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Daily Republican., 1884-05-21

TAIR WARNIN4-ALL PERSONS
Il having left watches or clocks at my
place, $40 Wet Second street, for repairs. are
requested to come and yet the same before
tho d st of June, otherwise they will be sold
to pay charges, US Intend to quilt the busi-
ness at that p ace lay l9Itl J. HOWELL.
Daily Republican., 1884-05-21

TNHE CHEAPEST AND BEST PLACE
i. to have your locksmi:hing and bcll-
hanging done is ut W. II. HARrLOVE'S,
practical gun and lOcksmith, No. 20S East
Third street. Particular attention to sharp.
ening lawn-moweIs, saws, scissors, etc.
nay14-3m
Daily Republican., 1884-05-21

NUTlCE-THlS Is TO CERTIFY THAT
~ all clocks belonging to persons left to
be repaired at No. 5l2 East Seventh street,
formerly Charles ID. Smith, deceased, will be
sold II not called for between now and the
Path day of May, according to his terms.
Affairs must be settled up.
ml5-St* PUSEY J. SMITH.
Daily Republican., 1884-05-21
FOR VARIETY

of styles in Spring Cloth
ing we ask you to make
an inspection of our new
stock of Mems, Youths
Boys and Children's suits.
Having bought our entire
stock for cash and of re-
liable manufacturers, we
are satisfied that we can
sell you goods which we
can thoroughly recon-
mend to prove satisfacto-
.ry and at the lowest prices.
We call your special At,
tention to our Mems and
Youths suits of our own
make, which for style and
appearance are equal tc
custom work and at
great saving in cost. Boys
and children's suits in al
the latest patterns ant
styles and in almost end
less variety.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-06

nair oDe Of them ar on consumed Sinners
on them back benches ar. what comes
here 10 meetin' TO set up and sleep az,
and tothers 10 laugh and talk ar. bh-
YOU on c9nSarned, b~enIChted. on-woTthv
sinners ar, you needn dodge az, kasc |
wouldn't shoot a har Of your head ar.
You that has back slid, and back-slId,
and back slid ar, and KEEP a glttln furder
and furder back ar, tel you We done got
plum back 10 them back benches ar.
say it, and | say it agln ar, wouldn
shoot Dair one OF you unses ar. u,
you unworthy sinners, ! couldn't 10
reason shoot marry one of you ar as was
a gwine on 10 say ar, a Christian air a
monstrous bard thing to find ar, and when
you starts out to shoot one, 1t haint Ike
shootin' squirrels that you can find any
whsrs on the spring branch ar. Chris
tians, my brethering, is a. skase a hen ;
teeth ar, and when you tries to lind a
Christian to shoot ar, it's pine blank like
huntin' for a needle in a hay-stack ar.
"As was a gwine IN 10 say ar, Ct !
was commissioned to shoot a Christian,
brethering, I'd load my gun, I'd put IN
q big load OF buck shot ar, and ram the
load in good ar, and take pertickler aim
ar, and as | said afore, l wouldn't aim at
none of you'uns ar. Id pint it right
down thar at sister Cass ar, and, sister
Cass, I'd pull the trigger ar, and fire the
whole load into you ar"
Then old Miss Cass clapped her hands
and sot in to shoutin' Glory, glory, Clio.
ree-ee ee," at the top of her voice, and
meetin' broke Betsy Hamilton.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-06

ACCOUNT OF THE ATTEMPT TO CAP
TUKE THE u. S. STEAMER UNDERwRI-
TER IN lSG4.-Mr. j. Il. Scharf, of Bal
timore. who is now in New York writ
ing a history of Westchester county,
New York, recently gave the broadway
Lounger OF the Tribune the particulars
of an incident of the wal that has never
before been in print. MI. Schart was
one of the party detailed to board and
capture the United States steamer I'm
derwriter at the wharf i'll Newbern, y.
c.. in February, 1861. She lay not
more than one hundred yards from three
shore batteries, and the Confederates
designed to capture and use her in rum
ming down all the national vessels
around Newbcrn and thus open the
blockade. Scharf says that this expedi-
General Taylor, a ~.Kentuckian, named
John Taylor Wood, the same who after
ward commanded the Tallahassee,
which threatened New York, ran down
our fishing fleets, and was intended to
| capture some of our ocean steamers.
Wood picked about 100 men and put
them in boats, and they went down the
| Neuse river in the night. A terrible
rain came up, and drenched everybody
to the skin. When they came in sight
of the lights of the steamer, and could
hear her bell strike, the watches of the
boats were drawn up together. and
Wood made prayers. 1t was in the
neighborhood of , O'Clock in the morn
inc when they approached This vessel.
A lookout hailed twice, boat ahOy!'
and then sprang a rattle, and the Con-
iederates ia their numerous boats pulled
with all their might to keep from being
blown out OF the water before they
should board. There were boarding
nettin9s out which had to be gotten
over. The lIerculean men picked for
the service observed as they came near
II reckless Federal officer standing on
the wheelhouse and deliberately empty
ing his revolver into the boats. He was
shot. and seemed to turn a sorlersault
in the air as he fell into the water dead.
The officers aud crew Of the Underwri-
ter, Mr.. Scharf says, fought like devils.
When h historian got on board he saw
men running each other up and down
the decks with cutlasses crossed like
butcher knives. One man was literally
cut to pieces before he would yield, his
fingers cut oil, and he had nine balls in
him. Several negroes were found cou-
ccalcd after the capture, and were I'M
mediately murdered. The vessel was
carried and u mere handful of her crew
spared The boarding party lost thirty
six men, or about Il third Of their mum
Der. Ia the dark night Colonel Scharf
felt his way along the decks slippery
with blood, aud could hear the dying all
round breathing hard in the agouies OF
death. The officer in charge had locked
up his signals and thrown the key into
the sea. The vessel was scarcely taken
when one of the ~neighboring forts OPEN
cd with a two hundred pound shot
which carried away the walking-beam.
and consequently the vessel could not
be moved. The assailants had raised
the rebel yell when they took the YES
sci, and so the shore batteries were adj
yiscd that they must save the steamer
by disabling her. Consequently. with
the exception of a few prisoners, the
long and laborious voyage accomplished
nothing Exchange.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-06

Mrs. L~ONGFELLOwS DEATH. Since
the death OF the young AMI lovely wife of
the poet LongfellOw, which occurred more
than twenty years ago al her beautiful
home in Cambridge, scarcely anything
more tragical has taken place among well
knowD people than the accident by which
Miss Laura DclanO lost her life. When
the worst has happened suggestions are
as unavalllng as regrets, and yet calamities
of this kind are all the IN IRE narrowing
by reasons oftheir appearing to the sur
vIvOrs to be SO unnecessary and easily
avoided. In the case OF Mrs. ~Longfellow
the sleeve of her muslin dress was ignited
by a taper which she was using in making
sealing wax Impressions to amuse her
children. Terror, confusion and dismay
followed. The house had been put in
summer order, after the fashion of Amer
lean housekecpers in those days not a
carpet rug or blanket wa to be had, and
although her husband was on the spot
and nearly lost his W lie in heroic
efforts to ~cXtinguish the fl lmes. the un-
fortunate lady persisted on her own lawn
and sight of all that she had held most
dear. Almost the same tragedy was
enacted in the case Of Miss Delano last
Sunday. She was but nineteen years of
axe and endowed by nature with grace of
mind and character which were only
equalled by her remarkable personal beau.
ty. While she was adjusting an alcohol
lamp especially adapted to the heating Of
minute tongs for the curling of ladies'
front locks, it is supposed that the fame
shot up, setting fire to her hair, and in a
few m she had rushed out D doors
a blazing mass Of fire. A little foresight
or presence Of mind, a blanket from the
bed, a shawl wrapped round her, and a
valuable lie might have been saved.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-06

DAN WEBSTER DRUNK AS A LORD.
WITH ONE.--A volume has lust appeared
from the pen of Monsieur de Bacourt, an
eminent French diplomatist. who came as
an ambassador TO u governmen forty
years ago. NJ. Bacourt, in one of his
letters, describes 4 stale dinner given
by President Tyler to forty diplomatists
and statesmen. The writer happened
to sit beside Mr.. Webster, who was
toe secretary of state, and he saws Of
the orator of Mansfield
The toe tree use Of Madeira made him
not only amiable lin the American man
ner, OF course) but ever tCuchinglv ten
der. He seized my arm with his two
hands, and said My dear Bacourt.
have infinite pleasure In seeing you this
evening much more SO than some time
ago Il don't know why! Pertains |
haven't hitherto shown you sutficien,
but let US, if you will. become
a par of friends. You shall see that I
good company. Come to nv house
every day, without ceremony. That
will please me, my dear Bacourt. for
truly l find you charming" This fiat
tering declaration was made to me with
a pasty tongue, aud-may l saw so TO
o u!-with ~hiccOughs which made too
proximity to the secretary of
state altogether disagreeable. And this
.ook place at the table Of the chief
at a feast offered to the rep
esentatiyes of all the European powers, |
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-06

the people of Lexington. Ky. last Sab
bath. kentucky is Il naughty State.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-06

TIE BULL n II BLOODHOUND
Yesterday afternoon a wild Cherokee bull
was imp isoned in the slaughter pen Of
Mr. Shucknight. The bail was a very
ferOciouS one, just having peer received
from the Indian Territory. BY some
chanct the door of the pen was left open.
The bull, observing this, made a dash
through it. Two ~neighboring dogs ran
at the bull, which so incenscd him that
he charged upon .hem killing one with
mis- sharp horns. The bull, with head
and tail high in the air. continued his
course. He made a dash FOL a young
butcher, struck him in the side, and
knocked him into the ditch. He then
drew back for another plunge, but such
was his impetus that he leaped entirely
over the ditch. This gave the man an
opportunity to get up and escape. Two
bloOdhounds, belonging to a man In the
neighborho0d were procured and put in
pursuit. The bull killed one, but the
other got him by the ear, and no amount
of shaking would throw him OFF. He
finally ran again with the dog Singing 10
his ear. Reaching Beargrass he plunged
into the creek, and held his head and the
dog beneath the water until he thought
the latter was drowned. Being unable to
hold his head under the water any longer,
he brought it up, but the dog was still
there The bull then swan to the bank,
where he was. lassoed and captured
LOUISVILLE Post
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-06
PROF. COYTER'S
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-06
GOOD FARM
Tn q Good Location.

For personal reasons re offer for sale
the following fine Farms, o arately,
or IoInlly,"whoie or part -
LIST. TIE THoS. W. DEEANE LANDS
1000 sores, 10 mites east of Fayetteville.
on Raleigh road,-On surveyed line Of
wilson Florence "Short Line IL X
An excellent Groom residence, with
convenient out~bulliings. large and Sc
lect orchards of apple. psach, pear, etc.
large vineyard, etc.-tlc dwell ny occu-
pying an elevation surrounded by cx-
tensive oak groves healthy, and with
numerous springs, anu Il capital well OF
water.
About q acres III fertile bottom
land, drained swamp producing cot
ion, grain, and ctovcT,-and SAID to he
good for tobacco Convenient to he
house is a large store-house and one
mile from the DIV eiling is another store
house, and water powcr,-eaeily utilized
by replacing the mill which was buined
last year. The dam, aud a 44-inch tur-
bine wheel are at uhe spot. Also a
large tract of long leaf pine.
These lands, exCep. the bottom, are
rather stiff with clay subsoil, best KIN
for improving.
End. THE RUFUS /. DEVANE LANDS
200 acres, adjoining the above, on same
road, 81 miles from Fayetteville. Fifty
acres cleared and highly improved :;
balance well timbered. Comfortable
cottage, roolns, with . ,vcnfent outs
buildings also young orch lrd, Just be
gun bearing, excellent water,-healthy
location.
Churches and schools within easy
reach Of both places. Correspondence
invited. or a visit to inspect. Addre IS
K. +. DEVANE, Rel Banks. n. G. or
THOS. w. DENANE, Shelby, n. &.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-06
DETROIT. MICu July os.-

...DETRoIT, MICn July 2S.-The
fOurteen-year-old daughter of Stephen
kimball, a wealthy farmer residing near
Lyons. while strolliny near her fathers
house yesterday was seized and outraged
by two tramps. Nj. kiInball has Of
fered a reward Of 800 Tor the arrest OF
the villains. "A hundred mcn are in
pursuit Of them.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-06

ATElEGRAM FROM TIIpEN Although
| cannot be present 10 person with my old
friends on that interesting occasion, !
cordially cooperate with them In support
the excellent ticket nominated by The
Democratic National Convention, ard
feel assured of its success at The electio~.
in which there is every promise that the
country will achieve a substantial victory
for the cause at good government
:. J. TUpE\.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-06
How the Base BAL Fever Works
Tonm.

In Court. >li@ he card % the laSysr>
door.
Back 10 ten minntes gu mauy more
Gone t. the hospital, On The doctor ;
slate.
90 another. 'Sit down and wait.
Gone to bank. on the notary'- sign
''Arbitration. that young clerk . FINN
Back soon. on the broker book
COLLECTING rents on Iny agent : hook.
They were all too busy, a patter quite
new,
Very sorry was |, | had nothing to in.
Then HE'D me hence 10 the Swllttcct
ground,
And every man on the grand stand found.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-06

....lt is announced. says the Vir-
ginil City (Nev.) Enterprise. that Miss
Kate Sutro. the daughter of the builder
of the SutrO tunnel. who is now in
Europe. is engaged to be married TO a
very eminent German professor of Ber-
lin, around which quite a romance is
woven. 1t seems the Professor saw a
photograph of the young lady. and al
though he had never seen the original he
fell in love with The picture, which is
very beautiful, and in possession of a
friend of his, from whom he learned the
name and address. He wrote several
letters. none of which were answered..
At last Miss Sutro became so ANNOYED
that she made a large package of them,
not one OF which had been answered..
and sent them to her father, who vas
then in Spain.
When Mr.. Suho velt to Berlin he
saw the Professor and was 80 aSreeably
impressed with him that he advised his
daughter 10 answer A correspondence
was then opened, which resulted as an-
n0unced.
....IObacco IS now grown in 81 of
the 80 counties of North Carolina. but
it is a staple in perhaps not more than
a dozen of them. The whole acreage of
the State in 1882 was Gi.4s2. and it is
estimated that at least 10000 acres are
in cultivation this year. The whole to-
bacco crop in 1882 amounted to 1920
792 pounds. All the leading authorities
now agree that the crop of 1884 Will APP
proximate 6 5000. 900 pounds. But the
best feature in the raising of tobacco
there is that North Carolina leads the
tobacco States in the average prices OBJ
for the leaf. As shown by the
census the average price paid for North
Carolina tobacco is sl4.lO per 100
pounds. Deducting 1888, the actual
cost OF production here, a net profit of
si.17 is left to the producer. The
White Burley district in Ohio Yields an
average profit of only $3.50, while Penn
gives s4.l3, Connecticut 50 80.
lsconsin 1888, New York SO. 10, and
SO on down the list. This annual profit
o the North Carolina farmer Of more
han 81 per cent. would indicate that
he growing of tobacco is the most pro-
liable agricultural work done on a large
Gale in America.-Philadelphia Nees,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-06

DIVORCES BY THOUSANDS Paris,
july % The new divorce law was ga
zetted to day. Three thousand sui, i,r
divorce have already been begun. Many
noble and prominent families are i|ncolv,d
in son e # them.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-06

Fatal Row BETWEEN RAILROAD
MEN.-MACoN, GA. July sc. II.
Fryer. engineer. and Robert Flournoy,
vardmaster, in the employ OF the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia rail-
road. had a difficulty on Friday, III
which E~lournoy was cut aud Fryer
struck OF. the head with a cIinker Of
dross iron, from which he died yester-
day.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-06
FArL. Rnw krrmrEN RALRnAn

And every man on the grand stand found.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-06
D. J. CGTTER, N. E.

3i2 NJ rite Ave., Brooklyn, ~. y
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-07-02
the POSITION OF THE CABINET.

The fact stands undenied, and it
is undeniable, that the Cabinet exists
solely by virtue of the individual
ballots of the members thereof.
Take away the four votes of the
Ministry, and they would be in the
minority, and vote of want of con-
fidence would pass against them
instantly. This being the case, is
it not perfect farce to say that
this Government is representative
one. When majority of the AS
sembly not only say that they have
no confidence in the policy of the
Ministry, but denounce them as in
competent, inefficient and dishonest,
and bring forward incontestable and
undeniable facts to substantiate such
charge, is it not an insult to the
public to have these four men calm
ly deposit their ballots in favor Of
themselves, and by the poacer Of those
ballots alone, retain their offices? ?
Yet this is the position of the pre-
sent Cabinet, and because they say
that they have confidence in them
selves, we are asked by soIcalled
Independent newspaper to calmly
accept their verdict, as being a de-
cisive and unaswerable reply to the
facts, not charges, which have been
shown against them.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-07-02
the REM MEDy.

The foregoing article was written
over month ago, and how truly
have events borne out the statements
therein contained.
We have seen the demoralizing
and disgraceful spectacle Of nine
Representatives of the people, while
acting as Representatives, deliber-
ately stultifying themselves and
abandoning the interests of their
constituents, at the beck of shame
less and unprinclpled official, simply
because he has it in his power to ap-
point the Tax Assessors.
1t reduces our Legislature from q
representative" body into a ma
chine, in which the will of the people
is cipher, and the commission of a
Representative is simply a basis for
making money by selling the vote
incident thereto, to the Ministry for
an office. The remedy is not far to
seek. Let a law be passed for
bidding any man holding Govern
ment Office from being member of
the Assembly. Let it extend further
than this, and forbid any person de-
irving profit from the Government,
whether through contracts or other
wise, from holding seat in the AS
sembly.
If the Ministry are deprived of
this power of buying votes, the prime
source of corruption in our Legisla-
ture will be removed, and the sense
of decency in the community will
not be shocked by such shameless,
open, bare-fnced bribery as that with
which it has been insulted within the
past week.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1884-07-02
sOur rule. 142. is ambiguous.

"Our rule, l42, is ambiguous. 1t
reads, No member shall be per-
mitted to vote on any question when
his private right, distinct from pub
lie interest, is Immediately con-
cerned. must, therefore, rule in
accordance with the English prece-
dent, that the Ministers have the
right to vote"
Mr.. Rhodes deserves the highest
praise for his impartiality in the rul-
ing made, as his own feelings and
prejudiccs are all the other way, but
we can not agree with him as to the
conclusion drawn. The Ministers
hold seats in the House under Art.
d3 of the Constitution, which reads:
"The Ministry hold seats ex-officio,
rs Mobiles, in the Legislative AS
sembly." They are not Mobiles, nor
do they represent any constituency,
but they have q seat among the
Mobiles simply by virtue of their
office.
AS they represent the policy of
the Government, it is proper that
they should be present to answer
questions, and to discuss questions
Of policy. But when it comes to a
question of whether or not the
country has confidence in the Min
istry, it cannot be said that they
Ministers themselves represent any
body, that they should vote upon
the question. The English prece-
dent cited by Mr.. Rhodes would not
seem to be in point, for the English
| Ministers hold their seats In the
House of Commons by reason of
their being elected representatives,
and not by reason of their being
| Ministers a Minister there does not
have a reat e.r-oficio in Parliament,
and consequently when he votes on
such question, it is not his own
individual vote, as is the case here,
but it is the vote of the constituency
which he represents.
Whether Mr.. Rhodes is correct or
not, the common sense of the COM
munity demands that their shall be
no longer an ambiguity in the matter
and that the rule be made definite
that Ministers shall not vote upon
their own acceptability to the country.