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He represents the South .is favoring Grs::t, tries to make it appear that Virginia and Tennessee aie in danger .! being carried by him, and then makes some charges that are so ab KUidly false they need no reply but ii v rely to be stated. lie asserts that Southern Demo- . c-r.ua, as a rule, are uo friends of re form ami'" retrench mint. There wan ijuvt-r a wilder statement than this. Il Is absolutely untrue. The true i'eo!iomist8 of our country arc to be jo'.iiid among the class spoken of. .'We do not believe that all Southern Democrats are in favor "of reform ;s:id retrenchment." With some these ai-j terms to catch or gull the mil lion. But with the rank and fila with the honest and trustworthy : leaders it is quite another thing. They desire first peace, and' then an holiest, 'economical adininitratiou of iha -government. The next accusation this writer ." - i'uigs is that tbo "Southern Derao- -t-ra:s are ii.it as a rule in favor of i-.uisoiny iu.the administration of the iitLiosiai Government." We must let hini Jiave a brief hearing, although we have contradicted squarely in the above'paragraph what he saya: ' S he majority of Southeru CoDgressaaen, 1 Wulieve, are more nearly ia accord with tbe policy of the Republican party upon the question uf Government expenditures than Northern Damocrats. I da not question their motives, but eimply state what my ob servation teaches ma to be the fact. There are powerful influences compell ing Southern Congressmen in this direc tion. Many of their constituents want office. Still others are interested in public improvements, like the Mississippi levee3 and the thousand jobs-aunually provided in the River and Harbor bill: They want costly paSic buildings and greater mail facilities. They want employment by the Government In the army, tbe navy, and in any other fiel i which will afford what they wtiuhltcrm a living chance for a white rn in." , We submit that the reasons given for his charge are flimsy 'and unjastr' - Ii is vell known thatfor the las fifteen or twenty years the improve ments by tho General Government have been mainly confined to the North. The South has only asked to have a thare of such favors nothing more. The truth is one hundred dollars has been expended in the North by Congress to every ten expended in -'the' .South. 'A fall answer to the writer's charge is found in the fact that Southern members of Congress have voted for all the measures of "reform and retrench ment" that have so cat down public expenses. It is a fact that they would haye reduced the expenditures very much more than they were if they had not been prevented by the Republicans in Congress. But this writer has a charge to j bring against all Southerners who op- - pose 3Tilden, and this applies to ninety-nine hundreths of the voters in the South. He says: ,men who damor loudest against , i'-ViJ1 want a man ia the White House rrrm k- he cry d'fferent in every respect nt?o i,m- Tneydnot wantami who, ia the language of Judge Black, wonld turn 9,ki - wer and cleanse the Augean SrilS-' ? 88,hiDeton. purify the public S i, a?d reduce PQblic expenditures to anVth!e8iP?8,b,e8Cale- 11 ia the offices one l!m et they are after. Now. for ih;! ra PPsed to exchanging one set of ShSV r aDOl.her and a h&' 8et- The S,?Il(iy ' th Government is to be radically altered." This is complimentary, lie is mad , because the South ill not take Lis man Tilden, and he accuses them of oemg opposed because they want "to plunder" the country, and Tilden VOL. XI. would not allow it. Of all the promi nent Democratic candidates for the Presidency thpre is po man who has as questioujibfe a redonl as Mr. Til- - i dcMi, or whose charaetor is under so much suspicion, Ho is known to bo f -- : -.5 a politician of the New! York school, and that means a great deal that is bad. The men in "tha clamor loudest against South "who Mr. THden" are not office seekers and never held office. -They jare opposed to htm main ly because ho is unpopular, of dam aged record, arid is riot available. They do not believe he can be elected, and they infinitely prefer such men as Seymour, Bayard, Field, Hancock, who move on a high moral plane, to a machine politician of much' political resource, who has great shrewdness and many "bar'is." FOLiridC. CtlANGRS AND KNG lN.S FOREIGN POLICY. The Liberals in England have an overwhelming majority. They are masters of the situation without the aid of the Home Rulers and "by a large majority Lord Beaconsfield seems to have! q'erleaped himself in his dealing with Ireland as with other questions. His manifesto ad dressed to the Duke ofjMarlborough gave great offense to j the Irish. The result is seen in the action of that oppressed people, j They determined to defeat the Ministry, j They aided the Liberals very greatly both in England and Scotland; The abuse of the Irish proved a decided boome rang and hit thej man jwho threw it. Mr. Gladstone is so completely victorious he can carry out his home and foreign pphcy independent of all help but that of his immediate fol lowers. It'is believed that the tri umph of his pariy will be beneficial to Ireland in many ways. It is sug gested that the borough suffrage will bo changed soasj-'to allow the people to vote and loj return Irish members in reaiity. iAn exchange says of the favorable changes that will be made: "So much Home Rule w 11 be conceded to tbs Irish counties ja also to those of England and Scotland as will enable them to act in the matter of local improve ments and the like. without spending thou attornets before Parlia sands of pounds on mentary Committees as ihey now must. ! "The recent provisions lor a system of intermediate schools will be supplemented by allowing the Irish Uatholics to have a University of their own, competent, to con fer degress and lhu9 to oj.en tbe liberal professions to its graduates. The terms of the Irish land law will be made more favor able to the tenant, and perhaps provision will be made to facilitate the creation of a peasant propiietorsbin. wherever the pre sent landowner are willing to sell their land." Prior to the . election the London Times, (a Tory orgn)j declared that Lord Ilartington was the hope and stay of tho Liberal party, and if they should have a small majority it would be owing entirely to the moderation of the ostensible leader, and not to Mr. Gladstone, Iho real leader of his parly. But the! overwhelming vic tory, with its many surprises as to localities, has caused the Thunderer to change its detonations. It now Imits the greai revolution -is mainly attributable to the ytrue leader, Mr. Gladstone. ' I There is something very singular in the Queen's aversion; to Mr. Glad stone and her very marked attach ment to Lord Beaconsfield. Any one who has read j British history or British periodicals knows how high the estimate placed of Mr. Gladstone by his countrymen for his great moral and intellectual qualities. He is an Englishman in every fibre of bis body. He is a devout member of the Established Church. He is a man of utmost purity and sim plicity of life. No I Englishman of any asre ever had a mnm unspotted name, arid still the Queen dislikes him. This, no doubt, is partly personal and partly politi cal, for she is an intense Tory. Lord Beaconsfield is not English, but of Hebrew lineage. ! He isan actor who delights in glitter and pomp. He it was, when out of office, -who was I i shameless enough to try to make the English people believe Lhat the Queen was of unsound mind,' and this, too, to undermine her authority and to tot her aside. lYet she delights in oading him with every favor, whilst she actually insults his; great rival by publicly cutting ibim, excluding his name from the list of eminent guests invited to attend a marriage of the royal family. But the English people are with him, if the good Queen Victoria ia against him. The probability is that the iaeen win noi senu iqr mm to iorm a new Ministry but will select Lord Granville, an accomplished and able :-... I . r 1 ' 1 . . - - .- . , .......... . ., ... .. . ' ..- .- - . , . ? M ' statesman. Bu Administration to run the Liberal without the head would be absurd and dangerous. Mr. Gladstone has done more than every agency in England" to break down the Beaconsfield Ministry. He knows more of Continental affairs than any other Liberal, and it is his foreign ... - 1 - p policy in opposition to that of Bea consfield that has done so much to reverse the public judgment. We find in the same paper from which we have quoted already the Weekly Notes the following outline of what it is thought will be probably the foreign policy of the Liberals when they come into power. It is interest ing, and we copy it: "Mr. Gladstone and his friends are solid ly committed to a resistance to any scheme of imperial aggrandizement which Russia may ha v formed. Bat they will not in sult and irritate Russia; they wiil rather seek a friendly understanding: with the Czar's government. It Is the lesser powers, Greece, Servia, Bulgaria, which have gained the most by the Liberal victory; and Mr. Gladstone is the one prominent states man in Europe who has adopted the Greek cause with nearly the enthusiasm of the old Philhellenes. The Christian populations under Turkish rule may also hope great things from the change. The British pro tectorate of Asia Minor will f be made o mean something in behalf of the Christian populations under Moslem rule, nswell as for the immunity of the Porte. The peo ple of Western Armenia will now have the united protection of Russia and England, and perhaps of all the great powers, against the Pashas and the Kurds. "The aim of the Liberal foreign policy will be to restore that common understand ing and united action of the European powers in Eastern questions, which Bea consfield and Bismarck have managed to destroy. They will seek to bring Russia, France and Italy into the concert of Euro pean action, and to put an end to the iso lated alliance of Austria and Germany, which will not be achieved iu a day, if for no other reason because Vienna and Berlin are in a bad humor with the English Lib erals and their great leader. "As regards Afghanistan, the Liberal action will have to be equally cautious. The change will be chiefly in the spirit and drift of British action. The evil genius of the situation, Lord Lytton, will be removed from his post of Governor General, and a wiser man, possibly Lord Northcote, will bo sent to fill it. Lord Lytton was always regarded as a Liberal before he went to India, but he announces his change of party by sending home his resignation, to take effect peremptorily in case of the de feat of the Ministry at the polls. Afghan istan will be evacuated as soon as the troops can be withdrawn! without leaving a mere anarchy in the place they vacate ; and any ruler will be acknoweledged who shows himself competent to master the situation, and ready lobe on friendly terms with England : ; Intelligent Americans cannot fail to be interested; in whatever concerns the British people who speak the same language, and from'whom they have derived the great principles of liberty and the rich treasuries of tho common law. I ! "TUB ITKBCKLENBCRG DECLAMA TION." "It matters but little whether the resolu tions of the 31st of May, 1775, were the first or second series. In either event they seem to be fatal to the 'Declaration' made on the 2Mb, If they were the first series, then those of the 20th were never adopted at all; and if they were the second series, they went back upon and virtually repealed those of the 20th. i This view is commended to the consideration of Mr. Bailey and the Wilmington Stab. Neither of them will deny that the resolutions of the 31st stop ped short of independence." Staiesviile American. . The Stak has before given its opin ion of the merits of the claim set up for the genuineness and authenticity of the Mecklenburg Declaration. We cannot go into the matter at length and at this time. We may saybriefly ; that we have I read pretty much all that has been written pro and con on the subject. Beginning with the late Dr. Francis LJ Hawks's paper in the New York Review, of 1836, we have read all that Welling, Spofford, the New York Herald, Goodloe, Gra ham, Johnstone Jones,- Dowd, Dr. Johnson, and others have had to say, including Dr. Hawks's address before the New York Historical Society. We once held that there had been! no Declaration on the 20th of May. We cannot doubt now, nor have we doubt ed for years, that there was a Decla ration on the 20th, but we do not believe we have the document the exact words that were used and were read and adopted at Charlotte. We believe ;that the people who issued the Declaration on the 20th were acting nnder great excitement. The Resolutions adopted on the 31st show that they had time to reflect and systematize. It was a great : act this cutting a people off from the home government and setting up for themselves. The Resolutions show that thoughtful men had considered the whole situation, and had prepared a new government whilst cutting adrift from the old. The Resolu tions were regarded as very treason able by the Royal Governors of North Carolina and Georgia, and they must be regarded ad very extreme. They are the resolves of a long-suffering, loyal and resolute people, who, des pairing of redress, had taken steps to set up for themselves. The times were peculiar. Population! -was sparse, WILMINGTON, N. C., FRIDAY, the people' were treading an unknown path. It is not surprising that the fiery words of May 20th, uttered im mediately after the news of British outrages in Massachusetts had been received, should be toned down some what upon reflection' at a subsequent adjourned meeting, "and whilst a loop hole of escape was left open for a re tracing of the dangerous steps in case Great Britain should relent. It is clear to our apprehension that the patriots of Mecklenburg on the 31st of May had no hope that such a course would be adopted. Hence the Resolutions contemplate the setting up of a new government independent of the British Crown. But whether the two actions that of the 2&h-gjnl that of the 31st can be fully reconciled in all particulars or not of this wo are assured ; there was an important meeting held at Charlotte on May 20th. The evi dence on this point is to our mind absolutely overwhelming. We can no more doubt that than we can doubt any event that rests upon human tes timony.: i We are satisfied that many revo lutionary, inflammatory sentences were read on that day, and that they were fully equivalent to a Declaration of Independence. We have not suffi cient proof that the document then read has been preserved. ' The ipsis sima verba have been lost, we think. We are not undertaking an argu ment. ; It would require twenty columns to treat the subject intelli gently. ! We are only staling our matured conclusion after a long and patient investigation of the matter. There is no stronger proof to attest the fact that Green and Cornwallis fought at Guilford Court llojsethan there is to prove that there was a very important meeting at Charlotte on May 20th, 1775, when a highly treasonable and revolutionary docu ment was read and adopted by the people there assembled. If the Resolutions contained in Dr. Johnson's book, with the heading Second Series, are a correct and ex act transcript of those that appeared in the South Carolina Qazette, then, to our mind, it was clear there was a first series. This is very important. If a First Series, then what? Why the statement of Gen. Joseph Gra ham and some fifteen or twenty other witnesses is confirmed as to the fact of a meeting on that day. This shows that their memories were not so much at fault after all, and they may be trusted as to the general character of tho document read and adopted. They are good witnesses as to what was contained in the First Series.! But, we have done. We have no idea of goring into a thorough examination of the matter and de novo. A REACTION IN TUB fllAKKETS. When all kinds of goods began to advance with such rapidity we felt sure it would not last. There was no good reason why iron, for instance, should advance fifty or seventy-five per cent. A gradual rise promised permanency, but a feverish and ex cited market was sure to resuit at last in a decline. We noted days ago the beginning of a reaction which promises to continue until mo derate prices are reached. The Bal timore Gazette says: "The reaction has come sooner than we anticipated. It is well for the country that it has, for the longer it was put off the more disastrous would have been its effects. As it is, while (here is considerable depres sion in the iron trade, which is the barome ter of business throughout the country, there has been no general reversal in the tide of prosperity. Speculators have suffered keenly, and a sinister warning to all classes has been given, but fortu nately credits have, not been seriously shaken. Those who are wise, however, will not fail to derive a valuable lesson from the decline in the prices of iron. Tbe manufacturers of that commodity, encour aged by the sudden and widespread de mand, attempted to rush prices up to ab normal figures.' But the country, while it wanted iron, did not want it at any fancy prices, and the consequence was that after the first fluBh of speculative excitement the demand fell off and prices declined." ! There was no advance to a corres ponding extent in grain. Cotton has declined, and the prospect is not alto gether flattering. It is known that there is a larger acreage planted in cotton in the South, and a much larger acreage planted in grain in the Northwest than in 1879. Unless something unseen occurs to give a boost to the gram andhsotton market, there' is good reason to apprehend that the prices will rule compara tively low and much financial distress be caused. Speculators will be hurt and many will be ruined. The Ga zette, however, is disposed to take a rm APRIL 23, 1880. cheering view of the future. It says v , ..' "The basis of our . present prosperity is broad, and, as far as human intelligence can predict, enduring. There is every reason to hope that we shall continue to grow fat and make merry, but those per sona who hasten to dissipate their profits before they are fairly earned, in speculation or extravagance, will find that they have seized put the shadow, and not tbe sub stance, of better times." All kinds of goods have a tendency downwards. This is not bad news for the purchasers. In this section naval stores are at a low and unre- munerative figure. COUNTY CONVENTION. meeting of the New llanover Cannty Convention Organization of tbe Convention"- Resolution Endors- " Ins raaj. c. Hi: Stedmmu for. Con- Pursuant to a call of 'the County Demo cratic Executive Committee, the delegates appointed by the various Wards and Townships of the city and county, met in County Convention atthc Court House in this city, yesterday afternoon, at 3 o'clock. Mr. DuBmtz Cullar as chairman, of .the County Executive Committee, called tbe Convention to order, undeclared the elec tion of a temporary chairman as first in or der. After a slight discussion it was de cided by unanimous consent that the chair call for the credentials and read the list of delegates to see that a majority were present. !. The following delegates were found to be present: First Ward J. J. Bowden, L. L. Boon, J. Wm. Strauss, S. 'Hill Terry and John Barry. Second Ward J. W. Dunham, Roger Moore, R F. Eyden, Patrick Glavin and DuBrutz Cutlar. Third Ward L." II. Bowden, C. G. Southerland, Jos. S. Mitchell and Duncan K. McRao. Fourth Ward Ciiatles II. Robinson, A. Adrian, James Reilly, J. I. Macks and Jco. H. Hanby. Fifth Ward F. II. Darby, P. T. Dick sey, J. D, H. Klander, J. J. Dickgey" and Jno. G. Darden. Cape Fear Township A J. Grady and Jas. Cowan. Masonboro Township John A. Farrow, Cuas. Craig, Jr., Stowe Montford and R. E. Heide. Harnett Township Gerritt Walker, J. G. Parker, C. H. Bonham, C. H. Alexan der and L. R. Mason. On motion of Mr. J. I. Macks, Mr. C. H. Robinson was elected temporary Chair man, and on motion of Mr. L. H. Bowden Mr. L. L. Boon was made Secretary. There being no contesting delegations the list of credentials previously furnished the Chairman of the Executive Committee was accepted,' and the delegates therein named recognized as the regular represen tatives from the several wards and town ships. Mr. C. H. Rjbinson was then unani mously elected permanent Chairman, and Mr. L. L. Boon permanent Secretary. Mr. L. H. Bowden offered tbe following resolution, which was uanimously adopted without debate : Resolved, That the chairman of this Con vention appoint seventy-five (75) delegates to the Congressional Convention and forty (40) delegates to the State Convention to be held; the chairman to be allowed until the 24th instant to publish the list of tbe same. The following resolutions were offered by Mr. F. H. Darby : We, the representatives of the Demo cratic people of New Hanover county, in Convention assembled, do hereby resolve: 1st. That we view with profound alarm the constant and progressive movement, which under Republican administration ia being made to consolidate power in tbe Fed-! ral, to the displacement of the local self government, and thereby to destroy the methods and form of constitutional govern ment which the forefathers of tbe Repub lic a century ago struggled so gloriously and so successfully to establish. 2nd. That any system whereby tbe armed soldiers of the United States are to be pre sent at elections held by the people, and under the pretence of keeping peace at the polls, to overawe and intimidate voters, is deserving of reprehension by a free people, and the only safeguard of liberty is its suc cessful overthrow. 3d. That the late decisions of the Su preme Court of the United States recogniz ing the right of Congress to pass coercive measures to compel State officers to per form official duties, assert a power incon sistent with and destructive of the indepen dence of the States ; that the true princi ples of government are expressed in ; the dissentiDg opinion of Justice Field, and the Democratic party pledges itself , to their support. .1 ; 4th. That it is the duty of the good people of the United States to wipe out the stain which tbe fraudulent action of the Repub lican leaders in the last Presidential elec tion has put upon tbe purity of the ballot, by restoring to the people the right to elect and inaugurate their chosen officers free of force and fraud. 1 5th That rigid economy, low taxes, honest reform in the civil service and local self government, constitute the aim and obiect of the Democratic party, and to maintain these it will devote its ceaseless energies. Ctb. That it is of vital importance that this Congressional District should recover its Democratic representation, lost in the last election, and to this end a candidate should be selected ' who shall be both of ability and availability. 7th. That in a spirit of earnest brotherhood and in the interest of the whole district, this Convention doth now present to the other counties the name of our fellow citizen Charles M. Stedman, as a true, tried and reliable Democrat, a sound, practical and successful man of business, and an able lawyer, a generous friend of the poor man and an ardent and eloquent advocate of the rights of the people; and the dele gates from this county to the Congressional Convention are instructed to cast their vote solidly for him and to use all honorable and proper means to effect bis nomination. Maj. John W. Dunham moved that the resolutions be voted on seriatim. ; On motion of Mr. Darby, the motion of Maj. Dunham was laid on tbe table. Ail NO. 26. The resolutions as offeredj by Mr. Darby were then put and'adopted as a whole. Mr. J. G. Parker offered the following: Resolved, That the vote of New Hanover county shall be cast as a unit in the State and Congressional Conventions, to be held, and that a majority of the delegates shall decide for whom the votes shall be cast. Major Dunham moved to amend the mo tion bj striking out the word "State." After discussion between" Messrs. Dunham and Cutlar in favor of, and Messrs. J.G. Parker, J. I. Macks: and Col. Duncan K. McRae in opposition to, the amendment was put to the Convention and lost. j The original resolution was then adopted. Mr. J. J. Bowden moved that, in accord ance with the call of the County Executive Committee, f the followinggentlemen be appointed as the Executive Committee for the county and city, to hold office from the dote of this Convention till the . next meet ing of the Democratic Convention of New Hanover county. J 1st Ward-S. mil Terry, W. J. Mott. 3d Ward Col. Roger Moore, Dr. J. H. Durham. 3d Wardj-James W. King, John W Perdew. i f 4th Ward A. Adrian, R W. Price. 5th Ward F. H. Darby, P. T. Dicksey. Masonboro Township John A. Farrow. Federal Point Township J. H. Home. Harnett Township Gerritt Walker. Cape Fear Township Iredell Johnson. Col. Moore moved to substitute the names of Maj. J. W. Dunham and G. J. "Boney from the Second Ward, Lost. Mr. Cutlar moved to substitute the name of A. A. Mosslcyfroni Ilarnett Township. Lost. The motion of Mr. B-jwden wa3 then adopted. ! j Maj. Jas. ReiiJey moved the adoption of the following: Resolved, That all matters pertaining to nominations for county officials be referred to the Executive Committee of this county, with full power to act. Carried. Mr. J. I. Macks offered the following : Resolved, That the course of Col. A. M. Waddell, in declining the further use of his name in connection with the Democrat ic nomination for Congress, thus harmoni zing the Democracy ' of New Hanover county, is deserving of the thanks of this Convention, and the same are hereby ten dered him. I Mr. Cutlar, as a friend of Col. Waddell, objected. Mr. Macks stated that he offered the res olution because he deemed it appropriate and in good faith, and was sorry the friends of Col. Waddell objected. He would withdraw the motion. Maj. Dunham said one of Col. Waddeli's friends had objected. Mr. F. H. Darby renewed the resolution, and spoke briefly as to hi3 reasons there for. The resolution was then unani mously adopted, j Maj. J. W. Dunham moved that the fol lowing protest be entered on the minutes: The undersigned, delegates from the Second Ward, of the city of Wilmington, desire to put on ! record an expression of their opinion as to the call of the Executive Committee of this county for the meeting of this Convention, as well as of the pri mary ward and township meetings ordered by said Executive Committee, and to have the same presented to the District Conven tion for its consideration and action. We earnestly protest against the action of said committee because tbe meetings re ferred to were ordered to be held hurriedly and before the District Executive Commit tee was called together to fix a time and place for holding the District Convention. Such a proceeding was never heard of be fore in the history of the Democratic party, so far as we know, and we regard it as un democratic and unwarranted by any party necessity. The District Executive Committee will not meet until Wednesday the 21st inst., and therefore the Convention has assembled to appoint delegates to a Convention not yet called, at a place not yet agreed upon. It is, in our judgment, discourteous to tbe District Committee, and if allowed to pass unnoticed will be a precedent dangerous to the harmony of the party, and therefore we desire that the District Convention, when called; shall authoritatively decide whether in future such premature action by the County Executive Committees shall be valid. Jno. W. Dunham, Roger Moobe, Patrick Glaves, DuBrutz Cutlar, Rudolph F. Eyden. . Major Dunham supported his motion in a short speech, in which he stated that he offered the protest in good faith and with no desire to produce any discord in the party. Mr. F. H. Darby opposed the motion, and called attention to the fact that in the last campaign, two years ago, the County Con vention assembled to appoint delegates to the District Convention before either tbe time or place for holding the latter had been fixed. . - Col. D. K. McRae also opposed the adoption of the motion, and stated that the call .for the present County Convention was strictly according to precedent, and that similar action was now being taken in many other counties of tbe State. On motion of Col. McRae the protest was laid on tbe table. On motion the meeting then adjourned sine die. Cbamplon Alligator. There was a huge alligator on exhibition at the head of the old market house yes terday afternoon. His alligatorsbip was shot and killed by parties on the steamer John Dawson, during the early part of the afternoon, about sixteen miles up the Black river. It is said to be the largest alligator ever seen in ( this section, measuring just eleven feet in length, five feet across the arms, eighteen inches from tbe tip of tbe lower to the tip of the upper jaw, and sixteen inches across the mouth; his weight being estimated at about four hundred pounds. : Tbe monster'd male, about the same size, was killed at the same time, but sunk to tbe bottom of the river, and could not be Secured. His alligatorship attracted as large a crowd as tbe "Lightning Calcu lator" or Dr. Red Syn. Pender Primaries. Democratic meetings were held in the several townships of Pender county yester day, to elect delegates to the county con vention to be held at Burgaw on the 24th inst. The chief interest centered on the Congressional contest. Five townships, beard from last night, all elected Stedman delegates, There are four other townships to be heard irom. Spirits Turpentine. - - - . : ... Major Archibald ;,Cameron, of Ilarnett, is dead vaged 74. r --The Winston Light Infantry his received and accepted an invite? ioc io visit Durham on the 10th of Mny. Andrew Joy ner propose, through the Greenville JEirpres. wrile 'up a hi tory of the Pitt county a dders In the late war. j The Raleigh Farmer and Me elianie says itseems to be generally conceded that Gen. W, R. Cox wiil hive a walkover in this Congressional districrj. It is funny !o read (over the liht of lawyers attending-the various courts You can "hardly ever" find :h pUio Mister. They were H in tbe war, you know. - "Blind" or "black? measles is said to be prevailing at Wadesboro and Shoe Heel. Persons are attacked with the disease who had the measles years ago. Ii is a very severe form of measles, and in several cases haB proved fatal. Rocking ham Spirit. j - Henderson. Hevieii? : Mr. T. W. Portner has just returned from New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wash ington, D. C, in the interest of his new attachment for railrord box cars. In the latter place he was successful in puitiDg his new invenliou through the "Patent Ofnce," and was highly recommended to the Balti more & Ohio Railroad. I , Newberniam Our esteemed townsmen, Mr. B. Ft Churchill, who has been confined to his bed for many months, departed this life yesterday morning, about 2 o'clock, in the 40th year of his age. From this statement it will be 6een that 1,599 boxes of peas, in all, have been shipped from this port : since the picking Benson commenced, and j taking it for granted lhat they sold in! the northern markets at $5 per box; the snug little pile of $7,995 has already been realized, iund it is expected that 1,000 boxes more will be shipped lo-uay by attamor Pamlico Charlotte Observer: It is a fact worthy of note that killing frosts occurred this year and last on identical days of the month, as is shown by the j records of the signal office in this city. At the late meeting of the First Presbytery of the As sociate Reformed Presbyterian Church, at Little Steel Creek Church, in this county, there were present thirty-eight ministers, one licentiate and three students of the ology. It was reported that among the young men preparing for the ministry were four sons of ministers.! JohnT. Chal mers, son of Rev. J. U. Chalmers, wrb licensed to preach. Wilson Ado ance: Rev. J. A. Cunninggim, assisted by Rev. J. N. An drews, has begun a protracted meeting in the Methodist church at this place. Oa yesterday morning, while Mr. James N. Drake was engaged in pulling shingles frcm the roof of the ehed attached to-R. J. Taylor's mill, lost his footing and fell to the ground and sustained serious injuries, breaking one arm, fracturiogtbe other and bruising himself considerably. On Sun day, April 11th, 1880, Elder Cushing Biggs Hassell departed this lifej at his home in Williamston, Martin county, aged seventy i years three months and twenty-seven days. An honest and upright gentleman, a pure patriot and an earnest and able minister of the Primitive Baptist, faith, he was loved, respected and admired wherever known. Charlotte Democrat: 'We learn that two negro children were burnt to death in a house on tha-plantation of Mr. James King, six miles from Monroe. Tbe father and mother left the children alone in the house, when the children probably began playing with the fire, and set themselves and the building on fire. Same old story. It is now thought that the road fiom; Knoxville up the Tennessee river through Rabun Gap to some, point in Georgia will be bUilt. It does not! advance the in terests and welfare of the colored people to organize military companies. The 06- server says there "are less than five hundred men in this city who pay a poll tax." Why is that so? Why are not all who are iiable to a tax made to pay? Are there cot at least one thousand men in Charlotte liable to a poll lax? Charlotte Observer: The new colored company did make some organiza tion Tuesday night, and will perfect it on Monday night next at Centennial Hall. The Hornet's Nest Riflemen, at their last meeting, received several additional members. The armory has also been en larged, and will be nicely; fitted up. j Mr. Best and his associates, Messrs. Fish, Grace and Tappan, left New York night before last and are expected to go up the Western North Carolina Road this morn-, ing to attend the meeting of the private stockholders of the road at Hickory to-day. It is understood that these gentlemen will make efforts to purchase j all the private stock they can. It is probable that Mr. Best will make some announcement of bis policy at this meeting, as he goes on to Asheville in a few days with his family, and takes charge of the road as soon as the transfer can be made, and the necessity for reserve will co longer exist. Charlotte Press: The Tate Bros, of Mountain Island Mills factory, we regret to learn, sustained a loss of $2,500 on yesterday, by a destruction of their dry ing establishment from a defective flue which ignited the wood work and burned the entire structure. No insurance. Charlotte will be still more the City of Rail roads if the "Pittsburg Southern," which is heading this way 13 built land it has been ' started, and from the way the surveying party is at work between Statesville and Winston, the Virginia Midland- is coming. But after all, one large cotton factory is woith a Railroad. Several of these and a few tobacco factories will tend more to make Charlotte what she is destined to be, one of the large cities of tbe country, than anything else. Logan Harris, of Ra leigh, in his last letter to the New York limes, tells lots of things, some of which may be true. He says Gov. Jarvis and Tom Holt are one and the same, and will work together. Holt is to be Lieutenant Governor, and when Jarvis gets Ransom's place in the Senate, Holt will be Governor. (Very likely! When the skies fall you will catch larks. Stab.) j t Goldsboro Messenger: Mr. R. J. Southerland, a very clever merchant of Mount Olive, had the misfortune to lose his pocket book while in town here yester day morning, containing about $300 in money, a deposit certificate for $400 on tbe Bank of New Hanover, payable to Mr. Robert Williams, and some other papers. Col. Wm. A. Allen, of Duplin, was in attendance at our Superior Court this week. We are assured by prominent Duplin De- , mocrats, that Duplin will give Col. Allen a moBt enthusiastic and undivided sapport in the Congressional Convention. ' To , supply a want long felt in this county, we have just completed a contract with Prof.' E. P. Tucke, a competent civil engineer and draughtsman, for a large and complete "map of Wayne county," which we hope to have ready "for sale by the 15th of November next. The case of Deems Simmons, colored, for the murder of Mr. Lanier, was called in the Superior Court Monday, according to appointment. Richlands corres-' pondent: I am informed that the Onslow and Jones pocoasin road will soon be cut through. It is a direct line and very level, and a pretty sight to see it Mr. C. Ste phens and others went to Newbern to-day to meet on matters connected with the road, and to apply to the Penitentiary Board for the twenty-five convicts who are to work on tbe road until completed. Hurrah for the Onslow pocoasin road! It is a fixed fact, and will put us ten' miles nearer to Newbern. 7 tM :mm. pas v.l! :mk vtrt m sill 'mi ' - -MS -SI ill It - v. m 'r - .