North Carolina Newspapers

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Its issue of Sept. 1 uniainxaiouganu careiaiiy prepared . staleinentdatedyAsh'eyiile'iA'ugu 27th, RustainedJyertifi ntter and hopeless-inefficiency of tbe son of the illusiriousi Donglas.7 'V'e cannot doubt that this incompetent official. would have long ago suffered decapitation if Ije had been the son of some obsc.ure man. , Every lAmer- ' ican citizeit, and speciaHyj every Uni ted Spates official, shonld be made to stand hpon his owii individual merits,' and not to be'tokrated 1 when found incapable or corrupt, because his . fa ther was great and had rendered the ' tate some service, j I - . : . Hie evidehco as to Douglases inef--ficiency : is too voluminous: for oar col u Dins, asf we pre f er at ways to'sef cure in each tissue onr Usual variety, unless the: occasion for a change is ( local - or imperative, r The Observer remarks cditonallv: ' f ' r -5 K 4 ! 'Tlie facta set forth bear the seal of au- ' tbenticity'and clinch the charges which have been, freqaently. made of gross frauds uud1 mismanagement in the affairs of this district. ; The. proof s are convincing, and 'V leave no runtn to doubt that Marshal Doug Ha;:if not corrupt, Ja thoroughly iucompe : lenttotSpcrate the important office which be holds. The writer of this cotnmunica : lion has had access, ' as is evident, to; all ' the papers bearidg upon the case, and the accuracy of the ' statements made, fortified . as they are t)y; affidavits, cannot be suc-4 ; cessfolly quesiioned." : . , ; ' j The evidence offered is identical With that which hai been in the hands of the; preseo t $ lAd ministration 'for 1 some time. JIt nnnpara' In ,ha ciently ample to havev required .Mr. i Hayes, long ago,- to summarily' dis miss: Mafslval Douglas. But this he j has not done. f 'More than, a year ago the Gran t , -Ad ministration was . : apV prised- of his'sbort-coraings. ; No' de- fence was made by , the , Ilepablican 1 pres?, io" clear and flagrant "were the " ; , oppressions, misconduct and frauds.! I ; The correspondent of ibie Observer "says . . !t 111- . . . ' , f , . ..-' , .j, -. , ' The mass of .testimony, ., consisting of affidavits taken in the locality, and pf ex tracts from (he records of the courts of the district, reported by Special Agent Hester, . are said to. disclose frauds upon the Trea sury which will : probably aggregate- more than $100,000.- These frauds were perpe trated, not only by depufy marshals, but are traced into the Marshal's1 office. Be-?' sides tbse -frauds; the grosse8tMm!scondact of deputies is alleged. - ' " ' t j; t j The main points established by evidence in the hands of the Depart ment of J ustice, appear to be these: . 1, .That the i deputy marsHala and( drunken U. 8.'-Commissioners hold fictitious courts,' arrest or pretend to arrest fictitious persons, and summon imaginary 'witnesses," and Jn..fact make up cases on paper, make out pay rolls for mythical witnesses, and keep the. vouchers for their own use., 2. That a great number of arreslsyr were made ; that., were ; afterwards ignored the grand jury.' - Several thousand persons were, bound over against whom no true bills have been found.. ,, : 3. Tjiat a' fellow operatiug under two names, and acting both as deputy marshal 'and secret' sefyice agent,' charged 5,244 miles in executing one subpoenal tie was also paid for , the same service as secret service i agent.' 'The Asheville correspondent says:'.-., . "This same man occupied a desk in the marshal's office at Greensboro, and . was , known there as Ancbisi, and yet was per mitted to prove an account under another, name which was included by the marshal, in his account current for the term of the court ; This same man' was permitted to go from court to court which followed each olber in cl6se succession twice a year, and J prove witness Attendance and mileage from New York to Greensboro and hack to New York, and then from Hew York to States ville and back to New -York; and from VOL. 8. New York to "Asheville" and ktnrA'AlinJ gether he; appears ; to have., jreicejved, myf from the marshal of the western district of! Worth Carolina for attendance at fifteen! utsereni lerms or ihe-court for one' huh-! dred and foucdaysl d ten thousand flve hun(ird, and seventy: wo miles rayel.' :j i4 h M matterLof , evidence,' and the; Attorney " General is in poa session nf i unmn ,,:-""f v ;; ..-rM. 4. 1 iiat n Deiuit v- iMarshaL one P. Greensb6wy1n1 thafti bo tcHag.)ij fhlsemileage forfalsjjlaresti thil rtfv at Greensboro in fivoJ,'cses,iand at- Salem before the Ui Comuussion-i thi iafe'aays ffend-:. Thus, in his ..ubiquitous character, hej arrested eight Dersons. and mkkc-a 11 h -fiv' hundred And Sixtyflve ' toilea TttfoT days. If auu ancuud coorioeiore puecoBDtnisstoaer.M uuu arresis , uve oiners on , tue ; same dav, aud tries them before another commission- i er, at ' another town thirty or ' forty miles ; distaut, and makes' up teveff hundred and twenty-eight miles, and then makes out a I bill against the Government for'382.fti: and swears that it is correct and true; that the miles charged were actually traveled, and all the services mentioned were rerf- we. conclude when ;we aro assured that all this is Sustained by the most ample evidence .wluuh for months b as been in possessigu , of. the Attor ney eneralo thepnitcl tats? Must we conclude' that it is the pur pose of the Administration , in th face tf established corruption 1 and re encies, (liieltiibe jguilty ones? fjCan it bo. possible that a.Marshal , shall . bo retained; whenJt is patent to a; .whole State that he- is absolutely and ' nnqnalifiedly iricom- petent and grossly negligent, if not particeps crimtn is? Oiere is the civil service order? Where is the' reform promised in snch well sounding words that electrifled f the whole country? Is the promised reform to end in nothing. but empty and idle words ? Mr. Hayes has done well in many things. But he will do himself great discredit, -and visit a heavv affliction upon the people of North Carolinaj if he retains in office men of question able characters and of1, manifest in competency. ' Let Marshal Douglas be invited to retire.' No man has a right to rest his case, upon the record of his father, but npbn his" own peH sonal ' merit -No official has" any right to seek safety by "beiug propped byancestry.and being f'aUiel to em inent assista nts. He should be a man every7 inch of him, and, . JW-tML nyMy dDVde iiklf' Out of his self drawing web be should give U Jir-ri lufl BOt-'t. Mi t-i'riet ;j.?ii That by force of bis own merit be makes "'yMns way." t'7xf;i3S' tH-ytsJ'li xti.iv-ii flBTTVSOIllYO ONOB MOBE-ADOl- erf- TION A 1C BTIDENCB. i- -I It is manifest that the Virginia pa pers do ; riot ihiend ;io jjive North Carolina a hearing. They publish tb incorrect.. and an jast statements of native writera concerning t the third day's battje; but" Will Wot 'give anyj portion, of . the n articles , on the other side. Ki This is the s way to perpetuate error, and to hand, down to genera- uvua jcw -"- t uu uirtHir auu par tial account of a great battle in which great deeds were done. : The only way to let the World kn6w."whai i'thd truth as to that . famons chargq upon the Gettysburg heights about which so much has been written, is for some competent North Carolinian to prer. pare a full, , calm, i lucid,' trustworthy statement of the matter in dispute, fortified' by'the testimbiiy of the "sur viving officers of the .slaodered and1 slighted brigades that participated iq the charge. ' Hon. Alfred M. . Scales is the only surviving; North Carolina General who, commanded in1 that important ;arid .Woody r -fight,. andL, he 'Conld ' not' render !hts! Stale ' a greater service 'than "--by ."defending her good.name and telling the, truths the w hole truths Tiet hint ' gi veT his own statements, , and ;. those .of -' the surviving officers of his wirbriVade,' together v with Gen. Lane's, Gen. Trimble'i, ; Capt.' Louis G. ,Yoo ng's,; Maj.Jos,' A.' Eiigeihard's,. andother accounts of what they saw. . Publish all this inMhe Philadelphia : , WeeJfly Times, that those -'who have rad the misrepresentations of what transpired may learn the' exact ' facts;j3?Let jus-' tice be done though the' heavens fall.' - " - "i f i " r ' ''There is ah important omission in all of the Recounts that' we have seen.. In front of a Part of Hetb division, and immediately in front of Lane' brigade, there" was a plank fence 'full seven : feet fhigh,2 which -ljad' to'bej crossed in the face of 9 heavy artil- lery arid infantry! fire, atfd thenU the? lino had tobeTefoVnied'not'bVer'bhe were neve hi ad e, Jahil7.r attfeiiilaHce upon the U, S. (JomnnsMoner m Court ymMm(mmM o.,,eriday,4 September' 14; 1877 hu ndred y af ds fronuthfe 'i?my! Avhol Jl Weie posted, behind ) the,-tone ifenoj and whoi isere able Wupaui ai'deacny volblnlntmbn btt MlaittisiJwls (foeing doiivAspwie threat f ac tsi( ts . itS : !i li ahtsu ii'w. I ii y&yttWMHi Niiai,Sfie y$2r iiawgVwiWgh! InfAryfrfts tJlled by a masket ball within fojtv'VaTds: airn the)iolwi baiw-.of J thei4feth feardlititf'HtitetT Ah of .the ,18th egimephis lSiill living, t,w as; waundod.i intitha ; sarnie harge 'by musket1 : ball, ahd will pearwiintheltruth onjvasj-wofindedf in, one hundred yards of theieojy,af H bslobged to 1 the 18lh N. C.i He savs there were! inore dead nawti ao'd horses right 'in front of wherd :his command fought than, he ever sawin the same space. j tieut R JVliite, Wilmington, whO brought out theiTooJor8iof the 18th, gives us the above nd vjonchea for its correctness!3. He tells" us' tKat last year, 'at ' the : Celebration bf 1 tne battle f of oreCreekridge, an ndef; county, be saw a least twen ty , persons .who were : woanded in the charge of LaneV brigade by!mut fcetry on Itha third aaaVGeltystiurgl bientroSUhensiel WcVuse certa.m jfrriters have asserted,, that he North Carolinians vwere dritn:from the'field by artillery fire'?'' 1 i ' ii -a!.n'f".-?'ill.' UtitMm-v '-y It will be iremembered tbat lHeth?S division contained butoTi North Car--lina'brie;t this 'State, was in command the di vision,, Gen. Heth having been. tprevj pusly wounded, and that, Maj.4ngel hard states that Pettigrew'a brigade of - North Carolinians a pbrtion' of Scales's North Carolina, and the Ten nessee brigade went into the ad va need .works on Cemetery Hill aucl occupied them for a short time. . Itemember ing this, yon will bo the . bjettor able to understand the following letter from Capt. D. 'M. Mclntirj Acting Adjutant General of Pender's ' divi sion in ! thiS third da v'a fiehL1; Lik'e hard, aul tJapu JL0018 G. Yonngi he wasa participant in tbefrghi and an eye-witness of what he' relates. Is not such ' testimony altogether be tier than the statements of .Pollard. Mc Cape and Taylor, who did of engage In the battle on that day ,? -ifiiiSi 'l.ivi f :MdtmT Olive, N.;a;; Sept: 8,; 1877. ; - ' Edttob Star Ufcar 5ir I see ! in your daily issue of Saturday last nearly three columns headed, , "North Carolina Troops on the Third Day at Gettysburg. "f I desire to simply corroborate the statements made by Maj. Young and Majl EBgelhard, - with bothoj whom , am well acquainted, i On the first. day s fight at, Gettysburg Capt, ltlddick. Adjutant General of General A. Mi Scalea' brigade, ''being 'wounded. Cot. Lawrence, of the 34lh North Carolina regU meat (Scales also being wounded), 'being in. command, requested me to act as A. G., which I did until Capt. Kiddlck returned. On the third day Gen. Fender being inor- tally wounded, during the terrible cannona ding, Ge Trimble was placed .in command Of Pendens division, two brig4des"of which were North CaroUnian--8caW and Lane's containing: sine good'regUnents. We, Pen-t der's division, formed the Becond line, and when within,1 1 suppose.'some fifty yards of the. enemy's breastworks the first line broke and ran, back. through ours, rwhictw I sap pose, was .some ,fifly yards in Iheir rear and about the time tie first' line got back to the third line that' line' broke also,' and bqth hst first and thini lines cootiaaed to retreat ;as -farl as X. could see them, -and JScale' brigade ona portion qf it, ad I doa't know how many others into the enemy'4 vmksi By tbisJUmfeQtu-Une -was bad ly r cut to pieces,;. aud; Ahe eaeniy .who was; at . first giving ewayj ; eeekigr those two lines fleeing, soon rallied and. caused our line to give back, except a goodly num ber of those who were already, in the works, and were captdredY v I saw two officers of my own , regiment, vt be : 88th N. tiv (of which I' was Adjutant) surrendered to the enemy.' 'These officers were, Lieut. A.,J., Brown,J,t)f White Hall'Wayne coOttY; ind Lieut. Q, C, Jloorej iif .' Faisoas,DapUn county.. , I know tbat, epme N. C .troopa: fought well, aQd did as much on the third day at 'Gettysburg as any troops there." I do not know bowv wliaf troops formed : (h& first or third Jioea. jLiPnJy know ihey.jraa, like tiiev wanled to pet awav as ,ooick. as. ithey fcOuld'.',Geh. ' Trimble. In command; i of Petrder'a' division, Was' wounded arid' captoreu on that.;day.t LL CoL Atordoof of , the 34th N- C, regiment,, beisg blly. wounded within twenty, steps of the works,' called 16 me - after the Jlae1' tad ' broken,1 to ARstat him to ' the rear ' ''-Wht&h 'f 'didJ and the enemy doing their best 'to' kill' Ua,' p while on the wayto the rear." Gen: Lane c came up to us, and we three left the'5 field, together. The portion ' tif t be Works'' that' we charged was to the right of the stone; fence (our right). -Major Engelhard says (as1 copied in Saturday'B1SBaeBcales brigade occupied the ad van'c6 works dmi'e" etemy on Cemetery HilL h I think the Major ' is 1 in error ther---lt was Gettysburg Heights.-;Jj Respectfully, - ; , L. M. MClKTIBE.. It! j Gu'r article is already u so, 1 we- must hasten Jto the cfdser -We arej glad, to see that ;thq Augusta Chronicle and Constitutionalist :hs bad its-attention arrested by the. nn fair add incorrect accdunt Vrilteli by Colonel ' Tay lorf' of - V irgima. t That jpaper says that he is equally mistaken as to tne.vjreorgia troops, and bring.- Led him'self Aptm theiM GeiWrai;" Wetf have touly bbm Tor aj fee? Mract f rbmk feeVaVtee offi ctalepokfVhlatfi i .Tm ene:ay occupied a strong position, wliari'..t Apoa twrf'cortmaSainireleU jyationf acli iceBtr fach othgrnnn souttf-! ano Ui-.! oiuerw Known as Cemetery IjJUmdec .;ilyonth HHhvtbivjDr'wuidli J?1,18. '""ft tpqdd ih.enqe bu'ft fnad ith'BfBteep rklge mnbi'rea'f. wmdati of cent, par tlcuWfl v the tWolMfe bbte mepli tfd aaifotiniugiatai northern extremity, r l a third at the other end.; on -wmcu'the e . ;.aiyV'leftiested,2irinWilA ajtoravroL :n io his troops,, to, impede our ktdbdri ::jitohi llti grotind waT'uii uutucg '.: neraiJyopenlf or nhofc three nnarfnra if -ila : : ; ' 4t . . js n imic. ;'s tid H7rightsBriaesbaidi praoeedy 'i t callaptry, breaking sue- t" . -njjvi,i enemys infantry, and cotapelwog him to abandon aaacb ot Lis ar lHerJ ji , Witeo , reached i "the -foot and Wright gained (he crest cf the1 ridge itself t drivinq ifu enemp fnm the oppodteside; hut, taving become separated from McLaws, nd gone bevond the other two hriarlr-a nf tie division, they were- attacked p ' front and, on both flanks and compelled to retire, being unable to bring off any of the cap tured .artillery," ti'!0itmvi. iftiii.if y.?& & iXSentinel and Constitutionalist Comments, thus :? I'nJh-jbj tmiilUii e: "It would see'ni from the above that Gb. Lee did not share the belief of his Adjutant General - that Pickett's division ' was the onlyorgaoized bod v that entered tberki I of the enemy during the battle that decided me - late- oi the Confederacy. - There are gentlemen now living in this city Swh were wounded and captured inside the Federal line tot entrenchments, and there were others who were cut down at the very guns otf the ridge which' they had captured. CuJ. Taylor is about to publish a history of his fouryear' service on the staff of Lee. Justice to his fellow-soldiers demands that ha i&hohld Correct his statements concerning the conflJiQt at Gettysburg., , He can do f ifll honor to other brave meuvwithout plucking ftingle laeoel from the brows:: of Pickett and his gallant soldiers." , , s Since this was in print it strikes us that the above j extracts v from iGen. Eee ' Tefertto 'another day . than - the -third. We have no -means at band iysr.lf iinS theirapressibn.; 7;;;, :,i i THB SADTII ATLSNTIf. ,iVVe, invite the attention of -our readers to a prospectus of n a new rnQnthfy magazine, to be published in vv umrqgton, to p be entitled "The South Atlantic,'' and to be edited by Mrs Cicero ; W. Harris. The , price will be $3a year; Mrs. Harris has much literary enthusiasm, and is Well known in thpi State by her contribu tions to Our Living and OurDead.t Ot'-V'i'M ...... . . one lias q eci.qeapteetjaja hess, and will ehter-opon hernew eiv terpnse . with uncommon zeal and 8Dirit. j .We certainly ; wish her the most unbounded . success.. . We. hope 'tho.reading people, of the State, and of .te South generally, will gjye this Jiterary adventure a prompt and gen erous support. We believe the wjqle field, in the; South, is now. unoccu pied, and we r can not see 'why one well conducted literary periodical can not bn.wplt anntoinoil u;We arp glad to learn that the first tfiSJ tr J r.iii v. ...- ,,. -i.Cn-.. . number wijl present'a strong array of writers, Jt will contain the opening chapters apf a serial story, by; John Esten Cooke,, an thof of "Surry of Paul i Hayne; a translation from the German by.M. V. Lamer, Esq., in verse; a biographical j sketch of. Ra phael Serames, by his friend and comr rade,. 'Captl ''jpo?'N'rMafBtViandA' sketch of the University by K. P. Jattle. Esq., the President., There will be other contributions from prac ticed pens. ? -; . . .. We are pleased to learn that Dr. aKrrVJ Staloof?ist; a'offili Hay be John iHBoperbr Selde Norfolk, Judge CantWell,1; Col,' JasV G?"Burr,f and others have pledged themsel ves to f u rhisfi' the South A t- tafcti iSvi t h papers' from time to ti met .aw. . 191? in" i v i ' i 'r tit-sts AiUADim SENATOR I NDIGTEOg f John J, yttersori, U. S.t Sepator from South Carolina,, stands. a .good chance of breaking into thew penitenf tiary. i In 872 ., hei wrote a letter tot Giles G. Parker, Treasurer of South Carolina,; of which the following is a i.l .t tin "l " ' f sl -9-6. -JS "Plooon Urn) I.. FT If Vimr.lnn bond scrip due' the Blue Ridge Railroad Gompany, aocordiflg to act passed; March 2, 1872, amounting to f 114oOpat par, upon toe iouowing cooaiuons: mac f 4,ou or Carolina, and a bill to authorize the finan cial" board to' settle the accounts of thel financial agent ; Now, if the above-named, bills are passed and become laws, this order for 42,858 in scrip at par is to be paid to said Kimpton, and if not' passed. then this order for that amount to -be void, and the scrip is not to be delivered. - Also, that $71. 414 of scrip at par you shall deliver, to saict Jtimpton, jr Said bills -suall become laws, and provided that he shall pay the sum of E $50,000, the proceeds of said scrip, at 70 'Patterson '.'Las been indicted, and the' letter is tho main witness ' agaipst. him. : If it is not a penitentiary of- said scrip at par;yaiue is to be used for pay? J. R Everett, section master on the Wib. ''whFA-r niliigton- &r WcldoV Railroad, --thathis' House of Representatives bills styled a bilf t rr. ..- , ift relating to the bonds of the State of i South i hantie had been broken open and severs? 1 fence in South Carolina 6 debauch and purchase Legislature,-it ought to be.' ' There : is no doubt f the kn- then ticity and genuineness of the let ter. But there isother evidence." The! Vest link iif the ' Chains -of ' evidence ligkinsi'Paltersbfi s Supplied ' by triads' of 'testimony before th'e" grand jntyy frbm ex-members "xt tfie(i Legii latu're 'as to that manner in Which" the money 'if or5 bribery ihus -obtained ' was applied-VYhitlemote Leslie; Swails, Owens- Hayne and Nash haViriggtft five1 thousand "dollars eachj atid fcbeap- er legislators Braaiier sams. ! c f f " The' Board of County ConaciisSl oners met In idjoprned sessloB" yesterday afteraooii, at 2 o'clock irptedni,,rj.! o;, .Wagner, ,Chairmau,ntl Ctannkmera B. G. Worth, D. S. Saunders, I. B. Grainger and Dun can Holmes.' v The Board being called to '"- order,' pro ceeded to open and read petitions', for the office of Constable" for the various towht 8bips in the county; as well as other matter Coming before the Board.-, -,r, ; j I The report! of , S. H.J Manning, Sheriff! for moneys paid over to the County .Treas urer, was,' on motion, received 'and ordered spread on the records of official reports. 1 ' I On motion it was resolved that Mr. Chris tian Heide be appointed i Overseer of; the new public road from the . city- ; limits ma Appieton tothe Jfederat Point road. r,. It was "ordered that; the CJerk be iO structcd to make op a list of jurors for Ihe Superior and Criminal Courts for the5' eh- suing year, from the tax books of 1876V 1 i .-Tbe report, of the committee onOutr Door Poor, for the month of August, , was, on motion, received and prdered spread on the minutes and placed on file. ' V" On motion, i it " was ordered that'Ai R. Black be appointed County i Examiner f6r the county of New Hanover., i fit v On motion of .Commissioner Hol mea,tN. Parr, was appointed Constable for , Masoo.- Doro township. f . . , v - The report of Elijah Hewlett, County treasurer, m regard to the special fund for the month of August, was, on "motion, re ceived and ordered on the minutes and put on file' " ' ' " 5 rM'"' The' Annual Statement of the County Treasurer, for the year ending August 31st, ,1877, was, on motion, received and ordered entered on the " records of ; official reports and placed on file. " 1 ' ; ; ' ' . On motion ; of Comihiasioner Worth it was ordered that James Smith be appointed Constable for Harnett townshin.' " ; -' V On motion, it was ordered that Frank ,nnrn - antinialsd .flinwlsli-' rw Fear Township. . - "Atiy.j "!, Several informal ballots were' taken: .for Constable of Wjkmngton fTownahip, witkr out centering upon any particular party, when the Board commenced 'taking a for mal rote, anif on the eWventh ballotyMr O. Bunting was elected Constable) of Wil mington Township, gvUing.three out of the five votes cast . r . '; ....t. It was ordered -that the communication of Henry Pride be laid on the table. '.V !1It was ordered that Black well' Williams be appointed Overseer bf the Gordon 'Road, through Cape Fear and Harnett Townships. , ..The Auditing Committee submitted re port relative to gold' coupons; paid bythe Treasurer on account of iutereat on county bonds; and also a futher report relatiye to the payment of four (4) bonds in the sum of Flve Hundred .Dollars each, together With 'coupons aliached,'which.'bonds: and cou pons were ' presented and - destroyed1 by barniogin llie presence of the full Board.' .' A report from t Commissioner DavtdiBI Sanders, of the Committee for laying of School Districts, was received. It recom mends that Harnett Township, except that portion within two miles of' the chy limits, be1 -- designated as School . District Nol 5, and ' that I Capt Lewis .Pierce,.; Jourdoq Nixon -and Daniel C.' Davis .be appointed as. tlje School Committee of, paid . Distric$ ; and that Cape Fear Township, except, that portion within Wo miles of town, be desig nated as School - District No. ' 6, and that Iredell Johnston, William Moore and Claus Schriter be appointed as School Com mi 1 teq foif the said Districts " -- . ,The application of .Mrs. ; Danieasfor a. 8iatance from the county was not granted. Applications from a number of., persons, asking assistance from 'the J county, were! on motion, referred io the Poor Committee with power to act . . On motion," the' Board tiien adjourned ....... . A PrlOBr frewa ner.! .r.ii'-'i l o 4 Constable A.,V HorreU, of TJnion Town ship lender county, aMved here yesterday with a colored prisoner by'the - name of George West in his charge;: who was com-' mitted to ibe'county jail to await- his trial a the next term of the 8aperofc Court 'pfj Pender for. larceny..;, It. appears that comg plaint was made to officer HorreU byJnr. articles, . including clothing, t raUosB," df. Btolen while, the hands were- off at . worlQ .The Constable undertook the task of ier- reting out the thievaad shortly afterwards discovered George , Wet with some of the stolen 'garments on his person, y He 'was , thereupbn arrested - and '- Carried . before' Justice J: D, PQwersf .SJnioiiTjpwnship, who ordeedTbim IcT give bond Tn the sum of $0Q,,fbr; his appearance, at the next term of the iSnperldr Court, in defatlt of which he wai cbnimltted as before stated.; , vrest, we unuerswoa, .piaims a resjuence in the "City of Elms." " AdvantaKei or Wilmington as a Tra- s 'idlns'mariw' iH" V' int"j if .The , Wilson- Advance in its ; )asf issue, saya: .-'It has always been to us a matter of; surprise tbat more business was not done! by our, farmers and'! merchants Witfli our r owa1 Metropolitan ' city1,' which0 'possesses; .fevery fad vantage7 Wlti hhe Northern' finar-f ieta for eterjf description -of inerchaadise anil especially :gicoceres. jijAs acbton mar-j ket, we have known it frequently, the case mat tne price .was .better in Wilmington than In Nw York and llie Aonly- bbsracte' we hSvc ever heard suggestfcd'as Iher'bar' rier that m ter posed bbetweefa' tbetrado ofj !tb!4 section atd . WUmingtqa ji as the. eyef-i pasting oqb abqutjreight fjhyrgesj; tl iiWlrwMhiMiewflul Jq.w ho-j "JTh body iof .Tboinas Dudleyj the young' aIored.maai who '.was drowoedoft.4iie fWerfonjMondayjnigh Ia8)luan account ot which was -published in Wed nesday's paper, was ..found; yesterday jas. this side of'Ral Island, HttIoHover''lhl:ee; Wiles from the ehy.a The' remaintfVWerel1 brought to the neighborhood; Messrs.! blossom &-Evans', distillery where .Coro-s ner. Hewlett, who had been notified' held a inquest over, Uiebody 'ester,day -after- UUVUt UK jUlJ lElUUUUg I ICIUICk 111 8C" cotdance with the "facts aV' hi ready ilalea by us. -Ji vi r ? ' x.i'il' i'f Our old friend and subicribet, i.F; Leo- non, Esq;, ofBladenborOi- jsi about' estab lishing a. young jnenagerie . at his! jhewne His official report to date mentions a live alligator' and a live rattlesnake. Tlie'bld gentleman suggested that " these' 'charming pet might be : an ! attraclioti' in" the STAft office niOur suake editor now has the ques tion under advisement; . If friend. Lenndn will add s catamount to the .collection, we tninif our & e. will accept it - i -5v".,1farn bva-pfivate .lelegranj received here yesterday that a large two story house. at the depot at. Burgaw, the, new, county telle of Pender, Which was about to be con verted fnto'a hotel;' was destroyed ' by fire on Thoraday nieht.iuTbere seems to be no doubt that the fire was the work of an; inr cendiary. .The house is understood to have belonged to a gentleman residing at Holly Shelter, and it is the impression that there was no insurance upon the building. i"i !- h -ruj . mm. m m .,-, . rv- .Il-fj The Trade Outlook,. ' r We slated a few days ago that there was a marked improvement . in the dry: goods trade in Wilmington over many preceding years, at this' particular season,' , especially in the wholesale business, and, we now un derstand that the trade is opening favorably in all branches 3ot- business. Tber whole sale houses, particularly, have smarted off weir and the indications point to a busy sea if O J .How He was Taken In. - . . . We learn that a gentleman from the -up country purchased a vegetable egg' in'our market,? yesterday morning, ? paying ( fifty cents for it, and will take it home as a- spe cimen of the figs grown iu'the Cape Fear section. , He will probably find out his mis take when he goes to eat it. ' He' was very Solicitous to know whether ' it would ' keep until he got liomei- w ; ?l 1 - ; l ir-. i " 1 '. " Tne Carolina Farmer. ' r f Central Protestant -' ' 't ; i t The September n umber f this magazine has been received. 1 13 ap pearance is inviting, and the table of contents full .and varied.' . "' Such a publication isx a ! ' n ecesi ty; and we are Gratified that the work of furnishing it has been- Undertaken' by saca capable hands. 1 1 he typograph y and press-work are good, and -there are 32 double-column pages of printed piatter besides the covers. ,The price is $i 50 per ;y ear, in 'advance; $1 00 for six .months' Address - the C5wo- tinct Farmer, WilmingtoD N1C. ': -jArrjif of a soaihern Bieamui. j (Special dispatch .to the New York; Times. I ijj '. f v j .Washington, Septr5.-- J 1-A" ufivate ' tetter! received' from SqUth Oarolina states.thatCoLKeitt,' of - Newberry -Court JHouse, was - ar-' rested at tliat place, on Saturday lastj' on the'eharge of bigamy,;an(J in . 'de fault. ofr bail was ;beJdtO" await the action of ;the 1 grand jury. -The ex p68d has fcreated a sensation in South Carolina4 as v the accused T is a ;hear; relative of , ' tb'e i A JateCLaurence M?i eittj who: figured so prominently in. Congress prior to ."the rebellion, and is connected with' some of the -best' families of that State:; . 5,7 " A4joaranint f ,ahe enter Easlaecr Special to the Charleston Jbdrnalof Com In -NASHYlIXElT:BN2r., Sept. 7. , The. chief engineers of the Fire 1 Departments of the different-cities of the 'United' States' 'were ' entertained With a grand banquet,; iastnight;. at. the. Marshall, House", after the closing of their session in this "city. The af- faff was 'Very enjoyable,1 "and lasted until the wee'-, sraa. 'hours 'of u this mQrning.ri -a'a - v -.'j - lii w York Tlntea on Hn Trade iiui- iLri n Hi-tTA :il loot. .iKrri: ' Special Dispatch to Jpurnal p pommercel ThQ-'jtmes saya the, testimony, re-r. garuing lue improvemeni, pi iraue is too( widely diffused 'and' i.6o conclu sive to be disputed, and fortunately what is trqe of -New York, is equally true r, of f other r;t great distributing points,. ' So far as the Southern trade is concerned there can be no doubt that the frugality rendered necessary by the war has made , the Southern people relatively better off. than .the people of any other section. v ' Milton, Chronicle: The Caro- I lina.Fartner, q, monthly magazine, bv - W. . ii.. uernara,, oi Wilmington, is an agncul- iurai wore mat me iarmera of ;tbis state should take pleasure in-' sustaining. - The price is $1 50 a year, or $1 for six months. , The September number - is before us, ele gantly printed and filled with valuable in formation for the agriculturist -; fi ; '' Rockingham" pt'rifc'Tbe 5 revi val of religion at Green. Lake church, near this place,- resulted, as we are informed,' in the conversion of some thirty souls.' -; : Moore county has tbree 'oew postoffices . Pocket," Euphonia and Greenwood. They bavet weekly mail from Jonesboro, return- ; inthq same day. A , revival of reli gion among the colored people near Man gum ist reported' ?At last- accounts. 'theft: -had been fifty-six converts and the mourners numbered about one hundred,. Themeetiug is (-till in progress v-.' (L; t.The MorgantonT-Zftadfe tell qf a , horrible assassination near Piedmont -Springs. Rufus' Prilchard 'had been, ar rested for' adultery upon a charge 'brought ' by his wife, son; and her :'brolber, his son- -In-law, No ' witnesses appeared and "he wasdischargcdL'.He then surted to leave -the Stale, when-he was shot and killed, thirteen back shot lodging- in his breast ' His paramooi" was; with him; and' Wei hn-- .'dcrsutnt8lieswear8 that -William-Taylor; y 4uojo'iuhii nu ui uiucr.iwiaw ot me -an- ceascid.-waathe man bo fired . the fatal ' allot Mn -! j; jj ; -ttel?'A "Baptist " (Associatiou is id jM-ogresa near Troutman's .Depot, Iredell ctiuaty. ou the Atlantic Ten- : lessee & Ohio Railroad.. 'Among the ' prizes which w ill be offered to the military companies at the" contests at the State fair ' is one Whitney military, rifle," calibre 45, -value $30; from the Whilnev Arms Com pany, New' Haven,' Conn., and offered for the best .score at two hundred yards with' the -ordinary YnilitaryT rifle.. '. A friend writes from Shelby that a young child pf Mr. Holland, of that town, was bitten by a rabid dog on-' Tuesday morning,- and the .family, and friends are. much alarmed. . ...tt Mount Olive ('correspondent of Magnolia Becord: Crops have been some what iajored by the drougth.' We have a flourishing school here and within three miles there are- four public schools. We alas, have Uiree . Sabbath schools that number near four hundred scholars. ; . Hogs are'dying very fast with the cholera t-r .The: hotel property has . been i pur chased by Charles Elmore, who expects to have it renovated and repaired. Jones county correspondent r: . Corn ; is : scarce i at Trenton and is selling at ninety cents per bushel. -'V-8 It is remarkably healthy with us. K No cbiBs. or-f evers yet. ; ; j ' j, Elizabeth City , Carolinian : The stables of E. H: Leigh, at Durant's ;Ncck, Were fired -and burned on Sunday night. The suspected parties have been arrested. The Ecclesiastical Court is still iu tcs sion at Hertford, and no one is yet certain who has the best of ,it i' - The Magis trates of Tyrrell have organized an Inferior . Jobrt and elected U.W.Grandy. Esq.V of ' Elizaheth City, attorney. An effort is being made to establish a first class school at Edenton.v j-- A successful Baptist re vival closed "on Sunday, on Knott's Island, Ainder the ministry of Rev.' Mr. Tuttle,' at one time stationed at Elizabeth City. - .The subject of .building a church on the island has been agitated nearly fifty years.' ' At last a deed for the ground, from . Tully Li , Capps, has-been, secured, and all the lum ber delivered oh the ground. t : - ' Raleigh Observer: TheCnmber- -land County Agricultural Society are mak- . ing extensive preparations for a grand and successful fair at Fayetteville this year, and the prospect for an unusually fine exhibit of the products of the Cape Fear section is very flattering. Colonel L. L. Polk, Agri cultural Commissioner, has been invited to deliver the annual addressand vatir---to. mj man Txvf lurmai : acceptance ot the invitation. We were shown yesterday; - bvCapt; Densou, Secretary : of . the State Fair, four bolls of cotton that were grown from a five year old stalk; that is to say the stalk has borne cotton for the past five years successively, titrange" to say the staple of the cotton improves with every year, and" the specimen now on exhibition was-equal' to the best South Carolina Sea Island: This cotton, with our corn tree, will be on exhi bition at (he fair. j. . , jf " ir Charlotte democrat: Capt. A. ' G. Brenzier has resigned the captaincy- of. the Hornets'1 Nest Riflemen. . - The Hor nets': Nest Riflemen held an' election, last night, for the purpose of filling' vacancies occasioned by resignations, &c . Mrl- S: S. Pegram was unanimously elected Captain, Mr. J. G. Young 1st Lieutenant," Mr. W. s M:' Smith 2d, and Mr. ATM. Smith 3d, Many ajble-bodied .'while men, -stran- gers, are going' about the city and visiting dwellings under various pretences,' princi- ; pauy wanting sometmpg to eat : -r. - The i tax list shows the total, number of polls re- - -ported in this city , to be 542418 whites -and 94 colored'The whole number of polls ' -reported in theomnty is 3,0331,098 whites ; and 1,840 colored, i The whole amount of -property, both, real: and personal, which has been listed fpr taxation in the city and : county is $5,020,G3G. 7 . ; ' 'j-T: Wilson Advanced Mr' J. ' A; Garland, of Stantonsburg, has-brought us ; a specimen of petrified hickory wood taken i out of Coutentnea,-which; though it retains : its natural appearance, is as solid and heavy as rock itself. ' The body 'of the petrified ; tree is about 12 inches in diameter. : The question of establi8hlDgarace course -; near town isbeing agitated- Asa Har- ; rell,- a gay widower of i sixty t summers, buckled on the matrimonial harness for the ; fifth time on Tuesday. Mr. Larkin Keen recently killed a large rattlesnake on , his farm in Spring HUTtownship five feet long-with nine5 rattles and a button. The -track of another snake of; the same size has r been seen near the spot where thjs one was A ' WHeny-i"-1- Thoynew warehouse is now ; finished, and will be soon occupied by the ; -company. It is alarge eommodioos build- ; ing, and is a great improvement tothatpart of the town. , Wilson can boast of the ? largest baby of its" age in the State it is the : child 'jOfAlfc Levi Walston, of Sara r toga township, " is nine month ' sold and r weighs . ovef fifty pounds.4 ' - -, 5 i RaTeigtf'iv'kos : ' We are indebt- i ed to Cot : Polk for the following report of -; fruits shipped over the -liaJeigh & Gaston -'' Railroad from Kittrells and the depots north r of it, from May 1st to September 6th: 26,819 crates of peaches,. 21,558 quarts of straw- berries. 1.267 crates of grapes. 190 crates of - pears. 49 crates of apples, 10 crates of cber- , . ries, 8,700 quarts of , blackberries,: 79 crates ' : of damsons, 55 barrels of dried fruit. - - i We are paieedo-learH by -a-telegram to a T genllemaa in this city that Henry Worth, a young gentlemanlG ot 17 years of age, the- grandson of Treasurer Worth, was shot and ' killed in Asheboro, Randolph county, yes- ' terday.- ' No particulars were received ex- cept that the murderer was one Ed. Wilson ; and that he Area at young Worth seven i times before the fatal wound was given.' Dr, Worth left for home) this morning, f r 'Gov. Yance has received tberesigna-j Uons of W. N Me bane, Esq; State Sena- . tor from the. 23rd (Rockingham) district,' and bf J. K. Davis, Esq., member of the,- t House from Lenoir, Gov Vance re--' turned to the city yesterday looking te- :' freshed by hid short trip to the mountains. .The donations to the Fair,, so far,' - -; amount to about $7,000. - The largest dona- - . tiqp from any one person or firm is, we be- , lieve, that given by our public-spirited and ' enterprising fellow-citizen,;: N. S- Haip, .; Esq:, the well kcown carriage and 'buggy manufacturer. His donation is a splendid ; $200 track wagon. - r t i $ -Pi IV X e I I ' I . ; . y.