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THE IIOBIIIIIG STAIl. One Square one dsy, ' inv w7 o. .. . . . " - ' - . V , ,; i-r . . --it:. , . . . " - ..v. s , '?,-. . t .,,,-.... BATES OF ADVKBTISIUB. J -nTTinUT A T3-n -I . . ft'. - r I . 1 TT T I II M " 1 ': I I ' . "V H . - -i - l V ''"-- ) ' , .. . J: . : .-. I ' &ATXB Or BtTBSCBiniOM. St n5SS to vance t V rit v. Fifteen OeaU w wpekt Our Cilj Agents are not authorized to collect for more than 3 months inj OUTI.IXCS. n v .linnt n Mil nnnirroea rt rrttk . powers on commercial vwvior deaths in Ci man troops have commenced to evacuate . n!m..v AcHoinw it;Mo 1 ffom Prussiao JUnistry. Cholera in "Vl . " I loiera in stMm- several places m Uermany. --i-iir o---. airi f i j t.i3 nus eiuucu opauisa licet sou lauueu I arms $i50,000. fire in Leominster, Mass. Railroad combination carried the San' Francisco primary elections. - -Modoc trial closed and impression prevails . they will be found guilty. Carlista driven out of San 5 6uesa,: by f Republicans, who sacked the place.- i Orange parade to I iiav excites ueuasi. jJiuraerer or Goodrich ascertained to be .Kate Stodart New York markets; Cotton, 202; gold, 115KSH16 : spiriti turpentine,4j45; rosin, s 5 The landing of caro of arms, : ammunition and medicine m Cuba by j the steamer Virginiits, from Aspiu- wall, will doubtless inspire the Cu- bans witn new courage me expe- rditioa was unaer tne command ot s brother Of Gen. Quesada, and was closely watched by j the Spanish fleet and escaped only after a chase of one hundred and fifty miles. :. From the , necessarily f meagre re ports of the State Educational Con vention, which we print in condensed form from the; Raleigh papers, we are inclined to regard the first session of the Educational Association as one of great and brilliant promise. - ; ' -! Jtseautort nas a newspaper now, and Mr. G. W. Charlotte conducts it. It is at present - a -Tery small -paper, neat and pretty, but Mr. Charlotte will enlarge it on the 1st of August. Good luck attend . the Beaufort Ad vertiser.- NvBTU CABOLINA EDUCATIONAL CONTENTION. v ' V r "TU Bible aam Text-mVk Aerlcaltn- i ral Education Reports or Commit- TAbtidgea from the Raleigh Tapers. . .' WEDNESDAY BVE2HKO SESSIOX. Senator Merrimon being on a corn initfee,'. could not deliver ' his address on " Universal Education.- " Dr. Mat toon responded to a 'call in a speech of some lengtn, in.;wnicn ne aispiayea a. thorough kuowledge of the subject in -linrift '' TTA Raiiil Tift had Rnpnt tti an v years abroad, irit other; countries, and J i - -t- t- j : ' I WDiie ne Deiievea inat some oi mose i countries would be vastly benefitted by a free government and free schools I such as. oars, yet he believed there were eounines wnicn wouta oemai much worse condign . if . elevated to the- position of elf-government at the present. -He said he was much inter-, ested with, the discussion of mtroauc- ing we -Dioieinio xruoiio ocnoois as a . !.. T ll!. o 1 i- ; . . v .1.. '.tr. . i xexvoooiu ;xxe .was .'Wgwyvmuavur; of the movement. . . Kev. Mh'Mahgum, in response to l,a Tl ll a. Vi natfinn uU K'irlfim1 t . - - . inosition he had. taken: ' He did not look, hot he-did a.vor it ia its proper character le bead f ,11 books as a guide for.woEship. and to show us the treat troth, ot jGod; i E veiTi good jraah aw teaeh tiieTality5 fromall the text . booksAftRA -s consequently tne Bible is j ncessry1 to teaeh .moralitv.'w-Al asreed with; Pr M4Wpii 1fflthrig6vLl& be done which ; lr euld redound' to j the - educational ' 'advancement o the. , colored race 'r:f ' Jas. H. i Harris, col- wa neat fittle speech thijil,ed tbe couy htipn for the j;.i.mW-ar u loixonate race. -.. ,,;, ; i : ..-4 .- ' TtrrrRSnAT: ' ' ; ' ? V In -accordance, with the programme, l7uu7 .to deliver b adothsu -f agru turaleducatior-Hegave Hon.-John W. Norwood proceeded . -ST6 t' W-S ."fwt wrK' EddS3?rn sn imisat have been expected; from, so j.mTn -t:o1 i -niiomrt . V. VF"l 'Tt "l:T .pZSeS i i U i -l ' : ; " V'&- CFV" '" . The committee to whom was a-ef erred the resolution in refer I r-ofar. ence to the present school law 1 of tf ho Rtota oriV .nthor i-Mnlnt.innii. ta. Kret tnat tne time ayowea tneru wiui- r. '.'-'. ' . i jj in w men to report: nas oeen juaue- qaate to a proper discharge of the important duties . assigned tnem. They can only state in general terms that the great want Lis that of a pro per public-Lzeal on; the subject of ed ucation, and the means necessary tor the support of schools. -It aof. ears - that-. there" are about three hundred" and " fifty thousand hUdryidliIiStatoIbetWeen!the ages of sir ;rand twenty-one. years, ana that the lav pro viaes. an annual JTfjf lL. xJaa - jthoia4 d6.1ars!making about seventy cepM for each chili -Mrt ixhe Uonslltataoa requires tnat. a ree puDlm school ep&A Pe taugnt ,w.v -"6 , v - 7" r""-nw Muesuon tne eclocation- of tha neaole of the relatioba. Five or levying an additional Bchool tax State. ncinnatL Ger- 8hW be submitted to the dualified Th?Jf -issV- . fi- the schools-it wasnndispensble to pie, and particularly the clergy all to-wit: : . 1 : J but -he'aiia:BbtVf,vthe intw.' imblicspeaUrs.and the press, be Jno. L. Dudley, 8. P. C. -ductioa of the Bibte as a regular text zealous and constant m making efforts perry Gleayei, O.J; l VOL.'Xn'NO. 95. four mnnt.Tiii pnnli 1 j- i 7 T, J ounyui : v . r IDA nrnvilaa ihnf l - .. 1 UJif1ia lu cu.county separately. iV-ine committee -are inforrrnd that, t fni . .r j'.- i i -t s .Huinuiw uv -J?Ww.e voted for tno fiddMAn! o ii I y , A. VT. 1Jave I voted for the additional tax, ; so that 1 seventy cents a Year for each child is I ii . L . . : , i . r.r,r -w.s w uw ii?-1 quirements of. the Constitntion- It la needless to say .that the means pro- videdjs altogether inadequate .to the end. Then additional facts are striking and suggestive-the population of the State, in' the year 1870, was 1,071 361. rOf this, population there were i7,tsyu persons who could not read and write 166,397 white3 and 2S0,- 60acolored.''iti!fti5-i5 -51Vj-v i-v-T? There are about 350,000 childen in the State.. 230,000 of them are white; 120.00(1 am anion! .i .H . .... ; In that year 65301" white cWldren and 11,419 colored; attended school. The report of the Soperintendent of Education shows that there , were last year in public schools about 50,681 children 34,294 white and 16,387 colored, and 7,055 -in private In the year 1 860, Cl 16,576 children attended school. - V :V - t ? . ,In the year 1850, 100.808 : attended school. . ; .. ' . - The committee be leave to renort tbe following resolutions: f. 1. lhat the dignity and importance I of the educational; interests of i ourj people cannot be over-estimated,' and they may never bo neglected "but at I tne nazard or consequences which no f nend of humanity can. contemplate -r--i 'r. l:-! r . i whuuuv tearing auy rvuension.-' ' I - 2. That the general educational in- terests of this. State f are deplorable ,nd alarming, in a high degree, and I are such ay to require and command I the noblest and most sacrificing ef forts of every true son of North Car olina to relieve her from such serious embarrassment . ?: ' ' ; T 3. That the chairman of this Con vention appoint a committee of seven members, charged with the following duties: 1st. To oreoare and have nnh- lished and circulated throughout the State an address to the people in which it shall be shown that the small amount of money the State does raise by annual' taxation-; for educational purposes can be most beneficial ly. used by the establishment, in each school district,' of common schools,, in which shall be taught spelling, read ing, writing, primary geography and the elementary rules of arithmetic, at least; and that said school shall be kept up at least - four months durinsr the year, and. that the text books for the; use of said schools shall be f ar- nisnea - Dy tne - superintendent ot PnWia 'Tnat.nict.5nn: . 51;.' 'I'hat r tho I -. , ..w , . committee 1 shall Jorrespond 2,; with memoera oiine ; Venera ssemuiy ""UJ." ?f'-4M?i"wf ""r -" , J rr- i !uen wwsmmay do necessary tectehepnrposes of thw tl0n, 3 -'."i - V v-- awa a.uy u 4. That in the judgment of this convention national aid should be ex- r : 7 . 7 I tenaea to tne ataLea lor tne mnmo- i 7V - - - , , w ; . Th... t. .k FF"" , u fc"aw tuo A A " AIUiUiVVVV . HV. , AialiiVt IwlMv I ingress on tms BUDiecu i , 1ft That tKia nnnvainfiAn VMnapffn I. I V aBV UWW VWU V IMWVU I ,v nu earueuy rvqu aua urg to aceuse the whole people to a real izing sense of the paramount import ance oi eaucauon ana, especially oi common schools, and . of the over . a a. whelming necessity for universal, act ive and cordial co-operation among tnem to educate tne rising ana com ing1 generations and thus avoids the blight nd disgrace of ignorance. Mr. Mclver-objected to the third resolution on this gronnd f and in his objection was sustained by several gentlemen." 'tie said ' n proposes w 1 warf the system And to connne edu- T . ";7" oof i iuwcw-o e- i obiection to lit was, wit violated the Constitution of JNorth Carolina t Mr. Fuller hoped "the Convention would not strike i. out Xhe resolution. Hewatftfed ow people to atleast have Jhe rmiiments oS education.; We nof. ,uoxiah mbner to ieep up nhl public Schools in! the mnef suggested by the Superin- i"u ,Bu&Sr3 -l..a 3 itendent;,ana .a, .rwiuucv.! and conseauentlv he was in favor . of usmg,themalLop manner which Will dQ tne most gooa, I a-n1 W.Wnt it frittered . aWaV I - ----- , ana aia not want n innensu anaj lin iuo.xu.hUTv ! tfc .ua. "" 1 fL Dasti:llt was- not nnoonsiifcunvuau The constitution "does hot say that mathematics and the hieher branches , , . i i ! X": . , Messrs. Bingham, Badger and Holr: den supported the resolution. ' r.The discussion on the third resolu tion was continued. , The vote was first taken-'i on Sihe ; motion . of 'Prof . Mclver to strike out the resolution,. and failed by a handsome majority. The report, with, a slight alteration I of the - third resolution, was,unani mousiy auocv. .--.r-. s - ttkl xr-;n .-Rf ATTavt -from the Com- 1 mittee on,- the -. u, mversny, auuuubbtaa the following: report t.. ;' ; : I teow,?in tuB ci r i university oi ujm vv" WILMINGTON; earliest practicable moment is essen- tial to thethoronph imnrovement in . . . . . . .. . ducbmucb uj; iucssiB. ' jjuyciuy 4 ifiu- n.wu,';' t-ir-ui-. j tJu,v gate, uraven, JviciStay and f ritcnara ine oaraen : of wnicn was - tnat u TJniveraitvf riiivod RViniiM h en the tt:i... j - , , ' .... tirw - fMn m:-,.:oi nwm uvu.uuuauwnui Buy not a mere v;onege. :ev. j-rs. Winat aJid CravprV rhkAd thlToiht that - education -in enomirtational institutions was' of as liigh grade as any. , , The question undr. considera tion went over ; io 'the night session, and is not reported. . NETT ADVERTISSaiENTS. I S. L. Fubmont. Seaside .Railroad. S. D. Waixace. Bank New Hanover. Geo. R' Prksch. Shoes. ' 1 Hetdr Bbos. Noticed vi h ) J. H. & G.!G.' Mtkovek. New Paper. J,f, W. Thosipsoic. W., W. R R Ca See U. S. Government Advertisement. - One patient sent to the' City Hospital yesterdayv t;:,j . ZSZQu yZ- The Schr. Tfen. ' DaTia.: cleared from vPV "Vnrlr fnr thin nnrtnn thn Mli lnnt. : Z : . .T -AMHteainsmpiaetor, Jonea,ciear- 180 Irom ew IO OT P18 Port OB in8t r ( ; 1 The Schr. Harry White, .Hopkins, cleared from New York for this nort on the 9th inst. 11 ' 1 n.wVl ... A ' , " 7"" V1 7 r'1 . 4 oortsDlentv of' water in the river, there " . ' . . . ' 8if5?t ' Ta!:r aboala-' .- .Three ; tomatoes were on exhibition yesterday whieh weighed; altogether-two and a half pounds. They were raised in the garden of J. G: Baumani Esq., corner of Fifth and Dock streets. . " : . . . James Heaton, Esq.; of this city, has connected himself with the Order of Good Templars at Newbern, and, as we learn, has' delivered one or more lectures on the subject of temperance.. : :. -v.-s ! ..r In the indexto new advertisements in our last Issue thennvords Temale Clothiog" should have been F$mde College. Our read ers will pardon the error when they : learn that it was perpetrated by a newly married typo I ' r-;';-; yjy - n ; I "A grand exhibition of the city offi cers, handsomely magnified," was to have taken place at the City Hall last night, so the public were informed by cu-cular. : We were . not present, but are satisfied that it was a bewitching spectacle.: i .-,.; . Several thousand dollars were loaned by the Real Estate and Loan ' Association last evening at 15 per cent discount. This m- r? . i. : i uBwauua jwu nuwe hi uu- jugurat Didder for uy length Df time, not exceed- iBg l2 months, that may be agreed on. , inatavllMtlom CreauoiUe. Tast evenintr was the occasion of a brD, of Knights of Pythias, It being the occasion of the installation of the newly-elected offl f funth Tr1ir Nn t , ThTcrA o r-o- room was crowded with ladies and tfentle- 7" TI -'. 'TT. . f " W ana mey maae a truiy spienuia appearance. T T fl. C TIT IavItm vnnb- haVM Xy VV AVH ' WVB VUM Va tneixxigeana assistea vj vrana vmcersy v Aaron Louis, Vt C, -MJ Pr Taylor, J. L Macks,M. at A.' ' H. Grmallbonest, " E. B. Cohen, V. G. .' ' '. '. " , J Fred.' Franks, C. J. My era. attendants. After C the installatioaCceremonieS adr dresses weredeudTJ) A, D. C. Gleaves,atd P. G.C; A T. London Fatal AecUent-AnOttoer victim to t&e Cmrelea Haa411ac ti Flr Arms. city from Wadesboro', yesterday evenmg. the distressing intelligence is received . of the accidental, killing, at that placp,-of Henry ame Mn pf Capt SY. H. ' James, of thenrm o James & Brown; Surveyors ine Parac?,a i meagre, hut we learn that another hoy handung a guri;rathe carelessly wh of this eity. ; The- particulars are jvery was when it was accidently discharged, the load taking ' effect inihe bony of young James, ! The ---r .. -lli J- aU-A acciuewiiBiveu forenoon, and the unfortunate youth lin no0n -when he breathed his last- Deceased r'-Z 1-.t.W mD. nnA Kiann. io. , .w-w .. timelv end wiu evoxe many a tear i,-,,, hia frierida and relatives: I uia rhemrteit Vnmathiea i., .ri.i;nr Kt ?,,: I OI UW Will sauuuj. "in VMjy iu.-tuMi.v- diatefamay, who will 'need every con sola I tion ia thebr sad andsdelancholy bereave ment ---- - Sertons Accident. '- ;- " H ': U Mr. Neil Gerken met with quite a severe accident yesterday.-. le was engaged in leading a cow to a vacant lof, having a rope attached to her, when 8he tcommenced run- in order to stop her he took a turn ning- of the rope round a tree, when by some means he was thrown with violence against , . .-or.'a.nf farA wr the tree, bruismg,hishead antf lace yery i wAjr., r ZF M w wou a r T""r"a'T i "r. ,"vT mww mo iu.uv" N. G.,; SATURDAY, SOSIE niSTOUICAL -. . -XION. ," Si tit J:0 ,1 JO' I , .Jim INFORMA" '- i. 'I-' j. The Otenpatloa of Frt Caswell Sketch ortbe Third NorttaCarolIiia Recclmeat. ., , .v ., I We find in the, second number of Colonel Poors Our, laving awl Our Dead,, the official order of .the Governor and the correspond ence. that foUowedr relating to the occupa tion of Fort Caswell, Also extracts fronv Gov. Ellis' DiaryJJlt Will bej Jremembered that on the Slst'of December,' the people, of this city asked leave of the Governor to. take1 possession' of Fort . Caswell,' as a precautionary' ' measure:! ; Permission Was' refused. ' ' The' next day, January "1st, 1881;' foa woyemor was waitea, upon oy a; wn mina delegation,' headed ' by the Mem. TvY,, ft, j Ashe. i,The. Vdelejgation. : reached Kaleigh by, special ; train, and ' urged 'the Governor to give his, permission to them to take Fort Caswell, urging the necessity of this step to preveat the Fort from being garrisoned by troops from the Harriet Lane. In his diary, the Governor writes: ' : I, of course, refused my permission, , having no authority as Gpyernor to grant any such permission.",,,;, .j - , j i Our Living and Our Dead prints the or der front" the Governor addressed to Col. John L. Cantwell, commander of the 30tH Regiment North Carolina Militia, "which ' directs him to order Fort Caswell to be re stored, the State not having seceded. ' The order from Cot Cantwell to Maj.JJ. J. Hed- rick is also printed, as is also the letter of Col. Cantwell to the Governor, reporting how he had carried out his Excellency's commands. ' ' .' S ,- y.. We find in the same paper other histori cal matter of .local interest, . in the sketch of the Third Regiment of North Carolina Troops, prepared by . CoL Thruston. . The names of several of r Wilmington's gallant sons, dead and. living, occur, and though the perusal may start a tear, it will also bring the flush of pride. . Without further remarks we give the sketch as it came from CoL Thruston : V -.' A ; " The Third Reiriment 'of 'infantry.' N.'C. Troops, was ; organized by order of Gov. Ellis at GaryburgN. 0., under the tcare and supervision or its most excellent and efficient commander, CoL Gaston Meares, with the assistance of Lieut CoL Robert H. Cowan and Major William JL DeRos- sett. With the above mentioned field offi cers, it was ready for service and took the field in Julyr1881. , , The Regiment, being wo uuru wose Known as ouiie jiroops, was organized by and under a special act of the General Assembly of North Caro- Una, authorizing the. raising of Ten Regi ments to serve xor tne period or tne war, and generally known as the "Ten Regi ment BilL" As soon as its organization was completed, it was .'ordered to Rich" mond. . and being turned : over to the Con federate Government was ordered to re port to Brigadier General TheophUus H. Holmes, then commanding the department of Acquia Creek. , In ' this , department it served ' for nine months, undergomg the arduous duties of the post, tendered more so .by the large extent of country embraced in that department, and the very few troops to defend it In the spring of 1862, the Third Regiment became part and parcel of the Army of Northern Virginia proper, be ing assigned to Brig. : Gen; R Sj Ripley's Brigade, D. H. Hill's Division. . With this Division, it passed through the fierce scenes of the seven ' days fighting around the capital of the Confederacy, losing its gallant and meritorious Colonel, who fell while gallantly . leading, a charge against the enemies' batteries at Malvern Hill, leaving its Major, Edward Savage, permanently disabled, while the long list of Its casulties silently told of-1 its ' heroic dar ing.) Following the Army of Northern Vir ginia, it bore a conspicuous part in the: first Ifarvland-eamrjaltrn. and "on 8harDsbursr,8 bloody field, received the thanks of its Di vision commander for its stubborn resist- ahce, in holding in check the hordes of the enemy for more than an Hour without am munition; until assistance could be brought up, In this latter engagement, the coot and intrepid-CoL JDeRosset : was ' severely wounded and permanently oisaoied, wnue more than : thrjeeifourths of the Regiment arks. Tklamrl hnrt. Zi eamhoL, . It "rem&inefl in the .Valley tip to the first Fredricksburg ...... -. J- .f u . ? . Daiue, wnere u amveu iu ume w parucipui. During "the winter of -1862,-it was trans ferred to Brig; Gen. Taliaferro's Brigade, Trimble's Division. f WhUe .with -this Di vision, it f ought . gallantly at , Chancellors ville. . receivmz ' the' " commendations ': of Brigade, Division and -Corps commanders, participated in the second 'Maryland and jPennaylyania ' campaign, -vwaa.; present at the storming, of Gettysburg heights, in which, it lost 212 out of 297 men carried Into action, and was oneof the regiments of the - rear 'Mard.uin -coverine the retreat Since. its organizatiou it-has served kinder rlli-iW7inrr Prifmflipr'a, :.-! vi - TTnlrnoa Walker, Ripley, Dolea, . Taliaferro, Col- ri. . nm t!j ; - ' j. awn ana Diewan. xuouilblvu caDunaoa. ers have been Holmes Lbngstreet D. H. Htll, TrimNe' and ' Johnson, and in the 2nd edrve T: armee& Northern : Virginia. first . with Jackson, . now . with Ewell. TiJr-' t x. i l i iyi0ing IU19 uuic, i lips . uwu . icuiakcu from' troops from North ' Carolina,' I and foue-ht in brifirades - with Virginia. - South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, and 'never once with troops xrom its .own uue, ' and but once with and under Its State Brigadier. TTef wim steadfasC unflinching nerve, 1 and flashing eye has it bravely met tne storm ot missUgs upon nine pitched battle fields, alwajVbehaving well andalways doing its swhole'dBty.'It- has- been-engaged in the m . . . . i , s lr IOllOWing Dailies, oesio.es ; various siur mishes. &c. &c.l W Vi & V, ' Mechanicsville, Ellyson's Mills, Cold Harbor. Malvern Hill, Boonsboro,' Sharps-' burg, Md:,' Fredericksburg, Chancellors ville. Winchester No. 2 and Gettysburg ' in ali of wbicMt ihas obtained the highest credit for courage, discipline, efficiency and tenacity?'-;; " t h'j (Signed) H Stjefhext D. Thbustoit, n Nov. 5th, 1863. CoL 3dRegt N. C. T. mayor's. Court. v.:, :, .- -'. . "' " The only cases before the Mayor's Court yesterday morning were those of Caroline Frankandl Jesse .Williams,; .charged with acting m a disorderly manner on the wharf, who were found guilty and required to pay -'-... -',.. 1 ' '-"A . 1 1' ' - a fine of f5 each and costs. -, . - & m,Cohdltton.w;,r't-:.. - - We learn that the condition of Mn Peter Rochford, who was so badly injured ' on Thursday ' afternoon .by, falling f from the new-building of the Bank of New Hanover, has .not..materially. changed. Be is ' stfll very, low, but herpes are' entertained "that he wifl finally recorer. JUEY 12, 1873; Fight Between av lUan and Woman -' A Slaneshot Breneht In Play. - Late yesterday afternoon a difficulty oc- curred in a house on Dock street, : below the Seamen's Home, between a white man by the name of Little and a colored woman by the name of Phillis Green, employed as a cook on the premises, during which it is alleged the former struck - the - woman on the head two or three times with a slung shot ; ; The parties were arrested and taken to the Guard House, when the woman was released on her own recognizance to appear before the Mayor's Court this morning and be man was lodged in the Guard House to await hearing. ' ' J Crop Prospects? m ; ' A gentleman just returned from a trip to Columbia, S.C, reports the crops on the route - as looking rcmaskably welL At Woodgrove, about fourteen miles this side of Columbia, he conversed with .Messrs. Jeffries and Adams, two large farmers; of that vicinity, - who stated that they .would make better dOps generally this year than any previous' year since the war. ... This , he found to be the experience' of a great many farmers and planters whom he met ; The Bleonllcht Excnrslon. V Tickets for the moonlight . excursion on Tuesday evening next are said to be "going off like hot cakes.'! It is the' intention to go to Smithville and back and "the party expect to have a pleasant time if the moon d&rCt rise until after 11 o'clock. The boat will leave the wharf about 9 o'clock: One or two fine bands will be in attendance. . , Candidates for Constable. ' '- Among the candidates for the position of Constable of Wilmington Township we are enabled at this present writing to enumer ate the following: S. F, fWalcott, now a member of the police force; S. .W. .Nash; present county. Jailor;' Simon "Hayes, the present incumbent -of .the . office; R. H, Ieakc, and J. C, Smith. ; ; . . Ahead . Speaking of Wilmington, the last number of Our Living, and Our 'Dead says: " Our sister city is ahead of; every other locality thus far in number of our subscribers to 0ur IMwar&ty& Dea&- The citizens of that place are ever alive to any enterprise, inaugurated in honor of those who bravely fought for the f. Lost Cause.' " , , r ! i CITY ITEMS. ..j;.' Pbxktino Ixk. We ha.ve Just received a stock of. Jtews Ink for summer use, pat up in packages of 25 pounds each. Cash or C. O. D. orders promptly fined." Pries 85 cents per pound.' , - , ; PBurttFa Tatmb. We now have is stock over 200 reams of news paper, aise 34x36, weight 30 s per ream; It ia good, rag paper, and will be sold, in lots to suit for cash, or sent by- express aO.D. The consolidatica of the Carolina Farmer and the Weelly Oar baring largely increased the drctuatkm of the latter, advertisers win find it an admirable medium of communication with the fanners and planters of the two Carolinas. ,::rt;if J ; Book Butdsbt. Th Xobioks Stab Book Bind ery does all kinds of Eluding aad Baling in a work manlike manner, and at reasonable prices. Mer chants and others needing Beceipt Books, or other work, may rely on promptness in the execution ot their orders. A corresDondent writ from. Athens curiously i found there of ancient contrasts the mixtures to sad modern civilizations. Railroads spin their trains amid the temples of three thousand years steamers dash their swells upon the Pireua, and the scream of their whistles resounds from Athoe. Pentelicus and Cytneron to Olympus and tne heavens oeyona tneir. Rods. Sr. Ayer's world renowned medicines, those consummations of modem science, are posted on the Acropolis, the Parthenon, the Areopagus and the Theeion, while the modest cards of Cherry Pec toral, Ayer's SarsaparUla, Ague Cure and Pills look from the windows of the shops in the streets of Athens, where they are sohL N. Y. Sunday Globe. juiy liMMwiw eoa .,r . - . : ,v Spirits Turpexixiie.; .'- .biinir. -.- ,.. :.i r.s;?. -i'jTCf j y;r- Tarboro is building, j j t l From Weldon td Henderson the crops are in good order; mUy'yi-i j J i- Henderson is agitating the sub ject of a Cathouo Church. ! ' ; The7 glorious Pourth,,..-wias cel ebrated in Bethaniaon the 5th. Luneyille,f:oh the Carolina Cen- tral Railway, is looking up! 5 It is the first depot west of wadesDoro.'i i e s ..... Washinctort 1 Extoress ' reports corn crops good in Beaufort and Hyde. 1 In the latter county cotton is sorry. I A blind, boy, f rOm Gaston coun ty, ten years, of age, gave a. concert at Kutherfordton the other., evenmg. A colored .woman named Isa- ba Holly, living at Edenton was run over by a buggy on the 4tn, and died on the 7th. CoL Aiken organized a. Grange of Patrons of Husbandry in .Tarboro, ' last Saturday, isW. D. iiatue, Jfisq,, chosen Master. . : . ; : ' ; The property "bayers: of" New- . . , ,; . TTT 1 1 r 1 . ; oern neia a meeting' vyeunesuay nigui. in indignation at the enormous tax levied by the county commissioners. ? - - 1 A colored boy . was drowned in Proctor's Mill pond, near Jtocxy ittount last Tuesday, says the uattieopro Advance, He fell out of a boat while fishing. ; . : - Nash 1 county' 1 boasts of a curi nsitv in the oerson of William Henrv Pone. who is years old; measures a ieei, xi inches In his boots; and weighs 40 pounds.- - - The Rocky Mount Mail regrets to hear that Mr. Roderick Pullen, an aged and resDected citizen of Halifax, died at his.residencefaearRingwoodonWedne.sday. morning. s" !- ' " . iy-j ' . Vfi'The Sampson ; county ' Agncul-. turat oociety will noia lis annua rxuic XiX hibition and Farmers'i Festival at the Fair .Grounds of the Society, on Friday. 15th of August An address will be delivered by Rev. BF. Marable. . - - -A story is- furnished .the- Nor-' folk! Vvrgtnianbj a' Bertie county corres Tiondent stating-- that' some hogs were be witched by a white woman. v The spell was removed byja blackamoor wizard and placed upon uie wiicu, .wjj(uwu.i, j,;; v i . There; were, 96.sch6ols in opera tion in Randolph countyffrom September to the end of . the last, year. This is highly creditable. The people of that county have TT7TTT TTT . TA'' ' -pw t VY JtLUXjU. INU. 1, U1. been much stirred up by the example and influence of the Quaker element " j j -' :'From . the Southerner we learn that the first running meeting over the new course at Tarboro took -place . on , the ' 4th oflJuly, and was attended with" fine sport and such marked success that the Tar River Jockey Club has every reason to bepleased with the result J- -y-- - - - ;!; .-The Wadesboro" J2emj; an nounces that ;the: copartnership -heretofore existing, between Josh. T. James & N Knight & Son, ; has been ' dissolved . by mutual consent f The Pee Dee Herald will hereafter be published by Josh. T. James, CsO vUilivi aUU MT vA Ivtva . The Clihtotf JSnqtuirer siys that John Thomas Gregory claims to have seized lien. iee 8 norse oy the onaie at tne wu derness ' and urged him to go to the rear, which scene is the subject orElder's paint ing. , The. Enquirer, has, full faith.in Mr. Gregory's 'statement '", - r.,r. , ,Jys , T- A common sight in Goldsboro says the Messenger, is a buck negro dressed in uniform, with, a ; pistol strapped to his back, promenading f up and . down the streets, as if there was a state of war. with" all the pomposity of a peacock with his .tail Ductu uut aununag mmseu. ana seemingly expecting the admiration of every one else. - At the ' Stockholders meet in ef North Carolina R. R. Company, :at Salis bury JaSt Thursday the old officers were re elected. All are satisfied with the : lease. 'asses revoked from all ex-presidents, save Calvin Graves. " The - Directors 'nassed a resolution asking for ,Hon.:W, A Smith to be made general manager of the North. Carolina road.'- y-yi- . ' ':' 3 ; Clinton JSnouirer . - The v had quite a tornado along the Six Runs Friday. ' The fences and corn crops of. CoLhL. A. PoweU, Messrs. Abram N. Martin and W.' A Matthis, immediately on the river; were generally prostrated and considerably dam aged. A number of Jarge trees m Mr. Abram Matthis' yard were blown down and a very large one. falling upon his dwelling tne root thereof was greatly damaged. ; - Rocky Mount JaZ.Two ladies from Georgia were . nut off ; the- oars at this place last Monday night ." They were vu uiiiu nojr w J I UUUlgliUU KUjr, BUU UC1UE alone, bad- bought a through ticket and sent their money through by Express when having lost their ticket, they, were unable to get further man this point " Returning thanks to those who had offered their as sistance, they declined tho proffered help sold part of theirwardrpbe and,left on the next train. ' '2'va-Ci fi..iil'4 - j;-; Wadesboro Argus : ..With CoL Ames working a force of 17000 men, aad other contracters east of Big Brown Creek employing 600 mere--say 2300 men, in all, and 30 miles ef road, the merchants of Wil mington may reasonably look: this Fall for the Cotton crop of Union; Stanley and Ca barrus counties, and one or two . of the border counties in South Carolina: After CoL Ames had agreed to do all of the w6rk in accordance with the estimates, of the Company's Chief Engineer,- CoL 8.' Fremont, (which was considered very tow.) a jir. Aiicet asfcea to have a portion of the work given to him, but he finally withdrew, leaving eight sections (about seven miles) to be let to others. Nearly all - of, this,' we learn, has since been let out to others. Mr. D. S. Cowan andf Capt H. IE Drafts hav ing taken about half of it, - and -Messrs, Eflis, Singletary and Teal the balance. '- NEW AIXVERTISEMENTS. ,,; Wilmington and Seaiside RAILROAD COMPANI. 1 : 1 - . - T.O THJJiPC B L I C . CITY BAILWAT CABS WILL, FKO J TQ-HOB-row, 6 o'clock A M., run as follows: i--ri From the corner of Bed Cross and Seventh streeta. each way, south and west ate A M.;8:10. 6:20. 6:30. 6:40, 6:50, 7, Ac, (at intervals of 10 minutes). From ten minutes past 6 A.M. to 9 P. it cars win leave Market and Front streets at same hours and frac tions or the hours, cars pass st each turnout, Ave minutes being allowed to pass from one turnout to the next L and twenty minutes around the entire iikat SQUABS. These cars connect atr Bed Cross and Seventh with cars to the .Cemetery end Union RUHIOII. . . . . r - r - f - . i On Sundays cars will run from 10 toil A) M .from 18 M. to 1 P. M., and from 3 P. M. to 9:30 P. M. '"' Fare to Union Station, tickets, IS cents; to Cenle- wsrj maa. reium, iicitem, ia cents; dcxets ror nail tne Great Square, or two streets, 5 cents each. --,' - 4;nange wut omy oe maae zor on aeusr or less, and will be made in envelopes containing tickets and money. .- : Tv'- Passengers will be required to drop their tick. Uinj SS UVA UvAl U1D U11TC1, j . ;The foreeoinz information Is eiven to nrevent in. convenience, ,-r --i t , - " Be a little oatient and we hone to ee ;thlntra workine satisf actorilv to all our natrons. x ne owners nope to accommooate tne puoilc so as tu meruiia pnuunage.: i r v-1 gut-,. ' - : - j S. It. FJttKMONT, ,. r President.' - P. S. Anv incivilitv or inattention on the nurt nf drivers we trust will be reported. ' - - ...... Tickets will be sold at Wooten'iSzsreas Of fice, at Love's Book Store, and at the Drag Store en x uuroii Btreeb July 13:8t .,1,1 . PROSPECTUS OP THE ITorthi Gajoliiia Gazette. - gust, the publication of a weekly newspaper to be Styiea " TiUS JNUKTil lilKOLlflA UAJtlfn'Jt." t The Gazette will be consistently Conservative and devotedly Southern in principle, and politics, It will advocate economv. ihteeritv and reform in the adndnistratien of both State and National Gov ernments; it will favor the payment, by North Caro lina, of her fust and equitable indebtedness, and no more; it wiu support the nomination and elevation officials who have proved recreant to the high trust reposed in them by tne people. " - - -J ; , . The Gazette will, above all, be honestly and earn estlv devoted to the advancement of the trade, in dustrial and commercial- interests of its town, sec tion and State. ' In short, its publishers will labor hard to render it welcome and indispensable In the counting-room, on the farm . and. around the home fireside. "" ' n - s Bringing to the task before them years of expe rience in their business, (both. being practical print er, and one of them eneased in journalism for the past eight years,) the undersigned .hope for' the lih- era! patronage of their people, and enerfriea and abilities to -deserve it e or tneir people, ana win e: L exert all their abilities to -deserve it. ' Subscbjption: 3 00 per year. Names can be for warded to the publishers, or left either st the store or js. 1. Mcttetnan, icsq., Person street, or a( tne oi fice of CoL C. W. Broadfoot, Green street. ... ,. ? ::' i .;; J. Bu & G. G. MTBOVXB, julyia-tf . ' r Publishers and Proprietors, t bamofMhanovee, y.y ; j y, ;i. WIIJOillOTOIlV N. C l-f'm-w&T latb, 1873 A SPECIAL MEETD. G OF THE 8TOCKHOL1V era of the Bank' of New Hanever will be held, st their Banking House on Monday, the Slit hut., at S o'clock P. M, for the purposeof authorizing an In crease to the Capital Stock of the Bank, to. take ef fecfron August 1st "'i - ' 'h-L't - Si I 'i ' - ' i By order of the Board of Directors. J - ' 'July lS-tdm'j D.VaLIACR. Cashierl' Postcopy. . ' ' . .$1 CO . 1 60 . 00 .IN . 3 00 . 8 AO four aj.TO:rVt'??r" five days... m one week.: ; :.... . . . ... . Two weeks.. 6 00 ' Three weeks.'. . 60 One month.; ... 8 W f Two months.: f.. .:i5 0o x ime munuuj. ..... . . oo .; ...as oo Six months... wneyear. year.... ......oe uu ErCbntract Adverusements taken at propor tionately low rates, s MTY4iJj - f Five Squares estimated as a Quarter-column, and len aquares ss s harf-commn. . " : NEW J ADVERTISEMENTS. . CONSTBITCTIOIf OF : -OKAL&O PBOPOSAiR WlUi 'BS RiCTETVKD . at this Department until 13 o'clock M. of Mon ;day, the8tb i of ulyvl873, for .the construction of LifeSanng Station; Houses on the coast of North Carolina as follows, via:. One at Cape Henry Lieht House; one at Dan Neck Mills; one at False Cape one at Jones' H1U;; ece at CaffreySt Inlet; one at -. Kitty Hawk's Beach; one at Nag's Head: one at Body's Island; one at Chlckamaeomic; and one at KinneDeeL Hatteraa Urht Honae. Alan. hAIIBM a. the following poiats, vS : One at Cape Henlopen; one at incuan lUver, Del,; one at Green Kun Inlet, and end St Chincoteagae. -Va; rv r w. -. T , Bidders must state the time in which they will con tract to complete the Houses, and ttar bide; must be accompanied with guarantees from responsible par ties as to the ability of the bidders, to- de the re auired work. Bids must be endonl " Rid a fn. construction of Life. Saving Stations' and addressed tome eecreiary oi ine ireagury, wasblngton, Ji. C. pocmcauons can Deonraisea at the eDe of the lector of Customs at Wllmincton. N. C Col The Ctovenunent reservea the rieht to reieet ariv or aU bids. - ',. . !: ..-j-..tft--.-- SSCBBXABT. - - Tkbastjbt DxFABTmirr, July 10, lff23 . 4sh'WtawsjW.WcaU-iiu,.UnO' 3 Cora; Hay Port. M;Nails. . p - : ' Just Received, , EX. BARQUE; SNOWPEN : BALKS HAY, , 25 BOXES BULK SIDBfi.,..,- ,-n".'f " " 5.-j ifr .-.For sale' low by j - rj". c . t July -tf , '. ) ' BiNFOBD.'cKOW & CO.. Wiliiiiton & Weluon Rail road Co. Omci or Sscketakt ahd Tkeasttkeb, ) M ; Wilmington WCi, July II, 1873. f ' f pEKEE PER CENT. ON THE CAPITAL .STOCK X of the Wilmington and Weldon Bail Boad Com pany, due from the Lessee for rental, win be paid to tne stocKnoiaers on and after the 15th Inst: s'-' " J. W.THOMPSON, - ' -JL.1.JlJ. ..Seuctaij and Treasurer. julylMt... .. . XTOTHING SO CON-. XV duces to happiness sua pleasure as a 5.s,;NSAT,EAST,;;i coxpoBZAsu rrmNQ For Shoes that t you well and do not give you FITS, go 10 -GEO i B. FBENCH A BON'S, S9 North Front Street. T juiy ia-tr..v Hotice. fi.':.. LL PEBSONS AEE HEREBY FORBfl) HAR- l . . - . - . - . - . .-, . .. : - boring or trustiug any of the ere of the Norwegian :tet--ni:;'ii;;'-.JI- . .- 3alylS-3t HMDS BKOS.', Agents. Tne Mystery Solve,d atXast ! Ti ry?ni'y ';. arsatns t Barjfains ! Bargains ! ? A. COST? AT. COST! AT COST! SdoiiioLfflievStore ! GOMB - ONBl' COMB 1 ALLf 1 AKT ' BBS THE ;i -fS rv f fr 2 ; . lo . . w . st A t:;i.,TTJNK.S .4ce,, fc.-; A fuH sad weD seleetod stock in all departments. AFTJXLXrHE 0 ll&lTLTJSr WEAR. I am determined to change my business, and in ' order to do that I-offer my i- y v j J ENTHlE STOCIC AT ; OST! Ne humbugr Come and see for yourselves shd - J SOI.OBEON LEVY, .lilO 1 .' t.-, .-.!!.. .' it; 'I i. At the eld stand, southeast comer Front and Mar- ket streets. , may 15-4m-nac rpEATELING'" BAOS, . "VALISES,'" SADDLES, Harness. Bridles. Martineales. Collars, Hames, Trace Chains; Whips, 8puTe,Jeg OoUars, hammoi is.. Leather. Feather Dusters. Axle urease, saa- dl ery Hardwarfe. --. sAJ - -large . Hardwarfe. . Atee". large lot of second-hand 8ad lauiery uooas. " : , am 'j ,v xBFOTMtstm sbsjo . ' a v 1 r ' . -. No. 8 South. Front St, nay8-trnac' u X.h&tiZH Wllmlaffan. N. C. MISCELXiANEOIIS. I OaDned.Gpods, and, Candles. 2 Cases Tomatoes, , j ..; r, ; . ,.. ; .,. QCases-Peacbes., :f t .'iri:;J.-.: Cases' Oysters,'' i ' -Q Cases Condensed Milk, .' ' , . , . . , ..... ........ For sale by ' F. w. kkkuiunkk, July 10-tf , ST, 38 and 99 North Water Street For Rent; T WH0I0EINPAKX,QE'1N E00MS FOB single gentlemen, .untO. October;- 1st,- the' house on 6th street, adjoiningDr. Bellamy's t Immediate pos session given, 1 1nquire on the premises.; , - Julyll-St , :; u . ,,3 ' r . r Hotice. ALL PERSONS ABB HEREBY FOKBTD TO - t ; '- - - . harbor or trust bjij of the cr or the Norwegian BrigBTOTJS.-T""r, ; . . .'u' . . HEIDI. EROS., Agents. July 10, 1873- July ll-8t Lost or Found. T OST Yesterday, a Slut Pup, a cross between an 1 j itahait creyboana and week and tan, ears clipped. The finder will be liberally rewarded by leaving information at the Purcell House. ; July M-lt . yss ti-i. r... -j. .l1 LOST-o onesnut sweet, near Thir street, a Child's White Pique SacquB, withj gold stud, Please leave st Stab Office rs julyll-tf
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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