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CHARLOTTE. N. U.
The Cash Difficulties in South Carolina.
The accounts we published last week of
the trouble in Chesterfield county, S. C,
with Col. E. B. C. Cash and his sou V.
13. Cash, on one side and the good citizens
and officers oi the law on the other, ended
with the statement that Col. Cash was
confined in Jail at Columbia.
A habeas corpus was sued out for Col.
"Cash, and he was carried before Chief
Justice Simpson for examination on the
13th iust. From newspaper reports we
copy the result :
Columbia, March 13. In the Supreme
Court to-day, before Chief Justice Simp
son, a return to the writ of habeas corpus
in the case of E. B. C. Cash, charged with
being accessory to the fact of the murder
of Town Marshal Richards, at Cberaw,
was heard. Attorney-General Miles sub
mitted papers and depositions tending to
prove (Jol. Cash an accessory belore the
fact also, and therefore amenable to the
same laws governing felony as principal.
Gov. Thompson was the first witness put
upon the stand and he gave an exhaustive
narrative of his successive steps in the
matter of Cash's arrest, when other addi
tional affidavits were submitted. As
bearing upon the actual details of the
crime, the following extracts are inter
esting: Sheriff P. P. Spofford made affidavit be
fore Trial Justice John M. McQueen that
on the occasion of his visit to Col. Cash's
house to arrest Boggan Cash, Col. Cash
made to him these remarks : "Col. Cash
said if anybody struck him over the head
like Richards did Boggan, be would shoot
him, and did not blame his son for shoot
ing Richards. Col. Cash told me that he
was making preparations himselt to come
up to shoot Richards when his son re
turned. The Colonel said if Richards did
not die that he would kill him. That he
(Col. Cash) had heard that a posse was
coming down from Cheraw to arrest
Boggan, and if they did some of them
would get hurt. That there was a ring at
Cheraw that had been working against
him and his son and he would like to get
a pop at them." 9
Henry A. Wilson made affidavit that a
day or two before Richard's death Col.
Cash told him (Wilson) that he would
"give Richards until Saturday to die, and
if he did not die by that time he would
kill him." Ho heard Col. Cash say the
same day : "If any man offers a reward
for my son I will double the reward for
him." He heard him say at the same
time: "If this thing is pushed further I
will put Cheraw in ashes." He heard the
Colonel say "It was the best deed his son
ever did." Ho said: "I never would
have thought anything of my son if he
had not shot Richards." He also heard
Col. Cash say the same day : "If Sheriff
Spofford or any official could catch his son
his son would surrender, but if a company
came from Cheraw or any where else
my son and myself will fight them till
we die."
J. D. Harden made affidavit as follows :
I first saw W. B. Cash on the day he shot
. Richards going into the telegraph office.
A few minutes later I came out and went
into the drug store where I was sitting.
He remained a few minutes in front of the
drug store in conversation, and then went
inside the drug store. Just before he
went in the drug store a boy rode up on a
horse and gave him a note, which he read,
and remarked that he would attend to it,
and tore the note up. I left Brock's cor
ner; stopped some thirty feet from the
drug store and was at that point passed
by W. B. Cash. Did not see him again
until after the firing of the three shots.
John J. Sundy made affidavit: I was
at Dr. Clayton's store at Cash's Depot
on the Saturday evening when Boggan
came from Cheraw. When Boggan came
back from Cheraw he asked "Is father in?"
Some one in the crowd answered yes.
Then Col. E. B. C. Cash ran out, and
Boggan said : "I have killed the damn
raBcal !" The Colonel hugged and kissed
Boggan, and said, "My son, you have
saved me the trouble of going up to
Cheraw to kill him myself." Boggan said
to his father: "I was not running from
the town, but only hurried down to keep
you from going up on the train, as I had
gotten your note saying that you were
coming up." The Colonel then asked his
son if he was certain Richards was dead ?
Boggan said: "He ia dead. I missed
him the first shot and the second shot he
fell, then I stepped up a step or two and
shot him again after he fell. Then I ran
down the street until I met the negro with
my horse." About that time William
Grant and A. J. Ellerbee rode up in a
buggy from Cheraw. Young Cash caught
a rifle in his hand and the Colonel pulled
out his pistol, and the two Cashes ran to
meet the buggy. Seeing it was
two friends the Colonel and his son walked
alongside the buggy to the store. The
Colonel then asked whether Richards was
dead ? The men that came in the buggy
answered, "No." ' The Colonel said:
I'The d d rascal had better die by morn
ing. If he does not I will go up and kill
him myself in the morning and the doctor
that is working on him." The Colonel
then hugged his son and kissed him sev
eral times again, and Baid "My 6on, it is
the noblest act of your life. I thought
you, my son, would die a drunkard." W.
B. Cash replied: "I am a drunkard, but
I can't help that. I expect they will be
down from Cheraw to arrest me." Colo
nel said : "I wish they would come down
for I want to gut about half of Cheraw."
The Colonel then put a negro boy on the
horse that W. B. Cash rode from Cheraw
and sent him to Wyn's shop after a six
teen shooter rifle. The two Cashes then
went into a store to get a drink.
The Chief Justice, after reviewing the
case, announced that he would fix the
bail at $2,500, and it being immediately
given, Col. Cash was allowed his liberty.
NothiDg later has been heard from Bog
gan, and it is presumed that he is still in
the swamps.
1W The Selma (Ala.) Times is not in
a hurry to take up the superannuated
politician of New York as the candidate
for the Democracy. It says and with
propriety and an insight into the situation :
"The assumption that if Tilden is a can
didate he can get the nomination for the
asking, is partly gratuitous and partly
well founded on his wide-spread popularity
in many strong Democratic States. Be
fore the party rushes into the arms of any
one man his competency ought to be
fully discussed and clearly proved. That
Mr. Tilden was once fully capable admits
of no doubt. That he is now . unable
and unfit for the arduous duties of the
Presidential office has been testified to by
numbers of the most eminent men in the
country.
The Hand-Writing.
The abolishment of Slavery killed the
Goose that laid the Golden Egj.
From the Wilmington Beview. -
The growth of the cotton manufactur
ing interest in the South is wonderlul,
and when we take into consideration the
fact that the same industry at the North
is depressed and with a fearfully gloomy
outlook for the future, it affords good rea
son for satisfaction and pride at the pro
gress we have made, and establishes,
what we have always maintained, that
the proper place to manufacture cotton
goods is right where the staple grows.
While factories have been suspended at
the North, or worked on short time, and
the wages of the operatives have been re
duced to starvation wages, the same in
dustry has prospered here to an astonish
ing degree. In our own State the increase
of capital iu the . business since 1982 has
been immense. On the first of June of
that year, there were in this State 1,960
looms and 102,767 spindles, engaged in
the manufacture of cotton goods. At the
commencement of the present year there
were 3,543 looms and 213,362 spindles en
gaged in the same business; a gain of
1,583 looms and 110,595 spindles. Dur
ing that time forty-three new mills have
been put in operation, and there are many
more now in course of construction, some
of which are nearly completed. This as
tonishing increase, which is nearly as
large in many of the other Southern
States, is having its legitimate effect upon
the same industry in those sections where
it has heretofore held entire control. In
speaking of this matter, a dispatch from
New York to the Louisville Journal says :
"To-day brings the first emphatic and
disastrous proof that the establishment of
cotton mills in the South, at the home of
the raw material, will drive the cotton
mills of New England into bankruptcy.
The growing losses of the Eastern manu
facturers culminated yesterday when the
operatives at Fall River, 30,000 strong,
were called to decide between discharge
or ruinous reductions in wages. Under
the proposed reduction it was shown that
the men would be unable to make more
than $8 per week."
The meeting of the operatives alluded to
above was largely attended ; the situation
was fairly discussed and many important
facts were collected, one of which was
that since 1873 the wages of operatives in
the mills of that city had been reduced 41
per cent and in only on.3 instance had a
reduction been restored.
In discussing this question a few days
since, a cotton dealer from Georgia said
to a correspondent of the Courier-Journal:
"I am not at all surprised at the result,
and my only wonder is that we have not
heard of it Booner. It is a simple eco
nomic problem, which any one can under
stand. So long as New England had a
monopoly of cotton mills of this country it
made no difference to that section how
much they had to pay in way of freight to
get the raw material in their possession.
How considerable an item this was did
not appear until the cotton mills were
started on the ground where the cotton
grows, and with the same facilities for
perfect work. Only one result was inevi
table. By degrees the New England men
have been driven from point to point by
this competition, until now they are prac
tically out of the field. Until the cotton
prints of the South were made we stood
no Bhow with Manchester, but now we
are driving English goods out of the Chi
nese, Japanese and Australian ports. It
looks to me as if this was the end of the
New England cotton goods."
How Hicks Pasha was Lost.
Singidar account of the battle of Kashqill.
The following somewhat apocryphal ac
count of the defeat of Hicks .Pasha is pub
lished in the Paris Journal des Debats :
"The latest information which has reached
Cairo recardinff the disaster of Hicks
Pasha's army is so singular and so very
tragic that it could at first be hardly be-
be lieved possible. 13ut it is now con
firmed by so large a number ot trust
worthy witnesses that it is no longer pos
sible to doubt the fact. It was not the
Mahdi who conquered Hicks Pacha; the
latter and his men perished in an intestine
struggle, victims of an error which threw
Egyptians against Egyptians. The Mahdi
and his bands only took a secondary part
in the battle. They only arrived in time
to increase the butchery and reap the
fruits of victory. This is what happened.
You know that a conflict has arisen be
tween Gen. Hicks and his Egyptian col
league, Aladdin 1 acha. lhe first wanted
to march directly on El Obeid ; the second
proposed to follow the hilly route a more
difficult road, but a safer one, and which
offered the advantage of allowing the
troops to rest during the day near the
Melbass wells before attacking El Obeid.
The rumor was spread that in consequence
ot this rupture Aladdin Pasha had aban
donded Gen. Hicks, with part of the army,
and hopes were long entertained that he
had been saved. Alas; this separation
was destined, on the contrary, to become
the cause of the ruin of the Egyptians and
of tne loss ot tne boudan. lhe two Gen
erals having found it impossible to come
to an understanding, it was resolved that
each should take the road that be consid
ered best, and that in the eveut of one of
the corps being attacked by the enemy
the other would hasten to its rescue,
This plan was carried out.
Aladdin Pasha reached the mountain,
while Hicks Pasha marched straight to
ward El Obeid. Both corps were passed
by soldiers of the Mahdi, who, without
giving battle, harassed them incessantly
on the flanks. The troops had left toward
midday. At midnight sharp firing was
heard in the direction of the mountain,
Hicks Pasha at once ordered his men to
advance and support Aladdin Pasha. It
was pitch dark. The sharp-shooters fired
without knowing what they were about,
After an hour's hurried march the troops
reached the middle of the mountain. The
vanguard announced that all the heights
were occupied by the enemy. Suddenly
a shower of bullets fell on the army. A
part took to flight, while the other stood
firm. The fighting continued desperately
until daylight appeared, when a horrible
spectacle presented itself. Hicks Pasha's
troops were almost annihilated, and at the
top of the hill the Egyptian uniforms
were in sight. Aladdin Pa6ha and Hicks
Pasha's troops had been butchering each
other ever since midnight. The central
column, commanded by Gen. Hicks, had
suffered the most. A small plateau where
it bad halted was strewn with dead and
dying. The bodies of three Europeans
lay where the stall had taken position.
A subsequent battle between the Euro
peans and Arabs was a terrible one. The Arab
loss ia put down at 4,000 killed and 6,000 wound
ed. They fought with desperation. At one
time they captured every Gatlin and Gardner gun
the British had, and these were only recovered
after a desperate fight The British loss was
about 50 killed and 100 wounded.
fho Oharlotto
State News.
3" Rev. W. P. Williams of Davidson
College, has, been appointed a notary pub
lic by Gov. Jarvis.
i&er" The Winston Leader says Prof.
J. L. Tomlinson, of the Winston graded
school, has been elected superintendent of
the Chapel Hill normal school.
iW Th6 laying of the track of the rail
road which is to run from' Hamlet to Gib
son's store, nine miles distant, was com
menced last Saturday. This new road is
the property of the C. C. K. R., and will
be opera ed by them as a feeder to the
main Hue. Wadesboro Times.
Mr Walter E. Faison, a graduate
of the University of Virginia Law School,
and a young legal scholar of unusual at
tainments, who practiced Law for a time
in Norfolk, has returned to his native
town, Clinton, where he will henceforth
reside and practice his profession.
The largest amount of revenue
raised from any one source in North Caro
lina during the last fiscal year as shown by
the State Auditor's report except by puD
lic taxes and by the sale of the Cape Fear
& Yadkin Valley Railway was by the li
cense tax on commercial travellers which
was $69,900.
JElf Union County is out of debt and
has money in her coffers. She also has
the finest poor house and poorest court
house in the State. There is a strong
movement for a new Court house, and we
believe one will be built which will be
an honor to the county within the next
30 months. Monroe Enquirer.
S&W The following counties have made
appropriations for county exhibits at the
State Exposition : Wake, $2,000; Jones,
$200; Chowan, $150; Pitt, $499; Warren,
$500; Rockingham, $499; Randolph, $499;
Forsyth, $499.
Pastor Called. The Presbyterian
Churches of Monroe and Matthews have
extended a call to Rev. J. P. Marion of
Greenwood, Abbeville county, S. C.
These churches have been without a pas
tor for the past three months. Monroe
Enquirer.
Died Suddenly. On Saturday, the 1st
mst., Sir John llinson near Hmrd s Mills,
Stanly county, of heart disease. Mr Hin-
son had just hitched his team and walked
into the house, had taken a chair and was
playing with his little child when death
came suddenly. Also in the same neigh
borhood on Monday night, the 3d mst.,
Mrs Catherine Poplin, ot heart disease
also, it is supposed. Mrs Popliu had just
eaten a hearty supper, and while nursing
her infant child, was talking with her
husband in apparently good health, when
she fell iuto his lap a corpse. Concord
Times.
HfcJF"" Col. B. S. Pardee addressed the
people of Wilmington on Tuesday night
last on the subject of the State Exposition
and the resources of the Eastern counties.
He made one of his practical, common
sense talks, so we learn from the Star, and
aroused the people of the "city by the
sea." Resolutions were adopted declaring
it to be the duty of every city and oounty
of the State to lend a helping hand to the
Exposition, and requesting the civio
authorities of the city and county to
take euch early action as will insure a
complete display of the natural resources
and industrial advantages of the city and
county. U il. Star.
Accident on the Western N. C.
Railroad. The Eastern bound passenger
train was wrecked on Saturday last about.
one mile east of Marion by the engine and
two cars jumping the track and falling
down an embankment. The engineer,
Cox, was killed, and the fireman badly
bruised. No other persons were seriously
hurt.
. ST" Dr. J. L. Rucker, a physician of
Rutherfordton, died Jbnday morning last
at 2 o'clock. He was out to Bee patients
till that hour, and went home apparently
in perfect health. A few moments after
retiring he wa3 heard gasping and strug
gling and in a few moments was a corpse,
Heart disease was probably the cause.
Something for the Creditors of the
Bank of Statesville. J. B. Connelly,
Esq., receiver of the Bauk of Statesville,is
engaged in making a schedule of the claims
against the bank, with a view to paying
out to the creditors pro rata a dividend
declared at the recent term of court. At
that time Mr. Connelly, who was appoint
ed receiver at spring term 1878, tiled his
report showing that he had collected of
the assets of the bank $23,734.82. From
this is to be deducted $3,770.03, expendi
tures for necessary purposes, leaving $19,
944.79 for division among the creditors,
This constitutes the dividend of 20 per
cent, which Mr Connelly is now ready to
pay out. The report was approved by
Judge Shipp.
The report of Piatt D. Walker, Esq.,
shows, as heretofore Btated,that the liabili
ties of the bank, principal and interest, to
December 13th 1880, were from $95,000
to $100,000. Mr Connelly believes that
by the proper management which he has
heretofore given and will continue to give
to this business, he will yet realize be
tween $20,000 and $30,000 from the bank's
assets and eventually pay to its creditors,
in all, 4U to 45 per cent, ol their claims,
This will be doing very much better than
any one daied to hope for a few years ago.
Statesville landmark.
Six Months of Wedded Bliss, then
Desertion. A trifle less than six months
ago the landmark had a very romantic
little story about the marriage of Mr J.
W. Mitchell of California, and Mrs Re
beeca Conner of Shiloh township, this
county. They had been sweethearts in
early years but the fates were against
them. Mr Mitchell moved to California,
his sweetheart married Dr. Henry Conner,
Dr. Conner died, a correspondence sprang
up and Mr Mitchell came back to his old
home, married the widow, the sweetheart
of his youth, and the two settled down
for a happy life. Mr Mitchell cleared up
the farm, knuckled down to work and had
wrought quite a change in the appearance
of things on the widow's premises. About
three weeks ago he left home for Taylors
ville, to work, he said, on the railroad.
The next news from him came through a
letter written from Hickory and ad
dressed to his step-daughter. He willed
his trunk to her and told her they would
never see him any more. The supposi
tion is that he is off for California. He
took nothing from the place that he found
there, left behind him some things of his
own, and in the whole matter, as one of
the neighbors eaid, he acted "the perfect
gentleman." It is intimated that the
cause of Mr Mitchell's taking French
leave was that the bouse was made rather
too hot to hold him. Statesville Landmark.
loao-IeiaoorQt, eharlotto, II.
The Mitchell County Murderers.
From the Asheville Citizen, March 12th.
Ray and Anderson are now in the Bun
combe county jail, under an order from
Judge Graves, to whom they surrendered
last Friday, where they are to remain un
til Mitchell court. Great excitement pre
vailed throughout this entire section over
the horrible affair, intensified by the de
tails of the matter which we published.
Excitement in Mitchell, while abating, is
still high and bitter.
The following counsel have been re
tained by the defense : Hon. R. F. Arm
field, of Statesville, Col. G. N. Folk, of
Caldwell, Maj. A. M.Erwin, of McDowell,
Col. J. S. McElroy, of Madison, Messrs J.
11. Mernmon, M. E. Carter and Johnstone
Jones, of Asheville.
We called on Ray and Anderson Mon
day, and in conversation with them found
them deeply impressed with the gravity
of the case, yet they assert that upon
an impartial investigation of all the facts
their status will be by no means as repre
sented. They expressed confidence iu the
belief that by the time of Mitchell court
the people of that county will be willing
to hear and try then "according-to the law
and evidence," with full justice to all con
cerned. They say it was upon this belief
that they came in and surrendered.
We trust now the case may be left to
the administration of the law. ' The
men are now prisoner., in the control
of the law; if that law has been wantonly
outraged, that same law has ample pow
ers for its fall vindication. With that
august and impartial tribunal let the mat
ter rest.
A. Striking Contrast
Since the time when the collapse of
bayonet and carpet-bag rule in the South
permitted the people of that section to
send their own men to represent them in
Congress, in lieu of alien adventurers aud
criminals, the Representatives of Southern
States have voted hundreds of millions for
the beuefit of the ex-soldiers of the Union
army.
Vv hile Stalwart demagogues have sneer
ed and snarled at the "Confederate briga
diers," .those ex-soldiers of the extinct
Confederacy have uniformly been found
voting to tax themselves and their
constituents in order to pay pensions aud
arrears-and maintain homes for the men
who conquered them iu our great civil
war.
While the South' was poor from the ef
fects of a devastating war, and from the
iucursion of thieves that succeeded the
war; when ruined homes had not been re
built, and when broken fortunes and
blasted lives were more common than
prosperity and happiness, the Southern
people, through their ageuts in Congress,
were quietly voting to tax their food,
their clothing, the implements of their
daily toil to tax all that they possessed
or might procure in order to surround
the Union soldiers with the comforts of
life. For, though they did not directly
vote for such taxes, their votes for
pensions and bounties were equivalent
thereto.
They made no mention of the sick and
wounded soldiers of the South who had,
by the fortunes of war, been left with no
hope of pensions or homes. And even
those disabled, Buffering men uttered no
complaint when their own poverty was
made to pinch harder by taxes imposed
on their bread and raiment and fuel and
shelter in order that want might be kept
from the doors of the soldiers who hud
triumphed over them.
There is nothing in the history of the
war of the rebellion, no story of high
achievement, no glowing record of heroic
deeds more honorable to the American
character than the conduct of the South
ern people towards the men who bore the
stars and stripes amid the gloom of disas
ter, in the light ol hope, in doubt, in con
fidence, but with courage always bore it
on to final victory. True manhood every
where and always pays the tribute of pro
found respect that is due to the magnani
mous manliness of those "rebel briga
diers."
How grandly their bearing towards the
soldiers of the Union contrasts with the
manner and the speech of Gen, Thomas
M. Browne, of Indiana, as he stood on the
floor of the House of Representatives last
Monday and shrieked his mean and vile
accusation against the other side of the
House. Here is what he said, as reported
in the Record :
"Of the men who served in the Mexican
war nearly 50,000 48,000 of them were
from the slaveholding States. Why do
you put them on this Mexican War Pen
sion bill and strike out the clause which
denies pensions to those engaged in the
rebellion t Why do you do it ? Because
Lol those 48,000 more than 20,000 of them
alterward went into the rebellion, and by
this bill will be entitled to draw pensions
out ot the lreasury of the United States.
It is because you caunot get- your rebel
soldiery on any other pension-roll. That
is the reason of it, and you know it and 1
know it.
It is not necessary to use any adjectives
in relation to mat language. The gene
rous mind will regret it more on Gen.
Browne's account than for any other rea
son, for he was a brave and honored sol
dier on the side ol the Union. The Qua
kers of his district, who have believed in
him and stuck by him through evil as
well as good report, will feel that their
idol has turned iuto very common clay.
To the ex-Confederates, who have never
hesitated to vote pensions by the hundred
millions to his comrades and who have
never dreamed of pensions for their own
cripples, this soldier says, in effect, "You
contemptible rebels,how dare you attempt
to sneak into the pension list under the
disguise of Mexican veterans?"
There will never be an hour in the life
of Gen. Tom Browne when he and his
friends will not have cause to blush for
such unworthy words. Washington Post.
i m
SEUT Considerable excitement has been
aroused in the Jewish communities of
South Russia by the appearance at
Kischineff of an energetic reformor named
Joseph Rabinovitch. He declares Christ
to have been the real Messiah, supporting
his theories by numerous citations from
the Bible and the Prophets. Rabinovitch
is an enthusiastic and eloquent preacher,
and is winning numerous proselytes. He
is anathematized generally by the Jewish
press.
m .
22?" It is reported that Gen. Butler of
Massachusetts, will be a delegate to the
National Democratic Convention. The
last time he appeared in a National
Convention of the Democracy was at
Charleston in 1860, twenty-four years
ago.
t2f The Boston Post would have the
campaigu fought on the principles of the
two parties, and suggests Edmunds as the
standard bearer of the Republicans, and
Bayard as the leader of the Democrats.
N. C. Supreme Court Decisions.
Spring Term, 1884.
Shepherd vs. Commissioners of Wake..
-1. A judge of the Superior court is
entitled to one hundred dollars ' per week
for holding special or additional terms,
to be paid by the county in which they
are held.
2. The January and June terms of
Wake Superior court are additional terms.
created by the act of 1872-'73, chapter
one, for the holding of which the judge is
entitled to one hundred dollars, per week
by virtue of section four, which being ot
a local nature is saved from repeal by sec
tion 3,873 of the Code.
Edwards vs. Warren. 1. A devise of
"the whole of my lands" to devisees in
cludes land acquired by the testator after
the publication of bis will, when no in
tention to the contrary appears. A subse
quent clause in the will here, directing
"my other property ot every kind not be
lore mentioned to be sold, refers to other
personal property.
2. So much ot the ludgmeut of the court
below as undertakes to settle the rights of
the defendants, beyond the instructions to
the executor, is not authorized in this
proceeding.
Smith vs. Abrams Application for cer
tiorari deuied. Where a case on appeal
is once brought up and the appeal is
dismissed, a writ of certiorari will not
issue to bring the appeal again before the
court.
Camp vs. Pitman No error. Where a
testator leaves property to one person,
and designates another person in whose
bands it shall be placed tor management,
the court will not require security of
such trustee, except where actual or im
pending mismanagement is shown.
Howertou vs. Sexton Error. Want of
precision and disregard of form in the
record of proceedings are not sufficient to
invalidate a sale made under order of court,
in the absence of evidence of any fraudu
lent practice.
Porter vs. Durham Error. Where a
processiouer is obstructed in running out
land, and a jury of freeholders is called
in, the processioner must complete the
survey after the disputed lines are estab
lished by the jury.
Johnson vs. Pate No error. A de
murrer to the merits ot a complaint or
other pleading overruled and followed by
a final judgment, is decisive of all the ma
terial facts charged and of the rights de
pendent upon them.
A general demurrer confesses all matter
of fact well pleaded.
A matter put in issue aud material to
the result is conclusively determined by
the verdict and judgment, where land is
sought to be recovered, as it would be if
the recovery of personal property were the
object.
Shepherd vs. Murrill No error. It is
not a waiver of the right to personal pro
perty exemption for the judgment debtor
to tail to claim the same .at the time
of levy. He can make such claim at any
time belore the sale of the property.
Officers of Lhe Court vs. Bland Appeal
dismissed. Appeals must be brought up
to the next term of this court after they
are taken, and if they are not brought
up to thai term, and no effort is made
before the court to do so, the appeal will
be lost.
Edwards vs. Warren Judgment af
firmed. Ordinarily a will is to be con
strued as having been made immediately
before the death of the testator.
McEachern vs. KercTiner Error. A
judgment final by consent cannot be
amended or modified except by consent of
all the parlies. If a party to such a judg
ment complain of it because of inadvert
ence, mistake, accident or fraud, he can
have redress only by an action instituted
for that purpose.
McDaniel vs. King No error. If
willis sufficiently distinct and plain in the
meaning to enable the court to say that a
particular person is to take, and that a
particular thing passes, it must be con
strued upon us lace,
The decision of the U. S. Supreme
Court in the Legal Tender matter excites
much discussion in Congressional and
commercial circles in the North. In the
Senate, Mr Bayard, and in the House, Mr
Hewitt have introduced propositions look
ing to so amend the Constitution a to
make it mean what it was supposed to
mean belore the last decision of the Su
preme Court. The design of these two
Democrats is to prevent the Congress
from doing what the highest court says it
may do make greenbacks a legal tender,
In other words Messrs Bayard and Hewitt
wish to so change the Constitution as to
prohibit the Congress from making any
thing a legal tender but gold and silver
Whether the preseut Congress will agree
to such a proposition is more than doubt
ful. It is to be hoped that at least it will
not avail itself of the power granted by
tne supreme Uourt.
Failures for the Week in North
Carolina. Fay etteville, Gaston Harring
ton, livery, assigned. Garysburg, J. & L.
ouiter, general store, assigned. Keevers
ville, Miller Brothers, general store, re
ported failed and sold out. Kinston, w,
T. Rouse, general store, reported failed,
Mebanesville, Tate & Trohnger, flour
mills, assigned. Morganton, Britton &
Bristol, general store, assigned. Mount
Airy, W. F. Gilmer, dry goods, assigned.
Raleigh, D. Rosenthal, general store, as-
Bignea. iiocicy Mount, Hart K Son, gen
eral store, assigned. Trap Hill J. D.
Hunt, general store, failed. Wilmington,
Harry Loeb, grocer, assigned. N. Y.
Uradstreet' 's.
REsroyED to Charlotte. Mr. Walter
Taliaferro, of this city, has removed to
Charlotte, where he will enter into busi
ness for himself as a produce broker. He
left last night for his new home. Mr
Taliaferro is a young gentleman of excel
lent business and social qualifications, and
we commend him to the kind offices of the
hospitable and enterprising Charlottes?
along with our best wishes for his success!
Wil. Review.
lEUT A snow-slide swept away the rail
way station of Woodstock, near Leadville,
Col.; seventeen persons were caught in
the avalanche; two women were rescued
badly injured ; snow is eight feet deep on
a level all over northern Colorado, and
many towns are blockaded ; many mining
camps have been snow-bound since November.
&
The Revenuers Must Go.
From the Asheville Citizen. .
rw frn.l Ashe of the Raleigh News-
VU - J A 1
UaTvnr ia mftfeinrr a. Rtronf? and. tO COI1-
siderate men, an irresistable fight against
the worst enemy now contrpniing me""
interests of the Americau people. It is
the worst enemy because it is mo
:;.i;..o ttin mnat nnrrunt and corrupt-
IUDIU1UUO, 1
inc, doing more to debauch public senti
ment and concentrate power in the hauds
Inns and oDuressive than
all agencies combined. High-sounding,
theoretical transcenaeniauouiB
..,:r.;ioa" maw look verv pretty on pa
per and sound very sweet to those who
tn rnsp nn nlanks of BUCh fantastic
construction; but a few, hard, solid, frozen
facts, falling upon one daily m his pursuit
t i:i. i;K.,-tT7 anA hanniness. are worth
all the glittering generalities of a lite
time. We have always naa reaper .
i?im,la Talanrl fJ,vrnor. who. during
a campaign being twitted for his abuse of
the King's Hingiisn, retortea: x may
be strong on grammar but I'm h 11 on
facts." Suppose a man has to pay from
r.n in fift.tr .fntn more for a Dair of
blankets than he would were the tariff
repealed: the average man would not
more than average a half dozen pairs in
three or four years. - His additional out
lay, caused by the tariff, for that time, for
!.; q.,.1tt f HlanVnta would amount to
about three dollars. The cost of Mott and
iiia mininna in this revenue district in one
11 IU LBkUKU'&AW .
year, could more than pay all the differ
ence on blankets for the State for several
itahfs to sav nothiner of their outrages
and other bad features. An extra cost of
twenty-five cents on a wool-hat per annum
will not equal the insults, the outrages aud
the expense of the Revenue Department.
A pair of trace chains sell for about sixty
cents, retail, and it will last some years.
The tariff contributes possibly about six-
teen cents to this amount, now can mis
amount be compared with the constant
irritatiou of the people by the hands of
anipd itifnrtnra. retainers and such now
characterizing the Revenue service. We
desire the tariff reduced 'because we be-
hf ilonp. with safety to the
Government, and still afford all necessary
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"protection" to home rnanuiaciurere; out
as a choice between even retaining the
nrespnt. tariff aud the Internal Revenue
system, we say let the tariff remain aud
the "revenuers go." The tariff is at
least a tax upon foreign made commodities,
while the excise law is a constant narrass
inent ot our people over their own local
enterprises, to say nothing of the rascally
ami thirtvinor manner in which the Dowers
of the officers of the department are exer
cised. The enect ot the tann upon mui
vidual consumers, properly modified and
equalized, as is demanded by the Demo
cracy of the country, would be slight and
scarcely felt or known; while the outrages
and corruptions and oppressions of the
Revenue service impress themselves upon
the Bight, taste, feelings and smell of every
citizen the stench rises to Heaven and, it
has even been said, causes, the Man in the
Moon to hold his nose while travelling
over this country.
The enemiesof real reform, Republican
nr "Dpmnp.rat.ifi endeavor to scarce DeODle
, - . i i
with the assertion that the abolishment of
the one system means a retention of
the other. This is all bosh. .Wipe out
the Internal Revenue, and then a outline
down and equalization of the tariff must
follow. We care not which is done hrst
in order, but let the demand go for both
to be done; and let the law makers hearken
to the demand. Let the Revenue go, and
treat the tariff as demanded by the State
Democratic platform, so as to afford suffi-
pioTit rotrenne fnr the ttovrrnmplit honest
ly and economically administered, afford
ing all necessary protection to American
ind nut riua without, fosterintr mononolies.
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And let us have more political facts and
not so much sentimental gush over impor
tant public measures.
JST" The first State election in this
Presidential year will occur in Rhode Is
land April 3d. That of Oregon comes
next, June 2d. But the first real test will
be the Maine State election in September.
SEEDS, IMPLEMENTS,
Waerons, Fertilizers, &c.
I have just received the largest stock of Fresh
Seed ke t by any other house in the State.
Red and White Clover,
Lucerne, Clover, Orchard Grass, Timothy, Eng
lish Blue, or Evergreen Grass, Red Top, Tall
Meadow Oat, Fancy Blue, or Lawn, and Rye
Grass.
A variety of Implements, consisting of Plows
and improved Georgia Plow Stocks Riding,
Walking and Iron Frame Expanding Cultivators,
the two and three section wood and improved
iron frame Thomas Harrow s, Acme Harrows,
the Corbin Disk Harrow, which is unequaled by
any similar implement. All of these Harrows
are sold on trial and if n .t satisfactory can be
returned.
The best Separating Corn Sheller in the State
for the money. Sinclair Propelling Feed Cut
ters, Lever Feed Cutters as low as $ 5.
Tennessee Wagons.
Another Car load on the way. The Ten
nessee stands at the head of all competition.
Genuine German Kainit,
And the Standard Navassa Acid Phosphate and
Cotton Fertilizer. Prices to meet competition
on standard Fertilizers and ' special terms made
on car load lots. The Navassa Fertilizers are
made in North Carolina and are well known.
They are guaranteed in quality and in all field
tests
J. G SHANNONHOUSE, Ag't ,
Jan 25, 1834. College street.
BURGESS NICHOLS,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
FURNITURE, BEDDING, fcc.
I have now in Store a well selected stock em
bracing everything found in a
First-class Furniture Store,
Such as Bedroom and Parlor Snita r ,
Tet-a-Tets, Whatnots, Marble and Wood Tod
ionics, fining iao es, wasnstands, bureaus.
Wardrobes, Book Cases, &c.
tST CHAIRS of all kinds and cheap Bedsteads
at prices to suit the times.
I respectfully solicit a shure of patronage.
ALSO,
COFFINS of all grades kept on Land ready
made. iVo. 5 West Trade Street.
Jan 19 1882 Charlotte 1ST n
E. J. HALE & SON,
PUBLISHERS,
Booksellers and Stationers,
66 and 68 Reade Street NEW YORK,
Invite orders for School Miscellaneous and Stan
dard Books, and for allkinds of Staple Station
ery. WRITING PAPERS Cap. Letter. Note .nH
other sizes.
BLANK BOOKS, of all Grades.
ENVELOPES, all sizes and colors and auali-
ties.
SCHOOL SLATESbest quality, all sizes.
Slate and Lead Pencils. Pens Inka Mneiinoe
&c. '
. ' Cotton.
The movement of the crop is given be
low. For the week ending -'arch 14 Uie
total receipts have reached 49,8G bales
against 76,487 bales last week, 68,720
bales the previous week and 65,013 baleB
three weeks 6ince ; making the total re
ceipts since Sept. 1st, 1883, 4,485,924 bales
against 5,137,721 bales for the same t,e.'
riod ot '82-83, showing a decrease since
Sept. 1, 1883, of 651,797 bales. The ex
ports for the week reach a total of 93 rit
bales, of which 61,829 were to Great
Britain, 10,957 to Fiance and 20,861 to
the rest of the Continent, while the stocks
as made up this evening are now 840,472
bales. There was a variable and some
what irregular market, with limited deal
ings, down to the close ol Tuesday's busi
ness, but tne improvement began on
Wednesday, which gained much lorce in
the course of Thursday! dealings. Tn.
day there was some further advance, with
considerable activity, and the close was
steady, lo-aay tnere was an- advance of
l-16c, middling uplands closing at 10
15-16o. The total sales for forward de
livery for the week are 272,700 bales.
Total Visible Supply of Cotton.
The total visible supply of cotton for
the world is 3,237,781 bales, 2,491,681
beinc American: asain&t 3.31 s sr,i j
2,608,553, respectively, last year. Re.
ceipts of cotton at all interior towns
46,943 bales; receipts from the plantations
28,813; crop in sight 5,272,252.
ff The Democratic National Con
vention will consist of 802 delegates
and under the two-thirds rule it will re
quire 535 votes to make a nomination.
A woman has just been awarded
$2,000 damages by a Cleveland court be
cause of a cough she acquired in a freehly
plasten d hotel.
L. F. OSBORNE,
Practical Surveyor and Civil Engineer.
All engagements promptly filled in city or
county. Mapping and platting a specialty.
Office whh E. K. P. Osborne, Attorney, at Court
House.
Reference T. J. Orr, County Surveyor.
Feb. 15, 1884. yr
E. B. SPUING S. . K. S. BTJRWELL.
SPRINGS & BURWELL,
Dealers in
Groceries,
Provisions
and Fertilizers.
Thanking the farmers of this section for their
generous patronage during the past ten years
we respectfully solicit a continuance of the same.
We hope by fir dcaliDg and reasonable prices to
deserve it. We are at the
Old Stand near the JPostoffi.cey
And it is our intention to make our Store in the
future as it has been iu the past
Headquarters
For the FARMERS. We have now in store a
full stock of Groceries, Provisions. Clover Seed,
Orchard Grass, Farmer's Friend Plows, &c, &c.,
on ail of which we are prepared to give you
lowest market pricis.
We ask your special attention to our facilities
for furnishing you with reliable
Fertilizers.
Having a large Warehouse conveniently lo
cated, built for the purpose during the past bum
mer, we will at all timts have a large stock
ready for delivery. We control the following
Brauds in this market :
THE ETIWAN DISSOLVED BONE.
THE ETIWAN GUANO.
The Stono Acid Phosphate.
The Farmer's Friend Guano.
The Goods of the Eti wan and Stono Companies
are known to be reliable and are admitted to have
few equals and no superior. These Companies
being the only ones in Charleston that have the
celebrated
"Due Atomizing Mill,"
Which is the latest invention and most improved
Mill for grinding the Phosphate rock into an un
payable powder for the manufacture of Fertili
zers, it ttands to reason that these goods are
what we claim for them,
THE BEST IN THE MARKET..
We have now in store 100 Tons
German Kainit,
Which we know to be pure.
o . -
We are wide awake and will be glad to serve
you. Call and see us.
SPRINGS & BURWELL,
Feb. 1, 1884. 2m Charlotte, N. O.
Eastern Yam
SWEET POTATOES constantly on hand at
S. M. HOWELL'S.
Feb. 8, 1884.
NEW FALL GOODS.
We are now offering a large stock of Dress
Goods, a tremendous stock of Velvet Ribbons
and other Trimmings.
A magnificent fetock of Ladies', Misses' and
Children's
Hosiery.
A nice lot of Handkerchiefs, including a lot of
the cheapest ever offered by ns.
Don't forget to ask for
CAHPETS.
Our stock is new and well assorted.
-We are the agents for the
"Charlottesville Woolen Mills,"
And these Goods need no praise from us ; every
body knows them to be the very best goods for
the money, made.
Don't hesitate to ask for anything you want,
we have it.
ALEXANDER & II ARRIS.
Sept. 28, 1883.
E. J. HALE & SON.