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. the: contest in the
: i district.
SECOND
Jim Harris is the Kington
nominee
r of the Radical party for Congress in
the Second District. O.'Hara an
other darkey, would not do. because
he was charged with bigamy (having
" two wives) and saudry other crimes
offensive; to the laws of the State.
So he must be set aside, though regu
larly nominated by a convention of
; the party, and Jim Harris, who was
; bom and "raised" "two miles from
Oxford, must be put in the race to
represent "ihe high moral ideas," and
the intense love of honest v of ' the
reformatory wing of the defunct
Radical party in the Second District.
Well, what manner of man is
Jeemes? .. He is a negro of j no j little
smartness. He is the best speak
er we Lave heard among bis race in
this Slate. He is not without a con
siderable amouut of politeness) and
; seH-respect. That is to say, he has
. good manner?, and does not hot) nob
with "common niggers."
But, alas !
Jeemes is no exception to the rule.
. We fear he is no better than O'Hara.
or the long list of rascals and rogues
who robbed and plucked j poor old
North Carolina from 1866 to 1S70.
This is not an idle expression.
There are too raanv evidences of
"easy virtue" on the part of Jeemes
to allow him to be set up as a model
of political honesty and manly mteg-
ti" I
rity. We referred some days ago to
the fact that it was ja jgood
' time to overhaul the Fraud .Com
mission, and to see how stands
it with the' new candidate In the
report of that Commission (judge
Shipp at the bead) it is clearly shown
'.: that Jim Harris had a weakness for
money, and bad been bribed whilst a
member or the Legislature at 1668
?69. It is shown that Harris; is a very
- corrupt, if a smart and imitative
darkey. John T. Deweese, . former
member of Congress from the Ra
leigh District, and a corrupt carpet
bagger, swears that Jim Harris re
ceived $250 from Soutter &! Co. for
his vote. He says be paid him $3,000
not-to-run for Congress. We- give
one paragraph from Deweeses testi
mony, whieh we find copied in the
Goldsboro Messenger: 3 .
"They corrupted the Legislature,, using
such willing tools as J. H. HarrU to get the
I negro members to vote for all their railroad
schemes. Harris was by them paid the mo
ney with which be purchased his farm. In
fact, he would do nothing unless ike was
paid for it. He must have received not less
than $15,000 for his influence and'his vote."
! This is the candidate set up in
place of the. bigamist O'Hara. This
' . it 1 - :
is me corrupt ieiiow wuo ta nomina
ted in placo of ex-Gov. Brogden, the
present Representative,against whom
there is no charge of bribery and
rififiiilati'nn nnd whn i'r an TinnpRt m an
' 1 v. , ,r,
as far as we know or can learn.
Has
Radicalism improved any ? Is it not
really growing worse? : It would ap
pear so."' 'i r : r"
We would be glad to see! a. gen
erous response made to V the j appeal
for contributions in behalf of Lieut.
Benner, the brave TJ. S. army officer
whogave his Jife that he might carry
provisions to the strickened towns of
the South. If some Wilmington lady
would taVe tip matter n b,and? we
canriot doubt that a fitting response
would be made. . I! ., :,
We were reading the other night
Dryden's 'Palamon and Arcite'when
the following couplet, which the great
poet applies to Saturn, reminded as
of oar times; '' - ' i: : ,; 4 ! '
"Wayward, but wise; by loDg experience
taught,; ; u ,-; 4K-t
lopkase both parties, for HI ends he sought." -
E IiO QDKNT- SOUTHRON
.. Judge John IL House,
k)f Tehnes-i
see, now a member . of thf
House of
iicpieseuiauveB, ; ib a speaKer OC un
usual eloquence. We have often ad-
; : j
- mired his glowing and finished rhe-!
toric. Some of his speeches in th J
House
are among the ' most Eloquent
and rhetorical that .have
n deli-
vered in recent times.
He
was reH
nominated unanir
on. the
21 st
Dis-
by, the Democrats of the
... ". . .1.
Sixth'
tnet. He m8dd:a'k;jblikrad!ltMatld
,1
speech, in which be referred ti the
noble generosity and sympathy of the
people of the North in beautifuj and
affecting terms. We give a ara-i
graph, and it is worth reading, j both'
on account of its literary! excellence
an
a a its
in
appropfiatend anT
meats:
"in tne next contest between the two
great, parties ibey will divide upon govera
mental policy; and without sectional! ani
mosity. Sectional hatred will be eliminated
from the contest. - So far as llhe South is
concerned, I am certain that such will be
the case. I cannot find it in my heart to
indulge in feelings of malice, . toward the
people of the North, when I witness; their
magnanimous and generous conduct to
ward the Southern people. I feel like
pulling off my bat and standing uncovered
in their presence. Oh, grander than the
victory ot Appomattox is the victory won
by the people of the North in their noble
and generous contributions to the stricken
and suffering South. Upon that fated field
the South surrendered her sword. Within
the shadow of the dark wing of pestilence,
beside the new-made graves of her heroic
sons and daughters, with bowed head and
tearful eyes, she extends her hand and sur
renders her heart to the generous and; mag
nanimous North. God's own hand baa
bridged the bloody chasm. Let not the
ambition of man seek to open the wonnds
and to rekindle the embers jof sectional
strife.."- " n! I
THE OLD UARIB. j
We had thought that the old way
of bamboozling the "colored map and
brother" had been abandoned for
ever. But it appears from the fol
lowing paragraph in the : Petersburg
Index-Appeal that the Radicals in
that Congressional District are at
their old tricks. It says:
"One of the arguments used
by the; Re-
publicans to set their Deonle to vote and
8 most unworthy one it is is; that if this
District is carried by the Conervalive3,and
the Democrats control the country, the ne-i
groes will be relegated to the condition of
slavery. It is hardly possible! tnat there is
a ne;ro in the Fourth Congressional Dis
trict who can be made to believe such a
thing." ( j j ;
Over this way the game " is differ
ent. It is no longer the promise of
forty acres of land and a! mule; nor
is it a threat that the Democrats will
try to return the negroes to a condi
tion of slavery, for such lies as (these
are
too bald to deceive the
most
stupid negro in the Third District;
but it is the promise of
oceans of
greenbacks, so that those Who are top
lazy to work may live in
die all over.
clover and
A new idea has been broached as
to an affinity between electricity and
yellow fever that there is a naturally
attractive force between malaria and
"undeveloped electric fluid." A; com--munication
in the St. Louis Climes
states that but very few, if any telegraphic-operators,
have escaped,
either sickness or death
who
have
been in any of the infected towns.
There must be some reascn for this
sickness and mortality,
operators be' more j liable
Vhy should
to malarial
fevers than others'? The Writer in the
Times says:
' . "Without scientific com men
t a few facts
on, and left
mabe stated in this connect:
to -wiser heads to culminate
in a plausible
theory
; "Jrirst Among the constant workers the
telegraph operators are the fewest ioj num
bers, i;;--. j " '
; "Second -They are not directly exposed.
; ""Third If they are infected by contact
with other workers, the latter must be phy
sicians, nurses, or members o( relief socie
ties, who send messages andj are more ex
posed than the operator. . I j
"Foucth--They are exempt from the
harrowing sights of sickness; death, and,
necessarily, r unchristian and revolting
burials. . i . i. " i . j. .
"Fifth They have the disinfecting ad
vantage of batteries added to' sanitary dis-
infection.. , : . i : L
"Sixth They are not worked so hard as
physicians of nurses. . . . ' -1 j . ?
, VSeventh And lastly, while their sick
ness and mortality together is at least 90
per cent., that of other workers and citizens
does not exceed 30 in the worst 1 infected
localities."
1
; 1 Ex-President Davis wen hei little
thought he would be so soon bereaved
of his 9wn and. only son, wrote this
to a friend: ' ' ' ' ' ,"-r- J-'---
The noble generosity of the Northern
people in this day of our extreme affliction
has been felt with deep gratitude, and has
done more for the fraternization of j which
many idly prate than would many volumes
of rneioncai assurance. j
; Jt is stated aa a truth; that in, Mas
sachusetts culchawed,'! boastfol,
pretentiotjs Massaebusetts there' are
fifty thousand people w hi" have their
poll-taxes paid by others Of course
they vote according ."to jcircumslan-
bes." ; So the Bay State' has a larger
floating, purchasable; population than
any other State.
r I : . . . ' 1 l , , 1
o HOOKER OH VKDBR1L 6RV
It need not be told our .Readers
who Gen. J oseph Hooker is. ; ?He js a
; really gallant Federal officer who Was
known in both armies as Fighting
Joe." Without being .a great Cap
tain himself, he is a braveiabbpra
fighter, and has good general capao-;
iity. '- He has, had large opportrinites
of kno wing both Sherman axtd Grant,
and he evidently gauged them pretty
accurately; ; The people of the South
i will; not be disposed 5 to take', any
'exceptions M the estimate a? he'
places upon ;f the two leading;
men that became : the ' great favorites
iof the North'.' , ; We m the South have
,the ntmost detestation of Tecumseh
Sherpianl ; If he had been President
I u'uia Lav u ' t)cnu a 'muf einaUg
nant'and vindictive persecutor 'of the
South than the sot , who lorded it
over a prostrate people for eight long
years. - Grant has always been re
garded in the South as having very
little military genius, but as endowed
with stubborn courage and a pertina
cious will. He has no real political
principles and no honor. He sold
out to the Radicals, and he grew
rich out of the spoils of office.
But let us turn to a very interest
ing account of a recent interview
with "Fighting Joe," as reported in
Cincinnati Commercial. We will
glean here and there bits of choice
criticism which will be enjoyed by
many of our readers. He first goes
for the burner of Columbia and At
lanta, the ravager of Georgia, the
slanderer of Hampton, and the or
ganizer of a corps ot bummers. He
said: 1
"Oh, Sherman is a hard, cruel man a
tyrant in the small. He likes to be prod
ding people and prosecuting non-combatants.
He had so .little discernment that
be thought that abuse of me would pass
with the country, but the reception of it by
the people monirled his crazy mind. Pro
bably he never did anything that gave
himself so much selfish repentance."
Again, he says of his ability as a
commander:
"He had more disasters that anybody I
know of. His character and composition
are nervous and uncertain, and be is tor
mented by a consciousness that the Ameri
can nation has no confidence in his judg
merit, and would not keep him where he is
in case of general danger. I regard him as
responsible for the Indian atrocities taking
place this fall on the Plains. He possesses
none of the magisterial, assuaging, wise
sense which controls savages. His errors
in the rebellion went the full swing of the
pendulum from gross military mistakes,
such as the first expedition on Vicksburg,
to gross civil blunders like bis treaty with
Joe Johnston."
The following strikes ns as capital.
It is-decidedly incisive and shows
Hooker to be a man of observation
and brains: ,
; "Well, Sherman has a geniits much like
George Francis Train's. He can talk and
writerapturously; and yet have no sense.;
I am disposed to think that Grant, not pos
sessing the power of expression, was takes
with Sherman's aptness at writing, and
thought he had better not antagonize his
pen. Yet Sherman has never been loyal to
Grant's kindness. 'I think Grant the abler
and better of the two. As President of the
United States, however, Grant was vulgar
and incompetent."
The following is of. real historical
interest, and gives us an insight into
a matter not much understood. We
have long desired to know something
of the history of that extraordinarily
wise treaty made between Generals
Johnston and Sherman near Durham,
N. C. We recently gave a rumor that
it was written by a leading Northern
lawyer. We have always understood
that the treaty reflected the senti
ments of President Lincoln, who was
an abler and better man than any
who surrounded him in his official
life. But Gen. Hooker makes two
statements that will be news to many;
first, that it was written by one of
President Davis's Cabinet, and,
second, that it was 'repudiated in
Washington ; by all. But here is
what he says: , ,
"His treaty 1" exclaimed 'General Hook
er. "I know he claimed to have written
it. It was written by Reagan, of Texas,
one of Jeff. Davis's Cabinet, and was overt
looked by Davis himself. It provided for
the surrender of the United States to Joe
Johnston, not for Johnston's surrender.!
The entire Government, Stanton and all,
rescinded it, and sent Grant to have it
withdrawn." . . -
If that treaty had been adopted it
would have saved all the woes that
have befallen ; the j country: since,
Sherman was for once wiser than his
associates, and possibly builded bet
ter than he knew. - r;
"Fighting. Joe" throws a flying
shot at Sherman as he turns to others.
The following is no doobt an apt and
terse portraiture of a very bad man.
Says he i - . .. .- i
"Sherman is actually mean, envious, and
avaricious, and he regarded ' me when ' I
arrived as a kind of intruder, come out of
the East to take rank. Grant treated me
better."- o:i;jfX';, " '-: r'; :
. Of Grant's habits and capacity as
a Commander, the General; has this
to say: ' j e;-, if--;-.- -tk
"Grant has always been the victim of
whiskey. - He takes more of it, and keeps
IT..- . - - - . : I
it . longer kboard. than-, any general ! ever
saw or read or. Tpis makes him ugly and
obstiqate. ' . " vi-.'inij: .! viu-i r-v-i
.'f 'Grant's whiskey ia jL deceiving article.
Lincoln used to call it Bourbonfwhen he
drank ot it ' in" canip.il-After Be was made
President, and laid UP in the, White House
tanfit for business for-days, "they called it
, 'malaria . ' i In Europe, Where the same thing
continues, I'm told by our returning officers
that they call it cheese.1 " r
f -"This was 'so ludicrous- thate - had ton
roar. -. :; ... !f -.,Y .. i.
F 'r,However,, said 1 the Oeberal while
Grant is not a Bavard or a Bvdnev. he in m.
better man at heart and in head than.Sher-
man.
! This is
ing,j and we can
all - enjoy ' it:11 We beWa" Federal
lofficer ! say in f 1 86S v that Giant was
more indebted to the silence of ; the
.Generals i of the army for his deputa
tion than any man who ever Jived.
.! -.: - -" "I-
Important CliaiiseB. villm '?u; a i
important changes j wal ne ip
the arrival and' departure ot4fates on the
Wilmington & Weldon and Wilmington,
Columbia &" Augusta Railways. Among
them we note the following on the Wit
mington & Weldon Road: The morning
train will leave here at 6:40 A. M., and the
evening train at 9:10 P. M. The morning
train from the North j will arrive at 9 &A.
M., and the evening train at 9-20 P. M.
Under the new schedule the run from Wil
mington to Weldon will be made in six
hours and five minutes. The trains on the
Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta Road
will, of course, make close connections
with the above mentioned trains.
Arrest of a Alarderer.:
On Wedne3dayj the 23rd inst., at Halis
fax, in this State, one Charley Foy.colored,
was killed by another colored man, named
Henry Spears. Yesterday a colored man
in this city lodged information with Depus
ty Sheriff J. W. Bryan, to the effect that
Spears was in this vicinity, and that he had
heard him admit the killing of Foy in a
grocery store in this city the night previ
ous. Upon his affidavit a warrant for the
arrest of Spears was issued by Justice Har
nss, and placed in the hands of Officer
Bryan, who succeeded in capturing Spears,
about 12 o'clock, on the Wilmington &
Weldon Railroad, some six or seven
miles from the city. When coming
across Spears the officer read the
warrant to him, upon which S. asked if Foy
was dead. Being answered in the affirma
tive, Spears informed the officer that he
would have to kill him before he would be
taken. He very quickly changed his mind,
however, and submitted to arrest as grace
fully as possible. Spears admits the kill
ing, but says ' Foy bad him ' backed up
against the wall, with a large sheath-knife
flourishing over his head,, when he stabbed
him in self-defence, j
Spcar8,.wbo is about 25 years of age,
was .locked up in jail to await a requisition
from the authorities at Halifax.
Foy is said to have belonged in this
place. '... :
The Teachers' Association.
A goodly number of teachers were pre
sent at the Library Rooms, yesterday after
noon, at 2 o'clock, in pursuance of the call
for the purpose of forming a Teachers' As
sociation. The meeting was opened by the
reading of a letter, by Mr. J. H. Hinton,
from Prof. George T. Winston, Chairman
of ; the State Teachers' Association, at'
Chapel Hill, requesting him to', call the
meeting. . Appropriate remarks were made
byA. R. Black, Esq., County Examiner,
after which an organization was effected
by the election of Mr. J. N. Hinton, Pres
ident, who, upon taking the chair, made
suitable remarks, thanking the meeting for
the honor conferred, j
A constitution was adopted, and a com
mittee appointed to wait upon the President
and Directors of the Library Association, to
secure, if possible, the rooms, for meetings.
The subject for consideration at the next
meeting will be Text Books. - -
The following is the
" . CONSTITUTION.
Article 1. This Association shall ' be
called the New Hanover County Teachers'
Association, and its object shall be to per
fect the Public School system of North
Carolina. It will not consider this object
accomplished until (1) teachers re as well
paid as members of ; other professions; (2)
the school term lasts nine months a year;
(3) neat and comfortable school houses are
built wherever needed; (4) the best text
books are adopted in every school; (5) the
Public School teachers are enabled to hold
County Institutes at least ' once a year for
mutual improvement, consultation and co
operation; (6) permanent and systematic
Normal Instruction is provided for the.
Public School teachers of the State.
Article 2. The officers of the Association
shall be a President and Secretary. It shall
be the duty of the President to arrange the
programme for the meetings, to preside at
the same, to correspond with the State As
sociation, and to conduct other necessary
business. He may select two other mem
bers to constitute with himself an Execu
tive Committee.' The Secretary shall keep
a record of all proceedings. :
Article 3. The Association shall meet the
last Saturday in each month, at 11JA. M.,
and shall endeavor to be represented at the
annual meeting of the State Teachers' As
sociation. 1 , "
The Wilmington & Weldon Railroad
Company. . . ,j , . i
The Board of Directors of the Wilming
ton & Weldon Railroad Company have
declared a dividend of three per cent.,
payable November SQth, t'.
The present managers have paid off all
the floating debt of the Company, and in
addition thereto.' have purchased and paid
for seven hundred tons of steel rails. The
rolling stock, road bed, and general pro
perty of the Company are all reported to
be in excellent condition, and its business
flourishing. 4 -
CoL R. R. Bridgers, for years the Presi
dent of the Company, and his subordinates
generally,1 are entitled to much praise for
their able management of the' Company's
affairs, ; as indicated by the encouraging
results noted above. 1
FKOBABIiB HOHICIOE.
A Woman shoots Down
the Mttinic Keom or
i Ijamberton.' '
an m
Hotel
at
! From' information received from Lam.
berton last night, we learn that yesterday
morning, about 9 o'clock; Mr. J. VE. Harts
man, formerly of that town.butnow travel
ing for Messrs. Elbart,Witz & Co., of ;Bal
timore, was shot with a pistol by Miss
Amelia Xinkhaw, the ball taking effect in
the left jphest, opposite the heart, mortally
wounding him. ' c ' . "j v -
! Mr; Hartmau arrived at Lumberton on
Wednesday evening,! ;. and stopped at
Rancke's Hotel. . Miss L. called at the ho
tel soon after his arrival, probably with, the
intention of carrying out her designs upon
is life at that time, but failed to accom
lish' heir purpose: ' She called again jester-"
day. morning and . met him : in the, sitting
roQrn . . Upon :ente.ring tthe room . she. pre
tended to be trying to get her hand from
under a shawl she wore to shake hands
with him. Mr. Hartman extended his hand
as if to reciprocate the proffered . courtesy,
when she shot him through the shawl.; -:
In the absence of aby definite informa
tion as to the cause of the sad affair, we re
frain from giving publicity, at this time, to
the rumors that have reached us in refer
ence to the matter. 1
; Miss L. is the daughter of a German tai
lor of Lumberton, and two of her . sisters
are married to leading citizens and mer
chants of that place.
The latest accounts from Lumberton j are
to the effect that the condition of Mr. Hart
man is hopeless.
The Perils ;of the Sea A Narrow Ec
eape.
We learn that Rev. Dr. Patterson and
Miss Sophia Campbell, of this city," emn
barked on one of the Bay line steamers for
Norfolk, on Tuesday last,e route for home,
when they were struck by the Bevere storm,
some account of the ravages of which is
given in our telegraphic columns. The gale
was so terrific that even the captain of the
steamer became seriously alarmed for the
safely of himself and his ; passengers and
crew. He informed Dr. Patterson and
others that the life boats would not live a
moment in such a gale, and his wife intima
ted to the female passengers that, "it was
probably all up with them." While the storm
was at its height Rev. Dr. Patterson h ad
prayers' on the steamer for the safety of
the vessel and her precious freight of liv
ing souls from the dangers and perils
which surrounded them. In the meantime
the steamer had been put back in the direct
tion of Baltimore, with but little hope of
reaching the city in safety, in which, how
ever, they were agreeably disappointed, ,
Miss Campbell has since, reached this
city, but Dr. Patterson is not expected to
arrive before next Tuesday. i
Since writing the above we find some
reference to the above adventure in a tele
gram from Baltimore to the Norfolk 7ir
ginian, dated the 23d instant, which says:
"The steamer Florida left here at 6 P. M.
yesterday, for Norfolk, and was exposed to
the storm in all its severity. Her forward
deck and saloon were washed away and
she was otherwise injured. She was com
pelled to put back, and arrived here at 12
o'clock to-day.
"Off Smith's Point it was thought the
Florida- would be swamped. Then ensued
scenes of great excitement, and the boats
were about to be lowered. The passengers
oh board were much frightened. They put
on life-preservers, said their prayers, and
expected every .minute the boat would go
down. The damage, to the boat is about
$1,200. The water was a foot deep in the
cabin. Her freight has been forwarded by
the steamer Seaboard. .
The Washington Robbery.
The following is the Washington Post's
Version of the arrest of the party, who
robbed Hon." A. M. Waddell in that city in
May last, brief mention of which was made
In the Jlast issue of the Stab: ,
. "Detectives McDevitt and Yoss made the
quite important arrest last night of John
Brudell alias St. Louis Johnny. This is
one of the most successful hotel thieves in
the country, one of his latest exploits being
the robbery of the Entaw House in Balti
more last spring. He was then marched
through the city with a large placard on his
back, marked 'Thief,' .because he would
not sit for his picture, and brought a suit
against the marshal - therefor. The cause
of his present arrest was the robbery of
Hon. A. M. Waddell, at the Metropolitan
Hotel, in this city, the 3d of last May. He
entered the hotel while Mr. Waddell was
at sapper, and, after ascertaining that fact,
proceeded to his room and stole a pocket
book containing $150. The arrest was
made in a singular manner. Mr. McDevitt
was looking for another 'wanted' party,
and on entering O'Brien's saloon, near the
Baltimore & Ohio Depot, saw Brudell
drinking at the bar and took him in. He
was locked up at police headquarters, and
will have a hearing ' before Justice Snell
this morning. He is a tall, well dressed,
good looking scamp, with a smooth face,
and hands unused to honest toil."
Horse Tradlne. . , .
A colored man by the name of Samuel
Hines, .living on Topsail Sound, hired a cos
lored boy named John Treville to work for
him, and on Friday morning the boy bor
rowed Hines' horse and cart to come to
town and get his trunk of clothing,&c. The
boy came here and straightway made an ef
fort to dispose of the animal, which he
finally succeeded in doing Daniel Howard,
as agent for Scott,, the colored livery stable
man, paying $35 for him. Yesterday morn
ing Hines made his appearance, told his
story, and claimed the horse. In the mean
time the boy had disappeared, and it is said
that he was last seen going in the direction
of "Rock Quarry." . Howard says that be
fore purchasing the horse he required some
reference from the boy i who brought for
ward a man who (declared that he - knew
Treville, that the horse belonged to his (Tre
viile's) father,, and that. he. would run no
risk in purchasing him. At last accounts
this party was in hot pursuit of the ' boy,
under the impression that If be didn't suc
ceed in "bringing him ; to taw" he would
himself be held responsible." v-
Arrest or James Beaton and his
, Commitment to the County Jail.
Yesterday evening, about 'dark. James
Heaton, whose arrival in J this i city " was
chronicled in Thursday morning's Stab,
was arrested at the corner of Second and
Market streets by Special Deputy Simon
Richardson, colored, who was armed with
twelve eapiaies, ten from the Clerk of the
Criminal Court of New Hanover county
for embezzlement, one for an 'affray, and
one from the Clerk of, the Superior Court
of Pender county for assault ; and . battery.
His bonds were fixed at $200 in eachcase.or
$2,400 in all.which he failed to furnish, and
he was thereupon committed to the county
jail. His friends say, however, that he
will give the necessary bonds this morning.
The charges of embezzlement are based
on transactions of Heaton ; while he was
Clerk of the Superior Court and Judge of
Probate; the affray was the difficulty be
tween himself and Daniel Howard, jailor,
which is familiar to our . city readers ' and
the assault and battery referred to was the
difficulty between himself and Mr.. F, W.
Foster, which occurred at Burgaw some
months since, when Heaton. made an as
sault upon Foster and narrowly escnped
being shot by him.
The laumbcrten 8hooilnc Case.
We learn from the Express Messenger on
the Carolina Central Railway, who arrived
here last nigbt, that the condition of Mr.
Hartman, who was shot by Miss Amelia
Linkhaw at that place on Thursday morn
ing last, was considered much more favora
ble, and that hopes are now entertained of
his ultimate recovery. Miss Linkhaw. 'who
is reported to have given birth to a child in
about three hours after the sad occurrence,
has been placed under a bond of $5,000 for
her appearance when an investigation is
had.
That Narrow Escape. .
Referring to the harrow escape of the
steamer Florida from foundering in Chesa
peake Bay, during the gale of Tuesday last,
mentioned in yesterday's paper, the Nor
folk Virginian says: "The passengers held,
a meeting on the return trip, Rev. Dr. Geo.
Patterson, of Wilmington, N. ' C, Chair
man, M Cotton, o( Baltimore, Secretary,
and passed resolutions of congratulation to
Captain Whittle and bis officers for the sig
nal ability they displayed in rescuing them
from the perils of so fearful a storm."
A Son Seta Fire to his Father's store.
' We learn that one David Mclntyre, while
under the icfluence of liquor, set fire to the
store of his father, situated about four
miles from Moss Neck, Robeson cotfuty.on
the 24th inst., because the old man refused
him some wine which he craved. The store
and contents were entirely consumed.
Ij From information received at the;Cus
torn House in this city we learn that the
Frying Pan Shoals Light Ship broke her
moorings on Tuesday, October 22d, during
the prevalence of the severe storm of that
date, and is now lying three miles southeast
of her fitatifflfcasrtAtslast cronrita she had
only fifteen fathoms of chain left and had
been compelled to let go her second anchor.
The Snooting Case.
The latest hews from Mr. J. E. Hartman,
who was shot at Lumberton a few days
since, which was received by the Carolina
Central Railway last night, ' represent him
as still improving, and his ultimate recove
ry is now confidently looked for. No new
developments of interest
'The Norwegian barque Astor, Capt.
Danielsen, which arrived here from Liver
pool yesterday, reports that on Friday, Oc
tober 18th, in latitude 29. 12, nortb,longitude
72.35, west, fell in with a three-masted
schooner water-logged and apparently
abandoned, with mizzenmast gone, and
foresail and mainsail down on deck and
partly overboard as though the halyards
had chafed until they had parted. Her
name, as near as could be discerned, was
the Frederick, of St. John's, N. S., and she
was loaded with lumber. Capt. Danielsen
hove-to his vessel to the leeward with the
intention of boarding the wreck, but was
assailed by such a fearful stench from the
unfortunate vessel that he was compelled
to abandon the undertaking for fear his
own men would be stricken with disease.
For the Star.
Cape Fear Baptist Association.
This Association met to-day (Thursday)
at the White Marsh Church, two miles from
Whiteville.' After the introductory sermon,
by Rev. J. W. Dickson, and a short inter
mission, the roll of churches was called,
the former Moderator, Rev. EL Lennon, in
the chair, who was re-elected for the pre
sent session.
fRevs. S. Ivey and G. W. Hill were both
put in nomination for the Clerkship, which
resulted by ballot in favor of Elder Hill.
: Capt. W. J. Tolar, of Robeson, was
nominated and elected Treasurer, but de
clined in favor of the former Treasurer, 8.
E.Ward, Esq., of Lumberton, who,although
absent was re-elected.
' : The only visiting ministers present were
Revs. A. M. Nobles, of Waccamaw. and
Elias Johnson, of Cedar Creek Association
Drs. Wingate, Bailey and others are ex
pected to-morrow. . , Several familiar faces
were absent to-day, among them the punc
tual J. L. Wescot, and other lay. giants.
' After the usual routine business the
body adjourned, with good prospects for
to-morrow. 4 .Dbleqate.
October 24th, 1878. L 1
Friday, the second day of this Associa
tion, the delegation was much enlarged.
There were sixteen ministers present. Dr.
Bailey, of the quill, Prof. N. B. Cobb, and
Bro. McNeill, visitors, came in to-day. Dr.
Wingate is expected to-night at Whiteville,
and the church at this -place will be sup
plied by him or elder Cobb.
1 Amotion to-day to change the time of
meeting from Thursday to Tuesday was
lost, ana me ooay win meet with Asbpole
church next fall at the usual time.
The report on Periodicals was much in
favor of the Biblical "Recorder ' and Kind
Words.
'A The body then adjourned, by prayer by
Bro. McNeill, to 10 o'clock to-morrow,
i! Oct. 25th. Dbxkgate.
Its Prosperity Not Surprising.
Charlotte Observer. 1 '
,1 The Wilmington Stab is now ta
king the regular midnight Associated
Press reports, and has besides in
creased the amount of its reading
matter. .The Stab is an excellent pa
per. Its prosperity is not surprising
sinco it is so deserving.
The prisoners in Louisburg jail
attempted to break jail, but failed.
Washington ; Vewr On last
Saturday, from one stand-point of view, we
counted ninety-three country ' carts loaded
with every variety of farm products.
On last bunday morning this section was
visited by the first killing white frost' of the
season.' - - - -
j Charlotte Democrat: Is it a fact
that President Hayes has been invited t
attend the Mecklenburg' Fair, and hs sig
nified his intention to be present rf oot hin
dered by public duties? He would receive'
a cordial reception, but not on as big a
scale as the Yankee cities do such things.
Raleigh News: Governor and
Mrs. Vance arrived in the! city yesterday,
and at once occupied the elegant brick
residence on Fayetteville street, formerly
the home of Hon. Kemp P. Battle. The;
house has been placed in proper order,
having been leased by the Governor. Mrs.
Vance was not seriously affected by her
trip from Charlotte, but is very feeble.
Durham Plant: The grand jury
found a true bill against Becky Lyon last '
week, upon the charge of murdering Nancy
Blackwell and children. Judge Kerr re.
fused to allow her to " be tried. Informa
tion was received, however, that Professor
Redd had found a sufficient quantity of
poison in the stomach of j Ned Lyon to.
Cause death; and the Judge refused to dis
charge her. j: . . j
? Winston Sentinel: We learn
that diphtheria, in a very j fatal form, is
prevailing on ' Muddy Creek, somer eight
miles .west, of town... Some twelve orfif teen.,
deaths have ' occurred, f- The tobacco
crop through this section is not as heavy as
usual, but from all the information we re
ceive, is a fine one, and will bring more
money than the crop of 77.i The pro
tracted meeting at the Methodist Protest
ant church is still progressing. Judge
Cloud returned home on last Saturday night
from an extensive trip through the North
ern States. L j
; Lincoln Progress: Diphtheria is
certainly the most horrible disease with
which our community has ever been af
flicted. It has recently paid a fearful visit
to the hearthstone of one of our most es
teemed citizens, Mr. S. D. Burgin, and taken
from bim the three brightest jewels of his
household first, on September 24tb, Henry
Levi, aged weight years; second, October
12th, Sarah Elizabeth, aged one year and
four monyjs; and third, October 14th, John
Albert,-aged six years. - We are glad
to learn that Mr. J. W. Bean has been ap
pointed U. S. Commissioner for the West
ern District of North Carolina. Mr. Bean .
is an honest.upright gentleman, and is com
petent to fill the office. !
Reidsville Times' Miss Sallie
Durham died at Pelham last Sundav morn
ing. She was pouring kerosene on a coal
of fire to kindle the fire. . A sad, sad death.
William Roach came to Reidsville last
week and left a negro boy to mind his barn
of tobacco. He had just cured his tobacco
and bis barn was full. When he returned
at night the whole thing was in ashes.
The mortality from diphtheria along Hyco, '
in Caswell county, and at Bethesda church,
is nearly as alarming as'the spread of yel
low fever. Iverson Stevens, on Hyco, lost
four out of six children, and another gen
tleman lost every one of - bis children. A
man forty years old had it but recovered.
At Bethesda some weeks ago they buried
five, and the next Sunday there were eleven
open graves in the same Churchyard. Sixty
have died around there. I
--Charlotte Observer: A gentle
man from Iredell county brings intelligence
of a brutal assault made upon the daughter
of Mr. J. M. Shook, a highly respectable
citizen of Davidson township, in that coun
ty, some days ago, by a young white man
named T. H. Ballard, who was in. the em
ploy of Mr. Shook. He was about to ac
complish his demon-like purposes, when
her screams for help attracted the attention
Of Mr. Shook, who reached the spot in time
to save her. ! Ballard fled on the approach
of the father, but was subsequently cap
tured in the neighborhood and taken before
Justice Kerr, who held him for trial at the
next Superior Court in Statesville.
The regulations governing the military con
test, published yesterday morning, require
that each company show twenty-five men,
rank and file. Policeman Farrington
celebrated his first night on the force by cap
turing a fine, fat, smiling 'possum in front
of Mr. James H. Carson's residence, on
Tryon street. The young man Davis,
who met with an accident near the Airs
Line depot, day before yesterday morning,
did not get his arm broken, as stated, but
had it pretty badly mashed. Charlotte
is soon to have a first-class book bindery.
It will be conducted in the Observer build
ing. The Governor gets more letters
from people asking permission for them to
get married than on any other matter.
One of the special features of the Carolina
Fair will be a printers' contest, which will
take place on the fair grounds. The pub
lishers of the city papers offer a prize often
dollars to the compositor who shall set the
largest number of ems in an hour, errors,
spacing and justification to be. taken into
consideration, and the composition to ne
done in accordance with the rules of the
profession. Mr. E. J. Allen, jeweler,offers
a pair of buff Cochin chickens to the second
best compositor under the rules mentioned
above. ,. 1 . j
Tarboro Southerner: Where
(does the sea serpent go in winter 1 Hawk
eye. Why, can't j you sea ? Bam Car
row's carrowvan Guss Moore and Sammy
Watts. They call Gus Moore the
hand-organist and Judge Watts the mon
key. It is said the Edgecombe Guards
didn't hit the board at Raleigh, and hence
the girls ain't agoing to shower the first
boquet on 'em. It .is said that our
Judge can Sey-mour law points in a case
and see 'em more clearly than any amongst
'em. First, no Edgecombe Guard was
drunk. Second, no two i of them had a
difficulty. Third, they did. not come to
blows. Fourth,, no one of them , ran his
bayonet through the cheek of the other. It
was another company, Mr. News. We
have often endeavored in these columns to
arouse our citizens to a patriotic duty in the
matter of erecting a suitable monument to
the memory of Gen. Pender, the fallen son
of Edgecombe. He has a beautiful memorial
window in Calvary Church at this place.
- The Washington Light Infantry ar
rived here from Raleigh on Saturday morn
ing, found the t boat not running, . and
tramped to Penny Hill, eighteen miles, to
catch the Edgecombe. "This is a phase of
playing soldier almost enough to take the
starch out of chivalry itself. Pat Do
nan writes us: "I am arranging soon to
start on a tour of Virginia,! Georgia, North
Carolina and South Carolina, as correspon
dent of several big Western dailies. I am,
as far as I am able, to write up the general
condition and prospects of the country and
people, scenery, soils, products and ad van
tages to Northern emigration, railroads and
manufacturing enterprises, and matters po
litical, financial and social in the regions I
visit, &c." Rocky Mount item : Mr.
J. J. Battle, while fox hunting, was thrown
from his borse,which resulted in the break
ing of bis leg. . Washington item: Mr.
Jimmie Grist exlmmed a-skull and quite a
number of human and large fish bones,
whilst digging in a recently opened marl
bed. Bertie item: If yon think it might
arouse the interest ofyour readers you will
prease state that the Harden Cotton Manu
facturing Company, which was organized
here a short time ago, is progressing finely.
The President, C. T. Harden, is to start for
the North, ih a few days, for the purpose of
negotiating for an engine and machinery.
The company is already buyine cotton in
the seed, which is preferred for working in.
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