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jHE HOEHHIG STAB. si ,s i. is advaxcx: . "- wr. (by mail J postage p5d,.U,r.... 00 rt rw . u : .: r Ate month, - C I -rv, ntv Subscribers, delivered In any pi mfteen Centa per week. - Onr City Aj ' ,' " .iSsed to collect for mor than 8 n rontaare months ta . ... OUTLINES. ..: Additional intelligence reports" greater j0ses by the storm- in Texas. Only two houses left in Matagorda. Whiting gjverware factory, Providence,. K. L, barn t Liberal , Republican State Con vt otion of New York recommended its i; rty to vote for Tilden and support his re f, , m views. r r Ilepahiicaa- State Con v iiUon of Maryland endorse the reform p. rty'a nominees." Democratic State Convention- met at .Worcester yesterdays New York'tnarkets: Cotton, 18fcS14t; g. -.ld, 1161J16iSpfrits turpentine, 82; rcshy $1 ;70$1 JO. More insurgent v ctories have been won in Herzegovina. Gov.-3asion renominated for Gover v r and Gen. W. F. Baitlett nominatedfor ! eut." Governor in Massachusetts by the 1 einocrats. ' ; : ; .' - ; We saw the first coots; of. the season on our streets yesterday. . : The happy time approaches when there will be no more grape hulls on the dewaik. - -, One of oar young sportsmen killed a beautiful white crane in the rice fields near tbis city Tuesday. Almost cool enough for frost Tuesday night, and doubtless our up-country friends did hare a slight sprinkling of it The wrkf laying iron on the n-iw-route of the sfTeet railway, on Fourth street, bas been completed as Tar as Church i street. V ';'..: . - v '. Hereafter, in the distribution of the police force, until further orders, we learn that three privates only will bepn duty in the day lime, and that all the ser geants and the remaining private will be kept on night duty.- u i - ' v.. The Superior Court of Robeson County,' Ilis Honor Judge A. A. McKoy presiding, convened at Lumberton on Mon day last The criminal docket, we learn, appears to be; pretty full, but was expected to be closed about the middle of the weejjj j Persons coming down on the Forth Stale report; that tlic river was still rising at Fayetteville when the boat left there yesterday morning. Also that a con-kierable- fire occurred in the town the night before, of which, however, "we were able to get no particulars. " HBW AOVSaTISEfflENTS. -Munson & Co. Wamsutta Shirts. Jamks & Bhowh. For Kent Ueutsbebgkk. A Nv Novel. Harrison & Aixbh. F-ll Styles. Chas. M, Stkdmah. Forlienu !. Elijah Hswuett. Annual Report. . II. Kowkowsxt. Germania Lodge. G. 11. W..RrjHO.r-Cookiug Pears. The Vmlr ' t , We are in receipt of the premium list, to Jether with the tuiea and .regulations, of the Annual Fair of jbeGape Fear Agricultural Association, to be . befd in this city oo the Mb, iOtb; 11th andj2t days of November, 1875. -ri-'V',. ' f Farmers, planters, mechanics, owners of- ock, and all others interested should be f Uing ready or this Fair. Let every one etermine to have something on exhibition. This is the way ensure (he success of the xposition, and surely everybody iube Cape Fear seetion, and the region tributary u it, should feel an Interest in this patter. Every arrangement is being made jby the Association to assure its sueceas, bpt they, reed, and we hope will receive-, the active r : lid hearty co-operation of the Various in- ustrial interests of this section in guaran- ieing such aeiult, - , bee Xlt UBipC. - ! A flock of sheep were brought across the riveVand landed at Market dock yesterday evening; when they became so fearfully de- noratlftl never ha vine. Oeruaps. V seen a . .un ii'itl ok manv Isruioa in It llttfan. that : 1 . " fc nnu oif Kin Liw as.uwv mf - - r they dashed off up the street and oroogui i Til or 8UB8CKEPTIOM - 4 11 r in tlw iiirk house. wbe tbeo suc ceeded in demolishing a lot of crockery ware belonging to one of the huckster wo men, who hurled fearful maledictions at L the innocent but frijjbtened " lambsj af firming alM that, though she didn't know ir care whose sheep they wew,' she would make a certain butcher pay the damages.' The lively action of the flock" created obn-" siderabk- mirth and excitement in thenelgb- borhNd for a few minutes. Oar Ksyeticvtlle Vint. A correspondent of the Rl -'iirb Neve, writing front Fayetteville and Complaining of its failure to reach there regularly says: " In this place there are about one", hun dred copies of the Stak taken. a$i pever Jails.". We make this extract., as , some of : our friends may not be aware o the popu r Jarity of Tub -.-Morkino Stab in Fayette- L-. ,-ville, ;, . , f -ffror lite Flmel at. ,., I The : Wilmington Cornet Concert CJqb l left last evening for Marion, S. C,, where '. 4bey are ; to be present and furnisU'the .onusic for. a .grand picnie to be given by ahe Grangers It or near that place to day ; We can safely assure our Granger f rend hat thev will have eood - music, and W iiopethey htay have a good time generUy aaeua Wlik Sliely. . f From a special dispatch from Col. Si L. Fremont, General Superintendent, dated " V avLlncolntoD, iwe have the gTatifyiog iu-J " telligence that the Carolina; CentraLRaiK W. I ; : way has been finished to Shelby and that j. r trains run through to that place yesterday.' '. - - - - . ' . i, . XVII.-NO.vfci THE POWERS OF THE AIK. Tbe Application of Ideteorle Science to sue Uses of Commerce andiic rlcaltvre, at Practiced by tbe V. ' S.SIsnaiSerTtee How Tbey tBead Ibe Face or tbe 8ky. ; V A Star reporter has been for some time convinced that an attempt to elucidate in popular terms some of the technical meth ods y which the dailyl determinations .in reference to the weather are reached might prove interesting4 and perhaps eventually profitable JLo a great number of the readers of this journal, but he approaches the sub ject with a painful consciousness of his lia. bility to fail in interesting or in giving any just idea, within the limits of a newspaper article, . of a subject -which ordinarily is treated only in the volumes and all-embrac ing language of scholastic science.. .He feels "sure that no one will be able to look with due allowance upon the results of his effort save those who have themselves ex perienced the difficulty of generalizing from technical into every-dav lanauaee. Save the church-spires, the banking-house of the Bank of New Hanover is the tallest -structure in Wilmington. The banking rooms occupy the first floor, the U. 8. Sig nal Service tbe Mansard, and on the; inter mediate floors are the business offices of the Carolina Central ltailway Company' and of such insurance firms as Messrs. Atkinson & Manning and T. C. DeRosset. That high upper story can be seen from far up and down the river and along the principal streets, rising above its neighbors into a region where from all sides the winds blow, freely upon it. There is always a bright light in the window at night, which sheds "its broad beam in the faces of the promenaders on Front street, causing , a look upward. They see a flutter of ' vanes on the roof, and in times of impending storm the red and black flag of the Service by day or the red beacon of warning for mariners by night. What's up there?" is the question; or, from those that know the stars but not the places thereof: " Is that Mars ?" And the answer i--Tbat's the Signal Station Ob eerver's office- red light for danger." "Oh! ah Jn and with a half-sigh of regret, the mysteries of the place are resigned to the domain of the unknowable; and tbey pass on. Not so with us, O reader J Let tis pass op and solve the" mysteries. The way is a long one, tbe steps numer ous, the landings many; but puffing and blowing we stand under the roof at last and look outat the city and harbor in panorama ; and eally " Lucile"): - " anpuppiin bv the nam ot ascend- ins the behrht To liave conquered a claim to that wonder ful sight I" 1 But we haven't a minute to look at the outside sights now. This modest gentle man is Sergeant Seyboth, the Observer in charge, and these Mr. Gibson and Mr. Mer rill, his Assistants always ready to receive visitors except at the moment of a regular observation, and long-enduring in patience when explaining the instruments to those who can't understand.1 We are indebted to them and to various publications of the Service for much of the . information we give. - Perhaps we had better begin our investi gations pn the .roof J There is a placard posted : " Positively no admittance to the roof 1" but in courtesy to the representative of the public press it is made for the time of no effect, and up the ladder we go. And as we climb skyward we will say that the determinations in regard to the weather are made by noticing the various changes . in the air or wind and in the clouds at this place and then comparing them with the corresponding changes or conditions occur ring at the same tune at several other places scattered over a considerable section'- of country?; Everyone has noticed that on a cold, cloudy day the'air feels damp and disagree able, jind on such a day we instinctively look for rain; while on a warm, sunshiny day the air feels dy, though that it is m dry on such a day is made evident by the drone of water which it deposit on any thing (aal fur instance, on a pitcher con tain inz ice-water,) which is much colder than it self. But even on some warm and clear days the air is noticed to feel damp and heavy and tbe lunjrs wbrk bard, with a feeling of oppression; and then, also, we look for rain. rom these facts we conclude that more fit less moisture is always present in the air and that tbe amount present at any time is in a ureal measure dependent on tbe tem ueraiure of tbe sir, but not entirely, as the .,t mnihture Dresent at different tjuautit w w . limes in air of the same temperature is f ouud to varv very much. This variation is largely due to the i varying pressure of the air. ai although the quaulity of moisture actually in We air at any lime can only be ascertain ed by experiment, the quantity which tue X in capable of holding at a given tempera ture and pressure is well known and always tbe same. ' By increasing either the tem perature or pressure the air becomes capable of bolding'an increased quantity of mois ture, and by chilling it or reducing the pres sure this capacity is reduced, so Wat m tne air becomes saturated while at the . higher temperature or pressure it must deposit moisture as rain, dew or snow as soon as il. tUmoeratare or pressure , is reduced. Front what has been said it suggests itself that V simple relation exists between the amount of moisture which the air can hold and the varying temperature and pressure, and this relation may be expressed in figures, n inference to such s table of figures the .MAnn n mnlrtnre- which the 'air could contain under any circumstances which mar occur Is at once seen, and if -the amount V. WILMINGTON, N. of moisture actually present in the air at the moment is also known, the difference will be the amount which, if added, would pro duce dew orrrain; or the reduction tem perature or pressure which would be neces sary to produce the same effect without in crease of moisture could be readily calcu lated. The instrument in use by tbe Signal Service to determine the amount of moisture in the air at any time is the hygrometer or wet and dry' bulb thermometers.. This is kept in a latticed closet on the roof,1 well arranged to screen the instruments from the sun and rain. Two ordinary thermometers are placed side by side, and the bulb of' one is kept constantly moistened with water.' When but little moisture is - present in the air, the evaporation from the moist bulb is rapid; when the air is nearly saturated, the evaporation is very fclow. As evapora tion always produces cold, the degree of evaporation at any moment (which is di rectly proportional to the amount of mois ture contained in the air) will be exactly in dicated by the degree to which the mercury in the tube of, the wet thermometer is de pressed below that iu the dry thermemeter. The determinations thus made are given under the head of relative humidity," in tl e published tables: Rains are at all times most likely to occur in those places where the greatest relative moisture or humidity prevails, aud storms are likely to be turned from their course in the direction of such areas. 1 Under the same shelter with the hygrome ter are the maximum and tbe minimum self-registerinr; lhermometers-the first of which records the highest and the other the lowest temperature reached during the twenty-four hours. Near at hand is the rain-gauge, which collects the rain and gives the number of cubic inches falling in any given time on a square inch of surface. The results of comparisons of these obser vations gives a picture of our climate which is useful, for instance, to the Department of ! Agriculture in the" distribution of exotic plants, &c In order to know the course and rate of advance of areas of fair or foul weather, it becomes very important to know the direc tion and speed of the wind at various points. The direction is determined by a-large vane, having an elongated spindle, to the lower end of which, in the room below, is attached an arrow ; which indicates all the movements of the vane ad swiugs over the points of the compass paint ed on; the ceiling. . The speed of the wind is measured and very accurately registered by an ingenious instrument invented by a former member of the Signal Service corps and called tbe anemometer. A scries ot . . I 1 s cups urrangeu in a Horizontal pianu suu mounted upon a spindle are raised high into the air and kept revolving by the wind. To the end of the spindle is geared a little wheel having' a pin fcet in its face, and every time this wheel makes a revolution the pin conies in contact with a: spring, somewhat afu r the manner of ah old-fashioned reel for winding yarn. But two wires from a battery in the room below con nect this spring and pin with an electrical instrument, and, every time the wheel re volves, a circuit is closed thereby, and the new-fashioned force electricity records the revolution with a pencil on a strip of paper in the Observer's office, just as regularly as if it could think. The position of this paper is constantly changed by the aid of a little clock, and thus a perfect and constant record of the velocity of !the wind in miles per hour is kept, and can be at any moment referred to. With s little friction does the anemometer do its work that the gentlest breezes keep it in motion. The ordinary winds at this port have an average, velocity of about 10 miles per hour. This velocity is that of a good sailing wind, and gives a pressure on the sails Of about half a pound per square foot, but heavy gales and cyclones have velocities ranging from 40 to 120 miles per hour and press upon resisting bodies with a force of 8 to 72 pounds per square foot. In other words, if a solid stream of water moving at the rate of 31 miles' an hour and of sufficient size to entirely cover any obstacle standing in its way were to suddenly rush against a building, the moving force exerted by the stream would be about equal to that of a gust of wind having a velocity of 100 miles an hour. When we recollect how many square feet of surface are exposed by the bails of a ship, the tide of a house or tne spreading branches and leaves of a tree, we get some idea of tlte tremendous force ex erted by storm winds in. me proamnion 01 their oftentimes astonishing and terrible re sults. . . n,frtlif most iinoottant assistant of -j . the modi 1 n meteorologist is the barometer. It consols of a straight glass tube about 3a inches long, closed at one end, filled with mercury nd then inverted and the open end plunged in a little cup containing more mercury. When tue iudb is tuus leii wun the open, end down, of course"the mercury nt. In the tube tends to run out at lutHV- - the bottom, and some does run out into the Jittle cup, bit as soon as the level of the mercury in the tube has sunk about three inches from the closed top it is found that no more runs out and the level of the mer cury does not sink any lower. Why f Be cause no air can enter the sealed end of the tube as the mercury sinks down, and there fore the space which the mercury leaves above it in the tube 'is a vacuum. Now, everybody knows that the' tendency fc the vacuum in tbe top of the tube'! to draw the mercury up again to tbe "vacuum just as, when you press d6wn the handle of a pump and by so doirg drawUie plunger of the pump'up, you make sjacant space An ihV hlniclrwli"!ctf tne water in the? Well Instantly rises to?filL: fBut if the pipe through which the pump draws waij- mm C., -THURSDAY. ws over 84 feet long abOve the surface .of the wate; in the well you might pump away never so hard and you would get no! water; and you could not coasjt to rise more than 84 feet above the water in the well; but, if there is no leak in your pump, jat that height the water will continue to stand, and when it rises higher in the well s it will rise equally in - the pipe. The cause Of this, power of the vacuum to hold the .water or mercury up is not really any force residing in the empty space', but the ' resultjof the pressure of the air upon the. surface of the water or mercury in the reservoir inj its ef fort to get " into ' the empty ' space f the vacuum. This pressure of the air is" found to be equal to nearly 15 pounds on each square inch of the surface of all bodies at the sea-level and to be exerted equally up, j down and in all directions. But the weight of a column of water, 34 feel high; or of a column of mercury 30 inches high and one inch tquare is found to be about 15 pounds, and it is for this reason that the air-pressure holds the water in the pump at a height of about 34 feet and the mercury in the bar ometer tube at a height of about 30 inches. , j - The usefulness of tbe barometer for phil osophical purposes, however, depends upon the fact that the pressure of the air is not at all times add iu all places exactly suf ficient to sustain the mercury at a level of 80 inches, but that the pressure Will be either a little greater or a little less and the mercury ,will correspondingly rise or fall under varying circumstances. Thus, it is found that the mercury slowly falls as the barom"T is carried higher above the sea level uw inir to the lessened pressure. of the thinner uppct mr and this fact has been louy used, as tue basis of a method for measuring ibe height of mountains and other elevations. . In the accurate deter niiimtivjjit f the Signal.Service it is on this account found necessary to make a "correc tion for uliilude" of the instrument above t o soa-levtl. Again, it Js found that the air, like the sea, is subject to its daily recur, riog tides the flood tide or lime of greatest pressure being reached at 9 to 10 o'clock every morning and the ebb or lowest pres sure being from, 3 to' 5 in the afternoon. The variation of pressure -from this cause is not, however, very considerable. The varying temperature and moisture Of the air have a more important influence, but the motions of the air winds and breezes produce the principal changes of baromet ric pressure. Most of our readers are doubt less aware that on the approach of a storm thebaromeler falls rapidly and rises as rapid ly after it has passed by, for one of the principal uses to which the! instrument has been put in times past has been this of giv ing notice of the approach of storms. Indeed, the instrument is still a great help in making such determinations; but experience has proved that the indications of a single bar ometer, especially when not used in con nection with other instruments, are exceed-, ingly deceptive as a storm-test, for the reason that local and momentary atmospheric dis turbances affect tbe instrument as much as those more general, and further, while the pressure of the air is low in front and on one side of passing stoems, it may be high upon tbe other side, and as a consequence, a barometer on the side wheie the pressure is highest may not give any indication of the storm raging in its immediate vicinity. It is only by comparing the readings of several instruments stations not too far removed from each other that accuracy can be reached in regard to local disturbances and probabilities. , .- , It - has remained for General Myer and his assistants of the Signal Corps, by a sys tem of observations of the instruments made at all the stations throughout the whole country at the same moment of actual (not local) time, thrice'daily, by- telegraph ing the results of the observations' at each station to the central office at Washington and thence telegraphing the results of the observations at all the' stations to each'of the principal stations and there impressing them upon maps' prepared for the purpose,' and by then drawing lines (technically called isobars) so as to connect those ' sta tions where the pressure of the air as - indi cated bv the barometer was found to be the same at tbe moment of observation it has remaiued for them by these and sim ilar means and the application of known atmospheric laws, to establish a system by which the location of every storm of aBy extent may be exactly known, and its course and rate of progress from day to day predicted with almost entire accuracy. Te Signal Service has 105 stations iseudiug telegraphic reports, but these, of course, are scattered over un immense ex tent of territory, and are not usually suffi ciently near together to enable the estimate of the weather probabilities to be made with that degree of local particularity which a system of stations near together Would secure, consequently the estimate of prob abilities usually reads with a degree of gen erality, thus: For the South Atlantic and Gulf States, risine barometer" &c., while the weather existing in so great an extent of territory, possessing every variety of sur face, wili, of course, present very marked local differences.' As a result, while the general correctness of the predictions is in disputable, strictly local, disturbances will sometimes seem to prove Old Probsl,njat fault in bis estimates. For the uses of com merce, the reports and information furnish ed arrh'aps .ample The cauUbnary signals shown at the ports indicate the prob- aOHity 01 . uangeioua winaa, wiium eigun urS,SOUaW4jLCi wtuuiiyuv uuuujcu iuuw the port at which the signal is displayed, but every shipmaster, is suppoBed-1to.,be 1 enough of f meteorologist to deterinina for himself, from he 4maps and information famished daily, together with observations - - r - SEPTEMBER 23. 18t5. v.- of his own instruments and of the weather, whether these winds are likely to occurat a point or to be of a strength sufficient to prove dangerous in . his individual, case,. For the purposes of agriculture, however, in order to make the work of the Service of much value, it would be necessary to estab lish under the auspices of. tbe various Granges or other farmers' organizations, or of gentlemen of leisure, a supplementary; system of observations and correspondence',' similar to those maintained by the Observers of the Smithsonian Institution,' off whom some 300 are now operating under: the gen eral supervision of the Signal Service Bu reau, and transmitting their reports by'maiL To any person wishing to study the phe nomena of tbe air and weather the Chief Signal Officer , and all the Observers are ready and willing to extend all needful in formation and furnish every facility com patible with the regular work of the ser- vice. Instruments neeaea win not oe iounu very expensive, and the Signal Office will furnish its graphic weather maps for record ing observations at actual cost. The cen tral office is now engaged in determining the local influences which affect therise and progress of storms, and these conclu sions, when they become sufficiently full to be of service, are to be published in a form that will secure their general usefulness. A few observers located in any region atfbn venient corresponding distance from each other would soon become skillful meteorol ogists and not only be able to reach results of value to the business interests of their section, but also assist " Old Probs' in the determination of the local laws and add to the accuracy jof the . general prognosti cations emanating from Washington. We had intended to include in our article a con densed statement of the general law's govern, ing the movements of winds and storms and also gome statement of the indications 'of the clouds, but the lateness of the hour and the already too great length to which this paper has grown warn us that we must con fine our further remarks to a few general statements in reference to the work oF the Service. Should we have reason to be: lieve, however, that any general interest is felt in the further details of the science, we may take occasion to recur to the subject at a future time. ' Besides the three observations taken daily by Washington time and telegraphed, four other daily observations are taken by local time and the results entered as a matter of record for future comparison and study, and also transmitted weekly by mail to Washington for the information of the cen tral office. Some fifteen of the graphic weather maps are posted daily throughout the city on the arrival of the morning tele graphic reports from various points and are generally consulted by those interested in shipping and commercial matters. The depth of water and temperature of the bot tom of tbe river are also taken daily and re corded, and from the extremes of tempera ture of the water during a series of years it is expected that the Superintendent " of Fisheries will ere long be able to determine what varieties of fish can be most profitably cultivated in these waters, when the river will be stocked with those varieties, as many Northern rivers have already been. The Wilmington office is about to gain increased importance as the terminus of the great line of Siginal Service telegraph con necting all the Life Saving and Signal sta tions on the coast from Portland, 'Me., to tbis city, and also from the construction of the Smithville line. We. wish we had space to say a few words here about these impor tant matters and a few other items of work in the office, but we cannot now pupuethe subject further, and must bid it and our readers if any have patiently followed us thus far at once "good night" Independent Order of Rechabltee, At the regular meeting of New Hanover Tent No 57, L O. of R., held Tuesday even ing last, Thomas K Skipper, P. C. R, was chosen as the Representative to the High Tent, which meets in Norfolk, Va., on the second Tuesday of October next. ' In the cood old davs now buried to a irreat extent in the forgotten past, when neither wars nor rumors of wars had been hP.nl in the land, the Rechabites were a flourishing institution here, and many "WU: mingtonians of those days, who still abide among us, cherish a lively remembrance of this important order and 'the good accom plished in our midst through its instrumen tality. The resuscitation of the order here, after the lapse of several years, is an event of but recent occurrence, but already its membership has largely increased,- while the great good being accomplished by it, as a conservator of the morals of the city, could not be easily estimated. ' The aDnroachiug session of the Order at Norfolk will no doubt be one of much in terest and, it is to be hoped, will be produc- tive of beneficial results. Mayor's Court. ' 'r i : ' The following cases were disposed of by this tribunal yesterday morning: ' Silla Hill, charged with disorderly con. duct, was found guilty and ordered to pay a fine Of f 20 or work for thirty days on the streets. ,Phillis Thompson, charged with disorder ly conduct, was found guilty " and ordered to pay a fine of $1 and the costs. : ; ', ' Arreted on Kueplelon - ' ; ;;'-;-' ' ; -Three young men,' strangers in the city," named respectively Thomas Lenan, bailing from Massachusetts,3 Jesse Peeples, hailing from Ohio and Wm.Fagav hailing from New YorTVefr ar Walcottvyekerd' and lodged'lntteGfmfo.It se-m9, that BV'i'' M giveifa satislactoryaccoant of themselves and hence their arrest , WHOLENO, 2,G08; Onr Bar1 and River Improvement. : : We learn that Messrs. Bangs & Colby, pf New York, to whom' Was recently awarded by the Government the contract for closing New Inlet bar at the "mouth1 of the 'Cape' Fear river, thus forcing the volume sof water that finds an outlet at hat point oye? the main bar, or original . mouth o the. river, haying the, effect of deepening the same, have commenced operations in thet woods on Waldrpn creek," preparatory to- their effort to illustrate ,the lorce lof mimf' over .matteivcoc its absolute conttrol and triumph: - over Ihe laws -of nature. -That they iday'meet with success Isothej earnest prayer of- every well wisher of the pros perity of North Carolina. : - - ' e Arrested forBobblnc Poetofflce.., j A young man by the name of Leviticus Alfln had a hearing before U. ' S.'X!bmmis sioner Cassidey, yesterday, charged with breaking into and robbing the postofflce at Magnolia, some time last week, of a small sum of money. The defendant was or dered to give bond in the sum of $300 for his appearance at the next term of the Uy S. District Court in'this city, in default ef which he was committed to jail. Alfin was arrested at Magnolia by Deputy TJ. S. Marshal Van Soelen,. on Tncsday, and brought to this city. , k v Social Entertainment. TheSunday School Social Society of the Front St. M. E. Church will give one of their social entertainments to-morrow even ing at the Rankin Hall. A pleasant hour can be' spent there, and business' men on their way home can call and be served with a nice cup of coffee as well as other things nice to the taste. " " ' Brogden Llgbt lul'autry. ; : We are informed -a meeting of colored citizens held last'evening i a new military company was organized under the above title, and the following officers were elected: S. W. Nash, Captain; B. J3. JFuv ney, 1st Lieutenant; Jno. Statcher 2nd Lieutenant; J. C. Scott, President; R.f H. Finney, Secretary. - ; C Advertisement A CABD. Mayok's Office, Citt of -Wilmington, N . c4 ; - 1, 175. ) - - September 22d While citizens are discussing the -pre priety of asking the Courts to issue an in--j unction against the officials of the city of Wilmington, enjoining them from collect ing certain taxes, it seems to me to be proper to lay some, facts before them for their consideration. Owing to the financial difficulties encountered by the city in con sequence of the recent suit brought by-certain parties to eject the present govern ment, a large'portion of the coupons of .the bonded debt (about $30,000) which fell due in the months of February and Jnly last were not paid. - Since the decision of the Supreme Court, by which our municipal difficulties were settled, business has. been, so very dull and money so very scarce that it has been almost an impossibility to col-1 lect the taxe3 long since due, consequently, the coupons are yet unpaid. When' the City bonds were issued, the faith of the city was pledged that the interest on them should, be promptly paid when due, and had it not been for thejate unfortunate suit into which the city was forced,' these promises would have been kept and the interest paid on the very days when it was due. r , About $24,000. interest on bonded. debt will fall due in January and February next, also $44,000 of City Hall bonds will be due on the first day of January. It willrequije the strictest economy in city expenditures to meet these - dues for interest on our bonds, and I ask, how are wto meet our obligatiocs in the matter of the bonds which .will be due in J anuary ? The credit of 4he city must t be maintained and the bonds must be paid. If we are not harrassed and annoyed beyond endurance, we will be able to pay our interest money as well as. all our necessary current expenses, ' but if - this movement, set on foot by certain citizens,1 by the advice of men who have not the true interest of our city at heart, is pushed? on and an injunction prayed, (whether granted or not) the damage jjo the tax-ptlyers will be thousands of dollars, the , bonds of the city will become, ruinously deprecia ted, and it it stiouia oecome necessary ro offer city bonds for sale on the market, they would bring but a lit( of their value and probably be purchased by some of the very persons who are now, by. their' hasty and ill-advised action, doing all they can to depreciate the city's credit : All business men know that Wilmington city bonds are of the very best and safest investments that could be made, but should the city unfortunately fail ' to respond to the claimof the holders of its bonds, its credit would become ruined and the bonds thrown on the market and sold at great sacrifices. And while the disgusted hold ers of the bonds might not be thoroughly acquainted with the causes that led to their depreciation, the fact would be potent and although it is barely possible that there is an organized ring, composed of wealthy men. who are manipulating this injunc tion movement with a view to the deprecia tion of the city s credit and the subsequent purchase ot city bonds, thereby making many thousands of dollars out of .the mis fortunes of the tax payt r-v yet such a thine miv nossiblv be one of the Inie eauses of this injunction movement People who have their owa selfish'ends to uaindo not.aiways expose to the inspection of their vxlims the true reasons for their actions. . : , . . In 1871 Mr. Silas N. Mailin was Mayor of Wilinineton. and according to the report made by that gentleman 011 January lOth lo72, tne ex enses unuer iHaumiuisiranuu for the city government shows, as compared with the present city goveruneot, as Toi- lows: - - . ' . ' STREET DEPARTMENT. Martin's Administration, expen dilurts. . .-. . .. . .. $17,31 80 Present Administration . ..... r 9,300 00 -' l - ' - S In favor of present Government $ 8,061 3J , POLICE DEPARTMENT. Martin's Administratiop. .; . .$18,600.70 Present Administratioiu.i , . .$11,800 00 In favor of present Government $' 6,806 70 if ' ' ' HOSFITAL AND' FACPEKS. ; .The amount under this head paid ? " i-. in 1871 while Mr. Martin was ! . 1. Mayor of .Wilmineton, - and, J " '" without any authority of law, ; , f was. .v.-..tv.$l2, it' u Note. The" prisenTad mi nistra tion does not support any Uos-! -vr pttal or Paupers, having no an thonty or law jjo no to ' I tsv , rrw , i .. KJ ,ii-'.-'B - . v One month Three montli,.....;..;.; ;...S 00 .f , . .Jx jBetaa.w...;.i'$li,;iY. - .85 miXhrc ..- a...u. r'- fcftrtfl.-- ' -y ' :-:t i ' EVCMttract Adveitiaeiaenta takes at prPE.aii i ' ; .5 ttonater low rates,--?.- - .. PlveSqnarefeetlJBSted aaa quarter-eolomb, ai5 tensqdare8MahaU-ctilniBa: x" : ' i - iZj. .r"v,.v :Vv1 Martin's adnirnistrationo.V, $8,292 8v""' .4 : ; Present: adnrmlstration V Vs tC 6600 00 H--A : ?t.;- ;v-: a; , - 53 V .? ? Ifayor of presentoyrninent. $1,692 91 '- ' 1 ' . 41 . FIjiB ' bEPAhtMEST. Martin's administraflohW' $6,224 Miti PresantSAlrtiflnUratloirv 5,324 00 In favof!of present certfl.tSOO'SO ; -f ; Marik,1idmhiisatiJr' $30' 1 14 Present administration . . . , .-$.1,850 130 r. Ia.favpr "of present gpvermenti$I,35& ll ' CTTIOOCRT. - Martin' administration ----- .- ;... l-O, $J3,966 10 l,f56 50 Present administration ..... In favor of present government. $1,1 -! J 60 : ' ' ilOHTS"DEPABTMENT. . Martin's' administrali6n . $7,510: 58 Present admin tsUja (ion-. . ; .6,100 00 In favor of present gbvernment: $1,416 I ' ' ''prison : And pbionbrs. . . . . ' Martin's Administration . ... .1. $ 1,186 82 Present Administration. . . . . . 950 OU v In favor of present Government $- 236 '82 ' : ; : PRIKTINO. ; ;i .... . . : Martin's Ad ministration .. . . . $ 1,901 57 Present Administration'.. T 1,710 00 In. favor of present Government $ .191 57 ' MISCELLANEOUS. 1 ' . ': Martin's Administration v.: $ 3,641 86 Present Administration. . J.WX) Ot, In favor of present Government $ 2,041 "86 'l -" IN ALL OF THE FOnESoiNOi m "' ' : i".tl. $ Martin's Administration, "for or- : ..i... . ; dinary expenses ". .k,18o i v. a y. Present Administration will not- ' -if exceed. I.'- 40,890 50 j m In favor of present Govetffment $36,794 F2 : The above corapaiison shows that then;V; , will be saved to the tax-payers of the city .J)i of Wilmioeton in tbetcurrenC-expenses this " ?; ;Kf year under the present dmmratration, a : ! compared,,. iWituv toe administration over.;;; which Mr. Martin presided in -1871, the- sum of THHfrr-erx thousand seven hon- DBBO , AND NINETV-FOUB DOLLARS .- AND kighty-twoj CENTS (f 36V294 S2). And I V ' pledge -to ilhe' citizens that tlie expenses ,, shall not exceed that amount : ; : v'a,"ttr ' I am always willing' and glaS' to c -5 suit and i-advise? with : j. the t tax-pajifg' of -..Wilmington $ concerning the4nant-sb . fr-gk' andJ expenditures of the 1 city, fei-l-. f ; ing that in the consideration,- of thes j. matters allpolitical .prejudices . " should ;'r '; be laid aside and the' common : -good awne : regarded, v Every vote ' lbatI. have ever. ' i;.; cast while sitting at the Board Of .Alder-1' r ; men of this city when finances- and expen- " ditures were being - considertfS.was casti-'tv iWTti . with a view to the best interests fJthosewn .t J wnose snoumers wouia iau tneouruen, 'iir TUj footing the bills. . ? f y-9 ::y ''&ty'J The present .Board in 18734ssued hVc r?iJ thousand dollars in bonds ' with" whichio: 0 pay a likeJniount'Of v bonds leld by the 1 ::vi-t"Sv1k : county of Edgecombe, which bad been due for seyeral years and the payment Of wbiih 1ial n.lo nt tU.f tlmfi haan tnmdnrlitrt AN the bonded lebt of the : citwsT'fc contracted and uonas lssueor- tjtf 1 ne. . a same beforej the resenfj; Byatd Wf re iai'-'i t??' J ducted into office. . .-' "j---:iijr&''-- mingtonand the occuahcyf of that posi-: :fk fhm hv' Tftin WUeMiTth cltv 6 wl nvi.jr .floating lebt of over, $88,000, Upjoii j-s- Burning the office,of Mayor at the xpifatt0fSJ-'.t of Mr. Wilson's ;administrationtheyat-1 ingdebt was $34,000 -,. Since I hay, hevp- ij? Mayor this floating 'debt of foflOtfbiubeen'. !tl paia; aiso, aooui &j,wyai coupon -wuiul ,- had been duo for several yeajsacd ; tuel further sum of $108,0()0l(ieanent.- im---.ri provements. : The floating deMjpf the city : on the first day ot August Ktstwasno mon ... . Ja m. - J . i m- j.. . man 11 was on tne iirjab - uay-ot xuguok ui i.--Ji eitner 01. uie 11 v paaii jretuo. i,.ius ptvovu : nHminifitrnHnn hast not lost SO much aSOUd i - ' cent by depositing large Sums of money or' Donds m tne lianas 01 irresponsioie or ui Vinncet otrpnlo 1 " " T - . ' from ary gentlemen We have always taken good oipeiai oonus - 1 r city officials r acting -fj.in fiducr- 1 capacities,: with the namesMr: ; ; j - of 'undoubted 'wealth as s 1 sureties, 1 oeing- uiwbjb ,sim one . official shofcUf not ; becotne JfctretyJ;? far another, as has been theeasfrin certain - instances heretofore: 3tiB bonds given by officials of this city under this present ad- f ; ministraiion have the names of gentlemen 'i-j: of undoubted wealth i signed tothem as ; sureties, and, in the event otfha being1 Buedon, would be abhyto redover "to h$ r ; very last cent - ' '."'V-.'?.- - I stain invite anv of our hard pressed tax vi . payers to call On me at my bfficeattbe City Hall for any information they may ; desires about city4 affairs, promising toglve iit to ; J- them oheerf ully and j willingly. They fe . the hes who have to pay the lawyers; they are the ones who have to 'pfty ; the heavy costs ofrhe ; courts i all ; the lawsuits ut mHiVi tha ntiv mnv hpconA involved ; the V ' nuibu wt v.., j - ' - , . . . tut LUt? UUC9 wuu nui UliUUaibJJ ur-v ., w . pav all the debts of the .city ; they arc i- -.-. : the ones who have to bear- the brunt - and burden i of a vdP',ecM("on? of.theu ; heavy load the city 'will have to carry be-".:: cause 01 an impaired ana injurea. eTpuit. u;;. All classes tn the community sjKier from the ill-advised action of evil aid designing;;-; men. --These same men who would, tlnis hJ- ; flict the poor and make them poorer, are w the only ones who would be benefited 'byl -. tordng such a wretched state of affairs on 5;: ' an already heavily taxed peopleenmay; .-j imnose 00 the credulity Of unsuspectin!f j victims ana.fanioiB uu iucir., uetcimiics,- . but - a cajreul and thorough . investigation" into this matter may show it in a different ; may light from that in which it is nowexbihitert by those who are interested-iUcCtfnceahuajJ the facts or the case. : .;;- V1 "f , . ; ' Very respectfully, V- - , v '.; - -:Yf.' P."OanaoY''". ' "lt !:' --' :. JVMayor-v; ""FEKREIJ- MUBPHT- Oa the mcrBinp ff ' in.-it, ut the residence of the brlde'a father, by , 1 armour, -Rector o4,SVteptieft'S thurchi fU, v- boro Mr. James A-'Ferrelirof Clinton, to cor-.1 i eeeond dnghtetof Dr LL F. Murpby OI renu DIED.". TIKNKEN.-TeXerday morning, la this clty, Emma Augusta Tlenken, aed 9 yearrelx moat's and 16 dm, daaghtcr t Mrs. C. M.,Tiien. -.;;'?..f. j -The funeral n -tkiio-fplacU;en2t o'clock f.-om net moiher's Itenidysce lront.wreet; Charch ta.d OidsdaletkMiafcryTJ fanJlywe felted WaOrT-rif- 9 Tn4(ini innrrr!TOlxx9. lnruoI&to rul- . djant. numniacturers arid doriug and'chaage'wss. vrwu -cot- ntr mai. ''I clear for autadeflclteptarK -w awe. ,-wyitig jb - 1 pneee i-Nt 1 1 9 V 4 fill