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Will there be speedy peace between
'Russia and Turkey;' or ;; will-,-the war
be prolonged indefinitely ? - Will the
war be vprosecQted with" an J ey e Ho
conquest on the part of Russia, or
wilLthe protection ' of the oppressed
Christians be the only end in view ?
The Czar ia committed, to a war
not of conquest but to free Christians
from oppression. - No doubt he would
be glad to have all of Turkey , as his
share, but he, has given a promise to
. the European Cabinets that he can
not disregard with safety. . He as-,
eured the Great Powers in the begin
ning that - he 'would - make no icon
quests. , If tie 'finds himself able to
"gobble up. the sick man," coun
try and sea, army and navy,- he; will
no doubt' feel 'anxions to ' help him
self, but then this will not be allowed.
Austria and ; Germany "'would each
want a big sliee. Whilst; the three
JImperors might ' be, able to , nettle
Turkey's " hash" to suit themselves,
England, ; France, Itly, Spain ' and
other smaller Powers might put in a
word of objection. So we take' it
that in no event will there be con
q'uesu' , -
Although the recent news threatens
to complicate. maJder&and to. bring
England to the front, we do not now
see' why peace should not . come s be
fore another year's campaign has
" been tried. If there is to be no con
quest, then- .why i should . Russia be
anxious to prosecute the war to a
"bitter end," or, the last, extremity?
It is a very expensive business she is
engaged in, and she is short of funds
and with damaged credit. Whilst
. peace is a necessityL clearly ; with
Turkey, it is also; becoming a great
burden, possibly, a necessity too, with
Russia. 1 4 , P , ' ; ' '
Will France, Spain, Italy, and
England . agree' to the partition' of
Turkey between Germany, Austria
and Rus8ia?o.VVe think not. It is
. not to their interest that such an act
should be allowed. . We do not see
how Germany is to be ' benefited' so
- greatly by a complication of dangers
on the Danube, ; , We cannot see why
Russia should risk a war , with Eng
land and . other powers, when jshe
must lose more than she can gain by
such a course. .. A- prolonged war,
and upon a more gigantic scale would
be fraught with; great evil to both
Russia and the entire civilized world.
We grant the last, news does not
look so favorable to immediate peace.
But if Germany and Austria disclaim
all purpose to take part in the war or
to share iq its results, then England
must continue' to remain neutral. yVe
can bat hope and believe that with
the fall of v Plevna; the", prospects: of
peace-VerelrigUeAed.Ra8s!a : can
' beat her.enemy and Turkey knows it.
; ,VVe do not think the ' latter is ifi 1 a
condition : to; stand . another year's
campaign'. Whilst her '. forces are
dwindling & way, Russia is Increasing
hers by, new levies and fresh arrivals.
It will not surprise us if before the
1st of February , next mediation or a
treaty direct has begun. . -
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DEFEATED BUT NOT DESERTKD.
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J Some good has -followed the tri
j umph 'of Conkling over the Presi
dent, Whilst those papers that have
heretofore ' sustained Mr. . Hayes in
his reform and Southern - policy still
stand by him in his wart with the fao-
, tion8ts, there' have been expressions
of sympathy from Democratio pa
pers that have bad' bat little pa-r
tience. with him In fact, the PresU
dent has 1 gained more : than 1 he has
lost. He has the favor of a;. large
VOL; 9. V
majority of the true' people -of the
country who. are patriotic: enough to
prefer peace and reconciliation' to
Btre n4 . sectional antagoniisms.
Whilst men( differ as to the. wis'dom
and propriety of much that ; he j has
done, they alt give him more or less
credit for having served the country at
largo in serving Bf well the oppressed
South. . iHe is now standing by his
giiij, and there are "W signs of dis
ma or of backing down on' his' parL
ConklnVg demands a . change; in the
Cahiuet as a necessary step towards
peactr in : the ; partyi ' He means war
to the knife unless the President' will
reMace his steps, confess his sins, and
henceforth keep. step to. the mnp of
party;';-t4 Ji? J"iht.. i'.n
-Lf. mr. xiayea were io,, prove i oim
.1 4S I- ! ' !
self; as weak , and ; vaciHating ,as .his
'tniie'
entire "new Cabinet-com-1
poseotVoftne material ' that4 the ex-'
tr?mi woum lurnisn. wnat as nice
time! the conntry' woald' have, and 4
what'"' a ? glorious" fprospect ' for llhe
puuiu, in mat vaDinet wouiaj, oe
sncii bulldozers as Blaine, Conkling,
Doit Cameron, Edmund Ben Butler,
Garfield,' &c. This; is - the kind' of
timber that would " , be placed in
thej new Cabinet knarled, crooked,
tough, rotten as it is in parts. How.
happy then would 1 be those Demo
crats who aided CankUng'in bringing
about this state of J affairs. What a
.tremendous debt- of : gratitude! the
country would owe ihem for such a
consummation.'
The taxable wealth of North Caro
lina is diminishing. The last Raleigh
News gives the varue of taxable pro
perty, taken from the advanced sheets
of the State Auditor's annual report
Here are the figures: ;; , . : ,
Value of land, $74,21,898 00
Value Of town property, ? 17,458,520 00
Horses, mua, cattle, &c., 10,130,858 00
Farming toolst money, cred- - I ..
it &cn j t , ; ( 40,753,781 00
-'fy- j '-:-:- -y ' )'
Total value of real and per- , j i f.- ; ;
sonal property,. - - h . ftl48,564,557- 00
The summing up for the year ending Sep
tember 3Qthf 1876, shows ibe following:
Value of land, $75,809,799 00
Value ef town property, - 17,047,321 00
Horses, mules, cattle, 16,683,096 00
Farmiog tools, money,, cred- - ' K -
its, &c., - , , , 43,505,807 00
Total value of personal and , -1 , . ,
i real property, , i t $153,546,023 00
' The above tables show a total falling off
of $3,981,466 00 this year over the last. On
value of land, of $1,088,401 00; on bones,
mules, cattle, &&; of $552,238 00; 00 farm'
ing tools, .money, credits, &c., of $2,752,
026 00. r - , I -
And an increase on the value of town
property of $411,199 00, j''
f Tliis is not an encouraging exhibit.
In many sections the price of land is
depreciating,:' and we are s surprised
that the falling off is no greater than
is represented.' r 1 ' ;. , ;
4 ihk SOCTH ATJLAHTIC.n
" The January number of this high
ly creditable Southern Wagazine is
L upon ' onr table literally 1 filled With
inviting and entertaining 'matter.
The' editor , really deserves 'great
credit for the pluck, energy and; en
thusiasm she is displaying. 1 There
is no other lady of our acquaintance
who could have accomplished what
she has under the circumstances. We
should have sat down in despair at
the very threshold, t. We do trust most
sincerely that she is meeting with such
liberal responses all over the South as
give her' constant? cheer ? and? hppe.
Xet her be sustained in her "labor of
love," for she is doing a noble work
one that appeals ' to the taste, culture
and pride of our people.
. We have just, . received our copy,
and have only had; time to glance at
the table of contents. 'There is steady
improvement. J There is a critical pa
per bn James Clarence Mangan,; by
J. 1 1. Ingram,, author of a life - of Ed
gar Poe, and an English writer of
rising fame. 'Another London writer,
E. M. Gierke, contributes a poem en-,
titled The Trial Trip.M; Among;the
Southern contributors are ' poems by
Paul IL Hayne Mrs.' Margaret .J.,
Preston and W. H. Babcock. ;We jare
pleased to see a biographical sketch of
that admirable soldier and gentleman,
Gen; Pender, written by his - son.
He is ; well worthy of - an extended
biography,' and we hope to see such a
work prepared.' Under5 the head of
"Thought and MovemeBt" are edito
rial comments and reflections. 'There
are several serial stories. ' Trice $3
a' year. 'Address Mrs. Cicero lW.,
Harris, ' Editor and Proprietor,' Wil
mington, a. C '- :
Sitting Ball ' has put on his war
paint, ne nas crossea me ;iine wnn
a large force of Sioux and Nez Per
c'es, and now look' out' for warm
work. . " He appears - implacable,' and
trouble is ahead.. : U -i
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WILMINGTON, VNC;r IIi 7v DECEMBER 28; 1877:
v f It is nowreported i; that :J England
h as toned down sufScien tly a to adt ise
Turkey to .-make direct 'negotiatiisa'
with Russia'and learn its tern 'This
hpweveris satd, toi; meet! with "little
favbrJwith thPorte. j Jt is ihoughi
the Parliament will oppose al ttecy
tiations. ;ln the meantime; Russia i'
going on with its campaign, and ' lias
taken Ardanutch by" assault, "tneetirisr
wrup nut itiiio,jos8j . jiurkey 4s (Te-:
solved on defending Rumeiia the dis
trict beyond i the Balkans lilt which.
Adianople; and CdnRta'ntinoplo kte
situated. To this end Suleiman? Pa
sha, has' marched' to ' the latter place
L with 10,000 men, and wiil soongo to
iAdrianople (9 iake poninan4;,bf,it'h9
army of Knmelia.-1" ?-f ' tiri -i
f
f -rTh.UadicAl bnll-dozery rz.;z.T
thfe moon. '"Cohkling:may 'Ifsvfe'Hrl"
nm hcd, nut it has been .at theex?
penge of his party.5 ' The : breach 1 W
tveenthe extremists and the Presi
dent is widening.' The : insolent' and
brayado-like style of Conkling has
simply driven the President Into a
more'pugnaoious and resolute, deters
mination to stand by his" policy 'and
his party friends. It has made him
more dependent upon the Democrats,
j The Radical leaders are not only
bent now on breaking Hayes ; down
more completely than John i Tyler
and Andrew Johnson were,'' but they'
are now seriously meditating a pur
pose . to go into an investigation of
the manner of his election. ; The very
fellows who : manufactured his title
are now threatening to destroy it.
This is a part' of a. plan of a gene
ral I attack on him. Ii is said that
there are prominent; Republicans in
both Houses of Congress twho , will
take the initial step in January, after
the recess, to unearth the whole maW
ter pf the supposed bargain between
Mr. Hayes and certain Southern' DeV
mocratic leaders. -.
The Philadelphia' 'Evening Tele
graph has a special from Washington
that contains news to this effect,-, We
quote: . : : -
"It is asserted that satisfactory ftTidence
of this character has been ohtaioed, and
that its publicatioa and exposure wiil com
pel a Congressional Investigation. Itan-
jpeara that tb.6 sole object of this aggressive
movement ia ui expuso nfceDiaeveiopmeniff
as to the methods by which the adminiatnH
lion came into power, and the influences
which they claim have controlled its ac
tion. AY. E. Chandler's letter,' in which
these facts are openly charged, is the first
intimation-'wbich' has yet bees permitted to
be made public on this subject It is open
ly known here that the President has been
threatened with some action of this kind
unless he gives some very satisfactory evi
dences of a determination to act ' in accord
with the interests of the Republican party,'
as represented by such leaders as Conkling,
Edmunds and others." ., -
, Mr. Hayes appears , to be very,, in
different to this threatened investi
gation. - We- have no idea that it
would amount to anything for there
has never been any disreputable Vaf-
gain ueiweeu me xrresiaenii ana pro
minent Southern Democrats that need
f earj the light. The rascality ; of the
fraud is well known. i; The . Republi
can party is responsible for the ini
quity. Edmunds, Chandler, and the
restL including Jo Bradley and com
pany," stole the Presidency. ; Conk
ling stood by consenting , to the vil
lainy.. So between , these extremists,
who are angry that;, Hayes will; not
become their tool, and the man they
persecute, the Stab is decidedly and
unequivocally.with the latter." ' " s
' THE BOBBER WABi f
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. The riot at San Elizario baa , died
out. 1 United States troops have ar
it 1'
rived at El Paso. - Maj; Jones,' of the
State : troops stelegtaphtf ' that - one
hundred and fifty of the rioters were
Mexicans 1(The truth appears, tb'j be,
that the mob was composed of Mexi
cans and Texaos,wbo ..attacked xthe
small body of citizens ; and soldiers
who were opposed : to them," killing
three of the 'State troops, and "three
01 ine citizens. , nere is noeviaence
thus far to show that the rioters were
Mexican citizens. - : The; -inhabitants
of El Paso county, on the border,' are
mixed,part Mexicans and part Texahsj'
r persons from .ol-pertates. C The
whole disturbance' grew out-ef 1 an
effort to raise royalty on salt taken
from some lakes,uTtr was 'pureiyVa
local not, to be suppressed, like other
riots. The Governor of i Texas' .imw
tated the Governors of the1 Northern
Sutes inJ callihjg 4 bpon1, the 'United
e.-JJ LL . ' 'JLWJJJi.
ought to be able to suppress,; himself:
by the use of his militia or military
organizations.1 ' ? iy-'r' i
As to war with MexicoQn account
of it,, that is not to bdA thought of.
It would be very absurd and not very
W yj VIM
fcraveK If :Vuc5,.-a!idl:tc:
:ince were
to dcctrr orl 46br.'Nbrttern border: as
ESChtidistnrbanceat.havd ocnnrrd in
ine! past,' there would be war8 With'
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rfaprders ,and. riots, in, .rennsylvanrar
haVe(been ,mch,f w.pr.sc-, anyet.the
PhVadelphia 7$mes: says that. nobody
aiepdecjaringwa .? ginP QmU
.rtpter.sj we.rehmen, of, WfJshmeiv. ,
V, I itelligeacoweai received Jieretyesterday
rSfr elfect.tha ftll,the prisoAers cenfine4;
inf ejfiturgaw, Render cftu T
cepi two, made .their crcspe on Friday
nigllt.- The-fact was not discpyered until
site aayiignt tJeifda'y uArnfngwh'e'n1 It
was found that hid cut' a hole in the
ttopf .--HU Watchman ? was c'.-tioned outside
of.thtf; tnildiijgr'hht he t. , 3 , th4t Ue'prt
wafers 8iDVog antj -y?- durisns the
t! Vvlik .Ud tlitCXta drown wbat
eye j iio&lifi have'mWe W;tWr
prea!rappiSj'.X0 .avphet jaijlwhici ,'is,
smfiljErama building.: There were twelve
p'r)sbners confined in: the jail,;,nearly all of
whqm were' colored. A.man oy the name
bf (irow, from Duplin charged with forge
ryj tras among -' the number thai escaped.'
At last, accounts, none of the' parties had
bee recaptured. .,' uA.i' .jt,.f.
,begi,Te -ne ,nmea ' ten of the prisoners
as fQllows, all bt whom are colored, and all
but lone charged with larceny,:, Jas. Mosely,
Frafak Moore Joseph Nixon, : Geo.' West,
Gahe'EveretL Thomas Grant Job Hanslev.
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James Simpson,; Allen Xathas and
uel J. Eakins alias Walker. loLmua:
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Tb Deatb Peaaltr. - -1 .
Ve learn from a gentleman who arrived
on flie northernTrainTast nighlUhatHil
llard 1forgan,l'cblored,' expiated r the : crime
of murder- on the gallows at Goldsboro1
yesterday, itat half past 1 o'clock,-. in the
presence of about three thousand .persons,,
onlf a limited number of whom were ad
mitted inside of the inclosure of the jail
yard. ' He made a speech on the' gallows,
in which he emphatically declared his inno
cence, and prayed that God would forgive
the man who had. sworn his life aWay. .' His
alleged companion in crime, .Stephen Dar
iden received notice yesterday that he had
been respited by; the , Governor until the
18th of January ,nd Morgan, up to a few
minutes after be bad Xaken his position on
the fallows, was evidently buoyed up with
the hope that he might possibly,, share' the
fate1 of. his more; fortunate comrade, - He
soon realized, however:' that his -doom was
sealed, and then , announced- his readiness
to die and prayed f ervently for the forgive
neay of his slna-' The Goldsboro' Rifles
and'a force of special police were on duty.
aned from
wnid rescue ue "coaaemnea
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the clutches of ihe Iaw.'i- It vul nineteen
minutes after the drop felt before life was
extinct " ' -r ' ,f -'
P4der Superior, Gonri, . .,
.., .Pender Superior Court was engaged'yes
terday in tryiBg the case of Joe Williams,
colored,' ' charged with ' firing a crib, ' re
moved ' from Duplin. 1 Solicitor Norment,
wbd bad arrived, from Robeson, prosecuted
for Che Statetassisted by Mr. Stallings, while
the Messrs. Kerr, of. Sampson, Kornegay,
of poplin, and CoL W. S. Devane, of this
cityj appeared for the defence.' I1 The case
had .not been concluded whin our Inform
ant leftl iif V 4 '"fi'-1 ' ' :. '
v The case of the Stale vs. Moore, removed
from this county, , has , been, continued fori
the term;" , ;
;t Gen. M P. Taylor has received a letter
froni Adjutant General Jones, stating that
the I order for the officers of 1 the Second
RegimenE HV-'CJ State 'Guard : to meet at
Goldsborcf : was a "misprinf, Wadesbcro
being Intended'aSf'thBplace" of meeting,
and; January 10th theHime.1 i! We . gave the
corrjection in our State column a few days
since,' but repeat it here iq order, that there
may; be no' misapprehension in reference to
the matter. The meeting is for the election
of officers, rendered necessary by the recent
promotion pf Gen.; Taylor -p ; ; ? ,f t ;
Tb tiapiin Cnai Aeam. "; i ,- v
,.i emitted' to mention ia connection
with our article in reference to the Duplin
Canal, and the excellent, map of the route
prepared by ei-Sheriff ' Black, In yester
day's Issue,' that the people of Duplin coun
ty have already obligated1 to the company
togfre one-halTbflSe i a ndiT w ETclTinay be
drained bythe'proposed cfinar for the 're
clamation of the other" half. Having done
theit parr; it now remains for the people of
Wiltniugton to meet our. Duplin friends
halfway "! "' ' ? " f f
m m m ,,, .. 5
Tbat Spool or Cotton. , r .
.Thejoryln the' case of the ''white man
from Sampson county, charged with slea
ing a spool of xoUonyJtrifid in the .Pender
Superior Court on" Wtdaesaaydaal failed
to agree upon a verdict ahd; a. -.'mistrial is
the 'consequence. iqWe Iearalthati this is
the ( third s lime ihe case has -been tried
twice In .Sampson and once in Pender, and
It waa only a 'five cent spool, i too.' IThus
far that spool of cotton has f cost Sampson
and jPeddtfr counties two or thteV hundred
dollars at leasirand the.end 'is not yet :u -'
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commerce ertne port
1
T The receipts of 'cotton at this port y ester-
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day amounted to 623 bales, the sales,' as re
ported,' to : 50 ' bales', 'and i the exports to
PJffy. bales,' of which 26a bales were coast
wise and 5,406 foreign . The aggregate
jweight of t,he cotton 'shipped to Liverpool
and j other li foreign 'ports ' was V 2,513,275
pounds and the valuation 4,674.66. The
totai valuation of forsigp shipments yester
day ; amounted to'the sng little ram of
$282,754.63. The receipt 1 ind ' Sales' of
cotton were.however, unusually small ! ' '
Branch Canal
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or I ho Home, iXoarether
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frith 'the conn try .Traversed by
' ibo North Boat Rlvr ndilir Trl
We examined yesterday a large map or
diagram of the section embracing the North
Eas River and its tributaries, and. through
a ptjrtton of which Ahe proposed Duplin
Brafach Ca'aal is expected to be run7 -This
map 'wasgbttentup 'by ; ;A;.( R.' Black.
Esqi , iOf this county i, at the instance of cer-,
taW centlemen'of ihis'city; is tabout six
'feed in length to three" feet in widtli, and is
a' faithful representation of the country in-
.2-i-a; i. a.--' i : i 4- ..r
tendeab be brought to the attention of the f
canaLjij'l -ipr. Vi'im n m! -tifitj
, ,We see from the map that the canal com
a. j j. t 1 ' ...1 , . ; . , . , , . , . , k , t .-. (
metaces at Peggy's Island, about two Wiles
below' Bannerman's Bridge.) ; The -Mine
sketched runs up the North JEJast River on
the west sde,v crosses the river and a double
in Holly Shelter Creek,and continues by! a
"course nearly direct alonglheeasTef n "mar- 4
gin of . Angola ; Bay, - across iae bead of
Gum Swamp to, ''Burton's Dld sField,f 1
thence across theNorth East River ' and
along the western margin of the river to
the mouth of Goshen, a distance by the line
marked out for the canal of Similes hut
by the meanderlngs of the river 14?ctniles;
shortening the distance . now traversed by
the course of the river 113 miles, j We learn
that a good deal of. ton timber comes all
the way to Wilmington by ,the river from
the mouth of Goshen. ' ' 1 "
- r We were forcibly struck with the repre
sentations of the country given on the map,;
and with the descriptions by ;Mr Black;
The swamps are shaded in their exact pro
portions and constitute a marked feature.
They are described as very ricli . It is esti
mated that if the' rich 'swamps of. Duplin
county were laid down in one body, they
would constitute a belt bf ; swamp one mile
wide by seventy miles long.' ; The growth
I n the swamps - is mostly cypress, black
gum, sweet gum, white oak and ash. It
is contended that the Duplin Canal will aid
the drainage of all the swamps in Duplin
county, except two small ones west of the
railroad.- - I , .-
. .The. uplands of; Duplin - are generally
clay subsoils, and produce fine crops. No
lands in the State are better adapted to im
provement,1 and, with the abundance of
muck ' and marl interspersed ; throughout
the county,' almost every foot of them may
be made 'rich.' ; . The canal, when construct-
. , . . 'i ...
ed, if it accomplishes-wbat is claimed for
it, and we believe it will, -will enable the
people, of Duplin to drain (heir swamps..
We can see no reason why a 'perfect "tidal
wave" of prosperity may not foljow imme
diately upon the completion of the canaV
There are still large bodies of piney ' lands'
In all: this region; 'and naval" tores Will
ljawuxitnrtc hxrge propertion ofJrreigMJojr
the canal. J T; ii
Wilmington, ought; la feel" deeply inter
ested in this enterprise. . We ; know of no
region of country of such varied and' won
derful resources whose commercial advan
tages can be commanded ' with so Bmall an
outlay of means.' Just think of what 31
miles of canal through a level country ; will
accomplish., for . Wilmington. We -find
Goldsboro 80 miles j from the upper end
of, the- canals Einston 25, and Newbern
50. ; Wilmington, tbenby means of the ca
nal,5 might ! expect tb divide trade" with
these places, at 15 miles, to Goldsboro, ? 12
to'Einston, and r 25 1 to , Newbern. The
trade from this scope of country will, come
to Wilmington just as sure as the waters pf
Northeast river flow towards the ocean., ,
, , The canal is not a work of doubtful ex
pediency for Wilmington. It will not run
the products of the country away from her,
but : it .will pour all the treasures : of this
fine section into her lap. ... f 1.
We are pleased to see that some of our
enterprising citizens are putting the ball in
motion and we hope to see it ; soon roll on
to abundant success. -; , ,
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- - Mb." Eoitob: Will you allow me c space
in your paper to correct an error into which
your "Spirits Turpentine' has inadvertently
fallen regarding the Oxford Orphan Asy
lum, and which ii calculated in its present
shape, to work the institution .harmt . The
article clipped from Ihe Orphan' Friend is
aa. follows; ."The .'Superintendent: of the
Orphan Asylum was re-elected,-, but 4 did
not accept the offieerand so promptly noti
fied! the Grand. Master. Mr. Moore gets
his place, with salary reduced, but an easy
place." . It is true Mr. Mills did not accept
the Superintendency for the current year,
but he. is still (at our solicitation) holding
the position, and probably will continue so
to do till an equally competent person .can
be found to fill the place. 1 ' Mr. Moore has
not, to our knowledge,- succeeded him. If
he has been installed .in the place, it has
been done without any authority and upon
a responsibility I know Mr. Mills would not
personally assume I therefore conclude
that the last paragraph of your -quotation
has by the typo of the Orphan's Friend been
transferred from some other article intend?
ed for said paper.- ; f -' 1 i
r - Hobace H. Munsok, Grand Master. r
I The item was clipped from an exchange
andLwas credited to the Orphan's Friend
Mr. jMills' organ. : If an error, we did -not
commit it. Stab. -3 . J ; ' -' " '
.sad Fate of o. Citizen of Bladen'. V
rt r We 'learn J from our correspondent at
Rostnd'ale, Mr". W; J. Ed watds, that bn the
evening 1 of i the 18tb: In8t.p Mr; Richard
Bikes went ta Elkinfi mill, Bladen county,
for j the purpose of . getting some corn
ground, and remarked that he would fish
while he was waiting for the; grinding to
be done'.' c He then disappeared nd did not
return; for his rnealr rand; ihe '.following
morning his hat-was found In the; pond.
On Thursday, the 20th,' 'general 'search'
was commenced; and Stephen Bale, F. H.:
Norcum and Monte Gtuse, being In a boat
soon discovered the body of the unfortu-
nate man and - brought it to thdfiurf ace.
Deceased was' subject to fits,, but fhe tm-
pression ' seems to- prevail ; that in this In
Ti Fro posed pupil a
stance foul play was'used. '
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NO;"9;
' conelnalve Evldenee.
r
?ol. J. P,j Batchelder, of Bosiorj,!
wruien an interesting letter to
ty cpurgii i .We give a xery important
extract!" iJ it i-1--;- "-"-' ;
niaki n g. . a i fhoxo ugl) - jreqo n n pissan ce
and iSKetch,Vof utba jZ5, miles square
veV which he-battle was fought,bnt i
visited v separately every wounded 1
mahria hcepitaf: and.l.'wrth' sketch" and :
nocei 000k ijo1iand e- 'traced .he
mbpemertts cf the several commands
and 'located - iheirpositionff on the
plak As the wounded ofllcers lie
came,cbnvaleseentiiI.' asked : and f re ?
cQiredl perrrussion o; takes; thera over ;
thej fieldby, wWchf means, I,was,ena
bledto. locate the entire Confederate
art tV,' and 'trace its movements VThe
iv, ana trace its movements, ine
bfe' bribe1 '.greaf'Gqnfedef ate boli
h-inn Jthi third dav I fixpd thr
trat
umh-
andfthen.f.J raay.-.also, kdd .thai,. I
jacs- mT'njnnand,
every regtmeut'and battery 'Tin
thejtJuioti ariyjtidfcaveisince heeS
at Gettysburg ssfith ever one thousand
commissioned ofllcers, f orty-seyen of
them; - Generals commanding, each bf .
whbin explained,1 not t? only, the 'mo vef
ments of his own command,' .bat. f re
iqhently-" those of " his adversary, par
ticularly in - the great assault o f th e
tlrijd day, fprbLcJbtbeliuposition
gave tham an admirable .opportunity
for observation. .j And' here allow me
to bserve- is. an important -and un
biased element, a witnesses is of,, .the
scebe, . whose iVoice fmust eventually
be beard in Uiis controversy, which,
before arriving 'at'va 1 just s;verdict,'
should - harmonize '- with the state
ments.: of .m: Confederate-ofllcers. :i I
will r add that , during , a Visit of
a large .number of j ofllcers u to .Get-.'
tysburg,- a special 'consultation vwas
held at 'thisr points Among those
present' were . Gen I . Webb, ;t;the r pre
sent President of . the College of Ne w,
York) who commanded 'at that part
of the line; Gen. Hunt;' artillery com
mander, whose horse ' was shot' under
him at this place and who continued
fighting . on foot with .his pistol,- and
also intelligent officers from nearly
every, regiment -in" . that A;.vicinity.
Without question it was '.understood
that the portion of the line broken
was froman yangU souths or V short
distance alone the advance .'wall.
which had been .attacked by the left.
of Pickett's and the "right of Petti-
grew's and j Trimble's i divisions,
ere J the j; struggle ; lasted j long-?
est the troops at the right and
left from -' this portion of - the'
line being-gradually swept away by
flank' attacks which, with an advance
of: Webb's 'reserve regiment finally
converged upon this point -- In cor-
rohbration f this ! hold a jaUpr writ.
tenrby GeneratlWebbtohis wife; two
days after - the! battle,1 whieh says:
"Lngstreet was jln'ray 'front 'with
Pickett's division and , two .brigades
from some f other division. . Generals
Armistead, Dick- Gam ett and Petti
grew commanded.'' f Gen; " Arinistead
(an; old ' army pflicer) led his men,
came over my fence, and ; passed me
with four of his'; men. , He felljinor.
tally wounded. I I got hit, . a shot
gazing my1 thigh." ' i "
i -31.
t ii
rHla surprise..;: ,f. A,
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ITarhnrA HniithornAr 1 --A .1
- ; - 1
He was' jusi ia from Conetoe on a
bale of cotton. 4 Cotton covered his
cloihes 5 and ' stuck in Ki his ;' hair,' A
lady from: St. James"; Street swept
gracef nlly 'jby ; with , some-yards of
train trailing behind. Herself repre
senle the short islde of a right angle
triangle. 'Jones' ? eyes ' opened" wide
and wider as be peered 'through the
dust at the singular though beautiful
aDnarition; " t- -c.U. .:r -
- .."What in the name of all the coons
AM VUUUU IO 14WMJV ViUUg UVU&UU. UV
gasped.'. vv. -W'v -V ,
; That is a Tar boroV belle decked in
frtA'fvlAVina f f vKa laf Aaf feeliiAnl,,...,'L'
: ..".What's that behind
. . ttlS - it.il -'ii.-!' '
4'
1 i jjy, mad s a train. . , f,
1 "Is thar any kaars in it I
r." i 'No,-that's a part of her dressJ
-...vyeU.-ni be durned ef: that
.wouldn't make . a . coat", for my T. ole
'oman, Sal, Suke an' the twins,.; with
enough left ytt- make -me ; a. neck
choker.". ;; - . t. - j..
l Wepassed. ;.l-,,: l,-,
-2-Elizabeth City- ' Carolinian:
Col.l W. B; Rogers; 'President I of the Dis
mal wamp uanal'Uompany has favored
us with- the annual' report for 1 the fiscal
year ending September 80,1877 ; We have
read it with interest.! We see that 1,115
vessels have passed through the" canal du
ring the year and that the number of; pas
sengers both ways reached 2,988. ; We
are called on to chronicle ' the death of an
other Pf our Old citizens, Mr. Nathan. Over
man. The sad event occurred very sud
denly 'on - Monday 4 evening. '" Lieut
Walter Walton, for i some clime"; stationed
here as Assistant Inspector of Life Saving
Stations, has been appointed acting Super
intendent in place of Capt Guthrie deceased.
- i A fog belt" hast been' placed "6n the
north side of the keeper's dwelling at Croa
tan Light ' House. :r During loggy weather
the bell' strikes at intervals of fifteen sec
onds. ,r .- Beaufort ; items t The comple
tion of the Washington & Jamesville Rail
road has . already . given r an,, impetus to
business.'" .' j-i The dredging' machine is
still: at work at Washington.andthe harbor
is being improved: by the deepening of4he
channel over the' bar. - - Bertie item:
Mr. iRi. J. Sprulll was knocked' down in the
streets of Colerain, ia Bertie-county1,- one
night last week, and was robbed of between
eighty and bne hundred dollars In currency
Suspicion :: led to the .'arrest of two gentle
men of. color, who are now awaiting ,trial.
Perquimans county item:' The' prospect is
distressing. rjThere isnt enough corn in the
county to bread the people.. Hartford
county' items: W. P. Shaw, Mayor ; of
Winton, ilias tendered his: resignation;
having neen elected one pi tne Judges of
the? Inferior' Court. :,' - The name 'of
Hill's Ferry on the Meherin river: has
tuc Ualeigh' Observer that will; go ( ar
iqra'rds settling the' question !bf who1
fQtrt"J)e8t on, the third day atGeU
oeen caangea to jnspieton.
- - -a entertainment 5 was recently
. . . a r ITixonton Pasqaotankcounty fo..
the U;;:;t of. the - Orphan Asylum. ;-Net-.
result, C13.n.' v J . , ..l
J ; -' ' v -. e j w I ; i
mston ha3 been - enlivened
"vith a cowhldlnr aCairi' W.::E.': ahd A. J-
DSbbreUof Virgima, 'dhlledMr.. L. ,W..'.
Waller out of his house . and-gavo. Lira . v
seyerej' whipping.-. Cause,- -.Waller 4 was '
charged with .having made, improper re-V?.. """
marks about a female relativrt of theirs. .
Waller denies emphatically beiDg guiity. -'
.Warrenton Gazette 'It" ishwith
rsincere regret we mention the loss, by fare, i
or ir.iAusun nammer. orr-Tuesday last K
About noon of that day he discovered his
stables and ciib in flames, the fire having ,'
caught at both'end bf.thetabje3;' Besides7,? :V,
the ( buildings ihere were between Lthiily i'
and forty barrels of corn -and some-forage-destroyed-
- His neisrhbora'Witb character'
'istie gener6sity, ihave gone to 'the lescue, ';
ana nave. iua measure . replaced his.corii.-iw
$4- Washington' corTespondenVlioit?.'
Tarboro Southerner: The Countv .Comnds- r
sioners, I understand, - passed d rdcr'4o :,,r
estanii8b a free ferry across the ri?er;'t)p-' '
poslte. town: also that Geo,"Grinrts'; '-Ownet A
Jufi the toll bridse. nroDOsed to sell the bridce ' ', . '
to the county lor $ 10,000, $3,000 caau andi '
balance in county bonds. '?.-, A - serious M.
accident ccccrred.-yesterday. !to--llUleiT
Ohs!rlie Bell. He fell some iiftee feet! froirt 1 J
a trfcej dislocating bis -wrist and - otherwise ,t,j
HijuVing him: - - 'r- i "' . !
- 1 . ttr. ti'U.fL-i.-A
4- Kaleigh iVwt Yesterdayi was-"
Ma7ortbe meUingof ;. the Legislative
fcdnmittee to-pass upon the books. &c.' of
inerireasury uepartraenuiessrs. HJohi) i
WLlGraham. .L.1L Waddell and T. R. Pnr. .'" 7 . A "
J-nelEwere' on'handnd y.e-W workiinha --W-i '
"disdharge. of the duty imposed upon them.
iivesrytning, as lar as they went, was found -,. . -corifect,
and ' coasiderable : progress' was .' 1
made. An accident occurred oh the : 1 "l
Asylum road yesterday by which Mr. i An- - , ' ;
drew Green, ; of this city,, was very serious-, wC"-'
ly.h'art. . ta-j -
;",'-- fcaleigh' News: Tiny .Pool,wife ,
of Jack Pool, living. in the . northeastern -
par of the cityi near the Raleigh & Gastonr,f " ' ;
railroad, attempted to commituicidel'yes- t'j
terday by swallowing about an ounce of ". '
lauqaaum. .- - A number of speimens of - . r
marbles in an unpolished state, were re-
ceived by the Department of Agriculture ' '
yesterday. These marbles were sent bv " v
Professor C. D. Smith, of Franklin, Macon .. '
county, N C, and are of remarkable beau- - -"
tyiof color. . Lieutenant K E. Gayle,
of the Second " AftiUery, U. S; A., is In the J "
city, on a visit to relatives, ; - ;
' '-- Oxford Orphan's JFriend: We "
have now at Oxford more children from
Buncombe than ; from - any other" county, :
and we hope .some day to return them? as A - i
good and useful' citizens We-arestill
ready to do the bes we cau for all the or- --T' v
pbatas of our State.. Several orphans ;vf'
wilbe discharged to-day, others will follow
soon. Mr; James. ffrHorner, the fa- V'
mous teacher,-2 has 4 written an. i English
grammar and has it nearly - ready r for the
press As 1 a -book -it Is comprehensive, ' -V .
brief aud accurate. .. Such a grammar is I - 1 - 1
very much needed in our schools, and we '
hope Mr. 'Horner will soon put it in the
hands of. a- printer. w 5- -jf-.-
H- Charlotte t Observer: '. A great :
chicken dispute commenced at Chester,- S. '
C.j yesterday, between twenty-one cocka. .
which were carried down from I this (city ;
and an equal number of South Carolina ' v '
cocks. - A telegram received here ' vester-' - 5 -fc r-
. day! afternoon stated that ten pairs . were". .;
matched yesterday and that Charlotte jwon
eight to Chester's-two. '- The stakes were" -:
:$25'on each fight. The'contest will be re-. ' :,.
Inewed' to-day, when Charlotte will fun-"'
doubtedly whip the ' main, upon - which,
however there are no stakes, . There v.
twere over one hundred arrivals at' the Cen!f
j- tral Hotel yesterday and last -night. ' r ; . I
rmq unariotte imes, the colored .military - -7..-, ,
company of thiS city, had their festival last' i i
aightnJCegtewnia the-Oates.
building on Trade. , - . T , j--
j' ,j4-tRaleigh"; News: On yesterday!, ." -the
sheriff of Wayne countv teleffranhed 1 ' ' :
jtolae Governor, stating that fears were en- -. -;
imiaiueu uiat aa aiiempi wouia ne maae
,by a colored mob to rescue the negro Mor- -""-"
ganl who is sentenced to be hanged to-day, L- 4
,at goldsboro, and that in view of such at-, ,,
jtempt- being made he requested that the' ' v
company of State Guards in that city be
prdered to aid the civd authorities in the r ;
prevention or suppression of such violence.
lu Compliance ? with this requisition! the -y?
Governor at 'once placed Co. "D," First "
Regiment 1. C- 8. G., at . the disposal of : : '
the Sheriff. The company was put on duty; - i
last night and will be under arms until the "
(execution shall have taken place.-: n--.tAZ-i ?'
iv-rt-Raleigh Ofisenjcri-'JohnHeinry 3 i
Boner, Esq. , who has been for . some time -In
Washington City, has been elected Pre-
sident; of the i Columbia Typographical! i
Union. ; He received 322 out of 521 votes v. t
cast; . The Vance Guards; a new, 'col-' - '
ored military organization, made their first : T
public appearance yesterday. They pared--
ed' the principal streets of . the city, land
made a very creditable appearance in their
neat; new uniforms ef blue. Married,
St; Uie' first Colored Baptist Church Hast
evening, by Rev. J. J. Worlds, Louis Ben- ; u
bury and Martha Hawkins, both colored.
The4 occasion drew together quite a large 1 -audience,
as both were exceedingly popu -;:
Jar withctheir white friends. His many
friends in this, his native State, will regret 'c
to learn that the Right Rev, Wi M. Green, .'
Episcopal Bishop of Mississippi, is in til L
health, and for the present- has abandoned--' ; '
church work. , Col. Waddell, of North , - ,
Carolina,, writes the best verses in Congress. r
lt says the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle and Sen- t !
: f-j- Tafboro Southerner: We ; have; r" "
some additional particulars of the ". storm V: v .
tideMn the Roanoke. The, water rose 56 ''.
feet! above the ordinary water mark-j-I0 . " '
feet Sn one night. . . A bar room from near ,
Weldon ; lodged near , Wilhamston.' Mr. v: ' i -John
Watts, of Martin, was compelled to , r
take his horses and mules into his house to "'.' "
save.them. Mr: Bateman.of Jamsville, saved '
only one out of a herd ef fifty cattle. , Neax-;. " '
ly every one owning lands near the river r
lost his hogs. : Deer would cluster on the ' t
little islands made by the flood and were' ' -rathlessly
destroyed , by parties in . boats. ,
Our correspondent saw one boat that con-,
tained eight deer. ' r- In Hyde county : ;''
the roads are yet impassable. andeorn is ? V, 1
gathered in canoes; - It is feared poor jpeo-:' ' t '
pie will be compelled to move out into lhe " ' .
interior f 6r 1 bare sustenance. The .eptire ii
potato crop, in all the lower country, is Ide- i -,
stroyed. '' We regret to learn that Capt
James R.. Thigpen lost bis elegant gin bouse s, - ;
and corn mill, on his Penny Hill ffaTm,1.by r .
fire pn Tuesday. It was the finest and most'' V! '
complete structure of the sort, run by steam, ' '
m the State. The fire was accidental Loss "
in cotton, building and machinery, - three r- '
thousand dollars. Insurance, $1,000 in Pam-- '
lico and $1,000 in the North Carolina Home.'. -
Joseph S. Lane, of Pamlico county, also: r -lost
his cin house, wheat, corn, &c., by fire .
on Monday, -r- Thirty Ivanhoes, Brian ' V "
de Bois Gilberts, and Front de Boeufs will - '
mount their 'Rosinantes and' poke long ' -
sticks through suspended rings in1 Wash- "' '
mgion curing tne Christmas holidays.--
j jinere was a mg to Tarb'rotown--
; r uis name was Dan'l Hooker,
He got mad with his Dinah dear' :
3 And hit her with the noker. :' ! ? -
She claw'd him with her little nails!
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' And chawed his ear amazin' I
Then both went to town treasury, :
I And five dollars each thev nav in.'
f i This. Issue of thvlarboro Southerner.
contains nothing that was not written ex-
pressly for its columns. - We do not claim
this as an improvement but merely b
ate
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