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Hampt at the office ' itTo thejletter Is matletV at it irVi be liable V im sent to the Dead- Letter Office, Bug ami flx the ttarrtm or potUivnd re0t put ',; 91 i Ae ttr fe the wttene . v jut-mailer and take hit receipt for it. letter? . M nf totalis way areatonr risk, rt v; !' ion ;, The saiption price of the Wbkk . oiAikiB.ufuuuwa ; :. ;: ,;'' If: IJ ii r " nyrle Copy year, postage paid, $1.50 6 months. " 41 1.00 3 : : 1 " ' .50 Clubs of 10 or more snbsoribers, one year, .. 1,25- per copy, strictly In ad-i anee. 1.: Club Rates for a period lesa h&n a yeaf.K , f 1 Both old and . new; subscribers -may be included in maklnpr np Clnbs. ' ' ; At the; above , prices: 'the ..Weeelt Htar is, we think, the cheapest paper; in the State, and its' circulation will he doubled in. twelve months, if those who have worked for; its success in the past will increase their-efforts'Jn the future. v 4-. : ' '":- r-f. Wf'hi h AgoLn GOOD WORDS FOR TUB SOTJTII. Ex-dovernor Seymour wrote as follows in a letter declining- an invi tation to ; attend the Ceorgia' State Fair: " In fi ve' years! f rom Vthis time iheceusn will show; our numbers to be more than 50,000,000. Tlie ' day tl en, is dawning-when tje-lands of, il uth will be greatly lifted up in aliu-.. I liave given;, much tinTes aud 1 . . . i . ' 'i I ' T ' I sittugni i me agncminrai conauion 4,i J lie United - States : I have ' t'rav-: ie I'extensively, and I have examined wj.ii care into the industrial interests f nil sections,' . and j I am - confident tliat' hereafter : the South will get! a large and growing share of those who are heekinir new homes, either from Europe or; from . the'lblderi States of - - j- . - V . :- . .,-" - f,- the Union: This flood-tide will- bear w.i fh i t wealth au d.'' v arie'd, ' ind u s tries. I pray ,foi" the ; day whea tte South shall.be prosperous int all its pursuits, for until -it isVo there can - be o as sured pervading welfare in other sec lions of our Union." a ..... . . 4 . THK CONVBNTtON fWOKK. BE ': VIE v n nv tuvi nrnvsr. ; ( ThW1 New Yorkf jUtotke "thus notice's' In e Work "of h e North iCarb- r1 lioa.'anja iy fJr&tfoi$pl was predicted ; from thdrfact -ihat (he -! work: of re nioilelfhgihe, Cdrotitutidns of !North Oa'ro! f? a an d'. . ilaoama had fallen intojhe jiands fof:the-; white people Among other things, it; was 1 feared atidWrgeihatittem'pis'VOtild be mine deploy ethe.negrpesof, their, Oivii Itights and 'tP reduce them to a coudition of ' vassalage as bad : as slavery if 'not ' worse! f'- Both' Oonsti iutnn:ii .Conventions; have now ad journed after sessions marked by. g"t-l order and much more economic c;tl ihari th of the davs of ' ltecon- Hirnci 10 j and ho far - i I aii,i nvf s oi ( no ale all viW ihi-ir wik has. been performed in a manner : that. -iwill ijive general satisfaction to thmkiiig citizens and without impairing the rights -of any tlass. r .J im ikes ;have : doubtless been ) niaiie, bui th'y are f such as night huvf been inad'e,! as well by1, a North ' --: .f.'.oodlH. icy1 ::ltitdt:X2 .lol- iL- crn at oy , a csouinern oiaie. uuuu Hie whole there is no ireason to, regret that these : Conventions: have i,been lield." i'-M' ,;; l1'-'' These &inmenlsxf the Tribute are wii'ijificant. In his addret8 to the farmers of his native; ounlofJChnstia inuky, Il9p Jefferson. Davis said ha had hhakeo hand with politics,' apd was gtengic!ea'rf:rf all J;p6Jitical questions. Still 'he ;dwelV aV length on the currency, question, his views oincidiug.;witb v.thoso.. of the Ohio BeraocratsWi" Vegetarianism cures a desire for iinnkiDg iDtoxicatiDg liquor.' ; ' ' " ti'f 1 , " . ... 1 ! . . II' II V i; .' - 1 W. 'A Til 1 . I I 1 I II VOL., 6., a'8 Vek i Cobhecticu't5 Adopted certamconAtitmiooai. amendmentai Among these:' Waa one providing1 for the annual electiona to take place in in this State was changed by the LegV The change ;fro'mi-rernth;to: ini Pennsylvania and dthier States..' It ii8 libatt'iih ! sjhjoinea paragraph y f rom $ihe sbiladelphii ri. uv"i ; r i?tffrny Wfr oat paper We regard iiiia mbvement aslniportant.: ;vwtiuijr.uur wo isiaie lias ipunu norea-. sob to regret hivine made the chanffa last 1 year. ifBt ale after: Slatelas!robdintoj jWlIlieyetitually become, almost or quite uni- , ivfersat,; Its ad vaptagesare manifest.- First, ,wic ocosuawuivre luvurawe in every way h-the f anrgss can ifbef feodducted after thai jf aj mer'A 'orkla .dQpe : and' ps 5 crops husV jban.(3ed; .itianbecojbcluded in the cool weatbet of autumo, Istead, off the heats pi summer, as in . warm ;North' Carolina!, or the rigors pf Rinter as In bleak New Hampshire. . Above I all putting eacb State i election i; on the same day, name ly the ? day .'also , occupied once id four years, lor tlfe ' presidential ; election, there will be less temptation to ?iaiport voters or roughs from one State to another pn election day. There will also be no Sep-, tember or October 8tate elections to carry by bribery or fraud at all 'hazards, with a view to their influence oh the November presidential election.! There is no insuper able, reason why the State election day should not be uniform In all the States, and there are many good reasons why it should " V " . n f'-:: ; ! We think it is not unlikely- that the people of Ohio; will see the matter iii the : same light.. presidential candi dates and political 'parties have used that State this if allj as s peg to hang their hopes jnpon to the detriment ot the public Juiet and of .'general bnsi Li .Hi-.f.ijlJr 'Uif., ivj i Vrk: iKTONKWA-L JACKSON, , The ceremonies at the-' unveiling o the statue by the! English sculptor Foley of the glorious Stonewall Jack- j son, wnicn are . soon, to take place in Richmond, .will, excite universal in terest at the South. It- Oen. Bradly T. Johnson,; late colonel commanding the Maryland line in the Confederate army, has ; issued an address to the survivors of that organization inviting them to participate , From this ad dress .the following extract is taken: I The bronze statnW of fjeneral Thomiu j. Jackson, presented by friends and sym- .1- !.l. 1 o . " B - . . pauiizers wim me oouiu in xunganu in me late war to Virginia, will be lunveiled at Richmond od the 26th day of October instj (the first day of the State fair,); with appto priate ceremonies. . Many Veteran associaf tions will be represented, and among them the Stonewall Baigade, s the First .Virginia Regiment andthe Richmond Howitzers. I suggest that on this occasion you ought to be representeu. lle xirst ilaryiaqd lteg imeat, the Baltimore: Ingot Artillery, the First Maryland Artillery and the First Cav alry, all ' served under Jackson, and won their spurs nnder his knightly accolade.-; The Second Maryland, composed in part of the Burvivors of the . First, j proved itself at Gettysburg and at second Cold, Harbor peer and equal to the First, and foremost of all those gallant troopsv Form yourselves in Baltimore into some organization which can notify the State - that yon -are going to! the J acksoh celebration,1 and how and when they can meet you.'' Let us see once again ' tbe old -familiar' faces off comrades- and! friends joined in doing honor to our great chieftain and hero.", -j '''; otfri j At a meeting of. the ex-Confederate soldiers and citizen's.. 1ield- at Hawks itasfJ Favttft caunt vWeat Vir&lhia Fonr nars oinA o nAmrnittaa uroo or pointed withlristrucUpnS fact that the. remains! of. the mother ox ne iaLeJijrenrai sionewauvacKson lie buried i in a! neglected 'grave-yard iat 1 the Hawk Nesl1 !A resolntmn PwjIs Mso adopted JtHai ,'arilapoejal be: made, to the soldierp of the. late army! iOf ortherja iVirgihia, and all 'others wno mayfeel an mterestin the object, to contribute a necessaryifuhdl'foD-s close the grave-yard and erect a suit- auie monument to mark the grave of t the mother of the illustrious Soldier. ll'heIiiaiiiesT MeiuirYal ;A880ciaUbii oi ,Uich pjond, ,Ya, was reouestti $o re-. ceiv.e ul rcnntnbutious-made-i tdi ihl. object anlHt was riggested ft hat'tbe occasion 01 111 the.unveilinjBr of the uion unieiit t. vfenerI .Jacksoii would .b, a favorable oppoi t u ni ty .to ibring tbis fatter tothe altjehauQrf, neo(!ie4 V- A feday..ago-l from Georgia t-hat Alexander. Jdieph-t ejis-was itt a f very critical ? condition of health. . Now we have the an nounce nient that he will lecture 'iii Cbicagoou the : 28th. ? lriumptiant over death and derision,' the little Georgian remainll to-talk of ' the bappy-past. and tbe happier days "to icbme when he shall iauain .the jpoq-iderc-y averdupois I of iJ ninety-nine- fends ihdjtheptites shall- lie i down together like the-' lion ;nd the lamb. --iMA'AUt : f -There is no hate, inwomtf which steps aswey may deeqi best to bring ?to theL attention bSfit ib public "the is'notbofn of loye JthefowmUpU Ma V' von' iiot be'mistaken Iioche ? ..- ? f 1 Wilmington :tf,7Gtf&miomj&, ms:. .", Ma-mM j : t M- n l .B' ' 'T 7- ri -I . 5--. TT-rsim av i-vni sit i 'pAssed the late CodatuntiooaL Cpn. jven tioii! were not included in the pret- tVfiin'a .i&yim'fat6syl.6pf8'0wbieV ! s i h k iu ou jm i jn a oxau uresen leu . on I Sectioni .25i Aricl j,op4emns secret a political a; societies tL iu r these wordsi-j Bi secret politidil! socieM jtfealrean'gerois a free people. t$?lh$h$!toii1U$i I 4 Art, 3k . ecu 10 is atneinled so .as.tp, pTOv.idei'or .tht: appouitmeht by the Governor, fejf and with the cbhsent of a majoniy or me oenaip. ot an oin cers whoaef 6 Sices are' e'stablished by' the Conaijtution and , whps appoitil jiuents are not. otherw ise provided for, IlriThose sectionsil of .Art. 2 Jn' which ithe-Senatorial and House districts of Vhe TJeislat ureVre' nametf : are sirlcki loll OUU ;. j ' ;.i . . .- it,', - , v... . : ...,--:-i-.-j-.: ";H I llh ordinanfe adding two sections ,to ArioU;4v provides, that clerk of aiiy ol ihe ConrtH of law in the State Jimy be removed froiiffioe lor Inen- tal " r phyKieal - disability ' by - the J udges. or; the particular; fiurt. Uut jjiucji clerk must have a wfitte notice! WithypeoiScation8 of causes served on him at leat ten 'days, previous . to re liiwvai; and he i "entitled t appeal, i 'An oidiiiance m as pawed 'uiuiit ting the ! question of MRatficati'ou, or 4ieiectionwtO' the qualified voters of . the State at the general Wciio to be held on the Tuesday next a(terthe first Monday in Novemb4f, .l 86, Jthe election to be held and returns tnade in the same' manner as are held, elect ions for members' of the ; General Assembly: a majority ' rote being; re quired to ratify. An amended ordK uance makes it the duty of: the Sec retary of the Convention and- Public Auditor to have printed it pamphlet form the amendments and proper certificates, together with the revised Constitution asr proposed, hundred thousand copies to be dis tributed in proportioil to population in the. sev eral couuiies of the State alter each delegate ' thall have been provided with a hundred copies. : : I I ' ' r'JL IIOPGFUI. OUTLOOK. r - . ) .- - - Undoubtedly the Republicans in carrying Ohio by - a email majority have imparted new life to their pros-, pevti in ' the National election, f A hle is born io them, and thev are therefore jubilaut and boastful. ; , ;7 j j The ground of this confidence when examined carefully seems very slight and treacherous. Tn the first place they barely succeeded with the 'pow erful assistance .of.' the New York moneyed Democrats1 and ;'of "Cfirl -Scburz. ;:WitIi all their sophistries inweJoouBi urivenes JtoM uvuer uiarepr 'iJ. -LI- ' t . :lil. J' "j 1 ' . ; - i-taoie agencies, oy panoenug 10 relig ious 1;prejudiue,;by arraying 'pts against class and- nationality agarfist qattonalii y, they scraped tpgf ther a 2 llato majority )notb i -iifftiijj! it.ftnjlGata aivuJii jo tml 2 y- ; wbea tpe pu.rse-trf n jare.Sorter-5d, 1 these1 leents!iiarr liemi-4 was effected on JTiwsdarJtori partic ulaijprndjs' !the.. Deinocntts rwiil arry.iObiobe frauds and extravagance, the ihif tless ness j ,an, jiitr-gacr of Grant's admmistratibnr v & Vty- in j iip,f p. in uy vij,4 ifUeti. 5ii a wholesoure disgtf.Wfldf -llepdbli-i tll-.f:-0i .-'.li-Ar itsai i!Jf- camsm as illmMirated! by t Grant and bis satellites - and" retainer sJM-These and other robust and honest Common- wealths if akked to endorse' the party which has snstaiued these men div all kid vwitki swieeping? indignation" dei ! The iospect mavnotr be-'withehti aliine with comptefe taalgeB.ee, but '.i f tKi 'Jj'v rr-t'vjv ,, f s'iti!.'t fhj-jii' io l-.t3 .try will forget their late bickerings' an lue. curreucy, issue aou wm, uearti- .'.'. ',- , .--' v. ..'-. ""4, " fien tenniai year will 'ot' obmef' witby on pringing .wiwi; Hiyt neaiing;Jipi; ,au ounds and peace a'td -prosperity for the'whqle Istiid.,'r'Vir zv r.'- ;t7mi r; !j in "i ii;ni'fri-rt is?-ri a ue; suoumatea -essence. oi4 ironat naliVpoliucat item's ortlj New-STdtk Bayard are the sole isurviving JLmo the Republican side."' -He will praba bly have, to waitoGrant: ,jinv-. uiueu iuaif uu a;u :w af ert.Tt;aurii.tn3 wedctibiKVitliit tfctfalHafice as' ly -tinite'ih tbe vtfmmon vatttte'of sovod 'and honest coyernment. November.of j Chief Jusuce Witeis lbdming p as a candidate f or. the .. Presidency, on VyJ. "TeJ teleg)Jhij3ust' cbneted m:;mR itiiic, we suppose it is geueraiiy uuucraiuou. part of the o facers to.advatjce the. interests. i j.i-y" fit -1-;ii.-!Z'jl ai'-ll2' I'll 'tyiaA: mi, cuDunerce in sucu hm nic.uui iui- i.l-uiT- 3tvi H,-fi i' v..J! afforded the Dnvilece of . sendine messaset over this line at some regular rate. of com. -, .i'tYioZii ,o T?:sr-i-iiqi'rcii . purer.", pensatlon. 1 Tbi& is nptow .dpnwachiby, presented i.t Congress , when . . assemblea, asking t hat an .eiwption ita be general ooe- ration of the jaw be created in our favor, on the; ground Ibat jthe line is Bfe .which it would not Jpay to-, build and, operate as priva'te business enterprise Ibwgi great importance1 to ' tW commercial interests . of fhev port and tliat we must therefore 'be without private telegraphic Communication or dorcfwl upon tbe Govern mnt t( fuinish it f or y a i t o coro . . VV e suggeHt t hat , ou r m-irlinnl.s i c- hie matter actively in band aud t'lk'Vs Oouureus will see the iuslice of the.r r que. ' ' .i- . TT fj- U . l.-i- . ..... ijt,B- a-. .ivx t r 4 ---.-..' "MTarii U"lliiutEtott Retail 1 ' - - I- I I f I. f The followinir nrices' ruled veaterdav Apples, (dried) 121 cents pel pound ; dried pe n-ties 250 per pound wainutaj 25 cents ier peck; picklea 20 cpnlU per: dozen; lard, 18, ; cents ; per pound j jiutter, 3040 cents per pound ; cheese, 25 cents per pound ; grown fowls 7580a pair; geese 1 '.50. per pab;, beef. 1016c per pound ; beef,- (corQ- , )215cl;perpouBd;rtycalj ll?ilCiCi, perppuna; mutt9n,12i16i cts, per pound; bam, 182Q lets, per pound; shoulders,12i 14 cents per pound; t tripe, 20 pts. perbunchp clams, 25 cents a peck; open clams, 2025 ?ts a quart; soup bunch, 3 ptsi ; eggs, 222$ cents, a doz; sturgeon. 25 eta. V chunk (5 lbs); potatoes, new Irish, 40c a pepk; new Bweet 25 cents a peck; fish trout 25c per hunch;' mullets 1025 rents per bunch ; turnips, 10 , cents r a!, bunch; .- onions, 50 cents a .peek; r. 'Cabbages i lOraaa cents a head; bologna :20 cents a j pound; wild ducks r 50?5 .., vents : a l pair; i radishes, par sley, 5 cents a buach;onidn9, 50 cents a neda; carrots,' 5 ceota'a pound; rice, ' 124 uts7 a quart ; soup beans 20c a peck ; squashes, 20 cents a doz; cucumbers, 10(15 cts a doz. ; green corn 20c a doz; tomatoes 10c a quart;, okra, 5 cents a dozen; watermelons 15 SOc; shrimps 20c a quart; cribs 15c dozen ; grapes 20c per peck; butter beans 20c per : quart;: green field ; peas 10c per quart; ap ples 50 to 60c per peck; liver pudding, 20 cents lb.; blood pudding, 25 cents lb. A. Desperate neneontre. - ' . i ' ' - - -1 Quite a desperate conflict, we learn, took place lately at a point on the line between Columbus and Bladen coaaties. - i It appears that a ' feud, had long existed between a ramuyor whites by the name of BuSe and a family of mulattoes in the same nhborbood! by the name bfTpung.t - On .the day in question a 4 jeputtR-ltoofe rfiace between some of the parties, which, all-thfij majsmembm. of each family .finally Kbteeap jengaged, jBcJodinglhe elder iEuio ia a hia twpj8pn8, on the, one sme, and. Jim H 'ttunghifs sn, J.saac iTpupIr,; and .auclnr jthejpejssulai jog.ght, which aj gun, ,aqd- a Mtchet i figured among tbe, !eapon3!;.the jejder Buie received a teyere. gnn-shiot wound, in, the r aide of onepf ids. leea and Jim Toune eot a severe . blow. TO hatcheL , TJejoMdaOt, ,Mxi flUjie is said to be a very ,serious; one, an,d f 9?f -'act il :'f!.t-.!J i,,!i;fi i.Hii.ii f.-i'L We have been informed that Mr, T A. granger, of jWayne county, intends visiting farm products, whfch elicited so much at.-; tinlioniaud.. praise at the State. Faici At fcalirFirnMrp;jOranger iwas theil second. Jirgpst cuu,wUjAitMLnd MfcJamesiW Nori wood, pfj jQf aujjo county, of whoeeexpected rescue:: here ke hive alreiidy ibceu assqredt: whoeitbihUed fibld Btodpcisii ws iiha .JargeiU jJTWsm a ivfery encouraging indication or the success I i . .. :; - . - - ;oT gur ppOjafiliisg FaiiHiiWevha m to bobeT wilt be the bes) werff aV,e ev Reason -1 We also: learn that the mammoth Wbic wasxblPited at JlleigbT-meiiaufing; .6jfeet 6 inches! in girth and 3 feet 7 finches ii heif nt, and. b,ich jurqSjUid, scalekt 1.(500 'ppunds will be here. - MessrsJ Mitchell, Al; oic.l'and a Qoldsboro house 'will send a,iqt oi carriagea auu MMgicot cof erea ;wi w piueix -.ww tM4f JSw. incirsmay.rttlhe canl hi 'and. molars ev4n unto the ; angle bet' iw-l)bnes;wMch ir'Mto1 cy.-ZAsi laeoitlgibre smars,Wsay;ws Geoq, gen Itemed, with, ybus r4t-skmning if you dont teKeve there's any -hereafter.: j t ' -? gfe'sdlely fort the Use ofe ".Division-of 1 Cape Fear Agricultural Association 40 be Telegram ana HepoK'a !6r the Benefit of j present at our approachuig'Tairanrfjmrt 1 jDepartmVnlfUn kwfwi linef : SoiWe iri vale: 'rt eisa eess have3 ' Deen' line. Sotoe ? private 'inessages ' have been rorwardeaC'i1rougii;to' good omces of 'the bjeerbai weavepfevibusly instM mportant service ip drecupgt the . move ments of suip'Shig aV tbe mouih'o? the riveiC wuk m ese; were luiwaiucuj u uut uuuer- fendinbflheo bfrsonal ht'BmUiM lively prouioiieu. , il sterns very uesiraoie. however: that the general DUbuc should te- -believe, Wao &yvredfejihec Jen & Co. will r8enlaTge!otof their f arm- lag implements, ihc -( x uere wm ne a num "bW of ' agjrlcultjtt'ral another team'boders' and ! eninnfes.3 shinkle machines, horse-rakes,' V fjfJJI'iI nil IS: t l10''i hrbe Pair trntiie Band. ini-tctt.J V f We-eetbyj the- jN ewfberh JIT- -CflftftZ abatr 1 the Silver pornst JEand jof. thaj pity has been, bythe comments of .odrcbiemporarylhat theiNewbern, hapd.is npSatisfied, -wifh the: rangemtSiniade for .the,p,ccasio;Tlip y?irtJ3hell is satisfied,, however, that if the I uibi prize was, oi; "uiiiuicui vaiuo, anp oj. a nature by which the expenses of 'thWblfnd onldbef'paIdvwhhitoWUniingloa;rid he:jadgea',wer8Bdectodcfrong f irceg th bandirpui SfiftMi' Ji A - - -. ... , -1 - - - - I i-'s.fw i;tf 'i 't ; i j. il , w l I!i An Oraipanee to Attend Article Nine i-l4-' 4"jUl.It S- f ! :i-;i i lii tf4i..l ; ftlie Constitution,! Providing, for, I ine .preservation and Investment f . tiki P nolle Seboel Fand-Passed .i by tbe Convention, tjM -o K;ikm JJor&miion'dd dffThat- ecfion idarofgrticlnlnelrtth iAHibtfi, njLricke !u,indutwoi bicstc actions b,e inserted in.said Article, in peu thereof, as follows:, j t - , j SfiC."1 'i Thef p'rdceeds fof alf tands that have been :or hereafter j in4y ' be granted' by the United Statejta vthis! $tate and .not othewlse appropriated by this taYe or!- thV United States; aisoyalllnibHe8, ' BtbcksJ? jboftds' and other! property now r belonging to any State fund for purposes of education; also the net proceeds of air sales of the swamp lauds , belonging to the Stated and iaitl 7other' grant,' - gifts or devises that have been- or hereafter1 m ay. be made (oibis State and - not Other wise, apprppriated by, the, State, or by tbe term of the grant, gift or devisshal belaid " into the f State treasury? ahd together' with so m'ucb of '-, the ordinary: revenue ;of the State as may be by law-set apart .for ., tljat. -purpose, shall befaithftllyapipropri ated t or establishing arid maintaining ia this Stae i'a! system 36f free1 public' schools, and for no other uses or'puri j oec, i-piAll nioneys, stocks, blonds j, and piber 'property belonging to a l county school fuud;'alsoi the net pro-1 ceeds from the sale - ofi estrays: ;adso. ! the clear proceeds of all penalties, apd. torieiiures, ana ot au ,nnej coiiectea in the several counties for any of the "penal or military ' laws of the State; and all moneys which shall -be paid by persons as an .equivalent for exemption from military; duty, shall oeiong 10 ana remain in ine several counties, and shall be ! faithfully ap propriated for establishing and main taining free public schools in the sev eral counties of this State:j- Provided That; the amount " collected in!; each county shall be annually reported to the Sueriiiteiideut of Puhlc Initrnc tion. ; ;i-. . i;,,,,-;,-; I; v--l-n'-a-- Read three times and ratified in open Convention this the 4th day of -, E. RANSOM, . i President of Conveotioo. Johnstons Jones, Secretary. Wi M. Haedt,5 Assistant Secretary. A Benrluiiceucerv t In theyear;l826,iafterallsave;oe of tbeAband of -patriots whose signar tures;are borneiOn tbe PepJarationpf : Independence jbad descended , to the tbinb "and the venerable Xarrolralonler remained femotitf the! liv in,utei gb eminent of the city of New Yorfcde! puted a comiittee to wait obAr iustrions 8urviyoi: and obtain -from nim ior ueposn. in inepuouo nail 01 th c?tyVV6py)f lthe lec!arati6o!f l77C"p graced and authenticated anew with bia sign marrqab. tiTbegefd pah4 riot yielded to tie request judjtffix;J,-i witi nis own nana to inercopy pi mat i nstrum e'nt the ! graief u ly solemn'', :iand pious 'supplemental declaration which follpWS. h4mUftmri lonaJJojgiol -1 i " watetut to Aimiehty woator tbe blessings whicb' through Jesus Christ j VUA Uvl " AAG UOO WMlUlU WU 1AJ J a- loved-couptiy Via) her "emahdpatien and pn inysef in permitting me, un-t dec circumstances ,of mercy, to. live to the age of eighty-nine years, .and to survive thc( 'fiftieth yea'rbf 'Amerigaif : present signature; my approbation of the.i tpeclaration f of ) Iridependenc adopted by .CoUfirress on the 4tb.of i July, 1776, wliicb orTgipaffy , sub-; thfesarrte yeftr,,ihd of whiahU ainiiow the lasi puryi ving signer j dft hereby irommen4;tohe present; and I future generations the principles pi tnat.irn iSortanWocumeliV as the oesteaHhly1 liuheritk rice their" anoestors coiild bevj ,queath itoithem, j end U pry , that , Jbe, civil aindreUqiou&lioerti& they have. geared to my country may beperpei- teiided toh6,kotifctmilv of mtoim A l U i:;v. J.i.ii?s WBlABfm-. foA&BtfiVU j j di - ! " OF Horrn nn iVUgUSUSJ.BXP.. I Tildena chances' for jcanonization, are oeuer .man ior a jvemocraiw nominatiolifofFresidebtiPAeVM ' i The '(Jealousy ? of J rivalsyi eachof lw bomi fiwill Jiave j i s6mo support.) is, tkng two-thirds of the delegates, and . as Well baveiioney'J His 8U.coes 'as i ifourth candidate from New York,le-4 ponded oAtA '&iWXt the contest and making fctgnetefil -Hi fifortuae.willbeeita he wins the prize in violation of these ,deApnanrAi' odw .f. tiif. ... yr'f ----- . -v . UlHltttfWi-f tu i-ri';l1r ft ?- J 1' i WALL jjttasun. The correspond from the Raleigh the lienor o.f' pamting the portrait from1 which Foley V great statue of t,T,lv f AiJLUa the1 im'mortsl 'Stonewall Jacksoni "be-' longs to a N ihgVto 'a 'Norin 'CaoIinaJ'1arisl:k,, modest but1 very abte Painter: L; ri-RicWD, Oct.;2;?i8V5ii; f, Mxi Dsaa i s:mGbe a wiav ing a ditseftssion in the papers as, td the best Portrait, of: .Stonewall .Ta.lcxnn-T. vuo wav m nuiuu OCIVBUU WHS WOUUU ed,j his boots and.sabre: being furobh: Ail Wrtn hv f a'h TanlroAn . . - " - -tftbrej&&tiIlxsoiwid 4 w v go we picture -jruu ain ted fori her, compared ' mine? f i.y .ipwi u i oi WMfVWiE j.Of.nerB-r of hs staff, perfect., ' So do .Generals Early,'th4 Lejes? Pajne, and evefy-r body who7 knew Jacksbnl'f W'J'jfc i f A : letter w ill ; be printed in iMonV JDiatch ;jlahuingAlhatiCiiri aurae painted one in 1865, from Jack-, 80QkcIolh8,' whicMrJaekson'lent Vblck, thef sculptor; which is theenly lifedike picture, Vliam going; io chal lenge a pompjari8p'n.,by ;a public:ex hibition of both: yours and Guillaumefs . here oni the 26th J6t .October, the day of the unveilintr ' of 'the ;! Jackson statue, i. presented by n it i Beresford Hope, aud other Englishmen., Foley's, statue was very incorrect when I saw it in England, andT'had 4 photon of 'your- picture1 taken 'and! sent to him, and " he remodeled 4he plaster cast from it,vsoitbeii bronze' statue is, in fact,' a copy of your-por-i trait." "Writ emlfUtt particdlarsabptit ypui paintinglb1 pdrtfait;0 hoW rauchuf j . Your obedient servant o -..: n t : ;J BfiADLETSTl yOHNSONi" - j . , j SmOIO, KALEIGHy N. PtrL, I-? :; U-h-M October 818.75.i if lGeri.-J2iddley T'JohnsonA s i My JDeas Sib: -.Your' letter of the 2dinst, for. some cause or other, did ribt reach ' me until the 5tb and I avail myself of the earliest possible moment to reply. At the time ' 1 painted Stonewall Jackson I had" on band the portraits of several other: general otneers ana bad a number 01. nni fnr ma nf (ronorajii in ni xr Btmlirt .k -mu.v iW,wmivi4 . (but cannot remember correctly wheth- e(r l had breneral J acksorrs or npt, but my; impression; is, howeveY,, that ! 4id have it, and think I had his; sasb and sword: Mrs." Jackson will' prbba- Diy recoiiecc more.: ; Mrs. Jackson made a- special visit: to Raleigh at 'my request to see the portrait of the General before its, completion, 'and- visited my ''studio daV after day for over a week,' and brought with her her little daughter,1 j hose eyes, as Mrs. J,. informed me, ins, cwccuiugijr iJiuvu,- JJCi laiucj a botb as to expression! arid color. This' was of great service,' enabling riie to produce that characteristic and pecu liar expressjpu .so, lacking ia the. pho-. i tbgraphs,. and.besides, rs.f JjSat benirifi me watching with intense anx- te-oinpletion of the work. Her 4d- lraDte powers 01 aescripuon ana tne. eScoelleut suggestions which she made, were of ofreat assistance iii' perfecting .tb iikeness" f ? ' 1 The portrait which i I painted for) Mrs. Jackson was life-8ize,irepresent- ihghimdo.Tsrn o b.elo w the elbo wsj-j-tsize bf canvass' 2x3 in'clies'So.ybu , wri! perceive it is ubt mofe' thatt5 half the 8use. of ,he portrait ipamted for j I am delighted to" hear: that .pay. .Jfa'cksbn hiasmet with1 the approbation1 df Sottiany staff officets; and am glad t sabtyou are going i to . eriiibit the rj ictgre on i the6th;ipfii October, qr; comparison and lust criticism are the dnty ;ways"t6 determiiie merit. . ilshaii rnost certainly be in mcn ond atithat.tiui'ubtbing serious - T am most tiuly. . , ,;t , v ,,.v.vS Anptfully; t Tlie Chinese and Chris lanity. . I Philadelphia Record.' ' " -" ' We lisfve t he heathen at bur doors ih a 'dohble'Wnve, and therexperiment J t ....'..477..., ... i.l..i.t i.it.if tr ti.. f hn nr. M1 AHP. FjTiHjV1!W '8f f HfcrM ii an interaHtiiifltUHieiiidThftifiRev ChwrlesNi Fith iswiritesi that"tbeTe MltibQ '&nhM'b1i 'ihe-'Pacifid- cpastliin,djr cljristniepe.. aBitbe.conyetu are iindustriofls and. L . J ' , ' . - 1 .. - ItOM ill I It-utfa'yet'lioeiw.i i.r.nney wtu roast n ,4ell ' atydAoi'-itli UIIVO t lOM wsvs v 'at -nighti and givfe liberally fito relieve a' bptjbierr ;bel spread itbe, gospel,?, We have often heard.the phrase "gq- ;in thV wuo'le bogV'"wttliqu t ' gettS ,d clear -idea f p.whW It meantwe preahme )that i the, Chiriesei : practice just described visoipgw the,; whole jglti vwrtejntr 'ailnerla-t. ovif Presideat -Roberts is at native of J Jfeteraburfir. ana son 01 vjinsey.Dnow, ,d drthV'boTored JwbmanJiwhoJ died BeWyearsi'SiccW 'Presidejit Robi erts is highly .'cntivAted; am tefiqed, ; .and. enfoved tbe.resoect of our Deo- iple, botb . white and colored He was warmiy weiuouieu uy an wueu imd hprx Jahottt'erfrhfc !or tert veari ' since. berV about 'eight or tettr years" since. ence'J below, copied Sehiihdy&xbii t$at . vv rite me particulars .. abopt the, fcamiin$f!ctUr?a J ifsfii y Did" Arou bavei:bis uiiorra? ... : i Salisbury tsxr 1 Tuesday. . ! ; f I At Weldon business is !'acti?er,w4: Megraph paenfay,3 .OnAljJ -I ? A two-headed turtle -has been' found ip.Hilson CMB2yrwDJli:15i;y . - A; little Pxfpnl iPegror while getting1 ice, fell and broke One of his legs. A negro man was committed to. ail at CHntort, arew days ago, charged with laying murdered his child, Jy--S1l-. j. t o-Tnlttle JIarifr C.arrington,, an .or Uao at tbe.Qrpban Asylum, died suddenly, -n .Saturday mornin'gof, heart iseaie. w -v, i -: Herbert, Braggv son of ; the! late ex-Gov. Bragg,died. in Raleigh: ,a4.Thurs- day, aged 9?xv t , . . t - . ! '-t While curingi hisiUobaccailM r.' . CTeorge Bo wen, a Guilford farmer, lost: his barn by fire,. ,, : - u-h ' ' ' -rTiWoahiljaylorpne of -the. part jrs.. reported-; j Tyre Glenn, Esq.; one of 1 the oldest and"mo6t prominent citizen? of Tad-; ia couBtyydied suddenly iat his residence k pronounced-by theMVilsoa -Vlikti ikaler nretrciass fraud. - Itsaya bis lecture Jn that pladd abounded in' indelicate allusions.'. ' f Sassafras- Fork" G ranville'coh n- : tyfigave the- Orphan .performers auemlm-. , aiasuO'reception'and o than'siity dl- ' f, Hon, ,A..VVy Yeoable, hasi re- uuueuwuiuuru i rom rMutaio spring much improved In .-beallb,! , IJe was quite W dur-, ipg his absence. - - aighia mriee the powdermagazines in Camp bellton was robbed of nine kegs of powder oeioegiDg io .aiaerepc-meTCuaats initnvp. f7-v Senator, Bayard,of; XTelaware, and Senator Ransom, of this State, were i tbe State Fair, but have gone to ' Georuiii. where Bayard delivers the address nt ; the Agricultural Je'air. ' 1 ii From a long - account in the Goldsboro Messenger it is learned that tins : murder. in Lenoir countvof Thos. Waters by seven negroes was a conspiracy. , Six f the conspirator's ate still at large. . . - i uuiii .:Mua'ienier. xv 111 uju child of Jesse Latham, colored, ' living on the Bell Place fell in the fire last, WedneV- day morning and was so severely burm el that it died in a few hours. - j The cost of the change of gange cjn the : A. &'N; C.;R R from Goldsboro to Newbern, .reported upon favorably by, a iebnimittee of private stockholders, will, not amount, it is understood by the: Journal of -Commerce, Jo more than $12,000 a ? f; . . i ' : The. case of. the United Stales vs. Prince Winstead and Boss Joyner. bo'h ;cbl.,;chsirged'- withrobbing the- mail at ' Marlboro, ..Pitticxt7rwhl.as before U. t. Commissioner B. J.'KeeCh-'a few lays an, resulted in the confinementof Winstead m - .'Tarbbro jail, in default of bail to appenr l'r . - T-.?. rt . -XT. " , e 4th Monday in October. Witiston Sentinel . Tho case of- the State vs; 'Isaac and Joseph At wood, for miling bandy liauser, colored, in Yadkin county 'last summer, was tried in Davie county last week. The jury acquitted Jos. J Atwood but brought in a verdict-of man- daughter as. to Isaac, ,who was sentenceil to imprisoument in the penitentiary for ten 'yjBMiij ;toy I :i-fy i-.. j '- : j --At tKe. meeting-, of the State Agricultural Society, Thursday night. Col.l T. -31. Holt waS' anahimously re-elected President for the nexttwelye-montbs, and; tbe sam6 Yice-Presidenia-wer re-eiWud, witbr the exception that Mr; Jas. NoiwuhmI, of Hillsb'oro, was ;elected, in place of In father, Mr. Jnb. Yi Norwood.. Col. Holt will appoint at an eaily day ,1ns Execuri i -Oommittee,LjWben the work "for the in xi . year.wiil be arranged, " , .- -- -''n-M: ? j I'r- Winston 'JSentinelz, On last Fii day evening as tbe team of N. T. Sullivsu;, . -Esq. : j; was ; returning ! from-B N Dalton's saw mill the horses became frightened aiid iratf'away throwing the driver, Bowman, off tbe wagon, -kiUing' him instantly by breaking his neck., -Berry. Beck, a negro . man who was drunk, had been tied on the wagon to; keep him from' falling off, was . : also thrown from the wagon and dragged -some distance' and badly hurt' . '. ' . -. ; "; The Tarboro Southerner on the authority of two of our most respectable citizens" gets off a rat-oannibil story as follows: Mr.' GatlinJeft a barrel partly -filled with peas in his store on Maiu street, during, tbe .,night. The next, morning .17 -rata Were found dead in the barrel, many of their heads land lega were, eaten ; off, and . badly mangled. I One, " severely crippled , was me only survivor of the most sanguinary encounter m a small way,' that ever shocked ' the nervous in our town, , , ; ? '; ! -taetirbe Colored EaVl era Missionary Baptist Association held its seventh. -annual session with the First Col ored JJaptjst Church in Tarboro, commenc ing last' Thursday' and lasting four. days. ' There; was' a 'large gathering on. Sunday, 'supposed to bo at least 1,500 persons. . Tbe -introductory sermon was preached by Rev. J. H Washington, and the- Association was . ' 'presided over by. Rev. J. A. Davis of Wash- , . Iogton.; Tbfe: nextannual session will be 'held in Pitt. county,. with the White Oak 'Chrch.'a. i'i; '.'-.v: :;,;-i ;i; V pcitidbsereer ."One of1 the' most important cases tried , in Caldwell . -county in many years, came before His . H6nor Judge Furches, at the last term of that ? court., i The action ' was brought by plaintiffs to recover 42,000 acres of laud, apd caused iniich interest'in thecounty. ' It ' vas commenced on. Friday, InotniDg of the .' 'first week, given to tbe jury on Tuesday eveningi cand 1 the Jfinal 1 argument on the ' quest Lou closed: pnTbureday mornimr. . When a decree was made for defendant . dafthef,3 OVileV, ' AVery; Folk and Armfield for plaintiffs, ,W. W. Flemming and J. ,0. Bynum for defendant ! . The! Gazette thus describes what .: Wsirely 'missed being a fearful catastrophe r r' iOn.Wednfsday.nigbtiOf last week, just r .the lodge of Good Templars had closed, ; and the1 members fWerei leavibg the hotel 'biuild&Jgajoung man, Wm. Powell, was leaoiheearnst the iron railing of tbe oaf ycpnyi of -tbe third story,- wfaea one end pave, r .way ana aa yreciyiiatcu vu iuc jjhtcuichi , jWith a lerrible crash. ' ' Powell was saved bj jLumsden seizing and i dragging him back. ' T?be railing fell between Mr. and Mrs. Smith and Mr." W. W. CoYe andMiss Smith, the r latter lady 4 leiog caught and held back just w ia time by Mr. Slocumb, who was'standiog rnear;'aH"'-." - '' ( f-' Statesville Jjandmarlc:- Some officious intermeddler- tried to have i Judge Cioud indicted at Yadkin Court forappear ing'oh the bench in a state' of ' Intoxication -4-jus; as, if ajudge,dida't have a right to W.t drunk. We understand lhe Judge is .very mueh troubled about a suit threatened ? ,Dy, tne auminiSlfaivr uo wium iwi uia -- 'grsndfatber's estate It- 'seema -that ' the tJudeeisailawyerjby ibequeatiAi kgacyi , waa bequeathed to him by his grandfather upon coeuuioa mu lie huuicu ww.suu . . . i, . , ' x.-l , X , .s r.T tDeeama a succesBuu; lawyer, i ia one iiuio the legacy was turned . over to him by : the 'Executor. Tbe administrator da boms -non -. now steps in and asks the,, Judge to step :dowp and. ouyV-that the condition upon. : Which the' legacy was bequeathed has' never C ibappeuednriuH oth?r wordsj . that Judge Cloud is not a lawyer and that payment of tne legacy was gross jacnes. ? - Bpints .Turpentine' cuargea wnhibemurderof Nathan Grimes, was not convicted at Washington last week ' as1 was reporfeQi -MistrliuVf-'fi " I ! Thft "RnlfTflnon PiinotQ t 19 .it t'ji - t i . V 1 1 "I 1 i ! -1 3 J-l J i.i i -- 5 1 I i I j 9 1 I 4 ; tr -V 1 I" f i I $ ' of -1 ! -
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Oct. 22, 1875, edition 1
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