The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-17

Letters from Hell, ranew box
which has run through twelve editions
10 d single year n Germany.
The Western Tribune has been
sold 10 Mr.. Chas. L. Wilson. 81 Raj
eI.h. ana the Nessrs. Carter have re-
tired from the field OF journalism. Our
best wishes 10 both.
....The Greensboro. y. &, Work
man contains an article on the home HE
of Senator Colquitt, Of Georgia, which
shows the Christian character and viz
tues Of the man. senator Colqultt's
wife is described as a counterpart OF her
husband; aud "the children are all Ike
their parents.
1.-THE mystery in the Rose murder
case a. Atlanta, has been solved BY the
death bed Confession Of the cousiL Of Mrs.
Rose, who i vii he remembered occupied
a room adjoining that Of Mrs. Rose. She
says she with Rose aDd the second suSpec-
ted woman planne j the murder which was
actually committed By Rose IN the pres
euce Of the two " men.
....Lord Wol,eley has created a sen
sation 10 London BY dcnouncing the eva
c~uation ofthe Soudan. He warns the gov
N that on the withdrawal from
Dongola the whole province will be given
up to anarchy aud will revert from clvIll-
cation to barbarism. Withdrawal, he
says. viii not avert the struggle The
Mahdi IN a few years Will attack Egypt.
1--WE regret to learn that Miss Ma
bel. a ten year old daughter OF Hon.
Wharton J.. Green. who is visiting at
Wrightsville Sound, fell from a gangway
yesterday morning and hurt herself con
siderab'y The fact was t~elephoncd to
this CITY and surgical assistance hurried
to the spot but the physician reported
on his return that 20 serious injuries had
been sustained, though Miss Mabel had
received quite a jar. -Rerteto.
1.-THE rumor of the assassinati on Of
the Ameer Of Afghanistan has reached
Europe. Minister Lowell has left
London enroute for the United States
Cardinal Manning has the idea Of
founding a Gordon Free State on the
Nile...... Governor Hale, of New
HAMPSHIRE, has failad tor nearly $1,000
600, an | attachments aggregatIng S2tl,-
900 have been filed against his property
......Wm. S. Dorrance. for many years
second teller IN a Providence. or. H.
bank, is charged with embezzling $780,
600.
1.-THE Farmer and Mechanic thinks
the thine has come for the Democratic
press in North Carolina to speak plainly
" on party questions; provided that
nothing be said out OF mere c~aptlousuess.
nor without reasonable inquiry as 10 the
facts" Brother Shotwell is right. a
- ,,aa 1iCrarnpl OF tho nf1A t,-n
verb, speech is silver, but silence is gol-
den," may occasionally offend some
one; but we admire independence when
it does not arise from a mere disposition
to appear independent. Danbury Re
porter.
....A profound sensation wasicreated
among colored people here last evening
by the arrival here of Henry Davis, the
negro who it was once said was lynched
near Clayton last Christmas eve. Davis
has lost part of his feet by frost bites. He
was interviewed by a reporter aud says
he aud Charles Smith were taken from
the office in Clayton by about a dozen
men; that two men shot them, killing
Smith and ~wounding Davis in the neck,
shoulder and arm: that he fed and finally
got to Nash county where Stewart Eli
son missed seeing him about ten min
utes.) Then he went to Franklin county,
whence he came here.
....CIinton Caucasian \ colored
woman named Amy Boyett, of Turkey
township, gave birth to a child last week
and choked it to death. She confessed
tie crime and found the body where she
had placed it in - branch. ,....Mr.
Theopilus Bagley, a resident of West
brooks township, was recently bitten by
a mad dog. The dog also bit several
other dogs and a number ofhogs and cat
tie before he was killed. I'm u. ID.
Underwood of Clinton township, had
Twenty head of sheep killed by dogs last
Sunday......Nis Geneva Thompson,
eldest daughter of Rev. j. +. Thompson,
former pastor Of Clinton circuit, died at
her fathers home in Harnett county on
the 10Th.
ION Saturday last Mr.. l. b. Stith,
IN Industrious farmer, residing near this
city, accidentally shot his wife in the heel
inflicting a painful, but it is hoped lot
serious Ii seems that the acct
dent was the outcrop of a little fun. His
daughter had reported the fact that one
of the outrComs was full of 1eaS, and, In
her own language. the biggest fleas she
ever saw" Mr.. Stith, who is of quite
an inventive genius, thought that he had
discovered a new flea Killing machine
and seiziug his gun and Fastening to the
room where the t1eas were said to be,
cried out, 'Where are they ?" 'Get u
OF my way" He meant to have only a
little innocent fun, and had no idea that
the gun was even loaded. Imagine ms
horror and grief when, to his surprise,
the gun discharged, and he found that
some of the shot had lodged in the heel Of
Mrs. Stith.-Goldsboro Messenger.
...."I don't think" continued Mr..
Garret, that it was ever known how
neal Lee came to being arrested as one
of the conspirators in the plot to assassi-
nate President Lincoln and his Cabinet.
| know that Andy Johnson in some un-
accountable way..got the idea in his head
that Lee was in that conspiracy. Some
body had told Johnson something.
have reasons for believing that led him
to think so. Johnson wanted Lee ar
rested at Once, and / know that he pro-
posed, if Lee vas found guilty. 10 have
him beheaded. Johnson told me that
Lee Couldn be hanged. shouldn't be
shot, and he would order him beheaded.
a warm friend 0 fmine and of Mr.. John
sons, who knew what was going on.
came to me in great haste, knowing that
had long been a personal friend of
Gen. Lees, and was a warm friend of
Gen. Grant. This gentleman said that
Lee was in great danger of arrest, and
in that excited state of the country it
was hard to say what might happen. |
at once telegraphed to Gen. Grant to
meet me, and started for Washington. |
met Gen. Grant a few moments after
my arrival there. | told him what was
in Johnson's mind. | have seen men
black with anger, but | never saw such
as Grant then showed. He was
not passionate. but he was terribly angry.