Newspapers / The Weekly Star (Wilmington, … / Dec. 27, 1878, edition 1 / Page 2
Part of The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
i i Hi t i -Mi 1 I t if r L a Hi a-a- 3 51 i Vs. WM. H. BERNARD, Editor and Proprietor. WILMINGTON. N. C.! Friday, Deeember 27th, 1878. Remittances must be made by Checfcj, Draft, Postal Money Order; or Kegistercd Letter; j Post Masters will register letters when desired. , $W Only such remittances will be at the risk of the publisher. t f Spc imcn copies forwarded when desired. FEDERAL I N 'CERFEBBN CBi AND DEMOCRATIC BIAGN ANIMITT. The Democrats generally do tbe nea.t thing whenever their generosity is appealed to. They do not jfancy the bayonet policy, and when they know that an army numbering pearly thirteen thousand has been appointed to bulldoze them under the authority of the United States Government they become restive and indignant, aud very naturally and properly. So unbearable has this- Radical . svsiem of intimidation become that even in the North there is complaint. In 1 S76 this form of outrage was perpertrated by Father Taft and bis army of inviucibles to a fearful rate. Bat in the last election the same sys tem was pursued, by the great na tional Detective Devens, who sent out his army too, which did quite effectively the work whereunto it was assigned. " j If you think this was not done you do not take the view taken by the American Club of Philadelphia on the subject of Federal bulldozing. They say that at the last election tbe Federal authorities, so interfered with the citizens in -that city as to mate rially abridge their rights. They feit so aggrieved that they have memorial ized Congress upon the subject. The Washington, correspondent : of the Baltimore Sun thus refers to' the me morial: "The memorial sets forth that hordes of United States election supervisors and deputy marshals were stationed at the polls on the day of the election; that the rights of citi zens and voters were ruthlessly tram pled upon by them; that the sheriff of Philadelphia has been deprived by the Republican Legislature of Penn sylvania of all power to interfere for the protection of voters, and the me morial calls earnestly upon tbe House of Representatives to correct this wrong, and to refuse to make any ap propriation for the compensation of the deputy marshals and supervi sors. The memorial went to tbt Ju diciary committee, where it will be apt to receive careful considerati on." So much for Federal interference at elections under the form of law and in obedience to the authoii y of the "powers that be." We give an example, by way of contrast," of Dem ocratic magnanimity: . The Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser says that the Republicans of Abbe ville county, S. C, did not have money enough on election day to get their tickets out of the express office, and that the Democrats, with mar vellous magnanimity, stepped for ward in the emergency, and, declar ing that they wanted to see a fair fight, raised sufficient funds to re lease the tickets, and turned them over to the Republicans. BADICAIi 1NT1RIIDATJON. The Radical organs I have a vast jieal to say about Southern outrages and ballot stuffing. They are very silent about Northern intimidation. The Massachusetts nlan and the Penn sylvania style of brow-beating voters and stuffing ballots are not once men tioned. They ae as afraid of those subjects as they are of .yellow fever or tbe plague. The Southern papers. and some of tbe Northern Democratic papers, do not propose to have these things ignored . or forgotten. The purpose dow is to keep the country duly informed so that the crime against aspure ballot may be pun ished andU repetition, prevented. They do not, however, propose to al low the investigations to be partial, one-sided, or sectional, but to ram if v tbe whole country, and to bring . to light all of the hidden rascality that has been perpetrated against the rights and liberties of the people.? In New York, it has already been published, one Davenport, a Federal bulldozer, did a lively business in be half of "the party of high moral ideas.?r VWe copy, as a contribution to the evidence to show that the Radicals not' only bulldozed in Mas- sachuselts, Nev York and Pennsyl vania in the late election, but in 1876, tbe following .from the Louisville Courier-Journal: ? ! V As the Radical organs are denying that snv msa nf 'nt m;?.: x " .,lu6 . , vt i " muuiiuauBD, id an v iorm in the North, nt n tim i J, . we call MtitVo, issued just beforee lot St Company, to; its agencie. - a over u;c: we wish you to di- charge any of your tvbordinate$ who tote the Democrats ticket. We believe Ibat be suc cess of tbe Democratic ticket wilt be the ruin of our country and business,! and wi'l not support any one who will not siaod by; us io this. Th'S 19 a strangle between tbe intelligent and respectable portion of the: community and I bo ignorant and roughs, and rowdies of tbe cities. i ! ' , j "Mr. Slockwell fully concurs with me in; tbe above. Geo. R. i Pkttibone. ! "Write to all our agents to the above ef-j feet and what we wish. 1 1 U e j Geo. R. Pettiboke." j How is tbat for iiilim'dation? T'o)s is ooiy a saoiDleof hundreds ! oii'af oases of bul'dozing a'l over ibe No f A BAPFT CHRISTMAS. By common consent among Chris tians this, day, 25ih December, has been set apart as a festival.' Without stopping to consider tbe proof for or against supposing that the Saviour was born on this day, we rejoice with others in tbe fact, glorious' and pre cious that there is a Saviour- a Sa viour of sinners. The most interest ing fact, next to the death and resur rection of, the Lord Jesus Christ, in the history of the world, is His birth in Bethlehem. Wonderful it is that the High and Holy One who doth in habit eternity, should condescend to become tbe child bom and the son given that He should lay j aside His pre-existent glory in which be dwelt before the foundations of the world were laid, and wrapping him self in the habiliments of flesh should condescend to be "born j of woman" and to become "the man of sorrows, acquainted with grief." j It is indeed the most stupendous fact in history. How exceedingly appropriate . bis name Wonderful ! Then to consider forvehom He humiliated himself that he should be incarnate, should suffer, should die that sinners' should not necessarily perish, but through faith in Him might become partici pants in the rest and; blessings of heaven. Surely, then, every grate ful heart must thank Almighty God, the" Father of all spirits for such a Saviour! Surely, then, it is appropriate that some sea son of rejoicing should be appointed for special praise and thanksgiving for the gift of His dear Sox Surely, it is altogether proper tbat even a secular paper should refer in fitting and reverential terms to an! event so auspicious and in which the world's hopes are involved and centre. The year is nearly ended, and we have no inclination to-day- to enter upon any minute review of tbe inci dents that have distinguished its pro gress, j Like other years it has been marked by suffering and sadness and bereavements. Oar friends one by one are passing away. We ar6 still here among the living. May the joys of the morning follow the woe of the night! ' . j J)': ! j'. Poverty and desolation are the por tions of many of bur fe low-immor-and pesti- tals. j War and famine lence have been hard at 1878.! Many, tah! how work during very, very many, hearts liave been made to bleed. : But let us not be sad ; and doleful on this great Christian festival. For lugubrious wails let us offer strains resonant with hope and eloquent with gratitude and praise. We sincerely trust that this will be a happy Christmas to every reader of the Mobning Stab, We wish one and all the fullest enjoyment of those" pleasures; tbat ; are inno cent f and harmless,: and that many" returns of bright, jocund December days may be the portion of all. May we not hope, too,tbat when they ; are done with life, its cares, its toils, its struggles, and no more holidays shall return to them on earth, tbat they may all be gathered at last into that blessed Fold on High where the final and eternal Holiday will be participated in through the merits and sacrifices of that Redeem er whose birthday we celebrate ? According to Congressman Brog den, it is young Everitt, of Winston,' who is "going for" Collector Wheeler, of the Fifth District The Washing ton correspondent of the Raleigh News has interviewed; Mr. Brogden, in which the following occurs: "What are the charges against Collector Wheeler?" T I . "Well, really, I don't know all. : One, I remember, is 'blockading;' Tbere are seve ral otbera tbat I cannot now recall. His book8,I believe.are not exactly straiebt.1 hey say." -' ' ; "Will the resolution be introduced after tbe recess ?" i "It may be. It depends somewhat upon tbe action taken by the Department." "What will be tbe scope of tbe resolu tion!". - ; VTbat, I don't kDOw.! It may involve several officials besides Wheeler." "Is Collector Young, of the Raleieh Dis trict, in danger ?" i n ; "I think net. I have examined bis books and find ibem all rigut. i CoLYoung seema lo be very popular with the Department." That charming actress, Miss Char lotte' Thompson, j played Jane Eyre to a wretched house in Richmond. There was an araalear performance the same night, and ! Richmond per formed the burlesque to the genuine. v We tender our plijgsenis of te season.- riends the corn Tbe Wilmington (N; C.) STAR asset-is tbat "tbere Js to purpose, wish or loclidft lion oo tbe part of tbe white people of Norib Carolina to abridge, impair or de stroy tb liberties of tbe colored peoDe; and it would be grossly slanderous to say piberwlse. "Tbe North Carolina style of oppression appears to be to tbrow out the colored vole after it is cast, if necessary io defeat tbe candidate for wbom it is polled. Witness the recent proceedings in Edge combe county. ,We; would, like to bave the fraok opioion otour contemporary on tbese proceedings. . This, of course, wilt not be pressed oo tbe Stab, if compliance should prove embarrassing to it ia iis po litical relalioos. PJiMa. Press. "' i j Our Radical contemporary evi dently thinks tbat some great outrage has been perpetrated upon the co lored voters of Edgecombe. We bave no such information. If any wrong has been really done l the rigb is of the colored people bave been "cloven , down" by ruthless De mocrats their conduct will find no apo)ogist in this paper. , We write frankly. We condemn unmeasurtdly all acts of violences-all outrages upon the freedom of the ballot, whether in Philadelphia, or New York, or Mas sachusetts, or in any portion of the South. The safety and perpetuity of civil liberty depend .upon the right of all qualified electors to vote without intimidation ' from mill own ers or Northern rnanufacture.s, or un principled men anywhere., Rich men. in the North must not be allowed to bulldoze tbe Jtens of thousands of op eratives in ibeir employment. ' hi long as intimidation prevails to sucn a fearful extent in New England and Pennsylvania there can be no such thing as a fair expression of the pop ular will, and no such thing as a free ballot. It is high time that baUot-aiuffiog and ballot-repeating were pat an end to io Philadelphia. That manner o bulldozing, so . general and ko poten tial, basgone far enough. Congress should suppress : the villainy and ty ranny: It is indeed a crying evi. f If Massachusetts and Rhode Island manufacturers are to be allowed to brow-beat and oppi ess t heir employes because they refuse to vote as they are bidden, and to drive them out to perish upon the! highways, it is time the country demanded I punishment for8uch; high crimes and misdemean ors. It is a great shame tbat such things are tolerated in a republic, where we profess to be governed by law and to love liberty. The greatest of possible oppressions is the Massa chusetts plan of bulldozing. It is indeed a fearful manifestation of tbe power of money, and if it is allowed to go unchecked elections ate but a miserable farce, and the woikingmen but puppets. It is no wonder that indignant, and eloquent Wendell Phillips should shake his finger at the "cradle of liberty"--Faneuil Hall, Boston and declare that be was ashamed of bis people and tbat liberty bad fled. We tell tbe .Press that the informa tion we have in regard to tbe Edge combe matter is briefly tbis: in one precinct the poll-holders were sworn in by the magistrate of another coun ty, Nash; that in another precinct the poll-holders were not sworn io by a magistrate of the county as the law directs, but by a justice of the Infe rior Court; that in another precinct the poll-bolders were sworn in by the Registrar; and that in other pre cincts tbe poll-bolders were not sworn in at all. How far j this procedure was in accordance or in violation of law is not for us to determine. It ap peared to those who were more direct ly concerned tbat the Vote was illegal because the requirements of the law bad not been conformed to There must be law to govern the manner and time of holding elections. ' That will be conceded. If tbe EdgecomW Radicals refused or failed to comply with i the jawr. rgovernin; elections whose fault is it? v l ? t 1 J If it should appear hereafter that a wrong has been done to the electors of Edgecombe county the I Stab will not refuse to slate, the fact and to condemn it. ; We meanj precisely what we say when, we declare our selves the friend and advocate of a free, pure,1 fair election. We mean this, and we mean it for North Caro lina, and for Massachusetts and for Pennsylvania and for Philadelphia specially, the home of the Press. . Why do. ibe truly': flrst class. per formers give Wilmington the go-by, this season?:: Janausohek went South byway of Cnjarlbtte Lawrence Bar rett, an original genius, as great; if not greatet than Ed winJBoQtb is to be in Riobmood, Ya., next week. He plays ITamietOTL Monday night"'Bar-f rett is a most versatile and brilliant actor. His real name, we believe, is something else. . A good, bouse at $1 would greet bim here.;,'- , ' gUjep tbe Forty-FUthj jf Cngvess" assembled no less tho five members have died name lsb flihn Lieonard, Williams and Douglas, i-:- DKSTRVOTIVK CONFLAGRATION several Btt:sst WireboBut, ibedi aud fttaklea aud Two Sleiaboni Detroyed-Loa About $6O0OO o $75,060. ; .. ; ' ' hK Sboitly afierour paper had gone to press on Tuesday mornlog, or about half past 3 o'clock, our firemen aod citizens were again called upon to battle with tbe fiery element in one of its most spiteful and de structive moods. . Too fliooe,ere,;firstH discovced ia tbe starboa.d quarter, of, tbe. steamer J. Vnder7d'l, which bas been Jayiog tip at M". 0. G. Parley's wbarf for some lime awaiting repairs. The steamer was laying nUb ber bow down the slream, and tbe fiie is supposed to bave been com municated to ber by a spark from a fire on a rafi, wuicli wasclose aloDgsido. Toe steamer North East, Capl. I. P.. Paddisoo, running between tbis, ci.y aud Point (paswel!, was tied up at tbe j stern of tbe' Underhi'.t, with a space of only about t wenty-five feet between tuem. With' an ebb tide and ibe wiod b'owioj directly to wards the wbarf, it was found impossible to move ber. Tbe flames spread with great rapid iiy, aod sooa tbe wbarf io which tbe UndertM was moored was on fire,, which was speedily communicated to tbe North East Capiaio Paddlsoo'a family, together with quite a number of. inner passengers, were oo board, and so rapidly did the flames spread, afior once geiiiog headway, tbat tbe passe oers bad to be bunied fixm tbe baraiog steamer. . Capiaia Paddison's private papers and about $100 in money were in his desk, aod were consumed, to gether with bis apparel, &c. The North East burned to tbe water's edge aod suck, while tbe wreck of tbe Undirhill was lowed to tue west side of tbe river, ia tbe neigbbor hcod of Mr. C. W. MeClammy'admiHeiy, where sbe was suck, her smoke-stack being just visible above ibe surface of tbe wiiei. Ia tbe meau'time tbe devouring element, fanned by a biisk Southwest wind, was makiDg rapid headway towards Front street, sweeping io its resistless course eve; ylbing tbat came i a its way. . F:rst tue wood-yar4 of Mr. 6. 6. Parsley was swept by tbe fames, wh:ch tbeoce communicated to tbe adjacent sheds and warehouses, de stroying them aol their contents, and fioally takiDg hold upon tbe block of stores facing upon Front street, which were soon a mass of seething flame. Up to tbia lime the Fire Department had been mainly endeavoring to slay tbe march of Ibe insatiate fiend, and. now, under tbe direc tion of their worthy Chief, tbey commenced an berculaen effo-t to prevent tbe flames from cro8SiDg tbe street, or diverging from their hiiberto straight course in the direc tion of Dock street, which ia either ease would bave resu ted in woeful disaster to our city. Tbe isteamer "Adrian" was broken dowu earljf in the battle, and could not be made to work. It therefore de volved upon tbe 'Little Giant" aod the "Cape Feat" to stay, as far as possible, ;be progress of tue flames, in which they were greatly assisted by tbe Hook and Ladder Company. ." ..; j j- In tbe meantime, tbe fierce wind wafted showers of . sparks and cioders aod tufts of burning bay over the entire width of the city, in an easterly or northeasterly direc tion, aod parties had to be stationed on the shingle roofs.' for squares from the scene of the conflagration, io order to keep.the fire from communicating to them. The danger was at its height- when the flames burst forth from tbe warehouse on tbe corner of Front street aud Muter's alley, which was filled with hay and other combustible ma terial, ibe flames almost lapping tbe resi dence of Mr. J. Loeb, on ibe opposite side of ibe street, while the showers ef sparks were redoubled io. tbeir density, falling upon tbe buildings, in the yards and on the sidewalks like soowflakes, calling for tbe utmost vig'laoce on tbe part of those who were on the lookout. It was about this time tbat a burning brand fell upon tbe roof of Mr. T. 11. Smith's kitchen, on Har ket, belween Sixth and Seventh sireets.and set fire to it, which would have resulted in starling a fresh cooflagralioa. but for tbe vigilance of a near neighbor, wbe hastily procured a ladder and mounted tbe roof, when the fire was speedily extinguished after burning a bole .about a foot square. Tbe roof of the residence of Cipt. W. M. Stevenson, ou Fourth street, between Mar ket and Dock, also caught in the same man ner. A large tree in St. James' Churchyard caught fire, and tbe flames were also com municated to tbe grass in the vacant lot corner of Third and Dock slreets.ad joining the Catholic Cbuicb, and also to the grass plat ia the middle of the street ad joining. By the almost superhuman efforts of the firemen and hook and laddermen, after the: flames had communicated from Lippitt's Block to Mr-C. Stemmerman's store on tb corner of Front and Orange streets, which was partially destroyed, tbe fire was finally gotten under control. ; Through the exerlioos of Messrs. Robin son & King (who had au office in the build ing on tbe corner of Oiange and Water streets), Jimmie Smith, Martin Wlllard,and a colored man named Hankins, aided by the crew of the Norwegian barque Franks itbe large warehouse,' filled with hay and spirits turpentine, and the adjacent wharf with tar, on tbe south side of Orange street, were saved, thus preventing aa extensive spread of the conflagration in that direction, with great destruction of property. j The losses and insurance, so fr as eao now .be estimated, are as follows; Tbe Steamer J". 8. UnderhiU, tbe property of Mr. O. G. Parsley, Jr., was iasured for about bee full value, $3,000 Ja thePiiosaix of fiartford, represented by Mr. Norwood Giles, and $3,000 ia. the, ConoecMcul, re preseo ieu uy Messrs , 'tW. L.. Smith & Co : Tbe Steamer Nwth East was valted by. her owner, ; Cant. R. P., Paddlson, j at $3,600, aud was insured for $2,000 . lu the Pbiosftix, of Hartford, Mr. Norwood Giles. Mr. O. G. Parsley, in addition to tbe ateanler ITnderMl, loses seven hundred toosof coal, from-four hundred to five hundred cords of wood,-from two hun dred thousand to, three hundred bouiaid Shingles j two engines on' ibe wharitoolsj' wheelbarrows, twp or tjjree parts and drays, ;c.yjther talulJ a: :T,C 3 cr ' upon which tberip bo iosoraocet " , ' ; Mr J. E. LippiU owned-ftlh but or - cf the buildiBfisdesie.;aod bia c:. pc oe vjrioBs.stois,waiehouses, sneas and taMes amtiun iatoef aggieae to about $lV,tk)0, upowh' , tuere,wVs' ojly $7,30 iosuraoce. W2u - ' ' . I-l. J up asi -1 :s: $2,000 M tbe.fPk. f Qaitforc, Krj Norwood QtjygytSOQO tb5 II.'.' cf NeW YoTkYMElNor woyU reM the ec'a-ef Messrs!-DeRosset & Nori h ropr $2,000 i jf tile Ge: man-Amercao, Messii. W. L. Bmiib &JL'o., and $400io tue Peieisburg, Metsrs. Defiossst & Norlbrop. i .The brick butldjpg oq .ue corner of Font and Orange sweets, the propeity of Mr, Stemmermao, was insured for $4iQ0 ihloe Uoderwriters' Agency, Messrs. DeRosset & Nonbrop. Mr. S.'s s.ock of furoiiuiewas also hadiy damaged, upon Which ioete was no iosuraoce. Messrs. E. lOdder & Son lose abeut $10,000 ia molas ses stored io one'of ibe.' warehouses, upon which v there was iosuraoce for $3,000 oj ibe Queen, of Liverpool, Messrs. Atkinson & Manning. j :Mr. P. Cummiog(& Co., lost ia bay, graia, horses and haroess aoout $4,00p, in which there was insurance in tue toa.of Harifoid, aud North Americs, of Pbi'adel phia, for $3,400. f Messrs. Adriaj & Volleis lost about $1,400 in salt aod fisb stored ia ode of tue warehouses, on wbicu mere was insurance for $1,000 ia tue Howiid, of New Yo.k. Mr. H. B. Eilet s lost 800 ban els ef rosin and had a small lot of spirits turpentine de stroyed, valued at about $1,500. Insured for $2,000 in tbe Hartfuid, of Hartford, Messrs. Alkiosou t& Manniog. i I Messrs. Robinson & King lost .in office furniture $150. Covered by insurance in tbe Atlantic, of New York, DeRosset & Northrop.- They also lose some rosin, &c, amount not ascertained, which iscovered by Iosuraoce in the London Assurance. Their books and papers were all saved, being in a safe. Mr. B. D. Morrill's loss ia stock, tools, &c, is about $800. Insured for $300 ia the Wilmington Mutual, Mr. S. N. Can non. , . "The bouse on the east sido of Front sireek, owned by Mr. W. G. Fowler, and occupied by Mr. A. Weill, was damaged to the exleot of about $250 by water. Co vered by insurance in a company represent ed by Messrs. J. W. Gordon & Bro. Mr. Weill's furniture was considerably dam aged, which was covered by insurance with Messrs. DeRosset & Northrop, j Messrs. Paterson, Downing & Co., had a small toss in naval stores, which was co vered io tbe London and Liverpool and Globe, Messrs. J. W. Gordon & Bro. Messrs. Preston Cnmmiog & Co. lost two valuable mules, Mr. Edgar Parmlee two bortes and harness and drays, and Mr. O.G. Parsley a driving horse,, all ef which were burned in their s tables, it being impossible to remove them. .racking of in Hiarderer of fflr. XV O. Fawler, Jr. I Mr. Job n J. Fowler received a telegram last eveniig from a gentleman at Charlotte, who bad evidently just arrived from Moore8Vllle, dated at 6.45 P. M., as fol lows: v r "The murderer of your brother is sow banging from a limb of a tree." Later the following' special was received from Charlotte: j CHArLorrE, Dec. 23. About dark Saturday evening a deputy sheriff started through the country to States ville with the negroes Davidson aod Gillespie, the mur derers of Mr. Fowler, taking withh'.m a guaid of fifteen j5twenty , men. Two miles from tbe village lijnits the party were overtaken by a crowd of fifty or seveaty five men, of both colois,wbo,DOtwilh8tand iog the firm resistance of the sheriff and hisjwsM, look from tbem tbe negro David son, aod disappeared w?th htm through the woods. They baited two miles from the scene of tbe capture, eear the public road, and under an oak tree, Sueday morning, tbe dead body of Davidson was found, sus pended by a U see chain around the neck from tbe lowest limb of tbis tree, and up to tbe time tbe train passed Mooresvilletbis evening no oue bad approached to cut it down. The deputy escaped with Gillespie, the negro who had plasned tbe work which, Davidson executed; and at three oVock Sunday morning lodged bim safely i a Statesvi'.le jail. The excitement at Moores Ville is still very great. J. P. O. laterMttBK Farmer and Dealers la Fertllixere. .j We learn from the Augusta Chronicle and CoTUtUuUondUst 'ihtX a large convention, composed of dealers !n and manufacturers Of fertilizers, was held in that city on the 18lh instant. Companies from Massachu setts, New Jersey,' Pennaylvania.Mary land, Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia, were represented. Much impor tant business was transacted, among wblch we note that it was resolved not to accept less than 500 pounds middling cotton for a ton of guano, and not less than 350 pounds for a ton of acid phosphate, as they could not be furnished for less without loss to manufacturers. , i A committee of eight, one each from Norfolk, Charlotte, Savannah, Wilmington, Augusta, Atlanta, Macon and Richmond, were appointed to make an effort to get tbe rates of freight and other charges on fertil izers reduced. Mr. E. Kidder was named as the committeeman from Wilmington. Attempted nigkway Kabberjr, Mr. J. V. Rivenbark slates that be: was attacked by two colored men on Saturday night last, about 12 o'clock, while on his way from his place of business, aod but for the fact that he was'arnted at the' lime with a good sized butcher knife and bad with bim several trs ' dogs, he would have been knocked down and robbed. As it was he easily frightened the would-be robbers off and" reached home in safety. He failed to recognize the men. Oa a pleasant fait day some persons wil thoughtlessly espose themselves as ia sum mer, and take a severe cold. For such immediate relief offets iiself in Dr. Bn'l'a .Cough Sytup. cents bottle.-: - J : r The Mississippi river is closed by jce from St. Paul lo Calro.l , r TVrrtRisirjnAs poBn. 1 1873 5b;e writer askedf bis friend, tbe ' ? Ed ivoW.,.'Ful)eri author or ,lThe I in the Cluud.to write a few stanzas t t would serve'as a "CarrieVs Address" I for the boys who delwered tbe paper with wuicu ne wnter) was iben connected. few dava ao tie accident liir m ormea the lines whilstu search of other matter-. ,Tbeyre sufficiently good to deserve re frbducifom part. Wbeu we remember tbe gifted young author is oo more, a pecu liar interest attaches to tuea.. Hia life was beaui'Tul, bis dea. b was screje aod hope ful. To-day be fs.:witb Ilim whose birth he celebrated in some of ibe staozas given below, , '; . ., . ., ; r; T. B. . K. . Tbe sacred desks must tell to tlay . j Of tbat immoital hour, When Christ in bumble manger lay; " A bane with God-like power; When watcbiug sbepberdscaugbttue strain Of "Peace oo earth, good wiil to men." Wbea sages, In the Orient, i ' ! ! Bebeld wuh WODderinar eves A Star move iu the firmameut - Aod lead acioss the skies, Till like an opalesceot gem It rested over. Bet blebem. When, comic? near, wiili rpverenrp. The w;se men bowed their faces down, ADd offered myrrh aod frankincense The gifis of subjects to a Crown, When Herod, roused by jealous fears, Filled Raniab'8 length and breadth with tears.. ' ' " ' " . The sacred day tbat knew ibe birlh Of Earih's eternal King, Is celebrated nowwith" mirth; r With feast and wassailing; " Salvation's an nivers'ry's kept , With mazy dances featly stept. But not a sermon we present To chide your Christmas joy, We trust you'll find in its advent Pleasure without alloy. In truth sincere as heart can feel, We make these wishes for your weal. May peace beside your hearth remain A guest throughout the year. And in your borne no discord reign To make its ties less dear; May Fortune brightly weave Life's woof And Azrael's dark wings keep aloof. May Plenty crown your daily board. Be Wealth to vou decreed? While Charity divides your board With those who are io need ; Aud blest aod blessing more and more May you increase in field and store. May occupation bring you cash i And make you panic-proof, j Should ever such another crash i Shake banks from vault to roof, May friends bo plenty,- credit Wide, Aod balance-sheets lean to yoar side! From WnnlDcion. f Special to Richmond Slate.") A STJB COMMITTEE. Washington, Dec. 23. Represen tatives Hartridge, of Georgia; Lyode, of Wisconsin, and Frye, of Maine, are selected a sub-corn mitt ee 6 F t h e Judiciary: Committee j to; proceed to New Rork city after the holidays and investigate the doings of John I. Davenport, chief supervisor of elections. IEDIANS IN PLASTER CASTS. Clark Mills, the artist, goes to Hampton to make plasrer casts of the beads of nine Indian boys and forty Indian girls, representing seve ral Indian tribes. The Indian young sters were recently brought from the West under tbe care of an officer of the United States army, to attend school at Hampton. If they consent to bave tbeir heads done up in mud, Mr. Mills will place the casts on ex hibition among the curiosities at tbe Smithsonian Institute. DR. MART "WALKER AND ALEXANDER STEPHENS. Dr. Mary Walker appeared on the streets to-day in her usual semi-masculine suit, but did not attract much attention, because when enveloped in her neat, gentleman's black . overcoat her short skirts and : feminine figure are entirely concealed. She wears a boy's black felt hat, blaek broadoloth .pantaloons, cravat, standing collar .turned down at the ends,rather large and broad-heeled shoes, and carries a Jight'ilane.' With her overcoat but toned up so as to show only a little of her snowy white shirt bosom, the Doctor looks like a dried-up little man of advanced age, and ' Teminds one of Hon. Alexander Stephens as he appeared when Vice President of the Confederate States. The distinguished gentleman is now so shrunken and shriveled, ou won der, as he sits in his wheeled invalid chair, whether there is anything really in the pantaloons leg that be grasps with nervous and attenuated lingers and 'carefully bangs over its lean companion. But bis shrill voice, crying .tMr.Speaker,"attracts prompt atlentioD, and .his jerky sentences reach every year. j A Jary Nat to be Trifled with. Philadelphia Times. 1 It js not easy to trifle with an Illi nois jury, it appears from a recent occurrence. There was an nfnrt.n- .nate backwardness about paying . tbe ices.vi juruia, auu iutj coarb oaa ac quired a bad reputation in that way, until It finally came to grief. A jury brought in a verdict, but notified the court that it would not make it known till the fees were paid. The court had expected nothing so rash as this, and there was no ' money 'on Tiand; therefore, as there was no way to force the jury to disclose its verdict, it was discharged. Probably in these distrustful times, alurv has as ?ood a Tight to do a cash business as. any- Ttaarman ana Keasaa'a Uoikers. .Washington correspondent of Raleigh -:. ; News, . . : :. They were talking about .Tbuiraan as the next Prpsiflpntial mmliiloia Everybody said Thurman was a. great . v i. c1-'0 no uouiu easily account for L' Ha.:h& n lfnrth ' . , - j . . - mm V k v U Carolina mother.;. It ia r nothing un common for North Carolina to fur- nisn iovernors, Senators and Judges for oiher States. ; "Yes," said Repre sentative Reagan, : of Texas, - my motbei was a North Carolinian ( he: was a Lusk aod was. born Jn, Bun combe county. . Her father lived at' Shallow Ford, on the Yadkin river, and died at the green old age of 110 years. His name was' Roberts ., :J Spirits arpentine. . aaaaa. -- - - J. A. Taylor, meichant, of Bat tleboro, ba3 failed Jor $10,000. -7 iir. Dupi ee, of . New ber o, was bourid over in l be sum of $1,000 for sinkioo Mr. Les.er with a bar of iron. " An Irishman and a young man of Auson got into a rigbl, when tbe former was cut in several -places, with a knife. Dr. George Fie!d,a leading pby Biciau aod mostesJaiabie cuizo of V7ar leo, died on Tueiday, tue ,17in, in bis 72od year, . ... - The Rev. Paul P. Winn has ac cepsed a call to tbe passcaie of Concord Cbmcb, ia the Presbyiery of Coacord, aDd expects to enter upon bis new field of labor next; monlu. . " - G.eensboro ICorth JState: Col. Kellogg succeeds Col. Goodloe as leveoue agent. for the hist,- tecoottj. third, fourth aod fifln di8iiicl3of ibis Si ate. Tue latter lias been Uantferred to Ciricago. Master Willie Bonitz, m bis IGlhlyear, died at Goldsboro on Friday last. He was a student at tbe Biogbam school until he came home lo die. He was dressed in the cadet uoiform, bis earnest request aod several of Bingham's cadels acied h'h pa!l,bearers. ' . , Kinston Journal: Joseph Milltr, who lost boib arms aod was Dearly de prived of bis eyesight by the premature dls- charge of tue caooon at ibe Joe Turoer celebratiou in 1870, was married December 5lb,;to Mrs. Cbariiy Jones, None but ibe brave deserve tbe fair. . , . Concord Register: We are in formed that tbere has been a rich gold lode opened ou G. WP Michael's laud, six miles east of Concord, wheie ore is beio raised wuicu is said to be woiib fitly dolia,a io tbe ton. Also a rich discovery of gold on Charles Boat's land, eight miles east of Concord, - 1 -Mf. C. Presbyterian : Ou the everiiogof the 9lh instant, a Presbyterian Church was organized at Rocky Mount,-N. C, by tbe Rev. J. W. Primiose, Evangelist of;ibe Easiein portion of Orange Piesby lery.; Tbe lot on which tue baiiciing will stand wa3 given io the coogiegalioa by tbat generous friend of so maoy of our weak churches, Mr. George A leo, of New bero. We have received the hist num ber of ibe Kinsion Journal, J. W. Hatptr editor. It is very nearly printed and ar ranged, and promises well. Tbe editor says: Io politics tbe Journal will be in dependent within tue Democratic parly', and will steadfastly insist that tbe useful ness of any parly must be measured by iis devotioo to tbe honor aod welfare of tue "whole country." , : Goldsboro Messenger: Elsewhere we publish the proceedings of a meeting of our citizens, held for ibe purpose of askiag Congress .that ibe U. S, Circuit Court be located at Goldsboro.' Mr. A. Day, for many year3 a leadiog merchant and cottoo buyer of Goldsboro, died at West field, Mass., ' on Sunday last. Goldsboro and; Wayne county never had a greater benefactor tbaa Albert Day. v NewbernJVi Shell: A sunken vessel, supposed lo be B8teamer,is repoiled offKinnekeet. Four bodies, a sumuer of batches, and otber portions of ibe wreck, bave been washed ashore. - We are pleased to learn tbat Mr. Job a Lesiei'g uon dilioa is still improving. He is now proba bly out of all daoger aod will sborily re cover from the effects of tbe seiious blow oo tbe head received by him ia lue railroad sbOps'Wednesday morning.. j ; Morganton Blade:' A lot of our savans have rganized the 'L'eville Ciub'V : Which meets ia the museum of Piofessor : Humphreys oa tue -first aod third Tues-i daya of every moo to. The object of tue clut) is lo aiiraci aue&lioa to me mineral wealth of ibis sreiioo. Mr. Millon Webb, living Dear the Grandfather moun tain, in Caldwell county, os the L3i.h idsu bulled in. one grave ibree children from diphtheria, and bis wife aDd three other children were down with toe 6ame disease. Piedmont Press: Messrs. S. G. Worth and J. C. Huske, of the S.aie Fish Hatchery, passed Hie Kory Mooday wilu 30,000 young California salmon, wbichtney took lo f Patterson's Factory, Caldwe'i county, aud placed in the Yadkin. river. Messis. Worth and Huske inform us that tbey bave been unusually successful during the past fall in bitcbiog. They will put. 30,000 more i a the Yadkin next Wednes- day, During the winter they wiil stock? other streams. Catawba will receive about 60,000. . . : . Raleigh News: Some fifty dol-' lars were realized from the concert at ibe Deaf, Dumb aod Blind Asylum on Tuurs- day evening. Tbe board of directois of the Penitentiary is dow in session. It is not thougbt any more convicts will be sent west until next spring. The number of convicts in this institution on the 1st ol December was 849; at work on tbe Nortu Carolina Railroad, 592; on. the Western Railroad, 99; oa tbe Coester & Lenoir, 4S; and on tbe Georgia & .North Carolina, 28; making a total o 1,118. - Kmston Journal: The new Board of County Commissioners met at Trenton the first Monday, and organized by electing CoL Beoj. Askew Chairman. A considerable amount :of business was transacted by the Board.- The festival held at tbe Masonic Hall last Thursday and Friday: nights, 'whose object was to raise funds for tbe Eioston Rifles, was quite a success, realizing 'about one hundred and twenty dollars. . We are pained to learn tbat Mr. J. H. Dibble is ia a danger ous condition. ' lie was stricken with ap oplexy en Wednesday eveniog, wbile at uie residence of Thomas H. Wood, near La-Grange,- aod was brought borne uncon scious the next day. - Charlotte Observer: Night be fore last was dark as pitch, rainy and blus tering just each a night as witches wish for .their orgies, and thieves and robbers select for plundering. Tbe latter c!as3 were busy in Cbarloue. There were as many as a half dozen different robberies in tbe city, most of them, however, being of i toe nature or depredations upon unpro tected cui eke n and turkey coops. Tbe trees are breaking down beneath the weight of sleet. The assay office is now receiving gold at tbe rate ot abeat $1,000 per week. The business is comparatively! light oo account of bad Weatber. j Tbe ladles seem to be even greater admirers of Jaoauscheck tban tbe gentlemen. Rev. Mr. Sbarpe of Kentucky, having declined the call of St. Peter's Episcopal Church, the Vestry will at its next meeting call an other minister. Monroe Enquirer: A commit tee of ladies consisting of Mrs. T. D. Win-' cheater, Mrs. J. F. Payne, Mrs. J. H. Gulnh, were on a canvass yesterday solicit ing subscriptions to the Orpbam Asylum. Tbey succeeded i a raising about thirty-five, dollars. We learn that early on last Monday morning ; Mr.-Wm. . Brown, wboi has been '.'miller" at Crows' miJl,.six miles noribest of Ibis place, for several years,! atlemoted to com milt suicide first by tsk- iDg a sufficient quantity of laudnam to kill uim, auatnen atierwaiu cuuiug uia iuiua with a razor. On last Wednesday EsqoirerH. W. Simpson committedto jail Be Ash and B. Williams, both ceioreo, for break! nir into the 'store of Dr. J. L Bostat Olive Branch, . We learn thad on last Ssturdav. Julia Red wine and Lime ZedakerdauebtersDr Dr. T. W. Redwine And Mrs. Nnr.v Zedaker reSDCClively, were thrown from a horse, breaking Julia's arm about fonr inches below tbe sbouiaer, ': .--.If- . ' " - ; '- -. - -! ' cm,
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Dec. 27, 1878, edition 1
2
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75