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WM. H. BERNARD, Editor and Proprietor. WILMINGTON, N. C: Friday, March' .isth,' 18ir8. ! . , !,, . , "". .' . -. . : . " . X3& Remittance most b made by Check, B"V . Postal Money -Order,; or Begistered Letter. : Masters will register letters when desired. . n V- ! i y 1ST pnly such remittances will be at the risk of the publisher. . ; .? : '' s Specimen copies forwarded when desired. ; PABTY OHGlNIIATIOIf. ; I We distinctly staled that the Stab, was ; noV Wedde'4 : to any : particular plan or system in selecting candi dates. We do not think the old plan has been satisfactory at least not to r the people if to the politicians.4 What we aim at is to elevate and purify the mode of choosing candidates, so that pot-house politicians : shall not have it all their own: way, and the people the sovereigns may be con sulted. ' We have no - axe to grind we are not office seekers. Oar sole aim is to benefit , the coun- try, and to secure better, more efli cient representation. , It is ' admitted by all that our State - has sometimes been badly represented has some times been cursed with very ineffi cient officials. We think all good men would be glad to see this avoided . as far as it is possible to do so. We do not insist upon any special plan We are ' not satisfied with the way the old system was worked. We have thought that it might be improved or abandoned, and . some other plan tested. But' of this we are not specially careful.- If , the old plan- can be made more efficient and more generally reflective of public sentiment and public preference, then " continue it, say we, until a better way is found. The Wilson Advance is edited by a gentleman who has considerable political experience and real talents - - for party management.' That paper, iu its last ' number, discusses elabo rately the subject of "Party Organi zation." ' - : -! " We are glad to see that its views are not so different from those we have expressed when our position is rightly understood. It; discards the idea of primary elections for candi dates, and favors the election of dele gates by this mode, and says it is the 4 best way that can be adopted. It says : - .. ' . . ': -" : "It is open to fewer objections and is better calculated to give satisfaction than any other. The Virginia primary elections which have been referred to io order to sustain the proposition to have primary elections for candidates in this State, if we would adopt that State for our criterion, never contemplated a direct vote for the candidates but for the delegates. By that, system delegates favorable to some candi ' date could be chosen, or delegates might be selected entirely untrammelled and free to nominate the best man who might be proposed. ; Under this wise system, a man could be nominated whose name had not been mentioned and who-bad not sought the office." . We have to remark that whilst the Virginia plan did not contemplate "a direct vote for , the candidates," that it practically, s we understand itj amounts to the same thing. Delegates, it is true, were only voted for, bat those delegates represented the claims of certain avowed ' candidates. In ,T the last Virginia election the Rich mond and 'Petersburg papers kept -a table of delegates elected, and from time to 1 time published the result showing how many Mahontrhad, how many fa, how many Hoi lid ay, and so on. ; The Stab never intended to ; advocate the voting directly for the candidates by name, but only to vote "for delegates favorable to some can didates.' " ' :u Whilst we are sjiad to see that the Advance and the' Stab are not $o wide apart as some might suppose, we are not disposed, as we said at the outset, to press our own views, or o insist upon any plan that shall be in flexible and unyielding. We think the Advance very properly and judi ciously suggests that the 8tate Exec utive Committee recommend a gene ral plan that could be adopted in all counties and be uniform throng i ; out the StAtWigisayi 'further: 1 ""'l "Ib Ue absence of any recommendation from the State Committee on the subject, M Mnk Vie plan for electing ddegaic from each totonslap, the elections to be held by the township committees, the best calculated to give satisfaction and produce harmony, rhe delegates thus elected, being, Well ; known, and possessing the confidence bf their neighbors,' when the county conveh- : i,0.JJ V( prepared to reflect the mil vf thou who elected them, - and, in the eithmr faBor failed to receite the rwwU, - nation could vote according to their best discreuon for aay other name beforV&e ' r.iS"""35 ton-hlP might be S! titled to the same number of delegates, sav five, but In-baUoting the towSSIfoSS be each' Only 'entitled; to- their relative the -vote ta the preceding 8tato elecUon .- Under thlsan eery lfem S"?e county would, have an equal voice S rrS! - ; 'essugg in telligibleand we are willing to wave : all objectipns ,and .accept; them in ,the J intereibf barinonyopwg -that iif ia4o'ple.Bey rpve Jsatwfactory ,:"!t?' fy-;ndiiU vigorate the Democratic party, and thus contribute no little in perpetua ting and rendering effective organization.", f fJ The thing iSflo get at ihe wishes of iiQB people Jtnere js nvopjecjon ror a township to elect delegates who are not committed to any candidates, if the people so prefer. The point is to preferences aud wishes. WE TAKE kh IsTifpfcatr'ASiO.1 The Stab has no regrets for having done full justice! to President n Hayes' for his conciliatorv and;corlstitiftfofiar course to wards' the Sou tj jVe phoUlfi - ieei ouminaveci h s we aaa.oeea guilty of unkindne9 or unfairness towards1 him when he was walking frt b'p' ath respect, had the full indorsement of our - owtt j consciences, yaintained a spirit of f air-dealing and u?ardOinto wards him, and have no caase wat ever to j regret , our cx)ursef,,., Justice, fairness, candor, and honesty fwonl compel us to do precisely as we Jiave done if the early paOnths or' his ad-i uuuutiaiiivu within Vf'vuicu Ifi all of the attending - circumstaneel.: If Mr.. Hayes has broken' down find -falsified his own promises, it ts 'tis own shame and fault. 1 Wa, promised in the outset of his administrattomto sustain him' when he rwasjiglrt'and to coudemn him wqen he was wrong. We defy any one to show wherein we have failed - to keep our; promise in' spirit and letter, k ' ' - We sincerely regret the 1 failure''! of the Pre8ident.to carry out ,his, reform policy and to stand by the people; ip their war with the 1 bdndhoTder. When he merited our prae we1 bep stowed it; when he deserves oiir, cep-M sure we do not withholdit.il We' see' nothing whatever to admire rrV any other course. These are our 'se'nti-; menu now and forever. tfidla vet- tigia reirorsumL -A ib.1,.. AlSlNGGKpt7Mp,i The bell-punch is making prpgress and gaining friends everyday; 8et eral of the larqe cities are considering the wisdom of in trod uping it. The liquor dealers, i who have 1 trjeed,yiis: workings, are its staunchest 'friends. It is death to the credit' syBtern.! It is a check on dishynest jbartder.. It makes more per drink than, thAi way. It is the credit pystem that &as kept many of the small dealers poor." xue peupie ui vnicagq are ( agiiaf ing the subject with much earnestness.XThoy will be'for-aaie at tie different In that city there are 3,060 aalooh ji, selling daily 500,000 ' drinks. " Tax' these and nearly a milliohj and a1 half dollars wilU. be raised, i The city s overwhelmed with debt. The Intet Ocean points to the fdoffett Register as the way Out." According' p.trie Commissioner, of f Internal f lievenue there is one liquor shop for every inhabitants in 1 the Uriifed - States. New YorkStaJetands irs" and leads off withSSinjaloonsjorrie for each 200 inhabitants. Pennsyl vania has 16,i05; Ohio, 14,24. ;thet," f ourthly,cdmes in Illinois with 'fpyjids! retail saloons and.255 dealers i raalt liquors exclusively making' is 10,8(3 saloons. Illinois has like wfse tec tifiers, 247 . whoiesatq.deal fiJ quors, and 148 brewers.. uf ','luv, I"; California beats the world. A Theje is a bar-room f or every' sixty' inhabi tants, or every thirteen, un$ep Why. not tax theJ evjl?MEvWythid4 else almost is taxed. Why not tax the drinks as well? : It is the'1 stirestUe easiest, the wisest jwayjtaj rawejyev'e nue for the coaptr Wie-ha'voitf n that the saloon keeperg' ! who- hate tried it do not object. The Chicago" Inter-Ocean thus puts the case: j .,. "The drinker certainly should? got ob ct, if some portion pf his earnings spebt ject. in this way goes towards 4 eddcarrag Ms ' cbildrei and keepine alive W?mttt,tW- vernment - He will no doubt' seed became accustomed to the tintinnabulation, of -the little bell, and he will lake knowledge as loJ whether it is dnly punched '; and 'punchid wrthcaire,' when hepaysto near!tfaTibgle- .- 6..wuu!rwin nroranze -as He A ivui veuia ior i appetite aad one cent for common sehooland good go vern men t. The, vicious, drinkerVas he nerves his arm by a''8tifllwhiskey-strafgbt for some fatal blow' c&nlBtpn ti ii.. bell aiogs ontv ' iNina cents! 4o J ingpiro tber devil I within; and one cent.tQ.roecute tbe murderer's sin -1 Tr. ifl , ' ' T--1U ,l(!;:ij. s.i(j ' BADLI FOOLED. l'''joppone'nWbjf siiv.er tfeVer wider of the , mark , thaajarent? According to theuChbaeoiln Ocean, J-bilTo is already 1 worm uo- cents, Vroidhasgoadown instead of upland is Wow tinly:woth: 10l;JThs,accordigJto JaViGrBttid''' veen reaonea ror nearWisixteen ivears." Furthermore; there? is aniHiirimenLa uciuauu iof vrpvernment fdxif "rjcr cent bonds. Was th lere evpr 1 such aetunding.rewlts Eviry prj4 Sit. . ' ,1 ii! puwj ui .iue .gpiq-nugs 'Kasi-c,6me Id naught, The precise ppositA occurredalleirVycih ouver nas made gold faW Jwhilst ati-i I of the.Treasnm uLretlv triAn inti;l. .uw.Baouijrj "iiwpiy.ujan inquiry : .r-i -.-sonmrj of Congress," on the 7thiiifrt; (At!eBf P0MlWjipotbff-wUaipAPv feutftet that. Moll kX-J. a!-2.i.li'Jl!tl., 1 ...kUll.L.IL- - !.. ... , .--(.! that Mall bonds disposed' bf 'hKeipri' sold for their par valde n Voin t tONG BONDS. T't.VvIll fiat Cn.,.tn nn lait '1 horriay, known as heJLong mna.111, meets witn raver amcMff naulrs that steadf Jllv ok- pose poseu lut) ouver um. iuexivw iurk Journal of Commerce is determined v,w.w w w..ov ofavorHTeythJh . - -? I. i not "siirer laaatieB may do. 1 It j admits Vihil ltie biirils'eYf VHrrmp right ' wayi'aT it W inffdrt' td'po1- larie Government loans t Lobe. -'It jyysni jiijtiT9fsMr y,tis itiU I S3 '4Jir$irti0n&!iTnfeasfcTeaofj thiirkand should, m apprpvedjas bulwarks against; re-( pudiation. and ai puttinthe natidnal credit oaan mi nmvabte basialikei that of France. ' But thejSenate allows a clause to.sta.ndi ib, this LiOflg uottd Dill which can onTy oa theffeca toanjarfctM brospect pf Afcfour4 ly seeking for investhlent!.1 It' is proposed td Ukfc'subscriplioos for the lobs bbids not Der cents now Deiore tne conntrv and vain only n 'coin' but. also in ,'Uoited States leMal-tender notes' 'at their1 liominal 0.' audit i added tbaft 'suchgal tenderQtesI snail oe reissued.' .These notes are below pit and proka td remain 6 indefl6Ue!y. iOt cvUffle, thev alone, will ha uaedAto.-.buy jtbe lpng bonds?' j vne other hand, indorses the Senate bill. but is afraid Ine House iinkerers ' will spoil it. It says: . J !'genalbr WaliaceSJ nk-ndtilihlJ out mtkiag any -ivioleat-.i wnovaUoaunpon .existing laws, provides what recent expori-. cute uu tuuwu iu uc very uiuvu uccucu a safe1 and convenient form of security for popular investments. .-The bonds are,to be issued in denBmJrrartous as low as tw'enly five dollars, to ruei for! fifty years, and to hear interest at fpur per cent, . ,They are to be sold at all ' bational banks 1 and other deiguated s depositories,; where i ao , the coupons are to be . payable, and the . pro-, ceetl? of their sale are to be- ufeed fot' the redempUonQ(eucuedeewable:outstanding bonds as bear the hiehest rate of interest. In brief,' this is a' plan fort fuodingone hu4- i area mjmons or the national, debt ,in, ja; popular loan at four per'ce'nt.. thus effect Jng ai great saving Id interest to ; the people .collectively, and aflording toindmduafs an investment f or Iheir surplus earnings as convenient; and ii profitable qs la.jaavingB bank, an,d,'r more safe,"... t ,: ,.,)'- ,!We quote these views of the two- M.f,.-. i. I- .- i i . . . i ablest independent papers of tne two largest American cities, that our; readers may see with what favor this: new legislation is receivea. . .inej proposed bill . will be . popular, as it; has features that will commend it to the favorable consideration of alarge njprity. of Viieypter8Vq try 'whenever those' feat n res are od de'tftop. j' The Secretary of -the Treasury, under; the , bill, is .tq, lasue, cpupoti bonds of ihree denominations $26, 50, and 100.: vThe amonqt total to be issued is 100,000,0001 They ate io bear interest at four percent, ..s ttft -'limes says they will jitj extterh ly convenient! and' offer an -excellent investment for "all surplus earnings. '6ub-ireasuTie,: at all national banks, and at - such postoffices - as are now money . order depositories. They will, therefore, be easily acces sible, , And . .people can thus make safe investments and get s!t once, interest on their savings. ..They Will . thus 'lend to the Government,, and will have tne resources of ttie whole 'country to make' good the bonds. The interest is paid at home, ns'tead of to Europeans Who hold then did; government boodsi rheVBaiti jn6rer .$m dtrts ', attention io bnej feiture that- is worth considering, ?hen it say's: ! :-" ' i;'f. j j "The issue and sale of these bonds is! a very different Mrigfrom the original pr0- bositron of A"ctitht.ex iwttitf -Rtv4nr tnV system,' wlth! postmasters recelVTBTg in is- 1 luuuiciauic wicui in b sparse country aaa at a' great risk do both " sldes-and wb'iib Would appear rather impr&'cticable,'' and smacked too much of the paternal goverh- !mintcttatatter'.-i",:- - o- : :. suruces.us mat tms Senate rj(i pei J 'preferable tc- the f House1 "Postal 8a- jvmgs J3an;puu nepstaJL oavingsf iBank " bill would oefTatfity meet 'a' . - .tli "f'-A ! wapt , in tbqsecommunit'es . where there are no Savings Banks... : Indeed, for: that, the people having' lost all. kJdhfidence in such' institutidhs, thd , prdpdse'd Postal avihgi Batiks would be f oun4 use'l ul m, lmbstc every 'seb. r.i9n or communif,yt. ut, .yierecan b, andly be any useifor ; both the Seri ate1 and House bills, and as the bill if . tbe'foTtner makes both a popular Uiw and encourages small sivirigs amone the people,, it is to be preferred proba bly. If the small bonds should, aUo constitute srfraft dtthe currency in VttfaotOASnyoyiag.. mental -they would only be the ?morev pophlar aud sof aW .'ThB! Journal i' flpon,.tbe .yjaluQthier.v gOYinrpjeht latcnrilles.: ffbe Honsaviluat i wferred tha Behate1 bill1 ton bn committeef of i Ways 'a'bd MeSrifl." ! -i'-i! 3 nounces ine House piCjoRtaA.Say ings BankHbwwisw-th'ero is an inttai' -trbti 'purpds atf ue iectiofjprovidjei bonds: "'Tt sav 'M "Under cover of benefit ino-TiKo classe's tile' sharp ractftibners mean i to but but'mbre'Vreenbatfc and tb& tnn rwvi 0001s bntthe' enterinir iwedee of mm, ambitious HnAaagosano projects for de-r JbM4ntecnwency5;,1vA rP ' iv, . Qqe ,oriha ,Dther (,o,. thesfl biluLJ r fciabion ana moaiBcaitoaidOabUeBs. We may 'wentm tlat1 vthA' 'Xofcg' Bond loans are verv popular ! in4mercrTuT State the Supreme Court JVance, Bidimort 5 k ' it ;Whcnev3r m new h countbcada kf lyarjbusidnomlna- i small small amouhtsthat they reach even the most trifling: earnings of the poor. So eager demand of the latter forJhem,tha rmtnv waa mt tn extent outor the!. aggregayqrv p? tbSeparte ?avlng8tf the noor! who esmS 'forward and invested thetn m Aha mslleat bonds tba werrf issued by he government. " The demand for these r-loanimoB'-ail'. classes or'fhe iFrench jebileL,rfrom Ahersgickeio t the Paris, gutters n4 the peasant an the provia 'ties' fed the1 Moderator at the bourse, wiihot. piya triaJdg jdence fol. caupniu pwi otism, but has bad the.eftectof strengthed-' ingiue govef nmerit by making' its muitH lad of jbondhoJdaialntere&Ud in its' preser vation, j It is td a larger extent than many snppose aairahtee of peace and oidier- 1 H Character ecious lo evWy'man wWo nas Wbbe elf-resbect 'and 'oom- mehdabIfr'aspirtitionk:' ' Therer Is noth- 'tn& inClhls world sso deaf" td aii 'iru- thdrt! being' k's 'hfe teputatibn' andi ife iThis,fS!but to'say' 1n sober: prbs0r what Shakespeare' baa safd ' in': verse: ' ' j "The rest treasure mortal limes ! iff ord, suspicion upon( character, or to assoil I the good reputation of any man. '"He that filches from me; my good .name, noos me or tuattwincb.not; enriches him, And makes me poor indeed.' :! h , ' Character ought not then to tie as-' sailed without '.grave reasorf. No man has a right to charge 'another7 teati 'with folly of ' worse tinless be i itiv'eiy'assured'thaVthe charge is well taken and fully sustairied!. A little while igo: ; Chifef ' Justice' Smith was elevated to the bench ' and the papers of both , parties exr pressetj themselves as pleased' ' at ' the bbicuiuh. .uiiat nas ne since aone if. il', .-rjj:r -i:!t, ' v to forfeit their good bpinion. or to ipstify either . flippant criticisms or harsh insinuations? He is held re !' 'it;' ''i'ilJ i: J;: yj.-.. jy.tr. I sponsible, it appears, in some sense for the opinion of f14r. Justice Reade in the Driver case. He is said to uo uioappuiuteu uia pariv,iriena8 ancl to have shown m'anifestationr df ju&fteclna! imbecflitV ''or senilltv.' ' T i e have never seen tlier truth Ot one 1 .(. ! acute of ' Lord FrahcisJetTreVs sayings more forcibly ' il lustrated "that good-will, 'like a U:u; M.;f i -,! -j. !;- , . n- iiu:if . t ... 1 1 . . : . i . . : , a gyu uy ui any au - iions, and lost ty onc. Jpde Wraith is censured roundly because' he lias ii not protested against the opiuion of me vuuiuii me case or ine .villain Driver. We do not know whether he hotds the legal opinion given by the Court, or not, but he was not ib Court, We have seen stated, when the opinio'n'was delivered. If he holds the ornlfto.we-.Biay .be sure he has no syaipatliy with . Judge Reade's malice or his vindictive persecution of Judge sKefr. v He may hold a dif ferent opiaibn from the majority of the Court, for aught that is known to those who haye so freely ' Criticised hrm. I' ''''- :nij--ii i a-. ; Chief Justice Smith is beyond1 all questiora' gentleman of Vety high oh a rioter.: He is a Worthy member of the ' Presbyterian Church, and Is bonored and ' respected by all Who know hrra personally. He ik- a-gei-'' tleman 1 in the - best sense- of 'that abused word;; isf rearjy learned in the law, and poMeseg. varied ! informa tion. He spoaks well l and he writes well.1 - He is a rirani who Is non trolled by principle' ' and !tf08scientious' mo- tives, thd is meof the foremoht law yers inMfturStatel ' Hit intellect ii in unimpaired vigor. He is in his 66th ' iyear with' fine physioal heilth, and a I well - disciplined vigorous mind. , Hie 'has borne throughout Hfe a high character that has never been success fully ss'aWed HW has the confidence, and deserves1 tbe 'eonfidence,! of1 -the gentlemen of 1 his o wn profession,; arid, of'all othbt genilemen who eriiOiy hL personal acquaintance. f-ds uo.'i j '" The' Star 'never f urged J Jude, smiths claims to the bench before he was appointed, nor will it urge his orr any; toau's iclaims J bef ore'- the ! next -cnvenlicfn.:' ''The 1 Stab- is bo t' the mbUth-fneoe fof aBy manj"lf there feVer xi&W an 'bffice1 that" ' shonU -'seek thd mab that f Office 'is a'; Supretrie Court 1 JnygeshrbiJ' It' ;fwiU bW ift'Sadj day foV'NortrV' Carofitia Vwbew ffi6e)- 'seebers are ;c6risidered the bnfy fjfakji- fied1 peribiii Id tTdldth'sdaTeA 'krid WkV 'the Cidrm1ne,: '''ilhe Sttffe q9 jirj' keejiiirst tne 'Judiciary of Atfdrtb GaJ' 'olJnapure'aW nnspotied.i'We haVe haff-!5.fioagt.if dlitical ' Judges? in. lldSnicncW. mIm ,n e fh ;adaf thodVW ry ii.ubc as a peupie ino uemooraua 'paVty canridt-aftdrd ttf Wake ' aE:Bfa riiire Od'trrtiof WssTearh1nr arid feks' ibaity thkrf' thifpreiehtdde! "'ItWh; nos&biel qualifibtl6n fir an fnteble1 darW alaHadvdHbh. Th-sLl 'pfir-efffc'df'ChyUhit'ed'S Wefll'Wr'b, is a fearf uViaraple 'f 'fhki'nVhWt 'juatibe- itfdekftuVlfy; 1a"Bindir,"bff1' partlsins:r y In' ttreb'At .- The following Tromtbe Uudgejl necr uraggied tne rob . sJi :-lv.0triiAiiw:. fl office id bAmire and filth of jbc fkSUaV IBtlllDlf WW" ' - "I V I ' T 7 V -) ihtical slmt3blfcPeter Pindar i8apHd the,politijal judges of his pimeija -Ji . i t. stanza of which we will quote: i . ;w.nen juages P." givnem "When Judges.a campaigning go, hes look so big. ngequence. I trow, is nothing b'ul a' bushel-wig. tVe'ne Benf tWe hlst vf rt!ue knditiieViiy arid "courage to dare' do righirwhateviy pblfric'ratis'' or 'riew8- papers may say meri 'liie sdtne' 4iof thosfcsi mple igreationesi of o!d Aho ' Wffrf themplbf JntiW idH' j t VPqise he cause in Justice equa,! scales, I ' Whose beam stabdsurej' ; whose rightful 7itflause?revaMa.n(b i tJL- ili;M is lPPemlW , f tnat.itejay jtp avoid such a disaster as is indicated . above, Ja, to select three, Jawyers of BuperiqriudieiaVmindsV of. large bro fessjanal , experience, of profound ie al UJ aiid r jgerieral ' learning, r of 1 , high. ' moral, .character, r and; of,; excellent1 Sbit1eX'and'wI.thbtiti Tegardinft Sec-" tions or age-whether he . is . forty t br'itxiyffive whetner frbni the.st,' Easvomthey Centre. If the. three best iqa'alifieot'mnnli llvJnjiM-' MPflt oreve one county, wh.atj 9f it ? North Carolina., was never more; ably represented: tbap, when its TJ. Sen alpra either, haiIpdjfroni(i theisainie ' riqunty ov adjoining cpuujLies. t.js a niisf or.tuueitQ, njale., the.1jeieoQi qf Judges turn pponuestious of mere' jectidnal JcalW, , .We, are, opposed r to encouragingany, such spirit prth becomes united, iff .the sections, are jealous of .each i other and, antagqpize aoh qtherj ;rher annpt, be prpspjeri ty; ; Let jus, have a genuine State f ee log, and , that means death to section aiammosities, ; u ; . , J u I :, iritK AXLEGBD ITICJBDEKISrJ Vr ellBulnrv -' i Bzaaaiaatl , , p Bare re u Jaillta HarfU o Ben irieAllIate,: , t Cbmrceel wltb tfce ITI order Pt Benja nlii Kmun, in 1874. I r Tpp caiie of Beo: cA.IlMtertcblbrfd, af- ,estea n monaay last, tjirougU the efforts of .Constabie C. W. Oldham, who worked dp ihe case roCtrrltig the' attendante' it witnesses,' &c.',; was np for preliminary ex amlaaUort before Justice Harrias yeiterdaV, the charges being that qf murder and being. , an escaped convict from the penitentiary The affidavit, made by a party who .was present, was reaa to tne-prisoner, and be was' cautioned by the ' presiding Justice to say nothing whieb would criminate birn- self. 71 The evidence hinged altogether upon .the confessions of he defendant to d iff ere at parties, and was to the effect that in No vember, 1874, while the Great Easterii Cir cus was performing at Lumberton.Robeson county, the defendant, Ben McAllister, was guarding a portion of the tent, when llr. Benjamin, Smith, formerly a resident of Co lumbasfcounty, near "NVhiteville, but at the time clerking for . Mr. Isaac II. Smith, at Abbottsburg, Bladen county, went to' the side of the tent : and attempted ' to lift up the canvass! when' defendant gave him a setere blowj which it waa , thought at the time had killed hirn; that he and two other men connected with the show, one, whije and the other colored, then' wrapped Mr. Smith up in a blanket and carried him tola ravine a short distance from- the1 tent and deposited him upon tba ground.vwhea the other two , men retutned to the tent, Mo AlUster remaining with the wounded maV with the view, as he expressed it, of satis-. fylng himself as to' whether he was realjy 'dead or noi; that shortly after the two mdn departed'Smith began to show Bigns of life' and returning consciousness, upoa which Msklllister recalled the two. men, informing: them pf the fact, whereupon they "made a, , fioish of him." The three .men Vlhen wrapped the body up-in the blanket aud . conveyed 'li lb an. uhpccupled faofase. Yr : hara near by, where it was subseqaentiy discovered and, taken to Columbus county Audiiaterred.) :- 1 .,, :;.4 ; c v This was the substance of the confession' of McAUUter to four qr five colored wits nesses who were examined, i baying been made to them on a flat during a recent trip toKelley's Cove, Bladen county i ; i i He also confessed to having, killed a per son in Cumberland county some year ag6 fo which he. was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to , the penitentiary for !a : term of years ,but succeeded , in effecting, bisescapev:-!t i-a'ti .n'.-u'-t ,iu -i i 11 . McAllister was committed for trial at the next term ofthe1 Stlperlot' Court fbf Kobe son county, which; convenes at Lumbertdn on the 25th inst. ,The prisoner,! who Is a man of medium size, decidedly black, 'and Whose personal appearance, especially bis physiognomy, is not calculated to speak in bis favor, affirms 1 TriS ability td 1;orovB an alibi W faras theimurderf ,MrJ , Smith: is .concerned... He was remanded to jail, to wii a icquisiuvu irom me BUiuoniies 01 Ibesqn county. ;f , . ... i --j ; cbpnty Caamiealoiieri ; ,-;:,';ri-j j ) The Board met. ; in caled , session ye8er-( day, aBdi.orewtne tpupw Barnes, fay1 jurors ior me April term ot luei urimtnaLd Court, which cnuvenes on Monday, the 1st day :0f ApriVtiz : t u, ij j in 'n nil ; J ,1 John iLofitioi John,. A .Hew ett, James Elder. Thomas Evans, A. D. Cazaux, B F." L'Johu Av Farro w Jidward .S.; Gaase, Ssm'l W..Uolden, JieKiel Moius, JSicholas mor- tls; R; F: Langdon- Jesse J.1 King; JamtS Richardson J of'! J- Cutler, Isbam7; Qtucfr , George Hall, Charles W. Bradley,, Joeebb Ddabe.(Ari6 Bryarit 'Joseph ' Mitchell .' Jas. jM. galley, J. H,; Borpemann, Wm4Buch- aaan Alex. Sprunt, David Williams, Rich Hrd Price, H.' W." Bryants ), bwAi r fiThd foyowing.were drawn foribepraag term of the Superior Courtt which! . meets ,Mouday, ApfMlh; 4:r.;10 Jo nF- ; ": Jfirsti weear a, jAi.'fetory,; wm.; Jehason.Q Joseph emito, J. w. Morgan, Aionzo tie w-, letW.1 D8H SduIliFiiViyoDiLSiJii A. JiaffltL, Joshua , Green. Wj! HnmBhrev.i ' IvWilJ.Wellogg Alfred Xoflioi i& ,si,,i jSeerJna WeelABthOfl Russ,'Jcu M nnijeander Moore.uweri' j'eBSeiL ar.,J N?Butaff,- J.J 1 FernbergeKT.' A-HodWsI . y. W; ; 'ampen; G. ' F. Aldermatf, i A:' vuses, aamuei juerriu, jonn i JUiqaie1. '- ! Tletlmlzed by Sharbeif. TffWe learn that a- le colored men came ire frpin Brunswick yesterday! with a lot Of potatoes' for sale, n)d when tbey landed at the wharf a colored man. representing hir "self to'Be an officer, presented himself and arrested the men for some alleged violation of the city ordinances: They were "thep marched up the street and'arrahjned before some , sel -constituted official, who was atyled Mayor, and ordered to pay a fine df . five dollars,' wnlch-ffiey dfdi'itnd tetberi It - M i. I - .11 1 released, f 'One' 1 df ' th smeb sabseqberAljy went to a stirs, bo WaW strWetv . where Slue !wa Wf llkn9w,:iud bojrowj?c) w,o dollarj stance of the arrest and fioe j imposed, but 'tne gentleman thoughi nothing: of it atibje tme.,iflfterwads,, hdweVefj he mld some ibqairles and discovered ' that ' the 'W in question 4iad beea; arrested! ndiwujdled ut,of t,ber mqoey by irresponsible partiek PtPfW iioft??ia,a jlfObwing; j fpthing at .all about the matter. When the fraud was di$ covered, however, the victims had left the iCity'.dlThe Werchinl alluded 'ttfsays the"c( lored?men are ignoranV, but be'is coofidebt of tteir Reliability, .ii;, lnu ' hI We learn from the Italefehlehr ihat the Jasilces oft the - Supreme Cburt. filed PP.toniin;apDeajsipdpa4ay;i J , State and Florence Cox vs. Hubert Brit, from Robeson. Error. Judgment reversed. darotina deotrar'riCloApaDi vs. , J. C Phillips,1 et als.? f rotaCabairua: l Judg- ment reformed.'iij ii; an: ,f. it s Harperu Williams vs. SsUie.R, , W)!a4, et ais fromPpplin,, Affirned ...r. Brunhild vs. Freeman et al., from New' Hanover. - Ventre de now. I J ' :i the defendant 'executed td '6bb"Meyer eight inotea,, which, were passed before they were due to the plaintiffs to secure a debt. The' defendant then executed td the plain-' t uu: Jour j notes, wnich ,pe, alleges 1 wee in satisfaction of. the old eight,' which were '40 be delivered to him. " Thev p4aiatiffs saiy Uiene.w nptes; were nqt given, in, ;full satis faction of the old ones, "but in'satinfaciian of the plaibtifFa i !debt aeainst Mever. with an understanding that the amount of the new nntfiH wan tn hp. p.rpAit nn tha 61d Ohefe. The jury found for the defendant. ! jaefttfHAfBSs adrroferTedm failing o place before the jury, with proper instruc tions as to. . its effect, the fact which was vcanucu to uy iuc panics ami wiiuesses un both sides, that -after' the. plaintiff i save the old notes back to Meyer, the defendant mcje17 insue a new nirangenrenx ooncern ing the old, notes,, and, that they wenf. 10- Kciuer iq me piaimiu. anq aii me 01a notes were oestroyea oy consent. : " m i Thei follbWiag defcisiobs in appeals from this section were filed in the Supreme Court ,od Tuesday; a ,., : Alfred Houston vs. A. D. McOowea, from Dnplin. Affirmed. ? j -ohnC- fiayVs. I S. Nash, from Biclj- mond. Reversed. i.: ; , .-. , . , Sidney Mason vs. Luke Mason, from Le noir.! Appeal' dismissed, j !' j r J. H. Faison itnl.- vs. Warren Johnson, from Sampson w Reversed. ; : , . ; - j Karl Kahnweiler va, James Anderson, from New Hanover. Affirmed. Thejudg ment in the court I below was iu favor of the plaintifL: A New StyJ PMtal card. We learn that the committee on Post Offices and Post Roads' in 'the House has agreed to recommend a bill providing for the adoption of the double-stamp return postaNcard. This card is of the same size as that now in. use. j The . two , upper cor-, ners ofthe card have each a one-cent stamp affixed. ' '. " ",.'(':. Deeialon aboat Fertlllzera. J Raleigh Observer, j f. j - State vs. Nprris, frorq "Wake Af firmed. ' ! "' 1 ': '!"! '' " iv',i: ' j ' 'By act of LegislatdfO of -ch.1 274, , sec 8, "No ! manipulated guano, superphosphate,, or, commerr-' cial fertilizer, shall beBqid, or offered for 'sale5,' in this State until ' the man1 -ufatetureri bf ' person - importing' !ih!e' samej ! shall first -obtain 1 a license therefor from , thej .Ireasurer; of. tlte State, for which shall be payi a, privi lege tai of five', hundred dollars ' per annum1." - Thie' violatibn oftbe'abvle is niade a misdemeanor;, indictable, ! as: Jra that no State ' shall Wvy any Tmports or duties ofr ialpbris 1 or . exports, does trot' i refer?- to arj tides imported, .into ope State from' anpihwy but only.to articlesimprteji iiuui a mreijju uuuubry iuiu iin . Unitfed Stales.' ' Ahd hence si tniifot bi tax imposed ubon.a&tf 'sales made in la: State, whether, by a citizen of the otate, or of some other Pitate, and whether thfr goods; sold are the proH lsyahd. , ; j I ' Meld, klsbj'Th'at the -cfanSe In'th'e United States Oonstitutiobvthat ?Hhe citizens of each: State? shall jbe entitled to all the immunities and privileges, of citizens of the other Statles.' does not give tO citixens of : othet States greater privifegea i 'than5 ohrWfi ciu- zen.btft S51C4. 11)1118.9. M,,14 Halmei. PatteT8o.etiilal n from I Jiobeiori dgmenfcjinVmpiLiyij fJO iyj DI XVJAUi. tl.Z . . . 1. obubv uu uauiea: r. .vnerry vs. WilSdnairi'rf 1 WrAthH 1citrx-PA. i reversed and i emandsd -f2jcasea)ju 1 ) Mp.n.Myaet.IaJa,,fu Cajyjn U William iT. Doughty ysjlAtknuts is qrlh-Carolirta 'Railroad Com Dan v. different plaiotiffs and same defeb- f hirlobN AVMi or, of i "(M I ol 1 vuuHMvoyg uvuiuiiti Duouasaavt its OB three bf tbeTdasesy U:X oj j - ibRemben-Unry l vs,.! .Smith, h .trial relnsed. . i, , xTWijrf",JiVw S" iiffi limn r "iilt. J-J Ilolmesf J aeepb' Marsha Jrgwi ttCanlyjf: ztiirmtX jftjj(CU ovij "eigb;. 'JiiiMu-vi'ii f Isnorant r. That.theiterni "import," used in that clause of the . Goiistitrk tidn Jwhi'ch' sa 1 roHi yaryaryii juugraenr-reyerspa, and ludenient for'd'efenant.'1 I ! IX'D.'i' iMbfirt'd J'et aiaA yhb cases): ludernent in ptxo.h nmrmoA : I I Spirits o .uiorgautuu .j)Kiae nas just entered its third year. It appears lb be as keen and well tempered after much use as it was, whep tit JlrstiUshed before the pub lic eye.x ' " rvj- J KA- ivi ' 1 1 v Louisbufg' i Times: Abraham Massenburg cokired, .aged 85 tool for the wife of his bosom, on the 1st inst, Caro line Fawn, colored,- aged 86; all of tbia county. " - : j. " r . - There are eleven students from North Carolina at the Union Theological Seminary, Pi ince Edward county Va Eight of'these were graduated at Davidson College rj -'-: ' . Miaae has ii i x . An ini nt writer in th Cfaarlotierlewwcral: sajs ouRe justly ibat Prof. Kerr'isHieoalv man wh ha understood the geology of. iur State, and he only of latr years." ' " i f Biblical Recorder'.. Last week we did not refer to an assault made by Mr Fletcher PaVks upon Mr, John HilL Mr Hill was dangerously wounded, but baa Continued to improve, and may recover Mr. Parks is out of town. z , Concord Sun: A mule sold at vendue, in front of the courthouse, last week, for f 5. And it wasn't a poor mule either. Henry Montgomery, on a visit here from Montgomery county, says - a party of hunters penned seven deer in one hunt, in that county, recently. Statesville Landmark: States vflle is making rapid strides in the tobacco interest, here are two spacious , ware -boGses for the sale bf this icomrnddity with in the corporation. -'Dr. J J. Moit Collector of Internal Revenue for this dis trict, is visiting Florida for his health. Charlotte Democrat: Some of our country friends complain of being swindled by a peddler who sold them what he said were gold ! spectacles for $12 to $16 per pair. In some cases the frames of the spectaclesrturned red after three days' wearing and are not worth over two or three dollars, if that. .--AsheviUe Citizen: On Monday last John Neighboi8 and Johb Taylor, both whit visited a liquor establishment a few miles north of this place.and after imbibing freely, visited one Mrs. 8nider, on the Eurnsville road,, where an altercation en sued between them, Neighbors receiving a severe stab in his left thigh; one of the ar teries being severed. ;.,:... ; r.ReidsvilleiVews: The bones and a portion of the clothing of a half dement ed negro, who disappeared suddenly sev eral months ago, were found not long since in a swamp in the rear of the residence of A. Womack, Esq. Our town was very much excited over a horse race, last Friday morning. It was Reidsville vs. Ruffin. Of course Reidsville won. It is said some two hundred dollars changed hands. ' ; j ! : ii Monroe .Enquirer:. The revival at -the Methodist Church is still in progress, but has not been so interesting for the past week. : i Since lout; last iasne twocon versions haye taken place,, and on last Sunday twenty-one joined the church.' ' - We were pleased to notice that CapL C. M. T. McCauley was able to ride uptown one day last week. 1 This is the ' first thne he has been out since he fell on the ice last Christ mas, and was so painfully crippled. Charlotte Observer: A gentle man here recently sold a cat to a Baltimore drummer for $10. It was an educated beast. Mr. J. H. McElwee is prose cuting his suit, for the right to the trade mark oi me uurnam oun, wuu great vigor, 1 Or it - n voisble to himself. Brooks, of the Landmark, ,has gone to Goldsboro to get married, and Ramsay has gone off to helb him. ' - A rmid dog was -killed on Col lege street, near the Charlotte Institute for Young Ladies, yesterday morning. ' Wade8boro Argus: The "Davis mine," about tea miles from this place, is being rapidly developed under the man -agement of Capt. James Daslingtoo, who, wun some otner parties, have leased it from the owners, and we understand promises to be one of the best in all this conntrv. A shaft thirty feet deep has already been sunk, but it is expected to go at least twenty feet more very soon. This whole region of coun try is rich . in ; its mineral resources, and some scientific persons are of ODinion that North Carolina will yield1 more gold than California. 'All we need is capital and skill to gei it out.. i ., T'KaleiKh , News: Ii. W. Best. AnaiSlead Jone?, and G. Wk Blacknall, officers of this defunct Insurance corpora tion, have been indicted in Bertie. county for obtaining monev under false nretences. On yesterday a subpoena to attend the next term of Bertie court was served on Eneene JEGray and Dr.. R. B. Haywood A simi lar suopcena tor , ueo. w. Swepson was also received by the Sheriff, but up to last night be had not been able i to . find Mr. Swepson. r-Judge Kerr r left our city oa Sunday morning and at nitrht! delivered a sermon at the Baptist Church at Golds bore, i His effort is 'spoken of as being an able one. i - Meetines i are noa v hl.i lightly at the Eden ton. street Met hoi is t ijhurcb, and much interest is being aaani fBsted. The revival, of which a gracious increase is nopea, will ceatrauet this week. Reidsvillei TtmgAf Mf.' T ' CI Flack, a farmer on the suburbs, inads 600 gallons of brandy last year, which' sold for $1.50 a gallon, -r-Judge Kerr delivered a grand lecture last night at! a prayer meet ing' in the i Baptist Church on the tiue dig nity of Christian character. . , Mr.1 Degrot wasi knocked down last night and robbed? .of four dollars. ': He was sing home. through, the nines.. Don't know.the robbery he bit' from behind.' ' The Jew WeiLtaow ia the. neniteotiarv at fialniirh .for manslaughter, might have been par- 1 J . . t.i-. s - L" ..... -V. ubucu wjien paruons were ine order ot Ine day. ( He was town . marshal ol Monroe, a. v apq silled his . man. only when per sistetrtFy set -upon; and as be says,1 when the intention of the- man waa tn roh him. Weil bore a good character at home; and , aaacquaimca who me laws submitted his ; case with hardly , a defence. Let the Jews petition for his nardon. ' ' ' ' Plymouth correspondent1 of the TarborovNMtttw-nw-.- Ben Small wood got put of Jai a few , nights ago by burning through the floor. ' The day after he waa , shot on the Long new road by a man named Tetterrou; bufnot-serlou-sty hurt. Sunday last4 ai wu eapturedtwebtT-frVe miles from bead Quarters; , rf-ttg flaheries .on the Roanoke are in full blast and doing 'well; They charge a quarter to look at a . .shad. . ; It is cheaper or l,he people here to send to. New York and buy ilie fish that are 'taken' at their verydoorsnhaB to nurcbase , irpm, Roanoke f sherraan. , Washing- iuu vurreauuuuui: lueiaaies oi St. re (tar'8 Epifecopal Churchy gave a Bopper ou ,the, evening of the 28lh inst. f The proceeds of the church supper amounted to $50. A very interesting feature-, was a museum! of (Curiosities Joaned by Mrs. .Lieut Handy, whose husband Is attached 'tblhe U: S. S. Mandali, bow! cruising in.the Mediterra nean Sea, and , who made the collection frbm'the:variouS countries bordering' there- .Olf. nnrlidlllflrlv tho Tusml . . Donnis & Snow's benefit for the.M. E. Church re- i Pamlico resion thia wurni anld'fnr aRft in - , Philadelphia. .-The Jamesyille , & n a8n!ogton itaiiroaa carried upward oi 4000 shad f rpra.here.; the past weekj not a very good time for fish, either. . Sb wjltzed atong 014r.-sre.wded; rtreefl ,v uu -nnqaca" ana striped stocRing; She bre French slippers on bet feet; ' And,' was coughing. f ,0b! 'twas, shocking. Gone to get, a bottle of Dr. Bull's Cough 1! iu Syrup'' M. i?-.. i.iu .1. .1 j M s
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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