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Jj OwEIjr: Star, $ 1 .50 a Year:,1 in advance. S8SS8SSS8SSSSS3S8 SsiSSSSsSS&SSSKgSg S88888S8gg8.88S8S8 53888888888888888 SS888888S8&SS8388 88888888888888888" -atrmoji 8 B Q a S i. ; , v . 88883882288888888 88888888888888888 3 ' Si I 00 J---,". ..... Subscription -Prick i i . . , t ' , Vr-H -MM The subscription trice'oif the Wbkk cx Star is as follows : : Single Copy 1 year, postage paid, $1.50 " 6 months. " " 1.00 THE SODTHKRH IliOCHUB. The yellow fever this season ap peartTto upset a good many theories held beretofore concerning it. It at tacks those who have had it; it at tacks persons who are folly acclima ted; it attacks negroes; it does not confine itself to altitude or latitude; it defies the treatment hitherto found t fficacious, and is more wide-spread and malignant than ever before known. i I And yet its progress has not been as lujuu 2U9 many nupputst;, auu ;up . w this time it has confined Us operations lo the Gulf, or has worked up into the interior following the line of. rail" roads or rivers. Unless it has reached Hickman, Kentucky, its highest point is Memphis or Brownsville, Tennes see. Either of these towns is farther North than Wilmington. Bat this much may be said as established the disease has not appeared at any place where. there was neither! water nor railroad communication. What would this important fact seem to prove? Is it not conclusive that a strictly rigid quarantine a quarantine that would absolutely prevent all communication with in fected districts or towns -would i , ,1 ! prevent the spread or conveyance of the disease? In every solitary instance in which the fever has ap peared beyond New Orleans J it has been! transported. It is positively certain then that the right kind of quarantine will ; be an insuperable burner to the extension or convey ance of the awful disease. ' Let our authorities bear that in mind, i '. When onco introduced it appears impossible to arrest its progress. This applies only to places where the at mosphere is favorable to the spread of the disease. The trouble is, . you cannot say what the condition of the atmosphere is until the experiment is made. The only safety lies in keep ing out the seeds or germs of the dis ease. , - -.. . :- The New York Journal of, Com merce has an encouraging editorial upon the "manageableness" tof the "pestilence.' It is not "manageable'' after it is once introduced, if we may look to the South now for evidence. It is only ''manageable" in the sense we have slated in keeping it! nt al togetherin preventing the introduc tion of the germs of the disease by the most rigid' and ! vigilant quaran- The fever first appeared in New Orleans on July 12th. It 'worked it self up the Mississippi River and struck Memphis August '14th. Our New York contemporary BaysV '- "It was more than ifyumth, therefore, traversing a distance, by direct measuren ment, of ay 370 miles a rate of about 12 miles a day. Before this time people in the cities further along the river bad taken the alarm and enforced as strict a quaran tine as possible.-, These and other precau tions have, up to this time, confined the yellow fever in its epidemic form to Mem pins as the northernmost limit. Tfaer,e and at Yicksburg and New Orleans, and at cer tain other points, as Grenada, south of the Memphis line, the fatality has been fright ful. In that part of the country the fever seems to have obtained a secure foothold, and may increase even beyond the pre sent terrible death rate unless the sur vivors all run away. Bat north of Mem- puis au me cases so lar mane nnouc are sporadic those of refugees only, j We be-: eve mere is not a single exception to this rule. In St Louis, Louisville and Cincin nati, each, quite a number of , yellow fever deaths have occurred, and the sufferers in1 eyery instance were fugitives from the: i"ague-8iricken towns of the oomn. jsvery case being promptly removed to a Quaran,- line Hospital and scientifically treated as Soon a a I .4 . t; t apprehend that the yellow fever will appear as an epidemic in the cities mentioned for sme time to come, if at all." 5 It says further: l ' . . '.'The slow rate of its march from New Orleans to Memphis between which places Bumcieni quarantine measures were 'K'naiiy taken teaches us that tbe North i , 'ii- I 4l HUM 1 ' W i u VOL. 9; -i hai little to fear from'lhc incursion Of yel low fever as an epidemic on the;? land side this fall. While this tbongbti should quiet undue- apprehensions, it should; make ihe quarantine and health boards alt the more anxious to do their utmost to' protect the city from this fell destroyer, and' should prompt a continuance of generous gifts in aid of our distressed fellow countrymen at thefioutb." , , , Mj , It believes it will; gradually ad vance, and the only reason it will not get to New York' is that a black frost will come j in time . t - -enoou- to 4 prevent it. . e i Kare raged to hope that .H :i.will not Visit the Atlantic coast1 this season. Galveston and other points on the Gulf s accessible. to the disease,have thus far. escaped by a quarantine ays torn of a strict kind. Ithas not been skrici en'ough,:;al7 Mobile, jTor some three -cases have ;occuredtjbut y is thought that it will not . become epi dJeicii';f:Hii .? '.'4 fHi I A New Orleans correspondent of the Philadelphia JVess, en August 31st. gave some : interesting items concerning the fever in that eity. He says the farther the fever goes' North the more fatal it is. He says thaj, in New Orleans the per ventage of mor tality is much less than' reported. He says: . , "The proportion of fatal cases is, in fact, far less than ft appears from the published reports. So," too, on the other I hand, ithe cases reported undoubtedly fall far short of tbe reality. The deaths are correctly re ported, of course,' as none can (be buried save on a proper permit, duly recorded 4 A large proportion of our citizens, however, have their peculiar notions of yellow fever treatment. They do not believe in any med icine at all, save possibly a mild purgative on the start . They hold, I and f seemingly undeniably enough.that.the disease can Only begot rid of through tbe pores of tbe skin ; that the "sweating process" is i the only rational treatment . They are rather afraid of the doctors than otherwise. In a very large proportion of ease I am confident a doctor ia never called at all. Every iold '.'Creole woman' nearly, thinks she ia com petent to treat any case which i may arise. Her plan of operation is very-simple. With tbe first symptoms ! of fever the party is given a warm mustard foot bath; given a dose of oil or magnesia, put in bed and Well swathed in blankets. If tbe perspiration is freely started and maintained, no danger is apprehended, save through the carelessness of the nurse in allowing a draught of Cold air, allowing the patient to relieve himself of his load of blankets or to bring on a re lapse through overeating! or undue ex posure. 1 1 The poison, the spores of the disease, if you will, is, or are, in the air. Every person, not fairly bullet proof, so to speak, is jun doubtedly impregnated. Hundreds are simply slightly indisposed and escape without even coming down. Hundreds of others, again, are put to bed and made to sweat it out . . I know of . one jold nurse, for instance., that says she has carried through four of her paiien ts in safety, with no greater exDenditure on either one than fifteen cents for . magnesia. I know bf a Case, again, where four children! have been carried through all right. So much for the disease. A word people in as to the sufferings of the the smitten cities and towns. What have you done, reader,) to relieve the intensity and agony of those suffer ings? CYou are not miserly; you; are not without human sympathy; ; you are not impervious to the appeals that come up from so many voices and from so many scourged communities. What have you done? . ' Remember how poor are the great majority of the people. Remember how little able they are to provide for themselves. Business of all kinds is at a perfect stand-still. The actual necessaries of life are lacking. Medi cines, attendants, blankets are all greatly needed. Have you cont rib nted one pound of ice, or jone phial of medicine, or any form of relief? j Collections should be taicen up in every church in the land; and every household should contribute some thing. The North is doing grandly, nobly. Many Southern towns and cities are responding generously. They are our brethren who' are smit ten. Remember that.; ; ' The self-sacrifice, the devotion, the benevolence of the women j and men who are now, as good angels, minis tering ta the sick and the afflicted are worthy of the highest praise, land will receive Heaven's benediotion. Nothing grander, braver, nobler has been seen on this sin-staiued eart l of jours. It is the very essence of hero ism, and shows that in a plague-stricken city and wituiii the walls of houses are performed deeds that are grander than those that have; given immor tality to military heroes, i The con rage required to meet pestilence and the carnival of death is higher than that which leads the soldier on the battle, field, to charge up to the can non's mouth. It is a courage jlike that which taxes the soldier when he lies exposed by the hour under a fear ful shelling when there is nothing to do but bear and suffer. It is a con stant, unceasing, terrible strain upon mind and boclyj hour after hour, jday after day, week after week. It is living in the constant expectancy land dread of death. It is to walk in one sever ceasing round in a city that is I one vast charnel house amid the sick, - . j .. . . ft T . the dying" and thedeadl- 'Who ?can byqual td' thesd rtimsf :f None but' the truly braye e' unsel heroic, the cqnsecrgtej i j j We, --who j have been, Bpajed thua far, have every ''cause to bedee'ply grateful to' Almighty God, arid have every incentive to give witb- a7' free" i n i nnnnrAno h .1 , H41LROAU flHAUGBSt ; iThe long talked. ;of negotiationa between the Richmond & Danville Railroad Company and the Charlotte;1 Columbia :&f Augusta'Railfad: Cemi pan'y have . been concluded,, ftnd the latter, passes under .exclusive con trol of the authorities of thtt omer his change it is thought will; affect: the Atlantic Coast ; Line -very' mate well satisfied with ihe ehaage'of mas ters, and believes that Charlolie and the railroad leading to Augusta will be much benefited. It says; ; "Since the' road passed beyond their control it has. been operated solely in the interest of the Atlantic Coast Line. The upper part, between Charlotte and Colum bia, has been ignored, and Northern bound freights and passengers have been diverted at .Columbia irom their natural route, ana forced around by Wilmington and Weldon. No cotton or other freight has been aU lowed to come to Charlotte i from even the nearest station south of us, j and the buyer at Fort Mill desiring to ship north has found it cheaper to do so vis Colombia and Wil mington. This is an example of tbe treat ment accorded to the upper part of the road. Under tbe new order of things all this will be changed. Freights and travel" can henceforth take their natural course,' and while passenger connections will of , course be maintained at Columbia with, the At lantic Coast Line, passengers will be given the benefit of fair rates and quicker time via Charlotte.; The Coast Line will , of course make fair weather with tbe new ad ministration of the Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta Railroad, otherwise its Southern business stops at Columbia." The Observer , speaks also of an other new arrangement, which, if carried out, must affect no little our own railroads. It says that there is a rumored alliance between the Au gusta Air Line from Hamlet to Ra leigh via Weldon and Portsmouth, and the Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line. It says: , "The Seaboard Air Line has already built up a considerable Southern freight business, and the : new rumors take the shape of a fast passenger i train between Charlotte and Portsmouth, making close connection here with the Atlanta Road and carrying passengers North by the Bay Line. What influence such , au alliance might have upon the business tf the Rich mond & Danville Railroad from this direc tion can hardly be told, but in any event tbe new relations which it has fotmed with tbe Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta . Road can hardly prove otherwise than benefi cial." , j It thinks the change already ef fected and the one. in contemplation will prove "a severe blow to the At lantic Coast Line." What the man agers of that Line will do to coun teract, if possible, the ! injury ' to be visited upon them we are not inform ed. Wilmington is greatly interested, in the prosperity of the roads leading here, and those roads should be equally interested in tbe welfare of Wilmington. We should regret quite sincerely any combinations or changes that would result in injury to the Atlantic. Coast Lioe or the Carolina Central, and we trust that other com binations can be made that will effec tually checkmate the plans of the railroad magnates elsewhere who may have entered into a conspiracy to damage the Atlantic Coast Line, and the sections through which it passes in North Carolina. The Gazette, a staunch Democratic paper of Washington, states that "many good Democrats are extremely anxious to know whether Senator Allen G. Thurman, if tbe Democratic candidate for tbe Presidency in 1880. ia elected by tbe same majority as Tilden was in 1876, will submit bis case to an Electoral Commission?" and asks: "it not. whv did be urge members of the House to abide the decision of the Com mis sion in President Tilden's case?" Ex change. , L i Jndcre Thurman. in view of the great peril that environed the conn try, favored the Electoral , Commis sion, believing lit would, act .above party and for the country.: Having seen how utterly unprincipled how devoid of honesty and justice that highest: Tribunal was, neither Judge Thurman - nor any other Democrat will' ever be willing to submit any "case" again to the decision of such a Court or Commission. . : JUike an honest, patriotic: and I self-respecting gentleman, having' appealed "to the Commission, he man fully abided i ts results, iniquitous and rascally.as they were. . Un-.'- -j:-,-: i vj ;'.;, ; Dennis Kearney took . occasion, in oneof his ribald and blasphemous harangues, to denounce Messrs. C. Nugent & Co., leather manufacturers of Newark. New Jersey. Like much that he says it was on just and 'false; Six hundred workingmeo, employed by the firm, held a meeting; and de nounced the California hoodlum. Very good. MmS mrWieTyiewed,,1and if say aelyft ; cuceruing Kearney X "I tWnk he lsan vftdalyjnflaled sack of very Wd It' W ' belief BuUer his him'aader. payastilhA California railroads Bad mm during the campaign m that Bute." I tilt ihtitli Hinai u Rn" Rnft- ler, the grWi Maine blower said A ttir LiLJ UHfJl J lJ-J '-1m-. ---..'' S founded upon some years of obaervatioa, k f mil ne-s m umenisDiy successrui cross oe ttreen tbe fo aid tbe b'og." M 4 1 ' s Ttei isTi1 between BlatdV and C6nklin: !l They are botb inxiSaeeitttffhlUPreiito dmmationv ahnbaVtia4erir fehearty1 laln bfetJhHs tftfnftkbf ConWingV OtlU Wk. VUUU V U W : M.vW M W Hfl I HQwwoutoTMoil jfWtot tua 1or ling bas as much chance of the nomination as a pig would have of going to-Ueaven in 4 wheelbarrow on the back of hurricane." Beecber may advocate the claims of Grant, and there is a peculiar : ap propriateness in eueh advocacy, and he may get $1,000 a night for lectu ring. but the way the San Francisco workingmen took his scalp was lovely to behold. They held a meeting and passed ' resolutions concerning the folerical libertine," as a speaker called him jj v Here they are: 1 "Resolved. That H. W. Beecber presents in bis person and in his advent to California an illustration of the truth of tbe .prophecy that Satan has his emissaries upon tbe earth. ; i "Rttolted. That we, as working and suf fering men, recognize the fact that in the peculiar parish where Beecher'a ministra tions have been so long uttered, squalor and misery abound,' Mammon is God, and liber tinism is rampant." i - Geu. Joseph E. Johnston has writ ten a letter accepting the nomination in' the Richmond (Va.) District for Congress. It is a plain, direct letter. He is for maintaining intact the De mocratic party, is : for a strict con struction of the consiuuiion, is for economy, is opposed to the present tariff and to j unequal taxation. Of the finances he says: : ! "I hold the law establishing National banks, including tbe 1 prohibitory tax (10 per cent.) 00 other banks, to be utterly un constitutional, and tberefore to be repealed as 'soon as possible; the National Bank notes to be called in gradually by the substitution of redeemable United States botes, and tbe issue of such notes to' be in- creaacd uutil sufficient for the wants of all parts of tbe country." j Mary Anderson has achieved an other decided success. For the first! time, on Thursday night, she per-! formed, in New York, Julia, in She ridan KnowlesY famous play, "The Hunchback,": and she was enthusias tically received. In her hands the play became a very enjoyable enter tainment,and her success pronounced.' She and others gave a benefit in the afternoon' for the benefit of the fever sufferers, when $1,522 was realized, j The going down of the Princess iAlice in the! river Thames, and the drowning of so many persons, appears to have been a real accident. There was a bend in the ; river, and the pilots failed to discern each other's boat across the tongue of land. ' The only negligence reported was a failure to blow the : whistles as each boat was approaching the bend. This needs explanation. 1 f rj ! That was a rather grim joke per petrated by Mayor Flippin, of Mem-; phis, who is now ill with yellow fever we regret to learn, when he asked for two companies of TJ. S. troops to be sent to Memphis to keep in awe the plundering negroes. Yellow Jack would soon reduce those companies to less than a corporal's guard. The cause of tbe Vapid rise in the price of quinine is said to be owing to the falling off in the supply of bark owing to wars between South Amer ioan tribes of Indians ; who are the principal gatherers.' ' There are other preparations thjrtarojjheaper ' and said to be equally as effeotive. - One editor is to get his reward, so Mosby is pot the only fortunate fel low with a: feeling of kindness for those in power. Mr. John Walter, the owner of tbe London Times, is to be offered a peerage.' His paper has manfnlly stood up for Beaoonsfield. and the great' Gladstone has been roundly assaulted ' for his very able, conscientious,- and persistent opposi tion to the policy of "the powers that be." 'fi-lh-y-. In New York a little boot-blacTc was seen .taking up contributions for the yellow fever victims. He had his liftlA nrtnt.r1Knt.1nn bnx fipaido Inn nn-P paratus, labelled "For the sick at Memphis." (Very touching .1 If f i it, 4 I COUNTY COnniSSIORBRN. raPHf pPreels Aliasiraie4 ; The; Board met' yesterday;- at U' o'clock; Preaeoi-rtJf. i.Qi, , Wagner, Chairmao,: and Commiaaioners 3. Worth, J. W. Alkiu it .) ' a Atkinson, Solicitor On motion of Commissioner the 1 matter ' of 1 instructing I Mr Moore to draw a bill 1 of indictment at the next lerm of the Crfonibai Court,! against J. I1. Garrcll Saperinteodent of. tbe County Poor Honae.io regard to certain complaints made by the Grand Jury at the August term, was Kit open until me next meeting, f Oamotion of Commissioner Worth; - it was resolved that tbe Board should visit the CouAty.t'oor House ia a. body; on. WedQes-Xtbfllth- of, Senemhert and examine into the condition of that; inatilution ' r I tbeoDlcial&d'oaeoi S. jl'Manning,? Sheriff of New SanbVer! c6unty; Was'-pre-i1' f sented.1 'and; on 'motiOif ltft fpen until f such tiaseai CmraisslosieE Sanders should trait ' F,fcmi -'- S. Van Amritige then tendered bis resig- nation as Clerk ! of theAuditlog Committee, which was accepted, x-.m- . T .'.'. OnmotioBi it was resolved to go into an election for his successor,' whereupon Com missioeer Atkinson Dominated j CoL J.' D, Taylor, andiChairman Wagner nominated A. B. Lind. .Vu ' ,. A vote was taken, when CoL Taylor was unanimously elected Clerk of the Auditing Committee and Warden of the Outdoor Poor. , , j " " t On motion, it was ordered that the ap plications tor tbe position iof janitor be laid on the table. . -: . 1 - : The Board then adjourned. ; BtdkotNeivHimer. 1 A called meeting of .the directors of the Bank of New Hanover was held in this city yesterday, when, after the adoption of suitable tesolutions on the death of the late President (printed elsewhere in this issue of the Stab), they proceeded to fill the vacan cy created by the death : of that estimable gentleman. . .1 The first business ia order was tbe elec tion of a director, and Mr. Isaac Bates was unanimously elected. Major 'Charles M.Sledman was thenlelectedi President, and Mr. Isaac Bates Vice President, both by a unanimous vote. - From the unanimi ty with which these gentlemen were chosen we have no doubt their selection will give geneial satisfaction to the stockholders and friends of tbe bank. - i I Major Stedman bas ' been closely identi fied with tbe ' Bank of New Hanover, : as Vice . President and ; Attorney! from its foundation, and is well known to the people of this section, both as a lawyer and a businessman. ,': 1 . , f Mr. Bates is also one of the original panel." He is a first cousin of the lament ed Grainger, and, from long aasociatioo, thoroughly . understands that gentleman's business methods. Though not very gen erally known, he has many friends, and those who know him intimately predict for; him a career of great usefulness and suc cess. To tbe bigbest - integrity he unites i i quick perceptive powers, superior i judgt ment . : and . a pleasing address. , We feel Very sure that those who now consider him one of the most promising young men in pie business circles of Wilmington, will find their iudement sustained! ii the not distant future. - vol isr cBamiloBra The Board of County Commissioners met yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock, in ad journed session;' present, J. G.; Wagner, Chairman; aid Commissioners J. W. At kinsori, D. 8. Sanders and Duncan Holmes. Mr. J. F. Garrell, Superintendent of the County Poor House, came before the Board and made a statement in regard to the re ¬ port made by the Grand Jury of the Crimi nal Court to His Honor; Judge O. P. Meares. r :-:-.- i On motion of Commissioner Atkinson, the whole matter was ordered; to be left open until after Wednesday, the 11th inst. ; The official bond' of Gen. 8. H. Man jning, Sheriff of New Hanover county, wKh D. L. Russell, E. J. Pennypacker, F. W. Foster and B. G. . Bates aa sureties, who jointly justified to the amount of $55,000, was presented to the Board, and, on mo tion, received and ordered entered on the records of official bonds. Sheriff Manning thereupon came forward and was duly qualified. j . -The Board then adjourned. BmiiritrHtcciioUrs. Pine wood 6u. mixed with the food, is said to be an exceUent remedy for the hog cholera, it baying been tried with beneficial results by at. least one owner of stock in Masonboro. Township, where the disease has been so prevalent during' the present season. It is also claimed to be equally as good as a preventive. .The oil Can be. pur chased on draught in this city, and is worth atrial. i ; .jrp- A'iLarae cararo " 'j'. I;,;'" The British barque George Davit, Capt. Hooker, was cleared Irom this port for Antwerp, Belgium, yesterday, ! by Messrs Alex. Sprunt & Bon," with a cargo of '6,900 barrels of rosin (round), equal to 7,124 bar rels of merchantable of 280 pounds each. .This is, perhaps; the1 largest cSrgo of rosin ever cleared out of Wilmington by any one 'vessel l'! iZ '-Y f'i-Wi;.i vessel, y ,-, o x ip.fi ,rv. 1 Only ten days. eUpsed; from thejUme the George DavU reached the bar, inward bounds to the time she returned td rit wiih fun cargo, and ready to go to seaj which 'is considered "a ' somewhat ' remarkable In stance of quickyispatcb. rC 1 Cotton ia coming m quite f reely now, and about three; weeks jearlier than last year. 3About bales arrived osi' the C. C. Railway on Friday night. i i 1.J TEKKlBIiB, CCTTlNb SCRIPS 0e Colored nun Coll Another ' Out i rjai Uonae and Aaaaulta.jlllm Knlle or Raitr-FMrfal H'f Or J i Waaad fufllcted .Tbe lujnred i . . r . ..... ,i. naai expeeted t Die Attempt to i fTaptwre tbe .. Would-be fflturderer, r Wt ! Stll l.arKe e. ; (. , '-..;., ....... - Last)ight, about ten - minutes after 9 o'clock, one Simon Haggett, a colored con Vict now under sentence to the - County yvora xiouse zor twelve montns ior larceny, went to the house of one Bill 'Boyd; col ored, living on Brunswick, between ' Fifth and Sixth streets, and called him out. . As soop as. Boyd got outside of his gatqhe was (Jonfronted b Haggett, who; immediately commenced a furious assault opon bim With a knife or a razor inflicting' a severe wound in the abdomen, aaot&er on the left side of the necki another on taeieft breast,' three or four . inches in lsnelh. another bk ffaVt,;ih ij be low . the left , shoulder blade, another in the lower . part of the back, just Above the waist, and' two or three about the head. "' Upon giving him the last thrds ' or cut with the; weapon,' Haggett said i to Boyd, 'Now take that, d n you," and ran off. - . The wounded man was taken into his house by parties who arrived at the scene just as ' Haggett ran off, and a messenger was immediately dispatched for Dr. 8. P.! Wright, who was subsequently joined by. Dr. W. W. Lane, wbo had also been sent for, and by whom the proper medical . aU tention was given the sufferer, j , In the meantime Officers C. Hj Strode, J. W Whitney and Henry Brewington made a thorough search of all the back lots in the i vicinity, - but failed to discover any traces of Haggett, or to learn anything of his whereabouts. . Upon coming upon the Street after their vain search they learned that the fugitive had passed ! up Sixth Street, when they abandoned the pursuit. I Officer J. W. Bryan was coming up Bla den Street a few moments after the occur rence; when he saw Haggett coming down Sixth street, apparently very much excited, and spoke to him, but received no reply. While he (Officer Bryan) was enquiring of persons around what was the matter the fugitive had gotten about three blocks away, and no more was seen of him. Sub sequently "Officer G." W. Davis and pther members of the police force made a search for Haggett, but without success. ) At last accounts it was not tuought pos sible that Boyd co,uK4 survive iue' moby Severe injuries he-had received,' and-arrangements were being made to; convey him to the City Hospital. - t. i ;The bloody affair created intense exciie inent in that part of the city where it oc curred, which is north of tbe railroad, aud every effort was being made to bring the would-be murderer to justice, i . , " Chief of Police Brock and some of bis Officers were at the scene soon after the oc currence, and the former, as Soon as he heard that Haggett belonged in the Work House, sent for Duncan Holmes, ' the Su perintecdeht,and informed him of the facts in the case, when he (Holmes) started in the direction of the Work House, thinking probably he might capture him somewhere In the swamp, in which it was reported . he had taken refuze. CaDt.r Brock and : CaDL tPitzgerald also searched the house in which ithe wife of Haggett Jwas living, but found no traces of the fugitive. Since writing the above we learn that it was finally decided, out of respect to the wishes of the wife of .the wounded man. not to remove him to the Hospital." ' A woman was said to have been at the bottom of the difficulty. ; ; : . u. 1 TBIBHTB OP HESPJEVT. i At a meeting of the Board of Directors 'of the Bank of New. Haqover, September 7th. 1878, the following Memorial was or dered to be entered upon .the minutes and furnished for publication in tbe newspa pers of this city: -:' - v -The Board of ; Directors hereby express their profound sense of. bereavement in the death of their President, Isaac B. Gbaih- . In the mind and character of this gentle man were blended extraordinary capacity with those virtues and graces which throw the sweetest and. brightest colorings over human nature, and illustrate the true dig nity of human life. . . .... He had a clear head and a sound judg ment, 'and was eminently conservative. He thoroughly understood what he took pains to examine,?reached judicious con clusions, and on these n he acted promptly,' boldly and with singular firmness. :, , ' He was the first to conceive the business necessity for the establishment of this Bank, and by personal exertion , secured the de sired subscriptions to its capital; He was its President from the beginning and by skilful management-built it up, until it oc .copies a position among the leading' finan cial institutions in the South. In his official character he : was strict in integrity, steady in habits, faithful to his. duties, firm, irank, ana always mosi consi derate of the wants Of those having business connections with the- Bank. 1 . - As a citizen he was most Useful, ' enter prising and public spirited ; as a friend . he was genial, truend disinterested. 4 , ' He was, indeed, distinguished for . every manly virtue faithful, brave, of unbend ing honor, of warm heart, and, above all, a sincere, numoie unrisiian . , - 1 , The legacy of memory he leaves to those, he loved and who had the privilege of lov ing him in return is such as precludes their sorrowing as others who have no hope.., , While we would express! our deepest sympathy with the weeping ones of bis own household in this, their hour of . affliction,, and would, point them hopefully to what the departed souf now is, yet we would not seem to make their loss appear any less than it is, for to do this would not truly express our own feelings and those of this entire' community, and Would be a Wrong to the' memory of the dead. . . ' The members of this Board must long and sorely: feel tbis bereavement; forihe loss of an Executive so able and of a friend so true, cannot be repaired." 1'" : ":;t iiRetoLvedf iTbat a copy . Of 1 this memoj-, j be sent to bis family in testimony 01 out i 'ip'f - v. . ' m m m .ii Dr. A. E. Ricks, aged 55. died at Wilson on the 1st iust. Spirits Turpentine f Dr.AK. Speed is not a candi date for Congress.- ; ' Five hundred tons of steel rails for the Raleigh ,& Gaston Railway have been received,- and are being placed on the ' track near Weldon. . , , ... - uianae vr. v ann. a young routi about 23 years old, son of ..James Vat d. :f Fayetteville, ,N., C., died suddenly, i ar Gulley8ville. Ala , on the 23rd ult.,;fr.m congestion of the heart. ; -' Ralftinrh 1 AVwi)?'-" Tin 11 : F. P Manning, ione of the editors of the Maty land ' Medical Journal, ot Baltimore, i.hs kindly tendered his services to the Howard Association, Vicksburg, for the treat ment of the, yellow fever sufferers. Dr. Manning is a native of Halifax couniy.and is well and favorably known in North CaroiinaXThis is truly a noble act from a kind-hearted physician. -Greensboroy. YV7 Moore, Treasurer, informs us that a colleo- uon 01 .iu was lasen up last eunday in tbe Presbvterian Church to atd this v nttw fever sufferers in Louisiana and Mississir ni. t On Thursday evening, the 12th inst. uov. vance will deliver bis great lecture on vitation of the Mayor and Commissioners, in behalf of the yellow fever Bufferera of the ! South. j.-- - . . . ' The Haleifib- News save: It is a' noticeable;: thing here 1; that several dui keys are losing Uieiri color and craduallv paling. -This is .a curious phenomenon. It is said to be due to the fact of tbe Decu- Baritie8 of drinking water. The water of . wie wen m the yard or Mr. J. P. Prairie, it bwki; proaBceB ? msneci. '- 1 1 ma mav r true. .1 It is certain that Raleigh water will cause the leopard to change bis spots and the - Ethiopian to change rhis skin, if any thing can produce these effects. Charlotte yoserver.j 1 i r Raleigh Observer; The three graces who turned Samaritans for the fever sufferers succeeded in collecting $80. We learn that the terrible rains have done great damage to the roads in the western Dart of th HtnlA , . Tlin sr w. . a. uv RsVSWMUlA JLVIV Lodge sends f25 to Governor Vance to be forwarded to the people of the plague stricken cities: - Quite a number of our energetic and influential young men have determined to establish a Public Library and Reading Room in the city. The Raleigh Female Seminary has fine prospects for a full attendance. I . Salisbury Watchman : Cabar rus is the; county for schools. We passed through it in private conveyance lately.and it seemed that every five miles brought us to a school house, and they all seemed well attended. -Mr. D. A. Underwood, of Stanly, has three sons, aged 4, 11 and 14 years, who were all born on the 24th day Of the month of August, and -all abput 8 o'clock, A, M., of the day. i JimTor- rence, colored, who escaped from tho pen itentiary in the spring, was recaptured in Davidson: county on Wednesday. . , 1 Asheville Citizen:: The corner stone of Grace Church, Waynesville, was laid by the Jit. Rev. Thomas Atkinson, as sisted by the Rev. D. H Buell, on Tuesday, the 20th inst. The ceremonies were of a Very solemn and impressive nature, and the large concourse of people who had as sembled entered into them very heartily, r- President' Duncan advertises f of bi 's for tbe grading of the unfinished part of the Spartanburg &. Asheville road. It is abut ninA milaa in Inn rrt li on1 i a n npalltr ni., a of work. ''.' ' - Winston Sentinel; Died, m Winston; on the 12th ulti Rotilda, a? d jiire .years'; Lula and Lila, aged four !, daughters of John and Lucinda Lod.n. '. r.;tse three children all died within t-;aii of. lone .boor.- Drs. Bahnt-oa )S . iVt rs made a post morfem examn id J"". "I. - pat could not determine the cause of d The last weekiv statement of the lional Bank shows hd ; iiiiregaie i f s upwatds bf three hundred and fiftv . u- sand-dollars, add ; undivided pronts t Mj iwards of !twentyfive thousand dollars - The old Board of County Co.n mi88ioner8 ef Warren, that has just retired, "was composed of two Democrats, oue wi.ite Radical, and two colored Radicals. Ir -.s ilong in office, and appears to have been ex ceptionally coocL The Warrenton Qa&ite Says that; besides paying heavy county x- -peDBea, vuey uave ouuv a new poor non ome excellent and costly bridges, a fifteen thousand dollar - jaiL probably the best, in ithe State; owe. not a cent, levied no count y tax, except sixtyone cents on the poll Hi'e present year, and have : sixteen tbousuud dollars ia cash in the Treasury. 1 Fayetteville Gazette'. Last Mon day Mr. W. H. McPherson, of this county, jcame to town and notified Mr. J. M. Beas 'ley, jeweler, that a gold watch had been tolen from his .wife, together with a pair of bracelets and a. chain. Mr. Beasley took a description of the articles, and Mr. McPherson .had. left the store but a few minutes when a negro woman entered and offered the. identical watch for sale. Messrs., J. C. Vann, T. B. Fuller, J. P. Thomson and J. A Banks made 40, 41, 43 and 43 ont of. a. possible 50 in shooting for a barrel of Patapsco. flour a few mornings : since. -y. .. . . -v.- j . - Charlotte Observer: .Wednesday morning Mr. Peter Fries, an old citizen of Iredell county, living six miles west of Statesville, went to the field to do a day's . . . . . ' . . . . ... . . 1 . piowiug, wucii u was w&cu auuucuijr, ui, fell to the ground 'and in a few moments died, it is supposed from heart disease. Mr. Fries, at the time of his death, was in the ninety-first year of his age. Two young ladies of Statesville canvassed the town, Friday for. subscriptions to aid tbe jellow fever sufferers. - Judges Graves and Gudger are holding their first courts this week the former in Davie and tbe latter in ' Catawba. Mecklenburg Lodge Knights Of Honor, of. this city, contributed 40 tq tbe yellow fever sufferers, at their meeting 1 night before last. This makes Charlotte's total contributions to date $365. : - Durham. Plant: Anderson Mer rit, colored, son of Jack Merrit, undertook to clean out a well for Mr. Couch, in Pat terson township Saturday morning, and lost his life in the attempt He went down into the well and was suffocated by tbe gas or impure atmosphere therein. Hon. A. S. Merrlmon will deliver the address on the occasion of the laying of the corner stone of . the new Methodist church, in Dur ham, on Thursday, the 12th of September. Judge Merrimon has greatly endeared him self to the people of North Carolina, and especially to the people of Orange county, by his manly ' and ' patriotic course in the United States Senate, and, in behalf of our people, we thank the managers for selecting that true and tried patriot as the orator for the occasion.. : f I ...... . Riloigb ivgic: Sheriff Powell, of Johnston county, took the woods-burner, E.iJ. Goodwin, to (Cumberland. County, where the offence was committed. The result of the collision between a white man and a freight engine, on the R. & A. Rail way, was noticed a .day or so since. No one expected the man would survive. But he, too, like others in like cases, is going to disappoint the readers of the article by getting welL His name is Falkner, he livs nealyUary, and now they say he will in j11 probability .recover. Farmers, i h one accord, unite in saying that never we.e laborers bo scarce and bard to find . as now. The cotton picking season is opening, and t Uey are sadly needed, but Can't be bad for aOy consideration. A colored wki n ;'t; jhe name of "Alston, who lives bh -m i H:iffua.d,!near Gen. Cox's, was badly bo; -i d a.Utt the bauds and arms yesterday. "S!e cooking her.dress caught on . fire, and iu putting out' the flames she received the in juries.