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CHAPTER III.
BRAN DED

1t was at. the close Of beautiful sum-
mer afternoon, when all nature was gor-
geous and the singing choristers we're most
mellifiuous in their harmonies, that man
wearied and footsore and hungry, was
plodding his way on the dusty and dry
thor0ughfare leading from the little coast
town on Long Island, known as Tllton, to
the equally small but manufacturing village
Of Bay View. Choosing the shade Of the
high trees, bordering either side of the
road, and ever and anon shifting from one
shoulder to the other, the small bundle
swung across common walking stick, the
man kept his gaze bent upon the ground,
disclosing when he lifted his eyes to eur
vey his surroundings, a face, fierce sullen
and repellant, surmounted BY beetIng
brows and eyes, which were significant of
a grutf and unapproachable individual. He
was of medium size, rather stopped and
thick his hands hardened and his
bronzed features and coarse clothing indi-
eating a man employed in some heavy me-
chanical trade. The sinewy frame and
set features were both evidently affected
by travel, for a trace of WEAKNESS gave a
Iooseness of manner to the ordinarily firm
tread, and softened the usual sulleness Of
the face.
A turn in the road disclosed a short vista
of trees ending in a sandy path TO the sea-
beach, where nestled the busy little town
of Bay View. The air OF thriftlness i'm
parted by 'he smoke from its factories and
the few boats lying anchored at the shall
low shore harbor, at once lent q new i'm
patus to the NAME progress. He shifted
II .al IN
the beach and soon reaching the outskirts
of the town.
He stopped abruptly, q deepening seowl
clouding his face as he saw pendant from
tree, a rough board sign containing
notice to the following effect
NOTICE
Tran IN and begvars found within the limits OF this
town, viii be awarded the full penalty Of the law
Tramps and beggars Y growled the
man. between his set teeth. That was
the same at the last town. A man out of
work or a hungry man must be fenced OF
in some pasture like q wild beast. The
fends they're worse than masters. They
won't even give man shelter. There's
no man will take me up for either though!
he added. Cor" and he shook his fist
clenched menacingly at the town lying
below him.
Whatever determination the man had
made, however, all his 6erceness seemed
to desert him AZ he entered side street,
and cast hungry glances up and down its
length. The few who passed him gave
him Q careless look, but none either shun-
ned or addressed him. Once he stopped
his hand ON gate NJ if TO enter, but he
seemed to reconsider whatever idea had
entered his mind and with savage growl
passed ON.
In the shade Of the high brick walls Of
4 \ afsctory. he ut down 10 rest, wearisd, de-
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The reports of the cotton crop in the
Southern States is very favorable. The
plants are cleaner and in better condition
than ever before.
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NEWS FROM THE OLD WORLD.
From our Foreign Exchanges of June q !
PERTH JOINERs.

At recent meeting OF the Perth master
Joiners 1t was resolved not to accede to
the demands of the journeymen for an ad-
tlonal Sd per hour in the meantime.
THE DEVON VALLEY wEAvERs' LOCKOUT.
There is some appearance of steps being
taken towards a settlement of this rather
long-continued dispute. Two OF three Of
the manufacturers have intimated to their
weavers that they may return to their
work at the old rate Of wages, but whether
the men will accept this remains to be
seen.
GLASGOW BLACKSMITHs
The blacksmiths in the employment Of
Messrs. Stephen & Son, Linthouse, Govan,
struck lately for a rise Of I'D per hour, their
former pay being 6Ad. The smiths in
many Of the bost-yards contributed assist
ance to Messrs. Stephens men, and on
Friday they were locked out. The mum
ber Of smiths and hammermen now idle on
the Clyde is about 1900.
CONCLUSION or THE LEEDS STRIKE.
The strike in the building trade at Leeds
is ended, the association Of master builders
having conceded to the terms demanded BY
the men.
THE LOCKOUT or WELSH QUARRYMEN.
We are informed that at an influential
meeting q proprietors of the Carnavon-
shire quarries, held On Saturday, resolu-
tion was adopted unanimously. approving
Of the action taken by Mr.. Assheton Smith,
of the Llanberis quarries, and pledglng it.
self to support him to the utmost. The
arbitrary conduct Of Mr. Smith Is thereby
justified and endorsed BY his fellow pro
prietors. and the North Wales Quarry
mems Union now knows what IL has u
expect II is well known that the public
should be reminded Of the origin of this
struggle between capital and labor There
was no dispute at issue whatever. IL is
simply an attempt TO starve several thou
sand men into q repudiAtion of their right
Of union, while the masters themselves
combine to enforce the monstrous decree.
There never was . lockout more utterly
indefensible, and We trust the sturdy
Welshmen will not be left TO fight their
righteous battle handed I Liverpool
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Chairman Labor Reform State Com
RICHARD HINCHCIFFE.
SecretafV
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WRITE LABOR VS.. COLckAAD
s.4ox VIRGINIA.

4 letter from King and Queen coun-
tv, Virginia, to the Underwater hadeT
has the following in regard to labor IN
that section: MANY of our best farm
ers cannot obtain necessary labor, as
the colored men are inclined to adhere
to their resolution mot TO work on the
farm SO wo frequently see gangs OF
them on their way to the wood-yards'
Sc, with their haversacks and axes
swinging to them, and one who IS not
initiated in the mysteries, might think
it posse coDaitG{us III search OF some
thing of a more pugilistic character
than the original growth of timber
which IS so fast disappearing. The
white men have taken advantage OF
their folly, and lave put their own
hands to the pillow, and in the event
thev Took not back We can predlct
for then, q prosperous and happy 1u-
ture. The gloom that once prevailed
to some extent within us is now gradu-
ally subsiding, and things are wearing
a more cheerful appearance. lmml-
crratio1, has at last made a move in this
direction several families from Scot
llnd have bought large estates in New
town township, and expect others to
mite with them at an early date. These
filters brought their agricultural i'm
Elements with them, and they are diff
trent from anything Of the kind ever
b-fore seen in this section, their har-
r.,,,z, drags, plows, cultivators, &C,
being Of a very peculiar construction. 5"
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-03-06
TIE BANKRUPT Law.

Tie Washington City Republican
says Our attention has been called
TO ii very important change in the
bankrupt law proposed by the Senate
substitute for the House repeal bill.
1T provides that mo voluntary bank
I-rupt shall be discharged unless his
assets are equal to thirty per cent. of
the debts proved against him which
he owes as principal. The law now
provides that no bankrupt shall be
discharged unless his assets are equal
to fifty per cent. of the debts proved
against him which he owes as princi-
pal, contracted since the first OF Janu-
arv 1869. As the law now stands q
bankrupt can be discharged from all
his debts provable in bankruptcy which
were contracted previous to the first of
January 1869. The effect Of the adop-
ton OF the Senate substitute by the
House will be to deprive the Southern
States of any relief in bankruptcy frcm
their ante-war and war debts.
We heartily concur with the Itcloub-
lican in hoping the House Judiciary
Committee will amend the Senate sub
stitute SO it shall read con debts con
tracted subsequent to January first.
A. D. 1862"
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4 Connecticut correspondent writes
that Henry +. Pease, colored, recently
elected to Ill the vacancy i'll the
United States Senate caused by the
resignation of Gov. Ames, of Missis-
sippi, enlisted from Ellington as a
private in the Twenty-fifth Connect
cut Regiment in the war. "In Febru-
airy, 1868, he was discharged i'll Baton
Rouge to take Il command i'll a colored
regiment, one OF the first formed i'll
the Gulf Department. He was sooa
after assigned to position on Gov.
Andrews staff filling the positions OF
Corps Instructor and Assistant Judge
Advocate. He was then appointed
Superintendent OF Education for the
State, with headquarters at New Or
leans, which position lie filled until
the State was again admitted into the
Union. He then went to Mississippi
and was elected superintendent of
Education, filing the position salts
factorily for the past four years.
We presume he flied the position of
Superintendent of Education satisfae
torily to the people of Mississippi just
about III the same way that his iliustri-
Gus compeer Pilgrim Ashley filed the
ofI;ce of Superintendent of Public In
strnction to the satisfaction of the
people OF North Carolina.
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FAVOURABLE CONTRAST.

Louisiana suffered more during the
var. pellIaps, says the Richmond En-
el2t;rcs-, than any other State, except
Virginia. Sugar estates which We're
worth their hundreds of thousands,
are now worthless her cotton indus
try has been completely demoralized,
and the value of her lands reduced to
a merely nominal price. Railroads
have been built - the westward and
eastward Of the Mississippi from its
source to its mouth to divert her
trade. She is now suffering from Two
governments and II negro Legislature,
With a carpct-hag representation il
Congress has had to impeach or i'm
prison several OF her judges and ,tiler
officers and, indeed, it has seemed
tat neither life nor property las been
safe there since martial law WAS with
drawn, and yet, under all these dis
c01ra sncnts, New Orleans has pop
,.!ation OF 22o, 900, an assessed valr:a-
ton Of proper: yamounting to 2l3l ,0J0-
900, and n totuI Indebtedness OF So
eva, roo, with tax sose of 3 per cent
Which, contrasted with the condition
81 tic Northern cities Of New York,
Philadelphia, brooklyn ana Washing
IN, PLACES her still far ahead in all
r'in elements OF wealth and prosperity
80 wonder she cou,,j iubilate and car
nivalate 50 erandly on Mardi-Gras );
and if Congress- will only relieve her
from Kellogg. Durcll and the rest of
he vie horde, ana restore the rule of
her own true people, Which a tnagnifi-
con5 destiny viii at once open mp be
f0re lie Onoen City Of the Southwest.
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The report of the German Society
shows the total immigration OF Ger-
mans at New York during 1873 TO be
10l 900, against 128, 800, which shows
a falling off of rs. 1870. In Germany
great complaints are made rs u ;iii'
constant emigration, which drainS the
country of its most valuable hands. ;i,d
leaves behind socialists and aglt2tolS.
German writer's have exposed tie ia,-
lacy Of this emigration being bene!iciai
to Germany, some districts being Seri-
ousIy crippled for Agricultural help :
Constant drain of money is What ''.'f-
many is very sensible to, as is ia t,"'
eminent to depletion which deril'e5I
it annually of as manysoldieEsas wo'''
campaign.
The lEIorlG says Tie Rms" p.nl-
dered New York City OF 81, ut3,g"';
aud the Democratic party eApel'. Il
them forever and brought them I"
justice. Tweed is III jail, Connolly j.
an exile, and Genet II convicted Ing
tive fe.on North Carolina has ban
p!undered Of $50, 900, 900, but no nam
has been punis he'd, The Southern
States have been piun,lereI Of $50,
0O0, 900, but no one has been punished.
The Freedmen's Bureau thieves p.u:t-
uerei the United States Treasury a
ten or twenty millions, but 20 one Is
punished.
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sssSS'EGS AND SERMONS.

I5H5tO..ians ere much exercised Over
The appointment Of oue Simmons as
The Collector Of thei. port, but really
We have thus Ear been uuable to get up
much sympathy for them. Simmons,
I'll they say about him is true,
is nothing more nor less than repre-
sentative CT I;ahcalism, and is fully
IS good al appointment rs nine-tenths
Of those made BIZ Grant
Bostonians knew what Radicals IL
IVES, and yet embraced it they knew
whit manner OF men Grant appointed
10 office, and yet they voted him sec
ond term, and, doubtless, stand ready
to vote him Il third term. We do not
take much stock in sympathy for Bos-
tonians because they have Simmons as
their customs regulator.
The Boston 4td"Crti&cr, Il Radical
sheet, IS especially disgrunticd at Sim
mons appointment, but like others
cf Its kind, the 1drcftj%c,' talks better
than it acts. 1t says:
" Simmons was opposed not because
lie vas IL friend of General Butter, but
because he was Il man whose character.
purposes and associations completely
ltutit him for the office to which he has
been appointed; because he has sought
It not with an ambition to discharge
properly its responsible duties, but III
order that he nay use the power and
patronage which are welded by its
,rOSsesSors, to secure his own advance
-u.cEt aud that of his own supporters :;
because. in short, lie is, more than any
equally insignificant person III the
.ot3tc, the representative OF that school
OF politicians who regarl Offices not
rs trusts but IS property, and who use
thc power with which they are en-
trusted not to carry out the wishes OF
their constituents, but to defeat them
The struggle arose over Il local office,
but i IS only one battle III the general
struggle which the friends OF honesty
and good government are called upon
10 engage IN all over the country.
of such are Radicals everywhere, and
as the New York Tribune SAYS, the
Eostonians ''are merely beginning to
learn the great difference between the
eorlng o. mere common oxen, such as
those in New York, Charleston, or New
Orleans, and the goring of the sacred
a. Of Boston herself. So long. as the
personal and questionable appoint
Tnents Of tile Administration did not
come near to them, they were proudly
Indifferent to the disgust of their
friends. and exceedingly ready to at
tribute i0'rrorer motives to any indig-
si.si-t III ,h...'an' who expressed it.
cIcyer.nel, -. II they can nov dis
cover way 10 compelreform, and can
organize therefor the great mass OF
Republicans who sincerely wish it,
they viii find the leartiest sympathy
and support from those whom they
have heretofore been the first to CEN
SIRE"
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Boston has one colored polio man

| Boston has one colored polica man
and only o-e.
The investigation of the affairs OF
Josiah i. Hayes, Radical State Trea-
surer of Kansas, begins to reveal son e
| nsly facts- The correspondents Of the
Kansas City Times tejegraphs that
paper That u las already been shown
that Collins. Hayes c'erh, has been
in the habit of lranins the States
money i'll large sums, not only to
banks, but tn individuals Among
others, the Cashier Of the Shawnee.
County S wins Bank got $50, 600. ans.
tle Bank itself $50, 900. That this WIS
done with the knowledge and consent
of the Treasurer is shown by the fl ct
that he, himself. loaned to the Peo-
pies Bank of Olathe 70 900, giving to
the Bank State Paper worth every
cent upon its face, and taking for Sc
curity paper that was worthless.
The New Orleans papers announce
the death of Col a w Merriam, who
was the verita5ie Rex" or King Of
the Carnival" about whom We had
heard SO much He left TIE ballroom
at three o'clock in the morn n, and ct
eight, a. NJ. was found very Ill with
apoplexy. A physician was sent for,
but before his arrival he lal passed
away. The funeral took place on the
18th, and was one of the most impos-
ing ever witnessed III New Orleans In
the early days of the war, Col. Merri-
am was in Virginia, and acted as sdju-
tant of the Seventh Louisiana Regi-
ment, commanded by Col. Harry Hays,
and was wounded in the fighting
around Richmond. MIR. Merriam was
a native of Massachuseetts, was about
forty-fve years of age, ana took up his
residence IN New Orleans in 1850: He
was q man of genial and generous dis
position, and was very popular.
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'sscs3 sJ.L.:EaCs.

The statements that we receive from
Washington City III relation to the
temper AMI feeling of the members OF
Congress IN regard to the currency
question, are so conf citing, that it is
difficult 20 form any OF; nion as 10 the
result Of tie discussion now going on
there.
Both sides continue 20 claim, the vic
tory 70 be Won, and we can not help
therefore being in doubt as to the re-
suit Bat while We are i'll doubt as to
what the result will be, We entertain
no doubt Whatever as 20 what the re-
suit ought to be. To us it seems cleal
that there ought as rapidly as possible
to be material, substantial expansion
and initiation of the currency.
The business necessities of b til
South and West require it, and re-
qIlirc it at once, and we trust that al
OF our mem bers of Congress vii! work
and speak and vote to bring about this
consnmmation SO dcvoutIy to be wished
Senator Merrimon has taken prom,
! ineut part III the discussion in the
Senate, and has attracted attention IN
all parts OF the country. His PROPOSE
ton is to increase the value OF the cur
rcncy about $44 600, 900 AMI 10 fix the
4th of July, 1876. as the time for the
resumption Of specie payments.
To this proposition We have two OBJ
iections: first, that an increase of only
81, 900, 900 will not meet the business
requirements OF the country; and
second, that the 9Th Of July, 1876, is
entirely too early a day to fix upon for
time for the consideration in any
aspect OF the question Of resumption
of specie payments.
If anything can save the farming in
terest of the South from the bank
ruptcy now Impending over it, it will
be an inflated currency; in other
words n cheap and abundant legal ten
der for the payment Of debts.
The Southern farmers as a class are,
We fear, very nearly lopelessly in
debt, and as the articles for which
those debts were contracted were
not valued at specie prices, we can but
think it gross injustice to demand pay
ment, in specie, Or its equivalent.
This is the whole question in nut
shell.
Of course the North, looking at this
matter from q different standpoint,
the South and West take. The North
is the creditor and looks upon it as a
sharp business transaction to sell goods
at inflated prices and then by national
legislation to force payment for them
in specie.
For the reasons thus briefly indi-
Gated we cannot approve the PROPOSE
ton of Senator Mcrrimon. He does
not go far enough on the road TO infa-
Ation and too far ON the road to specie
| payments.
Cheap money and a plenty of money
1stbe only thing that now bears the
s,e7nalance even of q panacea for the
us It North Carolina and OF the
south; We trust, therefore, soon to
near thasit is the fixed determination
VI congress to increase the volume of
the currency to an extent Ea..+ shall
prevent the labor of our people ana
the fertility of our soil from serving
only year by yea, to enrich the money
holders and manufacturers OF the
North.
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ONLY A MILLION.

We copy from the Atlanta Constitu-
zion & synopsis of Mr.. Stephens suit
against the Western and Atlantic Rail-
way lessees. It promises to be very
big thing indeed, az the claim involves
81 100000 damages, nice law points,
curious facts. an illustriops name, a
formidable corporation, and General
Toombs as prosecutor. What a futter
this viii make among the lawyers!
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-03-06
JAY GOULD

has been consigned by many 10 none
/ tary perdition during the past three
months. His reported retirement from
i the streets was deemed indubitable CIV
/ idence of his failure. Those init
mate with the shrcwd tinancier are
| better advised. He has his object in
ostensibly withdrawing from the spec
| uiative arena, and its object has been
already obtained. It will be rcmem-
! bered that he was Uucomfortably com
plicated with non paying New Jersey
| Southern and other railway interest,
and it accordingly behoovcd him to
bow himself out. BY SO doing he
avoided certain legal responsibilities,
and it is affirmed that things are now
arranged to suit him. Such a man as
he could not keep out Of the excite
ment of Wall street if he wanted to,
and lie certainly does not want to. But
for the panic he would have made at
least S3,000,O00 to $4.OO0,O0O, and
poorer. Howbeit, his positive losses
are very small-inside of 100000
He is at present actively and largely
Interested IN stock and gold specuIa-
ton, and will be heard from as the
head and front OF new combinations.
He is trying to operate clandestinely,
having been annoyed exceedingly by
the publicity or rather the notoriety
he has acquired. For every scheme
and intrigue Of the street he was held
responsible, and he says, truly enough.
that he has sufficient sins of his own
to answer for without any additional
accountability. He adds that he could
not draw $40 fer household expenses
except at the risk of being accused of
locking up greenbacks. His respect
Tor the penetration of the public is not
great. 1t is, he declares, always blum
dering. 1t has charged him over and
over with doing what he has not done,
and has failed to discover his plainest
transactions. He is much amused, l
am told, by the reiterated story of his
owning the Tribune, of which he does
not possess, and never expects to pos
sess, the hundrefth part OF a single
share. Gould's friends aver that he
has had large gains aud losses this /
year; that the former largely exceed |
the latter, and that he can day COM
mand 100000 900 of his own means,
and four times as much belonging to |
others.
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Some EoreignCyuic .ays

Some Foreign Cynic sfiIs
That America has hundred religions pu.
only one gravy. ii. might have SAID It mas .
Thousand denttfrices. cut only one that hsant' :.
fes the teeth, without fnJuring them, VIZ :
SoZodont.
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l0llllllIllgtoa go1Inal.
Ennn CIU1R.

We are indebted to friend at
Saunders store, Carteret county, for
large club of subscribers. Our books
are still open for others yet
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The Gu oan instruction has cost tie
Spaniards 10000 to $1,000 soldiers and
$4,000, 900 per year since the opening
of hostllities. In other words, in the
last five years Spain has wasted two
hundred millions of dollars and lost
between fifty thousand and seventy
five thousand troops by bullet and
disease
A correspondent of the TicksJryez'
writes to that paper aru recommends
that the Mississippi planters raise
more hogs whereupon the editor re-
plies that it is useless to try to COM
pete with the negroes in that respect,
Tor while it takes a white man whole
year to raise a hog, il has been demon
strated that negro Gan raise one very
effectually in single night.
To DIR. HelmbOId's Patients. he
cetebrSted Extract Buchu. ct which DT. Helm
bod was the originator, is srill I.erfur ming
Ronderfli cures OF obscure diseases of the uri-
nary organs, resfort NO battered constitutions,
ana overcoming debility and diseases arising
from 1mprLdence and excess. This greas diu-
lar to Syer fails. Patients should be psFt:cu-
tor - siEnature:nqtne which bears the Doc
Henry, New York, s6suggists sell it. John F.