The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-03
Two illicit stills were broken up in
Orange county last week

sun dldn I rise, OUT a UeTTluc etoim uid'
Rain and hail, and lightning came
down together, and great was the tall
thereof. One large cloud spilled It's
Electricity in a bunch half a dozen
balls" dropping in different parts OF
Raleigh. One or two persons on the
street received severe shocks.
Allen Johnston. the young negro
who wa. hanged at Charlotte, on Fri
dav, protessed to be going straight up
to Heaven. His death ends the trio OF
r~orrobates who murdered an old negro
named Blind Crunp' for - cents.
The other two died natural deaths,
with half a barrel Of bad whlskey
thrown in.
-Saml. j. Randall, Speaker of the
House of Representatives, joins Don
Cameron, end others, In advocating the
abolition Of Revenue tax on tobacco,
liquor, etc. The Phila. Record thinks
the meaning Of this new move Is to kill
the growing demand for "Free-trade.
lfthe Revenue tax be taken off, the
need of money for stealage and other
purposes will almost compel the man
~tenance of high protective, or i'm
port" duties.
Mrs Frances II. burnett, who
spent several summers at Asheviile and
Warm Springs, has written a play call
ed "Esmerdiia, which i now being
performed by a Madison Square com
pany. 1t purports to represent North
Carolina life, and It's chief character Is
a Southern planter of the oil school
| SO saws the North State. We have not
seen the play. Col. Wharton Green ;
old homestead in Warren IS called
''Esmeralda."
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Gov. Jarvis speech at Atlanta is
much commended. But it had some
atter-dinner peculiarities. My heart.
said he, in solemn tones, is too full
for utterance |" Then he let loose, and
uttered enough to ali column or so
of type! 1t was the longest speech OF
the lot.
And he missed it in saying that
THE scars of the war are all heal
ed! Everything of bitterness and strife
is %gone.' Why, at this very moment
there is not a Northern State that can
be carried for any mar known to enter
tain really cordial and sympathetic feel
ings towards the South. Those very
Governors who sat upon the stand,
particularly Gov. Hoyt, ofPenna, with
whom Jarvis, according to the Obserre,
became exceedingly, thick" at York
town. will no sooner reach home, and
enter into campaign than they will hire
away the same old Bloody Shirt
abuse of the South and all things South
ern Have they not done the same
trick time and again!
However, by all accounts the Govern
or's speech made a good impression on
the Northern visitors and possibly may
do some good.
As We last week noted the arrest Of
Mr.. 4. j. Roberts at Hillsboro, it is
due him to give the outcome of the
case, as reported by the Oange Oh
serrer:-''The bench warrant issued by
Judge Gilmer upon the affidavit Of
Mrs. Clara Mohsberg, Of Durham,
charging A. J. Roberts, of Flat River,
with perjury, was heard before Justices
0. Hooker, John L. Hogan and w. D.
Woods, at the court house in Hillsborc
last Monday and Tuesday. The State
vas represented by Solicitor Strudwick
\. w. Graham, &. f. Parish, A. Man
gum and w. w. Fuller, and on behal
, Of defendant appeared John w. era
ham, Isaac Strayhorn and w. S. Roul
hac. After a careful investigation thai
t lasted two days, and able counsel OF
both sides arguing for aud against bind
r ing over, the defendant was discharged
} the State having failed to make u
case. From all we can learn. the dis
charge Of the prisoner was in accordance
With the evidence, public opinion en-
/. dorsing the action of the Justices in no
r icturning defendant to court
There is a wide difference between
Northern and Southern comments o.
Yorktown. We have not seen a singh
i Northern paper which did 0 abus,
the place. the people, the programme
/ The management" and the mismau
agement, in the strongest terms. A
Harrisburg paper lntlnlates that it woul
need a liberal use Of the bayonet to &c
the Pennsylvania troop to anothe
; Yorktown trip. The Phila. Press i
+ "olrsely abusive, and speaks Of tn
t North Carolina boys as "many-coate,
Y Moonshiners." The Phila. Times, usu
; ally friendly to the South, -says-'.T
sum up the affair, It is modest to so
that it has been from beginning to en-
a modification and disappointment.
: And it continues to speak of the falls
promises" which at an inclement sea
son ''entrapped thousands OF helples
Victims who might as well hav
been dumped on a desert island TIL
New York Sun describes 1t as "a dism;
failure" and complains above the Cor
q gress onal Committee of arrangements
The Ninth Massachusetts, whose men
bers seized wagons on the street ,
Richmond. shot at cows and pigs, stol
;. liquor in the saloons, insulted ladies