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A WITNESS BEFORB TUB EXODUS
COItniTTEE. 5 "
A negro named Wall, President of
the Emigrant Aid Society, in his tes
timony before the Senate Exodus
uommmee, spotce or JNortn uarouna
in just such terms as an emissary of
wickedness would speak when he was
attempting to justify his course, and
the course of his backers. The negro
must be allured from North Carolina
upon the ground that it is "a poor,
God forsaken country, with a soil
that won't sprout black-eyed peas."
It is strange that the whites who have
money and could seek homes else
where should remain if what this
black slanderer and falsifier says is
true. .There is more profitable farm-
in iv ilnna in Jt k Palino t rtan in
Indiana. There are planters in twen
ty counties who . make more money
according to capital invested or labor
performed than any farmers in Indiana
or Kansas. There is not the slightest
doubt of this. No doubt t here is a
...
-great deal of poor land in this State,
. .i : . : c . u i : "IT:
on biicic to iu uuuiu varuuua, iigiiiia,
Alabama and other Southern States.
But then the finest tobacco and cot
ton are made here, and our" farmers j
-do not have to depend on such crops"
as wheat and corn for their surplus
money.
But there is no need of wasting
words over the statements of an igno
rant and corrupt scoundrel who un
dertakes to read the nurnosoa of Deitv
and to pronounce for Him an anathe
ma npon North Carolina. The cir
. uular be and his fellows sent out
urged the negroes to leave North
( Ltrnlitia. hflfnrA l lifl c.hiimiiu ara.fi t.nltan
It was necessary that the population
of this State should be reduced, so,
we suppose, our representation in the
Congress should be lessened, and to
that end the, unfortunate, ignorant,
credulous negro must be made a tool
and a victim. Yes, the negroes must
lio hiirrlwil irnrav "hofrtra ihn iiunano-
u . . . . w m J fit V vft. a W
takers used their names to swell the
representation of the State.1 This is
what the circular said. It no doubt
meant that the representation might
be realty reaucea.
- The wailings that come up from the
poor, deluded negroes that have
gone are a fit reply to the statements
of this unscrupulous agent and vili
fies that "the Indiana people were
more willing and able to help the
f reedmen than are their old masters."
f AstvrAnftw fi.tA m! ....... 1 I
bvicuiji-uic uuiuiru peopm who
i stopped at Indianapolis after leaving
j North Carolina twilve died in one
week. Nearly one in six paid the
penalty of going into that cold cli
mate by dying. This i the reply
that comes up from Indiana to meet
'just such statement as this fellow
Wall and his confederates in crime
and wickedness would make to the
country. ,
Aside from the inhumanity and im
morality of the exodus, as conducted,
we would not care a fig if fifty thou
sand colored people went to the
Northwest, specially if the lazy,
thriftless, thieving ones would be se
lected. The only effect the Senate
Exodus Committee will have proba
bly will be to give such , creatures as
thiii W al 1 on nunnrl unit v t r LaonA
. M ft r -
forth his lies and slanders to the
country by telegraph free of charge,:
and with a certainty of having them
spread-broadcast through the conn-:
try by the means of the press, j
D. Appleton & Co. publish a novel
entitled "Manch," by Mrs. Mary E.:
Bryan, of Georgia. The papers of
that State are praising it.
VOL. XI.
NHW YORK IN 1880.
There is but little doubt,' if we may
trust reports, that the Republicans of
New York will make a change in the
manner of choosing Presidential elec
tors. The idea that prevails is that
they will: be elected by districts.
This is opposed by ! many of Conk
liug's friends. Tho Herald's corres
pondent from Washington says "that
they see in the scheme to chaage the
Electoral law of New York another
effort to weaken Mr. Conkling's influ
ence by lessening the power of New
York in the Convention. To have the
electors chosen in the districts is
either to confess that New York can
not be carried by the Republicans, or
it is voluntarily to give the Demo
crats niue rsetevlT-eTectors, votes.
fraence of New. York at Chicago,
where the Republicans would appear
as the delegates from a State which
they had deliberately shorn of its full
electoral strength and with a confes
sion of defeat. It would certainly
damage Mr. Conkling's chances for a
nomination if that is the real object
of this manoeuvre."
There is a report from Philadel
phia that Grant has spoken freely
about Con If ling to the-effect that he
no longer reposed that degree of con
fidence in him which he formerly did.
This is hardly to be credited.' Grant
is not a fool, whatever else may be
said or thought of him. He kadws
his chance of getting New York de
peuds ou Conkliag, aad he will not
antagonize him ! now, if he were dis
posed to do so at any time. New
York is generally regarded as the
pivotal State that no man can be
elected President: in 1880 without it.
This is probably correct, unless there
are some new combinations or some
new principles injeeted into the cam
paign. If the -Republicans,! in des
pair of carrying New York, should
resort to the novel and dangerous
plan of changing the manner of se
lecting -Presidential electors,) it may
cause other States to copy the bad
example, or it mayarouse in
other
Slates the elements of opposition to
such a degree that States now count
ed, .for the RepuJbUcjanj. may gopcpi
ocratic. The Herald this to say
of the animating motive in proposing
the change noted on the part of the
Republicans: j j
'There Cud be but, one motors for chan
ging the prfwmmftj,Mfl iwrnaing Preai
deniial electors. So dangerous despe
rate an expedient would not be hazarded
except to forestall the" action of the people
xit the Sittt lSrga i&ihtj choice of Presi
dential etocjor&r it ill' bt: vain for the
Nuw York iiepubJtfaot to. profess confi
dence in their ""aBjlriy Jlo carry, the State so
long arfthSy rfTeperve their liberty
to chiBge;4neftiM"4fupo8lng Presl
deotial electors in the latter part of the ses
sion. The public, which cannot be easily
hoodwinked by boastful false pretences,
will regard the Republican nchances in this
State as doubtful in tbe estimation of the
Republicans themselves so long: at they
fondle and keep alive a project for depri
ving tbe people of the State of their right to
determine bow its electoral voles shall be
cast." ' ! - 1 i ..I- . I
The Hon. A. W: urgeeJale Judge of
the Superior Court of North Carolina, and
Code Commissioner; ia on a visit to friends
in this State. . fie has had a varied experi
ence in Southern politics, and all of which
has contributed to make hia Republicanism
of the stalwart order.--Chicago Inier-Oeean.
This Ohio carpet-bagger, who came
to North Carolina with Sherman's
army and stayed, had a good time in
tbe reconstruction days. He got a
Judgeship and the- nameless perqui
sites in those days of greed and gather,
and the only return he has given our
people is to -slfnder them - and. lie
about them. He began twelve years
ago the game- of misrepresentation
and slander when' he wrote to the
North about the twenty-odd men he
saw drowned in some mill-pond,and
he has kept up the old game of tra
ducing and abusing ever since.
He is gifted with the peu and has
very considerable ability. : He is a
very dangerous foe. IlisStalwartism
is not of recent growth. He brought
it with bTm "when Sherman's corps of
bummers deyastated they went. '
Had au Bplleptle Fit.:
- A young white in n; -who gives his name
as Cliarks Aa8ton lialHg from Brooklyn,
N. Y., and claiming tb' be a barber, had a
fit of an epileptfccbtiracter on the wharf at
the Carolina ;CentraT rEiilway . depot, yes
terday af tetnobn j afld uV; falling struck his
head against the sharp edgV of a post, cut
ting a gash in it ,from: which' the blood
flowed in profusion. " Medical asaiatance
was telephoned for, and Dr. C. Walker,
the city physician, hurried to the scene, tq
find that tbe poorfellow had only received
a scalp wound about two inches ia leagtb,
and that bis condition was in no way seri
ous. The yoyragiroao who is quite pre
pnaoflacing in niffmyyndiflppi"rnnt1. is in
destitute circumBUces,.aod was looking
for some means; tO;" reach., borne when be
met wilh ihemisforuaej alluded to.
. ; r-nFork is spoiling in Harnett coun
ty on account of warm weather.
WES!
WILMINGTON, N. 1 C, FRIDAY, JANRARY 30, 1880.
WILniNOFON AS A COTTON IU Aft
, KET. :
A writer In the Monroe JSnquirer,
signing himself "Equal Rates," aWls
himself of a brief paragraph in! the
Stab concerning the number of ves
sels in our port, to institute an unfa
vorable comparison between Wil
mington, as a cotton market, and
Monroe, Charlotte and Raleigh. The
readinesa with which "Equal Rates"
pounces unag a few lines that only
referred to the shipping in our port to
hit Wilmington a blow, betrays; the
animus of the attack, and shows that
if he is acquainted with "Equal
!Rates,w he may not know so much
about equal rights. But we do
not regret this exhibition of hos-;
tility to our market and ib Wih
mington. Our own cotton dealers; f
pay learn a lesson. Whatever of
truth there may be in the comparisons
made by "Equal Rates," or that may
be made at any subsequent time, may
give a mm to our cotton Duyers tnat
may serve a good turn hereafter.
If
what "Equal Rates" says is
true
that "Wilmington is the lowest priced
cotton market of the fyur large mar
kets named," to. wit: xVilmingion,
Raleigh, Charlotte and Monroe,
then it is high time that the cotton
buyers should explain to the country
why it is so. Nay, it is high , time
that it were not so. But is it true ?
Bo our cotton buyers pay less than
the cotton buyers of other towns,
especially of the three mentioned j by
"Equal Rates?" But at this point
let us hear what the Monroe writer
has to say. He says :"
I "I have taken the pains to compare the
price of cotton in the . four largest cotton
markets in the State to-wit: !
I "Charlotte, Raleigh, Monroe, and Wil
mington; the three first are interior towns
the latter, is the city by the sea, and find Xhe
following to be the result on the 13th, (and
about the same ratio prevails at all times;)
the figures are taken from the graded
prices in the Wilmington Star, Charlotte
Observer and Raleigh Observer: V
i L. MID.
Charlotte.. ..11
Raleigh.. ..Hi
Monroe.. .12
MID. GOOD KID.
12i 12i
12 3-16 12 5-16
12i 12f I
Wilmington llf
- r f -
"It will be seen from the above that Wil-
rg1011 is the loweet-pnoed-cotton market
oi the to-.ir large markets, and yet . she is
'booming Now add to the prices of the
otbjar markets the freight they have to pay
topiace the cotton iu Wilmington, and you
higher than Wilmington, and
Charlotte! 431
points."
Are his points well taken ?
Is
"Monroe 36 points higher than Wil
mington," or is "Charlotte 42 points"
higher? What says the Produce
Exchange ? If so, what is the expla
nation ?
"Equal Rates" has been led into
ah error by the Stab probably, and
yet it may be his fault that he was so
led. ! On the 13th the Star it is true
gave in one place middling at 12,
bjit if "Equal Rates" had read the
full reports as given he would have
seen this statement which should have
been taken as the true basis of a com
parison, that "it closed firm at 12."
So in point of fact the right quota
tion made Wilmington. stand equal
with Charlotte, and rttore than Mon
roe or Raleigh. Mark ydu, we are
not trying to show that Wilmington
ought not to pay more than the other
i ,
j"wo uaurou uy . JJuai XbUbeB, uub I
we are showing that "Equal Rates"
has done Wilmington injustice in the
comparison he made, but possibly un
intentionally. We have before us the circular of
the National Cotton Exchange bf
America giving the exact quotations j
for January 13 th, the date referred to
by "Equal Rates." Here we can see
the exact prices for that day. WU
mjngton, is quotedjat 12, Galveston
is quoted at 12, Mobile 12, Savan
nah 12 5-16.
i we will submit two other points
for consideration. It Monroe is real
ly as "Equal Rates" would "have peo
ple believe, a better market than Wil-
i ' - . - -
mington how is it that the largest
cotton buyer by all odds in the Mon
roe market is, a leading "Wilmington
There are persons good business
men on the lino of the Carolina Ceh
tril who know that cotton is graded
differently in Charleston from what
it is graded in Wilmington -that yu
may get a higher price in Charleston
for what is graded "middling" than
you would get in Wilmington, but
after all the seller will be the loser.
Why ? Because cotton of the same
quality is graded lower in Charles
ton than in Wilmington. Cotton will
bej sold, in other words, as "low mid
dling" in Charleston that would haye
bejen graded in Wilmington as "mid
dling." Turning to the reports yon
would find Charleston quoted higher,
, because of this difference of grading,
whereas in point o
was quite as high,
reason of the fact
was higher.
fact Wilmington
if tioilngher, by
that the grading
. ' mi I
COTTON AND THE CLBJQTSNT ATr
TACmHtENT.'; - t
The Salisbury Watchman copies a
paragraph from the Stab, relative to
a certain machine that was Used in the
South more than forty years ago, and
says:. i I
"Elijah P. Mitchell manufactured and
sold in this town about the years 1829 and
1880, a cotton spinner, into which the cot
ton in the seed was fed by an' endless cleth
apron moved forward by revolfloa ylinr
ders. The machine was about five feet in
length and varied from eighteen inches to
two and a half feet in width, according to
the number of spindles employed; some
having only four, others six oreight. - It
was operated by a crank, turned with tbo
hand . The operator spread the seed cotton
on the apron, which carried iUaUHkg!n
tbeaceJi was taken- n
ted into as many rolls as there were spin
dies, and carried through to the frost. where
it was spun into thread. One band, it was
estimated, could, with this machine, do the
work of eight or ten working with common
cards and wheels." j r
Possibly this was the same machine
referred to subsequently in the Stab
as being in use in Mississippi twenty-'
five years ago or Wore. It is clear
that at that time a very useful ma
chine was iu use in several States. It
will be interesting to know wherein
the Clement Attachment differs from
the machine described above by the
i i -
Watchman, or from! the one referred
to by the Louisvillej Courier-Journal
to which we alluded some weeks ago
in these columns. Col. T. E. Whit
field, of Corinth, Miss., but formerly
of Wilson, N. C, has given along
description of the Clement Attach
ment. We copy the most important'
part: j
"It is but a diminutive gin, 18 inches
square and 36. inches long, consisting of 66
saws, 7 inches in diameter, and 14 teeth to
the inch; ribs to suit. Also a set of comb
ing plates, placed immediately behind tbe
ribs, a continuous brash, covered all over
with bristles, with revolving and traverse,
or horizontal motion, j This Attachment
occupies the place and space of the Sicke
rin and feed-rollers on the ordinary 36-inch
top-flat self-stripping card. There is also
a feed table, chute, . stop-motion, small
drawing and cam-motion attached 1 to the
card, which constitute all the changes in
machinery from the old to the new process,
and costs $375. I
"Tbe seed cotton ia first passed through a
cleanser, (which costs $75, capacity 6,000
pounds seed cotton per day, power neces
sary, one-half horse,) then weighed and
spread on an endless feed apron, and faUs
through the chute into the breast of the At
tachment, at tbe rate ofi one.pound of seedjl
cotton per minute in malting yarns number
ing from 8s to 12s. Whilst tbe lint is on
the Use saw teetb.the saws pass through the
combing plates, which comb out all motes,
trash, dust, dirt, etc., left by the cleanser.
The saws revolve 180 to 1200 times per min
ute; the periphery of the brush a little fas
ter, and that of the card; still faster, causing
the brush to take the .lint from the saws,
and the card to take it from tbe brush,
without permitting it to fly, leave tbe ma
chinery, change ends or become tangled,
thereby causing the card to do five or six
times as much work as by the old process.
Tbe lint, passing through the card and dof
fer in the usual way, is drawn down to the
usual size, falls into the revolving can in
tbe form of silver or continuous rolls, and
goes thence through the ordinar drawing
frame spindle and on the spinning frame,
where the thread is perfected, thus using
only four machines (fiveicounting the clean
ser,) in converting seed cotton, as it comes
from the field, into perfect . thread, whilst
double that number are necessary by the
old process."
Whilst Mr. Clement doubtless
availed himself of other inventions itl
looks as if he had at Jeast made great
and important improvements. Col.
Whitfield shows with elaborate de
scription how the attachment dis
penses with many appliances required
in the old process, but we have not
space for what he says. The Stab is
much more concerned to ascertain
the practical, economic value of the
Attachment than to
understand the
modus operandi. We wish to arrive
at facts, at practical
results. If tbe
is claimed it is
Attachment is what
indeed a most important invention to
the South. Col. Whitfield, amongst
many other things, says:
- i
"The ginBing and bailing, bagging and
ties, and seed are saved; also the-loss in
sampling, hauling to market, weighing and
destruction of two to four pounds peV bale
on weiebls. No troublv about falsely
packed cotton, and the yarns have a tilken
sheen not found on those made or oaied
cotton, and are fully fifty per cent, strong
er. The Attachment cuts off all expenses.
loss, waste, damage, stealage; perquisites
and speculation on cotton 'in transit' rrom
field to factory, be the distance fifteen,- or
fifteen thousand miles." j
The following appears to be im-
portant:
"By the new process! seed cotton only
can be used, and it will not bear long
transportation. IhU cuts off all competition
from the North and Jfuivpe. it is tbe 'poor
mc.ua .v. ' j - I - -
from a mill, of only one caru, second nanu
machinery, located at Westminster, S. C,
costing only $3,700.) you will see that it
has net about 40 per cent, per annum for the
two yean Unas been runnwg.
"There can be but one objection to the
new process, namely on the first of January
each mill has lo hold eight months', supply
at seed cotton to run until next crop
but there is this fact which I know
to be true, viz: seed! cotton , Mna t in
bulk eight to twelve month enhances in mar
ket value li to 2 f cento per pound; by
absorvtion of oil from th$ seed , by the 1Ua
ments, giving the staple a rich, creamy co
lor, increasine its weight land textility. and
saviDg waste when worked up; whilst baled
cotton, standing we same lengui oj nme, aeierio
ratesfroml to licent8 a p(mnd in market value.
loses by drayage from 18 to 22 pounds per
bale, and the lint oecoming ary ana oruue,
Y
oses greatly when worked up. The Inter
national Qottou Exchange, LoQdon,-t1877,
resolved, "That cotton standing in a com
pressed state for sixtyf days wa Injured
more than one grade or class." The diffe.
rence' between classes or grades is about 1
o( 1 cent per pound." : 4
He mentions specially, to show the
superiority of the yarns made by the
Attachment, that Geofgia, South
Carolina' and the Centennial Exhibi
tion all awarded premiums.
We find in our exchanges many
other notices of the value of the At-
tachment. A correspondent of the
Philadelphia Times writing from
Atlanta, Ga.y says:
"io the proceaSfOt coa verting seed-cotton
to thread, no lesk ihaa lour machines used
in the old proce'ss are eUmuiated in the new
process, and a profit of . ne&rly two cents a
pound is gained This, ia an enormous
the 8unerior eins Used in the Clement mills
eight, per cent, has heretofore been
wasted. From the lint to the .thread
there is another live par cent, of wastage
saved. Tbe furor over tnese mills is won
derful. They drive out all thoughts of. pol
itics. It is estimated-that over oae hundred
will be put to work in Georgia within , the
next year. A prominent cotton factory man
predicted to me that the time would come
whenthe old factories would scatter their
spindles among these plantation mills and
supply their place with looms to weaveabe
yarns sent in from the farms. The profits
or these mills are large percentage. The six
mills in operation average from thirty to
sixty per cent." I
The Louisville Courier-Journal Has
ho doubt of the importance of the
Clement invention,' and' thinks it is
destined to "bring about an industrial
revolution in the South." It thinks
the "most moderate estimate"! is to
put the increase of the value of the
cotton crop at twenty-five per cent.
It says :
"If, with the central adoption of this
new industrial feature, the planters put in
a variety of crops, which will supply the
requirements of their families and stock,
the cotton yarn can be made the money
crop, and the progress of the South to abun
dant prosperity will then be of the most
substantial kind."
We find that two gentlemen of
Athens, Ga., after visiting Westmin
ster, Oconee county, S. C, returned
well pleased with what they saw of
the operations of the Clement Attach- j
ment. They put the net profit at
$16.90 per day. Tbe editor of the
Atlanta Herald also visited West
minster. He places the total cost of
building and machinery at $3,700.!
The liabilities are stated at $6,000.
.The resources, $7,955 the net profit;
ior one year $i,yoo. ne says, ana it
is well worth considering, for he ap
pears to be a guarded observer:
"There is no gushing fortune in the busi
ness; no 100 per cent no 50, but it seems
to be a solid, substantial investment for the
farmers of our country, and Will add 25
per cent, to the value of the cotton crop; Mr. :
Kimball is a close observer and has experi
ence in manufacturings the great staple.
Judge Hendersofa, of the Agricultural
Bureau, knows all about gns. Uld jut.i
Howell is a millwright and machinist of.
large experience. I gathered from them a
favorable verdict uppn.tbis new enterprise,
after they thoroughly examined and con-1
sideied its operations." i
The opinion of Gen. John B. Gqr-
don, of Georgia is that there ought :
to be from twenty-five to fifty of them '
in every cotton county. The At
lanta Constitution has had several
i.
editorials on the Attachment. It has
a most favorable opinion of its excel
lence and value Itsavj:
'One Clement mill will do the work of
three gins and costs .about one-third as
much. It is believed that they will rapidly
take the place of gins on the plantations,
and that a thorough revolution will be, ef
fected. The yams made by this process
are superior to any others jmd took the pre
miums at tbe tairs. l ne nine mills could
not, all combined, supply a fraction; of the
demand that comes from Philadelphia
alone for the yarns."
It adds:
"The seed cotton cannot be carried away
from the plantations. It must be spun there
just as completely . as : it is now ginned
there. The mills are very simple. It is
simply the connection of a gin with a spin
dle by: means craing cynnuera."
, We have taken time and space to
collate these testimonies because the
Stab was one of the first papers to
draw attention to the Clement, and
because there is a disposition in North
Caroina to pronounce an unfavorable
judgment upon the invention. We
desire to see our farmers and capi
talists united in fostering this or any
enterprise that will help develop and
enrich the South." We have hoped
nay, we still hope that the Clement
is destined to .prove ; of 4.very great
service in promoting that much de
sired end. The South is poor. Possi
bly in these small factories lie the
means of recuperation and wealth.
If the Clement is really; what is
claimed the mechanics and .farmers
should unite in cooperative' associa
tions for their erection and running.
The Const itution h&a this to my i
"In the one item of cotton, if she would
only spin it with these Clement mills and
grind the seed With oil mills, she' would
double the value of the alint, double the
value of tbe seed, and give employment to
nearly double the iramberof people-now
employed in planting asd raising the crop.
If our people would only encourage these
two industries if our capitalists would
only go into; such , investments if,; our
farmers would, only club together and
establish them in the neighborhoods if our
mechanics would form, co-operative com
panies and build them we should soon re
gain the enormous wealth wb lost with our
slaves, and the South would becomericher
than her most sanguine sons can hope for."
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NO. 14.
Tti I,ate cuitlns Afllr lu Brani-wlck-The
Wonndcd Itlan Die ojr
Him Injarles.
Heiryj Harrison, a colored special depu
ty, arrived here yesterday with Robert Eve
rett, colored, in his I 'custody, , and turned
him over to the Sheriff, to be held in th
county iail until he can be removed to the .
prison at Smith ville. It will he remembered
that on the 5th inst. a "difficulty occurred ajt
the Belvidere plantation, in Brunswick
county, some threebor four miles from this
city, between Robert Everett and his half
brother, beorge Everett, during which the
latter was severely cut in the abdomen with:
a knife in the hands of the former, -who imr
mediately ran off, a full account of which'
appearedj in the Stab at the time. The
wounded; man wa9 brought to this city and
Ills wounds were dressed by Dr. W. W.
Lane, who was then f the opinion thai
his wounds would prove fatal. The same!
evening he was removed to a private house
on the corner of Fourth and Weostef
afreets, tiete ;being'tro hospital, here' fbt
such casesT Here he was attended by the
physician alluded to, and rather to the laU
ter's surprise; he soon began to mend, and
his condition, continued to improve up to
the time of bis last visit. On Monday last,
however, he called to see tbe injured man,
and found that he had, in the opinion of
his frie'nds, sufficiently recovered to be re
moved the day previous to his home in
Brunswick. Here, according to the state
ment of Henry Harrison, he died -Wednesday
night; hi9 removal under the cfrcum,
.atanets Shaving, in tbe opinion of his pbysi-
,cian, hastened bis end. i ;
Kobert iEverett, after the cutting, re
mainddfat; large for some time, but was
finally arrested and taken before justice Ai
W.'J Rigger, of Brunswick county, who
as George Everett was still living
at that .-1 time, ordered him to give
a justified; bond in tbe sum of $300 to ap
pear at Court and answer to the charge of
assaulting! George Everett with a deadly
weapon with intent to kill. He was thed
placed into the custody of Harrison, who
as soon as be found that the wounded man
was dead,! securely tied the prisoner and
brought him to this city to await tbe result
of the Coroner's inquest and his removal
to Smitbville, - ;
Valuation of Properly Owned by '?4
lored People In New Hanover
County. j
Tbe Stab has endeavored to show that
there was-no real cause for the exodus
scheme in the South, and especially in
Pfcorth Carolina, and many of the promii
nent and leading colored men have taken a
decided stand in opposition to it. At our.
request Sheriff-Manning has furnished us
with the followrag statement of the value
of real estate owned by colored people in
New Hanover county, as shown by the tax
books of 1879: !
I Valuation
In Wilmington 761 persons own ,
855 lots!......,. $207,385
In Cape ear Township 51 persons
own 1,9874 acres land 12,795,
in .Federal Jfolnt Township 23 per- -
sons own 4,338 acres land 6,125
In Harnett Township 28 persons j
93H acres land. 4,305
In Masonboro Township 14 per-
! eons owns 479J acres land 1,920(
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Total...!.... $232,530
, The totkl valuatioa of property in New-
Hanover fpr 1879 footediup $3,517,237, and;
taking everything into consideration we
think it will be confessed by all that the
colore4 people are making very commenda
ble progress in obtaining property, as
shown by 'the fair proportion which they
already own, and that statements intended
to convey the impression that they are un
able to make as good & living in North
Carolina as anywhere in the country, are
doing our people an injustice and working
to tbe disadvantage of the colored people
themselves.
Caught-JO Machinery A Narrow Es
cape.
Mr. John St. George, of this county, met
with a narrow escape from death about 3
o'clocjc on Wednesday afternoon last. He
was engaged in superintending the work of
threshing peas at tbe plantation of the late
Claus Schriver, at Castle Hayne, and at
tempted to oil tbe machinery while in mo
tion, when his sleeve got caught in the
main shaft. He resisted the drawing in
process as j much as possible by holding
himself back and pressing against the
drum, at the same time shouting to the en
gineer, who fortunately had his band on
the throttle at the moment, and quickly
stopped the motion of the machinery. This
was done not a moment too soon, for Mr.
St. George iad already received a number
of severe bruises about the ear and seek
from a set screw on the main shafr, and one
arm and hand badly cut and bruised, while
nearly all or his clothing had been torn
piece-meal 'from the upper part of tbe body
while resisting the force of tbe machinery
in drawing him upon the shaft. In another
minute or two, had not assistance been at
hand, be would have been crushed to death
without a doubt.
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Agriculture in Pender.
: Leading citizens and farmers of the new
county have invited Hon. R. R. Bridgets
to address them on drainage, irrigation, and
other farm improvements. He has accept
ed the invitation, and will address them at
Burgaw some day during the approaching
Spring. The particular day will be stated
hereafter. No doubt a fine crowd will be
present to hear Mr,- Bridgers on these inter
esting subjects.
Ravages ofrilphtnerla.
WewereehowB a letter yesterday from
Mr. J. S. Brown, formerly of Fayetteville,
but now doing business at Little River, S.
C, alluding to the loss of three of his little
children from diphtheria. The oldest, lit
tle Minnie, 5i years old.died first,' followed
by another little girl, aged 4 years, and a
little boy aged 2 years and 4 months, the
two latter dying the sameday.and all within
five days. It is a sad blow to the bereaved
family.
The late Rev. Samuel S. Bryant
was a native or JXorrolK, va.
Charlotte haseecured lhe tele
phone. , ,
The "Honorables' ' are again
cropping oul thjckjy, especially "them Le
gislattv fellows."- - -m .''s'.
- Rockingham . Bee : lit: C. F.
Deems' son is a Presbyterian' minister abd
fills his father's pulpit m bis absence id
Europe.
Alamance Gleaner: The ma
chinery for the new factory of L. B. & L
8. Holt, at Belmont, four miles from the
village, has been put down at the building,
and very soon will be put in plac, and U.e
factory started .
The Oxford lorchlight. in speak-
ioe of the Oxford & Henderson Railroad,
says the grading is now more than half done,
and tbe work is being pushed vigorously.
The prospects of tbe early completion of the
road has increased tbe trade of Oxford over
100 per cent.
The Methodist Advance, the
new religious paper published at Durham
and edited by Rev. Frank H. Wood, is a
Handsomely printed paper, octavo shape.
and furnished at $1.50 a year. It gives its
readers much good and instructive matter,
tt has our best wishes.
Winston Sentinel: Some of the
citizens of Mount Airy have sued out a
writ of mandamus against the president of
the Cape Fear & Yadkin Valley Kailrond to
compel him to commence work on iw
western division of the road according to
the terms of the consolidation.
- Warren News: The arhouut of
$t&jwa-MfluiM from Col. Green's lecture
for the Lee Monument Fund. We have
three or four Granville county meni'o our
midst, preparing to go into Hut-cured to
bacco. They say this is the very land f r
it, as good as they could wish. Mr.
William Bennett, was badly burl by a fall
ing tree on Saturday last.
New Berne Democrat: It 'ia
with pleasure that we learn that Capt. R A.
Shotwell, who is well known to our people,
and who has been engaged lor some mouths .
past in writing an interesting historical
sketch of the events just prior to and dui ing
the war, together with an autobiography of
a very thrilling nature during the same pe-,
riod, thinks of extending bis narrative in'o
the days of reconstruction.
Washington Press: A movement .
is on foot for the establishment of a cotton
factory in our town. Messrs. Shaw and
Bridgman went off inspecting last week.uua
we learn that everything resulted with per
fect sausraction, and soon we hope to hear
the busy hum of tbe spindles in our midst.
Tbe Clement Attttchment is to be used.
and we learn that they can be arranged at a
cost of about $10,000 to $15,000. A stock
cpmpany will be -formed within a few days.
Weldoh News: Our citizens were
right much humbugged last Thursday night "
in the way of an entertainment given by a
woman, pretending tt be travelling to raise
funds for the yellow fever sufferers. Our
people are very generous, always willing
andiready to extend tbe helping hand to
the "afflicted, and "it really seems too bad
that they Bhould be taken "in" in that way.
Tbe yellow fever sufferers will not be be De
nted much at her hands, fass her around .
Raleigh Visitor: Profebsor A. R.
Ledoux, Chemist to the Board of Agricul
ture, tendered his resignation of that office
yesterday, which was accepted. The
wheel factory, just south ot the Governor's
palace, is iu full operation. Captain
Fred. A. Olds becomes tbe city editor of
the Observer to fill .the place recently held
by P. M. Wilson, Esq. John Hill
Keith was released from jail and also di
vorced from his wife, Christiana Keith, ou
Friday, and ordered to leave the ounty in
thirty days.
. Oxford Free Lance: In the mat
ter of developing the hidden resources of
our Stale by directing public attention to
them, as well as in other essential features
of newspaper, enterprise, the Wilmington
Star is far ahead of most of Us contempo
raries and is richly '.deserving of much
credit for the interest it has shown in this
important matter. -During"' last wiek
Messrs. R. L. Hunt. T. L Wiuiams, W. A.
Barnett, Sim Tippett, Ejjjah Montague, A.
M. Clay4 and others, mtd somefiO or 75
sheep killed by dogs. Farmers, look out
for them,. and dispatch the canines as soon
as possible. .
Raleigh Observer: A number of
the alumni of the University met at the
Executive office last evening. The. meet
ing was addressed by P. B. Cameron,
Kemp P. Battle, Richard H. Battle, Jr.,
and F. H Busbee. Several resolutions
were adopted, among them one providing
for a meeting of the alumni at tbe same
time as tbe trustees of the University each
year. There wasa slightfall ot now
about 2 o'clock yesterday morning. Wed
nesday was as soft as Spring, but about 10
o'clock the weather turned cold. The
new . chapel in Memorial Hal), at Wake
Forest, will be done before Commencement
in June. It U ninety-two feet long and
sixty wide, with a pitch of twenty-four
feet, and is in the second story of the build
ing. Goldsboro Messenger: We learn
that Mr. Noah Rouse, of Lenoir county, is
about to institute .proceedings for libel
against the New York limes for having
aided in circulating the infamous falsehood
of the notorious negro, Sam Perry, that be
(Mr. Rouse) had offered $1,000 to have Per
ry killed, &c. Duplin Court is in ses
sion. We learn that the criminal docket
numbers seventy-eight cases, and most of
the week will be consumed in disposing of
them. Twenty adult exodusters left
here for Indiana Monday night. Fifteen
more, bailing from Johnston county, left
Tuesday night, and another small crowd is
bow collecting here to leave to-night (Wed
nesday). J s Troy correspondent of Raleigh
'Observer writes on the 20th: To night at 8
o'clockjour quiet little village was somewhat
alarmed over the cries of help and firing of
pistols in the jail. . The jailor, bad started
up the stairsteps to close the outside doors
of the different cells, when, upon opening
the stair door, six prisoners, who bad inge
niously contrived to open the doors of their
respective cells, stood ready and jumped
upon the jailor, throwing him down, and
rushed over his wife.wbo stood holding tbe
door below. But, in tbe mean while, Charlie
Warner, tbe plucky little jailor, fired five
pistol shots among them. One fell as though
dead, but he was not wounded seriously.
Two concluded to retreat and went back up
the steps, while the others made good their
escape. Two of these were in for larceny
and one for murder. -
Chralotte Observer: The Epis
copal congregationarerraUlng funds to
furnish the rectory It is dialed that
a party of capitalislsspea of putting up a
cotton factory at Lyon's Mills, on Tar river,
where the water power is abundant. Mr.
L. McGehee and others are thinking of put
ting up one at Franklinton. It now
appears that the stock law was adopted in
several bf the townships of the three coun
ties Lincoln, Gaston and Catawba wbicb
voted on it recently, and the act under
which the election was' held allows these
townships to putlhi stock law in ope
ration as soon as it is desired to do so.
Mr. Robinson, of the reduction works,
has recently closed a contract . with the
Rudisill Mining Company, for two thousand
tons of tailings, with which to "begin opera
tions as soon as his machinery is ready.
These tailings consist of sand,iron and gold,
which have been washed off from the mill
during the years it. has been operated, and
are known to be very rich in gold. They
will be gathered all along tbe branch to the
creek, ar.d the supply is almost inexhaustible."
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