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MIL.TOX. JV. C.
Alex:lIv;Steplien8')ha8 almost
a w lDj ii e w-1 or k. -
i 'XrThe iJIo npi n a re prepan n g .
for war againsf thafTtSfate. i
'! t I r., . ii. , r .:: A :M
tiiiGZQvu JOftuu in iiow ding his
'iBtiltiklng ah4 drinkirtir"' R 'Jaml.
"USM Snve Kffcup-RhfKiiiAg tning
oh'etwen :fTio Tvuks an4 Russians.
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r TS'A'M nii if iias "been "dt.-cov-
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'tSSrni;Hni A. S Merrimon will
please accept nxiv thanks tor "valuable
.public documents.
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i. i wEgki&Vs Jiaive , nothing vorthyri-
tiug abbiit'Hhis-week, eveu if we lelt
in a writinir'monfl. r r s v
tt ' tST" Aupsiaircoloneli gets v $400
a year,; abotit as fhuoh as1 a section
man on a J.ailr.oa d; t .
IP '"'Col; W.-W. Forbes has been
lappointed pstjastev of , Kichraond.
Mies Va tr I-e w ft eps dow hand out .
' Xt-There5 is 1 now; the strongest
probability that England 1and: Austria
will come to tlie 'help 'of Turkey.
he Uauover,, Va., Liorj has
been killed and J turus out to be a
j big mastiff dog bolongi Jg to a .railroad
employee. i :
imoTlie 'snips - cncle Toby,"
I j 14 Geneva1" narid ;Shamoock' " have
! i been'lost.oir the Wast 6t' Ipfenu !'No
g particqiar. , , ; : v ki.'
JTGeq,, Grant, it ls'staied, is to
i have a special Audience with Qaeen
Victord andHs to -beHhd gHest of
Disraeli iSeaoffrMV r 1
tuBeu.:U. Hill, or Georg
ia, nas decid aii off pf $2;56(l aifd
expenses . ta;.lectnre si ".tG ihyiunati.
Cleveland, phieago and. . Uetroit . ; r
i J5 The Gouiniencefnent . f . Kit
It fell Insiit'iij cr wiil 'take; place onthe
2l8ttif ilune?r R.-O. Biirtor), JV;.J E,
will deliver tlVllterary address on
i tliat occaBy?n,. t tjt.
r j A. prtnmentiiuuieraJogjsX es
timates the gold, silver and injckel
; - contained in the mines u. Ainntgom
ery cou iff yrfW .(., 'sufficient o pay
it the National DebtV" i -
A CiiicibuHti Jelfgram an
nounces, thatifjrjheldy Baiik. at,Qirr
clevilleOhio,;has Suspended; Kvith li
abilities 1 '-eighty thousand 'assets
claimed to bblhnndretl thiUsiind. .V
'ti i t 4v . ? f i i rii i t L : ' i
says aj corrflspouden V ,ot n fMn,
Times "$ti5000 iiw'n Westsfm gold-
mine, wn1 may? be1 tirtdet-' the- neces-
tent h
fere'
-Robinson firie livJug5in i
and their only triflinterjaliee is deti
ved froml e?jlft Pji'oui
jTliStltrlrt1 gfamldaughr
- 1.'! : . ';t k.i. ' e
of 1 UaifteTletoe, tt'awtiori
trland, and m destitute circumstances.
They are ea"n over Bffy yeaisot age,
gest, who" earns seven snuimgs a
charity organization society .propose
t o purciiasft w armtnfy for, t fyml&x.
GenWaimts -Madison- Leach is on W'rsrIr ?mrol ins""tie fi'irry
in a long letter noticing the charge
mar. ne is trying to organizo a.mira
or Hajes paftyout ofld-Iine AVliigs
Yceedsio give hiSrie?of tb-itaa
tion, which, we think, have the ring
of the right mettlej and we endorse
them. SumVd np?ttbeyaccor& .with
theltviewar of Gov. Hamptonj-of South
Carolina, airdj, are tbebasiSyTf bt
71 Insietter is creditable to ther heacr
anil heaHJof itsraiithdfpaii(l we feel
to-day that we canffxouse the pojiti-
cat ishWt-coimugr'ol (he "writer in the
tii buL t i ii : . P rvl -t-u .o
Lpaat
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' KoxstSE Tht? iashToii " some pa
je, r9 h a ve -41 f Ji t ra I d in' C part v ict o r ies
in-crt)Fe-road 'tanniciim? eleVtionft If
Li
isn't worth -a iiincji of Friulf a? In hilie
caHps qui (i ieii poiiiie naye noiiun
is
io ao wiin in8e eieciioii8.
, The iW i 1 mi n gt ot i Star ays;it is a
Riiniificant'fabt that. Democratic Xew
Wrk paid Presietit Daves far jnore
respect than; Kadical Philadelphia.-
The reason is plain: !New Yotk is
ivie and 'just, ajid likes the Presi
denti Southern polic), whilst-Phil4-deiphirt,
always hating the South, is
disgruntled like theNew' York Srx.
v : Charlotte Observer ' "
The PnHtal jiCommiw-ion, romposV
of licnr S. S. HubUrd, chiiirn, I)' M
Fttx, , Hon iXieo. Basett, a ppoiu t ed by
th$ President under1 an act nt (?o'ri
gress. to 'make .inquiry' regarding' the
want ' of additional, mail fficilitie !i
.the 'South -vi ill leave "Washington
Mondaye veiling, the 21st,r"; making
short stops at liichmond. (ireensbori,
Charlotte, Atlanta, itnoxville, Bristol.
Ltnchburg,-&c; Postmaster General
Ky and General Superintendents
'Vail and Marshal will-accqrapany the
Commission unless some unforeseen
occurrence, prevents. '
It is understood that the object of
"the visit, briefly stated is to enquire
first, wheiher a faster mail schedule
let weeii New York and New Orleans
is necessary; second, whether rhe
railroads can -affbtH to put on .such a
sclie4ufe; and third, whet her the busi
li esh is k uf Kcie li t to wa r ra 1 1 1 t he I st
Office Dpartrjifciit in making . such
f "Shoyhl jhey be convinced, s as is
probable t liev f wi 1 r t hn t faster mails
are a , necessif jtitiVth South', a ,ques
fion vill arise us to wjiat line ot rail
roadv shall beuseti as1 the fast J mail
route. : The choice will have to be
made between ihe t hiee established
jihes irony he Northern cities to Ney
Orleansviz: the Ken ijetay; line, via
LyiidhljfiL Bristol, Kiioivill,e. &c ,
the tJffntic CMi,st Liy.e. - via Kicn
mond,leieri.burg, AVibuiuton, Au
giista, &vM and the Piedmont Air
Line, via Jliqhraoud
ta, . c. , JhComuiissinii made a in p
over the Atlantic Ctmst LHue about
three w'eeks.;agj atoppiiig at,the prin
tlrti 1 M'rH!. with tjie
biiMiiess nien!ot each; a will be .seen
bt tieuuthne id the ttip given above,
tjiey wil), come clown by the r4eJ jnon(
Air Iline aiid return bv the. Kejune-i
andt moderate uepuulicans. i ne 10
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Raleigh News.l
The rneetinr of ihe representati v&n
of the State-fteaK CUafcloIti, Ijftt
North Carolina Uegisteb; to which ab
biin has jtlre id v been made in these
cidumns.. gives a list of the iiewRpa-
fnblpAf if. tire'i
St jRiareigTii -lo'inafiT Hendersonf
vrz: --t- 4
Ron.
. Cauolixa Skntikel, Newbern, Pas
ieur,& Watson. , n , . , ,
T Western' nAiioLlNlAK, Salsisbury,
Bingham White. ; ,
- 'HXtiFAi'rCoMPiLEfi. i" Halifax.'; J
U rilit. , Jt .
AMEBlpJ'liECpaDEBj.
Johii'McNvillwiiiW' ' ' ' .' t
Cape . 'FeaIRkcqrper.. Wilmington,
lvr vh 'lvi0 -''-i' tiJ
threes-fourths that number, and there
are six or eiglit, times that. nimbec in
the StaJe;ajjUe a contrast., betee,n
now' and jtieh m this as weJl lias in
yanifr enterpyss. ,t t , t?c:
J'.-' ' l'f.'. f.,J v:' 1' T.' r -itJ
AdrciiliireHin tlie !.
Frbni'tue Virginia City Nev. Clironlcle
ijLitst-nigbM just after Blinkins and
his;vjfe ;verenuy. stowed away in
bed,.MrftiX. t hbiigjJi he,. heard t he
trcmtoprlam, .... ..Bh:, 0
til Iliibie, dar Rocked itc jl be
torediwonnd Upthe clock; c t .'-i - .
, 4i I didu'i see,, you go out in the
hall.! iiis-li ' .,.:. I' .
But I did, love.' - . . . -,
J tliinkyoti must be, mistaken '
Welt, r kim'v when !I locked the
doorr dammit.' . us ; j td' i
'Now. you shan't swrar at me.
That door w is open, : andI nktniw . it.
S'fOKin the burglars,go in anicjrry
otf all lhe silver, wed bes in ta nice
: 4 They'd lo worse off with htiie- old
fJated si off. Besides,, who ever
heard of aiairglaiy bove A street?'
If you don't get up and lock that
door 1 11 rivh out and. scream for the
police. I'il 'rouse .t he neighborhouil
if iuisjhe last act of 4 my -life.
Blin.kins somewhat alarmed at. tne
Ihreatv.rose -up :and begxin to: fuinblc
round for a match. : -; ;
The tnatclies are at thcendof the
washst andf love.' '- :.; i !
Blinkins paused at the place desig
nated, a ud broke a soap iditth.-jri
is4 1 never saw Tehran awkward
man jnees i was born .'.quoth Mrs. B
from the bi3iL:r just as, he stumbled
back over a spittoon ad sitdou in
it so f(xrciblyjha!t. titsuiashed,1 into
forty pieces.-d A
0-jLnd; ejaculated Mrs., BA,
BlinkiiiS'iitxt sUuck his. tueva-
gainst a towel ra'k,.and aii-oath oij
solved itself in the darkness. -.Then,
he stepped on the baby's rattle, and
ran one of the points into Jtis,, foot
half airincfU f JumpingAsitle. he up
set the centre-ltahle,and'-f;begaaJ to
fit milder -on t tbwaribtlm 'hall. - Ujs
young hopeful V carriagrt vas , there,
and he tell over it six ditTerf nt ways
before he reached the door. . ;
v ' Vas-it' .ivpeuV queried a voice
fronVthe -bedv . t . l '
' Oh !' ttfflnst'lrave Ueefl Something
3lse 1 heard ' K
rA C'Vloieu :MinisTer PitEUcnfc to a
iHHjfB ; ' Episcopal : CoS'6REGATr n.
mZttirMgj, : Tenri;? Mar "1 8.--The
lpico)al Diocesan Confvehf loir is hi
sessioh here.'- Rev.fTbliti B. MOotl
nell. colored, of the Emmanuel church
it Memphis, delivered an impressive
sermon last nrghtit being 'tlie ' ii rst
iisranee in the: United States 'bf a
Mdoret clergy rnfaif 8 prf aching" to a
White cmigreation in ah 'Episeopal
hurcli. -nils is't lie more 6tjnihcant
froin'tlfc fict thatf hop iQuintahl,'
wh presufeil oVer 1 the conVentfoii
was a chaplain ih " th'Cbufederate'
artnjr:wi'"P' sar
A-ri.iiiCfyu
'RalefgbJ OfelttVEfeldvtocsi from
the - tifh hatchidgstatibfis, oh;?iho
Neuseaud Tr, under" date of tester-
davi-a v -tliat' -the "wateis rapidly
turning warmer-ana rue rnn oi ,nsn w
itubroving. A larS iinnrber kA Wsl
are caught, ; but few' ripe'spaWneri'
pastcheeKea J bv rcoia weatlier and
.high Waterii are bov ih?prbgressSvitii
k gratifying ttrospeciW success?- '
JF.HEKTON UAZETTK, lliUfntOn, JUnlfiS
Wills. t ; ; , r "4 . . ,i , . . f , ,
"'CvelvVin'all; .'now";. Raleigh has
- STATE "NBWSr
The. cash: recripes. for-freight's, at
tlie inc;on e for the past, four
mnnf ha VPr 3 's non
frSl tsHal JCJ.I, '
ro le t
The Kandolnh Reenlator sava that
ajittle tcldld of John Cooper, in
TvlfaY while in its mothers rm
receft storto-U
It is reported th it Ike Yun2T. our
uevenue Collector, has had ""A" tor-
1 u ue Wffc,h!tfl'rjyVam?ror Rfrelati ves
AVe hone it is true, for Ike is better
httel to spend rt fortune llian any one
we know vi Wilmington Yosl?1 .
m. v 1 " - -i iV ' ;T
W inston ami ,alem pontaiu , oyer
fifty' biiHiiiefS fctaiids all' having,, a
good patronage,:. A Baltimore .drum-
meVj telTs us that lie sometimes sells
'in..:i ; ?o. ' 'i.. .a- t:..t:... r:.:..
buiidved ad fitrjpacksdfitfi
wvck, the Jarget purchase uiaCle iu
th StatH. 1 - . .
iiCapt. GJias.' McDonald has a tame
I wen ly pound fniutin; his iish pond,
which utiMwer to- hi call ami !fl
hiws him unund tne pknil,iiiti his Ixitb
ding. lt.is Ihe wwulerf tue !dav;
ami tiiatiy take little evijniug Btroll
to McDonald's .fish paid to ttee'tnis
big tish.vu Concord San;
A 'ICbktij Carolina ; oiEif
(jre ii era t 'Joseph li. liaAvIev', a. native
ot V ilmiugioo, iS. and President
ot the Centeiiuial " Commission, has
ueen creaieo, oy uie JViuir oi iioiiaiui
a Koight, and will oerealter be known
as.ir oosepu uawjev. All em I
CarotiniUus t get; ready our tvbjU:t
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Horrible affair took' place in; Hot
Himse roWuMhip this county,. May
4th, at t'he residence 6fS.rratf 4 Shel
ton, I lionitia Shelteu'wasrshot ititbe
forehead ami instantly killed by his
brothenTeiTelb Sfielton, who was ar
rested a nd lodged i ft jai I at t his 'place
tor awuit an invetttigatiou before tlie
prope r u t hor l ti es. Caerokee . Herald.
If y. : E, 'Graves 'is living he is re
duesieil iQ i 'write to his mother. When
fast IiVatd from; 'about' eight months
ago, tife was at ' IN brio Ik. Any persn
knowing ot him, whether he is living
or dead, is asked"tb write to Mrs M.
Al'-Copet.-tnd at Lhzaberii Citv, N C
lle'i a printer and ib about 2b' year?
ot age. Exchanges wiH'Conter a ta
vor.-iy copying tins notice: North
Cdrulihiiin.
PEN ER,J. NE WS.
r An oil' painting t.f Gov. Ilamptort
has beeisenT to German v to be litln
o&ra rilied i: 'Mre than five' thbnsand
copies have been already ordered. '
The cAtlanta tCojistiluiwn asserts
Via t ,t lit re are men in the upper coun
ties of Georgia wboibavje lie, ver heard
thatrt hevar Jnis cease(i; . atd are till
niamg inougujear oicap ore,
bill lias passed IKq illinoirf'Lg
islatufe aufhorizinir railroad cbiidnC-
tbs t'o?ysttpJfi1h8i(1:pnt6iff every
ootiv riiaying cams ior,money o
or us-?
mg ousceiie language.
A nnm.her bt tHtlrbd rr are, soon
tp leave ;IinghanitpiK Y -1 or dVa-.
ZlU, vWf'k1pa,f-rejl; !o,6()U-filled
men of this class un' three years,. at a
handsome Siilary. - - , .. h
Mrfsaciinsetts has 4,3 121 paupers
owe4-half tit Wnorrt have h'al .tio-in'diis-j
tii 1 preparation fO jaitl a lillhiMkl.
FortV-!! per cet.t, are or Jiavet been
married. Twenty-six7- per" cent hre'
children wider-fifteen ycumm' age.
4 If Tiirke'v want to beat Russia,' let
her lnipbrta few hogsheads ?)t the'
Ootortido beetles t and ;Rbckyt Monii
t4itr locusts, hatch t hem1 tiear ? f he
itorth'erti'atid easfeW'bcitiHdHries.'ati'd"
allbw the )'(rung"iirisecfVto)follovtfre
course 'of natureMahd gdr East.--CAi-tfrgo
Timet , ' J ; i J;h :
-v" y. v vtitrfjc.t it?'-? I";n ;
One t.hpusajid tnilli(V) J81 hCarnV
are-aMunay;(s4ld y the tfP)stre
Uepartineut;. J tie contract, for ,:thejr
iliauMctjireior.ifeL, uet, i'ou ,3earft
tot pe .m W t N w tiYor 4hatn a
.vVi! fi pOftpOU, a8!:cpmpared
wifeUiJaseaiav ,
4 The ibt-firpsit, Nefork "arV
stiirrag?ng aud:irea1i iig ; fa pidly
Several yillBiand thail; uiilfs liaye
have" beelirmrcdPer "for5 theft
lives andniany are4 now? irl a sadlr
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destitute -AiimdiUui-lhaVlng? lieither
! sieltef, focnr tJl6thini t.
A rRoairsKarr lawter of cincixmati ck$
hii8patcntd.tne New York World.
3cVS-mNKAnJxAlay 17.-Much ex-
ltenieitexisHlj tn-dv nr t hn
Misaarahiittij. C. II. Black
burn, a prominent member of the oar
andXhe most noted criminal lawyer
ot the 'State. Ha left the city on
Weiln.ii FhaX been
lien rd t rcmr,- eXeeptTi t f 11 a m i I ton t Or,
where he was toanruea case h the
c-iurt. lie had been t1ie uotect
Ik'zzlements of numerous sums ot
mo iey oofaiuea from clients and the
s tie of diamond rings and other ar
licles borrowed ,fromf Jriends, Pu
hyr says tlia he was 5uatjeiaUy.emr
baVrassed J rongaiinntand the , hajf
ing. of too, many frienxU. . among vror
men otlie';uyji.vTuere., were Je
ports' tl:day to tlje that.hjb; h'iif
suicided, buttheso aia. probably uu
jVAipdeil. His, wife states tht he,had
Mrringed ttJeaveauil that she ya
to,lpUp h.mj bnt that having inter
cepted a letter, from one of hUinal
pieetjiia in fiis flight, she decided
uot to ypm lin liere but. it is said, al
so to apply for a divorQ-.,.'fhe vtiole
an"'Ui it n profound mystery, aud cre
ates uch.exciterneut, I v. , (,
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Sinjular Flight of Birds.
Bi stox vKf a y'i. 7.- Ca pt. Bearse of
the'sfeapr Glauctia, relate?3 a " curi
oS) ipcldent'o ( hislasr;' trip f rOra .New
YWk.' While pasMug throiigii Vong
IWiidbunn, oi
sky. 'fieinsr thick with smoke frora'tiie
ftifest fif e to th4 ontlnvAnl jit va
observed, 'after 9 ocldck. thatthe air
was fuirbf birds, apparently bwildr
ered artd. in search of retmg place.
Attracted by the glare of the ship's
ItgMs they ste'feVr their flight to
ward the vessel, and striking against
the tuasts or the Ionise, fell dead. "up
on the deck.1 A few ' of . them werp
foiind to le alive. , t About 200 in .all
Wefe picked Up1 on ' the deck, repre
Rentiiig' thirteen difFerenkinds of
forest fir!s. Durfug five hmirs they
cbntirnied to drop on the vessel, she
goitig at the 'time full twelve knots
per .hour, ami multitudes, of the poor
creatures must have perished in , the
water. At i.s probable tht tlie birds
were dri ven from L mg Island by the
extensive forest fires and were flying
over the sound for shelter.
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A 1VII PHitel Ttd.
story never jumps oyer 'Detroit.
There ;i re, too ruiiny 'old battles-grounds
amuii(jLhere for the historian to get
past' wit Bbiit at least a few para-
graphs . ; ; - U, i
' The'figlitat bloody Run, Fi as been
widely read of. aiid straiigers,' often
ask to have the hibality pointed tont.
One (l iv a man, who dropped blT a
street car at the. Jefferson avenue
bndge'to look anmmf aild let meiiiVK
rycarry him' h ick1 to Indian v d iy 8, 1
fJf'aiixibiis to'kliow how the fight
came tq be called Bhd Run. r ' -
liy-aiid by a b cafoe stini'mjng a-'
limg. allclfthe sfraliger beckoijed ti1
libn add asked: i4 1 ' "
,ujSonnyl isthis Bloody Rmi . i
Y)U are bloody right it is, was
the rounder, , , ?
I ?R ilit' arMultf fiere?tis where7 the
foifislrtroVsMe? if? "
Vestr ndlow'n In ;iflie. gujl
tbere were the blolif 'Inlifiisl
fudthny louirhl ' .
rBl(dy sure. Tiiey 'diau"t coma
here to nla'vV von bet!
Was fhere m.iriossr ?" '
-Abtedbigonk:
"Cah yonfell nie; corttinned the
Stranef",lking arotlnil, 4 why they
call it Bloody iiunV ' I
"Yes, sir ; cos .when them soldiers
tound there wefe ten luimis toa fine
wuire man, iney trunr so Diooay last
that yoif caii fiird?Id ' boofdieels
round here .yet!'--Detroit Free Pre3s
CiiiriKEN Ficnt.-t main of cocks
iHlPlWlVniglit3n orn! begmnfii
Jutie42thVierxt 'and continuing' tour
dnys? T1i mam Avill be between
Virginia' di?5Nrth ;tAroIihk; Vhd
eacn mub wiii-vuienaooui. iiiirty-one'
biroi Porfeirtont It 1 12f ebprisb 20:
Ralign OHlERVteewl'irom:
thiratm theliHricellt, eoutftieslrom1
the'CToWbbonti.fp
IvascertauTedtlfiir All 'thef cotlon
p!anf d 4incMav lst' ra?;failure
twtnirrlsWU ftlmntf'VoftWw Jhe
gfonnd. - feeed s las!res,sfngly8cai:ce
and i?u haIf,iHnrmersdi.
pla"iitH Tlie otiseahence Is1 they liro
cdmtiUcdtdTplrfht cprtf or'let tlie
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