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I .i 3 I , t.o u WM. H. BERNARD Editor and Proprietor. WILMINGTON, N. C: V Friday,: August 18th, 1876. TERMS TO CLUBS. 10 or more copies, each, 1 jear, post-paid, .... $1.25 It la not required that Clubs ho made np at one Post-Offlce.' " The number Is all that Is necessary to uecure the rates to those who constitute the Club, as the paper will be directed to as many different Post Offices as there are subscribers, if desired. ' Payment must accompany every order. A copy of the paper will be famished without charge to those who raise Clubs of 10 or more. r . - ' - tW Remittances must be made by Check, Draft, Postal Money Order,- or Registered Letter. Post Masters will register letters when desired. EST Only such remittances win be at the risk of the publisher. , ,, t , . , - e . ii , Specimen copies forwarded when desired, r. NATIONAL ; ; Democratic . Eeform - Ticket, " . ' ' FOR TRESIDENT : . , j '-SAMUEL J. TILDEN, 'i . - OP NEW YORK- ' t, c&Ti-w: .- - , ,.- -t .. . - r "1 " r r . I ; ! FOR VICE PRESIDENT : : ' THOMAS A;. EffiNDEIOKS, , " OF INDIANA. ' -. : .; i'i-t : , ' p. c ' ' ' Presidential Electors t . '-! .,- TOR BTATX AT UMX: ; 'i ; 1 ' llAKISL G. FOWLK, of .Wake, - , r , j 'Ti' - JAMES M. LEACH, of Davidson. . . ; ;. ";' . SISTBICT SLECTOnS . . -, 'I ' . J. v!ti t .c . ' - - " 1 ' ' '' ' ' . ; -. l 1st DISTRICT LEWIS C. LATHAM, f"7?.' D 1". ;- B". 4th 5th 6th- Eth JOHSf-K WOOTEN. v V-JOHN D. 8TAHPORP. P. H. BOSBEB. ,. t 5 -FRANK a BOBBINS.-' , R. P. WARING. . . -WM. p. GLENN." 1 ' . A. a AVERT. I STATE TICKET; GOVERKOn, ZEBULQN B. VANCE, OF MECKL&NE UHQ.. ! LIEUT. GOVERNOR, i r THOMAS- - J. J All VIS, OF PITT. t.r. ATTOIINEY GENERAL; THOMAS S. KENAN, OF "WILSON. ' 3 SECRETARY OF STATE, '. J O S E P II A . ENGELH A 11 J) , OF NEW HANOYER. -! ' '" : " " J TREASURER, - JOHN M. WORTH, OF RANDOLPH. ' AUDITOR, SA-MUEL l. love, OF HAYWOOD. . SUPT PUBLIC INSTRUCTION, JOHN C. SCARBOROUGH, . ; -: - OF JOHNSTON. ; t .' :. : FOB OORQBESStj ; - -I - FIRST DISTRICT : - ! 'iS JESSE J. J TEATES, ! . . - OF HERTFORD. I THIRD DISTRICT, t A L K II E 1) M . W A D I) E i L , - OF "NEW HANOVER. I f . , '; v ' ' ' -1 FOUhTH DISTRICT 1 JOSEPH , J7 DA VIS; , ' F FRANKLIN. !." FIFTH DISTRICT, ' - ALFRED MV SCALES.' 1 - i i OF GUILFORD. ;t'.i . .;:'. SIXTH DISTRICT, " j ' WALTE R " L. STEEL E , V " . : OF, RICHMOND.. !. ' - 1 SEVENTH DISTRICT, WILLI AM M. ROBBINS, . OF IREDELL. : . i Is .1 EIGHTH DISTRICT,' 1 .i ROBERT, B. VANCE, ' OF BUNCOMBE. ' ' LET EVERY SUBSCRIBER TCrTRE WEEK LY STAR READ THIS. Under the new law which goes into effect January. 1st, 1875, we are reqnir ed to pre-pay postage on the Wbkkxt Stab. And while this will add to the, cost of publication, we shall make no advanee in price of subscription,' ex cept in rates to clubs. .. We cannot afford to furnish the paper at $1.00 per year and pay the postage besides, The following will be our revised terms of subscription ! One Copy i year, postage paid.. $1 50 o months, ' " - - " j 00 Clubs of 10 or more, postage iaid, fi.o per copy; - V" tThe paper will not be 'sent to single subscribers at club ratesl When cmbs renew their subscription they iUUBt uo so m a tyodyall the names. rall the names, sent at once, iui xne money, to be AVhile Vanco hsi besn giving Set tle broken doses of destruction al most 3aily in the Western counties, the canvassers in the East have not been idle. On the: contrary Fowle, Jarvis, Kenan and : Engelhard have been striking from the shoulder in a manner quite lively and interesting. Other speakers of ability are , to. take the field; ' It is announced that Sena tor Rapsom and Congressmen iW nd- dell are to speak to-morrow in Beau- fort." , : - i. - 1 . r Lastj; Thursday was eventful in both Wilmington, and ?: Kinston. ; In our city, the oratory of Davis and Fowle lent an additional enthusiasm to an earnest and organized C party The work done that evening will be per manent and substantial. At Kinston, we learn by a correspondent a large. crowd assembled on the Court House. green, ; and there listened : to im- impassioned appeals "and - con- vineing f argnmeuta "from the .lips of three candidates on the Demo cratic Conservative ticket Mr. J arvis spoke first, and . for twa hoars; " He was followed by. JMaj.i J. A. Engel hard, nominee for Secretary of State." These'speakers directed their ; efforts chiefly against the corruptions of the Republican party. The third speaker, Col. Thos. -S. Kenan,, discussed the Constitutional Amendments.- ' Our correspondentlsays the speeches were heard 'with unusual attention, ,es- .... . . , ... .- . pecially by the negroes, and ".a nunv ber of conversions , were effected on the spot. : ':l-r- . The nominee for Lieutenant-Go vernor, Mr. Jam?,, bas gone to the West, where he will conduct-a 1 joint. discussion with. Major William A.: Smith,,. his competitor. .Jarvis will complete his canvass of the Western counties about thef first of October,- and will immediately return to the central counties, . and speak in Chat ham, Wakei "Moore and '.Tohnsin. He told a reporter of j the ltaU'ish News that he thought, in tlie cuuntiis east of the Wilmington :& Wehlon Railroad we will gain enough votes' to overcome CaldwelPd entire ma jority in 1872. He has spoken in Wilson, Wayne, Jones, Lenoir, Cra ven, and perhaps one or two ether counties.. . The work is going bravely on. PENDLETON' VINDICATION. ,V . It has ever been a source of ' natis- laction to us to chronicle the 'vindi cation of any man,' whether private citizen or politician Democrat or Republican, whose reputation; has been assailed, but it gives us special pleasure to be able to point to the unanimous "report of the Congres sional Committee, composed of Re publicans and Democrats which fully 'and completely exonerates the Hon. George H. Pendleton from all moral, technical, legal or constructive wrong in his managemer)t of "; the" Kentucky railroad case, about which I so much was said last winter, when his name was prominently mentioned in; con nection with the Democratic nomina- tion for the - Presidency. ;: As .the Richmond Whig saysl' doubtless the charge was onlv preferred by his un scrupulous enemies to defeat hisnomi- nation; and now, (hat he is but a'pri yale in the ranks of the great Reform er's : supportew, they will be 'vel content to let their refuted slander perish from the public memory until such time as it : may be' necessary' to revive this, or manufacture .another alike in famously, false.' -The attempt to revive this: however, would be a vain thing,' as his vindication is so ample and ' conclusive that the most vindicative, however '. unscrupulous and great a, fool, would hardly make the venture. The Committee not only find .his conduct wad that of 'a? high-toned .gentlemarijand ; irreJ proachable man of honor, but they go out of theirj way to say .that even wun regara to tne contract with the railroad company, every owner of any interest whatever in the railroad. tes tified that he was not only entitled to the fee as a matter of pre-stipulated right, but that all parties in'ioterest were not only satisGed but gratified at the bargain made with him, , s-iu THE NKIGHBOHINO CUITNTIHS. .The news is highly encouraging from .nearly all of tho surrounding counties. ;,In sturdy old Dnplin the good Democrats are -forming two or, th ree Tilden and Vance Clubs every week. Pender, ourCoffspViugVand next - door neighbor, 1 is likewise' bestirring" .herself. Brunswick, . tlie friend just across the; river, was. . earl j m . .; making , a vj start, and is going on at' a5 steady pace. Robeson, lsblaze soto peak.v Our friends say there'will be1 iui" iort of aimcuiiy1in: .caiTying:.lhe:ircounty .'. " i." r 'K-'-'-i s.-.- :; i.ir . aii - no - tjauilidales, by, a majority of-,-. perhap.s T. two'. o bun--1 dredr.; meat of thp County Commiasioners at the hands of. the Radical party. The camp fires hav been lighted iq Bladen," that old stamping ground of the enemy. If the-present 'energetio efforts are kept up. the county will come over to Tilden; Vance and Ret form. Amon? those who are work ing In Bladen is Mr. j. n. Curne, of this city. r , . But perhaps the best news js that from Onslo wl The County Conven tion, held on the Tth. Iwas unusually large.. ;'A correspondent writes that there is , a more earnest feeling in favor of reform arid change in ' ad ministration than has ever been known before.' JMany leading Republicans are now- acting with the Democratic party.- r - .' DEPABTMENTOFACBICCLTCHE, - 'There is 'iib interest that requires more attention ' on' account of its in trinsic iroportaiice lhau the interest of Agriculture. r So obvious is the force of this proposition it is really, a. useless task to attemptto argue. it. ; t The present Constitution provides that "there shall be established in the office of Secretary of State a Bureau of Statistics, Agriculture and Immi- gration,under such regulations as the General Assembly may provide." i .This was well enough,? as far as it went,' but it did not go far enough It was a slight attempt to foster . our material interest. -tTho late. Con veu liojijr however,, did more than, :au thorjze the establishment - of a " bu reau" in the office of the Secretary of Stale. It passed an ordinance striking but' the incomplete provision in the thud Article of tiie Consti.ution, and substituting what follows: I i " The General Assembly hill -establish a ItejmrUnent of Agriculture, r Immigration UD(i btalisticsi uudcr such , rtulatiofis as nwiy best nrute the HgtfculturI interests ol ihc State, jid : t'hnll uiact Uwg for the adequate pruU'Ciion and eiuourag rm nt of feheep husbandly." r .', , -L ' - . . v .' , ' The forraaiion'tf a Department of Agrifuhnre and Iinniigration is ,de mandvd by ty vry - consideration of wisdom. A well reuated Depart ment, inleiendent and well Sustained, will work wonders for the State in a few years. The last clause i of the Amendment, that requiting the Legis lature to pass laws for the protection and encouragement ' of sheep hus bandry, is likewise most timely. ' COURTS-SCfREME, SUPF.KIOU AND 1NFEUIOR. In nothing has the rule of the Radi cal paty iu- North Carolina been more baleful than in' tlie' matter of our courts of judicature. ; That party came into power in .: 1808 ; finding a system modelled oh the freest, sim. plest and most intelligent known in modern times, and they at once fastened their poisonous fangs in- it and mangled it so badly that its best friends would, never-recognize it as being the plain and honest Anglo Saxon system of our fathers. ' i ; The particulars of what ,they did in the Constitutional Convention wrongly so called, would fill a. vol ume; and after the Constitution 'was ratified and published they, violated it in inauy ways, and always seamed to regard it as a foot-ball to be kicked about for the amusement and beuetit of the great Republican parly. !Ve hall not this -: morning'; enter into a 4Mrnpiete ariaigument of the h Radical party "for its .'treatment of the Constitution of its own, partisan making; nor shall we even examine into the violations jof its spirit in the one Article on ; the Judiciary. Suf fice it to say,H the Supreme Court has had to construe parts of that Article to make it intelligible, ot, Jot ulterior purposes of .its own; . : n -iThe Radical revolutionary Cori-i ivention of 1868 controlled chieffy by .. si onnern adventurers, some of them of the. Worst character,' 1 tore ' down . , , . - 'i - ' i . -, the ! time-honbre4 and , ; efficient system . they, found inrv i operk tion liey -n abolished .the - county courts, extended the jurisdiction of J u st ices of the Peace," established the newj and cumbrous township courts and courts of i county commissioners, increased the number of the Superior Court Judges, and, ? lastly' enlarged the aniple Supreme Court -All this they did "without remorse," and the honors of these various! places some of their basest minions ""grasped and wore without shame",. . n. t ; ver since.t 186S ;our people have tlived under this Radical system Im proving it somewhat by electing in' some1 of 'the "yo'unlies' and districts, good' v j ostices,! (i ?2m m.jsKjoners. j and judge bul.wearylng more and more,; nevertheless,' iof i the system 'foisted oii llieih for tsinister pnVpbses by rogues and malfgnants, : Tney tlesire this year to takVadyantage.of he- op- f portniiitv. pfftred hy?the Constitn r :i; i '.i U Uonal Aneiidipeuta,uf 1S75.!' These Amend ments ..make pretty Nearly a caurp""rcfiulniyiA t afnhenurfl.' iiera'pf the1 judges. ;ind gomeVotbr particulars are.coneefnea, ; At is pur t purpose- to-day briefly to examine these proposed changes, ; . ' -: We are to consider Article IV. Sec tion' 4 is to pe replacesd by'a'new.iec-. tion to be, Numbered J&. ll provides: that " the judicialpo we? of tb'e State . " shall be vested in a! Court 'f or, tho "trial of Impeachm'entsa Supreme1 "Court, Superior Courts,A Couris' of ?' Justices of ;- the PJeace arid kuch "other Courts inferior to the ' JSu "preme Court as may be established Under this latter provision the Le gislature may establish fa system of local and .county, and ;ven of district or circuit courts. - TKera "is nothing said as to township.' courts, Ibut: the spirit ot the 1 peopte i's,vto p abolish" these' as being repugnant ;to jibe ge-1 nius of .pur citizenhood; as they -are; wholly uusuited to ihe-'character, tastes, and- requiremenXs .'of jl -North Carolinians. Very properly, the! whoo matter of establishing, inferior, courts was. left in: the hands , of the law making powerf At present it! is, hxit' known precisely what should bev established SOTt of !!OUrt8 ' and change might have to be rnadq from "time ? f ; time even it certain eonrls..were now ihl establiahed. i-, - i -I -: Of the need for sue! courts of in f erior j u risdicti on there is no ;i bu es tion. f,o bunglingihasj been the con ductv of ! judicial Affairs " uri'der. 'the reign of' 'Radical ignorance'7 and in tolerance, the desire is generaFthliave a speedy arid a complete change both of. the kind ot courts and of tUe man ner of appointmenu stfhe iuAmerid- ment wisely leaves the whole mat ter-with 'the 'Legislature. . That will probably, do, something fo body- j'thof relief of the people and the conspicu ous, betterrniuLoour tern. y-y ' ' ' juridical iTya ' - Secti6u'8! of 'Art.' IV." is 'allifed so as to reduce the number, of i ou- preme -Court judges from ; fivoJ three. , , In i the: days ? of ' Ballle !a to nd Manlv and,- earlier, in 'the illustrious time of Ruflin and Daniel three iJus-' lices transacted all tho : solemn af fairs of this august tribunal, ancl the work was so well done that the, opin ions of the Court were Iquoted ; fre quently in Westrainsterj and byj the Supreme Courts - of States i in the Northern part I of this tlnion.; ' iThe State has not so suddenly grown that two additional judges ari needed j to perform the work j of the Court: If the Court'is now busier than it was in the olden time thecauseis just at the elbows' yea, immediately,, under the eyes of him who will see: Good Su perior Conrt Judges make little work for the final-Court of Appeals. Saun ders, (Caldwell land other 4 Superior Court Judges of the olden time, had an intimate ' knowledge Jof the, law.; In truth, in, those days Sara; ;Wattses and Jaybird Joneses and the like we have too - frequently seen since 1668, were never known on the: benchjfor in those days'the pettiest Magistrate's Court: would have been degraded by, their presence as attornoyi.(. t i, tv : .'Asf with the i Supreme Courts bo witb lhe Superior Courts of law has the Convention dealt in a vigorous and entertaining manner. jScctipn 12 of Article IV. is! chanced." divldini: the State into nine instead - of, as at preseut; twelve Judicial Districts. ; As 'the Judges are, to be elected at tbe first election by the whole people of the Stater and .not bv s tbei districts.1 the chances are, that a firsV-rate.bencb- win oe cnoseu uotn in-aDimy, ana moral character, j Nine such Judge? will" do more r and better t work than! the 'twelve' , now .fdov. composed mini part :of - weak ana? inefficient 'men;; Therefore, the new (which is the old)1 plan, will - work "Welfrv and besides there will'bd considerable saving ini money rto thetax-payers; j , j Other and equally important points in this Article ue defer for considera tion to another utne. v -! j" Rmrauil U I v m n wwAa aii . Mr. Henry Nutv Chairman ofj the Com-r mhtee on Bar and River Improvements of the Chamber of Commerce of this city, hai been officially notified of the appropriation by Congress of the additional sum of f 182, 500 for the continuance of -the work for the improvement of tue': Cape Fear River and Bar, mention of which (unofficially) has al ready been made in thiapaper. "jOur, .im-, mediate Representative "Hon. A. jM. t Wad? (dell, and Senator Ransom, '.of ilbis 'State,. are, ,' we understand, i entitled 5 to', special praise for theireSbrts to procure tbeappro' priaiioa for this great work.' ' 3 t )t ' Pa a per cmeTeryV ' i ' What was formerly Fknown'as! the -City Cemetery, . but .which i may, now be more, prejerlyi designated, as ,'the County Ceme tery, since the city paupers, are jjiow,' and have been for some time ' pastcar(e'd for and, buried at the expense of the jcountyj' is re ported to be' full, and the County Co'mrhls-; sioners,:We understand; willop'en; a nejij, . pauper's cemetery on a portion of the Poor . House. Jractj thereby ' avoiding any addi . llonal- expense" tof .the :cbunty. The old cemetery isra smali one ian'4 bas been in use ror several, y ears. - . -; co-mUiilonrii, 'ThQ Board met at 13o'clocktM, irp6eDt( the Ohairmaq,' John G. Wagner, and Com missioners Van Amr'inge,.- D. C. ' Davis and Delaware Nixon, i . '.The Board went into an election for a commissioner to fill the -vacancy caused by the resignatiofa of B.""G."Iiates." Duncan 'IlImesV'colored, having been put in nomi nation, and having received a majority "Or the votes cast, was .duly declared elected." The .lioaraj incn toos;s a recess uniu a o'clockV'p. "m., jat whicb time the;feoard met," when Duncan 'llolmes'ca'me ; forward and qualified according to law.' : lit.;.'. 7, The, following order was passed ; . , Whereas,, The. city cemetery for the burial of the city ,-paupers ia full;-and,'' whereas,-- the city paupers having ,accord. ing tq law, been turned over; to the county Tor support, and it being necessary .to have a suitable place of burial for the paupers ol -tha coufltyrtro w.'thercf ore, be it ." Ordered, That,, the Chairman of' this 'Board appoint a committee of two to select suitable grounds in the County Poor House tract; to be set apart for a burial groundfor the. county paupers, and that; the said com mittee are instructed to have the said burial ground enclosed by having a Cheap and du rable fence placed around tbe same, j .;: It being shown, to the Board that Henry Moore had lost the use of one of. his arms, and"havingr applied; to ( be relieved 'from poll tux the Same was 'granted. . I "Jw .-: . .. ... :.: . ! . P. i . -1 .iv '.. ..'-.'V The bill of J .Wi Thompson was. referred to the Finance" committee.' i-e :The Board then djotirnted until the first Monday in Septeinb'er. r. ' j ' EfTeclM ofSiilt Alf acl Sert'BullMBx;, -T.wo geutknxeti Kif ibis s ciiy, one ;badly r.Clicted witti'iHreumatisni arid the! other Ruffericg very much from liver disease, de .clUeo; to try thq effects of salt sea air and lerf.bathiog. : They went down to '- Bald Head with that object io view,-where they remained about twoweekal indulging la a bath or two regularly every dayandthe re sults, was f wonderful 1 One 1 of them i (the Theumatic individual), whose appetite had been very deficient for some' time past,1' in forms us that m two or three days after 'go-' ipCjlo, the seaside he could devour with the greatest avidity a chunk of corn bread arjd a rasher, of fat bacon; and his- Vrheumatiz': uas nearly eniireLy ieit nm;.viiiiu the gen tidman with tLe liver dlscasB says he;",'Cjls iike a new man;" the sea breezes aDd'serf bathing doing him more good in 'the! short space of, .time 'alluded "t-than H 'lisjpre.': vioos1 tipeiifuce at springs and. -"Oth'er pre sorts notctl fir. their ,heulih restofinji pro . r-F-j.;- n-i.i -i a .; -i - ' i rt.it pel lies. -Tlio parlies referred to intend to repeat the visit; with llie .hope of jbbing .finally cuied. r"'" C " ilf:t. jLet 8ifferingjhumiiniy 'in the interior take notice. ,, , j C P u fe' ( C'U le Tltler. - 1 . i -j iCity Marshal Price received a telegram from.W. A. & J, B. Cox, of Jones connty, on Saturday evening last, in regard to- two fine steers that had been stolen fronv them a fewdays.pffiviously,-In response to their request a descriptioa of the supposed thief was placed in the hands of; a skillful detective, who soon got on. the track of the rattle. It appears that the two steers were bru'ugt litre and sold to iw of our but ch pra, but Iho latter iu formed the detective that the colored man from whom they pur chased, the aDimals, . who gave hisname as James Bryant, had. left for home, with the intention of returning again, however, to get his : money. Sure enough, yesterday morning he put ia his appearance, when it was found that t&e description of .the sup posed thief suited the fellow to a dot.' 'He :was thereupon- taken ' into custody"; ami lodged in jail,1. to; await ! a hearing before Just ice .Gardner. , , . 4 The Erculug ltTlew. ,f . jTlie fn$t number, of this paper'; UndeHhci auspices 'of ? its hew-, proprietors, 'Messrs, y esterday afternoon, n the' purposes 'aba plans of :tho publishers being st forth "n a Ions and Well-written salutatory .v't The. size of the paper has been reduced to meet the- exigencies ot the times, while smaller lype is used to give as near as possible the same -amomifpt Teadmg matter asJoruierry; Vs In' p'oliltlci tho paper wilt be Democratic. As . we have before statedy the proprietors are both practical printers of very extensive ex perience well-known i a our midst, , and wilV txo doubt publish a paper wort by j of the support "of 'the community.' The copy before us is well printed and neatly' gotten up. i The,erb'8criptkn" price- is twenty-Bye cents .a month or tliree dollars a vearj We renew our t expressions of; good, will, with the hope ihil theJittlaxraffr- just launched may meet wlhfayprhgalea..i ii t f. lThe ? case t of James-Bryant; colored charged with the stealing of i two fine steers from, Messrs. hW. rA. .and J. B.! Cox, of Jon.es county, had a partial hearing before Justice Tf M. Gardner, yesterday morning All of the State's witnesses were examined, incfadingone of the owners of the oxen, and th testimony adduced showed conclu sively that the animals stolen were the ones claimed to -have ' been lost by the Messrs, Gpxj and4hit Daniel Bryant was the individual-- who. -brought them to this city ' and sold them. -Counsel for defendant asked for, mote time in order to secure the neces sary witnesses: for the defence. The conrt! therefore took a recess until some time in September for that purpose, y' '1 ( It appears that Bryant also had a yearling,! which hi? sold at the same time with the oxen, . and which was claimed "yesterday : morning by a Mr; G;rady; residing near this' city, as bis 'property. The prisbner pr' ;'poses,'- wer understand; -to! prove' 'that 1 he swapped i a; wagon i with' one' of'1 the iCcnsV' t for I the two steers, ''' Sylrich .may be so and the defendant may figure nimseii out innocent a. nat transaction ; but Vt hen '. comes cthe question- Ao about ancea things look a litile squally .for James Bryant, who was remandejl for $ fqrtber hearing.. f ; (r .rrr j,, -T iJa ..!.: i Ou the '24iir' nst:- Mar J. Aljfeugelhard'. iwill 'ddressr the people Jat Swarlsboro,' Ons ; low county. .!.'. . ' " i Messrs .f-.Vy ?. jcz u, J. JJeyajjei .appeared fopr-pcn2toiiqd'4i' llt: Bellamy; : i r forthe d'efencej; ni h'i'l .fjt'w' The GlOil 'mptarii. . iVp see by the Raleigh tat Theo, Ramsay j-;. G. W. C. Templar, has ap pointed the following, deputies for -Uorth-Carolina, onc the recommendation of the Executive Committee . State Deputies TT. B. Broughton, G. W. C.-T.; rtaleich ; Samuel J Fall, G. W. Sec, Raleigh; V.Ballard. r G. W. Ttpm Jlaleigh;Jdoses Gilliam, G; W. OA Wind- sorj. W. r L'll, . GuW. C; Greensboro; Dr S. D. Booth, P. G. W. C, Knap of Reeds; T. C. Williams." P." O. W; C.2 War,: : renton ; W. C. Bowman, Bakersvillc: " r , , JlJusli tvb juvjjuues iHb uisiricii'uev. A. JJ. Cohen, Edenton; ' 2nd district, ! Dr. J. IV Jenkins, ,Greensboro; 3d -district; W. if. Kitchen, Scotland Neck; 4th district,- J. C.' Ellington, Clayton; 5th district,' "VV. A. Al bright, Graham; 6th district, J. W, Caho, Bay River; 7th district, J G Smith, Golds bord; 8th district, W. J. Stanley, White-' yille;: 9th district, -B ;F. Little,' Charlotte. ( The pm, 11th andfl2th 4istficts have not yet been acted upon, . : ' ' Among a long list of county deputies we liuu . x. j5urcu, ior jxew iianover; J, H, MyroVer, for Cumberland; W.P.Wemyss, for Sampson and. Duplin ;E. Ii' McNablei for Bladen, and Rey..R. B. Hall,: for Ro beson. ' . , . I " ; - Irom the reports of the officers of the Grand rLo'dge it : appears that daring the year there were received into the lorder in this ; State 4,009 members j expelled 461 ;' .died 30. There are,;now 230 working lodges ia the Statp, with a;, membership of 10,000.' In point of membership Kbrth Car olina is now the' second State in the Union, Kentucky being first. Godd Templarism was introduced into North Carolina in Au gust; 1872, the first lodge being formed in Raleigh, with 282 members. If has since grown, rapidly, ,and. numbers among its members soma of the most prominent men in the State, ' ... t Death of a Former Wllmlnirioiilaii. ' .' A-dispatch'was received here yesterday morning, announcine'the death "at Prince ton,' Johnston county, of-Mr'. .Evan Hans- ley, formerly a resident of this'place, aged .about 53 or 54 years. - The remains; of de ceased will arrive here. on the Northern train this morniBg and will he taken direct from the depot, at I half-past 7'clock, to Oakdale Cemetery; Mr. Hansley was for-; merly well known in this city, where, at different periods before the war, he was;a .member, of the business firms of -Stokley & Hansley, and Hansley .& Singletary. 1 J Since . writing the above we have been re quested to state that the funeral will take place at Front Street E. Church, at 10 o'clock At Mi, thence to Oakdale Cernietefy.' Dim rtet Confereoce. . . ... . 1 - The Wilmington District Conference of the Methodist E.5 Church,' South, will be held at Bethany Church, Cokesbury Cir cuit, commencing at 10 o'clock, A. M., on Wednesday., the;2Qth : of September,5 and will, embrace , the j fourth Sabbathj The opening sermon will be preached by Rev. J. B.' Bailev. 1 . , ' mn': :': - """ tv .v'w.. s x For the Star. THE ONSLUW DESIOCBATS. , - ; Pursuant to previous notice the Demo cratic h County Convention . for ."Onslow county; met at Jackson villejon Monday.the 7th of August, and : organized by the ap pointment, of . Dr. Edward W. Ward as Chairman and A'. C. Hugcinsas Secretary. The roll call showed that ' every voting place in the county, was represented, by regularly accredited delegates. , v- The following nominations were madev vjz : 1 ; . . : i ' House.: of i Representatives John ;W.; Shackleford. J- t : t ' Sheriff Elii ah Murrill. , A Treasurer-Le wis W. Harget. I f: . . . Surveyor-r-L. i G. Woodward.-- ' : ; - Register of Deeds James O. Prazel.; County ; Commissioners-!-Ai ? J.i 'Morrill, IWm. p. Ward, John . Sheperd,, Charles Gerock,' Sr.; and J. Wl Thompson. - . The following Executive Committee were appointed viz: : Jere W. Spicer, Richard AVNixon,' Simon'B. -Taylor, Edward W. Ward and VVm-Jf Monlfort. s iijf.t iii ; ' The Convention endorsed both iNational and State tickets, recommended the' rati fication of. the constitutional .amendments, and adjourned amidst the utmost harmony. andgood feeling. ' v-t , EDWARD ."Wat.d, Chairman. ' j A.j CL HuggiksT Secretary. - t , . . , ,,;t'r ;For the Star.5 HaLlsviixe,1! Duplin County, N. G.r l i i 1 August 12th, 1878. J . . . .At a meeting of a portion of : the Demo cratic citizens of Limestone township, held here to-day, a Tilden and Vance Club, num bering forty; was formed-1? The .following officers were elect edv viz: ;;. t -r- ? lsTj JJ Armstrongs President; E. W.' Far rior, 1st i,Viee President ; G. Lanier,. 2nd Vice-President: G. L. Smith. 3rd -Vice .President; :8.J M-" Judge, 4th Vice Presi- dent; O. quinrj5tti .v ice President ; S. . Oi Middleton, Secretary. , , . v j t Dr-f-V N. Seawell addressed the meeting in a short but forcible speech, showing the necessity ot thorough , organization- The meeting was an enthusiastic one, and we hope to increase our majority at least thirty votes in the coming election.! : s I Respectfully yours; ? 1: ' j S. O.. MrxDLKTON, Sec'y. , , ! v . --i 1 i r-For the SlaK'' Abmory h a ; Faykttu Silveu O. Band ) .-. Fayettkville, Aue. 14, 187tf. , ;f - " We, .the r undersigned .-committee, ap pointed to draft 'Resolutions expressive of our high appreciation of the; many kind nesses rendered us on the occasion of our recent visit-to Smith ville, 'beg to submit the following:, ,,n -f. ,.,V' i- i-i1" Beaolved, That we ' consider ourselves under lasting binding obligations to the fair ladies and good citizens, of Smith ville for their unbounded hospitality, and un selfish exertions td render our trip enjoy able, and our most heartfelt thanks are due and hereby tendered them. ' Resolved, That to the captain and crew of the Mary K. Sprunt, for their kindness in allowing us ao-opportunity ol settlidgour accounts with Old Ocean,"; our thanks' are' especially due. . i ,.i 4 , , : ?J Resolved,' That t we i will ever ' remember with gratitude the kindness of that veteran -Captain.of the Uriah Timmon (CapL jDt Morse), who w as ever ready 16 lend his aid in our behalf. 1 t.s, i-v . : Reserved That we cherish feelings of,re--spectand gratitude for f be officers and sol-' diers of the garrison for effortsriio i render ottr stay agreeable. . , . Metoleed? That we tender' 'to Ca'pli" A. Garnson, f the ..steamer,! Mur kisonvout thanks,' justly due,, for his untiring ezer tionsin.our' behalf. ! Resdtoedt, That a copy, frf ; the above- reso-i lutibns be forwarded to ihe MoKNnsra Stab wilh a request to publish.-- '-' "i"'" ' Uespectfully submitted, t 3 .' JO J.; McK. .Woodwaud, id, ) - Com.- sJi S; Gnjso2r.'' J. ,M," Dobson, . Deserredly Popular We mean Dr. Hull's VeeU ble rilfa. for evervbedThas derive much beneflr. from their use Physicians recommend them. j no approprlatlffaa for New . . aA Other Imnrovemont. - Speeial dispatch o the New York Worfd i rWASHi3rcrroar, August 10 - The river and harbor bill is throukl both houses at last, and is a little bad than it was,; although still 0u to very : severe' criticism. As passl the bill appropriates $4,682,500, h vided round as follows: i i I New York (out- -side of -Ihe - - : ,HeJl-3ate, im- South Carolina. 3eoTg1a..i. ...i. Alabama.:.. ... MissiB6ipyl,...'' Louisiana...: ' Texas.... i..... Tennessee.'.... Arkansas.; Missouri.. v... Ohio. ... Indiana... Illinois... i lowa....... t.. MtBnesotak.... Wisconsin.'.. . Michigan..?. California, r;. . 5 W.OQOi 137,(oal provemeHtf)...S93.0ro 17.5(0 ISOfflt. COO ! v&m i C00 s 100,000 ! 444,0(0 i 387,f0)i !CO0T 14 ( fu : riell-Gate 25.000 Maiae.. New Hampshire. Vermont.;.. .... Massachusetts..; Connecticut... Rhode IslHTiri SO 000 14,0)0 S-2,t03 .i- 74.CC0 35,000 .. 45,000 20X00 54,000 .. (52,CC0 .. 75.OC0 New Jersey... Delaware. ... . Pennsylvania. Maryland..... Virginia... IfiO.OOO west Virginia.;. 277,303 North Carolina.. 160.C03 Oregon. , Ane remainder is given in miscella nepus appropriations as follows- Mis sissippi river, $320,000, including $ioo i 000 for the mouth of the river anil $15,000 for Ead's jetties, both for the ; first benefit of New Orleans; Tennes see, river, $270,000; Ohio river, $175. 000. :".-.' ' : From this statement it will be seen that Wisconsin gets the largest slice ' then Michigan, New York, West Vir ginia, Texas, Ohio, iVirginia, North Carolina, Oregon, Georgia, and Min nesota, in the order named, all these getting $100,000 or more. New York's $298, 000 is. divided as follows: Buffalo $85,000; "JDunkirk, $18,000; - Wilson' $10,000; Oak Orchard; $2,000 Purtneys ville, $3,000; Great Sod us Bay, $5,000 Little "Sod us Bay,, $5,000; Oswearo $90,000; Hudson River,- $50,000; Round out; $30,000. : - V - , AH the appropriations i for surveys were ' struck out, except $10,000 for surveys in Galveston harbor, and $40,000 are appropriated for miscella neous expenditures. r r The following statement from the New York Times shows the money appropriated for Virginia and West Verginia rivers: ' . t For improvement of Rappahannock river, $10,000; ' for; improvement of James river $60,000; for improvement of the.Great Kanawha river, purchase of sites for. dams and locks, $270, 00t); for removaL of Beaver . and Nailor Bend rocks, and cleaning out snags in; Little Kanawha-' river,' $7,300; for improvement of . Appomattox river, $30,000; ' for improvement of south branch of Elizabeth river, $5,000; for improvement , of i Nansemond river. $85,000; for improvement of New river from lead mines in Wythe county, Va., to mouth of Greenbrier, West Va., $15,000; for harbor at Norfolk, $35,000. . TIIQ IilCllTaUNU-DBATII. Terrible KflTec Is ; -of i; Llbtiiiiiff in Frmpklfn County tWo Whole Fam ilies Nearly Destroyed-Fur Killed : - and Poor Sevloasly Ivjdred. -i A terrible storm sVept over frank lin Co., Va., Sunday evening (5th in stant). The Salem Conservative gives the following account of the ' fearful effects of, the lightning: near Helms' Store:. - A happy family, consisting of five persons, - Mr.- Randall ' Abshire and wife, and theirtwo sons and. one lit tle daughter about five years old, were quietly seated in. their home, when a thunder-bolt struck the house.decend-ed-the chimney and killed outright the mother and daughter, and very seriously injured the father and oldest son," a young man about grown. The other son, a lad some twelve years old, was also badly shocked, and ren dered incapable of rendering any as sistance, to, his wounded, father and brother, or of making known the hor rible death of his mother and-v sister. How long the family Avas left, in this condition is not known. , But Mr. Samuel Jamison, a near neighbor, who was uneasy about "one of his little sons that was absent du ring the storm, was looking for him, and called at Mr. Abshire's, thinking he might find him there; He halloed several times, but no one f responded to his calls. He went into the h ouse, and what an appalling scene greeted his,visioni j It was more than he could stand, j He instantly left the house -and ran -to 'Mr. G. M.' Helms', who lived near; by, , and Jnf orrned . him of what had; happened. Mr." Helms at once" proceeded to Mr. Abshire's, and found the horrible, story of his fright ened neighbor to be but too true. He' did all he could to resuscitate the dead and ministered to the- wants' of theAwouqded. The little - boy who was stunned had by this time got up and gonefor another neighbor. - Dr. Muse vras summoned -and rendered the necessary medical attentions He -thinks Mr. Abshire and his son Aviir both recovery though they were bot h very seriously, as wU as similarly, hurt, f The electric current struck, both of thenv, on tor ; near the . right shoulder and passed down the right ;side to the hip,- thencelto the ' crotch and down the inside Oi the left thigh of the' fafher'and down the right thigh oLthe son,ttearing and burning the flesh and. skin in its entire course. ! 'i J ' 1 " A PARA1LUL .horror, The Danville News gives the follow ing account of a similar terrible iVisi tationto another family the following day in .the same-county: We are, in formed that Monday last, vVhile' Ran dolph ShbwleS, wife and twoxchildren were in theiri-yard under a tree,1 u small cloud was seen above,-the weath er clear, and they not suspecting any danger, didn't .even gointo the house. All at once a flash of lightning de scended,: (stunning "Mr. Showles and one child, and killing Mrs.; Showle's and the other child. It happened iu Bowbrook township," Franklin 'cbun ty cear the Courthouse. .It was cer tainly a visitation of Providence. , The Robesinr-Caiididiire lor the !r . tloneiOf Representative. Rubesonian J . We place at the bead of, our cl urnris today the names of- our caiuli-. dates. ' - 'No better Kelectlons cbnUl have been made: ; Cot Stirrdock Rap, the head of the ticket; hav heti v long and -favorably, known to iheciti- zeus of Robeson' cbuolv . Jte "sn-pre-; mons: in i 1802, and in 1 th? Senate in '. 11866. botirofh1chT3Tace'8- lie 'filled i mil t CO t lof irtrt i ? tj til 'lAno( Itnanlu . wuh credit ' to hhiu:elf;: and-to thu honor and best interests of . the State and county."-.- lie was Chairman of the Board of .Cbuuty' Commissioners IrrlSTCM-: ami: he --was 'mainlv in strumental in aroustnc; tbe citizens to; the necessiljjtiUiplnjingWLowrey eauff, and iuj iuancuratint? Jmeasures by .which, that .bloodthirsty barid wias -afterwards exterminated.;! v'su; . I ,Alfrei Rowlandi- Esd.i' iaa vounor and risirig. lawyer ( Of .brilliant; abili-'f ties4 . tip ,ia well known c thrpugliout' 1 al r;iart8, p; the county; b -i s. ja -j 1 The Rads are 'demoralized iu Rowan county. - . ' . s ,
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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