The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-20

and the steamboats, IN the river wreck
ed. The Cyrtnn which was blown
ashore lost 80 men and repOrt lays 81
fishermen were drowned at Eymouth.
Scotland.
IHE CoGTSG to toME!-Bro, Shot
we'll ~ tie Farmer and Mechanic is
growing saucy. Hear him blow. Some
day, when Richard come 10 hi. own.
We hope to take charge of = first class
daily journal; and then we shall TRY
for compliments There is no purer
patriot no truer man in the State than
Capt Shotwell and in common with our
aenple We rejoice at his success. The
r"rn,er and Mechnntc is admittedly the
newsiest and best weekly in the State.
At tie head Of = daily in Raleigh, his
%infiuet ce and power for the good Of the
State would be very great O.ctord
7orchltght, Oct. Eth
This is kind indeed And verify,
without vanity, we value it as some
thing more than idle compliment; for
1t is the genuine expression of i gener-
Gus cordiality.
But the terms Best" and New
slest' must be taken relatively. The
Farmer and Nechdnic is far from the
best weekly in the State, in size, ay-
pearance. matter, or manner. There
are many papers which excite our cove
tous, or cumulative, aspirations some
for one cause some for another. la
ruth it would hardly be possible TO de
eide which of the State Press is the
Best paper. One paper exhibits one
.v.aIlAnt -, ,~AtlA. ..--..
shows another both different, but both
admirable. The Wilmington Daily STIR,
the Raleigh Daily Observer, and the
Charlotte ditto, are each widely read,
well supported, and meritorious; yet
utterly oissimilar In style, and conduct.
And We held that there is not a coun-
~ paper i'll the State which Is not
Better for that county and possibly
for the adjacent counties, than any
pthcr in the State no matter how good.
FoOLISHNtSS IN NI"Gi%IA. The
three corEered compaign o in pro
gresS in the old Dominion exceeds any
thing III the history of Southern poll
ties Tor intensity and bitterness among
the masses and folly among the leaders.
Many reasons exist for this. The TWO
candidates, Daniel and Cameron, are
young men of talent, energy, aud
spirit. They have fired their friends;
and many old quarrels are being raked
up The Federal government Is giving
all Of its Influence to the support OF
Cameron, or Malone and RiddIeberger
sho are at his back. Many old Con-
fc4erates stand with Cameron and re-
sent the attacks of the Debt Payer"
Sdn embrace the wealth and i%ntel!i-
zen q vi the State, In great measure,
and are some somewhat Incorporate
towards the Readjusters. Thus the pot
boIls!
Last week was an hot week. Old
Jubal Early tottered to the stage in
&Ichmond The Is about 50 years old
and denounced Malone a. "a liar and
| coward. Next day the Wig printed
card signed by ". Leigh Wilson, who
nai unearthed some letters of the Ma
hone candidate, Blair, Saying that all
they wanted of the negro was his vote,
etc, e,c.,) asserting that the BLAIR let
tiers were toregries, and that he had
been paid to fix them on Blair. Next
day the Despatch asserted that Wilson
had been made drunk by Riddleberger,
,nd others, and forced to sign the
card while in that condition being
promised a fat office Us soon as Riddle
berger should be elected Secretary Of
the u. S, Senate. Two days later,
Wilson tel~egraphed from Lynchburg
that the Blair letters were genuine, and
hat the card in the Whigsigned by him
Has "a lie and a forgery
IN. Bit Is pretty plain that both
Blair and Wilson ought to be sailed
away in a barrel together for several
years, or until they lose their fresh
ness.')
The upshot of this absurd wrangle
was an absurd duel between Riddleber-
ger, and Capt. Geo. ID. Wise. who had
printed a card exposing the trick of
the other ''card." They fought at
Ell miles from Richmond, and must
nave been ten miles apart, for one,
rwoQ), threeCD fourC!!), rounds were
tired, and Nobody he wasn't done hurt
ed, exceptin' a bad scare!
After the fourth round, the two war
ike Captains felt that they couldn
afford to spill any more g%unpowder and
40 the peace was declared, explanations
( passed, and ''taffy" exchanged. Mean.
time the rumor had spread that Early
and Malone were about to seek glory
across the handkerchief. Malone was
arrested on Saturday and brought before
A Police Judge to answer a charge OF
going cunning for the early bird"
The | tile Senator said it was a mistake,
as he had had no challenge, and didn'
expect any.
N. B.-Since the above was set in
| type we have the Richmond papers
with a different account Of the duel.
1t appears that RiIdleberger and Mr..
/ Bicrne, Of the State newspaper, went
out to fight. as the latter had abused
the former in severe terms.
BY some mistake Of Biernc's second
NJ pistol cans were brought, anu as
Capt. Riddleberger had an engage
mcnt to tight will. Wise, he left one
=, duel unfinished and went across the
country TO the other. After four shots,
D ace was made, and the dashing Cap
Tain came to town, and filled an APP
p%oiatment to make a speech at a public
1 meeting
, Two duels in one day. and 4 speech
At night, s,unIs ike Levers Wild
, Irishman' in "Ctt0ries O'HGHcy.'
;, WEDDINGS. AT Bellevue, the resi-
jence Of the brides mother in Morgan
ton, on Wednesday Oct 18th, by Reg
: J A Ocrtel. MrT = Moore of York