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The joint committee of the Legis
lature have reported on the asylums.
They praise the management of the
Deaf and Dumb Asylum, whilst con
demning that of the Insane Asylnm.
They also condemn the policy of the
State being made to care for the in
sane outside of the Asylum. They
say they do not believe such a coarse
was ever contemplated by the con
stitution. They say: j
"The burden is growing heavier year by
year. The disbursements now are at the
rate of $600 per day. Two years ago $20,
000, last year $30,000. This year not less
than $40,000 waa required, and in the
opinion of the Treasurer, judging from the
present rate of increase, $50,000 will not
satisfy the next year's demands of this law.
Your committee therefore would have re
ported a bill repealing this statute pro
viding for the outside insane, but have
already recommended favorably the Senate
bill introduced by the Senator fronvMc
Dowell, which effects the same purpose."
They say the Insane Asylum "has
. not baen managed with care and
tcotfomy." We quote: I
, "Your committee are of the opinion that
it is necessary to reorganize and turn over
a new leaf. They therefore respectfully
recommend the passage of the bill here-
with presented, and have a strong hope
and confidence that it will save to the State I
presented, and bave a strong hope
annum.
It is understood that to get rid of
Dr. Grissom, and those under him,
the present asylum will be abol
a. ,
ished, and a new one created with
new officers.
The committee report that Gov.
Jarvis does not desire a house to live
in. lhe committee, therefore, re
commend that the $17,500 received
from the sale of lots, be turned into
the Treasury. The Governor sets
one very good example in the way of
"retrenchment and reform." The
committee say:
"Tbe committee herewith, and at the
suggestion of his Excellency, the Gov
ernor, offer a bill repealing the six hundred
dollar clerfcsniD allowed by tbe last uen-
ei al Assembly to the Executive Depart
ment
The committee say if the varions
measures recommended b them are
adopted the saving to the State can
not be less than from $80,000 to
$100,000.
The Oxford Torchlight, instead of
firing at Wilmington, would do well
to train its artillery upon the Raleigh
& Gaston Road, which is at its door,
and compel it "to shell out"; the half
million of dollars it withholds from
women and children and others, but
which righteously, legally and mo
rally belongs to them. Open your
batteries on the corrupt management
and spare not. Make them; show
their hands. They have published to
the world their large earnings; com-
pel them to tell what has beoome of
tbem. There is fair game for jyou,if
you. really wish to do right and serve
those who have no remedy. The
sufferers are all around you. Never
mind Wilmington it can get along
without your help but uphold the
rights of scores of people in I Gran
ville and in your own town, as well
as adjoining 'counties, who are daily
sufferers from the infamons way in
which the earnings of the Raleigh &
Gaston Railroad are misapplied.
Another illustration of the line in
Hudibraa "You have a wrong sow
- ?-
by the ear," ia found in John Sher-
man's platform for the campaign
next year "Free speech, fair elec
tions, free schools, and untarnished
public faith." What does John
know about "fair elections" and nn
tarnished public faith?" His real
platform is "False swearing, cor
rupt elections, a full swing to Fed
eral bulldozing, and the most vigor
ous stealing possible." ' John could
make a practical and rousing speech
on that platform.
VOL. 10.
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VIOLENOK VBRSUS BALLOT BOX.
That the Democrats in many
places in 'States South of us in the
last election resorted to unwarranted
measures in order to secure their po
litical ends, Ls only too apparent.
The evidence taken before the Teller
Committee evidenoe not disputed
because the witnesses have charac
ters, as in the case of Gen. Reuben
E. Davis, of Mississippi, and some of
the witnesses from South Carolina
shows that the Democrats resorted
to the direputable ways and tricks of
the Radicals that their plans might
be successfully carried through.
We can but hope that the investiga
tions and exposures that have been
made will have a happy effect in the
future. When unscrupulous men
learn that bulldozing and cheating
and defrauding may in, the end cost
them trouble, expense, and, perhaps,
their liberty for a season, they will
.riot be so ready to interfere-with the
riffhts and Drivileees of others. It is
to be regretted that the United States
Judges have not been j disposed to
make examples of men of their own
party as weir as of! the Democratic
party.
It would indeed be an evil, a Bad
day for bur country ,if the time should
come when Democrats regard the
ballot-box as fair game to be cap
tured at any sacrifice I of justice and
hbnor, and unhesitatingly resort to
ingenious and multiplied systems of
intimidation with which to effect
their ends. If the time should ever
come when an opinion prevailed com
monly that it was not disreputable
to cheat and defraud in elections, and
that the first, the chief end of party,
was to hold power at every cost, then
it will be easy to tell the future of
the country.
The safety of our I people their
rights and liberties, are all wrapt up
in the purity and freedom of the bal
lot, and in the intelligence and virtue
of the electors. A corrupt people
? 1 1 m. rl 1 " 1
wui uui regaiu ur vaiuo FivFcijr
right of suffrage and the sanctity of
the ballot. VVe must educate and
elevate tbe masses, and we must all
demand that the right to vote for
whom we please shall be- preserved
inviolate. The ballot-box must not
be tampered with. The rights of
electors must not be invaded. The
army must be kept away from the
uolls. In England a British soldier
is not allowed to come within two
miles of the voting place on day of
eleotion. The disgraceful and dan
gerous system of bulldozing mast be
broken np everywhere in Massacha
setts, in New York, in Pennsylvania,
in Colorado, in South Carolina, and
all other States. There will be no
peace to the country as long as this
continues. --
dical I party for more than
ten years have resorted to all sort of
appliances with which to control the
country. Their actions authorize the
statement that they were governed
by the principle of Rob Roy's clan
as? given by Wordsworth
"The good old rule
S office th them, the simple plan.
That they should take who have the power,
And they should Keep wno can."
This principle of action appears to
have entered into their life, and to
have governed them in regard both
to elections and office. They took
office by violence and fraud often,
and then plundered at will.
All this sort of thins must be
I stopped. "The good old rule" of
robbery-will not suit our country and
its institutions. If our people ever
countenances the rule of the plun
derer "to take who have the power"
and to "keep; who can," then our go
vernment will indeed prove a failure,
and oar people will become a bye-
word and a reproach to the nations.
The ballot-box must be kept pure.
Intimidation in all forms must cease.
The people must be elevated by edu
cation and purified and exalted by
Christian principle. 5.
It is now definitely known that
four Republican Senators, viz.:
Conover. Don Cameron. Patterson
J and chaffe, Will vote against seating
CoTbin. This will give Butler a ma
jority of eight. It is also said that
Edmunds will not vote for Corbin.
After giving Senator' Nicholson's
bill for adjusting bur State debt, the
Philadelphia Presa thus comments
VTbis would he comical if the sub
stratum of it was not rascality. North
Carolina. Tennessee and Vireinia make a
brilliant trio, soon to be turned into acinar
telle by tbe addition oi Louisiana, worst
of all, such diseases spread, and there is no
..KAm wilt (Inn !
WILMINGTON,
R1LBIGH
& AUGUST A
A1R-LIHK
l ::Ai U
rhe following is tbe amendment Of
Mr, Foard on the bill to extemf ihe'
Raleigh & Augusta 'Air Line from
any point on its line to Charlotte:
"That section 1 be amended by adding
to it after tbe word contract in the f 2th
line, provided the same facilities of trans
portation and rate per mile on each article
of freight according to its classification
shall be given to any station o the pro
posed extension, or on the present line, or
to any town or seaport in North Carolina
as are given to any station, town' or seaport
in any other State, and that if said com
pany shall violate any of the , provisions of
this section, in so far as the same applies to
discrimination in rates against citizens of
North Carolina, or shall in any-manner
evade the said provisions, it shall, be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof in the superior tjourt oi
any county in which any part of tbe track
Of said company shall be situated, shall be
fined one thousand dollars for each and
every offence and forfeit its charter."
, Ve give the , vote as it was not
given in the Legislative reports oljjbe
Raleigh papers: n ,
Ayes -'-Messrs.
Anderson,- Am
strong, Barringer, Bateman, Battl&Y
Berry, Bird, BiiaeJt'Blalock, Bouafl!81 ?"a var?" ltt A?T
Bost, Bruce, Carter oF'Bunoombe,
Carter of Warren, Carter.ot Yanceyy
Carroll, Chadwick,Christmas, Clarke,
Cobb, Colwell, Covington, Davis of
Catawba, Davis of Haywood, Deans,
Dunn, English, Etheridge, Foard,
Forbes, Foy, Gatling, Hines, John?
son of Davie, Lamb, Lewis, Lindsay,
Lockhart, Meares, Mebane, Newell,
Oliver, Orchard, Rawley, Reid of
Macon, Reynolds, Richardson of
Columbus, Scott, Smith, Turner,
Waddell, Wheeler, Young 54.
Nays Angier, Ardrey, Atkinson,
Bernard, Bingham, Blocker, Brown
of Mecklenburg, Brown of Yadkin,'
Burroughs, Cary, Coffield, Cooke,
Council, Dimsdale, Ellison, Ewing,
Ferrell, Foster, Goldston, Grant,
Harrell, Harrison, Henderson, Huff
stetler, Jones, Leach, Leatherwood,
Letterlob, Melson, Meller, Moore,
McCorkle, McLean, Norment, Pax
ton, Powers, Reid of McDowell,
Richardson of Wake, Ritchey, Rob
erson, Taylor, Vaughan, Wynne,
York 44.
V PARTING SALUTE.
It is an easy matter to be generous
with other "people's money. We
have been prompted once i or twice
when we have turned over some of
our exchanges to come out iu favor
of taking New York salaries as onr
guide, and be magnanimous and
generons. Why should not ; office
holders in North Carolina be as well
paid as those ' of New York? Why
should not our tiovernor receiye
$10,000 a year? Is he not as much
of a Governor as Gov. Robinson?
Are not our other officials as "big
dogs" as tbe best New Yorker who
ever dined at Delmonico's and wined
in Albany? jWhy not pay them
the big salaries of big officials? And
when we come to think about it, why
should France pay President Grevy
$100,000, and a great deal of extras,
and the President of the United
States great j as she is receive but
$50,000? We know no reply but
that it is not in accordance with ihe
simplicity and economy of our Demo
cratic form of government, where the
people are the sovereigns and the
"bosses," and officeholders are public
$ervants, not masters, for the latter
to be paid -large salaries.
North Carolina, when out of debt
and prosperous, paid small salaries
It would be folly when poor and
whelmed with debts she cannot pay
not even the interest on her debts
for her to ape rich States and try
to do as they do.
This is a free country. No man is
compelled to hold office. North
Carolina, has never been, and is not
now, poverty-stricken as to talent.
She has hundreds of men just as
capable as the most assiduous office-
seekers or the most pampered office
holders. There is no greater 'mis
take than to suppose any man is
a necessity, and that when he dies
the wheels of government must stop
Men, capable men, honest and relia-
Klamin iv nrinnlant. pven thnntrK
' . - .
they are too modest to seek ofhee
on1 An nnt. manifest trin mnnt nratr.
T . T f
matrical self-assertion and proclaim.!
themselves "pillars of State. The
State has been and can be jnst as
well served in every particular on
moderate salaries as on largo, j We
repeat, in the past we were honest
and sincere when we dennnoed ex
travagance and demanded reform,
and we do not mean to go back on
our record. Nulla vestigia retror-
ntW nonor. mv odvnkt.A
sum.
higher salaries or insist upon the
tention of the present salaries.
tEach paper must determine for
N. C, FRIDAiYv PEBKUARYi 2tt; m
The Star threeyears, ago. unfurled I
froni;il8vmaEstre:fmwvnentlt0'TQrakl
amd Reform in Nationaj. ,so4r State
Gofernments", theflag i.o
it's plaoe and cannot be 1 lowered-
.ii .L... j -. , . . "
uuuruia WOxJw IB uuubi ii.-- ilOii!J-.t'J1i
th or niioBi joskph a.'
; ltafisiAJi.j d L
Vnnwn n WiTml n rrf'hn 4&kfeA 4 Ai ink
, jh , Vl- .;k viift
enooui
wonld soon be restored to"ealtb. But
the strong man has f allottliUhg-midst
of blif
earsr'
li3.5 ill
Maj. Engelhard was hgfaj: Monti;
celo, Mississippi j5etmbev 27tb,
o ctocir on tnat aay. ip ivaieign ' Trj f. 1-7; pi"?""-? , , ..." ; ; ' -4,
.-1 - . . J?8J2"-'a'ii'H - sIr was resolved that the expenses of lhe f lightened. We .vdonot pretend ,to
,of I IritMGWi Muld knW verytrnng orbe inialJiWe:
. ' . . , j. Mk'u.n.t . .I nter rtnmilr than anr hernre. I w" . t a c m.v vv
- J .. r . "j iif taxes. are not motfb
asau wibu ; MB jwy.riu.: KBiooi-me auDormnasB ijoaens as nexeto i
tlS2. He wai graduated -at the Uni-
Hill, and at Raleigh. In 1856 he was
licensed to practice in the county
courts of the State, and in 1857 was
licensed to practice in the Superior
Courts. On September 26th, 1855, he
was united in marriage toMiss Mar
caret E. Cotten. of Florida. He re-
moved to Tarboro in 1857,, where he
entered upon the practice of his pro
fession. In 1861 be entered he
army and became Quartermaster of
the 33d regiment, N. C. State troops,
with rank of Captain. He was pro-
I . . ll .1! HIT
motea in leoz to ine ranic oi iuaior
and bedame Quartermaster of General I
Branch's brigade. In 1862 he was
i .
transferred to Gen. W.D Pender's
brigade and served as Adjutant Gen
eral. . He afterwards became Adju
tant General of Pender's division,
and surrendered with it at Appo
mattox, it being then known as Wil
cox's division. In 1866 he removed
tp this city and became co-proprietor
and editor of the Wilmington Jour
nal. He was a very influential
editor, and rendered considerable ser
vice to the Democratic party during
the mauy years he was connected
With that, widely known paper. In
1S72 he was a delegate to the Na
tional Demooratio Convention. In
1876 he was nominated by the Dem
ooratio State Convention for the
office of Secretary of State, and in
August of that year was elected, re
ceiving, a we have understood, the
highesjvote on the State ticket.
He baa been in office a few weeks be
yond two years, and has discharged
bis duties satisfactorily and effi
ciently. 1
Major Engelhard was a vigorous
writer and speaker, and his canvass
' M. . J
in 1876 was diligent, earnest ana
beneficial to the cause he espoused,
He had many warm and attached
friends here and in many other sec
tions of the State, who will deeply
grieve at his comparatively early
death. In the full strength of an
unusually vigorous manhood, with
his intellect jnst fairly culminating,
and apparently with many years of a
bright and useful and successful
life before him, he has been stricken
down, and death has claimed him for
its own. We sincerely sympathize
with bis sorely smitten and deeply
sorrowing wife and children in this
their hour of bereavement and an
guish, f
The bill reported by Senator Me-
bane, chairman of the Joint Select
Committee On State Debt, has been
printed in the Raleigh Observer.
The object of the bill is "to compro
mise, commute and settle the State
debt." We avail ourselves of a para
graph in the Observer that gives an
idea of what is proposed:
"The amoant of 'the consolidated debt
of the State,' as proposed to be created by
the committee, is about $5,000,000. The
old debt is $8,371,400, and bn this it is pro
posed to pay forty per cent, or f 3,34,oou.
The bonds enumerated in the second class
sum up $4,009,044, twenty-five per cent of
which is fjl,UO,'sux. ine oonas oi me
third class amount to $4,320,600, and fifteen
I per cent thereon to $648,090. In all.it is
I nronosed to issue t4.998.911 of bonds in
I r,aVment of the principal of the outstanding
I debt amounting tO $16,60,645. The 8D-
nnat interest on the new debt will be
$200,0004 and it will be necessary to. levy
and collect annually $200,000 of additional
taxes." . ,
The bill as reported is very long
and comprises eighteen sections.
Senator Bruce is booming too. He
presides for a shorttime over the
United Slates Senate - and.; his wife
hob-hobs with the wives and daugh
ters of prominent Radicals. It ia ao-
cial equalityiwith them. We hope
re- oeT Augusta Air I.frdi wciasa this genueman. 1 120 miles, in aeoui iweniy-inrea imu.
I miration Hnmetv will be formed to be I n.C.k iannnuanten bv a mem I This wm period work. The vessel is lvlne
nrpaidod rver bv Rutherford B. him- I her who ia ever trne to. the interests of the I at the wbaif, near tbe mill; of Preston
itfcelf. Self. i If: : ' V i j people of North Carolina. . . ' ' Camming & Co. .
Wif m! ; k,
Qi-.osMf'-'i
.HS5fffH
Jf p;noy ipxeaidlhgand allUe. Grand
Lodge officers ti'ere present except the 6.
".-j:. ... i ; I :
riioaces was teDreaentea.' xU. ..v. -j.'-;-.a: f
, "I '-'-.. - - r .
Th6Teptts ofjHhe ' GrtDdCofficeraahow.
MKl ikftad thutl lK , f)nlp . Hurlrur lha. . Dtrtt
i -.m .-sii. ..fitfany better
hejflowiDg ,J.awa,oJrsrei;fprlef Srve misapprehension, it ty
tltfensuing terms v s) ? ; , I
0.'f.J-J6hn L. Dudley
4. Cr?iIi. H. MlsBeflierV
i- i
. .i.A : 1
lQ..P.-rtft Prempert,, ,f I ,(is
id. K Sin4 Sfr-J.,W..PliilUps. ? .
!urt
ia. M. at A. W. a. Move.
Q.T. (JJtWSchnltz
G. O. G. Thbmas Powerfcr rfT
Sup. Rep. O. H, Blocker, two jears.
" " A, .L. Blow, one year.
P. C. John Haar, Jr. of this city, was
made a P. G. C. for services rendered, and
the S. L. requested to confer i the rank
upon him at its next session. The following
were appointed D. D. G. C: i
District No. lW. S. Warrock.
District No. 2 John Hear. Jr.
District No. 3 W. C. Troy.
District No. 4 J. W. Moore.
District No. 5 C. H. Christ.
District No. 8 J. W. Moye.
. . Tbe Representatives from this city re
turned home last evening, and are loud in
(heir praise of the treatment received at
the hands or the members of the Order in
Favetteville. On Tuesday evening the
Grand Lodge was formally welcomed to
the hall of Cumberland Lodge in a neat
and eloquent speech, delivered by P. C.
Tho's. Sutton, of that Lodge, which was
responded to by P. C. Jno. L. Dudley and
P. G. C. W, H. Gerken, on behalf of the
Grand Lodge, in handsome terms. j
The hospitalities of the town were ex
tended to the Grand Lodge and visitors
present by the Mayor of Fayelteville .in a
chaste and timely speech. A banquet was
given at the Fayetteville Hotel by Cumber
land Lodge in honor of the Grand Lodge,
and we learn that most of the assem
bled guests, when they retired from the
spacious dining room of the hotel, were too
full for utterance.
i We will endeavor to glean other particu
lars from G. C. Dudley as soon as possible,'
and publish tbem iu the Stab for the bene
fit of its many readers.
: Captains Worth and Gr een, of tbe Fay
etteville steamboat line, bave been extolled
by the retained Pythians from this city,
but we refuse to repeat tbe eulogies fer
fear of shocking their modesty.
Another Clincber.
We have already stated the advantages
of Wilmington as a cotton market, as well
as the faet that molasses ia placed here, at
wholesale, at figures that no other city in
the country can exceed for cheapness. We
now add that a gentleman in Charleston
writes to this city to make a purchase of
salt, stating that there the price is 90 cents
a sack. In Wilmington he will obtain it at
70 cents a difference of 20 cents per sack,
and certainly a matter of very considerable
importance to buyers.
These facts illustrate what Wilmington
can and does do in many branches of trade,
both in buying and selling, - and . in pur
chasing from as well as in importing for
the agricultural aBd industrial interests of
the State.
We do not, as a city, seek special advan
tages through legislative action or other
wise. What we ask is, that the efforts of
the business community .may he strength
ened by a judicious internal improvement
policy, and that the people of the State, in
jjy Jck real interuosTs& broad basis
ov state welfare, shall endeavor to build
up at least one emporium through which
direct trade may be maintained with Eu
rope, both by steam and sail. . ;
Bank ot New Hanover Annual meeif
lnjf.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
of the Bask of New Hanover was held at
their Banking House, in this city, yester
day. DaBrutz Cutlar, Esq., was called to
the chair; and Mr. Wm. Calder requested
to act as Secretary.
A majority of- tbe capital stock being
represented in person or by proxy, the
meeting was declared duly organized fend
ready for business.
The report and annual statement of the
affairs of the Bank was submitted by the
Vice President and accepted. ! .
On motion, the meeting then proceeded
to the election of eleven Directors for tbe
ensuing year, and Messrs. C. M. Btedman(
L Bates, Jno. Dawson, D. R. ! Murchison,
Don.McRae, H. Tollers, R. R Bridgers,
Jno. W. Atkinson, J. A. Leak, B. F. Little
and E. B. Borden, were declared duly
elected." - v . 1 '
On motion, the meeting then adjourned.
Fire la Fayetteville. :
We learn from Captain Garrason, of the
steamer Murchitan, that the tool manufacn
toryof Walter Watson, Esq., at Fayette
ville, was entirely consumed by fire on last
Thursday night Only a few articles were
saved. The fire is supposed to have orig
inated from the carelessness of employes in
handling lights. It is understood that there
was no insurance on the building or con
tents.
GaptatvV..V. Klebardson.
Among the ablest , opponents
of tbe
I inUnitnna hill- tft ATtp.nd the RaleiZu & I t;0hnii iho trin frnm Reanfort f o this port!
.nn.i a " - i iw...K , '
'
woald be instractive to gel from
each township m North j
Carolina a list of taxes paid each year
g l
then see how much reduction bad
V.uw niaa fmm tn vper Tt
fv v, . j , i,A
W U1A bUCU LC? lUSVI VVAt w V . W uw W
similar relurns from farmers for 1855
jvernmentT.,;
now than Wfore the Townsman, uoouspn, nas out a new seu
nOW. man ..peiore &ne I afitinff fcar connler- tfcaik6 niwuSonlpa
. rrr- mi: . i
heiviernqw
ft in 1 SRD i art . m a a rn foot in or tin
we not higher thanjjtbey ought to b
then we1 arg tqtt&VLf-mistaken.
j j ; ' ' -Hi1-
Tbe LanrlnbortrJEtape cae-Probable
I Arrester Bethaae. : ,
The Mayor of Clinton w riles us, under "
date.: of l the!" 12fti instant Hhit ' Messrs!
iarles ajW Do; Qrumjftery havitoiy seen
Stab's account )J the- vape-coBt&nted
by one Eli Bethune, near Laurinburg, Miss
Mc Duffle being the victim, arrested last
Sunday a negro which thy think answers
the description. He bas straight, coal
black hair, is a very bright mulatto, looks
as if he might be mixed with Indian, has
scars on his nose and left cheek, particu
larly on his nose, resulting from small pox,
measures 5 feet 11 inches in height, and
Weighs 150 pounds. He says he left Ben
nettsville, S. C, and came by Laurel Hill,
stx miles from Laurinburg; that he was atj
Laurel Hill on Friday, the date the crime
was committed, and left on Saturday, the
day after. He gave his name there as John
McDougald, but tax receipts found on bis
person show that his name is Wm. Clark,
and that thev were paid in Marlboro coun
ty, S. C. He told one Perry Moore, eol-
ored, of Sampson county, that the reason
be, left South Carolina was because "he
fa 1 ant h Knmn n M man's ml."
fell ent wi'h some old man's eal.'
We do not know that the party arrested
is Bethune, but the description given of
him matches very well with that furnished
of the criminal. Mayor Beaman has tbe
supposed rapist in jail at Clinton, await
ine information as to his identity, and the
lady's friends at Laurinburg should take
immediate steps either to have the man re
leased or brought to justice.
Coming; Amonz U.
A note from a gentleman in Pennsylva
nia informs us that Mr. William P. Euck-
ley, who has been "extensively engaged, at
Potsttown, in that State, as an iron and
brass founder, and metallurgist, designs
locating in this section, if not in this city.
We need men of the pattern of Mr. B.' in
North Carolina, which opens up to enter
prise and energy a "promised land," not
only of milk and honey,but mines wherein
are hidden wealth enough to enrich a king
dom, and fields so kind that at man's judi
cious touch they will yield the richest re
ward. The direct obiectof Mr. Buckley, how
ever, is the establishment of a plow facto
ry. This locality is an admirable one for
such a manufactory, ana ine experiment
of the Keystone business man may, there
fore, be expected to lead, in due time, to
the inauguration of other and important
industries. .. ; j
fceeoTOvv ana Identification of Stolen
Goods. j
It will be remembered that the store of
Mr. R. M. Wescott, at Smithville, was
robbed recently of shoes, alpacas, calicoes,
chewing tobacco, segars, ;c., valued at
$250. We then suggested that they were
probably in this city, and that speculation
has become a verity. Mr. ! Wescolt has
identified most, if not all the articles men
tioned in Friday's paper as having neen
unearthed by that efficient officer, Mr.
Nicholas Carr, assisted by Officers C. H.
Strode atfd J. W. Whitney. By-tbe-by,
under a warrant issued by Justice of the
Peace T. M. Gardner, another instalment
of goods was brought to light yesterday,
a part, we hope, of those secured by the
Smithville robbers.
Death of BlaJ. Bnselbard.
The first tidings of a decided disadvan
tageous cbaoge in the condition of the late
Secretary of State Engelhard, whose death
occurred yesterday, was received at 9
o'clock in the morning in a telegram to Dr.
George G.Thomas, which stated that he was
dangerously ill and rapidly growing worse.
At half-past 4 o'clock the sad intelligence of
his decease was telegraphed, and the news
soon spread throughout the length and
breadth of the city. The expression of re
gret was not restricted by political con
siderations, or confined to any color line
it was general, and a number of flags were
half-masted in token of respect for our late
fellow citizen.
No information can be obtained as to
where his remains will be interred, but it is
supposed they will be carried to Tarboro,
the burial place of numerous relatives of
his family. i
Dr. Geo. G. Thomas, and several other
relatives and friends of the deceased, will
leave here this morning for Raleigh.
Fire at Fair Bluff.
We learn that a fire. occurred at Fair
Bluff, in Columbus county, on the line of
the Columbia & Augusta Railroad, Thurs
day night, destroying a cooper shop, the
property of Mr. J. M. Powell, a merchant
at that place, and had it not been for the
united efforts of tbe citizens Mr. P. would
have lost his dwelling. The loss to tbe
owner of the property is about $150. The
occupants of the shop, Henry Powell and
Henrv Barden. two worthy colored men,
kftt all their tools and material. Our cor-
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A Fast Sloop.
The sloop iorshay, Capt. Green, which
arrived here yesterday, is ootooly a beauty
in model and appointments, but her per-
formance8.on the water snow mat ner con
hi mr.tnr knew his business. t)be accom-
V ing to the consolidation ofSalera and Win
ston. ' 'ff'Yi " ft !- Hi
,,.-t- eiaonwisnes me re opeumg
of the canal from Eaton's Falls to Weldon.
The News says $3,000 will do the work,
andiput Weldon'onLlhd hfjh Mad to pros-
perUy. : . ' . z : -, :r " '"
; '-j- Married, at Oif ord, a t ibe- resi
dence of Vhe bridea's motbefr ty"Kev. Mau
rice H. Vaughan, Rector of St j Stephen's
church, Dr. Thomas C. Pogh, of Balti-
re, ana biisb r lorence B.ingioury. t
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President of the State-National Bank, ofrv.
Raleigh i Samuel C. White. Cashier, and D.
W W xr T j -
R ftamps, birectoffT-
T- iiir. j ounr;iiuB2 nas, neen
r, anp tnilaski Cowper, Ad-
conipanyttitle $8,00aLclei!r
without going between Jtbe cr8 or leavioe
: lhe; platform. It is a good thing,' beyond a
doabt, very simple, attd 'ati b made as ;
cbeaply as tbe present luu and pio. .j - , .
! ' f-. Raleigh NewKt Yesterday- no,y
less than $l,p9.44, was paid ioutt of tlie"
State pon the waf rants of various eoekitfett ? -f
orj the, support . of outside lunatics. The .
counties which drew, were: Stokes $000,,
Montgomery 359. 33, uaidweu fuu, curry-
$100, Macon 187.??,, Caswell fGa 88. . - ;
f j Qbarlotte Observe: Eight or ten
pef sons have agreed to join .the New Or
leans Mardi Gras party, and othels will
doubtless determine tor go before the time
foi departure arrives4MrAflJary Mooo,
revivalist, nas goneio iurnam,ana win
mence a series jor religious meetings
MK8and.''"'-: 1 -
at the Methodist church under taeaaapices
of the Rev. Mr. ' McPherson rand.Vlwife,--Quakers,
and the liev. Mi'J . Swindell,
Pastor of the M. E. Church, j to-meeting
with great success. Eight persons joined
the church on Sunday and . the meetings
still continue with unabated. interest.
Washington City -Gazettex Col.
H. G. Williams, Assistant' Superintendent
of the House document room, and one of
the "livest" men in the South,; was the re
cipient, a few days . ago, of a handsome
fold watch and chain from the citizens of
is town, Wilson, N. C a splendid token
of popular esteem, and one most worthily
bestowed. ...: I
, Washington correspondence of
the Boston Potl: Gov. Vance, of North
Carolina, is remembered at the Capital
feomis brilliant record In the House be-
fore the war. ana. m addition to his ere at
fore tbe war, and, in addition to bis great
talents, is a humorist and raconteur of the
highest order, and his advent to Washing
ton is anticipated with delight by all tbe
old society. j
Goldsboro Mail: Last week
white' shad sold in Newbern at $1 per pair.
This week they are offered in this market
at 70 cents. The Branch Bank of
New Hanover, located here, makes a good
exhibit. Gen. Robert Ransom, who
has in charge the. work upon theNeuse
river, is making fine progress. 'The appro
priation by Congress was a wise one. Fu
ture aid is greatly needed to accomplish the
end in view, and whether that is gotten or
not, the thanks of all the friends of the
measure are due Mr. Brogdea for his un
tiring efforts to advance their interests in
the premises. !
Alamance Gleaner'. It has been
nearly half a century since the organiza
tion of the Pleasant Hill Temperance So
ciety. A book containing the minutes of
its meetings and the list of names wbo
have signed the pledge have been kept for
forty six years. Some time prior to this a
number of the leading citizens in this vi
cinity from tbe counties of Chatham, Ala
mance and Randolph met and drew up
the pledge in these words: We, whose
names are fixed to this agreement, do seve
rally and unitedly promise that we will not
in any case use ardent spirits ourselves, or
procure or furnish it for others as an arti
cle of entertainment." . -
. PittsborO Record: We regret
to. learn that a party ; of reveuae officers
from Kaleigb were nred upon near Mai
thews' X Roads, in this county, last week,
and though no one was hurt, yet we deem
it our duty in behalf of the good, law ,
abiding people of Chatham, to condemn
such conduct. We are pleased to learn
that the Rev. Edmund Joyaer, of Hickory,
N. C., has accepted tbe Rectorship of the
Episcopal Church at this place, and will
arrive here the latter part of this month.
Quite an interesting protracted meeting
is being held at the Methodist Church here.
The Ministers who have been officiating, in
addition to the beloved pastor, are Rev. S.
D. Adams and Rev. Mr. Hoyle.
Charlotte Observer: It is a
pleasure to ns to be able to announce that
the authorities of the Carolina Central and
Raleigh & Augusta Air-Line Railway com
panies have, after a suspension of business
relations covering a period of several
months, again arrived at an understanding
satisfactory to both, by which the route
known as tbe Seaboard Air-Line, from
Charlotte via Hamlet to Norfolk and thence
North, has been reopened for business, the
roads mentioned agreeing to exchange
freights at Hamlet as heretofore, and upon
terms mutually agreeable. -Two or
three sporting men from Charlotte will at
tend the great inter-State cocking main
which is to begin at New Orleans on the
20th inst. And now Matthews' Sta
tion has lownly aspirations. A bill to in
corporate it is before the General Assems
bly. , ,- '
- Wadesboro Herald: Mr. James
Little's boys, near Lilesville, have caught
one hundred and eleven rabbits this winter
in traps or "gums," and it's not been a good
winter for rabbits either. At a meet
ing of Anson County Medical Society, held
Monday, January 26th, the following offi
cers were elected for the ensuing year: Dr.
W. H. Battle, President; Dr. W, A. In-
fram, Vice President; Dr. E. F. Ashe, A.
yers and J. C. Smith, Executive Com
mittee: Dr. J. W. Bennet, Secretary.
Mr. L. B. Pennington and John W.
Davis, connected with the Revenue Depart
ment, have just returned from, a ten days'
"still hunt" in the counties of Moore, Pitt
and Chatham. They, with" some nineteen
other revenue officials, under control of
Kellog, captured and smashed thirty-five
stills.
Tarboro Southerner: And now
Bonitz, the irrepressible man of the Golds
boro Mmsnger, has bad patented a Pocket
Hand Book, with a map of North Carolina
and lots of valuable information. Tbe in
formation we suffer for is bow to get some
thin' to put in ours. - We learn from
Jos Dupree, Esq., that a difficulty occurred
at Pitt court last week between Mr. A.
ef.iAtn.ao An tVio wlfnoBO in ftfl HrAflfii T1 IT tbft
strictures on the witness In addressing the
fury, and was attacked by tbe witness.
Major James Mayo : Informs us that Dr.
John T. Bellamy's gin house and eigbt
bales of cotton, ia this county ;were burned
last week by an incendiary. No insurance.
- A conundrum for the Legislature : Is
the sheep question a .cur-rent topic ? If
so, should it be treated dog-matically ?
': Will stake Tarboro against tbe world
for men who can ait on a goods box long
est and be happiest.
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