the carolina watchman vol av.—third series salisbuey n c may 29 1884 no 33 . ,, a m il barque kialto i h ]-, ,. ■ from wilmington x c 2 ■ tri ste austria mon iay jan 18 1884 lat 36 4 , xi ;.. . s 13 w lrst night . we saw he first glimmer if europe it was j.he ., ivoin the light-house on vincent south-west ex treruir ' i portugal in connection with our sighting this welcome bea con there was given a striking exam ple of the wonderful exactitude it which !•'•■£ science of chronometrical | ioro logy has arrived after tea the officers were gathered around the sa loon table engaged in working out the lar altitudes taken isj connec tion will l ' ie chronometer for obtain ing the ship's longitude that work bj completed we proceeded to mark m our posittion on the chart n d ut e of the officers remarked that icwrtung to the results we were at that moment only two minutes of arc from the radius of cape san vincent light hardly had he uttered the wor ds when light on the port bow came ringing down from the look out in the fore top between our real position and that assigned to us by j chronometer there wa a difference of on lv one second of time equal to fif teen seconds of arc or one quarter of smile our chronometer was set w ith greenwich time inet september and has been neither rated nor com pared since at dawn the land was plainly visible this dawn by the wav was a splendid example of cos mica fraud not at all like hie spe cies which is held out to the credu lous public as an inducement to this luper-extolled region but a misera erable hybrid affair a cross between a london fog and a scotch mist the vista was not one to cause a 1 person to rush into a stream of rhe torical enthusiasm it fact there is a strong family resemblance between portugal and her exiled offspring — the azores the country is neither mountainous nor level but covered i with a kind of knobs resembling somewhat one of our eastern sand flats sprinkled over with gorgontuan bay-stacks unlike her less ibrtu nats children however portugal abundantly makes up in historical association all that she lacks in pic turesque attraction you forget her undeniable homeliness in listening to t:,c vvouderful tale of her ancient and proud conquests which she wafts to your entranced cur on the whispering land breeze on this very spot on ■ hundred and even years ago on vale fine's morn when love lorn maids a i amorous youths filled the land vith yum jum effusions and the wrath and urden of the postman alike waxed leavy a very uuauiarous scene was suspiring mara had profaned cu kd's sabbath and madams jjrittania strra matron was at her accustomed iccupation ef endeavoring to convince tie ski ptieal frenchmen that she was tlw only and original mistress of the leas i here was that doughty old sea v r , sir john jervis whose undis 5ed contempt for ye foolish french ken was so great busily engaged in tie agreeable task of eradicating po litical errors after the old theory which treated heresies and heretics as inseperable propositions and there fore to he exterminated alike very fatigued indeed did the frenchmen become with sir johns red hot argu ments and very much mutilated did they get with his comical persuasions on that memorable lover's anniversa ry many a sturdy briton and gal lant gaul went down that fateful day into the unknown depths united in the dread fellowship of death that mighty warrior who knows neither briton nor gaul neither goth nor roman but whose enemy is all man kind and whose battle field is the world some years af't^r that ad miral rodney and a cargo or two of spaniards had a difference of opinion about gibraltar on the same spot during which argument the angel of death claimed the majority of the iberians it hats been a long time since this trifling little country along whoae hores we are now gliding lias played more than a anpev part in the great drama of europe and of late she has been satisfied with a seat in the pea-nut gallery far different was it with lusitauia when kmauuel the fortunate held sway over the realm twas then the voice of enterprise spoke from sagre's tower and the heart of the daring young vasco de gama echoed to her call then flourished the gallant camoens at once soldier sailor poet and exil ed adventurer those were the days of gomery of cartereal of cabrillo and of a thousand ether fearless spir its and ocean knights the very names of the portuguese explorers and navigators of that awakened pe riod would h'll a book then the portugee was a stirring individual and spread himself over t lie face of the earth exterminating and convert ing pirating and exploring swap ping the scriptures for slaves trans porting a cargo of jesuits and relig ion to africa and a cargo of niggers and misery back again and carrying the insane gabble of portuguese tongues and the vile odor of portu guese garlic into the remotest regions of the globe the portuguese per icles is dead now enterprise grown hoary from unheeded adjurations no longer speaks from sagre's tower the portugee having abandoned the search for el dorado about the same time that he abjured the use of soap and water looks back upon both with the contempt of superior enlight enment as vain dreams of a roman tic epoch the people having rent ed their country and coasts out to england tor a battlefield went to sleep as one man and at latest ac counts this nation of sleeping beau ties w:is still slumbering the great allied european circus with a de cidedly novel attraction called carlo iii arrived in the somnolent realm ou its way to spain and set up its show in several portuguese villages but it did not seem to take well with the lusians so it went to spain there the novelty drew in a manner that exceeded the wildest expectations of the managers it attracted an immense amount of attention in a little village called brihuega it drew the attention of a gentleman named duke vendome who attended the performance and brought such a crowd of his friends along that the proprietors were seriously incommod ed and so enibumsed that a good pace's warehouse ! pnion street - danville va hii^r opened and ready fur business we have feofthe largest and most complete warehouse ever built for the sal.e op leap tobacco % the best leaf market in the united states 4 tihil i v11 we v>;1 li^l'iompt returns and cwse p^pp klpftq xf i o turn to cousignments * cwa jj1 uj ut lu ft t-'"uim:>i>:>ndkxce solicited \ xli 01 il«j « / r>p furniture dealer upholsterer and undertaker '■*%& fine walnut sdit3 — 50 y . ' : ' cottage suits 20 25and$30 ; ■ • iotoj fire mattresses 7.50 parlor suits 35 to 100 t cheap beds 2.50 fine line of carpets ijfwing machines-weed and hartford {«» ?> : : — = : -: — — [ wilittri f active a3td 0teliicest agewts in ev.ry town i pt7 l1 ill 1 ina county to sell our pupul.ak new books and family ,'■'"- r -% iliuiaters tcaciier.s and othtrs whose time ia not fully oceupiid will find it to their interest l v ' '■- prjti 1 with u to farmers aonannd ot!ier tonnjnai j««t cominp on the field of action thia k u nm8 offers many iulvaut.-ics both »^ a incan of'makinemonay and of self culture write for special omta b f johxsu 6c vo 1.o13 maiu street kichmond v many of them never got over it the survivors tore up a good deal of por ! uisrnese territory in their frantic at tempts to get over it and remarked when they had regained the sea-coast i that they had brought out a carlo iii but he had proved to be a car toad too before they got through with him in spite of all the surrounding hilarity the lazy lusians slept ou the earthquake came along that way f c cooped in a quantity of them and jolted up the survivors napoleon arrived on the scene and stirred them up in his character of fairy priuce but the sleeping beauties only grunt ed said an expletive and snored again i will wager that if we were to land at any one of the little white sepulchre villages past which we are now sailing we would find five men aud ten dogs asleep to every hundred square feet of sunshine the remain der of the populatiou would proba bly be slumbering in the shade just on our port bow lies the lovely little city of lucas de barranieda up there on the brow of that gently slop i ing hill bristling with fortifications and long lines of glaring white bar racks lies a spot of emerald green upon which the eye loves to rest from the gleam and glare of the intensely white buildings here it was that fer dinand de soto three hundred years ago,ruustered his brave band of adven turers the flower of spanish chivalry with portuguese glittering in burnish ed armor,and castilliaus very gallant with silk upon silk upon the steps of yon aged gray cathedral whose ta pering spire towers above the sur rounding foliage of olive and cork trees stood the venerable padre when he invoked the blessing of heaven on the devoted band who carried a cross to erect on the banks of the father of waters and mana cles for prospective slaves from that lovely land-locked ba rippling in the sunlight they sailed the most [ of them never to return far away across the fertile valley of the gua dalquiver a few while spots are bare ly disrernable gleaming amid the luxuriant vineyards these charm ingly situated villas are the outposts of the town of palos — a name which deserves the eternal remembrance of americans for from this place de parted the intrepid mariner who gave them their land 2o be continued report oi the auditoe of the town of salisbuey n c for the year ending may 14th 1884 1 to the hon mayer and board of com missioners of salisbury n c gentlemen : i have made a careful examination of the hooks and vouchers of the mayor i ink tax collector cotton weigher hay weigher and treasurer for the year just ended and respectfully make the following report john a ramsay mayok cr dk to kines and penalties collected 574 02 by salary 00 00 •• treasurer's receipt li 02 571 02 574 02 thos b beall tax collcr-tor cb pr to general tax book 1s83 0325 22 '• unlisted taxo w 5 '■ dog tax 34 00 " special taxes 1975 00 by general tax collected nsops 43 • special '■ ' 19t5 00 " doj " " si 00 • kfinltti'd taxes 85 so •• erroneous " 6'i 61 •■ uncollectable taxes 105 17 8301 j)7 l»361 07 ' o d davis treasurer cr dr i to amount ree'd from late treast 70 64 '• cash from t b beall t c general taxes 134 23 cash from t b beull t c special taxes 1975 00 •• cash from t b beall t c dog taxes 34 00 '• amount for graves 5 00 " cash from hay wether 45 61 cotton '" 35 90 " " " um uividenda 464 00 !■ •> ■' mayor fines and penalties in excess of salary 4 02 •• 640 clerks checks paid 922 22 " cash on hand 16 is 8938 40 8938 40 your treasurer paid checks audit ed by former boards as follows : c dr board of is^o and si 2 checks 4 25 " ls-81 and 88 4 " 174 40 " ■' 1ss2 and s3 c3 '• 1371 64 accounts made by preceedlng boards audited and paid by your officers : board of 1s7s and 79 3 checks 14 77 " " island si 1 " coo 00 " •' 1882 and t 21 " 225 20 accounts made by this and previous hoards audited by this board and unpaid : board of is7s and 79 2 checks 3 90 •• 1888 and 83 3 " 4 30 •' 18*3 and b4 55 " 473 99 due graded school fund 4:i2 4s town debt reduced 1492 59 12407 26 2407 26 iii tho following list of checks paid by your treasurer those issned by the boird of lst-o and si are marked a '■ issi and 88 '.' " 6 " 1882 and s3 " '• \ ecounts audited and paid by this board and mate by board o ists and 79 are marked e •• •• 1880 and m ■" " d '• '■ 1882 and 83 " " c june 1g pd salisbury gas co gas 12 15 " q d davis agt mrs e n grants in'st on note 4s 00 " bill davis street work 4 12 " a ford streeitwofk 3 35 " j j stewart printing 50 •• j allen brown judge of % election 4 0 " d r julian am't over paid 2 45 t 28 henry davis special police 50 | 30 * ii ity-^n tax remitted 00 ' july 3 bill jamison street work 4 59 2 25 " e k james hauling 5 00 " dick hill cl'ng calaboose 1 00 " ed crowell bl smithing 1 00 " jerry townsend cl'ug wells 2 00 " r l shaver hauling 1 00 '■ g j long judge of election 4 00 " bill davis street work 3 75 '• henry tatum str't work 3 75 " joe robinson str't work 2 25 " charles allison str't work 3 00 " tom piukbton str't work 2 25 " jac.kfon henderson col'd cemetery 4 50 " dick wallace cl'ug wells 3 00 " andrson ford street work 3 56 " joe robinson street work 4 50 " jackson litaker street work 4 12 july 31 t b beall corn's on 111 10 5 55 " bill jamison street work 4 50 " h m jones treas salary ] 00 00 " gas co gas 26 15 aug 4 c w pool police salary for july 25 00 " salisbury gas co gas for june 24 30 " reubin mitchell street work 3 93 " rich'd wallace cl'ng wells 1 50 " rich'd wallace cl'ng wells 1 50 " j j bell sexton 25 00 " f j a caldvvell rent of office 04 53 li g a kluttz cl'k of election 2 00 " noah mccubbins hauling 20 00 '• g j lony police sal'ry part 8 50 " c w pool police salary bal 20 00 " g j long " " to june 15 12 50 " julius reeves street work 4 50 bj black well police sal'ry tor june 18 33 " b j blackwell police bal'ry for july 25 00 " tbbealf corn's 87 60 4 48 gw smith jail fees & board 15 82 « c u u .» >• 4 4 oo li asalisbury gas co gas 38 25 " * " " " " 30 45 ii h ii i [.« 61 65 ii * u ii ii ii 43 60 aug 4 bsalisbury gas co gns 24 30 j ■• ym ii horah hauling 10 00 ii * li u ii 1 jo 0q " :;; c t berrihardt finance com 10 00 " salisbury gas co gas for may 12 15 " cmrs £ n grant interest on note to 11th april 48 00 " kerr craige att'y in m & c 20 00 (> r j haltom repair'g bridge and lumber 5 00 oct 2 a l roan special police 50 " t b beall corn's on 609 30 45 " juni us hears street work to " tom pinkston " " 4 50 " win kelly " " 2 25 " floyd young " " to " wni jamison " " to '• g p woalmesby repair'g hay scales 7 00 " wm ii kcstler gravel on walk 3 00 oct 20 bill davis street work 4 50 j " jno henderson str't work 3 75 - jim bernhardt str't work 3 00 " wm ii horah haul'g on str't 13 00 " bchas price attorney 25 00 " nat pharr street work . 3 75 ii .. ii .. 3 75 " wm kelley " " 3 75 " anderson foard str't work 3 70 i oct 20 win davis street work 3 75 " julius reeves ' l " 3 75 " j j bell sexton salary 25 00 " n c wyatt supt str't hands 23 75 '• jackson litaker str't work 3 75 '• washington mcgehee street work 2 03 *' washington mcgehee street work 3 75 j " jno holt substitute for police 5 so • " j j bel setxon salary tor july 25 00 ! " jackson litaker storing coal at graded school 1 1 " e k james hauling on street 6 to " joe robinson street work 4 50 " yorke owens li " 4 50 " anderson ford " •' 4 00 - 1 elisha mears " " 4 50 •• henry benson repairs to g s house 1 50 " ben caldwell repairs to g s house 1 50 •• andrew walls repairs to g s house 75 '• elisha mearcs street work 3 00 " jno henderson " " 3 00 " andrew mack " " 3 00 '• allen miller " " 2 62 •' do d davis ex of en grant paid note and interest 626 gc " c w pool police salary for september 25 00 " p c hall police salary for june 25 00 " mrs mary ann bruner inter est on note to oct 11 83 20 00 dec 4 rte rose dorsett medical aid to m a v 10 10 " junius mears street work 4 50 " w c fraley repairs to lamps 8 90 " e k james hauling 11 00 " a parker repairs to truck 2 45 " b h marsh repairs to fire engines 10 18 " c w pool attend'g to town clock 20 00 " j a rcndlcman judge of election 4 00 '• f d irvin cl'k of election 2 00 " moran hampton street work 3 to " a hampton " " 4 00 " junius meares " " 3 75 " wm ii huff hauling 32 50 continued on 2nd page — ■ m i ■ outlived his policy in 1846 chas barrett of ashhurton mass came to the conclusion that he might die before having accumulated a for tune sufficient to make his family comfortable or render his widow a desirable catch while in this stat of mind he went and insured his life for 1,000 he was then 60 years of age which makes him 98 now a few days ago he was surprised to re ceive a check for the amount of his policy together with a note explain ing that he had reached the extreme limit of life according to the tables ou which that company based its busi ness j therefore he was dead to them it s stated by an experienced life insurance agent that this is the first in which a man has beaten an insurance company by outliving his policy good words for girls a writer in women at work ad vises girls if they would be happy in the married life to marry a gen tleman he thus defines what he means by the lernc : a true gentleman is generous and unselfish he regards another's hap piness and welfare as well as his own you will see that trait running iu all his actions a man who is a bear at home among his sisters and discour teous to his mother is just the man to avoid when you come to the great question which is to be answered yes or no a man may be ever so rustic in his early surrounding if he is a true gentleman he will not bring a blush to your cheek in any society by his absurd behavior there is an instinctive politeness inherent in euch a character which everywhere comruauds respect and makes its owner pass for what he is — one of nature's noblemen do not despair girls ; there are such men still in the world you need not all die old maids but wait until the princes pass by no harm in delay you will not beapt to find him in the ball-room and i know he will never be seen walk up from the liquor sa loon nor is he a champion billiard player either for he has had too much hon«st work to do *■**- one of the causes of the new york flurry is said to hare been that money was too plentiful the banks had their coffers full and did not know how to invest it in order to utilize their funds they l#nt money on stocks at low rate ou call men who never hypothecated a security witli brekers were thus induced to change the nature of their loans from time to call depositing stocks with the banks as collatterala when the stocks began to depreciate rapidly the leans were called the owners could not sell on the weak market without haavy less they therefore had to borrow again on call and money on call ran up to 3 per cent a day equal to 1,000 per cent a year that was interesting to the parties con cerned and shows where much of the real weakness lay all serene — it in afe to ay tbe panic is over the storm has spent its force the sky has cleared and an air of serenity prevails nothing now remains to be douti but the clearing away of the douris a tsd the resumption of business on a tinner and more substan tial basii strli — ttrer cyclone was a terror while it lasted and had it not been for the union of the banks it would have rnged with greater devastating efftct the lesson we have boen taught is a severe one aud if ne are wise we will hetd it by proceeding at a more cautious gait y y stock report philadelphia record : if gen grant had undertaken to do business in the rear of an army as a sutler instead of at the head of it as a general ho would have doubtless proved a failure he has shown himself a competent commander of men and an incompetent partner iu a broker's shop no man is so many sided that he is a great man iu every direction all the old california mining towns are in a decayed or decaying condition some of them most flourishing from is49 to 1854 or j 850 are blotted from existence and lost to memory save in the immedi ate neighborhood where they once stoed nearly every one ot the placer mining counties has some such melancholy un written histories t»f its owii ex virginia nev chronicle statistics show that the population of a country will double in forty years by natural in creaae the 50,000,000 of american peo ple will soon need all the lands ef their country for their own and their children support ; and yet we tind those lauds ac tually controlled under o«r outrageous laws by people who never set their feot upon american soil and probably never intend to thus far ben butler has got away with the ether presidential candidates lie has already been nominated by two con ventions a mau with n head the shape and color of a calt's ia now on exibition in paris lie is doubtless the original dude why is it that when a man sits ou paint the paint and his trousers are nev er the same color ? hena may be a little backward on eggs but they never fail to e©me to the scratch where flower beds are concerned you are the greatest woman i ever heard of said the boy to his mother ; yon tell me i have a bad temper and yet blame me for losing it do you know as a gentleman why rebbins are more inelligent than hensv no was the reply because they are better posted in tho higher branches a man in texas raises goats for their flesh bat when the festive creatures grow up they raise him just for the fun of the thing the following excuse was written to a southbridge school teacher tomie stade horn cuz he had no close and that excuz enuff god nose tomie was exkused i clam in the window explained a madison avenne boy to his mother clumf geatly inquired the lady by wav of correction well dim then amended the boy there are said to be in the united states thirtj-six varieties of oak thii ty foni of pine nine of fir live of spruce four of hemlock two of persimmon twelve of ash eighteen of wi'low and nine of poplar i at a wedding the brid wa a yonng i lady who had been a great flirt when the clergyman a*ked the question who gives this woman away v a vomi mini j present replied i can but i won't j shhetepokt may 13 the river has i risen six inches and is now thirty-two i feet one inch above low water and six , inches below the disastrous march floods it is reported that logan and lincoln ! do not speak as they pas by this is not one of those things however that : eclipse the gajety of nations j six political national conventions for ; the nomination of cawdidaus for presi ( dent aud vice-preiideuts are to b held i the auti monopoly in chicago may ; 14th ; the greenback-labor lu indian apolis may 28th j the republican in j chicago june 3d ; the american party : in chicago june 19tli ; the democratic i in chicago july 8 aud tin prohibition in pittsburg july 2 the date of the l*et haviug beeu postponed from mar 21 t 1 notice all presons indebted to me either on > j account or note and mortgage for guano are hereby duly reminded of such indebt 1 ness and are earnestly requested to make settlement promptly otherwise the ac ' counts will be subject without further no tice to collection by leyal process respectfully dec 6 1883.j j d mcxeely j rhodes browne tke \\ . r i oabt sbo total assets 710,745.12 a home company seeking home patronage stkong peompt reliable liberal term policies written on dwellings premiums payable one-half cad and bal ance in twelve months j allen brown agt 23:6m salisbury n c vr 1!ghts ihdiah vecetablepllls roa tub i r *\# sp ff and a bilious complaints rafet«i lake l*iiis mi-i rezeta^e nogrib »"•■■ iv.--.r n a.i uri^ists — this space reserved for sheppard swink & monroe proprietors klqttz's warehouse for the sale of leaf tobacco salisbury x c and will completely change the l.lood in tho or.tira system in ihr months any person who will take 1 pill each nigrut from 1 to 13 weeks may b rentoreu to no and health if such a thi ■ e possible ror female complaints tbc-se pills havo no equal l'hysieiana nse them for ihc cure of liver and kidney if»anec sold everywhere or sent by mail for 2,"c ia sturuj-s circulars free i s jo1i>'son 4 co boston mass sss b ff sfs^^p s n , r l croap asthma broneliltis neural rjw k m is iu n i»u t^ti»i3 w k ja < khcuuiatigm joiiskos-s ano o ' ' 5 i ■'- p ! i ! -""^ ''•'- ■'•"■ ! intenuilanjettmtai i pi ,^| f j 3-ffl f ;{ \ \ | : i ,; ' '■ . : '.-^ '=) ik ft fa j r t i v."i v ' -' • - - ' nnatton oihl " .. s.n m«njr sa ra s s si m b fe st a isj tt b « iivi ' ' " r ''' ■ i - v:i " 1 - ""!" ■:•:■; i.^ujcnt ss k imrai tau s3 i-rtvcntioii is better than cure johnsori's awodyfie uwifireht tbp influw^n!o«an»«t thj lonp n^rm ness harklnfft'ouph whoopinb c'-uiih chr.m ; ... . 1 : • ■ • ( holern mnrinu kklrpy tmouea and diseases of the spine sold everywhere circular free i s joii><s"n ,•: ( u 1-ujlm miui it is swell-known fart that mrnt m"f>c rp 1 r t 3 c 9 p f 3 1 111 dorse and cattle powiiit srild in this conn £.* t.-t g.-3 fag 3 fl j ;) mkbib i jb w try is worthless hint 8hiti<lan-s condition b-sfcn t-a ps r - n p l bafl m b n w powdcrisabv.lutp'ypurenndven-valii&bl h fcs i s • l ' ■'•} s 1 8 nothink on kartli ir ill inak liin-f p l .' u 5j p s t • u efill i ips i lhjlikt».sheri(lan'n('on>litinri imk h tf k b ! b t us uitcjbll v mil der dose one teutiififinful in each pint of ™"™™ ■" ~*~ ™ food it will also positively prevent and cure h.-.cfhnlera.ac 8olj everywhere or i«ntbr mall forscia m i i/\i i»m tft i l/tl eda ■!•>;!., s fnrnishtd inlarce ans,pnc»$l.no iit mail.llja clilwivcn wnvkbkai cif«uianlr i b juilniu « co bmiwi mam , dec 80 1s83 10:ly offer special bargains cheap 1 elias howe leather machine - - - 15.00 2 18-inch arm for heavy leather good as new 40.00 ( riginal cost 125.00 4 new family singer machines - - 10 to 15 3 american no 1 ----- 10 to 15 2 wheeler & wilson - ... 12 and 15 2 home shuttles 5.00 1 weed ------ . 12.00 the above have been used some but warranted to do good work we also sell the is^e^v davis a.merican and royal st john's at bottom prices — warranted for 5 year and guarranteed to giv satisfaction