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jFIGCKES AND FACTS.
Senat.nr VV". A. Graham, of Lin-
coin, made an effective speech on
Tuesday in behalf of his bill for the
reduction of salaries and fees. He
brought out some facts and figures
.l.-l '1 . t 1 1
mat are wortn considering anu maae
some declarations that no one can
deny. 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.:
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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
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