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I IJ3 Til i ft ft if, Ml 3 WM. H. BERNARD, Editor and Proprietor, WILMINGTON. N. C. : r: TWW nth. 1879. X' J.JA-lrtJ' j ivvv" -7 " .. . I . Kespect, isolations of Thanks, &c , are charged fora ordinary M-. TS whenDaidior Bincuym auvmic . cents wui pay for a simple announcement of Mar- nageor Death. RemittanceamastbemaaeDycnecK.w . - . . I Postal Money Order, or . atT(1 win resister letters when aesirea. "iuuu i r-only such remittances wffl be at the risk of the publisher. e-specimen copies forwaraettwncnauv-u. , THE PKJinvsr""""" M I , r i. ua aot. I When - J G t to throw up their hs .for. Grant men so iar iorgc r"- i as and ri Wn ara T.ri nr. iih la uit) uia - i .rr - r' C mwton with South, they appear wv.-- a blindness or a mauue3 tuw I" . . n thot ia inrn i . . . .. . .i ffiQ nun h I rahiess applied quietly uy - TT , t,o,rta and aive Bilence to lacerated hearts and g ve wienc thpir tonp-ues. Who 111 tDe Doain their tongues and rrruption? Who can forget and throughout that interval of time tendency is to drive gold out of cir ana corrupt 1 , fo-Tinnnpl has bnen. culation because the silver dollar is ZS Liegisiaiurep, , ruardin2 the polls to prevent Demo- 0 - .- o ttti. f f I rats from VOtmCf xiu cau iuik Babcockand Uelknap ana xvooesou uaut,ot r 1 1 T-t 1 ana vuiuiu I the remainder of the corrupt et who gathered around Grant, ;et Wl o ..'I and robbed and corrupted; at win? l "Tn all the pages of our history there is nothing so disgraceful and dark as those that tell of Grant's eight years in the Presidential Chair. No decent I man can read the record even now 1 without a blush of shame. For the I first time the good name of America was at a heavy discount in Europe, I and our ambassadors abroad were often as disreputable as the -dirty fel- lows who remained at home in the service of the Administration, There mas timror ViofriTo a. ("nrmntpT era in I A- . f t nan nf JO ... I Rnm.n K;atftrCT ia tliorA a hlacket 1 m tatifl ih VjUap Lcl tuaii buau nuuu vf rings and jobberies, the peculations and frauds, of Grant's two terms of . r office. .The country wants no more of suchservjee. inepw... narar anrroa tn ain in rp.t.nrninr' to I & ; ? uuiW1u.uaUD,n .u .. " 1 P mmnn onH rtffiAial hrtnnr u 'UU"W :K : r-n T:S::Z ' wnosowinKeu " U1 .v-petency venau.y u v..,, wuv tpaalno phmF lnatmmanr. in rtat.in a By8teui vi maumuepuntico, wuu ou degraded the name and character of ins couatrv at nome ana aDroaa: wno i 'I so assaulted the rights of freemen and trampled under foot the constitutions 1 r 6 " u " wwuowwo of States: who disregarded .all re-I ... ci u r- . - stramts of law when ms party inte- rest required it; who allowed the A carpet-baggers to rob and destroy and- abuse under the sanctions of the Gene ral Government, and who showed from first to last that he was the ene my of peace, of honest, economical, just government, and the persecutor and oppressor Of the South. Our people will have none of Grant in their cup of humiliation. They know all about his record as a civilian, and . 1 . 7 . i mey win not support mm unaer auy uiruuuusbauces. The only good thing Grant did! while he was in office that deserves to be specially remembered, was the great injury he inflicted upon his own party. He came very near killing it entirely. When he became President ,he Democrats were in a hopeless minority. lie had been elected by nearly a two-thirds vote in the Elec- toral College. When his time ex-j pired the Democrats had the House, the Senate and the Presidency, so far -ias a majority of votes, popular and . TV"-'iD au A -electoral, could give it to them. So aeh for the gpod he did.; In doing harm to his owfa party he served hia -country well. Why should anv one be he Radi- -cal or Democrat-desire such a Pre- sident? He has shown no capacity as a civil ruler. He has dioirn no patriotisra in the way he exercised his great patronage and influence, He wasted the public moneys he in- J J , creased the burdens of taxation, he gathered around him hamies and b.iuucu iwuu mm uarpies and blood-suckers and pimps. Whv should any man think of Grant as a peace-onenngr lie has no wisdom, no statesmanship, no civic traits that lift him above the common herd of politicians, woe be to the country 11 buuu a man witn. such a record shall be again the President of the viuiveu owifcea. vve are unwillincr tn KaKaa : r 0rev0,u t Bi8 01 our people, great as they are, are yet dark enough todeserv2fIomheavin8u t -, , ,, : - Ohio, in place of Thurman is no 9 imau 13 uow v.vvuiuit iiuui certain, as enough Republicans are t: . '""S ct mm. DIOBK ABOUT vrHSS JETTIBS. According to the report of the Se cretary of War Capt. Eads i has re ceived 4,250,000 thus far from the government for the; jetties at the month of the Mississippi. If the cnan- nei 1S maintained he and his associates are to receive S 100,000 annually, pay able quarterly. The conditions are . . 17" j.. .,! i,;., nC,n,.HtM I Bnau maintain the channel to the denth of tweutv-six feet, and not less r - - . than two hundred feet in width at vttr, nd have t.hvonah it a central Mvmvuii . o I . . , ..... withoat vefer. r . . eDCB lo.wiuui. unaucpu ou wa8 maintained, so the United States . . Engineer reports to the government, Ortnhpr Rth. with .t- i: ..,.t' .in ,kon 1 1 lllll J 14 1 V WW" l' -ww--- -m - - - - I . . . I a failure in some part to maiutain ch channel occurred. The failure of Au-ust for the first period, and - - i o?v. lAniomKor ntK 1 null JriiiL? u.au nu lv yj , r j i v mClUSlVe, lOr IUO WUOiiu ucnyu. xu- rln. the whole of the interval' from " tn ntnW th 1R,n. navigable channel having a greater Wn u"u - - " maintained at the head of South Pass, h,, t ,1 fn1f I leas. ou uuuu.cu The rrnvfrnrnfillt W thhOldS vv-- ts- - 1 iioi.fnt.'o iarmonr iinni inn 1 we h"- r-J - Ait , !-.. u,Q rtr,;;n - . . , That Captain Jfed has achieved a great success we attempted to brielly . 1 - c c....;i- : -j. the failures mentioned in the aDove report ot the Jingineer tne steamer City of Bristol, drawing twenty-four feet seven inches, has passed through the jetties. But more. Lew Orleans, according to the Jimes, thanks to the jetties, is already rapidly taking a front rank as a tonnage point. J.nai paper, a tew days, ago, coniainea a list a column and a half long of sea- going vessels in port and on tneir way there. The papers of that city are enthusiastic over the bright pro3- Dects of New Orleans, which they ...... ... . t . . i. I aiiriuuie in a large uiuasmi; tu i success of the Eads ietties. While the Northern Stalwart or- orana ar? miarimrpfipntinff t ho. real I a . a condiUon of affairs in the Soalbj and . lhe eiodug move ! . .... -i I ment are manufacturing lies uy tue wholesale as to i the cruelties perue-I I . ... I trated bY the wbites "Pn tnc biack8 I Gov. Jarvis bears witness to the good that prevails between lfae I . ;. .. . . I races in N or tn Carolina. In his ad , , . . colored Industrial Far at Ralei h be gaid. tii,-nr,,a m , . It affords me narticular nleastire eh the I Executive of your State, to say that at this ume D-au 01 our Dlaie' 1 , ?e mountaina t0 iat 8ea m every county, the most amicable relations exist betweeu the I two races, mere is no reason vruy uiiaes shoujd be otherwif5e. So far as I am col- I cerned; I feel a deep and abiding sympathy I r .. . i 1 .1 o i i -- . lot me tuiuieu race, ou iuus as x am uo- vernor the poorest colored citizen shall have equal justice with the richest white one. 'Right here, where your forefathers were born, lived, died and sleep their last sleep, you will find the place to stay and work out your destmy. Loud cheers. But I yur. desiiDy is witu yourselves, iour I hoot Sntafnotn TTTt 1 1 Vr rtnr vf nA Vi xr nctlinn- I homes of your own, to dwell in. I wish I every colored man had his own home, and Gov. Jarvis but re"flecU the mDii. ment(J and f H f fc h- a ple generauyi A Northern man, Mr. Thomas B I Ryan, who has lived in North Caro- I Una, has given his impressions of our State through the columns of the Bath (New York) Star. We can I only copy a paragraph or so. We I must say, however, that we are glad such communications are written for Northern papers. Some people will thereby learn I the truth concerning our section. He savs: "It gives me pleasure to say that the ad! 7anlaTge8 are, 5a.ore nameroU3anl greater I than I was led to suppose. A Northerner J is at once favorably impressed with the rfheir .rwi0 I energy and enterprize to settle amonff I t VlPm Thn lono in (Yin tnr(nl wi1 nro(,"(Tin I thing of value grown in the North, and in tT I valuable products peculiar to the South, 1;. and Sives I (aira Avar aoll mm i great advan- forts are mainly confined to the production of corn "d wheat, an industry in which I Vl ATT Anil rhamoolBAfl in nr! mi r, : . with other farmers in a dozen States and Aermo"es around them. Urasshoppers, DOtato bues and other no x 01 ie inoprta novpr trouble the farmers of North Carolina. n 1 ew York city and the great business cen- T a" XLan8aa or-weprasKa." A centleman who has tried other States as well as North Carolina ad- vises all concerned to. remain in oar State. We copy a paragraph from his lottos tn iha SoUoVm,. XTAvr. I t - ..Hehas lived in Missouri and Illinoia I and has travelled in several States,and in his law would be faithfully I atale if the money tbat has been spent 1 "j iiuui xui iu vaiui ua iu euii- rag had been spent educating;her sons, I mueh ere this would havA hppn 1 the improvement of iha State. Don't emi- I grate stay m North dro na anrl Rtrir t I m.bo w ,mr,, " - uv iwiui;, TUB PKKSIDKNT'S flES4GE. Judging from the full telegraphic eynopsis of President Hayes's Mes sage, that appeared in the Star of yesterday, it is a comprehensive, dignified and well written document. Having already published a6hort and a long abstract of the main points presented we will not undertake edi- toriallv to refer to it at lartre. With a great deal of the message we must concur. It is full of instruction, and . contains recommendations and opin- Mobs witn which a Democratic Con gress will agree. The annual mes- tha PuW nf nnr vaaf. nd o growing country, witn lis lorty -eight - ... . .,.... . . . oi muawiauw, is wen worm examining caretully, for it must necessarily contain a sreat deal in - i-i 1 j nrhinh oil nn T T inta and ttiamin nvo " r""""" interested, recommends that "rtner general legislation on tne . ..... i i . . . .1 question of ffold and silver be post- a w permanent system with European - r - - mends that Congress limit, for the . . w , ., , present the coinage of stiver, as the pa. vaue. He if the cheaoer coin is forced into circulation. auu fc"" wiuiji. o huUu t..u.u, uu ... . . . . , , , , , . . ... , . of value, and the result will be in u ..... vvvvuv - -j " -w -- e,,i r u; mn,ii;,. - - - - v - . will be.bu one, that of silver. It strikes us that there is a cood deal of good deal of force, in this statement. The silver dollar ought to be worth a dollar in market, but if such is not the case, and the President eays it is, and this depreciated dollar is coined without limit, then it is inevitable that gold, which in market is more precious, of higher value than silver, will cease to circulate. Silver may be a good enough currency, but the American idea or the idea of a considerable portion of our' countrymen is that the two metals, both gold and silver, snouia consuiuie me currency Tho President savs that it it Rlinuld j become necessary to increase the revenues that a duty can be placed on tea an(j coffee, and that too with- nnv.nn.;n I, e n uull cuuiiiiviiiiii lug ui ibc ui luuag at - tQ th(j conMmer W(J confe83 understand how this eX n t lan of raisig the wind" h fillP.9afnllv ann.nmnlihrd 5n r the way suggested, no w many mil liou3 can be added to the Treasury o withoat increasing the price to the consumer, is more than wc pretend to comprehend. The President makes a strong ap peal for the protection of the ballot. No good citizen, we apprehend, will object to what he says. All are in terested in maintaining the perfect purity and freedom of the right to vote once, to have that vote counted once, acd to have that vote protected from being ruled out by Louisiana Returning Boards or any other sys tem, whether the one that prevail ed under Johnny Davenport in New York, or the disfranchising processes resorted to in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. No one will object to what Hayes says. What is objected to is that his party have debauched the ballot ands by this have placed him and his officeholders in power. There are more than eighty thousand PeoPle in this country, at this hour, who are holding office simply because, in the year 1876, "the right of suf- fr3ge" was violated by the Repubh can PartY. Mr- Hayes knows this if be kuft's anything. No one will ob Nect to the rhetoric if the actions cor respond. Yes, by all means let us have a free and honest vote, and a fair and honest count. That is exacts , . . , . , , . l7 wnat me democrats aemana in 1880 aod that is V? what they are afraid they will not have. With l.i . m . Wfl P0f er 8 W . ot f publicans in New York all the ma- chl? beinS under their control- there ia very grave danger that the Dflocl. who are largely in the ascendant may bo cheated out of their votes' and therefore, may lose the Presidency. So in view of the I danSers tbat threaten the country from that source of corruption which r . the Republicans know so well how to dct, d utilise, every Democrat wm uearuiy, Bincereiy unite wun the President, and demand that "pro- tection" shall bo given to f-'the right 01 SUUfaSe- DO disgusted are tne w wilu me corrupt way in which thev were defrauded in- 1876 uy me Aveuumioans mat tnev would I Z1M 1 7-- " . t wmiuS'y uia.e imerrereqce witn eieo tiona a hanging matter if they ba and fairly and rigidly executed. I mi - - . ... -i nere is one reatureot the message I l,nt mU xxru t j . . I iwugers was puncmatinsr tne T-aB;Aana :c i.- i J. i &oiu,uu a uiauuDljl J li, 11 Uc UUB ally sense of the ridiculous, he must have chuckled audibly when he read the . excellent platitudes on civil service j reform. What the de jacto says is timely and judicious, bnt in view of his repeated failures it reads like a oke or satire upon his own short comings. When we remember tbat within a few weeks Hayes himself, and several members of his Cabinet, violated every principle of civil ser- vico retorm that he advocates now, we can only smile at the condemnation of his own conduct, and wouder at his''eheek" in daring to refer remotely to nuch a topic as civil service reform in a document that ia to be so widely'and generally read by hia countrymen. In nothing has the Administration shown itself to be a greater failure and fraud than in this very matter of civil ser vice about which Mr.Hayes says so much that is just and commendable. His acts do not correspond with his words. His words are a fearful cen sure of his acts. His party have no more regard for the purity and free dom of the ballot, than the present Administration has for the efficiency, elevation and morality of the civil service system. What he says about the Mormon blotch upon our system merits calm attention. His recommendation for the enforcement of the law for the suppression of polygamy should be considered by Congress. Whatever egislation is necessary to cure that crying evil and standing disgrace should be adopted at once. The President asks for the neces sary appropriation for the Depart ment of Justice. As long as there is sueh a Department we suppose Con gress must provide for it. But this Department, as it has been run under Radicals, is a source of oppression and wrong. The deputy marshal busi ness has been very greatly overdone, and the Department of Justice has been used as an engine of injustice and corruption. Hayes wants an ap propriation to protect the elections for members of Congress next year. This is a grim satire upon freedom and freemen. There are other points we might refer to specially if we had the space. What he says about increasing the number of Circuit Judges and cre ating an intermediate Court of Errors and Appeals, his recommendation concerning the Indians, his recom mendations as to the Agricultural Department, might all be commented upon. What he says of the Indian policy will bo gratifying to all who deprecate t)ie cruel system of the past. He proposes humane and peaceful and just dealings to induce the Indians, as far as possible, to abandon the habits of savage life and to cultivate those of oivilized occu pations. He recommends that a title in fee, inalienable for twenty five years, be granted to them for all farm-lands allotted to them. lie also recommends that when their ter ritory is sold by the Government it be for their benefit. This looks like honest aud fair dealing. It is time that a better policy should be adopted. The North Carolina Republican is edited by a colored man. We do not get it, but have noticed in our exchanges an article taken from it headed "Let us alone." It is a plea from this intelligent colored editor for the Northern fanatics to let the South alone, and to cease to misrep resent the true condition of affairs. Hear this colored man, who lives in North Carolina, and not in Chicago or Philadelphia. He tells the Northern intermeddlers: "But we do say, if any other publishes as a fact that the negroes of North Carolina are not secure in the enjoyment of their rig n is, mai sucn statements are raise, ana made by parties unacquainted with the true condition of the colored people of North Carolina. We say, without the fear of suc cessful contradiction from any source whatever, that the negroes of this State are in a better condition in every way than the seliTGQDSUtUieg guardians of southern ne groes residing fnh qr at Washington, who are as ignorant of the condition of the people they claim to speak for as we are of the inhabitants ot the moon. All we asK of these friends (?) is to let us alone severe ly, and permit us to paddle our own canoes without their advice or assistance (?) ' We comment these words to the Philadelphia JPreas and other organs that are always misrepresenting and perverting facts. John Sherman is boiling over be cause of the theft of his report. He has spotted the fellow who did it. Will he get an office ? Thieves are generally rewarded by the Hayes Ad. ministration. - Western Republicans are not pleased with Secretary Sherman's re port on finance. They say it is bad policy to bo entering upon financial legislation oa the eye of a Presiden tial election. Only one steamer sailed from New York on Saturday for Europe. The bad weather deterred the others. The Republican members of the.j Virginia Legislature held a meeting j in Richmond to try to come to an 1 understanding as to the policy to bo pursued on the debt question. The meeting adjourned in great confu sion. Maj. Joseph Walker, Repub lican Read juster, Senator from Ches terfield, in a speech before the meet ing, expressed his determination not to be dictated to by outsiders, and Baid that he would sooner vote for a Conservative Readjuster than- a Re publican JJebt-payer. Til K PEN DISK I?ICJKK CASE. Trial or Allen ITBaiil, Colored, for lliei ntnrdor ot SRetiboi tserrSup:, Col- ored.ln September, 878-T!e Pris oner Found Rn!t(y nod fosstenced to be Iluus- "j The enso of Allen Mathis, colored,! charged with the murder of Reuben Her-i ring, near Burguw, in Pender county, in September of la9tyunr, and which was re-j moved from that conuty to New II -mover for trial, came up bt fore the Superior Court yesterday. The following jury vva drawn, sworn aud impannelud: Wm. M. Hankins, John: T. Keene, John A. Scarborough, Ttt ilea B. HowarJ (eulored), Win. I'ratt, flenry Piice! (colored), D. M. Wewi, John B. Robinson,! 6. W. Green (colored), Benjamin Scott (colored). W. H. Slooe, Mills Donaldson! (colored.) 1'he chiuf wiaies tor the tilate was Lucjfr Herring, lhe widow of the murdered man.: From the testimony of other wiliicses it appeared that she was the cause of ill feel ing between her husband Mid Mathis-; that the latter had bceu committed to jail on a charge of adultery with her, preferred by her husband, :md that whcii released he had threatened to kill Herring. She herself testified that ou the day of (lie inurtlci: she had goue to Matbia' house, and was there when she saw her husband approaching; Malhis also suw him, and called to him to go back, lind-ukiug his gun down from; over the door rau to Herring uud siruck at: him several times, but Herring avoi.lcd the! blow9; MathU then relumed to the house,' aud taking an ase, followed after Herring, who was leaving the premises, anil over taking him, struck hitn twice.knockiaghim down. Mathis then approached witness,! and said to her thai klia had sjeu it, and if she told who had killed her husband he would break her neck.- She then went home, and the cext day Mathis stated to her that he had buried Herring's body in lhe While Oak Swamp. About seven weeks aftei wards, however,the body was found in au old well on Mathib' prem ises by parlies who were engaged ia the search, aud was fully identified ai the le--mains of lhe missing map. At the Coronet's inquest Lucy Herring made alliJavit oa the firs-t day that Ma'.his Said he had killed Herring, and bu:iedhirn in the swamp, but on the next day she stated that t-hc was present and- saw her husband killed by Mathis, a3 above related; There were no wilDCises for the de fence, j Mr. Edwunl Dokiu, of Sampson, and Messrs. Bruce Williams ar:tl John T. Bland of Pender, were lite counsel f-r the prisf oner, with Cap'. S.vift Ua-loww, S dcitor! for the Stale. Mr, Wiiliain-i sp jku first ii bt-h.iif of the prisoner, aud was followed !iy the yolicitor, after which SU. Boykin addns cu the jury in a flue effort. After a plain and lucid charge by His Honor, Judge Eure, the jury retired to lueir room about 6:30 P. M., and the court adjourued, thu Judge leaving instructions thai he should be called if lhe jury found a verdict. They remaiucd out only about a:i hour, how ever, when his Honor was summoned, the prisoner was brought from j iil, the court assembled, and the jury, through their forcf man, pronounced the prisoner guilty of murder. Id response to the question if he had any thing to sy why the sentence of the law should not be pronouoced against him, Mathis responded ,lNo," and Judge Eure, in a solemn and impressive manner, then sentenced him to be taken back to the jail of this county, there to remain, and to be taken thence on Friday, the 9th day of January, 1680, between tbo hours of 11 A. M. and 2 P. M., and hung by the neck until dead. TUB TAYLOR HOITIiCI 15E. Concliislou of tbe Xcrt Ituouy before the ( oroner'i Jury The Verdict, &e. The Coroner's jury, in tbe matter of the killing of John Taylor, colored, during the excitement attending the fire on Saturday night last, which commenced ils labors on Tuesday afternoon, but adjourned that eve ning before completing them, resumed its session in the City Court room, at the City Hall, yesterday morning. Quite a number of witnesses were examined, all of whom testified as to the difficulty which occurred In reference to the seizure of the flats, md the most of them also saw the blow passed which resulted iu striking down Taylor and eventually caused his death. Only two of the number, however, gave positive testimony bearing upon the case. These were William Mepk, who stated that he was President o the First Ward. Bucket Com--pany, and James Murphy, who said he was a member of the said Company, both of whom testified that they were on the out side flat, in close proximity to John Grady and saw him strike the deceased, John Taylor, with bis fireman's pole, and saw Taylor fall from the effect of the blow. At the conclusion of this testimony the jury returned a verdict that the deceased came to hia death from a blow inflicted with a pole-hook in the hands of one John Grady. The jury in this case consisted of R. F, Eyden, foreman, and R. A. Bunting, John Slatcher, J. A. Ashe, K. li. Kisley, Wm. Johnson, John I. Bell, James Bryson, John Frepmap, Wm. Sampson, Samuel Clark and 3. A. Richardson, Of these five were white and seven colored. ' We learn that John Grady will be brought before tbe Mayor this morning to bear bis decision in the case, COUJi'tV COMMISSIONERS. Abstract of Proceedlnfc In Regular SesftloD. The Board met in regular session yester day afternoon, at 2i o'clocL. Present, Col. W. L. Smith, Chairman, and Commission ers H. A. Bagg, Jas.'A. Montgomery, B. G. Worth and A. J.Grady. The applications of Parsley & Wiggins, P.'Newman and W. A. Patterson, for re mission of taxes, were not granted. Application of C. H. Legg, for abate ment of tax on schooner Dotty Varden, valued at $200, was granted. It was ordered tbat the lax of J. D. Murray on the schooner Winnie be abated, the same having been listed by James H. Chadbourn, Jr. It was ordered that the tax ou fifty acres of land in Cape Fear Township, owned by Geo. F. Tilley, valued at $375, be remitted. : Application of Wheeler & Wilson, for remission of tax, was granted . . E. D. Hewlett, . Coroner, tendered his official bond in the sum of $2,000, with H. E. Scott and D. O'Connor as sureties, which wa accepted. . It was ordered lhat lhe tax on lot E, part of No. .1, block 306, valued at $540, listed by Rosa A. Thornton, be remitted, the same having been listed by J. P. Richards, trustee. . J. E. Sampson, Register of Deeds, len deied his official bond in the sum of $5,000, with B. G. Bates, F. W. Foster, and Fanny J. Sampson as sureties, which was accepted. Elijah Hewlett, Couuty Treasurer, ten dered his official bond in the sura of $50, 000, with D. R. Murchison, J.W. Atkinson and Isaac; Bates as sureties, which was ac cepted. . S. H. Manning, Sheriff, tendered his official bond in the sum of $50,000 for the collection of county, poor, school and spe cial taxes; also bond of$35,000 for the collection of public taxes; also process bond for $50,000, with the following named sureties: Daniel L. Russell, B. G. Bales, E. J. Pennypaeksr, A. W. Shaffer, J. Fern berger, E. E. Burruss and H. E. Scott. Stacy VanAmringe, Clerk of the Superior Court and Judge of Probate, tendered bis official bond in the sum of $10,000, with! George Chadbourn, F. W. Foster and H. Scott as sureties, which was accepted. The following magistrates made their re turns for the year ending November 30th, 1879, viz:! W. W. Harris, John D. Taylor, J. A. Montgomery, A. J. Grady, and Jos. P. Montgomery. The same were received and ordered recorded in the records of of rficial reports. The Register submitted his report of fees eceived from marriage licenses and paid over to the County Treasurer for the month of November, amounting to $19 75, which was received and.ordered on file. This in cludes only the county part of said fees. The Treasurer submitted bi3 report for the month of November, tbat of the special fund showing a balance due him of $3,038 31, and surrendering certain bonds and coupons, which have been paid by him and included in his account, which bonds and coupons were destroyed in the presence of the Board ; that of the general fund show ing a balance in his hands of $9,028 32,and hat of the school fund, showing a balance in his haOds of $0,037 55. It was ordered that the tax listed on the steamer Elizabeth, valued at $806, be remit ted, the same having been listed in Pender county by Capt. R. P. Paddison. It was ordered that the tax assessed against the steam tug Olando and Lighters, valued at $5,000, he remitted, the same having been listed in Pender county by G. Z. French. The claim of D. O'Connor was ordered referred to the Finance Committee. I was ordered that all Magistrates and other officers who have failed to make their reports, and officers who have failed to re new their bonds, are required to do so by the 15th inst., or they will abide by the penalty. Proposals will be received for keeping the poor, the insane and the House of Cor rection, at the next meeting of the Board, to be held on the 15th inst., for one year from the 1st day of January, 1880. The following persons were granted licenses to retail spirituous liquors for three months from the 1st of November: J. W. Dules, E. W. Doscher, Hen y Litgen, B. H. J. Ahrens, John D. Stelgers, H. Loch, James Keegan, Geo. F. Collin. On motion the Board adjourned to meet on the 15th inst., at 7i o'clock P. M. A Narrow Escape from Deatb. Oa Friday afternoon, as Capt. W. J. Potter was returning to hi3 home iu Smith ville, after being engaged iq distributing religious tracts, he was hailed by his little daughter, who said, "Goosy's under the sand and cannot get out." He accompanied the child to the spot indicated, to investigate the cause Of her distress, when he saw by the movement of the sand that something was buried under it. He immediately went to work to liberate the supposed goose, but had not proceeded far in his ex cavations when he discovered to his'horror that the object under the sand, instead of being a goose, as his child bad supposed, was nothing more nor less than a little girl, one Georgia Ann Newton, about 12 years old, who, it seems, had been digging a hole in a sand-bank, when the sand caved and buried her beneath it. When taken out she was almost dead from asphyxia, being una ble to speak, but soon recovered when ex posed to the fresh air. The rescued child was taken home by her kind benefactor, who was delightedUhat he had arrived at the scene of the accident so opportunely, and thus saved the life of tbe poor girl. Superior Court. The December; term of the Superior Court for this county convened in this city yesterday morning, His Honor, Judge Eure, presiding. The civil issue docket was called over and tbe Clerk ordered to make out a calendar and have it printed. As there have been no cases set for next week it is presumed that the session is not expected to extend beyond the present week. The criminal docket will be taken up on Wednesday, on which day the case of Allen Mathis, colored, f rota Pender,' for murder, is set for trial. Compliment to a Legal Gentleman, We should have stated, in connection with our remarks in our last about the com munication from Lumberton, in reference to the Linkhaw trial, that our correspon dent referred in very complimentary terms to the speech of Col. W. Foster French, counsel for the. defence, whose effort on the occasion, he says, he has never heard surpassed, Raleigh, tfeip's: Capt. Robinson was not fairly cold before applicants for the position of Secretary of the Department of Agriculture commenced to send in their names. Thus far only fifty-three have made application, but by night the number will reach an even hundred. It i neither pleasant nor profitable to hear people constantly cqughing when they could be easily cured by a 25 cent bottle of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. f Spirits Turpentine. Mr, John Bullock,atBattleford struck a negro named Henry Whitehead on the pate with a hoe and cracked ni8 skuT He was cursed and abused by the negro Lumbertou Eobesonian-. Henrv Campbell, a negro, while under the infl ence of liquor, shot and killed another np gro boy. It was the result of criminal care" lessuess, and not with malice aforethoueht" Henry was lodged in jail. s Monroe Enquirer-. Alex. Mas sey, a tenant on the farm of Dr. Wm Mcll wain, in Sandy Ridge township, raised this year, on a one-horse farm, with the help of bis wife and a small boy, seven bales of cot ton and corn enough to last him two years Oh Sunday a fire broke out at South'Mills, N. C, and destroyed the barn and stables of a merchant named H M Tatem, togetherwith a buggy and sno barrels of corn. The fire was the work of an jncendiary, and there was no insurance. Shelby Aurora-. Two droves of Tennessee hogs arrived in town last week. The market opened at 5 cents gross There is a man in this county who boasts of over sixty grand children. He ia an object of charity and is now living at the expense of the county. Oxford Free Lance: Mrs. Anna E. Moore, of Tally Ho township, has raibeU a beat this year which beats all beets. Irs length is 18 inches and it is 30 inches in circumference. Thirty-eight marriage licenses were issued for the month of No vember. What a prospect for Granville! Linoolnton Progress: Mr. Mil tou Campbell, who lives five miles north of town, caught an otter in a fish basket in Clark's creek, which was three feet and five inches long. Mr. C. has also caught about one thousand fish this winter in sink bas kets, aud at one time caught as high as ninety-two in one basket. Monroe Exprsss: The new Bap tist Church, in this place, will be dedicated on the first Sabbath in this month, Decem ber 8lh. We learn that tbe steam saw and grist mill, and cotton gin, of Mr. I. M. Williams, at Polktou, was consumed by fire on Sunday night last. Supposed to be the woik of an incendiary. Capt. Thos. J. Robinson, whose death has already been announced, was a Professor of Mathematics in the United States Navy and was attached to the Obser vatory at Washington until the breaking out of the war. During the rebellion he had charge of the Confederate laboratory at the Fayetteville arsenal. The Greenville Express says: Between sixty and seventy-five negroes from the Black Jack and Haddock's X Roads sections, in this county, have left within the past week for Indiana. The poor dupes sold all they had for less than half price to get the necessary fandg lo em bark on this will o' the wisp expedition. Raleigh Observer: A large fire oc curred in Winston to-day, completely de stroying the Joyner row, composed of the handsomest stores in the place. The firo originated in Thompson's drug store, about 9 a. m. Commercial travellers, who are, as a rule, observant, say that North Carolina is improving more rapidly than any Southern State; Newbernian: In decorating the altar aDd chancel of Christ Church iu this city, for Thanksgiving day, many of the products of the Fall harvest were used, and the decoration, though simple, was beautiful indeed. A bear weighing 396 pounds was killed on Thanksgiving, by Owen Smith, in Township No. 3. Mr. Ballard, author of "Myrtle Lawn," truly bplds "the pen of a ready writer;" his style is good, largely owing its graces to educa tion and society, and the moral tone will please a very large class of readers. Durham Plant: Mrs. Lyon, wife of Landon Lyon, died at his residence in Durham, Monday morning at 1 o'clock. She was a Virginian, as well as her hu- band. Died, at tbe residence of her brother-in-law, Mr. Landon Lyon, Friday morning, November 21st, 1879, Miss Lizzie E. Butler, of Southampton county, Va., in the 19th year of her age. The Baptist people are erecting a house in which to worship God, in Alamance county, near Saxapahaw. Rev. S. D. Adams was hi Mr. Holeman's, at Orange Factory, and climbed up in the stable loft preparing to leave for Durham, where he expected to preach that night. By some means bis fool slipped and he tell to tbe lower floor, wound ing himself very painfully, and at first it was thought seriously. Goldsboro Messenger: The sor rowful tidings reached here yesterday of the death of Mr. Wm. W. Kornegay, of Mount Olive, who quietly pasBed to a bet ter world yesterday morning, aged about 85 years. We see from the statutes passed at the third session of the forty-fiftn Con gress, 1878-'79, that post routes were or dered to be opened from Goldsboro via Falling Creek, Bentonsville and Harpei'sto Newton Grove. Also from Mount Olive via Jones' Mill, Albertson's and Branch's Store to Pink Hill. We hope to see these routes opened shortly. They are much needed. Col. James JJavis, a highly esteemed and influential citizen of Lenoir county, died on the 22d inst., aged 86 years. The deceased was one of the few survivors of the war of 1812. Our local receipts of cotton during the past week foot up 1,137 bales. About 2,000 bales' of cotton have found outlet from Raleigh via More head City tbe past two weeks. Chapel Hill Ledger: We learn from a very reliable source (and what source is not reliable?) that not very far from Chapel Hill there is a baby, only eigh,; months old, weighing forty pounds, -rrk, good deed, and one worthy of emulation has recently been called to our attention. A gentleman, well known in Chapel Hilt, has recently furnished to a poor young man in Ibis county the son of a Confederate soldier who died at Gordonsville during be war tbe necessary funds for an education, and the young man is at Trinity College. The Executive Committee of the Board of Agriculture, being anxious to secure au able assistant, have ordered Dr. Ledoux to, go on to New York and Baltimore" order to conyince himself of ,the . fitness of the candidates by personal examination, since it is hazardous to trust simply to letters of recommendation. During the month of October tbe samples received for analysis numbered between one and two hundred, while the correspondence of the station is increasing very rapidly. Raleigh Qbsteruer: B. M. Yeatea, died at Green Level, ifbvetnber '2th,'loi typhoid fever. He is a brother of i: T. Yeates, Missionary to China. . - . We re gret to learn that Col, R, W. Wharton, of Beaufort county, lost his barn and stables by fire on Monday night last. The meeting at Wake Forrest College is pro gressing favorably. Eight students have professed religion and the interest is grow ing. We learned yesterday that a very serious accident befell a white mau and a negro at Gary. The horses ran off and they were thrown violently from the wagon to the ground. The white man bad bis leg broken and the negro had his head, so badly mashed that it is thought b.u ah not recover. - ; Every orth Catblin'ian will be rejoiced to know that Colonel ' VY F. Martin, whose condition js still Yerv feeble, has improved, and that there is hope for hia ultimate recovery. We saw on yesterday full life size pictures of Go vernor Jarvis and Mrs. Jarvis, done by Duncan, of New York. The workman ship is very fine and the likenesses are al most perfect. Large crowds fcae i tended nightly the service at Swain Street Baptist Church, and the interest grows with each meeting. Several persons have made a profession of religion.
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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