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, UROWING IN FAVOR.
We have strong hopes that :
two years roll around public
ment will have changed entirely in
favor of primary elections. 1 There
ha been decided progress in that di
rection during the year. A eorres-
l i ,
ponding change daring the uext two.
years will cause that system to be al
most universally: adopted. We; noted
two day ago that Wake county! would
take a vote on t
le United Slates Sen
We do not lite this,
atonal question.
because we do not believe the people
should choose the Senator. We have
irivAn rhiir viama Lt. 1 tin rri li Fn r( anfl
will not repeat. We mention the
Wake case to show the progress
how it is believed the primary! elec
tio.n system is the only fair expres
sion of the people's wishes and opin-
tunc . I.
We have seen complaints latterly
in several of our exchanges of the
manner in which the county conven
tions recently held were mauaged.
Yesterday we clipped the following
brief paragraph1 from the Polklon
Argus: ' . " j
"We were utterly disgusted with some
of the proceedings in the Township Coo
vetitiuu last Saturday, and hope never to
witness sucb again in a Democratic! meet
ing. This is plain." '
The editor of the Milton Chronicle
is uot only the oldest of our editors,
but he is thoroughly independent,
.iii -i . i n i .1 . .... at wrt . .I t. it . MT .-v m M n
ituucaii niiu iiuaiinuitujf. j tuau
could buy him.
lie says in bis last
naner:
i
"Conventions of political bodies are
growing rapidly into disrepute, and bence
each new-born year yields a new crop of
"Independent" candidates, and all tbe
anathema and maranalha that tbe partizan
press can heap upon the heads of "Inde
pendents," are heeded only as cow-bell mu
sic they will not "down." 1 It
would doubtless be a good thing if all can
didates would come out as independents
rather than leave tbe selection to the ma
nipulation of packed or bull-dozed con
ventions. Hence the necessity of primary
elections to select candidates. No matter
if five hundred thirsty and ambitious 'in
dependents' pop up their brazen beads,
primary elections will make them pop down
again when they see the shadow on the
wall prefiguring their doom. Let us then
provide for tbe choice of candidates by
primary elections, and abolish tbe so called
convention plan. It will rid the" party of
'independents' in the hour of danger."
THB8HEBIII1N LETTEB.
The most interesting discussion
now progressing in connection j with
the High Jenks performance on the
Washington boards, is what became
of the original of the John Sherman
letter the one that the ridiculous
Mrs. Jenks now avers she dictated?
Has it been destroyed, or is it in the
possession of the Jenks, or has oily
John Sherman at last procured the
document that is supposed to be
worth its thousands to him and to be
more precious than even honor or
tame?- The opinion begins to pre
vail that John Sheman holds it. He
probably securedjrt through the in
genious efforts of the cute and saucy
and unprincipled Mrs. Agnes jenks.
John paid handsomely, yon may be
sure, for the precious prize, and. the
Jenks will get her reward after so
long delay and so many disappoint
ments. She has proved a friend - in
deed, if her story is discredited by all
sensible and candid people. The
Baltimore Gazette thus states the
probabilities that Mrs. Jenks 'pro
cured the document for Sherman; and
was paid a good sum for the great
favor shown: ' :
."Two circumstances bear this out. In
the first place, she is a woman of too much
amnion sense to deliberately lie herself
1to a bad hole from which it would be im
Possible to get out. I She has denied that
onerman wrote the letter. This she would
freely do if she felt there was a faint
Possibility that the committee could Jiold
l"e original letter against her. She must
now' His so safe that she can hold fast to
ner story. But the lines aretlghtening about
onerman and his gifted accomplice, j The
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VOL. 9.
committee is now in possession of an afa
davit from Dan ; Weber's wife,' now living'
at Donaldsville. f She: could not ' leave
home on account of: sickness in - her
family, but she swears that
very recently
she found the document
Mrs. Jenks, as detailed "
wantea by
m. the cor-
respondence read, and i told it to her for
a sum qj money, i ne two ienKses nave Been
in Washington several wreks. The moment
they arrived Mr. 8bellabarger hunted them
up, and acted for: Mr. Sherman in every
tbing. Mrs. Jenks would have neither mor
live nor excuse for buying a worthless for'
gery of any one, for such stock would lie
on her shelves without a purchaser. It was
genuine, or it wasn't worth a cent, . She ar
rived at Washington shortly after leaving
Mrs. Weber, and since her arrival all her
dealings have been with the Sherman tribe.
Tbe next link in the chain will be furnished
by the subcommittee which will soon goto
Louisiana for the purpose, among other
things, the examining of Mrs. Weber. If
she states that the letter she sold Mrs. Jenks
corresponds with the photograph copy that
will, be shown her, Sherman had .better
have his resignation drawn upiu advance."
i 0UB BOYS ABROAD.
It is gratifying to see our North
Carolina boys bearing themselves so
well from home and winning- sucb
honors a many )f them ' do. We
have received a very handsomely
printed catalogue of Randolph Ma
con College, Virginia. Duriug the
year just closed there were '141 stu-
dents in attendance,'
Of these 15
were from North Carolina
. Virginia
had 89. There were four prizes of
fered, and two of these were secured
by North Carolina; students.! W.
F.Tillett, son of Rev. John Tillett,
North Carolina Conference, received
the Sutherlin Prize Medal, and Gray
Carroll, of Warren, ' received the
Washington Literary. Society Medal,
as beat orator. Last year; there were
five medals awarded,and North Caro
lina boys obtained four of! them. Cy
rus Thompson received the Walton
Greek Prize; W.
II. Page the Suther
lin Prize Medal; W. F.-j Tillett, the
Franklin Literary Society Medal, and
T. McN. Simpson, the Washington
Literary Society Medal, as best orator.
Who will be bold enough to say that
blood will not tell. The Faculty of
this excellent' Methodist
College is
now composed of nine Professors.
THE CALIFORNIA ELECTION..
The California
revolution is still an
engrossing topic,
been a flash of
It appears to have
lightning in a clear
sky. Senator Booth,! of that State,
attributes the success of the Work
ingmen entirely to tbe question of
Chinese labor and emigration.! He
thinks that Communism has nothing
whatever to do with the uprising.
He thinks the cause .is purely local;
and that the movement, as a conse
quence, need not extend. He has
confidence in the conservatism of tbe
laboring men who have control of the
convention, and that no agrarian or
rash measures will be adopted. This
is about the substance of his talk re
produced in our own language.
Whilst the laboring men rallied
under the leadership of Kearney and
made a vigorous fight, the old parties
from some cause appear to have been
inert or demoralized. I Some of our
exchanges North of us express appre
hension as to the
the Kearneyites,
ultimate designs of
and think they are
as radical and extreme as the Social
ists of the : Eastern cities4-that they
mean, if possible, to overturn the es
tablished order of things, and to in
augurate a movement that will indeed
be a revolution. We hope Senator
Booth's, view, will .turn out to be the
correct one, and that nothing will oc
cur on the Western- coast to give a
shock to our institutions it that part
of the world. The Washington Post
says of the Kearney movement: j
"This party is analogous to the Socialis
tic associations of the Eastern! States. '; It
proposes changes of tbe most radical char
acter in the laws that underlie. tbe whole
fabric of government. Its theories as to
finance, labor, the duties, and j. powers of
government, are similar to those recently
enunciated by tbe Socialists of New York.
Our older politicians are accustomed to re
gard the views of the Nationals! and Labor
Reformers as wild and visionary to de
nounce them as the. dreams of; dangerous
enthusiasts. Bat the party which Kearney
leads on the Pacific slope look upon the
platform of tbe Nationals as far too conser
vative for them." ; "- j
As we understand it, the Kearney
party proper is extreme, jbut thou
sands of workingmen co-operated
with it for the .time without being
identified with its revolutionary pro
gramme, or without sympathizing
with the radical. , views of Eastern
Socialists. ; We think the Post states
the fact when it says: " j
"The dominant idea of most of those
who have followed Kearney is to get relief,
in some way, from competition with Chinese
labor. Tbe wild communistic 1 Lotions of
the leaders are,' with them, butj secondary
matters. IUa now generally, conceded by
thoughtful men of all parties that Asiatic
immigration must . be checked." ' Its evils
have been made - so manifest that there are
few who contend for their continuance."
1 We cannot see j how the proposed
relief can be secured , through mere
State action; : How can California
stop Chinese immigration?. It is pow
1 -orCwSJKerx
erless to do sounder iheConstltniiotf; -It
is -f6r the ' General Government,"
through Congress, to say what shall
be done. The only way. the new, party :
can be made effective .- in brincrinir
about a cessation of Chinese immi
gration is by influencing ' Congress
It may hereafter elect enough mem
bers to the House of Represehtatives
to make itself felt in tbe- legislation
ot.the country.
lo show how dangerous is the
Communistic movement t in Illinois,
New York, and other States, we copy
some of the mottoes that were in
scribed upon the banners borne in a
procession in Chieagoonlast Sunday:
"No rich, no poor; ail alike.M t u
"All for one, and one for all." ,
"Without bread we cannot live ;f or bread
we will go unto death. f 1 ' r
: "Down with privileged bread.":
."Land belongs to society.", ;
"Capital is stolen wages." ;
i It is true the cloud bjowis no larger
than a man's hand, but it is growing.
We have no idea that; it will ever be
of the portentous size feared by many.
Our people are too intelligent, too
law-abiding, too conservative to ever
yield to the dominance of ideas and
principles that can only end in na
tional bankruptcy, in social destruo -tion,
aiid in individual degradation.
A NEWPBOnUB.
It is now given out that President
Hayes will soon enter upon a new
departure. It is uothing else than to
begin at last a vigorous campaign in
the way of civil service reform. The
old adage is true in regard to politics
as well as other things "better late
than never." He, it is said, will' en
force his orders in regard to the long
talked of and much ! written about
reform. We have but little confi
dence in such talk or I promise. The
time was once when !we hoped for
some real fruits from the promises
made byi Mr. Hayes in his let
ter of acceptance - and in his in
augural address. But when we
look over the
list
of his ap
nearly every
pointmeuts, and ?ee
rascal concerned in the Southern out
rages during the last ten years, and
nearly all of the corrupt scoundrels
who were engaged in j -the Louisiana
and Florida rape rewarded with good,
fat offices, we confess we have no pa
tience with such civil service reform,
and no confidence in any promises
that may be made by an administra
tion that appoints such varlets and
then continues them in its service.
lne country is greatly needing a
change in tbe civil service. No peo
pie were ever worse served. But it
will hardly come now under the ad
ministration of President Hayes.
When we know that such a base fel
low as John Sherman is at the head
of tbe Treasury Department of tbe
United States, and that his brother,
Gen. Sherman, has such wild and
foolish notions of the duty of the
army and its position before the
country, and that, these two worthies
are cheek by jowl with . Hayes, we
confess to the greatest amount of
incredulity when we hear the latter
beginning to make new promises
about civil reform. When the reform
comes we will be glad,1 and we will
be ready to acknowledge the same.
But we trust to no promises. We
have been disappointed once.
We have received an elegant cata
logue of Wesley an Female Institute,
located at Staunton, Virginia. Among
the pupils are nineteen from North
Carolina. Course number one costs
$230; course number two costs $280
a year." So here is over $6,000 taken
out of the State. Oiir: North Caro
lina schools are just as good as those
abroad, and it is to be regretted that
our sons and daughters are not edu
cated at home. i
Cotton' Blooms. ; .; r
We are in receipt of a cotton bloom,
grown on the farm of. Mr.; Angus McFad
gen, of Bladen county, which was taken
from the stalk on th&26th-inst.
We also have one from Mr: G. W. Elkins,
of Columbus,' four miles from Clarkton, in
Bladen, which was plucked from a stalk
on bis farm on the 26th insti ;
Crop In Pentter. 7;-- ,jvs
A gentleman from Pender informs us
that the crops in that county are very good,
but later than usual. Ths corn is very
promising. The acreage planted in pea
nuts is not over one-half what it was last
year, but tbe crop it very fine and promises
a much better yield than formerly. :
: We have before f nsr specimens
of mammoth peppers grown by Mrs. Mary
. Btewart,on her farm neaTBmithville,one
being four and a half inches, long, and an-f .
other ten inches around, two dozen of them
measuripg a peek. Brunswick Jiniybe as
signed a ipositionin the front, rank tot the
pepper column. ; .
Ameetiufr ojtth me.mbers pf .tbesWil-
mkigtQn Bar wu held in this Courthouse, on
7 obiecifc of iihe meeting w.mwwA:,
byJ)uBrutz. iCijtlar, Ssq., to.be tp spgiut ,
a codittee to draft, re8oiuto exprwajve ;
of .the respect of le Wlmi9gtoBt Bar f or
the memory of theij: deceased. brother(lbe,
late yuua A, Wright an4 00 . motion of,
the. fame ; gentleman fie . ifpn. ep.J)aTis
Was called to the . chair and jfpbn IX'Bel
lanjy, Jr., Esq., was requeste4j;to; a as.
secretary..w- tXi reji'mU UitM:;.
I Oil motion ot John L. ;Homw, a
Committee, of fiie j were appointed-Jhe,
Char to dralt resoluHons prcBsiv r the
respect and esteem ofa the Wilmlogt; i ar.
for the memory of the late William Agus- J
a1. 1 TTT; J i. a - . ji L- m 1
uis nrigui, Bcu 10 report aiau aajpuxnea
rheetingvi. .a
! The Chair: appointed 00 said committee
the Hon. Hugh Waddell, John L. Holmea;
Esq.,. Hon.. Edward Cant well,' .DuBrutz:
Cutlar, Esq., aad Major D, J. Devaai.
It was moved by Jndge " Cant well " that
said committee be instructed to report at an
adjourned meeting to be beld in the Court
house on July 6tb, 1878.
. Amended by Judge D. L. Russell, that
the time of meeting be changed from July
6th to Saturday, June 29th, 1878, which
motion, as thus amended, passed.
i On motion of Junius Davis, Esq., the
meeting adjourned to meet again on Sat
urday, 29th of June, at 10 o'clock, A. M.,
at which time eulogies on the life and char
acter of the deceased will be delivered.
George Davis, Chairman.
John D. Bellamy, Jr., Secretary.
Tbe WborUeberrrTrjiae. j
: As the whortleberry season in Duplin
closed yesterday, and Mr. A. H. Morris, of
Magnolia, has taken tbe trouble to keep an
exact account of the number, of quarts
shipped from there to Richmond and Balti
more, we will give tbe result as follows:
v "Commencing May 17tb, 1878, and vad
ittg June 26th, 1878, about forty' days, there
have been shipped from Magnolia, N. C,
to Richmond and Baltimore, per express
and freight, 15,628 quarts whortleberries,
which have paid the pickers, the buyers,
the sellers, and the express and railroad
charges, in amount of freigbt paid, $147.37;
and still they continue to come in, but are
refused by the merchants on account of
there being no market for them. H. Hol
lingsworth & Co., shipped 7,437 quarts, F.
A. Newberry 6,181 quarts, A. H. Morris &
Co. 2,010 quarts; total, 15,628 quarts."
Felouy Disabilities.
In order lo a proper understanding of the
matter of felony disabilities, by which per
sons are debarred from voting, we give so
much of section 10, chapter 275, of the
laws of 1876-77, as relates to it:
Section 10 of the act reads: "The follow-
inn class of persons shall not ha allowed, to.
register or vote in this State, to wit:
1 bird, persons wno, upon conviction or
confession in open court, shall have been
adjudged guilty of felony or other crime,
infamous by the laws of the State, com
mitted after the first day of January, 1877,
unless they shall have been legally restored
to the rights of citizenship in tbe manner
prescribed by law."
U. S. Circuit court.
The following cases were decided in the
IT. S. Circuit Court at Raleigh, on Thurs
day, as we learn from the Observer:
The Dawson Bank vs.' O. H. Blocker,
late Collector of Internal Revenue far the
3d Collection District ' of North Carolina;
ttuit to recover taxes and penalties alleged
to have been paid wrongfully to the Col
lector. Verdict and judgment in favor of
the plaintiff and against the defendant for
the sum of $587.58 and costs.
.The Bank of New Hanover vs. O. H.
Blocker, &c. Same style of suit as above.
Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for
the sum of $592.07 and costs.
Dlairaneblaed Voter.
We learn that ninetv-one persons in this
county are disfranchised by the late Act of
thej General Assembly, which prohibits
those from exercising the elective franchise
who have been convicted of infamous
crimes. Lists of the disfranchised, as fur
nished by the County Solicitor, at the re
quest of the committee appointed by tbe
Board of Magistrates to investigate the
matter, have been furnished to tbe differ
ent Registrars.
AIR. ASHE'S ACCEPTANCE.
(.Correspondence.
FLEittNGTON, N. C, June 20, 1878.
IEwiI. Ihos. 8. Ashe, tyadesboro, N. O.:
Deab Snt I was directed by the State
Democratic Convention, which convened at
Raleigh on the 13th inst i to inform you
that you were unanimously nominated for
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of
North Carolina, and to request your accep
tancer ?
Hopinz that you will not decline toe
nomination thus tendered, I am
Yours truly,
I ; -l . H. B. Shout,
President State Democratic Convention.
1 Wadesbobo, June 26, 1878.
H. B. Short. Esq.. President Stale Democratic
'Convention: 1 ' ; r . ; "
' Deab Sib Your favor of the 20th inst.
has been received, in which you are pleased
to Btate that you were directed by the State
Democratic convenuon.wnicn convened in
Raleigh on the 18th day of June, instant, to
inform me that 1 - was unanimously noml
nated for Associate Justice of tbe Supreme
Court, and to request my acceptance. -
t While announcing my acceptance.
avail myself of the occasion to express to
the members of tbe ' Convention; through
you as , their President, my grateful ac
knowledgment, of the high compliment
paid me, enhanced as it was oy tbe natter
ing manner in which it was bestowed. - : -i
nUni . Yours, most truly. 1 i
I .;. Thos. S. Ashe. .
i Charlotte has received ' 54.725
bales cotton since. September1 1, 1877 an
increase of 6,000 bales, r.
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SIKBTINH pV, THE BAR.
Blauon or Reipeet to:tbo Blemw
jorjlol M.jl!Wllnk ,A.frrlibt tbe
tktFaqier r tbe WltmocieB Bar"
Addreeaea of Bo a-a. Edward Cant
aad Geo. D.TI., 4 e.j j.
The members '.of. .the ..Wilmington Bar
met at the Court House vesterdav morhineL
pursuant to adjou rnment, to hear the. ie
pdh of "the 'committee, appointed by the
meeting'on Thursday last to' 'draft resolu-
110ns or respect 10 xne memory or ; tne late
William A.TrightJ ; Hon.t Gep' Davis In
the.Chairaod MTkJ.-I). Bellamy, Jr., act
ing as Secretary. ; i-f; .Vff4i-b4-
Hon. Hugh Waddell, as chairman of the
committee -lesoluUoBSi reported the
following, prefacing ? the. ; reading- of . the
same by some very apprbpriate.aDd feeliog
xjemarks as a brief tribute of his respect,
affection and esteem for tbe; deceased r ; " f
r FBEsotunOOT.
S- I
i The members of the'-Wilmington Bar,
deeply sensible ot. the loss which.Jhe.jPreJ.
fession nis susrsruea in toe. aeatn 01 wm.
A. ' Wright, - Esq., and : desirous of givinf
expression to their own feelings under the
affliction which has visited them, have
adopted the following resolutions : j
Jttesolvea, That tbe deatb of VV Uliam : A.
Wright, long recognized as "the father of
the-Wilmington bar," and. universally be
loved as be was by his brethren of the pro-
. 1 . 1 t . -
lession wuerever ne was kuowu, 1a a cause
oflsincere and profound sorrow to us. '. The
removal of such a-r man from our midst,
although at an age when such an event
might. naturally be expected,' is to be deeply
lamented. He was a , wise counsellor, a
learned lawyer, a genial and kind-hearted
gentleman, whose companionship was al
ways a pleasure to bis irienas, - and wno,
whether administering .the law' trom tbe
bench J or practicing it at the bar, i was
always Just and courteous to all with whom
his duties brought him in contact. P
Resolved, That in the death of Mr. Wright
tbe State has lost a true and patriotic Son,
who was ever alive to her honor and wel
fare; and Wilmington has been bereft of
an nonored and beloved citizen, wbose
whole life has been devoted to its best in
terests, and who has gone to his rest leav
ing behind him the memory of numberless
good deeds, j ; j
Resolved, That we tender to his bereaved
family tbe expression of our sincere sym
pathy. " j
Resolved, That the Secretary of this meet
ing be requested to send a copv of these
resolutions to the family of the deceased,
and to the press for publication, and that'
His Honor be requested to direct the Clerk
of the Court to, make a memorial page of
these' proceedings in the records of the
court. . " ! . .
Hugh Waddell, Chairman; John ; L.
Holmes, DuBrntz Cutlar, D. J. Devane,
Edward Cantwell, Committee. !
Upon the conclusion of the reading of
the resolutions Judge Cantwell. moving, on
tbe part of the
adopted, said: V
committee,
that they
be
JtTDGE CANTWELL'S ADDRESS :
v
We, of this Bar, have recently had to
mourn the departure of three of our most
gifted brethren ' at short intervals of time.
And they were men who, besides being
eminent in a professional sense, were en
deared to us by their Dersonal character
r-fcd the civil, and social qualitiea tbey-cuUw
vatea. . - m . ;. .
Tbe first of them (Col. Strange) j was a
man endowed witn all tbe graces ot a
cultivated intelligence. He enriched I us
with the wealth of bis learning, tbe splendor
of bis rhetoric, and the nameless charm
and fascination of inherited culture.! The
second i (Mr. Empie) was a genial Caro
linian, who added lustre to a name al
ready distinguished in our local annals,
and who perished just as he was about I to
scale the sun-crowned heights to which his
ambition aspired. :
These two were comparatively young men.
We come here to-day to offer a tribute of
affectionate respect to tbe memory of tbe
Jralner of tbe liar and our oldest : prac
titioner. ' - ' : i
One of these men, armed in all the glory
of a completer physical and intellectual
manhood, leaped from the spot where I
now Btand, across the mysterious chasm
which divides the life that is from that
which is to come. His jewelled hand still
clutched the laurels of honor and fame.
His fair brow was yet wet with the dew! of
human toil,' his : eyes Were still brhzht
with earthly love when he passed from the
bar 01 this Court into tbe presence of the
Eternal and- the Omniscient. The other
gifted by nature with almost equal powers,
was weakened! and home down by I a
searching disease. His mortal frame, like
some weather-beaten hulk, settled slowly
to its rest, ! beneath the ever restless
waves. '
, It was the fortune of this, our friend, to
reach tbe fulness of his time; to pass away
at the very period described by the in
spired Psalmist, wherein "we bring our
years to an end as it were a tale that is
told.". His work on earth was done, and
be continued on his eternal journey hence,
at peace with God and loving all mankind.
Mr. Chairman, matter and spirit are both
of : them indestructible and immortal. In
some shane or another thev survive decav
and triumph over death. Nevertheless, to
very few of our race is there any. promise
given of that personal resurrection which
includes tbe reward or . personal identity.
and an everlasting self-consciousness. 4 The
majority of mankind, careless of tbe future.
and indiffereat to tbeir f ate,ct as if there
were no hereafter, no Second Death, such as
is described by England's greatest poet, .
"Aye, but to die, and go we know not
: where, ' :
To lie in cold obstruction and to rot, i
This sensible, warm motion, to become! a
kneaded clod. 1:
And the delighted spirit to bathe in fiery
nood8, I
Or reside in thrilling regions of thick ribbed
' ice:;, 1 . ..
To be imDrisoned in .the viewless winds,
And blown with restless violence round
about
The pendent world.' Or worse than worst,
To be of those whom lawless and incertain
thoughts 1. i!
Imagine howling. - O, 'tis too horrible' 1
The lowliest and most loathsome human
! life, ; " 1 : '; :' ;i
Which age, ache, penury, imprisonment,
Can lay on nature, is a paradise
For what we fear of such a death 1"
I am persuaded that our departed friend
was, however; one of those of whom the
Great Apostle loves to apeak. ?, One who,
having on earth worn the image of tbe
earthy, will in heaven Win and - wear the
image of the heavenly; whose corruptible
shall Dut on incomrotion. wbosemortal
immortality; to whom death brings i no
sting, andV. over whom .the grave achieves
no victorv. Standing near the fresh mound
which covers his remains, and surrounded
bv his. friend and- kindred, i tuns -we
neednot hesitate to exclaim in the Ian
guage of one just less than inspired :
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NO: 36;
VNothing U here for tears; nothing to wail;
' " no weakness; no contempt,: "
Dispraise or blame.:; Nothing but well and
fair,. , . ,,-:, . . . ! r ,
And what nav comforv us' In a death-so'
Hfa noble .yi H dn.-i4;if: .uMilxii3::4
j At the (conclusion ;pf Judge .Cantwell's
remark's Mr. DuBrutz Cutlar; moved, that
the Chairman of the meeting be instructed
to present the resolutions to the Courtf with
the request that they be sprea on ; tte! re
On Mr. JL T. London's m-tiou the meet
ing then ad journed. ; , j.; fnii ' iniiid-
t i The Court, was then' called to order, Hia
Honor, Judge-Eur,-taking-his-seat upon
the Bench." - it i- u 4 ' x i o m ' '
U Hon J George Davis, at Chairman of 4he
meeting that had! just adjourned, then for
mally. presented the resolutions to , tbe.
Court,' and in doing so paid an eloquent
and tnnohiniy trihntfi in tha illunfrinira de -
with Mr. Wright, dating back some- f orty
years, during which he had always f Quad
him, lh8ame geaiaUTtruthf n boaest , aBd
upright: gentleman,; his. popularity being
Such with all who had known him that, in
meeting any of our former citizens abroad,
the ' first ' inquiry almost i a variably was
in regard to Mr. Wright He . painted in
glowing characters the rare virtues of the
deceased in private life, and also dwelt
upon the noble examples he set his breth
ren of the profession to which his life was
Jevoied-, We regret that we were unable
to obtain a copy of Mr. Davis'; address for
publication, our reporter being -informed
that it had not been written out.
! At the conclusion of Mr. Davis' remarks
His Honor Judge Eure, directed the Clerk
to make a memorial page ia his Record
and enter the resolutions thereon, prefacing
the same with some very j appropriate
and feeling remarks touching thergreat be
reavement which! had been sustained by
tbe Wilmington Bar in tbe loss of one who
bad teen so long and intimately associated
with it. ; ' j
! On motion of M. London, Esq., the
Court then, at half-past 11 o'clock, ad
journed until Monday morning at tbe usual
hour for assembling.
i
Republican Convention.
I The Republican Senatorial Convention
met at the Court House yesterday. James
Beaton was elected temporary and finally
permanent Chairman. The candidates
were J. P. 'Sampson and James Wilson,
and the latter finally received the nomina
tion, the vote standing, Sampson 7, Wilson
10, the nomination being subsequently
made unanimous. There were seventeen
delegates present from Pender and New
Hanover.
' Sampson claims that the New Hanover
delegates, that were instructed to vote for
him, voted for Wilson, and the delegates
appointed by the Hilton Convention also
voted that way, while the Pender delegates
Voted for him, as they were instructed to do.
f W 18 . rumored Hbai-nnoiheT tJonVBinjeaJeta
Wift be held at 1 Burgaw
"July. Happy family ! , .
on': the 2d of
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Li : . :
Cotton
Mr. S
Blooms. . J 1
B. Jennings, of Peacock's, Co
lumbus county, sends us the j first cotton
bloom gathered from his farm this season.
He 8a js the crops in that section are gene
rally good.
I Mr. G. P. Duncan, of Rocky Point, Pen
der county, sends us tbe first eott n bloom
from thai, county j
SIK. tiniTaS ACCEPTANCE.
Correspondence.!
Fleitetgtojt, N. C, )
June 20tb, 1878. )
HI Smith, Paleigh,
Son. Wm,
N. G. :
-Deae Sib I have the honor to. in
form you that! at the State Demo
cratic . Convention held at Raleigh
on the 13th inst., you were unani
mously nominated for Chief Justice
cf the Supreme Court of North Carolina.-
" j
I It was made my duty by the Con
vention to inform you of your nomi
nation, and to request your acceptance
of the same, j
I I am, yours truly,
.:.'- H. B. SpoBT,
Pres't State Dem. Convention.
f Raleigh, June 27, 1878.
JS. B. Short, Esq., President Dem
ocratic State Convention:
Deab Sib: 1 beg to acknowledge
receipt of your letter of tbe 26th inst.
conveying official information of my
unanimous nomination by the State
Democratic Convention,- which assem
bled in this city on the :13tb, for
Chief Justice of the Supreme . Court
of North Carolina, at the election to
be held in August, and requesting my
acceptance. j
j I am deeply impressed by the
prompt and cordial action of these
representatives of the people and. the
manifestation of confidence and es
teem in tendering the nomination for
a position the attainment of which
may well tatisfy the" highest profes
sional ambition; While lam not un
mindful of its grave responsibilities
and of my own personal imperfec
tions, in accepting the nomination I
may be permitted to assure you, and
those for whom! you speak,! that if it
shall be the pleasure -of the eleotors
to confirm the choice of the Conven
tion, I shall enter upon tbe high trusts
of the office with an earnest, sincere
purpose to discbarge them faithfully,
impartially and firmly, as in reliance
on Divine aid I may have strength
and ability.) : '
Thanking you for the courteous
terms of your communication, , I am,
Most respectfully, &c.i yours,
' ; -v)Vv W. N. H. SmTri. ;
r- W. 1-Warren7df Caswell, re
cently obtained for tobacco' $52, $72 and
faa per nundred pounus
Spirits Terpentine:-
I Greenville'jail is nowempty.
j Wilson Advance;: ,We regret ;
to learn that Mr.'-A:- MiuThompsir,' of .
Taylor's township, in this countyr bd the
m'i8rortuueto Rave Vlajff etl ;ici6iijined
by fire on Monday. last. The tire origiuatt-d .
from a stove and-bad inkili I euch a piotress- r
before.; it was - discovered thai 'us flame -were
irresistible, Mr. Thompson lu&t some-
01 ma .furniture and a lot lot wheat hioied. .
.in one of me r oomsr "Tv - "
: 1 f-:0xfbr4 'Jace; Mr., George-
jsauger uarris nas ascended tbe editorial .
tripod of the Henderson Echo, and promise
to give some . "red hot views for The consid-
reratiQu: drpenipcratl-i--; The Orphan :
mjiuut wieucsj 10 employ: siiirong soa 1
healthy "'white'" woman aa chief' cook.
Wages 5V mouth: wltb-bed and board.
A widow not less -than thirty w years of age
preicrreo. , Appiy oy letter or person lo tbe
matron, Mrs. . !XBobabds. 4ii J A.
1 Pat Donan,.Jo-,the. Bentonvilie
(Ark.) Advance, thuareifiislo a well known
editor: r Dossey , sBaUle, ftf the 0 Tarboro
Southerner, is the unchallenged "poet
lawyerate" of the North 'Carolina pres.
His poetry, eyerf bubbling out - over the
uti. ..uB.uwBU.auui, uuuca LUC UiCi f
ldw profundity of a scholastic pippin with
the acuteness of a whole paper of mourn- i
lii&f liiiih. mill tnennnniiifw'nr - a narrn n ;
hand muaurd-plastec with the pathos or a
whippoorwill -"""". ' '' "J '
1 Greensboro 'Patriot: Tn the last
' Congress no Xtepreeouti ves worked; more
faithfully or zealously than ; the delegation
trom tbis state. They accomplished more
fpr the State than any . previous delegation
ever attempted-" Several casesof diph
theria among children reported tbe past
week, one of which, a colored child, died.
- There was a large assemblage of Good
Templars at Muir's Chapel, last Friday.
Addresses were delivered; by Col. J. J.
Hickman and others. -
1 Tarboro Southerner 1 If Mr.
T?i(lisr n( tha T' A W P R mill m.
M . w 11 A.. Alt. 1 nil. JUU, OO
wr nnrlprntitnd he mtonrla a Knot frnm
Jamesville to Franklin on the Seaboard
Railroad, it will be immensely advantage
ous to citizens of Martin and Beaufort
counties. It will enablethem to reach Nor
folk in one day. It will also benefit ship
pers. 1 A cup will' be given by J. B.
Coffleld to the best average sbot in tbe
Edgecombe Guards "on July 4th. Captain -Haywood
Clark will offer! a dress hat and
plume to the best single shot,hesides other
prizes. . i A..-j.Lv ;-. f ;
! Rocky Mount Jfai: Arthur Wes
try, a colored man, living -on bis own land,
adjoining the lands of Mr. . 8. E. . Westry, .
of Nash county, showed us this week 1,092
grains of wheat grown from one grain of a
new variety, known as the "Mara moth
American Diamond." The old man says
he is as happy a man as lives in Nash. Has
a good tract of land'of his own, and plenty
of negroes to work it. He has the reputa
tion of being an honest, hard-working citi
zen. He can read and write, and shows
much more than ordinary 'intelligence, and
says be is no RadicaUn the bargain.
j Charlotte Observer: We regret
to learn that the dwelling of Mrs. A. A.
Penick,4 widow of Rev. D. A. Penick, Sr.,
deceased, near '- Pioneer Mills, Cabarrus
contv. was consumed bv fire - Wednesday
morning about 2 o'clock. - But little of real
substantial value was saved Bedding, clo
thine and manv other articles were con
sumed.! Mrs. Ponick is in straightened cir
cumstances, seventy years old, and quite
feeble, i The fire was discovered in the cook
room attached to the dwelling. This
dog business is the sensation of the period.
It is fun and shekels to the boys, but cap
tivity and death tothe dogs.
j United States Court proceedings
in the Raleigh . News : The following ac
counts') against the. United States were
approved by the court: J. T. Bullard, U. S.
Commissioner, for $253.10; T. C. Davia, U.
S. Commissioner, for $40.95, and J. W.
Albertson. U. 8.' Attorney, for $98.00. A
JvaawaBey ana owers asamst uxe Monm
petition and interlocutory decree as to four-"
teen bonds-issued under resolntion of the
General Assembly, of February, 1865; filed.
Umer allowing :j. u. Hatchelor, Special
Master,; $1,000 on account of services;
filedl Thos. R. Purnell, of Raleigh, was
appointed a u. c. commissioner.
Charlotte Observer: Col. Steele
never saw President Hayes and never saw
but one member of his Cabinet Postmas
ter General Key.'. - An intelligent
farmer who has been traveline over tbe
county considerably of late, states that tbe
wheat is undoubtedly light. The cotton,
however, he says, is more advanced than
aw wu tau.. iiw - J , t uuw lUb wi u una c
cood stand and is looking healthy. :
The ice; machine of Messrs. Stratton &
Emerson is still working night and day in
order to supply the demand upon it. The
proprietors are selliugall the ice they can
possibly make. 1 - Home-made peaches
are driving the .southern grown fruit out of
the market. - Capt. W. B. Taylor is
running, in the rear of his store, a shooting
gallery, which is drawing first rate.
i Reidsville Times: Hot day.
talking in Greensboro of the bank failure,
old man John YouBg Bays, "My God. all
my money was in there." j- Our excel
lent young lawyer, Mr. James W. Reid, of
Went worth, delivered, an address in Dan
ville to-day before the Knights Templar...
- To-day in Reidsville there was a large
meeting at tbe Baptist Church. Rev. P. II.
Fontaine preached an excellent sermon
from Romans 14th, 21st. After the sermon
there was a resolution offered by Mr. Phil.
Howard, that in view of tbe great increase
in tbe drinking of alcoholic liquors, tbe
church would hereafter, withdraw, its fel
lowship from members who drink and visit -
hay.Aun. that ttiAv afirml1 4tiaf Ha navnol
and talked with, and then if they persisted,
be withdrawn from. The resolution cre
ated much 'debate, and was finally passed
by 47 to 1. -.. , j....... ... .
Washington Press: We learn
from private sources that a brutal outrage
rtnrrait In ttiA nnnntvnf PJ t f arm a rovo
ago. A Miss Cox (a school teacher) was
overtaken on the road and; outraged by a
nsorn Aftoa Imvimnlishinir hia aima ho
then cut open both her breasts with a knife
and otherwise abused her, when he left her
for dead, - She managed to make her way
to tbe school room, where she left a note
partially describing the fiend, and the last
words written were "bum him." and she is
supposed to have fallen over dead, as she
txt a a fmmri inthBtAnitSnn ' On. t t urn
Sergeant is busy destroying the worthless,
dogs in our midst. ' Timely notice was given
ctgij vuo vnuiug a VtUj W .Uf7 Ml. ,buu
while many have done so, still there is a
multitude who have not, and we hope that
tbe vigilance of tbe officer will soon rid us
of some of the terrible nuisances with which
we are troubled. :: - ' r' -: '- -: -
Winston Sentinel: At tbe spring
term,- 1877, of xur . Superior Court, Ed.
Lineback was sentenced to the penitentiary
for a term of seven years, but was released
at the expiration . of one jear. This early
release was a mystery to our citizens, but ;
jenru uint jk iuisibxlb 01 me cierK. mere -
or at Kaieigb, we do not know,) made the
transcript out for only one year instead of
seven, r- The subject is being agitated,
of having Winston tbe - nucleus of a Con-
section, or nerhaos the Slate. It has '
been a great year lor cherries, and we see -large
quantities of them, seeded and dried,
brought to market. They bring fifteen cents
per pouno. as .requires aoout one ousnei
.of green cherries to produce eight pounds
of dried, seeded.,: The; production of :
hriek is immenRATn thn hniintrv'annvtn fil
ing os. Most of the brick are still made
by the old hand method. ' -