North Carolina Newspapers

f WM. H. BERNARD, Editor and Proprietor. WILMINGTON. N, C: Friday, December 31st, 1880. pT"Noticea: of Marrlag or Death. Tributes of Respect, Beeolatlonsof Thanks, &c,are charged for as ordinary advertisements, bat only half rates when paid for strictly to advance, M thla rate 50 cents will pay for a simple announcement of Mar riage or Death. Bcmlttances most be made by Check, Draft Postal Money Order, or Registered Letter. Post Masters will register letters when desired. ' tgr-Only such remittances wffl be at the risk of the publisher. ' Specimen copies forwarded wnenaecireu. GBISllNAli COUKTS. : There is but little doubt that an effort will be made in the next Legis lature to establish Criminal Courts for the whole State or for the larger counties. The great increase of '. ' " ' ' i i - . J.1m(a 1am And crime ana tne neavy uw5o W an increase of Buuio uuaujjo f"" . rtnri-. fa nil i ties in those already ex- ly ex- lAnft " . " isting, or the creation of a new court th trial nf f.riminal cases alone. I We have noticed that some of the most judicious papers have hoiin I -1 urging the matter, and we may sup pose that ft will not be allowed to rest. If there is a fair share of good lawyers-in the Legislature we may expect some proper, intelligent legis lation as to crime and its suppression. . rrri J .! Jonnf oa tft a . e u if nngi fv nf fthanore in nearly ail I the counties for the try'mg of crimi nals. To expedite punishment there must be an increase of legal means. The best way, probably, is to create Criminal Courts for the larger conn ties. The Pittsboro Record says: "In many counties of this SUte it. is al most impossible to obtain redress for a private wrong to try a civil action on account of the great number of criminal cases that consume the time of the court-.. The Legislature, four years ago. at.enip ea to. remedy this by proviaing lor we tahment i aentof Inferior Courts, but theirvjuris- diction is limited to the smaller crimes ana .,,.r nrM.fIii.ir officers are eeneral V men of I but little legal learning, so that while these members of the House. Senators JfiMSUliTS SSSlE. .remembers of Congress a, maoh i. tended. They may do well enough for Representatives, but Devens referred some counties, but the larger counties, re- , lo qt,:a :9 R:mniff a Re quire Criminal Courts of unlimited juris- to the lalXer. lhis is simply a ae diction, to be presided over oy a juage i learned in the law. I Nothing is more calculated to re preas crime than swift and unerring punishment. A Criminal Court to be held monthly would be more effec tive than one held quarterly. But, we suppose, a circuit will have to be arranged with a J udge to ride it, and such counties only to be em braced as shall demand it, or where it is manifest the Inferior Courts do not answer the ends of justice. In those counties holding no Inferior Courts of . course Criminal Courts will haye to be appointed. We ate not concerned now so much as to the details as to the establishing of Courts that shall tend to suppress crime; by a speedy punishment of criminals. The idea, as presented in some of our exchanges, is to have separate Judges to hold the Criminal Courts, and to have nothing to do with civil cases. TUB BKI-LITIA BILK.. " - The present session of Congress will be called upon to tackle a ques tion that may provoke much discus sion as well as disagreement. It is the reorganization of the militia. The Scales bill, now before the House, was reported upon favorably bythe Militia Committee. Mr. Bailey, ot New York has introduced another bill, a substitute, we believe. It is thought by some that the Bailey bill will be preferred. We have not given either bill that careful, consideration supervision of elections by the Fed essential to the forming of an intelli- eral official, but he goes farther and gent opinion, much less of dogmatiz- asks that he also be empowered 'to ing about them. The Scales -bill di- directly administer the law, instead vides the militia into two classes; the of leaving it to State officials."-, If Bailey bill into three. The following this is not a bold plea for centraliza coutains the main features of the tton what is it ? If this is not a bold latter bill : "It is proposed to divide the troops of the first class into .battalions, and batta lions only, and when called on by the United States for active service the troops of this class shall first respond; if more troops are needed, the second class may be drawn upon until both classes are exbaust ed, then- the President, by proclamation, r may call upon volunteers of the third class. ; If a sufficient number cannot be thus rais ed, the President is authorized to order a draft from the third class. The number of officers and enlisted men of this proposed National Guard is fixed at one for every two hundred and thirty-Dine of the popu lation of each State and Territory. The . organization of the militia is to be regulated by the State Legislatures, and the troops shall be under tbe control of tbe Governors, except when called into National service." - The remaining features are quite ' similar to those of the Scales bill. A commutation tax of $3, to be levied ; . ttPou every; person " whose income is $500, to pay the second class troops ; -wher in service, in lieu of military service. . Every man between 18 and r . 45 is to be enrolled. . If .a man is old enough to perform military service at 18 and, as was the case in the : South, do some splendid fighting, ought he not to be bid enough to vote ? In other words, ought a person to be re quired to perform military duty who is deprived of the right of suffrage ? We do not insist, but merely in q aire. . There seems to be a real or manu- factored desire ths tbetniKtiarhould: bo reorganised and placed upon a fooling something akin to efficiency. Wo do not know, any pressing or real necessity for this. This country ought not to have any ambitions, aggressive designs, and no other country will be likely to invade the United States. So the need of a militia as proposed in the bills is not very apparent. Bat we suppose one or the other bill will pass, bat possibly with some changes as to details. The North Carolina Legislature will meet early in January. , It has two months in ;which to transact the important business that 'will corrio before it. If it will go to work as soon as it assembles, and do not con sume ten days in organizing, idling, &c, as is sometimes the case, and twenty days more in fillibustering, doaging issues, nu iu j ; MM AAAwa ia i Pays d geuu,u i r innaiiilaanont Klin ' I incanaescent nun- I i i?.L-.il iL.:mMn1lATA Kn 1 . V. , m.-.- tL. rnn...n inn 11 AITiniA. 1 flH DcW I bu. vuuHiimtwu . -r. i ohintmn oilnntfid in Georeia lim- I v r . . T . . I its the biennial session of the Legis- latnro to fortv davs, and for that: fcw "J J ' . I large and prosperous Btate mis ume i 18 thought to be ample. a ni ark it. i is, we have no doubt. The South Carolina Legislature, at its last ses sion, transacted its business m thirty days, and then went home. That was business-like.; The Louisville Courier-Journal wants a forty days session for KentucKy. It says that is enough, and no extra session should be allowed, not even to sell a a railroad. Excellent. Work, and not free drinks and general idleness, is what the people expect aud demand. TUB 1TTOKNEY OBNEBAL'S BE COraitl END ATlOlff. , . , . j - i I The Stab referred briefly to the recommendation of Attorney Gene- . D f ih Tjnited gtate8 t0 -. . . . . . take control or an elections lor mem- . Congress thereby meaning of oers or ongret.3, mereuy """""USU1 mand. pure and simple, tor a strong ... T. ntun :a; TO VtJllilUeul. JLb a Luu auuiuvi tuui cation or ine grow.ug isuueut, ' r . 1 I . A among Radical politicians to a cen- I trailed power. The suggestion of Mr. Devens is noteworthy, coming from the official legal adviser of tbe Federal Government. It is more than a mere bint, we take it. It is a part of a matured plaojto strengthen the hands of the Federal authorities whilst lessening the privileges of the people. We do not mean to go into the dis cussion of the merits of such a prop osition at this time. When the sub ject was hp in the extra session we referred to the matter4at large, and endeavored to show the dangers that lurk in the Federal election laws to the rights and) liberties of the peo ple. We will not traverse the ground anew. It is to be noted that the legal adviser of the Government takes occasion to recommend a change that is especially offensive to the De mocrats, who constitute quite one half of the voters of this country. Mr. Devens thinks the next House will be such as he is, and hence his recommendation: "That the law providing for Federal Supervisors of Election be extended so as to include a National Supervisor over all polls at which a member of Congress is to be chosen." The legal adviser of the Govern- ment is not satisfied with a mere purpose to so obtain control of the elections as to insure a continuance of tbe lease of the Republican officials then pray what is it?. We believe that Devens's sole aim is to enable his corrupt party to Yetain possession in definitely. The Democrats in the present Congress would do well to prevent if possible any attempts on the part of the Radicals to emascu late the right of suffrage nd to in vade farther the rights of the people. -rHE BICE CHOP. .There is no section where finer rice is grown than on the Cape Fear river. More rice is produced to the acre than upon any of the farms ad jaoent to Charleston In fact, there are no better rice fields than those lying between Wilmington and Smithville. Of course most i of the kSSS and labor to recover them and place them m proper condition and make vueui every way. aesiraDie, out tne tune may come, will come, when this will be done. The growth of rice in JNorth Carolina is increasing steadily and the crop of 1880 will be nearly I double that of, the year preceding. .Thft-Yioe cfp'rtheTUhiied States tislt Is'sirigulalrie ls'rao'nstroas, Wat is so large that it is now thought it a system that saps the foundation of will equal the demand for home con- a 11 m r t inn . f I V 1 a . .a I m wrf nrkf " Anil I shows progress in the right direction. i; in .1879-8,0, the year ending June 30,; the United States imported 51,943,- 609 pounds of " rlcer fTbe: preceding year the7- 'Importation was mtfeh larger,. reaching the high figures of Vo,27I,2475 poands. If, noW," for the year ending June 30,' 1881, the rice crop should equal the demand,' it shows remarkable' growth, 'The fol- 1 lowing figures are taken Vfrorn the Boston Commercial Bulletin'. - '. : v ; : r : TV-' "Foreign, rice is far inferior to the native article, and can .successfully compete with the latter only when it can be - offered at a lower price. Last year tne American crop consisted of about 100,000 barrels from Louisiana and 75.000 tierces from the Caro- Unas, or a total of about 65.000.000 pounds, I as the barrel contains some 225 pounds and the tierce Is equal to about two and a half barrels. This vear the TjOuisIanA crorv is lty? : o trk nf u.. . t i IIOS It JLVU,VW UCIUCB, UUftlilJ a lumi I 0f 112,500,000 poundsan increase of MvA.l RA AAA OA A nnnna loot cor - Prices have opened fully a cent a pound lower lusn a year ago, ana me prospecu -ii. i - Z .. :. i 1 : that the lower grades of American rice will, be said at a less pries than 'RaDgooDS, and I coDsequently the latter cannot be imported at a Drofit. It will be seen that the largest tnnnoin in I Iha ; A msrionn. rmn had tnkp.n I pjace jn. Louisiana, where the aiea under! uulll v Oliuu tuia jcai a a-i uui avo utu oo.uuo acrea. The North Carolina rice will com pare with the best, and, we have but little doubt, is better than that grown elsewhere. At present there'are rice mills in Wilmington, Charlotte, New Orleans and Savannah. We- hope the rice crop in this State will be stimulated andincreased. Since writing the above we have received a letter from Sheriff Taylor, of Brunswick, which con- tains matter that may very properly conclude this article. He says: i. IUIU&. lucre ia a uciivi luuccuw iwi Brun8Wick. Turpentine, ur, &c . are or KIT . t t. -. : U ,11 . ..,..wnrv t . mm . 1,1 soon will be exhausted; but c jiton and op- - HTwin h, ltkDU rice win itt-ko tuuu yiatu nru co Z"..i:;::'r.7:' Z" s: mure Hiiiui.ijr Ulcus auu tuuusuiUB ui uugii ui w", oo- vanna day subsoil lands in Brunswick Ibat will produce from auto m busueis or rice to tbe acre, that will not produce 5 bushels of corn per acre, or scarcely anything else. With a little manuring they will produce 40 or 50 bushels rice, which is more than tbe average on the Gape Fear river lands. Ten acres of uplands can be cultivated in rice witb less expense than one acre on the river lands. Some men have produced as much as 70 bushels per acre on upland, and any 8liffclay lands will average 25 bushels Der acre, which beats cotton all to pieces. 1 1 per i think. Mr.1- Editor, when all the river rice lands are reclaimed imo a high su e of cultivation, which I hope will soon be the case, and people get fully into the upland, our long neglected county will come to the front in agriculture." The second railroad horror, this time near Charlotte, is very distress ing. Surely the passengers could have been advised to get out of the hindmost car when another train was following fast. Five persons lost their lives through sheer neglect. Are not many railroad accidents tbe result of culpable carelessness? We have known two accidents that pro per care would have avoided. In one instance the conductor acted against the cautionary advice of others, but he shouldered the responsibility, and had a collision with another train within-four hundred yards of the de pot, by which several Twer e bruised, and one man had his thigh crashed, from which he died probably. The conductor, "having shouldered the . responsibility," made tracks through the woods iu double-quick time. Ac cidents will occur under the most watchful care, but many can be avoided. We must commend; the cool, splendid, oourage manifested by Engineer Wisenburg, in the late ca tastrophe, as be stood by his engine and awaited calmly the fateful shock. It was a fine instance of genuine he roism, and was at. grand a display of duty and pluck as could be seen on a battle-field. THE ULCER OF POLYGAITI Y-HO W TO TREAT IT.-; If we may judge f approval by the tone of the press there is nothing in Hayes's late message - to the Con gress that -meets with such uniform indorsement as his remarks on the necessity Of extirpating the curse of polygamy. Not that what he says amounts to a great deal, for his recommendation does not strike deep enough does not go down to the roots "of the evil, but it- is felt that something prompt, and stern should K Anna on natma af laoct onnma I that he recognizes that a -blistering shame exists and a very serious curse with it in the institution of polygamy' in Utah. It is that recognition which pleases much more than any remedy that is proposed. The curse and blight is not confined to the Terri tory of Utah, bat its emissaries and on of-the fellows have been in North .Carolina endeavoring to sow their seeds of; corruption audio allure men and women to their undo- ing. The evils are spreading to the adjacent Territories, and one of the J Governors has appealed : to Congress fnr nrnt.anflAH nwninnt. tha Kalfni . .C. l ;..fl lUDiuiouB ueuiy mtu 19 at worn,' all society; that destroys the virtus aF rtm rn tin A tkrt mil rr m n A T Irt 1 a t.Afl I the laws Of yrod and of man; should be allowed for adaylll-What" a mockery,- that a Mormon delegate a dirty Jfellpw j wfco-spiU ; up'a the laws anrd Convictions arid' prejudice 8. and!, sanctities , pf , the v country. - should have a seat in the 'Congress Of the Union, as a delegate from a Territory in'whieb polygamy is the religion an 1 j tha "' practfo , relisiW'and ' tha actioj. aid 1ie himselfa leading sinner inhta direo "... ? ;:;:"i: , '. : , ' -" ' tlOn. . ' ; .r, : . The American legislators do . net appear "equal to 'dealing, with the Ottrse, and the press of the country: :8.ho.al? agitate the matter until the whole land is Btirred and such an ih- dilation !s armiaad there wHl bae ho L. S081 . " . 1 " ; Jy I Aaiaiirit if: TTnAl 1 H priat inor Iawa . i . . - r is imDOssible to ; reach the ulcer. , .-..-. An exchange thus suggests the diffi-H ,- . . . 1 oulty: Lrtw -against polygamy exist in.uiaa; , - . -. . . i tt.-i. but before an i elder witb a dozen wives can be puoisUed for tbe crime, be man be con- Ticted by the uaaoim jus verdict of a jury i and sentenced by a c .mpetenl c jurt. jNow, .r nut o .nru fiirlu iulat,t f rum tlm oitui zena, which will find euca a verdict is not Mormon sympathizers or hirelings .will be uiBLk - vaiic. - vuo ui iuvid jiwiuivuo - vi found on every jury. and. one such is enough to prevent a verdict of guilty. TXTU. : ... U A ... m !-.. JiAnll 9" llo w the evil is to be met we may not be able to determine, but the lawyers of the country ought to be I able to devise a plan by which . the I great crime against civilization and I -uin L j:.j pu I morality suau ua erauiuateu. xuo i following suggestion of a cure may ave a gooa aeai in it, ana it is wen worth the attention of the Congresi. Abe lialtimore American says "There is one plan that, it seems to us. would not be opvp to these objections; that is divide the territory of Utah between Ne vada and Colorado. Let Utah disappear from the map. The right to pass such a treasure can hardly be doubted, though tbe consent of the two States would be neces sary. The question would then 'be under tbe control of State law, which polygamy would find it hard to evade. Tbe removal of a case from one part of tbe tben en larged Colorado or Nevada to another part might by Slate la'w be made by tbe prose cution as well as by the accused, supposing that a fair trial could not be had. A fair trial of a person charged with polygamy cannot be bad in a community a large por tion of which hold polygamy to be no crime. To remove the cause to a part of tbe State where ibe laws are respected would require neither the alteration of jury law nor the pacxing of a jury. ll strikes us that this is abetter plan than that recommended by the President. It will be certain to meet the question boldly and squarely, and will result in sucoess. Hayes's idea is to reorganize the Territory by ap pointing a Governor and Judges, and debarring all persons who practice m uphold polygamy from holding office or voting. This may answer, but it has the objection which is repugnant to Amerioan ideas of fair-play of packing tbe Court in order to obtain a verdict. The plan of the American will place the Territory under ' the control of States - to be absorbed id them, and this will forcjs the Mor- mbns to either abide by the laws as all good citizens must do, or to leave for "parts unknown." The blight of a : Territory being devoted to the viciou8,monstrous,degrading,heaven defying system of Mormon ism will be removed. ' Something must be done. There is no sense in delay, for the cancer is eating away all the time and the virus is spreading into the adjacent mem- bers of the body politic. If any one thinks that the Mormons are fright ened, or even disturbed at the Presi dent's message, he need only to con sult some of their papers; They have been so long allowed to defy the laws and to flaunt their, wickedness and. immoralities in the face of the whole people that they think nothing will be ever done, and they may go on in definitely practicing their indecencies without fear of molestation or dan ger. v , : One Mormon paper says: "So far. as the recommendations con cerning Utah are concerned they need give no Latter-Day Saint any . uneasiness. JThey are too unpractical and Jin-American for serious consideration by statesmen, and the Lord rules in the earth beneath as-well as in the heavens above.' .; Another, of the organs of this de fiant and immoral class -declares con fidently: tlVn arlratno monQtirOB 1.1.(1 PBnPP.iftll V such as are monstrously 'vicious, unkind 1 and unlawful in themselves, will accom- I niifih anvthioff. Consress perQaps unaer- bianiio itil. If Mr nB ilnpa tint - Wa need have no fear ; that a prcvisional go-, vernmeht for this Territory will be pro vided, nor that tbe 150,000 persons in this and other .'Territories, against -whom tne President raves, will be deprived of any more of their rights:'? ;We repeat, Congress should take firm ! h old - of this verv ; important hW;: dMl with it aa one M ' .. i 4 f . I a would deal: wan a poisonous serpeni de8crooted on, .Nothing th6;i sternest, .sharpest, treatment wUldo., . or a; dangerous, aog. ;it must oe I D TT 'V , is prepared according to the directions of Professor E; N. 'Horford, of Cambridge, j Massachusetts,: the well-known . authority I on nutritious bread and the cereals. U8e- ful in Dyspepsia, Nervous Diseases, Mental and Pbjrsipal Exhaustion, etc. ? TABlFR.RBTI1IOH . j :Thef Philadelphia American,. strong Republican high tariff paper,ia C . I. v. a as n a. revision oi tne present tariff.? Thu is significant. Ii.m pupr; lished in the greatest manufacturing city and in a State where the iron in- dustries'arej'pore benefited than pos- 8iblyny-other by the war rates that" now prevail." The -American thinks it unwise to allow the matter of tariff revisibri to drop. ' It says if tbe'i?ro- tectionists and they were numerous who favored warmly revision be fbre the Presidential campaign caused such a flatter give up the cause now they will "be pursuing a most un wise 'courae,n and -"will 1 be playing into the hands of their enemies." It does not' hesitate, vigorous protec tionist paper that it is, to ad mU that the present tariff contains' "unfor tunate and inequitable detail.": It says that the advocates of Tree trade are strengthened by "a good string of tariff abnses,' and that tbey' will b9 deligh ted" to see the protectionlsta doing nothing to reform present abuses. "r"' ' " ' rv Before the election the fnh Vas( stirred because John "Welsh and other rich Radicals pretended that Hancock's eleotion meant destruction to the manufacturing interests, and that the plank in the Democratic platform a tariff for revenue was simply awful. No greater fraud ex- ists than the present tariff. It is a standing shame -and reproach. The : . ij . . , xliiktimi ia icu 117 say ; "We do not know what is the streoetb of the prty of inaction among the Pro'ec tiomsts in Congress We do not even know the name of any person that favors that policy. ' We ttusl and hope that it is not a large one. We tqualiy hope that they will give heed to the renewed declarations of the Iadusinal League and of tbe Iron and Steel Association on the subject. If they do not, they will be guilty of what would be both a blunder and a crime. The two bodies referred to are in favor of a revision a reconstruction of the tariff. The Eaton bill ought to pass, unless, it were possible to ob tain still more radical changes. It is not generally known to our readers that the African race has produced one actor of very conside rable genius who played in all of the great European cities. He was born at Belair, near Baltimore, in 1804, and died in 1867 in Poland, just as he was on the eve of starting for a professional tour in the United States. He had the physiognomy of the genuine African, but muBt have been an actor of no little power and originality.- His first wife was an 'English womao-j bitr secoud a Swe- dish Baroness. He played Othello to the gteat Edmund Kean's Iago, and also appeared with him . in other plays. He was decorated by some of the European kings with titles. - His career, altogether, was a very remark able one. A negro lawyer, a man of ability and cultivation and who writes well, T. Morris Chester, of I lew Orleans, has two very enter- I tajining papers upon him in recent numbers of Forney s Progress. The nfme of the eminent African trage dian was Ira Aldridge. ' - i jt Professor Abbe, the gentleman who attended to the scientific part of the Signal Servioe under Gen. Myer, I says only about one fourth of Ven- I nor's weather predictions come true. We give ; an interesting paragraph from a recent scientific .talk : about weather and its prognostications, as he, Prof. Abbe, is reported in the Washington Post'. 'I was a little amused last Tuesday morn ing,' said Professor Abbe, Ho hear ever so many people remars, as tney made tne beet of their way through the heavy enow, that Vennor was indeed a wonderful man. Tet he did not, as I understand it, predict this storm in the slightest, tie prophesied.' if he said anything at all, a beavy snow storm on or about tbe 22d of December for the Dominion of Canada and the New England States. The snow, as everybody remem bers, was to be eleven feet deep. . Our weather-map will show you just how near Mr. Yennor came to his predictions. The storm did not extend further west than Columbus nor : further north than Phila delphia:. He was just about . 500 miles away from his mark." ' : .The Railway Review tells how distance is to be annihilated between New York and Philadelphia, The distance is eighty miles and a frac tion. It is thought by the new route I proposed an engine of sufficient power can make it in aa hour. On the trial trip of the Baldwin locomb tive, No. 5,000, it ran at the rate of eighty-one' miles an hour on an ascending grade, and no donbt on a level road it wonld have run ninety miles. Mr. Le Van explained how I he proposed , to make a-; locomotive that can perform the latter distance. : John Robinson's big elephant, i tinhinf" th 1tiua cJr tremendous hug in Cincinnati W the 26th, ; His nam. is Sullivan and it is feared he will die. " : He "undertook "to prodgick" With him. would not be without Dr. Ball's Cough Syrup if it cost five dollars a bottle.. It mast as a, wonaenni remeqy. . The price la oniy no cents ootie. Edwin Booth is gaining ground in England. On Monday night he played Bertuccio in the "FooI'h Re venge," and with splendid ttuccess. The London papers are very cordial in their praise oi the personation. The Times says: - -. .-'There are BCene3 iai thecFooVaRevengi? I i n which Mr. .Booth confirms ibe opinion tnat be is a most accomplished actor; but neither in his tenderness, rage nor despair was there sufflcjeot depth. He acts in tbe last scene witb admirable skill. Mr. Booth was badly supported.'' ' u The Irish Home Rulers are waxing more determined. At a meeting held in .Dublin on Monday there were thirty-seven members of Parlia ment, present, s They resolved "to sit in opposition to every government measure that refuses the just demands of the Irish people, .especially that for legislative independence." Thir-ty-8even resolute; 'united men some of them of good abilities must make themselves felt. Here1 is something that concerns North Carolina and one of its mining companies: The New York letter to the Philadelphia .Ledger s&y 8 : "The King's Mountain Mining Company has been placed in the bands of a receiver Jonathan Brownell, on the application of Chauncey T. Bo wen, a creditor. The com pany was incorporated September 10, 1877, with a capital stock of $1,200,000. It had 500 acres of mineral lands in Gaston coun ty. North Carolina, tbe buildings and im provements on which were valued at $200. 000. Hon. Andrew. Curtin, of Pennsyl vania, was President. The last sale of the Company's stock was on December 23 -300 shares at 60 cents per share." The friends of the venerable Major N. H. Hotchkins, our old railroad man, sent him a Christmas stocking. It contained $1,200. We never heard of an editor's stockiog, except the heelless one he hung up to catch a few hot bpnns from Santa Clans. There is another diplomatic scan dal. A Washington lady, Miss Car rie Carroll, was married two years ago to W. H. D. Haggard, an attache of the British Legation. The fellow has abandoned her,leaving her in Eng land. Mrs. H. now sues for a divorce. Marshal Fitzaimmons, of Atlanta, Ga., is now known to be in arrears $5,000.. He will be removed, it is thought. He is one of Hayes's Dem ocratic selections. It was not a good one. Blaine is going to Europe and will be absent on a tour of eight months. Such is the report from Washington. This is denied, however, and another report is that he will be Secretary of State under Garfield. The .New Orleans papers antici pate considerable immigration from Germany during 1881. The first in stalment some twenty-odd in num ber arrived a few days ago and ob tained work at once. The last news from Tennessee con cerning the United States Senatorship is more encouraging. It is now be lieved that the Republican plan will not succeed. Dr. J Marion Sims, a native of Georgia; and one. of the most emi nent physicians and surgeons in the Union, is now very dangerously sick in New York. The Cultivation of jnte. : : i Mr. ; W. T. Hall, of Bogtte, Columbus county, sends us a specimen of jdte raised by him,'frbm seed sent him by Mr. Don. McRae, of this city. The stalk measures ten feet in length, and Mr. Hafl informs us that .the one sent us is not the only stalk that will measure that much,' nor he the Only . oner in , his section that has grown themj that high. . The. seed were planted about the middle of June, which is considered very late. It seem3 to thrive well on sOff clay lands. Mr. Hall and other planters in his section would like some information as. to the cultivation of jute and its preparation for market. ForeiKQ Shipment!. . ; The Norwegian barque Stanley, Capt ElliDgsen, was cleared from this port for Liverpool, yesterday, with a cargo of 2,364 bales of cotton. Messrs. Williams & Mur chison were the shippers. In addition to the above, the German barque Uteres, Capt. Hansen,- was cleared for Hull, and the Norwegian brig Dolen, Capt Dietrichsen, for Trieste, Austria, the former with 250 casks spirits turpentine and 2,930 barrels of rosin,1 and the latter with 200 casks spirits turpentine and 3,000 barrels of rosin; both by Messrs. Palerson, Dow'ning & Co. ' ;- . A wpman started from Laurinburg f or this city a few days Bince and left her baby on the platform at the depot. She didn't miss the little one until the train bad gotten some distance from town, when her dis tress was painful to behold. .At the first stopping place she got off and footed it back to Laurinburg, where she found her baby, but her mind was so upset in conse quence of ; the incident that she concluded to indeflDitely postpone her contemplated trip although her 'Saratoga" awaits her in this City, s? c- - . :-r: ;. ,' I A dispatch from Fort Bufort savs that VGall," one of Sitting- BulPs chiefs, who Has been deilant, urrendered-uncondition-ally on Monday ' at Poplar Creek, with twenty-six- lodges.".' It is confidently- ex pected that in view of this surrender and of the severe weather, BittinR Ball with: his one hundred lodges will surrender abon. ! Ppir-T - Turpentine The Legislature Wednesday., . . in eels uext Statesville American: TheSiates ville post-offlce has been rased to 'he itradi i na,"8idenlU, fflc;' w salary of $l,000vin accordance with a suggestion raada i the American a few weeks ago Si iducL for printei's ink; ; : Washington Press: We notice with pleasure ;ihe growiDg iocrease in favor of a general prohioitioa law in all sections of the State. , Halifax and Chatham coUn. ties; tUrough : thtnr boards of county com missioned bay5 already refused to eraut arty more 1 caose fyr retailing liquors. : f-;Mr.; J: Si. Tomlioson has dis posed of the Hickory Press ta Messrs D H Tutilo and W. P. ' ' rumlov wT wm bive edi-otiil charge with, ibe next num ber A plensaot nud protitaole time iu nil coucrned. The Press will begin iu eleventh annual volume with Its next issue. ... Charlotte Home : The Meck leuburg Rflemen gave a pany. at the resi dence of Mrs. Mrgaret Brother, kst Tues Jay evening. - Grace Everttr, a colored girl, was ariested Friday, charged with haviog destroyed herinfint by throw ing it into a well. She is now in await iog trial. ' Italeigh Star: A telegiam was leceived to-day by D.. R. Lswis, of this city, announcing the sudden death of Mis. Geo. Wm . R. Uux, yesterday evening, at 5 o'clock, in ihacily of Philadelphia. The lidy was iu thai city uader roed'cnl ireHt ment, but her ' death was euutcly unex peeled, anci is a gre i shock i der many trienda jn ihia cny. -vv ilson Adoance': Up to the presiiit time 15,537 biles' of coitoa hve beeu shipped from this place. There a: e 500 moie wuieii a wail shipment. Jude Sch ick and the uiembeis of tbe bar id attend luce upouXJourl at WaBhiogton, Baaufor- oouuty, indulged in a little "mu tual admiration and congratulation," at the ciose of the Superior Court for that couuiy. Will this example be followed ? - The Charlotte Observer an nounces the death of Mr. Arthur Armour, the first settler uf the land now occupied iy Davidson College. He at one time owneii nearly .ll of iu He bad lived there nxiy years. He at one time walked to New . York, where be took a steamer to Irelautl, where he was interested in ihe settUmdiu of an estate, and on his return from ub: utul walked back home. -Such were the me,i ' of that day. Hickory Carolinian: At Ex celsior, some robbers entered the dwells hou3c of P. L. Estes on Sunday night while lhe family were at church, broke. open some trunks, and stole some seven hundred dollars of money. Mr. Robert Car. son, iiving ten miles east of Taylorsvilie, in Alexander county, lost two barns of lob&c co last week. He had fired up to keep his tobacco from getting in too high case. Raleigh 'Visitor: The Supreme Court meets in this cilv next Mondav. Early on Sunday morning last the body of Sidney uinton, alias Sidney Baugb, ws round on the west bank of Reuse river within a few feet of Milburnie bridge, six miles from this city. From the evidence elicited before the coroner's jury, it ap peared that the unfortunate man bad beeu chinking freely on the evening previous, and was seen going in tbe direction of the river. At a McDowell mass meeting; Mr. W. H. if alone, an old legislator, said: in my opioion this is a bappy era tor Western Koith Carolina. Railroad and telegraphic communications have been es tablished with tbe outside world we are no longer pent up amid impassable moun tains, and our natural facilities are une- qualed. Here in this great undeveloped empire we have discovered a new source of wealth. Here we have found tbe "gol -den Eldorado" tbe soil is recnliarly adapt ed to the raising of fioe leaf tobacco. Ex periments have fully demonstrated thi fact." Toisnot Home : Kev. J. E. Carter of Wilson, and Rev. W P. Blake of WeldoD, assisted by others, organized a Baptist Church in this place, last Saturday, with about fifteen members. From what we learn, it is contemplated that early steps will be taken to build new church. We learn that Spencer Harper and a negro by the name of Joe Bunting got into a dif ficulty at Eason's Store, Nash ' county, which led Banting to draw a knife. and cut Harper in several places. Harper, at last reports, was in a very critical condition, and not expected to live. . Bunting made ' his escape. Fayetteville J&xaminer : We learn that the Commissioners of Harnett county have come to, an understanding with the holders of the county scrip, by which the former submit to a judgment against the county to the amount of about eighteen thousand dollars and costs, which judgment is to be satisfied and discharged,' provided the county shall pay twelve thousand! dollars two-thirds ihe amount of the judgment.. A farmer of Cumber land, who was in our office not long since gave us an item which we place before the farmers of this - section . He stated that from the sale of a One horse crop of cotton made this year, he had received the sum of twelve hundred and thirty dollar?. This statement may be relied on. What is the value of land that will net $15 to $18 per acre annually and without deteriora tion? Death of Mrs. E. D. McNeill. Intelligence of the death of this estimable lady reached Fayetteville on Tuesday last. She had gone to Raleigh for medical treat ment only last week. The remains were brought : to Fayetteville on Wednesday and interred by the side of her deceased husband, the Rev;. George McNeill, in tbe Fayetteville cemetery. 3 - Charlotte Observer: Cotton re ceipts for tbe week so far, only five days, 1,666 bales. The largest were on Wednes day, when 448 bales were brought to town. i There are many, ingenious couplings which would do away with this wanton exposure of valuable lives, , and among them the contrivance of Mr. Charles Brem, of this city, is conspicuous for it simplicity and perfection. iHon.. Horatio C. Burchard, Director of the United States Mint, has ordered the compilation of exact statistics in regard to North Carolina mines and the amount of gold production. Prof. HaUna, of the mint here, has just returned from a tour: of Mitchell, Burke and . Mc Dowell counties, with this object in view. He reports, generally, that the interest in mines is active every where, and a number of new mines are being opened. - It is reported that an accident occurred on the Air, Line day before yesterday- by which one man lost bis life and tbe train was en tirely wrecked. Nothing could be squeezed out of the employes of the road, and this is all that could be learned, except that tbe wreck occurred ten miles this side of Allan ta.- Tuesday.Charley Traylpr, a lad.wss fooling with a gun inthe front door of Maloney's store, in Salisbury, when it was discharged. Mr. John H. Enniss : add bis son, James,' who were standing in the drug store just opposite, received shot in their faces.. Neither was seriously., hurl". None orthe ' in jrjred in the accident on the Carolina Central have yet returned from. Lincolnton. , Tbey are so badly bruised up and so sore that they have to be abed. The .remains of those burnt, not being distinguishable, have been boxed up, and will probably be interred together. tt; The ; Mooresville Qcuette says there have been 54 cases of measles in Frontis & Leaaar'a school within the last two months. There. have been about 710 cases la town, I and there is a chance for about 50 more, -There has been but one death thus far