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BUD CATION IN NORTH CAROLINA
The Stab from time to time has
taken occasion to express some views
on one of the great possibly the
greatest questions now concerning
North Carolina. We can but refer
to the subject of education. It is
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certain that unless . we can secure a
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much, better system of common
system
school education than
we now have
that North Carolina will
fall yearly
farther and still farther behind all
the States until they will be lost sight
of, and we shall remain enveloped in
the darkest night of ignorance. Some
thing must be done. It is a constant
reproach that our people are so; igno
rant, and the State so indifferent.
The continual discussion of educa-
' - I r
tioual questions must do good, i The
press can accomplish a great deal in
lriugug about a happy change by
constantly agitating the subject. We
are always glad to see any reflections
upon our educational interestsi from
intelligent sources. In the last num-
ber of the Wadesboro S3raZ2 there
is an article on the public school sys
tem that the editor says is "Irom the"!
ished and expe-
riencea teacner. i
The writer very correctly states, as
it appears to us, that "of all the
measures" which the next Legislature
"will be called upon to
there are none that "are of
consider
more inl
and none
pprtauce to us as a people!
will require more wisdom and atates-
' manship in their consideration than
our public school system." ; j
He declares, what the Stab in-
i ii i " . . ' . 3 . 1 l
aorses ana we nave ouen aaiu, mail
the present system is a failure that
it is even worse than a failure, be
cause there "is an extravagant waste
of money, and an excuse with; many
for not educating their children."
He next suggests, and most wisely
and timely, that there should be pre
pared in advance some matilred, prac
tical and efficient system toi be re
commended to the Legislator. We
agree that this should be done, for
we know two things well: first, the
ordinary Legislator has no matured
views or plans of his own to offer;
second, that what is done is ordinari
ly done hurriedly, and very imper
fectly. The best teachers in the State
should cooperate in this movement,
and, after fall consultation, should
lay a scheme or plan before the Le
grislalure next winter. If this is not
done, we venture to prophesy that
but little of real value will be accom
plished in behalf of onr safferiug and
prostrate educational system.
t--rt TT o . 1'J .'I
! iur. j. xi. opencer, iue i genneuiau
Jrom whom we have been quoting,
makes the following judicious sng
gestion, which we approve of hearti
ly. He says: .
"I. therefore, move. Mr. Editor ' that the
Stale Board of Education call a State Edu
cational Convention, to meet in Raleigh,
prior to tne meeting ot tne jjeguuaiure, w
devise a system to submit to that body for
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its consideration, and that the call espe-
eially invite the exoenencea educators 01
our State to be Dresent.
"Of course what they might do would be
only recommendatory, bnt 1 have no aouot
tne members of the Legislature wouia oe
very glad If .these teachers ot experience
iQ4hse matters, would share the responsi
bility with them as it would save them
much time and trouble during their short
session. Besides, who better understands
and appreciates this matter than Bingham,
Iieinbart, Picott, the Homers and ' others.
- such as would compose Ibis Convention?
r "Call them together, and 1 predict a wise
system as the result." : j
We trust every editor in the State
who really loves North Carolina and
would see her bounding On the high
way of prosperity, and who is un
willing that our State should longer
continue under the shadow of igno
rance and superstition,
willpnt his
wheel and
VOL. 9.
give Mr. Spencer's suggestion a great-1
er momentum. Tf we aft urnrt in
we au work in
harmony large results can be scented
!' I I
PRESIDENTIAL .SPECULATIONS.
Mr. Frank H. Alfriepd is
11 I
weu
Known in Wilmington, lie was at
one time connected with
fills WO T4B. I
U recenuy eeV: exP8s,ng Lis I
.ii i . n . . a.. .1 in . .
Democratic aspirant
honors. George Alfred
reports what he says in the Cincin-
nati Enquirer. Mr. Alfriend tbinks
It IS not Thlirman. hnt it. a aifW
" T i
Tilden or Hendricks:
"First, the State of Ifew fork Tilden
has a eure thing on that to begin with. He
will get all the rotten boroughs that is, the
anti-Democratic Slates, New fJDgland, and
Concm aeain" erreffi d
that same old croWd will giy4 him Mary-
MeverndTnhV
turlrv T4o has thn t.L! n.,.v K:t::nr.
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of securing ilissi&sippian
the same machinery will work the same re
sults. Now, Hendricks is an idol id Ten
nessee.which went solid for him at St-iLouis.
He can carry his own State, jlndiana, and
work in Pennsylvania with Wallace's help.
There you have it. If Tilden doesn't get
enough votes he isn't going to throw the
nomination to anybody else except a suf-
lerer in nis nrst campaign Hendricks. His
emissanesare already out and'doing work."
It may be Hendricks, for he is very
I
popular in the South, but!
it is pretty
certain not to be Tilden.
We do not
think ho stands a ghost of a chance.
The South and West will make the
nomination without reference tcj what
New York, Connecticut or New Jer-
sey may say or think. If not
dricks, it will be Thurman or
cock. Mr. Alfrienjd doe not
Hen-
Han-
think
Thurman stands any chance. E
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e has
not'probably been in the South!
si nee
his Hamilton speech. He talks
about
gentleman" George Pendleton as
being next most avauab
e after Til-
I
den and Hendricks. Our own opinion
I
isj based upon evidences thus far
..Al.roJ t.. . 1. , i ,
uuauues are luus lar i
in favor of Thurman. Hendricks and
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xiancocK, ana in tne order we have
written them. A few months may
i
destroy their chances and bring some
other man to the front. Neither
Bayard uo
nor McClellan
hay
think, to
secure
hard-
money man can
Southern
State. !
Onr readers will remembe
r that
Gov. Hampton made a requisition
upon Gov. Rice, Radical, Governor of
Massachusetts, for the Surrender of
one Hiram H. Kimpton, la thief and a
fugitive from justice, aiid that the
latter declined to comply. Governor
Hampton's demand wasimacfej as he
truthfully Btates, "in accordance with
the Constitution of the United! States
and, the act of Congress made in pur
suance thereof." The reply of Gov.
Hampton was delayed on account of
his unavoidable absence. He has
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given the "retort courteous" ait! last,
of which the following is an extract:
"I regret that the Chief Executive of the
great State Of Massachusetts should have
committed so flagrant a violation of the su-
oreme law of the land, a violation irrepar
able in its nature, as; tbe State suffering
thereby has no possible redress. Had you
confined yourself to giving a simple refusal
to surrender tbe fugitive, 1 should make no
further comments uoon vour letter! as the
AiarotraTA nf tha TO 70fiitiiro ait lirhrirtr- rf AnAi
State concerns the whole (people of the
United States; but inasmuch as you have
seen fit to base your action on Ibej ground
that in your judgment the object in procu
ring tbe indictment against ratterson,
Parker and Jvimpton, ''does not appear to
be for tbe purpose of trying Kimpton for
the crime charged against him, but for a
different purpose," it is my duty, as the
Governor of South Carolina, to add that
vour statement ia entirelv unwarranted. and
to repel tbe unworthy imputation,; as l uo
with indignant scorn." , ,
The Democrats of render appear
to appreciate tbe gravity of jthe sit
uation, and the necessity of an, earnest
campaign. Col. Waddell must be
elected, and by a crushing majority.
To do this there must: be activity and
earnestness in the canvass. Pender
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has taken the right step. Wjho will
be the first to follow the good exam
ple? A Waddell-Greenbacjc-Demo
cratic Club should be farmed jin every
township in the twelve, counties com-
prising the Third District, hat are
Wilmington democrats doing tor tne
gooa causer
! I
James A. Hamilton & son of the
great Alexander Hamiltonj died at
Jrvington, N. Y., on the 25tb, in his
92d year. He was oripe a prominent
lawyer in New York city. He leaves
a son and daugnter.
Mr. Omm I'.ttoraon has Ukeo
... c.ia U-st5Ji wU. John
-.weuemiu Tr'"-rr i '
Randolph xucicer in tne ajyucuuuiS
... n j i : ii
District. He is an IndepenoTent, and
hoDes to be elected I bv getting the
ttia
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.Aliaiiila J i
e anv ciiance. as we
the nomination.! No
parry Joe
1 1
WILMINGTON, ...GEmDA
cotton and woollen biancvag
' ! TORES. '
1 hfl Knllth ha f am raanUmaa fn fall
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back upon. It can engage more ex,
tensivelv in OOtton mills, and hecnma
1 ' II ' . .'"
a targe woouen manufacturer, to a
considerable extent the- former has
Kuan 'Alf AvlAAtrA mliti. ikfi lull'.. I.. I
witnuuiwcu. y unou mo miibcr uaa
been almost entirely neglected. We
r . v .
turing, and have from time j to time
laid statiat ics before onr readers to
thnv hnar nrnfitaliW W baa u otlrasl in 1
j -r-
other sections of the South. . The ex
periments both in Georgia and South
Carolina have proved highly satisfac
tory. Those who have invested cap-
ltal io tbis Erection have been amply
rewarded and encouraged. In any
portionsof North Oarola-ipecially
iu inauiouuc, visuKu.aun-ivaiiuwiuu. ,
oo'tloii mills have broaghttair re
turns to the owners, whilst several
persons who have devoted their mo-j
ney and energies to the business have
steadily grown ticb.
We have before us an article that
( ,uf Bwrougeoi, nave oiten airectea. attention to the .MiH.lion:i.vtiiUiin. W J Pi U .llqmifKVWftfQjlmr
for presidential advantages to be derived from em- tfc it lt ' poniieJ dniJo ftffi
Townsend barkine lareelv in cotton m(l.Jl.:,rjA,':r::T-. WmMmmmt&A
appeared recently in the MwllZ-""
(Ga Enquirer relative to the cotton
manufacturing of
that flourishing
town. It says:
"Our mills in the season of 1872-73 took
7.428 bales: in 1877-78 their takings were
12.792. a gain in hve years of 5,du4. The
present season they will consume at least
15.000 bales. In 1865 there was not a mill
in our city; all were in ashes, the result of
the Federal lorcn, but on the ruins have
been erected superb structures, boasting of
the most improved machinery and employ
ing thousands of workmen, who earn good
i t . ii . i i . . i
wages auu ueip aweu iue uusiuesa oi me
town. All the i owners are either men
of Southern birth or those of the
North and England who are fully
identified with our laud by interest,
affiliation, and politics. They
will consume 15,000 bales of cotton the
present season. At ten cents a pound, or
fifty dollars a bale, this cotton, if sent
JNoitb, would realise S75U.UU0. The mo
ney, of course, would be sent out of the
btate for supplies, it, ; however, passes
iuiuujuuui UUI9, auu, uu mo iiuaic, 1MB
f hrAiitrn rtt mil a i rH r Ilia anaiarva lha
value is increased three-fold, or to $2,250,
m' and l'umbus draws money, instead
lor sendiui- it out, from Maine to Cantor
nia, and ii.m the Lakes to the Gulf a
clear gain of $1,500,000 to be added, to
our wealth and the standing of the State."
There is no reason why cotton man
ufacturing should not be just as pro
fitable in North Carolina as in
Georgia. If tbe same wisdom, econ
omy, energy and tact are used here
that are employed in Slates south of
us there must necessarily be a cor
responding thrift.
England and France are now the
great woollen manufacturing coun
tries. England may at present lead
in the amount she manufactures, bnt
France is making rapid headway and
promises soon to surpass her great
rival. From the days of Queen Eliza
beth England has been the great
woollen manufacturing country of the
world until within a decade or so. At
present it is limited to two counties
mainly,Somerset and York. But,as we
have said.France is making very rapid
strides. According to GalignanVs
Messenger she possesses 2,648,000,
spindles, 25,557 power looms, and an
infinite number of hand looms. Ac-
cording to Chambers's Uncyclopcedia, It is claimed that not over five Radi
the spindles in Great Britain are only cals will be elected. It is thought
2,182,000 or nearly a .half million
less than in France. From ' these
figures it would appear that even
already France is in the lead. We
have not the statistics as to the
value of the woollen products of the
two countries. - France may surpass
Great Britain even in this particular
as she does in the number of spindles.
spin
In 1774 cloth weavers were im
ported into the United States. In
1840, the woollen factories were
valued at $20,670,000. Ten years
later thev were valued at $43,208,-
000. In 1860, just before the war,
thev had risen iu value to 1(52.000.-
000. The war aooears to haveereatlv
stimulated the nroduction. and in
1870 the woollen, manufactures of
this country were nearly $200,000,1
000.
Now, of this large business but
little of it is done in the Southern
States ? Why ? Woollen manufac-
turesbave immensely increased the
wealth of England, France and the
Northern States. Why then should
I .
thev be neglected in the South? Can
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anv ?ood reason be erivenr Unr own
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State is specially adapted to sheep
Vinahandrv if xv nlv hail nroner
lawatoprotect it. We have the water
er and neoe8gary facilities, except
u be lhe money indeed, we have
enough of the latter to engage large-
ly to the basine,,. We.eed diveity
of emolovments. Surely, more cot-
, . ' . .
i in nr.r rAA an TQnr nriPB nriiTi in nnvn
- - ---- -r
up a way oi useiuineBB w teua
thousands of honest and industrious
I laborers who want work that will
I ' ' ' mt.. ,i 'I 1 J
I pay. ane woonen inuuBiry bbb mauts
other f conn tries! not better Tf a vored
naturally, richali prosperous; Why
Buooia it not uiCTease aiso tne wealth
ot the south ? ;
Roscoe Conkfiuff haas at' last been.
safely 'delivereJlf6F "tne 1 greatest
', I. , i.T '''
-aoi, I,;,..1 15fi WL'.wa 1 j
rd
monev. HftsaW h iwaR in favo,
i
reueip. xui, ie usuuovb a uarasrraDn. i
V.I. . H.;'J.1-u...a - i.
to see how thw. accomplished sophist
ntnvoil 1 hit MjihAv icKi V.o1 I
I ,r , . . i I
been re-starchetf -'and rfreshlv "done
up" for the occsiibo. ' ' The able and
. .. , ' 1
meinnnous : ,rork hard money
nmi parauelfafa baman annals; have
wl
t -Ml n-ficM. urlRfl for th - NfkTlh nor Thr Ihn
South itself jto band the government over
bodily to those who were lately- in arms
against it, and who in many instances now
hold seats in Congress, gained by stifling
elections by terrorism and bloodshed. It
is not wise or just thus to tempt human
nature. It is not safe for tne habitations
of the North or of the South. When pes
tilence smites Southern homes let the North
because it is Southern, not Northern woe
t... Q n
This is right. But when taking political
action let us be just to all, not only to our
selves, but to those, whether black or white,
to whose protection i we are bound by ties
which would not be forgotten by an Alge-
rine pirate or a Barbary corsair."
American genius in the inventive I
field is being appreciated abroad,
The United States can beat the world
. i - ,. ,, . . , . .
m machinery. This is beginning to
be understood in Europe land else-
where. The crop of cereals in Ans- I
tralia is immense,' but there-is not la
bor enough to gather it. An exchange
says:
"That the crop I may not goto waste,
the Government has offered, through Sir
Arthur Blytb, the Agent General in Lon
don, a reward of $ 20,000 to tbe American
inventor who shall produce tne best ma
chine for reaping and cleaning wheat." ;
I Boucicanlt's last play, I "Clarissa
Harlowe," was a complete failure,and
has been withdrawn. One of the
reasons, as given by the New" York
correspondent of the Philadelphia I
Times, was that a brother and sister I
played the two j leading parts Mr.
Cogblan and Miss Rosa. He says:
"Although they are unquestioned artists,
it doesn't seem . to be just the thing for a
brother to be making even honest love to
his sister, and '.when it comes to another
kind well, I really think it verges on the
disgusting." i
Gov. Hampton recently proposed
to the Government that he would be
come personally responsible for the
navment of whatever internal reve-
payment ot whatever internal reve
enue it might decide should be paia
by South Carolina if tbe revenue lei-
fows were withdrawn. He would
have it collected and paid over. He
wanted to avoid; the troubles which
the revenue agents were always in
volved in with the illicit distillers.
The outlook in Ohio is promising
for the Democrats. There is a good
chance of electing ten or twelve De-
I mocratic members to the next House.
that ; three' Greenbackers will be
I chosen, two from Republican -dis
j tricts and one ) from a Democratic
district. Bat all calculations are at
J best but guesses before the election.
Rev. Mr. Hayden, undergoing an
examining trial for the murder of
Miss Mary Stannard, of Madison,
Connecticnt, was discharged from
arrest on the ground that there was
no evidence on which to hold .him.
During the delivery of the remarks of J
the justice,in ordering the discharge,
he said he would feel content if he
was as sure of heaven and eternal fe-
as of Hayden's innocence. The
accused was heartily congratulated
by numerous friends upon his dis
charge. !
The Metropolitan Elevated Rail
way will continue to make as much
noiae and clatter as it pleases, as the
grana jary have refused to find an
indictment against it. The loss is
estimated at' many millions to those
i: iuff alonff it8 nne. You cannot
I o "
I n.Antir nvn oca n r nnn wianoa
I Iwlllf yiUMvlVT lMww. U4J UV WUU TW IDUVB
I . r T . J '
va ontiioAtad f n the Af.nmal no! hp
I tlVT W OUWJVVWV wmw " -,ms-m
Six hundred more Mormons from
Europe have just arrived in New
Y This makes two thousand of
this class of nuisances that have "put
ir an appearance" on the American
IS
and stigmaaregrowing,our people are
auietlv submitting to the outrage,
jjow iongj now long!
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Philadelphia quarantines all vessels
I cominer south of Wilmington. A
" I t . : ; ; .
i amen m nine oaveo "iue.
r t Haiulaii. r if ' j
TbeOard of CuuDtyJUomnJidsionerA met
in caUea ivestdav ttmM?t '3
o'clbci; prfckeiti, Jf -Wajnert tliaimDi
uu.v;y..-W.43..- -T
CiQ.aiUOwStwJaf rt iiiolr,-- Sua 4fBCii ?fiv T
c Ooll ftmm U:bMlii eBQf(! bi fMj
IT,-. : .t -iT3;
o 'kmniwiuurrfx.n nrAiMu r
pointed by tlBBfiansfcjjartkypradr8
thft TtndWi r
'
UPW
Tll Ul
Poll-holdera, ifli vantc iini toUie?
ihi-'fitfAfiCfl
wheifc.theiJfSafgdfaoiegjMr uommji-
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, . . , : - . :. .... 511
the' ephsesofreg:
uoncressionai en
rthe'-folldwlnflr
ten -dollar: 2d Icrf; pfacels for feghttf a
tton M holdinglhe electlbfiVe loTlatl
each ; Canvassers, five dollar each ; station
ery and lights to be furnished by the Board..
It was ordered that the petition of Chas.
Murphy be deferred for action at the next
meeting of the Board. !
It was ordered that the order of J. F.
Garrell, in favor of the First National
Bank.be returned, with the explanation
that the settlement; has already been made
for amount due Mr. Garrell up to the 1st of
September, 1878. . ; j '
It was ordered that Commissioner W. L.
Smith be appointed a member of the AudiS
ing Committee in place of ex-Commissioner
Atkinsou, and that he be temporary Chair-
man of the Auditing Committee during
the absence of Commissioner B. G. Worth.
Ilwa! ordered that the poll tax listed by
Hi. Masnagen co uro. xorj. v. xiasna-
gen be abated he bemg a no'n.re8ident.
nn mnt!nn fi1( nnri nriinnmpd until
Monday afternoon, at 3b'clock.
COUNTY MATTERS.
Ttleeilus of the Board of Alaelairaie.
The Board bf Magistrates met in the
Court House yesterday morning, when the
Committee appointed on Saturday last, to
recommend suitable persons for Registrars
and Poll-holders for the ! ensuing Congres
sional election in November next, through
their chairman, Justice J. L. Cantwell,
made the following recommendations for
Registrars and Judges of Election :
First Ward-Upper Division Registrar,
Oscar Filly aw; Judges of Election: Archie
Alderman, J. H. Lee, W- Hi Payne, S. A
Richardson
First Ward Lower Division. Registrar,
W. H. Yopp; Judges: J. H, Strauss, L. L.
Boon, A. A. Dudley, J. S. V. Eagles.
Second Ward Registrar, jThos. O. Bunt
ing; judges: J. C. Lumsderi, R. F. Eyden,
Samuel Starling, George Jackson,
Third Ward Registrar, W. L. Jacobs;
Judges: Jos. McLaurin, R. S. Radcliffe,
James D. Dry, Allen EvansJ
Fourth Ward Registrar, James Ken-
drick; Judges: F. J. Lord F. C. Single-
iary Cil"18 riai8eJr -uuuxiwwuuu.
pifth WardRegislrar ; j. c. MilU8.
Judf,e8: w. c. 0rr, J. W. Hewitt, J. W.
I Millie, Wesley Avant
Cape Fear Township Registrar, James
Cowan; Judges: Edward Schnver, Holly
Grady, Prince Nixon, Iredell Johnson.
Harnett Township Registrar, Thomas
Edens; Judges; J. T. Flowers, A, R.
Black, George Harper, Thomas Franks.
Masonboro Township Registrar, B. S,
Montford; Judges: Henry A. Martindale,
james.Waldron, John J. Hewlett, George
I Hewlett.
Federal Point Townshi
-Registrar, J,
H. Home; Judges: D. R. King, James O.
Wilson, A. B. Freeman, Stephen D. Keys
It was ordered that the books be opened
on Tuesday next, in accordance with the
precedent established during the August
election, in which the law was construed to
mean that the books should be opened thir
ty days previous to the day of election,
Sundays excepted.
The foliowing resolution was thee of
fered by Justioe Walker j Meares, which
was adopted
Besolved, That the Sheriff be requested
to inform the Justices of the Peace of tbe
township of the refusal Of any Registrar to
accept the position of Registrar in said
township by 10 o'clock on Monday, the
30th of Septernber. i
The Board then adjourned.
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Tbe Oxford Orphan, j
From a letter received by a gentleman of
this city yesterday we learn that Mr. J. H.
Mills, Superintendent of the Oxford Or-;
phan Asylum, with a chapter of Orphans,
from that institution; will give an entertain
ment at Smithville on the 9th instant, and
at Wilmington on the 10th inst. These en
tertainments will be free. The places at
which they will be given will be hereafter
announced. i
Iiaarlnbnrc'a contributions.
Our correspondent at Laurinburg, N. C,
states that there was a subscription taken
up at the Presbyterian church of that placet
some time since, for the benefit of the
I vellow fever sufferers. when $40 50r was
I W
I ,. . LIL - -AA In
I reaiizeu,
which was forwarded to the
Howard Association of Memphis. : This
makes a total of $81 05 contributed by the
citizens of that place for the sufferers. ; j
Found Sick.
The police found a ; youcg colored man
sick in a flat at the foot of Princess street
yesterday, where he had been allowed to
to the City Hospital ' He1 was too ill to tell
his name or residence, but he is believed to
belong in Wilmington. j .'
'It's a mighty ignorant horse
that doesn't know its own: fodder. -Cinciris
natt Breakfast 1 able.
ComneojaiiQp or.xne ,isirar3,;j lf M teanHifc COoayMto.-
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Itomelv by Dr. forter. Chauv
Democratic Executhi!CQn&
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ictta organize at Once.
msh rf-Ttorf-Defirocratrc--
Greenback Club in every, township of the
district, in accordance with the repeated
recommendations of - the bTAB. A club
was then organized, to be called "The
Long Creek Waddell-Greenback-Demo-cratic
Club." The following are its of&cers:
President, Bruce Williams; Vice President,
P. Montague; Secretary, B. CJ Bourdeaux.
The Club will meet weekly. '.
render has no use for hard money De
mocracy. All of our Democrats are Green
back Democrats, but within the Democratic
party If William A. Alien; of Ohio, or
some other Greenback Democrat had been
run for President instead of Tilden, we
should now have him President instead of
Hayes.
Give Long Creek credit, Mr. Editor, for
forming the Hist W addell Greenback Dem
ocratic Club. You are aware that Colonel
Waddell was not the first choice of Pender
for the nomination at Clinton But true to
principle, opposed to the doctrines of con
traction and of bard money, and faithful to
the principles of tbe Democratic party,
those who were opposed to him at Clinton
are, since 'bis' nomination and now, first
among the foremost of those who rally
strength for his re-election to Congress.
A GREENBACK DEMOCRAT.
Cure tor Diphtheria.
Take a handful of alder root, and a hand
ful of dogwood root, and a handful of tbe
bark of persimmon root; boil with a pint of
yinegar down to half a pint; then add a
very little water, a small lump of alum and
a little honey. Let the patient use frequent
ly as a gargle.
The above appeared in the Richmond
(V a.) Whig some years ago, and was said to
have .been furnished by an old gentleman
of Charlottesville, who stated that he bad
often known- it to be used in cases of diph
theria, and never without effecting a cure.
How Telegraplile Dlapatcbea Read.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Among tbe pleasant incidents of
newspaper editing, not the least is
that of making cable telegrams in
telligible. Here are two important
dispatches that arrived last night:
"Amenian steamen pereb Jeru
sunnw Philedellphia with 2969 casks
of petrollum wilt whomel cligc ago."
"Lcon8tantinople Depettct says
Enoey who recently reed from amercr
Of fshanstan is enhavme to. enduce
pate to conclude alhaince with Rus
sia.'
It is barely possible that tbe sea
serpent has been fooling with these,
but they sometimes come in this style
when the sea serpent isn't within a
thousand miles of the cable.
An Infidel Convicted.
Bridge water-Enterprise.
From a letter received from Crab
Bottom, Highland county, Va., we
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extract the following! "1 was at the
Crab tsottom camp meeting, ana l
never saw such a time, ihere were
forty penitents at the altar at once,
and there have been eighty-five con
versions up to this time, and the
meetings still go on in the churches.
A noted infidel, Calhoun, who was
selling his infidelous works on the
camp ground, was convicted and con
verted, amid the shouts of myriads of
glad hearts. . ) -
That Cackling Old Maid."
Senator Giles, of Virginia, and
Judge Duval, of Maryland, boarded
in Washington during Washington's
Administration at the house of a Mrs.
Gibbon, whose daughters were talka
tive and were not young. Some years
after they met at the capital, and
while chatting over old times the
Senator asked the Judge, then Comp
troller of the Treasury, if he knew
what had become of "that cackling
old maid, Jennie.Gibbon ?" "She is
Mrs. Duval, sir," was the reply.
' Tbree Papers fn Anemia,
There are already a i morning and
an evening paper in Augusta, and
now Messrs. Walsh &; Wright, the
enterprising proprietors of tbe Chron
icle, which is the morning paper, are
about to publish a second evening pa
per, to be called The Sentinel. It
will be furnished at the low price of
four dollars per annum, and the
sprightly Augusta News will hereaf
ter have a troublesome competitor.
The election in Maine which recently
took place, furnishes a lesson that Tpoliti
cians may read with careful study. To Re
publicans it reads these solemn words: Thy
mission of good and evil, in which the evil
hath greatly predominated, is accomplished
and thy end draweth nigh. To Democrats
it reads this lesson: The National Green
back party is your natural ally. Cherish it
and receive it in your own fold, and let it
be one of your own household. To Green
backers it says: You are to become a factor
in politics. " Tour vigorous youth will grow
into sturdy manhood. Cling to your
Democratic brotherhood, fight your patri
otic battle upon its strong and wide plat
form,, and, if you would live long and
prosper,' venture not upon' the sea of
politics trusting to one lone plank. Eliza
beth City Economist.
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Spiritp TMpejatme.
Caswell,
a worthy young maftof S3 yearr.waa throw u
from his horse awf kTrf r he Was return
ing from chorcttjiiu: .jaidajLs ?. -
' - Weldrfivist-Ikhart,
the juniot etiMcapVr)(rV,lri ' been
furiously; ill dqfiia-ffajStek, nnd we
re sorry to saj is BSffco &gftr.
testant Church . oai CSremt. ' It also
. mJ ww ' '"-'" .
blv recover. ' Ha. WasdTlfl the eroin bv
pfetol, as m WSStCJtffil Vharlotte W-
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i v-reensooro i srtost. iNortn ua-
, AtfX ,..65 !315Sattk0 -wr,i.
SKoded not oiji fpflijraprior quality.
It for the niter? tWiKskii witB which they
fecemaiBed. luust B3eMaTbiied from
16 last
klrifiw'tBfd fifao23eti proved be-
W,iTySE ;U8 Bank of
its was 4250.000? After
examfnattoSkMAWj-asBeU he finds
cant.. waicu wm. oe ue to-oav.
122141 AlH1httesikftflnd Church
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river, freshet are
n tome localities
Diluted early,, and
considerable' portion
somewhat damaged :
pndjtion. 'jA phaeton, containing
fisttop Atkinson affj a drrvetarnedTover
in attempting to trossi a branch ' near Ed.
Junes', Wilkes county, throwing the Bishop
in water about four feet deep. He received
no injury. -Jack Frost visited Ashe
county and the mountain regions last week.
i Raleigh Observer : A couple of
convicts were brought up yesterday from
Bertie by Sheriff D. A. Watford: Ransom
Roulhac, larceny, seven years; John Clark,?
larceny; five years. One solitary prisoner,
Osborn L. Kreth, sentenced at the last term
of Cherokee Court for manslaughter, five
years, was brought down by D. W. De-
weese. I Rowan correspondent: Corn
was injured some by the same waters in
consequence of too much rain. Vegetation
of all kinds is making large weed and stalk.
Cotton, it is thought, will be much injured
by the wet weather. Corn promises an ex
cellent crop if nothing befall it more. Great'
preparations are being made to sow a large
amount of wheat, and the land is being put
in most excellent order. None sown yet,
that I know of. -
Tarboro Southerner: W e will
stake the magnificent slash pines of Bertie
county against California for grandeur and
worth.! The Dutch government paid $600
for one tree that squared 36 inches at base
and 30 inches at height of 80 feet. Ed
ward Belcher was acquitted last week in
Greenville, before Judge McKoy and a
jury, of the murder of Randal Joyner, a
negro, who was; killed near Farmville in
July last. We asked Judge Watts,last
Thursday, if he intended to vote for jotur
ner. He replied, "I'd see him in h 1 first.'"
Washington .(N. C.) correspondent:
Little Fenner.the only son of J. T. Respass,
our Senator elect, accidentally turned a pot
of boiling water over on himself, inflicting
a frightful scald, from the effects of which
he died a few days thereafter.
Mr. P. M. Murray, of Charlotte,
was fatally shot at Rock Hill, S. C, on
Tuesday last. The Observer says: L. C.
Murray and Benbow got into a quarrel
about some trivial matter, during the pro
gress of which Murray struck Benbow. P.
ftl. Murray, tbe brother, then toos up the
difficulty, threw Benbow on the ground
and began to beat him. At this juncture
several pistol shots were fired by L. C.
Murray and Benbow. It is not definitely
known who fired the first shot, but it is
thought that L.C. Murray did, endeavoring
to hit Benbow, whom his brother was at
that time holding down and beating. When
the parties' were separated it was found
that Benbow had not been touched, but
that he had shot P. M. Murray while Mur
ray was on him, inflicting an ugly wound
I in the breast. The wounded man wascon-
I veyea to a nouse near uy, wueu ifc waa aa
certained that there was another and far
more dangerous wound in the bowels.
Goldsboro Messenger; A little
girl of Dodd Spells, who lives near Hunt
ley's, in Sampson county, was bitten on
her ankle, on Saturday last, by a rattle
snake, but the efforts made to save tbe
child's life promise to be successful. At
last accounts she was doing well. A fine
bull dog, belonging to Mr. Spells, heard
the child screaming when struck, and in
killing the snake was also bitten bo severe-
I ly that he died the following day.
Our quiet little sister town, Mt. Olive, had
In fiTA flnnrlov ri rrVi t onn xro ro error tr barn
lhat btiding occupied by Messrs.
I John A Roy all & Co. was totally destroy-
ed, together with the entire stock of mer
chandise of tbe firm, valued at $1,500. Tbe
building was the property of the David
Cobb estate, and there was no insurance
on either the building or goods. The
new Methodist 'church at Tabernacle,
Greene county, will be dedicated on Sun
day, the 13th of October, by Dr. Closs, the
venerable Presiding Elder of the Newbern
District.
Charlotte Observer: A' postal
card received on Wednesday states that
Calvary Churcb, (Episcopal), in Henderson
county, has contributed $37 to tbe yellow
fever sufferers. The big compress' is
an object of much interest. It was at work
Wednesday and pressed sixty hales. Like
the mills of the gods, it grinds exceedingly
small. Mrs. Holmes, aa old lady who
was born in August, .1783, died in Salis
bury on Tuesday morning last She had
reached an age' seldom alloted to mortals,
dying in her ninety-sixth year. Born in the
same year which witnessed the cessation of
the American revolution, she has lived
through the whole life of the Republic.
Dr. J. P. McCombs received a telegram
Wednesday afternoon from W. S. Webster,
a sporting man who lives in this city, but
who is now at Gaff ney City, S. C, on the
Air Line Railroad, urging him to come at
once to Gaffney's, and to bring his instru
ments with him, as he (Webster) bad been
badly shot and the ball had not been ex-,
tracted. No additional particulars have
been received here.
Asheville Citizen: Mrs. Vance,
the mother of Gen. Robert and Governor
Vance, is lying quite ill at the residence of
Gen. Vance, on the French Broad. Gov.
Vance arrived at her bedside Tuesday
morning. Franklin correspondent: It
is said on good authority that our mica
dealers have orders now on'hand for over
ten thousand pounds. . The "Rocky Face,"
near the top of Cowee Mountain, and in
view of the State Road, and the Allman
Mine, are yielding handsomely. At tbe
Hall Mine much wotk has been done re
cently to reach the vein at a new point,
and it is believed a rich harvest is at hand.
Many other mines are being worked with
varying success. We have in this
county a most ' remarkable vegetable curi
osity of a very strange character, jhow
don't say impossible, can't be, contrary to
nature, eta, etc., and that your correspon
dent is humbugged, when I tell you we
I have an apple growing on : a grape vine,
I Yes, it is growing on the vine. Grow, grew,
growed there. Hundreds have been to see
it It is a fact, and I will give particulars
next week. Don't be afraid to publish luis,
for it is the truth. There is a vine, a stem,
and an apple all attached. A living vine,
a growing, ripening apple.
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