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, LIWA.iiPiaiT. , I ,i ,,,we lern that a Mr. Uurbwn. ftl ur
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naves, ii was a -leanoi arraignment r-a nA-. . v-uii K,i r -r : .xv .-.oru tvMa- - iffrf throuth a
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were iven. : iir. uewitt, onyvionaay
last, in Congiess, "made- a ! attack
1 upon the President's civil service re-
man
few months i
rmsiS)RSi JiTO; hundred, dollars lo J100 ai Alexaadrla,lo the U! 8. Circuit Cburt,-
Kobeson county got $675 out of
a circus for taxcsland lhe Bobetormn . Uoa'i
-think Iboi ii'cur gtl' esraaeb .from ihe
couoty aS lnatrr- i.ijwtr.,:-,-.-
:::i.wOTvSfi.lW large
number- of pur ciiiss assembled t Pol
lock Street 'Cbaffttt; Jast TiigBt1o4eugge ti'
mnd wnnessthe services of tbe. Wash-Foot
Bkpt1ardenoniiDatioatbe fim-nxettioK of
this kind held in our city ia many years.
llocky; fdounl'Mail : A man by
the ffaine of fFisbefwa found lying across
the railroad track, near ihe river - bridge at
just before -the time.fot-lhe 10H0 freigbt.
to save his life., ,
ICe.vboaltivated a crop oa Df.' Wood-
could travel a
the year, going into the most ireg
leoted sections, and, by his vigorous
-""-.cwo, I -..-.r-.--. xen a protouna interest ro oenau oi
1 remarks concerning it: ' a j.:M!n ifaA 0.w-; T.Bh
a.", . . v. v. -. . !.-.
the education of trie massea. Then
JU.i8cnarees aeainsi naves stmpiyvoicea l 4U u ,
ih u,hr rnnHninr to whlnh lh e.mntrv uwuiu u buui. .j
has arrived reluctantly after a year of weary
Subscription Price.
waiting, but all his specifications are not
fully sustained, it is true mat tne resi
dent haa been faithless to the extent of
breaking nearly every promise that he has
made, except that in regard to the pacifica
tion of the South, i It is impossible to cha
racterize, this faithlessness ;too severely.
Personal qualifications have had little con
sideration in' his appointments to office;
party services during une fZ3 campaign
tafcpirit,'
thir meant destfetioir rtiitfea8l
veryBingnltaift-?ge9graEbiat
There is morett antty oXiSoit,
and production in tbfs Stale
nocket and .ubseQuenilv discovered the .?tdd fe-mHentof i FakfaxI CtiH.. Va..
-A-Mllh check Ivinir on the
Rri'yif Tf; ,W h .kT J168 beeh-appbint resident pby-
i.ue Muvuia um v. v ".tfpfe 5M " ' Tnr. . 'SZZLz: rZZlZZXr ulfthV rl' l.aicianlat Offe KjwbnAabej county, .
ia frnm nnrrituck in T.Va tlharm. thief, nrobablv witn tne iear inav n mil
4 fpantaloons, "together with a check for 5th insts., the Judge rendered his. decjsjob Itfunty1ast yW;j?Itob;125jacrt-ia' cbt
rAsYfr Ti'll V vL here to-day.1 General t8SsiLae'tiroHight4ftfi M,a45rpoundstovUine
ldiiaatLcoPiu0:imuunit "rVvur r r f suit for ejectment; last iyeat,rag oyer
Kb i L hbthihg of his loss until the ne morning, occupant of the.t estate, in the State jUouh'T'iOtt barrels of corn; and blherprotfucls. -
gnuswiisniiuviiiuinij u. . . - - - - i r -1 Diiimorc tjitn . xjt. niuerii jp ai r-
I thief, orobablv with the
plains, Botiwa,aU nwve wdeV fS fe Jfi
for r ... , ., , . ,1, to it, or tried to dispose, of It. A colo
nal xam gownilnw .tfab bad been loufingtKtthepl
i d The subscription price, of the WBltic i
; avt'-i..-"4" M -"' iiitiTtiseoiisiiiiuBu Wucnerer it cxui(i..oe i
aijts.SiAi8sfoHow8 r t,, i j newWi safety, . without the sacrifice of f re
..I.-".!- --M lt.-'''--v--Sjfi;:.i'-H i-V '1 JllTjJU. "it..! nmalUKn ' ' fur 'ran I
L(fl1"8,Buw p6r-, i at this exDense
u l"-: ' o montns, " " i.w i
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ABOUT CANDIDATES..
; . The Raleigh News, in its issne of
the 12th inst., has a well conceived
anil well written editorial upon "The
Next Supreme Court." In referring
to many gentlemeu who had been
publicly mentioned in connection
with a place in that highest judiciary,
it omitted the names of several emi
nent lawyers who have been referred
to in the public prints more than once
.as proper persons to hold that exalted
office. YYe" can recall just now but
two, although we think there are
others. Judtre Merrimon has been
throughout his field. The statistics
he would gather could be utilized by
legislators, and made serviceable in
the promotion of education. t' : '
In addition to a State Superintend-
Good appointments have I to the duties of his important office.
been the exception rather than the rule." If a reany earnest and capable officer
1 bis mustbe accepted ast true ana . would BOOn make : himself felt
just.' Mr. Hayes has made some ex
cellent appointments, as in the case
of James Iinssell Lowell, Bayard
Taylor and Mr. Welsh. Bat then un
fortunately the list of bad appoint
ments is long and revolting. There
are John Sherman, and Noves, and
Lee, and Wells, and Anderson, and
McLin, and Cowgill, and so on. His
selections in most instances have
been a severe shock to his own utter
ances and theories. He has spoken
nobly and has acted badly.
Let us quote some admirable re
marks from bis inaugural address.
enthusiastic "Superintendent
each Judicial ; or Congression
District
quire
every month oru very two .roontnt,
and meet the teachers, arid also de- . .
mMm 4 ?rP?ing WMi weU fo our ofli-
- . .. ...i;,i..ri r.. . i vj oiia;i"g vt.u .v.vu , i I cera to Keep a suarp looxout ior mm
quireq to aevoie "7 other section-the West' against the
lie nurnoses. raiainz the question whether-
the sait, being-lli facth salt against the gd-j
startrak'
inhe Tast. and BhVoM.Mll-'tOffethM
J .u. r-.- K5Lh,aeback, KWi&Wlf.bbW.
East, or versa: 1 ' r I i
yv e are no aware ; ut !uy puuuc
Reported Killed.
The report came here from . Fayetteville,
and. was current about the Court House
or wish on thp part of the East to do yesterilayi tbat Joe Miller, colored, sen- ia lbe latter eve:
injustice. in any way to the people of tenced to the penitentiary at the last term tate for public
vernment. could proceed, and wovinjt fa
'dismiss for' Want of ' jarlsdictlon To this
suggestion thaplaintill demurred and. ! an
swered, and, tbe case was oe.ara ana arguen
av Alexahdria on the suggesnon ana - a
inarreri y iThe deeisiooi reodred;ds.erfeitci-!
day- was .connQeq to tne law quesuoos
4uMbit iU tbe ott It mcbtt onon re
cord. :rrbe court beiu mat me suggestion
did not of itself defeat the lartsdiction.bnt
that the conrt might look into the record to
discover the grounds of tbe government's
title, and of its . right tb intervene. Ac
cordingly, the court prbceeded to inquire
whether the government held lbe estate in
its sovereign or in a private character, and.
event, whether it held - lbe es-
the West. So far as we know there
is nothing bat good will felt and the
most friendly relations desired by the
people of the entire Eastern section
ent and his Lieutenants (the District of j State. If the West feels
n a .... " .1 TT" I - ' ' .
Duperinienaenis;, me virgiuia F.u otherwise towards the East it is to be
could be adopted of having a county regrettej and we hope there will be
superintendent, or have a law requir- change in this particular.
We are prompted to write this be
cause of the following paragraph that
is taken front an editorial in a Repub-
qf the Criminal Court for perjury, bad been
killed while attempting to escape from the
guard on the Western N. C. Railroad. The
Fayetteville Qcusette, received last night, has
the following in reference to the matter:
"Last Friday, just aa the train from Fsy
etteviile reached Deep River, within a short
distance of the point, where the; convicts
were at work on the Western Railroad ex-
x?rt Salem ,jPKess:be Saleni Fe-
'per tdJhe" styledSW AetuUtrttf; vibe first
number.tp make.its . appearance in a lew
deviL i Rev. Satiuel lion find Eliza-
Sbetll Long celehMtediheti Golden j Wed
d ipg. on. the 58h,. of r Fpb wary, in the pres
ence of a number of relatives ' and ? friends ,
rity (Moore county) correspondent informs
us that tbe revenue officers have been raid
ing in Randolph county recently. They
succeeded in capturing a still from Parker
Moffitt. They also arrested John Mancss
and took his still, seizing the whiskey and
emptying : it on the ground, aDd makiug
great destruction with the beer.. -Mr.
11 tL : TT.ll inil Kia anrta f CODrfl TiVlwilrt
, n. , .i u( VJT. uail auu uia ovum .uwm.w. .
purposes. : (Tbe cession of 1 irom . t,..iuinn . a-ri nH imn
the State juiisdiction was never obtained, factory on rjross Creek, near tbe residence
not even from the Alexandria r go- I nJi a m w., Th h.
vernment. No v proymoo of law .look- intQ th work heartily, have pulled dE tbeir
ing to establishing the sovereign juris- toata and are helping in tbe mechanical
diction of the United States over Arlington -Anf.tV,1(,tioB nf the bmldine all honor to
has ever been complied with, and the court
showed from - Vattel, Story, the Attorney,
General's opiniobs and many other author
ities that the government held Arlington by
private tenure, inquiring into the purposes
for which the estate is held, it appeared
that only 200 acies of the . estate, which
ing the county trustees to perform
the duties of the county superintend
ent. Heretofore, we believe, in Vir-
! ' . . - 1 1 ' i
ginia, an educated minister has gene-
rallv rteen nmnloved. who devoted
r j u
half of hia time to the duties of his
tensionthe passengers were startled by the J contains 1,100 acres, are ueedfer an appa-
sound of rapid .firing, which those who
heard it described as similar to the opening
of a picket line 1 in battle. It proved to be
lican paper published at Asheville, I the convict guard firing on two prisoners
called the Pioneer: 1 t I who, while at work attempted to escape,
-Now that we have obtained1 a feW und ran the gaunUet of the sentry on post.
suo-trested man v times as admirably Sa,d Mn Haye80u lhe 5thof March, edacationai office, giving the other crumbs from the miUions of Uxes paid by resulting in the death of one and the wound
BUggesieu. ujauY hiucb a - . .. . . - ! A ' . . onr TCaBlernhrethren.ru totAeir anatrd in nf ,h nihr THpv were both nwrroea.
qualified for the place. He made an
1877:
half
tha of one or more us. oarfeiera oreiurcu,., -"7
w... , mrnl,i,m,t1j,o mini in npnnvp llH ni LilaL : uul
ct . - w v. .iiAniiAn nr ihD rmmm ro inn I . . - I x ... ...
excellent circuit Judge, and he ranks n"Qnu necessuv of reform in our Civil congregations, receiving trom eacn, the strangest J",-
hieh as a lawyer. We have no infor-
maiion as to whether his friends will
urge his name bjfore the Convention
or not."
The other gentleman who has been
. mentioned in at least three papers, is
Maroellus V. Lanier, of Granville.
He is a gentleman of such modesty,
and Hves in such a quiet, retired way
that there are among us those to tbe manor
born who are willing to take mat wnicnwe
Service a reform not merely as to certain J say $300 or more. But the point is
tX.SSZ to get.- efficient .y.tem of JXTSiJSl
prai nenAri T'l.-. i i n i Vnwnmnf nninntir i . ; ; . ... . -jj...?.
biou. iu ueuciai Huutiiuwuuvuvj, iealauMa and the Dull OI Juuaiern rvnewe.
. . I m a HtAPih
d tne I mey never wouia give us ujiuiuB oyu
sanction of usage in tbe several depart-
a ' --MHMMt " 1tt t a antra In
the svstem of aDDointment itself; a reform the District Superintend ency, anc
that shall be thorough; radical and com- J Couniy Superintendency will secure
plete a return to tne principles auu pmu- - , . uJ--LaiA
tices of the founders of tbe government, the desired end. As we have Said,
They neither expected nor desired from lhe laUer m effected either by
meant that public officers should owe an officer appointed under the present
S Sft. TLffS Virginia pla, or by devolving his expre88ion8 and believe them to be
he is not known even fb the legal J the officer should be secure in his tenure I daties upon an efficient and compe- Qtierly unfounded. The statements
He " ..." ,rr " tent board of trustees. Sach are our of thftt r do the people of
muneu uuiuuuucu auu v-... - , , I , -o ,-
aoce of Lis duties ! satisfactory. Tbey I views. . I the East enreat iniustice. It 18 an
held that appoioimenta to office were j That sometbinff must be done tb
nnt rt ru man, nr PTnpr.rpn . mere r u re- i -
having, not even a good name, wbile the kind
est thing they can say auoui ub is ibh wb
are a set of mountain-boomers, composing
tbe wool-hat and copperas breeches section
of the State."
We have italicized some of the
profession as he deserves to be.
is an unusual scholar for our State,
1 being more or less acquainted with
the . East great injustice.
unseemly effort to excite improper
some half dozen languages. .It was J wards for partisan services, nor merely on Ijwipe out the stigma of ignorance ana prejB(jiCeg and to, array one -section
. . . . . . . -r .. i in nominaiion oi meuuers oi vuuKicsa o i . , . a i - , . .. . .
the opinion ot tle late t;niet justice emilied in any respect to tbe control ;n lessen crime must ub agrceu u.B against another. It is not tne reai
Pearson that no more learned lawyer I of such appointments. - j reflecting and intelligent people. , lhe I uorth Carolina spirit, and we hope it
appeared before the Supreme Court. I In nearly every particular nis sun- crying evils of ignorance and super- . the utterance of one who knows
It.is not two years since one of. the sequent acts have stamped insincerity 8tition demand a change of system not wnercof he speaks There is no
I " ... .1 1 J.I Li I - . mm 1 r . .
ablest advocates in the Raleigh dis- upon tnese juaicious sou umeiy eeu- and more liberal appropriations. 1 1 ne I gach proclivity, parpose,,wish or feel
timents. n is a misiortune to me wi8e8t money spent by our StatCwill in M fa indjcated in thi8 preoious
country tnat sucn is tne case. Jir. be that appropriated to the edaca-
Hayes did well in the beginning of jjtjon of the masses and the general
his Administration. With one of two I diffusion of knowledge. In the free
exceptions he selected a better Cabi- ( interchange of opinion a better! sys
net than was expected, and bis ear- Ijtem may be evolved and a greater
ins of tbe other. They were both negroes.
The dead man's head was blown almost to
pieces, and the : wounded man was shot in
the wrist." Miller's term of i m orison me nt
was five years.
1
Columbus Superior Court.
This tribunal, which has been in session
at Whiteville during the past week, His
Honor, Judge Eure, presiding, completed
the business of the term en Friday last and
was expected lo adjourn that evening.
Several cases of some importance were
disDosed of during the week, among which I menta will not lie against the Crown, are
v .1.- rit: i ! f not applicable in i this country; that the
my oc uu ; present action is in the nature of a writ f
He man High, charged with assault and I rieht. and is only eiectment in name, under
battery in two cases upon tbe person oi ms I male law, ana tnat pe nmgusn aecisions.
rently public purpose, that is lbe sacred
Eurpose oi a national cemetery, merest
eing only in the nominal use of the
government, being actually occupied by
some 200 poor people, who would seem,
from the record to pay no rent The Judge
then proceeds to examine whether a sove
reign power 'can be sued indirectly in re
spect to property held, either by sovereign
or private tenure, j He shows that in pro
ceedings . in rem this can be done in this
country whenever, in the service of mesne
process, tbe possession is not wrested irom
tbe government, and that though in Eng
land, in admiralty causes, tbe consent of
the government is required to be obtained,'
yet that consent is generally given as a
matter of course. I He shows tbat in other
such, respecting personal property, the U.
S. Supreme Court has, in many cases, be
ginning with Osborne vs. the United mates
Bank, ruled that suit may proceed whenever
the sovereign is not a defendant named' in
the record. Proceeding tb suits concerning
land, the Judge shows that the decision of
the English courts, which bold that eject-
own f ather, and iu one upon that of a col
ored boyj and also with, robbing his mother
of a sum of money belonging to his father,
some mention of which was made in the
Stab at the time of the unnatural occur-
in holding that ejectment will not lie, but
that petition of right will lie, really prove
that the crown maybe sued by judicial
proceedings. Goming to the final : que.
Hon, whether tne government may oe inai
rectly sued for lands in its possession, in
proceedings to which the occupants are
trict said that the first four hours of
Mr. Lanier's argument in a case tried
before Mr. Wm. Eaton,;, of Warren,
was equal in , ability to anything he
ever heard from Mr. George E.
Badger.. Mr. Lanier is a very devout
Christian, is a member of thePresby-
terian Church, and never held an office
in his life. He will not seek a nomi-
. nation. That is not his style. In the
wild scramble such men will not be
beard from. We, nevertheless, do
not think that so great a. lawyer
6hould be overlooked, as his name
has been mentioned several times in
connection with the Supreme Conrt.
The Stab does not mean to indicate
any preferences. It is only anxious
to see the right men chosen men
who are qualified intellectually, phy
sically, and, which is of the utmost
; importance, morally. None but pure,
true, virtuous men should be sup
ported for that high position.
liest acts were marked with discretion,
wisdom and a proper regard for the
Constitution. But for the last eight
or nine months his course has been
singularly disappointing, and has
been distinguished i by . much weak
ness and vacillation. Whether he
will amend and do better in the fu
ture cannot be foretold.
impulse be given to the canse of edu
cation among tbe masses. j
. "Since 1840 the number of sheep in
Connecticut has fallen from 500,000 to
4.000. Prot. Brewer attributes tbe extra
ordinary decline to dogs." New York Sun..
I it not a serious reflection npon
the intelligence of any people that
such a statement as this can be truly
made ? To enjoy the luxury of keep
ing a million or, so of useless dogs
that eat off their heads every two
weeks, a half million of sheep are de
stroyed, and the "- breed -becomes ex
tinct When will the people wake
up and learn their own interest? Will
the voters of North Carolina see to it
that sheep husbandry finds a. protec
tor hereafter in the shape of a judi
cious law? ? i r - it
Tbe State of Pennsylvania has un
doubtedly the worst population of
any of the States. Its Molly (Ma
guires have given it a name that j is
any thing else than savory. The
other dav a devil incarnate in the
'shape of a twelve-yjear-old boy killed
soPBBiNTBif dents. l another lad in Philadelphia because
Tennessee has a Superintendent of I he would not give him some candy.
Public Instiuction for. each of its jNow this is quite horrible, but some
three grand divisions. Virginia has thing more horrible has just occurred
one Superintendent, and an excellent at Canton, in the same State. A
one he is, Rev.' Dr. j Ruffner, with, a jyonng woman, half-witted .and inof
county superintendent of pnblio fensive, became a sort of vagabond,
schools for each coanty.T We noticed land strolled into Canton. A parcel
in our exchanges some time ago that of unfeeling scoundrels, some of them
there was a prospect of a change be- reported to be among the most re-
ing made in Virginia. A joint com- J spected people of the town, began to
mittee on constitutional amendments ridicule and abuse her, and actually
in the Legislature have agreed to re-1 j"stripped her naked, burned her flesh,
paragraph. It is a dander, and de
serves to be rebuked by every one
who desires to foster feelings of re
ciprocal kindness and1 sympathy
among the people of the different sec
tions. It can be shown, we think,
that in the matter of offices the West
has the lion's snare, and if complaint
rence, was convicted in one case and sub- I parties defendant to the record, the Judge
mitted in the others, whereupon ne was
sentenced to two years in the penitentiary,
Geo. Shaw, colored, for firing a grr .
mill, the property of D. M. Butler, was
found guilty and sentenced to thirty years
in the penitentiary. (
. Darry Wood, colored, convicted of lar
ceny and with obstructing the Wilmington,
cites a line of cases ' from Meigs vs. Mc-
Clung, 9th Uranch's reports,, down to Cooley
vs. O'Conner, ia 12 Wallace, in which the
United Slates Courts have exercised ions-
diction in just such cases as this of Arlings
ton, with tbe sanction ot tne supreme
Court He then shows that the Supreme
Courts of Virginia, Louisiana; Illinois,
California and other S'ates have supported
tbe ruling of the United States' Supreme
Court In the exercise ot sucn jurisdiction.
them.
Raleigh Observer : Mr. Ned.
King, a gunsmith, met with a painful acci
dent yesterday which may result in the
loss of his hand- While engaged in stock
ing a gun, using a chisel, the tool accident
ally slipped from the wood and cut entirely
through the palm of tbe left hand, inflicting
an ugly wound. - E. E. Tucker.a law
abiding citizen of. Craven xounty, brought
to the penitentiary yesterday one Nathan
Hall, who escaped trom & gang of convicts
at work on .the' Western Railroad. Hall
was convicted of larceny at the December
term of Craven Inferior Court, and sen
tenced to three yearsr imprisonment He
was captured near Pqllocksville, Jones 1
county, and yesterday was returned to his
old quarters. .
Newbern Nut Shell: A short
visit to the truck farms near Newbern will
disclose to the enraptured eye of tbe lover
of nature a most beautiful sight Vast
patches of peas, covering many acres, are
met on every hand, ana irom ine neauny,
thrifty appearance of these remunerative
crops it is reasonable to presume that a large
amount of Northern cash will soon be find
ing its way to this section. -r We learn
that the smoke house of Mrs. Brinson, at
Goose - Creek, was robbed a few nights
since. Mrs. Brinson is a widow lady, and
all her provisions for the year were stored
in the smoke house. She is now left almost
destitute, every pound of her meat having
been stolen. --Herrings sell here at four
dollars a thousand, or four cents a bunch of
ten at retail.
' Elizabeth City Economist: The
subject of rebuilding the Academy is again
agitated. ' When Judge Furches came to
Elizabeth City he asked someone: "Where
: is your courthouse ?" Answer: "We have
none." He next asked : 'Where is the
Academy t"i Answer: "We have none."
Fellow citizens, don't let us let that ques
tion be asked again. A telegraph wire
from Elizabeth City to Norfolk will be in
operation in sixty days. Guirkm and codd,
who are engineering the important enter
prise, so state. r The port of Indian
Town shows some vitality. Bell & Mor
gan, merchants, doing business near Indian
Town, loaded two large schooners with
corn last week. - Ducks are loth to
leave the . hospitable waters of Currituck
Columbia & Augusta Railroad, some alin I .he jQdge declares that he is bound by I Sound. Blue Peters are numerous. Last
sion to which has already been made in the
Star, w as sentenced to seven years in the
i
penitentiary. . .
In the case of Swann vs. George Myers,
; t K mdA the least has the riffht being an action for tbe recovery of certain
to the floor. i. y - '
ani m mis city, a uiuuuu m
these authorities to hold that this cause
may proceed to the issue on its merits, and
to sustain plaintiff's demurrer to the Attors
ney General's suggestion.'
Tne LlBEerlBK Indian Famlue.
New-York Sun.
From Calcutta we learn that du-
Thn rW;MBn Ttf Orjtnn is mak- affldavil bv coun8el for deffndant to ring the recent famine in India not
, The Chicago , Inter-Qceama mas: lhe canse t0 the Circuit Court of leg8 than two million of people died
ing a vigorous campaigu nn5led a.Hte8 on the eround that de- of actual starvation. The amount
temperance and in behalf of liquid- I (endant is a non-resident of the State. The spent by the; government in relief
tion at the same time. That 18 to- motion will be heard at the April term of
say, it is strongly favoring the intro- the Superior Court f orNew Hanover county,
duclion of the Moffett bell-punch into vaaB1aa superior coarc
that heavily taxed . city. It has . , We learn that there are one hundred and
ia ContrrpRS-1 fifteen cases on the criminal docket of Co-
. u J a w.oV.;n I lumbus Superior Court, which is in session I from damage, i Nevertheless, many
men to be interviewed at Washing- jQdge pre HvlQg 8keletS0D8 may yet be seen in
ton UpOU VUO BUUJCOIi, uu nuu kumj
result: , j
. Said Congressman Tucker; , :
work and in camp charity was about
$3,000,000, and the ii! contributions,
chiefly, from England and Australia,
amounted to f a,o00,uuu. i 1 ne iamine
is considered at an end, as the new
croDS are cominer in. and are safe
siding.
We were Informed yesterday that a col.
ored man, whose name our informant did
the cities, and. at latest advices, hun
dreds were ; lying by the roadsides
unable to move, i !!
port a bul abolishing tnat omce
(county superintendent), and to de
volve its duties upon the school trus
tees. We doubt if the change will
prove a wise one, unless very capa
ble trustees can be secured in each
'county. The difficulty will be not
in finding men
education,-but
The Washington correspondent of
the N. Y. Herald says there is great
talk at the Capital o f the attempt to
oast the President by judicial pro
ceedings. Judge Black is said to be
at the bottom of it. He is in Wash-
of intelligence and
in : finding, such . men
who are- willing to devote a part of
their time to an active, supervision. :
It strikes us tha' a system which
.would blend some of the features of
both Tennessee - and Virginia would
prove very advantageous and effec
tive. A . Superintendent each for
Eastern', Central and Western Caro
lina would
but for the
and otherwise treated her with shock
ing indignity.' The Washington
Post says: i f
"Finally they tarred , and feathered her
and thrust her into the street without a
particle of clothing. More dead than alive,
she reached the cabin of a poor negro, who
gave her shelter for the night - One of the
ruffians who took part in this outrage has
turned State's evidence and has given the
name of his associates, among whom are
several well-known and hitherto respected
citizens of Canton.. There are no words in
the English language strong enough to con
demn this villainy, which has disgraced tbe
whole State of Pennsylvania." ;
The New York Herald evidently
does not relish the idea of Southern
papers calling Gen. Jo Johnston, a
great hero." If he is uot one, where
will you look among ; Americans ?
thus
be -desirable doubtless. The Los Angeles (Cal.) Star
cost., w tin tne neaa-
mgtoii, and has been closeted for quarters oi uuo u .ueubuu, ui,iir
days with prominent Democrats.
There is trouble in Don Cameron's
dominions. The new "National Par
ty" is developing some strength, and
it is not favorable to the Cameron
dynasty. United with the Demo
crats it would be able to give the
- Don a most timely, quietus. --
regards the great strategist:
w ... w . . . , "Ml
j "Now that General Lee is dead, there is
at Raleigh, and a third at Statesville man in Virginia wno more, periecuy
aw iMiBigu, m t r I represents the heroic element in Southern
and with an energetic, thoroughly sentiment. General Johnston has in the
nignen aegree me cnarauvenauc ot i iiw
educated consecrated person to
fill each office, a new impetus
would ' be eiven to education in
: .
those - three grand sections. But
probably a . better i: system would be
to have an able, wise, vigorous, ear-
American soldier of the old regime, the in
corruptible personal integrity and haughty
'sense of honor, and tbe mingled modesty
and firmness that make all eyes turn to
him in time of difficulty and danger."
, North Carolina wilr soon have
seven religious papers.
not remember,' was . tried, convicted and
sentenced to the penitentiary for seven
n WiwInoaHntr fnr nlnotmr obstrUC
t vaa nriartniiv nnnnofid tothelaw. bnt I Hnno .nBifltinir of uir iron bars, on the ffretted i-hat the war party of London
LJJSSSSS! Pf0Ve the Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta Rail- was not jml to Turkey before , the
iail OI 11BVUS. ! II IUOJ
"It works perfectly, and will increase
the revenue 75 percent," 1 j !: "
Said Mr. Gooder
Tne Blent men In lbe Blent Place.
The Herald says: "It is to be re-
financial salvation of the.Stata.
It adds: I- . " ' " ; s
In the face of such testimonv. and situ
ated as Chicago is, should the City Council
longer hesitate to give tne law a iriair v
road.
If they had been
added to the Turkish forces Osmab
Pasha', might- now . be smoking , his
chihouque-in St Petersburg attb:e ThrJ hou of Mr.
head of his victorious army, lhat 1 Andrew J. Barfield, near Mount Olive, was
week Stevens Gordon killed 104 at four
shots. W ' : ' :
. Winston Sentinel: A wagoner
named Sherfield was robbed last Thursday,
near Tabernacle Church, Rockingham
county, by . three negroes. They got fifty
dollars and a lot of provisions. The
Grand Master of Masons of North Carolina
has issued a dispensation for the organiza
tion of a new lodge at Sugar Grove, Wa
tauga county. The charades and tab
leaux given on last Thursday night for tbe
benefit of the M. E. Sunday School, was
well attended, and netted about thirty dol
lars. M. C. Norman has been ap
pointed postmaster at Panther Creek, Yad
kin county, vice B. F. Jones, removed.
Matt. Chamberlain, a son of Dick
Chamberlain, and well known to tbe citi
zens of Stokes and the habitues of Pied
mont Spripgs, has been missing for some
time. He is supposed to have been drown
ed. Judges Cannon, Henry, Furches,
and Cleud, will retire to private life after
the spring courts are over. .; Bequieseat in
pace. -
- Goid8boro Messenger: On Tues
day night Sheriff Grantham arrested and
lodged in jail a negro named Lewis Taylor,
who is Btrongty suspeciea oi oeing iue
murderer of poor Caivin Ethridge.who was
killed in Saulston township about a year
ago. The arrest was made upon a warrant
issued by Mayor Griswold, and is the result
of untiring : efforts on the part of Sheriff
Grantham and Mayor Griswold, who were '
aided crreatlv bv several good citizens of
tbe neighborhood in which the murder was
. . . mi ; - f If
The Gettysburg f campaign - has
been exceedingly fruitful of contro-
PoetoAeea and Small Gnance -
'I In reply to an inquiry as to whether post
masters are compelled to receive for post- he d 0f his victorious army. That
aee stamps pennies, nickles and Ihreelcent has been lost bnt it may be I destroved bvL fire one . evening last week.
pieces in any quautities, the Foatoffice Gazette 1 1 we f or R088la aod heir sympathizers I Mr, Barfield's low ia about $2000. No in-
versy. lhe
now engaged
Northern writers are
in an effort to show that
(good auiuoruyi says: -une anu , iw ul . t0 note ne martiai spiru oi tue i - 7 - . m,iiehted candle being taken
pieces . are a legaMender for five cents; I J0tt braves, now that the war is oyer, I near tne giD. flig Honor, Judge Kerr,
three cent nieces to sixty cents; five cent I and to take heed how they Bnape I is holding Superior Court at bnow 11111.
Dieces to one dollar. The older silver their demands before the forthcoming The criminal docket is quite an important
- t. j: 1 - . . ... 1 rt 1 one. ine uereenuscase ia vo uc,uricu,i.ui3
mere was not. so very muou upui.ky tnree 4 piece8 are now remsea at tne congress. - j , week vet and the negro Chambers will also
in the forces bf Gen. Lee and Geri. Treasury in Washington they will not be D.Mrihmr a Dead nan. l be tried for bis life on the charge of killing
taken fbrone cent, so we advise postmasters I iTnrfi.n.nni;. 1 1 1118 step-aaugnter.
j ' -j 1 a AaoaauawwM aw
not to take them at all.
$feade. No Southern General bas
placed Gen. Lee's foree higher than
52,000, .But i the North does not
fancy this showing., The' last at
tempt is that of . Gen. Humphrey, in
the Weekly Times, ot Philadelphia.
He makes Gen. le's force 74,8B0,
and Gen: Meade's 0,475. The South
knows that this is not the truth. The
Federals on their impregnable heights
and behind their immense fortifica
tions had quite two to one.
Ht'Z2 There is .a colored, church, i
Dinwiddle county. Vs.; which ought to be
located in Brooklyn.1. It was a matter of
serious and protracted, discussion among
these sable disciples whether bigamy and a
half dozen cases of sedactiob, duly proven
against the shepherd of the flock, 'were
good cause for expulsion. Washington Pod.
"A firm in New York, who advertise in been drowned, and the Massachusetts
the Stab1, send ns a business Jetier, under .life Insnce, Company , paid ; h"
. . . . . . . . t r kl.k AwffVAA I v wv.wv. . - r .- 7
T n ' " araarT 'Com- a 8dU Two weeks ago
the following significant paragraph. Com- unearthed in Texas
ment is unnecessary: ; . - . aealing in Cattle. The compaby will
"We are perfectly satisfied that our" ad- Qd r t0 4et : a8de the judgment
vertisemeot inline dtah wui ueucu ua and 8ne for recovery.
materially, for we have letters now from 1 - - "
nerhaDa twenty different parties in North i a senool Boy stabbed:
Hani?aannvillA (Ifiurieri Re
About a year ago one Griswold, of nti Mr ttnnn.'of Brooklvn. N. Y..
Sullivan county, was supposed to have I settled in our midst. His first experiment
in Tanning was 10 ourn uu uu uiuuui Kugc
fields. This be did effectually, taking off
not only the . broomdge but also sixty
panels of bis fencing. A steam flour
milling company, has been formed by a
number of gentlemen in this place and Mr.
Anderson Hensbaw, of Samaria, Indiana.
-On Thursday, night last the stables and
barn br Pres. Johnson, Esq., on Mills river,
in this county, 'were fired and burned to
the ground. At the same time the dwelling
bouse where Mrs. joansou anu uer nine
Caroiinal and two or three from 8outh , A Bowling . Green (Ky.) special ones were sleeping was: also fired, but the
Cm.l0J .tthtty:bree-U:..(. ..egr.S.medRemadehi S$,t"Si2
from this advertisement, for correspondents self officious with school children at john8on w&8 JnGreenville,,S. C, at the
inebtion me fact.w 1 ' " : Woodburn, KyV; when; one of them, ime 0f the burning. Suspicion rested
j . - m m ' ' Thomas Lackey, son of - Dr. T.' S. ' upon Tony Rhodes, a negro man who lived
The Begterf ;Deed. iwied Lackey, femon..r,t Bjdd,, lD'Krjffi
nine mtrriage i lloenMS during tbe pMt asperated, . rosupon .and fatally joe,lcfB p. Ca.' Tee proof wm Euffl-
week of which two-were ior wniie ana 1 oiauucu uiui. . v. cient to justuy me . maguunue w tuin
fo, nioreri eonnles. I of citizens have gone in- pursuit. 1 bim to jail