"" '"t 1 t-JnsJ"r T t ? ; "V' ires'? T '"T J"-
bt Ottfelg gtat,
ttfl l.u'Usl . "
s
H
8
o
3
0
.Hi
u
, . I SSS8S3SSSSSSSSSSS
U t!
ti1 'hi m !
8SS88888S888S88S8-.
88888888888888888,
MHtfil'lf fi
mil' ;
noA il a
ll i: ;..-
88888888888838888
' s s susss a a b a s s ssa t
8S88S8S8S8SS8888S
888SS.8888S8888S.8f,
oo io fc- o eo - t- oo
.71 ;i .-r"""'!"'-1
h t, a o. 1 8SSSSS3SSSSSSSSSS
ij iou 3-li
our x-uj
'! til
'' li' -'il I
,"
iff 1 .' "
5
if it J D-uSj
i e oo 'io d eoa o a
. : ,.--.,) - I , , , , ; , . r-r- f. ., i.xf f. 4T . T ...I 1 . ' . . -l
l' J til J UI.-- i. fij
Spirits Turpentine.
VOL. 9.
WItMlNaTpN4N O;-, 'PRIDAX,. 5,4878.
lations. diRAflae. deatb and want. nara1vze1
conrtneTce, deserted harbors ruined fadus
tries, reduced values, waste or tae accutau-
laUoos jpf - earq of caref al tun, ol , rlofaes,
wLipMq their aggregate are awful ta xon-r
template. ,. t, r'? -
,"Darjng all the long :peV,rwttc
ttfeM misf tfrtones have beeji repeated I at
no time more violently,' tkaoi i.TtsTvreeent
yearaJteturaptiDea Tthteapoiti h;fvo
oeenreguiaiiea nqer toe separate, jawa ,or
nibeteea 'States: toucbtng the Atlantic and
QiUf W WLco, f af eoasi thtee vthoa9aBd;
mik"s n I exievt!. -'While itkese lwa have
been intended for the protection of health,;
lifej aacl pronertr tbe; vhara beeawbeHy
wahtlng in uniformity. 2a some of ".the
8tates the quarantine laws are direeUytftM
devtbe dminktatidn &i ibatate amaari -Uaaiothera.
they are fleWc&ted ta tbe fAi
ministration of the municipal authgrtitif
lbd :sildn in -r neve '-'gaia V 'dec
cm4?A. Wnagej, Qyefaasj .life
theCrimean aHiUretf l6f Hfoitr 'tia
-m Mil. 'itlifU! laadftit ,t'JqKt
tiong were fUiiMU; inj jiifei &ii
'We'krele'd1 taaltrrefeti 1
becaoae UiaipinaietiJt dangeroa8 Jtoa
; because bEt Mr.i Gladstonfr'ajifireseisti
men who ."arc -spoiling- lor a fight,"
He"ha8 rfecehtW'wWtteb tifmWttM.
ft.,-. ( - -.. t - SUwiI .:
j nnnn fr.w ilia. Win 0 Aa-nfn fo ntllJW. t K Q t.
II m weH iwocLu I Brouyingy jia oiiewi uu
toe inreaienea ywsrj anume 'genetm
til..-, a
if,
V Jul .. in ( .a
The sabsefiptioA priceof iiie Wbkk
Single Copy,! year, postage paid, $1.50
xi 6 months.
" 3 " '
1.00
.50
- QUARANTINE. I .
Oar readers probably noticed in
the House proceedings published in
our last, that the committee on Com
merce had repotted back Mr. Hart
ridge's bill to prevent the j introduc
tion of contagious diseases, and char
acterized the bill as philosophical and
practical. Mr. Stephens, of Georgia,
took the view, and it is probably the
sound one, that the exclusion of con
tagious diseases was so closely allied
to the regulation of commerce that it
came within the control of Congress
That there is great need of a gene
ral law - appears to be obvious. The
South has been an immense sufferer
ia the past from the incursions of ep
idemics, and notably the yellow fe
ver. Almost every Summer or Fall
. . . . i ,
two or more Southern cities . are de-,
vastated by this fearful scourge.
Wilmington was fairly desolated
once, aud if the yellow fever should
get here this summer wis venture
to say that it would not. recover
from the visitation from the shock,
' iu a decade to come. , We, are glad.
; therefore, that the Ilartridge bill
passed the House, although we have
not seen its provisions. Any measure
- that will drive back pestilence or im
prove the sanitary condition of our
Southern sea-coast aud Gulf coast
towns and cities, will be a great bless
ing, come whence it may. .
In this connection we may mention,
that this bill that has just passed the
House, and we hope will j pass the
Senate at once that it may go im
mediately into operation, is probably
the result of a memorial that is be-
' fore the Congress that was adopted
by the convention held at Ji .ckson
ville, Florida, February 14ti last,
where Wilmington had no reprjsenta
tive, but where Norfolk, Charleston,
Port Royal, Savannah, Darien, Bruns
wick, Saint Mary's, Fernandina,
Jacksonville, Saint Augustine, Cedar
Keys and Pensacola, were repre
sented through their municipali
ties. This Convention memorial
j izes Congress to establish "a more
jffective system of quarantine
. j -
n - the Atlantic and Gulf coast.
They' ask for a uniform and effective
system, and say that it is "the only
reliable means of protection. (against
infections and contagions 'diseases
reasons, aaWhere the mere discretion . pt I ance that is so, ereatthat he .will not
eveOigaiatQ ihie Pongress eavemnder
cer tatn oonditions? -there not verjr
fnacb, truth iri AUsiriah reported stated
my tthat !M iffre4tt
Hingiana ana n.ussia is no reany one
of nriucinle but one of form? We
cannot see that England r has now
any good and sufficient ground to ap
peal to the sword, in what way has
Russia given her a casus belli j If
for disinfection are sometimes wholly neg- I England had grievances that could j jtibeting op Maoist bates.
I the medical officer ia .charge nf the Cuarth
frne'!8tha 6nJyJactdulawi, " J -
frluahbaid notjreforei aeeaa' surer ia-t
ine that the mvae'P!ellpWi. levee,, in
Many ihe'sealbofis aler' wHtUo.ir
quate mans of ascertaining the xliteVC
or. infectious and contagions diseases at ine
fereign ports wHU,. which tey nave . com
mercial relations Their medical ' officers
are sometimes ixexperienced in the diseases
most dreaded, and fail to detect their pre
sence on Bhipboard."- 1
"Quarantine and its reasonable adjuncts
over the Greek Christians; against closing
ft nkMittia laP Jh Dsaiibfi Jatiikw theihi
and its fleet; against the . gradual ahsorp
tioa byltus8iai.tf the prWnkteahicaermu
rated her iromjTnrkey i aeaiost the subiec-i
lion nv her of the TJaucaeian1 mountain
Jl unless Sooner called together by the Chair-
msff, waicn vouon prevanea ana me
mee.tiBg.thea adjourned. . ! j .
-a- y?:? i jt Jomr S. James; Chairman.;
iwn uwan, oecreiary, .
'eListi
For the
Star;.
rh wt mm m w m mm mm
The recent ordinances of the city autnor-
iBei prohibiting vessels from infected 'ports
eatering-this ftort after the 30th of March
arid before ; the, 15th: of November, and bIsoj
tcfjqsini; i lg t allow the barque V&leto to
take on roam twenty-five .miles below the
tribeaOf UeWdilliattwcfe'kbse4t jci;wiien tnenarue had been put nny
namelv. ine suDiecimn oime luaucar, n uays ana no BicKness naa appeared on
i Pr the rJower'bt S6bastofeb. - ' If boarditi fhirty'days and 'the Quarantine l
iord .Kaloaerston first shi
' Raleigh Observer. , " ' s
Neetlag of the State Kxeeattve Com.
: r v ;. "alflee. ;t. - ; ;
The Committee met in the Supreme
Court Room al 12 M." Present:' .'.
tS5A?iAsheV Chair mani
C; M, Basbee, Secretary.' - S j : : il
ii.Rr Hi B" attleJrqrj o sna
y Q. H.., Snow, ' ' t .. g f;. c. , .,, .,. ,,.
J. S. mis, GranyiTle. " '"'
5 j;! Vick; jbiiOTtotK ffjp-1
;A;J. Galloway, - WaynesUh I fig
R, 3. Peebles.Nprthampton. ;;
1). S. Cowaq, Columbas,
i. JIN. Stalling. Duplin.'
. Jos. A. Worth, Cumberland.1
...Wharton J.iGreeo,-Warrew.,
.neir iLraige no7an. 1r.s
rtnA I: PHvUHTt Bnl rfnnrt Ait that llm vaoopI anil I i
uvvi au .- .-rv r - 1.
in j t Tyi-jjiiut'" rfrHi!i'L "V ' rrwaS'-QP. aanecrviiaa reaiBu tu luccunuacp I '-.1-, . - fi; ii! ...-.
dohcv.-.. ine . ueen io-uay r?-. va0115 " - - , ' I inie "vac-nces in toe
" "" '"" i 'V .rri the damage to be, inflicted on the lorein I 1mA rw sWK
ytfV ."ft"" ,7Jr, r.f.f r"v"- Iae 01 onnciiyi rm. ineseoramauceB. v thft 0f Robert T. Grav
t?Hj;l'.rr'Jr-CSKXi::iM.VV-;- Whas I ia iilere(Itnattha tJommiaSkmwl rQ".l iT.mjni-jur.n -WIT.7 JU JW
.7.7 .uf-vftRT . - n-tt?.w.u llefaot xnavieauon ana ruoiagen to wnom. i v'ir'-T rr.Y"3'.r:.
pt forever green in" her heart otilby legialaUve enafeteieiat"iai ntteWJlraiS wTnaWioariW in. tb
"ii-i Kuril Ti . . !.. 1 Vi flif- I MKI HUB.i" t.i I - fTT. . . A. II ; . -. I , . . . - - X H I T
sian
w
ke
hearts,
U l Vi.!C' H ( ". . iC" ':4!! in li ifPKTuiolliira nf i "Wnrth narnlinai1 ooara I 1 AAuO, 01 . amUCQ. ... f t ; , , ,
Old ides ana oia aauns
Liberal party. Mr.' Gladstonels the ?pf Navigation ahdPiloUge a Board to carry! sen tb sdpply he" place of J; G.Maf
- t J ,:-'S-- :.iR -
SyetievHie 'Gazette: Li6v.ru.
O. tlin announced to his congregation last
Sunday that the close of the present month
completed Ihei teuthi year of )hii pastorate
of tne Presbyterian Church of Fayettc
ville, he rhaving fiCetptetJ ibc-cuniu this
place 10 fiiarcu ieoa. tie also guve nonce
that in redogniUpn pifhis f tu fas would .
preach a memorial eerniou iln's (SundHy)
morning, 3l8t. "-- f - "
Newbetni ,Mut , Shell:'., On last
Sunday, the 24lh, .the coftL was so iulensu
in Npriolk and.-yicuiity.'jaa io kill all the
advanced strawberries, peurs, peaches at.d
tender yegetatiles, and on thejTollowing
nighfthe-peajl1 were -foreedtd'atiecumb.
Now on the other hand the track farms in
our jyicinitjt are smiling, ia7lheir;; vernal
bouhyful and early .yjelU Ao the truck Vrs. .
WaUer,'Walt6h has 'shown ,ns a hAndsome
medal, awarded' by fbeTreas'ury., Depart
ment to Capt MalachVCbrbel, Keeper of
Life SaVibg Station N5ria this nistrict.
in recognition for his servicea in saving life. .
i The medal was lorwafaea 10 LO. Walton to
I present to Capti Co'rbel.'with a Complimen
tary letter accompahyiog it. from the
.'a,? .Secretary of the Treasury. " ' ;
U?w According ijj.antbeTarboro
: limtforner lhd folktwifis are- the surviving
Central Com- I! numhera of the claaaof 1836lhat graduated
nationd of: I atlh University:'. Hon James Grant or
Tl?"i It OoWin 1. Iambi 'nt Tunn i',7Alhi-r .Innei - .f
wm -m wiawwj w. iwwii.fi tv a vt mvw . v -
AlaftUeaitlebane of N. t?., JRevt Thomas
tfc JLhenpI S C tilw. Tbos. Ju f ntchara
flrft1 DBailoV U of Warrenton, N, 0eu4y W Spear of
i
. t
great opponenvo! ineao mibed bye Board, the stringent law
into effect, under rules and regulations pre-
another
would save rLneiana trom
war if it be possible. ; ,
from foreign countries." The con-.
mention was nnited in this expression.
The memorialists . set ,forth many
gojod reasons for the establishing of
such a system by act of Congress.
They say: 1
"Nearly, if not all the leading Atlantic
and Gulf seaport cities of the United States
have, within nearly two -centuries past,
been visited by epidemics of yellow fever,
originally introduced by vessels coming
from the West Indies, and from infected
ports of other countries.
"In many well defined instances these
epidemics have been extended to several
cities at the same time, by their intercourse
with the city originally invaded.: The rav
ages of these epidemics have been fright
ful. Sparing neither age nor sex nor cony
dilion, they have swept through ' whole
communities with dreadful power, either
driving tbeir inhabitants fugitives among
strangers, or taking life, health and happi
ness from those too true or powerless to fly.
A multitude of lives has been sacrificed in
those heartrending scenes. Whole families
have been swept away, or deprived" by
deathof their natural supporters, are help
lessly left, not only to desolation and woe,
hot to desperate want. ' i ' -
"While such terrible visitations have re-
, peatedly assailed some communities, the'
material damage they have inflicted has
been more than severe. The losses pro
dnced by the epidemic whieh raged . in the :
city of Savannah in 1876 have been estima
ted at $5,800,000, or nearly one-half the
present value of the whole taxable real es
tate of that city; ; -
"Not less than three hundred and forty-:
four epidemic infections of this disease, oc
curring between the years 1693 and 1877,
have assailed various seaports of the Uni
ted States oo the Atlantic and - Gulf ceaste
ana neighboring cities and towns, from'
Boston to Galveston. w f : ' :
"To those who are familiar with the
jearfnl nature of this disease, this state-?
went conveys a proposition of flying'popu-j
lected, and in all instances the most care
ful officers are liable to be deceived by: the
criminal misrepresentations of Captains as
to the condition of their. vessels and crews.
Officers differing, too, in their opinions as
to the duration of quarantine necessary for
disinfection,' some gravely asserting all
Quarantine to be useless, it may be in vain
for the most judicious and effective meas
ures to be taken against the importation of
diseases in one seaport when another near
by admits, and may' communicate the in
fection within a few hours,' by either land
or water transportation, f Of tbe three hun
dred and forty-four epidemic infections
hereinbefore mentioned, about forty per
cent. .have. been' distinctly traced to for
eign importation, and nearly all the re
mainder have occurred in places in easy
communication with the localities of origi
nal infection, -it
. ;
- "We also ask your attention to the great
losses to commerce from vexatious and un
necessary delays of vessels in quarantine
delays which could readily be relieved by
apDliances for disinfection, wmcn auacn io
properly equipped quarantine establish
ments, now wholly wanting in a great ma
jority of the seaports, and which they are
unable to procure. 1 - a
. . ,
"We believe that the remedy for the cor
rection of these evils is within tbe constitu
tional powers of the General Uovernmeni,
and we pray .for the protection of tbe pub
lic health, and for the promotion of com
merce, that your honorable bodies will re
place tbe existing methods by a uniform
and effective" system of quarantine on the
Atlantic and Gulf coasts. '
Mr. ' Ilartridge ' is the member of
Congress, from the , Savannah Pia-triol.!r-'
-:-'-- :
' v THE NEXT SENATE. '-
- - . i : r - -
We gave the other day the proba
bilities concerning the; next House of
Representatives, j The survey would
not be complete without an examina
tion of the next! Senate, which will
no doubt be Democratic by a decided
majority. Un the :4tbof Marcb, 187W,
twenty-five Senators will either re
tire for good or be re-elected. Of this
number seventeen are Republicans.
The following; States will send
Democrats, viz: Alabama, Arkansas,
California, Florida, Georgia, Ken
tucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri,
North Carolina, Ohio, and South Car
olina. Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, New
Hampshire, and "Vermont will return
Republicans. New1 York, Indiana,
Connecticut, Oregon, Illinois, Neva
da, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin may
be classed as doubtf ul. The chances
appear to be that the Democrats will
have from eight to twelve majority.
With both Houses at their command
and wise statesmanship to direct, we
may hope for an era of better times.
We will have at least better go
vernment. M l
: ERQLASD AND BVIIIA.
We are of those who have a great
admiration for Mr. Gladstone's abili
ties, confessedly of a very high order.
He is not only . the, best: cultivated,
the most scholarly -of English states
men, but be is the most brilliant, the
greatest master of a splendid and im
posing - rhetoric.
.Bnl the is mach
only be settled by "red-hauded war,"
they existed months ago, it appears to
us. Her time was when Turkey was
gaining victories over the Russians,
and noi. when her armies have been
o'lttipr r.antnred or swept from the
f f
field.
We have recently examined some
of the views presented by Mr, Glad
stone, to which we referred above,
and he appears to hold the opinion
we have just indicated. He says:
"Thn vis-a-vis of Eneland and Russia in
the Levant is among the strapgest things
which fortune or folly has ever brought
about. England undertakes the purely phi
lanthrnnic mission of Drotecting life and
property.especially British property.agalnst
disorder ai uonsianuuopie. xwbsio,
nrised of the measure, in sisterly tones cries
'Good ! and as we have a still greater re
sponsibility for order in that city, we will
join yeu in the humane work, and come
nearer for that ouroose And hereupon
the great exigency has arisen. But if out
of this singular local combination of the
forces there should grow a war, n wiu u,
as nrobablv one of the widest in its range,
so certainly, either for the one State or for
both, among the most wanton, and there
fore wicked and shameful, which the an
nals of modern times have placed upon re
cord."
Mr. Gladstone does not approve
of the sending of the British fleet
into the Sea of Marmora, and speaks
of it as "the pirouetting" which he
leaves "to others to admire." He
says England has no i right to give
Turkev aid. and adds with much
force:
"A war undertaken without cause is a
war of shame: and not of honor. The plain
truth is, that since the Russian Government
wisely determined that the question re
specting the passage of ships of war through
tbe Bosphdrus should be left to the decis
ion of Europe, theie has not remained a
shadow of a plea for separate war, or sepa
rate operations tending toward war in the
Lie van t."
He ihen goes on to show, quite
conclusively, that all, the maritime
nations are more interested than
England is in this question, and that
they "should bear the main brunt of
anv controversy that may arise." He
. , . -
then shows that other nations all
the Mediterranean j countries are
really more interested and more bene
fited by the Suez Canal than Eng
land is, and insists that every great
power of Europe, except Germany,
has stronger reasons for supporting
British interests than has England
herself. As to Xhe amelioration of
the people over whom Turkey has
exerted such a despotic rule, he says
that "the security of life, liberty, con
science, and female honor, is the in
dispensable condition of reform in all
these provinces.
The whole article U written with
singular power and with a profound
insight into" the impelling motives
and causes that control nations. He
argues ingeniously that nations, like
individuals, are subject at times to
attacks of madness, which are ' well
Meeting; and Organisation, of tne
' Board of Magistrates ai New Han
over county. ,' -'' 'H-A c
At a meeting of the Magistrates of New.
Hanover county, held at the CoVrt House at
passed to enforce a strict quarantine,' and
endowed each member or tne. Board with
i all the powers of a magistrate,' to better en-
! force their rules with promptness ana em-
ciency. , The power was wisely vested in
these Commissioner?, because, I having
cbrge: of the shipping t interests, and
full, jurisdiction over the pilots, their
sources of information were superior to any
other Board on. whom this power could be
bestowed. . To further strengthen the
Board, the Legislature conferred upon them
Hoa Jacob Thoeapootr. vf Term.
nrwTthmkWe latlerHvea at Oxford Miss.
v he Charlotte Derriocrat, whose
editor is chairman of the Executive Com
; mittee of the North Carolina Press Associ
ation announces that Dossey .Battle, Esq.,
pf Tarboro, jand editor of the Southerner,
will deliver the annual address before, the
next convention, to be held at the Spark
ling Catawba Springs some time in June or
Jurythe exact time to be designated here
after. If IX B.t does not make a sensible
and that right hand forgets its cunning.
ler, whose death occurred some : time
SinCe. Vi - u J-i ':.! tktf U :W ."iV-f! 4 'i
TIME AND PLACE FOE HOLDING , .THE;
. CONVENTION. ;
Thnrsdav, Jane 13th, 1878," ' was
; the time named .for holding the Con-
10 A.M., Saturday, March 80th, 1878, on powerto appoint a compe miuauiut.
. ! 'A.l.i -.L.l J! S. .: -L.-. . w d
vise, uiuer man, giving . ints auuuiui,uicui
those who come after. He says that
without this how are "we to explain
the peverish temper of large portions
of what is termed society ? The dis
position is not to desire war, but to
accept it; not to cherish, but admit
the idea of.it, without sober and
jealous scrutiny of the justifying
causes." '". i'd- i... -;'.- l
Such views at this time are not
popular in England. Beaconsfield is
the popular idol. He has adopted
the views of ; the Prince Consort as
they were -presented before the Cri
mean war. His admirable life writ
ten by . Theodore Martin the third
volume of .. which . is just out,
gives ; the '- views of - the English'
court on the Eastern ; question. We
learn from this bipgraphy what was
regarded the true conception of Eng-j
lish interests in the East. The Prince
more than this, he is a great states- r understood and severely criticized by
man a man who is governed by
broad and noble views, that are so
much higher and purer than those
that belong to the ordinary Tace of:
diplomatists and politicians, that his :
ideas are often , deemed sentimental,
and he is even ebarged with being
crotchety and Vacillating. The fact,
is,.as we believe, he is a far-see-;
iDg and . rarely ! gifted i statesman,
whose high ; morality k. and -: pro-:
found convictions 5 and views are
worth ' millions j to -his country,
and - who will be ; once ; more ap
preciated, but it may be after he has
gone to his eternal reward. ; But for
his great inflaence--his great , moral
weight among: reflecting Englishmen
his country would-now be planged
into' the uncertain : and destructive
depths of war, from which she could
only emerge poorer and sadder.; Eng-
molion of E. D. Hall, Esq., John 8. James,
Esq., was made temporary Chairman, and
John Cowan, Esq temporary Secretary.
The Secretary was directed to call the
roll, and the following named Justices re
sponded: I
From Wilmington Township John 8.
James, John C. Millis, Edward D. Hall, C.
D. Myers, John Cowan, John M. Hender
son, James W. King.O. G. Parsley, Jr., L.
H. Bowden, Henry Schulken, John L .Cant
well, D. G . WorthL E. HMcQuigg, Joseph
C. Hill, Anthony Howe, Thomas M. Smith.
From Cape FearjTownship A. J.Grady.
From Harnett Township Jno. N.Maffit
From Masonboro Township John J.
Beasley. , j
There being a majority of the Justices of
the county present, the Chairman stated
that the meeting was duly organized. By
request of the Chair, E D. Hall Esq.,
stated the object of the meeting to be to
make a permanent organization, and ap
point a committee toreport at a subsequent
meeting in reference to the machinery of
the election law. Then in August the Ma
gistrates elect County Commissioners and
also decide whether the county shall have
a Treasurer; also, to take into consideration
whether it shall be urged upon the Legis
lature to abolish the Criminal Court and an
In f erior Court be established instead. . "
J. N. Maffltt, Esq. j then moved to effect
a permanent organization of the Board by
proceeding to elect a permanent Chairman
and Secretary. ' U
The name of John 8. James, Esq., was
put in nomination for Chairman by Justice
Cantwell, and seconded by Justice Maffitt
Justice Hill nominated Henry Nutt, Esq.
The election was proceeded with by bal
lot, Justice Cantwell and Justice Grady
acting as tellers, with the following result:
nineteen voles cast Justice John 8. James
received 11,' Justice Henry Nutt received
3; Justice J. G. Wagner received 1 ; Jus
tice H. E. Scott received 2; Justice J. N
Maffitt received 2. .( ... j : 1
Justice James was declared elected. On
motion of Justice Bowden, the election of
the Chairman was declared unanimous.
Justice Bowden then moved that Justice
Cowan be unanimously elected Secretary.
Carried. i
J. N. Maffitt, Esq., then offered the fol
lowing resolution which was adopted :
'Resolved, By the Board of Magistrates of
the county of New Hanover, in meeting
assembled on the 30th of March, 1878, that
the Chairman of this Board appoint a com
mittee of five from the Justices here assem
bled, to take into consideration and inves
tigate all matters pertaining to the duties
of the Magistrates of this county ia ac
cordance with the recent acts of the Legis
lature, and to make a report to this Board
at a subseouent meetine. to be held at the
Court House, in the city of Wilmington.on
the second day of May, ism
The Chairman appointed on this com
mittee the following Justices: J. N. Maffitt,
W. W. Harriss, A. J. Grady, C. D. Myers
and E. D. HalL - ;'.:V : '
The following , communication was then
read by the Secretary:
The CRiicrirAii Cotjkt Clkbk's Office,
; ! ; Countv of New Hanoveb, V ;,,
Wilmington, N. C, March SO, '78. '-,
Jo the Chairman of, the. Honorable Board of
Magistrates: , .
Sir I am instructed by the Solicitor to
call your attention to Sections 125 and 133,
Chapter S3, Battle's Revisal, in relation to
magistrates making their returns, f r '
To expedite him in the discharge : of his
duty, it is particularly necessary that these
returns should be made promptly, and he
respectfully requests the. . enforcement of
said sections.
to the Governor, and making the Commis-.
aioners the appointees of tbe Aldermen, no
m.lnnal Alinniva in 'tKn nnaranttiat T .a two"
has been made by the General Assembly.,
That no jurisdiction rests in the city : au
thorities, beyond the city limits, is further
evidenced from the fact, that tbe Legisla
ture conferred on the Aldermen 1 merely
concurrent jurisdiction as to repairing or
extending the wharves. .The Legislature did
not in the harbor give them the power to
regulate the shipping, but conferred . this
power on the Commissioners of .Navigation
and Pilotage, by directing them to appoint
tbe Harbor Master, an officer especially
charged with the duty of enforcing the
sanitary measures of the Board. It ! would
seem then, that the Legislature intended
and did exclude the city authorities irom
assuming any jurisdiction relating to and
governing ; the entrance ' pf shipping
into the Cape Fear River or this port.
If this position be correct, and the Com
missioners, as sworn officers, undertake to
adjudicate the cases arising undertbe qua
rantine laws,and that of the barque' Violette
and in accordance with what they, after
consultation with the Quarantine Physi
cian, conceive to be right and just, it isobn
vious that we are on the eve of a serious
conflict between the two Boards. Suppose
that the Commissioners order the barque to
proceed to her destination, and also order
that the quarantine; restrictions shall begin
in June and end in November, is there a
doubt but that the good name and interests
of this port will be greatly jeopardized t
What, if in tbe interests of our shipping,
master of vessels are ordered to obey the
ordinances' of the Commissioners, and in
consequence ' of these orders, the city
authorities attempt! to enforce their man
dates r- I'- ' ' I "" "I . i ' '
We have just dispatched a committee to
Washington in the interest of steamship
lines to the West ladies and South Ameri
can ports, lis it to be supposed that capi
talists will invest in ships to ply between
these ports,' when told that f or" nearly eight
months these ships Will not be permitted to
enter our harbor r !Can our able Represen
tative, when appealing to Congress for aid
to deepen our bars in order that our wharves
may be lined with foreign shipping, answer
the argument that there is no money
in the Treasury to j be expended in deep
ening bars where; foreign shipping is
excluded for eight months in the year T
These are serious questions, and tbe an
swers must, if we hve any regard for our
foreign trade, be determined , now; The
city of New York long since settled these
Questions. DV Killing an germs oi uisease
on infected vessels and permitting them to
make fasLto her wharves in one week from
the arrival of the vessel at quarantine. ' We
can settle these questions by the same
methods. However, it is not our intention
to discuBS the methods of disinfecting
ships, but to call the attention of our peo
ple, to the immediate danger that surrounds
them, viz.; of not having, under these city
ordinances, in a few years, any, fobkign
ships to disinfect. J Cms.. .
Sanitary Matter.
We take the liberty of publishing an ex
tract from a letter from Dr. W. G. Curtis,
Quarantine Physician for this portj; at
Smithville,jMjfollow8:J t
ShithvIlle, March 28, 1878. ,
Editor Stab-X notice considerable dis
cussion is going on about , sanitary matters.
All I have to say is, that the medical au
thorities are fully alive and watchful for
the public interests;! and that if these mat
ters were left to them I think-the public
health would be fully provided for, as it has
been during the last thirty years. It must
ho well known. I should think, that during
that period :n cas of yellow fever has
passed - tbe 1 Quarantine Station, except
during the war, when I suppose the qua
rantine was neglected for other interests,
which seemed then more pressing. ; j j ,
Verylrespectfully, k J i
- , Your obt. servt, '
.. . "-,). . - W..G. Ctjbtis,,
Quarantine PhycUinportWilmington.
True Bill; V .J ' 1 .. : '- i'-.
Sheriff McMiilani . of Robeson county,
having arrived in thiscity,'. presented an
as the most suitable place,
On motion, the Uentrai uommittee
was directed to prepare and publish
an address to the people of the State.
. On motion of .Dr. Kerr Craige, it
I Was . . . ' , :
Jtesolved, That the Executive Com
mittee, in their address, request the
: several Judicial Districts from which
Superior Court Judges are ; to be
chosen to hold District I Conventions
and recommend to the State Conven
tion candidates for the office of Judge
from their respective districts. ;
The committee then proceeded to
the appointment of the Executive
Committees - for. the . nine Judicial
Districts of the State under the new
apportionment: j 1 ' ; ; : ; '
SECOND DISTEICT. : - ; . ":
Chairmanj Spier i Whitaker, Hali
fax; Fred.: -Phillips," Edgecombe;
George Allen, Craven ; W. A.. Mont
gomery, : Warren ; W. C. Brown,
Northampton. V " ... - i
: . THIRD DISTRICT. ' . ; .'' .....
ChairmacL H. F. Grainger, Wayne;
Theo. Edwards, Greene ; H. G. Wil
liams, Wilson ; C. ' B. West, Lenoir;
A. M. Faison, Duplin. . ,
I FOURTH. DISTRICT. i; .
' Chairman, X H. MyTOver, Cumber
land ; Samuel T. Ashe, Anson ; H. B.
Short, Jr., Columbus; Df,; W. G. Cur-;
tis, Brunswick; Dr. Farquhasd Smith,'
Johnston. - S' i .-: '
SIXTH DISTRICT.
Chairman,T."Br Means, " Cabarrus;
J; D. Hearne, Stanly; D. A. Coving
ton, Union; Alex. Hoke, Cleveland;
Geo. E. Wilson, Mecklenburg. : ;
Senator merrlmon.
On Tuesday Senator Merrimon ad
dressed the Senate in support. of the
Judiciary Committee's bill. He con
tended that if there had 1 been no re
servation in the act of 1862 the; Go
vernment had an inherent right to
protect its revenues, and could not
divest itself of such right, and that it
was the duty of Congress to see that
provision was made that would secure
the payment of the bonds when due.
He next took up the reports made in
reference to the construction of the
roads, to shpw that . the stock issued
to the subscribers of the road had
neVer been paid for in money as re
quired by the act, and held that such
stock should not be held as a prior
claim to' that of the Government.
Mr. Merrimon read copious extracts
from the ; Wilson report on Pacific
roads in the Forty-third Congress, to
show that the rights and interests of
the Government had been grossly
violated, and to show the necessity of
legislation to protect its present and
future interests.' The companies were
declaring large, dividends and were
fully able to meet the provisions re
quired by the bill, f ; ;
: The Washington KPost is severe in
condemnation of the - effort because,
- a, - - m -
as it charges, ne aia not -sustain nis
position with argument, but appealed
to prejudice." Judge Merrimon, has
never been known to use" prejudice
for logic.1 There is doubtless another
side to this question ran other; view
to be taken of : the speech. i l
rr- Raleigh ;: Observer: A very
heavy hail storm visited the town and
vicinity of Clayton Thursday night, fol
lowed by a terrible gale of wind. . A large.
; amount of hail fell and in such 1 a violent
manner as to kill chickens and injure stock.
i We are pained to announce the death
of Esquire William Stone, so 1 widely and
favorably known in Franklin :county, and
highly respected by all who knew him.
He died very suddenly on- Monday last,
in the 88th year of his age, at his residence
thirteen miles below Louisburg, '
, Goldsboro Messenger: On Tues
day last the Goldsboro Rifles celebrated
their anniversary.' y We learn that a
few evenings Bince, in the lower edge of
Johnston countv. Jo Everett, colored, waa
shot through the hand brre one ams
uusueu near vuc ruaaaiuct . 13 luc BUU ul
Calvin Everett, one of tbe colored commit
tee investigating tbe late Worley murder,
and by the way, one of its most active,
earnest members, and as tbe boy resembles
his father very much, and wore his coat at
the time of tbe shooting, it is quite evident
that the Would-be assassin took him to bo
old Calvin and that tbe shooting is a means -of
revenge. - Just before goin g to press
the painful news reaches us that Dr. James
A. Bizzell, a highly esteemed and honored
citizen of Sampson county, died at his res
idence in Clinton, Tuesday morning,1 aged
58 years.: -We learn that Mr. Jo Turner
repeated his bid speech about riDgs, cliques,
factions, && at Smitbfield, on Tuesday.
Van Smith replied to him in his character
lsuc siyie. i
1: Oxford ' Orphan's Friend: North
Carolina has 267,265 white children over six
and under 21. The blacks number 141,031.
White children in school last year 128,289,
less than half. Black children in school last
year 73,200, a little over half. "The school
fund for last year amounted to $106,447.39;
disbursed, $286,213.32. - Now, what has
become of the remaining $117,234.07! All
this money collected for tbe children and
yet the children do not receive it. Dr. .
Craven makes an interesting document of
the proceedings of the North Carolina Con.
ference. Number of preachers on the roll
157; number of local preachers 234. White
members 58,390; colored 433. Sunday
schools 665; scholars 30,935. Parsonages
67; Churches 745.' The Presiding Elders
received $10,522.32; the .pastors received
$72,194.20. Besides these, there were col
lections for the poor,' for missions, foreign
and domestic; the Publishing House; edu
cation, &c., &c, very liberal sums.; Tbe
highest salary paid was $1,805. j
Raleigh Nevos: Strawberries
were offered for sale on our streets yester
day. We will 1 soon have - watermelons,
should the warm weather continue.!
The aggregate sum received for tbe lots in
the suburbs of the city, sold yesterday by
tbe State commissioners, amounted to $3,
839. - We learn that the froBt pf Tues
day night was very destructive to the fruit,
&c., in and around Ridgeway and Manson,
on the line of the Raleigh & Gaston Rail
way. On yesterday, Mr. Ashley War
ren, of Wayne, was united to Miss Amanda
Allen, of Yadkin county. The ' parties
were both deaf-mutes. The ceremony Was
performed by Rev. J . M. Atkinson;
On the 26th instant, at Leesville, a4-horse
wagon, loaded with about. 3,500 lbs guano,
ran over Dennis, the son of J. H. Grady,
acred 12 veara. The wheel ran over bis hip.
and down his back and head, without kill
ing him, though : it-left him in a critical
condition. Up to this , morning he did not
seem to be. any. better We are in
formed by eye witnesses of the occurrence,
that on ' Tuesday last, in the afternoon,
about 2 o'clock, a great quantity of pieces
of pine bark fell in and around a yard in
this city. The fragments of bark appeared
to have been violently torn from the trees.
Many of them were of the size of one'a
hand. The pieces of falling bark might
be seen ; at a great height in the air as
much as two or three hundred feet i
Charlotte Observer: Mountain
apples Btill sell on the streets for $1 per
bushel: ; - The health statistics of
Charlotte continue to show up as well as
usual. -Thus far-Hind the month is nearly
out there has been only one interment in
Elmwood eemetery since February.!
A gentleman just from Hickory reports that
the forest fires iu that portion of the State
have been more extensive and more de
structive than for years. 1 Sunday, during
the high winds which prevailed on that
. Jno. ,W. Dunham. 1
Per Platt D.,! Cowan, 4 Dep'y CTk C. C.
, After the reading of 1 the communication
Justice Parsley moved to?adjourn. -
i Justice Hall moved to lay the communi
cation on the table.- Pend ing the discussion
of these several motions. Justice Parsley,
at the request pf;Jnstc Cantwell,, with
drew his motion to adjourn, when Justice
Cantwell moved to refer the communication
from the Clerk of tbe Criminal Court to tbe
committee of five1 previously appointed by
the Chair:
and report
second day
. Justice Parsley )
I to adjourn until the second day of May,
Tbe President to e Voted ror Directly
-The House committee on the elec
toral questionhave agreed upon most
important and. radical changes , in re
gard to the'Presidential term and the
election of a President. It defeated
by a tie vote, Mr. : Southard'B amend
ment to the Constitution for the abo-
lltlUU Ul WICVibWio ouu t uusvii .www w . - o - i . - - a. I.
order to Sheriff Manning, from Mr. SoUci- the peonle for Presidenthe minon Vwehawept the range from- a point
tor Norment; for the body of Ben McAllis- " ""T" T " opposite uicjtorv aimosi to aiorganion.
WVUIU VUailV UllUViavj va-a , j 'XUV 1AAO IBgU " " --- J . --
where he received . enough votes to
entitle him to at least one electoral
vote to his share of the electoral vote
of a State." ! " -- : :'-'-i
Ther committee then adopted a
proposition to abolish electors and
for the ..people to , vote directly.: for
President, the candidate receiving
the majority of "votes in a State' to
have the whole electoral vote of that
.Statcj,,-. ''f;iK-..7rW-r
The nronoaition to elect the Presi-
The unsettled condition of affairs I dent for a term of six years, and . that
ler. colored, accused of the murder of, Mr.
Benjamin Smith, against whom a true hill
has been found byj the grand jury pf the
Superior Court of that ccunty, now in ses
sion, and the prisoner was therefore taken
to Lumberton yesterday moraing. It will
be remembered that McAllister was arrest
ed and had a hearing before J ustlce Har
riss a week or two ago, by whom he was
committed for theactibn Pf the grand jury;
of the SupbHor Court of Robeson county.
remarkable fury,1 notwithstanding the most
vigorous ertoris oi tne.mououitneera iu ex
tinguish it. It was not finally gotten under
control until latei at night after the wind
had subsided. A large number of fences
."were destroyed and - one dwelling s house.
Other property may have suffered, but. our
informant could get no further particulars.
There is no telling bowjnany blockade dis
tilleries succumbed. Oar informant also
states that there was a large fire on the
same day nerth Pf Hickpry in Caldwell
"countT. which was even more destructive
to fences tbanUbat on the South mountains.
It ranged over several mousanu nci co i
land, but consumed-no houses.1. The citi-
whh Instrvaohs to ujvestlgate In Europe seems to have Its effccj tipon pur, he be ineligible tor; anotoer ierm,: ns rooni Jtair
themeeU't6held6nihe cotton and naval stores marketer was agreed to. , ,k - mnn wsoreip back the flames.
of May, Motion carried. j the formers , A change eitner way-ra vpn Ulv r-y -," feU into a ravine, about twenty reet ueep,
. V. . . . '10 I vr ..J L.'t. j. , vtAnhiUoa' I taken tin at the next meeting OI the I oroA Innrioa vhirh in all Troba-
, i. n n a m rm n rm n a a i mam ra .. itmi'Uk,,,, . muuiu .- uuuun.Da 3 it auu .www. . .wjm.. .
ItUCIICU 1119 tUUUUU v' W . -w . . T I
improve things to some extent.
committee and again considered.
.-j.it. ii
bility will provo fatal.