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Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-07-08

Civil. RIGHrs.-Even Mr.. Sumner would
have been astonished at such an oatcrop as this
to his civil rights theory. A colored citizen of
Charleston, S. G on IN Illegal forsging sxpe-
dition was fatally wounded by . trap gus;
wherespon at an indignation meeting the color
ed voters resolved that they will nos give their
support to any candidate for ofice and especial.
" for the Legislature, unless be be willing -
pledge bimseIf to the passage Of bill making
II q criminal offence 10 set q trap-gun in cors
cribs, chicken ceops, smoke houses. stores. &c.
Can Governor Moses ''pardon" such an innova-
tiOn as this upon the rights Of properly ounesI
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-07-08
Hurdle Race-Two Horses Killed.

New YORK, July 6,-Long Branch's grand
steepe chase which was run at Monmouth Park,
Saturday, nas resulted very disastrousiy, causing
the death OF two we'll known racing horses, and
the serious injury of another. The hIst casualty
was that Of Donahoe's Tammany, who fell over
a hurdel on the second mile, throwing and Sc
verify iujurng his jockey. Tammany, ON regain
ing his feet, was mounted by another jockey but
stumbled over The next hurdle. and ut the sue
ceeding jump again fell, this time, however, 10
rise no more. He died where he fell, attended
only by his jockey and trainer. But few knew
OF his death as severe storm ( rain aud light
ming came up and rush of the crowd was
made for shelter. The other victim was Ayers
Victory, his fetlOck Was Injured in jumping the
last hurdle, but he finished the race and gained
second place. Examination was made and il
was found that lie was permanently disabled.
and yesterday it was found necessary 10 shoot
him. Much regret is felt in sporting circles at
the loss OF these two steeple chasers. The other
casualty was that of George West who fell dur :
ing the run. His injuries are serious.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-07-08

At Pontiac, ILL.,, 4th inst, fire cracker
destroyed u hotel, the court house, with all
the county records, and large stores. KNss
$20O, 900: insurance not known.
At Chicago, on the 4th, boys were killed
at different times while playing with pow
der. one was a son OF DIR. M'kean, editor
| OF the Catholic Tdadicdtor.
| At Cincinnati, 4th inst, little son of
John L. Piatt, Congressional Librarian, and
Mrs. $. M. Il. Piatt, the poetess, was killed
instantly by piece Of an exploding bottle
| of powder being driven into his neck
| Mrs. Hsnuach, aged IS, OF Pittsburg, was
dangerously burned ON the 4th by her
clothes taking tire from bunch of crack ers
| thrown under her feet by boy. Sheis not
ex pected to recover, and her friends will
prosecute the boy,
Judge George NJ. Curtis, formerly of the
Marine Court at New York, was attacked
tby two gamblers at the Bath Hotel, Bath,
L. l., on Saturday. because he had defend
Ell two ladies' from their insults. They beat
and stabbed and struck him with the blunt
end OF a billiard cue, splitting his skull and
inilicting wounds W hieh will likely prove
fatal. They escaped.
Mrs. Mary Shaw, aged So. OF Manayunk.
bathed at Cape May, yesterday. against the
advice of her physician. and died. leaving =
children.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-07-08

The Geman Empire has now population of
Al 09O, SAG, of which 20.l50 800 are. males and
20 ,900,0 600 females-probabiy the nearest to an
equilibrium OF sexes In any country of equally
large population. Sixty three per cent. of the
Inhabitants are over the age of 6iften years,
and these are also equally divided In regard ia
sex. Forty per cent. OF those oyer the age OF
fifteeh are unmarried; about nine per cent
widowed. and one fifth per cent. divorced. OF
the whole population, SOC, 900 are Poles, 150.
600 Wends, 10000 Ozechians. $50. 900 I.ttban-
ers, 10000 Danes and 100000 French. The
Protestants claim Is 549, ,7Sl Of the inhabitants
and the Catholics Il, ,Ssl. 450, the Jews 5l2 O69
Thirty one per cent. live In the cities, sixty
nine in the country. OF the cities, thirty QUE
| claim q population Of over 90, 900 each. Tn,
number OF dwelling houses in the Empir,
amounts to 5,263, 900, and these are inhabited
| by 9,665, goo families.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-07-08
The STORM OF THE PERIOD.

Ii the newspapers contrive to publish perpler-
ing and incomprehensibe reports shout the COM
ct, 1t will be impossible to diy,st the popular
mind OF the idea that the recent destructive
storms are due 10 the proximity OF that visitor
from the regions of unknown space The fury OF
this tornado seems TO have concentrated Itself
upon the seat OF Government at Washington.
Even the fruit trees and rre plants Of the gar
dens attached to the Executive Mansion were not
spared. We are not aware OF any spot in this
land where the wrath OF the elements could be
more justly vented but ii is to be hoped that u
mercital Provdenca Will spare the more innocent
portions Of the land.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-07-08
Who can rule
And dare nat lie p,

The Democratic patty can furnish such
men; and such men only are worthy to be
guides in the holy strife Tor political refor-
IN alton SO needed in our lAnd. Let rs pre-.
sent as our candidates all over the Union
none but men of uustsinsd reputation and
character, and the first great step on the on
ward march will be well aud hopefully Y
taken. Very respectfully yours,
II. +. BAYARD.
WILMINGTON, DET4, July =, 1874.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-07-08

Everybody knows what passion the
colored people have for emulsting and imi-
tating the dress and doings of their brethren
aud sisters Of the Caucasian race. It may
be from an appreciation Of the Superiority
OF the latter, or It Way ba by reason Of .
natural faculty for mimicry. Bat we pro-
test that the two tolored gentlemen In
Washington carried their admiration of the
District Ring too far, when they undertook
to forge orders on the Comptroller. As,
however, one Of the offenders is mem ber
OF the District Legislature, and the other
President OF Republican Club, we feel
quite certain they will bs let off eas,,y
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-07-08
narrowing Sosnes at the Treasury.

The Chronicle this morning describes the scenes
Of suffering at the Treasury Department con.
sequent upon the dismissal of fifteen per cent,
Of the employees Of the department Last week
group OF lady clerks, with pale cheeks and
excited gestures, could be seen clustered here
and there throughout the immeEs, cor ridors
earnestly discussing the one great topic. In
the Bureau of Engr aving and Printing the scene
WAS particularly distressing. As each victim re-
ceived The dreaded euvolpe an expressio on OF
terror would appear. Some we're 40 overcome
that they tainted, others went into Mysteries and
became seriously i'll, and ply sicians had to be
sent for. IL is rumored that since Tuesday sew
eral OF the female unfortunates have actually
died from the terrible shock. Three bundled
women were discharged from this bureau alors.
A grand picnic, for the benefit II those rtmoy-
ed, il contemplated.
Mr.. Brian, . clerk at The Patent Ofiee. on
receiving his discharge, deliberately repaired
to the modsl-room and there conatr uotsd a
formidable weapon Of a poker, and sabre, and
bayonet. This done, he divested himself OF
almost every vestige Of clothing. and sud 1enly
appeared in the corridors, charging upon every
one who appeared with the greatest fury. The
poor fellow vas finally overpowereJ and taken
TO his residence. Another instance Of loss ol
mental balance was brother OF oae Of the re-
lieved, the appointment Of which latter it ap-
pears had been secured by Mr.. Blaine. this
worthy rushed to the telegraph ofice and sur.
prised the urbane Speaker Of the House, who il
resting from The fatigues Of his Congressional
labors at his home IN North Adams, Mass, BY
| the following telegram: "My brother is remov
ed. come on at once"
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-07-08

DWELLINGS IN CIrIEs.-Inspired by the
coming centennial Philadel phians are be.
come quite hgurstive. Mr.. Brewster, In
his oration on the Fourth, at the laying OF
the corner stone OF the pew City Hall, said
that there is NO oity in the world of like
dimenslons and population with phiiailsl-
phia. In the triAing matter of dwelling
houses. for instance, 1t exceeds New York
by 60 900. Baltimore by $1,000. Boston by
81. 900. Cincinnati by 80. 900. and Chicago by
79, 900. At the beginning OF 1873. Philadel
phis had l3i.740 buildings OF all kinds, OF
which i2i 302 were dwellings.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-07-08
ONE OF THE THINGS THE TAXPAYERS
OF THE DISTRICT DO NOT DESIRE.

The District of Columbia Commiss sioners
having organized will commence the transaction
Of business tomorrow. The joint select COM
mittee to frame a government tor the District OF
Columbia have not yet formally entered their
duties. They are required to report at the next
session Of Congress. The citizens who have per-
manent interests, including the heaviest taxpay-
ers. do not desire that suffrage shall be restor
ed, as matters concerning the District are mere
ly local (msinly con fined TO taxation and expen-
diture OF money! and have no intimate connec
tion with party politics. Apart from the con
demnation by Congress of the last Board o
Public Works, the way that actions Of the Leg
islative Assembly have been conducted and tbei
results, have disgusted. the more orderly portion
OF the community with the abuse Of the ballot
Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-07-08

The Connecticut Legislature is consider
Ing bill providing that all State life insurance
companies shall loan 20 per cent. OF their funds
upon real estate within that State, and that a
director of a company shall n ot be as borrow
er of money from the same, The Legislative
Committee of Finance are taking evidence on
the subject, and the first witness, Senator
Pond, made a showing of figures to convince
the committe that the life insurance compan
les were recklessy Investing their funds in
worthless Western securities; saying that the
| 4f.tna Life has over SIS. 900 600 of assets, of
which amount 81 900 900 are invested in Vest
| ern town. county and school district bonds.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-07-16
Mr.. Bright in Shelbyville

n.John NJ. Bright addressed
the people of Bedford county at
Shelbyville, Monday, 9th inst,
and the Commercial; noticed it
as follows
LAST MoNDAY.-Hon. John
NJ. Bright, member of the House
of Representatives of Congress,
addressed portion of the citi-
Izens of Bedford county in the
Circuit Court room Of the court
house last Monday evening,
speaking for about two hours,
giving an account of his stew
ardship, which, we understand,
he did to the entire satisfaction
lof all members of the Demo-
cratic party present. Gen.
Bright is not only one Of the
finest orators of the day, but he
is man of great experience and
defensive culture, and one of the
best scholars in the county,
His speeches in Congress on the
financial question and Civil
Rights are among the ablest,
Iif not the ablest delivered du-
ring the recent session of Con-
gress, just closed. He has many
warm friends and admirers in
old Bedford, and his speech
last Monday called forth the
praise and approval Of many
who listened to him. Should
he declare himself a candidate
for reelection, it is more than
probable that he will be re-nom-
mated. He is the ablest man
that the party has in the dis
trict, and these are times that
demand our wisest statesmen
both in Congress and the State
Legislature.
When he concluded Col. Matt
Martin, candidate for seat in
the 44th Congress, spoke for a.
bout twenty or twenty-five min
utes, combining his remarks prin-
Icipally to his theory of how the
people should determine who
they preferred to represent them
in the next Congress Of the u
nited States.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-07-16
7. 0. 0. f.

Bro. WdUace-Below you
will find a list of elective and
appointed officers for the cur
rent term in Surprise Lodge
No. 1913, I. O. O. F.: j. F.
Harmening, n. g.; Eli. J.Cam-
bron, Y. CT; w. II. Warren,
Sec'y; G. G.. Pierce, Treas. ;
W. S. Orr and D. N. Minis, r.
and L. S. to n. G.; James Hun
ter, r. S. to Y. g.; /. W. Bray,
l. g.; F. N. Meyers, 0. c.;
Geo. ". Counts and Ike Kel-
Ter, Il. and L. S, S. Permanent
officers, W. II. Warren, Repre-
sentative to G. Lodge; c. &.
Pierce, d. =. &. N.
Below is a list Of officers for
Livonia Rebecca Degree Lodge
No. Z, |. O. 0. F., for the cur
rent term: W. II. Warren, n.
e.; Mrs. Lou. B. Warren, V.
G.; l. w. Bray, Sec'y.; Mrs.
NJ. II. Cambron, Treas; Mrs.
Minis and Mrs. Bray, r. and l..
S. to n. g.; Mrs. Pierce and
Mrs. Smith, R. and L. S. to V.
e.; w. S. Orr, Warden; E. j.
Cambron, Chaplain; W. NJ.
Beckett, I. G.; G. G. Pierce,
Conductor.
l am happy to say that both
Lodges are prospecting, and Sur
prise is out Of debt and has a
good hall. Our motto is, "on-
ward in the great work Of
Friendship, Love and Truth"
ODD-FELLOW.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-07-16
Grange Meeting.

The members of the Lincoln
county Council of Oranges, are
requested to meet in Fayette-
vile on the 1st Monday in Au-
gust. The Oranges in the coun-
ty who have never been repre-
scented in the Council, are re-
queSted to send three delegates
from each Grange on that day.
\ full attendance is earnestly
requested, as there will be bust
ness Of Importance to transact.
W. w. JAMES, PreS't.
T. G. LITTLE, Sec'y.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-07-16
US. officer Killed.

Last Friday the corpse Of j. P.
Everett, of the revenue service,
Was taken through this place for
interment in the western part of
the county. The particulars of
his death are recited by a cores
pondent of the Union and Amer
ican, under date of July 10:
Early this morning Coroner
Morgan was informed that the
body OF a mau had been found On
the roadside opposite the house of
y. #. Motlow, half mile east Of
town. He Immediately summoned
a jury, and on going to the spot.
it was found to be James P. Ever
EFT, the Deputy United States Mar.
shall appointed a short time since
as the successor of Hildreth. who
was recently killed near Hillsboro.
Upon examination, it was found
that two pistol balls had entered
his skull just back of his left ear
and very close to each other
The end of the left thumb was al
so shot off. nothing appeared tc
afford a clue as to who did the
deed, the jury gave as their YER
dict that he came to his death by
a pistol fired by an unknown per.
son.
Everett was in Lynchburg late
yesterday evening, aud when he
lett be was drunk. He is sup
posed to have been so intoxicated
as to have fallen off his horse, and
was evidently in helpless condi-
ton when killed.
This is AZ dark a deed as it has
ever been our lot to record, and it
receives the unanimous condemna.
ton by our people that it deserves
They will give every assistance in
their power to bring the guilty
to justice.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-07-16
The Grasshopper Plague.

The ravages of the grasshoppers
m the Northwest have assumed
the character of a genuine plague.
The people in the vicinity of Sew
ard and Graham lakes, MINI. have
recently held a mass meeting, and
after a comparison Of reports a.
greed that the visitation is so seri,
Gus as to justify, or even necessi-
tate, an appeal to public charity.
The people of thatcountry,in other
words, must be helped or they
will s.arve. A formal preamble
and a set of resolutions were
therefore adopted appealing to
Congress to extend to them the
aid which it had vouchsafed 10 the
.food.oppressed sufferers of the
South. The appeal comes too late
for Congress, but its merits are
not affected by that circumstance.
If the case is really as bad as re-
ported the people of the devasta-
ted districts deserve and should re.
ceive prompt assistance. Whole
townships in that region are said
to be as brown and barren as in
November.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-07-16
NOTICE. PUBLIC MEETING.

HNHERE viii be meeting of the Demo-
Il Gratis and C0nserva tves of Lincoln
county on Monday, the 10th of August,
1874, at the courthouse in Fayetteville,
for the purpose of confirming and appoint
ing delegates to the Gubernatorial Conven-
lion to be held in Nashville, on the 18th of
August next, and TO the Congressional Con-
yention when it shall have been called.
We suggest to our friends that they meet
in their respective Districts, at the cleo
ton grounds on the 9th of Augustine
day fer the election of county ofTicers-and
that they select and send up to the County
Convention, the names of four good men
who will probably attend the State and
Congressional ConventiOns-twO for the Gu
bernatOrial Convention and two for the Con-
gressiOnal Convention. The County Con-
vention, il is expected, will ratify these Sc
lections and fill such vacancies as may ex-
ist.
Radicalism in Tennessee is again threat
ening TO get control of the State Govern
ment Its partisans are active and vigil
liant. If we would keep ourselves free from
such infamous and oppressive laws as the
Civil Rights Bill and kindred measures, we
too must be active and vigilant.
we earnestly request the DeinOcFdlS ana
Conservatives of our county TO take an in
terest in this matter and TO select as dele
gates good men, and such only as will truly
reflect the wishes of the people.
All good men of our party are cordially
invited to attend the county meeting on the
10th Of August next
s. S. ALEXANDER.
L. L. COLE,
w. H. ROBINSON,
JOHN CLARK,
FELIX G. BUCHANAN,
july 9 County Committee.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-07-16

~ Two miles OF the Duck
River Valley Railroad are finished,
and the entire line from Columbia
to Lewisburg, the chief engineer
reports, will be ready for the ties
and iron by the first of October
Messrs. Walker & JamiSon, con-
tractors, have hands at work now
within two miles of the Marshall
county line. The road is badly
needed nOaU. Nothing but a com.
peting line-except, perhaps, the
courts-will stop the outrageous
extortions of the Nashville and
Chattanooga R. R. A correspon-
dent at Columbia of the Union
and american says:
COLUMBIA, July 9.-The direc-
tors Of the Duck River Valley
narrow-guage railway at their
meeting, awarded the contract for
the grading from Lewisburg to
Fayetteville to Mccain & Nestor.
The entire road is now urIer
contract and will he ready Cor bus.
mess by March. 1MAURY.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-07-16
Odd-FelloW Officers.

MulberryLodgeNo .148I.O.O.F.
~. O. Wallace, p. G.-DEAR
SIR AND BRo.-On Thursday
evening, July 9th, 1874, the fol-
lowing officers for the current
term were duly installed in reg
ular form by E. S. Terry, d ID.
G. NJ, viz-R. T. Shofner, n.
G.; G. w. Jones, V. G.; w.
w. James, Rec. Sec'y, and
yours respectfully,
JAS. A. d. MIDDLETON,
Per. Seo'y.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-07-16
Notice.

On Thursday, Goth August
next, in the town of Fayette-
vile, there will be a competitive
examination of youths between
the ages of IA and Is years, with
the view of selecting a Cadet
from the 9Th Congressional Dis
trict for appointment to the Ma
val Academy at Annapolis.
JNO. NJ. BRIGHT.
Papers in the Congressional
District will please copy.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-07-16
NJ Last Monday. the 18th

~ Last Monday, the 18th,
the heaviest rain ever known in
western Massachusetts fell there,
causing the rupture Of four fac
tory reservoirs. The impris-
oned water covered hundreds
Of acres, and when the embank-
ments gave way it leaped forth,
and for twenty miles destroyed
bridges, factories, dwellings,,
and alF other structures in its
path. The loss is about 81 ,O0o,-
900. Strange to say, no lives
were lost.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-07-16
CHATTANOOGA Market.

Corn on wharf 80@S5c.-in
depot $3.50 cents per bushel.
Wheat, 81 20@1 40, sacks in
cluded. Bacon, shoulders, 81;
clear sides, III; hams, 12k.-
No change to note in other ar
ticles.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-07-16
Congressional Convention {!
july 9

FAYETTEVILLE, July II, 1874.
A convention Of delegates, selected by the
Democratic and Conservative voters of the
9th congressional district, is hereby called
10 meet ct Shelbyville, on the 10th day
of September, 1874, for the purpose OF
nominating candidate for Congress, and for
the transaction of such other business as
may properly come before the convention.
By order Of the committee.
j. d. TuLMAN, Chairman.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-07-16
In Chancery at Fayetteville,
Tennessee.
John Hines and others Is. s. II. HINES
and oth.er
June L dies. 1874.


motion of compliments By counsel,
~ and 1t appearing to the satisfaction of
the OieTk a-,d Master from the allegation
o. comp. 4jnants' bill, which is sworn to,
that defendants B. E. Melear and wife Bet
tie halear and SalathieI H. Kimes, are nom
esidents of the State of Tennessee, and re-
side in the State OF Texas, so that the ordinary
process of law cannot be served upon them.
and an attachment having been levied on
about 1921 belonging to the heirs Of Henry
Kimes, deceased, in the hands of the Clerk
and Master at Fayetteville.
1t is. therefore, ordered by the Clerk
and Master that said nonresident defendants
appear on or before the first three days of
our next Chancery Court, to be held for
Lincoln county, at the courthouse in the
town of Fayetteville, Tenn, on the 1st
Monday in October, 1874, and
plead answer or demur to said petition,
or the same viii be taken for confessed and
set for hearing eX parte as to them.
1t IS further ordered that this natiee be
published for four consecutive weeks ia the
FAYEFTEvILLE OBSERVER, a newspaper pub
lished in Fayetteville, Tennessee.
A true copy, attest: DIV. CLARK,
July9 Clerk and Master.
BoyIes & Burnaps solicitors.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-07-16


NJ Nashville is in ferment.
The Nashville, Chattanooga and
St. Louis and Louisville, Nash
vile and Great Southern rail-
ways propose to build a man.
moth warehouse and compress
outside of the city, and no cot
ton will be received by either
road for shipment to Nashville
unless consigned to their care.
The plan is an outrage and
ought to be stamped upon by
every lover of justice and right.
Men who have grown gray in bu-
siness in Nashville-who have
given time and money, to the
building up of the material in
Iterests Of the eity-who sub
scribed literally to the stock of
the roads-farmers who aided
in their cOnstructiOn-are now
to be sacrificed, that giant mo-
nopOlies, which defy Courts and
Legislatures, may flourish
Farmers who have cotton for
shipment, will understand that
it must be sent to market SubSer-
rie,at to railroad command, or
not at all. The remedy is in
the hands of the country, and is
presented by a correspondent of
a Nashville paper
Let Nashville foster the St.
Louis and SoutheastelnrailI Dad !;
let Davidson county subscribe
100000 to complete the Cum
berland and Ohio railroad, and
100000 to commence the Air
Line railroad from Nashville to
Opelika, Ala, via Fayetteville,
Huntsville and GuntersviIle, as
was suggested some time since
by "Merchant." Competition
is beautiful, beneficial, and will
result in prosperity, but moEop-
oily will stagnate and kill every
interest. No FACTOR.
Later advices from Nash
vile indicate harmonious settle
ment Of the grievance.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-07-16

H A few weeks ago Col.
Matt Martin published prop
osltlon by which it was thought
individual aspirations could be
examined and fairly tested, with
out prejudicing the Democratic
party. The reply of Capt. w.
z. FOLEY, which we publish at
his request, explains the matter.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-07-16

~ The last Moore County
Court elected our old friend
Henry B. Morgan coroner. a
good selection.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-07-16

sF Lost, pair of gold spec
tacIes in a tin case between
Fayetteville and w. II. Moores.
which the finder willplease leave
at the OBSERVER Office.