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Year: 1876

A Conference Of Christians.


philadelphia Evening Bulletin.l


A call for meeting of delegates from
all evangelical religious denominations is
announced to meet in the hall of the Frank
lin Institute tomorrow morning. This call
is signed by prominent citizens Of the country
and in reference to the object of the confer
ence, says:


"The object is not to organize another
Peace Association, but to consider and re-
commend to the Church of Christ what
action 1t should take as the light of the
world for Fastening the day clearly seen by
the prophet and proclaimed in the name of
the Lord, when nation shall not lift up
sword against nation, neither shall they learn
war any more. Statesmen and philanthrop.
lists are moving in this great work, both in
this country and Europe, and the Church
of Christ should not lag, but lead in this
grand and glorious object"
Year: 1876

This gentleman appeared at the Grand
Opera House last evening, to what may be
called a fair house only. Mr.. Raymond sus-
tanned the part of Col. Sellers with more
than his usual ability in impersonating the
peculiar type of man that is shown in this
character. He was greeted with laughter
applause and every manifestation Of ap-
proval that could tell him his efforts were
appreciated by Wilmington audience.
Year: 1876

Yesterday morning the only case before
the Mayor was John P. Stidham, who was
arrested OF charge of vagrancy. After
hearing the evidence The Mayor came to the
conclusion that 1t would be well for John to
dwell at Fort Lambson for 80 days.
Year: 1876

One of the old veterans, member of the
Second Delaware Regiment from the fcrms-
tion of that regiment until their discharge,
called upon us to-day to say that no negroes
were members Of the old second regiment,
and the banner carried BY the colored Boys
in Blue is an insult to each of the surviving
veterans, and as such will be remembered
by them in November.
Year: 1876

The COQUIILE MURDER.-A gentleman
from COqnille City furnishes the Douglas
county Bzd<pexasNt with the particulars of
the murder Of man named Lewis, by his
half brother, which have never before been
published. The facts are these The man
@ho did the shooting has daughter IS years
of age, whose person he had repeatedly out
ragged. Her fathers unnatural and beasily
conduct WAS highly distas,eful to the girl,
aud appealing to her uncle for protection, he
took her away from her hone, and placed her
with some friends 10 look after. The father
found the place of his daughters abiding
aud he compelled her return home and again
submit TO his SINFUL embraces. The uncle Of
the girl was once more appealed TO for help
by the girl, and the father hearing Of it went
TO his brother and told him If he sgain inter
fered be would kill him. The uncle inter
fered nevertheless, and appointed place for
the girl to meet him, when he would take her
away from her father ana place her where he
would trouble her 10 more. The father heard
this, and after sending his son to a neighbor' 5
% borrow pistol, the two went to look for
the brother and uncle, and found him plow
ing III Il field. No one knows what was said
by either party, but some men working a
road near by, hearing three shots fired. and
q woman screaming, ran over into the field
aud found the uncle lying in furrow made
by the plow, shot in the leg, in the arm and
through the heart, and the father and son
leaving the scene of the murder as fast as pos
sible. The dying man was at once conveyed
10 the house, and breathed his last few min
utes after his home was reached. The son
was arrested the next day. and is now in Jail
at Coquille City, while the murderer Is at
large IN the woods. armed with two pistols
and Spencer rife, and The community is
afraid to follow him up close enough to secure
his arrest. Such man should be hunted
down With blood hounds.
Year: 1876

TIE CRops.-The weather has con-
tinued propilious for the grain crops
Of our section and throughout the
State, though complaints come from
some quarters that barley and Sonora
wheat have been badly shattered by
the high winds. The hay was less
injured by the late rains than feared
aud there is no room for doubt that
Il e crops of the State will be much
heavier than in any previous year
the chief concern of the farmers being
now The prices they command. Our
harvest in this section has not yet be-
gun, though barley is fast maturing,
and much Of it within the two coming
weeks will be ready for the reaper
TIE usual train of thrashers from
Napa and SOnoma has been moving
through towards the San Joaquin for
the past two weeks, and they are now
in the busiest Of their harvest season
there, while, with continuance Of the
weather we have been having, but lit
tie wheat will be ready for cutting in
this section before the fist Of July
Martinez Gazette, June 10Th.
Year: 1876

BEGIN AT THE BEGINNING.-We some
times think there is a good deal of
cant about q Presidential canvass re-
forming and and purifying the coun-
try. The President has only limited
authority. He can carry out no re-
form unless he has the aid of Con
gress. Thus Grant tried to give US
civil service reform, but the Congress
men would not permit it. The way
10 secure this or any other reform is
for the people to see that the different
districts elect good men TO Congress.
There is where reform will begin.
We give the Presidency too much
importance. We can never have a
good administration until We take
pains TO keep the bummers and strikers
out Of Congress.
Year: 1876

CHINESE LABoR.-It has always
been claimed by those who opposed
Chinese labor that it does not pay.
They claim that the same money
paid for Two Cinnamon will more than
pay one white man, and that the
average white man viii DO more work
than the two Cinnamon. The super.
intendent Of the BALD Mountain GRAY
el Mine, which is located at Forest
City, Sierra county, has always been
one Of those who think Cinnamon are
a nuisance. In his mine there are 100
men employed About a year ago
the San Francisco owners sent up
word TO have Chinese worked as an
experiment. The superintendent &C.
lccted sixty out OF band Of 800 labor
ers and started them in. He tried the
whole band one after another TO get
one that could run the car into the
tunnel, which IS four thousand feet IN
length, and fonnd only one who could
do it, and it would lake him twice as
long as II had white man. They
all wanted two men for the job which
one white man always easily perform
ed. 1t was the same way with the
other workmen, and after two months
trial she MoDgo!ians were discharged
and white men put back in their places.
There are no Chinese employed there
any longer, and Forest City is one Of
the most fiourlshing camps In the State
10 day. If other employers will ex>
anime the matter they will find that
they make nothing by hiring Mon
golians instead of their own country
men.-NeUddd transcript.
Year: 1876

Mr. CochraneIf understand you. 1t was not until the
Jury acquitted GEN BabcOck that friendly relations
between tho President Secretary Brstow, and yourself
were rctstabllshcdl


Mr. wilson, resigned on the Goth OF June having ac-
cepted advantageous offers for professional employment
IN my own STATE and IA insignificant part OF my res-
ignaton II was to relieve the President from any FUR
ther embarrassment in his Administration; Secretary
Bristow resigned the 2lst; state frankly that We
had decided early in June to resign just soon ~ we
could do 40 without having our motives Questioned IL
WAS thought best both by the President ana secretary
that the designations should not take place until after
the Cincinnati Convention Ineyerrcceiyed arepy to my
letter OF resignation from tho President do not know
that accepted except In seeing the announce
ment of the my the conversation be-
twceS tho President and myself was bref ono tho
President received mo coldly said to him, l have
called to inform you that have received such oilers OF
professional business induce me to vacae the Office
Of Solicitor OF tho Treasury. do this by advice OF
friends and also for the reason wish 10 put an end 10
the embarrassment and annoyances TO which you arc
subjected on my account :" the President said, Very
we'll " he expressed the hopo that after the Cincinnati
Year: 1876

Tn Southleys "History of Brazil" I"
he tells how Cabez de Vaca was in q
great ship, going to South America
with 200 men and 30 horses, and after
they had crossed the equator the COM
mander discovered that there were
only three casks of water left. He
gave orders to make for the nearest
land, and for three days they sailed
for the coast. A poor sick soldier,
who had left Cadiz with them, brought
a grillo or ground cricket with him,
thinking it's cheerful voice wolld
amuse him on the long. dreary voyage.
But to his great disappointment the
little insect was quiet all the way.
The fourth morning after they had
changed the ships course the cricket,
who knew what she was about. set up
her shrillest note. The soldier at once
gave warning to the officers in charge
of the vessel, and they soun saw high,
Jagged rocks just ahead of them. The
watch had been careless and the great
ship in few moments would have
been dashed to pieces on the ledge if
this puny creature had not scented the
land and told them of their danger.
Then they cruised along for some
days and the cricket sang for them
every night just as cheerfully as if in
far off Spain till they got to their des-
tined port. the island of Catalina.
YOnkers Gazette.
Year: 1876

the Democrats are mostly those who


have bought land since The war and


wish to know how it is that the taxes


are 80 constantly increasing and where


their hard earned money gees when it


Is paid over to the tax collectors. This


sentiment amongst the colored voters


ls increasing, growing, and it is to
suppress this natural inquiry that the
leaders are anxious avoid discussion


before them. There is another ele-
ment which will show in favor of the
Democrats during this contest. Since
the war large class of young white
men have come of age wLo have stood
aloof from the former elections. They
are to man Democrats, and are now
enrolling in the Tilden and Hampton
clubs everywhere. This will increase
the white vote several thousand. while
it is doubted if the negroes car. poll as
many votes as they did in 1865. Alto
gether the nominations have done
good SO far and now that the whites
have party with a declaration of
principles fairly laid down there is
point around which to rally and they
VII come up to the issue in solid
front.
Year: 1876




Tomorrow ut WhiteviIle two d EN- G
cratic Conventions will be held that is
to say, the Senatorial District Conven-
tion to nominate candidate for Sena-
tor from the District composed of Co
lumbus and Robson counties, and
the County Convention to nominate
county candidates.


The JOURNAL feels natural interest
In all that pertains to Columbus coun .
ty, not merely because there it has re-
ceived a generous and unwavering sup
port, but because the county has dis
played q Zeal and devotion to the
cluse of the Democratic party that has
no superior in the State: and as it has
been in the past so it will be in the
future.


TO bring about such result has
not been the work of any one man or
OF any dozen men. but of the whole
people working together for the good
of their country. But without dis
paragement to the many others whose
names so easily come to us, it may be
truly said, that no one has done his
part more faithfully than VAN RIoHARD-
SON. He has served his county both
at home and in the halls of the Legis-
lature at Raleigh. In the Legislature
his worth was always felt and recog-
nized, as the journals of that body will
show by the prominent positions as
signed to him Oh important committees;
and his conduct therein reflected
credit upon his county as we'll as upon
himself. In matters of legislation he
was both cautious and determined.
which with his popular. pleasant man
ners, gave him an influence equalled by
few members of either of the Legisla-
lures to which he belonged. Such
man ought not to be permitted to re-
main at home. We say this much be-
cause we have heard that Capt. Rich
ardson does not desire a re nomination.
But this is no time to consult his
wishes in this matter. The legislation
to be perfected this winter IS of too
important character to be entrusted
to any but the most experienced and
skillful hands.


Never were greater interests at stake
and never were our best men more
needed to guard them for all sections,
but especially is this true of the un-
fortunate counties that now live under
negro rule. Counties like Columbus
must help those like New Hanover and
they can not do so better than by send
ing to the Legislature men like Capt.
Richardson.
Year: 1876

From the New York Bulletin.


AS certainly as an election come


round there is a rumpus somewher


in the South that is made the occasion


for sending ont United States troop,
aud raising an outcry OF "confiict O


races" AS concomitant of this, the


correspondent perambulates tn Soutt


to pick up material to embellish anG


exaggerate these demonstrations. We


had supposed this device was exhaust


ed. Not long ago the Times of this
oity, in one of those spurts of inde-
pendence " hich haye shed upon it an
occasional glory, sent ont its agents on
the track of these ''outrages" and SC
exposed them as to render all stories
of this sort in future almost in
credible: and, apart from the whole
some exposures of our cotem-
porary, the people have learned to
take such things at their proper value.
It is now we'll understood that, what.
ever truth there may be in some of
these reported cases, outrages can be
got up at any time to order. Nothing
is easier than to manufacture an
emeute between whites and blacks aud
to give it to any desired depth of san
culinary hue and the business having
become an established craft in the
trade of politics, skilled hands can be
found to do the work at a moments
notice. This is commonly understood
among the classes whom the ''out~
RACES" are intended to influence and
yet the dodge is not abandoned.


We call attention to this matter, as
a trade journal, because it is to the
last degree injurious to the business
interests of the country to use wea-
pons of this sort in party contests. If
it were not that the most substantial
harmony exists between the two races
at the South, these military demon
strations would most seriously endan-
ger the pence of that whole section.
It is tantamount to telling the negroes
that the army is ut their back and that
therefore they may do what they please
with impunity; and it is greatly to the
credit of the race that they have not
taken advantage of this assurance.
This sort of thing, however, has ne.
cessarily the effect of disturbi CON-
fidence at the South and of deterring
timid capitalists and merchants at the
North from employing their means in
that section. So far as these interfer>
ences have any effect, they create an
impression that there is dangerous
antagonism bet Heen the two races, the
direct result of which ia to keep up
sectional animosities and depr We the
South, the negroes included. of the
advantages of intercourse with the
more prosperous North. 1t is safe to
say that there is no one thing that has
done more towards defeating recon-
struction and deferring the complete
restoration of sectional harmony than
these needless military interventions !;
and the worst effect of the mischief
falls upon the South, helping
to crush out the commercial
that so feebly struggles
there for ascendancy, while the
North also suffers it's share of injury.
Year: 1876

WHAT THE AMENDMENTS WILL


DO FOR EDUCAIIUN In NORTH
CAROLINA.


Under the constitution, as ii now


stands, the monies coming in from


fines, penalties and forfeitures are all


required to be paid into the State


Treasury and securely invested as a
permanent fund, the interest on


which is to be divided among the


several counties in proportion to the


number of school children living


therein. It matters not how much q


county may have contributed to the


principal of this fund, it can only


receive its proportional part of the


interest. For example, from sfines,


penalties and forfeitures'' the county


OF Edgecombe in five years, paid into


the State Treasury the sum of $2,-


1876 II, while the county of Craven


during the same period paid in from
same sources the some of one dollar;
yet when the interest on that amount
came to be paid out for the support of
schools, the county of Craven, having
about the same humber of school
children living in it that Edgecombe
had. received about the same amount. |
LII other words Edgecombe paid in
very near twenty-five hundred times |
as much money as Craven did, but for
all that shc took out of the fund no |
more than Craven did. The county of |
Brunswick paid into this school fund
three times as much as did the county
of New Hanover, and yet New Han
over drew out near four times more
for it's share of the interest than
Brunswick did.


A system that permits such gross
inequalities as these, is manifestly
wrong and ought to be broken up. and
this the amendments will do. If they
shall be ratified, all the fines and pen
alties annually collected, will remain
in the several counties, and the whole
amount, not the interest merely, but
both principal and interest, will be ex-
pended in the support and mainten-
ance of the public schools in that
county. And when this shall be done
we may expect county commissioners
and school trustees to be more vigi-
liant in seeing to it that clerks and
magistrates make prompt and honest
returns.


This change alone it is estimated
will save the people of Nortt. Carolina
each year at least $25, 0OO-and will be
the means of furnishing instruction to
about %, 900 more of the children of
the State than are now being taught in
the public schools-and whites and
blacks will be equally benefited. The
annual saving in n oney alone by this ,
will well-nigh pay for the
cost of the Constitutional Convention,
to say nothing of the immense sdvan-
tage it will be to the State, that there
shall be taught and educated so many ,
who otherwise would grow ,
up in ignorance and only too surely ]
in vice. ,


All good citizens-irrespectiv of 1
race, color or previous condition
who wish their children to have the
privileges of an education, and who E
have the prosperity of the State at
heart, will consult both their interests 6
and the good of the State by voting ,
for the amendments u
Year: 1876



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 Winter and Spring Grain.

 Owing to the very untayorable fall weather many farmers were unable to sow as much wheat as they intended and desired. Can l.. the dedcicncy be rcmcdied to some extent by sowing spring wheat: The experiment is wor- thy a trial, and if successful, waajd he of great benefit to our rarmcrs. It is frequently very difficult to put in all the wheat desirable in October and Novcm- hcr, owing to drouth which keep the ground too hard to blow, or to the dense growth of grass, and other vegetable matter on the land to obstruct the blow.

 If spring wheat is raised exten- tcnsivcly in northern latitudes when the seasons are so short why not here? Rust is the only thing to be feared, but there are probably some klnds less liable to it's attacks than others and this is the right time to procure the seed for experiment. Let those of o1r farmers who have friends in the northwest write to them, and each obtain one, two, or three bushels and SOW in the most ap- proved time and manner and if it proves remuncrative a valuable lesson will have been learned. IT it proves q failure it will be but small loss, as the land can still be planted in peas or sor- Shnm. I.
Year: 1876

Never was better given, and like most other good advice and q great deal that is worthless it will go unhcedcd by thousands. But if only one poor man is saved F. D. will be rewarded and so will the writer of this for what he is about to tell. The DEMOCRAT has given the advice long ago hut SUCH advice will bear repeating.

 It is a very easy thing to go in debt if one has credit, and very hard thing to pay UP, quit credit, S-s p.y eah when you have none. SOME of us have tried that.

 But when farmer mortgages teams and everything else, he runs the risk ofboconing a charge on the county.

 Whilst at Des Arc at meeting of the State Grange a circum- stance was related to me by some merchants there, which illustrates how q poor man may live without weighing down his little all with q mortgage.

 A poor man from Illinois home steaded tract of land near that place and wishing to make q crop the first year, proposed to pledge his oxen and cart, all he had, for supplies. He was retus- ed by all, but some one willing to give advice If he had nothing else to give or sell, advised the man go to work at the mill on the river, and earn his provisions as he went along. He accepted the proifered council. No matter whether because he could do nothing else, or because he thought it had intrinsic value. The man had pluck, went to work, sometimes for day wages at the mill, to buy bread and meat sometimes on his future farm, and what was the result? At the time the story was related the man had good farm and plen- ty of every creature comfort. And our hero admitted that the refusal of the merchants to credit him was his salvation financially.

 Thus we see that q man with q family and only yoke of oxen and a cart managed by industry and economy to live and improve q farm. If you say it was eniorc- ed economy and industry all right, still it don't spoil the moral of my story, for he was a SUCCESS.

 It is not asserted that every one can go and do likewise. Some are old, some are lame, some are sick, some are already broken down by the abuse of the credit system in both body and spirits, But the stout healthy young man should as soon think of mortgag- ing his soul to the devil as his horse to the merchant. T.
Year: 1876

If so there will never be a bet ter time. You cannot have a perfect farm without an orchard. You cannot nave perfect health for yourself and family without fruit.

 You cannot invest a little time and money to better advantage than in planting an orchard You cannot die with . clear con science until after you have plant
Year: 1876

TIE DEMOCRAT is thoroughly in- dependent in it's course. unde: no pledge or covenant to support the schemes or fortunes of any man or set of men, always having at heart first, the good of the people of Pope county, and of the state of Arkan sas. It claims no right to lead or direct in politics, or any other sphere; but it does claim the right, and will fearlessly and at all times assert it, to speak it's own opinions, on all matters coming within the scope of it's duty as an Independent journal. Whatever prominence it maintains in the affairs of this county or State, will be voluntarily accorded by the people who support it. In short the DEMOCRAT wishes to be judged solely upon it's own merits as local and state newspa- per, having for it's chief object the dissemination of the news of the day with such comments upon current topics as seem appropriate and are conscientiously entertained by its management. It will heartily sup port all movements, political or otherwise, which promise to fur thur, and unhesitatingly oppose those which would jeopardize, the interests of the people. In every department it will be as enteIpris- ing as its patronage will justify. Sensible men will approve the busi- ness management that limits expen- diture to the bounds of income; on- ly fools or enemies expect a degree of excellence in all points that can alone be attained by the possession

 of resources and income.