iWM. H. BERNARD, Editor and Proprietor.
WILMINGTON. TJ. C.t
Friday, April 29tb, 1881,
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THE ; IMPORT AlfCB WATBRl
r jTKANSPOBTATION. -J-.
There is -JV: general movement
among the railroads of the country;
New and startling combinations are
the order of the day. Great incor
porations are becoming more gigan-
tifl. Monoooiv is on s ine mcieaBi
ttth .:n w k fii ntuW nf all I
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thin i more than we can foresee or I
-..iV vr . i;no. or. fieW I
. . 1 s.
planned and many are in course
construction. Jnst in ropomon
.l2 -.tL.;i f 1 m u mntfrnlir nn1 rail- 1
.,i wnnnnt.i ahonld be the
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increase in the agitation of improving
and oneninff no. all possible i water
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n.t;rt of wtr transnorta-
The
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tion is destined, we cannoi aouoc, 10 I
Lo:Anni . laoi-nrt nf nnblia atten-4 1
a- , i I
lion than ever before. The whole
subject of water versus rail trans-l
portation will be examined to thebot.
torn and all the important facts
evolved. Wilmington is surely con-i
named much in this question, t It is
nnsflihie. ana one 01 mese aavs it wiu i
r r r - . .i i
be done, to open up new water routes
that will add' to the commerce and I
Importance of our little city. If
a i t . l
Wilmington does not resolve to.
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n L.Z1.K1 lS. I . S3U AAA - VA UVVV AW WWW
UusteuD and doibc: she must con-
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nauwA J wwmbww o I
tier commerce. With twenty feet of
water on the bar so that ships of 4,-
boo or 5.000 tons harden can come up
lo our wharves and take in their
3argoes, and with the Cape Fear and
kll of.its tributaries made avaUable
o the utmost extent for, the purposes
bf transportation, Wilmington must
brow in population and increase in
her commerce. Then there must
follow the factories of various kinds.
Some new views, once old views,
but abandoned unwisely, are coming
b the front again about the superi
ority of water transportation, ine
Question once started will not down
fat the bidding of railroad kings. Wil
Imington may sleep, but other towns
ana cities, ana many large uummuuj-
Ities are fulls awake and at work.
Water transportation1 far cheaper
than rail, and that fact alone will I
mva it tho nrominence before the t
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country that it deserves. In the
IWIfIIIIlflllll. trU.tM.IJZ WB- UI1U ZLII lUILruuL. I
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ive editorial relative to this very im
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portant subject. It says:
We had quite come to believe that even
the great Mississippi river had lost most of
its uses since that broad stream and its
tributaries bad been tapped by ao many
lines of railroad from the East, all bringing
the West at least two thousand miles nearer
its market; but we now find to our surprise
that Snot only is grain being carried from
St. Louis to New Orleans by towed barges
for three cents a bushel, which is onehalf
the cost of five years ago, but that it can be
shipped through by that route on steamers
to Liverpool from St. Louis at less cost than
the rail route from Uhicaeo to New York.
In other words, wheat can now be carried
down the Mississippi, brought through the
Gulf and carried up the Atlantic coast and
across the ocean to Liverpool for twenty
five cents a bushel, which means American
grain at Liverpool ten cents lower than
heretofore, and which also may account for
the I recent BUdden .decline in railroad
recent Buaaen .aeenne in railroad I
ireignw at vnicago. j i
Let the water routes be opened, I
nW'tt.An-i.-4ka k V-..
tioii between water and rail. Both
will be found serviceable and indis
pensable.- It will be a blessed day
for! Wilmington when water commu
nication is established in every direc
tion possible.
There is said to bea crand dres8alDyIOD2erhBlMm
! . , , . B . j Bat Mr. Forater's attitude of mind toward
l""u V'.wwiub going on just now 1 the Land Agitation bas cbanged since Au
nm Awhfirp nvnr nnr haA Jtut I east from sympathy to impatience. Then
"T . " Z Z 7"
like it has been seen for ages. As-
tronomers are now regarding the
great event. The New York Sun
says: .
!Along an imaginary line drawn from
the earth to the . sua : and projected right
onward for millionslupon millions of miles,
the planet Jupiter, beyond that the ringed
pianet Saturn, and still further out the
planet Neptune will be ranged almost as
if they were strung together. . Between the
eartb and the sun. Venus ia awinsinir into
line, and beyond the son, and between! it
maa uupiier, uuie Mercury is also approach'
laggards wiir ZdSS
uresBparaae. ine neat nlaneta will biv
aireauy oroKen ranKS to nrorei in thnir
viroung aooat tne sun."
The conjunction
week some time. -
will cease ' this
North Carolina has twenty iron
furnaces, mills, &o.,representating a
capital of $60,000. iThere is no rea
son why it Bhonld not be sixty times
that sum. Iron ores abound in many
of our counties and the iron business
ought to be an important industry of
the State.
TliH 1WU IttlSll PABflMi
In a speeoh in New York by Mr. I
Patrick Kodgers, just from Ireland,
the following is reported by tele-
graph:- "
"Mr. Rodgers farther, said the Irishmen,
bad been Instrumental In bringioR the Lib-
eral Ministry into power, sad yet the Win-
istry
which had been so deeply wasted uaa
brought in a coercion bill. He argued
that it was useless for the Irian to attempt
violence, as there are 45.UW soldiers, not
to mention ' the police, in various parts of
We copy this to make a f ew com
ments j that may ; throw some light
pon the present outlook of affairs in
Vhat island. ' Mr.' Rodgerg i scarcely
speaks fairly when he refers to the
Gladstone Land bill as a ''Coercion
L .2. . wnm ' ' " 1 ' ' 'L m. 1
bill." mat may pe ine view wsen
of it bv the extreme men by men
wio follow Mr: Dillon's lead; -but
thl re is a larger-numbeFof Intelli-
Went Irishmen at home and in Eng- I
land who take another vie w of the f
Land bill. and whilst not Regarding it I
as petfeot, tbev r
ev regard it as a great I
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step,ueveriueiess, in un wug
nine and much needed reiorm. ine
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SDOnSlbllltV
atone wnen ne reponea na uui. i
mt,lrA ; 1 ftthe British Statesman I
TWre a fio other British
but John Bright, who would have
been willing to have reported a bill
Us idvanced beyond aU other bills,'
' -'r :.u' r.. .r iW t.;..
r"'wt . . ;
tion bill. " '- . "I
0... x.L ta k;h Wa k orif 1
l ffc uauu'""
is apparent from this fact ; it has I
... o UiAh' .mnnff Trishmfin. I
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There are two parties now the Dil-
Ion
party and the Parnell party;
Dillon denounces the bill as a snare 1
ow, -- i
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uome nuiers to oppose it
ment That is, because mr. wiaa-1
stone cannot give tnem an iney as
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for, as be is so very peculiarly cir
1 t 111 -
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Their; attitude is-"Uive us . all or
-- . . . . T -
none." Is this wise f as ims a com-
- j
mon-senie .-view?
But Mr. Parnell
takes", a wiser
COnrse. tie Bays ine Dill goes a great,
. t l J a I
way toward giving the Irish people
that they need. He does not be-
lieve the biu to De periect or ait mat
be would use lor k 10 oe. ne says
it is I weak in
parts, but it is an I
advance ; it; promises good to the
Irish, and, therefore, '
Irbh
members to vote for it. He is
opposed out and out to the emigra-
tion clause, and it is very natural that
he should be so. He is right in this
probably: Give the Irish rest, better
laws,
justice and Ireland will be all
they
desire. Meath and other dis
tricts' offer every advantage to ; the
erowded districts like Connaught.
Mr. Gladstone is doing all he can do
aitnated as he i.
I Mr. i?orster is not doing wnat ne
promised to do. But this cannot be'
?- i - - - ' I
aaid Of the Premier. He tells the
kUftU KUO A-AWMOW w. j v u u hmw.a I
not throw ont his Land bill as they
did his bill restraining evictions. ; It
is understood that if . the House, bf
Lords does this that Parliament will
be dissolved at once, and an - appeal
be made to the country. This thought
alarms the Tory Peers. They know
that the people at heart mean to be I
just
The
Peers did a vast deal of harm I
by their rejection of. the: EvicUon
bill. The following gives informa-
tion as to the course of landlords, the
progress of eviction and theVbearing
of Mr. Forster, the Irish Secretary.
The Philadelphia, American says:. -
rt.i Trioh inntnMi u nnMi
baTe taken advantage of the Coercion
Laws to begin the eviction of such of their
tenants as have not, from whatever cause,
paid their rents in full during the past two I
years, i In March the number of evictions J
rose to 215, as increase by five-fold in one
month', and, under the pressure burnished
by the prospect of the Land bill becoming I
a law. a still ereater increase is expected.
The League members reminded Mr. Fors
ter 01 his pledge given in August, mat, in
case the power to evict were used unmerci
fully, he would teae measures to 7 pat a
period to it, or at least would refase to re-
he gave the League aid and comfort; now
I be sends its more active members to jail
and refuses to tell them, or even Parliament,
what their crime has been. . Then he, of
his own accord, called the attention of Par
liament to the great number ? of evictions.
Now he refers to them only when there is a
decrease, and was brought only by . the
taunts- of the Leaguers to announce - the
great increase in the month of March. 1- He
now assumes that, where ' rents- have not
been paid, the farmers were quite able to
pay, bat refused so to do under advice
from the Land League." izs i-s ; -oy m
The
Land bill ought to be adopted.
Tlaforrha enme nnt in a.davr Get this
now, and after.awhile Ireland will
1 Mnra Athar nia -'inr &
Now that W. IL Vanderbilt and
the venerable Peter Cooper are taking
l . ' i- . : ":?"':: d wuhnrn lit I iftmnhArl's station, near l wr :
iit troth is ail fair-minded men must ac- -i." -r--r.7 '-rz 1 "I . T D. & c.u
I . , , t I Jvooxvuie, x eon., ; on me , om uay 01 i ." "
as knowledge that it was a great ' re- Jnlv. igoi: He 1 was anoointed a l8 again r .
asflnmed bv Mr. Glad- I mUinmon ' in J f trio TTnitl States I ' "I belong to that
the World's Fair project ' in hand, by a grateful country here in its cap
f:Vi' .u".'l u 'si ital three are from the South two
one. Mr. Cooper is reported as sav-
ing that it wonld beTa great disgrace,
not only: to the city of Near; York,
but to every, business man ia Amer
ica, if the ' affair should prove ! a
nzzle.
' Admiral Farragut's ..widow1 is
bow a guest at the White Blonse, and will
remain several days.
. a - ti
gat's statue in Washington on Mon-
day was quite an event. It is the
work of Mrs. Vinnie Ream Hoxie,
an$ f heroiasize, being ten fee$
high. .Thp-total cost is $2O,OX0.
B. :.. : .
" muwwi.; ik w uibi.
men posterity will decide. It is a
little singular that the civil leader of
the late war, Lincoln; the General
who had,confes8edly CA8 TOttchTgeDiua
for war, (some thought more) as any
Northern General, Thomas; and the
sailor who is acknowledged by every
Northern man to have been the naval
hero on the Northern side, Farragut,
were all ! Southern. Linoolh was a
Kentuckian, Thomas a Virginian, and
Farragut a Tonnesseean... The At-
lantic Jfowy, claims that Farragat
is the greatest of all J naval comman-
ders except Nelson. : Here is the I
short outline, sketch ; that was placed
in a copper box ind imbedded id the J
pedestal ot vine statue: . ,; .v - - I
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ani. n .1 -.t. . a il
, -uavia uiascow j? arragui,, ma uri,
Aamuu ot toe uoueu ;oitj,
A .3 1 - ' a- l I . a ut SVI . B
Bvy. eoBuiuBr .v. ,u.
sewed during t ? the war between
QtTnited Suie
, .ed a. D. 1812. and .in the war
between Mexico - and the United:
States, declared : A. D. 1846. lie
aerven vith (rreat distinction in the I
defense of the National Government I
Jn;n iho tha Rahallinn. A. I
v":-V.r,
. -xepi.-;.o iooo. xie receiveu buo-
cessive promotions in recognition of I
ni8 VAluaDie services, ana on o uiy -fio.
. . l 3 T 1 ntr I
A n i Rfifi ha nAmmimioned the I
- . AAmL. -r tha ita St at
NavyO He died August 14, A. D.
1870, at Portsmouth. New Hamp
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sren nuuor 10 luo teoivu ui uu
Joarjtry
a grateful nation now erects this
stame 10 ms memory,
"A. D. 1880.".
' The old ingrate, Dawes of Massa
chusetts, has been punished glorious
ly. 1 We are so very glad. Sorry he
did not catoh it heavier. The Balti
more Sun's Washington corresDon- I
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. . oana ttwlf nttar Aamnr,n
of he blood-curdling, burning-fao-
tory romance of Mr." Dawes by Mr.
JonM caused a marked sensation in
... oannfa ; t- Tt,D nraaantA I
. n:t':AhA annritAnW aa ' with flashed I
. .nrl dpnrivAtnrv tones.' ho at-
tempted to shuffle out of the s humili
ating condition in which' he had put
himself. 'Bat he failed utterly, and
he fitaQdg 000 before the conn-
try of retailing as false and malioious
a calumny as was ever uttered against
the people of any State of the South."
Now let. the next heavy liar come to
the foot-lights and ' begin' another
slanderous yarn: 'r ' :
-t Doubtless our readers would like
to know what is the outoome ot the
Burnside ; bullying in the , Senate.
fttL ' t u- tttu:
ine louowiug iroui tue w, auiuKfcou
Courier dated 22nd, says:
"Senator Burnside took occasion
to-dav to make the amende honor
able to " Senator Butler for words I
spoken in debate on - Wednesday.
The conduct of the Senator from
South Carolina on that day has been
highly commended, yet while judici-
ouslyref raining from the unpamamen
tary language which the case seems
to justify, Senator Butler, is is under
stood, lost no time, outside or r ine
5?"SJJ!q!!f i TT-s'
tha ; nffenaive lancrnao-e. - if it was
meant t0 be so, or else a public state-
ment on the floor of the Senate that
it was not so intended."
I Senator Butler received graciously
the apology.
! In a paragraph yesterday we re
ferred to the faot that the three men
i 1 j 1 .1.-
wuu uMBBuucu u
Northern side were Southern 1 born,
t?; mtK f h.n
.
with sbme : very timely reflections
from its Washington correspondent
on the same subject. It is too good
to be overlooked, so we give the
most important part. The writer
says:-"' i "! ' ' '"
I "And so, as an ex-rebel, walking
around Washington, come across the
8tatue:.of General Thomas, and re-,
members that he was . known as the
hardest fighter of the Union army,
and" then turning his steps a few
squares westward - approaches " the
Farragut statue, he perhaps may be
paraoneu xor soliloquizing: -jj arragui
gave tnem inew uneans and Mobile,
Thnm0 ih.m WrnVi;n .nA
Nashville: and, besides these, there
is Winfield Scott, who gave the pres-
I tige of his name, and. fame in the be-
ginning of the war to the oause of
the Union and he too is perpetuated
in bronze byp a -grateful country !'
And ma it hannena that nnt nf fivo
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' I man tvhrtaa rronina nri natrintiam in
rth lata vr fu.VA hAn:HMmwm:
thy to be set np in monumental brass
Jjom Yirginia-while only two, Mc-
ern birth, and they lesser' lights on
the pages of history. ' Of other wars
but two military heroes have been
thus bononad, and they are . our own
Washington and Jackson."
"The four outgoing steamers from'
New.yprk ion Tuesday took 56,70 letters,.
The unveiling or .admiral ivarra-
lahab
lWe have; read receotlyheif nil ,
text of Senator Lamar's speeoh J de-
livered on April 1st in the Senate
There ti no man id Congress who1 can;
make sa finished speeebrAS the Mial
. io. ? JT . rJ
Biesippi oenaipr. rponiH uiqy quai
hin in broadnessof viewrirr logical
acumen, in" splendor of -eloquence ;
but take hird altogether, there is no
mau 'who aiLput -aKA speech that ia
as I compact, as logical, as elevated in
thought and diction;! is as
well
arranged, . as. classical, tasteful Tand
appropriate as Mr. Lamar.' AVe have
long noticed this nn'ihi speebhesJ
The speech referred tb;is admirable
It is unanswerable;: )Dignified, cour--
teoup, It is all the.more keen, incisive
and damaging to ! the-. aqversaries.
His comments on Dawes werefd Ctj?
finest taste - and yet ; as sharp as any
South was truthful, earnest, elevated
eloquent. ; ine last paragrapu , uerr
nnrvus t.n ivn hvaiilA t.ha nlnRincr nam.
- , r- - rrr.-.
grHu ui leuswr s,rcFiy
a. n. a, a ..mw! Am
before, but here it
class of public: men
who were secessionists.' Every throb of
my heart was' for the disunion of these
States. If that deducts from the force of
the statements I have mode to-day it is due
to candor and to you to admit,' it. ! I con
fess that I believed in the right of 7 seces
sion and that I believed in the propriety of
its exercise. 1 will say farther that it ;was a
ohnriahpl ' nnnentlnn of mw mind i that nf
two great, free republics on this continent,
each pursuing its own destiny and the fies-
tiny of its people and? their happiness
accordlng to it8 own wilL f ,
"Qat sir. that conception is gone7; it is
sudk iorever out o no Aaotaer one nasi
i . i-;t. -i
come in its place, and by the way it is my
Ant love. The elements of it were planted
to my heart oy my latner; theyi; were
taught me by my mother, and they were
nourished and developed by my own aub--sequent
reflection. - May I tell what it is,
sir? It stands before me now, simple in its
majesty and sublime in Us beauty. ? - It is
that of one grand, mighty, indivisible re
public upon this continent throwing' Its
loving arms around all sections; omnipo
tent for protection, powerless for .oppres
sion, curting none, blessing all! .Applause
in the galleries." . '
COTTON niliLS TUB. OUTLOOK.
Whilst the Senate is at deadlock,
the Nihilists are planning .their
sohemes of plunder and assassination.
. " ! . . , f . ; - , -
an1 lTnrthArn Rtnlorarta ro mrv
ing old falsehoods concerningUhe
South and reaohing out for new ones
like old Dawes did after that Massa-
rhntta tMnm hn AAnM f aIHKa
difference between a cotton ein and a
cotton factorv. tha Southern People
in some of the States are pushing
business in. new channels and are
beginning a live cotton mill;) cam
paign. This is very cheering, Our
Southern exchanges bring almost
every day some account of the for
mation-of a new manufacturing com
pany or the starting of a new factory.
We must stop to note some of these
recent enterprises. They are full of
hope and incentive. We wish North
Carolina to do likewise.
At Gaffney City, South Carolina,
$40,000 has been subscribed j for . j
cotton mill. . Within a few days $85,'
000 has been subscribed in Ne w York
city for the Enterprise mill at Au
gusta, Ga. The Elberton i (S. C.)
Gazette says:
"We announced a few weeks ago that a
email cotton factory would be put : up in
Elberton. We now believe that one will
be put up in town and another in. the coun
try that Elbert county will have two cot
ton factories in operation within a year. A
$50,000 factory is in contemplation in the
lower part ot the county, and the stock ia
all taken but $15,000, and this will be taken
in a short while. The factory contem-
plated,in Elbelloa 18 XoS boat
not less to be run by steam, and the
buildings are to be bo constructed as to al
low of an enlargement at a small expense.
A mill has been started at Orange
burg, S. C. Already $2 50,000 of the
stook has been taken to double the
size of the Enterprise factory referred
to above. A factory is to be started
at Columbia, S. C. There is a new
factory in York county. The Charles
ton News says:
"Mr. Boyd, a capitalist of Providence.R.
I., is In Georgia in behalf of several New
England capitalists, and ia prospecting for
the best place in the , State to erect a large
cotton lactory." ;
North Carolina is hot standing
still. -The cotton manufacturing out
look is hopeful. If there is no boom
there is progress. We . copy from
time to time in our State news column
such facts and figures as ! we see.
The truth is North Carolina manu
f acturers - keep their - successes to
I themselves.. . What ; profits ;; .they
make , they never tell, and - thus
I '
I v encouragement : is given .to
I others to engage in similar - enter-
I prises. The only sign is that : cer
tain cotton milling men grow rich
When there is a failure it is certain
to be published, i In Randolph coun
ty lwq more - cotton . factories; are to
be .. built. t But here; are still - other
encouraging facts.
A cotton mill with $300,000 capi
tal is to be begun at once in; New
Orleans. y( It is to ready, for work;
by Pecember, 1.881. Here is the de
scription; s T - --i j h
i "There will be 10.000 ring spindles.
36-inch combination cards and 300 30-inch
looms. It is proposed to spin N0..IS yarns,
and weave . OBnaburgs,' shirtings, and Other
goods adapted for the Southern trade. The
capacity 01 ine mm is aesignea ior a con
Bumpupn ofBjso pounds oirawcotton per
- . jl 1 .-sect idti-oosld
day. A Corliss engine of SOO-borse power
will drive the machinery, aod 450 opera
tives, mate-and female,- wdl.be required in
the various departments." , ; s
At Rock Hill, S O. there is a new
cotton mill' just beginning to operate.
t has 5,000 BpiadlesJ and by the endj
of the year will have 6,240. This is
to be ran bv- steam. ' Sixteen miles i
rom RockIIilJ ial Fishing Creek
Faotoryirr coarse of erection, and to
je ruiiJbyJfeater
a.
.VII Efi Cf IK.I Z ATI UN. OF AG HEAT
The New York, Tmes has. another-
of its humorous. editorials, .this .time
on .the Keely. motor f An exhibition
Was given , to a number, of : admiring
riends and it was declared a perfect
sucoess. j ,Mr, Keely I"yjvified his mo-;
tor.ppwer, with. a tuning fork." ine
7mes ridipulesthe uidea. ia.. a ludi
crous, way. lt.rejec.ts.Xhe "vivifying"
process, but , 'says .Kealy .. revealed
his secret - none the less... . The great
benefit that is to arise from the long
talked of new, motor will be seen in a
very startling and new, direction in
the . complete utilizing of all of the
cornet players in.he land. J.. Their
wind is to be used for great business
purposes ,r Heretofore , the ... wind
wasted b,y cornet men - has seemed to
militate! against; the, doctrine . of the
correlation, of forces,., for it has not
been "converted into something else."
The Zme4mguireA with 5
.' What ; beoomes .ofthe enormous
energy which be blows into his brass
instrument? . Jt is not' converted into
lieat, or? motion,, or electricity, ,or
anything , else of a . satisfactory na
ture. . To all appearances it is totally
wasted. The cornet player is thus
popularly regarded. as one who wastes
an immense amount of. force that is
never converted into anything.'' .,., .
I But happily for . soience all;, this
will beemployed ; hereafter for the
benent 01 the numan family, and. a
great revolution in propelling vessels,
&o , is expected. Whilst the eleetri-
cians are experimenting on the "light
of . the future,'?. Keely , has been at
work on the motor" of the future.
But bear what the Times bas to sav
and you will see at onoe what a great
thing has been 4one in Philadelphia
for our people. , Says the New York
paper: ., " . -, . - ,.
i "The Keely engine is run not by half a
glass of water, or by an unknown vivified
motor, but by the energy of the -tnning-fork,?and
the value of Mr. Keely's discovery
lies in Ibis, that it gives us the means of
utilizing cornet players, If a tuningfork,
no matter bow large it. may be. will set in
motion a large Keely engine, there is no
doubt that a cornet,wbea played by an em
inent virtuoso, would drive the engines of an
oceao steamer. What bas hitherto been a
source of woes unnumbered including the
death of many sensitive dogs to the human
race will henceforth prove an inestimable
blessine. We shall build vast ships supplied
with Keely engines, in the engine rooms of
which cornet players will be chained and
compelled to ceaselessly play the 'Turkish
Patrol ' The energy of the cornets' will be
converted into motion in the cylinders of
the eogiaes.and, driven by this mighty foree,
the ships will cleave the billows and indulge
in other and appropriate nautical games,"
KAN DA Lit VERSUS ROBINSON.
The Stab never believed that the
ruling of Lieutenant Governor Robin
son in the Durham county matter
Was correct, in accordance with
usage, or with the teachings of the
best parliamentary writers,' such as
Cushing,: Mell and Jefferson.; We
had never heard of snob a ruling,
and we thought at the time that it
ought to have been denounced from
one end of the State to the other.
Mr. CharleB K. Parrisb, a lawyer of
Hillsboro, a man of sense, of oharac-
ier ana 01 aeoisron, anu a gentleman
of T considerable r Legislative experi
ence, addressed a letter to j tion.
Samuel J. Randall, late Speaker of
the United States House of Repre
sentatives, relative to Mr. Robinson's
most extraordinary and unjustifiable
ruling.1 Speaker Randall has replied,
and Bays :; H t
'From the' date of its adoption ' to the
S resent time it bas, without exception, been
eld in the House of Representatives that
when a bill baa been laid on the table and
a motion to reconsider that vote bas been
made, and that motion laid on the .table,
the bill can only be reached by a motion to
suspend the rules or by unanimous con-?
sent. ; - ru.. .ta. --vvz--.j-
'The dejjiaipDS of Speaker White in the
Twenty-seventh Congress, that fa motion
to reconsider a vote laying a motion to recon
sider on the table is not in order, for if enter
tained it would lead 'to interminable con
fusion by piling up motion upon motion to
reconsider, and that of Speaker Boyd in
the Thirty-Third Congress, that 'the lay
ing on.the table of the motion to reconsider
was conclusive against a further motion to.
reconsider, were sustained on appeal by'
overwhelming majorities, and. have never
since been either questioned or controverted
- ;"This is the common parliamentary law
as laid down ; by CushiDg, (see paragraphs
J.264 to 1 1,278 inclusive, ' and also para
graphs 1,449 tol,455.) it: 4- a ,M m : .
"I am therefore of opinion that the rul
ing you refer to was' not' only .incorrect
under common parliamentary law. but was
in express violation of.and in conflict with,
the rule stated' by you, viz: 'Nor shall any
-question be reconsidered more than once'' "
The Elizabeth Citv Falcon savs
Mubden, the1 wretch who 'eloped ' with
Johnson's wife d recently, .when last heard
from was in Memphis, Tenn n and was on
his way to Texas. ' - ' 1
:i " ! . - m i . 'J :-:
.. Ten years of experience has firmly rooted
Tutt's Pills in public estimation. Their
wonderful adaptability to the various forms
of disease is a marvel to medical men of all
schools. They are lately used in hospitals
in Europe and; America as well' as in the
army and navy. Cuba and other countries
where yellow fever prevails, consume mil-
jijnpt boxes annnafiy. .-aoitoima Ip
f?9iiiTO;iiiCr -t-sscs i
atSTORICAl. AND SCIENTIFIC 8O-
C1EIV.
A Leciore and' Uie, Dttaion It
- r - fC 'f.r fS' V : ? .. rf ' -'i ' - ' -' .1
: The lecture before the Historical and
Scientific Society at Library Hall, on Mon
day night, by? Mr. R.IL McKay, on the
subject of "Wilmington As It Is and As It
Bhould Be," which was listened to by a
good and appreciative audience, was' not j
lengthy, but contained nauc.hfQfid.Iur. earo
est llfcoughi and consideration. He pointed
out many of the salient points which tended
to retard Wilmington ia its growth and
prosperity,., and - also suggested, means by
which the . retrograde movement might be
checked and finally, overcome. . For in
stance, he thought that the counties of
new uanover aou xrunswicK ougm to own
jointly the ferry between the twa counties
and- establish it as a free ferry,? theieby
opening - to ; Wilmington .a very' rich and
fertile country, especially for truck garden
ing etc. ;.He adverted'.to the great need of
judicious system of immigration, to assist
in the. development of our ' resources, and
contended that the large landed proprietors
should cut up. their lands unto small farms
and dispose of them, at, reasonable figures
tp industrious immigrants.' . '11"
; The speaker threw out many other (good
hints and suggestions, and at the conclusion
of the, lecture the ; subject matter I of the
same waj declared open for discussion-
- S Mr. Henry Nutt called the attention of.
tbe Bociely to the fact that he bad been re
liably informed by intelligent ' Europeans
tbat the climate and o of vlfmiDgtpn
and its vicinity was specially adapted to the
profitable cultivation of the grape. 1 It had
also been brought to his attention that the
geographical situation of Wilmington its
climate and soil. Were the same aS those of
Bordeaux, France, 'the greatest grape-
growing and wine-making country in the
wotia, ana, be contended that the culture of
jibe grape ought to be encouraged by bur
people, on j the ground'; that it might be
made a great, source of wealth to the com
munity. He said that fruits bf all kinds
could be ' raised profitably, in our immedi
ate section,' and it was well known that all
ine iruus grown in mis country were
sweeter in taste than those . grown any
where else. Z y:-:---i-i
I Mr. Alex. Sprunt also stated that he was
well acquainted with the locality and cli
mate of Bordeaux, and it bore a very great
resemblance to that of this immediate vi
cinity; that! it resembled it in a two-fold
sense, inasmuch as it was the great rosin
country of Europe, while the soil was real
ly almost the same. He stated that he
thought our citizens should appoint a com
mittee to procure the immigration of ten or
a dozen good men from Bordeaux to settle
here and experiment in the culture of the
grape. I ! ' - ;" v r ; j ' -. ;. '
; i Mr. Natt remarked that he had raised
the Malaga grape here, and that it yielded
heavily and the fruit was larger and finer
than any he had ever seen, and that he bad
known others to do the same. J s
I I Mr. Kidder said that he had fried the ex.
periment with some of . the foreign grapes
and had not been so successful; bat he bad
never given the matter the attention that he
thought it deserved. . Mr m . --.-i
1 1 In tbe course of the discussion it was
mentioned incidentally that Mr. L. A. Hart
had, a few miles below the city, a very fine
Vineyard, fromxwhich he made annually i a
large quantity of excellent wine, and that
he also made a champsgne whichad now
obtained some celebrity throughout' the
country; butj that he cultivated only the
native grape. .. . i
In the course of the pleasant discussion
of the evening Mr. Nutt brought to the
attention of the Society a matter which, as
h said, was not kindred to the subject
under discussion, : but which he thought
ought to be explained. He had been in'
formed by Capt. Gabrielson, of the United
States Revenue Cutter Colfax.' that at sea,
about six or seven miles from the Frying
Pan Shoals, there were spots in the ocean
of considerable 'dimensions that were as
clear as crystal ; that when the water was
calm fish could be seen swimming and
objects lying on the bottom at the depth of
thirty feet. No member present being able
toj explain the - nature of the phenomenon
Mr. Nutt was appointed by the President
toj deliver a lecture on that and kindred
subjects at tbe meeting of the Society in
June. y-y -' - - f
Dredclus the Cape Fear Hirer. 1 '
jProposals for dredging the Cape Fear
river below this city, which have been ad
vertised for by Col. Craighill, Engineer id
charge, were opened in. bis office in Bslti
mpre on .Tuesday, tbe 26lh inst., at 12"
o'clock, as per advertisement. : The follow-'
ing are the bids received, with the names
and residences of the parties, and price per
cubic yard:' ' ' "' y" . 1.
National Dredging Company, Washing
ton, D. C, 27f cents, : 1
- ijeo. C Forbes & Co., Baltimore, Md.,
26 cents. . .;i . :'; . KSfii',
Morris & Camminga' DredgiogCompany,
New York City, 83 cents. .- -,,.;.-!;.-
G. H. Ferris & Co., : Baltimore, Md., 14
cents.' i ' -v';! " '" ' '.
- - This would indicate that Messrs. Ferris
& Co. will be awarded the contract, pro-
vided they are able to come np to the
requirements laid down in the advertise
ment, though we have no definite informa
tion to that ; effect as yet. They are ex
perienced contractors in the business of
dredging, and it is not likely that they
would have sent in a bid if they lacked the
ability tp carry out the contract . in all its
essential a V:'1:"'"Hr"f-"t;-- 'I
saadtr Sclaool convention.
A Sunday School Convention, under the
au8picesof the North Carolina Baptist State
Convention, ia announced to be held at
Asheville, beginning June 23rd and con
tinuing in session three days.' In the pub
lished list of speakers appointed to deliver
addresses on special subjects, we notice the
name of Rev. J.: B. Taylor, pastor of the
First Baptist Church of this city. . I f .
Criminal Cart Special Term. ' '
1 on. O. P. Meares has ordered, a special
term of the Criminal Court for this county,
to commence on Monday, the 30th of May,
one week earlier than .usual, in order not
to conflict with the regular term of the Su-
Serior Court, which convenes an the 1st
onday in June, which falls this year on
thegth. , . j . ; . . , ,-- i , ....
" i MEADE - BAKER'S CARBOLIC
MOUTH WASH is a fragrant and delight
ful toilet article, and Will positively cure all
diseases of the mouth and gum9; arrest de
cay,1 purify , the breath, and preserve the
teeth. It Will also relieve Sea Sickness,
and is an excellent gargle for Sobs Throat
Price 50 cents a bottle.. For sale by drug
gists generally. ! The trade supplied by the
wholesale druggists in Richmond and Bal-
timqre. '
mh263meod
Spirits Turpentine
! The cholera is jlaying destruc
tion among tbe chicfens and hogs in lower
Northampton. , . ( -- - !' y 1 -
; Iloanoke Patron'. Ah alterca
tion between Bag, Fatrell, colored, and bis
wife, took place near Rich. Square, on iLe
14tn, in which the . husband : received a
dangerous wound, from a r knife in the i
hands of his.wife. We are reliably in- '
formed that Capt. T. - D. Boone, or Man
ney'a Neck,' Hertford county, baa been
tendered the' position of President of tbe
Chowan Baptist: Female Institute, at Mur-
f reesboro, N. C to fill, ibe vacancy, caused
by the resigualtoo of Mr.- McDowelLf
1- Reid$vill gHmesif hetv should
be little mercy for seducera. -r They should
be made to marry their victims, or else tbe
law should whip them naked through he
land, There was a sad sight at a boor old
farmer's house, in this county, about 6ix
miles out, last Friday bis daughter,' in the
agonies of a motbei' safferinp, and no one
to go near her. - Finally an old colored wo
man was induced to jto to her. They laid
tbe child dead on a - box, ; Her poor old " '
father, bis wife dead; was lying in bed
shaking with chills, and crying, "Take, it .
away I take it away 1" while her little brother
and sister sat huddled around tbe fire. No -.
physician and no means to pay one. j
Mr. F. IL Busbeel recalled a
singular circumstance in connection with
the Henry Berry Lowery gang, which was
related to a correspondent of the AtlanW
Constitution in Raleigh a few days ago: "A
few years ago,' said he, "an; Amnesty bill
was passed by the State intended to give
pardon to men engaged in '' certain political
feuds. Ia order to prevent the probability
of its being stretched to embrace the Lowe
ry gang, tbey were excepted-by none.?!: In
reciting the members they omitted one who
was a desperate outlaw, covered with
crime, and for whom there was a reward of
$5,000. He w sb shortly afterwards cap
tured, and his captor collected through
Dortch, a University of Georgia boy, the '
15,000 reward. He then plead the Amnes
ty act and was released under it. Tbe
State having paid $5,000 ' to catch a'mau
for the purpose of officially turning him
loose again." . , j 'j
1 1 Goldaboro Messenger: . A sad
accident happened Thtfrsday evening to
little Harry Freeman, son ? of j Mr. W. R. '
Freeman . via falling off the fence be broke
the (left leg. We learn that Miss
Brooks and- her excellent class, composed
of forty-five : young ladies, gents, misses
and! boys, have been '- invited to present ,
"Little Golden Hair and Three Bears" in .
the city of Newbero, and will probably ac- -cept
the invitation. - Mr. Willis Cole,
or. , lather or oar county man w Ulis Uole, -Esq
, and - a highly respectable citizen of
Johnston county, died the 16th inst, at the
good old age of 86 years, of a life well
spent. The W, & W. Railroad has
recently purchased a portion of the Fair
grounds property, in the southern suburbs
of this city, and our business men are look
ing wishfully forward ; to the consumma
tion of a report now current that the ware
houses of tbe road will be located there.;
--Charlotte Observer: The his
tory of tbe Charlotte firemen is closely
associated with the 20th of May .celebra
tion, and it is proper that they should be
tbe movers in the matter," ma heretofore.
-Rev. Dr. Theodore Whitfield will
preach the dedication sermon in the new.
Baptist church at Whitaker's Station; on i
the Air Line to-day. North Carolina
is the only Stale whose electoral vote was
cast for W. S. Hancock, of New Yoik.
All the other States voted for Hancock, of
Pennsylvania, notwithstanding he himself
voted in New York. - A gentleman
just from the western part of tbe State,
says the work on the Western North Caro
lina Railroad is being vigorously pushed.
He met coming down thirty car loads of
iron going to the front. - Posters were up,
inviting laborers for the Dncktown branch
at $1 per day. He understood tbe inten
tion was to finish the road to -Paint Rock
in four months. , I r ; ?, j
Raleigh Visitor: The , Iialeigh
Newt-Observer is to printja 42 column weekn
ly. I The CharloHe Observer prints- a 60
column one, bat tbe Goldaboro Messenger
caps the climax with 52 columns. After
the returns stopped -coming in tbe Raleigh '
Hew-Observer stuffs, the. ballot-box aod
makes its weekly 56 columns. At her '
residence in this city, at -3 "o'clock this
morning. Mrs. E. M. West, aged about 75
years. The deceased was tbe relict of the
late JohnT. West. Mrs. Judge E. G.
Reade, of this city, while crossing Broad
way, in tbe city of New York, last Satur
day, fell and the wheel of a beavy 'truck
passed over her hand, necessitating the
amputation of two of her fingers . We are
glad to announce that she. was doing well
at last accounts. Suppose the State of
North Carolina bad a first-class, energetic
man of business stationed in the vicinity of
Castle Garden, in the city of .New York,
whose duty it should be to lay before in
coming immigrants the,'. various Induce
ments . offered by the people of our State,
the fertility of our soil and the geniality of
our climate, r would not some few of the
thousands who daily land upon our shores
turn their course southward ? -. '
K Statesyiile Xan7mar&. The land
whereon the1 new -'American gem, known
as "Hldnenite," was first found, and from
which it has Bince been, gathered, was that
of Mr. J. W. Warren, of - Sharpe's towoi
ship, , Alexander county. , After havipg
leased the mineral right in the land to Prof.
W. E. Hidden, Mr. Warren has sold to
him the whole property and has himself
bought a place adjacent, from Mr. I. N.
Sharped Mr. Warren has looked for min
erals on . his recently ' acquired property,
and ' was in ' Statesyiile, Tuesday, with .
handsome specimens of mica, rutile
and crystal . quartz. ; The mica is a
continuation of the- vein found upon
the mineral lands recently bought from Mr.
Lackey by Mr. Jacob Lentz and a Penn
sylvania company, and is of excellent qual
ity. : Mr. Warren has .also found monazite
upon bis farm, and a specimen of the new
mineral, "Hiddenite," has been picked up
on the surface of the ground on the line be
tween him aod Mi. : J. B. Bnrgess. . Iron .
Ore has also been found, and the, property
promises well for mineral development,
--Mr8, G. W. Grobe, of this place, left
here last Monday to join Miss Loise Clarke, '
the Southern elocutionist, at Wadesboro.
She will accompany Miss Clatke, for a sea
eon, aB pianist.-. '- r'l '
Oxford TbrckigJdy Hon; 'A,s.
Merrimon failed to put in an appearance at 1
the prohibition meeting held at! Knap of
Reeds on tbe 18th inBt., and tbe large crowd
which had collected at that place to hear
him were badly disappointed. Ai previous
engagement prevented his f attendance.
- -We hear of more applications for the
position of County Superintendent. , How
ever small the pay may be no office can be
left unsolicited. - -Tobacco is seiliog
at lively rates in the Oxford market. We
never saw tbe like of the golden Ieaf.: It
will bring big prices and our farmers con
tinue to bring it in. . - The Oxford
Terp8ichorean Club' are making tiarge ar- '
rangements for, the 3rd 'annual hop at
Cozart Hall, May 16th. : Over 500 invita
tions have been sent to all 1 parts of the
State. The best music bar beett' Becured.
r- We regret to learn that -iMrj William
H. Cawthorne died at his borne in Fishing
Creek last Thursday of pneumonia. - The
deceased was about -' 50 years of age, and 1
was a good and useful citizen. - --Rumor
ssys that the- Rev. - Mr. -Gilliam who re
cently connected himself with, the Roman ,
Catholic Church, will move, tbOxford and
open a Catholic schools D.-yle' i
sale of town lots last ,week was latgely at
tended and about twenty lots went off at
high prices.'- Oxford is Vhooainff.K I-s e
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