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7 : -ettW2 ftar.J;: V .'.liL. :7:r:i'Z-'! T' " - " 1 ! Spirits; Turpentm ... VTT3Wi:i3SrQ-TOIT- 2ST. C-i $1.50 a Year, in advance. SS88S88S8S8a8S88 muoK 888888SSSS8.S888.88i SS?2S?SSSS5gS I SSS8SSSSSSSS8SSS8 mnofl SSS8S88SS88S88S8 SS88S8SSS8S8S8888 p 0.r 0 88SS8S888S888888S. eoid cot od o coj ej i Hrtrt Crt 4l Ct 00 CO S .SSS8SS8SS88S8888 8888SS8S88888S8S8 o a- - 2 - cj- - - c CD j i Entered at the Post Office at Wilmington, N. C, as second-class matter. Subscription Price. ; , ,- -: v 7 ;. '7; ..;.ra t Tpo subscription price of the Wkkk ia star is as ioiiows : j . Single Copy l year, postage paid, $1.59 " " 6 months. " " 1.00 " 3 " " " . .50 THE NEW RANK FOR UENBBAL GRANT. I We have no disposition to under- rate the services or abilities of Gen. Grant as a soldier. As a President he was a stupendous failure. He came very near destroying the lnsti-! j tutions ot nis country, j tie led tne I Federal armies,' he said, to preserve) j the Union. He led the hosts of knaves and corruptionista who ftath- ered around him in civil life, in such a way as to almost overthrow the very bulwarks of freedom. We would much rather have seen Grant remain at the head of the army than to see him at the head of the Union. We would have preferred him before he became President as Commander iii Chief to; that edu- dated Vandal, lecuraseh Sherman, I . . 1 . . 1 wno now uiH that place, tfut vi rant is not the man now be was . in I i&oa. ue na oaen corrupted by Ci vie. power,' and he is identified with niiioii that is anything but honorable or patriotic. Would it be wise to J create a rank in the army for his I especial benefit, that he might be come its commander ? Would Dem ocrats be acting in accordance with high patriotism and devotion to the best interests of the country by com- Uiiiin to make Grant Commander- in Chief? We know how little re gnrd he manifested for the rights of I f roe men and the rights of the States when he used the army to bulldoze and terrorize; in South Carolina, Louisiana and other Stales, and when he sent his armed ' soldiers mho Legislative Assemblies to I turoiiieauu tusperse iiiein. vv ouiu i . it not be very dangerous to have at I the head of th army, m 1881, a man J of such antecedents as Grant? Would I " he not gladly use his forces, if neces- I s .try, to instal another Republican candidate into the Presidential Chair although not elected ? As President I he had determined1 to seat Hayes at every cost, whether elected or noh That fact is too well known to be questioned by any nian ; of candor and intelligence. Would it not be a dangerous step to place him in a po- nitiori to be the ready tool of aspiring I and. unprincipled demagogues, who I would rather see the institutions of I ww our forefathers toppled in the dust I and broken into fragments than to lose their hold upon office ? J We are led to make these remarks I because of a plan said to be on toot I to make Grant "Captain General" of j the United States Army. : The New J York Herald tried first to make him I the nominee of hia party for a third term. This docs not appear to have I worked out exactly satisfactorily. It I is now using its money and influence I iu manufacturing public sentiment in I favor of creating a new office for. its favorite's peculiar benefit. I. says the idea originated with "a distin- I gu'mhed Southern soldier." Was it I Longatreet ? We copy a paragraph I from its Washington correspondent I which explains the movement. The - writer says: ''It is understood that quite a number of u ihimeuished Southern men have not only wtu nily espoused this proposition, but. in fact, the leaders of the movement in both liuusea will be representative Southern siuiestneo. It can be said also in this con .ueetion that no one in public life whose inine lias been associated with tbe lie pub Mcfcii nomination for the Presidency has u pproacuea on me suDjeci, ana me pronosition will douhtinas i hrH hw be heard bv them with great surprise. Inasmuch as those who ara in. the confidence of the headers of the movement have deemed it proper to make known at this time their in oH ;JV8DADFr ?retTt le,,dea . originated nnH hm hiin fnitArA1 si IIia lurnt answer the South can make to the clamor A ll nt a 11. M -M- - Ja at " T" . . i't7-Ji - .u ine1 7X7 1 1 1 TV . . . . . . . I (.uutaia a uemocrauc majorny in doiq 1 i . : . . r 1 1 a j. . . . W 1 . 1 aawa aaV. ax . at M. I I ' i n ,,vrri: J! r f r ii rai I . .av 1 aaaa. i av i - ... -ai r bb . I ; 1 -t r . I ., 1 i , r - - : ; ( . . : i . 1 VOT, 1ft I branches, bo that the: nronnaiiinn inAntn Geo. Oraot'a honor -will be a Democratic ucKisuie, aou win, u is uenevea dt iib nron uimerts, oe iae Kraaaeni cnatieoee tint any huiuiubi jny uis ever Riven 10 an? oi its J ; u . i .(.... . ,. ... auversariea. ,7 We shall not believe that any . con siderable uumber off Southern Demo crats will favor the scbeme until wb learn more. It ia one of those pro jecla that might prove dangerons tp me wemocrais; it win De. remen bered, how the fellow who "shot at dock or plover" overcharged hia gonl and, it therefore "kicked, the owner over. 1 he whole ground should be very carefully surveyed before mem-l i 1 beM "of Congress presume to enter upon sueu an experiment. , THK SKW SORK, BEPUBLIOAHSi i Conkl'tng's victory in the Republif cau State Conventiari Hupeara to be complete, lie is elected temporary of speech chairman, maks the kin that was expected, secures the nomi nation of bis candidate for Governor, and dictates the platform.: lie isevi- denlly a power in New York, and hia unsavory connection with the Sprague scandal rather adds to his popularity at home, we dare say, than impairs it! But what is Conkling striving, to accomplish? It need not be supposed that he is woi king for Sherman or Blaine. lie is a vftry strong friend of Koscoe Uonkluig, the American Adonis. lie is for Lord Hosooe all the year round. He is working "to secure his own nomination, and at Saratoga he made a ten strike in that directiou. If New York should be absolutely . necessary to secure tho election of the Democratic nominee for President, is not New York equally important to secure the eleo-i lion of a Republican ? If Cornell carries New York! it will give Conk ling great strength in the Republican Convention of 1880. ii ' -- As to his speech, it was clearly of the old sort. It was Conkling all over -bold, insinuating, reckless, im- pu.lent, false, plausible, able and elo qHy,5i. - Whatever of truth' there was in it was by accident and not of de- ainL The platform i full of political claptrap. For a Republican conven tion to gravely announce that its par ty is pledged to "equal rights, free elections and honest money," is a magnificent joke. The most impor tant, as it is the (most catidid, part, is the reference to the centralizing ten dencies of that party. It declares for a "Nation." Iii this it is honest it expresses the convictions au'd pur poses of its party.;; leaders! By way of a salvo to slave off criticism and achieve a dodge il speaks of "State rights ia stale concerns." This is very honest in the face of the speeches made in thelate extra session by Conkling and nearly every1 other Republican who spoke. It is! a very sacred regard for "State rights iu State concerns" when Grant sends his army into the South la arrest and break np the Le- gislatures, to arrest citizens, to over ride all State Taws and to create a reign of terror. That - is the kind of 4tata r'tnYita Conkling and his crew favor. By the fruits you shall know them. rWhat they have done in - the past they will do in the future if . opportunitv .... a m favors. Conkling never denounced any of Grant's high-handed acts but justified them. He is known to favor Grant for the Presidency next to himself. In his! speech at Saratoga he eulogized "the quiet man ; But really we have not patience enough to undertake!! to expose the deception and effrontery ; of Conk ling's "greatest effort of his life," or to dissect the platform of platitudes the Stalwarts have sent forth. It may deceive New York,' Independents, but it will, not deceive the j intelligent people of the South. There is no case of yellow fever at Grenada. The shot-gun quarantine now generally prevails along the rail- wav lines. On Sentember 2d there i . : I were fifty-eight newi cases in Mem- phis and suburbs. Such, however, was not the report telegraphed. Tbe total contributions from outside of the city up to-the 2d inst.. were $3,920.40, This sum had been sent mainly by absent citizens! ',. An ap- j peal has been made to the people of TVnnsaee bv Governor Markn lennessee oy vroyernor marKs. A young manT in Memphis . who was a yellow fever nurse,' kissed his sweetheart at the' gate as he bade her I P I good-night, and in two a ours alter- wards she was stricken ' with tbe i lever. . WILMINGTON, SPJBAKBR KANDAIiE. ON THE ( Hon. ' Samuel J. Randall, Speaker of tjie House, addressed the people of Montgomery countj Peniisylvania', on: September 2. He elicited hearty applause when he sank ; V1i ! 'A great and, to my mind, overshadow ing issue between the two contending pkrr ties at tbis time is, whether the army of the United States shall be used to subvert the will of the people." We have seen no. full report of hi speech, but only an outline in a Rev pablican orsran that of course did not Wish or purpose to give a f ,vV,rable i-enort. i But acoordW to what it ...-. itr- T j-ii i .. . O 1 Save jui ikauuaii uiaue some Dtiuuji i ..." O I and telling points. In regard lo freeballot heia reported as saying; 'Th lummralin nirlv ' thrnnnh ita ran. I resentstives in Congress, has declared that no longer wiir tne peop e raom uo. nave thn urmtr iiflprt in fnntrnllinr at thn fillet Inn I polls, but on tbe contrary, that the elections - J . o :"7i!.,. i .t ' r-r sovereign right in casting his vote. The KSa7t?93 ll enects oi standing armies, and cited Adams I LIZZIE " f f ""itl'Sr!: prove to the Democracy of Montgomery I . ,: r 1 TTa nnvf f arn aaeA iVA TTntnsl fitetAd I m uiouuaogu ug uuibcuuvabcii i marshals and the way they had been I used to oppress the people, f Ihe democrats nad taken a nrm position in the matter. He gave some ex- penence of his own: 1 Aline last eiecuon mere were in tne I Eastern District of Pennsylvania, appointed I at enormous cost to tbe people. 750, in tbe I main to intimidate voters in my own dis- " 'Yes, in my own district,' eloquently I proceeded tbe speaker; 'in a place as peace- f ul men as now. and as quiet and overly men as mis assemblage to-day. In many I the result, but in my own distiict, in the mine nnspotted, and is a man of .ex home of my early manhood, the Demo-, j cellent parts. What a tremendous cratic party nas never iaitereii, ana on this I occasion it gave an increased majority. I Now are these things in time of peace to I ha oil nnrai V That i a frw wwrn rt atavm t n a I iu this coming contest.' " " I He discussed the test oath plan and I the Federal juries. He showed how I the Democrats had gained an abso- I lute victory, and had sent to the jury I box intelli ent men, who could read I - - - i and write, and understand right from wrong, instead of ignorant and de- praved men as before. He then paid hisresnncts to Mr. Haves, and was specially pointed in his remarks con- " cerning his exercise of the veto now- er. But tho Democrats, in spite of his course, had virtually prevented him from using his armv at the noils I during the nresent election vear. He naiA a .i, a. tuou tiuuuuncu tne itcsuuiutiuii auu I I Its success was owing in part to the .. c u n. . r policy of the Democratic party. We nnnfp' t. C 1 . . I "It nno ilnp hp smil to two pansfis nne I was tbe economy of tbe Democratic Con- I ?ur!8S W"1C," ???Llc"' !.??'Df ?QT 000,000. Another cause was the great SSiSSLSSS!& but instructive dissertation on political ZSS5& J?tttabf JSiSS any more than water could be prevented I hto tbreirVte. auiu;;r. the present occupant of the White House,' j nau pruuiiseu ciyii service reiuuu, uuv would they believe it, there were at this moment 'no less than fifty-six prominent I uicu wuu uuiu jjuuhu pusuiuus UUUC tuu United Slates Government that were di rectly or indirectly concerned in the count ot the votes of the States of South Caro lina, Louisiana and Florida, by which means a President was seated in tbe White House who never was chosen by tbe voice of tbe people, or by a fair count of the electoral vote. (Applause.)" Such were the points discussed by this able politician. Enough is given to - show the force and appropriate ness of his- disenssion. "A notable fact that the last aggressive battle of Lee's campaigns was led by Sena tor J. 13. Gordon, of Georgia, and that the troops that went to make it filed out a sa lient built by Governor Colquitt.of Georgia. derea he bad eleven Georgia brigades ... n more perhaps than those of any four other States combined." Atlanta Constitution, Lee surrendered less than 9,000 muskets. North Carolina had a nam ber'of brigades at Appomattox. We have heard a soldier say that she sur rendered 5,000 muskets there. We have also understood that Col. Walter Taylor, of Norfolk, has a , correct army roster of tbe soldiers that sur rendered under 7 Lee. Wo hope that Rey. Dr. J. William Jones, edi tor of the Southern Historical Socie ty Papers, will procure the copy and publish the name of every man who respondent than the New York cor surrendered on May 9th, 1865. If respondent of tho Philadelphia North Carolina does not show more ledger. What he says Js worth men in that list than Georgia and Virginia put together, then we shall be greatly disappointed. , Gen. Gor don had command of half of Lee's forces in the fight he had which is re ferred to in the above naracrraoh from ha n.nnt.ih,fi onA he f v"w - which we published in yesterday's cm . u r.. i ni-i a i i. 1 Stab, taken, from, the Philadelphia Times. He says he had 4,000 mus- i . w . . kets. . We are pretty certain that more than half of these were North Carolinians. . iMow is a good time to N, C, FRIDAY, SECTEMBEB 121879, rectify false reports and vindicate the truth of hisory. iLei Dr. Jones pub- liah the names. If ho cannot do this " - . . . i i he can publish . the commanda ; from each State nd their strength. 'With a little trouble we can ascertain the i- - - T . . i ; North Carolina brigades that were in at the death. - TUB OABPBTBlGflBKON A Rin ' . PACE. . -i j 'Tourgee is a ta&n of much ;ihte- leotual cleverness. He r U a 5 vert adroit fellow, and knows well ho"wf to Pnake a Plau!iW statement, when 11 Xofe "r ,1 l . Cf.L - T . J i uuuer vuouuu no. ;. no ukibiius,! a . , - - . -. , j , -...' -lilt!.- ivtl'A iWl 4 n.:,. frTmte ",at .Uf,ir.;1f - - - .J R-r . , , T -Kepublicany lie says' that they ar persecuted now as the old Abolition r , "is were Deiore tne war. ;- xte even that it is impossible for a client j to obt.m ia.Uc i.-the ,urt. ( he i. represented oy a lawyer ot JNortnern birth. We would like to have Judge Seymour's opinion just here. AUOIO AO UV VUUQ tuo . QgQCQ who is treated with more respectj or whose opinion has more weight. There is no Judge on thej bench at this time who is treated with more consideration or who is the re cipient of more unstinted and cordial nn;M nn tua nf tt, n.mrei r ' m' press man j udge aeymour is. we are prompt tQ &M that UQ Judge serves it more. He is a New Yorker, ;? . J, a "carpet-bagger it you please, but be bears himself well, wears tue er . . , . ditterence in the estimate placed upon the characters of the two Northern J dges Tourgee and Seymour. Why this vast difference if Tourgee be equal in all respects in honor, in fairness, in justness, in truth. in wis- dom, in courtesy, in genuine man hood ? Tho simPle truth ,8 lhat lhe oslra ol9va Tourgee has been a victim of is owinS enrciy mmseu. living m our State :ind enjoying all the privi- II C?. I . 4eSes 01 zensnip. ue wrote ana P.w'.. one ot the most vindictive, mendacious, and nasty book about our Popie mat couia pe possiDiy Penn,u' Tourgee furthermore charges that the Democrats carried the election in ion 1 r i iii . . ioio uy irauu. mere is not a re spectable Republican in '. .. . , hna who does not know North Caro how abso- lately false the charge is. He says ' J also that hereafter all elections will be carried by fraud. That it is not a question of voting but of counting. Wedo ot keow that ..oh ,ile talk as that is worth noticing. Why N"" Democrat, resort to cheating when they have a lofid' regi8tered ma5rity of over 40,000? Why should fraud be prac Judge Russell says the Democrats have the majority in the Slate, and he says so correctly. j For Tourgee, to bo . prating of honest elections and to be burling accusations of fraud at : the Dem ocrats, is but another instance of Satan reproving sin. When did he I ever condemn the great fraud of 1876 that pat Hayes in the Presidential Chair and robbed the Democrats? ! All of tho leading Republican pa pers of New York city opposed Cor nell's nomination, and yet . Conkling I triumphed and secured it . Of course I 4Fis-vt i in I inn tviMMnt w Ant avmmmm l- uidiiuuiukuiouu aiuuug mviu, but thev all whip in without com- plaint, save the Evening Post, which j says openly: "The general impression produced among thinking Republicans by all that was done in Saratoga is one of disappoint'; ment. There was a great opportunity to create couiage and awaken enthusiasm, but the opportunity was missed." , ; ; . It is interesting to know how New York politicians regard Cornell's candidacy. It is generally held that it finishes Sherman's prospects, and that Grant is the man. We know of no more correct and intelligent cor- considering. We note from hia let. ter of the 4th inst: " 'Whatever else is uncertain,' said Col lector Arthur this morning 'there can be no mistake about one thing, and that is, it kills Sherman as dead as csssar. Sherman is cunning, and a good manipulator, but he cannot gel on without-New -York." Gen. Arthur is a pretty shrewd observer of men nna mines, and. what is more, mere are a good many qually astute politicians who are inclined to concur with him. With the Secretary of the Treasury thus summarily 4isposed of, there is but one other man who is regarded as the 'controlling destiny, (tbe phrase is Senator Conkling's, ;not mine).1 Andheis announced by the telegraph this I morning, as on niswayirom &sia. ap- parently it makes not a particle of differ- eaee bethe GeiiltGifcirti declines re-decliseK. Itroobliean-Doliticians an and people hereabout appear Dre-aetennineu to settle bis re-nominatiOSTittbmselves, and j see if they cannot send Jun back to. Wash ington by :a sort of 8pontilnedus combusr lioo" moTcanenti'-aneti ' ai bore General Zachsry Tiylpr to tb White Honse, agaiaat his expressed" wishes, a good many years ago. ( These notions iiow may oe anyerj absurd rbnl as .they hare got strangely mixed np With everything that is ald as thi effect of i the Conklincr-CorneU 'boom your .correspondent, , as . ji t chronicler of yoosiu( CTBUU, viuuut cwaJ uaiug wk- pizaneo erf them." ;.: ji Htw t Preverre'iratermeiona. For steady: diet' watermelons can hardl be recommeaded ; fojr: Uieir . beaUh-giyini and 8trongtb sustaining qualities, lthouga they may add considerably,' at the time, to the avordupois of tne i tridlv iddal wlio man4 ags to get away with bner two good-sized ones at a sitting; Io fai we hive knowd an employer 'pa .tl.wh4r,f,,:,tQJ refuse 6 hire an apparently rotund aud ablesbodieq "man and brother" simply ' because his ostensible diet during the summer months was watermelons and crackers, arguing that it would take three long hours to ge fifteen cents worth of barrel-rolling out o him. But be this as it may, there be tbos in these parts who dote on watermelons! and who mark their disappearance as thd season wanes with sorrow and regret To such persons,' and for their especial benefit we offer the following in for4 mation, which will enable them to revel in the sweets of their favorite fruit all the year around, if they have the means to enable them to gratify their aquatic tastes in this direction . It was Bent to us by a lady friend, who says she sends it as she received it, verbatim et literatim, vouching for it, however, as being successfully tried in past seasons, viz: "If you want to know bow to keep wa termelons all winter I can just teilyou, and this is how I docs it. . I takes them and gives them a coat of varnish every day for four days, and then puts them away. They will keep all winter, and be just as fresh as when pulled from the vine." Personal.: Col. PaulFaison, of Raleigh, is here on a short visit. i Capt. D. I R. Murchison reached home Thursday evening from his Northern trip. The "Cap'n" keeps up a good general ave rage in weight Major Chas. M. Sled man has just re turned from the West. We don't know exactly how the Major feels, but be looks enormously "bully." He would have re mained away longer, but he took on all the fat he could carry and was forced to return. He talks of having walked 21 miles on a stretch, and of having spent ten days on the summit of Roan Mountain, where he astonished the natives by stowing away two gallons of buttermilk per day. Ael lowwho couldn't get fat on that kind and quantity of diet ought to be fed on grape shot and eel-skin soup. A Dean for Liberty. Nathan Covington, a colored citizen of Cumberland county, came to the city a few days ago on a raft, and being a smart dar key and thinking to line his purse by prac ticing "tricks that are vain," personated another colored man and asked for and re 1 i ceived moneys due and belonging to tbe latter; as he represented it he got himself all tangled up in a matter about "fraud and receipt." lie was taken into custody, but while on his way to the Courthouse made a bold break for liberty and escaped,1 never halting until brought to bay by the guns of the employes of the Messre. Kid der guarding the rice lands a short distance below the city and through which he at tempted to pass. He halted at once, and, like Captain Crockett's coon, didn't wait to be captured,! but walked back to town and delivered himself up. His case was finally compromised arid he was released. The Hiee crop. The prospects for the rice crop in this, section are represented as very. fine. A well informed gentleman tells us that on the plantation in Brunswick known as the VWatters Place," the property of Col. S. L. Fremont, we believe, there are 108 acres in rice; that it is estimated will yield fifty bushels to the acre a portion of it will yield more than this, probably sixty bushels to the acre. At Meares' Bluff there are Borne 200 acres in rice that also promise a large yield. Atlautte Coat Line. Anticipations of a brisk freighting busi ness for the above line this season are good Since the severance of direct communica tion between this port and Baltimore by the withdrawal of the line of steamers re cently running between the two places, of necessity all freights between the two places will nautrally go by the Atlantic Coast Line. Ample preparations have been made for all increased business that may offer. County Commlaalonere. ' The Register forwarded the annual edu cational report for the county of New Han over to the; State Superintendent of In struction, at Raleigh, yesterday. This report shows: Receipts for the year, $11,438 14- i Expenditures for education of white children, $3,614; for education of colored children $4,803 72; for school- houses and other expenses $1,743 42 total. $10,161 14. 1 The following parties were sent to the House of Correction, by order of the Board, committed by magistrates of the townships named, for costs:' Cape Fear; Township Randall Jordan, thirty days, r " : Wilmington Township Harkless Rives thirty days. -s. . The Inspector of the 6th Lighthouse District gives notice that the bar buoys at Beaufort.. N. CL. were carried from their positions by the gale of the 18th ult..1 and that they will be restored as soon as prac ticable, of which due notice wilt be given NO. 46; -r- The three-masted schooner Gage, formerly-reported abandoned, . came Ashore on Monday, the 1st instant, 6even miles south of New Inlet All the masts and rigging are gone, but the bull is in toif erable good condition. No papers were bund1 aboard, these,-doubtl. 89, having been taken by the master "when the vessel was abandoned. The cargo of lumbei is r re ported in good condition, and, is being saved by residents of New Inlet.; No wreck master-is present! ' The vessel,' is is sai, Cani not be saved without assistance. ; ; Blacking; at (he "Pins." I JAn anxious country friend in town-yes terday, asks that a deputation Of drummerj be sent to Point Caswell, as be' afraid that the stock of blacking lhere: has given Out, seeing, aa he says, a, prominent acq Worthv citizen of that locality "step off "tho Stoamer im when she arrived last evenins wunaoick spread or 8t9Vpoiuh on me CdVering to his pedal extremities. "I A fieorfUo'i Description or senator 'f? Vance. ' Letter from Asbeville in tbe Augusta (Ga.) . i Chronicle. j Senator Vance, of this. State, was ately here, but has departed. VV ith his fine humor and "infinite jest," he was the life of every crowd m which; be appeared. 'His hair and moustache which, a few years ago, were so black,1 have now become grey. The secret of his great popularity is bis great cordiality with - the people. Let me point out an ; instance. ; A plain, un couth countryman approached him rather timidly and saluted him with "How d'ye do Governor ?" The dis tinguished Carolinian immediately1 discarded his j Senatorial, dignity, and then with a free, unconstrained move ment extended his open . hand and said to the flattered rustic, "Put your hand down there." His fingers closed with .a hearty grip upon those of the simple farmer, then a ew honest inquiries about the latter's wife and children, and the job was done. There 1 was a vote, an incor ruptible, iron-bound vote for Senator Vance,come weal or woe. Before the5 people be is one of the most formida ble men m the country. In the Sen ate of the United States he is unsuc-: cessfnl. His very face shows he is no statesman. Great popular speakers are rarely powerful in legislative or deliberative assemblies. That per sonal maguetism or influence which, is eo powerfully wielded over the masses by some men, must give wav to the imperious sway of the pure Psyche in an assembly where such men as Lamar, lharman, Hill and Conkling fignre. I am glad to see that Senator Vance has been invited to Ohio to help fiwing in bis campaign;" He has ac-j cepted the invitation, and it is a fore gone conclusion that be will make hundreds of votes for the gallant General. Perhaps no better selection of a stfnfap speaker could have been made in the Union, lie will take the same platform with the maimed Union soldier whom the Republicans expect to itse so successfully against tbe Democratic1 party, and when Vance gets through speaking, he will have handled bis matter, so adroitly that tbe crowd will find itself a unit for the maimed soldier and General Ewing. The people of the South will observe Senator Vance's movements in Ohio this fall with interest and pleasure. A Letter from tlie man Wlio Shot : Dixon. j Jackson (Miss.) Clarion. Yazoo Citt, Miss., Aug. 23, 1879. I am grateful for your kind words of approval and sympathy. Higher considerations than even those of self-defense actuated me. If I had not felt myself overwhelmingly justi fiable in the affair, Dixon would have lived, so far as I was concerned, to the; end of time. I had positive; knowledge that he bad plotted to as- sassinate me, and that my life was in constant peril; but be was not satis fied with abusing me and threaten ing my life. -He defamed, the in nocent who are dearer to kne than all! others on earth, and who could have nothing to do with -the issues between him and myself, lhe time will not come until I am in my grave when any man, to wreak his vengeance upon others, can defame them with impunity. All these shocking things, and many more which would justify me in the eyes of any one who has a particle of manhood . in bis nature will oe brought out in the trial. The ' com bat on my part was fair, open and honorable. He had created a state of inevitable war and was responsi ble for the consequences. I am under a $15,000 bond after waiving a pre liminary examination. j Affectionately yours, - j James A. Baeksdale.. ! Tlie Abducted Widow. Atlanta, Ga.l August 31. The search for Mrs. Pulliam, the buxom widow who was abducted from her bed, near Alberton, by unknown par ties, still continues without success. The little daughter, who was in the bed from which her mother was ta ken, could see nothing, as no light waB allowed, jbut says her mother told her she would come back. Mrs. Pulliam had many suitorsbut hone of Ithem are missing. The theory of elopement can only be entertained on the supposition that she went off with a married man: as there would have been no necessity for such action in the case of a single suitor. lhe sui cide theory is not accepted, as the wi dow was unusually light-hearted and well-to-do, and the mystery ' remains impenetrable. . Charlotte is raising a fund for Gen. Hood's children., ' Four: old Confed erates starled the ball by giving $1 v .vU . We I we JTtkvedHbWliulex, published ai: Wilkes bun, nut) eilii-d ' 11 -ll Crowson formerly editor if -Oie Mr ganton Blade The first number pri.inixen . weli. i - He knows how ! make a useful and readable paper. " ' v ". " Asheville Jburtiali.' A..' great -Baptist revival has been guinn on at Con cord Church. In Rutherford count v cm- ' ducted by "Us pastor, Rt-v. Geotgc V. Rol- 1 Hob. t Fifty-three conversions ami lntu forty-five linve-beeti .baptized... - : New Berrte Democrat: On h wharf yesierdny . wo noticed several "tiHoi gins, which bad just arrived, m! i'er- in tended for our farmers. More rids- n engines have been purchased this year by our farmers than has ever been in av4iie year heretofore. iWeldon News-. Mr.? Vf! 11. .Shields has ah excellent back line running between Halifax and Scotland Neck. -,The hack leaves Halifax every day except Sun days, immediately after, the arrival of the passenger train from Wcldoo, Tbe Baptist revival lo Scotland Neck1 listed about ten days, and during its contiousBce many professed relixjpn, thirteen of whom were baptised on Thursday last:4 ; " ' '' Rich m ond DispatcJii -Robert A . Belcher, recently from North Caroiiniv, but during the past two months a resident of -this city, was arrested this morning on the charge of stealing a gold, watch and chain and $20 in money from Robert Wiufree. The larceny is alleged to have been ; com mitted on board the steamer Ariel on Mon day evening during the excursion of tl e Knights of Pythias to Dutch Gap.' Oxford Free Lancex On Tues day morning the 2nd inst., Miss Molli-, youngest daucbter of Mr. R T. ., Crews, aged about twenty years, was found dead in bed, having quietly panced away durintf tbe night, of heart disease. Accord ing to notice Sheriff Garner, on Monday last, sold before the Court House in, Ox ford, the real estate of exSheriff R. G. Sneed, to satisfy an execution held by the county against Mr. Sneed and his sureties On his official bond. Raleigh Observer: A warrant, was yesterday drawn on the Stale Treasury for the sum of $ 60, in favor of William Core, who lost both arms in the servicv bf the State during thelate war. .Mr. Theo. H. Hill, of this city, was married yesterday, near Warrenton, to'Miss Mittie Yancey, of Warren county. The shoe shop at the State penitentiary is now turning out sixty pairs of. shoes per day. The work i9 substantial, and is in demand. There are orders ahead for over 2,000 pairs, and the shop is run to its fullest capacity. Rockingham Spirit: A lad, son of .MrJ Wm. P. Gibson, of Beaver Dam township, was bitten on the foot, one day last week, by aground rattlesnake. Tur pentine and ; camphor was applied to the wound, and whiskey administered inter nally, and the young man experienced but little inconvenience from the bite. The Great Falls Factory pond being drawn off, the boys went seining on Tuesday last, and caught a large quantity of the finest trout we ever saw. In all some 200 pounds were taken, some of them weighing jn the v neighborhood of seven pounds. - " Charlotte Observer: Postmaster - D. E. Rhyne addresses es a note stating that the name f the postoffice lately known; as Woodlawn, Gaston county, has been changed to Mount tlojly, to conform to the name of the village. The Raleigh News says the capital city of the State is no more than an overgrown village. The nrst iTeshyteryjor the Assocmte Reformed Presbyterian Church, met at Amity church, JRev. W. JiPressly's charge, in Iredell county, Monday. Religious ser vices began the Friday before, the follow ing ministers preaching: Revs. C. B. Belts, of Chester, S. C: W. W. Orr. of Hunters- ville, N. C; Dr. James Boyce, of Due West, S. C: JS. JBi. Boyce. of Kioe's Moan- tain, N. C ; R. Lathan, of Yorkville, S. C; and W. T. .Waller, of Charlotte. A very arge audience was present on Sunday.: : Wadesboro Herald: A man by the name of Hadly was arrested on yester day morning, in Stanly county, about 45 miles above Wadesboro, for illicit distill ing, and brought to this place. The de fendant made a full confession .'and was bound over to next term ot United States Court in Charlotte. - The meeting of the officers and members of Dixie A. & M. Association, last Saturday, was well attend ed. The premium list was ordered lobe published, and other business was trans acted. November the 18th, l&th, 20th and 21st was selected as the time for holding tne nrsi annual iair. we are pained to learn that while "Uncle" Joe Allen and his son, Dr.! Hugh Allen; were going from this place home (in a buggy) last Monday, their horse took inght and ran away.throw- ing them from the vehicle, breaking the old gentleman's shoulder blade, and also breaking the Doctor s leg above the ankle. Raleigh Observer: Active work is going on daily now for the approaching State Fair. It occurs this year, as our read ers know, on Monday 13th, Tuesday 14th, Wednesday loth, Thursday loth, Friday 17tb, and Saturday 18th October. The Ex ecutive Committee have arranged a splen did premium list, amounting to $4,500 cash. The appeal of tbe State Supreme Court to the Supreme Court of the United States, in the case of the State vs. Hoskins, from Guilford county, involving the question of the jurisdiction of tbe Federal Courts over assaults committed by U. S. officers in the discharge of their duties, has been with drawn by the Slate. So the decision of our Supreme Court, affirming tbe jurisdic tion of the Federal Courts, is sustained. A special car for the use of tbe Super intendent of the Raleigh & Gaston, and Raleigh & Augusta Railways, is nearly com pleted, at the shops in this city. The car is handsome in design, and is finished in side in oak and ash, with gold trimmings. The Raleigh & Gaston Railway is run ning extra freight trains, such is the pres sure of business. There are at present eleven prisoners in the county jail. Over one hundred students are in attend. ance at Wake Forest. ' Fayetteville Gazette: We have been requested to publish the proceedings of tbe meeting of the colored people held in Town Hall last Wednesday night, 27th u It. We must refuse, as we consider the resolu tions harmful, and the proceedings of the meeting at which they were passed of a character to , do injury. - Superior Court of Harnett county adjourned on Wednesday of last week, the State and ci cil dockets having been pretty thoroughly disposed of. Last week U. S. Deputy Collector George A. Downing seized at Lumberlon a wagon, two mules and eleven boxes of tobacco owned by' J. Leavister, of Henderson, North Car olina. Tbe charge is that the stamps have been refused. The wagon, team ' and to bacco were brought by tbe Deputy Collec tor to Fayetteville. Died.in this town, on the afternoon of Monday, 1st inst., Jno. McDaniel, of typhoid fever, after a brief illness. The funeral services, were con ducted at the Baptist church, at 4 o'clock, p. m., on Tuesday, Rev. N. B. Cobb 'pas tor. The . remains were escorted to the grave by the LaFayette Light Infantry, Capt E. P. Powers, as a guard of honor. "Rumor" now has i that Mr., P.M. Hale, eo well known in the old Fayetteville Observer, and more recently of the JRaleigh Observer, is soon to commence the . publica tion of a newspaper in Raleigh; : While we are not authorized 'to announce, this as a fact, we have reasons for, believing that, for once, "rumor'' is true. ' I. : ,, S : c t
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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