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The people of North Carolina, and
particularly of the mountain country,
navA lynnmnA in1.(rfst in ihp nrn.
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posed centennial celebration of the
hotly contested and decisive battle
that was fought on Kind's Mountain.
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i ne scene oi me oauie is very near
our Slate Hue, but a little within the
boundaries of South Carolina. If the
line had been run straight the battle
field would have been within the
limits of North Carolina. The neces
sary steps to celebrate the splendid
victory that was won on October 7th,
1780 one hundred years ago next
Oetober have been taken, and it will
be a fine success no doubt. North
Carolinians must do their part, for a
majority of the men who achieved
that splendid victory were from this
A meeting to effect the necessary
organization was held at King's Moun
tain, North Carolina, in July last We
copy the following from the Charles
ton Aiews and Courier concerning the
action of two committees appointed:
"The committee ou Monuments reported
tint they bad examined a great number of
designs, nd recommended one which they
thought most suitable, consisting of five
blocks of,slate gradually diminishing in size
iiuui cigub icci juaic auu iuui icci uiu iu
two feel square and four feet high, the
UHiues of those who fell to be placed on
panels in the block nest to the top, aud the
whole to be surmounted by the - figure of a
Continental soldier, the total height to be
twenty-five or twenty-six feet The cost of
this monument is estimated at about $3,000.
The report was recommitted. The commit
I e on Grounds recommended that seven
leeu acres be cleared for military evolutions,
the Adjutant General of North Cmo.iuu
haviug aid that he believed that lie could
surcuie the attend nice tf forty companies,
ami it teing pmbablt; thul ibis lUin ou.
w hi HI lie v-iy Hrgely increased from oilier
It hax been announc.nl that iiev.
Robert L ithain, of Yorkviile, S. C, is
preparing a work on the men who
fulit and the incidents that maiked
th lHU-lt',oiie of the most decisive that
ever occurred on this continent. We
h"pi5 that some North Carolinian will
give the State of his birth the benefit
of hia time and talents so far as to
prepare as complete an account of
the battle as the material extant will
permit. We all know from experi
ence that if any people would per
petuate the memorials of their own
greatness, ana nana down to genera
tions vet unborn a true account nf
what occurred they must gather the
historical memorabilia and Jtell the
story themselves. In saying .this, we
do not wish to be understood as inti
mating that Mr. Latham will not
write the truth as h understands it
and from his own standing-point. He
is peccable like others, and he has
and partialities of a fallen race,
lie will no doubt ' strive to be fair,
but this does not preclude others
from delving in the same historic
mines, pr remove all necessity of other
peus being employed on the same
theme. . Men are so constituted
that a'half dozen pens may treat
the same facts and with differ
ent results. The great writers, for
instance, who have treated of ilrAPCA.
like Mitford, Grote, Merivale, Cur
tius and others, have each lent new
attractions to the entrancing subject,
thrown new light upon obscure and
difficult points, drawn opposing eon
clnsions from various events, and
mill been animated with equal zeal
for. ruth, and candor.
The same remark is eminently true
,- ,
of Roman history. Gibbon, Arnold,
Mommsen, Froudo and other great
writers have all. contributed to the
better understanding of one of the
greatest ot. earthly races, and yet in
many particulars they differ widely
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in ftfeeir opinions Asd deductions. Bft
'all have aided both in delighting and
instructing the historical student.' It
is by diligently comparing the varii
apv accounts and inferences that.r4
arrive approximately at the tratfa&l
' - W hope the celebration at Etif
'Mountain id Octotieif wlf be a ffraitlJ
event one to be memorable, like tb
I victory it celebrates, in the aaajs
ertb Carolina. The AnsociaiiDn
l held another meetin? at K
Uoentainon February 21.
5 v . " in i i riifiin it.n
We regretted RAninor t h snnntrMM.
inent of the destruction! of the Au4
gasta (Ga.) cotton factory. Only- a
djy or two before we announced thati
it would, soou pay a fair f dividend ta
the stockholdetsy together with two
other facioriea at the same place.
Augueta has grown .in' population
very considerably and has prospered
in many ways. Its leading paper
says that thisas been paused esaejor;
liallj by itCIrJac - Weaaay
noteibat a ttW atid tasre faclorr fe;
as me otDiey Manufacturing iJom
pany. It will have 24,000 spindles,
and the Chronicle says "will add fully
five thousand people to the popula
tion of the city, with an increase of
trade commensurate with the addi
tion." According to this paper, a
factory on a large scale like the new
one, pays out yearly to the operatives
alone about $175,000. It says: .
"But this is Dot the only advantage. A
cotton manufactory of 24,000 spindles will
consume yearly nearly 12,000 bales of cot
ton, and this is purchased directly at its
doors. The more of such f institutions,
therefore, that there are the greater will be
the demand for the staple, and the induce
ments offered by Augusta as a cotton mar
ket will be increased correspondingly. The
addition to the population and the neces
sity of dwelling places for so many more
people must necessarily enhance the value
of real estate." j
Augu8ta,by a recent census,showed
nearly 29,000 inhabitant. With two
such factories in Wilmington and in
five years we could count on 25,000
inhabitants. If the Augusta mills
can pay 8 and 12 per cent:, and one
three days ago declared a dividend
of 12 per cent; and if others in Geor
gia and South Carolina can and do
pay from 10 to 16 percent.! and some
times even more, why cannot similar
enterprises be made to pay in Wil
mington? Surely as competent man
agers and as skilled laborers can be
procured. The cost of living ought
not to bo greater here than in Au
gusta or Macon or Columbus. Then
we have the advantages of a fish mar
ket and other facilities.
THK NOUTHKHN HA1D OS TUB.
'rRUstiRY. J-
There is no doubt1 about the. heavy
raids being made upon the IJ. S.Trea
sury by the tens of thousands of pen
sioners. W e mentioned recently some
facts connected with this constant
drain upon the pockets of the people.
So enormous has this grown that even
Republican papers have been con
Htrained to call attention to the mat
ter and to insist upon its cessation, or
at least upon its diminution. It is
said that the pensioners E or applica
tions to pension are increasing im
mensely. After disposing of thou
sands of cases there aie nojv: fifteen
hundred cases before the House Com
mittee on Pensions. A special com
mittee, to inyjesigatethepperations
of the pension 8ytem,has been created
in the House; !
It is really a great outrage upon the
pockets of the tax-payers, this pension
business. Either: there must be more
discretion used in the bestowment of
pensions or the burdens of the long-suffering4.ax-payers
will be steadily
increased. As we mentioned before,
it the rate of increase continues be
fore five yeaTS the annual tax will not
be less than $60,000,000, for pensiojBs
ers alone. The increase, fori 1881 is
over three millions. : It' is estimated
that there are 250,:000. pension appli
cants whilst upon the rolls ther
are already 241,755. We copy the
following somewhat startling state
ment from the Baltimore Sun :
"The pension rolrwas increased by 18,757
names during : fle,iffral,jretitlenaed June 80.
1879, and at the same rates tor next year it
will be increased between 30,000 and 40,000
names, even without new legislation to in
crease it. As SeatoDaivftJ of West Vir
ginia, has said, Within the next decade, if
the same rate of increase continues, the
pension roll will be doubled, and it will
require from $60,000,000 to $80,000,000
anuualiy to: be appropriated for the pay
ment of pensions." It is submitted that
this is offering tod: large a premium for
fighting. Wenow spend more money for
pensions every year than we spent for the
entire annual expenses of the I govern
ment during the first fifty years of oar na
tional existence, induomgthe. cost of the
war of 1812.The.jBpg5oprMoa for pen
sions for the single yOBSlQvers more
money thafl tosifieary pension
roll-.rortx, flrtr.f tflig ween; 1791 to,
180Q the total ipinrepnations" for! jpension
account were $78,652,925 01. Between
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, LMINGtOK, N. C., FRIDAY. JANUARY 23, 1880.
U?fll and 1883 the same aoriroriationa
t AIMtl JftSVl-h -i? . .
cregaiea B,oey,iHtji.k in,ine lasc eight
yeara we have paid t234.i89.522 42 for
MnsioBt, hlnkmre hy 13,060,000 than
jras paid, in ait the previous years in our
history up to 1870. Thepayments for peb
ionftew amoiua tetlfi ercsnt of the en
tire, rett of thegaTerment,! and the
ratmist feecesfeVily indreafle as the roll
, owipejce is fair ortunity for
hoqes smenaanship. Thousands of
so-called Union men have bean, rftid
4oa.pn, Ahe Xeeasacy with what is
LSPjr afc Vojatbr Claims." A
CWt howl h,bfteniaade byjaaoh
jylngjnd dUingeottca ,ahoe8ianiliQ
mTDrfc Tribute . Ovef bi IioaJJi-
4,,lttoe peca oL Ure Kam.h be-
ing XcZrr! J charged with-1 siA. It
UiutobweU thataaarcdyajikmth-j
em man who fongat the i bfuw3atsj
baaevex had a olainvfor a dolla; $a
the Northern . raid now kriaking wn
the. Treasury therai.is good solid
gXDadd lor a howl, -and i if the Tfi.
btmea .were honest in the leastjianji
wally -desired t guawkihe Treajdtr,
ItbeytJwdtild rattietavay aigbtanrl
day until they had stopped theys-j
apobbety- t tbt laipSfers
was gousg pn continually. oorae
. . : . " it i
of the organs have spoken out, bnt
they ought to give line upon line un
til the outrage ceases.
THE C. F. & IT. BA1LBOAD,
A gentleman connected with the
Cape Fear & Yadkin Railroad, in a
letter before us, asks how it is that
Wilmington takes so little interest in
this very important feeder to our
growing city. We are upable to give
a satisfactory reply. We have stirred
the matter in these columns;, but
Without any apparent results. It is
certain that Wilmington will be sig
nally benefited if the road is ever
completed to . Mt. Airy, in jSurry
county. The following extract from
the letter, concerning the progress in
the construction of the road, is of in
terest. The writer says: j
"We are working 275 bands on the gra
ding, 150 oi! the lower end in Cbatham.and
12o on the ( eensboro end. We have six
and a half tuiles done on the Greensboro
end, andSttaere are uncompleted, between
the two forces, bnvtwenty-six miles,! which
we will complete by the first day of Sep
tember, which Will leave the entire track,
from Gn .nsboro to the Gulf, ready for the
iron. 1 suppose we will then move our
forces and begin the work from Greensboro
to Mt. Airy. When that is done it will be
the best North Carolina Road in the State,
and Wilmington will receive almost all the
benefit.
"I am working 125 convicts and they are
the best hands I ever saw . They do more
work, are easier managed, and are more
obedient and of less trouble. We have no
sickness. I feed them well, clothe! them
well, and work them well." . i
In Connecticut 04 12-10 per oept of
the children are in attendance upon
the public schools. This is a good
showing. But when we learn that in
that small State the sohool fund
amounts to $1,390,972 54, we see
how this large per centage of pupils
is maintained. The amount actually
expended for school purposes was
$1,475,881 01. When North" Caro
lina with its twelve hundred thousand
people awakens fully to the absolute
necessity of educating the children
upon whom are to devolve thej re
sponsibilities of citizenship a much
larger fund will be appropriated, a
much larger attendance, a much
hgher grade of teachers, and a much
larger per centage of children of pu
pilage will be found in our public
schools.
Dr. Alonzo - Garcelon. late Go
vernor of that small portion of the
"Nation" now in revolt and known on
the maps as Maine, once was as furi
ous for war against the South J as
Blaine has been ever since the war
between the States ended. Here is the
fierce way this truly sanguinary hero
of the icebergs talked in 1861: j
"Let us send forth our troops well
clothed, with a black flag, and armed and.
equipped not only with guns, swords,
and pistols, bat with butcher-knives
in their belts, with instructions to take no pri
soners, leaving no wounded enemies on the
field, butchering 1M last one until we conquer
a peace." I
The old cut-throat meant doubtless
allhe said.
Both parties in Washington are
exoited over the selection of census
supervisors. The Republicans, as we
stated yesterday, are much disgrun
tled over a fair deal, and are trying
to change many of Mr. Walker's se
lections. The Washington corres-
pondent of the Baltimore American
(Stalwart organ) says: (
"There is a general stir among the Re
publicans over the confirmation of the re
Sort heretofore made, bat denied, that the
uperintendent of Census has been striving
to have the census supervisors appointed
equally from Democrats and Republicans
throughout the pounjry. The President
has overruled the matter in part, and alto
gether for Ohio. Don Cameron . agreed to
this division for Pennsylvania, and he and
Wallace, at Gen. Walker's request, selected
the men. One of the Democratic selections
was overruled by the President. This
coarse has in turn stirred Up the Demo
crats, who are claiming that promises made
mem must oe Kept." '
Politics b tOB judiciary.
It begins to look as if the Stalwarts
of Maine -will jbe victorious. They
have the5y,: jand they will probably
triumph in Maine as they did in
Louisiana,: South Carolina and
Florida, and even in Washington,
when Grant concentrated his army
there and collected his ships in 1877
preparatory tc dispersing or arresting
and imprisoning the Congress. The
army is a'powerf ul adjunot and back
bone to usurpers and revolutionists.
The Supreme Oonrt of Maine has de
cided agaisst the Fusionists and
sustained -their own party in
every particular. This is not a
surprise. - That Court may have
decided right: of that we give no
opiniop7rnot"Tiaving read the an
swers And replies. But that Court
hai dot the character for honesty and
fairness that it ought to have. It
has been known to deal unfairly with
questions 'filthy past, and to lend it
self tofeh'iP'mere tool of bartv as
thrUn&&)&atea Supreme Coutthas
Sft'irS.. r-JA '
sions. The Boston Post, which is
near enough to j Maine to know far
more concerning! its internal history
than we can know, has this to say:
"What citizen of Maine can reverence,
as ho once.did, the j Supreme Court of that
State, which declined to render judgment
in favor of one holding a contract payable
in gold, though the Federal Court had made
a decision which entitled him to it, kept
the case under advisement until after
that memorable packing and then decided
that he was not entitled to be paid in gold,
and yet had not the grace to place on re
cord any opinion to justify it? What oc
curred in Maine was substantially done in
other New England States, as their judi
cial records amply attest."
It is well known that when Grant
was President he packed the Su
preme Court Bench with partisans
that the most , reprehensible party
measures might be carried out under
the sanction and authority of servile
and corrupt men who wore the er
mine. It is the conviction of a large
majority of the American people that
the highest judiciary of our country
is corrupt. Probably a majority of
the J udges are more corrupt than the
famous Francis Bacon, Lord Veru
lam, whom Pope unjustly stigma
tized in his immortal line as
"The wisest, brightest, meanest of man
kind." j
Knowing that ! Grant reorganized
the Federal Supreme Court for the
special purpose of legalizing the
Government robberies, who can by
the most strenuous effort at charity
and the most determined purpose to
be blind to their faults have thatre
speot for I such a Court as he would
like to have. The! truth is the Amer-
i
ican people have been educated to
reverence the Judiciary, and save
when they have had good cause for
suspicion they haVe extended to the
men who were placed to hold evenly
the scales of justice and equity that
respect and confidence to which good,
fair , and just .men occupying the
most responsible land delicate posi
tiocs are entitledi But there has
been a change. A great shock has
been given to popular respect and
reverence. They see men elevated to
the Bench who are unjust and cor
rupt. Such men do not deserve the
confidence and esteem of their fellow
men. You may reverence the noble
lion's skin but not the venal ass that
wears it.
We have indulged .this strain be
cause the Maine business suggests it.
As we have said, we do not know
whether the Maine Supreme Court
has decided fairly and properly or
not. We have not given the matter
that consideration which is necessary
in order to form and express an intel
ligent opinion. We rather suspect
that they have decided according to
right and equity, but of that we
affirm nothing. But they are all Re
publicans, and ever since that 8 to 7
decision of the Electoral Commission
when the Supreme Court Judges
voted to a man according to tiieir po
litical bias, we have been compelled
to suspect that Judges are as much
of partisans as their fellows when po
htical questions are involved in mat
ters which they must determiner
There is possibly a better showing
for a peaceable settlement of the
Maine difficulties than . even twenty
four years, agoy iThe ; country at large
take a painful interest in the disgrace
ful scenes occurring in Maine, and it
will be glad to know that law and or
der and justice and right at last prevail
where now the war drum and ear
piercing fife are alone heard amid the
angry dissonance. Let it be not for
gotten that Maine is Northern rin
tensely Northern. The South looks
on with philosophy and resignation
' NORTH CAROLINA FARiniNG.
The articles of the St ae which
concern our industrial interests are
appreciated at home and abroad to
some extent. We notice extracts re
appearing now and then. 'Some of
our State exchanges have availed
themselves of some of the facts and
figures. Whilst seeking variety in
our discussions we have a constant
j
eye to the welfare of our community
and the general interest of the State.
We once wrote an article about a
certain North Carolina industry, si
part of which was copied in an old
agricultural paper of New York, and
we received two or three inquiries in
two or three weeks from residents of
New York State concerning the mat
ter. We mention this to encourage
others. What is needed for North
Carolina is to make known her re
sources. The outside world knows
but little of our extensive and won
derfully diversified State. Riding
along some of our railroads travellers'
jare , sometimes , perplexed - to know,
bow the people live. We once heard;
a Louisianian make a remark of this
kind. And yet, lying near the very
line of railroad over which he passed
were cotton lands that would make
as good average as the best farms in
his own State.
We make no apology for frequent
ly publishing tobacco statistics, espe
cially of Granville. The papers of
that county are more careful to ga
ther facts concerning its industrial
interests than those of other counties,
hence we are better supplied with
data. The Oxford Torchlight h& a
competent writer whois travelling
over the county gathering interesting!
and instructive statistics. We have
drawn upon his labors because it bene
fited the State. We will gladly give
statistics of other counties from time
to time as we get hold of them.
The Torchlight of two weeks ago,
among others, gave the operations for
1879 for two small farmers. Mr. Frank
J. Tilley worked four hands. He made
9,900 pounds of fine tobacco. If he
gets the price of the last crop he sold
($52 per hundred) he will receive
$5,148 for his tobacco alone. This is
an average of $1,287 .to each hand.
Besides this he made corn, wheat,
bacon, &c. Mr. M. C. Washington
worked three hands. He made 7,500
pounds of tobacco. He made wheat,
oats, corn, &c. He will not make
less than $600. to the hand, and
may make $900. These are facts. In
almost every section of the county
there are instances of thrift and high
prices.
We have published recently in our
State news department some interest
ing statistics from the cotton sections,
in which the best results of judicious
farming were seen. In several in
stances more than a bale to the acre
was realized on small farms, and in
one instance over twenty bales were
made with only one horse. We will
be glad to see more of these statistics.
The Stab will take pleasure in laying
them before its readers.
The New Xork Tribune .reports a
case of oppression in Massachusetts
that is worth considering. The law
of that State forbids any person
working more than ten hours. Mind
you. this is the law and they call it
liberty This law is evaded by some
of the cotton factories. A woman
was guilty of the great crime of work
ing nine minutes longer than the time
prescribed by law. The factory in
which she had to work paid $30 and
costs for this great offense. The
Montgomery Advertiser thus com
ments fittingly on this liberty-loving,
law-abiding State that is constantly
pointing the finger of scorn at the
poor Sontb:
"Thus Massachusetts will not permit her
freemen and freewomen to control their
own time. A poor woman wishing to in
crease her earnings is not permitted to do
so. She is watched by a detective sixty
four hours and nine minutes (be particular
about the minutes), in the course of one
week, 'through a window;, to see that she
does not exceed Ihe J jrixty, - hoars of labor
Which she 1 nermftted by law to do.. and
the iUe;. detective is 'aWe to pocket thirty
aouarsTor imsjneceoi espionage oui or
her employers. But take the average house
wives and domestic servants in Massachu
setts, and no doubt they labor more than
ninety hours in the week. Why should the
BarState' permit this? Why interfere in
the case' of cotton and woollen mills alone,
if interference le right ?"
Just now EdisonV carbon lamps
appear to be failing him, and there is
a suspension of operations whilst he
13 endeavoring to discover the cause.
The friendly New : York, iferald says
that "the exhibition at Menlo Park
does not encourage expectation of an
early
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Seymour and Hendricks are fa
vorites in Ohio. Boston Pott.
NO. 134
Daring: Robbery ai Monroe Sadden
Demtu, etc.
M. W. J. Scroggs, writing us from Mon
roe, ptates that the store of Messrs. Thomas
& Redfern, at that place, was broken open
Thursday night, entrance being effected by
boring out the lock of the front door with
an auger, there being twenty-one holes
counted the next morning, altogether form
ing a space of about half a foot in diameter.
Money seems to have been.the object of
the thieves, but as there was only about one
dollar and a quarter in the drawer they
proceeded to take a lot of shoes and dry
goods, a pistol or two, cartridges, etc. One
of the parties wa9 heard from selling goods
along; the route in the direction of Char-
lottcj Mr. Redfern took the train Friday
evening and found a negro at Matthews':
Station with some of their goods in bis posi
session, and was to arriye at Monroe withj
him that night. It is thought that there
are others implicated in the robbery not
yet caught. .
On (Thursday a young man named Har
ringtqn, teaching school a few miles from!
Monroe, while playing with some of his
studehts, suddenly fell down dead. He is
supposed to have been attacked with heart
disease.
A seal VUlta New Inlet. ;
We are informed that while the laborers!
at Ne Inlet were engaged, on Friday, in'
hoisting stone from a lighter to the top of
the Inlet wall, an object was seen swim
ming hear the wall on the sea side, and not
far from where they were at work. The
Object was supposed to be a laree dog, who
frequently amused himself by swimming
after
ducks, and attracted no particular
After completing their labors, the
notice!
tide having fallen in the meantime, a large
seal wis discovered lying upon the wall of
rocks,; quietly basking in the sunshine of
our salubrious clime after the fatigue" of
hia long journey from the inhospitable'
shores of the f rozen North probably Ice-;
land, j
Preparations were immediately com
menced for hi3 capture, but, the proper faj
cilities not being at hand, his sealship was
disturbed in his quiet slumber by the noise
and confusion his presence produced, and,
taking advantage of the delay, quietly slid;
off into the briny deep and left for parts
unknown.
Coaniy matters.
Sheriff Manning, on Friday last, assisted
by thejFinance Committee of the Board of
County Commissioners, made a 'full and
final settlement with the County Treasurer
for the; amount of taxes for 1879. as fol
lows: j
Balance due General Fund."; . . . $3,633 04
Balance due School Fund 7,632 37
Total . $11,265 41
The Sheriff informs us that he has col
lected Of the personal property county tax
within $59.74 of the whole amount, which,
for a populous county like New Hanover,
is not a little remarkable. He has also col
lected about 70 per cent, of the poll tax,
and reports 508 more polls than for the pre
vious year.
Deatb of an Acedand Prominent Citi
zen Qt Fayettevllle.
We regret to be called upon to announce
the death of Col. John McRae, of Fayette
ville, after a somewhat protracted illness,
at the advanced age of about 87 years. He
was a genial, whole-souled gentleman, and
up to within a year or two past was a man
of extraordinary vigor and endurance for
one of his years, frequently walking twenty
miles in a day without unusual fa
tigue. He was for many years post
master of Fayetteville, and also resided
for a number of years' in Richmond
county. Col. McRae was the father of our
fellow citizens, Col. Duncan K. McRae
and Mr. John McRae, and of Mrs. Isaac
! B. Grainger. He died full of years and
possessed of the esteem and affection of a
large number of relatives and friends.
Entertainment at Bargaw.
A correspondent at Burgaw informs us
that the dime party at that place on the 8th
inst, for the benefit of the Presbyterian
Chureh being constructed tbere.was largely
attended by the youth and beauty of the
surrounding country. The entertainment,
which was gotten up under the auspices and
supervision of Mrs. Katie F. Herring, took
place in the upper hall of the Academy
building, and the proceeds amounted to
fifty-five dollars. At a late hour the crowd
repaired to a private residence, where dan
cing was kept up until the peep of dawn.
The communication referred to was delayed
hi reaching us.
A Good Sign.
Under this head the Charlotte Democrat
says: "The Wilmington Star says there
are now fifty-nine vessels lyingjat that port
awaiting cargoes. We are glad to hear it;
and if the managers of the Western North
Carolina Railroad, when it is completed,
will give Charlotte and Wilmington a fair
chance at the trade of the 'Great West,'
there will be three or four times that num
ber of vessels loading at Wilmington every
month in the year 'provided,'' the Western
Railroad affords the freight its peculiar
friends say it will'
Map of New Hanover and Pender.
We noticed at Mr. Yates' book-store, yes
terday, a neatly executed map of New Han
over and Pender counties, being sketched
with a pen by Mr. J. N. VanSoelen, from a
copy prepared by Messrs. James & Brown,
in 1869. The map is a useful one, giving as it
does all the locations of interest in the two
counties and on the coast.
The Duplin canal.
The Duplin Canal is "booming. " Major
Toung increased the amount of subscrip
tions yesterday to $3,000. Keep the ball in
motion. That the Canal will be a big thing
for Wilmington, is a fact which is being
admitted now on every hand.
Asheville Journal: On last
Monday night, the dwelling bouse occu
pied by Rev. Elisha Honeycut, situated
near Burnsville, in Yancey county, was
burned to the ground. It is charged that
Mr. Honeycut set firo to the building
through spite, and the proof was such that
a warrant was issued and the defendant
committed to jail to await trial.
Spit its$H TOfjSen tin e
Ualeigh Visitor: A little bof
named Conrad, and his sister, nesr Win
ston N. C, went out to chop Wuod last '
Tuesday. The boy cut down a tree, which
fell on bis little sister and instantly killed
her. I Nothing had been heard of the boy
up to Wednesday night.
; Raleigh Observer: A Northern
man,: living on the line of the, Raleigh &
Gastoa Railroad, is engaged in growing
asparagus and tomatoes under glass for the
Northern markets. Last February he sold
asparagus at $1 per bunch, 4 inches in
diameter, and he has recently sold tomatoes
at 50 cents per pound. He is now con- 1
structing a building 55x112 feet in size,
which will require 16,500 panes of glass and i
450 feet of flues, having 1,000 feet of beat
ing face. This building will be filled with
asparagus and tomatoes.
Rockingham Bee: Rev S. D.
Adams, of Carthage, N. G, is slowlv rc- 1
covering from injuries received by n'rall,
just about the ttoe Conference convened;
the injuries proved much more serious than
at first thought. - A singular phenome
nal sight made its appearance in the heavens
on Thursday night, remained about half au
hour, then disappeared. It consisted of a
milky belt, slightly crescent in shape, the
apparent width was about ten feet, stretch
ing itself from the northeast to the south
west, i
Oxford Orphan Friend: A
prominent friend of education cannot sat
isfy himself iu regard to an English gram
mar, and requests the Superintendent of
the Orphan Asylum to prepare onr. We
are lad to inform him that Captain Jsmes
H. Horner has one nearly ready for the
press, and will probably publish it during
the present year. This grammar is the re
sult of many years of experience and re
search, and will very materially lessen the
labor of learning to speak and write accu
rate English.
A correspondent of the States
ville. Landmark, writing from Salisbury,
says: ''Mrs. EphraimrMdunev. a most '
mablo lady of Gold Hill, in this county,
died a few days since from an ovcr-do?e of
morphia, accidentally administered, and
this calls up the fearful increase of the
habit of taking opium and its preparations
of morphia, &c, in this country. Morphia
is killing more people in America to-day
than whiskey, and only physicians and
apothecaries are aware of the extent or
the fearful consequences of the evil.
New Berne Democrat: At the
meeting of the officers of the First Regiment
N. C. S. G., held at the Gaston House on
last Tuesday night.for the purpose of elect
ing field officers for the said regiment, U.
D. Hancock, of New Berne, was reelected
Colonel, John Cotten, of Tarboro, was re
elected Lieutenant Colonel, and H. P.
Jones, of Hillaboro, was reelected Major.
liarger quantities of freight are now
passing through this city for interior towns
than has ever before been known in the his
tory of New Berne.
: Oxford Orphan's Friend : The
price of the OrpJian's Friend is one dollar
for fifty-two papers. Fifty cents for twenty-four
papers. - Boxes sent to indi
vidual orphans should not contain anything
liable to spoil on the way. The freight on
them should be paid by those who send
them. ; A minister living in Granville
has been required to dine on turkey three
times a day for five successive weeks. We
are always glad to accommodate childless
couples who wish to adopt children as their
own; but greatly prefer that' they should
come and make their own selections.
Charlotte Press: The Atlanta
& Charlottee Air Line material train, with
its force, is at King's Mountain on that road
for the purpose of erecting a liberty poll
180 feet high on the topmost pinnacle of
the mountain . It will carry a bag thirty
feet long and its folds will wave in the land
of the sky, a fit emblem for the King's
Mountain Centennial, the 7lb of October,
1880. A white baby,, handsomely.
dressed, was left at the bouse of a colored
man last night, near Bissell's Mill, about a
mile and a half from this city. It was dis
covered this morning and is being taken
care of until the mystery can be solved.
Waifs are getting to be common in this
section.
Rockingham Spirit: Eight hun
dred and seventy-seven deeds, mortgages
and other conveyances, were recorded in
the Register's office of this county during
the year 1879. . -Mr. Thomas A. Rob
bins, of this town, has been engaged for
some weeks past in constructing a light
draft steamboat for the purpose of navi
gating Little Pee Dee River in South Caro
lina, which stream he has a charter from
the State of South Carolina-giving him the
exclusive right to navigate. The boat will
be 20 by 70 feet over all, will draw about 30
inches of water, and will be of 250 bales
of cotton capacity. The boat is being con
structed near Mclnnis' bridge.
Raleigh Observer: Died,i in
Ridgeway, on the 12th instant, of consump
tion, G. S. H. Appleget, aged 49 years.1 Mr.
Appleget was well known in North Caro
lina as an architect. There was a very
respectable gathering of some of the most
prominent men ot the colored race yester
day, the Senate chamber, to consider the
exodus movement and to consult together
about it. The tone of the meeting may be ,
fairly called hostile to the movement, al
though several speakers had many com
plaints to wake as to the present status of
the colored race in North Carolina.
There was an elegant audience at Tucker
Hall last evening, to bear the lecture "Rev
olution or Rebellion," by Col. Wharton J.
Green.
- Tarboro Southerner: Bread and
meat. is King and cotton is the King's as
sassin. From a dispatch of January
13th, to Capt. J. S. Dancy, we glean the
sad intelligence'of the death, on the night
of the 12th, of Col. W. F. Martin, of
Elizabeth City; NortfrCarolina, a promi
nent lawyer of tbirty-fiye year's practice,
and a most highly esteemed citizen. He
was about fifty-nine years old, was gradu
ated from Chapel Hill in the class of 1842.
He raised the Seventh Regiment at the
breaking out of the war,' became its Colonel,
and was captured at Hatteras, with bis com
mand, by Gen. Butler, and was imprisoned
for several months at Fdrt Warren. When
exchanged he again entered the service and
there remained until Jo. Johnston's surren
der, participating in most of the battles
around Petersburg and Richmond.
Goldsboro Messenger: The meet
ing called to organize the Goldsboro & Har
nett Railway Company , will be held in the
Coart House to-day, at 11 o'clock. m
There are now at work in New Berne the
following factories: One cotton yarn mill,
having 2,100 spindles; one wood plate facto
ry, one plow factory, one plug tobacco and
cigar factory, two foundries, three machine
shops one boiler works, four saw mills,
three grist mills, three steam cotton gins,
one candy manufactory employing in the
aggregate about three hundred operatives.
We in common with other newspaper
men seriously .feel the advance in the price
of paper. We now. pay one cent per
pound more than we did a few months ago.
Our Baptist friends at Fremont are
making efforts to build .a church in " that
town.. Raleigh correspondence: It is
rumored that . Safe's Weekly is to enter the
field as a daily in good time for the cam
paign. One hears a little now and
then of the probabilities of the Congree
sional campaign in this district. It seems
to be conceded that t3en. Cox will carry
Johnstone,; Wake, Nash, and a part of
Granville. On the other hand Mr. Man
ning's friends are equally satisfied that he
will come to the convention with Franklin,
Chatham, Orange, a part of Granville, and
perhaps some other county, as a part of
Johnston or Wake.