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TOBY.
When we read the subjoined - para
, graph for the first time that occurs iu
Air. Stephens's Augusta speech, we
Lad our doubts aroused at once, aud
thought that the claim set up by the
illustrious valetudinarian was a little
singular if not - preposterous. We
had never before heard that be had
been so potent in the rehabilitation
iu the delivery in the salvation of
Georgia iu reconstruction times. The
paragraph referred to reads as fol
lows: "I think I know as much of organization j
as anybody in the State. I dictated every !
word except two or three of the platform' j
by which our State was redeemed when I !
. nag aita, iuuiuit uui auio w, pvauu, auu
there's where the Democracy of Georgia
gorn.3 organization the breath of life, in
which and 'by which they .triumphed in the
redemption of the State and re-establishment
of constitutional government in our
uiidsty I Prolonged applause."! j
We had a pretty distinct recollec
lion that Hon. Ben Hill was the lead
er iu those troublous dayH, and. that
some very remarkable letters he wrote
and published constituted the; rally
iug cry and the ' slogan ot Georgia
Democrats. We remember how able,
bold, stirring, vigorous were; those
letter.-, aud how it. was regarded at
the time that Mr. Hill was tbej Moses
of the hour, and that he led the
Georgians to safety through the toils
of the adversary. . J
We had seen no contradiction of
Mr. Stephens's statement in any of
.our Southern exchanges until yester
day. The Atlanta Constitution has
published an interesting interview
with Mr. Hill, in which he gives
a full history of the reorganization of
the party after the war. As we sup
posed, Mr. Hill s account is very dif
ferent from that given by Mr. Ste-
plieus, and is precisely in accordance
with our own recollection - Of the
fact 8 as they were developed 1 at the
time and published to the country.
- He given a graphic account of the
prostrate condition of Georgia and
the hopelessness of the peoplo. Mr.
Hill says:
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' "Their conquerors had proposed! a plan
of reconstruction. It was distinctly un
derstood that whoever opposed this plan
would do so at great personal risk, j It was
openly proclaimed that confiscation and
banishment awaited any man who would
incite the people to protest against it. The
people were deeply impressed with the in
famy contained in the proposed reconstruc
tion measures, but they were passive. They
were filled with uneasiness and alarm-.
"At this juncture I determined, regard-,
less of the personal consequences, to put
oo record, as.conspicuously as might be,
mv nrnteat ncrainst the infftmom measures
and to call upon my people to express their
indignation, if they could do no more. Out
of this determination came my 'Notes on
the situation.' " j
"They were printed in the Augusta
Chronicle, and were strongly backed by its
patriotic editor, the late General Wright.
These notes appeared early in 1867. j There
vaa than tin Aotimi nf .an sirfcrhftaitirfctt rxmrtv
in the State. Indeed, there were few per
sons none of prominence who openly ex
pressed their opinions, except in the way
of acquiescence. The writing of the 'Notes'
promised to bring the personal trouble that
had been threatened; for the commanding
General, in a letter which was published,
recommended my; banishment from the
1"The effect of ihe Notes was wonderful.
U aroused a spirit of resistance and indig
nation among the people that brought them
to their feet. They were ready to act, but
tuey wanted a leader ' ; ;
He went to Atlanta to see certain
gentlemen. A committee had writ
ten letters to him and to other prom
inent Georgians. Onlyone person,
Herachel V. Johnson, expressed op
position to the reconstruction mea
sures in his letter of response. The
others were despondent,' crushed.
Mr. Stephens replied.'- Mr. Hill 8ays:
It stated that the writer saw no hope
for the country; that it was gone: beyond
redemDtion: that it was in artieuh) mortit:
that nobody could save it, and that who
ever tried it would simply get himself into
"rouble and do the country no good. It
was despondent to the last degree, and did
not even express an opinion as to j the re-
V vuusiraciton measures And it was accom
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paoied with a queer injunction of Becrecy.
Mr. Stephens not only forbide its publica
tion, but enjoined thu committee to even
keep secret the fact that h& bad written a
letter at all. r ! I
At last the people met in Conveu
tion at MaconJ when Mr. HH) made
the speech that was the finishing
blow, and gave the formative touch
to the organization of the" Georgia
Democracy. Then and there . the
work was done, and Mr. Stephens had
no band in it. Two years later, when
the' State was redeemed,' and the
party was not only .well; organized,
bnt wa8 ' victorious, having already
carried the State in a vigorously con
tested fight, in which Gbfd,on dfcfeat
ed Bollock, Mr Stephens then came
from his retirenient; and made bis first
effort in behalf of Georgia 1 redemp
tion, i It is rather late in the day for
him to come out how as the savior of
Georgia ihrthet day s-of
despondency
things else-
and gloom.
We have seen such
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where. We have known men to be
as silent as the
tomb in
'the ; hour of
real trial, and yet the ' heroes
of the
honr when triumph! had ibeeu secured
and the fruits were ip be distributed.
From 1866 to 1870, in
North Caro
lina, was the time to test men and
their devotion to tlieir people j and to
the South.-, In' 1868 and I860, when
Jo Turner, Plato
Durham, (Lieut.
Gov. Jarvis and other men were ma
king what then appeared a hopeless
fight, there were many men who were
very, quiescent and very much re-
.li
signed to their jfate.
Bat after
how blatant
the State was delivered,!
and devoted these men
ibecame, and
how very willing they were to get all
they could and hold alii
they could.
When the history of the reconstruc
tion times in North Carolina comes to
be written, it would not surprise us to
see an Alex. Stephens among us claim
all the honor and glory, although he
may not have written even so much
as one letter to discourage the despe
rate attempt of bringing a happy is
sue to all of the political troubles of
our prostrate and afflicted people.
But if this should be, we hope some
Ben Hill will come to the front and
vindicate the truth' of history. J
COX TON JTIANCFACTUBIRUIN THE
SOUTH. ;
Will any one - be 'good enough to
tell us why cotton spinning cannot be
made as profitable in North Carolina
as in South Carolina or Georgia?
Will any one oblige us with facts and
figures to prove conclusively that
cotton manufacturing cannot be made
as remunerative at Beaufort, New
bern, Goldsboro, Wilmington and
many other points as it is found to be
at Augusta, Columbus, j and many
other towns and cities South of us ?
We have again and again insisted
iu these columns that a diversity of
labor was necessary for the true pro
gress of the South', -and i that cotton
manufacturing offered one ; of the
surest and most profitable means of
investment to capitalists and men. of
enterprise. Of course our factories
must be as wisely managed as those
of the North or as those South of us.
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In the little city of Augusta, Ga.,
there will soon be J 80,000 spindles
running, between i:,ouu aua 3,000
people find employment in the facto
ries. It is estimated that the persons
actually interested in and 'directly
benefitted by these mills number
10,000. The Chronicle says j of the
high standing of this, mode of invest
ment in that flourishing community:
"The best mark of the confidence which
the Deoole of Augusta have in manufacto
riesis the fact that of the entire issue of
$160,000 of Enterprise Factory bonds,
only a few were sold outside of this city. The
others were sold to citizens of this place
and the: whole amount! - was; disposed of.
in a short time after iU was issued. We
understand that a Massachusetts : capi
talist wrote to a citizen Of Augusta, a
dav or two since, to purchase him some
of the bonds, and was answered i that he
mieht eet a few atjllu Tbe new machine
ry for the Enterprise Factory will be put iu
place by next tall and the mm win then
have a capacity of about 14,000 spindles.
Tbe total force " of operatives employed
now is about 150: with the new machinery
it will be increased to 350, making an addi
tion to tbe population or the. city o.i about
1.000. The company will put up twelve
tenements, of four rooms each,-in a short
time, for its operatives, and other parties
are preparing to build in tbe vicinity of the
mill." .v.j.. , , I
The officers of the Cumming Man
ufacturing Company! do not mean to
be outstripped, and a new building
will soon be erected, with a capacity
for from. 25,000' to 30,000 spindles.
The Chronicle says: j ! j
" "ThwA ems to be AO doubt of the suc
cess of this enterprise. ! It will give em
ployment to about 1,00 people ana aaa
an ma A Onn noranns : to the DODulation of
Augusta. We learn that several parties in
Lowell, Nashua, Fall River and Lawrence
havA written 9 Ancrnsta fori information.
with a view to estanlishine! shuttle and
bobbin factories and works for covering
rolls, supplying factory harness, &c., here.
All of these materials are now purchased
at the North by tbe factories in Augusta
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and vicinity, but will be obtained here i J
these works r ogiahKoh. Th. ni I
; vnwitnuvur M. U J TV 11 a VUI'
pioy nooui iony nanas. two" parties are
already here for the -DUTDOBfluof uoinc into I
the business of covering rolls." , . I
Now this Htrilrctft n M. verv Annnur.
Acvinnr and la ..soil.. . J: 1
for this sultry-weather to howi
v.i-- ijitf -tei-jsi 2-u L
fy6,co ,u lu ngob uirection. n l
Shows'eerpri
enprcrv and ninAv "T V ' y -
But let ua took Utn
one of , the companies The Results
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asto and growth.- It' has been found
that the capitat' invested wa: wisely !
invested, .he tiina have been bard
arid unfavorable, : While. New , Engt3
land 'manufacturers lost " money the,
Enterp
in
ex
''During that period (ond:year) 770 looms"
turned out 14,777,337 yards ol cloth. The,
mill consumed 11,819 bales of cotton, at
an average cost of 10.02 cents per pound.
The sales of goods amounted to $885,033.41.
The number of operatives employed -was
640, whose wages amounted to $682,000.
The mill paid four dividends of two per
cent, each, paid off $7,000 of its bonded
debt, and carried $25,470 to its surplus, in
creasing that amount " from $230,550 to
$256,020. t
We commend these facts to the
attention of the readers of the Stab.
A Southern factory declares eight per
cent, uet dividend in a year that is
singularly disastrous to Eastern man
ufacturers. What an eloquent and
surprising fact? Let us take courage.
When judiciously managed is not a
cotton factory in the South a safe
and satisfactory investment? More
than 20 per cent, has been made in
the past by Southern factories. x ,
LBT DS OBG1NIZB AT ONCE.
The campaign opens very late this
time. It is less than a month to tbe
election, and probably not half the
counties have as yet nominated their
candidates. A short, sharp campaign
has been found very effective and;
successful, but it is possible to make
the campaign too; ttiiort and not
sharp enough. j
The snake is scotched, not killed.
The Republicans are not making an
organized fight in all of the counties.
lhey know it is useless to attempt
that game. -If they were. fully or
ganized and presented their usual
line of battle, they well kuow that
they would be confronted with
disciplined, compact, and ag-
gressive army already nusnea
and cheered by victory, and confident
of another success no less decisive and
complete. So the Republican tactics
is to be comparatively quiet where
they are not strong enough to win
certainly, and by a sedulous cultiva
tion of the independent spirit, and by
a constant fanning of the flames of
discord that may be burning here and
there, to thus disarrange Democratio
plans, and create a sort of guerrilla
bodv in the next Legislature that mav
create confusion and antagonisms
if it does not hold! the balance of.
power. !
The Democrats should not slumber
upon their arms. Let the campaign
be spirited, let tbe ; ranks be kept
filled, and let tbe discipline be kept
perfect. Let there be harmony, and
let the regular nominees be warmly
supported. The past is rich in ex-
amples to urge every
Democrat to be
true to his colors.
Remember, the
transactions and experiences of the
last thirteen years, and then vote for
the nominees of that! party that has
redeemed tbe State ahd given, hope to
all. !
We grant that all has not been
done that should have been done.
We grant that some things were done
that ought never to have been done.
But remember, that these things arc
absolutely trifling compared with the
enormities perpetrated by the Repub
lican party in Northj Carolina. Re
member that tbe return of that party
to power will insure a return to the
old ways of corruption and wrong,
of extravagance r and waste, of the
abuse of power, and . the greater
prostration of industries to heavier
taxes, more unbearable! burdens, and
wider improvidence, k
We are on the road 'to safety and
independence to purity and justice
in the administration of the State
to brighter days and happier homes, if
we only persist in well doing, main-
tain a stout and organized opposition
to Radicalism, and remain steadfast
in bur adhesion to Democratio prin
ciples and Democratic policy.
; The white people of North Caro
lina cannot afford to let victory pass
away from their hands. The .trials.
of the past should furnish abnndant
incentives to the unifying of the
rise Company cf Angusta prpnimeniiyra e wrinveatiga- man bv the name 5f SK
kde m'oney: Here' is the excellent JJPMsJ Howlinuch monEichataniimmiate
hibit maae , Dy the, Company, as I """"J " ; from behind, and at anouv uxe same mo-
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zeal.
If thrice is be armed who ! has
hii 'nnwi. in.it ;ni,iid!-tKi I
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thrice active wbfr fc"i inch cause at
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cernea to eaiq a ; cressm an , than
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brptHeuiJof iVmt Webbrjo wboi was
PTOS?
we cannot; anderjtal trtoy' lie is, !
. no .dotibt, a more -veracious witness h
than Mrs. Jenks, and quite as truth-,
foil as John Sherman. The telegraph
has laid before our readers the main
points of his testimony.- He makes
it verv clear that Sherman wrote the
letter tov Anderson and his brother
Dan.' He proves that the incompara
ble Jenks lied smoothly and facilely
when she assumed to be the author
of that letter. Weber says be saw and
handled the genuine letter that
Mrs. Jenks tried to buy it from his
sister-in-law, Mrs. Dan Weber, but
... i
could not, although she offered
a considerable sum for it that
one
Sheldon endeavored to per-
suade Mrs. W. to go to Washing
ton and swear that she had never
seen the letter that the letter was
destroyed that Kellogg and compa
ny, previous to the election, had ar
ranged that protests should be made
to the returns of thu Feliciana par
ishes, with a view of throwing them
out, and that he had been returned
to the Slate Senate by a majority of
600 votes, when in fact he had been
defeated by 1,200.
Now, we think, that this testimony
is or value because it confirms so
many other facts and evidences al
ready known or suspected. It shows
that the rascality was, deep, and the
plan for committing the rape was
cuuningly and deliberately devised.
John Sherman is drawn more . com
pletely in the meshes or his own
weaving.
VACATION.
There is some inconsistency in the
views held about this age. One side
say everything moves too fast that
there is not enough leisure that men
work themselves to death and do not
play enough. There is another set
who say men ought to work all the
time, that our fathers did so and
so, and that life is too precious to al
low any idle moments. Work is a
part of the primal curse for trans
gression. If you can afford it where
is the harm in resting occasionally
from your excessive labors? The
Baptist ministers of New York have
been discussing the question of min
isterial holidays. Rev. Dr. Rhodes
was bitterly opposed to all vacations.
We venture be has good digestive
organs and sleeps well. There are
others who require rest, else the ma
w
chinery would wear out and there
should be np more labor because there
were no vacations. Here is the way
he ventilated the. topic:
"Ministers were not a degenerate race.
and were not mentally or physically
dwarfed, and he saw no need, therefore.for
any of them to pass four or five weeks in
I comparative idleness, in the country or
eisewnere. on tne pretence or sirenirineu-
ing their mental faculties, : Their, forefa
thers never knew what a vacation was.
The habit of taking these-vacations was
not only an expense to the ministry, nut an
expense to the congregation . also, wmcn
they could ill afford. Moreover, tne sum
mer time in this climate was death's bar-
vest, and that was no time for the faithful
minister of God to be deserting his post.'
A well man does not need physic.
A strong, robustious D. D. requires
no vacation.. Let him remain at his
.1
post. " : ' ; ': ' ? ' ' i '
Al Freak of Nature
From Mr. L. J, Kelley. of Old Hundred,
Richmond county, we have a ! specimen of
a remarkable freak or nature in the shape
of a very singular ear of corn, with several
heads of wheat and wheat and corn mixed
shooting out from it. , Mr. Kelley cannot
account for tbe singular phenomenon,: as
there had been no wheat planted anywhere
about tbe locality in which it .was : discov
ered. ! :
Tbe BranawlelL Convention.
At the Brunswick County Convention,
which met Saturday, the 29th ult, a resolu-
tion was introduced and carried, as we are
informed, to the effect that "we, the
Democratic party, will accept and support
the' choice of Bladen county for the Senate
from this District" This resolution was in
advertently omitted from., the published
proceedings.
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I Genj Joe Lane--yoa remember.
old Joe wants to nght Indians. , ;
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Bbootlac, 8erap-NoIodr Mrl
aktm Capmres A met bar FUlol. -
The- 'Southeast corner of Second ; and
.t ' r.j.
rnce" sirews ;waa4iue. scene ;yvcmXi
aiicrouou, buuiuy wr, ix uuiuvb., vi u
little excitement, which threatened for a
few minutes to assume daageroui propor
tion(.v'It seems that1 Daniel Howard, the
colored jailor; was 1 standing 'On the
side
walk on Second streef, withio a few "feet
of its iatersection with Princesa, in front of
Vfi individuaamed
ward Thomas, when Jemes Heaton. wbo
tent, cama'tto and made some remark
which drew forth an aagry; response! from
Howard whereupon Heaton made for the
ijauorin :
-Jf
manner that indicated serious
individual. Several persons
one of
ieot;Howird whipped out pistol j, from
bis pocket and vdischarfced it atdda.antagv
onist without effecL; Others in the crowd, i
then seized Howard, and finally, after
throwing him to the . pavement, succeeded
in! wrenching tbe pistol from his hands,
when he was taken off in the direction of
the Court House. Io the meantime Heaton
bad been struggling frantically , to get at
Howard, bnt was restrained by the crowd.
He finally secured possession of Howard's
pistol, however, and nourished it above his
head, exclaiming, "I've got bis pistol too.''
By tbe way, this makes .twice within as
many weeks that this seemingly irrepressi
ble individual has been fired upon without
effect, and it. is a little remarkable that in
both instances he came out of the difficulty
with his antagonist' weapdn in his posses
sion. At inis rate be win soon nave a nine
arsenal of his own and can afford to defy
a ' 1
his enemies, if he does not already, j
Justice McQuigg finally succeeded in
getting Heaton away from the scene of Jhe
disturbance and the two repaired to the
office of the former in tbe postofflce : build
ing, followed by a portion' of the
large
crowd of colored people who bad gathered
soon after the commencement of the
row.
time.
He remained; in the office but a short
however, when he again made his appear
ance upon the streets, and it was sometime
before Chief of Police Brock 'and his
of policemen succeeded in dispursing the
crowd. Before dark, however,
the
streets bad j been cleared and
once more reigned in Warsaw."
quiet
An
exploring expedition is being talked
of,
to find out what went with tbe ball that was
'discharged from tbe murderous weapon, as
do indications a9 to its probable Where
abouts had been discovered when we left
the scene of the conflict.
No arrests, had been made at last ac
counts, so far as we eould ascertain
more ArcmolEleat DlaeoTrles.
Mr. 8. P. May, of Asheville, writing ; to
us from that place, speaks of a mound sim
ilar to that described in the Stab of tbe
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22nd ult, which covers a surface of nearly
an acre, and which, when first known by
the early settlers, was some twenty feet m
height, but has been, by the continued cul
tivation of crops on it, reduced to not more
than five feet. Mr. May says: "Among the
bones scattered by tbe plough are some of
the human species, which, upon examina
tion, I think must be those of Indians. The
earthenware Is similar to that I saw in Flo
rida. We found numerous sea shells and
pieces of charcoal. Several years since an
excavation was made and the parties con
eluded that the bodies were cremated with
pine wood. 1 think that only part of the
bodies were cremated. In the immediate
vicinity We found clay ware burned to about
the size of a ten cent silver piece. This
mound has not been fully examined, and I
could not discover from what -, locality the
earth was brought. I think that this mound
Should be thoroughly examined. It is dis
tant about fifteen miles."
Died of ata Injarlea.
The strange colored indmdtai, men
tioned in Tuesday's issue as having put in
bis appearance at Elkinsville, Bladen coun
ty, a few days since, . representing himself
to be from Wilmington, has since - died of
the wound with which it was ' reported he
Was suffering. It was at first supposed.and
such we were informed was the opinion of
the Doctor, that the man had been shot,
but the jury of inquest returned a verdict
to the effect that deceased came to his death
from a wound inflicted by a knife or some
other sharp instrument; When be first ar
rived there he gave his- name as Richard
Blake or Richard Black, and,he never
changed it, or gave any further informa
tion in regard to his antecedents.
Too High, f
1 An old lady from the country called at
the Postofflce yesterday and asked for five
cents worth of postage stamps. A three
cent stamp was produced and placed on the
counter; the clerk, remarking that
that
stamp would, take a letter anywhere she
might want to send it. The old lady looked
at the stamp and exclaimed, "Three cents
for that I can get 'em for less than thalln
Onslow county 1" She declined to invest,
evidently taking ; our postmaster to be a
dearmanl I Ji-a.-':
Repaoliean'. lionUnatlona, In Brnna-
At a Republican meeting held in Smith-
vilie, a few nights since, the following: can
Qidates were nominated ; for;Brunswick?
county : Senate, Asa Ross; House of Repre
8ehtative,?Jno. tt ;B?ooks; Sheriff rE. W.
Taylor; Treasurer, Daniel Walker; Register
of Deeds, H. K. Ruark; Surveyor, Wash
ington Urissett. aji line nominees-are
white, and are said to be, with one excep
tion, acceptable . to the party generally of
the county. There was much confusion in
the meeting.
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TBE GRBAT RACE.
Tea Brocek Dlitanem the Star
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When the I drum, tapped for, the
great four, mile ! race . to-day Ten,
the string like twin" bullets. Ten
Broeck had tbe outside of 'the' track,
and the mare being inside ran to . the:
front from the start, and at the first
quarter they were side . by side "arid
going gallantly on' tOvictoVy. ;The
nair-mue aia not cnange toe position,
and as they moved onward, the, 30,v
OspectatorswereKl Pte
silence. Between the half and threer-
qtiarter stretch the raaC got her dose
ahead, and a great cheer . went I up;
and then as they came: past thestring
and she again appeared . in ; front
auuiuer cueer was uearu met maio i
wnnninAAAn Tam IIhAaaIi' tn'Atf rAlrtr I
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A r wan Karri . ' . Tn itKi. innAi miu
nr it- . . , , .u
Molhei seemed to he i moving jwUbi
such ease and Tea -Broeck labored 89
hard that Kentuckians wavered bv
J' thousands, and the certaintreali-'
lenoeaiine nairrmue' no8&ct .iy ,ine
second mile Walker : urgedi.Tejn
Broeck quite bard, and Howsen per
mitted him to come up side by side.
A Kentucky - yell, such as was heard
tor miles, rent the air. So they ran
past the three-quarter post, and com
ing into the stretch Mollie McCarty
brushed ahead again, passing the
grand-stand a half-length in the lead.
"She will win,stire," was heard every
where, and more confident grew tbe
cry aa her easy movement continued.
She passed the quarter in the' third
mile still leading, but the horse hung j
on to ner close, ana made pace so
murderous that many knew his bot
tom would have an effect. Ultimate
ly, at the three-eighth pole of the
third mile, McCarty let up in her
running, Ten Broeck taking the track
and passing at the very moment his 1
frionria ooto oivincr him tin TTo in. 1
crpaapd ramdlv the difltanrff spnarat-
Fibl:Sin?
iog them. The mare's breakdown
was heard the field over, but she ran
on. Walker, pulling the horse slight
ly, was ahead on the third mile ten
lengths,and he increased it all the time.
Althongh her defeat was now certain
few realized how far and how easy
Ten . Broeok would win, he little
more than galloping the remaining
mile, the queen of the : Californians
being at tbe three-quarter pole when
the great Kentucky craok distanced
her. The time was 8:19 3-4, as fol-
i u- -l i in o i jt
lows: lirst mile, 1:49 3-4; second
mile, 3:44; third mile, J5:.13; fourth
mile, 8:19 3-4 more than a minute
slower than his best record. Both
horses were used up, the heat being
intense. There was no heavy betting,
the Californians and Eastern people
who backed the ' mare being content
with small investments; of three to
five. Thirty thousand or more people
were present.
Fall Superior coo r ia.
First District Judge Eure pre
siding Currituck, Camden, Pasquo
tank, Perquimans, Chowan, - Hert
ford, Gates, Washington, Tyrrell,
Dare, Hyde, Pamlico and Beaufort.
Second District Judge Seymour
presiding-Wake, Warren, Halifax,
Northampton, Edgecombe, Bertie,
Martin and Craven.
I Third District Judge McKoy
nresidint Nash Wilson Pitt,
presiaiog JN asn, yv iison, r-itt,
Greene, Wayne, Lenoir, Jones, Car-
teret, Onslow, Duplin, Sampson, New
Hanover and Pender.
! Fourth District Judge Buxton
presiding Harnett, Moore, Anson,
Richmond, Robeson, Columbus,
Brunswick, Bladen, Cumberland and
Johnston.
! Fifth District J udge Kerr presi-
ding Alamance, Randolph.Guilford,
Chatham, Franklin, Orange, Gran
ville, Person, Caswell and Rocking
ham.' Sixth District Judge Schenck pre
siding Mecklenburg, Cabarrus,
Stanly, Mon tgomery, Union, Lin
coln, Gaston; Cleveland, . Rutherford
and Polk. ' '. ,
Seventh District Judge to be
elected Davie, Yadkin, Wilkes, Al
leghanyf Surry, Stokes, Forsyth, Da
vidson and Rowan. - ! r
! Eighth District Judge to be elect
ed Catawba, Burke, McDowell, Yan
cey, Mitchell, Watauga, Ashe, Cald
well, Alexander and Iredell.
' Ninth District, .1 ad&6 to. be eleoL
ed Graham, Cherokee, Clay, Macon,
flora in Janhann TTaxmnnA Tvnnatrl.
vama, uenaerson,
WW
Buncombe and
MadisonJ '
; ' From Bocbry Point.
! Star Correspondence. ;
; RocktPoint, July 6.
; In accordance with previous notice a very
large and enthusiastic meeting (I think 1
may say the largest that ever assembled at
this place), was held at Rocky Point to-day
to appoint delegates to the Democratic
County Convention of Pender, to meet at'
Stanford on the 8th inst. -. , . r ,
Mr. C. V. Hines was called to the Chair,
and Dr. W. T. Ennett acted as Secretary.
Dr. E. Porter and Messrs. Thos. Williams
and J. M. Westbrook were appointed a
committee to draft resolutions. .: ...
During tbe absence of tbe committee Dr.
S. S. Satchwell was called on for a speech
and in his usual happy style responded; al
though short it was to tbe point. ,
i Resolutions declaring tbe unfortunate
controversy now being ; excited; between
Gov. Vance and Senator Merrimon as in
jurious to the future success of tbe party
was passed by acclamation. J ; ;; f. ;
i The following delegates were elected to
the Coonty Convention : Thos, . Williams,
E. Porter, R. L. Bourdeaux, T. J. Arm
strong and J. M. Westbrook. r ' ;-"
: The utmost harmony prevailed. - -: ' -.r,.'i-.:;f
.. Rocky Poikt. ,
) Rocky Mount 3faif: Capt. Swift
Galloway, our gallant standards-bearer for
Solicitor in this District, has opened the,
canvass in earnest. He has spoken in ' the1
town of Beaufort and at Snow HilL : :
SpiritnTurpeptme -;
tf j-n Mrs. Lanra F. Hill, wife of The
odore H. Hill, of Raleisb. our beat living
uKorb.Cartduiatpoet,iraetid. fiFX'tZi'j '.;
'"M-'A vote" Was taken in Guilford
rel4ive to Vii& fence lnWuiulva' Aid' re v
-jeciea oy aa overwneiiniDg vvieT
Alam&rioe Gleaner? " Wheat1
iUresbiDg vu golqg qq las) week, aud Ibe
yidld isverpodr; not more than - half 7
wip.w he nwde; . f ,--:t -
se Win8tW";S$7tfihe: Mr. Pegrani
is ia the field.' witn The 'larses'r boialo we
baye seen grown this year.tbe same pulling; ;
twfentyrtwqounces on'the scales. - i ; - '
anjl the proepeci is that he will win. w The '
-cafe begins to lonkJayprjbljoTbim.
Mr. Thomas iXiamb, of ''Wilson
county, was badljr bitten by, a .strange dog
dog seized him by the' wrist and never
gf"1 loose withj a lightwood
; , . t
rZSIfj!VA movement.
nojuce that the fforl'fs meeting with posi
tive encouragement.
fi The corper stone of tbe pr nci
pa edifice of Davidson College was laid in
1817. Tbe institution has an endowment
f uid of $85,000, ahd ; an income of over
a.k wv ' ' , -
mv A.M.uwu iici hiiii u iu.
m A . F - .ah. .7 till i. -
ih T bome thirty odd papers were
reiresented at the Press Convention that
mlt at the Sparkling tJatawba Springs on
July 3rd. We will give , some of tbe im-
portant points hereaften, & u .. ,
r' I One hundrledr, and twentv-fi w
trr ""r rUJ'"a .'"'""ft"
North Carolina Railroad, in connec
with Cincinnati aniline great West.
sta.
Mr. John WmiT&'ot Wiu-
tdn, in leaping from s; baggy whilst a horse
was running, had his left leg so badly
crashed as- to require amputation, which
was done immediately after his reaching
kb 8alem Hotel. - -
:f fi Washington -Vess : We learn
that some days ago, as Mr. James T.
Windley, of Long Arc, was leaving town,
hi? horse became frightened and he was
thrown from the : buggy, and had his arm
broken with several other injuries
' r : 11 1 ... t-v t - " . ' .
I uarioue jjemocrai : J genne-
man, in whose word we have implicit con-
fidence, tild us that frost was seen in the
Cdddle Creek neighborhood, Cabarrus coun
ty on Tuesday morning, June 11th. On
that morning a gentleman raked it up with
his fingers. ; ; ;
--!?A Winston correspondent of the
itaieign nem gives an account of tbe at
tempt of Joe Teague, of that place, to com
mit a rape upon Elizabeth Stuard. aeed
nineteen, and a sister of bis wife. He was ,
fay. th.e mnot three colored
men- lie is' in jail. Hanging is too good
ior mm. . - .
( Just '. across Rocky river, iu
Stanly county, at the foot of three mouu
tains, the bases of which form a fountain,
gUsh forth three most excellent springs of
wfiter sulphur,- magnesia and iron. These
waters are said to be of exceeding strength,
and their curative powers are unequalled.
Raleigh Neva. ' -- . -. :.
1-- Caldwell, of the Charlotte OS-
server has been handling a cabbage that
wjeighs S i lbs., 2 oz, and when caught by the
?MiSn?eawff"? S ik8
like a circus tent rom tip to tip it meas-
Dtes four feet, and is in all respects the
most remarkable growth of this particular
j Kind we nave ever seen.
i Fayettevule Gazette: At the
last 'meeting of the Fayetteville Lyceum
Association, as our readers will remember,
the .Executive Committee were instructed
to; invite Cbf. D. K; McRae, of Chicago,
formerly an esteemed and prominent citi
zen of this State and a native of Fayette -ville,
to deliver anjaddress before the Asso
ciation. In tbe performance of ihe; duty
aisigned, Mr. Geo. M. Rose, Chairman of
the -Executive Committee, corresponded
with Col. McRae, and it gives us great plea
sure to state that tbe invitation has been
accepted.-.:; ;; ;
t Goldsboro Messenger: A negro
man J named Isaac Bynum, fractured tbe
skull of an old darkey, named Thomas San-
"KS!? ?I"g' D7 A? Ulm,
whichsdlinTwhen LtheaTd from!
The parties were i brothers-in-law, having
married sisters. The affair occurred at
Sanders' house, near Dortch's bridge, only
about two miles from Goldsboro, and there
appear8 to nave been not the least provo-
cation for it. Bynum fled. He is a stout,
black negro, about 24 years old, and hails
if om Jjuagecomoe county; nas relatives Jiv
iOg near Sarpsburg. -j
Charlotte Democrat: It is said
that a laughable scene occurred during the
sitting of tbe Convention; caused by some
one setting off a pack of . fire-crackers in
the passage under the Court Room where a
I large crowd was also collected and engaged
I quarrelling. . 5 When the crackers began
to pop many thought that pistols were being
used,' and tne crowd tn the passage-way
struck a bee-line for the streets and the ad
jacent corn fields, while those above came
rushing down heels over, head, pell-mell,"
to see what was the matter or get out of
supposed danger. ' One man is reported as
being seen four miles from town, still ran-,
ning, proclaiming that six men had been
killed and the ' fight stilt going on. One
fellow lost the seat of his pants, anqlher bis
shirt and hat, while two or three got black
eyes or were scratched about the neck and
face.: ,' . ; T, ' .-r r
I - Raleigh News: Mr. P. R. Hines,
of this city, last week deposited in the mu
seum a very large - spray: of natural gold
leaves taken from the John Mitchell Mine
in Burke county, every) leaf of which is
perfect in shape, and the; whole spray looks
as if it might have been tbe work of an ex
pert jewellers Mr. Samuel Barnes, of
I HeTtlOra COU
county, has sent to the Geological
Museum a piece of wood which is supposed
to be a part of tbe stump' of a cypress tree,
found in digging a well! twenty-eight feet
below the earth'-surface. The wood is
apparently sound and is very light. . - In
the month of June the Treasurer issued 28
drummers licenses, as -follows: To houses
in Richmond, Va., 9; Baltimore, Md.,.9;
Petersburg, 1; Philadelphia, 1; Atlanta,
Ga., 1; Charleston, S. C.J -1; Norfolk, 1;
Boston, 1; and. four, toj houses in North
Carolina. Not a license was issued to a
New York house during the month.
- Charlotte Observer: Governor
Vance will not return to Raleigh this week.
He proposes to take Mrs. Vance to Mor
ganton Friday or Saturday if her condition
is such that she is able to - bear tbe tftp.
As the. train, on the Richmond & Dan
ville Railroad, which arrives here about
noon,:: reached a - road ! crossing between
Jamestown and High Point, . yesterday
morning, the engine struck a wagon which
was overtaken about halfway across tbe
track, and shattered it all to pieces, killed .
thehorsejwhich was hitched to it, and fatally
injured the sole occupant of the wagon, L
Mr. A. J, O'Brien, a farmer, whose home
is near the scene of the accident. " Re
ports . received . from tbe . secret ; service
agents in all parU of-the country -indicate
that the business of counterfeiting, silver
coins is a large and rapidly increasing one.
The spurious issues Include the new silver
dollar, the trade dollar, halves and quarters,
but those of the larger denominations are
the more j numerous, -j-f The ' Charlotte
press is not represented at the meeting, of
the State Press Association now, in pro
gress at Catawba 8prings.