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1 ... v - "1""r - - ' r . f . 71 THE WILMINGTON 1 POST. W. P. t'ANADAY. Proprietor. f WILMINGTON. N. C Fbidat Mokhiko, 3uLr 6, jjh3.: TARIFF AGAIK. Our neighbor; the Star, la about to be left again. Thia time It we ma as if Vance, the Star and all the other Ene liah free traders are about to ; be left in the back ground together. From the present out look Mr. Samuel Randall will be electedSraket-of the next House 6f KepreaefitatiTe4 and he ia a high tariff man. The latest report is that he has over one hundred mem bers pledged to him. The Democratic party will not dare to elect a free tra der Speaker. We wish thej would. THE VIRGINIA DUEL. The duel between O- Elan, editor of the Whig (Iieadjuster,) and E. F. Beirue, editor of the State (Democrat,) came off on Saturday' morning last at 6 o'clock, at a place near New Hope, in Augusta county, Va. We'publiah in another column a full account of the whole affair. We are sorry that Mr. hlam was so seriously wounded, bat the fight bad to take place, and after all that had been said on both sides it ought to have taken place. Both men are thought a great deal more of now, from the lact that they have one upon the field of h jnor and defended their char acters and integrity. - We are proud of W. C. Elam, who is a native North Car olinian. : THE TARIFF, j we puDiisnea on the loin ol June a paper prepared by Hon. James M. ' . Swank, on fie tariff, and on the 22d we commenced the publication of an address delivered by Hon, Thomas II, Dudley of New Jersey, and finished it in our last issue, ., The paper of Mr, Swauk, and the addresj of Mr. Dudley are both so exceedingly stroDg that, in our opiuion, no English free trader in this country can possibly rebut the argument used. Bat we this week publish one of the very strongest and most convincing documents ever issued Ton tbe Uriff, by Hon. W. D. Kelley. We ask our friends to read and study i well the points made by the writer, as the question is bound to be the leading one in 1881, we again request our friends to thoroughly post themselves, which we give them an opportunity of doing. ANOTHER "RICHMOND' IN THE FIELD. We are informed by a private com munication from another part of the . district that the friends of Hon. S. H, Fishblate, of this city: are working qui etly, but actively to start a "boom" very soon, lor, hiiu, in the congression al race; in 188 1. If this is so, and our information comes r from areliable source, it meanHftisineas for the hnnr. 6olirTroml.hectTnat Um ex-Mayor is an active, hard fighter; knows when and where to put in his best licks, and how to use the "sinews of war" to the greatest advantage to himself and par ty. . pur correspondent also inform us that Mr. Fishblate is going to take the tariff side of the question, and will fight the free traders in his parly for the protection of American labor, products and: manufactures. ' We may expect lots of fun between now and the dis trict convention of the Democractic party. " '.--.'. . "THE AMERICAN PROTECT TIONIST lAXUEL." We have received from the publish-, er, Mr. Ullts 11. t?tebbins, of Detroit, AIu.hig.tn, a very excellent book with the above title. Every laboiing man, as well aa professional and business man, should have a copy of the book. 75 cents.: Price A KV1EXCE BAKED ON A Sl ni'TIONH. laperytfn the International Ret lew lor Marth, 11?. Br Hojf.'WiLLUM D. Kuatr. In, uilng the term "Free Trade" I will be understood as referring not to an Kleal theory tit tor Matae Republic or More s Utopia, but to that syateurof Uade advocated by the Cobden Club, and which- has its place in the politi cal evwuoroy promultatcd by the Man Chester school of economist. The an tagonism between this system and national economy, ia which the doctrine of protect km has a vital place, H Irreconcilable. Adherearsof thesetys teascan occupy do couaon ground, -The profewed aim of political ecooeay h cosmopolitan um, while protectionists labor to scure to each nation ladastri al and crawrrtial iaeeeeadtote aad the enjoyrneat of its resource and aa tonoaiy. . t .-.lV ; '-' The aethodsof the' school are as Irreconcilable aa their objects. Free traders not only claim that their aaeth ods are scientific, bat deny that the Protective system has a sckatlfie. baaia, and deaoaace it aa fetish, iaaoral, dtthoaeat. - ' ' . Joha Staart MUl declared political tjoaoay ta be NcWoca baaed aa at uaptioa." I a the aethod af a rya tea based aa aaaptioaa, atatatka and the facts ol krttofy caa hava ao place; it an be a system of rare dia lectieaad tWeaMt Scsnaer Wrally prcteoa arsJast "the heeaiag together - of statistics, historical facts, ad au thorities in economic discussions." Its methods are purely a priori, aa contra-; distinguished "from the inductive sys tem pursued by Bacon, Newton, Locke, Priestly, Franklin; by List, Col well, and Careyr the perfection of which is attested bj the marvelous progress the would has made by the" application to the arta of life of nature's subtle and potent forces disclosed by Ibis system of inrestigation. 'Alchemy and astro! ogy were the legitimate results of the a priori system, but the inductive sys tern has given us chemistry and attron It is this adherence to auperanuated methods that constrains practical men to disregard the econonic teachings of OHr.schools. Professors of political economy in American colleges boast that their unanimity is almost abso lute. This claim may to a great ex- ten be . admitted, though Bo wen, of Harvard, and Thompson, of he Univer sily of rennsylvania are noteworthy exceptions, indeed, . thia approxi mate unanimity may be expected to prevail as long as professors shall find it has laborkms to tehash the formulas promulgated by a particular r school than to inyjstigate the merits of rival systems. fJut does this measure of uniformity of opinion attend their stu dents, who, having obtained their di plomas, go forth to engage in practical business? No! Experience controverts the theories they accepted in the class room? They find themselves involved in the management of affairs, and com pelled" to deal with results which de monstrated the absurdity of the as sumption from-which their professors' "absolute truths" were deduced. The doctoa, the clergyman, the lieruteur, freed from this rough , contact with the course - and vicissitudes of trade, may cherish the views with which he quits college; but his classmates who engage in any department of productive in- daslry soon come to regard the doc trines of our Sumners and Perrys as beautiful and seductive theories, which must be classed with the airy nothings bodied forth by poets. ' National economy, of which the pro tective system is a vital part, rests on other foundations than assumptions.- Its method, the inductive, requires the most careful study of statistics and the facta of history. Its adherants have great respect for authority until expe rience demonstrated the excellence of his teachiogr. Beholding what Col bert did for France they, consult him; stripping the writings of Adam Smith of the voluminous notes of ex planation and illustration under which his text has been obscured, and in many instances perverted, they appeal reverentially to hisjoriginal text. They read with instruction, the homely words of Franklin, who, as soon as war had emaBciDated the A . a - - a - iiiiwiM i them from advancing any of their na tive mater iala to the condition of fin ished products, told the' people of Pennsylvania that the way to improve their social condition and increase the value of farm land was to. establish filling! mills, iron works, , and other shops at as many points as possible, thereby creating local markets - for the farmer's productions and sources of supply for his wants. They honor Fred erick List, who effected the industiial unification of the discordant German states bythtt establishment, ol theruot absolute free trade among Ihem, coupled with adequately protective duties upon imports from any other country. They find in his teachings a system which brought order out of chaos, and made the German Empire, as we know it, possible, and they regard him as an authority. ? T They, .however, bring the sugges tions of all these greaFmen to the test of experience' and reason. So. too. they regard with especal reverence the aamea of Stephen Colwell and Henry C.Carey. Mr, Colwell bequeathed lo the MLJniveraity of Pennsylvania a col lection of politico-economic writ iocs in many languages, unequalled by any private economic library ia the world; and his great work, "The Waya and Means of Payaien V accepted aa the greatest book ever written on thia im portant subject ia all countries io which the science baaed on assumptions, with Which Ita conclusions conflict, (foes not too absolately prevail. It goes with- oat saying that Heary Cs Cary it an authority wherever national authority k atadied. His works have been honored by , la part or ia whole, into eierea foraiga laagmagea, and are to be Covad la the school, rtate, and private libraries of the people apeak log these laagaagea, lacladiag those o Kosaia and Japaa. How carefully statistic, history, and authority are excluded frosa coasidereuoa by ecoaosaiats of the Maacaeatef school bahowa by the fact that the aritiagi of these di.Ua- gmklied Asserkaaa are rarely to be foaod ia the library of aa Asserkaa coUega, and Barer appear ia the ata-H of "books worthy of atady" publkhed from tiase to tiaae by its Asaencaa Hdplv , Frosa Colbert, who elaborated and established the proUciire polky ia Fraaca, to Oarer, t&eea practical aaeo are reeoteiatd the fact that catioaal aad iadivaiaal bUb a aot geveraed by a tyatasa ol fqanioaa, bat iaiaeaced by csraidiry, aaaitka, ad altkasaaa ad aaaiaai. They regarard i it as the duty of nations to maintain each iu autonomy, and; to add to its wealth and power by engaging the. Jae ullies and aptitudes of its people in the development "and conversions of its native materials into articles of nse or beauty, They regarded the nations of the world as a family, and Inculca ted.lheory that, when each membeYof the family could f apply its wants aad gratify its desires,' the greatest degree of happiness would prevail, and the peace and prosperity of the world would be best assured. None of them be lie ved that marrind would be blessed by suppressing the resources of hoy country, and dooming its people 'to idleness or the unrequited toil of mere uuskilled laborer, in order that Eng- Uand; might become the workshepTof the world and, the mistress of the sev Against what, I am asked, would yon protect American industry? Is it an infant? Are notour resources sunerlnr in extent, and diversity and value to those of any other nation? Are not that aggregation of enterprising emi gtanfs and their descendants, known as the American people, as ingenious, industrious, and thrifty ai the people ol any other country? To these ques Uons I answer, yes; and add, I would protect them in the enjoyment of these attributes and resources against all comers who might deprive them any of the ad vantages incident to them, wheth er through the instrumentality of low wages, or from the pot nr. ssion of unusual combinations of the raw material of any ware or ubne. We maintain an army and navy for the defeose and pro tection of tangible property on, land and sea. The laborer's &kill and timn are uis esiaie. iney are ine means whereby he and his family live, and I would defend them also against every unequal assault. Every.hour the will ing laborer spendi in enforced idleness is the destruction of sp much of bis estate; and the desf ructi on is so abso lute that that which is lost is gone be- ypnd recovery. I . f.I therefore hold it to be the special duty of my government, i and that of ever.7 other nation, to defend its pro ducing classes in the enjoyment of the home demand for their skill by a sys teniof duties sufficiently protective to secure them against the brutally selfijh course pursued toward eople of weak er nations by conspiring Bitish cani- ta lists. This potent influence is so ex ceptional, so alien, to the legimate laws of trade as to be wholly without, the range of the methods known to- free traders. None of their assumptlous recognize its existence It is a power finch, by contravening the laws of trade, has overwhelmed the industries of many countries, impoverished their people and reduced their governments Jo bankruptcy and dependence.- It is a recognized part of the established policy of British capitalists, araimit which a priori reasoning could no aore provide than it could prescribe conser vative rules of conduct for oeraona overtaken by a cyclone, an earthquake or a deluge. On this point let us in. Prior to the establishment of Ameri- can .independence Parliament bad, by successive statutes, restricted the right of the colonists to employ their time and skill in the conversion of native raw materials ink wares and fabrics. Inferring to some of these laws, Henry C. Cary said: , '"The .first attempt at- manufacturing any species of cloth in ttie North Amer ican provinces produced a resolution on the port of the House of Commons (1710) that 'the erection of manufacto ries in the colonies had a tendency to lessen their dependence on Great Brit ain.' Boon afterward complaints were made to parliament that ? the colonist were establishing manufactories for themselves, and the House of Commons ordered the Board of Trade to report on the subject, which was done at great length, iu 1732 the exportation of hats , from province to province was .-prohibited, and the number of appren tices to b taken by' batters was limit ed, in 1 TOO the erection of any twill or other engine for slitting or rolling iron w s prohibid; but pig iron was allowed to be imported into England duty free, that it might there be manu factured and icnl back again. At a later period Lord Cliatham declared that he would not permit the colon its to make a hobnail for themselves; and his views were tbeoj and ubseqaenly carried int j erl'ecl by the absolute pro hibition in 1765 of the expert rf trti sans, in 17SI of woolen machinery, in 17S- of cotton machinery and artificers in cotton, in 17S5 of iron and steel making machinery and workmen ia thoe departments of trade, and ia 1799 by the prohibition ' of the export of colliers, lest other oountries should ac quire the art of mining coal.'7 Seven yeara of war, by eatabliahing the poiiUckl independence of the Uni ted States, repealed these vharateristk British statutes. But British. capital ists, eader the auspicea of their gov ernaeot, resorted to a more subtle, bat ao less effective, process for the iW trial sabjagation of the American peo ple. It was more costly iaaa the Par liamentary process, bat experience has often demonstrated that money invent ed in iu execution briags good retaraa. It was to require British ecosub to note and report toe attempted establish aent ia any of the states of any braaca af manatacures wtsch might compete with the prod active or eoasKwckl ia temu of England; aad for her capi UltsUto proceed forthwith to glet oar porta .of .ea try with the arucies pro posed to e aaaafactared at price be low the cost at which they eoaki posei. Wy be prodaced ia this eeaatr. Tao teaporary loas thas iacarred woaM, the coiMptraior kaew, be cosapeaaated by the prkea that aigat be 4eaMa4e4 wUea their meocfoiy of ear aurket aaootd be re eaWWhed. ,Ta potbtj wbea firrt appid ta this eoaatry was aot espeoaMraui; it was tradiLMrikaL It had hero rvwarted Ut in the aarkets of all aeprtt4 oe isnaSooady pro. trae4 cvaaUxa,aad wasamw to aeax ecated aa a graad acsio ia too jaaeg repabUc Owwfilar vtgiiaatw aad eoa aercial cakaaery, it was bfod. awOd re eMlare tao tardy people k wv ay e losf war jat xa Ue ngat to Mm id tbe C0 iao i wiJ -. which their 'r ado wed. prate one. ana aar the ed for more ixty years; but dur- ing the last years the American people hav ampio proiecwTc tarir.eafey I as well aa po- fitical in4ep .Whtielhe lepnic-wara devaata- ted the fie Europe, tney cauea into exi V new lnairstric-s. Pre-eminenfiotg these was wai hiii r.r tdrrtMOiTe svstem. ihe manufacturibet-root sugar, wnicn, while it is afei to mankind, coa- tributes lad the revenues oi FnLG3.rf olksicouiit.ies III WUICU lUuviwv - - - ' htj.-,in Jif those wars ihefports of Europe 3pne toBrHiah Uade, ah&' snuMatgacd'to 'ptotwible de mand. ItSrcfaf rUc1 .OI tbe price at w t, could, J0 , sold, were immediately slcfcked withcommo- aiucs or eve nd that mifcht be pro- dnced in tnr to LWhich tney were sent. profib wars not the . rL'Vi .i r thldg sought "V: X" indnatriM miTDt, - 11 uotr I hi" Britain. - The JossJistalMd on these enof; mottt sIupb to lbs Cunaneut, aud oa the pxcePeydkOur conaumpuve power consfd. to um couuuj, 1t ainrravJ a financial' crisis, the causes of a b ord Brougham, then Mr. Henry ougham, disciissed m the House of imons on April U, lelo. Ia the corn of his remarks he said: The difaltiea ol 1812 are iresn-in the recolledji of the Committee, and are sUll wofag their effects in aany parts of untry, aiuiougu iue tv i ers in Council, by ena ort goods which were all peal of the bung os to paid for the ount of seven or eigut millions, a: ed t most seasonaoie and importa elieiand enabled capi talista to lowdtheirslock on hand in a great proportie." stock, however.. began to increse anng me unnappy continuance of hetmencan war; and the peace, uneWed'T made, in Eu rope, followed by e treaty with Ame rica, soon product an eflect lo winch 1 must request thfcenoini attention or the Committee, fecause I believe us nature and ext are . Iy uo means After the cramped well under state in which prism v s measures and our retalia fas we termed had kept our tra. for some years, when the events of t spring of 1811 sud denly opened to Continent, a rage for exporting good of every Kini ourst forth, only to W explained by reflect inz on the Drevcni3 restrictions we had been laboring finder, and only to be equaled (thouiinot in extent) by some of the mercanle delusions connected WHO OOUIO Aiencail S:uianuun. Mr. Brouekan then proceeded to in dicate the rrfat iose- produced by those excesa-e ; exports to countries imooverishei is those of tLe Continent had been, andcontinued: The peace with America has pro duced somewjat of a similar effect, though 1 am very far from placing the vast exports which lkoecasiouea upon the same fbotkig with those to the Eu ropean market the year before, both bt- cause altimstnly the American will pay, which the exhausted state of the Continent renders very, unlikely, and because it was well worth while to in cur a ion a poo the first exportation, in navtsaa Ww ika lr r &ifk in t Via rri. viwia ay atsaU sv r dmmw v die these: rising maaufactures iu the United States which the war has forced course ot uiagsr-u . - , ' 1. his process was thoroughly ffective ia the Uaiied rtutes. . Our wrkshipi Were Cvosed' , their proprietors were bankrupt; "our skilled laborers were without ; employment, and ithero was open to them no refuge but .the alms house or wore to, which tuey were un nsed, as sgriculturar laborers in the newly-lettlsd districts of the country. The public revenues hsd been unduly swolfeq by these excessive importatJous; but, pending the glut and the inability of out Unemployed and impoverished people to consume nnorled manouci tures the Uovernment found itself without current revenue, i - i IV coanleract lh- etfeots of r.hi.vcoo- aplraeyiHhe Protective ttriffs vf liJIG known; as the Calhoun Tarff. and of 1821 and-188 were enacted. Under their beutli;abiali'jeaceour fetsble in dustries revived, and the Treasury 'of ineQvernment was amply replemsltd; but when.lnese tarir-i were dprved ot their I'TotecUve wower ay-Mr. may'- CumpremUe bill which went into etlect ra lSw the glutting of our mar ken again rasorieu to, ami 151) found our . i . . . . laooran wiwmn employment D"f.ne a conspiracy of British Biawnfacturers had ruined the proprietors ol the shoju and factOfiein which they tul been selling their lime ami skill. Under the" rffict of the lVi-t tire tariff referred to, the last 1W alme m of be aaUoaal debt, was piui u 1 srt L But in 18W. thanks lo a tariff Kr reve nue only, coecedeit by Mr. 'Clay nd the Whig party to a diciplfn of the mm ence bas4 oa aumptino. the liusn- nal coaditton ot tbe Govern meat as depforable." Mot only, wa it wi'.hooi revenue bat without credit. In hi re port of; December ?, the t-w.-e-Ury of i tbe Treaaery eel iaated that at thectateol b year 1H there would remain fa the Trtasury an available balance of but 32I7S; and that even this small balance aigat dUar-pear and a deftcit. of several aaiUioa? be feu ad, ndet tha farailoos of tha com pro raise Tariff act of 1S33.9 which was rapidly loveriag the amooat of co toms daUsa levied. The President in his message to Congrea at ks extra seaaioa in Jane, 1IJI, eataJUxl the probable deficit ia tha Treasarv at the dose of the year at tll.tOa.ij and tha Secretary of the Treamry Ufcwsaed Corgreas that daring the preeioa ft years Ua cxpeadiuirsa had exceeded the ravtaae by 13110,014, DofitglSIl had ISC Ooegrea aa Iboruad tha aegwdatJosi of freaaary aotes aad ieaaa aaMaatlag tagether to tlS.COOJ; bat oa Jaaaary lUSti, aat 4i,72,9rf of aay deacripxioa of itt loaaa lad heea UW Oa thai date Ui Secretary xt tha Tieaaary. u a yciat camaeeket a to the Hoawe of Kepreaeatativea, raemaf to . the re pwuad failarea af hia auemra to srp. tMtta tha loaa at Jbasae, aaaoa4 taat a ftesuiesaaa af taw kwgWK eeewaJerv tMi tar latettigaaca aad isxrray had heea asat aaroad to aerwCae all ar aart afa,OM haaa ia Cegiaad oToa tho OMC'arat. act added. 1 rr w caaakataUat he has aiacw nud otiapaiiiWiljlkl. ecplov tieir version of m ceuntry war strogglaira -: '. . 3. '. - - . I Tt "wh vrould M', OD Tie take the. ponribilitr pamng on marsef a unncu - r even such an amount; and In nis spe :! ,Dor,o r cvtnfTfk of December o, " a-.eM nia bimw 1812. President Tyler, referring to the failure qfthis, bissidd, saia:, yv After failure i rf the American mu- kct a citizen nt u urnt ent was sent to Europe, wiinao oev success, and thus the mortifying spec success, and tnus vae J. ? 1 Ucle has been presented of the w bilitv of this Government to obtain i i a u . - BMMwea vei nw awaaarr loan so small as not in the wHole ne wuutw- w mount to more than one-fourth ol lis i nnlinir tl till Al inCOffle. a annual income, at a ume wL.ii me RoteroiDeiiw - J"""T! tion, readily obtained loan3 of any amount at a greatly reduced rate of in terest." f i -'r ' ; . The casyj was desperate- jl prton reasoning, and the science based on' as sumptions, had taken, issue with fate. It now became apparent, even to their adherents, that, in order to obtain reve- and restore the credit Of tUe UOV mnpnl nirreas mtisf permit the idle people to earn wages and acquire the power to consume taxable commodities. This they had never been able to do under a tariff for revenue only, though it had so repeatedly been prescribed by the a priori system of reasoning and the science- based - on assumptions. They were now compelled to consent to a resort4 to af Protective tariff, aad enough, of them voted with the Protec . a ; , . . ... tionisU to pass imo nigniy rrowcuTo law of 1S42. One of them, a personal friend bf mine, Mr. Charles Brown, a native of Virginia but representing one of the Philadelphia districts, and, as he cast his vote; '.To do this is the bitter est pill 1 have ever had to swallow." Unpalatable as it was to him, it proved to be medicine that operated well for his country; for the immediate effect of this return to the, Protective system was to revive tur induistrie3 and replenish tho na'ional revenues. Tha prosperity thus produced was, however, to be short lived, for in 1846 Congresj substituted forjthe Protective tariffof 1812 the tariff for revenue Only prepared by I Ilohert J. Walker, then Secretary of the Treasury. The coan try had never prospered under sucn a I i I tariff. Was it to do so uow? Let ex- I perience auswer this question. The law went into eflect in 1817; and, though we miued $1,100,000,000 of gold from the newlv-dteeoyered cold fields of California during the following decade, 1857 found the nation .banjfrupt, its working people and machiuery without employ lusnt, its banks broken or in a state of su4tpnsiin, and the Govern. oeui Kgaiu rtinouwcreo.u or auequate - ...i .i . 1:. j 4 -current revenue, inis conuuion oij things continued unil. by the Protec tive tariff of lgtil and its war supple ments, we made the duties on imports so hiili that cotubiue-1 British capital ist.) dare not, after paying such duties into our Treasury, undersell our manu facturers The experiment would in volve more capital than even they tell t snfe to venture against such odds. Thui protected our industries again re vived, aud, with varying degrees ol proserityt have continued to expand. ibiicf '(fat next iwi.) The Elam-Beinie Dnel. ' brAUMoy. Va., June S0.-W. 0. lilam and U. V, Beirne fought this morning a 0 o'clock near New IIote, augusvjc lUmilt, i wo J-UW, w ciaugetl, Al the first no one was hurt. Beirne demanded a second abot. Elam was hhot in the thih and the affair ended. r- liUHMOM; July rv Wben the telc gruu auoiouucitig thai a dire! bad been fought iiearWaynodboro, on the Uher apeake ard Ohio r.ti'way, between Mr. Elam, c-litonf the .IfAi -.'aud Mr. Beirue. editor of tlie Snfr wiro hull. tinen at the newpaper 'offices yeMer- day uiornit'jr, rrw-pnlhcred around the I'oards'and talked about nothing except Hip', itu;l. which, by ihe way, hat i ca-ioditf mure excitement throughout tin- eiit' tlisn any affair of the kind that ha tccu red in Ihe Old Dominion Mi.ce tht meiuorjble day, the lcnly-filh -f February, 1S16, w4en. llt .lnel iH'lween John llamp. doit piaaut, the cetelratel elilor wlu founded the 114-y, and Thma Uilchie, fhiur ol the Enquirer. and J-!ou ol old hatlier Kitchte, took place- 1 here l imilarilv between the two duel. Pkaiautj ri-rcM utcl the whig party, r in ether word, was looked ,Ufn ': Winj: b!o to hape the deati fiy; of pny by hit pen, ; and the Kuclite-ialwtot in the same degree ex eriiel 4 like itiUuene over tbe demo t ratic pfl.T. In t'ie pcrnl inHtance Elaen ts t-ditor of the leading organ of ihe readju!- party, while Beirne ediu and the leading organ the luodcr party. IWh ate looked upon eaceolinply valaable men to 'their rc-petlive partHi. and Ibeir names are familiar in cverj boaiehold in the state aince the kka I rye of the country haa been directed upon Viiginia. Heooe it Kn., readily be understood hj tbe peup!en.t on! v in Virginia bat eWwfccfe, have bcen'ao deeply in terested in the difficulty between the two Iwchaond ediuws which, after peodeg more thaa a week, cuiauiiated laafight oa the farm of i-hil Killiam in Augiwta county, womrtly at six o ckKkyeMerdar tatwoing. Mr. Elam's party armed oa the groaad about five cluck, aad pretiy woo afterward the aV1 w 0 p- fcbfy Uwhv Jhn K Uwi., JN aad lr. Uwu M. Wright aad W. E. Chock ley" rpaied Mr. Beirne. The groond aeiecte4 aa aiight defrsMoa. aad im that dTreoa the cnea were proartly pUced. facini; each other. A torn for the ch.ice 'poaitsca' aad word ot coaaaad had beea w hT Mr. iZrr Lrww. aecoad t Mr. Elam. Ue aae aUked off the groaad aad placed the ti l0 eagat paces Wf, which m ie thaa eirat varda. XW Whaapal. a4 eh Ser.' Sh xuL Mr. ilkwa jked haggard aad pAie. i f a :e aadwva- nae drive ever the Atleghaay saoaa ZHZZ "rr ?T9mrW. ua the kaa ef -w m4 eeci. aad aa aa aa oak. He tacW ww r ... JmumI in a csW StlU " and wore a i w bw .tt.wK.t5 K.Getl.een, are readyj r ndple Had eaclr Mr. Lewis, arter uieTfinPw "T? " TZ-A-i ikiir r,i.toU. Both, rentlemeo - .. - . :ir " Both. renUemen hi na auuia mswa - - mmmm. - Auev www the word one two three. "One "rr,,'. that coilld bo r-r: frtmi ReirnVs ltV aw echo. The pistol lld KAMr-3m.!iP"TT, - mid .u-vw w . . AW ay i Mr. change in Wine "r, "".I!,w 'rr.u" .K- K.11 from hia nia aim, wuiw. ' r"JTT "F" . pisioi go ;waiuK "JT ZTJti. advance of Jlf .Betrne, but harmlessly. The Second shot from BrrnVipwl struck Mr. Elam ia the upper portion of the right thigh, teT wsvs istandiwg pon I or anouier mo. - 6 on the trigger ready, lor Mother shot, bat a parley ensoea, reswung ia -Beirne's second saying that he was sat isfied. I The Beirne party than raised their hats conrveously to the other aide and left the field. Elam with a little hfdn. was able to walk to his carriage, and was laid comfortably on the bot tom of it, and, with Mr. Lewis and Dr. Wheat, was driven down the road to ward Rockingham, where ha to. now stopping at the hooee, of Hoa. Joha F. Lewie. Mr. Beirne and his party went to Orimora station, on the Shenandoah Valley, railway, where he took the train for Maryland. , ! . - . Strange to say the first time Mr. Elam ever saw Mr. Beirne to know him was on the field at Hanover. It is said they! have sever been introduced, and were; never in each others company be fore they met at Hanover Junction. -Passing day after day within almost a atom's throw of each other, they never Telegrams have been pouring in ever since the meeting took place asking for information about Mr. E lam's condi tion, and the exact character of the wound. Much sympathy has been iex-1 PURCHASERS OF, GROCL- nrmtUKl Inr BIB. DQi in DO.. lOUITHIiwt case, thus far, has it been exhibited by 9 - . any ol the irienasoi me wounutw mu more : than it was late last nignu l Knrtk trnlinian. well known in his state, who won the spurs of a. colonel in the war between the states, and who has known the editor of the Whig from boyhood, called at the IFAio office last night, bavihg just arrived in the city. He met a reporter of that paper and kid: How is Elam? Where is Elam? Those questions being answerd, he then J in a dramamauc wayrsaia: -xeiejrTpu to Elam that Col.- says North Caro lina says hurrah for Elam." , The two men experienced great diffi culty in getting togeter, for they both traveled neatly one hundred and fifty miles through a f mountainous country. Thev camped out and traveled mostly at night Mr. Elam's party saw only one man whom they new. This was a well known Virginia Judge. Mr, warn and Mr. John Snellings, of Richmond, were seated on the road side whei the jurist passed by in his carriage. He did did not seer them aad want along down tbe road apparently in a deep study. Up to this time no arrests have been made, except that of a colored Uin DlBlTU 1IIU mvwabj nnv v.w.w the wagoa containing the Beirne par to from from West Virginia to the dueling ! Sauntoo and held to ball as a witness. J . m in. 1W NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. fl. BBUNDILO & BRO.. Distillers, Wholesale Liqaor Dealers AND rRUPKlLTORH OF THE CHAMHoN CIGAR FACT0KY, W I MM I K TCMfW C. HICKS & BRONHILD, & BROS., Ritiino.iD, V... manufacturers ofall kind OF FINE CIILVMNU TOBAIXO. !VAVT AND TWIATN, ! Molasses. KW CROP CUBA AD PVMTO RICO. Ia BocahMKfTierceflaad Barrela roraaieby ah is u ADRJAX a VOLLLR8. Butter Lard and Meat. 2UU 40 do LARD. -' '-. : - - For mi y A MU AW a VOLLtSa. elU Bungs, Nails, &c - :" - ; . " I" "" e' J. " Mds Epf OS. 25(1 K 'AlLB.I 5QQ Bsaca ROUT IROII. ' ' rer waleky i Sugxir, Coflbo, Flour; rciX .smRjK 031 tUMU. AtmiAM 4 votxoat, NE W AD VERTl&Zx ROCK LlSt FOR BUILDING 0 .-. , IfcOTSrfaSS DELIVERED- Willi: x At $1.15 Per l- Also Arricultur&l Liu . and Carbonate French Bra's., ROCKY rOINT.1 Jan 29 it Greater lnducec: MAT BE FOUND it Ue Larie Wliolesal&L '' "' ' '' .' - ? " -' - ' Adrian & Vfc T ' AT S. E, Corner Front and led Thaa can poaaibly be offered aw will BEroufix Eieri TMiu ii Uc aroccn That a Dealer or Oonaoaiet wi nriclecUasia for the f: Trade ample) and e a perl sr. nov 2tf. nnuiflr.isiniEVGr W HEW CROP I-a Sewd (or I'CATALOCUCai PRiCCl K1IaAr.lbl2LiIY& lOCWUTtl H.T. CwtCAGOt wwiustntrr. 290-701 taw CIIAS. l(LEI.f Undertaker and Ca ; Jiaiaer;;;tv-";.; - All Orders promptly attaa4e4 uJ 1 fee Saeat CAaJCETM. the beat W X ! tbe aost ItBLRJU. TKaMCU. ' " iv- -:-' :...,.. - , ' eaia oa frtaeeai wetwsea fr v". Ami FIRESIDE rUBLblllNG fislaten if Eitsiijiifi'l :;20Nrttistfitisitd ' rhlUdelahl. ra. TtUJUlvr Ladlw, aa4 O are sraate4 evrywfere tkr-a at of Horth Carafiea. U lata falar rabitewttee ml le rCBLUiMfsio COM PAW r offa rail pwruewiara will be Mt etw w aueauoaw . -1 -, ass Koani cinoixM t i.IXaTrxUta. nasf?- 00B5EB EEOOND 1SD Cm urn ash a aa. Ti aMtai Miwttw ax waaaa. .a Kawtaantal mtm ffrwm aim, Ut Two) Mtf anuataiti aaa- aau-u
The Wilmington Post (Wilmington, N.C.)
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July 6, 1883, edition 1
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