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C-s Friday; December; 21st, 1877. CB-Tinlttfli.!n mnrt be made hv Check. Draft. I Postal Money Order, or Eegjstered Letter.' Post- I Masters will register letters when desired. I Only such remittances wm he at the risk of I the nubiisher. - I RTvmm ror,,vynrwrriPi whim desired. 1 "v We have watched GovVEEampton's I AOVAAI ' WrT l-k ' TVS lit A On1 . TtAllMQ I ,rw.w-., i and we have never been; able to find I ..'i '.v-1 i . vi Jiv:i:i.i-Ll anyirungin nim jmat was noivworiuy i of admiration. ; -1113 political course I . :P!:ftii-;!'-; v-'- ,Pv-,.--,.r 1 nas oeen;Tmaricea;,tnrpugnoui .?wiw i wisdom.' dignityi firmness and honor.' I , : " ' ' y a r i: ' I ue UM. .awaiuasuj puoucvj uo .w of' action that his judgment and sense I not, therfefore,' credit the statements I we saw;, repeated c mogalnTand I again,- thatrhe was I party to ? a bar gain with. .Patterson, the ;corf apt ras cal who for the nonce holds a seat in the United States Senate,1 by 'which I the latter was to 'escape punishment ana tne " iormer to Decome. tne sue cessor;!iftllnft6enat see .Ii0w.;.t4w;uld;.: not : iookSlikeampton bargaining with T.a priminahr And -yet it ivas repeated otten, and we saw no deniaU ;At last one has come, and the bearing of Hampton , in the matter ispiselywhat and admirers supposed it would beV The Newt!YrkaS:feonU special from Columbia, S. C.p to the effect; that oh Wednesday lastGoV. Uampton declared himself firmly op-1 posed to any i bargain" Senator PatteTsonl-'Wherebv theTosecntiori of the iatter-i should." be' abandoned.' The dispatch represents Governor xj.aupvuii as . saying . mat: rsince . tne prooi prjrauerson'8 j guut nas Deen 1 . !& ;vii -i- . made apparent to - the public authori- ties to the State ;-&n&'ifiFrhnnit4-At ties, to tne 5tate. ana the country, it would do a disgrace to South Caroli- were not earnestly and energetically , o an issue.", The New York pressed to it6 aisotates that.Uov. Hampton is uiameiricany.opposea. io tne .com promise programme I. with Patterson, the penitentiary, thief. . The mbrtaBty in Bichmond for tha week ending December 1, was 28. v Population of city (estimated). 77.500 white." 44.400: colored, 33,100. Rate of mortality of whole population was 18.78 per 1,000 per annum; rate of mortality of white population was 12.88 per 1,000 per annum; rate of . mor- tahty of colored population was 20.70 per 1,000 per annum. Exchange.- We would like1 to "see a monthlv estimate like the above of alt " of Vour cities' and 'towns.1 ' What people of intelligence wish specially to know is the percentage of deaths-rhow many die in every 1,000 inhabitants by the year, jand the relative exact :iates: :pf mortality between u the Whites and colored. : rThe above , sh'o ws 5 that at Richmond, as elsewhere, the ;' mor- taiuy among tne negroes is twice as great as it is among the whites.1 - ! - i ngiii uickatcu, ,u;iuor.ua buu Berfea ana mat no. waf wm do. .pre.- iu iwu buuiiucuw ui mo ui i cipiiaiea uDOD tne country. ' iY are people, loouruntry.ft could I glad to see it stated the news of the eduzcnes in jsst. ; Senatpr Edmunds is a man of abil ity. ! He is not supposed, however, to be troubled with much, conscience. lie is one of the immortal Eight. He is now a leader against the Temorro tizatton of the silver dollar. He was not always; that way. Cat it is all the same-with- hiro. - Ho-vdoea-not pretend to be consistent. Ho feels 1 - -. at liberty to Change hl9 Views as of-j ten as bis pehorial. popularity ari bo. hti safety may require It. In 1867 this bull-niozer Uttered tho following ia tho Senate where he , how . utters tut) opposite; , ... .. ".,,. i "A distinguished member of the House of Representatives, then Chairman of the' Committee on Ways and Means, said: 'Af ter careful deliberation, the committee determined to inaugurate a -system of national currency convertible into bonds of the United States bearing six per cent.' interest, and redeemable in twenty years in gold or silver coin." ; "rne wnoie aeoate in mat noay- moat, plainly shows that it' was the expectation of all persons that the public 4 debt 'of the; unuea oiaies wouia ue paia in mat coin- moditv which is recognized by the' tmlvef-' sal consent of mankind as money, namely' irold and silver.- ' ' 1 , '-' ' M u J -" "John Locke, whose works,I believe1, are" considered to be a boon to mankind, speak ing pa this subject, says: ' 1 iU uiV'ut ' '.saver is tne instrument ana measure- of commerce in all tbe civilized and trading 1 parts of the worldi J i-'r '.'Jt is the instrument of commerce by its-J: intrinetA voltfA -J fUi-H -i-w its i H ftJi ,f 4i . 'Some men ' are 6F Opinion that Ibis measure of commerce,' like all .other ' me4 sures. may be - varied "by putting - more or fewer grains in pieces of a known denomt-1 nation. iSut tney will te of anotner minu when they consider that silver is a measure of a nature quite different from all others.' It is the things bargained for, 'as well as tne measure of tne bargain, and ; in com merce passes from the buyer to the seller, as being in such a 'quantity equivalent to tbe thing sold. , ': . -; -'i:r;'-";' "This is true-in practice : as to, our own' gold and silver coin. -Tbey are' the : ullV mates of value, the money of the govern ment. i ' ' - j iriEXico. " ' Our exchanges take pretty much the. view. the Star : took of the i Mex ican trouble. 1 The New York World ia evidently anxious to . have a .war with' Mexico. It complains of ihe Administration for- its . failure' 'to strengthen Gen. Ord, and for its sub; milling to therepeated outrages of the bandiltL It now calls upon . the United States Government to pre sent a determined front and to re- 80rr l? fp"056 t necessary to assert thejrighte of Americans. Jy It SajB? "Things have -now reached point at which the most thoughtless and careless persons, not neiDz inainereni to tne nonor oi weir country, must aamu mat is ae ouauic tut ius viuticu dwks uvfciuuisut nninr of this trouble.so now we say, that m 7 - can suit be assured.-b van adeouate asser- tioaof our authority on he Texas frontier; and; that it cannot be assured in any other -3J Bht meahwhUejoand now let the troops of the Unitea (States M see t forward to' take into their own ex- perfonced arid ' responsiblo keepior th safety of our citixens and the honor of our nagt upon our . (Southern frontier, lest a worse tmng happen to us." - i i - We trust great caatiori will be bb- fight id; Texas ! is not regarded' ia isMngton a cdsuk bellC i ul n Kohvl'AlrMCVyaddell, andT 'Gar- field - were paired on the - iPatteraon (c4lodo) ca8e.;;Wh"en the g of I wt came theTOtingGarfield voted " . " . r. . rr"rt j-" igH.SM'-1. Pft1 as rauing pjj a new;, tion, onlr , ito thejf eat of Patterson and j elfordp)fC: af1'? rew wn"tJ ;noi 4$ t1 of uQaSetdjas jjieii announced himself as Gittfield'8'; sul J 8titatBfiwtth adSeltjTJys I ought to have made 'the nfeildir f tetl I as badly as he did: wheja J" erry BBlaQk Va? done" skinning; him;in'! thall erer memorable: letter.f tMr. jiHarthaa voijea ine iway .warneia ypteci?; put jae I iw his v'otAfMat looki; as ji I there was a little bit ' of :. honor left I still.r i Garfield ia the man whoi told l&e fib about that letter of President Hayes. - WM "TT . . - i' , I Philadelphia manufacturers emnlovinff 1 11,000 workmen have united in petitionhie to take : no action concerning a jey,, 0f tariff duties nntil after the con- I dition of lie industries of the country have ;-; hu w the old.'.cry.: ;The country, U used to it;. The "whole : people I lorty-nve minion must oe taxed; to sustaintheindustries'of a small sec tion. The members of Congress may not bejfpractical business men " but they are not generally ngaged in Philadelphia or Pennsylvania ,'mariu facturesf They f will, ',? therefore, be less biased in favor, .of; a small class than ; the ; ''practical business men" wbosi? ppinitons are so muc1isde8iired Li ; o imiM a . - . py: the said "Philadelphia mahufao turers." Revise the tariff vigorously and cut it down without fear erf avor save only as 'to the necessaries of life: Give the laboring man hit' coffee and tea without' the addiUonal ten 'atjd two cents ik.4Mty h.-rf., ; The Moffett Begister will probably raise one million of .dollars ..revenue for Virsrinia.-j If the law wer 'falf: fully andgeheraUy executed it Wo 1 Dnng in oyer a '..million, and, a half : dollars. '.; BSLLlGGaENT NBWSPAPGItS. The papers often do a great deal of mischief. Th-JifSculty between Gordon and Conkliflg was amicably and honorably settled, and some of the papers are mad about it. tTheyTiroopa are en route Tor the Frontier." wanted a fight. . Bu tf riends - inter vened and prevehj.edj'it, and jibwllel bellicose-" editors fire jallrngifc a "fia8co,1' and 'a---'-.vtickwickian"!'' ddell and'so oni 1 Foi buf pari 'we are glad mat li was . not necessary , i or ureu. Gordon to shoot the gay and ; festive peacock: from New -York, 5 No good o the country Could have come from it, and no good to Geri. Gordon.;i He bas jno need' to "test his courage1."1 'No macj pf sense will deny hira a plenty only needed';tO f hft11majdes aorofi' martyr oi ip ue tne nexcv.r-resKienw If Xlordon had" kkf'lrmnr down pis insolence, a pious howl.wpulfti?. have goneoip all oVerixankeeiuoodle'- '4pn),"an'cl the BrooksSdraTfje'r CWaddler' would 'h'aVb been . rejteaVed 'omArrs Ii is only necessary to ppeara domments utiorfthe affair "to1 seo K select at raad.omslTJbeiiPb t phii :JT-;Baysnw3 V;sa Gordon's ntanaer iri the first j place 1 seerns to have been especially offensive,, and iis language hectoring. Mr. Cpnkling returned It by giving the lie "tvith needless haste, and in otter violation of the proprie-4 ties pf 4be Senate chamber, as well : as , of private life. .. JttrHJordons sur-rebutter washe ultimate reason of the old' pro slavery regime a challenge- to fight 11 ' ' The! whole affair is over now, and both gen tlemen are , sufferers in, , private character . .1 , 1 5 -! . t t l iruia we buuo wiiicu uiey ua ve . mutually inflicted on the national reputation. " '' "It is worthy of note, in this counectfon. that this is the second time Senator Gordon has resorted, to this bullying argumentand carried the manners or we plantation into the Senate chamber of the United 1 States. And on both these occasioaa-c&is offensive advances were made against leaders of the S publican party, while ia the very act of ding their , parliamentary, forces some tima ago against Senator ' Edmunds, now agaipst Senator Conkling. : . It really begins to look as if every Republican leader, waa to bfe met at the threshold of his career with a challenge or a threat of a challenge as the fimbarrier.' ic-A &i:-m , Mr?- Gordou Is f nd bullV' but'- a braVe courteous' genUemaniu He' is furthermore no ' duellist, bu a mem- beriof a. Christian Church. r. He ia a man of:, spirit, and has no idea of sub- mittiog tamely, to the hectoring ways tha , have ao long time prevailed : in tEe dohgresaf After !theu' Southern" inea disappeared, ,f rom! that arena and hejr.p ''plantation..; manners" with. them, there was substituted the coarse Xnsqlenco-'bf thef Yankee ; skipper and Blaln and 'Edniunds i "and s feiipwa of that 80ft.werein the i haoit of saving all manner, of false and slanderous things about the South. But the day has oassed - when ; thia overbearing , tone and these insulting insinuations' will be Submitted tol!and wberr the Conk t - - -. ,- - - - ,W.-T, it .- lings ana otner Duu-aozers anaenaxe to burl epithets and indulee alanders ,"' i .4.w.. , iii:. .... .ns ii' dtii.'. (,i Uey.wiU. bet retorted ; npon m no;i un: measared- way.; It tia;aiagood thing fori Conklrng and the country that be don's amicable 9 anf ?iforD'eanniglL;,c'ba:- racier eTberQ are men n the, Senate : whb jjvptt axjcnoce down.biaolliroat;or pinked hjm;on aMe-'fieldhonbriaBatl a we :.. t . . . .. ' , . . t Amy i i i iiiii " i i in i iimw 'i' e effort of Turkey to' secure the xeditip qiloersn4ianow,ex-f plaina.'What it meant.-wit did sot ask ,fi j . . . ' - : r ; rnedlation asa'vabQQishedi Statelfor waBHWmng pponuqer aqa. xerma praposea oetore tne arariiiuy tithe Ctohstantinbpie ObnferenceJ is Alf'1 of bit'Uhini ff Taryeyjeiieyed- it could Jttold those twounesjt; would not accent terms U bad declined: and Which caused the warS 't is" because it jfeels ctnat :ith'e ; Riassiatf ftjrce' and momentim are too great - that it in ites jinqw, the Powers ; to ..mediate ilitil Tliat jiiatthermilk fin Ttheoicocpanat. Bujt Germany ays in reply", you must' treat directlv with RnRRi&:sand !Ans- tnibuts iWha tells the usselman that Mediation will notiavailitithis!i junctur In the; meantime England -is exercised and . the: Cabinet is v divided. ? The greatjJ)oiiit hoiV is to prevent -a' one MeJjtUewtlo'b iqf Paria2fThat irto say; England does not intend, if? it can r be . prevented. that the three1' Emberors Bhall settle iuo mavier ,io suit inetaseives,aaa to hel own tnjtitj.jjhi,j proposes f to have a finger in thepie' All of'Vbiph is very natural. Li About this time the North Carolina pa- fen are an praiswg uen. jany ib me most earty manner. JEccJajr v J l .'. .'Jbbnt-ihiftmeanotherVirginiaxi. does' not receive'mtich' praise 'at the- tands off tSeNorth ' Carolina pa- pers, . out, as cam W eiier .would say, r uy is (rii ipps p fi i oqmI any serious difficulty would have befeo magniiiedd1 the' -1 o JuVy of J the : 'ii ' I ,-u TLi'v.t jj'ju'.rtnA -JT.i" 4bii:iJ tjrvf; Souih. Take this specimen, which &d.et ccBtera. But this, looks a little THBNBWS FfXOSI TIXB Q03DEU, The Diaz Government is hurrying troop to the Rio Grande. Thay will bo in good time if; war Bhould follow the'butch ry of Texans. V. Over 2,500 Our own Government will soon have "qver3,0Q( menofi the fTexan border Then rrend er-of-t he!lVxas'-otate-troops lo the Mexican mobi and the shooting of , Howard, Atkioson and McBride after they had surrendered looks, very; serious, arid will Tequire stern' and- prompt treatment: 'Out Government will no doubt demand a surrender of. tho qut-tJiroats wh sbqt, thos'e prisoners. First catetr-the hare andjthen cook it, is the recipe. fce- fore the marauders can be punished they must be captured and identw nea Ay, there s the ruo. -,110 outbreak or. war at San Eliza-. i. 1. 1 . . I 1 .no, jiuQirgesf.j.Qwp pa, an sisinaJ(in the Rio Grande. is. of at local, charaor eir, and trneiif or. whichu probably the. resppnsiblef.' These Ifeu'ds andbbrder warsJ like those 'that uaea to ragebe-- tween jibe .geptf andi English, aeq to .-.i-'.ii-Jseiii.-ci.i.l:-j.. ucjj Burn) w iijieneuy uavreus ana provoke bloodshed ?andudevasfati6nib ThofTekalTsand 'elc thinfejliktt a war of reprisal, p.KlikeJ thatj mob fight, at San Elizario is well calculated to lead to wide spread yio lence, for the Texans, 'whfctf their blood is up, are not to be. trifled with without punishment. ,,)Ve fear .that the cr uel butchery of the three Tex an s may lead to a sanguinary guerilla warfare and cause great trouble and suffering. ' ' , ; It is impossible to say pow what steps our - Gorernment ; will finally take in the matter, v When the Cabi net gets all tbe information necessary no doubt prompt steps will be taken, but I whether the Mexican Govern- . , I ...ill I -f raeut will be held responsible is more than we can; say. ; fi We incline to the 'opinion that Diaz !wili disown the whole transaction, and , will;, deliver up the murderers if they'canf Mbe' ap-1 t li'V 3 HATES JND THB LBADERl1 Here is a significant paragraph from a leadiog Southern Rcpublioan paper, the, Baltimore'fnerwa:,;,, . "The Republican party ought to live.and must live, under the. present, condition of affairs, but its. vitality would be much more apparent if Mr. Hayes were- ia entire ac-? cord with tbe Blaioes, the Conklings and the (aarfielda. in. Coogresa. :. His: place , is naturally , with them, and not with tbe Gor don party. 'Viewing the matter purely as a party question, we should say that the. Administration should come to terms with the oartv leaders at the Coocrressional end of -the avenue. ' - Hefe e have the ' cloven-foot re- vealed. The Imcrican wishes e- sident Haves to identif v himself with tTinlrnnmipii nf. i.Iia ,SnnLh .anl nf t ha. country i The President must sar render bis poHcv: tils convictions, his pledges to the extremists of his party 'nkust ''go over !tp; Conklin..Blaihe, Ed mnnds.and company, Jborse, foot , am d drasoona," that- then Itepublican . par yJbieW !,of ''such opinioiwr asthe abJve''mukibe'-fefreihin J,.:. i l Will .s;iR4if .1, TJi L country, to know that there, are De- monits.i1whc)ai;o endeavoring j to. briog.about v the: .very condition, .f tiios ttieyirfew so much desiresu All this'may'be Jtrl6tic8iise7' po3 cannot Uu3 ii .mrft-. iertho extremisU,tQ;lIayea,wfrt.caii-i h"6t :understandj i Why 3 y Demo-, U'BbottTd'ireM'4l)r4o'Wit' Hayes' andfdrber- him'f'to ;"cpihe tit terms wiiu iub yaiiy leauers at vue i .nnirrpaflinnni Ann nr. inn nvonno - passua our,, o mprebensionn; Aa .tbe. Bctttimorean well says pLaih : v 'Conkling is a "bitter partisan,1 and be lones'to the strictest1'' sect of j Radicalism; Mrj Hayes, on the contrary has shown him: self tp be a liberal and. just man, ana one who has respect for the laws and the Con-. Btitution. which is more than !can be said1 Rfor; any recent ocoupant ;-.of ,lhe4 White ttouse, i',' Y-''H'Ai-' "Do Democrats wish the President lobe forced to surrender to the extremists of his party, and: tbe old order of things, to be re? vived? -If so. let them unite .with Conk ling and Blaine to crush the President, and . - . : . ; , . 1; 1- .1 m. ioec pernaps luey -win accompiisu iucix ww ect." :--. 4,p,. :::-Mm:,k -i -suab Hayes the ' 'walltie hia jhandsy refuse hrm all i8Vfport;'t'antd'bev will necessarily .' be driven" into the arms of tbe f actionists and iuil-dozers, . ... , ,.., . .... , . , i.-ji.-.-'i , -r. and i thenuWbat?.tf Mr. ;ilayess must have support: from either DemocraW or I Bepnblicah8.-';rHe :cannot stand jtloaer Senator. Morton '''was'" right vwuea ue saiu in ueubu j.oo. bi xu- Tbe administration, of any President will be in the main what the party, which. elected him makes it. 'If he breata away from his party the chances ire that he will be broken down.v In a government of par ties like ours, the, President must have his i i Miss Mary Anderson continues her performances of .Meg Merrilies.1 and Tarthenia" at the.-Fifth rAvenueiNew York. . Modieska succeeds her pn the 22d, Houses goodi: Frank S. Chanfrau is play ing at the GraDd Opera House lo the H)c toroon.;';? hit Jsothern's ??iora uunarearr: I continues at the ParktTheatre to very' fair business; Next week "David .' GarricV will be revived.- Miss Wyndbarft hag fatten a position ipjtbe cajfcr-f U i line, uui ipr uie me oi us we see it. Whv Democrats .should Tlatrw!slwy IXofcerjr. - The I'ayettef.lle 6a: gives tbe folio w Irg particulars of the highway robbery aW luded to a cur paper some days siuce : Tit T rf "rnmt, inn rt VV J - Hrrvtcn E3q., of Robeson county, came to town on Tuesday,-December 4th, and after transac ting some business, went-into -the estab lishment of ; Frank Thornton," J2sq., where Mr.Daj'ngerfleJaA6? $90 for him, remarking at the lime, jocu- lariyj that he had better' spend it there and theo-f-tbal be migbl be'robbed.'&e. That pgh Alr'Browh was robbed, as alleged; pomewhere about the'"Half-way Bridge;'5 he-being intoxicated at the lime. .yi Suspicion attactcdto Johh'WilHamson. 'ai Jfobng .white fnari', the15hextdayrwhen it vwas u discovered' lhar he v had left by the steamer lWorffv tor I Wil mington',' ; and v.y . .... . that tue nigntDeioreilie bad.been unusually flush,,pf,jmqney. .'Mf' jE .P-i Powers, 'Justice pf. Peace, telegraphed to Chief , of Police. Brock at Wilmington, describing pi iiitauisuu, -uuu aa&wg . uia arrest. -,yv it liamsou w'astroughi' 'b'ackfio A Faycttevifl last $altirday - morni t)g; bo ' the return' trip1 of the boat QHjWbich.ihdjKfnti dawnand afjerj a; preliminary hearicg- before Justice oeived by Mr. Powers, stating that Mr. s Biov $ Vo i;k,dibeen,-Jhe,aienl Vat " nfgl1 saidrwaffhot able to oe present. S.rB6rkh sent oythe tasi KbrthlarBlinaAnnuaY Sou th. as Prfeeid inc Elder jif tlkfi.Wilminc:-' ted District for :Ale, present f, conference yeari has, for about three years past, served eeDTsireeVcK few flays' ago.'a he1 was1 bon fcavitfg1 th'e'r for hirfwJ Vr home' at Magn'bliaV Where1 the' District parsonage is, located the mem bers o, his old cpngregationpresnted him. wi a, fine watch and a tea et, aod paid him and his family many and very pleasant attentions in manifestation ' of ' their great love and esteem for him, and as an ' appre ciatioa of hia faithful labors amongst them'. ;; j - T . Babcson.Connty. ' .'Tc: v; jVe - learn that f Jainess Grimsfeyi who1 killed ;J);iiAs Faulk oeary Holmesyille,! KObesou ; county, on , ; Saturday v , the f Utb Inst.! west to Iimberton on Friday, last and Surrendered .himself, be being himself, jbadly wounded.' " His' trial has- been' -removed to Bladen county. ' ' '""M5',,1 i. Tlecaseof the State vsi Jones, charged, in connection with.- his wife, with : having; murdered his half idiot brother, an account of which appeared in the Stab at the time, is set for trial to day. ' Solicitor Norment appears for the States and Col: W. Foster French for the defence. Pender. Snperlor Court. Tb'eria i la a1 large' crowd ' in attendance upon Pender Superior ; Court, which -is in session at Burgaw this week,' but up to yes terday afternoon no business of importance had 1 been . transacted.': Messrs. Frank H. Darby and J, L Macks are prosecuting for the BtateV Solicitor Norment being in at tendance open tbe special term of Robeson Superior Court,' Judge Cox presid urg, which commenced its session oo Monday; -; , . One, case, that jof Prince Nixon, colored,; Charged with trespass, has been removed to the Superior Court of this county for trial. .We learn - from a gentleman who :was present that James Urimsley, the murderer of A. Fauik. upon' being arraigned) be fore j t lift uperjor Court; ali:Lamberton, on. paturday last, was ma, ternoie. pnysieai cpn4itionj';,;He was suffering'fr'omk severe shptj wound ,ii the abomeff. wihicli .caused him to walk half bent, while he was- so weak and jexhauited from his' long"1, etposure -in" jlhe wo'wlierh'e Was found, by some pf bla frieadaj in almost rdy ing condiiioo, thatj he had to be .assisted up the atalrs o nis way 10 me xoun, room, . uis race; aiso bora the impress of ''ttich' Bufferiri?.' 'being naglaiAahdlmost ghasUyf W apearancei Besides the. wpuna iaiuo aDdomenne was, also complaining of a wound Tn. the side. - lyi the war W ! Iraasgtessctf is aniieiiialeaaenfaillle )5T 1 luiu.v'jjuaufl reuu. - yoOn iorpblifis t66k aHner witfi'Mr.'Rbniti sonL the local or the orcAHgit.rtsltt wa$ uch a, dinner aa.prpha.ns slom. aeei ana tney iook DacK upon, it, as. "a laveffdihed roat? alsdV bat' they ere not inv u.f cwe11,i right jhere svef are reminded ( of. a , 8tory,x;Abontf fifty, years ago f Mi8s..5taptip8, Jiving Milton, was married 'Her parents1 cel ebrated it wltff a big Wedding Bht William Thomas failed tei receive his . ticket, determined ! that no ;Buchi trn vial circumstanxrehoTitd-alk-hTsxal- culatiori8 and5 U M Wefittr tbTe '.Wed- ding. VOld Mr. Stampa witnessed the marriage, ate a good supper, and mel lowed his heart with aj few!" drinks.; He; then sent for.; W illiam ThomaB, Pqwers,J.waa bound' over-i for trial to5 yes terdajr. ln-thp meapmer a, letter was re- met hint out on the. floor,; and with; a , loud voice said :" " Williami iThonias, I .sent for ydu to: say before this -$ com pany i that y but are j ust as .welcome as, if yoa been. axed. a hufadred times..? rr i if-: 'i. . , i , i " m-m-m .j j .,; y'timiiiJ !f--Mr.jH!ayea basMjearnedtwoV things during the past; nine mouths which ought ta be invaluable to. him in passing through j it . ) Qnet is, that in trying to-: remove deeply-rooted: , abuses yOa can l not oompromi8e twith . the persons .- interested ini them,' .or: make the change in any degreienpalar table to them. ; The other lis, that the Republican leaders would never; have nominated, or supported him lif ; tbey bad supposed .that he would take the party 'platform in i earnest, or ; would make his letter of acceptance 'a veri--tableiprogrammeand that'they; look oh bim now as a treacherous simple--' ton. m Should he pass another year 1 trying to. make peace -with .them, he will increase their' contempt for him,' without winning o the confidences of the- better portion i of s tbe partyj and go ontbf o3ce!with thennfdrtu'nate and mortifying reputation of .having good intentionsand a f eeble will,-7. , ; The Taiiant'Indi ?HilJ&qt nh.'ft The state riaaeum. - Wilmington, N. C, -Dec. 17. r Editoe Stab: On a recent trip lo Raleigh I had occasion to . visit' the Department of Agriculture and State Museum. Here I found. Col. Polk at his post, as usual, and the one opin ion seems to be be makes a most ex cellent Superintendent. His office js; comfortably furnishedidjMsJS5l sistants are all gentleraep of business capacity, ; polite and attentive,! , and ready and willing to, give information to the manyVstrangers who visit"the: Department darlyMh passing'tbrdugb the Mnseum-'whicb,! by the, .way, is. now .onq.pf . tbe,. att?actiQna;of,xRa leigb I saw much , to, interest me. . ajotu. coitou, louacco. . vetteiaoies. minerals and 1-6res-irepresfentatiV'ea ,ot nearly! every county in the btate alfso distinctly labelled and. tastefully arranged as to jender a guid;n,nne ceesary ;! and,"' 'while I Raw mnub''to please ahd(graiifyline,!I mUst'confexs (-apdx With shame, too, -lhat l! 'was 'mortified; atMtbeH;baro,P qrid.' einpty shelves ; ip( the apartment-- marked .'New 'Hanover,'- Ifot an' article,''loi' anyi deycripUb'iibotoVe'n1 ricei a peanut or potato nothing- but tit-'' ' . ... .1 -:-.:.j-..i----..-.-:.. -. I me empty aueiye . .If 0t -ii',-ji.if; 'People of lew Ha6ovef.asliamed.".of tbjpir1 products ? have tne 'hcTands ,to.8ell Jno inducementjS to ' offer J.to li -a ' i : r. . S- f t ' - ine p pnare,as; ai jjmoney eat imen j woo iiiieir luijr wij-u us i ptrageru pros pectiHg naturally eekT thff ;UipUol: or. a oiate ana us museum wnere;iney can j se0 and :exanine. the 'prodn ct8,T of 'the ao.the scU itsetanggmfor-j mation - as to the . resources - of ; the ponhtry, the ad vantages- o'bef, cciuntjf ' ouera over.' anuLaer," oio.j ' anu'wpmi their bbsetvaiiiiibs mindis freently inadeup' toby and settle!- Judging from the. display, h ee made,: one would naturally suppose New HaboVet to'be i4' barred 'desertfJ offers the finest farming glands j n, the State.- Now, Mn Editor let us, fill' up the : shelves. It costs butHittle trouble and po money.iliet the fartpl-' er8 Bend samples of their wbeat cornj cotton.r peanuts, potatoes, ricei vege tables, grasses, marl, ' wood in iact mark my word for it, we will. 'soon have ' moneyed men, who desire' ,to move South, among us.. Let us have some pride, and at least det the-world kpow that the country, 4s inhabited, and, not a barren sand bank, as these; shelves .how; indicate.'' Col. Polk is in earnest in this matterV'aAd is stim alated to go ahead by the succes? the Liepartment has already; . .attained There f .is hardly a day but inqui-, ry is made by some one with t h e v e0;'6 f"5j urcKasi ng elands,1 audi many . v have - already .located. There were two -gentlemen iu the. building with ra e , who ,(assure4 eus they wouldr moye fifteen, or', twenty families at once ' from .Pennsylvania. if they could find lands to Buit.;They like; our, climate,' , and how; that ' the Govern merit haaypassedi, jho pi-he. hands of honest menj they are wiiling tolive ? ktaong itis Vahd iriVest itiifeir moijeyiThisjustwfia anjd ithPepatimebt ,o'f!fAiinlttr' will do much togeirithe.m'j will onlyffexi89me,indpcement ' ;PV Send your articles to ttiejExpffeas Office, marked D'epartmeni of ''A'gri- ulture -RabigbVbf1 over., r- All I expen se 1 i ia- - paid' by Ith a t -T m - ! V hi t'i t! K! FOUETffDAT. d fAfter"tie closing" tf Tny e fe yestetdayf tb ejtowd 'ifeaed. tor4-: 00(K' a muoh larger, nrimberi than ad; wer attepae aij any.one gay. any "At t Vclbck!Gov!5Z. UJ Vknm denti Coy Faison oaod KsilW.fKerit' aTair.totr.7ra f9JooJoia 10 Kvaiii sI(Goti IrTanOBldibreqi jftade 8; dress,.- whib iW&s preticalb.umprpaa; an higMyeatrtiniugojsAjCflUvtfj lino of thsarftssSugijVfiBMljiut,; We, haveinorooBEk.foriit) eiilj--89Jajffcoj P.The ball Ja&t ntght wa gm Ufe-; cesa h.f re, f w.ertfy y J w&r anfl three hundred "people present, and no thing could have been I prettief f iHifn he ladies preseniii tAt too, jaoev liavel we seen prettier otteS: dfibWoisTd tJOt but wmmmm?$mi reunement.soappare tpjjuemost, casual ooserver.'p ..t .. ij. 9ti ,u. V.v (There were BuhdrVTaWiur; :the-day.)-ianH5 -f iiwaiBiavoO mi?m u !f 'f I will raentioni1 'f wt W jdte the; 'Anti-Friction ;H6rsff; Power? of, In fimitbfisiEiiMenneal-X Roads, Sampsoti ountyiwboyi8 the inventor .and ; 'patentee' This, iSowef is yeryi jBiuipie iu.n.nauonvnu easily. worked.; HThejinyentori ciaibasi forjitthat itiwill save one'' half over the! ordinary powet us cttbtf.and tb th movement f aeengUeasonfyt 'mayinot..be-'ao4vii:Stbli&&ttt t4.ia'9ftit flln Iriy description, of 'the' stockrl) failed to see a fiOO pound .hog,"'c be: lonbins to rMr. H. Oatei.- nntil just before he'waB' removed from the' -' gtoundai-jl Ai tMi.?4iy.mfxiMt"ir4'?v i f-The amount of .receipts, (exceeded the. expectations or its most sanguine friends and I am informed.' that the' Society will ? be enabled y to , relieve itself of 'all its' financialf embarrass- ment8.and, have seyeral hundred f doU la'rs surplus. , .. . '! " V liuiStatesville 'American Mauyiof our farmers are posting their lands against .huntsmen, and other depredators. The pen alty is considerable. '-Many bridges W .Iredelb were swerjt off bv the. late, flood. Lin, terfering much w. h , paniea-.py tan tne xnarsnaxs... entered the Fair grdumpreeeaedby" eiii t'brt -StaV1 babdilayin a'-Wani' Spirits, Turpentine, v - Concord 'wnrThe young ladies of Miss Bessem's school gave aa entertaiu ment in the old Presbyterian Church, last night, for the beoeftebf lheOxford'orphans.; ' r Raleigh fiews: Mrj S.-jL. Rid dle was opening . -and disposing, ;)fha!f a nsliel of oystefs'oblained la the' sftelVon nVednesdayjnighCVhea on opeuioe one he ' ,J s 1 x:.i. T . . ! . . tttuuu iucio?eu wuum ji seven! pearls, four of them as large as peai c Hereafter he will procure all his .oysters in, the shelit - - Vt The Raleigh :r Aristian 'Advo cate scordlally -endorses -tbe-proposition to divide the Norlh Carolina Gonferencej say ing:; nVhile- w shall-' regreuon personal trounda to part with any of - our preachers orlerritory, we are clear in pur convictions that tbe interests of the Church would be better subserved by; a divisionj.'' f - . ' ;4- Asheville L VAgeriLvyednesi day we were pleased to - tfleet I Mr! W.' W, Vandiver, who is one of "the gentlemen en gaged in fish'culture on ;thevBiue Ridge oear SwannaDoa Gap. . Be-hads with ' him 10,000 California salmon, six: weeks ol :wliichhe intends putting in Pigeon River' A few days ago he put 25,000 of them in Swannanoa river, - a htlle above its norm 'fork; i ' ' ' i-4- Southern Home'. Onilas .Thurs day; the 6th inst, Baxter, a Utile son of Mr. R.JEl. Puckett, who lives near AlexndriaDa iilttiis county, Lad "one of his lands so ,bady mangled by the accidental discharge of a; gun 'that r-the amputation of three Angers was rendered necessary. Neither chloofornpf ether was admiiisiered him,: and he walched thAoperalHJnoG the doctor i during the painful interval without either irvingornchingrvr pVeaed lb . learn that the' farmers irir this : sectOA are Rutting in a good t wheat crop.. ,Th.etd is also a disposition loeiperinienf in 1 the Jlobaeco Culture.' The sujeeess of the ' aiessre.: Wooten, Phelps, EdwakdsParrott, ' andtotbers in IQoir-aad-Qxanelha-paBl 8easpn, has induced nnyptbejrs.to.go into intjolt, . We i understand lhat pe.-Messrs ;Wodten willplant fifty acrea3iMr.f Arnold 1 Borden haa secured, the Services of aa'ex perienced tobacco farmer, and wlU experi- ' -meat upon forty acres, y-'" !,'! ' ' ' '"-'"' r i-i Grecn8bbrOi North 'iState: ' On: Modday:la8ta pair of Worse's,, belonging to Mr Ware, of Reidsville, took fright and raoaAvay at a breakneck speed. In jruuhing v : down bha of the streets they overtook and f -l knocked down Mrs. J. lu, Wyrick, j a mid dle 4gedlady.of Reidsville, 'aod seriously " ioiured htertiNestuesday iigbt, atu Ben poW Hall, the ladies of Greensboro will -give'anemertaihthenl for Ihe benefit of the ''' Oxford, Orphans.j It will consist of tableaux . and music ';' Capt Bridger, one of our citizens; had the mtsfortuoe to lent his foot quite badly a few days sinee.. I f On" Fri - -, day bight last Mrs. W- H. Reee, 4 ladyjof considerable age, was stricken with paraly- ' sis; j She is considered dangerdusli ilL ; , . 1 .Monroe i Mtpres$i 'John, ohufe, of this place, killed that large hog of fhis on last Tuesday.; Its grosslweight waa -933! pounds; after, being cleaned it weighed ' 560 pounds. This is, we believe', the largest ' bog that has been killed in' . the- State this yeari Tbe fat from the hogj yielded 200 pounds of lard. ' Right Rev. j Bishop Atkjnson.l of - the,-: Protestantf: Episcopal Church,. preached in , the .church room , ia this place, on last Wednesday morning and night, two eloquent; learned and impressive serrnons.; . We have been informed by a prominent citizen of Stanly county bne who! has' facilities ..for knowihg-Hhat at leasj twice as much corn was -made in the: county this year, aS at bne time 'it was sup- ' pbaod-jWOUld be.tfj.1-' ii f-:.-, dSp'rjy r; vl . .H-iRaleigh News; The religioua iu- . terest at the First Presbyterian! Church is ' .still ion the iocrease,'' and : large audiences, ' attend the-niehlly sertices which, are; still continued there. The telegraph line Trbra Raieijrh to Hamlet hai befen'romnlp- ' ted for thirty miles -out j.'of rihis ,cilv. audi.;. ', two jofflces have been established thus far, , ; Cart ahADex.i?i-a.lameetin ofthe" Raldigh.Ight nfantry, held at thellayof'si . l , ,ouiue lasfc'Digui,, juaj. raun. .rv uamerou wasiunammously, elected Captain o( tae ! company lo fill the , vacancy breated , by .j the promotion 6f Capt Bl'Cl TSIanlyt to lb omceoi oneaaier' wenerai. !i lne ieetioo of Maj. Cameroq to tbe , command of . the conmany is a compliment 'Well ' deserved. ''" . and j willl nordohbt redound to the , keif ares v, of the company. ,l ... . H-t",pbarlotte Observer; jThe new, factory 'of Messrs? C.J J.' Xiniebeiigei! S? 'Cd. ! 1 in lacfnn nnntv, , ia nOR nAmnlalinn . . , Cabarrus court, which has been in r session for iwb'we'eks. 'has ' adiourned.'i,'!rne'' ease" ' 1 of B. H. SumBer airainst tho Charlolte. Co- . ; lumpia oe .ugusia naiiroao. company re- auueu m u veruici oi ,miu 'iui' ne 1 plaipUffi.It wpLbe, rememberdi that he . ... brought suit for damages on Ids j cotton de stroyed during the war; for the sum of $15,1 ?f ,00Q. i4n vappealj.waa;UkeWt'4T.iin,.thei-""' casqof the Carolina Central Raiirpad against." ' Phillips,-Hi ponor.l Judge (EerrVorderedi ' AMniinalMVub'nt - inbft naaa nf ka Qt utiiuiawuucaci;-tuc fjasfc ui too otaui TB.. jXanusiaHF, .coioreq, ior,.ine kiuineor, tn Yfiiya uuu uaiucu xxaigici, tuc asjadquitted. iG.&t&&ii i& ueienuant .:. rMiltp 'Cfaop&AWA lW or sham has about one hundred hives of beesk)r no 'Informs us sthkt aome 6tr 1hen! Jyielfledt IhU yfewrlOOSpouud bfH-boneFJ eftrn. :: A Hnvpr old Inrlvr nnfur fmm pipa yj.peace.wnen tneiaie meieor euaaen lyf attracted her atteotion. as fit ttarted through the heavens with idr fireyJtail,; waB ?i'i abj struck. with .consternation lhat she jdropj- tl ped her "pipe' .and' wringing her 'hands. , oKhAr&nrtht' rhw.tHnMf ik..,!,., j;-HTt.. I PQ a 1 toW yS?: nouq, buildihat raU-f rpk44o Miltonf The large fend, hand- ( feowe reside'acO'io'thia town belongings to-. the estate of . the late Ajax Walker, includ -. ... : ice two acres 6f land! was sold to Col. Wm. V 1 !a;Clairbourtfe, -ftew laya ago, i for $t.200v casq.r n.o .voionei so a great .oargain- in r . ;tWs!pVtoperty. It is with much sorroVr' ' " inat wu record the death or that Alever. christian gentleman.ilr. B- Green Pulliam,. i of,Iee8burg,' N:C.,' who "died ' it his resi ' mabn ia that pUceoonGBuudaydJasUj' Mr5- . jPulJlam was about 77 years of age. i , . t T , Charlotte Ooseroer, : The num ber jof street' beggars of ' all sdtts ' and 'de-" scriptiqns is. perceptibly on h& increase. . r-rlf Smith and .Lowracce. are hanged ber on the 11th of January,- they! wilt make leight persona who 'have been, executed in 'Charlotte since, the war. jTbe Junk business is growing into Quite' :8 conside- I rablerbranch of trade herb, -r Although the white population in Mecklenburg coun ty is far! id'- excess of the" colored. ' nearly fifty more marriage licenses have been is- uca ip tne latter during the year, about to 'dose ' The ijKw, of yesterday, braga on one; of its compositors for . having set ( 1,800 ems in an' hour. There is i composi tor to the Observer Office who, does this fre- . quehtly when be is behind at . night.) ' . A. few days ago al negro man named! Elisa Alexander, living on the plantation of H. M. Pixon, in Crab Orchard township, this; county; had .his house burned bp, and eve- -rything inthe boose was lost..; As; an . act of charity, the neighbors contribhted to his -necessities until he is "probably better 6fiT tohdaythan he: was before the -fire. IVtt. Last Saturday night the, saw mill colloa 'eln gristmill and shingle factoryldf Messrs. r : X)oye2& . Bratton, at . Caldwell StalioD," vrv . the Charlotte & Statcsville Railroad, in this-; county was destroyed by fire: Idcendiary. ': , rr-i-RevenUe" j officers; have beeoj making,, several successful raids in Ibis region .w itbia . the last week and quite an 'excitement has " been7 created ' therebvl"1' Six wafona and r teams were seized, and bavo 'been Drought-' to Charlotte. . i'j;
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Dec. 21, 1877, edition 1
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