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1 " tort " ' f : i - - - - - - - . . ; I 4. SS8 X 5S38'8raa888S8: tVi.v ' u, 1 jfe ,Ss 1 3,JC SJS SjjS jS- i is:-. 9 Entece at Jbe: Post Office t atWibaingtod j . , xx. vy., &a swjconn-ciass mauer-i - J - '" '-li i F - :- I if V to i 1 t 4&in&CfpfJl yest, palage paid, $1.! " u K" -6itlontht?.ji" : ; 1.00 IK VINO IT FOR TltBRISELTEa. ; The Northern Methodists have . been agitated for some weeks over a demonstration on the part of the co lored Methodists to foree the 'whites, if possible, to eleot a colored Bishop. This condition of affairs has supplied the wittiest editor in the South, Laf ferty, of the Richmond Christian Advocate, with matter for many amasing and enjoyable paragraphs and editorials. He will have fresh . material in a reoent case that oo . curred at Newburg, N. Y. It appears that there are a good man y colored members of the'Methodist Church, at that place, who heretofore have - had . to sit in tho back seats and take tho communion after the whites had ob - , - i- - served it. This aroused a feeling of revolt, and a week or so a'o it cul - minated in a vote which was brought about in this wise: "Oa Sunday last a strange clergyman occupied the pulpit, the regular pastor, the Rev. Pr. A. JI. OsbooJ being absent oq a vacation. J3afure tke regular services com mencedV the congregation, which in point of numbers is somewhat limited, was star- tied to -hear the preacher state thai a vote' would be taken then and there on the color line question. The votes were cast by the uplifting of the right hand. Six or seven bands were raised up in favor of the colored people being allowed the same privileges as the whites. No vote was cast in the nega tive." - . : The result of this showing of hands is like the explosion of a bomb; it has scattered the flock, and most of the whites declare they will not enter the church again. Bishop Gil Haven would not' buuk with a colored brother, and now the i whites will not kneel with their colored . brethren "around the Lord's table" when they, would celebrate the death of the Saviour of sinners upon the cross. We merely note these things be cause the Southern people are con stantly held up as "making war upon "the colored man and brother," deny ing him social, civil, and religious rights and privileges. In fact ne grophilists of the Fowler and Haven stripe have tried to make the people' ' specially the negroes believe thatJ they were their chosen friends, advo cates and benefactors. But now Fo wler, in his paper, opposes the elec tion of a colored Bishop, and that too when there are 300,000 colored mem bers of the Methodist (Northern white) Church who demand one, and Gil Haven, a white Bishop, aetn ally "played 'possum" and sat up all night rather than sleep with a colored bro ther who was a minister in good standing. He said he had the most terrible, cavorting toothache ever heard of. The arch hypocrite! The cup which they drugged and forced to the lips of tho Southern people will be sooner or .later placed to thetr own lip s. It wa just such roee i as ! these i who ine$jip,'i force social, quaHty upon the " South few years ago. They were quite reckless when only the South was to test the possibilities of such a game, but how. they squirm, and writhe when they are threatened with a little bit of the same unwelcome experience.. It is a fact, as one of the Greek oraoles of the third or fourth century says, that the mills of God grind slowly btt they grind exceeding small. v . t ! , nounoN TROUBLES. There is said to be much .'exoiti meet in Utah among the Morrnppf, those disgraces to a civilized age and an enlightened . country. They have- two .troubles ; just now. They are much exercised over Brigham Young's will. It turns oul that his estate; is &o mixed up with what they oall 1 aa v jyafj.ptvaioJ t.iu?? j . f a.. w :-.?; - Morton anertgjjyga oat of ppty they lmd isetldp kfeif feeTifig 'irou'lf tjsfrii .Is administer ,Jaw apoordingn to igity and not according to the wd8ha nfl been ftppatALeriyitiMh hackiira- . nice question win navo to be ae termiued one fall or perplexity ;apd doubt, Brigham's descendants ar said to bej won4erf ally . numerous. How will they establish their claiqi to heirship ?: The law canttotTeooa mzo polygamous marriages, as has been . suggested. . Such, '. fruits . are rightly designated as, illegitimated The heirs, in the mean time, are in hoi pursuit of their property. : Another source of ; trouhle th apprehensions felt' that Mormonigrft must go that the United States is bent on its extirpation. The eldert and leaders , begin to Bee tbei hand writing on the wall. The great sore upon the j body-politic must be cut out. Morraonisru, has cursed the land and broujjht a, stigma upon our institutions long enough. The courts must be so strengthened that no man can practice polygamy without perit VVe copv an interesting paragraph or two from a long account of Utah concerning the practice of prominent Mormons and the conditions of agri'r culturefniu I gentleman now in Washington who is interviewed says: The moment the pocket of a Mormon s touched he is as keen in self-iesnect as other mortal men. Indeed the bonds of Mormon ism sit very lightly .'upon some of the richest men who nominally adhere to that tatth. : It ia worthy of notice.perhaps, that some of the richest Mormons are not polygaraialsJ - WUJiain Jlooper. for instance, the Delegate in. Congress who preceded Cannon, and now a wealthy banker and railroad man, never had but one wifd. Nearly all the Welch Mormons; of whom there are a considerable number; never had but one wife.) The Welsh women are no torious in their opposition to polygamous marriage, although they adhere to thelaith in other respects." ! "Do the Mownous interest luemselvea in mining ?" ' j. "Scarcely any. They devote themselves principally lo agriculture. There cao be little farming-doua ioiUub. except by the Mormons. Nothing can be; raited thfene except by irrigation, and irrigation ii dej pehdent upon the mountain streams. Wher ever a stream comes down into the valley from the mountains there the' Mormons have a farm. ; They control the mouths of nearly all these -streams, but the .mining business is almost entirely carried, on by Gentiles." !- . : . : . . - WH)OFOBDa ACCOUNT OF THE . OOLLTTBiaL. j Our readers will remember that General VVoodford, of NeW Yori, accompanied 1 MrsV Chiehotm 6 -Misp sissippi, whither' she went ' tdrte8tify: iii the trial of Gully Jf or murder. 'The issue of . the , triaijis already knowq. The accused was acquitted., General Woodford, Who is ; Republic ana a lawyer of ability, has giver H prett full account of the tHal, and whi aDnears in the WashinVrt.nn lteniijk, can. The itralifptrfutg of his Btati ment . are . briefly ; he u was reoeived and treated . by ? every 1 one - witb the utmost courtesy; Judge Hamni, who - tried ; the ; case 'acted V fea-; lessly and jstly rathei leaning possibly, against the defense . izt his rulings ; the District Attorney, Thomas S. Ford, did his duty bravely and well. ( His ease was ' ttibroaghly. prepared, and he was ably- assisted by Judge Ware and Jaahas Xw Mjor- ris, a very logical and strbrfg'cflminiV r. The 0 uuargeu uiaunoi Iy? directly and positively , For mrqeh if The jury waa composed, or nine white Democrats of .average intelligence, and three negroes? but one of whom' was a lepuftttcajjauia siupiu. xno, jury was fairly drawn, and whatever else may be said of Kemer cbuiity it, must be a mitted thpt ine jars is fairly madej jnip 6agviMie jury represents a larg? majqrityi pf the whites of J the 1 Wnty,f; alfhoflgli there is a smajl iniuity of law abid ing white Democrats who do hot rpveof't'yerdici5 i general lyrfQr'tnuu'W public eentimenti i as he ' ondeavored honestly 'tytW'tiA "They thiahit wannfortunate, but n4 tural and almost exotSMM0nawuqge unip-, holm, John Gilmer and Amoa itteGle lan were shot by the mob that SundayoTi- 1 ft fat m iW kf i i X 71 I Y W i i 111 r t j i-f..ii-- I I - . 1 1 II t I I 1"J Wk ft J-1'UW rygT.lff '.'.fl'-'-tl )1 lfl-' fa i-aLi iiyi WILlffip 7 tveife W4 aVB I 1 u ifu uiiuus auuWOTCe ipeviaw. xnp sr"V..U ' B4 ib. JThey .think that Misa Coi 4xaaMi QtAtommmtamim, Mppi4W ifimw.wihrz rrffmrttfuT im.Siifilul. jxmiv overs J noviiio,VUHIIUua 1UU UUIUUIIUM I lUOt I While chnmrKr to hr faf.hftr t.rvinc ner lamer trvmor n ;lTilT .rj."7i-jr f Xi r f a Sineui-r case. Three men. a'tnvBlfrl mm end .iMirtiyim WJM$.Wvf hHy.?' iff W.jg "Ii ; W.the;eyewbf$eetion might easily step over'thb went to snow, ana astnejuaseeieat-. ly believed, ;ho ought tQ, have .peep- con victed j and punished. Butf.,llip jury held !otherwis,e, aud that is. the enq of it. iff ;j -!-!'( ' Gtov. Vance, whilst passing throng 1 Washington was interviewed by1 i correspondent of the New' ( Yor c WorkL' llQ did not approve ef Kel ly's course, but if lie and his I folldwj ers "should be strong enough to 'de feat the governor) and the rest of the ticket should be elected, I should boV grieve very much over it, beoause the State might then be depended hp 4 to support the Democratic nominee for President next year." : x: t : He ia reported as saying v further.: : Via the South we feel that very mui depends upon New .York, and of all Stati that should be the one in which personal issues should be dropped and in' which una tea and enective wore should be done lor the common good. VYe believe that a Derri- ocranc aamiDiatraiion is imperative ir prot perity is to be restored to as. A Kepubli can admini i ration means for us four yea: oi.auneruig.ioa tyranny. ; ! He does not fanov Mr. Tilden. will not bo nominated by the SouilL He said: j' j ' 'He has been wonderfully mixed up ki trickery and mean transactions. To pat him in tho field it would be necessary . to keep men constantly on the stump defend ing him all through the South. I, do nt wish to be understood as saying that he has no chance for the nomination, for if the majority should choose him . the , South would not bolt. It would lay aside all per sonal feeling in a campaign and work to gether for the ticket. , It would be with; lis a choice between two' evils, and rather than live through, another Republican adminis tration we could stand Uncle Sammy, Yet his nomination would be a deplorable " i i event, and I hope we shall be able to do netter." , . - i We take iHrhavSenator Vauce has represented fairly a large prepondor ating sentiment in North Carpjiea. Wo. have not met a half dozen .pef- sons who prefer Mr... Tilden i to all others, r We have met. many wihio hold ;Go v. Vance's vie wa. . A LKtfSON FOR TOCTn. Some neveni years ago J a youn man, aged twenty, left his honie ip fcfcokjyhY 1. about 10 o'oloek at niebu He was ia. aetobeV i$ the: Pr esby terlf a lOjrtrci,- and '- had n .accompanied a h ia . mother both,1 ic e .mdrmg SthJ evening Worship 4bftV' -day. . s He d id n ot r-- iurn again totia uQme,: out .4 a iew t &ja i'rtetaMl i his bpdy wa fWi in Ua8t iver,;whenoe l was that house made desolate by the ireitj cajamitye ,iTbe body . wasjate5 wards : carrieO' Prtncetb only theipredingyear left tlbai ii i stitutiop of ; learning t with a ,.great r reputation 3than any , other , student nau uvw jgaineu, ey en surpassing uiat ? ia , t J the greatest of American, . johpa and the prof enndesfc ef an Americ JHblicai cone)iJat,pii8.wnWb6tl t hodj had beeQlay ip Ue largjohap and the faculty, istujqjjinjdi,. zns4ia4fillad 4tr; to; ,reiej,ioir Re most elDquentrffietnu)! in jcwbichitie dowments oi, the dtceased,; and .of JiSs, lowed by the ninent President Me wide ramu uhiuih ub came to tnej United States -3 andiwltq U scarcely! excelled by-aay. living mataphysieiap. : We remember; thatt Dr. MqCoshiaaid that therstu' fimhutitB ypnngii jraai hose-nBttinBJy and- trigic death wis, to .deeply JamenUct by, all, oacoe to;i cite roJblaViLtJjat ..hQ.viiadi fln edihioj iltalftddozep (iqo.etj3i before iw ikriew;bef; was int, jblipjrea-! ence of one of the ;greatest minds he r iijj rrrr -- . .-Man , t -.- , . i,..u . M . ' S frc J riry "i r i r'ir "i i 1 J .1 K V II I i VGiiEBm SEl?1?BMBiBH 26'48f 9 iflftft Pri'lS Hr4JHMSpe4 bujihprt timb gin r nflT. na jiin Dm. naairnrn (A.dA W!hfth(BQ.tW$1i they jraournad; 4 had j the most metaDhvsical and Bhilosonh-d .wn AnnlinAnfa HA anid Via ba1 In AWWMWP e i,ea1 man (we do ?dt I nRrsnnilo tWnnnn mnn t ,nlnm, U isSlf - fclnieJiJ.lii; 10 nu.,! b.iVl- him 1 M 'ftiRPMrjto say, that alter ,he J durincr BIY mnnt.Tia. nnrl rQcilr Krtrto O J - r.f ....... . ("! . L n? tt. . .!,,. i it j liiefuBn" n1W.t "fWy jlf3-4V,f,?ut whoi was capable of intensofd i f(r nnMnai nng v . . . f So tnuch for the tragic death ana the sad bnrial scene. He was a most extraordinary character. It is almost impossibla to. exaggerato-his intellec ual capacity, or to -overdraw his fine social and moral qualities. We never saw him . in the flesh, hut we have -often looked upon the faithful like ness caught by the photographers art, and a finer face we have rare! r seen. At twenty years old he wis eminent for his attainments in mac f departments of human learning. He never met his equal among the young. If he had lived ; until , his splendid powers had fully matured, it is pat improbable that one of the supremest ' r 1 . . a ' . minas oi tne nineteentn cemarv - r would have been found in him. j We have been reminded of all th;s' by the fact that a sypathetic anp touching biographical sketch of Tui odoeic Bland Peyoe, eldest son, jf General Roger A. Pryor, has been written by Thomas D. Suplee, Head MaBter of St. Augustine's Celleg. The little volume is published by Ba con & Co.. San Francisco. I The Richmond (Va.) State has this to say of the subject of the sketch: j "America probablv had not his superior. Only twenty years at the time of his deatl, bis powerful and mature intellect save as surance of any position his ambition tnigl)t covei. ie was always lirst, and easily nrt, in any school, academy or college that 03 entered. His powers were indeed marvel lous. Proud of being Virginian, bis lots to the State, to the country indeed, is irre parable, in arms and in statesmanship' Virginia has nothing tocovet, and in letters a new: Held or glory awaits her. ifnaor, foremost ia that field, would have filled it with the lustre of his fame. Ob, what a loss, what a loss!" j The publication of this little vol ume was a1 surprise to tho family, as we learn. We have not : seen it bat learn from the State that "Revi Dr. W. S" Plumer and Prof. W. Gordon McCabe contribute to the interesi of the book. The remarkable pHze essacy on history by Pryor iB given in full, arid a portion of Dr. Vandyke's fufae raV sermon." . , The State says touchingly: !-1 0r "Theeon of genius sleeps in the shadow of bis Alma Hater. Life's fitful fever was1 soon over, and perhaps it is best.aHia classmates erected an imposing monumest over hia remains., Side by side . witn the dshes of Edwards, Davis, and the Alexah aers, they await the great awakening." ; din young Pryor the youth of -j the country have a fine model. Hisi rp- anect ind rererence for his narents1 ' Wdre. beahtiful characteristics of this1 superbly gifted youth. He early gave - himself to Christ before the evilldays came. t iWe xaay confidently believe that his spirit ia at rest; with the rap deemed and glorified. 0fle ,;was stp- -diou .conscientious, and ; was go verned by principle in all he did; jlte made duty his first and greatest end." Her: seemed; to have , realized : whit bomas; (Jarlyle has written "Iy this precept to fthyheartii.Pq, the PUtyi whjch .lies nearest; Uhee, wmotr tthon, lowest to be a duty! Thysfe- oond dqty will already have become scearej.feijah:J- --M 3 ilr -r-f5--. jYj9P9jp Pry or. ; inherited rtmnoh jf his singilaf giftSi ); His father is ,dts Unguishedor a splendid ; and fervid eloquence as! well as for a prpfoadd knowledge of the law. ;Uis f mother, 8 most cansfecrated Christian wp ;js, tho greatest;, female ' intellect : , that DiVQiQi(ha9. met in .America, .fee aaid fwhen if he . visited Raleigh le.Wv yeurs ago.; ; He was ; the: ; grand son) of, Rev. D.rheodono, Pryor, , of .Yirginia, fter whom , he was named jHajwas-ol -Virginia, .blood, , 4nd W6 44o;bt l.a polJejinteJlect, )waSj,eyer bprrJInYie.rand 7pd r Common r os.-o'i-f y titan yoTfeeodioric, oriiadTa short .career., ,0 v.as , cutdpwniWijthe very flush, and hope of . budding mah C f - . 11 m 'j o3 arnt'ibntri , in -the l vestibule bfera h&entered into fchat.,ereat Temrie of7fe .thaSb ' i 4 - t j ; f: ijrz i - f ft . - . ... a stanbeyoftd jje .aejlua flood. Said the incomnarftblo Ileorerist. the I nnmn . urhnn it. will. Ut nan An ilii ChrKpQ harm, for jilbe, o Wt fc - T7 . U0J ln. r TvmnAa umt 3m hvii-jixp ARUV.MmWJWHf I a C 1 . - 1 13 T I.l promise of a renpw.n that would never I Vita manf'nn) onlilanlir oiniii tfia I art ...w nwH'VM. wi.v.xuv u&ua. vuv f .-i-'lit. vjii. iii. i .?R'dT-j i.--! . l i . r vi j .v. tt i wwp.p V"? uarnigni. o tm youth m whom are Centred much cif fhe. future lory, and prospenty of oujr dear country, .., . I 1 1., vLfUy t r,i -Jirji'i -n n oi J 0:EXTBAf1T8irR0m A LTBTTEil We have received a' private ' lis f ro m a nati v e North Carolinian w i schotarship and ' gifts as a writer are i . . . . i known in every intelligent bircle." If we felt at liberty to give the namje the authority in literary1' matteris would be at once : recognized;1 Thp one subject of the letter is ! Mr. Moore's school history and the critj- j cisms of the Stab.- It opens witp thanks and closes with thanks. ' iW!e can only take the liberty to makeqe or two extracts: ! "Yod have : done ' tho Slate a service yoyr criticisms, even if the author sheuki decline to be benehted. it would nave been a shame if eomebody had not stepped forward and pointed out the innumerable- errors, omissions, blunders, murders of tlie Queen's English, assaults- on rhetoric add good taste, and general injustice done toe State, which mark nearly every page of the book." ; The alattcs are not : ours. We must make one other, brief ex tract because it touches upon a ma ter to which we have not . referred. The writer. Hays: ;.. : -,: I The get up of the book was even mote disgraceful than the text. . The , paper, binding, illustrations (save the mark!)-HL never felt before so , keenly, . that North Carolina is indeed in the rear, as when I held a school copy of Moore's History, and reflected that it was ordered by the Legis lature and endorsed by the Superintendent of Fubhc Instruction, and maoy oi our pa ners were baillnc it as a model sample of North Carolina production in this year bf 0 , i The person who wrote that is, we believe, the best qualified to write a history of our State of any one w. e know living within its borders. . We copy the above that our readers may see what a scholar and skilled writer has to say of the services of the Stab and the book examined. . There are no crimes committedfin the North: they are all confined io the South. This is the conclusion yn would arrive at if you read the North ern Radical comments and knew, no better. By way xf information,. We note that at Blackwell's Island, - New York, there 'are confined, 10,958 per sons, of whom 3,918 are women. . It would take the entire South almost to rival these figures. , : .-10vH The de facto is now inspecting tfe rtrimnkins and sanashes " at Detroit. K -r . -1 - -- j 4F Michigan Having relieved ' himself by his speeches of all superflttousvgps he1 has for the ' time returned to'ljis bucolie ways. -? : '" ; ; - An OldiAcaaalniaace. , N'apoieon xB. Taylor, who was arrested while in attendance at a religious meeiiyg, hear Cheraw.9. C.,fewdaystgOjJchafgfed with shooting and"? instantly kfllidgi aumin named Be wel in j Moore county; in. tiis State, on the 20th of February last, and for whom a reward of $ 700, was offered, was well known In this ctlf , having been arrest -: ed in Robeson county and confined in the, countv' iall at this olace from May Sth jto to June 37th, 1877, on. the chMge of vV' lating the Revenue laws, when a he was e- leaged on bond for his appearance at the next terna of the U. 8. Court. It' seems that officers of the government had seisspd illicit stills; and employed Sewell, a neigh- bbrioff farmer, to haul them tOobeacujuar terp. And while op . the, road he was over taken by Taylor, Shof dean ana me cqn demtoed property-taken.' 9 At' last accpsiils hejwas 10 jail. at;JBnettav4iie. ? t(x n We fs.fbpagb.' a ietter received py Postmaster Brink, of this city, thai 'jamer DeputJ ! PbsYm'asfer, 7 at 'tJamerorr Moqre county, were arrested at that place on the Chamberiin, iorl robbing ror rifliag Snd de taininir registered mail. The accused nir- ties were' taken before a Magistrate on the &un4 day and bound bver for lherppe$r- ance at the next term of the U. S. Court at Raleigh. -. 1 " rt '" '-J'- -' J 7 KJ increase In ttttcoiilKeip 1;' ' 1 1 11 f : Jvom the 'eommtaee'nient of the - 001100: vear.- Seotember 1st. . ni , to 1 September- 20tht 878- the. recelp j of , ; cotto .at.r this port footed r up 8,770 r hales. ' For .the; corresponaing periou iuib year iuc ceipts have been !4,5i5 1 'bafes;1 rsh6wing increase for 1879 of 743 : bales. Thjus is a erv' BncottkemuWaf we-iope i it Will hold good during the remainder of the season. -,UUs:Vv.i: I NO. 48. The E.i Homicide m' Pender A'r rent . aad. Frelf mlnarx BxmmlnRtlouf j William J. Walker.more familiarly known as Back "Walker,- charged ' with the killing or one Frank Bell, colored,' at Of: i K." rot ter's place, hear Rocky Poinlj Pender coan- ty, on the 9th of July last, full particulars of which appeared in the Stab at the tim4, was arrested by Mrr Ei CoWan, of Bur ' gaWj. and . had a preliminary'' exammalion before justice W E. Duncan at that plaoc on Thursday. We learn that' three or more witnesses testified positively that' deceased was advancing upon Walker with a knife, threatening to kill him,1 and that he struck him over the head with , a hoe ia self-defence, fracturing his skulU At the close of the investigation Walker was admitted to bail in the sum of $500 for his appearance M . 1 . M . A CI . . L 41. . A young colored 'man by the" name 'of Oliver Hargett,' vas. brought to this 'ciy Thursday bight, in th& custody of Officer Haadf. charged with cpmniittiog a name less outrage upon a white' woman' in 'Pei der coUtrty-- about a imonth .since. Tne commitment . .was defective and was seat back to the Magistrate1 for reVisal, henae Oar infomatioo i matgrexi Hargett wqs i&Ued- m n " r Coiiei aicae.,jT .,. ..... r , tThe Chvp Derlxocrat says : Col. D. K. McRaej of Wilmington has Accepted the invitation to deliver' an address-'at 'Ihe Fajr in Charlotte on the 6th of November next The. reputation of Col. McRae as aa orator will draw a . large crowd to hear him. a we can. say; from what we know aboti him. that no one will be disaonointed. lie the best and; most entertaining speaker we ever heard, not excepting Stephen A.' Douglass, Thomas H. Bsnton and Wm. Iji. NEW H4NOVEK. Abstract (romtbe Tax Books ot 18t. From ah examination of the Tax Books of .-New- Hanover county' for 1879, - which have just been completed by Messrs. (Jronjy & Morris, we gather the following abstract; Wilmikgtoji Township- 2,263 Polls. Real Estate.. ....... 1 . . .f 3,127,214 Personal Property. ... ,4 . . ; .... 1.763.76 Income........... -,. ..v.,... 64,710 - 1 : i- :- ' $4,955,770 Cape Feah Towrsbxp 150 Polls. 31,329 Acres Land . ........ 172,920 Personal Property 33,169 Income. . . V. . . .... . J 500 ' $206, Federal ' Poest Townsiitp-64 Polls. 13,761 Acres Land J : .h .'.A 21.905 Personal Property. ......... . . ... .-. . 7,531 ! ' ' ! ' : $29,436 Hahsett TowKSHir 197 .Polls. 28,227 Acres Land. 142,835 46,2p5 Personal Property. . T" ! $189,041 ' Maeonboro TowKsaiip 00 Polls. : j 15,908 Acres Land.'.". . . . . . . u . 52,933 Pergonal Property . .;. . f 52,047 .,- ' I $105,080 Total Valuation. I Real and Personal $5,421,001 Franchise Total amount of Income J Go,2D0 State and County Tax. State Tax j- 20,173 81 County Tax j 52,515 75 Total Tax.. $72,689 56 211 21 Delinquent (double tax) Total. $72,900 77 . . . .$4,210 1,350 84 .... 1,000 408 Delinquent. Wilmington Township. Cape Fear 1 Poll.... Federal Point 3 Polls . Harnett 5 Pollp. . . . . . ..... . Masonboro. $7,052 Tax at double rate 2.S8 "per cent, and $5 36 on Polls, $211 21. ; j j ' Total amount of delinquen t in whole couotv. $7,063. : -I ' ' - I . Total amount of listed Real and Personal. Property, $5,420,001. AsrlOBUnral Kepr for Ifew Hanover pountj; " s j '.. . We glean the 'following items from the report Of the Register of Deeds for this county (exclusive; of:; Wilmington) for the year ending Aprjl 1st, 1879, and, which isto bs; presented to the Department! of Agricpl ture, Immigration and Statistics for North Carolina: '.'"" " ' J "" ' ' "r '"' i ' Number b! Acres of Land, 50,942--Actes in corn, 2,576; acres in rye, 4; acres in rice, 153$; acres- in potajoes, 298? adres in Irfeb pptatpea,. 7.4; in, gorhum, - in chufas, 41f; A .Peanuts, .909i; UA.oajts, 89; in clover, 2;. in grasses, Vjln mjllet, 3; in track farms, 246; in turnips, '4 '4-5; id; orchards; 142j;!in viirejarusirotr ia uoitou-, ti. Products, &c.Corn, 15,677 bushels; 1 ; ' i -' ill 5 bushels; rice,: 12,860. pounds; weet po toes, 25,022 bushels; Jrish, potatoes, 1,530 bushels; honey 270 pounds; Chufas qlO bushels; peanuts, 14,073 bushels; oats, 215 bushels; turnips; 255 bushels; eider 5 bar rels; wine, 350 gallons v cotton 83 bales' (450 pounds each);: apples (green), 656 bushels; dried: apples ; 24, pounds ; .dried . pears, 124 pounds; , butter, 858-.pounds; Lumber jof f eoce rails,, 14440; tqns of fertilizers .used, 14-30lhsi cost 6f f ertflizers pel ton,; $232; valae of -fish caught, :'$3,?68f;riiumber of pouadsof fish,'i;211; il Jo ajioi; ; -. Stock: &e. Horses and mules. 245 head. 'cattje, r U93 -bead ; I bpgsv 2,539 head v i8heep,a92-headtdogs..&3l head; goats, pi .head; cattle lost by 'disease, I06; 'hogs .los" I'll- i'nv -ii: .iX?'Tii.i UtJ ar. i yomease, ow.sueep iubi. uy uiaeasc, ; Sheep lost By oog8,Tsu. 1 j srtn'ii Ayr. m . mm . j Prisoners in tbe County . Jail. ftTrbnv' present appearances' the cases for tTEie approaching term of the Criminal Court f willTnot be as numerous ai heretoforeJ The people are evidently on their good beha jvior.. . There are sixteen prisonersow io l. - 1 se i T'rape ancl' JtbrW'fo? larcenftwo t6t cosiar; one ior costs acu une, mu ioi ubio aau 10 give bond to keen the peace one tf brbas 1 tardy, and one for trial before 9 magistrate. or toe sixteen nrisoners tour are credited. 'to Pender county, all capital Cases', two for jmurdez apd wo;iorrne.(iAU ai.tbe .pri- sooers are colored. T i. il -cin-nThef cigarette! mahoiaetoryi at , jtatesviU is reported, a SUCC0.SS. J ., , .,(v j T Spirits Tuonnne. Graham Gleaner: An old man somewhere observed a fog on the 4th of August i Snd predicts a big- frost just two months after, the 4th of October. This prediction ja based on lwenty-fve years observation.-1' p'.W ; i-ilM-ri-V.- !. - Raleigh News ; 0 yesterday afternoon an inquest was held by Coroner Richardson' over the body of Jane Hood, a white woman found dead in an outhouse u her premises, just beyond the eastern limits of the city. - When found Bbe was in a t-it ting position. Quite an interesting rt -vival is progressing at the Baptist church at Apex. About ten have professed faith, aud a goodly number are penitent, ,t. 1 Reidsville 2imes: : Nick Oliver, in Danville, tells of seeing Judge- Kerr, in YanceyviUe, take a barefooted boy aud place a pair of shoes on his feet. "It was in the winter, and when Mr. Kerr was in straightened circumstances. - The big gest man in Western North Carolina is dead, Poa't all tbe srnaxUes jump at once. This man weighed ' 400 'pounds. ' He waa Franklin Stevenson; in Alexander, j , . , Rockingham Spirit: The lec lures of Col. Duncan K. McRae, of Wil mington',1 in the Court House oh Thursday Sad Friday nights last were well attended, and all "who, were present seemed well pleased.5 Ho is -certainly one of the most ' able,: eloquent and captivating speakeis we have ever bad the pleasure of listening to. RevT. J.' Allison, pastor of the. Pres byterian church io-lhia place,, h&9 received a call to the Presbyterian church '' at S baneville,. Alamance county. , V't- Raleigh farmer, . & Mechanic i,taleigu, has ten white churches, and a pros pect ror at least rnree more inside of thice years; -H-A North Carolina "Kurnel," pitching into an opponent, exclaimed, "Why, his sword Was never drawn but once. and that was in a raffle." A promi nent man' io North Carolina a few years ago was urged to take- aioek in a newspaper. "Pshaw!" said he, contemptuously. whv should ! spend a thousand dollars for a newspaper when 1 can buy a dozen editors at $25 a head by giving them that amount or advertising, anauowmg them a little civility." - . .1 Elizaheth City Falcon: The re vival at New Hope was a success. ' Fifty members were received in the church. The standard of morality is higher in this section now than it has been for many years. lie v. Mr. Wilds, pastor of Pat- quotans circuit, had quite an interesting meeting and revival ot religion at Hall a creek last week.. We were very much impressed by one statement of Judge Gud- ger in bis able charge to the erand mrv ou Monday last, that during tbe past year in North Carolina $8,500,000 has been ex pended for liquors, $1,500,000 for our com mon schools, and $169,000-for religious services. .1 -Salisbury Watchman: Dr. J. J. Summerell and Mr. Wm. Murdock have gone to Mitchell's Peak, on Black: Mount. We learn that they intend to examine the granite found on this mountain, with a view of erecting a monument to the late Elieha Mitchell, ; D. D. All the prominent brass bands 10 the State have been invited to be present at the reunion in October. As ytet only a few have been beard from. The protracted meeting at Unity closes to-night. On Sabbath, the 14th, thirty-one new members were added to tha church, and up to this writing (16th) there have been some twenty additional - inquirers; Mr. Hack Roberts' barn,. two horses, buggy and forage weie destroyed by -fire on the 13th inst. Origin of tbe fire uukown. Tarboro Southerner l: The steam ship Defiance, of Clyde's North Caroli n a Line, 206 feet long, passed through the . canal to Washington, N.C., last week. She is longer by forty feet than any other boat that comes through the canal. She can carry 1,000 bales cotton, or 500 tons dead weight. She is three masted, , schooner rigged, and can stand wind and ,wave. A Western. JTaxheeL . .brother-' .asks rd&in- TiveTy, Ob, wbere are the friends of my ' cnuanooa ? ' wny, aeaa long ago died of old age. Our; disappointment at tained a most malignant type because Jo. Caldwell's and Chambers', speeches, at the Charlotte Observer house-warmine were not printed. Our hopes of those boys are always on the pinnacle. As J. Weeks was leaving town on his cart last Wednesdey, his mule- became frightened, ran off and threw him out when about three miles from town, breaking the large bone of his right leg. Emotional paralysis of tbe memory is what they call it now. Baleigh Visitor. Down here it. is the same old drunk. Wbitaker items: 1 have just learned that the steam mill, gin and saw mill of . T. Gardner situated near Batueboro, was burned one night last week. Loss about $2,000; no insurance. . Supposed to be incendiary. Cotton picking progresses rapidly, but crop short; some guess as high as 3di per cent., and Borne 15; will probadly be 20 per cent, short. Hamilton dots: Our town is im proving; several new dwellings are. being erected. The Methodist church has just been finished inside and will be in use soon. -This church has greatly improved since Bev. Mr. Watkips has. been pastor. They also have a new organ.' The lumber is be ing sawed for the Episcopal fehurch, which they expect to complete this winter. The lumber is alsoTeady for the1 Missionary Baptist church.: Hon. i J. , J. : Martin has returned from California and Utah. He was well pleased with his trip. ' A negro, Was Shot last week while stealing cotton on .the farm of Dr. L. C. Coke by Mr. Hewitt, the overseer.' -- Charlotte Observer: A difficulty between several young men ia tbe Central Hotel was up before the Mayor yesterday morning. -The parties wereMessrs. 2 O. P. Heath and W. J. Cureton, of Lancaster, S. Opand Messrs. R. W. Trezevant and C. K Vance, - of Charlotte. The difficulty originated in a mistake in regard to -the number of the room. One word brought On another: antU finally an encounter en sued, in tbe ! course of which one of the parties, Mr. Heath, fired a pistol, which, however,' did no . damage beyond causing some alarm among the guests of tbe hotel. The Mayor let air the parties off except Heatb.wbo was held in a bond of $25 to ap pear at the next term of the Inferior Court. Several cases of diphtheria. 1 are re ported in the county, but with the; excep tion of Mr.. Clarke's family,, no fatalities from the disease';' -We have beard of no cases in the city. Avery considerable religious' awakening has been experienced at Try on Street Methodist Church since the . commencement of . the. religious meetings there a little over a week ago. - The friends of Dr. L W. Her r on, of Berryhill township, will regret to learn that be met with" a' very "" painful- accident yesterday morning. t He mounted bis horse just after day-light and started off to see a patient. In riding through the yard be ;w as caught Jjy a wire clothes line and thrown off, : the fall causing a fracture of tbe thigh, bone near the hip-joint. : : It ; is feared that the accident will prove a very, serious one. A. counterf eit five dollar hill was taken in at one of the banks within' 'the last few days. ' , It is , . pronounced , one . of . the best, ever 'found in these parts. We are cisBosed to think thst the lit tle Indians are twenty-five times as well ed ucated as the little tarheels that depend for education-' upon tho public Schools of the State. . Oaly one in about a hundred gets any ' at all, sad that one doesn't get any moreHbani it .needs.' A rock was thrown into tbe window of one of the cars on the day train, which 'arrives" here at 11.20, soon after it passed Concord yester : day . morning,, : smashing the glass .and ' frightening the passengers, but" fortunately inflicting ; no in juries upon- any one . in the car. ... ,
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Sept. 26, 1879, edition 1
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