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Tw Haiti Stair; WMr H. BERNARD, Editor and Proprietor. WILM I N GTON, N. C. ; , Friday, NoVetriberf23dl877. . Remittances taust be made by Check, Draft, Postal Honey Order,, or Registered Letter, . ost Masters will register lettere when desired. j - . EfT" Only pnch remittances will beat the risk of the publisher, :. . r J,-.! V Specimen copies forwarded when desired. THE PRBSIOBNT AND I1IS PAOTTi , j TJie rumors ; f rorn Washington are conflicting., ;;0"na report, represents the "President as yielding to- the im perious demands , the Radicals, whilst still another report comes that he will 'remaia firm in, his : policy. Probably there is traih in both re obrts. and the middle ground will be . taken byliim. - He will yield to the persuasions or threats of his opposers so far as to agree not to appoint De mocrats to office when sound, Tella ble and capable Republicans can be secured. But that;; he. will dismiss his Cabinet, or appoint men to office simply because the Senatorial : Bull dozers so require, we do not believe, i I Col. Alex: K. McClure. the edilor- in-chief.of the Philadelphia Jmest is acknowledged on all sides to be a politician of , , uncommon sagacity. IProbably there is not a wiser editor (in our country. Well, Col McClure is in Washingtbn with his eyes wide open, taking a general survey of the political outlook. gives the resulfrO taf his impressions, in his' excellent pa- per, the Philadelphia Times. On the l'4th be wrote what the country jvill be glad to learn: - ' ' "The great, political problem that " now awaits solution is the future relations the i President Is to sustain to the old-time lead j ers ot the Republican party, and the 4ssue 1 is one that must be decided at an early day. if an adjournment snail be effected next week, which now seems very pronanie, tne severest test of 'whether Congress shall wag the 'President, or the President wag the country, and let : Congress .'wag it self, will be: postponed for a month; but whether it shall come now, or hereafter, I am persuaded that the Administration will not swerve from its faith. The : President answered CoL Forney's congratulations this morning, given in. my presence,- with an emphasis that i was r unmistakable as to bis purpose to maintain his Southern and Civil Service policies, and the nomination : of Lawrence to the New Orleans Collector 1 ship is his plain answer to the Senate Cau : ens committee. That Hayes moves slowly is a common complaint,' but he has had oc . i casion to regret haste in his Baltimore ap pointments, and he ia likely to err .on the - side of caution and leisure henceforth. He takes no alarm at the hasty threats of fretted leaders, whose occupations are in danger, to drive him outside the Republican organ ization. - He is sincerely Republican in : conviction, and means to he so in practice, in obedience to the platform on which he was placed as a National candidate, and to the distinct utterances of his letter of ac- - ceptance. He will gladly seek to merit the . confidence and friendship of Republican Senators. Congressmen and other leaders, : consistently with his pledges to the coun-j try; and he has abiding faith that the peo ple will enforce the support of the leaders, if he shall be true to the Republicanism he proclaimed before the election, and in bis - inaugural. - - t We see from this that the ' Presi dent will be. cautious hereafter, as toj f whom he appoints to:-office. This is as it should be, for be has made somej wretched selections, and has rebuked! his own' theory of civil service, as his enemies have not done. We learnj further' that hie is a Republican, and) will remain true to his Republican antecedents! This, too, is in accord-j ancel" with' the' f 'eternal t fitness , o things.". If be continues to be tbej President of the whole country: ncj one will be specially interested : in whatf he calls himself.- lie has been compelled to adopt the life-time prin ciplea of tho Democratic party, in hi$ efforts to pacify the country, and td that extent it has been a 'signal tri umph of those principles, v We are assured from his conversation witty ; ; Col. Forney, late editor of the Phila4 ) delphia Press, that it is his firm pur i ' pose not to waver in his civil service) - reform. This will - be more grievous to the : Republican i.bnllrdozefs than anything 'else whe ' could do' next to depriving, theni of the political gar4 bage upon0 which ; they have batj tened and fattened for the last seven teen years y ".T- Mr. Hayes from the first has had a most difficult; course to pursue. -The road has been brokeT,, rugged, and beset withi manifold . dangers ; of I a peculiar kini ;He found the conn! try jo a most distressed condition Grant bad almost overthrown the . very foundations of civil liberty! The people of the entire Soutb were mor or less alienated from the government that their illastrioos forefathers had . established. - Oppressions, robberies -. ; slanders had i ' done ' their ;- work and v the toonntiy v war 3 -on f the verge of bankruptcy. r'.aniV-ruin.; The sword;, and the bayonet , hid . been ..substituted V. by ;. the usurper who sat in the chair'; of - Washington' . and - Jefferson for the ; voice Vof the people and the ' Viieni ;powerrof ; the" ballot.' It must be confessed by fair minded men .hat Mr. JIayes has done; much better than we -bad either ex .: pected ,or oped.t for. ir He. has, pot' done all things as -we' of ; the South; - would have had him , to do; s nor has he done all thin era toreciselv as the I people of the North desired. But take it all and in all, his administra- tion of public affairs -has been really' belter tban we haol any nghf ojr- ticipate. - ' " - t - I ; His greatest failure has been in his appointments to office. He has bad oaa aa visors or fvery4mperteci-iuior mation, or both, He basseenoub)-- less the error of these selections, and He means to be mora careful here- alter, -accoruing 10 vou mov ure. Mr. . Hayes was elected as a Republi- and it is bestfor him'aod tha can country that he should continue that political creed.- Democrats have. . o. ..i-j .1 I party, and they could not respect him 1 :e ua nniYf, r I such desertion. They have no right I tp expect mm to appoint emocrawi. . . -.'i -r . . . . t I to -office, and have, consequently, no I right to complain if he confines his selections : and favors " to those ' o his own "political .household, .What the country is interested in . and only interested in,. ,'Js', "honesty ennnnminiil - fnnnt ltnt.innftl trf VPrrW ment. If Mr. Haves will . do his utmost in that direction, then the I pna;an.d papers; and pursue - n , in countiv has no right or cause to de-j vesligation against parties who1 had mand anything else. If he finds it I impossible to obtain the right man fnr nrtinl-r nlao.A in hU nwn r.ar- I ty, then patriotism, wisdom and pol- Jndge Dick Tuled that they could not! ioy will require him to select a man ' j The Citizen, next "gives the SToliow from the opposition. ? Our people are fc pciaienof PfekV scrupulosity r immensely hungry and very poor, ; I terested patriots who are now shiver- ins in the autumnal . breezes ' and I warming themselves on the sunny sides of streets, who would be per fectly willing to serve their dear conn- try for a small consideration or "such a'matter,; But we doubt the safety of such an experiment. ! , Their sto- machs could not, after the long 'fast- ing, be' equal to tfa , feast 1 of good things." Let Mr. Hayes continue to feed the fellows who have been sack- ing at the public teats for so many years. They are used to it. Besides, if it should kill them, this surfeiting, they will make, way for better ; men. vve were surpnsea at tne result in the House of the effort of the r com mittee to reduce the army. It1 now turns out that the friends bf increase triumphed because of Democratic ab senteeism. This is not the first time in the history of legislation - that the wrong has triumphed through the in difference or infidelity of ; those who. had been chosen to watch over , the people's 4 in terest. The Washington patch writes: ; i. ?. "Democratic absentees are responsible for the failure of the . effort of the, -House committee On Appropriations to reduce the army to 20,000 men. The Senate amend' ments, leaving the law as it is, - were con- 1 . I . i : T T 1 . . in. . 139. Mr. Atkins and the members of the I committee labored hard to have the House I non-concur in the Senate amendment which . I allows the army to be recruited to 25,000 I T)mivntah ill haan In thai Midi Ths IU6U, uiu : nwuu une Butweueu u km i five Democrats from Texas,: and Williams,, I oijsew xork, ana wmiams, or Michigan, I voted against the committee.' 1 ' iThe Russians have at -last gained grand victory at Ears, affr lonff de-1 t ' nei 1 "i! ' lay.:After, twelve hours fighting it was stormed and carried. The ; loss inat marsnai uougias altered ,ana raised an . f , l.u ,' account of mine made out as Deputy Mal ta the Turks is 5,000 killed and ghklfor services in the case of the United wounded, 1 0,000 prisoners, 300 guntL JanBe Bloun and, that he stores, ammunition, &c. and many a ' - - . ".- . nagB, : w&awr wna an ; lmponanK with fortified town. : The ; Rnssians :lost 2,tr00 killed and wounded. "They, ap- pear 10 nave ;aci.ea use, civuizea sol diers, sparing all peaceable citizens. women and; children. This" victory will have an important 1 bearing - no doubt in the future conduct of the war in . Asia Minor, andwill hasten the conclusion of the whole matter. Hon;! W. I r Steele offered aa amendment to the bill in reference to tne;rari8. jxniDition, providing that at least four . of ;the0 Commissioners should be practical agriculturists. The amendment was adopted c as it ought to have been, for it is a: good one... Cox made an amusing speech; The bill will be disposed of ;to-day it New: Zealand flax is said i. y uiauuiwimuugj F"" ptwes, and to be well adapted to the Huku. -a" Juof ouMyeu ; easily along' side of . cotton. There : is u no limit to the demand and it is saidj to be more profitable than otton:'evecu ed, as no on6 thaanswers -wen;'ha t - .t.Vj i - r. - .toyance gives expression to the right sentiment the . sentiment that nervades tho i- &n th ' 4hnin , . . : , asking, for ran increase of Uhe miln tia of the Stated beeclares that from North Carolina there .'shall never be1 Bent any :aU for Knited States troops for police daties, an idea ; ntterly! ab horrent toe principle liberty' and .the, .doctrinesyof . tates SON-tN! -yf mfl. rr?tTh Ktatements of Jlltw Dick dcnot .show improvement. Ierierice toy4m bringsno lessons ; KoKraim is clear! v wed- flM idolg) but we are of thi ci(Jed opinio- tya iruti el Tor' -.j- The Federal Court has 1-; VAaTffl.ein4 j d Diet has, exhibited -the ianie IhdiffflrinriA lo the frauds toeroetrated ? bfficiais bf "hU " son-m-taw f)OQVla8': fHe manifested1 no'aWxietv - t : Ur wilunVss to . , ' The.ffaWsavs:.. , i Thfl flrsf cl nf tho Pnurt bm tri ti Ihft hands of thegrand Jury and deprive them or tne power 01 invesusauas cases ana aue Judge Dick allows fMr, -Attorney .Lsk to rimbnt nimji flinr.t irom & commissioner' them without ever j going near a grand, jury ;but,the grand jury ntav have reason to believe that certain, of Jndge Dick's official household has been guuty or rrand and corrupuou, ioaeeaniay know where the evidence is, but cannot in vestigate and present them unless the Dis trict Attorney shall send a bill for .their con sideration." , . ... .it -.o,..'lt',' , The grand j u ryi in " a body," asked e J uage it tney couia sena tor per not been, presented, when they were ,lsatisaeo: that there Aad been .viola tlOHS OE Uw Of malfeasance In Office. i "Joshua Franks has sworn that he has raigned last week before this tribunal of terrinc intentions' nut dlsgraceiut per formances. . Franks said he was not ready,; and was simply allowed to 'continue, with a straw bail for $1,000." -- i .--. ' " So much for "Father-in-law." Now, let or - orlanftA at the. "Son in-law." jjougias the inferior, sbn sof, ray, fa- ther,'Vthe "Little Giants j" of Illinois; lioes his. case improve? ? Are there no good reasons still' pressing j why this incapable youth should be dis- njissed the civA service ? According to the Citizen the Marshal w corrupt as wellas incapable, v It re marks 1- i" We have asked every deputy marshal we have met this week if. whenever an item was pat in their accounts for expenses paid to guards for .hire-, and . for board. for guards and. prisoners, (which they have to; swear they actually pay out) if Marshal Douglas retained half of all such money, oi .only half of his legitimate fees, and every one have, assured us that. n every, instance the . Marshal would retain half in full of all accounts, including everything: expense accounts and all. --.. r .ffl; n ' i?'Jlr. t Douglas ; says he retained . these sums to reimburse himself for advances he had made to the deputies, but this bears fallacy upon its face, or it is a new method Of book keeping unknown before the prin ciple of ."addition, division and silence' was introduced by liadical officeholders. . De panes ten us the Marshal would place to their credit exactly half of the account they would . render, 3 and out of this, halt would be deducted all moneys, if any, be may have advanced; that 'Douglas' always retained m; full, as his own share, one half of every5 account fee.: bills and expense accouatsf-as his own." iMr. James -Tavlor. of Cherokee c4untyl comes forward as ; a witness Vu5.o. " ivo errand ittrvj bnt as that bodv '' donld i .! j '.rw. .- 1 .,ri-.- bt"i "f--uri : ,8vurv"1u, t ,ia I. i Jfi. . 0,0 Jl, .J j -nanAr " nnri a. tmn hill norninat. .nnv prspn wfco had not been indicted by. tKe rDistrict-. Attorney. - Mr, FAT nun IN-LAW u N n afJTftVlo wrM.4 ftfl rAllAwaKU ?m!r vi k Asxville.'N. C. ; Nov; 10; 1977, Efc31 tisLuskV: fclKdr&XtiornM I Dra: I have in my possession document I tary and other proof to establish, the fact I States by means of this false voucher some trTI , " JT . , T. , 7 I Tnnr hnnrind nr mnn Hnllin nim.ii. ikm A am advised that this is , a violation or the criminal laws of the United States, and wmmmj BwwMHnB ; . 4 i .? I therefore ask your attention to it as DiS' trict Attorney.i The grand jury' is -yet ; in session, and I will exhibit to you atany time yon may .indicate ue prooi in my posession lor your omciai consideration add action ;H?iHfe6 .Betpeetf ully,-?. (Now, how fared the Marshal at the hinds of thisT course as an honest and emoient offi .ma.PlfnTO aoapro tect ,,ther government be: seryed he wbnt tto worK . at- onoe- and sent a ibill of indictment i tdK the ''grand y? Not a bit5 of it;' He' allowed . Taylor to be examined,' it is true, bf the erand lurv. but the Attornev said f(the statute of limitations barred any prosecution ior the offence eom- piaiuea oi. v:;jj t.mm )mz$ss f J jSucb Is the ' administration of juS io bebf IJtide rln ? Juidgef Pick ourtwhen'a I jjusk is fne Atiorney, ana . a son-inr ) laW, .who is a.lt,., S. I Jiarshal, is the 1 per&OQ accused. t S J ' ' ' ' ' ""' ' '"I'-i , )Tb,e Newbern Nit Shell asksdthe Resident t6 "keep; a c&tter in the The cutter,' E.. A. .Stevens, has -been 1 ordered ont' of commission -fen: the n f s-wv "f i rSB I ?! rfr;!!i' v!-.; ? rsfi riftfil l-f-rj r 1 ! a notorious fact to all having.an v . Koowieageoi.tne geograpny oi our . coast, 1 1 mt every natural facility Is offered foH SZ trade Pgnianrogdeq. Bhould .be advised -Of ilhiaecoinomio fit and take S: r Col. Iker Yonnsr'.. books .liave ben overhauled and found aH right, -.i.U'it T1IG tENITENTIAnV. . Judge Kerr is quoted as declaring that the penitentiary! is not reformatory. He states a fact that is beyond question. It . is a robber of the gallows and . of the rod, land an oppressor of taa tax-payer.- If. the rod Is barbarous, the penitentiary is inencient. The dread, of .being coaSned . wit.Llait l walls does not amount to a determent from theft and robbery. . Such minds as are pos sessed by those whq go to? the penitentiary after tbejnevitable delays o& the jaw canr jiot ha operated,, -an, in.ucb, way. Swiit and sharp is wha is needed.'. It. costs too much money for 89 weak and inefficient an agent of reformation.-IccAanye..,; ',, . ' We olipped the above from one of our State exchanges some ; wees: ago but neglected to ' write ' tbevname "of .the paper on! the margin,. We . dieve'the views of 'Judge' .Kerf are' oorrcctTie'great mass ofjthe coi-j victs do'not! regard ber one,'f five; or more years spent m the penitentiary as a punishment.;' They rather1 enjojy it, as they have better quarters! and better fare than "they "get butsfdeV They do not iwo'rk'any harder than honest men work outside, and . when they are sick the State pays for, the medicine and jthe medical attendance. We heard a gentleman from Robeson county say recently that be,, heard ha negro who had served his term in tne penitentiary i express .himself well satisfied with.his experience, thought t a i spendid place," and but .jfpr seeing his wile. and, childreik would like to remain there alwavs. - u I As to feeling the disgrace or degra dation that attaches to a convict .life . I . 3 .. . L. - I tne scouDureis aro as inpoceui. 01 naa , 7 . -,- - " 11 ,i ; - . - ; they are of honesty or remorse. , For. many of the crimes committed now a days, the whipping-post, "without re-( card to race!! color,". &c, will be onnd more effective than good board and . moderate work under an over- seer. . - i l - , j "IHB SOUTH ATLANTIC. We have ; received thev December number of this candidate for South ern support. I Published in this city, and edited and owned by a gifted lady who is a! native of North Caro lina, it has peculiar claims upon the people : of 4 Vilmington 1 and .'of the State. ' Bnt it is not narrow in its plans or limited by State lines in its ations. "No pent up Utica con- traots its powers. : It gees out and byond our borders, and seeks to please, to edify, to entertain the cul tured reader! of ; all the States.' 1(1 the number lefore us Virginia i fur- nijBhes sever contributors and South Carolina one;the s weeteet and: truest pet now living in "the land we love" rr e have not had time to read the ari les before ns. .When wjb state that Win Brockdien Browne, Mrs. Marga ret J. Preston, Prof . S. . Hasaell; John Esten Cookel Capt.? MaffitU Paul H. Ilkynei and iCapt. . Samuel r A. Ashe are among the contributors, we give assurance that the reader will: find matter; to enjiertain and instruct. The December.nuniber is a, very great im provement upon the, first , number in iti i on1 monlioninal ''rrol .'."nn " e style' bf lithe J cover is A i very : de cided advance on the one thavpre-f ceded W We congratulate the edi tor upon the bappy , improyemeits,. ana trust sue. win meet wiin tne most liberal 'and mnherative'iatrohage? Wilmington1 ought ? to take at least three, hundred copies.. ? Owr , Living and Our Dead bad one -hundred and sixty-five subscribers here," and it was published elsewhere f nee ef 3. Mrs. Cicero W.-. Harris,, Editor &od Proprietor, Wilmington, N. C. , , u, D068AND SHEEP ) r.'s r A CQrrespqndent from Columbus county, ;of the' date of 1 9 th instant, writes us as follows: ; ;; .-.j n jEDraoB. t Wilmington Stab ; The two: articles ! recently in vour valua ble' paper, b "Dogs land Sheep,"ares worth a? years subscription. lJjeep tne subject ,pef ore the people. .Let us! have .a dog law.' and let the , law be nressed into execution. I could b4ve a ifiockjef two hundred bead of atieepat this place, at a'profit of at least fifty per cent:; but the worse than nselessjjdoga of the county' , pte-? vqnt me pur'cha8ing,,any..The tax on dogs and the profits of 'sheep'grow rng would hh enough to fpay the! en tie expen8e!of the gospel and of the common :, schools of j the .State, r Jf I am correctly informed, the expense II- hope to eadi , naore editorials i n ycur paper, the miserab nd in cdndemnatioa of e dogs of thia country. Cattail and A. business. naval starea. in-.-t::Astt man on the wharf .writes, to Capt. Savage, the! City Clerk .and Treasu- rei,as follows: f,: I'l am cred!ibly:fhformed: that there Is a 1 r wide-spread nejiei, and has existed for years past, among the farmers of many of the counties adjacent to Wilmington, that thfre is an ordinance of the city prohibiting them from; selling their produce,' auch as cotton and naval stores; in this market, ex A eeptt. through' commission: merchants or brokers: ,. , Now; will you please state 'for. their information if there is now existing', or has existed, any such ordinance (except that taxing market carts ten 5 cents) . within hi past (weuty-flve years,1 and Oblige, Tn renlv td the above we nrn tnniAtiA eff and nSellins their r own orod nee. .from fh-at hand3,f As to .the placing of cottonr naval staresior fcny, other anicles bt: their own: prodoctidn iatd 1 thd' hands of coihmissroh' merbbants or brokers, is a matter altogether,1! ioc meir ownBcreiton7srxonveTnence. At leasti..Aher!.U no.? ordinance tJf the. city affecting the same. tt., :ri j ofi dogs is more than the entire cler gy of the tTnited States. -I'prajfi Birhaihip ihe -"doom "Sfenlcn Pgnier conntyjrioard of Ilealtb. ... Aboard of 'HeaLhT for Pender county has heenualy ranized,' the follqwlfig physiCjaD3 oflliat county being membets: Dr.W.T. IlnnettjPresident; Dr. George F. Lucas, Vice President; Dr. JR. T. Sanders, Secretary ; Dr. James K.;Powers, Treasurer. Besides these officers, the following mem. bers have ben-appointrd upon . the follow ing sections, f. and ate5 expected to makev written, repottSi f mrspiDK wPbiect5 o Which they have been specially assigned y 1 D phtheria Drs. 8.. Satchwell. L. L. Alexarider and W. P. 'liu'rph'y; X,J'A l. . ' v: Tbe BotanV of Pcnderviithlls -'Meflicar Plants and Herbi-Drsi George P. Lucas,1 fyfa Anders 'and W, TEauetU! a ;t Typhoid iPever-t-Drs.. ftj, P. -Mnrphey, James K Powers and Gr F- Lucas, , t -s t . rifin'klng'Water' and Drainage l)rs.' fe. a SatchwelJ,'V T; Eoteh and H'L? AleX- ander.o? ) -jf nw A .lit A.onstituUQiS aBdi byaw8, :iniaccord-t ancer jwith the, law., eetablisbing a ; State Board of Health, have ben adopted. ..Tue meetings will be held quarterly at the time apd place designated by the President. V' f i The " proposea 'jxorm varouna memcat Jouriialh& beed cotdially-eridorsed by the Board, -v. '.ntmv h-. hf.i t.JII J e are indebted to;prB, . .Sanders,, Secretary, for the, above factf. j.,Sii ,'.; ml m m ' ' TV)lmlnctoit ) mod New; River stam Navlff&too Company. f f r-;f,;-. - The- ioeorprators of this company, conr ssting Vt George' HarriBs; Esqf,' Col. B. R. Joote 4atfd Dr. 'TJ 'B. Carr, niet at the office of j ihe : latter . gen tie man yesterday afternoon; -at 8,-, o'clock,; .when Dr. Carr made an interesting report of bis recent re- connoitering trip. j 1 ' , ; , . r, The Doctor, who returned from his trip on' Monday evening, 'stated "that he left Masonboro last Thursday afternoon, and arrived at New River on the following Sat' urdayafternoon, making the entire trip id a small; canoe with,, two .colored hands, neither of whom were any more familiar with the ronte tban he was himself. Iie- tdrbfng he made the' trip 'from1 New Biver t4 Sloop Point in-six hours, and from New River to Masonboro. in nineteen hours, the entire distance being made through Bounds, thus showing, by .practical experience the incorrectness of the theory advanced in the report of a survey of the inland Atlantic waters, made in 1875; td the effect that these sounds "are for the most part occu pied by aa .intricate, met work of channels, through -whicu.a canoe cannot pass." 3 ; - jDr. Carr stated, that from Topsail to Ma- wauoru ue ltepi toe cuaonei siraiufr through, making ' ' the ' distance' in' three hou'ri, while the balance of. the; wky he fol lowed the channel next to the bankswhicb from Topsail to New River, are high and heavily timbered, except, where, the.; lands are under cultivation... n The Doctor isjof the inipression that there, will be no danger of storms interfering with navigation above Topsail;- tjfrpi ' -...'J "'. fi'vrri-rd-;:lr;?J;j;: t :The repeat was received .wiih ranch plea sure, as indicatiog the- feasibility of the en terprise to open a jcanal, with a tide-lock frm the Cape Fear River to the Sound, about ,slf.'b!1iefeir the. 6it, and thenc Jtoj openp,inmuntjlo9 tb'rjpujghi 'ihf , sopods to New i River,- and it was deter-. mned to meet again this ! afternoon ib 0r--; ganize a company and appoint' a: time arid place to opeh hooks for 'subscription to the CapuaijfMJCIsviTjij,-,.. .;!,, t; te5 Dr., Carr.brought home with - him some very fine New River oysters, which he dis tributed kindng his friends as' souvenirs of Ibis (A&FSiifit tf jifl!M'ii ar"4pu ;1 WT8 Jl r r . ."1. 1' Smitbvllle pilots, that the body of a drowned -white man was found washed rip on Snow's Harsh qn,;the Brunswick', side -of A(,river; abreast of Pederaf Point and ' iabont f our' uiiicB-uira biuo ui 'pmiutruie, on - quwuruay money, in one of ahe : pockets I of khejide cesed, together 1 with a humber' of Orders tteartnge'inoYddeus Jsiore.jth uclfbrtunaigenUeman from Point Caawelli Pender county, wh'oi way'dtowned off tone Of Uhe Wharves 6Y this city' iwo' weeks !ago yesterdaypprpner 4 Leonard,,,, of Bruns .wfck,csnbseuentlyi held an inquest over the bbdyf the jdfy etutnlng1' aVerdict of sccwenuu urowning, aiter waicn pi was in terred on the Island; where it can asil v be f o ind by the family or friends ' Of !the' ' deU ic ised; who will no doubt wish to have it rempyed to Ppint.CaswelK.i: j. . -.;, T. The,body drifted with the current full twpnty-five miles, and Mr. Gause, says thit during his long experience 'as a pilot up! and down the Cape" Fear river' he1 has never before known one to be carried such a 4isUpce: 1 looked fresh when first dis covered and. had suffered, little or no mutt- . , A. J. Swinson, of - Brunswick . county t brought suit against tbV Carolina Central Railway1 Ctompany," ;yesterdayV V recover thi value bf two steers .tielonging to bim; alleged to fcave been run oyer and killed by trains pnhatjrpaoneon and tne other on the ,14th of the present nidnlh, T The cases were heard before Jus UcbKTX ltiiyestay statement of Swinsonf - being corroborated bytBenj. Jacfohs, also of Brunswick. Judge ment, was rendered fpf,the,p!aintiff.in..both caSj .whereupon the defendants appealed to the Superior Court. ;v : ? "tf ? .; We venture' the bpmion' ihat the trials wm uo uuiu xuicreauog anu euuying wnen llry., John j Iondon appeared , for ( the plaintiff and.-Maj. C-.i M;.; Stedman for, the 'A About' aweekigo Mr; John D, Lamb, a rchant .in Chntoh, Sampsan countyj re ,bei ved a severe rwound 6n th'e'head:fromW !hra chet In the hands of an femplOyee'wilH' homihehad engaged in' soma disputs.and ;ooJTnfsday.,nigh gNPaf qttyi KrfelaUyeofJttr. Lamb, received atelecram j to be "effect that the wounded gentleman jwas in a dying eondiUbtt'anVitleiitteiitm thihg.ha8.bn.heard here in referencetp: Ma Lamb's. coBditionjiibut we learn that ma lmmeuisiB iDresencej -binca; tiihn ho-; bid assailant, whose name wchave nob :a-j certained. nas oeen arrested , ami Icxlml in sToritnoii'i:rr,rii5TiRCs. i . Proceedings ft the EISUU auuuvi JleetliS ot ibe St ekboldera ot the VllmInstoD, Coliimbli & Aognata Kallroad Company, lield in WH ntiBSln oo'fueidar, itae 26th of November, 1817. - - -; - T - . . . ' Wilmington, N. C. ' November 20th 1877. )" Pu rsuant T6uTinbli?an6onceTtTie Block- ho ders of' the'TVHnllngton. s coiumoia Augusta J RaBroad' Cora'paby' fcoriteneo at the office of tlicUompany, in- mis eny, o'clock 4-JL!thistday1v.ii f Tbemeetipg waa caJULed tji'.Cder by ibe lumbia, as'dhairman. and J. Thomp- son as Secretary. . . r B.J F: Newcbmer,:q.t;and tlie Secretary were appointed! k cbmtnillee Wverify'prot- ies aod a8cei:laJn the numberuotshares of the capital, stojfc of.tthej -(gumnaoy ;. re pre sented - i -m i Thft enmmiftfift rooortfid that 3,852 sUares T-7.-TT. "-,-: l.. I were representea, wnereuuou uiceuus wab1 deblared16' hi 'Ailrf- IThe President of the donapaayJioni R. R. -BridgetSf tlen feumjtted-Ahe 4lnual ,re-, port of the J?res$ent;,and .Directors, with the renorts,of the SuDerinlendent aud Trea- surer alt.of which w?re ordered Jo, be nrinted viRh the broceedfn&S rthis meet- i.Tbe followiaiof resolution was ofiered and adonted: . f m .i ill'! - -! - . Tlfstnlwd. That the Directors of this Com pany be authorized to'make' sale; of 'the three tracts of lan'dj io .the county ( of Pen der, at and adjacent to the station tont the line of the Wilmington & weiaon jiauroaa, called i Burgawr and; also of about three. acres of land at pr near the fown oi iar-. borO, upon such terms and in such quanti-1 ties as may- by them- be deemed most jndi- cious, in accordance with the provisiPns of . any resolutions or the btocxboiaers or saia Wilmington & VVeldon 'Railroad Company on the subject matter of the sale of the lands referred to. that may be 'adopted . at their annual meeting; to be .held this -dayjtbif, Company hereby assentiug, in alt respects, l 'to the provisions and requests in'fiuid -resc ' lution. ;I.'.tn.-J 1 Themeeting then proceeded to, the elecr tion of officers for the ensuing year, when Hon! ' R.;'B.-'Bfidcers wai "unanimously elected President; and W! T. Walters ! and J. B. Palmer were elected Vice Presidents; The following 'were- elected'' Directors,- viz: vv. r: waiters, j. jj. c-ameron, .Meo. S Brown, St M, Shoemaker? J. B Palmer. Ll D. Childs, B:PjNcweomer;iI. B. Short andW.'DT. Graham.1, in i'rt On motion, it was resolved that the !pext annual meeting bet held in ; Wilmington oa the Tuesday T next 'sacceedine the turrd Monday in Noymberl878.vf The meeting .then , rad journedv-'a :r!s8tte.: ft' J'B.'Paijikbv Chairmdn J. W.-TnoMPSON, Secretary Proceeding of, tbe Foriy-Setond An- nnal RIeeltns ot .tbe Sieeb:holler i i f i"h fVIlmlnstOB & tVcldon Rall- roBd, Company,; beldL?a?'WlImlii s- f to I OB Tuesday ' tbof 20tb of (No- ; Wilmington,: N., C. Nov. 30, 18T7. 5 The Stockholders of the Wilmington & Weldon . Railroad Company convened at the office of the President at 9 o'clock A. M. this day. On-motion of Hon. R. R. Bridgers, .Col. H B; jShpr f, of polu mbuswas j called to the chair, and J. W. Thompson,, was ; ap-. pointed Secretary. . f . Bf.Vewcome'rwtW and J.' w. rnompson were appoiniea a commiitee to examine proxies andscertavix the num ber of iharea of : ihe- xapUal -stock of the Corap iny;,represente4 sWii'ic A.,COmmtteo ..resorted, JJWi.abares represented in, person and 5,787 shares by Th IPfftsfrTHhti tAnR'litfMffiiM Oiea tobmitted ihe animal itport of the' President, an 4. Directors t thle fitockboldera of thgWjlminnCltu recommendation containedjia the report of tne rresident and Uirectoxa above referred to, the chairman1 'appoint' a Committee "of five Stockholders wba reside Ju. the. State: of North Carolina to cxamine.lhe. condition of the Road'ahd lis cqtiiAenVfand tblconv! pare the ratsrboXirT6r7iTgM and "fiasage. at presents force fwita those. vflfefprmer years when the manatrement of the affairs of the Company was entirely rajHhelriands" or cions-qt tnia, taMlrf?.j4iKitVrijn Tbe Chairman named W-A- Wright anjl Donald McRae, of Wilmington, Fred, rumps, oil arooru, iL. urancn, oi yv liaon, and M.5 Long.' bf Weld6o; 'as the com-l1 mittce hnder the 'f oregoing resolution. ;. I Resolutions authorizthg the sale oMands in Pender County; at and. adjacent '.to Bur--: gaw,tand in dgecombe at orpear.Tarboro, were then offered, and' adopted. . . ' ; I An election for a President and ten Di rectors was then!;hadVrisulfihgn Uhe" choice bf Hon; R; R. ; Bridgers' for Presi dent, and ,the f following : gentlemeh for Directors,; viz U-i IMIfcl. rt-sti ; j Wi A.' .Wright, George. Harriss; i 0.. U. Brogden, Wj; UJ WilUrd, George Hoard, Wi T.iWalters B. F. Newcomer, ? S. ' M. Blib6maker AI jDeRosset arid Dl -it .. J-i,:.i:y-t..:.S!i.:,i. .... t.T i;anieroUis; !r5swtf,wjf On rriotiOn j(iw'astisotveattihf'nexi MhuMnjeeHing the Tuesday next 'afwlh'enonday November, 1877. vpte of thanks was thereupon tendered to the Chairman; and the meeting was ad- jottrne'iyt HHJ B.; Sho&r Chairman. ' iW. Thompson Secretarv.. . . .1"...,. . I affords lus pleasure to stale Chat the hack, 1 payjpUspf, je:CrolhiaeCentrarPad X'l ' . . - m " " m. vompany are now oeing paiu in iuiL u nis Bpeaks weu for the bondholders, for, as we nnkerstahdndere rorectSsuWkiitiow Pending Mat taeiMhstahceT theldyeS coaldiiotrihavei cpllecled this -jniney had heVjinadeobaectiofl UpecJaltyHare ail '&fmxW$mV J5aro.wiaJap;fcunder, WPh IftSralngetOie-jres-' f identiReceiyer, for bji hiftprsinVeforts m tx treav measure uns reiser Dpn-anTordetl - -4 A .. . v ' 1 ' . 1 7 to tnany laboriag hkjb.T( Ila imiddiLcondi- tjpn precedent) to h8eitagia4iRecelverf that the t MiPuai ttoef toTth-iempfiyesi for past services should be paid!' iu huiM th Railroad Company, lessee, which was read. , j Qn motion or W. A. Wright, it was V 1 tlat?WH,accorf4'nee,fw1li, I Spirits Txirpciitine ' - Tom JSlackTr a "culiud citi2eQ!, living near Charlotte, hurled a brick at his . wife, who was rocking him, -and broke her skull ilt is thought she-viUjdiB:lj : v- LincQlnton Progress'. Another 4 n v ict. escaped on Tuesday oight from the Upper stockadeWhile the prisoners were being fastened to a chain in the enclosure w here t hey are kepfof nights w iih a guard " over them: s The cd'fivjct.,wpui'- a' negsa named. Henry Galloway. - 5 We were shown this week, by MrWilliam.Garrison, three nuggets of gold- taker from a branch ! deposit on his plantation, the largest of ; which weighed 24 pennyweights. A we un- derstand-Jbat .our townsman,; Mr.! B.- 8. n Johnson, onee found a nugget (n the same 'branch which weighed threw pounds and a Raleigh s Observer.: Only ' fifty-- kvcu yiuuiwcia Y1 CJ U ICgiDICIOU Bbf uic ilO- ,ielryesierday. -JAnot'V5 Csroline, the . old and faithful servant otMaj. John Deve reux. of this city, who has -been suffering ' ; for? many' years with heart' disease, died 'suddenlv vest erdav morn ins at Ma1. Devp. I rreux's residence. : She was the former slave of Maj. Uevereux, and when the announce ment came in -1865 that she was free, she 'sjiid : "Mars John, don't cast me offi; I want to stay with as long as 1 live just a$ l am." She did stay, and served bcr ' master, and Jraistresa as she had done beforejand in that household there was nothing tooxood bjut old "Aunt" Caroline should haye her rfirt. :-,iT.V'" ; i j Ralejgh Newsi We understand that a dispatch was rreceivodfby paptaln Robinson, of the NoTlh5 Cardlrha Railroad, yesterday, that his "son-in-law," Mr. Zack Pae, formerly, of Company- Shopsibut re cently "an engineer' on the Mobile i& Ohio Railroad,' was killed foy" an accident on that road last Saturday, and that his wife is on her way iwrth his corpse for burial at - Company Shops. ? Ninely-thre boxes were ready yesterday, preparatory to send ing out the ejsUawiC.QPifisofJ.he Jaws of ..1876-'77V which are : now nearly ready for delivery The young mas High who tried to kill, his, father and mother; in, Co lumbus county last week, was pursued and obtained from Gov. jVance, then in; Colum bia, and he was returned and lodged in Vvhitevi!lejail. '"'' 1 1 -prConcord JSunilA negro jnamed John GUI,, iuv'tbe. employ of MrJ Teeter, near Harrisburg, was on his way to a mill last Monday, when he was thrown from his mule and had his leg badly crushed: : Sunday evening a young man named John Kluttz was -found lying dead in the road, nearxmm, tuts county, special.njoroner E, GErvin4 empannelled a jury and pro ceeded to;. hold, an inquest over the body. and returned a verdict- Jliat the deceased died a natnral "death.' We -: -egpet to learn that the .wife of our esteernec friend, Dr. Columbus Mills, had her leg broken this week by a-fall from a door step. 1 Uoncord.has oniy eleven- captains, three majors, three colonels 'and one general out of a population of 1,200 We are told that a row occurred at a corn shucking 10 io. 1(1 township last uiiesday night. wherein oner colored man had a finger bit ten off and another an arm broken J About one dozen participated inf the melee, and of course they, had a bigh old time. : Monroe lMepress:;i,The -1 Rocky River Baptist Association held , its annual session wun tne irospect unurcnj staniy . county a.i v. commencing on r riaay oe fore the fourth Sunday in -.October. , We' learn' that the Association waawell ittended ana its meeting narmonious , ana. .pleasant. 4-! Larceny, highway robbery and-bur glary have i become" such common; ' crimes that in many parts of the country so man. 3 property is safe: and. in fact there lis hard-r iy.au jr wri ui - iuc oiaic wuere iisia oaic -Mr. John Houston, father 01 Mr; 11 P.nE-Af UnnwW LitiAjl'i.f lh1a.Mniilar.Aa a lew miles nortn or town on 'iTieaflftv. the 13th inst. Mr. ilonston! Was ohef of "the oiaesi ciuzens in ine county. ; ' newouia nave ueen o years di age on cqrisimas day Vi HLxl Allen Chaney has f a three ' and a half acre ' farmT: about a .mile, from town, on which-; hie made ! this vear 77 ' bushels of wheat, 103 - bushels of rc6rn'; la bushel8or peas, and 13Q0 bundles of fod-. der. v This result was reached Wy high ' iiha- nuring and good "cuUivation:4'-;:.;''.--,' 1 faAshewilielonc: TtteSdaviMrV Ewin Sluder. killed three, flop-feU ; hogs,- nn.t -t A ICS 1. L A bined weight pulled down the scales at 1,-; 183 , poundav; -f .The , caSe; ;Of W.fH ; iici i-icjiui -uocuui; vuiicutur, charged .with consbiracv: was tdntinued utt-' Til. me next term.. wan ftlsrv tt rssn sf sxqvs: w. mcuanny, cnargea wun-em-befezlement.' To-day twd weeks ago- Ned Boone shot and fatally, wounded John . B. Woodfin, in a grocery ' not far from Bttrasvill& fnThe grocer is Own4d-i by C. F.iTouner. and at the time of the khnntino- Boone was acting as har-tender.' ', Woodfin was.conveyed to his homeJ where; he an- ered till - the following ; Thursday, when eaUi' ehded his intense 'snfferincrl - tt : o s: .. . if. s : t Gudge has &en appoi fited'U' S. Deputy' appointed Deputy "JUarshal, : He is one of iu? icw uiu vunxia .nab fliarsuai tuougias has seen: proper, tOireihstate. v At the soUci- tatjon of members of both political parties, .MMi.' U. JSdney has' tieett appointed U. &. Ilflnnrv Marahnl i . i - . .... i! U H Charlotte Observer'. MnlN. Da mdnt bf'thet firm !6f Griffith & D Umont. land agents and editors of the Charlbtte Vail, left yesterday morning for a twofmonths' it lit uiiuunu me j-xurui. wiui.a view oi 1a- uucius luk T litff 1111H.1 r.iiri ihxi Mf-i if m if inn-. iemte -to North Carolina. . rlMecklen-i i'ui g oupcriur vooTt win oe cudyucu ua Mdnday by JudgerBTrrrThe 'docket is as- isrge. as it na oeen witnin ;, tne past - tnree yearst There are thirty-two prisoners in jan, ana in ait sixiy-eigns CRses; on me '. r 1 j . 1 1 . 1 1 ' . ; L J . k - - . . - - ' rint ; 1 .1.1I1UIHAI I IIH .AT. Mill.R ...IT .... i.fHac. ... luiua ore two nnnarea cases. ..inefe is uuo murder case, that of : Rafe - Lowrahca, col-' orea, ior Kiumg nunsucKer; a case against Hdbbs for committics' a rape, removed from s Iredell ; county j that - against V Kirk- . . i a - usuries, ior iorgery..anp. omers . os jimpor tatjee; whlch 'Will consume ' mueh time. Rnf us iYoUng, colored, xwask tried at last Spring term of Rowan JSuperior rt otf a charge of rape,' and cojrvicted . ,lpremeiuHIgranted I hini- a ,new triil, and at the recent term oft Rowan Goiirf lie- was aSaln tVied; and this time ac- itthitted.t Immediately he! iwas held eh an other charge of assault with intenttto com- mibrano' 4nrl lP 'Irik t rpbnltofl In! hid inn- victjon, t and, ,sentepce; to df years iT in the rait?nl.iary. On Monday last he was ta kpS tblhe heai bf th Western North Car olina Railroad, and. turned, ; overdo the au.- , tbarities there,'' to work out his' sentence. - Oa; Thursday he attemptbd 1 to escape, and was fired upon and klepy;tue guard.and Priday saw thie earth' close over 'the remains of Jhis misguided wretchvt- -The Porter plaice,, a well known ifarin jn this county, enihracihgr 539J acres,'. Was sold fat , the missioner, and.was bid off.by XiW. Wds orth,' 'JEsoJ.-for' theumdf ; $8,015. -M-fEhfe most' curiohs' production of the - egg kingdom ever exhibited at Uis office was brought m 'yesterdayMt i8 Bhaped pre cisely like a! ganjrd jud has an one eud? as perfect a handle as any gourd ever pra-4ueed4- A'gtenemah' blf this cfty took' Off , of. pneiuf the trees, Imiiis yard; 'Sunday, .what he believes.lo be a genniqe,cen!ipede., .It is teanyifobted and in' 'other respects re sembles ihis Insectt "-rrri A yotng-map Jn this city is engaged in, writing a book to.be . ,f alledThaCClean Shirt bf! Mihe.J! II is a J romance, "4,as., every, '.pitizen pi; Charlotte wpuia snow 11 we were to can .me name 01 I i
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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