The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-14

w are pleased TO note tnat James
Adger& Co., bankers and shipping
agents Of Charleston, ;. c., who sus-
pended in 1873, have settled with then
creditors and resumed business.
From all that we can learn, Wake
county will give 500 majority against
the Prohibition Bill. FcaLklin will
give above 200. Chatham will give a
small majority for the Bill.
The Democrats of the First and
Fifth Wards of Wilmington are quite
stirred up on the subject of Gov. Jar
Wis appointments to the Board OF Fl
nance
DR.. w. III. Davis, of Kittrells, a
brother of Hon. JOS. Davis we believe,
has removed to Waynesville, the de-
lightful little county-seat of Haywood
county.
-Inasmuch as the 10th of May has
been created a Legal Holiday, the ladies
of Wilmington will abandon the Doth OF
April, and retur to the former date fol
memorial celebration.
We find in the New York SIN a
statement that the late Gar Alexander
told the French ambassador at the
time of the Emancipation of the
Serfs, so-called that very soon the
MOBILES would find they had been bene-
fitted.
Inquiry is made why we do not
take notice of a certain project, or con
Germ. Because, sir from this forth
the Farmer and Mechanic proposes to
stand by its friends, and not show favor
where there is SO little sign OF reciprO
cation, or even appreciation. WhatsO-
ever Is right and just We shall do, "a
always We have done, for even our enc
mics bvt when favors are to be shown
re shall stand by those who stand up
for us.
The Princess Dolgorouka, concu-
bine of the late Gar of Russia. quickly
learned the ways of her class the world
over. She made Alexander deposit
thirty millions of dollars to her credit
in Berlin Banks six millions Of that
amount being deposited only a few
weeks before the assassination. Two
hours after the death Of the Gar, she
fled from the palace, and travelling
night and day escaped to Italy where
she can live in style.
-Harper's Weekly has a picture. bv
The. Nasty, representing the Repubi.-
can elephant standing in the Senatorial
ring with his back bending under the
weight of General Malone, who is ces.
ticulating wildly. David Davis, in the
garb of a clown, is seen seated
''astradle' of a fence watching the per
Torrance. The motto is-sLet Re
publicans beware! A strdp has broken
n cdmeiS back bctoret' Considering
the rabid radicalism of the Mast crowd.
the picture is very significant Of septi-
ment at the North.
The Greensboro North State, Re
publican, says Judge Tourgee has u
chased a country residence at CHATEAU
qua Lake. (scene of the attempt at Lit
crary Socialism,, New York. But that
he will return to Verdenton to reside.
His many friends here remarks
that paper, -''wil be glad to learn that
he is in excellent health and spirits.
prosperous and happy. He will build
him u dwelllr- house here during the
summer, and spend most of the future
amid the scenes and surroundings of
A Fools Errapd." We will be glad
to have him back"
Northern men Of enterprise and
Capital, we ask your attention to an
article from the Asheville Nc,cs. print
ed on our outside pages entitled Tie
Angora Goat" The editor Of the
News is a Republican, a Yankee. an ex
Yankee soldier, and has lived for ten
years or longer in the region of which
he writes. We have often set forth the
advantages OF Western North Carolina
for the ADgora and Cashmere goat. viz.
cheap lane, high, dry atmosphere, i'm
mense ranges, abundant heritage, and
lew or no wild beasts; Joined to prox-
unity of Railroad transportation, what
more could you ASK? Us you would NOT
belleve,-will We credit this Northern
Republican?
Judge Cloud, like Gov. Holden.
and others, does not seem popular in
his party. The Winston Republican
injimates that Tourgee has lifted his
scalp with his literary scalpula, and
says:-'Ne understand that Judge
Cloud has abandoned the idea Of being
Post Trader In the Indian Territory aud
Is now ~endeavoring to secure the an
pointment Of a Territorial Judgeship.
While We wish the Judge every success,
his departure would create AN irrepar-
able loss to North Carolina. But for
the TACT that she dignity with which he
would preside, his splendid appearance,
his urbaLlty OF manner, the profound
impression he would create, would give
additional character to the old North
State tor producing great and good
men. 1t IS surml>ed that the judge
prefers Utah. If he viii cultivate Brig
nam Young we haze 10 doubt he will
make everything congcnial and album
dant."
A note from Rutherfordton reminds
u how the culture of cotton is crawling
upon the highlands. Time has been
when the idea Of planting cotton in
Central and Western Carolina would
lave been deemed worthy OF IA '~'loony. E"
But the application of commercial fer
tliizers has revolutioniZed the State.
making many an old field produce
not only a good yield, but a good ar
'''ie' thaC ldhhS ilon : 10 . cent nigh
er per pound than the GulfState staple.
Our correspondent estimates the cotton
crop Of Rutherford, which ten wear,
ago Was given up TO corn and wheat.
at 1000 bales last year, and will be
nearly doubled this year, from present
outlook. a joint stock is
about to erect a cotton factory, Of large
capacity, at the old Honestly Factory,
near Burnt Chimney and it is said
that Baxter Long, James Andrews. and
others, are TO start one near the Carson
mills. Indeed we have many indica-