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s a B fi K W 3 M 4 - a W Il43CI3STC3:03Sri2Sr . $1.50 a Tear, in advaaceJ 8SSSSSSS8 SSS88SSS 8S88888SS8SSS8888 8q?uoj5: 9 8888888888888888 88888888888838888 S2S8SSSSSg; 8S8888SS888888S88 8888888388888888 88888888888888888 Siibscmtion le subscription price of the Wkkrt or Star is as follows Single Copy 1 year, postage pald,""fl.50 6 months. 3 j " ! : 1.00 .50 OUU HAV. I The readers of the Stae are well i . - - aware thai we have no great confi dence in the wisdom and fairness of the New York Sun. It mnst be con ceded, however, that it is a very able paper, and gi ves the news at a very low figure. Even more than this must be. granted. The Sun has the virtue of pertinacity. When it gets after a corrupt official. it never slum bers, and never permits its victim to have any peace or rest. - No sleuth hound ever pursued its fleeing victim with more desperation of purpose or tixidity of will. It has done : the couutry no little good in the expo sures of crime and peculation that it has' made from time to time. It has done more to bring to light the cor- ruptions, rascalities and .utter, inca- pacity of Grant's Secretary of Navy, Robeson, than every other paper in the country its constant put together. But for nspection of Robeson's career, and a continuous probing of his ulcerous condition, there -would be but little known of the tremendous rascalities and peculations pefpetra tea during the eight years service that incompetent aud venal offi- cial. Duriu' Grant's entire administra tion Robeson was in the habit of d liberately lying about the condition of the navy. As late as November 29th, 1 87G, in his annual report, he said: '.There are now belonging to the navy of the -United States 146 vessels, of 150,157 ons measurement, Exclusive ot howitzers and Callings, they hairy 1,143 guns, j Our navy is cdw, in the character and con dition of its ships and material, in a condi tion far superior to that in which it was in 1869, and, indeed, far more powerful for our warlike purposes than it has ever been in time of peace." ' I The Sun shows by an appeal to the records that not less than one hun dred and seventy-two million dollars were stolen or. wasted daring itobe : -son's eight years of official life, j The repent investigations into the Navy Department prove substantially that the above large sum was squandered or stolen, and that there is nothing to show for it worth the name of navy. Our navy is almost literally worth less. This i the opinion of the pre- sent worthy Secretary. We give the latest figures famished by the Sun : Number. Guns. 624 Total, vessels unserviceable.. 48 Total, sailing vessels unfit for. war... L......U.. 2 . Total, temporary out of use. . 24 Total, in service.. 43 8 200 255 1,087 -Total ...117 The Sun thus analyses the above -if this number in service, several are on foreign stations, which can never return 1 - 1 - home. Of the eight vessels built by Robe son, but one is considered fit for naval uses. Others of a different class are eauallv unsuited to active duty. The five ships of iue nr8i class, Duut nearly a quarter of. a century ago. and which were then the nride of the navy, are all given over as useless for war. Uf tne twenty-seven ships of the se cond class, nine onlv are fit for service, and nearly all the others are rotten and worth less. Of the thirty ships of the third class. carrying eight, six and four guns, only fourteen are available. Of the twenty-four iron clads, only one is actually ready for sea, lour are rotten or worthless, and all uietners require rebuilding or repairs." . 1 . i - , - Was there ever before since J,b.e world was made such a shameful ex liibit as this? I: Our people jare a maritime people to a great extent. We can beat the world when it is necessary. Our seamen are equal to Miy the world has seen, and yet we have no navy. . What is to be done? As we said the other day, either sell oilt and quit the sea-faring business, Qf create a nayy every way 'brthy f ?U.r gre t and rapidly : growing country. Cf coqrse we mast haye 4 , nayy, and an efficient one. Jt is Hhe rtlHy of Congress to provide one, Wobegon to this day has never been Punished for his rascalities. I Grant .1 -r . p -.. . 1 1 - mm . n . s- r-w tv w V'i- ll 71 ll -71 I X ll M I i T ;. w -L . m . ..,11 1 & 1 1 g' , ! i WJX,JVlliNTOJN, N. C., FRIDAWlimmi7: 1878 - : - f NO. 29. ..uweu an me peculations ana waste to go on right under hw4 nose. . administration . from beginning to end was compounded of incompe- rauuy, viuainy ana usurpation, in tho face of all this i there aie thous- Vi FcuFia wuu Hi"! uim again in office. Can such men t be friends to their -country ? PRIMA BY BMtCTIOHS. The Democrat of thi.city sayB: I,et us have thein by au Meant. It is the iivcucfu ruvui F'Vr-IMJr ciecllODB. uij jubs iuu mi waj wBowoae seQii- meats of the peoDle We want ftll in hav a Clean; clear track. Let the winning ani mm u&TC lue puree, ibis is timely and wise. We favor primary elections- rather than a grand masa meeting of the sovereigns. We have already many times expressed our opinion at length and do not pro pose to repeat. 1 We are pleased to see that many! of. the ! countiea , are expression of the popular will. Nash and Wilson moved in that direction sometime ago. The Democratic Exe cutive Committee of Duplin on the 7th inst. took action to secure the same much desired end. j It 'was resolved that "three, district Conservatives in each township" should hold meet ings "of the Democratic Conservative voters in their respective townships on Sat m day, the 18th inst., for the purpose of choosing by ' ballot nine delegates to a County Convention, to assemble at Kenansville on Saturday, the 25th inst., to nominate candidates for county offices and the Legislature, and said Convention to elect three delegates from each1 township to the Congressional Convention, three to the Judicial Convention, and three to the State Convention."; We like this, and would be glad to see the plan tried in all of the coun ties. It is very essential that the people should be heard.' Machine politics have controlled the country loner enough. Let us move out of the ruts. To this end.let every Dem ocratic voter attend his township meeting and vote by ballot for dele gates to the County Convention. Vote only for men of intelligence aud character men. who; have at heart the welfare of the party and the prosperity of the country. The Democrats of Robeson have wisely determined to pursue a similar course, ine lemocranc ixecuiive Committee met on the 6th instant, and after providing that two county conventions should be held, they also decided that primary meetings should be held to select delegates, and re commended that all voting be done by ballot, and that the two-thirds rule be adopted in all cases The ques tion of instruction is left to the voters of each township to decide. We note these movements because they show that the people ate becom ing more interested in the matter of selecting good men for office, and in exercising their authority as the con- trolling power in our republican form of government. PROSCRIPTION. Even the most moderate Northern papers are as proscriptive as some of our North Carolina small-beer politi cians, who expect yon to howl as they bowl and to sneeze when they take snuff. The Springfield Republican. is a mild and tolerant paper compared with many others. ; It was expected that extreme papers would become very angry over ex-President Davis's recent letter, or would dance a regu lar fandango over j his independent speech. And so it is. Jim Blaine's paper, the Augusta (Maine) Journal perforins a regular war-dance over the bold 'utterances of the "traitor." The Republican, whilst it does not go into ecstacies, evidently thinks that it was very criminal m Mr. Davis to speak out his real sentiments as he has done. It says: i ; i "A very close watch of our Southern ex changes has thus far failed to ' discover a single commendation of the letter, or even a solitary editorial allusion of any sort to the document One feels a sort of con temptuous pity for the soured old man who wrote that letter." . We are glad to say we have met with several editorials commending the utterances of the able and perse cuted statesman. . When the - senti ments of that letter are forgotten or repudiated by tne southern people they will be ready to bear the yoke of the master and wear the chains ot slavery. r As we said recently, Mr. Davis has tjone no rflore tfeaq thousands of his hrMbo rAnr.i. und he has nt? ..I u'Ia rtnti w.f r qally from one eqd of the country; to the other. The 1 North wul never learn its, i,eighboTs.s. mistakes l together Southern maAliood if it identifies a submission 46 authority aaia desire ; for peace; anrecouciHa-' Hon with a denial of tfie glorious principleV for' which they fought, and a cowardly surrender of very faith and every idea, and every association in which they have been reared and disciplined. It is just as - the Richmond State Puts Itr-whilBt the "large, fotces are rai8ea to aestroy , tno distilleries ofi a few poor people-in ; the mountains - ' . : " . whose entire productions --would, not yield f500 revenuei'i)erhapsinotJi$50 the big rogues m .Cincinnati ' are left free to make their millions out of the) government." i iiVirhQjjyilJ- dare; say this is not a. great.-vouutryjo' and our government the wisestjVih best and the most j Get; under Ihe Qri? - It is the general opinion in Wash ington tnat tne bankrupt law will be repealed, creed. The peop e have so J,: One more Cnfortnnaie. ! Many of our citizens have doubtless ob served a singular looking individual, of a somewhat haggard appearance, with lone. dishevelled locks hanging down below his I shoulders, and carrying on his arm a sort I of canvass sack or valise, jwalking about the streets for the past three: or four days. Upon inquiry we learn that his name is Macon Little," and that be has a father Ire- siding in Waccamaw township, Brunswick county. He is insane, and has been in that condition for some years past, having been confined for some considerable time in the county jail at Smithville.since his discbarge from which he has until recently been taken care of by his father, he receiving the usual allowance provided by law to be paid the various counties for caring for their insane. The unfortunate man is said to have violent turns at times, when the necessary restraints have to be provided. He was asked by a gentleman a day or two since how be man aged to get something to eat, and he said he lived on grains of corn and raw potatoes that be picked up about the wh irves. It is probable that he has escaped from his fa ther, who may now be in utter ignorance of his whereabouts and apprehensive that some barm has befallen him. Plre In Fayettevllle. The Gazette says: "The residence of Mr. H. 6. Hall, on the Western Plank road, about two and a quarter miles from; the market house, took fire last Tuesday after noon, at about 4 o'clock, and despite every effort the work being necessarily feeble, remote from town, and in a sparce neigh borhood was entirely consumed. Much of the personal property of the family' we regret to learn, was lost The building was a large two story house, known as the Car ver place, the former residence of Mr. W. H. Carver, and was a handsome and plea sant- residence. It was built by a well known and esteemed citizen, James Gee, and was the'abode of a free and generous hosDitalitv." Mr. Hall is the father of Rev. B. R. Hall, pastor of the Fifth street M. E. t church, of this city. Dangerously Insane. A crazy colored individual, whose name we were unable to ascertain, a resident of the upper part of Brunswick, was brought to this city on Friday and subsequently taken to Smithville on one of the steamers to be lodged in the county jail at that place. His insanity is of a very violent type, jren dering him extremely dangerous, he having made repeated attempts to kill members of his family. He arrived here securely tied. His features were hideously repulsive, bis mouth being uncommonly large and look ing' more like that of some ravenous repre sentative of the brute creation; than of a human being. His appearance and actions attracted a large crowd about the wharves, who followed him up until he was safely ensconsed on board of the! steamer, One ot tne Effect of (be Late Storm. From a correspondent in Brunswick! we learn that the storm of the 5th inst played sad havoc in some portions of that county. Within twenty steps of the house or one Simon Hewett uprooted trees were piled upon each other three tiers deep.' The roof of the house was blown off, his family of eight persons, including an infant month old, Narrowly escaping death one and taking refuge in the house . of Mr. J. E. Willis,' which they reached about 3 o'clock Sunday morning, making their way in the midst of the storm of wind and rain. major C fll. Stedman. ; IBeaufort Atlanticl This een tleman, lately, announced as a candidate for the Congressional nomination in opposition to Colonel Waddell, has withdrawn from the contest rather than create, the slight est discord in the Democratic" ranks Every Democrat in j the .District Bbould honor him for the reasons he assigns in thus withdrawing, and; the people of this Congressional district .Ml ' ' .TfLJ-: W7L!lL!-' Will not soon lorget mm. t mie we prefer Col. Waddell to any man in the District for the position he. now so acceptably .fills, still if it were aeemea expeaient to jaispiace nim, I knowinff Maior Stedman as we do.we l"hlinvA that he wonld make a worth v auccesspr to our present , Representa tiveand as the Major,, is a young wan he may yet istep into the Colonel's shoes. Thereiso-purer or better maain North Carolina han Charles M. Stedman, and a stauncher I Democrat never livedo J EPISCOPAL COSTENVlOIf. ixiy-eeisfi Aaaitlj conv SliSST!l2SlSrT-Tr!i - 1 TeatKn of ciiareli . . SECOND DAY'S STSSIOIT. i AX 91 o'clock, morning Krrice, Morning Prayer was read by the Revs. W 8 Bynnm, Bennett Smedea and James X "Weston. ' The Convention ' -waa called to order at 10'rfoWck. by Bkhop liymkn. who directed the Becretary, o cftll ro3-, la addition to those present op yesterday the following 1 delegates responded : 5 V ' CLERICAL. Rev T B Haoghton, ' Deacon :- officiating in Church of , the Adveot, .W&Uianutpn.and St. Martio'8 Church, HaniiUon ; Rev. Dan iel Morrelle, Deacon, wumisgton; KevJS B Rich; Rector of the Church of the Qood Shepherd, Raleigh; Rev R B Button, rD D, Rector St Bartholomew's ChuSrch, Fittsboro, and Mark's Church Deepivaf; Rev R Cotton ; Bt John's Cburch.Fay eUevule ; R Huske; St Matthew's Church, Hi lsboro, T B Hill; Grace Church, Morganton, Col TG Walton andW S Pearson; St Bartholo mew's Church, Pittsboro, H A London, Jr; Christ Church, Raleigh, Capt S A Ashe; Trinity Church, Scotland Neck, W ; H Shields; St Philip's Church, Smithville, Dr P W Potter; St John's Church, Winton, Chas Skinner; Church of - the Saviour, Jackson, J B McRae; St Mary's Church, Einston, S B West; St Paul's Church, Louisburg, Col Samuel Ruffln ; Calvary Church, Tarboro, M Weddell, S S Nash and Ddvid Pender; St Paul's Church, Wilming ton, W H Bernard. Minutes of yesterday's session were read,' corrected and approved. Dr A J DeRosset, Treasurer of the Dio - cese, submitted his annual report, which was, on motion, referred to the Finance committee. ' Rev Mr Forbes presented the application of St Cvorian's Chanel. Newbern. for ad- mission into union with the Convention, and the same was referred to the committee on New Parishes. Rev Dr R B Sutton offered the following: Be it resolved. That Hue six, in . section third, canon nineteen, the words "31st day of March in each year be stricken out.ana 'the Monday preceding the Annual uon vention in each year" be inserted. Referred to committee on Canons. Hon WmH Battle suggested the agita tion of the question as to where and when the next Convention should be held. ColJ J Hinsdale moved that the sixty- third annual Convention should be held in St John's Church, Fayeltevillc. Rev Dr Huske, Rectorof St Jobn'e.spoke in tavoroi inemoiion. ana re was unani mously carried. . ' ; , ? On motion of Rev W S Bynum, the con sideration of the date on which it should be held was postponed until the afternoon session.- ' " ! Rev J Worral Larmour moved the ap pointment of a committee of three, con sisting of one clergyman and two laymen, whose duty it should be to attend to the printing of the Journal of the Convention. The motion was carried, and the Rev Dr Patterson. Dr DeRosset. and Mr James A Willard were appointed said committee. Bishop Atkinson read his annual address to the clergy and laity from which we learn that during the;pasecclesiastical year be has confirmed 219 persons, baptised S3 adults and 24 infants, and has buried 4 persons. : Four persons have been ordained to the Diaconate and one to the Priesthood. Four priests and one deacon have been received into this, and three priests have been transferred to other Dioceses, and one deacon has been deposjed; that the whole number of clergy in the Diocese at present is larger than ever ;bef ore, numbering 63; and that there are now five candidates for Priest's Orders, three for Deacon's Orders, and five Postulants. Bishop Lyman then read his report, giving a detailed statement also' of his Episcopal ministrations for the year, which mar be briefly summed ud as follows: , He had confirmed 213 persons, visited 81 churches and missionary stations, some more than once; had baptized 13 infants, officiated ; at two marriages and at one funeral; that he had consecrated two churches, and administered Holy Commu nion fifty-two times, besides other celebra tions in the service of the Church. Both of the Bishops spoke very favor ably of the Wilberforce School at Mor ganton, urging the aid of the members of the church in its behalf. ; Rev J W Larmour moved that the ad dresses of the Bishops be referred to the committee on the State -. of the Church, which was agreed to. ... ..' On motion, of Rev Dr Sutton, that part of each address touching the Wilberforce school, at Morgan ton,' was referred to a committee of three. ' " Rev Drs Sutton and Huske and Capt S A Ashe were appointed said committee. Rev Dr Patterson presented the report of the committee on Education. - Rev Mr Ambler moved that when the morning session should adjourn if should be to meet at 5 p m. Carried. Rev Dr Buxton presented the report of thecommlttee on Provincial Synods, J Rev. Dr Watson presented the report of the Executive Missionary committee, 1 fey Rev Dr Watson presented the report of the Finance committee. . f ' The committee on New , Parishes re ported through their chairman, Rev W R Wetmore, againstl theadmisalon- bi St Cyprian's Chapel, Newbern, on account of non-compliance witn ;. tne , requiremenu of thecanon. :- ,4 -tf si :l ,H iuri .-Rev JEC Smede8 read a report from the committee on Unfinished' Business. 1 VI & , BJ. M. Kill 0 VU UlvUl Ut&UIMlC. A. I rRB Calder. on behalf of the';Ladies Meniorial Assbciatioo , extended an lovita-r tlonto the CoarentioB to-partlcipate-ia the memorial ceremonies on the 10th instant which JW acceptetd with thanks v ( :Mr H A London, Jr offered the follow ing amendment tqthe constitution in rela4 tion. to electionof Bishops,' which was, on motion, referred' to the committee on Canons: - ' j . ' ' Resolved: That section 1st. article 12th, of 1 the constitution be amended by striking out all after the words "dtinct orders,'f ana lnsertiog ;m iiieu tnereot tne woras. "and, a concurrent vote of a majdrjty of all the clergy in the Diocese entitled to seats in the Convention, and of the; delegates from at least twenty parishes in union with the Convention (the said ' delegates voting by parishes) shall oe necessary tor an election. Oh motion of Rev Edward Wootten, the Convention then adjourned until 5 P M. ! AFTERNOON SESSION. ' - Tfte Convention1 Was called 6 4 order 1 by fTT": vention in regard to collecting the histories of their parishes; that ' five bad signified their intention "of doing so, as soon as practi cable, and that twenty-nine had failed to comply. , , j . Rev W S Bynum offered a resolution amending article' 2 of the Constitution in relation to the time of holding the Con ventions, proposing to change the sessions from annua), as ai' present, to triennial, which was. referred to committee on . . i Canons. , . Rev Dr Watson submitted a supplemen tary report from the Finance committee, and urged the adoption of certain resolu- tionsjrelaling thereto, which were carried. On motion of Jtev Dr Huske, May 14, 1878, was selected as the time for holding the next annual Convention. j Rev J W Larmour moved to proceed to the election of the committee on Educa tion, which was carried, and the Rev Dr Patterson, Hon George Davis and Mr A H YanBokkelen were unanimously elected. On motion of Rev Mr Larmour, an elec tion was gone into for ibe Church Building committee, and . Revs A A Benton, J C Huske, D D, and E R Rich, and Messrs Jas C McRae and F R Rose, were unanimously elected. ! I On motion of Colonel John W Atkinson the election of Treasurer was declared in order, Dr A J DeRosset was nominated and re-elected without opposition.,.' Rev Dr Buxton offered the following, which was adopted: Be it Resolved, That the Convention has heard with gratification the intention of the Assistant Bishop to attend the Conference of the Anglo-CJalholic Church, called by the Archbishop of Canterbury, to meet at Lambeth in the month of July next: and it would be a source ot additlonaK gratifica tion could the Bishop 01 the Uiocese make it convenient to attend the' Same Confer ence and contribute thereto the benefit of his wise counsels. Rev Dr. Buxton, from the committee on Canons, reported in favor of the adoption of the amendment of Rev Dr Sutton, rela tive to the change in the date of the be ginning and ending-of the Parochial Year, which was, on motion of Rev Dr Sutton, made the special', order immediately after .the reading of the journal Friday morning. The committee on Canons also reported in favor of the amendment to the constitu tion offered by Mr HA London, Jr, rela tive to amending article 2 so as to change the manner of electing Bishops, After considerable - debate the motion as reported was carried by the following vote: Clergy, ayes 23, noes 13; parishes, ayes 15, noes 3. - TThis actiou is not final, however. the constitution providing that all amend ments Shalt be adopted by two annual conventions before becoming laws. On - motion, the Convention then ad journed until 8 PM. 7 NIGHT . SESSION . The Convention was called to order at 8j o'clock by the Bishop 1. John A Grimsley, a delegate from St Bartholomew's ChurchJ Snow flul. ap- peared and took his seat ReV A A Benton presented the report the Church Building committee. Of Rev Dr Patterson read a report of the Trustees of the University of the South, with the following resolution appended: Be it Resolved by the Convention. That the clergy be requested to make an annual col lection in each parish for the purposes pf the University of the South. Col J W Atkinson offered the following as an amendment: t : 1 j : Be it Resolved. That the University of the South has the sympathy of this Diocese; and that the clergy of the Diocese be re quested at convenient times to make collec tions lor its maintenance. After a prolonged debate the resolution as amended by . Col. Atkinson was adopted. The Convention then adjourned to meet at 9J o'clock. ; j, ' ! THIRD day's proceedings. The. Convention was called to order.af ter morning prayer, by the Assistant Bishop. Rev B S Bronson, Rector of St Peter's Church.Cbarlotte, and Rev L Holmes, of Charlotte, appeared and took their seats in the Convention. , . . , . J j: The minutes of Thursday's session were read, corrected and approved. The recommendation of the committee . .. ..t- on Canons relative to a change in the time for making up the parochial reports, whioh had been. made! the special order for con sideration; Immediately ...after the reading of the iminutes, was discussed and adopted. Col Wm L DeRosset, 00 behalf of the citizens of this city, presented an invitation to the Convention to participate in an ex cursion down the river on the eteamer J 8 VhderhSl to-day. -U-M r ... ' ; On motion of Rev: W S Bymnnrthe in yitation was gratefully accepted, s&s ea Mr J B McRae offered the ? following which was unanimously adopted : Resolved, That the thanks of the Conven tion are due and are herebv tendered to the xieowr, vuarcn waroens, vesiry ana con gregaiion . of St.. James Parish, , and the uectors ot L John's. -St Paul's, and ou Mark's Parishes and their congregations, and, the -citizens of Wilmington generally for the uniform kindness and courtesy ex tended to the members of the Convention' during their sittings in this city. 4 i . , fi-.'Vfov -Tip Tlnoll mail Iha niwrt? tKa committee on the State of the Church, em bodying some' interesting' statistics which have heretofore been given in the Star. ' Rev Dr. - Buxton, from the committee on Canons,' reported adversely on the amend ment of Rev W S Bynum to make the ses-1 slens every three years instead of every Jyear, as at present ' ''V :' 3 Rev W S 'Bynura moved to'amend his riffinai resolution by making the proposed change to biennial sessions instead of tri ennial, as therein proposed. K., V ; After some little discussion, on motion of Hon Wm H Battle, the whole matter was I laid Sou the table - ' - vu as4 . That the Secretary e instructed to baut.the publication of the. parochial re,-r ports in roll in the Joufunl, s bas been customary, ana tuat be wm instead cause these reports to be tabulated under the pro-. per heads. Rev Dr Sutton, Chairman of the commit tee to whom was referred ih?t part of the addresses of the : Bishops referring to the Wilberforce Diocesan; School for boys, at Morganton, reported, aud recommended the following, which were adopted: 1st. That this Convention renews its pre vious expressions of deep interest in this important work. 2aa. That Col Walton, the Agent of the Board of Trustees of Wilberforce School,' or some other person or persons whom the Bishops may appoint, be directed jto pro ceed at the earliest practicable moment to collect the funds. I I 3rd. -That the Agent is heartily com mended to the members of the church, and that their prayers and alms are urgently solicited in this great work of Christian education. I 1 On motion, of Col Wm L DeRosset the Secretary was instructed to-have the pro ceedings of the adjourned meeting of the 61st Convention, , held at Raleigh, . Sept 12, JJ377,' and the proceedings ef this Conven tion printed in one -volume, in number of copies corresponding to the number of copies of the Treasurer's report inow on hand. - ;i . - , - I . Rev Dr Buxton moved that a committee of three be appointed to prepare aud pub-, lisb a new edition of the constitution and canons of this Diocese, consisting of 1 ,200 copies. Carried. ci. n .. ( Rev Drs Watson and Huske and U$ Ray J Worral Larmour were appointed sbjs committee. ' Hon W H Battle moved that cftenhe reading of the Journal and the usjaat reli gious exercises the Convention should ad journ.. i The minutes of lbe day were read and approved. ! f After the singing of the "Gloria in Ex celsis," Bishop Atkinson pronounced the Benediction, and the Sixty-second Annual Convention adjourned die. Brunswick County Farmlne eptra Hons Tlie la'aane Man Oct. : A correspondent at Town Creek, Bruns wick county, writes: "Farmers have been very busy. In consequence of unfavorable weather through the winter but little pre paration was made, and therefore every thing was to be done when the spring opened. Some are not yet through, plant ing. "Our county is improving. Some of the people are makingmo're provisions and less turpentine. Thousands of turpentine boxes that were worked last year are not' being chipped this season. Many are clear ing up bogs and swamps, some of the land in which will produce from thirty! to sixty bushels of corn per acre. Upland rice is raised in abundance for home consumption arid at a very small expense. Notwithstand ing the constant cry of 'hard times, Our people are generally fifty per cent, better off than three or four years ago, and, if they will continue to improve in their i farming operations, will in a few years become as independent as any people in the State. In Waccamaw Township there are thousands of acres of as good corn and cotton lands as can be found in ! North- Carolina. All that are needed to develop it are capital, labor and enterprise." Alluding to the insane man referred to in our- last issue, our - correspondent says: "tlalcomb Little, an insane man, who has been confined for three or four years, made his escape on the 21st inst, aud i has not been heard from since. Some suppose he has been -wandering in the Green j Swamp, and has starved to death ; others think be crossed the Waccamaw River into South Carolina His relatives are very 'mhch dis tressed about him." He was still in Wil mington on Thursday afternoon. , Meeting; of the Democratic Executive i Committee of Pender County. j This body convened at Burgaw on the 6th inst , all the members being present, j lt was resolved that the Democratic vo ters of each township be requested to meet in their usual voting places, at 12 o'clock on Saturday, the 18th inst, for the purpose of choosing five delegates from each town ship to attend a county .Democratic Con vention, to be held at Burgaw, at 10 o'clock a. m., on Saturday, the 25th Inst s v 4 i That the delegates be chosen by ballot, unless . said voters Bhall elect, them other wise. : . :f t ,. , r ;j"J . ; . That said voters in each township be re quested to elect an Executive County Com! mitteeman for that purpose,' f Thathe members of the present Execu tive Committee advertise in their respective townships the . township . meetings to- be held on the 18th iost -. I I That the objects of the proposed Demo- matin Clrmntw fVinvAntirtn In ut 11t nti the 25th insttj are to be limited to the ap pointment of delegates to the State, Con gressional - and Judicial Democratic Con ventions. . Cij ii .J,..; " .' : Ji By order of the Committee, I ; : j 8. S. Satchweul, Sec'ty. fire at lFremonu;r2?vtVc;ut:i. '--sbi ' A -passenger- on .the Northern train in formed us last night that the kitchen at tached to the residence of Dr: Gilbert at Fremont, on the . W. & W." Railroad, was destroyed by fire yesterday, : creating no' little excitement in the little town. ' It caught from a defective flue. " SpiritsvvT urpQirahe The tfeiebernian savs that Ad-. j&tant General Jones will remove to Mor ganton and practice law'. It says'very tiuly be will be --deckled loss to the Raleigh ' JVfw, of which he, has been, the- efficient, editor foft the last-two years or longer. -Rnmorsays that Major Hearne is to be Gen. Jones', successor. . . , , ' - - - .. - - j RaleighrJ?tWicai- jRcofder:."The' Governor has ' pardoned, William llolly white, of Unidn county,, who was convicted of murder. " The present prospect ij good for the concentration of all the murderers, " thieves and -scoundrels' of r lhe State iu Raleigh. Two ; or three .hundred a year are sent up here to be turned loose upon the -city. , i , I.- - Goldsboro Messenger'. The com panies composing the Fourth Battalion of State ? Guards (colored), assembled in this town, Tuesday evening and yesterday, for the purpose of electing a lieu tenant colonel of the battalion. . The companies present -were the Oak City Blues, the East Raleigh Guards and Van6e Guards of Raleigh, the -Rifle Cadets and Rifle Guards of Newbern. George T. Wassom.'ofi his place, Was elected uu iue vroiasnoro uuaros 01 Ibis place. n m iit ( . . 1 . . f . KUKuim vuiuun. iue uaiiaiiuo Darauen our streets freely, and iheir conduct wbs well behaved: , . A j ; 'A : . . r Tarboro, Southerner: We were at Rocky Mount on Friday last, when Mr. Thomas Taylor arrived ' from Avoca with one hundred and twenty-Are thousand shad rry lor Tar Kiver. These he placed in ihe It isrepted.that,.Captaiu:beprd:W ormg nis npef company. tbttasbioKtAa ;; partclpate,wUh the Edgecombe Guards in the fMeektenburg iDeclaratlon: Our. conscience has been Quickened, and we in tend, after this issue,- to forswear poetry -if we can. ; L-;:": Ati ' ivv;e:,M. -. v- : ; -1 Durham Plant '. Mac Joues re -ceived an accidental wound in his left arm Thursday night. He was under Hallibur ton's store and carelessly pulled off his coat, when his pistol dropped out and fired off, the ball Dassinz through his left arm inflict ing an Ugly wound. Last week Col. Wiikerson, at Planters' Warehouse, sold a lot of wrappers for $169 per cwt. Paul B. Means is . out in another letter re plying to the last letter of Capt. Shot well, but Paul bad better say uo more. He has killed hia friend, and all be can say from now till doomsday cannot resurrect him. - Raleigh Observer : '! Willis Jar mon died of pulmonary consumption, at his residence in. Anson county, on Friday, the 19th instant, at the advanced age of one hundred years and three days; he was a soldier in he war of 1812, and served Under Captain Tindall of Anson; be was a brave taan and a good citizen ; a man of strosg constitution and indomitable energy being a: laboring man, he followed his plow until three years before his death; at the age of 86: years he embraced religion and joined the Baptist Church, and lived an exemplary Christian life Until death relieved him of his sufferings. - Cool Spring correspondent of the Statesville Landmark: Wheat looks very promising, and is at least three weeks earlier than at this time last year. The fly has killed nearly alt the tobacco fcfiauiD iu iuiq : dcuuuu. xx luii cru.p ui tO baCCO cannot be planted. A little son of Mr. Barrier, of Poplar Grove township, while j)layingj. with some schoolmates at Rev.! Mr.; .Gwaltney's school, a few days ago, acoldentatfy -got his thigh broken. - It is r reported that a genuine moun taio panther has been seen near here re- rpntlv I i. " "- . j I Petersburg Index-Appeal: We notice f by jibe Vicksburg. Herald that Mr. ili. Kicnardson, of Jackson, Miss., bas been appointed a commissioner to the Paris ' Exposition, j Mr," Richardson is said to be the most extensive cotton planter in the world, (the plantations of the Khedive, of Egypt excepted). He is, moreover, a man ufacturer of 'gotton goods, and is the se nior partner of one of the leading cotton houses, viz: Richardson & May, New Or leans. . His appointment would seem a prus dent and a fitting selection. Mr. R. is a native of North Carolina. i - The Newbernian represents the memorial exercises in the beautiful old town between the Neuse and the Trent as very imposing. Referring to Gov. Vance's address it says: "His Excellency proceeded with his i address, which was a beautiful tribute to the dead soldiers, a powerful argument for memorial' services, and alto gether a splendid effort for such an occasion. It was brief, , but its very brevity made it tne more solemn and touenmg. After the benediction, ai salute was fired by the sol diery; over the mound that covers the mournful dust of the Confederate dead, and then; the lavish tribute of rich and beautiful flpwers were spread over the graves of the departed." Reidsville special to the N. Y. ' Bjeraldt , A. most atrocious case of child murder by a negro nurse occurred yester- aay near aiaaison . Amanda Kosseton, a negro girl, was employed by a. well-to-do colored man named Anthony Dalton, to nurse and take care of his children. She bad taken hia youngest child, an infant just able to walk, some distance from the house, . where for some cause unknown she whip ped it in a cruel and heartless manner. The child,: who had just begun to prattle, threatened to tell its mother, which so enraged j Amanda that she seized it by the neck, and, giving it a sudden wrench, broke . the neck." In " a moment more the child was a corpse The mur deress was arrested, and will ' be tried at Wentworth, the county seat, this week, for the murder of the infant. Charlotte Observer: In the pro gramme S for- the celebration of memorial day in Fayette ville, Ark.; published in the Arkansas Sentinel of that place, we notice that Geni Dl H. ' Hill is president of the memorial- association. . -The celebra tion of the 20th this year will be a very interesting one. ; 'The preparations are pro gressing finely ; About six years ago, : while a party whom Mr. J. W, Wadsworth 1 X 1 3 .a. . . 1 11 s uau vwyiuycu w ticou uuw iue weit oanis livery stable lot, was engaged in the work, he found far down ander the water not less than seventy copper coins of almost every imaginable variety and of various denomi nations.; Yesterday a colored man was again cleaning out the same well when. ' near the bottom, but concealed in a crevice between the rocks, he ' found about thirty ' copper coins and medals, of different ages and representing many different nations. Greensboro Patriot : The State fVnpntirn V M f! A will Ym held in this city on the 15th of Jutfe. The proba bilities are it will be largely attended. An election havs been called on Tuesday, the 2nd of July, to decide, the question of fence or no fence 1 la thirteen townships. Prof. J.jL. Tomlinson,' of i this coun ty, will visit Europe this summer, and while there give bis attention to the methods of teaching practiced in the schools. Thirty-four colored people were baptized in Orrell's pond last Sunday; and a great many white people went to see it done: . -A daily mail will be run from this city from the 16th inst by way of. the fac tories to A8heboro. A dwelling, oc cupied byjTance Garrett, colored, near the eastern corporation line, Vwas burned Sunday night about half past ten : o'clock. . Cherries are ripe this year three weeks earlier than ever known before in this vi cinity.' p- The prospect of the repeal of the banKrupi act nas rncreaseatne ousiness of the bankrupt court in this district. We understand there were fourteen applica tions filed the past week.
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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