7"" , THE WILMINGTON JOUEN AL j. A. EXOEf.IIAKP, Editor and Prop. wnojI ALL LETTERS OX BUSINESS MUST BE ADDRESSED. vii it 0 i i m i:atm or awvektisiw tti i mm One Square, one wefcfc. JU. j., T.tl00 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION : THE DAILY JOUliNALi is mailed to sub cribers at Kigiit Dollars per annum ; Four ImllaIvS for six months ; S event v-yrvE Cents nor month for a shorter period. THE W'KKKLY JOURNAL at Two Dol - rs per annum ; One Dollau for six months. osub.seript ion received to the Weekly for less "ban :;ix months. One Square, one month . 3 M Onesquare.ree months......... 7, yj One Simin t ' f . ... ; it , ""J'1"'8 !......, 13 00 Additional Squares at nronrH.r.'-,:-; " Yol. 28. WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1872. 'No.. 36. III III ill lii III If I 4 I II I ' HIIJIIXGTOX, X. C. : FRIDAY, SEFlEMBER 20, IS 72. Ciiaklks Sumxer as the Democratic candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, is r.vh -v paradoxical. What will Mrs. ! irundy :l' ? " Loxo " i'Kur.Y has " goiie to Lis re ward ;' a temporal reward, however, ia New Orleans this time. The Devil will claim him in due season. Tin: Democrats and Liberal Republi- ca .s of Massachusetts, New Hampshire a-id Kansas, are clasping hands across the bloody chasm. .See telegraphic column. llr:zitm Keef-EntcTS in ttte Custom Doaufort, in North Carolina; is a port of entry. The foreign commerce of the place was, according to the New York World, for the twelve months from Sis'- of March, 171, to lst March, 1S72, imports, $2,1G2, which at an average tariff of 40 per cent, woiilil yield a revenue of $804 80. To col lect this revenue the following officials are employed at tho following salaries Salary. .81,374 . 774 5 174 r-G ll2 1 SO W) lee 10G . iro 75 75 me collector me deputy collector and inspector. r.e r-mer rue temporary inspector One temporary inspector (nc temporary inspector iii temporary inspector dm' watchman :;e watchman r.vj watchman e iiic wateliman ( ,ne boat man 'tie boatman ( i;ic boatman Total S3, 170 The thieving and corrupt Administration of Jonxsox contrived to do the business of this port in ISO'S with but three people, iz. : Salary. one collector. . . One inspector.. One boatman . . . 1.494 93 747 08 300 00 Total S2,532 01 The imports in 1SGS came within $20 of those of 1871-'72, being $2,142. Ifow is TliiH? Reports are not only in circulation, but generally credited, that the late Sheriff of New Hanover is behind in his settlements with the State and county to amounts va lious'y estimated, some placing it as high ;:s Thirty Thousand dollars. A committee, iippointed by the Hoard of County Com missioners, examined his county transac tions, but felt there was no law authorizing the Commissioners to examine for the Slate. It is alio reported that the retiring Trea- ui'T, Mr. Fennel!, had commenced suit aLumst Schenck for several thousand dol- h,rs duo the county. Again, the State Auditor's published K'-portdoes not show one cent to have been received by the State from New Hanover, 1't taxes on Deeds, Mortgage Deeds and Deeds in Trust, for the fiscal year of If-71-7-'. We have repeatedly called attention to the fact that the And tor's Report does not '.how oar coil to have been paid List year for Coloie.l IVlls in New Hanover. The eoire-'tness or falsity of these minors should be immediately established by actual evamination by those, who have authority to do s by th" laws of the State, and by the sworn afiilavits of the recent Examin ing Committee, and a proper remedy speedily applied. Justice to the tax p.iver, as well as the official, demands this WZi:tt of the liixltt? We shall not, deny that we are disap pointed at. the result of the election in Maine, nor would we be worthy of belief if we should. To be sure we did not expect to can v the State, but we had a right to expect, and we did expect, that the Liberal movement would show some decided strength in that State. The result of the elections in Vermont and Maine demonstrates thai, a movement conceived in a spirit of reconciliation and brotherly feeling between the different s-.-ctions of the Union has mad'c no impres sion upon the col.Hie.ai ted people of that section. They proclaim that they have no wbh to clasp hands across the bloody chasm," but u ith that type of New England prejudice and hatred, Secretary Rout well, they piotest against any such kindly feeling. Those elections prove two things, which we may as well ieeogni.c at once. First, that the restoration of brotherly feeling b,-f,veen the North and South must take place without the assistance and in spite of the opposition of New England, and second, that Gueki.ky and Ui:owx must depend upon the votes of States outside of New England for their election. It is now, we suppose, absolutely certain that all of thos-.-State?, with the probable exception of Connecticut, will give their electoral v 3 to (Ikaxt and Wilson". In Massa e:i!!etts, indeed, with the defection of such powciful Republicans as Simnei: and Uanks, the former also being the Coalition caialivlaie for Covernor, it is reasonable to presume that groat inroads will be made in the Aciuinisf ration ranks, but with a ni.ij ;:iiy of seventy-seven thousand to go on, (h-neral Gi:.vxt may safely calculate upon the vote of the Ray Stale. How will this state of things influence the general result. New England refuses the olive branch which patriots have ex tended to the Noith and the South in token of peace and reconciliation. Certain Southern States, by reason of their very large, and in some cases, overwhelming, negro population, will also vote for CI HANI. The result, therefore, of the Presi dential contest, depends upon the Middle and Western States. We are satisGed that the reasonable certainty that Maine, Ve: mont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island will cast their electoral votes for Gkaxt, will have no more effect upon New York, Pennsylvania, Indiana and Illinois, than the equal certainty that South Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana will'do the same thing. Pennsylvania and Indiana, probably less than any other Northern States, have imbibed the preju dices of New England. And much of the fate of the contest depends upon the result of the October elections in these two States. If either gives a decided Democratic vic tory in October, the chances for Grek LEy'd election will be good if both go the same way, his success is certain. There is not the slightest reason, there fore, for depression on account of these two elections. The battle Is yet to be fought. But It cannot be won by apathy, inaction and cowardice. The haughty and heart less spirit of New England should be n'et with firm and determined opposition. Let us do our duty, leaving to others the dangerous experiment of renewing sec tional hatreds. We have an abiding faith in the sturdy purpose of the people of the Middle and Western States to bury the old quarrel, and we believe that the October elections will settle the vexed question in behalf of peace and reconciliation. Let us go earnestly to work to aid in so glorious a cause. Pennsylvania to the Front. If there has been any doubt es to the result of the election in Pennsylvania, the nomi nation of ex-Governor Curtin as delegate-at-large to the Constitutional Convention, by the Liberal Republicans, and his certain acceptance, will dispel It. The address issued by the Liberal Re publicans, and the names signed to it, are indications of the greatest public uprising ever witnessed. The Philadelphia Press, the leading Radical paper of the State, commenting on this nomination, and the address and its signers, says : Elsewhere will bo found the address of the Liberal' Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania, nominating the Hon An drew Ct. Curtin as a candidate for Dele- ate-at-Large to the Constitutional Convention, .and from the tone of this address his acceptance of this im portant post i3 assured. Had the wishes of our great State prevailed in the Repub lican State Convention which forced the offensive nominations of Hartranft and Allan, Gov. Curtin would have been nomi nated to the position for which the Liberal Republican State Committee has now for mally named him. But the despatic dic tates of Simon Cameron prevailed, and the Republicans lost the great opportunity. Had the wishes of the good men of that Convention been consulted, Andrew G. Curtin would now be at the head of our State ticket, and the people would have regarded it as a tribute due alike to bis own great services during the war and to themselves. This nomination of the Liberal Republican State Committee must be accepted in no sense as a party prefer ence. The significance of the selection may be better understood by reference to the signers of the address. They are a re maikable indication of the great strength of the movement in this State against that port ion of the State ticket which has been forced upon the Republican people of Penn sylvania. After giving brief biographical sketches of the signers of the address, the Press adds : These, the representative men of the lists, will show that the Liberal Republi can party of Pennsylvania is composed of men that we cannot afford to despise or to underrate, and their presentation of the name of Gov. Curtin for the post of Dele-gate-at-Large to the Constitutional Con vention must produce a profound impres sion upon the public mind. The Credit Sfobilier Scandal. Now that Mr. Speaker Blaine has been re-elected to Congress for two years more, the New York Tribune very pertinently intimates that he will have time to throw sou light on the shady matter of the Credit Mobilier. 1 his is no vague or par tisan charge which has been made against him and some of his colleagues. It is sworn testimony, elicited in a suit at law. It is a matter of too much consequence, fortified by too strong proofs, to be dis persed by silence or mere denial. It must be investigated, and the sooner the better for all parties. That our readers may know the charge which has been brought against some of the leading Republicans of the country, we give the facts as abreviated by the Balti more Gazette. Verily it would seem that the baneful examples of the " carpet-bag thieves" of the South has extended over the entire country, and the National Legis lature has become as corrupt as those of States controlled by carpet-baggers, only the members of the former hold themselves at higher figures. It appears that when the Union Pacific Railway was chartered by Congress, one of the incorporators named in that instrument was Colonel Henky S. McComu, and when, for the purpose of taking the con tracts for building the road, the Credit Mobilier was organized under a Pennsyl vania charter, Colonel McComu became also a member of the new corporation, and with his associates shared in the profits, which were enormous. How enormous they were may best be understood when we state the fact thai the cost of construct ing the road was less than $20,000,000, and that the Credit Mobilier received, from Government susidies, and from mortgage bends and other sources, $111,61S 52. In other words, the profits accruing to " tLe King" composing the Credit Mobilier amounted to $S5,G13 52. A suit has since been instituted by Col. McComii, in the Supreme Court of Penn sylvania, against the Credit Mobilier, and it is particularly interesting as developing the mode by which Congress was influ enced, not only to release the first mPrt gage bonds of the Pacific Railroad Com pany, which was held by the Government, and authorize a second mortgage instead, but also to consent to pay the company oi e half the cost of transporting GovernmeLt troops, munitions of war, provisions, &c, instead of applying the whole cost of trans portation to the reduction of the interest that the Government was, and still is, pay ing on the S27,00O,O0O of bonds it bad en dorsed for the company. To obtain the release of these obligations and liabilities, and thus increase immensely the value of the stock of the Union Pacific Railroad Ring, known as the Credit Mobilier, it be comes necessary to bring such incentives to bear upqn prominent members of Con gress as should induce them to advocate the measure. At that Lnie one of the principal Directors of the Union Pacific Railroad, and also a Director and the lead ing spirit of the Credit Mobilier Ring, was Mr. Oakes Ames, of Massachusetts, one of tho Radical members of Congress from Massachusetts. To him, according to the testimony of Colonel McComb, was en trusted the office of bribing members of Congress, which was done by distributing among them shares of stock in the Credit Mobilier. To whom this stock was dis tributed, and how many shares were cred ited to each, will appear from the following list, as furnished Colonel McComii by Mr. Oakes Ames. Here it is : SkArti Blaine, of Maine 3.000 Patterson, of New Hampshire. 1 S,000 Wilson, of Massachusetts S.000 Fainter, Rep., for Quigley 3,CC0 S. Coif ax, speaker 8,000 ScoUeldand Kelley, Pennsylvania, each . . S.000 Klliot, Massachusetts 3,000 Dawes, Massachusetts 2,003 Fowler, Tennessee 2,000 Bout well, Massachusetts-- Z.000 Bingham and Garfield, Ohio, each 2,000 Endorsed : Oakes Ames, January 30, 18C8 In further confirmation of the above, Colonel McComu has filed in tho court in which the suit is now pending, a letter ad dressed to him by Oakes Ames, from which we extract the following passage : " You say I must not put too much in one local' ty. I have assigned as far as I have given four from Massachusetts ; one from New Hampshire , one, Delaware ; one, Tennessee ; one-half, Ohio ; two, Pennsylvania ; one, Indiana ; one, Maine; and I hava three to place, which shall put where they will do most good to us. I am here on the spot, and can better judge where they should go. I think after this dividend is paid we should make our cap ital $1,000,000, and distrioute the new stock where it will protect us. Let them have tha stock at par and profits made m the future. The 50 per cent, increase on the old stock 1 want for distribution here, and soon." The mauner in which the act of bribery was covered up, is thus described, on what is said to be the authority of oue of the counsel for Colonel McCome. " He (Ames) would first hand the mem ber or Senator a certificate of stock, and tell him it. was a good thing. If asked how much money was required he would say, 'Not a cent at preseut? Then in a few weeks lie would again pay a visit and i hand the gentleman a check drawn by the j Treasurer of the Credit Mobilier, and say : ' 'Here is your first dividend.' This fist : dividend was sufficient to pay for the stock at its nominal value." That the dividends were sufficient to do this, is shown by the following extract from Colonel McComb's testimony : . Q. What dividend was declared on the Credit Mobilier stock after the delivery of the Ames contract ? A. My books show that I received January 4, 18d8, 60 per cent. Union Pacific Railroad stock, 38$ per ceut. Union Pacific Railroad stock, 80 per cent. Union Pacific Railroad bonds ; above dividend was on 750 shares ; February 8 I got from it in dividends, 80 shares of stock of Credit Mobilier; June 17 I received 30 per cent, in Union Pacific Railroad stock, with 00 per cent, in cash, on 850 shares; July 3, 1808, 75 per cent, in stock and 75 per cent, in Union Pacific Railroad bonds on 850 shares ; September 3, 75 per cent, in bonds and 100 per cent, in stock ; De cember 19, 200 per cent, in stock. In ad dition to this there was 144 per cent, in gold paid in January, 1808, Credit Mobilier stock, and 12 per cent, in gold for cash dividends. We have thus given the substare of the astounding revelations which were made public, for the first time, a few days ago. Mr. Blaine, who is of the parties im plicated, is the only one who has thus far undertaken to give the charge, as concerns himself, what the New York Times calls " a broad denial." But it is no such denial as the gravity of the accusation demands. It is, as the World justly says, " crafty " and evasive." He says he never owned any " stock" in the Credit Mobilier. The answer of the World is : "Tho object of Mr. Oakes Ames was not to make Mr. Blaine and his associates 'owners' of Credit Mobilier stock. He was not making them a speculative 'present' such as President Grant has so often received. He was engaging them for a price to do his work. It was not a work for them to be proud cf. If Mr. Blaine received his payment for his part in the matter, he is by far too astute a ptiaoa to have taken it in stock. The stock was as signed to the purpose cf purchasing him, not to him. He may perfectly well have pocketed its price without ever fingering one of the certificates. Did he do this? If he did not do this then Mr. Oakes imes has most cruelly slandered him, and that, too, when there wa3 no occasion for slandering him and a real risk in slander ing him. Why should Mr. Oakes Ames have done this ?" Why, also, should not Mr. Oakes Ames be brought forward to testify in the mat ter? The charge against these prominent Radicals is not one which can be whistled down the wind with ' a broad denial." It is one that has to lxs met. The testimony is of record. Its truth has been affirmed by Colonel McComb under oath, and is further substantiated by letters under Mr. Oakes Ames' own hand. And if we are not henceforth to look upon Congress as a hot-bed of all that is base and corrupt, Messrs. Blaine, Bouiwkll, Wilson, Dawes, Colfax, Bingham and their as seciates, must, individually, and severally, 44 rise to explain," and it is their bounden duty to see that their explanation is net only satisfactory to themselves, but to the people, whose servants they are, without respect to party lines. Correspondence between Cant. Ashe and Judge Merrimon. We find, in our Raleigh exchanges, the following correspondence between Judge Merrimon and Capt. S. A. Ashe. It is both interesting and important as defining Judge Merrimon's exact views in regard to the position to which it is so generally be lieved he was legally elected. Kaleigh, Sept. 12, 1871. My Dear Sib: As much has been said with reference to contesting the i-esult of our late election, and as our political friends feel a deep interest in the matter, I take the liberty of requesting you to state your purpose in the premises, with the view of having your reply published for general information. Very respectfully, yours, &c., S. A. Ashe. Hon. A. S. Merbimon, Raleigh, N. C. Raleigh, Sept. 12th, 1872. Mv Dear Sir: Your letter of to-day, inquiring whether it is my purpose to contest the late election for Governor at the approaching session of the General Assembly, or not, has just been handed to me. When, in May last, I accepted the nomi nation for Governor, made by the Greens boro' convention, I became the candidate of a great party and such other citizens as might choose to honor me with their votes for that high office, and thereby grave duties were devolved upon me. Not the least among them was that of securing to tht State and those who voted for me, the lawful fruits of the bailot-box. I am satisfied by a great variety of facts and circumstances that have come to my knowledge, and by incontrovertible evi dence already in the possession of the Ex ecutive Committees, that enormoas frauds were perpetrated at the election, and that numbers of illegal votes were cast against me and the other candidates associated with me on the Democratic-Conservative ticket for State offices. I sincerely believe that we each, received a majority of the lawful votes cast; but whether those who perpetrated these frauds directly or indi rectly, did it so artfully as to avoid com plete legal detection remains to be seen. I would not think of the grave step of contesting the election upon slight or cap tious grounds, or to gratify party caprice; but if there is substantial ground for doing so and I believe there is and it can be made to appear according to law, then if the people demand it, it will be my duty, and I will add, my pleasure to contest it, and I shall do so at the instance of the peo ple. If on the other hand, in the opinion of friends competent to judge of such mat ters, sufficient proof of frauds actually per petrated, cannot be made, to contest suc cessfully, I will not attempt a fruitless un dertaking. I do not desire to engage in an unavaling controversy, and I am sure the people do not. But I have the most abundant informa tion to satisfy me that the great body of the people throughout the State who sup ported me, and those associated with me, believe such gross frauds were perpetrated and desire that such contest shall be made, if sufficient proof can be produced to make it successful not otherwise. So that if it turns out upon the examina tion now being made by my friends through the Executive Committees that substantial ground for contest can be established I will contest llie election and vindicate the rights of the people, and as I believe, the beat interests of the State and country by so doing, to the utmost of my capacity and to the last extremity. 1 will not do jMiythidg rashly or unad visedly, or to gratify party spirit or politi cal revenge ; but I will do everything that is just and lawful to establish the right 1 believe this is the spirit and deter mination of my associates on our State ticket. I am, &c, very truly yours, A. S. Mir Kin mon. S. A. AfnE, Esq., Raleigh, N. C. What a Day will Bring: Forth! Last Wednesday was emphatically a Greeley Day. The seeming lull in the movement in his favor was broken in upon in various States by the most stirring events. The striking feature of the day was the unanimity with which Democrats and Liberal Republicans agreed, not only upon common plans of action, but com mon candidates. The future is full of hope and full of promise. The following is the record of the day's doings : In Massachusetts the Convention of the two parties met in Worcester, en dorsed the Cincinnati-Baltimore Platform, and united in nominating a ticket for State officers, at the head of which stands Sena tor Charles Sumner. Massachusetts Democrats could give no stronger proof of a desire to let the dead past bury its dead, than in giving in their adhesiou to the nomination of Charles Sumner. It may not, indeed, be possible to carry Massachusetts for Mi. Greeley, but wheu two Conventions meet in that State, one a Republican Convention, pre sided over by N. P. Banks, and the other a Democratic Convention, and jointly uominate Charles Sumner for Governor against the Radical Grant candidate, it gives undeniable evidence of a great up heaval in political affairs. In Connecticut the two parties assembled in joint Convention in Hartford, to nomi nate an Electoral ticket. The greatest en thusiasm prevailed in that State also. The electoral ticket, composed of Demo crats and Liberal Republicans, is an ex ceedingly able one, and will sweep the State in November beyond any question. Indeed, it will require the grossest mis management on the part of our fi iends there to lose the State after their prudent action and excellent nominations of last week. In New Hampshire the Democrats and Liberals held their Conventions in Con cord, in adjoining halls. The Electoral Ticket agreed upon by the Conventions is conceded to be a very strong one, and will carry the State if our friends will make proper exertions. In the afternoon, by invitation, the Democrats visited the Liberal Convention in a body, and were enthusiastically received. In Kansas the Conventions of the two parties met in Topeka, and agreed upon a platform and division of offices between the two parties. In New Jersey the Conventions met in Tieuton, and nominated a joint Electoral Ticket amid great enthusiasm. General George B. McClellan is oe of the candi dates for Elector for the State at large. In Maryland the Democratic Convention nominated for Greeley Electors, for the State at large, a Democrat and a Liberal Republican. In Michigan, on thesame day, in the Ninth Congressional District, a joiit Con vention was held, and a strong Greeley nomination made. In Pennsylvania the action of the Liberal Republican State Executive Committee, on the same day, was equally significant, iu nominating ex-Governor Curtin as a dele gate for the State at large to the Constitu tional Convention to meet iu that State. Governor Curtin has accepted the nomina tion, and the weight of his great iu 11 ucuce, thrown in the scale just at this critical time, will decide the contest against the Administration beyond the possibility of a doubt. It will be remembered that Gov ernor Curtin has just returned from Russia, where he has been representing the United States Government as its Em bassador. All parties have been anxiously awaiting his return and seeking to obtain the advantage of bis great influence aud popularity. He has at last avowed him self, and Pennsylvania is sure to go against the Administration, both in October and November. On the same day Senator Schurz addressed a monster meeting of Germans in Cincinnati in their native language. Thousands of other citizens were as sembled around the "English stands," where addresses were delivered. Ou the same day Gratz Brown, our can didate for the Vice-Piesideucy, spoke at Indianapolis to an immense crowd. In Louisville, Kentucky, there was on the same day an immense Peace Reunion. Th city was filled with strangeis to hear the distinguished men assembled there from every quarter of the country to ad drefcS them. Verily, the Greeley movement is neither dead nor sleeping ! LOCAL. . We agree in toto with the I2obesoniat when it says : We hear many regrets ex pressed at the resignation of Capt. F. M. Wooten, the clever and universally popu lar conductor on the Wilmington, Char lotte & Rutherford Railroad. The world has- never seen a more perfect gentleman, and we are sure the road will feel the los3 of so efficient and worthy an officer. We will be glad to receive commnnica tions from our friends everywhere in this section, keeping us fully posted on all mat ters occurring in their '.tmaeuiate neigh borhoods. We will appreciate, kindly, the efforts of such friends as will second our request. County Commissioners. The Foard met yesterday morning, pursuant to ad journment. Bonds of David Pigoit, lately appointed Tax Collector by the Board, were present ed, approved and ordered filed. Ordered, that David Pigott, having exe cuted the bonds required by an order pass ed at the session of this Board ou Septem ber 4th, 1872, and the same being approved by a majority of this Board, evidenced by the endorsement of said majority upon said bonds, it is ordered by the Board that the Clerk of the Board endorse the tax list as provided by law, and affix the seal of the Board of Commissioners to the same, and deliver the tax list to l ;ivid Pigott, Tax Collector as aforesaid. Owen Feunell, Jr., late County Treasur er, presented his accounts, whieh weie au dited, approved and ordered filed. Ordered, That the thanks of the Board of County Commissioners of New Han over county are due and are hereby ten dered to Owen Feunell, Jr., lat Treasur er of this county, for the. efficient, and prompt manner in which he lias perform ed the dut'u s of his office. Ordered further, That the Cleikof this Board transmit the foregoing resolution in writing to Mr. Fennoll. Ordered, That the Chairman of this Board be authorized to procure a piopeily prepared book to be termed an ' Order Book," and that all purchases made, or work ordered done for the county, shall be issued out of said book, a proper re cord being kept in the margin, aud each order issued propei ly numbered. When ever purchases are made or work pei form ed, the order to be returned to the- Cleikof this Board, with bills for same. No claims to be allowed unless accompanied by the order issued under author ity of this Board by one of its members. The following was adopted : Whereas, the w;mt of more room for the records of New Hanover county is ap paient, it is Ordered, That the Committee on Public Buildings enquire into the probable cost of bu ling an (one story) addition on the West side of the Court House, and the cost of fitting up the same for use of the Regis ter, and the meeting? of this Board, sai l committee to lepoit at the next regular meeting of this Board. The following were drawn as jurors for the October term of Superior Court, viz : first week. Curtis Highsmith, it. 11. Haikt r, John Lillington, J. R. Hollingsworth, T. J. Armstrong, W. A. Cumining, S. I'ette way, Samuel Wilson, Demps-'y Batts. Wil liam Fails, Wm. II. Montgomery, Virgil Lee, W. I. Gore, R II. Grant. James Scott, A. E. Taylor, W. R. Belts, J. M. Hunt, Andrew Moore, J. L. 1'igforu, Moses Wil liams, Oliver Boone, J. P. Moore, Alex. Wells, Jr., Jesse Bordeaux, M. J. Hall, Samuel Player, Thos. H. Smith, Alfred James, John Thornton, Jacob Wells, Jr., Chas. M. Williams, Win. II. Taylor, Jas. Brison, Stokely Atkinson, C. A. 2veveU? SECOND WEEK. A.J. Westbrook, Sam'l J. Hen ing, R. A. Henry, Win. A. Murray, D. R. Kenne dy, O. ll". Savage, Barr Wells, Jno. J. Beas ley, Joshua D. Jones, B. G. Larkins, S. S. -Prather, J. G. Chadwick, Samuel Register, T. J. Douglass, T. B. Carney, R. J. Nixon, Eli Currie, Wm. A. Moore. The Board adjourned to meet next Tuesday morning, 17th hist., at 11 o'clock. The Goldsboro' Fair. We have re cieved the Premium List for the First Annua! Fair of the Farmers' and Mechan ics' Association of North Carolina, to be held at Goldsboro', October 22d, 23rd, 24th, and 25th. It makes a splendid showing and the inducements offered should cer tainly attract a large number of visitors and exhibitors. David Dickson, Esq , the great cotton planter of Georgia, will deliver an Address on Agricultural subjects, on Wednesday, October 23rd, at 11:30, A. M. His Excellency Gilbert C. Walker, Gov ernor of Virginia, is expected, and will de liver the Address on Thursday, the 24th of October, at 11:30 A. M. Maj. C. W. McClammy, cf New Han over county, will deliver the charge to the Knights entered for the Tournament, Oc tober 25th, at 1 o'clock, I. M. Wilmington. The following, from the Battleboro Adcawc, we would commend to the attention of agricultural communi ties everywhere in the Old North State : In this issue of the Advance will be found a number of advertisements from the mer chants of Wilmington. As a market for naval stores and cotton, it is equal to any iu the country, aud, being our chief com mercial city, should be patronized by our people. As a grocry maiket, especially for molasses aud salt, it is said to be supe rior to any other- Parlies iu this section, who shipped cotton to Wilmington last season, obtaiucd prices equal to those ob tained in the Noitheru markets, aud the commission merchants who advertise in the Advance are all safe, prompt and reli able business men. They appeal to the merchants aud farmers of this tectum to give them a trial, and they guarantee to do at least as well for them as can be done outside the State. They do not ask for patronage at any sacrifice on the part of North Carolina, but they do reasonably claim, where equal advantages are olfered, that wc should en courage our home market, for in building up Wilmington we are helping North Car olina, and in helping her we are helping ourselves. C AlrET-i AG I s m in North Carolina is, to say the least, not synonymous with honesty in its official relations wi:h tle State. Its record is a stench in the nos trils of our people, and to flaunt its em blems in their eyes is justly offensive. When, therefore, one Nason, of New born, offers a premium through the Fair of the Farmer's and Mechanic's Associa tion of North Carolina, to be held at Goldsboro' next month, of ten dollars to the lady making the best carpet-bag neck tie, tha bow to resemble a carpet-bag, and it is heralded as "a chance or the ladies," he displays a sbamelessness which, at least, should not have been encouraged and endorsed by an Agricultural Association. THE GOLDEN TOUCH. Once upon a time there lived a very rich King, whose name was Midas, and he had a little daughter, named Marygold. This King was fonder of gold than anything else in the world, but he loved nearly as well his little daughter, who was a merry, lovable child. But the more he loved his child the more he desired wealth, for he thought, foolish man, that the best thing he could leave thia dear child, was the biggest heap of yellow shining coin that had ever been heaped together since the world was made. So he gave all his thoughts and all his time to this oue pur pose. It he gazed at the gold-tinted clouds of sunset, he wished they were real gold, and could be squeezed into his strong box. If he stirred the fire, and the sparks flew crackling up the chimney, he wished some fairy would turn them into golden coin for him, and, in fact, his whole thoughts ran upon gold, gold, gold, till he almost ceased to care for anything else. In his earlier days, before this insane desire for riches seized him, King Midas had been fond of flower3, and had planted a garden in which grew the largest, sweet est and most beautiful roses that any mor tal ever saw, but now, if he ever looked at them, it was to calculate how much they would be worth were all the roses turned to gold. At last Midas got so unreasonable in his passion for money, that he spent nearly all bis time in a dark, strong room in the vaults of the palace, where he kept his money. Here, after locking the door, he would take out his bags of coin and count them over, or sift the gold dust through his fingers, or toss up tho bars of gold and catch them as they came down, and lie never was so happy as when thus em ployed. One day, as King Midas was in his treasure -room, he saw a shadow fall upon the. heaps of gold, and looking up, what should he bhold but the figure of a stranger standing iu the bright and narrow sunbeam that fell from the iron-barred window. It was a young man with a cheerful and iiiddyface. Ai King Midas knew he had carefully locked the door, he of course concluded at onco that some fairy had visited hiin. The stranger gazed about the room, and wheu his lustrous smile had glistened upon all the golden objects thore, he turner: to Midas: "You are a wealthy man, friend Midas!" lie observed; "1 doubt whether any other four walls on earth contain so much gold as you have contrived to pile up in "this room." 1 have done pretty well, pretty well," answered Midas, in a discontented lone; "but after all it is but a trifle, ben you consider that it has taken me my whole life to get it U gather, if one would live a thousand jears he might have time to grow rich." u nai : men are you not satisiicu : ' ex claimed the stranger. ' Midas shook his head. 'k And pray what would satisfy you ? Merely f v the curiosity of the thing, I should like to know," said the stranger. iiidas paused and meditated. He fel; confident that the stranger, with such a golden lustre in his g'xd-humoied smile, had come hither with both the power and the will to gratify his utmost wishes; that now was the fortunate moment when he had but to speak and get whatever he chose to ask, and so he thought and thought. At last a bright idea occuired to him, and, raising 1 is head, he looked the lustrous st:angr in the face. " Well, Midas, I see that you have at length hit upon something that will satisfy you. Tell me your wih." " It is only this," replied Midas; 44 1 am weary of collecting my treasures with so much trouble. I wish everything 1 touch could be changed to gold." 4i The Golden Touch !" exclaimed the strangei; 44 you certainly deserve credit, fi rend Midas, for your ambitious wish. But you are quite sure this will satisfy you?" 41 How could it fail ?" said Midas. 44 And will you never regret the posses sion of it ?" " Why should I ?" asked Midas. 44 1 ask nothing else to render me perfectly happy ?" " Be it as you wish, then," replied the stranger, moving his hand in token of fare well; "to-morrow at sunrise you will find yourself gifted with the Golden Touch." The figure of the. stranger theu became exceedingly bright, aud Midas, dazzled, shut his eyes. On opening them again, he beheld only the yellow sunshine iu the room. King Midas hardly closed his eyes that night, iu his anxiety for the morning, and the day-god had hardly peeped over the hills, when he was broad awake, ar-d be gan to touch the objects within reach. He was grieveously disappointed to see that they remained exactly as before, and he lay in a very discoidate mood, thinking over the promise of the stranger, Ire now feared would not come true, until a bright sunbea-u shone through and gilded the ceil ing overhead. Ami he thought the sunbeam reflected queerly on the white coverlet of the bed. Looking closely at it, what was hisTiston ishment and delight to find that this linen cloth had changed into what seemed a wo ven texture cf the purest and brightest gold. Golden Touch had come to him wilh the fiist sunbeam. Midas started up in a kind of joyful frenzy, and ran about the rexm, grasping at every thing. He seized one ofthe bed-posts, and it immediately became a column of fluted gold. He look up a liook, and on running his fingers' through the leaves, behold it was a bundle of thin golden plates. He put on his clothes, and was enraptured to see himself in a magnificent suit of gold cloth, which retained its flexibility. Midas now took his spectacles from his px-ket and put ihem on his nose, but discovered he could not fee through them; taking them off, he found the glass to be plates of thin gold, and of course worthless as spec tacles. 1 his last annoyed Midas, but he saul, "it rs no great matter alter all ; we cannot expect any great good without some small inconvenience with it." Wise King Midas was so exalted with j his good fori lines that, the piUaee. seeiuod not spacious enough to bold him. He I therefore went down into the garden. Here he found a great number of beautiful ! flowers iu full hkm and others in bud.- i Very delicious was their fragrance, but j Midas knew a way to make them more ! precious, and so he took great pains to go j from bush to bush and touch each flower and bud, and soon every one o thein, an 1 j even the little worms :.nd insects on them, : were changed to glittering metal. J Midas then went in to'breakfost, aud as j the moruing air and hiseaily walk had I given him ;u .i; petite, he was ready for a hearty nn-al. Little MarygoJd had not yet j m m! her pp araoce. so telling a servant : t..e.ll ! -!. .-.i. down to the table to be gin his own nreakfast. It was not long before he beard his little daughter coming along the hall, crying bitterly. This su prised him, for Marygold was one of those delightful children who are always cheer ful and happy, and her father did not know what to think. As Marygold opened the door, sobbing as if her heart would break, her father said: "How now, my little daughter ! Pray what is the matter this fine morn ing ?" Murygold, without taking her apron from her eyes, held out her hand, in which was one of the roses w hich Midas had so recently changed to gold. 'Ah, dear father," sobbed the child, "as soon as 1 was dressed! ran iuto the garden to -'tl er se ine roses for you, because I know you like them, especially when gatircd for you by your little daughter. Bdvfoh dear, dear me ; what do you think has happened ? Such a misfortune ! All the beautiful roses 'that smell ed so sweet are blighted and spoilt.;- What can be the matter with them?" : 44Poohl pooh 1 my little girl," replied her father. "You. can easily exchange one of those golden roses for a hundred of the ordinary kind. Sit down and eat your bread and milk.' Midas meanwhile had poured out a cup of colfee, and as ns lifted a spoonful to his hps and sipped he, was astonished to perceive that the instant' his lips touched the liquid it became molten gold, and the next minute hardened into a lump. . - . He then took up one of the littlei trout on his plate. To his horror it was inline, diately changed into a gold fish that looked as if it had been made by the beat gold smith in the world. It was , beautiful to look at axid very valuable, no doubt, only King Midas " just at that moment would much rather it had remained a real trout, . don't quite see," he thought to him self, "how 1 am to get any breakfast ; this is a little too much of a good tiling." lie took up one of tho smoking cakes ; it be came a heap of yellow gold. Almost in despair, he helped himself to a boiled egg, and it was at once like one of those tl?e famous goose in story-book was in the habit of laying. '"Well, this is a quandary, such a costly breakfast and nothing to cat," thought he, leaning back iu the chair and looking quite enviously at little Marygold, who was eating her bread and milk with great satisfaction. Already ho was hun gry; what would he be 'by dinner time? and how ravenously hungry by supper. How many days could lie stand it. Here, so great was his hunger that ho groaned aloud, and pretty little Marygold started from her chair, and running to Mi das, threw her arms alloc! ioualely about his knees. He bent dowu and kissed her ; he felt that his little daughter's love was worth a thousanel times more than the gold ho had gained by the Golden Touch. 4'My precious, precious Marygold," said he. But Marygold made no atjsvver. Ala.", what h;ul he done? How fatal was the gift the stranger had bestowed ! The min ute the lips of Midas touched I he forehead of his lit tie daughter, a chaugej had taken place. Her sweet, rosy face, so full of i..ve as it had been, assumed a glittering yellow color, with yellow tear-drops congealing u her cheeks. Her beautiful blown curls became spirals of gold filagree. Her soft aud flexible form became hard and r;g:d in her father's embrac;. vOhl frightful misfortune. The victim of his insatiable desire for wealth, Little Marygold was a human child no longer, but a gulden statue. Yea, there she was, with the question ing look of love and pity hardened in'o her face. It was tho prettiest and mo.-,t woeful sight that ever mortal beheld, and poor Midas, in his grief and horror, felt now uinmtely a warm and tender heart that loved him, exceeded in valuo all the wealth that could be piled up beUeoii the earth and sky. Poor Midas, in the very fullness of all his gratified wishes, began to wring his hands and bemoan himself; he could not bear to look at Marygold, nor yet to look away from her. All the features and tokens of his child were there ; even the little dimple in her golden chin. But the more pel feet the resemblance the tri eater the father's agony at beholding in this gul den image all that was left him of his lm darling pet. Ala3 ! too well had his wish been granted. So Midas hail only to wring his hands aud wish that he was the poorest man in the world, if the lohs of idl hi3 wealth would only bring back the Lie into his dearlittle child. While he was in this tumult rf despair he suddenly beheld a fclram;er staiioioc: near the door. Midas bent down b'n h e: without speaking, for he recognized the same figure winch had ,'ippc.u-e.l to him tho day before, in the lreasureroom, and bestowed on him the Golden Touch. "Well, friend Midas," said the tt ranger, "pray how do you succeed with the Golden Touch?" Midas wrung his hands." "I in ve-y miserable," said he. "Very miserable, indeed ! exclaimed the stranger, "and how happens that? II iv 1 not faithfully kept my prcmise to you ? Have you not everything your heart de sires ?" "Gold is not everything," replied Midas ; "and I have lost all that my heart really cared for." "Ah, so you have made that discovery? Let us see then. Which of Uk-mj thing, do you really thiuk worth the most, the gift of the Golden Touch, or one cup of clear, cold water?" "O. lileapil wator '' i.v,.lo! I r;.n.o "it will never moisten mv oan Ue I 7 - - - . V,.LJMUiV,M .UlUa. , ... I . i again." "The Golden 'Touch,' continued tho stranger, 4 or a crust of bread '"' "A i iece of bread is worth all the gold ou earth," replied poor heart-broken Jdidas. "The Golden Touch, said tl e htran-er, " or your own little Maryg-'id, w arm, soil and loving, as she vas an hour ago ?" " O, my child, my elailing child," said poor Midas, wringing his hands; "i would not give that one small dimple m her chin for the power of changing this whole earth iuto a solid lump oft,old." " You are w iser than you were, Kin? Midas. You see now that tho commonest things, such as lie within every body's grasp, are more valuable than the i iclies which so many mortals sigh and struggle for. Tell me now, do you (sincerely wish to rid your self of this Golden T mch :''' " It is hateful to me," replied Midas. " Go theu and plunge into the river that glides past the bottom of jour garden. Take, likewise, a vase of the .same water aud sprinkle it over any ohj -ct that you ' may desire to change ba k again from go! 1 I to its former substance. if you do this in j earnest sincerity, it may possibly repair j the mischief you have done with your uva- ; lice.' ! King Midas bowed low, and wheuli:' raised Ins head the lustrous stranger had disapjKjared. "You will easily believe Ih.el Midas lo.st no time in snatching up a gieat eaith n pitcher, that Iweame gold as he touched i(, j aud hastened to the nver side. As he j scamiered along every thing le: touched turned yellow aud Ix-came gold. Uu roach ling the river's brink he plunged iu hcad 1 long, without waiting so mueh a to pull oil ins blmes. "1'iX'f! poof joof'" .snorb'd Midas, his head emerged out ed" Ihu water. "Well, Ihh is re ally a ivfieshing bath, nu i I think it must have piit; wr.rdicd aw.-y the Golden Touch. Aud now for filling my pitcher." As hi; dipped.- ihi pitcher in'o thei waf r il, gladdened liio heart to tv e h change from golel into the same: good hon; -tt earthen vessel which it had Ikmmi. King Midas .hastened back to the palace, and you need j not : hardly Ire told Ihe ilibl thing he did was to sprinkle it by ha'iilftils over the golden figure of little 'Marjgi 1 1. No sooner did it fall on" !rr than you would have laugh"d i see how the rosy celor came back U the- ear child's cheek, and liow she beg in to eev.e and sputter, and how astonished she was to find herself hipping wet, and her 1 itLer 11 throwing more w ater en her. "Pray do not, dear father," cried she; "see how you have wet my ni-e diess, which I put on eaily this morning." For Marygold did not know that she had been a golden statue, nor recollect anything that had happened sinc-j the moment wh n sli2 had ran with utstretched arms toe-om-foirpoor King Midas. And her father end not te ll her how iex,irh he had been, hut Med Mrrygold into the garden and delighted her little iitart by f.ni iiikhn all the ro-s and inn ing them back a-. into real ft, grant beauties. And when King Midas ha 1 ir.e.vu pii e a. i old man, and used to tiot Mui gld's children on his knees, he was loud of tell ing them this marvelous story, and said A Square Is equal to nw soxio taiw f ad I that t goi,i tint in their hair wan Mw V i!,!- .?! ! i . A)l vt 'Mch, of cotrrseJ thev V . 2HjL KG 11 A Pill tV W YORHi - Tea, Colfee a. TarUrrepartajre of ute .- ii i u vmTlie Yellow Fe ver on I2ie AVam $ , " iVYoiu?; Sept. 14. It i asserted in tMjniCciai clrcWia that tho tea and collee markets haveyirtually lout about two nioiitt.H 'demand during til0 present year, owing to Ihe rcical ofthe tariiv -"' Tha Spanish Ham is'u muni castas to-day r Cadisc. She has loet nine juen an twoofifceer by yellow fever, hut her crew are vw all welL There lire no ycllgw fever patients -low at the loivcr quarantine'. ' Jx . : .T ' - .'!nn: i f ' mo. ,or'i . - ; '. ' -.-It r---X Tlic Clueiuuatl Chamber of Commerce KitspeuMiou of n Member. . Cincinnati, Sept. 1-k?' The chamher of commerce stipend'cd EHi & S. S. .lohtihon from membership, for-unmercan-tilo conduct. . ' ': rV .': '.hit. 'i'Sse Reported I'aJIiire Unfounded, ' Baltimore, Sept '14.' Tho rumors of Additional failures were not combined. It is now thought- thitriomore failures will occur. Tho money inatkct is re l3rtcd umiMially eay. . PIJXKSYI.VAMA. ' J ' Failure or Prodnccrs to Decrease the ir!ii-f ion or on. ; Titi svim.e, Sept. 14. Tho cUorts of tho iroluccrs tq decrease tho prodiiMion of oil will probably prove a failure, the intercut in 1 Ikj cntcrjiriso haviug generally died out . - ' I.Ol I.NI.VNA. TSt Male Auiilor Imprisoned for Conlcmtit of Court Ice Famine Tiircateiicd. Xrc.v Oj:j,eanjs, Sept.' 14. Statu Ate!i!or.!;e'. Cr.iham ha been sent to tho Parish prison for eon tempt, by the Eighth District Court, iu refusing to draw a warrant ou tho TrcaMiry for if 17. COO, iu favor of the State Hoard of Assessor,,' in accordance with .judgment rendered, tho payment of which the Auditor was endeavoring to reHSntv An ice famine hi threatened. It i slated that the s upply will b j exhausted by Monday. . cviis.:; itmvATCiirji. Flooding or a Coal 1'lt Trial of Mar hi:I JSiizitiiip Award of the Iloard of Arbitration, kc. . JiRUSSKLB, SdpL 14.. T wenty-five miin rs were drowned by the ac cidental Hooding oi' a coal pit. I'Anis, .Sept. 14. It in repoit. d th 'it the trial of Ba.alne haa brought to liylit !ac!s of great gravity. Loxdo.v, Sept. 14. A (special to tho Time sayn that the award by thj lioaid of Arbitration is a trille over 3,000, o i'. ejoelojiu ne's Muature U abboiit. He will j;ive a pirate erin-on. Tha T;i!iisiy : "AVilMngly will wc pay thia sum, to improve the law of nations.'' i v.v. r.iur u d.iy in Mr The J. !'!: l.i f s ,'o th eirui.ilj.otlijo I. O. O. F., are i i ;i. liiio ;il .jiirois were obtained yestcr . Kair'r a.". :i!i i t American Claims Commla ai, v. pu: t iiiid aojoumcd without on.-: le. (. Th ? Inter;:-)! I! of t-j-Tle'-o ei:i,i, 'v i:;i3 decides that a ; dlcr put a Huhstitute m hi place, as hi.- tux i j ; -rroaal and U not traiitiferabl?. IiKii;.- Li-on ird yesterday denied lift writ oi Jt'ih. tts f'urii'ij to J'oi turltr. a.lled'i d ruur- derer of Nathan, ami be, wan remanded to jaiL e.tHi'Olt.MA. Itisi f.tti.tonfM. Na.y i-'KANrtsfM, Septrl-t. The thirty Cbinvsn t-t'id'tnfM w!k Arrived to djy aro vriy youn-, but intelligent; - '1 hey aro of a fairer io:up!".viou tiiau tho) who havtt 1'or m M 'y vi:-';t -i! us 'Ikrei- tnO r-. of Mandarin rank accompany t!n in,' ion! llie ;"v:'rnn'i iit has npproprlr.ted out? million dojl.-r.i for llieir ediir-itllon It is the d':tiM'Ti of tin; Chine' C.ovei nmi nt to t-end tairty y.i : .dent.i I li.is country annually. . , cAin.r: rnsiMicsazis. 'I lie Ciencva A rblt ration Mnriue IIa r.Mer. ' Gknkva, Sept. 14. Tho Court of Arbitration mftt tit hall-ptrit two o'clock th's :tfU newel, the. delay in the itrriva! i.f Sir Alert. ;!. bum and Ijui d Ten teideti b.-ivii;; prevented iu nrX'iiibliiijj ;it t we! vc n'f'.ir I. , t lie n -h i I boar. The five arbi trator, ihe nu of He-ir resperHve Jovcrfi mf ills, vver.tl nf iiic ' onnscl , t .ve-lte ladies and ten j'Hi' nai;.-,t were- present. Count Slope, I'rt.-'d- i.: ui ''ourt, read the argument of tie: arbiira i , ronrnniiij: in the decision of the 'J'l ii.i'ii il. It. J understood that the sum ananli d :o ii e L'nifid States uat- 'fM!i nl:. half million d.i.ia: in e.i'ii. . Mr A le ;i mi' i 'a-.: U bum i ef tl;d . to biu lllO d-:e:.ii,:i of i ' er f . . . ) Count. ,Kel ; es appboi lcd wh-rn be eon- C'lldeO. Ai'ft r tie' adjournment ol 1 ins Court twenty, i two jims w le. hied in honor of clwtiiijf of its labors. Th Kri;;Hsh n :t;et:ve.-t v i t b-.e've hero f ou Monday ami Iho Amerie ens on Tttrstbiy. ' I '1.1,, liilli MM . irlt 13 Jia. ItJIlK 1 .'UVU tv r ' J i vol i.ne.'i.!, to:, lii m'l'i; the above. 1 r ' , 1... I..... . ..I. y.i Loximx, .Sept. i t. ew Caull h been it and all Ihe crew are drowned. This is be A v, re sip vi s.'v. I named Ibe. '.i d on Tu.-.caf Itoi os' d to b eve l,tv:n lieved to he the b-erk New ej.'u-t.c", which cleared at Liverpool ou'lho :iit of : Aii&'W for Sa vatJliull, ia. . - , JVeiv V;h HuU Mwleuieat. . 4 Xl'.VV VuliN, .'Apt. 14. , i Jiecre.'se in b.it:s, s.'.'oyiM; decrease of j spec, !rri,0,00'1 ; dfrrens'j of "Tega tendirs, : ;l ,o.;0,eeo ; tlecveiise-!' Vep4tg iHj.exiO .v - ' !ti.i;-!iie IiHelli ;;eiH'f . '. "Nkw Youk, Sept. "14. 't Arrived STcams'iin U'giikilor, from Wil inlngtou, C Daniel Gleason, if N th iidirrsMass:-, i who murdered Lis wife; last fcprrng, ha beem sentence! to Le LaugeeL . New London, Ct.. isi eloquent over a steam driil that Ures thirty inches intalhe solid granite in four minutes. - In "bo 7 a man was prosecuted in Lon don f.ir seih: g coo'ec, juot then introduced,. aS "a nuisance and piejudice to the neigh borhood." Three? million el.-.liars' worth of silks we re transported in a single railroad train t! -ei tlv em the Chieago and Nortl we.-tern Ka.iro.i I. 1 he time top is.-e.s your se.nl in pidaeace ii when your hut bljvsofl' iu the ttreet ami your eyes are too full of dust to see which way it goes.