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SIGNIFICANT FACTS f
There are two facta derivable from
the statistics of .Massachusetts, first
that the emigration from that State
has ben largever ijOOOjOOOaring
the last handred years; 8econdly,tbat
agricoHuro has declined ' greatly,
and there is a cnsequienVohangpf
busineav ' j According - to ; ' statistics
used by Dx. Nathan'Allen, ipf Iowell,
Mass., before the Social : Science As-;
80clatiQti,: the following .was tbe nam
ber of pnrsufts'in 1875:""
1- QoTeromcnt mnJ profeseioaal. 29,730
2. Domestic and personal eervice..424289
3 Trade ad transportatioo.; ...104,935
4 Agriculture, nsncriea,etc ... 81.156
5.
flianuiacinrea aoa mecbanicaf
iodustrie8 ..
.316,459
G Non-productive and., proper-?
lied ..........;... i . ... . . .. 65,430
7. Students of all grades. . . t. .; v.282,784
8. Not given, including", children, - -v,
r etc. .. ... . . . . i.374,12D
There Ls another -,-fact that is calcu
lated to arrest attention. ", The birth
rates of natives is less than the death
rates. The main cause of the deteri
oration is well known, and one- Eng
lish "writer, Ilepworth' Dixon, has
given some significant information
connected. therewith. . : a -t
Tlie real increase of population, ac
cording to Dr. Allen, is owing to the
influx of foreigners, chiefly "Irish and
Geitnan. Dr. Allen says that whilst
the population of New England is
bht 20 per . cent. ' Roman ' Catholic,
that actually 75 per cent, of the births
are , of Roman Catholic parentage.
2Jo wonderthe old . New England
stock is . fast dying oot, when -such
llgures as these can be drawn from
actual statistics. :u- :' f v'vf ius':
Mr, John VreIb, f Pbllailelpitla.
Nonalaatetl A GreaSnrprlse.. t ' !
t :...r iSpecial to Baltimore Gazette. 1 V sv;
. : . ! :,v, WASHniaTOii,.Oct. 30,;
The nomination of Mr. John Welsh,: of
Philadelphia, to the British .mission, t fol
io wing so closely on the heels of the Simon
Cameron fiasco, has created great conster
nation among the stalwarts in the Senate.
His name bad bees .mentioned in a qaiet
and incredulons way as among the possibil
ities, bat no one appeared to believe there
was any reason for suspecting that he would
really be agreed upon for the first diploma
tic position in the' government ' Ilis nomi
nation was determined upon last night, and
kept a profound secret, so much so that the
fact, when announced this morning . took
politicians by surprise. , It iscatomary for
Senators to make no remarks upon nomi;
naiioos before they come np in, executive
. session on,-regular committee report, and
hence It was hard to have any ofthemcom
mit themselves on the merits ef the selec
tion. It was qnite. easy to .see, however,
that no one seemed particularly struck with,
the choice. One gentleman was heard to
say that he knew of no; objection, to Mr.'
Welsh especially," beyond the fact . that he
neyer had turned his attention to diplomacy.
He is regarded on all sides as worthy qf the
position from his high character as a mer
chant of great public spirit and . liberality.
I f c would be no discredit to the1" country, ;
The anti-Cameron men' do ' hot ; disguise
their satisfaction at the Way ' Hayes has
been able to; honor Pennsylvania' without
accepting terms atlhe hands of the Cam-
Mr. : Welsh ? was i chairman of the
Board of finance of "i&e International
Exhibitions He- is pne of the. best,
men of Philadelphia, in which city he
was bratinXSOne 1i ih yjgoroui
health for a man of ; his agey 'and has
, the confidence of, the business'men of
, the city of -which he is a representa-
ttye citizen, j lie .-has never ; been in .
political office, is ' a prohonnced: Re
publican, but moderate ?n . his: actions,
ilis life has been devoted nt0 business;;
in which; he has been em i nen tly suc-r
cesaful.";' . lie is a gentleman of qufet,
n nob tr a si v e ; ra an ners, , as y we learo
and is sprting from a race of Ruccess-:
. fn 1 commercial men. jfy ' :
OF TUB PAST GENEBATION.
. A correspondent writing from Lumber
ton, Robeson county, gives us the follow-:
or:
Frederick Harden, of -Robeson county,
was born July 4th, . 1776, served as a private
-soldier in ' CJapL McPballer's company.
North Carolina volunteers, at Fort John
son, 1812 and 1814,' is in good ' health, and
performs well on the violin yet He gets
his pension of eight dollars per month from
the Pension Office of the United States.
Mrs. HOI, mother of John A. Hill, of
Robeson county, is now one hundred, and
ten years ot agetnd is in good health and
vnTijijai .:.U . :
..y '1877. ;;rl; j ar'5, 'V'NO. 2.
sound memory; freiates skirra&bes of -the
"old warJbetweea theWhigsad Tories,
Mot.- jMuetgi jxews.:
; A genUeman informs ns that Mrs.
Campbell, near Antioch Churchy Ro
beson county is jntier J 1 05 th year.
Her son, Archie'Campbeilj died semd
iwjgo ou years or. age. j,; cwve nas a
reoord of :" her birth : in; the i .family
Bible. Tle same tfenileman informs
ns tbal in Richmond .oouotya Jives
Mrs. Isabel Lbwefy, great grand aunt
of the famous Henry Berry Iwery.
who is 112 years old. '. Here, too,, is a
family record.1 We:o hotlavdni
the truth of these extreme ages, but
tell it as we are told'."f:iI
;;st?j.fi, , , , , ,'t' i.il h:
THB ATLiSTIO INtlND WiTBB
..;"! ' t iwK "T.K if'" 4i ;f
! Oor people have never given'- that
atteiAtion, to,, the;. proposedtAtlanUq
Inland Watef Route thaVlrjdrealimi
portance entitles t to.j , FromV:some
cause ihfindiffercelsf lethargy' has
marked toe course, of-j m&ny. bf.iour
cit iiens from whom n aturslly wrm.
interest t and sympathy a would have
reaching sagacity, a determination td
succeed, will give an" impeto tg.anyj
town. vf-When the business m'e&'Of ' a
community V combine " harmpmously,'
and each working its hiB owrVf sphere
strives , to ad vance, the general inter
ests then yoa will see ordinarily1'; pro-
gsvfiyetop
We could illustrate' this, ! f necessary,'
by referring to two small cities - in;
another State. in which ' the erieriy,
the hearty co-operation the . sagacity
and vim of the business men of 'brie'
city placed it.far ahead r of the : other
city, although tbe; latter iiad 4 fiv,e. or
ten times the natural, advantages of
the former. A
' -From:' recent' information we': are
encouraged .ith the hope- that Htbe:
Atlantic Inlanaw ater Rdnie S!llno:
Jonger be overiooked. The; enter
prise promises after so long a time to
assume j a practical ' business ; shape.
Biit let! us be more particular.' It has
been long held, by ' those .who , were
the best qualified to: judges that
if i the nnmeroos ' bays, : sonnd,; and
other navigable bodies of j water
along te Atlantic coast, were united
by a canal or series-of canals, the re
salt would be of no little benejlit not
only to the people who were im-
mediately , interested : in the pro-
ect, : put ' to ; the united States
government - in . case of foreign
war. Our coast ' is ' very . long and
dangerous, ., and inland - navigation
would be found of the greatest: utili
ty, in transporting troops, , floating
batteries and munitions of war.' By
such a system as , we refer.to, theex
pense of coast defence would jbe ne
'cessarily 'diminished, So important
has this
deemed
scheme of improvement been
. in the , pasir ihat Fresident
rew 1 J acksOn; and oiher tresP
dents oft. the ; XTnited Statet ;l have"
icalled the, attention of the Congress
lo the necessity and advantages of
jconstructing this 'work, 'ntli eif1t I
I But Congress has always hesitated
labout the matter. It -was apparefit
that atter the U. S. Government had
constructed: the T canal, of " series ?of
canals,, that! ah r additional expense
nuuiu u lucurreu uuuuaiiy in Keep
ing the work in proper conditions To
uu t,uia , jwouiu require i, toe, constant
services i of ' officers ; . and ''menV at a'
Bonsiderablelaj(ngT
pears, therefore, , to have been deter-:
red romj authorizing the undertaking
pf the very important. work, arid has
jnever made the necessary appiopria
iroh for3 the sarae,v May we hot hope
that enlightened legislation wiH take
a broadej1 view Of the Advantages to:
fee secured by this inland route,
whether Iook!at llf omr I tiie
standpoint of naticmal defence," Of
jfrob'thof
knd ad vahtageSf i -We -believe ; that
tio. Congress'shocd such
i sum as (may be necessary to perfect
-But the cause that' 'has' heretofore
leteVred Congress from making the
necessary appropriations, need hot pre
yent-ine nnaertaKing or ine wors any.
iongcrjeearuthat !LteftNew,
open in the North and in . ibe: South, .
by constructing an ' inland ' wa
route between Pamlico Sound, in this:
State, and Charleston, South CarolP
ua.. xt propoBCB, - BtLtsr i vuuBtruouug
this connecting way of ifansportktion,'
io sell the free use of the same to the'
ITniied States. Instead of the ,sumj
necessary being paid at one time, the
payments are lb bo made 1 in "instal
River' Canal- Company has TMclied 1
this difficulty, . It: proposes . io .unite
the line of ' water t way : that1 4 'ndwf
. T-
- - - - - . , -.
ijt ifi8jf ;ili
ments aa the srkprogTessesiIt is
thus that the Matte'itf-pnt In ; "pt&-
UCdl lOrm. i ; , . .
,thi$
:8 !-!. 0jJ :rJiK:nX Tktj?
. e are. cian r.n i arn i
plan meets. with.., fav,or, among,.toose
Senators and Represeutfttives in Con
gress. who have had charge f f of , 'the
taaiiereret0foe:l" i,lit?a?i
fFro'WiimYngW
r?aHs .fc oC which ha yocatea,
The.routa.that.has.been adopted by
theiNewrRiveCanal'iCohip
that known as- the Marriey' routei
By4. usinW thVioAj-'Uven miies of the
PWgaRl! pon ?l hA .rtbJBaM
River, j apdi thence following j.itbe
Kearney survey or route to Pamlieo
Souhdi and by cOtistriictihl'dhlyf oaf
opnifes caaweenPuhp
.5iTOPm!PilJY
would . be almost, air.nejif. anA
would be seventyi-Urree mildslessf 5n
distance than- by the"' tortuous -'route
that . woul
'tut:. 1 1- - -i i ,u;i.;t i a
Wilmington ..UuougbUu8 - proposed
new passage-way woHiM9 e very
laigeV'Of thwnhewcatercelV
any doubt. - Wilmington can become.
is,.? A!wise,8ystem; of jimprovements,
wel I directed eoergyand enlightened'
iuii. pewpift. A4et i9t CnaipeiWii)
and be built -at an early, day What
(says Congress f t- What Bay ouf Re
X ACK CTH AN DLER ON ttEOHlht1
jif Everybody1 who1 feads 'newspapers
knows something "about ofdack"
l-JZ iBs ts. i'-iA .T!.Si-'aMil 11 ; Hi:t ' i UW:
-1L Jl .t j .
olent Radical ibullrdQze.r f rom"yiichi-;
jgan. wen, oi0 Ziacic fias been giving;
ihts views aboofi'tervice "reform.
pt'iwonlbeAnpposed
; known hostility ( to, the present; Ady.
jministration; because 'tf its v willing
Iness to act nndeir the Constitution in
stead 6T above arid yondutw
Grant did, that he would be. down pn;
Lit ' J. m. m ' !"-'"- - - - "".t'" .
ait attempts ,io. re orpi net. ci vu. ser
vice. 1 His views, however are n6ts
variant from those Of ' the President 1
as was ' to have Teeh ? e:
ebted..
fay8.tor Wao!: a.: .f -iar ?.? fei
I .f What his hearers' .wantedrIlwhatlthe
jcountry, wanted, what the citizens of, all
'governments 'wanted, was common seBse,
;and plenty of If lrhat did men do hi the
jmanagement of their i pwn bnsineesT yil
they found an incompetent man, they, dis
icnargea mm ana put a. competent -men in
'his place; if they found a laiy man they
luc&argea mm aoa put an lnausinsusman
n his place; if they found a dishonest man
bey discharged him and, put an honest man
n his place. And when they found they
had a rood man: a conmetent man in their
(employ they; promoted, jhlm: .whether bail
was in a govern ment , omce or, on, a. . f ann J
jwnat was wan tea. was onstness capacity."
I j Nb wi that is indeed ,'sensible ,n&
practical. ,, It ; reads very much like
home of the utterances of Mn Hayes.
lAtl any rate, if the j Administration
rill only "-retard r'appoinl tO;bfflcr
nen of f 'common sense" ''competent
nen"- ('industrious, men" "honest
iin'i- Vli-i itJUv tj:st;$&i.i UUl !M liivuiji..
a,?n;;n7:"gooa men-- men , ?5-ousi-9
ne88 capacity, the country will ibO i
ally satisfied. l'ThuoJdj stnodacd fitt
eqnirement in i the days of "genuine
U(:esniansttjwaWho
wmm oiaKinWe, mm
Ehe"8ame, qnajifipoi, 901.
I E'Wes. have, naiidea that L Chandler
Would -really favor 'any civil1' service
s well to note, , how. , correct : a bull
dozer .can be in thepry hp w qerjinnch;
pis s ptacticemay ; antagonize, with iL?
l:lU'.tjn --: ' . 1 ' 'Ll.
I vWe intended; noticing a iBomOwhat
remarkable lettdf fl,wriUettf by iMri'1
'i
Justice ;'St r6n a of the Supreme.Court
Iriregard Collie lecYoraf udom'mis
Mon, but other matters hay e engaged
lonr attentionJIevfited with the
immortal Eigim andyWf he' IseVS'l
apnrenenBive mat a, wrong nas, ueen,
aonebjfelnan
.hf t awetrset :?of Irasoalsi knowh as
,he Louisiana Rettrrning Boardi f He?
explainsisvdte bytatrnWhahe"
hel4 thhCbngVWs1iado Vr1pt,
sion, of which he was a meraberhad,
hhvkpwersgreater: thah' Congress
flohaVCbngfess could' not tfo Ho
voted consequently ox-ther votes
being giv6n to Hayes.tt!Wd may
have occasion to refer ,, more. , at
to his letter .wtn .to Hpaj
. .. I v 1 Hi
George Vf JoP398i .ofa .Tennesseje, n aa
i6ld personal .friend4inin 'fa'jt ' .;i?t 5
1 Queen Yibtoria andtha Brincess:
Beatrice have been making lint; for the
wounded of the Eastern war.
6 - .ftt'-if-'u 7( W
'TOebenehYs
i eriterpHsemusrsijeedilyVgiv
Ipeius'tolils m7:WeWdff$W
preseniauve r vrnai say me Dasioefa
i ;'f1rirtiJ -i'?.T HjLLUift Sfi4 ilJMii
men of Wilmington ? , : ; . ., . . ...
t.
1
f The' only war news of importance
is a' reported threatened invasion ' .of
Kcrtmt ' Thv"n Afitrecinian ' Kf
136,0006 knd the formation of a
Rdssian army of 70,000 men' io'cross
Ihe Balkan ' moan taJn,' and' to make
an attaclc upon Adrianopfe without
.WaiOng5 for the; fall oK fte vnal We
doubtVtW cbrrectM
asVbdmWi
largely,, prQyisioned jand eahi stand a
,0,nS:8ief'e we may trnt anpfficial
stemen, of the lmmiS-
tf We' call attention io ' the communi
taoii 1Sfrcl,pd;pn
Greensboro JPa&iot. bn the 'in ti Xfry
NirftWGauS RailrbadT eifUhst
theimportkncS of this adilt' nb
est, intelligent business menof Wft
mington.; With the great natural
advantages ; of 1 our i little - city, and
-ni'K'i-A ?'iiv -Jfijv -v.v Jx;m lutqiT QIo js
witn sucn aaaitipnat . means 01 inter
trade of" this place should not rapidly;
increase." With more railroad and
water-routes with, more concert of,
to.
and 'trade . faster than was (ever
d'remecf of in jthepnilosoph ' o 1 1 thft
Senatpr piiverj iP, Morton is dcadf
His liferecord s; complete. lily it he
WUI -be. judged .by.Jiia L fellow-men.
Whilst ii living and a great moving1
agent for good, or eyil tp his country
we spokerfrhinrfreeryr""Now that
jhd Ws ' passed into 'the' unseen world
rwi have: no farther ' oornments to
make, upon bia career. .,:,..
j si i .
el M. Diatrlet Oonrt. ; "' " ' '
"This Court adjourned Vesterday at noon'
after havings transacted all the business be-
The only cases. lof impprtancrtried du-.
ring the term were the following; -
jsu iawuw, uepaij jrosimasier
at Magnolia. K. a.i' charred with robbiriir
a registered letterj -The evidence' being of
. positive character, admitting ;of . no de
fence, t the,, defendant . plead ' guilty., . His
youth and previous good character induced
HTs Honor,' 'J odgef Brooks,' to visit opon
him the ' least punishment known to the
lawoneyest at hard labor" in (he' Albany
jpenitentiarj i j ,," 0" ..''.'i,..'
f . Conrad Haoseman. charsed . with steals
kng, or obtahiing pj fraud, ta fetter , from J
the Wilmington postofflce, was tried and
inrictedJ-- .- ' -
vTbe same,. defeiidant was also charged
with. fprging,the name of payee to a money
ori tt which plead guilty; ink was
BenUncedto imprisonment at hard labor at
bahy!rbriwByeara:i,i- "? ' '
'insery' rarely indeed ' that any "one 1
tamper wnn the mails hereabouts, without
"cpmiog tf grief,'! 'rvoicQ the. govern
ment and the public may thank our ,vigk
puit puBiuutaicr, ml JDnnK.
oi,! POXI8B COBIflIITTBBS.j..i(
raimafeettia of tb Tttmi son' thelV
ffl toir.7 JO -r""'-"fT-' f v;:.- , i y.i
parti
there
paRRAhflibeatrisifrn f thO; Sbeakfirs,
feaccess is the fact, that the minority
Is so well pleased with' the' treatment
Ithey have receiVed.-'--- f y-i-:,:
" : rjMtimore AmericahTRep; i s
ktTs rnotfttliy rereserited on the im
Mfttfit " cinmitteeaV tnd w& think'
Ihat iwhen' a report has to be made on
he, curxencyjqrestipn, the Texas Pa
jtfio . Bubsidy, or j the .revision', of the
;ariffpthS deciding Vote in committee
wftit 'oe'bast' ;by j men ' whose'views are '
it.the presents itime nnknown 1 to the
sountry at-largejoii iav ? vai
Mr.! Randall's committees- mean
economy and sohnd legislation:' with
heeded- reform of, MdiIaws. ',Thev1
airly represent: the bost spirit of the
House, and ! give ft promise of 'useful
egislation. aliiyn .. armpiiax l;qjdi
di,3iPMkdelph)a- Times; Iiia:f f?
Speaker Randall' -seeiris' td! have
made a consctehtiouB effort to Utilize
he-'brainoftheHoUse irt'eithei par-"
tf, totthe liesi ad varitager, and the re
suit will givp rnoi'e thano'nsual satis-1
action. (m:timi tu zlidM .-nil ni u.'aJ
-The. utmost: thai -anr Sneaker Scan
pope, to ;.do Is to il oommand a general
Irewlio fRpm - tpo I assembly atiJarg
.09 ne s pt it mio jtne Dest; yrg&&rs
ng order attainable in the' circumr.
stances of the xaaaajLhas done no
flagrant in justioiUBitbei' to1" indivK j
dual y, members, to v particular 3Sec
ions of ..the county or, even ; to spe-
tiali! cliques and f schools : of political ;
mndall.has fe deserved, and :,wiH un-;
peaker.i. Randall appears:: to ; have
nade ap his comniitteeff r .with - great
jare, and as a whole they,ppght to
rive general satisfaction. - - '
jm i'!'v n' -
vr-There' arefourteen I'exrGovern-
brs in'the Senate, and. eight in the House;!
besides several ex uovernors 01 Territories.
communication as may be. opened np
by united and strenuous efforts, there
is no reason -why the commerce , and
l.-.iri'.',jjse. !-tH i;tint.-sa 5.T.;iLu
action , ana t invinciDie pluck, w il
ia H2,f."9iiI-tt4t"'l - .osil5jn: .j'lsi-vuil
m'ost'. of'-the ' lead ins 'men of both
ieHeem'io
is -little' idissatisf actionj i Per
'PI
,tyt is jiiJPBnion.cotixaTt' h
The case f Iiebtrt smUM-Tae Arc-
;"in Cottnaeneed.'
. t The1 case of the SUtet. "Robej""t!SmUS
waa resumed it the Superior Court yester
day.Tfie examination pf wtneveatorilhe
prosecution was continued ud to i o'clock
P. when the Solicitor annbuacecT1 that
itestlmehy for the State; was dosed. Cbuh
set forthe'defehca then askei fr ai recess
of obe hour, for meporposeof consultation,
Court was .asrain xmeaed'.atr 51 P. M.
wqcn defendant s counsel annoiincedthat
defence! itfa
there would be two speeches oii eaehkkhi
JEjtis pnor staUsd.tlial, he would heariM
speech fp prpton and; one for
derence last , evening- and the remamiDg.
arguments todjsyt: c?;;v::ii:V:5
Mr. Thoi' H. Suttb openedd tis3
for4he defence to
and a f41towed4y Ur.TiiH.-
tlprpsecutibnn, jspeecft pf Tjftyyg
minutes, Both Uiese getlemen made,, ex
cellent argu.men':
we had fiearJ eieybf these attorneys fie
fore a ury, and we were - mbst favorably
unpressodwith their abHrtylit i&H&A
flPjO'cloc'k,
Daniel Jj. Busselk will 'begin the - closing
speech for iho prosecution. : He will be
followed by Mr;-N;'Jii: Sreuman,''
the defence, when the' iak6 wnl ?go 'to' ther
JThe 1 a teryst in Ihis,, unpprtant, case con-
tinues .unabated. vAtnong ihei spectators
Bladen bounty K largely- represented, while1
; rV7Imipgtbfl da u-iliuiea S&iiejirtQ
number tq keep the.conrt room crowaed.y,jj
Tbe SiteltiL' a a rttr rrtai-Artmi;
or; ea
uwi-LWvSanis'ir ihe-'Vei
l;The argufienKin ihlc'pTjthp1!
Ibert t Bmith.s resamed io the Supe-t
rior Court yesterday; Judge Russell spoke
about an hour and twenty minutes'his be
ing the closing spe
It was an ingenious and caref ally, delivered
speech and gaveveytdence of decided ablmy
;,Mrl.4jjHjA.' Stedmank".Jrv ": of .Bladen,"1
made ;the closing : speech; fotl ih&l defences
'MM Stedmsn has been at the tdr bat t tkw'
'yearsand his friends here ,wer anxustb'
hear his hrsl etzortcbefore a ; jury: oXi.J5iew
Hatrovei coumy.-Ui Bladen friends sboke
hiirhlv of hia cabacitvl and had nredfeted
great success for bim iii ' 'the' defence' of
SmUh.' He spoke over two hours, and the
very general opinion l of thoe whd heard
him ia that he. acquitted hiniaelf with very.
ffnut fmA 1 1 TTia oauwh 'vaq alAnVtonf
able and exhaustive. He 'showed a thorough
'acquaintance with !bbth. the' liw' 'ind 'the1
if acts pf, the ease, and was very highly com
plimented by!; members of 1 the! : bar. and
'others.; j, -,fci.i rL,t., ; .i. .r-c
1 After, being charged ,by r the Court, the
jury retired at 2i o'clock and. Court took a
irecess of an liour. J During the' abSence'of
the jur public7 opinion7 was J very niuch"
jdivided as to the verdicl mat would bd Teix
jdeiedii The Diitside sympathy iwas.almoet
(entirely with Smith, and it aa dilfbisl
find
charge of the C6u Verv damasr
iwho expressed tbe fesx; that he .would .be ,
kound knhtv-bf mWslkwhter;'n,;,!,vf -V
"Abbut 0 b'clbckfhe :r"'campiittiie!i
icotrrt room and took' their seitslHA'le'athl'
like stiUoe4B now itOok- the ace busy,
jcenversation. f Then .the, faces' of the jury
were carefully scanned by tb"e spectators. 1
na guesses were . maae as 10 me prooaoie
, howevei, that Robert Smith wtraluflbbn
4A. utue later, the Jadjp.jcame iatp court.
The clerk called the roll, and each juror
answered to nis name. "Gentlemen of the 1
3ury, have you agreed" Upon a .veralcl?'1
ssed theiaclw
Sponded the i jury i through j their;foremaiit'''
Mr. R. n tGrant: f. Dp y bu find the prisoner
indictnientrr Then' came the welcome
rea'pon,' ol1auU
lhrbughJ the bnft1 robmarid1 "whicfi rwiS'
received with ecideimesfaacs7 of
apphuiseifiO'L' baiif"lf$?b?-..:ijM- f t -h:
?n,Terttie;. waa recq""
innounced that the prisoner was discharged,
ind RobertJ, rniiUv,TWceojq em
braced, his counsel, father jand several
hia friends, and theq burricd to .the
Manning House, where a most affecting
&mig;tobll;'placeabet we knd;
children knd Mnc1f.' " Ois aged father Was
pvercome:.;witb:motion - and rweptllike a
I Thus has ended one of the most interest:
ing cases that has ever been tried in .New.
Mbvia: MWWt't
has Indeed; endedi .iMach ba(L.feeUni has
been engendered between the friends, and.
enemies of thb defendant in Bladen cotth-i
tyi.butUbbert Smith has been acquitted by;
4 jury of his countrymen, and here let the
hitterfeUddiel-''Viv -u
iliy itf'i'ii i-j.v11 "P. .ffi JuVJ .i&iZ) il") .
Committed, for Steailna Wool.. ., t -.
colored uiiaity-&e'4ants''of ayetf'
VeHsWa sjTcsfed" yesterday, "mbrriingi'by
pfBcO Kelson,' iC.the police ferce ia the
heighborbood of the Carolina Central, de pot.
charged with stealing a cord and a half of 1
vooa 1 rum apy xv. jr. : . iraoaison, at promt
ii Antr bringing Uto' thftf city !&Psen.I
he prisoner was taken to the guard, holsej
but immediately turned.oyei3 to: Justice. J d
. Wagner f of jaytigatkB -- j -
.The Case came np before JasUco "Wagner
iraerea to dve a Justined bond In tbe asm
6f t200 for his appearance at the next tferm'
t fender Superior Court, in default of
which he was committed to jail.
a man who did not say he ought , to .be
acquitted; hut most of his friends consul-,
ifered the' charge of The' Court vervdamalgr-
esterday afternodn,r the prenmuiry exam--'
)atlbn(reshithrriiithee
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THB , COTTON ..TBAOBlj
1 Snewv or tli mub Tratfe-A'Very
!j crnatlsraetery,( Exhlblt-Tbe Pros
1eet rbr ike Pntare not Brlsbt In
herMUSE' sttiei- tnrermaites
:j3e., wsl, v.( r5 . v(f.ii.j,f
.Tjownow Nov 1
''The in its city article,' has sum
marized- the annual : review of the . jpotton
trade,; lust issued by Ellison & Co., of Li
vtrpooVand' nAj9i'-u'HJiW
r?H Is full of .evidence tbat.Jthe trade has
been dull and dragging, and tbe immediate
prospect is tar from bright -i During' the
first thro :arH four tmooths, fjla8 season
there were some Signs of-reviving activity,
but these were all sweet awav bv the out
break of fRwarl'nriheTllafltS
has befors kept tttroughoutmireffd of edft-t
sumption and the result. has been that af
ter nritme much oasi thrbnih Belting
L atnnremunerative t prices msnafaetarerl
were driven w work, on short tune during
lh third quarter Of thfilf ,year.' ? "Latterly
through the reduction of .stocks which this
has induced, and because pf the strike at
Bolton, -the trade has been plabed' 'on'isl&
tie. better, footing, andullrttimeihas.Jf'fa
many instances, been resumed. But busH
nfifUUfarirOm satisfaetoiii'i
The report; furoi3hea(.abundaoteTidenpo
that the state of the trade is the same almost
everywhere, s -Ellison J& Cd. have sent mrb
riea toall the .seats oficotton; trade inu-;
rope,"and'almost "without exceptionlthe, re
plies cnay Jbe -aummedi in the obe-!Tword,!
Unsatisfactory,,,. ,;J!S ;:v. fvfcfVh'l
"Singular to say, Russia appears to offer
artexceptionj the trade having -been' good
there, especially for yaxne, but also fpr eoV
fba goods," home prpducts snd;home pro
ducert; having been .assisted,' byVthelall in
theexchange. which has prevented importa
tions,' as Well a3 by the enortiftma duties. The
trajd p Norway and, Sftejden (appearaallol
to have been fair. ' The Ddlificarcbnflict.in
I Fifanee bas had a most Injurious effect both
da the Jfrencn, trade. a,npon that of jts'nfear
heighbots. Perhaps, however. the worst
reports of all come' fromi the various' manb-'
facturing centres of: -Qemaoyi where, the;
trade ' has been almost uniformly bad
throughout the year, aid ' where the prb
pects aremost. discoqnigingj iProduction;
will have to be reduced in Prussia, Saxony
and vAisace,j: unless there ; should come; '
favorably change owjiich thee is at pre.
ent no Bign...'. v.-j-.o. c ... .
I Several eoun tries have slightly increased
the number oft their, spindles during; thet
season; but the increase has been'ihsighifi-;
cant) juod at Iast counterbalanced by -sus-
pensions, .destruction through fire and les-I
sentng in' the oatrarni'stThe entire ' cbnti
nejnt possesses 19,500,000 spindles, against
39,000,000 in the United. Kingdom, but
the continental capacity is greater than 'our
QWn. i They take sa, pounds per spindle,?
while our rate appears to be only 33 pounds.
The United States "have 10,000,000 Spin-'
dles, and their-(Capacity is greater still,
reaching sixty-three pounds per spindle. In
consequence of this the annual consumption
in the .United i States reaches -630.000.000
; pounds, and that of tbe continent 1,033,7
;ww,wu pounas,Bgainsi i,ouo,ouu,uwponnaa
1 f or; Great Britain, f The , actual , spinning ,
.'power of the world is thus higher than our
own,1 although we have' a greater number
of, spindles. , -: , -, ,;,:,,,, f;
! Speaking Of future prospects," Ellison &
; Co. estimate the yield, of.: the American1-'
'crop at about 4,500,000. bales, of which the-
uoneu otaies wemseives'wiu xase i,ouu,
00O,;leavingjB,0Q0,O00l for exoorL The1 es
timated .supply from India , is 1,432,000
bales,' a slight J increase on - last year: ' and
other smaller' sources of supply may be ex-
pected to send about tbe same quantity as .
last year; or a' littld more. 'Taking the eh-'
tire sourees of supply, it, -is estimated that:
'Europe, may receive 5,290,000 bales of an
average weight of 411 pounds, or 3.176.000.
;000 , pounds, of fcottoa?,and as the, full.
ixviuuemeDis (o4vuie iraue, woruog. oniy
hmstb the: present dtl level ftf produc
tive eapacto-, are estimated t 2,253,000,000
pbuhda,'lt folio ws that the coming season'
would show a dencieticy w some 7,000,000
pouHds.. , nhe.of dinary course, and were
thli estimate tb prove accurate, it would
lead tb soma increase in price, but with the
trade as is po such. , risers . to be looked ,
for. ' As Messrat Ellison jttstly iremark, the
strong statistical position of the'raW mate4
rial ia weakened by the knowledge that the
stocks - Offered, ara : targe' thkt' the 1 positidh'
of producier is f very-lunsatiafactory ' i thai
the general trade shows no signs of revival
and' by the fear" of 'new pblilicalcomplica
lionavnmiov no3-. iHetll) iffilV iJeteii
With so much against it the cotton trade of
Elurope is likely todr&g'bn for sometime as5 iV
laadonc; 80 far as can be seen;nothing short
of a.speedy peace is likejyito give ritimorB
lhan spasmodic activity.) n.AU that aj short J
luppiyiotrawj.coijoix cjane expectea to qoii
hereforeisto piyjsnt an. accumulation of
itcHs to a ruinous r extentiio Consumption.
iad producttoa may be brought nearef to
iacJbi,other,by thei.eadi of another season, :
ut with so much against ( the, trade . more,
jan hardly: be jbokedaforp.'unless -Europe:
ecornealietUftd-;i wben;;r:oL course, f the
whole position may behanged.ft?.-it
il vX4ltr.-'StvoS Ietieri' fci.,f'
Vitvif.TCT' ! rr-?;r, ;.' l i. i-tsf. ti.-l
Whpn f y'Ou'atid -I were bgethbr. in
Congress J :I am 'a : Democrat hbwu X
fiold.torall, the ir.opiniOns'. the-States.
slights Democrats have always held, 1
una wuiuu but; au&uvwieugeu leauers
W theaHylhaye ivowediup 7td the5
present iwinterrrrfnevermore iclearlyl
rI do ; not belieye thaV Congress
lasaBfbr.sdtutibhal1
ihirejmtb the Slate elections fbf
State tPlecQrBo
t "Conehaft ,9Uate:year8 inter.p
ferea quitn Lnn mnrn witne-otates.
The jJUextMal
more .power thhn .Congress .has, and
finkii would U a -mbst dangerbds
bftfpaiibn weteHtb Ob what'th'b
States alone have: a, right! to do, even
tir opinion whdh ybtf reflect to what
hpaasertiott 'if iuich at power wonlS
e;
ors: at the mercy of the f ederal st
ernmehtj and e thegfeatest stride
ver made: toward centralization, nhih
f'Better suffer a.nresent. evil than;
pen such a door, -better than, aban
ori all the timeihbnbred principles bf
be Dembbratid natty. (::m&:P'H
iJJl ant yoarjsjt verysrespectf ully,'
erribie railwaV accident rlas
d on a Russian railway in' the vaUev
f the Don, Seven cars, containing nearly.
00 Abchaslad ' prisoners On their wav to'
giberlai iwexo completely, destroyed, and
tot a ajnglp man , of tbp'Abcbasians sur
vived:4 They1 were; "ail usual, chained
together.- .-
Pohf? 4.lera great wrong.
)f the Louisiana. Returning Boards
fi-cahoi deuWthaS'sucb ' wlU'lbe1
acl, ..:it would? lace the right of the.
tates, respecting the choice of elec-
0-
r .Tarboro Southerner: Teel Heel,
on Monday evening was ;moderately filled '
with Tarboro's most select citizens to hear
the dramatic recitation in, -costume by Miss
Mary: Manly and LlrLouiaH. Hay wood,
of RaJeigb.r : As. amateurs, their elocution
and acting were superb, easy, graceful and
natural. . -
'X'-r- Winstoh uSfenh: 'poleihe cir-
cus man, 'says he lost money in North Car
oliaa. Two years ago. when he exhibited
In this place, he found an immense crowd,
and he took advantage of the eagerness of
the people, and raised the price of tickets
to one dollar. Our people had not forgot
ten this ahhby.4ricJb.t9o'$fK:':. '
-fi if? r Currituck; items tin Elizabeth!
City JTconomist; A -colored ; roan J was at
tacked by a she-bear with a cub," a few
nights since.; The man made his escape by
running The next night they . were? both '
killed; A rattlesnake was killed near".
JaWisbuig. bn FridayfilSm inst. i :that had
nineteen rattles and a, button, showing his
age to'be twenty years. . ' He was; killed by
JoAph'-Porb'fi-vii'tMr? .j
'trriWndSUiMhil the , y
tTain was passing f rom the rYelcion fair on ',
Wednesday 'night; , crowded with men, ;
fromeja Bdjchddren iome reckless mis- . v
creant at Whitakere -fired- a - pistol into a 1 v :
earV'and but for whafc seemed ;a providen-
tialvintfirpoBition jseriouBdarijage would"'
have been, .": done. . We understand the
deadly 'messenger barely' missed' the'faco -of.Mrs,
Robert liicks, of "fjlashi wlo acnsi- .
oh. felt its forced as it passed. - .
Jill W "i-i! U- 'Wf ! iHffOJi'W!5 i
i - Alamance Gleaner j Alexander
Parefoy, a negro tboy about fifteen" years' A
od , was convicted F of larceny, at. Orange
court; and noon thev suggestion pf .-Hou. '
Josiah Turner, his eounsel,' that he ought
to be,thasbednsVead .of sent to' the peni- .
tentiary," fHis ; Honb agreed to suspend' -judgment
if the hoy1' father would,? in ther '
1resence bt the sheriff JnTCj him the , wsl - "
dpifig that his counsel sald' was the proper'
punishmehLit-The old .man waa sent for
and of course he bas larroped the boy be-,
fotetnbWAnd puthhnto worfc; "". "
-X;UhallotU6tei
ran entertamment a XewonightS. ago proved
such, a success that those who had. it ia '
charge have been repeatedly asked to re
peal iK.it5t-rr-.The seriespf rmeetings which'
are , now in progress ,at. Calvary Mission ;
Church are being attended-nearry1 as well
as wero those about, Jwpj weeks ago. More
than twenty -five Dersons have already nro-"
I fessed-religion,' as a result of the meetings
u7;Wrugswi, bdu a great -many, pen 1 ,
stents are at the altar. ' There was more
life in'the city- yesterday tlian' at any day7 -
kiniA thn hnstr qsq arm hAin -Tha DtMni c
-were lined with Wagons bringing in cotton -
na coyniry proauce, ana me .'retrait trade :
f .the clity, was correspondingly good, y
'- Salisburv WatchmaniX We'learrr.
ithar; Mr. Bingham Coleman:' whb was so'
I dreadfully cut with a knife. in' the hands of
his father George Coleman, some months
If ago, and who was under bond for his' ap-
pearance ac me present term ot the aupe- -.
! rior Court, has run away and will not ap-.
i pear, r ne ien money 10 ' pay tne roneiture !
of hisibpncL His motive, as etatedto some
;ot his neighbors,,, was to get beyond the .
snowieage ana reacn' 01 his father," who
feared would renewf h assaalt upop ,him.
Dr. J. J. "Summerell ,was summoned
by telegraph Wednesday,' to hasten 16' the - -bedside
of his father,"2 at -.WenN C.,
who is "believed to be approaching death."
The venerable man is ia his 'ninety-second .
year, and has been in failing: health for,
some time past. " " "" ' ' " . . . ' '
.1 ' Raleigh Mssi Wblearn.' ftom 1 ' '
a' gentleman just returned from the western
part of the State that John Baxter Turpin .
had a second a trial at BaVwood Superior
jOonrJ, last - week, :on fa-: charge of 5 killing 1 ;
iioiKUkuu n4uuwr-HU-reeivea a. yeraict
lof-'Not guilty,' ---The Secretary of. , .
.the 1 "North , JCarolina i Agricultural Society
was requested bv the Executive Committee- '
by resolution; on Thursday night, 1st inst ,
loeiateinat au arucies awarded: as pre
miums will remain at the Fair Grounds at
the risk of the owner; if not claimed prior v
to the 10th of November. ; ? .We nnder
stand that Mr. Wilton Nobles, before Ieav- -ing
Raleigh, Thursday night; engaged Tuck- "
er, Hall for his company fer the week of Ahe
Agricoltural Pair .for ; 18781 . At the
fire, vyesterday, George Joyner a 'member :
11 me colored uucxet wmpanywhue ex- , ;
iting himself in casting water on the house
1 juxj uarmer, Decame exhausted from the
eat and labor, anp feiya afit. x-HjJ, -1
f-4f'Raieigb , 'OiwViare
uucawiwatuittijur. 4.fnuev ,4 ones. 01 :
"anther Branch townshio." had ' his rurht ' "
and frightfully lacerated.irx a' cotton eln -
n Monday last, causing-the necessary -,
raputation pf- two flngehi'Miss
lanly and Mr.'Haywoodr4tarned to the
;ity yesterday mornmg ..from, a very suc
jessful dramatic tour id several' .bf our
eastern' towns" '- Richmond '"county.."
raloaUc?! pf property ,$1,778,11$ 00 ( gen- -ral
State tax $2,607 89;' special taxes ; . i ..
52,667 17; school taxes $3,484 21; :county
axes , ,$13,203 25. Franklin -county, . .
aluation of property $2,545,834 00: ' sen- '
ral State $3,745 89; special taxes $3,818 75; ;
noor ,,iax f o.ava .04;. county : tax $lb
I5'17-5 mndolph'cbuiitv. Valuation of
roperty $224,286 0Cf general State tsx t .
3,208 78; special' State tax ; $3,816 45:!
BChobl tax - $4,771 49; 'county tax $12,-
Bis wym: ...' V.
The revenue ooUectiens durinfir -
he month of October : renorted hv the nnl-
ector of this (the sixth! collection "districL '
imountCd, to $23,823,38Por;.the samp,;
inonttt last year the collections were $21,-'
?73'23.1' -DnrilTfr thfi' fnnnth iP:nUnr":
yesterday," there have heett five interments ,;
nElmwood Cemeteiy.t "three ' of whom ..
re children, t Neither bf , the 'adults dled ',
within the linjits of the city In .Pihewood
:olored cemetery there were also jSve inter- :
nents.' Thisls a very remarkable'shbwing
or a city whose population; ireertainly not
ess1 than JMKX), --i CapW'5,. Pegram, ' :
"Japtain-pf the HorcefeV'.'Nest .Riflemen, -tome
days ai?o received a letter; from Lieu-
enant-Colonel Catbcari, comnjanding the :
Columbia "battalion" of Sbuthl; Carolina
rbops. and. ' Chairmin ibf the' 'executive !
bpmmitteeOf the State Agricultnral Society, r
spnWst ' for the $400 ''prtz&auittitfc t- ,
erasr fl&i-'.'?-i-n.iv 14 "
LTTa.l.A O.. , J, .... . T'l
auvv;aicp7Tifar(j.vU J.UU1S- ,
lay morning 25thuU.;.at 3 o'clock, the
tore of Me8sra,Thigpen4i& 'Warren.-' at
'efiny HUlPitt county was .destroyed by
ire. The . stbre contained about' $4,500 .
vprth otigoods. Nothing was saved. Mr.' 4 .
fVartcn and his filerk, who, were asleep in
he store 1 barely escaped with their Uvea
The-goodsf wra insured for-; $3)00. I t:-?
Between the circus ip Tarboro and; the .
iiaujiug iu irogwugiuu, uiauj uiuui bib -e&Un?twan
They can't ? see-both knd -f
ry aloud with a mightyyoice. O, that we
rere two men f- -Died, oh the 25th '
flay of October, 1877,1 of consumption, at .
her husband's residence, near Tarboro, l
lira. Emily B.; wife of Prank D. Battle, in
the. 30th year of:her sgeu Whitaker ;
correspondence: A negro woman on Mr.. '
iienrpsey rwiman's plantation acciden
tally it is said, smothered, her little girl,
three months old,' to 1 death Wednesday
nighti : Crops are' average in our sec-v
ion, save as to cotton,: which, I think, ia 10-,
per cent, short of last season. Cotton pick
ing is? considerably' behind.1 iPortycents
per hundredls the general price.., An.,
old gentleman from 'Nash, who had never '
before seen the train,' witnessedtthe depar- ;
lurevf Capt. 'Watson's freight from, here .
4 few days ' ago,' : directly: afters which a
friend - asked him what he thought of It.
f Well" he said, '.that . foremost thing gin J
a cOuple' er coughs an the whole string on
"em got up and slid off,!' -
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