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jll H. BERNARD, ' Editor and Proprietor. WILMINGTON. N, C: Friday, September 2d, 1881. "InjwritlBg to change your address, otoay Jive oiwr direction as well as full particulars as here you wisa your paper to bo sent thereafter. Tjhless you do both changes can not be made, -j " -Notiees of Marriage or Death. Tributes of r&spect, Keeolatlons of Thanks, c , are charged roraa ordinary advertisements, but only half rates when paid for strictly in advance. At this rate 50 cnts will pay for a simple announcement of Mar rfftge or Death. , .... t Remittances must be made by Check, Draft Postal Money Order, or Registered Letter. Post Masters will register letters when desired. . . i few" Onlv such remittances will bo- at the risk of tn publisher, i ! Specimen copies rorwaraea wnen s NEW8-PAPEBS1 Senator Boiler, of South Carolina, has a very correct view of the neees stty of having a paper. lie writes to e oi nis Diaie papers vo mia cueui..; "Journalism has become as much a sepa rate and distinct profession as medicine or. liw or engineering, or agriculture or archi tecture or mining, and every family should hve a newspaper If they expect or care to keep pace with the current of events in this fist-moving age.. Books are not, always alcessible, bttt newspapers .are, and at a fe. 1 ' a t - lUn hah U pfice wmcn places mem wubiu iuoicbuu oi the poor as well as the rich." A morning daily m a town like V ilmington, is a necessity. The fab gives as much telegraphic news as the Richmond papers. Wilming ton has 17,5t)0 inhabitants: Richmond ha 60,000. news paper. The Stab aims to be a It gives much attention tojtate intelligence ana teiegrapnio news. ,It gives more than any other? daily in the State. It is very absurd foj any one to expect a paper in Wil mington to be run on the scale one is ru op in Charleston or New Orleans orpaltimore. It would be quite as "in--. teljige.nt to complain that the Parcel! Hause; was not as large as one of the mammoth hotels at Saratoga. A hotel orik paper is apt to be conducted ac co jdidg to patronage. - - j '" zsfeto contain two or three column Articles or letters. It is a news pur veyor It aims to give a bird's-eye vieNv daily, of home, North Carolina, United States, and foreign countries. It Hoes this. The city subscriber, for a! week two and one- fifteen cents half cents a day has a paper brought tofiis door giving' him in outline the mam news of the past twenty-four hoursi If he is not satisfied ho is ve -y hard to please. j. ... : The aim of the Stab in its discus sidns is to give variety to educate as well as to please, j We are glad to know! Chat cur labors in this direction ari well appreciated iby hundreds of intelligent, fair-minded men. We hive j'eceive&several testimonials re cently from men of mark, whose cro opinion is wel . worth having, generally with The Stab has met fair and kindly j treatment from the press of the State. It has apprecia ted highly the many pleasant things that have been said of it by newspa- per men, believing that they were bsst qualified to give an intelligent opinion of the value of a contempo rary, If or, as Senator Butler says, 'Jjourualism has become a separate and distinct profession." ; I Apropos of editing We knew a 'euueiaan io oe impiorea ior inree )nsecutive years to take charge of le editorial columns! of a certain 'hurch paper. lie said he would do to i f be were to be responsible only to Bis God and his 'conscience, but as there were some one hundred and thir ty ministers who constituted "the com- '' . "- I - . .j --i . , j . , mittee of the whole," most of whom ;new nothing of journalism, he rould not agree to have his work verhauled by such an incompetent uuj. auu yet luosa ministers were ore intelligent than the ordinary eader who thinks himself amply ualified to not! only tell practiced nd educated -journalists how to edit, at tot take the tripod and do work hat would put to shame the London 'imes or NewYork Times. There tire some men whose personal vanity s so intense and huge that they would pot hesitate to take command of a olarl expedition, ! although their I - ! ' hief performance in the sailing line ad been to cross a narrow river in a at-boat. f-:h! A H&ILBOAO WiB. We publish to-day some interests ing reading from! the Charlotte Ob server j and Raleigh ' News- Observer. It is all about the Western ; North Carolina Railroad. For a year or so the Stab has not given ? very much attention to ihis important railrpad and its extensions. ,1 When the Rich mond k& Danville j Railroad got dob- LaBssion of it we regarded it as a mis fortune. Soon after the election for Governor in 180,' that road changed the gauge of the Norths Carolina road so as to make "it conform to Us own. r.In other wordsT' it ; made both roads conform so as to work in the interest of, Richmond.1 -We thoasfrt at the time that it was well that the people of this Bection did not know that the Richmond & Danville Uail- road bad possession and wpuld change the gauge when tho State election came on. That fact being knoWn-Irr time would have affected seriously the yftte.' v- i ; It reada like a 4ittla joke to hear the Commissioners' saying ? that the Richmond & Danville ii.wprkingr-,is discriminating against North Carolina towns- and ' cities .Who .7 ever ; : was fatuous enough tb suppose' or: believe hat it' would: do -any thing'else? Certainly no'one in this section ex. pected otherwise, and the tab very pointedly urged this at the beginning. "All's well that ends well a very good motto "for Tail road imbroglios as well as courting adventures. -We wish the State a nappy;d We may add we hope that the otate will have a fortunate riddance of the Richmond & Danville railroad for all time and its very hostile manage ment, of North Carolina railroads. "Iff IS JURV SV8TEK1. The Stab within a year argued against the present jury system. Some one or two of .our contempora ries had something to say in the mat ter. We do not propose to repeat our points.1 They nave 'not been an swered and they cannot be answered, as we believe. It is very certain that the jury system has ; been tried and bund wanting. It is very certain that the present Bystem in the South is a great absurdity aa well as a posi-" tive affliction. . That ; some change should be made is apparent both to awyers and intelligent observers who are not 1 awyers. - j ; : ? ; a- The editor of the Fayetteville Ex aminer, in a well considered article, proposed a remodelling of the sys tem, and upon this basis: ' . -. . : : "1. Let the number of iarora in civil cases be reduced. The number, twelve, is un necessarily large, and renders the whole proceedings cumbrous and unwieldly. j "2. Let precautions be taken to increase the intelligence of jarors.1 We require in telligent judges to decide questions of law, why should we not have intelligent jurors to decide questions of .tactr. ' i "3. The existing requirement of una nimity should be dispensed with, and in its place should be' substituted a majority of say two-thirds or three-fourths." j This meets with the indorsement of the Charlotte Democrat and the Ra leigh New Observer. We ; are not lawyers, and do not know how the above suggestions will answer.! They strike us as improvements, k 1 We would go farther than thisirl-Wo would not have ignorant men or men known to be corrupt On juries, j How can they do justice if so ? disposed? They do not understand the evidence, they do not understand the law; how then can even-handed justice be ac corded to plaintiffs, defendants or criminals?, . , ' .1. The News-Observer; says of , the Examiner's suggestions: '- ; f "The changes proposed commend them selves to our judgment, and we think: their adoption would be a great reform on the present system. 1 The necessity of unanim ity ought certainly to be abolished, and we can well afford to do it if the standard of the jurors be raised." We can make up in quality what we cast off in quantity. Nine intelligent merk are enough to try a civil case, with the verdict of seven to stand as the verdict of the jury. The whole system needs revision. , An Improvement is possible, and we see no reason why the people should not have the benefit of it." -. 1 WE STOicRf AT SAVANNAH. The storm of last Saturday night was a great deal severer at Savannah than it was at Charleston. Owing to they temporary break in thd telegraph lines We failed to receive an account . - . . .. . i of it. 1 Savannah suffered considera bly, and much of its beauty was swept away. , Shutters, signs," slates from roots, stately trees were dashed toge ther upon the streets. Many houses were damaged in various; ways and the rain swept in 'from-garret .to cel lar. Saturday, night was one of fear and peril, and the boldest inhabitant" declares with emphasis that; no such tempest ever visited jBavannah before. The streets are lined with debris, and blocked, with fallen trees. Tybee is cut off. The destruction on the Island is I represented as very great. Many lives nave oeen lost, many nouses ae stroyed and great ruin wrought. The News of Monday is filled with the dis asters. O ver six of its large: columns are devoted to a description of what happened. .The rice plantations have been damaged most seriously. 'The Round House plantation was almost demolished totally, . All the buildings were swept away and a horse, mule and cows drowned.; We copy a few paragraphs : " v'.r'. j VTbe loss of . life among . the colored people occupying the little huts on tho rice plantations ana atong tne river must be very great.' All these huts have disappeared. and it seems impossible that with such dis advantages to contend against, that .they could all have saved themselves. . .. y. 1 j "We are informed by a colored man who came into the city last night. that the family of David Bo wen, comprising hlfl wife and six children, were all drowned, their cabin. on the plantation of. f)c. ' Waring being wasnea into tne riyer, wutcn was raging high at that point. . ' . - , ' r-,' 1 - "Directly opposite to this place a cabin was washed away and a colored woman andfour children were, drowned, " Her husband was 4n the house at tho time and , endeavored to save hU amuy, hut hfe jeg was broken by some of the timbers, and he struggled for the shore, which be reached safely, but saw nothing of his wife or hlfe children.; ' 7 - - f "Henry Dooslas; colored, who arrive here yesterday morning, having landed ou this side of the river," near MacKay's Point, reports thatatl hands on Shad Island were drowned. Be and his wife and fourchil dren were in their house, which was upset, and all were lost except himself. - "On the Augusta road, two miles from the' city, a bouse' occupied -by colored "peopled was blown down about eight o'clock bythe gale, and Jennie Ann Jackson a child aged tireo years, was killed, The child's fatjier had his arm broken. . A "At Louisville, about three miles ! from the city, on the Middle Ground road, a home , was . proBtraiea Dy. tne storm about nine o'clock, and burying beneath the ruins WllljeMenor, killed him instantly . lie whs aged about twelve years." ' t ? ZOLLIOOFFKK - fy j I ! Corporal Christman's claim that he shot the Confederate General Zollicoffer is being discussed in the Western papers. Some hold that the death-wound was inflicted by Colonel Fry. Such was the case according to that old army song which ran : ; " "bld,Zollicoffer's dead, and the last words , j he said , " , ' I Were, I see another wild cat a-CominV Up' jumped Colonel Fry, and shot him In v : . the eye, - - - -" s ! And seot him to the happy land of Oa- , ' i ' ThUa. limes.1' j Gen. Felix Zollicoffer was born' in Halifax county N6rtb Carolina, as we're Gen. Ben. McCallough and Gen.' Junius Daniel, all ' of whom ' were r - 1 . i -. ; - ....... killed. We doubt if three braver men ever lived,or ever died in battle. Gen. Zollicoffer perished in, an attempt to retrieve a battle, lost by the" bad conduct of Gen.J Crittenden, of Ken tucky. '"When Try shot him he shot the bravest of the brave.", : He was once attacked1 near ihe postoffice' in Nashville by tho person he was can vassing against for Congress. The ebemy opened fire at about twenty paces, advancing aud shooting. Zol licoffer had but one single barrel and the cap failed to explode. He coolly took a pin from his coat, picked the tube, re-capped, took deliberate aim, fired and knocked .over his antago nist, hitting him iu the head some where. He . escaped himself and the enemy recovered. . He was a man of sense, of honor, of the highest cou rage. North Carolina will do well to cherish bis memory among its' other fallen braves. More than ; .twenty North Carolinians who rose to the rank of .General perished in battle during the war. ; ( Norths Carolina is immense in one production. She leads according to population. There are ninety-eight brass bands in ; the State. ; If v the health-theory of the philosopher of the New York Times is correct, then a fatal and awful epidemic of disease ought to . prevail from border to border. There are some rather good tooters and blowers in those ninety- eight. v".o-' "-J ; -u .-, rf Senator Vance publishes a comma ; nication in the Charlotte Observer making some corrections in the re ported interview with him concerning the Western North; Carolina Rail road. We copy a part ; f "In the April meeting of the board it was agreed that if an application for an extension should be made by the proper parties, and proposing1 to put 1,100 hands at once on the work, one-half at least of which increased force should be put on the Ducktown line, and other things, that we would grant an extension of four months from the first of July, 1881. This you will see is slightly different from your statement. ; '. . . ; 1 j CoL Andrews was informed by the Governor at Senator Vance's request that he bad withdrawn, his assent to the expected application for an ex tension. Senator V. says : j "There was nothing improper in the way in which the information was obtained, the thing complained of being the manner in which Dr. Worth" was induced to sign the extension, in ignorance of my letter." ? ' Tliaoa ova f Via siKia? nAinta nAr. I . uou uiu bus,, .vui. . yviui.;vwi reoted. . r r j SBSAVOU VARCE'S X.ErXBK. : ' 1 We publish an interesting and inU structive communication from Sena tor Vance, in reply to. what we said relative to his characterizing - Her mans, the great ' German Liberator! as a- 'barbarian." ; It must be ac knowledged that he makes an inge nious and plausible defence 3 or reply.' But we do 7 not think it 1 eonolasive: Of course, if we had known he was using the . word in its Roman or Greek sense, we, would bave avoided criticism.;, Like himself, vwe!i knew that the Romans called other nations "barbarians." To them Hannibal, of Carthage, greater than all. Romans save Julius Caar : only, was a "bar- barian." So too the Greeks, superior to1 all others, looked up on 'al 1 oa t siders as "barbarians." i mo "Proud Greece all; nations else tarttariant 1 held "; I But we cannot' suppose 'that this usage of two or three thousand years ago justifies a modern speaker inr' so cnaractenziog au ancienr, peoples put Greeks and Romans as ''barbarians," or m using the word, in another sense than jjt fa nsed by the best" English writers, who ; arje author;t;es for. the lexjcograpliersrWe r supposed jthajt Qpr gifted Senator was nsing; the word in its modern sense Btriotly, es pecially as he was addressing an au dience tot rnarfy of whom eyf r jfead Tacilup, and but few of whom ever hard of Arminlus,iheL Roman aame ofiHermarinfthe Germarh But what is the modern definition pi "barbariaa?y f Worcester, highest lucMa.u.ltUQJlJ.noe51iiiJ:A"V babian :' A man uncivilized; a sav - S.Thia ,8,. the,, primary! r. signification. Scholate.' know .that . well, known "canou . off cri Uoiem requi res thej3r-. mqry meanjng to, be taken alwaya whepe,ver,.jt will answer. iDrWbr-rr cester, says that tin Romans I meant "foreigner", when tjhey Baid'barba-? rian." -If; Senator Vanco t used it ia that, sense, - then he was correct, for Hermann ;waa ? "a. f oreigner" r to the Romaqa. :,Bnt we take it he did not so use r. as l.ig;, argument rshows. Shakespeare, put tho.'.word vin. the mouth of ,a? Roman and in the' sense of 'foreigner." ,i ; Another definition is; '.ca f brutal monster. V, -; Uut no - German , scholar will accept these, dfinitgiopa as ap plicable to their great national hero, Hermann. .If; .it; is, correct .to call Hermann a "barbarian" m the sense it is employed by Senator Vance, and, for th reasons given,:, then ; we .sub mit that Hannibal and. Hasdrubal aid William tho ; Conqueror and Charle- kriagne and a hundred other heroes bf modern. !v.hi8loryj may ..be . .referred to l now, witbr equal' propriety as "barbarians." r Nay, wo : may : just- ly t. classify Sheridan and i Sher other, man , and . McNeil and a dozen Northern ; Generals as: " barbari ans," inasmuch as they carried, on war as ''savages" and were Vbrutal," But no modern historians will refer to j.lhem gravely as being"barba- rians" in the sense the word is used by . the . Romans ?-or by pur Senator. V o all s peakVand w rite English, and we use EnglishNwords in an -English sense. Kead raaaame ae Uamusat s memoirs,or read tru Frenoh history, and Napoleon, greatest of all military heroes since Casaar, is a genuine "barbarian," because he was ; brutal and merciless and did many things to "make the world grow pale" and that are Indefensible utterly. But j he' is not referred to by Scott, or Allison, or Napier or Green as a "barbarian." ; We have not space to refer at much length to what, historians and other' authorities say of Hermann But we must offer a few testimonials, We wish our readers to see in what estimate tho hero of Germany is held by modern writers. 1 ' ; Bayard Taylor, an American, was a very distinguished German Scholar. He resided for many years in Ger many and married a German lady.' We quote from bis "History of Ger-j many," page 22: ' - "The latter (Hermann) entered the Ro man service as a youla, distinguished him self by his military talents, was made a Ro man Knigktt and commanded one of the legions which were employed by Augustus in sup-' pressing the great insurrection of I the Dalmatians and Pannoniana. , It is certain be comprehended the political system by means of which the Empire had become so great. .- : i ; lie was always self-possessed, quick in action, !yet never rash or heedless." " ' j---..,- . y- 1 j A "barbarian" of this kind was a pretty "well informed man after ' all, and a conspicuous figure7 even in Rome. ' He is described by at least tw6 Roman writers in his personality, j Professor Creasy, Professor of An cient and Modern History in Univer sity' College, London, in his account of the defeat of Varus, says: . t 1 "Arminius was no rude: savage (i. e. bar barian, see- definitions above), fighting out of mere animal instinct, or in ignorance of the might of his adversary. -He was fa miliar wiUi the Roman language and civili- sation be bad served in tbe Koman armieB; be had been admitted to tbe Roman citi zenship, and raised to the . rank of tbe Equestrian order."' I He aspired toand obtained from Roman enmity a higher title than ever could have been given him by Roman favor."" ; - 1 , . - ( t . ....... . .,. j Chambers Encyclopaedia (Scotch) is high authority. , In Appletons edi tion, volume? 1, page 230, you will reaaZii.- i (tMzf.ti'fi ftn.r zhijjvsh-j i "Hermann and his, brother Flavins had enrolled themselves Under tbe Roman stand' ard ' t: had bt only obtained Ro man citizenship and 'the rana: of knight hood '-'' "buc had likewise acquired a knowledge of the Latin language, and a deep intight ioio ihe arts of toar and policy ae praciiceaou uu-uomansr-' " ocvyr-f. A very .Xhtelli2ent"and'able, "bar- . oarian,? mat uerman ,was. lie car- nea oacK a great aeai 01 Kno.wieage tof his native Land, and he used it wisely., i i , . .. . ; :j- t t Senator Vance refers to Tacitus, tneiatin historian, in nis "Annals," uuuk. i-i... 00 p., ue caws nermann rator qf Germany . But it will be iuvicicoviu iu uum laiiuci 11 mux iue I'Romaa.jwrjrllIej says of the Ger- ! f Af d unlike other Kings . and QeneraJs He attacked the Roman people not at the! commencement; but in ihe fullness cf their power 1 in battles, he was not al way s sue -1 ceaaflll. tint tt drtmnrihlit in.' tuar " ! By the Banians, ho is not estimated according j He was a very splendid and gifted sort of ."barbafian"' truly every nch jiueruLur .naua auote. u-ermamce thatj'sJG' was without doubt the libe4 a man everv inch a hero. . . We can- '"m. ""fH f" " F ' '- " ' ' ' "" ' not go into the hickory of Hermann, or we might bo ;Lble; to show t3T Senator Vance jfioes not do full. jus. tice to him in the interesting comrhu V the tide of times ever had' greater cause for enmity to the Romans, and fto man JJV.ejJbad" rnnrflpttthpn ai soul-tnoving grievances than. he-Jia.d ,or a deeper provocation for the cher ishing of the mostinplaoable reyebg& .Oeatti of m r F. D.Foliiu. v It-la with regret that we are called upon to announce tbe death of ;Mjr! Frederick D. ( Poissou, a . piomineot, member.fi;the legal profession, of this cjty, which, look place at 9.45 A. M." yesterday! He was at tacked with a stroke of paralysis two weeks ago, but was thougbt4o be rapidly recover' jog. On Friday, however, be. wab. visited by a second stroke,'!- iTrom which be never rallied, remaining in an unconscious stupor until the hour mentioned, when, hs passed off without . the. least perceptible struggle. ifaj jr Poisson'was born in' Wifrnfogton on the' 10th day April, 183S, and wa 'con 'sequently in the 46th year of his genHe' graduated- with honor " ol Triohy College,' Hartford, .Codneciicut, in 'lSSS.aode- ceiyed, bis license to practica- law in 1857 He had - few superiors :s la his chosen' prcfessiou, and combined with ' his brilliant laleqts the strictest integrity.- He was of an ardent temperament and always firm in maintaining his honett convictions, but at. the same time possessed ;of: a H very amiabla dlSDoaition.'. His funeral Will take place this morning, from his late residence. at a. 40 o'clock. ; y y : i - ?'t- Stmt of (be Vicilma of lbs Qrei i j. clone at SaTaooth, - .,'""'."'";',!"':'; Among the victims of the cyclcne on Ty 6ec Island; bear SivanoahYs6ine"'par- ticular8 of which will be found elsewhere, were Mrs. GeorgianalWolf, a neice of Mr.: Nathaniel Jacob i. of ibia city, and a rela tive of ex -Mayor. Fishblate, together with her daughter Halle, and her young step brother,1 Joshua Fa k ' It seems thai Miv Falk, the father of the lady mentioned,' who is the wife of Mr. Joseph Wolf, lived in another house, but look refuge io the bouse of Mr. , Henry Salomon: : as lhev thought! it a saftr place. This house was soon "afterwards blown down the wind blowing at tho rate of &bv6utyQve miles an hour at the time, and b few minutes after wards took fire.; At eooo as the catastro phe was discovered by t be K neighbors they rushed to tho rtscue and succeeded in sa vipg Mrs.t Solomon, wife of Mr. Henry Solomon,' atid ."thjir son," .'Nathaniel,' from the burning mass." The unfortunate vic tims ! were' - crushed to deitb. as Mrs! WoK'u 'ikall was found - to ; be t fracl- - I i ) tured, and no cries were heard except from those who were afterward recovered. The bodies were recovered Sunday morning and taken to oivannah on the steamer Forest City 1 An where the boujc examination of the epot had stood showed there was not a vealige of it left .except parts of the foundation, j Mrs. Wolf was a lovely and attractive lady, only about S3 years of age, and! the news of her sad death aod those of her children has been a heavy blow to Ibe relatives here as well as at their now desolate home. ;': .-. ;. Foreign Export for Aueait. . The following is a statement of foreign exports from the nort of Wilmington for the month of August just closed as com piled from the books at the Custom House; in this city: , ' Rosin and Crude turpentine 17,461 bar rels, valued at $39,787. - n s . Spirits Turpentine 470.884 gallons, val ued at $102,225. . . . ;A- ; s .: ' Lumber-522.000 feet, valued at $10,256. Bhingles-233.000. valued at $1,453. , ; ; ! Total value of exports on ' American ves sels, $5,247; on foreign vessels $238,474. ?tal foreign exports for the month, $243," Dlscliarced lor j'lasaltlnr Colored if .. . - . -,.;.t PotieemsiD. - - v '. Philadelphia Record, August 25th, ; "No nigger will (bos8 me,v said Ed ward Braceland. - ' "The time hasn't come' yet tor a nigger to rule over a white roan not for; me, anyhow and half, the people in Philadelphia will uphold me in whatl say., I would not let the. darkey policeman ride with me. I knew what I was doing;' If that , fellow had -gone wittv me to the. First ' district, station house there is no telling what would have become of him or me either! ' The people about Seventeenth and Lombard and ' all through thero talk of nothing but nigger police when the van comes along, and they vow they will pum mel one of them the first opportunity they !have." : These sentiments did not tend to mitigate the off ence: which Braceland had committed, in refusing to allow Officer Davis, one of the oo- bred' men of the Fifth district, to ride on the same seat in the' van with himict Ha being an. officer of the city, the case was reported to Mayor King, wuo pfoujpyy uisraisaea nim, i i.t ! ; ..Nashville (Tenn.) Intelligencer. , : 1 Mrs. Blaine had been some years in Washington before Mr si X., wife of a Senator called on her. 7 At last "Mrs.1 JC. was announced.! As Mra.J Blaine entered her j drawing room to receive her guest she noticed the colored cook slip out hurriedly from the' reception room, ; where Mrs.' X. was waiting: This surprised her, but she said noth ing. jNext 'day, however, her valua ble cook .left her to jfind ,a place in Mrs.'X.V kitchen. .At a jBtate dinner soon afterwards given at the Execu tive Mansion the two ladies chanced to be placed with only a seat between them at the.table. .. The gentleman csibbing oetweeo, noticing mat Jure. Blaine did hot address a word of non versation to hor other neighbor, ex claimed rrVVhy, Mrs. .Blaine, you know Mrs. Senator ; X., do you not.?" f'No," was ! the answer, and loud enough for; all' to hear; "Mrs. SX.; called on my cook the other : day at ray house and her card was handed to tne by mistake., 'My t cook returned tne calI."!N nication wo print to-ay. No mariiVPyf Jtt&woP year-euAng August aut. Comparative iteceipia a t Expoiu orcotiou for if cr; Yt, f of 1880. JFhn total receipts of ct ton attbe port of V'ilmieton tar tbe crop year ending yes terday footed up 119,523 p&lea, as against 73783 I les Jyr the corresponding period 11.. A . - - - The exports for the crop year - ending yesterday footed up 119.763 bales, of which. 49,953 bales were shipped ji doAestie porta tolMtggto'fuitlgu uum;,Hf i-rtfnrrg 73.843 balei for tb4 crOpyeir jiadiiag Au; 3i8t18oCwh,ich,41,762baleawereship-: pe4-?fid?ai1lt5P n,di?5 balesito forViga. ports;. - ' 4 -. ',-,". . ,-- The result shows an ipcrease in receipts ot 40,467 bales over! rast' crbp'yfeaK ind a t total Increase reexports of 41,414 bales, of which bales wejfe shipped coastwise )ind 33,234 bals foreigDfl t r ;-u r. , I iHORSFORiyS ACID ' PHOSPHATE A CooLiNa Pbusk A tcaepoonful of Acid Phosphate mingled with a glass of wate.r properly; sweetened, serves to auebch the h tbirs in a more satisfying. , manner than the juicc.ui jeuiuiis or limes, .,-: j-,-- . j Fwreiso snipmenta. p:. y : jThe German barque iKnfracAf' was cleared fto& this r port for Rotterdam,' ,Holiana;, yesterday; 'by e88rs ?WHliam's!&,dr chison, with 1,650 casks spirit turpentine ' aad t,330 barrels of rosin ; and the ildr' 'Wegiinibarque AUeght, :fofHsmburg, ':Qer-' m'soy, by Messrs. barker & Oo.lth 1,0C casts gSpirCts turpentine and 500 bar rels of rosin. V -.fiyt-ti' iily-su , Mdi:U -si.i - ;- - a;- - The -New York Evening lelegram ' ttys: Tony Pastor was cured of rheumatic pains oy di, jacoDS uu. lie praises its efficacy. l'!i' lenaior Vaace pa Hermino, , wt,yrr oiur; xn lue very Kina crit icism you were pleased to make on my. Oration on Caswell yon take, ex cept6ri'to. mypplicajtipri ot thaterm "barbarian'? to the German hero Her-, manh. . or . Arminius. ; On returning ho mb from Morehead City,' as soon as time permitted, I went through my smalj library to see if I ad really "fallen u into - tho common error" in this regard. , I. think I didr not, for these reasons': ; , ; . ((1 1 ; ; r- K -rv ,1. IThe Romans, like the Greeks. L called all or nearly all 'other nations oaroanansy and this was universal when1, speaking , of t the Germans or the Gauls. DeQuincey says this was done without off ence, being' ; simply an f ethnographical ;' or geographical designation. .Tacitus never mentions the CheroscL except as , barbarians j and r hen speaking 'of4 their ; move ments in the field with, Arminius as their leader he used no other term. -.-: '2. By birth and nationality he was undoubtedly a barbarian, both in the nomenclature of the Romans,- and. in the definition of so j eminent, an au thority as M. Guizot in his history of Civilization.' r Did then his brief : so journ 'and education, in Homel and his elevation to the dignity of citizenship, rescueT: him from s this s category? -' I think iot, looking at his history from1 the Italian standpoint t ;" ,;? . 3. Being born of barbarian parents, in a barbarian tribe, his own unques tionedjoivilization alone could remove this designation. Did his life exhibit this? II contend .that it did not, but that he was -. essentially and I in the worst sense, a barbarian. Courage, patriotism and ability he undoubted ly -possessed, but these' are often found in a state of barbarism J ? After having enjoyed the honors and friend ship of . the Romans and , been : en trusted with a high command, in the army of Augustus the base 1 false hoods j and perfidious treachery by which he lured Varus tQ his destruc tion yf ojuld have '.s rendered r his name infambus had it not all been done by a barbarian 'and in the name of patrn otismV: jWvt-iMw ti.v..-fev y Tbenihe fact that after his victory, bo miserably attained, he slaughtered in cold: blood, as an, offering to the gods, all the- officers t of the legions above the rank of centurion,' either marks him as a still uncivilized bar barian or a8a8ayage,i;,4jrni i,? ;4, v Following -ProL-Creasy- you say that we,! the American Anglo-Saxons may, well claim Arminius as our na tional hero. If North Carolina has any interest' in him ' then of bourse our i State '' modesty j would demknd that we ishould deprecate (and abuse him. ; my share in this conmenda ble custom, I have called him in a I public ' add f ess f a ; barbarian, and 1 believe 1 tion. In will adhere to the declara-s the Italian and' in the mo-. dern sense of the word. I think , ha is properly so termed. . , '' ' .. i Thanking ! you for the kind words usedHn rpgard to myaddress; and begging you . to ( publish - this if . y on think it iworth. .while, to.. consume space" ,in the Stab with so small a matter km, 4ear siri ; ( "! ( ''' ' ' n" : i -ui Yours;'Very trnlyi? '"i"- jZ. i5. YANCE. i I . . . . . . ;DetrpitFreo Press., ,r t. Ad old man, who claime'd: tb be 97 years of age, and tb haveieen! turned put doorsy his son, ,drew a sympa thetio crowd around Sim at the Ceo-: tral Market yesterday. ( .Iidon,tiknow; what is to become of me," he saidr in answer to -question, j .fTm old, poor, weak and b.elp leSS,'?, : --i-;;- . 1- ."Oh, y oure all rights old man' re marked a "bystander,;, as he came for ward.: ."Can yon walk as far as the City Halir:;f;lf n:u' t-: f "I I guess so.M;;;;;r , .. .. . . ,L i"Well, go right "up 'th'eVe ;and"ask Tor tho Board "6t Priblla WorW They'll put yoa-on the street cleaning forc and keep you there tiU yoa are 150 vears old.'? I 1 donrt 'believe I could "do thing." j-41 "'' .i'-iian 1" Well, that just the" feason why you'll get tbevjob:"BracenK old manp twelve shillings a day ahead for xr r " ? bCLINE OF ' MAN.-lmpote mind,; limb tor vital function. i nces of weakness, sexual debility. &c, cured by WfillaVHeahhReneWer.?- $1 At Drtgglats. Depot, J. C. Mtods, WUmington. j ... nervous I oalem Press: T he new coil n factory of Messrs. F..& II. Pi ieS r.nrnnm; . about three bales of cotton per day. -I- Greensboro North StateRep Tie "holier than Ibou" brigade in ihe Republicanparty isnowlO'iVe rrtat ix communicating their betters. It -rob... .. r'f0g homsucb as they blow to remind si,,. cere ana irue republicans that the -scavei.. ers are about. T - - . r . iWeldon Railroad, Ticlcet : Yes is sof : There has never been .a passenger lied on the Petersburg Railroad anil '..i ope killed on tbe'Wnmincton and w.i,i.' fSailroad. f The one killed on W. Sr. w n .was killed in: 1841. while standing fVu ' platform and had a dead bead ticket io tins j?uca.ei. i dh oeaia iu e insurance Dies " - - ;Comi(i- ; Lenoir Topic he fall term of Rutherford College-commenced week bt fore last. lIor4ban one hundred stmw.a . are now In atUtodance. -Messrs; Don.. i,. erty cj GlUtam have . established, on ;.. head ofrCove. Creek, the. first steam 'saw raill ever put up in Watauga: Their firgi order was for 200,000 feet of cherry lum ber, to be delivered at Chattannmra't.. .. Northern lumber firm. Oxford Free Lance: The Gi an ile Railroad in course of conHtrnrtim, , i the Mecklenburg road progressing finely. "I "v wu "o a uee iidb io iticnmond 1 i Xrmtx ,nhnman fionil n : i . . l . of God before him set fire to the Methodist f lureh At fleallb Seat last night, and it whs entirely consumed. A very successful i e. yival has been going on there recently, and this will bring jt to an .abrupt close. It wasa very neat building, painted white ami in a pretty grove. Stab i ' ; ! Charlotte Observer: . Joe We41, the colored man wbo was .injured by a f all-ng well-bucket, died yesterday, the blow was on the. neck! and paralysis fol lowed' and resulted-in :' death. Last night -a fight occurred in the rear of the Central Hotel " between Charles Moss aud Joe Prim, in which the latter was cut, but riot dangerously, with a pocket-knife. Those returned from' Whiye Sulphur de scribe fglowitgly the $500 germans, while the ; man from Morehead City speaks en thusiastically of a young lady who turns a double somersault from the top' of a baih bouse fifteen feet high. vlf New JBernian: A kindling-wood factory is being erected near RadclifTe mill, in this city,1 where billets of wood will be cut in the proper lengths and dimensions, bundled and shipped to Northern markets! The parties having the enterprise in charge will build three large boats, suitable for canal navigation, to be used in transporting the kindlingBto their destination. . i If one-half of the new steamers, of which we hear rumors, to ply upon our waters are built' and launched within the next six months,; the trade of New Berne will be vastly increased and our city will com mence, with a good showing,, too, to put on the airs of a steamboat centre. ' l Tarbord Southerner: Don't for get that Tarboro Fair beginB on the 8th of November-. t Prepare your articles for dis play. We look for big things from Put, Martin,5. Bertie, ; Beaufort, Hyde, " Green. Nash, Wilson and Halifax. , BurweH Hill and family, colored, who were smit ten with the' exodus fever last year in time to voto in Ohio, grew so tired .of; the Stale off their adoption that they returned ou Thursday last to Rocky, Mount, near which place they left. ; . To enable them to return the relatives were put to all sorts of straits to j raise and send. them sufficient fund;'. They came back liden with rich expeii ence bought with bloodl " ' Salisbury Examiner; There was a slight altercation at the old Rimer mine, a tew. nights ago, between some colored employes of the mine. ' The trouble arose about a bread-skillet Words, blows, and finally a pistol made the welkin ring. A colored man from this place with a pistol in land cleaned out the'ranche. No one was seriously hurt , A parcel of negroes ' called at the house of Dr. Jones, at a. late hour a few nights ago; to get. him to admin ister to one of their number who had been shot. ' The 'Doctor on examination found that their story was peculiar, .and came to the conclusion that the party wounded iiHd received a ball in the foot while recon noiteringon forbidden ground, pei ha pa in search of chickens. ; . .j , , . 4-"Sali8Tiiry Watchman : ' One ol our physicians was called to the country last Saturday evening to see Mr, .Leffer. When he arrived he found the man perfect ly insensible. On inquiry it was learned that, the man had been leaning over the fire trying to start a bleze.when he accidentally fell forward on his head. :The doctor dis covered that the skull was fractured from the crown of his head to a point near tbe right ear." , The scalp, was cut and removed for further examination, when it was found necessary to perform the delicate operation of trephining. Tbe part of the skull taken out was about the size of a silver quarter and was in two pieces, as it was cut astride the fracture. This done, the clotted blood was removed from the brain and the wound dressed. ; ' : ' ' j-r-, Monroe Enquirer : The annual camp-meeting at.Pleasent Grove opened last Saturday night,' according to appoints mentJwitbReva, M. L. Wood,? P. E ,11. T.N. Stephenson, P. C, P. J. Caraway, .1. B.' Bailey and W. 8. Rone present, to con duct the, religious , services.!- They were . assisted during the meeting by . Revs. W. C Palterson and T. 8. Ellineton. It is rumored that Mr. Hugh W. Johnson, a former resident of this place, now in Tex is, was thrown from a runaway horse, and received injuries which places bis life in danger in fact, his recovery is said to be very doubtful.,. Both arms and a rib bro ken, so report says.-. T r Consideable sick ness has prevailed during the present sum mer, in thecountry. but the town has been remarkably healthyV comparatively, speak- ;i Roxooro 'Herald: The revival at Jut'. Tit2ah last week, conducted by Rev. ' Mr. Boone, resulted jn eleven convereions and eight accessions to the church. ' The meeting at Bethel, conducted by Rev. Mr. Montague, was quite successful. We .have hot been able to learn the number of conversions, but understand the: meeting ; was quite satisfactory. As the result' of ; a series of. meetings recently, held at ' Providence church seven persons were bap tized by Rev. E. J. Montague, the pastor. Twelw persons in all professed hope. ; s Mr;. ; George N. Thompson, of " Leasburg," was io town last Saturday; and brought with hid a specimen of iron ore that was found near his home ."j A party of gentle men from 'Pennsylvania have been pros pecting In that neighborhood, and report a splendid' bed which would yield 82 per cent, of ore. Arrangements will probably .' be made with the land owners to work up the mines. Mr. W. A. Gillis, of this county, showed us a very fine specimen of variegated copper ore that be has on his plantation in this County,' adjoining Gran-, ville, that contains 174-10 percent, copper, -and 7 92-100 silver. He bad eeveial othe r valuable specimens that contained gold -and silver, also a beautiful cabinet speci men of spathic iron that was found on: bis place. " He. says that' a vein of gold t?xisfs j i - . M m v. SUBSTITUTE FOR CALOMELAND -QUININE Simmons t Liver j Regulator, . purely vegetable, is equal in power to blue mass or calomel, but without any' of their injurious properties. -1---., ? ? ;r ri j- f Have tried it in severallcases of' bilious oieorders, cbtll9 'and; fever,' and find it effects a curain a most satisfactory man-; nerj; Dr. J H. BO WEN, Clioton.Ga. Genuine preoared onlv' bi J.-H. Zeilin t 1 -
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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