North Carolina Newspapers

v Mil" W 1 ; L ; WILMINGTON, NORTil CAROLINA; fcUNDiY, JULY 4, 1SS0. Voi.i: HK X Single Copies 5 Cents NUMBER 2( K itAT.ES or ADVERTISING. Fifty cents per line fur the firat inj .Tlion iiid twenty-five cents per lin inr each additional insertion. :" Kight (8) lines, Nonpareil type, con uitute a aiuarc. : 1 .The subscription price to Tiik WlL Muvnrox Post, is l 00 per year; nix months 75 cents. Allcommunlcrtionsonbusinesshould be addressed to The Wilmington ; , Post,; Wilmington, N. C. All advertisements will be charged a the above rates, except on special con '".tracts - THE CONVENTION O F THE UE t VlJrJjCANS OF THE STATE OF " NQUT J IC AliO MX A, WILL M EET IN THE CITY OF UALEKill, O.N mi;! Seventh day of july, isvt, I'Oli TH E1U Ul'OS E O? NO .1 -IN ATI NO TWO ELECTORS AT L VKfii:, AND STATE Ol'TICKkS. r.v OIH'KU OF STATE E. ECU- HIVE COMMITTEE. GENERAL COMMENTS. (fcii. Sutter," at r Ikwh Kaiv-mill the hrsl gold wan dicovred in.lSP.), which induced the ruh to California, is dead. Tlie -nM lecejpU from rntrrfiaj rt eii'ie lor Uie fiKcal year, ending Joi il rt-v- i uc ,;o,.SSt), estimating i lie receipts for the l Ai rcniiiining days, w ill ho in round iiinnl'crs $12.1,000,000, an increase' of jiMMKMion over the receipts f last year and an incr8e of ' 0,000,000 over the climates of the department, at the be ginning of the year. This increase of vr.'venue, is derived fiom whiskey, cigars and cigarette. The rovenue derived Iroin the tux on manufactured tobacco lyis fallen oil", hut tbi has.' been more titan mad up by the tax on cigarH IJd lhin i the manner in which the I'Iiai ithton AVi'Vf tinil t'ouricr disposes nf iUm lat'i I.' on. C. C lloweri, a man win) i.iiiliilily has been, sinco the war, of m no teal'benelit to the city of t'liiii'.fM'ti'n than any other one person : , ' i'.'iwrn wsa man of singular force mi iVtcrmiiistion. He was ioor. uu- r.li;caicil, without social advantages of uitj j. mkI , y llio iniiliil(Mblo -.... f,r il -pl.tviil iu his career fof l he lost J5 . yc'irs, and the bIdnets and persistence ; Willi wliich ha faced hud, we might al juntf)iy, lived down a storm of popu v t rMiliKnatlon which would have oyer . ' wiirbfii.d and crushed almost any other tinil, i.naxked him as one-of the most eviriii.riliiiary character" whom the so- nil upheaval which- followed the war iliirit In the lurface. ! Happily for . .. ....i. f i i : : luiotlur poIiticHl agitator at once so li dil K' iiiiM'nii'ulous, and so influen tial';! ;- ; ! vix nc res ol wild woodland have 1 lu tii purchased iii Troy, New York, a ueat church and a spacious aud beauti ful lu ll!:! rrpc ted. as a rtiidence and h line for nged clergymen. ... President. JVrter of Yale College in V. aulaiirr attei sermon, said, Willful Go I there is n- well pro liud- iVpo tf.r si icm e. limi scieiue rm - I have" Ji.ith, iitd hope appears til.vr we coiiMder n s an mn-rpir- l.-r. :i historian or a trofhet. I hoU"!i it I'lciii' with, lac Is it dot-s not stop wi.lh facts. Thtfiigh it begins with the hong iifii, it ioks Ik' lf Ahi after .tli-j Vi liriTt ! I'M i' bfath tho. -visible and invisible Following ie lines of thought, it is 1d into the vny pVfserce id liod. .1 Uc. as waining-thir young meu ugainst rii, iritLt t' the liiter-oceauic eaoal i('ircosuo,,K r'ltitexl by N icaragvu to the Aiii.rican Provisional Society, headed l.v !It, Mfiiocal, has been icccived at vihii.'.;tin. It is sigucvl by ." lKm A -lUm I'ari'vs, Minister of Foreign A .tut, and Mr. A. il. ilenoctl, mem lir and Commi.vioper of tho ProvU ii'w'alSM ietv. The concession has been ilu'v litified ttlie Nicar.igu Senate, Mai puVHshrd a a law by the Republic l,l,e TrWioual r.itv, under the tlu'v litified Wfin H thin eoncfssion. secures the ev.'Uiive I'liyilege ttv construct a ship- c-tual aerw the territory of Nicaragua The cjttLt.is to bo' of fuiVjcicut dinjep ions to accommodate aleamera of the htrgest class ucl between Euroe and America! and the lock are to le not 1 than JfO feet Jong and S3 feet deep. the couccvMuo is or ;v years irom me dato ef the ojotng ol tne canai lor Keneral tratuc, and at tne eapiratioo pi .1... ' VUtiMita iUr,,. u r,lwt iHV r. went to tase I owaaioa 4.c . . . . ..." r iv. .... n perpetuity, with tho fight reoerrei . . - ' l the company to lea it Tor anetner veara. ' r 4t the atad aaki Handel FWUval Ut at IK. hhrratal Palae. IVmAm l,000 peoo. wew. present, ind te t grao4 ch.ru, comprised 4,0f) pT,, A !bii to ir Walter !cott. wizsru r ot ih.r ! rili, in to be unveiled soon.m . . .1- ri If" 1 I il. r lai-aue il ins resinenCB in xwuie i wVt-n liMvisitid it the Ust lim while on his way In Abbotsford to die. The ceremony is to be conducted by the A nglo-Aruerican colony in Rome. I C.f n ' Onrfiplrl i t Mentor. Ohio. flooded with a deluge of letter, and telegrams, which he is answering in detail, lion. A. O. Riddle i of Wash ington is busy on Gen. Gaifield'a forth coming life. , ' A IV-- ession of temble dayhave followtd eioh other in New Y'oik City and the Hrrouudiur country. mro or less ovi r the north, on account of the Intensely torrid heat. Even on the great iur at Tug Long Branch -the. heat rov to 95, in the town to DO, at Ked lirativh, N. J., to 100 in the shade, and at Perth Amboy to 102. In the city of Tirouklyn the death ate nearly doubled that of the week before, and in Xew Y'oi per day. k itself it rose above 120 A Dr. Tanner, of New York prooses to fast 40 days without eating anything; I and had already reached 83 hours at 7 o'clock on Tbesday cvenioc- tin that I time he drank! 72 ounces iof Croton I water. Ai.oihrrjtrrrible ship disaster occur red on .Monday to a Long Inland Sound Hteaiiu r. The Seawanhaka was discov ered io Uv on fire jiist alter she passed II ell ,;. !, ami whs benvhed by the C-M'iain at the marshes just at the out- crMlM Kandall's Island.' At least 00 livis wi re lost. Many were drowned and some burned, Chas. A. Dana, Esq., of the tt'un.r was on -board and swam ashore. It was a shocki? gsight to wit ness tho crowd ol pnBsengers 1 penned between . the fye aud water, the boat being loaded heavily with men, women, children and babies, going out to the summer places on the north shore of L)rg 'Inland. The American ar.d Irish rifle teams heid their conlfst at poUymount, Ire land, on the 28th of June. The-first match between tho two-teams wa a . . . . 3 ''. tie. In the other two the Americans led 12 points. The first trial was at 800 yards, and one other at 900 yards, and one', at 1,000 yards. The grand total of the Americans was 1 292, and of li Af 41. Jine oime - the I tn-.li 1280. Colonel -Dodi Arm Mean team was presented with a beiiurt by tlie Iadici There ,waa a 0iit- ... .::nuj. --- ' -1 f Aimricau team" shoulei themelves , i -. hoarse. '.''. " . Picsideut Hayes has visited theccm- tery in liranford, Conn.j and fouud the tombs one ol "Capt Eieki-l Hayes," his great grand father. - The old gen tleman was "a! brickmaker.. was a man P Brahford nearly 100 vears ago. lhe President also visited tho house built by his great grand father in 175G, the I bricks of which were made by him. Gen. Tyner is now acting PostrMas- ter General, and it is thought that Hon. Horace,. Maynard, the successor of .Indir" ICw. wi I aume Ms duties o - about the first of August. Th report and recommendation iu the Whittaker cne are be ine copied at tho NVnr DriKtrtmrnt, Thry are very vrdiiniiiitni and will not be ncteil on for scver.il days. ...... ..II tf L'OH I'llNSItl.Tl- TION. , 'u:( mre tha" tf", jca' cxpen -..t..,;n;-.i.ritf that new and re- C-iivir ai , m w n . . - i Oavcen." and after k careful observa- s action n the largest range or diseases, some ofhem of the most com- plicated and ho,lcs character, we are now prepared to treat tnat special line of eases Which are usually regarded by the profession as beyond the reach of medical skill. Not that we will proniiie a cure, in any and every case that wilt eowo to us, lt we invite a statement, ly let ter or other wie, of the ce of any of lbal irRe cis l -utTertng which we h4Te rtftfrmi. 1 Jwfu-Uj. condered, and invalids to Thia will be cowparad with othtr ut siniuar ca4 which we have had under tieafaent, and as boo- e,t and iutelliicnt an opinion Iiven as U na, Win mx power 10 render. For tLu w. wil -ak m chlrtt, whether, Oiygrn Treat- llaliAII the .nt h ordered or aot.- Send for .r ' . . oa Cooapownd Oayge. which ... -xArd c Vttu may find . f just like yeor , -f h k ,ccefullT Ireat- " ' I . ad. Address DRS. csTAaaTRT WPi s .. . . i , ,V, . - j . , . . c.irtrd Strt. PhUadel- I Mr mmmm-m " ' I . j - j , I The ca ef the .railroads I American VUo Tr,TPk . " T'l wa vaniM" Chamber ThrIay by Jodge McKey. haa bfen poatpoel .tU ueat Thur- markable remedy lor enrome awcasCT, i m hQ BUpi-rtcj in their lavs ful juris now so widJy kuowtf a "Compound diction. While the General thus iu- I nuwi'ii'M x u-iii, sistuiu iiujSDOiuiJw.Miuui 'I'l.. 1? ...nKI .. C.r illj I -"tp" um.au .uumvu n.. v" Ustrict assembled at Goldsboro on IhursUaj, July lt. and afier a report ol the cominittec on credentials,' the ballot lor member .of Congress was proceeded with. Col. L. W. Jlum- Phre-T led UP t0 tbe niutli ba5Iot. wben the Tote slootf L. W. Humphrey, 7 Orlando Ilubbs, 9, and he was declared nominated. . Orlando Hubbs is a citizen of New- bern and is Sheriff of Craven county and haa for a long time been prominent in public affairs. . ye understand that the nomination ifi& be assented to by all the contesting factions and rival candidates -of the District, and that .narmony will prevail. The Republican majority in that District is about 9,000, and Mr. liubbs will le .elected without any doubt. - HANCOCK IN LOUISIANA. It is well understood that Gen. Han cock's strength' in the south is due to a certain official, order No. 40, issued by him as the commander of the fifth mil- tary district, Louisiana and Texa?. We had made, up our mind not to draw the matter into di.-:cussi'ou unless compelled to by the iudiscretion of his huppoitcrs. While we iire conscioua that General Hancock will ho compelled to stund very severe criticism during the can v.is.irand lake many hard' knocks, on account ,of the position ni wliich ha has allowed himself toYbe placed, we personally feel kindly, toward him, and are disposf d to permit him to get out of an unpleasant position with as little loss of respect fiom his friends as may be. ; ; ' j We will ttate, 'howe-vcr'lh': f.k-u :w they are, with tjie . couvictio; that the less the malU r is hlirrtd tip the better it will be f-r Gt-n. Hancock's, reputa tion. Wi; think he a-sunicd coinniaiid of the fifth military department on the 29th of November ISG7, Mr, Jbhnsou then beiugl President, and -lien-Grant being commander of the arniy On the same dav the following orucrA .s isued: Order No. Io. HKArni'iisFiFTir Militauy Du) liEXEKAI. URDEKS . -JO. New Ok leans, Nov. 29, 1SG7. I 1. In accordance with General Ur- It r tt t . i i .... I ae 61 iieaa.fuariers ot tiie army, Adjutant Getifral's oilioe, Washington, D. C.J August 27, ! S(j7, Major Generai v. o.' JianccK ncrtoy assumes, com v n I r i i mand of the Fifth Military District, and of the 'dep.irtme.nt -composed'-' of 2. "'Ke'Gc'ncf aVCbW MM ing'is' giuu- Bed to learn that, peace and quiet reign iu this department. . It will bo his pur pose to preserve, this condition ot things. As a means to this great etui he regards tne maintenance of the civil authori ties' in the faithful execution ol the laws .as the most'efficient tinker the ex-. isting circumstauc.es. Iu war it is in dispensable to repel torce by force, and overthrow and xlestroy opposition to lawful authority. Bat when insurrec tionary lorce has been overthrown and peace estaoiisueu, ana me civu auiaor- itied arc ready aud willin to pcriorm their duties, the military power should cease to lead and the civil administra tion resume its natural and rightful do minion. Solemnly impressed with these iews. the General announces that the great principles of American liberty ire still the lawful inheritance of this Luml and T(r should ht. The ri'-ht bf trial bv iurv. the 'habeas corpit. the lil.prtv ni ihe i rcss. the JreeUom, ol speech, tlie natural rights ot persons and the ivim ei prcpeny uhi.mw pre-. served. JiVee institutions wla'.e they are essential to tne prospemy ana i-.ap- -I ..r;. Iuva l-irnwh the strongest iilducemeu's to peace and order. Crimes and otlonccs corh muted iu this district luuit he reii-rrcu to tue consideration ana piaguum oi ine reg- , . . . t T . k- j I m Kit nla 111 flliW.t t r 1 ll'l lltt 111 i mar i ii ii uiuu-uai-Si uv-'v w " dicates his purposes to respect tho lib- ernes oi yux y, forciblo rc3i8Uncc lQ the law will be instantly suppressed by arms. I Uj command oi Major General W. S. Hancock. On tho 10th ol March 150S, he was relieved rom this command' by order of the secretary of ar. .. I f any Democrat will la.e the trouble to co:- lect and irint all the facts cuonected with vicn llaucyick-. brief career in that Dep artmeut, aud can find his rc- spect tor r.n liiiuvHk iacreiscd. he WiU be fo rtunato The subject matter of the order, the phraseology and thi the document ii enough to j animus t give the key to'a tranciio,sut.5ccuily Inconsonant with his dunci as x socr and a ctlxen. It w ill le found to be a utTjcieully J Ood opportunity to gtbtr thorn in- ! . teaa .o gr.p. A THICK AT WU Itvi aW have received Ike ioiloiu teU- gram from a Iriend at Ivurgaw UVaUAW, . v , J I vtimB lr A rinntic scheme Ujin ut hit to erlebrata Monday as the Fourth of Julf. Jo ia the old aivle, hut t loria T! i ..-.'. "-v:. .v.. .v:-w ' v.M j T1' ' Jl I AtthnrJeUb are U.eg tomed kr. t TV tn J a Deniorauc ciuo. a s uicj- iu.ua, i vi h ret the p?l '. M arunst drpir. -rl'eader u A magnificent nieteor fell near Ma- i. .1 . r iL. unit .... con, ura., ou m .iu. o i" mvuiui It was about the sir y of a barrel, and it darted athwart the aky shedding a sort of electric light, which changed to a brilliant red, and then to saffron. When it struck the earth the detona tion was like that of a 100 ton gun ten miles at sea. ! It was seen and heard for 40 miles around, and . created such terror among the people by its roaring and intense light that the whole people fell into cries of alarm and prayers. Garfield and Arthur clubs are being formed in South Carolina. lion. John Cessna, chairman of the state committee of Pennsylvania writes to the Cincinnati QqseUe i "I -' haye no more doubt about the result in Penn sylvania in November neit, ; 'than I have about the vote of'Alleghany count y," Alleghany county is always overwhelming by Republican "On the contrary, our nominations at Chicago have united all the elements of the party, and I have yet to meet the first man who ever pretended te be a Repub lican who is not earnestly at work for Garfield and Arthur. A genUemaa from Washington writes to the N. Y. Times- ' As the leadicg Republican, paper in this country, will you not advocate the policy of an early opening of the cam paign by the seuding of prominent speakers from the urjrth to South Caro lina, .Honda, Mississippi and Louisi ana. No piovc on tlie part of the Na- possibly do so much! to create conster nation iu the ranks ot the Democracy, and at. the same time encourage Repub licans everywhere the adoptionof sucu a course, A, little boy 9 years old, named Ed- gar Lacey Siccr, wrote from Martins- burg, West Va , to Gen. Garfield, ask- ing him to contribute his mite to the missionary fund of the M. E. Church there. To which Gen. Garfield re- pi;. I , IIOUSE OF Re1'KESESTAT1VS, ( Washisgtox, June 28, '80. t Deau LittleTriesd: Partly ivr lue saxe oi tne t.r tuc saKe oi the missionary cause ud partly as a tribute t a 9-year old oy.who can write so handsome a letter 1 !. , "I boy as you have done, I inclose one to aid you in your contribution. Very truly yours, J. A. Garfield. -' - Master Iidgar Lacey Speed, Martins- bure WcstVa ' . . i ii 13 ,-i uiihiane uiai me cecretary ol I t lie 1 reasury lias ctascd to purchase U. . bonds for redemption, -lie has just Hilihouse to purchase $1,000,000 worth of United States bonds for the sinking fund ( oi.i muus, A meeting was called j by Jinny McDowell in Waccamaw I township, .ou the 17th of June, for the I purpose f selecting delegates to a I county Lcpublican convention to be J held at KHaubethtown on July 3d. Those sth t ud were: G. L. Patrick. I James Bady, Y6rk Williams and Uenry McDowell! ! , CIT ITEMS. Chew Jackson's llest Swjeet Navy Tobacco. iy A row of trees has been set out on I Ix.lh sutcs ol the turoniKP. in ine course ofa year or two it will be a u;f i d 5tc I ' i I UUI UIUU BtUI W IU ,nvn . pui''" with !Malt Bitters," the new. Food Medicine which hasdoneso much good and comes to us so highly recommend- ed. v Try it. It may save you a heavy doctors' bill. , ' ! 4t A Household Need. . . t .i t- -1. i- " 1 A k.w.V rn Ilia T iror ta ilunSMfi ami !..,:. ..,tnan ,i.nl fra Tnoln.linT iUllt . I V ..U.V J . &vu v v . o treaties upou Liver Complaints, Tor- pid Liver, Jaundicej liiliousness, Headache, Constipation, Dyspepsia, ! Mafaria, etc. Address Dr. Sanford. 162 i:roadway, Ncw Yor;CityfcN. V. 4t , A postal card received here from Dr. V- n.5,,1 .nnnnnm lh. tlTn rrt- -"kJV'"'--' r yal of the unfortunate i lunatic, Pctet S.lterthorn, t the asylqra in Morris Plains. N. J . on Tuesday. He was I auiet until the aitemoon, wnen ne oe-t came wifcse, but waa controlled until J after their arrival at Vaihiogton(whea j chloral tad to be administered ; and on chior-l tad to be thttr amyal at J had to be proenrt ersey City, assistance procured and force ucd until the asylum was reached. 31 A P O r GETTY?tc,tS--iW9 hlfC geaawn oy norm Mr, separate map ef each day' battle at Crtttvsbnrr. commencing with the first engagement on the lrtday of Jajy. tj iiidir el Jait i t mn tho nirht of thm - -- 3rd of Ja:y, or the early morula j th4th. when the Confederate troop -;W.-. Thm drawa br OtLA. ik liachelder. ferumly af the Federal araiT. aaa were moww m Sheriff Maaaieg by. hli old carp com maaier, Ga. II. O. Wright, of the ilk Amy Corpa. Independence day. Awful warm weather, thh. The thermometer registered 90 in this office yesterday. I ': 1 1 Hurrah, and three "rip-roaring" cheers for ou; candidate?, Garfield and Arthur. The residence of Mr. A. W. Reiger, near this city, was consumed by fire last Monday morning. In three days more the State Repub lican Convention will assemble in Ral eigh, to nominate a state ticket. v An infallible remedy for Fever and Ague ia Ayer's Ague Cure. Wholly regetable and containing no quinine, it is harmlcts and sure. . The Charlotte IYcst learns that it is very probable that Bishop Mark S. Gross of Wilmington, will make Char lotte hi headquarter?. A party of surf-bathers at WWghts ville Sound, came near loosing their lives by venturing too W out. The presence of mind of one of them sayed their lives. - Hereafter the Passport will mako the run to SmithTille Saturday afternoon and remain thereuntil Monday morn ing, thus omitting the Sunday trips down the ri ver. Qufte a number of draymen were carried up to the City Hall during the past week, on account of not ha, aving paid their liceuse tax Some of them had not piid their tax in over a year. Howard Gooding, a colored pauper, was picked up on the streets a few days since, in a sick aud destitute condition, and sent to the County Poor House, died there Friday morning from the fnects of a severe hemorrhage, Name-to be Changed. We learn lUat D-V -raer 01 ln9 1 0st ('' eral, the name of the Post Office herie- tofore known as Black River Chanpl , has been changed to Delta, Sampson , . XT V . ' . . I county. N- C- The change will go into 'effect on the 18th inst. The Race. The yacht race on the Fifth bids fair to bo the most closeW ' cioseiy contested and interesting one ever yet had by the club, The" yachts Ripple, Carolina Flirt, Restless, Lizzie. Fan nie, Bessie Lee, Little Sister, Frolic order. Scared Off. An unsuccessful at- tempt was made on Thursday night to burglarize the residence of Mrs. Martha Ward, -on Queen between Ninth and Tenth streets." The thieves tried to effect an entrance throuch a window but were heard and frightened off. ASSAULTED. Sam Kelly and Jof Myers, colored, murderously assaulted a soldier of the garrison at bmithville a soldier of the garrison at Smithville on Tuesday last. The wounds sus tained by the soldier arc not as severe as was at Grst thought. The, would-be assassins are said to be in this cityj. I.MTROViNG.-r-Thc soldier who was &o murderously assaulted a few days ago at Smithville, U said !o bo improving The injuries sustained are not so kc'ri- ous as was at first thought, and the at imi;nr nhyaioian now thinks that am B I J l putation of the hand and arm. will not Ibe necessary. TobXcco Culture. An jtff-jrt has been made to induce farmer, in th'u section ot tne county i un.. baeco. Tbey have s becu advued not to 1 attempt to raise' tobacco known as I 1 I v"'"wvv w ...v nsw4. rK.Ti. ri, i : i . 1 1 r kii.-.l. .....mil I . . , . " uo , - manuiaciuic v. A Tb,ais lliXb "Dead. -A colored man named Charles Ho well, a native of Sumter, S, C, iwno has been run-. ntng as a train hand with Capt. liitn'l. I " i. .. . . . i .. lOUQU UHU UUUCI luc Bun t a iuxuu Friday morniog. The idfcaicd left here on Ctt. Carson's Uaia alive and weil Thurn'ay afterno jn. Death op a Liisut House KtErtx John MaUrkey, keeper cf the Oak Island Lbrbt House since 1S6T. died ot paralytis last Tuesday. He ca; to Wilainrton la IS 15 as part owner of Ttaaal, and waa engaged io the coasting trade. He had led a taxied lile. He wa . served ia the Ateawaa war, was oa the steamer fcEecue" ia aa expedition ia search of Sir John Fraakan. aa J wa. muuoisu Jiwa inai.iw,aN w for a while ia the Ctoaai Ssarvey. He j f tx , t' ef waa ooru ia wwacgw wsj, and wa about 1 yean oM. Uis rt - I maiaa were !murtt te t cy h I burial, whert the faaeral amice were w iawfc,iivi - ia tatv icr. t . e - Ik, and h rtaais wereepiu litcaiko:: Coetery. tie wUo hat SMckiUrvav New Mail Wagos. Bonrell Amy, the contractor for conreying the inail in this city between the Pcstoffice and the yarious trains, has -put on' a .new regulation wagon, It -.waa bbllt . by Messrs.- Gerhardt ;&J Con in' this ;cityr and is quite an improvement on . the old cart used for the purpose for seyeral years past, being both neat and hand some. ' ! I :i ' PfiOGEESS OF TITE DtXPLIJT CaAL. The Directors of this company held a meeting on the 30th of June at Ban nermans Bridge, in Pender conaty. There were, present at the meeting Mtr, B. G.'Worth, President, and Messrs. W. T. Bannerman, W. L. Young and Wa. Calder. j Much progress has been made and the canal-way has ben opened sixty feet wide, and the sluice-way cnt ftr 1 miles and three tidi water creeks ef fectually dammed. j. ; -i . A pLEASANTTRiuiipn.l-Mr. Thomas Woodrow Wilson, a son of the Rey. Dr. Wilson of the First Presbyterian Church of this cUy. has been awarded at the Commencement of the Unireraity of rirginial the "orator's medal," an award for excellence in elocution and rhetoric. His addjress was . one of of the regulir parts of the Commence ment exercises, and according to the report oflhe N. Y. 1erald, was admi rable as a rhetorical production, being a disquisition on the subject of discus sing living and current subjects, and tne principles of government, and the college societies. 'The young student is on a visit to his home in this city, wearing his fresh laurels. ArrEsirrrED IxcjEXDiAitY.An at tempt wasmade Thursday night last, to burn the dwelling of Rer. Geo. W. Price, on Sixth between Ann and Nun streets. Combustable and imflamablo matter bad been placed under the house and & train of powder led to it from the sidewalk. The pewder was fired but as the train seemed to be an imperfect one, the imflamable material under the house was not ignited. No clue. j ' j ' ' A similar attempt was made last week to burn a tenement houssbelong ing to Gej. W, Price, Jr., situated on Church between 5th aud Clh streets. Two arms-full ol splintered lightwood, a bag of ehavingsl lot of cotton, and a two gallon jug) of kerosine oil, was AuuU uuder iuu njuse. A part Ol the so close together that had this House caught fire, G or S houses would have been consumed btfjro anything could bfi don(j arfest fl anies. North Am ERitAx Review. The contents of Ah is Maeazme for tho month of July.are: Prince Bismark asaFriend of America and as a Statesman; Canada auu "PT , , n ' . .J', ,; . - r . T It Thnr . , Rogers, M.Pi; Tho Ethics of Sex, Miss M. A. Hjirdaker; The Panama Canal, Count de Ferdinand Leiseps: and some notes on "iNana auu me rAioins (doubtful works of fiction,) by A. K. ... . . Fieke. The castigation which Mr. Firke fedutiu'uters to tbece two fre and foreign authors U Undoubtedly what thiy desrrvo albeit, bis notice of thfin nill ' -- . their sale. Gold win i, wlj has n.cro sense, about Aflinicas relauou with Canada and about American Btfaira in general than most Englishmen, furnuhea a very sag- geslive article to such persons as bc- a , liU ( thenext CCQ. lury be tbe UDificaUon of the pop- ulations of. North America, under' one . . ... I rriir r t vat m nf la and ciriliZAlian. - - I - Prof Ssaith'a article merely look, it ia trueto1 a alow tep towards the union of the I nked States' and Canada. President IUrtlclt of Dartmouth has traveled ail over the route which Motes is supposed to have takes, and compare ancient authors with the Mosaic narra tive with a great amouut vf learning. Without being at all irreverent, the article, of Dr. lUrtlett haa the cGVct of dimtaSshfng in a mraanre the mi ra;u!oU -,rct of that expediUoo, as when wo heard of it at tho Baaday School. After reading the article, we naturally pare Una and Joshua ad ditiooai credit wt: execauve aauay ta a inf nearly amuuoo pcoF wiu to ach aaceeao over o 3coi ana long route. T aere b rery UiiU IrAhe i. , im l-Ses, tnas is pica artkie grate oa Ue roagh 4abce ti esslhaiiirt by iu t W MX tm 1ST i m- 4 -j r i t r,iW!i Kmt; M V. h;. f , 7 T, 1 rxarr a.T.j nwwrxw, ruu F" r I thaakte; Mm rraa4 oU coctUy. i r1, - n , - - ta j.lJTj eartmiimm. t'jn jff ter aad tm arti wVasky wa H aa U tai city. I mmim NJSW Alt VJZMISEEXMTS. "WJIMngton&iTeldon Kanroaa PABSISGER DEPARTMENT, : ! : 1 Wilaington, June 28, 1SS0. ... IHPORIAHT to SUMMER TOURIST. QN and after thla date direct eonnectk u wiU be made, vlaGoldsboro, Kaleljh and Sauakury,toAhevUte. N. O. Hickory. N . C Clea Alpine, N. 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