The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-10-02
OCTOBER 2, 1879

IDOL locomotive, wherewith he might
sp.cb = through train. By midnight he was
ca,"n5;no Southwark, leaving his wife and
SPb;Idren to follow on the regular train,
cILlnng the risk of the misplaced rails, and
taN Showers of bomb-shells. [ suppose,
tn. .hough, it was assumed the plot" would
Ven up after the chief victims escape"
became public.
hurled under the folds OF a long cloak
S stb = Scotch cap, and plaid wrapped around
W. face. that no one recognized HIM; most
Inrsons probably thinking him some old
woman with a bad case OF eaT-ache. 1t was
an ..afiiction of the ear, IN one respect,
";nco there would seem to have been not a
Govt icle of foundation for the rumor. The
Terv idea of destroying a tram, run by
g., horn men. and filled with Southern
no.senrers, would be absurd of itself, even
Ia we not know that a dozen years OF
um by the most villainous detective
80 So an the globe, failed to get even a pre-
tondpd clue TO any such conspiracy.
The arrival at Wizards Hotel, Of the
antIoman I'm Scotch garments, who proved
= ho the President-elect of the United
St.tes was as great a surprise as if he had
1anJod IN a balloon though the newspapers,
"u;atIv as they could catch breath, pro-
q'nned it the ''cleverest thing, THE
noa+est couD IL muin ;'-"since Major An
Iorson stole a march on the South Carroll
n;ansi. Lincoln and Seward went the same
nfnrnoon to have a talk with Buchanan.
Feb, 27th-The Republicans, by a large
majority forced into IA law the Morrill, larlff
Ri. an high protective measure, aiming
- foster a few industries, at the expense OF
the whole country. Nh No.
The same day, conservative North caro-
lima voted down the proposed call OF a state
Convention by about 200 votes; which though
oSmaU majority in a State having more than
"%m;Iiion nopulation, showed that at least
half Of her people, like her brethren IN Nlr,
n;n;, Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri and
Kentucky. still chung TO the feeble hope OF
Peace and reunion. !,
On this day, the Peace Conference" or
the remnant of it, adjourned after further
JJ;Irtion nf it's own plan by the "Franklln
o~mandment." Ex-President Tyler, on be-
mo serenaded at Richmond, declared the
south had nothing to hope for from the
Black Republicans, who were bent on her
destruction.
On This u.>. also, Buchanan, to lngratlate
himself Wit. the Northern populace, ORDER
ed the name of Maior-General Iwlggs, VINO
had previously resigned, to be stricken from
the rolls, as a traitor. 1Wiggs HAS pech
much abused without reason. lie had re-
ceived explicit erders to avoid bloodshed.
His forces were necessarily scattered for hun
dreds of miles along the frontier; Com
m;ssioners representing the State of Texas,
and backed by Ben. McCulloch with l,2OO
armed men, suddenly de~manded,not his
surrender-but the evacuation Of the State.
He acouiesced. and Col. Carlos " bite, who
arriyed next day to supercede him, ratified
the agreement, 1t was a lucky thing for
the Iincolnites. Because the troops, in
stead of being captured on the Rio Grande,
as they must have been in a few weeks, ar
rived in Washington, with arms, flags,
clothing. tents, etc, just in time to form
the nucleus of SCOTS Grand Army"
General Twiggs died early in the war.
Two gold mounted swords of great value,
presented to him by Congress, and his ma
tive State, for gallantry under the old flag,
were stolen from his house by Ben Butler,
and have not been recovered.
TO be continued