The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-09
A fifteen thousand dollar tobacco

Large and delighted audiences at
tend st. Mary's School commencement,
now in progress.
Pleased to have visit from DIR. ID.
w. q. Ward, Of Wilson. Maj. John
W. Scott, of Sandtord, aud Mr.. }. \.
Harrison, Of Castalla.
Gov. and Mrs. Jarvis, Col. and
Mrs. \. b. Andrews, DIR. ". j. Haw-
kins, and others, spent Sunday at
Morehead
The celebrated Springs property,
near Asheville, has been sold to the
Me>srs. Barnes, vi Virginia, who VII
put it in order.
The colored arristocracy had a
Lawn Party" at the Ist Baptist Afr
cam church on Tuesday evening.
Lawn Tennis and Archery arc just down
the road.
Walter II kive,t, Esq. is in town,
on his way to Washington City. Ills
family have removed from Harnett u
Durham, where Mr. y J. klvett l.
building "a block Of houses tor Capt.
John ) Lockhart.
Up to Friday last. the receipts o.
cotton at Raleigh reached 12,S95 50
that at MS writing We have an increase
! Of %. 900 bales over last. II the present.
ind cation of fine crops shall be reihz-
ed Raleigh ought to do /. very large
business this fal.
The Grand jury ofRowan has found
a true bill' for murder against Tom
Marlboro, (who killed Nandertord, the
pollcemau) anl Moses B.ncini, the
lighting notelist, who killed a negro OF
election day. Says the san
The Asheville Citizen says the con
tractors on the Ducktown Narrow
guage are obligated To complete the
grading by the 18th OF October, to
''Pidgeon River" About 80 miles South
west of Ashpville
There will be quite Il procession to
the cemetery at ) 50 this evening es-
corting Judge Dick to unveil the Pear
son monument; soldiers, music, State
officers, etc His address will be IN the
capitol tonight.
SO lawyers have lust been licensed.
Among them we notice Z. VI. Bernard,
of Pitt NJ. G. Eure, of Gates n. Y
Gulley, Of Johnston X. W. Winston,
Herbert Norris, OF Wake; +. +.
Kluttz, David Bell, of Halifax w. ID.
Mintz, OF Rutherford ii. w. Harris,
OF Mecklenburg.
Hon. Thomas Ruffin. Gen. Matt.
Ransom, Bishop Greene, Of Mississippi,
and Rev. DR.. Hepburn, Of Davidson,
we're made Ii Dis" by the Univer-
sity. "lh. d." was conferred upon
Rev. DR.. Deems; ID. d" upon Rev.
G.. Ii. Wiley and Rev. j, II. Foy, OF
st. Louis; M. A" upon &. A. Cook,
Esq. Wan. e. Rencher, AMI Rev. II.
w. Boyd.
-Statesville voted 500, 900 to the
y. c.. Midland, whose surveyors have
found a good route via that town. But
it Is asserted the Richmond < Danville,
or Clydcs, have bought GU the
Greenwood aud Augusta route.
which heads off the Midland people,
unless they - to Charlotte, aud build
South.
-Mr. \. B. Broughton prints a card
stating that the speaker ut the Liquor
Dealers Convention who elaine to be
the Rev 5. b, Brown, Of Yadkin,
and made a speech discreditable to the
cloth, is not a minister Of the Mis-
Baptist church"-as his Gre
dentials We're taken away from him two
years ago at the time he took the po-
sitlon of y. ). guard at a Government
Distillery.
AT Chapel Hill commencement,
Madison Leach, Jr., won two
medals; the Biz CHAM" presented By
Hon. John Manning, and the Man
gum presented by Gen. II. B. Vance.
Mr.. ( A. Alderman won the Represcn-
tative medal, presented by Capt. +. h.
Stamps. Mr.. \. W. Nc Mister won
the chemistry medal, presented by Hon.
John Graham.
We have received from Bryan Ty-
son, Esq of Washington. formerly of
North Carolina, land who some time
ago printed a spirited account Of his
sutferlngS, arrest, ETC., for his Union
sentiments during tie wa:) an article
vigorously advocating the whipping
post as substitute for the penitentiary.
We see no likelihood of any change IL
North Carolina so long as convict labor
can be made useful on the Railroads;
therefore we refrain from printing the
article.
Moreover, we do not feel altogether
free to endorse the theories of those
who favor the whipping post. Tn
doubleday We have Il class Of cmbruted
and anlmallzed creatures who need the
lash as Il moral agent, and who cannot
be efectualiy punished in any other
way. Prison life to them is no more
rigorous than their daily toll in the
fields, and they are too ignorant TO mis,
any OF the comforts, or suffer any Of the
deprlvatlons, that render confinement
lnt0lerable to educated persons.
Unfortunately the law cannot dis
crlmlnate, and the promiscuous inlilc |
ton OF the lash upon all violators OF
law would wreak great injustice, and do
i~rreparable harm, in many case.
Three cases have recently occurred in
Richmon@. An old Confederate soldier
named james Smith had received a
sabre NJ on the forehead which left
him hardly accountable for his actions.
lie stole some meat. was whipped, and
next day was found in the yard Of the
Baptist church, dead By his owe hand !
He could hot endure the disgrace. We
~recolIrct, a'So, that the first person
whipped under the new law was an
eighteen year old white girl, of humble
but reputable family. Her shoulders
were stripped, and the lash Inflicted bv
d strong armed man, with other men
looking IN. The girl had stolen a pair
OF h~lgh-heeled shoes. She was pro
ha Nv an Borl .,sn ,nl l,