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There is a constitutional provision which limits a President to one, term. 'It ia thought this will he repealed in order that Diaz may be eligible.' If the Mexicans have been educated up to tne point ot regarding conetita lioiial limitation, they have indeed progressed and deserve nruch praise. In this country tho -dominant party in the North do not allow such re straiuts to limit then action. When they get ready to carry out their plaus the Constitution is a mere patch of antiquated platitudes, and its lira ilations are not stronger than a gos xamer thread. If the Constitution of the United States contained a similar provision to tbat of the Constitution ;..f .u t!,:.i. . , a vr one term, your Stalwart would no more regard it than he would the in terests of the people when his own ends were to be subserved. ; There is no limitation, and hence Grant can be nominated without, hid fuglemen expecting any opposition to the act only so far as it vioVatea the; usages of the pant and the admirable exam ple set by President Washington. Diaz has made an exceptionally good ruler of Mexico, we believe. He ia rt.nfirr.ftd in h ianahlp and firm. I v-r--- r --- -- i We do not suppose ue is a very strict constructionist, or that he is hampered very much by Constitu tional limitations. Grant was not when he was President of the United Stales. In truth Grant was generally a law unto himself, and when he took a notion he put on his boots and .purs, mounted his war-horse, and rode routrh-htiod over the Uonstuu- I lion, trampling down the rights and liherlifS of the people. - U NI'IIOKKSSIONAI. . POLI I'K'I ANS. Of late there has been a good deal in the papers about professional pol iticians, making of slates, &e. Ma chine politics has had control for a Jon" lime. Is it not getting to be time that ihe unprofessional polili cian should come to the front and assert his rights to be heard? It is in order now for 'the citizen to wake up to his duly, and to say to all con cerned, I will break your slates in pieces,' and intend to have a hand hereafter in determining who shall r'boss Ihe machine." We hold tbat ji is the imperative duty of all good citizens lo participate in the organi zaiion of their party, and - to have a voice in saying who shall be candi dates and who must stand aside. The preliminary steps are often the most important, for they determine generally the question of candidacy. The New Orleans Picayune says per tinently:. 4,Tbe right of suffrage is very precious to the freeman, but it ia really of no value unattended by any power to take part in the proceedings of nominating conventions. The machine prevents that; therefore, the machine must be destroyed. In order to do this let everv man attached to the .arincinle tbat maiorities should rule, regis- ier, vole, and agitate the question of the tionr until it baa been lavoraDiy seitiea. The following paragraph tells a Btory worth listening to. What a contrast it presents ? j ; I It is six years Ibis month since Jay Cooke failed. Money then commanded as high as 1 percent, per day. Annual loans are now made as low as per cent., and within the past five weeks $24,000,000 in specie has been received from abroad. The panic is over." ' . .. There were twenty-eight business failures in New York in September, aggregating $315,160. j ,- I : , . ! ) i 1 ri.t,ii t) I -i I J ..I. r. I i . . , - ' VOL. 10. An account of the shooting ! at Blackvilie, Si C, appearad some days ago in the Charleston News and Courier. It places a very, .different face upon the affair that given by the Stalwart -ergans. Aj young man of eighteen named Luther Wjl--Hams, had a difficult with the hegto Nix befotf the latter, was, known to be thought of in cotmection wili tho postmastership. It grew out of Wil liams being arrested upon an affidavit f of Nix, charging htm; Williams, with participating in an attack upon him at a meeting during the campaign- of 1878. Despite all efforts to convince Nix of his innocence, he was forced to give bond and appear at the see " z . tt . ' i i;n ,! - ' i ; n -' 6ious oi inu unueu oiatcs uourt in Columbia and Charleston, at the ex pense of much time and moey.; elfe was promptly released upon . the last calling of his case, he' proving incbn testably at the time f of the assault FVI. no wag hi iniwuuwe, kweuiy milpH awbv. An t n t ho chnniino it fa I . " - . . I proved by a negro that both Nix and J Williams fired, the former twice, some say three times. ' Nix bad been horsewhipped by Williams, and when the latter went afterwards to get his mail Nix made a demonstration, Wil liams drew his pistol,' and the .firing began. . So this is . .... me case out. oil. which a political martyr is to be manufactured. I ! ' Here is the way the Washington Post states the case in regard to the emigration movement among the negroes : . - ;h 1 1: ' -i 'White labor has produced; half the great cotton crop of Mississippi, and a large percentage of tbat of other states j the blacks are needed in the South, and it will be for their interest to slay there. Bui if Northern mischief-makers lure them away, their places can an. 4 will be filled. When any man or class of men think they can't be spared, a great mistake is generally made. I nere is no puce nlled by any man that c.n't be iefilled when he Heaves it. Cotton will be raised because it is a neces sary and a paying crop.) If the negroes will not produce it, others will do that work." i; This hits the nail on the head squarely. No man is a necessity in this world. The greatest die and in a little while they' are not missed. Ten thousand negroes may leave North Carolina to-day, and next year," if tho seasona are favorable, there will be just as good crops and just as much cotton and tobacco made.' The Star long aeo took the position that it was the duty of the Southern press to lay all the: necessary in for- mation before the negroes, and then tr Int. ibcm not fnr tlmmoplvflu UMt.h- I - i out persuasiou of any kind. If they. wish to go, theu we say, "God speed them and prosper them." ANOTUKK NEW ENTERPRISE PROPOSED. We publish a letter from Mr. J. A. Blanchard, of Connecticut, con cerning a new enterprise for the Soat,K It wm be seen that our short :i ts n ni.. xr'4.;" editorial on "Small Cotton has been noticed by more Factories than one industrious and1 intelligent', man in the North. Mr. Blanchard directs attention lo the manufacture of "Sail Duck," a business with which he represents himself as entirely, farnil iar. He says there is noj manufac tory of this cloth south of Baltimore, and he thinks Wilmington a good point for such an enterprise. 1 mi mere is no reason why a manufactory of the kind should not pay here- It. pays in New England, remote from where the raw material is grown, and why can it not pay here in the midst of the cotton fields! and gins? We hope our capitalists will consider maturely the letter of Mr. Blanchard and open a correspondence with him. The Stab has again and again urged upon its readers the importance of di versifying the industries. It has time and again given statistics and facts concerning the cotton mills,. and has done what il could to induce the peo- pie of North Carolina to establish fac tories through the State. Here is a chance for a new industry. A factory of the kind suggested by Mr. Blanchard, and another factory for manufacturing knitting cotton, as suggested by Mr. Calley, I would add to the life, interest and importance of bur growing little city. We repeat, we hope our business men will con sider attentively these propositions The last from Judge Jere Black is that be is for Hancock for President. The other day j he talked Tilden. What's up? He thinks the treachery of Tammany Hall is enough to make a true Democrat "curse his better an gel from his side and fall to reproba- tion.' 1 Mr. Haves has a party now. It is an excursion party, conducted on dead head principles. jsrooayn jiagie, usert Wl EMffl (ffiON, N. C.,' FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10.. 1879, THE BANE, AiTTACM 'ONt JJkFEH , It is to be Tegretted tliat , ex-Preii-; dent Davis, in his old age, has fallen heir to property th,at promises to giye him so much troublel and ,10 briqff upon him so much . truculent . abuse and wholesale mendacityi ,Tbe Stak j i nas called attention to,tbo attemp to: stao nis unsullied cnaracter by psa -pointed "Yankees. In a recent issi e of the'New York Herald there is i n interview given with one T $Uis, woo J. writes mmsea "uoionei. ne is a brother'of Mrs. Dorsev who Vlevisejd her property to Mr Davis. " Here Is ids way mis "uoionei" xuuis laiKS oi I nonoreu and acea : sentiemsm wnose snoes tie is nnwonny to auel niThd5Whole baseis rumiiVaine between Jfit,r Fatrflrand otSlaa(JeKMe . rmyt . . . ii I . rM properly, The potest 'Davis bef5r re me le world b.3 a icnearmjg va laitC&nd one of;, a few. whb'rciQspifcd to piay on tne mind, oi a weaK woman nei her death.1 Jeff Davis is a Sharp scheme! but his sharpness iQ, this will noti dp(oui fan tfvvnn VT a antra tlio nvAncitr ia n worth f 30,000. Then 1 say so muen tl meaner for him to take ao small an amount from those it belonirs to when he h enough" 'and mdie without' toucMng-i uiners say tne estates are worm l25U.ou but he can't get $30,000 for them if be wants s to, as 1 don't mean he shall have one ' cenft irom them. ' , . , . . , It mast be couf essed that this m vile enough, but when.the "Colonel!' warms up to his work he is even caj- -pable of savins harder thinss. near . - . j mm again: "And now, in conclusion, let me tell yon that my sister died from an unnecessary surgical operation. I mean that she was persuaded to undergo a surgical operation that was altogether unnecessary, and tnat will be proven on toe, trial." VYe have no doubt that tens o thousands in the NprLh wil,! be glad to believe and speak evil of Mrt Davis. These foul accusations of Ellis and fellpws of his tribe, will h caught up with avidity and turned under the tongues as very sweet; and delightsome morsels. It is for this reason we regret that the legacy was bestowed upou Mr. Davis. To ao' cuse him of plotting tho , death of a venerable and . worthy, lady tbat he may. obtain possession of pro perty , he , knows , is . intended, i4jf,p ' him, is most ..infamous,. This ac cusation comes .from a djsgrun 3 tied fellow, who is mad as a hor net because his sister had so little apj preciation of his character that she had resolved he should never enjoy a penny of her estate. After hearing the "Colonel's" base accusation against a distinguished and honora-l ble gentleman, the intelligent reader! wiU begin to understand why Mrs i-i - J horsey aid not win ner property ia her kin. She evidently knew them had a clear understanding of theis real value. . In her estimation , they! were unworthy of her personal fa vors. We agree heartily with tna Baltimore Gazette in the opinion thatz 'the charges, so far from carrying credence with them, produce a ppw erful revulsion, and win for Mr. Da-j vis a sympathy that he might no uvise have enjoyed. Still it 'it very sad to see an eminent man whose political and private life have been so blameless, suddenly dragged'; into court to answer a charge so infa-j raous." I For Mr. Davis's sake we could! wish that in bis declining years he. could have been spared such an. af-j 1 j3 - ' T 1 . l: 1 I muuuu. nuue uui uuuguauii cud-: mies will credit for a moment the vile statements. When the trial comes! off it will be seen, we have no doubt: whatever, how honorable and self- respecting Mr. Davis has been in the whole matter. He has had his day. He bears ah honored name. He has. wielded a large influence in the past,: and when his enemies 'violate an ' de-i cency in their gross and Vindictive assaults, he will' find'' friends' even in the North. ! , The reorganizing of the Southern States on a Republican basis pans; out very poorly thus far. John Pool and "Gen." Rutherford cannot get up a "boom," sweat as hard as they will. Here is the latest from Wash ington, which we find in. the Balti more Sun's letter: ; , .. . , A "It is reported on good authority that the recent movement initiated in this city to reorganize the Republican party in the South has panned out so badly that several of those engaged in it have concluded tbat it would be a prudent thing to withdraw. Among them are said to be one or more of tne officeholders, it is understood mat tne Secretary, of the Treasury became satisfied that the material participating in the move ment was not exactly tbe Kino to work up the Sherman boom, and . has .been moved to disown any affiliation with it." ' il the agricultural fairs of North Carolina do not'- ptosper it is surely not the fault of the , press. A vast amount of gratuitous advertising is done before the meetings, and a vast deal of gratuitous puffing js, done, af ter the., meetings, and yet some peo ple are not happy. A gentleman, a personal friond of . $dnTjdnX; - Hat.fi jmt . . arrived 'n ' Washington frbni visit' to the; poi- Vioian pf . jGrameroy Park. . lie i says Mr, Tilden is workiijiHiarder f 6r Rb- binspa than he eserdjkl fot:. himself. t'tti d'eitroWohne'U'y and his garig which Itepddialibnists aYe? seekibg to politically' He represents Mr. '1. . put upon her honored name. as1 by:ino means -anxious to obtain tt)e Democratic nomination in 1880. . We are glad to h'4af this,'and we wish it to? be5 trne, although wo confess tok decided scepticism iil they matteri. 'His frienddysr : ! ' " i ! ' 4The factwai that MrV Tilden did obi value' a Democratic nomination : for Presi dent so highly ,now as. formerly, . .Tile 'South'ero Demdcracy'had "handicapped ne Jorlperni branch of ttua.fany to an; alami-! ing extent by their course ?duriog the pakt two years. The attftu!hj Vt "the Southed n' DemoaOTTlpoemi$ciaque8tion,the r nfTkiip HrtA Hht '4tvjtAirftiMi maaysraajairgwlhi)arJiatiori ...... ........ .-.t.i.- i I uuuacuus ucaiucuk ui uiuen nruu uiuuou i nith than. in nniHin, tKoUMsni.i n tho I with them in . politics, their 'denial of the rights or the colored citizens, who, in seve rai parts of the South,' bad been reduced to a, condition - a huadred-fold worse than slavery, and, lastly, the many .unpunished' ana condoned political assassinations ail these things Mr. Tilden thought were not calculated to in axe tne . Democratic nomi nation for President very desirable to a can didate, who did not want to run simply for' the honor of being defeated." j ) - If all this is true, then it is about time to stop talking of Mr. Tilden as a probable candidate. Somehow we cannot believe all this, and much like it. that is repeated from dav to day. ...... 1 1 j 1 If true, then Uncle Sammy is not 'as wise and prudent as we had sup posed. He appears to be guilty of futile dalliance" in his efforts to be the next President. The Louisville Courier-Journal de nies squarely and emphatically that Gov Blackburn attempted to intro duce yellow fever into the Northern States at any time during the war.) It - i can easily supply "very many testimo nials from well-informed and credible persons to the effect that he was oth erwise employed for all' that period, and neither attempted nor seriously contemplated such a thing." It could also reprint tho proceedings had at his trial at Toronto during the war, and "show not only that there was an entire failure of proof to. implicate him in the alleged plot, but that the principal wituess against him admit ted on the stand that he (the witness) would willingly make any statement for money." Wearegladto see in the leading paper of Louisville such a precise and emphatic denial. It is not the organ of tho Governor, and we judge from certain expressions that it neither specially admires- him nor is admired in turn. This indignant denial therefore, the more forceful and is, ac- ceptable. It Bays, at the close of its article: "Gov. Blackburn is as little to us as we are lo him. Bat when it is sought to make him out a fiend, we resent the falsehood as a falsehood, and when it is sought to have it appear that be. was elected Governor of Kentucky because he was a fiend, we stamp the lie as it deserves." niirth niiini.ini HiiiwnN. The Richmond Dispatch of some days ago quoted the prices of NprtH Carolina State bonds as a warning to the Virginians as to what thoy expect if they embark upon the r i may eari ful sea of repudiation. It probably does North Carolina injustice, as1 thd repudiation of our State debt is only of the kind proposed for Virginia by the Dispatch and its friends, ill we understand the case. North Carolina has repudiated, in the strict sense, no? just or honest debt, it proposed a compromise to its creditors, which! has been accepted to a considerable extent. We do not understand that; irginia proposes to pay dollar for dollar. The, Supreme Court of North varouna aieposeu oi some millions oi. bonds. , The prices of oar bonds in market are not very flattering, it must be allowed. We give the figures that we find in the Dispatch: ''. Offered North Carolina State C's, old. 23 Jforth Carolina State 6's, : new. . ................... 13 North Carolina State b'a, fundimr act 1886.....--.. 9 Asked. 24 14 North Carolina State 6's, ; funding act 1888 ... 9 Kortb Carolina State 6's, N. 0 R 108 North Carolina Slate 6 N. C. R. R., ex-coupon. . . . . . 87 North Carolina State 6 . ' special tax 2 12 : Before the war North Carolina State bonds fetched more in New York than those of any other State. We have known them to range as high as $11(5. They always stood at the head . until the advent of the Northern carpet-baggers, who came down "like a wolf ; on the fold devoured and ruined at will-' succeeded in , blasting . comp auu They etely snoh North Carolina credit, and to an extent that Gov. Vance said in a speech some years agp that'jt did B0t have credit enough on Wail street to feny.'one mint julepV Virginia escaped the ravages pt tne carpet-baggers, by a sagacious' and timely State policy, May it now 'escape the; blasting ,in- The quotations of the1 Dispatch-' da not give what ' the exchanged t of -North Carolina are worth. rnty will bertainly ring from fiftylo siily cents. ' ; 4 . - The Savann;ah Npws points put the exceeding obligingness, of . the . man-. 1 ageiB pf the negro expdus, It sayp? I VQen. Conway, the Republican manager 1 ai iiirgB oitnecowrea exoausoaTing up- i THiblitrirrtvi6r toot, the ' Kansas R)e- I mihlirna im hnldisir mpptlnua and naftAin4v - - fr-'VTor-rT1 r . -70 w resolationli ia annroval of nis announce-. I resolutions in approval of ! bis ' announce-; ment. 1 It is Very amusing to observe- t&e efforts of the Republican managers to ivq this nronosed chance of the direction of the exodus the semhlarice of response to public sentiment." J '.: ij' There is manifestly! a concerted effort to drain the South of much of its labor. The desire to injure us s plain, and the desire to swell , the Stalwart vote in the Northwest' s equally apparent. They are anxions to induce the "colored man brother" to abandon his home arid the climate that suits his habits and. constitution and take up his abode in the distant West. .The purpose' is two-fold clearly, as we have eai4; first, to rob the South, and, second, to increase Radical power, in doubtful States. We are not certain that the exodus will not yet assume a magnitude that may necessitate prompt action on the part of the South. Other laborers will be secured, but this should be done whenever the movement among the negroes becomes large. Probably it will be spring before the enemies of the South become again very ac tive in fomenting discontent among the colored people. If they were per--) suaded to the West in winter provis ion for their maintenance would have to be made. It is intended, there fore, to avoid this expense and care In the spring the votes will be needed and living will be cheaper. The Now Orleans .ZWaywne tbiuktr that under no circumstances will over 400,000 negroes leave. But it says the seeds of discontent will be sown among those who remain, which will seriously impair their value as citi zens, and render their labor much less effective and valuable. We are not disposed to think that the South will be injured in the end. Labor will not be lacking. Let cotton produc tion fall to 3,000,000 bales, and a howl of distress would ring through out the North and in Europe. Let if. remain at that point and the rich countries of the earth would form emigration societies to fill up the South with laborers. The South is used to negro labor and likes it; bui the South can get along without it, as will be seen in the end. Some ln- iury may oe done - temporarily, but the cotton fields of the Sooth will not be allowed to become "a waste howl ing wilderness." The Kansas mania will pass away, and tne rascaJs wh rob the Sonlh will learn they ate onl robbing the North. :- The copulation of leading coun tries in Europe is as follows: '' Great Britain and Ireland (1871), 31,628,; 338; France (1876), 36,905,788; Acs; tro-Hungary (1876), 36,350,000; Ger; many (1875), 42,727,659. The-Hatter 13 tne only country wnicn we aiu nof ... . 1 1 a. outstrip iu the census of 1870. Since then Germany has gained! 1 about 1, 500,000 by the annexation! of Al.?ace- T.n.iii-ina Tf lha mnrAARA in tha population of the Uoited State, fo tne aeoaae oetween iaiv auu 100. ia . . t ... int... 3 1 nnn. Ij in the ratio of the past, then there will be nearly 50,000,000. It is thought by Gen. Walker, head of the! census bureau, that it will reach 48,- 500,000. Russia has some 90,000,000, and it is the only European power that will lead the United States. If the increase of population in this country should continue in the same ratio as it has for forty years, by the end of the century there 'will be more than 80,000,000 of population in this "Nation" spelled With a big N supposing it remains as one country. There is one Boston paper, the Herald, that is just enough not to make a political martyr o the negro Nix, the South Carolina postmaster. After reviewing the evidence it says: "On the whole, while the shooting- of Postmaster Nix by a drunken rowdy shows aa unpleasant -state ; of society in Black vilie. we do not see1 how it can be twisted into a case ; of bulldozing, conspiracy, or obstruction of the mails." NO. 5 TOia JOHNSON. The IiStoi Information coaeernlfe ' lh NAtbVlona OutltW-Uii WUe Reporu Him Killed. Among the colored excursionists1 who irrived ; here from Sonth Carolina; Thursday last was the. .wife of .the nOtori- pua, Tom Johnson .alias Alonzo Elri, wbdse reputation as an outlaw and desperado, was second only to that of the infamous IlenW Berry Lowery; who worried the good peo- Ifole M- KnhA9nninnnt.v In miP.h an extent ;a few years ago. She was seen . and reedg- ; pized on ;lhe , street b.y Officejc Carr, who j took the first opportunity to interview Mr She stated in substance tnat donnson. rry,abont lwenty miahisl sike of Charle8ton. - whifc in the! act' bf stealing some harness from ; a; ,atoe. She ; did . not a state . at xactry, whkt Ume ahootink took place, but said tliat wound. make bis '"way to their nOinek l.Lu. - - i. i:.iiu::. ' : u. rtlr1 wniuu was am iar u., tbic hv bdm i.4.- . . , " ' Ir wards expaeo St it, win De.iemmycrcu . iu ouu-uj fut 711 -..rJ &-.- nllA4.ll,. " fore leaving his old haunts io the yicinity of Wilmington, some time last year, be made a daring raid upon a certain bouse In "Brooklyn;" occupied by colored people. and succeeded in kidnapping and success fully carrying off bis wife, who had been eivine some information to the officers concernine her husband.and who appeared to be in terrible apprehension of capture and violence at his hands. On this raid he was said to have been accompanied by . . Dimon Haggelt, an escaped murderer irom this city, who is still at large, and a colored J Rockingham Spirit: Two pris manfrom South Carolina, accused of mail; oners broke out of our county jail Sunday robbery, and who was a fugitive from jtii tice. A week or two after that he disap peared, and no definite ' information wps subsequently had as to bis whereabout though it was rumored that he bad been seen both in South Carolina and Georgia. The whereabout of his companions bafe also remained a mystery. VYe give-tne story of the outlaw's wife for what it jis worth, it being impossible iust now to say j, . t. i j : .. i. now mucn ureueuve is iu uu piuucu iu t. She did not return with the excursionists. Fatal Accident to an EzeariloulK. A colored man, pame unknown, jumped off the excursion train coming to this city yesterday morning from Sumter, : near Ni chols' Depot, S. C, and was instantly killed, his head striking the cross-ties as he fell with such froee as to split his skull. Conductor Walker, in charge of the train, wes in a forward coach engaged in taking up tickets at tbe time, and was not apprized of tbe occurrence until tbe train had gone too far tc return. He notified the conduc tor of the south bound passenger train from this city, which be met at- Whiteville, a. C and when this train reached Nichols' Jta nnndiirtnr found ths hidy in charge 'ot some of the section bands, who bad found anrJLremoved it from the track. There was nothing upon tbe body by which it could be identified, and the deceased was un known to any ot the excursionists. Several colored men.who were standing near the rear platform of tbe hindmost coach,said that the deceased pushed by them, saying, "I must get off here," and, rashinsr out. iiumned from tbe rear Plat form, while the train was going al lull speed. JNo blame can be attacned to any one lor the accident. Destructive Fire lm tlie Country. Wednesday night, about 8 o'clock, fire was discovered in the barn of Captain A, W. Riegar, in Brunswick county, about three miles from the city, and had attained such headway at the time that it was im possible, with the appliances at hand, to set it under control. The flames soon com municated to a sneaaaioining, ana tne two buildings, with their contents, consistingof 2.000 bushels of sheath rice, the entire threshing machinery, etc., were completely destroyed. Tbe loss is estimated Dy uapt. Riegar to be about $5,500. upon which there was insurance in the Liverpool and London and Globe, represented in this city by Messrs. J. VV. Gordon & Uro., of $4,000. Capt. itiegar cannot account lor tbe ori gin of the fire. He cannot imagine how it could have occurred accidentally, but still has no particular grounds for believing that it was the work oi an incendiary. Grand meteoric Display. Prof. Tice says that we are to have, on the night of November 13tb, the most bril liant meteoric display ever seen since 1833, when to all intents and purposes tbe sky literally rained .fire. The display will not commence until about 1 o'clock in the morning but the - Professor says that the magnificence or tne shower win more man compensate tor iuo lucuuveuieucc ui vikii. . . .i ' . : - T Fait bfal to the Bad. Memphis Avalanche, 25 th. 1 I 1 In the list of 'deaths, from vellow rSffiJJ I - shall, his wife. The circumstances attending their death form one of the most singular incidents of the epi demic. ' They were both taken down about the same time, and died within a half hour of each other. During their illness they refused admission to the doctors and nurses sent them, and took 90 medicine at all. They were prepared for burial at the same time, and borne to their last resting place together. The funeral pre sented a spectacle tbat would have touched the most callous observer. The procession consisted of the two hearses and an empty carnage fol lowing. j?here was not a single mourner no one to shed a tear over the two who had loved each other so well that death had no terrors for them if they could die together. Hand in hand they had trod the path way of wedded life, and then passed - "Through the daik gate to tbat Beyond Which no man knows. " Geni Hancock is gaining promi nence as a possible Democratic Presidential candidate in 1880. PMladelphid Progress UM. Jforney. t-t Groensboro r JPutriotz f Prtiijdtni Qray returned last night fromlTayeUc-villM where be has spent several weeks ht lend ing to the business of 1 be t itad-.'-i he woi k on which is progressing sausfactuii!. JJr. Xiindsay has i been chosen as county superintendent f hvuliU in luce of Dr. H. A. cneeK, resignecUa i. ) t , Charlotte Democrat: We have reason, lo believe that there aie mnv 'Drunime.rfc" goiun through ibe Stale with out a license, as the law rtquireF. In jn- lice to our home merchants in the villages, towns and cities, we think the sheriffs of the several counties should do all in their power to enforce the law. . . . Ashboro Courier: We regret to learn that Dr. I; F. Caviness, of this county, is confined withtiiphtheria and is dangei ously ill. - The Courier has 200 more subscribers than 1 the. BegvMttt ever-' had, ana - "sun tney come." -rl hree new cotton factories are in course or' erection in this county, and still they won't give us the railrosd. Alamauce Gleaner: The colored Methodists of Graham and vicinity have a revival in tbeir church which has been m progress for more than a week. A protracted meeting is in progress at Haw Fields church.. Mr. Mebane, of the. Pics- bvterian church here, is assisting Mr. Moi- row in preaching. A protracted meet ing lain progress at Providence church. 1 -? Elizabeth City Carolinian: The colored IMethodista have held a three weeks' ' efctnp meeting at Holly Grove: ' -Fede ral uourt wul open here oa! toe 20th. i l bc. jurors were -drawn last week. The cotton factory at Windsor is doing a : lively business. Additional machinery is . being added, The iMethodists have had suc cessful revivals al Mayock, Indian Kidge and Uoiniock. i Elizabeth City Economist: Revs. W. P. Jordan and A. Burfoot have been conducting a meeting at Old Trap, and thirty-two members have been added lo the church. Woodvflle's second pro tracted effort closed on the 20th inst. This church (Baptist) has nearly doubled its membership since the third Sabbath in August. They began their first meeting with about forty members, and now num ber about seventy. ; morning, 21st ult, but one of them refused to leave, reporting the delivery to the Sheriff, and was again locked up. . Asbury Uh avis, under sentence of death for the murder of Jerry Everett, of this county, broke out of Stanly county jail a few days ago and made good his escape. The edi tors of this paper propose to write a history of Rockingham, from its earliest settlement down to the present time. Weldon News: On Monday evening, about sunset, an old colored wo man by the name of Juottie Williams, was burned to death at Old Jolakeley, about two miles from here, on the Northampton side of the river. No one knows how the fire originated. Tbe people of this sec tion or rather a few of then), awoke Friday morning and found frost on 'the ground. -lue case of farker against the VV. & W. Railroad Company for damages for killing Parker at Enfield some months ago. was tried at Halifax last week, occupying two day?. Many witnesses were examined and verdict rendered by the jury in favor of the railroad company. The Raleigh Observer eays . Col. Webster, of the British Army, who was so badly wounded at Guilford C. H, was buried two miles from Elizabethtown, iu Bladen county. Mr. Alfred Moore, late of Pitlsboro, about fifty years ago wrote a de scription of the opening of the grave for the purpose of jreonowiug thp JbAiy:Hfi: Waa present on tbat occasion, and according to his narrative, as reported to us, when the coffin was first opened be saw perfectly the undecayed corpse of a splendid looking British officer. Gradually however, af ter a few moments' exposure to the air, the corpse underwent a change and soon van ished into dust. A similar publication was made since tbe war by the sister of Mr. Moore, Mrs. Hugh Waddell. Raleigh Observer: Orange -Su perior Court is in session this week, Judge Jn.ciS.oy presiding. jar. JM. JDumont, of Charlotte, has married. Now we will have emigrants. Sheriff John Sharp yesterday brought up from Hertford coun ty Oliver Uarrell, colored,for larceny. The new convict is blind. Une bundred and sixty two students have entered at the University this session. - The deaths of a woman and a child on the 30th ultimo makei the total number of deaths during September 27. Of these 18 were colored and a white. some splendid speci mens of the various products of Bertie county were sent up to the Department of Agriculture yesterday, and the exhibit of this county will now be one of the best in the museum. In the southwestern part of Durham township, Orange county, a populous section, there has not been an in dictment found in tbe courts against a sin gle one of its people since the war closed. Tarboro Southerner : W. , T. Knight, living about seven miles from this place, lost his gin, gin house and about 1,000 pounds cotton by accidental fire from his steam engine, on Saturday morning, about 11 o'clock. JNo insurance. The Charlotte Democrat Is right. By all means postpone tbe State Convention till at least in August. 1880. as the election occurs in November. Give the people as long rest as possible. : - "Still so gently through me stealing," remarked the Sovilierner to the surreptitious scissors. Want ed 3ume more "Kernels" an "Capl'ns" to adorn the public print?. The Wilmington Stab has now entered upon its thirteenth year and twenty-fifth vol ume. One of the best conducted and edited papers in the South, and, as a North Carolinian, we are proud of it. To Sylvia, of Cokey No, a young girl should not allow, her head to remain on 9 young JKVW VWST? I tri-Lri0r1 nnvon ani fltannfl imminent nn tha trickled down and stands imminent on tbe bridge of bis chin, over the eye. Tobacco juice is not condusive lo the love-lit eye. Charlotte Observer: Interments in Elmwood Cemetery, whites, 108 chil dren and 2 adults; in Pine wood Cemetery,, colored, 136 children and T adults. It is learned that the symptoms of Mr. Martin Bishoff, of GaUney City, S. C, who was injured in the accident on the Air-Line Railroad, near King's Mountain, Tuesday, were regarded yesterday as favorable. . He was seriously hurt about the hip and back, in addition to having a hand badly hurt and one or more cuts on tbe head, but little or no doubt is entertained regarding his ultimate recovery. , There have been five or six deaths in tho country from diphtheria in the last three or four weekf. Three of the deaths occurred in one family. Yesterday afternoon a negro named Jake McLean, Uving about four miles from Pineville, in the Southern part of this coun ty, made a desperate attempt upon the life o his wife, cutting ber throat in such a manner as, it is believed, will result fatally. Officers went to arrest him when, with the same knife be cut bis own throat. ; He was put in a wagon and brought to Pineville, bleeding profusely all the while. There a surgeon dressed the wound and the negro was brought to this city by the 4T o'clock train and put in jail .--It" is stated that he has crazy spells and tbat it was in one of these that ne did the bloody work. Bingham school has 132 names on its list.
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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