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THK ONBIOA CURSE.
At Oneida, New York, there is a
condition of affairs that requires the
attention of - philanthropists and re
formers. There is a "community"
of some two hundred men and wo
men who are outraging every idea of
decency and violating the law at will.
W e quote a paragraph from the New
Yoik Observer which throws light on
the disgusting immorality:
"If a m-io and woman are pleased to call
tbemaelves husband and wife, it is nobody's
buaioeaa bul their own. So it always has
been, a it is now under the new system
which Noyea proclaims. Suppose there
are one hundred men and as many women
living 'in a common household,' all believ
iuu, as Noyea says they now do, in the
perfect right and propriety of a communi
ty of Deraon 9 as well aa nronertv: if anv
two of them wish to marry, they may; but
as they hold to the infamous doctrine of
common property in one another, and are
to live together, 'as one household,' and
have their children brought up in a com
mon pen, or apartment, like pigs, it is the
extreme of impudence for Noyes and his
people to pretend that their concern has
undergone any reform whatever."
This is worse than Mormauism.
Surely the laws of New York are
equal to dealing with such shameful
and open vioe. , If not, then it is high
time, they were improved and
strengthened. Suppose , such things
existed in the South,' what a howl
would go up, and how quickly Con
gress would be memorialized on the
subject We are not sure the army
would not be called out. With such
a huge ulcer upon the State as that
of Oneida, and it untouched, it is all
a sham to be making war upon
houses of ill fame and gambling hells
and rum shops. Mormonism origi
nated in New York State, and Jo
Smith began his preaching of hum-
buggery and wickedness there; aud
now we have a worse offence than
" Mormonism in this Oneida business.
Noyes is more depraved than Jo
Smith or Brigbam Young was.
OVU. POPULATION.
Within the last eight years 2,100,
451 immigrants from the Old World
have reached our shores. Of these
746,303 are from Great Britain and
its islands. Germany has sent 580,129,
Austria 45,047, Sweden 64,176, Nor
way 66,388, France 64,241, Italy 38,
376, Russia in Europe 31,995. No
less than thirty-four countries are rep-
. resented. Asia sent 106,743, Africa
306, Pacific Islands 9,468. We can
hoo from these figures what a com
plex population is now filling; up this
vast continent. Can. it be possible
that a country whose population is
so heterogeneous can hold together
as one people under one government
for a century to come? When there
are a hundred and fifty million people
in the United States, which will be
the case bef6re 1930 probably by
1920 will there be one country one
great overwsbadowing "Nation," or
will there beahalf dozen great States
or kingdoms t w bat man is wise
euough to forecast the future and tell
what awaits the United States already
threatened with destruction? If this
government becomes a "Nation,"
with a big N after the Stalwart idea,
what becomes of the States ? There
will be no such thing as United
States. It will be a great, centralized
despotism, or worse,
Whenever a Republican is killed in
th South it is for holitical nnrnoses.
At least this is the way the Stalwart
organs talk about it. The last out-
race according to the . New York
Tribune, was an attempt to kill Fred
Mix, the colored Postmaster at Black-
ville. 8. C. We venture to prediot
that bad whiskey or something else
had more to do with the shooting
than politics. Let us wait.
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VOL. 10 J
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Frederick Nash Ogden is spoken of!
mo prouaoie juemocrane oanaiaaie
for Governor of Louisiana at the next
election.
His
; p . a nidtorio name.
of the family-in. this
The founder
country tcame
from England. John'
Ogden died in New Jersey .in 1681 J
There were several: prominent mem-!
bers of the: family, some of" them'
holding high
civic potations, ft
Ma
thias " Ogdeii ,
was a urenerai . ana
Aaron Ogden
was i a Colonel in tbd
Revolution.
tobert Ogden, born' In!
1775, married
Eliza L. Nash, dauzh
lex of Gov. Abner Nash, of North,
Carolina; and sister of the late. Chief
J ustice Frederick . Nash. Their : son,!
Dr. Frederick Nash Ogden, was boW
in North Carolina: hi. 1807. . He re-'
;j j i
moved to Louisiana: and died in 1833 j
The gentlemati Referred io is his son,'
who was bat a few year's old at the
death of his father. He is now forty
eight years of age. He entered the war
as a private, saw much, serviee, and
rose to Colonel of cavalry. He sur-;
rendered with Gen. Forrest in North
Alabama, lie pas been prominent:
in New Orleans politics since the'
mi n II j
war. ine -ficayune irom wnicn. we
' 1 ! r '
have drawn the main points of this
brief notice, says: f
"He will bo remembered as the Presi
dent of the Crescent City Democratic Club-
in 1868. the leader! of the attack on the
Third Precinct Station in 1872, where he
received a wound; and the head and front
of the White League movement in 1874, by
wnicn Kaaicanam was noally overthrown
and Louisiana restored, to the condition of
afree State. ' I ' !' j
"In this ranid sketch of the life of the'
mac upon whom it is probable that the
office of the Chief Magistracy will be con
ferred, mention sheuld be made of the de
votion to the cause of humanity which Gen.
Ogden displayed
as a member of the noble
association of Howards in the epidemic of
last year. Truly
may it be said of him
that, whether as soldier or civilian, he has
shown himself a man tan pevr et mrure-
procae.
Wo .have thought it proper to give
the above facts as he is on his
mother's side
of excellent North
Carolina stockJ
Gen. W. Ti Sherman's letter to the
T7 !
Salisbury committee, inviting him to
attend the proposed, reunion of the
soldiers of the!
North and the South
at that place, has . been widely com-1
mented upon. Many papers condemn
its tone. Tnere was no little ' of
Btudied malice in it. as it appeared to
us. His maniier! was not becoming.
and the raucor! was unmistakable.
The New Orleans Democrat thus re
freshes the General's memory: j
"There are gentlemen in this city who
remember when the General of the army
was not me super-ioyai zealot mat ne now
professes to be.( j Just as the late unpleas
antness was coming on he was extremely
anxious for the citizens of New Orleans to
send their boys to his military school at
Alexandria, Louisiana, in order that they
might be 'trained j to whip the Yankees.'
Possibly the General overlooked this little
fact when be was preparing that letter."
GONE' BACK.
Since it was announced that Hayes
1
had determined jto turn his back on
his "Southern policy," now and then
an exchauge ratiier "goes" for those
Democratic papers that' encouraged
the de facto at the time and accepted
what he had to give. A large majo
rity of the Democratic leaders and par
pers of the South united upon this
course. They applauded Hayes for
what he did, believing that he was in
the true line of duty, and that the
South stood in great need of just such
a policy, ine stab, among nunareas
of other Democratic papers, indorsed
Hayes did, believing .
heartily what
that his policy was righteous,' tirholy,
and the very thing the South needed.
It could not have done less, and un
der the preoise circumstances it would
have to pursue
again the same candid
and just course,
If Hayes proves treacherous what
of it? .Are we
to be censured? MuBt
we go back on
our indorsement when
I - i ;
he was doing Tight?
It does not bo
strike us. it is our
auty to render
righte0U8 judgment. We ought to
appreciate the ' bitterest Republican
in the North when he acts justly and
kindly towards the South. Because
he may do wrong hereafter is not a
good reason why we should not ao
cord him even-handed justice when he
does right now. j i j
We think all must admit that the
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South was very much relieved by
Hayes's "Southern policy in 1877
His motives, may have been selfish,
but he did good none the less. He
but he did good none the less. He
SVe South Carolina and Louisiana
the help they, needed, and we believe
I nine-tenths or the .Democratic press
of the South so 'regarded it. They
thought and said that bis course was
patriotic, just, necessary and consti-
tutional.
The Princess of Wales is said
to grow prettier every day.
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3. 1879.
INLAND NAVIGATION.
The whole codhtry1 is now looking
"ucf wupunauon., ine great
Northwest is specially interested in
it. The low rates at which nrodnne
has been ;- selling necessitates : : the
cheapest possible rates' by which iti
can be taken to the markets of ' the
world. The South is very greatly!
concerned in this question. If the in-:
land navigation project all along the:
Atlantic coast is successfully carried;
rat il FiU Prve a groat blessing.;
-The scheme, to open up a way of!
'traffic through the lakes, lagoons and
rivers of theEastern section the!
coast section of North ' Caroiina
ought never to be overlooked , or
relaxed. It is of very groat irapor-
taace, and deserves to be fostered by
the General; Government. j
The ship oaoal project 'i south of usj
is a part of this r great scheme of
Southern inland navigation. Rofo-i
renoe was made in the Stas recently;
to the survey that has been., made:
under the superintendency of Col. S.
L. Fremont, of, this city. Congress;
provided in 1878 for an examination!
of the peninsular of Florida. The'
objeot of this proposed examination!
was to ascertain the , feasibility of
constructing a ship canal from St.;
Mary's River, in Georgia, to the Gulf
of Mexico. The survey has been made.
and satisfactorily. The prime object
of this preliminary survey was to as-I
certain , if Okefenokee Swamp could
be made a feeder of a ship canal. The,
examination has been made, as we
have said, and it has been ascertained
that the Swamp is 117 feet above low
tide at San Pedro Bay on the Gulf.?
It being. the, highest point it can be
made to supply the summit-level
with water for locking over it. The
engineers recommend, as we under
stand it, thai a large canal be con
structed connecting the .Mississippi
river at New Orleans with the Atlan
tic at Brunswick, Ga. This would
prove doubtless a most valuable ad
dition to our Eastern and Western
cheap transportation lines. If the in
land navigation plan is carried out,
as it ought to be, from Virginia to
New Orleans, a cheap Toute will be
thus secured, and the produce of the
country can find outlets at much low
er rates, whioh is of great import
ance, i
Congress should do all that is
necessary to push and secure at the
earliest practicable time this new
water-way. The money1 of the tax.
payer could not be more judiciously
expended than in developing this im
portant enterprise. The best results
would follow commercially, and in
case of war it might be found avail
able and highly useful to the Govern
ment.
We always' examine our Northern
Republican exchanges to see what
they -have to sa of the political out
look. As so much depends on New
York, and so much interest necessa
rily centres there, we are constantly
looking to see
what are the latest
developments.
According to the
accounts from
Republican sources
Mr. Tilden feels confident of, saving
New York, and is busily engaged in
capturing the Hcmse of Representa
tives by States. This will ensure
i
the' Presidency iif the eleotion should
g-to.tho House, where each State
Win give uub uuo vuie. nvy say
that Tilden would never have made
the issue with
been perfectly
Kelly if be had not
assured in his' own
mind of his ability to crush Tam
many and elect Robinson! We copy
from a special in the Philadelphia
JPress (Republican organ) ' from
Washington dated September 22 :
"Further, that! those Southern Repre
sentatives who have been so loud in decry
ing his candidacy; will have the alternative
presented to them of giving their full and
complete support to Mr. 1'ilden or :of re
tiring to the snaaes or private me; that,
apprehending that the count of the next
electoral vote may show an exceedingly
close election, the House will be put in
trim to meet such a contingency lmmedi-
tely upon the 'reassembling of Concress
by the unseating' of Representatives Orth,
Tocum and Hazleton and the dismissal of
Bisby's contest for the seat of Hull. It is
asserted thstMr, Springer, Chairman of
the House Committee On Elections, is in
full sympathy with Mr. Tilden, and that
the long conferences between them during
the past summer were for the purpose of
settling all the details regarding the con
tested seals in the House."
The Constitution of the United
States is very distasteful to the" Stal-
warts. If interpreted according to
the ordinary canons, with due refer
J ence to .its spirit and letter, it is in-
j deed a serious drawback upon the
success of designing plotters. It is
the bulwark of civil liberty, and as
long as it remains and is regarded the
enemies of the people cannot triumph.
It is looked upon by your extreme
.Radical as both a curse and a hin-
rance. Hear what the "rip snorting"
fellow who edits the Lemans Iowa)
Sentinel has to gay about the Great
instrument fashioned by our illus
trious forefathers: , ,
"The Constitution of the United States
has been little beside a curse and a hin
drance. Jt-r 'i- "
'It 1s so to-dav as much as it has been at
any time since it was framed. M - ' .
"It. Is the barrier now in the pathway of
the Nation. . -i '
"It is in league with reason, and is the
bulwark of secession. ;.
"To it the baffled Brigadiers appeal,
"And by it they swear; " :
"But the Stalwarts do not care a fie for:
the Constitution, and will trample it under
foot to-day as did Lincoln and the patriot;
hosts from '61 to '65." , , : !
The State debt of Alabama has
been reduced from- $32,000,000 to
$10,000,000. The condition of affairs
isM-opresenlod as prosper,o' and en
couraging. But Alabama does not;
"hanker" after Mr. Tilden as a Presi
dential candidate, if Col. M. L. Woods,
of that State, is correct in what he
said to a reporter of the Baltimore
Gazette. He is credited with saying:
1 "Of course she is for the nominee of the
party, but she hopes devoutly that it will
not.be Tilden. I was surprised to find
among the leading men in all parts of the;
State, those who bad previously been the
most ardent supporters of Tilden. a feeling
of distrust and disgust when bis name waa
mentioned. They realize bis wonderful
strength as an organizer, but they think the
time has come to cut loose from these pro
fessional politicians and let the people run
the machine for themselves."
He thinks Hancock is the man, as
the true issue upon which the cam
paign will be fought is between homo
government oh -the one hand and cen
tralization on the other. He says:
"The nomination for President should
be made solely with this view. How can
it be done? We think by the nomination
of Hancock. If be is nominated the 'war
issues sink out of sight Neither Grant
nor Blaine could revive them. Nor could
Sherman force the currency issue. With
his splendid war record tbe efforts of the
Republican leaders to fhunt the bloody
shirt would equally fail. Hancock's civil
record stands conspicuously in line witn
the doctrine of some government. His pa
triotic course, while in command of the de
partment of the Southwest, immediately
after the war, stamps him as a statesman of
Ability. , His conduct since then in many
trying positions marks him as a man of the
largest sagacity and prudence."
VORKTO fVN. :
The people of the Norfolk section
of Virginia have resolved upon a
grand National Centennial celebra
tion at York town on October 19,
1881. It is to commemorate the
surrender of Lord Cornwallis, who
was the best soldier the British had
in this country during the Revolu
tionary war. It ia proposed that the
thirteen original States shall partici
pate in the celebration. France, that
aided the struggling colonies with
men and munitions of war and
strong fleets, is to be specially invited
to loin in the festivities, lhere is
to be a conference at Independence
Hall, Philadelphia, on October 18th,
of the : Governors of tbe thirteen
States, to which French delegates
are invited. It strikes us that the
idea is ; at once commendable and
happy, and the people of the thir
teen original States should enter
heartily into the plan. We hope
that celebrations of victories gamed
over the British will tend to increase
the love and devotion of the Ameri
can, people for civil liberty and a free
government.
Lord Cornwallis was a very meri
torious officer. He was a gentleman
in its best sense, and his order book
shows that he conducted war on hu
mane and civilized principles, and
not like Sherman and Sheridan ; and
other Vandals in the late , war con
ducted their campaigns. CornwalliB
surrendered some 8.000 men. but
without the very important coopera
tion of the French fleet and land force
of 6,000 men, this could never have
been brought about. The Fronch
people, therefore, ought to be pressed
to participate in the celebration of a
victory in which they bore so con
spicuous and necessary a part.
0 North'Carolina will coopers te no
doubt in this celebration. She will
also join Virginia, South Carolina and
Tennessee in celebrating the victory
gained at King's Mountain. Possibly,
there are other battles that might be
commemorated by the counties adja
cent to the scenes of conflict.
j Under Grant and Hayes it has not
been regarded that because a man
had served in the Confederate army
he was,' therefore, incapable of hold
ing offioe. Longstreet, Heth, Mosby,
Key and others show this. In North
Hamlin a nnnh rlintincrinnhorl anMin
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as uittj. iv." v. ifougsi, vapth jLuumaa
Sflttlft lflv.t.: Taano J. Yrmna t nl
Z 7 ! r . 3 A - .
nave long eniuyeu wutjiam suoKing
at the public teat. The' only thing
necessary was to be in sympathy with
tbe Republican party.
. xClTXipFvWILMINCT9W,:.-.T.!
Important siaifatlea-rcur'aa Bella-
...:... f . -; ' . . ..
able t:enan ot the City of Wilming
ton school, Cotnmoreial Poatal
Mtailatleo, and Ot Valnafere Infor
ipatloa Kor to she; Br or Al-
The follbwmgreDert of litJ Walker
Meares to ' theiBoard of Aldermen of the
City of Wilmington. tooyerine a fall and re
liable report of the census of the city, school,:
commercial, jtal antl other, statistics and:
information' of aueTuI and instroctlve;
Character, will be ; found" of especial
interest to'ttf readri,i and will prove
exceedingly useTnl .as - matter tor fu-j
ture reference.. . Mr. Meares has given-
the matters embracdjn. his report his per-;
sonal ; and undivided' attention since he
commenced the ' laborer which he has per-;
formed in such a full and satisfactory man
ner, and we are confident that his figures'
mav be relied unon aaentirelv correct: . '
. J Sis Honor the Mayor and Board . $j
Aiaormen of Vie wy oj wurmngwnr - f
Gentlemen :In accordance with a
resolution of your Board, offering compea-'
sation for a complete Census of the City, I
respectfully submit the following returns.
I am aware, that by the non concurrence;
of tbe Board of Audit and Finance, I can
receive no compensation, nevertheless. I
think it but proper that tbe returns should
eo out with vour official i sanction. I com
menced in July to take the School Census
of tbe City, in accordance witn tne jaws
governing the Committee, 'but owing to a
general desire on the part of our citizens to
obtain a full ana correct numnering or our
people, I consented to make a complete;
Census of the City. At tbe time of the
subsequent action of the; Board of Audit
and Finance I had become much interested,'
and finding it would be a great disappoint
ment to discontinue tbe work, I determined
to make a complete Census. In prosecuting
my labors, ample time has been allowed 1
ana no pains sparea m ooiainmg iuu iniur
mation. I have traversed upwards of 180
miles, and penetrated to every nook and
corner of tbe City, and, I believe, ferreted
out all of its inhabitants. ! Diligent inquiry
has been made, and all persons in Europe'
at the watering places, at the North, on;
the Sounds, at Smithville,- in the country
temporarily, and attheKock.4uarries,nave
been numbered. Therefore, it can be con
fidently said, that our population has been
ascertained. It is believed also, that, the
classification of ages is correct. The numj
ber of horses, cattle, hogs, dogs, sewing
machines and pianos will be found to vary
but little from the actual number. Tbe
statistics have been compiled from recog
nlzed official sources, and can therefore be
relied unon. The calculations in tbe mor
tuary tables have been carefully made, and
gone over to insure against errors. Notwitht
standing the general depression which has
existed for past years, and the fact that
our City has been from wen known causes
forced to rely on its own resources, com
mercially and otherwise, an examination of
the tables will show a gratifying progress,
Tbe increase in population has been com
mensurate witn pastdecades. uur zoreign
trade has assumed such proportions as to
attract attention abroad. Our City now
ranks as the 7th cotton port. Our bar is
constantly improving. Our death rate com
pares favorably with cities supposed to be
more favored in tbe matter of health, and
under the new health ordinances will con
tinue to diminish. Onr public schools have
made great advancement, and now form
an important element in our progress. Our
people are polite, and eminently law
abiding, as is evidenced from the fact that
twenty-five men constitute our entire police
force. iniracuonB oi ins iuy ordinances
are rare and generally trivial.. No city in
the country, it is believed, enjoys the bless
ings of peace and quiet to a greater degree.
So that, witn a revival or prosperous times,
we have every reason to predict an ad
vancement commensurate with our great
natural resources. I , j
: Very respectfully, .
Walker Meares.
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MOKTUAKY STATISTICS.
Death Kate to One Thoasand of Popalation.
WHITS.
OOLOBXD.
Male.
lOO.i
8.
TotaL
Male.
Pem'l!
Total.
Under 18m
103.
98.S6
6.S4
4.11
8.88
193.67
314.03!
304.17
18iato
6ys
10.89
8.65
16.5
6.61
17.131
8.06
11.07
16.33
5.45
6vto31.
SI to 45.
8.321
.81
11.51
81.94
81.19
5.S1
U.18j
13.97
45 to 65...
55 to TO...
70 to 80...
17.16
16.14
5.16
37.05
33.80
9.99J 11.71
8.4S
38.84
30.30
33.03
161.89
183.91
375.86
137.93
80 to 90.
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1000.
0.
0.
111.11
339.83
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10CO. 0.
480.
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I over 100
500.
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500.00
183.38!
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Death Bate Whites 14.8T; Colored 83.54. Death
Bate of entire population 30. j
SCHOOL STATISTICS.
White.
Oal'd. Total
Number of school chil
dr en from 8 to 21. .
1898
343
1203
350
8025 4921
1 umDer enrolled in
Public Schools
717. 1060
Number attending other
1. schools.............
1280 2433
Number attending no
schools......
Daily attendance at
928 1278
Public
Schools
White 80 per cent. ; colored 78 per cent.
NO. 49.
Number of Teachers-White 19, colored:
11.-; . : ) : '
Number of School Districts 2.
; Cost for each child enrolled, $6 94.
' : Total amount expended for the Schools
la the two Districts, $7,853.37.
' Number.' of . months! the. Schools are
opened for instruction, 9.
'X'. i" t DlVisiOH: OF POPULATION.
North pf W.&W. Railroad.......". 3831
Southed Railroad to Market street. . 5857
All south of Market street. .......... 7316
Aggregate of Population.... . 17,004
Ltmttb 6vCrTT-North to south, in miles,'
2f ; east to west, ' If Total territory, in
acres, about 2400. ' j f i
i No. of Horses, : 370; Cows, 348; Hogs,:
497; Dogs, 1178; Sewing Machiaes, 876;
Pianos, 247 '-j- i :: :. j
' '' COSOiEBCJAL. STATISTICS. j
J'or'n. CTstwise. Totals
3115- 154 469
,804 83,896 194.700i
" Exports Foreign and Coastwise, $12,4
Cotton ReoeiDU 1868-09 35.908 bales i
1878-79-135,270 bales. (Value, $6,425,325.1
; . Capacity Cotton Com presseE 3,500 bales
per 10 hours. I '
Depth of water on bar at medium high
water, 16 feet. ; ; , i
Position as a cotton port, 7. ! 1
Cotton crop of 1878 75,074.155- baiesj
POSTAL STATISTICS .. .' '
Letters and Postal Cards mailed 758.500?
do. received, 876,000. f P .
newspapers malled.690.ooo; 00. received j
880,000. :. I ,- i - ! : . ; i
Cash received for orders issued, $80,000:
paid out on orders drawn, $105,000, 1
I METEOROLOGICAL. i T 1
Highest temperature, 103 deg; lowest
temperature, 15 deg. ; imean temperature
or the year, 63.8 deg.; mean temperature
or June. July and Autmst. 78.88 deer.
Greatest rainfall, August 18th, 8.04 inches.
;' r " POLITICAL. " ! I
Voters in the city, 3.700; ratio of voters
to population 4 9-16: vote of the State 220. -i
000; ratio of voters to population 5. - !
Kelative position of the State according
to magnitude of population, 17.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Twins, pairs White 22. colored 18--
Total 40. i t
Old people Polly Brock, white. 97
years; Rainey Corchoran, colored, over 100
years. I j "- . -;
Increase in population if or the past cine'
years of nearly 21 per cent.
Traln-'WreelEer captured.
. One Dick Mathis, colored, was brought
down on the night train last evening, from
Burgaw, and lodged in the jail ia this city
for safe keeping until the next term of
ender Superior Court, when be will be
tried on the charge of attempting to wreck
a train on the Wilmington & Weldon Rail.
road, near Rocky Point, an PendeT
county,
n May last. .
Mathis was arrested at the time
for this
offence, and after examination was ordered
to be committed to the jail of Pender
county in default off $200 bail. He
was sent to jail, but mansged to make
nis escape, ana has oeen at large ever
since, until a few days ago Sheriff Paddi
son received information!
that he was at
place, in Onslow
Mr. Frank Thomson's
county. Tbe sheriff sent two deputies to
the place where he ws reported to be
employed, and they after a little
trouble, Mathis being very shy, managed
to catch the gentleman ; while he was at
work shelling corn in a barn, yesterday
morning. -
Granite tor Row Inlet.
The Columbia (3. G.) Register ot Wednes
day last says that work was commenced the
day before for a railway track to the old
Granny quarries, in the vicinity of Colum
bia, which are to be put in connection with
the Wilmington, Columbia fc Augusta Rail
road. Tbe line will be the same as that of
the old road to the quarries, except that the
distance will be shortened by cutting
through the Huntt farm for a direct route.
The granite is to be used for harbor im
provements on tbe Cape Fear River. -
After Business.
By Rev. Dr. Deems, ia Frank Leslie's Sun-
day Magazine. .
' Business ought not to be restful.
A true man of business works his
brain almost incessantly during busi
hess hours. There are very few em
ployments in which it is smooth sail
ing all the dav long. Business has
its troubles, its anxieties, its careful
watchings. A business man is on the
strain all day to keep things right
behind him. and opening before
him. He has to contend with opposi
tion and . competition. 1 here are
men lying in wait to deceive and en
Snare him. He has to put his whole
mind to his business.! There must be
no diversion. He must be wholly in
his affairs if he is to be a successful
businessman. :
His home is that from which be
goes to bis work, and that to which
be returns from his work. It is very
important that a man shall enter ur&n
the morning serene. 1 To that end all
about his house ought to be quiet and
sweet. Wife and ohildren and : ser
vants ought to study; his physical and
mental needs. He should go down
from his doorstep crowned with so
many benedictions that he shall long
for the hoar whioh will allow! him to
return. Then there will be to him
nothing behind in the way of bitter
memories, and nothing before in tbe
way of harassing anticipations to
break the full power which be shall
bring to his work.
Business over, he should lock his
door behind him, and go home to be
at home. The jaded toiler ought to
enter a balmy atmosphere. The gentle
wife, the loving children, tne trained
servants, should give; to this resting
place a charm which makes him for
get his cares, bis anxieties, and his
"bulF and ''bear" fights down on the
Exchange. j
The young man who sits lan
guidly nursing his bead between his hands.
electing pathetic sisrhs -and encouraging a
pensive countenancev8hould not be dis
turbed. He la deep in ine incubation of a
poem On ' Autumn." i
Spirits parpen tme
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An old negro woman was found
dead at Charlotte in a hut and there was
blood on the floor. 3 , ; ; .;
Charlotte Oiserweracknowledges
a contribution of $1, -for the HooUcIhMm n.
from John T. Schen'ck,"a well known col
ored man in that city, and a cripple," hsv.ng
naa nis arm torn off ana ileg injured b
oemg Knocnea aown and
run over liy
railroad train.
Raleigh Observer ;
A rifle club
of some twenty members has been formed
and will soon begin a series of matchee.
Peace Ioslitute has ninety-six scholars
Letters daily received by the Secret si
Of the State Fair indieate that Ihe exh.bi
lion will be an excellent one, and, that the
attendance will be large, jj.
1 New Berne Democrat; Oysters
continue to come into our market from day
to day, but they are as yet of rather an in
ferior quality. The steamer Defiance,
of the Clyde Line, which is by far the
largest steamer that ever 4 sailed in these
wsteiB, arrived yesterday morning with the
largest cargo ever brought to this market.
- Winston Sentinelv The prospect
is most cheering indeed for one of tbe finest
tobacco crops that has been raised in this
section since the war. The crop is cot only
large- but is curing up bright. . In
Winston, according to tbe. directory, the
name of Brown js in the lead, numbering
twenly-six; Jones-next, twenty-five ; Smith
comes in third, only ten, followed by Hair
ston, fourteen. ' j :
Wilson Advance !: - Last week
Mr. William Walston, of this county, while
cutting timber, .was knocked down by a
falling tree and severely injured. Our
colored people nave caught tbe.infecjiou,
and are now desirous of leaving their old
homes and ; friends and emigrating to (ho
wonderful country Kansas. There will he
a mass meeting in this place Saturday In
tbe interests of tbe exodus movement Tbe
call is for. tbe purpose of sending two dele
gates to Kansas to procure! a geographical,
mechanical and agricultural sketch or the
State." . r
Weldon News: Everybody is
coming to tbe Fair, from Northampton,
Edgecombe, Nash, Warren; Granville, Mar
tin, Wilson, Bertie, Southampton, .and all
other counties in this section of the State.
At Pierce's church near here a revival
has been in progress for the past week.
under the management of Rev. Mr. Bouie.
About fifteen have been converted. '
A protracted meeting is in progress at
Garysburg. It has been Carried on for
more than a week, and tbe zeal has not
abated. There have .been many conver
sions.
Charlotte Democrat : The sched
ule on the Charlotte & Statesville Railroad
has been changed. Leave Charlotte at 4 P. '
M. ; arrive at Statesville at 7.30 P. M. Leave 1
Statesville at 6 A. M.: arrive at Charlotte
9.30 A. M. This is the Winter schedule.
Mr. Harrison Watts his been elected
Captain of the Hornets Nest , Riflemen in
place of Capt. Samuel S. Pegram, resigned.
It has been six weeks since there was
a good rain about here. The equinox spell '
resulted in only a sprinkle, hut pretty cool
weather. The cotton-pickers have bad a
fine time. j ,
Rev. J. P. Fontaine, of Reids-
ville, writes to the Biblical Recorder that
Judge Kerr's family is left in very destitute
circumstances, and that the religious books
in bis library are offered Tor sale, fames
wishing to purchase are requested to write
to Rev. P. H. Fontaine, Reidsville, N. C.
t adds "that Judge Kerr s wife, with five
ittle children, is left homeless. We believe
that this will be all that is necessary for us
to make known to the Baptists of North
Carolina in order to lead them to take Im
mediate steps toward paying for the house
Mrs. Kerr now occupies in Reidsville. We
pledge ourselves for $5 for -that purpose."
Goldsboro Mail'. Sheriff Davis,
of Carteret county, is a rare man. Rather
than oppress bis people by collecting taxes
he will resign bis office. The actual
circulation of the Mail this week is 1680.
We regret to learn-that '.Mrs. H. R.
Ernegay, of Eenansville is dead.
Near Mount Olive, last week, the six-year
old son of Mr. W. 8. Elmore was severely
cut about the face by a runaway mule.
A religious revival has; taken place at
Prospect church, Sampson! county.
Selma items: Cotton is said to be better in
this section than last year. - A few
days since, Johnnie, a little son of J. It.
Creech, while playing with a log, was
caught and painfully hurt by tbe log rolling
over him. j
Goldsboro Messenger: The Union
meeting of tbe South Riyer ! Baptist Associ
ation met with the church at Mt. i&lam,
Sampson county, August 29 ih and 31st.
The introductory sermon was preached by
Elder H. J. Duncan. The Charlotte
cotton .receipts for the week closing .Sept.
20th foot up 1,158 bales. During the same
week Goldsboro received 1,005 bales.. Not
much behind- Charlotte. 1 Professor
Will. Loftin Hargrave, the Snow Hill
representative of the Messenger, left 011
Thursday night for New York, partly on
private business connected with the publi
cation of an historic work of much merit.
The postofflce at Saratoga, in Wilson
county, has been reopened, with Mr. Law
rence Gay as postmaster. - -Ine down
train Monday evening on the W. & W.
Railroad was the scene of an affray that
came very near proving a serious affair.
It seems that Mr. Joseph G. King accused
Mr. B. F. Taylor of having sworn to a lie
in a case tried on Monday in the Inferior
Court. Mr. Taylor resented this, and but
for the timely interference of Mr. Eli II.
Hines, the encounter would doubtless have
had a fatal ending. Mr. King was badly
beaten about the head. Tbe parties were
bound over for their appearance at Court.
r Charlotte1 Observer: J. T. Sus
tare, a youth who lives near Matthews'
Station, brought to the city yesterday the
model of a machine invented by . him for
chopping out and ploughing cotton.
The pastor of the Tryon Street Methodist
Church has closed the series of revival
meetings whiclj began there over two
weeks ago. The corps of surveyors
who are testing tbe navigability of the
Catawba river, have estimated the fall at
Mountain Island (Tate's Factory) at fifty
feet, giving a water power almost unlimited.
Navigation at this point will be accom
plished by means of a canal, a part of which
is already cut. The people of States
ville have sect a committee, consisting of
Hon. R. F. Armfield, Col. S. A. Sbarpe,
Mayor of Statesville, and Col. W. A.
Ehason, to Danville, to confer with the au
thorities of the Virginia Midland Railroad,
and to take steps looking to co operation in
efforts to promote the proposed extension.
The Danville News, of Tuesday, rt
ports that Monday Col. J. B. Yates,
the. engineer detailed by Mr. Barbour
to make the survey of the proposed route,
started out from the city on horseback, at
tended by a guide and accompanied by
Col. Armfield and Col. Eliason. It is
now an open secret that Mr. Jos. H. Earle,
one of the parties to . the proposed duel,
with his second, Mr. W. D. Blanding, was
in Charlotte during half of Tuesday and
Tuesday night. They came quietly in on
a freight train , about mid-day, and regis
tered at the Central Hotel as "Baylia Wit
mot, Greenville, 8. C.,"and "Wa Braddy,
Marion, S. C." Tuesday night about 12.15
these two gentlemen, accompanied by Dr.
Earle, went out of the front door of the ,
hotel and made their way to tbe Charlotte,
Columbia & Augusta "depot, where Messrs.
Earle and Blanding took the 12.35 south
train. There is now an impression that
the difficulty between Dargan and Earle
will be adjusted; indeed, that it is already
1 in process of adjustment. ,
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