The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-06-10

eng warmly urged Tor ElectOr OF the TN
Rockingham, Orange and Franklin,
Id not instruct nor did Alamance, except
or Col. Holt for Lieutenant Governor.
Cant. Gas. NJ. Cookies address before
he Sweet Girl Graduates at Peace lnsti-
ute has been highly praised and deserved
V so, we doubt not.
Four big weddings this week one at
law River, two at Hillsboro, one in Viii
nington. June Bug" is thy jolly blind
ness responsible for this state OF things?
Meanwhile let all good citizens pray for
rain.
We are indebted for a very handsome
invitation card to the commencement eXer-
cises, and the Reception, at st. Mary $
School this (Thursday) morning and even
ing. Public exercises at 10 a. M; meeting
of the Alumn3 at 3 p. H.; reception at $50
m. An enjoyable entertainment it will
prove no doubt, both for old and young.
Gov. and Mrs. Jarvis, Mrs. Kenan
Miss E~nglehard, Miss Lavine Haywood,
Miss Sarah Green, and Messrs. Leach, En-
glehard, Smeedes, Haywood, and others
went to Haw River yesterday to witness a
ceremony alluded to by a correspondent OF
the Messenger as follows: "A very happy
occasion is looked for in the family OF Col.
Thomas NJ. Holt in a few days. DIR. Laird,
of Mecklenburg county, Va, is the happy
man. The bride is a lovely girl, with troops
of friends, who wish her much happiness.
1t is announced with seeming authori-
ty that Hon. John Manning is not in the
field as a candidate for Judge. We take this
to mean that he simply is making no effort
brought out" through mistake. That is
- . 10 bod iptimotoS tO his friend Col
Thomas Ruh6n, that in the event OF his
candidacy he himself should not enter the
race. Pending Rufin's reply which CHANGED
to be DELAYED a week or two, the friends OF
Manning nominated him in the papers, ard
used his name freely for the position. These
Is not much doubt that a large section OF
the District would prefer Mr.. Manning, if
forced to decide: but would be so well
pleased with either Gilmer or Rufin as to
seemingly nave no choice.
Col. l.. L. Polk has resigned the posi-
ton OF Commissioner Of Agriculture, and
Secretary p. NJ. Wilson has been placed in
charge of the office until the July meeting
of the Board of Agriculture. Col. Polk is
announced as one Of the proprietors of the
Daily Neus, and soon to be one of its "ac
tive home managers He will for the
present, we understand, travel in the inter
est of his paper, and write up the localities
visited. We have said more complimentary
things of Col. Polk than of any man during
our whole journalistic career,-GOv. anc'
excepted. And we have also censured some
features of his conduct some management
of his office. In doing so we invariabl.
qualified our criticisms by admitting tina
others were In a sense responsible for tn,
action complained of, and that perhaps n,
man in the State could have done so mucI
for the Department as the gentleman il
question, who has our best wishes in his tn
ture undertakings.
1t was a sad death, one of the saddles
we have known In a long tlme,-the dealt
of Mai. James E. Nash, at New Berne o
Sunday last. He was the son of E. P. Nash
the we'll known piano manufacturers of Re
versity, handsome, brave, gifted with man
manly graces, he found himself b%eginnin
life afresh, at New Berne, after the wal
poor but with all else in his favor. He maj
rie6 Mrs. Gov. Ellis, a lady of rare eleganc
: and worth. His prospects for life SCENE
superior to those Of almost any of our youn
friends of that date. Alas in a few years
Death cast his baleful shadow over MOI
| than one of those gallant youth. One b
one they went down-miserably. Two die
in New Bern, three in Charlotte, one
4 Sp~artanburg, one In The Lunatlc Asylum
one in a bagnio, two at Raleigh,-one
his own hand and now the dozen is con
: plete, and this latest was a dozen years ag'
y perhaps the manifest among them all An
r steadily the savage work goes on
Gen.. A. NJ. Scales telegraphs to Cap
S Geo. H. Gregory. saying emphaticall
''You are right: | am not and will not
t a candidate for Governor" In a letter
e the Daily Neus he says I'm your issue
the 5th inst, you say that Gen. Scales M
be said to be fairly in the field for the nol
nation for Governor. I was unfortuna
n in the use of language if my otter to Il
Charlotte Observer will justify such co
j. struction. If it does, allow me to CORE
it and repeat with even more emphasis VIII
I did mean. am not. and do not inter
to be in the field for nomination for Go
ernor. / dc not seek or want it, and l.
st not desire my name to be pressed for it.
do ask and prefer the nomination for &c
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