g : y-
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$ 1.5Q & nZTeteitt advance.
. 'a-
36 j gSvUM:
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5.5.1 --KS
l3
4g- Fast OStft Mney, Ortfers may
ni.tftinnd in all . the cities, and In maiyof the
large towns. - Wq consider them perfectly safrv
and the best means pf cf inltting fifty .d oUars J
Or (f it f ; : ; .
car Beirtsi tT4 t.mtt9Tnimid4 tbe aew
4vstem, which went Into effeet Jnne.lstu are a
rry safe means of sending small sntns of mo.
nr v where P. O. Money Orders cannot be easily
obtained.-: Obterw, the, ReffiMry fee, as well a
postage, mutthg pnid in xtampx at the efflee
liuro the letter la mailed, or It will be liable
in he sent to the Dead Letter Office. ; Bug and
ffir the tinmpn hath for pottage and registry, pvt
oit-matter ana uuce hi receipt Jnr u. tetters
rjto n. in t his way are at nr risk. '
1011'
' i . . . .
The subscription price of 4he Wekk
Lt Star is as follows ': 1 -
Single Copy 1 year, postage paid, $1,50
" i 6 months. " " 1.00
" j 3 ". . ' ' ' .50
Clubs of 10 or more subscribers, one
year, $1.25 per copy, strictly iri.ad--
va-nce.
fiNoCl
ub Rates for a period less
than a year. $XifC::r ivE:
.Both .old land new subscribers may
be jincluded in making. up Clubs., ? . .
!At the above prices , the Wkkkxy
Stab is, we think, the cheapest paper
in ithe State, and: its circulation will
be doubled in twelve months, if those
who have worked for its success in the
past .will increase their: efforts in the
luture. ' ' M:'-r;::'. ?st -r ; t
THE NT, LA CIS CONVENTION.
VVe shall see ' about ZJew Ilamp-
shire at St. : Louis, i perhaps. ! i We
ought to do something on the 2?th
. or 2Bth of June that' will take the
muerne8S out of, recent events, some
thing to give hope to the great, or
ganized and unorganized masses of
thi 3 countryjwho iotfg. 'for:the return;
of sound and honest government like
' the hart pantetBTor the water brooks, j
A solemn responsibility ; devolves on
the leaders of the Democracy ' who
arej to assemble n St. Lohis in Jane.
; They are to, meet not to; gratify any
man's personal- aspiration,; or i wreak
any private fevehge; p tiierefy tb"rt-;
wara any notaoie servant- or tne par-
ty.i tiuA:. less : are r they f'to v.t ga
t her the clans ; f or ': combinations,
cliques, rings in -the interests of .any'
i act ion pi. tne., party. M,iney are nov
to speak and act as'the representa
tives of the GreenbSck or ! the - It e-
sumptfoii wirfg.!; They ! are not ex
pected.to revamp old issnes or give a
1 gat v anized ; existence vtQ. Jdeas i dead
and interred. - pnvthe mission of the
next PemocrigcRpj siq're
deem the. nation .from the .prejudices
the blundertv the: crimesf fthe Re-
publican' party; 3t If it rdo' anything
less inan-preparet vue ; way : ior SUCH
redemption the : people,, wpl ; not cnr
d o rse, ;ta jactip.n, I and f the; npionsteis
naicalisrh Will gain 'one more dan-
1 g-rons'victory'l: f.tff
- 1 here w good reason, no-w. to . trust
to the St.,iiOnS4jUpnyeTip
migniviassuea-pniine year.i rAieeung
I't r v adesf the whole' land tbatrsome
tlmig'Tnnst be done, and that tneJue-m-H-rafs
i:an do U. .1. . some parts .of
the th old i prlcjudicesf have .been
nvi M - andiif ilw?leclii wefeVtV
tnkf fijace immediaiVly after the.
'vi r-tk-f; in .those cotnmniutie; wbnld I
l" ( robably in- faVor of the5 thieves j
ri;inr ittan Uie oia-ume enemy, we
)" ltns i ,eyanc-si,eiit.-i,,JUet n ber:
lie h tlikti a few ? rpVth noberireflec-
civil wa r.j:K i' vi4. . u i -i a ;
The.lethsjti.pf Hhlfj 1.141
h" celebrating at Raleigb the hun
dredth anniversary of the" fonridatipn
?; of Melhodism Mri Nprtn Carolina?
V uh a membsbip jn.jW
than two hundred thati enterprising:
denomination sincrease'd-'at
greater ratiOj ihatt tLe 'wpplatibn 'of
the Common wealth, until now , ifc.,,is
among tbo; iorernost.v cbnrches vin
1 hi rubers, wealth and intelligerice.i
' This .result has been achieved1 by'do;
voted piety,' strenuous exertion and
courage of tbe-lughfisU-order The
Methodists havo 'the ngbf to assenr
r sss.ssss .
6 Months x-ggg
S Months jg jjgjo
it ' SSSSS.8Sp ,
8 Months ggg'
,-; 8S8?2.S8t: '
t Month eoaooeaQ -
ytHrtilll-'
-5 gS8S8SS;j
3 Weeks ct-ao eg ; i, .
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- -18888888 '
4 Wek ' 1 - sat
t 888S88i':
I Week 5 IMipogr j
' j : : : : til
' -! T ?
c oZ a. ,
.03 W - .
tion'will cjAif iriPemarry of 3 twte h-'
lr i sgiisiti vevoteW i'atphe!jn.fngat
ar- nreXt ol W fafe3'. ttaVanpt n'r K
iu iue uapuai oi me otato aim
Hii caQBo through tbm'in f-j ;
EtseirliVte we print tbi tirsi day'a
. -. V.i.- i , v.. f
alew rag chose n to heart ih elctorftl
A.rvsolulion -ta pregenvn
fjniHere.Sj-'platf
for l4ekidetit rlaid! rthe tabW'
':JS p(aii?kf 4 platfo.tiai1
adopted are as fwljow; . ,
7TOW;That.rtjoebmwV
my are! indispensable m ftiderI,!8tate land
municipal administraiion as essential means
toward lesselDg Unburdens of the people,;
and e commend tbe efforts of tbe isajori
ty in jibe House n RepresenUtivei.for the
reduction or lue expenaitures 01 ine lederai
gorernment.to a just standard, and their I
determination to lessen lue number oi use-
persons.; impUcatediio the late relrcllibn.
against tbe governments theTjnhed8late4
wbo have not already TeeVrelieved from
disabilities by the action .of Congress and
of the President, . would be ab allowable
and proner exercise of goyernmental nqwer
in the year of the centennial celebration ef I
Ajnencaa lnqepeounce. ana jiuat ,iue rre;,
commendation at such a measure by' Presi-
dent tyrant in a public message; and its eH
dorse ment and passage by a i$epublican
Housej of Representatiyes at a former Ses
sion constitute full, proof that such a meas
ure ism, juiBCious and timely .1 .rj "V : I
v. . Fifth. 1 Approves of those provisions of
tbe State Constitatioa . - wbkh 'protect not
only, school foods, but other public moneys
loneys I
from appropriation to sectarian uses, add
8ylvaniairmetli4a8te; last - 4-itHatJhjwakittH
Ihe tateajtMrgeltQjthe:NaUonai; ,,arh
f'- Hator Waliacw, Cotigftasflian fely -Whiliatee'-leiBA)
that they fitly illustrate-Jfcat doctrine of the 1 lWica V Prafi? GI uoernaionai no
separation of Chorch and' Stale which alj-1 pors,' '. " " ' , ' ;' ; ' ;. '
ways- has wen a cardinal one with tbe Dem- 1
ociatic party, pi l itf .; ', - - .... if I
Sixth. That tbe statute for tbe resumpi
tion of specie payments.on tbe first day of -1
January, 1879, is impossible to execute. It
isa deliberate proclamaiion that,1 at ibat
date,-the United: States will : go : into lank
ruptcy. It paralyzes industry, creates ;iis.
trust ot the imure, turns ihe iaDorer and ,0 side Wednesday night. Sena
producer .out of employments is a standing i-, J -threal
upon the business menand ought to tor. Dawes and other leading Repab-
fShwil,h fA ri 1 ,1 Iicahsare to follow with i speeches.
s i4, Seventh. -That sold and silver are tbe r; t ? . - , Mj :. rfcVVU"
only lrue basis for the, currency of Hie lie- Both parties ha ve nominated ' strong
ini'iSiStdari Uket . That of h, Libel Deriob-
as win, most surely and epeeouy reach tnat I .racy is neaaea Dy me nitneno mvm
result without destrovine Ithe i business' inrrLiifit'r2'1iL iH'-t ' r::;.V H-
Wrestft of-the people,4tt ! . -d I
; .Jfiighth. That the present depression or
. t, : i i. : -1. i i
the wbolesome flow of capita? through tbe f c1a bn) U '! thoogbt'thlSWltt not
ehannels of enterprise, and denies to honest amount lb a great deal. Oujr' major
labor a decent liyeliboodais'tbe direct. -in- t'jA'n&h U.v5fc - .w
evitable fruit of extravagance and of reck-
less and dishonest Republicans .tamperipg j
with the finances of vtbe country, and wo
denounce the authors of that legislation as i
otncials who haveunsetUed the foundations I
kRk. nf llio fSt.l. - anil f ilia- tinmo L Wa I
Tjall uponHhe. people to aid us to halt them 1
in thair Mat A.M.. nvA r.: eat ' tfiAt1 Mfl 1
.u.uv.lf..M v..w,.u . v.tiv.v . OI laeir oou eat victory in pi ewnamp
in the direction of ' practicable rmeasureS ( , : . ' . 1 jt
which shalleyentually enable the Treasury I shire.. Jj; . -r --o'.f I .-m
of the United States fo -keep tits, plighted I -
faith . with : rich and poor alike.
de-
monrt onrri lamo1afit ihrnnffYi I i rla r nrnvar
of theT Federal ; government Which ' ShalH?0,!, .
give ns performance for promtses, and re1-! f n aWest
store solvency to.the Y hatipn ; by; restoring.
prospentylo thepeople.'YJ f .Mk- I
r ,' i-ilfi 1 '.i .t
- 'jivis, unaerst,ooa j,nai me.-ociegat i
tion annointed and vthoae be choi
set! "by j tbe ' Cfeheress lDistricts will
iay or
for
o1fsliraniabrfVi
al. ,;. ,. , .p,- .tf. .
The New Yoricoesu't liW
WTtwrars ut specessor or
Presidents and :xGb,urtini " 'W! iffi:
tKAnli' tnlpfWimWii li- W rirf 1 oen.-vox.rruwing in an unnecessary ana ougns u De-ioirou-repeaiea.
inRtr,ucted. ; VJt .., :iv.; :.t: ! ,! -i --.-v - 3 A" correspondent of the : Boston ire
..IC3,L itpWM
" 1 ' li Li-rr- -- T 1 : . , . . - s Jl tthfe "choice of the vonncr Democrats
M4sm.MMtn .jani: viii!uan 3fi w, i io r nave laicen mm -into cu8toovf';f
T rH- Wi WU Z movement, i ought! neyetoihaye;
anpinnatL,In
Times t uofr in sympathy with Conk-I iL?4&.V2Z22&WH t w
ii i Jr. , . . - ..'11,;--., l be ain-tp repeat." ,. jf Ut
hrfgism which is 'another nime for ; f tt, "i;o t -s-i
a ff.v-jr L-t ffruH-j. icf-T..n-;.ow rfettyigood advice.! itiremaina.io-
Urantisrp. , The rtmes warns,, the, : ' iJ i2 f -
- -i f."? . vM' h ffy- M'the cantnaignrolTs on.';' Such papers
delegates not, to lie the State to tbe lasilhela'ArM recAffnize the1
gates not, tolietheState to tbPlasJlhelP the1
tail
of-; Gen. Orant's'pr Senator .Cohko
thej partytj managerst whp;favpr; ar
a sin
i
HS :Jar"J"BJ.-". F-y"""5
sue
an article r'desirabilUy'lifntbey
date muph good after it fras, secured,?
and i there can be ho dpnbtf at all that
wxt oyber.f Utaen whp figbt;
foj- aucceas,! and that; pnly willi fight
in 'any- case r- but tbe jteadily-grcw
Vk-iii (ChUIUU LJia
f i
Jing's kite, and declares that neither lVV VATf f ? '
rtf t nam - ia tif t tna nAmininn ' I t . . s - . ir i
Tvr-" vfM'" ? the fmporiPvi ftlonepf such aPbhd
rhe- great liepubliCan gooroal then, ofipolitical affaini,Ju6ton its hbr
remifks witn a bitter torie theo
h
are ;prepared toInsist on it; But t 'says that one hundred and thirteen
niayi fairly 'be ohbted whether it vesselswere inRslghton'1 Iheilt
wppld dp either jem pr.Ttheircandi-: .twoTo'clock an the; afteraooiC which
i j would seriously- imperil; the Hn- ;di$patcK3?nof vesslsteroiir"sight
l uimpb of tfip party fa t nis f thait State 1 tact la Insil v X recrarrd aa bne of
r
mg oouy w,iwmuuiivud -,twuu '. tnese yesseis to get a saie.oianKue
rather be beaten in a good cause than, fore the storm atruek;tbe coast, ; The
vin in a 4ad one will ;not 'go into a great berfefit to the commercial apd
contest-beW 'principles1 are ;disre-
4 tii li-i ' s-.'Ja.lJ- :
&e Bn"f rr :r atedTheaphere s of ita p$eColnew
of ap,pliga,rchy,pf ..pfiice-pjders rule seema also, to bp T constantly eniarg
the'day-, uh j.vri -t J t -!i M-jt injgrr - V- '.Vi5 "iwn-f if V'1'
, AKeir Ha?en 'cprfespbtjdeni'-of
taq tftfvrooney; party.of Connectifjut
thought' at obe; iirde of homiaatiDg
Mti Boiiatd aflluchelMlc Jlarvel
at
the Hea;amm; the meekeyed
will be Been in shelter
nderil!dul,
nieadow.with th 8QUlhern elope.
jToirteH tneHhis movement i8 8lfbHg
land alar;?8dpr
efected an( cornpele toltakejupmy
aboard -in b.riek-andmpru'rnVironed'
Hartford, while all the coppices of
-t' 'i: . . V,:--
&age wood . are bright with Summer
bloom! I would rather be farmer
i. , . ;v . . .
than Governor; I would rather sit in
my library of-an afternoon and watoh
. . : - . , . .,. ,.; .
me growing corn nnauiaimg in toe
state signing bills for pubiio acts, and
ht bright tlafr fljatifi!r l, ihW
ine . DVn!l naS QaUB aUl,e n
Capitol Wonld not be m pleasing in
- Lj wli;,;,, iVi.;Z'J;r
'K aa lhe Bmoky baerof , the
iar;Oir steamer seen athwart the danor
iiig waters shivering in the'June id-
Shine.
4i
Good for the author of 'Reve-
r.
riel of a Bachelor. But maybe ifri
Miichell didn't smell the chances of
election a freshly. a he did the aro-
f .. i. .u:
X1 ,V- ,jr i u""'
t ' f , '
itjhb Connecticut elkction. .
u The election to take nlace in Con.
I - ! - - . . . ,
jvVefucnT'.ne.xl monlD 18 exciting some
attention? Senator- Kern an i opened
i ' if :; . - r
the 'campaign on .tbe JJemoorat-
r.fIVr,fWW
Mr' r'Yt
leadership of Ingerol tha usually
z' i .k , . . trp,, ' , ; ,
uyuiuu. """o
fayor Democratic success, despite Re-
I . . M i ...... ... f . r ,
PnPcan, , dexterity ;.and the prestige
kl--? 1 1 . . . IT
a, BLUNDER
THAT IT WOULD BB
& 81 N TO DBPEAT. ;.;
Radical paper in the
State? ahcT perhaps ; the most decent,
r. - - ' - - !.3.'W - - vw '-''V
I is the , Greensboro. New North State.
i . v....; . i j
This long-handled organ, in making a
rabid attack on the Democratic Con-
Th.their're
W i8-waVpliea
I rcw.lim lii Wttl Voa
I impolicy Pf vcoh verting ;Narth Caro-
net'
rible.
f;-.;
The BalUmoiW idirectsaUen-1
MW on fthti Wewy JfioglandacoasU
Th
put'jtp; sea. when ehejstornxaignalf
J were hbUted Wnd at the daten of ih
thb greatest triumphs , of r the falgnaT
service smee lta e'stablishmenLirbP
timely1 warning'1 ?given ' enabledah
','.trL , Vl lf. "A',i "a52i-a.-
material interests of the country,, by,
this Mrviqe cannot: bp well aggers
jFu : i ervativfi nartv. ia rnrnnPllPd in twit
IThe? SHlnme fia irYlShardy but
with little chaireeofWccels make
thllepubncah;:rP
ground in. the President! rcamjiaignj
Ref erring . tp.the miserable ypp-arfr'
another form of, argument,- adopted
by I raanya pft the pafty flewgpajers,.
;clo4ed a; tbimefut systein of ttibai as
Bsmeritsifj
dninistral;
corrected it, but it has been greater durlng4?3arriss is gettingalopg very well,
open hostility arid Secret Opposition of pari
tjsajn? repub icaosj -whi swouldsratbertio
wrongsnoum remaininan a iiiucaippo iWHilwboleaome lessoufroia tbUun
nent kbould have the credit of remonneit. I . JJ- r --; ' .- . . ' :
ileDossibleiabraa'
Blaine caimot -eethat thiri8 no time for F
Jtrjckingand sufbbUng f HU pontics are j
put of date."
J -
;-
W. N. C. it.. H.
i The Asbeville Citizen hears
1f
v mo
purpose f i "parUes' V to atopahy I-
work that may to commenced on the
French . Broad division of the iVest-
era North Carolina RaiIroad,4lalm.
. ! . ..,,,,. ; .
mg to own the property. While we
do -not go as far as pur contemporary
in saying that "the ; people ought to
lynch anybody who shall try to slop
work aUemnted to h done on ih 1
rbe wili say that we think a,h
if f I
a pTooeeUlnu an outrage on the moun-
taio people who have so loue waited I
t J mi. -,. VT,, .1
for, a railways .The 7a well ob-
serves tbai the remedy ? of the parues
reierrea lo we aa pt KnpW who
they are,), is to- let . the road be; com I
pleted, and then to try the title. f If
. 5 i ' ' 1 i-lt u I
their- claim is good now it will be I
woth more to them then.
TUB POLAR V1VB.
; The recent cold weather has prob
biy nipped Ihe major part Jf the
r , FF- ? ..... i i, I
a
fruit, in this State, in the bud. The
destruction seems to have .been! pret- I
ty general from the reports. - The re- Walker did, but , his companion,: Potter,
ports, however, of such disasters are fikd to secure a proper position and vwas
-i.ii.n.. av.-..ij. -.!..,. washed; off the flat He made frantic ap
nearly always exaggerated; .we must, , - . , .
i . J : , j. ! . , peals for help, and prayed fervently for
miur, . uiv u.Boub im u
present instance.. r .... j
The " wave " extended as far South I
as fJainesviilei Florida. , Most tof the
field crops-al ways blantedfarly in
;v ! . tp- k'-T-' -
that region in Southern GeoxEUfcaad
l. ! j,. . . : t --.. , t
toMdafcav
l irir ferjlantin neCeKSarr Tlie diSflS I
ter will likewise reduce' shlpniehts of
early' Vegetables! from ' that: sctiohi
UKlf'l ': rr mm PTirpa 'lUinallv IT- llt.tl
later in tne season man now. j i
I ' . 11 1 ' ' I
The New York 7W6m saya, "the
ag baby in ; Pennsylvania is seriously
ilL9 . If bo it hasnt lost the foil use
of its lungs, as the following resolu-
link nftAi at I.ancaster will lahow :
i r . . ' ' i .
fPlat rte statute. for the resumptioa
of ppecw payments on the first day of
Jafiuary, 1879, is impossible to exe- I
cute. It is a deliberate Proclamation I
" l t ' - - L v't. - i 4 -."-.- I
inai., ai. inai, ute, ine unuea piaves
witl! go into .bankruptcy. It- para-
types' industrTcreateai8tru8t lof the
oiute. turn8 the : laborer and pro
duceciout ofaemployment,: is a' stand-
lag threatr.upon . i the.: business, men,
1-f r ii ...s;.r sh.
;atlWA8hingtpafprjPresWetw
Wjnfield: S.. Hancock; sThere .ia A.
Avement-ofthe mow progressive
'('J2;.fi .r L - -lis. -
wing of the Democrat, be aats, to
1. JlJja J.' toI'f:T4;iLVvjftkit'ii. .
sDumioat
Hancoci
i'A i 1 ''" "" '''' " ' " '"
U The Radical convention ' to! liotni-
velitioii wiU assemble at ftajejgh on;
it joih f Tiii --:':---i- i
.. rf ' 1
Wllmtuft-tau Ueiall larke
ailaPfesidchMalliicket "wiCinet IW!; K?! ?? ',,coT
S v1 - . -i"' guard' t office holders to win 'the'
at Cincinnati onheih June. ge,a m the greaCeppIe of b
Tlje Radical StUl- npnnatuig con- Carolina simply because the vl hope.
The lollbwirig 1 prices " ruled yesterday:.! is it toj be tipped ?i We answer, the;
triples, (dried) 12f cents per lunilj dried parlies' themselves must top it.
irh nM ivHiDd:-walnuts.; 25 ents ? They tnUfit bow before the will, ot
per peckt' pickles, 20 cents per dozen ; the ptbple, and the will of that peo
laru iS Centa per pound; Wer. j 4() P1 " me9 personal fends
iiiLr-i:!liL. o '..,-'.1'. and wonly war is in the way of their
wnfowla73a80apairy geese fij 00 per
pajrfb;l06id per pound; l?'eej,!(corn
ed)12i15c, . peiTj pound yeair.,llbc,
perpound; mutton, 12 J15 lets per pound?;
hanVl80cfe berpound; shouliieb,i2ja
A4Ceni8perpOUnqt lXiow,vyV4n:BVUUVU4
clams. 25 cents a pecx ; open ciams, -40(opsa
pents a quartt soup'bu'nch, 5 cents; jeggs, 15
nt8.:adoztsturirn;25ct8;ac
uiuucui Auuaeu vcuw in iv"
10! cents a bunch 'Phidhs, 6pr cents
a pckr ' cabbages U25 xefats-T a
Jieadv-bologda -SO cents a pound; ; wDd
'dnnka arW7n7.1 4.ta a nair: - DSJCley. 5 cents
ratdei new Irish, 40c a peck; new sweet tiere 41s ape lace 01 . i-oe reporxe
ceaua:peck W6p$ hept
-fSts-ivia heard that a man. has tut His own
bunch; carrots, 5c a pound; rice I020c a f ...L ? , 7 V . - . . i'i
iquart;?crabsl5c downj apples' 60 to 60c t tairsr . . - J - H -ter:peckOiTer:pUddmg20c
,7 aL.'u n-iMl-
pudaing, i cta.K);-oysiers uiewxuyer
4 1 00 per gallon; da Sound, 20 cts a quart;
cauliflower, ie25ltaJt5eler25lJce
per buneh; turkeys 20o perpound ; sausage.
ZSt); cents par pound; raaisnea,M:cents a
. 1 r . - .
VartB&Uabitmiuim 'i' j n i
eshe Would have added one
rmore Vb tbe: ntrmbef of wrecks on and near
btbe RipJ 5 8ormacb for endeavbricg' tq pi-;
foot wbea yoa.oourt know; nue way..i j-Tiis
ilDupaicme in'oVer the bar and anchored
broiten short off
hotter set
j thDOhet. xt -1&. presumea mat an parties
l;Wbo e iatnrally' given to tussling, 'ft&df.
f?S?t: &v--mi:rii
- . . .
: -f W
that a pilot who arrived there Thursday.
from Hatierasreoorts three vessels wrecked
on the beacn. . Use ot the vessels a three-
toasted: fsch'ooner loaded witli- lumher-fis
from ew urieans; one was loaded with
sugar and molasses, and the r other was in
ons positioathat it was impos-
sible to get near enough to learn anything
aboutit( except that it was a large schooner,
Two lives are known W be lost, and all
three of the schooners are total wrecks."
The pilot states ; that one of the heaviest
' " ""s fc
TT a :i. t t. T .1 I '
man Drowned A Terrible strangle
: J l',ffB'' i4 r f'vy-t-;
Waring the severe gale which prevailed
ve8terdat a flat loade1i with5 wood was on
it8 !way Up the river,-having reached 'a
point abpul a half mile this side or Uig
Island, or some eight and a half miles be-
" v.j, iUO nuBo x
time breaking over the flat when Obadiah
, . . ' ,
Royal, who wasf in command,-sang out to
the other t wo men on the flat, Wm. Walker
and a man named Potter, to push, the flat
ashore, as she was about to sink. Imme-
daf terwards she commenced swamp-
inland s on went down. In the meantime
shouted to the men to get 'on the
wood and cling to itforsafety; This Wm.
niinutes, Walker making repeated at
tempts to save him,' but without success.
and the poor fellow finally, became . ex-
hausted, ceased his fearful i struggles for.
!Ue 8ank beneath Ltbe raging atei a
with a prayer Ao, the Almighty on his lips,
jk; - .r-:-..i--: 'l-i j ?: ij mi'-iv-
i ue. oiiKr iw men, we ere n wide iui c;-
thV'.LWttilt iAihMrdiiflftw
yards from landntil it drifted nexrenougbj
to the shore for them to touch bottom, when
l.n;n i!l nn fnnf mil mnnrf.
ed the. facts to the parties interested, and
also irave information to Coroner Hewlett.
the family of deceased and others, of the
gad misfortune that had befallen their com-
rade. i
Potter,: the ; drowned man, whose first
name his companions could not give us, was
resident of this city, is said , to have fol.
lowed ba8iQe88 0f mixing, mortar, and
believed to have been between 85 and 40
years of age.
!'"
: a Knalhf . Wnrd Iran Ann r lb
k 4iaarrellln: I.per..
-i ' ,. ' I Raleigh News. ' i
- Persoual ill feeling among Conser
I vatives and Democrats, as men ' and
paHy brothers one ' io wards another,'
I should not oreep into, r party ranks at
isti important,' and the heaviest
igh'ted with Pon'sequences the most
disastrous , t6 :the whites' of North
vjarpiitia, ..snoaia . ppr. parxji do li0e
feated. in t the r coming ; campaign
uixeateup xnt iue ncoming-: campaign
God forbids 'Rigbybere
io iRaleighHhp Repblans ae hbir
: jabitftft er'eaK.
going on between Conservativea and
ftJiJLum- a v
I and. are. ouietlv. and', deliberately
'tonching elbowa and dressing in line
frpihVtheprtetit' bickerings and
strife to'get bur leaders demoralized
lhis . is simple .troth. Very. man.
iieeH it and.ays it." 'Jlen what?, Iow,
e"S.?v? l" - -s i".
'1 j'IJ
oyy1FV"a1' .V! r . 1''' J
1
t ' v i A Mint J"or a.Prlmer.
-p A new primer is aboutXo be issued,'
which' lias a lesson In!' it5 worth repro-
l((HUUlOIl,, j.yil jOUJj ui, Hio.; pajco in j
t wooa-c ut;oii;a;pav pkv, eeeu v-i uo a iu g
man, with a pencil stuck, in his hair.?
This lis -. whatirprintedrunder it:
1 , ,, . t --v (
e-.,-
Should ydu like to be a" reporter and
get licked on dark 5 nights, and see
Aao A tumnni nl limr.-nn fmte'tair
. -- uiuy iw,
Tenn.,announce8 the death of Hon. A.- O.
' P.' Nicholson;1 Chief Justice-of the State,
The deceased had been prominently iu pub
i ue u iw muj jvan, wm ,h -ovu;
A! tBTTBB PRORIi AV ASB1NQTON
tlWxsririiCToDl X3 March 20: Wiaison.' Jrn! ahpeg?
l ' : ? ,,-.t t.-.-i.- , r - - . x combe counties ii.?
'The other morning when.;the news Pvimiifim
from New Hampshire was fresh upon
.s,jamadic1t
resalt. He replied that'he considered t
it toettbai1app1d.lS
ecayblieviu
congregation endorsed .thejiceutiocs j
mecherThatltheUte:or
shire should ao emDhaticallv en l
vuicu6, buv ncu uui, luciijr 4u- t
difference to the "eighth "command- f
ment.-but a DosiLive- lovef .o-f rInndr.
and the Democrats made r grievous.
mistake Wheritheya mado.ri2a?fca21
- w ar j--
4orrtions the basis of jtheeampaigjo,
Jiike the fellow who wbeu-the- case I
noD ow yreouj iuoud uut ajiuuou uiui I
for stealing a ' hog that his counsel I
proposed submitting it without argu- I
ment. begged him to sav somethhio-1
in his defence assuring him that " it I
would be all right." The jury, after
ft ahnrt nAnnlLi Urnrfa J nl
body, except the prisoner,; by: a ver- I
S"i5ffiK2SiS4S
- . ... . - . .
w.uu .w Hwwuu6u vyuuoci iu a i
wbi8perf ' Eleven of that jury had
d Otece OT the hOg.V: ? : i : .: ; I
' The . result in - New : Hampshire
shows that it would have been well
to have ascertained what nrnnnrtihn
of ithe neonle were interpRf erl in thesA I
corrupt nractices: before denouncing I
them. iBut.there is something better
inan party success, ana l am glad to I
find that the Democracy have proved
i i. -. . " . .- i
true to their traditions and are reso-1
thevfindrit. , And yet (referring to
v,lBu57wu..(ii1J i
geiuer oiameiess; ii nas mucn 10 re- I
pent of many blunders to correct, I
errors of judgment,! it is true,- but, I
neyertheless, f erroisj by, which we I
have , anfferprl rWnlv Tn . nnnvorco. 1
of the House.and remarked that there f
K"t iweneu iu iub wrtjauiiauuD i
aeemeu .so,ruave ueen a aen Derate.
effort to overslaugh the talent of. the I.
pany ana. oring mediocrity to the t
TTTI a a I
rore; wv ny, ne saia, iook at your
lepresentative, Waddell.f. His'length I
of service I in Cofitrresa and hi n- I
knowledged: ability ientitled him tP
the chairmanship of one of the more 1
imnortant committees a . nnRit.inn
that would have ? placed . him Jrhere
hesshould be, tn the fcatf-and .;yefc I
r- ". -w-- - r,-i
wnere oo you una nim si iaa notn-If
tug w aayy auu-i
Antiair1l kin nAa
,Jt&g&.?&gyj&: i'J5MlseriteBced M4talBntiayK fottwayeaosr-fV
PMWVra&!3rt ffHwataalUii and:tolher8 wefe M.Mt"t7l4
Pjamt to make that' hhaa beeUiiepu
in aneoacK erounrj.' j -
i .TTiiai. we ueeu lu.iue nouse is ex- i
perienced ' leaders, aud the lack 6 f
LllCiu UaB'iljtU a iimu tlHlll?itlll r 8-' ll HtL I
wr - , ff " - I
a few exceptions, they are '..like the 1
hav. KiMMMmM7tlH'knt:lii(k:
one referred to above in the "rear
rank? of the Committee. Reform in I
this particular is the- great need of I
our party to-aay, ana tne sooner it is
-k l Wrf Tff I
o .. 1 . " I
true, as predicted by Bomo of the as-1
tronomers, that the moon is to knock
onr . earth into- a cocked, hat Inert I
September, why "it f is of no ponse-1
quence, (as Mr. loots would say; but I
another. hundred years, somethiKg
puTpose.to rival .brooklyn in her bad I
eminence. r. tt e naye not yet reacneu
her dirty height but we are to have
course,' is impossible. She must look
tOiher'iaurelaV1-- WMnw-nf-i-
to'her laurels; ; w j - ,
,';y It would! be amusing to.notice
,tbe.
" smoseu out 01s orotner amuug
itL'L 1 iu
V.c umxtyr-T., --wr
baleful mfiuence of such , shameless
hypoency.. Why, sir. it ;s s but . the ,
Wingwiinmsnrstaoineu ne
giyeriof vrecwuagifts bavedalwiysj
hson rpwanlpri this RPPirift to have
been the only "policy ot the adminis-
'i'-ii-j j u:i.ni.ni;nata. rnnaa!
..L.-i..M v.a ixiao ' Kt ; it oron
uo1c" ,V"C r r s.K Tivl
their dutv to bo Vin accord with the
should be done to stop the blunder- Ll Philadelphia Pie personal fo1
ing.at ohceVl'4 'r ; ' ' -f 1 jobn H.t Wheeler, the distinguished ar U
; u The recent frauds developed i in,- thor of the History of Norths Carolipa , 1 "
though' not of Washington, have led 1 accepiea-an.HiviiaMoa o u prewawDuw
somepeople to think tby it is our tSS6
one .year more of Kadicaasm,' and we Rasbuy, of this county, tookup the oriei-' "
miy, before it is done, equal hern in nal idea otrbuildingSiaf Jiouse !andf ihea I
all badTwomen, and that, "pf jrai
JLu i i,;A k cuW -iAt5 didnt w6rk well, "for Jt seems byome
administration,' and places were barr 1 r J.V'-V11' '4k ' A
gained and sold m the most open and r-Cbirlottei .Observer:, We - nii-t:MflWi,:r-any.,
Offera nf tmr-i derstand that ou Tuesd a colored wo- -
chase
aicimea'ao!!f
'TKl . m . ,i ; 1 .-..
our
give one hundred
vrho't will' septtre"
One of 'the Depai
We had become
occasioned t.no- .-remarK, tnougn it
mndfl Mthe- indicioHS erieve. iThev
, - ; . i i mil i .. .. w,
have gone on rioting i in, their ill-gotf
ten,
of
of thunder from" a - clear- sty. ''ana
now the terror-stricken wretches are
shaking in their .boots.' aftd , weeping
revelry and rejoicing, and the end ia
not yet! r l- r bt, Totn),
were'altnost daily made throogh on the Western I Division of : the Carolina ,
ba!Detahe!"followih2"te Mfe4"
weaith, peyer. creaming oi anay 1 r'l.-r.z&ZZZtiir? 7iT"u
x..b.nmnv Snh O. I.hinnf US O 1 . i- - ., - !7 . . i. .... T-V. . . .... -.
Democratic House of Representatives tooki the , court tecord raadV pitched ft puu ' 1 ! ,
never '.disturbed theirs visions, 'and Wp haven't learned what the. row waS '
hence thO.actionof.the .Secretary.pf. ' 'V" ul , .
the Treasury (which was taken : only H'HilliaTdstOT4 'Nasb''conntJr,cor- .1-,
iwnyuiuc. Kuy . --fti r i in der&nu .or anvtmnff-oeiier tiiai Honor -"i.
to keep the Monocrotic Mouse from respunucp v. lueu
unearthing frauds,) was like "a clap f"1 1
iuiu&: ucurKO v. ouuuk, jwa.. mig ui uiu 4:
jor iLMvernorjofc .aQrui crojinSs mHSTBfe
j-i--.The Patriot reports the burning. . .f.
mbad clasp which was once the nroDertv of
"a!! !-?,5!t 4M
the recent fires i have been considerable ic
in--
ImMmmmY
v f -t- John Jtuackbnrn, tormerly 'a - -
5 T A :
tontla8t UTiday, aged. 73. ,
JjHi ?iii iki
Fi - n f ., v.
1 Asheyille to .Warm Springs.- . .;; .
LjTl,Vi!ii'J
airsB a him i ri mi .M-vnu wi i u m n rumr un. - sbb rn':i 5 -,
izea fi
.bed last Friday, morning. ' . . '
ayeweyiue xtazetie. '- -toe coia.
of Saturday : sufficed to kill all the lfroit.
and we doubt whether there will be any
a5hes this part of the State.- ; ?4
ne messenger says u is inougm
the Radicals will have two. candidates in r - f
1116 Congressional field m that District this
f 'W ilLil irn o iJi Ll'
U.Edgeooml,:!CouBM turned
- a ne oarn 01 jur. a. oraswei .
rutey night with six bales of cotton and
sixty barrels of i corn.
! -'Tarbnrrt -Smithtirtu'-A lrir
dwelling was burned last Friday evening
in Hamilton, occupied by Tim Ward. All
his furniture WS8 kst. ; No insurance; U-1
-Ti 4 Morganton Blade: The oskele- i
pnj found in. the : shaft on the big.tunoel.-,- '
.H1,'.!11! f.a8tfert. "f - '
n -1... , nt . .. . ;
f
auie iooiea-necrw. - ' rw w' i;!;
8uppott the, VOverland Wagon) Traes- , ,f
Mr; Jesse Bnrt, anaed 'and L
Highly esteemed cuizen or Wake county,
and deacon .in the liaptist. Church, s was !,
found dead iu his bed Sunday morning.
acfr .
The Wayne County Democratic
Executive Committee is to meet in Golds-
for hnldin? the llountv Convention; It ' :
1tk0 'A7 fl.,
rn Wake-ebnntv have destroyed a.mnsider-
able amount of property. .Amoirs other , ,f'
losses is mai oii air. lauuoca, wuose gnsv
un4 6uur m ilia nto fnnrnnrl ' -'
.""f - ,
t-r,The dwelling house of 'Mr'.
Henry Bizzell,' of Wayrus County5 was
ci0ihing. Loss $3,000; insured for tl.OoO. '
Ic : i , , ! 'rr.. -i !'!-
i i-jn insnorn mAsxenrreT : ine eoi-
ord xton of; Uie" Baptf Cfiurch Jn this
blaee: had the1 bisrortune-tdbfeaki ilMci;
nn iounoay lasiwniie npgio obh ipr j
bnt onM "Mxty -ii!d tftetaar xnmy$ffcp.
days, the flrsrfor assaauims Alt I mu:
,,. j . v : i- i
j 1 The gaff' with 4 Which Atidrew
Usiinovu tiwivuiur ax a am i,uivbivii c 'd .vwvn '
um iu .yw, ... vv vu.u..rv. w.w vvu
tennial byits owner, 3Vlr.,muel DeaL of
Marion, McDoweU county.-N.C - ,
, Ll w Unhxrtm titia that Wmr
Jordan, son of Mr. WmJofdan. of Beati-'
fort connty,was drowned in Chocowinitya
t. . "sr rV
out fishing. It is supposed1 Mr.: Jordan
had a fit and fell overboard.. a& lie was sab
to them . r - '
Sn.; - 2Slif?i?iia
t...h t .trnt . l or u .
of j Mr.-Richards Bullock, was, in the field
where the larm nanus were at wora, wnen
Sd mtJi
ita willfnrnisha tianerioniGoyernor
I jivicixaro: Dvppeign.pi on.uaroiuja.t , -
p t-"iGreenvUle ,on!: Mtf S. '' "
minnato.aTeIV COMide v
moonBi inn mmna xnnx nm anu ihi Wi tin iflh-n
.. . a.: 1 1 V.. ZM " i
not known, j I'-j.' - r - - '-;?-
1 jw,iuuj5uwi,wijui,yi iy....v .
I siding on HavmouhrwaS severely -burned;
last Monday morning,, at abouM . o'clock. ; t..T
I t3,'zlc?2 Sz. flro Lkii JAArii,-
j. extingaish the flaniesand Avar saved by the-' H -
inck
br by one W. A. Heathwhom be 4
Aiti'iAacM ? lf VJTfl
j Matbis, acting) deputy sheriff, had $ fxws.j
I for the arrest of Heath, and bad summoned - -
I Mr. Brice assist him. -Itis'feSred that
rh wounda may, prove! fatal, ,v ?Heatb 0a. x.
l oru,, .- , ' ' ' :'
1 man hvinff about nve inues irorii ilia . cit Vn 4 ( n
being burned;up.4 Her lower limbs,,
1 nnnrnoolill r4infnliv nl ' her tiflpt tarda i
Sipry county, had a personal difljcolty, we
1 learn, at Dobson last week. .The Judee at-
I iuu juai;c xiuiuiau.
tempted to GteM
I nimm whnao vnw,Ann tMmiietiiraa - -
hia (thA--iniritT('ui rrmm' tint ! Iftee.xirfin:Ki .? i
It has been "orated", to them by some pro-" 'r 1
phetic wise acre who has heard that it raio-
The negroeabelievo it;- aBd. are making ,i
every necessary preparation for t
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