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lii'njiJJin';. awe: V : r. r1." y ; ' '' ' ' - ' - v $ 1 .50 a Year, in advance. SSSSoSSSSSSSSSoSo v -i w - r t-v v c j-j w SSSSS3SSSSS3SSSS3 88SSS8SSS8888SS8g 't B a w a e (9 J5 ; M : H a a 83S33SSSS3S3o3333 3SS33SS3S3S333333 8S333S3S3S33S3333 eo o t- oa i o ji e o 55 e o - " ' 0 Ct 0 W CO 00 00 SSS33SSS33SS3SS3 o eo 10 cci o -J id 6 p t-I o ' e 833S333SS3SS3S3S3 Alt w l.-'i.;-T:?'-- : . i. Tlie subscription price of theWBKK lt Stab is as follows : -' :" : ' Sin, postage paid, f i.ou 6 months.. LOO .50 v fONPl.IC-r OFL JDRKDICnON, H ; We. have bad but little to'say of tthe conflict .oC ori8diclion, "between the tJnitel States Government and thn Siatje of North Carolina. ' It !be iiig niainly a legal qaestion we have not been disposed' to touch iU We are the Kirong yfriend ot the doctrine os State HightH,"' and we : aro m - full Kyinpalhy with the oppressed and outraged people of' our Stated1 v? W e kno w. that , ou r Slate, : as well . an other Statv f the' South, has been horrihly misgo ve r ned that unprin cipted ' and reckless fellows have abused their offices and abased ihe people.. That the revenue laws' have been often 5 violated, and that many . illicit disiifleries wereVept constantly, running, appears quite certain." ' Bat this unhappy' condition of af fairs offered uo warrant to the Gov (.riimeut to oppress and irritate thci violators iif the law.J It was possible " - to execute the laws with 1 thorough ness without using bad and cruel men as the ". instruments:. ' . ' Ve quote', a paragraph from the Charleston iritis and Courier ' -v- ? '4- ... - - -.'!- in? .- -v "Grant's satraps, however, were bent onlj on eoforcing the lawe; they oeiiaer thought nor caieil . about the iin fortunate : people: upon whom the Jaws were an unjustifiable hardship. ' .They filled the mountains with unprincipled ruffians armed r with the au thority of the Jaw, wbo, under the sacred . name of justice, committed robbery, arson and murder, Tbe people in Georgia begged for mercy, and President Grant, in the last . iaya of his reign, yielded it, but in such a manner as to nil the pockets of his minions. In North and South Carolina1 the people iiave sought the aid of ; tbe State Courts, to punish tbe perpetrators of the outrages upon them, and the criminals have sought refuge 1 id the united states: (Jonrts. - llence bas arisen a conflict of jorisdiction, the de cision of which will mark out anew the boundary between State, and federal au thority, and show whether the citizens of a ' Stale have any rights which the officers of tbe National Government ' are bound to '.. re8pecL",:;Vt; :jsS-wi'-i.'? -';' :- : Judge henckv bfCthe Superior Court, 'has' given a long and ' elabo- rate opinion adverse Mo the authority of the Congress to -' remove by legis lation the trial of those employed by the United States Government from the State Courts to the United States District'; Courts.. ;A similar opinion has been quite recently given by a flepubllcan. Judge in Souilx Carolina . t Hon. Thompson P; ' Cooke,5 Jtidctf of the ;Ejgb.tb: District...' We quote v from his charge to the Graud Jury at Greenville, S. C.,'last week;rvf kfh -i If,'upou in vekfgationyou.' should find ; this charge 8asiained,iybu:win':fire$(ent-'sJt . persons who may have engaged in oppress-' ing your people,- and l.undertaKe to say two very important things will be accom plished : First, this class pf United States officers will soon learn they cannot longer violate the Stale law "-''with impunity;; Se condly, that they will be tried in the' Slate . Courts; regardless 6f the act .Of Congress, , which authorizes them to transfer their case to the United States Courts. ' '' ! " VThe5 jurisdiction of the Stale Courts in all matters of crime at common law .aud statute law, not in violation of the Cohsti-' tution of the United States, has been Mcon-. ceded - by the General f Government for mearly one hundred years.1 may say WithY out question or debate.-'andT in fact, t from ,. the laying of'tbe foundation 'stone of . th0 Eepublic.:i until, even long" afteirthe Ref , publican party gained the1 ascendency, in. the Union: and I am utterly ' at a, loss to know how, when or where the State - lost iter jurisdiction" in 'such' cases.. ; 1 snail, ihtrefore, disregard the said vact Vof Con gress. and direct Mr. Solicitor to proceed ; " with all prosecutions against "revenue VotH cere charged wnn viojatinglbe laws ottnis V State.",' :ifi:t- : .' A great -, deal depeuds ..npon the issue thhrfmaa firithi HiiO :f Card unas. If iUjeiropiniohs vara ijOver . u,'u ana it ue ueciueu oy luejuguesb Court tbat Congress can thus deal : J with the Slates, then a tremendoa8 Wow is given- to -the ' righta 'of sov crign -jommonweauns, .ami a.ra tnd wU have been taken towards cenUahzation. 'r .if'- is . reporUd,'y and upon apparent! V goorl grounds',; tr : tJie Siajjfet'ari pf Nth tiOarQ: iaa sustains ilie r iuriadLetion bf the I United BtMW&risiii: ting to that condition that authorizes 'he use of the term nation. ; Onca it Subscription IcK was the United States,. f ; . J 4 sV'- - - t i COOO OR . BtD NBH! POiT , T.i Br. PI. INTER. ".f'j f nyiimoveinei ' ; tivaCtng the cotton seed, drr , any im r 8eed9;;th.atr will enable; i the planter; to make two or five ttmes-as much on to : the acre as he baa heretofore been ahfe! toJ reallzejtmav ue regarded as ill or good fortunn ac to l he t v lew s or temperamen i p( 'the rcipiehu!t If c6ttoq? remains at Bucq unremuueraii ve . prices ,. w uen iHB mau uve jnuuon: oaies cQiisiimte toe entire Southern efop wl wouldT it bring"! f1- twice ;fiVeliioF ates were proa ucea, . ana ; tDe. eon- sumption ofthewl4 iidtnpfcn crease in like ratio ?: At any rale ' it appears to be quite certain;-thai be-" iyertnec6ttonc be very pueh larger; And ItUat with-v put any iuew seeds ' or 'new-- methodsC uufc u -we may creaiv ine Massa- ohusetts.PotAmah, there is a proa-:: pect of an increase in tie Southern production, and that because of' the introduction of a' new sed that is wooderfnir Island or, any.: known , kind out-of- wght, i abd ifi generally -introduced wut maice ine crop very much greater; We quotea high ly interesting para graph:; :;;;:.v ;;-;;,i::;:::rv--;;;.:a;tV "Eicht acres of this ftottnn. which vna tcultivated by the English engineer , of one oiitbe viceroy's great, sugar plantations, proaucea twenty .thousand pounds of seed cotton. This gentleman says that on the best lands of the' American cotton belt the yield would not be less than five times the quantity grown . from the ordinary seed. ae aescrioea 11 as growing to toe neigbt of ten- feet, and having a straight, Vertical main stem, with i a few branches and sparsely leaved.v Seventy bolls, of lareer size than an ordinary eotton plant, is not a remarka nie number tor a single plant to bear. He planted . the stalks from which.' the re sults ' mentioned were " attained half f yard i apart. 48 The season " which. suits it 1 best is ; a ? sprine J I damn and warm, with showers of irrigation, that the; plant may receive a good first growth. Then a summer with bright, hot days, and nigou cooier, wiui moist evaporations and heavy dews, i TbeEgrptian autumn; which is dry, permits the fullest time for maturity and gathering the; crop, The viceroy has useo every precauu. to prevent tbe seeds being exported, as he desires to retain so valuable a plant exclusively in . bis own dominion. 1, Where the new plant originated is not known. It is thought, to have first been brought down the Nile from some of the cotton producing countries of Africa, io Egypt fifty ceots per pbuadv &od will nof be sold U all foporutioti fe. 1 ne secretary ot He Stale : lioard of 'Agriculture in Massachusetts has j U8l received a package of the jraar- vell6u8ly fproductive seeds. lie has made arrangements w itb plan tera ; in South - Carolina to test their value upon lands adapted to the growth of the sea-istand staple. The result of the; experiment will be very interest ing. 1111 " M--.,-.?..,: d. Hon. W. 'M.Hobbins.Sa pVepared to 'recommend ac great' red notion' in'' iub wmsney wx,;, ne iqidks ii snouia at tweniy cents a gallon.' : He believes that this price will be cheer- xuiiy paia Dy an classes wno may en gage in ..'distilUng and. that the ac thai revenue would-be increased.. TJie New" York : Jpurnal of Commerce say8: . ;..r.. The severest military measures beine '1 V unequal to the task of stopping the whis key atills of that legion, it would be well to try for a short timd what virtue there is in a lower taxt' The twenty-five cents rate represents an extreme point, however, to which there are many practical objections. It is sot likely that so great a change in tnetax wui be made ati present; nut botb the AdrainistratioD and. Congress will be ready to listen more . tolerantly than for merly to the good reasons' which can be given for lowering the Mx to fifty." cents a gallon, r It is the opinion of Dersohs most familiar with the distillmg business in the united states tnat such a rate of tati ac companied by a marked improvement in the revenue service, would yield a larger income to the Government than the present one,; and nearly pnt an end to the manufac- trireor.rcrooKed' wnistey,", .q xiWm: . vThe history of excessive taiation is markbd with' fraad.ri;The high er- mW lair of England " foY two ceotu-. ries prooaoiy was realty, ;a otq tor crim e and ; sm uggli ng' 'People will pay; a lust,' bearable 'tar rather than take ibe chances of detection ,and puni8nment; if they violate tbe law butt when it ia. very high " they are prepared to take the,' cb a'nces i f th ey are por rupii aft ;V,We have received .from ; President Battle a copy 'ofltbe catalogue re-1 cenilV issued Pf the State University i,l vnapet xiui. a ne..J?.auuii.y .euu-, siste; ot, elevenr'rotessora.:,' JLiuriog the yeaionei hundred 'and twelve students marticutated ; of ;tbese' but logae' is. well sirranjgedj and-eontains all : tbe in formation ; necessary:' con cerning the toi versity.; It is a great improvemeht oh' those . heretofore is sued.Wp: wpuhljb glad ; to ;8ee;a lithograph .bf the University accpm panyiog the next catalogue published.' Every Noftb Car oTi nTanib A pride in; this State institntion; for it baa la r)othjJbisiory d baaohe im mense good; to, North i.Carolina' the South; When the war of the p tat eg came, ou over four hundred and fiftjr students were Ihattenaance att least,, three.'hundred. of whom . were. fHmhet Stateslis'list1 bi grado- iw.es ; auu. man icuiates wiU compare cbiintrW. : tft t.iiA Pronirlont rtuSft aanA ua a catalogue of . the two apcie ties, i we will give a rstbf the'mohi dis tipgtdahe weqiipii ave Jfcteepfati ntsHhereli?i:C"4: yatM -- "i!S-t3-W'ti ? 1 4The University of 4Nortlt: Carolina:was established in obedience to a clause of sec tion XLI of the Constitution of the State,' adopted, on. the 18th of ; December, 1776,, viz; "All useful learning shall be duly en- couraged and -promoted ih one or more. Universities.' in consequence of 'the exi-' genciea Oft the war. for jindepeDdence, and the, prostrstieafoUOwirix.i aomeears elapsed before the mandate of the Consti tution was carried intoeffect.w' ' :' jXDpyemoer, 7?2;Cbapetrlill was chosen for the location... -The Uniysitylanda consist of 840 acres which were donated by the citizens , ine neigoDornooa: ; ' : ' ? . - I f in October. 1793. the cornerstone, of the first building, the old East, was laid with Masonic honors by Governor William1 Richardson Davie, Grand ;Master.7 The doors were opened f or r students in, Febru ary, 1795. The buildings are now seven in number, affording accommodations' for 500. students, with 'am pie: recitation rooms and pubUchalls.'Vy i i.- . , -,.,.; ,. , fjW: had noj :other complaint against the Radical iparty in North vaiunua iucir trcaiiuoub ui. lue uul' yprsity wonld be a .'' sufficient bill of indictment to insure their condetnna-' j0 tion and sehteuce'to that doleful abodo. in iwkich those persons are eternally imprisonea ana punisnea wno maae war npon education roV the' children of the land, offer, prizes for. ignorance and vice, and prostitute institutions of learning to vile political parposesJ Perhaps thev greatest sin; the - most shameless crime t hat William W. Hplden was ever guilty 4 of," was the' cruel outrage be v committed ,when be laid his destructive hand upon the honored and '. dearly cherished Uni- yeraity.1 If the :nDhallowed hand that touched the sacred Ark' of the Cojvenah 'yas" made j to withpr, it would really seem thai palsy would nave fallen; at .. once -, nponv that. iconoclastic iad noblest Beat of learning.' ? ' ' But; thank God, the'Uoiversity still lves.. Mesurgam is written upon its walls., , The fires have been freshly The incense . once i- .more arises from the aacred altars.' In genuous youth once more ' tread its resounding halls.' JEsto Perpetua.' VEW WORDS AODITIONA.1V. j -j "the Raleigh , Cfbserver j, is edited. witn aeciaea aoiiuy.. vv e are ; sur- , therefore, that it is unable to see how a paper can discriminate be- mendable and censurable, j Because the Stab approves of v tbe course of cPncerning civil service reform, it ap pears to think that , to be consistent we;mu8t praise att he does.; We have' tariy... indicated ourj principle , and practice the same as that laid down by jex-Gov. Hend neks and indorsed Gd vernors Hampton; c Nicholls, Carolina; ,by manyisUnguished Co gTessmen, including Alexander Ste phens; by many? eminent private citi zen's like Hon: RobertTobmbSj'GenJ J.' MV Iieach and hundreds5? others; and by the Baltimore wSu)i Baltimore flRichmbnd7 and State, Norfolk ttrginiaX&nd- mark, Charleston JVeics and Vouritr Xqqisyilte C6ufi6urlkaX't Xhti6 ' Republican. New Orleans Democrat, xPicdyune, PetersbujrgdRtwiljynch burg iNashViHe MWri .' tifRiiitPRiiATiniv ''' it - fa-..: i&iL'ivtv. j-wij mtum . m There is, no doubt slow but pertain recuperation going pq in the country at large. : -The signs and r; evidenoes arefplain fattd abund England and in the ? great cities there . is an unmisiaKauie .revival oi pusi nesd. ( . JQ; many portions of tho South -jferjefaref sbmo; cnigfis,o although we believe many of the ac' counts of Southern recuperation are jar i too ? nigniy -3oiorea." lnereare some cities and - towns, and; some counties in all the )ghb steady ogrea PBai3ofHe3Vuth thetft is aoy improvement in . the con ditiodolf 3 ihe; popletfl Weamno doubt 2 that -there are tens -of a thbu' sandplroenn 1 really mucfrworse off than tbey- were ten years ago. . The over-trade, and iuperruy oeoaiors xvansoia, ur dod, iJmar. Hill andBuiler; of South do cinch vdottbn 'and 1 forimahsandbeasty TO 4::.r--;;'j(-4.Si::! ts d rtunate ip th eir re i ri d s u p1 o n .thbus an da en- maaejoqrer, ,-y pr;. itherrained1 :the Yfrgtfiia, there; has rpwUS ilUci JJofc It have been t ; .!-.mv.h. experiment. T'vli been.im.mec .wasf laid in t fpliyMeett; i' lhrbhgTi:the extreme 1 ont ederales, but ,;to, and!mbfe attf dctiye in .1 865 -JThen the every way jtl nbt mbre tfcan;5,; 00a;:nbwiti O00,i Over 100 fac ifnt district are far ;bnildingsin more sut ta: 1 . :n1 imposing? these thit ' went 4own underUhe fires i s, Norfolk, i tooi has ,f airy ' sloughed its pld.rQ8ty. skin and come: out. fresh and ' radiant.. Its commeroe has in-creased,-we cannot .say ,f how many fold." Its truck business is quite large uuu iucruuHiugr we oeueve. -rii ft iFbmNe W Orleans we nave i al- teady cheering news of great .im proyement, nnde r . the new 1 order of things brought about by President Haves, constitutional ' nolicv.V.We quote t from an exchange that sum marizes tb&Teport made by the for- nrMriBurke"1: Uili fThe' recent sales of ' real estate have' yielded , satisfactory prices, considerably higher than could have been obtained for them a year or two ago; The sugar and cotton crops will be larger than usual. , The negroes, who .have wasted much of their, time in political discussions, are getting to work, and everywhere there is peace and activity; ' The call for labor is ereat. and it' is pot equal to the demand. Many valuable cotton and .sugar estates, bought at low rates shortly after 'the war, have 'passed into the hands of capitalists from the North. Under, improved systems of. culture their, productive power has been increased to an astonishing extent ; The deepening of the ship channels at the mouths of the Migsia-1 sippi is having a visible effect on the re vival of commerce at Kew Orleans.' The Mississippi . Manufacturing' Company ; is doing a prosperous business, as well as other cotton : factories in New, Orleans and , other parts of Louisiana." ;.; -; In the great State of Georgia there has been real advance in prosperity.; Her factories have done & remun era- tive basiDe8,Twhn8t'berfarmerahave in the main V prospered. . She is to day iri advance of any of her South-r :t L " s'li'L Willis a " sC i-'ill i'll'i J&t.'fc'S ? tarn Biaiernoou, ana is enniiea w ner name of the - "Empire State of the Southl" ' Her politicians are prudent and wise ; her f airmers are ind ustrious; her business men are enterprising and intelligent. ' ; In South Carolina,- so ' lately, the scene 'of oppression and 'putfage j by the Federal authorities, there is a chged,pect:viof ; affairst Peace reigns, the people are 1 at work and when the end of 187,7 cbmeea Step in the way pf . recuperation . will have been taken. .: .... ;. ., .V.. In .Texas, in Florida, in Arkansas there are many, cheering . indications of 1 rapid , development.,, In few ears, when, Texas will cbunt. its in habitants by, millions, she will pro dace as.much cottbn as nearly all of, the States jdo . now., So .much for a. general - survey. Let us come nearer home. .: How'je it in Nprth'Carolina J la there iprogresa?'- We think'- that' there is a decided .advance in'sbme thirty counties or more, but they all lie.westf, of Raleigh. j We. are r quite sure there is .no genuine progress in Eastern Carolina, or 'in' th'ev central belt.1 'Individual farmers' prosperl but the people as" a whole "-in. those see- tioas are not in as well-to-do a condt-. .' r. . . -. tion as they rwere five years agp, : Thisfe is pur judgment based npon observa tion aiid & free ; talk with intelligent men living in many counties some bf them in the.be8t.;u-.-,;f;.T..4,'i;c.r.. ? The remedy iieajndusyecdnp my piversiiy pj.cropa, iu;wiae.mvesi. ments$ in.enterprise; fnnnity of pur pose and conceniratioA of power:'-in raising fbbd; for hbiBebbnsunjptlbri f ui wise ana oeneuceH? aua lar-reacu-ing legislation, and in educationt in training, aU,;cla88esioferssBat enotighy for, ; tp-day. ? rr -1 -.. i ' &fh ; . . , ...... .SXf'Jy- !ffTfight,betweentIke .Toung and hKiNichoijsis liyelytti hs iti.is buV another j Kilkenny , "Cat figh't; and it?? AlPMiMMwXPMs' office is never to be despised by. per- ionsbf ? strong Imagmationsideal 'nifin(Km on1 ' vonlt.irvr : nmhit in. Ikelanswers to itnatdescription all. bntlthe firet'twbehlr woQid,Iike to go. to Congress,. bnt. J o Iyisiwilt not! let; him so if ? John ooe hPf etr the President's ear1 he will: ue conieni iaremiu iu lue.fxu.- 11 li'tr-lltvf ii. '- successor cnopa on nis neaa,. ..-! f Blanchard Jerrold is to issue, in twelve monthly parts,at fiye shillings a part, a nely illustrated' work oh the' leading ionrnaliBta, tp be entitled ''Members of the Fourth Estate.'' ., "" .;. th.6 'Xaisin ( J..r: :, .,..0 pf. too little ba'verpe'ett sut8 '.and;t! bayeitbe: I We have received the, first,! nnci ber of the fWesteri Courier, published at Henderson ville, Henderson county -t -i 1 '.; '.r. -v."'--; uy yxarreit ana omitn, -its leaamg editorial ia manlyr Vigorous-and well written. ; We wish i theti. new candi- !date a large circulatioo and abundani useTulhess. -Price $llT5( aeaivkIt is to be conducted as an.; independent paper J : We q note a passage' or twP f rom itasaIaisXb?y?4 f: 1 q- "Independence has secured Itor these -journals - reliability, and reliabilityr . bas given tnemtne connaence oi tne peopre. Nor is it to be wondered , that they 4 have secured this influence, for the very essence of true journalism consists iu bold. ' free.1 and ! manly i indepeadenee.j.lNo:i partisan journal, controlled by a political clique or ring cabal, should assume to mould or cor trol public opinion sfor the-; utterances Pf ring organs musfc,beN;iaade".F!wtysjla- t"i interests 'of its . pakaaa,' - aad'-ILe moiw pieces of political cabals must.ver. ''trim their sails to; tbe shifting oteach faahion- ,xie Pr4Ucal ftetarned." A About four years ago jt little child of Sa- I UUUUIUUU! VUIUICU)' VI LUIS VUJT, BgCU about eight years who had been put ont to live with a woman by 'the name of. Laura Bailey, and whp lud not been treated right by the woman, or. ber husband, conceived the notion of running swayJ oiDg to one of the cart houses he met upt with- a white woman from Onslow cou nty," who y asked hhn if he vdidn't want to go with' her and upon his expressing the wish to do so, she took him In ber cart'acd carried him away. The; mother,: upon Ending jlbat her little .boy was missing, ' and not knowing what hadecome of him, was naturally yery much distrlssed. A8hesandhef friends searched all oyer ' town' for him, and me "police were notified, -' but', all Ltd I no . purpose; no tidings. of the mjssing y . could ba heard,' The newspapers called ..attention': to the fact of the mysterious disappearance, but with n better results add ' the mother and others finally gave up the little fellow In despair, many of .the friendaof.lthft old; woman being of the opinion that her chUd had met with some , sudden and violent death, and that his body had been secreted so that do trace of it could be fbund.' So the matter gradually passed out of " the minds of all but the mother, who still clung to the hope that her son would one day be restored to her, tnd yesterday morning, to her great relief and satisfaction, her dream oiyeara was reaUzed, the litUe fellow, novr a good sized boy of 13 ' years ' old, having made his 1 appearance. , : He says that hejt a85 treated jirytj kindly ihyj&the W9man with, whom. he bad been .living, tint'that after, ataying withJber abwrt W years be expressed a'wish tb ' come home and see his motherland she promised that he should have an opportunity of doings6,: but kept putting off the proposed visit, and declined writing to his mother, to let her know as to , his whereabouts, . until finally, during her absence from borne, a few days ago, he resolved upon paying the long-deferred visit without her knowledge or con sent He walked all the way from Onslow county, to this place, and was .received . by Lis mother with, a joy and gladness which can well be imagined, but- not-easily de scribed... ?i Wllmlacton'a. Iiesa. - i :. Referring to the death 'of Adam Empie, Esq., which has caused such universal 're gret in our midst, the Raleigh 06rtvfrsays: VOur sister city ia 1 . now sorrowing with a; sorrow, that, a city . seldom feels . for the death of a single citizen,.' aBd' we sympa thize with ber ; people most sincerely; for we, well know Ihe affection ' they bore for him they have ; just ToUbwed to the graved and we well kno w too, how well ; hp de. 'served hat affection, and how unaffectedly he reiurned it ' Wilmingtonl to him, was the' dearest spot on earth; and WUmingto.n 'people the dearest people.' i It is meet, then; thai the city and the people be loved so well, and so devoted 4tot him while living should. 'pay ' every- honor 'to:his:membry: wheudea-, ?4. ThejPayetteyille Gazette; under. this head; fbh who is said . to be very partial to clam bakes! Ine other day sent to "his. frYends here a'cuVibsity in the shape of a. petriSed clam, with perfectly rounded and polished shelly and a drop of the original liquor tofi the succulent bivalve remaining; LQtact within asunear hp jciyer excivatlons down about theVMagnbli' and is evidently the deposit of Va long-past lo)rjcal;tora about the same time Mr. Lilly up herefound an entirely solidly petrified clam, of nearly, the sanwsjzeang jAhanen ran8oni creeWwest of towp- vU -I ;jDenrdelji;i5Jw8fefo The Raleigh 0& Jhas '.j-whigi, .TIkilmingtb9 ST'publed .a short :time ago a rumprpf the death of Hit. John . Qhost Elliot, and J sawJ the riceebpied : in the- Cbiarwr. I set about makmg inquiries! in the matter and the report was bonflrmed the columns. of your paper; and was on the; point "of m ailin g it when l"waa infprmed that ihVhadn't dlerf at atli ind didntinten4t to just nbwJTheif rto6k. thai fbbTtuary notice and petit in a pigeon hole for future consideraUoh.'?; gfeH;fet .jA correspondent ':ln Pender' speakr! In; which Judge Seymour dispatches business., jPenrjj& crowded 1 ocketand-e made for holding a'tertu of two weeka; he cleaned the 'docket ia 'IW'P.CaAya.H xThe; JudgeVi.reputationU 1 nlthhivpajrtictilari has b,ecd re prgtty general. r..-U .1 l t ; t A lrfSijnts; Earles Hef 4-lDUni ;aiiv On? Tuesd?lSoTWgi ust? Jf ter da'wh, neg $19- b-oiao:tt tbati tibie l:- rH tnnicn fomilir abtin sr in the capacity . of a seamstfess" gaveirth " to a altilaf j thb" which she sle.&kS?rigA due a hole in theerottnd and f bnrred the new; born babe "alive,, immediately , after which, she left-the Cenpof 'her ajkropibus and c1,ue(l:4u6ui ing the slightest': lnttinauonr af t what dappourredAbpm Dweyerthe jady of :- tbft hugwhe 1 the garden 'gatheririg vegetabresj aVstartiedt though t :of;k rlbus' T8e:ittihiieartbii:niear fierXfeil servant: was called to solve the vinTs " try,irl:3tb 'ttehoria.r of both, tb.f, bbdv of a well "developed' live'.' infant was ipnnajK3arceiyria-ioot;r ueiow; ine t j joiuwAasinaipgs tne f.ac :iuatj.iA. had been buried, f prf ully J p'nr houw, it lived till 9 o'clock thatyening.? I j On account of ihe illness bf ;the mother her 1 arrest r wa not effected tiU Satttrday,-wheQithe;i ulj details pt, this horrible crimp came to ligh t ,he Mas lodged iii. Guilford jafl to await lier trial at' the 'nekt term- of jthe T&9 Origin of tbe Riot flow a Brave h a waa Sfc OownTb City tin der Arpi. ,:;r.r r i fltjappeareha shot .this 4tf terpporJ,; waSjW.earing . an. Orange rpsettej ands was set tipou by ar?wd Heran3np'thtepa o' iaT store' and irfrried and fired on hiS puf suewL : j He . had. no .sooner done: ao than .a volley, ot shots erarediitr hnuff His body is pierced by 'six bulV lets.!'j Giroux-; one' of the 1 Shamrock lacrosse Club,' was shot through the cheek. A ftoh pf JF JVi Hjepshaw and Boon, a carter, were also. wound pd. , About thirty shots werefired alL veyeray other frbsaVe pcU c4rred,y butwjthbu ?;aby eeriods in jury.: 1 ? .Severaij iWorpen whp;J4.wore, Orange colors were alsp attacked t f The following f particul ars of the HacketaTder havertrbeeri vrecelvedf watching in ..Radgeondp. ?treet,. for; the man who had taken .refuge in a Bouse there after protecting a lady who had been': insulted for wearing an orange;lilly;t;is0i4l; ir jAbout twenty minutes $ past .one, .a ypung man dressed in .tight ;clothej went rrom tnenouse, ana was f ue lieved tb be hini and 'as he wbr'an? oinge lilly, the crowd - rushed after him and when; he got .in front orth e building adjoining v Alderman Clendening's stores he endeavored to run into the f ortificatibhs but the crowd were too close bn his ? h(els Jqst uthen: a .- gentleman i dressed- in dark tweedclothes, and, with a mous tache, interfered, .' stating': that ; he would' take, the' ypuhg . gentleman's part'S"!. awi'i s ;fe4i. r:;'sAt this the mob i.: turned from I the young man first pursued and attacked the pther. V The first man : then got clear and rushed intb: a'ihouser'i.The second man' endeavored to rush' after hitn, but the mob: was 1 so close-that thbse inside shut ;; the door suddenly and ne was at ih'e merWbf the crowd. In! this alarngVositibn elevated . .above the surging multitude he drew; his $ revolver t and ;n fired - into themi T"he nfienn the7 fvilrv excited crowd reiurned, the, fire when 7theT man on the steps endeaybredtoygetiiwrayv bat when ihes bad Pomp i doym the steps and, about' reachedlthe . middle of jthe pavement a man, standing just off! the pavement,' fired at him twice, nd-hb fell :deadf -z &i ;; : .The man-who killed ' hintas' seen-' to J elevate bis weapon fjind Aake?ydei liberate aim abB tanC.' The body of the murdered niawas 'allowed tb remain several tnijiutea before any one dared tb ' ap? proatch jy Jlacket .was iqi the-pmpldy; of jTphn McKiUpp ;&.C?o.,5rHe?was ,20, years old and unmarried. As his re mains were being driven ; to ifie morgue the mob; took 'Off their ; hats and waved them in tripmph -t At six Qlbck this-yining. the, Jnyor ad; dressed he' assembled rcrbwd . arid 'palled npon them f tbdisperse,yhich ,they did shortly iaftenaTheiitreets; ati this hour (10 P. M.)are very quiets ifi-1. : Bleelianlea. IIenc. ' rs- ifiX fef burhaiU Tiij.: iiijiu aw;HuuiDuii'lii,iiU9 iawrJGiaMug tO; Meppanics and gijaborefaaijiens was passed, by the ; last"! General As- setnbiy, the provisions of which ( are ?iipw genbraliy knb wnViiK eingf a matter o conBiQeraDie:4inieTesti c' jrfleehanicXanjdtpte, ea)( their ;atten.tion,tpitheif act that as ihejlawlnow is all liens agaihstreal estate or interest in reainBStateimust bp fiUerl in thefofiice"tof the1 Clerkpf ' : t" :-; - . -.1 . . . 1 . J juieeri9tyonrp witpmiSixiy Aay. I after jthe completion of .workior . de-; liverypf materials. 1 Heretofore these . 3BlaUrisherifun ipjthe office of the i nearest ''J ustice of She -Peapevb Any Jjeftjep filed againstf f real; estate; (np matter for;? w.hat pnr pose)' in the. pfSce of a! Justice of the Peace ince; the'assage of lhexa6t ir htot&ioldmi:MMi4W respondent.wants to know : VCau a Chris? tian kd to the circus ?" Why yes, he can gd td tbecircnseaslli enough, but it s win i cost him ai quarter .when be gets tere a f get ih; that's where the shoe pinches.' 1 You eeei a OhrisQan is always too proud tocirry water for the. elephant, .-and that's: where the;siner fcas the advjtnUge'tdTer;!him:4n 1 te matter of free passes. . ; r I 'tObir-lotte' ObrWl I Greensio cbrreslaht1 -writes r some people who have no ue for cewf; a-4. ' ipera -they are as. ignorant and stupid as " ." ' . -jdonkeys and they glory. in, it. Dr. ;J dSroocktv&CrtLfs place; says he was knocked "5 r ; " toff his horse one night last week about five " r : miles from town and a. litUe this side of ;. Campbell's place, - on the old Piedmont ' k ' v road running viaCunnineham's Storey - '": Me regret talearn . that: Mr .Green B. Palt-vv; - v iam,'of Leesburg,4 whdhks.beeu in delicate- V ; health for sometime; is dangerously .ill.. .- j"; ; .: I ' The dwelling of Mr.J James Wj ' ; ' ' Sogers,, of; Mecklenburg, 'was struct by-'. -ightning on Tdesday,' and! burned, to. the ' jtound. The,Csmr saysj, . "A,t the ' mo- : ' ' . nent.atlCwas ruck "Mrsl'Kogers was iu ; '"".. -be garden, and1 there was f no-one in tbe - " louser excepta joungf.baby whick?was ;r;V; ' isleep in.a jcradhj. J As soon ss"the mother - . liScovered what had occurred, 'she rushed :r ' " n-.the house to Jier Infant, which Bhe fautd : V J - i o be.unhmi. ; Only one, feather bed Iwaa x:--'f--.r ratedntaii ; iBaleignjiVeMJ For several days S . last it has been currently reported in . this ' .v' iity that the object of Mr. John Nich6U,: 7 ' : present visit t VVashington ia to take meaa-? C . ! ' : Jirea jto, oust Mr. L J, Young from the snu" r eveoue Collect Orshio which h hna Pm.4 ' - - 4vex:since4bfl year.l8SS;: kaBtl Uw-otM-Zr - -4u? readers; know, oi the dischargeof J. G. - ' ; : - VC Hester from his position as detective in ther " - " ": peparttneht of Justice: t lfowi itiiiaM hir;M: is applying for the consulate at Jern?alem,-: '' 'l. 1 ' s,'nd.his4-rpnc&l!otf.--istackei ty-4:;sf---rsii -sYoueo'sXJhrisrian f Association V atr",:?V ;;,C''i' r VVasaiDCtOD.. t 4?eachea h&vA- hprnm .viery plentiful; .'f - ''MfM j. iCarlotte5-OJniiTh andpottdn crops vare both in T. highly ' t - ' promising conditionrand the'old belief nK'-.V the part of many i aimers . that full wheat f - ' ana corn crops are sever produced during " the same year, bids t fair to r be exploded L ' thissyeari rt4n Mri JI T. - Chalmerst r of w - this city, a member of the iunior daaa of :-;. Erskine College,' Doe West, 8. a'ifwon the , . ' prize for?thebest essayistin his class, jy nam ine last lew aays two dogs, sup-. pp8edto be mad; hate been- killed ia the ! ' city.;t Specimens ot cold ore ar tiil ; : :. being picked up all around this city, as the : ffbld fever increases in itsfvinUn :. ' . f.:v iWina6KSeniiriei.i The bat crbbW i . ... wilfc be much. .belter than was-expected. I . Red and yellow plums are in abun- - dance; splendid fruit from-which to pre-' '' pare; jams (not , jimjams) for, the, winter; j J3ome few pears in also. . The District XJpnferedce of ihe M.' E. Churchy Sooth, is now.an; session a. i jcniersyiiie. isisfeop i'-r -i Kavanaugh pjsidibg. -f Thero ia a T jTuiw u&t ouuut uuiO" luttett Kouiuwebl OI 1 . : Winston, in what is, known as the Mark. - - - - 'r- - land Old Field, that measures twenty feet ; . -' ' - " iu circumiereflce iour leei irom tne ground, j ji , and the lower limbs cover an : area of. one r .' . a C hundred and five feet. The tree is green '''Zi MU UililkJT llU&UlgWtlUUUh Uy BignS OI ? Vi'i-;'5 idecay.-!-?rj;, -. "f?;-!:: - s.iV.KS JiFall aid family;and Dri aNall and wire, lor some time past residents, of this t. . -r city, leave this morning for Europe, where ... they propose 4o make . their future home, -'s . - v - We wish them a pleasant journey and sue--. 1 i ' ess id the Old World. :t-. William De- - - - Carteret, son of Joseph DeCarteret, who is . employed at the planing mill of Belts, Allen ?, . &;Coli met with a very- serious accident '' yesterday. Young DeCarteret : was': ea- ": gaged in attending a planing macnine, and ' .. by some means got ms left hand caught in r the bits bf the plane? completely eeverios "! the thumb and: index and middle fingers. -' .'1 The only power in tbe State that could s?fV have made the Normal School . the success W that it is in bo short a time, was the power-' ' . pI:prmlerslnK.;":!5' :,:Y tm7'i- 1 i' (rtet cjDsppnd ;. toWfSZSfyvrd iThree.vessels are now, wait-. 'Maz -. rag in -..Bogue Sound .: for watermelons. " ' Two men wiii load them ?WV: C. obtirn; ,'1 and J.,T. aton.. . Do not wonder at thi'.': ' ''L":'' - . . etatemeut, for each of these men have from ... i ;?cir .; sixty to eighty acres in nothing but melons. r V' - ' Tbev. ea to Northern marketn.. TZnAtn .: r:' ' ! ' . . . " correspondent; At Abboltsburg on the :4th. ., U inst, a stand erected for the speakers, who : ,, ' were to orate upon rtbis our great buthday : j ; -' Of freedom, , suddenly . gave way, ; and felt V u ; upon a negro boy, causing'deatb. -I-At . or bear Clarktou three neCToes undertook a :- v r-' iRfilnhrntinn nf the "Fnnrfh rt Jtnlw h-w hV.i:vti.:';:S J! ore oui were overnauiea in me act. ;i i-'-r-t-'t Johe3 correspondent i Mr Jaa, A Stanley; . v. Ji x. l : -l- ...... j'oy., residing near Trenton, died on the 6th inst.' : -; -..-of Congestive chUl., tf$it$&j;-$ msM peaches coming to town nowv and fine ones' " J. v tod. ! A couple of weeks hence tfiey will be - , cheap eudugbi i-The If & D. Railroad It Company have5 been laying down a con- " ; ' siderable quantity Of iron on -the road be tween Charlotte and this point..--It is 'rt', i erjorted ?that the Wilmington & Weldon " Railroad has secured the contract for: the: ' through fast :maU .South j-i- ; State and County tax cnt every fioa ot real and per- " . : -sonal property -60 cents. On-every poll' ' . r fl.60. v-: Mrs. W. S. Moore has on her front "porch one. geranium on which the ' ;t combined length; of all its stems ! and '; "-' branches-is seventy-three and a half feetfS the two main stems and two smallermeas- -s ?r " unng 8i inches around at the rbase; ; . ; Cot Winstead returned; from iWashineton ' ... ; . 'Monday andrerjorta that he holds the f orL' ; rr.tien.; jjeach; parenthetically' remarks '. u that he is as sood a; Democrat as walks th -; - -' .'. ': -' . earth.' and proposes to endorse Mr. Haves only so far as Mr Hayes is right : r . .; .- ' ; JI Oxford Zorchligte Mr.iSte-r .i ij ::. phen'Satterwhite, the merchant of . Wil- . , iiamsbOro, has discoveredjon his plantation : . an ;oil well which f is rich, with the fluids p : ; ' . ;; We have r seen specimens of gold, silver, j fX!i;v& "copper, 1 iron ore and coal -from Granville ; ; ' mides, but this is; the first oil welt we've r t ' heard pf in all these parts. . - At the last;-. : ; : meeting of the Board of County :Commis-' : s A . '.'.,v aioners they were appointed tosuperintend ,"' W - -the building "and letting of bridges, at a.: ' .',..' ; .salary (we learn) of f5 a day for eaqh day t '?t theyserve. This is a waste of the publipfLSi. money, and' is certainly unnecessary. It I ."' sbos that these coinmissioners are trying to make eyery dollar possible out of the -. y hbufest tax-layers of the county. -Our - -esteemed friend, Mr. John Sherman, of Be- xji rea, had his only, horse atolen on the night ...j ofJAuyl8t. Never iri the memory of fKf v -m-'n the I oldest inhabitant has the mitilcropyiH.-M'-.v-"-5? beea better. . Juicy, apples and luscious . , 'peaches abound on every farm. f ; Mr.'v ; T-".;-. .. Dadley Perry, had ,the-, misfortune to have, -s his iarm broken on Monday of last week. . The members of ; Fellowship Baptist church are erecting; a new: church at their ; r- placp. of worshipti-!; 2s,'M -M Sf-j-Magnolia Jteliorct: aches::are ' :t .in-iae maraet.. -Bpnng cnicKens nave .;.'v.i-. . fripened. splendidly.,, Advertising is . . -r . the pest -fertu1zerior .1)usmeBS soU.;$ : "ilt We are glad to learn out farmers are culti-. - s ; "vating the Chufa crop both in Dnplin . and , J Sampson counties. Some of our farmers have laid ,theU icrops byvwhile Yi vl Sm others are yet tearing round to get ahead of :', :' i .; ' the grass.? -u- Tbe wheat ia harvested in ' p " the vicinitypf iDudley, hutthecropis BOtvi'l? -so good jiswas janUcipated Pink; ii ' Wayne,' ah -K energetic ' and Industrious co-4 tored man. at Dudley, is : the pwiier of. S3. mules'ahd horses, which he has rented out U tditheiarmer8 in the vicinity for; pld&gh :Pf Cfe jag. bampson correspondent;; -Tbe ixzmr last week in June was harvest week, and J r-t -believe a pretty fair yield was the result,' -notwithstanding ) the, unfavorable r spring..'; " Farmers are beginning to make wheat, .. which is essential to their pecuaiary inter :v . est.aj present . , -- The most tremeodons :Miik t 'snake story l ever heard, was-related to em . the other dayVi. A jman said- there-was a:' swf mp neac . him,, two inUes long, and . n--there were snakes enougbinlt-to fence in . : the entire swam p ten rails high,,- ; 5 5 'y .... 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The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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July 20, 1877, edition 1
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