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PASS.1GE OF THE 1RIUV BIl.Li.
The passage of . the Army Appro-
riation bill with the new restrictive
clauses will be a surprise to the coun
try. Only 31 nays to 152 ayes. The
question may now be asked pertinent
ly, who did the backing down ? It
does really appear as if the Stalwarts
hadbeen playing a big brag game,
They tried the country to see how it
would stand the flapping of the
bloody-shirt again, and how it would
bear a movement looking to the repe
tition of the violence aud rascality of
the past of 1876 specially. They
have found out that the American
people will not tolerate again the perr
fo rmances of 1876 that bulldoz-
insj and carrying elections at the
point of the- bayonet, will not be
'allowed any longer. This explains
"the milk in the coooauut." It is not
that the Radical leaders are any . bet
ter; it is not that they are any less
opposed(to violence and wrong and
-corruption; but the chauge of front
is brought about entirely by the news
from home. They have discovered
that the bayonet business is not pop
ular, and that the party who resorts
to it is doomed and damned .in the
judgment of the American people.
- The corrupt Garfield for lie is
corrupt to the amount of a $5,000
bribe ridiculed the idea ofusiug the
army as a police. He is late in the
day in discovering its enormity. But
the guise id very thin indeed. Mr..
Clymer punctured it and ripped it to
pieoes at one thrust. He told De
Golyer Garfield "that in April they
had been called revolutionists, yester
day they were denounced as nulli
fies, and to day the gentleman (Gar
field) blandly declared that the sixth
section of the pending bill which was
in effect one aud identical with the
sixth section of the vetoed Army bill,
was meaniugless and of no effect." ,
The country understands the issue.
It cannot be twisted or covered up.
The people know that the party who
stole the Presidency in 1876, is the
game parly that for three months has
been fightiug the repeal of laws that
have only worked wrong and brought
evil in the past, and if retained could
only work injury and wrong in the
future. The Republican party are
oh record. The speeches of the Stal
warts and Hayes's vetoes are excel
lent campaign ammunition for the
Democrats in 1880.
BEVi DB. MCDONALD.
If the trustees of Wake Forest
College, ia their judgment and wis
dom could not find an alumnus of
Wake Forest College or a native
North Carolina Baptist who was we do not indulge ja malignant or un
qualified to succeed the deeply la- kindspirit. We write precisely what
mented Wingate as President, thej
surely did well in selecting Rev. Dr.
McDonald, pastor of the Second Bap-
tist Churchin Richmond, Virginia,
It is not well to be circumscribed by
State boundaries or even the limits
,of a great country in seeking Presi-
.on t a nr Professors of literary insti-
autions. If you have got the man
for the place at home take him, but
if not cross the seas, if it be necessary,
When Princeton College needed a
President it went to Ireland. When
Wake Forest College needed a Presi-
dent it went to Ireland, for Dr.McDon-
aid is a native ot that beautiful island,
When the University of Virginia has
a Professorship to fill, it will goto
Kentucky or Canada or France for
the right man if one cannot be fonud
.,...'.. -v.
,fr-uie exact quauuuauuuB wuu
nauve nere ana tome manner uorn.
Dr. McDonald is a gentleman of
rare eloquence, both in the pulpit and
on the platform, is of most engaging
address and of singular sweetness
IA U 11 11 V V M,M MVJrM: 3
VOL. 10.
pUrUy f ohairaoler- He came I
lo this country when a boy, was coq-
verted in his voutlil and educated at I
Georgetown, we! jbelieye.- He has I
w . ,- -
filled imuorsaiit nulniu in Kentnnkv. I
and lias been pastor of Second Churoh
-ii J 1
in RirKmnni1 fnr anma ! four I
" iDwu"' i jrcoio. -I
IK i . . . . I
"c Ia Fooauiy aoout nny years or I
age. We suppose jhtT will accept the
position. His
mous. ;
iMeuliun ; was
unaitH f
SHORT NTKS ON MOORE.'- HIS
- r : . TOIl If . - f - -
-. ' -
; A friend has enabled us to read the
"Sohool History of North Carolina
from 1584 to 18?9,:by John Wheeler I
Moore." It is published by Alfred 1
Williams & Co.,
taiHs523 pages,
Raleigh, and con-
I We wish to say J
we are glad that I
emphatically that
pMjjjbjcj) needed work h at been pre
parediWhilat It VySrfee Mrom i
W?-tT Jb? rrt -
aajyftJb thefeifll m l -
view
to teach l oiir children the
main facts in the history of our State.
But fw States ave as interesting
anJ Bir"ng a Malory or as splendid
a record as North Carolina has. We
are pnmd of j it,; . and we are
pleased that at last there is a
continuous history if only in
outline, It has been prepared for
schools for the children of the State,
bul il ?an be read :with real Profit by
people who are much beyond their
teens. The story it tells will be new
tO most Of them. Ill will give them I
brief accounts of a hundred interest
ing points they have' nuver heard of,
whilst it will refresh the memories of
those who are more 'or less familiar
with the animating records of
our grand old State, none the less
I 1 -i. .. : I I 1 r V - " 1 .
8r,,u uu soe jnas ueen moaesi
hitherto in tho assertion of her
claim si
It is
ligeut
the duty! of every
reader of this "
intel-
School I
History of North Carolina" to
correct :iny errors he may notice.
The purpose of every true North
Carolinian should be to make tins'
"School History" as accurate, in all
particulars as possible. The book
does not need indiscriminate, whole
sale pu fling. Insincere notices of it
are not worth the paper upon which j
they are printed.! Kind, judicious
criticism is far more desirable than .
unmeaning laudation. The English
people do not praise without discrimi-
nation, hence they have, a j literature. I
. This little History has met with
some remarkable
aud extravagant
praise that is calculated to mislead.
If we had turned tb its pages really
expecting Homeric fire jjand inci
dent, or a narrative written with
the splendor and eloquence of
MacanlayV- magnificent I historical
torso, we should shave been sorely
disappointed. And yet incautious
friends have suggested Homer and
Macaulay and other great writers in
speaking of the stylo of this book.
It is in many respects a better
"School History" than we expected.
The style is for the most part plain.
It is 'only now and then we meet
with rhetorical passages or see evi
dences of the literary faculty. There
is some careless, land, even some
times, inaccurate writing. There is
a baldness of expression at times
that shows hurry and immaturity.
We do not forget that this is a
"School History,"
Qr,rl r,nt rmn fnr
the libraries of scholars. With a
re-writmg of some sentences and
paragraphs emendations here and
there the book will, be adapted in
style to that class' of readers for
whom it is intendejd. ' In saying this
we think. We know others regard
the book quite differently. There
are some twelve hundred- thousand
people in this State, and all have the
right of opinion. 6 Each must read
and judge for himself. We will "set
down naught in malice." So far
from feeling unkind or unamiable,
we are inclined to feel grateful for
the work undertaken and executed
by Mr. Moore. The author deserves
our good opinion by reason of his
admirable intentions, his "filial devo-
tion to North Carolina," the amiable
spirit he manifests throughout, and
his personal worth. So we will not
wantonly off end j or wound him.
What we have written, or may write,
shall be in the interest of truth, and
to make the History freer from errors,
LU
ubbuiiw nnwup
i lcisin. " c "MU "" v
j such an exerciser . We merely wish
J to throw out some hints to record a
J few hurried notes we made when
I reading the History somewhat hastily.
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WILMINGTON, N. C, aBIDsJTJNEiad&lS?
We repeat, we are sincerely glad that
m
Mooro has done tho State the
wy iww : tv uiuwau: luib iilmu wiiik.
W mnk Ii rr'ht. &
TO;i.U !. j :.- .
icau aim iiitiuuuveu luiuttvcrj
school in the State. There will be
ii - -. .
oiner aiuons cauea tor4:we nave no-
I . 7
doubtj and any errors that may be in
the first edition "-"caiTbo. "easity cor
rected hereafter.
1 We shall draw upon our hurried
n0tes as. time and space may allow,
but briefly. ' , .
WAKE FOKESt OOLLEliK.
The Commencement exercises -con
tihud with much interest. Senator
Ransom deayered..the Jiterary ad-
dress. He made an off-hand speech.
It appears to have been . interesting
ad effective. Wo copy one para
graph from the Kaleigh Observer :
f Warning the .young men against the
that was makine such headwav Inilie JanO
the speaker closed with a manly appeal to
tear from our hearts preiudices and hatred.
Prejudices are cheap; hatred is unchristian.
J
tem
We have freed ourselves from the yoke.
us not become the slaves of our own
tempers. Speaking with scorn of General
Schuyler Hamilton's late speech, in which
he apologized for advising Union soldiers
to strew flowers on the Confederate graves,
he recalled the time when, ten years ago,
he asked Southern soldiers to garland the
graves of the men who fell fighting under
the Stars and Stripes, and declared that he
would never retract the request."
Rev. R. R. Savage, of Murfrees-
boro, delivered the Alumni address.
The Rev. Dr. McDonald, of Rich-
mond, Va., has -declined tho Presi-
onnv nf Wnto T?nroatJnAllArA ton.
dered him by tho Trustees on
Tuesday. j
It is singular that the Trustees
should have selected him without
ascertaining his wishes. I
WAKE FOREST COLLEGE.
Owing to the extreme length of
the report of tho big day at Wake
Forest College, in the Raleigh
servert wc have not space for even a
very condensed outline. We will
give the more interesting points omit
ted in our next. The crowd was
large. Degrees were conferred by
Prof. Simmons. Rev.j Dr. E. T.
Winkler, of Georgia, iwas elected
Preside iiu. It is not known that he
will accept. He is a very able man.
It is to be regretted that North Caro-
lina has no Baptist lit to fill the bill,
Owing to a storm Rev. Dr. Hufham,
who was to deliver an address on the
late President Wingate, did not
speak,
TRINITY
COLLEGE
RENT.
coraniENCE-
Rev. Dr. Burkhead preached the
annual sermon, as we learn ftom the
Raleigh Observer. Governor Jarvis
is in attendance. The new chapel
will seat nearly 2000 people. Gen.
W. R. Cox, of Raleigh, delivered the
annual address. It gave much satis
faction. The address before the
Alumui Association was delivered by
Mr. J. II. Roper, of Gainesville, Ala.
Governor Jarvis was cabled on and
made a brief and happy speech. Mr.
Fab. II. Busbee "made a talk that
was appreciated," says the Observer
correspondent.
Each society gives a book and de
haters' medal.
In the Hesperian Society Mr. E. G.
Moore received the book medal,
which was delivered in a handsome
speech by Col. II. D. Capers.
L. T. Blair received the debater's
medal, a reward of which any man
SnOUlQ De prOUU.
ltev. J. M. Khodes made the pre
sentation speech.
In the Columbian Society Mr. H,
A'. Leach, ot Lexington, received the
book medal.
Gov. Jarvis, in an appropriate
speech, delivered the precious badge
to Mr. Leach, and he .in turn, no
donbt, will have another presenta
tion occasion, when he will mako
the speech to an'angel audience.
Mr. D. E. Peery was the successful
debater, who secured the debater's
medal delivered by W. G. Bark
head.
The report of Mr. Knott, Chair
man of the Judiciary Committee of
the House, in which the several veto
messasres of the President are re-
viewed, is a strong document. This,
i8 conceded even by the Independent
papers. It may be too long for gene-
ral use, and it might have been much
condensed, but it is nevertheless an
ahle and important document, and
can be utilized with effect in the
campaigns of this and the next year.
The ieport will not add to the re-
Bpect 0f the country for either Mr.
Hayes's intelligence or honesty. It
strips him of many of the subterfuges
and sophisms under which he found
I temporary shelter.
The Boston women are going to
exercise the right of suffrage in voting
j for members of the School Commit
I tee. This is the law now.
. Warning llie . young meir against the
insKlioua potooti t material pbUosopb
Ben. , Hill again electrized ( jhe
Senate with t one of his ei, tempore
speeches that, for: the sake offelo
quence have become far top1 uncom
mon in the august assenibly." II
Was 4ef ending his record jBring the'
War against the charges of- Jim
fejlaine. ; ; ,The Rich mondctfcA'
special iays:, . . ; h '.i;
!"He said that any man here or'else where
who impugned the sincerity of. tiia motives j
or tne honesty ot his intentions was a liar,'
and the truth was 'not in him. IReferriug
ta the sectionalism which he claimed has
.characterized the debates duting1 the extra
sepsfon, on the other side, je, quoted from
the speeches " of ' Weoster ' andothers to.
shjow that' ihey denounced the doctrines
maintained to day hy the extreme Badi
'eals in regard ' to centralism Be spoke
ezMripore, and did not look at his notes ex
cept w ben he quoted from the liible. .The
gaQieries were crowded, and there was fre-
qiient applause." ' - i
jBlaine replied afterwards,-but Hill
(iid notj think la rejoinder .necessary,
sayina tbat, Blaine chad sajd&nothincr
TCoti ' TT ill la vyisA vknn TtiiAfiiA'd tn f
in any kind of intellectual? tussle:
SHERMAN AND GRANT.
The Federal office holders under
Hayes will have a great deal to do in
deciding the candidacy of next year.
They will have it in their power to
name the man who shall aspire to be
Hayes's suocessor. As we said
months ago in these columns the
South will nominate the Republican
candidate. The colored men of the
South will have it in their power to
say whether it shall be Grant or
Sherman, or some one else. They
may hot exercise their power, but
they possess it none the less. The
probability is that they will not
exercise their right of choice, but
will be used by the officeholders just
as they have been used' hitherto. It
is for them to say whether -they will
have an opinion of their own, or
whether they will allow a few white
men in the different localities to think
for them. They furnish the numbers
that entitle the "Southern States to
137 votes in the Convention. They
may allow a few office holders to say
how these 137 votes shall be dis
tributed.
The Washington correspondent f
the New York Times begins to un
derstand the importance of the 137
Southern votes, and that John Sher
man stands a better reliance to secure
them thaa Grant We are sat'uSed
that four-fifths of ifo negrVe'scXou eMnd; Bar. Improvement, went
consulted would nane -Grant; butTfown f d upon his re.
wej are satisfied, also, that they will
no be consulted. A few men will
direct and control matters among
the Republicans just as a few men
manage things for the Democrats,
nominate candidates, obtain the
offices, &c. But to the letter in the
limes. The correspondent says:
"In all the Southern States, excepting
perhaps North Carolina and Louisiana, the
Republican organizations have been aban
doned and the Republican party exists
only in name. In those States the Federal
officeholders arc practically the only recog
nized Republicans. Mr. John Sherman,
the Secretary of the Treasury, who has
publicly announced himself as a candidate
for the Presidency, is well aware of this
fact, aa he is also aware of the further fact
that the delegates from the South to the
next National Republican Convention will
in most instnnces be selected by, and, for
all practical purposes, be under the control
of, the collectors of customs, U.S. marshals,
internal revenue agents, and other Treasu
ry and Federal officers who live in that
section of the country. In Washington it
is just now a matter of common report
among politicians that Secretay Sherman is
not only thoroughly informed of these
facts, but that he sees in the condition of
things described a golden opportunity to
forward his own campaign for the Presi
dency, and that he is, and for some time
psst has been, quietly, but none the less
effectively, using his power with the Fed
eral' office-holders in the South to secure
delegations to the Convention frora that
section which can be relied upon to sup
port him." ;
If Grant and his fuglemen would
control; the negro representation in
the South, they must have their
emissaries at work, and a free distri
bution of the "sinews of war" will
be found effective. If" John Sher
man can get the support of the office
holders in the South he will get the
Southern vote in the Convention, be-
cause the "ins" have always the ad
vantage over the "outs." The office
holders have cash. Grant's men who
are out of office are many of them
out of pocket.
It looks now as if the ghoice lay
between Grant and Sherman. The
South is indifferent. Both are re
garded as corrupt, both are Stal
warts, both hate the South. The
Democratic candidate can defeat
either if he is the choice of the people
and not of the wire-pullers. Let the
right man be nominated, and we be
lieve he will be elected and will be
seated.'
Woftried to have it published that
the State Press Convention would be
held an the second day of July next,
but ve were made to say the 22nd.
';.BIBBATL?IS LKTTBU. ' y k"
i We publish a letter f rbm Mrl Kemp
P. Battle, President of the Univer
sity, in "reply to a brief paragraph in
,the Star. ' He explains why three of
ifee Professors' Have ho titular letters
attached to' ; their ' names. We knew
they were scholars of distinction and
,we were surprised, at ther omission.
Mr. Battle explains the reason. Pro-
lessors in a university are naiuraav
expected to. ,be . men of distinction.
We did not understand why some of
t , . fit u i . . ' : . . . , . .. : i : -
tble Professors had letters affixed and
others dii not. .. . r .. ,'
1 We know i Professor Redd was a
ixijinister,. and supposed he had been
ordained. .
r-
t I As to Honorable, we saw names in
the catalogue with this meaningless
title prefixed,1 and we knew that they
naa never neia any omce wuicu gave
I them:a riebt to tho title.. We could
J mention names, btit wo iorbeas.
There is a tendency f in our country
to abuse words and to pervert lan
guage. As a friend of the University
we did not like to see it tickling men
with titles to which they had no just
claim, thereby following the bad ex
ample that had been set by the party
(led by carpet-baggers) who had de
stroyed our useful, honored and ex
cellent University.
Wo said nothing about the "Colo
nels," as we believed that the eight or
ten in the list of Trustees had won
their spurs hi war times, with
possibly two or three exceptions,
But two or three of the Southern
States have been affected in the least
by the deportationof negroes. Very
little injury has been done to Louisi
ana and Mississippi. The Charleston
News and Courier says:
"In truth there is as much natural mi
gration as emigration. Some counties in
Mississippi report a movement of negroes
to .Louisiana, and there has been some mi
gration from Tennessee to Arkansas. In
Georgia labor actually is scarce. It is evi
dent that the few thousand negroes who
have gone to Kansas have not affected in
juriously the condition ,of Southern plan
ters. The laborers themselves have cer
tainly nothing to lose by the agitation, for.
wherever (heir presence is desired, efforts
will be made to improve their position and
so induce them to stay in the South instead
of fleeing to Kansas."
OUR BAR AND RIVER.
New lulei Finally Closed
Over Dry Sbod.
WalKUi
Mr. Henry Nutt, Chairman of the Com
mittee of ;the Chamber of Commerce on
went
re
turn, yesterday levening. handed us th
following which contains gratifying infor
mation to! those of our friends who are in
terested in the commercial prosperity of
the port of .Wilmington:
KlE&iUrMorning Star: I have the pleas-.
ure of informing you that New Inlet is
closed. This great damager of our river,
and obstructor to navigation, which for one
hundred and, eighteen years has confused,
and to some exteut, I may say, perverted
the internal improvement system of the
State .to herjgreat damage, is now ob-
literated. It was accorded to me by the
engineer in charge of the work, the honor
of first walking across, which I accom
plished at 12 M., this day, dry footed, from
Federal Point to Zeke's Island, a distance
of near a mile, iu the company of my
grandson, Wm. M. Parsley five other
members of my family (a daughter, grand
daughter, and three grandsons) witnessed
the performance, besides a number of spec
tators. "When about half way across, I was sa
luted with three hearty cheers from about
sixty laborcra.engaged in throwing in stone.
"Respectfully, H. Nutt.
"Wilmington, N. C, 14th June. 1879."
Oreaulzatleu of Hi County Board of
Health.
Pursuant to the published notice of the
Chairman of the Board of County Commis
sioners, the following named persons .met
at the County Commissioners' room, yes
terday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, for the pur
pose of organizing a County Board of
Health, in accordance with a recent act of
the Legislature authorizing and requiring
such organization. Present: Colonel Wil
liam L. Smith, S. H- Fishblate, Esq., May or
of the city; Mr. J. K Brown, Surveyor of
the city! Dr. Thomas F. Wood, Secretary
of the State Board of Health, and Doctors
E. A. Anderson, W. J.H. Bellamy, W. W.
Lane and A. D. McDonald!
The Board then proceeded to a perma
nent organization by the election of Colonel
Wm. L. Smith as chairman! '
The Board was then further organized
by the election of Dr. J. Cj Walker as Su
perintendent of Health and Clerk of the
Board. !
On motion of Dr. Wood the following
committees were appointed by the Chair:
On Drainage and Water Supply Dr. W.
W. Lane, Dr. A. D. McDonald and Mr.
J. K. Brown.
On Epidemics Dr. W. J. H. Bellamy
Dr. W. W. Lane, Dr. E. A. Anderson.
On Sanitary Condition of Public Build
ings Dr. W. W. Lane, . Dr. J. Francis
King, Dr. W. J. 4 e.
On Public Nuisances Mayor Fishblate,
Dr. J. C. Walker, Dr. Thoa. F. Wood.
On motion, the Board resolved to meet
on the first Tuesday of each month, at half
past 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
Oa motion the Board adjourned.
NO. 34.
RlBBrlNG OF WILiniNQTON BAR.
1 The Late Col.W; S. Devane. .J
iAu 'adjourned-meeting of the members
of; the , Wilmington Bar was held in the
Court House at 4 oclocs yesterday alter-
eon, to receive the report of the commit
tee f appointed at a previous meeting to
draft resolutions expressing the' sense of
the Bar in reference to the death of the late
CdL W S. Devanei' '-! l "; " ',,: ; '
Judge French, the chairman of the re-
ca'nt meeting, being absent, oo motion of
CpLB; R Moore, Hon. D. L. Russell wasj
called ;upbn tolpreside. ' . J j ; " ;," -
s Judge CantwelL pa behalf of th com
mittee ; on, resolutions, then , . reported - the
following:' '-' :; t-H-i.
r .The committee appointed td.draft resolu
tions expressive of the sentiments of the.
Wilmington liar in regard to the lite and
character of the late William a. Devane,
beg leave to report the following, viz: '
i William Stewart Devane was bora iu the
county of New Hanover, on the 24th day
of Marcb,i823.' Adopting the professio.n
of the law, he was a student under the" late'
Chief Justice Pearson for two -years rat
xucumuuu tun, in tue couniy op laasin,
and 3 as T ad mined.- to 4aiijJi he
year 1853. He immediately entered upon
the practice ot his profession, and
formed a partnership with Almond A.
McKoy, now , one . of the Superior Court
Judges of the State. This firm enjoyed
the emoluments and Honors or a successful
and lucrative practice, until it was dis
solved, about April 1861, at which time
Col. Devane went into the service of the
Confederate States. His intrepidity, his
fidelity to the cause for which he took up
arms, and his entire record as an efficient
soldier and devoted patriot during four
weary years of war is a part of the history
of his native btale.
;ln 1866 Col. Devane removed to Wil
mington, where be spent the lemainder of
bis life engaged in tee practice of the law.
in partnership with his brother, Duncan J
Devane. In the year 1868, wheu political
strife was at its highest, he was chosen by
his party as its standard bearer in the con-
teat for the position of Judge of the .Fourth
Judicial District, having as his opponent
the Hon. D. L. Russell, who was the
nominee of the adverse party for the same
position. I
Col. Devane's character as a citizen was
such as to cause him to be respected and
beloved by all who knew him, but none
knew him so well' as the members of the
Bar who were thrown into professional
contact with him, and it was in his bearing
towards his brethren of the Bar that his
heart and head evidenced those brilliant
qualities which made him one of the great
favontes of the Circuit- !
The above is an imperfect outline of the
services which Col. Devane has rendered
the State of North Carolina and the people
of the south, liis intrepid courage, both
as a soldier and a citizen, his charming
social i qualities, his generous heart, en
deared him to all with whom he came in
contact. I -
We, the members bf the Wilmington Bar,
do therefore resolve:
l. mat we deplore the death of our
brother, the late Colonel W. B. Devane,
and request the lion. A. S. Seymour
Judge, now riding the Third Judicial JJis
trict, to cause this memorial to be spread
upon the minutes of the Superior Court of
New Hanover county.
2. That we tender to the family of the
deceased our heartfelt sympathies in their
sad bereavement.
, 8.- That one copy of the above oreanible
l-antf otrairs:beent to the fami? (M the
ueceasea, ana another to eafTujETMty
papers.witii a request for their publicrftiJn.
Edward Cantwkll,
D. L. Russell,
i ' DuB. Cutiak,
B. R. Mooke,
r ! A, G. RlCAUD,
j S Committee.
In presenting this report Judge Cantwcll
moved its acceptance in. truly fitting and
worthy terms. His remarks, delivered at
some i length, were chaste and. eloquent,
and embodied a beautiful tribute to his
deceased friend. j
Mr, J. I. Mack3 seconded the resolutions
in a short but feeling and appreciative ad
dress. . j
The report of the committee wa8 adopt
ed and, on motion of A. T. London, Esq.,
the chairman of the meeting was requested
to present the resolutions to the Court,
Judge Seymour presiding, with the request
that they be spread upon the minutes of
the Court.
On motion of Thomas W. Strange, Esq.f
the meeting then adjourned.
His Honor, Judge Seymour, then ascend
ed the bench and convened Court.
Immediately after Court was convened
Hon. D. L. Russell arose and presented the
resolutions of the Bar to the Court with
the request that they be spread upon the
minutes.. In the performance of this duty,
Judge Russell delivered a wa rm-hearted
manly and affectionate tribute to the sub
i
ject of the memorial. Hia speech was
really an eloquent eulogy.
When Judge Russell bad completed his
remarks, His Honor, Judge Seymour spoke
warmly of the kind-hearted, manliness and
genial social qualities of the lamented
dead, and ordered that the resolutions of
the Bar be spread upon the minutes of the
Court, and as a further mark of respect to
the! deceased, adjourned Court until this
morning at 10 o'clock.
1
The Brunswick case Decision aud
! Appeal. j
' In the case of "the people of the State of
North Carolina upon the relation of S. P.
Swain vs. M. C. Guthrie," being a quo warm
ranto to test the validity of the title of the
defendant to the office of Superior Court
Clerk of Brunswick county, heard in the
Superior Court of New Hanover on Wed
nesday, His Honor, Judge Seymour, ren
dered a decision yesterday in favor of the
complainant, the defendant being required
to surrender the office and its appertenances
to the plaintaiff and pay a fine of $250 and
the costs of the action. j
From this judgment plaintiff appeals- to
the Supreme Court, and is required to give
bond in the sum of $50 for his appear
ance. ' I
The Charlotte (Joserver says
Judge .Schenck pronounced Col. D. K,
McRae's address on "Talent and Genius,'
at Davidson Commencement, the most
brilliant literary address he ever heard.
Spirits Turpentine :
j Raleigh Arta: -The State Treas- "
urer has at last received the new bomU iu '
ha denomination .of $1,000.
; Kihston Journal J. The Now
.oik Herald had a reportcrrat Ctiaoel IMl
who sent off communications liv ieinrr.-uiii
every evening.' ' : j ' . - .
j The revenue for lu'baoco stam$
alone from Orange during the month of
May was f 189,34U.t3, and lihe entire 'reve
nue for the same length
of lime in Uio
fourth district amounted to
$220,000.
This is liar-
Rockingham Jlee
vest lime and the too lew
wheat crops are
reponea koou. uicuiuoua court:
Neill Caiuerou, tne'l ou the charge of
burning the jail, was found not guilty t
All of Thursday was consumed iu the trial
of Hiram Norton for the murder of Xiuilw
frey Norton-, He was ably defended by
Major J. JD. bhiw and Col. R. T. Bennett,
and the-jury rendered ! a verdict of not ,
guilty, l'here are two other indictments -
for murder Jim Green and Muck, Cross.
Raleigh Observer: A large con
gregation assembled at Wake Forest Col
lege to hear - the Commencement sermon.
Tp say that it was preached by Dr. 'John
Al Broadus is to say that it was a , good -sermon.
, His theme was "Consecration to
.God:" James B, Yellowly, Esq , a
lawyer of prominence in .Mississippi, and a
distinguished member, of the Mississippi
Legislature, has returned to North Carolina
.with hia family, to make bis residence in
Greenville, air. Yellowly has not h?ed in
the State since, he grew to man's estate -
! wadesboro neraia: A colored :
bby,: about lourteen years old, son of Free -
au Marshall, was. drowned while bathing
ijiuie a mui-pona iasi oaioruay. . - -
e prisoners. (hf teen in : number) from
Kichmoud county, who have been confined
4u jail t tbia -place; were taken to Rock-
ingnam-yeweruay jwwn. rsr-RiUX-JiJ09-
J. Ingram, ol luls ..place, has auout one
and a half acres of laud, which he sowed
in oats last fall. They weie cut last week,
and it is thought by good judges that tin-
yield will be at least sixty bushels per acre.
Newbern Democrat: About
seyen hundred bushels of corn were sold
to-day at 61 cents. Mr. Henry Tay
lor, an employe at Gray's plate factory,
got injured quite severely, though not dan
gerously, yesterday. We have just
learned as we go to press that Capt.Wood,
of the steamer Neuse, was drowned about
6 o'clock on yesterday at Kinston. y
accidentally fell overboard while trying ii
move a box from the steamer. He leaven
a wife and several children; was a most
estimable gentleman, and will be sadly
missed by his many friends in Kinston ami
this commuity.
Asheville Journal: Messrs.
Harkins, Patterson, Gudger and Patterson,
Deputy TJ. 8.: Marshals, have made about
seventy-five arrests since the 15th of May
twenty-sevei were arrested in Transyl
vania county ilone, and all bound over to
court but four about twenty-five in Hen
derson county and a good many in Hay
wood, anl the young men are still on the
hunt. The first thing after his. Honor
Judge Gudger charged the grand jury of
Buncombe, was a motion by the counsel of
C. P. McGimsey, charged with the murder
of Lawson Weaver, colored, to discharge
the prisoner from custody, caused by a
ruling of Judge Avery, supplemented by
the Supreme Court of North Carolina.
Goldsboro Mail: Daniel Hut
ton, six or seven years of age, fell from a
tree in the northern part of town on Tues
day morning, and was severely hurt.
A child of Jerry Cox, colored was killed
near town last week by falling out of a
door. Dr. Kirby held an inquest.
Sampson county, with ber usual enterprise,
is devoting considerable attention to tobac
co growing. If silence is golden, an
oyster ought to be wealthy. Little
Duncan Smith fell from the front piazza of
his grandfather's house last Friday, and
broke his left arm. The neighborhood
of Battleboro is excited over the phenom
enon of a talking tree which is growing
upon the land of a Mr. 0,dom. Last wek
we saw a letter from that gentleman to a
citizen of our town which stated that about
five thousand persons had visited the won
derful tree within the last-sir weeks; and , .
that he intended having it enclosed, f Miix
yj. saya, nowever, ma wnne ne nas never .-
heard the tree articulate distinctly, he haa '
heard it produce strange and unaccounta-
ble sounds. , '
Charlotte Observer: The Rich
mond State doesn't like Senator Vance's
speech at the Ewing serenade, and criti
cises it accordingly. Sackcloth and ashes
ror one. the f ederal Court- bas had
a very brief session. It convened .Wed- .
nesdav morning after a short term Mon
day, and heard a few motions and made a
few orders, After this all the cases on the
docket were continued until fall, and the
court adjourned for the term, having trans
acted one might say almost no business:
Iredell items: The crops are looking re
markably well. Wheat and oats, which
are now almost matured, will make a tine
yield, while cotton and corn are looking
very well Wallace Brothers coqlinae
to conduct the largest botanical warehouse
which can be found in the United States.
Commencing only a few years ago, they
now command the trade in room and herbs
for all of Western North Carolina. Their
trade has grown to be enormous, their
goods finding a market iu many of the Eu
ropean cities. -.
' Tarboro Southerner: Donan
delivered a ringing, staving address before
the Arkansas Press; gang, which we have
read with delight in the Little Rock Dem
ocrat. Mrs. Moon, after a fortnight's
faithful labor in the Lord's vineyard, left
for Wilson yesterday morning. That there
were not more penitents and converts, in
certainly no fault of het's- Rev. C.
M. Cook closed a most successful protrac
ted meeting of nine days' duration at Pal
myra, on Monday night and is present in
Tarboro to lend bis powerful aid in the re
vival here.
The squirrel will soon crack his hickory
nut. . ' ' 1
And the rye will be in bloomj
But the college boy with lordly strut,
Comes home to blow and "boom."
Rocky Mount item: One of the rail
road hands, working near Halifax, had,
forsometime, been suspected of stealing
the others' rations.' The negroes' suspi
cions being confirmed, a few days since,
instead of indicting him, they (a party of
four negroeB) took him out and gave him
about seventy-five lashes. They said they
thought it the only way to break it up.
Fayetteville Gazettei As ve
have before slated, at the lasting of the
Cumberland County Agricultural Society,
it was decided to bold a Fruit and Flower
Fair aud Farmers' Dinner during the sum
mer, at the Fair Grounds, the proceeds to
be devoted to the erection of a grand stand
on the grounds, now greatlyueeded.
Last Tuesday the La Fayette Light In
fantry celebrated the 10th of June the
anniversary of the battle of Bethel by a
dinner and target practice at the Fair
Grounds. The merchants generally
have commenced this week the closing of
their stores at the ringing of the "sundown
bell." We learn that a gang of ten
convicts at work on the line of the Cape Fear
& Yadkin Valley Railway, made an at
tempt to "break" the guards on Tuesday
last, resulting in the killing of Dr.
"Charles;" a negro well known here, Bares
field a -horse-thief, and two others; two
convicts"were desperately wounded; two
surrendered, and two escaped, j The guard
behaved with great nerve and courage. Of
the four killed the death of all! was nearly
instantaneous; the wounds of the two men
are thought to be fatal.