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GKINT AM) N KG HO SUFFIUfiK.
The Stab mentioned that Grant
was unfavorable to negro suffrage.
It is known that John Russell
Young, a distinguished journalist,
accompanied Grant in his foreign
-i travels and has published a woik enr
titled "Around the World with
i. Gen. Grant." In this book he gives
many long conversations held witlk
Gen. Grant on political topics. He
is reported as talking after this sort
upon the subject of "Reconstruc
tion" : .
"Military rule would have been just to
all lo ihe negro, who wanted freedom ;
the white man, who wanted protection; and
the Northern man, who wanted union. As
St-i'.f after State showed a willingness lo
come into the Union, not on- their own
terms, but upon ours, I would have ad
mitted them. Tins would have made uni
versal suffrage unnecessary; and I think . a
mistake was made about suffrage. It was
unjust to the negro to throw upon him the
responsibility of citizenship and expect him
ut bo on even terms with his white neigh
b ;r. It was unjust to the North. In giv
i!! foe South negro suffrage we have giveu
Ui.j ulil tliive-hoUiers forty voles "
The Republican parly is very sick
of their policy. They thought that
by using the negro "as dumb driven
ca'itlw'-'that they could forever con
irol tlseru and through them the
South. It was their purpose to con
tinue hi office indefinitely by bam
boozling the uneducated and undis
ciplined negro recently made a Iree
iiian. They are disappointed, and
it.;w they are resorting to other rue
lhoda not more creditable to regain
power. But more of this hereafter.
Wo believe lirant is honest in
what he says. ' We believe so for this
reason: the writer of this asked him
in November, 1865, what the North--ern
people proposed to do with the
negro in regard to voting. He was
tlit-ii a Democrat. We remember dis
tinctly his reply, and it was this: "I
will tell you what I heard Gov. Cur
tin, of Pennsylvania, say recently.
Said that gentleman, if the Republic
cau party give the right of suffrage
to the negro the Democrats will carry
Pennsylvania by a hundred thousand
majority." Grant was evideetly op-
po'sed to it then.
GLUCOSE SCUAII. .
A communication in the New York
Herald directs attention to the dele
terious elements of glucose sugar,
and the danger with which it threat
ens the public. It is . insisted that
every household in the, land is inter
ested in this matter. It is contended
that thero is a very great difference
between cane sugar and glucose
sugar. The latter is made from the
grape by the aid of sulphuric acid,
and is, therefore, considered neither
pure nor wholesome. The Herald
article says:
"Small as has been the proportion of this
sugar used its effects have been sufficiently
marked to arrest the attention of many of
our sagacious physicians, who have already
sounded their warnings against its use.
They have told us that the fearfulincrease
of that deadly disease, which was rarely
heard of until glucose sugar made its ap
pearance (Bright's disease of the kidneys),
is due to the impurities that insidiously
lurk in glucose sugar. - Professor Kidder,
the celebrated chemist of the Michigan
Agricultural College, announces that 'of 17
samples of table syrup recently exam
ined by him fifteen proved to be made of
Klncose, one of which contained 141 grains
. of oil of vitriol and 724 grains of lime to
i he gallon. Another, which had caused
serious sickness to an entire family known
to him, contained 72 grains ot oil of vitriol,
lb grains of. copperas and 363 grains of
lime to the gallon.'
"If these are facts then the mixture of
glucose sugar with anything is adultera
tion, and a villainous one at that. It is a
dangerous economy to Day a higher price
for an article possessing these deleterious
elements, and a stupid one to purchase leu
pounds for the sweetening that is contained
in six of pure cane sugar."
Housekeepers. should endeavor to
' provide themselves with pure, un
adulterated articles of food. It is
very difficult, wo grant, to da this, for
in this time of humbuggery and
ill
VOL. XI. 1
fraud almost everything is subiected
to the plastic hand of adulterators
and deceivers, i ,
NO-CTT11 1MKOLINA AS AN AOItl
CP. STASH.
A gentleman, in a private letter, has
"given us some. reports of good farm
ing. He cautioned us that we must
not publish, but as the Stab is endea
voring to fosterhome industries, to in
crease State pride, jto prevent indus
trious people from leaving their
homes and seeking their fortunes in
distant States, to show by actual sta
tistics what North Carolina farming
can accomplish, we take the liberty
of disregarding our friend's injunc
tion. We have long sought to make
knowu any' excellent results secured
by planter?, and to convince the in
credulous or ignorant that . 'our State
possesses extraordinary resources and
admirable farming facilities. It is
time our North Carolina papers were
emulating in part j the example of the
papers of the Northwest. They give
large space to publishing facts,figures,
and results concerning their sections.
They are constantly directing atten
tion, in long and elaborate articles, to
the very marked advantages offered,
and by the power of iteration,
exaggeration, misrepresentation and
blaraey," they are increasing daily
the tide of immigration. We do not
propose to copy th4 bad but the good;
not toexaggeratebut to state facts
not to deceive by
false repesenta-
tions, but.lo attract by the power of
truth. The high4wrought pictures
of the Western papers are not neces
sary in North Carolina. Any man
who will enter North Carolina by
. j i
the way of our remarkable series of
inland seas on the East and traverse
the State in everydirection until he
enters Cherokee, will be impressed
with the wonderful diversity and
variety of our resources. In no sec
tion is there a surer reward for intel
ligent, well-directed labor, if applied
to the farsn, fisheries, mines, me
chanics, sheep raising, cotton man--ufacturing,
etc. North Carolina is
indeed peculiarly favored by a benign
and propitious Providence. She offers
to-day a grand field for all kinds of
enterprises, and inviljes to her wide
domains all who are villiag to aid in
developing her rich
resources.
and abundant
xsat tor the stall
i
first some farming
tistics. VV e give
operations of
Messrs. J. L. Clutej & Bro.. Faison,
Duplin county. Twoiyears ago they
bought a $10,000 farm, and they ex
pect the farm will pay tho debt.
They say : j
"We made last year with three horses
and ten hands, (couuting ourselves as two),
61 bales of cotton, 450 pounds each, and
will have corn to j sell ; will make
about 1,000 pounds of pork, (hog cholera
cleaned us out two years ago and we have
not got a start of hogs yet). Year before last
we made 43 bales cotton,! 478 average; 500
bushels potatoes, &c, and sold 200 bushels
of corn. We expect to dp better this year,
as we will run five plows ourselves, and we
are getting the old farm iq good fix."
Now we will turn again to the to
bacco section,1 and must fall back on
Granville and the Oxford Torchlight
of the 20th of January. Mr. M. W.
Veazey worked three hands. He
made 70 barrels of corn, 80 bushels
wheat, 100 bushels oats. He raised
100 bushels chufas besides other
crops. His tobacco! crop was 4,000
pounds of the bright. It will fetch
$800, or more, i His crops equal $1,
280 a little over $4251 to the hand.
We suppose there ire! several hun
dred farmers in Granville who do as
well or better. Wejcopy this not as
an extraordinary example, but as good
average farming.
Mr. W. A. Lunsfbrd made 5,000
pounds of bright yellow tobacco. He
averaged $30 per hundred for crop.
This is $1,500. ; He raised home sup
plies. He worked'three hands, ave
rage per hand for tobacco alone $500.
The besj; farming in Granville, as on
readers have learnt from former ar
ticles, produces from; $1,000 to $1,500
per hand. j
Mr. W. II. .Boyd worked thirty
hands. . His crop was as follows :
"17,550 pounds fine flue! cured tobacco,
18 bales cotton; corn, 477 barrels, (no guess
work,) but for drought j would have made
750 barrels; 600 bushels wheat, 1,250 bushels
oats, and good crops of peas and potatoes.
Pork to sell.". . j S 1 .
"He sold his second quality of to
bacco for $30 per hundred weight.
If he averages! $25 Jus!' tobacco will
bring him $4,387. JPutting his corn
at $4 (there was a short crop through
out that section) his cotton at $50 a
bale, his wheat at $1 j 25, his; oats at
75 cents, his pork at $7j and his total
crop would fetch m the neighbor
hood of $8,800.
Stephen Satter white worked four
hands. He paid for labor and fertil
izers $432. Result: 9,450 pounds fine
tobacco, 75 barrels corn, 130 bushels
wheat, and (small crop) 250 bushels
oats. The tobacco crop is a superior
one, very large and heavy. Putting
his tobacco at r $20, and his corn,
wheat, &c, at the above prices, and
he would .receive some. $2,540 -an
average of over $630 to a hand, or
$2,108 clear profit.
W. H. Green worked self and three
boy 8-his sons. He made 5,500 lbs.
fine yellow tobacco, 75 bbls. t orn, 70
bushels wheat, and 160 bushels oats,
besides other small crops. Present
tobacco crop is the best he ever made,
and his average for former crops has
been $30. Total outlay $51. The
Torchlight says:. . ..v; - -
""Four years ago he had the misfortune
to have his dwelling burnt. Since then ho
has rebuilt. Pack house and other farm
houses have recently been built, all first
class.
"Tobacco crop at former prices, (and it
will sell for more) will bring him $1,650;
corn crop at $4, will be $300; wheat crop at
$1 50, is $105; oats at 75 cents per bushel,
$120. To say nothing of his pork for family
use, and other small crops, we have a total
of $2,175 made at an outlay of less than
$75. This farming will compare favorably
with that of any section in America,, and
there is room enough in the county for
10,000 farmers who can do just as well, if
they will come here and exercise the same
push and good judgment."
We published two months ago
some tobacco sales of Mr. Arnold Bor
den, of Goldsboro. He recently ave
raged $48 70 for 3,000 pounds raised
in Wayne. He has sold 14,000
pounds, average not given. He- got
as high as $60 for some. It is im
portant, in order to learn the profits
of tobacco farming, that the number
of hands, horses, acres, amount paid
for fertilizers, &c, should be given.
First rate tobacco land will make
from $300 to $500 to the acre, j Such
results are obtained in Granville every
year by the best farmers, save when
the crop isiojarod. Dennis Tilley
has made as high as $600 per acre for
four acres. We shall cive other
facts and liimres from time to time.
WlSBOM AMONG STAIESMEN.
Wade Hampton is not only the
first citizen of South Carolina, but he
is the first soldier also. No South
Carolinian has so jenuch reputation
abroad, or exerts bo much influence.
He is a man of broad views and ex
alted patriotism. He is a wise man
and an honest man in these times
when there is not too much ot wis
dom or honesty. He has enemies at
home. There are men in his State
of talents and influence who antago
nize him violently. He is not radi
cal enough in his views for i them.
Probably some of them would like to
have his place. Some of his constit
uents wrote to him not long ago in
quiring how it was he did not combat
"the centralizing tendencies of the
Republican party, and agitate for
the repeal of legislation not agreea
ble to the Southern idea of the Con
stitution." The Senator replied, of
course, and among other- things said:
"Suppose the Confederacy had succeed
ed in establishing a separate form of gov
ernment; then let us go further and imagine
a Union general elected to serve in the
Congress at Richmond. How long do you
suppose his defense of his course during
the war, and what he thought should be
done with its logical results, would be tol
erated? Not a moment. Our situation at
Washington is directly parallel, and when
we talk about the war, or make any at
tempts to change its results, we run coun-
tot f r trio Tro a t "NTnrt h that ArtrtAnafarl nn "
ftw iv iuw vno vttu hum! wuiuvivu ua.
The trouble with Senator Hampton
is he is a statesman. He has eyes,
ears and an understanding. He sees
the folly of fighting in 18SQ on the
issues of 1861 or the issues of 1865,
He finds that every time a Southern
man becomes aggressive in Congress
he only makes capital for the opposi
tion. Senator Hampton knows the
power of education and association.
He knows that much of our Southern
opinions and principles are the genu
ine resultants of the school of politics
in which we are educated. He knows
that thousands of men who accept,
correctly as we most steadfastly
believe, the interpretation of tho
Constitution as given by Jefferson,
Madison, Calhoun, Bledsoe and other
illustrious Southrons would have
been deceived by the glossing
and false theories of Story, Web
ster and other Northern writers who
have attempted to expound the
great- Instrument, had they been
born, and been reared in Borne
Northern State. Hence he does
"not hesitate to say that when the
North becomes aroused at what it
conceives to be a purpose to disturb
the results of the war that it is right
from their standpoint. He frankly
says : ; --. . ; : - m "
"If I had been on that side I would never
consent that a single one of the logical re-
WILMINGTON, N. C., FRIDAY,
suits of tbe war should be even threatened.
It is the witdest folly fen our part lo threaten
them or seek to undo them." : -
This tho South understands. The
number of intelligent men among us
who would follow the lead of the ex
tremists is small. The Southern peo-
pie are far more conservative than
the Northern people suppose They j
really desire peace, and they do not
favor the introduction of any mea- hje been reduced , six or eight hun
Bures that tend to widen the breach dred million more.'It is well known
or to intensify angry feelines. Senator
Hampton is .as true to his oeonle
andhissectiortfaa the needle to the
pole, but he has wisdom, sagacity,
ancfa high sense of propriety. '
NOKTU
CABOLINA
flNES.
AT SEVEN
Gen. JosepbypE. Johnston's official
report of 1lfieattleoi;iSeveaiPiBes
has been published, and for the first
time, in the May number of the
Southern Historical Society Papers.
In it he does full justice to Gen. D.
H. Hill's division, which was composed
exclusively of North Carolinians.
We quote from Gen. Johnston:
"The principal altack was made by Ma
jor-General Longstreet, with his own and
Maior-Oeneral JJ. id. Hill's division the
admirably commanded and most gallantly I
forced their way mrmighV abatis, which
stortned their entrenchments by a determined 1
and irresistable rush. The operation was
rcpvaiBU who uumo gauauuy uu out- i
cess as our troops pursued their victorious
career through tue enemy s successive
camps and entrenchments. At each new
position they encountered fresh troops be
longing to it, and reinforcements brought
on from the rear. Thus they had to repel
repeated efforts to retake the works which
they had carried. But their advance was
never suecesffuUy resisted."
We doubt if any more splendid
fighting was done during the war
than by Hill's North Carolina boys at
Seven Pines. Their loss was fearful.
The regiment commanded by Maj.
Bryan Grimes (afterwards Major
General) lost terribly. We have
forgotten the precise figures, but
our recollection is that during
the war .no Confederate regi
ment lost so heavily in one- fight,
wit h tha pynnnfinn nnsaililtr. rtf lb a
ocu txr n
26th Vance s old regiment, com-1
xnanded by Col. Harry Burgwyn,
who was killed), at Gettysburg. We
remember that one company, com
manded by Capt. David M. Carter
(afterwards Colonel, and one of the
ablest men of North Carolina in the
last half of the nineteenth century),
bad everv man in it but one or two I
j
killed or wounded, and it was some I
eighty strong when it entered the
- w i
fight. Capt. Carter was desperately
wounded. I
It is to be regretted that the re-
.
nn.la o yr an. ttan hof tjnn mnaf.
fcnnWhn- troon wata brided in
order to understand what particular
States were represented in a given
battle. Whiting's and Pettigrew's
brigades did some good fighting at
Seven Pines.
We noted recentlyhe unfavorable
effects produced upon the English
voters by the advocacy of the Bea-
consfield Ministry of German and
Austrian Government organs. The
English did not relish such advocacy.
Tbe following from the New York
Sun tells how the'great Tory organ
of England regards tho approaching
election in this countrv. The Sun
says:
"The London limes is out for Grant for
tbe next President of the United States.
Why should it not be ? The limes is the
leading: roral and imperial journal of the
world. Why should it not be in favor of
the anti-Democratic the imperial candi
date for President of this country? It
seems a little odd that lust as the Liberals
are coming into power in .ftngiana, the
limes should be- trying to establish im
perialism here. The American people will
disappoint that hope.'; ,
The Chicago Inter- Ocean the
ablest paper supporting Grant for a
third term says bf his recent
speeches, that are thought to be
bids for the Southern vote and to in-
dicate a modifying of bitterness to-
wards tbe Southern people:
"There is not. a syllable thai conflicts
with his stalwart utterances of the past; on
the contrary his speeches were a brave.
though kindly reiteration of his expressions
upon the same subject while President of
tbe United States. Mark the resemblance."
It may be, after all, that Grant will
stand by his old talk and old policy
and old friends, if he should by any
evil luck be again seated in the Presi
dential Chair.
: Democratic i.rule in the South has
been ; a great, if not an nnmixed
blessing. In every State that was
sorely oppressed with carpet-bag
rule there has been a great change.
Take Mississippi, for instance. The
rate of State taxation is now $3 on
$1,000. In 1874, under Republican
rnlo thfl rate was $14. and in 1873 it
-
was $12.50.
MAY 7, 1880.
THS PCBIiIO DEBT.
In 1868 the national debt was $2,-;
611,687,851Grantwasinpowereight
years, uuring tnose eignt years tne,
debt was -reduced' Jo $2,180,395,-;
067.15. The; financial records show,
that but for the wide-spread corrup-i
tioo Sieving, profligacy, wasteful-
ne88 flnd extravagancy the debt would
that th taxes were most extraprdina
XY' and that hundreds of million
dollars were Colleoted, from the peo-
ple and", absolutely stolen, misap--
plied, or wasted. Under Hayes there
has been no reduction of the public
debt, in spite j of heavy taxes and tbe I
so called great financial ability of the
Secretary of the Treasury, John Sher
man. ' I ' - ' ' vv I ' - - A
Hayca went into office on March 4,1
1877 The first year the public debt
actually rose from $2,180,395,067 to
$2,205,301,392. By the end of 1878
it had risen still higher, and by July,
1879, it had attained to $2,349,767,-
482. That is to say, it was as great
in 1879 as ft was in 1872, after, hun
dreds of millions had been raised by
taxation for the purpose or paying off
debt. Grant was bad enough,
out under mm tbe publio debt was
reduced $430,292,598 an annual av
j . , i
erage of $53,000,000 in round num-
bers. Under Hayes it has actually
increased $56,Q00,000 in round num
bers annually j
Does this hot show that there is
necessity for not only a change of
Presidents, but a change of parties?
The peoplethe heavily-burdened
taxpayers, must think so. Think of
it, taxpayers;
under Hayes the debt
T' -
j.uau ia v,uuuu v uw ft
vernment of North Carolina for
eight years.' No people can be pros
perous and contented with extrava
gant, unfaithful and dishonest offi
cials. There ought to be a change,
and there will be a change in 1881,
if the people themselves are not cor
v . r .
rupt enough to approve corruption
and wastefulness in their servants.
SCHOOL BOOK.
We have received a little book
of
64 pages entitled "Appleton's Readers
a Failure." It is prepared ' by a
scholarly handj and perhaps in the in
tcrest of some
rival house. But be
lnati 38 it may
it is most damaging.
i i
We apprehend that no educated
i .i . ii
wacner nere are many leacuers wuu
are not educated) after reading this
criticism would be willing to i intro-
I Hnia tham intA Vi'a aoV nnl Nsvma rf
I tuvw "o uu"uv" --"w
the criticism is strained, but no little
of it is well founded. Possibly any
other series of readers if subjected to
the same severe tests would be found
equally defective. We note the at-
1 l ;i i 1 . I, J.v
lac oecause is suuwb ufbu uuw
perfect are most school books made
t
to sell; second,! how difficult it is to
select the best third, how impossible
S ' .
lb IS W U1VC KCUClill oabioiauuvuj
as every qualified and experienced
teacher will be sure to have prefer
ences based upon tests or reasons of
his own; fourth, how important it u
to look: before you leap; fifth, the un
wisdom of adopting any series: Some
may be good whilst other books of
the series may be poor.
As we said recently, it is better to
leave the matter to the judgment of
intelligent teachers, or to qualified
county boards, rather than to one
man in a State, or to one set of men
be- they evert so -wise. There are
lotfal reasons that ought to be con
sidered. -We believe it is proposed
to introduce Appleton's Series into
the public schools of North Carolina,
The essay of Judge Black in the
North American Review' for May is
one of the most vigorous papers we
ever read. It is caustic but fair, and
is an overwhelming reply to Mr.
BoutWell on the third-term heresy.
It will prove a tremendous campaign
document if Grant is the Republican
nominee, as ne wui propaoiy oe.
Judge Black is very famous as a po
litical controversialist, and he has
easily demolished the ablest men he
has met in discussion. He has rarely
Written with more elegance, power
and felicity than in the paper refer
red to.
' The Czar Alexander II., the most
liberal and humane monarch who
ever sat upon the throne of Russia,
has outlived all of his race. Serious
ly threatened as his life has been
often he has passed - his - sixty-second
birthday, which he celebrated by
1 liheratinc six thousand prisoners. If
i a .
his life should be destroyed by vio-
NO. 28.
Jl lence the hand that lavs him low will
visit a great affliction upon the peo-
pie of Russia, for he will have slain
tbe mildest of all of the Emperors,
and will have placed possibly a
stronger hand and more resolute will
in power.
Death of Col. HenrvZG. Flanoer.
After lingering speechless and uncon-
bcious for ; one week, lacking onlv a few
hours. Col. Henry G. Flanner breathed bis
last .yesterday afternoon, about twenty
minutes after 3 o'clock, his disease being
paralysis. The sad announcement, though
not unexpected, was received with feelings
of the profoundest sorrow and renret.
Stricken down while apparently the very
picture of good health, it was difficult to
realize that we were to see his once famil-
iar face on our streets no more. Dr. Flan
ner leaves a good record behind him. He
.was a tiativeNewbern. in this State, but
nas lived in Wilmington from his youtb,
being a son of the late Bennett Flanner. of
this place. He'Btudied medicine with Dr.
"W. G.. Thomas, of this cily, just previous
to the commencement of the late war, and
subsequently graduated in New York.
When the trouble between the States com
menced, he enlisted
as a private in
Company I, . 18ih N. C. Regiment, ihen
known as the Wilmington Rifle Guards.
After serving one year be was made 2d
Lieutenant in Latham's Battery of Field
Artillery, entering for the war. The com
pany served with great gallantry in Vir
ginia. Uapt. .Latham resigning, be was
succeeded by Capt. Potts, who lost his life
.
at bpotteylvania Court House, whereupon
Lieutenant Flatfner was promoted to the
vacancy, which position he retained and
filled with honor to himself and his coun
try until the Battery was surrendered at
Appomattox Court House.
In partnership with his relative, Dr. W.
H. Green, he has been conducting tbe drug
business since the war, and in March,
1877, he was elected by the Democrats a
member of the Board of Aldermen from
the Second Ward, which position he wor
7 miea until his aeatn. having, on
i several occasions, serveu as temporary
Mayor. He was Captain of tbe Cape Fear
Light Artillery for a short time, being.
mainly instrumental in its organization, was
subsequently made Major of the Artillery
Battalion, and resigned to accept a position
on the Governor' staff as Chief of Artil
lery, with the rank of Colonel.
Col. Flanner was in the 41st year of bis
age. His funeral will tase place this atier-
noon, at half-past 4 o'clock, from St. James'
Church.
The Tax on liquor Dealers.
We learn from the Raleigh papers that
the State Treasurer has given a construc
tion of an act passed at the recent special
session of the General Assembly reducing
the tax on; liquor dealers. The Act re
duced the purchase tax in section 10, Sched
ule B., to two and one-half per cent.' and
the license taxes in section 11, to two dol
lars and fifty cents per month on retailers
of spirituous liquors, and two dollars per
month on retailers of malt liquors only.
The following is the opinion of the Treas
urer, and is concured in by the Attorney
General.
"Section 3 of tbe act provides 'that this
act shall not be construed to impair the
effect ot the said revenue act (of 1879) for
the present fiscal year. As the fiscal year
expires on tbe 30lh day of September, the
reductions do not take effect until after
that dat and all purcna8e8 made or -
I censes issued, before the first day of Octo-
I Ko navt era oil K-ia-f tr (Via tavAa linear f Vi a
enue' lot ot'lh 108TO. .Id the
provision in the amendatory act going into
I nffatt 'offo. tha first Aa-rrnt Till it 1 fiSfl ' fob-on
effect 'after the first day of July.1880 ,' taken
in connection with section 3, as above, fixes
tbe time at October 1st, 1880."
The vessel alluded to in our last as
I having put in at New Inlet and being
anchored in the bay not far from the rock
wall, proves to be tbe Russian Schooner
Caffiarine Matte, Capt. C. Rosenberg, from
Bermuda for this port, being consigned to
Messers. E. Peach au& Westermann, and
chartered by Messrs. Robinson & King.
Owen Burney, one of the Custom House
officials, who boarded ber yesterday, re
ports that she is still at anchor within about
a half mile of the rock wall and near the
Inlet, in about four fathoms of water. Capt.
Rosenberg stated that as no pilot came on
board, in response to his signal, and antici
pating a storm, he put in at tbe point
where he anchored, being guided by his
chart; that no damage has been sustained
by the vessel so far, and that he expects to
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get out with the first southwest wind. The
The schooner is light, drawing only about
five feet nine inches, we understand.
Bladen Democratic convention
- By telegram from Abbottsburg last night
we learn that the convention of the Demo
cratic party of Bladen county, to appoint
delegates to tbe Congressional and State
Conventions, was held at Elizabeth town
yesterday.
Our telegram states that a solid Stedman
delegation was appointed to the Congres
sional Convention, and that a resolution
instructing the delegates to support Major
Btedman for lhe nomination was unani
mously adopted
Col. John A. McDowell was Chairman
of the convention.
Special Term or ine Criminal Court.
We learn that Judge Meares has issued
1 fn a snaiat lorm rf tha Primino'
Court for this county, to commence on
Monday, the 24th mat. This is done in
eonseauence of Jhe fact that the Superior
Court for this county meets on Monday, the
31st of May..
The Register of Deeds issued
only two marriage licenses during the past
week, both of which were for colored
couples, j ,
mencement at the North Carolina College -
embraces Tuesday and Wednesday, Mty ;
25th and 26h. Col. Charles Ii. .Tiir..f . ibv
editor of the Charlotte Observer ',wili address : '
ine-jjiierary societies on the aiitb.- : .
-; Washington Press;" On Friday ",
mornin? last. &a the hnnrtn uttha ftsh f-
Mr. Jacob Cwindeil. about oue mile above
the bridge, had just finished putting out
the seine, one Jordan Williams, colored.
was drawn overboard bv the line, and bo- ')
fore aFsistance ' could be rcudered was
drowned.
Tbe Kinston Journal attacks
Judee Avery nd asks his impeachment"
The New Berne Nut Shell replies and says:.
"urom wuat we nave learned from altor r
neys who were at Kinston, we feel assured :
that all of the facts are not recited in tlie
account given in the Journal." " ' -
Raleish Christian Adoocate: P
Rev. W. H. Bobbitt. D. D.. will deliver I
the address at the close of the school hi
Kernersville 1st of June. Mrs. F. AI.
B,umpa83, of Greensboro, North Carolina.
win anena me missionary meetings at
Nashville, Tennessee, in May. K The '
North Carolina delegates to the Northern .-
Methodist General Conference are Wilson
W. Morgan Reserve, Mengo G. Croom.
Lay, Matthew M. Alston Reserve, Wm.
R. Poenix. . ' .
Raleigh News: In Seveoty-first
township, Cumberland county, last Friday ?'
and Saturday, respectively, Misses Sallio
and Kate, tbe lovely and a'ccoinnJished
-daughters of Cant. Dousald McDousald .
-died ot the whoopinc-cooeh. contracted v
"while at Bchool at Rockfisb; the rest of his :
family are seiiously eick tailB the samedis-,
ease, and the Captain has the sympathies of
the entire community. Whooping-cough.,
and measles are Heij prevalent in that sec
tion and very fatal.
Charlotte Observer: Gen. John
A. Young, of ibis city, has been chosen to
deliver the literary adaresa before the stu
dents of Trinity College at the approaching
commencement, and we understand that he
will accept the invitation. Gov. Jar vis
has pardoned Matthews and Humphreys,
who were convicted of manslaughter in tho
killing of Costin Butner, in Yadkin county,
three years ago. A very superior qual
ity of white or porcelain clay is obtained in
the vicinity of Salem.
Milton Chronicle: The revival
Of religion in the Baptist church of this
place, under the preaching of Rev. Mr.
Hutson, who assists Rev. Mr. Belts, the
pastor, still continues. Up to Monday we
understand that about sixty odd have made
a profession, We never witnessed a more
powerful assault upon Satan's kingdom than
this reverend gentleman wages. A num
ber of the converts have been immersed
and attached themselves to the Baptist
church. We hear of no less a number who
will connect themselves with the Presbyte
rian and Methodist churches.
Charlotte Democrat: The Sara-
togian of the 22d inat., published at Sara
toga, N. Y.. contains this paragraph about
North Carolina: "We had a call from our
townsman Wm. K. Young yesterday, after
an absence of nearly five months. Most
of the time be informs us was spent in
North Carolina, traveling by private con
veyance, and his business took him into
almost every county in the State. He speaks
in the highest terms of tbe people, of their
loyalty and material prosperity, and says
there is no State in tbe Union where there
can be shown better jeturns for labor and
capital. He says if he ever makes his home
anywhere except m Saratoga, it will be in
the Old North State."
Elizabeth City Economist: We
understand that the contractors to build the
E. C. & N. Railroad have airanged to
make the town of Berkley, Va., its north
ern terminus at the harbor of Norfolk, Va.
We also learn that they are at work at Cur
rituck Run Swamp, the dividing line be
tween Camden and Currituck counties, and
that they expect to finish the work of grad
ing the road to the Virginia line by the first
of May. This will be about one-half of the
whole distance. Camden items: The
forest fires of last week did incalculable
damage to lumber, fences and other pro
perty, in this county, Several bouses
that stood near the woods were de
stroyed'by the fire. The steam saw
mill of W. K. Abbott was destroyed by
fire on Sunday week. W. G. Taylor's
house and furniture were destroyed by fire
on the 12th inst.
-Salisbury Watchman: Miss An
nie Craige fell from a vehicle while on a
picnic excursion, Saturday, and received a
severe cut on the head. On the same day
a horse ran away with a buggy in which
were Mr. and Mrs. Cady. Mrs. Cady re
ceived slight injuries. Four specimens
of gold, the whole weighing two pounds
I avoirdupois, from the Christian mine, were
I . m r rv. V
Eg"? f pounds harhaTeVecn
I shipped from this place. This much that
, . . i tst J
we Know or, uesiues mucu 01 wuieu we uu
not know. '. -The gold mining interests
of this county are booming. Northern cap-
tahsts are beginning to appreciate our hid
den treasures, and are investing their means
in our mines. Saturday night a co-
lored brakeman on a freight train on tbe .
North Carolina Railroad, fell from the top
of a car while the train was making forty
miles an hour. He was tumbled near the
National Cemetery, bat of course his feet
hit first and he received no injury.
Greensboro Patriot: The work
on tbe monument to be erected -and un
veiled on the battlefield of Alamance on
May 29th, is being pushed forward to com- .
pletion by Messrs. W. F. Ireland and
James A. Dawson at their lapidary at Com- '
pany shops. The granite in the monument
will all be tacen irorn the quarries in Ala
mance county. A piece of cannon, a sword, -a
ball, a gold , button, a silver coin, and a
gourd, relicts of the battle-field of Ala- '
mance, will be on exhibition the 29th of
May. The daily edition of tbe Patriot
will be furnisnea at ou per year; $i 40
for six months, or $1 00 for three months.
Messrs. Houston 5c Brother, ot this .
city, have bought and sold since December.
1st, 187997,126 lbs. of rags. The same :
firm bought and sold during tbe year 18.78,
114,768 rabbit skins, and 7,960 other fur
skins. During the year 1879 they bought f
and sold 143,544 rabbit skins, and 15,972
other fur skins. For 1880 up to yesterday
at noon, they have bought and sold 202,713
rabbit skins, and 9,053 other fur skins. ,
Tarboro Southerner:. Yes, it has
become painfully trite to bear of the "para
mount claims" of certain parties. It, is a
chief privilege and glorious attribute, in
separable from a republic, that one man has
as much right to hold office as another.
Rev. J. E. Mann, Presiding Elder of this
District, has preached eighteen times in the
last seventeen days, ilia District is in
truly a praiseworthy condition, we learn.
At the residence of Mr. John A. ¬
Moore, on Thursday, April 15, 1880, by H.
G. Nobles, J. F., Mr. J. U. Ballard, Jr., of
Pitt county, and Miss Maggie Moore, of
Beaufort county. -
Aduckie sweet, a duckie Mallard,'
Is tbe duckie of J. L. Ballard.'
When duckies small fill the floor,
He'll think o' the day he wanted Moore.
- In Col. John L. Bridgers pack of
hounds a hound mother has adopted a
couple of young foxes as ber own offspring.
and sbenurses them, with her own two
puppies, in the greatest harmony.
Whutakere' correspondent: At this writing
we have fifteen good business houses, not
withstanding the loss by fire; we also have
about one hundred and ten dwelling houses.
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three churches and two schools, all of . 4 : '
which are well patronized. : .:,y ,yi rV";;.
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