Carolina Watchman

              the carolina watchman yol vii third series salisbury n c august 3 1876 ukt:kiv i j imt"neii i'il and propr t k brohbr associate ed ai iisrlttltion batbs : v-ir dm ■■»•• '" d-rance « 2 l0 > er i "•;, ' ' it gawdi-v *""' aovbbtisnra rates mepuwlcatloo 1 00 ... publications i on u - for months or a year jiciiyi bee-hive persons wishing to purchase . l ,,, u e or sell this most perfect inven " following counties will call on the lo wit : iunus stanly davie catawba burke mcdowell lincoln cleave i'.vi.lson iced the price on farm rights from - determined to offer county and i rights at a verv reduced mice 1 henry < aurle salisbury is c the old ani reliable salisbury ib marble yard main street ykext door to the court-house rilhl ■■"•'' hesl place in north car i i tub .<■ bi -: class monuments tonilis held stone e , tic none but the best ma terial used and all work done in the best style will satisfy you of tbe truth nftbe above orders solicited ami promptly satisfaction guaranteed or uo charge john ii buis propr i7:!'.ins | on and off ft slick as grease ! iv wm a eagle b respectfully announces ■ his continuance at bis old stand in his old line on main street opposite enninv drug store he is always ready and anxious to accommodate customers in the hoot ami shoe business in the best manner possible he in prepared to do first class work and cau l'te with un northern shop on hand made jiiim hi midline lasts ac are of the latest ud best paterae he keeps on hand ready '.. any special or der footing boots in best style 7 new bout best quality 11 etepo _ lly and promptly douo al reasonable prices satisfac . itranteed or no charge cash order bv mail pmmptlv filled wm.a kagle jan 20 7d i5:6mu ■ the world was convinet & thatsew itiirimii bu done hy machinery the nnlyqwes utmncw is what machine combines in itself uw greatest number of important advantages just here the florence comes in with its self regulating tension sew ktrniii muslin to leather without change of thread or ueedle.then from right to left and left to right while one style of the machine sews morfrom the operator as may be desired and alikeon loth sides in elegance ol smoothness of epcration variety of ik in 1 reasonableness in price t he florence m won the highest distinction p g cartland hreensboro n.c.,is the agent he is also bickford knitting machine n which 30 pairs of nocks have been knit pel roar without seam ami wiih perfect heel wotoa hoods shawls searfs gloves vc *•»** lie knit upon this woman's friend which cobtll lint ii correspondence in relation to either knitter a invited aud samples ol *°™ sent up n application all orders bv mail mpl attention machines ship pj«toany part of the state and in i ,, tion c-isn ■,-,!. .\,, ni t s tranted in crt rg county address all communications to i e cartland salisbury or i g cartland gen'l apt . greens boro n c n the absence of salisbury agent call ou mr «- schl088 at the national hotel 23:ly tlrdware , i'en j ou want hardware at low 5 u "'. call on the undersigned nt no 2 u . l iow „,. p a atwell b h»bury,"n.c june s-tf x 0 '• day at home age nts wanted out **, "»«■«■ terms fiee trf'k&co au * maine march !». 7 1 yr cheap chattel mortgages d varioia ( e blanks or sale hers mill stones ! ( , ■ li '. v si desired cut out of the 1,,-st ' mu ' m the stare may be obtained on it notice ajfao window an.d door sills j '*■'*••- for monuments y address ' '- i'liillipa salisbury lg;tl how mm ms has a cm or forty years ago for several days past nothing else ' has been talked at illinoo but the ap i proiuhing term of the supreme court j at all times this is a great event for a quiet village where there is but little to diversify the monotony of life ; but the arrival of the judge and the circuit law yers is now looked forward to with great interest as there is to b i man tried for murder who in all probability will be convicted and executed i have much ! curiosity to see the mode of administering justice in this country because the state j of the courts is a very good criterion by j which to estimate the siate of the province the bench and the bar usually furnish fair samples of the talent and education of the gentry the grand jury of lhe class immediately below them and the petit jury of yeomanry aud tradesmen in a court-house hey are all to be seen in juxtaposition and a stranger is enabled to compare hem one with the other wiih the condition of the people and similar institutions iu different countries the judge informs me that the first courts established in ihis province * were county courts the judges of which were not professional men bul selected from ibe magistrates of the district who ren dered their services gratuitously the efficiency of these courts therefore de pended wholly upon the character and attainments of tiie justices of the peace in the neighborhood in some instances ihey were conducted with much decorum and not without ability ; in others they presented scenes of great confusion and disorder ; but in all cases they were the centre of attraction to the whole country the vicinity ol the court-house was a sort of fair where people assembled lo transact business or to amuse themselves horse bwappingor racing wrestling and boxing smoking and di inking sales at auction and games of various kinds occupied the ' noisy and not very sober crowd the j temperance of modern limes tbe substitu tion of professional men as judges and an entire change of habits among ihe peo ple bave no less altered the character of the scenes within than without the walls of these halls of justice in no respect is the improvement of tins country so ap parent as in its judicial establishments as an illustration of the condition of some of these county courts iu the olden lime the judge related to me lhe following ex traordiuary story that occurred to him self shortly after my return fiom europe i about forty years ago i attended the western circuit of the supreme court which then terminated al annapolis and i remained behind a few days for the pur pose of examining that most interesting plate which is lhe scene of the first effec tive setilement in north america while engage in these investigations a person called upon me and told me he had ridden express from plymouth to obtain my assistance in a cause which was to be tried in a day or two in the county court at thai place tlie judges were at that period as i have previously observed not professional men but magistrates aud equally unable to administer law or to preserve order ; and the verdicts generally depended more upon the declamatory powers of the lawyers than merits of the causes the distance was great — lhe journey had to be performed on horse back — the roads were bad the accommo dation worse i had a great repugnance to attend these courts under any ciicu in stances ; and besides had pressing en gagements al home i therefore declined accepting his retainer which was the largest that at that time had ever beeu tendered to me and begged to be excused if the fee he said was too small to render it worth my while to go he would cheer fully double it for money was no object the cause was oue of great importance to his friend mr john barkins and of deep interest to the whole community ; and as tbe few lawyers that resided within a hundred iuiies ofthe place were engaged on lhe other side if i did not go his un fortunate fiiend would fall a victim to tbe intrigues and injustice of bis opponents in short he was so urgent tbat at last i was prevailed upon to consent and we set oil together to prosecute our journey on horseback the agent mr william robins who had tlie most accurate and capacious memory of any man i ever met proved a in out entertaining and agreeable companion he had read a great deal retained it all ; aud having resided many years near plymouth knew every body every place and every tradition withal he was somewhat of a humorist finding bim a person of this description my curiosity was excited to know who and what he was ; and 1 pul the question to him i am of tlie same profession you are kir he said i immediately reined up if that be the case i replied my friend you must try the cause yourself , i cannot consent to go on the only thing that induced me to set out with you was your assertion that every lawyer wiihiu a hundred miles of plymouth was retained on the other side excuse me sir he said i did not say 1 was a lawyer no i observed you did not but you staled that you were of the same profession as i$yie\l t which is lhe same thing not exactly sir he said i am a wrecker i am lloyd's agent and live on the misfortunes of others so do you when a vessel is wrecked it is my busi ness io get her off or to save the property when a man is entangled among the oho iis or quicksands of the law your duty is similar we are both wreckers and therefore members of the same prqfesgioti a * nova scotia i the only difference is you are a lawyer and i am not this absurd reply removing all difficul i tyi w e proceeded on our journey ; and the i first night after passing through digby | reached shingle town or spaitsville the | orgiu of which as he related it to me i was the most whimsical story i ever heard it is rather long for an episode and i will j tell it to you some other time the next morning we reached clare a township wholly owned and occupied by french acadians the descendants of those per sons who first settled at port royal as i have just related and other parts of the pinvince into which they had penetrated i previous to the occupation of the english i i will not trouble you with the nielan j choly history of these people at present ; 1 only allude to them now on account of a little incident in our journey as we approached the chapel we saw a large number of persons in front of the priest's house having either terminated or being about to commence a procession ab soon as robins saw them he said — now i will make every man of that congregation take off his hat to me how you shall see ho soon pulled up opposite to a large wooden cross that stood by the way side uud taking off his hac bowed his head most reverently and respectfully down to the horse's neck and then blowly cover ing again passed on when we reached he crowd every hat was lifted iu deference to the devout stranger who had thus courteously or piously saluted the emblem of their faith as soon as we had escap ed the wondering gaze of lhe people he observed — there lawyer there is a useful les son in life for you he who respects the religious feelings of others will not fail to win indulgence for his own in the afternoon we arrived at ply mouth as we entered the village i ob served that the court house as usual was surrounded by a noisy multitude some | detached groups of which appeared to be ■ discussing the nhils of the morning or anticipating that which was to engross the attention of the public on the succeed j ing day ( n the opposite side of the road was a large tavern the hospitable door of j which btood invitingly open and permits i ted the escape of most agreeable and se ducing odors of ruin and tobacco the crowd occupied and filled the space be tween the two buildings and presented a moving and agitated surface ; and yet a strong current was perceptible to a prac ticed eye in this turbid mass setting steadi i ly out of the court-house and passing slowly but constantly through the centre of this estuary into the tavern and return ing again iu an eddy on either side where every one was talking at the same time no individual could be heard j or understood at a distance but the united vociferations of the assembled hundreds blended together and formed the deep toned but dissonant voice of that hydra headed monster the crowd oh a nearer approach the sounds that composed this unceasing roar b came more distinguisha ble the drunken man might be heard rebuking the profane and the profane overwhelming the hypocrite with oppro brium for his cant neighbors rendered amiable by liquor embraced as brothers i and loudly proclaimed their unchangeable j friendship ; while the memory of past in juries awakened into fury by the liquid poison placed others in hostile attitude who hurled defiance and abuse at each other to the full extent of their lungs or their vocabulary the slow measured nasal talk of the degenerate settler from puritanical new england was rendered unintelligible by the ceaseless and rapid utterance of the french fishermen ; while , poor pat bludgeon in hand uproariously solicited his neighbors to fight or to drink and generously gave them their option even the dogs caught the infection of the place and far above their master's voices might occasionally be heard the loud sharp cry of triumph or the more shrill howl of distress uttered by these animals who with as little cause as their senseless owners had engaged in a stupid conflict a closer inspection revealed the group ings with more painful distinctness here might be seen the merry active negro flapping his mimb wings and crowing like a cock in token of defiance to all his sable brethren or dancing to the sound of his own musical voice and terminating every evolution with a scream of delight there your attention was arrested by a ferocious-looking savage who induced i by the promise of liquor armed with a scalping-knife in one hand and a toma hawk iu the other exhibited his terrific war-dance and uttered his demoniac yells to the horror of him who personated the victim and suffered all the pangs of marly r dom in trembling apprehensions that that which had begun in sport might end in reality and to the infinite delight of a circle of boys whose morals were thus improved and confirmed by the conversa tion and example of their fathers at the outer edge of the throng might be seen a woman endeavoring to persuade or to force her inebriated husband to leave this scene of sin and shame and return to his neglected home his family and his duties now success crowns her untiring exer tiors and hn yields o her tears and en treaties and gives himself up to her gentle guidance ; when suddenly the demon within him rebels and he rudely bursts from her feeble but affectionate hold and returns shouting and roaring like a man iac to his thoughtless and noisy associates the enduring love of the agonized wo man prompts her again and again to renew the effort until at last some kind friend touched by her sorrows and her trials lends her the aid of his powerful arm and the truant man is led off captive to what was once a happy home but now a house of destitmjon aud distress these noises ceased for a moment as we arrived at the . , spot aiid were puperscded by a command issued by several persons at the same time clear the road there ! make way for the gentlemen !" we had been anxiously expected all the afternoon and the command was in stantly obeyed and a passage opened for us by the people falling back on either side of the street as we passed through ray friend checked his horse into a slow walk and led we with an air of triumph such as a jockey displays in bringing out his favorite on the course robins was an important man that day he had succeeded in his mission he had got his champion and would be ready for fight in the morning it was bat reasonable therefore he thought to indulge the pub lic with a glimpse at this man he uod ded familiarly to some winked slily to others saluted people at a distauce aloud and shook hands patronizingly with hose that were nearest he woold occasion ally lag behind a moment and say iu an under but very audible tone — precious cleaver fellow that ! sees it all — says we are all right sure to win it i wouldn't be in those fellows the plain tiffs skins to-morrow for a trifle ! he is a powerful man that !" and so forth the first opportunity that occurred i endeavored to put a stop to this trumpet ing for heaven's sake i said my good friend do not talk such nonsense ; if you do you will ruin me ! i am at all times a diffident man but if you raise such ex pectations i will aesuredly break down from the very fear of not fulfilling them i know too well the doubtful issue of trials ever lo say that a man is certain of winning pray do not talk of me in this manner you arc sure sir he said what a man who has just lauded from his trav els in europe and arrived after a journey of one hundred miles from the last sitting of the supreme court not to know more than any one else ! fudge sir ! i con gratulate you you have gained the cause ] and besides sir do you think that if william robins says he has got the right man and he wouldn't say so if he didn't think so that that isn't enough ? why sir your leathern breeches and top-boots are enough to do the business ! nobody ever saw such things here before and a man in btick j kin must know more than a man in homespnn but here is mrs brown's inn ; let us dismount i have procured a private sitting-room for you which on court-days militia trainings and times of town meetings or elections is not very easy i assure you coin walk in and make yourself comfortable we had scarcely entered into our snug gery which was evidently the landlady's own apart ment when the door was softly opened a few inches aud a beseeching voice was heard saying — billy is that him ? if it is tell him it's me ; will you 1 that a good soul !" come in — come in old blowbard !" said robins ; and seizing tbe stranger by the hand he led him up and introduced him to me lawyer this is captain john barkins captain barkins this is lawyer sandford '< he is our client lawyer and i must say one thing for him : he has but two faults i hut they are enough to ruin any man in j this province ; he is an honest mail and speaks the until i will leave you to gether now aud go ar.d order your dinner for you john barkins was a tall corpulent amphibious looking man tbat seemed as if he would be equally at home in eith er element land or water he held in hand what he called a nor'-wester a large broad brimmed glazed hat with a peak projecting behind to shed the water from off his club queue which was nearly as thick as a hawser he wore a long nar j row-tailed short-waisted blue coat with large white-plated buttons that resem bled spanish dollars a red waistcoat a spotted bandana silk handkerchief tied loosely about his throat and a pair of voluminous corduroy trowsers of the color of brown soap over which was drawn a pair of fishermen's boots that reached nearly to his knees his waistcoat and his trowsers were apparently not upon very intimate terms for though they travelled together the latter were taught to feel their subjection but when they lagged too far behind they were brought to their place by a jerk of impa tience that threatened their very existence j he had a thick matted head of black hair and a pair of whiskers tbat disdained the effeminacy of either scissors or razor and revelled in all the exuberant and wild \ profusion of nature his countenance was much weather beaten from constant exposure to the vicissitudes of heat and cold but was open good-natured and manly such was my client he ad vanced and shook mo cordially by the hand glad to see yon sir he said ; you are welcome to plymouth my name is john barkins ; 1 dare say you have often heard of me for everybody knows me about these parts any one will tell you what sort a man johu barkins is that's me — that's my name do you see ? i am a parsecuted man lawyer ; but i ain't al together quite run down yet neither i have a case iu court ; i dare say mr robins has told you of it he ie a very clever man is old billy and as smart a chap of his age as you will see any where a'tnos i suppose you have often heard of him before for every body knows wil liam robins in these parts it's tbe most important case sir ever tried iu this coun ty if i loose it plymouth is done there's an end to the fisheries and a great many of us are a going to sell off and quit the country i will not detail his cause to you in his own words because it will fatigue you as it wearied me in hearing it it possessed no public interest whatever though it was of some importance to himself as regarded the result it appeared tbat he had fitted oat a large vessel for the labrador fish ery and taken with him a very full crew who were to share in the profits or loss of the adventure the agreement which was a verbal one was that on the com pletion of the voyage the cargo should be sold and the net proceeds be distribu ted in equal portions one half to apper tain to the captain and vessel and the other half to the crew and to be equally divided among them the undertaking was a disastrous one and on their return the seamen repudiated tbe bargain and sued him for wages it was therefore a very simple affair being a mere question of fact as to the partnership and that de pending wholly on the evidence hav ing ascertained these particulars and in quired into the nature of the proof by which his defence was to be supported and given bim his instructions i reques ted him to call upon me again in the morning before court and bowed to him id a manner too significant to be misun derstood he however still lingered in the ropm and turning his hat round and round several times examining the rim very carefully as if at a loss to discover tbe front from the back part of it he look ed up at last and said — lawyer i have a favor to ask of you what is it v i inquired there is a man he replied coming agin me to morrow as a witness of the name of lillum he thinks himself a great judge of the fisheries and he does know a considerable some i must say ; but d him ! 1 caught fish afore he was born and know more about fishing than all the lillums of plymouth put to gether will you just ask him one ques tion ?'" yes fifty if you like well i only want you to try him with one and that will choke him ask him if he knows how many fin6 a cod has at a word what has that to do with the cause ?" i said with unfeigned astonishment every thing sir he answered ; every thing in the world if he is to come to give his opinion on other men's business the best way is to see if he knows his own tarnation man ! he don't know a cod-fish when he sees it ; if he doe he can tell you how many fins it has at a word it is a great catch that i have won a great many half pints of brandy on it i never knew a feller that could answer tbat question yet right off the reel he then explained to me that iu the enumeration one small fin was always omitted by those who bad previously made a minute examination now sir said he if he can't cipher out that question and i'll go a hogshead of rum on il he can't turn him right out of the box and tell him to go a voyage with old john barkins — and he will lam him his trade will you ask bim that question lawyer certainly i said if you wish it $ you will gain the day then bit he continued much elated ; you will gain the day then as sure as fate good-by j lawyer !" when he had nearly reached the foot ! of lhe staircase i heard him returning , and opening ihe door he looked in and said — you won't forget will you ? — my name is johu barkins ; ask any body about here and they will tell you who i am for everybody knows john barkins ' in these parts the man's name is lillum — a very decent sponsible-looking man too ; but he don't kuow every thing take him up all short how many fins : has a cod at a word v says you if you cau lay him on the broad of his back with that question i don't care a farthing if i ' lose the case it's a great satisfaction to nonplush a knowin one that way you . know the question ?" yes yes i replied imputiently i know all about it you do do you sir ?" said he shut ting the door behind him aud advancing towards me and looking me steadily in the face ; you do do you 1 then how many fins has a eod at a word v " i answered as he had instructed me gad sir he said it's a pity your father hadn't made a fisherman of you for you know more about a cod now than any man in plymouth but one old john barkins — that's me my name is johu ' barkins every body knows me in these parts bait your hook with that question and you'll catch old lillum 1 know as soon as he has it in his gills drag him i right out of the water give him no time to play — in with him and whap him on ! the deck ; hit him hard over the head — | it will make him open his mouth and your book is ready for another catcb i good night mr barkins i replied call on me iu the morning i am fatig ued now good night bir he answered you won't forget v to be continued building and loan association for the benefit of the building and loan association in this city we will state that at a meeting of the stockbold ers of tbe wilmington building asso ciation they passed a resolution stopping the collection of dues from the share holders a committee was also appointed to consist of three stockholders who belong to that class who have redeemed their stock and three stockholders of that class who have not redeemed their stock nnd the presideut to take into consideration the practicability of bringing the affairs of the association to a close we would like to see the last one of the machines wound up and wiped out of existence and so says everybody who has had anything to do with them ral news the indian war cttrlg the crow indian that went into the custer fight makes a state ment—custer intended to cut off the indians new york july 26 the herald in \ communication from bismarck d t dated july 12th from an officer high in command of the forces operating against tbe indians says : the crow iudian curly believed to be the only survivor of 250 men who went into actiou with cus ter and who is very clear in his knowl edge of the fight has made a statement as follows : he went down with two other crows and went into lhe action with cua ter the general he says kept down the river on the north bank about four miles after reno had crossed the south side alone custer's object waa to cut off the indians he thought reno would drive down the valley and at the same time attack the village on two sides he believing that reno would take it at the upper end while he custer would go in \ at the lower end custer had to go further down the river and further away from reno than . he wished on account of the steep bank along the north side but at last be found a ford and dashed for it the indians met him aud poured in a heavy fire from across the narrow river custer dismount • ed to fight on foot but could not get his skirmishers over the stream in the meantime hundreds of indiana on foot and on ponies poured over the river which was only about 3 feet deep and filled the ravines on each side of custer's men ouster then fell back to some high ground beyond him and seized the ravines in his immediate vicinity the indians com pletely surrounded custer and poured in a terrible fire on all sides they charged custer on foot in vast numbers but were again and again driven back the fight began about two o'clock and lasted cur ly says almost till the sun went down over the hills the men fought desper ately and after the ammunition in their belts was exhausted they went to their saddle-bags and got more and continued the fighting curly says that more indi aus were killed than custer had men lie also says tbat the big chief custer lived until nearly all his men had been killed or wounded and went about en couraging the soldiers to fight on he got a shot in the left side and sat down with his pistol in his baud and then a shot struck him in the breast and he fell over the last officer killed was a man who rode a white horse and believed to be lieut cook adjutant of the seventh as lieuts coot and calhoun were the only officers who rode white horses and lieut calhoun was found dead on the skirmish line near the ford and probably fell early in the action curly says when he saw custer he was hopelessly surrounded he watched his opportunity to get a sioux blanket and put it on and walked up a ravine and when the sioux charged he got among them and they did not know him from one of their own men there were some mounted sioux and seeing one fall curly ran to him mounted his pony and galloped down as if going toward the white men but went up a ravine and got away he says as he rode off he saw wheu nearly a mile from the battle-field a dozen or more soldiers in a ravine fight ing with the sioux all around them he thinks all were killed as they were out numbered five to one and apparently dis mounted these men were no doubt part of tbe 35 missing men reported in tbe officii dispatch of general terry curly says he saw one calvary officer who had got away and he was well mounted but shot through both hips and curly thinks he died ot his wounds or starved to death in the bad lands or more likely his trail was followed and ho was killed by the sioux curly did not leave custer until the battle was nearly over and he dis cribes it as desperate in the extreme he is quite sure the indians had more killed than custer had white men with him and says the soldiers fought until tbe last man fell the other crow indians in ihd battle were killed north carolina radicals and grant1sm the republicans of this state owe what political successes they have achiev ed in the past in this state to the admin istration the leaders of the party are parasites of the administration tom settle billy smith and others who cham pion the radical cause are supporters of the administration many public resolu tions have been passed by the radicals en dorsing the administration in short tbe carpet big-revenue federal office holding riug who run the radical paity of north carolina belong body and soul to grant in view of this we present as a re freshing piece of reading the arraignment of the president by the new york tri bune — a republican paper and supporter of hayes and wheeler a correspondent of that journal complains of its unkind treatment of the president and suggest ed that his eccentricities should be over looked in reply the tribune enumerates the following as a few only of grant's eccen tricities : 1 treating the patronage of the government as a personal possession iustcad of a public trust 2 appointing persons to office without refer ence to fitness or capacity but simply as a mark of favor or reward for personal service 3 making and changing his cabinet with no regard to the public interests hut only lo his own caprices 4 appointing weak incompetent and dis honest men to office 5 surrounding himself with corrupt and de signing men as his intimate schemers and in triguers as his associates and plunderer of tbe i i.e-intirv a hi friend i 6 pretending to be in favor of reform of tbe civil service and in nine out of ten of his ap pointments doing what he could to degrade and demoralize it 7 opposing the prosecution of revenue thieves and kicking out of his cabinet and out of the department all who have been active in purifv offict7 ernment " e " ice and 1>r08ec ' lin & rrupt 8 quarreling with the best men in the partv thatrt v ed y hhn y wcakening "" 9 inaugurating in short a system of personal government that had not even the odor of re spectability about it to relieve it of its ruo offensive features vance at henderson we were in henderson saturday last about 15 minutes before the arrival of the weldon train it was assertained that zeb vance was aboard nearly 300 people immediately gathered around the depot and no sooner did the train blow brakes than a yell went up for v r ance ! vance ! as soon as the cars stopped ho stepped out on the platform and stated that he was just from eastern north carolina and from the enthusiasm mani fested there it was hardly necessary for the granville people to work but work ahead fellow citizens and we'll kill the radical party so dead it won't be fit to skin i will be with you in october and speak till you can't rest honest john raglaud rushed through the crowd to get an opportunity of shaking hands with the next governor of north carolina whereupon vance exclaimed as he took his hand why john ragland you mis erable old radical sinner i expect to at tend your baptising soon cheers the whistle blew hals flew in the air and three cheers were lively given ox ford torchlight they want him back washington city herald a united states senator to succeed general matt w ransom is to be chosen by a newly elected legislature in north carolina next november without dis paragement to the other able men in north carolina and tbe old north state retains her prestige in respect to the abil ity of her public men — we hope general ransom will be returned he is a legis lator of rare qualifications and the advan tages of experience and long standing are especially marked in a body like the sen ate those states have by far the most influence who retain their delegations the longest without change john pool the new superintendent of public instrucction in spite of governor brogden's efforts at secresy it has leaked out that he has appointed john pool of pasquotank county ex-u s senator and ex adviser of ex-governor holden to employ pirates to murder the late hon w a graham and other prominent men in this state to fill the vacancy in the office of superin tendent of public instruction aud he bas accepted mclindsay to the front comment is unnecessary — raleigh sen tinel look here squire where was yeou born 1 said a persistent yankee to a five minutes acquaintance i was born aid the victim in boston tremont street no 44 left-hand side on the first day of august 1820 at five o'clock in the afternoon ; physician dr warren ; nurse sally benjamin yankee was answered completely for a moment he was struck soon however his face brightened and he quickly said yeas ; waal i calculate you don't recollect whether it was a frame or a brick build ing dew ye ?" in warm climates like india and brat zil where ice is all but unobtaiuable tbey cool their drinking water by putting it in jars of porous clay and hanging them in shady places as the water soaks slow ly through evaporlion on the surface takes place and tbe water in the jars becomes deliciously cool — raleigh news it may console some of our people to know that the hard times are felt in eus rope as well as here business in lon don has not been so dull since the reac tion after the ciimean war it makes it seem easier if all suffer together — sentinel the newbern nutshell man is pussling over the fact that during the thunder storm of july 21 lightning set fire to a lot of clothes hanging in a closed room without striking the house it is not half as odd as presidential lightning slipping into a corruptionist convention and striking the great reformer hayes — sentinel the hayes and wheeler reform party now extends from the missouri peniten tiary to the beecher sinagegue and tha polluted white house ; and every official thief and corruptionist is an active work ing member of it — sentinel in thp name of common decency we call on governor brogden as he is now the nominee of his party for cnugress to resign the governorship holding the chief executive position of our state and running as a candidate for a federal office at the same time are incompatible let him follow judge settle's example aud resign lieutenant governor armticld — , democrat to the font — sentinel no 42