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' (HE OVERHAULING OF THE -NAVlf
DEPAHTHIENT. 1 .
- That the former Secretary of the
Navy, Rbbesoh, should be investiga
ted and criminally prosecuted, wo
have not doubted for some years. If
in private life, in the transactions be
tween man and man, a person were to
act as this Secretary of the Navy
under Grant acted, he would, soon
ind himself a member of the peni
tentiary striped brigade. . Some
months ago wp copied certain charges
against him of" corruption' and 4 un-f
faithfulness in office. We were, then
hopeful that his transactions would
be thoroughly overhauled, and that
it would be ascertained if he had been,
corrupt in office, and to what extent.
This being done, then the law should
take its course in dealing with
offenders. v- ;
such
W4 do not suppose there is the
slightest doubt of his guilt. The in
vestigations made by., the House Com
mittee on Naval Affairs, of which
Mr. Whiithorne is .Chairmanj are
such as to satisfy any man not blinded
ly party zeal that Secretary Robeson,
and some of . his subordinates. vwere a
rasoally set and richly deserve severe
punishment." " I
The Radicals ou this Naval com
mittee have shown -but little zeal or
interest in the--investigation, whilst
the Democrats have been earnest and
laborious in their efforts to arrive at
the truth. I
The reportof the committee is to
lo soon presented to the House. It
gives the needed information, andex
poees fullyas we learn, the flagrant
violations of law of which the Secre
tary of Navy was guilty, and certain
others connected with that Depart
ment. The Washington I'ost thus
Huiamanzes what is set forth in . the
roport: . I - il
"la the first place it shows that, up to
the close of the fiscal year 1877, over nine
huidredand sixty millions of dollars have
beei expended upon .the United States
Navy since the organization of the govern
ineit. Of tbiS amount ' $416,785,272 00
were expended since 1864, sod under the
eigU years of Grant rule the sum of $182,
493033 48 in money.in addition to millions
of collars', worth of -accumulated material,
was expended. 1 Besides this vast . outlay.
Mr: Robeson left a demand for an appro
priation of $2,033,861 27 to meet, certain
deficiencies, and left the various Bureaus
of tie Department in debt to the amount of
$3,(00,563 ,89. which he called upon Con
grea to pay. The report shows that thirty
oneBhips, which cost the government $13,
775837 S3, were sold for $542,524 47, and
tweaty ships which cost $12,614,390 45
wee broken up and sold for $541,831 16,and
iha out of the money so received .the sum
of $101,847 44 was taken as the cost
of Vreakiog up the vessels. . Besides their
rectless extravagance it is shown, that Bob
esot and his chiefs of bureaus violated the
. lawt in numerous ways. They sold old
vesl3 and material at private sale,: in spite
of be law which provides that all each ma-,
teriil shall be sold at public auction after
due notice by advertising has been given
of tie sale. They made such use of the
motey so received from these sales in the
de&nee of the law providing that all mo
nejs derived from the sale of condemned
stuf or vessels, or any material that cannot
be sed by the navy shall be covered into
iheTreasury, and shall not be applied to;
anj use for the navy unless specifically ap
prcoriated by Congress- Robeson and his
palf purchased supplies and materials by
pri ate contract from their favorites, while
. the few : provided . that all . purchases and
coDtjacts for supplies, &c., "shall be let to
the west bidder who is a regular dea7e
ia o: manufacturer of " the articles wanted .
It is hown that over $20,000,000 were ex-..
peoc:d by Robeson in violation of this
law. -.if- - ; "l .
Trie committee recommend, . in
vie of these facts, that George M.
Hot json, W. W. W. Wood, Isaac
Hatasn and James H., Wathiongh,v
"observe and should receive the se
veest censure and , condemnation;
, ani thaty in addition ' thereto, said
paties, as well as others aiding and
abtting therein, should be punished
to.he extent of the law," and that
thse parties, thus fehown to! have
. dilated the law, "may be tried and
puished as prescribed by law." j i '
This. looks .like business.' Let no
gulty man escape, as Grant said.
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VOL. 10.
Let justice be done though it klwcki:
the bott6m otxt of the i charaofers o
these faithless andenal officials. - ' '
s From a Washington Aeegram of
J,he I7lb, we learn, that .the commit
tee will withhold the1 s report for thev
present in order th'th excused may,
nave "an opportunity t ?. to f armshi
proof as desired by' tnem'W sh'bw1
thaft thejpharges preferred .are false.'
The time granttd , for this, purpose
extonds until Janrtiry--'4i and 1t- is
understood that in orjiero allowi tAl
opportunity for the liutroduotion of
new; evidence, the committee 'I will
hold sessiotjis during itiejjhohdy re-:
cesai.' ' a---- :!l i 'i i .tJ
Nothing. wUl be 46ne. this ..Con4
gressinal! probability1, and Robescm5
will be a member of i the 46th Con
gress. "' "
The Washingtoa Psj interviewed
Hon. Alfred M. WaddelL chairman
of, the House Committee on Post-
offices and Post Roads, in regard to
the i action of the Postbffice',: DepaVt-1
ment as to the- milway mail servioeu
He iwas askeii'what he ; thought of it.
.We! give the main poiutsit: Mr. Wad-f
dell said: . . j -j.-. .. I
. 'That it will, be exaetly Irlgbt. T told
ihent last winter hv the House; when Mr,1
Key sent in his estimate, that be 'was right,
and 'that if they expected him to keep up
thatisort of 'service they Should . give him'
the money to do it with 1" f t
u fYour committee has ;sdrne. control of
the matter, has it not?' ; ' " : v
- rfKot the least.'; ; t If "jr '; . . .. ...
' fDoes, not the ' Committee " on Appro
priations act bo your recommendations V.
fNo; they disregard our , reeommenda
ti0n8, and snub us at all times, Iast.8ea
8ion after our committee ha4 eat upon
measures for six ,weeks and, presented
carefully preplvbilJa, Ihjey ., were , &am-,
temptuously thrown aaida, without cons id
eratfoo, by this aUrpawerfiuj coQllntee.,
"fVVhat is your committee or, then ?'
" fLike a great many others; ornamental,
I presume. The Committee bit Approoria-
"ttons has absorbed -all of the tpower of the '
tiouse. 'i na rest ot us nave but compare-,
lively little o say in legislative matters.' ",'
r-p:. . lr ' t.J.;..!,
THE HOUSK Bfc KJTOa AL. 01 flu ;
"he-jjelectoral j bili yf jthe Hbose ,
committee, of' wbieb Mf. Southard is
cbairman, is 'tbolong for our cobvmbs
or we would , publish, it
It
is . no
doubt a better bill than the Edmunds
bill wbiehs passed f the Senate.. .It
maintains the2 spirit and intent of ; the
Cs)80,-. reSorve:;p' J ' theV
states' the ex-ciosiYe rrgbt of selecting
their electors. ...T;he mode and man
ner, -as ' heretofore ; have ! not been
Changed. Iu;the event of , a contro
versy in any, State as to the; appoint
ment or eligibility .-of : electors, : the
same may be passed'upon by the
highest judicial tribunal, and the de
cision thereof shall .be certified by
such tribunal to the President of the,
Senate. -This decision may be made
either before 'or? after the casting of
.the: vote by the State electors!" This
decision of the supreme judicial tri-i
bnnal shall-be-conclusive unless re
t t f r;
vereed by both Houses. ' If there are
decdsions frofrr two or more tribunals
claiming to be the highest jodiciaftri-
burial, the two' Houses shall deter--
mide which is , the" ! lawful ' tribunal,'
and Its decision shall be heldits , con:
plnsive -unless reversed sr by both
Houses.' ' 1 1
I . : i i . i - .
3y comparing the twb bills itj will
ne iseen tnat tnere are some impor
tant differences! The Edmunds bill
delegates ! to the State Reinrn-
ing Board, or any State author
ity! which, may be created f de
termining a controversy, the, power.
to settle definitely: the electoral vote
of the State, placing it beyond the
power of the two Houaesjif Congress
to inquire into-the facts. White the
House bill takes'nopowerfroni the
States heretofore exercised; it names
a tribunal, and thta the most respects
able and honorable in the fState, be
fore which controversies may be.ad
judicatedy and the result1 certified to
the1 Congress. : It retainshowever,
the rights. of the two Houses not only;
to inquire -irrto the" ! Idecisidn - of the
State tribunal, but to reverse it. The
bill practically, retains eail ? the' powers
wbioh Congress has i. heretofore exer
cised," add ' specifically provides the
mode and manner -of determining re
sults by' the two Houses in' joint con-
The Edmunds bill will impose upon
the country the principle and policy
of the Republican leaders,as deolared
and practiced in the contest of 1876
:77,when they refused to go behind
returns, and declared! the action of
the Florida, South Carolina and Lou
isiana" Returning " Boards absolute
ana unaL i f
j TheJEdmundsbiil favors the ahsor-,
lute decision of the State Returning
Board, :or any'dther f tribunal which
may JeVireateY This tribpnalf shall
count, the, vote, &qd, decide who have
been chosen ! as' electors, f From its
pogressaAorpowerQSo be
the cetirficliUon to inaolre alWo.fritod'i
of corruption; ftutHmhst aeceiptsthr
,proeeedingp by its; owp actinlTr
--i-,: ..': 1 1
retiB i mere.cipoerjana. can', ae-
lermioo: n 4 result: TJvisds Edmunde's J
djepision of the' Returnirig Bofds"
final.' ; eao'. WVWrmlW
ideal of State rights." Stfwtefotn a' tiiere' U
n.io uavei uuuiempiateu ov me
tJonstionbV'r
Houses -to.1CAnvasshe,I!p!vpas1 beenh
cuutanuy exerctsea ana nc ver,en
ou8ly ditottted. S & vS f v.oO .1
cnlties, and can but hope hat ttbe
wrsom anainQtVirni, gljtCoagres
wil prove qnal" to- the-emergencyt'
Wei are solicitous that a -law Snail be
t framed thai Wilt berietft'thb WuritirV
a.na; not serye.. any par,ty as ,fiQfft it
tbeSopthard biU is ,defecve in, any ,
particular ifi Sought to !b6 1 s amended ,
.as,-to make it answer 1K all ' respe'ets
the '.vfeifj' i Wpbfiiaiit "4nri in'ieV " '-'
. iWo notice" that tH'e dmunds Bitl "i
uasjoeea reierrejya.i.u xipnseo air.
iSoathard's, v committee, , . t .will not
pas unless amendefd in maty partica-r.
larsi 1 That cbrdmittee'will'take gkirjBd
care of it.
ji XI
Sjenator 8atler, of aoutfcJarolma,;
I made Met first Speech ki the Sehaterori'
Monday, in reply to Blame s arraign
ment of iSoutn." Carofinat'aD velrV"
ma$iy aud able. .. Jienaa .tioe.speaker,
and his manner is aaidrto ihavohflBh:
emiently "cttrttis nrl deliberate1'
He jbore htraself with inarked' self
resljraini under no , 6e' ietoaoa :
to fee aggressive. and,.,resentft' lie.
obtained a victory and i scored tone;
agafiest the" vigo-rou6land ?ittgtief
wrestler from (lib froeiV7 rgrllsjIof,
Ma neT! " - '-'iW-
THE XBA ..IlKNGTCN BKLSHAZZAB8
There uever was a completer fizzle
thaii the effort of . Blaine, to f'fire the
Northern heart." Even Cockling
'snliedKad. wpajd, ."wpuh , A
cent." After much caucnsSitrg' ahd:
thel most parnf ul -rinr1tioitl:tt'om1
mitjtee or ooscuruie were, orougut
forth, j The ; great .Roarer i himself
shook his head ominously aud said
he f'wouldn't takeanysugar in his'rr."
Bu the fun of the tthing lies', in the
fact that there is much ..shaking
ampqg the Radical dry-bepes. , Whilst
Bldine snorts and q cavorts in the
Seijatorial areria begging some Sou tbi
erni man to tread 'oil r the tail "of ' his'
coat, tuere are quasmg f ana anxiety
among the "visitingstatesmen .who
did the light-fingermg in i the South
in i 876, and accomplished the'enor-
mous theft;-5 The New York Wdrld
i, editorially ;,'
ord has been passed along the Re
ican line that the doings of certain Re
publican leaders in Louisiana,- South Caro
lina and ,. lorida. ,- must be mvestigated.
There is a. fearful looking-for of copies, in
the ihands either of .General Bh tier or of the
Democrats, of Republican ciphers which it
had been hoped that ta Western nostmas
ter had effectually . suppressed. , AryLafterj
this' word has been passed goes another to
ine eneci mat lor issu 'everyvone 01 me
Hayes clique, who had to dx with the Re
turamg uoara consmracy must ne thrown
over. Those Republicans who contrived
iue pioi, or wuo execurea it in inose oiaies,
or Who defended ft ?bef ore the Electoral
Commission must he diaowqed aa Tweed
wasj disQwned,by theTJempcracy." .
r. yn1? tt"",q vpr aarbjjbjaAn lrrrpiti-
Itto before? tllaye tsitl the jeajeyw
mept of Uncle , Samuel TilaenI, W.
salary 150.000 a yQarr-;and hundreda
of thieves, hold fffttoe iUndef Jws
pointment, as rewards lor services
r We fel'.i eeinteresVin' the'final'
plan 'of adjusting' . lnefeoaral difii-
says
PUD?
rendered, and the country, ia itox.4.cttifes".la.thlsState'are ex-
ecutive Departmen
n't; is ntrdlfeTle-4
nodding to Radic
laeaa or
waste and extraYaga,nQe)tan4.y.e t;t)ie,
precious rascals are. ta bei ignored and.
spit upon because ; they stole the ;Jftfcfc
Idency." ' What a gloriotisiilustratibtr1
of the old saw about honest men get
ting thir jues hetihe roea'gjj'
out. - yeijpbnherrflan wjjiayei
to walk the plank although i he. was
the areh-COBSplrator -and the ehlif'
knows no law, an A napftfaal) y party
rnanipuKtrir of stflperjabusrJd
But, as the W8aj?j,n,ece88iiy
necessity, r Th ptea ym 'b? YWi'work House and find them in good cohdis
tnese iepuDimanpioiiers wno j se
cured the Returning Bpardslbywhat:.
ever immoral practices, had no powr
,er 1 or : right to represent, and. taint
whole Republican, organization.
he Princess Alice. WhosedeatJi
,pcrurred recently of diphtbWia waa
said to have beejrhenjgJ' loVable'
and the greatest if sprnrite ; with ;the'
people pf atfoiftyyjojbr
:q.iil- '
' A Texas' buwiffumaJ a nine-year-old
murderer a hua'dred' Hes before
capturing him. , '
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fjTja.'G.,-' FRIDAY-,- DECEMBER '27 : 1878.
B8i WHIPPING POSIVo
,oso bhj4Jli!tterwbH)lng4f fa white woman at
the Iwrotiid-tiidft; in Richmond.
atejtv dajs agofa f&rriishiisg.a ew 1
rS'r,:nir,tjPPQsitVfl to, itJLjreyj-
ty'ihW9diOH. b &Ka fighting iu
1 J A.JL"'---lt l.VT' .'I.IV.'.;.1. V fir. : m
rpXfnr w-:www onn: Bcnaanu vae ooutn,
.th
ffctf whip or'k hickory is a good
.evM)!f M II ir t'V-.l. .
drspositiQn. to either, adopt it .'for, the
iink uroe, vor . to return.io it on the
garl ol States that once employed it.
jhe PhiUdelphia Times says o the
:gro vrng-inclraatibn d revive' r the
wiilnpo;s"t:" - ; r
luciE.HDU cviucui uisuuaiwiuu iu uittuy
paitiof thf country to reUdopl the whip
aai a o.meUiod'j "at ntlniahment for rfnVf
ih.tSWy sClingiogTOperaMtetly
r x - -
iotas anciepi plan,
Btood alone for vears
ana preserved,' by the sheer force of her
persistency, the life of the system, which
every where else hadu perished, several
uiucf oiaica iibvh juineu uer, or ai present
seen! likely' to do so. ' In Virginia, for. a
yearjor twx past, whipping for larceny has
beed quite r common g in South Carolina it
ha been to some extent, introduced, and,,
from the "tenor" of ' the discussions in the
-Ctaifornia Constitatiohal Convention,' U'is
lsteimecE likely that that State will incor-r
ppraie jt pp,a pew penat system." , i ,,,
vjThat paper notes the fact, 4,hat tn J
the Legislature of Kentucky a bill to
ree stablish it failed 11 of its - passage,
whi st 'the Constitution of Georgia
expressly lorbids the use of the lash
arfs pens method, V: M L-
Ihexe.is A, growing sentiment .in
No: th Carolina we think, .favorable
to i a reestattisment.n Theeniten
tiarkr has1 faffed to9 deter criminals or
to' lessen crime. " Toe 'convicts rather
s well-clothed, andj Wl1.. n,9 j more, wojk
:to.do than Uiey , wonklrhave if on the
outside of 'the prison. They are sent
to the penitentiary for stealingJ and
befbrd they'hfave been out a: week af-
ter lueir iine expires, uiey are at ine
1 ij . 1 ' l i. : . i.
CKIUC.-VIU VIC& U 13 IUUUU
more dreaded Lhan a sort of. semi-in-
lcarpeTatioi'T"If - the?' whipping-post
we e restored as to' "stealing and- the
lig iter offences, against law, it would
je found probably to work well.
hat good time coming so 4ohg
looked for and bo lagging iu the rear
wili not, rbe with us, we fear, during
.$19. The monetary outlook is uot
cheeriot iu Europe or Amenica. ? We
have not much hope for hotter times
as
Cli
pret. The following, from the
krleston Jtfews and Courier, tells
a sad "story for that city:
tThe spectacle presented to the country
by the publication of the city sheriff's no
tice for the sale of the real estate and other
property of nearly twelve hundred citizens
of jUharleaton, may well till the minds of
its people, with the gravest reflections as to
.the causes which have induced this Whole
sale auction ' of the' city of Charleston
There never was a period of time during
the past nity years .when there was so uni
verbal a money famine among the people
oi the city." - ''
hllai
Chfriatmas Box.
weye much gratified to learn of the
success of Messrs. Poison, Munds and Ro
binson, the committee of St. John's , Lodge
Hoi l,in -procuring Christmas contributions
for ,thQxford Orphan. Asylum j as through
.theskindness of the Railroad aud Express
authorises, they were igiven,, on Thursday;
asti tree transportation fpr nearly two dray
loads of articles, consisting in part of su
gar tecoeeTaisifts, .oranges, ;. apples,
onts, candy, cakes, clothing, &c, to make.
iheichildren happy, while fire crackers were
notiforgotten for )he merriment of the boys;
aaq the ppmmiUc, in,., behalf of the.or-!
phanss teng.fr,; their sincere thanks to theia-
de, gentlemen, ; childien, merchants and
Maions who, so generously responded to
,-jfjhejr call. " s 11 2 ": - '
ImporUDt to Cotton fdrcbaaera.
' Skate Treasurer Worth has Called the at-
tention of (lie jRegistef of Deeds to the fact
tttat it has oeen reported to ms department
. that miD? persons In dlflereat towns and
Pf1
pajl fid &i for said privilege, while by ex-
amlnatlon of the Revenue law-Of - 1876-,77.J
iectiah lS;' Bchedale Bit will be found
that they are bound to pay ope tenth or. one
pferj cent, on all purchases, as other . mer-
cnanta, ana mat it is maae me auiy or ine
Ketister to prosecute every one who re
fuses era fails to pay, not only for this year,
bufi alSQ.fprhefyeara877. .
Report of lUe Grandanrx Important
) -''" Cecomnendatlod.
ATbe' otlowlhg is the report of the Grand
3jMue Mlnelaeernvrjf the Crlmina:
uonrt for rtew meover eounty:
j CsiMiir al COtmT, Hkw Hanovbk Co., ) ?
DeeembTerml878.;' !
TheXJrand JurvJbea leave to report that
.tney have examinea.tne uounty jaiiana
tioh and wel and properly kept.-; They
bate, also given the County Poor House a
thorough inspection and, report that they
fin it properiy Kept auu- in eAveueui con.
i a' Tx appearing to the Grand' Jury that there
'4t appearing to tne urand Jury that there
has been' andTstill existsWch useless prose
cution of trivial offences before the magis
trates' courts of, ;this ,county, so, much so
that we deem it of. the. utmost lmnortance
to i the i'WeUbeinei of society that ' the
nuleancer should be abated, and as there
seems to us no other way of reaching the
casef we wpuld, recommend that this Court
memorialize the Legislature at its approach
ina Session to abolish all feeSof magistrates
foe thisconatv.iand the aDoolntmentby the
County Commissioners of a Special Magis
trate for the city of Wilmfngtpn, at a salary
fixed oy tbera.' ' K --v:
;i t ,. :! ! ! w. a. uilbs, foreman.
li:; ?1 : t l 'JiG'f . :
llit.WfJJ6.,'FjpWwrViJ.':','i ' ,
, Testerday'rnbfningi a . lefegram :WaS re
ceived by the way of 'StatesviUer from Mr
John J. Fowler, dated at 11 A. M.T stating
that his brother was still alive, but' that he
was sinking1,1 andmenfibnliig' -farther, tliav
two negroes had cefeh arrested on suspicion
of hvir g" made the jwsaalt! upon him. This;
telegram prepared the relatives and friends
of the unfortunate .gentleman for; the dis
tressing telegraphic announcement received
rom. Mh J. J;' T6w4ef-'at' Charlottenast
eveniag;-u fellews v- ' ..a '
' "Brother fexetred IbiaL forenoon . at 11
o'clock. Just arrived here with, remains.
look fci'us tomorrow Btght" ;- ' v -
Mr. FoVler was 'slrlcfien ' down on -his;
way. from his store typhis ireflidence at
Moore$Tiile,red cojiairyj ua Tuesday eve-
umgIast, aDd was soon afterwards, tlisoov
ered lying insensible on thejavement")yith
two or three severe wounds' on the ' head!"
admjnisteied th l&leV'wood,1 and f "
which the aiteading 'phjsiciaps feared; tV
the tme of examination Tbad ' .resulted' in
fracturing his skull. .- This, no; doubt, was
the ease. ' -,
i Mr: Fowler removed 'from' this city .to '
Moordsvllle last'spriog; with 'the view of
benefiting hts health by a residence ia (hat
section of the BtatjKThQ change -.bad re
sulted in very marked. improvement, and he
was! also, doing well in a pecuniary point of.
view when, he met. with the misfortune that'
ennea.in nis uniimeiy ueaiu, uaying aiso
secured the respect and' esteem of the 'peot
pie among whom he had So : lately cast his
lot. The deceased leaves a wife' and ' bne
child to mourn bis sad fate.
Yesterday's Charlotte Observer;,, received
laatjlast, alluding to the outrage, says: .. t
Whenthe traiil paSsed Mu6iBtiflle;es
terday f ternoooi W. Gi Ppwler1 tUe
merchant who was knocked 'down and
rob yed there night befcre'lasii was thought
to be --in a idying conditioot : He hasn't
SDOken since the occurrence. Several per-
sohi were" arrested under suspicion; bnt as 1
J -yet bo posH,i?e eyideqee has, been obtained
agamsi any one. x ne citizens oi we piace
are tereatly incensed at , the : ontroge . and
every efEort is being made to discover tbo
perpetrator, ana tney are not liKeiy to stop
till this done, AbrpUer, pf , the victim
Mr.f J. J. Fowler, came up from his home
in Wnmington iaafe night, tad will go on ia
Moeresvine to-oay, ,ivnj( iJ luR ,(
I
;Tm::mk oitAH8BE,Mathf8, -qoIoi
-j - -. .
changed, .ithUie, mudr pf:uhen Efer-v
rip g, colored, was set for trial in yx is -Court
yesterday, but was finally continued until
nexs term, me grouna oi continuance
was the fact that one' Henderson' Davis,
colored; of this city, was reported to have
heard,; while ia jail; last: weeki -some ! con-
fesskoo made by the?woman Lucy Herring,
which it was though could ,be used ; to the
advantage of the prisoner, and the case
waa. coniiuueu ia oraer uiu ii cvuu ue
summoned and testify as to the .character
and extent of said -confession.
James Mosely, an old colored man j sixty
years of age, convicted of rape,, his victim
being a colored woman, was .sentenced to
be hung on the 14th of March next.
Daniel Zfiuller, colored, was - sentenced
to three years in the penitentiary, pro
vided he fails to pay the fine and costs im
posed by the court, j
Allen Mathes, James Mosely and Uanier
Miller were bronght to this city last night.!
in charge, of Deputy bbenrl Dordeaux, and.
returned, to tneir old quarters in the county
jail; Lucy Herring Implicated i in the
murder or Reuben -Herring, and who
turned State's evidence' ' ' against ' Allen
Mathes, was sent to Duplin, -conaty jail.
. be mooresvllle Trt;edy. ' ' '
V J'ICharlotte Observer. 'j !
At. 10.45 yesterday morning, -Mr. W. G.
"XFs 1 a r thn IfnArAOVillAtnarnhflnt urrtA txtqq
Avnivit uiv auw wwa tv una
waylaid, ' knocked Idowa -and beaten and
robbed, jiesaay nignt, wnue on his way
from his store to his dwelling ill that town,
died. He remained la an unconscious state
to the last, and consequently could give nq
information as to the identitv of the Deme
traiorof tae outrage An examination of
his skull revealed the fact that it had been
fractured in seven different Dlaces.ahowine
that -the highway ! robber v undoubtedly
intended to kill his .victim . berore taking
luslmoney, r "
; JSight before last; Jttr.:jjr mctiean and
another. .pUizen of .the place arrested two
negroes,' Jo Gillespie and Jule Davidson,
and yesterday meroicg they f were , taken
before Justices Harris and Walker for
trial.'' As there Were fib' witnesses to the
occurrence, of, course there was much difr
ficUltv in obtaining testimony other than
that which '-could- be drawa from the two
men. o Finally. , however.- GillesDie con
fesied Jo being implicated in the crime,but
asserted' that he watched while Davidson
committed the, deed... The flatter 4enied
this, -arid his testimony tended tq convict
Giliespfe.i-'At 12 1'O'cldeka.th court ' Ad
journed for dinner, leaving., the prisoners
in pnnriTR m nmcen. t
' By this time two Or ihree hundred people
haq collected w the place, ana considerable
excitement prevailed, having greatly in
creased after the J announcement of the
death of Mr. Fowler.. The conduct -and
assertions of the accused men forced the
conviction that one or.both f them t were
guijty,. , Bp determined were the crowd to
ferret Out the matter that tw6' or three men
took Davidson out of the hahds of the offl-
cers and. placing a rope around. his neck,
buog him up for awhile to make him con
fess what he , knew? o He .persistently ; re
fused, sod in the meantime Mr. Isaac Har
ris! and Mr. John-' Shepherd ''entered the
room and prevailed upon fbex men tor take
him. down. ,t . ,. j
" The trial Was resumea inff the .fiernoo&;
but was not concluded, the magistrates de
ciding to adjourn till, this morning at 9
o'clock. 'when it is believed mat one or the
other of the men can be induced to make a
coniession. a
' In the meantime, however, it is : greatly
feared that the people of . the town and
neighborhood will become so incensed that
they will tynch the, med TfRheutl further
testimony. Our information is that many of
them are nrmiy convincea tnax Dcnn -men
are guiity.and public seutimanthaa been so
vrnsalv insnltprl hv the dntraee noon an es
teemed Wtizehthatiit'wiH' W duucuK tr
restrain them.' : Indeed . so intense was
the feeling there yesterday throughout the
day, and'sd determined are the people to
bring the guilty to punishment, that all the
stores were closed, and4 business of every
kind suspenaea, tne ctuzuasr gnnng uiem
selves up entirely W the lufemlgarion of
the crime. ,,,, ,f -1 t-- ;f -4 -.
Mr. Fewier haffnlf-lieen a citizen o
Mooresvillembouw ia year; bat during , that
time he has won; tne conhdence na re
spect Of all whd were brought Into business
or social relations with him.
NO. 9.
The cotton Tax.
' Raleigh Observer. v! "
The following letter from Dr.
Worth will be found full tri. interest:
Raleigh,5 Dec. 1 7, 1 8 78.
C. SiYnpson, Msq., Register of
Deed, Monroe, JV. (J.: v n
. You state further that "thev
are wiliog to, pay .from now. on, but
notjthe back. They acknowledge by
this; expression their liability to the
taxj but fail to reoognize the full re
quirement of the law. , Please refer
them to the language of section 12,
schedule B, which is explicit and un
mistakable: "hivery merchant, jew-"
eler1, grbcer,druggist, and every other. 1
trader, who, as principal or agent,
arries. on the business or buying or
elljng goods, wares, or merchandise,
of whatever, name or description ex-
oept such as are specially: taxed t else '
where iq this act, shall, in addition to
his ud valorem tax, pay as a privilege
tax&c. :': ' . ' ' ' ; I
It cannot be denied that cotton is
an article of merchandise, and that itr
is not specially taxe elsewhere in the
act.- Ihe JawJis contained in, sectipa
12, 'applies also. to purchasers of corn,
tobacco,' and all other articles of mer
chandise not specially taxed t else
where iu the act. ; If, the parties fail
fto; furnish you with the , list as ,re-.
quirea, it is your auty to notiiy tne
Solicitor of your District of the fact,'
and he will take the:matter in band. .
TJatUjof. opinion jthat strictly,. barter
transactions, are not taxable,, but a
puncbases are clearly liable. r i
''.'-. ' 1 J.'M. WottTii, .
d:)fi;t State ,Treasurer,
JMoeganton, H . C, Dec, 15
'ditor- Star:! n : y our ! issu e
of
13th appears an article signed
rthiiCarpjina," ,m which it. is
cnargea tnat tne omcers ot this vom
pa: are hostile to the interest lof
Wflaungton. Such is far from being
.the) case, as was shown by our
acts.
Evefv, i DTevious administration
had
cfeargeidf ulljfreights to Salisbury for
an i articles j;o vv unungion, toougq
thejy left "our road at StatesvilTe,
twenty-six miles this 6ide. Itwas
olekrly o pur mterest to aot :as our
prddcessors, had( we Jooked oyJto
ba o.wh interest, without" considering
tha great advantage to the : State in
building up the trade of Wilmington.
Our road beiner a, State road, is open
alike, Jq.-.Uxe freights (of all, and ,y
invjestigation North Carolina" will
&nf that the trouble is: not where fae
ha4 located it. From old associa
tions and friendships your city has a
warm, place in mv affections, and her
luiereab uas never suaereu irom any
wisn or oraer or mine.
Very respectfully, ;
: Your obL serv't.,
Jas. W. Wilson, ,
Pres't. W. N. C. R. R
Support ef , Iiunatlca Oatslds . of the
Asylam.
: LRaleigh News.
Mr. Partin, clerk in the Auditor's
ofiace, has prepared a table showing
the number of lunatics supported by
the State in the various counties, as
well as the cost of their maintenance.
There are only sixty counties in which
lunatics are so kept, and there are of
these 342.- The total amount paid for
their support from March 12, 1877, to
Januarylst, 1878, - was $24,423 96.
The Other counties of the State have
no lunatics outside the . Asylum.
There are ten counties that claim less
than $100 for the "support of these
unfortunates. Eight counties' claim
lees than'.' $200; ten claim less than
$30 jifive claim less than $400: eight
claim less than. $5 00; .while nineteen
amount is paia to riuiaeriora, wnose
lunatics tuns supportea are us id
! r. - : v
number.f , JNew Hanover has the
largestr . number, 20, and ch
$lJ361.77. Wake has onlv 12 thus
BUprSorted, and tney cost"' only $725.
The county v whose charges are the
smallest is 'Anson, which has only $64.
Who Killed Simon Cameron's Bro-
' j .'-. - . .. ther I...... 1r -; :
iZ 1 Special dispatch to the Post.1
F St. Louis', Dec. 17. In connection
r with' the story of wo v. Wade Hamp
ton having shot and killed Col. Jas.
Cameron, brother to Simon Cameron,
at i the battle -of-rButf-Ron, after
Cameron t hada surrendered, t Henry
Koener says: ,"I was, a member of
the Seven ty-ninth New York Regi
ment, of which Cameron was Colonel;
wais at Bull Run and was with him,
not ten feet away, when he fell, and
was the Jfirst to raise .him up. The
Rebels were three or four hundred
yards away, cannonading ud, and we
could hot j see them, they being
screened, by trees and bushes. Uame
rbn fell longbefore our regiment was
forced; to surrender," . ,
A Prominent Carolinian ' Qaotlns
Scripture.
' .Mechanic and Farmer.J
But the worst we happen to know
of, is the boast of a worthy North
Carolinian, (who at onetime held a
prominent place in public life,) con
cerning his flask, i. e., : that it : was
ike the widow" Crew's oiL" "How
was that?" asked one of the party.
"Why? grunted the old Colonel,
vha nt yon never " read int the Test-i
ment 'bout theidywCreWeriIe, an'
the more she put hi ; the fuller it got.
Ub; hbld'Oh-r-it's this 4 way: the
more she drunk the fuller it 'got!
Youll find all about it in the Scrip-
tureu, out x uiBreuieiuuer uuapier.
The' Colonel's guest Was lucky enough
to suppress himself in. time without
necessitating any oxplan atio n- th at
the-widow's crruise of;;oil",wa8-not a
drinkable concoction.
the
SpirisrI'urpgntme
- The value of the land in North
Carolina is $74,221,898.
Raleigh Baptist Seminary has
the Kindergarten in full. operation. gggg
Goldsb6rd' has 'shipped ' 17,000
bales of cotton this season, and 13,000 more
are expected.
Tom Evans gets off a good
article on the closing Up of the year. Long
may the limes live. ; -
t- The cost of the new brick stores
built in Goldsboro in4be last eighteen
months were $300,000.
The retail trade of Goldsboro
this year is $1,500,000. Its wholesale busi
ness is large and gfowipgr
The Goldsboro Messenger came
to us with a large supplement containing a
review of the business of that flpurisbim; -
r The Graham Gleaner deuies the
statement of the Kaleigh Item that the
cbanty officers of Alamance had failed to
give bonds.
-i- An eight year old negro girl
was burned to death in Wavne county re-
eendy. She was cooking dinner when her
dress caught fire.
- Rev. Dr. Sutton will leave Pitts-
bord, where he has resided for eighteen
y eanv aud take ''charge of the JGpvscopa l
chhfcj atrUxeeoiiboro..
H- The: Shelby Aurora says Mr.
James Love, aged 83, Mr. Gilbert Venison,
aged 84, Mr. Meses Koss, aged vi, and Mr.
ticnard AlcUinms: aged bU. lour oi the
oldest citizens of Cleaveland county, have
died in less than one month.
1 4- Raleigh New: That talented
andieasy. writer, Maj. W. A. Hearue, is
nowi on the editorial stall or the Observer,
of this city.' His editorials on the internal
improvement question are forcible, and
conspicuous for their clearness and argu-
ment.-
4- Goldsboio J!fai7: From a private
1
communication received in this place wc
earh that Mr. Frank Fage, a merchant at
'Ward's Store." Kobeson county, commu
ted suicide on Thursday night of last week
by shooting himself through the head with
a pistol. -v.-.'. .- ,
; 4- Raleierh Observer: The authori
ties (discharged from the penitentiary on
Thursday,' Jack Oxendine, a mulatto, con
victed in Robeson, county of larceny, and
sentenced to the penitentiary in March,
1878. 'He is 1 about 29 years Old, 5 feet 7
ncbes high, and weighed when admitted"
145 'pounds. " V ' ' -
. 4-In Cherokee county, some days
ago as statea oy? a.corresponaent oi tne
Raleiehieios.We8lev Thorn nson and Henrv
Palmer, colored; the latter! an ex-convict of
thislstate. mat into a. difflenltv. the result of
a game at cards, when Thompson shot Pal
mer ttirougb the body, just aoovethe hip,
wit a pistol. Palmer is dead and Thomp
son was arrested.. , ,
4- Raleigh News: The Happy Ethi-
opekn Mihstrelsv colored, will delight the
sabearat Metropolitan - Hall next Monday
evening. While Dick Jttand, a negro
drayman,' was ctriviiig along Martin - street
yesterdfty, with a load of cottop; his ;mule
ranjaway, Dick fell-off, and a wheel of
thejwagon passed : over his. legs';" braising
thet badly, but luckily fracturing no bones.
T . uuyut jitney av-v,
ot (he Roan' Mountain .Eeputliean, libists -
the (broad 1 nenaht ot our great ' uryssetr;?
yesidenV. ftOd Uapt. f'rommy beuue-
ice rresident. Mow sadiy tiro, u. a :
is out of balance in Federal politics. ;
whea, he comes to State matters, he's
ht side up," and ri ngs out DossCy Battle -Governor.
We sSv amen : Dossev Bat
tle, Hhe brightest man in the State; Dossey
Battle for the next Democratic candidate
for Governor of North Carolina.
i- Greensboro Patriot: We under- r
stand that there is a petition -in circulation .
in ibis county, Alamance, Rockingham and
Davidson, praying the Legislature to pass
an ict to apply to these counties similar to i
thai in force in Mecklenburg and portions 1
of Cabarrus, county. . The members y
of the Lutheran church are holding daily :
and nightly meetings this week at the Good i
Templar's Mall, under tbe t direction of
Revs. Messrs. Kimble, Parker and Lutes.
rr-4- An eel was caught in Cobb's pond last
week which measured three feet eight and ;
a half inches in length and eight and a half
inches around, and weigbed five and a half
pounds.. ' -.')' i
Charlotte Observer: Mr. Du-,
mont informs us that he has been agreeably ;
surprised at the- interest which has -been -
South in his plan to call a meeting of j this
class of citizens in North Carolina, South
Carolina and Georgia, to be held ia Char-;,
lotte on the 19th of January' next, for the ;
purpose of giving public expression to their
views as to the inducements which . these .
ptates oner to emigrams, auu more especi
ally as to the treatment which Northern
men receive at-the-Soath--when they eome
as bona fide .'settlers,. He states that he has
received a number oi letters in reply to tne
circular recently published io the. (tow,
and that the plan is universally com
mended.' '- '-'-
-r Tarboro Southerner Brol' Cree- ;
cv is fairlv waltzine off on his ear because
be has discovered a lady, , Mrs. . Rebecca
Hayman, of Kitty Hawk, who is 120 years
old . She does her, own washing and steps
five miles as easy as eatin'. Let's pass 'em
in, Bro. Kingsbury; - The Anderson -
Rifles, of Ringwood, . Halifax county, are
now armed and equipped as the law directs t
- - Major Exum Lewis ' informs us that
Mri Jesse. B. Powell slaughtered a pig pn
Monday, twelve months old, that weighed
468 pounds! - Reply of the Edgecombe
Canvassing Board to O'Hara: Man, dam' t
us. On Wednesday afternoon of last
week, the gin house add ten bales of, cat- j
ton; on the Mac Jones plactationabout five ,
miles from town, were burned. ' ' At J
midnight of Wednesday.Messrs. Archibald
Statpn and T. M. Barns, in Martin county,
lost their gin house by an incendiary torch,
on which there was no insurance.
charlotte Observer: Ai the pray
er meeting service at Calvary Church last
night, the pastor announced that Mrs. Mary
Moos, the Quaker revivalist, would visit
Charlotte in .January, and. would . begin a
revival meeting at that church." -A
party of revenue oulcersr-Peputy Collec
tors Caldwell, Lewis,: Jenkins and Walker
day before yesterday seized a still and
fixtures and about four hundred gallons of
beer, belonging to Mr. John Herring, in
Gaston eounty. - The fall term of Da
vidson Jollege closes Friday, and the ex
aminations are progressing this week.! Over
a hundred students have matriculated up
to this time, and additions are expected
when the new term opens, two weeks
hence:' -There hasn't been a fire of any
consequence in Charlotte during this year,
but Christmas week hasn't come yet.
In the House of Representatives, Mon- -day,
Mr. Steele presented-the petition of
Mrs. W. R. Wetmore and seventy-eight
other ladies Of Lincolnton, for legislation to
make effective the anti-polygamy law of
1862. The petition was referred to the
committee on the Judiciary. Colonel
John L. Brown, assignee, is this week pay
ing a second dividend of 5 percent, to. the
creditors of McMurrayA Davis, bankrupts.
A dividend of 40 per cent.' had previously
beeu deolared and paid. - The city or
dinances of Charlotte forbid not Only the
popping of fire orackers and the explosion
of Roman candles, &c;,! but the sale of the
same. No chance for fun for the boys this
year. " .
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