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County Ticket.
For the Senate,
JIEWERY E. SCOTT.
'For the House.
W. II. .WADDELL.
JAMES WILSON.
; ; For Sheriff.
K II. MANNING
, For Itegistrr of. Deeds..
. JOSEPH E.SAMPSON. '
Fur Treasurer.
ELIJAH IIEWLKIT.
For t? Tncr.
E. L. llEWEKi r.
K .r(Vntallo of Wilmington Township.
JOHN CL At HORN SMITH.
MtHrtrs. John W. Shackelford and
William IS Canaday, candidates for
Coiigresw, will address their fellow citi
zens at the following times and places :
Fwyelteville, Cumberland " 27tb.
Kingsbury, 1 28th.
Rockfisb. " " ' 2Uth,
Hollow; Bladen u " 30th.
Elizabethtown ' " Oct. 1st.
Turnbull " " . . 2nd.
The speaking will take place at 12
o'clock;', !., each day. Other candi
dates for Congress are invited to attends
TllK "COSTINUANCK OF i'HAUJ).
TlicOouiity Commissioner" in every
county in ibis state are soliuly Deuio
crt; ly an Act of a Democratic leg
islature, and' not. by the election of the
icllo of the several couutics. And it
Iihk come to our knowledge ''lV.at tue
pl.in ol appointing Republican poll
liid.lern rt quired by law, is being mado
with a view to appoint many who can
uot read the b.tllots, which they are re
4irird jlo certify as. cast at tho poll in
iiiinitig t'hitioo, ihertby virtually
Anting t i In K' pubiicans in such
lii.iliip.aii opportunity to exaiuiue
lli.v4ll.t n in bv ihV p-il
NVV. Vln it-f-nv, give n:icr, ilia!, in
it-rj iii!lrir wlitic urh apjMint
mviitii bat been or arc made,- if the
,mo are permitto"! to staud, that afB
dfitsof such poll-holders, setting
forth the fact of their iuability to read,
will in every case be tav.en tbrotiphout
the state and the mimes composing the
lKiit'K lafic IViarda aj poiotiug them be
ptiulMud.
T r uthern llourWnJiniplieitly be-
I'txrs that his state is the ration, tho
K. . ' I . it. ..1 .. aM
J . ni't of l ho.' present member, of Con
i;rrM Irtnu the rebel state. The south
rrn Kcpublienns nud those who affiliate
iib them, are ualioual. Of this clasa
tinifral Mahone of Virginia, b is a dis
ti"Kui?!hcd example, wh?, though not a
( ll'ublkan, ha the genius to cousoli
; d.tle tie nieutf, in aome rlecta diaao
oioiinto.a aolul aud compact and
irtgeable whole. He is of the most
uui.jup piditicat character whom recoa
trucii ui hs bred oit of the seething
ml lumultnous mm. II is eon tea- pt
old eonteniioualisins and his lofty
CvinflJrnee ahj audacity h, indeed,
uptb. W it he ha made himself
nisirr of the Mlutkm ia Vlrginia.aad
l able to dclj the ancient raniifica
liens of crustiness
. TlllUH IN TllK ICiST.
A ftieadi write th 1T that the
Hon. J. J. Martin has taken the stuaap
mico. Cjrui W. ClianJy for Con
V io ia First lWuict. U alao aaya
tkat Ja6ff Baxtoa Is snaking a aplen
4i imrhrsslons wherenr ho tos n4
mhere . Jarvi-s ha thiaks
n neonteric teeat dissalUEicUon
aaj U contiUctt4 the went demagogue
em appeared beiura oar people.
Caae4aj k tttting oa first rae and has
ckiBcta ahead. Jdge Favla
n hoc4 Ue ahlU calher by rtfug
te divkle Uaea Uk J edge W. A. Ueora
i the tint District, and with Uoa.
Aiptstaa U. JJoore oor raadUate fot
AttorM-0AtraK .
AUGUSTUS M. MOORE. .
Augustus M. Moore, Eq , the Re
publican candidate for Attorney-General
was born in Edenton in December
1841, and still resides in that. town.
He is the second son of the, late Hon.
Augustus Moore, who was universally
recognized as one of the ablest lawyers
and best Judges in the state. Heat
tended school at the Edenton Academy
and at Horner's School, at Oxford, this
state, when in Junel859 he entered the
University, remaining until Ihe winter
of 18G0-6K Hw pursuit was that of
agrlculturs untii-the opening' of the
war, when he volunteered as a private,
April, 1801, in Co. A. 1st N. C. State
Troops, commanded by Capt. Skinner,
under Col. Stokes. He served in Vir
ginia until February,. 1862, when he
was promoted to Lieutenant of Artil
lery. In 1SG1 he was detached from
the Company and placed on Staff duty.
Mr. Moore was licensed to practice
law in January 1SC7, and while' de
voting his time to his profession he
has taken an active part in every move
ment involving the interests of the
people. In 1871 hf was a candidate
for the Convention, tunning: ahead of
his ticket. In 1872 he declined the
appointment of Solicitor of tho First
Judicial District in favor of Willis
Dsgley In the aamo year he was
elected a County Commissioner by a
large majority and served two years as
Chairman of tho poard. In 1871 he
was a prominent candidate for Congress.
In 1S7" li declined the nomination as
delegate to tho State Convention. In
1870 Jic u na nominated for State Sena
tor by acclamation, but declined; and
on tho 7th inst., at tho Republican
Sate Convention at; Raleigh he was
unanimously nominated for Attorney
General. ,
Mr. Moore i a lawyer. Loving the
profession, and possessing a peculiar
adaptability for it, he has rapidly risen
until he now stands at the front among
the memberi of tho Bar. With quick
perceptions, possessing reasoning fac
ulties htrong and clear, and having ob
tained a thorough kcowlcdso oi Ihe
law, he is specially qualifiedrfor tho re
sponsible oilice for which he has been
nominated.
In politics, Mr. Moore is an earnest,
outspoken Republican. - He has taken
an active part in every campaigu since
1872. He has few equals on the stump
and as a writer her is able and vigorous.
Personally he is very popular and here
in the east, where he is known, ho will
poll a large vote. Carolinian.
l)K.UOi:K.VT3 AJfO OAKKIELD. j
While several Democrats in this state
are blackguarding, Gen. Garfield ; ac
cording to the vernacular of pot-houses
let them close their foul mcuths and
listen to what decent Democrats say of
him :
Jiulcc iJeremlali 8. ttlnck.
From an .'interview in The JThilailefjihia
rred, Atj. 50th, 1SS0, ' t
Wiih regard to the Credit Mobilier
iranxnctior 1 have Said, and always will
say. that I believe that Gen. Garfield
told me the truth about it. He would
not. do anything else. I watched the
development of the investigation, and
I saw nothing in that to alter ray opin
ion. I will tell you, Gen. Garfield's
hands were clean in that transaction
he has always kept them, but he un
fortnnataly adopted the false defence of
thoo who were guilty and who expect
ed Oake Ames to swear them through,
instead of standing on his own true and
good defence and leaving the guilty to
their fate. There was his devotion to
party. It was urfecd upon him aaa
party necessity, and he yielded to that
consideration, as he always will. His
party demanded the sacrifico, and he
made it. For that reason the Credit
Mobilier affair has not hurt him with
his party, aud will not and ought not,
Ibel'eve firmly in Gen. G&rfiela'i per
sonal integrity, and 1 base my judge
ruent-upon an intimate knowledge of
his private walk and conversation.
Conjrrrstniau llliam M, Springer of
Illinois
i
From Sjceeh tfi A o'J ntiyltlort i
June, ISS0.
My Irirnda, the Republican party has
nominated as ita candidate lorlVeai-
deut James A, Garfield of Ohio, (deri
sive laughter); a man who has been in
public service, long been the leader of
bis party, and wtap stands to-day the
mightiest warrior or then ail, the
greatest Republican member of the
Lower House of Congress. (Sensation.)
I know James A. Uarneld by being
with him ia the Lower House of Con
gres for year and I Xoow that there is
cq Republican or that party abler than
he. 1 see that the newspapers are
making charge against his character j
but, my friends, I cannot ay that they
are ia any wise true.
aaeJssela""" mi'1
Senator Kdmnnd of Vermont, oa
hearing that G. Fancoek did not
free with him in believing that there
was no law nor amendment U prtTtat
giving a pension to a .rebel soldier aaid
a Democratic Congress has'ovly lb pass
a bill rvpralisp the lojajty 1$
ehvlmant to eVcaxe an ttaobatracted
road to the Treaaary io the ' payment
of claims ahk-h he ceiimatcs at "haft
dred and probably thousands of mil-,
hona. Ie aIo decVutM thai the Coa,-
tltuOon Moos not Uad ta the way of
Costrees penaionlog every rebel sol
dirr or eoldien widow assd ' chOlrea,
or. Indeed, every ether rebel, if k
ideas Which versio alU the aorth
accept! That of Jma4 and Ttklee,
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, SUNDAY,
Latest.
Governor Cornell wasscriously ill on
Tuesday night at Coney Island of ma
larious fever, and his physician was
called from Albany. ;
I Senator Blaine who has been visiting
Concord, New Hampshire, has com
menced a speaking tour, and on Satur
day night cxpecto address a meeting
of 30,000 in Philiultlphia the largest
ever held there.
It is rumored that Jay Gould ia to
come into control of tho Western
Union.
' The Irish Republicans are very ac
live in New York.
The Unitarian Conference is iu ces
sion at Saratoga, composed of Rev. Dr
Bellows, James F rceman Clark, W. H.
Chancing, now of Loudon, aud Rev.
Robt. Collyer, while- E. Rockwell Hoar
of Boston, presided.
Sir William Howe, the British Com
mander, having hung Nathan Hale,
whom Washington had sent into the
British lines as a ppy, only a fw hours
after his capture and Without trial,
when Andre was captured, he. was
speedily tried by Court Marti il on
which sat Gueral LaFafayctte, Baron
gteub amJ Americati ofncerSf a 1 of
, . '
nuviu iicio iij ujui-jcuyiHi;f wsia etui-
enced and hung at Tarry town, October
2nd, 1730. They have; just i now held
centennial etremonica oh the ppot
where he-wa.i captu-ed
Whoever heard the Bpoecblol" 'Abni'
ham Lincoln at Gettysburg, and had
been a soldier and remembers that
speech, cannot vv lW; Hancock now,
unless he wants it understood "that
these dead shall have died in vain."
If anything could t route more sur
prise than another, H was that our
morning coteniporary utmulJ appear
with the obitua ry of Col. John W.
Shackleford iu its .i!umns It lauituts
tho political demise of. Col. Waddell,
and ' exclaims -'Apathy appaling
apathy, did it." Andthen presses tho
pathetic qtecstion, "Do you h.leml to
do as ypu did in 1S7S?" "Jf you' pre
fer him (Canaday) to a sound Demo
crat, you ought to cease to call j r-ur-sclf
anything else than a Uepublicaii,,
"Are you about to repeat this follJ''
"are you determined?" V
1 i
What is attracting alfcntioii lately is
tho; large number i f powder-posted,
seedy, second hand,played-dut nobodies
who arq goipg over to Hauccck. Han
cock will by and by be worse off than
Jack Falstaff wa
who
swore
he
would n t march his rabble through
Coventry. Among the, last who have
joined the noble phalanx of Hancock-
onians m
the forty day ..'faster,
Dr.
Tanner.
CoiigrtsJiiau
J.C Blackburn of
Kentucky wag a -lote tongue. At a
speech in liatavia, Ohio, the other dav
he said in his Hatsnt style: "Let j the
Radicals grease their brawl about a
solid south. She h solid, lhauk liod !
She was solid for-Jeff Davis in 1 SCO,
and we will be solid for Harrcccfc; in
1830." . ;..,' 'I '
It is a significant fct, as shown by
the Tribune, that while the National
Democratic Conventions in 1SC1, lGS,
1872 and 1876, had iu their; platforms
glowing resolutions pledging themselves
to the payment ot pensions to the sol
diers and sailors of the Republic, they
omitted such a declaration entirely at
their Convention at Cincinnati in 1S?0.
Well did Blhshoovcir say, under the
light of tho fact that out of l,$o bills
lor pensions introduced iu both Houci
of Congress only 35 were passed, that
"pension billsdo not have much fvor
with the present Democratic House"
and that the "Rebel General who is at
the head of the Tcntdin Committee in
the Senate ia still more averse to allow
ing any such bills to prsi."
- ; . j
The Nokhi American Rkvikw.
Mr. Thomas A. ldisoh contributes an
article to the October; uu ruber oi ! the
' (i - 1
YorfJ JimiM RcriK, in which he
ttatca that he has ucceeded in making
the electric light (ntirely practicable
for all illuminating purposes, Ue shows
the advantages of electricity over gas,
and explains bow his system u io be
introduced. He comments upon ! the
unfavorable opinion that have been
passed open hi work, audi say that
similar judgment's were pronounced
ttpba telegraphy, steam navigation,! and
other great dUcxmiiea. .hcr articles
a the C-aober numoer of the SttUf
are: "The Democratic Irty jadged
Tbj it History, by Eaiery A. &cro;
The Uaic of Ceatrai Ameika", by
Ieer Chanuy; Tm Usereaac ef
the laahbalh by Eev. Dr. Leoaard
Pacoa; "The Cam'paigw of by
Jadgt P, Thew Wright; The TaxaUaa
of Charch Tropett j", y Kv. Dr. A.
W. V&atr, and "Receat xm ia
Atreoy, by rrol. E S. HoWea,
? Rice bird are1 pUjij; ewt a-M j
arecxreL
Political.
Gen. Grant' and Senator Conkl ng
are to visit General Garfield at Mentor,
and then Mr. Conklisg's fret speech
will be at Warren, Ohioi on the 28th.
General Grant will be present. Oa the
20th, Mr. Conkling will speafc at CleTe
land; at Cincinnati October 1; at Rich
mond, Ind., October 4jl at Lafayette
October C, and at Indianapolis Oct. i.
On his way back Senator Conkling
will speak in Pittsburg, the date of his
meetirjg there remaining to be fixed.
From about the 15th of October to No
vember 2 he expects to devote himself
to, the state of New York. . j ;
The Democratic National Committee
are committing fxandT upoa , the Post
offico Department bye-VtT-allcjBor
of illicit documents through the mails
iu big bags under thejrank of Sunset
Cox, Call of Florida, and others. Sev
eral cords of this rubbish are held up
ihlPostoflacee. i ' .
Ihe peaceful purposes atd cheer fu
temper of tho southern Bourbons is
shown by the fact that there5 has been
issued from a Richmond press a "New
School History of tho United States of
America," as full of treasonable lies ae
the Bible is of truths.
Tho Tribune:
Senator Wallace eaid in a speech in
Philadelphia on Saturday evening:
"No northern Senator or Representa
tive would dare to vote, nor has one
ever yet voted in favor of the payment
of pensions to southerners engaged in
the Rebellion." Iu tho Senate on
February 23. 1S79, the Arrears of Penr
sioria bill being under consideration, an
amendment was offered that no ex'f
rebel soldier "shall be entitled to re
ceive any pension under this Act."
The vote on this amendment was 21 in
the affirmative, all Republicans; 26 in
tho negative, all Democrats except 2.
Of the 24 Democrats, 7 were,' from the
north,? and one of them was Senator
Wallace. On tho same tliy it was
moved also that Jeff Davis bo excluded
from receiving a pension under the
Act. On this motion, 23 Republicans
voted in the aSrmativo and 20 Demo
crats, in the negative. Mr. Wallace
"dodged," but there were 5 northern
Democrats who voted in favor of in
cluding Davis. In view of this fact,
what is the name for the offence Mr.
Wallace committed in his speech?
Hancock has begun to dodge impor
tant political questions which arc not
settled in she Cincinnati platform.
The N. Y. Herald correspondent at
Indianapolis says of that skinflint W.
U. -English: ' j
It u an undeniable fact that bright
aud keen and successful as Mr. English
unquestionably is ho is.'far from being
popular with his townspeople or with
tho workers from out of . town. He
seems to have no social relations here,
and although, he has a comfortable and
acce.Vible house he has yet to iivite
any of ilie distinguished guesU who
are litre working for him to share its
hospitality. As one world known gen
tlemau ul to-day, ''He treats us as if
wc were Lire asking for employment."
The.-fu.:.o;.;'ints in Maine who don't
knew when i:ey arc bcMcu have agreed
pn a fusion eh ctorat ticket oi 3 fusion
to 4 Democrat, all on one ticket and to
be voted solid by fu&iondom.
The rag-baby ticket iu Maine, which
Haucock thought had been successful,
he telegraphed to the whispering
riaisted was "a glorious result." What
say the hard money Democrats! But
James h. Weaver, the Greenbacker-J
candidate ' fer President, telegraphs
Plaisted : "It is most amusing to see
the Democratic leader masquerading
behind the Greenback party aud call
ing our victory a "Democratic loom."
The Newbern Times says :
CapL Kitchen, M. C, tLe man who
was counted iu by the mt outrageous
frauds ever perpetrated in this city,and
CorgreKsioual District,"" was in the city
and made a stock c!ap-trap speech to
the Hancock and Jjafi club' Tuesday
nifibt. The display tf igucrance made
by him was too much lor some of the
orthodox cveu.
Thomas Settle of Florida, wbo was
President ot the Philadelphia National
puhlican Convention in 1672, says
that the Republican of that state are
making even a more vigorous ranva
than they made in 1ST 6, and are confi
dent of the state giving Garfield and
Arthur the electoral Tote,
Hon. L. F. 8. Foster of Connecticut
is dead. He was 13 years ia the Senate
from that state sad Yice-Predent prx
tern la Andrew Johnson time. Lately
he has been on the beach in Connecti
cut. Ue wa a good man aad a good
Republic a.
The Paa-Vrehytriao Aliiacce, hka
is to be la tmioa ia Philadelphia sooa
will be a great body of karaed wa and
Theologia&s of thai dua frosa all jru
of the world. Dr. J. R. WtUoa. of the
Pint rrtcri-n Charch of tJu city
U a delegate.
lIarhaU O. obcru la hi will learn
aa asaaity to kb widw cf f ,00O,aa4
the balaace of the estate rtsaala la tie
haad of the Executrix al It&cttors
daria g the klow hkx
S&tor CCUlst aad wte, were a tius
,-iUmcIII8. W. H CUi:rai
Waraar, Nw Uasrair4mUg.
SEP JEMBER 26, ISSp.
Brunswick - Republican Ticket.
The County Convention met at Town
Creek on the 21st day of September,
1880, and was'called to order by E. W.
Taylor, Chairman of the Executive
Committee, after which Hon. S. Wf.
Watts, was elected to the Chair, and
John W. King was elected Secretary.
Judge S. W. Watts mado a very brief
speech, and was followed by Mr. H. R
Scott of New Hanover, and he was fol
lowed by Mr. Sykcs;6f Bladen county,
the nominee for the Senate to represent
Bladen and Brunswick. . j
After which the following nomina
tions were made for Brunswick county:
For Representative John H. Brooks.
For Sheriff Edward W. Taylor.
For Register of Deeds H. K. Ruark.
For Treasurer E. M. Wcscott.
Fcr Surveyor Asa Ross.
Tor Coroner James Tharp.
Thia'licket will cause old Btunswick
to roll up a majority such as has never
been heard of in that county. -
The following 'gentlemen wcro, elect
ed as the County Executive Committee
of the Republican party : !
Waccamaw township, J. L. Innman.
Khallottcj towuihii, William Grissett.
Lockwoous Folly tewnehip, " P. M.
Bryant.
Smith villc township, R. M. Wcscott.
Town CrCck. township," Edward W.
Taylor.
North Witt tuwuthip, Benjamin J.
Walter.". Yours,
; . R W. T. ..
DEMOCJtATIU CAJJDlOATKa In
ltOCKBON.
LuMiiEUTON, Sept. 21, 1880.
Tu the, "Editor or the Post:
The Democrats of this county held
their convention on tbo first day of tho
rescnt ruonlh. Among the nominees
were Alfred Rowland, a young lawyer,
who when a member of the legislature
four years ago, voted for the change in
tho county government!, depriving tho
people of the right of electing their
Magistrates,. County Commissioners,
School Committees, Overseers of Roads,
and others. He is as unpopular as he
can be on account of that vote. But
he also voted for the odious privilege
tax of $10, making an old woman' who
sold peanuts on tho street pay the same
tax as a merchant doin a business of
$50,000 annually. !
Another was Faulk Floyd, who was
nominated for Sheriff. Ue waa one of
a party who took a negro from his cabin
and shot him to death, for no charge
and left him lying in tho woods un
buricd. He was outlawed among the
restjvbu't waa pardoned by; act of the
Democratic legislature of 1S75. Ho
had kept out of the way in the mean
time. It was th&tflct pardoning all the
outlaws, kuklux, &c, of the state ex
cept Steve Lowcry. V.
RJEI'UBLICAN MEETIKll.S
The Republicans cf Robeaou will
hold a grand meeting at Lumberton on
Monday the 25th ol October, ta bead
dressed by Judcc. Watts and O. H.
Dockery. !
The Republicans of Pender will hold
a Grand Jubilee ind Picnic, at the Big
Pine, two miles frcm Lccsbur, on the
2Sth of September, to Le addressed by
H. E. Scott, Esq., aud Gen. b. H. Man-
i - '
mat and W. E. Cowan, and others.
The Republicans of North West
township, met oni ifept. I'Oih, and after
beirig addressed by 3Ir. B.J. Walters,!
orgaai;ed a Garfield,Buxtoa aad Cana
day c'.ub, as follows :
Eii&sSwana, Presided , Nathan Lace,
Vice-President; B. J. Watter?, Sec.;
The. Hooper, A4t. Sec. ; Levi Bald
win, Treasurer ; aud, Robert Williams
aadj John RoLett,tcwarui.
Ifce nsrsaw .Uarneld, luxtun and
Canaday club iclorm-s lie Purr that
thty are !or the abjve naaioJ persons
against the whole wor!d. Their oCicer
are all elected -and, their riectirg are
harmonious.
I mmm
" Adjutant-General Jones write to
Geo. M. P. Taylor, of thi city, that the
plan ft an encampment of North Car
oli&a troops at Kiog' MouoUio has
been abandoned, and that there wjill
cowesjucntly be no sham fijht co that
occasion, a ha been a&novoceU. Gta.
Jo&r y that thi rcvcral of th pro
gramme is because be La fxiied to se
cure free tiaafrttioa fr the troop
cvr the railroad ia this state.
That the public school doa't tah
properly ere th aiapu bcaacke I
a fact which i oosszaatiy beiag ptwved
and trproved to popeuar dim ttuctioa.
TV Lrniij sceaLkx that
of the twe&tyae akaat tot ih
vacast cadeuhid it Unt i'oiaL cxa
A iaed la thai city lat weak, kw tha
oee-thira were good pAaa. a aauk
let aaa&bt gtti peitm. care!?
a fpuii wruli lat Ura
cJi . ;to4ciat trades. Ia all the
vnufa exataiaaikHw errars cf rat-
uaUoa J4 capttaliuikts Kiit b
foukd, a4 it waa W sna ta
Ea4i ta 14 th mt eedisary wi
paM. I -Vajry waa atade
t tsaa4 fcr aav ta aaoLW
th fU-t sajutyr Pttsadeat va
Stogie Copies 5 Ceiife
C1TX ITEMS.
Chew Jackson's Best Sweet Navy
Tobacco. ly ;
Substribers who do not receive their
papers regularly, will please report the
same to the office of the Post. . i
See ad. of John Werner,
Market street. !
No.
20,
A great many families arc changing
their residences, t "
New River Oysters are mn? being
brought to market. " ' '
Only one interment , ia Belleyu
Cemetery this week. . I
One interment in Oakdale Ceme
tsry this jjast week.- ""."
Six interments in Pine Forrest
during the past week.
No interments in the Catholic
Cemetery during the past week.
' f
The French societies have been cele
brating the birthday of LaFayelte. :
For the first time colored men have
sat on the jury in Louisville, Kentucky.
The Register of Deeds issued four
marriage licenses during the past
week.
We acknowledge " the receipt of an
invitation to the Second Annual Jair
of tho North Carolina Industrial Asso
ciation.
The double daily schedule of passen
ger trains have been replaced over the
Wilmington & Weldon" and Wilming
ton, Columbia & Augusta railroads.
Rev- Dr. Burkhesd preaches at the
Methodist Church in Smithyjlle to-day.
it being the occasion of the lourth
quarterly meeting for that station.
Col. Chas. R. Jones was in th's city
on Monday last, soliciting contributions
lor tho monument fund of- Kings
Mountain, He raised a nice little sum.
The fellow who wanta.to get 300 ne
groes to work oj a railroad iu Georgia
just on the eve of election, got a floe in
his ear in this city last week, and has
left these parts.
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Mr. Alex. Sxrunt of this city, arrived
in New York on Wednesday lasti, from
Europe. Mr. Sprunt will make a visit
to Canada before he returns home, and
will probably arrive here on or
about
October 5th.
We are under obligations , to Sec. W
M. Olderman for a "complimentary"
to the ISth Annual Fair of the Cum
berland County Agricultural Society to
be held away along in from the IGth to
the 12th ot November,
The Rev. J. F. Ucitman issues a
pro?pcctU3 for "The North Carolina
Educational Journal" monthly. $1 per
annum, 8 page folio, to be published at
Chapel Hill. It is under the charge of
the J. C. State TeacLp. 4 V'.'jciation.
.
John Williams, who has been living
cn charity for sometime past, and pUy-
ing dummy,, was arrested for loud and
boisterous talking and cursing persons
refusing to help him; He will now
have an opportunity to play dumb in
the city prison for 30 days.
Peter Croom, the confidence man and
demijohn thief, had a hearing before
Justice Qardv r uU Tueeday last, in
firo Hferciii cases. In a case iff which
he was charged with the larceny of
three demijohns, he said be waa not
guilty, he only got two.
In May last, several of our German
friends left here on a visit to titeir
Fatherland. During the rat week.
with one exception, all have returned.
and the friends of the absent one are
becoming anxious. If he doe not re
tarn is the coming week, a committee
will be tent out to inttilBte a search
fr htm. -Ala Franklia
Mr. Iaac Wells died in thi eilv oo
Thurday morning. He hd been a
rei icnt of Wtimiagtaa i tMjarly CO
yeat. He caase hero Iron Gba&scti
cat about the year 1S50, d ha a! way
bIe a rmd citit. Il tH Mttr
ntrtird an J bad ao rriatioaa ia tV
ctv- He was aontewhat cxreatrie bet
Iaae Well ka aJwan bora tha char.
actet cf aa hone aad iadastriou t
the rrcpoals foe mdSea work mmA
trtZn om th Maria Hanil riaiVL.
icg, wtre o divirxisc la aouX thai
the aaUwnuc av ccadaded stot to
pat tW work t oa caaUact. re
pairs will Ucfck by taai i&drr the
teperistokJewc ef a grrvtrasest
eJ, ad whea ces?cftc4
w iH be ud a a gtscral aaarlae
piiai far caew. '
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Ti Faad9 aa4 eadjettt i
Yuxiaia, Vaviag kea i cwwaftaJ
fee several ir wiia ' tStiMti.
cfraai f th la Uascoak eleo
tscal tkkxt, kstt j;ri w'iWu
NUMBER 3S.
Watek WoEKS.The joint commit-,
tee on Water Works haTe decided to
report favorably upon the matter to the
Board of Aldermen, and Board of Audit
and Finance to-morrow afternoon. Tho
proposition kid down by Mr. Wilkins,
who is willing to undertake the con
tract, is substantially as follows: First
the city mustagreoto take as a mini
mrm number, seventy-five hydrants for
which, they will have to' pay an?annual
rental of $S0 apiece, or JC.000 a year.
The Company then agrees on their rart
Ho becia the ; undert&kin n.i 1
guarantee to hatft the waterrworkstin
full operaUon'in this city by tho 1st of
April, 1SS1; or at the farthest, one
month later. The Company alao agrees x
a hose attached to a liydrant a stream "
can be thrown over any houso in the
city. ' As we understand it tbero will
be no increase of taxation nd that in
the offstart tho Comnany will have to
pend about 200,000. in construction
of the Water work system.
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As Eyk fob an Eye. Peter Lcch . .
colored, was huns at Luaihcrtou ou
Friday last for the murder of Sam
Townsend, January Ctb, 1879. Owirg
to poison administered bv liU uir.
J W
while in jail he seemed to bo deprived
of the use of his limbs and wa hun r
sitting in a chair. He tried a rood
many plans to prolong his life or stave
off tho execution. To illustrate Li
desire to postpone the'falal hour, a few
days since he indicated to the Sheriff
that htt knew who were the parties who
caused the destruction by firo of a lare
portion of Lumberton a few years
Acting upon information which he '
gave, four colored men, all of whom, ho
implicated, were' arrested, but at n
examination before a magistrate vu
Monday last it was conclusively proven
that at the timo of the fire two oi the
parties were in South Carolina, and
could not by any iHWbibilHy have been
guilty, and his testimony rcrardiiijr the
two other was so conflicting and con-
trad.ctory and so different from the
statement ujou which they were ar
rested, that the magistrate discharged
them,
one of
His object was to get at lca;-t
them bound over to Court, iu
f
which case he would bo ncccsisary as a
witness, and thus have his life prolonged
for a season. Ho is the third of bis
family who have been hunr; within the
past five years, and another brother
who murdered a man the week that
Peier was on trial is now at larrc.
A two story frame dwelling owned
and occupied by the widow of Henry
Waddell, on Fifth between Bladen and
Harnett streets, was. discovered on tire
Wednesday morning last. Tne flames
were soon extinguished but H"t until
auer cpnsiacraoie damage was 1 lc dc-.-
The house was insure!
for eliot nh to
repair damages.
Mr. P. Nolan, Superintendent of the
Wilmington Turnpike Commny. ha
engaged the schooner Wave to brine
ehella from the vicinity of Smithvilleand
tort Caswell. The first cargo, couit
ing of seventy cartload was landed by
the ave a few days $ jo on tho wharf
foot of Nun street.
Col. John D.Taylor has received the
appointment of Deputy Grand DS
ol the Order o Knipht
of Honor In
North Carolina.
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