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v. .-v ..IM hi, .n .7? !. ii.i7..jij hiiotiNt r-n mhihii -am iw ,,.n ., i, . ,i . - c , , .,. . iffy""- jr- fi -a : .. - . PCBLUHIO A - - 1 -. ; $1.50 a Tear, in advance. 88S88888888S8S8SS 88S888888S88888S8 88888888888888888 s Q a s a 4tr4u 88888888888888888 tons 8S8S8S88S8S888S88 888888888S88888S8 82885888888888888 et oo ta t- oo e eg jg jo ce g jj 8S888888S88SS8S88 " "SSSSSS S SS Q -J g:i::::s::::s : c ; ,- i 0Q ' 1 r e eo io o t- oo e rt oo to Subscription The subscription price of the Wstcx i,y Star is as follows : ! Single Copy 1 year, postage paid, $1.50 ' " 1 44 6 months. 1.00 " 44 3 44 .'" 44 " I .50 THKEK NORTH CAROLINA AD DRESSES. 1 The scant literature of North Oaro litia has received a valuable addition in three memorable addresses that have been published within a year or so. We have already referred at length to the admirable address of Monlford McGehee, Esq., upon the late .Wil liam A. Gh-aham. . The able and ac eomplished speaker had a noble theme, and he rose easily to the height of Uie i , ... i argument and met public expecta tion fully. It is a very thorough, accurate, and exhaustive analysis of the liftJand public services of one of the really great men of our btate one of the centenarii homines of North Carolina. " We have also briefly referred to the address of Gov. Vance upon the late David L. Swain, delivered in 1877 before the University, and the addressT of thex Hon. Thos. L. Cling man on the "Follies of the Positive Philosophers," delivered before the University Normal School ,a j few weeks ago. It is only quite recently that we have taken time to read care fully, these excellent literary ' per formances, and we desire to add a word or two to what we before said. Gov. Vance's address is a really fine production. It is written with marked skill is elegant and highly finished, graceful, flowing, rounded and eloquent. There are some very noticeable passages both in the way of description and . abstract reflec tions. The many-sided speaker has presented his distinguished county than and friend in life-like colors. We believe the portraiture is j just and true, and we were surprised and gratified at the sobriety and reserve of the limning. The whole address i dignified and elevated and neat, and well worthy of the remarkable man it discusses and of the gifted and versatile speaker. There are not only evidences of familiarity Jwith men and books, but there are mani festations of fine taste and a bright fancy. It opens strikingly and closes beautifully. We would like r to be able to reproduce that fine passage in which Governor Vance describes his first; recitation under President Swain. It, is very felicitous. Gen. Clingman's address is ; very noticeable. It is not rhetorical, it is not eloquent, it is not impassioned, but it is uncommonly thoughtful and instructive. From first to last it is singularly entertaining. Geo. Cling inan excels any one we know in the number and appositeness of his illus trations. There is more original think ingmihi8 address than, we remember to have met witb. io - any similar ef fort in the last , twenty years. ,It is compact of thought, and is a ..wise, timely and able discussion of topics that both entertain and inform. We doubt if the "follies'' of Darwin and his followers ' ever received " be fore such practical home-thrusts, and we doubt if these "follies" were! ever more successfully exposed. It is not a learned and exhaustive examina tion of their absurdities and 3 difficul ties, like Dr. Southall's masterly dis course at the opening of the Lewis Brooks Museum al.the.University of Virginia, but it is a popular, thought fwl,practical,originaldi8section4-only such a one j as a man of large 1 ob servation, acute powers of perception, wide knowledge of men and things. roach familiarity with the produo ons of scientists. indeDendent re- Mb -I . flections and superior logical j gil could possibly produce. -This 5 ad dress, aud his very able address on qv.yu- S!Kr:: JL VI. i s VOL. 9. The Bible and Science,'! published three or four years ago, are valuable contributions in vindication of the truth of the Holy Scriptures in oppo sition to science, falsely so-called, It is refreshing in an age of ; scepticism and folly to see a learned,: successful and able statesman devoting his time and intellectual powers in behalf of the truth and in the exposure of error. ;a' il- . -1..'. J ir as our reauing exienas, it is the best address we have met with from a North Carolina pen.' It is un ambitious in style somewhat col loquial and familiar, but ' it shows, from first to last, a vigorous mind at work, and a mind too familiar with many branches of human learning. ' We consider the three addresses referred to as deserving of special notice. They are highly creditable to the ability, learning and literary skill of our prominent public men, and V deserve much more attention than they have received: j (The three productions are exceedingly elevated in tone, are replete with judicious reflections, and deserve to be careful- ly studied Carolina. by the youth of N orth JOB DAVIS NOiniNA'rED. As will be seen by our special tele gram, the Democratic Convention of the Fourth District, which; assembled In Raleigh yesterday, renominated the Hon. Joseph . Davis on the jlOth ballot, and his nomination was made unanimous. We are satisfied the convention has acted wisely.- If Joe Davis cannot beat Joe Turner, nobody can. The platform adopted by the convention is broad enough and liberal enough for every Democrat and every Greenbacker. The increase in the exportation of live stock from the United States to Great Britain is a noticeable feature of the times. It is a new business comparatively ana nas grown exceeding rapidity. The INbrth XBri tish Agriculturist says: "Am mov Ka nKtaSnail ;f lha avtAnl of the traffic from the fact jthat almost every steamer arriving at Liverpool from Boston discharges large consignments of horses, cattle, sheep and pigs. In Cattle especially the trade has increased to an amazing extent, the average weekly arrival at the Mersey from Americ being 2,000 head. Several of 1 the American liners, which formerly carried passengers ionly. have had the whole available space fitted up tor the live stock trade, giving up tne former entirely. The supply 01 American cattle at the Liverpool markets has; been greatly in excess of the home cattle, -while several of the largest Irish dealers j have purchased extensively, and had them con veyed to Dublin. Sailing vessels are also employed in the American live stock trade, and it is probable that the receipts of battle maybe increased to 5,000 head per week in a short time. ! ' j . - "During the month of May the supply of American live and dead stock at Glasgow was above the average. There were land ed during the first part of the month 650 head of cattle and 1,502 bead of sheep. The Glasgow Tramway Company received the greater portion of a consignment of 266 horses landed from the New York and Ca nadian steamers. The importation of dead meats was considered above the usual re ceipts, 7,184 quarters having come to band, being an increase of 500 quarters on the previous month, and 2,000 quarters on the average monthly arrivals 01 the nrst nve months of 1877." The negroes in some portions of Memphis are robbing the honses that have been deserted by the whites, telegram of the 18th says: I "Nine houses are known to have been robbed of their valuable contents last night. but it is not known for certain that all were robbed by negroes. . It is reasonable to suppose that their opportunities, for com mitting thefts has caused their, rejoicing at the panic, especially wbenjney have: been heard to utter such expressions as jVTbe white-livered: - - have left the city ia our bands, and we intend to make the most of it.". In view of this new development of trouble, a.meetiog of citi zens was held to-day, at which a system 01 voluntary police was organized for the im mediate protection of tbe property of utbe retugetjs.", ... .:-.- ..; j . :: ; Here we : have misery j and crime bereavementf and robberies all mingled." The negroes will no . es cape the pestilence, . At first they re sist attack, but as at Urenada jnowj and in ; New; Orleans in 1852, ithey die like sheep with the "rots'' When at last attacked.- 1 i In the; Congressional :C6hveption in the Foarth District the first ballot was as follows: , V ; , t j Davis. 55: Cox, 64 i Manning. : ,1.... , ., 23;Carr,26. ; Fifth Ballot Davis, 75; Cox, 72; Man-Man- nine. i. - : ) : i . . , i Ninth Ballot Davis. 831: Cox, 16: ning, 68fc . j i . . ' ...! -t Tenth Ballot Davis, 168. i : f:-C. :B. Green, editor of the iDur- ham lobaccOj JPlant, was the perma-, nent" Chairmaiu1 That Convention did a. .very . wi8e act when honest Jo Davis;was chosen11!!''4' ' We are glad to . note that Senator Lamar is to take the stump in Missis sippi: The next elecjr,ipri pn Noyen befy is of " Very ' great ' Importance. Our two able Senator iconld render excellent service by making a canvass. What do . Gen: Ransom and Judge MerHmon say tql lit We hope the Dest speasers win tase a uauu. - :-, outs. OBmOCBAtlO REFOBRI. The great constitutional party of tthe Union stands committed 1 to ro form . and ' retrenchment It ooiild not, if it wonld, 1 go back upon its grand record and its solemn and often reiterated pledges without sinking in public estimation and losing , forever its prestige and powerV It must go on in the way of honest and econom ical government ; We showed the other , day how . well"; a -.Democratic House of ' Representatives had kept itS pledges. - l;. But not only has the Dembcratio party been reformatory and economi cal in national affairs,' but wherever it has gained control of a State the expenses of that State were at once greatly curtailed, and : j the burdens that were crushing :; jthepeople sere immensely Tightened. : This has been the case in North Carolina, in Geor gia, in ' Alabama, in Mississippi, iu Louisiana, in Arkansas, and in South Carolina. !'.'" c, . We confine ourselves ; to-day to a reference to affairs: in j our Southern poighbor. When Wade f Hampton was nominated for Governor by the people of South Carolina ' tliey per formed their wisest act. Under his benign government the people have been happy aud contented, and peace and order have reigned from one end of the State to the other. Now what is the record of ( Hampton and his brother Democrats as .far as the finan cial matters of. the State are con cerned ? Have they redeemed their promises to reduce ' the taxes and to lighten the public burdens? Let us see. It .. must be borne in mind that when a State has been in the hands of a corrupt and extrav agant party for years, that it takes some time to get rid of the rubbish that has accumulated and of the bad legacies that have been handed over. , We copy from the Charleston News and Courier the expenses of the State government under seven years of liadical rule, and under De ocratic mlo for one year: 1869- 70 (Radical)....... 1870- 71 44 .., 1871- 72 44 1872- 73 " 1873- 74 " 1874- 75 1875- 76 44 : . 1876- 77 (Democratic) . . . . , Now such figures $185,830 159,243 113,665 230,797 234,055 182,201 184,038 83,715 are eloquent. They Bhow how well the Hampton Government has kept -its plighted word. They show how striking is the contrast. The News and Courier says: ; "Salaries under Democratic rule, in the year ending October 31, 1877, were less than a third of tbe amount expended for salaries under Radical rule in the years ending October 31, 1873, and. October 31, 1874. and less than one-half the amount paid for salaries in the last year of Radical rule. ButPthis is not the most favorable view. The present government pays the appropriations in full, while the Radical government was weighed down with de ficiencies. For the year 1875-'76 the amount appropriated for salaries and re maining unpaid was $94,003, making the whole amount $278,041; against $83,715 in the following year, a saving of more than two dollarH each to every citizen who voted for Hampton." , , . ? i The Radicals spent for public printing from 1868 to 1876 $1,326,- 589. The total cost of printing from 1790 to 1868 had been ; under honest government but 69,000' In oiher words,- tbe Radicals in less than ight years wasted and stole i $717,589 more money hi; the matter of publio printiner than ; the total cost for the t . . seventy -eight preceding y ears when honest and capable South Carolinians had control. : - j alowi much Jiasliiampton expended jror. publicin spent annnaliy-froin $2;124 in. 1868 to $450,000 in 1872. ! r H,amptbns first year mr office shows thaM but $5,178 was expended in ihat'wa. , j, Average annual cost.Kadical rule.. $165,823 Averaee annual cost. 1790 lo 1868.. 7.807 FresmiAdminiamtidn.V.iV.,.'. 0,178 : Tlie News and Courier says:. i "In conclusion, the cost printing, per month under Radical rule was $55,eoo,ana under the present Democratic' rule' $514. The ' savine. on ! the average. is eqflal 16 $159,645 a year, being within a i fraction of a dollar ana tAree-quariers a year for each of the 92,261 citizens wh6 voted the Demo cratic ticket in 1876." . The Legislative) expenses f or, four years?under' Radical ddniinahcy were $4,187,573, or An average of $1,046- 896. ; Hapaptdn's' firet'rfyar. 'cost the people. but$$4,096-7-an actual saving in one year of nine hundred and , six' ty-twQ thousands seven, hundred and nirieif -sevejri dollars $96f797:Ten dollars a year are thussavea to every man wbo oted: f prJmbtonf Think1 m m : - . 1 ' . it ot it, ye wno are reaay tto quit tne old parity of fefoiimM and to Tun aftefc newfahgled? ideas and strange' 'jjjfii k We will ref eV to the South Carolina' experiences under the two parties in another article. ANEW.HIETHOD. ;)Dr. Busbrod W Jamesof Phila-j- delphia, has published an interesting etter in the Ledger of that city, in which ' he ' proposes a new " mode of quarantine and the treatment for it. :To pur unprofessional eye the sug gestion ot. theory, appears; plausible 'and 'practicable, and , isf certainly worthy of the attention i of all qua raniine officers and physicians Every port in lhe United states ; is greatly Interested in the' matter of an efficient and speedy quarantine, ; and if the plan suggested by.AJr. J ames should upon a fair and thorough trial turn: out to be the thing .needed, then he will have saved a vast cost of moheV and vexation and manv lives. ; f ' Dr James says the agents no.w used? in disinfecting, such as carbolic 6id chlorinated : lime, chlorine gas, ulphur, fco., appear to bejnadequate to rid a vessel -quickly of contagion. He proposes to resort to the artificial uction of cold waves, so as to re-' duce the temperature of a vessel or room to fifteen or eighteen degrees Fahrenheit. KHe says of yellow fever that it disappears with the first frost, land he proposes to create an artificial frost. We quote from the Doctors letter: : 1 : - . . 1 1 "It is not necessary to wait for the frosts pf autumn, nor is it required to reduce the temperature 01 a whole city at one time, to accomplish; the desired results. In this age of improvement we have 'different forms of ice-making machinery and appa ratus for maintaining a low degree of tem perature in large rooms and buildings for the; preservation of fruits and meats. (Fresh meats! are transported in : vessels jacrosa the Atlantic ocean in such a man ner.) - This degree of cold can be kept up lor months, or indcnnitely if required. By these machines the temperature can be sept down to or near zero, aod, by some of jibe more recent inventions, I learn that a circulation of fresh air can be allowed through the room, at the same time the thermometer in the cold room will indicate a figure much below the freezing point. I 1 "I have no doubt the temperature in the hold of a ship, with its cargo, could be re duced to 15 degrees or 18 degrees Fahr.,and kept so for ? twenty -four or: forty-tight hours, or longer. , I guarantee that 00 yeN low fever germ can ever survive that. The absence of the disease in our colder cli mates tends to prove this. Where is there a more potent agency in the removal of these low forms of fever than a good wide polar wave, bearing an abundance of ice and frost in its transit across the country. The disease under consideration and tne malarial fevers are thus swept away as by magic power in the cold of autumn." j ! He then shows how the wards must be arranged in every quarantine sta tion. He says a room capable of ac commodating several patients should be so arranged that ventilation can be maintained exclusively through ventilators and by means of a small ante-room with spring-closing doors, and then have no mode of entrance or exit to the ward except through the ante room. The ante-room should be kept at the same low temperature or even lower than that in the ward, so that the temperature in the latter may not be raised by the opening and closing of doors by the attendants, nor any of the disease-producing rerms escape before they are tno- iroughly subjected to the low tempe rature and destroyed. j The temperature should never be higher than 25 degrees, use the pro per amount of bed clothing, and ex Jose everything that goes into the room to the cold. If necessary another room for patients who can- hot stand such cold should be eon Structed 1 where - the temperature should be higher, but there should be no access to tnis room save inrougn the colder one. He concludes his letter, bj saying: , ; . . 1 V'The plan is practicable, and we hopp, or the good of humanity, that the suggest iOos here offered will "be fully tested by he quarantine stations, and by the Boards of Health .01 cities and towns.". : j. I . If we had the Doctor at our side ks we write, we would ask, why not have hospitals erected bpon the same plan?. If vessels can be disinfected py the cold process why cannot hps pitalai and J dwellings? If .patients from a1 vessel can be benefited and Cured by a process of manufacturing aruuciat . irosia auu voiU;.waveS,we can see no reason why the patients in infeHedCpities , cannot be with the certainty of cure to the same process. 'I Attjany rat the plan is eorth trying. ; It in ay be th at- a d is covery of the utmost value has been made.- At this time every thing that concerns the dread .'disease is inter esting. ' We give Dr. James's" theory for jwnat it is worth, j a We referred some days ago to cer ain' military , prg!raUp.n!ntP$r. lips conntyj ' Arkansas, and, stated there were grounds for fearing that these companies were intended to in - umiaate ana couirwiii VoterB: m . tue coming election. ll We are glad to see it stated that Governor i Miller has ordered' that ; they '. beAtohce dis bandedp, ; This , is right, ana : every just man will indorse tbe action. When the train on the Wilmington, Co- umbia & Augusta Railroad which arrived here yesterday; at 8:30 A: . M . .cft Colum bia, a well dressed . female, with what ap peared to be a baby in her arms, got on the tram. Beiore. starting an elderly man appeared and handed her $50, stating that this sum Would probably be sufficient for her wants,! but immediately! afterwards handed her. $6 more. The, lady then went into a sleeping car, and as j she had .a through ticket to Richmond she was not molested by the conductor during the sue-, ceediug trip. Upon arriving at the depot at Wilmington she came out of the car.and it was noticed by the conductor nd others that the supposed baby, which: she carried n her arms when she entered the car, bad disappeared, and 'he woman,1 whose veil was drawn 'closely over '"her face, left the car very -hurriedly.- Her actions ' cre ated a suspicion . that aometbing was wrong,- and : in the : discussion which ensued between tbe conductor and passen gers it transpired that the woman had been frequently noticed 1 fanning the object in her lap, and that there could 1 scarcely.be a doubt that it was an infant. The conduc tor also stated, we learn, that he had taken the woman to Columbia on, the previous day, from some station on the road, and that she then had an infant in her arms:' The. incident created quite 1 a sensation among the passengers, and the. circum stances were looked upon as very suspicious, to say the least.. " I here, wast no jway by which she could have disposed ' of the in- ant during the trip . without the conductor or passengers knowing it,- except by throw ing it out of the window and the question bow is, whatjbecame of the baby T 23 inst. Vke UTane cotter Coltax. A private letter received by Col. A. M WaddclV from Capt Frank Barr, of the Revenue Cutter Colfax, now undergoing a complete overhauling at Wilmington, DeN aware, states that they are; pushing her through, and when she is done she will be an entirely different ship, and one of he very finest in the service. She will be lengthened twenty-five feet, have a larger cylinder, and larger wheels,1 and draw about a foot less water. Her cabin aud wardroom will be very large and com fortable, and the whole vessel will be won derfully improved. She will also be con siderably faster, as her wheels will not have so : much dip, and she ; will have a much more powerful engine. In fine, she will be a staunch, able seagoing vessul, well fitted for the station, as she will be able to face any storm as well as any vessel going. Capt. Barr says he Is delighted with her, and will feel very proud when he gets her back to Wilmington. Capt. Barr adds: 44 You shall - feel proud, too, for your exer tions in haying such a vessel; on the sta- linn mi nkt n hn n nnii.AA r T r.tiA I f n n ' ' Geo. Gllmore'a Visit. ' " We now learn that the object of Gen. Q. A. Gilmore's visit here was to j examine the quarries from which the rock' ia token for the enclosure of New Inlet, with the view of ascertaining if it will answer the purpose for similar works in Charleston harbor,1 of Which Gen. Gilmore is in charge. ' He went up the. river with Mr. G. Z. French, one of the contractors for furnishing the rock for New Inlet, on Thursday, and got samples for examination, leaving here on Thursday evening's train. By the way. Gen. GilmOre has the . general supervision 01 Jsouthern forts, &c , but has nothing to do with bars and harbors, except at Charleston. . ., Plrat Bales ol New Cattoot ; i Two bales of neW "orpp ;colton were" re ceived and sold in this city yesterday, be ing the first of the; season, j; They were consigned to Mr. E. P. Covington, "were raised by Messrs. Jeptha Gibson and C. W. Wright, of Laurel ; Hill Township, Richmond county, the former pome of Hrr Covington, and were soldi -to Messrs. Eerchner & Calder Bros., through Capt. 8, R . Birdsey, Broker, at 12 tents per pound. n Messrs. E. Lilly &'Bro. also expected a bale of the new crop yesterday, but for some reason it failed to come jte band. Severe Accident. I Capt. C. C. Morse, of Smlthyille,; met v ith a very serious ; fall recently by the giving way of a rotten rail upon which ;be was; leaning. The shock of the. fall was so' Severe that he .was conipietely Btunned f or some time. " By the' prompt attentioni' df Dr. Potter, however; he, soon recovered consciousness, the' wounds weredressed, and the Captain was taken to hit residence. lie has 1 how suffieiehtly' recovered ss-tbi be upon the streets ajginuiucli ,'d the jtiel jgtij of his many frieada,!iJ J4 AX f,;. Aid lor the ren SntreVer. ' i A correspondent at Laufinburg writes tis th at the request of ilr f Joseph Par ker, a few. , ladlca of that place solicited eodtribotions for the benefit of the Grenada sufferers, , and succeeded in' raisihg';$29; which was immediately iorwaraea to,;tue mayor of that place. Well done for Lau- rinburg. A WarnlBST , r l ... ,i fir , 1 t due of our young friends at WhiteVllle went to;8leep during services at the "Baptist Church; in ' that ; placed " on' Sunday night last; and When be awoke the coogregatlba ha4 not left; but a new four dollar ; silk hat belonging to the sleepy, individual had ta ken its departure. He has not heard the first thing of the hat since, and it is- not likely that he will hear the last of : the7 af fecting incident for some lime to come Reiieiona fCeVlval. 1 !'"' "We learn thai there is qufte'"an extehsive revival iu progress in what is knowh s Bryant's Chapel, Northwest j Township, Brunswick county! :untteTnT8trations of Kev. Mr.'Gurganus, of the if Baptist de nomination. ' Tbere have been some fifteen or sixteen accessions: fa the. churctt I within the past week, ani.the good f work, is f til going on."- -- &sr------- . 1 1-4 A telegram received frora WiW K.itrf D. 1 . t. Oft Iktt-nfrrhr ootra. 'CapL Grainger is doing very; well. . :,no.i. THE DfiATH PENALTY. JBxeeatlott ' or John Locklcar aud Olheri for the Harder elan Irian Pedier. ' 1 " i: ': ' 1 ; - --; - : 1 tiy a special telegram to 1 the Star we earn that the execution of . John : Locklear aliat John Revels, his brother, Neill Lock ear ana rompey jasiening, . an colored. or the murder of Frank Bryce, an Irish pedier, 6n the 25th day of February' last, some account of ' which appeared in our paper at the time, took place yesterday at 1 o'clock, in the jail yard at Bennettsville, 8. C.I All three swung on one gallows. They made no confessions,' but engaged . about two hours and a half, as the telegram says, n ravings about their hopes of salvation. They exhibited considerable calmness at times. " There were about three " thousand persons in town to witness the harrowing spectacle. The military were out in full force as a guard for the" 'prisoners. " The affair passed off very quietly, j : 1 be Liocklears are considered tbe very ast of the Lowrev cans, or "Swaino An gels," that made Robeson county so famous a few years ago. . . . . :i Accidentally Drowned. . . ; 1 L V.. Smith, the man Who was arrested pome months ago and brought to this city I On suspicion of being Miles Smith, tbe al leged murderer of one Henry Johnson, colored, near Darlington, C. H., in Octo ber, 1876, but who was subsequently re leased,' in consequence of his not being properly identified, was drowned at Sneed's Ferry, Onslow county, on Sunday last. It fippears that he had taken a skiff belonging to a Mr. Mills, in whose employ he has been for some time past, and jwas sailing about'the river, when it is supposed be ac cidentally fell overboard and was drowned. Tbe body was recovered. I I ; It will be remembered that Smith, after baying been released, had a warrant Issued for Lewis Jame9, colored, upon whose affU davit.he was arrested, and the case (for perjury) is now pending iu the Criminal Court. 1 I Aid for Yellow Fever Sufferers. We have received from Mr. W.-B. Har ker, of Shoe Heel, Robeson county, the sum of $10 25, contributed by citizens of that place for the benefit of the yellow fe ver sufferers where it will do the most good. The amount will be forwarded as directed. ' ' I j Toe Tote for Jadzea and, Solicitor. IRaleigh News. j ; The following is the total vote for Judges and solicitors W. N.. H. Smith, 129,360: Thomas S. Ashe, 128,040; John H. Dillard, 127,745; Jesse F. Graves, 122,674; "AlnVinnan f! A vnrv ' 1 9.9 fl'!'. Tomiu C. L." Gudeer, 106,253; William L. Cocke, 31,502. . First District Solicitor James - P. Wheedbee, 8,197; Cyrus W. Grandy, 9,488. " - v: j . i i Second District Solicitor Fabius H. Busbee, 11,722; James H. Collins, 17,545. ! Third District Solicitor Swift Galloway, 17.549. .-. i ; ! f Fourth District Solicitor -James D. Mclver,. 13,974. Fifth District Solicitor -Frederick N. Strudwick, 16,130; Bj I. Howse, 8,905. -r. . . . - . ' ! Sixth .District Solicitor Wm. J. Montgomery, 11,696. ! !: Seventh District " Solicitor Jos. Dobson, 8,577: 1 t - ; Eighth District Solicitor Jos. H. Adams, 9,921. r Ninth District Solicitor Garland S.'Furgeson, 7,090; Marcus Erwin, 8,464. ; - -j - ; !' A IDIane Flent wlili an Eagle. The Bakers ville fN. C.) Hepubli can of the 14th inst. tells the follow ing: "Last week, while E. J. Camp-. bell was engaged . digging wild gin ger on the side of the Roan, about one: and a half miles 'from' the Cloud land Hotel, he found the - nest of a kray eagle in a fallen tree-top under the clin: of tne mountain, containing pne young eagle. V jWhile examining the nest and its contents,1 -suddenly1 fie hekrd a loud noise, and before-he could ascertain what it "was, the old eagle had struck, him; in the face with her.bill and claws, and taking a" cir- ll?througb''tiie air,"alighted on 'a tree about 200 yards distant, but in plainr jvlew pf the.T nest.: i Again, the foarent bird made an attack, aiming at his head, but he avoided her, and fhe tftruck him on ' the 'arm, making a slight wound. - -She returned to her post of observation, but as soon as he attempted to touch tlie pest contain- mg ine young, eagie Bne maaea tnira attack- when Mr Campbell struck per with a stick and brought her to ,he gronnd,i where,: after ji a severe struggle, he succeeded in killing her. She measured' seven feet ' and two inches from tip' to tip :'6f her wingsV The 'male birds was not' seen, The place was a j wild, unfrequented ; part of the mountain. , It , has I generally built'4 her 1 nest itf the clefts of the rocks; but this one had her nest in a fallen tree topi some feet ! from the ground, but in a spot seldom, visited py .man., mis uiru is iiue uuts &uuwu as the gray bald oagle.' ."f.f '! ' ' f ; : i Soclalietie PblloaopbV. j " ' IFrom the New York Era. 'HOTny-banded son' of aihod carrier (loq.)--"Share all the money equally, that's what I say." ! di ;., Wifoof same .'And , phatt .vonld ye do wid your share, , Michae .CSha'unesseV v'1 : -T-i ' A H i 'Spind iUike abrick; ytald;fdol. i rAnd Pbat would ve do thin r: i Share jty all over aginr-av j. coorsej nana me a own mat pipe. , The Jcrops in some sections are improving. The Fayelteville Gazette aaye: 1 he recent rains Tiave been ; extremely heavy, but a good deal of the. corn from long continued drought is '-beyond re demption, and that crop has been cut off from a third to a hair in some tectums. Cotton looks better, though the yield will be far below the average." j- A correspondent of the Raleigh New says that on Aug. 3d a difficulty. growing out of an old-- church - feud, cc- jcurred between O. L. Keith and James Uenkins, fifteen miles from Murphy, Chero ikee county, in which Jenkins received three mortal wounds arid died in a few minutes.. Jleilh was arrested and lodged in jail to await his trial before the Superior Court. ; Charlotte has formed a new 6re company, with James G. Harris as caiitain. Tbe Observer says: F. A. McNincb, ptesi-" dent of the Pioreer Steam Fire Engine Company, staled that his company still rc tained , enough members to keep up the jorganizalion, and that in case of fire they ! J 1 . i . .. . 1 wouiu uu as rcauy 10 eeive lue cny as ever, jwhich information was greeted with an- plause. ' ' ' -i i . lialeigh News: Ihe Primitive Baptist Association was held at Dutchville. ju Granville county, near the Wake line. on Saturday, Sunday aod Monday. A creat concourse of people were present the num ber being estimated at 7.000. These came from all parts of the State, and many were there . from -Virginia and Georeia. Over ntty ministers were present! Four sermons were delivered each day. . n lion. Jo. Turner, in the Eliza- belh City Economist: "I shall offer a bill in the next Legislature to -alter the mode of .voting. - Have but one ticket and one box; the ticket to be secret or folded, and num bered on; the back by the judge of election. da a contested election the ticket and the books will show how every man voted. If two votes are put in, one and not both will be thrown out. V , 1 - - L.! II. Godwin has been arrested in South' Carolina under the charge of poi soning Polly Blackmon. near Favetteville. In 1875. ! The Gazette savs: The investiga tion of the coroner's jury led to an analysis, by Dr.. S. J Hiasdale, of the contents ot the dead woman's stomach, but for ohvious reasons tne result of this analysis was not given to the public. On the 4th of March. 11875, Judge Buxton issued a proclamation in which, in accordance with the facts placed before him, Hanaell Godwin was outlawed. As illustrative of the uneasy state of mind of most travellers just now, the Charlotte Observer tells of the excite ment created on the cars the other night by a wag, wao aemanaect in a ' loud voice, liow many New Orleans people are there in this car?" The feminines screamed, a dozen males poked their heads out of as many berths and looked wild and haggard, and when the question was repeated, an bid geatleman, with a large stomach and a bald head, rolled, well-nigh naked, into the middle of the aisle and sat flat on the floor, Btaring at vacancy. Alamance Gleaner: We un derstand that in Faucctt's township, in this county, the lightning struck in the midst of a field of. growing tobacco and killed it clead for an area of some twenty-five or thirty yards - across. The surviving members of Company F. 6th N. C. Slate J.roop8,;Uol. Jfishers old regiment, ' are re quested to meet in Graham on Tuesday of court week, the 20lh day of August, 1878. It is proposed to write 'a history of ibis regiment, and the meeting is called for the fiurpose of gathering particulars conccrn ng the Company. ! i Milton Chronicle;' John , Free man, colored, of this place, who works in a tobacco factory in Danville, being en route for Milton last Saturday .and seeing a uuua vjj fcuc iiTci uicn xiio ijiotui iu cuuut it, when the Weapon accidentally went off and put a ball through the fleshy part ; of John's leg. ; We admit Judge Tour- gee's abihty as a speaker.! We admit his shrewdness in political discussions, and his power to make the wrong appear right and yice versa. But if ever McGehee 'hangs" mm ne a make, mm see more dead niggers in a mill pond than he can shake a "bloody shirt" at in a whole day. j i Oxford Free Lance: A very in- ' ieresting meeting has just closed with the Baptist Church at Tally: Ho. We learn there were some twenty-five or thirty pro fessions of faith in Christ, and seventeen were baptized into the fellowship of the church. The meeting at Hesters has closed. There were six . professions of faith, and nearly thirty persons were left at the anxions'Beat. - We hear that Elder It. I. Devin is conducting a meeting of con- eiuiawi - iuiugoi. e iuvuukaiu xytcc& - Church, r The Methodist meeting at Trinity at last accounts,! was still in pro gress, and was one of unusual power, there having been thirty-five professions. j Tarboro Southerner i My glowing soul warms up to you, ! .. J Barbecue. My gleeful heart would dance a jig l U ) - . Forscorch'd pig. Then whoonl hovs. come. ioe. i 5 "i For juicy hog. t -Edgecombe will make! fair crops not withstanding every drawback. Rev. w. . Koane, pastor or tne wemoaist Church ja ;.:Taiboro, ;j-received five .new members. into his Church Sunday. .Jo. Turner's boll has become a sacred animal. i One hundred dollars Was raised at Teat's Bridge picnic on Tuesday to organize i brass band in 'iarboro. ;; i - Jfatego cor espondent.: Not long since Our. community ere horror struck.at the cowardly deed of ev. Edward Waters, a Free-WilL Baptist minister .! It seems that his wife had told a slanderous falsehood oh a young lady, and it being traced to her she 'became very an gry, and on Miss Fannie. Wpolard, her ac cuser,' going to her. gate' to deliver a message-entrusted' to i her, was coaxed in and Immediately caught by her husband, while he (Mrs. Waters) whipped her in a most brutal and i shameful manner, injuring her eyes so badly, that it is thought tbe loss of one will be total. ' Mr. Waters has offered 50 as a i com promise, but she would not accept, i. ;. . ....- . i ... ..' . I Raleigh ' News: The fine brass band of the Raleigh Light Artillery sere naded Hon. Jos. JT,Qayis at the Yarbrough House, j Thursday evening." "A very large crowd was present In response to calls, the. .chosen Democratic champion of the district, Hon. Jos. J. Davis, appeared. His speech was apropos add fall of promise of a , continuation of those faithful services Which have won "for. him the regard of his people, i Gen.i-W. R Cox made a speech full of enthusiasm, and ringing with the truest of . Democracy. " Governor Vance also 1 made some r pleasant remarks in , rhis v usuaL forcible - style. .', ur. ju. iieison, Dwvr, yeaieruay arrivea in the city with. the stomach and intestines of the late John King'Johnston, of ' Eleva tion Township, Johnston county. The death Of Mr., Johnston occurred on Monday last. Under suspicious circumstances. Two men of the neighborhood, R.W.Powell and Cal-; vin Splits had for some time entertained a grudge against the. deceased. It appears from the evidence before the Coroner's Jury, that on the day of his. death the deceased was at the distillery of Powell.in company with the suspected parties. After drinking freely to gether, Powell and Smith put Johnston in a cart, he appearing too much intoxicated to walk. After driving about three hundred varda from the stilL thev Stonned the cart and put Johnston 6ut,leaving him in a lane. gitnesses shortly afterwards passed by and w the deceased, and from their evidence it is supposed that he must have expired in tea or fifteen minutes after being taken out or the cart.