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IV. WMV H. BERNARD, Editor, and Proprietor.' 4 if y(iu,iiniwii, ... v.. 1 1 Friday; Jnl 27th, 1877.1 ' v v .-i - TPIIB NOKTIIERN' REBSIiIiION, XTn' mnn ' d1iai Iavaq liia ' ftnnnt.TV.I ' honors God. and has a human beartjl can read tne without a sharp deep misgivl intry, . .We , Ul.it that what Has transpired ;witbin , a' Tew; days,: and ; what is now transpiring t in the, 2J"orthj "show 5 'conclusively ' that rmannfacturing, mining, and commer-j cial( country' contains volcanic fires; that are teady to burst out at any; moment with destructive and appall moment witn destrucuve ana appau- ing force and desolation; ana u an. agncultural people are purer, simmer more, virtuous, -more law-abiding, .more reverential, more ro l,bert,..og. ... . -k i ,1 view ofwhat haa jttst.occorred at Httsbars. ndthe, points there U; .pcuM-. . f" nni or; t-iovernor v ances uiieraucea 1 ri Wo7se- W persona to bo-employ'Thi Wj "SKTX, : HtertTrtBttEWlliwl"tt- ; of doctrine resolvei society at Ance ,Y e$B:&A 8??., tM States. ts-oij.J.ra.infi..twI ioto' chio-i v count'epante ioa their rights nnaer the GreatCb.rter g?SaW tronagetothe.yorWorsiforqj. ofjour' nberfies .-doabtloss bo.; r ! ' 1 , .'".' 'Ammmn;.m.in.;lnftiiwiirAt(Rv,'fthA! neve'd that the intelligent;1 cbnsider-, m tamirranpoi mniL km iiihub uv vuwb aww.v-r news irom ue, Anhtfnl Weraon that W man or W assailants: whilst heTraust, have,ex- pang of regret, and. '.l to inJ pected" the'intensest hostility from j"V'tt'- v,tf'f f v, p,mIin 'pressed, cost i wbkt it may. ''lnhi0mwuuuWUhUnwu tthe University of North Carolina P j , . . amutaA Und-lunited effort vill made to. a , -. rr t !T'i .teachers attending the .Normal Scbool. Said our Chief Magistrate:; ."IdonotdesiEetoseeourpopularchar-, acterisUcs ckangeirom the agricultural to1 the manufacturing, and mining. I see no . . . .... " , rm i vniftntliT'inhari ha nros 1rtrpcinrr t.hA'l c real improvement in sucn a cuange. xuhb -would .be more wealth among the few more poverty among the many, more bean-ij tiful cities, and more pauper bouses and I penitenUaries." . " , . mi . . i ui ' be wild spirit of recklesSnes8 utter; rioting, of lawlessness at the Baltimore and West Vircrinia and I throughout Wfestgrn;5 PennsylvaniaJ I ghout Wfestern; Pennsylvania speaic voiumesoi tne exceeding ont-; tic tenure which holds society togeth-! er ; and oi ; tne aava-iiKe ; iounaauon .. upon which .Republican institutions are founded, i The scenes - now wit in the land of shoddy goodaT . nesseu and wild speculations give a serious blow to any well considered hopes of tne sxaoiiiiy or our institutions, iney apeak trumpet-tongued '.that but fewl men-are capable of self-government, anil t.liot . nrtion , ft mina anrtof itoa nr I . -rrwr " i prospeniy or interests are senousiy i involved he has much of the spirit of. the highwayman and is ready to take I . - -. . - - . .1 oy violence ana to destroy dv way or retaliation. ' With him,, as with the "NTNv-fK ; ii. .nniit;..! -i.:iAvn I North in . its . political philosophy, I "might makes right," provided that! might is on his side. When men be,-1 hold poverty before them-possibly ft,-, . . , , . , , 11. - v : , ' -,j i I absolute want, and .when they lookl now! that the negroes have learnt I purely at their own " interests, they 5 . - . . 3 1 become violent, vindictive, envious, I - and aro ready to throwJaw and right ! Referring to the . scenes in 'Balti more, the Gazette. R.ivnn t 1 There are many of the laborine classes that believe that the strikers are fighting ihe battle between Labor and Capital, -and . theiri hopes are, with' them.t' Wd are far - from savHiz that this is a rational oninion ; e r 1 uui, ngni or wrong, it exists, ana it .less lo shut one's -eyes to its full. ; mnffi . Th btrilrA fines nAt onnaar I ."JSSI I Lsignifl- I r to hare I been preconcerted on a large scale. It grew from a small beginning and swept on as a flame , across inflammable material. . It hi the: existence of this Tast amount of ia- nammawe matenantaat ;is so alanmngj I -The terrib e scenes that attended the mrrH I of the detachment of h the ; Sixth regi4 I iment : up Baltimore street do not anneai I to havebeen planned - They were spbata4 .eouS explosions: at first only, rough play i xunnivu, grew Tioient anerwara. ?- wnen I the soldiers bemin to .assfimhleat thir ri I - mory the-streets were thronied twio4 r on. ananosuea them roucblv. ;;This was i .mo piay oi. tne wua oeast before it showed - its teem. When passions broke this moment . look at them ... "frill - ft inrviKln wVitinff MbZ?XZSZ uguk ueiweun me soiaiers ana me moD The Whole street rans with 1 the rattle of - firearms,4 and several men were killed in our sight. '1 The - streets are still thronged with PvAifpff mom - -The powerlessnes8 of the Governors in the face. of. fierce and' unbridled mobs is ' something remarkable.'-; At almost the first " alarm there is a cry - for help, from ; tbo general govern- ment. This is alarming.7 Does it not : : 4 M; " . ! " prove tliat .lhe natipnal-idea ' has - got possession of the. Northern ; peo pie,;and of those sections of the South JElartranft and'othei.'ha'v'e 'ehbwb - -great' weakness' in the face f -daa- :;i7:Wl,'4iK'A;ii iis-ftiiL & viaiav a iiiii u c' iiiin . iiuiiiu.rii i . iiiini ia . - , , . rwnere are tne volunteer organiza tions? We think the merits of the contro r -versy can be stated in ai few . words. The strikers have a' right' to "ask for better prices than: they i are 'getting. -They have, a 'right ,to Recline .what fcV f .ubjt can destroyed and made poor their bwrf oer it he wiU do -so with the, help of the t cure , their ends and .injure those ko. mj. u hi Jo '-";J business intelligence and the moral princi- . ; , , J f best friends, the white, a new impetus pe oJ the couniry;" :nU 4 against whom they .feel; resentment has been given to industry, and the j- h:'-. ' ' because of real or fancied wrongs. . l. inkf iS,;! AS,ft courages; miwith ,t ei,. the flriDebeean the fiercest 1 h- .v.s. "7 ; I formatarv. theories and purposes, lint ;iortn. r It as impossible, at 1 aMi K.tni 7.4 -ui . lri I n. j to set at th f fill tart nr tA I I w?mw, uiium i swe iuay.:M.iauwipai.9KiurJd H .ik i .-'rraT ' V I system would be so disorganized, that Ihe I . ;v r , j with j calmness. The air is I -Mii-ttSitzi I bateaaand tuncomnromisinsr . assaaltfl ' that iiorripir on thft Nnrf h oni k i ui mbbih oi an euacauon. -xnev are mainr i , . 1 tninftd hv toVpfl vnteA h-r 'Whlrn' 'T .AH.i l,uui,ftww?u wwaDLSDjia pg. i iisr , upon the occasion of tumults and dis-1 lures, and collected' lb1 great -pattJfrdm J Jhy allowed, tppayfbr v aoythingl:;t orders the stronsr.aiW:'V:blthei'.Na--l white property-holders, for the blaCksowa I character. br thei pkcefQr' Qpen-band n. -J. a ! : 1 i - -u . i.ii Tr.t ". hosnltalitv a; Charaetcr which It , - protection- and defence It reallv I s -The Georgia; State Convention,, is 4 ' does seem that .Governor ."Matthewi, I in session, and-is. considering; with j : - ,',r ' '';yWj 'J 1 ' v i. lo t iiiuiuj uuit ailUil, V3TUV. I avmiuaaiiiavl. 1IUVUI liaut, UUaUICB I "aaiaB.v au aifeiiai uiacu.! . . is oITered. No one will deny. .this. On the . other hand the railroad managers have- a ribt to fay wL.it they will pay and whom they will Th;8 nQ onJ caQ denyj un mm nnA - iyTir.f on) nflTDO". j..: v. BjvanA th iaoor dah 'compei capital to give it the price 4emattdedand 4oameOluk. the price thfougliout the world. -t Hi II 141 i. i I i- . i -nn.v;am1i ftif. irist rlflohln'oF I'the "Snath. Would reign ui wuw'iuiw w""""il-7i- M "Vrr-JFii ; ..77 Va, ".! i .. ' " ' lirT. ZZXifotiitir i This .enthrones-Abe. moband makesj it1 - rvmnniir if f r iKa -wri7J. kiridJ Tn'" intPTfern with' f he Hebts" 6fl lL lud''ntA 'JlivrJ other men i. jv. . .t ;ntarfA ,ith thoi I -. business- transactionsfof , thett , . . , . vomDanVomq vii:. 8V0feVr r - - r ; , ' i At. on raw nnii i iiriii; aiitt : m ui iuic i - M.iliJ .rr., ; 7." li i.-. I - and brutaliU and crime must be sup- 77 ... , . .-i,,.r vi .1 country it can .never j. vlV ,iati...i .nn - ViKart xf, A ,fl.1fi Property that mobs have. any nghts much less the right., to .destroy, to preveot work, and to control the ao- f. ; v ,v ; linn. JF MAn' M ,'H ii ? I ".Y;s if-t : ' s-' . ? I ,T - i - , 7 .. . . . I . - . t . -, , - The Whole matter is a shame and a : w ! . - L'iliA'fkJ reproach to civilization and to, ihajhue RenabllcMiam, whtah we 1 1 lconfiaenillyin lhafaceorMOT I d "Behold 1 ho w beatitiful."; i . ' ".-V- .".. :'""..! . ' l t-l ;:.'::.' till tQ rfu 80me precious homilifor tn :tA MmA;:n; hmiii.5'f RpnnW.ftan readGr8. y, r -,f , 1 1, r ....... ...v.... THK MIITTn' TlfKOHIJH t7Aira nAnnKi;M.n. thi I vv.- ov.;n tAr- JI ..t . sJ-ri.-fl that did all itl'could ito 'defeat'Jfrj Tien-nd that sustained the iniquiJ and MrriIllt Eiffht of the' Elec- loral Commisiion in their unveneered Taalitv. beVr'in to see ; aid or4 - . .. n .. -r. . . VJ I der in tne oontn. it is true mat tney 1 admit thU gomewhats jeluctantlyi l ' d J ossiblrl would be clad if it! were' otherwise, but the fact remains f - i I that thev confess that the South ia behaving itself tolerably well, and . t rt? ,.i . j I improvement is manifest from Marv- iand to .Texaa. We' think that ,th4 constitutional policy of the President I has done creat and siimal ' eood.f and' how decentive were Radical nromiM ' I now aeceptive were radical promises j I and how blind they have been in cc-i I operating withf mose who robbed an'd ..j . .- .... 7 -x i There is no denvmer this. It i I patent, and the noblest Munchausen I r .j. ,.w . , . . . a conld not-possibly1 fabricate an aa-i . . -. . ? . . . r - 3 - . f- t m verse sensational! story. We quote e quote I at of the Nl I what a staff correspondent Yi 7wnn. Mr. : SmallPi;., arrnto nW I , ; " r "-n I J uljH 10th. Ho made an - extended I ; - -Vt.,- - -'i. it: -o . , j J visit through the South, and although incurablV Rerlnbiican1 has the i Ut?racJ ,tuf a.0V PuW,cafl?tna5 i M9$ to say f the following, .which wjll.,be 8een kd be seaaonfed utteri ihattrti Bee,n 10 De 8ea8ned alter ? the trn Tribune sortf with a rataitotisjcff er LT-'J "!-'.':a-' '-'i-ral'' i. A f l&WStf J:m0Mi:tk, '". 'mt snite of! Knklak hmtftlitipa vVUkJ l.!l'rt-1t ISSd'ZZSfrcoto - jjr -. n.ZZ, r. 'Tzzz .Tr! as a rule, friendly; The single? fact, that fJ. habiting any Southern States cqu14 be transf I tene& enmosu and settled in some? North-t I era State; I doobt if the relations betweeri I f a them and thewhites there, would' bf as good on the" whole as they are now'witlt Southern people: There is really more in-f herent prejudice In the North against eol4 orea peopietnan, in-lhe -jsouth; .and if they were present among as In numbers exceeding those of the white race, the nrel judice would be sure, to show itself in,, pro- Bcription and in various forms of injustice; S2Z33Cfl& friendship for their colored fellow-citizens i mean in supporting schools for colored chUdren by taxes that fall upon themselves; 'si These Bchools are not as numeronitr ak iniaiI' mahI- Yu m1(.1i.4 .1 . 1 :' i fair chance to the colored children, to. cet .t. . . ia- j-... ' ' 7 r 1 in the organic law. of the State.. tWb noticewith pleasure' that Hon. AleJ. I 4-'tr 'ol' t.1': 1 1 -LJ. ... .1 m hiiij r-.m a iii.hiiiimiih i m mi. La rinnrn 1 ti rn ? .tnu,, fine spirits-! apd health,' tbe ' gilest Toombs and the: a a - 1 1 A. I H .1 recjpient M much J ntf his many menashere, while regrettibg attention ana. many , courtesies. , Ilia his removal toanqther field of duty ' will rooms have. .been crowded withem-', Wgla tolearn'that bers of thb, CpycnUcb;;,)yhq;bayB; e'at Smithifte, , whew his impornl"" called upon the'ibLi Mftesmanlo pay yicescaasuTl.texercbed fortheb'eneflt cit their respects. t Y, n; j jecoercat tewsts of our port: When the President determined to cut Iocso fr..i the traditions of his pariy r to jdevote himself ; to the restoration of peace to the cc intry he no doubt' Expected vigorous .op--position and tireless abuse. When he set in motion those .agencies, tort JVee5sb,ffectYe - in JretpriAj tionaliaro.And whq.are eternal sowers of tho dragon' teethi-of discord and. phrensy; JA to the former expecta- tiWwitnf but' -few exceptions the fresiaeni nas not' miscalculated. fflTOK1? plc. of, ,rhe;South igb;. Constitutional , course, ,and air factidus 'oDDosiUori;n- and tb'shelp blm overcome the. b : . bitter abuse and. ikSaiilta of tile Bla neWa'de faction.- Deformed, against, mm, mere n t:.i j v a. - DrcaK aown nis iarainisiranon oy SlI Republicans who have' lbst' a .r. . . r . , Lt The Civih'Service orderis 8al,sned J Ae .11. aervipe orderjis iost thekind' of policy calculated to;! . r- : i , . ' .' !- . 1 . i ; ' i jj ..u.- s i, i,.t!ift weld together iill the bostilo -frag-; 'ments "and to unify them tlndeMho . , , rs .,-. .. i ' w-u sii i- i. v i Butler , and like .Morton,! i" j a- dozen otner. bulldozers. - We may may: expect a bold,' Tf?lent onslaught upon botb tbe ; ',,u t,"uai ,rw .y . , , 7 j l- , r vice order when Congress meets."f The Nqm, York Times is confessed-? 7 the greatest .Republican paper, in the land. It has not been sustaining tne Preaident with much enthusiasm .Slenof, Prpoae.r Indeed, it has ..more .frequently , oppose than; iavreu U1B F"- V uuweyr, enUy given some good advice and haa expressed some wise reflections which tn'o President mierht do well to -t"sr vTr:., - ,. , uuu1V.ew . , ",,Vf 4f. .SSf0!" paragraph:. ' 'The task b has undertaken in Tcference; t tha ivtl aarvMia in mnr fnrmirliinu than that which he nndertook in the South. To J1 ihtiair!rSi master ox the situation, A simple order destroved one condition of affairs and in-1 fiJSl LN2.S .82La"i forcemeat i of , civil service reform. ; The 'S?.df5.ia. me iraaiiioni oi panics tuiu in iub ureju- dices and self-interest of politicians. Tbei ytem he puts to iu place appeals to other ideas of duty, and to influences not usually felt in politics. The . opposiUon he must 5!"or17?!ld cruaiYBa:v uiiiuuuuiuuaa iiuu uiuuiuu ... " .r . i i-ariii nn irraqi nnnafle .is nnr. -.imnnHHiad . . , T f ; . -. -.. r , . - r-. j ble. It shows how the elements that : .is,t . ? ... -.; . . . i h f;aM,rrn!;,:rj;ajNi.lL.:'i,v4 p080 ,mearng'he 3 vV,;' '- wiuWsjm - ' -l- T-- - - . . ... .i t demonstrative; whilst.those who sym 4 . . . ... , : . , . - f pathize with him in his reform mbve-j pathiz tnent ate quiet and nndetrionstrativej iind are'n'ot tpofessiortal f politician The President has a difficult - role to a-- - m. . . j. . Pjr torm,f jninoi-ougn jionesty4pt?.pur'' pose,, strsightrf orwar.d u action, .being hig Owri iinterpf eter,as ihe ffimea says,- without the aid of any snperser viceable1 intermediariesihis "cbarBei will7 finally bring'! 'blessings to the country and. give, success to ms re ri. tfiT.,-1L.-wfirr sftiiii the.rfern:Sme8. : 1 : ' aaaaMMtaMaBHaaaHaa. 'ItsitW Visit of the Cnkrioite Orayii party pf excursionists so enthusiastic in e'x pressions of delight witKtli'eir'(trip, .Thej? are loud and, earnest in praise of the-' treaW ;tnent, jyhhJhy the ifsizen oBiery tnecitizens t-iarge.. r.othtng ; wiiateyer; l "j",-:j t iwieAf .PR-PWr..m50,.W I nlaftOllfA nf IVioIm vrtaif i Tkaw nau tatran 1i f hnA 'maAiit wnt rr. rr r.f - "vr"-. j r rr--. were ed hnnri wherever, it has been heard of was never I nil I i Sergeant blBrttwawho1 has sd 1.1,,-4 this place, has been tiiDsferrea'io the office i ' , a. : , - -v tfmJthvmA' "una1 Mr-I. !nci 'or,no L ap prove ;Hua,j measures and., defend Ikrti'nnw:! ilioi- njJolnm.nnfl f surnpua-ftcrftinst. nil ii iifiHM in i iih ui iiii in r; I I I I I 11 r ubon hispolicv from the -Radicals' ot greauy!t rmproVEa eniitmr nf Wi nffleS li WBiW ii-ii . JL 'f! H6rj: Robert 1 exrrienced,'attentiVe and faithful offlceri or: T BE STOPPED., No e.;:. would justify this; A c!2rk v.: r. ' ore has r. fauily and his f alary i to be reduce J. Hiajera- ployer tc! hra that owi Jg to the ex- reme pre trction of trade he" is un able or ur. lllincr to continue to pay ir . .. him-'his , cl gilary, buttnnst ;cut it down ten r:r cent. The clerk' tells himwhat? That he will not work' or that 6ura, but will seek Other ser vice? ! No. But he says, if yon do; not'? continue to pay me what;-1 you have been paying, I will shut up yobr 8tore, and if you say anything 1 will burn it down besides, and all it con--tains.'- Furthermore, let 'me assure you; if you undertake ' to employ any one else, he shall not work for you,! and if he does I will beat' him, and if he 'resists I will kiirhim'.i...",WUl any sane man uphold him -in " such a course?-. . Suppose all persona were.. to act upon that plan 'of violence "what would become of society, ot property, of prosperity? All would -perish to gether, ior it would end tramc ot every kind, and give a death blow-to; every industfy and every 'enterprise.; "Does not:- this ; represent fairly the. action .or tue strikers in xuaryianu, West Virginia, ' Pennsylvania'.; and otner states w e are not saying it is -'wise Hor 'generous or kind -in the - railroad ! manasrers to 'act ' as they ;do.' 1 We are" riot ' urging that the . railroad corporations 'are - ac tuated -by 7 high 'and "'benevolent! feelings towards the operatives. That j is one question, and the right of rail-; road hands to burn and murder' and rpb is another question. : No one can deny the right to the railroad mana gers to xJtx their : own "pricesj and no one can question the right of the em ployes to decline. Not can any one justify 'tne employes when they re sort to violence and the torch. v - ! ..' : - ; , , ' .. - i , But' these 'questions may bo con sidered hereafter. They will be con sidered by every' paper ' and ' every' reflecting mind. ; At r" present ' the great question' is1 to put down vio lence; to set the wheels of commerce; in motion,' ' that panics: and ruin and. starvation mav not follow. v '' -- 'Vicious men live in every-1 coraran nity. T)here is "no city that docs -not: contain combustible elements. -IIow much sympathy can there be be-4 tween honest' labor and such 'elo-j ments? .None ! whatever. ' ' And yet J bad, designing," reckless men ' fanj the flames of discontent untir a wild 4 . .v. j ; J i.- . j .-, ... ill ,. .li J conflagration ensues. When strikers - -t ..t. ..1. ll '.'a 1. '1 ' -J ucgin tueir worn men lueuieves and: , 'scoundrels creep oat of .their. dens ; .and. v begin their ' devilish' work' of burning and plunderingj Men of reflection . and ; character- men To f families, especially, Should consider these things. ' '' That moment; they either : countenance vaid or abet! violent' agencies, that ' moment they. help turn : loose the elements of dis-1 cord and 'destraction. I Communism-' in F rance has never railed to reap a. harvest hi suff ering and death. Every gobd man should " shnn all men who would disorganize r society ; and set: going the demons ,'6f robbery ! and strife) v'Everyopd;1! Btand by the laws, for upon'3 their faithrul eiecntion' depend happiness; peace prosperity even life itself. j The fires have beenlnited.' Law Icssuess Is striving to rule an A ' n n nil Klin - l mr fn BIllUTl ' A . DUUUU' 1IUI1IU . DOIIIIIUIEHI tnnst sustain those ' who ' endeavor to suppress the rebellion and restore or-, der to the cmnry Nothing ah'drt'ol!' iniS'will answeir , fof hegTeat;andjter rible sis. It is"imp nse the;mostffenmmary means promptt ly andTenergetic aj course, will secure ultimate safety an the , riots continue the ; more serioa :, , A.,:, . ii . .-i , , J J the consequences, win oe iq ine wnoie country. -r .. i a';i.,. I 1.1 t el r t Tlmea In Pen der. :..- fe, heai that thereiarex9itinj"jimM .id render, pver tne mauet oi . locaung ui cbuhty'si'te." ihe' election to decide iWhicl takes place ;cn tlie flrBtThsda WuguisK ni portion of the people want it removed Iq Bargaw Another portion wish it to remain at South JWissWnionds fixed at other points. The opposing fac- tiOns are holding meetings almost daily and iney are generally; of uiuf uiuoi owmifi 'character.1: JameseatC Court Clerk bf : this; -ountyV is taking -an Active part in the catovass la the interest. o .SoutAttWashingtcb.;- Several, fights hy occurred at these ; meetings, and -it Js ire ported by parties from the I 'seat of wary- that mr.jftteatQPi Jias ..ifouna; r aumsfir in a tight place on more, than one occasion;, t , O. L, Mabson is reportedjo have been speechiiying in the Interest ot douw vvasn ingtonV but h'ewaS M the city yesterday; i having iprobably retired' irom tne neia. 1 1 From'liorneilsTiiie. ' : 'r ' Mi TSbecial'to Richmond i IJnquirer.l T ..I IlOBNEIXSVILLB.'N, Y., July 24,, Ut TJie first traicj since Friday left thi morning at V J. iii., guarueu oy toe Twenty-third Regiment; -with'-One Hundred hnd j Tenth Battalion von i boardi ;fprrJJlmira, ;Sharrsh9oters were pUceoriUhe-engiue- at about two. miles: out. , A switch on the main xrack was misplaced. anq iSpiKfld. : .; j KmlHarlei ot cie Commune lu wailh. lngtc i Sor 3 or Tnem Reppried Com' is So' The Cabinet qoniltf elr ttte. f irllse pupateuefc froi i Gen liar oefc Naval aimixerarCo: i Plnney i.olllna Named as Coraml uloaer of ludlan Affair, &e. - Washington, July 25. -There are emissaries ot the . Commune herej; ind thdy are reported as having gone farther South 4 The detectives here attri- DUie ine looimu uGuiunsirauup u ajuuis-, ville to these1 machinations; 4ft wvy,?. 4i-v7: A special meeting of ithe Cabinet , was; held to-dav at noon, and lasted until after; two o'clock. It was Called fcjr the purpose! of; keeping the administration officially ad-; vised of the strikers' operations in tne an ferent parts of the tbuntrv. sb that the Pre sident might take some irnmemate act ion ji, necessary. A number of dispatches were rfiftd and thoronsrlilv discussed bv theXJab-. ineU,,,Qne from Gen. Hancock reported: everything in Philadelphia quiet and Under: control. He said that in his Opinion' it' was j not the . lull before the v storm '-n nut: the breaking up. The dispatches gen erally report affaws more quiet and peaca-j ble', and it was ordered that no further ac-1 lion De tasen py tne uovernmeni ai pre sent. It is noticed;! however,' thatv emana-; tions from the Cabinet cive the situation an1 over-checrfnl look. - ' . ;.' ""' j Admiral Tranchard has taken command Of the fleet of tha Navy Yard, with hisfla nn. the Rwatarra.' ' t'i H'-! Mv'?' v ' ' f CoL Finknev Rollins: 'of North Carolina,- and late Collector of Internal Kevenue or that Stale, has been tendered the CbminiS-i sionership of Indian ASrirs,. to take effect on the first of October. iCoL Rollins was consolidated?Out of his office hs collector.-- . . .!.-.. .,'! -ji I'l ': 7 ! Labor Bloetlas at St. Xonla SpeeeliTctv ' an 4 lteolatloni Intense -JJielie-ment at seranton"' Pa. stopplnc -i nail and v ' Paaienser j Car Streeta TbrooKed .wlttti 8trlltera-r-TIie Sltn- . atloa at Baltimore, Philadelphia, ' A I ban r Elizabeth, N. JT.VL.on H vllle - new loritt sirBcuie,.raiunonv;fl J Keidins. Pa.. &c The strike " Extended to tbe'Texaa pacific- Rail-, it road State ot Affair a In NeWTorls- RrarrK nf PrATltlnm. Aa. , - ' ;" ; "l-'t ,STfis,'jd5:f:f ' a lauor meeung' insi mgui one epeaaer. said they 'had 7,000 stands of arms in their: possession, ai wmcn mere were cries oi ' Let' us have them I and ??. We will use them!" And another speaker . charged the bloodshedding at Baltimore and Pittsburtri upon the tTcsident or the u ntted States, .lie; sent an army into their midst: to, put down men struggling for their rights. "A'series: of resolutions, framed by; the Executive committee f the Workingmen's, party - of! a& tt:.- u...w 1 A.i t - iuo uiuku outvs, nun ouupicu, ucuanug that thev will not hold themselves responsi ble for any acts of violence that maybe! committed: but will do all in their power to assist in keeping order and preventing vio-i lence. Their motto is death to all thieves,; incendiaries and murderers.'1 They recom- i mend a general strike of all branches of in-1 dustry, f or eight hoars for a day's work,; and call upon the Legislature for the enact-: ment of an eight-hour law.;;' 5., .-,.,,; ,(, j .After the meeting adjourned a procession! was formed, which, after marching through a number of. streets, crossed the river to) East St. Louis, where a number of speeches; were made. c. u; uVr - r.iw:i . t . SCRANTON, PA, July 25V s . The excitement here is intense. ' All trains! on the Delaware, Lackawana and Western! road have been stopped. f When the , mail train from Binghamtdn for New York j ar-j rived, at 950 this mornings two. passenger; cars were detached by the strikers, who said nothing but the mail should run.'! Supenn-f tendent Halstead said the iinail ; car, .would j not run unless the passenger cars, were also! permitted to run. 1 This made '.the'1 strikers? very indignant. The Superintendent was, firm, however, and the mails were taken! from the car, which was promptly switched' off on a siding. The strikers telegraphed at once to the State authorities that the Company refused to run tire mail, and that they would run it if necessary and furnish' the firemen and engine.' ! A dispatch to the. same affect was sent to the' post office-authorities at Washington.; ; -V - .vM,V t: V 3 j The streets are thronged with men from the mines, railroads and iron: mills: ; 7 C iBAivrmoBE, July 2511Av AE1 All is quiet in the city this morning.! Passenger . trains . over . the , Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore! the Northern; Central, and Baltimore j& ' Potomac; J are moving with regularity .-.On the Baltimore; & Ohio the passenger trains are running tbj Washington and the West. 'The regolari passenger Uftin, which left. Camden station! yesieraay morning ior4 umcinnau arrveui . .. . . !,s Pim.APKt.rmA, July 25.,- r All quiet at the West Philadelphia Depot, ftlkia tYtovninrv' onrl nn tAnK1 a iero ! itrha f oA I Passengers trains are moving promptly, and some freight is being sent v to iMew : x orx, but none to the-West;: f :'M'i-Vs. f,i ' i At the Philadelphia & Heading Railroad! the r same quietness prevails cTheS. irailsj which Were torn up in the vicinity of Itead-j ing have been relaid,.' and trains are moving this morning on schedule tune; - Three lelti thismor&ing, only a little behind time,' and the. regular trains left that city for-Baltimore this mornings i :p:.s-- i f'i V. r '-e. NkW yoks:, July 25. , f, President Sioan, of. the Delaware. Lacka wana and Western road, has issuedhe fol lowing:-" :. ' :. , "Owing to the unsettled condition . ol transportation the coal sale of .UO.OOQ" tons, advertised for this day, is indefinitely post 'ponedi'' -r .i -iy .'juv. i PresideaVi.noyfc f of ,- the .Pennsylvania Coal Company,' notifies the public tha the coai aaie aaveriiseu -iu-ubj wm not -iwitj place, tor the. ;same .reason;?Sfr given byj President Sloan, dill hi . mTHavm . . 1 . - - ,-kt . T . T 1 - rti- ' No through trains have-passed' here frorr Easton, and the; mails have- been'delaye ucn. :uarr .teieerapna ,inai au is quiet a West Albanv .The troons are in Possession? L of , the round; and freight, libusesfj V Freight can.iPC spnsfswiiqpufc ;any.,roie,.uuvery- thing in ; the city, is quiet and -no further disorder fa apprehended hereuTheJGQyernj pr says that his dispatches from all par)a;pf the, State are satisfactory, and heexpresses the opinion that the strike is 1 b6w Entirely nndericontroi.mtrX Wf'f Jt mi i9Wl4d The excitement is great.. Business seem I - M - A-X - ! 1 -a. i a. 1J !!! -. ' . t ii i suspenaea, ciuzens are organizing, ana ia-j borers are, gatuering to tne number of seye? ral thousand.;- At 1 o'clock this .morning ' an attempt was made to burn" the' Louis-i ; ville, Nashville & Great Southern Railroad office, but it failed. . , ', ' . - '-. OswEao,.July 25. T;The Enefrainwhfch was'thrpw'h'fron the track near Oswego' this' morning" cdn. sisted of a . baggage 'car, two. passengei 1 coaches and one sleeper.; ' It was.detachec nd partly overturned, 'j , - i 'p-'i .i HonNEwvriAE, July. 25.. ''!At8 o'clock this morning-traia No was started - East with' a euard on boari and -an lengine ahead and behind; J-No ful trains have ' moved -West -since the1 strik commenced.' ; lifesf ?ti j3rf-.viJeiL ; w At 1 1 50 a private conference: was ; held petween Buperintendent! Bowen- and-' Ast sistant Receiver Shermanbri the 3part of the Erie, and Uoa Horace Bern's' and (III Ha wleyx; counsel foi the disaffected meni ; No definite' result t-was:-' reached! though the couhsel claim to have hopes"' bf a peaceful and honorable' settlement.' i A meeting of the strikers ia to, be held this af ternoon to take some'action in the ' matter! for the first time isinco the trouble began 4j w a. ew x'obe, July 25. . -There were, no m: da;-. All the troops are Ne ,v Yo. x, Brookly IThe er ployes of t roads, on the Green a froip Pittsburg to- 3 in their armories in and Jersey City, e Brooklyn City Rail- Pnint linp mftrfft n unsuccessful attempt to strike to-day. The j police say the affair fell througlur .-. President Sloan, of the Delwaref Lacka- wana& Western Railroad Cotaaady, 'said "toayhatrainsloBrjeiPToade tions had. however.,, yet been made." nor wereiiny :expeete,d. . f. -n -1 a Xhe passenger tram irom.v tscrantqn ..uiis morning, for New York, was stopped, by thfe strikers: Meaiurea areinbwL'eibfip tiikenl jby the.pbmpany jto proenre,. the.ineeessaryl atu io move weir trams larouu. uie en-f gineers on the road ttaye'QOti fev strufck,! UP amicably : yet. . . - v-yl'vd At East Syracuse, tbis forenoon, passen-4 ger trains Vwere stopped by the strikers,) bnt,; af terwardsj! were .'"allowed Hto'Btart.? Mail cars bad been placed At the rear of the trairij arid as the'other ''cars could 'hbtVbel . detained without intssf ering with the mails,! the trains were, allowed lo passj on.) -11 An effort to? cause a general i strike hi Syracuse this morning was. b ot.- succeesf ol. a ne local auuoriues nave peciecteu ai strotjg organisation to repress any outbreak. , to Canada jwith qutberp passeBgers; .-irgsi -taken: possession, of. bv the t strikers, at -11 o'clock this morning; and had togo rcktol the Air LiseDipijLJIh& strikers posi-J uveiy reiuse to let we express train; whichj has many psssengers' move-East r-K-:-;;' !i;;:Thestfildng'8iltweave are':be- Coming deMonstr'ati f or'their arresiV 'The" strikers i 'are Jmoativ French and Germanspervadd ' fe j4 ,cojn- oui me auyioriticsare nrm and determined. :SpeciaI.dispatchea to the l from- Mar-shall-and Dallas report vs strike ; oiitbe Texas J",acifieKaiIroao .tli..ffifc ,' Gov.. Robinson has issued, a proclama- nuu (cviuug auc iow wuicu punisiies wicn ten years,' imprisonment and onelhousahd dollars fine, fof.any kind of tampering with railroad trains or. tracks: ' He offers a' i-e- iward Pf $500 for the r arrest and. conviction of every such offender.'. .". -t ' - Reaping, Pa., July 25. r Ur & troops; Tvrth four picrles of "artillery, sare guarding he depot and; ; other, ; railroad property. The road has beenjrepaired here. The Bekver BroOk 'mines have conformed to the demands of the miners,, wiO: .struck yesterday, and the men have , resumed wdrk.3,' It is believed their success will fen-: courage other miners n;the yjciqitVj too low them. , '- :; ' t t r. '--' . - , k . ' aVV aaVtUU U1UJ UV UVUUjln,lU tkV Susquehanna railroad; stopped this , fore-! noon. Passenger travel is uninterraptcd.' j Mn-'Tvr Yoinw July 'Theextensibn'lof- thef strike1 lb-the Kew JerseyCentral and the Dplaware, Lacawa na & Western railroads, causes great Iri-i convenience to many persons who do busi ness here and reside along the ime of these roadtf''-1 "'- 'is- s"'.The interest in the grCat strike appears .to increase; rather - than, decrease, throughout? the 'city. The mattef ' h'as now !i assumed! 'proportions . which i seem! likely toh affect every man m a f greater , or less degree and; has become ; the one Question of the' hour,1 rwhich is discussed. tin all places of public resort. . There is a,very general conviction' in New York that the''p01ix'nn'dlitarvi authorities are quite strong enough, to quell) auj niicuipt 10 repeat uisuruers in tuis cuyj which have been attended with suchdisas-i trous consequences eisewher.iiE8pecial je4 liance is placed upon the police i force,! which' has "on "several previous becasioa proved, its temper an.d itscqurag&.-He i ,t Th interruption of railroad cornmunioa-j tioni'na8.'serfou'sly; 'arTected the prbvisionl market, sin a few -days,-if the condition of affairs docs hot imnrove. Npw"YVirb will ho. -without meat, and Our citizens will be com- diet. " .There is as yet no advance in the re-t tail! prices cf meat, bufretail "desders are a"M ready.; beginning ; to:isufEer, as whilesa4ej dealers have advanced ; their prices.4 An; abundabt supply-of meat -cab be shipped to this city. withiutwenty-fonr hoars pf.thej resumption of -'traffic .upon' the railroads4 There W 'very laVge supply of butter in! juieinarKet, 4Utnorigh jthere is, a. scarcity-oc the ; very finest' grades,- and , there' is. 'an! abundance'of dried; meats for . future cori-f sumption. Other, branches of business are! oi course anected.; by the failure or trans-! portauon. i ; me i grocery.-taetalj hide.Hea-! ther and wool trades, and all produce mar4 kets Sre suffering.' "The 'general Stagnation! oi ousiness is plainly proved by the appear -I ance of Broadway, which to-day is com-l r J u.uu uuaai.j. -,. . 5. The -laboring raetf.of. the Louisville is JNashviUe Railroad are not included in the number whose wuireS were" raised vestetdav.l -They liavejouit work,and,othaye thef mouiaers ana workmen generally. The day-'closcs with iUtlelorno-'progrey in subduing ihe; strikei buwilhouf. 4uHai lance Prnppt nt T.nniRvillp' S,t T.nni anct Chicago. Pender Items ftl Lruf?l!0 'Wm:tt-fi'S, f !U --l4 . -i V A barbpcue and -ratificatipn meeting was field at Burgaw Saturday. The rival fap4 vuiu were nuureaseu uy vircu. v - srriue, o r. i 5adfJaiJiTeat6hHHeatbn have charged the Burgaw'taetton; wfth bff er 5ng him mpneyJ;tQcaqvasa4he.county jri Amoni oiner .leatnrea ot ima meetinsr st- South Washington banner was unTuned, Y &Wk8& atPo'fnt basWelt wrifest ac&rdarice'vvithH donvenlioK made , -at ; Point 'Caswell, byi tL county (meeting at .that, .place, held. July he out and a.verv enthusiastic convention Was ield.. Dr.' j. ' F. JBmp86n, exiilaindwn the iOCatiofrpf tho'cOnmjr ''Stfe'waspTaried on the ' railroad.! J After- 4he idiscusaon, 4 ii washmanimpusly; agreed that we, ithe (,free ;,and. mdfspeqdent,vpter pt Pendcjcpcounty would vote for Long Creek as a permanent vvuuvjf .ocaiM . - .. , , J-iaJr-Jlt.-tJ ITIqat JUeeomlus Scare,. In, Jievr York ing to tne nonarhval of cattle (trains, meat-ia becoming jvery h scarce here, and butchers are notifvinf? onat ' tomers that they ".'will be" unable' to supply 'thefef teVtb-mori-owi fnnl&i tber plockad e ss1 broken! 'Ui 1 ix&i , --: NIHlra In I'aanMtl.nr. a . A. . : . . UlilUKiKX'UiiX. O U1V X. : The boblderBy aoWe f brt in nurp everything ia c-ict. a Dueciai w jicuiuuuu inquirer. I 14 NtVYoEK, July 2i:J shops "will FoftoW ttieir example.'.1- . opirits 'Turpntiner- r a Jesbbrki?aJ jiHeatVraina have prevailed throughout the county for several days, past, considerable damage hav ing been done to fencesr bridges," roads mills, &cs- Grapes bf all kmds will be unusually abundant this season. The v health of the.countv is good "alarmingly so," brie docbr tells us, and anollier talks 1 vu? g:Sw;Teni lien bonds .weTOptpbated;: ;and- registered yesterdav 'liiere is now;a lull in the tight be tween; Young, and -. Nicholls.;: The latter gentleman; saysTie will, ultimately win the fiht?;J Both are5 snow? hrA ti, lS0 Besmail liopethat the necessary $2,000 subscription wiii be v raised to brine the Wirepfthe-Atiantic&Pacific.Telegraph Company through this tiivJ- - ' - - T;. riCkory-';iTft.XIatawba High School at Newton, opened last Mod-, day with thirty-one- students. This is the best showing-: for.-lhe first -day' in several years. : f- We want some good man -in Catawba county to show' his bead for the next Legislature who is not afraid to make faragainst ogavii!-Mr. Thos. Ume of Catawba station, has a field of ten acres planted in tobacco, and it isgrowing nicely. Danbury iicporte:. The effort to establish in Danbury a school of charac ter and high order promises to become a success. - There is an unusual amount of sickness fn : the surrounding country mostly ota billious character . Jnmoa K. Smith; residing eight or ten miles from jjanonry, was arrested here last Tuesday on a.requisition from ihe Governor ofVir giniaj.iriiiai isi charged 1 with'ssIiboUng a man named William Joyce, at Patrick Cprt Hquse nearly jtwoears . ago. . Sarah E.-J oh n son. aged IG, who killed her child in June , last in Iredell county,' has been found guilty, and has been sentenced to.be hanged on November ' 29th.- The Charlotte ,06senwr.;says: !The case of Prank y. Houston,; the reputed father of'theild,"and ''accessory to the crime, is now? being tried.i .The girl, Sarah Jphnson, who js Jthe chief witness against him,Jttstifles that she committed the Crime atihuC mstance' tie. bavins bvlthteata: . &c. . urge herto jthecommission of the Leed," vy arrepon t vpze(te; Mrf Lar kTn Overby,' superiritendent of C6t.'H eck's place near. War'rentoni had shipped up to last Tuesday night sixteen hundred crates bf" peaches.5' wfaicli netted 'him l f hnr crate.: t.jHe thinks his. orchard will I furnish four, thousand t crates. - A : few days . Bihetf the' doisrs '"-"killed; iniii'e sfieeir ifOi Mr. TheOi? Saalling8, .and..coraplqtely scattered his flock. But. then,. , the dogs are more amableH thanMmuitbn and' v?6ol. v'i- Some two .weeks aiace, Jlr Priestly Rooker burnt hp between three and four thousand pounds of tobacco while trying to Mry it m-kM?jsi ;:. -i- v.-fj-. ;-i.;i.; "v arSockingham Spirit:- We under stand that Eli Gibson, Esq., of William son's township, in1 this county,1 'made 140 ousneis pi wheat pp four acres of ground . Two of the acres vielded 100 bushels 50 bushels to' the:f'acrei ' Littler Willie ' Alorgan agedj about four t. years, . son of John Morganj' Esq., Superintendent of Great Fafls Pdctoryviellvfrdni-a' carriage somewhere pn the ;road . between. Lumber- ion-ana uayeuevme on Monday or last week and was run'oVer badly crushing one of the little, fellow's, thighs., ? r A white man by the name of "Stephensror Slebhen- Ifiony-af resident of h Williamson's townsuip, .in ,tnis county, twas lodged in f jail at this piace last ween, cnargea wiin attempting to violate ithe person- of 'hia etep-daugbter. only eight years oMt r--: - - ' - ; jLvaieigu uLvvfgsi j? eWj people are aware Of the growth of ihe'peach.' business ,l0ng.th4line.ofi the t Raleigh, and Gaston ltaiiroad.-. vye are informed for the" past two ereksfthe shipmeoiar on that- road have averaged. l;50Q crates per day. -s-rj JJishop Jiavanaugb, of the Aetbodist Church, de livered an- address' before thel Normal school ai; Greensboro, on Friday :tbal.The relation betwen.bcience and Religion."! It is spoken of ih yeryhigh terms and -male ,deepftmprcssion ,onuhi8 iaudiencc4"The -venerable BishoD is now in his 78th vear: fti-iThe next"5 instalmenV?of ybune - shad .will he placed, in Tf""; riT51: jQbntentiiea creeK ana.JNonneasi river. - itev. :lr. 1L1 Mi ilarshallpastori of Christ (Episco-' pal) Church,, in this city, who, recently went to Baltimore for medical treatment in obe dience to the Advice i of his i physician has gone on a voyage to HalifaxvNoya Scotia. Oxford TVreji ' TAi.nr.fi. : TIia 1?.a- lefetf Cbhf eren'ce of -the Methbdisll Church -- South, Rete m ILjD.' Wilson, D. D. Pre siding Elder, meets at Henderson this year, cbnunencing"' Thursday ' next,' July 26th. rt 3kIrrCo)ke,1lhe,iRegistera) is busily en gaged in thet courthouse with fourteen as sistants, "'preparing 1 the. tax J lj8ts for the Sherifl. :ViThe, Job? t will 'i post, thecounty something near one thousand dollars, each . party being J paid Hhree dollars 'per ! day. -rf-. un . jspnday anernoon Jast a? terrible had storm, passed bvcr the northern portion of the county, causing great destruction lo . the growing crops of : corn and; tobacco. The lino of the storm" embraced portions of Warren,! inflicting' 'similar'' injuries. : i- The Baptist Jlat River , Association (Con venes this year with the church at "Mill Creekj Person ' county, ' commencing ; on ' Tuesday, Ah gust 14th; t u ;:"'Hvnaersville uuauu: wuumji , luuuuua una. jKft ueauj 50,000 bushels pf wheat, and nota merchant miiLia-iBepouniy.-Y nere is me man wno wants, to make money .t ; vf-rr. The Rev D. B.. Nelson killed a very large rattlesnake on wveesuay. laaL.wuue reiuruing irom. xre- -,W are pleased .to.'learn that TJoHectdr Molt .lias? decided ;td retain Mr. .George'WilUs.pf Ashyiile' as deputy collector "for the counties' pf Buncombe, Henderson .andj; Jladison " iHender 8ohville is the;county seat of the county of Henderson, and. d one of the. prettiest and most picturesque little . towns . in . Western . North Carolina, It is ; pleasantly situated in a lovely' Valley, and vjs . completely en circled by the mountain peaks of the Blue Ridge and Balsarn ranges, i It is located d i- !?ciiiy ua, me vppsriaapurg auu asuviiiu Railroad;-and is only eighteen miles from Lynn, the present! lerminna of - the. road, jWhere closet connection ; is made by Clem- -mons line 'ol stages,' with this and allinter- ' TOcdjatftpointsvr it is within three miles of IFlat Rock,-.thOj gardes spot pf Western - xioriu warouna, npiea mrouguoui me douiu , for its elegant summer residences and beau- uiui anu piciuruaiiue uuuuuuu scenery. IfSfr, ;Gb arlotteV? fiPswerMt t D. N. Phifer, an old and experienced mmer, exhibited at iWOrfSr oface yesterday J. .morning s qme unusually striking specimens bf copper, silver and gold ores, which were ... 'taken from the lands of :Mru J, 'Aif Elliott, ,0n Sugar creek, near,Stewart's mill, about 'sii mflcs f fomrCharlbtt.'f : The ' 300, : 000 fish which : the Department bf Agricul ture has purchased, wilL bo . placed in the thregreat streams- ot 'the' State the Cape Jear, , Yadkin and iCatawba,. Anctheri in stalment was to bave ; arrived in Raleigh yesterday afternoon,' and these will be put . in the, Haw,- which is iOnq of the tributaries 'of; the Cape Fear. ,-r Intelligence; has ' been received here that "the 'pioneer ! emi grants of the Catholic colony, . , which i is to locatp in Transjlvania county, have arrived 'at SpattanburgJ and gone bn i lo Transy 1 ? vania. , r- 3?esterd,ay morning, Mr.- J. H. Hales killed a mad 'dog on. B, street. f-Mrt-F.-' W Gordon; atiditord of; the . Charlotte Columbia & . Augusta- Railroad, has tendered his resignation to' lake effect immediately.5- U1 A gentleman.coBnected with the; mining business, in. this section, in forms us' that he has received letters 'from ajiepresentative-of an English! mining com pany who is now in this pountry prospect- ing with a'view of iaveslihg., - - -
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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