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, mt Mttkty flax. . : y N :, .. - - - WK, .kC;-v"''SV ' I -PTXBUBHZS At- A1 $1.50 a Year, in advance. SS3SSS8S8S3S33SS3 -n-i-n-c-nn-iaRIl 3SS3SSS83S8333S33 -sqiaoji 9 88888888888888888 SSft88895S8858g838 88888888888888888 S a a 5 M M cs a 8S888888S88888888 8888888S8S88S8888 83138M.8 8288588238888.8888 83333S83S3S33SS38 1-t 3 1 S 3 1 .1 t-t 1 Entered at the Post Office at Wilmington, N. C, as second-class matter. Subscription Price. ; The subscription price of the Wekk li Star is as follows : . Single Copy 1 year, postage paid, $1.50 " - " 6 months. " " 1.00 " 3 " " " .50 THE INDIAN WAR. The Ute outbrealc j ia developing two facts: first, that the Indians are well armed with improved weapons, obtained, of coarse, from white tra ders. This is an admirable policy: first, to supply your enemy with the best guns and all needed munitions of war, and then pat yourself in the way of being shot to death. If your enemy, thus armed' and equipped, will not open tire upon you at once, then go to work to provoke him into hos tility at every risk. The other fact is, that United States troops behave well and are commanded by brave and Tesolute officers. The fighting under Major Thornburgb, who was killed, and the defence Of Captain Payne, assisted by Captains Lawson and Cherry, was sharp and desperate. The account published in the Stab of yesterday is replete I with interest. As suggested by the New York JSun, there are evidently two sides to the question as to the causes of the hos tility of the Utes. It is well known that most of our recent wars with the Indians have been caused by gen eral bad treatment. 4 It looks aaif it was impossible that our government hhuuld learn to deal with the lied Men in such a way as to gain their confidence and friendship. The in troduction of a new policy is a neces sity, the old having so lamentably failed. "When our government learns to deal with the Indians honestly, humanely and justly, and to keep in good faith all Jtreaties and promises, there will be much less blood shed. It will be probably interesting to i;.py what is thought to be the cause of the recent outbreak. If the fol lowing is-correct, as we have no doubt it i.s, then it shows that perfidy on the part of our government has brought about a natural and inevita ble bioody sequel. We find in the Charleston News and Courier, the following : "la 1871. when the San Juan fever broke out, tire Utes owned and occupied about oot-flftu of what is now Colorado. They made no resistance to the invasion of treasure-seeking emigrants, but wailed pa tiently fur remuneration from the Govern ment. In 1872 they entered iota, a treaty by which a portion of their territory, in the vicinity of the present city of Leadville, was ceded to the United States in considera tion of $600,000 in yearly payments. Besides the money the treaty secured to them impor tant rights and privileges, especially in rela tion to protection from the whites in the find unsold. It will scarcely be credited, perhaps, but not only have the whites been allowed to overrun this land, but not a dol lar uflue $600,000 has been paid. While t be immediate provocation of the attack upon Thornburgh's command was the en closing and cultivation of a field near tbe ageucy, which tbe Indians claimed, the at tack was leally the result of the repudiation on the part of the Government of iis most solemn pledges." ""The Indians have rarely found friends among the whites. For hun dreds of years they have been treated as if they were wild beasts and have been hunted accordingly. The peo ple living in the distant West appear to think them bo much game to be r driven from pillar to post. To show how they are regarded we copy a par agraph from the Denver Tribune of Sept. 17th: "We have reports from all sections of tbe Ute reservation which indicate that mis chief la brewing in tbe minds of tbe entire tribe. As nearly as we can ascertain they have become aware of tbe agitation which has been begun to remove them from Colo rado, and they evidently exDect the discus sion to bear fruit In fact they see their . fate. They say a9 much, and they further make no bones in declaring that if they must go, they will destroy, before their exoaus, all' they can that ia valuable not only on their reservation, but outside of it anywhere, ia fact. How long does the Government DruDose to allow these lazy. thieving, murdering vagabonds to hold one of the best sections of the State, and from this vantage eround r&iduDon settlers noon the public domain and destroy their pro perty and means of subsistence 1 Tbe ques uon is an interesting one." . u - -Such sentiments are atrocious. Is . - I Ij 1 1 1 II' II J - II J I : ' II II i rOtaT. f. . II V , ; . : " " .' ' " '- " v - ' '.IP:-: '.C: - V;Vr.: yV-v.'-.-'K'' ' ... . - j : -- "r- -.-' r-.j . ':' 5 "' v'" 'V'- ''ft.:-'""-' 'v "-'-' -' '- ' : ' I VOL. 10. it a. matter of . surprise that the In- di ana are driven into, war when thev . .. - - - j are abused and wronged. Their land aken from them by force, and then not content with i refusing to pay them for H according to promise, a scheme is then broached . to drive them out of the country. The News and Courier well asks: "Is it any wonder that they have at tempted to aveoge this open , and flagrant violation of tbo treaty, and struck blindly ana norceiy at tneir later wouia not white men, under the same circumstances. have done tbe same f ; Can the crime of which the Government is confessedly guilty be covered up or excused by : calline the uies two weeKs berore tbe Milk Jtiiver affair occurred 'lazy, thieving, murdering vagabonds V Tbe treatment of the Indians, from first to last, is the most shameful blot upon'tbeTecord of 'the best Government tbe world ever saw; and robbing the Utes of their money and lands at tbe same time is a fitting culmination - of Its consistent policy of perfidy towards an inferior ; and Deques ace.-C ' v. Lr-'V--- Chief. Justice Smith - has written the opinion of the Supreme Court in the noted School Bill case, although he has been in poor health for some time. An abstract of the ODmion appeared in the Raleigh Observer of the 7th, and we avail ourselves of a paragraph or two from its estimate of the general merits of the decision. It says: "The profession the lawyers of North Carolina and of the Union, will accord it the highest praise. In language and in sentiment it well comports with the known decided character of Mr. Dillard, Mr. Ashe and of the Chief Justice himself. They are not men to sunme in : them will never be found any evasion. They met the points here as they have met them always before squarely, and they give, put no uncertain sound, iney put their decision on tbe very points wnicn they announced as governing the case at the time when they made their verbal statement two months since. When the court adverts to tbe fact that these officers of tbe Houses are not mere office! b of the State, tbey destroy tbe plain- tin s case "How clear tbey make it when they ask whether, if a Speaker during the session of the Legislature should refuse to sign a bill, the Court could force him by mandammi Speakers are officers, say they. The law ri quires them to sign bill?. On failure to do so, the courts can compel them by mandamus, and the Constitution of 1868 required an apportionment to be made of legislative and Senatorial Districts in 1872, say. - By pari'y of reasoning tbe members of the House are State officers, i Tbey de cline and fail to pass the law: Then these plaintiffs say that the couns can issue a mandamus to compel them to pass the law, and that not when the Assembly is in ses sion, but after the Assembly has adjourned and tlie members nave returned to tneir bomep. .. . '('" :' , "This is the reduciiaadabmrdum, to which. tbe argument of tbe plaintiffs leads." A NKW AND VIRULENT OlSBtSE. 'At different limes in the world's histoiy diseases hitherto unknown have afflicted tbe human family.' At one period the plague was the dread ed monster that slew its thousands. At another time the small-pox was the terrible scourge that destroyed its tens of thousands. Jenner at last discovered a preventive that has done wonders for the human family and saved hundreds of thousands from dying. Other diseases might be men tioned that have been generated and have swept away vast numbers, and have deGed the skill of the phy sician. Uiphtneria appears to be of this number just now. But our pur pose is not to enumerate physical ma- adies only. We hatfe a moral disease in view that is doing immense harm to many sections, and is specially pre vailing throughout some portions of the North. It is unfortunately true that physical ills are not the only ills to which flesh is heir. Th6re are moral maladies that are extremely virulent and in thousands of cases are incurable. This, however, has been the case from immemorial time, and - . 1 . . it is not strange or uncommon now. As far back as history takes us there are records of crime. " Thieving, mar der, arson, burglary, uncleanness. profanity, debauohery,Jslander, and other evils, have cursed and blighted the posterity of the first man Adam, but it remained for oar age and time, and for our glorious, free .United States, hitherto so well- favored, to witness the development of a disease tbat is absolutely alarming it is true there has been long known adis ease something like the one to which we refer. The pathology of these diseases shows that the symptoms and effects resemble considerably, but with the important , difference that the new disease is much more viru lent, rapid aud destructive. The possibility of cure is much less, and the number who recover are "few and far between." Ml'-i - ' '"'''"' Fortunately for sooiety the new type of disease is a respecter of per sons. The number attacked in the South is small compared with those who fall victims in the North. The disease somehow has an attachment for 'the cooler localities. iWe have been watching the development of this disease for some time. . It is con fined almost exclusively, to one class. . ' - . r- . i ; i X, i WILMINGTON, N. C. FRIDAY, OCTOBER IT, 1879. We have notioed, and our observa tion t has been extended, that ; it has never attacked a' single genuine pa- tnot, or any really honest politician, This last fact may be accounted for because of the great soarcity of the article in question. We have noticed , A, . . . , , also that in the South do true and loyal son has ever been smitten fatal ly with the disease. If arjtitten he has recovered under good treatment. A few Carpet-baggers of the meaner I sort those that came to plunder and devour and some of the lowest spe cimens of soalawags, are at tacked with fatal results. Now' and then a "brindle tail," as a certain ctass was called by Jo Tamer, king of the "brindle tails," suffers from the same malignant complaint. It is thought that thV disease may '"conUnue . to f spread in.North Carolina and other I Southern States until a class known I to omce and are not particular at I what cost tney may obtain it may J fall victims to the fell destroyer. V tu: a I,, r j I j-uio uioeaae, uub tu ue iouuu aa yeu i in either medical or ethical treatises, is known, however, among medical experts and professional and philoso phical students as Acute -Cerebro- Spinal-Mendacity. Persons attacked by this awful malady quickly suc cumb. Nothing jBhort of a miracle ever cures them. They soon cease to know the difference between a lie and the truth. To them a lie is sweet for its own sake, and is a rich and re freshing morsel. They become posi tively indifferent to all else, and the bigger and blacker and more malig nant the lie the profounder their de light and the warmer their love. Victims of this terrible disease be come wholly infatuated with what is false. No snake ever charmed its unresisting and innocent victim as these persons are charmed by this disease. The whole bein&r soon changes; in a little while the organs undergo a complete metamorphosis. The victim ceases to resist, becomes pliant, and soon turns to a mass of fataehoo , veins, muscles, brain, nerves, bones and all become impreg- nated with poisonous excretions, and . . . . . . I it is impossible for him to telhthe truth. When he talks politics or writes of the South he has so far for gotten what is truth as never to con sciously approach it even at the re motist point. This disease has latterly begun to spread more rapidly in the North. Many Northern men who have been tarrying in the South for months or years, and who have returned to their old haunts, have at once fallen be fore the fell disease. Thev have taken to wholesale lying from the hour of their arrival, and are now in J a comatose state, completely over come. Tbe Stalwart editors have also readily yielded to the disease, and now, with few exceptions, they are utterly helpless in its clutches and can only breathe and live false hoods. The South appears to be the end and cause of all of their troubles. Mention the word South, and the disease at once takes on a new form of malignity and feculence. It is an awful distemper, and unless the time is shortened the whole tribe of otal- wart editors and Stalwart speakers and Stalwart travellers will be de stroyed, and upon their graves must be written in the blackest of letters Victims of Acutb-Ceeebko-Spinal- Mendacitt. OPINION OP REPUBLICANS CON CERNING A THIRD TKU7I. A writer in the Philadelphia Times has been looking over the political records of men to see what 'views they held concerning a third' term for Grant about 1875 when the ques tion was being mooted. It will be found no doubt that the attitude of some politicians now cannot be re conciled with what they said a few years ago about the same office and the same man. Tbey could not tol erate any idea of Caesarism then,but now if they oaninjure the South and get back into office again they are wil ling to take the Man on Horseback with his corrupt record during eight years in which the character of the coun try was well-nigh ruined abroad, the finances of the country were wasted and stolen, and the people oppressed and plundered. The Stalwart idea is to overthrow the liberties of the people and tojhange completely our form of government. It is not to be a Union of States, but a consolidated Empire. Grant is the instrument by which this great change : is ; to be wrought. He is "the son of destiny" who is to destroy the grand fabric of f , . i ' our .forefathers aud . instal Caesar in the chair once occupied by Wash- ingtou undW patriotic lawBasors. The Lemlft Berttinel reteeu ' the wishes, purposes and hopea of all of the extreme men of the publican Ziy. ' . , , ii. . party. "Thev would rathesbe rulers under an Empire than servants of the people in a Union . of : State. They would rather rule in . hell than serve in heaven; But let; us turn to somt of the opinions that were expressed in 1874 or 1875 by .leading Repablicans. Let us see what they said then. " fhe dan gers that threaten the country are greater now than then, and eail for. a more aggressive and unfaltering pa triotism than ever before. JBTpre are leine f the ;;yiew ajs ' presented five 1 years ago:; "Grant, Ulysaea S., President of the Uni ted mates, jrebruary, 1874 'me r resident views tne wooie subject with impatience ana disgust.' jobn so.. Francis. gays the very mention of - the subject is enough to disgust Iowans. Just jenomi- .... j foOW ue WOUId VOte Carpenter, Senator, Wisconsin. Republi can, is in lavor of one term for members of Congress, Senators and Presidents. Judg ing from experience, the party would not recommend Grant, and has no idea now. tbat be would support him if nominated. Howe, Senator, Wisconsin. Republican, I ! - ut-j . I than be would be of a perpetual President. I It would be idle to say what he would or would not an in Inn Avanl nf lhira hAinir an earthquake. , I Jones, Senator. Nevada, Republican, I Irnnwa nf nn urinimnnt nnm that nniilrl I make him favor a third term, and cannot I imagine what mnueuce would workOrant's renominauon. a.s us is not a nero-wor- i shiner, he does not believe he would sup-1 poixnimil nominated. "Logan: Senator, Illinois, Republican, is aware that the third-term problem has been more or less discussed, and has no hesita tion in saying that he is an anti-third-tcrm man. ' ! ' . 'Morrill. Senator. Maine. Republican, is most emphatically opposed to a third term, .and believes it would be wise to limit tbe 'term to six years and inelligibility. . i "Sherman, senator. Ubio. Republican. does not think there is any possibility of a third term, and Grant does no: think of such a thing and would not accept. The people are not going to surtender their rigbts on tbe constitutionality of ibe ques tion for General Grant or any one else. "Ubanee, Jerome a , Colorado, Republi can. ; The renomination of urantisoutof the question; "Foster, Charles, Fostoria, Ohio, Repub lican, is against a third term. "McCrary, Oeorge W Iowa, Republr can, is not in favor of a third term, but thinks be would support a measure looking ? a limitation of the office to one term of six vfiRfg. Han tinthlncr In uv . na to what I six years. Has nothing to say as to what ne would do ir urant were renominated." It is well enough to reproduce such utterances. At present you scaroely read a line in a Republican paper in opposition to a third term. It is all right now and why ? Because they wish to afflict the South and they be lieve that Grant is the man to do it. They believe furthermore that he can be elected. He will be a Btrone can didate. Six months ago we regard ed him as possibly the weakest man they could nominate. The developments of the last ninety days satisfy us that he is the most popular man in his party, and that his corrupt administration will be no sort of bar to his receiving the hearty support of the Republican party throughout the "Nation." ; It is to be noticed that all of the fellows who distinguished themselves during Grant's eight years as thieves and scoundrels are hot for his renomina tion. What a feast of fat things they will have if Grant and the old set get back to Washington and into ; the offices throughout tbe country, i , If we were to seek historical parallels we should have to eo back to Rome. Bat can the honest and Datriotio teo- t - , Die afford to allow euoh a curse to fall upon their country ? They should unite to prevent such a calamity. THE VOICE OF TUB UNION SOIi- '1 DISKS. " The document sent out . by the Union soldiers resident in Louisiana was somehow overlooked by us. We have notioed references to it in our . . . i -i exchanges of both political parties and have seen some extracts from it. The organs endeavor to make it only a southern torgery. uut mat is a trifle thin. The document has been sent to every post of the Grand Army of the "Nation" under official seal. There is not the slightest doubt of its genuineness. If the Northern sol diers living in Louisiana were to be, thus . misrepresented by a forgery, would they not - let it be qaiokly known? But what about the document? What is its purport? We find the following paragraph in the Washing ton Port, which will give a sufficient answer to the question asked. Says the JPost, of the revolt of the Union soldiers against the- Hayes adminis tration: "Relentless nroecrintion of the ex-Union soldiers at New Orleans- has long .been charged against the Administration. It has been asserted, again a&d again, that, in distributing the Federal patronage of that imp0rtant commercial city, only the Claims oI tne Returning' Board thieves; and their heeded: that the soldiers-were svstemati- tabooed, and a ring of corrupt scoun- rascals that ever, disgraced any paoyi in country-.was installed in the Federal offices, plundering the public .exchequer, deeradincr the civil service, nersecntimrthe tion to such a shameful condition of affairs, and holding Mr. Hayes and Mr. Sherman in subjection by threats of exposing the -secrets of tbe crime to which the Adminis tration owes its existence. - ' The Grand Army of the Republic at New Or leans, Am behalf ot all the ex-Union sol men ol tbat city and vicinity baa issued an.; address to an their comrades in tbe united States, in which they more than confirm all that has been charged as to the corrupt dis posal of Federal patronage, and the guilty complicity" of Messrs. Hayes and Sherman. campaign lie or a 'Democratic slander.' It id the solemn, official utterance of the Republican party.' and it convicts Messrs. nH pdiaI In-inotiAA nf perpeuating that injustice iathe interest of a gang ol Knaves asa reward tor crimes j committed in aid or the great con spiracy.oj 87a."- " . . . - However corrupt Hayes and his' set may be; however deeply the stamp bf infamy may be driven into their reputations, the Republicans through out the land will not regard it. We are yet to see that knavery, corrup tion and infamy render men unfit for place in the estimation of that party. Thev will vote for Sherman or Grant d - . Wltn tne 8ame readiness they would were alive and the nominees or that , w nUoan nnna tU 1 " J tf that the Union soldiers have "spoken mit lT1 meetino as thev have. We w - copy one or two paragraphs from their offinial iitteranniRt "We found ourselves not only ostiacised and proscribed by tbe Federal officials, but ibe bitterness of feeling of the community, intensified because of the infamy of a polit ical ring whose acts we could not control. and for whose misdeeds we were not respon sible, shut us out from making a living in the community, and then denied us both la bor - or place in tbe public service. We found our pretended political leaders sus taining other rings, engaged in plundering the public revenue, and openly packing and tampering with juries to shield its members from punishment wben calledr to account for tbeir public robberies." They say further .that the "pre tended election of William Pitt Kel logg was procured by forgery, perju ry, bribery and threats, and he is de nounced as making no representative of tbe Republioan party from Loui- C . r r J ....... isiana, and no party necessity can car ry him without losing much more than it gains; that William Pitt Kel logg and the chief Federal officials in New Orleans are the greatest enemies the Federal soldiers have." One J. M. Langton, eolored, and IT. S. Minister to Hayti, made a speech in Washington on Tuesday last on the exodus of the negroes. He strongly favors it, on three grounds: first, that it is entirely jus tifiable by all precedents of emigra- tion; second, that it is the only prac ticable way for the freedmen to reach a higher plane of citizenship than they have so far attained; and, third, that their labor will prove more re munerative to them in the North and West than on the old plantations. Without accepting his conclusions as true, the Stab is entirely willing that all should make the experiment who feel so inclined. There is no teaoher like experience. Seeing is believing. When they find how they have been bamboozled then they will long for "old ranges" and turn with sorrow trom tne "pastures new. The trade outlook in New Orleans is represented as being favorable. Cotton is pouring in, and every thing promises well for an aotive winter. Fanral or Captain Hooker. The'funeral of Captain Samuel Hooker, late "commander of the British barque George Davis, who died on Wednesday morning last, took place at Smithville yes terday. The body was conveyed from the ship to the shore at 12 o'clock. A large concourse bf citizens followed the remains to the Methodist church, where the ser vices were conducted by Rev. Dr. Burk- bead and Rev. Mr. Wiley. Thence tbe procession repaired to the cemetery, where the remains were interred. Quite a num ber of floral emblems, wreaths, &c, had been prepared and were placed upon the grave by the ladies of Smithville, which will be both soothing and gratifying to the bereaved family and widow in England, evidencing, as it will, the kindness and re gard manifested by the citizens of Smith ville, and especially the . ladies, .on the mournful occasion. V Quite a number of gentlemen from this city-were present at the funeral. We learn that Mr. Campbell, late first officer of the Oeorge Davis, has been placed in charge of the ship by her owners. Thanks to j H. R. Godfrey, Secretary, for a complimentary ticket to the eighth annual Fair of the Pee Dee Agri cultural and Mechanical Association, to be held at Cberaw, S. C, on the 5th, 6th and 7th of November. NO. 51. Tbe Kastern Baptist Association. We learn the Eastern Baptist Association, which has just closed its annual session, waa largely attended. About sixty Churches were represented. : The meeting was held at Piney Grove Church.in Sampson county, some nine miles' from Faison's. i '- Rev. J. L. Stewart, of Clinton, acted as Moderator, and-Rev. J. L. Britt, of La- Grange, was appointed Clerk. The letters from the various Churches in dicated an encouraging state of things. The introductory sermon , was ' preached by Rev. F. W. Eason, of Newbern. The annual missionary sermon was preached .by Rev. J.'K, Faulkner, of Kins ton:',' '''' ' ' I ' -"-"' " ' Interesting reports and addresses were made on Missions, Sunday Schools, Church Extension, etc. j It was decided to 'appoint a Sunday School Missionary, to labor within the bounds of the Association. An able address on Education was de- Uvered by Rev. Dr, Pritchard: He stated that there are now 135' ' stodeats at Wake Forest College (of which he is President), and there is reason to expect that tbe num ber will be 150 by the first of January next. ij Rev. C. T. Bailey.of Raleigh, represented the interests of the Biblical Recorder, and made an interesting speech on Religious Periodicals, j ; . ' : : Sermons were preached at "the stand" to great crowds, by Rev. Messrs. J. B. Taylor, of this city; F H. Ivey, of Goldsboro; Sandling, of Beaufort, and J. N. Stallings, of Warsaw. . Sermons were also preached at Faison's by Rev. Messrs. Pritchard and Taylor. The meeting passed off finely.and though immense throngs were present, tbe most perfect order prevailed. The next meeting will be held at Belhe Church, near -Magnolia. The Barsiary Caae Another Arret. A bench warrant was issued by His Honor, Judge Meares, Thursday evening, for the arrest of one Henry Murphy alias Wm. Tate' Murphy, charged with being" implicated in the case of burglary which has been set for trial in the Criminal Court to-day. The warrant was placed in the hands of Officer N. Carr, who, accom panied by - Special Deputy C. H. Strode, proceeded to the neighborhood oi Rocky Point, Thursday night, and came upon the accused at his house in the woods about one mile this side bf Rocky Point depot, and about one hundred or one hundred and fifty yards from the railroad. He acknow ledged that he was the man they were in search of, and, when ordered to do so, pro duced the articles of clothing which Rich ardson, his companion in crime, had said were in his( possession, and which , were readily identified by Officer Carr as a por tion of . the 'articles stolen from""J. E. Walker's house. Murpby was thereupon arrested, brought to this city on yesterday morning's train and lodged in jail. Tne Fox Club Good Sport. The Wilmington Fox Club has covered itself with glory this week. Their first meet took place at the Fair Grounds, near this city, Wednesday morning. The mem bers present I consisted of Messrs. . E. Burress, W. P. Oldham, J. H. Daniel and Albert Gore. jThis day 'tbey caught two foxes, after one of the finest and most ex citing runs ever experienced by the oldest sportsman of the party, the dogs being in excellent trim. Mr. Oldham's "home run" was pretty good, too. He was six miles from town when the last fox was bagged, and upon looking at his watch he found that he bad just twenty-five minutes in which to reach the Court House in time to be present when a certain case was to be called in which he was interested. He dismounted in front of the door just as Sheriff Manning, with his stentorean voice, called out his name from the window. In Thursday's' heat Messrs. Burruss, Freeman and Oldham participated. They ran two foxes at the same time and cap tured one, and also started a deer. The dogs on Thursday were not in such good trim as on the previous day. If three foxes in tw days is not considered fair hunting tbey will maKe it rour next time, So say the gentlemen of the Club. Colamboi superior Conn. The Superior Court of Columbus county, Judge Seymour presiding, closed its session yesterday afternoon. The only important case tried was the State vs. Wiley G Ganus, or Gurganus, charged .with tbe murder of Stephen Foley, which occupied the attention of tbe court during tbe entire day of Wednesday. The jury retired about ten o'clock Wednesday night, and after an absence of five minutes returned a verdict of not guilty, on the ground of self-defence Educational. We learn that a little entertainment was given on Friday last, by the pupils of, tbe Female Academy at Burgaw, to the friends and patrons of the school, affording to a large audience an evening of much delight and pleasure. The programme comprised a selection of charades, with pieces of poe try and prose, the result evidencing in a marked degree the proficiency both in elo cution and pronunciation attained by the scholars Under Mrs. Lindsay, the principal Died ot Ills Injuries. Congo Smith, the i colored fireman iho was run over by a train at Laurinburg on Tuesday morning last, and had both legs cut off. an account of which appeared in Wednesday's Stab, died about 10 o'clock tbe same morning. We have received the Premium List of the fifteenth annual Fair of Samp son County Agricultural Society, to he held at Clinton on the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th of December, 1879. . m f "There is. a great deal of sickness in Jones county. Spirits Turpentine - Some rogue stole Gen. Scales' pocket book,' but it was empty. , . . Rev. F. - R. Underwood has re signed the pastorate of the Baptist Church , oiuxiord. i Advance: - There is more", sick ness in Wilson now than at any time before: in many -. years. y : ':-. n : .r i. ' Hickory Press: Hog cholera is f raging ifearftilly in dice's township. A - number of the citizens have lost nearly all V their .stock, j -Messrr. Hall Brothers ' bave shipped over seventy thousand pounds' of dried fruit land berries, during the past week Danbury Reporter : Burl East."?':'v'::U l:': residing near Brown Mountain, had a barn 'w -t-Sj;", " of tobacco burned on Monday, losing near' ., -'.'-.v'-:.r.:-'' 700 pounds of tbe golden leaf. -m.'ZW-H Wm. Fagg, iresiding some miles to the 4 !t -northwest of this rtlace. had a ham nf fi n . "-: r - .-' . r?- tobacco consumed by fire one da v last week. S Miltoni Chronicle : We hear of tobacco barn burning in every direction indeed never beard of so many barns com-, ing to grief in! such a short time before. It is attributed to mean flues many of-them being indifferently made out of a very tbin ana worthless article of sheet-iron that burns out directly. ' ; -'' .;.v Asheville Citizen'. We under stand that in the soldiers' reunion soon to l take place at Salisbury the mrmbers of mirk's command, under tbe reign of U:c titor Holden in 1870," are not expected to attend. ' Mr..u. Uranam, the repre sentative of Harper's Magazine, to whom we have heretofore alluded, is now engaged in takfitching tbe;country from here to Chero-' i see. Mr.!Austm o. cusnman. a nrotner of Mr. Walter S. Cushman. of this has been in this locality for the past days in- tho interest of Swiss immigration mto this section of the country. -T--Kinston Joiirnal: ' The spersonr reported drovfned io Heuse river, near Campbell Landing, was examined by Coro ner Brown andaiurv of mouest. and proved to be John Jenkins, a young white man in the employ Of A. D. larrott. j :-? O. W. Joyned reports the tobacco crop hear: La Grange as j being nearly all cured, t He raised U0 pounds on a hair acre of land, and good judges of tbe leaf think it worth 75 cents oer itjound. . We hear com plaints of lawlessness in Trent Township, , :'. ;.; ":f '. two men, zach stroud and Jesse Smith, ? were shot at ip tbe night and narrowly es caped with tbeir lives. - ' " ' l -mm : ' ' ' Winston Sentinel'. A revival of religion has been in progress at Chinqua-" pin Cross Roads, Tadkin Co. Rev. Green H Brown and other Baptist divines conducted the services. .Baptism was administered to . ten persons on last Sunday. Rich . Tally, manager of the. Poor House farm. raised a squash this year tbat weighed 150 pounds. We learn that tbe Directors ; ; of the Winston and Mooresville Railroad,: have located the road to Huntsville. - The mills are quoting new corn at 35 and 40 cents a bushel. At a meeting of the Tobacco Association on last Monday' John W. Hanes was elected President, and ' W. A. Whitaker Vice President. At thelPrimitive Baptist Asso ciation, held at Green Spring, in Martin county.the following ministers from abroad , attended, as we learn from the Tarboro. Southerner: Elders, G. Beebe, I New; York; V S. H. Durandi Pennsylvania; F. A. Chick. . Maryland; J: 8. Dameroo, Taylor, P. . G; Lester, Virginia; T. K. Pursly, Georgia. Those from this State who attended were as follows: B.t A. Caudell, I. Jones, A. J. -Moore, Wm. Woodard, A. Partin, J. Rowe, " H. HardeyJ P. D. Gold, C. B. Hassell, R Tucker. B.H. Harriss. A. Cartright. N. H. Harrison, J.W. Johnson, J. L. Ross. W, . -A.; Ross, D. House, J. E. Adams, J.W. Pur; Vis, N. Peele, p. Rogeraon. - ft Elizabeth City Carolinian: We - are daily asked, "What about tbe Rail road ?" All that we know is, there is a hitch, and work has been suspended. -. At the late Methodist protracted meeting at . , Mi. llermon, twenty-six new members : joined the church. From all sources we bear of encouraging interest in the x air. There will be ia large attendance, and tbe - indications now are that there will be a : larger exhibition of articles in the various ; departments than ever before. The t Methodist revival at Newbegun Creek was i quite successful. A number of new mem-, ; bers have joined the church. There ' has been considerable of a religious awaken- r ing among the Baptists at Sawyer's Creek, r Camden county, 44 baptisms and 58 joined the churcb. ,-j "No fence" was badly de- 4 feated at tbe election on the 2nd. . t Raleigh Neios: A private dis patch received in this city yesterday- states : tbat the Federal grand lury found, a true billot indictment for conspiracy against x the shenffbf Anson county, tbe Clerk of : the Superior Court, and three prominent lawyers, viz: Messrs. Bennett, Dargan and ; remberton, for restoring a wagon ana team, captured by a United States Deputy Marshal,, to its owner. The counsel were . included in the conspiracy by reason of ; their having advised the return of the pro perty. Haywood county contributed ber first convicts yesterday, josepn ana ,; Lloyd Stafford having been sent to the , penitentiary from tbat county.' Sixty , . thousand dollars or oia oonus receivea yes terday at the State Treasury for exchange. Raleigh Observer: Miss Edie ,' Speer, of Keyser, N. C, has sent Mayor Manly $28.05f the proceeds of a dime party,', to be sent to Memphis for the yellow fever ' sufferer?. -A The Governor has ordered Jv a special term of the Superior Court for Haywood county, to begin on the first . Monday in December. Judge Graves will preside. I- Captain Tbornburg, the late Treasurer of (he North Carolina Railroad, died a few days ago and left his widow in ' very straightened circumstances.- We . learn that Col. T. B. Long has presented her name to the Postmaster General for the : appointment jof Postmistress at Company Shops, acd has strongly recommended her V for the place, j It should be understood tbat, as heretofore, no games of chance and v no sale of ardent spirits will be allowed on - the fair grounds. Members of. the press, on arriving at tbe fair grounds, are ; iBVited to repjort at the office of the Secre- J tary . They are the especial guests of tbe . society on the grounds. : Tarboro Southerner: We regret to;iearn that Rev. A. D. Cohen, of Wind- -sor, has been an invalid for over four i months. - H Below Hamilton in Black Gut neighborhood, Peter Freeman, colored, was killed by Robert Outerbridge with a ' gun loaded with pewter balls. The wife pf . Peter Freeman is laid to have moulded the . balls and otherwise aided and abetted tbe -". murderer, as i did another negro woman. Both are in Windsor jaiL The desire - of ' the wife was to get rid of her husband so . as to marry " bis assailant. The deceased was waylaid about dark on the road..; Capt. ; Sebriu was near oy when tne latai assault was committed and caught the assailant. Two shots were fired, the second load going entirely through tbe body. The Primi tive Baptists will hold Contentnea Assoeia tion with Nahunta church.beginniDg to-day; - The interest in the protracted meetings, held at Battlcboro by Rev. J. N. Andrews, assisted by Capt. Simmons, of Halifax, and Rev. Messrs. Betts and York, remains unabated.' Sixty of the best citizens in the community, and it is one of the best in the 8tate, have joined the Methodist Churcb, : while others have connected themselves -with the Episcopal and Baptist.' Old uncle Allen Taylor, the whole-souled citizen and cock-fighter, ! (he is the man who received' President Johnson st Weldon with the i Nash crow and flop) ia a penitent, . J : ".U -:i 5-.s-.'-t..c....t v.v;-.: -:,- i; .it I '- .' .".i .... -' -L f';.".53:i'.-'V rit Cherc-.;::? -I irotberSr-,? if place, :'-nrV.C-:' 71 .st ten ?-:"' ' 'v t i- -.1 r.'A -..;vi ' ' "V '.''-'V-'-'ii rl M .. - -.- r th--' :' n - - r-:':J?:i. ::M.i'-SZ ;'; '.'V y4 , , --,-- V, - . ' -. .; -l -'" 1 :m ':".J i 1 ' V w , a',:r:i imi- ;:e;Q eia-"?s; t: 1