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IflH. PAH.NSILL ,IBBIiAND,9 WOK.
Tho speech Mr. Parnell delivered
m New York, on Sunday last, was
calm aud moderate. In no offensive
sense can he be called an "agitator."
ilis discussion of the land question,,
as applied to Ireland, was fair and
decorous, and directed to the calm
judgment of reflecting men. lie is
not seeking to obtain a redress of
grievances through inflammatory ap-
peals, or to evoke from the friends of
Ireland outbursts of wrath and indig
nation, lie is seeking a remedy for
Ireland's, wrongs by an appeal to le-
yai, uuusiiLUiiuiiai luciuuus. mi. m. at'
nell is not in America lo raise funds
for either buying out landlords or in
stigating a rebellion. This he expli
citly declares, lie says any moneys
raised' shall be applied to carrying on
a campaign of argument and facts
against the land system. Mr. Parnell
advocates the purchase of great es
tates by the government, and the cre
ation of a peasant proprietary. He
does not propose revolution, but a
constitutional redress of grievances
in the way indicated. He is aiming
lo create such an overwhelming pub
lic sentiment against the present sys
tem that the British government will
he coerced into remedying the wrongs
of bTs country.
Mr. Parnell does not object to but
favors earnestly the raising of funds
to relieve the present great and very
pressing distress of Ireland. The re
sponse that will be made in the
United States to his appeals will be
hearty and liberal no doubt. When
. t. 'CP ' . 1 :
i ne cry oi lsmiue comes up me peo
ple of this country will not be deaf
or indifferent. But Ireland needs
political relief also, and Mr. Parnell
la mAirinn .n t rn a I nnjl nnt
io uiuiiiig uauiiuuaijf suu wisely III
that direction. The Charleston Weios
and Courier says pertinently of the
nrnoanl. anil otimi
c o
"What Ireland asks fur ia freedom ami
justice, and if England is not willing to ad
vaBce the money to enable the Irish tenant
farmers to become land-owners, the agita
tion must and will continue 'until Ireland is
, independent ! It was proclaimed long ago
that England's danger is Ireland's oppor
tunity. The danger and tbe opportunity
will come.
"There is in Eogland a strong sentiment
in favor of ameliorating tbe condition of
tbe Irish by making it easy for tbem to ac
quire land, and by giving, tbem some sort
"of Home Rale. Tbe bitter opponents are
the followers of tbe tinseled Beaconsfield,
w bo are bis lackeys, as be is tbe lackey of
Ihe-Queen. Lord Beaconsfield has no vym
palby with free institutions, as tbe English
speaking races understand and establish
tbem. If bo dared, be would treat Ireland
and the Irish as be treated tbe Zulus and
treats tbe Afghans. Tbe Irish people, how
ever, can be confident tbat, if they siaud
firm, Lord Beaconsfleld will give wuy."
PHAGE IN NKHf YOU It.
Good news comes from New York.
The factions are becoming reconciled,
and John Kelly is at last placated.
The excellent New York correspon
dent of the Philadelphia Ledger, in
his letter of the 5th, says:
John KelJy and the Tammany Hall fac
tion have informally committed Ihetnselvi-s
t ihe support of whoever may be nomi
nated by the National Convention. , As
Mirances to that effect have, within the few
days past, beet given to prominent Dem
ocratic leaders from other States,; who have
come here expressly with a view of bridg
ing about a pacification between Tammany
ami '.be Til den faction. I have reason lo
believe tbat a double leaded announce
ment to this t fleet will appear, in the course
uf a day or two, in Mr. Kelly's newspaper
Oman."
The same correspondent says this
is very favorable to Tilden's nomina
tion. Not necessarily. The Dem
ocrats of the country are not com
pelled to take Tilden because Tam
many is pacified. If it can stand
Tilden it could stand Seymour or
Bayard better. We do not believe
for a moment that Tilden can force
himself upon the country. If nomi
nated at all it will be because the
South so elects, and not because he
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VOL. XI.
assumes the air of dictator. This is
no time for any flourishes of that sort
among Democrats. Thay are fighting
Imperialism and will not brook for a
moment any one who assumes the
attitude of party despot. "Them's
our sentiments. i
But it is probable that Mr. Tilden
is much misrepresented as' to his par-poses.-
He may not bave any desire
or intention to undertake to either
dictate to the party jor to force him
self upon it. His enemies have done
him injustice often, aud perhaps letter-writers
have blundered through
ignorance. That he would like to be
nominated is certain. That he will
bolt the party nomination if some one
else is chosen, we do not believe. In
fact, quite recently he has been repre
sented in the Ne w. York Sun as say
ing: "For my part, I will do everything I can
to secure tbe election of the man who may
be agreed upon by the opponents of the
third term conspiracy as tbe best candidate
to unite the conservative elements of all
phies. If a third ternkrean -he conferred
upon Grant, a fourth and fifth will be. la
sbort,Urant'a ipstalllnenl lb Ihe White House
in 188Lmeaas the Empire
If he sticks to that he will give Sey
mour or Bayard, or possibly some
other sound Democrat and patriot, a
hearty support. I
IN Dl AN JDTB and COTTON STALK.
We notice in our exchanges a let
tor from Prof. Watterhouse, of
Washington University, St. Louis, in
which he expresses an unshaken con
fidence that Indian Jute can be suc
cessfully and profitably cultivated in
the South. He saysi
"My observations in India convince me
tbat there are in the South large areas well
adapted to the culture of this plant. When
once experiment baa ascertained the con
ditions favorable to its growth, a new
source of great textile wealth will be opened
to the South. I have no! fear that Ameri
can genius will not be able to devise some
rapid and: economical process frr disin
tegrating the fiber. Tbe enormous Fortune
which will award success. will soon stimu
late our ioveotors to an f effective solution
of the problem. 1
"It ia oar first duty to prove by actual
trial that Indian Jute can be cheaply grown
iu tbe Southern Stales. Then it is probable
that! American ingenuity, excited by the
hope which aucccBa wonbl convert into an
assurance of wealth, will soou discover an
economical and speedy means of separating
tbe fibre." , j
We note this for a two-fold reason.
First, because it concerns the South.
We would like to see the experiment
fully tested as to Indian Jute, be
cause 'it may give a new industry to
our people, and cause the most grati
fying results. Second, because there
is another production, already widely
cultivated throughout the South,
that may yet prove! a source of
wealth, and give another form of in
dustry to our people.' It is. altogether
probable that the bark of the cotton
stalks will be utilised hereafter in
a way never dreamed' of in
our agricultural philosophy. We
understand that some experiments
have been made already with the cot
ton bark, and with the most favora
ble results. The fibres obtained are
very long and very strong, and the,
probabilities are favorable that the
South possesses a new and endless
source of wealth in this hitherto neg
lected substance. We are not suffi
ciently informed to write intelligent
ly about the experiments which are
being made in New Jersey. All we
know is that a gentleman who has
beetf experimenting with the bark is
delighted with the iresfilts tbosxfar
obtained. The prospect is, as we un
derstand it, that the bags in which
cotton is packed can
will.be made from the
be made, and
bark of stalks
upon which the cotton is grown. We
shall have occasion no doubt to refer
to this subject again. (
It is now hinted very broadly that
Gov. Cobb was. lookjng, tq his own
interests somewhat when he appont
ed M r. Luke Pryor, of, Athens, Ala
bama, to fill the late Senator Hous
ton's unexpired terftv HftTaTlawyer
of ability and character, and hot a
politician. Here is what V "shrewd
Alabama politician" told the Wash
lngton. correspondent of . the Balti
more San be Core Mr. Pryor was ap
pointed, prophecyihg, ; however, that
ho would be appointed. Said he:
Qov. Cobb is anxious to-be re-elected,
and to appoint either Gen.! Walker, Gea.
Wheeler, Mr, Pugb, Mr. Bradford or 3en.
Forney, all of whom: were named , when
Gov.' Houston was elected and all of whom
will be aspirants when tbe election shall ,
occur in November wjl&3itoxtve the
appointee- indue ; advantage,) aid tamake
unfriendly to Gov;': Cobb raft the dbeir aspi
rants. It is assumed io th calculation of
Mr. Fjror'a appointment tUai..h ; will he
satiafled with his f ewjaanjhsenjire of the
Senatorial toga, and will 9Qt aspire to fur
ther ; political honors. .His appointment
would therefore give no offence to the lead
ing aspirant8U whom the fieid for the Sen
atorshir would sdl toa left peo'."- - ' .
In AlabamaHt is as elsewhere; the
politicians take all the' Qhaacea. and
have an eye to self." !
Weekly
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, ' JANUARY 16,.188Q.
JBRtlGHATION AND COTTON 0111.1.8.
Whilst all kinds of emigrants are
not to be sought after, the South
would be wise to make uncommon
efforts to attract that class of dili
gent laborers who are skilled in the
various branches of industry,- and
who have some capital oapital
enough to buy small farms or engage
in other kinds of business in a limited
way. In other words, the South is
concerned at present more in the
quality than it is in the number of
the emigrants who may find a home
in our section. We believe that the
time is not distant when skilled ope
ratives in cotton manufacturing will
be in demand in the South, and will
be sought after by capitalists.
There is no denying the fact that
an uncommon interest has been
awakened in many sections of the
South in regard to cotton manufac
turing. The papers tormonths have
been discussing the question, and the
Inierest is unabated.' We liikve had
inqch to say ourselves about thllf 'im
portant branch of ioauitry, and w 4
purpose to consider it further from
tiqie to time. We are not yet satis
fied as to what is the real value of the
Clement Attachment. We are await
ing thorough tests of it in Georgia
where the manufacturing of cotton
into yarns and fabrics is carried on
with larger results and on a more ex
tended scale than elsewhere In the.
South. The Memphis Appeal, like
the Stab, takes a hopeful view of the
future of cotton manufacturing in
the South. We hope before another
deCade that it will be" found wise and
profitable to7 manufacture the cotton
where it is raised rather than to ship
it thousands of miles to be converted
into fabrics. The Appeal jb:
Our people will be great andprosperous
as soon as they retain their .cotton and
manufacture it into cloth without the
trouble and expense of baling it. If the
South would manufacture all tbe cotton
she raises she would be tbe gainer in the
proportion which the gross sale of tbe
manufacture l article exceeds tbat paid out
for 'the raw material. The millions .thus
saved' to the South would be a contribu
tion to the wealth of the South. Every
dollar retained in the South, where the
cotton is raised, by manufacturing the raw
material i .to cotton goods, is a pecuniary
gain to that extent. For tbe South to
plant mills m every town, city and neigh
borhood, indeed right in tbe midst of ber
coltbn fields, is the true policy to pursue.
Cotton can be manufactured at less cost in
the South,- where it is produced, and where'
the climate is' genial all tbe year round;
than in any other country ou the habitable'
globe."
We indorse this view heartily. It
is common sense, and it is the truth.
When we see New England or Old
England writers trying to make it
appear that the South is not the
place for manufacturing, we are com
pelled to . believe that they are con
trolled by selfish and . sophistical
views. It is known to all who know
anything about it thatNew England's
prosperity is based upon ber manu
factures. It is known . furthermore
that England has grown rich and
prosperous and to a considerable ex
tent through her very extensive cot
ton 'mills. If she can make -cotton
manufacturing profitable after trans
porting the raw material thousands
oi miles, then there is no reason what
ever why it cannot be made more
profitable in manufacturing it on the
spot where it is grown. The Appeal
says and with force:
"The argument, that it is more profitable
to employ all our forces in producing tbe
raw material is no longer the potent one
tbat it was in the days ot .slavery, but we
shall find it much more to our interests to
diversify our industries so as to give em
ployment to all our people, even down to
the women and children, aad make availa
ble not only their physical energies, but
laeir s&iu ana imetttgertcev - -
- One other remark: if English cap
italists could be induced to visit the
South and see for themselves, wo be
lieve that hundreds of them -would
build faotories all over our favored
section. We hope Mr. Sala will have
his attention specially directed to this
point when he enters upon his four
months' tour in the Southern States.
He can aid the South no little if he
will post himself thoroughly and
write up the advantages offered by
the South as a great' field for cotton
manufacturing. But his English pre
judices, or the interests of his own
people, may prevent him from enter
ing upon such a discussion-. If Eng
lish capitalists were informed of tbe
exact facts it would not be long be
fore many of them would be found
erecting mills in the South.
There are not a dozen known third,
termers in Congresl -.' But if Grant
is nominated the . Stalwarts will go
him, epaulettes and all, as sure as
ballot-stuffing begins.
A Radical , paper has . j ast' been,
started in Springfield, Illinois, with
the appropriate name of Stalwart. '
MORE CONCERNING THB CACtAL
.PROJECT.
We are quite in earnest when we
Urge the construction of the proposed
Duplin Canal. It is an enterprise of
real "pith and moment" to our. city,
and if ever built Will prove of great
advantage we cannot doubt. - If fuch
a project were needed for one of ' the
go-ahead Northern towns to secure 1
the trade of all or a large part df five
productive counties its construction
would not be delayed a day.7 ?We
hope the business, enterprising- taeu
of Wilmington will not allow thia
really Important scheme to failr
jThe friends and promoters ofHhe
Duplin Canal have ever claimed thai'
the enterprise could be carried oiltat
a very small eoet, from the fact thinV
there would be neither looks not Hbw
paths required, which, in a fea
measure, go to make up the principal
cost in constructing canals. -
: There is another consideration!' as
i . ' ..-
its construction, that will belap-'
prjeciated- feadily- b,Hhsewhqn'T
derataad such works.
cayatmg an tne usual way, tbe greater
portion of the earth can be removed
by a process known as sluicing. That
this process is practicable is not
doubted by those who have paid at?
tention to canal construction. It tan
flattering to the friends of the en
terprise tbat this 'plan of engineering'
receives the indorsement of M. de
Lesseps, Chief Engineer, and Mr.
Dircks, the famous Amsterdam En
gineer, who propose to use this
identical sluicing process in the con
struction of the Panama Canal.
But what is better still than even
this high authority, is practical data
showing that numbers of canals have
already been constructed by the
sluicing process.' For instance-: The
gold miners of California, with no
other appliances than thoir axes,
spades and shovels, blockade and
sluice rivers round by new channels;
and dig gold in , the bed of the old
rivers, and use the new- streams or
channels for washing out the hill and
mountain gulches. But nowhere out
side of China has this sluicing pro
cess been reduced to such a scientific
system as in Colorado. In this State,
for supplying towns with water and
for irrigating, lands, canals are sluiced
out! at a nominal cost. At present
there are over 400 miles of "canals
in this State. The cheapness of these
cartals is wonderfnL
The Western Colony Canal, at
Evans, Colorado, is forty miles long,
andj cost only $23,650. This canal
irrigates 115,200 acres of land, be
sides supplying towns with water.
Table Mountain Canal is twenty
miles long, and cost only $8,000.
The Chinese excel all other nations
upon the globe in mechanical skill and
economy in constructing their public
works. The Grand Imperial Canal
is 900 miles long,' and was construct
ed bv the sluicing process. The
highest head of 'water that could be
used at any point upon the canal was
only twelve feet, and yet the canal
was sluiced out to a depth of sixty
feet below tide level, and with a
width of over 300 feet. In this work
the water supply was great.
The terminus of the Duplin Canal
will be' at the junction of the North
East river and Goshen. At this point!
the supply of water will be unlim
ited, and for a large portion of the
year, if thrown into a cube. With a
flow of two miles per hour, the vol
ume would be 12 feet deep and 140
feet wide. This, is abundantly ample
if thrown into a straight canal to
sluice out' a channel below tide level,
whieh would make the canal perpet
ually navigable. Of course the water
would have to be judiciously manipu
lated, as is done in Colorado and
other places.
We have gone into this subject of
sluicing, that our citizens may know
something of the process adopted in
other portions of the world in con
structing canals when the require
ments of commerce or the necessities
of communities demanded it. The
(Duplin Canal is not only' feasible but
it should be built at the earliest pos
sible day. .
There is a ladies'- memorial before
Congress demanding the expulsion of
George Q. Cannon, now serving his
fourth term ihs a- delegate from Utah
in Congress. George is very "much
married," having a half dozen or more
wives, so-called. He is a strong ad-'
vocateof jJolygamy and practices it-
,to the best of his abilitV. - Let Con
gross unload.' Shoot off -this mighty
Mormon Cannon.
Bt a n
THE DEATH PENALTY!
Execution of Allea OlatbU rer lb
. f ' .1, - -' .....
Mtfrder of Jtonbta JHrf togFall
. Particulars of be Hanglas-CoD
tktati of iu aiemn4 Iirian.
Yesterday Allen Mathis, colored who
wis convicted at the December term of the
Suoerior Court of New Hanover county of
the murder of oae Reuben Hfcrringl col f
, near Burgaw, Pender county, id. Sep
tember, 1878, and whose cape was removed
frim Pender to New JHsnover, expiated hta
frinte on the'iaidws in, Hhis city.
he trial of athisoaoe up on Wedn.es-
pt the term, and the prisoner, was ably
ended by Messrs. Edwin T. Boykin, of
Sampson, - and Bruce" Williams and
3.! T. Blaid, of " Pender; the : pbse-
oution being conddcted by Captain Swift
galloway. The evidence showed a state of
feeding between the parties, superin
dujeed by criminal inUtnacy previously ex
isting between Allen Mathis and Lucy Her
rlrJg, the lfe of the murdered man1: This
ufmlnated, fiailly, inthe murder for which
HitbifStod chfirftEfd., The case wagiven
lJ,Q the jury the same evenmfc god in a short
time they returned aterdict of guilty.Whef c
upbn hisHonor.udge Eure, sentenced tbe
prisoner to be hanged on Friday, the 9th
of January, between the hours of 11 and 2
o'clock.
Some of tbe ministering brethren, together
with Jailor Howard, remained with him
unp a late hour Thursday night. Yester
day morning he stated to the jailor that be
spent tbe remainder of the night very com
fortably; that he felt of a surety that the
iliord bad pardoned him, and that he was
ready .and willing to die. He ate for bis
breakfast a biscuit and a piece of fried fish,
and drank a cup of coSee, and seemed
more cheerful his last morning than he had
since his conviction. Rev. C. O. Brady,
Episcopal; Rev. J. G. Fry, Methodist; Rev.
U. ; W. Price, Methodist; Rev. D. G.
Sanders, Presbyterian; Rev. Cornelius
Sampson, Methodist; and Revs. Conway
and Morton, Baptists, of the colored minis
ters, and Rev. J. P. King, Baptist, white,
visited 'him during the morning and re
mained with him, singing and praying, un
til ihe last moment. '.
For the past two or three weeks different
ministers of the city have been in daily at
tendance upon the doomed man in his.
prison cell, endeavoring to bring him to a
sincere repentance of his aina, and espe
cially of the grievous one for which he was
so soon to suffer. He appeared anxious to
experience relief from tbe heavy burden ot
condemnation that weighed down his soul,
bat it was not until a few hours before his
execution that he was able to say that all
was well with him.
Notwithstanding the fact that tbe execu
tion was to be strictly private, about two
thousand persons, principally colored, as
sembled on Fourth and Princess streets, in
the vicinity of tbe jail, many of them
standing there for two hours or more,
eagerly waiting and watching to"- get a
glimpse of tbe condemned man as he was
taken from the sidedoor of the prison to
the scaffold. During this time a colored
woman got to , shouting yery. lustily... and
created considerable .excitement .among tbe
colored people. Many of the latter class of
the population were loud in their condem
nation of the privacy attending the execu
tion, whilst others were noising it around
that those who went in bad to payAtwenty-
five cents for a ticket of admission
At 11 A. M. the persons provided with
tickets were admitted to the jail-enclosure,
and: nearly all of tbem proceeded at once to
inspect the gallows. This was erected
immediately in the rear of tbe jail, kod was
so enclosed that only those inside and upon
the platform could witness the execution.
The enclosure was about fifteen by twelve
feet and the platform was reached by i
flight of steps. - In the centre of tuts plat
form was a trao .door four feet souare.
wording, upon hinges, and. when closed rest
ing bppjo a wooden bolt which was with
drawn' by working" a lever at . the bead of
me uigui oi siaus. ine oaeriu anu nis as
sistanta arranged the rope a half-inch
new manillt, well lubricated 30 as to give
tbe condemned man a fall of eight feet.
At 12 o'clock Mathis was brought out of
.the jail and mounted the steps to the plat
form, attended by the jailor and the colored
ministers who had been with him' all the
morning. He was a bright, intelligent
looking young negro, brown-ia color, and
apparently about. 80 years of age. His
arms were tied and he was dressed in jacket
and panta of brown jeans, which were new
and apparently provided for the occasion;
but he was bare-headed and his ehoeswere
old and worn. He mouated the steps
Quietly and without assistance, but when
he reached the' platform and saw the
preparations made for his death, his color
seemed to turn a shade lighter, to a ghastly
asbyhue, and his agitated and tremulous
manner betrayed bis deep emotion. He
took ; his position upon the trap, and the
Sheriff in a firm voice ,read the finding of
the Court and the certificate of the clerk.
Mathis was then asked by Sheriff Manning
if he bad anything to say. He responded
that be had told the truth about the mat
ter, and that he felt that, he had made his
peace with his God. With closed eyes he
continued to repeat "God paje mercy upon
me," while a hymn was sung, beginning
"There is a fount. After the hymn, prayer
wa3 offered by-Rev. J. G. "Fry, one. of he
colored ministers, the prisoner kneeling,
and with closed eyes contfauAlly repeating
"Lord havemeej&.'t.; L;
After the .completion of the prayer Mathis
arose from his Kneeling position and said:
"I am much Obliged to air the ministers.
have nothing against anybody." A prayer
NO., 12.
was then read by Rev. C. O. Brady, of St.
Mark's Episcopal church, at tbe conclusion
of which the ministers all . advanced and
shook' hands with Mathis, bidding him
good-bye. He said that he was much
obliged to them for what they had done for
him.and asked them to sing "I want to hear
sweet singing when I die," saidjbe. The sing-
uyi ujuiuo naa wcu ccauuieu. .LUljug iia
continuance the Sheriff advanced, adjusted
the straps upon the prisoner's limbs, and
shaking hands with Mathis bade him fare-
nl 1 TIT At- .a m . . a
,wf". jitaiuis responaea lome csnenn wan
firm voice, bidding him good-bye, and
aaing uiathe bad nothing against him.
lit also shook bands with the jailor and
thanked htm for bis kind treatment. As
the Sheriff adjusted the blackcap over Ma
this' head and then the fatal noose, the
hands of the prisoner trembled violently,
and it was evident that only by a strong ef
fort was he able to control himself.
At twenty minutes past 12 o'clock the
Sheriff pulled the lever, the- wooden bolt
flew back, the trap dropped, and Mathis
body fell with a loud thud and spun around
in the air. There was but slight motion of
the body, merely! a muscular contraction
and a tremulous movement of the extremi-
i - -
ties, which lasted a few moments, then all
was still and tbe corpse dangled idly m the
ajil ':".' v.. '1 Vi...,,J- ''i .
After hanging ten minutes ibe body was
examined by Drs. Walker and Lane. The
pulse was stilled, but a faint motion of the
heart was thought to be perceptible. Two
minutes afterwards, however, 'Mathis was
pronounced dead, tbe rope was cut and the
body lowered into the coffin. His neck
was broken by the fall, although the hang
man's knot had slipped from under the left
ear around to the back of the neck. The
Sheriff's arrangements were very complete.
There were admitted inside of the jail
yard about forty or fifty persons, exclusive
of the guard.
Shortly after the body had been placed
in the coffin the remains were put in a
wagon and taken to the "Potter's Field,"
just outside the southern limits of the city.
Tbe following confession was made to
Deputy Sheriffs Daniel Howard and T. C.
Miller, and taken down at the time by Rev.
C. O. Brady, one of the ministers in attend
ance: " . -
: "I was intimate with Lucy .Herring about;
four years: Last December, two yearffago,
I was arrested, charged with criminal inti
macy with Lucy Herring. There was no
bad-feeling between myself and Reuben
Herring, deceased. Reuben Herring had
abandoned Lucy about the time that
I. first became intimate with her. Lucy
came to my house with Tom Hayes
on a Sunday,, the very day of the mur
der. Tom Hayes wrote a letter for her
ahd left. Tom Hayes had left about three
or four minutes when I came out on the
piazza and discovered a man in the bushes,
I went back in tbe house and got a gun and
walked out in tbe field. 1 told him not to
come to me. He came up cursing and
swearing, and drew back his stick and
struck at me. I fended the blow off
with the gun, walking backwards until
1 got a chance to run,-and he ran
after me. I ran into tbe house and
threwhe gun down; then grabbed an axe
and struck him with it about tbe hip the
first blow; he advanced on me and I struck
him about tbe bead as he was coming up to
mei As I dealt him tbe third blow be fell
to the ground. I let him lie there about
fifteen minutes, and then he was about
dead. I took him up then and buried
him in the well, and Lucy said, "Let's
hide him, and if you will not tell
it 1 will not do it." And then I said,
"Well, if you don't I will not;" and
then she went home and came back and
prevailed upon me if I would never tell it
she; would not. 1 saw ber several times at
terwards, and she would tell me to "Keep
it! Keep it!" About five weeks afterwards
I saw ber. and she said to me tbat they
were going to arrest her about it,
and asked me what to do about
it. 1 1 told her I did not know; and
then she jaid, "If they do I'll tell tbem that
he is gone away," and then I told ber tbat
1 would go off and get a letter written and
make out like he had gone away, and shs
said, "All right !" and told me to write the
letter back to her and she would ta&e it
and- show it; and then went over South
river and got a letter written back to her is
the name of Reuben Herring by alt. J,
Melvin. This is tbe only crime I ever bave
committed.
"I was raised at John Mathis', on Little
Coharie, in Sampson county. My mother
and! father are dead. I have one sister
living. She is in Sampson-county.
formerly belonged ta John Mathis; be
raised me. 1 am a cooper by trade."
This is the first execution that has taken
place in this city since February 28th, 1868,
when -William Wright Parker was hanged
for the murder of William Childress in 1863
A Wbale! A Wbale!!'
The Charleston News and Courier reports
tbe capture of a whale in the harbor there
on the 7th inst., after a long and exciting
chase, in which five steam tugs and fifty or
sixty row boats engaged. At the finisb;the
Newt and Courier says: "At last a bare
footed sailor in one of tbe two first boats,
the man who struck the first blow in the
morning (Garrison, of North Carolina,
drove his lance home. The boat backed
away, but there was no need for it An in
ert tijack mass lay upon the surface.moving
gently with tbe motion of the water. Dead
at lait? The tug Royal Arch, familiarly
known in our waters, led the attaok. "The
fish is a 'Right whale,' As well as could he
esiimaieu nis leugiu is irom lony 10 uiiy
feet, and the thickness of his body from ten
to fifteen feet. His weight, of course, could
not be ascertained, but his captors estimate
that be will yield from $600 to $800 worth
of oil.': i "
Xfce mystery Solved Tlie Body Found.
The body of Samuel Davis, the colored
man Whose mysterious disappearance was
alluded to in the Stab on more than one
occasion during the past week, was found
about twelve or fifteen miles up the North
East river, oq Wednesday evening last, by
Mr. T. B. Burnett. Mr. Burnett arrived
Jiere Thursday night and reported the cir
cumstance to Coroner Hewlett, who dis
patched some men up the riveryesterdayto
bring; the remains to this city, where they
were expected to arrive last night,his inten
tion being to hold'an inquest over the body
this- morning. . Mr. Burnett reports that
there were no indications' of violence about
the body, so far as he could see.
The burglars are on their rounds
at Charlotte. s
comptrndB ( wiiMja. sr. fs
wtttf itlfaor SoatboTif fide a
Cotton ftblpptns Port.
The following communication shows
that Wilmington is. not behind her sister
cities in facilities for doing a cotton trade
of large dimensions.' -Mr YanBuaktilWn ia
President of the Chamber of - Commerce.
and, while not engaged in col ton business,
takes great interest in what .tends toward
the prosperity of this city: .
'.Editor . Morning StarMv attontinn
has been drawn to the following
cation which appeared ia the columns of
me oavannan morrang jsem of January
6th, aud as it appears to be wb&'t is con
sidered good work for that city, which is
making rapid strides ia the way of com
mercial importance, as well as overad
vances toward prosperity, I think it will
not be amiss to comoare the frt win.
similar business being done by ihe coUbu
presses ana stevedores or mis city, and
show that the moderate business now done
nere in cotton is done well and will no
doubt inCreasegreally:
. (From the Savannah News.
EXCELLENT STEVEDORING FINE CARGOES.
Ediior Mornina News: The
desire to express their approbation and com-
menaauoa or ine clever stevedores, Messrs.
Bergman & Steele, who stowed their vessels
with larger cargoes than, they carried from
Galveston and Charleston on several occa-
sions.and also to near testimony to the great
facilities of your - port for -compressing
cotton. Let the folio win e show
The Norwegian harnne 1Vlpmfii r.urari
yesterday with 2,230 bales of upland cotton.
wciguwg i,uo,?oo pounas, being lul.UOO
nounds more than oho. pver mrrini i
Charleston or Galveston on previous voy
agesan average oi pounds to tbe ton.
ine Norwegian Darque Air cleared on
Saturday last, with a careo of 1.164 hiw
cotton, weighing 556,000 pounds, cargo ty
t3.;aiuttto, jiusq., Deing ii Dales more than
she carried. from Galveston on two previous
occasions. The tonnage of the vessel is 298
tons net; Such cargoes speak well for these
sWvedores-and your port. , , .
l. iJERJJSTEN,
Master barque Telemach.
A. Johnsen,
Master barque Ali.
During the oresent cotton vp.ar Ihsrp
have been cleared from this port, to date.
nineteen cargoes or cotton lor foreign port?..
Of these ten "were of afferreeate torninc 4
247 tons, and carried 17.736 hales
8,387,655 pounds.being an average of 1,952
pounds average of the two cargoes loaded
at Savannah, and of 1.670 noun da that Ramp
vessels loaded at Charleston and Galves
ton.
The two cargoes loaded atASnvannnli
show 1,865 and 1,812 pounds to the ton; tbe
ten cargoes loaded at Wilmington show
1,849, 1,865, 1,894, 1,947, 1,963, 1,970,
2,002, 2,036, 2,041 and 2,071 pounds to the
ion., ine increase in the aggregate is sev
enteen rter cent, over nhnrlnRtnn nnH Dal.
yeston, and seven percent, over Savannah.
comparing two ot the cargoes from Wil
mington with the two from Savannah, we
have, a bark of 318 tons taking 649,035
pounds.and another of 308 tons taking 638",
033 pounds, being an average of 2,053
pounds to the ton, showing an increase of
twpnty-three per cent, over Charleston and
Galveston, and twelve per cent, over Sa
vannah. The ten vessels loaded at Wilmington
average 425 tons; tbe two loaded at Savan
nah, average 450 tons, which makes this
comparison fair, as vessels of large tonnage
will carry more per ton than those of me
dium or small tonnage.
Wilmington can boast of three first-class
cotton compresses; also stevedores capable
of doing .work equal to that done at any
other port. The increasing depth of water
over the bar will no doubt enable vessels of
large draft to visit this port, when we hope
to gain what we shall endeavor to merit, a
large increase of commerce and a share of
the prosperity that awaitsthe South, and
will come if her people put their- hearts
and hands rightly tosworhv .' . .
' i . A. H. VanBokkelen.-
A Reminder. - . .. -
Merchants and other business people are
reminded of tbe fact that the State and
town require tbem to return to the Register
of Deeds within ten days after the first day
of January, 1880, a true and exact state
ment of the amount of purchases made by
them as principal or agents, or through
agents or commission merchants, for-the
six months ending tbe 31st day of Decem
ber, 1879. Tbe amount of purchases, both .
in and out of the State, must be included
in the returns.
Exaggeration In Figure.
As a fair example of the cariosity
of statistics, says Spoflord, the Con
gressional librarian, "take the army
of Xerxes when it crossed the Helles
pont to invade Greece. Herodotus
gives it as 1,700,000 fooi, 100,000
horse, and 517,000 naval forces ,
total, 2,317,000; and adds that this
was swollen by the attendants to
5,200,000; and all this to invade a
country which in no ags known to
history contained over 1,500,000 in
habitants. Another favorite myth of
historians is the story of that famous
Alexandrian library of 700,000 vol
umes, burned by the Caliph , Omar,
A. D. 640, with a rhetorical-dilemma
in his mouth. Unfortunately for this
highly dramatic tale no , two writers
are agreed as to the circumstances,
except as to the single fact that there
was a library at Alexandria, and that
it ceased to exist in the seventh cen
tury. To aslc a modern inquirer to be
lieve that 700,060 books were ga
thered in one body of 800 years be
fore the invention of printing, while
the largest library in the world, four
centuries after the multiplication of
books by printing began, contained
less'than 200,000 volumes,, is altoge
ther too great a stretch of credulity.
Even reporting the size of modern li
braries, exaggeration holds sway. The
library of George IV., inherited by
that graceless ignoramus from a book
collecting f ather,and presented to the
British nation with ostentatious libe
rality only after he had failed to sell
it to Russia, was said in the publica
tion of the time to contain about 120,
000 volumes.; But an actual enume
ration when the books were lodged in
the King's Library,' at the British
Museum, where they have ever since
remained,8howed that there were only
65,250 volumes, being little more than
half the reported, number. Many
librarie8,private and public, aie equal
ly overestimated. -
The New York World corres
pondent, who has been studying party
politics at Washington. and through
out the country, finds the impression
growing that Mr. Tilden, abandoning
the expectation of : nominating him
self, has resolved to defeat: Bayard at
all hazards, f Mr. Tilden may find it
to his interest some of these days to
attend to his own business. &l.
Louis Post, Dem.