The enquirer southerner., 1874-12-25
STATE NEWS


STATE NEWS
The dreary Convention discussions
lumber OH.
The Fayetteville Gazette concludes
that Holden's disabilities should re-
main.
Sympathy for the sheep and birds
is pretty general among our eontem~
porarits.
The Legislature recesses from last
Monday until the third Monday In
January next.
Houston, the forgsr Of Charlotte,
has given bond in the sum Of 5000,
and is released from Jail.
Three old veterans of the war Of
1912 met in Kinston lately aud told
old times over Says the Gazette.
Robertson, the landscapist of Ashe
vile, is interviewing Bald Mountain
and vicinity with his camera.
On Monday last little son Of W.
q, Sharp of Wilson, was killed by
being thrown from a cart drawn by
runaway mule Says the Advance.
The Rocky Mount Mail, Warren
ton Gazette and other papers advo-
cate the passage of the law for legal
ad vertlslDg.
Senator Waring, as chairman Of
the Committee on Public Debt adver-
tises that the conference ordered by
The L.gislstur to be held with the
coeditors of the Sta.e conven in Raj"
eigh on the 10Th Of January.
The Legislature Joint Committee
on the Public Debt will hold con-
ference with the States creditors re-
lative to the adjustment Of the honest
Indebtedness of the Commonwealth
on the l4th, 18th and 10th of January.
1875.
Winston in Windsor Times: There
are more white negroes in Raleigh
than any place of its size we were
ever in. 1t is claimed, however, BY
the sensitive about here that the
most Of them came from Eastern
Carolina since the war.
The Asheville Citizen says: Mag
neiic ion are il found In great abun.
dance, containing. it is said, from 66
to 80 per cent Of iron on the lauds
of William Pickens, in this county,
immediately adiaceut to the new
town. Lookout We nope it will
not be long before huge iron mills
will be at work at the new village.
According 20 the Star, swindlers
and pickpocketS are particularly busy
at the Wilmington Fair, and ara
having large run of business. One
mau was robbed Of his watch, another
Of $50 in money by these sharpsrs.
The police are equally busy after
them.
SAYS the Charlotte Observer: The
pubic may not know that at tne last
meeting OF the stockholders of the
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad Company a committee vas
appointed TO confer with authorities
of the South Carolina Railroad Cemn
pany relative to the proposition from
tie latter company TO lesse the hrst>
named road.
Warrenton Gazette Z negro CALI
lug himself DIR. Hamilton Price has
been in the Fishing Greek or Fork
neighbornood for the last ten days,
making inceudiary speeches aRd dis
turblng the peace generally. He
purpIrts to have a commission from
the President. authorizing him 20
arrest aud tie John Hyman and sew
eral other negroes and take them to
Washington city.
Winston thus writes to his paper,
the Windsor lines, of Gov. BrOgdsn;
He IS good easy man, takes the
good fortunes of life without a sigh,
and seems to await future develop
ments with complacency. When We
called upon im as We frequently do
before going to the Senate Chamber,
he puts US in such excellent humor
that We read cheerfulIy the longest
bills written in the worst of hands.
The Wilmington Star says: The
dwelling and some Of the fureiture ot
Mrs. L. NJ. Williams, widow Of
he late Thomas II. Williams, OF
Kiey's Creek, Lincoln Township,
in this county, was was ue>
stroyed by fire on last Saturday
night. Loss over five thousand doG-
lars and no in surancs. We have
heard of no further particulars. The
loss falls with crushing force upon
this highly esteemed widow lady.
The Southern HOm1, speaking OF
the power of the moneyed men oi
New York over the farmers of the
South says: The farmers never
know when they pitch their crop.
what their New YoIk masters will
give them for it. A negro will not
work single day without knowing
Nhdt ne ID ~ Sot loT nlS IdooE' huI
the farmer tolls ali the withou hav
ing The slightest idea whether the
ring masters will pay him s cents oil
Is cents for his cotton. -
The Salisbury Watchman says
The navigation Of the Yadkin is agaiI
talked of, aud W. understand tina
the company now formed or forming
for the purpose is determined t.
;n0seta an # the LEGISLATURE yilI gran
leien, Judges md engineers tina
$2oO,ooO wttl be sufficient to opel
the river ir'Tn the N. &. Railroad
bridge to 10 or % miles above Wilks