North Carolina Newspapers

JL Mind ; ''T-AiE. $1.50 a Year, in advance. - 1 ' ' ' ." . ,f- - - S ' - - .IWWWWWB VOL, XI. , WILMINGTON, N. Gj; FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1880. NO 31 ii i m m c ov in rwo n v a a ; aw a a n SS&SgS&SS&SSSSQ&S A A KXX 3C 3E X K 3K 3E X 3K q (Ti r- rr c-i e i c- g8SS8SSSSSS8g8SSS SSSSS8S3S88SSeSSS 4 a a 3 X -3 M 8S8SSS8S88S8S88SS 8S8S8888S8SSSSS8S : -L'-i 888888888S8S8SSSS 8SSSSSS28SS8SS8S ot co o t-off eo ct o - c 8S88S8S888SS8SS38 3 a 5 - B.-.. ........ a1 . w h - . Entered at the Post Office at Wilmington, jn. u., as second-class matter. J - Subscription -Price. The subscription price of the Wekk: Qmm c rn . ' - I uY Star is as follows Single Copy 1 year, postage paid, $1.50 " 6 months. " ' " 1.00 " 3 " '" " .50 Villi FKBEDiTlAN'S DLF. BANK SWIN- If the colored people had no other grounds of complaint against the Republican party, they might feel sore over the operations of the Freed- inan's Bank which originated with that parly, and was manipulated from first to last, by its representatives. The operations were on a large5 scale, an'l the swindling must have been enormous. There cannot be possibly any excuse forthe mismanagement and corruption. It is known that for a long time Senator Brace has been at the head of a committee that lias been investigating the operations of the brokeu concern. He is a col oi'ed man, and has naturally a pecu liar interest in the welfare of his ract He know there had been ras cality, and that thousands of the in- thistrious men of his race had been swindled out of their money which i hey had saved by practicing rigid self-denial and by laboring most in dustriously. He determined to have the Freedman Bank operations in- quirea into, ana upon bis motion a committee was raised of which he was appointed chairman. That "com mittee has been at. work, for many months, and it is known that it has made some important discoveries. Senator Bruce is trying to secure the passage of a bill to abolish the Com mission that has been pretending to manage the broken Bank, and to give the Comptroller of the Currency the management of it. It is manifest that some change is needed, for the Com- mission has succeeded in spending a great deal of money with but poor re- The Commissioners, three in I , . I number, receive f 3,000 each per an- num. Senator Bruce says that this expenditureis altogether unnecessary, It is certainly just to the colored peo- pie that the affairs of the Bank should a itf r f r I n rv n 4 V n r .1. ... I uruu luuuu economy as possible, so that the amount to be distributed among the deceived and swindled depositors may be as large ua i,ua uiiuuuisiauces Will ailOW. OlX years ago the Commission took charge. The assets of the Bank were $2,757,069 50. There were, besides real estate, unsettled claims, &c, amounting to $599,160 80. In six years the dividends paid amount to $799,979 28, whilst the expenses ag gregate $335,904 77. This shows that. npArlv hall Iho mnnair In nknn.t,.J I "a":H u '"rj uuue. bue -.ueau oi expenses, ana q nnn or,n I " -i.jr wi fri,uw m ail has nnna mln tVva nnnUnt.. C .u .1 I nJT u r. 1 , , " . ia u .1 ':. 7 u .U ujr oervice. 1 xuc uammore Jtmertcan, a lie- publican paper, says management: of the recent "The long delay has been terrible to the sixty thousand depositors and their families who had money in the bankrupt concern,, and death or apathy has removed many of them from any further interest or concern in the interminable process of settling up the bank's affairs. Of the first dividend of 9H rtt w m.- .1 . -v. ucui. upuu me gross sum aue aeoosi- c..i. - .t . tors there remains uncalled for the large &outhern papers that was early to re sum of 45 114.28; ot the second and last cognize the ability,', scholarship and uncalled for $44,102.77 a total of $89, .uuu ui w wuk mete anil remains This is important. There is nearly one hundred thousand dollars of the poor negroes' 'mon'ey l'hey have died .or are ignorant and do not know that there is any money coming to them. They have civen ' up their money as lost. In 1865 the bank was incorporated. The original incorporators were fifty in number, From the first the bank was popular. The colored people throughout the enure Boutn were set upon by emis- saries from the North. Thev were I made to believe that the Freedman's I " -'-.J.- - ,..--- .if- L - , - I WPW prove ar fromefcsosblessing to 1 nera, ouiy tnousana or nem were I credulous enough io- believe all thev I 4 . 1- i heard, and to stint themselves that they might make ' deposits in the great savings bank.; lney were taught that the Government backed the bank and the, safety was assured. In 1873 there wasjAf balance dne the depositors of 4,200,000. When the c - tr-... - v . - - -w w a w m v v va u u My u ia w n I bank collansed the iipit 1 Ri1 I JcHana naTe a" lne charms or his partic SSSSSasI .UK collapse me next year, 1874, ularly altractive style FiDally wTth its the total amount that . had been de- I striking and suggestive review of the rela DoitPd w r,5 fiOO.OOO. Th Anei. KionB ?f music and verse, it opens a line of can-says: , -.l-i 'V'.' "This immense sum represented the in dustry and thrift of the ireedmou'and the confidence which, to their; sorrow, they re- posea in an tnsmuuoa established by the government." -; : i- This great swindle is a blistering reproach apon.the .Republican party. Tho negroes oagbx never to forget the forty acres and the mule swindle, and lhe 8tiU more &S1 swindle of the Freedman'a Banlc. ! KING'S inOUNTAIN niSTOBlf AND ORATORY. The following is I an ) extract from the last interesting ; letter of Mr. I "C-J J T T T 1 ! . r l-VT.-L. -rr- i wru u "ait? U1 ew 1 orK 10 h' WeeM Rafeigb: It'ia noteworthy that Mr. ThomDson. of Cincinnati, Ohio, has in press a histori cal account of the Revolutionary Battle of King's Mountain, ia i North Carolina, bv Lyman C. Draper. Secretary of the Wis-I have been prepared expressly for the cen- icuuibi auuivcreary oi ine udiiic. wnicnwill I oe celebrated on the spot on the 7th of Oc- I tober next. Its title will be 'King's Moun- lain DnH ita TIarAnn nn it mill V.w I subscription. 1 would have been better "v.wo, uu it, n .ii uQ cum uy pleased, and possibly the Slate mieht have looked for better justice, if the historv had been prepared by a North Carolinian. But let us hope for the best." i This is quite like ourselves and quite like the Nor,h. North Caro linians, with few exceptions, take but little interest in their; State's history. They are tuorc makers of history I than writers of history. They bear their full proportion in great national deeds and then leave it to others to give the account. MIt is in this way our brave soldiers arc so often slight- ed . and neglecte and, sometimes. even slandered. It was ho two hun- d red years ago. I t was so in the Re- yolutionarv War. It is so in regard Our people must to the late war. blame themselves to some extent. The? are far too caretess ana in different in gathering historical ma terial, and then in l iving it used m a proper way. There are hundreds Of men, on the other hand, throu ghoul the North, who love letters foi l the sake of let- - 1 : ; ters, and who love money also. They are eternally on the I look out for an opportunity to get up a volume that Will Sell. We Riinnnsfi Mr. Dransr'n book mav be of tht. Urt. ftlthnnl, it mav nosapss rfial mftr:, Wo hnna ;f TO:n M u L e - a i- ui It Will nrnvfl to no n fair nnri rolieihla book Bat WQ do not vmach relish the idea of h- ,L ln -1 , A nrtharn writers for works" on great Southern hi8toric. evet8. 0nr bublishe and writers ought to have devotion and enterprise enough to produce such works at home. I i North Carolina furnished nearly two thirds of the lrQ0 " WQn fc ne rrz ol. "-tug a iuyuutillU, Out) IiaU several Colonels in j the battle, and yet with uncommon jmodesty and magnanimity they 'agreed that Col onel Campbell, of Virginia, should be in command. The other dav it was agreed by the Executive Committee of King's Mountain Centennial As- RnniAtmn that nnntKn. ' "r: : - Major John W. Daniel, should be in- vitd m -am .W. V-:.i . .iureuuw, IPoao Th!o ' ' o and quite like North Carolina. Major Daniel is a gentleman of very marked ;ft9 nn nr,.Ar qnii nr;i, AtM superb oration we have no doubt. We hope he will study the records carefully and do justice to all con cerned. We believe he will be . , ; i to the occasion in all respects. 'UNRECOGNIZED JTIERIT. The Stab was one of the few gifts of Mr. Sidney JLanier, a gentle man of Southern birth. Many of the paragraphers made him the sub- iect of their ii f J wvviuugOi They professed to regard him aa a humbuff and a failure. The truth is Mr. Lanier is a map of decided clev- erness. and has nrobarilv has lived in the North for many years, and his intellectual j superiority and attainments have been mnwiiiHui He has been a writer for the best magazines, besides publishing two books that were successful. Because he ia a Snnttirnn '! nnta witn t;a. faction his erowins fame. The Mav 1 his "Science of English Verse:" ; "This book is certain to excite the wild- e8t attention and discussion. Mr. Lanier's I nrevions worlc. and thnfVtm previous work, and tbo thoroughness of his special study, have made him a place among the first authorities to students of KnOIISil IlterAtlirAf nnri tfio nnMinnlmn K n J scholar of bis rank of an entirely new theo ry or -bognsu prosody would be of great importance in useir. uis oook, however, ia more than this. It includes critical stu dies of the older English poetry, which ormgoui aumiraDiy mr. Liamer's accurate learning and keen appreciation of his sub- thought so original as to make this volume, if its conclusions are accepted,' the pioneer ui a uew science ana new memoas." -The politicians of the State are not always as wise as the people. They J make" politics a life-long study, and I yet many of them never learn to use j their cbosen weapons. -A politiohh' I without astateoess is llkean engineer without eyes; He will go rattling el I e n : a heedless of all warnings and. obsta cles nnlil the smash and the wreck come. They fail ror. many of them do to understand' the drift of popu lar sentiment and popular prefer ences, and the result is political dis appointments and disasters. The people are not apt to become enthusi astic over a candidate who is forced upon them. The people are not ca- liable of nrofonnd 'rrftf.it.ndn xshhn tne,r 1Qterests are jeopardized by ma Cuinfi m.inmn latnrn lino man nan i j 1 ... . , x . ' Iead a norse t0 e water, but twenty l 1 I ? T 1 t-v 1 . unuuuii uisko iiiiii ufinK. ieiesateB to State and National Conventions might be benefited by pondering the lessonsof this homely adage. We mentioned recently in a notice of Scribner that the story appearing in that excellent monthly from the rkAn rf T Haavva WT PU1a i- . : ' ucu'6. " ."1C V1 w" s - jlu I a VV l lb bUll W 1 bU UlgU literary skill, but is one of the most difficult fictions to understand we re member i have read. It requires the closest, attention to keep the run of the story and to distinguish the various characters. As a work of art, and as indicating superior litera ry powers it is worth a hundred such books as "The Master of Red Leaf." The following from tho pen of a suc cessful Northern novelist wo find in the Literary News for May : "Dr. Eggleston writes of Mr. Georee W- Cable and his story, 'The Grandissimes,' in Scribner: If Cable can hold that gait the rest of us who write American stories must surrender to him. What a superb niece of work it is!"' The ordinary novel reader will find "The Grandissimes" as perplex ing as the "Gem Puzzle." Ex-Senator and ex-Go v, Henry S. Foote, whoso death was announced recently, was a native of Virginia and was born September 30, 1800. He was graduated at Washington - o College. He first removed to Ala bama, thence to Mississippi. In 1847 he was elected to the TJ. S. Senate. In 1848 he defeated Jefferson Davis for the Governorship. He lived in many States and was strong for the Union. He was a troublesome mem ber of the Confederate Congress. He was a ready debater, was ex tremely fond of being heard, was a man of some accomplishments and was fearless in the expression of his opinions. We think he fought a duel with the late S.S. Prentiss. He was a Federal officeholder up to the time of his death, and passed away aged nearly 80. Our readers will remember that the Stak has more than once noticed with marked e jmmendation the Eads jet ties at the mouth of tho Mississippi. In spite of a most determined oppo sition they are a decided success. A corps of engineers has just reported the result of a thorough inspection. We copy from a Georgia paper: This report states that the South'Pass, which five years ago was not navigable for vessels drawing over six feet, is now a magnificent . stream one thousand feet in width, with a central channel varying from two hundred and fifty to five hundred feet in width, where twenty-six feet is the least depth on the outer edges, and. where thirty-five feet is the average prevailing depth of the middle. This channel, also, has projected itself beyond the jetties, for at a distance of five hundred feet outside the sea walls there is a well defined channel one thousand feet in width, with a depth ot twenty-Bix feet on the edges and of thirty-two and thirty-seven feet in the centre." Charlotte and Durham celebrated the 20th in fine style. A special from the latter to the Raleigh Post says: "Grand parade at 4 o'clock, Col.. Gorrell commanding. Thirteen States are repre sented by young ladies dressed in white. Mr. Julian. Carr read the Mecklenburg? Declaration. Hon. John Manning and Hon. D. G. Fowle delivered orations. A grand banquet to-night, at which Messrs. Fowle, Cox and Manning, Argo and others are to make speeches. Wind up with a grand ball." DEPOTV tSAltWUiS GRANT'S If any one ever doubted for a mo ment the designs r the Stalwarts as to the rnext , electionhe discussion and vote in:tbe SSenate on the Mar shahr bill must satisfy him. It will not be possible for : most credu lous or sympathizing ito believe any longer that Cpnkliag, Edmunds et al intend for the people o vote as they cnoose and then nave - their votes fairly counted. Hoar4fof-Massachuj setts, a first-rate bulldozer at ; hom and a first-rate schemer to facilitate ballot stuffing, moved to amend the bill solhat the deputy marshals shall not be selected from Jthe two great parties , in equal numbers. That would not suit HdarjAnd his tribe. With, that sort of iajr bulldozing airaheatjng .would, be at a discount; Edmunds, imost vicious of Southern haters, spoke against the equitable and just features of the bill. He wanted all the deputies from his corrupt party. Edmunds may cherish , the hope that somehow, under the shiftings of cards, he may turn up Jack of the pack. He would like to be elected, and he knows what a tremendous power resides in thousands of deputy marshals all from one parly and most of whom are disreputable fel lows who would kill a man for a few dollars. Armed with such a notent A instrument Stalwart Edmunds would fain hope that if nominated he would reach somehow the Presidential Chair, whether elected or not. The calculations of the Stalwarts now are evidently based on an un fair election, a dishonest count, and a revolutionary inauguration. Grant will be the nominee. He will fail of election by hundreds of thousands of votes just as Hayes failed. Bat he and his set will not stop at that. They will attempt to repeat the game of 1876, and they will compel the weak man in the Executive chair to sustain them and to cooperate with them in every measure of violence and wrong. It is perfectly manifest to any one who reads the papers that the Stalwarts would rather rule in hell than - serve in heaven. Thev - . meati to have possession of tho go vernment if they overthrow it in or der to effect their ends. They are preparing for this by such legislation as is possible with a venal and pliant Chief Executive to back them. Seven teen Senators recorded their names in opposition to Mr. Bayard's bill dividing the deputy marshals equally between the Democratic and Repub lican parties. Every one of these seventeen Senators was a Republi can. Never forget that. In the last number of the Atlantic Monthly, the organ of New England culture, thought, ideas, principles and morals, there is an article arraigning the South. The effort is made to show that the next election will turn altogether upon the question whether the wicked and rebellious South shall be returned to power or not, and whether the government shall be handed over to the traitors who once tried to destroy it or not. This of course is intended to control the thinkers of New England, and they in turn must control the masses. That the Stalwarts have some well laid scheme for capturing the Presi dency, we have not the slightest doubt. There have been suggested already two or three plans by which they may carry out successfully their revolutionary plans. They can do this by giving the appointment of -electors in New York and other States to the Legislature and selecting Repub licans who will give the vote of the State to Grant or their candidate whoever he may be. The New York Nation is well known throughout the tountry as equal in ability to any Republican paper published. That paper is steadfastly opposed to corruption in politics, ' to machine methods, to third termism and to all revolutionary plans. In other words, it is a friend of gpod, honest, repub- ican government. Well, that paper contained recently a programme that probably is not far" from the truth. We may learn a point pr two as to what Grant will do . to secure his in auguration in case he does not ap prove of the Democratic manner of counting the electoral votes. The Nation says of Grant : "That he will do somethina vervfliimmnrv and effective we have been frequently as sured,, but there is a very extraordinary re luctance to describe it. We have already mentioned that one paper declared he would summon 500,000 veteran soldiers to assist him in revising the count, but this has been denied by others, who say that he will not revise the count, but will so frighten the Democrats beforehand that there will be no need to revise it i. el, that they will count him in somehow. How he will frighten. them, however, does cot appear. There are no precedents to throw any ngni on me mauer. Air. Tilden was not satisfied with the count and said he was cheated, but the counters were not frightened by this in the least, and his op ponent got ana sepi ue place, it is nigh time that the whole programme should be laid before the. public. The Philadelphia yuucMt aijnicu wjr tkuuwa Wil&l it 13, oat mill nnl tall .!-' . . ' . EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS. We notice some statistics in the Raleigh Observer, taken from the re port of the Superintendent of Public Instruction which it may be .well enough to copy. , 4 The Observer says: "Mr. Scarborough tells us that there are in tne State 371,000 whites between the ages of six and twenty-one years, and 154.000 colored children. Of the former 153,000, anenaea scnoot aunng tne year, and or the Utter ,0XMt?-Tmy,r8tatd4s divided into about 4,000 ? school districts, and as there are 1,100 townships there; are about four Buuuui uisincts 10 a lowcsnip rne white children have 2,500 school houses, and the negroes about 1,000, but there were taught 3,600 white and near 2,600 colored schools during the year. The teachers are paid about $22 per month; $183,000 being ex pended for the teachers of awhile schools, and $110,000 for the teachers of the negro schools. During the year the school fund received from the poll tax $156,000, and from property-$132,000; from other sources about $60,000." ; . We do not know how accurate the figures are. We have an impression that the census of 1870 has done North Carolina injustice if the above figures are correct. The shojying has some encouragement for which we must be duly thaukful. There are probably 1,200,000 people in the State. What sort of an education can be secured by ah average of some five or six weeks schooling during the year, and with teachers who get $22 a month for their services? ; What sort of teacher will instruct for some 70 cents a day and find himself? There ought to be not less than one million dollars expended in Nbrth Carolina annually for common school purposes. f There is a tremendous inconsisten cy in the legislators. They will meet at Raleigh, and actually spend ten or twenty days in doing literally noth- ing. lnis will cost the State Irom $15,000 to $25,000. This, we say, is wasted. Time is thrown away in fili bustering, in idling, in letting off gas, and it costs the people $1,200 a day. But when you come to con sider the education of the children upon whose intelligence and virtue depend the future of our government, you will find these same gaseous So lons higgling over two or three thou sand dollars to be spent in securing a capable Superintendent of Public Instruction, upon whose wisdom, en ergy, ability and influence, to a very great extent, hinges the success of the common school system of the State. The great desideratum of our times is a Legislature composed of intelligent, patriotic, zealous, morally courageous men who know the fight and who dare pursue it. There are ten or twenty, or a hun dred it may be, series of school books now flooding the country. In the' making of books there is no end. The Stak does not pretend to indorse any series. It takes no special in terest in the failure or success of any particular house. NWe mentioned that a circular attacking Appleton's series had been sent us. Women-, tioned that it was the work of a rival house, and now we are requested to read up on the subject and see what an excellent series Appleton's is. We beg leave to be excused. We will give the agent of Appleton for North Carolina the benefit of a para graph from a letter sent to us. He says, and with that extract we wash our hands clear of the subject: "Certainly the opinion of such men as Maj. Bingham, Prof. Horner, and many other of the leading teachers of the State, who are using, and are highly pleased with these books, should be entitled to more weight in this matter, than that 01 the agents of rival publishers or the rival pub lishers themselves, who, in the face of the accumulated testimony of leading educa tors in favor of Appleton's Readers, have the brazen effrontery to scatter their anony mous criticisms, but not the manliness to father them.'" Senator Butler made a strong speech against unseating Sppfford. Bayard will follow on the same side. Apropos of Bayard the following is good from the State: "He was approached by a Louisiana Congressman, and warned that if he did so he would get no support from that State in the Democratic National Convention. Bay ard turned upon him and said: 'Sir, when it is a question of doing my duty as a Sena tor I count neither gains nor losses,' " Because papers do not boom for any particular candidates is no good reason for supposing that they are for retaining Hayes and'oompany in office. Please apply this to North arolina also. We do not remember such a rain fall as is reported in our telegraphic news from Columbus, Georgia. Over eight inches of rain fell io ten hours, and the Chattahoochee river rose fifteen feet in two hours. Think of a river rising an inch and a half per-minute. Great injury to rail roads and destruction of crops are re ported. A bad swop : John B. Gordon for Joseph E. Brown. The strangest thing of this strange age is the exist ence of one man who is tired of being" United States Senator. But what a grip those other fellows have. - Laptt Hansen, of the Norwegian barque Arctic, which arrived here a day or two since, has the very great satisfaction of knowing that he was instrumental in ea ving the lives of thirteen persons . recently, who, but for bis assistance and thatof his noble crew, would doubtless have furniehed food for the monsters of the great deep. The brig Wanderer, from St. John's, N. B., for Barcelona, was struck by a terrific squall, and the sea sweeping her decks carried away her deckhouses, galley, boats and all spare gear, and spoiled the provis ions. The cabin was also filled with wa ter, and the captain had to rescue his wife and child through the skylight, ,and they and the crew had then to fasten them selves to the weather rail. Shortly after wards she was struck by another heavy sea, which threw her on her beam' ends, and the deck began to break up and the vessel to fill with water. The masts were then cut away to prevent the vessel from capsizing, and she lay on the water help less and water-logged. Several vessels passed them in this condition, one of which was sinking, and the others were unable to afford them assistance, until at last the Arctic hove in sight, and seeing the perilous position of the crew, Capt. Hansen at once sent a boat to their assistance. Three trips were gallantly made between the two vessel, and the Captain, his wife and child, and all the crew, ten in number, were safely taken on board the Arctic and subsequently landed at Liverpool, which port was made on -the 4th day of March last. ' Tbe Dnplln Canal. At a meeting of the Directors of the Duplin Canal Company, held in this city yesterday, Mr. B. G. Worth being in the chair, Muj . W. L.. Young, tbe Superin tendent, stated that about one and a quar ter miles of the canal had.been cut and was ready for sluicing, which would com mence as soon as certain repairs to the dam are made. - The Secretary and Collector was in structed to make an additional collection of 5 per cent, on the stock, and the meeting then adjourned, subject to the call of the President. The Crops. We learn that the crops in the neighbor hood of Fayelteville are suffering very much from the drought, the cotton and corn inmapy instances not having come up. In fact, all along tbe line of the Cape Fear River the crops in the low grounds are more or less retarded by the dry weather, A gentleman who arrived here yesterday reports that no rain has fallen in the sec tion mentioned in about four weeks. CARTERET COUNTY MEETING.' Pursuant to notice the Democratic Execu tive Committee of Carteret county met at the Sheriff's office in the town of Beaufort on Wednesday, the 5th inst., for the pur pose of appointing delegates to tbe State and Congressional Conventions. . The following members of the committee were present : Wm Alexander, J H. Davis, J W Sanders proxy f or D S Sanders, J F Jones proxy for W F Howland, L T Ogles by, W S.Bell, Jr, O B Davis, J L Godwin and R W Humphrey. Upon motion the following named per sons were appointed delegates to the State Convention to meet in Raleigh on the 17th prox., viz : L T Oglesby, J C Davis, John W Sanders, John D Davis, O B Davis, M F Arvndell, W S Bell, Jr. Geo Ennett, W F Howland and Appleton Oaksmith. The following were appointed delegates to the Congressional Convention to meet in Fayetteville on the 2d prox. viz : J H. Da vis. W F Howland. W S Chadwick. J T Jones, Silas Webb. W H Barker, R H Jones, Richard Leffers, T C Davis, D Mc Cain, George -ftonett, J w Sanders, Jesse Eaton. On motion all members of the Dem ocratic party of Carteret county, in good standing, who might be present at either of the aforesaid conventions, should be re quested to act as delegates. The Democratic County Convention was called to meet at the court bouse in Beau fort at 11 o'clock A M., the 28th day of August next, and the various townships of the county, are requested to hold their meetings for the appointment of delegates to the County Convention, on the 7th day of August next, and to appoint two dele gates for the first forty Democratic votes of each voting precinct, and one additional for every forty votes over (polled at the last general election) or fractional part thereof. The following named persons were ap pointed precinct and canvassing commit tees for each precinct, viz: Pelliter's Mills Jeremiah Watson, W H Barkes. W P Weeks. Sanders' Store S C Bell,. R H Jones, Benj Taylor. New port D McUaln, SH JNewberry, J hi Mann. Harlow Creek R W Bell, William Har desty, B M Hardesty. Hull Swamp A E Oglesby. Wm S Bell. Sr, Thos McCabe. Morehead Daniel Bell, T C Davis, W L Arundell. Beaufort J B Noe, Ralph Howland, J H Potter, Samuel Thomas, John B Russell. Straits George Gas kill, B B Chadwick, Call Pigott. North Kiver 1 Jtt uilnfeiD. Watson .Lawrence. West Hellen. Cape Banks Tyre Moore, Edward Willis, D S Guthrie. Smyrna Anthony Willis, M T Davis, John S smith, sr. uavis' store JXathan Davis. John Salter, Samuel E Davis. Hunting Quarter David Eeacb, Tilman Taylor, J F Rose. Cedar Island F M Lupton. J J Lupton, Geo W Day. Portsmouth Thos Kohinson, tien Dixon, Jos Roberts. un motion, it was ordered that each dele gate to the county convention should pre sent a certificate or his appointment as a i delegate, signed by the chairman of the i primary meeting. j un motion, tbe committee men ad- : journed. J. H. Davis. Ch'm. ' J. T. Jones, Ss.c'y. Spirits. Turoentme i A gentleman in Wilmington has' .an editorial be wrote in 1858 urging tho people of North Carolina to celebrate May Jill l It nk ft . . Dossey Battle's idea on hugging: , a puuuu uerman- is au Jalt; a private "Germ" is scandalous. The matter of a witness makes a- big difference in some- v iuh Asneviue Journal says . inanjoi. d. M. Iletlr nf n!e oh ha uiwsuk iuc uiagucuu ircu mine, nve- miles east of Marshal, for $17,000 cash. 1 Tho same papers says : "Another mine has been discovered near the Waim Springs, which for endless qSantity and quality beats-the famous Cranberry." rittsboro liecord : We are please to hear such good accounts flf the' wneat crop in this couniy. Last Fri- & Y. V. R. R. made his escape. Lie was a" white man named Samuel Overton, from Hertford county, and had already served out nineteen months of a five-year sentence. Tl 1 ry 1 -mm- . . "j" 141 inn wtu JuiwiniHtv . Tir d V. M mriiino f ,1,. nr:i : . :- Convention says: "The doctors and others Who talk DOlitiCS. 1 find mostlv fnr tfnorln. - and the people of this section without doubt are ami Jaivis. Rev. J. P. Simpson's "-"'i mo uuiswu iitKnuu, replying 10 Presiding Elder Barret, is a rather vigorous document. jjjiizauein tjuy jiconomist, lSer- lie county items: The fisheries have all cut off, and, rumor says, that with one ex-. ception but little pocket Jtbange Jai J been" realized. r Parties fmi South -Carolina, Alabama and Texas have visited the cotton factory In Windsor during this week, and left with favorable and satisfactory impressioBs. Durham Recorder: The -Directory of the Western North Carolina Rail road met at Salisbury on tbe 14th, their regular quarterly meeting, and somewhat expected to have made a formal transfer of the road and property to Mr. Best or the Syndicate. He was not present, however, and some intimations of bad faith have already been made. - Raleigh Biblical Recorder : Mrs. M. T. Yates, of Shanghai, China, reached Raleigh, on Saturday last, aDd is the guest of Rev. Dr. Skinner and lady. Rev. Joseph E. Carter will preach the ser mon at thede dicatlon of Red- Oak Church, Nash county, on the 5th Sunday in May, On the following TWriI ft v it. io Tiuuli'ii that Rev. J. D. Hufbam, Bro. Noah Biggs and others will assist him in the organiza tion of a chnrch in Rorfcv Mnnnt - ' - Raleigh Observer : Sheriff E. Murrill. Of Onslow cnunlv. hrrmcrht Pater Freeman, colored, to ihn npnitpniiprw vo. . J rr- . . - J J icruay. . xxe is sentenced ior two years. Sheriff B. G. Creddle, of Hyde county, brought three prisoners, all colored, and placed them in the penitentiary. Nine knnilpail nnd Attn An. J .3 . uuuuibu buu mtji-ji(C lUUUoBUU HUU four teen dollars was the amount of collections from the revenue- and nnstnffica dnnrt. ments in Raleigh for the fiscal year ending judc du, io rj. Henderson Review : We have received a copy of the book recently gotten up by Mr. M. C. Wallace. We believe thiris the first directory of the two towns ever published. We make an extract : Ox fordWhiteWhite males, 358pwhite fe males, 321 total 709. Colored Colored males, 265; colored females, 350 total 615. Grand total 1,325. Henderson White White males, 300; white remales, 416 total 806. Colored Colored males, 437; colored females, 508 total 945. Grand to tal 1,751. The Fayetteyille Banner says that Mr. Marshal V. McDuffie has been ordained at Wake Forest College. as a Minister of the Gospel, and has received a call from the Baptist Church at Littleton, N. C. The closing exercises of War saw High School, last week, we learn from the Brief Mention, passed off in everyway successful. Larger intelligent, attentive audiences were in attendance and the exer cises were all very interesting. Dr. J. M. Sprunt preached the annual sermon, and on Friday, Rev. Jt T. Bagwell opened with prayer, after which Rev. Dr. T. H. Pritchard delivered the annual address. Charlotte Observer: An Italian greyhound, belonging to a young lady in ' this city, became frightened in the Hornets' armory yesterday afternoon and leaped from the third-story window. Instead of being killed, as everybody who saw the leap expected, he bounded up in a minute and led a half dozen dogs down tbe street A gentleman of this city wrote to Beni. F. Taylor a short time ago, inquiring if he claimed the authorship of "The Long Ago," the beautiful poem which has been attribu ted to the late Jrhuo Henderson, of this county. In reply, Mr. Taylor writes from his home in Syracuse, JS. Y., to say that he wrote tbe poem at tbe close of the year 1853, and published it in 1854. A writer in the Weldon News gives this: It is rather remarkable that Halifax county was not called Edcecombe. From Martin's Revisal we take tbe follow ing: ; "Halifax county erected in 1756. ' Be it, therefore, enacted by the Governor, Councel and Assembly, and by authority of the same. That from and immediately after tbe hrst day of January next ensuing. the Baid countv of Edgecombe be divided by the dividing lines between the parish of Edgecombe and the parish of St. Mary. , And that that part of tbe said county, which is now the parish of St. Mary, remain and be called and known by the name of Edge combe county, and that the part of the said county, which is now the parish of Edge combe, be thenceforth-erected into one district county and called and known by the name of Halifax." Raleigh Observer : We learn that the Central Executive Committee have secured Metropolitan Hall for the session ' of the Conservative Democratic State Con- venlion-that meets in this city on the 17th of June ensuing. Warren letter : To poll the full strength of the Democratic party in Warren county, some one other than Governor Jarvis and Judge Fowle will have to be nominated. Many talk as if Fowle and Jarvis are the only two men in this grand old Commonwealth eligible to the Gubernatorial chair. Another correspondent: Is there no way to put some check ion thej)resent "gush" over our State candidates ? All of our aspirants are doubtless good men .and excellent citizens, but surely we have not all these years been in intimate association with so much super- eminent genius and still remained in igno rance or the lact. Oxford Torchliaht: Little Jack Bsrnett, of Roxboro, the champion fisher man of North Carolina, with two small boys, caught in four days 3,685 "fat roaches" out of Barnett's Mill pond. He snends 200 davs Out of the SfiS everv vonr in fishing in this pond, and his catch will nnrmrn 3ft OOO Vvirn 1tA mop lica" n an. num. j William U. Wimbisb, (coL) from near Henderson, was r.nmmiiiod in jau iasi oaiuraay, cnargeuwith baving made an infamous assault upon tbe person of one Hannah Bullock. Christian Allen, from Walnut Grove TVtwtiehin lodged in jail Saturday night charged with destroying ana concealing ner child. Coroner Taylor worked the matter up, and sava the evidenca in nnnnlnnivs Tn. bacco plants are scarce in Granville. Per son ana urange. Many of the best farm ers in these counties have made an ' entire failure. Others will have a. innpnhnn. dance, and will supply their unfortunate At1kAM mIiUVmL. a1 cat H j-- after planting and replanting their own crops, j