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Home and Democrat
CHARLOTTE, N. U.
Eternal Vigilance.
The white people of the South have
measurably solved the negro problem. It
was a daugerous question. A wrong so
lution would have entailed terrible evils.
The peril wan the greater because the hot
haste of the Northern people to settle the
matter precipitated it at a time when feel
ing was high among them, when preju
dice was great and reason was run mad on
the floors of the Congress. The constitu
tional amendments themselves went too
far but attempted legislation went still
farther. The remonstrance of the South
ern whites against these violent and un
necessary proceedings only excited great
er hostility and served to render the rabid
Republican politicans still more rabid.
But at length the country lound reliel in
the election of a Democratic House of
Representatives and the miserable system
of enforced social equality among the races
was temporarily checked. Since then the
question has been settling itself naturally.
The relations between the races have been
growing more kindly year by year. The
equality of all before the law is recognized
and the rights of all men are secured
without regard to race, color or previous
condition. If things could remain as they
are the solution of this problem that was
once bo fraught with evil would be attain
ed in the course of time without a strain.
But it happens that things never remain
as they are. Changes are ever in pro
gress. The white people of the South need
not lull themselves into fancied security
against the possibility of a steady pro
gress in the direction of race equality. The
constant tailing of drops of water wears
away the hardest stone. To retain mat
ters in their present desirable status it is
necessary to be vigilant eternally vigi
lant. What we mean finds a pointed illus
tration in the action of Gov. Cameron, of
Virginia. Gov. Cameron, Superintendent
of Public Instruction Farr and Auditor
Blair, who have the appointment of the
Richmond City School Board,have placed
two negroes upon the board having
supervision over the white schools of
Richmond. In a city boastful of its intel
ligence and refinement, possessing 70,000
inhabitants, whose high schools are au
honor to Virginia and receive commenda
tion from all educators, the white Read-
juster politicans, the Governor, Superin
tendent of Public Instruction and State
Auditor, all white all lately Democrats
in fact so Democratic that they could
not stand with their party, but must
needs court the negro votes to purify and
reform their party ; these politicans in
that city have thought it prudent from
political considerations to put the white
schools under the supervision of two negro
men. ft illustrates what we mean. It
shows the necessity of eternal vigilance.
It proves what we have so often declared,
that every principle of statesmanship re
quires the white people to subordinate all
issues that tend towards the disintegration
of parties and tend to commingle the races
in political organizations.
As the Dispatch says, these two negroes
may have the casting vote in the election
of every teacher, principal and other of
ficial of the white schools of Richmond, to
oond net examinations, to inspect, visit and
control trie schools, buch a thing, says
tnat paper, could uot be sat el y done in
Massachusetts, Rhode Inland or in Maine.
No Northern community would submit to
it.
These negroes were appointed by Gov.
uameron in denance ot tnat noble senti
ment of the white race which we all e
tol, merely for political considerations,
merely to carry favor with the negroes
and secure their votes at the polls.
To what low depths will not men de
cend when once they abandon the paths
ot rectitude and yield themselves victims
to unholy ambition. But we do not con
cern ourselves about the instruments
working this grievous wrong. It is the
outrage itself that we wish our people to
lay to heart. It is to warn them that
naturally inevitably such consequences
follow the disorganization of our existing
parties, and it is to remind them that
changes are dangerous, very dangerous
It is the first step that costs, though the
last step may be over the precipice deep
down into unfathomable infamy. Hal.
Uoserver.
Western North Carolina
lbe lumber trade in all of our western
counties is rapidly increasing. Parties
are buying large quantities of poplar and
other timbers in (iraham and Swain coun
ties, and floating it down the Tennessee
river to Chattanooga. They are paying
35 and 40 cents cash for poplars in the
woods. All of our western counties
abound in the finest timbers now on the
continent, and in five years the trade will
be immense.
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x'igeon lviver is rapiaiy growing in im
portance, and has assumed all the charac
teristics of an energetic trade centre. In
the heart of the most fertile valley of the
west, inhabited by intelligent, thriving
people, it bids fair to become not only
Deautuui, but a prosperous community
.mere are goou inewi cnurcnes, a new
seminary in course of erection, six good
stores. Splendid water-power could be
obtained here, and, in time will be utili
zed. Mr Luck keeps a good hotel, where
boarders can find a most comfortable
summer home. Asheville Citizen.
Ferserved Cotton Seed. A new en
a : i ii . .
ierprie, prooaoiy me nrst ot its kind in
the United States, was started in Bates
ville, Miss., about November 1, 1882. A
company, styled the Batesville Manufac
turing Company, has been formed to man
u fact are decorticated cotton seed under
patent tor a process to preserve cotton
y 1 1 mi . ..
neea Kernels, xne process is to lint and
hull the cotton seed, thereby reducing the
doik to one half, making a saving o
freight of 50 per cent, besides the profit
of the lint and using the hulls for fuel for
the engine. The kernels are then crushed
and packed in square boxes by the use o
a steam cylinder. The patentee has been
to England with the product on a smal
scale with success. The com Dan v is male
ing from 8 to 10 tons of this product, be-
siaes ginning cotton and grinding corn
and wheat. Thev intend to shi n In
Europe.
The largest single sale of mules
ever made in the United States took place
at Columbia, Tenn., on Friday last. The
purchaser wan W. B. Leonard, who paid
$185 a head for 155 animals, making an
aggregate of $28,675. They are for use
upon sugar plantations, and will be
brought to Louisiana in August next.
Mr Ridley the owner of tie stock in ques
tion, is said to be the largest raiser in the
country, and Maury county, Tenn., claims
to have the most extensive mule market
In Ue werlcL
1 1mportant Decisions - in Regard to the
State Revenue Law.
The State Treasurer has made the fol-
owing interesting decision:
Raleigh, May 19, 1883.
F.J. Floyd, Esq., Sheriff 'of Robeson co:
"Medicated Bitters" I construe to mean
the patent medicines of that character and
also any bitters composed of alcoholic
iquors and other ingredients prepared by
the druggists selling them.
In territones where the sale ot liquors
is prohibited, liquors cannot be aold in
any quantity, or under any one of the
classes mentioned in sec. 34, schedule B,
of the revenue law.
The following decision is also of spe
cial interest :
Hon. John W. Ellis, WhiteviUetlT. C. :
Dear Sir: Your view of section 34,
schedule B, of the revenue act of 1883,
conforms to my opinion, The section
constitutes four classes of liquor dealers
and four different licenses (a new provision
of our law, inserted at the instance of rep
resentative liquor dealers.)
The first class, by paying f2U per
quarter can sell in quantities less than a
quart, and the dealers ot this class must
be confined to this limit, and not infringe
upon the privilege of the seoond class.
The second class pays 912.50 per
quarter and is restricted to selling in
quantities of one quart and less than five
gallons, and under no circumstances can
these limits be exceeded by selling in any
other quantity.
The third or wholesale class pays $50
per quarter and can sell in quantities ot
five gallons or more and not under that
measure.
The fourth class pays $5 per quarter,
and can under the license sell malt liquors
exclusively in any quantity.
A dealer may however be licensed to
sell in one or more of the above classes if
he chooses to do so by paying the tax re
quired in each.
Southern Presbyterian Assembly.
Lexington, Ky., May 21. The Pres
byterian General Assembly South, met at
9 A. M. The committee on bills and
overtures reported the overtures con
sidered. The overture regarding frater
nal relations was made the order of the
day for Tuesday. The committee re
ported in favor ot the overture that all
correspondence with religious bodies be
carried on by letter and it was made the
second order of the day for Tuesday.
The committee reported on the overture
to change the confession of faith and the
catechism that no changes shall be made
in the confession of faith unless proposed
by two-thirds of the Assembly, approved
by three-fourths of the Presbyteries and
adopted again by two-thirds of the As
sembly. The discussion was made the
order of the day for Wednesday.
The committee reported unfavorably
on the overture proposing a change in the
section touching the education of min
isters, the minority report advocating a
change.
Dr. Lane of Georgia, ottered a substi
tute referring the question back to the
Presbytery. The question was discussed.
A telegram was read from the delegates
to the Northern Assembly stating they
had been enthusiastically received.
The Northern Presbyterian Assembly
met on Monday, the 21st, at Saratoga, N.
Y., and the following telegram - was re
ceived and read :
"Lexington, Ky., May 20. To E. F.
Hatfield, Moderator : The delegation was
received Saturday by the Southern Gen
eral Assembly with unanimity, cordiality
and enthusiasm. .Nothing like it since
our glorious re-union at Pittsburg. Dr.
Rogers, the Moderator, made a response
full of messages of peace and love. Praise
the Lord. S. C. Pmmk."
Great enthusiasm prevailed and the
doxology was sung, all standing.
Immigrants Who would be at
Home in the Cotton and Cane Fields,
Consul Da pont lyle ot xuncbai, in a
recent report to the Department of State,
calls the attention of the people of the
Southern States to the supply of labor
fitted tor cotton and sugar culture, which
is procurable in Madeira. He reports a
large emigration of laborers from, that
densely populated section to the Sand
wicb islands, and says that he is sure
Madeirian peasantry would go much more
willingly to the United States than to the
islands, the American government being
much more popular there, and a shorter
sea voyage being also an inducement. He
says the Madeira peasant is well ac
quainted with the culture of sugar cane,
is industrious, submissive to authority
and not addicted to drunkenness, besides
being constitutionally adapted to a semi
tropical climate.
t5f" One of the oldest Democratic pa
pers, the Doylestown Democrat, says:
"The Democratic party is not now, never
has been in favor of tree-trade. Free-
trade is a fallacy, both impracticable and
impossible. The Democratic party stands
now where it has ever stood on this ques
tion. While it believes the Constitution
only gives uongress power to raise reve
nue for the support of the Government, it
likewise believes, that in laying duties on
foreign imports, within this limit, all pos
sible protection should be given to the
American producer, consistent with a fair
adjustment of those duties. Any other
doctrine is the doctrine of nonsense. If it
be necessary to raise $250,000,000 on im
ports, to pay the expenses of the Govern
ment, every dollar of that goes to protect
the American manufacturer and to tax
the foreign producer. The Democratic
party believe in this doctrine, and will
stand by it. Those who believe differ
ently are not orthodox in the faith.
There is an honest dinerence among men
as to how far the question of protection
may be carried ; but there should be none
upon the point, that no more revenue
should be raised than is necessary to pay
the expenses of an economical govern
ment. Within this range sire the Ameri
can manufacturer and producer all the
protection fair dealing, all round, will
justify. Our manufacturers need a rate
of duties that shall not fluctuate from
year to year. Those who advocate con
stant change, or favor keeping the tariff
in the whirl of party politics, are the ene
mies of Amerioan manufacturers.
g37 The decision of the United States
Supreme Court in the case of the Chicago,
Burlington and Qoincy Railway Company
vs. the btate of Illinois is strictly in ac
cordance with the principle that no cor
poration can rise superior to the authority
from which it receives its corporate ex
istence. Indianapolis Journal.
English farmers are thinking of
competing in tobacco culture with this
country that is if their landlords and
government will let them.
$ao Dbartotto Iobo and ieaoeV
N. C. NEWS. V
The N. C. Methodist Conference
will assemble in States ville. November
28th, 1883, and Bishop Keener will pre
side. Charlotte District Conference.
Rev. to. L. Wood, P. E.t informs us that
the District Conference will be held at
Pineville, July 12th to 15 embracicg
third Sunday.
The barn of Mr David Hyatt, of
Pleasant Valley, was burnt last Sunday
night with most of its contents. Loss
$1,000, no insurance. The fire was the
work of an incendiary.
On Wednesday of last week, a
young lady, a Mrs Campbell, aged 18
years, living near Cherry Mountain in
Rutherford county, committed suicide by
drowning.
It is estimated that the North
western connection over the Western N.
C. Railroad will yield that road a revenue
of $60,000 per mile. This will do for a
boom.
Vfaj. Wilson blazed a hole through
Cowee tunuel last Saturday. The tunnel
is 1,800 feet long and is a 'splendid piece
of engineering. The road is graded hi
miles beyond, leaving only a three mile
gap to Cbarlestown, Swain county.
Mr J. Harvey Wilson, Jr., has
about one hundred acres of wheat which
up to the middle of last week was fine and
the prospect good, but in the past four
days, the red rust has made rapid pro
gress, though connned to the blade. (xas
tonia Gazette.
We have before us a lock of very
fine, silky wool measuring twelve inches
in length which was sheared by Mr James
P. Mullen, ot Iron station from a year
old lamb. The lamb is a cross between
our domestic stock and the Southdown.
Lincoln Press.
12?" We have been shown a Bible
printed in 1615, now in possession of Mr
J. H. McElwee, of this place, that indi
cates the ancient style of printing as well
as spelling, somewhat different from the
present day. ror instance, sin is "sinne'
with s added tor plural: persons, "per-
sonne," fcc. Statesville American.
We learn that there was some
front in exDosed localities early yesterday
morning, and one farmer, who lives about
five miles from the city, states that some
ot his cotton was nipped slightly, but not
enough to do any material damage. We
knew that it was cold, but bad no idea
until he told us of the fact that it was
cold enough for a frost. Wil. Review
May 18 h.
i3f A little boy 4 or 5 years old, the
son ot a Mr Wm. Hefner, one of our citi
zens, fell into the fire on last Friday morn
ing and was so severely burned as to cause
his death in 12 or 15 hours. It was sup
posed he fainted and thus fell into the
fire. As an evidence of the terrible con
sequences of a burn, this little fellow
seized a red hot oven lid in his mouth,
and when pulled out of the fire, held on to
the lid until! his mother forcibly wrested
it from his mouth. Lenoir Topic.
KT- W If urn that the Western N. C.
R. R. Company have succeeded in making
arrangements with the Tennessee and
Western lines by which they secure
throacrh connections for freight and pat-
senger service to any part of the west and
northwest, on terms which give them the
advantages of a fair competition with all
other routes. This route will be known
as the French Broad route, and the pas
senger schedule will go into effect on the
4ih ot June. Salisbury Watchman.
Dr Hilliard had a lively chase af
ter one of the mild lunatics who was out
with the keepers taking an airing last
Tuesday, and who concluded to take a
little run. He made bis way to the depot
ud thence down the railroad towards
Hickory for nearly half a mile, before he
was captured aud taken back to the Asy
lum. The fruit crop of this Beasou
promise to exceed any we have had for
years. The peach trees are greatly over
loaded and unless part ot the truit is re
moved, many of them will be broken down
beneath the weight. Morganton Moun
taineer.
Go Slow. A party purporting to rep
resent a St. Louis firm, was here yester
day for the purpose of making arrange
ments to buy the stock of Iredell county
in the Atlantic lennessee & Ohio Rail
road. .The county holds $60,000 of this
stock in shares ot $50 each. We under
stand this gentleman is authorized to of
fer $17.50 per share lor the stock 35 per
cent, of its face value. We trust the com
missioners will think once or twice before
they accept any such proposition. There
is a speculation on foot. The stock is
worth more than is offered for it, else it
would not be in demand at this figure.
Statesville Landmark.
Carolina Central Railroad. The
annual election of officers of the Carolina
Central Railroad was held in Wilmington
last week, the entire stock of the company
being represented. The old Board of Di
rectors was re-elected, and subsequently
Col. John M. Robinson was re-elected
President, and Mr John H. Sharp Secre
tary of the company. The Board of Di
rectors as re-elected, is as follows: C. M.
Steadman of Wilmington: JohnM. Robin
son, J. S. Wbedbee, J. L. Minnis, Severn
Eyere and R. C. Hoffman of Baltimore ;
David W. Oates of Charlotte; R. S.
Tucker and J. C. Winder ot Raleigh ; M.
P. Leak of Wadesboro ; W. W. Chamber
laine. Wilmington Review.
Suicide. Intelligence reached here last
night from Mebanesville that an old man
by the name of Hugh Kilpatrick was found
in the woods near that place yesterday
banging to the limb of a tree. When
discovered he was stone dead. The de
ceased was subject to mental aberration,
and in one of these fits he took bis lite.
The suicide seems to have been deliber
ately planned and executed. A piece of a
plow line had been procured and the knot
where it was tied around the neck showed
that it had been carefully adjusted so as
to produce instant strangulation. The
body was cut down, and after being
viewed by a coroners jury, was buried
The deceased formerly lived near Mc-
Leansville, in this county.- Greensboro Pa
triot.
An Important Decision. Washing
ington, May 21. lbe court of claims to
day decided in the case of Lawton, of S.
C, vs the United States, that the Govern
ment is liable for the amount bid by the
commissioners under direct tax laws at
their sales in excess of the tax penalty,
interest and cost, lhis is one of the sev
eraltest cases brought by Mr Earle of
Washington to obtain a construction of
the court upon the statute and the decis
ion is regarded as great importance to
claim ota.
N. C. Supreme Court DecisionsA
Spring Term, 1883. T
Williamson vs. Kerr. A clerk is liable
to the penalty of $100 for failure to issue
execution on a judgment (rendered upon
a debt contracted since May, 1865,) with
in six weeks of its rendition. The con
vention ordinance of 1866 does not repeal
the act of 1850, which provides the reme
dies for the recovery of such ' debts.
Whether it is repealed as to debts con
tracted prior to May, 1865 Quaere.
Trexler vs. Newnnm. 1. An ininnc-
tion grauled before ' the issuing of the
summons in the action is premature.
2. A motion in the cause will not lie
where the Druceedinor dhows there were
two separate judgmeuts constituting dis
tinct causes oi action, as it cannot be seen
to which the motion is applicable.
State vs. Lanier. 1. Where an excen-'
tion is contained in the same clause of the '
act creatine the nfTvn the indictment
B j
must show negatively that the defendant
oes not come within tne exception. . :
2. Hence an indictment for embezzle
ment under Bat. Rev., chap. 32, sec. 16,
must aver that th defendant id not an
apprentice or within the age of 18 years ;
and if drawn under section 136 of same
chapter it must be averred that he is not
n apprentice or uuder the age ot 16.
The statute makes, the offence a felony,
punishable as in a case of larceny.
State vs. Jones. 1. A plea as in abate
ment, or a motion to quash after plea of
"not guilty" entered, is only allowed at
the discretion of the Court.
2. The standing aside of jurors to the
end of the panel in the trial of capital
felouies where the prisoners challenges
are not exhausted before the 'Murors stood
aside" are tendered, is the recognized
practice in this State.
3. A Justices warrant tor larceny,
which describes the offence with sufficient
precision to apprise the accused of the
charge, is good, though defective in form,
and will protect the officer who executes it.
4. But in cases determinable before a
Justice the warrant is the "indictment"
and must set out the facts constituting
the offence with certainty.
5. A regular officer is bound to obey a
warrant directed to him, if it is fur an of
fence within the jurisdiction of the Jus
tice (either to bind over or try the party);
aud a special officer is equally protected
by the law when he executes such war
rant, though not bound to obey it, nor
sworn as special officer.
6. The prisoner under the circum
stances of this case is guilty of murder in
slaying the officer specially appointed to
execute the warrant, the same being read
to the prisoner, who was also informed
that the arrest was made under its au
thority. State vs. White. 1. The act of 1879,
chap. 12, authorizing the foreman of the
grand jury to swear witnesses to be ex
amined before it, does not withdraw the
authority from the clerk of the Court.
2. In passing upon the matter of excep
tion the Court by inspection of the en
rolled act in the office of the Secretary of
State found that the word "duly" in the
printed act should be read "only."
State vs. Jennett. 1. When the de
fendant is apprehended immediately after
the larceny, with the stolen goods in his
possession, it is a violent presumption ol
his having stolen them, aud the Court
should instruct the jury that in law he is
guilty.
2. When he is found in possesion some
time after the larceny, and refuses to ac
count therefor, it is a probable presump
tion, and a question of tact for the jury.
3. But when he is not found in posses
sion recently after the loss (here 18
months,) it is a light or rash presumption,
and not sufficient to warrant conviction,
unless the attending circumstances tend
to implicate the defends ut in the larceny
as when he makes false statements in
respect of his possession.
Stale vs. Johnson. If the defendant
did not make the tracks, who did ? If he
did not make them and they were made
by another, the defendant ought to show
it." Held, that these remarks of the
Solicitor, on a trial lor larceny when there
was proof that the tracks about the
premises corresponded with those made
by the defendant at another time and
place, were not objectionable especially
when the exception was taken after ver
dict. In re Lewis. 1. The jurisdiction of
Ulerks ot the superior Court, in the an
pointment of guardians of infants, tfec,
does not extend to a case where the pen
tioner asks for the custody of a child who
had been placed by its mother under the
control of another.
2. The Court intimate that a mother
cannot make a disposition of her child so
as to confer upon another the right to its
custody and control.
3. The correctness of the decision in
Jordan vs. Coflield, 70 N. C, 110, doubted.
Jones vs. Commissioners. 1. The board
of county commissioners is not such a judi
cial tribunal that its decision in passing
upon claims against the county can be re
viewed on appeal. The proper remedy to
lest the validity of a rejected claim is by
civil action.
2. Appeals from the decision of the
board acting under the provisions bf the
revenue law are recognized by the act of
1881, chap. 117, sec. 24.
3. A controversy without action must
be submitted to a court which would have
had jurisdiction if the action bad been
commenced by summons; and it must
also appear by affidavit that the same is
real and in good faith.
Perkins vs. Perkins. 1. In divorce for
alleged adultery neither the husband nor
the wife is a competent witness; nor shall
the admissions of either be received as evi
dence to prove the fact.
2. Evidence of the physical condition of
the party with whom the adultery is al
leged to have been committed was proper
ly excluded where no acts of intimacy bad
been shown.
Gordon vs. Gordon. 1. Condonation is
forgiveness with a condition, that is to
say, the offence is forgiven if the delin
quent will abstain from the commission of
a like offence afterwards and treat the
forgiving party with conjugal kindness.
2. Where a separation takes place on
account of the cruel treatment of the hus
band and the wife returns upon the
promises of better treatment on his part ;
Held, that his subsequent cruelty operates
as a reviver of the original offence.
3. The amount of the alimony is dis
cretionary with the court below.
Wiley against Lineberry. A certiorari
will be granted as a matter of right,
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nncic 11 appeals -vuav nic i jjlcujiu uuo.
been deprived of his appeal by , tibvfaies
on his part, but by the conduct of the. op
posing party as shown here. '
2. The court suggest that it any diffi
culty arises in procuring a statement ''of
the case parties should cause the record
proper to' be filled and the case docketed
so that they may be in a position to ask
the aid of the court in perfecting theap
peal without delay.
Hornthal against Insurance Co. The
plaintiff applicant for an ..insurance made
approximate estimate, from memory, of
amounts of insurance then existing on the
property, to ' the defendant company's
agent, who reported a definite sum to the
company ; the agent had authority. lo act
upon verbal statements, and a policy was
issued ; Held that the representation was
not false, and that plaintiff is uot responsi
ble for the error of the agent in his report
to the company.
2. The agent's actual knowledge of the
additional insurance in this case is in law
the knowledge of the principil, and a
waiver of the requirement prohibiting
other insurance without the written con
sent of the company.
Gill aerainst You n sr. vVhere pleadings
are amended by permitting a delendant
lo make a case against his co-delendants,
involving a change of the subject matter
of the original ouit, it amounts to bringing
a new action on his prt, anl the deleml
ants cannot be restricted in their pleas,
but may Net up any legal delence, as a
matter of right.
Scroggs against Alexandcr.-A certiorari
will not be granted, first, where the agree
ment to waive the code-rule ol making
case is oral and denied by either party ;
or secondly, where the terms thereof are
to be decided by " conflicting affidavits
except where the waver can be shown bv
the affidavits of the appellee, rejecting
those of the appellant.
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Rules Governing Fi'St, Second, and Third
Class Postage.
An oblong article, enclosed in a tiglnly
fitting wrapper of white cloth, with the
seams neatly stitched, was received at
the office of the New York Sun on Tues
day. It was evidently a potato, and waj
snugly tied outside the cloth wrapper
with stout cord, "over which postage
stamps to the value of nine cents, rather
more than st cond-clasa postage, had bten
placed.
The potato was received with several
additional stamps, indicating that - addi
tional postage to the amount ol thirty-six
cents would be required on delivers.
Officials at the Post Office decided lha
the tight stitching of its wrapper Hindi
the article subject to letter postage. In
addition to this it was sai l that the
placing of the stamps over the cord with
which the article was tied would alone
have made it subject to letter postage.
Assbtant Postmaster James Gay lor said
yesterday :
"Local authorities have no'discrelion iu
such cases. Their belief that an article i.s
all right is ot no importance,-; and they
cannot open it to ascertain. If the party
to whom it is addresstd is dissatisfied he
can refuse the package and write to the
First Assistant Postmaster-General (Di
vision of Postal Law and Keg til at. ions,)
who may open the package, and, 'it all
right, send it to the party to whom it is
addressed." "
"Many persons, especially those living
at remote points, are ignorant of the
rulings of the Post Office Department,"
ihe reporter said, "and their local :posi
masters are little if any better inlot iiK-i.
They are continually liable, through tail
ing to enclose an aiticle properly, to have
their enclosures lost by being sent to the
Dead Letter Office. I Ins ruling
eS-
pecially discriminates against the po .i
and ignorant."
"The depaitment could hardly give
Postmasters generally the power to ex
amine packages which are improperly
wrapped. At smaller offices the. Post
masters could not sately be iuti usted with
this power, for they are not always the
most intelligent ol men. The intent ot
the law aud rulings is that the wrapping
may be easily removed lor .purposes o!
examination from all secoud-cias.t ruutLcr."
"Do not packages which are so wrapped
escape examination ?"
"Not at the delivery office, if the Post
master properly performs his duty." V-i-examine
packages lor delivery closely,
and open all that appear doubtful."
"You cannot remove the wrappers from
newspapers which are tightly lolded lo
ascertain if they contain writing?"
"We can generally from those which
are not wrapped at publication offices,
where there would be no motive to en
close writing. If a stamp rests on both
wrapper and newspaper it becomes sub
ject to letter postage. Many believe that
printed matter may be enclosed at news
paper rates in sealed envelopes, provided
they are notched at the ends or have the
corners cut. Such is not the case. They
are liable to letter postage, 13 y the ruling
all sealed packages, except packages of
seeds in transparent envelopes ai.d pack
ages bearing internal revenue stamps ; ail
packages sewed up except in-ihe case of
seeds, where the absence of other matter
can be ascertained by feeling ; all pack
ages in any way so closed against in
spection that their contents cannot be
fully ascertained without ' breaking the
seal or without undue delay in opening;
are subject to first-class postage." JV. 1
Sun. .
The Syracuse Herald asks us to
believe that a pine floor laid in a gold
worser s shop in ten years becomes worth
one hundred ami fifty dollars per foot. A
Syracuse jeweler once bought for less
than fifty dollars some sweepings thav
gave two hundred and eight dollars worth
of gold. A tub inniie cellar, into which
is blown the dust from a polishing lathe,
accumulates fifty dollars a year. A work
man in his shop, carried off on the tip of
his moistened fiugers thirty dollars of fil
ings in a few weeks. Workmen some
times oil their hair and then rub their
fingers through it, leaving a deposit of
gold particles, which they afterwards wash
out.
The Michigan Legislature has en
acted that no certificate shall be granted
any person to teach in the schools of
Michigan who shall not pass satisfactory
examination after September 1, 1SS4, in
physiology and hygiene, with: particular
reference to theffectsot alcoholic drinks,
stimulants, and narcotics upon the human
system. ,
JSP" A Connecticut man, has stormed a
prairie-dog town in the VTest and captured
the animals for their skin, which made
into gloves, rival the finest kid.
$12,000 cotton seed oil mill is
' being erected in Alexander, Texas.
Vr . " - - 1 .
r. 1. r QtOtD
It is evident that mere u -rr.
Kt i4ni-o in the average as regards
and trice, i ) At
n resent the prospect- is v"" f---5o.
of the State with reference tothese
crops will be about the same as that ol
i ... Th area Dlanted u corn lias
we arelad tonotebeennderaWy
creased.
In tobacco there will be a heavy falling
off for the reports showing a decrease em
brace all the tobacco producing counties.
This is due to a cause which cannot, now
he remedied, the destruction of plants by
ti.o ilv of which complaints are very
pronounced. ,
Area of crops, 1883, as reported from
seventy counties to the Department ot
Agriculture: ,
Cotton. Thirteen counties" report an
average increase of 16 per ceut ; .sixteen
counties report an average decrease of 17
per cent ; twenty-four counties report the
same as last year.
Wheat. Twenty-seven counties report
an average increase of 17 per cent : twen
ty counties report an average decrease of
15 per cent;' twenty-one counties report
the iarn as.laat year. '
Oats. Nineteen counties report an
average increase of 20 ptr cent; eighteen
counties report an average decrease of 15
per cent j tweuty-seven counties the same
as last year.'
IIyk. Four counties report an average
increase of 12 per cent ; six counties re
port an average decrease of 14 percent.
Rice. Eight counties report an aver
age increase of 22 per cent; six counties
report an average decrease of 11 per cent ;
thirty-two couuties report the eame as
last year. '
Cokn. Thirty-live counties report an
average increase ot 15 per cent; four
counties report an average decrease of 10
percent; thirty-two counties report the
-ame as last year.
Tobacco. Reports from twenty-five
couuties indicate a decrease of 25 per
o-nt; twenty counties report the same as
hist year.
Removal of a piece of steel from
the interior chamber of the eye by a mag
net : Dr George Reuling, of Baltimore,
the well known Occuhst and Aurist,: re"
moved, last week, a piece of sttel from the
interior chamber of the eye of Mr G. He
lene, by the introduction of a pointed
powerful magnet. The steel had been
lodged in the corner and pushed by the
constant endeavors. of a physician to ex
tricate it into the interior chamber, from
where the doctor removed it by inserting
the magnet in the slightly enlarged
wound.
A Philadelphia company has pur
chased a farm in Accomac county, Va.,
which in to be devoted to the raising of
geese, so as to secure a supply of feathers
lor. making pillows and down quills. It is
proposed to begin with 2,000 geese and
to increase the number, to 10,000 as 60on
as the necessary arrangements can be per
f cted.
A French investigator, who has a
taste for the curious in science, has re
cently made a series of experiments lo
test the strength of insects as compared
with the strength of other creatures. He
finds that in proportion to its size a bee
can pull thirty times as much weight as a
horse.
SilT" On April 30, a fleet of one hundred
ships, laden with grain, sailed from Chi
cago, stretching for miles across the lake,
and it has just passed through Detroit
lliver, on its voyage to the East, laden
ith 5,000,000 bushels of grain valued at
$3,500,000. Two thousand sailors man the
vessels which compose the fleet.
SPRING STOCK.
We are daily rtceiving Novelties in Dress
Goods, Src, and when our Stock is complete we
will show you the Prettiest and Bett Selected
Stock to be setn in Charlotte.
Come in and look at our beautiful stock of
Parasols.
We have the most complete line of White
Goods and TrimmiDgs ever shown in Charlotte.
We are determined to have the Prettiest Stock
of Goods brought to Charlotte this Season, and
cordially invite you to inspect it belore buying.
T. L. SEIGLE & CO.
March 9, 1883.
W 1 1 OL ES ALE DEPA RTMENT
OF
ELIAS & COHEN.
ALL
NEW GOODS.
Having disposed of our old Stock, we now
offer an immense Stock of Fresh
Dry Goods,
Notions,
Clothing,
Gents' Furnishing Goods, Carpels, Boots, Shoes
and Hats. All new and the latest styles. Don't
fail to examine our goods and prices before
buying.
ELIAS & COHEN.
E. J. HALE & SON,
PUBLISHERS,
Booksellers and Stationers,
GO and G8 Reade Street, NEW YORK,
Invi.e orders for School, Miscellaneous and Stan
aard Books, aud for all kinds of Staple Station-
WRITINO PAPERS-Cap, Letter Note and
other sizes.
BLANK BOOKS, of all Grades.
ENVELOPES, all sizes and colors and quali
ties. SCHOOL SLATES, beat quality, all sizes.
Slute and Lail Pencils, Pens, Inks, Mucilage
&c.
Feb 18.18&3 E. J. HALE & SON.
FIRE AND LIFE
INSURANCE AGENCY,
Established in 1854.
NOW REPRESENTING
ROYAL, ... j
LION30N& LANCAST'a English Companies.
Georgia Ho
m e
Virginia Fire and M ,
"Niagara," Rochester German.
" Insurance Company of North America."
E. NYE HUTCHISON,
' Agext,
Office corner of College and 4th Streets.
Feb. 10. 1883.
tt ri .
Charlotte, N. C.
i tCbrnnarativA flnttnn
' uuement '
The following is the cotton 8ts.tl
iui ncca. ciii lug IVlay 17.
1883.
Net receipts at all U. S. ports
18 6
Total receipts to this date, 5 737 V .
Exports for the week, 40 4M '
Total exports to this date, - 4 266 flu?
Stock at all U.S. ports, 559 fl 3 509fi8
tpw
Stock at Liverpool, - r " 960000 -nS'0
Stock of American afloat for ' .OOO
Great Britain? .:; 185,000
Total Net Receipts of Cotton.
lne following are the total nt'.
... it
67,810; New York, 149,263; Z?
ivd,u; i ruviuenee, iz,42; I'hilaaeU?
OK KT. Waul Ttf 01.I (Icn. T-
i"1"! , -,uu; munswiot
5,508; Port Royal, 19,320; PensacoltV
481; City Point, 3,794; Indianola u?
total, 5,737,255. - ' ' 'i
Total Visible Supply of Cotton?.
The total visible supply of cotton fn.
the world is 2,931,860 bales, of which ?
104,660 are American,against 2,617,5jSlli
1,630,469 respectively last year. Receipt
at all interior towns, 23,165; from panu
lions, 29,905. Crop in sight 6,747,469
New York Cotton Futures.
: The Post's cotton report says There
being more sellers than buyers, the future
deliveries market has been weak and de
clining, and at the first call, June, JUT
and August lost 10-100, September 7-ioJ
later months 4 to 2-100. Subsequent.'
there was.au additional loss of 4-iOo
regards the leading market, but 3-100 waj
recovered b-fore the third call. At tie
third call June "brought 10.95, July iggj
August 10.90, October 10.25, November
10.16. May was offered at 10.96, Decea
ber 10.18, January 10.26.
NEW SPRING STYLES!
We have now ready our usual large and if
tractive tetcck of MILLINERY for the
Spring and Summer Trade.
Hats, Bonnets, liibhons, Laces, Flowm
Feathers, Ornaments, Silks, Satins, Crepes, 4t
in all the new tUs, colors and qualities and
will constantly add to our stock all the Noveltia
in the line dnihijr the staton as soon as they ap.
pear in New York.
We carry the largest and most complete stoi
of Millinery Goods iu the State. -
Also, the most complete assortment of Hosierr,
Gloves, Laces, Embroideries, Trimmings, Corses
and all kinds of NOTIONS and
FANCY DRY GOODS
To be found in the city. Our new Parasolsjotf
received, the finest stock in the city at the low
est prices.
We sell Goods for cash and have no credit
prices.
Mrs. P. QtEEY.
April 6, 1883.
Hair and Tooth Brushes.
We have jus-t received a very fine stock of
Hair Brushes and Tooth Brushes.
Ii. H. JORDAN & CO.
SPECIAL NOTICE!
We Have
ALREADY PLACED
i.
OUR SPRING OHMM
With our Manufacturers for our Spring Stock ot
Boots,
Shoes,
Hats,
Trunks,
and Valises,
Which will be more complete and varied tin
ever before.
3T We tend-r thanks to our Friends d
Patrons for their liberal patronage (luring tk
past year, and hope to merit a continuance i
their favor. Respectfully,
PEGRAM & CO.
Feb. 16, 1 88:3.
Tate Springs Water.
We are agents for Tate SpriEgs Water. K?
a fresh supply on hand in barrels or less
R. H. JORDAN & CO,
Tryon street
BURGESS NICHOLS,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
FURNITURE, BEDDING, it
I have now in Store a well selected stock
bracing everything found in a
First-class Furniture Store,
c?..i. ti A T1. Snita LODBl
Tet-a-Tets. Whatnots, Marble and Woodw
Tables, Dining Tab es, WasUstanas,
Wardrcbcs, Book Cases, &c.
CHAIRS of all kinds and cheap
at prices to suit the times.
I respectfully solicit a shure of patronage
ALSO,
COFFINS of all "grades kept on Land refr
made. -'
Nb'.t West Trade Street .
Jan 19, 182 Charlotte,-
A. A. GASTON,
DEALER IN
Stoves, Tin-Ware
And House Furnishing Goaih
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
He keeps the largest stock of Stover tfij
Ware ever offered in this market.
will be pnid to any party that ever soianni
or heavi-r Stove than the "Barley Sbeai.
sold the "Barley Sheaf" for eleven years.
Call at my Store under Central Uoteiow
and examine my stock.
W Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware """"JSrf.
rder, and all Repairing promptly 0j.
;b 1. 183. . A. A. GA'
to orde
Feb
DAILY ARRIVALS.
Call aud jcet some of the STOCKl'G
to i ake 30U t nc of those
Jersey Jackets,
Something New' and Comfortable.
the Goods to make them in Black ana v
DURING THE WEEK
We will have some Special Things to tfjj t
BL; Diive iu all classes of Goods.
si e us
T. L. SEIGLE
4 CO-
April 27, 1863
Potatoes.
EASTERN YAMS and n
. LOUISIANA CHOK
March 23, 1883.
Fine Toilet Soaps
In profusion at T. C. SMITH'S
Wholesale and retail.
I
nf Aftt.tnn at. all t hA nnrto da. c 'V
1, 1882: Galveston, 804,510 bales-Ln
leans, l,609,:i3;MobiIe, 307,733:Saan2!'
797,196; Charleston, 563,278- Wilm"
ton, 128,035; Norfolk, 772,484: R,!,;