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W'M. Hi BERNARD, Editor and Proprietor. WILMINGTON, N. C; j Friday, October 18th, (1878. Remittances' mast be made by Check, Draft, P&stal Money Order, or Registered Letter Post- r txtpra will resrifrter letters when desired. i J3 Only such remittances will be at the, risk of the publisher. . i .5 fSP" Specimen copies forwarded when desired. For Congress: ; ALFRED M. WADDELL, of New Hanover. .-. f A LESSON FROM COLORADO; The Denver Ifetcs says: j I "The Greenback vote in Colorado) re vealed one conspicuous fact. Every Ueni . cralic proselyte of the. Qjgw organization voted the straight Greenback ticket. The Republican converts, however, 'went tack' on the third party, and marched to the polls squarely in the ranks of the Radicals. It has always been the fate of Democrats who go foolishing around after new idols. They invariably are made the victims of the political cunning of their old adversa ries." :. ' , ;.: There is an important lesson for North Carolina Democrats in this. Just as sure as the snri shines orj wa ter runs down a hill the Radicals in North Carolina, on the day of elec tion, will do as the Radicals did in Colorado they will vote for their own man and leave a few deceived and bamboozled Democrats to vote for a Greenback candidate, "thus weakening their time-honored old party, and strengthening the Radi cal ij candidates. In Coloradoj the Democrats would have held their own, and not been beaten, if they had all remained true to their old party. They went off "foolishly after new idols," and the jesult was j the old Radical party came to the front again, and gained a member of Con gress besides securing the Stats of ficers. " . ; When the election comes jTourgee, in the Fifth District, will receive every Radical vote. Winston, Green b3cker,will probably secure a few hun dred Democratic votes. What may result? Why this Gen. Alfred M. Scales, one of the purest and best of men a gallant soldier, a true citizen, an upright,honest man,a devout mem ber of the Presbyterian Churchy a na tive North Carolinian,may be defeated by a corrupt, bad, malignant carpet bagger, who has slandered and lied against the people of North Caro lina in the public prints of 'the North, and who published a vile! book in tended to ridicule and burlesque and make odious our people. And so in other Districts. The . Radicals will go to their wallowing in the mire, whilst hoodwinked Democrats will vote for a Greenbacker in . good faith. ; Take warning at the Colorado experience. j . ' j In the Fourth District, Jo Turner, once an old line Democrat but a Green backer, now is -canvassing! land his mam appeal for support is; to the Radicals, his old enemies. ) He has been nominated by a portion of that party, and is the chosen candidate of such Radicals as Ike Young, Dick Badger, Taz Hargrove and fellows of that ugly stripe. Turner is a nice candidate for Democrats to support. What Greenbacker, with an idea above an oyster, does not know that in voting. for Turner he is strength ening Radicalism and doing what he canto destroy the grand old Demo cratic party that redeemed the State? We have no patience with such die ingenuousness and stupidity; Democrats of the Third District be on your guard. f FINANCES ABROAD AND A? HOME, A financial crash is 1 seriously threatening Great Britain It was Ij! tD . HUB llUUlBUSC litUUltj Ul the City of Glasgow bankj and the other collansps . that. fnUnLaA a consequence, would not seriously en danger the finances or impair the confidence of the people. But later news shows a deepening and widen ing alarm, and the financial and busi ness outlook is assuming a very gloomy and desponding feature. We showed recently what a very largejamount of oreaastuns JLngland must boy. For a longtime that great ancj hitherto prosperous country has had the bal ance of trade acainar. tha TTnUA O ui,v,U States. Her manufactures filled the world. But the tidehas turned. Amer ican exports are very muchilarger than imports. We are sending! our - mer chandize, our beef, and cheese and breadstuff s in great quantities to the British Islands. What is the resu lt? The people of British commercial cen tres are becoming.alarmed. The pros- p"-"10 "fuming aaric ana ominous. The London Times notesi quickly the gathering gloom, nd warns the peo ple to nerve themselves lor trials and -disasters. No w,this is not comfortable. Any serious financial'trouble in Eog- tand must anect our own country more ror less. We are in nocondition to suf 1 fer reverses. For years our condi i ' ! tion has been oue of despondency, and our prospects have been absolute ly black. The sky is just beginning to grow a little brighter." The bust ess outlook has just begun to assume a more - Hopeful charaeterj Now comes news from ouf motherieouutry that all is not well financially. The Philadelphia Times takes I a hopeful view. It does not tliink we shall suffer very greatly. Indeed, lit seems to regard the condition of af fairs in England from a standpoint that must enure to our benefit, lit says, and it must be acknowledged, that there is much of truth in its statements: "The nation that went ou converting: its grain fields into private parks and its truck gardens into preserves for hares and phea sants, while its ftiod crops, insufficient jfor three-quarters of a century to feed its peo pie, were becoming every year less and less in proportion to the mouths that! called for them, is brought face to face with a most tremendons and difficult problem. It must buy enormously " of foreign wheat, and its own productions are not available to pay the bill. America does not now want, and will not buy, English manufactures to iny considerable amount. We are making pur own goods, and, with more abundant capi tal at lower interest rates, with continually improving machinery, and with the existing low rates of wages, we make them at prices which foreign manufacturers, except they are driven to desperate corners.) cannot underbid. England must eat our bread or starve, but we shall not take her, goodaj for our own production is more than we jean consume, bhe is buying of us Uow, every month, enormous amounts' in excess ot her sales to us, and she cannot, at will, cease this. The balance is in our ; jfavor, jand very greatly so. The precious! metaW no longer go from New York to London. ( Al ready the stream Westward exceeds 'that going in-the opposite direction. It will be said by political economists that this cannot long continue; no nation can steadily take wnatsne is unaoie to pay for. But-pray how and when is Great Britain to j stop eating ? How soon will any other country surpass tue .unite a states as a bread ,pro- ducer ?" j I It is generally believed now tnat we nave sirncK. tne lowest rung in tne ladder, and are beginning to ascend. The aspect of affairs is! decidedly more encouraging. As the Times truly says: "We have just gone through bankrUMcv and are starting fresh on a sound basis bed-rock, hard-pan, what you please. We sell more than we buy; and are learning how to increase this process. jWe are pay ing our foreign debt, and our specie; trea sures begin to stay with us. The old jworld is under tne berrow: the new has! been there and has escaped.'" i f j We need a just, honest, economical government. Our burdens offtax- ation must be lessened. We (must have concord amongr the sections. We must have a sound! currency and C7 a plenty of it and then,' with! good crops, and afflicted with neither pesti- lence nor famine, we can as a people begin to prosper. The neonle of North Carolina know that an (econ omical, just and honest government can only be secured by placing Democrats on guard. They re member the past. Ithey Iknow, too, that a reform in the financial policy of the country cab onlyjbe ob tained through a Democratic Con gress. They will vote ( accordingly. They will go to the polls in this Dis trict and vote for Col! A. M. dell, whose financial record is Wad- sound, and who stands, .squarely upon the Ohio platform that contains,' every financial change that is wise and safe and possible and desirable. Do not make amistafee, and sup pose Col. WaddSTcan be (eleoted without Democrats doing their duty. The Stab is very earnest in advoca ting his claims. j The Philadelphia, Times has, an edi torial to show that the Radicals have suffered really more in the last elec tion, which the orga is claim as a splendid victory, and with which the President, by fraud and the! help of mdney, is so well pleased, than they did in 1874, when the gfeatf Demo cratic tidal wave swept over the country. Here is its summary Congress. Congress 1874. j 1878. R. . 5 .7 .6 . 0 . 8 .26 D. R. D. 0 13 2 13, 9 11 7 6 7 8-0 3 1 7 2 24 25 25 Maine Ohio Indiana West Virginia. Iowa Total . ..... ww o.u ut ui iuv uiiy con gressmen elected in the five! States the Re publicans lose one on the year when the Democrats carried about i every State in the North that was worth making a right for. It is very easy to see through the tactics of the enemy. The organs misrepresent or conceal the import ance and magnitude of the Demo cratic victory because he truth would endanger the Radical prospects in Pennsylvania, Illinois, lew York and other States . The dimes, Ibat tells the truth hurt whom it may, says: . I J "Considering that tM whole fight thus far has been made oa ICongress, the out look is not at ell hopeful as viewed through Republican spectacles.) That! party saved almost nothing out of the sweep of 1874, and is losing still more this year, accordine to the figures." I j The New York l&ie ial at the head of the Radical jpress in this coun try. It does not lay. much stress on those cipher telegrams ioveri which the J ay Gould goose is cackling so loudly. , r i , - Frost at tinmtiArfnn! rn SnnJ.. v. UUUAV nioht 1 1 . o ASOTHEK LESSON WORK JS THE WATCHWORD. Web ave warned Democratic vo ters again and again as to the decep tive and specious pleas of the Green- 1 1 - " 1 TIT - - - oacK oracies. vve nave told them often that the Greenback movement in North Carolina owes its inspira tion and inception 'mainly to the Radical leaders. The leaders of the movement itff this State, are, with very few exceptions, disappointed politicians who hare had their day, and who are ready to resort to any means or measures to get one more i t nibble at the great public teat. They are just such fellows as Tourgee, Turner, Helper and so on, who would rather "rule in hell than serve in heaven." ; We have warned our readers against being beguiled by the plausible and yet absurd sophisms of the Green back speakers. We have insisted that the movement in North Carolina could only injure the Democratic party and advance the Radical party that the Democrat who went into the Greenback party was unconsciously or otherwise playing directly into the ands of the enemies of true reform in every department of the govern ment. We have insisted that when the day of election came it would be found that the voters of the Green back party were deceived Democrats, whilst the Radicals who had pretend ed to unite with them in good faith would be found voting to a man for some well known Radical,be he for the time disguised or not. And so it will turn out. We predict now that every man who heretofore voted 1 with the Radical party will vote in November against Col. Waddell if there is any opposition candidate, and that no Radical will vote for a Greenback candidate, as such, if there is any Radical for whom to vote. There may be a Radical candidate dressed out in a Greenback garb,in order that soft and unsuspecting Democrats may be inveigled, but it will be well understood among the Radicals themselves that the said Greenbacker. so-called, i3 really no. Greenbacker at all, but an out and out wool-dyed Radical "of the most strictest sect." How was it in Colorado ? We gave you the lesson yesterday. How was it in Ohio ? Pretty much as it was in Colorado. When thei time came. to vote the Radicals returned to theirold party and voted the straight- out ticket. The Springfield (Mass.) Republican, an able Independent pa per, says, and mark the words: "The resnlt in i Colorado nnH nhin Ba well as in the Connecticut town elections, ShOWS that the Rpnilhlirnn vnter in ilncu States is not going off On the financial issue. TTT i m . . vv e never nenevea ne would . it is only in States like Maine, where Hnae nnrtv do mination has stifled the political atmos- pnere, mat tne voters seize the greenback issue with which to smash out the win dows." i It is the imperative, solemn duty of every lover of home and country to stand squarely by the Democratic party. It is the duty of every man who appreciates the Democratic party and approves of its principles, to ex ert himself in behalf of the nominee of the party. Col. Waddell has ability, expenence and reputation; he is in fa vor of such financial policy and Buch financial changes as the necessities of the country demand. He is in full accord with such leaders of public opinion as Hendricks, Thurman, Voorhees, and others. He is the nominee of the party, and it is our duty, and it should be our pleasure, to work hard for his success, and to go to the polls on the 5th of Novem ber and vote for him. Fidelity on the part of the Democrats will insure his election in spite of cabals and conspiracies in spite of arbitrary and insolent orders from, the Hayes Administration through its Attorney General. From now uutii tho election let work be the watchword. What do you say Democrats of Wilmington ? wnatdoyou say Democrats of the Third District ? watch and check-math tub RADICAL fSAME. It must be confessed that the lead ers who have had control of the"Radi cal party from time to time since 1868, have been blessed with nn abundance of invention. They have Deen generally equal to all emer. gencies when the people were tb be gulled and elections to be carried. At one time they played on the oa- triotic string, and Grant was made tne nero. Uhey next flaunted t.l bloody-shirt and carried the day. They then bull-dozed States, terror- ized it over the people, brought the shoulder straps and bayonets into service, seized capitols of States and aisoanded Legislatures. Next in order was the financial clap-trap and a farced resumption. But it ! is im possible to enumerate all of the tncV and dodges they have ? resorted to. They are an ingenious folk. ' j Uf course as the game waxes des- hbio a' UUk F.w vr uul inventions. ! The .prospects A r 1 . .1 before them for two' years or more have been irlrtomv anrf " ntiinvitlricr . n j t-. T- - - . i ?A :i-I.-Ji vuuusuii auu mey nave-uiepiuy a splendid hardihood and a magnifi- cent dash worthv nf a hotter cause. Fighting almost against hope' theJ Radical leaders have Uppeaied'to?l5iy amSng'tlieT5em6cfa -keep a stiff upper lipi" and have sue- ceeded sometimes' when the chances of success seeiiriPrl ''vfirv'1 dfRnerate. They are still at it with no little of njeir ; ou cunning ana oia . swagger that gives them respeciability in the eyes of thanv. ' Thev; have a little game: on hand which they are playing wiin some skill, but their tnck-cards have been spotted, and the chances are altogether, favorable 'that they will be beaten at every throw and ry every turn. What is that game? . The Washington 1 jPo'of . the 14th J i . j. '. ! "They are fighting now for one thing only, anu tnat is to prevent, if possible, tne control of the majdrity of the unit or Pre sidential vote or the states in tne next House. It was for that purpose that they sowed Colorado with money; and that was their object in concentrating their October efforts upon the two Cincinnati districts, hoping thereby to tie the Ohio delegation. In fact, the wnole drift of Radical party management since the Maine election, has been taken with reference to the possibility or an election of President by the House In the winter of 1881. I This fact seems to have escaped the attention of the Demo cratic oress. though the Democratic mana gers have been keenly a wars of it from the BlB1U The attentive readers of the Stab ! . : will bear witness that we have point- ed. bnt several times tbe objective point, at wnicn trie uadicals were aiming, to wit, the capture of the next House, and the reason of it that they might control the selection of the next President, in case the election went to the House. We long ago said that the only chance the Radicals had was in getting control of the House, and as far back as tbe adjournment of Congress we men- tioned that the struggle would be to that end It will require twenty States voting as units to elect a President. The Radicals have nineteen States in the present Congress, and the Democrats seventeen. I here are two tied, viz., T7M 3 J lr . tit rionaa ana Wisconsin, we now quote the Post, which is very clear. It says: J'As it lakes a majority of all the States to elect, neither party has control of the present House, so far as the Presidential or unit vote of btates is concerned. The Re publicans do not. indeed. hoDe to obtain sucn a control or tne next House for them eile8A,ba.Kthe?are ben.dinf everyeffrl.to prevent the Democrats from gelling it. The meaning of this strategy is plain. If they can prevent the Democrats from con trolling a majority of the States; their next move will be to promote the Greenback movement in Democratic States in 1880. in the hope of preventing a Democratic ma-. jorltyin the Electoral College. Then tbe tiouse would be unable to elect, and upon' that nral.rl tho n.irin.l 1 1 . . i seize the government." I The Post says the programme al- I though intricate is dangerous. It I gives the figures that have been sent to the Republican managers in vari- ous States, and marked "Private and I Confidential." According to these e r. . - ngures seventeen atates will certain- I ly be Democratic in the next House. I They are Ohio, Indiana, Oregon, De aware, Maryland, Virginia. West I Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia 1 Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Ten-1 nessee, Texas, Arkansas, Kentucky, I Missouri. But nine are regarded as I absolutely certain for the Radicals. I They are as follows: Maine, Ver mont, Rhode Island, Iowa, Minneso ta, Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, Mi chigan. That leaves twelve others 1 1 .r. over wnicn to make a hgbt. Mind I you, the aim is to prevent any of j these Stales from sending a maWitv a j J of Democratic Representatives. The Post says: L "The programme is to concentrate the money and other 'still-hunt' influences of tbe Republican managers in Florida, with a view or carrying one 01 tne two districts, and thus making the delegation a tie. The same thing Is to be attempted in Connecti cut. In New Hampshire thev hone to hold their own, but admit the necessitv of mak ing every effort.! In New York they expect to carry, seventeen Out of the tbjrty-three districts, and ini Pennsylvania fourteen out or tbe twenty-seven. California they sim ply expect to tie. Massachusetts they hope to carry, as likewise Wisconsin and Neva da. In short and to sum ud. we have nosi- tive knowledge that the sole aim of the Radical managers is to d re vent the Demo crats from obtaining a clear majority in the delegations of twenty States in the next House. If they can do this, thev will con sider the situation for 1880 still open to ineir genius for intrigue, fraud, and revo lution. . i ! f The Democrats will not fail of their twenty States Unless a sort of political cyclone occurs, or the Radi cal managers display more than their usual Mephistophelian cunning. We believe some Democrat will wear the Presidential i robes during the next erm ot officp. W ar not without. I ft8tror.fr hnno.ih.f' h Tpmnro - .i.n w.ii sweep enougn states in me pop- ... . . ,,Io- 1,-..- , . - uiat cicuwe-n io eieci lueir cauumaie. i If not, then we are quite certain that the requisite twenty States will be I obtained in order to elect him if the election should go into the Honse. Among those States from whioh the Democrats are to draw the three necessary to oomplete the twenty.are New VnrV TiisL:. t i Pennsylvania, Wi.Xnin r!a! frtrnia. Hnnt.h CLiroli- " "r,,olu' v" rT' , : . na, ioriaa, ew 3 TtT I J m MA TV I I Jersey and Connecticut, vve can,-out I stronsrlv belieVe that the three Mates i : o & 3 . .-j i. , I !it Tl.mniiii.iin moinriiinii iiin Ka mi-. i witu ieuiwiaiw iubjvhivU I cured from these. I Such is their game. It showe how recfes8ai it is for I aStivity and bar- 1 they. continue unitedi and work with I zeal, they cannot expect success, and I thev will not deservef success. Two j important 'results depend upon the i next eiecuou : j. . 1.' The election j of a Democratic i President and Vice President by the j House of Representative if Lthe peo- pie fail to elect, l wenty Mates must I have a Democratic majority in tho J Congressional delegation to 'secure I this end. 2. The conservation of a Republican form of government, the prosperity of the country, the securement of a just, honest and economical autninis- tratiou of public affairs, . a thorough reform in all the departments, the I restoration of , harmony and good will among the sections, and such salutary- changes in the financial. policy of the country aa observation, the necessities of trade and an ' en lightened public sentiment demand. ! Will the Democrats of tbe . Third I District fail in discharging their duty? I "Wkn .U C XT I Hanover doing to guarantee theelec- jliu am tijo iyeuiuuraia 01 ATtJW tion of Col. Waddell? Victory be- I longs to tho vigilant, the deserving, the active, the persevering. Up Democrats and make one more gal lant fight for all that is dear and precious. Let not the enemy triumph through your inertness or indiffer ence. Congressman Acklen's disgrace ap pears complete. It is true the Re- I publican committee report favorably to him that "he is innocent of the charge," and that they are "convinced that the party who lately stirred up this matter did it for blackmailing j purposes," but then no one cares what I such a committee may say or think. The Democratic committee on the other hand advise him to -withdraw from the canvass. They say the "ad ditional statements" made by Acklen D ..I oiicugtueuiug uave really "weakened his case." They, therefore, "adhere to their former decision." It is quite evident that they regarded Mr. Acklen as verf . , . , , senpusly involved, or they would nave vindicated his good name if they could. He declines to take their advice and will continue in the can vass. vender county appears to be awake importance of electing Colonel Waddell. The Democrats of that county have set their brethren in the District a good example. They were the first to organize a Democratic- I Waddell-Greenback Club, and now 'l.i . : ;.. 1 tney nave made a list of appomt- ments embracing ten places, at which 8Qch intelligent and forceful speakers as -Qlalor J. W. McUlammy, and I Messrs. It. K. Bryan and T. J. Arm- strong will address the people upon the important issuesof the campaign; This is an excellent movement. Let all the counties do likewise. Death ot a Prominent and Well Known Pnyslclan. Dr. Philip A. Aylett, a distinguished physician of New York, but Well known in this city and State, where he had many m- timate friends and admirers, died in that city on the dd of October, in tha fifty seventh year of his age. We think Dr. Aylett was a native of Selma, Ala., but he has relatives in Virginia, where he married. He has been connected with tbe University of New York for over twenty-five years, as an instructor, and was a great favorite with students from North -Carolina and other Southern States. During about the 'same period, or for the space of a quarter of j a ceatury, he was troubled with an infirmity of the eyes, which rendered him entirely blind, though it did not in the least, to all appearances, interfere with the discharge of his duties. In fact, we have heard some wonderful stories in regard to the remark able intuition displayed by him in finding places he had once visited, without the aid of a guide. Dr. Aylett is represented to have been a hard student, a very learned man, and a pious Christian gentleman . He leaves a wife and a grown son, who is, or has been, reading law at the University of Virginia. i The Norm Carolina Slate Fair.! (Special to Norfolk Virginian. J j Raleigh, N. C, Oct. 15, 1878. The fair was formally opened to- dav bv frnvfirnnr Vanno tfr,a non.l crowd for the first dav hfiino- m ot. tendance. The First Recimcnt. Sima vuara, unuormea in gray, acted as i j e .- uuvit w mo vjvuomui iium lue CaD- I :tn1 tn rha Vazr rir-h,a rp. , T 1UD uu" yernor made a very happy speech ! of I welcome, which was well received. I exmmuon is a tair. one, and the Kolla anafil . n . ,J l ni I jciio aisuuiuK uu lamuiv. luerR :ir j. , w , " , jr'w I w w aaiai Mvjkau wuau usual. An effect without a cause lis an imnnaai- I bility; tickling in the throat, husking of vuicc, viuient uougumg, etc., are the effects l B!Tere Y?"v r'' m 1 8 Sjrup 4 ftt once, and removes its se- rious effects. .rr-v-. The followioe :telrrm. inanswef to one. I " " ' -nt to iiuMavm-of Social Circle' Geor- ajbV Mr. Q.: M. Sumniercll, by request, - has Wn received here and turned over to i . i I tliH nninHr milhorities:-45 IUU (;iUpb l fAA-Jt ifciv-w I "'" ; Social Circle, Oct. 11. There is a prominent citizen missing, Wi-iie purticulurs in full by mail I thiuk I know where one of the parlies: are. Write m oalor, t(lUtv-ftge, &c. -llopio to ber from you by return, mail, I , , I I am, yours truly, i lu- II. N. Phillip, - . City:Marshal4. , Dealt o J, B.JilUePheriHn. j Mr.; James B. ifcPbfirBopj.lluded toi in our last as being seriously ill, nt his resi dence at Rocky Point, " Pender c6uiity , died on Sunday '.last. ,: A!' teles' nt" was re- ceived here Saturday night stating that he was better. , Mr. ' MoPherson; wUo. was, a citizen of prominonce in UheYjcommuDity where he resided, was well ( known, here, wnere ue bad many warm mends, as well . Jr.... Mi 1- .; BS 1CIU11VUB, Tbe Canvaat In Pender. The Democrats in Pender have deter mined on a vigorous canvass in that young county. : Let the other eleven follow the good exHBipla. We have been requested by ilr. E. Porter, Chairman of the Execu tive Committee, to publish1 the following j list of appointments for speaking, on which occasions Ma j. C. W. McClammy, Messrs., R. K. Bryan, T. J. Armstrong and others will address their fellow citizens: I Rocky Point.Mouday,. .". . ... . . October 31 Lillington,. Tuesday. ; ' 22 foint (jaswell, Wednesday. ... i ' Piney Woods, Thursday. ..... : " Leesburg, Friday. Sandy Run, Monday. .. ..... j " Gum, i Wednesday Meeks'.Hcilly Townsbip.Thurs- day, ' ' M Maple Hill Church, Friday... Novem'r Burgaw, Saturday,.. 23 24 25 28 30 31 1 2 For the Penitentiary. J Deputy Sheriff Daniel Howard, accom panied by officers John H. Brown and T. C. Miller, were to leave for Raleigh this morning with the following prisoners, con yicled at the late term of the j Criminal Court and sentenced to the Penitentiary for the various terms specified: I Charles King, larceny, 5 years. I LeQrand Barber, forgery, 6 years. William Jones alias Pompey Sneed, lar- ceny' 4 years James Walker, larceny, 5 years.. j Benj. Person, 5 larceny, 2 years. I Edmund Foy, larceny, 2 years. Donas Rogers, larceny, 5 years. Thomas Hawkins alias Monroe Hawkins, larceny," 5 years. : The first named in the above list is white and all the rest colored. ' - Tne Columbus 11 order Case. From a private letter.received in this city yesterday, we learn that the brother and brother-in-law 06 the late J. P. Randle ar- rived at Whileville on Tuesday. It was J their intehtion, wheu they started;) to come to this city, but they have concluded " that the visit here Will not be necessary. The letter in question states that George Little ton confesses lhat ho killed J. P. Randle, but declares that he committed tbe act in self-defence. This declaration, would have carried more weight- if Littleton had not stripped his victim, worn his clothing, con- cealed the remains w.here he thought they would not be discovered, and been found in this cityseveral days afterwards with a number of the murdered man's private let ters, articles of clothing with his name upon them, &c., in his possession. However, there is still a great deal of mystery connected with the case, the un- ravelling'of which might change the aspect of things to some extent. Not True. The following letter baa been received. ff iv'ine the lie to the statement nf fJrnrtrp Littleton, the alleged murderer, in reference to Miss Ida Montgomery. A later slate- ment of Littleton's is to the effect that it was Miss Lula Grenade that committed suicide: Social Circle, Ga., Oct. 15, 1878. W. H. Bernard. Wilmington. If. C: Dear bin. In your issue of the 11th I see a statement of . one George Littleton. concerning Miss Ida Montgomery, of this place, and I beg leave to say to vou that aaia statement is a most miamous lie. 1 went to see the young lady last night, and sne says mat sue never spoke to Littleton out once, ana tben as a total stranger. He was never at her father's house. He was arrested some time last year for stealing ten dollars from a little orphan girl. .Her grandfather,! Monroe Sigman, prosecuted him, but farlled to prove it on him, and so he was turned loose, but made to leave the neighborhood. . It was afterwards 'found where he spent the money. ! My opinion is that he is a scoundrel of the deepest dye. ! Yours, most respectfully, R. Fi Montgomery. . Capt. Doane, of the steamship ifcou- 7afo?y which arrived here yesterday, reports that on the 9th inst., at 11 A. M., forly miles southwest of Cape Hatteras; light, fell in with the schooner Joanne Doughty, Capt. French, of Somers Point, N. J., with the captain and crew of the schooner Ben Boiland, of New York, on board, who were transferred to the Regulator. The Ben Boi land foundered in the Gulf Stream on Sat urday, October 5th, being bound from Charleston to Baltimore, Tbe shipwrecked crew were taken to New York. J Capt. J. P. Dix and .crew of six, of the wrecked schooner John Boynton, men tioned in onr last, arrived here yesterday on the Norwegian barque Arizona, Capt. Gabrielsen, and will, we understand, try to reach Baltimore or New York. Capt. Ga J brielsen reports that the rigging and the: rudder of the John Boynton were gone, and the boat stove in. A signal of distrM.q wa rt lan tittari - : j . - v - j amiusnips. xne Arizona " "c auu duck ceeded m RftVir,rth mocf n- - s .. B.-v,K1Vaj,l.)BUU m ciew, together with some of their clo lDg, &c. Capt. Gabrielsen reports that he "rh; ?.Df ,aDa stormy voyage across, naVlDST sailed frnm Knclnnd nn t ha v . " eisioi AUgUSt. Receiver c. C. Ratlwar. Capt. D. R Murchison, of this city, has received the appointment from Judge Mc- Koy, of Receiver of the Carolina Central Railway, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death ef Capt, Isaac B. Grainger. Spirits- Turpentine. Mr. Wm. Henderson Howard a most respected and honored citizen of Lm coin eounty, died on the 1st inat., aged 75. Buffalo Bill's troupe were afraid U go to Georgia on account of fever Ti... Charlotte Observer says they believed the f7 yer was all over Georgia, j . .! t-The building in which the Rock ing Spirit of the South is printed was struck by .lightning last Monday. Nobody was hurt and not much damage doue. (iodshoro Messenger : . Mrs. Dru- Boo. W. T. : Dor.ch, died at hia resideoce u. this town, Friday evtuing.ibe llib ini aged 93 years a.omomht Lenoir Topic: There is said to be a convict at work ou the C. & L Rail rad,orunprePosaeaSin? ebony appeaV"no : aged 15 year,,, thul reads Latin, G?eek Ge )l uiaAeiicn andEogtisl,. dlffi7u . tyd never went lo 8pu4l ay TJlL : Winston Sentinel: Rev T 1 Pegrm is cairying on a protracted' meeting jo Ger.nan,oH. VV learn that gr S term is manifest. 1 toke38 circuit undercharge of Rev. T. H. Pegram hi, sent $23 20 to the yellow fevef SffeTew " the bouth. ' j ; La,8t lly eveuing a week ago a difficulty Recurred at Miller's grocery one mile from Ruthcfordtou,! between lUnv Churchill, of that place, and WilIiQl El wood, in which Cnurchill had an hrm bn fc' yrained &Dd a CQt "P jhe n -.Th?Mext seiou of the North Carolina Annual Conference of the Mttlio dist Proteaaut Chnru ni f ""uo Yadk.u College, oo Wednesday, tbe 13 u day of November. 1878. ;Tlfi nnoT it. Hickory Press: There are seventy-three convicts now at work on the Chester & Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad under the efficient management of Mr' Joseph Fry. Things are moving very briskly, and the prospects for the road to Lenoir are becoming more flattering to the citizens of Caldwell every day. - Raleigh News: On Thursdav night, about 9:20 o'clock, asthe mit trfl, of the R. & A. Air Lino was backing from the Central to the R. &. G. deDoL iust as it passed under the bridee on Hillshnm Avenue, Alex, Hicks, a colored brabeman, fell off and was instantly crushed by the wheels. Hicks was walkine on ton of ihi cars, arid by an unfortunate misstep fell be tween mem. a. correspondent st .les that application will be made to Congre&s at its next session to establish a dailv mail route from Tarboro to Scotland Neck, with offices at Roseneath and two other points ou ine rouie. it snouiu De establ shed. j i Cherokee correspondent of Ra leigh News gives the following account of a murder: On Thursday morning last Mr. James Ross, of this county, was found dead in nis neld, a short distance from his resi dence. He bad col ten ud verv earlv nri went lo the field to rua out some of his neighbor's hogs (Mr. Michaels). In a short time, perhaps one hour thereafter, a young man by the name of Taylor, who was stay , ingwith Michaels, reported to Ross' family that he had found the old man lying dead in the field. The Coroner of the county.P. M. G. Rhea, was Bent ifor, and also Dr. Benj. May field. The former collected a jury, who, upon examination, found tbat Ross had received a severe blow with a stick on the back part of his heuddisjoiui ing the head from the neck. Many wit nesses were examined, but the guilty parly could not be ascertained, yet there is no doubt the old man was murdered. Charlotte Observer: Rev. J. T. Duncan, the blind Chaplain of the Georgia Senate, will discuss "The Elements ot a Pure, Beautiful, Successful Life," in Tryon Street Methodist Church, to-night. Hon. J. M. Baker, who was one of the Con federate States Senators from Florida, and a brother of the late Rev. Archibald Baker, ' of Robeson county, in this State, was in the city yesterday. - Mr. H. C; Eccles sold to one of our meat dealers, yesterday, a porker which weighed 510 pounds.. He was of the Essex variety. A Charlottean, who has has been travelling in Alabama, comes back with his pockets full of iron clad oats be has been compelled to take be fore (Entering any of the towns or ci.ies lia ble to be infected with yellow fever. LeonidasL. Polk, Commissioner of Agri culture of the Commonwealth of North Carolina, are you listening? - Mr. William Overcarsh, of Charlotte, has raised a red yam potato weighing 6i pounds in its slock ing feet and measuring 27 inches around tbe girth, and now.cau you raise Mr. Over carsh? Goldsboro Messenger: We Iearo from the Lynchburg (Ya.) JSews that a white man named Harrison Poe, claiming to bail from Salem, N. C.,was arrested in that city on Friday last, charged with stealing a steer. The Mayor ordered him lo receive i thirty-nine lashes, with a cowhide, which were duly administered. - There is a gratifying increase of cotton receipts in this market. From present indications the re ceipts will exceed 25,000 bales this seasou. A series of interesting meetings have j been in progress at the Baptist Church the i past weefc, and have been attended with ! great seriousness. Rev. Mr. Ivey has been I aided by Revx F. M. Jordan and Rev. Mr. Dixon. .We learn that a daring act' of ; burglary was perpetrated in Duplin, about two miles from Faisons, on Saturday nicibt last. The dwelMne occuDied bv Mr. G. T. i Hill and bis brother was entered and rob-; bed of a trunk containing $51 in money, a i silver watch, an overcoat, and some other valuables. The trunk was found about ! Beventy-five yards from the house, rifled of its valuables except the watch and over-! coat, which were left in the trunk : Reidsvilfe limes: A white preacher calling himself Racland. and hail ing from Granville county, in this Stale, lit in Milton the other day and at once put up with Mat Gordon, colored. He has carried on quite a meeting at tbe colored church in tbat town, and last Sunday baptized thir teen negroes, little and big. He arms the colored brethren around the town and takes tea with the sisters. "I must hurrv up these dishes." said a cook to the ladv of the - house, "Mr. Ragland is going to take tea wun me to-night." The other night, after service, Parson Ragland stood at the church gate waiting for the congregation to pass out, and as Mrs. Ann Gordon, colored, ap proached,, he held out his arm, re marking, "Here you are at" last. ' sister Ann, I have been waiting for you," and the sister took bis arm and strolled home. . Brother Ragland tells the darkeys that he is with them heart and soul. , Old aunt Charlotte, a verv clever old colored woman, living in Caswell county, about three miles 1 from Milton, bas in her possession a .'grown young white girl she has raised from a babv. Auut Charlotte was formerly tbe slave of a Mr. Bennett, of Halifax. Va. The eirl'a name is Cornelia, she knows no better than lhat the old woman is her mother, and considers her grown sons as her brothers. She was driven to the baptiziner last Sunday bv one of them. Aunt Charlotte is very particular wun mis girl, ana the people say she nas raised her as well as the circumstances would permit. But whose daughter she is the public are at a loss to decide, and old Charlotte won't tell. But there she is. Brother. Mills to the front 1 The pop ulation of Reidsville is 1,500. We run nine tobacco factories. I ' R. P. Richardson. Sr., says over three million pounds of to bacco have been sold in Reidsville tbia year,
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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