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' " r" 1 '- 7 -" b Mtchln g&, VM. H. BERNARD, Editor and Proprietor. " WILMINGTON, N. C: Friday, September 6th, 1878. 137" Remittances must be made by Check, Draft, Postal Money Order, or Registered Letter! Post Masters will register letters when desired. . J Only such remittances will be at the' risk of the publisher. : ; ' J fW" Specimen copies forwarded when desired. . ' For Congress: ; '!.' ALFRED M. WADDELL, of New Hanover. j '- - i. , i . ' THE NEXT PRESIDENT; ; "la speaking of Grant in connection with the next Presidency, the Washington rost says:- 'That he will be the candidate nomi- otj 9 . -ft, U ft. ft, W VI .-.A u .uo VhUUImW.W rr n t nrl v (ha rprnlftF Prtnvontinn nf tfto T? o - , , . publican party, we consider a conclusion hv the rprnlari!nnvfntinn nr the lip- foregone bevond the Dower of anvthine otinrt oF rifAth tn shatter i "fhTals what we have said for Wnths past.wbile others have ridiculed it. Not on- jy wm ue ue uiecanuiusie, uui u is equmiy certain that he will be hard tobeat.-Pfem 1 Ml 1 1 .1 1." J-i. I . . 11 burg (ya.) rost. ! VVhy didn't you say what was in your mind, 'will be certain to be elected V Val ley Virginian. "That is another question. There is nothing certain before it happens except death and taxes. There will be three par- nes in tne next Jf residential race, ana three candidates for the Presidency. There will be the Democratic party, the Republican party, and the National Greenback party, will! their respective tickets. There cin be no reasonable doubt of this; and, conse- quently, it is not only very uncertain which party will succeed, but the strongest proba- pWmfiucccedr bility is that the election will be thrown felVh IJ II i 1 1 i w im. M L.lb . - - i - -. burg (Va.) Post. We agree with what is said as to Grant's candidacv, and we believe he will be beaten. Neither the: Demo cratic nor: Greenback parties lean vote for Grant, for he is the enemy of re form, the enemy of tnvil liberty, the friend of the bondholders, and the champion of all who desire a strong, centralized government., Whilst we "believe it is more than probable that the Democratic candidate will sweep the South and enough of the North west to elect him, it is not impossible that the election may go to the House of Representatives. In that event the Greenbackers, if any should be elect ed, cannot vote for Grant"without stultifying themselves and betraying I their country. -We confess to a strong cosviction that the Democrats can win the day at the polls. Any man who is the friend of the people and has sound financial views who stands upon the Uliio Democratic platform, can carry I the South with its 138 votes, and secure enough of the Northwestern States to guarantee his election. If, however, the Post is correct in saying that "the strongest! probabili ty is that the election will-be thrqwn into ine nouse oi xvepresentatives, cheu there is additional reason for the -l most perfect harmony in the Demo cratic party, and the greatest incen tives to the most earnestj active, ag gressive campaign on record. Every Democrat should do his duty. The man who bolts now in view of such a prospect, is not what he professes to do tne inend of an oppressed people, and a genuine lover of coun try. How can he be, when he de liberately goe3 to work to weak en and divide the only party that has the power, the prestige, and 4ke principles that will save our in stitutions and bring relief to the peo-; pie. We all know what the Re publican party is. It is rotten from the crown of its head to the sole of its feet. It is utterlv flnd irrM. riov-: J w w -. ably corrupt. It is arbitrary, despo tic, anti-republican really. If re stored to power it will simply carry out the very doctrines and principles that have been" already repudiated by the people. ' It has nothing new to offer. It is the advocate of a "strong covernmont " Tf :J nlpdo-pd tn the. ' ! . -thf plans and dl 6 cue piaus ana aevicesof the monev I a D - .ft. u ia chancers and th 'mAJ. V. ... : uu'uuu ."'S8-, " will place its foot again upon the necks of the Southern people as cer tainly as it is restored to place and influence. Already ConklingTadvo cates the bloody shirt; whilst Jim' Blaine always keeps one floating and flaunting from his favorite flag-staff that is, from the end of his green gingham "ambrill." J These are tne two most conspicuous Radi cal candidates for' the Presi dency next to, Grant. . If either is elected the South will again pass through the deep waters of degrada tion, persecution, tribulation and general bull-dozing. That is the pro gramme. If Grant is elected we can well understand in advance what will be the character of that cup which will be commeW.W e .v era lips one of unmixed bitterness ftww. e Have inea bis hand and know how heavy it is. neisour greatest and most insatiate enemy. Shall the Southernlnpmn;;. . - -, 10- o fv . hWeg0t WOrk to fasten the chains nf o1 , v - t "P"" our own limbs again Must we co off after new fang led abstractions w in the balance? Shall we play into the hands of the Radical party that ha$ never been anything else than the j enemy and oppressor of " the Soathet-n peo ple? . Can a man really be the friend of the workiugmen who would do ail he can to bring back the Radical par ty to power in North Carolina? Whence have come all the suffer- ings, the woes, ; the financial pros- tration, the bankruptcies- the trade paralysis, and universal coinplaints but from the Radical party? jpQY seventeen years they have ! in power, and during that time and the great ruin was wrought and tne miseries of the people were increased and multiplied. Let no Democrkt , . . i . . - i . j I aeseri nis post now. .L.ei nira ema 1.1. v. r ..ij:..;J."ti J- " ' . I 1 . l . w- 1 , .1 '-. L. ' I late mat iioman soicier at .rompeii, I , , i . . ; . I wno stood nrm ana resolute when he I . . " ' ' ' ' ! . . 83W 6 approacomg deluge of hot 1 at his I ashes, and was found dead I . j i wQ , t pt pvprvi Dpmnprftf Posl -ket every j democrat be' true : 1 . to his faiths, his principles his policy, and all will be well in North Caro lina and throughout the entire coun- try. .THE FDBLIO DEBT INCREASING, I i wi,;i- ou ..,4 While Secretary Sherman is hiding away in the vaults ot the treasury e a-noh aaa nnri tbe enormous sum of $237,OpO,00(J in gold, which costs the people five per . . - 1 t AJ. cent- interest, aggregating over $11,- cent, interest, aggregating over $11,- 000,000; and whilst he is illustrating the beauties and in&LiJ nf the beauties and inconsistencies a r --w-!-B civil service reform by leaving Ihis 1 : I - post of duty to make electioneering speeches; forthe Radical party, his unfortunate and unskilful; adminis tration of the finances j is ' bringing a new calamity upon the country. It AW I V 1 the lless I is a mysterious but nones startling fact j that the! i, udtiuLiai I natinnnl I riAno ol.f ;a ;natni r I wvuuvu uuvio luvicaoiuL iuoicat4 ji when oar very liberties are diminishing as is generallyjsuppoied. ine emOCrai3 were possibly more - fiielioule oTRipre icn Thla will ind 1 ti, I extravagant than the Renublicans I lives it forced uron the ReDublican. ad- ihfs will indeed be news to country, but it is trustworthy. " ; The country; is indebted to the Philadelphia Times for the exposure. In its issue of the 28th ult. it drew attention to the f act. Again, on the 30tb, it referred to the subject and -';ejjtorj gave the figures. Referring to its upon the subject, it I said: "Naturally enough it startled many in- rcuigeuh reauera; dui me jl lines couia not have made such a statement Unless it was fully warranted by the record. The exact increase of the bonded debt since the inau guration of Secretary Sherman's adminia- books of the Treasury on the first of the irauuu ui uur uaauces, as if j StOOU pn the present month, was i $97,980,400. The followintr is an accurate statRmpnt nf thn increase of the bonded debt during the last iuur moDins, since me i our per cent.! bonds nave been offered in open market: 81 March, 1878, $1,721,735,85 J ! I ttTk A 0"fO H ROO IMF tw 4m month. 80 June, A&tS, 1,780,733,650 12,000,000, 1 month. 3Uulr, 1878. 1.795.677,900 , 14 84W 1 mnntv I oi may, xtio, ,mo,too,oau TnAMkMa ' nk A., rit-r ' AM I I uiucuk:.. i,ti.uau j INTEREST 1HCBBA8S TBOM XABCH 31. 1878 ! 30 April, 1878 $609,928 over preceding month. 31 Hay, 1878. 80 Jnae, 1878 .., 31 July, 1878... 1,415,000 over preceding month. i EAR AAA , . . . ww.uw urci preceaing monta. 526,535 over preceding month. Total.. . . .... .. ..$3,086,463 since March 31.1878. These figures are official anl tliotr chnm m .mwj iftivm that while the bonded rleht at tho nlnoa nf urant s administration was : $1,697,697,500, on the 31st of July last, after seventeen months of Secretarv Rhprmnn'o manna - w mm m V A VI ment of the finances, it wfls ill TQa A?7 nnn exhibiting an increase of $97,980,400;' and me inoreaseu interest i paid on the public debt from the 30th of Anril tn tho'si.t r I juiy iast, was $a,usb,4e3. The statement oi tnis journal, therefore, that at no time since Secretary Sherman entered office was tbe public debt and the fntpost Hiwann i i ... . ; : ----- - .uw.wWftj ou large as it is io-aay, is strictly correct. Wilmington, as a cotton market. I has been steadily growing. In 1876 I the receipts were 83,420 bales. Some envious croakers said that was because the yellow fever ; was ! fat Savannah. But the next year the receipts went up to 113,461 ba es-an increase of over 20.000. The rpniint- f.-r tU , . i - ' l I ..vvr, vue further increase, and amount to 123,-1 nK i 1 l - - , : - r-. rj L I 374 bales. Charlotte i I arid iRoiAin-k I are justly elated- over their UceTbtsJ I -wv'Cfti- but Wilmington has more than both fnnai , ft ' l n: l -t i . . l -""c'- niwcigu snows 4o,ooo, I Charlotte 56,280-total lOlSO: Wil- ? . - . . . . ; I minSlon aas ootu by 22,094 bales. Raleiffh AfettJtanA dhr.tta will please note. O iWOC lW I Wo ,rost the Demimtid leaderS will make no mistakes between now and 1880. The Radicals sometimes gain temporary encouragement or advantaee in the blUdprA nf advantage in the blunders of our leaders. They ' cannot be too par ticular. It is extremelv nnp.Rt.innnr.la if there is any wisdom in the rumored intention to enter upon something novel and striking , On the 4th . of . I !-' marcn maxim for their guidance! It will not do to talk of any revolutionary movements. It is all nonsense. It will only strengthen" thej Radicals and give them some fresh material on which to operate.! Jit is madness itself, and the men who talk it should be put in straight-jackets at once. rTJTrA-- its- . - - C?UtV? Fai io oe on ine (increase . if fox- sUeweMlti, reportTd .. - 1 -t ' j aunng tne recent racing at Sara- toira k millin,i ,nvi'.d changed hands. ... m uuil UUUH I N next, when the. Senate be- " i " uv. V?l?aurs. 5 Ports of tho Treasury i Department comes Democratic! Make haste . BIoemaKers $1 66 snow they were $1,506,726.151.1 5 ' I slowlv mav nrnvo i -'Mi:.:..t BSaiDSl A tailors $1 87 aerainst Now nh.t .t.. : " V i j thkfocb points ofan abtfiil - p: ? ADVEBSIRY, ;. ., fTbe. Republican leaders are leaving up stone unturned to secure their ends and get fcontrof of the Hoase of ; Re presentatives. The Congressional cam paign of 1878 is really about as im- liunant as tne campaign Ot' IcSSU will -' "m, . .4. . .-' :.v I .5 JJ i,; be. There are some two hundred and seventy-five members to be elected. lue . Vl emocrais aepena two Portant results: : ' Tfae cotro1 of the next HoQ8e 1 uuuo iiuc luuuut ui. vuugress auu its legislation. , i w . y uc x 9.uut ui ne u Dllea &tate8 oasaUiere should be no electl0n bv the PeoPIe . Ao 8imPlv 8ta these two vastly I important results is enough to snow hue Kieaiyess oi ioe coming contest for supremacy.. No Democrat can afford to be idle, indiffereut, or un faithful. Bolting: is tBimplv ,ont- of the question, and, under the circum stances, would be a crime against civilization and the best interests of the coa-try. Every Democrat must do his full duty, or he may reap very evil consequences' hereafter. : The Radicals are trying to deceive the country upon many issues and in various ways. , , 1. They are harping upon the "u.iwuei. viaims ougaooo, an are falsifying the record, and misrepresenting the facts.- We have An I 1 T1-1- rM-' 11 -. often times exposed their duplicity and falsehood concerning these claims. We shall of course have to recur to them again. 2. They are studiously endeavor ing to mislead the popular intelli- . - - Sence in regard to' the expenses of tDe government. , Ihe trick of Sena o - tor Windom was to trv to show that I i i had been. But this trick has been and others. We shall have to recur again to this topic many times before mo canvass enas. 3; Another Radical dodge is the cry about the persecution of the- DiacKS ana tne etforts to disfrauchise I 111 .... ... 1 tripm. 1 ma m Inn nalonf n m m I t ? . . .. I - - - - itw Muvviiu c Ait t. w 1 1: . I j quire serious reiutation m the South, 4. ine last Diot and n I an w tn not I up a Greenback party id the South, r I -J t3 and then use it to divide the Demo crats and thus get - control of the State governments, ulunere their w . O fingers and arms and legs once more in the public crib and national gar bage pot, and elect enough members to the House of Renresnntfttivpa from the South t . . . Tntnnr, Ti . . ,1 atlOnal liulI-DoZingT Party control nf nnn Kvanfi r P Alt - I . V iwiauuii, nu iu i prevent all investigations into their rascalities, and all successful efforts at genuine retrenchment, reform and economy. We shall, fronrtime to time, have ouuiciuiftjg io say apout tnese disin- genuous attempts to hoodwink the masses, and to beguile the unsus pecting. . WAGM AND LIVING. i The hard times and the new polit ical movements are causing much in vestigation into the condition of the laboring man. If ten cents wilt pur- cnase now what it would five years aS an ne receives the same agea did five years ago, he can- n be said to be worse off. If hial reduction m wages is not greater than the reduction in the prices of food, clothinsr. etc.. then h U nnf ' ; v o uvv .u a I .... . I We o not say that such is the" fact, I... i . . ; ' but merely state a hvnnthAtinal mq J r- vmwv. We all know that there has been a great falling off in the price of food .All.: j i . -,'""g auu nouse rents. We are not able to giye the statistics to show . , . . nw mucn depreciation in prices has taken nlanfl., W interesting statistics concerning the . & lue t sr " - cu tiJl T C . DUUIU J" ? .."!; r19 siaiisiics apply, to the Northern States Farm aborers receive an avprAero . if Ar a I 'T rverage OI ou cen v w v bcutg a iay Wltn ard, against 84 cents in I860; f i 35 in 1870, and $1 13 in 1874. Ordinary laborers in cities are re- ceiving $1 25 without board aeainst w - ( 9 r. wiHVikOllllLUftl II 34. Since 1860 the wanes of fe. Mia nnin riMa in-ftat.... m : 1. 1. . 1 . - i :- f rm " irom 33 to nni...nft r i a , r- i I .wuu , vu rauroaas nav - han . percent 3" t0 60 ThplnnJi n r " The general result of series .of in' qumes shows hatvthe wages are higher and-food lower- than in isfin Tn to i . fL? f" " n "SM haVe ,0CreaMd cSon. 7w"t m'T rJ J ca .ona they jh.re-decrea.ed from H tL.t kV J V.! If these figure, can be trusted,' $2 50ftTinf T ah. : r; , -oiaeKDnrn-aays. the re then there is no excuse for so (many tramps,' If he number no f inem ployed 'workmen is as great as itlhas--been .representee!; it is remarkable that the competition- for work- has not reduced the wages instead of al :1 "i"K tuem j,u ffrow: IJIK' 1 i ' MiT ; thmar can be saia of wages, in England; that has been Tn 1 -t' . 1 j stated - above in jregard.to ,the TJpited States.i There i has been ;an increase of ; 10 per cent, 'within the , last ;fiveJ years. in wages,, but nnlike our own, i : . . country , there has been also an in crease of . at least 25 per cent. . in the cost ! of living. - This is giveu upon the authority of Geni Badeau,(TJ S. Consul to LivorpooL That is to. say, the workingman lias fifteen per -cent less to live on': now (than he had, tin 1873. says; -We give: what; Gen. BadeanV "Clblhibg is about 30 per cent, higher,' while, fuel has not risen in Dnce. Airri Cultural laborers get from $2 to3 per iweek, i including beer; 1 building laborers and gardeners from $4.40 to $5.10 per! week ;; bricklayers,- carpenters,' masons and j gggS?J SH2 from $8 to $12.30 per week, although the best marble' masons and ' jewellers receive $14.75., Bootmakers arid' tailors get from $4.86 to $7.65 per week.' and bakers from! $4.65 to $7.25, with partialboard. Women servants are paid from, $70 to $20 per an num. Railway! porter's and laborers on public works set from 4.45 to S512 nerj ncta.i licuia uavc nacxi SUUIC OU- per Vjeui.L ! and are, for artisans in London, from $1.20 WAnlr I Tam OA . . a. I I .10 f J.4U per weeK lor one or two rooms. RKPIIBMCAN EXTRAVAGANCE vi i nKMAfi!iTir Ernwiimv t Kepresentative lilackburn never spoke a greater truth than when he :&aiu . - J t "The ollicial figures will verify what has become a matter of household bnowledgCi, that tliA rprnrfl inf thn Tlfmrtnriti narlv ia one of economy, and the record of the Re publican party one of extravagance and, corruption. Economy with the Democratic -corruption. liConomy with the Democratic nartv is of no recent origin, and. aa was to . o 1 , 7 P - :0"1.! . . . . . -- Imaguiiuuc uuiu iu upprupriaiiooa ana ex penditures." : ,'. i . -: rj ' Every man of common" in forma- tion will heartily indorse; this utter. ance. T he Umoerat nartv is pledged to the most ricid economv An v departure from this nn ;n r 1 "v be certain to end in discomfiture. Its ... j i -. , . - ' 1 1 nu'nrii ann ire arwjimm .n i. x-w . v.- uuva sum Dviciuu uiiu ult re 1 peated pledges, would rise up in i . juugmeui aalUSb 11, ir 10 Were lO at tempt the role of extravagance, and to begin to emulate the splendid record of j the Radical party as the most wasteful, extravagant, venal, flagi tious and unfaithful nartv aliont. which we have any account - j I The people have a right to expect nay, to demand, the most rigid , li crata wllfln t hpir ffpt. nncmnLLr economy at the hands of the Demo tk tt -i vvut xiouses oi congress. Xiotuing short of this would tneet thn nnnnlar want. The country is in great and unparalleled distress, and the law of saving must prevail in every deDart- ment of the erovernment. Th Dp. mocrat who would undertake Uo i j j break through the Democratic guard and enter upon a career of extrava gant legislation,, would soon find himself without a following. So the people can safely trust the old tried, true Democratic party that has sho wn itself their best friend. t I j Let us turn to what it has already accomplished under the greatest ob stacles and difficulties.; , After j the; Radicals had had possession of! the crnvprnmont in all ito Krni.l,,n : 1 1 . t? ..:.. T ,Vi1V ! for some fourteen vear,. tho Tw,' t- nmt L .u. k . J j uuwwi gt (nnrolisnliiliiiaii U... ftT.-. vl tlfttaiiiicn;-3. DUU UUIOriU nately for a suffering people; I the Senate was still Radical, and could! checkmate to a large extent the ef forts of the Democratic House to re duce the expenses of the government, and introduce a sound and proper economy into all of the departments.: But, notwithstanding , this opposing V , , T accom,8h5d i ereat deal enough suppW i body, the House has accomplished ; a the peP,e J.rn3t i -iES fiBii;., , , . . ITr" 0S"S ftftiftyft. . IUC liUUIlirV J Jsut let us be more particular. It is necessary that there should be line 1 U P 01 the government for the last ten years or unbroken RUi i ' r ; , -vi iiKi-uUui nnn an io? -r i ; . , . ouu, io oune oU. 1876 r ey were greater than the total ex- Penses.of the government for the seventy-three years before the W beforeadica fcpi ; w m 0r uui uuuuiry. me .treasury ""St Bhowslhe, amounted to .. '.gainrt tho' i great National Bnll-DozioE. nartv J I R.d,oal party had gr,dua.lioea the expenditures, but MrV BIa'oKburi covering more .than 73 slibws that this "statement is not true. He says t V i: K'rn- Axsmuln-Int lia fixaminp. thn ptnnn ditures Of tbo government, beginning, with the fiacaUyear 1871 and ending with ;1876, the last fiscal year a Republican Congress controlled; tho appropriations, embracing net ordinary expenditures only, and ex--eluding the public ebtf principal, interest -and prtmicims.aDd cxclading also pensions. - Here- laey are l, . For tire fiscalyear 1871. iK. $123,139,933. 00 j'lM: , 1872.... 124,668,45a4a i M l" " ;i " 1873. . . . 151,129,210.04 v ( .:.!1874,.Vit; 165,080,670 .34 ! : " . " 1875. .. 142.073 632.05 .. ' -4. -1876. : . 136,600,417.07 "Thi9 shows a'eraritiai innrpRo tht llWiFS. I- : n : I Ihte last : fiscal Vear I ho ' Rfinnhlif anft con trolled: both Hoses, of $13,460,485 67 over the expenditures for 1871, and an inciease of expenditures for 1874 as compared with jl871of $41,940,638 34.; These figures show a positive increase of appropriations for the ordinary- expenditures of the: . government r luoder Radical rule as we, recede from the j.waf period,' for which' no 'justification' can be pleaded. ?When w consider, -toq that the purchasing power, of the (dollar" has greatly' augmented since-1871, these ienor mo.ua increases of public expenditures ap pear still more inexcusable and criminal." I " Now turn to Democratic control !of but one branch! of one department of the government, and ! see what tliey.have been able to do despite the opposition of the Radical Senate tnat acted m conlormity with its an tecedents '-'arid party" policy. f Mr. Blackburn thus states it: ; . i "The actual -net ordinary expenditures, exclusive of the public debt principal, pre miums and interest, and exclusive, also, of 'pensions,!, appropriated for by the Forty ! third Congress ; and the Forty fourth Gon- ;gre8S, are as follows: j Cepublican Fprty-third Congress. 1875. ..... fl4i,07S,632 05 1876 188.60e.4J7 67 Forty-fourth Congreea. ' ilem. Hoase. 1677.....;. $116,246,811 01 1878...;.. 107,055,30 68 Total. $223,301,581 69 Total ...1278,674.049 72 "Here, thenj we have stated for each fis cal :year the actual net ordinary expenses for the years 1875 and 1876, under the ap Dronriations made bv a Rp.nnhlinan T!nn- gress, against which we place the expendiv lures mr me same purposes ior tne years 1877 and 1878j under, tbe influence of a De mocratic House, showing an i arlnnl envinor i of $55,372,468 03, made under the greatest ujuicunies piacea in me way ,oi retrench ment by a Republican Senate and a lie publican administration."! j .j In our Tuesday's issue! we gave . a saving in the eleven great bills for the support of tho government, of $88, 000,000.' We showed how the' De mocratic House had -made a man-ly attempt to curtail the expenses very much more, but was prevented by the Senate. It attempted to save the country $114,000,000, and actu ally saved $88,000,000. j Mr. Black burn gives the actual appropriations for the eleven bill?, including nen- . - j cj k sions, during three years under the domtnancy of the two parties, as follows: 1874... .$181,587,054 61 1875.... U 177,679,473 77 1P76...4.. 172,600,205 53 1877., 1878.. 1879.. .$145,997,956 72 . 140,384,606 95 . 157,213.933 77 Total.. '.iKll.SeG.TSS 91 Total... $443,596,497 41 This shows that the Democrats, having control of but one House, by standing squarely by their pledges, secured an actual reduction of $88, 270,236.47. They demanded very much more, but a Radical Senate protested and resisted! Mr. Black burn says:' . 1 I " "If the bills had become laws as they passed the Uouse there would have been a savin? of $143,706,003.42. The Republican Senate added over $51,000,000 to the House bills against our earnest protest. The des perate efforts of Republican -leaders, like Senator Windom and Mr.Fosler and others, to torture official figures into a cloak of their party's extravagance and corruption, while not to be justified is probably not to be wondered at. ; But the uncandid attempt of these gentlemen in taking the offensive, and thereby seeking to show before an in telligent people that the charge of extrava gance belongs to us, will only suffice to il lustrate the audacity of an effort made ne cessary by the desperation of their cause." : These figures are rehable.and speak I in impressive tones in benalf of the"; constitutional, just, economical and! honest Democratic party. The peo--pie can see for themselves what has been done in three years by the Dem ocrats when in possession of but one. branch of the .Legislative Depart ment. With a Democratic Chief Executive, and a Democratic Con gress, the country would soon begin to recuperate, and wej would go back to the ' honest, economical policy of the past, when Radicalism i was un born and lying in the womb of dark ness, whence it came I forth to blast and devour and degrade, f Will any Democrat, under any plea however specious, under any tempta tion however great; under any soph isms however thin and palpable, turn upon his old party, and throw him self headlong into the arms of Radi calism, that for thej nonce is dis guised under the garb and form of Greenback?; Study f Radicalism in its whole history and in the light of truth, and it is a hideous politick ' monster. ; Jts", bireatn is death, ' its dominancy is destruction. The coun try js now, groaning from extremity to extremity n under the burdens placed upon it by Radicalism,.: Trust Jt not, for all is "false and hollow, though its tongue dropt manna." Very , properly the authorities of New York prevented the theatrical performance that was to have been given on Sunday last at the Grand Opera House for the benefit 'of the Southern sufferers. The end in view was most commendable, but' the me thods ' arid time were 'not ! so good. The performance was given' oii Mon day evening with satisfactory results. TEL LO W; FEVER .NOTES. - The ravages of thej fever are on the increase. iThe reports of the' suffering in the- various cities are extremely painul and depressing. Let all help who can. j Up to September 2d the deaths in New Orleans were 1,091. There is a great want of cofEhl inf Memphis. It ; is estimated t by the' txowams mat mere are qet ween 1,500 and 2,000 sick at Yicksburg, and in creasing. I There are nine imported cases , at j Louisville. "At Memphis corpses are found alone iu houseH The case reported in New York turfis ouc. not io oe yellow 1eter.r IMew York has contributed $45,000. Mayor jjiippin, or mempdis, writes: 'The city looks like a. vast desolation so iar as ousiness is concerned. We need now but few others'than doctors,- nurses, under takers, and some subsistence and transpor lauon agents air others 'are' 'iu the way. ulate the place. Thousands have gone. It is Of the most malignant tjpe,1 or has been so far.: Many are dying, apd the fever is or iicuoYc uceu trying an lua ume to at-non- J5CCI113 iu oe growing aany worse. Depop- uiauuu is our oniy nope, it seem9." s The Republicans have abandoned the idea of attempting to get ,np op position in Mississippi. Ex Senator Alcorn refuses to become a candidate for Congress in opposition to Repre sentative., Qhalmera. Althouah the Radical organs always, awar after an election that it, was carried by a resort to the shot-gun policy, they isomebow have no stomach for the fight before the election. A teleeram from "Washington, of Sept. 1, to the Baltimore Sun, informs us: "Marshal Hunt and other Mississippians have been here some timp wnrkinir nr on independent movement in that State, but uavc at iasi;aoanuqneu it on account of the lauure oi tne aaministration to give them anv encoUrafrement. Theu h. ci,j : that federal office-holders be detailed to co iuio me tuisiricts next fall and see a fair COUnt; TbeV have alan nabpH lha -i -""-"u .iv i.iauuuai liepubhcan Committee to contribute funds iu aseist ine womers in that State. The Committee is not williDg to go into the rnovement, and now the Mississippians say Jhe Republican party cannot be reorgan ized in the State, and that the Democrats will have a clear, field, and elect all their Candidates for Congress." , Of course, after abandoning all idea of 'having a Radical organiza tion, they will resort to the new me thod of making a show of fight that is, by organizing Greenback Clubs, and alluring verdant and inno cent Democrats into the toils. ' ' ("- The U. S. officials at New Orleans have called on the government for help. They say the distress is terri ble and immediate relief is necessary. Contributions are inadequate. Phila delphia has given $23,325; Rochester $800; Pittsburg $11,622; Indianapo lis $4,500; New London, Conn., $860; ioct Wayne, Indiana, $500; Bishop Devenger, Catholic, $100; Kalama zoo $700; Augusta, Ga., $1,300; churches at Morristown, N. J., Sun day's collection, $500; Chicago $22,- 000, and Cleveland, Ohio, , $30,000. This is an extraordinary contribution, ana ueats ail, population considered. Baltimore $13,174.47; Richmond, Va., $2,575.94; visitors at the Blue Ridge Spings, Va., $250. Let the ball roll on. No man should be sat isfied until he has giveu all he can spare. The appeals come, trumpet- tongned. " Let all respond at once, ine export of American goods since 1873 has increased very great ly. In that year it was stated at.$30,- 050,000. In 1878 it had grown to $680,682,798. The excess of exports over imports is $257,832 66. Just tnree years ago it was ; reversed. In 1875 imports exceeded exports bv $19,562,725. This is, j indeed, quite remarkable. - American wares i are now for sale in the shops of Sheffield and Birmingham. The best English papers are gravely discussing these significant facts and figures. Ravages of Hog cholera.. The hog cholera is still prevailing to an alarming extent in Masonboro' and parts of Harnett Township, in this county. One farmer has lost thirteen out of fourteen fine hogs he had at the time the disease broke out among them, and the losses of others have been almost pronortiallv erent Nearly all the known remedies have been tried without a beneficial result, and some of the owners of etock are now about to test the efficacy of sturgeon oil, it being Claimed that if the animals-'aVe , ; thoroughly urencpea with it their disease will leave them. It is said that if a hog's mouth is examined after being taken with the .diaw, ease, it will be found.that one of his front! teeth, believed to connect with the brain, has turned perfectly black, and if hi tAtt! is drawn or knocked out the hog will get well. Our' informant, Who has ' himself iqsi several nogs from the . prevailing dis temper, while the remainder of his stock have the disease, upon being asked why he did not try this remedy - on -hia, own hogs, said the poor things were so bad off that he nateu to add to their sufferings by knock- tug meir teeth out. Tfin i-An A gentleman of 4his city, who has been' spending.; several: jwf eks ..in Cumberland vuuuiy, lntprms us that the cotton crop is" aping; very well, hut the corn crop, in con- ' . lDB e arougnc ano: extreme hearV'i8 looking rather badly as a'eneral tumg, there being occasional exceptions . Charlotte has contributed $325 io me oomnern suaerers. ! COUNTY COAIiaiSSIOPIBBS. Proeetdlncaln Uesalar Seaniou. The Board of County ' Commissioners met in regular monthly tessioir at 4 o'clock yeateiday afternoon: present, J. Q. War ner, Chairman, and Coramlssfotiers J. W. Atkinson, G. WWlhlO, Sanders and Duncnn Holmes. : ,. The IBoard; being ealfetT to order, ihe Chaitinanj made a statement to the effect thatvin kJtping with the requirements of mt. nn, ti uevoiveu upon the Board logo intti the election oT a Chairman of the Board, the term, of Hit' present Chairman having expired August 31st. t On nation ofCol. Jth0 W. .Aikiuson, pe fuuner. Chairman, Juo. O. Wagner' h, !y Junanirmnis J; consent ; continued the CbairmaH of jhe Board. ; et;,yiu'Aionnge .' pVesented his uffi bial bnd in the eum of $10,000, as Clerk of the Superior Court of New Hanover c.JUmyr wiih. Messrs George Cliadbourn VV Foster and W. S. Piidgeon as sure ties, wboiiustified to amounts aggregating 2,500 oyer and above the siim require, which was ordered accvpted,' and that the same be jtgbteredon theitcords of . -fficiai bonds. ! ; 5Ir- VauAmihigc llieieupon appeared before Ihe Board and qualified hi m enni ance withhii pqu'retnents of law. I Slteiiff !5.ins Jlwiaiugtwiaereil "Lis nm. icial bood in lliesium uf $-5000, a, Sheriff of New Hmit.ver County, but there uein-r objectiop made as to the validity of the bon.5, oji moiiou, it wis ordered that the .acceptance of ihe same be desired to a subsequent meeting of the Board. .E. D.j Hewlett, Coroner olect fur ifae county of New Hanover, presented hia ot& cial bond iu the sum of 2.0(J0 which ' oa motion, oidered accepted, and that the same ie registered on the records of oftiPii bouds, whereupon Mr. Hewlett appeared auu amy qualified. Joseph E: Sampson, liceister of IIpp-Iu elect for tbe county of New Hanover, pre sented his official bond iu the sua. of 3,000, wuu is. G. Bates and James Wilsou aa :suretie3, which was, on "motion, ordered accepted, and that the same be entered upon the record of official 'bonds, where upon he came forward and wasduly Quali fied. ' I An application of Thomas Mock, of Mar- nelt Township, was received, wbereuno.. it was ordered that all the hands liviiur ,n each side of the Newbern road, subiect io road duty, be assigned to Thomas Monk overseer of the public road known as the Old Plank. Road, and that the Newberu road is to ie kept up without anv lawful road hands. ; On motion, it was ordered that as the tax books are all completed, and havina been presented to this Board by Mr. M. Crooly, the same be receipted, and i that the Cievk of the Board receipt for said books. It was resolved that Mr. Elijah Hewlett County Treasurer elect for New Hanover county, be granted two weeks in which to furnish his bond, as requested by him, and that the same shall he required on Monday, the 16th of the present month, at 4 o'clock Petition of Alexander Oldham, in refer ence to certain disonlerlv i. , j i'-iu eo ' I Nutt street, &c, was ordered referred to the Chairman of the Board, with the ie- quest that he examine into the alleged facts therein staled and report at the next meet ing of the Board. The Board then took a recess until -1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, the 3rd iust. The Brautwick .Election Case. The Brunswick county election case came up for a hearing before Hia Hnnr t Buxton, at Chambers, in Fayetteville. on Friday last, ex-Judge Russeli, counsel for the plaintiffs, and Mr. J. D. Bellamy, Jr., for the defendants, being present. Mr. Bel lamy filed a demurrer to the jurisdiction of the Judge to make a mandamus returnable before him at Chambers in any other coun ty but that in which the suit was instituted. After argument the Court sustained the demurrer and required the plaintiffs to pay the costs.:- ,r The plaintiffs' counsel - then moved to amend his proceedings and make the mat ter returnable before Judge Buxton at the next term of Brunswick Superior Court. which meets at Smithville on the 30th inst.. which motion wasgranted. Pbotosraph ofTapL Grainser. Mr.; C. M. VanOrsdell has just finished for a gentleman of this city a large and elegantly framed photograph of the late Capt Isaac B. Grainger. It is not onlv . elaborately and handsomely finished, but it is beyond question one of the most life like. feature is strikingly portrayed, aud it is a great comfort to the hosts of friends of the . 7,r-; nu ftlBIE CIC1 SCvU. JQiVeiV great and good man who now sleeps his last sleep on that beautiful hill in Oakdale Cemetery, to know that they can secure a likeness of him so correct in every parlicu lar. This photograph has been left at the Stab office for a short time, and we invite the friends of the deceased to call and see it. ,. ',, ' -''. Death of Co. Georse. The Charlotte Observer 'states that a tele gram was received in that city on Saturday evening announcing the death, at Cleave- land Springs, ; onFriday.f of Col. Forney George, a prominent citizen of Columbus county. Col. George has been in feeble health . for some time, , and went to the Springs a short time ago in the hope of re covering. His remains were to have ar rived in Charlotte Saturday evening at 5 o'clock oa the way to Columbus county. ' ; w" .'"C- Ulll Ult.. tjapi. li. Xi. fn nr.il. i. it . T TjT Iieggett, Conductor on the Carolina Cen tral Railway, tendered his resisrnation. to take effect on the 1st inst., on account of impaired heaita,' .Capt. L. was one of the oldest and most faithf ul conductors i unii ing out of this place. We hope he 1 may Co J some service more suited to bis health and inclinations. ' ''4i: IBBB Shade. Middlesex Co.. Va. Havini? used Tip Rnlt'a T?.K,r flvrnn in TTlV familV With in A trrnatnof rlavnn tf aoficffin- tion, X unhesitatingly -recommend it as the tinot .mrAn ft ft. . T 1 . . 11. . n. ituicuj tuit j. kdow or ior ennureu. - ;ihouas i. LiAwsox-
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Sept. 6, 1878, edition 1
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