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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 ?-
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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
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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