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Home-Democrat.
CHARLOTTE. N. C.
The List Growing.
Two or three weeks ago we published
a list of Democratic papers in North
Carolina that opposed the dangerous Blair
Educational Bill. Below we republish the
list with several addition : Wilmington
Star, Salisbury Watchman, Scotland Neck
Democrat, Clinton Caucasian, Pittsboro
Home, Fayette? ille Observer, Elizabeth
City Falcon, Troy Vidette, Monroe En
quirer, Goldsboro Argus, Concord Regis
ter, Asheville Citizen, Carthage Gazette,
Newton Enterprise, Louisburg Times,
Battleboro Headlight, Tarboro South
erner, Rockingham Rocket, Snow Hill
Enterprise, Bayboro Enterprise, Shelby
New Era, Wadesboro Intelligencer, Green
ville Reflector, Lincoln Press, Laurinburg
Exchange, Charlotte Home-Democrat, and
Charlotte Chronicle.
People who talk about turning out
members of Congress who may vote
against the iniquitous scheme, might look
at the above list and reflect that there
may be two sides to the turniog-out busi
ness !
Good old-time Punishment
FOB THE CHARLOTTE HOME-DEMOCRAT.
Would it not be well enough, Mr
Editor, in view of the approaching Fall
elections, to call the attention of our
aspiring Legislators to the urgent neces
sity for a change in our criminal laws.
Let us all now begin the agitation of the
question, had not we better alter our
Constitution so as to abolish the Peniten
tiary and establish the Whipping Post
ana Gallows in lieu thereof as being much
cheaper and more economical to the bard
working, honest tax-payers of the State.
Thirty-nine lashes well laid on will be
more effectual in reforming a criminal
than two years well fed and clothed in
the Penitentiary, aod this will cost a mere
nothing, only about thirteen good switches
and a little elbow grease. That is the
way our people reformed criminals before
the late unpleasantness, and it was ef
fectual. Under carpet-bag rule and
Canby bayonets we wandered off, but it
ii never too late to try to do good, let us
get back to the good old simple laws
and ways of our daddies, to-wit: Gallows
and Whipping Post, and then a criminal
will never want to be tried in this county
but one time. Attaoh Stocks and a
Pillory to the Whipping Post, e Gallows,
and a good set of Branding Irons in the
hands of the Sheriff, and the tax-payers
of the county will never be burdened to
pay cost of a criminal for the second of
fence. The writer was intimately con
nected with the Sheriff's office for six
years just preceding the war, and never
knew a criminal whipped to have ever
beeu brought before the Court for a sec
ond offence. Ou the other hand, he
knew one alter being well dressed to re
form, join the Church, and make a good
citizen. Hence you see, Mr Editor, it has
this additional recommendation of being,
to some extent, a sort of missionary re
formation. Will some one else speak out
and give their views. Reform.
The Season why Hon. R. T. Bennatt stood
up manfully (but alone) against the
Squandering Pension Bill.
From the Wadesboro Times.
House of Representatives, )
Washington, D. C, March 10, 1886. J
I am proud of your letter of the 8th
current. It is one of many tokens just to
hand from discreet men like yourself, who
see the evil against which I have stook up
aloue, and who know the pressure upon a
member of Congress to go with the
great majority in such cases, and have
regard for the courage of the man who
says no.
Let me enlarge upon the matter a - o
ment: The United States Government has
paid t735,O0O,000 as pension money since
1866.
The 12 States of the South, including
West Virginia, which followed the Con
federacy, pay 14 of this staggeriug total,
which makes 1183,000,000 paid by the
South to the North for which there is no
return to the South.
Out of a total of 539,780 pensioners
since 1861, these 12 States have had but
20,000 pensioners.
The appropriation this year for pensions
is $80,000,0001-4 of this is paid by the
12 Southern States.
$800,000,000 of public- debt have been
paid since '661200,000,000 of this have
been paid by the South.
I conclude that the South pays annually
now lo the North without any equivalent
id return :
1-4 principal of debt paid . (20,000,000
1-4 interest " " $12,000,000
1-4 pensions " $20,000,000
Total, $52,000,000
In the face of all this, knowing it as I
do, sympathising with the distress and
poverty of my people as I do. it would be
a crime in me to stay here and vote for
these oppressive measures, which make
and keep the Southland poor. I am bold
in the maintaioance of these views and
heart-helped by the cordial support of my
dear people.
May God bless you, cordially,
R. T. Bennett.
We endorie Judge Bennett's action in the
pension matter.
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A. true Statement about the Blair Bill
There is a provision requiring the Secre-
tary ot me interior to investigate com
plaints of discriminations in the applica
tion Of the funds. What next ? Quarrela
between the whites and blacks of different
sections are to be adjusted, and this would
lead to the establishment of another odious
treed man s Bureau. There r is another
Erovision requiring samples of all sohool
to oe mea wan tne secretary ot toe
Interior. Think of that! Books to be
inspeoted. This looks to the rejeotion of
every Southern book; no Southern idea is
to be inculcated 1 And State Officers,
mind you, State Officers, to make annual
reports to the Interior Department at
Washington of the number of school dis
tricts and number of white and colored
child ren. Heaven avert the dire calamity
that the passsge of this Blair bill might
bring upon our people oppressive taxa
tion, social negro equality and the final
overthrow of State governments and State
rights! Pittsboro Home.
IThai's the sort of law that some of the Demo
cratic members of Congress from North Carolina
want to force through the House.
t2T"Pope Leo-is said to ha ve:n in
come of $1,500,000; and yet it is said that
bis personal expenses do not exoeed $2.50
day.
Washington Items.
In the House on Monday morning last
the Chaplain invoked Divine aid in rid- j
ding the land of gamesters, cards, dice,
chips, stocks, bucket-shops, boards of
trade, &o. The, prayer created a aenea
tion, and was ordered to be printed in the
Record.
The Committee on Elections in the
House have reported against the claim of
Mr Frank Hurd, Democrat, of Ohio, to
the seat now occupied by a Republican.
That was a righteous decision, if Hurd is
a Democrat. There is too much free-trade
humbug about Hurd.
The House Committee on Commerce,
was unable to agree upon the bill per
mitting commercial travelers to sell to
merchants by sample, or card, or cata
logue, or otherwise, without paying local
licenses. They expect to report the bill,
however, after their next meeting.
The Commercial Gazette says that the
Senate Finance Committee has reached a
final understanding with the President in
regard to twelve or fifteen of the Col
lectors of Internal Revenue. Mr Morrill
has a form of letter from Secretary Man
ning, which has the approval of the Presi
dent, which enables Mr Morrill to say in
all the cases which be expects to repon
that the suspensions which took place
were not made on account of anything
affecting the character or official integrity
of the person removed.
The payment of pensions lo ex-Federal
soldiers, their widows aod children, "and
their sisters, and their cousins and their
aunts," will soon relieve the Treasury
vaults of all the "surplus" cash on nana,
if the present rate of increase, and pay
ment ot "arrearages, through the passage
of bills in Congress, is kept up. It does
seem that this sort of thing is never to
have an ending.
The U. S. Supreme Court has rendered
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a decision in tne aiacninin urauagner
cases. The crimes charged against the
defendants are infamous within the mean
ing of the constitution, and the defend
ants cannot be held to answer in the
Courts of the United States otherwise
than by presentment or indictment by the
grand jury. The effect of the decision is
to send the case back to the lower Court
to be proceeded with by grand jury in
dictment instead of by information.
Mrs Harriet Malone Vance, wife of ex-
Representative and Assistant Commis
sioner of Patents, Gen. Robert B. Vance,
died Sunday morning last after a painful
illness of many years. Mrs Vance had
occasionally been able to leave her resi
dence, bu; she had long been a coufiued
invalid. Her husband, with affectionate
care, always arranged so as to have his
sick wife with him in Washington when
official busiuess called him, and at home
at other times. A neat dwelling house on
Rhode Island avenue, between 9th and
10th streets was purchased only last year.
During the day Gen. Vance received calls
from a number of sympathetic friends.
In the evening, although it was raining
very hard, a brief luneral service was
held by Rev. Dr. Cox, pastor of the
Southern Methodist Churoh, which the
General attended, and before 10 o'clock
the remains were taken to the through
Southern train accompanied by friends
and some members of the family. Senator
Vance was telegraphed to at New Or
leans, whither he had gone on a funeral
mission, to meet the party at Asheville
on Monday. Mrs Florence Vance, his
wife, had given due attention to the ar
rangements here. There is much syra
patby expressed for Gen. Vance.
Some months ago Senator Stanford,
of California, agreed to give Rev. J. C
Price, the colored President of Zion-Wes-
Iey College (colored) at Salisbury, N. C,
the sum of $5000 in aid of said college,
provided be raised $20,000 additional
through other sources for the same pur
pose. This stipulation having been com
plied with. President Price, accompanied
by W. G. Fearing of North Carolina, a
departmental clerk here, called on Senator
Stanford this week and received from him
a check for the amount.
The negroes of the South get about all the
bequests of rich men in the North, while the
poor white children of the South get scarcely
anything in the way of gifts.
A Rat in a Theatre.
The New Orleans State give the follow
ing version oi tne recent rat panic in a
Theatre : That it does not always require
a hre to cause a panic 10 a theatre was evi
denced the other day at Richmond, Va.
During a performance in the theatre of
that city a large rat galloped out on the
6tage and sprang over the foot-lights into
the orchestra. I he man who operated
the drum fired both of his heels at the
nimble rodent,and then commenced whack
ing the floor with the stick of the bass
drum in a wild attempt to destroy the life
of the little animal, but without success.
The first fiddle, seeing that the rat was
likely to escape, took a hand in the hVht
and went dancing after it, and . stamping
as violently as a mule in fly-time, but not
a hair of the rat was touched. Then the
cornet got excited and leaped to the at
tack, and the clarinet followed, and the
tight became so interesting that the per
formance on the stage was interrupted,
and the actors stepped to the loot-lights
and encouraged the musicians. In the
course of a few minutes the din ot the
battle grew lomier, and the man who
blowed his wind into the bowels of the big
bass horn, together with the solemn-look
ing individual who rasped the stomach of
the large fat fiddle, waded into the fray
with fierce yells, and smashed chairs and
jumped up in the air like maniacs, and
howled with pain when they kicked at the
rat and hit each other's shins. They con
tinued to hurl their feet against the hard
floor until the rat jumped over the orches
tra railing and landed in the audience,
when another Bcene of wild coofusion oc
curred. The warning cry of "there Le
goes" was answered by the shrieks of the
ladies in the parquette, and they climbed
up in their seats and tuched their skirts
close about their feet, and implored their
escorts not to allow the horrid thing to bite
them. Several hundred, however, vaulted
over chairs like agile gazelles, and, panic
stricken, made a rush for the doorways,
yelling at every jump.
Old ladies forgot they had the rheu
matism, and pranced as lightly as
eighteen-year-old girla, and insisted on
climbing the posts supporting the gal
leries. Killed his friend in Sport. Atlanta,
March 18. While Pat Hickey, a merchant,
wad cleaning an old pistol this morning
he snapped it at hi friend, Will Pinion.
The ball went through Pinion's heart,
killing him instantly. Hickey fell across
the body and wept bitterly.
: (Nevertheless, Hickey ought to be hanged by
the neck until dead, and so ought every other
man who points a pistol or gun at another.
The Wreck of the Steamer Oregon.
Thrilling Account of Danger and Oc
currences. .
It was announced last week that the
Steamer Oregon, from Liverpool, to New
York, was wrecked on Sunday morning
the 14th inst., near the latterV Harbor.
Below are some further particulars of the
accident :
L. C. Hopkins of Brooklyn, one of the
last of the passengers to leave the Ore
gon, tells the story of the disaster as
follows :
"I was seasick " be said, "all the way
over, and did not once have my clothes
off. At 3.30 A. M., on Sunday, 1 left my
wife in our state-room and went out on
dtck. It was a beautiful night, and 1
thought I had never before found air so
clear or the stars so bright. I believe I
was the only passenger up. It was a little
after 4 o'clock when I went down with
the steward into the galley and showed
him how to make me some milk toast. I
was eating it when there came a crash
against our port side that made the ves
sel quiver, aad then there was a rattling
of falling objects. There was a second
and a third shock lighter than tbe nret.
Less than ten minutes thereafter every
body was ordered up on deck. There
was no panic whatever, although all were
more or less excited. Men came up half
dressed, children turned out in bare feet,
and many of the women appeared in their
night clothes. At that time an ex
perienced eye could see by tne pitching
of tbe bow forward that the accident
meant business. An officer addressed the
frightened crowd from the bridge. He
said he believed the vessel was only
slightly damaged aud that there was no
danger, but that as a matter of prudence
it might be well to prepare to leave the
ship. Many went back to their state
rooms and hurriedly put on more cloth
ing, while others remained on deck.
One or two steamers passed us, out
ward bound, just at break of day, and
though we signalled them with cannon
and rockets tbey paid no attention to our
distress. There were 896 souls of us, and
it was plain that we were threatened with
a watery grave. All had on life-pre
servers, ready to battle with the waves if
necessity required it. After two hours
of waiting a vessel was sighted in the dis
tance and fresh signals were given. She
bore down upon us, and the crew were
ordered to get ready the boats and life
rafts. The directions were that women
and children should go first. They were
pitched and piled over the side is a very
lively manner. Some few men managed
to scramble over into the first boats and
others were fairly dragged over by their
wives. Three men fell into the water in
their frenzy, but were rescued without
difficulty. It took about two hours to
fill the pilot-boat pack lull, and then ilieie
were only about three hundred aboard of
her. Then the ship's boats and rafts
there were thirleeu all told were filled
and allowed to drift away from the sink
ing vessel. There were nearly four hun
dred men still aboard of her and I was
among them. You may imagine how we
felt. Our ship was settling lower and
lower so fast that you could almost see
the water crawl up her sides. The offi
cers were on the bridge, clad in life-preservers
like ourselves, telling us plainer
than in spoken words that we-might go
to the bottom any minute. The ocean
about us was dotted with the boats con
taining our loved ones, and only God
Almighty knew whether we were to meet
them again. There was no talking.
Everything was quiet. We all realized
our awful position and were ready to die
like men. It seemed hours that we
waited there the longest hours that ever
mortal men passed through. I thought
my hair was turning from gray to white.
It was about an hour before noon when
the schooner Stanley A. Gorham sighted
us and came to our assistance. Her Yan
kee Captain has a heart as big as his
boat. The small boats loaded their pas
sengers on the schooner and .then put
back to us with a will. Things were get
ting so bad that the Captain ordered all
left on board to go to the after part of the
ship, which was the furthest out of water.
The bow of the vessel was sunken up to
the main deck. The last minutes aboard
were the longest, but the lifeboats did
rapid work, aod a little before 12 o'clock
the last man was taken off.
Meantime the steamer Fnlda hove in
sight and made straight for us, and short
ly afterwards we were taken up over the
sides. Then we saw the Oregon go down.
She commenced to sink slowly at the
bow, and gradually listed over to star
board. Then there was a sound of crash
ing limbers, ber stern loomed np out of
the water, exposing her screw, and the
waters swallowed her up with a roar and
a fbsh. Only the masts showed above
the surface of the water. I don't think
so much as a hand-bag was saved from
her aside from the mails. Aboard the
Fulda they treated us like fighting cocks.
They turned us loose in the Cabin and
gave us a good dinner that made our hair
curl."
Mr Hopkins says that immediately after
the vessel was struck he ran aft with some
of the crew and looked ior the vessel that
had struck them, but that he was unable
to see a trace of one. He believes the
schooner sank immediately after striking.
Mr J. W. Emerson, of the Brotherhood
Company, and his wife, were returning
after a four months' journey through
Egypt and the Holy Land. To a World
reporter he said :
"I suppose half the passengers were
awake at the time of the collision, for the
noise of the hoisting of the mails and the
fact that in a few hours we would be at
home drove sleep from our eyes. I was
talking with my wife when all of a sud
den the crash startled me. 'I believe the
heavy hoisting tackle has broken and
fallen on the deck,' I said. It sounded as
if the wire rope had snapped. In a mo
ment more I heard people running around
on deck, and very soon a steward rapped
on the stat room door and said that we
were wanted on dck immediately. I
jumped out of my berth, for I knew some
thing had happened.
We dressed hastily and hurried on
deok, but no one could tell what was the
trouble. The next order was for us to go
below and finish dressing. When we
went back on deck the scene was all con
fusion. The ship was heeled over and tbe
truth was apparent. The officers of tbe
ship were cool and on the wholo did very
well, but the crew behaved shamefully.
The coal-heavers came up from the bun
kers and pushed their way forward, run
ning over passengers or anything else in
their way. The captain with his officers
stood on the bridge and gave , orders for
nobody to touch the boats. Noth with
standing this these men cut away the for
ward boats and leaped into tbe mi They
pushed baok every one else, and after
comfortably filling the boats rowed away.
Tbe captain ran to tbe side of the ship,"
and shaking bis fist at them ordered them
to come back. They paid, no attention, but
rowed off. I felt then that if the officers
had drawn pistols and put a bullet or two
into some of - the' oo wards it would have
been fully justified aod not have endan
gered our lives, v.
From the moment the coal-heavers - de
fied the captain all was confusion. The
younger and more powerful of the crew
and passengers did as they pleased. Boats
were cut loose, and in less than an instant
were filled.' It was as if a shovelful of
earth was thrown into a peck measure, so
quickly were the boats packed.
Capt. Cottier ordered the women and
children to be taken off first, but no sooner
were tbe boats in the water than the men
and crew erowded them. In this way tbe
first boats put off. When they returned,
after leaving their loads on the pilot-boat,
they came timidly alongside. As one
would approach a rush of several hundred
persons would be made lo tbe side of the
ship nearest the boat. Men leaped
through the air for the boats and, when
half-full, those on board seized the oars
and pulled away with half a load. The
Captain shouted to them to come back,
but very little beed was paid to him.
When one of these boats was leaving
the side only half full Gen. Hughes, who
lives on Thirty-fourth street, I think, drew
a revolver and shouted for them to pull
back and take on more passengers or he
would shoot. 'Come back to this ship or
I will kill one of you !' he said, and tbe
boat came back. He did' not get in him
self, but called to the women about him.
Many of these sat quietly on the deck and
refused to go unless their husbands went
with them. They threw their children
over the side bat would not stir until
there was room for their husbands. The
women in most cases were tolerably calm
until they were safely- on the pilot-boat,
and then they broke down. It was a long
time before I got to tbe boat after my
wife had been taken. I sent word down
into the little cabin of the pilot-boat say
ing that I was Bale, aud as soon as it was
learned half a dozen women who had
heard no tidings from their husbands em
braced my wite and hugged and kissed her
and cried. It was a strange scene in the
little cabin of that bbat aod one I shall
never forget.
As I think the whole thing over I mar
vel at the wonderful collection of fortu
nate circumstances, the absence of any
one of which would have resulted in the
loss of hundreds of people. Firet, that
we were so near shore as to hail any boats;
second, that the sea was smooth; third,
that it was daylight soon after the col
lision; fourth, that the pilot-boat was on
hand to take the first boat-loads; fifth,
that when this was crowded the schooner
came up, and last, that the Fulda saved
us all a day and a night of misery, hud
dled together on those two crafts. I
think that if any one of the circumstances
were wanting, the list ot the dead would
be shocking. Tbe Cunard line boasts
that it has never lost a lite, but it was
only Providence that interfered this
time."
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Two Years Older Than his Father.
"T. D." writes as follows to the editor
of the Auburn Advertiser: "In all the
translations of the Hebrew Bible into Eng
lish, viz., the version ot King James and
the Oxford and American Bible society
editions of the same, in the Douay ver
sions of the Roman Catholic church, as
well as in the new version of tbe English
and American divines, oceurs the common
oversight or blunder of stating in the
Second Chronicles that King Ahaziah was
forty and two years old on bis accession
to the throne of Judea at tbe death of his
father, who died at the age of lorty. thus
making King Ahaziah two years older
than his father. See Second Chronicles,
xxl, 20, and xxu., 1. bee also second
Kings, viii., 26, where his age is correctly
stated. It is certainly a literary curiosity
that with all tbe comparison, collation,
study, and controversy about readings
and meanings of the text, greater in re
gard to the Bible than in regard to any
other book, all its learned scholars, com
mentators, and controversalists should
have in common overlooked an absurd
blunder such as this. Although in the
original manuscript, and a manifest blun
der, it should not have been allowed to
pass without correction, it being the Word
of God."
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Rheumatism a Mental Disease.
Our older citizens will remember Capt.
Sam Dowdy, who sailed from Elizabeth
City in tbe West India trade in ante
bellum times. We met him at Currituck
Court last week and were much enter
tained and instructed by incidents and
adventures which he related to us of bis
long Hte. He meotioued an incident oc
curring to him which shows conclusively
that rheumatism is not a disease of the
tissues of the body, as is commonly sup
posed by medical . experts, but that the
Beat of the disease is in the mind, and
furnishes another illustration of the mys
terious connection between the mind aud
the body. The Captain had long been a
Batterer from chronic rheumatism and
while lying in harbor, near the mouth of
Cape .bear River concluded he would
hobble on shore to see what he could see.
He took bis gun in his hand and with
difficulty in getting on shore, walked
painfully along until attracted by a large
palmetto leaf on tbe ground be stooped
down and removed it, when, oh, horror 1
a huge rattlesnake was lying coiled under
it. He attempted to raise' his gun to
shoot tbe monster but was unable to get
his gun to his shoulder. With the in
stinct of fesr he threw himself headlong
down a declivity nearby, holding onto
his gun and getting up. Ob, horror of
horrors! the snake was within two feet
of him, hiding horribly, with head erect
in the attitude of striking the .fatal blow.
He quickly raised his gun and shot off the
monster's head. He returned to his boat
a well man and as supple as a jack-knife
He has never since, in a period ot thirty
years, had a touch of rheumatism. We
recommend to all doctors and pharma
centists to keep a jar of rattlesnakes for
the benefit of rheumatics. Elizabeth City
(A7 C.) .Economist.
1F" Here is a , knotty ' case. In 1859
Kate McCaffrey married John Benson in
New Orleans, Kate being then a widow.
In a few years tbe lady discovered that
her former husband, Anthony, was still
alive.. She . separated from , Benson : at
once In 1868 it was again reported that
Anthony was dead. As Kate and John
still loved each other they remarried and
lived together. 1 Their second experiment
was not very happy and tbey separated.
The wife has sued for her share of the
property, but Benson produces evidence
showing that Anthony is alive. Kate
thus finds herself in the predicament of
having been twice married to Benson,
without ever having been his wife.
Young Men, Don't Sell Out.
Editor Morqanton "Star: ' The above
heading suggested itself to my uolice- a
few days ago in consequence of a public
eale ot agricultural implements, and Jiva
stock, by one of our most enterprising
young men; his object, I learn, being to
go Wefet.
Now, Mr Editor, I hope I frill not beat
a disadvantage before my friends and the
public generally to say that I had strong
notions jus altr, the late, war ot going
vest tnyseil: out ome how or other l
did not go, and I have many good reasons
now lor saying that 1 am not sorry tor
the failure on my part to" do" so. In ' the
first place, the more competition the
young encounter iu nearly any capacity,
the more abiding the benefits arising from
their success. Poverty is no disgrace,and
in its rigid school I learned much that has
been ot service to me.
In regard to advising or holding out in
ducements to our best and most promis
ing young men to pull up and go West or
elsewhere, as I have lately heard and seen
advooated by some right able writers, and
leave this good old North State with a
bund notion that success awaits their
coming, I cannot agree or venture the in
sinuation that ihere is anywhere, all
things considered, a state of more varied
facilities for the advancement and develop
ment ut our young men than North Caro
lina, and in view of my strong home at
tachments, allow me to add, Burke
county and the Piedmont Section in par
ticular. I do not advise against our peo
ple going East, West, North or South, if
they can do so without bo much detriment
to their incomes, just to look at the differ
ent sections and learn the habits and cus
toms of the people of this great republic.
No; nine times out of ten they will come
back the better off, by coming in oontact
with persons of new and advanced ideas,
and more than likely have a better opinion
of their own state and people than they
have ever before had, aud remain the
balance of life, contented, well-to-do citi
zens. I say thit because I have abundant
evidence in the fact, that nearly all of our
your raeu that go West and reture (which
is quite number) make better farmers,
better mechanics, better citizens, better
auything tbey undertake. So then,' I
say, go West if you wish; but go pre
pared to return if you like, and I am al
most willing to guarantee thai the most
of you will.
The indisposition to development and
improvement in our own State is not due
to the inferiority of our people, or the
inadaplation of the soil, compared with
other states, but other causes. The rea
son, perchance now and then a young ruau
does well away from home, is the (act,
that when away he has to depend on his
own hard efforts, and I guarantee anyone
making the same efforts here at home will
do equally as well. The very best siimu
lent to success is a thrifty start in lite,
after which comes ambition, and whenever
you stir a young man's ambition lo m ike
money or attain honor, you have done no
8 or. all thing for him; if it's but an ambi
tion to make more wheat, corn or tobacco,
or build a dwelling house or modern
stable, anything that creates an honest
rivalry between neighbors. It is a fact,
that if A buys a new agricultural imple
ment, B will do likewise, thereby creating
new effort on the part of a whole neigh
borhood. The right kind of pride is a
pretty sure means of starling a community
up the hill of prosperity.
So, Mr Editor, I can say, without
honest contradiction, ibat we have all
that is desirable in tbe way of nalural ad
vantages to make us, as a peop!e, equal
to any. We are not crowded with young
or old men too well qualified. Finally,
let me urge you to stay at home aud help
build up our own country. We need good
school teachers, good farmers, good me
chanics, good merchants, doctors, lawyers,
&o. . Take one or more newspapers, read
up; there is no cheaper education than
our present newspaper system; never in
the history of this country has the diffu
sion of knowledge been cheaper than now.
.'"J', Respectfully, fcc.,
Isaiah I. Davis.
Morganton, N. 0.
Mr Davis advice is wise and practical, and
if heeded would save many young men much
loss.
Cotton Picking by Machinery.
From the N. Y. World
Tbe problem of pickiug cotton in the
field has at last been solved, and during
tbe coming season a number of maobines
which are now being manufactured under
the patents of Mr O. 1. Bugg owned by
the United States Coltou Harvester Com
pany.
whose office is in the Cotton Ex
change, will be in aotive operation. Ibej
t:L.:.: -v. ? 1 . i
exusuiuuu wuiuii was reueuwy given on
the floor of the Exchange under tbe great
disadvantages demonstrated that the ma
chine would do the work it is intended
for. Since that time work has been be
gun on the new an I. improved ..machines,
and it is safe lo say 'that when they are
completed they will pick fully 80 per cent,
of the cotton in the field,' once gone over.
There are also in course of manufacture
small machines tor planters who have only
a limited number of acres of land under
cultivation.
Under the most favorable circumstances
the United States Cotton Harvester Com
pauy does not expect to sell outright
many machines this season, but it is
determined that the people of every sec
tion of the booth shall have a chance to
witness the working of the harvester on
the plantations. Ocular demonstration is
what the planters want, and they are to
have it. . ; y
Said a gentleman who has large inter
ests in Mississippi and Louisiana, and who
has taken a great interest in the develop
ment oi the machine: "No one knows
better than a planter that the perfection
of a machine for picking cotton in the
South will be the salvation of that part of
the country. Nothing is needed so much.
I have seen many inventions tested for
the first lime, but I have yet lo see one
placed before the people for an initial test
as far advanced as was th cotton picking
machine exhibited on the floor of the Ex
change. It picked cotton and delivered
it, and what more can be asked on tbe
first lest. Of course ihere are some
minor defects which are yet lo be over
come, but that is always the case.
Was there ever a thing mtde perfect at
first ?"
At the office of the Cotton Harvester
Company Mr Bugg, the president, said
that the people of the South will not be
disappointed this season. The machines
will be put iu active operation iu the fall.
Mr Bugg has organized his company un
der tbe laws of tbe Slate of New York,
and has sit aside a' small portion of the
stock for sale. The proceeds are intended
to increase the manufacturing facilities of
the company and for ibat only, for know
ing thai be has a good thing in the ma
chine, Mr Bugg intends to hold on to his
interest.
?. How is This? If P-
From the New York World. J v
A member of the Confederate Congress
said the other dav that there was a chap
ter in the history of tbe rebellion that bad
.... i
never yei Deen written, ue was uupiug
that some of the members of the Con
federate Congress would take up the topic
and put it in the form of a book. He re
ferred to the story of the secret sessions
of the Confederate Congress, no record of
which has ever been published. In speak
ing of tbe things which had never come to
light he described an offer made by France
to the Confederate government. France
offered to recognize the Confederacy upon
one condition, and that was that they would
give up slavery. England ofiered to - re
cognize the Confederacy if they would
agree to let ber have cotton at twelve aod
a half cents a pound. Both of these pro
positions were rejected.
When Mr Yancey returned from Eng
land be made an address to the Confeder
ate Congress, and in that address he
showed how the Confederacy could not
have succeeded. He Baid that the foreign
powers of Europe did not care to make
treaties with an alleged nation which did
not acknowledge the sup.emaoy of the cen
tral authority. The absolute independ
ence of the S.ates to ihe central govern
ment stood always in the way of their
securing recognition. This gentleman
said that if the Confederacy bad succeeded
in separating itself from tbe Union it would
have failed wretchedly and would have
been begging its way back into the Union
wilhiu the next five years. . With its weak
central authority it would not have been
able. to protect its borders, and with the
jealousy of theS atee of each other anarchy
would have soon resulted. He said that
there was no man iu the South to-day who
would ever care to renew the experiment
of separation.
(The above statements are about correct, as we
heard a member of the Con federate Congress say
about the same thing during the war and soon
after the close of the war.
Sale cf tin East Tennessee, Virginia &
Georgia Railroad.
Knoxville, Tenn., March 18. Judge
John Baxter, of the U. S. Circuit Court,
to day ordered the eale ot the East Ten
nessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad,
on the application of the Central Trust
Company, of New York. The sale is to
occur after six weeks' advertising and not
later than the 25th of May. The payment
is to be $100,000 cash on the day of sale,
and the balance either in cash or in mort
gage bonds issued uuder ibe mortgage
being foreclosed, at a valoation equal to
their share it the entire amount "were to
be paid in cash. No bid will be taken for
les than 110,000,000. The total indebted
ness is about $16,000,000. Tbe sale will
include all the lines from Knoxville lo
Brunswick, Bristol and Meridan, with the
branches and other property, including
certain stock in the Knoxville & Ohio R.
It., and the Memphis & Charleston R. R.
The purchasers will take tbe road subject
to all prior valid liens, which amount to
about $7,500,000.
This takes the Roads out of ihe hands of
the Receiver as soon as the sale is con
firmed. - The question of confirmation will
come up at a special term of the Federal
court at Knoxville in June, or the regular
term in July. Judge Banter's decree will
be entered in Georgia, Alabama and Mis
sissippi. It is generally understood that
tne present bondholder recently propos
ing a reorganization scheme will be the
purchasers.
J3gT The New York Sun says: '"It is
a great thing for a young woman to know
Greek, and a much greater thing for her
to be well man led." Ihe same remarks
apply to a young man.
Arrival and Departure of Trains at
Charlotte.
RICHMOND & DANVILLE AND ATLANTA
& CHARLOTTE AIR LINE
No. 50 Arrives at Charlotte from Richmond at
2:50 a. m. Leaves for Atlanta at 8:00 a. m.
51 Arrives at Charlotte from Atlanta at 5.00 a.
m. Leaves for Richmond at 4 50 a. m.
No. 52 Arrives at Charlotte from Richmond at
12:35 p. m. Leaves for Atlanta at 12:45 p. m
No. 53 Arrives at Charlotte from Atlanta at
, 6:10 p. m. Leaves for Richmond at 6:30 p. m
CHARLOTTE, COLUMBIA & AUGUSTA.
Arrives from Columbia at 6:10 p. m.
Leaves for Columbia at 1:00 p. m.
A , T. & O. Division.
Arrives from Statesville at 10:45 a. m.
Leaves for Statesvile at 6:35 p. m.
CAROLINA CENTRAL.
Leaves for Wilmington at 8:15 p. m, ani for
laurinburg at 7:40 a. m.
Arrives from Wilmington at 7:50 a. in., and
irom ijaurinourg at 4:4U p. m.
Shelby Division of Carolina Central.
Leaves for Shelby at 8:15 a. m.
Arrives from Shelby at 5.40 p. m.
RALEIGH & AUGUSTA AIR LINE R. R.
Passenger Train Leaves Hamlet 2:45 a m, arrives
at itaieign v:uu am.
Leaves Raleigh at 7:00 p m, arrives at Hamlet
1:35 am.
WESTERN N. C. RAILROAD SCHEDULE
Passenger train leaves Salisbury 11 25 A. M.. ar
rives at Asheville at 6 16 P. M., and at Paint
Rock at 9.15 p. m. r
Leaves Paint Rock at 7.00 a. m., and Asheville
at 9 oo, and arrives at Salisbury at 5.30 p. m.
CAPE FEAR & YADKIN VALLEY ROAD,
Leaves Greensboro 9:50 a. m.
Leaves Fayettesville 4 p. m; arrives at Ben net ts
ville, 8. C, 7:30, p. m. . .
Leaves Bennettsville, S. C, 8:20 a. m ; Leaves
Fayetteville 12:25 p. va., arrive at Greens
boro 6:00 p. m.
No one allowed to ride on freight trains.
GROCERIES, ETC
THE BEST STOCK
OF
Heavy and Fancy Groceries,
CONFECTIONERIES,
Fruits, Canned Goods, etc., can be found at
A. R. & W. B. N18BET.
J. T. BUTLER,
THE JEWELER,
Has just returned from the North with the
FINEST MOST SELECT. MOST COM
PLETE AND BEST ASSORTED ...
Stock Of
WATCHES, CLOCKS AND JEWELUY
Silver and Plated Ware,
Ever displayed in
NORTH i CAROLINA;
' i .'
CST Call and see him , , ,
Not 8.1885 ' - - , "
Linseed. Oil,
Turpentine. Varnishes, Colors, Paint Brushes
and everything required by Painters at
W. M. WILSON & CO'S.
Comparative Cotton Statement.
. The following is tbe comparative cotton
statement for the week ending March
19th :
1886. 1885.-
Net receipts at U. 8. ports,
57,720 32,074
4,704,017 4,492,545
68.8?3 51915
3.183,089 3.254217
906,152 702,616
188,888 88125
Total receipts to date,
Exports for the ween,
Total exports to date,
Stock at all U. S. ports,
Stock at all interior towns,
Stock at Liverpool,
Stock of American afloat for
677,000 984,000
Great Britain, -
194,000 152,000
Total Visible Supply of Cotton.
New Yoks, March 20. The total visi
ble supply of cotton for the world is
2,948,614 bales, of which 2,451,434 bales
are American.againsl 2,732,792 and 2,205.-
692 bales respectively last year; receipts
of cotton for all interior towns, 30,212
bales; receipts from tbe plantations 28,
729 bales. Crop in bight 5,926,180 bales.
Totar Receipts at all American Ports since
September.
The following are the total net re
ceipts of cotton at all Uuited States sea
ports since September 1st, 1885 : balves
ion, 646,028 bales; New Orleans, 1,573,302;
Mobile, 231,560; Savannah, 727,393;
Charleston, 442,663; Wilmington, 93,778;
Norfolk, 483,802; Baltimore, 52,842; New
York, 57,536; Boston, 90,455; Newport
News, 24,975; West Point, 198,866; Bruns
wick, 14,890; Port Roy al,l0,039;Pensacola,
18,972; Iodianola, 781; Philadelphia, 35,
155. Total 4,704,017.
JEWELRY.
We desire to call attention to our Stock o f
Gold and Roll Plate Chains,
For Ladies and Gentlemen.
Vest and Fob Chains, Mikado Chains, Cufi
Buttons, Bracelets, Necklaces, Rings, Scarf
Pins, Lace Pins, Lockets and Charms, Gold and
Silver Thimbles.
Largest Stock of Silver-Ware
In Charlotte.
HALES & BOYNE.
Successors to A. Hales & Son,
West Trade Street, Charlotte, N. 0.
March 19, 1886.
HALSTEAD'S ENGLISH
HORSE AND CATTLE
POWDER,
Recommended for the various diseases peculiar
to Uuraes and Cattle, such as Distemper, Hide
Bound, Loss of Appetite, Fistula, Pole Evil,
Yellow Water, Scratches, Founder, Rheumatism
or Stiff Joints, Lung Fever, . Skin Eruptions,
Coughs, Colds, &c , Ac.
These Powders are prepared with great care
from selected material, from the best medicines
known to Farriery, and may be relied upon for
all diseases for which they are recommended.
df Prepared and for sale by; ; "i '
THOMAS REESE & CO.,
Feb. 5, 1886. Druggists, Charlotte, N. C.
Opposite Central Hotel
E. M. ANDREWS.
Charlotte, N. C,
Has the largest and most complete stock of
FURNITURE
In the State.
Also, Baby Carriages, Coffins,
Metallic Ca3es and Burial Suits.
I buy largely and sell cheap.
No charge for Packing or Drayage.
y Pianos and Organs
Of the best makes on the installment plan. Low
prices and easy terras. I am Agent for LUD
DEN & BATES' MUSIC HOUSE.
E. M. ANDREWS.
Wholesale and Retail Dealer,
Next to Wittkowsky & Baruch.
Feb. 12, 1888. - ;
Lanterns, &c.
We have the Improved Tabular Lantern ; also,
the Buckeye, with Double Globes.
R. H. JORDAN & CO.
Dr. Scott's Electric Hair Curler
immediately crimps, bangs or curls the Ilair to
any desired shape. : For sale by
R. H. JORDAN & CO.
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey for
Medicinal purposes, for sale by
R. H. JORDAN & CO.
Bloomsdale Pearl and Red Onion
Setts for Fall Planting, at '
R. H. JORDAN & CO.'S.
Druggists, Springs' Corner.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
To the Public.
We have taken the Agencies fortheLIDDELL
SAW MILL, tbe LIDDELL BOSS COTTON
PRESS, the CLEVELAND HARDWICK
ENGINES, the VICTOR WAGON SCALES,
the MARVIN SAFES, and will henceforth ban
die all kinds of Machinery.
We now have on band a large stock of
HARDWARE
Including Plows, Scales, Saws, Knives, Razors,
Grindstones, Guns, and other wares too numer
ous to mention.
We must close out all these Goods, and we
promise the public to sell lower than any firm in
Charlotte, because the Hardware must be sold,
and tbe Machinery we have contracted for mut
be vigorously pushed. ;
This is no false notice to deceive, but we
are ia dead earnest and mean to close out.
LiddeU's Saw Mill and Boss Press
Took the highest prizes at tbe New Orleans Ex
position, and we can give any one the best Ma
chinery rig in the South.
BREM & MCDOWELL.
Dec. 1, 1885.
$35,000
WORTH OF GOODS ' AT COST.
Owing to a change in our firm, we will, for
tbe nexi 30 days, offer to the public our entire
stock of Winter aud Summer Goods at Cost.
It consists of Dress Goods, all kinds. Dress
8ilks, Cashmeres, Silk Warp Henriettas, Tamise,
Serges, 5-4 snd 6-4 Dress Flannels, Combination
Suits, Satins, Surahs, Laces, Embroideries,
Crepes, Crepe Veils, Black and Colored Cash
mere. Shawls, Corsets, , Velvets, Velveteens,
Ladies' and GenU' Underwear, Clothing, Over
coats, Domestics, Calicos, 8heetings, Plush
Sacques, Newmarkets, Russian Circulars, Hats,
CapB, Boots, Shoes, &c. This is strictly a
-CASH SALE,
And we offer bargains such as. you may never
get again in a lifetime. Remember, we sell all
of our stock, including everything, nothing re
served. AT OST FOR CASH. Come one,
come all.
II ARG RAVES & ALEXANDER.
Jan. 1,1886. , Smith Building.
Central Barber Shop.
GREY .TOOLE has again assumed control
and proprietorship of the "Central Barber Shop'
opposite Central Hotel Building, where he will
be glad to see all his old customers and many
new ones. He guarantees satisfaction to all who
may be pleased to patronize him.
GREY TOOLE
Jan. 1, 1885. " '