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THE EXODUS.
Our dispatches of the 3rd instant
stated that two hundred and fifty ne
groes from North Carolina were oil
their way to Indiana by way of
Washington. Fifty of them were
furnished in Washington City with
through tickets. It was also men
tioned that the National Emigrant
Aid Society were trying to raise
funds for the transporting of the re
mainder. It ia plain j enough from
this statement that these negroes
have beeu allured from their homes,
and they are victims of that enter
prise which is directed just now in
filling Indiana with negroes to swell
tho Republican vote, j Two hundred
and fifty poor and deluded darkeys
are thus inviegled and taken from
their homes. What a prospect for
them when they get among the dri
ving, earnest workers in the North
west! Without a penny they begin
life amid new surroundings and un
der another bky. I
From what section of North Ca
rolina the negroes now iu Washing-
ton came we are not informed, but
probably from the east. We noticed
in our exchanges that in the Wilson
and Kinston sections, and possibly in
two or three others, there is a feeling
of dissatisfaction among the negroes,
and the exodus movement is disturb
ing them. The mass of them, how
ever, are quiescent and contented.
In Mississippi the exodus move
ment has ceased almost entirely. Not
only is this the case, but the Cinein-
nati Gazette says many are returning
t their old homes.
A correspondent
writes from Mississippi to the Gazette
as follows: . iw
"Labor is in great demand, and the cot
tou planters are grabbing fur the stray la
borers, but each one warns to go beck where
he came from. But bere may be another
change a few months hence. Just now is
the moat peaceful and prosperous lime the
blacks of the Mississippi country have en
joyed since the war, especially on the Lou
isiana side and, most of all, in the upper
parishes Madison, Carroll and Morehouse.
Almost every black man ou that side who
stayed at home has cotton enough to pay all
his debts and have a good deal of money
left."
THANKSGIVING j IN BROOKLYN,
N j X.
What Ilenry Ward Beeoher may
Ray or think about politics or religion
is not of the slightest importance to
the Southern people. lie has great
abilities. At one, time he wielded a
vast influence in the religious world.
Before he became sO tainted in his
theology he preached the best sermons
of any living divine. Bnt since he
was convicted of the grossest immo
ralitiesof the greatest social crimes
the South has cared for none of his
utterances, religious or political, in
tiie pulpit or on the rostrum.
On Thanksgiving Day Mr. Beech
or's subject was the gospel of hate. He
preached it with power and from the
houI. Ho made war upon the South
ern people, and showed his ignorance
as well as bile. Mr. Beecher should
take four boxes of Tutt's pills and
rest. We must give a passage or two
from his political tirade. Said he:
"The' South is learning to change, but it
- is still learning. Nor has the south learned
that mantv wnrlr ia hnnnrfihlp ,
TUB UUIJ II W 1 U. ,0 MVTM V. v.
When I see the conduct of the South on
the question of finance I say that Southern
statesmen should not be nut in charge of
the Treasury. - , State rights is not
yet dead, or if it sleeps it walks in its sleep
and lives on air. Immense applause.
This is an argument that the governiog
power should not pass into the hands of
southern statesmen until a generation
comes who. know not Uaihoun or Jen Da
VIP."
Talmage, one paper said, made a
clown of himself in his discourse.
Beecher was in a semi-tragical mood.
Talmage put on the gown of a harle
VOL. XI.
quin and played his antics with suc
cess. An exchangej says:
I "The Tabernacle preacher discoursed on
Wheels, and as a religious harlequin fair
ly surpassed himself. After wheeling him
self through the entire course of industrial
history and every quarter of the country, to
the infinite amusement of his audience, Mr.
Talmage, in conclusion, spoke of our re
sources, and exhibited j specimens of iron,
lead, coal, copper, &c, and named tho
States from which they had come. 'And
last, but not least,' he said, 'and I mention
it last because it is the. least poetic, the
pumpkin from Brooklyn. I sever pass a
pumpkin field but what I laugh (here Mr.
Talmage laughed like! (he war-horse that
snuffeth the battle afar off) at the large,
portly, aldermanic pumpkin. God bless the
pumpkin pie!' This was the benediction."
The South is poor and is often vil
lified, but it is not poor enough to
produce a Beecher and a Talmage.
Happy are the people who have not
such saints ia their calendar. :
fflOKB GOOD FARMING.
What has been done may be done
again. Good examples are worthy
of imitation. Good farming encour
ages oiheis. Mr. j. B. Hunter is
continuing his series of agricultural
papers in the Oxford Torchlight. He
gives some additional statistics of
Granville farming. He has! inter
viewed several farmers, not ' picking
the best always, but selecting those
who are successful, j There are scores
who do just as well as those he re
ports. We propose to condense from
his full reports a few items.
Mr. Dennis Tilley sold $2,400
worth of tobacco, made on four acres.
He expended $60 for fertilizers. He
once sold 1400 pounds for $1,400.
le thinks "that since the war! every
pound of fine tobacco raised and han
dled under his iuimedialo supervi
sion has averaged $fi0 per cwt. or
over, including lugs tips ,and trash.
Another crop of 30,000 hills, say six
acres, very thiu landj sold for $2,600.
He made 17,500 pounds this year.
If he gets his usual price, $50 average,
he will receive $8,775. He worked
twelve hands average $730. He
raat8 besides his home supply of
provisions. ! -
Mr. Joseph Birchctt made a fine
crop of corn and 2,500 pounds fine
tobacco with one hand. Mr. J. J.
Meadows made!. 19,000 pounds. If
he gets $30, he will receive $4,700.
He paid $105 for fertilizers. He made
140 barrels corn and bacon for home
use. in 1877 he sold 12,000 pounds
for $2,440. He raises wheat and
sells corn. He worked eight hands.
His average will hardly fall below
$560 to the hand exclusive of cereals,
&c. raised. Mr. It. T. Elam aver
ages $400 to the acre. Mr. T. R.
Averett made 16,500 pounds. His
last crop averaged $25 per hundred.
He made 125 bushels wheat, 100 bar
rels corn, oats 200 bushels, &c He
worked five hands. If he gets $25 this
year for his tobacco crop, then it
and. his other crops, will bring him
an average of $940 to the hand. Mr.
Samuel J. Currin made 7,150 pounds
tobacco, 75 barrels corn, 50 bushels
wheat, 200 bushels oats. He averaged
for last crop $22.70, highest $95 per
hundred. If he gets his average for
last crop his present crop will fetch
$1,744.50. His total expenses, labor
and fertilizers, $170.; His entire crops
may be placed at $2,082.00.
Mr. W. H. Hart made 10,200
pounds tobacco, 110 barrels corn, 111
busbels wheat, 250 bushels oats.
XX ...
ne worKs six bands, riis average
per hand is $505. Jos. F. Corrin
made 11,650 pounds tobacco, 75 bar
rels corn, 160 bushels wheat, 140
bushels oats, besides peas and pota
toes for home use. He worked four
hands. His last tobacco crop ave
raged $30 per cwt. If he sells his
present crop for that sum, his ave
rage for each hand, including cereals,
will be $1,006. W.! II. Smith made
$1,575 worth of i tobacco, besides 1
bale cotton, and provisions To
tal expenses $118. S B. D. Howard
made 14,000 pounds tobacco, 208
bushels wheat, 100 bushels oats, be
sides corn. He wdrked five hands.
If he gets $25 per hundred for to
bacco, his averago for his entire crop
will hardly be less than $838 to the
band. W. F. Currin made 10,400
pounds of tobacco. He worked four
hands. If he gets $25 per cwt., and
he will probably get more, his ave
rage per hand will be $650, exclusive
of his other crops.
Such figures as these, and they are
trustworthy, show how good farming
pays in a fine ' j tobacco section. It
must be borne in mind that the oereal
crops of Granville were out short
by a protraoted drought. -As encou
raging as the above results are, we
feel satisfied that they are not better
than dozens of others. In fact, most
WILMINGTON, N. C.; FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12 1879.
of the farmers who have hitherto led
the prices have not been interviewed
by Mr. Hunter.
BEN MILL'S LETTER ANU WOOD'
FOHD'S BLAST.
Senator Ben Hill has written one
letter too many. He demolished lit
tle Chittenden in proper style, and
jwith that he ought to remain content.
But he has his hand in, he knows how
to say telling things in a pointed, in
cisive way, and he is exercising his
gifts in the epistolary line. But he
may do mischief., He has written a
letter to the Illinois Hock Islandert
in which he boldly, unmincingly says:
"It will be better, inexpressibly better,
for the Southern people to be governed by a
wise, able and jus mto aeror antf-tV;
Irlnrp than Kr on mfnrioton confirms! mnh
king than by an infuriated sectional mob
under the lead or a narrow, sensational,
sectional demagogue as President.
"Will intelligence save, or will monopoly
destroy, our constitutional system of gov
ernment? 'i ,
"This is the question the North must an
swer, and the South must abide the an
swer, be it what it may, insisting only that
the peace be preserved. m
"Xou can do as you please with this let
ter, as I am a public man, full of earnest
desires for the public, and entirely without
secrets in my public opinions, and without
shackles in uttering uem."
However much of truth there may
be in all this, it is not a part of the
policy of prudenoe to be saying it just
now, if at all. Mr. Hill will only
help fan the flames of discord, make
the North more intensely solid, and
play into the hands of Radical organs.
Here is the comment of that staunch
Stalwart sheet, the Philadelphia
Press:
"Mr. Hill is inflamed by defeat, and has
lost his head. Never a wise man, he has
become an extremely foolish one. The in
telligent and patriotic people of the North
do not propose to destroy our constitution
al system of government.' They purpose
to confirm and strengthen it. They were
able to save both the Nation and the Con
stitution when assailed by Mr. Hill and his
friends; and with the same xourage and
faith and intelligence which then animated
them they will now rescue both from all
dangers which threaten. Mr. Hill should
not despond. We can understand now a
man imbued with the principle of slavery
readily seeks refuge from anxieties in the
strong' government which Monarchy gives;
but the undebauched, liberty-loving, high
spirited Non;i will harmonize strength with
libeity, anu preserve both Liberty and
Union."
It is not. to be denied that there is
constant provocation to retort upon
the insolent fellows. There are so
many political gadflies and gallinip
pers buzzing around and about that
there is continued temptation to give
the little fellows a slap now and then.
But the best way probably is to put
on the brakes, shut up the "Demo
cratic mouth," and be dumb as a New
River oyster. Look at the nonsense
spoken by Gen. Woodford, the New
York TJ. S. District Attorney, who
has taken the South under his special
surveillance. In New Orleans he
made a very foolish speech one well
calculated to cause the Ben Hills to
take the little fellow up and crack
him between the nails. Not satisfied
with the glorification of the Repub
lican party generally, he coolly in
forms the South that it is under
verv great obligations and should
be eternally thankful because the Re
publican party has not burned up
every house in the South, appropri
ated all the uroDertv. murdered all
A 0 0
the men, and carried off all the wo
men and children into captivity. All
this they could have done, all this
they had a right to do according to
the "law of war." This is the stuff
indulged by this emissary of bull
dozing ideas, who champions op
pressed women, whilst quite willing
to undertake the job of ousting Til-
den from the Presidency at any cost.
We havu no idea that such intole
rable nonsense will be rebuked by the
leaders of the North. They will ra
ther like Woodford's insolent talk
right among "the bulldozers." But
he said other things just as unreason
able and foolish as that we have men
tioned. The New Orleans Picayune
says he declared, just as Judge Gres-
ham declared at Chicago reoently,
that when the South surrendered they
also gave up all right to have only
such political opinions as were held
by their conquerors. This is the
drivel of this mouthing fool this
"educated ass," as the Washington
Post calls him and it will be ap
plauded by the conspirators and rev
olutionists who seek "to destroy our
constitutional system of government."
The Picayune thus comments:
"Judge Gresham says that this renuncia
tion was implied in the soldiers' parole.and
Mr. Woodford intimates pretty much the
same thing. To be sure Mr. Woodford ex
plains his meaning to be that the people of
the South have no right to hold the same
political opinions that they held before the
war, inasmuch as those opinions might lead
to another war. uutevenu this is true,
which it is not, he falsifies the notorious
facts of the times when he presents this is
sue. The Southern people fought for the
right of secession. Nobody in the South
dreams of either the right or the practise of se
cession. The Southern people, or at least
some of them, fought to maintain the right
of property in slaves, r Nobody in the South
dreams of restating the right of property in
slaves. What the people of the. Southern
States, in common with the Democracy of
the Northern States, contend for now. is
the right, under the Constitution, to local
self-government within, the Union. It is
absurd for Mr. Woodford to say that this is
the same thing as to fight to break up the
Union. It is utter and irremediable non
sense to assert that the people of the South,
When they submitted to the results of the
war.surrendered their right to entertain any
kind of political opinion." 1J
THE NEW VOBK TIB1B&
One of the most remarkable changes
in the opinions and animus of a paper
we remember to have noticed in our
ournalisticexperience is that which
has overtaken the New York limes.
That paper deservedly ranks as the
ablest of thev Republican party. It
not only upheld arid defended the
I I
policy of its party, but it has been the
persistent, uncompromising persecu
tor of the Southern States. It has
been instant in season and out of sea-
ton in the bitternees, ingenuity and
pertinacity of its assaults. Having
ar more character than the Tribune
it has been the better equipped for
injury, and what it has said from time
to time concerning the South has
had no little influence in shaping
Northern public sentiment against
our section. Through editorials and
industrious and unscrupulous corres
pondents it has constantly sought to
arouse the North, and for party ends
has sown the dragon's teeth of dis
cord. But recently an important
change has taken place. It has sud
denly ceased its vindictive persecu
tions and misrepresentations. Why,
we are not told. We only know the
fact. We copy elsewhere some ex
tracts from one of its latest utter
ances. It is good reading, because it
is pitched in a far less discordant
strain.
HOBE ABOUT THE NEURO EMI-
GK ANTS.
The North Carolina "exodusters"
were interviewed in Washington.
They Baid there was no bulldozing
and that those who owned farms were
going away as well as those who
owned none. This showed that op
pression had nothing to do with their
departure from their old homes. An
intelligent colored, man who was act
ing for the "National Exodus So
ciety," and who had accompanied the
darkeys from North Carolina, said to
a reporter of the Washington Post,
when asked why the negroes emi
grated, that they had been "induoed
to go West on the reports of others
who preceded them," and that they
had been canvassing the matter for
six months. Ji course the whole
thing is a part of the plan to fill up
Indiana with enough negro voters to
give Grant or Blaine, or some other
Republican the fifteen eleotoral votes
of that State. That is the whole of
it. We copy the following account
of what the North Carolina darkeys
say about the inducements. The Post
reporter furnishes it:
"I undrestand, uncle," said the local
Arab, "that you people were influenced to
quit your North Carolina homes. Is that
soT"
"Well, yes, boss; you see Mr. (Samuel
T.) Perry and (P. C.) Williams went out
West about the middle of September and
got back iu November. Dey saie we's to
git $15 to $18 a month for workin on de
farms, and two dollars an' a half for workin
on de railroad an in de rock querries. Dey
made dis offer, an' we done took it for
granted it was all right."
"You wouldn't have left home otherwise,
would you?"
"No, sab; but Perry and Williams, dey
say dere's pleaty work and big money."
Another rising Senator, with nearly a do
zen domestic responsibilities, was ap
proached and asked :
"Did not the men who told you that you
could get work in Indiana tell you to
vote the Republican ticket?"
' "Tea, sir; dey done tole us we go out
dere must vote 'Publican ticket; but, Boss,
I never vote anything else, never vote 'Ser
vative ticket in my life."
"What did they tell you to do?"
"Dey say, 'You pack up an' go. If you
hain't got de money you git dere some
how." 1 "Did they offer you money to go?"
"Yes, s'r; dey tole us we get $40 a month
and board, an' house an' Oder tings."
"Who told you this white men?"
"Yes, s'r; but not in my country."
Senator Kernan, of New York,
thinks Mr. Seymour will not agree to
be a candidate. But then ho says:
"Gov. Seymour has frequently said that
he would not again be a candidate for any
office and I know that at present he feels
thoroughly determined to remain in private
life. However, we never known what may
happen. The last time he said to me that he
would not be a candidate for. the Presidency
or that he would not take the nomination,
I replied, 'Governor; it has not been offered
to you yet. Wait till the nomination is
offered and then decide whether to accept
it or not.'"
The Washington Star says the
boom for him is very strong there and
that it is certain Gov. Hendricks will
consent to run with him.
Ex-Gov. Hendricks says the true
policy for the Democrats in Congress
is: "No financial legislation,but keep
np the fight against troops and mar
shals at the polls."
Sitae.
R1ETHODISTS IN COUNCIL.
wllioo-lit Appearance citizen
Business Conference Ric.
Reported for the Star.l
Wilson. Dec. 3. This ra an occasion of
unusual interest in this town, being the
gathering of the XL11I. Session of the
North Carolina Annual -Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South. j
w;ison county was organized in the year
1839 or '40, and was named ia honor of
Gen. Wilson, of Edgecombe county, who
died in the Mexican War. The town ; is
one of the very prettiest in the State in its
business parts being well planned. Nash
street, when the trees are in full foliage, is
as pretty as any seen anywhere. The
citizens are intelligent, enterprising, thrifty
and hospitable. For a town of its age, the
people are unusually well cultured, having,
for many years, fostered its educational in
terests with most commendable zeal.
The reputation of the town for its busi
ness character is extensive and well de
served. There are a number of merchants
here of large credit and superior business
qualifications. There have grown up out
out of the ashes of the destructive fire ' of
last Christmas quite a number of substan
tial, beautiiui and well adapted business
houses. j
By special inquiry we learn that the
trade of this fall has been unusually satis
factory the grade of cotton being superior
to any previous year, with commanding
good prices.
There are five church buildings here
Disciple, Episcopal, Missionary Baptist,
Primitive Baptist and Methodist. There
are two schools here of high grade and well
patronized.
THE CONFERENCE.
The Conference was opened in the beau
tiful new Methodist church, at 9 o'clock,
A. M., the Rev. Bishop Wm. M. Wight
man in the chair. Religious services were
conducted by the Bishop, taking ! for his
lesson a part of the 10th chap, of Romans.
followed by singing the 887lh hvmn and
prayer.
lbe roll was called, when an unusually
large number of ministers and delegates
answered to their names.
There are also a number of distinguished
visitors here from other Conferences.
Rev. B. Craven. D. D.. LL. D.. was
elected Secretary.
1 he hours of meeting and adjournment
were fixed at 9 A. M. and 1 P. M.
Rev. Dr. Closs, J. A. Cunninggin and T.
A. Wainwright were appointed a commit
tee on Divine Worship. I
Rev. S. D. Adams, P. E., of Hillsboro
district, being absent on account of injuries
received in a fall. Rev. J. B. Martin was
appointed to fill his place until his arrival.
Committees on Education, Sunday
Schools, Books and Periodicals, Church
Property, Bible Cause, and Memoirs were
then appointed.
The Bishop at this juncture took occasion
to address the Conference, expressing great
gratification at meeting with this body after
a lapse oi eleven years, and earnestly in
voking the Divine presence.
Dr. Closs, in behalf of the Conference,
assured the uisnops ot our pleasure in
always meeting with our chief pastors, and
none more than himself.
The superannuated list being called it was
announced" mat Bros. John Jones and W.
M. D. Moore had died during the year.
while the others passed the usual examina
tion of character.
Quite a number of local preachers were
elected to Deacons' and .Elders' orders.
A preamble and resolutions were offered
by Rev. R. O. Burton.concerning the death
oi the venerable Dr. Liovick Pierce, and
requesting the Bishop to preach a sermon
on Sunday on his life and labors, which
were unanimously adopted by a rising
vote.
After the usual announcements the Con
ference adjourned with the Benediction.:
F. H. W.
i
second Day's Proceeding of Con
ference.
Wilson, December 4.
Conference met according to adjourn
ment, and was opened with religious ser
vices conducted by Father Wheeler. S
The roll being called, the minutes of yes
terday were read and approved.
The report of the Book Agent was read,
showing the business transactions of the
House, during the past year, as being of a
most satisfactory character; also, a report
from the Missionary Secretary, setting forth
that while good success had attended the
missionary enterprises of our Church, yet
the collections were far short of what the
necessities of the -situation require, and
urged increased effort in that direction.
The JNashvine Advocate was reported as
in great favor with the public and rapidly
increasing in patronage.
A communication from the editor of the
Sunday School Literature of Our Church
showed large patronage, and called especial
attention to the importance of converted
teachers in our Sunday school work and of
teaching Methodist doctrine.
Dr. McFerrin made" a characteristic ad
dress, calling attention to all of our publish
ing interests in Nashville, and Dr. Sledd, of
the cityol Richmond, presenting the claims
of the Momletic Monthly.
Nine young men, of more than usual
promise, were received into full connection
and elected to Deacon's Orders.
The address of the Bishop to this class of
young men, before propounding the disci
plinary questions, was one of unusual ap
propriateness, chastity and power, eliciting
the hearty approval of all, and deeply af
fecting the young men. ma enunciation
of certain great principles and truths can
not fail to ultimate in much good to many
who heard them.
TRINITY COLLEGE.
' The President's report claims that Trini
ty, by her equipments, and by many con
siderations, is entitled to the hearty support
of the Church. The report called special
attention to, and laid much stress upon, the
importance of denominational education in
this country.
Dr. Clark, of the South Carolina Con
ference, addressed the Conference, explain
ing the object of his mission to be the uni
ting of the Methodists or the world in
building a monument to John Wesley in the
citv oi savannah in tne snape oi a oeauu-
ful church, the only place where Mr. Wes
ley ever bad a parish, and where be organ
ized and conducted the first Sunday school
ever organized, that being 43 years before
the one by Robert Burks, in Glouster, Eng
land. I
The Conference adjourned with the ben
ediction by thei8bop. x . H. VV.
Tblrd Day's Proceedings of lbe If. V.
Conference.
Conference met at a o'clock, and was
opened with religious service, conducted
by Rev. Z. Rush.
The minutes of yesterday's session were
read and approved.
The second question being called, W B.
Doub. W. o. creasy. X. A. Bishop. Jii. J,
Eudailey andN. S. Norton, deacons of one
year, were passed into the third years' crass.
NO. 7
Under the twelfth Question. J. M.
Rhodes, B. R. Hall and J. W. Randall were
elected to Elder's Orders;
The two districts were called, and all the
elders passed their annual examination of
character, not a single allegation being
made against any one of them.
Jiivery district was represented as being
in a healthy and prosperous condition ex
tensive revival influence, and marked im
provement in all the material interests of
the .Church. These reports showed a con
siderable revival of interest in class meet
ings, and also the organization of many
Ladies' Missionary Societies
At the conclusion of these reports, the
Bishop indulged in some wise and timely
remarks upon the importance of the won
derful revivals of religion during the year,
as to the genuineness of conversions, and
the great care of the new converts by the
church; and also in regard to woman's work
lor woman in foreign lands.
Dr. J. O. A. Clark made his farewell ad
dress.
Dr. Jones read bis report of Greensboro
Female College, which was referred to the
committee on .Education. .
A" judicious committee was appointed to
consider the communication from the Sec
retary of the Grand Lodge of Good Tern
plars of North Carolina.
Admitted on Trial J. T. Fialavson. T.
A. Stone, J. O. Guthrie, J. E. Thompson,
Daniel A. Watkms, C. G. Little, W. J.
Hull, F. L. Townsend, F. B. McCall, W.
L. Cunninggim, Thomas B. Bonner, J. S.
Arnngton, J. C. C. Harris, and W. J. Gay,
with the list not completed.
After the usual announcements the Con
ference adiourned
Drowned In the Surf.
On Wednesday last a colored man by the
name of Henry Galloway was drowned in
the surf off Middle Sound. It appears that
deceased, accompanied by Richard Tiet-
gen, white, and two other colored men,
started out in a boat to fish for trout. They
launched the boat from the beach and at
tempted to cros3 the reef to get to their
usual fishing ground, about a quarter of a
mile out, when, the ocean being pretty
rough, a heavy wave came aud filled the
boat with water, immediately succeeded by
another which capsized the little craft and
left the men at the mercy of the seething
billows. Mr. l ietgen and two oi his com
panions clung to the bottom of the boat,
but Galloway released his hold aud started
to swim ashore. He had accomplished over
half the distance, when he seems to have
changed his notion, for what cause no one
can tell, and started back in the direction
of the boat He swam very well and with
apparent ease, and had succeeded in get-
ling within about fifteen or twenty feet of
the upturned boat, when a tremendous
wave struck him and buried him in its briny
depths. He arose to the surface again, but
was instantly struck by another wave, and
hurled backward, from the effects of which
he never recovered, being seen no more by
his comrades. There were two other fish
ing boats out at the time, and near the scene
of the disaster, one of which succeeded in
rescuing the three men clingiog to the
boat, all of whom were in an ' exhausted
condition, one of them being almost in the
act of releasing his hold and sinking to his
threatened doom, when assistance oppor
tunely arrived.
Deceased was Quite a young man. but
leaves a wife and two children. Hi3 body
had not been recovered up to Thursday
night.
Anotlier case of Drowning.
A few nights since two colored men, Da
vid Wingate and Scipio Bryant, started
from this city to the Clarendon rice planta
tion, the property of Col. S. L. Fremont,
about five miles below -this xity, where
Wingate was employed, when, in attempt
Ing to cross the channel, somewhere in the
neighborhood of the old hospital, at Mt.
Herzah, the small boat in which they had
embarked was accidentally capsized . Bry
ant clung to the boat, and was subsequently
rescued, but Wingate attempted to reach
the shore, and, being burthened with cloth
ing and a heavy pair of boots, sank before
reaching it and was drowned. He had
been paid about sixty dollars that day by
his employer, a good portion of which
he spent before leaving the city,
and he is said to have been some
what under the influence of whiskey,
which, no doubt, was one cause of the un
fortunate accident which coat him his life.
Deceased was about 26 or 27 years of age,
and leaves a wife, but no children. His
body had not been recovered at last ac
counts.
A Friendly Suit Decided.
The Legislature, during its last session,
passed an act reducing the salary of our
Judge of the Criminal Court, Hon. O. P.
Meares, from $2,500, the amount stipulated
in the act creating the office, to $2,000, and
since April last be has been paid by the
county at a rate corresponding with the
latter amount. During the past week a
friendly suit was made up'by Judge Meares
and the County Commissioners, to test the
matter of the constitutionality of the act,
On yesterday, when the question was sub
mitted to His Honor, Judge Eure, in the
Superior Court, Major D. J. Devane acting
as attorney for Judge Meares, and Col. B.
R. Moore for the county, a decision was
rendered to the effect that the act was un
constitutional, and that Judge Meares is
entitled to his full salary as stipulated in the
act creating the office.
Body Recovered.
The body of Henry Galloway, the col
ored man who was drowned in the surf off
Middle Sound on Wednesday last, was
found drifted ashore on the beach, near
where it went idown, on Friday morning,
An inquest was subsequently held over the
body by Coroner Hewlett and a verdict of
accidental drowning returned. The body
was interred Friday afternoon.
Appointments.
We are requested to state that Rev,
George Patterson, LX D., will preach at
Pike Church, in Rocky Point.Pender coun
ty, the fourth Sunday in Advent, being the
third Sunday in December, ia the morning,
and at Burgaw the same night.
Spirits Turpentiiiu
- Wake had 42 marriage licenses
iu November. It leads Granville by 2.
Kinston Journal: Amoni; tho
exodites who have left for Indiana is Wiley
Whitfield, a lunatic, who has been pur
ported at the expense of the county for
sometime. Lenoir countv thus saves $84
per year, and Indiana gains a voter.
Winston Sentinel: One hundred
and fifty-two persons have added their
names and faith to the MethodisfE Church
since Rev. Mr. Carraway's pastorate he -.
mere nave only beeu sewn detths i:i that
congregation during the past Unee years.
- Raleigh News: The November
report of the Superintendent of the Oxfonl
Orphan Asylum has been received Ttnj
cash contributions amount to 41.758 IS).
while those in kiiid are numerous, tm Use
cash value cannot be readily ebtisnuteo.
All combined makes a showing that sends
to convince that the orphans were uot foi-
oliea thanksgiving Day.
- New Berne Democrat: The
fiteamer Defiauce, of the Clyde Line, sailed
this morning with a full cargo. Amoug a"
variety of other freights she had on board
740 bales of cotton. 250 barrels of naval
stores, &c. The steamer New Berne, of
ihe Old Dominion Line, sailed at the same
time . She was loaded to her utmost cause
lty, and we note on board 550 bales cotton,
800 or 1,000 bushels of rough rice, &c.
- Mr. J. R. Randall, one of the
editors of the Aueusta (Ga.') Clironicle.
nriteaJfnm New Orlpana on thn fSth nil .
- uiuaiui uuv.e uciitcicu ma reu'.urc, 1 lio
Scattered Nation,' to a large and intelligent
audience, last night. It was a splendid
effort. David Labatt, the eminent Jewish
lawyer and scholar, pronounces it the nc-
ulest and most lust tribute the children of
Israel have ever received at the hands of
any Christian.
Winston Sentinel: The telegraph
messenger dispatched a message to Berlin,
the past week, the greatest distance on
record at this office. It was for Prof.
Agthe, and cost the nice little sum of $14.
- The little Orphan band realized $189
from their entertainments here, $65 in
Salem and $124 in Winston J. C.
Buxton, administrator of R. L. Patterson,
deceased, has received a letter from the
Vice-President of the iEtna- Life Insurance
Company, declining to pay the policy issued
to Col. P. by that company. Litigation will
be the consequence.
Male's Weekly: It is not gene
rally known that the trade in furs in North
Carolina has assumed large proportions.
Raleigh and Greensboro are the principal
markets from which the furs are shipped
The pelts dealt in commonly are those of
the mink, otter, fox, coon, muskrat and
rabbit. The skin of the silver fox is tho
most valuable of all, and for a good one ia
paid $200. The season begins about the
1st of December and closes the 1st of May.
Mr. Joseph P. Hayes, of this city, handled
last year, 7,000 Ekins of the fox, mink ana
coon, and 800,000 dozen rabbit skins.
Elizabeth City Economist: The
dwelling house on the farm of the lalo
Amsey Thornton, about two miles from
town, near the Woodville road, took firo
from the chimney, on Sunday, and was en
tirely consumed, with nearly all its contents.
- Wm. Parker, a colored man, was shot
at his home near South Mills, on the night
of 'November 15lh, by some one unknown.
- During the recent cold weather two of
Currituck's oldest citizens, living ou Power's
Point, closed their pilgrimage on earth to
enter upon eternal life. John Bunnel was
85 years 2 months and 7 days old on the
day of his death. William White was withiu
a few months of 85 years.
Weldon News: The whole cot
ton crop in this section has been gathered
and most of it has been sent to market and
sold. We learn from a gentleman from
Scotland Neck, that at EdwardbL Ferry, a
few days ago, one hundred baks of . cotton
were burnt. The cotton had been placed
there for shipment. It belonged to differ
ent parlies, all of whom, we hear, bad bills
of lading from the Roanoke Transportation
Company. .Last week, in the neigh
borhood of Scotland Neck, Mr. Fed. Lew
ters' gin house was burned to the ground,
together with about 2,000 pounds of lint and
5,000 pounds of seed cotton, and all the cot
ton which had accumulated during the sea
son. The fire is supposed to have been in
cendiary.
Raleigh Visitor: The colored
citizens of Raleigh met at the courthouse
last evening for the purpose of making ar
rangements for the 17th anniversary of the
emancipation proclamation. The follow
ing were chosen as officers for the occasion:
W. Li. Harris, President ot the day: W. li.
Harrison, Jr., Secretary; Chas. H. Otey,
Orator; B. H. Dunstoo, Chief Marshal; E.
Lipscomb, Reader of Emancipation Proc
lamation. We regret to announce that
Mr. W. D.' Williams, of this city, had the
misfortune to lose his cotton gin, together
with about twenty bales of cotton, last
night, by fire. His gin is located about four
miles west of the city, on the Chapel Hill
road. The Rev. W. J. W. Crowder lost
several bales which be bad in the gin at the
time.
Charlotte Observer: Mrs. Rol
lins, who was caught between the cars and
the fence along the Carolina Central track,
night before last, had one rib broken and
was considerably bruised, but has suffered
no permanent injury. A private letter
from Hillsboro states that as a mark of re
spect to the late Dr. Edmund Strudwick.an
account of whose sad death was published
in this paper Tuesday morning, the business
houses of the town were all closed on tho
day of his funeral and all of the bells of the
town were tolled. The people of
Durham are sending their children down
to the gymnasium at Raleigh for exercise.
Two murder trials are to be bad at
Alexander court, in session at Taylorsville
this week, Judge Schenck presiding, j The
first is that of'Teague, for killing a negro
in that county in the early part of the pres
ent year, and was to have been commenced
yesterday, Messrs. Folk and Linney ap
pearing for the defence. The other is that
of Jo Gillespie, the negro who is charged
with participation in the murder of Mr.
Fowler, at Mooresville, last winter. Jule
Alexander, his accomplice, and the man
who actually did the killing, was, it will be
remembered, hanged a day or two after
wards by the outraged people of that .com
munity, and Gillespie . barely escaped a
similar fate.
Goldsboro Messenger: We learn
that Mr. J. Wilson Lucas, an . elder of the
Free Will Baptist denomination, will.de
liver a lecture in Fremont, on Sundaynext,
on aFeet Washing as a Church Ordinance."
The Union- meeting of the Eastern (M.)
Baptist Association was held at Fremont on
Friday and Saturday. The introductory
sermon was preached by Rev. J. N. Stal
lings, of Warsaw High School. Rev. W.
M. Kennedy was elected Moderator, and
presided, and J. W. Lane, of Sampson,
acted as Secretary. The next meeting will
be held in LaGrange, to commence on Fri
day before the 5th Sunday in February
next. C. A. Scott, colored left here
Monday night, as the representative of our
colored people, to visit Indiana and Kansas
with a view to investigate and ascertain the
advantages offered to colored emigrants.
We regret very much to learn that for
want of finances the Goldsboro Rifles have
felt themselves forced to abandon their
armory room, and that, iodeed, the com
pany is threatened with dissolution. A
shabby looking crew of colored "exodus
ters" took the northern bound train here,
Tuesday, bound for Green Castle, Indiana.
With hut few exceptions they hailed from
Lenoir county, and presented a motley dis
play of colors, sexes and conditions, all the
way from the sucking infant to good old
age, up to above three score and ten.
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