Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-07-28
NORTH CAROLINA.
THE POLITICAL srTuArloH-HKroRTs
AND SPECULATION.
A very Strong Petition-The Rains and
crops-Kiliing Bear-Poiitics
In the Pulpit.
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RALEIGH, N. O., July 2.-It is
exnected that North Carolina per
cent. bonds will soon be ct par. Any
influences which may have existed to
depress these bonds have been removed.
The advance in value Of all North Caro-
lips securities is notable.
Politics are much talked Of here, ss
is always the case, more or less. In
terest in the congressional nomination
leads. The Republicans have settled
on Nichols as their champion to make
The combat against the man whom the
Democrats will select. There are va
ryipg views about the Congressional
Convention here August 5tb. Some
persons say there will be only ten bal
lots, while others say there will be 2O0,
and that . man not yet named will,
after all, be the candidate. Friends of
General Cox are sanguine as to his
denomination.
ATTACKS ON THE PRESIDENT.
One Of the papers in the district actu-
ally had the temerity to attack him be-
cause be was in accord with the Presi-
dent. This shows how bitter is the
prejudice against the civil.service idea
in the minds Of some people. The
Scotland Neck Democrat, edited by ex.
Congressman Kitchen, makes the bold
est attacks upon the President aud his
various acts. These are extremes oil
the North Carolina Democracy, not en-
dorsed, or, in fact, countenanced by the
mass Of people.
1t is understood that j. NJ. Argo,
LAWYER Of this city, will run as Repub.
lican candidate for solicitor Of this dis
trict against Swift Galloway, Democrat.
Fine rains fell in this section last
night and early this morning. These
rains were unfortunately not general,
and many crops are suffering. The
cotton can stand but few more days Of
drought. The ground is baked hard by
the sun.
A STRONG PETITION.
The petition Of Gooch and Smith for
Communication of sentence from death to
Imprisonment in the penitentiary was
filed with Governor Scales this morning
by their counsel. 1t is one of the
strongest, if not the strongest, petitions
ever presented to the Governor for
communication of sentence. About 800
signatures were appended. A remark
able thing was that letters accompanied
it from the judge of the Superior Court
and the justices of the Supreme Court
saving that the communication is not i'm
proper and that the ends of justice will
be subserved by such action on the part
of the Governor. Counsel are certain
Of securing Communication. The prison.
els were convicted OF killing John A.
Cheatham here in June Of last year.
The case is very noted one. The
Governor devoted this afternoon to an
inspection Of the papers in the case.
A HEROIC DEED.
In Haywood county five boys did a
heroic deed. Upon going to pen they
had made for the purpose Of trapping
bears they found very large one. They
tried to shoot tho bear, but the gun
failed to fire whereupon they took an
axe and proceeded to put an end to
him in regular hog-killing fashion. The
oldest boy is not more than fourteen.
The bear was the largest killed in the
county for years.
PENSIONS.
New applications for pensions con-
tinue to come into the office Of the State
Auditor. There will probably by
August LIST be 300 or 400.
A correspondent Of Charlotte p,-
pee makes a violent attack upon Judge
Montgomery, of the Eighth district.
He accuses him Of conduct unbecoming
a Judge. The matter creates sensa-
ton, and may lead to yet greater one.
The writer signs his name as William
G. Means, of Concord.
POLITICS IN THE PULPIT.
The colored preachers in many cases
VIGOROUSLY carry politics into the pull
pit. The negroes excommunicate IN
some cases preachers who are Demo-
Gratis. The pulpit is too often prosti-
tuted to the worst political ends, and
this has become notorious. 1t has led
to qu,rrels, and some Independent ne
groes make manifest a desire to kick
out Of the traces. A special meet
ing ofthe African Methodist Conference,
announced as for extraordinary pur-
poses, is to be held here August 4th.
il will try the case Of the minister who
has run counter to the ideas Of his
would-be rulers in the Church, and it
is limited that politics will play cOnsid-