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The Clearing House returns of the country are a very correct index of business fluctuations. There has been a most remarkable increase in tho volume of business latterly, as is shown by the reports of the Clearing House. We copy from a dispatch from New York to the Chicago Inter- Ocean of the 30th nit.: "The aggregate of exchanges of nineteen cities exceeds SI. 000. 000.000 in a single week, and the aggregate at cities outside of New York is the largest ever known, ex ceeding by nearly $9,000,000 the unpre cedented amount for the week preceding. iu uuiuaiiouu niiu bucbuiicoukutug ncca of last year, the gain in the volume of busi ness is 80.3 per cent, at all the cities, and 47.9 per cent, outside of New York. . San Francisco alone reports a decline. Deduct ing San Francisco, the exchanges at the seventeen cities of tue Atlantic Stales, out aide of New York, amount to $226,680,129, against $140,651,902 last year, a gain of 61.2 per cent." This "exhibit is quite noticeable. The record is very encouraging, and clearly points to the fact that there is a decided recovery from the busi ness depression of the past. The gain in New York alone is 93.8 per cent., whilst Philadelphia shows a gain of 87.7, Baltimore of 79.7, Mil- waukbe of 97.6, New Orleans of 97.1, and Boston of 60.3. It is well enough to reproduce such statements, for they are calculated to increase the hope and confidence of the country in a return to permanent and vast prosperity. VVe notice that Bishoo Beebe. of L North Carolina, has been holding re cently the colored Methodist Confe rence at Princeton, Kentucky. A cor respondent of the Richmond lieli- gious Herald writes: "I heard Bihop Beebe preach an able sermon yesterday. At the close of his dis course he took occasion to state that the while people of the South had been gene rally very Kina 10 tne colored race, tie tool, great pleasure in bearing testimony to tliis fact; and certainly such evidence, from such a source, is woribyof consideration bv the Northern demagogues who have bo uni formly berated the Southern people for their so called despotic nature. Whilst an intelligent colored min ister, who understands the situation fro .ii personal experience and obser vaiion, bears this willing and truth ful testimony, tho war-preachers at the North are bent only on Rtrife, on misrepresentation of facts, on gross and wilful perversions of the truth, and all for party. The love of Christ does not constrain them, but the in tiuoiioe of Satan in their souls. They an the servants of the devil in their malignant and vicious efforts to fan t li embers ol sectional hatred and to slander a whole people. The head lines in the "big dailies" jpOT . are frequently very expressive. instance, the New York Herald, the morning after the election, headed its election returns columns with A. B. C, which stands for Alonzo B. Cor- T TV nell. Througn Jonn Jvelly'a impor tant help he spelt hp head it seems. Then came next: "Cornell elected by 20,000 plurality" "Now things get mixed" "Kelly polls 50000 votes'' more" "How the Tammany Braves played Dog in the Manger" "John Kelly's expiring yawp over Robin son's scalp" "Hio Jacet S. J. T." ; When Grant heard of the New York election news, he said that .Cornell's election as . effectually 1 - shelved .Tilden as Thurman now is. we snouia not De surprised 11 -me old man" did then speak words of soberness and truth. ! H H. : W W H H K . . V . FV. ' AV H 1 11 - ' i , r- - i : ; Ar " ;v l VOL. XI. GKAN r ANOj'I'IlB SOI. Til. ; I j , That Grant will; be nominated ' by the Republicans in 1880 is almost a foregone conclusion iif he favors or desires it. This is! the prevailing opinion in every i section. That he will be a formidable candidate that can be 'nomi- nated, is altogether probable. That he is not friendly to jlhu South is too plain to r. quire either fa.:ts or evi dence. That ho is io respecter of constitutional restraints and limita tions all know from his record of eight years in the Presidential chair. That he is a man of courage, of tenacious will, of great ambition, of dictatorial proclivities probably no candid man would deny. That his re election to tho Presidency for a third term would in all probability be a cause of dan nat for general demoralization and corruption, all must; believe who are familiar with the history of our conn- try for the past ten or twelye years. Grant, then, is hot to be thought of by the South in 'connection with V" 1 reUlUeUCY. iiUe AU8I11S JOn- t. T :j rri . .1 nr stitution has said recently . i grounds, are ready and anxious to forestall and reap the political results of the cen tralism toward which Republicanism is hur rying the country.' ! i f 1 The Augusta (Ga. j Chronicle men tioned some time since that a very distinguished Northern Democrat, "whose name for i the Presidential nomination" stood j then " almost abreast of Mr. Tildeni,"had expressed apprehensions that the South would eventually do as the Constitution has since intimated would be done if cer tain persons can shape i the action of the South. We repeat, that Grant is not to be thought of j He has always shown himself unfriendly to the South, and indifferent to the safeguards of civil liberty, i The South cannot be a party in any way to tho destruction of Our republican form of government. Here Liberty was; cradled, ,and here she will be defended! to the last. - To gain a temporary advantage no step should be taken that! will lead to per manent injury to the country at large. The South must make no compromises with the enemies of local self-govern ment and the liberties and rights of the people. The Southern press will not favor, we feel! sure, any proposi tion that looks fori one moment to the overthrow of the ingenious and admi rable government of our forefathers, these reflections be- VVe are led into cause of an editorial in the New York L Times on the subject, and because of recent discussions; in,' three or four of our Southern contemporaries. The Times finds nothing in the papers in the. South that looks dictatorial project. favorably to any We copy a para- graph from the Times : ' ! I "The South may insist that what it com plained of in General; Grant's Administra tion was not the work of the General him self, but was the result of the malign in fluences around him. Hence the claim that by making him President a third time. tne South will assure itself of bia friend ship, and will have the benefit of his pro tection as against tne mercenaries and ex tremists. Some of i General Grant's re potted expressions on the Pacific coast in dicate a uster conception of the relations that the North and South should maintain, ana a more generous xeeline toward South ern soldiers than is apparent in the course of many who shout for the 'strong man.' l ne Boutn may reason jwiln itself, that by declaring us conndence in mm, first by nominating him. next by crantine to him 'extraordinary powers,! he will become a barrier on which unreasonable sectionalism will strike in vain." I ! i We do not believe that khe South will concern itself with any such re flections. Its denunciations of his course in the past, repeated in ten thousand forms, in the papers, on the hustings, in platforms ot conventions, would rise up to set the seal of con demnation upon any such stultifica tion. The South cannot maintain its self-respect by agreeing to support I Grant because of his known tendency to centralization and despotism. The truest, staunchest, most unfaltering friends of an honest constitutiona government on tbis; continent are the people of the South. When they withdrew from the Union they took the precious Ark.orj the political Cov enant with them. , Jtn the midst of a i.- tremendous war, when fighting lite rally five times their numbers, as the figures in the War: Departments of the two Governments show, the Southern people preserved intact their liberties, and would not tolerate for an hour the violations of right and justice.! Whilst the dominant, overpowering North lost its head, I and tyranny and oppression were en- 1 throned at Washington, and Seward's m "little bell T was heard constantly 1 of liberty, and sounding the kne' hundreds were being harried to dun WILMINGTON, N. C, FRITJAY, NOVEMBER 14. 1879. i NO. 3. geons at his command, the South was true to every obligation of liberty, and in the midst of war upheld the civil authority as superior to the mili tary. This is the truth, every word of it. - In a time of peace, the South will not turn away from its ancestral Faiths and its plighted fealty, and do homage to the Sword. Liberty was born and nurtured amid the primeval solitudes of the mighty forests and the mountain fastnesses ot the South, and when she has departed forever rom tho marts and thoroughfares of the inconstant and treacherous North she will still live among our people. Referring to; the recent arrange ment of freights between the C. C. Railroad and the W. N. C. and the improves the occasion to refer to Wilmington in terms that are highly appreciated. It speaks of the former efforts of our business men to secure the trade of the West, and the high rates of transportation that prevented success to any great extent. It then says: "There is no necessity for this in the fu ture; Hickory and Wilmington are now closer connected, viewed from a business standpoint, than they have ever been be fore, and we nope more intimate relations will exist ere long. The authorities of tho raiirsads have taken very commendable steps towards bringing about this business amnity, in the way of issuing free tick ets to merchants in this section who wish to visit Wilmington. Now, if the business men of that city will give the pro per inducements for trade, we feel assured that these efforts will not be in vain. As an evidence of the advantage the Wilming ton merchants will have over those of Rich mond, we will state that a car load of salt from the latter place now costs $44 00 to Hickory, while a car load from Wilming ton will now cost $31 40." It strikes ns that our business men are on the right track. Let them be wide awake in the future. The Hickory Carolinian has a pleasant reference to Wilmington. Referring to the invitations and free tickets sent out to merchants to visit oar little city, it says: "This is a commendable effort on the part of Wilmington's business men to se cure the trade of the western counties. We earnestly hope it may secure the desired end. it our tradesmen can buy goods at Wilmington on favorable terms.it is to their interest to make (their purchases there, in preference to cities outside of the State. Whatever builds up Wilmington builds up North Carolina, and that which builds up North Carolina contributes to the welfare of all her citizens. Wilmington is, in our opinion, our only available seaport, and as such should be fostered in her commercial interests by all sections of the 'Old North State.'" ITl tL. HAYNE'S OENIAL. Mr. Paul H; Hayne, one of the best of Southern poets, and according to our judgment the most gifted among those living, has thought it necessary to publish a reply to cer tain charges that, whilst among the literary men of the North during his. late visit to that section, he had spoken disparagingly of the South. It was really not necessary that one of the truest of Southern men should have taken any notice of the state ments. He says they "are untrue, unauthorized and untenable." We give a couple of paragraphs from his communication as published : "If ever I have uttered anything touch ing the lukewarmness of the South (even in the days of her greatest prosperity) to wards her literary cbildren, the melancholy truth has been embodied in Southern jour hals, frankly, openly, fearlessly, over my own proper signature, and not bruited with treacherous or embittered breath for the delectation of the alien. Finally, let me observe, that while deeply grateful to my friends, and literary brothers of the North, for a courtesy, kindness and consideration, never to be forgotten, I still return to my Georgia home, not in discon tent and repining, but glad to hear once more the music of the Southland Pines that have breathed 'strange and sweet thoughts' into my ear while livinc, and will murmur, I trust, over my grave." The poet, Mr." Randall, says iu the Augusta Chronicle, with j which he is editorially associated, with equal beauty and truth: "Mr. Hayne is one of the few gifted poets of the South who has lived true to his call ing and inspiration. .Others have either abandoned the Muse altogether, or else, only at long intervals, wooed hur, without any intention of serious quest or true lover like enchantment. But Hayne bas never wavered in his allegiance to his be loved Art, and though he may never, in this world, receive his reward, it will surely come hereafter to him and bis descendants. We cordially welcome him back to Geor gia, after notable symposia with tuneful brethren of the North with whom he could claim equal fellowship and spiritual kin dred. May the aromatic pines deliver unto him their divinest thoughts and dearest secrets, and may the day be-very distant when they shall weep aboveSAe grass that 'Sighs to midnight winds, but not to song!' " Xbe Greatest XCtlatalLe. Chandler's Last Speech. Mistakes we undoubtedly make errors we committed but, in my judgment, the greatest mistake we made and the grayest error we com mitted was in not hanging enough of these Rebels to make treason forever odious. ! Xree Lance: The Oxford & Henderson Railroad will be completed and in running operation by early spring. SPECULATIONS AN U DOUBTS. Th results of the New York elec- . - - . 1 - 3 I tiuu are not, yei positively suivuriaiueu. r That Cornell, Republican is elected I by a large majority is a7hxed fact. . I That Clarkson N. Potter, Democratic candidate for Lieut. G&vcrnor. is ii . ....l:" 1 -i i I eiecteu oy a small majoruypossioiy only a thousand or so appears pro- bable. As to the remainder of the State ticket the chances appear to be iri favor of the Republfcans. We will not be surprised vefy much if the result shall turn out as indicated above. We thought we might, elect the Democratin tikPt. exfient the Go- vernor but wo were afivthincr else vernor, out WO were aqyimng else than confident. As we said on Thurs- day morning, "we supposed that the . ia . . . . , 1 uuiurmuabo eput wouta so aifect tne wT s, . VOta- for Lieutenant Goverapr as to very greatly re3uce the usual iderao trT i H! 'H-M cratic majority." We said further, in our first comments upon tho elec tion news: "If it should turn out that the bloody-shirt campaign has not caused the Democrats to lose in the rural districts we shall be disap pointed also in our calculations. It was to be expected that in the com mercial centres the Democrats, when united, would be able to hold their own." It now seems that we were right all along in our calculations. In the "commercial centres" in New York and Brooklyn the Democrats have quite "held their own." But the un fortunate "split" referred to, and the "bloody shirt campaign" have together done a vast deal of injury to the Democratic party and to the country ai large, for in the success of that party depend the prosperity of the country ana tne preservation ot our civil institutions. But in spite of the j "hlnndv shirt." if tho nMrtin j party had beeu united there would I ... - I uavc uccu viutuij uu aiong tue lines in New York. That would have settled the question of the uext Presi dency. With New York strongly Democratic, and Indiana safe, Grant would not be a candidate. As it is, it is now thought by some of the "knowing ones" in Washmgtou that Grant will not be a candidate any way. A late dispatch to the Phila delphia Times nays on this point: "In politics the latest sensation here is the story that Gen. Grant will certainly be out of the Presidential race within thirty days. Whitelaw Reid told a friend of mine as much within a few days. The story that Col. Scott will retire from the Presidency of the Pennsylvania Railroad and that Grant will take bis place may not have any truth in it, but there is certainly something on foot to fix Grant's future. The leport comes that Senator Blaine, who has been in New York, if he is not there now, said recently that Gen. Grant would be out of the way in thirty days, and that his (Grant's) course would be such as to satisfy all of his personal and political friends. This is news of the highest importance if it is true. All ac counts from Grant agree that he does not want the office and will not seek it; also that he would refnse it in the event that any contest was had in the Convention. James F. Wilson, for many years a member of the House, and who was offered by Gen. Grant the Secretaryship of State before Mr. Fish was appointed, has kept up his intima cy with Grant; has had letters from him. Mr. Wilson says that he knows thai Gen. Grant will not accept the nomination if it comes to him through a contest; that h does not want the place, but that if he were nominated with any degree of Unanimity he would feel obliged to accept." . not oniy to tne unanimity or a nomi- nation, but to the guarantees of buc cess. He will not certainly be a can- didate if he thinks there is a. good chance of being defeated. Viewed in whatever light the recent eleotion in New York is of the very greatest importance. As we write, with the full result unknown, we can only say that the final advantage appears to be .with ;. tho Democrats, inasmuch a8 they have only lost through dis sensions, i If the Republicans had nominated a far better man than Cornell, the result might have been rliT-inf wa rvreinf Tint nritK nrwmk11 1 . , t 1 U1 A A t 1 u.o ,uiuWiui.,wu iDSrciui admirable and unassailed. record, the Democracy mnSt hiv. easily tri- umphed if they had presented a united front and a resolved will. The Stab has frequently said . that the victories of-the Republicans from Maine to Ohio in the recent elections, when it was manifest that there was a general reaction against our party, were mainly owing to the vigorous working of the "outrage mills," aud the determined flaunting of the bloody-shirt. The New York Times, the ablest Republican paper in the land, says of the election results: "The almost uniform and very remark able Republican gains 1 show that public opinion has been quietly but completely aroused; that the solid South, whatever its purposes or spirit, will not be allowed to get in the North the electoral votes .which it heeds to take control of the national go- vernmenL, Let us hope that this temperate but decided expression of the sentiment of the country will finally dispose of the sec- tional issue which was so foolishly raised I . . - . i Ste?HS32 oJWm m . . a I prout&oie, u noi more important, quee-i A m I . I 1 . J i . Wm a t vu xuureuay mormug wj ",poe ,on the Presidential ticket. said: "Supposing that the Demo- crai8 cave eieciea tneir oiaie ucKei , with t.ViA r r- wnat lnenf lhe result shows clearly 1 tnat jn ew x ork is democratic tnat I . -'t ' - -' when they unite and work .they can I ,.o tUai f " r . . . - I, ' , I candidate. It shows that New York I ;D oof r-o iQfi'n ?1f' I AO D141Q 1U1 bUO AUUiUUt CkXlO iU X W V- V 4 AM, tho n9 an u nominated." But the probability now is that ll?e 0nly Democrat eleCted is the can- I , . Lt J : - " J ,J " JViJ " . . - : I uuw BtwiUB itew jlui& iu view w. - i X , " 10 S I ISSOf - We tiae. ao aouut tnat I under ordinary circumstances and with the party heartily united, that New York is Democratic. We must hope that with a good ticket in 1880 that the Democrats can carry that most important State. We have a strong hope that Bayard, or Church, or some New York man of high- character, could cairy it. It is use less to talk of any Western man as first on the ticket. It is useless to talk of Hendricks and Potter, or of any other man from the West as first, if you wish to make New York cer tain for the Democrats. The candi date for tho Presidency must come from one of the few States in the East that can be counted on for the Democrats with any degree of pro bability. ODcn at any rate is our judgment. Referring to Mr. W. T. Waiters, of I Baltimore, in connection with the Western and Atlantic Railway, GovJ t. i-i i . , xrowu, 01 weurgia, receuwy pat" I bat sentleman a very hieh compli-1 O JO "it ment, wblCQ 18 supplemented by the Augusta Chronicle in the annexed paragraph : " Wm. T. Walters is a man of affairs such as few can equal or surpass. He is devoted to the South and her people, and has done more to aid this section practically, and sometimes to his detriment, than any per son of our acquaintance in this region, hie .will, as Gov. Brown says, prove a mighty. factor for good in the management." . Mr. WTalter8 is well known in Wil mington by reason of his connection with two of our leading railways, and we believe he is entitled to all we have quoted in his behalf. Leading Democrats in New York city say that Bayard can get 20,000 more votes in that State than Tilden can get. Rah! IT. 8. District Court. The following cases were disposed of yesterday: United States vs. Henry Harriss; judg ment according sci fa. United States vs. Frank Lander, charged with violating the revenue laws. Defendant found cot guilty. United States vs. L. F. Vann, charged with counterfeiting or publishing minor coin. Defendant found not guilty. United States vs. James Mathews.charged with retailing liquor without a license, Nol. pros, entered. United States vs. James C. Sutton, cuargeu wnu rciiiiug um wiuium a n- . 1 2.1 . :i : I r u -.-. l : I cense. Defendant found not guilty. United States vs. Daniel Simmons I charged with violating the revenue laws. Defendant found not guilty. United States vs. A. Empis Hill, charged with violating the revenue laws. Defen dant submitted, and judgment was not craved. Recognized for appearance at the next term of the- Court. United States vs. H. T. Cheney, charged with selling liquor without a license. De fendant recognized tor appearance at the next term of the Court. Several unimportant revenue cases were disposed of by this tribunal yesterday, but most 01 me aay was consumeu m me wiai rst nnrA TWi rnlnrflrl. chriA with . . -a stealing a bag of mail from acaron the w.,.1 C. & A. R. R, some time last year, and I ! 2a ! . .. rik.1il.M I COuCeauug lb iu a dyvouj ucai uuaitcaiuu, W U -a .nhB-nnflntlx fnnnd hv a de- ,t work to lhe, euo. The principal wit- io .U-wpj a coredn... b the name of Aaron Godboldt, who swore that he saw Davis when he took the mail bag and placed it in a box in the car. from which Dlace of con- Raiment it was subsequently removed to the swamp referred to after it had been rifled of its contents of value. Much tes- timony was introduced both by the govern . ment and the defence, the former to cor roborate the testimony of Godboldt, and the latter to throw discredit upon his testi mony, upon which the government relied for a verdict. The case was given to the jury at 4 p. m., after a very able and careful charge by niwi -.-., -.--. w. - j Hia Honor. Judge Brooks, and a verdict of guilty was soon afterwards returned. whereupon the prisoner was sentenced to one year at hard labor in the Albany pern-. nntiorw I IJ. L. Holmes, Esq., appeared for the de- fence, and Mr. District Attorney Alhertson for the government. , The Grand Jury were discharged last evening, and it is probable that the Court will ad journ at an eariy hour to-day. : IWnhave onlv 'sna m r.iv that. tlia last thing on the tapis is a Grant ! ' . TT , j . I . i I YnSlt fiOj JNOrin Carolina to turtner I Jadge, Settle's chances for the second I If i Ballimoro Sun,s Washington let t . - , 'Leading Democrats in North Carolina arfesaid to have given the assurance that ""fj juiu " "wulus mwyijwiHca ofithe State to Gen. Grant if the affair is Rested of any partisan features. As Judge Bettle is personally verv DODular with them. thty will have- no objection to anything thtt wit help his aspirations in the way of; an association on the ticket with Gen. Grant." fflttre About tne Wheat county. Mr. A. Hagan, the gentleman alluded to 1 . iojour last as having given us the statistics in-recrard to airricnltnral matters in Oatawha oohniy. was in to see us yesterday, and called our attention to an error in an ar- I tidle That county has five thousand acres i - - . - - : -. . 7 , . l planted In' wheat, and the yield is esti-M mfteat. abouvffive hundred thou-and l bushels. It is the great wheat county i of the State, and he claims that it has in use more wheat and guano drills than all the rest of the State put together. Attention has but recently been directed to the Na- vassa Guano, manufactured at the works of the Company here, as a fertilizer, and about seventy tons have been introduced into Catawba this season. Mr. Hagan himself is an evidence of the thrift and energy characteristic of the county and its people. He went there a few years ago not worth a cent, according to his own statement, and he is now running five plantations. We hope that Wilmington and the people of Catawba may become better acquainted, and that the community of; interest between them may be strength ened and intensified. Destructive Fire In tne Country. A fire occurred Thursday night, about 10 o'clock, at Oaks Farm, the property of Mr. F. M. Moore, on Brunswick River, about a half mile from the Navassa Guano Works, and four miles from Wilmington, whieh resulted in the destruction of his barn and crop of rice, estimated at about six thou sand bushels. Mr. Moore was in this city at tne time, a wtnie wateni at; the time, a while watchman being in charge of the farm. He has no intimation 88 yet as t0 now the fire originated. The nrnnsrltr vaa Trailing at nVinnf- 419. flAO fhi barn was insured for t2.000 in the Liver pool and London and Globe, and the rice for $2,000 each in the Liverpool and London and Globe, and the Virginia Fire & Marine and Merchants & Mechanics, of Richmond, Va., represented by Messrs. J W. Gordon & iJro., the whole amount of insurance footing up $8,000. Agricultural. As an evidence of progress iu agriculture in the Western portion of North jCarolina, we give some statistics of Catawba county, obtained from a reliable gentleman from that county, 'now in this city: Number of acres planted in wheat, about 500; number of wheat drills in the county, 400; number of reapers, 75; number of mowers, 100; sulky cultivators, 25; gang plows. 2; port able engines, 25; self-propelling steam road engines, 3; improved thrashers,' 25. All the machinery and implements in use are of modern invention and the most improved pattern. A government vessel, with the material for reestablishing the light at Bald I Head, has arrived, and. workmen are now I I I engaged in making the necessary repairs to the tower, which will be completed infa ' . . r very short time. The reestablishment of this light will prove very advantageous to our merchant marine. Horatio Seymour speaks. (.From his Address at Utica. New York is by right, by tradition, by interest, a Democratic State. This county, in its better days, upheld the principles of J eizerson and J ackson. As I stand here at the request of the young men of the Democratic party in this city, to speak particularly or I ' - i . i i - i our county ana city tickets, wnicn are made up of those who are in the early stages of life, 1 wish to say to them, as one who has run most of his course, and who feels a deep interest in : the welfare of those who are coming on the stage of active exertions, that I exhort them always to keep in view their duties as citizens, to become in telligent in regard to all matters that concern the welfare of the American people, and to be earnest" and active in upholding the side which they shall deem to be in the right. 1 do not wish to do injustice to our political opponents. I respect their convic- .tions, but I believe that when Anieri- 1 can citizens shall study the principles ;. . fTin .r,r. T,-.iwvi wu y ... r-v,- penty to our States, the Democratic I party will regain its ascendancy in all 1 anifiAna r rw iAtivi AAtinfiitT ' i dcvuvuq vfJL uui uviuiuvu uuuudij, i if ..B , w f-j rm "i- J.1J fa TTr " "TT . " 1 iSZ 8frtS as Chairman of the National Repub lican Committee, he announced to the people the election of President Hayes by a majority of one vote in the .Electoral College, lo maintain that maioritv it was necessary to h0A the votes of Florida. Louisiana, i - ... Ororron Knt.1i Carolina, in all of v:u c.. u .! ;... UbBbCO iiUClQ YTttf&v vaiijr a uvaaM- tions of trouble. Senator Chandler assumed the task of making good his assurance, tie authorized the em ployment of persons to enter the ne cessary proceedings in the courts, to prepare the required proofs, and gen- j ; . . . M - I erallv to protect the interest of the Republican party in those States and (h Electoral -Commission. These . fc v""1 . expenses he met OUt Ot his private funds, and it is understood that the cost of attorney and agents and their necessary expenses involved an outlay :f J,n - i.:-!, ua a:a t 01 0!er WVJWU, Ior wnicn ne axa not receive reimbursement. Raleigh Visitor: Mr. Cassius A. Maltoon died at his residence yesterday afternoon. Workmen have com menced to lay brick for the erection of the Second Baptist jChurch at-the corner tt iiaract and f erson streets. Raleigh Observer: The even ing train of the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad did not reach the city until 11 o'clock last eight. 1 be detention was caused by Hie S .S ! . ' injureu. Tarboro Southerner says: Judg Gudger informed us in Elizabeth City that at Washington county Superior Court 01 Thomas Maitland. colored, swore a lie about la 41. lhe solicitor was instructed to draw a bill for perjury; the grand jury found it true, trial and conviction at once ensued, and by 5 P. M. the perjurer was '. sentenced to the penitentiary for live year. . Henry Blount,: a young man, was assaulted by three brothers named Sweat, and stabbed in three places. It was quite unprovoked, as we learn from tlx: Rockingham i3ee, which adds: Eli Blount, who did the cutting, made good his escape by giving leg bail. The other two. now in custody, were tried too late to give full particulars in this issue. It is thought that Mr. Blount may 4ie. ' Charlotte Observer: The reas ons why there was no prize drill on the Fair Grounds Wednesday, were fully explained in the Observer yesterday. Yesterday thu Hornets Nest Kinemen, in accoidaucu with tlieir purpose, declared at the time, made a meir Duroose. aeciart formal demand upon the President of the Jfr Association fori the Drize monev. $100. N( tacfiwrMate aeswer was rendered, the President tailing the matter under advise ment. Washington Post: There was a "society" wedding at Statesville, N. C, last Tuesday morning, which has not been paralleled in oruiiho.ogical interest since the lamented Cock Kobiu was united to Miss Jennie Wren. The fashionable folk of Statesville crowded the most stylish church in town to see the Rev. Dr. Robin marry Col. John Buzzard to Miss Eleanor Crow. Col. Buzzard has recently returned from a two years' residence in Turkey. Now Berne democrat: From the looks of the vast amount of empty beer kegs we saw on the wharf of the Old Do minion Line, yesterday, for shipment, we should judge that this is a beer drinking community. The steamer Defiance, Clyde Line, sailed last night, bhe had on board 800 bales of cotton, 50,000 wooden plates, 100 barrels naval stores, 75 barrels sweet potatoes, hides, &c We have been informed that over one hundred war rants will be served to-day or to-morrow on our merchants, who have failed to pay their license tax. Tarboro Southerner: Gov. Jar- vis is quite popular in some counties we have just traversed. Maj. Latham, of Greenville, will doubtless be the next nominee of the Democrats in the First Dis trict. This we were told by many promi nent men in that District, and they claim for him 1.000 majority,. A most suc cessful revival at Hebron, in this county. There were nineteen converts, thirteen of whom joined the Methodist Church. Bertie item: Judge Avery sentenced Robert Outterbridge to be hanged on Fri day, November 28th. An appeal was then taken to the Supreme Court. "H.," the New York correspon dent of Hale's Weekly, answers inquiries about the value of Confederate money as fol lows : ' 'I have seen it stated that Confederate money was in demand in London.- Having been applied to by a gentleman in North Carolina to know what it was worth,! maa. inquiries and found a house here that gives ten cents for every hundred notes, without regard to their denomination, except the is sues of 1861, engraved by the American Bank Note Company, which are worth more according to their condition. There were few, comparatively, of this date issued. The price will scarcely induce any one to send them on for sale, it does not induce me even to look up the bundle of my own.' Greensboro Patriot: Last Satur day evening little George Hughes, eon of James M. Hughes, Esq., was under the floor of his father's corn crib gathering up scattered corn, when the floor, yielding to its excessive load of corn, gave way ana crushed the little fellow to the ground. He was removed from this position with all the haste possible. He will recover. They are still leaving the Old North State j m a .- .!-. in.n i.n ana gpingio lexas. ocarceiy a irain uas 1 passed Greensboro for a week or two that I :... .. it n nv 1t " r Slut I iauufc au ""k1'"" "olu 11 '1U. u?t. ' jammed with men, women and children. can make it be called an emigrant train . The revenue collections in ibis, the Fifth District of North Carolina, for the past week, ending Saturday, amounted to a total of $83,626 43. Goldsboro Mail: Cotton receipts here have fallen off over half the last week as compared with week before la6t. An influential journal in the Kaieigu jjisirici says the name of Hon. John Manning, of Chatham, will be brought prominently be fore the Democratic nominating conven I tinn nf niHtriot. as a candidate for I . . 1 Congressrwhen it assembles next spring, There has been a marked improvement iu the North Carolina press within the last two years, and we think much is due to the fact that there is now much more cupping man was done then. Not only does the clippings add to the general make-up of the newspa per literature, but the practice of reading to get clippings suggests ideas that would have lain dormant. Much credit is due the Wil mington Stak for this improvement. i r Fayetteville Gazette: Some peas have been destroyed by the recent frosts; but we learn, by conversation with farmers from different parts of this and adjoining counties, that the crop is generally pretty fair, and in some instances a very large yield has been housed. We have heard of several instances where a second crop oi j apples has appeared, attaining to consider- I aoie 81ze meuu-uiuiju. .um The Chief Marshal has appointed the fnn0wine Assistants for the fair: W. r , I Steele. Stanback and Berry Brvan.of Rich I mond; John McEachern, Geo. McLeod, of jtuenmona. The Seventeenth Annual Fair Of the Cumberland County Agricultu ral Society wil commence on Tuesday, the 11th instant, to continue for four days. VVe heartily and cordially invite the people of all the Cape Fear section, and from wher-, ever else they may come, to join with ns as friends, visitors and exhibitors Raleigh Observer: Under the editorial management of Messrs. Black & Reid the Raleigh ClmtUan Advocate bas increased its subscription list to 3,913, after cutting off 700 delinquent subscribers. JJr. J. a . Li&ssiler's store house was burned on Tuesdav last He used it to I store his grain, &c. All bis papers and a, i . . . . . . I counts were lost. There had been no fire in the building for a year past, and there is no clue to the origin of the fire. Three bales of cotton, sixty bushes of wheat, fifty bushels of cotton seed, and between $800 and $1,000 worth of accounts were burned. We regret to learn that Mr. J. T. Ed wards, living near House's creek, about five mues from the city, had bis cotton house, I i 1 I containing about $1,000 worth of cotton. and two large shuck pens, burned about 10 0'clock -Tuesday, morning. A colored woman living at Asbury, about five mile WPJltof th.acitv. dronned dead n Til. v cause, hemorrhage of the lungs. J. H. Simons, Deputy Sheriff of Bertie county, brought up three convicts, one white and two colored, and put them within the prison waU8 They are larceners all, and get terms ranging from one to three years. n .. . 1 -!4 n 8 -..!! :-4 - .n .--I. j ':.f ''i :- 1 r V: I: '- 'A i ?4 3 t : -vr ; ill