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' -'. HARIPTON. i
it is pretty welt understood in
South Carolina that Governor Hamp
ton will be the Dempcratic candidate
for the office of Chief Executive. He
- richly deserves re-election, for he
saved that State from the most fear
ful fate, aud placed it on j the high
road to prosperity and peace. If any
ian ever deserved well of. his people
4t is Gov. Wade Hampton, soldier,
statesman, patriot. He is indeed one
of the noblest representative men of
the South, aud is as honorable and
just as be is distinguished and great.
The campaign of the year will open
on 27th instant, at Anderson. There
will be a grand display of i the milf
taryj when Gov. Hampton will review
them. He will also make a speech on
the political questions of the times,
and set forth his views as to the true
coarse for South Carolina to pursue.
We, deem it specially; fortunate
that the South has a few such men as
Hampton. He" is eminently a wise
man. ' He is not governed by passion
or hatred or preiudiees. Reason di
rects his course and sways his judg
ment. He has forecast, without
which iherejs no wisdom in politics
-He sees beyond the present, and has a
pre-vision of coming events. He is
just in his dealings with bis -fellows
of every caste or complexion or race
He looks beyond the 'fpent up" lines
of 1 his own State, and regards all
-ef the vast questions that concern
our great and growing country. He
is conservative, moderate, and saga
cious. " He is a man. j
Senator Merrimon, as our readers
already know, has introduced a bill
to regulate the counting of the votes
for President. We do not know what
will be its fate, bat some Bach law is
necessary in view of our experiences
as a people, If it is possible to avoid
the dangers that threatened the coun
try iu 1876-7, it should be done.
J adge Merri imon's bill provides that
the two Houses shall meet on the last
day of January: succeeding the meet
ing of the Electoral College; that the
President of the Senate shall preside;
that the Senate and' House shall each
elect two tellers; that the President
of the Senate shall open the certified
lists of electoral votes, tellers read
thera, and the ' President announce
the result. When objection is made
to any certified list, the two Houses
shall separate and vote, and that only
shall be counted which the; two
'Houses shall concurrently agree shall
be counted. So, also, when two cer
tified lists are received from any Stated
When the two Houses are separated
on any question any member ; may
Bpeak once, not over ten minutes.and
the main question-must be ordered at
the end of two' hours. If there shall
be no choice, the House shall at once
elect a President and the Senate
a
Vice President,
Constitution.
as provided by the
Donn Piatt, not very good authori
ty, says that "Seligman, the unfor
tunate Hebrew who was expelled
from the Grand Union Hotel, Safa
toga, New York, is paying 1 ex-Presi
dent Grant's expenses in Europe.".. .
ine reason for this, iriatt says, is
tbat the Jews have Grant in training
or the next Presidential election
od it was necessary to get him out
of the country. This is a slander
upon the Jews, fori they are not -apt
10 sustain a tyrant and an oppressor
hen his cloven-foot has been once
seen." Grant may bo in training, but
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oengman is not bis groom. I
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t. -r-- n.avAnnu isidi nova -k i vamm a -i '
fefaaive w a free;; ppie; They will
never v become reconciled! to them.
hdweyferf submiaari ,ai iW-abiiqg
they are.: As long tuey are uore-'
pealed godu people Will Render obe-j
dience, but ihey; will rejoice ' when-'
ine lasi.reveuHe oiuoiai .aeparis, ana
;the place Uiat kwW him shall know;
u.j r; ; .-j-:-.-' -'.-ii:.-.. i . - 1,
If 'revenue law, when humanely I
4iaUkVbow,it
whin their enforcement iradcbnipa-'
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med btaets ofprtsswif tor brniali-:
-,iJ-tiA 3F-i.-f6fv.-uf hv-ivi I
ty. From some.oause the execution
U ihelaws in, Weatersv Nwtb, Caro-
Una has been specially
'1
me ana, uaicii ye
ple,f. in f . that aored-aection
our State. . VVhetberf it ' is , : the
way the'voarts have acted, the de
fect in ' the ' laws themselves, or the
bad .conduct of those appointed to
execute them we will not undertake
to say, as there is a difference of
opinion among the people of Western
Carolina. That there are men charged
with the enforcement of the laws
who are insolent and overbearing in
office cannot be well denied by any
of the friends of the "powers that
be." That even the officials some
times transcend all authority and
take their own unbridled will and
unsanctified tempers as a law unto
themselves will not be possibly' gain
said. That these things ought not
so to be appears to be equally plain.
We have noticed , recently two or
three , accounts in our western ex
changes of the way in which these
booted riders manage to make them
selves needlessly oppressive and the
laws they are sworn to execute unne
cessarily odious. The Lincolnton
News tellrhow two' revenue officers
compelled two good citizens to mount
their own horses and accompany them
on a raiding expedition, that they
might be witnesses of what was done.
This is a free country, or ought to be.
What right had these insolent fel
lows to force two gentlemen- to at
tend them oh their rounds of bung-
smelling? It was a great , indignity
and a great outrage,' and the varlets
deserve tOTte punreJied' severely ' foi
their arrogance andrlegal assump-
tion of authority. The Afews says:
"The citizens demurred.bat being threat
ened with the power of court, were at
length compelled to saddle their horses and
attend the dignitaries, though the latter did
not deign to tell these gentlemen where they
were going." I k , :
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It then gives this account of what
followed: j i
"In the course of the journeying they
found a still-house. ! :, The officers, 'gallant
and bold after a Aorn, charged upon the
place, and after some preliminary exami
nation, called our citizens into the bouse
and notified them that they were truly
summoned as witnesses for the -United
States, and commanded to make a thorough
examination so that they could tell all
about it. Then they were an ' carried
over to Geo. Newton's house, whom they
frightened into telling that bis brother was
engaged in blockading. John Freeman
was cutliDg wood for jfewton, who was
confined to bis room by a scalded foot; and
aeamst bis protest the former was forced
to pilot these men to capture his brother-in-
law, J. r, JNewton. Tne.nrst two citizens
were also made to go along with them; and
so these worthy men were forced to ride
more than thirty miles mat day, ana tor no
other purpose than to furnish information
and become witnesses in revenue cases."
The Netost feeling' justly incensed
at such overbearing and illegal con"
duct, says: ,-) i-J;;0-'. k;
"Such indignities and outrages are clearly
indictable under our ' laws. , and vet if a
grand jury of. Lincoln county were to find
a bill against these nfflcers, it would be
called . persecution by the Federal court,
andtne case would net transferred to an
other jurisdiction that invests revenue offi
cers with a peculiar odor of sanctity. And
to our shame be it said we nave a supreme
Court that not only winks at but justifies
the law. Jfrom such oincers ana sucn
judges let the people deliver us." . . ; ;
Both the Advance vai. Regulator dwell
. . . -. i . . it
witu empnasis upon tne necessity ot auuer
ing to the use Of the. machinery of which
Success so far has been achieved; and so
far has been retained. To abandon such
machinery now for an untried system is to
disarm in the face of the enemy. HiUsboro
Recorder. I,' f ; jJ. . ,(;" - . ; ;
We do not understand the Advance
to occupy this position; If so, then
we failed to comprehend its editorial
on 'party organization;" We under
stood it to favor primary elections of
delegates to the county conventions
the delegates io-.be instructed or
otherwise;. , We are glad to see that
the Rocky Mount Mail and the Stab
are in accord upon the subject. The
Mail says the primary plan indicated
"has . been practiced in Nash with
best results." V It" was also tested very
thoroughly. ir Virginia and with ex-j
cellerit success. -; We ' can ' see nO "ob4
jection to it and are satisfied that the
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peopie wm iie iu i,.rvB
to-
awsyt
theest elements of
siwetyJfTomTeiiaBHDg in the work of
selecting candidates ihen cling to"the
old rotten system. Even so intelli-
-WJt'MINGTON;;Hi''lDl?mM;iMAEOH29sl878i
gent a paper as the Charlotte Ob-
r i 71 . u w
hiia tKia tn r.f ,V - '
f 4 "Tbe j present method of nomioatiog
candidates for office is certainly obnozioas
to criticism.'- -We suppose 116 'one will deny
"that it has defects, and serious defects, toq. !
.These : conTentiooa have heeja -so. often ;
pack :d in. the interest of individuals and
so far diverted from their original purpose
that they have become extremely unpopu
lar, by" reason-of their frequent .flagrant
misreDresentatfons of nublie sentimenL"
xeecner is noioniy an unoeuever.
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alter the Russians are done iwithj.U,
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- MnrmflkMknwhs 'iT
ipp'aM ftieofilclaf fdberiofl
Brf-
Express has Deeu interviewing , the
salacious old culprit and V gives, the
following: -J-;- i .--
-. Then you do not believe in the doctrine
of eternal punishment?" s .:i o
. "I do not . I was a long time in getting
to that point where I could feel free to ssy
so, but 1 have reached it. 1 believe that
men will carrv out of this life essentially
the dispositions in which they die, and will
pass into another era, where, after suffering
ceases to improve them, they will depart
and be annihilated, one Dart, but such of
them as will" by further discipline be im
proved will be brought back."
"Then vou think a portion of them will
be entirely annihilated ?"
T do not know it. but that ismy opinion,'
as distinguished from the doctrine of Reve-;
lation. I hold as a certainty that this lire
does not terminate responsibility for eon-
duct; that good goes on after death and
CT 11 KUCQ UU. VT IMA UCUBUTi BilCl UCAIU.
"You do not think, then, that this life is
the onlv nrobationarv termf" ! ' ' s
No, I do not think it is the only.term of
probation. . I think there is a probation
beyond."
1 The New Orleans Times has a the
1 1 - - 1 -
atrical critic who denies that Miss
Mary Anderson has genius, or, as. he
calls it, the "Promethean spark." But
he is, nevertheless, so much impressed
that he is forced to say that she is1
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"an actress of unquestioned and un
questionable superiority, favored with
rare qualities of person, and with a
voice of- phenomenal magnificence,
her intuitions being all artistic and
her methods all true." This is in nob
for a girl of eighteen. What will she
be when she is forty when she has
twenty-two years more of histrionic
training? The critic of the Louisville
Courier-Journal thus comments upon
the criticism' of the limes: ; .
"He 8hould, at least, make his diagnosis!
iMgnosia
so definite that Miss Anderson's
might know just what to expect of her fa
I I H I
ture. It would indeed be a pity if there
was no sacred flame in the heart of so glo
rious a shrine. Let ns propound a problem
or two for the gentleman of the limes to
solve. At what age should the feu mere
develop itself in tha-human breast? If Miss
Anderson has succeeded so well without
the Promethean spark, may we not believe
the said spark to be an adjunct of a bar
baric period of the drama, and unnecessary
to the triumphs of the 'modern stage? un
the other hand, doesn't Miss Anderson
really show about as much evidence of true
genius as it is possible to crowd into the or
ganismof a girl of eighteen summers?
Don Cameron. Senator from Penn
sylvania, has made but one speech
and that was about three words long.
With him silence is golden. The late
John Stuart Mill, one of the most
original thinkers of our times, was in
Parliament once and made bat ' one
remark. . He was accused of saying
that the Tories " were the stupid
party." He corrected the report by
stating " that instead of saying that
the Tories were stupid, he had only
said that the stupids were Tory."
This saying could be made to have a
wider application under pressure, jit
would fit our own times, and specially
apply to the gold-bugs in the North.
, The news from Europe still leaves
every thing in doubt. The tone of
the Russian press is evidently ; wax
ing more ljelligerent. It is demand
ed, so report says, by Russia that the
English fleet leave the Sea of Mar
mora at once.' A leading Berlin pa-
per says .Liussia regaras war witn
England now as inevitable.- Both
powers are preparing for the worst
turn of affairs, arid war is at least
The' New Bishop of Richmond and
Vicar Apostolic ot North Carolina.
The Richmond iWhig is authority for the
statement -that among the last , official acts
of Pope Pius IX.,' was the : designation of
Rev. John J. Keane, ssistantptastor of 8tl
Patrick's Church, Washington, ,D. C-, to
be Bishop.of Richmond . and .Vicar Apos
tolic of -North Carolina; as successor; of
Bishop Gibbons, i v :; . :. .. . .. ' ; . 1
Political.' ... ..
. At a meeting of Republicans, held
at
Moore's f place, . Cape4 Fear Township, ph
Thursday night, which was, presided oyer
by Luke Grady, with ; Thomas Harrell as
I Secretary, we Jearn that W. H. Moore wm
1 endorsed for the State Senate.' James Hea-
i---- ; , . -
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aentauTes, . anu xi. duuii uu uuumu
Holmes announced . themselves as' candi
dates for Sheriff. Tbe speakers were Hea
ton, Moore, Jones and others.
Dlsebrery of ItU uPhotbat e' Bed
. M r : VV l iteuaeta k 1 1 4 n h t -t
Bed f phosaie, .aoojtp
M Jersey greeq sana mn haye ifccenUyjlljust;! of Brmkjey'a Deiti on the Carp-;
been discoyereOn jOldf of Capt. S.lUi4k CentnaiSaiiwa.v.'waB desfroved bv fif e- -
v.&mfficl,y:
i'PfSJra
rentlyaWrtpVleehlfckfknd 4be'crmerisi
MSdHrfbtrW?idtai tae 'ditdh;
,bankrJ4ritdl3iM
,yaraa.f1nvBfryM!aPPj?a.
-BaSfoehiiy Ibn'aiQtfrWlsidaVpriqMr!
cohdiUbn: mrtKatiLraljAite witbdutthet
actioo.ot acjdaorjorte, bemicaJj prepara-;
! . . m a.' . i
P;& H?10! f8?;VaUon.H
They are pronounced ty competent judges!
16 ' be a 5onglomenitloa of cdprblite,-' -rtue 1
ijtlfBeaWforgWe0s niirJ.Wfr'bil Kj
France and ' in the State of 'New Jersey,
from whence large quantities are shipped,
are lime ' and potash.' Captain ' Noble; : has'
had a practical demonstration of its worth
and usefulness as a fertilizer, having used.
it with much success last year in the culti
vation of peas. ' " ;
Gold-bearing quartz is also found in con
siderable quantities, on this land, together
with three distinct specimens of slate and':
luminous lime, vulcanized by, beat, all of
which are contiguous to the phosphate and.
green sand beds, and are believed to have
bad their origin in come volcanic eruption
or disturbance in that locality. Captain
Noble found imbedded in the phosphate
bed an acorn and a shark's tooth, and also
a petrified heart of some : animal, with the
veins and arteries plainly delineated.
The attention of Capt. Noble was first
awakened to the rich formations with which
his land abounds by Major W. L. Young,"
who has taken much interest in endeavor
ing to arrive at a proper estimate as to their
worth and utility, and whose judgment in
reference to them has been sustained by
that of other persons of expetience who have
examined into the matter.
Election of Coauty cmmlloner.
The attention of jthe , Justices of the
Peace throughout the State is called to the
following extracts from Chapter 141, Laws
1876-77, entitled , an act to establish coun
ty governments. Sections 5 and 6 read as
follows.
Sec 5. The Justices of .- the Peace for
each county, on the first Monday in Au
gust, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-eight, and on the first Monday in
August every two years tnereaner. snau
assemble at the Court -House of their re
spective counties, and a majority being
resent, shall proceed to ue election 01 not
ess than three ttort&ore'lttinr'frve persons j
1o be chosen fromthe tody of the county
I liaClUUIOK UIOlllUUVCl VI UIC I
. . . . . J I
shall be styled the Board of CommlasioneVs
for the county of , , .and snai.1 noia tueir
offices for. two years from the date of their
qUBllUCBfclUU, aUU UUIU tUCll Duvwoowaouiwi
be elected and Qualified. But those elected
on the first Monday in August.one thousand
eight hundred and soventy-eight.shall enter
upon their duties immediately upon ine ex
piration of the term for which the Board of
County Commissioners now in office have
been elected, and not before. They . shall
be qualified by taking the oatb ot omce De
fore the Clerk of the Superior Court, or some
Judge or Justice of the Peace, as now pre
scribed by law, and the Register oi ueeas
shall be ex officio Clerk of the Board of Comt
miasioners: Provided, however That the
Board - of Commissioners shall ' not ' have
power to levy taxes, to purchase real prop4
anln VAmwa tvm ifaBiflrnafa Tl A W filtPR TOP I
county buildings, to construct or repair
bridges, the cost whereof may exceed five
hundred dollars, or to borrow money for
the county, nor alter or .make additional
townships without the concurrence of. a
majority of the Justices of the Peace sitting
with them; and for the purposes embraced
in this proviso the Justices of the Peace of
the county 6hall meet with the Board of
Commissioners on the first Monday in Au
gust, one thousand . eight hundred and
seventyseight, and annually thereafter, un
less oftener convened by the Board of Com
missioners, who are hereby empowered to
call together the Justices of the Peace when
necessary, not oftener than once in three
months, but for such services the Justices
of the Peace shall receive no compensation.
Sec. 6. The Board of Commissioners so
elected shall have and exercise the jurisdio
tion arid powers vested in the Board of
Commissioners now existing, and also those
vested in and exercised by the Board of
Trustees of the several townships, except
as may hereafter be prescribed by law; and
they shall hold their sessions as may be
prescribed by law r : - ;
Chapl 275, SecV 78. The Justices, of the
Peace of the several counties shall be con
stituted the Board of Justices of the Peace
for the purposes of this act. : f
The Election Iar.-; ! :..
tha TT'.lpplinn
Law as published by us yesterday.'copied
from the Raleigh
nhawn J Rv lnw the
election takes place dn the first Thursday
in August,, which Is Jthe 1st day of ; lhe
month, instead of the 8tb, as it appears in
the article, and the officers qualify on the
1st Monday in December, instead of the 1st
. . lL'. . L- f.
Monday in September,! asf it
incorrectly
appears,
Violating internal Revenue I.awe. j
; 'John S. Adams, white,1 : arrived ' here " on
the Southern train last night, under a com
mitment from Tj. S. 'Commissioner : J.". T.
Tlnllavl t PAlnmhiis onniitv in Iefn1t of
K.n iw tha mm t soo. for hia annearance
to answer the charge of vioiating the Inter
nal Revenue laws by telling tobacco with
out a license.' Be wis' committed to jait
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at liik m n. v icriu wa aaii Wa. aJb iiomii wana
this city, was nominated by the ; President
yesterday as Collec
city of . Wihriington,; to Bucceed Gen . J. ! . C
Abbott"
y The Wadesboro.ierwa. nomi
nates iHon. .Thbmas 8. Ashe? for .lhe Su
preme Court, and the Tarboro ' Southerner
Hies tbe name oi juage ueorge nowara.
rSMcy!TTtevVjip aea innrni, ,$Be; i'tOuiai, W. ..oibibs rwise ana loexpeaieni io repeal iauu, i a
its fertilizing Dronerties to. the nhosnhates I in arrpnt thn .Ahroari nt itia . nnflarraJ I reRnmntion act. not ihat It ! would! I ' T .
n - L . . . : . m m. i ' 1 1 I M J; ' t ; 1 . . t- I
foundTn' ih-ne&hbUgood o 'bhiriktdn. 1 tion. which soon: comtnunieated to thel lliave anV. particular influence at hdmejl
Coir l,iOTB feet Hi(?lBftAQ extenaAa! l!ahA-Jii(dkfthitiMLiliirnnrMlM.tiirniI I ce urn 1. 1 1
great fertilizing prorierliesf lhis-specjes; Lhe carried out a? fast as hecou1aand.r4aced) F:to4l4ofrn1iwthitfrlhe '''&dWmtiM I bey with a
of marl which is found' DrinciDally vfay'the articles on the ODDosite side of the rmuU I WZdriti&i IklnaLiVlM tW'
1
fr: .1 111
v i "The residence of "Mrs? Maria 1 Emmons,!
KWedpesday morning. Wen.Mra. Em-i
.BRff i8S?!rd lhe PZ
only person on me premises at the time,'
- ttiemeawere amdnea iot wlreMassi
oMlTumptioobfB
tbcdweuing, J5etng
house, and
at this ''mbirient Venllemanj
trarentdii riding bveri
'frrim Xhik r.ttvto
horseback and took,i. the f state of 1 affaihl
at tlahce, wberupoaihe dismounted j .
fasfene 9 handcommencedflghting;
the fire to the best of his ability. J He. soonj
discovered, however, that it had attalnd
- bvtae buMinff with tbe limited ftppU-j
Finally, aa the flames beean to soread With'
great' rapidity through the buildiog, which
" i , : :
was an bid and very inflammable structure,'
he besought Mrs. -Emmons to leave the
building, but found that fell e had apparent-!
ly become completely dazed by the calam
ityV and to all his appeals she turned a deaf
ear, wandering about the bouse as if In
search of something, and making replies;
which showed that her mind had become
temporarily unbalanced by the exciting
event. At last our Wilmington friend found
it necessary to take the lady up in his arms
and convey her to a place of safety. -She
then spoke'of a travelling bag that had been;
left behind In one of the upper rooms, and
seemed to place such store upon it that the
gentleman returned ' and endeavored to
secure it J but could find, nothing in the
shape of a carpet-sack. He seized 4 port
folio and a parcel of books, however, and
hurriedly retraced his steps, when, just as
he cleared the steps the piazza - fell In be
hind him. . j ' ; : . j
In the meantime the flames had spread in
every direction, the large amount of dry,;
high grass in the vicinity serving as so
much additional fuel, and our friend knock
ed .down portions of' fences in order to stay
the progress of the fire; but, in spite of his
efforts, it reached the neighborhood
of the articles 1 of furnituie he had
removed ! from the burning building,
and finally communicated to them, burn
ing all but five chairs, a table and
some silverware, which he managed to re-i
move tola place of safety. From 11
o'clock in the morning until about half past
3 o'clock in the afternoon our Wilmington
friend, whose name he requests us to with
hold, fought the fire and was "instrumental
in saving a number of the outbuildings,
V " ,T " , .'TViJ 1
. ti th rf, m r ., ,
.t
scene and
be retired exhausted from the
field
We learn that Mrs.
Emmons had some
insurance on her property, but as
to what
amount we are not advised.
At last accounts the fire, was spreading
in tbe woods in the neighborhood of Mrs.
Emmons' premises!.
Blibop Atkinson Among tbe Orphans.
The Oxford Orphan's Friend sayst "This
able and venerable divine came last Satur
day and preached the orphans an excellent
sermon, dwelling first on the value of
I, learning abd the necessity of wisely im-
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proving every opportunity to increase ; our
knowledge and prepare - for the duties of
life. He'then insisted that a pure Chris
tianity, a true religion, the most desirable
of all, earthly possessions, should be dili
gently sought.! The sermon was! interest-,
ing to the : orphans, ' and edifying to 1 the
large audience assembled from the town.
On Sunday morning he preached in the
Episcopal Church on the choice made by
the Jews between Jesus and Barabas."
County Commissioners. ;
A called meeting of the Board of County
Commissioners was held yesterday; pre
sent, lhe Chairman and a full Board. ;i
Mr. J.'K- Brown was appointed County
Surveyor in the special case of J. N. Maf-
fittand Wm. B Giles.
It was ordered that the report of
JohnF.
Divine and. J. F Post, in regard to the
work done on Smith's Creek bridge,knowri
as Little Bridge, be accepted, and that the
Clerk of tbe Hoard spread tne same
on the
minutes
: nWnIn mrtimJ tendered hU bond -for
$500, in accordance i with an order of the
Board, for keeping in repair above bridge
to e tern? of five: years, which was ap
I prpvea anu acoepieu, auu uiucicu opicau
on the minutes.
; The Board then
adjourned.
The Port of Wilmington.
The Raleigh Jfem says: "Gov. Vance has
J beeQ sen some 'Views of the toreignr ship-
. . i . . .. i
ping . in ; the port i of iWflmingtoni The
views were! taken by YanOrsdeli photog
rapber, on the22d of November, 1877. In
the views are "seen 27 foreign' ;vessels,';i4
under charter to the W., C. & A. Railroad,
and 13 to Wilmington merchants. These
vessels were all irr -the. cotton trade. . Of
the por,ts i to which they .sailed TO were .In
-f I Great Britain. and!l7 on the continent of
a - . ' - .
Europe. ' The views are admirable for
clearness arid finish. , The trade of this
port in the staple is yearly increasing; and
now it takes a high place among the cotton
.:maTkek',-i;4oujr i.-i Jt M' :
We are glad to' leafn ' from a
private dispatch received !: here iastrnlgtt
thai the daughter of judge Mckoy alluded
to in an item In out State column frdm tbe
Raleigh JTwias being tery ill! in.Georgiat
and not expected to live, is now pronounced
much better.
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HCRBAH FOB THE SII.VBK BILL;
RccreurT Ratnnan oa ih
Effect
Ul . ine surer mil
Special to the Philadelplila'Times. '
a i 1 Waow:
Secretary Sherman gave his views!
atUngthno-day tbefore5 the Senate
Finance Committee regarding . thej
Housa bill renealinff the act lor the!
.1879. . tie said he thought it was; un-4
but he thought it would, be.tteeping jje
;:faitb witbi the creditors anA4.be people Laui
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ffJK?H? hTKVf
enUreTy,pacti9al,ah ihatremfetijtfrt
coaiaDeenficieaiiWiWJOut ,ne uigni
est iniarr to out cominerciah Tiros
pentyvJ and1 that t tnelieetaof oatfi
was ij quesUpne f m EegajqyJo f
in o-onnntion ith rlsnmntion it had!
1 j . j a ii ; 4 1
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ueeu. a ueciueu au vantage, iiv bsiu
he thought: it would be easier to ,re-j
same with a double, standard - than
with a single metal. He said the dis
advantages resulting from the silver
bill, were few, but one unfavorable
effect of it had been to stop the sale
of the 4 per cent, bonds, and to send,
our bonds home from Europe. On
being questioned, however, he said he
thought they had all been absorbed
by our own people, and that the price
had not fallen.
The Secretary could cot but admit;
that the effect ot the bill had been
good. He said he could sell for either!
gold or silver any amount of the four
and a half per cents at a premium;
He said only about, seventy million
of the four per cents had been soldi
The whole tenor of Mr. Sherman's
remarks were that the Silver bill, so
far as - its present effects had been
shown, had been beneficial to the
public interest.
Interesting Frm Washington.
LWashington Post, March. 21st. 1 ,,;
; :: c THE DECLABATION OP WAB. j
The anti-Administration Repuhli
cans have at last made their declara
tion of war and next Monday is fixed
for the opening engagement. Senator
Howe advanced to the front yester
day, and through a resolution of in
quiry about Judge Whitaker gave
notice that he intends to open his bat
teries on the policy. The malcon
tents had to travel a long ways to
reach Haves bv wav of a State offU
cer in Louisiana. But any plea wamld
do. They care nothing about; Whit-;
aker ot Anderson' either. - Hayes is
faction in Congress has been growing
: : e . ; j I
in numbers with each'day, and they
have considered themselves - strong
enough to make an attack for some
time, but rio opportunity ottered.
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Conkling, Blaine, Garfield.Butler and
other implacables have been . waiting
for Hayes to give them an excuse for
arraigning his policy. , 1 hey did not
want to step forward and make the
attack voluntarily, as it were. They
wanted to play the role of patient
patriots who had suffered long in si
lence. They not only wanted Hayes
to bear their abuse, but they wanted
to put on him-the burden of forcing
trora them a protest against nis poucy.
Seoret consultations were held and
the warriors agreed to sead Howe
forward as a skirmish line to open the
eneracement. The conspirators se-
lected their weakest man to oegin
tbe skirmish, and intend to follow up
the attack with some of . their big
guns. Tbey only care to use Howe
to give them an opening. Howe, it
is said, intends to make a violent
and bitter speech.; He will denounce
the Southern Democracy as ku-klux,
negro murderers, etc., and declare
that be cannot support Hayes be
cause of his . leniency towards the J
Snth 1nnlrl?n i tn AnmA in after
South. Conkliqg is to come in after
Howe, and it is said he will make the
most violent and denunciatory speech
ever listened to iii the Senate. " The
bloody shirt, is to wave againi and I
Eliza Pinkston is to be resurrected.
Wadleish will attempt to endear
himself to his constituents, who are
soon to elect a Senator, by disclaim
I ins against
the SoutlCand condemn-
ing Hayes.
The object to the rnOve-
1 ment is tffprovoke'the Southern De
vinnflAmAlktnn lntom
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peraie ipr use in x-auicai campaiguB.
..j .:. ThejCarolInn.Farmer.,,.; . fj
r ,Greensboro New State. "
. The 'March number of this merito
ripus publication, issued in the inter
est of the agricultarists of-the two
Carolinas, has been received. - It is
filled uwithmatter4 benehcialtothe
I farmer. ' Those desirmer instructive
agricultural literature cannot do bet
ter tban subscribe for this journal. It
is published in monthly numbers at
the low price of $1.50 per year, in ad
Vaticej' by W. H. Bernard, Wilming
ton,N. C. V r U,-. :
Printing the Silver Certificates. ,
Wa8hiibnP i
The bureau5 of engraving and print
ing to-day began the Work; of print
ing the silver certificates, commencing
with those of the -denomination of
fib. Ii ii'expected that certificaies
of alt the denominations will bet ready
for delivery i by . the - first of i next
.month, Orders for, them have- been
received - from . roost : of. ; the . large
cities,' the largest order being' from
New York,1 for about eight1 millions.
' Guilford sends . three .colored
convicts to the penitentiary, j '
1 Raleigh News: Mr. Thomas Mc
Iyoy, a son of Hon' A. A.; McEoy, who is i'
attending -the law school of Judge Strong,
left yesterday morning Jor Georgia, to see i
bis suteri wpo iapgi expaaedtOjim'. - - -
-!- Raleicrb Observer! Verv- treat
lJlC4COfc IO UClaJg U1BUI1COICU IU 4IIU Itllni9
io progress at Edenton Street HE Cliurclt
u4 Swam Street, 3tptist, CLutcU, Hiid. (lie
meelipgaare laigely attenued dny anil utgltf.
The : ,:ijentral, jfrotestqat. . says
there are eleven religious papers in the Stale,
distributed as follows: Wilmington 1, Wil
son 1. Fremont K LaGrauee 1.. Euflttd 1.
Raleigh 2, Greensboro 1, Monroe 1, Asbe-
milni Saliiury.J-rilr 5i ;t H
Raleigh" As.' "His Excellency,
Gov. tVancej has appointed tbc following -
geoiiemen asr uonorary uommissioneis
from North' Carolina to the Paris World's
Exhibition this year? Cot W, H, H. Tucker,
of this city, and Leicester Chapman, Esq.,
of Asheville; ' ' -rj -si ll:i . .
; Washington correspondent of
igh Votener vt rues that Gen. Leach
bas rebently gained ialarges iiKuranco
for some ,Lingiqniraerchanten,. The
'barbed out in December, lSfi5. Tbey.were
insured for.! $30,00Q in. the. Hanover and
Germama Insurance ' Combanies of 'New
kYdrk?9 Alter tan Tears? litieation thev eel
. adjudgment for, the 1 uu amount.
Vharlotte , Observer: l bey have
'beeuh td'DUtUce Jn the liquor aud presently
r.graiaMw.illJiee;re 1T0 st ;hia,.face like, a
Mhe thing that tries the soul of
gr . whoaa?uV-r-The
, stone' hrulae on Jhs heel and the
hrsotllerfobt wralped:JipVln a
WWM? W'feTW
vesieraav inree car loaas 01 goiu ore were
shipped to Mr. Himrbd7f New York,f rom
-" ' : ' . .
mines in-tuis section, to test , bis smelling
process. '.""' .
liandolph Regulator : The man
Bowman; who was convicted of wife mur
der at the last term of Guilford Superior
Court, and has been granted a new trial,
has removed his case to this county, and
will be tried at the next term of our Superior
Court in August, - We learn from dif
ferent portions of the county tbat the wbeat
crop is looking very promising. The
Revenue officers have destroyed in this
(Randolph) county within the last fourteen
days nine stills and worms, with ihree
extra worms, one hundred and. fifty-one
stands of beer, and ninety-nine gallons of
whiskey. ' j
-- Elizabeth City Economist: Wil
mington street, I in Raleigh, is said by the
Uoserter to furnish a reproduction of Don-
nybrook Fair. We fear Fayetteville street'
is a renroduction of "Vanity Fair."
Rev. R. H. Jarvis, the venerable father of.
Lieutentant Governor Jarvis, is quite sick
at his residence, on foweirs roint.
Fishing is improving at Hog Island and
themarsnes; tbe best haul uptotbe lUtb
instant was 10,000 herring; and the best
haul of shad by one boat, at one' fishing,
was 90. Tilmon i. Smith, or Cape
Hatteras, has been appointed Keeper of the
Beacon Light at that Station, in place of
Oliver N. Barnett, removed. '
Raleigh! Observer: An immense
amount of work has been done on the West
em North Carolina. Railroad since Decern-
ber,last. The great drawback to a rapid per
fection of the road bed is the landslides.
Five hundred convicts have been assigned
to work on this line of railway.. We are
intormed . that only about 55 per, cent, of
these laborers are, actually and really en
gaged in the work that the act of assem
bly contemplated. Mr. .fierce, -ot
Franklin county, was aroused a few nights
since by the .cries of one of- bis children,
and on attempting to arouse, nis wire to
look after the child he found her stone dead
in bed. She was a -robust woman, and in
full vigor of health when she retired the
Greenville cor-
respondent: ; liast nignt, wnue a glorious
rcviTHl ' w uiuuK , uu aii . ujc iixciuuuiai
was
church, two criminals, Jaseph J. Lermons
and LaFayette Bell, broke jail. The start-.
ling news spread line wua-nre lo-rday, ana
the 8herifl! with a posse are out looking for
them: . ; .j : i
Charlotte Observer: It is learned
tbat at the meeting of the directors of the
Western North Carolina . Railroad, held at
Henry's on Monday. George Gates, Esq.,
formerly of the Carolina Central Railroad,
and later connected with the Western.
North Carolina i Railroad under the Smith
regime, was- elected master mechanic of
the road, vice E H. Marsh. Also, Grace
Hally burton, agent at Salisbury, was elected
master of transportation. .tigers were
sold in the city yesterday at five cents per
dozen. The cultivation of the musi-
dal talent is on the inefease in the city.
Tuesday afternoon the corn mill, two
cotton gins, cotton seed separator, etc., of
Mr. D. M. - Fesperman, at Matthews' cita
tion, ten miles east of this city, were totally
destroyed by fire." The machinery was run
by steam, and it is supposea mat ine nre
was communicated from the engine. Tbe
loss is between $1,500 and $2,000. -
There are four Mexican veterans yet living
in Charlotte, to wit: Capt. S. E. Belk and
Messrs. J. B. Franklin, L. A. Blackwelder
and Phif er.- There, are, besides
these, three citizens of tbe county who .
were engaged in ' the Mexican war, viz:
Messrs. McCall, Martin and McKee seven
in all in Charlotte and Mecklenburg county.
I Tarboro- Southerner: Frost ha
killed early corn. The many friends
of i Coffleld & Lewis will regret to learn of
their failure. They have made an assign
ment and closed their store. The re
dolence of the .Belle of Edgecombe, Miss
Gu" Anna, will soon prevail in the land.
The ladies of wmiamston neid a nign
carnival,' festival and fair? last week, to
help the churches and donate each of the
preachers a hat.! Johnny O. Worsley,
aged fourteen, to try his - hand at hawk
catching, procured four steel traps which
he set on poles, in a field from which the
grass had lately been burned, and, in two
and a half days, has succeeded, in cap
turing eight birds, some of which measure
four feet and three inches. ; A com
pany entitled the Roanoke Transportation
Company has been formed im. Martin county,-and
they have purchased the steamer
Rotary to ply between Hill's Ferry, on the
Roanoke, and Norfolk. -The Rotary will
leave Norfolk on Saturdays at 6 P. M. and
arrive on Thursdays. She will reacn mn s
Ferry on
Mondays and leave as soon as
loaded.
Raleigh
News: Sheriff
J. B.
Hare,
of Hertford, delivered Geo.
Hen-
shaw. Henrv Porter and Harrison Reevis.
all colored, convicted of larceny, the two
first sentenced to three and the last to' five
years' imprisonment. Sheriff I T." C.
Hardison, of Martin county, ; brought up
Ari6ter Gordon, colored, convicted of lar1
ceny and receiving, and sentenced for two
years. In bur county jail, at present,
there are seventeen prisoners, all males.
Of these two are white and fifteen colored.
Fifteen are charged with larceny,' one as
sault and battery, and; one' for bastardy.
Washington City correspondent: ;Tbe
Seeord ot this morning contains the, speech
of Gov. Brogden, delivered in the House
on the 27th ult, in favor of the bill grant
ing pensions to certain soldiers and sailors
of i the Mexican and other wars therein
named. The speech, of course; is. Copiously
interlarded with those apt poetical quota
tions for which our,"child of the skies" is
so justly famed.!. But the spirit Vand senti-.
ments of the speech are every way ; credit
able, and Gov. Brogden pays,' in the course
of it; a very handsome tribute to the memory
of Colonel Louis DrWilsoo, of Edgecombe,
who died at Vera Cruz, while in the service
of his State and country.
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