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PHY HALT.
There is oDe very serious question
that i the people of every shade
of political opinion and of every
section of ; our common 'country
will have to consider very maturely
and anxiously, for it is the great ques
tion of the present. It is this: is
there to be another free, fair election,
or are elections 16 be decided bv
m
frauds or by legal technicalities and
dodges ? Grant will be nominated,
is he t be carried, by trickery or
violence, or by both combined, into
VOL. XI.
endeavotmg-to i show that Otov. i&ft
tnottf is not poptilar in New York'. Q.
cpurse iiot. aouoVdiitg Ui thosewbd
wouui noi nave mm u do lue
cratip nominee. Kfenang to the eWi
Una in 1806 th jSm correspondent!
. "I find in thit yt Jue ;pt;intcrfttic m$
joriUes by linnrfcwHbl 'plstricU'aggrega
,339; wafle ibe fifeEeet Heynwiif ewe
1 V-i'J .',i,1A't II
l mm tm& I r ll
yrV3J 2 1880.
NO. 10.
7!
down tbe
1 1 XROn iwr nam. w
W&me Las a republican form of . eovarn-j j Let us lay befbjre
Federal intererecp wiil bpreenteddoat s
Our hf-st State exchanges devote a
very fair amount of tbej atguon
to matters tbat .xonceriy&s .nrth
Carolinians. They know that a pews.
led-11
4orsl ms-iQciur was iOv flJBfflSi ivt? -jils
" "This is out I And . that IloffmtfiS
Bfujorfty wi 2T,04ff; Q thtrbewjw
ahead of Seymour's highest electof. I find
also that Hoffman: ran ahead of Seymours
bisbest elector in every county in tbe State
save three, Essex,! Rentselaer,. and Scboia
rii. In New York city, where I naturally
expected the bulk of Hoffman's increase
over Hevmour woald -;be-4Ufd. I find that
there is at4ifferenf e of onlj 4D n llfcTuH
The conclusion he draws a that plbhing tbia end eitorillworkby
Hoffman was more popular than Sey- their own methodsj and according-tb
mour. But is this a right inference? the light that they!have. The Stab
Hoffman was running for Governor aims to be a "map of busy life," and
ican conspirators who are i wniob
i he can ; rako from ,$200 to j prospects and consumed its sub-
. - . , stance. f
oar readers one Just here we will j avail ourselves
more example of successful farming, j of some figures in Halee Weekly t
Xt is one of a hgnred that can be because T,hey show most conclusively
found i in Grange county. ! The the . great advantages gained to the
Oxford forchlighf , gives the facts in people by the supremacy of the
tbe croppiug of Mr.fiamuel C. Hob- Democrats in State affairs. They
HOmiCIOK.
good,"; who . lives jaj ..few, ; miles
town. ,; He work .three, bands.
from j serve to disprove the charges brought
A While man murdered by a Colored
Woman on Cbrlaimas niornlos
Tbe Heittllt of tbe frellmlnnrr
nveatlsatlon before the mayor'
Coo ri-llic Verdict ot the Jury or
Inq aent. See. .
A shocking murder . was committed
shortly after 1 o'clock on -Christmas morn
Last week Matthew Jones, of
Gates county, aged C5 years, married Lis
fifth wife, a young girl aged 1G v !. bis
fourth wife being dead only three wt rks ,,u
the day of bis marriage.
Weldon News: While i:loby,rt
patent medicine men wtre j.efurniiig m
the streets of Scotlaud Nerk, n n.ue mu -tered
the eboo of Mr. P. 'Jfiwt-ll i..i
fifteen watches together with uibei jcWi-Jiy
amounting to about $200.
Shelby Aurora: Tb& revenue
officials, in this county, captured two ll. k-
ade stills last week. A company of
engineers are engaged ic suiveyin; Brut.!
river with a view ut opeuiug it up for navi
gation. Tbey were as far as Eilit.' terry,
this county, o i the V6:h inst.
Hickory Vess:Mr. Lewis Camp
bell, a worthy citizen of Iredell couuty, had
the misfortune last week to lose a barn tull
He by Republicans that there has been. ing Bt what wa8 formerly known as the State Fish Hatchery, passed down Prid-
made 14.400 Donnds-of tobacco, 150 an actual increase of expenses under Farmer's House, on Nutt stieet. between wilh a laJ5.e lo.1 "f young Balmon, for tbe
,,fK-? . -i'-ivv, r w:- .cJIik-.... s .1 u: waters ot aoulh Fork of the Catawba r.ver.
uaDer must be what it claims or iti iDUsnets wneat. luy ,parreis corn, zou i a ueuiucrauu aumimouBuuu t fcUw i uu nuuui, mc mum uciug
Wt&W i.A?IV--:;'J:l.-,i;ri Xi '!, wL.:M. -' . white seaman named William Marev. for-
u :Maai ; ; i j !. r , - , , rJ merlv beloneine on1 tbe schooner Sadvi ,ee a man independent, but our -Mtyor
ppunds of porfcmsvyear he sold Iu 1869 the Republicans levied 77; SJT!? L resect
iogf The IZSSI ryoutThV
Unaer toe XremO-M of November last in ilistrfins and tha nl- Asylum. OUppOSea Cause: Tbe Governor
there, leged murderer a young colored woman, and party dld not dinc at lhe hu,d-
According to the riediuont
wM Dot fiU its raUsu)8r News abroad.
ad news at hptnjBbeside
ot all rjaaner of topjesj muse bd.- a
plaoe in their columns it thej, would
give interest and yjiriety. r ,.t jsyer j
recei ve oue attention. la accom-
e a note! about twenty-one years of age, by tbe I Accorau
!!!!f.il'iaBia--of JfaW .Haiti JW 'ika ivlilencall ?.re8a a female
,rai-jHwT a; ti t -a ftSr 'il. a -r - i - irnama bf JSHiiv alL. JProm 1S& jevidenceil a iemaie scnoot will De started ut
oTl8f he will make more than on' it." BtftTfurther,, anTwe qopie..:Hi?W-WW
i-'T' I .. . : . . . . I of Mr. Edward Brvaon. the nronnntitr nf"l 7u ...i.is-.. . . . .
i Kfn Mh At Kl. t.hnM.l..iUt m- l "UmitunefT.euu.uw raisea oy tne sale. " . "-rir . r'r M.W1W uyiuuuu uuureu, ana piaceu in
ployed. The Torchlight says:
against another
New York man. I to present from time to time stysh
Seymour was running for President discussions as are of current interest,
against the leader of tbe Union whilst also considering questions of
armies the "conqueror of the rebel- peculiar interest to North Caroli
lion "the greatest soldier of the nians. j
age" the man; who put down the We have frequently referred to
South. The Democrats in the Union I questions of public utility. We have
were powerless in 1868, and yet Sey- I endeavored to encourage North Caro-
ruour was strong enough to carry New I linians to diversify the industries,
York against Grant with all his milita-1 and have laid figures and facts before
our people that they might be per
suaded not to desert the old State
and seek homes abroad. North Car
olina cannot afford to lose any of' its
i r
ry prestige; he was able to do this at a
time when the North was busy with
its plans of outrage upon the South,
and when from Aroostook in Maine
to San Francisco! there was a Grant I industrious, sober, enterprising citi-
i-j- --aJ.-
tidal wave sweeping over the land.
So strong, ap irresistible was this tre
mendous tidal js weep that but six
Southern States I went -Democratic,'
ceived
Stales.
the Presidential Chair ' for a third
term? That is the question of the and yel Horatio Seymour was strong;
bonr: that is the Question that must enough lo carr ew York by 10,000
j - - A
be firmly met. If the people are
really to be cheated out of their right
of suffrage by quibbles and technicali
ties, or by frauds, practiced by Re
turning Boards, or by the abuses of
deputy marshals, then their liberties
are gone forever, and the country is
lost.
VVe all know how the people were
cheated "ni l 870. We all know how
the Republicans abused their power
and stole the Presidency. We all
kno'w irow tlia votes' actually given
were reversed in Louisiana and Flor
id i. The country is even now dis
cussing the recent doings in Maine
hy which th voice of the people Uhs
teen silenced by legal technicalities.
Musi these tilings continue? is the
next candidate for President who
i
whall bu declared successful to obtain
hit end and oiiice by tricks and fraud.-,
r will there be an open, honest, fair
expression of the popular will ?
These things are to be considered.
Upon their right answer and upon
right conduct hang all that jis pre-
uinus an 1 all that is worth struggling
for in our American institutions, De-
zens. Well directed labor will pay.
as well in our State as any
where under the sun. In this
section of the State men , have
accumulated fortunes in a few
years by commercial ventures, whilst
majority, according to the American uo B,u" "J-
Almanao for 1878. I tilling the soil. Our standing axiom
If Hoffman t had been running I " tbat what has Aeen done can be
against Grant Jit1 is quite probable I done again. We believe that when
New York would have voted for rone man makes a fortune by pursuing
Grant in 1868
Mr. Seymour re- a certain branch of industry, another
the vote of fovr Northern I man may io the same tning wiwi
will proba- eqaa energy aud intelligence and un-
bly carry some! five or six Northern I derlike circumstances.
States, which, added to the Southern l; We have found m our intercourse
ma Aiflninral vntoa will aiva him a I with North Carolinians that but few
handsome majority., r - . .
"At the close of tbe war bis estate was
valued at $1,200. Since which time be has
built up an attractive and well-arranged
dwelling; stables, barns, packing-house and
all necessary farm buildings, all on tbe most
approved plans and of tbe best material
and workmanship; owns 850 acres of land,
all paid for; has money at interest; owes no
man; never bought a barrel ot corn since
be bas been farming; sells corn every year;
last year sold sixty barrels of corn;; raises
his own supplies." - j
Omitting $7,800,000 raised by the sale
of bonds for railroad purposes, the Audi-'
tor's report for the year ending September
30th, 1869, shows an expenditure of $887,
428.97. Tbat for the year ending September
30th, 1870, omitting in like manner $2,000,
000 used also for railroad purposes, was .
S1.454.214.1U. U Oder Democratic rale tbe
State 'pays as it goes,' and in the three
years of that rule the total amount of taxes
collected from tbe people is $1,420,981.10.
Tbe expenditures have been lust about tbe
same -sum; that is to say, three years of
Democratic rule cost $33,233 less, than one
year of Radical rule, and that too without
counting the illegal and repudiated debt
the house, before tbe Mayor's Court yester
day morning, it appears tbat about 12
charge of the Sisters of Mercy, six iu num
ber, who will shortly arrive, in that town.
Mot W WT T -. . ... ,
o'clock Wednesday night, the 24th iust, a. . ch bulfilngT viH
dispute arose between ibe parties pa his I early day be erected.
premises in regard to a buoch of keys which
Mary Hall alleged Ibe deceased had snatched
from ber. She repeatedly asked him for it,
and abnsive language passed between them,
when finally she appealed to witness to
compel Marey, or "Frenchy," as he was
familiarly called, to give her up the keys,
hilt he lanlm-nsri 1i1n't wish tn nan uinlpnr-D
It would be safe to assert that you made under Radical rule." to make the man surrender them, and he
might search every State in the South There has been no increased valua- wouid nol do it otherwise. She also asked
for such splendid results and you I tion of property, (omitting this year J a policeman about the door to interfere in
could not find them. North Carolina I which will speak for itself hereafter,) j her behalf, but he declined under the cir.
literally leads all the States in big as is charged. The good work of re- cumsUioces to do ao. At last she got ex
profits according to capital invested, ductionis simply and solely the re- SifjVtjJJe hlrtbe Wshwoud make
Hendersonville Courier: Satur
day night, at a late hour, H. U. Miller, from
Winston, who was intoxicated, bechine in
volved in a d fficuliy witb Marshal J L
Hollingswortti, at the entriuce to Taboi 'd
bar-room, aud received a severe beating,
lie has been confined to his bed in Cbasc'.
Hotel several days under tbe professions!
care of Dr. T. A. Allen. Hollrogsworth
was arrested and arraigned for trial ot
Monday, but owing to the absence of one
of tbe witnesses the case was continued uu
til Tuesday.
Durham Recorder : VVe learn
that efforts are being made here by ihosu
interested to raise a fund for the purchase
of a lot for the building of an Edisco;.-.!
church, and that substantial aid has been
We believe that the most flattering suit of honest and economical expen- him pay for it; she also threatened to have J obtained from abroad. The University
, . . .. .. - , -it. T. : i ,u j tu; mm put iu jau. numiy tue wcdi out iwiroau may De regaruea as a nxed tect
and encouraging statistics can be diture. It is only that and nothing ana .wa9 absent about three minutes, not from Durham or Hillsboro but from
obtained from Halifax, Northampton, more or less. These are the things when she returned and walked excitedly University Station to Chapel Hill. The
T, , i i . XT , ... e through the bar into the dance room ad join- stock subscribed at Chapel Hill for a con
Pitt, Greene, W llson, Edgecombe, that concern Worth Carolinians far ng f0uowed by Mr. Bryson, who was im- nection with Durham has been transferred
Wavne and other cotton sections more than Federal politics can concern pressed with her manner. She passed quickly to tbe University route, and sufficient other
3 . . , . ... t, . . around the room, peering into the faces of aid has been secured to begin and carry out
Bt.atist.ip.a tbat will comoare With the 1 them pOSSlDly. . It tbe people are thoan nrfisent. and finally Inmiid to wiinpea thfi work. 0n Hnko in nni!n ih.
statistics that will compare with the 1 them possibly. If the people
best to be found in the Gulf States. I wise they will take an active part
article is already too long.
know how much can be made in this
State by farming. The opinion pro-
The New, York Journal of Com-1 Tails among a great many that farni-
merce is so much amused over Itepre- I ing is far more profitable in the Stales
swntalive Martin's new plan of carry-J south of us than in our own State.
ing out huge subsidy schemes that it I Thousands think that if they were
is moved to ask -"Is it a burlesque?' I only in Texas or Arkansas or Missis-
It thinks he must be conspiring to Jsippi that they could make a vast
show up "the folly and extravagance deal more than they do now, and
of the steamship subsidy business. 'would rapidly accumulate a fortune.
The theory, adopted is- tnthe'less jWo beliove that if the iudustry and
able a given steamship line would be I intelligence required to succeed in
to support itself the more liberally it other States were applied to farming
ought to be supported by tbe Got- In this "State tbat the results would
eminent! That is a true statement be equally favorable,
of the favorite! argument of the sub- j Eight or ten years ago we heard a
sidy hunters, though not in their own I South Carolinian a man of intelli-.
language. Mr. Martin works out this I gence and education say, that the
si.rancrfi iheorv in his bill nronosinf? I most beautiful cotton farm he had
prive'the people of the nghtof choice, 8ubgidie8 for 8eVenteen distinct steam- 'ever seen was in Edgecombe county,
and liberty is dead. The Boston ! ? And yet there are many farms in
Herald, an able Independent paper, The 8Ubsidy business is not popu- fhat county and Pitt and other coun-
wisely says: - j lar at present, and Mr. Martin may ties that areequally as productive,
DlllUVUgU UU UlBIl iUblbUiai 1BIUI UTVI
three hundred bales of cotton were
made in one year on three hundred
acres, or in other words the produet
Was. more than a four hundred and
those present, and finally turned to witness.
remarking, excitedly, "Where is that s n of
As to tobacco, in Warren, Person, fnext year in their home politics; they 1 into the bar and approached deceased, who
Orange Oaswell and Rockingham, ; will see to it that only capable, faith- 1
you can, by inquiring, find results ' ful, sober and honest men are select- witness) got up to them he saw her with
thrt will compare favorably with -ed for office. The pr08pect i there S, &
those we1 have presented from Gran- will be a shaking up of the pack, so then noticed more particularly and found
ville heretofore. There are farmers to speak, and possibly a new , deal in
in Orange, for instance, who raise many places, if not all around. This ; after physicians, and Dr. Walker soon ar-
very fine and desirable tobacco, that would occur probably if every oihcial , iot living exceeding fif!
fetches very "tall prices." But our I in the Slate was all he should be, and l teeb minutes after the wound was inflicted.
because there are so many who are -j
standing, waiting to step into his i Frank Knadtb, a seaman, testified, but
POLL.TAX OBL1NQOBMT8. I shoes threw no additional lignt upon tne matter.
1t , i 1 1 j. A. Asne, coioreu, saw aecuseu cwpe
xi a man votes wuy buuuiu uo uuu Bat whether there be few or many l outDf the houaeand was told tht she -bad
out tnlLtiLzl JlVbv Bhonld-v man4-.u .u- "iJ. .i.-. I cut a man. He subsequently arrested her,
. 7 . .... uauSc, iuc Fopc uuo oucic&Uo and on the way to the guard House she ac-
enjoy the benefits of citizenship with- f our State should be true to them- knowledged that she Btruck deceased be-
out aiding in sustaining the govern- 8elVes in the matter of selecting can-' S&aac if
ment ? There is certainly very great didates. None but men of high moral I 8he had anything tor say, when she made a
neglect in the matter of poll-tax all character shoald be chosen for any glSSSSSt
over the State. A white man will be 0ffice within their sift. Say what . ened t0 shoot her and a man who had been
,, . u . paying ber some attentions, and once drew
called upon to pay whether he votes yoa will the best men of our country his pistol on her. She said he played off
or not; but thousands of negroes are are becoming TerT tired of votine for drunk and kicked and knocked her about.
,, , . b j & jhe was cautioned by his Honor not to say
nuvRcuiuivN j jrc-i political noooaies, or worse tnan no- anything to criminate herself, and she re-
never pay one. farthing to support bodies, simply because they are de- SS
Sta:e, county and municipal gOTern- monstrative in their political profes- and accuped had been ordered committed,
ments. How many negro voters in :nnB ani ftrfl iwftVs airine' their witbout benefit of bail, for her appearance
VT fT j ,. . - .. "one, ana are always airing meir atlnenext term of the Criminal Court, to
JMew Hanover are delinquents in this ciaira8 to being of the 4,Simon-pure' answer to the charge of murder, another
particular? The Winston Leader and wooi.dved kind. No rirla0as XlyTtLL
1 UUU1II9 initio ououiUf uv ouiu u to
i I i.: if -,r rnnM Ai
nr.v. should insist uoon a halt, and a re- UB V"""
mm u hooest politics. We cannot afford I appointments with the reflection that
t wander any farther away from tbe funds- l. .mm ,a . i. ' all
.n.nt. nr no n i9 of l-nii i leiin irmprn- I .a.o uvou ..... . -
ment- ; We believe that the great body of I subsidy schemes for some time to
I lie pcupic vv ail it ivnu uiciuwgui auu
li..ricxt f.fp.iions. It is the noliticians. with
alfisb interesu to serve, who j forget the I . . 1 ' . -r ,1 fifty pound bale to the acre.
only legitimate source or power. u iWuumw).yw. i We were riding in a public haok
iet tne oouin anu ine imotlu, tei i luaiuie iuiai uiajuntica unvunwu
lhe East and the West, say to r. all J Mahoneites in theVirginia Legislature
who would corrupt American politics j only foot up 1,281. That is to say,
and silenpe the free expressions of the I if C50 men who! hid not vote had TOted
ithe State, a
with three Southern planters a few
years ago. One was from Duck
River, Mississippi, one from. Louisi
ana, and the other had farmed it on
puck River, in Texas, and on White
peopled choice, halt. In this instance I with the true people of
4.. - I T t . t. .... Mn 1. I J'.CC . . '.nnlr' ntAtiM havA rAllAWArl I i -
in vue voice oi.. pp uiuereu, -. River Arkansas. They were discuss-
r .r (i.j i a.ai. m m.. - m nt m t r Toivnrni aim 1
voice Ol WUU. " . "iu milling wur ,.?u i.u.. . . . .. . . .,.. ali:r,
efficient basement officers who have so I , ; . j, j " , m. nrn
, I ., i . , I what they had made in the most pro-
T wT.r-- -- ductive years, ..&c: After 'hearing
cepiao.y, ni.gu uave oee.. F.TcufcCu, for mile8 ia this strain, we
ana the election ot vteu. luanone w
that Rev. Dr. Robert S. Moran has
left the Methodist Episcopal Church
and been ordained in the. Reformed
Episcopal. Wo copied the paragraph
to get a response,, and wo have it
There is not a word of truth in the
report. Dr. Moran preached for a
month or two for the congregation
worshipping in the Church of the
Redeemer, Washington City. We
have seen a letter from James Rea,
LL. P., of that city, making a most
earnest and eloquent appeal to Dr
Aloruu to accept the call to its charge.
VVe have also seen a letter from Dr
Moran declini'ig the invitation, not
withstanding its very flattering char
acter. Dr. Moran, as a Methodist,
could not see his way iu accepting
the charge of a Reformed Episcopal
Chureh, so he said firmly, no, I can
not serve you. lie is so well known
in North 'Carolina, and has so many
very sincere friends in Wilmington,we
make the needed correction.
the United State Senate; and might
have saved the McCulloch settlement.'
One Mahone Readj aster was elected
by only one vote. This shows the
importance of jevery good citizen do
ing his duty on the day of voting..
Another was elected by onlv 18
votes, whilst another received but 24
majority. 1 V'TH'.'-7''
New York has just enjoyed a six
inch snow and the delightful slush
'hat follows,
Not only is ; the mighiy Blaine and
the warlike j Hamlin lifting' .their
voices and barking on the dogs of
war, but we . suppose that Hayes is
becoming belligerent
thinking, of t,a
too,
a nana - in
ana is
the
Maine j pieV ;Tiiela8tvVVhington
Post has a double Jeaded. paragraph
that indicates) a ;mement on the
part of the de facial . Presiden t. It
says:-. : . -.r. ( ' :' '':' ''VV -
"If Mr. Hayes attempts to pass upon the
claims of two possible rJvalOovernors,and
to decide wIcoTJKSTWOlS the.Jegaloaer
be will get intd h6r.wrtt.on Tv.
Garcelm,to;pW
a satisfactory posiUon.,haAWr tp imme'r
diatsly lnttUuliBfeneretic measures to put
told them of some farming results in
the county they were then in. They
were amazed, and; said it beat any
thing they had ever seen or had ever
heard of. VVe told them when they
got to the county seat to make in
quiry of certain leading gentlemen,
and they would find that we had not
'overstated the result in any particu
lar. -
j Why should people leave North
Carolina if they can find good farm
ing lands in every section ? .Why
should a man break up old associa
tions and family ties to seek a home
in some distant State when he knows
in fifty counties 1 there are desirable
farms that can be purchased at from
$4 to $10 an acre. .: If ,he wishes to
plant cottoa-ho-canfind as pro-
ductive lands in Eastern Carolina as
he qan find in .Mississippi or Texas.
If h wishes to cultivate tobacco, in a
half dozen or more, counties he can
fine .virgin, forest that can be bought
for frpm $6 to; $10 an acre upon
says in Forsyth county there are 776 woman js found asserting her virtue, standing immediately behind Marey when
;1. ee . 1 I . U..1. Hull wonl nn tn him ril inflintprl
regisiereo negro voiers. vji A' man of principle and conviction Z"f
but 282 have paid any poll-tax. Near- has no rea80n to be proclaiming his loJiiTake that, you tn of a b h ?"
ly two-thirds do not pay one cent to devotion to lhe cau8e he e8pou8e8. 1,,'
the sustentation of a government that yye nave known men wno were eter- the following named persons comprising
protects them in their liberties, rights nally parading them8elves as very L.TllL
and privileges. I extreme who could be bought for $50, 1 B, Bwann, W.J.Stewart, C. H. Legg,
mi . n . i . i nhn Nioiphsr rc itrnnrn Asnipviii
vvnat occurs in orsytn county whilst men who never referred to Urt" 5 5? sni . AlerandeTMarreli. L -Raleiah
the work. Gen. Hoke is sanguine tbe card
will run to Chapel Hill by Commencement.
Asheville Journal: . Thursday
last W. W. Medford, a farmer who resides
near Richland Institute, four miles from
Waynesville, was killed by a falling tree.
He and his brother were felling limber,
and being a little deaf, be did not bear his
brother's warning, and the descending tree,
which was fourteen inches in diameter,
crushed him to tbe earth, broke bis neck,
smashed in the rear of his skull nd broke
one of his thighs in three places. In
eighteen months this unfortunate man has
lost wife, mother, two children and two
sisters. He buried bis yuungesi child ju&t
one month to a day on which he was killed.
He was formerly Clerk of the Court and
Register of Deeds for Haywood county.
J. E. O'Hara publishes in the
Weldon News, trom tax list, the acres of
land owned by tbe colored people of Hali
fax. It is a most creditable showing and
foots up 16,601 acres. He says: Tbe above
doesjiot include the many acre and half
acre lots owned by colored people in the
suburbs of Enfield, Halifax, Scotland Neck
and Weldon, nor does it include nine town
lots in Enfield, with substantial, comfort
able bouses erected thereon, surrounded by
gardens showing taste and some culture,
and a decided air of health and content
ment, thirteen town lots in Halifax, and
at least twelve in Weldon, valued in thu
aggregate at thousands ef dollars.
Charlotte Observer: Col. Tom
Long, of the mail service, is in Atlanta,
under treatment of a physician for a dis
ease of the throat. - Gen. Johnstone
Jones left Philadelphia for his home ai
Morganton on Monday, having improved
considerably in the past two weks. '-
We understand "that Mr. M. Schloss, at
present proprietor of the Na ional Hotel,
Salisbury, will take charge of thu Char
lotte Hotel next year. A. very large
amount of drinking was going on in the
city yesterday, but up to 9 o'clock at night
the police had made only two arrests for
disorderly conduct. Louise Pomeroy,
the gifted young Shakespearean actress,
will soon appear in the Charlotte Opera
House.
Observer: Yesterday
celebrated
occurs to a greater or less extent in their Dartv attachments could not be After a careful investigation, including I the Governor and Mrs. t Jams
onw onf; ftt .uc,.,. Ta thi , ? . . '. - . i a evidence of the result of a post mortem, ex- their wooden wedding. They
eVerV SeCtlOn Ot the StatC 18 tniS I with all f ha nffiran in the lftnd. :-.; An K n, T n Wolkof anA I m.nw .nnn-MtnlalinnannH niimAr,
condition of things to continue in- Let the people prepare for a bold,
definitely? Are able bodied men to I active campaign in 1880. Do not
received
animation made by Drs. J. C. Walker and I many congratulations and numerous band-
n . . . . . . I .a . I 1. .1
'i n. HurDanK. inev rerurnea a veraict io i some ttuu pieusuui ttceusanco. jhu
exercise the greatest act of sovereign
ly that of voting and never pay a
penny towards the government under
whose benign protection they enjoy
life and have all the: advantages of
free citizenship? This Js one of the
questions that the : Legislature must
consider sooner or later. The time,
will come when the voter must pay
for the privilege.
allow eager and greedy aspirants and
self-seekers to deceive you. Go to
the, nominating conventions and vote
for men you can trust, and in. whose
honor and "judgment you- confide.
Po your duty first in selecting can-
Marsh, a segro man, was stabbed in the
side last night by another negro, whose
name be did not know, as be was not ac
quainted with the gentleman, be said, and
painfully but not dangerously wounded.
The spring terra of Raleigh Female
Seminary will open January 21, 1880, and
we are . informed by Principal Uobgood
that the prospects were never bet ore so
flattering as now. Rev. Dr. F. M.
Hubbard, of New York, is in the city, the
HOUSE POLITICS.
The correspondent of the New
York Herald, now in the South, in
one. of his letters gives his general im
pressions of public sentiment as he
finds it among the Democrats. He
says from the Northern border of the
South to Charleston, whence he
writes, there is ' no marked: Grant
sentiment, but a prevailing indiffer
ence to Federal politics as compared
with local questions. We are glad
that this is so. It is of the highest im
portance to ub as North' ' Caro
linians that we should have wise,
prudent, economical, just, honest
State and county, governments.
Whilst the condition of affairs in all
of the counties is not such as is de
sirable, and some of the present offif
cials are.no better than those dis
placed, there has been a very striking
improvement in many counties, and
the people 'have muoh cause for
sincere thankfulness that the Demo
crats are in power. . If the people are
wise and know, their, bwnr interests,
they. will see", to it that the; State ia
not returned again to tha very tender
: keeping of a party " that ? blasted its
the effect that deceased came to bis death
from a wound inflicted by a knife in the
bands of Maria HalL
' Tbe weapon used was a large size ordi
nary pocket knife, with buckborn handle
and a tapering blade about three inches in
length, and ! it was in evidence that the
blade entered on the left side, just above
the clavicle, and severing the subclavian ar
tery, near its junction wilh the aorta, ot the
lnrcrft afterv leadin? from tbe heart, and
.-; u 1 Knn ..4 n half I miait nf P M A ran V.art
, ' ,. jm . . .i i peueiraliu liic iuuk suuut mu auu i uan i i,uwi - -i
amaiesi uo your uutj iu incbes. , Weldon Keios: Mr. N. R. Odom,
progress Of the campaign: and on the : ranK jnuatn ana luomaa jxuue, me we jcara from tbe Reporter, has resigned
- i 3 a u two seamen who testified in the case, were . offleeof eterfc0f the Suoerior Court or 1
day of election dp. your duty by vo- prdered to give bonds in the sum of $50 rSDfon
tine yourself, and by inducing others each, jusiinea, ior meir appearance ai naa beea appointed in his stead. - Died,
to vote by appeals to their reason wnich tbey were committed to jail by the
and interests. r ."t'.L . .u.. .
XI is unuerBtuuu luat auiuiiuai lunmauj
We-learn from the Raleigh Ob- lealousv was at the bottom of the' difficulty.
ierver that Col R. R. Bridgers has been ap-. The body of the unfortunate man was in
poloua by U Gorer-or ,c repent W JSSSTaS& fbTSlK
Stated! North Carolina on a committee of Thursday afternoon.
We should have stated, in the proper
place, that upon Chief of Police Brock's ar
rival at the scene, soon after the murder
was committed, be promptly ordered the
large crowd tbat bad gathered in the vicin
ity to disperse, which they did very quietly;
ana ne also causea an me anuiuug saiuoua
in that quarter to be closed up, and placed
a guard over the remains of tbe murdered
man until the Coroner arrived with bis jury.
thirteen, one from each - of tbe colonial
States, to make proper arrangements to cel
ebrate, in 188Ujn a befitting manner, tbe
centennial anniversary of ibe surrender of
Cornwall at Yorktpwn.
A neveane Bald In Moore . county
TbeUetali.
We learn that Revenue Agent O. H.
Blocker, assisted by Deputy Marshal Phil-
lips and Deputy Collector Downing, on the
night of the 32d instant, discovered and
on Friday, tbe 19lh instant, in Northamp
ton county, John Phillips, Esq. - -Some
of tbe negroes who went to Indiana from
Jones county stopped at Shelbyville. A
dispatch from that place to the New Yoik
limes says that tbe people there are indig
nant because they have to provide for
them. The next' day after they" arrived
much feeling against tbem was shown. Ao
other arrival was expected, and a large
crowd collected at the depot to prevent the
colored people from stopping. Tbe train
was surrounded by a bowling crowd of men
waiting to mob tbe darkeys if they left the
train. The negroes did not get off but weut
on to Indianapolis. The whites at the North
despise tbe negroes.
TarboroSottcrner: We regret
to learn of tbe severe illness of Dr. R. G.
Lewis, of Plymouth, N., C. Brother
Creecv offers one year's subscription lo the
Elizabeth City Economist o the prettiest
murder In Dnplln.
T.tnnii ttnA anil tVi roo too ok Q a on in thp
P. Of DOPU- coo. ..r U gfK?8i5Z
The proprietor, -Wesley Stooe, was cap- 1 Lenoir county line, a difficulty occurred cided by single male suffrage." The
tured in the distillery, with a boy named between two brothers named Thomas and Tarboro Tar Heel Minstrels will make you
:john Gales. Tbe distillery was located in Warren Malpass and a man named John laugn to-morrow nignionui jruu cry, ""u.
UStone's kitchen. Nine hundred gallons of Lewis Holland, during a sbootiog-matcb enougn. - ji-igan unmui iusq , uiguijr
beer were destroyed, together witb a quan- between the parties, which culminated in a respectea ciuzen oi xiasu- wwuij, ujcu ni.
tity of low wwes, malt andmeaL The still fight, and, while Warren Malpass and Hoi- bis residence on lasi oaiuraay, jjmec.ioiii,
was shipped tq-JTisyettevUle. , land were struggling together. Thomas having reached the advanced age of 72 year?
Malpass cut Holland with a knife, inflicting
Personal. v --i ' I a terrible wound, from tne effects oi wnicn
Mr. John D. Williams, Jr., who has been 1 the stricken man bas since died, a jury or
innnest navmz oeen neiu oyer iuc
aleadW buyer in: Uiecouou mar
Goldsboro-tbis season, fepresenting Messrs. The place of the difficulty was near one
WUVamk&lIUKhlsonv is iu the. city. : Mr. Windell Davis' miti, about fifteen miles
;W illiama. will Shortly extend: Jhia'lirnits': from Kenansville. Holland is said to have
At ldiboro4.by locating permanently and been sober it the time, but the Malpass
otithUhtnrii brMeh. bouse of tha firm.be brothers, who bear a very bad reputation.
treDrejitannder Jthe name of Murcbison & I -were drinking.1 Deceased leaves a wife and
w iiiiama h niH nnra s fit iriKniiH iu i as-vcvmi pniiiimii. i uerH uau uccu at"
Wilmioeton. whose best withes for success 1 rests up to within the past two days, the I and press, with b'n brains beaten out
attend aim in nis new vemure. i maipsss uroiuers uuYiug uru wuuu;. ' 6' vj""'1
Monday last Mr. Wm. Revell, who
attends to X!apt. R. H. Gatlin's mill and
gin at Killquick, in this county, was
crushed to death by tbe machinery in ttie
most horrible manner. He had been
talking to Capt. Gatlin only a few minutes
before bis death. He went under the gin j
house for some' purpose, no one knows:
what. Soon afterwards Capt Gatlin heard
a knocking under the house, and gointe
down to learn the cause, found Mr. Revells
wound around tbe shaft that. runs the gin