The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-03-25

the atoreSaitf THE report. hrSt printed.
we believe b. the Lincolnton IrogreSs 'edl
ted b. q particular friend of Judge Schenkl,
thai one j. b Stewart. a New FORK lawyer,
81 whose name YOU have heard in connec
ton With Litt.rfcld, Florida, and company,
tai f3ei an affidavit before Judge Gllmer
charging Ma " il>on. VI nortch. ct al.
or either of thrm with absorbing 5000 OF
the 30. 600 obtained from the Dutch Bond
Holders" appears 10 nave had no tounda
ton in fact. II any such affidavit We're filed
il would prod &c a suit fer libel, and Stewart
is too foxy to trap himself IN any such style.
- 10 Turnef latest mot has caused much
merriment among those who don I fancy the
present Governor. J. l.. Chambers. of the
Charlotte Observer. who has been watching
the Legislative corks for the past week IN
Raleigh. wrote of it, I'm connection with
Turners : Protest against the 'extraordl-
nary session as follows:
Webster and Worcester were invoked IL
proof Of his position. but the Speaker disre-
garded these authorities, and the protest
was not entered on the record. Turner was
not in the least Disconnected, and a few mo-
ments later remarked TO a party OF gentle
men standing in the lobby that if be couldn't
prove in a half hour that Jarvis was ring
struck. he would agree to 90 to the penl-
tertiary for life. provided they'd stop Heck
and Holden from teaching Sunday school
in that institution.-Col Best took our
rat-istic portrait of the High Priest Of the
Syndicate very good naturally, we hear !;
and sent copies to many OF his New York
friends. And, by the by. we notice that the
Charlotte Press, and Lincolnton Constitution,
reproduced Sir Rat fer. with tail curled,
and boiled shirt in all the naturalness of
life This shows how easily R is turned
into RAT.-Col. Duncan K. McRae has a
l.~r,hr lo4+ac -, Ala po1b To,rtb ~
the 18th, replying to the Observer. Rumor
says he will run for Congress in the Sd Dis
trict. The Rerieu says Nessrs. a. NJ. Wad-
dell and Chas nj. Steadman are definitely
known to be asplrants for the nomination /;
and that Judge McKoy may be considered
not far in rear.--A meeting of business
men in Wilmington Monday afternoon, after
much discussion. adopted resolutions favor
ing the sale of the Western Road, on best
possible terms. and d%enouncing the charter
of the Midland, and other railroads suppos-
ed to be damaging to the States roads. -
The Asheville .Jogymal (Republican) says !:
I'VE understand that Dortch has received
over 81, 500 for fees, besides his travelling
expenses, since he has been a director. He
is the last man to say not sell the road no
wonder he does not want the road sold"
We are not acquainted with Mr.. Dortch, and
have no reason to speak in his defence: but
we have it from the President of the
estern Railroad that Mr.. ID. was
sent to Florida and to New York sever
al times in the interest of the Railroad Ii. e.
seeking to recover at least a pinch of the
vast amount stolen from the State by the
Harples, generally known as Littlefield, S.
and company; and that for all these services
and expenses Mr.. ID. was paid only $3.50.
When 10 Turner'S Ring Roaring,
Bomb-Shell, Nihilistic, Internal Machine
Resolutions were before the House of Com
mons, Capt. c. M. Cooke spoke in defence
of Governor Jarvis as follows. 1--WE quote
the Raleigh Ne,o's report He had been
requested by Governor Jarvis to explain the
Pickrell matter-having heard that he
had been attacked on the subiect-the allie
cation being that he Jarvis had borrowed
$4,000, on straw bonds Of Pickrell. He
said the Governor had informed him that in
1865 or '66 he (the GOVERNOR became securi-
ty for the payment of an obligation of a
friend that in 1869 or 1870 that friend died
and it devolved upon him, as security for his
; deceased friend, tomake good the obligation.
Capt. Jarvis NOV Governor JARVIS, know
> ing that he had this money to pay, and, in
casting around for a way to raise the
amount, remembered that a friend Of his
. Col. Whitford) was in New York. He
therefore wrote TO Col. W, asking him if
! ! he could not borrow the amount from Ger
: tain bankers there-bankers in no way con-
: nected with North Carolina, her interests or
' affairs. When Col. w. received the letter
he was in the company Of Mr. Pickrell, and
remarked to the gentleman that he had just
: received a letter from Capt. Jarvis reques-
, ting him TO go to said bank and borrow
, some money for him. Mr.. Plckrell inquir-
ed what amount, and upon being told it
was 81, 800, remarked that il rasno use to
: go TO that trouble-that he had the amount,
for which he had no immediate use, and
would loan it himself, and thereupon wrote
out a check for $1,000 When the Governor
! received the check it was the first knowl
edge or intimation that be had ever had Of
: Air. Pickrell's loaning it. Mr.. Whitford
has the letter alluded TO now n his posses
sion
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