-tfM. H. BERNARD, Editor and Proprietor.
WILMINGTON, N.iC:
.Friday, May 3d, 1878.
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Tllif FLORIDA CUIRIE.
The confessions of Judge iMoLid,
one of the members of the Returning
Board, of Floiida, and of 1 Senator
Dennis, giving the details of the .Ala
chua county frauds, are very natural
ly exciting much talk in Washington,
and, indeed, throughout the country,
These declarations ' confirm All that
the Democrats insisted upon from the
first. There never was any good rea
son for any one to believe that Flori
da and. Louisiana ever voted for
GKHttYfll A NOKHIAG.
Since the plan was first adopted by
the politicians of laying off the Con
gressional Districts in a State so as to
. .; tt
give the dominant party in theLegis
laiure ine lion s snare ot t no repre
sentation, it has been popular and has
been often resortedlo by all? parties.
Tu'-'ruj t:. mi.rl- tl j -rv ' :
crala used to gerrymander! it was
called, whenever they got control , of
the Legislature in any State, and the
majority of Congressmen were from
PLEDGING CANDIDATES.
Many bf the best ' weekly papers
Hayes. From the first, immediately I the opposition
Since IhewaV
the
after the election returns were i pub-
are taking strong positions against lished, there was every reason to be
the "evil and dangerous attempt to
exact pledges of the candidates for
the Legislature relative to the Sena
torial election. We have before ex
pressed our opinion of such a prac
tice. We believe it will be found to
work evil 'and only evil, and if per
sisted in will exert no little influence in
, dividing, possibly, in' disintegrating
the Democratic party. '. We referred
before to the utterances of the Rocky
Mount Mail, Oxford Free Lance, and
Charlotte Democrat- three t staunch
papers cf our party in condemna
tion of the reprehensible practice.
The Democrat copied what we had
to say, and then supplemented it with
the following judicious comment:
"That's proper and sensible ladvice, and
we endorse it heartily. If the one man
idea is tol be pursued and forced upon the
Democrats of the different counties of this
State under the influence of particular
strikers aad communication-writers, there
will be independent' candidates for the
.Legislature, and some of the independents
will be Democrats whose principles cannot
be truthfully assailed. Let there be no
pledging of candidates in personal pre-
ferences." - ' j -' j ;
" The Goldsboro Messenger, another
sound Democratic paper, has spoken.
It joins' the Rocky Mount Mail in its
condemnation of this somewhat nbW
movement in our State politics. We
believe that (prior to 1872 no such
plan was heard of in our elections.
The Messenger indorses as "very sen
sible" the opinion of the Mail when
it censures ( the plan of exacting
Republicans in the'North never failed
to use their power iu this : way when
they deemed it necessary. e We know
that in North Carolina gerrymander
ing has often been resorted tol"'":';"! ;
' The present Speaker of the House,;
majority of the , American ' peo j J31r p.amuei J.jKandall, , of if hiladel
lieve that these States had voted
for Mr. Tilden, . the Democratic
candidate for the Presidency.! From
that time until now a verv large
pie have never had a doubt that
the greatest political k crime of this
century had been perpetrated, and
that when the Electoral Tribunal
conducted itself as it did, and gave
the title to the Presidency to the
present incumbent, that it deliberate
ly committed a most infamous out
rage upon the country. A majority
of a quarter of a million voters had
decided at the polls in favor of Til
den and Hendricks, and when by a
series of crimes without a parallel
certainly in the history of bur coun
try the leaders of the Republican
party: stole the Presidency, a fear
ful blow was inflicted on our; form
of government, and a most terrible
precedent was set. ;
But we do not believe the' rascali
ties which marked the acts of Radical
leaders in 1876-7 will ever be repeated
again successfully.' Such a strain upon
our institutions would probably prove
more than they, could bear. There is
great necessity, then, for the present
Congress to pass such i a statute as
will prevent the successful consum
mation of another such crime against
free institutions and the rights of the
ballot. 1 i '! - -. I I
We copy the gist of Judge Mc-
phia, has the credit of .,- being . both
astute and able. rNot long since he.
wrote a letter' to a member of the
Ohio Legislature, urging" that the
State should be redistricted. It was
not intended for publication,. but was!
written; none the less in the interest
of the party of -which Mr. Randall is
such a distinguished exponent and
representative. '; ;' '
, The Washington JPost of the 26th
enters into some figares to. show how
much necessity and? fairness there is
m the suggestion. It shows, for in
stance, that in 1876, that Republican'
members of Congress received 330,-
698 votes, whilst . the Democratic
members received 323,180. It , says:
'Owing to the infamous iuiauitv of the
naaicai gerrymander, the Repub
lican votes returned fourteen Republican
members of Congress, while the 323.182
Democratic votes returned only six Demo
cratic members. That is to say, the Radi
cal gerrymanaer under wbicb Ohio now
lies is so arranged that whereas 23,621 Re
publican votes on an average . suffice to
elect a Republican Congressman in Ohio, it
to elect a Democratic Congressman." I The township committees, of that
But the inequality and unfairness staunch Democratic county, Wilson,
are even greater in Indiana. Blue- recently met at the conuty-seat, and
Jeans Williams was elected Governor, after "a full, free and harmonious in-
and later in the year 1876, Tilden and terchange of opinions," adopted a se
Hendricks carried the State by many "es of resolutions for the regulating
thousands; The Democratic Con- of the next election. Each tnwiiahin
contributing any-farther to the pub
lic or city treasury ? It has ocourred
again and again that meiiliave conje
here and taken orders for goods that,
otherwise, would have been sold by
bur home'dealeri7and have paid, pro
ably, no tax; or only a tax ot three
rjdollars.(ye fdo not, think itff air' arid
Tighthatotrr
j ti r e d t by yjsuch competition, ' jthey
remain here; Hhey are identified with"
all that' concerns the public, welfare;
they are 'directly interested in every1
thing thaf jooncerips the'growth the
prosperity, and the, renown; of ' this
historic little "city theyip&jXheiiiea
and bear all the burdens of good, cii i
zeuship, and it is hot just and proper
that they should be discriminated
against, and to their detriment. , i
J: VVe believe that a tax of at least
500 should ...be levied inpou idrnm-
men ofiincluding all
book and map .. agents) .who have
something ; to sell. This tax. is not
too large. , The merchants and other
dealers .-. abroad i would .sell i ust as
much; in the long run.: They would
have to, sell in the usual way to our
home . traders, who would leupply all
demands. The proposed tax is not
for , a city or a . town, or. a county
even, but for a large. State of more
than one million one hundred thou
sand inhabitants.
If the law, should break up the pre
sent system it would act beneficially
for nineteen-twentieths of those con-,
cerned would , confer the greatest
bejnefit on the greatest number. If
it should not destroy the system, but
merely curtail it in its operations, it
would add to the revenues of the
State, and contribute materially to
wards its prosperity. '
tteveuu seisare. - I
At Snead's Ferry, Onslow county, on i
Salurd y last, a constable attempted to ar f ,r,erF'i ?1
rent u atriin&pr ' inr RiimA vinlalinn f ; tha. 1 "i ' J
Stale laws,? when, a ter discharging his pis-
tol at :he ufflcer.without effect, he escaped,
leaving behind him a mule, sulky, a trunk
and sixty pounds of unstamped smoking
tobacco As the constable had no warrant
for detaining the articles, the Revenue offi
cials here were notified 'and . Deputy Mar
shal YaqSoele'n left for Snead's Ferry on
Monday, and made a seizure of the un
stamped, tobacco and other articles alluded
to,' arriving here with the in. Tuesday night.
We learn that the articles will be libelled.
FBOBI W ASHINQTON.
RetnrnlnK
the owner J not having been heard from
since his escape. It is ' thought: from his
anxiety to elude the officer who attempted
to arrest him, and the fact of his leaving
his property behind, that he has been guil
ty of some offence . more serious than has
yet come to the knowledge of the author
ties. - 'b--'' 1 "": - 1 : :
Alleged Inkaulty.
i A white man, by the name of Patrick
Jordan, said to be insane, was .brought
here from Columbus . county, j yesterday
morning, and lodged in jail for safe keep
ing. This same man 1 was brought ' here
some weeks'ago by Sheriff Uaynes, of Co
lumbus, and turned over to our county
authorities', it being alleged that be, was ler
gaily a resident of this county, bai . be be-?
haved himself ; so well, anjd acted so ration-,
ally, that no strict surveillance was" kept'
upon him; when he speedily took advan
tage of the fact to return to Columbus. He
seemSjlobe, mentally, in much worse con
dition now than when he was here before.
oy main force.. We learn that ni exami
nation into . his case will take place at the
office of Justice Wagner this morning.
Loolilina
Huard Slan.
Special Dispatch to Baltimore Sun.
til;-- Washington, April 29.
The i President, some time ago re
ceived;' a letter from a discharged
custom house employe in New Or
leans, in which the statement w&s
m ad er ou the alleg cdau tho ri ty f a n
eye:witnes8, that one? of the members
of the Returning Board had received
$10,000 before signing .the, returns
The matter was immediately brought
to. the attetition' bf each "member of
the Returning Board, eich and all of
whom denied it with jjreat -eraphasi!.
Friends of the Returning Board now
charge that Senator Kellogg was at
the bottom of this charge, and that
he has made similar statements in the
presence of 7 Senators.; .,It. is,, known
that there is no sood feeling: between
Kellogg and Packard on one side and
the Returning Board members on the
other, hut Mr. Kellogg , does not ad
mit that he has given currency to the
above charge. A party .claiming to
be iii the confidence of the Returning
uoara members asserts, however, that
a ; libe I suit will be:. brought against
Kellogg in this District on account of
the" matter. " 7
-i, 5 jrie BdiiUd Privateer. r
LSpecial to Philadelphia Ledger.l'
"' Nbw York, April 29.' '
The" Sab ; Francisco telegrams an
nouncing that the Russian govern
ment have issued letters of marque to
parties there, were the subject of
much conversation to-day amoner
Spirits .Turpentine
-Duuiig lhe-uinmer Prof. Redd
of the University," will gotoGeimanv 0,-a
year n prosecute his studies in experinW
tal suuonsaud in applied science generally.
- Newberu Nvt -Shell: John H
Goa, who was.lnckeii downon one of tli,
streeu or this city on Wednesday, with an
popiexy, ns was meuuoned in' our issn,. ,,7
the ext. Uoy, died at his; reshlcuce
nighty about half past 7 o'clock.
lTriConcord-5r Concord Pre9
by lery closed its labors at Betbpage Church
List Saturday,, after a well attended and
harhroniousmeetiDg About forty minis
tera-Were in aUendaneV &ad a very J2
number of people attended each day.
R5 V " J??oh DoU Poached on
Wednesday. He was unwell on Thursday
alteuded Presbytery oa Friday and made a
e!cbvf,emaiDed n bedon Saturday and
died whilst partaking of some food h!
was born 3n : 1810. at - M
Virginia. V ue8l
1 Monroe J&press : A very re
spectable citizen of Anson county who
lives jnear Long Pine postofflce, a few Sun
days ago went into his field and did a eood
day s plowing before lie discovered his mis
take.! We learn that the wheat and
oat crops in the counties of Anson and
Stanly are looking very well! and that the
prospect is good for a large yield. Thesanie
is also true of this county. - , t
- Hilisboro i&corcfer: Judge Mc
Koy, on this circuit, has liberally availed
Sfilfl ."r-e PW,er9 conferred by the law
Ot lS74- 5f amendatory ; to. aeclh.u 17 of
- . , iceum ii
uinUSUUl persons couvicted of crimin.,!
offences by any of the Courts of the State
j-In. this conectioc, we may add that
both wheat and oats throughout this and
wuutica give nne promise A
good, fruit crop is now apparently assured.
, Monroe Miauirer: .Tnat
as we
and he had to be.consigned to the lock-UD I 8n,PPlng people at ' the ; Exchanges, f to Pess a special dispatch from Wades
, ' I . , F Tk -ti.T.;,: L j: . I boro tells -us that the inrv in k -
pledges to support a particular man W gut ol yuuge mc- ----- wV v,uu- .... .oWuamH
fnrttotT q? , a' I Lin,fl confession, which has been made gressmen received 313,526 votes, and w to have five delegates. Eachdele-
for theU. S. Senate when a candi
date for the Legislature.
The
Lumberton Hobesonian, still
under great suffering. He has re
cently lost two little children, and is
another unfaltering upholder of Dem m8elf very t? r w so' at the
ocratic pinciples, has some timely
words on the same subject. It wisely
says:
"There is another matter which if not
stopped is going to be very prolific of mis
chief in this campaign. There is a dispo
sition among some of our State papers to
have the members of the next Legislature
cnosen with a view to their preference for
Senator! -This, in our judgment, is entire
ly wrong." j ,;
Other papers' have spoken out but
we failed to pres.erve the numbers.
We do not see what possible good
can come of such a practice or pre
cedent, and we can see a vast deal of
injury jthat may accrue if it is gene
rally adopted. If a man will care
fully study the structure of our go
vernment he will see how important
it is that the Senate of j the United
States should be filled by able men
chosen by the Legislatures. The
House' is filled by . men directly
elected by the people. Both Houses
time be made his confession. He says;
-"Excluding the return from Baker
county, which was counted, and which' I
have since learned from the parties who
made it was a falsely manufactured return,
and including the true return, which cor
responded with the precinct returns of that
county, would certainly have given the
State to Mr. Tilden. Archer precinct, No-.
2, Alachua county, was included in the
count. ; The fraud committed in this pre
cinct was not shown to the board by the
Democratic lawyers, although a contest
mas made and much attention given to this
precinct; out l nave recently learned from
the Republican leader of the county that
after the returns , had been brought to
Gainesville, the county seat, two hundred
and nineteen votes were added to the re
turns by the inspectors and ,clerk of said
precinct. In Leon County seventy-four
small Republican ballots were stuffed into
the ballot-box at precinct No. 9, yet it was
made to appear, even to the satisfaction of
the Democratic member of the board, that
these were false ballots., Subsequent confes
sion shows that they were stuffed into the
box. I had seen Jos. Bowes, one of the in-
anAjtt 1 a ... T 1 . " - . .. .
op&wkwiB, uafc uv&cui similar to mem a lew
days before the election, and cautioned
him. against their use, unless they were
generally adopted, and I afterwards learn
ed ne naa given them up. In Jefferson
county, in a certain precinct at which Mr.
the Republicans 208,011 votes. Yet, gate present isjto cast his proportion
of the Democratic strength of his
township. The delegates are to be
elected in all ihe townships on the
same day and by the Democratic
voters. 1 V
owing to the gerrymandering of the
State by the Radical Legislature, only
four Democrats to nine Republicans
were elected. The Post remarks:
"That is to say, in Indiana it takes on an
average 53,382 Democratic votes to elect
a Democratic member, and only 23.112
nepuoiican votes to elect a Kepublican
member. In both these States the Demo
crats hold the control of all branches of the
Government, and hence - have the power
necessary to correct tne abuses we have
pointed out.
It next examines Pennsylvania,
and with this result:
Climatic influence.
VVe were informed a day or two since, by
a gentleman conversant with the facts
whereof he speaks, that there are more
than a dozen white persons within; the
scope of his acquaintance in the little coun
ty of Brunswick, who average between 80
and 90 years of age, while amOng the co
lored people the instances of longevity are
even more numerous and striking, 'some cf
them having attained to the advanced age
of 1 00 years; and this in a section of .the
State where malarial diseases are supposed
by our friends in the interior to abound td
such an extent as to make a residence there
actually unsafe and precarious. We will
venture the assertion that there lis not a
county of the same size in the State where
the inhabitants enjoy more uninterrupted
good health and. attain to more vigorous
robustness than in Brunswick, Or a town or
city. in . the State, or even in the South,;
The disposition was to i discredit the
report, . for the reason heretofore
urged in such cases, that Russia be
ing a party to the declaration of Pa
ris which abolishett' privateering,
would hardly dare tbua to violate her
engagements with the other sub
scribing Powers, whatever might be
her disposition towards England.
Like the. recent meetings at Moscow
to raise a privateering fund, the story
is believed to have been set afloat
simply to scare John Bull, and to
make his government a little more
yielding in his demands upon Rus
sia. Even were it otherwise, how
ever, it is the opinion of our
shrewdest ship captains that.. th
thing would not pay especially as it
was cabled from London to-day that
"he British Government is reported
to have chartered 100 fast cruisers,
whose commanders are ordered to
treat all Russian privateers as pi
rates." A leading ship broker in
Beaver street fa German
where, in proportion to Donulation them ia
a less per centage of mortality, or the in- large business in oharterine vessels)
habitants enjoy betUr health, than ioonr fnfnrmon, -
"city by the sea.H S . Jvvl w.icuuueui mis ar-
- " ' : 1 ternoon that within a week past he
u. s. District court, j j has bad applications for the charter-
The following cases were disposed of yes- nS ot couple of fast 'sailing Amer
"The Republican vote in Pennsylvania
ia ioo was oo, izz, ana tne Democratic
vote 366,158. The 384,122 Republican
voles elected seventeen Republican Con
gressmen, or an average of one member to
every 22,600 votes, while the 366,158 De
mocratic votes elected only ten Democratic
members, Or one to every 86,616 votes. To
recapitulate we find that the total Demo
cratic vote in tne three States was 902,886,
and it elected only twenty Democratic
members of Congress, while the total Ra-
puDiican vote of 923,831 elected forty Re- plimeutary notice to Mrs.
fwuuau ucuiucioi lust iB lo vsay, in
I Under the de6ciency bill for the
construction and repair of postoffices,
custom -houses, &c, the North gets
$581,000, and the South and West
receive $156,000. As is; always the
case, the North .gets about three
times as much as the South. But
this will not make the "big papers"
cease to misrepresent the facts, and
to make their credulous readers be
lieve that it is a great outrage to be
bankrupting the U. S. Treasury for
the terrible rebels.
cy. According to the genius of our
government-
stitution in the Senate of the United
J. Bell WaB InRncntnr 1O0 rnlu ......
should not have the same constituen- J reptitiously added to the ballots and count
ed. No charge was made as to this fact
before the board. The rvinfpKsinri of J
-accosding Sto the Con-1 Bell, since made to me, discloses the fact
uiai uaa tne 319 votes fraudulently
added to the Archer return irnt tl.o IA
States each sovereian State or Com-1 votes stuffed in the box in Leon : ennntv
tm,nWeaIth is represented in iu polit- fe.XVa be
ical capacity upon a footing of abso- r?jectcd, and the Democratic rejected pre-
ri ' t clQcts, which were excluded for irregnlari-
lute equality, like a Congress of sove- ty and iUegality, contrary to the dSn
reigns or ambassadors. iWe venture I OIthe Supreme Court, been retained and
that this will be agreed to by the best
lawyers and best informed politi
cians as a fair statement,although con
densed. ; But what about the House
of Representatives? Has that body
the same constituency? j Do members
counted, 3Ir. TUden would have carried
the State. The conclusion,- therefore1, is
irresistible that Mr. Tilden was entitled to
we electoral vote of Florida, and not Mr.
years ; a
sav
round numbers it took twice as many De
mocratic votes to eiect a .Democratic mem-
Der oi uongress as Republican votes to
elect a Republican member! These figures
demonstrate not only the party sagacity of
Mr. Randall's suggestion, but the popular
cyuuy oi li as wen.
i Iu view of these facts and figures,
and the policy pursued by all parties
inthepast, no one will be ready to
say that Mr. -Randall's advice is not
appropriate, and well worthy of at
tention by those concerned. . .
THE DBVnniSBS' TAX.
The St4B has taken no part in the.
discussion in regard to levying a tax
upon all drummers, ! or commercial
travellers, as they prefer to be called,
we believe, after the manner of the
The Baltimore Gazette, in a corn-
Harris's
magazine, calls it the South-Atlantic
Review. Papers must never make
any mistakes, so some one who has
nothing' more important on hand
should "go for" the Gazette at once.
There were seventy-nine failures at
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, last Week,
aggregating $2,186,000 liabilities.
That is healthy. That will do for one
city of less than a hundred thousand
inhabitants. ! . !, .
; Senator Dennis, for eight
mpmVior nf tlna TiI .1 - T :i I ' .. . - ...
ihu. .uegiHiamre, lneluh. Oar firf imnnl.. 1 .,:
iyt ortne people who are the electors?
The latter, of course, j because the
people,aad not the State choose them
A . square vote was taken in the
House on Monda,
contraction
177, noes 35.
terday:
Benj. Claik, charged with dealing in un
stamped tobacco. Nolle pros, entered.
John Little, charged with the same of
fence. Nolle pros, entered.
John Quincy Adams.same offence. Judg
ment suspended on the payment of costs.
John Dortch, charged with the same of
fence. Judgment suspended. '
John Dortcb and J.-P. Wilten, name of
fence. Judgweut for one penny and the
costs. j I
Wiley Gause, for dealing in illicit liquor.
Found guilty. ' .. i .-.
H. T. Cheney, for dealing in unstamped
tobacco, two cases. Pound guilty1.
The Grand Jury were discharged yester
day, and we learn that the Court will pro
bably adjourn for the term to-day j as there
vui; uui, r .iu cases 10 uiapose or.
" . j
Tlie Baptist Hevlval la fflaaonboro.
There was a very interesting meeting at
the Baptist Church in Mason boro Town
ship, on Sunday, which was attended by a
large audience, including about J twenty
five or thirty persons from this city. Thirty-two
candidates, of which nineteen were
gentlemen, and thirteen ladies, presented
themselves for baptism aad were immersed
in the Sound.near the residence ofiMr. Eli
jah Hewlett, the Rev. Mr. Barlow,' pastor
of the Church, officiating.; It is described
as a very striking and impressive spectacle,
as the solemn procession, the larsra nnmhor
of candidates, all dressed in their baptismal
ican steamers, the payment for which
is conditioned upon their delivery at
a West India port within sixty days,
but the offer was refused under the
conviction that such contract would
be an infraction of Ihe United States
neutrality laws, and would be likelv
V I - . . . .
10 onngnim into trouble. He did
not say who were the parties making
the offer, but left it to be inferred
that they were acting on behalf of
the Russian Government.
Child Murder la jriadlo.
! Hendersonville Courier. ,
; From Spring Creek, in Madison
county, we have the sickening details
of a most horrible and bloody child
murder. -A man brthe nam
Meadows abandoned his Wife, and
lived in open adultery with a vile
prostitute who had several illegiti
mate -children. It -seems that on
Saturday last, in a fit of rage, these
orutat creatures scourged one of the
children to death. Fearing that
the crime would be discovered, they
wisppew me cina, a lime creature
only three years of age, in rags, and
covering it with shavings and straw
set fire to it. . They hastily left the
bqilding, intending to bury all traces
of their horrible deed in the! ashea of
the burnt house. Scarcely, however,
had they left before the fire was dis
covered and the fiendish crime
the State vs. T. H. Womhl
returned a verdict of not guilty. - We
learn that a colored woman, Barbara Row
ne, in Anson county, died rather suddenly
bunday under suspicious circumstances
JJr. A. Myers analyzed the stomacb, and
decided that she had beea poisoned
Ve are of the opinion that Judge Schenck
has. lost considerably at the hands of Lia
1IICUUS. , . 1
l "7 n pril 26th in Tyrrell coun
ty, J.W, Rhoades killed instantly James
.L Graves. A. telegram to the New York
Ueram says: It .seems that the two oarties
found a small boat adrift, with no owner
and Rhoades refused to give Graves an in
terest in. it, wherepon they commenced a
dispute. Word for word followed, until at
last Rhoades struck Graves on the head
i with a club that he hnrl wiii, i,
aZI nek8laes. which instantly caused
death.. Rhoades was arrested and lodged
in jail."-to await trial. j
Statesville American: The Fed
eral Court, Judge Dick, has been in session
here the past and present week, the busi
ness of which will befinished up by Friday
The time of the Court chiefly has been o
cupied by the trial of cases for violations
of the revenue Jaw-whiskey and tobacco.
Ihe South Mountain, Burke county cases
were remanded to Greensboro, before Judgc
Boad. Mr. Lenoir Chambers, a ta
lented attache of the Charlotte Ohsmr i
spending a Jew days in town, visiting rela
tives. No more important business, we
suppose, for one as handsome.
A correspondent of the Raleigh
Observer, writing from Wadesboro about
Ansoa court: On the criminal dtcket theie
is a case somewhat novel in- its character,
and almost without a parallel, in America!
Thomas H. Womble. of Ansou coimtv
.was indicted by the grand jury at the last i
term of the court as an "accessoiy before
the fact" of tuicide; or, in other words it
appears that he bought or procured strycu
nine Tor one Elizabeth Russing, who took i
it and died from the effects of the dose.
There is no case like it that ever occurred
in North Carolina, and only two cases 1
strongly analagous that are mentioned in
the books.
A terrible storm passed over a
section of Orange, near Flat River, on the i
34th. The Horctiiglti says: About mid
night, on the night mentioned, Josiah Tur
ner, Jr., came in great haste for Dr. S. D.
Booth, Who repaired immediately to the
disastrous scene. The Doctor says that he
found the house in which Mr. Joseph Wal
ker lived (a large log house, hewn from
trees twelve inches in diameter) completely
demolished. Mrr Walker was found beneath !
the heavy timbers, with a little girl under
each arm. He was very badly bruised and
in an insensible condition. His wife and
six or seven children escaped with but lit
tie injury. Mr. Walker is recovering.
I Charlotte Observer: It has been
estimafed that not less than $5,000 is "up"
on the mayor's election. It has been
seven weeks since there was an interment
in Elm wood Cemetery. A Charlotte
man, who has just returned from Polk
county, reports that he found a baby there
which bore the name of William 7ahni nn
vance oamuel TUden Riven.
. -A w UUU M"
ffllhAr A -A . , i
brought to light. Warrants were Indian battle-axe was dug up on the S
near the
have been.
, rnhPo nf Maob- . -r--- .5..fc tifim, "urrauiu were xauian oaiue-axe was due ud on :
ndav against all further &&Z$t$SZ Tfj aed for the criminals. Mr a L ToiJn'ce,
of the currency. Ayes ided with a bymn book and uniting heir Meadows escaped, but the female frf fhlM ?t. lbe Pr
J ! - voices in a hvmn hpf?tf in tho oJT murderpsii srnsta .nJ iuudq in mis vicinity; It
voices in a hymn befitting the solemn and
important occasion.
for office.1 So unless; we would
evade the Constitution, and 'make the
people the electors of Senators, (al
though through the process of select
ing delegates to carry out their
wishes) we would do well to allow
the old time custom of our forefa
thers to continue, and, whilst the
people at the polls make their own
u.vvvivu v ucicgcutituvea tome
lowei- House of Congress to repre
sent them, to allow their legislators
to be untrammelled, and -to select
such men as are to j represent the
State of North Carolina in its sove'
Tsome days ago: - '-::" f - - -
V'EIect good, true, capable men to the
Legislature upon their merits and princi
ples, and then let them elect the best men
to the U. B. Senate." i
)anty
President of the Board of Commis
sioners. We give a brief , extract
from his testimony f '
f. "I don't mind saying that I am certain
the State of Florida went for Tilden on the
face of the returns, and that he should have
had it. I will go further, and say there has
not been a time in the past three "months
when, if I had been convinced that crush-,
ing proof of the fact that Tilden carried the
State would turn Hayes out and give Tilden
his rights, I would not have gladly fur
nished ; such proof, i I knew that if my
proof went before Congress no man could
stand up and vote to keep Hayes in his
seat. I told 'Uncle Ben (General Butlert
wnat 1 could do, and while he thinks Hayes
against the proposed tax of five hun
dred dollars as excessive, and as tan
tamount to a prohibitory law. . But
subsequent reflection a more mi-
mre coiisiaeration . ot wthe matter-
leads us to conclude thaf the laying
of such a tax wbnld be timely, judi
cious and properunder the circum
stances. , We. are now clearly of the
opinion that there is qo justice or
fairness in discriminating against oar
own people. . Take the various busi
ness men of Wilmington. ; It is ! well
nliinl) ... a . . .. .- - . .. . J " I 1 : . ' ' " . . ...
-r.-i, UIUU oa. ne mougni it nest to upwn tnat our. city taxes f are verv
Wftlt till BAma 1 .1 XT' ... , I ' ' WJ
Congress in the matter. I talked With San- neavy- , bese taxes are raised- to a
ator Hamlin about it also." ! creit extent out f tUmim ,hA
real estate and out of those ' who are
engaged in .business, Vcpmmerciai or
otherwise. The business men have
to pau city; county; and State taxes.
Thflir hnva tn natr frit i'U'J. -i'f . Yl l
doing' business, and then have 'to pay j
a certain per. centage -on account of
sales.'
Ajlecture was delivered in Wash
ington to aid the Lee Monument As
sociation. Only one Southern Sena
,to and two Representativesittend
.ed. The Augusta Chronicle says: " !
. ' "If SouthernrRepresentatives are afraid
to show their admiration for Robert E Lee
they had better be superseded by men who
,jare not quite so squeamish."
; Dennis, one of the Florida crimi
nals, who has recently confessed his
complicity -in the great crirne of the
century, is thus indorsed bf the JPre-'
sideni: i-;-- - j.,. .. y ; -'
'' Executive Mmsroir, "
Washington, April 27, 1877. ;
. Dear .Sir: I am reliably assured that
u. Dennis, of Florida, would mat
ital Special Agent, bf the Treasury I re-
-iKkiuujr uesue uiai ma claims shall have
your favorable attention. Sincerely, J 1
tT T , " U. B. H4?ES.
Hon. John Sherman and others.
Thia is on file in the Treasury De
partment. -- - ; - -!
The vote in the House on the Sen
ate bill repealing the Bankrupt law
stood 205 yeas to 39 nays. ;
A Clou Conlut, :
;The contest between CoL Waddell and
Major Stedman for the vote of New Han
over county in the Democratic convention
has been a very close one. The vote that
will be used as a basis in the county, con ;
vention is 1622, being the vote cast for
Vance in 1876. Exclusive of Federal
Point (24 votes), Ifrom which i we have no
report, the vote stands as follows: Wad
dell, 869; Stedman, 729. !" Widdeil's ma
jority, 140. . .Cl-
Plata Jropacatlon. : :
I Washington Cor. of Richmond Dispatch.
Congress has just made an appro
priation of 120.000. to be immediately
available, for continuing, under the
direction of the United States Com
missioner of Fish the propagation
and introduction of useful food-fishes
into the waters of the United States.!
The interest in this subject is rapidly
growing in Con cress and amon&r lead-
mg officials here. ; -i . i:; . "
-.,-, A Flala Starr. - !
: , i i JAngasta Chronicle. . .J ..
A very fishy story comes from San
Francispo, to the effect that blank
ivussian letters or marque tor Ameri
can vessels are there awaiting a decla
ration or war, and: that one of these
Railroad RIeetlug and Festival at
Barsaw. -j
Extensive preparations are being made
for the big railroad meeting and festival at
Burgaw, i on Wednesday ntxt, ; kay " 1st.
Several prominent gentlemen are expected
to be present, and address the meeting in
favor of the scheme for a railroad connec
tion between that place and Onslow coun
ty. The festival, which comes off there
murderess was arrested and commit
ted to Madison county jail. It is one
of the most horrible deeds ever per
petrated in North Carolina.
. WMhloeton Newt and Gtwlp,
r The Supreme Court of the United
States yesterday decided that fail
ure t o pay premioma on life insur
ance policies, when there is no local
agent to receive, them, does not in
validate the policy. M ..!
ine paragraph m yesterday's Star
on the same day, will be in aid of the Burr- to the effect that t.fm .i,t r
- - ' I -" V v.. J
"'"".iVHuiHB 1 oenaior. mucnen, or ureeron. had
gaw Academy
passed on the railroad to and from Burgaw
for one fare.
Fatal Accident. f"' u'; -: L
A correspondent at Shoe Hee Robeson
county, writing under date of Saturday,
the 27th inst., says: "William McKay, a
young tnan about twenty-two years of ageil
a resident of IhU place and clerk1 for Mr,
T. Henderson, was accidentally shot about
three-quarters bf a mile from here last night,
and died from the injuries sustained there-'
from just before i2 o'clock M. to-day."
tqade a runaway match with a youug
man named Handy, is contradicted
by Father De Wulf,' pastor of St.
Peter's Church,' who Bays that - he
married Maggie L. Mitchell and
William R. Handy, on Tuesday, the
?3d, with the consent of her parents
and in their presence, t ; M,
)7e a8 n -all seridusness,; Wjbyr'a privateers will be, commanded by
man from Boston or Cmdnnati should ". Pt-AVaddell, formerly of the; Con-
oom to Wilmington, and, by paying V'? pnvaieer-onenanaoan' -
' ' - T" T. D. Crawford has been nom
inated for the Mayoralty of Oxford by the
Democrats. '. Those ' nominated for t Inm.
mMflners are y". Hunt. S, 8. HaitUr
popk, C. f. kingBbury.'J. F. Edwards.
- ! The Florida Conreaalon.' !-f ; 1 1
Washington Correspondent of Richmond
1 : ; : i;, Dispatch, Aprij 2Qth. ; j. .
' Tar. cprfespondent learns to-night
from a most reliable source that the
Robbed or money. . . M v 1 Florida confessions
Mr.- D. W. J. King, of Grist's station, the labors of the" asrents'of Rph Rt.
PqUirabus; county, who was recently rob- ler, W. E..Chandler & Co. Tt is nn
oea oi fauu wnue asleep on the cars at
Columbia, S. C., writes to us under the im
pression; that some one has been arrested
here who! bad that amount of rnonev nn
t . r .
person. He says that two of the bills
his
a tax of six or nine dollars,1 as the case
mayJe apcoriingloje l number of
days he is operating f here, shoald . be
allowed to Uke ;ders;am6nting! tio
one i.thoBsand idoUarg rorii more, and,
hieing hlmirirJvifft 0 hp gopd.
man
county, informs us that he haa thus far this
Mothers willow ir;"B7iK f80? P?ea eigaty oarreis and twenty-
tne Paoyi troubles. ben Dr. Bull's Baby - Dam ftr .uoes Qf garden
part of their programme, however, to
pat out Hayes osly to pat in Tilden,
bat they are' working for Congress to
declare both Hayes and, Wheeler are
not entitled, to, the office they hold, bo
stoleu from him were for 50 each, and m, er" may become v president.
one for !$100. Ve have heaxd of ho such' , I Vemorat8-wulliardly aid .them
arrest being made here, andhaye. no iq- oriog about any such Tesnlt. ; '
formatioh qn the abject' S-fe ' 'j- iinafenowATaf "or rti
':-!. . . ' - . .... I OenatOr UQrdon: f)IWntift Ttnrtlnn'-Af
Senator Gordon' spent a uortion of
the afternoon : with Mr. Longfellow
at hia horoe .Cambridge. . His,
nfactured ad delivered, wShoat fSSSr 1 :C " iherfy W FC- ? W m ot m'Ms The event of thveiing,
. ' B BP mopjerresj. . . , fi0 1, nqhjQne shipping yet. : -
- w wiMjl4,
flCinitir. Tt is nnHor.
stood that parties will berin to baII rtnnla
on the candidates for the mayoralty next
Tuesday. Further particulars to be givea
hereafter. .......
Asheville Citizen : Mr. L. Chap
man, of this place, one of the honorary
commissioners from North Carolina to the
Paris Exposition, left here on Tuesday for
io puipuse vl auenamg mat grand affair.
-7 Wo learn of i the killing of Rufu
bprings, son of Wm. Springs, Esq., of tin
county, on Friday last,, in Polk county.
The particulars of the- affair are in sob
stance as follows: Springs was a United
States Deputy Collector, with headquarters
at Greenville. S. C. He and
had arrested two men for violation of the
Revenue laws, the prisoners subsequently
making their escape. As Springs and hia
companions were riding along the road
afterwards, in Folk, some one fired fiom
ambush upon them, the shot taking effect
upon and killing youngr Springs. The de
ceased, was some twenty six years of age
His remains have been brought to his
father's home, the latter residing some six
miles 1 from Asheville. ,
. Reidsville Times : Wht has
become of Noell Hope? He :who used to
recite poetry and give readings at the Yar
borough House in I$aleigh 1, Hope once
bought a dinner for a poor dog, and paid
Dr. Blacknall fifty cents to Bet the dinner;
even had eggs boiled and then at a week's
time wnen a Ulacknall dunned Hope for
his own board, he told him with tears in his
eyes that he had spent his last cent oo that
poor dog; could hot help it to save his life,
the dog looked, so pitiful in his eyes, and
seemed to say to bim, "Mr. Hope, you are
my friend." The bearded man was in
town to-day; hia beard is three feet long.
When walking the wind blew his beard be
hind him, and it hung over his coat tail so
that he could have sat on it with ease. He
is truly a wonder, and, doesn't seem to
know itt is a. good honest farmer livins
near this place. It seems ihey sie
ourning op the farmera1 tobacco pJant beds
at Thompson vill with kerosene oil. They
slip up to the plant beds at night and pour
on the kerosene and then touch itoff. Tbi&
is J a - strange species of , incendairism.
- -Judge Kerr thinks the" "P. B. M." let
ters were a Je&th sliot' at Judge Scbenck.
-Judge Scbenck has been hauled down
for Chief Justice. The Judge fell badly
wounded, Wheres the ambulance corpsr