K X VI.
,d till
I'wiiiJire: o f Wiliidiuj-
yi
TlTs OI ADVERTISiNG.
-Will ($) I"' Nonpareil type.cou-'.;las'iar--
- ' - '
l- hy cents per lino for the Ural iu-
;;' .,!,; awl UYOtj 'jve cciit.H per line
. Ii additional insertion
; ' vertisiiient.H 'vill be charged
, .w r.iies. except 011 hp
-I 1 H' All' . ' I '
....ntnll'K .1
714..M6--crMOM P"ceWTiui Wil
...-r..v i'osil ih f- 00 per year: six
1(1 com nuntcations on business
ibcaddnv-sed to Til K WjLMlNU
Impost, WiiniiiRton, C.
rHOMKK LIEK N.11.Klt TO
til K. ' KOSS It Y A N I N U I. K
'e never Jud the slightest suspicion
tl8t I oHltiiasler Gpucral Gresham had
iied lan'SU"?5 disrespectful of South
ern Uepublieai s.but we felt-it our duty
Milie present ;idinroistration to get the
Kry I'Mt iMitli'ty ' 'or ' giving it Uio
ti. All'l 11 to
the liestarted by Dem
o;mtio, editor?
againsl Hon. George C.
(;rli&m, it wai perfectly monstrous
t'wt we , ! oikIb eiio'uuced It' hi -.its
,!r.ir.-tc:riiH, 'I'M1 rollowinr..correapwit-j,,:n-will
cxplai" ili'lf: -
Y'u.M!N'.r''kN,ly,1 Aug. 17, 1SS."..
I clip the jwllmv-
hum
A 1 JI'llll-K I I 11. El.ll'l I Jl
; 'Hw'tT CMt'ril' Gre'.-ham has
(r.,r, an opinion concerning Sou th--(Vn
W'iiiUcsin. ""He; was in cormr
'. wtii.ii with Co!.' r.rovtn, 4i prominent
(ifiir'iii ; Republican, when th latter
U jwloiiishedt ly tbo. Postmaster-.
" iwriJ remarking that the 'Suutlarii
l$uhlini tl'Cut xe( uj'troun-
iu'i wli'rJi-iir i "lib in ijOj tihfij 'since in;
.,yi.,itl:ii(?n in.' jiijoilipn.': ' From
ilk' il would not lu? inferred
di.il he'ji-i passionately t'ond ot . his
riullii ru d iltt- Hl allien."
Chu it lie iiiissihle thai a iiieiu-bcr of
i jj'H.inl; '"Artltur'n otlicial laniily has
',ii oi'i lonii.tull SoulUeru Uepub-
-juiH liy;nm the lanmlae' creditvd
tij liiiii ;i'"ivc Y s "
' -jVfijf re.-ii4lll' your,'
j : ;. ; NV, 1'. Canal. V. ' .
. WirwfM, Ihn, 1). V., Sept.: 'lt .
Mi L'KA II .1 V N A 1 1 A Y I W;w . in
Viw Ynrk vheii your letter learlied
V,i"iiiii'iii, .'irid did nut return until.
iSii t. H had behire that been aw.iy
lijlml Vine week ot tint' preceding two
mmiVi-,aul r ally I 4W'".), uiueh be.
viio)rntpondnce;iliat;Jl did
u.ii Wikiw wW'iu to begm t( d ij; out. I
. ni.(.l(' liiVJii)w:ilvC a few of my. ni-M
lihltifnttml considerate l'rieiul.-t wail,
(' Auioiig the number. I should
i'c hrry iadeed lo think my.; delay hd
W;n coiiairut-d into any lack of friend-
or it'u,rd . '.'
. -kjpiv" Po-stiiuutter (.General (Jn.shaiu
f-goi.l to tlio matter of which you
utiir, iuul lie denies uiohl positively
:;jt!iiool llie e:preHsiou you (jtiote, ai
, :jni,:t!nit He that in a coq-
itrkkm vitl the (ieorKiairalludeil to,
;h Utter 'ras very -aKresaive and
. ilnuil (a he the -attorney ."for '.alt
tlff ria Ut'puulicans, " and not .being
. W'gui. el an bucIi, hcv. became olleutlt d
i:id jlhUhI if tho lwtiuister-('cncral
JlI a-t 'coiwider tho Southern liepubli
iviv M t f mnindrela. ' He ' repeated
h!"tit-tlitiii, and va tahl by tho Tost
mk'Ur (itiicral that he thought mic uf
i ! i-tru lie. utterly . disclaims 'hav
iii? m;vle utiy remark .; reflecting upou'
'uiher ti U'l'ubltcaiM iii goiieral "'.-.
And now as jlo tho language attrib
Mto me' ii4ine newspaper,) ju rc
iiffd" Ui the ftfulh and iU peojdej 1
m you thiiiv'l hkve . not thought,
imih less ioSjMi, in any (litlerenl man
' i itviui that ot my ahires.s at Wil
ttmuwnou ti,e ;:o;h of May. If any
wiujhof'a "diil'freiit character haver)
Ma v.tilwuvl to me, it is the uusrep-tv-rnUi'irttfof
an enemy. 1 lhauk you
' ?m' prom it coiiiradiciion at it.
'r i raiii.-t"ivifu j ihat it'lian no
l'-M iin f i thp niiluuijl goveruutent
'-ij the SouUv -.ul duriu' tlu war, ex
( have Vbat, coveniuicnt supply
w.i ucili-iies. I'll h 1 say beeatiM of
ut;'ie ate .(iioted in the
-.'"' ' u l-' ''.i i of yesterday, from
Ntdic- l.Mis.) 7v; h ,Uead it
tf publish it, lhis . K-ttcr is uot
" r.v.e. v. .
ijuil. !.sillit(il:y, yeur a'iioiid,
" u. I', t OKH A M,
;NV- V- ANIi-aK WiUiiiufclun,
. ti 1 . -
: ' t S ' p l he (olio wing
from the Aa-
.Kui of
Septeiubor 1st,
A kCRK0N ViaOK.oJrTKKlsi..' 1
W innte the readers attention to
- witohil article. in another column
-Uk-h ffom the Natctie
' , ' i)t "i r,:'' of tbe twenty-sivoud
ait laqd which we have hcadcvl
"LMi-vipi" Plan.'' The,, pa-
"hAttdl u by Hon. Joliu K.
'i,Htttchi, Mi., th well
lfvktl lwpublican exnber
:ao from that district,-and from
- U Biide. the flipping. This stat-
"iB BUKl t.l tlt.m Ih. that
i not a fabrication imHeV
a by auoiher pajr, but that it ii
ana eobft Uteuicul by a
, , Tttvtsl euilor. Jt is pnir
, - l.ytkh-a the basd for opposition
"""W iusio -mica ii ao
4 df'rQdr5jbut that on the cou
il1 " by him offcrM iu cri
w how u hat some Mlislppl
.T "ut US' M 0M M UlUTIV.
fnattttnt i a prspostvl cvm-
"-WQ btn lk lUmnli.- Wn.t
-VtucB omniulioD. .The
assailed it through a niiauuderstauaiug
of ; itt sebpe, the Natchez editor coma
to its defense, After exidainiug that
the Newj Orleans editor iad miataken
a fusion iof the :two parties for county
ollices, l'or a politic! fiiBWu.of tato or
ganiz4ti()ii.j, and that orjly affusion of
''the better element of both has been
sought,"j be proves the claim of his
Democratic fusion friends to be consid
ered "the belter element" by the fol
lowing blood curdling statement.
"To s-ivo tbesfflw IrfnHHfe1
the mercy of'he corrupt or incompe
tent men ;who court aud toa often con
tiol the ignorant maswes, one, tC three
courti s wiiii)timl,ij be necessary for the
iutclligenit audi tax paying portion of
the community to pursue. These were
lo keep Lhe- ignorant men from ;the
polls or fiullilijzc llicih-f to ho manipulate
the ; ballot box as; to prCTent the lie
nublicansil'rom electinj' (heir men; or,
in other vfords, io-.suj'or rob tfic ballot .
kij or lu;, compromise with the moat
sensible aiid conservative portion of tjje
liepu bliean, on condition that $t$iY, Si
lecti men t fintrSeiaid diawnjler ftofi
able them jto make a bond."
This representative of the milder
clai of -M wsistiipjd j ltmot;ral3 this
typ: or iijo; uetic eitnwii vviin wnicu
Mr.'-I y nclV, .ihsii res lis he has decided to
co-operate j-declares that "only one of
these three' things viz: violence, fraud,
or compromise - is to be. thought of for
a idoiueut.) He docs not leave us to
iloubt his meaning, but in hii anxiety
lo convince his New Urleaus brother
Democrat, he declares with shocking
directness: i ' ; , -
"liulldo.ipg, including: viuiKKR and
vi'lice ol'll kinds or ImUol bor'aluff
in;, 'which 'embraces -eri.nes of , even a
meaner elas than bulldo.irig, m:ue jnt
in the arid-; with an hoUeL coinjjvutUc,
In neilhi' .i.ie of tho scale was there
any .sugitestions'ol' a free balljH ami a
lair count. The officers 'must leagreed
on" before diction day, and the voting
w lheni the only voting which can be
respected by these hotter clement.
V-U: the lioke8 ctttaild "dried
U bj-t t Democratic-approval are: not
to enter into the calculation. Thec.au
didiiti's :u eio be sat factory to tlie men
who oMi;i hiibmis.-.ioii to 'their own will
ns "tho only alterualiv-c. to murder and
ballot box stiiUnig. .. 'l he standard of
"good local government'' erected by
these deliers id' law is to be accepted
meekly by I heir opponents, the price
of their lives in their r fi h t to bo couu-
p trii :ts voters ! Sa.v tins uiieonmiouly
frau'k ami outspoken" 1 lomoCrti.t: "In a
choice bi-tvvi'u these three.-; courses"
(yiiC-, luurdi r, ftdibyry, or c iinproniise,)
" e:in hardly imagine how a rommu---iii'
)'iii'j!t':ihiiil,uij men coulil hesi
l ite!'' l i l.iinly ' the obiluraey and
itVfyi r.Wne.-s I'h'iit would ' ntakj such
Verms sw iii eins: ve to the Di niocra-
:ticsnie w i-iiiil In; .sniiiitwiiat iJi.-ciurar-
iiii .ui citi.'n4 of liiw buili r i'l cijiA tit,
wearv vt biofid-'hed- and crine. iind
seeding lli nfusf wh:ch the virtuous
iiiwit'.ean Kiiow. I ie savs iiiai in ins
oiinly "the pciijdo'
jiiiApcd at tho de
cisioii : in lavmr oi iwtv.
lation. - I hi
hleous action
peaceable fruiii of this ri''
ii-u iIiin li -i ittkt ir tr'Uint:il hv.tiiilft.
a i ii:i: sf Ai-r.
Emboldened I -by iH'Cessltil bluster-
- i . j
lugs ovif a ' Ut-ciaieii uon comuaianu,
the editor of the tw-'f ami IJOm rcu'
seeun disposed; to'.'vi.-if his insatiable.
prowess upon "the editor of the Posr,
At least. s'iich ait' inference is lairly de'
ducible from tl. personalities in which
Editor. .Ashe'Vlhat recently indulged
with leteieiice lo our Mr. Cauaday.--Now,
we big to iiifonu this doughty
ri'!iLlt ;in m 1 1 uk . I iKii ilicio are cut-
tors and ediiois u North Carolina, aud
that in preHWiiiiug upon tho -I pacific
luviacter of 'be profession a a bedy.he
may wake
up roHie . iiuo morning aud
Hid
himisvlf' awkwardly ..uiihlaken
I he c nlu
i-'t and career of 'the Po.--T
he public and otlicial 'acts
as wen as
ue -topeii 'or general Titi-
IIT'I , in""'-' -i.-.., .... .
tioweivr severe, put- m. cnienng
the edjtvri.ll career om' does not
wear j
hi private
charaicier upou his
sleeve
t'oi daws lb peck Sat."'. Collector
Caua-
d iv. lit e C ipt. A4he, tuw olieu
been a
candidate bef .ro the tple, au
like
lut
hipij biis'-ofie-u cn deleatcd.
ColUcbur C4ada's kaye )
nnd.. hv tllu uHitmtiio'iA vote ol
his
........ altl !,, a diJtrict claimed by tho
Democrats
by twenty-four huudrtd
has irjii ftom tivelo tiftecu
nijoiilv, ns'
h'.iudied vo
ihcidotlm ticket
He
w as
lCvlCd
M.vyor
of Wilmin-tdn by
the tVHilMiiVi! toU'H oi ivrpuu
. . ! . , i . i 1.
i cans
odico
aud lh ioocrats, and coutinuea u
I- u "- -
: ' I . I - !
.t
by tho uuaimuou
vol-' ot a l,ciuo-
I..
..,i... I ishuuiv.! 1 1. is. tho gtnee
I ' '. -.iJL.
..I !, !. Aue iu Ha w.
B .. k .:.;.... . 5 vci.ai
turn couaiiv grav.lITiJ-,
lU- - 1 . n i . ..r.. h.-J i.w
ilruUrv it is lor uin wum w
V1" ' LL, nkn to reflect oh tbe
.: . L '::,..lwiis. i otUra !
...i . 1L.S' lilvMI -KulllO
1 110 ureal huih uv - -
vl-' Wt UUf U iU,; ibal UUe
. ...J. ... ,'Ar .viniralent
t vice lnm an .,u.Wm ad r iter-
ful ro'rnaieut,r bo baa rioted m Pfw
rrevl
iv..,.V.-n.-a ind1 laipoTCtrsfied
uA a idundcuxl aud bauknpt Stae-
-T .
Oar iay has Uuie RJrcrniettl
.v. . .11 iis Jrti m Irum ob.
h t. rpudi ite iu bonded ob Uga-
.'ii I .rtuoraln: home etfldial.
Ai u sua pWNiic M l r
e-.tr the LilK-ralrUi'uivJw
coai
ltaonia lii !W,ritr
J - . . .
mta'e lbaU A cbarje .tha our
itr. Onaday w o f: P'
. J.1 ' th
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.MlGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, FKIDMil
ttl ; ......
he is not laconic at the expense of
courtesy of - the Democratic sort, at
leasj when be says that is a lie. And
if itfia chariged that Buch privilege af
dishuraement is Bought, or. would be
sought by him for dishonest ends, then
he must plead the infirmity of haman
ature for his rudeness in answering
that such a statement is a deliberate,
malicious and infamous falsehood.
PBU a'
vye reuify tnougbt mat we iiau od?
witbaoviHoldcn.at leaat forthisi
and if be keepon writing cards at the
preiieut rale, we shall have to abandon
him,- ii .despair, or devote to him our
entire paper, of which al'ernatives we
doubt not that our readsrs would pre-
fer the former. We promise them that
tbey bbail not be troubled with him
after thfs numbbr, but a' we have "goJ
odrjhand in", no w, it is probably best to
dis)ose.6f 'both his unique conlribu-
lioiiH to tuc At'i'-' ' Observer at one
aittiug." We must appriso our read
ers that the "mighty instrument of lit
tle men" has aided "the mental throes"
if his nx-PTCpllpnrv in Ihn hirlh nf an-
other production as remarkable as bis
After
first astonishing explanation
inviting the scrutiny of the public, by
publishing the faci of his base and un
grateful defection, he now seems lo
think il hard that he has received the
criticism which he challenged. He as-
asserta the novel aud surprising iact
faat a man has a - right in this country
t i joinlLho Democratic party, and edit
a paper lor it. lhis is true, though
practically speaking, one might, well
doubt the right to join the opposing
party, ho- one has a right to lie if he
ketip clear of slander aud perjury and
be a hypocrit and a traitor to his best
friends; that, is toay tho laws will not
molest him, for iruch. Lut there are
clear legal rights" which no good man
cares to exercise, aH the "right" to
change one's" party as often as a man
does his shoes or his bat. That they
exml iu full force in North Carolina.
iir.- iloldcu has practically demonstra
ted. He is. Kind cnoutrh lo tell us. at
leahl, that he . is not yet a Democrat,
nor does ho design to edit a Democrat
ic --paper,." though he opines that he
could "do it up brown" if he Were min
ded to take hold. The last wo do not
doubt. Nothi-ng could be more congen
ial to his nature lUau the charge of a
bourbon sheet of the day. r ile contin
uously says that ho is not a Democrat,
but i t is merely the matter of a moment I
with such a "lightning changer" to be
cjine one. We luiiiK tuts is said some
what jnodostly and. tentatively from an
api'rehension that the haughty bour
bons will not have him.1 No dautrei
there, liovemor. liemember tlreeley
and lieu lnttler. Already some of tho
boy editors (though a little mystified,
like Hart, that it should have taken
you so long to detect the vices of your
late associates) are' beginning to "talk
up" for you, and while the greyer
heads regard this as a little rash and
!reniaturv, what the old folks talk the
young outs leaf ir." Why, Governor,
if yuu had been sharp fuiugh to have
turned Democrat w hen yon turned Rap
ti.it, you might have been in Rausom's
place. IIul we'll not vex .you by in
spiring vain regrets.
'Of all nut wont ol tongue or pn
Tlie sailacst are.these, 'it nilht have beri.'"
Alpoet yourself, though, perhaps you
don't loot on it as "toting fair" to ex-
pips the ''divine despair" which you
Rfl iu the. language of ono of those
uortliern fellows', who are gobbling up
everything tajik- pardons. The Gover
nor was a Democrat forty years ago, he
tells us, when jit was a great!
aial glorious thfug to be one.
Yes, and true to an instinct of his na-
lure, he fled shuddering from such high
i cvimpanionshtp. There was too ssueh
greatness aud glory for so modest a
mau, and be went where he thought the
articles were scarcer. He does not think
it indecoiMUi to tll us that he and
lUw Ueid made the State Democratic.
Pid IUhhI von to .rive life to that
1 r -. . . , '..-.. 1. - 1 1 : .
- , - - - - a - - : . -
I oia yariy, vwiohi, v
I .l.-il pi tiarOiitt lwfor tnur btn
R.iip.w, -....... , rf
I iMxt'iou with it iu dieted that rnZM
7. . ...
UW'W iVoid which it will never
1 .
recover. Well, your ex Excellency,
I we bav said euough. "An old mao,
1... , . 1 , t
Ha your withered hand., librcji
WVHU ...v 7 i J
plead your uiay yeararlial apH'
we caunrrsjou
1 yo'V . '
Wkat ia tha
... -l 11
mmm oMrii Tour niiivirnfF auuiu
w.j ...
avt, guide your steps, no mortal wUl
ever know. That in the past yo Ure
sounded all the depths and shoals of
f t cetsled not jour unasaety
1,1 Ht n-v What treasure
jvju "have Rathcrsd for yoomU b iaad
I. . ... . . t.Ur iill L th troth that
iow.uw
l'I m..., tm stin IO IBC TVB wtru w
tw- - " " "a,i
a5 5- - vi .
1 vkw-n tar - -
r.-;; : - nar . Uar
you now to the future and your God,
and alas ! we fear, to the laceraUca bt
those thorns wldch'Jn-jovtss; i
lodge.-to prick ajrfag jl ltTLL.,
we reflect upon the qaendoosnSS
boastfu) garrality tad the seHtcrC.
platitudes which mark your isrJ
card, charity, stxg emelArc-:r
hope that's restlett tad iaccaailr' u
second childhood is the sottret iOlf UA
conduct which looh bo dishonorins to
tou In mere w;wrilld, oTrf-thfal
bitter baim to hearts of thAlew
thatj are left to loye yoa, while they
deploie your degeneracy.' 1 ' ' ' v
WW
uityltento.;
JRev. Haywood Miller preached t the"
coanty jail on Sunday. ' ,:' ;-i ':- 'T
SJ - m- ? "' '. 3
Mr; J A- Springer sent, out the Jnt
! "e wiimmgo , popi-
office.
,ln--
The Southern Telegraph Company
expect to finish their llnejto Wilming
ton Boon. t
The, foreign exports from this port
durin8 th.e m?nth of August footed up
in Tftluati0B 1110,334.
Mr J. A. Springer sent out the first
postal .note from the Wilmington
office.' I v ' . v
The habit of throwing grape hulls on
the sidewalks of the city is yery repre
hensible and should be put a stop to a1
once before mi-chipf results. -.
A total of only 29 vessels arrived
here during tbe month of August, of
23 were Americans. Thejtotal tonnage
was 10,42, of which 7,869 were Ame
ricans. . '
Rev. T. Page Ricaud delivered a lec
ture last night, at the Fifth Street
Methodist church, at the request of the
Independent Order of Rechabftes, on
tbe subject of temperance.
"Dr." H. E.cott left Friday for
Dakota, expecting te return home
about tbe 1st of December, lie says
he will never, no never desert old
N rth Carolina. '
Tbe house of liuciuda Jones, color
ed, on Middle sound, was destroyed by
lire a few nights since, aud one of her
children perished in "the flames. All
her furniture and clothing was also
i burned.
The notorious colored desperado!
Joe Goodman, who recently made his
escape from Uuitti vilim jai, uuj wiu
has so long been Betting the law at de
iiauce, was recaptured a few days ago
and is now once more iu his old quar
ters.
Messrs. Pearson V Browu.
We are pleased lo be able to an
nounce that Messrs. Pearson & Brown,
the popular Front street barbers, hare
secured a continuance of their lease on
tbe present eland now occupied by
them, next door north ol tbe splendid
dry goods store of R. M. Mclntire. If
you want a good share call at Pear
son A Brown.
Wilmington nnd Baltimore
The new Baltimore and Wilmington
Steamship line, of which there has
been so much talk, goes into effect to
morrow, on which day the steamship
Raleigh will sail on her first trip from
Baltimore, to this port, returning on
Thursday next, the loth inst. Capt.
I Litlletieldommandi the steamer and
Capt. A. D.Cazsux is. to officiate as
agent here. Wa hope the inducements
will be sufficient to warrant the put-
ting ou of an aduiuonai steamer soon.
Robbery and Attempted Warder
A desperate attempt was made on
Thursday of last week to r murder Mr.
J. A. Swinson, living at 8winson' Cut,
on the W.C." A A. Railroad, some set
enteen or eighteen miles above Wll-
mington. IJe haq been digging a well
and was stooping over the mouth of it,
when a colored man with whom be
1 Jusl oonrersiog, oui wno wa.
I . . , r . II
a stranger 10 nim. cave mm a wuu
shore-and sent him headlng to the
bottom of the well, which wasdeep
enottgh' to recaire the curb aa-1 had
about two feet o( waleflo It- klr S.
feigned death, and ia the mean time
heard the ataa ransack af the toue
and postoffice, Mr. Swinson being pot
master at that place. lie finally came
back, and, U cossplete his .work, as ha
thooxhW Utnblel a railroad craavtie
and a piece of board into the well, bat
I withool oowg nr. swimmm
. . a
la
1 itirr. tia Laea west as 1M ar.ovis
ij -j-
1 j.att. ;n
1.77 Z
getli
that the tklef had earned off a kVi-
g. t wa "
pair of gold sierre baUaaa aad L3i ia
coppac wU, which
I poafice.
be rot IroaiUs
j v ,
aiQ be spared u
tt I f
arrest the aathor of
Met ot-
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kr. to say aouta rjf lat nuary.
SEPTEMBER 7, 1883.
LOCAL, SHORTS.
The 'excursion season is about ended.
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The ' improvements to Mr. M. M.
Katz's store are about completed.
A raif of superior limber sold iu
ketjon Friday l $15 r th
the
thou-
lir. Bremer is . build iug & btore , ou ,
the southeast corner of i" rout and Auu
streets.
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- tyESJeviaa was lined ?2J before the
May&rB Court on Saturday for disor- 1
jderiy conduct. v - : r-
"The Bleamer Minnehaha ha;)' received
tb;nccesaary repairi' to her urachtfiery
ad is ropningagainj ' ' "
Mr. J. F. Oar rell has returued from
the ; He , reports Cajpt, 11. S.: Rad
tli&e lapidly improving. , , ,
..A concert and ; ball, complirfteulary
to the Cornet Concert Clubr are talked
of, to come off some time this ; month.'
, t dlad'lo sec the pigeon nuisance hi
tho' City Hall porch is being abated.
It hss always been a source of aiinoy
ance. "' f .' y . j : . ;
- Messrs. Uronly A Morrw, auctioneers,
have moved to the building bouthea,.st
corner o Triucesa Uud North Wat'r
streets.
ltev. F. W. E. Pel-chin, of St. 'Paul's
LiUtheran churchy has returned fr m a
protracted visit to Tennessee and West
Virginia.
At a protracted meeting in Duplin
county, receutly couducUd by lie v. J.
Vising, of this city, there were lifty
accessions. .
TheSchr. John S. Detwilei, Capt.
Matthews, arrived . lt week wuh a
new cargo of rails lot tho 11 F. Si V.
V. Railroad. .
JJev.' J. M-j.ii'e, .of , tioldoboio,
preatched several excelh:nt Mcrptotu. at
the Second PrtsbylA-riau church duriug
the past week.
Zera Bemon, the magician, i.j Rooked
tor the Opera House ou the 1st oK" Oc
tober, jjilliau tfpeucer, in the "Creole,''
will boou follow.
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A great many cattle, bogs and ;m,;iIs
are still 10 be seen running at large on
tho streets. Cows with bells on them a
particular uuisauce.
The matrimonial maiktl is dull,
here was only one license H u-.d by
the strong mau ot the Kegister'.s ollice
ast week. How is that?
There were uo inteimcnth in Uak-
dale, Bellevue or S5t. Thomas' Catholic
Uemelery during tasi wt-eK:-xu r me
'"orest (colored) (Jemctcry there were
seven interments
A branch New York millinery and
fancy goods store, to be cIled "Tay-
or's Laziar," will be opened in the
Hshu building, Market street, on or
about tbe loth iust. " '".
The first new bale' of coUou Irom
Robeson couuty came dtoiu Jlia-s Oxen-
dioe, colored, and w;is received by
Messrs. Wuody & Currie, of lliis city.
It was classed otrict low middling. ',
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It turns out now tl.al the laiil eat '
g !of ' spirits luri'entiie cvtr taken out
uf this port on a sailing vessel was :t,
015 casks, ou the ilir. i.;, Powell.
Tbe largest ou a steamer wa l.ltRJ ou
the Uult atreaiu, ;
Two large palmetto trees,'- procured
from n islaud below lliis city, we.w
brought up on 'the steamer Mmneliaua
a few days finee" and sliipps?d by ex
press to ihe Iwstou kxpo.ition.
Men? is. W. 1. itw k Sou aud ,M. JA
Corbett are making extensive improve
ments to the build Lug on Sulh Water
street, formerly occupied by .Iev,r.
Crouly &, Morrii, but which was Uuly
puichased by the first -oatucd firm.
The colored you -men of this city
have orauiivd a pleasure club, to in.-
kuowa s-"Skykkk No, -,J with tuie tal
lowing officers: A. Kello, t'redeut
James We?toni -Vicei Prcidcut, Uobt
Ioe, Svcrelaxy; W. ?. Kreeiuiiu. t rea
surer, and Frauk Hooper, Ch iirtun.
btiad colored btgar, ltiiirti Irotu
liiwippi, who tpenl hi money for
wkkkey, wai sent out cl the city a few
days ago, together with his wife, ilc
auihorilMB furaUbiug Uii UupoiU-
lioaas far as Fforcoc na lbir hvHae
warijournfy, Tbe mxn siid tbat hi
name was Rill Job oaoa. - .
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A la tf beautiful ijreT f..r tbr
WUmicgtoa "iiia Fir Kouj CVni
panj N'o. 1, arrived Utre froa Xes
Yirctsia oa i ihIav suxm U u
k bis na-J xfUr IA tl,kf A Um Ytt
Depanaieat aad Uf Mtirt A W.
Woovlr. ailcr tbe atauui vf tb Ai-
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The aaatc oi the liwws EaejtO.
Davia, which arrived tevsi!r xi Msita-
iU, bat was Ortfred to JwaiAa, M
froca a yard ara Wiaai veael c -bt
laal aJ er)e4 to . 4al&
Ta t deck 0 the Tti. He Ml
dkaaacw of aboat fee. Hi. aaae
was Caaitiew ai U.-sa W a am.i 'uU-Vaias 4 li aaaaai prvratt U
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Single Copies 5 Cents
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS-
ABOUT SEPTEMBER 15TH & 20TH
A large and attractive Stock of
Dry
Oil Olotlis and
Will be itady for the inspection of the publicl :.! ' , r
In the ineauiiine we mil close out ODDS and ENDS at srrch bargains as will
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A few Piece 50 cent Carpets will closed . out at
. 37 1-2 cents per yard.
seplemlKT 7 tf
- A new locotnotive engine, just turned
out from the shos of the Carolina
Central Railroad, at Lauriuburg, ar
rived hero Tuesday ou a trial trip. She
is a very heavy engine aud is said lo
be ouo of the best ever Seen ou a south
ern road. . ' .
The new three cent posU! uoto sys
teiu went iuto effect last Monday, by
which parties cau send any sum under J
five dollars to .auy person in the Uni
ted States for the fee meationed, with
out haviug to pay ten cents for a money
orde. . . -
- Tho Stedman i Fire Company, re
cently to orgauizeitl, ; asks the Board of
Aldermen lo reconsider its action at
the last meeting, looking to a fiual
disbandrcent of the company aud give
them whatever aid may be necessary
to bring the company up to its former
elliticncy.
Jos. C. Hill.
Un the return of Stacy VauAmringe,
clerk Superior court, from bis summer
visit, some weeks ago, he apjoiuted
Mr. Jos'C Hill a justice of the peace
to liil a vacancy ou the board of mag
itralc:i which Mr. Benj.-R. Moore, the
county atltrucy, decided toexist, owing
to the fact that the legislature failed to
eieC .Mr. Hill has had long cxperi-
ti:ce in the judiciary. "
The lot ton Trade. ' ,
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l'he receipts of collou at this port
during the cotton year ending August
ol?:, 16S:J, loots up 127,4lW bales,
spoudiiii4 purioil lust year, shoeing a
decrease of 9,$ 10 bales.
flic exports of cotton for the crop
year eliding August "olst, 18S0, fooled
up 12 ii' 7 bales, of which tS,967 bales
were domestic aud 57,700 ba lea were
tortign, as against lo7,70i bales for the
suite I'eriod last year, of which 73,s75
bales were domestic, and 03,833 bales
foreign. .
The Temple of Israel", cornet of 4th
and Market directs, has beeu greatly
improve 1. lie.uilitul cornice . uow
aduru all the windows and doors, the
whole exterior of the building has been
stuccoed, tin; towers and domes have
been rem od led so as to present a bet
ter apiarauce, and the former have
been painted and.Zplded to a dauling
brihtiiejs, while the wood work in the
interior has all beeu newly varnished,
fit tact there has beeu a radical change
in tlie apear.uice of the entire build
ing hi id 11 would now icarenlj be known
for the tiuio one
1 i.i.i:ac 1 111
he .-1110 one but for ila location.
nit ititi: ini s.
1 be t'4ir aud Ciittua arj ou a visit
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to Dv'umarkaad are to go to tier many
Ptusacol.t'.U still healthy aud uar-
a nine retricli-iu have beew removed.
i-.4t.iL.AVcd decrease iu tbe public
uurine tbe ukio.u ol AueuU
f,iA,Ji'0'j..
The I.uim'bi Ktiiiuad lkide over
lUc iii -i-iipii rivcf wa detroyc4 by
fire win i'uiolay.
Tbe General Aenibiy of the knigbis
ol Lkbwr of 4te United iSAie will b-
gin its aeaiiou at CinciaaaU fpL ith.
I ie lou of Tjirioive, ia the Dutch
YjlA. il ndt, m dUored by a tidal
wave aid tea tboaiaad people per
'Uhedl . i '- "
Jolia cm ui 0x51a, -a Lunief, livieg near
Vit fvwl, Jit., Wj4 simI iiiied sj
traviiiug ii jUigravfier 'ij bad pitch-
t J br lct.t near h buw.
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A CTC.-oe oa aaday Ai;v4 DAb,
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in omU cf tTmkmiaij4. 4e-
lirvyiM i rrnt avasyi feahtac rtwa,
sad a tet lit wf nt m rtfiwcwd-
it i -utactU taa tW bocai aoUt
wit? "il t& vft? e4 Ite Ute vaixae
id fk; uf 3MC.i
I -CUk4U tii: ia ra
I -4ia4i Ap; ait lawniatid - fTr
' t r-H& ka avxa-s lac tarred a4
f trt X & ua t
I eaow a s H.w,i.
NUMBER 39.
NEW AD VERT' MENTS.
R. M. ; McINTIRK
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
State and County Taxes
rjiUE TAX BOOK 8 FOH TUK YEAR if
have been placed In my haads for collec
tion. iPrompt payment Is reiueted. The
attenrion of Poll Tax Payers Is called to
the present law, whlcli makes Non-Pat
ment a Misdkmkamob, punlkbable by floe
or liuprlsonrueht or work on the ptiKl
ulKhwajr.
8. 11. MA.NN1MU,
SherlS New Hanover Co.
sopt 7-H
Taxes.
rjlHK TAX BOOKS rOE HAVE BEEN
placed In my hands for collection. Taxes
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are now due aud tax payers . ae earnestly
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requested to make prompt settlements.
JNO. 1. TAYLOR,
keptT-ll Tax Collector.
WE WANT
ONE OK TWO REM AHLE.IN HUSTKIOITM
MKN IN EVERY TOWN AMU COUNTY
TO HELL. OUR POPULAR ROOKS.
OUer liberal Inducements. Applicauta
will please give age, esperienoe (II auy),
and reference as lo character and habiU.
A SPLENDID CHANCE for men who are
not afraid of work and waul to make '
11. V'. JOHNSON A CO., r
Sept T im lulJ Main ."St., Ricbiuoiid. Va.
Have You Seen Them?
IF NOT, TAKE A IXX)K ATOUUNKW
and complete stock of Pha tonn. Bag- .
Klcn. CarrtaKCH, lvouuJ and Surry Waconn,
Haddles, IlnrnsK. Trunk. Traveling ohii,
SaU'liclH, Jihawl blraiiK.ac.
.eptT-ir McDOUUAL. A BOWUEN.
Less Than. Cost
f.A.
dies ami MlMes
SERGE,
BUTTON BOUfS,
. AND BALS.,
11 liu ikiu Ct Uj clu.o out. (Jiiudt are
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wortU In value irom IA'iD to $ i. o ami we
are wiling Uiem at 1 1. 00 and 1., and HJM,
Comoandgcla pa)r at unci, or the op-1
ortuuity wille gone.
GIO.
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R. FRENCH A SONd;
D. A. SMITH,
The Latent And HaD'lMJiufl Sllf.,
FURNITURE
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ALWAYS ON HAND
SALES BODES & lAHOfACTORT
nu. is noKTU
FUU2TZ BTHKaT
WILMIitUTOt. Hid
... j CiCT TOIR
noxKVH noma t
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DON T TAKE ANY OITS W0ED.
COME AND EqOlEE
LOtTESTi ID TOE CtTT..
sapu o. nai.u t
Ja IViar.
it
Sugar. CIlccFlottrt
A
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a&iAJis otxatx
. ' "iraaaaSitSJ'Wiae
uu c&at.rraaiapaaM
Carpets,
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