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VOL. 10.
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29. 1878.
Gen. J o8. E. J ohnston, iConeress- f feel Quite assured. Thev . are manu- 1 ins to take this i responsibility he has no, I W. L. Dacrerett. foreman iu the iob
man elect from the Richmond (ta.) facturiug all sort of falsehoods, and S01S of the Charleston Nem and
dent's instructions to tbe district attorney Courier, has sued . Mackey : who
the corruptest knaves, who ought to the fullest examination Into the matter be-i charged him with stuffing twenty-
is to be judged by its works
clares himself "unalterably
money," and says
He! de-
forhoiiesl be in the penitentiary i"
"Upon thia question I stand with' the in
telligent and patriotic men of the Sbuth,
who are not to Do dciuaea by fiat sophis
tries. The war taught us the value jof a
curreocy whose issue was illimitable, I and
God knows we are now loo poor to try a
repittion or the experiment."
He thinks the South
point its enemies,
dicious Bentiments :
fore you, and from returning an indictment 1 five hundred fraudulent ballots at
o rroinof fha ahnnaarl If: fnA AvMonoa ahnnlri 1
The New York Times. Radical, re- v.mnt it. vnn ? BhnnlA f.i inanird with: one poll. The News and Courier
cently contained a letter signed "A Additional determination to do your duty.) pronounces the charge a most
South Carolinian." It gaveahistory controllhe action of nhe courts in the ad-1 grant lie. The Philadelphia Times, that has been goiDg on here lately, and for
nf the Knllnin nf nn ISsinfli; miniBirauon oi cnmiwu jusuce, lueir iui ,n noi,ncr UaPffett's action tor IlDel. ! " luc uuiuumics nave me iu ivwiuK
o I dpnpnr1pnri ?a crnnpi It is nne Mr. Hftvesi I 00
T7 ... mi . , ' . .; ,. - . - -- n-r . . j. 1 enr 1 1. : . t.
xveitt. ine wnoie account was ais- to say that the court tfoes not believe he saya o uiaK.ey uiuiacn.
torted. The tr nth is Sand v behaved h.as any desire to encroach upon the judi-
fla-
A Former Climrleston Tblef Arrested
I on Suspicion of Heinz coneerued
la Robberies Here.
; The monotony that has been prevailing
for several days in our usually quiet burs
was varied slightly on Thursday night by the
arrest ata bouse on North Water street of
one Gas Johnson, strongly suspected of
being concerned in much of ' the robbery
The truth is Sandy behaved
Will ritRan I 1 1 viary, or mat ne uouietupiaieu au uuwu
win uisap- badly was very violent at the polls, ranted interference bv hia instructions to
ITT I...! . I 1 , ........ ....
Wfl nnrtl o hia 111. 1 . 1 . i 1 . .. I ine niMrint AMornAVL";
.. -j-t j - was arrDRi ftii ann rpipasen on nan. 1 1 !
' - ! I I " " ; -
of the 2Vmes out of which capital ; is : ' :t Carolina
sought to be made, i The vote in
I will venture to say that the attitude of
the gentlemen from the Southern States
will be such as to disappoint the irrecon
cilables of the opposition, who have, I see.
alreaay begun an effort to array a solid
North against a solid South. We will pro
bably have little to say in reply! to Radicals
of this 6tamp. Our acts will speak more
emphatically . for us. . Sectionalism was
killed last Tuesday, and long before 1880
the solid North and solid South, will be forgotten-terms.-
' .The pple rof'the ' South
nave known for thirteen yearsthatlhe war
"The latter,, by the way, has already had
a hard time keeping out of the hands of the
law. Congress has actually convicted him
of the crimes which he now Jays at tne
door of bis Democratic competitor. In
1874, as was stated in the limes a day or
two ago, Buttz, another Republican, con
tested M&ckey'a seat in the House ot Rep
resentatives on the ground that nts majon-
OranGhnrfT conntv abrjears to have held crime of any ort.. It has ear- I lv wa3 procured by 'general fraud and ille
been fair. The Charleston News and ne-suy . couienaea:j ior emocrawo -v. ZZZa the
Courier has inquired in all the facts, I P"ncple8j..a.nAnv.ie Democrat- charge and Mackey was kicked out. Since
B result as follows: , lo practice9 when .jtty were in accord- 2
and gives the
"There are nineteen precincts in Orange
burg county. Both the; Democratic and
Radical Supervisors at seventeen of the
precincts have certified to the fairness and
grounds: Chief of Police Brock received
on i Thursday last a letter from Lt. F. J.
Keidt, Chief of Detectives of Charleston,
covering three intercepted letters from the
said Gus Johnson, written in Wilmington,
addressed to one Ben Davis, of Charleston,
and dated respectively Oct. 31st, Nov. 13th
and Nov. 16th, 1878, the contents of which
would lead one to infer that Johnson was
in the habit of stealing whatever he
Could here and forwarding the articles by
express to Ben Davis at Charleston to be
sold. He alludes particularly to a watch
principles, ;ajid J fog a gang of roughs to drive out the Demo-1 which had been sent, requesting that re-
was at an end, but these long-range adi-1 regularity of the election. The (Radical
Supervisor at the eighteenth precinct was
SOME FACTS AND FIGTJKES.
It is a great mistake" to suppose
that Radicalism is in the majority in
the United States. The people, by
nearly three hundred thousand ma-
ioritv. declared that Tilden was lre-
sident. In 187S they have not re
vtrsed that decision. Hayes, is-stil
TPifiideut by fraud. In New York
, the majority at the last electiou of
the ouiDosition over Radicalism ia
:13,40k . The plurality of the Radi
ttala is 37,016. It ia clear that,; the
opposition united can easily Carry
New York in 1S80. The same is the
(Mse in most of the other States
" Even in, Michigan old Zach Chan
dler's State the majority is largely
in favor pf the opposition. In Penn
sylvania the opposition has a majori
ty of about, 00,000. '
In 1872, the Democrats had but
10 members in ,the Senate, 67 mem
bers in the House, 10 Democratie
Govornova of States. In .the.Presi
demia! election iu lS68 they ;were
iH-.iten by 300,000 popular votes; in
1S72 by .700,000, but carried the
country in 1876 by nearly 300,000.
How stands the case to-day? I The
Washington Post draws this j con
trast. Heed it: ; S
"Instead of ten the Democrats have now
iiiirtv-six and at the aext session will have
foFiy-lhree members of the Senate. A clear
1 -.wit . ,f tan . .
.'istead of sixtv-seven members of the
House or less than one-third we have
itowa majority of nineteen, and have al-i-
fe-idy secured a majority of from seven to
cine in the next House over all. -1
"That instead of ten Democratic Gover-
; rims of States there are now twenty-four,
-or nearly two-thirds of the whole n amber.
That onr vote has increased from 2,800,-
000 in 1872 to 4,295,000 in 1876, and from a
minority of over 700,000 to a clear majority
of cearlv 300.000. I
"Because New York has been lost a3 the
natural result of a disgraceful local quarrel,
Lftciiusa for lack of oreanization and ordi
nary party sense, and the uniformly Demo-
r. r. . i-K-r T I n...i.t;nnl
ctauc Biaies oi new jersey auu wuuwumi
cals and latter-day warriors cannot, seems
ingly, be brought to a realization of this
iact."
These are the words of the ablest
living soldier on the American conti
nent, and one of the lour greatest;
Of
E.
and
the
captains ever born in America.
course the other three are Robt.
Lee, Albert Sidney Johnston
Stonewall Jackson. Ae to
trumped up lie about the Southern
claims the old henysays:
prevented by his political friends from
signing the certificate, but has since begged
the Commissioners of Election to make the
proper report for him. At the nineteenth
and last precinct the Radical Supervisor
admits that he knows of nothing wrong,
but declines to sign the return.
ance with those
iaarke4 by jind right. It h, Kfir,to,!"
not failed to condemn, now and then, vention in behalf of the Republicans. At
Wha. a Democratic OongroSs or f ftaS T&. 1SSSSH
Democratic Legislature may have $4,000 upon a Federal official, and for de-
done, whe- it regarded sch action as ga5Sg"&ffi?;
unwise or improper. benefit laborers who were hired and paid
Tn rpcrarri tr n.rimua nnrt nttPnsPR I VJ .
.w " k -
turns be made as soon as possible, as he
(Johnson) was in need of the money. It
appears that some of the goods have been
intercepted as well as the letters, as Detect
tiye Keidt states that he holds the watch
referred to subject to demand.
; - Johnson formerly belonged to a gang of
' hieves in Charleston, that has recently
Since we wrote the above about
committed - in our sister State we
would not approve of them for one
This is one of your representative been broken up and ths members conn
Radicals who cry out "stop thief." vicled- The detective got information to
: . thfi pfrWt fhftt Johnson was oneratinff
. : . 1 IT1 A. I A C MhA I . - . " r o
Keittwe learn from our Charleston J moment, whether tuey were tne worK t xnese are me orL ux wu wuv down here, and set his traps accordingly.
ntomnmru oomo f n rt.hfir narticu-1 of Democrats or Radicals. Crime is are caught up by llayes and lvarts TjDon receivimr the information from
i0 jt aaa. i A crime, and wrong is iwronc, and you to make out a case against the people Detective Keidt, Chief of Police Brock put I District, was in town on Monday last. He s
lartt. ii says. ; t 7 . ' I . . I . . . j . I i u: ya n.
upuu
Spirits Turpentine
Wilson - Advance: We learn
from a private letter that the Goldsboro
Rifles propose yiaitirur, Wilson on Thanks
giving day to drill end parade, 'with the
hope of inducing our citizens to rc-organize
the Wilson (irays.r'
- Goldsboro Messenger: An extra
MO fi I term of the Superior Court is to be held at
Xi.lIlSlOH, COUJIIlvUUIug IUC octuuu muuuaj
in December. . i Next week is Sampson
county Superior Court, and ; the following
week the Fair will be held at Clinton.
Judge i Merrimou says plainly
enough: "I say frankly that it would be
agreeable to me to be re-elected to the
Senate. If they shall elect me, I shall feel
complimented and honored; if, however,
they shall select some other; person, I shall
abide their action.!' I
Newberp J&ai Shell: A colored
man who was at work yesterday around a
cotton gin on-' Mr. Enoch Wadsworth's
farm, a few miles from thia city, met with
an accident which may result in the 16ss of
his right ' hand. Hja fingers became en
tangled in a, portion of thejmachinery, and
before the gin could be stopped, or he
could extricate them from the machinery,
his entire hand was drawn in and badly
crushed, j
Greensboro Patriot: Capt. Gra
ham, who is interested in the iron mines in
this county, arrived in this city last night,
and reports mining property looking up.
The Allen brick machine attracted
much attention at the .Charlotte Fair, and
was awarded a diploma. This is the third
testimonial it has received a gold medal
at the Raleigh fair.a diploma at Richmond,
and one at Charlotte the; three fairs at
which it was exhibited.
Winston' Sentinel: Something
over two years ago the - people of Stokes
were shocked by the occurrence of a
bloody jtragedy in that county, by which
two young men named Martin were "shot
and killed by Ben. Smith, as they were re
turning from a barn raising. Smith made
his escape, and his whereabouts were un
known until Saturday night, when a dis
patch was received here from Russellville, .
Ky., stating that Smith was under arrest at
that place, and asking if he had not com
mitted a murder here.
Tarboro Southerner: Capt. W.
H. Kitchin, Congressman elect from this
settled policy to saddle the war debt of the!
Confederacy upon the country is absurd i
contemptibly so and it passes my jcom-j
prehension how any iotelligenjt reader can!
receive such reckless inventions with pa-j
tience." " ; I
c . ... wV I AOnnnt vw o Tr ck onxrt Vimr Acaa rtf thTVI
"As to the assault upon Kent: tie grossly v" "" UJ,1Ufi
insulted a white citizen, who instantly and-both are to be sternly condemned.
It appears that the Radical saints
SOUTH CABOMNA MAilXBHS.
The Radical organs are
bitter in their comments
extremely
upon! the
The revival of the charges 'that it is our; struck him with his fiat Keitt then drew
a pistol, ana some uiusa usuic tuuio oo
sistance. The few white men who were
engaged used nothing but their hands and
walking canes, and the only pistols drawn
or exhibited were those used by Keitt and
his supporters. Keitt was not hurt, and
now walks about Charleston with au the
dignity that new clothes ! and prospective
pay can confer upon him.'' j
So one lie out of which capital was
sought to be made is nailed to the
Counter.
In Richland county a number of
respectable Democrats have been ar
rested by U. S. authorities at the in
stance of a "special deputy." He
charges them with interfering with
him on the day of election. The per
secutions have begun in earnest it
seems. iiu wuat. aDoui, xnese ixicu-
land Democrats ? Are they guilty ?
The Columbia Register says:
"Thev were arraigned for preliminary
examination before a United States Com-
of the South.
f amy !
Out
such in-
i i
- E t
real or supposed outrages inj thej
South. They have nailetl th oldj
bloodv-sbirt to their mast jheadsl and
i
it'is flapping with great earnestness
If these organs are to be believe the
country is in great danger! and
Southern rebels are a terrible st
fellows,. Only hear J ay lonld's or
aan hlowinsr this tune, a3 his jUool
Whitelew Reid,
the
of
. i . i. j
nieeon. wmteiew iieia,i mrus uiu
crank: ;
An arrozant minority has seized posses
sinn of the Government and practically dis
franchised the creater part of 1 the popula
tion, either by driving them avay irqm ine
Dolls, or bv erasDing all the machinery of
election and declaring the result to suit it-f
and bull-dozers are wide-awake and
specially active in South Carolina.
They have not forgotten the days of
1872 and '74 and 76, and they are
still experts in the persecuting and
brow-beating business, as well as in
ballot-stuffing. The Sumter. Free
Southron reports some cases of Radi
cal outrage that are specially atro
cious, as the negroes are persecuting
each other for ! daring to exer
cise the rights of freemen. Not
only so. but - necrro women take a
hand and beat and maim a helpless
cripple because be voted with the
Democrats. Read the following start
ling report of the way in which Dem
ocrats are hounded and injured and
maltreated for daring to exercise
their right of suffrage. Let the
missioner, and the witnesses only yesterday J Philadelphia Press put the following
gave their evidence, which was conflicting tr mill and arind
and contradictory, ignorant ana vicious w-.--& 0 ----
If the Greenbackers had not come
to the rescue of the Radicals in some
of the Northern States they would
not have had much more than a cor
poral's guard. The Cleveland (Ohio)
Plaindealer says truly:
"The Republicans can thank their stars
that there , was such a thing as a National
Greenback party, or they would have been
buried so deep that the noise of a million
cannon would not awaken them. The
Greenback men are the men who brought
about Republican success in New Jersey,
Pennsylvania and Connecticut."
Officer Woebse on the track, and he ars
rested Johnson, as before stated, at 9
o'clock Thursday night. v He will be held
for further developments, and if nothing
transpires by which he can be brought to
trial here, he will be eventually turned
over to the authorities of Charleston to an
swer to charges against bim there, i
Cpiarsed wltU JH order.
Allen Mathis, colored, was brought to
this city by Officer Hand, under a commit
ment from Justice T. H. W. Mclntire, of
Pender county, on the charge of murdering
one Reuben Herring, colored.of that coun
ty, on or about the 22nd of September last.
He was lodged in jail to await his triat .at
the next, term of the Superior Court for
Pender county.
It seems that Lucy Herring, wife of the
Judge Humphreys, of the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia, is
to be impeached for constant drunk- j deceased, who was arrested as an accom
enness. He is a scandalous fellow
and a shining Radical. We are re
minded by the Petersburg Index
Appeal that he is the Judge who re
fused to allow the arrest of Senator
Patterson,on the gronnd that the pro
secution of Patterson was partisan.
mt f . T . .
away, me aouuiron says: i
"Hiram Poole, Charley Wesley, Ben
self. Thus the Bourbon Democracy has j negroes testified to such palpable false
secured a 'Solid South' at lasti by anppera- 1 h00ds that five of them were subsequently
.TO? iBB" Boone and Abram McDaniels. all colored,
iue meiuou ui rurh Ti!-- , i convicuon can ue .secured upuu tu noDn arroatA , ,nH -nnfinwl in iail
meni pursucu nuiu nuic imUuiv...Vu .uv i. mony oi inemseives, a agaiust-auu umci, i frioi icimo T. T. HVa-
Smith American Reoublics. iThis condi- nhiwM artdnrpd at this examination, upon a warrant of Trial Justice L. Xj. ra-
- . ' m ... i " w - . iw Ahovnan rn in. noin or fin v
tinn rf thinfa hrinfS U9 lace tO lace WUU a I Th ;nHitmant fnr nllofMXl intp.rfprpnp.fi I oci """Bvu - J
serious
- 1 twwriL .if I rtrtoom nr arkt 1 i . !a .111 1-Mn I
a i SniithprnlRtatPsJ The Ti. '...,:, ; ,u o(oonr.D , mt,t ourning nis nouse couiaiuiug --,uyy pwuuuo
pruauf'u which our odXiV false adoundlesTaaTlons of fodder WO pounds of hay 500 pounds Anga8t election-both Democrats.
nkU nn,c,int.t vo .nil H'Pflprnl BVHtfilTl 19 I - : nn.lnm.n mVinea , itrAatnct ftffoniip I - 1VV 0" ouv. .w. w. . m
usamou Bvunviuvu, . &.v-w. within itwentv Btens of his In is. too. iu ine Jueiropouian county,
To show how very apathetic were
the Democrats in the Fourth District
as well as in this, one fact may be
mentioned. Captain Davis carried
things brings us tace to iace wun a The indictment for alleged interference J , b " oj:"" : " PVna , , A. . .
political problem. FoV the present 4uh the . special deputy' will doubtless be Lowry cokred of the Swimming Pens Wake connty and 8tlll hl8 vote fell
w r . K I I ...... . I I1H1 U I I I II II I 111! Ill . VI ILLi Lllvi LillillU V. MWWU I m mm -
a Kenuoncan iorm 01 gmciuuicui quashed, but the negro witnesses win nave r-- triTrr. CA ,o;; o nnn nnnnAk abmit. IfiOO behind Mr. Snow's in the
whole reDresentative and Federal system is
founded, has been set aside inj favor jof an
olicarchv of rifle-clubs, intimidators and
ha ot-box stusers. wno caimiy reier 10
their lawless triumph an 'Evidence that
thp. p.oldfed neonle. even wheke they! have
the numerical majority," cannot hold their
own against the superior intelligence,
miins onrl rmirnnp. ff thfi Whites.
IfKrl0 UW WW j-,
Tlio nmmAnt. of t.llR! Kaltimore
an.ott, nnn t.hi tirade of the'fffeat inem Pa7 iae Pena"y lor BUUU tBW
ji itsvw wv-". i ;tj m
hPAn taken :iwv from U9 bv small I iniiir.zinn' nrorsn ia so nertinerit and i swearing
pluralities, is thiere any good reason Sot re- I . , TWorlnkfl it. In Williamsburg county the same
dwellinff house. No ill feeling had existed -tU t on wn iA.
4 , J . ' . , Lowry is a Democrat and voted the Demo- I fluential dailies.
crane ucttei iu iuo iaic cicvuuu, x ia
lvinf? scoundrels become false and
swift witnesses for malice or pay,
then prosecute the last one of them
in the courts for perjury, and make
Diuine ?
.
"When, in conclusion, we stop td reflect
that the Republican party has a majority
in oalv nine States of the Union, with an
electoral representation of only fifty-four
votes, that it has lost possession of both
Houses of Congress, that it has to bear the
odium of a fraudulent Executive whom
every honest American is willing to admit
has stolen his seat intelligent uemocrais
will conclude with us that all their party
just, we are glad to reproduce it
The Gazette says:
"If everv nesro in the South should walk
lip to the polls and voluntarily cast his
hftllnt for Ibeuemocrais. BUvHursaus ua me
Iribune would be more thin ever con
vinp.ed that a ReDublican form of govern-
mpnt did not exist in that Section; The
Rennblican Dartv made a mistake when it
con ferred the richt of suffrage on the weak
and ignorant negroes of the South, and the
nPfils tn insme siir.o.ess is moderately intel- I nrnner thine for the leaders to do i$ to ac
ligent leadership and an efficient organiza- knowledge the corn and insist on their dis
imn i I franphisement. The negroes are going to
' . . I- I vote with those who feedjand Employ
If tbexpp08ilion to Radicalism m th inat as tne jte people do in
the United States can be successfully Massachusetts. When the Federal army is
. , , . I' . sent into the South and placed -in the hands
united, then it is absolutely certain I nf th. T?ennblicans to be used as an elec-
fhat Grant or any other Radical can- tioneenng machine, the whit people of the
didate can be easily beaten, in spite
of the efforts of Chandler and; Hayes
and Evarts to make out a case against
the South. ; Unity, harmony and
efficient work will save the country
and dpfpat Radicalism in Hs last
struggle. . j
" Lord Beaconsfield is exciting criti
cism both at home and abroad. Ga
ribaldi thinks that if Lord Beacons-
field "is not sent away" he will ruin
England and the world. A commit
tee, organized by "Lord Lawrence to
urge an early meeting of Parliament
in view of war with Afghanistan,
was refused an audience by the Pre
mier, but he wrote letter in reply.
The committee then adopted a reso
lulion condemning the Premier's ap
parent determination, in the event of
war being declared, not to advise Her
Majesty to consult Parliament until
hostilities have commenced. I
Secretary Evarts, it appears, now
disclaims the use of some of the pub
lished remarks attributed to him in
the interview. What they j are we
are not informed. We would advise
him to publish a card, but the . first
sentence would exhaust the patience
of every reader who had anything to
South mav be politically thrown into a mi
nority. When the army is sent to -occupy
Massachusetts and is placed in the hands of
Democratic manipulators, thfe bulldozing
which prevents workmgmen from; exer- '
cising their sentiments will H stopped, and
Wendell Phillips, the ancient Republican
leader, will not be able to shalse hisj finger
at Faneuil Hall and mournf ttlly announce
to the. country that the Bay Sate is denied
a republican form of government. " j
The fury of such papers as the
Tribune and Philadelphia Press, and
other organs of the virulent type, is
absolutely funny. We can but laugh
at their brazen effrontery at their
double-distilled impudence. These
corrupt fellows were tickled to; death
when Grant used his buyonets and
throttled whole States. They threw
up their hats in wild (excitement when
Zack Chandler and John Sherman
directed their tools, the ! corrupt vil
lains in Louisiana and Florid?, and
managed to steal the votes ofj those
States for the sentimental andj sanc-timonious-'Hayes.
But now that their
ox is being gorjed,hOw they do scream
and turn the old crank with renewed
L
energy and violence.
.We are satisfied that
lany
illegal
votes were polled in South Carolina;
and we are equally satisfied that it
was a great wrong. Sjoner or later
it will prove a boomerang. But that
the Radical organs are engaged just
now in "doing some tall lying" we
plice in the murder.turned State's evidence,
and was thereupon bound over to appear as
a witness. The prisoner, however, insists
upon it that Lucy Herring killed the man
and threw his body into a well. The facts
in the case will probably be brought out in
full during the final examination.
! j Mathis was once before an inmate of our
county jail under the name of Allen Wilson.
-sv-
more Pender Prisoners.
j Special Deputy W. T. Bannerman ar
rived here from Pender conuty last even
ing, having in his custody Lucy Herring,
' alleged to be implicated in the murder of
Reuben Herring, and who turned State's
evidence against Allen Mathis, alluded to
in our last issue. It appears that she was
required to give bond in the sum of $5,000
for her appearance at the next term of the
Superior Court of Pender county, to give
evidence in the case of the State vs. Allen
Mathis, in default of which she is sent un
der commitment by Justice T. H. W. Mc
lntire; to be confined ia our county jail.
Special Deputy Bannerman also brought
down John Isham and Magness Isham,
both colored, who are committed by Jus
tice Grattan Williams, of Lincoln Town
ship, Pender county, in default of security
in the sum of $200 each, for their appears
ance at the next term of the Superior
Court of that county, to answer to the
charge of forcible trespass.
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A IHnrder Case befere Duplin Supe-
' rlor Conrl.
i. Louis Taylor, colored, was tried before
the Duplin Superior Court at Kenansville,
during the past week, for the murder of a
man named Etheridge, the case having
been removed from Wayne county. The
trial commenced on Wednesday; and cons
tinned until Thursday evening, when the
inro rptirp.d. and returned ft verdict of not
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to damn a whole people tor. tne acts i rr, a diutant General's office emolovs 17. conferred upon society in the prompt euilty on Friday morning. The evidence
nf o W mpn scattered here and of whom 16 are JSorthern men ana 1 irom ana ieanesa punraumHm, ui cniue wssenureiy cireumaiamiai
. the South. In the Medical Department the potent to every one. These benefits are
there. The speeches and character .proportion is more equitable than in any seen in the great diminution ot cases
-c ri rrnrr,ntnn o mMi i as to an- other, there Deineiaf JNonnern Burgeonsio on me duumw ureretuwucu uyuaci, uu
vi uv. "ruu " oan ,ihn. Tn thP rnvftlrv there are
&1J UUUVUVtUVIHt wuw j 1
384 Northern officers to 50 Southern ; in the
artillery 259 to 23, and in the infantry 831
to 55. Of the 197 officers classed as belong
ing to Southern States only 5 are above the
in
rumored that the testimony will be that
they threatened to bum out all the 'Demo
cratic niggers,' and then begin on the
whites
"On Sunday, the ; 10th instant, a colored
man, deformed and quite a cripple, named
Golden, who lives on Dr. C. R. F. Baker's
place, about eight miles from town, was
brutally beaten by j Sarah Webb and four
For the Star.
UrHB CRIMlNAIi COURT.
There is a matter of vital importance to
the well being of society and also of great
interest to the taxpayers of the county,
which I propose, with your permission, Mr.
Editor, to discuss in your columns. I refer
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game is being tried. Tho Register other negro women, on ine P" to the attempt which is now being made,
o & .. i estate of Henry Spann. The reason given ... . , , .
says: by them was that he voted for the Demo- or. as I understand will soon be made, to
. j, crals. One of them hacfa hoe, one a fence abolish the Criminal Court of New Hano-
,oX7eSLWoY;hVogeUd?Se r.U, .od fe ote,. dubs." Ter. IimuI,a 'i-.--
lying witnesses against them have been re
quired to answer for libel, perjury and
false imprisonment Other counties expe
riencing the operations of the j aforesaid
The Washington Post points out workings of this Court. I fear they have
. . . i-j -vt .u t been made to believe that its establishment
wherein there is a "solid JS ortn. it hag erjtaiied an enormous expense upon the
mill are ready to imitate these I examples is in the army. It gives the follow- county and that its advantages to society
AnrL aretffic.entto.counterbalance its cost
maKd iffir'rS?5 " T "There are now in the pay of the United "fi mdgmenL d as far as my obser-
majie goou iiivir g Q mm&fy gentlemen of commis- vation and knowledge extends, these ideas
We have said that there was ille- sionedrank. Of these 2,273 are put down are altogether erroneous, and I propose to
l T A a.nnr.aa tTiia On tneilSl as apDOlHieU iroiu ilUflllvlU bUUW IU BUUMHWUI uuvun uiu Ul imw
gal voting. We do not suppose this gtat &nd m ffm the goulh The numi haye not been increased on account of this
will be denied. But it is hardly fair ber of general oflicers is 11, of whom 11 Court, nor has it been an additional ex-
are from tne JNortn ana uirom ine duvu. pense io w wuuy, nuuo wo umn uao
sure lis that no one would be more
prompt to condemn illegal voting, or.
to vindicate the purity and j freedom
of the ballot than he. To what ex-
rank of cantain. while 167 are below that
grade. It therefore appears that the regu-
tent illegal voting was practiced we lar army is a thoroughly sectional institu
have no means of knowing.
tion."
The twelfth annjial session of the
they are also seen in the marked decrease
of crime in our midst. When it is made
apparent, as it certainly has been since the
organization of this Court, that swift pun
ishment will surely follow the violation of
law, it necessarily exercises a wholesome
influence on offenders, the fear of punish
ment being a great corrective of evil deeds.
Objection is made to the amount of sala
ry paid the Judge. I have no hesitation in
saying that in my opinion this salary is
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C. S.CommUiloiiet'a Coon. :
1 1 James C. Sutton, of Robeson county.was
arraigned before U. S. Commissioner Mc
Quigg, yesterday, on the charge of retail
ing tobacco without a license. He was or
dered to give bond in the sum of $200 for
his appearance at the next term of the U. S.
District Court, which convenes in this city
on the 5th of May next, in default of which
he was committed to jail.
M. B anton, Master of the . State niggardly policy maeea mat wouia cnain exuiu.uvc.jr - WhatVeve7blc
' , , him down to a mere pittance in the way of j be found at present at the office of Mr. T. fiat e? ,tc wfo?n
flranfrp nfVirmnia. which was re- vr ohm,M h aiw-rt Uhiral F ., who started to walk from Raleigh to Char-
- "-. .. . x xl -ZZ I W. Strange, on MarKet street, j I wtA for wr. abont three weeks aeo ?
a-j v TT c xr.n;- rF nh n comnensauon ior uia BerviceB. iuu uu i , - - i ..r---. . t.i"
ii i - 'i ne ijinenan bdobub. ausuiiiuuusuu.
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The President de facto is gradually National Grangeis now in progress I ?SfStlwbSl
stretching out his hands and grasp- in Richmond, Virginia. The address well for work when it is well done. When
tY3; lirU-.Ai,; , Ji u j i Tk It a fit man is found to discharge the duties
mg powers that do not belong to mm. 0f welcome was delivered by Dr. i J . of a responsible and laborious office, it is a
His last recorded or known pertorm-
ance is an effort to save a bank .thief
;n Tn.nna frnm fViA f.lntP.hfiR of thfl
buouubu w ujf v' "v ovrvftimnt nntlav lnt BriffleianU
lonr IX a lnnt.rncted the district &t- ),. D.n.'n. Sf.fa Master !n t.hd Nil- 1. 1.. n nl.iu him hnn thofpirnf ap.
. it -..iKs.:.:fi.-j .J . - n.i .n .nit rmfittino- thn rtitrnitv of the IMakeoeace. of Randolph, had on exhibi-
torneyintne umieaoiawB vuuu a. tional yrange. . j' ine ionowmg we jtiVhoidl tion at the fair samples of Irish potatoes
Indianapolis not to prosecute Cary cop f rom tbe Richmond' Whig: I This salary of the Judge of our Criminal raised by him this year, which yielded at
i v. Jp rmirt neema to be a preat buir-bear with a the rate of 604 bushels per acre. This
W. Miller, and on a charge of em- The Treagurer's report shows (exclusive gJ piJ "teitaaan ! wonderful result is vouched for, and the
bezzlement. The Judge (Gref ham) of permanent investment) that there ia a eviaence 0f the great expense entaUed upon crop is not only very large, but of very fine
. , . u x.B; balance to the credit of tbe Grange on the th countv and claim-that an Inferior quality. It was easy to take out from the
evidently did not fancy the PreBi- first of October, 1878, of $3,408 68, which 1 Yt S -w ' iSawr aU pile anywhere potatoes which weighed 1J
dent's impertinent interference. A has since been increased by receipts, pnn- tne pUrposes of the present Criminal Court, j pounds each. Early Sunday morning
. r , trr x.' rn cipally from interest on bonds, aggrega- arJd conld be sustained at a comparatively risers, standing about on upper Hay street,
dispatch to the Washington Post ting $4,599 15, In addition, the receipts anawuwDe sustamea a a comparauvw y aston to see a magnificent buck,
t .ha of State Granee dues for the year amount- I muif ,-n wnifltv a T hnne tn be I ; with erand. wide-spreading antlers, appear
edio$16.739 11. The total amount to he AwVto hStmlaAmOX boulevard "in front of Mr. Troy's
grand jury that tney were nounu w cre(Jit of treasury is $24,806 94. The t d of economy, but as affectine residence, halt, snuff the air for a moment,
resnect their oath, and could not expenditures during the year amountea to the morals of society. I think it could be
reaper u , uwiMt $20,188 61 leaving a balance on the 1st of plainly dem0nstratwd to any unprejudiced,
escape its obligations by obeying Mr. ocber, 1878, of $4,618 83." fnd that the Criminal Court is an abso-
Haves. We quote: ! - ' lute necessity; that its establishment has
J -1 ' ! . '.' . mi. CJ tl, fwNi;.ia 'Rontiof . Rtofo .nulnAf i nf lh nntet mint tn thfl
arrua Pnoipnt of the 1 United States ids ouuku vaiynu0 -o v-w viwuu w fe---"?r
xuo nvu... ------ i i. . I onmmnnitv Ann
inlprrarA AVPII I . - . n . n W tn. Y a I wwuu.w.u..w.
- I 1 Hill Vr I I U1UU LUl. H UH . . vw. WM
was looking well, after his arduous cam
paign. He haa secured good counsel and
feels confident of successfully defeating the
would-be Congressman, O'Hara, the biga
mist. O'Hara, O'Hara, why don't you go home,
And stop wasting your time in foolin ?
Your money will be gone,
And then you'll have none,
For the Canvassing Boards will have none
of your rulipg. ' !
Raleigh News: & few days ago,
as Albert Lassiter, of Elevation township,
Johnston county, was ploughing iu his
field, he stepped in his bare feet upon a
nest containing thirty-eight highland moc
casins, which his ploughshare- turned up.
He killed all the reptiles and carried them
home as trophies. ; On West street, at
the railroad crossing, is a deep ditch, into
which Mr. Yearby fell last spring and
broke his thigh. He sued the city for dam- .
ages and a compromise was made on $700.
A gentleman called last evening to say that
no means, had been taken to guard against
the recurrence of similar accidents.
Charlotte Observer: Yesterday
morning a negro man was hired to couple
carsjat the North Carolina Railroad depot,
and began work immediately. Being a
novice at tbe business, he allowed himself
to be caught between the ; cars and was
severely mashed. His wounds are not fatal
but are dangerous and painful. Mr.
Will Walker, who was thrown from a horse
on the race track, Thursday of the Fair,
has sufficiently recovered to be out on the
streets, but not without crutches. It
is believed that the civil docket of the Fede
ral Court, the first session of which will be
held in this city, in December, will be
larger than that at any other point where
such courts are held in the State. D.
Coble, the old man arrested in Greensboro, "
Monday night, almost in the act jot setting
fire to Yanstory's livery stables, had a hear
ing before a magistrate on the following
day. It was proven to the satisfaction of
the court that the old man is crazy, and
consequently all ' prosecutions against him
ceased. - A majority ;pf cases in the
Inferior Court are in the hands of young
lawyers. j
Asheville Journal: We aro in
formed that a petition, signed by all our
business men, has been sent to the Post
master General, praying that the Eastern
mails intended for this point be transported
over tbe Spartanburg & Asheville Railroad.
The reason assigned for tbe change is that
we will receive our mails twenty hours
sooner. We are reliably-informed that
the tunnel at Swannannoa Gap is so near
completion that the concussion produced
by the blows of the workmen on either side
causes a perceptible quiver of tbe wall be
tween them. The tunnel is almost com-'
pleted. One more week's work and this
Herculean task will be finished. Mar
shal Douglas did not have sufficient funds
on band at the recent term of the Federal
Court, at Asheville, to pay deputy mar
shals', jailors' and witnesses' fees. He made .
requisition on the Department of Justice
for $8,600 to pay the expenses of the court.
The Department refused peremptorily to
allow him but $6,000, assigning as a reason
that the appropriation made by Congress
for conducting the business of that branch
of the government was entirely too small.
This message was supplemented by a note
from the Attorney General, telling the Mar
shal that he must reduce the expenses of the
Court. I
- Charlotte Observer: It has re
cently .transpired that public opinion in
Mecklenburg county is moulding ttseit into
a warlike attitude towards the dog, or more
properly speaking, is preparing itself to be
come the champion of the sheep. Far
mers are getting their yearly supply of fruit
trees, and the quantity sold in the county
this year is said to be larger by far than
ever before in its history j The larger pro
portion of these are from North Carolina
nurseries. The superintendent of the
steam shovel of tbe Carolina Central Rail
road was struck on the head the other day
by the lever, knocked down and considera
bly hurt. -There is nothing settled yet
as to tbe future proprietorship of the cen-
Col. D. K. McRae, who has
taken up his permanent residence in this
city, announces that he will devote himself I tral Hotel -We shall have both the cir-
mav. if he feels so inclined
in advance of indictment, by exercising
the pardoning power. In no other way has
he the slightest authority to control your
tt v..- :. in Vita nnnror tn nnrnrin
the alleged offender, and unless he is will- I ed President.
Convention met i at Sumter on
21st. Eighty delegates are present.
Revi R.; Furmab, D. D., was elect-
that .to abolish it nowr
would not only seriously jeopardize the
peace ana safety or ine community, .oat
would be a grievous blunder, which the
astute Talleyrand pronounced to be worse
than a crime. Vihdex.
Fayetteville Gazette: Mr. J. B. I colored, has at last gotten into toils from
He was convicted, yesterday, of stealing
money from a colored I friend and sen
tenced to the Penitentiary for three years.
His counsel, however, i took an appeal.
Under authority of a resolution by
the State Agrieultural Society, at its annual
meeting in Raleigh, last month, Col. Thos.
M. Holt, Ppresident of the Association, has
appointed a committee of five gentlemen to
gather information from tbe farmers of the
State in regard to the workings of the law
enacted by the lost Legislature imposing a
tax on commercial fertilizers. En
gineers say there is as much difference in
engines as in men, and the difference in
engines of tbe same pattern is even more
marked than that between people of the
same familp. Take two engines of exactly
the same size and make; the bolts, screws
arid every part of one will fit exactly tbe
other, yet one will consume a cord less of
wood than the other in fifty miles, work
easier, pull more, run faster, and present
other points of dissimilarity.
and then- bound off from tbe height into
the main road below. The State Col
ored Normal School is progressing very
satisfactorily. The pupils generally 6eem
to be taking a deep interest in their studies,
and are making gratifying advancement.
The number now in attendance is: Males,
44; females, 38 total, 82. There is little
doubt that, with the beginning of the new
year, the number will reach one hundred or
more.
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