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$ 1 .5Q a Tear, in advance.
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ne w-f-be dedicated ttje iRaad lem CJorton
Factory with religion enrices oo ibt.- lot h x
insl. Jn Randolpli count nTftu . ? w -
, Raleigh Mibhfal JZecorlen Hev.
A. DJ Coben'a field of labor lor Ibis year
JSOi-iy1 I Monchre, Manly; Cameron and Sanford
seveQ; appoinlnwjDis per tatutim lu
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s?iaK5:BKSSSPSSS viuo,i ou liouix. viDcumau ann uai-r 1 the oteat railroad eleDhant as a sort the ubhoWinf? oi ine iaws, tne per-
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2 I Pack Town thence . o Ohattaogaf arid; wU oaite 4tf disosidg - of the pedtetaoy of a change at present:
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ar said elaDhant in the taamier tromwed
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Preliminary EuailotU.on or Henry
j r :Crue, Charsted WItn I.arcony and
' : Ano t .
Henry Crusecolored, had a prelimiaary
examination before1 Justice Gardner, yes
terday moroiiigfOa the serious cnarges of
I pocketed the money, inasmuch as, Oldham j ult
oc )o. got none, although tuey got more r .- -
than B.FJ Mitchell &. Son did oa cou- Raleigh Observer: We learned
signment !, they t made to another of the Tuesday from a gentleman of thia'crty 'that
niog. i vvuai uuyou luina. vjiuuiu,ix m. i ne nap U8l.Deen lniormeu oi a i!ornmrn
got? . J.I was a statement or account cttueu
July 'ith, showing aJjalaj)cedjieD C .
Seymour of $$7.55 aaiost ; the peas, uf ter
crediting proceeds of sales of 98 sacks He
at tbeisame time advised Oldham & Co.
to held balance of peas for another
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iuwt ut o so o o i eo o e jo sp
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Entered at the Poet Office at Wilmington
N. C, as second-class matter. ;
Subscription Prikce.
The subscription price of the Wkkk
Star is as follows : '
nge Copy 1 year, postage paid, fl.50
Urrpnv n1 raon. The first warrant i season, as he had nreaeTved them with lime
iMPOfiTANT. eharges him with stealing a table, bureau, 1 f? Bd they would do to hoid oyer
wTi . . : . . ... . I until tlnotber .season. . Io. December, Old-
Prom Wilmiogtoa- t lf ii K Dtbfitable. fair, safe ani Datriotio. L Thhs.fat ibeindications are that P"CBer uptuju. a Co. thinking Seymour must b tired
To Kuox?Hle....;. ...... t 389 miles ... ' . V . 1 :. -. , TfiVia L l: " ' nr """ t? Joan A. naers..inuwBseHcnauueaiinM ot homing the peas, ordered., them turned
h'ktUnooea....iVi. 446 MilesM Bftt WO are tmM!Mft t&etnerlK LWfJ? uftvf?f w u6- . M.rSaBder8.;hovaefat over to Root. Carey. Co. SeymooMells,
FromKnoxville i 1 , J' r ! Will not allow th& DefaScata to do tfe4 pemocraUrna "by a large ma- I hifl ril t eftr thia 0'Di the aCterty Pettr? B? w,the 5har?e8:
To LLoui8.i.i. ...... 4LumUes i, ; . I. i "---- . XT i ...u i-tr.:" , .Jx.Aii t! 1 f varey laereupou uecuneu io laKe uieui, uui
T6 SunS.X .T,7- J U .they pleatej' that-.Wic tay that Mi-" .o?0 prominent Neif -1 aoon of the 19th f.Pebrqafy, 1879. ; The Laenv oam & Co. a sample of same.
To Iiouisvilje 198 mites 1 ilimr win ntttA ihZri n trirftErifflknd . Deraoctate is proeressmg. same, night the house, Which was only in- .wmcnturnea out tope a iocs, t-eas ana not
ToChicago;. ....... ........ 4l0mnes 7" r s7Z."r4t Zt- .-. laii 'J 'iJf.5 v:- hkhitin fhWt!me?Mk!Skmlers sleeo- rVysbich were shipped Dyuianamcsuo.
FromChattanooga- i --v;:?! elephant and then go. borne witbout io iwuuvu u - - . . The chmte changed them, or w be-
Toat. IiOUis.j....,..,'i...;. 398 foflea .nvti;nw . 1 ntairr in thft South. Unt there is "& v" : . " cause lDeymour was. uouesi, ana .am
To Cincinnati,... ...i...i 298mUei J l . - , . . )i r----, - s . ground.-jThe articles IwereiaiiDSauyi notbMong.to anyring. Nevertheless he
uid tsee-more DiacK tnaa ciay peas in me
game, which caused
HJT T:i I -1 J h.n.h na. Is , . - T i t i
f , , -i .. i f eiffhtv six'to 'sav wnen inev win aa i iroauieu at viuuiiukvvi . wiwu xur. in iwucewcu m vi jj i ai-eaqe -wrore. s.- nran , an--aorucj tu
I i.s t - . i Lii-i-;mn T io Vnnivn t.Ht. - t.h and remo'Tea'ihem W m':carX aW'ttrtwd f New Orieana,-directing him to .call on" Mr.'
UCU a uiailUQi ,.v. " " " . I r " I Hu.n.An. fn- tha nana onH n nau all luwflll
AftPrwnrdn. tellisp one of thft WitBCteeS WHO I ""TV ,
To Louisyilie.... J...J,. 233 miles . .sQn0 msnaii.QaU one 0wwdrel jund igeodipxcwpeol, fW? W wpen?r Ifoanhin the Doaaessieiket Beoxy .Gnue. .1 jfioold SBeenm black tb
4 I. f fiirrnTTT fliviTA aw tDnon vnnir ixriii nnr i t t-oti nim hl . y i iif liimnLii. . wilu aui xi.- i uuuucaicu iu a :vwiiuu vi uiauv uv j i hl-41rw tbtoib''
From Wamineton 7 . i V " v J " V " T . . .TT T .. 1 l l.Vi?JJL.iXA nJ7ii,ua
10 uoicago via vnaiianooga . . u-o mues i juuiu oww s.
To Ubicgo via Knoxville. ... 897 miles
To Cincinnati via Chattanooga 733 miles two THIRDS RULB
To Cincinnati via Knoxville. . 617 miles;! , . ,
To St. Louis via Chattanooga. 830 miles 1 he .Democratic papers are discuss-
To St: Louis via Chattanooga. 799 miles I ins the twO-thirds rule that prevails
To Louisville via Knoxville.. G21 miles m the National Convention.,
The
editor of the Louisville Courier-Jour-nai
ls a warm personal and politioal
friend of Tildens. ; It makes this
statement, and it is important:
ot mow fnrthpp fit nt n us within our
6 months,
3
1.00
.50
So it is seen that -Wilmington is Republicans only require a majority poajtiJe knowledge, that Str. THden does bond In the sum of $100 for his-appearance and !
sarerto these cities bv the Paint vote to select candidates. The two- notsedk the nomination, but that be is at the next term of the Criminal Court. J8,
FOltKGONK rONOLIISION.
We copy elsewhere from Governor
Jarvis's argument in favor of the sale
of the Western North Carolina Uail-ro:i-.!.
VVe have; already.; given ! the
Syndicate bill in full, and hence it is
ni)t necessary to give the Governor's
synopsis. Let the people" , read the
ln.il carefully. After awhile we may
offer ho me comments upon it.: 'Wo
m. y say here, that if the arguments
u w used to induce the sale had
Wen lined hy tho advocates of the
roal when they wanted the East
taxed to build it. there Would never
have beeu a dollar raised for the pur
pose or a foot of railroad constructed.
It will be interesting reading to place
the highly colored, roseate " hued
speeches of the friends of the West
ern North Carolina about the; time
the taxes were being laid for the
thirds rule was first introduced -in
1835 by the late Hon. Romulus M.
51 miles Saunders, of this State. The rule
g.jg8: has worked well in some instances,
, . .121 miles but it is not universally popular. The
r.aatin about for some one who may Hit
the burdens of the canvtss from his shoul
ders without sacrificing the party."
This is explicit. It is "within the
positive knowledge" of Mr. Watter
son that Mr. Tilden will not seek the
TUB BA1LBOAD QUESTION.
Let it be understood, the Stab is
COUSirUCllOU Oi LIIO OUIU ruau, auuut liuu upuscu vu ct oaic ui iuo iw soubiu
whichT heavy, unbearable, outrageous, NorthiCarolina Railroad. It is not
oppressive taxes ho much -)s said even opposed to a salejof that prop-
..t 'imar't h -si.lp ihft warmlv ertv to "the said William J. Best and
juuv ..v .. ,y " , J I (
his associates." But we do say that
nearer
Rock route, and by 4the' following
number of miles: ,
r
To Louisville. ........ .
To St. Louis.. .'.
T Chicago:...........
To Cincinnati. .
If the road from f Rockingham, old Whig party never adopted any nomination. He, however, is seek
Richmond county, to Salisbury is such rule. We notice that some of ing his successor. He proposes to
built the distance will be shortened, oar Democratic exchanges are very name1 the man one whofc can "lift
It would look, from this table, to a earnest in their denunciations of the the burdens of the canvass from his
disinterested mind as if in favor of rule, and demand its repeal. The I shoulders."
tho Paint Rock road, nbw nearly com- J Charleston Hews and Courier, for in-
pletod. It is the shortest route irom stance, says:
I "Oiia Arfrnment acrainst the tws-thirds
rule is that it operates to defeat the strong- I eD8 aa a novelist. He tried to read
est candidates. There is force in mis view.
The small fry cau nearly always prevent
the nomination of the most ! conspicuous
candidate by dividing more than a third of
the whole vote amongst other canuiuates,
and when the convention is tired out,
a candidate of the negative type
azainst whom, as for whom, there is no-
by tb KoOAVillc rouU thao by the JSS.JSiS T,,U h l"'
and Buchanan were not the strongest and I less, out it is not bouuu crinyiom
highest available Democrats by any means. DjgkoUg j8 charming. Iu pathos and
UUTGIUUI UCYUIVU1 a UVUUUOhlvu mw
saw him that if 'she said' anythmg about it gfght for jhe same. Labatt -made the de .
be would kill her. The articles ia question mahd if or the peas according to shipping
were in court and were fully identified , as marks Seymour could not deliver peas by
.v . . QmA- kVU .,, said marks, because they had changed as
the property of Mr. Bander both by him- bad eaa- He asked fo Ume
self and others. He was ordered to give I to make uo his account. He being honest
truthful,, thought the best thing to be
was to put the peas in new sacks.
TOhip.h: wnnld ohvia.te the necessity of hia
Defendant was next 'arraigned on the I accountinii for the marks. For this labor
Charge of having; on or about . the 10th of j be only -charged 31 cen ts per sack, while
Wnvm r,P! tln threa lurkevs. the nroner- 1 c barges should not have exceeded
ty of Mr: Sanders. The turkeys were traced
to the house of his mother, Minerva Ennett,
and it Was in evidence that when Mr. San
ders missed the turkeys the next day, and
went to tbis house to enquire about them,
they were hustled into the loft to prevent Mr.
S. from seeing them; that they were carried
12 cents per sack. . When this was accom
plished, he found his account was still too
small, !su he adds one month's storage, in
surance and interest, more than the time
the peas had been in his bands. He also
charges Oldham & Co. with a draft aad
interest, drawn on him by J. I. Metts & Co.,
Wilmington, on a shipment they had made,
in which Oldham & Co., had no interest
whatever. He further adds$6.50 for ad-
the great North west ti thin city.
Since the above was in type we
have noticed that the distances given
are as the crow flies and not as the
roads are actually constructed. The
figures show, however, that Wil
mington is nearer to the cities named
way of Chattanooga.
Old Thurlow Weed thinks that
Thackeray is not comparable to Dick-
"Heniy Esmond," which be very
properly considers the best of his
there by Henry Cruse, where they were J vertisihg, and for commissioSs $43.80, on
picked, and taken away the following day
day to be disposed of.
Defendant was ordered to give a bond of
curreace ia Chatham coiknty A negro-1 -by '
the ndme of iiynuuv-was stid to, nave ami
raged;u small white chili md it bve kiiiwt
her by his brutality. , No further pirncuUt.-i
of tbej elfair could be gatbeied.
.. -rf jNow Berne Democrat: Oar com
munity was startled early yesterday after
noon y the announcement of the vudden.
jdeathlof Mrs. S. S. Guion, wife of Dt J.
A. Guion, of apoplexy. Mrn. Gniun wait
most jstimable and. charitable, cbribtinu "
.lady, md the sick,- and the poor and needy .
wilig eatly miss the "mihistratlonBaodtbo
6pen-l landed liberality wb'rch diaractt-rizcd
her hfe: . - j
I . A. negro man by the nama of
George McFaydeo sbo:, aud "Ft "is thought,
mortally wounded his wife, on Sunday, the
15th instant, on Drowning creek, in this
Count r. ' . Capse, jealousy,,Geofg l.aTao, shot
twice tat young negro -man -wnuni lie
Bcilherof the shots tooki-,iifreci. Hocking
7iam $piriL ,( ',, , ... .
Winston. ,iea7er: Never be
fore in the annaTs .of. Winston as tobacco,
markek has there been such a quantity of'
the weed" brought here j as' there was last
week. .The oldest .tobacco T men say they
have seen nothing like it before. It ia
estimated that nearly two million of duMam
have Been pajd out. to our farmers for "iie
leaf" since ih hrt of ht- year: That ia
thewy we do business up here.. .
- Charlotte Observer: Ve believe
we have as good hotel accommodations as
can be found in the State, not even except
ing Raleigh and' Wilmington. The opera
house here wili seat 1,000 delegates, the
court ihouse will hold '500, 1,500- can be
packed into Oate's Hall, 2,000 could be
seatedjin the third story of Sanders & Biack
wood'i new building, ou College street, by
providing seats,-and Independence Square
will hild all the people that will come here.
Wadesboro Herald: We are
pained tb chronicle the death of Mr; Char
lid Smiths which took place .last Sunday.
We learn that the small grain. crops iu
$100 for bis appearance in this case.
Cruse was next called to answer to the
charge of stealing a quantify' of pork, the
property of Mry ' BanderiMtiebTOr a
month ago. The evidence was to the effect
Ahsbtt are- looking unusually well.
There was a slight fall of snow here on last
works, and he could not become in- tnat lne Darn j tvbien the meat 'was kept
terested in it. He can always read
Dickens; cryohe is greatly Thacke-
and wants more: and even is not satisfied at
that, but wants to whip Oldham & Co. be
cause h'e shipping marks will not stay on
the sacks And clay peas all turn black and :
8peckled.,aad.got mad because Oldham &
Co. requested "him' td send "the old sacks
back to them at itheir expense. He would
not even do this, saying they were so badly
cult by rats that they could not be identified.
Oh for morn Rincme.n! Give us a Ririe
mem was tuai ne snoma ueciiue vuo uoirn- i tl,o mkator aF Thaftkerav.and nrobftblv I firp.d nnon them with a eun he had in his I man everv time in Dreference to such cattle
nation rohir-h who tPnHftrprl him. whea it I ...,r--. .... I nT.P.
the peas which be could, not sell, making
a total Of $426.70 against the peas, and
says, ;most positively, that he will not
turn hvnr th npna In T.hat.t. nr unir
One else until this amount is paid. The Wrida4 niffht. f The telenhone wire bun
public can., see very well that this arrived, and is being put up. That
man does not belong to any ring, most Excellent and interesting daily,; the
because the Ring merchants will allow Wilmihgton Star, is bpw publishing mi
50 ceots per bushel on good clay peas" eveaiog edition- which is' a great eon vehi
in New Orleans, even if they are quoted at nce to the jsubscribers ou . the Carolina
$2.50 per. bushel, while Seymour takes all Centrift ' Railway. We think. the Best
in a barrel was broken into at night and the
meat Btolen. Mr. W. H. Salmon was sleep
ing in the back part of the barn, and bearing
the noise made in the act of breaking in, he
burned out and was just in lime to see
three men making their way . from the
really an exceptional case. The arrange-j humof, in laughter and tears, he is j Darn with bags on their shoulders. He
became evident that Pendleton could not I of any other writer of faction, tie is
be nominated, and oroDose instead Salmon
P. Chase, of Ohio ! But Governor Seymour,
broke down, physically -and mentally, was
taken home by a zealous mend, ana. re
mamed the candidate of the party."
irresistibly charming. ! We never tire
of him. We can read him again and
tint ml. arnest L nersuasive'. high
wrought aiJPfiaU. , to. .sell. ou .u I it "ought not to be wld; tm th terms It is urged on the other hand, that
r..ad at. this iinuortaut hour of the proposed in the bill printed in the the candidate of a great party for its
-r , I t? . c rni j I I kirrloat. nffip.PB ftnerht. tn hft Jihlfi t.n oh.
old biate's destiny, la ibs ana ai- omk ol I . " T?. . V.L:"Vn. the author of "Vanity Fair" and H".8""
terwards, when the Western North We are not prepared to say whe- tain ,wo-tairus ot .no ueiega. u , , . - E8mond -hesum of $100 nan
Carolina was so strongly urged, and ther Merte offered for the property is plausible, but it has not worked delightfal tectures on the
when taxes were uotning or out oust is a xair equivaiem-or put, uut uU a - - Huradrists and the Georges must go
hand, when the thieves dropped their bags,
one of them. crying out ;"Oh, God?" Rosa
Ames, with whom Cruse was staying at the
tim tPRtiftpri that defendant had told her
again j and with renewed interest al- hQ wa3 gojngafter the' meat, but that upon
ways.' But ho is not Thackeray's I coming back later he said be had met with
equal ! where that great writer is I bad luck, and detailed the circumstance of
strongest. In satire and protnnaity oeiag ureu uu ao "
barn with the meat, ana saia mat ne nau
him.
FTfinrv Esmond" 1 Bond in the sum of $100 required in this
case.
. i r 't 1 I - .
in lne balances, ii you wouiu usieu lu
the jidvocates, the State was really
very poor, and the taxes were op
pressive beyond belief. Then it was
nothing to nnaertaKe iue rausi gigau
careful reading of the bill it strikes us
that the conditions are not altogether
satisfactory. ! I under the operations of tho rule. It
The bill seems to be loosely drawn, is to be noted, however, in the case of
and in the hands of astute lawyers I the three mentioned by the Charles-
. . I . - . r i . .1 . i m. .u ite
tic schemes, and enterprises of great I may bo construed to j mean almost I ion paper, tuai, wuiwi. tuey wo i
Kith and moment were entered upon I anything. Thirty-three words em- negative type," they were all elected,
'oMfh.HH. liMiiannv. and with a bold- brace all that is said cdncernine dis-1 which was the mam end in view.
;: I . . i . .
neas bordering on the heroic. But I crimination in transportation rates,
ten or twelve years afterwards, when l and there is a vagueness and latitude j passed the following resolution :
the Mate has reauy improvea ana in many ui iue provisions iiiab uugub
r. euperated, there is haste to sell out, to bo thoroughly eliminated by the
atid tlie taxes are made to appear as sharp knife of scrutiny,
enormous. Well, so they are, and We hope the bill will be'carefnlly
tliey were enormous in 1S72 when a and thoroughly examined by every
Democratic Legislature was aiding in member of the Legislature, and the
thu construction of this, very North soondest and ablest lawyers in the
Carolina Railroad. State' will be consulted as to its bind-
' We are not arguing -the question ing force and effect.
to-day. It is a foregone conclusion We do not hesitate jto say that the
that the sale will be made. We are bill .ought not to pass in its present
impressed with the wonderful "change shape. It needs amendment if its
that has come over the spirit of" the guarantees aro to be worth anything
"dreams" of some of the politicians to the people of North Carolina, and
and candidates for office. We can bu? the members of the Legislature, who
remark, in passing, upon the contrast are the servants of the people, should
is the
. . . , ii ud head. Such, we take it,
men nave not oeen cnosen generally . - . '
geueroi vciuiub amuug iuq muow w
oal readers. Such, at any rate, is our
The arson case was next taken up. Mr.
Sanders and Minerva Ennett both swore
that tbeliouse was locked upon the evea-
Clay Pea.
The Cow Pea Bins Once more.
As a conclusion to the discussion of the
subject of a "Cow Pea RiDg" in the Stab,
we give the subjoined extract from a letter
from E. Lepage & Co., prominent mer
chants of! Norfolk, Vs., to Messrs. B. F.
Mitchell & Son, of this city, which shows
that other communities besides ours have
suffered from the "little irregularities" of
the New Orleans "Ring:"
. ,4We noticed the piece in the Norfolk
Virginian, of yesterday, headed 'The New
syndicate 'we now knoworbearof ialhe one I
thatjjtoposes to buy, the western JMorth
Carojina" Railroad, .and finish it to Paint
Rock, jand also the other branch from Ash
ville td Ducktown. We will be the biggest ' j
set of fools North Carolina has produced, if
we don't sell the road to the syndicate at any
price, if they will bind themselves to com- ;
plete it. ! I
Kinston Journal : A good edu
catiou will be worth more to the next gene
ration than all the State's railroad interest, j
Log rollings aretieeoming frequent all
over the county. There was one at Johu
Rhem'a last week, at which there were near
100 bahds.Bndyetthe work was not finished.
Jesse H. Hardy's steam saw and wa
ter grist mills," near " La Grange, were '
burned on Thursday night last. The fire !
was accidental. This makes the fourth- -time
his mill has been burned since the
war. Thomas Harper, of Trent town
ship, killed three otters at Lawson's mill
week before last, at one shot. The hide9
brought him $18 in-Gpldsboro. . Do
the Raleigh politicians ever form such
wicked things as cliques and rings? N,
never!! Such talk is only "balderdash,"
The steamer Neuse has' been loaded
Orleans Cow Pea Ring,' and you gentle-
ing .of the 19th of February, 1879; that 1 men so far do those thieves justice that j d0wa With euano on her-eeveral trips up
mere was uu ura m, iiuie, ouu uia 1 ma wiujuoiug unu .uisitoe i tue rteuse or late.
the furniture afterwards louna in me pos- i King, enouia De puDiisnea. iou are not
ftpssion of Cruse was in it. Mr. S. and Mi- I the onlv ones who suffered. We got nut
own view. Let us add, that in deli- nerva Ennett returned the next morning in to the tune ol several thousand dollars.
. , . . rj i and found the house burned. Rosa Ames From the 24th March to the 8th May
cate irony he has no rival, ne de- swore that Cruse had told her he was going (as bur books will show) we shipped on
scribes human character as it is. and to burn the house because Mr. Sanders had consignment to Newman & Jones 2,010
in thi respect he very greatly excels 1 H6 na tnreatened to bUrn u the night be- composed of highciayrwixed whlprand
7,U " 7 : : T o U in ok y rival of the Victorian age. forerbtat sh preyaMdolmQo some blacks. They bad instructions from SXraS
The Democrats at St. Louis in 1876 J ttnA so. The next night, between the hours of the first to sel at highest market price and e or ,alvf8neak anthoritativelv wher
Goldsboro Messengers Mr. C. C.
Rich, near Faison's, has a cow that is the
happy mother of twin calves, and the won
der is that one is three days older than the
other-rone being born Monday morning
and the other tie Thursday following. Both
calves are doing well. Oar Smithfield
correspondent, nmong other probably Gu-
His style, too, is more idiomatic and I 8 A a l0 Octock.' after sheliadedne'to bed,
fresher than Dickens's, who. ereat as she discovered the; fire shining through the
wire sale. We continued urging them to
sell until June 6th, we keeping posted by
ti 7 3 rut... u A ai2t.. V. .amunt.) I ' to I .-..i,.;-. it.A liniiia onil PniOR viltinff f Ha llailarai f rrm nthar hnncoo nhrf Irnnminff
irintniPt thp.ir deleir&teaio4lDemocratic I he is, abounds in some obiectionaDie floor M if oe had lostliis mind. She told I what the peas should command; So we
National Convention to be held in 1880.
whether it be desirable to continue the two
thirds rhle longer in force in National Con
ventions, and that the National Committee
insert such request in theall for the next
Convention:
mannerisms.
him to cry fire, but he refused . to do so, I telegraphed' one day to sell the peas at once
when she herself "gave the alarm. "Assist- i at best prices obtainable. They took no
ance then came, but not m time to save the l notice even of that. So we turned an or-
This resolution should not be
neglected by the people of the States.
In so mo way there should be an ex-
house. 1 There was other evidence to tne
effect that Cruse bad made threats to oe re
venged on Mr. Sanders.
At the conclusion of the testimony in
this case defendant was ordered committed
Geul Longstreet has declared him
self in favor of Grant for a third
term. ; lie thinks Grant can carry
North! Carolina, Georgia and Lou- J Withbht benefit of .bail, and he was tb
istana.! it all of the uonieoerate t?S rritaterf that Cuse
i. . -. t i i . r.T--i- tl. -i --lm- r. rr .- -,-: .. .
Dression of opinion. It is one of eneram were raaue oi sucu ...SX: ..Ktt"""tt.r".
. , 1. . -.. ::ii TV?-.-.
ne is rant, wouia ue xiciabur ur
der to Dymond & Gardes for all of them.
This was in the height of the Club glory.
No drafts at all were on the goods. They
sent sales at ruinous prices (being pushed
up to the notch), for about one half of the.
peas and Messrs. uymona oc tiaraes got
the balance. Thev were as deep iu the
Club Ring as the balance, and we jumped
Thev held until
Dortch. VVe SDeak authoritatively when
say that Mr. Dortch's name will not go be
fore the Convention with his consent,
Gen. Ransom's force of the flense river
have reached the W. & W. Railroad
bridge, and will now prepare to return to
New Berne, keeping on " with Ihe good
work of improving the river -aa they go.
Sampson correspondent: Some of our
local Democratic politicians are forecasting
a possibility by alluding to Mr. Dortch, of
Goldsboro, as the next Democratic nomi
nee for. Governor of North Carolina. '
Gov. Jarvis finds not many followers in
SamDsen. He has few apologists even.
Your correspondent does not believe there
those rules that may or may not be
fortunate in a given instance. L. Q.
Washington, in his last letter to the
Richmond Commonwealth, says:
I "I met sometime ago one of Mr. Tilden's
warmest friends ia the.. West a distin
guished jurist and a politician .of much
. . 3 i I . . ir I weigm. no wu i nuum usioi
presented in tne. arguments usea oy i not. uesuauj io empioy-Bvcry puooioie i tnink0f: nominating Mr. Tilden by any-
..,.;::.. ml..n (l.nv nriah lha non- I Q-i(annan) that nam ltii fiiifrrrniiiail It hi Hi? leSS than a tWC-thirds VOtC He did
pie to submit to heavy taxation for a
, . .. . I GOOD WISHES
snven purpose, ana wnen tney wisn .... t
j , i .u . .u Now let the Democratic members of the
to persuade the people that they Legislature keep in lasting; remembrance
o.icrht to sell out dirt, road-bed. right the special, session', of Congress; and re-
m w
an 1 all
great and they
fpnin frniA oil 1 aim ia I a tXt'un : whlAh : m4 v rlani-
of way, cross, ties, iron, rolling-stock age their party in the approaching contest.
because their burdens are Stale Itxciange. i
ought not to bear J We clipped the above Iroin one of
them any longer. We repeat, let the oar State exchanges, Sand failed to
arguments as to taxation now em- note which one. What is said is all
ployed to urge and justify the sale be very well provided it lean be done.
usedLalso when a proposition to con- j There are two parties m the Legisla-
struet i uppermost, and there would
never be a foot of railroad construct
'l in the State.
The Bible teaches the wisdom , of
counting the cost before you under
take to build. But we reserve our
comments for another time. This is
only a thought thrown out by way
of introduction ' to the Governor's
juHtiiication of his course. He man--
'apes hia case verv welh It is an
ture. One of them is not specially
anxious that the Democrats should
make any political capital out of the
extra sessiob and the sale of the rail
road elephant; There are some sharp,
cunning, watchful fellows among
them,, and they may not choose to
thin, less than a two-thirds vote.
not believe in the expediency of nominating
any man who was not acceptable to two
thirds of the Democratic National Conven
tion . For one I should regard a change as
most unfortunate. It is only just to the
different candidates named for this position
to say that there is hardly One of them who
would care to receive the nomination unless
he Could get a two-thirds vote."
In arguing the case, which we have
not attempted, much could be said on
both sides. Viewed abstractedly it has
an undemocratic, unrepublican look.
We are all taught from our childhood
that in this country majorities rule.
But is this true ? Do not a few hun
dred men control this country?
The -Veto, and Courier, thinks the
majority mle will give the South far
more power in ' the Convention. It
says it can practically say.; who shall
be nominated. That paper says;
"There is more true conservatism and
Emperor before two years. When a
fellow! does begin to go on a down
grade and with no brakes he goes
fast and far. If Grant or any other
Republicans carries North Carolina
it will be the fault of the Democrats.
They have it in their power to save
thia St,ate. Will they do it? The
Republican have strong hopes of
.uey ueiu uuui i , : . - ---. -,t,on
ndnftvvrdrfrom that of-Mr. Sanders' July and gave us sales at 50 to 75 cents for tZ- jaX
... 'w - : . I .- - I . . . " Tl T
Clays, ana oiners in proportion, ituw yuu
which was burnt.
Not
.can well see, it was not only your men who
got robbed That man Felix A. Jones, 102
Graviet. street, is spreading his letters and
cards over the Pea country again. We
have them regularly ourselves; have one to
rn 2
"refrain from all legislation which
may damage the Democratic party f ar mor unselfishness, in National affairs,
"in the appTOachine contest.' We anfong the Southern Democrats than among
rr . 6 i I tho NnrthArn Pemnnatg. The Hrtnthern
hope for the- best. , We trust democrats do not wish that a Southerner
shall be placed in nomination for either
PMMnt nr V5r ;TrABHp.nt'i Their Rnla
may come from the session. We hope J aim is to perpetuate the Union as it is, with
iht Keogh HA Ike Yttrng, ad Dick Sg$S3Z
Badger and Shaffer, land Albertson important that the active political strength
, r t j - of the South should be increased whenever
ana jeni, ,i.uB there is a favorable opportunity, as there
Reade,f and. Bynuin anp itodman, and; now is."
enious attorney's plea to Justify; I that no" "damage to j (our) party"
a certain line of procedure.
Hepublican committeemen in Penn
sylvania are largely in favor of
Blitin- rin rf -' 1 fil 7 resnonses re-
,n;.,.A i. vr vu.m.ih'A Holden add the rest of: the leaders t The South must bavo no candidate,
Blaine has i,landGraritrbttV274.iaynotp and it ought tp take care that no man
ButP.n.tv,a vot 'btrickerV party in the Legislature to protract is nominated who is not of unsullied
will be cast for the latter ! 1 the session for twentydays and make character and unquestioned patriot
For. the Star: ;
Itlembr Hew Orlean
Cot Pea mfr. :
We would like to give the public an I dav. dated 19th. asking- for a trial ship-
idea of the manner Cow Peas are handled: ment, and we hve been sent several from
k- m nn . .m w nf lha Na4 Orlflftns hr North Carolina farmer friends in Hyde
by ainannota membecof UieNewOrleans and otDer C0UDtiea We know every man
Cow ?ea Ring; D.- - O.- Sey mour is the bd was engaged in' the ringthe so-called
man, axiealer in cow peas, asd-called cotu- commission merchants. One of the firms,
iSSlt-' -2iS biuna S 2&2S.-2S8Z
tively ahd avows that lie does apt belong tot. -ttat)8-td catcn the unweary. We shall keep
. I " - - ! " . ( " ' " -" ' . Jl IJ . J 1.
gaming one or more congressmen i any ring, cmo or commnation iormea to r au tne oiras out we can ana aenounceiue
and electing their State ticket. Will defraud; consignors pttaw Peas.,. Op this wnoie gang aa inana impose,.
the Democrats allow it? Gen. Apa- ouni ne ciaioa Be a- xi vreaa nr
, .1, . handle consignments of peas than ahy of We learn that there was a very pleasant
thy defeated the Democrats in 1878, Ring, croW(L t us ihow you his gathering at the residence of Mr. G. W.
The same General may rout -them in WAthoi W. P. Old- Hewlett, at Masonboro Sound, on Friday
188Q. It is possible t'o nominate a ham & CO. V !a : the spriag : of 1879, had night, Composed of from ninety to one to give some of the brethren a chance to
State iicket that can sweep North about liObOW-toneir: htindred persons, including several from ,3
opinion is worth a straw in politics who do
not see tnat tne uovereor nas maue a iaiui
mistake. '
Greensboro Patriot: There are
thirteen prisoners in Guilford county jail,
seven whites and six negroes. ; We are
informed that our spoke and handle facto
ries can't supply the demand, and one of
them is three months behind in its orders.
The bandies made in this establishment are
entirely! to fill European demand. We saw
there la;st week a large pile of spoke timber
sawed eut and ready for'shipment to Rus
sja j Within the past week forty-one
emigrants, with ten children, left this point
for. homes in the Western States. Among
thflm wa' Mr MaSBey, formerly a promi
nent citizen of Stokes county, who with bis
wife and eight children will locate in Mis
sour.. They were people who bad seen bet
ter days. Another party of thirty-six
will leave ThomaSvllle during next week.
We put in our nid. for Greensboro jut
Carolina. Will
will show.
it be done? Time
sacks, in the haads'ojf 3y 0. . Gibbons & Co.,
New Orleans. -fThte ibf8j'kiad: and gen
erous hearted s-called gentleman "wrote W.
P. Oldham -; Co. tronx.twa to. three letters
this City, the occasion being the celebration
by Mr. H. and his wife of their tin wed
ding! Our informant states that there was
almost enough assorted ware on hand to
P w.ee n&Z t op a; tin-shop, and that the affair proved
ihAi,.. HftwonltFwriiBfihs-- to be an exceedingly
Thett t itth of history is very impor
tant specially in regard - to battles.
Gettysburg is a famous instance. . The
Washington ' letter to the Baltimore
Sun says:
'GensHancock, Slocum, Wright, Gib-
honsi Doubleday and other Union Generals tne maretwerecorrect,the8e ranging from
have! all! united In a petition to Congress I i -a f i 75 nerbnshfel.
asking the adoption of measures to secure w p oidham & Co. being provoked on the top of the head, which .3 of oak, are
the maps and bistj-ncsl data of the battle w5th Gibbons & Co. for not selling their -.. BnrBTroA nn Buvor ror.monn
of Gettysburg of Mr. Bacheler; which they gtSSS Gibbous., June 6th. to turn ljA. c
y convey the morttEUthfal and valuable fhe Pea8 over, l0 Seymour the generous Criage 6mhe
history pi tne pattier . . apd noble ted jo-ued c valuable souvenir.
Thr i nn dnnbt of the accuracv merchant. Didhbsell the- peaswfieo he , . -i - -
, r.w .r nt nnAoeffiion or tnemr no. uia ne-con- 1 !. -r... i. a -ri-i 1 1 un,tuc j.tc c.ow
and value of Mr. Bacheler'fl maps. nuVtokeeD01da-Co--8te4with J uagj eremian o. iao wa uru the Department of Agriculture will begin
their npna He WOUIO WrttO-'lnUS
"Had I your peasTnere-woffld be'nd
"trouble for me tOJffet mdre than one dollar
"and a half per bushel for them, because I
"sold peas from your city last week for
"mnrn than that, not Cooal to yours in
"quality.' He claimed, the, quotations of
an exceedingly enjoyable one to all
present. I '
A Handaome Present.
Col. ohn D. Taylor received by express
yesterday morning a handsome ! walking
cane,rall the way from Dallas, Texas. His
name is: inscribed on the silver band, and
which seems to think she has a pre-emption
claim on all conventions. ' Any of the
points mentioned by the Star would eu.it us
well enough. " If we had jany preference it
would be Charlotte. I
- Raleigh farmer and Mecbah ic :
Veni, nidi, vici! Please raise the "tchune,"
brother; Best ! Astonishing as It may"
seem, we record in this number five differ
ent instances of women burned to deaths
and the same number of deaths by heart
disease,! within the limits of North Carolina
during the-past. week! - -Now for the
school bill ! We presume there1 can be no
objection to rectifying the little .errpr or
Mr. , but, by the way, wouldn't it be
as well to begin with a committee tb inquire
bow the little lapsus happened to lapse?
The Supreme Court dismissed the case
of the State vs. Swepsoa.l and others from
Wake county. , At the end of another
month, the fourth year of the existence of
... r u - histri-weekTyletters?().:.DidBOepIy in Pennsvlvania January 10, 1810. The Agricultural and Geological Bureaus
occ onn caroim- wu8u..w wu j &co.'s f requent telegrams nd p , together have spent about $77,uuu during
fnr t.hfivHhnwthat on theiAiVa' hp1rf v No. Did h "advise Ihem -.that bis He was Chief Justice of Pennsylva- the pa8t three years. We do not favor the
ftntw. for thev show that on the third letters? ?- No. Did ht advise fhem that bis
fw.tw1 where Pettirew's tuckfttadtogjpeaa qf ;Uia, Attorney General and Secretary
v.jf .-..j- -o ,.., -.1 naa -uesenea-in ir ai- 1 wuvu
men fought and how tar they went, did do, hekeptiuamQutnwPJr1-1--1
Wt "NTftrfk 1 Hamlin on idb uuk wuw-yi y. -
abolition of either, but couldn't we manage
in niraiuMta .nt nlnvonua Anr mtfll
of State in Buchanan 'a Cabinet. He I interests" on a cheaper plan ? A cor-
is in his 71st year. His last literary respondent of ihe Landmark compliments
- . . J . ,, A . Miss Salhe McCorkle, of Iredell; with bav-
effort is a vigorous and able protest ing incited her uncle, Dr. J. R. McCorkle,
ve allknow they remained as long as and rTplVced CTSil inem! l!rmJD Mvr'" through his bill rtqirinToumy I jails to
tv Gibbons or some of his own family I American Keview tor marcn. be kept reasonably warm in winter.
They show
was as dumb as an eystf.;:;He had no-
about uioboqs or . tne
tAnf A foil fnA ftrfriPttvanfi 1 iMmr mnrA tb AAV about GibbOE
.T T wwr. " r TT:'- -. . U he adfl- them: which Ve thlnkr
-we ait Know
the longest.