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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-04-14
THE BLUE RIDGE RAILROAD
CONNECTING HI A IL l. e II d N,
y. e.. WITH KNOXVILLE, TEN
NExSEE rUNCUNNATR. &C.

y. III Il
NESSEE, CINCINNATI. &C.
Our attention was called to this
railway line by an article in the Nea0s
and Courier of Charleston. giving
the proceedings of meeting recently
held there in the interests of this line,
and notifying mass meeting on the
subject, to be held there on the 25th
May.
The city of Wilmington has very
great interest in this line as q rival for
the Cincinnati and Northwestern
travel to its port and through it to the
West Indies and elsewhere by sea.
The great "Cincinnati Southern"
railway line, now approaching com
pletion, is to connect Cincinnati with
Chattanooga. and by branch, con-
Meeting that great line with Knoxville.
From Knoxville by the East Tennessee
and Georgia railroad and the Morris
town branch, there is continuous line
of railway from Knoxville to Wolfe
Greek, near the State line, and only
eight miles from Warm Springs, on the
French Broad river in North Carolina.
Our people all know how soon We
expect connection from Malone's
store, the present western terminus OF
the rails on the Western North Caro-
lima Railroad to the State line five
miles northwest of Warm Springs.
This gap being filled and the connec-
ton between Lincolnton and Hickory
Tavern completed we will have a
continuous line of railway fiom the
Getty by the sea" to Knoxville, Chat
tanooga and all the valleys of the
Mississippi and Ohio. .sa -a
The Rabun Gap Railroad chartered
recently is to be used as q part of
this connection of the Blue Ridge line
and thus make shorter line by this
route to Charleston than it would be
via Knoxville, Mor7istown and Ashes
vile to Wilmington. But the differ
ence we are not at this moment able
to give, The line will pass through
Macon county in this State, and
connect at Anderson, s. O., on the
| Columbia & Greenville Railroad.
The proper extension of our Whining
ton and Cincinnati line is via. Morris
town and Cumberland Gap where some
forty or fifty miles of railing from
Morristown North requires to be built.
This line completed and Wilmington
has the short line to the great west,
some ten miles shorter than the Spar
tanburg and Asheville line to Charles
ton.
The Hickory and Lincolnton con-
nection will be commenced immedi-
ately, we learn, and with fifty Peni-
Tertiary convicts will soon be graded,
when the Carolina Central will supply
the iron, lay the track and operate the
road.
We think, if we except the very hard
times, our prospects for an open line to
the great west within two years from
date is very good, we may say bril-
liant.
Our great western line must and
will be completed at an early day.
We are very sorry our friends of
Buncombe county should have put
their money in the Spartanburg Rail
way instead of. giving their aid to
work entirely within their own State,
and calculated to build up our own
towns and people and thus aid to pay
taxes.
We shall recur to this again with
more facts, figures and distances.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-04-14

The court chaplain at Washington is
praying for the Presidents restoration
to health. He ought to pray every
hour in the day for his moral CONVEX
sion and regeneration; that he may be
inspired to drive out the bold, bad
men who have brought disgrace upon
his administration and who are plum
dering the people. s~.5.
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VALUABLE
INFORMATION.
For Bilious, Remittant
and Intormittant Fever,
Or What is More Commonly Term
FEVER AND AGUE,

with pain in the I,oins and through the Back, an
iniescri5sbe chilly sensation down the sIiGc, an
irresistible disposition to ya~n, p-Iu the
Eyes, which is Increased by mo7'ng them a
blue tinge IN the skin, and gEear !iste sness and
debility, EGETINE Is sa e and pO'itive RENE
iy. e ~ compounded exc usiyey from the juices
If Cal efullN stleGted oarES and herbs, and &C
strongly concentrated that it is OF the
reatest cleaEsers of thu Mood that is C IN DC
put together. fEGErINE doe net stop with
bceaking Ghilis ami fever. but it extends its
."onderfu! ipf1lenCS into every part the hu-
syste IN, trli ent'r ay rtIc ttes ny liDt
at disease. Y EGETIH +: does not act pgwei tut
IL +rtic, t., dc b iiitat@ the bowels aud cause
tbs pate t t. di cal ether serIous cImpl int,
witch must inevitably follow. bat it rri.e> at
the root "a the Il sease by puri wing 'ha blood.
re-torcs the liter ant Kidneys t. tealihv ae
ton. xulaIe- the be wells an assists ature in
performing al of the duties wheel deVOlTc
upon her.
rhons .nIs of iuya ids are suffering to -da5
from the ctfsct OF powerful purg tive nostrun-,
rristfin al ntiti7- nt qnIii ~ a; l.ui doses
of arsenic, neither of which have
could reach he true cause OF ihciT C sInplaint.
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Unqualified Appreciation
ROsTnN Nov 12

ii. r. STE EMS, Esq
DEAR SIR-During the past five years L have
hal ample o ,portunf : t. idge OF the r-erit of
VEGETINs. My wife h 10 used il Tor comp O nts
attending 4 lady of delicate health with more
beneficial results tn an anything else VIII oh she
ever tried l haye given it to m children un-
der a n"st every circum stance Il. tending lar e
family aid aiw 'Ys with marked enent. have
taken il myself with 81 h .rest benefit that
cannot finf cords to exir, my unG ualified AZ,
probation OF its gOo.IfIess.
While per for ning my duties Police
'tcer III this city, lt has been my loF to tail il
wit, a great deal of sickness l unhes sating ly
reconmen VEGETINg, ID Aev.r knew of a
case where it did not prove all that was claim
mr. it. Pa'ttCultriy il as's Of debiitltel or
impoverished state of the bi,Ioi its effects are
TealiE wo "derful; AMI for All amt arising
from m mVure 81 >Ie OF IN lilo Il it arp ar
Work lie 4 chac VI. and d he We tn -
ire a"E circumstances urder which, NEGFrtNE
can ht ia Il with injurious rc-C'ts aid i viii
alwaNt atioid me trle IN t il fur her
inform i'ion as TO what 1 know amt FEGE
TINE. VI. u. y L.
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ilENT:-s AGENTS for the he selling Sta
81 II N ] l. Is ti0nery Package in Tne woTli,
It taiHs fifteen sheets OF /, per, fifteen
Envelopes. g.,lden Pen, Pen holder, Pencil,
-atent ard Measure, an pie C OF Jewetry,
.Ingls p .cklge. wiz Ii pain OF ei~gaIt gold stone
ieGve B,4it0I's post p5Ii;;, IS cts vi assorted
welry Tor 81. Thi2 I.acEag> has been exam
: e.: ny til bis e. of THE JOURNAL ami
found epresentet-6oI til the money.
Watches given away 10 sd Agents Circulars
t. ee.
RRIDE & co, 769 Broadwss, y ew York.
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Police Station 4.
ltgetine is Sold by all Druggists.

X L IN! free. Bl )KNELL x co
y WAr.rr Gtrart.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

4 HpMTs For best chance N the w3 Fl q
aFS<v Pocket Co Newark, j. 4W
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4ssEVES WANTED! Medals and DipIo-
mas s ATs'a'S ~ f"f H0L- PICTORIAL BIBLES
1900 illustrations address tor ne y CIR
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WILLIAMS g. MURCHIS0M.
aDri 9 ii
II & II = w & r e,
House AID Build ,r's H~rd ware of Every
IRON AND STEEL

A me- lean and - weed Iron If al ..iiths, p los
tel extra rolisd xli W dths. EngII IL Gas
Steel, octagon. square and fiat, Standar,
American keine1 IRON.
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HrIXD READING, PSYCHOMANCY,
vi r SUINAr1ON, Soul. Oh HH'Nef
i E5 NJ -.Rf%M n. and " MARRIAGE GUIDE,
showing how either SCI may faecinste and gain
the love and affection of any person they choose
Instant, 400 pages. ny mail 80 ceGtS. Hunt
4 Co., 139 e. 9TH Street, hiladelpiIIa. Pa.
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plumber of the rings, q cloud of
suspicion has been thrown around him
| which will envelope him to the last day
of his life, and will hang like pail
over his memory when he is dead. A
Cabinet officer has been caught cheat
ing the living and robbing the dead,
and for these crimes has been inn
peached in the name of all the people
before the Senate which has Just been
organized into court for his trial. An
ex-leader of the House of Represents
tives and within less than two months
the first of our foreign ministers, is
virtually on trial, charged with
the swindling of the people to
whom he was accredited as our
representative. The Attorney General
of the United States, the first law-offi-
Ger of the government, has beer
shown to have acted in SO underhand
and stealthy way, that half the
country believes that he aided the es-
cape of the thieves who have been rob-
bling the government. The Secretary
of the Treasury and the Secretary of
the Navy, ordered and directed by the
President himself, it has been proven,
used the public monies to save rotten
bank. The most gigantic frauds have
been developed in the Postofice, and
before the present investigation j.!
is at an end, it will put
the present Postmaster General in |
the piIlory, where so many of his pres
emit and ex-brothers of the Cabinet now |
stand Is all this nothing? This adj
was held up to our admit
ration in every convention of the party, |
State, congressional and
county, that has been held for the last
eight years, as the model administra-
ton in our history. The Baltimore
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-29
Platform Of a CoIorea AspIranl.


Here is how a Georgia negro an
nounces himself a candidate fer the
Legislature:
81 wish to announce myself as a
candidate for the Legislature from
Floyd. My faith about the circu-
lation is that we abolish these facts
and make a new constitution,
which has been considered by the
majority that | stand on the plat.
form Of the Republicans. / does
not want to mistreat our country
with my flavor with what | viewed
| think we have tried to do for the
best, it will lay down the object:
and take Others to the gasuate Of
our new constitution, and hope We
will have a new institution in the
name Of our Master"
We are forced to admit that We
can raise no tangible objection t
the above platform of a coloreC
patriot who is candidate for office
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-29

The history of the Chinese
queues is told by the Rev. Julius
Doolittle, a missionary in China,
as follows: "The first Emperor
Of the present dynasty who began
to. reign in l644, having usurped
theithrone, determined to make the
tonsure Of Manchuria, his native
country, the token Of the submis.
sion Of the Chinese to his author
ity. He ordered them to shave all
the head excepting the crown, al.
lowing the hair on That part t.
grow long and to dress it according
to the custom of Manchuria. The
Chinese had been accustomed, un.
der native Emperors, to wear Ions
hair over the whole head, and t
arrange it in . tuft or coil. Tn,
change was gradual, but FINAL,
prevailed through the Empire. A
first those who shaved their head
and conformed to the laws re
ceived, it is said, a present of a tae
Of silver, after a while only half
tael, and then only a tenth of
tael, and alterward only an egg
finally even an egg was not allowed
The law requiring the people t
shave their head and braid tn
queue was not only rigidly enforce
, by the penalty Of immediate death
but it became very manifest th'
; those who did not conform to tn
! wishes of the dominant dynast
r would never become successful in
lawsuit against those who did col
form, nor would they succeed at I'll
literary examinations.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-29
How the snow Falls in August a
Rome.

How the Snow Falls in August at
Rome.
New York Times Rome Correspondence
l went day before yesterday to
Santa Maria Maggiore to help keep
the fiesta of the Madonna della
Neve, which falls on the 9Th Of Au-
gust. 1t is the most poetical of all
the fetes of the year, for what 70.
mantle young lady of a devout turn
could desire to see a prettier sight
than that of a fall of snow in Au-
gust, and this in the form of pure
white leaves of the jessamine flow
er, from openings in the ceiling Of
a beautiful church. The illusion is
perfect. Down come the flakes,
z~ig-zagging slowly in the long de-
scent, some finding a Judgement
upon the bonnets Of worShipers
OF the gentler sex, some shifting the
heads of penitents of advanced
years, and covering at last the pave
ment with a thin, soft, fragrant
carpet. The legend in which this
fiesta had its origin must be repeat
ed, and it is this: Many hundred
years ago, in fact in the fourth
century, a patrician convert to the
Christian religion had a vision in
which he was told to build a
church, and both the site and the
dimensions would be indicated by
a fall of snow. The most elevated
point of the Esquiline Hill was that
pitched upon, and there the church
was built, and received the title o.
Holy Maria of the Shows. 0fcourse
the present is wholly different from
the original structure, for it ha.
been several times rebuilt or altered
according to the changing condi
tions of Rome. 1t is now know
as Maggiore, as it is the major of al
the churches dedicated to the Viz
gin Mary. Here the body of tn
! present Pope is to be laid. Only
few years after the accession of Piu
TX to Office, he caused the foro t
be made in the floor before the hig
! altar, in the style Of that Of S
c Peters, with flights of steps leadin
down; the whole lined with ric
marbles, the spoils of ancieI
: Rome.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-29

A strange marriage took place at
New London last Saturday. When
the ceremony was finished, the bride
groom refused to fee the clergyman
OR to allow his wife TO be kissed,
and told her to go her way and he
would go his, which they both did,
Repeated experiment has proved
that in school rooms lighted by
windows on both sides the children
suffer more or less from injured
vision, and SO important has the
subject been considered in Germany
that law has lately been passed
f~orbidding such windows in schools.
A portion of the Desert Of Sa-
hara is depressed below the level
of the Mediterranean and Allan
tic, and the project of flooding
that space, making it nayigable,
has frequently been considered.
A new project is to cut a canal to
the Atlantic, and the British gov
eminent has directed its Oonsuls
in that region to aid an engineer
named Mackenzie in explorations
1t is hard work to convict a man
, of violating the license law in
ThompsonviIle, Conn, as a prose
! cutting agent discovered, much to
! his chagrin. Out Of a large mum.
: Der of witnesses put on the stand
I only three ever heard that William
S Maddox kept a saloon, although
: stranger could not go into the tow
! without seeing it, and not one maj
n could be found who had paid for {
: drink there. The agent left town
a Disguised man.
o The Scotch tolerate no pleasantr
in connection with Sabbath break
: ing, as was proved recently to on
Jacob King, who vas arraigned be
Ie fore the Bailie at Glasgow for sing
y ing, "Willie brewed a peck
a maui" on the Sabbath. Jacob
- defense was that he had not sun
the ungodly words complained o
but one Of Moody and Sankoy
W hymns. The Baltic, nevertheless
fined him twenty shillings for
N breach of the peace. 1t is said thi
lg there are hotels in Scotland whel
a champagne is objected to on SUI
day rs not being "a Sabbath wine.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-29
FOREIGN.

PARIS, August 30. Victor Hugo
publishes a strong protest against
the Turkish barbarities.
LONDON, August Ss.-Lord Rib
blesdale, a step-son to Earl Russell,
committed suicide in Switzerland.
A special from Berlin says that
Austria will be invited to again
take the initiative in submitting
mediatory proposals to Turkey and
Seryia. The negotiations COM
menced by guaranteeing powers are
for the present restricted exclusively
to obtaining a suspension Of HOSTILE
ties. Great differences of opinion
are feared when the details are dis
cussed, and a conference is consid-
cred the only means of adjusting
them.
VIENNA, August 29.-The great
powers are constantly interchang-
ing kilograms concerning the pro-
posed mediation. A general agree
ment has been reached touching
the principal features of the policy
to be adopted, but the details are
unsettled. Germany is most back
ward of the powers. 1t is believed
that no great difficulty will be ex-
.perienced in determining the steps
to be taken, but several days will
probably elapse before the powers
submit their proposals to the Porte.
SANTANDER, August 29.-It is
stated that 24,S5O men, of all arms
with Krupp and Placentia guns.
will embark at Santander and Oadiz
for Cuba before the first of Novem-
Der.
LIVERPOOL, August 29.-As the
White Star Line steamer GermaniC
was leaving her dock to-day she
fouled the Allan Line steamer Cir.
cassian at anchor. The Germanic
lost her boats davits fromthe wais
to the quarter, and sustained ex.
tenSiVe damage to her upper works
The Circassian lost her bowsprit
and fgurehead.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-29

our opinion with the freedom that
should characterize an independent
press, and have no desire to with
draw a single line or sentence.
While the LEDGER is Democratic
and conservative in the s~trictest
sense, and usually supports the
regular nominees, it is not the
slave of party Or hitched on to the
chariot of any particular man.
When anything occurs in our own
party to condemn We propose to
excoriate it the same as if it oc-
Cured in the ranks of the opposite
party. If all papers and politicians
would pursue this course the stand
ard of party would be elevated and
individual merit would command a
higher premium. Personally we
have the highest regard for Gov.
Porter as a gentleman of integrity
and good intentions, but he has
deliberately defed the will of the
people and trampled on their best
interests under a mistaken idea Of
what he %construes to be his duty.
Let him suspend all action and
hold the moneyin the State deposit
tories or vaults of the Treasury UNI
til the next Legislature assemblies.
We hope for his own sake and the
party's that he will do this and
thus relieve his administration and
his friends from a serious embar-
rassment. If the payment goes on
as proposed it will be impossible to
convince the people that somebody
with superior facilities for guessing
at a correct opinion has not made
one or two hundred thousand dol
lars by buying up these coupons
before the public dreamed that a
payment would be made at the time
and in the manner proposed.
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THE LEnaER,s

will issue a mammoth edition
of the LEDGER, greatly enlarged, on
the first of September, to be dis
tributed in all the rich country in
every direction that trades with
Memphis. 1t will be an interest
ing and attractive paper, contain
ing the cotton statement for the
past year and full statements of the
condition and prosperity Of Mem
phis as a market for cotton, corn,
wheat and other staple productions
of the country. A careful inyesti-
CATION of the subject and compari-
son Of the opinions of our foremost
business men justifes the mos
encouraging and hopeful views
fully sustained by facts and figures
In that issue will appear the card.
Of the leading business houses o
the city and complimentary men
ton of many, as well as a choic'
variety of editorial, local, miscel
laneou8 and news matter. TIL
enterprise of the city will be full
reflected and shown up to advan
tage. The favors of our friend
should be handed in early in orde
that all may have proper space an
display. The season opens al
spiciously and the LEDGER wi
celebrate its birthday by gettir
out a big paper on the first day
September.
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Probabilities.

WASHINGTON, August 29.-In
Tennessee, the Ohio valley and
lower lake region, falling barometer,
winds from the southwest to the
south, and warmer, clear or partly
cloudy weather, possibly succeeded
by rain areas from Lake Erie to the
lower Ohio valley.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-29
A L.essan Tanrht ny Experlen.

A"HH"- A"NNHe W EAPVEAoNrNs
Among the many valuable lessons taught
by experience, there is not one Of greater mo
ment TO the invalid portion of the commu-
nifty than the following, viz: That Alternative
treatment is only permanently successful
when aided by IMMIGRATION. When the func-
tons of the body are disordered, the use of a
genial tonic with which corrective properties
lating them. Such a tonic is HOstetter'
Stomach Bittefs. the most popular, as it is the
best article Of its class. For more that twenty
five years it has been used with signal success
as a remedy for, and preventive of malarial
fevers, as a means of imparting st ength to
the debilitated, and as a curative of dyspep-
STA, biliousness, constipation, kidney troubles
and uterine weakness. Not only have multi
tudes Of those whom it has cured borne testi-
mony 10 its behalf. but it has been repeatedly
commended by the medical professional and
the press.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-29
AT1ME WHEN sILENCE is NOT GOLDEN

ATIME WHEN SILENCE is NOT GOLDEN
1t is a phenomenal fact that the
Nashville papers have not, appa-
rently, heard a word about the pro-
posed coupon payment. Perhaps
it is such a small matter, the pay
ment of 5000, 900 accumulated
gradually for the last year or two.
that it is not considered worth
mentioning even as a local item.
The Governor also is as mum as
sealed envelope. His friends here
who have telegraphed to him have
not been able to get any satislac.
tory reply, Perhaps he Is at l'ari.
or Nashville looking up some
old acts of the Legislature, sup
posed to be obsolete or super,
ceded by the funding act, to iustif
his course. The Appeal this morn
ing asks for a suspension Of publ
opinion. This is rather begin.
the case, and we think entirely un
necessary. No one has charged tn
Governor with anything corrupt @
collision with a ring. Hehas con
mitted a great blunder, however
which often happens with men VIII
have had smooth sailing and al
over self-con6dent. When tn
vast sum of money has been SCI
to New York and paid out doll'
for dollar for coupons, then the Go
ernor may find time to answer son
Of the issues raised by his cour
in this matter. VIZ have express
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-29

CINCINNATI, August 29.-River
falling. Clear.
CAIRO, August 29.-Arrived-
st. Genevieve, Vicksburg, IL pm;
James Gilmore, st. Louis, am.
Arlington, New Orleans, l am;
Mary Miller, Cincinnati, Sam. De.
parted-Arlington, Cincinnati, 2
am; st. Genevieve, st. Louis, a
a. M; Mary Miller, st. Louis, 9 ain
Clear and pleasant.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-29
STATE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
FoR GOVERNOR,
JAMES D. PORTER.
STATE ELECTORAL TICKET.
ELECTORS FOR gHE STATE AT LARGE.
W. B. BATE, of Davidson county.

ELECTORS.
First District-To be filed by District Con-
Second District-MOses White. Of Knox
county. -
Fourth District-Bon. Benton Mcmillan Of
Smith county. ,
Sixth Distriet-Thomas L. DOdd, of David
son county. u.
Seventh District-John II. Moore, of Kick
Eighth District-Hon. B. A. Enloe, Of Mad
isOn county.
Ninth District-To be filled by District Con
tenth Tenth Distriot-J. W. Clapp.% of Shelby
county.