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ol vii third series salisbury it c february 17 1876 ho 19 piiu.isuri weekly : j j bruner proprietor and kilitci . thos k bruner aasociute kditor ratk of sl bcrli'f fi weekly watchman ne ykaii pay*ibletnadvim«e 2.(0 x months m " 1.25 copies to an*f address 10.0 ahvir tisi u rates : ilvr sqi'ake 1 1 inch one insertion 100 .. •• " two " _ 1.50 r»te f r *■k e:l -'-' r number of insertions oderste special notices 25 per cent more in r«i(?nl advertisements reading notice j cent periine foreadi ami every insertion != " new firm new store new goods julian & heilig have associated in the grocery business on the corner of main ami fisher streets where tlu-v are keeping a full line of first class grocerie8 comprising sugars coffees bacon lard domestics yarn pink teas butter eggs chickens meal flour canned goods of all kinds foreign ind domestic peppers spices flavorings 4c also pork and beef of excellent qual ity orders solicited tor any goods in their line which will rereive careful attention at ijowost cash priooe tyhighest cash prices paid for beef and country produce i it julian 15:lmo j h heilig sew adv l-.kt iskm ents more beautiful than ever is the new jewerly just received at bell it bro's consisting of gold a x d s 1 1 _ y e ll watch es gold a.nd plated chains bracelets ladies sets gents buttons pins and studs 18 2 engagement rings c wc have made in the handsomest mau tier 11 a i ii chains hair jewelry diamond and wedding rinrs special attention giving to the repairing and timing of tine watches and regulator all watches repaired by us are warranted 12 month office 2 door above national hotel see ni-jii of large watch and pen salubunr dec 2 1875 tf h1rd wa r e when nu want hardware at low figures eall on the undersigned at no 2 granite row 1 a at well silisbury n c.m.iy 13-tt the lynchburg insurance and banking company capital ami assets over 1)00.000 bute deposit 15,000 property insured aoainst loss by fire at the lowest current rules 7 ike « policy iu the lyuchburg aud sleep soundly i nin also agent for the north carolina u\e lif insurance ccuipany if jou hav the gmat of jww country at k-art keep your money in tho south nud help build up horn institutions j i mcneely ageut oct 21 li-75.-4.ns westbrook nurseries wilson n c c w westbkook tropr 100.uoo choice trees vines and plants yet on band in my nurseries of tbe very best varieties ell adapted to s rathern culture at prices to it tin times planting may be done with lucces in february and march i u prepared to fill orders promptly and satisltuttonly fcar ••■••_■'. the advantage nl an experience of 23 w*rs correspondence o!ieited extiu karly peach trees und strawberry plant for tg&rkct plant ••»*: are nn speciality send tor catalogue and r\"*u add:e.ss c \\\ westbrook it j wilnon n7 c rubbing it into them the white rsds in this state bave had all ibe offices whilst the darkba did all the work tbe latter have never recog nized tbe fact that they had masters as much os in tbe days of slavery ; yet the cotton lord never more enjoyed bis lnxor iou ca«e from the proceejs of bis slave labor than do tbe radical office-holders from the work of colored voters to one was given tbe fat kernel while the other is pacified with the empty shells perhaps they are learning something by experience perhaps hyman will not be content with the empty honor of being in congress and north carolina repre sentative on ihe republican executive committee witbont showing to his race that bis position carries some powers with it perhaps he has satisfied his party that the negro vote is not so sure unless there is a disposition to share honors as well as work at any rate be bas made a white route agent give away to a colored one and mr ftank haywood steps aside for mr cornelius waddell tbe white republicans can make no complaint this is putting in practice the most captivating of their theories it is wbat the negro is taught it is that by which he is won and secured hyman may not stop here he may demand a bijrger victim than a route agent there is o'hara a loyal lawyer of tbe right color wbo would be glad to be made district attorney he ia taught to be lieve he is qualified he is told that be has as good claims to it he knows that his race absolutely controls the political character of tbe district will hyman be sat ir tied with one little victory ? at all events the white radicals begin so find that their teachings are not abstract theories but may be made practical facts — raleigh news medical quacks the amount of money paid to medical quacks iu this and other cities every year is much greater than is supposed and the ingenius ways in which urge sums are extorted from their frightened dupes should be better understood not only by those wbo are in danger of becoming their victims but by tbe officers of the law we recently became coguizint of a case vhicb although flagrant and cruol to the last degree is no worse than hundreds of others occurring every day in tbe dens of these thieves scattered through some of the less freqm n ed streets nf the city a gentleman who had iu bis employ a young man of iudustrious habits and up right character recently called upon us und staled that be feaied tbe young mau had fallen into the hands of a quack iu the city who was taking all bis earnings aud endeavoiing to fleece him of every dollar of hir properly he had solicited th loan of 700 which he confessed he desired to pay a french doctor (!) who proposed to cure bim of a dangerous dis ease the gentleman desired us to aid him in attempts io save the victim from the clinches of the quacks and as he had been unable to influence him pro posed that we allow bim an interview this we did and learned that the young man really had no disease what ever ; that i.i ney ing that he was sick from reading the advertisements in a newspaper be called upon the adverti sing doctor who after thumping bis ribs aud sounding bim wiih a stethoscope pronounced him far gone in consump tion he had already been taking bis nostrums six months paying large sums therefor ; but at tbe last visit to tbe great french doctor be bad discovered aunt li ei disease which he could not undertake to cure for less than a s 1,000 cash iu band as a special favor to bim howev er be would cure tbe malady for 700 iu advance ; aud this sum be was endeavor ing to raise by mortgaging bis little prop ertv and rendering himself almost penni less the quack was very urgent tel ling him that death stared him iu the face ;*' and if be did not raise the money at once and commence with his medi cines it would soon ba too late the young man of fair intelligence was completely deluded and thoroughly frightened by tbe artful quack and it required much skill and effort to unde ceive bim it is indeed strange that persons possessing a common school edu cation can fall into such trap ; and yet there are thousands bound hand und foot to these miserable advertising quacks who operating through their fears are extorting from them every dollar ihey possess the sums laken are often very large und tbe iniquity is of no mean pro portion to delect aud punish these of fenders is a difficult matter ; but it does seem that some plan might be devised by i which the cities aud large towns should i be lid ot a class of impostors more dan gerous and unspairing than miduight robbers — journal of chemistry in the work of excavation steadily progressing at pompeii there was ' : recently uncovered a series of wooden tablets containing the accounts of a banker named lucius eccilius jocnn dus they were enclosed in a small wooden box which had been consider ably charred on the outer surface — the leaves of the tablets are thin as pasteboard and are tied together in sets of theeti by a chord passing through liol'*s on the edges tue outer pages serving as covers are clean and smootji and the inner ones are coated with wax and tilled with accounts which appear to be mainly records of joans | near the tablets was found a bronze bust ofthe banker bearing bis name 1 from forty to sixty men arc contin ually employed in the excavations 1 under a subsidy from the government of 60,000 francs up to date two fifths ofthe area ofthe city has been examined past finding out the perry county pa democrat which is owned and edited by hon john a magee ex-member of con gress publishes a telling article in regard to the vicious practice of com promising with government defaul ters it gives a table containing the names of fourteen prominent defaul ting collectors of internal revenue with the amount due from each the amount released through compromise and the dates ofihe letters written by secretaries of the treasury approving such compromises the total amount owed to the government by these fourteen collectors was 1,604,075,29 of which 1,231,604.77 was release and thus lost leaving only 372,470 52 to be restored to the treasury — there is no apparent reason why most of this stolen money should not have been recovered from the sureties — certainly a sharp prosecution of the sureties who were commonly respon sible men would have saved a much larger percentage than was saved by the suspicious system of compromise in the case of collector joshua a bailey who got away to brazil or some other safe south american coun try with 728.891 32 of moneys col lected by him unaccounted for the de partment kindly released 678,891.82 and compromised on receiving 50,000 though such men as george opdyke aug schell and thomas c durand leading capitalists of new york were among his sureties why secretaries of the treasury should accept such a paltry part of debts so abundantly se cured is among the things that no fellah can find out or has succeeded yet in finding out the present dem ocratic house may manage to throw light upon it mr magee complains that he introduced a resolution in the last house calling for information on this subject but the republican man agers promptly squelched it the power of the french as a na tion to find some good use for every thing was never more strikingly illus strated than in the case of a woman who has established near paris an in stitution for the propagation of the ant species she has innured herself to the stings of l:er pet insects and handles them with perfect confidence j from every brood born in her pre j serves she selects the best layers to , rear and their eggs are sold at a fair price to bird fanciers as food for phea | santa the police see to it that she keeps her authouse a good distance ! out of the city and a number of agents are continually scouring the forests in the rural districts of france and capturing large nests of ants to send to her her establishment is therefore not only no nuisance to her neighbors but a positive blessing to thousands of farming people how indians cure meats and , dress skins , wlic.ii ber lord has killed a buffalo the ' woman's work begins sbe bas to skin ! it tbe meat to secure aud all to pack up ! on ponies or mules and carry to camp i wbere tbe m*at must be cured this is done by cutting it into thin sheets and hanging it over poles ia tbe hot ' sunshine where it is soon dried thorough ly ; then it is packed fresh iu packages of about a 100 pounds eacb and inclosed iu ■a nice folding sack of thick buffalo skin prepared especially ler tbe purpose this ' is cut out like a huge envelope so tbal tbe ends and sides will fold over what ever is put iu tbem and secured by strong buckskin strings by being thick it re tains its form and is very useful for car rying other things besides meat and tal low afler tbe meat is take i care of tbe skin must be looked after tbose taken at ibis season of tbe year arc mostly dressed lor lodges they are first staked on a smooth spot of ground and wa'er put ou tbem when tbey are ready for flresbing this consists in rem it ing the tbe flesh witb an instrument made of a strigbt bar of iron about a foot iu length flattened at one end and filed to au edge this being grasped in the band aud a succession of quick blows given the work i slowly proceeds i'he skin is then diied ' after which ibe hair is removed in a dry state and tbe skin reduced to the proper thickness by dressing down on the hu'r side this is done witb au instrument made by firmly tying a flit piece of steel filed lo a beveled edged at one mid and with tbe corners rounded to a large prong of a deer's born this so trimmed in connection witb tbe body of tbe born as to form an elbow and is used a lillle as the carpenter adz this work is us ua-ly done in tbe cool of tbe morning tbe brains of the animal having been properly taken care of for tbe purpose are now soaked and squeezed by the hand until reduced to a paste and applied to both bides of tbe skin which is afterwards worked and rubbed uutil flexible tbe preparation of robes is from winter skins and differs from tbe forgoing only iu be ing dressed down on tbe flesh side so as ' to leave ibe wool and hair upou tbe robe aud ie more thoroughly worked and scoured by means of a sharp-gritted stone j the sandwich glands are going to adopt a new flag but they can't decide whether to take a gray horse blanket with a hole in it or ao old yest with the back ripped out deferred items the streets are in a lovely condi tion now and the students of slush have a rare opportunity for pursuing their inquiries into the impervious neas of shoe leather to melting snow — n y herald stale grange the next meeting of the north carolina state grange will be held in greensboro commencing tues day tbe 15th of febnary arrangements will be made with hotels and railroads for reduced rates of fire for all members who may attend a secret organization has recently been started and has already a member ship of 15,000 it is called tbe free school guard its headquarters are in washington d c the rules for gov ernment are similar to tbose of tbe pa trons of husbandry in a note from mrs m e beasley of charlotte we learn that she is to bave a north carolina boarding house on the centennial grounds at philadelphia dur iug the exhibition this will bo for the special accommodation of gentlemen from this state and will cost only s10 per week for board and lodging there are two dwelling houses in north carolina and virginia one portion in a r irginia and the other in north carolina the landlord can sleep in virginia and breakfast in north carolina without going out of the house — portsmouth enterprise a very prominent new york re publican who has been traveling all over the south returned to washing ton on thursday he is one of the most bitter opponents of the third term but says that the most extensive inquiry convinces him that the south ern republicans would sooner have one button on grant's uniform than morton blaine and all therestofthem put together at indianapolis the work of sen tencing the whiskey convicts has be gun the dcptuty collector was sentenced to three years imprison ment and one thousand dollars fine eight government officers and a dis tiller were sentenced to two years im prisonment and fines of one thousand dollars the laborers and employes in distilleries were sent up for six months each and fined five hundred dollars the judge exercised a wise discretion in his sliding scale and punished the parties iu strict accor dance with the degree of confidence reposed in them western wagons we often hear re mirks aboue encouraging home indus tries and we thought em.ngh wagons could be made in this section to secure the trade even if tbe manufacturers did not advertise their work but it appeals that thomrs m brower has to send way out west for bis wagons as a lot of thir ty are up at tho depot en route for mt airy we have uo doubt mr brower could bave obtained as good wagons nearer bom but so it is lhe south keeps on greasing yankee machinery to the detriment of ber owu mechanics — salem press -»^^+»- ■a most valuable manuscript says the london athenceum has been dis covered in the azores it refers to the colonization in the year 1500 of the northern part of america by em 1 igrants from oporto aveiro and the island of terceira it was written by francisco de souza in 1570 barboza machado states that it was lost during the great earthquake of lisbon in 1755 this most important docu ment is about to be published by an erudite azorian gentleman and will ' throw great light on the disputed question of the early discovery of america * suffocated bv gas — the wil mington star gives au account of a young man by ihe name of w f austin of gerraantown stokes county who was found dead iu bis bed at the purcell house last saturday morning ltis evi dent that upon retiring mr austin in stead of turning off the gas jet blew out the light as he would have done that of a candle with the full force of the gas on the doors and windows closed and witb no avenue ol escape it did not take long f>r the room to become filled wiih the dangerous vapor the inhalation of which under such circumstances is so certain to produce death from papers found on the person of tbe young man ii was dis ooven-il that be was unmarried and that an engagement was probable between himsef aud a young ldy of south car olina ! tbe body of the deceased was enclosed in a neat metallic coffin and forwarded to winston from which place it will be ta ken by drivaie conveyance to bis borne iu gcrmantown a lady wished a seat in a crowded hall a hatiilbooh gentleman gave her a chair you are a jewel she said ob uo i am a jeweler i have just set the jew el mmmmmmms *_______■— the grubers we received a call yesterday from prof grnber of iredell connty who proposes to give an entertainment in this city to moirow evening assisted by his wife and little son mr grnber is a musical ge nius of the first order and we bave the authority of gentlemen who have heard bim for the assertion that his performan ces are a perfect marvel he performs on five or six instruments at oue time firoducing perfect music from eacb excel ing in this respect tbe most accomplish ed musicians of the age nis wife and son are also gifted with musical talents in a remarkable degree tbe performance will be a unique one and well worth witnessing it will take place at tbe opera house — wil review the new york sun says : on tues day last a man representing himself as james l kyle went to tbe hardware store of joseph h graham at 88 cham bers street and said that he was a brother of mr kyle of kyle & hammond hard ware merchants ot charlotte n c who was known to mr graham he baid that lie had come to this city to buy goods for tbe firm but that on the train he bad lost his memorandum he so ingratiated him elf into the confidence of mr gra il nn thit be obtained 100 from that gen tleman on a forged draft on tbe firm of kyle & hammond he also got twelve revolvers valued at 885 from mr graham yesterday being in mr graham's store be was seen secreting a shoe brush iu his pocket mr graham having learned that tbe drufr was a forgery called in an officer and kyle was taken to the tombs police court mr graham made three complaints against kyle und be was held in default of 50 on each charge ■•»» the revenue under this head the fayetteville gazette of feb 3 rises to say : a correspondent has handed us a com munication for which he requests publis cation — and which will be found in anoth er column — in which the present status of the internal revenue department at this place is given vve learn from this com munication that capt blocker in render ing an account of his stewardship to the government shows clean hands and a square account we expected this of capt blocker but it is a sad commenta ry ou the integrity of the party in power and the honesty of the government to have lo say that this official's case is a rare one the government cheats the people and the government's officers cheat the government — and when they go to settle up ihere is generally a leakage it used to be called stealing of a few thousands capt blocker goes out of course ; grant's administration has no taste for honest men and always gets rid nf them as soon as possible we learn another thing by inference from our cor respondent which wo are very glad of : col i 1 . young capt blocker's succes sor will not have his headquarters at fayetteville we know nothing about him and therefore say nothing against him only lhat he is a radical and so far from wanting any more here we could part wilh wbat we bave wiihout one sigh or biiny tear abovo all things preserve us good l>rd from a raleigh radical man and monkey the london echo nf jan 4 says ; the wonderful resemblance of some of tbe larger apes to human creatures is es pecially remarkable when they are suf fering from illness or fiom what so great is their intelligence we must ac kdowledge to be sorrow an ape of no common merit having lately died in the zoological gardens at dresden an ac count bas been published of its last mo ments which give au extraordinary idea of the almost human dignity and pathos of its behavior on the occasion a few wei ks of the destroying milady says a sorrowing f ri n i had been s ffieioal to change this being so lull i life courage strength — ihis magnificent prototyo of ail quadromauia into a spectacle of mis tiy the most complete apathy bad taken the place of exuberant freshness and vavacity m.ifuka as this ii*tpret-st ing creatine was called appeared to stiff r muler a dim coucioti-i-iess th.it she could exp«et no relief bul only th alle viation from her piins trout ihose about her this stale ol thing u-ued till within a few hours •>! b**r death then as director schopf tbe director of the gardens leaned over bis favorite tho ape drew bim toward ber placed ln*r arm around the neck of her friend and looked at bim some time witb clear and tranquil eyes sbe then kissed him three times with short intervals between each motioned to be laid upou a couch gave her band to schopf — as though bid ding farewell to a companion of many bappy years — and slept uever to awake again thus died tbe quasi-human mafuka fortified not iudeed by tbe rites of tbe church but by those com mon tn the wider brotherhood of trusting and affectionate hearts <#» — . dejazet's petticoat writing from paris edward king tells the following anecdote : once be fore yon or i were boru mile virginie dej izet was playing iu some obscure province when a well in wbich a peas ant was at work caved in in such a man ner as to leave bim buried aud yet alive all france was at ouce interested in tbe fate of this unfortunate workman aud lhe most extraordinary efforts were made to save bim at least it was announced as positive that be would be liberated from bis confinement ou a ceitaiu day when he was drawii out of tho well cov ered with bruises there was a great crowd assembled to set bim the phy sician finding him completely flayed by his contact with the sand and earth which had been pressing npon him bandaged bim at last the linen and flannel gave out and the doctor called for more none were lo be had and the doctor was in despair wheu drjuzet came forward made a modest courtesy explained that she was anxious of doing some good loosed a string dropped ht-r petticoat at the doctor feet and said : tear that up and use it !" the ladies present were much annoyed that an actress should have dared to do such a thing in their presence but there is no doubt that sbe did exactly the right thing it made her famous ohio cincinnati feb 5 — night — during the performance of the alle gory of the great rupublic at rob inson's opera house this evening a stampede occurred from an alarm of fire causelessly raised by mischievous boys in the gallery the allegory has been upon the stage of robinson's opera house for the past two nights under the auspices of the cincinnati relief union the proceeds from which were applied to the suffering poor of this city the performers number ing nearly 600 children were taken from the public schools of the city as the object was a worthy one and the children who took part were those of old residents of the city vast audi ences were present at each presenta tion of the allegory the weather this evening being propitious and there being no sessions of the public schools there was a matinee the audience in most part was composed of women and children about half past two while the great house was densely packed and thousands of chil dren among the audience were at the height of their enjoyment some boy in the gallery either through mis chief or ignorance raised the cry of fire and as a red light from the col ored fires used in the piece hashed out from the wing's every inch of the theatre being occupied and a dense crowd pressing and surging about the stairways and in front of the doors some one in the audience took up the cry of fire and it was re-echoed from near the door by some one who caught a glimpse ofthe glare from the stage tliere was an immediate rush for the front door a child was pushed down the steps who screamed and immediately after a man thrust his arm through the window the screams and crash were enough to set a panic in full force and in the nar row vestibule leading to the street the scene was a terrible ono the peo ple in the rear mad with fear pressed upon those in front shouting and cursing the men were terror strick en and struck down the helpless wo men and children in front or climbed over their heads to the top of the stair-case and precipitated themselves upon the screaming mass of women aud children in the hallway the scene in and about the opera house after the accident was heart rending the news of the catastrophe spread like wild fire over the city and from every direction came people hurrying to the scene until the squares were impassible it is now reported that six persons were killed in the stam pede cleveland feb 5 — judge wel ler ofthe united states court de livered his opinion sustaining the westinghouse air brake patent from the daily constitution southern life insurance co reported bankruptcy through the main office at memphis tbe evening edition of the coxsti tion yesterday announced iu tbe tele graphic columus lhe filing of a petition iu bankruptcy iu thu united states court at memphis by the southern life insur ance company the announcement was suddeu and may be said to have struck a number of individuals all in a heap and set tbem to inquiring tbe effect of this movement upon thrir policies the mat ter received special attention here because the s juth eastern department headquarters of tbe company are located in ibis city the department here is un der tbe presidency of senator john 1*5 gordou witb geu a ii colquitt as vice presideut and mr j a mori is as secre tary ou former occasions we have re ferred to ibe business of ibis department aud iu tbe presence of tbe present troub les we may repeat lhat the greatest care economy and piudeuce hare marked the transaction of ils affaira the depaii ment embraces iu its territory tbe states of georgia flordia south carolina and north carolina the number of policies in force and under care of this department is between 2,000 and 2,500 what pro por tiou of this number are held iu atlanta is not known bui lhe popularity of the com pany aud iis local managers has induced many of our best citizens to iuvest iu its policies tbe credit of the department here remained good up to tbe moment of the receipt uf this intelligence and tbe utmost confidence iu tbe institution has been a feature of its existence here cause of tue trouble the report of the constitution who visited tbe office of ihe company on ala bama street met gen colquitt at a lata hour and from bim learned all the facts connected with the trouble as far as gen colquitt has himself been advised the general and lin associates here in tbe management of tbe company's business were more surprise by the news than almost any other persons and conldhardly believe the tidings until confirmed the fact that telegrams from the agents in other cities and states were sent to gen colquitt last night inquiiing as to the truth of the mat ter is proof that the suspension was whol ly unb'oked for by tbose intimately con nected witb the company's business details are as yet lacking and only a general idea of tbe cause of tbe entrance into ba-tikrnptcy can be given in august 1873 tbe carolina life insurance company of memphis of which jefferson davis was president discontinued its business and entered into contract with the south ern life company to continue the business as far as tbe policies then in force were concerned the southern was only to assume liability on the same upon the carolina turning over to the southern as sets equal to the reserve as computed by an actuary mutually agreed upon tbe southern particularly did not assume any lia bility on account of past losses of the carolina life company suits were brought on these losses and debts nevertheless and the courts of tennessee rendered judgments against the southern life for the sums claimed if such judgments continue to be awarded as seemed proba ble they would have forced the southern to sacrifice its assets to meet ibem in the aggregate ihese claims would come l'pwakds of 100,000 to do this thing would also be to put in jeopardy tbe rights of the other creditors of the southern legul steps were taken to prevent this necessity aris ing and by suspension and tying np of assets to gain time to realize upon securi ties aud assets we understand that the authorities at memphis bad some hope of being able to setlle up these carolina debts but the telegram received yesterday indicates that the negotiations have failed at least for the present if other negotiations aro successfully made they thick tbey can recover credit and resume business the future gen colquitt could not say what the future course would be he was in con sultation with the attorneys mccay & trippe yesteiday but as yet no desia io;i has been given to him for his guidance we presums that for the present business will await the further developments yet to be made the failure is a sa 1 ono and we stn cerly regret it while we are glad that our home department had no part in bringing about these results reported from the par ent office wilmington cotton mills the wilmington cotton mills have gotten out a few bolts of prints more to » show what they can do than for tbe pur pose of placing ihem on the market they are mourning calicoes of handsome designs and of very good quality we saw some of them this morning at tbe store of messrs george it french & sons where they have been placed on exhibition aud where tbey will be sold col jobn w atkinson bought the first bolt of calicoes man n factored by tho wil mington mills the company will go largely into ibe manufacture of these prints in a short lime and we understand that messrs aaron sc bheinsteiu will sell tbem gleanings don't marry till you can support a husband that's the advice the barn stable patriot gives the cape girls a jawbone sixteen feet long is to be exhibited at the centennial by massachusetts put it in the wo man's department by all means — new york commercial advertiser a gantleraan from watauga county inform us that a lady mrs kirby living near the richland settlement in caid well lost eight children with the diph theiia four of ibem were lying dead io the house at once and were a'l carried to their lonely resting places together — hickory press the chicago inter-ocean says that there is an old threadbare snuff col ored thin-locked spindle-shanked pepper-and-salt weazened rum-drink ing fossil hidden away somewhere in washington who has written more congressional speeches than all the members of the present house put together when a boy has been off all day contrary to the expressed wish of his mother and on approaching the home stead at night with an anxious and cautious tread finds company at tea the expression of confidence and rec titude which suddenly lights up hi face cannot be reproduced on can vas say pop said john henry's hopeful the other day wasn't it the prince of whales that swollowed jonah and john patted his head and gave him a nickel and told him he might some day be an alderman and then as he put on his slippers and found a small chestnut-bur in each toe he took that boy over his knee aud wrestled him with — cincinnati times _£■_} b t_i __*— ~^ __ »• ir waam iiii nn ■in ii w ih„i , m - i , w jf s — a _^_~ y i -« - -"***»** ine carolina watchman
Object Description
Title | Carolina Watchman |
Masthead | The Carolina Watchman |
Date | 1876-02-17 |
Month | 02 |
Day | 17 |
Year | 1876 |
Volume | 7 |
Issue | 19 |
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Creator | Thom. K. bruner |
Date Digital | 2008-12-29 |
Publisher | J. J. Bruner |
Place | United States, North Carolina, Rowan County, Salisbury |
Type | Text |
Source | Microfilm |
Digital Format | JP2 |
Project Subject | State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive |
Description | The February 17, 1876 issue of the Carolina Watchman a weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina |
Rights | The SA of NC considers this item in the public domain by U.S. law but responsibility for permissions rests with researchers. |
Language | eng |
OCLC number | 601565478 |
Description
Title | Carolina Watchman |
Masthead | The Carolina Watchman |
Date | 1876-02-17 |
Month | 02 |
Day | 17 |
Year | 1876 |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
Technical Metadata | Image was scanned by OCLC at the Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, PA. Archivial image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from microfilm at 400 dpi. The original file size was 5346659 Bytes |
FileName | sacw12_019_18760217-img00001.jp2 |
Date Digital | 12/29/2008 10:25:39 AM |
Publisher | Hamilton C. Jones |
Place | United States, North Carolina, Rowan County, Salisbury |
Type | Text |
Source | Microfilm |
Digital Format | JP2 |
Project Subject | State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive |
Description | An archive of the Carolina Watchman a weekly and semi weekly newspaper from Salisbury, North Carolina |
Rights | The SA of NC considers this item in the public domain by U.S. law but responsibility for permissions rests with researchers. |
Language | eng |
FullText | ol vii third series salisbury it c february 17 1876 ho 19 piiu.isuri weekly : j j bruner proprietor and kilitci . thos k bruner aasociute kditor ratk of sl bcrli'f fi weekly watchman ne ykaii pay*ibletnadvim«e 2.(0 x months m " 1.25 copies to an*f address 10.0 ahvir tisi u rates : ilvr sqi'ake 1 1 inch one insertion 100 .. •• " two " _ 1.50 r»te f r *■k e:l -'-' r number of insertions oderste special notices 25 per cent more in r«i(?nl advertisements reading notice j cent periine foreadi ami every insertion != " new firm new store new goods julian & heilig have associated in the grocery business on the corner of main ami fisher streets where tlu-v are keeping a full line of first class grocerie8 comprising sugars coffees bacon lard domestics yarn pink teas butter eggs chickens meal flour canned goods of all kinds foreign ind domestic peppers spices flavorings 4c also pork and beef of excellent qual ity orders solicited tor any goods in their line which will rereive careful attention at ijowost cash priooe tyhighest cash prices paid for beef and country produce i it julian 15:lmo j h heilig sew adv l-.kt iskm ents more beautiful than ever is the new jewerly just received at bell it bro's consisting of gold a x d s 1 1 _ y e ll watch es gold a.nd plated chains bracelets ladies sets gents buttons pins and studs 18 2 engagement rings c wc have made in the handsomest mau tier 11 a i ii chains hair jewelry diamond and wedding rinrs special attention giving to the repairing and timing of tine watches and regulator all watches repaired by us are warranted 12 month office 2 door above national hotel see ni-jii of large watch and pen salubunr dec 2 1875 tf h1rd wa r e when nu want hardware at low figures eall on the undersigned at no 2 granite row 1 a at well silisbury n c.m.iy 13-tt the lynchburg insurance and banking company capital ami assets over 1)00.000 bute deposit 15,000 property insured aoainst loss by fire at the lowest current rules 7 ike « policy iu the lyuchburg aud sleep soundly i nin also agent for the north carolina u\e lif insurance ccuipany if jou hav the gmat of jww country at k-art keep your money in tho south nud help build up horn institutions j i mcneely ageut oct 21 li-75.-4.ns westbrook nurseries wilson n c c w westbkook tropr 100.uoo choice trees vines and plants yet on band in my nurseries of tbe very best varieties ell adapted to s rathern culture at prices to it tin times planting may be done with lucces in february and march i u prepared to fill orders promptly and satisltuttonly fcar ••■••_■'. the advantage nl an experience of 23 w*rs correspondence o!ieited extiu karly peach trees und strawberry plant for tg&rkct plant ••»*: are nn speciality send tor catalogue and r\"*u add:e.ss c \\\ westbrook it j wilnon n7 c rubbing it into them the white rsds in this state bave had all ibe offices whilst the darkba did all the work tbe latter have never recog nized tbe fact that they had masters as much os in tbe days of slavery ; yet the cotton lord never more enjoyed bis lnxor iou ca«e from the proceejs of bis slave labor than do tbe radical office-holders from the work of colored voters to one was given tbe fat kernel while the other is pacified with the empty shells perhaps they are learning something by experience perhaps hyman will not be content with the empty honor of being in congress and north carolina repre sentative on ihe republican executive committee witbont showing to his race that bis position carries some powers with it perhaps he has satisfied his party that the negro vote is not so sure unless there is a disposition to share honors as well as work at any rate be bas made a white route agent give away to a colored one and mr ftank haywood steps aside for mr cornelius waddell tbe white republicans can make no complaint this is putting in practice the most captivating of their theories it is wbat the negro is taught it is that by which he is won and secured hyman may not stop here he may demand a bijrger victim than a route agent there is o'hara a loyal lawyer of tbe right color wbo would be glad to be made district attorney he ia taught to be lieve he is qualified he is told that be has as good claims to it he knows that his race absolutely controls the political character of tbe district will hyman be sat ir tied with one little victory ? at all events the white radicals begin so find that their teachings are not abstract theories but may be made practical facts — raleigh news medical quacks the amount of money paid to medical quacks iu this and other cities every year is much greater than is supposed and the ingenius ways in which urge sums are extorted from their frightened dupes should be better understood not only by those wbo are in danger of becoming their victims but by tbe officers of the law we recently became coguizint of a case vhicb although flagrant and cruol to the last degree is no worse than hundreds of others occurring every day in tbe dens of these thieves scattered through some of the less freqm n ed streets nf the city a gentleman who had iu bis employ a young man of iudustrious habits and up right character recently called upon us und staled that be feaied tbe young mau had fallen into the hands of a quack iu the city who was taking all bis earnings aud endeavoiing to fleece him of every dollar of hir properly he had solicited th loan of 700 which he confessed he desired to pay a french doctor (!) who proposed to cure bim of a dangerous dis ease the gentleman desired us to aid him in attempts io save the victim from the clinches of the quacks and as he had been unable to influence him pro posed that we allow bim an interview this we did and learned that the young man really had no disease what ever ; that i.i ney ing that he was sick from reading the advertisements in a newspaper be called upon the adverti sing doctor who after thumping bis ribs aud sounding bim wiih a stethoscope pronounced him far gone in consump tion he had already been taking bis nostrums six months paying large sums therefor ; but at tbe last visit to tbe great french doctor be bad discovered aunt li ei disease which he could not undertake to cure for less than a s 1,000 cash iu band as a special favor to bim howev er be would cure tbe malady for 700 iu advance ; aud this sum be was endeavor ing to raise by mortgaging bis little prop ertv and rendering himself almost penni less the quack was very urgent tel ling him that death stared him iu the face ;*' and if be did not raise the money at once and commence with his medi cines it would soon ba too late the young man of fair intelligence was completely deluded and thoroughly frightened by tbe artful quack and it required much skill and effort to unde ceive bim it is indeed strange that persons possessing a common school edu cation can fall into such trap ; and yet there are thousands bound hand und foot to these miserable advertising quacks who operating through their fears are extorting from them every dollar ihey possess the sums laken are often very large und tbe iniquity is of no mean pro portion to delect aud punish these of fenders is a difficult matter ; but it does seem that some plan might be devised by i which the cities aud large towns should i be lid ot a class of impostors more dan gerous and unspairing than miduight robbers — journal of chemistry in the work of excavation steadily progressing at pompeii there was ' : recently uncovered a series of wooden tablets containing the accounts of a banker named lucius eccilius jocnn dus they were enclosed in a small wooden box which had been consider ably charred on the outer surface — the leaves of the tablets are thin as pasteboard and are tied together in sets of theeti by a chord passing through liol'*s on the edges tue outer pages serving as covers are clean and smootji and the inner ones are coated with wax and tilled with accounts which appear to be mainly records of joans | near the tablets was found a bronze bust ofthe banker bearing bis name 1 from forty to sixty men arc contin ually employed in the excavations 1 under a subsidy from the government of 60,000 francs up to date two fifths ofthe area ofthe city has been examined past finding out the perry county pa democrat which is owned and edited by hon john a magee ex-member of con gress publishes a telling article in regard to the vicious practice of com promising with government defaul ters it gives a table containing the names of fourteen prominent defaul ting collectors of internal revenue with the amount due from each the amount released through compromise and the dates ofihe letters written by secretaries of the treasury approving such compromises the total amount owed to the government by these fourteen collectors was 1,604,075,29 of which 1,231,604.77 was release and thus lost leaving only 372,470 52 to be restored to the treasury — there is no apparent reason why most of this stolen money should not have been recovered from the sureties — certainly a sharp prosecution of the sureties who were commonly respon sible men would have saved a much larger percentage than was saved by the suspicious system of compromise in the case of collector joshua a bailey who got away to brazil or some other safe south american coun try with 728.891 32 of moneys col lected by him unaccounted for the de partment kindly released 678,891.82 and compromised on receiving 50,000 though such men as george opdyke aug schell and thomas c durand leading capitalists of new york were among his sureties why secretaries of the treasury should accept such a paltry part of debts so abundantly se cured is among the things that no fellah can find out or has succeeded yet in finding out the present dem ocratic house may manage to throw light upon it mr magee complains that he introduced a resolution in the last house calling for information on this subject but the republican man agers promptly squelched it the power of the french as a na tion to find some good use for every thing was never more strikingly illus strated than in the case of a woman who has established near paris an in stitution for the propagation of the ant species she has innured herself to the stings of l:er pet insects and handles them with perfect confidence j from every brood born in her pre j serves she selects the best layers to , rear and their eggs are sold at a fair price to bird fanciers as food for phea | santa the police see to it that she keeps her authouse a good distance ! out of the city and a number of agents are continually scouring the forests in the rural districts of france and capturing large nests of ants to send to her her establishment is therefore not only no nuisance to her neighbors but a positive blessing to thousands of farming people how indians cure meats and , dress skins , wlic.ii ber lord has killed a buffalo the ' woman's work begins sbe bas to skin ! it tbe meat to secure aud all to pack up ! on ponies or mules and carry to camp i wbere tbe m*at must be cured this is done by cutting it into thin sheets and hanging it over poles ia tbe hot ' sunshine where it is soon dried thorough ly ; then it is packed fresh iu packages of about a 100 pounds eacb and inclosed iu ■a nice folding sack of thick buffalo skin prepared especially ler tbe purpose this ' is cut out like a huge envelope so tbal tbe ends and sides will fold over what ever is put iu tbem and secured by strong buckskin strings by being thick it re tains its form and is very useful for car rying other things besides meat and tal low afler tbe meat is take i care of tbe skin must be looked after tbose taken at ibis season of tbe year arc mostly dressed lor lodges they are first staked on a smooth spot of ground and wa'er put ou tbem when tbey are ready for flresbing this consists in rem it ing the tbe flesh witb an instrument made of a strigbt bar of iron about a foot iu length flattened at one end and filed to au edge this being grasped in the band aud a succession of quick blows given the work i slowly proceeds i'he skin is then diied ' after which ibe hair is removed in a dry state and tbe skin reduced to the proper thickness by dressing down on the hu'r side this is done witb au instrument made by firmly tying a flit piece of steel filed lo a beveled edged at one mid and with tbe corners rounded to a large prong of a deer's born this so trimmed in connection witb tbe body of tbe born as to form an elbow and is used a lillle as the carpenter adz this work is us ua-ly done in tbe cool of tbe morning tbe brains of the animal having been properly taken care of for tbe purpose are now soaked and squeezed by the hand until reduced to a paste and applied to both bides of tbe skin which is afterwards worked and rubbed uutil flexible tbe preparation of robes is from winter skins and differs from tbe forgoing only iu be ing dressed down on tbe flesh side so as ' to leave ibe wool and hair upou tbe robe aud ie more thoroughly worked and scoured by means of a sharp-gritted stone j the sandwich glands are going to adopt a new flag but they can't decide whether to take a gray horse blanket with a hole in it or ao old yest with the back ripped out deferred items the streets are in a lovely condi tion now and the students of slush have a rare opportunity for pursuing their inquiries into the impervious neas of shoe leather to melting snow — n y herald stale grange the next meeting of the north carolina state grange will be held in greensboro commencing tues day tbe 15th of febnary arrangements will be made with hotels and railroads for reduced rates of fire for all members who may attend a secret organization has recently been started and has already a member ship of 15,000 it is called tbe free school guard its headquarters are in washington d c the rules for gov ernment are similar to tbose of tbe pa trons of husbandry in a note from mrs m e beasley of charlotte we learn that she is to bave a north carolina boarding house on the centennial grounds at philadelphia dur iug the exhibition this will bo for the special accommodation of gentlemen from this state and will cost only s10 per week for board and lodging there are two dwelling houses in north carolina and virginia one portion in a r irginia and the other in north carolina the landlord can sleep in virginia and breakfast in north carolina without going out of the house — portsmouth enterprise a very prominent new york re publican who has been traveling all over the south returned to washing ton on thursday he is one of the most bitter opponents of the third term but says that the most extensive inquiry convinces him that the south ern republicans would sooner have one button on grant's uniform than morton blaine and all therestofthem put together at indianapolis the work of sen tencing the whiskey convicts has be gun the dcptuty collector was sentenced to three years imprison ment and one thousand dollars fine eight government officers and a dis tiller were sentenced to two years im prisonment and fines of one thousand dollars the laborers and employes in distilleries were sent up for six months each and fined five hundred dollars the judge exercised a wise discretion in his sliding scale and punished the parties iu strict accor dance with the degree of confidence reposed in them western wagons we often hear re mirks aboue encouraging home indus tries and we thought em.ngh wagons could be made in this section to secure the trade even if tbe manufacturers did not advertise their work but it appeals that thomrs m brower has to send way out west for bis wagons as a lot of thir ty are up at tho depot en route for mt airy we have uo doubt mr brower could bave obtained as good wagons nearer bom but so it is lhe south keeps on greasing yankee machinery to the detriment of ber owu mechanics — salem press -»^^+»- ■a most valuable manuscript says the london athenceum has been dis covered in the azores it refers to the colonization in the year 1500 of the northern part of america by em 1 igrants from oporto aveiro and the island of terceira it was written by francisco de souza in 1570 barboza machado states that it was lost during the great earthquake of lisbon in 1755 this most important docu ment is about to be published by an erudite azorian gentleman and will ' throw great light on the disputed question of the early discovery of america * suffocated bv gas — the wil mington star gives au account of a young man by ihe name of w f austin of gerraantown stokes county who was found dead iu bis bed at the purcell house last saturday morning ltis evi dent that upon retiring mr austin in stead of turning off the gas jet blew out the light as he would have done that of a candle with the full force of the gas on the doors and windows closed and witb no avenue ol escape it did not take long f>r the room to become filled wiih the dangerous vapor the inhalation of which under such circumstances is so certain to produce death from papers found on the person of tbe young man ii was dis ooven-il that be was unmarried and that an engagement was probable between himsef aud a young ldy of south car olina ! tbe body of the deceased was enclosed in a neat metallic coffin and forwarded to winston from which place it will be ta ken by drivaie conveyance to bis borne iu gcrmantown a lady wished a seat in a crowded hall a hatiilbooh gentleman gave her a chair you are a jewel she said ob uo i am a jeweler i have just set the jew el mmmmmmms *_______■— the grubers we received a call yesterday from prof grnber of iredell connty who proposes to give an entertainment in this city to moirow evening assisted by his wife and little son mr grnber is a musical ge nius of the first order and we bave the authority of gentlemen who have heard bim for the assertion that his performan ces are a perfect marvel he performs on five or six instruments at oue time firoducing perfect music from eacb excel ing in this respect tbe most accomplish ed musicians of the age nis wife and son are also gifted with musical talents in a remarkable degree tbe performance will be a unique one and well worth witnessing it will take place at tbe opera house — wil review the new york sun says : on tues day last a man representing himself as james l kyle went to tbe hardware store of joseph h graham at 88 cham bers street and said that he was a brother of mr kyle of kyle & hammond hard ware merchants ot charlotte n c who was known to mr graham he baid that lie had come to this city to buy goods for tbe firm but that on the train he bad lost his memorandum he so ingratiated him elf into the confidence of mr gra il nn thit be obtained 100 from that gen tleman on a forged draft on tbe firm of kyle & hammond he also got twelve revolvers valued at 885 from mr graham yesterday being in mr graham's store be was seen secreting a shoe brush iu his pocket mr graham having learned that tbe drufr was a forgery called in an officer and kyle was taken to the tombs police court mr graham made three complaints against kyle und be was held in default of 50 on each charge ■•»» the revenue under this head the fayetteville gazette of feb 3 rises to say : a correspondent has handed us a com munication for which he requests publis cation — and which will be found in anoth er column — in which the present status of the internal revenue department at this place is given vve learn from this com munication that capt blocker in render ing an account of his stewardship to the government shows clean hands and a square account we expected this of capt blocker but it is a sad commenta ry ou the integrity of the party in power and the honesty of the government to have lo say that this official's case is a rare one the government cheats the people and the government's officers cheat the government — and when they go to settle up ihere is generally a leakage it used to be called stealing of a few thousands capt blocker goes out of course ; grant's administration has no taste for honest men and always gets rid nf them as soon as possible we learn another thing by inference from our cor respondent which wo are very glad of : col i 1 . young capt blocker's succes sor will not have his headquarters at fayetteville we know nothing about him and therefore say nothing against him only lhat he is a radical and so far from wanting any more here we could part wilh wbat we bave wiihout one sigh or biiny tear abovo all things preserve us good l>rd from a raleigh radical man and monkey the london echo nf jan 4 says ; the wonderful resemblance of some of tbe larger apes to human creatures is es pecially remarkable when they are suf fering from illness or fiom what so great is their intelligence we must ac kdowledge to be sorrow an ape of no common merit having lately died in the zoological gardens at dresden an ac count bas been published of its last mo ments which give au extraordinary idea of the almost human dignity and pathos of its behavior on the occasion a few wei ks of the destroying milady says a sorrowing f ri n i had been s ffieioal to change this being so lull i life courage strength — ihis magnificent prototyo of ail quadromauia into a spectacle of mis tiy the most complete apathy bad taken the place of exuberant freshness and vavacity m.ifuka as this ii*tpret-st ing creatine was called appeared to stiff r muler a dim coucioti-i-iess th.it she could exp«et no relief bul only th alle viation from her piins trout ihose about her this stale ol thing u-ued till within a few hours •>! b**r death then as director schopf tbe director of the gardens leaned over bis favorite tho ape drew bim toward ber placed ln*r arm around the neck of her friend and looked at bim some time witb clear and tranquil eyes sbe then kissed him three times with short intervals between each motioned to be laid upou a couch gave her band to schopf — as though bid ding farewell to a companion of many bappy years — and slept uever to awake again thus died tbe quasi-human mafuka fortified not iudeed by tbe rites of tbe church but by those com mon tn the wider brotherhood of trusting and affectionate hearts <#» — . dejazet's petticoat writing from paris edward king tells the following anecdote : once be fore yon or i were boru mile virginie dej izet was playing iu some obscure province when a well in wbich a peas ant was at work caved in in such a man ner as to leave bim buried aud yet alive all france was at ouce interested in tbe fate of this unfortunate workman aud lhe most extraordinary efforts were made to save bim at least it was announced as positive that be would be liberated from bis confinement ou a ceitaiu day when he was drawii out of tho well cov ered with bruises there was a great crowd assembled to set bim the phy sician finding him completely flayed by his contact with the sand and earth which had been pressing npon him bandaged bim at last the linen and flannel gave out and the doctor called for more none were lo be had and the doctor was in despair wheu drjuzet came forward made a modest courtesy explained that she was anxious of doing some good loosed a string dropped ht-r petticoat at the doctor feet and said : tear that up and use it !" the ladies present were much annoyed that an actress should have dared to do such a thing in their presence but there is no doubt that sbe did exactly the right thing it made her famous ohio cincinnati feb 5 — night — during the performance of the alle gory of the great rupublic at rob inson's opera house this evening a stampede occurred from an alarm of fire causelessly raised by mischievous boys in the gallery the allegory has been upon the stage of robinson's opera house for the past two nights under the auspices of the cincinnati relief union the proceeds from which were applied to the suffering poor of this city the performers number ing nearly 600 children were taken from the public schools of the city as the object was a worthy one and the children who took part were those of old residents of the city vast audi ences were present at each presenta tion of the allegory the weather this evening being propitious and there being no sessions of the public schools there was a matinee the audience in most part was composed of women and children about half past two while the great house was densely packed and thousands of chil dren among the audience were at the height of their enjoyment some boy in the gallery either through mis chief or ignorance raised the cry of fire and as a red light from the col ored fires used in the piece hashed out from the wing's every inch of the theatre being occupied and a dense crowd pressing and surging about the stairways and in front of the doors some one in the audience took up the cry of fire and it was re-echoed from near the door by some one who caught a glimpse ofthe glare from the stage tliere was an immediate rush for the front door a child was pushed down the steps who screamed and immediately after a man thrust his arm through the window the screams and crash were enough to set a panic in full force and in the nar row vestibule leading to the street the scene was a terrible ono the peo ple in the rear mad with fear pressed upon those in front shouting and cursing the men were terror strick en and struck down the helpless wo men and children in front or climbed over their heads to the top of the stair-case and precipitated themselves upon the screaming mass of women aud children in the hallway the scene in and about the opera house after the accident was heart rending the news of the catastrophe spread like wild fire over the city and from every direction came people hurrying to the scene until the squares were impassible it is now reported that six persons were killed in the stam pede cleveland feb 5 — judge wel ler ofthe united states court de livered his opinion sustaining the westinghouse air brake patent from the daily constitution southern life insurance co reported bankruptcy through the main office at memphis tbe evening edition of the coxsti tion yesterday announced iu tbe tele graphic columus lhe filing of a petition iu bankruptcy iu thu united states court at memphis by the southern life insur ance company the announcement was suddeu and may be said to have struck a number of individuals all in a heap and set tbem to inquiring tbe effect of this movement upon thrir policies the mat ter received special attention here because the s juth eastern department headquarters of tbe company are located in ibis city the department here is un der tbe presidency of senator john 1*5 gordou witb geu a ii colquitt as vice presideut and mr j a mori is as secre tary ou former occasions we have re ferred to ibe business of ibis department aud iu tbe presence of tbe present troub les we may repeat lhat the greatest care economy and piudeuce hare marked the transaction of ils affaira the depaii ment embraces iu its territory tbe states of georgia flordia south carolina and north carolina the number of policies in force and under care of this department is between 2,000 and 2,500 what pro por tiou of this number are held iu atlanta is not known bui lhe popularity of the com pany aud iis local managers has induced many of our best citizens to iuvest iu its policies tbe credit of the department here remained good up to tbe moment of the receipt uf this intelligence and tbe utmost confidence iu tbe institution has been a feature of its existence here cause of tue trouble the report of the constitution who visited tbe office of ihe company on ala bama street met gen colquitt at a lata hour and from bim learned all the facts connected with the trouble as far as gen colquitt has himself been advised the general and lin associates here in tbe management of tbe company's business were more surprise by the news than almost any other persons and conldhardly believe the tidings until confirmed the fact that telegrams from the agents in other cities and states were sent to gen colquitt last night inquiiing as to the truth of the mat ter is proof that the suspension was whol ly unb'oked for by tbose intimately con nected witb the company's business details are as yet lacking and only a general idea of tbe cause of tbe entrance into ba-tikrnptcy can be given in august 1873 tbe carolina life insurance company of memphis of which jefferson davis was president discontinued its business and entered into contract with the south ern life company to continue the business as far as tbe policies then in force were concerned the southern was only to assume liability on the same upon the carolina turning over to the southern as sets equal to the reserve as computed by an actuary mutually agreed upon tbe southern particularly did not assume any lia bility on account of past losses of the carolina life company suits were brought on these losses and debts nevertheless and the courts of tennessee rendered judgments against the southern life for the sums claimed if such judgments continue to be awarded as seemed proba ble they would have forced the southern to sacrifice its assets to meet ibem in the aggregate ihese claims would come l'pwakds of 100,000 to do this thing would also be to put in jeopardy tbe rights of the other creditors of the southern legul steps were taken to prevent this necessity aris ing and by suspension and tying np of assets to gain time to realize upon securi ties aud assets we understand that the authorities at memphis bad some hope of being able to setlle up these carolina debts but the telegram received yesterday indicates that the negotiations have failed at least for the present if other negotiations aro successfully made they thick tbey can recover credit and resume business the future gen colquitt could not say what the future course would be he was in con sultation with the attorneys mccay & trippe yesteiday but as yet no desia io;i has been given to him for his guidance we presums that for the present business will await the further developments yet to be made the failure is a sa 1 ono and we stn cerly regret it while we are glad that our home department had no part in bringing about these results reported from the par ent office wilmington cotton mills the wilmington cotton mills have gotten out a few bolts of prints more to » show what they can do than for tbe pur pose of placing ihem on the market they are mourning calicoes of handsome designs and of very good quality we saw some of them this morning at tbe store of messrs george it french & sons where they have been placed on exhibition aud where tbey will be sold col jobn w atkinson bought the first bolt of calicoes man n factored by tho wil mington mills the company will go largely into ibe manufacture of these prints in a short lime and we understand that messrs aaron sc bheinsteiu will sell tbem gleanings don't marry till you can support a husband that's the advice the barn stable patriot gives the cape girls a jawbone sixteen feet long is to be exhibited at the centennial by massachusetts put it in the wo man's department by all means — new york commercial advertiser a gantleraan from watauga county inform us that a lady mrs kirby living near the richland settlement in caid well lost eight children with the diph theiia four of ibem were lying dead io the house at once and were a'l carried to their lonely resting places together — hickory press the chicago inter-ocean says that there is an old threadbare snuff col ored thin-locked spindle-shanked pepper-and-salt weazened rum-drink ing fossil hidden away somewhere in washington who has written more congressional speeches than all the members of the present house put together when a boy has been off all day contrary to the expressed wish of his mother and on approaching the home stead at night with an anxious and cautious tread finds company at tea the expression of confidence and rec titude which suddenly lights up hi face cannot be reproduced on can vas say pop said john henry's hopeful the other day wasn't it the prince of whales that swollowed jonah and john patted his head and gave him a nickel and told him he might some day be an alderman and then as he put on his slippers and found a small chestnut-bur in each toe he took that boy over his knee aud wrestled him with — cincinnati times _£■_} b t_i __*— ~^ __ »• ir waam iiii nn ■in ii w ih„i , m - i , w jf s — a _^_~ y i -« - -"***»** ine carolina watchman |