The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-09-06

one Buck member ofCongress already,
and this should suffice for a generation.
Livingston, the Florida negro, who
tried TO enter West Point WA rejected
though by all accounts he was physically
and mentally equal to some who got IN.
The Yankees demand equality for the
niger, everywhere except under their
own noses.
Col. Z. DOMAIN is being advocated by
the Dakota pape } as a delegate to Con
gress. He has done enough advertising
for that dod- Blizzard" territory to en-
title him to two terms in the COMPRESSION
al Cave of the Winds" as the House OF
Representatives is usually called among
Washingtonians.
Maj. John Gatling, the Democratic
nominee for the Senate, is, or has been, a
leading attorney for Mr.. Best's Railroad.
Mr. +. Ii. Busbee the Democratic noml
nee for the House, is the Raleigh Coun
sci of the Richmond & Danville X. r.
The railroad influence" if combined
ought to be worth 800 votes, which ought
to turn the county, which ought to save
the State.
Chas. +. Raymond, of Norwalk,
Conn, aged so, says he was about to es
tablish a foundry at Goldsboro, for build
log farm engines, when the wal began
He thinks of coming South this winter,
with similar purpose, at some point where
adequate encouragement Is offered.
Heading musicians Of the city met
at Tucker Hall on Thursday and orga-
nixed d Philharmonic Society, with the
following officers: Vice-President, +.
j. Hardin, Esq; Secretary and Treas
urer, w. S. Primrose, Esq, Musica! Di-
rector, DR.. Kursteiner. n. B. Brough-
ton, E.q., presided over the meeting and
Capt. I. L. Hay, acted as Secretary.
In addition to the sage remarks on
'money-grabbing" and "selfishness,"
elsewhere printed, we quote the latest
from Col. Isaac Young, as reported BY
the Charlotte Journal, to wit: The
D-der mot a clerical d. D., of course)
the rascal, and the bigger the pile of
money he stole, the more respectable he
becomes in North Carolina, of late
years 1t cannot be denied that the
Colonel has a very plain way of evolving
bald headed truths.
Gov. A. H. Colquitt, Of Ca, who
is to deliver the address at our State
Fair, is, like Mr.. T. C. Williams the new
Secretary, a pronounced Prohibitionist
and received a congratulatory telegram
from the Chicago National Convention
of Prohibitionists. The fact that so
astute and shrewd a politician as Alex
ander Hamilton Colquitt should ''tie to"
the cold water plank shows that it has
some show "a marching through Geor-
g-i a." We think better of Kim for his
Courage, and principle; but We thought
better of his prudence" (isn'tthat what
they call itO as a politician.
The Wake county Or. r. conven-
ton on Saturday was an entertaining &C.
casion. Mr.. w. H.. Pace. Supt. of the
Baptist Sunday school and Col. Heck's
s~on-in-law, presided Mr.. Ben B. Lewis
as Secretary. Democratic editors invited
to serve as assistant secretaries Col.
[. c. Fuller nominated Maj. John Cat
ling. (of Ashe, Gatling & Co., State
Printers, and publishers of the O6serre,)
who was chosen by reclamation; no other
v~enturing into the field. For the
eleven gentlemen were brought
forward by their friends, but nearly all
. withdrew and the following were
chosen on first toss of the tickets: Fabius
Il. Busbee, Geo. H. Snow, Alfred Up
and w. G.. Moore of Little River
.ownship. For Sheriff. Messrs. Syd
Dunn, John w. Smith, Z. Z. Gill, S. J.
Allen, and others, were proposed; but on
he 4th ballot, }. Robert NOVEL;, brother
# Sheriff NOVEL; deceased, was nomi-
lated. IN. B.-The magistrates on
elected him to serve the unex-
bred term, aud gave him nine days to
lie bond.) For Treasurer, A. H. Tenn
lie, David Lewis, DR.. G. NJ. Cooley. and
'thers, were proposed; all withdrawn and
leo. w. Atkinson nominated. For Reg
ster, Messrs. M. w. Page, J. NJ. Elem
ng, ct al, proposed all withdrawn, and
E. McCullers nominated. For SUI
'erior court clerk, S. P. Gill nominated,
opposition. For Coroner, DR.. James
lcKee, by reclamation. For Surveyor,
I. Q. Adams, first ballot
Take it all for all, didn't things move
long nicely?
Then came short speeches by Mr.. Cat
lng MIR. Busbee, Mr.. Snow, Mr.. Moore,
nd a more extended one by Gen. W. r.
OK.
is 1t wise in some of our Democratic
contemporaries to jump upon every can
ure of rascally postmaster as an item H.
ustrative of Radical worthlessness? Is
fair to overlook the fact that all sucb
ascals are caught by Republican agents /,
% that the virtue of the catching sur
asses the vice of the caught
For our part, we feel that every rascal
= mail official who is detected and pun.
she'd Is Just that much assistance to onr
In general, our business men in
pecial, and our newspapers above all