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The enquirer southerner., 1874-10-30

Work on the plantations in some
parts Of Louisiana has been almost
untirely suspended. Federal cavalry,
sent on the requistion of the tyrant
Governor, rad through the richest
farms, and such Of the planters as
are not arrested flee to the woods in
terror. Is this the way Grant pro-
poses to carry New York and secure
a third term
The Daily Graphic thinks that the
best way TO get at the truth about
the condition of the South is for the
large dailies Of New York to club
together ard pay the expenses Of q
commiss to be composed Of gentle
men Of undoubted eminence aaa
veracity, the commission to visit the
Southern States, and the journals
aforesaid to publish their report YER
batim. The Graphic suggests for
such a commissian Charles O'Conor
and William Butler Duncan, Demo-
Gratis; Edward Pierrepont and Royal
Phelps, Republicans, and William
NJ. Evarts, (politics unknown.) These
gentlemen would be entirely accepta-
ble, but there is not the slightest
prospect that any one of them would
accept
The enquirer southerner., 1874-10-30
w NEx4 CONGRESS.

Al exchange thus foots up the
figures and draws the comparison
between the present and next Cons
gress. The House Of Represen-
tstiyes consists Of 292 membcrs.-.
Of these, in the present House 194
are Republicans, 9S are Democrats,
S are Liberals, and ! Of unknown
politics. So the Administration
Republicans have . majority Of 10l
over the Democrats, and Of IS over
all parties than their own.
So far as heard from, 108 mem.
bcrs have b, en- elected to the next
House of Representatives: OF these
So are Republicans and 56 Demo-
Gratis, according to the latest re-
ports. The same States send to the
present Congress Is Republicans
and 50 Democrats. II the Demo
Gratis gain in the same ratio in the
States which are yet to elect, they
will have $50 members 10 the next
House. majority Of Is over the
Republicans and Of 8 over both
Liberals and Republicans, or if the
Liberals vote With them, Of 18 over
the Administration Republicans"
The enquirer southerner., 1874-10-30
Crushing Cob BIS.

In his speech at Ivor, Va, last
Friday, Hon. Jesse J. Yeates NJ.
C. elect from the Albermarle (1st)
n. c. District, said:
" [ have recently been elected
president of an agricultural socie'
ty." Col Hinton asked him upon
what qualifications. Mr.. Yeates
replied: because | can crush
Cob(b)s, but it was a poor recon-
mendation, as the Cob(b) had no
corn on it, and farming had nothing
to do with it, He spoke most el-
oquently for over an hour, and
closed by exclaiming: "Do you
love the land which was given to
you by Washington? If so take
charge of it-elect your Goode--
and this glorious old Commonwealth
will be again on the high road to
prosperity"
The enquirer southerner., 1874-10-30
u NIEIStsI<O'. ~. q.
THG o2EEENTi0N QUESTION

THH o2E gENrI0N QUESTION
Tue New ern Jouimal Of Com
merlc says: Il is apparent that
the Carylution cause is steadily
gua.ag ground. The necessity for
cntnse in the organic law is "d>
mitted on all sides and the recent
elections in The north will do much
to aliay the fears Of those who,
while favoring a change il the Con~
stitution, are yet opposed t" call
for Convention at the presen:
time. IF the elections to be held
in November result as fayorably as
we have every reason to believe,
the cause will be still further
strengthened. Let the friends OF
Convention, then, continue to ag'>
tate the question. Keep it con-
stantly before the members of the
Legislature. Let them be Impress
ed with the necessity Of affording US
government in which the white
people of Eastern North Carolina
may have some voice. Activity
ard perseverance must secure the
support of the Democratic members.
1t cannot be deuicd that the great
mass of the party earnestly desire
a Convention, and it is only neces-
sary to keep this fact prominent
before our friends in the Legisla'
ture to secure our object.
The enquirer southerner., 1874-10-30
TURE.

In his speech the other day for
Congress, Gov. Banks Of Massaehu>
sets, uttered the following truthful
Fsn.rAs:
eff the question (Civil Rights
was let alone the colored people
would receive all the rights to which
they were entitled, and at the hands
of the white people at the South
too. He predicted that, if both
parties abandoned the question ep>
tirely, the blacks would in one or
two years gain sll their rights BY
the South's action"
The enquirer southerner., 1874-10-30

The Spanish republicans have oom-
pleted the work Of fortifying the line
Of the Ebro, and nos they are ex
pectsd to begin an sctivs movement
against the Carlists Immediately.
This means that the republicans, 30
far, have been lighting on the defsn
sive, aad that IN preparing for o
regular offensive noyeneat ON the
one side they must Do fortified against
the Carl ste on the othss, to prevent
their shpping rouad BY . aank move
ment 70 Madrid.
The enquirer southerner., 1874-10-30

The ?resident is showing the
honesty Of his intentions in regard
10 Louisiana by the Wholesale ar
rest he is now making in that State.
Grant is low, miserable dog, MIR.
Stephens to the contrary nsverthe>
less, and should be tried rs an enc.
my TO his country, traitor TO her
liberty, .ioIator Of his official oath
and punished accordingly.
The enquirer southerner., 1874-10-30
EDITORIAL BREVITIEs.

Two Thousand pvrsous perisaed in
the recent cyclone in India.
A miser grows rich BY seeming
poor; an sxtravagant man grows
poor by seeming rich.
Governor Walker 10 making a
brilliant campaign in tho Richmond
district.
The contest in South Carolina
seems to be more favorable to the
whites and honest government than
ever heretofore.
Official returns from Ohio give a
majority of 1902 for the Democratic
State ticket aud l9, ,595 for the Con.
gressional ticket. Well done
The Baltimore Gaz ,tte is confident
that the evening Of the third of No
vember will give the Democrats Of
Maryland q grand, swsspting victory
and a united Democratic delegation
in the Forty-fourth Congress.
Registration frauds in New Orleans
have been immense. One negro,
says telegram to the New York
Tribune, only registered "eleven
times" That was moderate and
teaches lesson Of morality to carpet
baggsrs.
Thers will be special elections in
Mississippi, Nov. 8, to fill vacancies
in the Legislature, viz: five seats in
the Senate and FIVE in tue House.
Beyond this there are no more cleo
tions in Mississippi until next year.
Gerritt Smith writes a letter III
which lie declares for the "third
term" if it shall be necessary to de-
feat the "rascaIiy democracy. The
radicals must be in q bad fix if they
have only ORG maa who cen defeat
the ntcrrified
TIC latest retu1Is give The demo,
crat> g clear majority of ten on joint
ballot III the in'liana Legi stature,
over both republicans and indepen-
dents 1t is SAID thas Daniel W.
Voorhees, will NEST probably be cleo
!el United S;ateS Senator. We
hAouii be ,ild Of It.
An active canvass for lord rector
snip of Glasgow University is in
proZrcss, with Disrasli as the Cor.
servative candidate, the Liberals be-
ing divided between VIM. Edward
Forster, N. P, and Ralph Waldo
Emerson, IF the United States.
The betting men of New York are
Offering odds of 100 to 60 in favor of
Iilden for Governor, and even on
$4,000 Democratic Majority in the
city. The Democratic majority in
Kings is expected to be at least 5, 900.
so that "Uncle Sam" will cross Har
lem Bridge going North with 4O,-
600 majority. 1t is predioated that
the Democstic majorities in the Hud.
son River counties will nearly coun-
terbalancs the Republican majorities
in the Western part Of the State, so
that Tildeu will have over $4,000
majority in the State.
The enquirer southerner., 1874-10-30

Mcssrs. Wm. A. Wright, Z. S.
French, Q. 7. Mesr.s, John l..
Holmes, Robt. Strange and George
Davis, have addressed letter to
the Wilmington Jomna! Advocating
the call of Convention by ne Leg
isi:ture.
These gentlemen, says nn ex-
change tlGt has not favored the 90 i,
Of i Convention, are members # lit
Ncw lt"rOv<r bar and posse,e, il
al u1}'tniteh degree, the confidence
snI Aif"~tion Of the people CT the
Cape Fear region. They are zeal
"us North Carolinians and would
give their support to no movsmen.
which they did Dot believe conouc-
i've to the welldoing aud happiness
Of the people Of the commonwealth.
The enquirer southerner., 1874-10-30
rARCICAL ouTRAGES.

The more intelligent people OF
the North have at last become sen>
sible of the imposition that has been
prac,iced upon them hy nhprinciplsd
party leaders, and are not so apt to
be caught by them as they were a
year or two ago. They begin to
realize too somewhat the character
of Southern loyalists from whom
the information was derived, and
are sending men whom they can
trust to ascertain the facts, which
are generally found to be at great
variance with the reports put in
circula,ion Uy Attorney General
Williams and others last before
election tim. \ recent letter
from the c-uls lsp5alent Of the Tines
in All6ama. Who is v0uched for By
that paper as Il staong Republican,
saws that he has ridden for miles
along unfrequented roads and has
been ill all the large cities and not
only failed 10 discover any trace of
the reign Of terror, but found the
negroes Quietly at work.
The Times, in alluding editorials
ly to the letter, says: lie finds
nc reign Of terror in Alabama ne
var ofraces, and no pretence that The
recent crimes in that State have
been instigated by political motives.
He found the alleged uiurderers of
Mr.. Billings to be men unlike the
bloodthirs,y rufians they have been
painted, and he appears to think
the So called evidence against them
is ridicul. uzly inadequate.
The n. Y. Tribune also crntains
q very interesting article touching
this subject from which We take the
following paragraph. When such
papers as the Times and Tribune,
papers that are read by hundreds of
thousands of Republicans, begin to
utter such sentiments we may hope
that We see the beginning Of the
end of our troubles. The Tribune
slys;
As in Alabama, 50 in other parts of the
South. The War of Races in South Caro-
lima turns out TO be a negro scrimmage-
IL Kentucky it is & rutfianly fcud between
" stc outlaws. in Tennessee it is q case
OF lynching, Of the familiar pattern which
ha- always bocn - l9nen:ahly common i'll
certain paris uf tlr United States. . In
NJ" Orleans the W-;.o League takes pos
sc--.Jn Of tie goy oycIin.eu, and immediately
or ic!s hat 0ue-tiliIG If tie appointments
OIL lLe police force shah be given to the nc
grJ"S. II We can Lc!tyyn the bulletins is
fuci tf.4 tic rhj"" 81 III" Att0mev-Ger-
rr.l, H," s","., {. nave added the duties
q ",.r' @"".ma.. 'H Ii, ,l'.cr functions as
g'-e... ~. "',at."..'l- Of eiCct,0us and
c.'". ,..a." ot tH. 'loons, rilny2at rebels
IL gar. Ia t.y "-.ia ~~uth With sword,
p!5.1!, rifle, ;.r@ rj"-i.iig, riooting and
&c,.-luE J.; ,..aa, all making The
co|alrT q lqll up, Garth. Be. thcae arm
et "@.t.,a H'".a''.E e'-aItru ,pon ciusc
The enquirer southerner., 1874-10-30

A Washington telegram says
that The intimate friends of the
President say that he hss made no
allusion whatever to thsm concerns
ing the question Of . third term.
Nor is it known that any one has
mentioned tho subject to him in
conversation and further be has in
no way expressed himself in such q
manner as to incline them to be-
lievs- that he has aspirations in that
direction. They further say that
although much las been said and
written upon the subject the ques>
tion has not come to him in a form
requiring a reply, and, therefore
any utterance- he might make
would not only be gratuitous and
intrusive, but contrary to usage
Of course. 80
The enquirer southerner., 1874-10-30
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
EdgecOmbe COunty---In the
SUPERIOR Court.

D. H. Barlow, Sarah z. Lloyd, George Lloyd,
Frank Lloyd, Nina Lloyd and James Lloyd,
the last four infants by their next friend,
Joseph w. Lloyd,
against
Mary Louisa CALDWELL Henry Lloyd, Mary
P. Lloyd and Harriet E. Lloyd.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
To the Sheriff Of Edgeconsbe County-Greetimg:
You are hereby commanded, to summon
Mary Louisa Caldwell, Henry Lloyd, Mary P.
Lloyd and Harriet e. Lloyd, the defendants
above-named, If they be found within your
County, to appear at the office of the Clerk
of the Superior Court of Edgecombe, within
twenty tive days, after the service of this
summons on them, exclusive of the day of
such service, and answer the complaint, a
copy of which will be deposited in the office
of the Clerk of the Superior Court for said
County, within ten days from the date of this
summons, aud let them take notice, that If
they fail to answer the said complaint within
that time the plaintiff will apply to the Court
for the relief demanded in the complaint
Hereof fail not, and of this summons make
due return.
Given under my hand and seal of said
Court, this 2Sth day of October, 1874.
n. L. STATION, JR.,
Clerk Superior Court, Edgecombe County.
HOWARD & PERRY, Att'ys for Plaintiffs.
Oct. 80, 1874. CIV
The enquirer southerner., 1874-10-30

4 wonderful chicken in Bowling
Green, Ky, has a coat of red hair
instead of feathers.
West Virginia gave a majority or
popular vote in the late election of
about $4,000. The Legislature is
almost unanimously Democratic.
Some men are born to misfortune.
At Fourth of July pic-nic a Cow
ington chap got his eye punched for
speaking to another fellows girl, and
when he tearfully explained that he'd
"known her these hirty-fve years"
he got all his hair pulled out.
The coinage Of the United States
Mint for the past year is stated by
the officials TO be greater than for
any previous year in the history of
the Government since 1852. The
demand for lie new trade dallar is
greater than the mint can supply.
The Agricultural Laborers' Union
OF EuSland appears inclined to place
its management in communication
with State emigration societ ties rep.
pesentatives from America, with the
view of directing the stream Of emir
grant labor from Britain 10 particular
locations in the United States.
A French writer declares that Tur-
key is in much better financial con.
dition than France. The expendit
rres are less per head than those of
France, the taxes 20 francs per head,
against 50 in France, and the debt
ia francs per capita, against SO in
France.
The Baptists are making progress
in Denmark and Sweden. In the
latter country they have nearly l0,~
900 members and 10,500 Sunday
scholars. In Denmark there are
/ 1895 Baptists, while in Norway
there are onl y $50
A few years ago the Republic of
Dominica offered to sell out to the
United States for a million and a
half of dollars. Now, Dominica, on
her oN n account. wants to borrow
three millions. This looks like pro-
gress, but it may signify only an
empty treasury.
Sidney Smith said every public
man should be provided with foolo-
meter-that is, the acquaintance of
three or four regular fools, on whom
he could try his measures and judge
of the effect they were likely to pro-
duoe on public opinion, Grant has
q fine collection of private fools, and
so has JOHN Kelly, yet no good effect
is perceptible.
\ gentleman il Boston owns the
oldest umbrella. He says Il have
now in my possession an old green
umbrella, presented by my grand
father TO his wife when thew com
menced housekeeping in 1867, in
Halifax, =. :. IunGra:in2 to Niassa~
ohnseits in l1.G, he took sides with
the patriots ana had q new handle
attacA"d to his UubI.ii Ia bearing the
design OF an eagln surrounded by
thirteen stars. The frame and han
die are in a state Of perfect preserva-
ton, but the silk cover is somewhat
trayed-as might be expected from
al umbrella i07 Years old"
Wh,a IL application was first
made to LA.ur for tea seed to try
and rails. he tea bush in Other
sections Of the world 1t was gener>
ouy given. For a long time the
seed would lot even sprout, and
then Ii was discovered that John
Chnaman. with an idea to business,
had carefully bold all the seed be-
fore letting it go out of his domains.
The enquirer southerner., 1874-10-30
How \
II AtNE.
VERMONT /.
RHODE laLAND

TO the D.mncrat'c ooIu,on we will
soon add Virginia, West Virginia,
Louisiana. Mary. snd, and, we hope,
New York. The revolution is pro-
gressiug. Sixteen years of Radical
raisrule is as much a. tie country can
stom maoh-Rtc1. Enc.
The enquirer southerner., 1874-10-30

It has been extensively published
throughout the State, that an agent
of foreign bOndholders had inter-
viewed His ExcslIsney, Gov. Brog.
den, and that that omeial had endors.
ed the plan presented him for adjust
ing the Southern debts. The com
promise a. far % it effected North
Carolina was, that 10 lieu Of her old
bonds new ones should be Issued to
the amount Of twenty millions Of
dollars payable within q certain
limited time. To this Gov. Brog
den replies through his Secretary
in the WILMINGTON Star, to wit:
ExBCvrva pEPAR1GsxE,
STATS OF NcR7H CAROLINA,
RALBiaH, Oct. 18th, 1874
". u. Bsr~Ard, EsQ., Wl&iastsa::
DEAB SIA: In reply to your letter, have
TO say that the representative Of the foi sign
bOndhOldsrs was here some time ago. He
called 10 zee Gov. Brogden and was inform
ed that The Governor would make sach sug-
Gestions to the General Assembly as to him
should seem best. He did not give said
agent, or pretended aSsDt, any information
as to what be would propose, and made no
pledges whatever on the subject.
am, very respectfully
Your obs6iept servant
J. B EKA1RERI
We are glad to be able to make
public this statement, which may be
considered official. North Carolina
can no more pay twenty millions Of
her debt in any given time within
the limit Of this generation than she
can pay ten millions. If the holds
crs o bonds expect TO recover any
part of their clsins, they r4us:
agree to : COMPROMISE OH far more
liberal terms than the one claimed
to have been Set Oh foot by their
agent.
The enquirer southerner., 1874-10-30
FOR SALE.

THE dwelling corner Pitt and Trade sts,
L formerly the Bank. Lot full size, about
155 feet square. Main building brick, IL
large rooms, including basement, besides
vault and closets. Outer walls from bricks
to not less than 2 bricks thick. All the
partition walls at least l-2 brick thick, all
furred. Main roof slate-additon tin. Fen
cling new. Building in good order.
Price $500, $500 cash, balance at per
cent, l, :, 3 and years.
GEO. HOWARD.
July3. If
The enquirer southerner., 1874-10-30
OYSTERS ! OYSTERS !

r am now prepared to furnish GOOD OYs-
Il TERS by plate or measure. All ask is a
trial before purchasing elsewhere.
J. Nj. SPRAGINS.
Oct. 10th, 1874. 3m
The enquirer southerner., 1874-10-30
$4,000

G0O0 CASH PRIZES aggregating. $3.50, 900
PRICE OF TICKETS:
Who:e Tickets $40 90 Quarter Tickets 81 so
Half Tickets 5 or IL Tickets $l00 20
NO INDIVIDUAL BENEFITS.
This Concert is strictly for MASONIC pur-
poses, ard will be conducted with the same
liherality, honesty and fairness which char
actelized the first enterprise.
JOHN l.. ROPER, President.
For tickets and circulars giving full infor-
nation address
HENRY ". MOORE, Sec'y, Norfolk, Va
RESPONSIBLE AGENTS WANTED.
The enquirer southerner., 1874-10-30

Tho following is the Democratic
pyramid thus far in 1874 of the
State elections, according to their
maioritiee:
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-18
Cleaning Rusty Plows.

The following is said to he an efTica-
cious method of cleaning rusty plows :
"Take quart of water md pour it
slowly into pint of sulphuric acid.
Crhe mixture will become quite warm
from chemical action, and this is the
reason why the acid should be poured
slowly into the water, rather than tile
water into the acid Wash the mold
board, or any other piece of iron that
is rusty, with this weak acid, and let it
remain Oh the iron until it ovaporates.
;nd then wash it again. The object is
t" give time for the acid to dissolve the
rust. Then wash with water, and Won
can see where the worst rusty spots are.
Apply some more acid, and rub these
spots with brick. The acid and the
securing will remove most OF the rust.
Then wash the mold board thoroughly
with water, to remove all the acid and
rub it dry. Brush it over with petro-
lcum or other oil, and let it be until
spring. When you go to pillow take a
bottle of acid to the field, and apply it
to any spots that may remain. The
acid and the securing Of the earth will
soon make it perfectly bright and
smooth. If all iron-work be washed
over with petroleum as soon as you put
the tools, implements, and machinery
aside for winter, it will keep them from
rusting, and save great deal of trouble
and annoyance, to say nothing of de.
probation and loss.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-18
Raising Turkeys.

A farmers wife, in the Rnral World
gives her practice with turkeys:
lave no more than four hens to each
gobblcr, and 10 not starvc them during
tho winter. Watch them very closely
about laying time, as they ncarly ALWAYS
hunt II nest the day before they dcposit
their first egg. Make u good large
nest i'll some building that you can con-
fine them in, and the next morning
after they hunt their nest, catch them
and shut them up in the place where
yuu made the nest, for after thew have
laid one egg there they will always 90
back to that nest. If they choose u
good place of their own accord, I Let
them alone though put few COM
mon hens eggs in the nest and take out
the turkey eggs every day and keep
III u cool place, as heat Injuries them
quicker than cold, provided it does not
freeze: let each turkey set the inst
Time She wants to; but let no young
turkeys r'ln with IL common hen, for if
they 90 so half dozen times, they urc
more trouble than fifty running with Il
turkey hen.
The advantage of letting turkeys set
o" o., their first laying of eggs is this
The young turkeys are Matched before
the weeds and grass get high enough
to wet and lcfoul them in the morning.
watch them two or three days, that
II" weak ones are lost then they get IL,
more attention, only feeding when they
come to the house. On no account
give them raw food when SMALL feed
mino on corn bread ; sometimes soak it
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-06-18
SOMEBODY having asked Treasurer

SOMEBODY having asked Treasurer
Spinner if it is true that he swears
louder than any one in Washington,
that gentleman responds in a long letter
explaining the instance which he sup
posed gave rise to the story. It was
after the war and the occasion was
the presentation by Confederate otfi-
Ger of check for payment of services
ns field officer i'll the army of tho United
States previous to the war; Gen. Spin
ner says he refused to pay it, and the
refusal led to an animated controversy.
in which somepretty energetic language
was used. When he got through, a
Presbyterian gentleman who stood by
expressed his approval, and an elderly
lady of the Methodist persuasion
claspcd his hands, md said ooh,
Mr.: Spinner, you know how inmy heart
[ ablor swearing, but declare for it
that your swearing sounds to me for all
the world like prayers.'