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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-03
Thursday Morning, jane 3, 1869
A War with England.

Knowing politicians to whom
the question may be propounded,
s'Will there be a war with Eng
land ?" can answer it promptly IN
the negative, and without leopard
izing their reputation for forecast.
A. war with Great Britain is, I'M
der present circumstances, the
next thing to an impossibility.
Our Government bonds are bonds
to keep the peace on both sides of
the water. One thousand mill
ions worth of United States secu-
rites, or Whereabouts, is held IN
Europe. An amount of this pa
per nearly equal to the sum at
which Mr.. Sumner rates the Ala
bama claim is owned by British
subjects, and the holders are well
aware that, in case Of war between
the two countries, their invest
ments would not be of much more
value in the market than the
shinplasters of the defunct South
ern Confederacy. 1t is safe to
say therefore that every English
man now drawing six per cent. IN
gold from the United States treas
ury on American scrip will be en-
phatically opposed to a fight
The same may be said of our bond
holders at home. In short all the
holders of our scrip, native and
foreign, representing in the aggre-
gate capital of more than two
thousand five hundred millions Of
dollars, will naturally use their in
fuence to prevent a contingency
which would bring their dollars to
dimes; and in this bank note world
of ours such an enormous moneyed
interest is not likely to plead for
peace in vain. England knows,
too, that war with the United
States would involve the seizure
of all her colonial possessions on
this continent and In the West In
dies, besides giving her infinite
trouble nearer her home, while
the loss to her commerce by Amer
lean privateering would dwarf into
insignifcance the little bill for the
depredations of the Alabama.
A hundred other reasons might
be given to show that a breach OF
the peace between this country
and Great Britain is in the highest
degree improbable; but those we
have already cited are sufficient.
The result of the pending negotia-
tons does not depend upon the
dicta of sensational and partisan
presses. If it did we should be at
loggerheads with John Bull before
the close of the summer; but the
governments of great nations areI
guided by other considerations
than those which prompt theI
Observation-Disclosures articles of b.
badil newspapers.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-03
Important Decision!
The Franchise Case De-
cided!
The Governor no Power
to set aside Registration !
BrownloW and Senter's
Tyranny Annulled!

Before the Supreme Court at
Brownsville, a case has for some
time been ably argued, closing
within the past few days, which
involved the question whether,
after a citizen has once received
his certificate and been thereby
enfranchised as a voter, he can,
either by act Of the Legislature or
of the Governor, be DISTINGUISHED;
in other words, whether, after the
lists of registration were made up,
the acts of Brownlow and Senter
in setting aside the registration
could in any way affect the right
of the registered citizen to vote.
The Supreme Court met again
at four o'clock P. M, Thursday,
9th, and announced an opinion
in the case of the State Us. Leon
ard, also another opinion in the
case of the State rs. Staten, involv-
ing the validity of the Franchise
act of May 3, 1866, and all subse-
quent acts of the Legislature aux
iliary thereto, but more especially
the power bestowed upon the State
to set aside and annul registration
once made. The Court reverses
the former case and affirms the
the latter.
The opinion in the last named
case was oral, and will be written
hereafter. 1t decides that the
Governor has no poaCer to set aside
the registration Of Uoter8.
The Supreme Court affirmed the
iopinion of the court below, and
will give its reasons in an opinion
at an early day. Staten was in
dicted for voting on a certificate
of registration that had been set
aside by the Governors proclama-
ton. Judge Rogers sustained the
demurrer to the indictment. on the
ground that the Governor had no
power to set aside registration
This opinion of Judge Rogers was
affirmed by the court. The decis-
ion of this question in favor of the
citizen, makes difference of sew
eral thousand votes, even under
the law as it row stands. It le-
galizes all the certificates of regis
tration granted in this county by
]. T. Gordon, E. P. Reynolds, Fl.
N. T. Shipr, Adam Bloom, Andy
Russell, and John Carey, each of
these men having been commits
stoned and acted as Commissioner
of Registration in Lincoln county.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-03

A late divorce case in Chicago
developes the fact that an old man,
after nineteen years of welded
life, married three other women in
rapid succession, and maintained
four separate establishments.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-03

@ Indiana is demoralized, and
Congress will have to look after
her doings. At Indianapolis the
other day, Lewis Washington, a
negro, was sentenced to pay fine
of $4,000 and undergo two years
imprisonment for marrying q
white woman. What will Sum-
ner, Brownlow and old Ben Wade
do in this case F.? If it had occurred
in one of the Southern States,
what a howl of Radical Indignation
would have gone up, to be sure !!
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-03

tration law, could not be diverted
except by a court of competent
jurisdiction on charge Of crime as
a disqualification, against which
he could enter a defense.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-03

S A very pleasing report is in
circulation on the streets. 1t It's, that
Hickerson beats Patterson in this
judicial circuit by about 1000 votes;
and that Cliff defeats Mohler by a
still larger majority.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-03

Eighty-four black men are study
ing in a college in Allegany City,
Pennsylvania. They all expect
to be President of the United States
or at least members of Congress.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-03

@> If you want hardware.
tinware, quesusware, in fact if
you want bargains, go to
MURRAY & MORGAN.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-03

The wife of a Dubuque mer-
chant eloped with a negro min
strel last week, and the husband,
like sensible man, has concluded
to let her 90.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-03

Southern whiskey is selling in
New Orleans at seventy cents a
gallon.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-03

E If you want boots and
shoes purchased from manufactu-
rers go to MURRAY & MORGAN.
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~ If you want gents and
ladies' hats at low prices go to
MURRAY & MORGAN.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-03

E% IF you want ladies'
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MURRAY & MORGAN.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-06-03

E. Tenn, was a spirited thrust at
spectators, carpet-baggers and
office-hunters generally. GA linn
it to human reason" was rather a
philosophical treatise than an ora
ton, and would have sounded bet
ter read than spoken. 1t evinced
considerable depth of thought for
a student. Mr.. Summers was
just recovering from an attack OF
typhoid fever, and had been ex-
cused by the president; but with
.praiseworthy heroism he deter
mined to perform his part.
Among the essayists: Miss Sal
lie Pitts convinced us that she
had pure heart and resolute
will. Miss. S. K. Landess in an
earnest and thrilling appeal, be-
sought her young friends to look
well to their steps and range them
selves under the banner of Truth
to fight the great battle of Lille.
Women have always been the
most successful soldiers Of truth,
and these two young ladies and
several of their associates have
the ability to perform prodigies of
moral heroism, in the light of
which such sanguinary monsters
as Napoleon and Grant will look
as black as midnight with their
crimes. Battle for the truth, my
young friends, one and all; love
and worship the truth. 1t is the
luminous ether that irradiates the
moral universe. 1t is the ambro.
sial nourishment of your immortal
spirits.
"Speak it boldly, never fear,
Speak it so that all may hear,
Speak the truth"
Did space permit we would like
to give their need of praise to the
t, Misses Mclaughlin, especially
Miss Sue, and others. The sta
pie of all was morality and en-
thusiastic devotion to principle
All were redolent of the pure in
fuences of the sunshine and
breeze, of the warbling woodlands
and fresh fields of clover, in the
midst of which their daily life
glides peacefully along.
In conclusion, Oak Hill Insti
tute is as near a model school a:
any that it has ever been oul
good fortune to visit. This il
high praise, but it is merited. II
every neighborhood will estab
fish and sustain such a school, the
advancement of our country il
civilization will be accelerated il
a geometrical ratio, until is ush
cred in a period Of millenial per
lection and happiness.
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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-03-19
Virginia Politics.

The Radical State Convention which has
just closed stormy session at Petersburg,
succeeded, after the withdrawal OF some oil
the leaders, in making nominations. Gen
eral Ell. H. Wells, the present military ap-
pointee, was nominated for Governor. j.
D. Harris, colored, received the nomina-
ton for Lieutenant Governor. Thomas r.
Bowden for Attorney General and A. Nj.
Crane for Congressman ct large.
The Convention was very unharmonious
and disorderly. The anti-Wells party
voted for the negro candidate for Lieu
tenant Governor in order to injure the
ticket. Harris, the candidate, is negro
doctor, living at Hampton. He was born
in North Carolina. Carried North when O
child, he was educated at Cleveland, Ohio,
and graduated in medicine there. During
the war he was Doctor in the Freed
mans Rureau
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-03-19
The Reconstructed Farmer.

Mr.. JAMES r. THIGPEN proposes to be-
gin the publication of a monthly agricul-
tural journal at Tarboro, to be styled The
Reconstructed Farmer. Mr.. TH1aPEN is a
strong writer, and what is more to the pur-
pose, q successful and practical farmer
He has been educated in the thorough and
severe school of Edgecombe agriculture
and is able to speak as much from the ex-
perience as from the theory of his subject.
In speaking of his proposed monthly he
says:
sin its visits it will tell you how to reconstruct
your wet lands into dry-your poor lands into
rich-your forests into felds-bad preparation
seeding, and cultivation into good-indiffereni
breeds of stock into improved-empty barns
larders, and hay lofts into full ones-poor horses
cattle &C., into fat ones. The orchard. osrden
and househol will receive proper attention and
| in short, it will travel from centre to cireun,
ference of the Farm, and from Parlor to the
Kitchen, endeavoring to reconstruct all that il
amiss."
Messrs. CHARLES & BIGGs, who will b:
publishers, promise that no expense OF
pains will be spared to make Tile Recesa
structed Farmer a first class Agriculture
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-03-19

of the Vindicdtor Let rs become acquain-
ted with each other. The people OF Ruth
erford are strangers to those of New Han
over. They are soon to be linked together'
we trust, by close and intimate business
relations. Let kindliness of feeling and
social regard anticipate mere commercial
connections, by which :he latter will be
made mutually more profitable and pleas
ant. Our people feel great interest In the
completion of this road, which connects
them directly with the mountain section
We regard it as more intimately connected
with the future prosperity of our city than
any of her great works, and we desire that
even before its completion, the people
who are to be brought together by it shall
be friends.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-03-19

all vines ordered, so that no vine ,o..
out OF the house that has not nasS pSssses
spectlon under his eye. They adve..;ln IN
Tin the Journal believe, if not tbev o,. 'lse
toy, twenty thousand (20,00O of the uLi
Gus varltles have named, as for sale oil
Judging by the rapidity which thew wo,L ana
presume they have sent off MANY tbou'
sands to all parts of the States. from ou'
York to Texas, destined TO add to tbo e"
piness of millions of the people for Lap'
ever much may be said by enthusiasts Nv Nv
grape regions are the temperate reoion 'ue
the world. 1 mean where the cuiiivat;oo'1
OF the grape produces wine in such onos
tity as to drive out all the base intoxicat;aeu'
manufactured liquors. "''ng
The method adopted for propapat;no a..
vines Is to select q vine that has -
choice ruit-for there is considerable 90;
alton even in the Scuppernong--the a,hn.
is carefully taken out and the vine allon"3I
to settle down so that the branches can ~
stretched out on the ground these &c 80
carefully Strengthened in every direct;oeo
and fence rail placed on them as Close ~.
to the main trunk as possibis. against thu
rail bank of rich earth is thrown, saw s;w
inches high and one foot at the base The
rail is then moved outward from the MOI
obOAA thAOO ACOb hIOLQGf bank nF
earth is made, and so the process is carried
on out to the end of the limbs and al
around the vine. 1 saw vines that had bod
seven banks of earth placed on the limbs
in this way. Under the banks or ridoes
running around the vine roots form eSJ
sink into the ground.
There is peculiarly i'll the Scupper.
nong vine that l have not noticed in anv
other product Of nature, and that is that i
makes no difference which end of il Won
put in the ground, SO there is root at
tached. 1t grows backward as well as for
ward. If this were not SO, one half of the
sciOns would BIO worthless, as in separating
them from the main stem after they are
rooted, and dividing them up, sharp
spade or other implement is forced down
through the centre OF the ridge or bank
cutting the vine exactly in the middle OF
the roots, while another cuts them above
ground, half way between the ridges, thus
giving double the number that could be
had if the vine only grew one way. These
branches having been cut away from the
parent stem are then placed i'll the nursery
to be kept until ordered. L find l cannot
in this letter give you any idea of the mode
of cultivation or of making wine, and will
therefore close.
Yours truly,
Elm Transit"
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-03-19
The South Carolina Railroad.

If the complaints of the Superintendent
of the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad,
which gave rise to the structures Of the
Charleston NeaCS, which we quoted, and
formed the ground of its defense OF the
policy of the South Carolina Railroad, had
reference merely to the freight intended
for Columbia, we might have endorsed the
article, or at least applauded the objects Of
the railroad officials. If goods can be de-
livered in Columbia by way of Charleston
more advantageously than through Will
mington or Charlotte. it is undoubtedly
the duty of the officers of the South Caro-
lima Railroad to force them over their road.
If, however, Il certain class Of goods will
seek railroad transportation. on account of
the dispatch in their shipment, and this we
know to be true, for many take the benefit
Of the more costly advantages of Express
Companies, then it is question for con-
sideration whether it would not he better
for the South Carolina Railroad that such
freight should be brought this way, and
over its twenty-five miles of road, than go
by way of Raleigh and Charlotte, thus
avoiding its line altogether. But we must
regard the rejoinder of our friends of the
Neous as little disingenuous in referring
to freight intended for Columbia only,
when the complaint to which exception
was taken spoke also of Augusta and points
West, even as far as the Alabama River.
From Kingsville to Augusta, over the
South Carolina Railroad, is one hundred
and eighteen miles, only some twenty
miles less than the distance from Charles
ton to Augusta, and that Company has
been offered the same rates upon
through freight from Kingsville to Augusta
as it charges from Charleston to Augusta.
So, upon the score of jus tice to the Stock
holders. there can possibly be no reason to
refuse such an arrangement.
We know, therefore, that the Neocs, now
that it understands our position, will not
do us the injustice to say that we expect
" that the South Carolina Railroad shall
give up the business which it spent hun
dred of thousands of dollars to obtain, and
for which lines of steamships have been
built, only in order that it might carry
freight over twenty-five miles of its road. y
We do not expect or wish to sacrifice any
of its interests. We wish it could increase
its business ten fold. We highly appreciate
the energy and enterprise of its officers.
We are sure that the confidence reposed
by the Stockholders in them, evidenced so
frequently by their unanimous reflections,
is fully deserved. All we have written has
been with desire to reconcile what we
believe to be conflict of opinion rather
than of interest desire to benefit our
own people without injury to others. We
are satisfied that such terms could be ar
ranged for certain class of freights which
| would be advantageous to all the roads,
and not injurious to Charleston. We de-
sire to do away with the necessity of build
ing competing lines, by a liberal spirit in
the management of finished roads.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-03-19

Magazine in every respect. Writers OF
ability and practical experience will con-
tribute regularly to its pages.
We know of no better location for an
Agricultural Monthly, nor of person
better fitted to take charge OF it than Mr..
TH1GPEN. The information to be derived
from this Monthly and from the Carolina
Farmer published in this city, will enable
our enterprising farmers to labor with
economy and intelligence. We LOOK upon
the successful establishment of such Maya
zines as indicating rapid prosperity
among our agriculturalists.
The price of The Reconstructed Farmer
is 50 per annum.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-03-19
Rattle of Charlottesville.

Under the heading, "AnBwers to Correspon'
DENTS" the last number of the Southern oplnion
contains the following einguariy incorrect ssate-
ment.
"BroNn-You are mistaken in conteDding that
General r. Z. Lee was not present at the battle
of Charlottesville. General J. E. b. Stuart, it
is true took command when Generals Hill and
jackson were both wounded, and began the fight
on Sunday morning, but General Lee arrived on
the scene before the last attack was made that
drove Booker from his position"
There are so many misstatements in tbs above
that we hardly know where to commence in their
correction. Gen. Stuart commanded Jackson's
corps only. af ter the fall Of the hero. Gen. Hill
was not wounded in this battle. Gen. Lee was IN
supreme command from the beginning OF the bat
tie until it's glorious termination. You will have
to brush up your historical lore little, brother
"Opinion. '.-Norfolh Virginaan.
Our friend of the Tirginiaa must take
new bearings and correct his reckonings.
It is true General STUART commanded Jack
sons corps only, but it was the entire at
lacking force engaged IN the battle of
Charlottesville proper. General A. 2.
HILL was wounded in the legs, about the
time that General JACKSON fell, on Satur-
day night, and the writer of this paragraph
assisted him in the ambulance. The COM
mand of his division devolved upon Gen
eraI HKTH, who was wounded i'll the COM
mencement of the action, and it then de-
volved upon General PENDER. On Monday
took command of the division. General
PENDER returned to duty, however, during
the same day on which he was wounded. |
General STUART, commanding the cavalry, |
would hardly have been put in command |
of the corps, had General HILL been on
duty. It was only done when no Major |
General was present to assume command. |
Brigadier General RHODES commanded
the corps on Saturday night, until General
STUART reported.
General LEE did not go with General
JACKSON in his celebrated flank movement,
and consequently was not in direct COM
munication with JACKSON or STUART in the
engagements of Saturday evening CT Sun
day morning, and indeed not until Gen
eral HOOKER was driven from his position
at Charlottesville, and the plank road
thus opened. When the battle was fought
General HooKER's main army was between
General LEE with EARLY's division of
JAcKsoN's corps and MoLAws' division of
LoNasTREET's corps. The battle of Chan
cellorsville proper was fought by the troops
of A. P. Hul's division, D. H. Hubs di |
vision under the command of General |
RHODES, and JAoKsoN's old division under |
command of General CoLsToN, of our city, |
all of JACKsoN's corps.
We think the Viryinian will find the
point.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-03-19
WASHINGTON, March 10, 1869,


It is idle if not criminal to attempt
to conceal the fact that our best men
are becoming alarmed at the progress
of events in this city. Several eminent
gentlemen, whose names can be given,
have so expressed themselves to your cor
respondent to-day. They are no alarm
lists, usually so-called. but are men who,
when the battle ragged the fercest, were
found always in the front. At times like
these, when nothing is known and all is
uncertainty-when generous nation has
taken chief whose reticence has induced
universal comment, and whose political
notions have yet to be revealed to the
country, under such circumstances undue
Importance may possibly be given to acts
which at other times would pass unnotieed.
But the regular onward tread of the new
Administration towards military deepo-
tism does, indeed, alarm some of the most
able and distinguished patriots now as
sembled at the seat of the Federal Govern
ment.
As Commander Of the Armies of the
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-03-19
Sugar and Syrup.

We learn that Col. WIN. F. BEAsLEY, the
agent for the patent process of manufac-
turing Sugar and Syrup from Sorghum
Cane, has been compelled to remove his
headquarters from Tarboro' to Greens
boro', as being more central. We are glad
to know that considerable interest has been
excited in the minds of our people in regard
to this matter We believe that much
benefit will result if the manufacture of
sugar and syrup should be undertaken in
this State