-'-..'-..!.. i : . . , ' : ; j 1 j 111 a a : s Q W S '3 PURI.I8HI .1 Al 1.50 a Year, in advance. S33833SSSSSSSSS3S 8SSS33SS8333SS33S sqjnoji g SS3SSS33S3S3S3SS3 S3SS383333S3S333S 33333333333333388 8S8S8SS88SSSS88SS 3388888883838338 88888833888383833 -i o 09 o t- eo o j Subscription Price. The subscription price of the Wekk ' Y -Star isas- follows : Single Copy 1 year, postage paid, $1.50 " " 6 months. " 4-j 1.00 " 3 44 44 .50 SO U a H CAROLINA SKNTIITIKINT., On November 6th the Columbia (S. C) Register published an editor! al, of which the following ia a part: "Thousands of Democrats in South Car-o'iu.-i sustain him in claiming for the negro . alii he rights and privileges now provided by Uw. and thousands of Democrats be licvc, with Hampton, that these vested rights ought to be maintained in spirit as in letter. They deprecate the idea of 'keeping the promise to the ear and breaking it to the hope.' But, unfortunately those who think this do nut constitute a majority.' It is to make lhi3 minority a majority that we need the inestimable services of Governor Hampton." i v j This sort of admission is well cal y ' i culated to excito comment beyond thatbtate. it it be true that a ma jority and it would seem a large t majority of the people of South Carolina are opposed to giving "the negro all the rights and liberties now provided by Uw," and if Governor Hampton is in the minority in his ad vocacy of protecting and guarantee ing the negro his rights under the Constitution, then ' Mr. Hayes will tii ill a powerful plea in his behalf,and the Radical leaders, speakers and ed itors will find fresh material with which to point their appeals and "fire the Northern heart." j We cannot undertake to say what is public sentiment in South Carolina. Its press probably reflects that senti ment. How far the Register indi cates correctly what is the real opiu "lon of the white people of its State -.ve cannot know. It it a well edited Democratic paper and is published at the capital. - i . i ' Its admissions Were too good to be overlooked So we ;find by the' Radical organs. the Philadelphia Press promptly availing itself of what is said. The Press is mean and vindic tive and, slanderous enougni to say that what is admitted to be the case in South : j Carolina prevails . also throughout the South. We can assure that maligning sheet that no such views or principles prevail in North Carolina. With an extensive acquain tance among the public men of the Slate, and having considerable know ledge of what political opinions are held by the intelligent voters of this State, we are somewhat qualified to give a statement concerning the mat ter. - There is no purpose, wish, or inclination on the part of the white "people of North Carolina to abridge, impair, or destroy the liberties and rights of the colored people. It would befgrossly slanderous to say other wise. j j -; The Press savs of the remarks of the Register: : '-This extract is valuable for its admis sion of the undoubted fact that the majori ty of the Democrats of that State do not propose to concede the political j rights of the colored citizen. This is the temper of that party everywhere in the South. And it is this factwhich constitutes the danger of the political situation of the I country, Tbe men who have in their hearts this fel nurnose control the organization and wield the machinery of government In the whole Southern country- Their will is law. Their, passion is supreme. Their vindicliveness prescribes all proceedings. Their malice limits all rights.' Their hatred tramples in the dnst all franchises and powers. They dispense rankest inlustice under the forms of law. They torture rights into misfor tunes. They maltreat and oppress.". j . . HETBIBUTION. : 1 It becomes more evident daily of a growing inclination and probable purpose on the part of Northern Radicals to disfranchise the negro. They are bent on getting up a big excitement over Southern outrages on the ground that, the 'whites have practically disfranchised the f 'colored man and brother." Every Southern man, white or colored, knows this is a lie of the ; deepest ..dye. Whilst in a few localities there may have been wrong, there has .been no intimida tion in most of the States. The col- II LJ ! . II -A-"-.- J i II V I'L'NX :' -II ... t ,. Il-jr ?- ; ' ( '!' -1 - .. , ' ,.,..; 1 : : ; , ; V !.-.'j - '. ; 1 . '&, i.i'i 1 J TTT v H ; i .rrr-r-r,mYli-lT - . : , i - . ' j M . - ' t,a "Death to Frauds ; -. ored voter exercise i their ; rights as i freely and unrestrainedly in nearly every part of the Soath as the whites do, and quite : as' "niajch so as the la-; boring meu of Massachusetts and other sections of.thej highly .boastful North are alloweer :tivdoT ' I Mrpharles Nordqffjthe able Re publican correspondent i of r the. New York ieraW, writing from Washing fbn aaya: - ; : t " ; "' V : "The Republicans would like to get up a - . . .- I . L -.it"-.! - - . new excitement about! Southern I outrages. Several of them came here With the mten- tiou to present resolutions ordering an in vestigation or looking to it decrease of the reo- reteniation in Vie Southern States,on the plea inatr we negro vote noes, not come forward. Indeed, in tome, quarters there is a disposi tion to disfranchise the blacks outridlU bit wait of lessening pie representation of the Southern States. Put all these Schemers receive a check from the fact' that the more closely the-conduct of the Southern elections is scanned tbe more it is seen that frauds and disorders were local and sporadic and not systematic, ana that there is .very little ma- - - ArT5l . ! 1 - ! : Here we are told! precisely what the Stab has stated before,: first, that the Radical game is !to diminish the number ;of Representatives in Con gress from the South ; ; second, that the Radicals are disposed to. take the ballot the right to negroes.1 ; " j vote from the ! Mr.Nordhoff is a man of exceptionr ally good reputatioiii, and ranks high ' r,-- ...: I : -I 'I .1 among ; newspaper men. rlo is in Ayashington and he says "that the more closely the' conduct of the Southern elections is scanned the more it is seen that frauds and disor- ders were local and is to say, occurriBg pporadic" that onlv here and there, in a few places and in no great r numbers. Mr. Nordhoff is a Kepab- hcan and has never been anything else. "- - ! - .But the Radical leaders arc greatly troubled . about the negroes and c another account. IThey can control the Radical primary conventions in the South, and can send 276 votes rom sixteen States to the Na tional Convention to go "solid" for Grant, -or any one ele they may pre-j er. This is very annoying j and dis tressing to your Radical organ. Hear the New Yprk Times grinding after this sort: .. . . . ... ; t- . "Assuming, what is by no means impro bable, that tbe Southern delegations to the National Convention were solid for Grant, they would lack but S3 votes of a majority; and the candidate, of the liepublican party in 1880 might be forced upon ; it by the representatives of States that could do no thing toward decline-., bim.- ut tne many aaomalies created by 'the perversion of ne gro suffrage ,intp Hr weapon of , oliense against those on. whom and by whom it was conferred, the peculiar position oi tne Southern delegates in the next National Republican Convention i is certainly not tne least." ! , 1,.. 1 I Read that over again carefully for there is richness in lit. It is better reading than the last" best novel. It is full of consolation; It .shows that t ... retributive justice is now commend- ing the cup of bitterness to j the lips of those who committed the great outrage against, virtue and intelli- . i . . - . -. -.1. .i . . I gence.,.i,i" t,,. , ; !. . . i . . ; "He digged a pit He digged it deep. . He digged it for his brother: But, to punish his sin, . - He did fall in, ; The pit he digged for t'other, ! :. ; . THEWAB. - The English Government takes the position that Afghanistan must either he a friendly territory .or England mjust hold it. As Lord Cranbrook expressed it: ."Eneland must be paramount in Af- ghanistan which must (be a . friendly jant tor to the doorsbf India, or England must hold the key herself." i I ;Tho ground for this declaration is that Russia can easily advance upon India by way of Afghanistan. Eng land insists that it jmust be settled definitely whose' Vassal the Ameer sriall be. , The following, from a well considered editorial in the Philadel phia JKmes, throws light upon the subject:' . .., , '. ,J . f. .; . MLord Beaconsfleld is not to be credited, necessarily, with greater penetration than his predecessor in office; the present situa-j tion has been developed bV his instrumen tality, but not by him4 ' His movement of Indian troops into Europe as a threat against Rossia precipitated: the Russian counter movement against India through Afghanis tab; but the facility with which the move--ment was executed Is the best possible proof that it had been long in contempla tion. Now that that action has been forced there is no option, for Eng land in the premises;! the war. must go on". ' Until the Ameer jhas been punished qovai-aIv nnT hia enforced friendship se cured, the "doors of India will not be well held, nor will the kevs be in safe hands. Russia may ' for the tune . being abandon Rhre Ali though the retreat of his family to Russian territory for protection does not support this view of tbe situation and leave him m, th tender mercies of his enemies; but tu abandonment will hot be lasting, for tonocio viii miibft her vdice heard when tbe titnn onmHt for the division o" the spoiL Tint wCh ; TCnirland ; fights ! only the Ameer jr the Ameer and the Czar together, sne moBi ngat:uui now to back down.".: !Tt in (thought that the British Premier is displajrthr unusual sagaci ty in the manner o conducting the Afghanistan war. Instead of draw mg troops from home Lord Beacona-r field relies on India for soldiers to do the fighiing. The rich j Englishman will not hesitate to draw upon his de- posits if he shall be allowed to remain at home and some one else be called upon to do the fighting. . : The State Returning Board,: will hardly stand. Public sentiment . is against it, and it will have to go. It ought never to have been adopted.' The Democrats want no sutih danger- otis machinery. The old way is the, best and safest way. Let the Sheriffs of the counties composing a District I meet and report the vote of the seve-1 ral counties, publish the 'same'; ' and forward a certified copy to the (Jo" , - . .J r . -ir. - vernor. vyny should we 5opy an4n.-i fltitutiorvrengir-thathaft; proved' I a direfuj curse wherever used? Yon can see how full - of corruption and danger the Returning Board has been elsewhere from the following arraign- ment from a Radical pen. , The Ashe ville Pioneer thus pulls off its gloves and goes for it: I ! "This importation of all that is mean and devilish in politics the emanation of a lot of conspirators, thieves, cut throats and po litical pirates the nest , egg of dissension and infamy, willed to tbe Southern people by carpet bag vultures and political jwdlves evolved by the demoralization, consequent of war and its tendencies; this Thing tof Perjury and Tempter of Honesty, Justice and Right; this Devil of Discord in I Ameri can politics, engrafted on the hitherto Spot" . . "KT .1. n l: less eieciion ctiaiuvca ui x-wjiu varuiiuB met in Raleigh on Thursday of last week to decide the result of the Congressional elec tion." '-I"- ''I- i ' Senator Lamar savB in an interview reported in the that in Miasis- . thopo navar , f;; r anf - rr ! , It was peaoeable and brderlv. and every man, black or white, voted as he pleased.: He says: j ' ! ' "The white people were so bowed down and overwhelmed by the afflictions of the yellow fever ; pestilenee that they thought of nothing but their safety or their sorrow. In many towns every bouse was suggestive of death, and every man ' had a tale of horror to tell. The election was hardly thought of. If there had been any strong disposition among tbe negroes in a body to vote against the Democratic party, as is alleged, Uiey conld have defeated us, for not one-halt tbe whites in many places went to Mie polls." - If He is fully satisfied that the Demo crats can win in 1880, "but to do this they must "organize wisely and tole rantly , and then work vigorously and harmoniously." He says of the Dem ocratic party: j "It is the majority parly in this country; or, rather us antagonist; tne ttepuDiican party, is vastly in tbe minority, as the offi cial returns of the elections several years past will . demonstrate. This is true of it not only throughout the country al'largev but in every section. Sooner or later,; and not later, I think, than in the next Presi dential election, this popular majority will be made effective at the ballot-box." f A NOllTHERN MANCFACTCBEB'S opinion.; j v. Mr. Edward Atkinson j the well- I known writor and manufacturer, of Massachusetts, : was - before Mr. TTfiwitt's Lahor Committpe on Thnrfi- day. He had been manufacturing for a onarter of a centnW. and bad never known the laboring' men so well paid, for he had never known the purchasing power of their pay to be as great as now. This applies to those who havo steady employment. His examination was interesting, bnt we can only give n few points ; He attributes our financial and labor troubles to several causesi-j irst the war took a million of ; men (he might have said two million) from home. Those who remained at home were stimulated to .uncommon ,ao . tivity and energy, and manufacturing of all kinds was urged to the utmost point. We copy a summary from' a Washington special to the Richmond Dispatch: . , j . . ... "This excessive stimulation would have brought about a collapse at the end of the war: unt me raiiroau coruurimuus cm- barked in extravagant schemes of rail why. thnnnd men. When this .speculative fever subsided municipal corporations all over the land indulged in expensive, im- provements, and went into debt without, a tnougnt oi me consequence. uu the evil day was further diverted, bnt came in 1873. : Then it was found that an SSiSSSdSStS Stind'traaV centres, and how to get rid of them wasthe ilifflrnltv- In five vears. however, iww,iaJjw thpm hnvA hpfin distributed throughout the West and other sparsely-populated sec tions, and he thought the trouble would work itself out without legislative or : artic fiCial aid." ,; ..... 1 .. . :j He thinks the United States have an advantage over Great Britain both in the elastic temperament of our people, and their, .consequent willingness to move long, distances, and thus prevent over-crowding, and in the facilities for manufacturing.' We.quote: ! t A 'We have learned one lessbn, Mr. A't kinson said, and that is that the way to get rich is by saving- He did not beheve Orfat Britain can ever compete with us . in; the manufacture of staplecpttpn goods, and. thererore ne uia noi iuiub. ,ucbc needed any protection. He was for a tariff for revenue only, but thought neither, tariff; nor free trade amounted to I as much as tbeir respective adtbcates Vwould have us believe. Iui five . years rthere i has fibeen greater Improvement, he said, in American manufactures than in the preceding fifteen yfiars, anditi now takes, only seventy .five men to do, with improved machinery, what it required one hundred prior to 1873. i. We can stand thisnut he did not think we can stand any greater reaction." f , JUDICIAL ADYTISING. The, Charlotte.: .Observer f Greens- bjorp Patriot .apd. other papers are apjain mooting !tho subject of judicial iadyertisiog.,The Sta has ofttimes directed, ; attention, tq the same. sub- J jfet, ,bnt without avaL It appears j tat .ihe prsaa of th. State is power-: less to bripg about ajpeform or change bis direction; . It must be because. the press,!. will . be benefited whilst skying ersj Legislators are very pfctq aaii themselves; of the in, rp ; ... i nuence or .the btefore before their 'coilstituents , and to create pnblic sentmient in- favor of (their acts, but they fail to pass an im- rtant and useful law that will aid i u the country and newspaper men at the same time,. Some little while ago we copied some judicious and, forcible reflec tion upon the subject from the Hilis boro Recorder. , The Alamance Cfleaner, too, had some telling re marks. ; The Stab has again and akain urged the importance of adver tising sheriffs' and other sales in the public prints, published in their res pective counties. Wo will unite with oir brethren of the press in shelling all Along the linej and making things hbt for members of the Legislature who are afraid to perform a just and necessary action. The Charlotte Observer says: , "The practice which confines the adver tising of sheriffs' sales and tax sales to posting at courthouse doors and other places not generally frequented and often obscure, which has long prevailed in North Carolina, is. an evil of accumulating mag nitude. It involves serious losses to tbe State, to tax-payers, to defendants in exet cations for debts, and often to judgment creditors, who are left unsatisfied, after their property has been sacrificed, for want of sufficient publicity of sale to invite pos sible bidders. In sales where Orphans and minors, are interested it is liable to work gross injustice. Sheriffs and other county offieers not! interested deriye some ad vantage, perhaps, in preserving. the present method' 1; , The Greensboro Patriot says: j "At the last session Col. Scales succeed ed in bringing it to a vote in the Senate, where it passed two readings and was Rinea on the third,! tbe slaughtering vote , being cast by M. S, Robbins, of Randolph, who ought to have had more;8ense. We have failed to find any one opposed to it who was able to give one valid reason for oppos ing it." : : : j HON. OEOBGB DAVIS'S CABD. ; ; The readers of the. Stab will bear witness how- prompt we were to ex press admiration and gratitude at the noble self-sacrifice of Lieut. II. H. Benner. They will remember how ready we were to sympathize with the stricken household, and how earnestly we : expressed a hope that the South would raise a fund to take re of j-the bereaved wife and the fatherless children of! the hero and mariyr. : We were, aiacerely grieyed w ben the brave young officer died. "Vye are eady now to join with others ii doing; what we can in behalf of tiose. rho sorrow and weep. j Hsteanwnile, w his distant borne, are those That bis going .has robbed of their sweet ! I repose.'" . ;' - ' ' - - ' ,: The days pass by them like leaden years; The nights are bitter with tears and fears Tjlf, at lasti by the lightning glamour sped, Comes a name and date, with the one ' ( word, "Dead?" . "j And the arms of the smitten are lifted high And the heavens are rent by on anguished . LL. , . , 1 L We are sure the good people oi Wilmington willte i?lad to read the vy ummgion win do giaa to reau. luo JJavis, who is as eloquent of ,8peecn ':;? -,!' :-! . ' r ! :i t : t - a$ he 48 reaay witn pen. x : e But he needs no words 1 of, . praise from us when we write ior Wilmingtonians. Wetrust; all needful, steps will be pi-omptly taken to draw together on. . I k :- I :Thursday eVenmg, J anuary 2d, 1879, a;iarea ana appreciative audience, to i P , . ... listen to a lecture from one "native to the! manner born" who will , : ,,-,.: . . ti .-u" .1 address, therh,,npon a , subject -that peculiarly 4nteresUng to the people of the Cape Fear, and not , v.,Ai. iiorm thnafti who horn in) other parJoLIJoxth-Carolinii, yet claim an interest in all that concerns trie o-lorv and urosneritv of the dear oldotate. ; i Gonkliaz is getting jealous of John Sherman. 1: If Grant should die or fail o w nomination1 it. is whisnfired " m - - a ispeicu in Radioal ciroles that John will be the man,; and the New York Senator does not like it. Well, we are not afraid to beat either one of the three, aid ! H will ' be done in due time if either should be the nominee, as j is extrerrielj probable. ' Sherman would hi a representative candidate' of the rqtten Radioal party, for i he is ; odr rnpter than, ,Graat. , tistefnr and touching card of our dis- Hooking to thelc, capture, so that they: can itiams&d atizW,;-lion. ,'Georie h J THE OUfliAW; Tbe lxUtta im -t - - ( Vi, Hi of UeoTered Some Aenta. j r.- . I : Th? ;0rabd - 'y0tihfi:Cl J?ear, WhScb had'.'bejkoii caili into the field? to . capture' or Buppreshe gaeof desera idrihe' feadersofp ThVrioterlouB does un Tom JohBSon, assembled at the Courtho8e yesterday xxmntafyd about - sixty - strong, whehifwa8:(a number, eacU.wkh1a) 9onB!ept captain, and seat out in durerent directions to- scour the country in search of the enemy . The city.'wa9 in a feverJsi r StAte bt anxiety. all day, and the ambuiacoe corps -was ready to start 'out at a mom'etjf s- waraiHg. As be dy;heautb;w)iqk heon )rt sides a oUhe rtirtrtrt tha'SHnb anhftreaad exfciieraent attainiug to fever fceai when a squad of the cormtaius was seen , coming in town with a strapping colored individual in their midst'who of cottfse i was , taketf by all to be the redouhtaeTomr they had captured and were taking to the county jail; As Boon as they reached the city limits a crowd commenced gathering and following the supposed prisoner and his captors, which continued to increase until by the time they had arrived at the Court HouBe it probably numbered several hundred. The squad, which ws under the command. of Captain J. ? W. Galloway, marched, the supposed prisoner into the of fice of Justice Wagner, who) having never seen Tom' Johnson, commenced questioning him aV to the 'whereabouts of his wife, why he had -hot come in voluntarily and surren dered himself. The quicks witted Justice soon discovered, however, that the man be fore him was not Tom Johnson, and it then' leaked out that the irrespressible Captain of the squad had picked up the man ra the neighborhood of the Poor House, as they were returning from their fruitless search after the outlaws, and .being sort of. half witted he was readily pressed. Into, service as an impersonator of the outlaw and marched into town as such, When the "sell" Was discovered," there Kwas; much disappointment, and a good deal Of laugh- ter, while tbe poor fellow Who had so successfully played bis part was "treated" at tbe nearest grocery. . The expedition, we are sorry to say, proved- an entire failure, So far as capturing any one bi- the desperadoes was concerned,.; A squad who proceeded south of the city . discovered a hut about four miles from the limits,, near the James Hewlett place, in which they were informed Johnson and his confederates spent. Mon day night last. Another squad, the one by the way which perpetrated the "sell" re ferred to, discovered a . but . a few miles above this city, which was bounded ou one side by a small tributary of tbe Northeast river and on the other by an al most impenetrable swamp. The hut is located on a sort of mound, and at high tide is completely , surrounded by water. , . The shanty bore evidences of hav ing been lately .occupied. . In fact the con dilion of the' ashes, which were perfectly dry, indlcated.that there had been a fire in the fire-place since the last Tain; This hot is no doubt one of the places of resort of the outlaw . and hia compaions as , none but such characters would of course at, tempt to live in such albeal'rty as this is"dei scribed to be. .: ---- ( One of the mounted party who went be low the city, brought back fine fox at- waett:u "ttrh-irt nim some consoiauon iqr qis lauuro w lac more desirable came It waf reported that Johnson and his wjfe were" seen at or near what is known aq Acorn Grove Branch," 1n -Cape 'ear Townships; early yesterday, morning, and that is said to he one of his favorite haunts. One : t the saUads i lerosed?,f 1a that neighborhood, hat flid not hf ppen to come across them." ' " '' "" c There was 4 reciort current on. the streets yesterday' that the outlaw's wife, had made her escane arm arrrvea ai ner nome in mis city i but this was a mistake. -1 Nothing; de- finite has , been heard from her since her capture and disappearance a rew nigms since... v -.im- --- ... - - '. t Sheriff Manning's squad did not return I W tne Cliy uniu iaieuour nunsicmug. l j ia believed that the. outlaw and his I confederates have . their "runners,'' who feformefl of all the movements j that they were .hidden away samewhere I witKfn the citv limits while the vosse comi- within the city limits while, the posse comi tatus were beating the bushes for (hem yes beitinthe bushes tot them yes- terday. There is no doubt that the three desperadoes were fully informed of the in tended expedition -for their capture before the sun went down on, the., day it was pro jected. - ' A Curiosity m tbe Vegetable Line. We examined yesterday a curiosity In the shape of two sweet potatoes of entirely distinct varieties attached tQ 100 same vme -'one known as the BahMDA.and tb oQW; as the Norton yam. f . They, C0ld scarcely be more unlike in appearance inside and out, and present a tangible and unmistaka ble evidence to disprove the popular theory that ' different varieties will not grow on the same .vine. Mr. D. JUL Fennell, of: Middle Sound, in this, county, on, whose Dlantation they were crown, informs us I varieties for the pass four vears,: but this " m m m . . i The schoo'nerr Waterline, from New York for Jacksonville, Flan which arrived jack8onTme, Fla, which arrived : . . . . n Ara n iai voaa nn iiiirHiiHv riMwiuv mil unv 1 . in difltreaa on Thursdav.havine sprung 1 1 ie-t. was numned out at Messrs. WuVl ficient interest is manifested. 1 1 liams & Murchison's wharf, yesterday, by the steamer "Little Giant. The WaterUni had on hoard an assorted cargo, which Was being removed yesterday afternoen.; Her hold presented aqUe; a variety of articles, including pianos, organs, nre-craciterB,uuy, Rit. ftoru. beef. &c - The most' Important leak was found tai he ia the centre-board. and was temporarily remeaiea, tnougn 01 course tne vessel win nare ia go on uc railway and receive an everhauliBg. . Arrested on Suspicion of being Horse Thief. A young while man, apparently about nineteen or rsFenty years of age, and of re spectable appearance, was arrested yester day,, under a warrant issued by Justice Waguer( on suspicion of having a stolen horse in 'his possession. Being a stranger here, and the fact that he offered the horse for. sale, at first wanting $100 for him, next consenting . to take $75, and finally trying to dispose of him for $50. led to his being questioned rather closely, when he got confused and made various contradictory statements. He said at first that he was . from Kentucky, and that he bad been sella iris horses'ln" South Carolina, having dis posed ei one in Columbia, one in Timmons yille and one ia Georgetown. Being asked what part Of Kentucky he came, from he replied, ''tfoe capital,'! .but when asked the nameof tbo. place b hesitated and stamj -ionS JI2 he didnTt know. , At last he confessed that he had made false statements, and declared that he was from near Dudley's Station, Wyne cdualy ; that he was on hia way to TimmoQ8ville; that his mother had fur nished him with the horse, and that he was tired of him, and consequently wanted to sell him. He first , gave his name as' Mea chey, but subsequently stated that he was named Jas. T. Lewis. Being asked if there was any one here who knew him and could, vouch for him, he referred to Mr. Jones, who keeps a cart house in tbe extreme northern section of the city, who he said could vouch for . him. Mr. Jones was called upon and said he knew ; nothing about him had never seen him' before the night. previous. , . .. jHis case being a very suspicions one, to say the feast,' he was sent to jail, in default ,o stjcu'rijy, J, to awai' an investigation on Wednesday next, orJTurthec developments, ; Those who felt any anxiety as to the fate of the Steamship Raleigh, Captain Oiiver, of the Baltimore and Wilmington Steamship Line,, duo here from Baltimore Tjiesday morning, were' relieved yesterday forenoon by .hearing that she Was" inside thie bari and in the srtefnoou had the last vestige of apprehension removed by seeing" her steamiDg isafely into port,. though a; little batteredV by the tough weather to which she had been subjected ou, the pas sage., Captain Oliver reports that he left Baltimore on Saturday afternoon last, the 7th inst. , at 3" o'clock . 1 The weather was favorabl until early Monday morning, when about forty miles southwest of Cape Lookout, at which time he encountered a gale w&ich continued to increase in fury until noon of that day, with a tremendous sea running, when he was compelled to heave his ship to. OnTuesday morning! the wind was west-southwest and blowing harder, sea running heavier andj ship la borine heavilv. At 3.30 P. M. the spanker wascaried awav. Was compelled to keep a full head of steam on the balance of the I day and night. . On Wednesday morning the storm commenced to moderate, with the-wind from the west; stood in and made land to the south, of Lookout, and steamed on down the coast, crossing the ' bar yesterday morning at 11 o'clock. Captain Oliver re ports the gale to have been ' one of the heaviest he has ever experienced. ! 1 ; The steamer Wave, Capt. Robeson, Which was o have left Fayetteville for this plfl.ee On Thursday morning, on her regular trip, went above the bridge on Wednesday t,oj procure some freight and got; caught by ' the freshet, which increased .in yolume so rapidly that when; she attempted to re turn ft was found that she conld not nossi- i - - - z f - bT get under the bridge. She will be Compelled,' therefore, to remain above the bridge until the freshet subsides somewhat. This accounts for the.' arrival here yester day morning of the steamer D. Murchison out other regular timeiandthe non-arrival jofj the Wave in her usual time. i " ; Nor About tbe BransrlcK f f' Case. i: " 1" - Olarder L Jsince writing the account of the .murder in; Brunswick county, . which appeared in I pur last issue, we have learned some few additional rmrticulars. John Davis, who did .the shooting, is only 21 years of age, and liis brother, H. J. Davis, who aided and abetted in the murder, is a boy of 17. They were former' residents. 'of . Fender, John havipg been living in Brunswick, about three years and his .brother about ; three months. The circumstances attending the murder : were substantially as' given by us. John Davisi,' who did the shooting, freely admits the crime to all who visit him.' Mc Duffie was lately married. Tbe difficulty .originated from some ! remarks which the Davises claim McDuffie , made about them in reference to a young woman, . Proposed lieeture . f or.tbe Benefit of ' ! Lieut. Benner's widow. -1 The following card from' Hon: George Davis, which has-been handed to us for publication , explains itself. It. should meet, with a hearty and cheerful response from, the people of Wilmington, and we believe, it will: - ' ." T ' TOTOB PEOWiE OF WlLMINGtTON. But a short time since our hearts were thrilling with emotion as we learned that a brave soldier had perilled his' life to bring relief I to our suffering people. Again a little while. I was a self-immolation in the sacred cause of humanity.and that his wife and children were left destitute. The Southern people I must try to pay our part. I have no mo- nev 10 give, but I want to give of what I y I ,--L r i.oiV If suf- propose to deliver a lecture, the proceeds of which will be applied for the benefit of the widow and children of Lieut. Benner. The subject of tbe lecture will be "An Episode in Cape Fear History," and the time, if ever, on or' about the 2d day of January next, i until when I commit the matter, to your consi deration;:.' ,- Pec, 14thl878. Geo. Davis. -U.Gambetta's father is a grocer at Grenoble. : I has jast sent three colored, convicts to! the penitentiary. The (brranville Jbrpe lance has a new bead. In the -. centre is a knight on horseback withja lance at rest, and he bears a banner with the impressive device "Death to Fraud," ; Salem jPress: Last Monday the U. S . Surveying Corps reached Idoll's ferry, on the Yadkin river. The company num bers thirty, and the average rate of travel is from five to six milesper day. Three good sized boats, one tbe Christian Reid.are used for transportation by the party . Shelby Aurora: Mr. W. M. Iong bad his leg broken and received seve ral other severe wounds, by his horse be coming unruly aun kicking him out of the buggy. There were 3,455 bales of cotton shipped from the depot in this placo from September 1st, 187S, against 2,480 bales during the same period last year. : . i ReidsviUe limes: The ducks ate flying at Beaver Dam. Dr. Redd, -Henry Sampson anif Hugh Williams spent a'aay minting last wees anu Kiiieu uiiet-u. llaey have begun to uock and win soon ay iq millions. , Peter! Brand, a very, died cicver citizen on the Leaksville road, very-8uddenly last , week. A corres pondent says the clock in the copola of Hilisboro court house was presented to Orange county by George keeps good time. j It was though always running. HL in 1753, yet made to 6tand, Statesvilln - Landmark: About four years ago a venerable citizen of Alex ander county gave origin to tbe report mac aCatamount or North American tiger in habited the cliffs of , Davis' Mountain, near Bethel Church. He also stated, with great earnestness, that this or some kindred ani mal was visiting bis nock of sheep and geebe, and that the track of the largest was about the size of that of a Newfoundland dpg.,. All speculation and conjecture in reicrence to me correctness vi mr. luxwh statement was settled a ;few-' -days ago by tbe chasing with hounds and shooting of a large animal,supposed'to be a North Amen- can tiger. :, .- - 1; . j ; 1 .Charlotte I Observer: It is said tljat there is twice as much coal burned, in Charlotteasthereastwoyeara ago. iore, visiting lawyers in Charlotte than ever attended a court here before. The people have already ! begun to mort gage their next year crops, although they - 3 ' I T 1 1 are noiyei ra me gruuuu. xi ia icotucu here through persons who; recently talked with members of the corps of engineers at tacbed to the United States coast survey. now engaged - in making j a survey of tbe Yadkin river, with a view; to ascertaining whether or not it can bet made navigable from Wilkesboro to Salisbury, that the work is progressing satisfactorily, having been more than half finished . It is under stood that the surveyors wMl unhesitatingly inform Congress that the enterprise is prac ticable. The leading feature of Oodey's JJady'sBodk for January is the beginning of a toew story, by Christian Reid . lis Newberh Wit 'Shell : We call . tention to the proceedings of a meeting, h Id by our Jones county friends in refer ence to the improvement! of Trent river. The Trent is one of the finest rivers in the State, carrying as it does a depth of six teen feet of water at its lowest tides for more than twenty-five-miles. It is- a matter of vital importance to this, section for our citizens generally jto turn their at tention in this direction, -f Tuesday was the anniversary of the foundation of our Cilyv 'On the 10th day of December, A. D. l1lQ,Baron Christopher DeGreffenreid and Louis Mitchell, two Swiss gentlemen,landed at; the confluence Of the Neuse and Trent rivers, with a colony of Swiss and Ger mans, who were called Palatines, and a' city founded, which was called Newbern in compliment to DeGraffenreid, who was a nitive of the Canton of Berne, in Switzer land. The'day ought to be celebrated, and f . ... -. -it . , 1 m wp nope inai, it wm not nereaiier oe tsui- ijy tne way, now have aot made an appropriation to procure the journal of DeGraffenreid, the existence ana w Here abouts of which were discovered by Mrs. C arke more than a year ago. Washington correspondent of Tfcbtiio Southerner:- Dr. ijohn McDonald has recovered $400 damages from the Old Dominion Steamship Company for injuries bis mare Faith was alleged to have received wheh in the aet of being taken aboard one bfthe Company's steamer at Boyd's Ferry, some time last Winter. t-I 1 A Temarkable case of defective vision is that of the three children of James Howard, a seafaring man, whose family live on Ocracoke Island. They become totally .blind each day imme diately after the sun goes down. If by chance they ; happen -to be in the yard playing when the . .sun sets, their plays things are instantly laid aside, and, ef forts made to reach the ' house, when they sdon after-retire and sleep soundly until sunrise after which their Sight is described as being restored and, to iall appearances, perfectly unimpaired. The youngest is 3 aid the eldest 10 years Old two boys and pae girl, all of light complexion. Their eyes are; light blue and there is nothing anout them that appears at all strange.- Bill Brown, who was .tried and convicted of; an attempt to commit rape, has been granted a new trial. Ben Hnt has been sentenced, and will .he hung on January 10th. George Cberry,wbo lives on the Olid Foard road, three miles from town.with his father,, Jack Cherry, oh Saturday even ing about dark was shaming Bob Brown for attempting to whip his(Cherry'8)emaller brother, when Brown rushed from his cart with a drawn knife andimmctea several frightful wounds upon Cherry.one of them a fearful gash ia tbe throat. The knife penetrated to the hollow of bis wind-pipe. Ho is not expected to recover. I Tarboro Southerner: We heard many expressions of 'gratification on ac count of Presiding Ever J. E. Mann's be ing realloted" to the' Washington Circuit. s Mr.; H, D. Roberson is .an indepen dent candidate for the Legislature in Mar tin county. The election comes off on the 19th inst. We were asked the other dav what was the meanest thing .We ever knew. We stated emphatically a drink of new persimmon brandy, Sweetened with sorghum syrup, drank out ; of a, fresh-cut cymbling.7 It gave us every disease known to the medical faculty except the measles, which it brought on about two weeks after. It was "endurin o', de wartV ', Our jail contains only seven prisoners, all told. This is the smallest number we have had in jail at anytime since the "late unpleasantness. j We knocked a man down for asking us Monday why O'Hara was like a good 1 TXT n kit.!. litm ntian B.M M.noa UUVIL TIB UUltCU UUU ITIKU u gam J.uou he was trying to clean up the lutchin. vou spill it on your 1 cut the thing fiat, we assure our Brother Shotwell, of the Farmer and Mechanic, that Hon. Jos. J. Martin is, or was, a Brigadier General of Militia. , Far be it from us to snatch one blood-bought laurel from bis military brow. r- A camel will sooner go through the! eye of a I needle than an Edgecombe grand jury will indict a road overseer. -It is nowj generally con ceded that Randolph A. Shotwell can make more puns of a sulphurous character than any ink distributer in the! State. ... A Washington letter states that Major Yeates will contest Gen. Martin's seat on account of frauds. We fought hard for the Major, but unless be; has a dead sure . case we advise him to pass in his checks gracefully. J. J. Price's kitchen and contents, at Battleboro. were destroyed byjfire recently; loss $200. t SamlL.. Hflhard is going toEnglahd"t6 look after ancestrally de- scended property. Beaufort county A.ueoaiing socieiy iu uieuuauvjr n uiovum ing the Jquery : "Is egg-nogg pizen ?" Not unless vou spill it on your clo'es. To

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