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THE STATU PKESS ON TANCE'S
SPEECH AND CITIIi SERVICE.
V We lay before our readers the
views of the State press on Senator
Vance's speech against the Civil Ser
vice law as far as we have noticed
them. Some opinions have appeared
doubtless that 'we have overlooked.
Our purpose is to indicate the posi
tions taken in regard to Civil Service
by the entire press of the State that
tu -nrrtrotYn
w In rtH?.
party. We shall continue tne puDiv
cation of extracts at another time.
We will be glad to have sent us
marked any opinion not appearing, as
the passing over is' unintentional on
our part. We desire that our readers
should see where the press Btands
in regard to Civil Service. We hope
that those papers that favor retaining
Republicans in office under a Demo
cratic Administration and that favor
the continuance of the: present Re
publican Civil Service law will be
sure to see to it that the benign, re
freshing, useful, highly moral, delec
table and desiderated principle shall
be tried in the County,! District and
State Conventions that are to meet
this summer. By all means let us
have it for North Carolina, if it in
deed is so sweet and good and desir
able. It will be seen that thus far a small
number of our State contemporaries
favor the "monumental fraud of the
age." We regret that any have felt
constrained to comment adversely
upon Senator Vance's jerj forceful,
instructive and entertaining speech.
We do not censure them for main
taining their own convictions; It is
manly and proper that j each, paper
should speak for itself. They have
the right of opinion on all subjects
and it is fair and just that they
should be heard. ! f
' The Stab, is the last paper in
North Carolina that will condemn
editors for not agreeing with it. It
has certainly opinions o:' its own and
it has uniformly had the candor
to Btate them fully anc thoroughly
without fear or favor. It has stood
up against denunciation, ridicule,
false accusation in the j maintenance
of opinions it believed to be founded
in right reason, in common sense, in
justice. It has several
times fought
for-principle against a very large
majority of the Statej papers. It
stood up, with but few supporters
in the State, against the repeal of tax
on liquors, beer, tobacco, &c. It
continued the fight until there were
some twenty-six papers opposed to
free Bmokes and free drinks while
taxing shoes and hats and blankets
and knives and forks and window
glass, crockery, trace chains, and
cotton ties,
It began twelve or eighteen
months ago to resist the passage of
the dangerous, demoralizing, uncon- j
stitutional Blair bill. At that time
there were not five papers in the
State that opposed the bill. The dan
gers of the bill werf-not discerned
at first, and the violations of law
were not. feared. But analysis of
the .bill; the continued discus
sions of its plan, principles and
far-reaching consequences; the tho
rough exposure of j its viola
tions of the Constitution and its
aggressiveness in the direction of
centralization by some of the ablest
men in the Senate; by the ablest liv-
ing expounders of the jDonstitution just, wise legislation and of preserv
like Curtis and Centz; by the whole iDg Hl,erty in aland of hberty. j
Democratic press in the North as far Look ai English history. See what
as we have seen, and by many of the J
ciuuumiiB Bipuuenw i
lntne &outb, have awakened wide-1
snread int.erpnt. and i'nvggiimfi'nn arA
J w M , wwgiiiuvuj auu
.to-day there are thirty or more of the
Mate papers, and among them cer-
tainly many of the ablest and best
edited, that are opposed to a bill that
is so very obnoxious to criticism, tbat
threatens' so seriously to endanger
the present common school system in
the South, whilst yielding to allure-
ments and violating magna
cnaria oi tne liberties of the people
me constitution of the Fathers of
the Republic in order to accomplish
.u uaiutwu uesirucuve results.
So however earnestly, insistently,
pertinaciously tbe Stab may urge
ana assert its own convictions, xt does
not intend to abridge the freedom of
debate or to question the right of
any person or journal to bold and en-
ivrce niB or its own opinions. It lone:
ago denounced the spirit of proscrip-
tion and illiberality, and -was possi
bly the first paper m the State to re
pudiate and despise the attempt of
rwun persqns to apply the party
wnip ana to compel by fear of con
0Hunces ait democrats to accept as Another objection urged against much by tbeir ill-timed and enthusi
nnal the latest, deli vpranoof I i i .i. t'i: i I .. .. . .
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" 8 convens, and $he com-
ine majority of
tyrannv v t DearaDie
sonal rit. VJX . . P er'
. f ' -DO privilege,
Droclama- I
m. " AoAn 'a
an outrage upuu iwovu,
tion tbat might made right, and an
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attempt to stifle tbe nonest onvio-
tions and to prevent the free expres- - .
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sion of opinion on tne part ui an wuu
J.r tn tlfcirik ntherw se. The
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e a .Knnt thb tirt to nrooiaim i
.x... tk wir ascertained
a tAjntM ..rlnciDQu of
.uuv.- s r - I
tS .k of the ZThion
Ui L;n,..rv: Tledffed
. f . "v..! I ir NnnK
t.o me w.iiie ujcuio ukivt .
Carolina it would hot wear a collar,
it would not bj the fugleman off any
man or set of (men. but would en
i
deavor ini a ppirit 6f fairtiess, toler
ance audi .conscientiousness.; toj Set
forth and! maintain! what it believed
to be right. j
If anything that
has ever appeared
in its editorial jcolumns at any time
i
has deemed to an
intelligent - and
just mind as in the
; least df gree dic-
tatorial or proecripiive it deeply re-
o-reta it, and .declares without mental
reservation thit it was never so in
tended. Writing most ofthe time
with rapidity and under immediate
i t . i . . .
pressure, pn warmly iespousing pnnci-
pies it held to be important or in op-
posing principles or policies it be-
lieved 10 be imprudent, dangerous or
violative ,of Hw it
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may , nave usea
laneruaee ! that i some
sensitive oppo
But at no time
to question the
nent did not relish
did the Stab mean
right of judgment or tbe freedom of
the press. Weiare too well grounaea
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in the discussions concerning a free
press and the right to publish
have learned too much from Mil
ton's immortal Drose treatises in
the days
struggle
Wilkes in
of
in
the
Cromwell, and the
tbe 'days of John
i
last Ltnlury for an
unrestricted right W publication.
know too well jihe history of the past
in our own and other lands to ever
question for a Uoment or lb ever in
terfere in the ijeast with the right to
think, to writejand tj publish as one
pleases. Of course all incendiary or
immoral trash is to be excluded, and
all discussions that degenerate into
indecent and offensive personalities
are to b- discountenanced.!.
AN tNFHlENDtY AND ABSURD OB
JECTION. -T
There ia one jpoint in the English
disenssions
of i the Irish - out tnat
should not be overlooked. Such op-,
i
ponenta as Lprd
Chamberlain and
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Hartington, Mr.
Mr. Trevelyan,
who have beenJcoope'
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rating with Mr.
Gladstone in the past!; and such Tory
leaders as Lord ChurchilJ, urge
against the bill-that the Irish people
are not qualified - aro not fit to have
Home Rule. Tbiii w begging the
question. Whr ! not give them a
chance to ust tbe matter before con
'demning? j Why deny, to a people
that have been iitei-ally ground under
the heel of Briiishj oppression from
the' days of Elij;abe;th the opportunity
of developmcm tjhejopportunily to
try if they cannot govern, themselves.
It will be time enough tojdeclare that
Home Jlule is a cleat, palpable,
lamentable failure after the trial has
been made and: the failure has come.
As has been said by more than,
one of our axchailigeV, whatever : in-
competency may attach to the Irish
the fact remains that
for hundreds of
years English ilatecinen have shown
i ' ,
an utter incompetency to govern Ire
land. - Self-go
eminent cannot
pos
than sibly prove a
greater failure
English government
La proved
all
alone: the centuriJs.
Let'tlf Iris
hav
a fair, open j
chance to test
heir capabilities. The
Stab has no doubt th
at. the Irish will
prove equal 14 the
occasion. The
JJnited States through all their his
tory have been very greatly indebt
ed to Ireland for Hundreds of its most
conspicuous and successful public
men. Irishmen have filled every de
partment! of
Jibe Government and
with
day,
conspicuous) ability. At this
all , 'over the land, there are
thou-ands of Irish-American citizens
who are assert.) n if i the truth of the
statement that! when opportunity of-
fers thev i are rcinabhi of discreet.
names glorify!f and .adorn the annals
or H-Hgiana. r ipu win nna among
the most! illustrious names those of
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iish parentage.
Among the mosteminent orators and
statesmen! of the Britjish Parliament
you will find njany Irishmen. Among
her greatest miitary men you will
find ' Irishmen. Burke, Sheridan,
Grattan, O'Connell, were Irishmen,
Swift, Tom Moore, and other erai-
nent men of letters we're born in Tre-
land. Wellington, Wolseley and many
others of her most distinguished sol-
diers were born in Ireland. John
Wesley wa. of an Irikh family-the
I same as weiiesiey, theuafce ot ; Wel-
J lington's family. J I , - J
Can itl be j possibly that a nation
that ba produced so many really
able men and as in the case of Burke
and Wellington, men of the first
rank can fail to improve all the ad-
vantaees offered in a' chance for lib-
erty and self-rule? We do not be-
lieve it, and shall not until the trial
has been fairly made and failure Is
the end.
Then let Icbabod be writ
ten on the Irish banner and not till
then. . J'
i uuuic tuio uy mv m: aruameniary op -
ponents and the newspapers is weU
met in the following from the Phila-
eiphia Times. That paper says of
ine OD3ecwon that the Gladstone
I scneme offers no "proper protection
for the Ulster minority, who, when
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last heard from, were Mill vow
iBe that in no case would they, senc
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representatives to Dablin, were the
PniAa,hAfTiaarInnt1.hnt would
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reoei agaiusi. mt uuu
.'. AnJir ftf tliair Klnnil ' I
evu iu mo DucuiVfi , i -
that "conscientious examination of. I
the provisions of the bill" shows that
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objection is "not yalia." it says oe-
fore many weeks : the hollowness of
all the obitctions "will be made clear
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as daylight.
FACTS VEBSUS ACCUSATION.
The Stab was the first, paper to
show by the census the absurdity of
the charge brought against the peo
ple of North Carolina that because of
intolerance, &c, people were driven
out of the State. This persistent at
tempt to injure the good name of I
North Carolina is' very contemptible
and deserves the stern rebuke of all
eood and true citizens.whether native I
O .1
or born elsewhere
not the census reports at hand to
give the exact figures, but it brought
out the fact that; the States in. the
iforth that are most boastful of their
prore88 and civilization and wealth
have 8uff
Buffered far more from emigra
tion than North Carolina has suffered.
While there are men in North Caro
lina doubtless who are mtolerant of
opinion and would force men if in
their power to think and act and
vote a8 tjjey they-are f ew and in
consequential. North Carolinians
from the beginning have been won
derfully independent and restive un
der any sort of a yoke. It is a slan
der to charge upon the people gene-.
rally tbat they do .not allow the ut
most freedom of thought and speech,
The truth is, there is so much 'free
dom it isJoften construed to mean
abuse of speech.
The Raleigh .News-Observer has
some figures that show that the na-
tivexpopulation increases much morej
rapidly in North Carolina than in the
New England States. North Caro
lina in the decade ot 1870-80, in
creased SO per cen t. Maine increased
but per cent.; New Hampshire one
seventh of one pr cent. Connecti
cut, 13 per cent.; -Rhode Island, 21
per cent.; Vermont, 1 per cent, and
Massachusetts, 19 per cent. These
figures completely overturn the
malicious charges brought against
the people of the State by
their
enemies at home and abroad.
A 8AMPE.B.
Some weeks ago it was asserted
again and again in our Northern ex
changes that the first bill introduced
by Morrison in the House on the Ta
riff would not reduoe tbe present
burdensome, unscientific, unequal
War Tariff but some $12,000,000 at
the most. The pew bill that fath
ered by Messrs, Morrison and Hewitt
will reduce iheTariff full $24,000,
000 or more, according to an asser
tion of the New York Times that is
specially clear and forceful on Ta
riff reform. It says of the report of
tbe committee just submitted:
'The arguments submitted in the report
for the various additions to the' free list are
succinct and impressive. This, for exam
ple, as to wood: Itf twenty vears we have
jcollected less than $30,000,000 from Uses
Oil WUUU lUBIUiniUCU IU CUUUUIBKC tun uo-
sti action of forests. In less than that
time we have given more than 35,000,000
acres of land as bounty o encourage the
planting of trees. Could anything more
grotesquely absurd be imagined f It is as
if tbe city or new xors snouia maintain a
bureau to encourage building on the one
hand and one to promote incendiarism on
the other The case of hemp, is equally
ridiculous 13 another-wsy. ' i
The United States collects many
times more tax to foster bemp pro-
duclion than the u hole crop amounts
to. This .passes, for statesmanship.
There are Southern newspapers call- I
ing themselves Democratic that can
see no folly, no wrong in such suici
dal and oppressive legislation as that.
The Philadelphia Times, a Pro
tection paper, remembering what oc
curred at Chicago in 1884, says this,
and we indorse it:
"As both political oarlies distinctly
pledged tbemfcelvt-s in the resolutions of
their national conventions in io.8i to a re
vision of the tariff and a reduction of un
necessary duties, it ought to be possible
now to consider this subject from a broader
point of view than that of mere partisan
ship, m
The trouble is platforms are man
ufactured to deceive and do not
I express the wishes and purposes of
i ine people, i-eopie pay out uuiere
gard, therefore, to the sounding
platitudes and ."glittering generali
ties" of platforms- Read the Tilden
platform of 1876, and then see where
the Democratic party in CongreBB
stands in 1886. i
Referring to the new suits on the
special tax bonds; brought in the Fed
eral Court by two parties,the Raleigh
News-Observer says:
'All the questions invoked in the suits
that are now about to be brought have al-
reaay oeen Detore i tbe Jfederal court and
JfP SrTX
rise in these defunct bonds. The
suits that they have heretofore instituted
without avail demonstrate that they have
no legal right. Without moraHrigbt and
without legal right, therefore, tbe posses
sors of these bits of paper, whose verv ex
istence is an. offence against honesty and
rigni, nave no claims tnat are recognized in
morals or are enforceable at law. The al
leged purchasers bought on a sneculation
took the pigs in the bag and tbe specu-
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lauoo kurneu uui nauiy. me tree Will lie
M u fallen-"
That is about tbe size of it we sup
pose. . : .i ..
. Some . of the Southern Mugwump
papers are injuring the prospects of
ine vemocraoy m the South very
1 asiicapprovai ot tne doetnne that a
Civil Service system that retains Re
I poblieans- in office is good enough
for the country. People are begin-
1 ning to ask-J'Why two tickets if
this is true?
Hon. Thomas Powers O'Connor,
M.P., writes to the New York Star
from London, on the 12tb, that the
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debate on the night before had enor -
mouslv. ' improved , Mr. Gladstone s
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rAHtino - fact that three renreaentative
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men had jnst aeciared lor tne r-re-
mier. , ;They are Thomas Bart, mem-
. r.i:. nr 1.
oer 01 mn.au.eu., .
Northumberland, the representative
of the JSorthern miners, and Charles
Bradlaugb, member for Northamp
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ton, colleague and Jriend of Henry
Labouchere, each having a large fol
lowing, . and Samuel Whitbread,
member for Bedford. Mr. O'Connor
says; '
But what was more surprising Chan
Burt's acd Bradlaush's adhesion to Glad
stone was the unexpected attitude of Sam
uel Whitbread, member for Bedford. Air.
Whitbiead is a Whig of the Whigs. He is
universally .respected, and his knowledge of
parliamentary practice and procedure have
gained for him a position of high authority
among the Liberals. In the Whiff section
j- 9 V. a Br iia r nanAA im nrootAV than
that of any living member.'
A significant straw is the change of
policy of tbe Atlanta Constitution. Here
tofore it has been vigorously defending At
torney General Garland. -Now it declares
that he ought to resign. Jtmnange. f ;
The Atlanta paper is Capable of
many and great changes. It was a
warm advocate of Tariff reduction,
but in a night whipped around and
is now a blind worshipper of the Pro
tection Idol the god of Pennsyl-
vama.
Lord Hartington, .who deserted
Gladstone, is now ready to receive
office through Tory influence. The
Tories are said to be preparing to
support him in the formation of a
mixed or union Cabinet. How long
could such a mungrel, hybrid con
cern hold together.
NEW HANOVER COUNTY,
Special meeting of tbe Board of Com-
mUatonere The Jail to be ReenllC
Contracts for Bridge Awarded.
The Board of Commissioners of New
Hanover county met in special session at
the Court House yesterday afternoon. The
full Board was present H. A. Bag?, Esq.,
Chairman, and CommiMioners B. G.Worth,
J. A. Montgomery, E. L. Pearce and Roger
Moore
It was decided to rebuild the county jail
on th old site..
The Commissioners gave due considera
tion to tbe petitions laid before them ask
ing tbat some other-locality than thepre-
sent site might ba selected for the county
jail, but considered it their duty, in the in
terests of the whole body of tax-payers.
and under legal advice given them, to re
build the jail on the old site; with the un
derstanding and assurance, however, that
tbe building shall be eo constructed that it
will nt be objectionable ou saiitary
grounds not a nuisance to residents in the
neighboibood.
It wis ordered that the bridge across
Prince Geo ge'a Creek be repaired, and
Mr. R. H. Beery, being the lowest bidder
for the work to be done, tfee contract w$a
awarded to" him, at the turn of $80.
The contract for repairing the bridge
over lirten g Mill fond, near lieiievue
Cemetery, was also awarded loll. JL Beery
at the turn of $125, he being the lowest
bii'der the work to be done according to
sptcificBlione pa file, etc,
The matter of placing a foot way over
Jumping Run was referred to the Chair
man of the Board, with power to set
Prospect of Track Farmer
The truck farmers here are about ten
days behjnd, this season, but in this respect
they are no worse off than the truckers
south of Wilmineton.' Indeed, a Northern
dealer in produce who has been through
tbe truck farming districts as far South as
Florida, and who was in Wilmington Sat
urday, says that -the prospects of the
truckeis of this section are better than at any
other place he has yijited. Green peas are
in bloom, and everything is in a promising
condition and crowing finely. The recent
Cold snap did little if any damage here,
but some of our farmers say thut the dan
ger from frost will not be passed until after
the full rcoon on the 18ih inst. Charleston
truckers reported, Saturday last, peas in
bloom and bean and cucumber plants just
up. Savannah truckers are shipping green
peas. In Fiorina, all vegetables have been
seriously affected by the cold. The ship
ment of cabbages has begun", but the prin
cipal crop there this year will be the crop
of beans, even the t jmatoe crop having
foiled. Strawberries were about a month
later ia Florida this season than usual, ship
ments beginning about tbe 20th of March;
but the supply was poor and the quality
inferior. Charleston dealers expect to ship
strawberries North by tbe 20th of the pres
ent month
A Distressing Case. ,
A delicate young white woman with two
small children the eldest three years and
the youngest only six weeks old applied
at the City Hall Sunday afternoon for
assistance. She gave her name as Mrs. Bill
and said that her home was on Wrights
ville Sound, from which place she had
come tbat day, walking the entire distance,
Her husband, she said, had failed to pro
vide for bis family; she was totally desti
tute and herself and children starving,
Supper was provided foi her and a kind
hearted policeman. Officer H J. Mints.
taking pity upon the unfortunate woman
and ber children,' carried them to his home,
'here they passed the night Yesterday
they were sent to the county poor house.
Tbe Luckless Tramp. .
Edward Colbath, the unfortunate tramp
who had bis leg broken gaturday last on
the Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta
Railroad at Mullins, 8. C, says that he
was not riding under a car, but was "steal
ing a ride" on tbe rear platform of the last
car. After the train reached Mullins and
was "backing down" he jumped from the
platform, but his left foot catching in a
railroad frog, he was thrown down, and be
fore he could extricate it or make known
his terrible predicament a wheel ran over
his leg. Dr. liane, the physician in charge
qf the City Hospital, amputated it Sunday,
just above the knee, and reported Colbath
as doing well and his case progressing
j favorably.
Scott's Emulsion of Pure
Cod Liver Oil wltb. Hvpophoapliltea,
Jn Pulmonary Affections and Scrofulov
. Diseases.
Dr. Ira M. Lane. New York. aavn-.
have prescribed Scott's Emulsion ami nand
it in my family and am greatly pleased
with it Have found it verv seaviceahta in
Scrofulous diseases and Pulmonary affec-
uons." - f
PROD UCE EXCHANGE.
Annual RIeeUnc Election of Ofllcera
1 Prealdent'a Address, See.
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The annual meeting of the Wilmington
produce Exchange was held at their rooms
yesteiday. There was a full attendance of
members and the proceedings were marked
with unusual interest.
The report of the' Secretary and Treasu
rer, Col.: John I Cantwell, was- received
and ordered to be spread upon tbe minutes.
The President, Mrs"J.H. Currie, read
his report, as follows;
Gehtxemek r. Io obedience to your by
laws, and in compliance with a custom as
old as your Exchange, I beg leave to bud-.
mit my annual i eport -.;
Let me congratulate you tbat you have
reached the close of another fiscal year,
showing no signs of the depression of busi
ness written upon any of your laces.
To the watchful icare of an ever-ruling
Providence we are indebted for health and
all the other attendants that go to make up
the measure of this world's happiness.
While your city has been desolated oy
one of the most destructive conflagrations
that has ever visited our State, yet our peo
ple are neither cast down nor disheartened.
but look forward to tne time wnen tne
burnt district will rise phoiuix-like from
the present ruins with a magnificence un
dreamed of before the fire.
We consider ft a source of congratulation
that within the last year we have succeeded
in Dlacine on the boards of Our Exchange
the market reports of New York, Chicago
and Liverpool, by, telegrapn, during tne
business hours of every business day, to
gether with one or two market reports from
Charleston, 8avannah and London.
The success in gaining these telegraphic
reDorts. for the use of the Exchange, was
brought about by the indomitable energy of
tbe committee on "Telegraphic Market Re
ports, consisting of Messrs. wm. tsprunt
and D.-L Gore, who are entitled to the
thanks of the Exchange for their services.
Besides tbe market reports from the cities
already mentioned, the arrival and depart
ure of all vessels crossing the bar at Smith
ville are promptly reported by wire and
posted on the boards of the Exchange.
This branch of the telegraphic reports is in
charge of C. P. Mebane, Esq., to whom
the Exchange owe many thanks for his ser
vices as Chairman of the "Smithville Ship
ping Reports." The expense of these re
ports is paid by voluntary suDscnpuon.ana
while this arrangement may be necessary
for a while longer, i we would suggest to
your incoming Board of Managers to in
crease the assessment of members to the
full limit of your by-laws, which is thirty
dollars annually. j -
It is gratifying to know that tne improve
ment of the bar at Smithville, and of the
river from the sea to your city, has been
accompanied with such success.
- There is now a depth of sixteen feet at
low tide from Wilmington to the bar, end
fourteen feet at low tide on the bar, which
gives an average depth of 18 to 20 feet at
high tide all the way to tne ocean, wnen
the Government completes this, the finest
piece of engineering Work under its control,
we hope to have a deptu of 25 feet all tbe
way to the sea. j
We are indebted to Capt. W. Li. liixby.
Engineer in charge, and to his able assist
ant Maj. Henry Bacon, for the maps and
charts now suspended on tbe walls of your
rooms, showing the location and extent ot
this great work of the engineer.
While your facilities . for shipping nave
greatly increased by the improvement of
the rivtr and bar,, the receipts of naval
stores have steadily decreased, which
makes it a necessity for our business men
to bestir themselves', to put something in
the place of our lost naval stores. The
turpentine forests contiguous to Wilming
ton, tbat furnished such large quantities as
to keep your port the largest naval stores
market in tne world lor so many years,
have at last yielded to usage, worm, storm
and fire, and are now; covered over with the
mantle of desolatinj
By refering to the sreport of vour Secre
tary, you will find the receipts of spirits
turpentine short of tbe preceding year 9,274
barrels, a fraction over 13 per cent. Rosin
55,549 barrels short or 16 per cent, loss ia
the receipts; crude; turpentine has lost
about 6 per cent.!, and tar has gained
about 3 per cent iThe difference in the
receipts of spirits turpentine for the year
ending April 1st, 1886, as compared with
the report of your first President, for the
year ending April 1st. 1873, will almost
startle you to name it;; 77,634 barrels; worth
in the aggregate, one million four bundrcd
thousand dollars. 1
The difference in the receipts of resin as
compared with the years referred to is
384,514 bbls and worth In the aggregate,
considering quality I and grade, six hun
dred thousand dollars. Add this to the
loss in spirits and we have a loss of two
millions of dollars in two articles, spirits
and roin, for one year.
It is gratifying to I be able to state that
your port has steadily grown in favor as a
cotton market, and .that the receipts have
more than doubled since the organization
of your Exchange. I
Tbe value of the increase of cotton as
compared with the loss of naval stores is
nearly equal, the dirference being in favor
of cotton, yet every business man of expe
rience wi 1 agree with me when iay tbat
five millions of dollars worth, of cotton
will not make up the loss of two millions of
dollars worth of naval stores, considering
the way they are handled.
we know ot no p. ace wnere mere is as
much work done for nothing, as in Wil
mington among the commission merchants
who try to handle cotton. They advance
tbe farmers and country merchants, to en
able them to make ; a crop of cotton, and
about the lime the cotton is ready for mar
ket the cotton buyer puts in an appearance
and proposes to buy the cotton, or take it
at the market price,; and charge no com
mission for bis services, or, in other words,
handle the cotton for nothing if allowed
the privilege of buying it from himself
at the market price.'
We know of no way to remedy this, but
for tbe commission merchant to strike, and
let the farmer, the country merchant and
the cotton buyer fight it out
we make this suggestion because we
believe the "laborer worthy of his hire,"
and furthermore we consider the man that
works for nothing is of no good to himself
and must sooner or later become a burden
to society. !
Let the motto of your Exchange be live
and let live And reach out in every direc
tion to stir up new enterprises. .
Let me urge you to do all in , your power
to aid in bringing the Cape Fear & Yadkin
Valley Railroad from Fayetteville to your
city. We consider this the most impor
tant enterprise now within your reach
They are. pushing . the work rapidly from
Greensboro to Mount Airy, and when they
reach that point we! may confidently look
for a connection with the Northwest in the
near future. But to reap the full benefit of
that connection we must have the road
built from here to Fayetteville. Tbe Board
of Aldermen appointed five commissioners,
which appointment was approved by the
Board of Audit and Finance, by authority
contained In an act of the last Legislature
giving the City of Wilmington authority to
aid the C F. & Y. V. R. R. to extend their
road to this city, and we hope the C. F. &
Y. V. R. R. will send commissioners to
meet our commissioners immediately after
their annual meeting, which takes place
early in May. i
The next in importance is the proposed
Onslow Railroad, which could be built verv
easy if all our citizens would only put their
soouiaers to tne wneei and work together,
If tbe city would take the matter in hand
and build tne road to the Pender line, tak
ing in Masonboro and Wrightsville Sounds.
we think Pender and Onslow would do
their part in extending the road to the pro
ductive counties oi tne Jfiaat
i We are confident that the City of Wil
mington could stimulate her local trade bv
bridging Brunswick river and putting a
free ferry on Cape Fear river at the Market
street ferry. The small producer in Bruns
wick county cannot afford to bring his cart
joaa oi cneap proauce to your market wnen
ne nas to pay f l.ou lor ferriage.
We think the people of the East are en
titled to more convict labor than they are
getting not only to j build railroads but to
drain the large bodies of swamp lands that
are abundant in nearly every eastern coun
ty, ana ricner man ugypt for the produc
tion of corn and hay. We would suggest
mat you Dnng uus matter to tne attention
of the Legislature at the proper time.
There is another matter that we think
transcends every other in imnortance. so
far as the future prosperity of your city is
concerned, as well as that of the whole
State, and that is the appointment of a rail
road commission for the otata of North
uarouna. : -;
The combining of the railroads under one
head makes the commission a necessity for
the protection of the people of the State.
The railroads consolidate their different
lines and appoint a commissioner whom
they are pleased to style '"Traffic Manager
of tbe Associated Railways of Virginia and
the Carolinas." . i - ; : :
I am wt-11 aware that railroads are a ne
cessity to all communities that hope to keep
pace with the progress of the age, and!
would be glad to see railways through every
townshup in tbe State. ' But I am not will
ing to see railroads who make their living
and their fortunes from tbe earnings of our
own-people build up cities of other States
at the expense of those of our .native land.
without giving them an equal chance m the
race for fortune. ;iy;i. -
Then is not a man in active business in
the city of Wilmington but knows full well
that we are discriminated against by the
railroads leading to the city. This is not
tbe time nor place to go into details; the
time and place will be when the Legisla
ture meets next winter in the city of Kaleigh,
when the railroads will have an opportunity
to stand face to face with their accusers. .
See to it that the business men of your
city will have representation in tbe next
Legislature, and if you will find it impossi
ble to elect a representative in tne regular
way, select a man that you knaw will watch
your interests and pay him the. per diem
that the State pays her members and keep
him in Raleigh during tbe legislative ses
sion. : - . ', ;.' . . j.
i You have two newspapers that are mem
bers of your Exchange, the Mokntng Stab
and the Daily Review. We would suggest
that the merchants give them the reasons
Why they have had to surrender a large
portion of the territory they once supplied
with heavy groceries, to cities beyond the
limits of our State,! and three times the dis
tance, and to publish the same, and demand
of the railroads tbat our merchants be put
on an equal footing with Richmond and
other cities tbat are now doing tne business
of North Carolina. Let them cry aloud
and spare not until the great wrong that
has been done, and is now being done our
people in the way of railroad discrimina
tions, bo righted, and to keep constantly
before tbe pudlic eye their rights, and
to characterize in plain English ' their
Wrongs. This done and you will soon
rind all your people will rally as one man.
around every enterprise that wilL even
promise to add one mite to the prosperity
of your city. " ! . i
It is with pleasure that J am able to state
that we have bad ten new members added
to our Exchange during the last year. Let
me urge you to make an effort to get every
live business man in your city to become a
member of your Exchange-
By referring to the report of your Trea
surer you will nnu tbe financial condition
of, your Exchange in good shape, notwith
standing the expenses for the last year were
nearly three times as much as they were in
former years, owing to the increased ex
penditure incurred by the telegraphic mar
ket reports.
I Uke pleasure in testifying to the effi
ciency of your Secretary aud Treasurer,
wbo has performed his duties in such a way
as to be entitled to the words of praise that
exceed all others in commendation, "Well
done, faithful servant." j
'Your committees have all performed
their duties well, and I thank them for the
Board of Managers as well as for myself for
duty faithfully performed.
Now, gentlemen,; in behalf of the Board
of Managers, who have worked faithfully
for the progress and prosperity of your
Exchange, and whoss wisdom and counsel
have made my duties easy and light, as
well as for myself, whom you have so highly
honored, let me thank you for your kind
ness and support during our official term.
The address of the President was listened
to with profound attention, and at its close,
on motion, copies of it were ordered to be
furnished the daily papers with a request
for its publication, j '
Col F. W. Kercbner,
Chamber of Commerce,
President of the
announced the
death of Mr. W. H. McRary, late a mem
ber of that body, and ' extended an invita
tion to the members of tbe Produce Ex
change to join with the Chamber of Com
merce in attending the funeral services.
The Vice President, Mr. B. F. Hall,
introduced to the meeting! Mr. H. L. Hoov
er, of Virginia, who, be stated, visited the
city to solicit subscriptions to a fund to be
raised to erect a monument at the grave of
General Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson .
Remarks were made by Mr. Hoover,
President Currie and Secretary Cantwell,
when, on motion, it was resolved tbat the
Exchange contribute to the fund and
Messrs. B. F. Hall, J. L. Cantwell and
Roger Moore were appointed a committee
to wait upon the members of the Exchange
and receive their contributions.
IThe annual election of officers was held
and the following gentlemen were chosen:
President J. H. Currie.
Vice President B. F. Hall.
Board of Managers B. G. Worth. W.
H. Sprunt D. L Gore, R. W. Hicks, C.
P. Mebane.
Inspectors of Elections S. P. McNair,
J. H. Daniel, Albert Gore.
Tbe Carolina Oil and Creosote Works.
; About a month ago a Naval Board visited
Wilmington under direction of the Secre
tary of the Navy.j to inspect and report
upon the process used by the Carolina Oil
and Creosote Company for the protection
of wood. The Board consisted of Capt. R.
W. Meade, TJ. S. N. ; Naval Constructor
Thoa. E. Webb, and Civil Engineer P. a
Asserson, TJ. S. N. The report of the
Board has been submjtted to Secretary
Whitney. It embodies an elaborate descrip
tion of the process of manufacturing creo
sote oil and the treatment of timber, and
concludes as follows: : I
I "The Board examined impregnated piles
and timber upon the Company's premises,
and is fully satisfied that the Company is
doing good work and are fully able to do
all they claim. I I
"The Board has also obtained from the
Company two pieces of timber, one piece
impregnated with Wood-Creosote-Oil, and
one piece carbonized and impregnated with
Wood Creosote Oil, about 10 lbs. per cubic
foot, which, by permission of the Com
mandant of the Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va.,
will be placed in a Suitable position at that
Yard as a future ; test against the teredo
navilis and rot, in competition with timber
impregnated with! Coal-Tar Creosote-Oil
which was put in. the water at that Yard
three years ago by a member of this Board.
i "The Board was very materially assisted
by Captain W. H. Bixby, U. 8. Engineers,
who gave it much valuable information as
to tbe process of impregnation and detail of
the work, he having been stationed at this
point f r r some time past, and had opportu
nity to make himself familiar with the
process of wood-impregnation as carried
on? by this Company. Jn conclusion, we
would state that we are fully satisfied as to
the great value of the process of impreg
nating with wood-creosote-oil all timber
and piles used in wharves, docks or other
exposed positions, and would respectfully
recommend that the Carolina Oil and Creo
sote Company be given a chance to demon
strate what they claim, by means of an or
der to furnish piling at the first convenient
opportunity." - K
i '- - - i'
Death of a Prominent Citizen.
f Mr. W. H. McRary died at his home in
this city yesterday morning, aft$r an illness
qf a few weeks, from paralysis. He was
for many years one of the leading mer
chants of Wilmingtdn, ; embarking in busi
ness here in 1851, and amassing a conside
rable fortune. He was born in the town of
Lexington, in this State, and was aged 63
years. :f -i---' - ' r
The remains of the deceased, who was a
member of the veteran corps ot that com
pany, will be escorted to the cemetery by
the Wilmington Light Infantry, whose
members are ordered to assemble at their
armory, in full dress uniform, at 4 15
o'clock this afternoon. c
j Durham Recorder: An ; inter
esting letter was read before Trinity Sun
day School yesterday from Rev. Charles
Soon, the Chinese boy educated by this
school. Mr. Soon is located at Soochow,
Where he is teaching the English language,
and studying the peculiar Chinese dialect.
.
- . WASHINGTON.-
Nominations and Benomlnatlona Ad-
verse Jteport on Proposed Increase
In Rates of Postage The Senate Ex
ecutive - Session Secretary Lamar
Going Heme.
By Telegraph to the Horning Star. '
Washington, April 12. The President
to-day nominated and the Senate unani
mously confirmed Senator Howell E. Jack
son, of Tenn ., to be Circuit Judge of the
United States for the. Sixth Judicial Dis
trict, vice John Baxter, deceased.
The President "has withdrawn the nomi
nation of Orlando W. Powers, of Mich., to
be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
of Utah. ; : ,,: if . - : -
r Senator Chace to day reported adversely
from the Committee on Post Offices and
Post Roads, a bill to increase the - rate of
postage on fourth class matter to two cents
per ounce. ;
In (Executive session - to day 'fifty-three
messages, making as many renominations,
were Jaid before the body.; The nomina
tions were originally made to succeed offi
cials Whom it . was proposed to suspend
or remove, but whose terms of of
fice have since expired. Senator Ed
munds offered a resolution that . all
these! nominations be returned to the
President on the ground tbat the failure of
the Senate to confirm, tbe original nomina
tions had the effect of rejection. The res-1
olution went over for the day. Among
these nominations was that of John D.
Burnett, whose nomination to succeed Geo.
M. Duskin as district . attorney for the
Southern District of Alabama was the oc
casion of the recent political controversy in
tbe Senate. I -
Secretary Lamar will leave the city this
evening or to-morrow morning for Mem
phis, Tenn., Macon, Ga., and his home at
Oxford, Miss. . He is not expected to re
turn for a week or ten days.
; Washington, April 13. The following
is the Congress Central Democratic Com
mittee: - Massachusetts Henry B. Lover
ing; Connecticut Charles L. Mitchell;
New Jersey Wm. McAdoo; Delaware
Charles B. Love; Pennsylvania Daniel
Ermentrout;- New York--J. Thomas
Spriggs; Ohio Beriale, Williams; Texas
W. H. Crain; Iowa J. H. Murphy;
Tennessee Benton McMillen; Missouri
Jas. K Burns; Georgia Allen D. Caudder;
Virginia John W. Daniel ; Arkansas
Poindexter Dunn; Florida Robert H. M.
Davidson ; South Carolina Samuel Dibble;
Kentucky Thomas A. Robertson; Cali
fornia' Barclay Henly; Michigan Wm. C.
Maybury; Maryland Barnes Com pton;
Wisconsin Gen. Edward 8. Bragg; Indi
anaGeo. Ford; Illinois Nicholas -E.
Wortbington ; Louisiana Newton C.
Blanchard; Mississippi T. C. Calhing;
Alabama John M. Martin ; North Carolina
Wharton J. Green ; West Virginia
Charles P. Snyder; J. Randolph Tucker-Chairman-.
Dr.' i Hamilton said to-day that Secretary
Manning is still improving and is now able
to sit up a short time every day.
Senator Frye to-day reported favorably
from the ; Committee on Commerce an
amendment intended to be proposed to the
Postofflce Appropriation bill. It increases
the appropriation for the transportation of
foreign mails from $375,000 to $1,000,000,
and provides that this amount shall in
clude the cost of railway transit across the
Isthmus of Panama. The amendment fur
ther changes the bill so as to direct the
Postmaster General to enter into contracts
with American built or registered steam
ships, j whenever possible, for the trans
portation of any part of said foreign mails,
after, legal advertisement, with the lowest
responsible bidder, at a rate not to exceed
fifty cents a nauiical mile on the trip each
way actually traveled between the terminal
points; provided, also, however, that the
aggregate of such contracts shall not ex
ceed $600,000 of the sum hereby appro
priated. Washington, April 13. Secretary Man
ning is to-day reported to be progressing
favorably toward complete recovery, and it
is believed by those nearest to him that if
he has no set. backs he will be able to
resume general direction of the Treasury
Department before hot weather begins, and
to take up, his daily office work again im
mediately after the summer vacation. - To
do so earlier would be in the judgment of
his friends, both imprudent and unsfices-
sary, in view of the condition of complete-
ness to which he has brought the reorgani
zation I and principal annual work of the
Treasury.
Washington, April 13 The seal of
secrecy was removed to-day from the long
list of Senatorial confirmations of persons,
but few of which were of any consequence,
and already having become public, perhaps
in the way indicated by Senator . Piatt in
his speech in favor of open executive ses
sions. ! The principal ones : were those of
Civil Sarvice Commissioners Q ber ly and
Lyman.
WEST VIRGINIA.
Three nemkers of a Snrveyins Party
Drowned toy tlie TJpsettlns of a Ferry
Boat.
By Telegraph to the Horning Star.l -Richmond,
Va., April 11. Information
has been received here of the drowning of
three members of a serveying party, while
crossing New river, at Sunnyside, W. Va.
The party consisted of C. J. and William
Hood.F. H. and Sam Quimby, brothers; W.
A.Maynes and a negro ferryman. C.J. Hood
and the Quimby brothers were drowned by
the upsetting of the boat They were in the
employ of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Engineer Department. C. J. Hood was a
Virginian, and the Quimby brothers were
Maryland men.
auarceriy raessinsa.
Second Round for the Wilmington Dis
trict of the Methodist E. Church, South:
Cokesbury circuit, at Hall's, April 17th
and 18th. - .
Whiteville circuit, at Evergreen, Anril
24th and 25th. -
Waccamaw circuit, at Betbesda,- April
28th and 29th.
Carver's Creek circuit, at Hebron, May
1st and 2d.
Onslow circuit, at Queen's Creek, May
8th and 9th.
Duplin circuit, at Wesley Chapel; May
15th and 16th.
Magnolia circuit, at Carlton's, May 22d
and 23d. .
Topsail circuit, at Rocky Point, May
29th and 30th.
Wilmington, at Front and Fifth streets,
June 5th and 6th.
" Clinton circuit, at Keener's Chapel, June
12th and 13th.
Brunswick circuit, June 19th and 20th.
Paul J. Carbaway, .
". " ' ; Presiding Elder.
New York Comparative Cotton state-
. meat. i -
New York, April 9. The follow
ing is the comparative cotton statement for
the week ending this date:
I - .1886. 1885.
Net receipts at all United
States ports during the
.week i 43,919, 22,772
Total I receipts to this
' date..; ..... ...i 4,880,3434,570,885
Exports for the week. 85,439 49,892
Total exports to this
; date.... ........... 3,357,817 3, 418,803
Stock in all United States
ports j 800,502 625.534
Stock! at all interior
' towns. 148,998 J65.980
Stock in Liverpool. . . . i 675,000 1,025,000
American afloat for . -
Great Britain. ....... 135,000 116,000
Seeking a Bed of Gold.
From the Albany Press, March 14th, 1886.
On this page of the Weekly Press will he
found illustrations and a description of the
marvellous work of turning the course of
Feather river in California, for the purpose
of securing the gold which must rest at the
bottom of the stream, as it runs through
a section rich in gold and other precious
metals. The illustrations and description
of the stupendous undertaking are the
work of representatives of the Scientific
American & guarantee that they are the
the uninfluenced expressions of men skilled
in the labors they were sent to perform.
The moving spirit in this great enterprise,
since its inception in 1882, is Dr.. R. V.
Pierce, of Buffalo, who is the largest stock
holder and who has personally invested
nearly a million dollars in this gigantic un
dertaking. If the belief of old and experi
enced miners is verified by the result and
this will soon be known, as the tunnel will
be completed in another month Dr. Pierce
will be one of the richest men in the world,
and stockholders in the Big Bend Tunnel &
Mining Co. will be the wealthy men of the
land. f
Spirits Turpentine.
Elizabeth City Falcon: A boy
about 13 years of age, named George Over
man, met with a painful accident at the
cotton factory Wednesday, which- may in
jure him for life. His right arm was
caught in tbe machinery and terribly lace
rated. ::h'- '."
Pittsboro Home: We regret
to hear of the death of Mrs. Farrar, wife of
T. B. Farrar, Esq., of Baldwin's township
A distressing accident happened on
last Saturday near Hackney's in this coun- '
ty. The clothes of a child about five years
old caught on fire and it was so badly1
burned that it died on Monday. - . .
Forest City (Rutherford county) i
Becord: The negroes in Hally burton' era
ploy, on the Boston Railroad have organ
ized a court, with sheriff judge, &c, and
when any of their number is suspected of
theft he is arrested, tried and if found
guilty flogged in good old: style. - Two of
them received floggings .the other day for
stealing. ; . ,
if'; Wilson Mirror: The memorial
"services at the Methodist Church on Thurs
day evening on the remains of the Rev.
Mr. Rawls were particularly appropriate
and interesting, and attested -with eloquent
power the tender grasp the deceased had
upon the heartstrings of the community.
Mr. Moye, Mr. Bronson and Mr. Brooks
participated.
Hillsboro Observer: A sup
posed incendiary fire destroyed the Caid-
.well Institute building in Little River town
ship Tuesday night : There , were some
4,000 pounds of tobacco in the house be
longing to Mr. H. Y. Harris, the post
master and merchant at Caldwell, all of
which Was destroyed. The estimated loss
on the building and tobacco is about $2,500.
Mnrtrantfm Fftn.r? Thou Pliam.
bers, Henry Brown and Alfred Ervin, col
ored boys, aged about 12 years, were before
Mayor Tate Wednesday for attempting to set
fire to the town.. On investigation the evi
dence was thought sufficient to hold them
in a bond of $200 for their appearance at.
Court Henry Brown gave bond, and the
other two were sent to jail in default of bail.'
, Charlotte Chronicle:. The la-(
bors of Dr Reynolds, in this city last night '
resulted in the organization of a Temper
ance Reform Club, with one hundred mem
bers, men only. Rev. Mason W.
Pressley, who has accepted a call to a Phth
deiphia church, is in the city to day on his
way to his new charge. He will bear away
with him tbe prayers and best wishes of his
numerous friends.
Aeheville i Citizen: The wheat
crop in West Buncombe and throughout
Haywood is reported as most promising.
Waynesville, April 10. Mr. J.
Newton Ratcliff, while superintending the
removal of some logs on a hill side, near the
town this morning, bad the misfortune to
fall, and a log rolled on him, painfully
hurting him about tbe lower spine and
hips, j . " .
Mr. Robert Madison, of Vir
ginia, is at Pigeon River to investigate the
facts of the murder of Prof. Monroe Mad
ison. The coroner of Haywood county
held an inquest ; The jury found that aii
unknown assassin had slain young Madi
son. Tbey offered a reward of $400, and
this will be duplicated by tbe "Virginia
relatives of the' young man. Search for
the assassin continues. Excitement in
creases.! Graham Gleaner: The Wil
mington Stab, the ablest and best newspa-
per published in North Carolina, entered
upon its 19th year on the 24th uit. . May
it continue to twinkle with increasing
splendor. Capt John B, Stockard's
crop of tobacco averaged about $100 for
each acre cultivated. One of his sons re
ceived .$65 from the tobacco grown on a
half-acre, with the use of one bag of fer
tilizer. ; j ' - J j.
- - iJumberton HobesonianA Mr.c
William Patterson died at his residence a
few miles below this place Sunday night, '
11th inst, at an advanced age. The
Methodist Sunday Bcho an f erence, of
Fayetteville district, will lnwn this town
on Friday before the 5th Sunday in May,
and will be in session three days, -r- Our
community was startled last Monday morn
ing at the news of the death of Rev. Frank
Stanford. He had been in feeble health
for some time, and received a fall last week
while returning from one of his charges
from which he sustained considerable inju
ries but no one thought death was so near.
The subject of this notice was about 46
years old and was one of the most useful
men in Richmond county. An bumble
consistent and devoted christian. Hp was
one of the oldest editors in this section, but
gave up tbe business about two years ago.
that he might the more fully consecrate
himself to his chosen professions, tbe min
istry and school teaching. He was for a
number of years clerk and deputy clerk of
the court in his county, for. many years a
magistrate, and discharged all the duties
with zeal and fidelity.
Raleigh News- Observer: There
was general gratification expressed yester
day at-the publication. of tbe plain facts in
me case oi young oturuivam, me .uuurn
imposter. It is said that as many as one
thousand people have believed in the inter
esting epileptic. That sort of foolishness
has played out now, of course, and the
young man has full liberty to retire to pri
vate life. Yesterday a reporter had
an interview with Maj. Finger, who said
that the school fund loses money in a sin
gular manner. In the course of the inter
view Maj. Finger said that many boards
of county commissioners ; have taken for
the support of the poor one-fourth of the
27i cents poll-tax levied in the school law,
just as they have taken for thsrt purpose
one-fourth of the poll-tax' levied in the
revenue act and one-fourth of that levied
for county purposes. This 371 cents is
expressly for school purposes and is not
subject to the deduction of one-fourth for
the support of the poor. Where this de
duction has been made the schools have
received 9f cents too little on the poll, and
if it were done all over the State the
amount would be nearly $20,000. It is due
to an error in the construction of tbe law
and the constitutional, requirements.
The County Commissioners of Halifax
county have ordered an election on local
option in the town of Littleton.
Charlotte Chronicle: Several
farmers from Ashe county, in the city trad
ing yesterday, tell us that corn is so plenti
ful in that county that it would not bring
30 cents a bushel if put up at auction.
Money is exceedingly scarce. Mr.
Robt Gadd was in the city to day exhibit
ing a fine specimen of gold quartz taken .
from tbe Old Reed Mines,; near this city,
fie informs us that half a ton of ore was
taken from the mines in two days, that
yielded $165 worth of gold. I A gen
tleman who has just returned from a vist
through Wilkes, Yadkin and Davie, in
forms us tbat in the lowlands of these
counties fruit has suffered very much, and
a great deal killed. In other sections it
promises well. A daughter of -Mr. J.
W. Remleyhad a narrow escape from a se
rious accident this afternoon, i She was out
driving, the horse shied and ran tbe buggy
against a gate post; overturning the vehicle
and throwing the young lady and ber driver
(a boy) out, smashing the buggy and break
ing the harness. . No one was hurt.
It now turns out that, according to C. L.
Lindsey, master workman Of tbe Asheville
Assembly, tbat H. F. Hover, the fellow
who made great efforts to organize the
Knights of Labor here, is an impostor.
The circulation of the Chronicle, since
its first issue, has far surpassed our most
Sanguine expectations. Its-city circulation
is now nearly 500 copies ) daily. A
little ten-year-old daughter of a Mr. John
Smith, ! who Uves four miles south of Salem , .
was taken ill with something like typhoid
fever some three months ago, and since
that time she has remained in a stupor and
partaking of very little nourishment -
This morning Mr. Henry Hunter, while
attending Mr. R. A. Brown's mill, one and
a half miles from Concord, on the Char
lotte road, had his left arm and three ribs
broken while trying to adjust a belt of tbe
machinery, His clothing was stripped off
him in his efforts to free himself. He then
stopped the engine,: no one but himself be
ing in the milk Greensboro dots: A
.toftm nf hnreoa anil a wacrnn fell through a
bridge on Davie street this morning. The
horses and driver i were bruised terribly.!
The bridge was about six feet high, and as
the horses stepped on it the planks broke
and they fell through, dragging the wagon
on top of them. Their cries while under
the wagon, which was heavily loaded, were
frightful. No bones were; broken, how
ever. The Richmond & Danville Rail
road has 300 freight cars changed to the
standard' guage on the side track at Com
pany Shops, , ,