The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-12-11

rampartS and broad bitches from the Chain
bridge I miles above t. Alexandra It's
miles below, within which >emicircc morc
than $4,000 troops were densciy packed
(To BE CoSTINTEp)
| NJ Jake H. Halliburton, Of the Moan
ton b1rhe Btu,'e. Sla~hes al tie Mad Cur-
| off Movement in this style
Eastern Democ.a's should remember
| that while their western brethrcn. that
IS what YOU call Us about election times.
pay small taxes they are very clever fellows
especially when the constitution of the State
amended as to relieve the East from ne
gro rule and domination and have the mag
istrates appointed By tie Legislature So n
to have white Democratic magistrates
IN the eastern counties instead of eloctinS
them by the people as a majority of the par
ty IN the west prefer. These same " Wcstern
counties that pay so little taxes have toll
cradle large vote and answer a good pur-
pose for the Eastern Democrats to nlak~
combinations wih ut State cOnrenH0RS -
detem ''he Raleigh Ring" Did not these
same Eastern Democrats obtain the nomi-
nation of the present Governor for the Sec
ond place on the ticket in that way? You
Eastern DemOcrtnts UiO ore n,aIia0 such
ado about the small tdres the Western conn
ties poy, hod better hash Y0ur fuss o.. the
o., a large portion Of tie cotc Of tie Hes IL
the State conreateon Of 1876 desert,ng Gen.
Cor ald herci,y defeotfng him for the second
Ilrce on I'D ticket and nominating the present
GOcerHOr achO 1CuS an eastern man. ntiqht all
be brought 70 Nght. We were delegate and
represented one -ninetieth part of the entire
Democratic vote of the State in that conven-
ton, and can if necessary explain all about
the matter but will here remark that fthe
L
heifer of the West, Gen W. Il. Cox would
to-day be the Governor of North Carolina.
Eastern Democrats we advise you to 90
slow.
Joseph Cook, the self-styled Philoso-
pher. and inherent humbug, is lecturing in
the Northwest upon Southern sins, and
lays down a regular platform from which
we take two planks:
g. That the thirteenth, fourteenth and
fifteenth amendments to the constitution
of the United States are not executed in
large tracts of the Southern States and
that SO far forth congress fails to guarantee
in portions o. the South a Republican form
Of government.
t. That 10 this failure we owe the
dropptng ont ~ poiitic0i ert>trnce Of 400
600 rOtes in the eleven late rebel States. Not
merely their transferrcnce from one party
all in the records of elections; and on ac-
coC.t Of this failure, we have had the seat
ING in Congress of a body of COnfedcrute
poiiticiA1s who arc supported by the major
ity in the house. and ,choSe oro,red Jorpox,
Is the rcpcol ot tie fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments.
BY such lies, Cook not only disgraccs
the title Of 'Revegcnd' but Injuries rcli-
gion for few decent men would care TO
belong to a church which tolerated such
skunks
Reidsville Times Oak Ridge, in Gulforl
between Greensboro and Winston, is picking
up SInartiy on account of trade IN sassafras
OIL aud the rise in price We are informed
that at Donnels store thirty dollars worth
was taken in Saturday night after supper
Mr.. Donnell said that FIVE distilleries in Il
bunch We're on one branch near his store
Other stores too in the ncighborhood are
doing trade in 1t. The people sell it at the
stores at 90 cents pound. One man By
hard digging can make as much as three or
four dollars day. The stills only cost from
ten to fifteen dollars and the small dealers
dig in the day and distil at night. They
also dstil pennyroyal in the nelghborhood-
Times are good with the people.
Tarboro .Souherner: Friday night last the
store of Mr. O. c. Farrar was entered by
some person who cut a sash from back
window, crawled through, cut and pried the
bolt from the accountant S desk and distracted
therefrOm several dollars. All of the surviy
ing members of Company I. 3Oth Regiment
North Carolina Troops, are requested to
meet a. Sparta, \. G. on December goth,
1879.