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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-08-28

ried over the slippery bridge. He only suf-
fered himself to be carried over by his
friends simultaneously with the last lady.
and the bridge itself rose up and followed
them. You need no introduction to Col. ]
Mel. Turner. and his record makes one of
the brightest chapters in the history of the
Old North State.
The height of the water exceeded any,
thing ever before known here, lifting the
immense building clear off its piers. float
ing it direct west some Is or 90 feet. 1t
was soon after dashed to pieces, and not a
stick of timber left upon the old site, and
scarcely two pieces OF any size remaining
together.
No danger bad been apprehended from
the east, and tina flank was left unguarded
by a breakwater. Thirty minutes after the
house had been upheaved and f1oated off by
the east wind, the current changed. There
was the calm after the storm; but the wreck
was complete.
At a moderate estimate the loss of prop
erty in Beaufort is $3.50, 600, while the dam
age to the crops in the county is far in ex-
cess of that, to say nothing of the destruc-
ton in Morehead City, along the railroad
track and among the shipping. But it is
needless to enter into particulars of the loss,
as that hardly concerns the public.
LOO muCn praise cannot DE gwen to the
active exertions of Gov. Jarvis, who was
present, to the citizen-soldiery on guard, to
the mayor of the town, and citizens gener-
ally, for their care of the refugees, so hand
somely demonstrating the lines of the rev.
cred CASTOR in the ''Old North State
-"whose doors open faster
To the knock of the stranger, or the tale Of disaster"
The storm has passed. The visitors who
witnessed it's grandeur have departed, with
the ~pleasantest recollections of old Beaufort.
only saddened and chastened by sympathy
for the friends of the gallant dead.
Shall as large, as gay and happy q crowd
ever be re-assembled here ? The writer
votes AYE" and to the inducement of mo
flies, no dust, no mosquitoes will add that
it is entirely practicable that they may en-.
JOY all the benefits and pleasures of a voy-
age at sea without the perils of the deep.
Experience that has been SO dearly paid for
should not be thrown away in despair, but
out of the nettle danger we may pluck the
flower saitey."
Nous verrons, G.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-08-28
Circular.
Rooms OF CENTRAL EXECUTIVE Con-. J
n. G.. REUNION ASSOCIATION,
Nous verrOns,

". ~. 1eh- N1ON 1lSSOClAlION.
SALISBURY, N. c., 1879.
Believing that a grand reunion of the
North Carolina survivors Of the late war of
both the Confederate and Union armies, will
be a source of pleasure to the participants
and tend greatly to foster feelings of friend
ship and State pride, allay sectional and
party animosities, and to unite the people in
proper efforts for the general welfare Of our
beloved State, we on behalf of the people of
Rowan county cordially invite the North
Carolina survivors of the late war, both in the
Confederate and Union armies, to partici-
pate in a grand reunion in the city of Sails
bury, on Thursday, October 23d, 1879.
Ample accommodation will be made for
all, and the lowest possible rates of fare over
the railroads secured.
Prominent citizens of the State and of the
United States, and officers of both armies
throughout the Union, have been invited
and are expected to attend.
q. A.. BINGHAM,
A. G.. H~ALYBURToN, Cow
j. A. RAMSAY, ~
CHAs. PRICE,
c. f. MILLS, Sec.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-08-28

John r. Ferreli has been reelected Capt.
OF the Raleigh Light Infantry for the ensu.
ing year.
From the Charlotte O5serrer. The city
was filled yesterday afternoon with mer-
chants who came from Southern and western
counties TO join the excursion 70 Norfolk
to-day.-Three thousand five hundred
penny-weights of pure gold were received
at the assay office in this city FRIDAY from
the western counties
The ReidsyiIle Times tells of the really
heroic conduct of three young men, Art
Jones, Tom Delandy and Luther Wade, who
saved two young ladies from drowning, in .
wild stream that was at a freshet, aud at the
risk of their lives. Macy Moore, a mere, lSi,
swan 10 one of the young ladies and begged
her to seize him by the shoulders and be
would take her safely to land. They were
all heroes, and the boy was specially heroic.
Charlotte Obsercer. As the Air Lime
passenger train which left the city Saturday
night near Garibaldi, the engine struck the
sleeping form of a darkey who was resting
on the track, lifted him up and deposited
him in the ditch. The train was stopped
and they all went back to see the dead man.
They found him not dead, nor even hurt,
but very muddy, having been rolled over and
over IN the ultcn. lie said he got tired, ialu
down on the track to rest and fell asleep.
New Berne Nut Shell. We learn from =
reliable source that the Ocean View Hotel
was not washed down by the storm, as was
published in all the daily papers in the
State, and that the damage done to the build
ing can and will be repaired in a few days.
The steamer Experiment, of the \. {.
line, left this city last night for Baltimore
with 700 watermelons from Capt. Gray's
farm. Three vessels from Beaufort,
n. c., loaded with melons, went ashore nea:
Beach Haven, \. j., on Monday, during the
storm, and were totally wrecked.
New Berne Democrat: New Bsrne is
just twenty-eight feet above the mean level
of the Atlantic ocean. We are inform
ed by Mr.. VIM. Dunn, that repairs will be
Immediately commenced upoL the railroad
embankment at Morehead. We learn
that during the recent hurricane the house
Of George Odam, colored, of Broad Creek
Island, about eight miles from this city,
blew down and buried him and his infant
child in the ruins the child unfortunately
was killed Odam escaped with his life, but
was considerably hurt. The entire island
was submerged.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-08-28

DURHAM PLANT" ITEMs.-Maj. w. I.
Blackwell stopped the press excursion at
Durham to give them a splendid dinner the
[. Il. Band dE c cursed good nus c, and
Deake, of the long beard, led off with three
cheers.-One of the polite conductors on
the North Carolina Railroad was bounced
by a burly chap at Company Shops Thurs
day, but the Captain soon cooled him
b. l.. Duke is erecting a handsome residence
in the western part OF town near the site of
his present residence. Or the 18th inst,
at his residence near Mt. Tirzah, Person
county, Alonzo Moore, an aged and res, ,eeted
citizen, died.-The brick store being
erected by f.. c. Geer adjoining Markham 5
is to b. occupied by w. h. Styron. Styron
s. Co. will continue at their present place of
business, and the new store Will be run by
w. X. styron. Dukes Hall was crowded
Thursday night to witness the rendition Of
THE Last Loaf The performance was
opened with an overture by the ID. L.. /.
Band. Then we were treated to several
beautiful songs by Miss Galloway and Miss
Webb, Mrs. j.. Is. Whitaker, j. W. Jones,
G. E. Webb, "Bunnie" Whitted, Luther
ing was indeed good. Next followed the
interesting drama entitled, The Last Loaf
The entertainment closed with the laughable
character duet Reuben and Rachael, y by
MIR. j. w. Jones and Mrs. j. b. Whitaker,
and brought Down the house. The enter
tainment was gotten up to purchase a flag
for the ID. l.. l. Thirty-s.x dollars was the
result. Another entertainment was given
last night for the same purpose. -Laws,
Mangum & Co. are having a hearse built
that for beauty and finish will have no supe-
| rior in the ate.-James Dixie has moved
his stock of books and contectioneries to
| Maneum's corner. Miss Addie HoIeman
will open a music school on the 18th Of
| September. Lessons given On piano and or
gan.-Five prisoners escaped from Hills
| boro jail on the night OF the Dist. They
were Pat Lunsford, George Tenuy, George
son. All colored but Graham sykes and all
would doubtless have been sent to the Peni-
Tertiary, be being in jail for selling spiritu-
Gus liquors without license. They succeeded
in making a hole through the rock wall suf.
fcient to pass out. w. l.. Hunt authorizes
us to say he will give SD. OF reward for the
apprehension Of Albert Williamson, and
$3.50 for George Tenny and George Tars-
ley.-We nave an abundance of good ma
terial out of which to make a Governor, and
there is no necessity of too great haste. The
people can silence politicians if they will
take the matter into their own hands, but
the great trouble has been that the bigger
the d~emagogue the more successful he would
be in politics. Recently We heard Of an
official, who is a candidate for re-electien,
who wrote to a friend asking what effect
certain action as an official would have on
his candidacy. The man who could permit
such considerations to govern his official &C
ton is unworthy of the support Of an intelli
gent people.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-05
The Purse and the Sword.
New York Sun.

Who is il?
1t is John Sherman.
We mean it is john Sherman who
wants the purse and the sword uni
ted in the hands of Mr.. Hayes.
They are wanted to be used inthe
approaching Presidential election.
Mr.. Hayes would never desire TO
have them united for the benefit of
General Grant. He cares nothing
for General Grant.
But for Mr.. Sherman, Mr.. Hayes
cares a great deal, because be Won d
consider the election of MI. Sherman
to succeed him as a popular vote If
approval Of his own administration.
Congress has already rendered the
purse to Mr.. Hayes. He indignant
ly rejects it, and says No, unless it
be coupled with the sword.
This is all done for the benefit of
MI. John Sherman, who feels conf
dent of being the Republican candi-
date.
Are there enough weak -knced
Democrats in Congress to vote the
sword also to Mr.. Hayes if he will
not take the purse alone2
1t is an interesting question.
We shall sec.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-05
Who Are The Revolationists

VINO 6Fs Inc hevol lIioflStS
FfThe St. Louis Post-D Dispatch says:
We have. a President who never was
elected.
We have a Supreme Court three
members Of which violated law,
oath, and justice to count in the I'M
elected President.
We have a Congress, representing
the majority of the people, but not
permitted to act by a fraudulent Ex-
ecutive and a fanaticial minority.
We hare the monstrous theory
that the Legislature is to obey the
wishes of the Executive, not the Ex-
ecutive to execute the laws Of the
Legislative. so
ehavethe assumption thatthere
is but one man to "save the coun-
try" and he Grant; but one party to
is, the Republican party;
but one great duty of the day, that
to defy the will of a clear majority
of the people.
Is this a real re ublic? Is this
popular self governments, Is is no.,
on the contrary, breaking mp the
character of the Govern ent very
fast? V
Which is worse-dividing or de.
stroying a republic? Which is more
Notwithstanding mp the form OF
the character of a government?
Had the rebels of 1861 succeeded,
they would have only divided the
republic. But if the stalwart crew
of the Indefinite Term and RobesoI
order succeed they will destroy it.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-05

In 1856 the Republican party de-
clared that the President should
have no money for the support of
the army unless he would take it
with q condition that prohibited him
from using the army in politics.
This was a political rider" on ar
appropriation bill, and supported by
every Republican in Congress, and
the whole Republican party. In
1879 the Republican party opposes
the voting'of money to support the
army with a provision that it shall
not be used in politics, because that
provision is a s'political rider" and
because it takes from the President
the power to interpose the army in
elections in behalf of his own re-
election and that of his friends. Is
it the same Republican party2 If
so, what has produced the changer
If not what has become of the Re
publican party of 1856-the party
led by Seward, Hale, Fessenden,
Sumner, Wilson, Wade, Giddings,
and others.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-05

LL# .L H
4 Under the provisions of the Seitz
election law recently passed, any
person who gives money or any thing
else of value to influence a voter is
subject to Imprisonment in the Pen
itentiary. It further provides that
a candidate who pays money Or con-
tributes anything of value to secure
his election forfeits his office, besides
ineuring the penalties of fine and
Imprisonment, and any voter who
asks or receives money or anything
else of value, even a ticket to a
church fair, from a candidate, either
directly or Indirectly, subjects him
self to a heavy fine and ilnprison-
ment. AS the Register has failed to
publish this law, Republicans will
have to be very careful how they op-
crate in Eaton previous to the cleo
ton. Ignorance will be no excuse
for a violation.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-05

In Preole county, where the Re-
publicans think they still have a
small majority, they are very radi-
cal, but in Butler, where they can
only live politically by Democratic
votes given through fear or favor for
the best (?) men, they roar gently
as sucking doyes.-Dayton Demo
crGt.
After the October election these
"bloody shirt" howlers will find
themselves decently rebuked by a
majority of the sensible voters of
Preble county. Radicalism is play
ed out here.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-05

When a poor devil of n white man
dead broke and seeking honest en-
ployment, comes to Kansas, he is
called a tramp" and is kicked and
cuffed about like q dog. But when
alhorle of dirty negroes laidcned
with disease and pestiiencc, proposes
to overrun us, they arc received with
great eclat and called refugees. If
the one class is better than the 9th
er, and more deserving of our sym
pathy, it is the former. because a
great portion of them have been
thrown out Of work in the East, Ivy
the pressure of hard times. and are
compelled to become rs wandering
Jews upon the face of the earth,
while the negroes are abandoning a
region to which they are adapted.
and where their labor is always in
demand and well recommended.
Hutchinson Kan HerdM
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-05

Taxpayers of Preble County, Do
not let the ~senseless cry of "Confed-
crate Brigadiers," "6ohfederate Con-
gress," or jeff Davis, bind YOU
against your own interests ID the
coming October election. Yop are
groaning underthe butdsns Of tax
alton and why? Because here in
this county it costs more to run tie
county annually, than it should.
The farmers, mechanics and Ia
boring men are tofingiffoni SUNRISE
to sunset, year in and year out, to
meet their honest obligations and
pay their takes, and would it not be
well to select good men for Offices,
who will agree to remove as far as
possible the burdens of your taxa
tion, which is grinding out your very
life? Will you do it? If our law
makers refuse to do their duty in
this matter, why not take it into
your own hands2 Good, honest and
competent men can be found here
among US, who will take our county
offices, and fill them faithfully and
honestly at much less than the
present salaries. Are you sincere in
your cry for reform? Are you hon
est when you declare you r willing
to abandon party for the relief of the
overburdened Taxpayers? If so,
now you have an opportunity to
prove your sincerity and sit down
upon the everlasting cormorant Of
Rce-seekers among you, who begin
months before every election to pave
the road to live an easy life from
your hard earnings. Elect a man
this fall who will fill the Treasurer's
office for 100000, and the reform
will be inaugurated in Preble county.
and it will not be long until others
will follow.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-05

Two Constitutional amendments
will be submitted to a popular vote
of the people at the October election.
The first provides for independent
District Courts, and the latter that
Township Trustees may be elected
for three years, and gives the Gener-
al Assembly the power to fix the
time for holding elections in this
State. Under the latter provision,
State and Presidential tickets could
be voted on the same day, thus saw
ing the great expense of an extra
election; and which is a very desira-
BILE and needed improvement over
the present plan. Both amendments
ought to be ratified by the people.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-05

The Democratic Central Commit
tee at Okolona, Mississippi, have
publicly repudiated the States and
its editor, as in no wise representing
them or the sentiments of the people
there. The Radical braying asses in
the north, who have been copying so
extensively from this lunatics paper,
should be served the same way by
their Central Committees.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-05

The guerrilla Mosby, who cut the
throats of Union captives, now holds
q position and from it draws a $4,000
salary, in the face of which the Ohio
Republican Convention resolves that
in ''view of the dead heroes who
gave their lives to save the nation,''
we owe the surviving ones debts of
lasting gratitude: Was there ever
such internal hypocrisy before dis
played in a body of men protesting
to be sane?
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-05
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION,
Proposing an Amendment to Sections
Three and Five, Article Four, of the
Constitution, Recognizing the in
dietary Of the State.

L L HZAAH "" Ei
Be II Rssolrcd by the General AsscmJye@
the State Of Ohio (three-ffths OF all the
members elected to each house concurring
therein), That a proposition to amend the
Constitution of the State of Ohio, be sub
United to the electors of the State, on the
second Tuesday of October, A.. D. 1879, as
follows, to wit: That sections 8 and 5 of
article a, entitled Judicial" be amended
so as to be and read as follows:
SECTION 3. The State shall be divided
into nine common pleas districts, of which
the county of Hamilton shall constitute
one, which districts shall be of compact
territory, bounded by county lines, and
said districts, other than said county Of
Hamilton, shall, without division of coun-
ties, be further divided into subdivisions,
in each of which, and in said county of
Hamilton, there shall be elected by the
electors thereof, respectively, at least n
Judge of the court of common pleas for
the district, and residing therein. Courts
of common pleas shall be held by one or
more of these judges in every county of
the district, as often as may be provided
by law, and more than one court or sitting
thereof may be held at the same time in
each district.
SEC. 5. In each district there shall be
elected, by the electors at large of such
district, one judge of the district court,
by whom the district courts in such dis
trict shall be held, and he shall receive
such compensation as may be provided by
law. District courts shall be held in each
county at least once every year. The
General Assembly may increase the num-
Der of district court judges to three, in
any district or districts, and may provide
for having O Judge pro temp0rc, to hold
any court whenever necessary by reason
of the failure, disqualification, absence, or
sickness of any judge, and the amount of
pay allowed a judge pro tempore may be
deducted from the salary of any judge
whose default causes the necessity of hay
ing the pro tempore judge. The times of
holding common pleas and district courts
shall be fixed Ivy law, but the General As
sembly may authorize the judges of said
courts, respectively, to fix the times OF the
holding Of said courts.
At said election the voters desiring to
vote in favor of this amendment, shall have
placed upon their ballots thew words, Jul
dicial constitutional amendment, Yes"
and the voters who do not favor the adop-
ton of said amendment, may q placed
upon their ballots the words, judicial
constitutional amendment, Mo-" and if a
majority of all the votes cast at said cleo
ton be in favor of said amendment, then
said sections three and five herein speci-
fled, shall be and constitute the sections
SO numbered in the said judicial article OF
the Constitution of the State of Ohio: and
said original sections three and five shall
be repealed.
Speaker of the House of Representatives
JABEz w. FITCH,
President Of the Senate.
Adopted April 10, 1879.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-05

When the Republican Legislature
was in power it reorganized Cincin-
natl for the benefit of the Republi-
car party, and among other things
organized a Board of Public Works.
This machine was used exclusively
for the benefit of that party and be.
came SO eNtravagant in the squan-
dering of the public money that the
people of that city demanded a +, :
form, and two weeks ago the Demo
Gratis took the matter in hand and
put a bill through, that saves in sal
aries alone $4,000 annually.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-05

The Pennsylvania Legislature is
a specimen Of Republican rule in
that State. 1t is a mass of corrup-
ton and r~ascality, and would almost
put to blush some of the carpet-bag
Legislatures that existed in South
Carolina and Louisiana the year af-
ter the rebellion. Wherever the Re-
publican party rules there you viii
find corruption and plumber. 6.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-05

In that part oft in which the Re
publican platform says the Demo-
cratic Congress .'refused to appro-
pirate moneys collected" q lie is SO
plainly asserted that no sane person
a help but e and admit it. The
entire platform is a batch of bold
and reckless charges. s
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-05

The aw passed by the Forty
fourth Congress creating the office of
Supervisors of elections, gave en-
ployment to 26,493 Republican of
ficials on election day; and for the
payment of whom Congress appro
priated no less than $2S5, 900 of the
peoples money. Taxpayers, what
do you think of these facts? $685.
600 of your money paid to 26,473
Republicans to keep peace at the
polls when there was not a bloody
nos from Main TO California. And
this is the law which Mr.. HAYES
says shall remain upon our statute
books, and vetoes the bill passed by
a Democratic Congress to repeal it.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-05

The process of conducting free
elections under the benefcent pro-
lection of the bayonet, was invented
by Louis Napoleon. The idea is
therefore not original with the Re
publican party. 1t is only entitled
to the credit of having adopted it
under the reign of Grant for the
political subjugation of the South,
and for demanding now that it shall
be applied to the whole country.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-05

I believe / am warranted in say
ing to-day that the colored people OF
this country e now, as they per
haps never have seen before, that
this fight means now, henceforth and
for evernore, if the Republican par
ty succeeds, the securement of their
rights and their liberties as men in
the country.
The Rev. Thomas jackson, q col
ored orator from Cleveland, made
the above declaration In the Repub-
lican State Convention in Cincinna-
tt. The Republican party hove been
in power now about twenty years,
and the only rights and liberties Sc
cured to the colored people by this
party, was the right to rob them
through q Freedmen's Bureau and
the liberty to force them to vote the
Republican ticket or be disfranchis
ed. MI. Jackson's declaration that
their "rights' are near ut hand from
Republican success, shows him to be
very susceptible of gullibility.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-06-05

The Republican conspirators in
sist on it that the people of the Uni
ted States are not capable of CON
Quoting an election unless they are
environed with bayonets. They do
not point to q single instance in the
past where troops, and bayonets, and
bullets were required to keep peace
at the polls. They prefer to concoct
cock and bull stories about what
may happen in the future.