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He said, among other notice able t lings: "AH ove the Union Governors are call ing tbe Attention of the Legislatures to the stringency of tbe times, and recommentj iug reduction of expenses, and great care in spending the people's money. We see this is Jiot limited to North Carolina, nor is it the action of demagogues, but of servants desiring to represent the will of Iheir con stituents. f When the salaried of our State officers were increased, in 1808, by the Republicans, did not the Democratic party denounce it, and bow eloquently we dilated upon it in our politi cal campaigns. Then, Mr. President, the Radical Ox was doing the goring! Shall we say, Sir, that since the Democratic Ox has gotten his horns into the State Treasury ,that i he case is altered? 1 hope not, Sir. While I lay no claims to prophecy, yet one predic tion has been fulfilled , to some extent. In discussing uign salaries, ana increased tax Hiion, while the Republicans held sway in this Slate, I told the people that it was de sirable the Democratic party should come into power, before the people became ac customed to these high prices; for if not, I fsred that when they did become pos sessed of the offices, that some would think high taxes and big salaries . were not bad things, money. provided Democrats poc&eled the 1 Ins is not the Democracy I reps they were follow taxes and reason aries when the Republicans were in resent; I-iiwerJ and aie for the same now." He (gave, iu tabular form, the ex- j enses of the State government ui IS00 and 1S7S. In the former year the expenses were $41,420, in the biter $174,331. In 1860 the Gov ernor was paid $3,000. He then gave the following as the .prices of pruife necessities: ' "I auote from the market reDort of the Charlotte , Democrat, which has had a con tinuous circulation all this time, and I hope has yet many years of usefulness await ing ll: In Feb. 1860! Feb. 1879. Ci cts. per' lb. 2 " " ' 3 48 " per bush. 8 " V lb. Bacon 11 cts. per lb. Flour 3 " " Beef 3 " " Corn -y0 " per bush. Coti'n 11 ' " lb. "The prices for 1879 are much lower than for 1860: I I860. 1879. 15 lbs. ! 40 lbs. J ; 2 bus. & more. 12 lbs. - 1.00 was " worth 9 lbs. bacon. 33 lbs. flour. 1 1-7 bus. corn J 9 lbs. cotton . lu 1860, to raise the Governor's salary, it look 68 bales of cotton (of 400 lbs.), or 3, 300 bushels of corn. In 1879 it takes 125 bales of cotton, or 8,350 bushels of corn, and if this bill becomes a law, it will take 93 bales of cotton, or 6,280 bushels of corn. We have enly space for one other extract. He said: "Georgia, the most prosperous of the Southern States, whose bonds stand in the market as near the top of the list as North Carolina does the bottom, has recently re- uucea uer governor s salary lo fa.uuu, ana Superilor or Circuit Court Judges to $2,000. "Iowa, Kansas and .Minnesota in the the desolation of war. pay only $3,000. Alabama, our Southern Sister, pays the same; iso does Tennessee, and the great State of Missouri, with a taxable property four times that of North Carolina, has jus- reuucea ner uovernor to $is,UU0, and other State officers to $2,000. i If - Governors in these ptates live on $3,000, surely North Carolina's can do the same. j Senator Graham's speech shows fa miliarity with the points handled, ana it wm Deaimcult to meet them. If men who favor high salaries would deal in arguments and facts' rather than in explosive expletives they would do a great deal more towards satisfying the wishes of the people. If it be demagoguism to protect the interests of the people, to save the ?tat9 from useless, unwise, and un- just expenditures, and to lift the bur dens of taxation from the bent shoul ders of a struggling and impoverished constituency if that indeed;! be demagoguism, pure and simple, then the" people are prodigiously in love with just such demagogmam,and,like Oliver iwist, they will ask for more. New York ' is going to have a World's Fair in 1885. The Executi ve meeting for the same was recently held in New York. VOL. 10. STATU KXPRNUtXUKKK We agree with the Raleigh Ob&er- i i 5 ver that it is well to be accurate, not J only , regard to how.vary but in regard to everything, we accoru- ingly ; lten to . make , a, porreo. tion into which we were quitejnalu-. irj v ? "v" uiPr. u.e . IBga.u0 ; tne expeimitures-ot tne ot ate wovern- ment for 1878, and fthat there was no discrepancy between the statement of Governor Jarvis and the figures as given' in the Observer. . That paper says: ',. '" !t ' penditures. Governor Jarvis stated wita I -. T " T - I entire accuracy In his inaugural, that tbe whole" amount of tax collected from the property of the State for StoUepwrposes.in eluding the tax for the support of the Asy lums and the Penitentiary, was.as shown by the Auditor's report last' yeaC$434,232 45.' But the Governor did not state that amount as 'the amount of taxes actually collected, nor that these collections fell short 'about $100,000 of the expenditures. The taxes actually collected were! $533,322 04, and the $100,000 supposed by the Star to be in deficiency, were collected and expended for the Western North Carolina Railroad.as the Star will readily see by reference to the tables copied from the Observer." j The Stab did not say that Gov. Jaivis " had stated I that the ex- penses exceeded the sum collected by L000. That was our own infer- ence from the figures given by the worthv Governor arid those that anJ : . t. r peared in the Observer. We are really glad we were ! in error. We TMnJp.Atnlrnnw r.hftt. t!ipta uraa enAiioh I mtriey to , meet our' expenses, and 1 - . 7 " ------ r - . B tnat nothing is due j on last year s 8coreif such be the , fact. The old State ia burdened already with enough debt to crush her in I the dust, and as by al sons we will not consciously add one penny to her responsibility, either real or imaginary. TWO WITNESSES. .The Potter Committee is doing good. It is accumulating evidence that has already been disastrous-to more than one politician.. It has done enough to fasten eternal guilt upon the Radical party for j the theft of the Presidency. It has exhibited such a series of crimes against civili- zation and a pure and free ballot, as must make it highly j dangerous ever hereafter for any party or set of men to attempt to repeat so tremendous and infamous a crime against the people. . . We wish to refer for a moment to . i . I two witnesses, both staunch Ilepub- icans, and both men of reputation, and one of unblemished character, who have testified before the Potter Committee. Gen. Francis C. Barlow, ex-Attor ney General of New i York, has as much character as any Republican in that populous State. Until he had the hardihood .and manliness to tell what he knew about) the rape of Flo rida, no man was held in better es teem among Republicans. Now that he has borne' witness to the corrupt tion of certain pronounced Radicals he is not so clever fellow in the estimation of some of the papers. He was one of the Republican visit ing statesmen to Florida in the ever memorable, winter of 1876. In his evidence before the committee he swore that Cowgill, Florida Can vassing a member of the Board, confessed to him after the returns had all been canvassed, land the j evidence had all been heard, that the State had gone for Tilden, and that he (Cowgill) coma not conscientious ly vote to give it to Hayes. a ma wouiu appear to be very strong evidence for Tilden and against 1 . II- ' - , title is not thus I proved to be fraudulent what is the ot party lor temporary purposes, tne xiouse win vote witn ine oppoBi highest evidence worth ? Hayes is The Louisville Age well and truly tion to secure concurrence with the now sitting in Tildeu's seat and draw- I in!,;, t.i( .u- , e ttnnnn I o..j v Vuv,vuu a year, ru very one or tne rogues nas been duly rewarded by Hayes. The other witness is the United States Marshal of Louisiana, Major Jack Wharton, an out-and-out Radi cal. Now what does this witness have to say? What does he know about stealing States ?; He was in New Orleans during the entire time when the infamous' Returning Board was doing its. dirty, execrable work work that ought to have sent them to the State prison for life, instead of into snug offices under the patronage of the Presidential Uriah Ileep. Whar- ton doubtless knows j a great deal about the manceu vrtngs of the bull dozers and thieves.! Now1 Wharton says that Wells was reported to be trying to make money out of his pd- sition -that he was with the "Democrats. ready ,to treat Kellogg, too, was involved. He had evidently soused his arm up; tQ the elbow in ine nun. wnanon leBunea: ; " 1 1 1 1 '"- " " .i - . ,i i , WILMINGTON, "He could not saV if ! Senatdf Kelloeer forSed tne protest from Richland parish, but produced n letter written bv Jewett: Secreta'y of the Republican Executive, SSSr'&K otners or uirfnends were taken good care 5 P lu " V f . " -i-iy'-:- - -tt J-.r J-2 i knd isa pwer avthe ym? jjouse, Hi8 reoomn,endatioqs are; always j . I iionored. The present! administra- tion is simpiv rotten. Born in fraud, it Hots and 5 lives in" fraud. It is fraud all over. Ex-(Jov.efu;'i? Madi- sop Wells is willing to treat with democrats for a consideration. The I T - mw nb au UUfc fcMCJ' ulu I n 1 . 1 L . .1... .4..- 1 not cet Louisiana ? 1 Hayes dd. Who paid the money w ho did the buying ? Not the Democrats, and yet . Wells was willing to treat. Sen- , ator Kellosrer was accused of forcrerv. and he was to be exposed unless cer- tain of the villains "were taken good j care ef." It must be fiood. fat. snug berths to satisfy, evidence is needed ? What more THE RIGHT RESPONSE. We purposed commenting briefly uPh th contrast manifested in the bearing of benators Bayard and Jid- munds m regard to thej resolutions ot the latter, at the time the debate occurred, some days since, but the multiplicity of topics and press of WOrk Caused US t6 overlook it. We confess to a considerable ad miration of the Delaware! Senator's dignity, superior abilities, wise states manship and high conscientiousness. Mr. Bayard's speech on the occasion referred to, when the people of the South had been arraigned for a denial of equal rights to their fellow men, and for resorting to! measures the direct tendency of which was to de prive a large number! of electors of their rights as freemen,was every way elevated and statesmanlike and self respecting. He did, not condescend to show tiiat the Radicals had taught the Democrats how! to intimidate voters, and prostitute the ballot, and that in following their depraved and corrupt example they were merely fiehtinir the devil with fire. This sort, or warfare giving, tuem a Roland for their Oliver in the same currency used by them might have been effective. But Senator r js 11 i .1 " uur auie "u ru, statesman, the latej Lrov; Graham, preierrea to reiy upon tne aiscus- BI0a of broad principles with which to meet tbe accusations and assaults of the able and astute adversary. He met the issue by proclaiming that he w&S controlled by principle, and that he would belong to no party and aid in no legislation that did not recognize fully the rights of every man in all parts of the country, and that there was an unwritten law- which would surely crush every man with indignation who sought to se cure the domination of party over the peace, the security and the rights ot the entire American people. This is admirable.! It is the utter ance of a man of honor and a stu dent of the governments of the world. It is the true basis of sound i and stable rule, and will meet with the hearty indorsement of every honorable, just and reflecting mau in the country. No honorable and honest and brave man can possibly justify fraud of any kind. No patriotno man who is governed by nrinciDlea of virtue and iastice. can possibly condone offences against the x ' - I 1.1,. ! .., T . oaiiot or winK at. me uirty practices says ."Senator Bayard is one of the few prom' inent public mln of either parly who have shown themselves equal to the great ques tions that have agitated tbe country. The record of his v6tes and the reports of his speeches furnish a practical example of the truth, more celebrated in words than in ac tion, that 'he serves his party best who serves his country best." New York is a nice place to live in. It is so safely The two scoundrels who robbed the lady in Fifth avenue have been arrested and jailed. One has made a confession, The Evening Jrost says, and the confession is hn - miliating, that "the streets of the city, even in open day,' are as unsafe as an unfrequented road in Missis sippi was when John A. Murrell was a power; as unsafe as the English moors were in Dick TurpmV time. And yet our tax payers pay annually upwards of $2,000,000 for police ser- vice. John Logan is said to be able to crush more grammar' in the sarnie who now performs tricks oa the great 1 National staere. Nl: C:i FKIDAY, FEBRUARY 28... 18791 1 ' A writer in the 'Kaleigh ' Observer 8ayse secretary pi p.iate wui owiy; ' gdt $580,' after paying the, necessary :Hp k offioe.A good elerk cfee obtkined for $700, if not less. Tiis' lil nake the pay .SSSO suppos ;nW i; i&l'ilLt. hA to innnr ih : p ens as caicuiatea oy tne writer re i T . ITT . -1 1 A i n lerreu io. fxie puis iueeiei.i,) i ,uou It appears quite certatti that a clerk is arjaolatelyl necessaryV Such ' is the opiihion ofMr, Rufus Page, who has hd large experience !;q . that; office. anjd gentleman ofhigh i credi- bility. That being so,' the Legisla- m - "'" "S"h , r:. . ' Aiinhf w.v. o - Wv v.wt- clerk. If on e cannot be obtained at $700, thengiye $800 or what may be necessary. ,We Relieve in retorm, Du;t not mjerippiupg tne government pr impairing its efficierJpA' Practice alt possible economy, but at the same time p'rovide what may be necessary. 1 his is common sense. There are but eleven more work ing days for the Legislature, j Very much remains to be done. Sixty days is long enough for any session of the Legislature. But six months is not enough for the ventilation of oratory and for idleness. . We will await the adjournnmt before we grumble. The Senate has done well iu the retrench ment business as far as it has gone. We would have given the Judges of the Superior Court $2,500, with addi tional pay for extra work. We would have given less to one or two officials. Let the Senate now inquire into the fees of cotjnty officials. ' The sheriffs' and clerks fees need to be looked into, lhe sheriffs of some counties must receive three, four and five thousand dollars. Some of the clerks must get 4s high as three thousand or more. ! There is- often a wheel within a wheel in politics. Sometimes to un derstand matters you must read be tween the lines. It is evident that Blaine, Hoar, and the other Northern Radicals who are favoring the John Roach subsidy scheme, are; really aiming to j benefit the North! alone. It was merely a tub thrown to the whale when they favored the South- i ern line frjom New Orleans to Brazil. This is manifest from the course of Blaine and Hoar in regard to the amendment of Senator Eustis ; to compel the New York line to stop at Norfolk on every trip, and providiug that neither of the two lines shall receive subsidy unless the Southern line be kept up as well as the Northern This did not suit the two Senators. They wanted each line to stand by itself. It will be well for the South tq watch that scheme. It may turn out that the subsidy will be for New York altogether, and that the New Orleans line will come to nothing. Watch. 1 It is said that Senators Bayard, Kernan, Wallace and other Demo crats, will not sustain the House in attempting to force the repeal of the election law by the means proposed. The Radicals in the House will re cord their votes in opposition, when tbe bill with the repeal attached will go to the I Senate. There it will be stricken out, and then the responsi- bility will rest upon the Democrats J of the House if the Appropriation I bill fails, This is said to be the as- pect of the case at present. It is I ll 1 a. it..i T T- ' luougnt mat euougu jvemucrats -in action of the Senate as indicated above. Senator Ransom voted for exclud ing the Chinese; Senator Merrimon voted against. ...... -j The Teachers' Association.. The ! meeting yesterday, in point of at tendance and interest, was eminently suc cessful, and the establishment upon a firm basis of the New Hanover Teachers' As sociation is an assured fact and no longer admits of a doubt. The President; Mr. J. Nt Hinton, opened the meeting With a 1 very eloquent and earnest appeal in behalf of popular education. Prof. J. J. La.dd was then introduced, and from the begin ning to the close held spell-bound the en tire audience. All present considered themselves fortunate in being enabled to profit by the experience of the speaker who has devoted a life time to the subject of education. ; ; . .. The; next meeting of the Association will be held in the Union School roomon the last Saturday iiUtf arch 29th prox. , .- . It Is important' that these- iorganizations shall have the countenance and active supV t nnrt nf r11 whn Aesire to.eee the s v stem at I education in North Carolina brought up to thehiehest nossible standard. The BurKnr, & Oniltw Uuiiroad j i Section first ' of thfcci fa Incorporate the above" road,' now peridiflg u ! the General Assembly,, provides tUt!focihe purpose of constructing s pd? -maintaining a railroad from t.he to wn of ; jorw ux tender couu-, tyjto the navigajlbWAt e'raj ftem. jiyer, in jOnslow counV,e exact point at which thf said "jrailrqidf sttk ; ihelwaters of, fitw jaiyey we 3eiermineu py a . majority of the stoekholdersUd amount aT their! first mdetihg.; The J1ricbt4bTS fare: Rl' R. I lea, WIi- OtsBoasell, -Oi ibfefiieujnaqi Al- fred Utkibp-VJ-W-Ptt&tiefi If. Votters, j J4o!e.-Meyer a.ap;1 .eir, A. Satchwell, Bruce WilljamaJ E. Poiten Ja cob James. Eli Shiver irJfkurcn- , U. At. 1 f . TT al U, U:UUU 1.A t BIOSSW botreinCnar leS,;Lessesn4f I ; jl IX CdsUiiJ B, n U ..., T,.aw: aLrvulL u. ; i av ivi , u 1 1 t , uai kcw 4auaiiu i uuui ir i soa,ji. ju,, rmsirong, Vt paaann,., I, iFj-nnks Solomon Qorrite.B. H.Will uma X .Tv . ' , r, V, T " r Vli v vvr.UvU . f v-"-,--iv successors, &c. :The capital stock is fhree hundre4 thousand dollars,! which maybe created oy suoscription on tne part or in- 1 . . ... . . l . I dividuals, corporations, xc, in shares of fifty dollars each. Section ! third refers to the opening of tbe books. Section' fourth provides for the calling of a general meete ing of stockholders when the sum of ten thousand dollars shall have been sub scribed, which shall elect a board of seven director's, who in turn will elect the neces sary officers, &c. Section five provides for the assessing of the value of land and other property used for the purposes of said road. The gauge of the road will be fixed by the stockholders at their first meeting. The company is granted power to lease its franchises. Section eight provides for bor rowing money, issuing bonds, &c. Sections ten and eleven authorize the employment of convict labor to be furnished by the directors of the Stale penitentiary,! the number not lo exceed two hundred or to reduce the quota allowed to other works of internal improvement beyond a certain extent, &c. Section thirteen provides that it may be lawful for the Burgaw & Onslow Railroad Company to- consolidate with the VYcldon Railroad upon such terms as may be agreed upon by the directors of the said roads; that in case of such a con solidation the Burgaw & Onslow Railroad shall become a branch of the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad, and as such enjoy all its privileges and advantages. Criminal Court. Sentences were- pronounced by His Hon or, Judge Meares, yesterday morning, after which, at the dinner hour, Court was ad journed until this morning at 10 o'clock, when the final business of the session will be transacted. The jury cases were dis posed of Thursday night. . State vs. Mark Daniel, convicted of as sault and battery. Defendant ordered to pay a fine of . $10 and costs or go to the House of Correction for thirty days. . State vs. Jacob JTreeman, convicted of killing stock. Defendant to pay $8 to the owner of horse in question and the costs of the Court. .1 State vs. Amanda Jackson, convicted of asbaull and battery. Defendant to -pay $1 aqd costs or go to the House of Correction.) State vs. Robert McKoy, arraigned on a peace warrant, was dismissed at defendant's costs. Stute vs. Edward Merrick, convicted of larceny. Defendant sentenced to two years in the House of Correction. State vs. David Redd, convicted of lar ceny. Defendant sentenced to two years iu tbe House of Correction. State vs. George W. Johnson, convicted of larceny; Defendant , sentenced to four years in the State Penitentiary. State vs. Abraham Dunmore, convicted of larceny. Defendant sentenced to one year in the House ef Correction. State vs. George, Hill, arraigned on peace warrant. Defendant to give bond for two months or to go to the. House lof Correction. ( . 'State vs. Mary Stewart, convicted of as sault and battery. Defendant sentenced to three months in the House of Correc tion., i State vs. James Anderson, convicted: of larceov. Defendant sentenced do five years in the Penitentiary. St&le vs. Peter Coleman, convicted of false pretenses. Defendant ordered to pay a fine of $25 and costs or go to the House of Correction for two years. I State vs. Sarah Allen and Virginia Hines, convicted of manslaughter. De Fiwidants sentenced to ten vears each in the state Penitentiary Tne Hoe cuoiera. uur country inenas, especially in me lower part of this county, who have, lost heavily during the last six or eight months from the continued ravages of hog cholera, will be dad to learn" that a gentleman of this city, who has largeexperience in "the, the raisinc of stock, as well as in dealing with the disease in question, is preparing an article for publication in f the Stab, which will give important information in relation, to the disease, and no doubt result in great benefit to the agricutural commu- nity generally. . Look out for iu & h,SXS D. VanNostrand's Engineering Madakne. published in New York 0 city: 'Van Nostrand's BhgimergfmdneTFebiii- ary offers a- fuU .rtay totn original tcon- tributed articles, besides some translations TrnTti Wiffn ionrnais. Prof. Cain's second 'instalment of - his Voii&soir ArohesM brings tbe subject well npand is one of the moBt t&&3$ tarv School, and is a Grandson of the late Judge Bailey." NO. 18. Tbe World's Commerce. . jj Charleston News & Courier. Professor Neuman Spallart, of Vienna, has recently issued a treatise on the commerce of the world, which contains a carefully compiled state ment of the imports and exports of all countries for the year 1876. Re ducing his values to dollars, and stating them in millions, the totals are as follows: Imports. Exports. $4,336,200,000 1.167,200,000 641,600,000 224,400,000 156,600,000 Ettrepe. ....$5,650,400,000 Adstralasia. . 237 800 000 Africa. ..... 134,400,000 l'otal ..... $7,484,400,000 $6,526,0o0,000 It will .be seen from these .totals that the foreign commerce of : all na tiqn8 combined amounted in 1876 to $lji,tl00,46o,000, of which $7,484, 400,000 consisted of imports, and f6i526,000,000 of exports. The total - ' , ... . a . ony . , ' Av ..7T.; P - .T & rl" r ' visions as ionows: Europe, 71.20 per cent, ot the whole; Auifnca, North arid South, 15.28 percent.: Asia, 8,07 ner cent.: Australasia. 3.29 Der cent.: - - -.-' and Africa, 2.07 per cent. A comparison of these figures with those of population will exhibit some very remarkable results. The total commerce of the several geographical divisions compares as follows with their respective populations: Commerce. , .$9,976,000,000 .. 2,140,000,000 . . 1,131,000,000 .. 462,000,000 . . 291,000,000 Population. 289,000,000 84,849,000 806,700,000 1,800,000 80,000,000 Europe. . . America . . . Asia. ...... Australasia. Africa..... Totals. . . .$14,000,000,000 1,262,340,000 Taking an average of all nations, their exchanges of commodities with foreign countries amount to $11 08 per head. But comparing the several geographical divisions, we find, of course, very large divergences from this common . average. For Europe, the foreign commerce averages $34 52 per head of population; for America, $25 22; for Asia, $1 40; for Austral asia, $256 77; and for Africa, $3 62. These ratios, in the opinion of the New York bulletin, very plainly in dicate where the future expansion of the world's commerce must come from, and they also show what a vast field exists for such expansion. Asia, with her 807,000,000 of population htwo-thirds of the whole population of the globe exchanges with the rest of the world only $1 40 per head of products. If her commerce equalled the average ratio for the whole world, the foreign trade of Asia would ag gregate $8,941,000,000, against $1,- 131,000,000, the present amount:-it her trade could be brought up to the average of Europe ($34 52 per head) it would aggregate $27,85 7,000,000, or double tbe present total of the world s commerce. YKLLOIT FEVEK. A Very Startling Statement. Poet of Mobile, Feb. 16, 1879. Special Correspondence of the Norfolk Virginian j There is one aspect of the unfor tunate final condition of Southern cities which has met with very little discussion, but it is of terrible im portance. It is the lack of means to t&ke such sanitary measures as are necessary for the health of the pub lic during the coming summer. I can say from correct information that New Orleans, Memphis, Mobile, and Chattanooga, are likely to be in just as favorable condition for yel Iojw fever when summer comes, as they were last year, although I dislike very much to make the con fession; and I can say fnrther that 1 have reliable authority for asserting. j all press reports and board of health announcements to the contrary not withstanding, that there is now, and has been all the winter, yellow fever in New Orleans and Memphis. I have been tola oy a citizen ana prop erty owner of Mobile that there are hbuses here in which persons died of fever last summer that have never been so much as opened, much less fumigated since thenand it is well known that we have had only one spell of weather cold enough to de strov fever germs. 1 have informa tion directly from Memphis within a dav or two past, through most re j spectable and well known persons, that there have been three or four cases of yellow fever per week in that city during the winter, ana tnat tne - 1 city itself is filthy almost beyond pre cedent. These are unpleasant facts to relate, but, it true, they are tun 01 I. lmoortance : and if their publication wjn awaken attention and discussion nothing but good can result from it. I believe the reports; if I did not, I should be the last person to give them circulation. Three deaths from yellow fever occurred in Mobile since lecemoer 1st to my own persona knowledge, which, of course, were never reported. j Gea. Cnstls Iee. General George Washington Park CustisLee, who is plamtitt m tne Arlington case, is about 45 years o j age, tall, handsome and remarkahly like' his father, General R. E. Lee, He" is President of Washington and Lee .University at Lexington, Va. where he lives With his two Bisters M,SBe8 Mary and Mildred Lee in the , l whpr. thpir father mother and -n.onse J.hfe ei.r latner, motner ana Bister died. He 13 an old bachelor, and very shy -of the gentler sex. He was graduated first lin his : class: at Point, and, like his f atherxame out of the four years course without a single demerit mark. ppirifl Tuientine. , j Newbern pays for corn (by the cargo). 9 to 52 cents, a bushel.;; s ! i Edgecombe married 263 couples la year 61"whie andO black;-j ; j Two distilleries have been! cap tured by Walter D. Moure, Deputy Oollet-.-toi in Moore county. . I J Mr. A. A. Banks has retired from the Statesville Za ndmark. Mr. S. S Kamsey will continue to be editor and pn prjetor. j J The editor of the Concord Sun, ;MjE. I, McLaughlin, was married on the evtningof the 4th iust..t6 M ss Ida jUiur-. of flredell countj'. I J Danbury Reporter-. Mr. James Tqrochmorton tiled at hia residence in ibis cojiDty, last Thursuav,-iged about jtj7-ytais. iia was a very good old citizen. I Greensboro North Stale: We arw n formed that a Republicao imiwr is ! belstarted in Raleigh ? with Mr Juhii Nh-ii- ola as editor add manaeer-iu-cbief. " j I Greensboro ft'ptestant: Thestm positioh is that 'Mt. J.'.W.'S. Parker, who was Killeq. on our streets last . Thursday night, had about $200 in his pocket at the time. " - 'i 'Salem JPress;', The colored brass bahd is playing out. ! r Salem and Winston are becoming great horse mnrktts. - Inferior Court- held four days and titty odfl cases were disposed of.. s j Mr. James Garuer. forrnerlv'of Dabbury, N. C, lost his life al Micanopy, tie eat too much camphor, had a lit of vomiting, fell in lhe fire and was shock ingly burnt. He was dead when found. r Mrs. Cotten. wife of Coli John WlCotten, of Tarboro, and dauiihter i f Drl L, iFrink, of Brunswick county, died on Saturday night. Col. Cotten and Mis. Engelhard are brother and sister, and Unit were they both terribly btieaved ion the saaie day. !. I Wnrrpntnn CJnvjitte- Stimnol M Mills, Esq., died at his resulence.ten miles wefet of; Warrenton, last Thursday eveniutr," at p o'clock, in the 66th year of his age. lie was a; native of Virginia, but when a young man came to Warrenton, married and be g business. . According to Adjutant General Jones's report the aggregate strength of tbe State Guard is 2,294. More thau fifty thousand dollars worth of ordnance is now in the hands of the troops. Most of the riffes fire of the very latest improved breech-loading patterns, worth eighteen dollars apiece. ' j h- Greensboro Patriot : V e are glad to learn that the condition of Colonel Gilmer is improving cat Iy and the indica tions are that he will soon be able to be out. A party of bird shooters went down to Gibaonville last Thursday and bagged eighty one. The North Carolina State Medical Association will hold its annual meeting in this city in May next. I t Little Rock (Ark.) Deniocrat: 'The Arkansas Industrial TJniversity was never in so properous a condition as at the present time. Over three hundred students are in daily attendance, and the number is constantly increasing. Under the able management of ; the President, Gen. Hill, the institution seems to have acquired new energy, with corresponding power for good in the cause of education. -t Elizabeth City Economist'. Mr. G4 H. Ferris, of Baltimore, to whom was awarded the contract for deepening the channel of Currituck Sound, for which an appropriation was made at the last session of. Congress, left Portsmouth on Wednes day with a large number of men, steam tugs, dredges, scows, etc., to commence the work. The Elizabeth City rail road will terminate on the Petersburg road, four miles from the iron bridge,! or at Portsmouth. ' Statesville Landmark', j Mrs. Daniel Freeze, while sitting in a fire at her home near this place, dropped dead Sun day evening about three" o'clock, -j On Monday of last week while Mr. G. W. Rowe, a worthy farmer who resides near New Hope poslofficvj in this county, was felling trees, a large white oak tree which bej was cutting fell on another tree near by. bouncing back several feet, the butt struck him on the right side and fractured several ribs. -Both legs were also broken. After lQgermg twenty-four hours, suffering the most excrutiating pain, life became extinct. Salem and Wiuston: are still hammering away at the consolidating scheme. The Sentinel says: The plan sub mitted Is to call both places Salem, lo be incorporated as a city. , The city is to be divided into four wards, with two alder-r men for each ward, with a proviso that the rate of taxation for general purposes shall not exceed 30 cents on the $100 valuation of property, and $1.50 on the polli If the plan succeeds North Carolina will have an other large city of four thousand inhabi tants. .North (Jarolioa cities are generally large. Some of them have as much as three -hundred people. 4' I v inston avnitnvi: ye are sorry to see that Brown,: the representative' from Yadkin, figures more prominently in the proceedings of the Mayor's court in Raleigh than he does in the proceedings of the Legislature. Un last Saturday evening the wife of" James Hartgrove, of Stokes county, went out to the woodpile after some wood, and being absent for some time the family went out to see what detained, her, atjd found her lying dead. We have been making inquiries, and lefrrn from -reliable sources that prepara tions are being made in Forsythe, Stokes, Surry "and Davie counties to put out a loDg tobacco crop. j j Tafboro Southerner: A private letter to us from a prominent government official in Washington city, saj-s; "Indica tions here give assurances that Maj. Yeates will be admitted to his seat in the Forty sixth Congress; that he was fairlyjdected; has done a great deal for bis people, secur ing $200,000 for improvements in his dis trict." 'And nowcomes the Glasgow (Ky.) limes telling about John Jacob Good man. living in Monroe county, Ky., born in North Carolina in 1781, and now in his 97tb year. But that isn't the remarkable thing about the youth. John Jacob is the father of thirty-two legitimate offspring by only two wives. One citizens wilt re member the handsome Howard Smith, for merly a druggist in Tarboro. He is now a full surgeon in the Navy,, with tbe rank of Lieutenant Commander, . He recently returned from a long" cruiser on the U.S. steamer Portsmouth , and is - now on a visit to his relatives and old friends, all of whom are glad to welcome him. ;" Tom Evans is now Hatchet Holder Plenipotentiary. When Cupid shoots his pizen'd arrow Into the youthful heart, It does their inmost gizzard harrow And causet-h thenrtc start - and stretch and roll and twist and scorch and burn and get red-hot and sizz until, it is said, nothing quencheth the flame but rising at 6 in the morning cold as scissors, and making a fire with wet wood. - Rocky Mount correspondent: .Mr. B- F. Pitt, who was put in Nash jail a few- weeks since . for forgery, made his escape last, week,' but was recaptured next day. " His wife went to see him, wearing two dresses. She clad her husband. in..cna and -ahc re- mained in jail, j Mr." Pitt, .with bonnet 00 and handkerchief up' to his face, went to the buggy, weeping fisjf his heart would break, the jailor, thinking 11 the time that it was Mrs. Phi ! You can imagine 'his shock when, in about aa hour, tbe t boy came hack with the buggy for Mrs. P r .i. C3 - -