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We havo been trying to ascertain whether. there has been any contraction of the currency since 1865, and if so, how much. -There is one class of writers men who have fallen victims to the greenback craze who insist j that in 1865 the actual' circulating medium .of tho country aggregated nearly two thousand million dollars. Here are -the. figures as given by these advo- ; cates: . United States notes.... '. .413,160,569 Fractional currency 26,344,742 National bank notes 213,754,150 Compound interest notes. ..... 207,024,109 Temporary loan certificates. . ; 207,148,713 "Certificates of indebtedness.. 85,093,000 Treasury five per cent, notes.. 32,536,990 Treasury notes over due. ..... S 1,503,020 Stale bank notes. &d,4Zl,b4iS Seven thirties. . , ... 810,000,000 Total....... .........$1,949,986,877 We think these figures excessive by at least six or seven hundred mil lion. They say the present? circula tion does not exceed seven hundred million dollars, which is very nearly correct as far we - can learn. . One class of calculators place the present volume of curreucy at about $676, 000,000. Senator Eaton, of j Connec ticut, a bard money Democrat, who stands up firmly and squarely for the bondholders, said, in his speech delivered in the Senate last winter, that the actual circulation was over Heven hundred and sixty-seven mil lion dollars. He said: I ( "Now, Mr. President, I proceed to show what was the amount of coin and tbe amount of currency in circulation and awaiting circulation on the first of January, 1878: j Legal tender notes.... $349,943,776 00 Fractional currrency. . 17,764,108 90 Silver coin...... .r 38,056,820 22 Gold coin (estimated)...... 40,000,000 00 National bank notes.. . v. . . JJ2L672.505 uu Making in all. ....... .$767,672,210 12 "More than $767,000,000 wi'h which to transact the business of the people, of the United Statesl At the present rate of gold there would be on a gold basis and I de sire the Senate to notice it more than . $750,000,000 of purchasing power. Ah I indeed, sir,-well may my honorable friend from Kentucky say 'there j is money enough.' ". 1 Senator Eaton is a very honorable and upright gentleman, but he was - speaking against the bill to remone tize silver, and his whole ! influence was thrown in the scales of the money kings and other goldites. We do not believe he would4 knowingly exaggerate, and what ho says is at least approximately correct;. That is to say, the circulation is not more , than $75,000,000 -55 than he puts it. He thinks there is "money enough," because, as he says: jj "More than 92 per cent, of the business of the people of tbe United States is trans acted without the payment of onedollar either in coin or currency, whether a nine ty scent dollar or a hundred-cent dollar. Therefore, in truth and in fact, for the transaction of barely eight 'per 'cent: mark it. Senators' for the transaction of baiely eight per cent, of the business of the people of the United States, there is in hand the vast amount of purchasing power of more than $750,000,000 in gold. More than ninety-two per cent, of the business of the country is performed by the use of bills of credit and the various media of exchange without the intervention of one dollar in coin or currency, as I have ob served." v :,',:,;.,.,! 't:'-,,; , There is another class who insist that the present volume of, currency is quite eight hundred million dol lars. These are the figures yon will find generally given in Northern Radical papers. They wish to kill off all clamor for 'more money," and they try to do this in part by magni fying the amount of ; the circulating - medium. Senator Eaton's figures are th6 maximum. . The - probability is he is in excess by over $50,000,000. - But the point is, is there really enough currency? We know that ' France has a much larger circulating VOL. 9. medium than the United States has. According to Mr. Alexander Delmar, who is distinguished as a finanoior, in France there are more ! ,han $60 in circulation- for every inhabitant, in cluding men, women and children. France has a population jof 3,000, 000, and a national currency of $2, 000,000,000 - two thousand million. In the United States we have a' popu lation of-about 43,000,000, and the curency will not equal $16 foj- each. In North Carolina we do not suppose it is $3 per capita. Itjiis conceded that the French are vry great in finance, and what they have accom plished since their disastrous war with Germany clearly provesj it. fVould it hot be well for our financial tink erers to take a trip to Paris kn study the science at headquarters?' " ;- j "' This brings us' to ' Consider another point. 'What was the real circulation 4rilli8fjn4J:lgC0, 1ra3rthertf really jbeenxany contraction ? j Wo are now .fully' satisfied j that ; there has been contraction. Judge Thdrmanjis pro bably the ablest man connected now with the Democratic party. I Judge Merrimon expressed the opinion seve ral years ago that he was the ablest man in the Senate save Morton. He is a cold, man and a cautious man. He rarely speaks withoht weighing well all he says. What doesjhe say about contraction ? Hej is aa liable to know about this as any man in the country; In his speech t Hamilton, Ohio, on August 12th, he said that there had been a contraction of $76, 000,000 since the passage of the Re-, sumption Act, January 14th, 1875. Hero is what he said: ' j j "Now, on Jan. 14, 1875, there wfere out standing:' Of greenbacks, in round num bers....... U.. $382,000,000. On June 1, 1878.... i.. 346,681,016 Decrease JH $ 35328,984 On January 14, 1875, tbure were out standing: i j j Of national bank notes. . . . ii. .$351,801,450 On June 1, 1878. i ....... Jl. . 322,555,965 i I . - -ii i Decrease j J . .$ 29,305,485 So, that since the passage of the resump tion act, the decrease in greenbacks and bank notes $35,32S,984 plus $29,305,485 has produced a contraction of $64,634,469. If to this be added the j $11,550,903 of greenbacks now on deposit in the Treasury for the redemption of bank notes, and which are consequently withdrawn from circulation, the contraction amounts to over $76,000,000, being at the rate I of one million eight hundred thousand dollars per months j j But Judge Thurman avoids the question of what was the currencv in 1865 and for several ! years after- wards. He comes down to 1875, ten years after tho war had ended, and i - . shows that the currency has actually been contracted $76,000,000 since that time, a period of and a half years. about three We have good reason for believing that the actual contraction, since the close of the war, has been quite four hundred million dollars. We will refer to this to-morrow, as our pre sent article is already too long to en ter upon this point now. We will have other points to present also to show that the country requires more mo ney, and the South especially. The way to get "more money" is through the Democratic party, that is the staunch and unfaltering friend of the people, j is , willing to relieve the country, and has the power to do so if the Southern people continue faith ful to their own interests, true to par ty, and' just to the country. Referring to the death of .Captain I. B. Grainger, the Charlotte, Obser ver says : 'Captain Grjtinger! located in Wilmington, as the papers. of that city tell us, during the jwar, a penni less, friendless, uneducated Irish boy." Our friends of the Observer are mistaken as to what the Wil mington papers said. j It is true he came here entirely unknown, except to Messrs. John and James Dawson,! who were connected with him, though, only by marriage. But it was not' slated that he was f'unedncated.". As a matter of fact he was very well educated. In his boyhood he had excellent opportunities; for acquiring an education in all r the branches like ly to prove useful j to a man of busK ness; and those who kpew him as a man can well imagine what -were his habits as a school-boy. : It is thought that John Wj. Daniel, of Lynchburg, Va., is preparing to bolt and oppose Ran Tuoker. We would be sorry to ma ce the swap if we were a voter in that district. Among the recent bankrupts in New York is Israel Farjeon, jeweller, brother of B. L. Farjepn, the English novelist, who married J Jefferson's A An orb t.flr. J TTa nwes t26.000i Assets none. WILMINGTON HAS TUERE BBKN OONTBAOTIORt ; ' We showed yesterday from Judge Thur man's masterly speech that since January 14,' 1875,' there had been i a contraction of the currency of $76, 000,000. We further stated that we were satisfied that since 1 865 or 1866, there had been an actual contraction of over $400,000,000. We are. satis fied now that it was much greater. . Hon. A. H. , H. . Stuart is . one" of the ablest men in Virginia. He has been long in public life, was , once a member of the Cabinet; And is a gen tleman of very decided character. He Is not infallible in his judgments and not necessarily correct in his figures, but what fate says is entitled to care fill heariug. He has published' a dissertation , upon the finances of the country which' was evidently tbe re- S . ( ' . l". .l,'-- ' -,ifi. f' suit ot mucn tnougut ancl prepara tion. He derived; certain : figures from the'. Comptroller's Report of December 3d, 1877, p. 164, showing what was tho currency in 1865. He says: . "In a tabular statement, to be found on the page just referred to, the Comptroller thus describes the classes of paper: Certificates of debt. . . . . . . .$85,093,000 Five per cent, legal tender notes 33,954,230 Compound interest legal tender notes ......217,024,160 Seven-thirty notes. . i .830,000,000 U. S. legal tender notoa. 433,160,589 Fractional currency. ........ . . 26,344,142 Making the enormous aggre- I gate of .1,625,576.501 But to get at the true amount of paper then in circulation we must add the amount of Na tional ISank notes, viz. :. . . . . .176,213,955 Which swells 'the sum total to.. ..$1,801,790,456 "Thus it will be seen that in 1865 the ag gregate of paper in a negotiable form, which practically formed a part of tbe CuS rency, amounted to the prodigious sum of eighteen hundred and one million of dol lars." By referring .to our editorial of yesterday, it will be seen that others make the circulation in 1865 even larger, by uearly a million and a half, than Mr. Stuart makes it. The figures given by. others who profess to ascer tain the I circulation from tho same sources Mr. Stuart consulted, are $1,949,980,877. Mr. Stuart makes the 2rxent circulation $633,059,212. This is less than we have seen it given by auy other statistician. He is not far out of the way, as none of the organs of the bondholders claim but $820,000,000. Tho circulation would appear to be somewhere be tween $650,000,000 and $700,000,000. The following are the figures exactly given that may be relied upon proba bly to show what was the outstand ing circulation June 30th, 1878: State Bank circulation. .. .$ 426,504 00 National Bank circulation. 324,514,248 00 Demand notes: 62,297 50 Legal lender notes... 346,681,016 00 One and two years' notes of 18(53. 90,485 00 Compound interest notes. . - 274,920 00 Fractional currency 16,547,768 77 Total amount in currency. $688,597,275 27 Mr. Stuart makes the contraction since I 1865, $967,940,788, or more than half of the currency then in cir culation. We have all along thought that these figures were misleading that the contraction is by no means as great as stated. The fact that Judge Thurman1 avoided them, and confined his exam ination to the last three and a half years, led us to suppose that he had doubts about their correctness. But this does not follow necessarily. He said in his speech: "I shall not eo into the disputed ques tion of what, for, practical purposes, con stituted our currency at the end of tbe war, and for several years afterwards." He may have preferred for policy's sake to avoid all "disputed questions,'; and to take his adversaries to figures about which there was no "dispute." We are by no means assured that Mr. Stuart is so very much out of the way after all. - Let us examine. We quote from an authority who is anything else than a Greenbacker, but is a decided goldite. In Spal ding's "Financial History of the War," page 198, the following will be found: : "The statement of the : condition of the Treasury, June 30th, 1864, showed that the currency items ana oiners operating io Jtaie prices were as toiiows: - - United States notes, green - ; backs .$431,178,670.84 Postal fractional currency. 22,894,877.25 Interest bearing lecal tender Treasury notes. ........ . 168,571,450.00 Certificates of indebtedness 160,720,000.00 National bank notes. ...... 25,825,695.00 State circulation(estimated). 135,000,000.00 Total ..$944,190,693.09 Seven-thirty Trea'y notes. . .$109,356,150.00 Tempor'ry Tioan cer- - i tificates.. 72,330,191.44- 181,686,341.44 Total inflatine Daner is- sued T- $1,125,877,034.53 Mr. Spalding, as we have said, is no soft-money lunatic. He has recently written a letter in which he says that N. ,C,; gRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1878. Khe demagogies are very reckless in perverting theVfaets, and the people are badly deluded' with irredeemable paper promises,' 'balled money." Of cdurse, then, we can trust his figures, as he is too hohest" and too mueh in jibe interest : of the contractionists and money kings to exaggerate or "delude the people." .?This Jfinancial authority then makes the"Mtotal inflating paper on June 3p,18 $1,125,877,034 But this is hot jail. On June 30, 1864, an act was passed iauthortsin the is suing of $234jpo6,000 of 7.30's, las they are called J and Snaking them le gal tenders Here i' tho legal tender clause of the act: ' , I "The said Treasury notes may he dis posed of by tbe Secretarv of the Treasury' on the beat term's that can be obtained for lawful money, and such. bf them as shall be made payable, . principal . and interest; at maturity.shall he ar legal tender to the same lextent as Uaite Slates notes for their face IvalueexcluotogAiitterest,!; ; The bullionists deny that the 7.30's 1 wore ever used as legal tenders and circulated as currency. ' There were $600,000,000 that were not made le gal tenders. But there were $234, 000,000 that, were so made, and in the language of the act above given. The Chicago Inter- Ocean thus speaks of these notes: : '. -. I.I "The law provided, to be sure, that they might be sold like boDds, and many of them were sold, but it alio provided (and the hulliouisU do not quote this part) that they might be paid out by the Treasurer to any creditor ot the United States. That they were so paid out, hundreds of sol diers will testily who received them in t the army. We have again and again pub lished overwhelming testimony on this point, but for the sake ol those who have overlooked the facts, let us again briefly recapitulate. And first, let us say the testi mony of Mr. Spinner, tie old veterau of the Treasury, ia conclusive in itself, and worth all the theories of a hundred men who know nothing of tbe mutter. Here is his letter once more: i Mohawk, Aug. 17, 1876. Deab Sibs: our letter of the 15th has been received. In answer I have to say that the 7.30 Treasury notes were intended, prepared, issue 3, and used aa curreccy. Very respectfully y mu s, F. 15 Spinner." That would appear to settle the question of the circulation of the 7.30's as curreucy. Mr. Spinner cer tainly knew if any man in the world did. S paid in s: admits the fact in his book. Ho says: . . j j ' "The certificates circulated to .some ex tent at the clearing bouses and among in dividuals, which was one mode of increas ing the credit circulation of the country, ami thereby aiding tht general inflation-" I lie says furtner that they "were fitted for circulation as money, and did circulate to a considerable extent as currencv." If farther evidence were needed we have it in the Fi nance Report for : 1869, page 244, in which it is distinctly stated that the 7.30 notes "were issued as money." So it is very clear that the $234,000, 000 of the 7.30's : were a part of the currency. So without much chance of error we may put the circulation in 1865 as follows: ! . Mr. Spaldine's estimate 1 June 30,1874... $1,125,877,034 53 Lecal tender 7.30 s issued since June 30, 1874. .... 234,uw,uuu w Total. $1,359,877,034 53 So there has been contraction, and to a tremendous extent. If we adopt the estimate of the circulation given above for June 30, 1878, the contrac tion would seem to be about this: Circulation in 1865. Circulation in 1868. . $1,859,877,034 53 08a,5y7,75 27 Contract'n since 1865. . $ 671,279,759 26 We have had occasion, since ou 1 1 former editorial, to increase our figures, as the examination we have given appeared to authorize. Since we began this article,' we have met with j some evidence to show that the circulation in 186sj was even greater than that stated above. The Secretary of Treasury's report for 1865, page 9, seems to furnish evidence that there was a larger culation than ' we have given, says: : - cir He "From this. statement it appears that. without including the 7.30 notes, many of the small denominations of which were in circulation as money, and allot which tend in some measure to swell the mjlaaon, paper money amounts to, etc., etc." I According to the Finance Report of 1869, p. 250, these "small denomi nations" amounted to over $400,000, 000. If so, tbeu we have a sum even approximating Mr. Stuart's figures as expressing the volume of currency in 1865. The Chicago Inter- Ocean thinks there were quite $500,000,000 of these "small denominations."! But without insisting upon this last, we have good proof that the circulation in 1865 was over thirteen hundred million dollars, and that the contrac tion probably amounts, to considera bly over six hundred million. We will have other reflections to present. . A North Carolina' editor de clarea that the man who -will read a news paper three or four years Without paying for it will pasture a goat on the grave of his grandfather. POLITICAL. Address of Hon. A. Bl. Waddell I.aat The Honif A. Ml - Waddell, Democratic candidate for Congress .from this District, opened the campaign Ust night with a cap ital and timely address on the political issues of the day, especially on the financial condition of the country and ihe attitude of the Democratic party thereto "1:1 The crowd.. present was ', unusually large and . attentive, notwithslaudine: the rainy weather and muddy streets.. . !" . f I f Uol. Waddell was appropriately intro-. duced by Capt. C. D. Myers, Chairman of the ' Congressional Committee, and 'Ispoke front' the portico: of the i Western Union . Telegraph Company's office, ' which : had been , illuminated with u Chinese - lan-, terns, , &c, for the occasion, earnest- y and impressively, j for nearly two hours, proving by facts anil figures that the principal measures proposed by the Orcen'- back party hid been s advocated u by., the' Southern Democracy' for , vearL.vIIe re-r viewed the ogdron and jtoamouf of the finances of tbe country from ihe be ginning of the war bet weed the States to the present time, explaining and proving, by reference to authorities, that the present distress was owing to the outrageous: man uer in which the Republican party had legislated in favor of the capitalists and bondholders, and then appealed to his au dience not to ' allow themselves id be be trayed into any third party movement, which could accomplish no good and only result in advantage to ; the Repub licans, by whom, in tbe South, it was being secretly aided and abetted for that reason. lie denounced the National Bank act, and announced himself in favor of its repeal and the removal of the unjust tax on State Banks; declared himself in. favor of tbe repeal of the resumption ' act, and denounced tbe measure as unjust and : oppressive to the business interests of the country ; slated that he was in favor of the greenback or paper dollar being made a legal tender hi every respect, and equal; in value to a dollar in gold or silver. He gave in each instance convincing reason for his position upon these questions, and discussed them intelligently and forcibly. He stated that for years the Southern Democrats bad almost "without exception taken the same view of these questions as himself, and that be had, in the news papers and on the stump, advocated them years ago, and proved ! the assertion con clusively by reading extracts from some of the speeches delivered by him as far back as 1870. lie alluded to the prganizaiion of the Greenback party in this State, which he claimed had been done by emissaries sent out by the Republican party in hopes of electing Congressmen by this dodge, and defeating the Democratic party, possibly, in the election of. a President. He begged them to remain true to the : Democratic party ai tbia important juocture.and thus secure the enactment of measures essential to the peace and prosperity of the country. He denounced the: manner in which Hayes was placed in office; in unmeasured terms, and reminded his hearers that the fraud successfully practiced on the people of the United States in thai contest by the Republicans should not be lost sight of. . He stated that he was in; favor pf Gov ernment aid to a Southern Pacific railroad, and showed how for years the Southern members of Congress had contented them selves in discussing hair-splitting constitu tional. Questions, while those from the North went in for appropriations and got them. ;.:: in conclusion, ne pledged his best en deavors towards representing all the people of this District, of whatever class, color or shade of political opinion; stated that he would canvass the District thoroughly, pre dicted his election "as usual," on the first Thursday in November; thanked his audi- tors lor their attention, and withdrew We had expected and desired to publish' the address in full, but were disappointed. in obtaining it, a fact i which we much re gret, but which we assure our readers is not our rault. i .. . The Brunswick County . Election! Case. , The Board of Canvassers of Brunswick county will appear before Judge Buxton, at Chambers, is Fayettevule. to-day. on a summons to show cause why a mandamui should not bo issued requiring them to de4 clare the vote of Brunswick county in the' late clectiou as it was cast.j -It will be re- membered that on account of some irregui larities the vote of Town Creek Township was thrown out by the Board of Canvass ere. by which several Democrats on the county ticket were elected. They allege, we understand, that a registration was or dered in Town Creek Township by the Board of Magistrates on the 15th of Junej and at the same time that John D. Evans was appointed Registrar, but failed to com ply with the law requiring; him to take i new registration. Evans alleges that the order for a new registration was made be cause the old registration dookb nau been lost or mislaid; that ino docks were -subse-auenllv found, and hence the cause -for a new registration ceased, to exist. He also alleges that he did not receive sufficient no tice. ' ' - ;iM --f J - J -is-J The summons is made -on the affidavits of S. P. Swain and E; W. Taylor es. Jas D. MacRae and others.Board of Canvassers of Brunswick county. . -! Ex-Judee Russell abDears for the plain tiffs, and Mr. J, D. Bellamy, Jr., for the de fendants. ...,.- - A great many pronounce the speech of Hon. A. M. Waddell, in this city, on Friday evening last, to be the best thev ever heard him make. His argument on the financial question was. such a con vincing one that some- of ; bis most promi nent political opponents have been beard to admit that it could mot be controverted. ; Twenty-one large, vessels, mostly foreigners, arrived at this port during the past week. NOi 45. The Cape Fear Townsnip Election ";case."v' -v' 1 The Registrar and Inspectors of Election of Cape Fear Township were arraigned before U. S. Commissioner McQuigg, yes-, terday morning, on the affidavit of one Al bert Cooper, colored, charged with hin dering him from voting at the late election. Cooper had previously made affidavit that the Registrar for that township, A.- J. . Grady.'Esq., had refused to allpw him' to register, but it being shown that Cooper's name was actually on the registration book the prosecution on this score was aban-, doned, whereupon Cooper made5 the? tdfida- J jvit above alluded to, claiming that he was prevented from voting. There was no evi dence to sustain the. charge; and so; the jcase was dismissed. Subsequently to , the above proceed ing8 a warrant was secured - by Justice jGfrady for the arrest of Cooper,' on " the charge of perjuring himself, and, upon the jcase being heard by Justice : Harries, yes terday afternoon, defendant was ordered Qfiiy.a4.ujH. bp, n the lurnpf $2j)0. for his appearance at the ucxt terrnof Ahe Criminal Cou.rt, which was furnished, and he was released from custody. ' .l fTlier Colored Insaue Asylum at Goids- boro. We examined yesterday, at the office of jMessrs. James & Brown, the plans for the proposed Colored Insane Asylum at Golds- boro, drawn by Mr. James F. Post, Archi jteel and Builder, of this city, and which have been accepted. They are very neatly executed, and;indicate that the building ' when erected, will be an exceedingly hand some and tasty one. . It is to be of brick, the main building to consist of three stories and a basement, and, the wings of two sto ries and a basement. In dimensions the main building will be 41 feet 8 inches by 39 feet, and tbe wings 151 feet long -and 34 feet wide, and will be supplied with fur naces, cisterns to supply water, &c. The site is a beautiful hill on the plantation of Mr. W T. Dortch, , about two miles from Goldsboro, some three hundred yards west of where the county road crosses Little Ri ver, the railroad running about a quarter of a mile to the west of the west front of the building, the location being a pleasant, airy and healthful one. ; The building will only have one wing to commence with. ' A Trutniui Tribute, We find the following truthful tribute to departed worth in the Raleigh News,- over the. signature of "Civis" : '.'There was no better business man in the State than Capt. Grainger, young man though he was; Success followed every enterprise in which he engaged, and what ever business he undertook. He was one of those bold, original, selfreliant, and self made men that stamp themselves indellibly upon the times in which they live. He pos sessed a remarkable combination of talent, practical, useful, grasping and efficient to the end proposed, whatever that end might be. He managed, with consummate skill, more large corporations and business estab lishments, turning them all to successful results, than any man here ever -managed. Of course a man or his superior-mind and great independence made enemies, but thev were only trophies of his usefulness and success, ilis mesmeric power over men was remarkable. As a political leader he had no superior, whenever he decided to engage in a political campaign. une blast of his bugle was worth a thousand men.' His death made a vacancy that no man can fill. "His armies of friends clung to him, as he did to them, .with hooks of steel. Ten der, endearing, his big heart was ever full of practical sympathy for tbe poor, the suffering, and the distressed. And then he dispensed his charities with delicate hands and noiseless steps. Well . can it be said of Capt. Grainger, "Him we all mourn, his friends still heave - the sigb. And still the tear stands trembling in the eye, , -.' His was each mild, each amiable art, The gentlest manners and the feeling heart, Fair, simple truth, benevolence to all, A generous warmth that glowed at friend-: ship's call." - VTruly has Wilmington been afflicted of late in the loss, by death, of her best men and most useful citizens. Within a less period than eighteen months four of her! brightest jewels and most prominent men Robert Strange, Adam Emple, William! A. Wright and Isaac B. ' Grainger have; been taken from us by the insatiate archer,! and our loss is irreparable. We will en shrine in our hearts the fond and lasting memory of their useful lives and ennobling; manhood... Their high motives, patriotic; services, and manly bearing will be lights to our feet and lamps to our pathway. While we invoke their spirits to aid ua where responsibilities are to be assumed! and discharged, we will also teach our children to honor their memories and to imitate their virtues." ! Salisburv Watchman : In his 8beech at the Bovden House Tuesday eve ning, Major Bobbins declared , be believed. u. e. urant would ne me itepuDiican can didate for President in 1880. Mr. Wi J. Edmunds, . of Raleigh, exhibited to the editors of the Kaleigh voserver one speci mens of almonds grown in Raleigh. Mrs. Sarah Wilson, of this place, has an almond tree in her yard which yields a good crop every year when not destroyed by late frost Her little boys gathered half a bushel from! it this year. ua tne nigut oi ine i an of Julv the dogs killed one sheep for Wm. H. Boggs; and on the night of the 18th, two for Mr. Solomon Morgan: and on the night of the 20th, fourteen for Henry Bar- ringer, all in providence townsnip. Henry, a little four-year old boy, and son of Mr. C. Sechler, near China Grove, met with .quite a painful accident on Saturday last. While playing with others he had his hand caught in the knives of a patent ieedr cutter, outline half thronerh the bones of the hand, and downwards one and a half inches completely splitting tbe bones to the first joints of the band. The bones had to be removed. ; OHIO. Destructive .Fire and ' cendiarlsm. Supposed In dee. Sakduskt, August 3U Nine buildings were destroyed by. the fire at Put m-Bayj The aggregate loss is from $125,000 to $150,000. It is thobght gang of thieves set the hotel on fire for the purpose of robbery, . as the rooms, were broken open at the first alarm v and hun dreds of dollars worth of jewelry and clo thing were stolen. A; negro waiter at the Pot in Bay House is supposed to have per ished in tbe names. ' TIXIBUTB OF BESPECTi i Light Artillery. The committee appointed at a meeting.of this Company to offer a testimonial of re spect to the memory , of Capt. Isaac B. Gbaingeb;: report as follows; " Whereas. We are called unon to mourn the loss of one, who. by bis generous friend ship and, kindness, has entwined himself kbout ; our hearts; and whereas, we desire to record our deep appreciation of his worth, and our regret at the untimely end of our - late honored member. .. Isaac B. Grainger; it is therefore, . . Jiesotoea. That in tbe death of Capt. Isaac B. Grainger this Battery has loBt one of its best friends and warmest supporters, who lias been'; ever - ready - to "assist it by his timely aid and kindly advice. liesoitea, That-, we.- in common with Btricken friends, do mourn our loss, but firmly believe that our loss will be his eter nal gam. 1 JKesolted, That out of respect to bis meni- bfy,a page in our minute book be appro- riaieiy mscriDeo, and wc :wear tbe usual adge of : mourning for thirty days. "Jksoived, That the Secretary transmit a copy of these proceedings to the family of ' iour friehd,' and also furnish" them to the icitypress for publication: o, Jewett, - C. M. IlARUTS, E. A. MAJTOrr, Committee. TKIHCTBSTO DBPaHTKD WOIITH I have just heard of the death, at Wil iamsport, Penn.,-' of Mr; Isaac B. Grain ger, President or the Bank of New Hano iver, of Wilmington, N. C. It is bat a few idays since he was in my office., apnarentlv pn fine health, and with a promise of a long kind abtive and usefut life. Who" could ihave imagined-that he would have pre ceded this writer "over the dark river r" Letter of B. J. Haley Esq., in the Ealeigh Ob- . server., - t . .. ,i - - .- -; The death of Cant. Grainger, so much esteemed, so worthy in every walk of life, nas - cast, a gloom over Wilmington, his home, that hangs upon it like a pall. The iunerai ceremonies were participated inljy organizations, both civic and military, and an classes and conditions of people united in showing honor, respect and regard to the dead.! A number of flags in the city were dis played at half-mast. Thus were laid to rest, with fiuirnr cere monies, the remains of one of the most courteous, noble gentlemen that ever trod the sou of Carolina. Kaleigh Jxews. The profound and universal erief felt and expressed by the good people of Wil mington at the death of Captain I. B. Grainger, will suprise none who knew the man! i Wilmington has lost one of her most enterprising citizens. In him the elements were so mixed "that nature might stand up And say to all the world, this j was a man." . --Goldsboro Messenger. fle i Hscredly Kept All ot Ills Prom ises." LCorreepondencc of the Observer. ; Wilmington, August 27. Messrs. Editors: Yesterday, at 4:50 P, M., the death of Capt. Isaac B. Grainger, President of the Bank of New Hanover, was announced by telegraph. He was one of our most prominent and useful citizens. Every flag in the city is at half-mast, and universal regret for his untimely death is heard on the streets, in business circles and in private houses. His disease was malig nant bilious fever: ': He left Wilmington threei weeks ago tor attend; a congress of bankers at Saratoga; N..-Y. Returning home he was forced to stop on the way at Williamsport,, -Pa., ; where he died, sur rounded by friends and relatives. I need not dwell on the loss which the business interests of Wilmington sustain by this sad calamity; I need not speak of the host of bereaved ' friends who will continue to mourn fot him lone after tho dust has heenl committed to its kindred dust. bovt-tuajr npcafc- of the poor -and friend less, j who kuew in him an ?vnr cerj erous , helper.' The world at large never dreamed of the great warm heart that prompted many of Capt. Grainger's actions. It was my good fortune to be a witness to several of his acts of kindness. I will give an instance. On one occasion, in the midst of his business engagements, the door of the private parlor of the bank of. New, Hanoyer was unceremoniously opened, and a poor old woman entered. Captain G. met her with prompt courtesy. He listened attentively to her grievances: She had been badly swindled by certain parties, and at the cost of time, and doubt less money, he promised that her wrongs should be redressed. I shall never forget the look of gratification and confidence her rough face wore as she thanked him and left the bank. I am sure be kept his pro mise he sacredly kept all his promises and for this little act he had no possible hope of earthly reward. As he listened to this poor woman, and noted down the main point in her case, the wealthier and more influential claimants for his attention had to wait. . : , . Captain Grainger" had been for years a communicant and vestryman of St. John's Episcopal church in this city. Ia the Church, toward all benevolent enterprises, in every movement that, tended to advance Wilmington, he was liberal to a fault. Be fore he left home he had sent a contribu tion to the yellow fever sufferers. To-morrow, at 10 a. m , his remains will reach this city. He will be interred in Oakdale Cemetery. The several Associ ations of which he was President are pre paring to render to his memory the last tribute of honor and respect. He was a private in the Confederate army. Without his knowledge he was ap pointed quartermaster with tbe rank of Captain .' He was brave, honest, energetic. . and his financial ability has never been equalled in this State ! North Carolina may well deplore the loss of one of the most prominent and conspic uously deserving of her adopted sons ! On Wilmington the blow falls the heaviest, but throughout this section of the common wealth, his busy, active brain,- his genial face, his boundless, benevolence will be missed. , Cosmos. Tributes of Respect. We find the 1 following items ia the last issue of the Charlotte Observer: . : The death of Capt. Grainger, the receiver of the Carolina Central Railway, is greatly regretted by the employes. Though he had little to do - with the management of tbe road, many of tbem knew him, and ad-, mired his many manly qualities. . . The engine "L B. Grainger',' which'runs regularly on the western division of the Carolina Central. Railroad between Char lotte and Shelby, has been draped in mourning since the announcement of the death of the receiver of the road. ' . Raleigh Observer: There is a big revival going on in Samaria (Baptist) Church, four milest east of this city. It is conducted by Rev. Mr. Blackwood, assisted by Rev. C." 8. Farris, of this city. A bap tizing takes place Sunday. Revivals have been recently held at New Bethel, Mt. Pleasant and Apex, all Baptist churches, located in this county, and at Johnson's school house, Harnett county. . A deep re likus fervor seems tojpervade the Baptist brethren of , Wake..; A letter from Washington, N. C, says: A rumor being started at Beaufort that- the yellow fever was in this place, please contradict it- There is not a more healthy town in the State than Washington . : 1 I'll1 HI