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VOL. II. - FAYETTEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY' NOVEMBER 25, 1884. NO 10.i i " j .'..',' I i" .

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Blaine Explainspublishers. To you, as chairman ofthe board of trustees "

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Thanksgiving Proclamation..Washington, Nov. 7, 1884.

By the President of the United: States of America:. - A PROCLAMATION".

, 'The season is nigh when it is theyearly wont of this people to observea day appointed for that purpose bythe President as an especial occasionfor thanksgiving unto God.;tJfow therefore, in recognition ofthis hallowed custom, J, Chester A.Arth&rv President of the UnitedStates, do hereby designate as suchday of eeneral thankssrivinfir. Thurs- -

The Legislature of 1886.

SENATE. .. VThe following list of the members

elect of the State Senate is believedto be correct, as far as it goes. Itwill be seen that there are but sixRepublicans. A fall list of the.members of the House will be published as soon as it can he compiledwith absolute accuracy. v

. 'V- - First District --(Currituck, Camden, Pasquotank, Hertford, Gates,Chowan and Perquimans ) --Jamesbarker, Denodfe;. jW 'j&iBcsi

" v The Negroes' Delusion.' Eufaula, Ala. Not; 13. Long's

Hotel block the upper portion ofwhich occupied as the . hotel, whijebeneath it were the t welye ' beststores in the place was burned i onWednesday, with 200 bales of cottonlying in front of it, involving a lossof 100,000, on which there is aninsurance of $05,000. The guests ofthe hotel narrowly escaped death.The flames originated in a pile ofshavings which had been saturatedwith kerosene and placed ; beneathJfcstairway in the interior of theIfoilding almost undoubtedly the

of the dangerous excitement exist-ing among this race since the elec-

tion of Cleveland. In addition tothe recent Palatka, Florida conflag-ration there have been several othersmaller fires which are directlytraceable to a similar cause.

A feeling of more or less uneasi-ness has been engendered among thewhites throughout the South in con-secjuen- ce.

A very large proportionof the negroes cannot be disimbuedof the idea that Cleveland's inaugu-ration means the ofslavery. Some of the blacks haveasked their employers to buy themand their families. When the feel-ing first manifested itself the whites'paid no attention to it. Now thatits seriousness is beginning to be

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HOME CIRCLE.

MAPS AND MATRIMONY.Everybody at brunswick knew the

old Eagle Tavern. Squire Copcutehad kept it in the old times, andwhen he was gathered to his fathers,his daughter Ann Jemima succeededto the keys of the cellar.

The railway trains now whistledat the rear, where, once upon a time,the melodious stage-hor- n had sound-ed, and still the Eagle Tavern main-tained its repute for the juicieststeaks and the most toothsome appl-

e-tarts in the country.Mr. Mapton was sitting on the

porch enjoying the prospect of adusty cross-roa-d and two half-dea- d

willow-tree- s, when Benaiah Phillipsdrove up to the step.

"Guess you're the gentleman Iwant to see," said he, after a curiousstare at the stranger.

Mr. Mapton rose promptly up."You're from Brunswick Center ?v

said he."Exactly!" said Benaiah."Yes' said Mapton. "Just be

good enough to wait a few minutesuntil I get my traps together."

Benaiah stared."Goin' to fetch them along?" said

he."Wouldn't it save time?" said Mr

Mapton."Well, I don't know," said Benai-

ah. "Guess you understand thesethings better than 1 do. I'll thankyou to be a little lively though, forthe down train is due in ten min-xite- s,

and my horse don't take kind-

ly to the cars."So well did Mr. Mapton lay this

hint to heart, that scarcely five min-

utes had expired before he was seat-

ed in the box-wag- on on a commodi-ous cushion of buffalo-skin- s, with asquare black box behind him andBenaiah Phillips at his side.

Mr. Mapton, a short, stout man,with a sandy moustache and pale-bl- ue

eyes, looked at the landscape.Benaiah Phillips looked at Mr. Map-to- n.

"A fine country this, said Mr.Clapton.

"Desp 'rit lonely though," said Be-

naiah. u0ur gals all have to gooutside of Brunswick for their bus-hand- s!"

"Indeed?" said Mr. Mapton."Fact!" nodded Benaiah."You are Mr. Hosea Phillips' son,

I suppose?" said Mr. Mapton, afteranother long silence.

"Ya-as- ," said Benaiah, selectinga particular straw out of the bottomof the wagon to chew. "AndJeru-sha'- s

his darter.""Yes?"uAs true's you live!" emphasized

Benaiah."He is the chairman of the Board

of School Trustees, I am given tounderstand?" interrogated Mr. Map-io- n.

"He just is," said Benaiah, "Thereain't no better family than the Phil-lips- es

here, I tell you.""Glad to hear it, I am sure, ' said

Mr. Mapton, clinging desperately tothe rail of the seat, as the wheelswent bounce, bounce over the stonyToad.

He thought they would neverreach the cozy farmhouse of Mr.

Hosea Phillips, a deep red building,with white window casings, and ajrow of Lombardy poplars in frontof it.

"Here we be!" said Benaiah.Mr. Mapton climbed laboriously

out of the wagon.Benaiah cleared the space with

one flying leap."I've fetched him, Jerusha!" said

he, as the door opened and a round- -

The Boston Journal S; JJaghsta( Me. ) correspondent sends tljs following account an interv iwwithMr. Blaine. V 7-- :

"I lived too near the Pre? dency in1881" Mr. Blaine said "snaKuve tookeen a sense of its tu rderi 4Jits em-barrassments and its perils o be un-duly anxious for thWoiScX0

i o tne inquiry now ne accountedtor the closeness or the? cation in-Ne-

York Mr.l Blaine sar Well,considering the loss byr fiRIbit ofthe independent Epuutnf ; andthe far larger, loss from''tlf;ytisLpithe Republicaiij

"wonder," atf Hrst tiiglit, lsHat theDemocrats did not carry the Stateby a larger majority, as confidentlyexpected they would. This resultwas prevented by the great acces-sions to the Republican ranks ofIrish and Irish-America- ns voters andworking men of all classes, who sustained me because of my advocacyof a protective tariff. They believeand believe wisely, that free tradewould reduce their wages."

"You really think then," queriedthe reporter, "that you got a con-siderable Irish vote in New York?"

"Oh, I had thousands upon thou-sands' replied Mr. Blaine, "andshould have had more but for theintolerant and utterly improper re-

mark of Dr. Burchard, which wasquoted everywhere to my prejudice,and in many places attributed tomyself, though it was in the highestdegree distasteful and offensive tome. But a lie, you know travelsvery fast, and there was not timebefore-th- e election to overtake andcorrect that one, and so I suffer-ed for it."

Your correspondent asked Mr.Blaine if he thought tlie Prohibi-tionists were honest in their supportof St. John.

"T never during the campaign,"'replied Mr. Blaine, "reflected uponthe motive of any man, and I shallnot do so. I content myself withsaying that I think the Prohibition-ists were misled and that they did notcorrectly measure possible result oftheir course. I received from manyof them the assurance that my can-didacy made their actions difficult,because they really wanted to-- votefor rn e, but tjiev seeded iJeQrthe' strange' delusion 'tKavV'tem-peranc- e

cause could be promoted bysupporting their own Presidentialticket, and by their course they in-

fluenced prejudicially national issueswhich were really at stake.

"According to numerous letters Ihave received from Central andWestern New York, it would seemthat the rainy day lessoned the Re-publican vote. Great political bat-tles, are often lost or won by an ap-parently trivial incident or accidentwhich no human foresight can guardagainst."

Mr. Blaine seems to be in perfecthealth and, as far as any one couldjudge, in the best of spirits. Hetold me that his long tour of forty-tw- o

days on the stump had not inthe least degree fatigued him.

Red Taps.

America may justly be condemn-ed for her off-ha- nd rough-and-tumb- le

way of doing things, and herreckless disregard for the refiningamenities of her social life, but fromthe custom in high life of courtingim getting married by proxy, andbeing compelled to get the consentof all the magnates in realm, civicand spiritual, we earnestly pray,"Good Lord deliver us." It is thus:

A son of a Duke becomes engag-ed to a lady of rank, asks his father'sconsent to marry her, is referred tothe Marquis of Lome as head of thehouse, who in turn refers him to theQueen, his mother-in-la- w. TheQueen refers him to her brother-in-la- w,

the Duke of Coberg, but theDuke says Berlin is the place andEmperor William is the man to de-

cide it. To the Emperor he goes,who tells him that Prince Bismarkalone is wise enough for such things.Applicant sends in his credentials,asks an interview, when the bluffold Prince says: "Why should thematter require any decision of mine?What have we to do with the Dukeof Argvle or with his son ? If theyoung fellow wants to marry, lethim do so. and be hanged to him'

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"Yes; but," interposed Mr. Phil--np witn round eyes or wonder, rlthought " '

w'Pa: pa y whispered the voice ofthe fair Jerusha, from the other side

f the door, "just come here a min-ute, please." And as the farmerpresented his moon-lik- e face in the

Jmil, she whirled him around andhut the door softly. "Pa, 4Pn't

"say another word," she whispered,i'lt's all a mistake, don't you see?Benaiah's brought the wrong man.He's a map-agen- t, instead of a heroof romance. Oh, pa," bursting intotars:"Jfne,veraso. , disappointedin my life!"

"And I never was so relieved,"said honest Hosea, drawing a longbreath. "Never let me catch youplaying us such capers again, Jeru-sha. No girl ever yet got a decenthusband by advertising for him, andit ain't the sort of thing I like. Sothere now."

And br way of answer, Jerushaonly dissolved into fresh tears.

Mr. Mapton stayed to supper, andsold one set of his maps to theBrunswick district school ere hewent on his way rejoicing.

But Miss Jerusha made a veryplea-a- nt impression upon his mind,and the next time he came that wayhe stopped again.

Mr. Manfred Manleverer, it wasnecessary to sa-- , never put in an ap-

pearance of any sort.But when the apples in the or-

chard turned red, Mr. Mapton an-nounced that he was going to giveup the educational publication busi-ness.

"It's remunerative," said he, "butI don't like the idea of being on theroad all the time. I am essentially adomestic man. I want a home. AndI've bought Bell's farm, three milessouth of this. And if Miss Jerushahere will become my wife and gothere to take care of it "

"Dear me how very sudden!"said Miss Jerusha. "I'm sure 1 nev-er thought of such a thing."

Bt she married the map agentafter all, and was very happT, al-

though his name was not "Manle-verer' and he did net resemble tin;steel-pla- te engraving of k'Ivanhoe"in the "Literary Annual."

-- "But ""he's a good-provide- r," saitlJerusha, "and he says I may haveone silk.dress a year. It ain't everyhusband will do that, now, is it?"Helen Forrest Graces.

Gen. Hancock receiving the Ilews ofHis Defeat.

Captain Burritt, of the SundayHerald, relates this story of the man-ner in which General Hancock re-

ceived the news of his defeat fouryears ago: Which one of the candi-dates for the presidency, we wonder,will take his defeat as quietly as didGen. Hancock? His wife, who toldthe story to the writer, says that onthe night of the election he went tobed at 7 o'clock, utterly worn out.When she begged him not to retireso early, as there would be some onewho would want to see him thatnight he said emphatically: "I can-not see anyone to night. I am sotired that I must go to bed at once."

So he retired and slept so soundlythat when his wife, who stayed upto hear the news, vent to bed shedidn't disturb him, nor did he awakeuntil five o'clock next morning,when Mrs. Hancock, having a cough-ing spell, he roused enough to askher if she had heard and news. Shesaiil she had: "It is a Waterloo foryou."

"All right," he answered, andturning over was soon sound asleepagain.

"We'd Listen to Him Now.

I deem it wise for the Independentmovement throughout the State tocontinue. The Independents havewon a victory, and what are theygoing to do? They are not goingback into the Republican partyagain. I am a Democrat so long asthat party acts fairly. Henry WardBeecher on the. Independents.

Robbery.

We learn that the railroad andexpress offices of the Wilmington,Columbia & Augusta R, R,, at White-vill- e,

Columbus county, were robbeda few nights since and a considerablesum of money stolen. Mr. BruceWilliams, one of the attorneys forthe road, has been dispatched for atWhitevilK and the matter will beinvestigated and the guilty partiesarrested. Jlevieir.

Ayer's Sarsaparilla thoroughlycleanses the blood, stimulates thevital functions, and restores thehealth and strength. No one whoseblood is impure can feel well. Thereis a weary, languid feeling, and of-

ten a sense of discouragement anddespondency. Persons having thisfeeling should take Ayer's Sarsapa-rilla to purify and "vitalize theblood. f

c Biuujf swiciicu caiicu guw ii, witna perfect chevaux defrise of floun

' ' "ces."Goodness me!" said . JerusJiaV

"I'm all of a flutter! How do'youdosir?". "Ma'am, I hope I see youVweTH"said Mr. Mapton, with a cerembni-ou- r

bow. ' "

"He's a perfect Sir Charles Grandison!" giggled Jerusha," under herbreath, adding aloud: "Please towalk in, sir." r -

And she led the way into the cooldark parlor, where there wereVgreenpaper shades at the indowsa..stonejar nit of asparagus in the fireplaceand a plaster boy, with a bow andarrow, on the mantel.

"Is your father at home?" askedMr. Mapten, with another obei-

sance."Oh, deai no!" said Jerusha, red-

dening ii again. "Are you goingto speak to him first?"

"It might perhaps be more seem-ly," said Mr. Mapton.

"Oh, good gracious!" flutteredMiss Jerusha; "but I haven't toldhim about about "

"Pray do not mention it!" saidMr. Mapton. "I shall have no diff-iculty in explaining my business tohim myself."

"Must I call him now?" said Je-

rusha, lingering with pretty inde-cision.

"Well, perhaps 'twould be better,"answered Mr. Mapton.

And softly closing the door. MissJerusha Phillips flew out to thebarn, where her father was wateringthe oxen.

"Pa!" she faltered, "do put on yourother coat and come into the par-lor."

"Eh?" said Mr. Phillips, a great,red-face- d, smiling giant, with a stub-by, week-ol- d beard, and knuckleslike a blacksmith. "Minister hain'tcome to tea, has he?"

"No; but, pa you see, pa ""What's the matter now?" said

Mr. Phillips, as Jerusha twisted hiscoat button nervously around withdowncast eyes.

"I've been advertising in the pa-

per, pa," confessed Jerusha."Advertising!" roared the farmer.

"What for?""For for a husband,1 -- almost

whispered Jerusha. "And the gen-teele- st

gentleman ou ever saw hascome to answer it. He signed hisnote M. M. Manfred Manlevererand the same initials are on the endof his valise, and he wants to seeyou at once."

"Well, I declare!" said Mr. Phil-lips, with a borean breath of ameze-men- t,

"The fools ain't all dead yet;'"No. But, pa, please don't dis-

courage him' whispered Jerusha,"because he is very gentlemanly,and all the girls will envy me so.Now, pa, do be reasonable."

"He's got to give an all-fir- ed goodaccount of himself," said the far-

mer, "before I'll let him have a dar-

ter of mine!""Oh, he'll do that, pa," said Jeru-

sha. "And do make haste! Benaiahwas in the secret. He posted myletters, and brought back Manlever-er'- s

from the post-offic- e. And hewent to the village for. me to-da- y;

and I've made him half a dozen newcambric cravats, and mended hisSunday gloves to pay for it."

Mr. 'Mapton, alone in the gloomof the best parlor, thought that thechairman of the board of trusteesnever would come; and in fact itwas some time before Mr. Phillipsbad as he expressed it "scrubbedhimself clean and jumped into hisbest clothes." And then he madehis appearance as majestic as Corio-lanu- s.

"I have the honor of addressing "said he, slowly.

"Moses Mapton, at your service'said the stranger, rising and bowing.

"Thought my gal said it was Mul-liver- ,"

said Mr. Phillips. "So youwant to see me, eh?"

"Yes, sir," said Mr. Mapton. "Iwish to obtain your good word for "

"Oil, you must settle all that withJerusha," said Mr. Phillips, ehuck--

"Yes, sir, but in order to intro-duc- e

""My gal says that's all settled

a'ready' said the farmer, broadlygrinning. "I s'pose you've got goodreferences?" '

"The very best in the state saidMr. Mapton, eagerly. "I assure you

that our system is""Eh?" said Mr. Phillips. --"What

the dickens are you talkin' about? '"Will you allow me to show you

a few samples," said Mr. Mapton,briskly unlocking the square black

box, from which overflowed a fear-

ful Niagara of geographical maps."Our ruputation in outlines and pri-

mary school maps is, I flatter mj-se- lf

beyond all attack.""0-o-oh- !" said, the farmer, "is

that what you come to see meabout?"

"That is it, sir," said Mr. Mapton."I am the only accredited agent of

Atlas & Co., the great school-ma- p

dayv the' 27th .day or this present... v.iNoyemoer. ;

'M'Tiffdredhlteiind 'thai through-out the land the people, ceasingfrom their accustomed occupation,do then keep holiday, at their severalhomes and their several places ofworship, and with heart and voicepay reverent acknowledgment tothe Giver of all Good for countlessblessings wherewith He hath visitedthis nation.

In witness whereof I have here-un-co

set my hand and caused theseal of the United Statet to be affixed.

Done at the city of Washington,this seventh day of Novemberin the year of Our Lord onethousand eight hundred andeighty-fo- ur and of the indepen-dence of . the United States theone hundred and ninth.

Chester A. Aether.By the President

Fredk. T. Frelinghuysen,Secretary of State.

Thanksgiving Proclamation Gov. Jar-vi- s

Proclaims Nov. 27th as a Dayof Thanksgiving and Prayer.State of North Carolina, )

Executive Department, j"

Our Holy Religion teaches us tolook upon our Heavenly Father asthe author and giver of all good.Our faith in this religion has led tothe sacred custom of setting apartdays of Thanksgiving and Prayer.In conformity to this custom, sanc-tioned by law, I Thomas J. Jarvis,Governor of North Carolina, do is-

sue this my proclamation, settingapart Thursday November 27th, instas a day of Thanksgiving and Pray-er, and I do invoke all to observe tneday as becomes a God-fearin- g, christ- -

S'An, people, i JLei it, t? truly-da- y ofThanksgiving and Prayer.

" Let allplaces oi secular business and laborbe closed, and the places of publicworship opened. Let all who can,attend these places of worship andjoin in songs of praise and thanks-giving to Almighty God for themanifold mercies and blessingsvouchsafed to U3. From everyfireside and family altar, fromgrateful hearts everywhere, let ourprayers go up to the Throne ofGrace for a continuance of thesemercies and blessings.

The same religion which teachesus to give thanks for what we re-

ceive, commands us to feed the poor,comfort the widow, and protect theorphan. On this appointed day ofThanksgiving, let us remember withsuitable gifts the wants of the poorand needy, the widow and orphan.And 1 do make special appeal to thegenerosity of our people, in behalfof the Oxford Orphan Asylum.This noble charity, as best it can,fills the place of mother and fatherto the orphan children of the State.Let our donations to this charity beequal to the needs of the children,and Heaven will bless them and us.

Done at our city of Raleigh, thiseighteenth day of November, in theyear of our Lord one thousand eighthundred and eighty-fou-r and in theyear of American Independence theone hundred and ninth.

Thomas J. Jarvis.By the Governor

William C. Blackmer,Private Secretary.

A Piece of Luck.

Chicago, Nov. 18. The Cookcounty canvassing board today dis-covered that the figures for Statesenator in the second precinct of theeighth ward had been reversed, thosebelonging to Brand, Democrat, hav-ing been credited to Leman, Repub-lican, and vice versa. This electsBrand by ten majority, and gives theDemocrats the legislature on a jointballot. The legislature is to choosea United States senator to succeedGen. John A. Logan.

Winston, Nov. 11. The torch-light procession and iubilee lastnight was the biggest thing of thekind ever seen in Western NorthCarolina. Everybody in town andmany from the country were in theprocession or looking on. Speecheswere made by Reid, Glenn, Buxton,Watson, J. M. Leach Jr., and others.The Superior court is in sessionhere, Judge McRae on the bench.Several murder cases on docket.Chronicle.

President Primrose said yesterdaythat the exposition had paid all itsindebtedness. ' The builaing is left.clear of debt. This is good news.JSews and Observer.

tDemtcrat- t- '

Second District (Tyrrell, Washington, Martin, Dare, Beaufort,Hyde, Pamlico Theo. W. Poole,Dem., P. H. Simmons, Dem.

Third District Northampton endBertie Thomas W. Mason, Dem.

Fourth District Halifax J. H.Mullen, Dem.

Fifth District EdgecombeTaylor, Republican.

Sixth District Pitt W. R. Wil-liams, Dem.

Seventh District Wilson, Nashand Franklin H. G. Connor, Dem.,Joshua Perry, Dem.

Eighth District Craven--Ninth District Jones, Onslow

and Carteret Dr. Cyrus Thompson,Dem.

Tenth District Duplin andWayne E. J. Hill, Dem., J. T. Kennedv, Dem.

Eleventh District Greene andLenoir F. M. Rountree, Dem,

Twelth District New Hanovefand Pender W. H. Chadboum,Rep.

Thirteenth District Brunswickand Bladen Swain, Rep

Fourteenth DistrictSampsoi- -E. T. Boykin, Dem.

Fifteenth District Columbus andRobeson D. S. Cowen, Dem., R F.Lewis, Dem.

Sixteenth District Cumbelrandand Harnett W. C. Troy, Dem.

Seventeenth DistrictJohnstonAshley Home, Dem.Eighteenth District Wake

John Gatling, Dem.Nineteenth District Warreir

J. H. Montgomery, Rep.Twentieth J?istrict Grange. Pjsrv

son and ' Caswell, James Holman,Dem., A. W. Graham, Dem.

Twenty-fir- st District, Granville,R. W. Winston, Dem.'

Twenty-secon- d District, Chatham,and Alamance, J. L. Scott, Dem.

Twenty-thir- d District, Rocking-ha- m,

John S. Johnston, Dem.Twenty-fourt- h District, Guilford,

J. L. King, Dem.Twenty-fift- h District, Randolph

and Moore, M. S. Robins.Twenty-sixt- h District, Richmond

and Montgomery, W. I. Everitt,Dem.

Twenty-sevent-h District, Ansonand Union, J. A. Leak, Dem.

Twenty-eight- h District, Cabarrusand Stanly, Paul B. Means, Dem.

Twenty-nint- h District, Mecklen-burg, S. B. Alexander, Dem.

Thirtieth District, Rowan andDavie. J. W. Wiseman, Dem,

Thirty-fir-st District, Davidson! PC. Thomas, Rep.

Thirty-secon- d District, Stokes andForsyth, J. C. Buxton, Dem.

Thirty-thir-d District, Surry andYadkin, J. A Franklin, Rep.

Thirty-four- th District, Iredell,Wilkes, and Alexander, J. F. Dotson, Dem.

Thirty-fift- h District, Alleghany,Ashe and Watauga, J. W. Todd,Dem.

Thirty-sixt-h District, Caldwell,Burke, McDowell, Mitchell andYancey,

Thirty-sevent- h District, Catawbaand Lincoln, M. O. Shemll, Dem.

Thirty-eight- h District, Gastonand Cleveland. Geo. F. Bason, Dem

Thirty-nint- h District, Rutherfordand Polk, - v

Fortieth District, Buncombe andMadison, H. A. Gudger, Dem.

Forty-fir- st District, Haywood,Henderson and Transylvania, W. hTate, Dem.

Forty-secon- d District, Jackson.Swain, Macon, Cherokee, Clay capGraham,

Two Hen Drowned.

Two . negro men, James IfcRcdand John Smith, were drowned inthe Pee Dee last Saturday nearGrassy Island. The two unfortun-ate men, together with two othercompanions got into a small boatand crossed the river to a grOggeryand liquored up" pretty freely. Aftbeing drunk on the return trip theywere unsteady, the frail boat careenedand sank; two of the men succeededin swimming ashore, but McRae andSmith found a watery grave-.-Wadeboro Times.

... f imm i i. illThe water in the Cape Fesr is

seven inches lower thtfh before. Af-ter passing Kelly's Cove the bottomcan be seen almost anywhere, andin many places persons can wadeacross the river without tny tiUStculty. Wilmington Star.

sean, efforts are making in nearlyevery Southern town to counteractit. Several city councils haveadopted and had published resolu-tions explaining to the negroes thattheir civil rights are in no way en-dangered and that their school facil-ities will not be in the least curtail-ed, which is another of their appre-hensions. Acting upon the oppor-tunity offered unprincipled whitemen are travelling through some ofthe unfrequented portions of theSouth receiving money from ignor-ant blacks for papers drawn up inlegal form, in which they profess todeed them perpetual liberty.

While this state of affrirs willprobably die out before bloodshedresults the situation is far frompleasant. It has already cost over81,000,000 in this part of the South,as exemplified in the Palatka andthis conflagrations.

3 r ' Toisnot in Ashes.

Toisxot, N. C, Nov. 19, 1S84.This place was burned this morvingat 11:30 o'clock. Every businesshouse in front of the railroad ware-house en the Edgecombe side wasburned to the ground.

The fire originated back of W. M.&. J. T. Wells' store. The loss isvariously estimated, including build-ings and gpods, at $23,000 to $30,-00- 0.

There is no insurance what-ever; none could be obtained.

The fire was the work of an in-

cendiary. From Turnbull's corner,including his' store and goods, run-ning north on Railroad street, thestores of Sharpe, W. B. Land, JimSellers and Barnes' drug store andKillebrew; on the cross street eastthe eating saloon, W. M. & J. T.Weils', Hoover & Co., and K. B.Williams and other small buildingswere all destroyed. It is sad to lookat the havoc made by the flames.Special Dispatch to the News andObserver.

Good Beading.

Hon. A. H. VanBokkelen receivedthe following dispatch this after-noon, which he kindly permitted usto copy:

New York, Nov. 14, 1S84.Hox A. H. VaxBokkelek Can-

vass of vote in State outside of NewYork city is complete. The citywill be completed by Saturday night,probably. Plurality now exceeds 1,-2- 50,

with 8 city districts completed.The final result will not be less. Itis absolutely certain that New York's30 vote will be for Cleveland andHendricks.

Maurice J. Powers.Judge Powers is one of the po-

lice justices of the city of NewYork, is a prominent and active pol-

itician, and is one of the high offi-

cials of the County Democracy, andknows just what he is talkingabout.

Cape Fear Geography.

The following joke comes to theChronicle from Cumberland:

A mellow factory man had justreturned from Fayetteville where-th- e

Democrats were wild over thefirst favorable returns. "Boys," saidhe to his fellow-laborer- s, they arekicking up a regular hell-a-bal-oo upin Fayetteville. The solid Southhas gone for Cleveland. New Yorkhas, too. England is a little doubt-ful. Connecticut and Indiana areDemocratic. Germany and Virginiaare doubtful, but Europe solid,and Cleveland's going to be the nextPresident, sure, pop!" Chronicle.

When politicians are on the fence,it becomes of interest to know whether it is defence or offence.