North Carolina Newspapers

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In 'Arkansas, 'Missouri Ken tucky and 'West -yirgioia the Green baekeror Nationals, or ..American yAlIianbet 6' by what ever name they are called, are : strong and growing, and have aiV thorough organization. In Indiaua Sonator Voorhees and three meuibers of the House are said to be in sympathy with the new nioveme'nt. Other members of Con tj.iesa are said to be favorable to the youug party. ThronghouL the North it is developing remarkable '1 aggres siveness and growth. We note these thiugs because they teach us a lesson. North Carolinans should hesitate long and look well before they leave' the strong, pure aud patriotic old party to identify themselves with a. new party whose principjes - are not systematized and defined, whose organization is not perfected, whose real strength is un known, and which has to be tested ' before it can be seen that it can be trusted. Why leave a party: that has stood the test amid tribulations a n J advernities that has upheld the cause of the people the cause of civil liberty and constitutional gov ernment amid the throes and convul sions of nearlv two deendps? Tliorfl is no. reform you aim to obtain out side of that party that yoii cannot more certainly secure within that party?- In going after strange and untried doctrines yon make a hazard ous experiment, and in the end may 1 ue your folly when it is too late. Remain where yon are. ' Be true to your old and tried principles. Stand firmly by the Democratic organiza tion. Resist all overtures and allure ments to desert your flag. Fight the good fight of faith in the ij wisdom, justice and patriotism of Democratic principles,, and march to no music, but the .music of harmony, unity and! devotion to true republicanism as embodied in the. platform and illus trated in the history of the Demo cratic party. It is certainly' the part of wisdom now to watch and wait. ABB TUB NEGBOES DYING OUT OK INCRRAXING f T la our two editorials of some"weeks ago upon the mortality among the) negroes, we said that we doubted if the excessive death-rate found among those people in. cities ' and! towns pre-j vailed also among the country dar-j kieH. W remember, that before the; census of 1870 it ? was "said that the. negroes were rapidly dywg out,; but when the exact figures were obtained U was found that there was an in- crease, thongh not so great las in the; previous decade." We d6 hot suppose, the census' of .1880 will bhow ao api tual decrease. . There would no dpabt he a considerable increase bnt fqf tn4 mortality in the: cities and -towns! which is unusually great. ; it is qui(e certain that the increase among conn try negroes is not as great fas it waft! in the days' of slavery; !T:'' ' A correspondent of the Charleston Mews and Courier 5 Writrng';; frohj Barnwell Court Honse, takes the view we have heretofore presented :! that there was great mortality among the colored people i,n cities and towns bat a good health exhibit jamong the THK KoavajSHavMTamjpft j v.eflilng from another; newspaper occupy counlry negroes as ;a general thing. ' I The Northern papers are still harp- 4teBamftflel1-1 A newspaper does not Ue says, he has kept. plantation books froin-JiU early manhood. tTp to 18C5 the increase among his slaves was 25 W'HBy after , the war1 there Was great iriortal- 'si-i'ii-J ".'J ''.'. irl.si. i'l V ' '1 . 'o' He savs:. : , 4 . , . f I . ' - 1 1 'There arc now living on my rands 178, includi ng men, women and children, and their natural increase durine the last decade, from 1868 to the present time, is 21 per cent From my own experience and what I have learned in conversation ' with other planters in Carolina and in Georgia, I amr uf the opinion that the negroes j in the Southern States are not dvinir! out. as some iuiAn a ..Jik.ttk.!.... i will show a considerable increase. M j - :Jh f T : - r-, ".-1 r eu. ioger v. rryor, ;rxon. John R. .Tpckef, and oiher, learhe'4 a,nd 4ble counsel, havp .been .retained j,, j tmit'iitvdlvirig, tt msaid; the'aremeh 1 - V i I 1 dons snmV of $ $90,000,000, as lease money, exclusive of title to fifty acres of land in New York citvinear Broad 1 way and Canal streets. The New York Times' says that one Robert Edwards, in the 18tb century, owned the land and leased it to the 1 : ' t British I Crown. The lease r expired in This Edwards married ajMiss 1871. I Bibb, i She had a sister Nancy, who married Yjrginianby the name of Martin a Kby eyjf.'E,uwaruH : auu uis wue uieu without issue, so tho Virginians i are the sole' 'legatees with the exception of one brother. , A' meeting was held last April .when an inves igating and prosecutingcommitlee wa appointed. Among those appointed are Lawrence Bibb White, Vf. E. rlbb, I w-fc a i and S. G. Duers.on, ; of Virginia. J I T I . I - I oirauar meetings nave aiso Deen neiu irecently in Kentucky and Indiana, at which similar action was taken TIih -Rah. nnllnra nnarnl inno ora la- I j. -.-f-" r--rrVi"rr cidedly important and interesting. At the Salmon Creek station, on the Albemarle Sound, North Carolina, the operatives 'obtained 12,730,000 eggs. These turned oiit 5,000,000 young fishes. At the Havre de Grace station they obtained 12,230,000eggaj which turned out 9,57.000 young fishes. The i following are in part or in whole the distributions made in Southern waters: The Tombigbee River. "1 266,000 Forked Deer Klver. - - j 100,000 Cboptank Itiyer, Chesapeake Bay.- 100,000 The Nanticoke River. (Jliesaoeake 1 --Hi..--- .ji ivt rwvt Chesapeake Ray......; .. 1 i j. .... 2,100,000 ua v ........).... iw.ww Potomac River. . J lou.UUO Rivers of. North and South ! Caros j Una and Virginia........ J 525,000 Escumbia River, Alabama. 100,000 Flint Riven Georeia J 1150,000 Chickas&wka River, Mississippi: . 100,000 Alabama River, Alabama. . .j j 100.000 Gen. Jo Johnston and six others are candidates for the Congressional I nomination in the Richmond (Va.) District. Tho Richmond correspon dent of the Angusta (Ga.) Chronicle writes: " T "It is believed that, in : the selection of delegates, the primary election plan will be adopted.. The several aspirants are at work. The initiatory canvass is in progress. At a meeting in an adjoining county, a few days ago, all seven were present, and all; except Uen. J., made speeches, lien. J. declined to participate, giving as his (reason! that he did not favor discussions of the tkind in question except between representatives of opposite parties. 1 ne lieneral is evidently cond acting the canvass quietly and syste matically successfully, too, one wonld judge, for it is generally conceded that he will be the nominee." There was a split among' the Na- tionals 'at Syracuse,-but finally the Shupe secede rs came -to terms, and adopted a resolution accepting the name, platform, organization,! candi- dates of the convention, and pledging hearty, undivided support to the pro- ceedjngs of the convention. iThis is the telegraphio news,j but from the city oi - sxew tors mere come iiuiugs of great dissatisfactiorj. The split appears to be only' pariially healed.- . rr ' r . -i... .L. . . The correspondent of the Philadelphia Tj1rin nrvil aavaiv h Snot TV a iiuu mm aa -wuw- a -m. wu iuuvi j j ' "The leaders of the old ; parties seem to agree that nothing will be heard! of the Greenback-National Labor organization af ter the next election, on the assumption that a party that has not tact enough to come together In their nrst state tJonventlon without a split,will not havevitality enough to last the year out. The venerable reter Cooper,' who has contributed freely to the funds that nave paid the expenses of not ;a few of the delegates, it may be " added, is greatly chagrined at the turn things have taken, and he is no way backward in giving expression to it" : - .s ; -. ;"'A singular thing has come'to pass.; The Northew people! have at last dis- ceyered that the South; is not only the- pleasantest in winter but the oool-f it ip, summer. Whilst in the North- arn Alt IAS t.hft hfiat .1 has I rnnCTAil frnm W U tviww " ! W 98 to !0S dege8, it has 'not been higher in W-4arngtoi than 91, and only overO, during a. part of three days. The New Haven (Conn.) Regis- I. Mr SaV8: j) 'f .. ter say 8: i ;n ' j "If this sort of summer is going to be the usual thing in this . latitude, have to get up summer tropics. No nearer the I leans they arc comparative WILMINGTON, N. C.J FRIDAY, AUGUST ..1878. log on Mr. Davis's Mississippi City speech. There is nothing in that speech to frighten anybody but a bm fooi. Whilst 'he advocated the Tight of seoession he did not remote- iL . i . ; . i m the contrarv. the Southern oeonla I - . - .w- - : 1 x i wa lvnnn trw otoni i Vnr' Ki : TTnitf I and obey the laws, and to forgive the j ' - i 1 tlal NArlhAwn ..w atmfA I t"""" iiuivucm duiicio ujj ui DiniD i may rest assured that the Southern people have no plaus or purpiMes that are not strictly patrioliar They would I.. . 1 '. .1' tt1 ?e jt. "1 ..ui l - il u . xt .1 1 i ; " ; , 5 r , to go into the slave-trade again and bring their cargoes into the South, jf sacn snouia tne.aesign, ) The people of the "South have ac cepted the situation in the utmost good faith. They want peace above all things. They are sincerely de voted to civil liberty. They will do all they can to preserve the constitu- lion to perpetuate soul and civil free- dora, and to prevent the Umpire. They will never follow any leaders who are for strife, or tor making as saults upon the citadel of the consti tution, or who are striving to abridge e" " - "rw people. The Sjidlh. is Tor progress in the right direction,!;? There are no disunionists in t lie South to day. We have not seen a man in more than a decade who regretted that the ne- I I 1 c !,... rri. O....U I I ... . . vu-sn!!,:-!:.;!:' . j: j ; . l r " il " Tn.i: m j t t,u 11 y voting tor ine loiu nmenu- - . . ment, and the &outh stands by its acts auu no picugco. I There is one ibrnETtbe -South has I nol yielded and will WjiiM linely. It has not given np the I ...... . . I nSDl 10 ftoia ana express us opinions freely and at will. I Free speech is I Htm utsiu as a nacreu ngui, auu tueie would be trouble in the camp if an I ' I attempt wa rnariM in nrrpnt it from the people. The .SHilh simply says, let Mr. Davis and every other man have the riyht of free and untrani- roelled utterance only that and no thing more. There are no secession ists iu the South, but there are hun dreds of thousands f who . believe in the sovereignty of the States, and in local self-gdveinment. It is the sherest hum buggery the rankett stupidity for Northern wri ters and speakers to try to manufac ture a terrible bogy out of a sensible, eloquent speech, made by an aged and distinguished Southron, who has had his day, who clings to the doc trines in which he was reared, who would keep every pledge sacredly, and who would do no harm to the Union. ABOUT PAPERS. The Charleston Journal of Com merce has succumbed to the pressure. It was well edited, ; and was a good paper, there does not appear 'to linvf lippn room fnnnorh in Chfl.Hpnf.nn - , , .. mi nr , for a second daily. The Neios anal Courier has so thoroughly occupied the field, and is such a capital news paper, that it would be impossible, we would suppose, for any rival to suc ceed. That paper incurs an annual J expense of $75,000, and no paper can possibly compete with it unless it is prepared to spend as much .money.' People who are in the habit of read-; ing each morning a good newspaper! will not be satisfied with anf inferior: one. Everybody now in all business: centres wants-? c-paper a daily map of a busy world a repertory of. i sn me ourrein iiewn, ,,ave j great deal of ar lusipes8 isi doll and time hangs heavily, the busi-? ... . . i ness man will read long artrclee, long- letters,long editorials, long selections; but if ho is active arid fall Of busineea he wants news boiled down the news nf t Vir wnrld. at. hnm nnii ah marl in Eurcvnd America,, wherever there is communication. ; - ! Publishing a paper we talk with others to find out their views, and notions about journalism.. We learn from the great masrthat they want the news commercial, political, lit- erary, religions, scientific and general; The Charleston News and Courier makea some reflections on the occa sion of the death? of Its contemporary a part of which we copy: U I "Tho tMihltnall.h on .tiflnnnrnonra- UW W 1 V IVMIIVU WS CU SM IWWH W V M ttHJ232 paper readers, or to the volume of adver - i uaintz Dusiness. . rur ine uiuai uurv. iuev SrJ for years, a hewspArj'fjr w hich they grown accustomed. , In Jlkp manner, vaniqAys 'hiva isllltoil inrJin ft rtATOar B : 1 , ' nave ad- vertises have setUed, upon a newspaper )w. , Dy 'ezpcrieuce, iu ue wnicn inev kdow. dv xiwrieuce. iu ue i t ai l him on " I Jin not somfi nnn writA Bomenouy wm aaapufl toueu .wants.,! W0?,?0?:! three volumes ltot prove ,NaDeleom a excursions to, ine iisneu paper, inereiore,. unuer oruinary i , . , iw--t.-iiJi ; linethan New Or. circumsWS, lv cool .7 . , I business only by taking Circulation ana aa- i nimseit oner -ay?w ynrvni. xreii payments of thousands ot. customers form ?ls 8olid oundatlQn. Such supportspannot cutout one by one. To vary the simile, the SACTSoflVh or shovelled away, hut must betaken, down a Debbie &t & time. ss it iWas buildcd nn. Tha eaaence: thn. nf success in & new vin. tore in ionrnalism is time to allow the " - . 5 ra"era xr ane eataniiRaeA, newspaper to note, the merit of the new ..comer: time to enable them to see that he other, paper'. fin Un them hAf tor than thfe nna lhAv hv . -- . " rjeen readlngj ?r ,irt'?u:su NEW COMBINATIONS. i It is believed' ;by sfldme; that 'the Greenback movement in North Caro- "V Una, . owes, .ua .inspiration, to the Ke publican managers. Iney have shown themselves in the past quite sagacious' ndinventive, aiiii it t Ithattney . v. . .... : . . . L - resorted to the spirit Of independency and the advent-of a new -party to make a division -among Democrats.' By combining the two agencies or elements using the one to give im petus to the other they may hope to accomplish what they would simply despair of accomplishing in open war fare. " " ".TV T ' 1 ' I ' ; We see it stated that the New Yoik Greenbackera are proposing to rm an alliance with the Chamber of Commerce. The proposition appears fibsurd, for the new party is ridden jlnus far by very wild and distracting doctrines and elements that must ap pear dangerous to the moneyed men nf Maif Ynrk anil plspwhprt!. The Journal of Commerce, remarking w - upon the strange alliance thus pro- . OM(J Bay8. j 3..Tho new nartv cannotVbr a moment ex necttbat the Chamber would adopt its U&St5TS want is the co-operation of the merchants in HPfllrinff "a DFODer ificislative reDresen- it0Aibiv' next winter frrtnii purpose they would be glad of the business nrinciDles of the Dartv. Nolbiiii' seems more improbable than a juuction of this . L XT.m VAbk .Ak....l. rtrt nn I r. . i .. : . nlatform or anv candidates, iiul in re form movements even stranger things than this have happened . No such alliance could be made iwio (it at any lime), how ever. If the Nationals are half aa much in earnest as the v pretend to be, they will prove their professions by nominating for office only men of high character for in tegrity and ability. Flat forms are ruDDisn, the world over." j The result of the recent canvass in California for a veutton shows Constitutional Con very singular . and I ! startling chancres. It shows that there has been a fearful disintegra tion going on, and that strange amal gamations have taken place. The old parties appear to have gone to pieces, and to have sought new and singular alliances and combinations. The classification is as follows: Demo j Crats 7, Republicans 11, Independents 2i, Nonr-Partisan 81, Kearneyites and Workingmen 51. I What does such a strange classifi cation portend? Whither are we drift ing? Is this disintegration to come from the West to the East Time will enable all to answer such questions. j The Democrats have a duty a irreai, Boieiuu, imuoriani, imuerauvu V . . , . . duty to perform. If we look back now; if we go off after new entangle ments and new alliances, we are lost. The safety and effectiveness of the party consist in clinging together. Let ns stick. Let us . become more firmly united. We must not relax oar efforts; we mast not think for a' moment-of .tolerating disorganization oruf winking at any independent m'byement. The perpetuity, the Bafe-j ty, the life of a constitutional govern-; ment in this country, ( we sincerely believe, depend upon ' ' the unity and strength of the Democratic '. erliveand -T?a!1,atl?.n n0. onSer lve an. . t.hirA is no breakwater to stave off the' flood-tide of despotism and anarchy' that will set in. Let every Demo-! crat, then, be firm as a rock, and true to nis poiiucai iaiiu. uu your uuiy faithfully and well, and the country IS saie, anu nueriy auu taw are as-! Bured. We may note that among the De-. mocrats elected in California two went to that. State from Wilmington We refer to Dn , John Walker, ai brother of Dr. Joshua Walker and Mr. Alvie:WHEe.v-He-went to Cali fornia in 1849, and "a elected a dele tber is Mrv Samuel A. Holmes, a oousin of Mr. "John L. Holmes, who femigrated since the war. He repre- I BeUlS X rOBUU WUUbjf. The hot weather compels the 1 editor of the Washington Iost to say 1 Luab LUO w T - DMWWmt i i . iivA iihnrtu x f tran onhnnhini I nAn!aa1n in hat. VA nnnt.Anil . fir ItiA f., , t- t..: 1 I lioerty ior jeuereuu jhih w maae a fool of himself, and tor the JFost to Who . W Hel The following from the Kingstree (3. C.) Star, evidently refers to the old man who was picked up fronrtbe sidewalk near the Front Btreet depot, on tTSursday-night, the 18tb inst , and taken toenhe : station house, from whence he was sent to the city, hos-, pital, and where he died .the same evening (Friday, 19th.) - The description isuite him exactly, inoluding the wounds be had re npivnn H was unnAralnrwi In uv lurA I . : ' . . '.. inai uis iiitiuB was tianieis, ana inai ne was i irom uirpisn county, out u was wnn me ! . . . .' ..... i greatest difficulty that be could articulate, I and he mav nave oeen misunderstood, uan I no one give any clew as to his identity with the following facts before them? - ' i "On Wednesday night last an old man apparently 70 1 years of age, or more, was robbed by a negro footpad of all the money he had, some thirty Or thirty-five dollars,: while he was asleep, ue said mat ne was making bis way to Wilmington, K4 C. to see his children after an absence of twenty seven .yearsVi having . Jef t" them " to ' their grand pgfotsiop'ho dah;Ht hiSfr wife While he was asleep the negro robbed him I of money and pocket-book by cutting out the whole pocket. Upon waking and find ing he was robbed, he resumed his journey on the railroad' track, just 'before the up- train arrived, and was knocked from the track about fifty yards froni the depot. His deafness and the darkness caused the accident, k He was badly cut on the cheek, and very much bruised about the throat and upper portion oi the cnest. jnos thing saved him but, the very slow speed of. the train. Ue aajdk tat.. bis name was Sellers, aud that h.JfOT Mn the U. U depot at WilmingliyiJt-PWwtiTO Loftin went along with hinx tb FJoretice to bunt I up the thief. The railroad authorities sent I the old man to Wilmington." jtU'oi court. ; The case of David S. " Martin, colored, arrested Friday afternoon on the charge of shooting at Major Henry on North Water street, near the foot of Princess street, an acc-iunt of which appeared iu the Star of yesterday, came up for a hearing before Mavor Fishblate yesterday morning. The' evidence was' substantially as detailed by us, and after hearing all the testimony the defendant was ordered to give a justified bond in the sum of $200 for his appearance at the next term of the Criminal Court. He was turned over to the Sheriff, and, in de- i - fault of the necessary bond, lodged in jail. Salem Beasley and Alex. Bowen, two colored young men, charged with fighting over the railroad on Friday afternoon, next had a hearing. Beasley was conyicted and sentenced to pay a fine of $10 abd the costs or be locked np for fifteen days in the city prison, and Bowen was discharged. vondiuaa of ibe Lewi Broihera. We learn from Capt. Paddison, of the steamer North East, that both of the Lewis brothers, who were so badly stabbed at Doattv'a RrhW -Pender cohntv. on Fridav of last week, at the hands of a' colored des. J nrr-rln h th n.mnnf TTnrtflrwOnrl ara now L - 1 .-..k--k! vn. , . : ! .. , . - , ,. liPwu in nrtfe p.ntirnlv rkiit nf ilnnorpr Jnhn Lewis' wounds, though there were several of them, were not as serious as at first sup posed. Underwood has not been captured. There was a, rumor in circulation on the streets yesterday afternoon to the effect that both of the wounded men were dead, and another, by the way of Rocky Point, that William Lewis was dying at last accounts, both of which reports receive their quie tu by the above authentic one from Captain Paddison. ! . One more Unfortunate. We have just heard that a dead tramp was found by an old well near Burgaw a (w weeks since, and his bundle was sub sequently discovered in an old house close by. How he came there and how he died, are among the mysteries which so often surround this unfortunate class when they flee from the cold charities of the world to the regions of the Great Unknown. - i Important i to Cotton Grower. On and after Monday, September 2d, 1878, cotton covered with flax tow bagging containing shives (or small pieces of straw) or manufactured from uorotted or imper fectly rotted flax, shall be deemed unmer-, chantable, and Bball not be good delivery in this market. This Is a rule of the New York Cotton Exchange, passed June 6th, 1878. Tne Great Drought. From private correspondence received in this city from' some of the neighboring counties, we learn that rain is needed in i . some localities to that exte.it that the peo ple are holding religious meetings and fast ing and praying for it. . In some sections. we understand, there has been no rai n to speak of in about eight weeks and many of the crops have been almost; utterly de stroyed. Supreme Court. ' In this Court on Thursday, as we learn from the Raleigh Observer, tha . considera-y tion of appeals at the end of the docket was resumed and causes disposed of as follows: Alexander Oldham vs. W. M. Sneed, from New Hanover; called and continued for absence of counsel on both sides, under the rules. ! r P: J.- dwann et sis. vs. George Myers et feaja-y from Columbus; argued by; W. S. & jj. .i.uevane, l . a. ooiion, ana miue a Mordecai, for the plaintiffs, and A. T. fc J. London for the defendants. Chief Justice: Smith, having been of counsel in this case, did not ait on the hearing. Hill Humphrey vs. H. W. Humphrey et als., from unslow; argued oy xl. K. uryan for the plaintiff, and W. A. AUen ana w. 8. & D. J. JJevane for the defendants. : W. C. Monroe,- adm'r, vs. T. 8. Wbitted, adm'r, from Bladen; argued oyj. xnxaa dale for the plaintiff, and T. H. Sutton for the defendant. :: , J. D. Williams et als, vs. K W. Wooten, adm'r. from! Bladen: argued byTi H. Sut ton for the plaintiff, and J W. Hinsdale for tne defendant. : ..... , . ,! ' State vs. James M.' Lanier, ' from New Hanover; argued by the Attorney General for the State: no counsel for the defendant.! W. A. Kogers, ex'r, vs. itooert jncji.en zie et als, j from Robeson; called and con- tinued under former order. i ' Consider j Booshee et al&, vs. L. 'M. is the mulatto who knows how the LouisN Surjes et als. from Harnett; argued , by T. ana electoral certificates were forged, Ken H. Sutton and J, W. Hinsdale for the plain- nedy is Kelloee's right hand man in the "tiff, and Neill McKay and Guthrie - & Ckrr pr tne, defendants. i vijf uu rj , : NO.40. CLOSK OP TUB NOUMAIi KqQOOJU. j : Star Correspondence. --' -v- Chafbi. IIiLis N. C.,; ) : July 25tb, 1878. After a six weeks' sessionHhe University Normal School was formally closed to-day. Yesterday Miss Coe exhibited the result of her kindergarten training. Everybody was delighted with the performance of the . . ' . ' . : deported themselves commcndably. At ' ; , , m . . j , ' . i u ku "u a uciitmuui musicui concert. After the concert was over the students rei paired to the ball room and library, where J uciucica u ui longer iu sweet social intercourse 1i This morning the Normal Debating So- cieiy uiscussea ine query, "anouia tne State establish - Compulsory Education? " 1 he manner in which the Southern peo ple treat Yankees was exhibited here t&'- day by he .-boys" giving Prof. Ladd a des cent caning. The cane had a gold head. With an appropriate inscription. The ?girh" presented President Battle ! w ith a haad-someclock.- Dr Battle has endeared.him self to the "Uot raalitesLuileJiaa. .netkiL hard lor the interests -of -Jthe: teachers, and thas been uniformly courteous, -kind a&d sociable. The Faculty and citizens contris buted in every possible way . their aidand encouragement. The admission of- lady teachers to the school has proven, a wise step. They have - generally ; excelled the. gentlemen. t Their presence! . exerted - a beautifying and refining influence! '' lbe school has been visited bv the Go vernor; Superintendent of Public Instrues tion, Commissioner of Agriculture, and many promiuent citizens of the Stale. They all encouraged us with their words of wisdom. We had a lecture nearly every D'gn on some scientmc subect. JHearly every hour of the day, as long and hot as hey were.'was occupied with some recita- 100. The teachers have formed an association On a solid foundation, whjch we hope will tena to correct many errors in our school system We hope the Legislature will aid us in every possible wav, Yours, truly Pendkk. A ttlodel Farm At the store of Messrs. Gore & Gore, yes terday, we noticed some of the finest peaches we ever saw, which were sent to them as a present. They were raised by Mr. R. C. Willard, near Smithville. who has a model farm, his stock, poultry, &c., being raised from the choicest breeds, im ported, from a, distance and at considerable expense, while his agricuttural and horli cultural experiments are cbiiducted on the same Bcale, and usually with great success. The Return f ilie Azor Cuaklestot, July 24 The Liberian emigrant bark Azor arrived here to-day, having left Mou I rovia J une 18tb. . one brings fifteen 1 colored persons sent out last winter I by the American Colonization Socie- tty,'and Mr.-A.-B..VVmiam8f thecuw an Uourier correspondent. the I. - 3 . u. ; i " .t mgraui8 carrieu vo iuonrovia oy me Ayior wer UBl4S uareu lor at a8t a I A a . 1 ; -I FA.. A 1 A- ' I counts by the Liberian Governmetft The Azor will probably take out an r . other ship load of omrgrants next month. Gov. 'Vance on Independent) The Great Dancer and Sovereign Reme dy. ' Nokth Carolina, Executive Department, Raleigh, July 20, 1878, Editors Chronicle and Constitu tionalist: , Sirs I greatly regret that ray of ficial duties, together with distressing illness in' my family, prevent my yielding to your request. The great and only danger to our party arises from so-called independents. If we cannot maintain discipline the party will go to pieces, and we should be gin by punishin the offenders in high places, not the aspirants for mi nor offices. The General should be dealt with before the private. Yours, respectfully, Z. B. Vance. The Value of an Advertisement. (Savannah News. The value of advertising can only be calculated by the circulation which an advertisement receives low priced advertising is not the cheapest. If a - j paper with a circulation of five thou sand copies charges ten dollars for a certain aaverusement, ana. a paper printing but one ream, that is four hundred and eighty copies, charges only three dollars for the same ad vertisement, the ten dollar paper is the cheapest; for it charges much less per hundred impressions of the annonncement than the J three 'dollar cheap paper does. Any shrewd ad vertiser can make the calculation for himself. ; ' ; POL.ITICA1L P01KT. . It is our opinion that General' Grant, if nominated in 1880, will be worse defeated than General Scott was in 1852. Wash. Post, Bern. h - John Sherman has , hired one hundred and ninety-three negroes to testify before the Potter Committee. If these ne groes ar'esharp they will not take John's word, as Eliza did. The more Grant is talked about as the candidate of the Republican party in 1880 the less chance he will have for the nomination. , This is the teaching of his- . . . TT-.?-t IT Jl A n lory. jriiua. jivrui nmervcan, step. v ; i 'Fraud" has probably made few Democratic votes, but it will hold together the Democratic vot,e of 1876, unless op posed with some more respectable issue, which it does not seem likely to , be. Springfield Republican, Ind. 1 The New York Times does nbt think the names Of Michael Macallister Shupe and John Juniper Junio, who lead the Nations, are' just the thing to conquer with. : Wherefore pot 1 They do not lack in the power of their spell I Kellogg is fairly caught at last. The young man Kennedy, whom . the Post I treed, is the ubiquitous individual who took ! I Kelly out of Louisiana and lost him. Kellv 1 Senate. Cabght at last. Eh I Mr. Kellogg ? yam.jvu, yem. ;. 4? ,.,.. 1 firiteParpentine. A first oi ass signal, station is to be established at t'Charlotte. . This " was brought about by xhe action of - lhu Cham ber of Commerce. ,."'.. ' Shelby Aurora? - Mr. :J.! A. Parker has brought us in the largest tomato that we bavo seen this year. It weighs one and a half pounds. , Who can beat it ? : The crops in- some'Tectious of . this . county are suffering for rain. ;.. i '"The local editor of the Charlotte Observer has seen a photograph of Kate Southern, the Georgia murderer. lie says: , The face indicates hard ! stock and chain igbtning liable to insert a knife between " the ribs uf anybody that fooled with her.;.' : 1 Ualeigh News'. t The lower por tion of this- county, together with, parts of JphaslOn Naabi Waynei WiUoniEdge combe and Halifax, are suffering from au extreme drought greanff"the suffering that farmers despair of. making a crop. Tes- leraay, at fint?. ivelt Johnston county, the people closed their stores and houses j and went to the cburch.wherc they prayed mifuucuuuj iwjamut .geaaing to pray until late in the afternoon. . -Charlotte Observer: Some States- ville people call Mooresville "Grab All," because she,; got- the terminus of the pro posed railroad ' from Winston. '' It is stated that UjHa this time fewer persons have left Charlotte foe summer resorts than for several "years past , The Charlotte District Conference assembles in Wades boro on the 8lh of August. - Nearlv s& the ! railroads running into the city rep resent their business as, very much largtrr than it was at this time1 last vear ' : S r Raleigh JVjw: Jas. EL O'Hara, Chairman of the; Board Of Commissioners for Halifax county, has ' recently had Eaid Board to - allow himself five hundred, and two other lawyers one thousand tdollars each, total two thousand five hundred dol lars, to defend the county in a suit for salt bonds, said bonds having long since been declared invalid by our Supreme Court in Leak vs. Commissioners of Richmond county. This is a last grab for the O'Hara. - Granville JZcho: We learn from Mr. C. G. Burroughs, who returned from Virginia this week; that Burch and his confederate were seen on the roadside n Thursday of last week about five miles this side of Clark9ville, by a Mr. Falkner. They warned Mr. Palkaer against aD- proachmg them." - They! ; were -.at Buffalo springs on Friday, the next day. They re (nained there but a few minutes, and de- Eiarted unmolested. It is gratifying to earn that Mr. Pbelps; who was shot by mrglar Burch, is recovering. I ' Alamance Gleaner: IleV. W. S. Long, who has a farm and lives a short! dis tance from the village, sowed last fall one of those packages of oats Bent out by the Agricultural Department at Washington, containing certainly not more than a .quart of seed, and the yield was ninety-five quarts of cleaned oats. They were a white winter oat, grown in Tennessee, and said to be . rust proof. We are sorry to learn that Mr. W. M. Andrews, living ndar town, has had the misfortune to lose one of his chil dren from diphtheria, and that he has seve ral others quite sick with the same disease. iTarboro Southerner: In the 64th ' jyear of his age, died in Warren county. Mr. Thomas Macnair. He was for many years a merchant in Tarboro. doing busieess un- 'der the firm name of Macnair & Bro. From larboro he removed to Petersburg and plied a mercantile calling with Mr. William Weddell until the - close of tho war. 1 Somebody ought to get hold of the coat tails of those high falutinists, Blount.of the Advance, and Roberson, of the Torchlight, and pull them down to earth. Hear the ; latter j "He wove in the loom of fancy del icate taories ot eloquence, with which he ; curtained and pinned to the stars the bright visions his imagination painted." The Edgecombe Guards left for Hamilton Wed nesday morning, with about 40 members, under command of Lieut. Lewis.to particU pate in the target shooting. Captaiu Fred Philips comes to the front with an Irish I potato weighing two pounds two ounces. U. M. Jiusoee said in his ad dress that Adam was the first Odd Fellow. lorchlight. But he got Eve-n prettysoon, The drought has injured corn in some parts or tne county, nut on the whole farm ers can't complain. ! Charlotte Democrat: It is an nounced that-the Richmond & Danville Railroad intends giving the Western North Carolina merchants afreeride to Richmond and back.- It seems that only those living along the line of the Western North Caro lina Kailroad are invited. Will, the Rich mond & Danville Road also give a free ride to the merchants living on the line of the road from Danville to Charlotte and back ? Or is turn about not fair play. On ' Tuesday last four Lodges of colored Odd Fellows were here coming from Columbia, Lincolnton, Dallas and Shelby, which,' to gether with the Lodge ot this city, marched in procession through the streets, accom panied by hundreds oi theit colored friends. Fine rains are reported along the N. C. . Railroad as far down as Raleigh, i It is terribly dry in portions of Mecklenburg and surrounding counties. We had a visit this week from Colonel John Stillwell, of Griffin, Ga. He is a native of Mecklenburg, and was once Deputy Sheriff of the county under Sheriff Sloan. He moved to Georgia forty! years, ago, where he. has prospered and become a prominent citizen; but he still has a during heart for his native county. The Conference of the Local Ministers within the bounds of the N. C. Conference of the M E. Church, South, assembled in Calvary Mission Church, in this city, on Thursday morning.-July 25th. Rev. J. W. Heppm stall, Vice President, called the Con ference to order, and Rev.L. Branson acted as Secretary. The address of the President (Rev. R L. Abernathy, who was not pre sent,) was read by the Secretary. A com mittee on Divine Service was appointed, consisting of J. F. Butt, Thomas Led well and W. H. Chick. The opening- sermon was preached by Rev. Mr. Meacham, Winston Sentinel: A meeting of the citizens of Winston -was held in the Court House jn Tuesday night to take steps to complete the subscription -te the Mooresville & Winston Railroad. One Weatherly, white, was arrested near!. High Point,: on last Saturday afternoon, byMr. Christ Burke, of Mt I Airy -from whom Weatherly ad stolen a fine horse on the previous Thursday rfigbt c There has been a plague of butterflies" in the gardens -of this year. It is the small, white fly, that stings the cabbage, and all the. first, and most tender growths of vegetables, deposit ing eggs that poison all they touch. The business and condition of the Winston National Bank: : seems i to continually . im prove, ahd we notice in their last statement of several weeks, ago,- the resources of the institution had touched f 346,659.87. i Few peaches have been shipped as yet by the orchardrata-faere, . to - New York, and they are somewhat discouraged accordingly. It was extremely cool on Monday night and Tuesday morningin strange contrast with! the heated term we have been having. Our sweetest singers the mocking birds are being eagerly sought after, in the South, by taxidermists North, as the male bird very often brings a fabulous price there; .: - Last Friday, 19th inst '-. was the hottest day of this year, the ther-v mometer in the shade' indicating 103 de grees at 3 p. m. ; That is above blood heat. We learn that a young woman by the name of Crouch was kHledlby lightning on last. I Friday evening; in Yadkin county. j Wheat is ranging in priee from 85 clp. to $1 10 per bushel. - Com 50 to 55 cents, according to ; quality. Good rains last week . The tobacco crop is not very promising.' At best not more than half a crop; will be housed In this section this year.