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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-04-01

LITICAL.-C John Il. winston, mem
Der of the National (Greenback) Execu-
tive Committee for North Carolina has is
sued a call for a State Convention at
Greensboro. May 5th, to organize tho
party, and to send delegates to tho
National Convention at Chicago, June 9th,
Hon, Gilbert De La Matyr, of Indiana, will
attend the Greensboro Meeting.-Col.
Winston, by the by, has become political
editor of the Greensboro Beacon; Dir. j.
w. Albright continuing as heretofore to
conduct the local and news departments.
We were pleased to have a call last week
from both these gentlemen, who have many
friends in Raleigh. With large experience,
and one Of the finest printing offices in
the State, they ought to succeed handsome
ly and doubt not do s.. Four new columns
will be added TO the Beacon this week -
A meeting of the Executive Committe of
the Democratic party for the 5th Congress
sion District will be held in the city of
Greensboro on Wednesday, Apri! 18th,
lSS0.-The Economist says it is a mistake
the people of the First Congressional Dis
trict preferring any man to Governor Jar
is.Th Wadesboro Hrol1, and the
Concord San, favor VIM. johnson for Con-
gress.-The Republican Convention in
the Ind District had a big squabble, result
ing in the triumph of the Shermanites, who
elected Abbott and Faison, both negroes, as
delegates to Chicago.-The Kinston Jour
nal, and others, copy the article on the need
of an increased number of Supreme Court
Justices. The Southern Home editorially
favors the same thing. Since Horatio
! Seymour has given indications of Willingness
to accept the Presidential nomination, the
Seymour Boom" boometh in lively style.
The Observer interviewed the Generally AS
sembly as follows: ''For Seymour 53, of
whom 50 expressed themselves for Bayard
as second choice; for Bayard 43; Tilden;
8; Hendricks 3; Hancock 3; Thurman 2 f;
T." I'm the South Carolina Legislature the
Democrats expressed themselves as follows :
Bayard IS Tilden II; Seymour ii and
Field 10. 'Of sixty-two Democrat members
of the Virginia Legislature, % are for Sey-
mour 10 for Bayard and 4 for Tilden.'-
Brogden, far famed as the ''child of the
skies, !" will shortly proclamate himself for
Congress. The Milton Chronicle re-
marks:-'A correspondent asks the Winston
Sentinel to hoist the names of Hon. d. G..
FOwle, for GO iernor, and John w. Cunning
ham, Esq, for Lieutenant Governor.-The
ticket would be a strong one, lsays the Sen.
tiael) and couldn't be beaten. We would
prefer it Cunningham and Holt, two of the
best farmers in the State" Several papers
have spoken for Col. Holt.-Moreover
Sherman captured the 8th Congressional
District, getting w. w. Rollins and D. C.
Pearson chosen as delegates to Chicago.
The hand that holds the bread and butter is
hard to beat. from present indications
tho tenor of Railway events have increased
Gov. Jarvis chances for denomination,
though he has lost some strong friends.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-04-01

GREENSBORO BEACON ITEMs.-Gree0soor
Female College commencemens taxes 9La~'
on Goth and 9th of May next. On Ne'
nesday night, Goth, the sermon Will ''
preached Dy Rev. .. A. Bosnamer OF Chi.'
iotte. On Thursday the address vii D..
delivered by Hon. a. s. Merrimon, OF n.
e.gh. AT the night the concert and gil-
uatlng exercises will take place. The 81
lor Class numbers Ien.-Oyer l,UUO III
chants visited Charlotte, by invitation, ."'
month. -Slncet the warm rains, the PEI
pie say the damage to wheat toy the n.y. -
proven to be but slight.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-04-01

MONROE ENQUIRER ITEMs.-Dich HQ'lJ-
was standing at the window OF Nh. j. ;.
Thomas residence on Saturday night "hs-
some rascal fired and lodged a large baA L.
the shutter-frame,- close miss. The youD.
man Is not ware Of any enmity that sh01-
have inspired such a dastardly assault
Wednesday light four prisoners Oh ~
third floor Of the Jail succeeded IN gecta.'
out of their cells, and were preparing =.
descend from the window, (havln5 'A's-
off a bar when two otSherif Hasty dala-
tiers, sleeping i'll the room beneath We
aroused by the barking Of a dog AMI ga
alarm IN time to stop the exodus.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-04-01

Raleigh Visitor: DR.. PlinY Earle, OF
Northampton, Massachusetts,, Superinten-
dent Of the Insane Asylum Of that State, is
stopping at the Yarboro. He has: visited
Dr.. Grissom, and compliments that gen.
tleman IN the very highest terms fot the
manner in which he conducts that i~nstitu-
ton.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-04-01

Charlotte Southern Hom<: McAan-.
white, bigamist, sentenced At TIE Ie''l
term OF our Superior Court to ten yea.
was fatally shot through the lungs W. p.I
trying to escape from the Chapel III. %
road, where he was At work. Cha'
Walker, the negro boy who attemp1s1 y,
lire Wadsworth : stables, made gooH II"
escape from the same place.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-04-01

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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-04-01

The post Office formerly Lrd9rr, !
Mitchell county, has e o changed to tH'fS'N
Mr.. Hensley p. ID.
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The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-09-10

presented IN New York yesterday, when
the "Cimbria' brought in $4,000 ia
gold s,oin, and the oder $4,000 in
francs and marks. Such little incidents
as these go TO show what kind of u coun-
try this il, and form a powerful argu-
ment against trusting such country 70
the Democracy.
In the joint debate between Messrs.
Porter and Lsnders, the Republican and
Democratic candidates in the guberna-
torial canvass in Indiana, the latter is
taking the most ultra Bourbon ground
IN favor of slavery, state rights and all
the other effete denominations of the lost
cause 1t appears that Landers' mouth
is constructed on almost the identical
plan of Wade Hampton's, and that the
oratorical blunderbuss of the HoOsiel
Democracy kicks mighty sight harder
than II shoots.
Wade Hampton has been 50 extensive
ly 'misrepresented," there seems to b.
such widespread confusion in the popula
mind as to the personal" views of tina
eminent statesman concerning the "prin
ciples for which Lee and jackson
fought" that nothing save his aetna
presence on the northern stump will sc
the South Carolina senator in the pre-
per light befor the public. The scheme
so far as the Democracy are regarded
would be attended TO with no outlay, a
the Republicans would defray all e>
penses with cheerful alacrity and pa,
the orator handsomely besides.
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ovER TIE STATE.

Linn county is on big temperance
boom.
LaCygne is booming over the dis
covery of a thirty-two inch vein of fine
coal.
Gen. Albert Pike, Grand Sovereign of
the Supreme Lodge of the world Of
Scottish Rite Masons, is visiting local
organizations In Kansas.
Let's see; isn't there an incOrruptible
patriot by the name of Ed Ross living
somewhere down in Douglas county
We fear the public are losing sight of
this priceless possession.
We are in receipt of an invitation and
tickets to the seventh annual meeting OF
the Neosho Valley District Fair AssOci-
alton To be held at NeoshO Falls from
September 2Olh TO the 25th inclusive.
Every effort has been made to insure a
successful exhibition and good time
may be expected.
The depot safe at Eureka was burglar.
lied of about 800 on Monday night OF
this week. The agent upon entering
the office in the morning, found the front
of the safe blown off by powder, and the
contents, minus the cash he left in it the
evening before, scattered over the Ifioor
No clue.
1t is quite generally conceded that il
would prove a shrewd financial venture
for DIR. Struggled to enter himself IL
two distinct classes at the Bismarck fair
There is no reasonable doubt that h
could carry off two first premiums. anC
leave the grounds decked with red rib
boDs, provided, of course, that the com
mittees on big squashes and mastodoni'
liars have not been subsidized by cor
rupt competition.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-09-10
NEWSPAPER ENrERpRIsE.

/ Many readers will remember the pulse
less anxiety of the public In the early
days of October, 1854, when hope for the
safety of the steamship Attic faded
gradually out. On the night of October
10, George NJ. Burns, Survivor from
the lost ship, reached New York, and
went 10 the Herald, knowing that paper
paid we'll for news. His narrative was
taken and put in type at late hour-af-
ter three O'Clock. The Herald's plan
was to withhold their city circulation
until an hour at which no other sheet
chould reprint the story from its
columns. A rumor of the arrival of
a survivor reached the city editor of
the Times, but his most trusty reporters
worked until after two q. m, and found
nothing reliable The forms of the Times
were closed, and the city editor started
home, dlsheartened and every nerve
strained to painful tension over defeat.
4 few blocks were passed, when a man
jumped on the street car. He was sufR-
ciently intoxicated TO attempt familiaEi-
ty with the conductor The quick ears
of the city editor caught the words Arc
tic-H Herald, it was enough; he Len the
car, ran ak the top of his speed TO the
sStop the pressi" a young man named
South was called from the press room
and promised fifty dollars II he could
get the first copy Of the Herald that
came of the press. Buy il, beg It, steal
| il. ANYTHING, 50 long as you get Il" ex-
claimed the city editor. ali the Times
compositors were routed cut Of their
beds by messenger, and stood at their
cases, sticks in hand, like an army sure
Of speedy and glorious victory. Forty
minutes after the press was stopped
South came into the competing
room waving the wet sheet Of the
next mornings Herald overhead. a
mighty shout arose. The story was
given out in four-line s.takesn In an
1 hoar II vas al up and the presses again
set to work. Thep ran without inter
mission until two O'Clock in the AFTER
noon to supply tbs demand. The Her
aid. not discovering the theft Of the pa
per. adhered 70 TIE plan Of Withholding
| the etsE napers until seven O'Clock, and
then bound the heavy edition dead On
| their bands South got his fifty dollars,
and tie salary Of The city editor vaa ID
tvanced.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-09-10
KANSAS REVENUES.

The Republicans of Kansas recite in
their platform that they take special
pride in the fact that the revenues of the
state have been honestly collected"
That may be true, but why don't they
"poInt with pride" TO the way the reve-
nuea have been dIsbursed-by Hayes
and Lappln, for instance s-Kansas City
Times.
The state treasury of Kansas is not
short, to-day, one single cent ON account
of any of it's treasurers. Mr.. Hayes vas
never accused of being q defaultsr- He
never was a defaulter TO the exten tot a
cent. He violated the law which pro-
hibited state treasurer from depOsiting
state funds in banks, and when brought
before the legislature upon this charge,
resigned. Mr.. Lappln was the Only state
| treasurer of Kansas who ever proved q
| defaulter, and the amount of his defalca-
| ton has been paid into the state treasury
with interest. State treasurer Francis
told us on Wednesday last, that he had
received, the day before, about "a, 600 in
terest on the sum due the state from Lap
pin. All this money has been secured
from Lappin's estate, we believe, SO tina
his bondsmen have not been called upon
-Atchison Champion.
The Kansas City Times is a nice pa
per 10 talk about the way the revenue
have been disbursed in Kansas. Tn
cheek of that paper is really refreshing
State treasurer Gates, of Missouri, go
away with nearly half a million dollar
OF the funds OF the people of that state
which was divided among the member
of political ring, and it is openly al
3 serted that the Times got its share. A
: least it never had anythingto say againi
that gigantic steal In its OWE state.
= was VIGOROUSLY mum when Gates va
4 on trial. And that's not all. Afta
o Gates defalcation had been established
h he was brought before the Democrat
r Legislature of Missouri for Impeachment
:. and isds acquitted! This verdict {
T the legislature was received wit
J. Joy in the Missouri capital and !
the Kansas City Times. II the Kans;
City Times had done its duty in hell
ing to bring TO Justice the robbers OF j
own treasury it might with some col
u sistenOy publish and republish its sta
; lies about the Kansas treasury, but unit
it does that We submit that such stat
o ments as the above deserve the supFem
J. contempt of the people of Kansas.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-09-10
FOREIGN MARKETS.
Wall Street.

Wall Street.
Government Bonais-Qniet.
Railroad Bonds-StronE and active.
Aoney-99a per cent, closing at *.
Prime Mercantile PapeF-zX05k per cent.
Live Stack Aarkets.
81. LoUIs. Sept. ..
YorEers. s 1s9A IS; packing, IS ik04 60;
butehers', IS aO96 20.
Cattle-Market active; choice shipping
eo1s sId q hsfsr rs 80 Is
s. zoos 70; grassTexanE. g nos .; receipts,
sSsss p sssae4: rsessps.. No: ship
Kansas cz.x. ssyAa
s. sszs 81 Beeefesz. -; sssisneRssz -.
Me- - 49, .aiss I 49, e. s.
: sSssessss1-ssseeipts, los; sAlpns..., =:
market quiet; natives, - 20.
Grala snA Rre6zos Harket..
Kansas S4vx, sept g.
p, 1sedo. MsTfs: am No ). S; No q NJ
D Coir1"Reeslpts. 41s bushels; shipneutu,
$50 do: No. mixed. 2sfc; No : whits
Eggs-Weak At iac Per dozen.
yssas.so. a.prinx. ssess2 s:sSS e. s. Ia.
Oats-2eXe.
Bsssey-no7sc.
sS:k Es.s- Shoulders. . .; Short IN.
LArd-$z saog sak
Y,oureoas. !. r.s =: - 80. III. q ~; q. e
WSsss-Ee I'd. &c. q III u. = 8 20 90;
No. {. dos S48e9Kc.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-09-10

The Hon. r. w. P. Muse. one of the
Republican presidential electors nomi'
mated at the spring convention now oc'
cupies the position of bolter. He Is
the bolter's candidate for senator in the
Newton district. The only reason he
has for boiling, when the matteris boiled
down, is that he "wants a change" which
will put him in the senate. The ques
ton is what is the state central com
mittec going to do with himr Ar
they going to let better occupy 81
prominent position on the Republican
ticket, or are they going to "bounce
him. One trouble with Muse is that h
always wants to "bite off more than h
can chawn
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-09-10
POLITICAL POETS.

New York Tribune: The principles
for which Grant and Garfield fought are
good enough for the north.
Globe Democrat: What Lee and
jackson would have done" and what
Hancock can't do take Washington.
With the permission Of the public the
Democrats would like TO draw pencil
mark through the tariff plank in theil
platform.
The fret Republican mistake in the
present national campaj gn is yet TO be
made In this regard the Democracy
lead us an alarming distance.
A division of the spoils 10 always fol
lowed by union of the Democracy
The coalition of the Democrats OF Tam
many and Irving halls was effected on
that basis.
Mr. J. g. NeumilieF, the Democratic
candidate for auditor of state. will find
the present Republican incumbent the
most efficient Bonebrake-r in the com
monwealth of Kansas.
II the Democrats are going to revise
their ticket In this state, will they per
init The News TO suggest that the name
of John Martin, of Topeka, wonld lOok
inexpressibly pathetic on q tomb stone
Globe-Democrat: The last Penn
sylvania President we had gave thi:
country great deal of trouble, and there
Is no reason 10 believe that the same mer
who bossed Buehapan twould not bOsI
Hancock.
The public debt was decreased during
the month of August SIS, 027, 1877 SO
Which party will the voters of the coun
| try trusts The Democrats, who mad
the debt, OF the Republicans who ar
paying itf
Seventy-two Of the ninety-five mem
bers Of the forty-sixth congress from tn
solid south were in the confederate arm,
or the confederate congress. This is
shining illustration Of that "far-reachinl
for the Union to which Wade Hamp
ton makes such eloquent illusions.
Mr.. LsndsEs. hhe Democratic candi
date for governor in Indiapa, has give
fresh evidence Of his marvellous fsctlit
for laundering by making an effort :
vindIcaie his temperance record. Tn
stars In all their courses, seem 70 Agh
for the Republicans In the HoosieT stat
this year.
i Globe-DemocFai: Two solid ergr
menls in favor Of Republicanism wer
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-09-10

has met and vanquished; the skilled ar
tisan would forget his cunning. and the
appliances with which men have bridged
time and annihilated space would fall
into disuse and become legends of a
mythical past. Abolish our system Of
popular education, and limit the oppor-
tunities of instruction to favored few,
to whom, under such Is consummAtion,
tue functions OF government and the adj
Manifestation Of public affairs would be
necessarily committed, and all sympathy
between the common people and those
IN authority would be chilled by q blooc-
less oligarchy built upon the pride of
the powerful and the degradation
of the weak and helpless. And yeE,
this is but l picture of the practical re-
suits of the Democratic administration
Df affairs in the solid south. The men
who till the soil and who develOp,iR their
halting way, the material resources Of the
country, are little less than slaves, being
robbed OF the rights OF citizenship and
shorn of the graces of manhood, by 9
proscriptive policy which denies thea
the advantages of educational improve
ment and effectually bars the way 10
civil and political advancement.
But this Is not all. This is the section
that, not content 10 rejoice in the curst
OF its suicidal policy, reaches out anC
seeks TO extend it's dominion over the
general government, and legislate fc
the greatest nation under heaven.
would nat stay within its own meets anC
bounds, the bancful influences of III
efFete methods Of government, but seek
10 disseminate them abroad, by giviEt
the laW-making power Of the nation in
TO the hands of the men who have shap
ed the destinies of the old slave com
monwealths Are the people of tn
north ready for this sacrifice? Is tn
culture and reflection of the east-tA
bold, vigorous thought Of the west, look
ing this matter squarely In the face
Have they carefully calculated the tre
mendous results of such surrender
We have enough faith in the wisdom
and patriotism of thinking people h
believe they have, and that they vii
meet all oVertures looking To such Gov
enant in the same spirit that the patriot
Of the great north met the emissaries
treason in 81, and pursued them till tn
gates of their own strongholds opened a
the command of a victorious arm
which went forth from fields and work
shops, trade marts and colleges, to Cru
SADIE for freedom in freedoms holy LAND
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-09-10

Mr.. Weaver openly repudiates the
fusion program in Maine and so pro-
nounced is his opposition TO a coalition
between the Democrats and Grecnback-
ers of that state, that he recently refused
to be accompanied to his headquarters
by Democratic escort. The Green
back party have been guilty of numer
Gus iollIes and manifold inconsistent
cies, but 1t is to the credit oftheir standard
bearer that he has the spirit to refuse &c
cooperate with the organization which
cheated tho Grcenbackers out of theil
vote in Alabama, and is known to Mr
Weaver as holding their tenure OF power
in the solid south by stuffing the bal
lot boxes and classifying the census.
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TILE COST OF sURRENDER

At an immense soldiers reunion held
at Canton, Ohio, on the LIST. President
Hayes made an address in which he dis
cussed the need OF more thorough pop
ular education, In order that the future
generations Of Americans may be prop
erly enlightened, and the perpetnity OF
our benefcent Republican institutions
thus efFectually secured. In this con-
nection he produced some facts and fig
ures touching the educational status of
the south, which cannot be too carefully
considered by the voters of the great and
free north. The statistics cited by the
president show that only little more
than one-half of the school population Of
the southern states Is enrolled, and that
the names of nearly 2,50O,OOO children
are not recorded on the school lists. The
nliterate condition of the masses, result
ing from this state of affairs has stamp
ed its baleful influence upon the bust
mess, social and moral interests of that
section, and so retarded its progress that
Il Is ut least twenty.fiv years behind the
north in all those enterprises which go
10 make up the splendid prosperity of
the states north of Mason and Dixon's
line. Thus, with soil that produces
almost spontaneously every product for
the sustenance of man, and with CHM
ate that is favorable to the growth Of an
infinite variety of products, we see the
wilderness spreading where the sounds
OF industry should I'LL the air, and indo-
lence and squalor usurping the rightful
possession of thrift and industry.
And now, to what is all this attribute
BILE save to the prevalence OF that form
of local government which has, from the
earliest period Of its existence, antagon-
lied the intellectual progress of its sub
iects. and thus stands in the way OF the
development of the material resources
Of the richest territory under the skies
To what is it due save stubborn ad-
hereuce to a policy that has degraded
human labor, and built up distinction
of caste that hedges in, as with a
stone wall, the producing classes,
and wlthholds from them those
facilities for enlightenment which alone
can strengthen the bone and sinew Of the
body politic2 Close up the school
houses of the great northwest; withhold
from the rising generation of that vast
region the means of information which
puts the poorest boy abreast with the son
of the millionaire in the race for those
achievements which fire the ambition Of
every youth who has read of the promo
1ion OF eminent statesmen from the low.
est walks Of life to the highest positions
of trust in the gin Of great people, and
what would be the resultf The intelli
gent husbandman would vanish from
the land, and mental serfs would vainiy
contend against the forces which scienc'