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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-03

sEMI-WEEKLY BAYOU LAFOUROHB AND
COAST PACKET.
THROUGH TO THIBODAUX.
Leeaves every MONDAY at 6 .. mi. and FRI
DAY at 10 q. N.
F. THE NEW PASS ENGER BTMAhIED
laAASkESs5sY ASSUMPTION,
Ssza@ In place Of Henry Tete),
P A. Charlet. master. N. 2. Dupuis, clerk,
turning leaves Thibodaux every Tuesday and
Saturday coming down the coast Wednesdays
and Sundays In daylight. For freight or pas
sage apply on board or TO
B. RIVET, 1o5 Decatur street.
P. s.-Has q clerk on the landing during the
day at the head of Rianvilla street tn receive
freight. Freight received for the Lafourche.
privilege of reshpping at Donaldsonville.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-03

an water mark OF 1874. Indicates
satas fall. sBelow beach mark,
TIER yesterday was cloudy and warm.
ksfy dull.
Agaur Comstock, who left on the Cam
" EsaH Whisper, returned on the Gam
Iiisgsar .Ieshipped. at Bayou. Sara
Aakt nj 1Eiro for q load already en-
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-03
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BEMI-WEEKLY BAYOU LAFOUROHE
PACKET.
THROUGH TO LAUREL VALLEY.
Leaves every MONDAY and THURSDAY ct 8
.. N.
IT, n. THE PASSENGER STEAMER
sasa$ss EVA
nj. N, Landry master. Tom Knee, clerk.
Pays particular attention to way business. Re-
ine and Saturday morning For freight or
passage apply on board or to
TERREBONNE IL BRO. Agents.
SO Decatur street
p. B.-The Eva takes freight for all lsndinga
on Bayou Lafourche as far as Melodia Planta-
ton, two miles below Lafourche Crossing.
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-10
Death of two of Ashevilles Chris
tian Citizens.
ICor. of the Observer, October 7th 1873.

[Cor. of the Observer, October 7th 1881
IN a town of the size of Asheville,
noted as it is for healthfulness, it is a
very unusual thing to attend two
burials on the same day. Yet such
was the case with the people of this
town on yesterday. Such an occur
renee has never transpired here before.
The first was that of Gen. James q.
Martin, who died on Friday morning
last. Gen. Martin removed his family
to Asheville during the late war, and
whilst he was in command of this
District. After the close of the war
he determined to become a citizen of
the place, and engaged in the practice
Of the law. He was associated with
the late Judge Bailey, and since his
death has continued the practice with
his son. Gen. Martins history before
his coming to this place is part of the
history OF the State and country, he
having been in the military service of
the United States till the breaking out
of the war, in which service he lost an
arm in Mexico. He was during the
war AdJutant General Of the State and
Brigadier General in the Confederate
States army, and in all of these posi-
tions discharged his duties with a
fidelity and zeal that gave him an en-
viablelreputation. AS citizen he was
equally Jealous in all the various du-
ties of life, and especially in the dis
charge of his obligations as a christian.
His many virtues as man won for
him the esteem Of ali the people who
deeply deplore his loss. Gen Martin
was about sixty years of age.
The last sad rite had scarcely been
performed at the grave of Gen. Martin
IN the Episcopal church yard ere the
solemn toiling of the bell of the Meth
odlst church announced the approach
OF the funeral cOrtege bearing the re-
mains of Mrs. Margaret NJ. Vance, the
mother of our illustrious Governor, L
b. Vance, and the Jealous and faithful
Congressman, r. B. Vance. Mrs. Vance
was the eldest daughter of the late
Zebulon Baird, and was born in thi
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-10
Work For 1t.

Boys want to be rich, great, or good,
without working. They think that
learned, wealthy, and influential men
are very fortunate, that they have
easily slipped into their respective
spheres. They scarcely ever think
that by hard work and dint of perse-
verance most of these men have risen
to their respective positions. Idlers
never rise in the world God does not
reward laziness by riches and honor
God did not make man to be useless
and live at ease and reap without SOW
ing. When farmers can SOW and reap
on the same day, and trees blossom and
yield fruit on the same day, and not
until then can boys hope to become
men of marked influence and acquisi-
ton without working for it.
A splendid carriage rolls along the
street. Boys look at it and say to
themselves, "He's a fortunate man ;
what an easy time he has Some day
we may have a windfall and not be
obliged to work for living.
They scarcely dream that the occu-
pant of that costly vehicle was proba-
bly, once poor boy, who worked hard
many years winning the confidence of
all around him by his industry, integri-
ty and noble bearing. Had he been as
idle and loose as many boys are. he
would not have owned the carriage
nor have been a millionaire. Many
years of carefel toll, struggling to
overcome obstacles, practising the
most rigid economy, and bravely hold
ing out against great Encouragement
is the secret of his success.
Daniel Webster could make a great
speech. Boys heard him, and said, !,
what a gift How fortunate he is to
possess such talents !. The thought
hardly entered their heads that hard
work enabled him to do it. The first
time he undertook to declaim in a
school room he broke down. But per-
severing industry overcame all obsta-
cles. By hard study year after year,
and equally diligent practice, he
became the distinguished orator.
Take away quarter of a century from
his life, in which he carefully qualified
himself for his noble profession, hav-
ing no idle hours, and no bed of
down. and the world would not have
known Daniel Webster. Boys should
not forget this. He could make great
speech because he worked for it.
Boys, it is a good rule in this world
that nothing valuable can be had with
out working for it. And the time to
begin work is now Southern Planta-
tiOn.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-10
Gleanings.

At Hartlepool, England, the other
day man gave himself up to be re
turned to his regiment and punished
for desertion. This is the only way in
which he can identify himself as the
heir to fortune of $50, 600.
A Washington lady recently sent one
of her husbands coats to the yellow
fever sufferers, and being Of a frugal
mind, she pinned note to the collar
requesting that if the garment didn't
tit it might be returned.
The latest addition to the monstrosi-
ties composing what is called the
British navy is the PolAphenlus, which
seems to be constructed Cn the model
of the turtle. When afioat nothing
will be seen of her except an arched
steel back, impervious to artillery
This pleasing monster will be provided
with a ram and with all kinds of ap-
pliances for the discharge of submarine
torpedoes. She will have no masts,
but will be driven at a great rate by
twin screws.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-10

sentatives, and j. S. Tomlinson editor
of the Piedmont Press, will be a can
didate for Engrossing Clerk of the
Senate.
The Greensboro Patriot of Yesterday
says: eve understand there is
regularly organized gang of horse
thieves who carry on operations in
this county, Alamance and Randolph.
They stole span of mules from j. n.
Caudle at New Salem, Randolph coun-
ty, the night of Sept 18th. That gen.
tleman informs us that at least fit cen
horses or mules have been stolen wit h
in the past four weeks.
John. E. Becton formerly of Will
mington, master machinest OF one of
our Southern roads and an active
worker among those suffering fro m
yellow fever, died recently at Water
Vallejo, Miss. His relatives live in
Duplin county. The death of Judge
Frank ID. Stockton a native of States
vile is also announced. He died at
Memphis.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-10
Sanitary Effect Of Housework on
Women

Many of the ills and diseases prev A
lent among women In our day are no
doub. trac cable - the scdentary mode
of life SO common among them. The
progress OF modern industrial art has
done away with much Of the house
hold drudgery To which women were
formerly subjected, and the result j..
III too many cases want OF sufficient
occupation for needed bodily exercise.
The fruits of this state OF things are
strlklngly exhibited by certain ob~er-
vations of the late MIR Robertson. a
Manchester surgeon, who, III his prac-
tlce as specialist for women's dis
eases, found that IN women " he them.
selves performed all their household
work there was no trace OF certain
complaints ; that these complaints be
gin To make their appearance in wo-
men with one servant, become pro-
nounced IN women who have two ser
wants and worse still with those who
have three servants, and So on He
showed statlstically that the deaths
from childbirth We're four times
greater IN the case of women with
four servants than those with none
POputlr Science Monthly.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-10

The City.

The health of Raleigh was never
better.
Receipts of Cotton yesterday S75
bales.
Special trains from every direction
during Fair week.
Visitors to the State Fair next week
will have an opportunity of witnessing
the splendid plays of ''The Fay Tenn
pIeton Troupe" at Metropolitan Hall.
Capt. Timothy F. Lee has actually
organized and equipped a side shoac,
which he proposes shall constitute one
of the attractive features at the State
Fair.
Mr.. T. w. Taylor of Henderson coun-
ty has sent to Capt. T. f. Lee, her
maphrodite pig to be exhibited at the
State Fair. The pig reached the city
yesterday.
In glass-ball shooting at the Fair
grounds, one afternoon last week, Rev.
DIR. T. III Pritchard was the successful
contestant, having broken eight balls
out of ten.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-10

10Th instant for the benefit of the yell
low fever sufferers in the South.
The claim of Italy to the right to
participate in the administration of
Egypt introduces new element of un-
certainty into the Egyptian question.
The Emperor Francis Joseph for
mally accepts the designations of the
Cis-Leithan ministers. but orders them
to remain Professionally in Office.
The Federal Council of Switzerland
has adopted an ordinance making in
structions in gymnastics obligatory for
all boys in the public schools.
Austria and Turkey seem to be fast
tending to state of strife. The Turks
appeal to the powers to stop the inva-
sion by the Austrians
The Pope is said to be one of the
greatest letter writer's in Europe. A
large portion of his time is spent on his
correspondence.
A brother of Lord Beaconstield.
Ralph DiSraeli. is chief clerk to the
Master of the Rolls, Sir George Jessel,
the most eminent Israelite in London.
The marriage of their royal highnesses
the Duke of Connaught and Princess
Louise Margaretha, OF Prussia, will be
celebrated at st. Georges Chapel,
Windsor, in February.
Mr.. Richard Rogerson. of Liverpool,
is spoken Of as model English work
ing man. He is n years old. and has
worked in a foundry for one firm for
the last &c years. He has had IA chill
dren, AZ grandchildren, and IL great
grandchildren.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-10

leys North Carolina battery of SIX
guns in position on an eminence near
piece of woods some four hundred
yards in the rear of Laws line. Was
ordered TO go with my regiment 10
protect the battery. | did not take
time to countermarch, but moved rap
idly, rear in front. throwing ont a few
skirmishers as advanced. When as
cending the hill at the edge of the
woods. a portion OF the cavalry came
in betw cen me and the battery. The
officer commanding. with pistol In
hand, ordered my skirmishers TO sur
render, to which they replied with
volley. The cavalry commander and
his horse and one of his men fell to
the ground, and the others dashed
away. The lieutenant commanding
the skirmishers, with repeating rifle
in his hands, then sprang forward and
said to the wounded officer, who still
graSped his pistol and was trying TO
raise, Now you surrender , to which
he replied, I will not do it, and
placing the pistol to his own head,
Shot his brains out. | halted my regl-
ment, as the cavalry were gone, but
did not go to the dead man, who lay
not more than forty steps in my front,
until one of the SklrmlsherS brought
me his shoulder straps, from which |
discovered that he was general. |
then went to the body, and on examl-
nation found one or two letters in his
pockets addressed to General +. }.
Farnsworth.' | was soon ordered to
another part of the field, and left the
body where it fell.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-10

The liberal contributions which have
been made III Paris to the fund for the
benefit Of the yellow fever sufferers in
the Southern States make very strik
ing and beautiful part of the history
of the pestilence. No sooner was the
subscription opened in the French
capital than charity outstretched her
hands to aid our sick and suffering.
Leading men and women of the re
public, including the President and
Madame Mahon, various cabinet
ministers and other distinguished per
sons, Joined the popular Offering and
sent handsome gifts of money to the
general fund. Now it is announced
that fete IN behalf of this noble OF
ject has been rendered, and will take
place in the Palace of the Trocadero
on the 18th inst. Though zone touch
Of nature makes the whole world kin,
1t does not always make it kind. In
this case France has touchingly illus
trated her kinship with and kindness
to humanity.-BaLtimoye .Suu.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-10
Brutal Murder in Pitt County -
Suspected Parties Under Arrest.

\ correspondent ofthc Raleigh News
writing from Greenville, October eth.
says:
Saturday evening, about 10t o'clock,
one OF the most brutal murders oc-
CURED near this place that it has ever
been my lot TO record Two young
men by the name of John and Jacob
Briley had been to town on that day
and sold a bale of cotton. They had
drunk considerably before leaving for
home. When they had crossed the
River bridge and reached the bend in
the road, from which place the bridge
can be seen to the rear and the long
stretch of the main road in front. they
were set upon by some person or
persons unknown, and one of them
beaten SO badly over the head that he
died during the night, his skull being
fractured badly. The other may live
The weapon used was found near th,
spot where the bodies were discovered
1t was piece Of lightwood plank about
four feet long, three inches wide and
one inch thick. The end had been
trimmed down to form a handle. The
bodies were laid by the murderers in
the wheel tracks, that they might be
supposed to be killed by the passers-by.
One or two parties have been arrested
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-10

Under an act of Congress approved
in 1S47, there were granted to certain
soldiers in the war with Mexico. mill
tary bounty land warrants for one
hundred and sixty and forty acres,
according to the term of enlistment
When they were transmitted to the
address shown by the papers, some
failed to reach their destination. and,
being undelivered. found their way
back to the Office as dead letters \
list of the warrants, with the number,
name of claimant, and place of resi-
dence as found thereon. has been
drawn up at the Land Office, and the
warrants will be delivered By the Com
missioner upon clear and satisfactory
proof of ownership. About hundred
persons are interested in these war
rants.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-10

Yesterday was observed as one of
fasting and prayer by the citizens OF
New Orleans.
President Hayes has ordered the New
Mexican insurgents to disband and dis
perse. Troops will be used to preserve
the peace, if necessary.
The Stock of pork in New York is
now reported at 63, GAG bbls., against
70, ,050 bbls. one month ago, and 30, 5O6
bbls. one year ago.
The trustees of the Methodist relief
fund at New Orleans ask for aid, in
view Of the fact that their funds are
exhausted by reason of the long dura-
ton of the epidemic.
A dispatch from Helena, Arkansas,
says General Gideon j. Pillow, of the
Mexican war notoriety, and Brigadier
General in the Confederate service, died
yesterday morning, of congestion.
DR.. FELTON,, the Independent candi-
date for Congress in the seventh
Georgia district, is ably assisted in his
electioneering by his wife, who acts as
her husbands secretary and press cor
respondent and defender.
General Sherman has returned to
Washington from his extended trip
West and to the..Pacific coast. He is in
excellent health, and speaks in high
terms of the various military posts
which he officially visited. referring to
them as models of neatness and eff
cheney.
An excursion party from Detroit,
Michigan, consisting of about four hun
dred persons, including farmers, mer-
chants, bankers, ETC., will visit Rich
mond, Va, during the approaching
State fair, reaching that city via the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. The
excursionists will also visit Old Point
and Norfolk, Va.
The Cabinet at Washington, on Tues
day, discussed the subject Of finances,
as connected with the government S
receipts and expenditures. 1t was
agreed that the estimates for the next
fiscal year should be at the lowest prac-
ticable figures, in consequence of the
falling off in the revenue.
No abatement in the yellow fever at
New Orleans. On the 9th inst 143 new
cases and 40 deaths. Meridian, Miss
Eight cases and two deaths. Four
tifths of the population are absent. All
stores are closed. No trains are run
! ming and no mails. Jackson-Four
deaths; among them Andrew. Wilson
express agent. Baton ROuge.-New
cases 80 deaths 5.
Morocco must be added to the list OF
| famine stricken countries. The rainless
summer has been productive of fearful
| misery. Entire herds of oxen, camels
and horses, and whole flocks of sheer
and goats have perished, and their car.
casses infect the air with their decom
position. At Sus and the southern
parts of the kingdom thousands of per
sons have died of hunger. Reports
from Mogador, where forty persons /;
day fall sacrifice to typhus, give
heartrending description of the drough
and its consequences.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-10
Gallant to the Last-DieS Rather
Than Surrender.
(Southern Historical Society Papers)

NoUUIIIcI u HIStUIICdI DOOIO11 "P0Io'T
Col. William c. Oates, of Alabama,
in an article on Gettysburg
Battle on the right, tells strange sto-
ry of the suicide on the field of a
wounded Federal General. He COM
manded an Alabama regiment on the
extreme right of the Confederate line,
and closes his account of the battle as
follows:
''On the third day Laws brigade,
still on the right, lay along the south
ern foot of Round Top. Our picket
line extended considerably to the rear
and nearly at right angles with the
line Of battle. About midday, or early
in the afternoon, squadron of Fed
eral cavalry broke through our pick
cts, charged and tried to capture Ri
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STATE NEWS.

Hog cholera has made its appearance
in Beaufort county.
Wayne Superior Court is in session.
His Honor Judge McKoy presiding.
Mr.. w. Brickell, highly esteemed
citizen of Halifax county, died at home
on the eth inst.
The Presbyterians are speaking of
building church at Polkton, Arson
county.
Rev. b. s. Bronson has resigned the
rectorship of St Peters Episcopal
church, Charlotte.
Judge Reade says he will not accept
the Republican nomination for Con-
gress in the Metropolitan district.
Davis and Turner now have the field.
The Synod of North Carolina will
meet in the Presbyterian church,
GOldsboro, on Wednesday. October
23rd, 1878, at p. NJ.
Mr. J. A. McCallum, one of the Will
mington boys who went to Memphis
as nurse, is reported to have died last
week
The Secretary of State has forw ard
ed to the Register of Deeds in each
county, blank abstracts of the canvass
return for the Congressional election
i'm November next.
Edgecomhe Court opens Monday
next, Judge Seymour presiding. There
are l15 cases on the criminal docket.
J. c. l.. Harris, Esq, will assist the
negro Solicitor Collins in the prosecu-
ton.
The North Carolina Argus says: 'We
heard a farmer say that he had the
best corn crop he had had for fifteen
years. The crops of Anson are gen
orally good.
An agricultural club in Halifax
county has adopted resolutions de-
manding tax on dogs, as a means of
protecting sheep, and they call upon
the people throughout the State to
speak out ON this subject.
The contract for building the colored
insane asylum at Goldsboro has been
awarded Mr.. George S. H, Appleget,
OF Salisbury. The next lowest bidder
was Portsmouth Va firm.
The North Carolina Spoke and Han
dle factory at Greensboro has beer
leased to Messrs. Hunley & Hanks ol
New York, and will be run under the
supervision of Col. Shober.
The next session of the North Caro-
Ina Annual Conference of the Metho-
DIST Protestant Church, will conven,
at ladkin College, on Wednesday TIN
18th day November, 1878. The Annu
al Sermon will be preached on Tues
uay, by Rev. j. III. Gilbrea'h.
W. a. Davis, editor of the Oxfor
1orchfght, will be a candidate fo
heading Clerk in the House of Repre-
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-10

1t was stated that the committees on
Missions had not yet reported fully,
and that the figures given would be
largely increased for these objects.
1t is sometimes said thaC the Raleigh
Baptists are very liberal to themselves.
considerably more than half Of the
sum above reported was given to OBJ
jects outside of Raleigh. 1t will be
seen.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-10
Cotton Picking in North Carolina

The Cotton Exchange at Norfolk
Va, has received twenty-five reDlies
from eighteen counties in North Caro-
lima Fifteen report the weather in
September favorable. Ten say it has
been rainy and unfavorable. Some
damage by rust is reported, bit very
little from any other cause. Picking
has progressed rapidly. The Weld Is
reported about the same, or probably
better, than last year. and about two
hundred 70 two hundred and twenty
tive pounds lint cotton TO the acre.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-10

TIE CONFEDERATE ARCHIvE-.-Rey.
j. N. Jones, secretary of the South.
ern Historical Society, writes that
thoroughly satisfactory arrangement
has been perfected between the Off
GERS of that association and the War
Department az Washington for the ex
change Of copies of the Confederate
archives, and that the work of exchange
will be begun just az soon as the lists
of the desired copies can be made out
Mr. Jones says visit to the archive
office at Washington impressed hun
very favorably with the system. orde .
and care with which everything /,
managed. Baltimore Sun,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-10
Foreign Items.

The excitement over the collapse of
the City of Glasgow Bank has sub
sided.
A fete will be given at the Trocadero
Palace of the Paris exhibition on the