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tl I- I Ir 1 4 i ' -3 .J,.(W' ,rtetor. WfJf . .7th, 1878. ; t" just be made by Chock, Draft, .TL ! aer, or Registered Letter. Post aow Jster letters when Buch remittances will bo at the risk of lhopuWjher E" Bpoclmcfr copies forwarded when denlred. ft , THK TlIItBATBNfiD TROUBLES. ! Tho communistic movement is still the. thcrao of all tho newspapers. That tbero ire sundry socialistic and communistic societies in certain por tions, of the 'North , appears to be well ascertained But, as we said resently, there is no chance for Parisian communism to flourish long in our country. There are somo dangerous and bad elements, but for tunately for the country the people at large are law abiding and are at tachod to civil liberty. They will not knowingly favor any party or combinatioa that is aiming to disturb society, to threaten the perpetuity of our institutions, or to retard the pros perity and happiness'of the country. Demagogues have always abounded and will always abound until the winding up of political affairs in this world. They trade , on excitement, and their chief reliance for success aro the fears, prejudices and, ignor ances of their fellow men. But in their wild schemes of communism they will fail, and that too without a remedy. ..... I The Labor Reform League is now in session in New York. We give some of the topics to be discussed this week. It will enable the reader to see at a glance the emit or. tne ULeague ; Among other subjects for consideration .will be " The great strike of last summer," together with Tits relations to labor, property and government." Other questions will be, "Ought working people to destroy property huld td oppress arid defraud them?" "Why Pennsylvania capi talists murder i -Molly Maguires ?" r Why usury and rent are robberies, and how they can be abolished ?' j The great xdy of the working men of Ameriua will never touch a ct League" Lhat only aims at mischief. The conservative element of the !' Labor Re form League" is said to be much the strongest, and if so the decision of the questions indicated above will be adverse to those who are for levelling and destroying. J That there is a very dangerous ele ment in Pennsylvania lis certain, and that it is sxciting grave apprehen sions is ec ually certain. Not only the press of that State is considering the labor land other questions . that are liable to breed trouble and dis content, bit the "reverend iclergy" arc moved to discuss the dangers that environ society and threaten the peace and safety of the commonwealth. Bishop Stevens, of the Episcopal Church, has felt constrained to sound the alarm of a great and rapidly approaching evil. In his annual address to the Convention of the Didcese of Pennsylvania, he referred to the communistic drill ings, and to the antics .on the bench of one Stanton, a "Labor Jujdge," as he is called. The venerable Bishop is alarmed at the communistic manceu vrings the whole purpose of which. is to bring about a conflict between la bor and capital, between the rich and the poor, between the . workingman and the employer, tie says such a conflict weald only result in suffering, in devastation, and in ruin. We quote a paragraph from Bishop Ste vens's address: I . "We experienced the first fruits of this outcropping evil in the labor strikes and derangements of trade and travel which so startled us last summer. The power which then put itself forth was comparatively harmless, because not well organized and consolidated. The defect of last year is being remedied by the party leaders this year. We have all around us, and espe cially at the West, associations and gather ings and drillings with military: manuals and arms ot this dangerous and inflamma ble element! We see it showing its ghastly face in the effort to make their new policy leu in me oiave aou uenerai government: and even the seat of justice is being made to do the work of lawlessness and wrone. This evil looming up in our midst may. be- i M r f - lore we are aware ui 11, uu&en oar say ana reaaen our neias.", ; I Whilst there are reasons forbeliev ing that politicians are magnifying the dangers in order to create capital for themselves, and that it is "a trick," as the Richmond Whig says, of the "money-dealers" to escape the popular wrath, and to manufacture a feeling ofj uneasiness that Grant may be the! candidate in 1880, and be elected, siill there are abundant indi- cations that very bad men are at i work, arid if ; successful in' , their j schemes will inevitably bring trouble upon the couutry. We say that this is plain enough, j Whilst we do not be lieve that! the communistic element is as yet very large, wo-are satisfied Jv-zZZZZSZ . own' i i i . I 0 - i -i. " "T" 1 T . . - . I t .4, is growing, is very dan- '"''Tpand'sliTuid,l6VatchVd in the "Leaguo"discti88ionsin Now York already referred to, there were declarations made that betray the wickedness and insanity of the whole movement. We " note one or twcC The Secretary, one E. H. Hey wood, avowed that the hanging of tho Mol ly Magui res i n Pen nay 1 v ania -was an outrageous' murder, and Mr. Hurne, the Chairman, denounced the Young Men's Christian Association saying that "it was worse than the Inquisi tion.' While the! latter was the crea-. tion of one church, the former is the spawn of five or six." In the. after noon of the same dayj Secretary Hey wood .again ventilated- himself, and made a speech in which be said that "the burning of the Pennsylvania Railroad Depot in Pittsburg was the Bunker Hill of a new revolution, and that it was as defensible as throwing the tea overboard in Boston harbor." Warming up to his subject, ho said that "the ! man who would shoot Scott or Vanderbilt : would at present be looked on with ex ecration and be hanged -as , a murderer, but that in future ages he would be revernced as a martyr, and monuments be erected to his mera- ory. 1 ! ' " Now, with such madness as this wherein open assassination is advo cated and an apotheosis is promised to every murderer the depravity of the whole movement is laid bare in all of its hideous: nakedness.' The advocates of such doctrines are public enemies, and deserve to bo treated as such. They are j incendiaries of the worst type, and if unrestrained would soon deluge the land in blood and make America a waste, a bowling wilderness. The Baltimore Gazette sharply remarks in view of the utter ances of the commune: "The law of this land of ours punishes murder with death, and we are of opinion that the man who openly proclaims himself an advocate of assassination should be vis ited with the full penalty of the crime he advocates. We would give such men the alternative of leaving the country or being buried in it at the public expense from the public jail, after they had been duly exe cuted . The communist is an enemy to all society. He is a wild beast in human form, and as we would shopt a tiger in his jun gle, so we would hang the man who would murder his leiiow men Because tney, oy hard labor, make an honest living, while he spends his time in inveighing against property and bringing reproach upon la bors" ! .(. THE TOBACCO TAX. The fight in Congress over the re duction of the tobacco. tax has been long and furious. ! That' class of men who are greatly horrified over j the proposition to tax all incomes over $2,000, can see no sort of injustice in taxing tobacco raised mainly in the South from five to six times more than it will sell for. In the legislation of the world, from the days of r the Greeks until now, we doubt if you could find a single instance in which any staple production of a country was taxed five times more than the value of the crude production itself. Whilst Congress is hesitating to reduce the. tobacco tax to i sixteen cents a pound, the people who are in terested in the question directly! are suffering in their pockets in conse quence. The agitation of the subject has caused dealers and manufacturers to hesitate as to what to do. The delay has injured the trade and in jured also the producer. i Hon. Wra. M. Robbins, one of our ablest North Carolina Represen tees, made a speech on Thursday last that was much complimented. The intelligent ; and; well informed correspondent of the Richmond1 Dis patch says that it was "a forcible and convincing argument" in favor of a speedy reduction of the tax'. Mr. Robbins showed that, the- law was oppressive. He said tobacco was an agricultural prodnctand that when ever von impose a tax on agriculture in excess of . what lis required for revenue you are guilty of oppression. This is unquestionably true, and be might have added, that whenever you oppress people by taxation un just, unequal, and iniquitous' taxa ttou, you simply make a bid for fraud and open up & way for all manner ( of smuggling and deception. . The his tory of all countries shows that ex cessive and oppressive taxation re coils upon the government that lays t in blockading, in complaints, in discontents, and in actual loss in ' the revenues of the country.; When, smuggling and blockade running3 are largely resorted j to the " revenue is obliged to suffer. ! . So it is bad policy, as well as unjustifiable wickedness, to lay uneqal and oppressive taxes. : , We quote from the letter in' the Dispatch relative to Mr. Robbins's speech. , ; f - "He showed that the preseni tax is too high to raise the most revenue," and that more revenue was realized when the tax was reduced to twenty cents than when the wf w iwenty-iour cents. . J3y, a high rate of taxation von drivn - h mieil.of.?maU caPital ttQto tne market, and aua to the wealth and i Dower of th mt menopolists. This places the planter at ilm tntiwv nt the latter, because It Is fat easier-for' few-to- "combine - tbao fof the many to do so. Mow, there are but lureo classes of buyers to whom tho producer of tobacco can sell bis leaf, and a blgUJa curtail one of thfcue elast! tbe manufac turer. ' .vV ,; - . ' i "A tote fot reduction U a vote against the monopolist audio favor of the mass qt the people, lie cited the significant fact, that when the tax on tobacco was raised fmm twenty to twentv-four cents there was no corresponding increase la the price otA tobacco, and the consequence was that Ibeu additional lour cents tnai tne- uovernip- was able to put into the Treasury on each, poucd of tobacco manufactured came out of tho pockets of the tobacco-men." 1 '"' T . rilB NORTUEBN HOW, j n The New.York Tribune U a paper as destitute of principle as a fero- cious beast is 'of mercy. It was very pacific in 1872; but six years later it is bent only on strife and turmoil. It seeks now, to perpetuate the rule of the very men it sought to overthrow in the Greeley campaign in 1872. It has been yelping, long and loud about the Southern rebel claims, and after being thoroughly exposed it returns again and again to the ! same false charges, and revamping its old falset hoods it gives them fresh currency. It understands the effect of iteration. It knows that a lie persisted in I will gull and deceive thousands. - It pre tends that '-Miiu Money's damaging acts in regard to the Southern claims are not facts at all, but .merely 'a glittering triumph of the human imagination." j The truth j is that Mr. Money showed by incontestable facts that the great bulk of the so-called South ern claims were of Northern origin, and that the Northernj Brigadiers in Congress were the cprmorantR who were anxiously thrusting their hands into the cotters of the "iMatlonai Treasury," and that, too, to the lively ,i tune of one billion six hundred mil Hon $1,600,000,000. i There never was; greater hypocrisy) than this cry that of. "rebel claims," unless it be4 other cry of "Southern subsidies.' As to this latter cry.it is of , a piece with the cool effrontery and u ablush ing impudence that distinguish the fellows who have been for seventeen years'battening npon the public gar bage. They will make a tremendous howl over Southern claims and South ern subsidies, but not! one word have they to say over the hundred times .greater Northern claims and North ern subsidies. ' j ! 1 Gen. Chalmers, of Mississippi, made a very telling speech not long since in the House of Representatives. He showed up very effectively the sectional antagonism the narrow prejudices the unjust discrimination of the men of the North in their deal ings with the South, j He was speak ing on the Texas Pacific railroad bill, when he said: ' 1 : i ' J 1 "While $207,990,664 77 of public money have been expended up to 1873 in what is how called subsidies by the Government, less than nineteen million rbave been ex pended in the South.;. Magnificent custom houses have been erected in the North and East; Bplen did postofHces and courthouses have been built; rivers and harbors have been cleaned out; breakwaters, canals and railroads have been constructed; steamship lines and 'fisheries have been heavily sub sidized ; and Hell Gate passage has been blown out' with an explosion second only to that which some members make oh this floor whenever an appropriation is suggest ed that looks to the development of the south. Un the other hand, when, you look south of Mason, and Dixon's line you see 'a custom house at New Orleans, the condition of which, after many years of driveling delay, is a dis grace to the country, and a j mint which the other day was refused an appro priation to put it in working order. I You look to Memphis, in a region where the best of ship-timber can be found, a region from which England and France are now draw ing large supplies of the' best white-oak timber, and you see the ruins of a desolated navy-yard on the banks of the Mississippi river, me eranaesi natural nienway lor in. ternal commerce in the world. And this Mississippi river itself, upon which should now De noat ing the commerce or every nation, has been neglected and almost abandoned to the freaks of nature; aj river which has been shown j by: Government survey to have an average depth of eighty five feet from Cape Girardeau to Yicks burg, and of one hundred and fifteen feet f rem Vicksburg to New Orleans; and yet we who live upon its banks have seen richly laden steamboats, drawing but seven, and sometimes five feet of water, stuck fast for days and weeks and months, and. some times utterly wrecked on sand-bars in the miodle of tfte stream." t j JThe penny wise and ppund foolish policy marks the action of the North ern people towards all that concerns the Soutb.l They learn . but slowly, and then forget quickly the sad les sons of experience. iThey went to work after the war and attempted to kill the Southern goose that had for generations been laying their golden eggs.! After a while they sawstheir folly partially, and began to realize that it was impossible to render deso late the South without stopping their owp wheels of industry and causing the grass to grow in their own tho rougbfares. But another eleotion is gradually . approaching, " and their legislation and talk are all tainted with the same venom, and rendered contemptible by the same stupidity; They forget that what makes the great and fertile South prosperous makes the North rioh and fat also. , They ; pre fer just.uow. to yell over Southern olaims and subsidies. ! -It' pays so they think. Ashe county declares; for R. F. Armfleld for Congress . f ; ; Col. it It ATI! OP WILLIAM A WHIOIirf j Kid : t It is with the prdfouddest fforrow that we 'announce ip-day-tne drato, of Hbii most jeftfaiblt.geDtleiriaij which took place at - W residence lit this oity yesterday at balf past ten 'oJock AjM.t HI' X v. ight. waa-th tUira-soiv of Hon. Joshua 3 G..vVrigbW one o( the Judges in 1808 of the Court of Con- fererice in: North Caronrianntt Sussin Bradley, his wife, aod.twas tho great grandson of Joshna Grainger,'6no of the original settlers of the 'town of Wilmington. '.H'e' waV liorn'.in thjs, city on the 1st of . Mrch 180' awJ at the time of his death .was the old est native citizen of -Wilmington. ' 4 i' He graduated at Chapel nill.'aud with distinction, in a class that'iiunv . i . . ' Ji'i, .t.il.fy 1 bered among its members many who have since, attained national reputa tions, and embracing the profession of the law, sprang at once into a largo anu lucraitve practice, - wi a inuuesw and retiring disposition,, he i shrank from the turmoils of political life- they were repugnant to his lastes and temperament arid 'devoted him self entirely to. the laborious duties of his' profession. . lie possessed great powers of application and untiring in dustry, which-enabled him to master any subject to which his faculties were directed. Ills mind was more solid than brilliant more practical than imaginative hence he was a better counsellor than advocate. ! Though making'no pretensions to oratory, yet his efforts before ,a jury were always able and effective. He was the" Nestor of the Wilmington bar, so universally respected by his brethren that his advice was asked not only by the young and inexpe rienced,1 but also by the old arid grave, who valued . most highly his wisdom aud learning. He was for many years Chairman of the County Court under the old regime, I and upon the death of his brother,' the late Dr. Thomas H. Wright, was elected President of the Bank of Cape Fear, in which position he displayed great ability not only as a financier, but also as a prudent and sagacious man of business. 1 j While others sought fame on the hustings, or in the halls pf legislation, he found his pleasure in the discharge of his professional duties, aud could not be induced to enter the stbrriiy sea of politics. While absent from the city, he was elected, . in 1865, a member of the Convention which was called immediately after the promul gation of the Provisional Govern ment of North Carolina, and few members of that -body exercised a more wholesome influence in its he. This was deliberations than the only occasion that he ever participated actively in political af fairs, arid to that position he was elected without his knowledge or He could . not pursue the and tortuous paths so eagerly consent. devious embraced by many who are so ambi tious of (distinction, for his self-respect outweighed all the charms and allure ments of high official station. He waa the active and ardent friend of that great work of internal improve ment, ; the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad and was its attorney and one of its directors from its com mencement to his death. . I Few men have exercised more in fluence in our midst, and few will be more missed than Williaim A. Wright. The amenity of his manners, the sparkle of his wit, his genial tempera ment, and amiability of disposition made him a favorite with all. In so cial life without pretension, distin guished for his playful , hqmor,' "his joyous jvivacity arid his ' delightful abandon, he was the centre of attrac tion always. As a man, upright, hoo es; a,nd independent, he acted well his part in life, and was a worthy re presentative of a family distinguished in our annals for wealth, intelligence and virtue, an admirable type of the Cape Fear gentleman of the olden time. , ; - ff M&ry Anderson wag born in Call fornia, she has lived' nearly all her life in i Louisville. But she has a stronger hold upon 'the sympathies of the Southern people than . the mere matter of birth or residence, i; Her father was a, brave Confederate' Cp: tain, and died on the. field of battle, The great aotress will sail for Europe in about two weeks... May, the ele ments be propitious. ; , . , . : ' 1 J A-special telegram to the Raleigh Neios says that the General Confer ence, in session at Atlanta, refused to divide the North Carolina Confer euce. ' This Will be good news , to many, - Every mother in ' the land should know the value of Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup and never ba without it It is free fromopiates. Price J83 cents a bottle. ; , -1 f ' The qpov prfrhroittee bad n adjourned meeting ( ' fo. Court House yesterday,, cbmmenciDlJ 1(2 o'clock and lasting until after 4 io the flerno6n.j Sheriff Manning presided a'od J. QLpM officiated as Secie- iaty. J. VS UHI OHerU a wnesw uaum- tions calling the primary meetings on the S2nd ini the county convention on the nd allowioeaclrward -and - township tb ree - delegates, James Heaton offered amendments chaugingithe time of holding the meetings and cpnyentioti to the 10th and 17th. of JuneVi,He also ofTered, j an. amend ment giving each ward and town ship in ' the county with less than I 300 .Voters three delegates and' one ' delegate for each additional 100. These amend ments - were voted - down. All of j the members of. the . commiitee having given vent to their feelings, the original resolution off ered by -Hill was put -j arid adopted, the vote standing 8 to 3. Dqfiog the discussion itbe English language was not only murdered, but some of the mem bers of the committee came the next thing to jt ; at least; they would have been com pletely annihilated - if mere words could have accomplished it. Heaton and Scott Were particularly severe on the opposing (Manning) faction. At one time, seven speakers were on the floor on "pints of or der." Oae speaker -said he proposed to. explore a passd of men, also explore the back bone of the members of the committee who wanted the. time of hold the convention sot 'off, adding, "and you undersUiud . conse quently let the Dimocrats precede to elect a -Treasurer and then lei the lavish minded men fill all the offices." . Another of the ora tors wanted the vote uplained, as he did not circumvent the question.; Heaton arose to ex plain his vote, aud during bis remarks, which were exceedingly fiery, said that the death knell of the Republican party in this county had been sounded, and he would take oc casion to expose the eight who had dealt it its death blow from now until the 25th. During the calling of the roll on the original motion a perfect pandemonium reigned, every member of the committee and several of the outsiders being upon their feet and several of them swearing and yelling, CoL William Tecumsab Cutlar, particularly, being in bis element, paralysing all oppo sition... ' We understand lhat a mass meeting will be held in the First Ward to-oight to ex press indignation at the action of the com mittee, when a lively time is expected.' Board of Aaaeaaor. The Board ;of Assessors met with the Board of County Commissioners yesterday, pursuant to previous notice; present, Wagner, of Masonboro, John S. James, of Wilmington, A. J. Grady, of Cape Fear, A. A. Moseley, of Harnett. ' The following assessments were made for the present tax year: Class No. 1, li arses and mules, $200 each; No. 2, do. $100eacb; No. 3, do. $75 each; No. 4, do. $50 each; No. 5. do. left to discretion of assessors; No. 1. work steer, $30; No. 3, do. $13.j; No. 1, milch cow50; No. 2, do. $35; No. 3, do. $10; No. 1, dry cattle $12; No. 2 , do. $8; No. 3, dpi $5; calves, $2 50; sow and pigs, $1 to $10; dry sows, boars and shoals, discretion of assessors; sheep and la mbs, $1 50; goats, $1 50; cotton, ciude turpen tine, rosin, spirits turpentine, tar, corn, oals, peanuts, timber and lumber a:: per price list, June 1st, 1878 For the current expenses, 42 cents on the $100 valuation, and $1 25 on the pol ; for the maintenance of the Criminal Court, 20 cents on the $100 valuation aud 60 cents on t he poll; for the interest on bonded and 'sinking fund, 20 cents on the debt $100 valuation and; GO cents on the poll; for the deficiency of the past fiscal -year ending August 31, 1877, 15 cents on the $100 ation and 45 cents on the poll. ' valu- The Clerk of the Board was instructed to furnish the assessors of the several town ships with copies of the above,: , In this connection we are requested to give publication to the following extracts from the "Machinery Act:" 1 - v Sea 6. Stocks in National, State and private banks aud stocks in any incorpo rated company or joint stock association, railroad, or canal company, and their esti mated value, and every cashier or treasurer of any bank corporation or association shall furnish a list of its stockholders resi dent in the several counties of this Stale on the first day of June in each year tb the County Commissioners of tue county in which such stockholders reside. Sec. 10. : Every guardian, executor; ad ministrator or trustee, shall in like manner, but on a separate list, give in the property, held by him ; in that capacity. And the .cashier of each bank or banking associa tion (whether Si ale or National) in the State, shall give in, to the assessors ' of the township in which such bank or banking association is situated, all shares of stock composing their corporation as agent for and in the name of the owners of said shares of stock who may be non-residents of this State and the deposits of all non residents, j ' - .y,.. Conuiy Commlailonert. I. - The Board of County Comniissiouers met in called session yesterday and proceeded to draw the regular e nixe ot .jurors for the June term of the Criminal Court, beginning pn the first Monday in June; present, J. G. Wagner, Chairrnan, and Commissioners B. ,G. Worth and Duncan Holmes. , The following comprise the list of jurors drawn: - ,? s.f , . i.;, . John H Hanby, C. F. VanKempen, SoJ. Reeves, Quoa Davis, Geo . F. Alderman, Robert Sweat, Edward J. Eagan, James A. McCumber, John Oasb,Thos.;W' Howard, Edward Stills. Tbos. B. Carr, Hey Green field, Philip NewmanRansom Cobb.lWm. Buchanan, Edmond Jones, Henry Kohl, C. Q. Southerland, Jacob W. Lowry, Jams R. Guthrie, Geo. Lillington, Geo. A. Peck, Garrett Walker, Edward McCabe, C. C. Redd,' Clayton Giles, Wm. Pratt, : Robert Henning, C. Morc. ,. j ' Qn motion,' the Board then adjourned. Bui- ' . f TUP Farming Interest, .j , - A gentleman who has recently travelled considerably through Duplin . and Penderi informs us that agricultural interests have received a new impetus in those, as well as some of the . surrounding ;counties.. : Many of the small farmers, who have been de Voting their almost .entire attention to naval stores for sometime past are now:! turning their attention to the cultivation f of" it heir land and the raising of1 oom; potatoes, Stock, &c." Less turpentine arid tar' ancl more bread and meat seems to be the motto iif, the farmers' now. ; - f. Iredell ' convention meets ' at Slatesville on the 25th inst. tCpontx?EggtliaCMUttg s According to announcement Jbe com mittee met at the office of puBruta Cutlar, Btq ; yesterdayrat 4 p. m till the members beinz nresent except those:f torn Masonboro, Harnett ind Ftteral PoinJTownshipa (the -...-Ai. a vi ?,' ,i taller CUt Uil'IuK luauc u iiih"uiui"ij. r JTbe mfe'eiing Vs culleatto order by call ing DuBrutz Cut larr Esq. JLo the chair.and requesting Jss W. Collins lo act as Secre- lary .The ; chairman stated Unit the. business, before the committee' was ihe election of permanent officers,1 t anli 'in Taccordance therewith' the1 tollow ing7 seUciions wire m&de.T:'. -'j T.-tfl--; '.j-1 ' : Chairman DuBrutz Cullar. t -- , Secretary F. H. Dff by. , ; u '; : Treasurer Wm. CaldeV. i.: s j j, i On motion the meeting adjourned. ! ' .. ; i Moaihorn Baptist CoBValltt.-i. From Rev. Dr. Pritchard'sr Report in the ! Raleigh News. " -;i ; We have already ; published the organization. Wjvejat tew, points from first . day's a proceedings. .The Convention met at 'Nashville, Tenn., on the 9th. Star. - : The delegation . present is ff about ,250, though there are perhaps 100. more -prominent ministers and lay men of Baptist churches in- attend ance.' - ii , ' " Daring the.organization some very affecting . speeches were made by several veterans in the ministry Dr. J. B. ' Jeter; rjf Virginia; Mr. Kimbro, of Tennessee; Mr. Plaster;- of Ten nessee, and others.'; These good old men brought up the scenes of former services of the Convention, especially one held in Nashville in 1851 twenty seven years ago. 1 They spoke with great pathos and power,, of the fathers, Drs. Fuller, Howell, Manly, Poindexter, Wm. T. Broadd us, Daw son and many other?, who have gone home to glory; and urged the younger ministers of the body to emulate the virtues which had so eminently dis tinguished them. I! Dr. H. A. Tupper read the report of ' Foreign Missions. The receipts of ibis cause have been $40,000 du ring the year present liabilities of the Board about $4,500. The Chi nese and African Missions were re ported in a prosperous condition. The Italiaq Mission has ten stations and twelve evangelists. Thirty-two persons have been baptized during 'the; year, and a chapel has at last -been purchased in Rome, at a cost of $20,000. j I The Seminary was removed from Greenville, S. C, to Louisville, Ky., last summer, and the first year of its history in its new location is most 'gratifying to it's friends. Last term it had ninety students, more by twenty-two than it ever had before, and more than any other Baptist Theolo gical school has in this country. The number of students from the Atlantic States has not fallen off, as was feared, by its removal to Kentucky, and the actual cost of living in Louisville is found to be less than at Greenville. The Seminary provides furnished dor imitories, for the students, ,and has aided with board and half the expense of text books fifty-tw.o young minis ters, at an expense of nearly four thousand dollars. 1 - . The report of the Home Mission Board was no less encouraging. Dr. Mcintosh is doing a great work in the destitute sections of our own land, f f Visitors were j welcomed, and Dr. Lasher, of Ohio, and Dr. Fulton and .Smith jShelton, Esq., of New! York, responded, and were received as mes sengers from the North. j- f. Extremist Vlewi: f Washington Special to Baltimore' Bun, May 13th. I p Some of the ' more extreme mem bers who have from the first been clamoring for .an investigation ar& already saying that if the next House is carried on the issues lb ' grow out of the investigation when Congress comes, back in December, tho present House will refuse to recognize Mr. Hayes or his administration, and will notify him to get out without cere mony, or, iu the bVdsl . Judge 'Blair, to take j his bat and walk. There is one thing, however, which it is well for the extreme Democrats not to forget. . It is of course ; com petent for. the Democratic majority of the House to conduct an jiavestiga jtion of the frauds of the presidential election in a manner to suit them selves. But as the .House orders an investigation into one thing, the Sen ate may order it into another. ii A Nesra-Klllins Fallcemau.I j i A special dispatch to the New York Times says: j ' , ! Last Saturday night Edward Hafn ilton, a colored 'boy, aged twenty years, ivas whipping a negro woman on the streets of Rome, . Ga., and po-! licemep Stewart and, Stroud 1 attempt, ed to cjuell the disturbance b arrest ing Hamilton, when he seized the club of ;: policemariin Stewart i and knocked both officers, down. s Stewart arose, drew his pistol and fired three times at Hamilton, the bialia' taking effect, twice in, the head and once in te stomach. Hamilton survived bn,t a few minutes. Both policemen were seriously hu,rt, j Stewart killed a ne gro in Rome irill 86. for reeiaiipg ar rest, ' - .. : is- v-i .. ; It An AflTeettonate Wlfei jReidsvilie Times.1 ' ''' We know an " old woman who'poi-' soned her -husband. -The old man -' was; rather tough, and did not die be fore the alarm, was given, . and neigh bors gathered in, and a doctor was called. The old1 woman acknow ledged she administered the poison, but ' when jtold i that if the old man died she would be hung, she began to abuse the, doctor for not, curing the' old; man; and 'finally told' the doctor that if he let1" her husband die she would prosecute him to the law, atid if the jaw v failed she (pointing 1q shot-gun in the room) said: "That never fails,"' 1 " " ; - '' i j i ' ' : ' -V - i... i f-r : , Spirits-Tarpentine. NewijernJA7 SAell:?: We learo that iRe -denrcg liiortse3 of ' Mr. Aboer Welbenngion. about eleven milea from this cur, was totajiy consumed by fire on Saturday uigbt last, with all ihe furniture and nearly ait the-cUjthing of the family Children had been allowed to play with fire iu wne of the room3 and the sparks ignited . combustible matter; , m ; . - f r-r Goldaboro Messenger: We un- xlerEtand that the Lutheran Church Synod recefrtry;iftldrai-GibbonsviIle; decided on locating a minister of that denomination io this section . of the Siale.and Goldsboro will pn.bably lu his residence. lie is expected to supply Raleigh, Goldsboro and Newbern It is thought that the Rev. Mr. Cook will be assigned to Ibis new charge. ,i Lincolnton jfacs: The United States Circuit Court . at Charleston, S. C, has recently decided that' the bonds given the Chester & Leeoir Narrow Gauge Rail road Company by the Commissioners of York county, S. C, are valid. The suit was brought by J. C. Cobb and others, bond holder?, for; the recovery . of . interest which has accrued since they were issued. If the following is not beauti fully mixed, then, we "gub it up." it is from the pen of a correspondent in the Danbnry Reporter: V Nothing occurred more interesting than : the grandeur ami sublimity of ils general phenomena, as it bore away fences, aud demolished in its pathway the massive forests, filling the air .with the revolving trunks aud brandies of. their primitive growth.'' ..us-L; Keidsville Times: A negro called "old Martin" tried , lo hang himself this, morning at the pour-bouse near Weut worth; be was stretched up, and in the la t gasp.S when Jim Luster a white boy rushed up and cut hini down. ' ! We like P. Ii. M., lot I really he ought to let Schenck alouie. Three limes buried the Judge has. been, he now sleep3 well in the dusk or e'en, stop the shrill trumpet ! its loud nou& hush! the Judge is' asleep uuder the wild, rosebush. Raleigh Observer: The ladies of the Memorial Association have written to. Mr. A. M. McPheelers, asking him lo-use-his kind bffices in getting flowers frwa the; ladies of the city to send to Portsmouth to. decorate the graves of the soldiers. For the past years Raleigh ladies have beem particularly generous to their sisters of Vir ginia, and we. ask that they will couliuu& it. r Charles E Preston, a prominent citizen of Selma, Johnston county, died, oa Sunday Hast, of pneumonia and typhoid fever. He was a steward in and a consist ent member of the M. E Church South, a zealous Mason, and a good and useful citi zen. : - t ! Concord Register : The Luthe ran Synod of North Carolina met at Free land's Church, Gibbonsville, in Guilford county. Ion Wednesday, May 1st. This: Synod embraces the whole of the Slate.und, has twenty-four ordained ministers, nearly all of whom were in attendance. There were about twenty-five lay delegates pre sent. The Rev. G. D. Bernheim, D. D.,o Wilmington, is President of the Synod and the Rey. L. A. Bikle, D. D., of Con, ' cord, is Secretary. On the Sabbath there was an immense congregiiiion of people from almost all sections of Guilfoid ar,4 Alamance, and other counties. There were not less) than twentjvfive huudred souls, present, j " ' Charlotte B&ftttx Mornsou Norwood, a son of Mr. R. P. Norwood, ot" this county, planted, last week in one day. ten acres in eoltoa, by the use of Norwood V cotton planteF.. This planter was mventeu by Mr. R, F. Norwood and patented in 1871.1 1 is a MeeklenbUrg invention. The Pavidson College students will give a 'Bop" at the Central Hotel in this city, on Friday evening, the 28lh of June, immedi ately after the commencement exercises. An election for one elder and two dea cons was held in the Second Presbyterian ChurCh of this city. Geo. R. D. Jobnstou was elected elder, and Messrs. John Oales and Geo.! E. Wilson, deacons. Mr. B. -Fuller, President Fayetteville "Lyceum Association," &ayao:" Mr. J. H. Myrover's lecture-on tha -MWo. men Of Shakespeare": "The .master off the lecturer was unique and inimitable.. With his subject so well in baud as not to. require the use of notes, except to intro duce an apt quotation to justify his delinea tion of the character nuder dpninhnr. hist effort had all the freshness and grace of an. impromptu aaqress, ana at tne same time' the evidences of deen ihon&ht and p.nrfifnll meditation were abundant, in the complete--ness and finish of the several partienSara. The rapidity of bis sketching was wonder- iui, uuu uui lew couia nave eovereu so much ground in the "short spaee of time which he allowed himself without incur ring the jfauit of meagreness," . From the Rockingham JSpiritof UiB South We Cn the followino- nnrmnvnincr Judge Moore's charge; "He thought all the road overseers in the pounty ought to be in dicted. (Addressing himself to the negroes present on Wednesday'in the courtroom, being called to pass sentence; on . a negro criminal, he told them that they must quit aicaiiug mat mere was one ibonsana or. , them in the nenitentkrv fnr thiQrrimi iu. feed and clothe whom l it cost $125,000 a year, the costs altogether, including iaiU fees. Court COSts: &f renhintr fnllw snn-- 000 per annum; that if they didn't do bet- ier me wnipping poss wouia De re-estao-lished thought it likely that would.be done anyhow and, finally, if they .didn't stop stealing the white people, after having ex- uausieu an peaceaoie means for redress, would rise up aud exterminate the negro race.'! Judge Moore is a wool-dyed Rad ical. J v!: ..; ';;- . ,." .- . f -rr-Vilson Advance: The charge of His Honor made a profound impression on all who heard it, and for his defence of: the sacredness of constitutional liberty andi me uinjcsiy oi iue law, me name ot John Kerr will long be remembered by! the oeo- iue mi nson. me revival at thei Baptist Church is progressing in interest On Sunday and MoDday nights the solemn) ordinance of baptism was administered to several persons, who were received iota full i fellowshin in HiA rhiinMi On Tuesday night Mr. Thomas Mumiord. liv ing one mile this side of Slantonsburg, went to bed as usual, and o Wednesday morn ing his wife went to his bed to awake him, and to her surprise found that he was dead. ! He has bpeo sick for several weekSi but his condition waa not thnnirht m h serious ajod on Tuesday . be s was tup , and w i neu aooni na place. , lie was : a good-i lbOttrh humble f it iy.P.n n nnh1 rnnfarlotu sokliert and as such we bow our head in . ueep respeci anu pray peace to his sleep ing dust. 5 ' - Elizabeth City Carolinian: On. the 27th ult. an affray ; occurred nt New Bridge between John F. Bell and W. D. Goodman. The former 'was cut with' a knife. The Baptist Association will! begin at Shilob, in Camden, on Tuesday next. ; A friend of ours who has re turned from a trip through portions of this county informs us that the wheat, clover,, oats and corn are looking remarably well.! He saw some nottnn tnAinnin,. utu On Saturday morning last, at this place, af ter a protracted Illness, Kenneth Rayner Cobb breathed his last. !. He was a man of: more thaaordinary talent, and during tbe- voi ten years ne nuea several important! Federal nnaifmno - I Wn lo.,n ih.t t.... Light House Board baa : nnnrnvrl tl commen'dations of the committee on Com merce in favor ot tbe erection of lights in. Currituck Sound, Chowan river, and Albe marle Sound. Tht in Alham..l.,an.1n.t . " - -" UlUVIUBIIU lWUtJU will be erected at Laurel Point, as a lighu nouse is required there, t, it will cost about $15,00A. i The others are all to be beacon ligkts, and will in the aggregate ; cost only $30,000 more, 5 "
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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