to include me
former. - It was no:, contemplated bv the
act that any part ot the expense of main-
taming ine criminal court ot iew iin-
over should tall upon the btat-. Judg
1'am . w
ment sustaining the demurrer affirmed.
State vs. Wilborn, from New Hanover.
Indictment for obtaining goods under
tale pretenses. The defendant repre
sented that he had eighteeu thousaud.
dollars in U. S. bonds iu two packages
which he deposited with the Register of
Deeds, and alter obtaining several sums
of money from different parties he called
for the packages and when called upon to
secure the parties from whom he had ob
tained money, said that he bad disposed
o! the bonds, lhe defendant s counsel in
sisted that the burden rested upoo the
State to show that he did not have the
bonds as represented ; that in the absence
of such proof on the part of the State the
defendant was entitled to an acquittal.
The Judge charged that "in a case like
mis, wne re tne oonos in question were
never exhibited to any one, and if they
ever had any existence at all, are either in
bis possession or have been disposed of by
him, the burden ot proof is shifted and it
is incumbent upon him to produce them
or to account for their disposition to the
satisfaction of the jury, to which instruc
tion defendant excepts. The general rule
is, that the truth of every averment,
whether it be affirmative or negative
which is necessary to constitute the of
fense charged must be established by the
prosecution. The decision in Morrison's
case 3 Dev. 399 came under review in
mate vs. Woody 2 Jos. 276, and it was
tuvu wuBirueo H Uieamug UOl mac me
burden of proof is shifted, in such case
then construed as meaning not that the
irom me prosecutor 10 ine aeienaant, but
I that the failure of the latter to produce a
III . .
i license, might unaer certain circumstances
become a cogent fact, to be considered by
: tha jury in connection with the other facts
of the case tending to support the indict-
In Stale vs. Evans 5 Jones 250: it was
held that the want of a license, in a prose
cution. for: dealing with slaves - must be
proved on the part ot the state.
There is error in the instructions ot his
Honor. New trial granted. ..,
T?r.r.i;I on1 id! fa vd TT.n rr liaVi f rum Tpn-
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aer. Application; ior reuei unuer oeu
133 C. C. P. to have judgment set aside
on the ground of surprise. r
Where if there be auy fault at all, it is
to be attributed to the. attorney and not
to the defendant, the case falls strictly
within the priuciple established in Grill
vs. Vernon and Ueal vs. ralmer, and de
fendant is entitled to relief. All the law
requires is that the affidavit sets forth
facts, which establish a prima facie de
fense. JNo error am rmed.
McDauiel vs. Pollock" and others, from
, aninrnaJa narva Th
ud and enforce a parve trust, lhe case
prepared by appellant's counsel and sent.
up in the transcript shows upon its lace a
want of compliance with the requirements I
, o n o' . o., . v T j :
rvt : : t Lhf mii nun vri ini. iih l ini'.i iiku
as forming a part of the record
pellant must assign and show error in the
ruling of the Court below or the judg
ment will be affirmed. . Judgment af
firmed. :
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Cummings vs. Bloodworth, from Pen
der. Action to recover land. The plain
tiff, a lumber merchant, furnished lumber
to the defendant, which was used in ouua-
ing the premises on the land sued for. A
lein was duly nled m the proper omce
against 6aid laud and in due time au ac
tion brought in a justice's Court and judg
ment recovered thereon, execution is
sued and the Sheriff sold the 6aid land
and premises to the plaintiff. The defend
ant showed that at the time ot the levy,
the apprisers in layiug off his homestead
coveied the whole of the land claimed in
this action, that he owned no other real
estate. The court charged that said lien
was good and valid'as against the homes-
stead of the defendant, and the sale and
deed of the Sheriff entitled the plaintiff to
ecover. The only question is, does the
lien given by the act ot 1869-70 to one
who furnishes materials which are used in
buildings or improvements upon land
covered by the homestead ot the owner,
supercede the right ot homestead there
on. The court says: The four exceptions to
the exemption of the homestead allowed
by the Constitution are the liability to
sale lor taxes, the payment of obligations
contracted for the purchase of the premises,
the hen of laborers and mechanics, lhe
lien for material furnished, given by
an act 01 the .Jbegisiatnre cannot con
stitute a lien upon land covered oy me
homestead when no such lien is anywhere
mentioned in the constitution. Ihere is
error- reversed.
Wiggins vs. McCoy, from Lenoir. This
action was brought on a bond, and at the
- t . 1 1 . rtr 1 1 .1
trial Detore ine justice, piaintin niea the
bond and an affidavit that the boud was
given for the purchase money of land de-
scnoeo. mere was juugmeni ior piainwu,
, m . j r 1 - iry
and the iustice found the fact that the
bond was given for the purchase money ot
the land. Defendant appealed.
The return ot the justice to the Superior
court shows that. defendant admitted the
execution of the bond, and put in no answer
to the allegation in . plaintiff s am davit.
The return was made at spring term 1881;
no answer was ever filed by defendant to
plaintifrs complaint.
Uetendant s counsel moved to be allowed
to file answer, denying lhat the bond was
given for the purchase money of land
Motion refused, and case set lor a certain
day. When called the motion was re
newed, supported by an affidavit ot the
justice to the t-tiect that the defendant
had in an oral answer to the complaint,
denied that the bond sued on was given
for land. He also moved that the
justice be allowed to amend his return.
ran 11 I 1 . 1
lhe motions were an retused. vju ine
last day of the term defendant moved
to set aside the judgment ; refused. Ap
pealed.
All the motions made were addressed
to ihe discretion ot the court, and are
not reviewable. This adds another
. 1 d 1 1
case to the long list ot aoiudications
upon the discretionary powers of the
court with regard to amendments, dec.
fl . . . w wr -k..s-v. n i.l AAfiMil 4 ll ofi-i tit.. j"l
iiriu y v e. vaiiuuu anu vAocrn tucic vitru,
Affirmed.
jEHf The Troy Press says that Mr. and
Mrs. Josiah llurd, of Sandgate, the oldest
married couple in Bennington county, Vi.,
recently celebrated the seventieth anniver
sary of their wedding. The ages of the
couple are 91 and 87 vears. The. house
they now occupy is the one in which
they began housekeeping by years
ago. 1 wo goblets, two saucers, and two
spoons were upon the table which were
among the wedding presents 69 years
ago.
2 A remarkable sale of Montana
grass -fed steers has bet n mad in Chicago
by D. A. (j. r ioweree of Helena, w
receive f $57,000 for 700 head of four and
fave year olds, averaging 1,448 pounds
each. . . .
WHOLESALE DEPARTMENT
OF
ELLAS & COHEN.
ALL
NEW GOODS.
Having disp sed of our old Stock, we now
offer an immense Stock of Fresh
Dry Goods,
Notions,
Clothing,
Gents' Furnishing Goods, Carpets, Boots, Shoes
and Hat9. All new and the latest styles. Don't
fail to examine our goods and prices before
buying.
EL1AS & COHEN.
Aug. 25, 1882.
NAVASSA GUANO.
Navassa Acid Phosphate.
Manufactured by the Navassa Guano
Company of Wilmington, N. C.
None better for
Wheat, Corn,
Tobacco.
Cotton and
I The hn wpII known anil mnnl.. V.riili..
ftSftfiS X?S2SS
I waniea, ano prompt delivery in good order
I guaranieea.
i. ....... -
J. G. SHANNONHOUSE,
Oct 20, 1882.
A Severed Siamese T.win. H r
At the clinic; at the Philadelphia Hos
. . j ? t William H. Pan-
coast introduced to the students a yonng
man who is the . only person in America
misti. on oaiui ust. . -
who has survived the operation ox caiuug
apart two children wno were coiigouj
attached. The person's name is G. V.
T .tin vaoM !nir al flonnellsville. Pa. lie
wr nc. l6i...-& ' ,
bears upon ms iei cuee
scar
where the ligature had been cut.
Twen-
ty-foor years ago the operation was per
formed in the Jefferson College clinic by
the elder Dr. Pancoast, and was witnessed
by all the physicians in , the city, it
was
considered a bold ieat of surgery
and
. . . , j
many pny8icia.. ""T" !
fear
to the
rao,uu ' .i :;. ui,.i..mblPii
. u
an
n imperfectly developed s infant.' There
was a circulation 01 uiuwu wiuugu
Ucrainra into the malformation, wnicn
also bad a heart. The success of the
attracted universal , attention,
ana pnptograpna oi i u I
sent abroad at the request oi emioen
English surgeons. Dr. Pancoast is posi-
Uve in hlB be,iet lhat ai double children,
,.. . c:Qmoao ofinnld h severed
1" - iuv, v-.a..,
. i l riu. A
Kir fliu enraroonn knife. lhe ODeratlOn
times, once each iu Paris, London and
m..mj " J I J
Philadelphia.
Terrible Tragedy.
New York, Oct. 31. Mrs. Seguin,
aged thirty-six, the wife of Dr. Jkdward C
seguin, a noted specialist on uiseBwiiuo
brain,shot and killed her three young cnil-
dren this afternoon, and then killed her-
self, at 41 West Twentieth street. There
. .
is no other cause known for the terrible
tragedy than insanity iu the mother. s
The frightful leature of the tragedy is
the manner of the murder. Mrs. Seguin
took the children to an empty spare room
at the top of a five-story bouse, in the ab
sence of her husband and when the ser
vants were engaged in the basement, and
locked herself in with them. The servants
believed that they had gone out for a
walk. What happened in the room will
never be known, but Dr. Amiden, M rs.
Seguin's brother, called at five o'clock,
and, wun nis suspicions arouseu oy tuo
long absence of the family, made a search
ol the house, lhe mother and children
were found dead, all shot through the
head.
The children's hands were tied behind
their backs with whip cord. They were
bhndlolded with handfcercniets, ana irom
all appearance they must have, been Bhot
while playing bund man a bun with their
destroyer. They had been dead for at
least an hour, and a hair, and were quite
cold. Three pistols were found in the
room, all ol large calibre, and all had been
nsed
JT" In the sixteen Southern Slates and
the District of Columbia the white school
pooulaiion is 3.899.961. and the colored
1,803,257. There are 16,669 colored pub
lic schools, 44 normal schools, 36 colored
institutions of secondary instruction, 15
colored universities and colleges, - 22
colored schools of theology, 3 colored law
schools, 2 colored medical schools, and
2 colored deaf aud dumb and bund insti
tutions.
The provision made by S. L.
Landes of Mt. -Carmel, III., for his wife
and children took the form of planting
100,000 walnuts, which, with proper care,
should produce trees fifteen inches in
diameter in twenty years and yield an in
dependent fortune.- .
S3 It is rumored in Atlanta, Ga.,
that Senator Brown will soon resign his
seat. His distressing cough has, it is said,
returned with cold weather, and he does
not dare spend another winter in Washing
ton.
Lithographic stone costs from ten
to fourteen cents per . pound, and is im
ported from Italy. Yet there is plenty of
stone in Kentucky, if it could only be
reached by railroads.
trlT The dome of the Washington Capi
tol is being painted and it will take fifteen
tons of white lead.
NEW PALL GOODS.
We have just returned from the Northern
markets, uud are now ready to show the
BEST STOCK OF GOODS
In this City, embracing everything new in Dress
Goods and Trimmings, such as Cashmeres,
Shoodali,.Batines, Ottomans, French Novelties,
batins, bHKs, burans, Juoires, ccc, ccc.
Our Stock of Cloaks, Dolmans and Jackets, is
immense.
Balmorals, Shawls,
Neckwear, Ribbons, Passamentries,
Vflveis, Velveteens, Plushes, &c.
Fringe?,
We have a large and handsome Stock of
Boots and Shoes,
Clothing, Overcoats, Hats, Caps, &c.
w e nave me nest 4-4 uieacnea Domestic ever
offerea at 10 cents. Ask to see it.
PEARL SHIRTS.
vau anu 1-inmiue our oiock oeiore ouyiDff, ana
if we don't sell you it will not be becauf lour
in a : L .-..
prices are not low enough.
HAKGRAVES & WILHELM,
Sept. 15, 1832.
Smith Building.
THE CHARLOTTE WAREHOUSE
FOR THE STORAGE
OF
Cotton, Fertilizers and General
Merchandise,
SPRINGS & BUR WELL. Proprietors.
Having put in good order the building formerly
Known as me "kock island factory," we are
now prepared to do a general Storage business.
Thi being the largest and most conveniently
located Warehouse iu the City, we can furnish
Storage and Insurance at reasonable prices and
can receive and deliver on short notice.
SPRINGS & BURWELL.
Sept. 22, 1883.
Cigars.
We are still selline the "Ultimo.,, the best of
an o cent uigars. ; After eight years' trial we can
uuu no ueiier.
WILSON & BURWELL.
Cash Paid for Beeswax
At T. C. SMITH'S Drug Store. Want all we
can get. Right away.
t; ; Comparative Cotton Statement.
.' .The following is the cotton statem
for the week ending November 3 : 'ni
. 1882.
190,
Net receipts at all U. a. ports
Total receipts to this date,
Exports for the week,
Total exports to this date,
Stock at all U. S. ports,
Stock at all interior towns,
Stock at Liverpool, " "
Stock of American afloat for
' Great Britain, . .. ; . r
252,430 2ur
Ol uffi
462,000
Total Net Receipts of Cotton.
The following are. total net receipt, t
cotton at all norts since Sentok.. ?l
k n. soatnii 917 R3A Now flrl.
f "vuer 1.
1 mk;i 'mo 4o .' a u '
York. 82.401: Boston; 22.972: PrJj "
io; jrniiaue.Pu,, tny and
Point, 50,497 : Brunswick, 3,337 p?
Royal 3,382 ; Indianola, 7,539 ; total i
412,180 bales. ; '
The Post's cotton , report savs: Pn
deliveries at the first call advanced 2 tn
3-100, subsequently the other 6 to 8-lfio
I then th nricea hecr&n to nWlma :n
I r-- --o . - WU Ml
I ftd VAtlftA was lOSt. At the thirrl
i . 3 im a i 11 -
Decern)..
I " "
brought 10.39; January 10.46; Febrmrt
10.57; March 10.68; April 10.80; Mav 10 m.
j June 11.92, showing a renewed advanced
3 to 4-1UU.
The World's Visible Supply of Cotton.
The total visible supply of cotton for Hi
I worm is z,ujo, wo, w wnicn 1,4x3,073 ii
I American, against a,-zdz,uu and 1,790,540
respectively last year. Receipts of cotton
I . 11 ? - " 1. tort inrtll .
at an interior iowub 1 o,io uaies; receipu
from the plantations 292,398; crop in right
1 i,jo,ioo.
Liverpool Cotton Circular.
This week's circular of the Livemol
Cotton Brokers Association says: Th
demand for cotton increased. There wu
I some advance early in the week, bat rinci
I Tuesday there has been a pressure toielL
I and from last Thursday prices have con.
J giderably declined.' .. American was Bteady
j in the early part of the week, but relapsed
1 ana qecimea 0-100. oea isiana oss been
I in good demand, especially Florida, whici
I the holders met freely, lhe qaotationi
I are partially reduced -Jd. Futures opened
I dull and rather easier. They were better
I on Monday, . and prices advanced 3-l6i
I for November, and d. for other positiona
1 Since then there nas been much preasurt
I to sell, and prices rapidly declined. , Tbi
I final quotations show a decline of 1-S2d.
I for November, and 7-64 for other posi-
1 tions.
MONEY! MONEY!!
We respectfully aud earnestly request all vho
are owing us either by Note or Account for tin
years 1001- o to come up ana setue. u
mortifying to both parties to have to resort tot
dun. Come in aud see us.
BARRINGER & TROTTER
N. B. Don't forget that we have a splendU
stock of . . ,
Dry Goods,
Clothing, Shoes, Hats, &c, as cheap u flu
i cheapest.
Oct. 20, 1882. .'' .;' B.&T.
Perfumery
In bulk. All the popular perfumes sold by tin
ounce much cheaper and better quality. 8aa
your bottle and have it filled.
1: -v. Bant u, tiruggist
Sept. 8,1882. ?
Ready-Mixed Faint,
AU colors. Best in use. We have tried iH
kinds and find "AveruTs" to give the best nt
faction. Bold by
WILSON & BURWELL,
Druggiftt.
JAMES P. JOHNSTON,
Charlotte, W. C.
The Daniel Pratt Bevolvmi
Head Cotton Gin.
I THE BEST GIN FEEDER and CONDEKSEB
on the Market. -The
Revolving Heads carrv the Rolls tod V
vents the friction of the Cotton running again
the ends of the Cotton box. It prevents chokitj
or breaking the Roll. It Gins the seed cleutf
than ordinary Gins. It cleans the dirt out v
ter and makes a better sample.
The Feeder is the best now made. A tweW
year old boy can feed it easily and safely. W
Condenser never gets out 01 older ana 00a"
work well.
Read the Certificates and come and exuM
the Gin, and get prices Every Gin sold gm
perfect satisfaction.
JAMES F. JOH-NaTUi.
College Street
CERTIFICATES.
Capel's Mills, Richmond co , N. Cl
July 28, 1882. 1
Mr. J "P Johnntfin Th Pratt Gin. Fee4
and Condenser, bought of you last Fall, In
performed satisfactorily. The Gin Feeder
Condenser has never given us a particle of B
ble, works well in every particular, n "
given entire satisfaction. Gins faster and
than any fcrin 1 have ever seen without an
ception. Respectfully, Cafel & iAw
Huntersville, N. C, July 24, 18
Pant J V .Tnhnttnn W ara clad 10
our testimony to the merits of the RevolT&l
.1 HPRrt tratt liin nonffht or von last f an. lvr
W-W . V. - . - . I fff
1 ... T1.1. . ! 1 " m s. With V
lD,y doef H lat is med fSr .iSftilte!
60-saw we can very easily gin 8 to 10 balop
day. We therefore recommend it to Uo
want of a first-class Gin. Respectlniiy,
IlUNTKB & RASf
Crowder's Creek, N. C, July 23,1881
Mr. James F. Johnston : I purchased 8"J
Pratt Gin, Condenser and Feeder of yo
Fall which gave me and my customer!
satisfaction. It does not . break the roll,
takes more sand and dirt out of storm
than any Gin that I know of, and gins tbeco'
clean of the sand. , I do not think any Gin
do better work than the Pratt Gin. I bsve
gioned all day but can safely say that I
from 8 to 10 Bales per day. I heard co
buyer say in speaking of some storm cottoDi'
was on the market, that if it had been llnnL3
my Gin he would have given a cent per
more than what he did give, and all cotton
on my Giu brought the top of the market, on w
market where sold. Truly,
Jso. F. WoJ
na.tnnt. "w n ti22. 188
The Revolving Head Daniel Pratt Gin,
and Condenser bought from you last OctoD ,
tha tuat T vf a isr rnntMni u(i the
makes the best cample.
lhe MoiiiBcw.-ii
a 13 year old boy can easily and safely i.
and it cleans sand and gravel from uc
I IIZaL LMl.Z:
Uonaenw -
. j j . w ll
A. bl. ItHTHJ '
Aug. 4,1882,
3m.
All lands of "Patent Medici
can be found in our Stock. wrt?TTj.
WILSON & BURWg
Point "V"rti TTnnse
With Lewis' Strictly Pure White Lead d V
seed OU, one price only, at , , Q MTTH.a
3m Agent'
Sept. 29, 18S2.
Sept 22, 1882. - Drug k