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'tnce TL ""t. 1 . . t nt c v 4i)jury i" cih- ''s- scli'.'Hie. rWe re- wxx,3s,fl:iisra-Toi?r. 2sr. crop is c . ; -coiJ sna .p di.. c too. Tho. c . very mucW io- ntv 1 s gret to learn of th $1.50 a Year, in advance. retl rrur, respected uage, sq., a pruun citizen ' ot Greene- wbit-a t rrr residence on last Wedne&w iV." ntgirt? : . ' .. w;- ;.. -. -' : - "'A:-- i- I .-- . . i " - -; u -,m r . - ' &l hia - - . i(ii- S888888888siiiit 5- ' -niuow t 8SS8SS8S888S88 3 '-m 8g88-?S88288S888S ? SS8Sg8S8888888888 Wi-iT-trtHr4Wc5cM a - . T 8SS88888888888888 . 1-4 f-i i-t -i ol e g 3 . : -. $ .-, I . .,. ' -; 1 ' ' s . ' : ) ;'! :;' ' -r"J .' ' ' - gi's ::;s::::j:::i . : .CQ - .... , - wb set-ao oo i-ieo o eo Subscription Price. .50 WWTKS ON noOHE'J HIS- TORY. We resurao oar notes and com ments on Moore's "School History of North Carolina." W0 repeat that we regard it as important that this b.iok should have been written, how ver .defective '-it may be. It is an acquisition neither to be overlooked nor under-estimated, for it is of sub stantial value. That there are errors was to have been expected. There would have been errors of taste and judgment, and even of dates and tVtllfJ IlltUOVur ncinclolinn t lw ou I . thor w.ght have been for to err is ""5t" "-,m"c C,,B t,,4U there would have been, if the little - ' I wort had oeen the result of greater diligence and care than the author ii- -v . . . t n.u u,UB t ueSlow. weiearn mat the book , was hurriedly prepared, .c-.u tu.r, 11UU1 two .uuepeu- dent sources. Ihere is excuse for an eJitor in writing hurried editorials. I mstorv. ,xi is ins uuiy and interest io-Laxe time.. uisiory snouia De writteji with the utmost possible care and precision- . . The great histories have been the result of intense application. Read Trevelyau's "Life "of Lord Macaulay" if you would see the" industry of a great writer. How many errors there are in Mr. Moore's book we can not undertako to say, for we do not know. The late Gov. Swaiu told a prominent Presbyterian miuister,who is still livin sr. that he had detected one thousand errors in a certain "History of North Carolina." We have been able to detect some in the same work in the course of our inde pendent investigations. When a man refers to a history lie wishes to I . feel secure that lie can trust the ac curacy of the author's statements. The errors in Moore's "School Histo ry" should be pointed out kindly when tbey are detected. Some three newspapers have contained notices of three or four errors. The Star will endeavor to do something m the same direction, but in a spirit of courtesy1 and kindness. Our chief put pose is to aid the worthy author in correcting any mistakes into which he has fallen. We think it is the duty of those who have studied local his- I tory the history of their immediate J . I sections to point out any errors I that may be discovered. It is only in , , .i, this way that we may hope to have a reliable work as to dates and facts, . .. . We can only attempt a lew amis, as we have not time for elaborate dis-1 cussion or review. reiore pointing . ... -.a; (nU orrrtraoro out wl mat vu " w' ' wish to offer a few general reflections npon the book as a whole. Thft romantic Deriod of the history of North Carolina is to be found in O;,toonth and seventeenth centu- Liiw Dia.v-Mv ries, and in the first half of the eighteenth. Mr. Meore disposes of the period lying between 1584 and 1749 in less than 26 pages. Of course he must tell the story imperfectly and hurriedly. He does not even give the names of the Lords Proprietors. The dates of the formation of air the earlier counties ougbt to be given, what counties were afterwards r aA from them We trust he will formed from them, vve trust ne win levote more attention to that portion ..el. K,ftr. in: aome bseauent ol uu. " j edition. We do pot suppose there rfl fiftv men in North Carolina who are miy ueij can start with Edgecombe and tell niip were formed from it. WU4V vvmw..w or a innht if there are fifty men who .an gi.e the . faou concerning Bate county. The era embraced between 1749 jfXnft I ii " a. LI C V Cull UI UVUVU m va xne subscription prfce of the Wkkk romantic ra referred to it appears to turing. They have utilized South- .;v otar is as toilows :, . us. But if he had done this he would erh cotton to some purpose. The 5mle CPy 1 Year, pqstage paid, $1.50 ot have hftll MnlJ ftl n.,u SJ.W w.::..;, v ' ; 44 6 months 44 44 1 00 I 1 I i uao iuoioicu uuio iuu agaiu iuaii - l . ut-vuiu- i tionary period from .1775 'to the close of. 1782 is embraced in ' 43 1 pages. The remainder of the book, . i , uV 'V a: ' the Stale from 1782 to!879. He de- woies 4 pages to; the,jwar of the OtatCSJ rhe ent'int hiatnrv frmu llin I c . I " i - . , - I year to J7S2 -.a period of nearly two hundred vt'arsS-ik 4??tifinWl iuitKil , . i in the hmit of 93 patfen. , 'Tins was Sr CXh,s wa? the exciting, the stirri ng, ihejomao. 141 tic period. He devotes pages to the History of.oior people Jstantly directing attentiofa to the nV-iwii:'wa8- jeMity.a"nd profitablenessiot burning from 17S2 to uneventful, the peaceful epoeJu, otn,e ; of thi space, if he meant to-limitt nimseirasne has done, tmght havej iuihuid .u iuiuw i and nrofit to the. formauva nnl datson and glonhcation of the poli- ticians of this century, which to us is one of the serious defects of the book, His judgments of some of the men whom he distinguishes with special praise will be amusing to many. For instance, he pronounces a man of strong native powers but of very limited education as being a man of "massive and original genius." lie could not have said more of Francis Bacon or John j Milton. There are other characterizations that will pro- J voke a sraile among those who knew the men. He omits to bestow praise on other men who were greatly dis- . 1 I I unffiusneu auove their lellows. lt seems lo U3 thU lu thi3 litllc hia. lory 100 muc!l attention is given to men t.v unlit i.-Jn ,W ,nfJf.;QllTr ---- - i j i J i not enough lo all the callings and to l the neonle,. V omrlit m hav a ha- I c i tory or Worth Carolina people-ol what they have done in the way of growth and progress. We need more facts what concerns the -people and Richard Green, j the admirable his- torian, has givenj tje world an ex- cellenl example in thev'llistory of J the English People? V Lnr.P M aiwuhttrnmi-ifc! -. f?nAa-1 J I ------ - w f- r . I have devoted great rejfearch to the J condition of the people in tho differ- j ent centuries how they lived, their I manners and customs. A school his- tory of North Carolina should tell all that can be known of the condition J of tho people in the different centu-1 nes. lhe growth of Christian de- nominations, the progress of educa- tion, what taxes were paid, the price I of produce, the value of a bushel of wheat, the .number of pupils in high schools and in ' common schools, the beginning, progress aud influence of the press these; and other interest- iug points might receive careful attention. The records' of the coun lies and the contents of libraries must throw much light on these things. I lt appears to us, also, that he doesiiot devote enough space to the events that transpired at Charlotte the Declaration and Resolutions. We think, too, that he has made a j mistake in undertaking to write of events that have f transpired within the last decade. I He could not hope.J to give satisfaction, however single his aim or conscientious in what he says. We do not think he is felici- . . i . tons in describing the era of recon-I struction in North Carolina. That . .Ji , , . . constitutes a meet shameful chapter in our history. We do not -believe i .. . . i tnat any one reading his oook would be able to form a correct conception i .si. 1 I" . 1 "I . r 1 1 i ot uiose uays 01 igioom anu Borrow, ftf nnnrpssinn anfl inlifrniitmn TTn. I - rr- - -r n - j less the true picture were faithfully and vividly presented it were better I if no attempt were made. Some future hand may describe those de- I plorable and' troublous times. This a. is not the time for such work. in one or two articles we will point J out briefly some of the errors as they appear to us.. In nothing that we have said have we . purposed the slightest- unkindness. We simply wish to see the jbook improved in every particular and widely read and used in the schools of the State. We can do no better service how than by helping to correct historical errors r ourselves1 and our children I ..n.prnpj f c0oeerpedM 1 . i l ine papers tor uays navo ueen laughing over a mistake Republican f fc.t x Vr Hubbell, of Michigan, made. He mis- took Oscar Turner, of Kentucky, a . ' - " I Democrat, tor itooinson, chairman ot the Ohio Repnblican Committee, and I loia uim certain party secrets. The paragraphers and .i,; ,c.o.UCiDi0r..wuB a Viaa W vuw vaauvwiuu. vv aauvwwa : - i . - t - 1 J miiiiiikkn cotton mills. i I !: lVMn 0A 'i' j -JJ1 t: 'f ! r '' ,-Jit 'i i!4. . d , w e can see no good reason , why; 1 hnnV.ofrti.fi. JLI..f ' iil I ihall-nnt !L ZlSlZ' I .U W ' i! ' ' V u' I snaH not .l)e very p.rofltablo in the QUr tarn 'j.-J. 1 ! Ji' Wii in J, umuBiry iiiai, mo inerae is an oio one;' We'do not' knVw.'hoWeveV. ad , f. L'ii' 't. .J t I ,1C inai 18 m0fe. worthy ot coneid- IWriTAn nA'l 'L'i': 'i'J' eration and' that promises Weater W Bu)t8 to onr people in the end. Hence, we shall, make no aooWv for enni i a. oj !SOik raw staple dbat' 'grow 'at'! qu do ob inf.0, fabnoVof various kinds'i qur Thetfeoplo of New England have uucomeincn ana prosperous- rnainty bv dnvnt.inirttiameAlvdD tnnnfAn- what New England had accomplished the South might also do. The Stab has insisted that if itho raw cotton coinld be transported from one thou-; sand to two thousand miles and worked up with profit, that tht material could be manufacture ie same ired with more profit in the South, where it is grown. We have read article after article from NeW England writers who endeavored to show that cotton manufacturing could never be as profitable in the South as it was in that section of the countrv. We have not been deceived by the sophisms or blinded as to the facta and fimirpa. w l,n 00,. v,n fatrtM-oa f hA Sonth ' Droauorin-. nmtB- aa wel, flB thosCof the North. The cotton fac- curies ju vjreurgia auu ooulu Carolina have been mora nrnfiuhb rn dn, " r -" -j - a. i... r . uuu lus xaoii iew yearo iusu tuutse vl Massachusetts or Rhode Island. Al though there are nearly sixty facto ries in North Carolina wa have aen no returns from them and cannot speak, therefore, of their remuncra- tive a ualiti. d. Beiner all. or nearlv all, private enterprises, the owners have kept the results of their opera- tiOns from the public Inasmuch as .w m , x.-.- v,V .kWVr a, avu 4VV -r Vil AUUUt-i UUU - r . a l new ones are being constantly built, we take it for granted that it has been found generally profitable to engage in cotton manufacturing. The factories of Georgia and South Carolina publish annual exhibits which are instructive and encourag iner. An interesting letter: written from Greenville, S. C, has appeared recently in the New York Times con cerning cotton manufacturing in South Carolina. We will condense for our readers some of the points, The Piedmont Company, during its fiscal year ending March 31, 1879,1 realized profits amounting to over $50,000. The Langley Manufacturing Company has a brisk trade and has very encouraging prospects. Glen- doing well. Graniteville Mills are flourishing. Piedmont Mills cleared over $56,000 for the last year. The Camperdown Mills, with $300,000 capital, is doing a satisfactory bnsi-f neS8. So with the Westminster Thread Manufactory Company. These mills have done well during the most; stagnant and stringent times, when I hundreds of Northern mills have been losing money. I I J - v I thekbwill begain. j If the dual-bill is approved by the -T q mi President Soath w,n 8a,n con81' i fleraniv nv it. naves ooes not oni . ; . , i i inrtr in mo rnnrr n vai n, t r t r n iaa ttivqo ject in his fourth veto to the features UW Wili -VMWM i . , ,. . i "4 J" . TT.:..ao....P tci. a u 111 U UllCU ULaLCB WU U I Ln. 1 1 L11B OUULU can gam these two points by the fight the Democrats have not struggled in vain. , , '. If the President shall approve the measure that provides these changes the organs may call it a back down for the Democrats,but the South will gain none the less. In regard to the I - i Marshals and their Deputies there will be a dead-lock in all probability, As we understand the proposed bill, ,.m. ii wniisL monev ih annronnaieu mere is . r c ; a prohibition that the money shall not be usedto pay them for .attending f w Z, elections, lhe oaarieston JSews ana YWtW TflmarVn nnn thWfatnrf , r i the new measure: , i "Should this Marshal bill fail to receive tne approval of the President there will be no interruption of judicial processes. The salaries of the United States Judges are provided for in the Legislative Appro - pnatioe bill, and, as we understand it, lerstand it. tho fa nf -inrnra nt DDitnRaapa anil nthar eXnenaes. will have been provided for in bR'??iffi I nronriation for the regular Marshals, an v more man ior me deputy joiarsnais, Dut thArp(?ni-P mrshftifl were not aflWtPd the proposed prohibition against incurring Uu The'STAr. has so of ten urged 51'8. th" no aPPrPm,tion "h.a' , b& apfide HumW'kscrlbes VhVcWif liberty' J . -, ..-I . xr,i " - u. tt the payment of a class ot 'oLiCera who.!.,-. -t -if - tcapilah8ts in North Carolina to: ariapest and nuisance, rs the aeatg of; England 4 16 the Paritaha, whilst "their AipVuinn"tn' ihW'i'm. sp es and bullies of the Eepuhlican partT in 1 1 U "ZtdlZA XfnUiAJaCMknWk, ru- I ties for electioo purposes, an t --;-;:3 0f !the remiiar Marahaia wiiilc v- irnnA u' elpctioD purposes. iH t itithf winter ThrAH7i!I inlorW I r therefore, withthe CJur..r and lhe maloritv ,wiU stand canarelv nori- the nririii- the South. Thev can be aPDoioted. but ipey wU not get any money r-:"-Vv p' WHT H4S SEEN Un top debate in. the x.f If ZZL ZZZ: ji,:, Mf n:r . ofv fihV UnflJirB .Hi .T!' f.?-S:!?W LDnroTTiationa l. frAm thR hrifif i outline Help.irrahfta tu ni ' l.i u nriMi k fiiu i mi m. Lf iTrrniuinn i ui I 4- "-o-r topaye.. stated the remoeratic casoi Very fairly. He showejiiwhat they essajedTto secure, and yhat they had secured ; bv thei extra chaioTi. The.t linporiani. ; - i -i 1. The army cannot be used as a : : - I pqlice force.: In the previous session it had been determined Jhat it could jnpt-bo used, as a posse comitatus I that is, that it ; could not be sum moned to keep the peace as the sheriff of a county can. summon jthe whole male population above I a given age, As Mr. Hurd, siys when the . present Congress adjourns the .army cannot be used by the Ad' ministration "to intimidate American citizens in the exercise of their rights." This is surely a very greit gain. It is worth tho price of a dozen extra sessions. The -past confirms this. It is a splendid achievement, when we remember who sits in the Presi dential chair, that the people have been shielded against the bayonets of oppressors. Tho Republicans are, however, fully committed to that policy. Their votes, their speeches, their acts all show most conclusively . - i that if they had their way, in the coming elections, every voting booth would bo surrounded with blue-coats and fixed bayonets. 2. The prospect is that tho odious Test Oath will be wiped from the statutes. This is most important. With this Test Oath there can be no fair trials in Federal Courts. It is a great gain for the country :l.JWerLiUs &xed that the uest men ot I ... . . . dm I - ' . ,, ulioll iRrTiiiulniurt-tiTl , , , , J I authority shall no longer be exerted to intimidate citizens and to inter- I vene in elections in the States. I Mr. Hurd reminds the Congress A.l-l.A AAnt.CT tl..t hA UA hAPn I J 1 DUBurrenuer 01 uie -greai, pnuu,Fiu that Congress can withhold supplies as a means of redressing grievances, I ahil hp ,lo,.lnrorl tVint. art lrtnr aa t lift Democratic party was in the ascen dant in the House it never would be surrendered Mr. Hurd told the sim ple, unvarnished truth wheu he said distinctly: TTnon these noinls thfi Rnuhlieans took J igsue, .and if with this issue the Republican party should be successful, it , would mean tho end of the ltepubhc and the upiuting of an Empire. Could there be any doubt as to a controversy like this, ana snouia civil liberty perish on its own threshold, at its own fireside? . The past and future pro tested azamst it; the hopes and fears ot the world protested against it; and, what was practically or more value, the Democratic pWty, with its majority of half a million of the American people, protested against THE BIBLE AND CIVILIZATION It is not claiming too much for the I Bible to affirm that it is at once the j forerunner, supporter and most po- I tential ally of all true civilization. I Strike out the sacred influences of I . l that blessed Book upon tho world: bV some Omnific power erase forever , - r from the human mind and heart its great lessons of wisdom and truth , . .. i ii 1 1 r ano nonness, and toe worm would it soon sink into barbarism; a night of i , ' ,., , 1. 1 .l T ,1 i .1 . 1 I i Bi.ariess gioom woum opeeuuy tteitie rtnnn thft minilfl of mfin. a ftlnnrl of rr- I . , -. .. . -i , I. , . tiuspair wumu gaiuei to uaus. loius about the goal, the light of the Sun . . . . , . . fnrAVPr thei mpllow sonw of Horn torever, tne meuow song or nope Would never cheer the heart of man, . . t u- j u- bringing relief to his toil and his.sor- rows. All would be a blank,and men . ' would, like poor - infidel Ingersoll, "wander darkling in eternal space." It is a fact that those nations that arfl .ivilired- bnf. nnder infirlftl in. a t, . . . UUDUWO " iuwuihu iu ..... 11 . . - I their history to the permeating and I . ne un 4ua e g 5 .t Revelation k. v -i ii , ifl m. h v w y. v i aim i s a a d all th t it h t ht f th J . . . - V a? S ... T world, and the time would indeed come when the descendants of civi- , i , , . zea peoples wouia grope tneir way to eternal death, and the savage ; . - , - . , to 1 orgies of their remote forefathers I i i ; -.'41.-- j - t : I ? . J painted nakedness around some mis- Aapen idoL It isbecauso "theBible I baa incorporated itself into the laws, i.nm.it i Ingtinit nn anA nhUnon. r- 1 phy of Christendom, that all these iiaJDiuties. wuicn was limilel o hallowed'-imariiments -'I' Of f freedom i c -r,, s, r (.-'- flouri8li;;and the arts and sciences. 1.M -'"'ll" TL J ' 1 i K'ir-"' 41 - '-V,,- atUmed their tfreaent imiftence; :E?ett' ITT . rf' put etenSallallianw betweenTHorElrty and iiaLi !' loI.J31p .-rlo: ref'S0"- .t . i u . - - i -, - - AttnaALrativaiqaFraiit, Kxbibi ?-. i M h Ttl and Jrai nt: miATnBr.ta ; t cwums uiMjiy(ii,wo paina PWvide U necessary urangoments frr pvlnhitnra nrt visitors, and. wtilieTIO charge wi1 be made for "dinner," they do earnestly appeal to the people of ampson county to bring out their baskets, and the fruits of the county, and thus make it the most attractive Festival the Society has ever held. j Col. Duncan K. Mciiae, of this city, has been invited to deliver an address on the occasion. - ; , I The Festival will close with a Grand Ball at night, Prof. Pascucci and his 4,Italiau Musical Corps," of Wilmington, furnishing the music. Supreme Court In the Supreme Court on! Wednesday, the following business from this Judicial District was disposed of A. A. McLean el al. vs. John Patterson et al., from Columbus; continued : under the rules. Angus McFadyen V3. J. T. Council, ex ecutor, from Bladen; argued by Mcliae'& Uroadfoot for the plaintill, and T. 11. but ton for the defendant. W. A. Rogers, executor, vs. Robert Mc- Kenzie et al.. from Robeson: arcrued. on report of clerk, by Hinsdale & Devereux f,or,th Plf4DS. an BaW1e & Mordecai for ucieuuaui. William Griffin et al. vs. Josephine Griffin, from Robeson (two cases); contin ued for absence of counsel The annexed digest in the case of Vick against Pope, from New Hanover, Chief Justice Smith delivering the opinion, is published: The absence of a complaint is not such a defect as to invalidate a judgment other wise regularly obtained. It is too late after judgment for a feme covert, regularly served with process, to set up a defence growing out of the coverture which sbe mw MW . - - . PwHrol Glle X.eitrl. MTma We regret to learn that Giles Leitch, Tlsn .. ii nrnminent and well known citizen of Robeson C0Unty. died on Thursday last, iQ New York, where he had gone to place himself under the treatment of a physician, The remains have been temporarily placed n a vauu in mai city, uui, wm ue iuuuhut In mm fT a A tr (ho familo nil TV in IT eTmiinrl Ifl Robeson county Mr. Leitch was a lawyer of prominence, bad served in the Legislature, and was con- sidered as a eentleman of very decided ability. Deceased was between 50 and 60 years of age, and his death will be mourned by a large circle of friends and relatives. A. New Counterfeit, A telegram from Washington says infor mation1 has reached the Secret Service Di vision of the Treasury Department that a new counterfeit five-dollar legal-tender note has made its appearance. It is of the series of 1875, and.bears the names of Aili son. Register, and Wyman, Treasurer. It is executed on a printed imitation of fibre paper, which is lighter than the genuine, The portrait of Jackson is good, but the i generai appearance of the note is bad, I -n t. : . Mi.mtAv I feit. X VVnallue Story. i It was cravelv stated on ' the streets last evening that a whale one hundred and five 1 feet long had been captured inside the bar. We have read of small fish of this species, I known as the balana rnvstwetus. from fiftv to BiXtv feet lone and about thirty or fortv feet in circumference, a solitary one of which yields more than twenty tons of pure 0ii; but this product of the Cape Fear was p-rWi-K-ou-s: one hundred and five feet i . , but the story that nearly choked us. Even an experienced Harper could not have made a marine believe it; it was too i n i savage, 1711-0 m Rrnmnrirk I - - The store of Mr. Edgar Ward, near Shal lotte church; in Brunswick county, together with his stock of goods, was destroyed by nre a lew DIBms since, air. aru, wuu wag in habU of 8ieeping in the store I t m . i . . , r .. Tir j i was absent at a neighbor's house.about two miles distant, when the fire occurred. He ia certain tba it lhe work of an incen. diary. The stofe and goods were valued . r A IT Art A ( 1 AnI mm1 thA 'Inoa ma iearrjf wa3 fully or partially covered by insurance. : OCR STATE CONTEITIPORAKIKS. The press of the State is beginning to Aam-A mnra nnttirn? nod men in i usmuu m.v. - , . 0p . a more care iu puitiug guuu mcu m men of unsullied moral character. office; Purity of private character should always "thj P-etoa position of trust i nnn nnnrsr i j tt ,nu.Mi,t jimiiim While it is doubtless not dly true that manv colored people North suffer for want Qf employment by which to earn an honest UppoS, there are also thousands andhun- dreds ol thousanas or wnue people xonn who suffer keenly with nunger ana coia because thev cannot find employment to earn a scantv living. In the South the co lored people, over whom fanatics and l blindea paruzan leaaersmaae a wonaenui . . . . . m i a m i ; I howl, have no need Ol SUilennff a dav Or an hour for food or clothing, and not one "tf SSTOS'S;. I years that they did not have I plenty to eat. I comioriauieciwuiiug, iwucg bub uicnuuu foP themselves and families. GoWaboro MaU. . 1 iu uis uisiory oi . JiiUgianu max me tTfttiaft w ti,a I hf Faith K atloocethe basiff'ot !all e WtMcVndb,emnt',of ' the U-.'Wben OoxAhejnurdererWMre. Hall, was captured be was listening quietly, had with every appearance of edification, loa sermon upon the 4,Torment. of the Damned J , - ' , ... : - Eroud?, thp historian, and' his itite brother, the engibeer, William Froude,' werfl deeply i devote to eaca ioiaer, TVllliam's death,ia to the fomer a most bit. let bereavement. - -' A U; William 'A; Wheeleris noi'dead fiesalf.'j' Jle has just given vlWQ bundred dollars to the Board of Education m bis lown fOT"prizessat the closing JexerCisea of- tne pnoiicscnoois.r-z'rtMj .j,. -:- i Ros ' Winaris. the millionaire "brfdegrooLu,- has established himself in a njeKensingtcj " tjaraen. mansion ts-y-noi liking the; quality, of, London gas Jie will minufacture on his own .premises endugh tojllght his house $nd grounds., tr - , H-lberil Wber, tb . pianaforte maanfatturer. died at his residence in New York Jlast ltYedncsday. -llf: Weber was 1arn.4n4b-l-iUe viihiee of'il9lliBensfit Bavaria riaf in AugusC, lt.Viijleit-iiaeet valued at Between xouu.oov ana "373U.UUU. At the Theatre RbyalJ-at New castle, on the 26th, after the performance or ".Little Jfimuy," the trial scene from "There's Millions In It" was represented, The iufy in the play was composed of Han Ian, Elliott, Hawdon and other scullers. At the end of the trial Hanlan and Elliott were presented with gold , medals. Both Hanlan and Elliott responded to the presen tation addresses. TW1XKLI; It lis estimated that American shoppers j spend nearly $10,000,000 every season over the counters in London. How absurd some of these old proverbs ! are "You can't eat both your cake and have it," for instance. How in thunder can you eat your cake if you don't pave it? Now that the survivors of the Southern prisons are to have a reunion-, how would it do to have a grand coming together of the old army teamsters, with a big speech from Blaine 1Balt. Gazette. An exchange defines j watering places as "the places where people live on fish and strangers." It may be added that there are some places where fish and stran gers are synonymous terms. Borne SeniiJ nel. ; j ; ; Mrs. Jessie Fremont is popular with all classes in Arizona. She speaks Spanish fluently, which gives her great ad vantage in dealing with the Mexicans, of whom there are many in Preecott, the place of her residence. j The butchery of the alleged Prince Imperial in Africa has furnished tne able journalist with a new word. He now talks about asscgaing people. Mr. Conkling, for instance, fell beneath the as segai of Lamar compborically speaking. Bait. Gazette. j It is hot pleasant to be called a liar, a blackguard and a scoundrel, or lo have any other offensive epithet applied; a DiacEguara, it cannot nun mm to ee called one or all. lt is the fact, not the mere charge, that hurts. Cincinnati Ga zette ! . ; j POLITICAL. POINTS. The Republicans are so auxious to pass an appropriation for tne mamte nance of the Federal courts that every mother's son of them voted against one yesterday. Wasi. Post, Dem. j Kearney wants to be United States Senator from California. Since United States Senators have taken to the oratory of the Sand Lot, Kearney's am bition does not seem unreasonable. rail, limes, Ind. j The decision of the Democratic Caucus in shaping the policy of tbe party in reference to the Judiciary Appropria tions, must be regarded as a victory for the conservative elements, under the leadership of those Senators who have done most to win the confidence of the country during the heated contests of the extra session. Phil, limes, Ind. Let it be once understood that there is no room for a hard money Demo crat like Senator Bayard in the Democratic caucus, and JMew York will go Republican this autumn after a fashion which will make the next Democratic National Con vention glad to take in Senator Bayard again, bard money principles included. Isprmsflcld liepubucan, Ind. ! , southcrn'iteitis. Rev. A. JJ Ryan has I accepted; an invitation to address the cx-Confederate soldiers at Montgomery, Ala., on the 4th of July. L It is quite a coincidence isn't it? that the reporter-detective who ar rested him, and Cox, the murderer, should both be Old Virginians. Richmond State. At a colored picnic at Thunder bolt. Ga.. on the Coast Line Railroad, Tuesday, a disturbance occurred on the dancing platform about a woman, 'inree negroes were shot, one mortally. The col ored brother is an imitative animal. The President has appointed Dr. Walter Douglas, of Richmond county, Va- a surgeon in the army, aiid he will leave to-morrow morning by way of Chi cago and Omaha tor H on Whipple, Ari zona, where he is to be stationed with the Twenty-hlth mtantry. . i dramatic"note. It is reported that "Our Boys," which has now been played some three years continuously in a London theatre, has netted $ 350,000 to tbe lessees, j With the first money that Chris tine Nilsson earned she built up the cottage of her old father in Sweden, and he is now a peasant well off in the world s goods. Adalina Patti, it appears, has lost some of her upper notes, but on the other hand she has gained immensely in dramatic power. Her voice is lowered, but she will ! become undoubtedly one of tbe greatest dramatic opera singers that Europe has ever seen. ! Miss Annie Louise Oary, who has' been passing a few; days in Boston on her way to her summer residence in Maine, states that she will net be a member of the Strakosch Opera Company another season. She is considering an offer from Manager Mapleson, but has not definitely decided upon her engagements for next year. The Asheville Citizen says that as a general thing the apple crop through out Western North Carolina j was almost wholly destroyed by the severe frosts in the early part of May, In some localities there will be a fair crop, but to a very large ex tent the crop was ruined. ; f ' Fayetteville Qa&iur'OtiT Robe-;: soft correspondent, "Dwight," -informs us ' tbatlloa, A M.;WaddeH delivered nio- ; .-. quent lecture,,.'Morse and Maury,'rat Lum- r -berton on lhe 24th iusl 'The Masons totneil 1:. out fo:a body;: and-a fitretlhiner vas given-: for 25 cents the proceeds for the Orphans: Lout8ide cf)lk'crtot8 were lakenupwnligooti , fesnita. . Urops are badly agni-riPg ; everywhere 3o Robeson pr raio..v. ,-vJ; rCrford 'TbretfiffAti Whitf-' --ycftmg gentleman was carrying his DulcinaJ"";H. ' ,y home from,-the closing exercises of Miss -- MilkeBV tehool, fn Franklid conniyUie.-' . box . of' matches he was. carrying, iu .biaV j - pocket - unluckily -igoitedi thereby setting ' him on fire which bo Trigbtened him that; ; he jumped out :of, the buggy, making very - -" lond exclamation, and the horse took flight' ' and- ran off, leaving hi'm behmd;' .Moral:.--i'i,i Young men, never keep, "parlor matches jn - your pockets whefn; you lake yrur. tftt otitr.'.''rV. to'ride" , t .' t p ' j iCibstorr Journalise examined ? last Satprday the 'jetty being'erected la Neuse river, just below Kinston; nndt-rahe? '-'j. strpervision of Reid Wbivfw J.of Kewlejn. . ' Tbis work.'planned 3y Gen. Ransom,, con--6'2ta.'of five parMenows- of pVan about -J t - Wrty varda-tarK-lTjanMfayr io,aooui metenjic or tne riyerr ana tnus forcing lhe water into a narrow 'compass, which necessarily deepens the channel. As a matter of fact we believe the channel has already deepened about two feet, with the ; . jetty still incomplete. Charlotte Observer: A company is being organized in Dallas.G.iston county. The election of officers will take place at an early day. From a correspondent: tuesday was commencement day at at. Mary's College, Gaston county, IX. C. This institution is in its infancy, and promises to become a permanent one. Its conductors are very learned and able men. , Within a few years this college will rival any educa tional institution in the State. Anybody acquainted with the progress of the Bene dictine order knows well the energy and perseverance of its leaders. Tbe word fail ure is unknown to tbem. Raleigh ATetcsHDr. Worth had. a notber benefit day yesterday. There were $474,000 worth of old bonds presented at tbe Treasury for funding, and the Dr. and Mr. Baine were so enthusiastic on the sub ject of bonds that they at once became oblivious to everything else, and from a. a. m. until 5 p. m. they did not sit down, their time being occupied entirely, in recording the entries necessary to complete the ex change. This work was even too much for them, and Mr, R. W. Best was called in to assist. At last the work was done, and the State Board assembled to embark in another enterprise of bond burning. which consumed much more bonds than it did the last time. - Wadesboro Herald: One day last week, while Dr. E. F. Ashe and family were in the front part of bis house, some person entered by the back way and stole $45 in greenbacks that was leu in, a ward robe. No clue to the robbery. We learn that George Griffin, tbe burglar and outlaw, is prowling about Lilesville, armed and threatening. Mr. George Davis, now of Richmond,' but formerly of anu well known in New Hanover and Pender counties, was thrown from a wagon on the Dumas' road one day last week and very 6A JC - I.U. Ii. iX nr 4 . fwU WJ -v v. cover. George. the bright' and gen tlemanly little son of Mr. John Bowman, was thrown from a runaway colt a few days since and dragged, by his foot catch ing in the stirrup, near three hundred yards over a. very rough and rock road. He. was very severely bruised, but no bones broken save some small ones of the foot. Tarboro. Southerner: It was resolved at tbe late session of tbe Washing ton District Conference to establish a High Male and Female School within the bounds of the Conference. We learn that tbe lo cation of this School . is now held under consideration by the committee who have the enterprise on hand . Meetings were held at Jbetbel, Pitt county, on tne loth, Robersonville, Martin county, on the 19ib, and at Everett's X Roads, on the 20th, to take into consideration the early comple tion of the seaboard & Raleigh Railroad. Dr. Nobles informed us on Tuesday that Rev. J. W. Andrews was yet preach ing every night at McKendree's Chapel, about eight miles from iarboro. So far twenty- three haye joined the church, about thirty have professed and forty penitents have asked for prayer. -Rocky Mount item : John B. Price, white, "was tried on Friday, before Justice Tillery,! and com mitted for forging J. D. Bobbins name to an order on A. W. Arrington for $5.63. Charlotte Observer'. A gentle man of this city has received from the Pre sident of the Historical Society of Worces ter, Mass., a letter conveying intelligence of the existence of ar paper among the So ciety's records which will forever set at rest all doubts relative to tbe authenticity of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Inde pendence, and the 20th of May, 1775. . Certified copies of the paper have been sent for, and we are informed that the gentle man referred to will soon bring lo light all the facts connected with this important historical eyent. The sad intelligence of the death of Mr. Richard A. Springs was announced by telegraph yesterday. He died in New York in lhe morning' at 7 o'clock. The telegram contained no further particulars, except that the body would be sent lo Charlotte as soon as pos sible. The tomato crop about Char lotte suffers from the. rot. Five cent counters, ten cent counters and bargain counters are becoming popular, and mer chants are showing their appreciation of the fact. -The number of deaths du ring the past ten days is something alto gether unusual. Hendersonville has a first class sensation. On March 5th Mr. J. H.Car ter, of New York, married Miss Josephine Bond, of Henderson county. The Courier says: Several months before the wedding, a gentleman, of perhaps 40 years of age, plainly clad, -but evidently a man of edu cation and culture, arrived in Henderson ville and inquired for private lodgings. He secured board at Mrs. M- M. Pat ton's, and tor some weeks after his arrival he led quite a retired life. Though extremely re ticent as to bis personal affairs, he was, nevertbeless,courteous and polite, and con versed with ease and fluency to those of the townspeople who approached him. He was undoubtedly a man of the woild, had traveled extensively both in Europe and America, and was a brilliant and ac complished conversation alisL He repre sented himself as a native of New York, and as a master mechanic, whose health had necessitated a change of climate. Carter died some lime after the marriage. It turned out that be had a wife in New York, who came to Hendersonville.had the body exhumed, looked at it, and had it ta ken to New Yoik. - And now tbe astound ing fact transpires that Carter was not Car ter, but William H. Wbeatley,.an ex-millionaire of Brooklyn, a fugitive from the State of New York, a policyholder in the New York Life Insurance Company for $50,000; the builders of St. Tcter's P. E. church in State St., Brooklyn; an ex-leader of the ton in tbe City of Churches, and the husband of a living wife in the same city, distinguished for her- beauty, elegance, wealth and social status ! Si 0 - :. i V) ! 1 , - " i::
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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