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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-20
NOVEMBER 20. 1872

STATE ITEMS FROM t EXcHNar.
The Rertetr tell Of the arrival of H.
Bishop Green. Of Mississippi, ON -
the scenes of his childhood in Wirr;r- ~
Day before yesterday evening, a>bnr.7. 81.
after dark, and just after the train
Atlantic, Tennessee & Ohio Railroad
from Charlotte TO Statesyi!!e. mill -7
from Centre depot, Capt. II. p. Jonss w.
conductor, passed through his train $50.
in conformity to custom. Went mo,
platform of the rear coach to SOC ,L '"a
one was stealing a ride there. As he d.
ed the door and stepped out, he obS.~yfS
party of two or three men standinr
the roadside, and a second later bn55r P.4
report of 4 pistol fired by one of tho d
He paid little attention to the ms,tor II
returning to the car remarked laurh;c.-
to a friend, q passenger. that he had h.
shot at. Yesterday morning. on the $50
trip, taking out his thick note book C.+"-
Jones found embedded in it \ pjstoI III
which, entering one side of the book Ia;
passed nearly through it. The book w.s :"
the breast pocket of the conductors cla.
and it was most fortunate for him cor.r~
rs it did a vital part, that it caDoh, -
ball. Discovering the ball, Can't. .J6nns ~
membered that just as the pistol was fri
he felt the note book strike his body -.
cumstance which he attributed at ,na 49,
to the motion of the train. He has no H.
who the parties upon the roadside Were NJ
why they should have sought thus n taL.
his life, if, indeed, this was their purn"'.
which. however, he is inclined to dorI.
since he has had no difficulty with any or
in the neighborhood indicated CIl-l04
Observer.
GREENvILLE, Nov. 13.-At FarmviI.
yesterday, Sam Joyner, Esq, went to orros,
a negro, recently returned from South C,,.
lima, who had been stealing chickens who,
the negro shot Mr.. Joyner throuob ~.
thigh, inficting a painful wound NJ
Jeyner then Knocked the negro down and
tied him. Two gentlemen brought him :,
town and lodged him in the county ia}I n
which he stayed last night, if he had N
friends outside. But any man who has,
friend is a fool to remain in Pitt csrn,,
Jail at all. So, at this writing. don!
know whether the negro is still there a.,
not; but hope for the best. DIR. O'Haean
went up yesterday evening to see JoyneT-
Raleigh NeuS.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-20

There IS nothing in a political way we
more sincerely desire than the nomination of
Gen. Grant as the Republican candidate for
President. 1t would precipitatc the final
struggle and would make SO manifest the
corrupt. unpatriotic and selfish designs of the
old Republican Ringsters that all the best
elements of the country would become ar
raved against them. IF this be done and
the Grantites succeed, the decision will be
final. It will establish thesfact that the ma
ioritv of this country prefer to abandon the
original Republican institutions and form of
government won by the blood of our ances-
TORS. and 90 back to the centralized, arbitra-
~. and monarchical systems of the old world
against which our forefathers fought. In
| that event, the sooner the States are wiped
oG the man and the country divided into
large districts, conformabie to physical re-
@lat;ons. the better for the people. Why, for
instance. need North and South Caro-
lima be at all the expense OF two Governors,
two sets of officers. two capitals. &C., when
one would answer for both? Why should
not Massachusetts,, Rhode Island, and Con
necticutt be consolidated into one district
with a Deputy-President, appointed by
| Grant? Delaware has but three counties,
| why not merge them with Maryland and
PENNSYLVANIA? 1t would dispense with much
| red-tape, much expense. much conflict and
| diversity of local laws, and much contention
over pettv officers. 1t would take away
much Provincialism. We should no longer
boast of being Virginians or Carolinians, but
would exclaim-''I am, or rather / aras, an
| American citizen; / belong in District Mum
Der >. and we all belong to Grant! Bully for
him.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-20

WADE HAMPToN.-Col. Wharton Green
gave US a pleasant call last week, a few days
after his return from New York and Balti-
more. He Gays all the leading Democrats
whom he met were in cheerful spirits over
the prospect for next year. Talking with a
friend, it was agreed to make a slight test OF
the popular drift by questioning well-known
gentlemen who CHANGED to come along. or
II persons thus interrogated, 7 favored
Hancock, 5 favored Bayard; while nearly
all wanted both, either as President. or
vice-President.
Col. Green had just received a letter from
Wade Hampton who vigorously tavors Bay.
ard and Mcdonald, and will do his best at
Washington this winter to nominate that
ticket. The gallant old cavalier writes as
if he had never known clutches. In telling
of his recovery he says. Il shot a deer from
the back of a mule a day or TIVE ago, SO
you see there's life in the old land yet.''
His many friends will be glad to hear it.
Long may he wave!
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-20

THE GENTLE SEX-Ihe pretty and pettl-
coated part of creation are coming to the
front with conspicuous c~Onsplcuouslty.
Here, for example, is Potts, pedestrian, by
courtesy relic of old man Potts, fore name I'M
known, native of Chowan, or Currituck, or
rise up), who after Waiting gracefully from
Philadelphia to New Orleans and return, a
small matter Of five or ten thousands OF
miles, now yields to despair, and lays her
head on the National Suicide track, while with
her unembarrassed hand she waves a written
communication addressed to the press, set
ting forth her grievances. Next e have
the young Russian princess sewing herself
up in a bag before she drowned herself, be-
cause it hurt her feelings to think of being
found with crabs, and beetles, DINING on
her beauty. And as Father Ryan SAYS
"waileth a woman,"-out west! st. Louis
Globe tells of Mrs. Lilly Louise Hunter, for
merly an heircss, a belle, and a beauty the
and the "sister-in-law of Governor Early of
North Carolina"-Gf you know who he isl,
whose pitiful tale runneth after this fashion:
''she became the funcee of confederate OF
fcer, afterwards a General.
sTrusted by her, he disposed of her estate,
and, squandering the proceeds, abandoned
her. She next became the wife Of a noted
politician, who was a relative of r. NJ. T.
Hunter, Secretary Of State in the Richmond
Cabinet. Her husbands estate was not suf-
fcient 70 meetthe demands she deemed re-
quisite to her position, and being left "a widow
by his sudden demise she found herselffacing
want in the very shadow Of what had so re-
Gently been a life Of fashion and splendor, as
one of the society women of the capital.
Not caring to become dependent upon her
husbands relatives, she left that section
and went to New Orleans. In the of
1873 her two daughters were stricken with
the yellow fever and died within nine days
Of each other. She had scarcely withdrawn
from their graves when two of her grand
children died with the same disease. Pow
erty pressed closely upon her in her af1ic-
ton, and she visited ST. Louis. She expec-
ted to find there a gentleman named Martin
Alexander, who, when a boy, had been adop-
ted by her parents, but was disappointed,
as he no longer lived. This left her alone
and penniless in the midst of a strange CITY.
In this desolate condition she applied to the
Chief of Police, narrating her misfortunes.
He procured a room for her, and with the
aid of some wealthy citizens, she has never
been allowed to suffer"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-20

RALEIGF.-Prof. PAUL. has opened a sing
ing school on Friday evening at Christ
Church Sunday School Chapel. Miss
Maggie Williams will visit her friend, Miss
Nicholson at Enfield, this week.-Acad-
envy of medicine meets tonight. So do the
Knights Of Honor.-Bird hunting is all
the rage. You can pick a peck of shot out
or any plank fence in ten miles of Raleigh.
by the way, DR.. Brooks Of Wake Forest
says in less than three years DR.. Pritchard
Will have 300 students at Wake Forest, and
there won't be a partridge within q miles.
Another citizen says the birds have held a
cross-road convention and voted to exc
dust. They oral before the coming storm
of Baptist doctrine, backed by a shotgun.
Gen. Jos. e.. Johnston spent Saturday
IN Raleigh, and it would make you LAUNCH
for a week to hear his reply to a double
case OF cOntretemps, by a convivial party,
relating to the on"demnable blunder' Of
not attacking Washington after the Bull
Run battle.--Sorry to hear of Mai. Russ
repeated attack of paralysis-Mr. w. S.
Irapier who married Miss Gertrude Hay
wood is dead.-The National Hotel is to
be re-modeled, and have a ladies entrance
on the side street, over the dining room.
Nh. Branch Merrimon Will marry Miss
Nellie Scales at Greensboro this CWednes-
day p. m.-Sacred Concert at Person ST.
church Tomorrow night. - Madame
Rentz's capering damsels are coming, and
all.the bad old men are getting ready their
smoked glasses, for fear they might be
crowded onto the front seats.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-20

LATEST NEWS.-A daughter Of Gen Dan
E. Sickles eloped to Europe with a fellow
named McCarthley.-Eliza Pinkston whom
Sherman ''Martyrized" for the benefit Of
the Rutherford Hayes fraud in 1876. is now
in Jail for numbering her husband.
Col. Holt, Maj. Jas. W. Wilson. c.
J. d. Cameron, l.. J.. Haughton. and the
Penitentlary Board are in town.
- A number Of influential friends urged
Col. Jos. j. Davis to allow his name ia be-
used in connection with the Govcrnorshin
but he distinctly declines. The names Of
Gen. Cox and John Manning stand at the
head of prospective candidates for Concres,
in this district.
The Petersburg Hder-4ppeaI SAYS
Rev. Dr.. Skinner, pastor Of the FIrs
Baptist church in Raleigh, n. C.. lately
received from Mr.. Pierre Lorrilard. in New
York, a present Of a box containing 1900
cigars, worth ST. each and a 81. 900 note
Mrs. Skinner is a cousin Of MI. LorriI4rj
The French cable has been landed on the
American coast. "A most alarming
droughts prevails in section of Virginia and
prayers are offered in the church for rain
The Senate sub-investigating commiua
have arrived at New Orleans. II. :
Court Clerk at Cincinnati, Ambrose rs
name, has been arrested for making fraud
ulent claims against the Government
L. c. Zinck, of Lancaster, Ohio, f-d .5
Canada to avoid arrest for forgeries CON-
mltted amounting to over So, 0OO.-A
drunken white man, named Thos. Whit
shot and killed Pat Hawkins, colored, q.
~Spartansburg, S. c.; White is in jail
Steamer ALEXANDRA is aground in the rre-
Seine and will be a total wreck r..
United States Senator b. W. Jcnuis. d
OHIO, is lead -Thirteen persons, return
ing from a fair, were drowned in Lockl1
dali Islay, Scotland.-A large boiler eE
ploded at Carroiton, Michigan, kiIIing o1e
man and fatally iniuring two.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-20
SAILING DER LIES MIGHTY OCEAN. :

SAILING DER LIES MIGHTY OCEAN
Again we bring a long list of passengers
who came down the River Of Youth in the
pleasure-boat Courtship, and finding the
good ship Motrtmony ever ready to a
one more couple, embarked from the port
of MurchrWe, and set sail DER life's wen
drous ocean, waited by the gales Of Lore,
and guided by the star of Hope. in search
of the city of HAPPINESS, whose wharves
can only be reached by avoiding the rocks
of Pride, Anger, and Se!!fshness, and steering
steadily along the channel of COntentment
with the helm of Reason square abeam. At
Reidsville, Nov. 18th, by the Rev. ID. Craig,
Mr.. w. r. Staples, and sMlss Mary Alice
Watt. The attendant mariners were S. e.
Penn and Miss Birdie Watt; j. n. Watt
and Miss Katie Scales; j. D. Spencer and
Miss Amer Richardson; G.. II. Overman
and Miss Spencer; j. r. Hughes and Miss
Mary Galloway;S. S.. Harris and Miss Mamie
Wayt. Mrs. John Williamson at the organ.
So saith Times. In Union county, Nov.
18th, by Rev. G. S. Robinson, Mr.. VIM.
McMatthews, formerly proprietor of the
Charlotte Hotel, and Miss Sailie, daughter
of Jas. Houston, ESQ.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-20

READER, Do YOU LIKE THIS PAPER.
Do YOU believe it is doing good, tor the
State. for the farmers. for the party upon
whose success. in the existing condition OF
affairs. depends all the trueSt interests OF our
people? -.
If you candidly admit this, are you Wiling
to help in extending the usefulness, and the
influence of this paper: ;,
If you are willing to assist US, VIII you 90
two things:
lst. Recommend the Farmer and We
chanic to some one of your ~nelghbors.
2nd. Send us s. with Instructions to fur
nish the paper to some brother, son, aunt
cousin. or sweetheart, at a distance, whom
you wish to have think kindly OF you each
week.
3rd. In writing to all your friends, or rela-
tives, outside of State, both at the North
and the South, use this postscript to your
letter-"U .you cant to keep posted IN the
neus from ali parts Of North Carolina, send
e for the Raleigh Farmer and Mechanic;
Then we shall get letters from Texas, Al
ALBANIA, Arkansas, and Illinois, ordering the
paper for a year, and you will have been at
no cost at all. Then you will know that
your friend will get all the news worth know
ing, and you need not write him, or her, SO
often.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-20

THE FREEDMEN's FAIR.-It would be
worth an hundred thousand votes for the
Democratic party could each Northern State
have a dozen representatives 10 walk our
streets and visit the colored peoples fair, to
see the battalions of well armed troops Jaw
fully bulldozed, they look to be- to see the
Governor, a Democrat and ex-Copfederate
riding in a four horse barouche, to open the
proceedings, to see the street corners crowd
ed with noisy and well dressed negroes, with
glossy stove-pipe hats and big gold watches,
to see the creditable display of farm, field.
and shop products, to see the swarms of ex-
~curslonlsts from all parts of the State,-in
short, to see what The Radical sheets STYLE
the poor, down-trodden, robbed, and in
Inundated negro, as we see him, here in
our midst. Surely the sight would send
them home ashamed of themselves for the
flood OF lies they have poured out during the
past campaign, and are still pouring out.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-20

GoLDsBoRo MESSENGER ITEMs.-Mrs.
Sarah Nelson, wife of Rev. G. j. Nelson,
died on the 18th, aged 65. A good woman
has passed away. Mrs. Betsy Herring broke
her leg by falling out of her kitchen door.
Duplln court was not held because Judge
Eure, who recently lost his son, was called
home by the dangerous illness Of his wife.
Died OF dlphtheria, at the residence of Mr..
II. G. Koonce, in Kenansville, Miss Lou
Jarman, of Jones county. Died in Colds
boro, Gertrude, five year old daughter of
Capt. Jas. F. and Virginia Jones. Some
miscreant cut the belts, and damaged the
engine, of Mr.. Irving Grantham' 5 cotton gin.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-20

Raleigh Visitor: Two bright lads Of
city, Louis Kingsley and Robert Engle, have
gone to Nashville, Tenn, to enter the Uni
verslty of that State. The Superintendent
of Public instruction had four Scholarships
at his disposal, and the above named young
sters were successful in the competitive ex-
animation.
Wikesboro Lder: Capt. A. c. BRYAN.
OF the revenue service, swooped down on 400
gallons of irregular whiskey in the barn Of
Mr.. Newbern Parker, last Friday, and it has
gone down to Collector Mott. On the next
day he seized a quantity of unstamped bran
dy found in Mr.. j. b. Miller smoke house
Col. Tom Scott is now among the proDh-
cts. He says Tilden alone can carry New
ork tor the Democrats. He forgets that
Seymour carried New York in 1868 against
Grant, the hero Of the war, and only three
years after the war had ended.
Durham Pint: Deputy Collector Nichols
reports the amount of tobacco stamDs sold
TO the manufacturers Of Durham for tho
week ending last night at 81, sos. l6.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-20

DEATHs.-In Raleigh on Saturday ever
ing, Miss Alice Woolcott, Il most e>timAy.
young girl, daughter of Mr.. VIM. Woolco..
The funeral services were conducted from
the church Of the Good Shepherd on sal
bath afternoon. attended by a very lar.
Observation-Disclosures, most venomC-
OF Dark Azrael's agents, took the ell:'
daughter of Mr.. J. NJ. ~Broughton; LIzze
aged . years. Services by Rev. " H.
Gwaltney on Monday.-In Ralejaa. A.
t. X. Czzle. Funeral services at her resi-.
dence.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-11-20

\ BRAVE GIRL.-One day las week
OF Mr. VI. q. Waddell, o. this place, 49,.
lot adJoins that Of Capt. ". i. Lonioa.a.
an attack On little three year Old son oi
latter, throwing him down, but Jetyn
damage vas done his aunt, Mi Ma
Haughton, rushed to his rescue AMI W..
attempting to lift him up the cew t.I-"
down tearing her dress and hrgI-.l-
somcwhat.-PttsJ0ro Rec1rlL.
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O b i r. l L n Ct
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION executed with NEAT
NESS AND CELEBRITY, AT LOW RATES.
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% per cent. advance on the above rates
will be charged for double-c column advertise
mentS.
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Mr.. j. NJ. Smith, of Durham. j
Cotton receipts at Raleigh las.
ga bales.
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Rates OF Advertising:

NH AND / 2 3 a 3 q II
SPACE. week w'kst y'ks w'ks mos mos mos.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-10-11

twenty dorm mems stOgy brogans, having large
wide heels. consigned TO a Chinese firm. II was
represented that the shoes had been shipped from
this port on a speculation. and bad been returned
because there was no market for them ia The Haw-
allan Islands. Being OF American manufacture.
the goods were entitled To be imported duty free.
the circumstance being such an unusual one. the
Custom house officers suspected that the heathens
had been putting mp a trick and an investigation
was made IL turned out that the heels of the
shoes were hollow, aud when sent 10 Honolulu
contained about a quarter Of a pound Of opium.
A duty Of tbiriy-hve per cent'on the value Of the
shipment was imposed, and the goods delivered to
the consignees. The successful plan to deceive
the Revenue officers at the Islands was Certainly
an ingenious one, but 1t Is an old device. having
been resorted 10 years ago in this port. The spec
ulaiion proved very remuneTative- Opium can be
in this city for about SI4 a pound. and
brings $50 or more per pound at the Islands. The
venture must therefore have realized in the neigh
Of $1,000. less expenses. The importa-
ton Of opium into the Islands is interdicted.
BERKELEY.
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The Kings Ships.

BIZ CARL SPENCER IN CHRISTIAN UNION.
God has 50 many ships upon the sea
His are the merchantmen that carry treasure,
The men-of-wSr all hammered CALAMITY,
The little hsher-boats and bArks Of pleasure
On all this sea of time there is not one
That sailed without the glorious name thereon
The winds 60 up and down upon the sea,
And some they lightly clasp. entreating kindly.
And watt them 10 the po<t where they would be
And other ships they buffet long snd blindly-
The cloud comes down on the great sinking deep,
And on the shore the watchers stand and weep.
And God has many wrecks within the sea
o, 1t is deep ? Hook in fear and wonder
The wisdom throned above is dark TO me,
Yet it is sweet TO think his care is under.
That Yet the sunken treasure may be drawn
Into his storehouse when the sea IS gone.
So 1, that sail in peril on the sea,
With my beloved, whom yet the waves may cover
Say God hath more than angels care of me-.
And larger share than I IN friend and lover.
Why weep We so, ye watchers on the land:
This deep is but the hollow of the hand!
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-10-11

LONDON, September 26.-An Ali Kheyl correspon-
dent reports that General Baker has reconnoitered as
far as Zargun Shahr. The whole Of his forces will
soon be concentrated in the Lorgar Valley for a rapid
advance on Cabul.
An Allahabad special says 1t is expected that
Cabul will be entered on October 9Th. Resistance is
doubtful, as the rebels lack leaders. General Rob-
erts and his party have been fired On. A doctor
was severely wounded. a force sent to assist lost
five men.
LONDON, August % The Times Berlin CORES
pendent says that the national debt of Russia,
bearing interest, is becoming enormous. There are
now in circulation 1882, los, 125 roubles in paper.
PARIS. August 24.-Bertholdi's colossal statue of
Z" Liberty - for New York harbor is making rand
progress towards completion. The public win soon
be permitted to visit its interior,
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EUROPEAN.

LONDON, Sept. liking John of Abyssinia
writes that he as written TO Queen Victoria
complaining that the outlets of his territory are
closed by the Egyptians. He says thar General
Kirkham, the English General in his service, was
poisoned at MassOwah on his way to England
with a letter to the Queen. 10
Indian officials telegraph further details of the
attack on the British Resideney at Cabul. 1t is
related by ihe trooper who escaped, that when
the mntiDous troops were making an outcry
for their pay a soldier shouted Let us
kill the envoy and then the Amer" The
mutineers then rushed upon the Embassy, and
stoned some Of the servants. The troops COM
posing the escort Of the Embassy fired upon
The mutInesrs without orders from the British
officers. The mntipeers then went for their
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GOLDEN GATE,
ENXTRA FAMILY FLOUR.
h Eldorado Flour at 81,
Corn Meal 10 lob bags
Cracked Wheat in ION bags,
Dat Meal in 10 b bags,
Received this day by
se6 ROLLES h CO.
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CASKS HAMS N E

GASES LARD, 5lb and lob Pals.
SEQ BoLLEs & co.
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LIME ! LIME

MEDIUM BREAD AND CRACKERS.
- ED THIS DAY by
~ SEQ BOLLEs & co.
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HAY HAY

HAY HAY
A SMALL LOT OF SUPERIOR oUALEry
"a il SMALL BALES: sx Murray. Fer sale low by
SEQ BOLLEs & co.
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900 BARRELS RECEIVED THIS DAY BY
SEQ BoLLEs & CO.