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You will be accused flippantly of playing the demagogue, and other cheap and easy terms will be hurled at yon by those who are : intolerant of opposition. Why hesitate about an increase of a few thousand dollars ex pense to get a better, judicial system when the Governor may not hesitate to-eall the Legislature together at a coat of $20,000 or $30,000 to consider J lists proposition of a New York Svn-1 dicale about the purchase of a rail- ru'ad, when a delay of a few months would avoid the unnecessary tax and expense ? Tho Winston Sentinel, in discuss ing the change proposed in the sys tem of courts, says amouti other things: - 4 Whiie aa a question jf justice soiely, uo licB!.-iii'.)U ib felt in npprovin buuie oucii ciiMUg-j aa is projoded in our present legal fr3teiii, it cannot wholly be supported uu- ui ih expense is ascertaiaed. "With an empty" State Treasury, heavy (axes, expensive public works and a de!i d illculi Ut meet even tu its present reduced 4 ;: in, the expedieucy of the cbauge is a 1 rv tactor tu the making ut it. ' Bu. Miouid it bi adopted, and the Stare ttiik isi llci i, it ieidd to uii-ilher and a siilj more urgent need. Along with the iu.jp; jail aad C jujp-jter.t admiuiairaliou of our criminal laws, would c-.mie the rtts luu ibiiiut-m nf i wttinpin post in North Oiioiina." , Sooner or ialer, we appreiieud, the whippingpost will be restored. It appears to be a necessity. U-aN. fOIl t'Elt 1IASE. On Monday next the; debate will begin in the Senate ou the question of restoring Gen. Fitz John Porter to his former rank iu the army and giving him his back pay. The Re- publicans will fight it simply because If Sherman is nominated Mr. Bay Gen. Porter is a Democrat. We ard or 80mo raan of class ought to have alreadv in more than one arti- cle given our view of the great, cry ing injustice done by the finding of the first Court Martial. We are sat isfied, after an examination of the ev idence offered at the last trial,' that Gen. Porter was the victim of a foul conspiracy, and that he was slaugh tered by liars. The South ha uo special interest in the content between Porter- and his enemiepj only so far a it is a political persccution,and the interests of fairness and justice are involved. It is saiL in? Washington thai "the Republicans will improve the occasion of the debate to stir up strife between the sections, and to pour out their wrath upon the rebels of the South. The Washington spe eul to the Baltimore Sun says: ' A. lively and acriiuonious discussion id 1 ktd for, aud it is said that Gen. Garfield a d oiher leading lipu til cans purpose m- . k' k the attempt to ronea the o!d war is sue-. Mtnv'ot the mote radical Republi j cats of b.iib the Senate and the llou.-e havii b -en lamenting amoDg themselves lliat so far during Ibis session 'the Uemu- - crats were behaving so well thit no oppor tunitv bad been offered to stir up sectional tnfe and animosity.' The Fitz John Porter ens';, they think, will furni-h the coveted occasion, borne or tbe leading uemocrats, however, want their side to avoid entering iniA lha Hianooinn ami norm IT lhA Kpnnn. licans, who are really very much divided in opinion on the merits or ine case, longni it nnt nmrtntr themselves.' If HI it la dOUDL- ful whether this advice will be followed, as a - --"- The German leaders in Ohio have been heard from. Washburne re ceived 197 votes, Sherman, 183, Grant 33, Blaine 11, and some scat tering. Total, 434. VOL. XI. ipert'LA rionti as to tBlYlf!rCL . SLCVTIONS. We incline to the opinion that .0, the three loading Republican aspi rants for Presidential - honors Grant , , v 1 - I has the advantage just now. There , . a J - . is no doubt, we suppose, that Don Cameron' victory in Pennsylvania was complete. The . disappointed friends of Blaine complain thai Bingham sold out their candidate. "d - ddre lH llle peOI,!e Wi11 r.e1 tii 7 rns urrnncr gnn an nn . nnr. wo i m i ...j r r- . - - j ag.u lusl iueruu, wuu merauj wacrvi iwuiua, prty mu r oiaie, wm De ame 10 give asona vote for Grant at Chicago. We notice that influential independent papers regard the matter as fixed, and Peao-i sylvama a eutire vote will be cast For Grant. In New York Conkling is even stronger than Cameron is in rennay ivAtua. tti? the choice of his party in 'his State. Of this, as far as we can gather from; papers of various shades- of opinion,! j there is but little doubt. It garded as certain that Illinois wiU j follow the example of .New York and j Pennsvlvania. This will sive "the I strong man" a tremendous send-off,' and the probability is that with this; start he can beat Blaine and Sher man. I The New York Sun thiuks Sher-j man's strength in the South will melt away in the hour of trial. It says: 'The packed and sham delegations from tbe South, made up of officeholders and dependents, will not bold together an hour,1 when once they are launched at Chicago. I Iiow fennw verv tooII that After thai Inn1 I J r J : . " I vention Sherman will nave no tanner use for them, and after March 4, 11, he will be powerless and in private life, even if disposed to help them. They will sell out to the highest bidder, and go over in a body; tnUrant. I I " "Without some unforeseen accident Grant may be regarded as the coming can didate of the Republican party, : the po litical prophets to the contrary notwitb standing. His managers hold that the runrtl if Ihia innnlm hivn vara 1 it I 1a tn do wiih elections, and that both parties are rua y machinery which nominate I candidates and compel voters to take one or the other. They think, in the : present case, that the Democrats will either put up a Bourbon, whom Grant can beat by revi-j viog ihe sectional issue and breaking the Southern column, or ibty will attempt a juggle iu the Presidential count by 0on- gress, and therefore Grant is the man to meet the contingency, backed by the Frau duieut Administration." Whether it be true or not that Grant is to be the Republican stand-; ard bearer, the 1 Democrats have a plain duty before them. They ought not to be governed by personal pre ferences in the selection of candidates for President and Vice-President. Their choice ought to be determined solely by judgment. The action of the Republican Convention ought to settle the question of the Democratic candidates. If Grant is nominated nis opposite should be chosen a statesman and civilian of known moderate, conservative views, of un blemished character for morality. i 9 w nonor,anu veracity,and wnose loyalty! to the "best ffovernment on the tla-' net" was never suspected. Probably Judge David Davis or Judge Church ,;n n . u i.:u .i -j.u I itiu uii mc uiu iicaiui uiau auy uiu i ers, excepting Mr. Seymour, who will not consent to be a candidate. chosen. There ought to be a can didate for either . the Presidency or Vice " Presidency from Indiana and New York. Both of these j States! should have a place on the ticket in! case Grant is the Radical candidate; and Conkling determines to let the choice of electors continue in New York as it now is. If he orders a change, as he probably will, then; Ohio ought to have a place on the; tick.'t. In that! case .several names! will become prominent. The ticket might be, in that event, Thurman and English, or Hendricks and Ewing, or! some otlur combination. I In any event, it r.ppears to us the; Democrats must select wise, mod erate, prudent, reputable, able men for tho two places, and! then they, must go to. work and elect them. We believe, first, that the character, the popularity of candidates has much to do in the matter of success. You; cannot make any party solid. There' will be voters who will bolt or remain; at home if you nominate candidates i. . i . . of doubtful records or questionable character. We believe second, that j ,h Presidential candidates will have1 I --r.-f. - i I a good deal to do with the success of. . nemocratic State ! ticket. If I : I Judge Merrimon, in 1872, had been m ma reputation or a seymour or a, inur man, he would have beaten Caldwel easily too far to have allowed the Radicals to triumph by ballot-stuffing and fraud. He bad to carry Horace Greeley on his back and the load was1 LJ LJ ' WW. J'; Vk: W ' ' A LJ? WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1880. loo heavy for even each broad should ers. . - - : i ' To conclude, it is of the first im portance to insure success that judg- ment and not sentiment or prejudice , j . - .. shall determine the question of can- didates, State and National.' Upon, a right choice, as we believe, rests the question of victory or defeat -in the campaign for. State officers and for the Presidential candidate. If wis- m holds the wheel the Democratic 8uip W1u make a safe and successful . . . . y Butthereare break. r ahead, d there ; tho uuiiUcal sky here and there of a coming tein pest. ' As Lord Nelson is' credited with saying, but never saidt Trafal- gar, so we may say with a change of one or two words to the Democrats of our State "North Carolina expects That vote of, six to five has served as an eye-opener to many. The tone of some of the papers changed as 1 when the grinder is elated with his I success. If they had stood by the j Stat in th ficrht from tha start there I would have been much less talk of Syndicates and Best propositions, and the Governor would have been saved the trouble of that trip to New York and Washington. That bene v- olent potentate, the President of the Richmond & Danville and the con troller of the North Carolina Rail road, . would not have seen "his fondest hopes decay" in such a sad- v r 1 J .U. uu way, lor mey wuuiu uavo ue cr0pped out in such rank luxuriance, . , ., , . "Oft expectation fails, and most oft th&ra where it most nromisea " SOUTH CAROLINA. COTTON MANU FACTURING. The Charleston News and Courier of the 10th is almost exclusively de- voted to writing up the cotton mills of South Carolina. The outlook is most favorable. There is a steady increase m ine value ot tneir capuai, whilst the annual profits range from i to 40 per cent, ininic or mis, ye dnnKiflv- on stnn vnnr- nrniilcinor. I m , ' , , . . o. . , Ten thousand people in the state nnd mius. xne uem lor tue luvtavuicuk of capital, at home and abroad, is most inviting. Our excellent Charles ton contemporary deserves credit for its enterprise. It sent out one of its staff, Mr. J.iK. Blackman, to every factory in that State. We copy the following, which is instructive: "These results briefly stated are: That there are in South Carolina seventeen fac tories (not including the Westminster Cle ment Attachment Mill,) engaged in the pro duction of cotton yarns and cloths. "These factories have 05,438 spindles, with 1,933 looms in operation. "They produce 101.338 yards of cloth and 17,183 pounds of yarn for each work- ing day; consuming for each such day 54,- j 049 pounds of cotton. They employ 2,295 operatives, who in turn support 7,913 persons who are depen uem upon mem, me mommy pay runs i ine over 38.000. The caoital Employed in these mills Amnnntn to 22.288.600. and thev I . . . ' j " An cm, I are estimaiea to uo woria to-uay ,o, 0UU." ' i The entire article is very interest ing, and full of encouragement. The account of Mr. Blackman's visit to Westminster and the results furnish- - i ed show most conclusively ; that the Clement Attachment is a great sue. cess. The largest profits made by any mill are by the little Westmin ster. The mill is in Oconee, nine miles from the Georgia line. Mr. Blackman found many visitors exam ining the new process. We quote : "Before we had gone ten steps I found that my companions were Mr. Holmes Har den, of Chester, the President of the Ches-. ter & Lenoir Railroad; Mr. Osman Barber, the representative in the Legislature from Chester, and Mr. F. H. Barber, of Rock Hill. I was informed by intra that they had come to examine tbe "Machine" with a view to establishing I factories in their lo calities. Upon arriving at tbe hotel I met another pilgrim. He bad arrived tbe night before, and: was from Bremond, Texap.jHe introduced himself as Mr. T. R. Hayes, of tbe firm of White & Hayes, proprietors of large cotton gins iu Central Texas. He bad come, he said, to make a peisouul examina tion of the Clement Attachment in the in terest' of several capitalists who would upon his verdict determine whether they u . . i i , i m . : T would esiaousu several lactones near ure mond." The gentlemen who own the mill are delighted with their experiment. We quote again: j; . ft'TliA titiA rf rha Hlsmant A HanVtmant therefore, thev claim. has wrought for them "StfOTSS of seed cotton is 500 pounds per day, and the production is 160 pounds of yarn per day. Tbe yarn they are now selling at 23 cents periound. The cotton, therefore, per day,- at three cents a pound, wbicb is more than they paid for it. would cost $15. Ope- rative and contingent expenses are placed at 9 yet: uay, wuiua wsuiu muni: uts wtu cost of producing 160 pounds of yarns $19 50. The value of this amount of yarn in the market, at 23 cents per pound, would be $3650, or over 40 per cent net profit. The estimated profit - is one cent net on every, pound of seed cotton manufactured. Mr, Stribling is of the opinion that a mill of a capacity of 500,000 to 700,000 pounds per net profit for the past twelve months had been,' Mr. Stribling iafornmlme, $1,800 on a capital of $3,700 Invpe4& .-- v The yarns made aetoilly command; a premium in the markup: They -ard in great demand and ftreTpronounced by Philadelphia manttfMtareh of the very i best. Wb lhen,. can not these mills be multiplied indefi nitely ? A few farmer should com bine and manufactory their own cotton. But more of this hereafter. North Carolina has mere than fifty mills. She ought taliive .hundreds. This was prepared dayt ago, but was crowded out. - to:be OB RO'T.TO-BB.W - The Raleigh Observer thinks the Legislature will be calud, because, as alleged, if -Mr. Shjber Bad been Presenl luere woumjavo uuUB e- WhyWMhober L gtlend, ana oecause, ne aia not nis vote must be considered i cist as if he had been present? .But, we take the ground squarely, that if the vote had hoan t tn sir. that the Legislature ought not to be called, and for six good and sufficient reasons to us: First, there is no necessity for an extra sessioq. Second, the Best proposition if a good one, will keep until the regular session of the Legislature. Third, it will cost the tax-payers at least $20,000 and that, too, with no just and air grounds for doing so Fourth, it will injure the Demo cratic party will show. seriously, as the result Fifth, there ought to be an over whelming majority to determine as grave a matter in the affirmative and authorize the incurring of such extra ordinary expense. Sixth, a majority of the Board of Directors who wero present decided against calling it. The Governor, it is said, is deter mined not to abandon the scheme, so he will call his Council of State to gether, and if thev favor it he will a88emble the Legislature. The Ob servtr sayf: i 0 i .Itia now aS3erted by many people as their belief that the Governor will put the proposition before hia ad viBors, the Council D Htate. This body is composed of the Public Instruction. Bv the law these are constituted the advisors of tbe Governor, be foie whom shall be laid all matters of public moment on which advice is needed. The Governor cannot convene the Legisla ture unless by the advice and consent of the Council of State." The Observer mentioned that the Board of Internal Improvement was a tie also, i That veteran railroad man. Col. William Johnston, of f Charlotte, opposed the calling of the Legislature. Let us wait until the regular time for tbe assembling of the Legislature. Then, if it can be shown that Mr. Best's proposition is a more libera one than wi 1 be offered by our own people, and that the railroad will be , . c -r.. u managed m the interests of North Parnlina anil tint, in th intprnsts of ' foreign corporations, it will be the duty of the Legislature to give it their careful consideration. This is a bad year for extra ses sions. I The New England traders are pressing Congress heavily for a na lional bankrupt iaw. They want such a law in order to strengthen their purchasing power by giving them more credit. They contend that the necessities of trade demand such a law a law that will operate alike in all parts of the Union. The Stab has already taken ground against any such law at this times The - people - were swindled most shamefully by the old bankrupt law and the wrecks are scattered all over the country The country has not recovered yet from the evil effects of the law that was repealed. After a few years it may do to'talk of a new law. J We cannot help being interested in Gen. Porter's fortunes. He is a vic- I tim of personal meanness and party trickery. The Richmond Dispatch's special of the 12th says: "The reports in this case show that Gens. Halleck, Pope and McDowell planned tbe second battle of Manassas, thinking to win a victory that would justify the removal of McClellan. They show, not lo go into the . nnnnA ot ot&SIa that TVrw vh.n ho m I Deatedlv ordered Porter to attack, did not CnOW tfiat Lonestreet was Confronting Por- 5. 25,000 men, while Porter had only 9 000, an(j that Porter's disobedience of or- erg waa fhQ very best thing under the cir- mtt.nxM tht eonld be done. After the I defeat, Pope & Co. evidently determined to 1 m&e forter. Who was a inena or jxujiei- lan, a scape-goat, and tbe records of the court-martial, his friends contend, make it Clear that ne was me victim. 01 prejuaice and misrepresentation." . ' - - Poindexter has been much visited j jn prison since he married Miss Cot- 1 trell.. Here is the way 2,198 Ohio Demo- crats express .their preferences for the Prcsidoncy : ' ; Tharman 830, Tilden 501, Hendricks 222, Seymour 194,- Hancock 61, Bayard 55, Pendleton I 25, somo scattering. In Indiana, out of 1.555 Democrats, 997 favor Hen- ui i, Acmvwa dricks,2!5 Tilden, 92 Seymour, 36 Bayard, 26 Hancock: and 25 lhur- man. I They are trying to prove that J Rev. Cowley is a very proper man j every way and treated the lambs of 1 bis fold as if they were his own.' If I of the stockholders having arrived, a meet this is so, then he has been maligned I was heId and lhe stockholders then , , P , , , t,,. i proceeoea io Florence, Douiuvaronaa, me beyond any man of bis times. Bm,1: - . , - 1 I IftOT rpnntnncr that imAtinra :hmil;I hfi hslii IS it SO? .. I Hayes's partisan appointments of supervisors . of. the census were re- iected bv- a rote of . S6 to 19. . This "Was "WelliaOne. Sle IJemOoraW Ulu I nobly, and they were helped by some of the more liberal Republicans. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAN Ananal mieetloe of tbe Grand Lodse of sbe State. The Grand Lodge of this State of the above named order met in tbe Castle Hall of Cumberland Lodge, No. 5, in Fayette- ville, on Tuesday last, at 10 o'clock, G. C. John L. Dudley, of this city, presiding. All of the offices except the G. V. C. were present, John Haar, Jr., acting as G. V. C, and a majority of the Lodges were repre sented. Tbe reports of the G. C, G. K. of R, and S., and G. M. ot E., were submitted and referred to proper committees. These documents show that the Order in this State has made considerable progress in both numerical and financial strength, and that five Lodges have been revived and one instituted. Considerable routine business was trans acted for the good of the order, and the following grand officers elected for tbe en suing term, viz: John L. Dudley, of Wilmington, G. C. J.'tt. Scbultz, of Salem, G. V. C. D. G. McRae, of Fayetteville, G. P. John W. Phillips, of Fayetteville, G. K. of R. and S. R. T. Scanlin, of Fayetteville, G. M. of E. C. Dewey, of Goidsboro, G. 11. at A. Max Schwerin, of New Berne, G. I. G. L. L. Boon, of Wilmington, G. O. G. . W. A. Guthrie, of Fayetteville, Sup. Representative. At an open session of the Grand Lodge, held on Wednesday evening, the aboye named officers were installed in their re spective positions by Sup. Rep. W. A. Guthrie, and the secret work of tbe order exemplified by P. G. C. W. H. Gerken. During tbe session the following Knights of this city were made Past Chancellors for meritorious services, viz:; W. B. Orr, G. G. Thomas, James M. McGowan, W. K. Bell, A. K. Register and W. G. Thames, Stonewall No. 1 ; J.-D , Stelljes. A-u, Wehr- bahn, F. C. Muller and Wm. uenaust, or Germania No. 4. P. C. W. S. Warrock, of Stonewall Lodge No. 1, and P. C. H. C. Prempert; of Germania No. 4, were appointed as D. D. G. C.'s of their respective Lodges. After a pleasant and harmonious session the Grand Lodge adjourned to meet in Goidsboro on the second Tuesday in Feb ruary, 1881. The members in attendance from this city speak in the highest terms of the kind treatment received at the hands of the brethren in Fayetteville, and especially of the courtesies shown them by Capts. Green and Worth, of the steamers North State and Governor Worth, to whom they desire to re turn their sincere thanks. . Anoiber Capital Case. Another capital case was developed in the Criminal Court yesterday morning, the grand jury having found a true bill against one Samuel Stacey, colored, for burglary. The specific charge against Stacey appears to be that he broke the fastenings of a door leading into a room occupied at the time by one Jesse J. Johnson, on Princess, between Seventh and Eighth streets, on the night of December 23d, 1879, and took from a pocket of Johnson's pants a tobacco bag containing $3 in money, which he carried off. Johnson, it is alleged, was apparently asleep on his' bed in the room at the time, but in reality was wide awake and wit nessed the whole transaction, though afraid to say anything. Stacey was subse quently arrested by Officer J. A. Ashe, and a warrant issuedlby Justice Hill, before whom be bad a preliminary examination for larceny, and was committed to jail, in default of security in the sum of $100 for bis appearance at this term of the court. Bank ot New Hanover. 1 The annual statement of this institution shows a moBt gratifying degree of pros pcrity. Its deposits aggregate oyer eight hundred thousand dollars, an amount un precedented, we think, in the history of banks in this State. The President stated to the stockholders at their regular meet- ing yesterday that, not a dollar bad been lost by bad debts during the last twelve months. Those interested ' in this bank may well be satisfied with its extraordinary success. (For the Star. Meeting in Pentfer County. Burgaw, N. C, February 9, 1880. The citizens of Pender county met at Burgaw, February 9lh, to take into consid eration the building of a court-house. Col. J. D. Powers was called to the chair, and T. J. Armstrong appointed secretary. t. t t amWo and fVil J TV Powers made veiy strong arguments in j favor of im- od,v "SSSS looking to an increase of taxation, except for the purpose 01 partus "o picoou m- Hehtedneaa of the county, Dr. Porter offered the following resolu tion, which was adopted : . , Besolved, That in the opmion of this citi zens' meeting it would be inexpedient to take any active measures at present looking to taxation! for tbe building of a court bouse. i On motion, it was ordered that the pro ceedings of tbe meeting Be sent to tne wn mington papers, with the request that tbey publish the same. . . mere oeiug oauuag ituuiu uuuci vuu- sideration, the meeting adjourned.' J. D. Powkbs, Chairman. T. J. Armstrong, Secretary. i : NO. 17. c. & a. u. r. ntgetins or stockboidera for Reor- eantzauon. j A meeting of the stockholders of this company was advertised to be held in this city on Tuesday .morning last, and at . . . , purpose of traisactfiig business .looking to the reorganization of the Company. Owing to an accident on the Petersburg Road, however, many of1 the stockholders were rintvonf fA . f mm ronphinv lfrA in limp T. Sfi meaMt . thfirtt not hsln, R qviofum an adjournment was had until Wednesday morning when, the remainder !t' hot K Rtt.lt o thrrtnirh tohtnh Ihn rri-nl passes. Tbe action at both meetings was the same. . The meeting at Florence was presided over bv .Mr. ,Tho&. K.. Jetiknos. of BaliilwrBHi- mii fMm .vkftrrti" more T?li JJir- nr . uompson-, or itHS i city, as Secretary. ' MessN. B. F. Newcomer, J. A. Tomp kins and J. W. Thompson, were appointed a committee to verify proxies, and reported that out of 9,600 shares constituting the capital stock, 9,400 shares were represented by person or proxy. A resolution was passed, in accordance with the recommendation of the meeting of the first mortgage bondholders, &e. , held in Baltimore on the 21st of January last, to issue bonds to the amount of $1,600,000, bearing interest at the rale of six per cent, per annum, payable in gold in New York city on tbe first daya'pf June and Decem ber, tbe plan of organization giving to every bolder of two thousand dollars worth of old bonds, with accompanying coupons and certificates, one thousand dollars in new bonds and six shares of stock, the company to begin with a capital stock of 960,000. , : A Board of ten Directors were elected, as follows: Col. R. RjBridgers, of Wilming ton; Col. H. B. Short, of Columbus; Messrs. W. T. Walters, B F. Newcomer, S. M. Shoemaker, Enoch; Pratt, George S. Brown and Thorns C. Jenkins, of Baltimore'; J..D. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, and H. B. Plant, of New York. Tbe Board will meet in a few days and elect a President apd the other officers pro vided for in the charter. . It will be remembered that this road was sold by a Commissioner appointed by tbe TJ. S. Circuit Court, and bought in by a committee of the bondholders, which ne. cessitated a reorganization of the Company. stockboidera Sleeting of tbe Banttof New Hanover. The annual meeting of the stockholders of 4henk of New. Hanover, was held at their banking house in this city yesterday afternoon. Mr. W. T. Faircloth was elected Presir dent and Mr. H. Brunhild Secretary. ' The meeting was called to order by the President, and on motion Messrs. J.W. Atkinson and D. McRie were appointed a committee to ascertain the amount of stock represented. The committee reported that 6,265 shares lucwmmmivf , of stock were represented, in person and by proxy, which i being a majority the meeting was declared duly organized. The President submitted a report re garding the operations and standing of tbe Bank, which was read and approved. . Tbe following gentlemen were elected as the Board of Directors for the ensuing year: Messrs. C. M. Stedman, R. R. Bridgers, D. R. Murchison, John Dawson, J. W. Atkinson, D. McRae, J. A. Leak, E. B. Borden, Isaac Bates. On motion, the meeting then aajournea. Tbe Last of B. F. Blddlck. An inquest was held over the body of young Riddick on Tuesday morning, in connection with : which tbe Charlotte Observer remarks: i "Dr. Wilder, who examined the body immediately after death, and again yester day, stated that the ball did not go through the body, and that (the wound not being probed) death must either have been caused by the percussion of the shot so close to the heart, which would have been sufficient to produce death, or the actual penetration of the heart by the ball. In the pocket of the deceased were found, besides several tele grams in reference to a position which he was offered in Macon, a photograph of his wife and a poetic eulogy on woman. It is stated that a few moments before bis death he had spoken to his wife, to whom he was devotedly attached, most affectionately. .: "The evidence as to the state of his health confirmed what was given yesterday, and it is further learned that be bad been heard to complain, as long as a year ago, of suffering from indigestion. Dr. Wilder stated, in the course of the investigation, that indigestion was a most frequent cause of Insanity, and that tbe young man's mind may have been attectea wnne ne auenuea m . ... J I to his business in the usual manner, and excited no remark. "Mr. Shannonhouse. at whose house he boarded before and for some time after he annum. That is sensible, though eome waa married, stated that his humor was WQat late. Chapel Hill letter: Tbe moody, being sometimes in good spirits suggestion made by tbe Goidsboro Mail auu again grcauy ueprcsscu, couug cijr tie excent sweetmeats. "The verdict of the jury was that the de ceased came to his death by a pistol shot over the heart by bis own hand; "Mr. Riddick was a great favorite with the operators with whom he bad been asso-' ciated, either personally or over the line, and many were the messages of regret at his nntimelv death received at tbe office' i KA.a . The f uneral of tno deceased took place Wednesday morning from the Trypn Street I M.E. Church. A murderer at Large. The authorities here have received notifi cation from Sheriff Wilcox, of Marion county, S. C, that an atrocious murder was committed in Marion on Monday night last.- The name of the victim is not stated, but the alleged murderer is a negro named Jim Black, who escaped and is still at large. It is thought that be may hav emade his way to this city, and a re ward of $25 is offered for bis capture. His description ean be seen at the Sheriff's of fice. 1 - Mr. William B Wright, ven- erable and prominent lawyer of Fayelte- vtlle.died on Thursday last. lie was more i than 70 years age. Raleigh held an Irish relief meeting. Gov. Jarvis Col. T. C. Puller, Judge Merrimon, Judge Fowle, R U. Bt- , tie, Jr., Fab ,11. Busbee. Rev. J. M- Alkin- , son, James Doyle aud Patrick- McGowan " all spoke.. committee to canvass , for funds was "appointed. . Alamance Gleaner: llev. W. Ij. Wrtght,a young Baptist preacber.at presetit in attendance t the Theological Seminary, at Louisville, Ky., has accepted a call from the Baptist Churches at this place aad Hills -boro, and will beeoms the pastor of those churches about the middle -of May. Raleigh Dispatch'. Mr. Richards son, of Philadelphia, will this wek eom-1 mence the manufacture of stone pipe alt he penitentiary, arrangements having been jw fected between him and the authorities of thit institution: This is a new enterprise io our midst, and it is propped to take the" place of tbe old clay pipe now being used. ' -?- Charlotte Observer'. The arrest in Columbia, day before yesterday, of Lou Bales and Jim Harrison, both white, by Constable Orr,- is tbe culmination of a r scheme which the officers have been work ing several weeks to discover the parties wbo were engaged the robbery of -the powder house of A- R. Nisbet & B'r'.i on the outskirts of the city. . ' New Berne JDetnocrati Vf e learn that on Thursday last. 5lh inst., a veiy un-; fortunate, and fatal affray occurred in Hyde ing. a. Jpis. jjiiuott oauicr auu ajjli. rrxis ton got into an altercation in regard to a gate.when Mr. Weston became so thorough ly excited and enraged that he seized an axe and dealt Mr. Sadler a blow on the hf ad, which resulted in his. death. Greensboro Patriot: Maj. 1L L. Grants of Goidsboro, was io Durham yesterday, with a portion of hi9 crop f - tobacco. He sold at the Parish warehouse nearly 3,000 pounds, at an average price of - 15 cents. Mr. Shade -Woolen, of Le noir count)', was also io Durbam with 6,000 pounds of tobacco, which will be sold to--' day. We mention these facts to sfiow what progress tobacco growers aie rnakiau io Eastern North Carolina. New York correspondence of Hale's Weekly At present there are quite a number of North Carolinians here wbo are students in one oranother of tbe fine arts;', among them, Miss Williams and Mr. Dan gerfield, of Fayetteville, and"two Misses Long, of Randolph, grand-daughteis of my old friends, Hon. John Long and Dr. James Webb. At least one of the four, perhaps more, stands in no need of tbe pe cuniary results of success, end is,therefore, I suppose, drawn by pure love to wield the ; pencil. Wadesboro Herald: We are pained to say that Mr. T. K. Manas'- mind is so deranged that be has to be confined . - in tbe county jail until he can be placed in the asylum. An election on the stock law was held in Monroe township. Union county, on Thursday, the 5th inst., and re sulted in 188 majority against me law. r- -Mrs. Diggs, wife of Thomas Diggs, de ceased, fell from a buggy last Sunday, and was . instantly killed. The buggy-wbeel struck a high hill-side ditcb, and, running v across tbe road with considerable force, was the cause of her falling from the buggy. Washington Press: We now have a weekly steamship line to and from Hyde county, and the thriving villages on the south side of the river, South Creek, &c, and the recreant trade that by right Washington ought to have, and once did own, and was proud of, is gradually but . surely returning. r-Our town shows evidence of progress wherever you go. The- whizzing of ateam aawa . aad grist -.-mills greets tbe ear at ' either end of the -town, while another mill is being erected on the Castle, opposite town. The whistles of a locomotive and of many steamboats greet the ear every day. . - ' Charlotte Democrat: The bat- ties of King's Mountain and Yorktown arc to be celebrated next year, we presume the next will be Guilford Court House and Charlotte. If we may be allowed to make a suggestion about College orators at -approaching Commencements" in this I st Ai wfi would Rtifffefit the selection of State, we would suggest the selection of Iwme orators, natives or citizens of the State. Tbe non-residents have disappoint ed us long enough, and we venture tQvSay that such men as George Davis, Duncan E. McRae, David Schenck, and many other talented citizens, would draw as large crowds as any one from abroad. Weldon News : . The freights over the several roads are unusually laige. . Extra bands have to be employed to do the necessary work of transferring and han diiag. A good sign of prosperity which we hope will never fail. Ringwood cor respondence : Mr. Kingsbury's notes on tbe life of the Rev. Thomas G Lowe have been read with much interest by many in this section who knew this gifted divine, and others who have beard of his powers in pulpit oratory and eloquence, which all describe as something truly wonderful. Let a suitable monument be erected to mark the resting place of this gifted man. Goidsboro Messenger: To meet a want long felt want we shall begin tbe publication of the Mail daily on Monday, tbe 23rd inst. The weekly will be con tinued as now. We shall risk the enter prising spirit of our people to sustain it. We have purchased the county right for Wayne, Johnston,. Sampson, Duplin, Jones, Onslow, Pamlico, Hyde, Lenoir and Greene, to have made the "Hatfield Pa tent Churn." All who have seen it pro nounce it to be the most simple, cheap and valuable machine for churning they ever 8aw Mr. Jonathan B Davis, near Fremont, made last year, with two plows, 100 barrels corn, 3,100 pounds poik, and 10 bales, cotton, averaging 475 pound?. , No hired labor employed. Good cropping. Raleigh Farmer and Mechanic: Rev. Mr. Robey baa eighty piipils at Jones boro High School. There-was a $41, 000 tobacco hogshead transaction in Dur ham vesterdav. The Einston Journal, Burke Blade. American, and other State I nanpra. have raised their terms to $3 per vnatl rOI. Iteua, 01 me uuivcreuy, ue ji I .pointed to "fill the vacancy caused by the resignation OI ur. Jjeaoux aa eupenuvcu- dent of the Experiment Station, is un doubtedly a good one. . Prof. Itedd pos- , sesses qoalifications which peculiarly fit ' him for this position, probably not ps sessed by any other man in the State or elsewhere. " Raleigh Observer : . The Com missioner of Agriculture received yesterday one thousand packages Of tqbacco seed fur distribution. Those desiring to introduce better varieties of "the weed" would do well to write to CoL Polk at once and get a package. Six hundred and sixty deeds for lands sold in the various counties of the State for taxes, have been received by the Secretary of State thus far. In a re cent issue of the Observer an account was published of the finding of the dead body of a young man by the name of .Hargrove, r near Tarboro, in this State. We are happy to be able to correct the statement, as we " have it from Mr. Hargrove himself .that be is not at present dead. Our Wades boro correspondent, under date of Februa ry 10tb informs us that Mrs. Lucy Diggs, a lady living near Pee Dee river, in Anson county, while riding Sunday afternoon, was thrown from her buggy and killed, - mm mm ii -