North Carolina Newspapers

1 - ' 1 THE HORITHIQ STAB. By WH. n. BEIUVARd! UBLIBlIXb DAILY XXCJCPT MONDAYS.. -; iUVns or sUBscauTioa nr advakok : One rear. (by mall) pottage paid,,.. MLxmontha - 44 V" ... ... $7 00 .... 400 Tnree months, ... .. S 25 One month- ' a. .v.. 1 00 To City SaAseribera. aeli-ered in amy tart of the city. Fifteen Cents per week. Oar City Agents are asaass not aatnoruea toeoueet rer mere In advance. 1 ..- OUTLlNKaV ; Makhtar Pasha claims that Wednesday's . : fighting was indeciaire, and that the Rus sians lost 5000; he, falls to give his own toss; the Porte, however, claims in its .dispatch ' to its representatives abroad that the icto ,;. ry was overwhelming. -r-The. JSmperbr - .YTinramhaa ' aotiiled the Porte that the prwcipleaof hxinjanitymust no longer be . iwowu.: yf rttUBwuu. r ubs uovu very " greatly damaged by the, renewed bombard - ' meat of the Russians: nearlr all the houses are to ruins; the iotreacliaieDU are- intact, and casualties but few. No deaths yeaterdsyV Pernandina, hut nine new c&sesr-Archbishop BayleyV remains will be taken to Baltimore for interment -7 The storm was violent yesterday in New Jersey and New York; considerable ; 1 M - - j President Hayes has been'eiected a Trustee of the Peabody t Fund, vice Com modore Haary deceased. Rev. Wal lace Duncan has been elected President of Randolph . Macon College. " - An ex- cursion train in Pennsylvania wrecked by me wHsuiug uu ui uw iwm; uicra were two hundred eeraons aboard: of whom flM .re known to have been kUtert and ' , , , " " Buuui uikj wuuuuc.. uict ycrautw drowned in the wreck of a train In New which the engineer v -badly scalded. - - Rnssia, acknowledges a loss of 53,000 men op to Sept.27. - -7 Russia grain crop not as good as expected. foasiaas repulsed . before . Ears . oa Tuesday; the battle begaa at-daybreak and : lasted thirteen hours; Rassiaq losses 1 3069; : Turkish not less. ; New York markets: ; Money easy , at S percent ; gold quiet at ! -lf3J; cotton firm at; 1111 cents; flour Uttle betrer,' without change;; wheat l3c "Jbelt'er; corn ic better; spirits turpentine ; firmer at 344 cents; rosin quiet at $1,70 180. '- - ' ' : ; ;? : ; ; The" reiorta from the acourfrod ine reports irom tne scourged town of Fernandina are but little im- nvovH.".' r.Wh.iet ih ii r.--- ; rr-a T were no deaths reported,, there were nine; new eases of yellow fever. We are pleased to see it stated that May ;or Riddle ia improving. . " , ( The era of good feeling is extend ing. In the . New York Democratic State Oonvebtiou, in session at Al- : bany, Hon. Clatkson N. Potter, the Chairman, made a speech in which he sai4 he-deejned ,,U 4 -fortnuata as unexpected that President . Hayes should v 5 have adopted a course towards the Southern States at once constitutional and wise and just. That is the way to tell it. The Stab said more than six months ago that the President should be encouraged to do right, that he should be sus tained in his constitutional course, and when he did wrong he should be censured. The recent floods have been very destructive to property in our State, but no lives have been reported as j lost. 'The growing crops have been very seriously damaged, and on the water courses the injury is irrepar able. In the North, no less than three serious railroad accidents aro reported in onr telegraphic columns Ihia mnrninr all M4nann . Vtt Ihn axiah. 1 " , ffj --o- i tug oub ui uie irac&g uy (ne excessive i rains An excursion train on the I l;v.,; vn. t?-:i.i toi. I . iu.v.nug hudj xiauiumi SUU J I vania, was wrecked, and twelve per-1 sons killed , and fifty wonnded. I some of them probably fatally. Other . I damage is reported in New Jersey, New York and Brooklyn. IS Turkish accounts of battles, like the Federal accounts in our own war, are to be taken with many grains of allowance. For instance, Mukhtar Pasha, the Turkish : commander, re ports that thought on Wednesday "'-': .;. !i" sends abroad the flaming intelligence I jersev -- Another wreck oceorred & I UMOtt not Defore.;(lone Dy ; tnefsinee) I proprietor ot the iMnamarJi, Abaplacel nelawarabr'the washhnfof thettracUbv 1861; sojat J was under the neces :WSLS ras killed and firsmab sellon on the ftrfiil lK.l il..'a mac-iinaaatra r-Ht!vlM -" - 1, -f j....j overwhelming victory. The Turkish General. ! sinzolar to sav. is able to aiv thn In-- of t h Rnaaim.a matincr " " - I , it more than three limes greater than . the Russians admit, whilst he has no thing to say about bis own loss. We suppose the approximate truth was stated' in former dispatches, upon which we comment on onr second page. . , - -M ,.' " :". Since the above was writteYi fur ther news confirms the battle on Tues day. The fight lasted .thirteen hours. The Russians admit a loss of 3,069, and elaimthat- the Turkish loss is eaniirv a Ir Tha T? ;,. 1 equa ly aslarge. Ihe Russians cap? 1 inirVnn imnA. . . , 'j turecl one important pomt,but found f the main pdtnt too stronc. .1 flntiat&FA maaM Tk 1 members of the Samnaon Conntv a !.ni. I "waw - a-wpwivi e . ' AMD B Jural Society have decided to have a Pair I T1wiIlterJ lhe PrP!r SfrsngemenlS can I c maue. : -i ne society is in debt ason bv I mortgage.;! If this can; be paid in anv I manner, a Pair will be held. Mr. King tigford has been 'elected President, and tLO hana' . a . a . - - aro ou ooau ne , will devise some means to raise the mortgage. - ''-'wMKak . Jbaa .Jra 'aBriaaiMa ' wl. xxi.-no. 12:; Latest By: Mail. i ' . i cissies nr. clat A Personal Kxplanatlon Tbe Dead Recro .a Desperado He iia tlhot' In -': SeifDefenee : .v--'. ti In reference to the shotfthrr pf i negro jcsTfj w nitef i oeg Q Bay mat 1 the nnfortttiiate affair bas no refer: I ence to Dart v toii tics or race crein- J dioea. My .aiiieoedeutB WHI -jnetify I me in simply faying that . 1 &d 1 1" by thd deceased oo gunday, the I 30tft-uU at abqa; I0;i?Q tfcJoclt A- M., as I was riding "a. mofew coiner to church, in my lot. 1 was on unfriend!- I- ... -;,k .w vtr""i IrZiA w uiaO Wa . uyvvugvM t vvivuvu man. .who hid laln my employ; geveral years, l He lamay nad been paid our and Ordered off jayJanda.Ta aoied sinewy in seir-oer eiice, ana ai once Vl: d rnno;i.i A.J a wu-Vuuu , Msa,J aace before the grand jury in March next, ii requireu. - - i i t ". T will add that thA, deneaaM) had i threatened rnvTife in a letter which I f j , . , i -.-r.-, - I m ior several uaya to go aruieu a ruly, Cassius 1 M. Clay. BrMxM an the A tiantlc, IHlealeelnn i . ,: Ohla Uallroaa Dpaaas:e4. . Special .tetecram to the Dispatch. - TVrKrminmrt" Va.. 0t. A' ! There was a heavy rainfall lasf night and to-day, flashing the ntreamsi and damaffinu railroads to some ex4 . ' wuz uZ.Ai. hk.. n:.,v, .tj I tent. ' The bridge near Uish's, on thdl Atlantic, Mississippi x unio ranroaa, . a - - ie, Mississippi & Ohio railroad ' was carried away, and another near, Bonsack's rendered impassable. Sev-1 i m .k xr:i!-::- m:ji j! I s , T A 6 T ' --"-l I roa j,avo also been swept away otjl I rendered unsafe and the road-bed washed ouL. It will probabIybe aev4 I i j i.-r..i.- 'I Tcuc.u- r " ' F tuc,i iXITi T ! A. , .1 Hf Mil JStlAJJj . JTUSXOlTJriUJC, ; I , I Richmond Kt.J- OctJ..7i4J 1 f I oawuabia, xuia wmy, ii wasbtcirton Uitv in the caoacitv of a 1our4 i river is auounen leetaoove oruinary,igeaiiefe.Minfoai jx.u, WCrmad level, and risincr six inches Dei hour.il reinforced bv streams west of "-&? j." Blue Ridge."-: No rain since 3 but it is stiUcioudy, , ' l . i - '- '; ,Bt war path. h : d anar -. . . ran A wa .a l8pecialtC5iarle8ton Jour, of Commerce. J '-433-CWlIBlA, t3. (J- Oct. 4. Cardozo bas just been . committed to jaiL . His bondsmen became alarmed and surrendered him.; j - Ex-Comptroller J. L. Neagle was fined $100, or thirty days' imprison ment, to-day, for assault and battery. He appealed. 'l.y.- ; ' I Discovery or a Comet. Professor Henry, ! of the Smith sonian Institute, received the follow ing cablegram Wednesday; . t r- , -A comet was discovered by Tern- pel at Florence, ; Oc tober 2d, right ascension, twenty-three hours and fifty -one minutes; - declination south ten degrees and nineteen minutes; daily motion ninety minutes towards the southwest. The comet has smairbright tail." i ! . ! 4 J . Spirits Tuipentane. Jones county sends two recruits to the big pen. - : j" : ada-iav ITntMnlAn - av lit . AAff ntrtlir ' ... - - be at the Raleigh Fair. This is not a false reporw - Y Wilkesboro has had a balloon ascension in the presence of eight hundred people. j . Onr friends of the press will ao- cepi our inanas ior tne recent nattering no- liAne nr Iha laifHSTa - - h . Revivals are progressing in. Per son Street Methodist and Salisbury Street j Baptist Churches, Raleigh. From every section, the reports come up of great destruction: to property and crops by the recent noodS. , t . - A newly married fellow , at Sal isbury got drunk, spent ail bis money, got before the Mayor, and was fined. He had started on a bridal tour. ' ;- ' I; '' - Raleigh New says it is confi dently expected that seventeen infantry and two artillery companies will be at the State will be r doubtleta half dozen or more - Favctteville Gazette: SuDerin- J . j . m re j ri I tenuent a.iiia, ui iuo va.iuru vrrpuan aij lum, has notified the Secretary that be will Fsyettevllle during ; the fair week witn a chapter of orphans, among whom will be. some of the grpbans of the Chero kee tribe ol. Indians, -t I W. T. Blackwell & Co., of ipur- ham, according to the Raleigh Imu, em ploy two hundred and twenty-nve bands. and tbeir , daily purchases of tobacco amounts to frdm fifteen thousand to thirty thousand pounds. They pay out daily ' a.A-v a . - . . - i . r.. acont aovior navoring extracts, ana weir, dairy sales of manufactured tobacco amount to from fifteen thousand to twenty- five thousand pounds. -1 y j "Washington Fressy We' learn that the storm of last week was so severe that much . mUl property in this section was destroyed. The mill dam. of 8. ,T Carrow, . at Choco winity, Was. completely , overorown, and Droae in -several places, d lhe w;ter wa8 so bieh as tostsnd seve4 aou iub wic too u uigu Mwnnuu i eral feet in the store kent bv J. .Q. HilL Also the mill dam of Wm.; Archbell. Old Ford, Penny mil, and others were very se-. I riously damaged. rjs- --.fi ,J ( .- . , ' I : I i Raleich Observer: The freshet I in Nuse river, Crabtree,Walnut and othei' creeks near this city is the largest and most V foot-not va known for twentv vears. The I damaee as far as we have been able to learn is very great. ; JTences are neing swept i Jt Tl . L i 3 A. a.aMPB4 a S 4 lLSi I -. way ior miie8, oriuKBa Hcu v u .7 ground corn fields - entirely submerged.' The entries for the Fair are coming Ln WltMINGTON rapidly. The first train load w lit go out da Tuesday next to the grounds.. thedepot being encumbered with arriving, freight, chiefly donations. r We saw iff one, of the State Departments yesterday a .very handsome brass bound cedar bucket, with a hoop Stay 1 attachment, invented by Mr .- ii. b. -BitUofi' of iorSytn county. 1 . Duplin county corresponilpnt of , the Raleigh Gbtener: If the news should sot reach you before this you may"; me-' uon, as a matter maienaiiy &ueciag .ue , farming prospect of jLwpira. county, vtne fact that the largest freshet ever know rrtjo the oldest citizens ot this count occurred in the North East river a ' few days since (Saturday ninht and Sunday. ) Some of the best farms m this - section are completely overflowed and- materially 1 it jured.i;The merchants on the river have sustained exi- tenaive losses by the washing away of ta, I taroentine. stoves. &c and stock; will ie injured and lost more or less. From I Onslow county we hear that the state of Uii.J Iwill mebtion Uie 'fet: trw. that within ihfl taut vronit twnrtr'p. I groes have beeo- killed aMsgnol byibi v. cs yr,K. -rne,coTOtraaa oeea w a!th?m;i6a VZMJ i oarHJbbu vuevrvcr .f nan 1 day : The Iat$' strike aniang; the - sectio handiod IheAur-lJUieRaaruadhaaamonbl ext tolittletkus far-iToojniaineri irf country willing to wwl?1orieventy-flV i cents a oaywjuca is aamucn asotnerroa! I pay. DsvidsoQ College" his ' a gox mX. more. students; than if Opene, I witn last year. we team, npon i auinoriiy tasxoba ts, jUuasey, JCq,t.v o i Htawsvuie, ana -nni receauy .oditof an Wa8hicirton Citv in the caoacitv of a 1 naflst. AV Cf. "Monroe, the colored bar-i ber ia Ferry Noble's' shop; "has connected himself with Calender's Georgia Minstrelaj and will loin them next week in AtlantaJ Monroe la a- first-rate musician, and has some reputation as a cornet player,r - y Raleish New: The trains over uie Kaieign as Augusta A Jj. K. It. now ) run regularly every other day to Hamlet.; 1 Oo Uewa days;-the train only; goes to oanwra. ai naouet connection is maae .tik itsnh... t;i-.i- i I the Carolina Central Railway. Aeuge line l the Carolina Centra! Rail wav. Astajrelina I aisorans from uamiet to Cberaw. 8. C.i .latter- point ls eighteen mllea from I Hamlel.vvJFrom.Charaw therela riilroad to ChaxlestoiH thus xwnnecaag;with the raUroad svstem of Sou'h Carolina. Nelson Nichols and Oeorre 'Morrav-were! - utfbef6fay.oc l attfaV Committed' the nt"ht btTdre in Whihh and, ic wU&arakor. K-A letter jfrbraja lalhisIKdtef OeiohertsVaeiwirWa i -unuKe, auu, every water- or uates, unowan, t eqa eriesoa- the sound are . greatly 'damaged, i the rains along the line Of tha A W. R R. have flooded almost the whole country, anH iht tw. -h.. f ' ..ii 0t milU and other Jperty. in ! that section oijonr Btw&i'hPA'x lj Tar boro Southerner : ii r. Hen r v Hyman lost a floe horse by 1 drowning;' jn attempting toCoaa ;the- 6vviflv.wed : road near the" bridge at this pla aa Tuesday, anu caiis near oemg arnwsea uimseii. TheieaW raib fall '' which began at 10 P, Mlast Thursday night and. .cootiu- ued until Saturday morning,' made sad havoc in some localities; wiih c orm. raJs and bridges. The river is very nigh and the creeks have overflowed. , Ben npti, and another bridge near grarta.iei Town Creek, have bees? carried off and Capt. T . a.aa-.a - . . " jrenvs oriage was aiso wasned away. When it rained 40 hoars without itcnoinir last wees our citizens began to r?d taeir Bibles and pick out high trees. : From Capt. Myers, of the (jotton Plant, we lfe'm that Tranter's Cretk, Cherry Run and Loerton Bridges in Beau tort, have been carried away, and Carrow's, . Archibald's and llodges' old JTort Mills, nave been damaged or destroyed, and in Pitt, Taft & Tuckers and Jesse Little's dams have been swept away. Mr. Juie Perkins bad to cut his dam to prevent destruction of. mill house. - Roads are washed np, small bridges swept off and in short, .damage to crops and everything can't at present be calcu lated. Washington correspondent: Perry Overton and Noah Taylor, indicted for the murder of Nathan Grimes. in Edgecombe, some Ibree years since, and who removed their causes to Beau fort 'for trial, having been convicted, were-' sen-. fenced to be hung, by Judge Cannon : oa the 2nd day of November next. This is the third sentence passed; on these: prison ers, appeals having . beeiirtakeo before , which vacated the sentences, sxy , :.:.. it . . A , s . NEW AOTfiRTlaEMKN -'a. A. David Children's iBnijs. ,i(r,;:,!;V; S. H. kLNXKO--Tax notice. J. C. STEVKN80--Low!prkMa. ' ;'t Munson & Co. More clcrthing:'! : EoATwaioHT & McKot Butter; ,", Dr. M. J. DbRossbt Medical card : Local Dots. ; "?t f Dr. M. J.- DeRosset will leave lis in about two weeks. J nstice J. G.iWaener has taken tua M . W.rw.MtT.i -W. . -M 0, . H .V 1 . . occupied by "fiquhia Gardner. V ; The ;German ?YoIunteers . will have a meeting for the purpose of organiz ing and electing officers some night daring' til- approaching wee :f3 I The'large pondof., water in he neighborhood of Sixth and Harnett streets disappeared yesterday under the manipula tions of the Btreet force, under officer Mc- Garrigie. ' ' We learu that comuuencing rith yesterday, .the Rleigli fc Augusta Air Iiiiie makes close, toaoectioue, Nona and South, with the Carolina Ceairsl Railway at Hamlet. . y :. in tne bands ol tne qaenir, anft tooae- wno f . - ' ii waDl P.86 ss tne property taeir taxes will - . . i. . i r. vember. ' . ' ' 1-1 'I . .:,''.''... ,h. O. E. ClMpof, idkttoifij lt. v..i.:u' '-- ii-faMiii- ""u uwuw, F.- - - .-. -. to the Pine Forest Cemetery pCompauy of which he has been.acting as Secretary and - J 1 Be .'pastv'Hs be- ; or'th.VKi'.:' y; ' ; i fitt-m. tnii lieved to haire gone North, ww 1 1 l :iu 51 rv TV t tt t :;i w 1 rin a rr- : . , . , - , : . ,..:,..'.. .-f . J .1 . t a - - w .- t. . 1 ? 1 1 1 ! .11. ii. . . i : . 1 xx i ll--. 1 x ii w . e ii iiu i f i .lC,; SATURDAY, CBiniNAL COURT. i - 1 Trial or Elijah Keeter fo ri (he fllnraer Vef Pater Behlneen. In Wllmlqc. lB oa the Night of the 18th of An- '."; Last. ' , ;" jojThe case- of Elijah Keeler, charged with j the murder of Peter Robinson, in this city, on ths night of the -18th of I August i last, came np for trial before the Criminal Court, ares presiding, yesterday Judge O: P Meares morning. The case was called shortly af ter 10 o'clock, and nil the forenoon and a small portion1 of the afternoon was con sumed in gettibg a jury." The venire of slxtv t men.ordeted oy the Conrt jori Tuesday, was exnauaieu, ana two juror were -iaca-ing to complete the', twelve '.required. An order was thereupon issued for, an , addi tfonarwairs of fourteen, which ''was j ex bassted without getting a single 1uror, and sfneentfioTerweVe ihed suramonedtrom wich number the deficiency'; of two was finally madenp."j Quite a number of those summoned 'were disqualified,) others had formed and expressed an opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the : prisoner, while S large number got ' clear on challenges, either peremptory onYor causQ.'...: ; .. t "the jdry as finally made up was as fol lows.: ' Cornelius Jackson, John A. Wilson, George Honoett, John h. Dudley, Elijah Lane, colored, H. W. i BryanC shrank Hi Mitchell, Q. W. Wiggs ; Nicholas Morris; Aadrew Brackwell, colored. John O. Nor wood, colored, John McEinney. . . . . , v , hi openusg mo case out icuor ; aauore stated to the jury what he expected to brbve on the nart of the State, after which the fallowing witnesses, all for the State wen examined in the order named : Laora Williams, colored", Adeline Thomp4 son. . colored. Harriet Larklns. 'colored Mra A. E Robinson,: the wife! of the de4 ceased, Katiesrr, a daughter of Mrs. Ro- j binsoa by a former marriage; W. W.itegis- ter,: John K-Trowler, & !.. Hewlett, Uoro- ervDrvIX'H.-Buie.'-; -mI-I '..: t Ttia evXAenp.t Was anhntan hall v the uma ii given in the 'preliminary examination be fore Justice ED. Hall, shortly after the homicide was committed, with. the' excep tion of that elicited from the three witnesses i ilmnatnad, who res . . . .. .. , . s . : noose to uu in WBicn me mu wcurniuuo 4i ' - , ' in frnm thn aviilrinon nf these witneaaea the existence ot malice a-1 be part or tne accaaed previous to the difficulty which resulted in the death of the deceased. Willi iams swore that ' about one Maui an va iiiiaiuo a r va w - .-ww-a . vaw , , . , , ; l month and two days previous,; to ahe homicide she. with Adeline Thomp- oaf andHitattah ; Isrkjns, jerf'SU ling in their Unck piazza: that Robinson was doing on6 work in the garden, and had some words with two of his small chil dren, when Keeter came out of the house into the garden and told Robinson that be fore a month from that time he would "cut his dd heart out," or words to that effect. Afterwards, in reply to a question from the counsel for the defence, witness had it two months, instead of one, but she subsequent ly corrected herself in her crOss-examina- tion by the State. : Adeline Thompson: and Harriet Larklns corroborated the above, with tion that the latter stated that the excep- the words nsed by Keeter, to the best of her recol- lection, were that he - woald f put his light out.- Laura Williams also', stated in ber testi- mony that she had a sick child on the night that the homicide was committed,' and that she went to a aide window of J the ; house occupied ; by Robinson and Keeter to see what time it was, there being no fence between the two houses, which are only a tew teak n(JBii, iuu uouu vuuis uupura going r on.' She subsequently ' went; to another window, where she was enabled to i! see' and hear much that transpired imme diately preceding the homicide, bat her evidence did not throw much light upon the matter. additional Mrs. Robinson reiterated, in mony. tbe ssserUous she made on the pre-r 1 liminarv examination before Justice HalL . - -jl .. i to the effect that during, the dispute be tween her brother . (Keeter) and her hus , band (Robinson), -the latter threatened to blow Keeter's brains but with bis double barrel gun.which was standing in a corner ,of the room, near the bed on which he was sitting at the time;:., ; - U'fh We give a brief synopsis of the evidence of those ' who were in tbe house when the affair occurred, as follows: Elijah Keeter, the accused, and Peter Robinson, the mur dered man, were' brothers-in-law, Robin son having married Keeter's sister. Rob inson had rented the house In which they lived, and Keeter had rented a portion of It from him, and waa sosae - weeks behind In his payments,'; it being tbe understand ing that the rent was to be paid regularly. On the Saturday Evening in question Mrs. Robinson bad met ner nusband down town for the purpose of making some purchases, J and the two had returned awme -about 7 I o'clock, Shortly v afterwards'. Robinson weat out. again to purchase rsome ; addi tional -artic les'froin" a neighboring 'Store and upon returning Eiripjpued off his clothe uroe; inao eiapacu0wB :. teeter caora in and inquiredfor bis wife,? who was i n adjoining iwmiJ The subject ot the natwiu tlin hrnnfhr1 '-: afirt. ITaatax " A a.. I 3T T" tM. erheard- klledut tA Keeer4aO jbo in and ten n A - kfr.him.nM w lij. nfia i n h.a w.Am . .. - . a. htrh -rti.t 3w tha mifflr'a T?Ati. uusr nasies av i.-av.,. j a-a.-f- - ivas a Ssatra Inaa irvrt nl ann nifyn . tirrkiri tf: . ar 3n-A 1 .-w1wui. vv.a. .. .whuwu ent into the room. In which therewas no I light, to try to quiet them, and was seized I OCTOBER 6, 1877. ! by Keeter and thrown to one side upon which Robinson raised up in the bed- and ordered Keeter not to throw his wife about so, and threatened to use his gun, as before ing tne struggle Jars. KODinson saw, by the light of a lamp In ,the adjoining room, the ther. She then screamed, and Mr. ' Regis - er. who was out on the piaxza, went in: p whtt WM 010 maltenr Be took Kee --, fyif 0r Mr! Robinson, shortly afteT.whiCliythe via or someuung neavywas neard in the room they had just ,e?.!KKehtoOB returned and found u1 w "cmv closed and something against it o the in aide. She : managed' to forca, herself intb the room, however,1 ahd discovered her husband lying upon the" floor, apparently dying, and she screamed, 4Oh,my God, bje Keeter had left the hodse.;v .j? . t - " iuc. "ua uwwur ony up to the time that the commission of mony the homicide was discovered, RobinBda log badly cut and living only a few mi afterwarda 7i i-. Liw i a Uifml o4f . A sheath knife was txhibited. id which Officer G. WiM Davis, of lhe po lice j forceK testified that he , found in the street near the bouse where the murder was committed oa the Sunday morning following iyhM "'.- ' 'i&t&x f:i&t-hxz: It should , have been stated, that Lanrk Waiiama taatlfied Jbat ITeeter. ha wa. eolna ont at tiu Win .hM V.k iV what was the matter with himself andvlH ifODinson, stated that he was going after a policeman to arrest him; r. , ,2 ..The defence introduced no evidenea.and ! the testimony; for,, the State ! was dosed : ahont dark, when li cnunftel fnr tKa nril soner asked for sod obtained five minutes time in which to confer with each other. r ; Mr. Marsdea Bellamy appeared for the defence, assisted , (by request) by Messrs Frank H. Darby and J. X Macks.. Mr Solicitor Moore appeared for the State. , Mr. Macks opened the argument on tl part of the defence, followed by Solici Moore for the State, Messrs. Bellamy am Darby closing fprtbe defence. The do-; I fana tnrklr tha Mvuinil that if tliA finntliifa I vvaa wiuiuiiwu vv akwi i. wao uuw iu . - . . . I veii-uucBcc, iou chiidwi iu vae oil I ' Bale, who wa called ia by the Coroner a medics) expert, that the wound actually caused Robinson's death, be stating hi his evidence that the immediate cause of deah; - a a . - . t i I was internal hemorrhage, not saying once .1 J'JJ wound. . . . ' . . . ; -sk-. , i " :r : . ' .; iJ. Hbae4!lleari- very able charge to tbe jury, in which Be said, in substance, according to decisions; of the 8upreme Court, the mere fact that: Keeter used the expression attributed to him by Laura': Williams, a month previous to the homicide did not show malice afore thought. That Sthey.were satisfied that Kee ter went into t3 rbtom with the deliberate intention of kHltt) Robinson, then the crime was mnrderV bat 'if they were satis-1 fled that after going into the room, from I when he left Fayettk vilte Thursday moiv some unforeseen Circumstances a difficulty I ing'.J- It rained all VYeddesday nigbt in that arose between the parties, during whlcb I Robinson i was killed, f then it would - be 1 manslaugbterr and .if they were satisfied that accused stood in fear of the gun which Robinson threatened to use against him, or that deceased made any attempt to get at tbe gun with which to shoot him, then It would be justifiable homicide. The case went to the jury about 10:80 o'clock last night, but no verdict had been returned up to 12 o'clock, at which hour the Court adlourned and the Driaoner was I JaiL . 1 7 , ; , t I V. . v. John Smith and ROSS Buckley, Who were before the Mavor'a tJohrt Thnr,Tir n.Anu V-T-..-. -.-.. ... .1- . . ' I. .".7,. . - TT TT.. ing, on Jhe charge " of drunkenness, and kn warn rolAnoorl nn (1w inm!u nf !.. I -.. -:j.i.. Ii iug uw luiuuiHiucijr, ii auk aoooer, T ,i4t hArrin. s rt.mni.int ... w..i tKa. I -t -ae. a' --r-.. . u... . they Were SOliCittag COntrihUtiona in the I uouto, auu iui uwuiokw wvucui, uuqe OI j roowrea a rreaa sappiy 01 ineee iuks, we are pre ri..lt. ahnrmhae. whhnnt .rrtn-!t- ft,, I exeteortaf promptly and At. atoderate waaa vhv SMiwaf awfHVtiy V1 ItV 1 ?u?eo. The Chief of Policerdered their j arrest yesteraay aiternoon, and an oacer I into-.-, ta'a tK-- k. i.. . 1 reported at last accounts from the. City Hall. It wilt be raemlerod tbatthey .tated before the Court that they wre en rouU from Baltimore to Charleston. Wllnlactoa Deeaeerat. ,,v-:'- As announced in the'ftitAK a few days since, the Magnolia Beoord bas been brought io Wilmington, and the first issue from its hew quarters appeared yesterday under the title of 2 A Vt'Umingion Democrat, , , It -is a large weekly of 82 columns, and is-tWell filled" with political" 'and-,' miscellaneous reading matter' Rev. ! J: N. diallings' is i editor and proprietor, arid his exnerieace od ability In journalism are sufficient to warrant tbo belief that he will set ud an ex eellent paper. He, has our; het wishes. Terms of the Dernocrat $2.00 per year,' Xatereaaaaeter eeer, . . . I The following w show the state of the thermometer, at tbeWoos mentioned; 'hf 4.35 vesterdav evehinsi Waahiaeton mean time, as ascertained from tfcsrdaiif bulletin :' 1 !. u: .1 ra ' .. ' v-uve iu uiia city: ' Montgomery . ... . 68 :UW HVaUVt ......... w I w VIICBUIL. .. .Id .TAi. - ttw nt a nr wia... t. Gv8ton,Vr;.V;;7 IinfaRassa,VI ltool,.,; 8avannali.e:-.T?:w1 Tkfth-ine. : i.73 I St MarW 1 i; . .. . .- . ... - Ta- ' " T ' . ,.f . - . 4 1 . 1 ; i j 1 neany listening w a AcrymgJiaby wm j ito fretfalness by caring tte CoUc wjUn D,r Bull's Baby Syrup. 'Price 25centsC - I neaa. uy iisvcuiu a crying- laaoy. Atop 4 , .1:. :iai ta a '.I llO MM WHOLES NO;1 3;17;2 i OPQBA HOUSB.. X&ii' j U S'tj ' Prof. Caake"-' A large audjence aspembled M the pera J House ,.,losee spbituallsm i exposed last ghtj , Of courser when he "modus pepr- diwasexplained it seemed so simple' m4 UwUiUiuiiulL istijnfcii,! T n J that yUf iwbnderedyou Sid4 hW' perceive uvw iv wm uinreim. hi.-uecami? inn how watfdcneiat first; - 1 with yourself and . cbuseeueaUV' dida't thiuk half t so much .o the !perfottner pf i uigui irrou. ioot e expiainexi now ne l aniW the ropes with ' whicb- t'-commiUee' hid I botirid him. .had un e:theM hlmieif: i snown tne spirit m hands ;Mmfielf jand short, how by practice nd iagehdi aiiy ,veryvmpg,,wHu ine xcepon 01 one or twtslight of hand priormanesv was satik- f acmrqy ;exvlUne:4tp the aadience; I or kt aelves, ineJoding the clalrvoyan&vtHBegV j auwiuuo scene, .atie A-ing mysteryrf4KC. j I i expfenktioff 'was afecT : YrveiS ot'Sis jaw wnuug, tiuuuwrwoaor uiu net i .first jperform the feat on account. off as he his apparatus .,havinbeea btokek in nnpacking. , Hisxana ojfjtlje manner in whirh it waa rfnn'n anemeA riXa.. silnlgbei first seeing it performed sueccssf ally." - The poly tases before this court yesteij- t os , icnara )5iiowe afl JH8- J - . a! T"? i a n. - - a war 1 " 1 ri charged with disordertfcicondfd XZJMf' Diowe was aiscnarsea and Maria Hall was oraerea to ne connnea in a cell Tor nvp days on bread alYd' water. : 1 .Three other c were dismissed "J j - The long , siege of cloudy canl. rainy weather which has been experiencei i.u vuu seciion lor tue last six weeics cm ring which' more rain has- fallen .than i any -previous year for the -same wimin tne memory i onr "oldest . in nabi-j tants," enables as alllo adequately appre ciate the blessed sunshine and an;unclo.ud a1 ' ' :!..; I rrr TheCottbn Compress had epm I 1 av. i! ..: itlJ" lu one A J The Sytimcte sailed f. from iiridge water! l!iLt;l,I.';.i!. lV..V.4ic' .&i0iVl lur iuis pun on lue ait. .. , . r - ! ; .- 'h'inXf .'!'.; V.b..Z-i! !'' ii A Norwegian baMue,name unknovn, was reported In below yesterday. . The Ocean, Wichuism, sailed from: Bordeaux for this port on the 19lb ult. ' The steamef eigK Ofive arrived! at Baltimore from this port on-the 3lst inst 1 ine scnooner ' wm. . jsuuer.. J.iiep,j cleared from Baltimore for this port on the ' The ' stearnship Aanea. Capt. Smith, i wt.: w.-.VI 1. . t. i . ' rL. !l n uvu oiiiTcu i -i o uu uer- lira.. uipf ir U Kew Tork yesterday, has . Uken tbe place temporarily of the, steamship Jlenefaetor. Captltebeson, of the steamer Tf reports that the rtVer was 'rising, very .fast section and there was also , a s big rajn .,'on JThursday morning n He is sot of the opin- ion, however, that -any exiens ive "freshet will iesnlt He corroborates the report that much of the'corn. in the low lands along the line of the river &asi suffered materially from the wet weather, togeth.r ' with ' the heavy, wmqj .nni M Yea always geFl)ooaT,BYiisT 'iow)a from vonr jrraeer in fan a anaror nnnnri. tiaJf iun Am. poand and five ooond. in weieht. Mo test has ever . .Krtui m .f -In 1 .!.-.. V .kA -. t . Anetlier thLog about this baking powder is its abso lute purity, strength and exactness of composition T PHYSICIANS ARB AlCAZSO. Patients 4elifit4 I ed, and aU who have eyes to see, or eara to hear, I "&J."Brb ' cfertainty with,' ' "-B-T"i ... . .I.wiiica uu XZOHWZ OT HO-WHODHD AND TAB (Cares Cooghs-: Colds, Hoarseness, and every affec- tlm tion oi ute mugs ana uroat, tending to Consomp Plke'altooaiac-ieDiopa cure In ono minute ! 7 j,.-. i TBANsna Fbxxtihs-Ixks. inyaiuable to rail P?4 mpaiea, eteanutdp complies, .banks, mer cnanta. manoiactarera ana otners. The ov -are en-. narmr ana -oaaageie8a, 'ana -win copy sharp and PnOBwn' 1 - ' many BXAtmFro woxra ue major portton or tbetr ciuuins to Gounmd'a Miympiaa uaarn. Totaeianrty complexion it lends a delicacy the very counterpart of nature. Price in larig Bottles tedased to One Dollar. For sale by a. v. auuui. itfSJSJS! vecmacner-a juecinc jieits erceciuaiiy caret DTema-. tore debinty, weakness,' and decay, fiook and Jour- aaL with -ofonaation worth thousands, mailed fwe,' Adareas Fu.TXi-AOHa Qalyanio Co. Cincinnati, j TUJB AMDUCAN FBOPIK.--No people in the world suffer aa much with Dyspepsia aa Americans. Although years of experience in medicine had failed w accorapusn a certain ana sure remedy for this disease and its effects, such as So ur-8tomach, Heart- ua,. . r Mcr-nuu, dick neaaacna.. - voscveneas, Liver Complaint, jret since the latrodnctionT Ot ease of iypeBia tha canno be immediately re newed. Two doses will relieve you.' Regular eixe ?io.cenie-.' ; -- . ';,":...' -i:. mua BIW, BCKKNOK'S HXJ. WKKO TOHIO, D-'a MAnBin Pn an th . anlr mnclU dnes that will cure Pulmonary ConsompUon.' - - i Freauentlr medicines that will aton ennt-h rflf Occasion the death Of the natient: thr Tor nrt thn ltTer.stop Uiecircnlacloner the blood, hemorrhage follows, and In fact thp-Jeg tbeacttoeef -the very orerans 1 -'-' " ' I Jlivsr Complaint sad Dyspepsia are the causes of r-;?:...". H.tk-Uirds of the cases or CensumDtion. . Manv i inai cansea tne cougo. - - ' persona eomplaln of adtrUpainin the side, constf- patloa, eoatad tongce, aii. in the aboalder Made;' feelings ;pf dxowsinesa and restiestnesa, tha food lying aeavily on the atomach.accoinyaatedi with, w a. umut(Ui wiyvi. WU4U. . , ,4 Tbesa STmetoata usually originate P i 'iMiu dered condition of theatctoach or a torpid Uver.. -;- . reraous so affected, if .tAt y take one er two heavy OOlds, and if tbe ceugb m xaese cases be suddenly checked, will find the stomach Aid liyertJcKwed, re maining torpid and inactive, end dmort bero-ethey are aware the lungs are a mask of sores, and ulcwa ted, hereult of wfaiekis oeatfri -- .hJiSHr, T,f ,M f???Q.5omi Bcnenck's .numoaic syrup, h an expectorant. caicujja- wi jiytaict.il e. swinscnt aiuSi a avenot;4elte.-' Trtt - - innaritrii ne eew't are costiTA. -t 'Miim or th enck'S symptaraeoinerv n a Diiionsi. .encr.8 .k. . - , aaasa. aaieu8 areiep - I n tcom nitf ' Andsadu -t """jj. 't,"".'?'."?3' arvjpepare-oif ay -v aa. jra m ;narai :k r. t iim Aj.a Mr x iiiim. . A .h u . . WnJ te4 dealers. AUVKUTISINC. One Sqaare one day,....- - ' two daya,.... . . $1 oo . 1 75 -2 60 " , roar days,.... .... .... ;.!:.; dayB,..v. ......... . '' One week...... ...3 00 ... -4 ro . 6 60 ... -8 Bf. .. - .' . jnreeweeKB.... .......... M " Ana innnth f- w - " ....... . i . . p . . . ..... v w Two months 17 Ort fhtn innnth 111 Ail - '.' Throe month",... ... 4 00 One year, . a . .. ...... . . . ...... w . t3yContract AdveHlaemeata taaa at pro j-or tianatelr low rates. u , ; .... - , . . - - Ten lines Mild Nonpareil typo make one square. NEW, ADYERTISEMENTS. Dr. II. X DeEoet W- TLt RKMA3N IIT THIS CITS' ABOUT TWO week longer, and nay be coneuhed at his Office for DISEASES OF THK SYK AND KAR only: ; -s --' '-- j-? . Cases requiring operation ahoald apply early, to afford time for the necessary after-treatment .Office boars. 9 to H and S to 6. 1 -lt J i ..' ' J V .... .. -X .!.. '. I. " 1 ' ' l . i , jgEOUQHT US MORK CLOTHIKGF. ' " ' eaht to command a large pa'tronage. ' ' h-i s rTi - &ls!-r.!kj;ir2 ' 8ls $fl.5a and upward. ' oet6-tt J M Ms? 1 4.11; -i?! 3j H TAX UST SOB 18TI HAVB BIOi PTT-P bjljjUBdal -b.e feherlg for 1 oollectfcfi. AH property on whlcb Taxes are doe will be adverUaed i Fay. at enoe and vsveeoeta. - C ; f f ' " S ' V "s. H. MANNING & oet-S-Sti, -IKevlaw copy, J Sheriff. Chiidren'G Suits. .v:. fftt liAKQSST ANB BANCSOMXST STOCK 3 t,li'i-f' of YOUTHS land , CHILDKBNa .KUjra sold at KNKB SUITS From tto .freara. i !,, ' usa SUITS : j:--.am3 a ' " ; coat kk suits .From It to IS years. DAVID. octAt-. Clothier. Oood Butter, 25c ' r- Better-5iitte 50c.-": . , tSest Batter, 35c. C, FAMILY. FLODK, hall PVL fACQ. ; XX Fa'miLY FLOUE, 5e per lb. retafl. . AK3E MWNpHTHKEIf APPLKS ...TONKIjroDFISHiPll . . 'EXTRA BREAKFAST STRIFSIlc, . nmniniN i raron . . wia ' 1 . , . A Frosh Snpply ef. )ellcions CAKK3 andCRACSSRS,:. . -. :; . v- :nojih kuQVt'Z-l' Jamesr C. Stevenson's. B IT T q? S ' k,! TXT WE ARE PREPARED TO FUR- aNISH OUR PATRONS i. WITH A BEiLLY DELICIOUS who desire to enjoy - aa jPINE ANU ARTICLE as was eveF sold in our city,5 can be supplied at 5, 7 A 9 orth'rroHt Jt. oct W)4Wtf. ; I-, ; .;. Uotice. s i. . THE UNDERSIGNED BAYS THIS DAT AS soda ted themselves tomther )-( am,. Boatwright & ncKoy r ' For the purpose of carrying on a J :- GEKICBAL WHOLKSALK AND BBTAIL QBO i CiUiY AND LIO0OB BUSINESS. it the rtd. Stands, 5. 6 and 7 North Front Btreet. We solicit a liberal shweof. the public patronaga. UOATWBlGHT. i -. imrKfia n -ar.wr -.- ; w ! October 8, 1877, nac octi-lw Millinery and Faiwy GoodsJ MBS. L FI4ANAGAN WISHES . TO AN Bounce to tbe Lachea that she ltaa. Mnu ' from the Northern Cities, where she has been ma bnit her FaU purchases in MILUNBRT and every ' descrlntion- of -FANCY ARTICLES, ana i. - prepared to show her pattons a Very Attractive and ? Bsautifal Stock of afl the NEWEST STYLES in f Fhael Ftera Sonnets and Hata, Velvets, tulles. ! Feathers, Flowers. BJbtxma, Ac T . otto la, aa heretofore, the Beat DoiodsL tha" ' iftcses,tthe. lowett Prices, and tit Jleei Orders1 frenif the1 etmntrr teIcitL and tyarfect aathifctipn gnaraubeed prmot irfulod. ; r - vaneiy store, vi aiarxot street. octStf nac - JUja, Ls FItANAOAN. . BATES OF '. V . : -'. .in:. m V: I ! i 4 . 1: i- "V 1 I t