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WM. H. BERNARD, Editor and Proprietor. WILMINGTON, N, C: Friday, September 5th, 1879. erNoticeg of Marriage or Deatlu Tributes of Kespect, Resolutions of Thanks, Ac , are charged for as ordinary advertisements, but only half rates when paid for strictly in advance. At this rate 50 cents will pay for a simple announcement o Mar- rifure or Death. Remittances mast bo made by check, Draft, . i Postal Money Order, or Registered. Letter. Post- j M Asters will register letters when desired. only such remittances will be at the risk of the publisher. I ' Specimen copies forwarded when aesireo. LIEUTENANT-GENERA li JOHN B HOOD. This brave and distinguished sol dier of the South, whose death oc curred in New Orleans on last Satur day, was born atOwensville, Ky.r on June 19lh, 1831. He entered West Point in 1849.- In 1853, having com- j pleted his four years' term, he entered J wheat-growing lands of the Nortb the 4th Infantrv. He first served in I weat. He was devoutly thankful California. In 1855 he was trans ferred to the 2nd Cavalry, to which Robert E. Lee and Albert Sydney Johnston belonged. In July, 18S6, he was wounded-in a fight with the Indians on the Western frontier of Texas. He earned a reputation for dash and energy, which were made conspicuous in his after career in the Confederate army. He was appoint ed instructor of cavalry ; at West Point, but did not serve long, if at all, in that capacity, preferring a more active and exciting life in the field. He rescued his commission in the U. S. Army on April 16tb,J 1861. His first command was in the Peninsular of Virginia under Magruder, and as Captain of cavalry. On September 3tb, 1861, he was appointed Colonel of a Texas regiment of infantry. He became very popular with his rough command. On March 3d, 1862, he was made a Brigadier General. . He became prominent by his attack on the forces under Gen. Franklin on the York river. In the seven days' fight around Richmond Hood's bri gade participated. At Gaines's Mill he led his men on foot in a magnifi cent charge, and had a hand-to-hand struggle with the enemy in the re doubts and among the guns. We cannot undertake to follow his brilliant career through all of its ex citing details. He rendered great service and distinguished himself by his splendid personal courage. At Groveton and Bull Run, on (August 29th and 30th, 1862, he was quite distinguished. On the 30th he fought the same troops he had met at Gaines's Mill. He was in nearly all of the important battles in which the Army of Northern Virginia was en gaged. He was oftentimes wound ed, came near losing an arm at Get tysburg, and lost a leg j at Chicka mauga, it having been terribly shat tered. He was made Lieutenant General for his important services. In March, 1864, he was transferred to the army under General Jo Johnston, in North Georgia. On July 18th he superseded Johnston. At Atlanta he had two severe engagements with Sherman, inflicting much loss upon the Federals. Owing to the dispari ty of force he was finally compelled to evacuate the town. On November 30th he engaged a large force of the enemy at Franklin, Tennessee, and after several assaults night fell upon both armies. The loss was heavy to the Confederates. The enemy re tired to Nashville. At Nashville he sustained a disastrous defeat from General Thomas.! On Jan uary 23, 1865, he was relieved of his: command, Gen. Dick Taylor suc ceeding him. As we said in our brief notice of his death in our Sunday's - issue, Gen. Hood was not a successful soldier when in independent com mand. He lacked that ; breadth of - capacity which would enable him to . achieve victory over an able soldier ' in command of superior forces. As a fighter under Lee or Johnston, he : was grand. He had the courage, the dash, the pertinacity, the celerity necessary to snatch victory in the . very crisis' of conflict, j There was no brayer man in the Southern army; there was no truer man to the cause of. the South. He perilled all for his coun tryfor the cause he loved so dearly. He rendered important service on many a hard fought field, aud his memory will be long cherished by his countrymen. In his forty-ninth year, battle-scarred' and maimed, he falls before the great conqueror of all flesh and goes to the narrow house and the long sleep. Peace to his heroic soul! May God's benisons rest upon him through the. eternal ages, and may God's protecting care be with his children maae orpnans in oue wees by the fell destroyer! , -Internal revenue collections in fourth District for August, oo,uyo.. v ENGLISH STATBSlTlKft ON THE CON DITION OF TllKttt COlJNTttY. ,- Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Bright, the two ablest of English Liberal leaders, recently made addresses upon the condition of affairs in Great Britain. Mr. Bright's speech appears to have awakened surprise and apprehension. He spoke very plainly and emphati cally. Mr. Bright referred to the gloomy condition of the .agricultural interests. He directed special atten- tion to the comparatively smaii nam- . . . her of land owners in the Kingdom. He wanted the commission to inquire why eight hundred persons own nine millions of acres j in England and Wf.les, seventy persons I one-half of - Scotland, and -seven hundred own quite one-half of Ireland. He referred to J j the manner in which English laborers wre pau perized and English renters were harassed and swindled. He referred to' the United States and the splendid that the farmers of that section could smite with terror the men wto up held a gigantic iniquity in England. Referring to our own country, he said : " . j j ' The land which has been occupied in Minnesota, and West and North of that State, is of magnificent quality for the pro duction of wheat: and it should not be forgotten that that continent is the home of fifty million English-speaking people, and will probably within twenty five years be the home, of one hundred million." The 'great shortness of the crops will add to the depression and em barrassments. It is already feared that there will be a money crisis, as large shipments of gold to the United States will have to be made to meet the payments for wheat. , M HIGH VERSUS LOW FAKE. It ii It has long been . a mystery to us why railroad managers in the South have never given low rates for pas sengers a fair triaL Years j ago we .used to write about it, and in private conversation have discussed the mat ter with railroad men. The objec tion they have urged was that North Carolina was too j sparsely settled, and there was too little travel for the experiment. They have insisted that only so many people travelled any how, and that these would travel if rates were four cents or six cents. Our answer is,1 first, you eannot tell that. Unless you try them at twelve or j twenty-five cents a mile, as well as at I five or six, you are not prepared to say that rates do not influence the amount of travel. A man will go to Raleigh or Charlotte from Wilmington if busi ness absolutely requires it if he must pay five or six cents, but a dozen men will go on an excursion "when the rates are low. ! I Second, never having tested low rates the railroad men-are; not ready to affirm with any assurance of cor rectness that three cents a mile or two cents a mile would not superin duce enough increase of travel to -i :. . .1 i inae ik mure Bt.0iu,ui j luu uuuC the old, time-honored rates. As a friend of honestly managed railways, and as a friend and advo cate of the people's interests, we would be glad to see a fair trial given to greatly reduced rates of travel. It would take some time forj the people to become informed of ! the cheap rates. A trial of a month or two would not answer would; not be a fair test. But a trial of cheap rates for a year would enable all .concerned to put a proper - estimate i upon the two systems the old high-priced rates and the new low rates of travel. Our attention is called to this im portant subject of passenger rates by an editorial in the Charlotte Obser ver. That paper says: j "This season's experience on the West ern North Carolina road has proved that the contrary proposition is correct. This case could not be cited in support of an argument in behalf of, low, passenger rates if there had been but one or two excursions and they had been well patronized; but they have been run weekly, frequently as many as four times a week, and it is stated that in every instance their projectors have made money. Many persons have gone on them three or four times during the season, so that it cannot be said that curiosity to see the mountains or the engineering on the Blue Ridge has carried them: the explana tion of their going is that they could go cheaply and rest and refresh themselves while observing the rules of economy. "Now, this teaches one thing unmistak- I ably, and that is that the ordinary lightness Southern states is due not so much to the indisposition on i the part of tbe public to travel as to the amount of money which it requires. It costs much money to travel at regular rates over our Southern railroads, and no one does it when it can be avoided. The urgent calls of business or some other imperative demand is necessary to cause our people to board a railroad train. If the rates of travel were lower hundreds who never travel at all would find that there are places which they want to visit either for business or for pleasure, and the hundreds of those who do travel would go much more frequently than they do." s i This point is well taken. The old woman insisted that the' proof of the paddlQg was eating it. The certain test to be applied t0 passenger rates is a trial. As our 1 contemporary shows, the trial on one North Carolina I A r ! 3 'i " tH i py ! i r i It may be urged, that this example is not a fair one because it is confined to the summer. v The answer, is, that probably fifty availed themselves of the low figures who would have otherwise remained at home to one who would have travelled anyway whatever the rates might have been. The Observer says, as if in anticipa tion of just such an objection : "How many of these people would have visited these resorts bad full fare been charged both ways ? Not a third of them. It is true4bat the same . inducements- have been offered during previous seasons, and it is equally true that year by year since the war the number of these summer resorters has increased, this because travelling is con stantly becoming more fashionable, more common if this is not paradoxical be cause the people are getting more in the habit of coins about. The spirit in them in this direction will increase as increased inducements are offered them; and with rates within the means of the masses we would soon become a nation of travellers." We would be glad to see our rail road managers agreeing upon a sche seceding three dule of rates not e cents a mile, and then let it have a fair trial. We believe it would pay them well in the end. We would not have them to make the experiment if we believed it would be a failure would prove injurious. If it succeed ed, then both the companies and the people would be very greatly bene fited. In six months travel would be stimulated immensely, and we believe that five or ten persons would travel at three cents a mile where one tra vels at present rates. It appears to us low rates are worth being fully tested. TUB TAMMANY PROTEST. New York is a very important State in the next Presidential con test. All that concerns the Demo crats of that State to a greater or less extent concerns the Democrats of the Union. It is because of this that the progress of political events in that State is 60 closely scanned. The Tammany Democrats have just issued an address to the Democrats of New York urging them not to nominate Mr. Tilden's favorite for Governor, the present Chief Executive. The tone of the document is calm and dignified. It is a paper of consider able foroe, and will no doubt make a decided impression on large numbers of voters. They say: "It is for you, fellow Democrats, to de termine what course you will lake. We have resolved upon oars. Under no cir cumstances will the Democrats of this city vote for Lucius Robinson." The New York Utar is the organ of Tammany. That paper is ably conducted. It gives warning to the leaders of its party that the nomina tion of Gov. Robinson will be the signal for a revolt, and that not less than sixty thousand Democrats in New York city alone will not vote for Lucius Robinson. It says : "The perfidy of concealing this unalter able resolve of such a body of Democratic electors from the knowledge of the party throughout the State cannot now be laid at the doors of Tammany Hall. No Demo crat of intelligence can be cajoled by a hostile Republican press, or a corrupt rail road speculator, like Mr. Tilden, into con founding the altitude of the patriotic De- mocracy oi mis city wim a purpose iu . make tbreats, or deter others from doing I precisely what they are pleased to do." I Itaays any true, good Democrat, I can be elected, but Robinson cannot be. It says a defeat to the Demo crats will be so disastrous they cannot recover from it in years. From the dis-1 cussions in the papers and the general protest of the Tammany address, we judge that there are irreconcilable differences unless Mr. Tilden should asrree to lower his standard. The I other day he said Tammany must be crushed. Now Tammany says that Tilden and Robinson cannot be trusted. The organ of 1 ammany says of the absolute necessity of tho address: 1 "Were the declaration made without wars rant, it could have no significance. If war ranted by notorious facts, it would be treacherous and undemocratic in them to observe silence. The physician would be faithless who withheld from his patient the remedy necessary for his cure. The pilot who sees the breakers and does not avoid them, is responsible for tbe loss of the ship. To talk of peace and harmony with men who have made, war and ban ished harmony. . and thus to allow by unworthy silence tbe - Republican party to achieve a victory to which it is not entitled, 1 is something from which honest Democrats recoil. Mr. Tilden and ttov. Robinson have often illustrated that sort of party tactics in their past lives, feigning acquiescence while coalescing with Repub licans against tbe regular nominations of the Democratic party. Tammany Hall has tbe honesty to reject the Tilden me thods, and tbe courage to ten the truth and look the situation full in tbe face." Where the end of all this will be we cannot pretend to forecast. It looks now as it dissensions in the party would hand over New York to the Republicans. If Robinson should be nominated at Syracuse and then defeated, Mr. Tilden's hopes would be blasted at once. If he would agree to have nominated some man of unquestioned fidelity to the party, and, who at the same time would be heartily supported by the Tammany wing, he would assuredly have a bet- er suowmg m ue contest ior me Presidential nomination. j. I : .. . .. i in ' Rev. J. T. Whitfield, D. D., ji died at Enfield on Thursday last. TUB THREE POWKBS-POUOt OF BISMARCK There is no doubt that at this time there is some bad feeling existing be tween R Q89ia and Austria and ; Rus sia and Germany. The tone of the press in these countries is 'somewhat warlike, but we apprehend there will be no open or actual; hostilities be tween these great Powers. Only last week the Grand Duke Vladimir and Grand Duke Alexis, sons of tbe Czar of Russia, were on a friendly visit to Emperor William, of Germany, at Potsdam. But it is certain, none the less, that the Powers mentioned above are not altogether in an amiable mood to wards each other. Germany and Austria are united in the present policy towards Russia.. Two or three days ago Bismarck and An- drassy, who have no fancy for each other personally, were closeted all to Russia, specially as Andrassy, as it was .announced, would assure Bis marck that' his resignation of the Chancellorship of Austria, which he had held for eight years, would in no wise affect the policy agreed upon hitherto; but, to the contrary, the friendship of the two countries would be proved by deeds, if such should become necessary. The origin of the disturbance is the manner iu which certain sections of the Berlin treaty have been carried out. We find iu a Northern ex change the following statement of the case : "It was provided by Article 23 that the provinces or Bosnia ana Herzegovina should be occupied and administered by Austria-Hungary. It was distinctly stated, however, that tbe government of Austria Hungary did not wisu to charge itself wan i the administration of tbe Sandjak of Novi- j Bazar, that the Turkish administration should continue in force in that diBtrict,but; that Austria-Hungary reserved to itself the; right, if the necessity should arise, to es tablish garrisons and to maintain mili tary and commercial routes , over the: whole extent oi mat part ot me ancient Vilayet of Bosnia. It was soon discovered that tbe necessity existed, and that to give effect to the treaty of Berlin, by: insuring tne maintenance ot tne new pom-; ical condition as well as freedom and secu rity of communication, it was necessary to take advantage of the rights received by the treaty, to occupy the extreme southeast corner of Bosnia. Tne attempt to occupy has not yet been wholly successful, it is, however, resolutely determined upon, and there can be no doubt that, early next year, unless war should meanwhile breakout be tween Austria and Russia, Novi Bazar and the entire anrronndincr countrv will be in in possession of Austrian troops, if not go verned also by Austrian officials." Novi-Bazar is regarded as the key, so to speak, to Bosnia. It is the great point of communication between Bos nia and Turkey. Russia is disappoint ed evidently in tbe turn of affairs. It expected that Austria would meet with great, if not insuperable, diffi culties in carrying out her part of the Berlin treaty. But what has Germany to do with the quarrel or disappointments of Russia or the success of Austria? It appears even willing to appeal to arms if necessary. Why this ? Let it be borne in mind that Austria s composed of many nationalities of people of different races. Many of them are Germans and naturally gravitate to the great Empire which Bismarck's genius and Von Moltke's arms have solidified. Bismarck's work is not yet complete. His life-work needs to be crowned with one more splendid achievement. He wants ill of the German-speaking provinces of Austria. Since he! defeated Austria at Sadowa that has been his policy. If he lives he will ultimately succeed. He does not wish to seriously cripple 1 Austria or render it any less a great irower. it is essential to tne peace of Europe that Austria should be I kept up. To do this, whilst he I means to have some of its territory that is necessary for German unity his grand idea he is willing to aid it in other directions, and to ena ble it to add to its own territory cer tain ' provinces that will still help in keeping it powerful. Bismarck's Eastern policy is thus easily dis cerned. If Austria finally obtains Bosnia and Herzegovina its strength will be unimpaired, though the two provmces ; that Bismarck covets -1. -IJ 1 13 t . r i buouiu ue auuea to urermauy. There will be no war, simply be cause Russia caunot afford to measure strength with Germany and Austria oertainly united, and with a fair piospeot of seeing Turkey added to the forces. The Elizabeth City Carolinian say 8 we are mistaken in classifying Wendell Phillips as a Republican. It says he never cast a Republican vote in his life. We make the cor rection willingly, as Mr. Phillips has enough ' sins to answer for without being: accused; wrongly of, being: i a Republican. There are many California mer chants in New; York at this time. 'i'ney express a confident - belief that j there will be a "general revival of California trade as soon as the elec tions are over. COUNTS' COMMISSIONERS, . - . i,r. . .... The Adjonrnea laeeiing-Jseaucuwu of AiaeaemeiiiM Petition j Rega Ur Moniblr RuilDeati'.&e. The Board of County Commissioners and the County Board of Assessors met at the Court House yesterday afternoon, pur suant to adjournment from last meeting,' and proceeded' to ; the transaction of business. - ; - ' . -v All the members of tbe Boards were prescat. On motion it was ordered that the assess ment ou lue valuation or lue Wilmington Compress Coin pat) y be red uced to; $ 50,000. Ordered, that the assessment on the property in Harnett township owned by C. D. Myers be reduced to $ 1,400. Ordered, that the assessment j on the property iu flarueti township owned by R. K. Bryan be reduced to $400. i The I'ctition of Henry Nutt, for reduc tion of assessment, was granted. - The petition of Geo. H. Kelly, agent, for reduction of assessment, , was not granted. j Application of Alex. Oldham, for reduc tion of assessment on mill property and dwelling, was not granted. On application of W. B. McKoy, for a reduction of the assessment on his real estate, it was ordered that on the property in Block 151 the assessment be reduced to $3,400; also, on property assessed in Block 151 at $1,400, to $1,200, and in Block 166 the assessment be reduced to $5,000. It was ordered by the Board that C. H. Roberts, Presideul of the Carolina Central Railway, be allowed to file the list of tax able property, consisting of the rolling stock of the said railway, for taxation, with a statement and protest attached. The list of said property, as giveu in, amounts to $159,651. The Board then adjourned. Tho Board of County Commissioners re convened to take up the regular monthly business. Present. Col. W. L Smith, Chairman, and Commissioners H. A. Bagg, J. A. Grady, B. G. Worth and James A. Montgomery. The Board proceeded to revise the jury list for the ensuing year in compliance with the law. The Treasurer submitted his monthly re port, showing a balance in tbe general fund account due the Treasurer of $161 80; school fund, balance oil hand, $6003 72., which was found correct. The following resolution was offered and adopted: Resolved, That the Chairman of the Board be authorized to take the necessary steps to enforce tbe collection of the delinquent enjoined tax for the year 1875. Tbe Register reported $13 30 paid over to the County Treasurer, as fees received for marriage licenses for tbe month of July. An application from John Crawley, for license to retail spirituous liquors, for three months, was granted. It was orderetLtuat the Sheriff of New Hanover county be notified of the insuffi ciency as to the amount of his official bonds, one conditional for the collection, payment and settlement of the county poor, school and special taxes, and the other for the collection, payment and settlement of the public taxes; aud, also, that be be notified to appear before the Board on the 15th inat. It was ordered that Duncan Holmes be notified to put Little Bridge in good order, On motion, the Board adjourned to meet on the 15lh inst., at 2 SO o'clock, P. M. Jnrora lor tbe Criminal Conn. The following is the list of jurors, drawn yesterday, for the next term of the Criminal Court for New Hanover county: C. Eonelt, Joo. R.Latta, Win McLiurin, Julius Thompson, Hezekiah Bonum, H. A. Hawes, H. VV. McLaurin, Rob't. B. Free man, Jas. T. Pettewayy Harry Webb, T. B. Carney, W. T. Daggett, N- Jacobi, David B. Mosely, D. B. Mitchell,! Dan'l C. Davis, H. A. Alexander, E. J. Pennypacker, C. M. VanOrsdell, Jr., John Werner, E. Sf Knight, W. J. Ennett, Chas. 11. Bonham, T. C. James, W. T. Johnson, P. A. Schutte, R. F. Langdon, B. F. Penny, Andrew J. Walker. Important t aae. A case of considerable interest to stock owners and railroad men was brought up in Justice : Gardinei's court yesterday. Alonzo Mellis brought- suit against the Wilmington & Wcldon Railroad Company for the value of some slock alleged to have been killed i by the outgoing train on the night of Monday, the 24th inst., a few miles from the city. The case was argued for the plaintiff by Marsden Bellamy, Esq., and for the defendant by Major D.J. Devane. Justice Gardner reserved hi3 decision until 12 o'clock to-day. Tbe Ilallroad Stock-Killing vane. The case alluded to in yesterday's paper as brougnt be tore justice uaraiuer, in which suit was brought by Mr. Alonzo Mil lis against the Wilmington & Weldon Rail- I road Company for the value: of some stock killed by the outgoing passenger train on the night of the 24th inst., was decided yes terday by Justice Gardiner in favor of the defendant, the Justice holding that the evi dence brought out upon the trial rebutted the presumption raised by tho statute of ne gligence on the part of tbe servants of the railroad company. The evidence was to the effect that the train was running on schedule time, at the rate of 28 miles an nour; that tne engineer and fireman saw.tbe cattle coming upon tbe track when about sevedly feet away, and used every effort to stop the train when they saw them, but the train could iaot be stopped in time to prevent striking the cat tle. . i . : ' j A three-masted lumber-laden schooner was reported to the Signal Officer in this city yesterday, as being ashore at New River. Tbe intelligence came' from the wife of the operator at that- point, but as she could, only send and not receive mes sages, it was not possible to learn anything more of the vessel. It is supposed, how ever, to have been tbe derelict schooner Marion Qage, reported as water-logged and abandoned some days ago. i den. II ood'a -Family A gentleman of this city (himself an old Confederate 'soldier), asks us . to make the suggestion that steps bo taken to raise something ; by contributions, in smau amounts, from old soldiers of tbe late war,- for the benefit of the family of the late Gen . Hood, who died recently of yellow fever in New Orleans. Geui Hood's history, the circumstances attending bis deathand the poverty of his little children, aro facts too recently made public, to need repetition here. A small amount from each old Con federate soldier would place this family of little orphans beyond the reach of want. Who'll start the ball r A telegram, received last night Jrom Fortress Monroe, states that a lug belong ing to the Baker Wrecking Company had towed into Hampton Roads, yesterday, the British barque North Carolina, recently re ported ashore at Signal Station No. 4, forty miles south of 'Cape Henry. A DEJTIAND OS MB. HA FES. Tbe stalwart Sentiment or tne North Reflected by Its Organ. - Lemars Sentinel Now, Rutherford Burchard -Hayes, President of the "United States,in de fiance of the Constitution of the Uni ted States, counted in by Zach Chan dler, and planced in the chair by Grant, taken from the gutter and seated on the throne, are you a man or a mouse ? Such an opportunity as is now within your grasp comes but once in an era,! and when utilized serves to mark the beginning of new epochs.. Are you a game cock or a dunghill rooster ? A bubble floating along on the turbulent waves of des tiny, or a master-spirit evoked from the laboring ages? A fraud or a fact r Rutherford, from your eyrie cast your eye to the Southland, from swaggering Kentucky to lying Lou isiana, from chafing Carolina, across cowardly Mississippi to brutal Texas, and note the camp-fires of rebellion and hate, burning in the eyes of the baffled traitors who sought to de stroy this Nation. Note red-handed murderers and noon-day assassins, sit ting in places of honor (providing one can conceive of, an honorable place in such a land), and fanning anew the flames of treason, see there,. down in Yazoo, in old Mississippi, Yazoo, the pride and glory of Rebeldom, the home of cowardly cut-throats and States rights;! tbe lair of human butchers and State sovereignty; the entrenched haunt of political assassi nation and last ditch of State lines, the invulnerable citadel of murder and roaring champion of. State con stitutions; the portcullis of treason and implacable enemy of the Nation ; we say, Rutherford, look down there, take your cue (if we were sure you were a reality and not a sham, we would say inspiration instead of cue), proclaim the States of Mississipppi and .Louisiana in open rebellion against the Nation, and declare every State of the old rebel Confederacy into a state of siege. Rutherford, dare you ? The man who dares not is lost, or drifts along like a maggot on a chip into the oblivion from which he should never have emerged. Thirty million loyal hearts are behind you, Rutherford, are ready to echo the first note, that tells of a grand strong purpose. This is a Nation. Rutherford, dare you say it r GRANT'S 4 Til OF JCIiY SPEECH. Ills Response to minister Biogham at tbe Imperial Palace or Japan. Ladies and Gentlemen'. I am un able to answer the eloquent speech of J udge Bingham,as it is in so many senses personal to myself. 1 can only thank him for his too flattering aim sions to me personally and the duty devolving on me during the late war. We had a great war. We had a trial that summoned forth the energies and patriotism of all our people in the army alone over a million. In awarding credit for the suocess that crowned those efforts there is not one in that million, not one among the living or the dead, who did not do his share as I did mine, and who does not deserve as much credit. It fell to my lot to command the armies. There were many others who could have commanded the armies bet ter. Jiut 1 did my best and we all did our best, and in the fact that it was a struggle on the part of the people for tbe Union, for the country, for a country for themselves and their children, we nave tne best assurances of peace and the best rea son for gratification over the result. We are strong and free because the people made us so. I trust we may long continue so. 1 think we have no issues, no questions that need give us embarrassment. I look forward to peace, to generations of peace, and with peace prosperity. 1 never felt more confident of the future of our country. It is a great country a great blessing to us and we cannot be too proud of it, too zealous for its honor, too anxious to develop its re sources, and make it not only a home for our children, but for the worthy people of other lands. I am glad to meet you here, and I trust that your labors will be prosperous, and that you will return home in health and happiness. I trust we may all meet again at home, and be able to cele brate our Fourth of July as plea santly as we do to-night. The National Baptist, I of Philadelphia, says of Kalloch that "if he violated any law he was amenable to the law, and not to the hand of vi olence. If he did not violate anv law, then he ought to be maintained in his right of speech." The Cincm nati Commercial, professing to be a- "law and order" organ, says Kalloch ought to have been shot dead. That is the Republican way of doing things JjouisviUe j Courier-Journal. Dem When troubled with a sense of fulness or oppression after meals, the pleasantest re lief attainable is one or two of Dr. Bull's Baltimore Pills. Price 25c. Spirits Turpentine. - Morgaoton Blade'. Bishop Ly- man was in town tnis week, and held a conference with the Trustees of Wilber force School, and he instructed to nush thP 1- l .11 'li . - wuiiv. lurwsru vr nu bm puusiuie UlSpalCb. Mr. Jos. W. Glenn, lawyer, of Reidsville. was thrown from a wagon near mat piace, last r riaay ana uau a leg broken above the ankle. A special to tbe Danville Nevss says fears of the necessity for ampu tation are entertained. '- Hickory l3ress: Dr. E. O. Elliott. of the Sparkling Catawba Springs, bas pur chased a movable engine, which he intends using ior conveying passengers to and from Hickory, for plantation purposes, and to run stationary machinery. Greensboro Central Protestant- Rev. W. S. By num. Episcopal minister of wis piace, naa receivea ana accepted a call to the lectorship of St. Paul's Chapel in W mston . The report that diohtherin has broken out in Greensboro is untrue. Chapel Hill Ledger-. On Thurs day last Col. H. B. Guthrie, Acting U. S. Deputy Marshal, arrested Dr. E. K. Wil liamson, on a charge oftviolating the postal taw. lie was carried oeiore commissioner Strayhorn at Hillsboro and discharged. Hickory .Press: 'Bishop Lymau. assisted by Rev. Nelson Falls, held divine services in the Episcopal church yesterday and last night. The Lord's Supper was celebrated; several "persons baptized and confirmed, and the services throughout of a very interesting cnaracter. Warrenton Gazette: Heir Gil- sey, a German farm laborer, was snuck ana instantly Killed, last Friday, by a fall ing tree, while at Work in the woods getting timber for Col. Lindsay Priee. His eknii was badly crushed, his right arm broken in two places, and one of his thighs broken anu oauiy maneieu. There is no new thing underneath the sun. auu jev uj catu ui us an mings are new; We join the long procession one by one, Ana some pursue tne taise, and some the true; But whatsoever lot to each one comes We cannot drown the sound of the muf fled drums. , lAppleton Oakmilli. It is a deal of trouble to sift items from the piles of chaff in some of our exchanges, under the head of local you will find advertisements, local dot9. foreign news, mate news and what not. if editors would only arrange under proper heads how much neater, more workman like and easy of access would their columns be. It would save news editors much time and trouble. The mother of H. F. Badger is anxious to know where he is now living. She has not heard from him since Novem ber, 1877. He was then near Castalia postoflice, N. C. It is supposed he went to Florida. North Carolina and Florida papers will confer a great favor by publish ing this. Information sent to Mrs. M.G. Badger, Richmond.'Va., will be gratefully received. Goldsboro Messenger : The smoke-house of Mr. Mathew Pike, in Pike ville township, was broken into Wednesday night of last, week, and robbed of about 150 pounds of bacon, mostly side meat. The many friends of Rev. J. E.Mann, of the M. E. Conference, will be pained to learn that his health is greatly impaired. He .passed here en route for the Hot Springs on Thursday. "Conkling and Setile" is Major William A. smith's ticket for the Presidency. Judge Settle, the Major says. is the greatest man living, and Conkling is the strongest Republican, even with tbe Sprague scandal tacked to his kite. Shelby Aurora: We learn that the Rev. J. P. Styers baptised and received twenty-five members into Antioch Baptist Church (where he has been conducting a protracted meeting) last Sunday. Cleavelund county can produce at least four aspirants for Congressional honors. There are two cotton factories in tnis county, and they both do a good' business. Eleven merchants left this place last Monday on the excursion to Norfolk. There were about thirty accessions to the church at Patterson's Springs during the camp meeting at that place. Shelby is said by strangers who nave visited us this summer to be one of the most thriving towns in the State. Salisbury Watchman: Bettie Austin, colored, was drowned at Second Creek bridge, on the old Mocksville road, last Wednesday evening. The water was up and out of the banks, bbe was wading in it in order to get to the bridge, when she missed the bed of the road and got into a deep place recently washed out. She was . accompanied by another negro woman who, it seems, could render her no assistance. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, by ber busi ness clerk, has sent us a postal, proposing to taka Salisbury in her Southern tour this winter, and deliver one or more oi ner ta mous lectures, entitled! "Our Boys," "Our Girls," "Home Life,"&c, for $60. and all other expenses paid for tiersclf and one other. i . Asheville Citizen : The suit against the Cherokee Indians, which has been pending for some years, will come before Judge Graves at this place this week. It involves the fees of Major Rollins as attorney for the Indians in the recovery of lands 'originally purchased for them by William IL Thomas, embracing some 700, 000 acres, and Major Rollins' claim is from $30,000 to $40,000. Bishop Wight man, of Charleston, on Sunday dedicated Mount Pleasant M- E. church, located three miles north of Asheville, on the Beaver Dam road. Several important civil suits are being beard by His Honor Judge Graves this week. The famous Sulphur Springs suit is being argued upon some of the points bearing upon this vexed case . - The track on the Western North Caro lina Railroad has been laid between four and five miles this side of the tunnel. It is believed by those having the work in charge that the road will be completed to the Swannanoa Bridge by the first of the year or soon thereafter. Charlotte Observer: A writer in the Salisbury Watchman makes bold to .say that Article Tenth of our State Consti tution is nothing more nor less than a gw gantic stride in tbe direction of Commun ism. -A conductor on the North Caro lina Railroad, who bas been running for two or three years, reports that at no time since his connection with. the road has tbe travel going South been so heavy. He brought sixty-four through passengers to Charlotte yesterday morning,forty of whom took the Air-Line. The track has been laid five miles beyond tbe Swannanoa tunnel, on tbe Western 'North Carolina Railroad, and the worktbere is progressing satisfactorily. A man named Hall Neely, of Rowan county, fell from the east bound train on the Western North Carolina Railroad.Tbursday, and had bia leftarm cut off above the elbow and his skull fractured. Prof. Agostini, who opens a dancing school here on Monday,will probably carry on one in Concord at the same times Our correspondent at Statesville sends the following: News of the killing of a man in Alleghany county reached this place this morning. It appears that two men, Wail dell and Smith, had a difficulty about a piece of leather, and Smith drew a pistol and shot WaddelL, Smith, is in-custody. A miner from Ore Knob, who passed , through this place this morning,, Eaid that two of the miners recently got into a diffi culty and one of them was killed. A goodly number of preachers passed through town this morning on thei? way to Amity Church, nine miles west of town, to attend the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Pres bytery.which convened there this morning-
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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