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But I the State Committee, in their super- I huive wisdom, feeling that a victory I was so certain that ordinary caution I was unnecessary, have obosen to call I the State Convention before the Re- I publican Convention meets. This is a blander. There was no reason what- ever worth considering why the State f"inirantliMl alnn14 Ka aoIIa1 ar Antltr 1 rpi r e .l , - I Then again, in face of the wishes of the people and the voioeof the press, I Uaieigh was selected as the place. The people the voters do not like Raleigh as the place, aud the press, o-Uside of a little circuit, said Char- lotto, or some other point, was pre ferable. The patronage of a large body a thousand men is not to be despised. - They will scatter around $10,000 to $20,000,86 Raleigh is anx ious for it. We believe that-it is unfortunate that Kaleigh has been selected. It is bluuder number two. Now if they will select a certain ticket that can bo named the blunders will be com- pli-ted, as will be seen to the satisfac tion of all concerned about the nones November. rANlllOA'I'U VOtt UUVKKNOK, fhe Hickory Carolinian of two or three weeks ago Tef erred to what the Stab had said about a Governor to be Helecled from the Cape Fear section. It in pleased to think that the reasons given for this course were "good rea sons." . it says: - "We live in the western part of the State, but thai does not hinder lis from seeing the just ico vt ur excellent contemporary's position. And bow -if the Star will bring out a good modest fellow, who is not a Cis- gracetul wirepuller, and who nas never urged Miis case,' nor jaunted about with two or three demnohns in search of a nom ination-, it can count on what little push we ihe bTAK would be . glad, -to see some worthy son of this section thus honored, but it cannot undertake to name the person. There are several who could be specified, bat the Stab 1 is the mouth-piece of no man. Not a line can be found where the Stab for years has endeavored to further the nomination of any man before the Convention met. After the nomina tion the Stab does its d a ty, fearlessly, consistently, thoroughly. It matters not how little the person nominated was preferred, if of reputable eh arao tor, that' moment he became the stan dan! bearer of the Democratic party it iave him earnest, honest support. No man who ha the slightest regard for the truth coqld dare say otherwise. It is for ' tb people of the Cape Fear to say whether they will present a candidate or not. If they , are sat- irti jd to be habitually neglected and overidau bed, then the Stab has no thing to eay. If they think that this section of North ..Carolina has claims upon the Democratic party then they snouuisay so in ineir primary con- t ... . ....' ventions. : r - . :- nas vvnvcniivns. i The National Democratic Conven- tidn meets in Cincinnati on June 22, i88o. . -'U, The National Republican Conven- tion meets in Chicago on June 2. Tho North Carolina1 Democratic State Convention meets at Raleigh on June 17tb. iub xkopuuiiuau.K7i.BbDvvuvGuiuvu meets at Raleigh on July ?th. ; There ' are 150 children, at the Oxford Orphan Asylum. o ... T 0 " OQ : ' :, 1. vpil XI. - PPect f - .-I ttteaanee gVfauaieiir There are tweakers u,u- inere are ureasere ahtad, anathete wfll be, we : dare P'oPr. V KailroadbiliaVntro;:; uuceu. ooms one win prooaDivin trodoce a bill to. sell the North , Caro- lia Railroad bat japC by a sort of snap - jadgment,, bat after due notice in ihe public prints in the North. ine JLiegislature will have to protect the interests of Mr. Best and - i - 1 . a ' . his co-parceners in (he matter of the Western North Carolina. Already there is abrm felt at j the impudence I manifested on the part of the Balti more & Ohio Railroad. This road is known to be powerful and aggresV sive. It is now well known, for during the laleveaj;-months f re (juent.mention has been made of the matter inIhe' papers,; that "the' alti- more Sr Ohio Kailroad had resolved uixm extendinc the YifMnia Midland r.sim - r.nM.ii isr-;u I . L7 ' '.. .1 from Uanville into North Carolina, so as to get a shorter, more direct J route from the North to the South. That great corporation has deter- mined to make a straight shoot from Danville to Charlotte! The Durham Recorder is already! sounding an alarm whistle. It sniffs danger in the J air. and sees great iniurv ahead to I the North Carolina Railroad that ie t now r; run aooording to the "KoVth olina polioy,n as it is now under ..jjj nr. Carolina stood and expounded. We quote I from the Recorder, a naner that I knows what it talks about. ; It says; "The call of the legislature is made to y rl Mf frf la t ft Ka tha. - TrAt i aoatnnA. li nl the , West and the East . Can it -be that another comimnv Bhft A inwZSS5J route, and thwart, as it Were, the objects of the proposed legislation I For it: is clear. that a rival lice, held by so rich a corpora tion as the Baltimore & (Ohio Road, will nave ii id us power to arrest much of the benefits to be derived from the completion of the Western Road. The same reasons that applied up to the middle of the war against the construction j of the Piedmont connection between Grelnsboro and Dan- ville will now aonlv in Jeater force " i . . i -I Nqw this issenousj Uere is a rail- a 'i i k Vu. .dU...j . iw- ..T T" vme lor, twenty years iwe Deiievej, i that is about to be seriously ; injured j bv. the construction of a new anl I shorter route which kill runt some- what near and to sorhe extent paral- lei with the North Carolina road after it enters this State, jf this new road i I is built, and the survey is now pro- grossing, what effect -will it have on the lease of the North Carolina? -This is interesting. By tlieT , railroad gods -Vanderbilt, Soott, Garrett & Co. - inis matter oi rauroaa excitement and I railroad complications, grows,, apace, The matter is really! waxing serious, There is cause for alarm. It is begin ning to be a race with time. The ex tra session must attend to thiugs. Time is money. Delays are danger rous. "i Extra sessions are ' necessary luxuries. Harry up; hurry upl' ve , ' , C . : i I soions,ana save JNortn Carolina while ann;tini, ii. .- I f-;.r c ul t...i. rJ I corder is in earnest, land is alarmed verv nronerlv. Hesavs: 4 wt so ., ffwi r,f hti-- 1 connection on Charlotte If the PlMtmnnt I n o,s rT 1 how will not the Midland's route cut off the Piedmont f Because ir is a shorter route, will it not tap the Piedmont, as the 4 latter did the lower North Carolina Railroad f And if -it does this, how is the Richmond ear Danville to maintain its contract with the 8tate ? And if it does not maintain its contract with the State,' we- would ask of what value a bankrupt road, handed back to the state, would be worth 1" Ah,, these be puzzling questions, We see no solution of the matter ex- cept in selling out a" of the State's I interests, and then let all of the pn- vate corporations or syndicates stand upon their own bottoms. A sellout appears to be the great remedy now so very popular in North Carolina. The doctrine now in vosao isVletall the railroads be built that is possible by foreign capitalists and corpora- tions. This may be the correct view. re it r t-L-;i-. 1 11 ou, niou ui uuuibo tue AjegiBiaiare I i, .... - , will throw no obstructions m the way t. i ut IUC uiiuiiiuu IVUbc. - XliCf irlcnUa asa I .:..!.';.' ii. .l' o. . I iiu hiu or iavor ,: 01 ine. OLaLa otner 1 - I man tne right to-ponstruct. So if the mm - I - .L - i doctrine is sound garret & Co. will be allowed to' build a 'road that will .- .v frC.-,: iujuib " . y u . Voi uuua auu bua i WesUrn also: ; . . ;i J The Stab does not seriously say that this should bo allowed. The Stab has not taken the . position as-I sumed by some of the papers that have advocated the sale to Best and associates. The STABihaireraaidi that foreign corporations or private 1 'Wk ?rIeSIsla: The last Charleston Revo's ctndCo : ) Themis rouiiftikwi ."session Wt .tW.tt!1 Li.s.f, slop at disposing of toe I i inQmuuiii ou vuiu uo auvwoUj wi.. .-r, : build rpads that will seriously injure roads already constructed.' We close this article with a nice The report, that the' AlriLlne Railroad ia aop to become the owner of the Spai UbiKh.. ttu t.;i a : JTi.w I it tte oodtroM (he Bpartanbafg 4 4jbe- B"1"' '' f'" laUUVlKUl UHlv X(UUaU'VV JJUiK' 'WliA 'I 'The Spartanburg & Aaheville Railroad ooght to be owned1 In this State, or in the' interest or boutu uarouna porta, j -Cannot aopething be i dorie in this direction ?" ; , 'Charleston' has numerous friends. Bat how is it with Wilmington? Mr::Tildeh' is la's deep in the mud as Mr. Bayard is in : the iture. i Deinocratic '.b'on Vention , 'met at ; Al bariy, Nevrork;,in 1861. Mr. TiiAMerfcmMd somethmg to say- ded was a delegate, n He and :'his) frienda laid &: resolution before .the Convention: in which th right of the Opvemment) to! coerce;. a : sovereign State- was most flatly 'denied.' : Here It.iSl-;-' v!' 'tit:- 'HiMl-i-i" ! :rjv our uovernment witn no power to enforce, sovereign states m tneir pontic" capacity. Z'XK"?"? L"? arms, and can onir De maae effecmai ove ii a- .. . I "f-"8, . 1 .I .u. y men for the execution of those laws. J SSStSSSdZSSi throegh any other channel is nothing more nor Jess than war; and the Constitution vesta no power in Congress to declare war against any portion of this Confederacy. If the Republican party will but do justice to tie South, there will . be no need , of coercion It remains to be' seen 5 how much capital Tilden, his organ, the New York Sn,mM-tmk. can j make out Of Senator Bayard's Mtviin .ri uiA hti.nL ri'iQlui ' patriotic and wise utterances in 1861. If Bayard' is to be condemned, how I about Tilden ? If Bayard pros--1 peots are sacrificed by his peace taikjj howl about TTncle Samuel's deliver- , j ance on' the subject of Federal coer , : ; I ClOn i I On the 3d inst. Modetsky, a Jew, J attempted to assassinate the famous Russian General, MelikofL On, the 4th he was tried and on vesterdav 4tn nq was tried, and ,on yesterday he was to he hanged. This is speedy nRtipp VMjhprltfndntsW hmMpH- JU8e - A either ModetsKy upr men koff can complain in "this initiScT of wi.a xkt .Fva f theaw s delay. Weocco knew a whit man frnm Virtf nfa to steal ""I f. ; " : - . vcri" i 'tioies uu iuonuay uigui. m i this State. He fled, was overhauled warty - six miles distant the next nigQ oa Wednesday he was brought to tDe county-seat where the theft had been perpetrated, was tried on Thursday for the crime, that after- . noon 'received thirty-nine lashes, was taken at once to Richmond, and ou Friday night was in the penitentiary of Virginia. - He had previously com- mitted a robbery in that State for woicu lie uau ueen ineu, uouviuieu and sentenced, bat he managed to make his escape while being taken to the penitentiary.' Bv; the time Judges Rodman, Reade and Bvnnm. of the Reonblicari partvJ and sundrv leeal eentlemen of the Democratic party, have subjected tK Rest Tlill to ihnrnnrh nnAlrsia I I , b J ' i lit will be seen by those who pro-f . . . . I . A - . I Claimed it to oe ine tnine for JNortn :?" - ' " as looseiy arawi? an instrument as was ever pa- raaea wnn a nourisn oeiore tne neo- r,1o " Aft.. Uaa 0UlnnA A I f - D""Jto fcV ie necessary crucial tests it will be as ragged as an old -Confederate flag that had been exposed to the shot and shell of the enemy on a dozen battle, fields, j The truth is it is such a poor instrument that no skilled conveyan cer could have ever drawn 1 unless employed by the Northern fellows to make the legal gaps so wide that a train of oars could run through it. But there are editors arid politicians who ate fairly 'delighted with it. I.',.. nL, .t . ner, addressed a note of inquiry to Mr. Best, of the Syndicate, and M " ' fr "?yT. a gap'hat the Captain "feared", had been lef t "bpen. Mr. B. was pleased tosav: : s . ; i. v ; . . . UT. ...V Ik. TWoLtn.. ol.nn1l 171 i vVrTT,; uu xiuiiu vuuuua imiuvui, nuu. iub owis.i should afterward be compelled to resume 1. : t j . 1 ixroooiti wucui, jl uu uud CAuobk but . m -Prom ny way ormst' on tne sum ,w . pe einennea in nnmnip.nncr inn t-Aint rcnnic PhyiM If any doubt or. obscartty exists ia xjegiBiaiure, oaii a won. una poms nas oeeu defined in the draft of the, aqtem i uuuyiDg my prapusiuuD. i i - TbeM,thotoPr.te8tt paper at Qreensborodited by pur friend, Rev. J L.;Michaux? makes this point.in re- gard to . the.Jproposed sale of the Western, orth Carolina,. and,.tho point is weiliaken: :r' 1;V,.; n,s the sale of ibis roadare to golnto the ne- gotiation with the;voluntary confession that uie property mey wibu w seu is woriniess, even to themselvea." 'uniilthe fa Wletad to5i.T1J w ! V p;drdf Reaction going I eJ'r " "y one . dbubta let him look; iver the North I n ' fer. a Carolina rjauers. t,. We coiyv under I copy under the head of ."State Contamporariea" f"Spirite ,Turpe,Une .Borne: of J t 1 1 1 ' , f r I the ODinions. We have a dozen oth- j tt .: : era uuuiieu. t w ,wi.o uuiuug our, : eonanges - received yesterday that J tha Wilson ; t Advance h.ad a . strong leafier against the Best 1 Syndicate; an Ln- ,.MiMtil in th.no.anf and indorsed by Gov., Jarvis.. TfaA Reidsville lm taleavilleYiat4 Uu7imMde4n4' nocluuiged, and not; favorable.. to. 4he 3est bilL Wd have no the alightestt ideav. th at the bill will, pass yttf&s, there are im portant changes. mctfeWnd he State's: .-jtotarest is , much: better 'protected. - i . - !bd people of North Carolina are ribt sout "m a jifEy." . BnomglJ scrutiny wilfbe bestowed noon the bill to show I lhai it win never do to pass it as it is. ThJ iiWt;. tav. fm h - " ASiance's editorial. Both of itsedi-1 tors! are ' lawyers, and one of them, I "S :P rience: at the! bar. We wish we had spa4e 'for the entire article: It says: "We resretthat our convictions of datv. and he interest and pride which we feel in the welfare of North Carolina induce us to differ with, the Governor in this matter. We believe that he has acted with too much bast, considering the importance of the result, and there will not be wanting those mffS veneithe Legislature to consider the propo- sHio Pf Northern -capitaliata to hoy the Rtitrfa mnftt vnlimhlp nrnnnrtv in whlrh I they see millions for themselves, when 1 of J officers in failing to sigt the school bill, which left thousands of poor children of the State without the means or acauinnit an education. " In further jaati4ctioa of. his course the Governor oaTTO tVtttt tpt rinva mill nflTnrrt Amnln timn for tne decision of this question, and, after matibg f minute calculation, he concludes j fff"B Te8ZD Ti T- coloel' ceed al3,OO0. Is the whole thing cuX and dried ? :How does the Governor know but tDal ve members of the Legislature may aMembu conclude to eive their constitu- enta 4 kttle more time to consider the rail-. road Question, lay Mr. Best'a proposition on the lbleJttoB remrB to their favorite themfe. "Retrenchment and Reform," and spend twenty days ib getting their officers I 8rrafgltit)Iltfte oo! bill matter, in estab- Ikhink criminal circuits, in cutting off some .of .thf fed-tape around the Agricultural De- partraent, 3cc":i Two biographies of Mr. Tilden are in course of preparation. He has one ready for the press. It gives a full hiHto'iy ot his public career and his dealings with the Tweed ring and the Tammany people. John. Kelly's set are1 aso preparing a life, bat from an altogether different stand-point. Nei ther ibook will be exactly , fair and truo,we dare believe. We learn that the Tammany biography makes Mr. j Tildeti anything else than a patriot, in fact, "much better qualified as a wrecker ot nnanciauy emDarrasseo railroads than as a standard-bearer of a great party contending lor tnepnn- oipies or jenerson, j acicson, eic. John German's biography is out also. Whether or not Blaine and Conkling are to! be immortalized also we are not ova- w t m Ari a I ho rrrrri ia frtll tha sv- rxr rktflj Betsey Henderson,' of Boston, cele her one hundredth birthday last orated 1 PUnaay. ine iev. ur. miner, 01 wuubb churcUsheisamember. preached a me tnorial discourse in the morninK.-Jh!- change. RfarrP that Venxenarians are so whenbne is found really it is talked about j in the newspapers and me morial sermons are preacned upon it. In this century, in the'North, there have-l eeh found thus far three per sons v ho had attained to the very advanced age of a hundred years. It is to I be remarked, however, but parentihetically and under trie rose, thatirJ the South and: oarticularlv in -.J-ii:- CUiv ua-a years are so common as to excite no comment. There are at least a bait dozen an every poor house. . The Bayard men are well satisfied with His war record. They saythey will be able to show that Tilden went i j 1 ; (..lt..liL.. JiJ .nJ lA?.ef ouu w" vtD of a secessionist, and that "as a mat- a ; 1 -.. .. 'I I foT of fact it was more larselv due 1 rt. s , - IT A i-v O 9 41 O 1I1T1 Tl O Wl t. 0 T flu Tl ' T " fln V : " n ! 1 n .1 - - i - f - - j u;t.;n f ia nnrara thot. no I prdinahoe of secession was passed by. that State," It f i .. , , , ., , . dispatches and railroad and i income lax DUHineHB wjli uu vuuuiattiu ,, . -. t l " rr rreeiv dv xemocrauu Bueanera, ibi Uivefi fo, whatit is worth. ;!: 1 . . . . u,'- dne!"10r?mon? T; reiernng 1 w?0 by wov. xioiuaay- oi tne diu ..repestaDiifln .we. pupuo ueot, , ys:. - . 1 igpazzje.' Beta nunarea-dollar -they catlt ur Revenue collections in the Fifth District for Febraary, $91,761.20. ' '.) J udge Fowle favors the sale of the Western North . barblma Railroad. we judge frdm the, following para- .Jnh U i,;o ' lotto t Vi a t Via T. llf in 7 i - -r T i T " tW. a romAf .Torv avia tin v Hp avwuva. v m v u fvr vuw Beit bill as ,U now stands. :s Judge FoWle-says:.; f ;? .j. rnfi;.,.. ;: "X am, therefore, in favor of selling the road upon the test tenia the Legislatarecan bttn,.,.?.;v5fia'; ! vi Ijnrd i-o J i n doing so special cSre should be taken thai ike guarantees are wiJtdetX td eb'mpel the Completion of the ;I)acklo.wp -.lint, ap that IjUib fertile and magnificent country through which it will run may le : raads acceptable w world." be is in favor ipf the Best syndi; let im say sp.(Vy If the papersthat published the 0overnors pleia,!Cdl. Sauntlerss letter Oft the' iihz opesiions'andf other docimenaYbrng Wsife oFthe NrthJCaT0lmaIiifeaiW8a'a upon th e berifs P"Psea in ' me oest uiu, are wilUitgfbY tWpled have hfe turned on," they will, publisn Joi. McRae's, Maior Hearths, ex-Senator Ortcb's and otber papers :on the other "side. Some may 6 this but ht fPS they desire is for the "light to be' turned on": to at loosely drawn uest aocu- ment. f -The Kinston Journal says the In ferior Court of Lenoir has been a suc cessj and that "with a few excep- ceptions" has "been "conducted re markably well.'' The Danbury e- vorfar savs that so satisf actor v has Deen ine lOieriOr OOUrt "It IS DUbjUBt to saw that. Stole nonntv. at. least' could not f 'afford to do without the institution." Thus far, of seven coun- ties reporting, five are' favorable to the success of the Inferior Court. The clearest event of the political future isTitden's re nomination. N. T. Iribune, wW wri. t :a n ha nniaA that tha SraVwarf. At 18 10 be n0ted tllat tDe totalwart organs ate all strongly in favor of rp:u-. .orw-..-... ;-. J. thus?" Per contra, the Democratic ' foi. fjran. the Rendbli- PaPe,rs aro tor Wranl aS tDe ;KePaD11 can candidate and by 'a large ma- . ... - T--ki Jwy V801"1 ai DV1" are so obtuse aa r not to understand the reason why. Mr. Tilden is said to be no longer the favorite of the Wisconsin Demo crats. Bayard is now master of the situation in that State, and nine tenths are reported as favoring hie claims. "No better reason could have been given for the withdrawal of Mr. Picchback'snom ination by Hayes, than, that it was a -mis take.'. It was a mistake." Uauimore Amen- ean,JSep. j It was; worse than a mistake it was a orime. Toin Keogh and J. W. Harden are the two Republican delegates from the t'ifthi, . District. They are in structed to go for Grant. Ike Young and S. Ellison were also instructed to go for Grant. This, make six .Grant delegates out of ten chosen thus far. The Kinston - Journal ought to give that paragraph- on Longstreet, taken; from the Stab, another show-1 ing. fit was badly damaged in the latter! part.1 Is ;' : :'" ' "; : ' Tom Scott, the PenpsyLvaniaRail- road King, has given $2,000 to Ran- dolph.Macon College, Ya, Green packers im Ooaoeil The kxecuUye Committee of the Green back party had a meeting at .the Court house yesterday, Captain F. M.. Wooten in the chair. '.. . , 1 r . , There Was some difficulty 1n getting a J secretatyj - One Thomas ; Allen; was first appointed,, but when called upon to dis- charge the ;dtjr, it was found; .that he didn't know, how to write. The choice fi- n"7 'ell upon A. A. Dudley, colored. whose education bad not been quite so badly neglected. ' . j Captain Wooten resigned 'the: chairman ship of! the Executive Committee; and T. M. Gardner, Esq., was elected in his place: ; . . .. ., j .; . A committee of one .from each ward in 1 mecuyana lownauip iu wixuj ' - ' . the city and township in the county was appointed to make arrangements tor a mass 'meeting -and to reorganize the various - I Greenback ciuos in me couniy. The officers of the Central Executive i r.miliiit: aa now coastitutedi consist of T. M. Gardner, .Chairman; Jesse J. Ives, t r r .. j Tpreasuter, and A. A: Dudley, Secretary. remarks were made by Messrs. i , . . . Black, Gardner and. others. . .r i nmti I Beporica t Mil iiTrj r . : a . m..,!.. J&TSXffiK 1 Mr : Williams at Lauriihurg,; a year or two ag6, had broken but of jail at Wades- Doro and escaped;' together with the re- mainder of the prisoners. Anouier accoum haa u bat 8fter ph surrendered himself, and was; returned to his old quarters. It ; will be rememberea at the case of Oglesby was removed from Richmond to Anson county for trial. NO. 20. Klarelt S6, I88O. - ' We have on our table a pamphlet entitled "Definite Time of the Second Advent." It from the graphic pen of our venerable friend .Walker Pcarce, of Fayetteville, poet laure atej champion pedestrian, etc., etc., etc., and is one of the most remarkable produc tions of the age. After three stanzas of gbrgeoas poetry, headed "Introductory Millennial . Verses," - comes a fVPropbet'ic Scale of the Messianic Advent,'! gotten up in alegbraic form, and a very complicated di agram consisting of two of Johnnie Gar rett's brass circles. The larger one repre sents the sun; the smaller one the earth. Ac cording to the explanatoryjnotes, the earth appears . to be very badly cut up by our friepd Pearce, and now contains only two localities, fayetteville and Jerusalem. But the feature of the work in which we are all interested is theexact,date.(or "pre cise! time' as the author haa it,) of the mil lennium; and; we are .sorry to) inform pur meads that it js no further off than the 26th day j tit March, 1880. , . .. . nWe would be glad to discuss this' matter fujly and iateliigehtiy, btitjike tb 1 "calling' orel8ess1ortlai8laare. notice is rather short, and all we carTdols all we can nSTs I to beg our, readers to pack their carpet.. bag4, aDd be ready to step into .their sala mander boxes by the 2Gth of March. T es, there is one other matter we must not neglect: We urge on all our subscri bers the importance of paying up their sub scriptions on or before the 25th, as we have made a special arrangement with Mr. Pearce to exclude from the "salamander safe! every delinquent subscriber to the Stab.. And berths in these safes, bear in mind, can only be obtained of Mr. Pearce, who has been sbrewdlenough to buy up the entire supplyiin this country. : f - ma m JL Substitute for tbe Beat Proposition .We have before us a printed copy of a bill drawn up by Mr. H. E. Scott, one of the Republican Representatives from this county, which he proposes to submit at the approaching extra session of tbe Legisla ture.! We give it as a matter of news: SUBSTITUTES FOB TUB BILL FOB THE SALE OF !" THE WESTEBN N0BTH CAROLINA BAIL- ; BOAt. ' ' . 27ie general Assembly of North Carolina do enact: ' 8ection 1. That the Governor, Treasurer, Secretary of State, and Attorney General of the State of North Carolina be, and they are hereby appointed Commissioners on the part of said State to sell, assign and trans rer all of the interest of the State in and to the stock, property-and franchises of the Western North Carolina Railroad Compa ny, at public auction, to the highest bidder or bidders, for cashj at a place to be desig nated by said Commissioners, j after first having advertised the 'same for three months in one or more of the leading newspapers in the cities of Raleigh, New York, Phila delphia, Cincinnati, Baltimore, St. Liouis, Chicago and Boston. . ' ( Sec. 2. That no bid shall be entertained bv said Commissioners for a sum less than Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($550,000). Sec. 3. That the said Commissioners are hereby granted full and ample powers to make all and every stipulation witn tne highest bidder or bidders, for the transfer of the Western North Carolina Railroad, and everything appertaining thereto, and for the ' time oi completion ot saia uoaa, and for the employment of the state s sur plus convicts, and for the payment of the bonded debt of said Road, and for every other condition : winch they may deem ne cesaary for the protection of tbe interest of tbe State of .North Carolina Sec. 4. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby re- neated. ; . Sec. 5. This Act shall bo in force from and after its ratification. Tbe Supreme court on tbe Public -Koad Question. We see by the Raleigh papers that tbe Supreme Court, at its present session, has decided that magistrates have original ju risdiction in eases of misdemeanor in wil fully neglecting to work the public roads. as provided under the act of 1879. The case before the Court was that of Craig, from New Hanover, and Chief Justice Smith delivered the opinion , This is a matter of considerable interest to magistrates and the people generally, as it ha been a mooted question for some time past. ! ' Tne Daplia Canal Tbe meeting Yes terday Afternoon. At a meeting of the stockholders of the Duplin Canal Company, resident in New Hanover, held at the Produce Exchange yesterday afternoon, Mr. B. G. Worth was called ! to the chair. The committee te solicit subscriptions then reported that ten per cent, of tbe stock subscribed to the en terprise had been paid in. Mr. Robert H. McKoy was appointed by the " chair as a representative of the stockholders herea bouts in the meeting at macnoiia on wea nesday! next, the. 10th instant, it being the object to insure a full representation of the Btoclc held in this county in said ' meeting. Mr. McKoy will call on all the stockholders and get the proxy of such of them aa do not expect to attend the meeting in ques tion. . . German brig Martha, Lange, from this port, for United Kingdom, with signals of distress flying, was fallen in with Feb suary 23, lat. 41 55, long. 3157, by the British steamer Caledonia at Boston. Capt. Lange reported loss of galley, forecastle deck house, bulwarks, stove, foresail, main- topsail, foretopgallant mast, and short of provisions, with which the steamer sup plied, them. They bad encountered five successive hurricanes from February 1st to the 15th, the crew having taken to the rig ging on several occasions; bad no boats Capt. Allison, of the Caledonia, offered to supply them with a boat, but it was de clined.! . . .. The German barque Pauline, Capt Kruger, which cleared from this port for Stettin, Germany, on the 24th ult., but has since been lying at anchor below, got grounded while being towed down the river, and in the efforts made to get her afloat she was strained somewhat, and has since sprung a leak. We learn that part of her cargo or rosin will be removed and an examination made, when it will be ascer tained Whether or not it will be necessary to come up. discharge the remainder Of her cargo and go on the dry dock, or whether her repairs can be made where she Ilea Her injuries are supposed to be slight. Wilson -Advance: 1 filar turn out that the Governor haa acted wisely in , this matter bat with the lights at present . beforeu8.Wtt.tnut confess our inability td eee how the greatest interests of the btate are to be promoted bmicb hasty and pre-; ciDiiaie sieps.- 1 ' r Keiasvuie weeciy: Mr. 1. w. Dai?iamfc of Winston, has gone to Yancey ville for the purpose of erecting a hand soipe mopmeot to the remains of our late ' townsman, he lamented Judge Kerr. Tl; monument ia an obelisk anu 13 said ui be quite handsome and iniposiog. t A8heville Journal: The servicut at the Baptist Church continue with un- uaqal interost. The church is crowded ulf thej time, so much so that at tion ft aia were entertained as to the stability of ;he galleries. : Over one hundred aud tify htvi; ' professed during the services up, to tub. ii,aiy.. In this issue we gave one fide ot thej question of the sale Of the WesitTn North Carolina Railroad, 'and extracts from theiGovernor's circular to the Deonlt; of ohh Carolina upon the subject. ,.Nvxi. wees we win give the other 8ide.rSafc That is fair. "Turn omhe lichf." Fayetteville Bannerl Wficrht Evaos, ihe young mulatto known in town as "Tootie," who stole Mc Thomas 11. Sutton's horse and carriage lastsummer, was sentenced oy jnage iairo, yesterday, : to tWnty years in the Penitentiary. Fori a couDle of weeks' our citizens have beep -luxuriating on shad not impoited eithjer, liucaughtr:in the Cape, W, ne.tr luiittuwa. ' --:Reidsviile Times : The Patriot is 1419 week enthusiastically in favor of a salefof the .Western Road. We don't know Mr. 1 Best from Mr 'Bad. hut arttncihinr- iti-' A" - 1 '"""J ?W? BOW - jigflnarjie within ns aaggeats Jto gi slow at , rfirirrrt tf, tntiln. W . ""!. .11 i , -. 4 - areaira trc tuie. w may aajEejj Hut the people on uie siump nexi ana sen mem out to the Yiickeo3. It i3 fast coming to that- - : - Chatham JZecord: Near Kiv- ett'aMill, in Harnett county, a hawk and an eagle got into a "fight, and falling to the ground were so intent upon killing each, other that a negro took a stick and killed them both.'-: r The much discussed "no fence law" ia now in practical operation iu a portion of this county, so that we will have an opportunity of testing the advan tages claimed for it. '--f Raleigh Observer: Last night we received intelligence of the death of Mr. SamUel J. Parham, Mayor of the town . of Henderson, which occurred yesterday morning. 7 The cause wrs hemorrhage of the bowels, which . began- on Sunday last. Dr. T. C. Teasdale, of Tennessee, a prorainent Baptist divine, is expected here about the first oi April, and will conduct a series of meetings at the First Baptist Church. : - : H States ville American. Kep.: If Mr. Best and . his associates are going to build the road with their own money, why issue; the bonds at all ? And if said bonds are not to be put on tne market nntu coin lines are completed, why issue them before? These are questions that ought to be an swered. If the Syndicate does not intend to use tbe bonds until after the road is com. pleted, why do they leant the power to issu them before? - Raleigh Farmer and Mechanic The :Ashevilte Journal predicts that the Democrats will sell tbe Western Worth Car olina Railroad to Best & Co., and then (after the election) stop the work by Injutac- tioo, etc. - The Goldsboro uau wishes to know if the late Legislature did not abol ish the office of State Geologist, and how comes it that he still hangs on, and who is responsible, etc., etc. ? We fancy there wilt besorae interesting reading when the closet begins to yield its information in re sponse to Legislative inquiry. " Durham Recorder: The sufferers from the Roxboro fire have decided to re build with brick, and active preparations are now being made to have the brick burned- Mary Merritt, engaged as a cook at the residence of Mr. W. V. Wil kerson, was severely, and it is feared fatal ly, burned last night about daik. She filled a kerosene lamp and before wiping the oil off the outside of the lamp attempted to light it with a candle. The oil ignited and was communicated to. tbe inside causing an immediate explosion, throwing tbe oil and flames all over the unfortunate woman.' -r! Winston Sentinel: Mr. Robert Wail,' a highly respected citizen of Stokes county; and a soldier of 1812, died on the 19th ult , in the 86th year of his age. On Sunday of last week Miss Lizzie Wall rode to Germanton on horseback, and on her return she took Miss Mary Hargrove up behind her, but tbe horse declined to carry double and threw Miss Hargrove, breaking her arm and -otherwise injuring her, and started to run, when the saddle turned with Miss Wall, her foot got hung in the saddle and she was dragged some distance before she was thrown loose from the saddle. Charlotte Observer: It is learned here that the case of the stockholders vs. the Western Division of the Western North Carolma" Railroad came up before Judge Avery, at Newton, a few days ago, on a motion to make permanent the temporary injunction previously granted by him, for-biddirig-the directors from acting as such. In thej argument before the court, two of the lawyers. Col. Folk, of Lenoir, and Mr. Merriipon, of Asbeville,got into a contro versy which ended in a personal rencontre. The cise was continued to the next term of McDowell County Court. r Greensboro Patriot: On last Bunday a cow.belonging to Mr.W.T.Whit tingr'Mtho lives twenty miles from here, in Halifax county, gave birth to a calf with two distinct, well formed necks and heads. The two necka begin at the shoulder. Both mouths are used in eating, Tbe body and limbs are as those of other calves. - Messrs. Houston & Bro. boughf,foribe two weeks ending March. 2 54.156 rabbit skins. 1,453 opossum, 1,123 muskrat, 268 mink, 220 raccoon, 52 fox, 8 otter, 84 houseTcat, and 9,500 rjounds rags; and shipped during the same time 58,053 rabbit skins and 10,000 pound! rags. toeldon JNews : Monday last Mrs. W. E. Fenner died at the residence of her husband in '-Halifax of consumption. - ' We learn that a plaa is on foot to con nect Scotland Neck " by telephone with some point on the Wilmington & Railroad, either Halifax or Enfield. : : The Meth odist revival still progresses with UDabated interest. The penitents are many in num ber. -j The Methodist Church was sup plied with a bellla8t week, and had it. put up on Saturday. It weighs Beven hundred pounds and is of regular bell metal. Don't forget to send a dollar to George T. Simmons, Esq., of Halifax, to aid in erect ing a monument to the late Thomas G. Lowe. ; Goldsboro Messenger : The Wil mington Stab suggests that three or four; of the best lawyers such aa no rings can . influence he selected ' to report "upon the syndicate bill. Oar good neighbor forgets that this is Mr. Beat's proposition, and that if the Legislature shall as much as cross a t be can pat his $30,000 in his carpet-bag and bid us adieu. Mr. James H. Rob inson, for many -years the very efficient assistant postmaster at. this place, has re signed that position, -r Dr. J. W. Vick and E. B. Borden," Esq., Directors of the Colored Insane Asylum, and members of the Building Committee, will go North to morrow on a tour of inspection in the inter- est of that institution. - r-rr- The Directors of the Goldsboro & Harnett Railroad will meet in! Goldsboro Tuesday evening, March 16th, for tbe purpose of considering propo- ! sitions relative to the survey of tbe line. (9 - ft J I ii lit m ft a 4