North Carolina Newspapers

1 - :-, a rjA tj PUBLISHED AT ' W I L, .23 1 1 O T O K , AT Weekly Star LUG Wifi.: lgggSSSSS88gS; . 88888888811888888 ' gssssgsggssliilli, -:saag333S8gssS88Si v!f" y5gg5Sg8SSSS88S, t,u '.18888823888888881 ! 'Si a:: r ; SI S oos ooooo ft -a. I I ct via cot-aero: o tssip 1 v m w . 8v its 3 Entered at the Post Office at "Wilmington, N. C., - " ; s as Second Class Matter. -, -? ?w- SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, u :. The--subscriCtion price of the; Weekly Sxau is na follows -r; "1" f " J Single Copy 1 year, postage paid, ; ! $150' " 6 months,'! " 1.00 " " 3 months, " " .50 THE SUBJECT AND THE PAINTER. It is only within ihe last thirty-six hours that we have taken' time to read Mr. Blaine's funeral oration on the late President I Garfield, and at this late day we will not enter upon any lengthened criticism of ' its me rits. Briefly we wU give our gene-, ral impressions pf the effort. It is very neatly and 'deftly wrought. It is not a . great oration, but it is a very pleasing and tasteful one. There are some fine passages. The delinea tion of -his dead friend ; is skilfully executed. S It is earnest, sympathetic, overdrawn slightlyj 'us is pardonable, and yet 'it .is decorous and modest. The speaker keeps himself complete 3y hid behind the great theme. Hav ing, with much care, drawn-the lihea gnents of his hero, ' using warm tints and with - rue art applying them, he iholds the picture up to the Ameri can people ; and ; !says ''Behold a Max." Its conclusion in tender, graceful,' eloquent and millions of people will, read the funeral ettl osinm. j thinking but little i or the excess in- the excitement of sive amotion t hat a genuine respon- will well up from their hearts. The pratiorii does are. dit l the taste, ability, fidelity, and literary skill of Mr. Blaine. . -, - We do not believe that Mr. B la'i ne s conception ; will be the final one of thoughtful Americans. We . -i - . - - do nt think that Garfield's military life was. as conspicuous as his eulo gist, makes it appear. We doubt if. his. political career in the ,tfnited . - i - . .i . States Congress was such ia transcen- dent, success as he is creditel with. lit" saying this GimI '.'forbid that we should in any. jiarticntar detract from t1i. vi'll-i-firnfl fftin"mi1 M Vift Ivprv superior abilities of one of the fore most men, of his'. time--the martyred President of a great Republic. That Garfield was one of the colossal men of his ' period there is no doubt whatever, i I hat he was a- leaaer in his. section and in his party , is. a por tion or history. 1 1 hat 1 his name is eternized f no man may doubt. But still we'. believe,tbat the r sober view ' of generations unborn of the intel lectual forces of the TOurdered Presi dent will not be altogether : that pre- vsented by the eloquent and earnest -. panegyrist. Garfield will be a con- ; spicuous figure, in American -histoi for all time, and the - fact of his tra- . rgie ; death, and the beroic fortitude with 1 which he bore his sufferings, twill .throw a glamour and a halo ground his name that ' will ob- fseare : whatever ; of ( weaknesses of character ! may have belonged to him. : IUn death now .appears in March more of a ! national loss than it seemed when men ana women throughout this vast country said to each other on that September morn ing Garfield is dead." .' Men will -remember ' now, amid the changes nd rivalries and contentions of poll :tics, . the noble 'purposes .' and high hopes, and lofty aspirations of Gar field, and Fill not stop henceforth to weigh in the critical balance his spe- cial elaim to be named among Amer ican immortals fwho were not born .todie." ' ')' r-. ' iiiX-iresiaent iLavis book may -be disappointing: ; and i yet among Sthougbtful men i in the South, in the orth, in England . it must do good. It vindicates the principles of th Federal Constitution and makes good the eause of. the South. ; He wrote recently to a citizen; of . New Tort "I most desire to have my opinions ex x amined bv those rho I believe, thave been misled by false doctrine, and who. If their .attention can be arrested. may reconsiaer ana change their opinion." .: ". ? i-i -K til 7TTT-'- , " .' vVICXOIXIA. ; , ;The - attempt trf kill good Queen Vlcfojia s;yirult arf oundjseh satiotf ' thtbfttrtMtrorid. .sThis is .tW fourtli enlieY'ej' that? has been - made to take her ? life since, she ascended thf throne in 183 7. England bas )iad greater rulers but never a ? purer and, WttjBri;one. ; She ig epntent i& ex6rcis sttclfc v power as is granted nert y tnggjusn peopie, aiid rsKe ought i to be revered and oved. toy ner people -generally. : 10 murder s a" good Woniah is a great crime. :To ; murder a good and gra-: cious Queenwhselifeis in niany re spects most; eagaging, and who pos- sesses in a marked degree: the most ! charming i -womanly virtaes .!and : C extreme. A'- benevolent and merciful Provi- denceliai;ardeqeiffcvltrab thus far, and we hope when , "old time death" shall come to her it will be in a peaceful bed, amid her loving household, with all England standing as mourners, and a world in sympa thy. There : is ho political :" or other cause why any crank or scoundrel should attempt to assassinate Victo ria. If she were dead to-day her son, a man of not very high morals, but a thorough Englishman in his pride, prejudices and love of country, would reign in her seatl. v But EngT, land would be ho" 'better 'governed and no more . prosperous, fe a3 VJiSl ( Let us examine the vital statistics of 1881. There were 376 deaths. Of these 104 were whites: 272 col ored. 'Giving Wilmington 17,800 inhabitants, and the regular increase since the census was . taken in June, 1880, will give that, we find the fol lowing: number of deaths in every one thousand, 2 1 ; whites, 15; colored, 25. So the death rate of the whites is not more than J;Korthern; towns composed of t whites, with butt few exceptions. In our. esti m ate we plaice the white population at 7,000 ; and the colored aiTr68u,blit ' tbere, are, e think, a little less than 7,000 whites, .and ; jSoniethmg mprq ttthli 10,800 colored. !' 4'. j1)!' The first three months showed 65 deaths " second ' ' " ; third - - : ; ' '.' -" fourth !';. ' " :- 91 " --87 M.: 132 ' " - 84 deaths. 124 164 '"1 4r!;-? The first quarter showed VV second -. 7. " Tit: ' third ?yv.;r- The ? healthiest season - is the first quarter, the sickliest the last quarter. Representative S. S. Cox, a, Demo crat; one: of the fullest; "wittiest and ablest men of the House, has -just de livered a lecture in Washington on' African wit and humor..- It is. de scribed as, excellent,5 a be lieve! it. ' We must give an extract here and there from the Post.' tVed Douglass '. introduced V'iniiif ' Refer ring, to, Egypt kk said.' ti finWhile ohlilf feiu?itttiSa! trace fevered land " he witnessed 'the Tfisenfombiiitf Jof a Pharaoh, so thorouehlv ripe -with je that upon his muimnvship' brow there settled the dust of thousands . of years. i'He was. the original Pharaoh too,4: said Mr: Cox, 'but I refused to shake hands with him out of respect for Mr. Douslass. simply because he wouldn't let these people go. ' Laughter. ; . How ' well do. I remember, said Mr. Cox. the days of my youth when it was absolutely inartyrdom f or me at school to end ore the punishment of sitting be tween two girls.- Uiit'-:tii0.-;JiappyjiapaeQ time! Laughter. In after years we learn to sit , with them wiuiout isheddmg a tear, Laughter. r . Humot is sympa- thetic, and in the African it is so to a high degree ; nearly all thia humor takes bold of the unseen; but in doing .s0 ithvya AO tri bute to ribaldry ". at . the expense of holy things, r It is mellowing in its. influence. and the happy possessor of the quality will speak well even of a Ltomocrat. LLiaughter.j i The Payetteville .Examiner copies what the Stab v said about the heed of a law to 'guarantee if possible an honest valuation of -property, and says: . ' K i "There is' truth in what the :Staii says. The property of North Carolina is not cor rectly valued. Xn some counties lands are valued fifty per cent higher than, lands of equal value in other counties. There ought to be some machinery for equalizing valua tions.' We have" had a 'board of valuation for equalizing values in counties, but values between different counties bave never been eaualized. ' This diversity : bf : valuations works a great injustice in the collection of the State tax. althougn mere may db no in- justice so far as county taxes are concern ed, in low valwoM. provided they are unifortt.7 ,-Vi v Tbelrial of JIasoir is , ended and the proceedings1 bT'Hibe court martial have beep sent to,., Gen, ...Whipple, Assistant" -Adlutattf Geriefal of the Department r of the ; East, r . Hewifl submit tlie findings to Ma.' Gardner, Judge' Advocate TJ.' r S. v, Arsay 1 He will review4 the case and then submit to Gen. flanc'oclcj who w'ift apprve or set aside' the verdict, -'.'v' the-rOaeen.iff 2? 'vears oldr'and the doctors .pronounce hana sane jt . J -. '- j-; --7 ; ' ,:' ''11 1 ' 1 i il . 1 . '; We said to a.friend. days, ago that we did not credit j Mr. Blaine's state ment .- about 3 Garfield's brilliant yici tdry over Geni i Ilamphrey MarshalL Tiidea -6r-bhek"Vyst6 licking" three Kentuckians is not jtrue. Where 'ndid y?M ajne find such history? ' '''' ::. Til IMstrlc Attornieyllp. f 1 iA'e We learn from recent ; arrivals' from TiasliingtOn fthat r JFudge Busseli's f rjehsb are pressing; his" claims' for "- the position District' Attorneyl , now' held by ,ex-Judge the 12th of 'this ; month.. It is .stated that his appointment is really requested fey both the Circuit . and ; District Judges,' in which' event it would appear that' his chances are; veik6bd': provided. e" -wants the rofflce. It ia not khown absoluteMtballife ia atS-' 1 -diuate for .the place, nut that his frienda are urging his appoMten-rad acceptance there is no doubt.. "-,s ".' - i A letter has been received at the Sheriffs , Office . from Mr. : H..; Bailey, at Warm . Springs, Madison county in this State, to the. effect that one . Luther T. Dellott, re siding; about eight miles from Wilmington, died suddenly at that place, recently f rpm a stroke , of apoplexy. The a-elatives of the deceased were, subsequently written to, but the letter elicited no response. . All of his effects, the letter saya, are in-the hands of Mr. J. ,T,I Stone at s Warm Springs, who can be addressed by those interested, and from whom all necessary information can be obtained. , , . i v District Coni"erence.' ' -' ' 1 The Wlmilngton District Conference of the Methodist E. - Church, ; South, will be held at Salem, on the Cokesbury Circuit, igM 101kAa5jm.jMav th, 1882, and continuing until the 28th. Dele gates and visitors, we learn, can correspond with Rev. J. C. Crisp" at Blockersville, Cumberland county, in regard to arrange ments for transportation, &c The schr. Thomas Binmcksm, Capt. Dickerson,: One : of Messrs. Geo. Harris & Co.'s regular packets between this city and Philadelphia, for which considerable . anxi ety has been felt, has arrived. The cap tain Teports that he left Philadelphia Feb. 11th, and ; lay in the Delaware about a week, after which he started for Wilming ton. On the following Tuesday, off Fry ing Pan Shoals, experienced a' heavy gale from the southwest, "during 'which he lost flyinsr inx foresail and foregaft, and had to heave to, " :when,"having lost foresail, she got on! shore, l On tne next .'lTiesday sne sighted land a little : to the ; nortnward ot Georgetown, S. G; She then took the. wind from the northeast, and being, with jshort sail, was one week m seacamg tnis port. GEN. HANCOCK. If e -18Hb4 tbe Effect or the ! teraTPlobd W Seeii ' oriotf kit- Be cnt Wiit Sottih SleTt'enlg;:fteItal ot Destruction and "Wiit lliimfedl ate and Full Belief to " tne SuBerer Urgently Reonttttende4m View Relative o Protection from Future "Overfrowi;,'H''i,-i $V;- ? -.v ' " m To1xmbr1i tin h' TrfrtrftlnW Star 1 -i-i New YonK.'Ma'rch 4. A reporter of the World called .. yesterday, upon Gen. Han cock,, wno nas recently. . returned trom an extended Southern trip, ' Said the' General, "I think there H a ' tnatter : connected with the Southern people ' which" should, at the present juncture, have attention " called to. u y Jluv, people oi .itittJufiii yi uuv itatiiic. what the elegratns,rShfefrej the floods, 'really nltan; ';,Fronl .what 1 saw I beueve -tne . tJoutnera people, over nun dreds ofsqiiaWmne out;. Fences and ciitilc? ' ire ;gone; houses' have been- swept away or arc uninhabitable i railroads destroyed,' plantations ruined and the coutjtry .desOlate. 1 'ITbthing1 like it, has; been seeh ibr many pS&xif'The distress in the flooded regions is 4-the jjowet of words to' describe 4 Recollect what 1 rrsaw; and have, told you about, was seen at a time when the flood was not' at its worst. The first thing to be doie is to extend ' the necessary- a!3 ' to tnese'- people i -;x We? must face the prBblem 6t fdiug, sheltcrtngand clolhintf these people' ufitirsQClr a time aa they raisef food anal shelter for themselves; The Southern peopltf wilt do what theycani. but the NoKbu ffMlWesirn people must also exsme-t tilelr reseasSilveaif ii were iigbt to t5r0Wi teS MfSetitst sucK an unJ paralleled add; wide-spread calamity upon the Southerners alone. they have nad the means of charity ""swept away' -with; the means of livelihood. - We must help, and help at once. It is much betterto send money to Memphis, ;Mobfie,hXTpw Orleans and cities Where ifopdwifilothinsf may be bought, than to wait Jo msM& m& clpthing,-n:.It ispossible-rthaj; morcWfli hsye te-;be paid there than here or supplies, but I tell yoi; the people icanuotr wajtior proyteions to reach j themaTf rpm jbereqrhare t jthou; sands of jjkegroes o aTeshomelesSi.and starving, and they, must be ed,. and, what ia mofewe have got to feedjhein, ,-There is enough, food, in the South thatr can be send mdre from the, Korth., ,1$' should be sent by rait; steamers Tire too siow. . ;,;rnese people , must eat; and "they have : nothing. Reheff committed Jshoulo be formed m every city to receive and forward 1 supplies. Money should beJ sent at once to, relieve: the most pressing wants.' Arrangements should be made Witli,the railroads to forward sup? hlies at first on through freight 'trains. 16 carry nothing else;, and to be put thrQugh in the shortest possible timer ' " . ,'.4 ' " Id jregard to measures" for futuretpreven tion of overflows,. the Gejneral said, : r'A bill should be introduced into Qongress provid ing for a .survey of thfe Mississippi; Missouri tributaries. suetr?asy!!lansas and White. The survey being toade, k'plan of levees should, be devised wlueh,. would, he suffi. cientlv. strong" to "protect the! ''country. Whether Govef fimefit"Statei; ;0f parishes jbuild them, they should 'be Constructed on Some general plau". ' If the Southern States cannot afford2 to 'btiild the' levees Govern tnenf should hefp The; protection bf the vast bodies of lknd! hOvr ' jovrftowd in the South and -West, is, ' in my opihion, of Na tional"' importance,1 .and should-' be; so re garded5 Tby ? Congress. . ; But whether G6 Verhmefat builds 6r helps to build levees, it certainly can afford-to nd Should cause .surveys to be mane ar oncer i:u.TbB! Methodist Jbhtireb hat Wil soh paid ,$l,641.02 last year., yery good indeed, - ,,. : , - '; AT REST. at Sad Bites Oyer the Kemalns of the !"Late tTapt David B, fttarchlon Ac tion of the Naval Stores Trade of New j The funeral services of the late David R." 3ufchison took place at . St. James Epis cbpaIiChurchV;in this cityj yesterday after noon,' at 3:b'clockr;; and were attended ' by a vast concourse of peopley 'the spacious 'edi fice being crowded to its'utmost capacity,' 1 both on the floor and ' inBe ' galleries "afad aisles while a'great tnany hnable to gain aolmittance stooo patientlywaiting 'on the adjacent street and sidewalk for the cere monies to conclude. ; The' solemn 'services of the occasioil were conducted by Revv A.' ' A. 5 ' Watsonj 1 D.' ! D.. assisted " bV Rev; Messrs; AmblerrMlandMeares he 'paTPbearers : were ' Cols.'" J. " Wilder Atkinson andWm. L. DeRosset Maj.; D; Jf. Devane. Capt. T. C. Lewis, and Messrs. ' W. n. Bernard, Chas. : II.' Robinson,: Geo! W. Kidder and II. C. McQueen. - . ' The remains were escorted to their rest ing place in Oakdale Cemetery by the Wil mington -Light Infantry, under command Corps of the W. L: I.', of ? which deceased Was a member, " and the' members of the Wilmington S. F.' E. Company Noi 1,' to gether with a large number of mourning1 relatives, friends and citizens generally t During the progress of the funeral ser-' vices and while the remains were being conveyed to the grave business was almost entirely suspended. ' i' RESOLUTIONS OF ; THE NKW ;VORK NAVAL, STORES TRADE. At a meeting ' of the .Naval Stores trade: of New York, at the office of Mr, Zophar Mills, Mr. Mills in the chair and Mr. Z. .J. Halpin secretary, the following resolutions , were adopted,, after appropriate remarks by ,; Messrs. John- Camerden, A. C. Worth and Ilenry J. Hayne: . ,. ? u f, U WHEBKAsj- It has pleased Divine Provi dence to remove from the scene of his earthly labors our esteemed friend and fe- low-mercnant, uavia it. Muronison," or Wilmington, N. C; and, ; ,-i : H. i , i i. Whereas, in all his business capacities he was always found conscientious, just and iiondrablc: and in his family and social relations kind, affectionate and indulgent; therefore, be lt ; . j ; v i i v Bemloed. That m his loss the paya stores trade of the whole country has lost onCof its strongest men, the community an esti mable and able citizen, his family a good husband, father and brother, ; and his co- laborers a faithful friend; also, ' a :'. Resolved, That we tender to his family our 8ineercst sympathy in this their great affliction. t ..-- - . . New York, Feb. 28, 1882. , . , "Aftet ordering" the rC3olutkHis egroflHed Hlghwajr Bobbery i A gentleman from ; this city was , vingj in a baggy from Fayetteville to Lnmberton, on Tuesday, night last, having -received at the former1 place a considerable sum .of money, and had gone over i half the. way, ; when he discovered another, ouggy wuu . ' i . . j ? . a . i. : J 1. ! two men in it a suori uisiucu ucmuu mm He took no particular notice of the circum stance, however, until he happened to per-; ceive that tney Had lelt the main road and shortly afterwards saw them come into it again in advance of him. Then he began to feel a little ticklish, especially as he had no weapon with which to defend hhpself., mis .ieenng oi uneasiness uecame sun more striking and disturbing when the men dismounted and one seized his reins at the horse's head; while the other approach-; ed the side' of the buggy, as if about to seize him. ; Being unarmed, he did the only thing a brave and sensible man could do, and that was to spring from the buggy and knock the man down, but while he was do ing this thq other, stranger went round on the other side of the' buggy, snatched his overcoat off the seat land made tracks with it. , Our traveller started in pursuit of the, thief, but soon he dropped the -coat and stopped to pick it up, when, upon examina-; tion,' he found that the fellows had ab-' stracted from .' the ppekets the sum of ninety dollars. : Fortunately,1 they' seemed to' be contented with ' this ; amount;' or thought it was' all; he had and lefthim with .thirty ; dollars in Hhe pockets' oi his pants. v He made no further effort to Over take 'the robbers', when they had jumped into their buggy and driven off, as he could have done notlung in his helpless condition it he had come up With them;' 1 He was not positive whether the men were white, or colored., . ; - ..- Alleged Larceny of a Steer.. . , r- , ' A colored mam- who ; gave his name as Josh Flowers, but .who is said to answer td another appellation, brought a steer over the ferry from BrunBwiek -county, yester daymof&ngT&o tor of a 'meat standi to take !the animal to the pound and he ' would buy it ' There he was questioned by 'the! deputy !,cierk of the market,' Mr. y Hays, and gave conflicting and hesitating replies, finally., saying t he nurchased the steer ..from a. man named James Turner and would go , off and bring him to identify the' animal. Flowers then departed and at ; last accounts had not re turned.-, l-urner came, later, however, and claimed the steer as his property, but said thafFlbwers had nd' authority from him to sell the animal.'! The' matter 'was in- statu quo when last beard fronul n .-n ,H Death of a Prominent German Citizen !;Mrr ' J,' WVJ Strauss, :0ue!of our oldest and most preminent.Gcrman citizens, idied yes terday mornmgabout B o'clockj ' Deceased was a native of Caarseh Province of Harf over, Germany, and was aged about 61 years. . He lan6ilfC5iarieston in 1842, add served for1 some tim4 as mate of the SfeamerG!fetfeft,,''onthe HnebfetweiBtfthis city and Charleston, but 1 finally i became a citizen of Wilmington, in 1847, and has since, with butAJhprt Jnteryal, been en gaged in mercantilepucsuits. JDuring the war he served in Howard's cavalry, and at the organization of .the; JEyaneelieal . Luth eran Church in this city, 'someinie . after the close of. 'the war, he waselected a mem.- be of , the Church , council. ,. .ile - was , a member, at his death of Uie orcters of Legtan of tHonor and .' Royal . Arcanuto. Mr: Strauss was highly esteemed by, Our," citi zens' generally, , and! his death'. will add to the gkom Which has prevailed during the ween past. . -: Atii ,r, ,.;lI:t1 ; :: J , ' A - THE OMJBLdT prJERFLOir, Havoc and .DeyaKtationj Thro nshont( iuo iuiHiuippi uiej-iowDi sud' merged and Property Swent Away- ISuflerlne and Destitution of the In-hahltant-9Ianr Ilve iLost. .'-" f 'r 1 ;' By Telegraph to taeMornhucStar.V5 - ' 4 Nkw OrlkansJ March 2.-A -Greenville, t Miss,, special says that there was a. perfect wreck at ; Bolivar levee yesterday morning': Riyerton, Wade, Clay and Badgat le vees also broke thr0ugh.Hf Theses breaks' will cause.the yerflow ot every, plantation in Bolivar county. The river fell here fonr inches last night, and Is still fallmgrapidly; e orean:T- me zouyer county usvee spu EroDaDly save ithose fit u W ashmgton and ssquana comities; but the loss to the dis trict in leyees is more than $150,000; Clay ' and Badgat levees are' the largest m the d& trict except Haspackana. Several lives are reported lost.. Rosedale. the county seat of isohvar county, is six feet, under water, The Ledger office afad'-otlier 'butldtegslare- wa8hed away.' i Clark affld Front. ilevees on : tne; take .are gone v.:xms; wm cause .the overflow of what was left of BoliVar Cbun tyi Williams Bayou levee in this county' is broke, and all of the northern portion of 1 Washington county, and the back lands throughout Issquana and Sharkey bounties Sill go under. ' A ' number of people were rowned at i Rivorton. I Tliere-; has : been a. fall of eight inches in the river tofdate..,T . Later reports state that in addition to the breaks above stated" there was 1 one i; at rugha's tront; between Wade & -Clarke's j i Accounts of suffering and loss of Jife continue to, come m, and are exceeding any thing.that ever attended a previous inunda tion by the Mississippi river. The Crevasses , 4bove nam'e4 are all abve.GreenviUeV;'", ' MEMrais, March 2. Private letters from ' Rivertoh, Miss,, fifteen mfles' below .Mem phis and 105 miles ' above !Vicksburg, say that the levee broke Monday night and the ; loss of property js fearful Several persons wereurowned,and among the numberisenj; Heyne, who tried to go to .the assistance of a Mrs..Bradshaw anq was' drawn into the channel of the. break and drowned." The live stock is ' all j drowned "and there are no provisiqns!rtpfTb subsist, on. take the women and ; children to Memphis. They are suffering j greatly,, having lost, everything they possessed except the clothes on their backs. . It is impossible to describe the fearful havoc and destitution the waters' have wrought. Besides the break at River ton there are - two .more - at Wright's, one mile below Riverton, and, another at Judge Miles' place, below. Riverton. Mules, horses, cows, goats and houses pass by continually. -Add to these the falling .and , crashing tim ber, and you. then have ft fair idea'ofihe condition of things, " In Duncan's there must be no less than twenty-five -.women and children, i and 'a good many more are huddled ..together- oh the levee,r Every house at .Riverton except Dunc&n's, and cranks and Jtelnach H has either floated off or is- bo -damaged, by wasbmg, away of, blocks, that they , wi,ll. be unfit for habita tion when the water subsides. ' -' . ; " ; " '' 'The storehousebtMax1 Moller; together with his stock of good8,floated off and-was A- letter rom poi.j uonen, at uoncoroia, Miss'.', twenty miles l below ' Riverton, says that the levee -at Blackburn broke o Tues-: day mornings hd tlie(wate iicQfeGfin- j : New Orleans, March 2.--A dispatch from Lake Providence reports that the crevasse in Longwobd 'levee, sixty miles above Lake Providence, has been closed effectually, and all danger is over. n . New Orleans, March 2. News reaches here of the terrible destruction of property caused by the breaking of the levee at Car sin's Landing; Miss.,! after the heavy rain and wind storm of Tuesday, i A gap of 75 feet was first made by the rushing water and 100 yards of the leyee was; soon jswept away. .The. noise : of - the roaring: flood awoke the " sleeping' citizens, i and the utmost consternation ensued, i The sleepers,-on looking-out of their homes, saw the river rapidly spreading over the sur rounding country, and without taking time to clothe themselves fled for their lives. 1 Bea Haines,; keeper of the landing:, , and two uegro children, were unable to escape, and all three were drowned.' Their pitiful cries for help weae ; heart-rending,; but.lio succor could be extended. - A number of others had narrow escapes, from .watery gravest :; .! , ' h-.ta- .H;.i--. i In Arkansas City; Arkansas, water co-; vered the floor of every store and dwelling; to a depth-varying from six inches, to four feet. ,s-.-ViJt fimhaiiJAi hi :.-"y:.iu-Any.m :t Quite a number i of planters ; are ; ,f ceding' their hands, who fear that the government's purpose to furnish rations will demoralize the negroes. Many tfaa. latter are anx iously awaiting the arrival tiofrthe boat with government rations. .: ,r : . ., , .New Orians March 2.--A Greenville (Miss.) special' says $ The levee ' system in Bolivar 1 county' is "general wreck. 5 The Waves now inundate . thl Whole of Bolivar, and all -of "SV;asinjgton;..county, except a small ribbon" 'of ' lahdott' the west bank' of Deer Creek. Practically the Whole county is under,WateR:.l3Sverybody is busy saving the most, valuable, portion of their live stock. , while cattle and hogs are gener ally aDanoonen to tne waters. snomd ' tne water, recede in the next feW weeks, and the season prpve propitious, -the planters may yet make good crops. While hoping for aU these fortuitous circumstances we refuse, to look at the reverse of the picture. THE WESTERN FLOODS SUsht Fall in the Biver t "JOCemnhl The Waters' Still Bitdne. .ait Helena . and a. Continued. Blse- Predicted People Fleelnsirom Their Borne for Safety Federal Batlona Beady : for Dlstrlbntlon. , , ..' :r. ". '' ' By Telegraph to the'StbnAnjj Star.j j r,; Memphis,,,, March 4. The Mississippi river, at this'point; at 1 o'dlock thia morii; ing, had declined one inch since 6 o'clock Ai Ml yesterday,' wheh it marked 35 feet 1 inch on a gauge. i Twenty-eightinSfiesrof the 'Mempkisa&r , Jime liock;k;itailrqad, nrmsvi the river, are under water. .. Chief Engineer Flemffi: mitbra large forceJi laborers, is at work satngutetraea from washing awayn. A large.;nuniber,of peopje are still ;cc-ming from the Arkansas side to Memphis, being forced by back water'to leave thir hhmeail 4-' : l ' - HeVeSIT9 AK-'Marcb: '' 4The river' here, rwithip.-uie twenty-four hours enmng at - .midnight , yesteVday, . ,rose.; inearly two inches, and the overflow in this citvis fullv as inufch:' 'rIt:isrod$ctiid that we 6hall have more than a foot higher water by the old river- menand this, seems iprobable, when it is known that the .St. Francis rivef is rising very rapidly and the Volume of water thMwn';4pmiif-,tiiiftt --sbncoft.lia mense, and ; esough.to : cause a, risen in the Mississippi, here ten days after , a decline sets in at Memtihis; White "river; at dar- endon; sturjaobfagf iat'the' rate of five inches a dayriD VithiBg is made ready here for the aistriDutMrn ot therederal ra tions fdrthis dlst?ict.rf qtnr. & W) . mut . Judge; Gilliam i& Oears li -A i,, f -1, i "."'1 : 1 t 1 Uf d . -t ifn -j I j ;-';vNO;-:i9 o JJEEN viryrnTt t A. mi 1 ':.- Dastardly ' Attempt to "'Assassinate 1 ! the.Buler of , the British Bmplre. iFlre4 at In her"Carrlaso' a Windsor .Statlon-r Arrest ;Ofthe . CrinUnaWlIls .;?larrow. Bseape from pynchlnx. :C. ! Vj?t CBy 43able tothe Monunt StarJ fv;l s I Lonoo. March 2. aPM.-4-There was large crowd'r of ' Spectators j awaiting: the - Queen's arrival at Wfndsor:thi8 evening. On . the arrivar of : the train the Queen : walked across the platform, of the railway station to her carriage, which was awaiting to take her to Windsor Castle.f Jno. Brown . had already ascended to Lis seat behind the . carriage; when ft man standing at theenr trance to the station vardmong a number . ctf Spectators, pointed a pistols at the eat-V nage and fired. To udge from the reporr tne pistol ' was not Jieavuy ioadedThfe Queen, who was probably not aware what , had happened, was. immediately driven to the Castle, but before She' passea,' the! man had been seijsed by ;thn simermtendent of,. the borough police, who was standing near- Djq tie was also violently seized by the crowd, and was; only , rescued from them. 1 Superintendent's assistance i The', pistol; fas captured by one pf the , crowd, .j No one was hurt. The roan gave his name 'as. Roderick1 MaeLean.i ' MacLean, whb was miserably clad,; was, taken, into High street, ind then co'nveyed to'the police station id' a cab. He is said to; be an inhabitant of , Hie South Sea Islands. ; The general opinion iS that the act Is the result of lunacy;' The1 Deport ot the pistol was almrp, jbutnot, i jouu. ine i criminal was in tne, act ot firing again J but tho' revolver', whiofrseem-; ed to be a new one, Was knoekedrfrom'his hand by a bystander and handed to the po- Bee. The Eton scholars ' were ' prominent in the attempt to lynch MaqLeap; It un derstood that the Queen has not sustained inVhock. f "' -V' -i1'1 --s.Jr. I The Oueen arrived at Windsor at. about 1.25 P. M. fShe had been in London since" Tuesday, where' she gave '" drawmg'rooim m i Wednesday .in ; honor of Princess Her. fena, of Woldeck, who is to'marry Prince Leopold. 5 rn.i;.-.:-,;;;- I-' . ';o I&kdox, March 2.-r-In the Parliamentary flection at Northampton to-day, Bradlaugh received 3,798 votes and Corbett 8,687.' ! J "; e Attempted Assassination of tne' Queen of England Examination of the Criminal The )ueen In No Way Affected by the Attempt on her' Mle 1 CohsrStmlatlons to Her SIajesty oh! her Escape British Parliament Pro ceeding! Bradiaash's Anvearance In the House of Commons, &.; &ci -i LoxboN.i March I 3,ii5.30iP. . M. The- cnarge Drougnt against JuacLiean oetore the W indsor- magistrates to-day was shooting at the..' Queen with tent tol nuirderV, The prisoner was remanded for a week. Formal evidence ws taken concerning thd prisoner's- arrest and the hading: of the bullet. . jvtac Lean , closely cross-examined several wit nesses; s' He" did not- seetS to be impressed with Uie seriousness pf Jus positioiL, To letters written by the prisoner; were 'read!': in the 1 nrst ; wnicn was written - betovethe shooting, h said ha was cqmpejled ,to eomr, suit a crime against the' ' 'bloated anstocr'acV'' laecanse of theinsufflcieDcyof relief offered "him.;.! Inheecond letterwritten aftfr.hisj 'arrest, he -said that his only " object VaS tov"l 'fisette -tblic:-arn-f jtaoSgw 2ns i 4 igneyaoces. redressed;, that- be did not mean, Jo hurt the Queen; but only fired at ' the- wheels of her carnage, r MacLean's antece!. dents showl that he is eccentric and is ad-1 Before the beginning of Vusinqsa pa the Stock Exchange this morning! all the mem bers m the room sang "Uod save the It . aDPears that MacLcan recently en ' eavored : I to" force ' his - Way J thrdugh Eton ; College. The scholars were at the; Station to secure a good position . to jawait the' ' passage 'of the ; Queen, and jthe , consequent , hustling prevented, his Haymg an opportunity to . hre when ,!he might have done so with worse- results. fThere are .various : accounts as to whethe his arm was struck while firing or after he iad fired, 1 The police evidence atf the exH amination,! which the prisoner tried, to: shake by cross-examination,; went- to prove -tthafefired ' straight at the 'carriage and -not at tne wneeis, as ne auegea. - ! i The : Pooe has telegraDhed his ' regret at the1 attempt upod the Queen's life and con gratulations upon net escape. ; -t ',,tt,.r ! :V: S.Ministet'LPwell has tendered to! the: Queen the .congratulations of the! American . nation, i eiegrams expressing similar seu timents 'were arriving at Windsor thrbugh ra'it thA'ntirhf.'f ' .- i l'-U. f It is pfflcially announced that the '(ueett' is Is no way affected by the attempt on her i ' Princ Beatrice ahd John1' "Brown7 saw" MacLean point the pistol at the carriage." He was exactlyE2ty paces distant when he fired, r. MacLad had walkedf frpmt- Ports mouth to London a week ago. r" Upon his jersonsfwas found ai:pui-contaming5 af penny and, thjree, farthing. Vmii'ii.-i ) Mr. -Bradlaugh arrived at the House of Commons to-day and took a seat beloiv the? ;bar bxtlp- pouse.ol linnions,-'); ;;jf'r"t.. . .This evening .there was a considerable acene-m consequence of Mr.-' Johnson, 'At- tornev General for; Ireland, : virtually adT mitting that a warrant under' the" coercion act existed against Arthur OCConnor, Home Rule member of the House for Queen's County. Mr.' O'Connor moved an adjourn-. menfe.' He inquired with what offence , he was charged. J. M. Heal, who believed a similar warrant existed against mmseif, seconded Me. O'Connor's motion. PhiliD Cullan . Liberali endeavpred to exaqt a. pledge from toe iiovernment not , to. causg tha fli-roct. Inf mATntip.ra inaitirnr tliAir' win stituents. ( Mr., Gladstone refused to grani ; such immunity org'ive any? further inforT mation. Mr.O'CSonnor .finally withdrew ;his motion,: saying he: knew that- the !rarT 'rant contained a widely unfounded charge ,of treasonable ; practices, t He, defied! the government to try mm m jiinginu. ; The Queen s mnnumf.nt .to tne late Liord Beaconsfield has .just, been erected in, Hu- zendon Church.' It bears the followm, in- rscription : ' "This : memorial as placed: There (Tjy a grateiul and anectionate sovereign and friend. and inend. victoria k. iv - 'Kings love mm It :nU 1! H ?RJLGING W,ATERSin- The ,9Bsslsstppl,; Inpndatlon , Greats .Than 'Even Bforeii Jjnown-The Town ofCireenvlIle EnsUmarersd pliSS. j ' special sayS:.7The aferfroid!, fhp BoUvar breaks 'is rapidly encroachlhg Jn the-, town; limis. FEty . .convicts r are t&t J work; 'but our r security Cfrom i .V paV- The backwater is higher thai! it was in 1864 or any other Tear, It fcnow thought that try except the high lands in the Bogue set tlement. ? Many of, the inhabitaqta ire re ported td be in ; trees I Boats, have tS-day been sent to their rescue; Particulars from the sufferers will arrive io-merrowjr-!. i The' qnestiqn ,;hor i-4Whb is i Weaverf Srairits TiurDentine.r - 1 here is a store in Oxford that,. occupies 8,000 square feet, shelf room 4,- -275 souart feeLtcSat-Rnwir 10! to ia ?Th W .'whole is divided into sections. ' . Greensboro ffiotestant: faking . to consideration all the facts -as -we are able to see them, we are of opinion that itinerant muusters, are in the most favor- jable position " for "affecting the masses in' iavor oi a pure literature, and we think tley should nsei all possiblemeans to up- i. ply them with tgecessarybooks. m ; . '; j -Thf Horner School at -Oxford : f is prospenn both, as to the number and qbality oi the dudeats-i sThe FranklUi Lit-li ary bocietyf'Hhaveelected the following . s edaHstSt';St:Oafr4Hester,; of Vance ' county,. Debaters Medal ; Joseph Strudwlck, ; tof Orange , coraty.Omors Medal: A: J. Ni Field, of .Warren county, r Essayists lledal.Mft Chottkt' Observer? It is said ' tiat the.,' proposed frost warnings by the signal service for' the' .benefit ot tobacco growers meets with hearty approval in the toracfcffrfegkras 'of N6tth Cafbllna. -r-' The beneficial department cf the order of ; C ood Samaritans, of Wilmington, the other i d iy paid a 200 bchefit to the heirs of de -c JasedtmemberrWe note,thi8 fact as being ; a t le second instance in which a colored be- : ; r evofent i society in' the J State, so far as our ' ' : c jseryation. goes has , . ever paidt a death . ; ;! benefit, and it is creditable to the order that it can' give such tanguiJeproof its beneficial1' r-Tw, Berne News Reports from ' t ie Little Swift Creek section yesterday y e rening say that qttite a tornado or whirl- ' i riddJpad.vthroughyesterday, morning,- r c oing considerable drmage. : The dwellings ' ' c f Messrs; Cicero and Levin Gaakins -were i i nropfed,. -their, kitchens, barns and fences, j I lown down, and fodder blown away. " The " ; r ;s!dence of iMrii S.4 R. Dunn, a neighbor, ,i . ras moved eight inches off the foundation, , -1 is cooper Shop entirely demolished and his" : 1 itchen badly damaged, sj'rom Jones coun-,'-t j we learn that the storm was quite severe, t w I ut nothing like : the damage done' as re-'-' orted from tiie Other locality only fences, hi t rees and sUlaHoutbuiklings suffering. ' Nou lS81ife!reported".fii! 'iivA ilv- . ..? ,j ,T-..Ir''bDu 8btAlfw..wFronr'' a .1 dircular seht us f reni Wilson! we learn'that. ! 17,000: were . subscribed by the citizensr of , ; lkt ijlace to the Seaboard &! Raleigh Rail- !j Dad it! the road r uns to thatlcity -vThe s uties. imposed by the tariff upon' railroads' ' ?U1 make the Seaboard .& Raleigh Railroad 1 '. ' ' Company pay to the government over $55,- f ( 00, if they build the road ,'f rom William-"! i ted to this 'place,!; Itis thought that Wir-,-r' i on will subscribe altogether about $35,000. ' -Major Gilliam's appointment will give iniversal' and -bearty- satisfaction. AWs- , 8erw$t .Where or.when did all .this ad; , '. " niratibn come ?: This ''universal satisfac ion" wonld be correct if the prefix "dis- i wasi berore the 'satisfaction. . , -.The mora- - ug uaujr vl tue vapiuu is iasi uecouuug 'the organ. " We trust and : believe i that-1 Governor Jarvis knows too well the reaui- ; sites of, a Judge to make any such' appoint- ' : -Wiarsaftr Iirief Mention:, .(The , iWUmington Star has been doing splendid lervice for the cause' of Democratic' princi-" . lies by showing; up the enormities . of the ; . iresentj robber tariff.. In its issue of the , ' sara it says it win nave out jittie moreiio' -lay o ti?subjeo-until fthe-partieahayp ut out their , platforms for the campaign. Ve regret to see this. !.! We hope our excel-i . enjt oonteiHporary.wiu cqntmuev to present - ;his subject so as to thoroughly imbue its . readers1 with the transcendent- importation btthls qjiestipnxi ; ;-rj-TtMr James pickspo " n jpiignoiia lownsmp, an ageu anu iiiguiv eWiecteltf I citizen- died n ai t;his rew-h pejicg, week Jief prehist. .Bef ore the war , Was clerk of the Superior Court 6f ' Duplin. Taere AaveiDeen.' ahippea uromi . vv.trr. r Wjmtenerst, 188U to Fbru-f . tit an average of $50 per babe- brought j the, v, ram, of $172,050. r;jur friend, James ll!' Stevens,' of Clinton, maded sUccess'of tobacadriuaing on Ihfcl Ashf ord plantation : SanipsoH couatyT last year. On fifteen aere8 'hfeinatJeiand" feecttred' .88ff iDouads."'; .Svhich was sold in .Durham, on.the 27th of i . (January last,. at auction, for the. sum of L$1,998.84,J. of which sum ,301 pounds brought $L11Q.44, ; Raleigh farmer gnd.MecJianic: , Rev. John. Huske, of the Statesville Epis- r Icopal Chinichhasreceived a -call to a fine 'parish in Philadelphia but; declines to ac- : jcept? 1 rumor hints that North Caroli:' na may lose- a- popular preacher and college mresident. i We hone not. . TThis .refers to ibr. Pritchafd.T 1 The Tarboro theatre- i .J , '.J? . 5.1. TVi goers were tusgusieu -wuu xvouiusuu a i "llumpty Uuinpty," and some ot tne noys "serenaded" Robinson, and would have ',wanled', him still hotter but for the inter ference of the police. Senator Vance is On'four of'the standing committees -' of thefienate ja'larger number than ny other , Democratic Senator. ., One of these commit "" . I! tees 'Is "the important one 6f "Privileges " Affairs." The. Speaker in selecting bis ! committees doubtless had in mind the fact' that Charlpjtte, Vance's home, was a noted, naval seaport during the war, ; -Shaffer iS: in Jlocfc.' With Todrgetf afrhis right 'bower he. rarelv fails to nlavthe duece with ;hia enemies, and come back from Washing ton with-'liigh, WW Jack (himself) and tue game." , The scalp pf Holden now has for. company, at his wigwam' door, the scalp or Buxton. The Judge once I offended the Colonel (by charging the jury. adversely in ? a law suit, we hear) and whed'the report of -Buxton's appointment came Over the wires the Cplonel began to . pull a. set of wires of hisr 'own? 'Briefly Seymour stepped kiini Buxton bowed oat. vrfcy? Xit'i -n :,i f-t.Weldon News.:,.Qa Thursday last the Senate passed a bill placing Gen. Grant on the retired 'list of the army with .. pay according to Jus "rank,. " ,This is wrong we thinks. If Gen. Grant had become jnti-r tied $q such' pension there would be no ob- - . jection.but to' give biid a'pensiod exclusive of alljbthers, ;and give, it in a roundabout wiy, ia bad; A--It la said; that Rev Mr, Higgs, rector of the Episcopal churches at Jackson ! and .-.Warrentori has 'received 1 a . Very' flatterinr call' to" take r charge ,f a , church,1 In Delaware, but it is not khdwn whether ; he will acoept " -TheTe!: are some few people who think that a newspa- per ought to.be made exactly according to their likes and dislikes. They .forget that . fhey re nly 6h& of maay hundreds to be , pleased. t and) profitecL f : What . they like others may! deplore, and what 'they t dislike many others may warmly approve; j-On themorning of February 24th, the body of an ' old colored ' man named Aaron IIHl, twho had fived : several -miles from Garysburg, was found near his house with the appearance of ' having" been " shot ! and burned to death; An inquest was vheld-n verdict; ''Came- to ; his death - by being burned add shot' by 'some unknown person " to the jury,r. day j or . two ; laterj JRhiL Turner a colored man,, who was suspected ; by seVeral partiesf was arrestedi and is how having a hearing, bef ouo.a.magistratei Phil Turner had, accused the deceased of poison ing his n,' and -a day or two before the killing had Procured, a warrant f or Jus arr rest, i His home (Aaron's) was entirely con sumed by fire. iHia body was found, about t?enty-flye; yards fromjrjWhere the jhouse hadlstood. -Halifax "dots.: 'A small " calf was brought tor this- place a night or two; f ince on.the pilot of the f ast'train from near Enfield, and 'is now4 walking about! .. -rThree prisonertiwEnt! up, to Raleigh ' rom the last term of th'e InferiorCourt, tq wit :'t " William Cooper, " larceny, 2 years; Jonhxs Richardson larceny; ,2 years:! Jerry Alston, Jarceny,; ;.year. Forty-five marriage' licenses were- issued 'during the past month, thirty-five! Colored and eleven whiter ;-ii.