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It is said that two hun dred and ten Afghans were killed be fore the British were overpowered and murdered. The total British force did not, we believe, exceed fif- iy. ine siaugmenng oi mese men l attributable to Beaconsfield's boasted Eastern policy. What will bo the upshot of the matter will be hard to tell. Our foreign dispatches of two or three days ago represented the London' Times as rather protest ing against 'the idea that because i.l hw Cabul massacre the Bri lich luuht overrun and conquer - A1 i-h:iiiis(aiu The necessity of Buch an tdilorial in the ''Thunderer" is sig nificant. Is it a part of the Beacons fi. -Id plan to ubjuiale and annex Aj hanistan ? It dot! look as if such A iukuIi would ).e in consonance with 'jijrtiutiii; ami !tmiiiliAnii a Vi o m do of the able Premier. If Beaconsfield Hunks U will be popular to make the (.itiul revolt a pretext for conquest he will not hesitate to assume the re--jMMisib'ility of suoli a course. J'tiu article in the Times is the more significant because of the sup port it has rendered the Cotiserva- live (Tory) government. Whether, there will be couquest or not, the Bri tish have one duty to perform, and -i- . ' ii ;.t J tnat is 10 aavauce promptly wun a heavy foreo and avenge their slaugh tered countrymen. We do not know that the British bad any business at Cabal in the first place, bat having been there by the result of a treaty pr an agreement, and having been foully butchered, redress should be sought at the earliest moment. Such id the determination, and a strong column will soon advance and some severe fighting may follow. Already England is preparing to send rein forcements from home, whilst Gen. Roberts, with a heavy force, is pre paring to press forward. Recent news from Russia is to the effect that England will be compelled to occupy the whole of Afghanistan. The Russian official journal, the St. reiersDurg ixazeue, says, nowever, that such a coarse would "be incom patible with the assurance given by England to Russia, with whom there must be an understanding regarding the measures of satisfaction to be ta ken by England." Russia stands in the way. It will not allow England to conquer and ocoupy at will. There is a suggestion a hint given by the Gazette, that should be noticed, for it may foreshadow quite distinct-' ly Russia's purpose and plan.: It says that a solution of the ' difficulty may be found "by a partition of Afghan istan, so as to bring English and Rus sian dominions in contact in Central A T-t. Ti . Asia." I5ut tnat is precisely wnat England does not ' wish. It would waive all purposes of conquest, we have nq doubt, rather than see such a consummation affected as that sug gested by the Gazette as desirable. ! We may expect increased ; dissatis faction in England with the policy of Lord Beaconsfield. The elections are approaching for the next House of Commons, and it is probable that the Liberals (the Gladstone and Bright' party) will make capital ont of the Afghanistan miscarriages and the bootless and unnecessary war 1. ILIJlli - W JljjJHJ VOL. 10. witli the Zulus in South Africa. It is not probable that the large major ity of the government will bo over come, bur we may expect the strength of the Liberals xo be largely increasqd in the next' House. -What adequate tuuuiupciittti j uas. ; Deen i Drought t to England by the large expenditures it money and the loss of preoious livs by the wars inspired by Beacons field! ? V TUB VIRGIN 1 A oiriwioa... iue auuvny oi ine conservatives. . , uici3uie iu bume aegree the strengthjof their opponents, the Keadjaster8. It is not a just measure, however, because the aim of thef Con servatives ' U not simply to defeat their foes that I seems a foregone conclusion but to defeat them so completely as to end the matter at once and forever.1 But suppose the Readjustee should by any possibility triumph? -Fancy so restless and troublesome a spirit as General Mahone installed in power nominally aa j U. S. Senator, bat in reality the master-spirit, the absolute controller, of the Legislature that elected him. Iow deplorable would be the condition of Virginial Every thing would be unsettled, all the time and trouble expended in eight years in settling the State debt would have been wasted, jibe credit of the Com monwealth would be annihilated, the reputation of Virginia not merely for honesty, jbut for common sense, would be destroyed, chaos would have come again. ! i Tho bare possibility of such a state of things should nerve the people of Virginia to superhuman efforts. Now or never the State is to bo saved. There is no middle path between suc cess and destruction.' Life or death to tho oldest Commonwealth in the Union hangs on the issue of the pre sent struggle, and, naturally enough, the whole country watches it with an interest that borders on anxiety. I II li HOUSE in IILCIiHBXR, The Hlrenglh f parties in the House of Representatives is begin ning to attract fresh attention. The Philadelphia 1, Times, In a carefully prepa'red table, and , afters surveying the whole field, places the parties in the House in (December as follows: Republicans 134-, Democrats 147, Green backers) 12. It bases thti cal culation upon the ; supposition that the vacancy in New Yoik will be filled by a Democrat, and the vacancy in Iowa by a Republican. It says: "Leaving out of the count the two mem bers yet to be elected, the Democrats have 146 votes, or just one less than a clear ma lority of the whole' House. There is no doubt about the election of a Republican in Iowa, but it is remotely possible, in the presentfactious wrangles of the Democracy of New York, that a Republican may be elected in the j Westchester district, in which case the House would stand 140 Democrats, 135 Republicans and 12 Green back men,, giving the combined oppo sition of Republicans and Greenback meu '147 to 146 straight Democrats: or, in other words, leaving the Democrats in a minority of 1, and the Republicans in a minority of Id; but as the Greenback members can rarely, if ever, be solidly combined with either of the old parties, the House will present the singular spec tacle of neither party having a reliable ma jority if New York should elect a Republic can, and u the Westchester district elects a Democrat, that party will have the nar row majority of 1 over all opposition." It is interesting, j in view of this probable condition of affairs in the House, to know how the Greenback ers have acted tof understand some thing of their antecedents. During the extra session the most of the Greenbackers Voted with the Demo- crats on nearly all political measures. The Times says: "; ; ' ' "Of the twelve Greenback' members.Ste venson, of Illinois, Ladd, of Maine, and Wright, of Pennsylvania, are of positive Democratic antecedents; Lowe, of Ala bama, and JoDes, of Texas, are also old Democrats, bat against the ruling Democ racy of the South, and not. likely to unite with the Democracy on any vital test issue. De La Matyr, of Indian v was elected by a Democratic fusion with the Greenback men, but is defiantly independent of both the old parties; and March, of Maine, occupies much the same position. Both are '. of Democratic proclivities if they have - any lingering sympathy with either of the old parties, but neither would marshal under a Democratic partisan ban ner. Weaver and Gillette, of Iowa, For syth of Illinois, and Ford, of Missouri, may, bj classed as more antagonistic to the Dem ocrats than to the Republicans, and Yocum, of Penn8ylvania,seems to have lost the trust of both parties by trying to barter with both to retain his seat in the pending contest with Governor Curtin. For all practical purposes the Democrats are likely to have a majority of from ten to twelve over the Republicans, although they cannot count it as legitimate party strength." j :.,;:.-;: Tho Washington Post already calls upon the Democrats, as boob as Con gress meets, ia settle the contested seats in favor of the Democrats If this is done Orth, of Indiana, will be displaced, by a Democrat. This will give that State to the Democrats in case the Presidential election goes to .the House. F It; will then stand 1 9 Republican and 19 Democratic votes in the House, each State giving but ' "TrT" 1 ' ' ' - WILMINGTON, one vote. ; WithoutLoustinjr Orth the Uemocrats would have' but 18 votes, arid De La Matyr would hold the bal ance of power in ? Indiana; as that ueiegauon woum stana 6 Democrats, 6 Republicans, and the Greenbacker would be able to give the State to any candidate he might prefen , Ifj Orth is not entitled to his seat lU him bo retired and in good order, j We ; learn from the Fayetteville GasetteXh&t Judge Seymour chareed the Grand Jury of Cumberland Court1 very strictly with regard to the pub lic roads. The Gazette says of the J ndee's . cfiaree: "He deciared it to be bis opinion that the difference between good and bad roads to the farming interests of the people: was equal to the value of every acre of farming lana m the several counties that is, that in any county cursed with bad roads un worked and almost impassable in bad weather the lands would be doubled in value, in the profits drawn - therefrom, should the roads be put in good condition, and the" law rigidlyenf dreed." T ; The Judges of the State would render important service if they would emulate Judge Seymour's ex ample in this particular. The roads in many sections are in a wretched condition. The Gazette gives the re quirements of the law: : "The road must be at least twenty feet wide (it may be forty or one hundred, but cannot be less than twenty), and the road bed mnst bo sixteen feet in width, clear of Btumps and runners; in low, marshy places, where necessary causeways and sidings must be laid down, and the necessary side ditching done; over creeks and streams the necessary bridges must be built, with side railings, if deemed necessary for safety. At intervals of one mile directions Bhall be given showing the distance to some impor tant town or point in that section; and at forks of roads sign-boards shall be set on. giving the distance on each road to the most important point." Let the law be rigidly enforced. ; The Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer bears heavily on Mr. Tilden for his want of liberality towards the South. It contrasts his niggardly gift last year of $250 for the yellow fever suf ferers, when the South was afflioted so extensively, with the recent gift of $5,000 by Jay Gould. We copy a few lines. It says of Gould: "He is regarded as a heartless speculator. He is the owner of the New York 2ribune, the most Mai wart and radical of Republi can papoi d. , 1 o the appeal of the Howard Association at Memphis he sent a check of $5,000. In addition be tells the acting President to go on with the noble work and be will foot the bills. Jay Gould professes no friendship for our people. His money is sent for their deliverance from suffering, disease and death. GouM haa a family. The whole South voted (or Tilden for the highest office in the land. He is worth mil lions and is a bachelor. Last year the af flicted yellow fever sufferers appealed to the world for aid. Mr. Tilden subscribed $250." Probably Uncle Sammy has net been trained in the habits of benevo lence. He has been so situated in life that he has had more occasion to make than to distribute. It is said he knows how to use his "bar'ls" ju diciously in political campaigns. On September 1 Alexander Bryce was murdered at Walhalla, South Carolina: The Northern papers are already at their old game of making this a political murder of the Yazoo type. No man can be killed in the South, specially if he be a Republi can, unless the organs convert it ; into a great outrage against free citizen-; ship and the rights of opinion and of the elective franchise. The New Tork Herald lends its wide circula tion to such an accusation in the Bryce murder, and declares that it bears "very distinctly the Yazoo stamp." The Charleston News & Courier very promptly brands such charges as false. It says: "TheBe statements are simply untrue, in spirit and in fact. - Bryce, it is true, was a Republican; but politics had absolutely nothing to do witfrhis assassination. Sena tor Conkliug is also a Republican, and was recently the victim of a sbotvgun tragedy in Rhode Island; but shall wo therefore treat the stalwart Roscoe as a political martyr and complain that. the Argus-eyed Herald has made 'no mention . whatever' of his fate? The truth is that tho murder of Bryce occurred in one of the remote moun tain counties oi the state." It says that nobody in that State, whether Democrat or Repnblican, has ever suggested that the murder had a political motive. The Greenbaok-Labor Convention in Massachusetts has nominated Gen. Ben Butler for Governor, and Wen dell Phillips for Lieut. Governor. For brains it is a strong ticket. Without : the aid of the Democrats they will accomplish no important results. Heretofore political amal gamation has not proved profitable to the Democrats. The Maryland 1 Republicans have organized for the approaching cam paign. They have nominated a full State ticket, with James A. Gary, at its head, f or Governor. Unless the Democrats! should split ' up the Re publicans will not have much show- N. C. FRIDAY. SEP.TEM RTCR 19 1879. THE NEW VOUK CONVENTION. The nomination of Governor Robinson , for re-election . in New York has caused a split in the party that was prophesied by many. For some cause he is extremely distaste ful to that wing of.the party, known as lammany. wnen it, was ap parent that he would be the ; choice of the. delegation the Tammany men withdrew and proceeded to nominate a candidate of their own. John Kelly, the leader of that wing, was selected. One of the speakers de clared that they represented 90,000 voters." ' -. ' The breach, as far ?s known, only extends to the nominee for Goyernqr of the regular convention. TheTam manyitcs have thus far orily.nom nated a candidate for Governor con tenting themselves 'with tl!e'poini ment of a committee of fifteen wh.o l-h&xe. discretionary upo wersltbi iseleqt the remainder of the ticket or not as l they may deem wise and proper u ri der the Circumstances. Whether this is done to bring a pressure to bear upon the party that will tend to force Robinson out of the race finally,, or whether they mean to sipport j the remainder of . tho regular ticket or not remains to be seen. It looks as if there was a prospect oi agreement as to tho regular ticket with the j ex ception of the nominee for Governor. If Tammany should combine on the it, remainder of the ticket aid elect and if Robinson only should bo de feated, it would establish two points: First, that the Democrats are clear ly in the majority, and, therefore the Republicans can gain! no comfort from the result bo far asconcerns the Presidential struggle tkat is to be. Second, that Tilden chances for tho nomination for President would bo very materially am aged, j It would show that he ha'i not strength enough iu his own Sute to elect his own special friend and epresentative. It would show that it would bo very hazardous to place him in the field with Tammany fiercely antagonizing. No Democratic National Committee would think of nominating a man! for the) Presidency who has . just been defeated through his own chosen rep resentative in his own State. Robin son is Tildeo's man. He named him. He forced him upon a strong minor ity in the nominating Convention. If he cannot be elected, then Tilden is laid on the shelf most effectually. It will prove a regular case of hari- kari on his part. , It is to be hoped that harmony will be restored in that great State. . The Democrats of New Yorkought to re- member that dissensions anong them selves will not be confined in their results to that State, buf that they will affect every State more or less, and, the whole country. If the elec tion of a Democratic Pfesident de pends upon the State of New York, as now appears, how reprehensible it will be in Democrats of tlat State to lose that election through personal animosities or a selfish ecamble for office. If Tammany is really actuated by principle: ifjthere are causes, of which we are not informed, of siich a grave character as to forbid thr support of Robinson, then they ought to unite heartily upon the remainder of the ticket, and make a most iotive can vass in its behalf. Bnt wll not even a division as to the highest State of fice have an unhappy effect upon the general canvass ? We fear so. The Republicans have confessedly a weak ticket, but then they are united. When the loaves and fishes are toi bo distributed they are generally united. They may wrangle before the nomi nation, but after it is made they ar "one as the sea.' j The platform adopted at Syracuse, if we may judge from the telegraphic; abstract, is excellent. It is compre hensive, but it does not contain one useless plank. It is made of sound timbers good Democratic heart.! We suppose our readers examined it for themselves, and it is scarcely neoessary to enter upon an elaborate analysis. It is just such a platform of principles as the country needs.' it contains every principle that is essential for the preservation of our liberties arid the prosperity of our great and growing country. It reasserts the DrinciDles of nobu lar liberty i-of the , liberty of every citizen, of every voter -as laid down by the founders of our grand Re public. When we Know what as saults are being constantly made upon the citadel of the Constitution ' ' - W! il and the liberties of a free people by me stalwarts, we can at once see the propriety of thk reassertion , of.- a' viuie-nonorq principle., s. . It holds to tbe,Con8titution of our forefathers' arid' the' rights of the States under that Constitution. Surely tuiu is ! aitogeioer necessary ana lm- porpana a.tijnc wJien a great party is making war upon that Constitution ana - onpeavormg to t stamp out and obliterate , every trace of the s rights oi states under .that Constitution. ses. .the tendencies, of the Republican oarty ,to, centralizatioii and consolidation, In view of, the utterances of Republican leaders, In and out! of Congress, aod the genera tone and v opinions of their orgvans how ttuspeakably .importaut it is t meet arid'bppose this cviL tendency ; It deolares that this Republic ' is a nation, but mark you, only to the exi tent and for the purposes' defined in heotrstttution.; We shall have oc casion td show in whaTsseTmroni stitution regards the Republic as a nation. We shall show that in no sense is it a nation as claimed by Re publican writers and speakers. j It declares that the Democrats will resist all attempts to transform it in to an Empire. It is a grand, sacred duty that is devolved upon the Dem- cratic party to save the Constitution of our fathers and to preserve the li berties of the people. If the Demo cratic party was to withdraw all opi position to the tendencies and teach ings and purposes of the Republican party, we believe that in four years the Empire would be established. These are some of the points pre sented in the admirable declaration of principles as laid down at Syra cuse by tho Democrats of the largest State in ! the Union. They concern every freeman. They are the foun dation stones tho underlying princi pled of a free government. Take them away and there remains no lib erty, no Constitution, no great; free and prosperous country. We must go forth with those precious princi ples of right and liberty blazoned on our banners. In that, sign we shall i conquer, i We may take occasion hereafter to refer to some other features of the platformj The Republican papers for two or three months have teemed with a very grave accusation against Gov. Blackburn, of Kentucky, to the ef fect that he sought during the war to introduce infected clothing in the North for the purpose of causing yel low fever to spread. Gov. Blackburn does not appear to have notioed the charge in any way. Coming from Northern; Radicals he and his friends have not thought it necessary to en" ter upon! any explanation, and the peeple of Kentuoky evidently gave it but little consideration, for they elected him by an increased majority over former years. We find . in the Philadelphia Times, an Independent paper, the following paragraph, which throws important light on the matter: "Mr. McKeogb. who was proprietor of the Donej ana Hotel, in Montreal, during the civil war, that hotel being the headquarters of the Confederates in the Dominion, writes to the Washington Republican that the charge against Gov. JBlackburn, of Ken tucky, was 'exploded absolutely long ago, and is entirely raise.' JJr.)Siacanurn was tried before a Canadian Judge on a charge of seeking to spread the yellow .fever throughout the North, and was acquitted.: The evidence was submitted to President Johnson, and Dr. Blackburn unhesitatingly pardoned.? . Tlie Work at New Inlet. Proposals for continuing operations on the work for the closure of New Inlet were received and opened at the office of CoL W.P.Craighill,Engineer,U.S.A.,Baltimore, Md., on the 6th iB8t., and the contract, as will be seen below, was awarded to Messrs. Ross & Petfnypacker, of this city, at $2 24 per ton. In order to finish the dam at New Inlet to high water mark, and protect it against the force of the waves, it is proposed to cover the top and the sea slope to iow water mark with: heavy flat stones, so as to make the top surface and slopes smooth and even.' The covering needed will be about 3,500 feet in length, and the average thickness of the stone will be about eighteen inches. It is estimated that about 10,000 tons of gran ite will be required for the work. The fol lowing is a list of the bidders and the prices at which they proposed to do the work: Patrick Lenehan, Wilmington, N. C...$2 67 Pierce &Rowe,Frankfort, Me 3 25 Davis Tillson, Rockland, Me.. .. 3 49 Bodwell Granite Co., Rockland, Me. . 2 34 C. H. Bragdon, Biddeford, Me...... 3 75 Westcottl&Son.Portland.Me. 5 50 J. K. Ballon, Boston, Mass 3 44 Ingersoll&Nortnop, New London, Ct. 2 48 Joseph H. White, Hyde Park, Mass. . 3 49 Richmond Granite Co., Richmond.Va. 5 25 Old Dominion Granite Co n " 5 15 Ro8S&Pennypacker,Wilmington,N.C. 2 24 Longevity. .; A correspondent sends us an item con cerning a case of longevity in the person of Mrs. Mary Adkins, who died in Carver's Creek Township, Bladen county, recently, at the age of 97 years. She was the widow of William Adkins, formerly Of this city.; A :'.-;;--;t : i ". NQ. 47. FalllnEto WorK the Koadi. ' Charles Galloway, George Taylor, Archy Moore, and D.J. Houston, all colored, were ouoiucu uoiure jusuce uaraner vestef- 1 At 1 . m . . uojr uu me tuargs or. iauing to woiK the Public roads after hpimr A as the law in relation thereto requires. The vuch were men separately, ana in that of Charles Galloway, counsel submitted that he Was not liable to work the road, his domicile being in the city; and he being only temporarily in the country as a ser vant to a family spending a portion of the summer at Wrightsville Sound, and on this ground an appeal was taken to the next term of the Criminal Court, judgment be ing rendered against the defendant. - - ( ' Judgment was also found against all the other parties brought up, and as there were two cases against each, for.Iailure to ap pear on the 9th and 10th insts;, ' the fines and costs in each case amounted to $11 00. In the cases of Taylor and Moore this was paid and the defendants discharged, while Houston was committer! tv 4 ail in HofanH of payment 5 lhe law is very sweeping and explicit as to who shall work the roads, and the duties of overseers. No exemptions are allowed for- any Cause, where the persons are physl. Callv able and between thn roo nf 1 ni 45 years, and are otherwise liable. j A Decision of toe 8opreine conn Poggett vs. , Richmond & Danville Hauroad Company. ! Nqkth Carolina Supbeme ' CourtI 3'': J '-. T. :ml:i!..L. ' f ti una x KiiiiijK'y - j The rure-Tjf ttatjimv of RailroaJsli thus summed up by the Court: ; If the owner nermits his oaf. tin tn stray off and get upon the track and p-et killed or hurt, the Railroad is not liable unless the Company was care lessly running the train, or couldj by the exercise of Droner care, after tha m L 1. 1 animals were discovered, have avoid ea or preventea the injury. ' The rules of the law reanirp. in an action for damages resulting from the negligence of the Company, or its agents and employes, that the Dlain- tiff shall prove the negligence as a part of his case. The force of the presumption raised by the statute (Batt. Rev., chapter 16. section 11.1 onlv arrolies whan the facts are unknown, or when from tes timony they are uncertain. The facts beiner fullv disclosed, tha J Court must decide whether they make out a case of negligence, and if they fail, to do this, the Company is not liable.' " ' ' The Company is not required to abate the usual and safe speed of its trains lest there may be cattle on the track, which "may be killed or iniured." and if a Droner lookout ia ' 1717 kept, and all reasonable efforts made wnen tho obstruction is seen to avoid accident, the Comnanv is evemnt j r - from responsibility, and the injury is ascriDea to ine contributory negli gence of the owner in Dermiuiner his cattle to roam about and get on the track. Nefflisrence is a Question of law to be decided by the Court upon ad mitted tacts. . A Philosophic Fiend. I New York Star.l "I should like to sell you a gimlet," said a care-worn looking man as he walked into an omce the other day. "We have no use for one," replied the cashier. But you should always look into the misty f uture,"j went on the fiend demurely; "next winter you will want to make holes in your boot-heels, so you can get your skates on." - "I use club skates no straps re quired." crxou may want to screw some boards together some time. The old fashioned method of driving the screws in with a hammer is perni cious, as it deteriorates the tenacity of the fangs of the screw, as it were." ".Nothing to-day, sir." "This gimlet acts as a corkscrew." "I don't want it." , . "It also may be used as a tack- hammer, a cigar-holder and a tooth brush." "I don't want it." "It has an eraser, a pen, an ink stand, a table for computing com pound interest, and a lunch box at tachment." "I can't help it; I don't want it." "I know you don't, you're one of those men that don't buy a gimlet unless it has a restaurant and a trip to Europe and an Italian Opera Com pany attached. You're the kind of a man who wouldn't live near an elec tric light to save a gas bill." And the peddler walked out with his ; mental plumage on the perpen dicular. j : Poisonous Clothing. ; : New Tork Sanitarian. The aniline dyes now extensively used ought to be employed with cau tion, since it appears they may render wearing apparel poisonous. There have been a large number of cases re ported from .various sectioas of the country of children having their legs poisoned from wearing colored stock ings. A sad case is reported from Hartford, the victim being a young lady of that . city, who has had her face seriously poisoned from a new blue veil,, which, when examined by a chemist, was found to contain a large quantity of aniline dye. This dye is obtained from coal tar, which is a residuum obtained in the manufac ture of gas from coal. Not long since a child in Troy, N. Y., died from arsenic sucked from a veil thrown over the child when asleep. Lately there have been cases of poisoning reported from kid gloves, from bronze green silk gloves, and also from shoes lined with fancy colored leather. Poisoning from co lored silks,' cotton and woolen goods, have become numerous. The selec tion of wearing" apparel is, therefore, becoming a serious question of per sonal safety. ? .... Spirits r Turpentine An escaped convict at Fayette ville was pursued by the city marshal,, who was fired at. His name is Robinson;' and he made good hisL.escape., tt . instorJ tturnaJ: VFrofri all re ports ana irom personal observflion 1 we are satisfied that the aggregate of the cotton crop ia this section will fall far.Bhnrtof ihe usual amount made. . . ,. :;-f0 - v,,., ',, r r.- The Asheville JowraajfSys An geld Riety, charged with house burnine Tilmon McEntire, charged wUh"1 Warder and two other prisoners, knocked1 down'me jailer, at Columbus, Polk county, and broke jaiU McEntire and Riety were recaptured Farmer & Mechanics A sad case of wife-beating occurred in a Raleigh street on Monday night. The noise, f the con tention, and the sound of, brutal whacks disturbed the neighbors for several squares' Man'a inhumanity to. man't haa.wrunii tears from the poet, but when a wife turns in to trounce her husband, she makes Rome howl. Don't weep in too much of a,burry in this case the woman wa9 decidedly on t0P- V: ; .r .joir .. .j, Fayetteville Gjazettemqday afternoon, as the wife of Mr. b. J. Wil son was riding in the vehicle 'of MrfcMR Wilson accompanied by the JaUer's daugh ter, the shaft , broke, and the animal,. te cominsr frfehteneri?' ran - swot? ihAiyU the cqnueyanca oyer,, Mrs. VVilson, wh IS an invalid. Was hntflv hurt on1 f..... have been entertained thai her -taS'ttrina were serious. The vounc lady." with a few slight bruises. , r " ' ' ' Charlotte Democrat'-TinlnraA - man exhibited on the streets last-Tuesday a Sioy togK;,i.wuicu was Kiuoa on. me plans tation of Mr. T. Mnnin 'AWi.t--..-;... miles from the city. . It measures '.sixx feel eight inches from tip to tip.. The chain gang now numbers fourteen persons. They are to be uniformed in striped clothes. : it may not be generally known, but it 1fo,.fact that Battle's -Ravis-:1 provides for wS5'IJOtter, o Adoption" in cases of me cfno5elto adoPl aad care Goldsboro Messen aerV 7rrnrTr crop in this section looks promising, and .1. 211 U - 1 . . , luoie win uu a large increase in toe yield. Last year some 20,000 bushels found mar ket in this nlAr.fi Tt ia ihnnolit it will cv. ceed five times that quantity this year. several or our rarmers nave put in fifty ap.re r.rnns and nnito annrnhpr hvp f mm five to twenty-five acre fields. An interesting revival is progressing at the Toler House, in Bentonsvilln tnwnnhin Johnston county. The meetings ore con ducted by Eiders Holder and Butler, as sisted by Mrs. Lee. Mr. Oaston Biz- zell was found dead one day last week, in Bentonsville township, Johnston county. The inquest established that he came to cuuucu uatu iivui uuaii uiocasc The Raleigh Christian Advo- - cate reports the following religious revivals: .fesm circuit, at) conversions; Jonesboro circuit, over 50 conversions and 50 acces sions; Tar River circuit, 9 additions; Rob eson circuit, four good revivals 35 con versions at one place; Happy Home circuit. .70 professions and 82 accessions; Wilkes circuit, 12 professions. 11 accessions; Mori ganton circuit, 110 additions in four weeks; Rockingham circuit, .7 converts, 7 acces sions; Pantigo, several converts; Went" worth circuit, 21 accessions; Person cir cuit, 90 conversion; under Mrs. Moon; Dallas circuit, 21 accessions; Buckhorn circuit, 19 conversions, 10 accessions; Clinton circuit, 19 accessions. Charlotte Observer : President Palmer, of the Charlotte, Colnmbia & Au gusta Railroad, has given orders that here after no bunday excursion trains shall be run on his road, and a South Carolina newspaper speaks of him as "the Christian railroad man." A few nights ago the depot at Thomasville was robbed of $93 50. lhe Charlotte. Columbia & Augusta Railroad now sells excursion tickets to Charlotte, Columbia and - Augusta every Saturday at one fare both ways. The in crease in the travel will doubtless fully re pay the roads for what they appear to lose. Rev. Wm. R. Atkinson, principal of the Charlotte Female Institute, has address ed a letter to parties in New Orleans, offer ing to take into his institution, for educa tion, One of the Hood children, proposing to give it board and tuition from the time of its entrance until its graduation. Last evening Mr. Lewis Kirs, car in spector of the Air Line . Railroad, : was kneeling by the side of the track at the junction, examining a car, one hand be tween; the two wheels oi the rear truck, when 1 a sudden movement of the train caught the hand under a wheel, which passed over it, crushing the bones in such a manner that amputation was rendered necessary. Tarboro Southerner: Bonitz, of the Goldsboro Messenger, has straddled the blinds of both Creecy and Santa Claus Deake on the baby question, and tells about Lucy Warren, colored, of Wayne county, "giving birth to three girl children last week." Total for Lucy, "five in fifteen months," he says an average of one every three months, i. e., four a year. Three cheers for brother Creecy ! Mr. A. E. Ja cobs, a wealthy Jewish merchant of Nor folk, has presented him with two beautiful pieces of marble statuary as a mark of his appreciation of an excellent edito rial in the Economist on "The Jews." The Odd Fellows of Tarboro have sent $10 to their suffering brethren of Memphis. We regret to learn that Mr. J. U. Mabry, a former resident of Tarboro, re cently died of consumption at bis home in Lexington, N. C. Washington items: Piscatorial epicures are enjoying large i'at fresh mackerel. Some are from twenty inches to two feet long, and only twenty cents j per pair. Exodus agents have been sneaking through here. They repre sent to the negroes that the South is in debted to the North and is unable to pay the vast amount due. In view of this, an other war is imminent. In such an event the negroes will undoubtedly be placed in the front ranks, bear the brunt of the fight ing and protect the Southern white men behind them. Goldsboro Mail: Major William Harvey, of Newborn, was stricken with paralysis on Saturday morning. Rev. J. Kf Mann, who has been at the : Hot Springs, Va., is, we are glad to learn, im proving. Caswell Joyner, the negro shot at Saul's X Roads on Saturday night, is considered out of danger, and W. J. Carr, who did the shooting, and who is in iail here, will doubtless be admitted to bail to-morrow. If the rumors of this outrage are sustained by the facts in the case that Carr was called - from his bed and attacked premeditatedly in his yard by the negro the only thing to be regretted is that the bullet, from Carr'a pistol failed to ac complish the object for which it was fired. At a negro school, near Princeton, the scholars were playing dogs and fox, a ten year old boy acting as fox. When caught he was jumped on and so roughly treated by the other scholars that he had to be car ried home, and died three days after. Be fore dying he said the other scholars dis liked him because he stood at the head of his classes.' The case is receiving some of ficial attention from Esquires Joyner and Richardson. On Monday, ia ;New Hope township, J. H. Grant was deputized by 'Squire James F. Kornegay to guard Si mon lslay, charged with larceny, to: this place for commitment to jail. On the way Islay declared to Grant that he would; come no farther, and at once made a dash for. li berty.' Grant fired several shdts at the flee ing prisoner, but was uncertain as to the extent of their execution, until the, dead body of the negro was found some distance off in the woods the following day;
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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