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It i f i 5 PI 1 r Mim .r - .'I V, 'i It R ,4 5 4 4 WM. H. BERNARD, Editor and Proprietor. ' WILMINGTON, N. C: ; Fiiday,. December 7tli, 1877: t3g Remittances moBt be made by Check, Draft, Postal Money Order, or Registered Letter. Post MasterewiU register, letters when desired, .if. ' fW Only such remittances fill be at the risk of the publisher. " 1 - -" . ' Specimen copies forwarded when desired. - PREJUDICE AND MISIIEFBESEK" - tatio; -- z:- ' Few men are really fair- and just. I In controversy Ihey will ' readily ex-v pose their proneness to take undue I e 1 - . A -fc A wrsim' I advantage oi. an opponeuu ur sarv. To be iustand fear not is a VAwr virt.np. When we read the I ponucai nistuxy -w-.,, years now mncu ui uumidigatcu : ic- indif'ft and inexcusable misrepresenta-1 .j . . - tion crops out ine jNOrmern press, with, here and there : an exception, fairly teemed with misstatements du- ..ug u to..j..- t,n nMn! thot . immorJiaf plv I followed the war. "With -possibly a I m.fir Af .tho nanpm nf that nection I J - r r I inis uauiu-oi irauuuiug uu ot:n .nnnnpR AnA the South I mg still continues, aua ine Douiu cannot lie justly and fairly treated at .1 1 J T4-' MMMni it a nnv I their hands. Its measures, its pur- poses, its , desires, its public men are I r . - . A xrn mn nnr I all misrepresented. You may cor- rect a false statement, but - it will De reproduced after a while, just as if , usi as u no contradiction of its falsity Jiad 9 . - been made. You may vindicate tne sood name of some .honoied and v : worthy representative Snn t h prn fir. but the old lies and the stereotyped ' slanders will be revived from time to time ai it nothing had been Baid to disprove them, i .7 n -wanant lnatdnf'O ' I hn " rmiaaeipma xtw, au u publican paper. It lately professed t- .5 - - ' . to have entered upon an independent course whilst remaining true to tne - i - - - - . Republican party. It is certainly an editorial on' "Senatorial Degen eracv," it well says: ": "There was a time when the Senate was looked up to as an illustration of the , most eminent statesmanlike : ability. In elo do- quence, learning, and all the qualities of That was the time when the American peo- AiilUwcu icoucioiui an ouuu aa vuiiwuw pie appreciated true wortn, ana nonorea lt Jmor In i those the splendor of their genius. tdava seats could not he boueht: Leffisla- . j . o o lures were not venal, and mediocrity was not preferred to solid merit. Senators were not chosen as the agents of office-jobbers and office-seekers; they represented ! their states and the nation, not the interests 01 mercenary cliques." . We accept this as true. Until the more intensely, partisan, ana more 8taring; all the glory and the strength gone meri and 8aiidCred inch can Dd h unfairithan it was under Col. For- out of the strong speaker. X.K f : '.U - ney's taore recent management In I T11E pbesident's rat ess age. i I ( ,'',, ' : "' '' - - ! - r ' iepuDUcan party got possession or w t - . . f" the government, and Congress passed completely "under , its control, the .United States Senate was , an august body.. ; When the men of the South, who, according to Charles : Sumner, Controlled and shaped the policy of this country, were dominant ; in that ooayj-wnen vamounv viay, uaager, .ji - - . . - - Berrien, I'reston, Kives, and men. of that type - were the leaders, then inJ deed was the Senate "an illustration pent." But how changed it became under a. new regime ? When 'the Republicans got possession when men of bitter prejudices and narrow views got control, then the era of rascality, corruption, bribery and job bery dawned upon the country then "Senators" were "chosen as the agents of office-jobbers and office-seekers," and they became the j representatives j"of mercenary cliques." ; A-violent and disastrous change was then in- 1 . , i, ..... .. ,..,... character .of the whole country went ot tne.ost ; eminent statesmaniiice and points to the excellent results in sponsible for the murdersarsons and j.' abihty -then indeed f'm eloquence, proof of the 'omlof his course? -' uesiruction of property, and not the plblished - It is appended; follows: learning, and all the qualities of po- - Whilst no one section wilCbesatis- mbi.iJl ti m T WnGrTT)eWIS77. litical leadership it stood pre-emi- fied probably with all that 'he saVs, B.j mrit tava-,, loBoard cf Own' CommU&wriNe down, all blistered and stained. . I .. . 1 .... .,, i . - .. i ..... S' I But the JPres8t to show howjit ap- 1 predates the truth, and how elevated are its ideas and principles, has this V toBay: : - 1 "In the latter part of his administration ex-Governor Kellogg showed certain quali ties that went far to redeem his previous - record, bull he is not what a Senator from Louisiana ought to be. Possibly he is as good as can be elected under the present circumstances, and he may turn out to be much better than is anticioated. As for - .Mr. Butler, of South Carolina, his career is such as to disqualify him for a grave deli berative body. He is violent and overbearing . in temper, reckless in the mode of attaining lii aims, cruel and sanguinary in disposi- tion exculpation bv his connection with one of nia - reputation is suuiea Deyona i :i i " , . .",k SIO,: ever perpe- iraiea mine soutnern mates for political purposes.-ne wiu do a nreDrana m tne Senate." ! i The reader will nota thi imman,, late sheet thinks that the corrupt scoundrel Kellogg-is possibly "as good" a Senator as Lousiana r.onld have binder present circumstances." .Thiswill sbow.the moral status of the Press. Louisianians will feel com- phmented at this gratuitous insult. aj ut urea. jauer , must be stabbed j after the old fashion. He. has been repeatedly; vindicated and : still the' I uiu uiauuer lives.: uen. Sutler " is a man bf abilityjof hich charactPr nt "Hty, oi nign cnaracter, of sornpoloas honesty. He was as in nocent of the crimes and cruelties charged upon him as are any of his Merriraon! came to i his " defence! in an awe, exnaustive speecrr, m -- .: . 'i which he fully exposed the I dis- honest dealings of the Republi . i , , -. ..... ... . cans - with. South Carolinarai showed the absolute falsity j of the? charges brought r . byl Republicans against the people ' of that ? Stateii Senator Kansom also came to ine de fense of Gen. Butler in a' speech thai 1 created much comment because of its,. eloquence and point. j.-:We intended; to copy one paragraph from his mas- terly rejoinder to Senatpr.'Hpari,-: of M n rvrvn n nnrt a i n wVk lVk Vt A VOQ 1 --- -v" Gen. Butler, but our copy; of;(the sneech has disappeared. We enve je I . - --.-- -- -:n.m6a'tnfiaddenino: .tjircumstaace He vi dwuc. , . , , ',Then Mr. Iloai: spoke wiibaeood maov ner and a bad cause, . It was -a-harder fight than the afternoon's' attack on aman I" charged with bargaining the seat.he stands; indicted for buyiu Btanding among the iteouDiican siue Mr! Hoar turned and broucht Mr. hair, dark skinned color bv excitement. passion, u soomea awanswer wim a. g. - -very aexierousry,' f wiaower. QUtjeayea.Beva.uuim'e" i frp"i "t! 'i" r-r: L;-U; empty tfeska onbe ikl .V.ihpi. mnehnl v he, 8-; A - Ueyer V07b Uro8 ,V or the iempty cnamoer, I , ,7 "t .7 v ' l 1 Canaday," J. G.' Oldenbuttel, Henry" On- RSlrD P."Eyden, Mary Davis," E. Bryi , flushed -to a darker' """r.. - r. ? ,."",r"X Wn.:-Lnn:l l ' !" " ; J ' . his voice husky witn l about sixtv-two veats of Aee. ISO I " itiwas ordered that the ; Chairman and hemence thatwoke ine sleepy cnamoer I, " f,? ,:".7j ,T.7 T I: aonoBnfh.tinmft.1h:n9 8hai)d'1)8''nmi..r..toam nA m.n mn Hi: by U majority . become VrnJ-ortoj WniCU liHU UUCU tSlU UClUiC. CU t Ransom answered theold anaweri WU1UU liau UVCU DaiU UtiVI f and there was a certain unusual tbnll as he linked to the new change in . parlies. the memories of the 1 Senate's opening, years, as ne remmaea me oenaie ioai iy was keenine knocking at its doors the kins4 man of Ua eariiestt 0idest jurist the elder Butler. -'... I ' - TTo 11 Vnt vamp-. Hr! lie to the nlacid- I faced New Enelander. who sat twenty feet off. T He raised his voice until the sleepers I nn tliA Innntrpa rniiRfrl anil men in Iheeasv I - . -n r . : i.ik. dishabille of a night session stood in the doosStUl1 irker, his voice shadow of the cloak room spoke, his face growing! darker, huskier, his gesture more wildly violent, I and through his vehemence there here came a 1 Carolina to fitness that the return of south its old representation in the Senate should be so demanded. His voice had thickened to a hoarse whisper as he dropped to his seat, fain tins, flushed and dizzy. On the I to a hoarse wnisper as me aroppea loma 1 -rfi. m tnnt amy a-i nov itorra n ra kimu ar 1 a. iiiiiHiHiiJi a m - w instant Hoar began to speak, but opposite, hasty gathering HP0" PnFfl TTltM Kilt I HUL Ul Ik I XWVIJ SO 1XL V IkO 1GU. I lim 'km-- feeiiriff !h wav withun-. certainstephis loulderajropped Judging from the telegraphic sy nopsis of the President's Message it is very much such a document aa fhe I country had a right to expect. ; He I is clearly opposed to! 1 the Silver Bill, 1 1 and is strongly in tavor or tne , lie- I sumption Act. We will not comment sumption Act. We will not comment now apon ,-what he hjas said. . We will I ' " await the reception of the text ofjthe Message before we discuss any of its ieaiures. xxe reueraies , uis views uu. his inaugural address. He justifies tne action 01 tne Government in or- - ' -j, - .r-.i derin tt g. troops to pursue raiders upon Mexican soil Upon the ground luaii iu uu uiuer way uouiu tue nres and property of citizens be protected. He, however, disclaims all intention or desire to provoke hostilities with, our J neighboring Rennblic. He indoraeV I generally' the recommendations of the Secretaries of War. ' and Navy, and '..., - ' 1 - ,. the Postmaster General. He dwells with satisfaction upon his conduct in removinsttbe troops from the South. . . we believe the general judgment HiU be that it is a patriotic and, in the' main, a : judicious aocument. j no- North will no doubt be deli tzb ted with his views upon the silver bill and the policy of resumption, r ' The gam W tue mean W" V"1 I possibly provoke adverse cnticism in I every section and among papers of all parties. . But no proper criticism caa be indulged until the exact words -of his message are before' the couhtrvl t - . " : " """i'" j ! an opinion favorable to John JV jPat- terson, and be has jbeen discharged.; Gov. Hampton, of South Carolina had made a requisition for the Variety but the J udge held j that South' Caro- Una bad no power to vacate the Sen7 atorV commission. He was n6; fuei - . o. si WfW ? . . , tive from justice, 'but was mgton inthe discharge of his oflicial duties. The Senate will have 'tnin'dirn 1 r ; :.'-4-ro fnr it.ftlf trnw . in nA a a I " i ienow De auowea to remain in that : - j il ir F V. mcu'u.1. a hierh sense of dicmitv and honor? -,J'1 ; It is now said in. Washington that there is but one Radical in the Senate who is able to measure sworda with Ben Hill, of Georgia,' and 'that; is Apollyon Conkling. ; When Ben gett ; in one good thrust at the New Yorker I wasnipgion wm come 10 ine oonciu- sion that RoscbeVf sword is not of 1 f 'celestial temper." ; 77 ldeee aTe Bai to be Ule I plentiful in Pee Dee river this season, ' - . I . . w m I : aw r -i-tsfn mmi f -iKMflKi : r country at large, with the exception' jSWr 'to Wilmingtori for auipBpetit to able unong 6a th6 part of many of onr citi- of demao-otrues i offieSinldprR. Attfi the 6urthanroar;f 'Aprdpoii of Zens' and with the j disUnctnderstanding of demagogues oi folders, and raljr&d feieVks5 in ks ni bull-dozers, will be gratified at. 'his cVlcounected wfth' the-'Aantic Ciaat views uoon civil -service arid a ran- Line wiUleaVQfoi,WilrmrBi'N.!X!to- ,!5 oUnS 1 shotild be at "berty to - reUre; views upon civil service ana a con- J""? iSnito blrilS Thahka ao Uie-tharaonl(mrrajio Btirntinnal nAllftv. . niaviaw.,5n.ra. M??!?"1 WuiW PfeSS . fr. inmberOf4.VOtiBoaril EDWAT10 CONlGCXTSiCSESCFT ' H - ; KILLED. . . ,AVo have. never jbeen called upoi t6 reportla saddef occurrenoe than tho accidental tilliBg of Edward Cor xuesuay aiien.oon, , uy, -a rauruau train.- He 'wa?;-returo.rng- fro:lJ plantation to hist ftome On tne bu(-ili f .u -i ,V"i " TJ mfc -were' read'; and:i W mbifbiir ihe-same uponJ,he.,raHroadtr;ack-,' .Being fex.KMBa, , 'r , ttu," , . fc , ( . .5! pemely de&fi he neither r heard - the cara -nor' (he - repeatedignals r alarm," and''was'! hurried 1fnto'elerpt 'nityj without any sense, of, ' im- pending Vdanr, U,dcitff ;7VVie'. has ers , . . i ... i . , - i fallen'.' with this' irientili pcrw in! r unabated 'vigor.-: ?Wetl w'rite'J rthe sinjple' truth when we' saV ibaV" commuuiqatign of A- Hocut, in refer- . .:tAT . ' J-.i .L; vvLnL t 000L; wa nri T i- I . - 1 Waa' i a?gentleraanPfine-abilities,iwas I reai m'ceairf'aepirtmentsi ahd wel n. 'irffif! 'm1 waa'' a c ,f v ia . Wf. -H W.llTViAtW ' fclVl in oonMih; . ! - I I T 1 ' r ' Hewag. a. taember of .the RomaJ r , :w t:; " , lauiOHO lntrrcn. . l !J U-' Ji- Hlemeuts ' " 83 mixed in hini, that Nature might stand up Anq say to all the world, 2 Am teas a mart' We are pleased to see it stated, that Senator Butler; j of South: Carolina, WW soon make a statement, lrtthe If. S' Senaie,' of tpfHamWfmaMacrK' 'nd demand fan investigation.' Me I ti, Juoan ' Up ' v . J t J. abuse and slander, but now thati hi voice can be heard he will demand scrutinzine mvestisaiion into toe 1 ' .. whole matter Heretofore" the ' in- - t- - - , . r .. - . . i and in tbJSr inie- t ,iWf , lfniu,ar kl. i - ' vl 1 -I dozers. 'Day is brtakinc' anhonest ;afd ' , The leading!, papers of Tennessee are discussing s tho proposed settle ment of the State debt on a basis bf 60 cents in the dollar. 1 The Nash- ville Banner shows most cohclusive- I ly that this means 70 cents for the I I creneral tax.. Then add .10 cents for general tax. Theij jad ' 10 cents for achOol purposes, and 80 cents on "eabh I $100 of properly will have to be ! paid. This will add 300 per cent, bo 1 me jaie uxeu dv ue lasi, legislature. The settlement of iho State's debts is I a very knotty question one that will; I not be arrived at soon we fear.. ; v Jhdffe KHoatrick. before whom the 1 iriiwiuurg rioters nave ueen ineu, tias I sentenced Uiem to ' imprison me ht I varying from six months to six years f and! ten : months. aooordinc to the I fto-oiavfttion of j thH offenaei i-Snkih I judges will never make human life cheap or srive' a bribe for the perpe- I . .- i ,. .w. .,.,.:.. I tration" of crime.' We remarked a I few days ago upon the action of .be I eraaa lury.whO Beid tne rauroaas re 1 - i - jiht" --' . 7. . v . , f. Itaavf Aaa ' t;rffS -'i. i 1 1 1 ' . i ii 1. ff The Norfolk Fyinia of Sundavj says: LJ . w.-ft,awjL1i icB Hue i&rce BtAnifl& fflrmpptf , r n n r v.v 4w ,v.. v""k-uji pierejlast nightBhe is to make connection WiW the Bar Line sXeameraftom Biltimire, 'nS Uirafer iPfrUhifnia' w ? ! "rriwi t ' -L" J nndonh'fearv 'ih'adlninaSeTlDublia s uu., 10 'published iv one ne-: totfashwi I eirous of, subscribing. 10 paper .publisbed I "rNaUonalCapitaL.we,wqu i'lvi:f.s L. "":;... iJ. iL a s. 1: 1 1 r . y .-iat: r rm J Conference. a rvoTbe 4lectoti'' of ! 'delegates' to' lthe the' euerar CjineTeHce meet itf f tffcl lanta" May next, consied the griatt ing Iw'ere elbted on thef firstt Fallot:' f tr-v"f4V j: f.;" uV."", 1 -Rev. H,, D. W1ls0n. I'S.VBurk:- 1 1 . --'TiTiio' rs run r-f(r ' iMi iw-'i head, W.'S: Brack'Brayen? Pn- the ihird balldt. Hevs?l';TM'T.ites- I ' aitdi Wi'H'Bob1bitli., whlcfi oomDlieci ; I iTia hUMriiahi t.n :Viir. 'i-T" rtrT.."frr. ... t r ..; I r Lav deleorktes elftbhfiftt KAl- 1 1 r; rrA'sT-'-'iV r- UJIi7 J fS," W I zr -Li XI" & . J rJL y. tl. nornegayn, t&esecJ ballot: F.O. Robbins, On the fourth 1 Ln,. : T.,m -r.,., r , oITk ; . i a. . . .. j.v .... - a. : 1 - a. - ( :. lerVbaldntf thefaU faitobBlC7TTi&;rWn1 1 " Clerical alternates Wm Hr Tr HndaonviWi M. fobrtMWwWVM MMmM Bf Com W2 T? T. HiiiW.tt. U T..JII,..j..il.- I of Conference oamenp thb afternoon. I uu jiser muoB.uiaouHBion was aaopi- ed. It rdommebdsardiviaiom 1 V IV j ! JBurkeoounty madea go'pdf of 'sorghumThoBJfldtf jays. Jlr, . J ueiw S. j A i John8 mde 1,400 gallons of as nicesyrup;! as cquld ho found Drobablv In Louisiana. "i ReDOrfx)f .tommitteev,0hvdrvilibnMm business men ol COtTNTY' COM MISSION KHS. L . Abstract of Proeeedlnsi lu. Resniar Neaslou i The Boar'4 of County Coramisionerg n yesterday afternooD in regular- montl met thly a ,y , jy o Sanders an.l Duncan JJolmea. t " '"r'-T : v'tbe Board being called toorder, yhe xato' ; ;TliofollowiDg county 0cera , came foVejibe Board and renewed " their official bonds for. the lenauinfe year, according to the requirements of the Jaw, with good ana 'sufficient 8ureMe5.'viz: E.Hewlett, County aampson, Kegisicr; jonn i. xayior, .icib. i.- .wt-i r.- ner I .rytt,. !ai mm5t Oa applicatioii from the following named pefspnY they were' granted licenses to retail sprrUaou&Hquor'ain the ; tW lor the term of three? city off winning and six months resnectivelv:. H..C Dravo. R J.f Scarbc- v Jnv " ' " wm'TTiH.h tJ Vcl- nnmmi.ioP Worth he annointed a com- . i ' ' ' . ... mitteetocauseto be repaired the public over Smith's Creek U ...a Adauil that a ' ittailt It' was ordered that a special committee, consisting of the ' Chairman ' and Cdmmis-i sioner Wortb.be appointed to consult with His H6nor, ( Judge O.Pj. Mearep, and; So licitor Moore in regard to certain indict ments found by the Grand Jury at the last term ol : the uriminai uouri against, com missioner Duncan Holmes.''"' ! 1";-J"'', The annual report of the Sheriff of the fcouniy of New HanbverLin relation to ; the school f und waa pi ordered spread on presented, approvea anq the lecords of official re- ports and placed on; file. It was ordered that all the - r j. , annual reports of Magtstrates be referred to- the Finance' committee for examination before-being .nnm V Ttiwaa resolved that the clerk of Audit - - . 1 . . -.. , Joil issit's real estate, and, if there is any error, cprrecnuevamauon. ' ' : 1.. .! , x. ' " ' Application of Whitman Wilson,, to be relieved of a tax assessment on one half of a certain lot claimed to belong to himself. and another,' was ordered referred back to the applicant to be adjusted between him self and the other party! Application of Alexander A Jones, do be discharged as road master of the Nigger Head Road, was granted, and James Hardy Moore appointed iu bis place. Oa application, Duncan Holmes, Super- intcodent of the County Work House, was granted, permission to work the county granted , permission to prisone" (under guard) at any place where he can find employment for them. ' "' It .was ordered that the ' proposition of Croal & Morris to ll8t coinpUie and de 1 liver the tax. books of Wilmington town I ship! and compute knd deliver those of tl .9.lher townships for 1878 (the same aa pre- pared by them this yeas) for $650, be ac cepted as final, with the -understanding i;0, that it cover the returning of the delinquent The pelitiou of Jenny Williams, in refer encei to tax assessment, was referred back for tpe" want of proper information.' -' T&e resignation I of James Grant.' over 8eer)f the public road from the four-mile posttto the seven-mile post, on the JSew- bernj rbad,. was granted, and Oarret Walker waaWointed to fill the vacancy. rr r I A Communication from Commissioner L I B.'J(iraiBger, announcing that he had.for j warded to Gov. .Vance his resignation as a memoer 01 me coara, was recetvea, .aoa. TT- A. I.i ""7 rt'1 " - -r." V . ' i 7 'M I GtNTLEMEir. I would resbectfullv in 1 form you that I hate forwarded to Governor1 I "uvw 9f":-r: holdat your Jjqard. regret that rme ae 1 oT mv own -private nusinesa' nrevent my serving out'the remaining -year- of' my term, as my intercuuise wiih yorrntarteen pleaiajtt, but, as oujareaware, lioooix this has now .been I accomplished; the ordi- I creased nearly-fjhe half; the old dehtprior jo januajyiiBft,'.paa. oeen iunaea oii reduced basis, and.since thatOim&-everj !det incurrd,iby,)e countyahsen, paid J ioa debt whatever ;arl no necessity of there nemg any mine xuture; ana m-aaautoa to- I tnALVOQ W1IL DOW Da in a TlOslllOn lO f ma that you.will, now bejn a ppsition;;tdi ma-i I anK; year y w vo uy..o 16 levy taxes for One year and nine months J In 'place of one year. Thanaing you all tor ' the Kind and courteous manner in : which 'each lot f you has treated me daring lhevwbQle year f r!L i r, I'm yt -ai wi ,i l b 'Qbaj Qbaingek. ; - L Od motion,5 the Board adl burned:" io V j i raii I eetton c r. Compress i-ii.' .. . ' 4tha.WUmingt6n: Compress I and" 'houJe Company aWmade no& Wire-- contrftctfor r riL.. -1. ,,J Taylor press-one of 1 me inreu largest in m the tyorld-to be located I I J .J r t1 - W lf tf BOTB su,u P"PWt foundations, and. as the new press is how. 1 nearly completed. it is expected that it can J ... WP pote with; .pieasuTeihis evidence oi !our eityr- . . t.- mVi? f.r- tit . Jh,;iJkUlr ttlnj. Phi " 'TTrvrA nas, oy actual count, suDscrioers among the Alexanders Hfi Mecklenburg-' eountv. I Ifilaina Thisinadte isr almost ras numerous! in thii A county ' as. the . Coffee ' family . in Caldwell where; durinK the.war, had 17 member of thai e.war, one company, alone orthat name;:; - . copvo aftai) ziAnoiriar. Norm Carolina conference. - s t - 1 r ( m i jkwr' renort conaenseu. 1 - j ,jr Fridat moriainir ' 9 o'clock, , the Conference ? convened according to adjournment, Bishop lJ. S. JJoggett, lj; L)., in the chair, wuo conaueieu the religious ..services, reading 2d chapter ,1st, Timpthy. Sieging and nraver '' .A I i i " TrBishop'Dbggett made" astatemenf in regard to his inability tbeach'bere before this time.8 f ine cause was on account of 'the broken line of travel. Bishop Doggett said the readmg;of the miiUes suggested to him a .mat t jupoii 'which be.wishedJ to say a wora.- ne tnen raaae a staiemeut in reference to' tho'telegram of the A-1'- soeiated, rress apnouncmg the death , OlJoisnop lviafvinanu wuiie ib, laua-eu; confirmation, he 'was' fearful that it aslrue'7 il ".1 1 " 1 7 xnetolio win g telegram t ro m 1 ui- 8hop.Keenet was read;.' a-!uiM Holly Springs, Miss., . ) . ..- November 29. 1875T. M ,. a nomas D, ;uainpueu is irausierrw. thenar were ;j severaL communications from the1 bublishin & bonso at' Nasb-? ville whlcnthe Bisholy ordered 'to;be' cvThe8rread VaVf?om Dr5. ; ThosV -SumiherS) iu relation toHhoiNash ttCAaTi4riit)oof, jaod 'the r tjj ii i " 1 ' " 1 . . rbe second, was from Ur.,J. B. ii.-piU ' ll ktci.'t.j''i.'rt airs' " iuujf errm, ami due euueoui xuissiuus, and! whrchgav4 the assessments made upon the different Conferences. North CarpUqa Conference was assessed b 1 fa&Sfiird" Vasf from Drl Redf ord ori the liabilities i of l the Publishing House, .r tfcXi ; Rer. .D. 'jR.;' Burton moyea that t.he khrst and third be re-r ferred. to the pommjlttee on Books Sn'dJ Periddibals,' fand the" "second to the committee on Missions;' ! The ref ererico was bo made. ; ,;-:- i v,,,; ,ih : . Keyf, JtJir Jtsall, . fraternal pessen ger j from tte Methodist Protestant Ohurbh,' was introduced and invited Jo ai seat in the Conference. 4 The ministers on Raleigh, Hillsbo ro, I Greensboro iodji Salisbury ..Dis tricls then passed! aa examination , of character, and 'were continued oh the effefctive'listv !' ..-'.v-; Rot. J,; R. Ball made i a-Ifew. re marks ou,., his , mission as. fraternal messenger, j which were listened to with interest.' ' ' ' '':'' 4 , s . Revi' P. J. Oarrawav, fraternal messenger: to the Conference of- the Methodist,. Protestant , Qburch,. . in .North Carolina, made a yerpal re port of his' missioh.- " y Dr.' Craven introduced the' follow ing ! resolutions. Jiesoloed. That we receive Rev- J. H. Ball, fraternal! messenger from the North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church, with great pleasure. - V;e assure him, and tnrougn nim tne cpurcn ne repre- .a r aa. 1. senu, in ai we receive' nis Kin a rra ternargreeting most cordially.", . IT ' - ; jram " .-1 f- m . V ufesotveat, mat two iraiernai mes- aengers .ber appointed : to. bear the greetings of ( this Conference to ; the North; Carolina Methodist Proles Conference of the ,ant Church. ' : . - The resolutions adopted. were unanimously Tpe Secretary icead ai letter; from tne representative 01 tne society , ot Friends in North .Carolina, Isham Cox; :;;v" i; ; ' - . ..Tjie greeting of the fraternal ''mes senger was acknowledged and replied to by Rev Pr.;Wil80n.who. had been fraternal messenger from, the Confer ence! iy06 yariy meeting ; of the Friends, and who gave ari interesting acccjunt of his kind. reception -i by the yearly.raeeting.;:. s, ,.." -.u-y Tbe Secretary read, the reports of ihe Presidebts i of Trinity and Day en-' port: Colleges acid from the : Buildiiig1 committee. of JJavenporti indt kem tireensboro average examination -orttiet senior . - . i t ..... . I . . . clsrai 1 tobe 7 .where49' was thel ts'axi mar 1 standard; o excellence, ; j , , j (U 5aT ie reports, on motion of Df. Closa, were referred to the committee onEducatiob; ..:su, itft JVtCparlqtti0bseTver report 'cdndensed-i , Rfevi D.Rirato'ii moved that the eieciion of delegites-to;--the; General Conference, tOnbe.jheldTia iAtlanta next May be ma,de. tee special order for tion prevailed; U ansWfery- of nNniry;ofi,ttie T? laUAti T? Hit tTllr Cfaven'ttto Seore tary lniormea ttne AopterenoeThat it was entitled, to ?ourJ;een seyen rain istetiarafid "seven '"lay. delegates.1 v r 0!;lpe Bishop stated to the Confe-' rencje-lhat Tie was at last, en abled ' io maker ofjS4atmoiimeht'of he deaih of tBstpp:JM villa .Christian Advocate, the official orgio pf ahe Church;1 had come to fian,1 atfd cobtainej full;p l The:;questioph4 tremainoon lBal?!wasasketxiOteyii flil answer fto 1 this- the following were reported:' - Wi"B.D6ub; E. J. rP.' A7i Bishop Jv B.-Carpenter; s r.ut . , uTpe nsual questions concerning ctiurches being alwfaetrily-lfan-swerecl,: iney Iwere approvedl J':': V ' " Vti AnswjerionequestionV i:VWho 'afe admitted i into: iull; connection ?" J.uMRhodesi B. R:: Hall and N. S. Nortoijespcmded.;,' f'. v P J ReV'i.iP. Bnrton;her'e presented a resolution requesting the presiding :Bi8hop'to preach a membrial sermon ori'the late BTsh'erIarv1rbTh -the Methodist Chhrchi Tuesday mdrriing; that being the ) tithe fixed ! i for Hoe' Tegrilar, memorial serv iceSvf APPd." r 'lieBishop jthen .proceeded witjh the questions, and the following were announced ra3' deac6'ns' 8t thtiGriV yeatif Ni! W.TJorney,rJ F. Oraveni W. S.. Roane. J. T. Gibhit L. U,KTh J ir vy.Kanal, A ; pcroggs C.. A., Gault, M..W: feoyles, J. f M, LJifSigned Vv '' ' Bishop- Keenkb.- i ,i . ....JI;.r!t-iT-k . r,-' j i f 1 Pending this, call, I)r, .Crayep sa;d The presiding elders of each of the districts in which' these preachers had; been laboring w?re questioned as ,'to the cnaracter or eaco, ana tne answers being: satisfactory, they: were all hdmitted into full connection, ex- cent JF Craven, J. N. Randall and C. A. Gaul t, . who were . reported by the committee of examination as hav ing been : prevented from stahdipl thejr examinations Oitheetudiespre 4 scribed r.by. sickness ;ort irom other causes., ;, (.., . :t,--t t.af-Kr; r Under the next question, lo-wit: 'What traveling preachers areefe'ciVa ed elders -the. following appeared and were duly electedrr J. J. Holden, iW. H. , Watkinav T P. England. ,L. T. P. England, having been Unable to work for the past 'year was,- by resolution, added'to the. Buperannua tea list." if, 1 , , i . . :A collection of $77 was taken, up foV Ms'ben'efit." "! K 'ut v J"- " -Under 'the J question j "What local preachers tare; elected -deacons; the following .were reported : ,Thos. j liea-.-jl gan, Aurea uarsen, j os. ju. Mat thews; R.JM. HoyleV jTi TJiLktlbjohn, Jas.- iWi 'Craig5' and i ij'K$gleri: Their.iicharacters having'iibeeij ap-: proved, they twere,xlulyi elected,; Under the question, " What "local preachers are elected : elders V" the following. were reported: :Edward A, Wilson ' and ' Abncr K- Murchison. DavidvBr,own wa8" reported as having beeri i'elected at, the ;.'Co'nf erence .at Charlotte, :but not yet oridaiued, J '., j-The abovo ' having stood: satisTac tory examinations adJ.ft6 ' character, wcic uck-Kiicu picijiicu iucis, s , . yDr'&'S-H Redf Qrd tb.enacdre88ed the Conference for over an . hour in advocacy;of ; the claims-of the Pub lishing House, the 'tinie f of theJ. ad journment having been, extended , for a half hour to allow b.ira to conclude. iiThe committee to whomwas' re- ferred the ques'tioirfof 'the divfsioft oft the Conference,' with'a view of 'cbm'.!,' bimug the western. portion of, ,itB .ter ritory with theveateangequnties'of the extreme western part of the State. now; attached to the Holston confer- ence, .caveaecraea to report tn tavor JU.-'ii : ' i n.ii 1. in ui ineuiuriatuiui; tue ...vreuenu ference to ;this effect.. :; r,,; ..t!. j.. i fc j WIFTTT DAT. . . Mr.f Robinson then asked that'-the Conference consider the questibtt 1 ell memoralizing the General Contertxace for a division of .. f XJ rj,1',, Carolina Conference, i. . .? -Aer the electiohof d' -On m 'lohthiS was!agrAi -'- - t rn . - . t 1 r .1. Methodist jPi. t?t..-t ,,vuuiub, then came forward and took the vows of ordination. (Election of delegates to 'General Conference' . next took place We, have already published the list of . the: elected). , : The committee on the division " of the Conference then reported. After settine forth various reasons for division the report concluded as foln lows: ' f'With these reasons stated, your committee submit the following; "Resolved. That we, as' a Confer ence, memorialize the General Con ference, , which meets in , Atlanta in May next, to transfer.; to the North rf-i 1 y-'i ia- i . . uaroima c-onrerence an tne territory; in the State Of North Carolina within the bounds of the Virginia and IIol gton Conferences. w r Resolved, But if in the wisdom of that body they should refuse the re quest to transfer the tprritory of .the Virginia Conference in this fState,an'd will transfer ' us the territbry of the Holston Conference within this State, we request , that a division - be made, the )ine running along the Eastern boundaries bf the Charlotte ! and Sal isbury districts on the , easfcr'apja : vith' the State lines of North Carolina on ;a! considerable discussionfolloeiii when Dr. Craven called the previous question. and moved the :adoptiop 3 ofj the Report, as recommended Jby 1 the committee " The motion prevailed tiyl what appeared TiWj feS"Jabbut! pHwW thirds' maiorityi1 -rt 1 " "The ConferehceitheD adjourned -3Q this, morning, u, J&y "-resolution of the ' Confef ence, 1 passed at Salisbury, Bishop' Doggett urflQ Irannaotiiil t r naaAh m Tt riAr 1 aUiiC moil of the , late bishop Marvin. onU ouuuay mornins v vne iuevnoais Churchr " f" '-s .. By'9 o'clock Sunday mornlug th congregation began to assemble, an lotig before the commencement of th services "tho large, and handsom cnuron was niiea to its utmosr ca pacity. J'- -1 e::Kn . The text was taken from vela tions,twenty-seoond chapter aw oarj do His coraiaandmenU, that they mayihave right to tho tree of life and may enter in through the gate into tne cityf '-4.; - . The theme was "Evangelical obe dienceor the majesty of the lawJrt the plan bf human salvation.''" 4 1 ;wWe: have not " the 1 space io-followf the line of argument adopted by the Bishop, . f. Suffice jt. to say that his.exj position. was clear awl , logical, . and there were . - q - , .- , a in ujsj discourse furt -Tf iuiiog etquetiee wmch prjv.u .-.i -vi. U.nA:ieling 1 r J .; At the Oljif! f j! ; :? jWiali0Q; co. the text, the -Bisnop read a brief bto graphical sketch' of -Bishop Marvin together . .with.-Van:-., interesting 1 and truthful, analysis of the character 'olf that distinguished divine: and paid a u'gu iiiuuic iu uis. tiaiieu ptevyi'iai i 'A BlrerHorrarr 1 f t v ; New 'OKLEANS.,"Dec.' 3i -The Lotus, withja' cargo'. Ipf tffi uaies cotton,, ana ; 525? sacKscottQrt seed, was destroyed by fire at a point near Waterloo; and ' eleven persons, two :of whom "were" females," burned and drowned." All of the pasaeuarj tureen in number wte :eavea.;:.i be Lotus was valued at 2,00tf and" Waa TarW ifioni'ofl-- i-" Ij :i;h )j ts Spirits .TurpentireJ ' Charlotte'Orueri A friend at Center on the Charlotte & Statesvillp Rail road writes , us ih'at-Dr. ' W,"B. Moti, who lives near that , place, -yesterday morning, killed a shoat' which, weighed 538 pounds. The land of J. TvA: Davia, kiUwn as the Dr. Gibbon, place. . Ihree and 1a half .miles from the city, waa sMd at' tl4 court .-house door yesterday; The tract comprised - 163 acres, and was bought by J. M. Davis at f 16 per acre -t There were evei forty iraveuog salesmen ai vine ueBtrai iiolel Sunday,.: amoug".... many i)lher transient guests.--,. Reidsville Times'. - A littte girl 'iu Person county was so badly bitten! iu the . 1. ...... - a - . . i Y arm uy a sow mat uec arm nau : 10 ue am putated.; SLe was a child ;ofx Jefferson BrooTis. . ' "We are eiving tba northern ers a good season around Reidsville.. They can't understand how well ' our dogs are iramea or now? quietly ca; larr" heel can "bring down'? a bird. 1 But thev SaV thatwe shoot well Mon the wing." They have tried us:- ; . lue puuiisueu statement inat ;Toru Evans intends rUnuing a daily pr any other kind of paper at - Danville is news to this writer. tC.i Z ' - f.;i't--Morgan ton Blade: A ne horse fawner of Burke left in our office anlear of corn with 1,370 grains unit. Mr. Vance, ori 'Vyednesday, presented to the Hquse of Representatives a paper relating ito the establishment of a post route from Burns vilte to Green Mountain,. C. Pleasant Homef .. about six miles from Lincdlutun, ' has beQ -established as a postofflcd, witll Mr. 15. C. Woo1 as-postmaster. , -L Two lunatics areneoonnefl inCbeBLftgham school. Column us' Hoise, a young: mahsii?ing witn Mr. Shuffler, on Irish Creek, had his leg broken last . . Wednesday by a limb fall, ing from a tree on' him. 1 -t- Raleigh News: "In 'Harnett county, near t -Lillington, ? at Murciison's mill, one pight' last week, at acorn shuck ing, two negroes, Albert McLean and . Van -der Murchison,jjot jntg,a fibtwhn,the latter bit the tittle finger of one of the bands of the former. The "finger inflamed and mortification ensued,' from which the ne gro died three days: after the . bite. -Pursuant to aa Order made at the last meet' ing of a OxiDge Presbytery Revs. J. A. ' Fitzgerald and CHj Wiley, on -Sunday, duly installed Rev Jas.-. M. 'Atkinson . as pastor of the 2nd-Presbyterian Chujrch of this city.i-The interesting service look place in.tbe chapel of the Deaf, Duob ana Blind Institution, at 4 o'clock in thel after noon, and were witnessed by. a large at tendance... , 4 ;ajr Ne,wbern Nut Shells Tbetfottou fiih, gin :bouse and cotton " screw with ten bags of cotton already for packing, were burned pnv the plantation of Mr. Richard Russell, in the upper part of this county, twenty miles 1 from Newbern, abhul seveu o'clock,, P JL, on the, 30lh of Noyember last. I Cause, carelessness. Saturday i mtkl-nio- Kst, ut half pa$t four o'clock, Mr. iivcio vrten, who . lives a few mUds from this city, wa awakened by the cry bf fire, and, on going out, found his gin house and grist mill , in flames. ;,Mr. tlreen's loss is heavy: Two cotton "gins, six bales of cotton, (vtv -vf coiun seed, engine- and boiler, "gr (. , : h large amount of grain, the w'-f.-; '' "': Uwiitig in value to 2,000. A nutubcK vf Greco's tenants lost smalt arauuoU 01 ;ii-,n Hnd seed.. No insurance. IncendtaryVbrk:' . " ;f : Itateign" 'Observer: Sheriff A. R. Cox, of Randorpli, is the second on c ur list, but was really; tue first Sheriff in thej State to settle bis taxes, as be notified tlx State Treasurer that he was in readiness before the first Sheriff, settkef. , - - The Commis sioner of Agriculture left yesterday for Nor folk, where, by'appointment,5 he is to meet the Fish Commissioners of Maryland,- Vir- ; gioia, ajid probably Prof. Baird, of the U. j S. Fish Commission; ttBd from thence they i will make,a furvey.of the principal fishing grounds' on the Albemarle Sound and other ' waters, with a view to establishing a large ; hatchery for supplying the three Stat!s with : I shad fry by next spring.' Gcvernor ' Vance has accepted the invitation and will 'deliver the annual address at ihe Sampson. County Fair, which commences at Clinton on the 12th instant. We learn that i he So ciety are making unusually large prepara .tlonsfor makingfthe coming fair eclif.se any of former yeara, f;v Tr' .v. - - ' h r 1 i ' y-f Ashe ville -Pioneer : 1 Thursday i there passed through, here two immense buhr stones, that Were quarried out on the premises of Mr. George Gahagan, it Madi son county. .They are intended ;for . Alex. McBeeb, otGreenville, S, C, and are said to be equal to thb French buhr. j-lAbout .three weeks agoTdr. James Inglek pLSpriBg Creek, Madison county, visited the counties west of this place for the purpose of ibuying cattle. .Nothinghas. been seen or, heard from him for about fdurteed days, and his . iriends are apprehensive that -be has been murdered, as it was generally known that he ?iad' a large sum ,of money with him.' It is rumored here that his horse, and some of his papers have been found in the woods of Jackson County.' i i A" gentletnah from Marshall, ia .Ma;difi0ft, county; informs i us. that on Wednesday last, a youth named; iNeal Tweed' had a; preliminary hearing before aj magistrate in that place, charged, with attempting to rape a little giil aged: ten years, uhe daughter bf a resident physi cian.! Tht prisoner was jailed.., ; 1 , ? t f ; . Charlotte f -Observer: , ;Lu Morris, Esq., a well known citizen it Mal lard Creek township, died ' yesterday at his residence, from the effects of a stroke off . paralysis which he suffered some time ago-. About two hundred carloads of freight have beeushippenorthiby the. roble ivia Morehead City, thence by steamer, since it was opened last - Wednesday, pf " this amount about half was shipped from Char lotte During the month of Novem ber fifty-eight 'deeds and morlgagcw Were recorded in , the office of, the .Register of Deeds of Mecklenburg county. : -South Iredell has another fire to" record: ' Thurs day night the corn crib on the premises of Mr. James White, who. Jives nearlMpores ville, on the Charlotte & Statesvilte, Rail road, was - fired by Vn Incendiary arid ; burned to the ground,', with Mr, White's entire crop of corn for the year. The build ing, with Its contents,' ' might have been saved, but the incendiary, with devilish in genuity, had previously thrust a log into the artesian well; the only water-supply on the premises,., and sIiad thus ..completely chocked itup : t , r j f I iIiaieigh1j?yV Gov. JVanee opon'the subject of theKl gogue"; was. delivered, at Tucker HaU or Thursday even log before a very cultivated f .audience, who evinced' by tber applause tneir appreciation .oj lha; pjasurei wmcUi was arxoraea tuem. ? -A. squauoi luiriy l- were teoi from the penilenUary lo : j loauwa Gapon tijq WN Q,;R. R4- ia&f . i -.-i esdav, wnicn completes the num ber (5U0) ml wed to' thatuWorkf - l-i ,We' learn that- though, f the f Takln, ir iVer! got , pretty high during' the Iate r freshe ., there was no damage of. serious; import to the bridges or farms , 00 . that rjver. -t- We. learn by a private letter from' Scotland Neck, Halifax -county, ; that! the Roanoke was higher there by ihree feet' than ever before knowri. '- There1 was but one case of any jmportanceuefore lb4 UI Sl Circuit Court yesterday, that of the Unitetl' .Sjtates w. 103 boxes bf ' tobacco add 'Other property claimed by VYnu? A. Bobbitt, of tiranvule county. - Unly one .witness was. examined wbea the United States Solicitor quashed, the prosecution and, a verdict j wa given n favor of the claimant, -j r-Thfc meetioga in the First Presbyterian tCburebi continue wi,th, increasing ihierest and . very jars wugrcgaiiuiuj. jwjv. - jur. ' fiisrauits has preached every evening this week witU great power auct acceptance f n- 1 - . ;- -:. ! ; - -.- . i : ; - I-.-.;-: -:.! , ;
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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