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. FOURTH DISJ'IllCT.
Gen. W. R. Cox was nominated
by acclamation for Congress in the
Fourth District by the Democratic
i
Convention that met at Raleigh on
Weduesday. On . tbe second ballot
Col. W. F. Green, of Fraukl'm, was
o'eeted Presidential Elector. Mr. B.
II. Bunn, of Nash, and Mr. A. W.
Graham, of- Orange, were elected
delegates to the , National Conven--tion.
The following persons were
appointed the Executive Committee:
Col. W. II. Yarboro, j of Franklin,
Chairman; John II.
Moring, of
Chatham; J. S. Battle,
of Nash; N.
. B. Caunaday, of Granville. Gen.
Cox accepted the nomination in a
stirring speech. Alternated dele
gates to Cincinnati are C. B. Green,
of Orange, and A. Williams, of
Granville.
The leaehers who will bo employed
in the Uuiversily Normal School du
ring the next session beginning June
24th are numerous.. We give them:
Prof. II. E. Shepherd, Maj. Jed
Ilotchkiss, Prof. Mclver, Prof. Tom-
liuson, Prof. Holt, Capt. J. E. Dug
ger, B. W. Hatcher, N. C. English,
Miss J. F. Long, Prof. W. B Phil
lips, Dr. B. II. Lewis, A. L. Cobble,
It. P. Hill, A. W. McAllister, R. T.
Bryan, Miss L. Pollock,' Miss S. Pol
lock. The last two will have charge
f the Kindergarten (Department.
Distinguished speakers and educators
will deliver addresses of interest be-
- fre the school from time to lime.
We are glad heartily glad that
the Republicans in Congress have
taken the stand they have in regard
to counting the electoral vote and the
appointing of deputy marshals. If
they do not suffer from it then we
are mistaken in the character of the
voters of our country.: The whole
purpose and efforts of the Republic
cans are revolutionary and nothing
el we. If Garfield can stand their po
sition then the Democrats can. Carry
out ihe principle and purpose indi-
' oiled by bis party' and there is abuse
n f anf hnrit v anil a iTiiqrinf fifl f F orv n -
"""" "J - fa"-.-"
fusion and anarchy sooner or later.
We shall recur to this moreat length
hereafter. :
Mr. John S. Wise, son of the late
Gov. Henry A. Wise, is out in a card
emphatically denying that he wrote
the article for the Whig that caused
the Smith-Elara duel. Mr. Elamhas
stated that be wrote tho editorial and
was alone responsible for it. That
ought tc-settle it: Col. W. E. Came
ron, of Petersburg, is also accused of
the paternity. But neither Mr. Wise
nor Col. Cameron would allow an
other man to fight their duels, as both
are known to be ready to answer the
roll call for themselves.
Lamar's speech ou the Exodus is
spoken of as being extremely fine and
effective one of his very best efforts.
"Bildad" writes the Richmond State:
'Although be was-almost too weak to
aland, he spoke with unusual animation.
d seemed lo feel deeply the force of the
1 icts and arguments he presented ia de
fense of the South. Against the mass of
"bluib,-" as he called the evidence Windom
n-ud to show that the negroes are without
iroiection for their lives, their property,
Lamar quoted from an English baronet
who spent come time in the South; from
Lirhop Simpson, an original aboluioniat.and
never friendly to the South; from Rev. Dr.
Hariheld. of New York : from Rev. Dr.
Talmage, and from the recent speeches of
wa. Grant when he was .receiving re
ceptions' en route from Mexico to Galena.
i he testimony of these witnesses was all
that the most Democratic could wish. La
mar handled his subject skilfully and had
ciosa attention 00 both sides of the cham
ber "
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VOL. XI.
UCK STATK TICKKT.
We present this morning the full
State ticket nominated by tho Demo
cratic Convention Thursday. While
wo do not believe, taking it as a
whole, that it is the strongest ticket
that could have been selected, it will
receive the earnest and hearty sup
port of the Star, a we trust it will
receive the earnest ami hearty sup-;
port of every true Democrat in the
State. I :
The time U now past for consider
ing questions of personal preference.
Our nominations have been made,
and as faithful Democrats we must
give them our vigorous and energetic
support.
The issue will soon be joined and
every Democrat 111 North Carolina
will have to determine whether he
I
prefers a triumph of Radicalism or a
iritHnpti ri t fmcruy. -vwi we
doubt what that determination will
be when the issue is thus presented?
Let every Democrat do his duty
and oar State ticket; will be elected
by a large majority.
If the Republicans do not resort to
a change of mode in I appointing elec
tors there is a reasonable prospect of
carrying JNew ions: lor toe JJemo-
cratic candidate, provided Kelly and
Tilden will give the nominee a hearty,
earnest support. New York is cer
tainly Democratic when a full and
fair vote is polled in a general elec
tion.. The Richmond Dispatch does
not think any change will be made in
the manner of appointing electors. It
says, and we are glad to see so pru
dent a paper taking such a view:
"The Republican journals of New York
city are known to be opposed to any such
movement. It was proposed curing the last
session of the Legislature, but received with
no sort of favor. It id a scheme which no
skilful parly leader would for! a moment
entertain seriously. It would damn the
Republican parly iu New York, and ruin
the prospects fur election of its candidate
for President. The indignation of the gene
ral public would be sogreat that Ohio and
Illinois would almost certainly each cast its
solid electoral strength for the Democratic
nominee for President.! Instead of car
rying only fifteen districts in the State
of New.York the Democrats would proba
bly carry two-tbirds of thein. Mr. Conk
ling would be buried beyond the hope-of
resurrection. I he niteen votes which it is
conceded the Democrats! would get in New
York, let the State be districted as it might.
would be all that the Democrats would
need under Ihe circumstances. Either
Illinois or Ohio gives votes enough lo elect
the Democratic candidate, when added to
138 from the South, 15 from New York,
and 15 from Indiana. These 168 votes may
be considered just as safe for the Demo
crats as if they were already cast (i a the
event that New York should electrby dis
tricts.) Only 17 more are needed; and
usder the circumstances supposed, either
Illinois would be sure to cast her 21 or Ohio
her 23 voles for the Democratic candi
date." Hi
The Philadelphia Notes is a Re
publican paper, somewhat on the
plan of the Nation.
able. Here is its a
It is decidedly
opinion of the
fellow Arthur, chosen for the second
place on the Garfield ticket:
"The one great objection to Mr. Arthur
is that he is a part of Mr. Conkling's fol
lowing, lie is-nothing in public life of
himself,- but merely an appendage to the
New York Senator. The motive which
governed the Convention was the desire to
conciliate the most dangerous and irascible
or tnelirant leaders, but the Convention
would have consulted its own dignity and
that of tha nation if they bad selected a
more eminent man from the Grant ranks
for this honor. Mr. Arthur is not the man
to fill rightly the Chair of the. Senate."
It says his nomination "has not pro
duced a favorable impression through
out the country." Not exactly. The
people can stand hardly a man who
.was too corrupt for Hayes and Sher
man and had to be driven from
office. . i !i
Ex-President Davis's testimony in
the Dorsey will case will form a good 1
text for the Northern press. He be
lieves in the eternityiof the Southern
Confederacy, although it went out
amid the flash of artillery and the
IF- .
rattle of musketry; Appomattox
was the scene of its death-throes, and j
there the "conquered banner" was I
t
forever furled. Mr.i Davis's belief 1
will hurt no one real y, but the Stal-
wart organs will see jin the old gen-
tleraan's crotchet gorgons, griffins and
"chimeras dire." How thev will
howl, and how the snivelling hypo
crites will beslaver their cushioned
" 1
pulpits as they pronounce their curses
1 i
'over Jeff Davis's
j treason." We
bid gentleman
wish the honored
would hold up during a general elec
tion year.
!!
It is a Biblical ticket.! Garfield's middle
A. stands for Abraham, ! and Arthur's mid
dle A. for Absalom. Baltimore American.
'lii
batan has two a's in his name. He
1 i .
is Biblical too. Then again it is said
that the devil himself can "quote
Scripture." !
The Richmond Dispatch of the
18th contains a Raleigh special that
gives JarvisV majority 300. His
majority was a fraction less than 112.
When a State Convention becomes
of ench monstrous dimensions that It
eanfind no hall in the State large
enough to hold it, and it has to camp
out in the open air, it is high time
that something should be done to
remedy the evil. As far back as
1876, as our files will show, the Stab
urged the adoption of a plan by
which the number of delegates should
be limited, and it was suggested that
twice the number of members of the
House of Representatives be the ba
sis. 1 ins would give 240 delegates
These should be elected by a vote of
the whole party at primaries held in
every township. But we are not
wedded to any special plan. The
thing t0 be done j8 t0 get ri(J of a
huge organized mob, and have a con
vention controlled by parliamentary
law where there can be consultation
and deliberation. sr. . j
Don Cameron's organ, the Harris-
burg (Pa.) Telegraph, is anxious to I
get rid of the New York Tribune,
and says : j
"Republicans would be relieved of all
anxiety in the pending canvass if the New
York Iribune would support the Demo
cratic nominee. Jay Gould's organ's sup
port is not desired by the Republicans."
No, thank you. The Democrats
have had quite enough of the Tri
bune. It cooperated with the Demo
crats in 1872 and they were beaten.
There is no room for such a paper as
the J ay Gould organ in the i Demo
cratic party. It is the best exponent
of its own party. It has no princi
ples. j
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TUB FINANCIAL PLANS OF TUB
ENGLISH LIBERALS.
The English Tory organs are seiz
ins: upon every act of Mr. Gladstone
to undermine if possible his popu
larity and to destroy the confidence of
the people in the wisdom of his Go
vernment. But it should be borne in
mind that the Liberal Ministry is
pledged to make war upon the Bea-
consfield policy. Mr. Gladstone is
specially obligated to undo as far as
possible the mischief wrought by his
predecessor in office. The financial
policy c. the late Tory Government is
one of the main objects of j attack.
No Englishman of any age or period
ever had a greater financial reputa
tion than the present Premier. He
is marvellously great in finance. He
is giving his first attention to over
hauling the financial blunders of the
Beaconsfield Administration, and
preparing his own plans ana esti
mates for a supplementary budget.
JNo iiiOghsb Minister has naa a
greater task assigned him, it is
thought, within the last forty; years.
The finances as left by Beaconsfield
were indeed a tangled' skein.
Glad-
Btones skilled band can
straighten it. !
alone
Already he has reported his plans,
and already the great Tory organs
have opened their batteries upon
him. But let not the American
1
readers be deceived. It matters
but little what Mr. Gladstone
does or leaves undonehe will be as
sailed bitterly, fiercely, ably. The
Tory policy is to assault the Libe
rals all along the line. They will do
this because their own policy: is sub
jected to criticism and attack at every
turn. Mr. Gladstone, for instance,
makes a concession to the French in
the matter of wine duties. This of
course excites Tory disgust, lie
next accepts the responsibility of a
share of the cost of the Afghan war,
instead or extortiner the whole sum
from the overtaxed people of India.
This is contrary to the Beaconsfield
plan. So this creates opposition and
assault. So will it be throughout.
Every financial plan will be opposed
and criticised by the Beaconsfield
party.
We see it mentioned that Glad-
atone has yielded to the wishes of his
followers, and Sir Bartle Frere, who
caused the Zulu war. will not be left
-9
at the Cape. This again will disap
point the Tories. It is said Mr. Glad
stone was anxious to retain him be
cause he enjoyed the confidence of
the Colonists in an exceptional de
gree and could better serve in solidi
fying the Confederation of the South
African Colonies than any other man.
But he will be recalled, and the unity
of the Liberal Government
will be
preserved.
Randolph Macon College, Va., has
conferred the degree of Doctor of
Divinity npon Prof essor A. W. Man-
gum, of the the University of North
Carolina. Bachelor of Arts was con
ferred on W. W. Sawyer and C; W.
Tillett, of North Carolina.
A "UTTi "TT T TT
WILMINGTON; N. C, FRIDAY,
! mixing thwo.
I rri . . - n
Ane S American actor, m
win Booth is about 10 visit Europe,
He has been the recipient of a fare
well breakfast, at which oue hundred
and fifty persons sat. - Among, them
were many distinguished men
writers of verse, editors, wearers of
the buskins, and even the "reverend
clergy." Among them were Joseph
Jefferson, Parke Godwin, Lester
Wallack, Rev Dr. Ewer, Judge
Daly, Lawrence Barrett Cyrus W.
Field, Whitelaw Reid, E. C. Sted-
man, Noah Brooks, William Winter,
Generals Badeau and Porter, J. R.
Osgood, Edgar Fawoett, Judge
Donahue, Judge Shea, Rev. Dr.
Collyer, Abram S.Hewitt,: and others
equally well-known, setters 01 re
a " m
gret were received from . Rev. Dr.
Dix, Dr. j. G. Holland, Charles
Dudley Warner, Oie "Bull, S. L. M.
Barlow, General Hancock, Secretary
Evarts, Marshall Jewell, Rev. Drs.
Bellows, Houghton and others. -
Rev. Dr. Ewer offered grace, whilst
Rev. Dr. Collyer responded to the
toast "The Stage and the ; Pulpit."
This is one of the "signs of the times."
It is mixing up things rather curi
ously, it strikes us, to see ministers
dignified with an ecclesiastical plaster
(D. D.'s) orating at a feast given to
an actor. But if any actor is worthy
of the companionship of the ministry
it is Edwin Booth, who will only
allow his own daughters to witness
select plays, and not too often, and
who has done so much to uphold the
character of his profession when so
few are worthy.
We believe that it is highly ele
vating to witness a first rate presen
tation of Hamlet, or Lear, or Mac
beth, or Othello, or Julius Cae3ar,
and others of the great plays of the
greatest of men. It educates, it im
proves, it purifies. Our objection is
not to Shakespeare on the stage, or
to such actors as Booth and Irving. I
The Americau stage is iu a very de
based condilion. There are but very
few actresses whose good name is not
1
destroyed, whilst most of the men
are really vulgar and depraved speci
mens. - When the stage is made what
it ousbt to be there will not be so
much hostility to it as now exists.
But of all men whose genius reflects
a certain splendor upon the histrionic
art there is none more deserving than
the erreat actor who has been so
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honored recently in New York.
Professor Crawford Howell Toy,
late of the Southern Baptist Theolo
gical Seminary, at Louisville, Ken
tucky, has been elected Professor of
Hebrew and other oriental languages
at Harvard University. He is a man
of very remarkable scholarship. He
is a native of Norfolk. Va.. son of
- 1 u
the druggist of his name, and was
educated at the University of Vir
ginia and at Berlin, Germany. He
is really' one of those strange things
ofteo heard of I. .he oew.p.per, but
rareiy seen in reai me.a man 01 learu-
1 1 trr - 1
-
mg. lie is probably lorty-two years
of age.
The Philadelphia Notes, aRepubli-
can paper, has a poor opinion of the
& a ' a. a
Radical platform adopted at Chicago.
It says:
"The resolutions are a string of humdrum
commonplaces, which pledge the party to
no ereat advance of any kind, and which
were constructed on the safe principle mat
nothing was to be Baid of which any one in
the Convention could seriously disapprove.
Exactly the opposite method of construc
tion would have been wiser."
Eiicaped
George Hill, colored, who was convicted
of larceny at the April term of the Criminal
Court for Hew Hanover county and sen
tenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary
for six years, made bis escape on Monday
last from the gang with whom be was work
ing on the QUaker Bridge road, near New-
bern. Hill was arrested in March last for
stealing a quantity of beeswax from one of
the river boats, and was also charged with
the larceny of a lot of canvas from the
Messrs. Kidder's Baw mill. At the time of
his escape he was engaged in carrying water
from a well to the point at which the others
were working.a distance of about one quar
ter of a mile. He had carried water all the
morning and part of the afternoon when
he was suddenly missed. ; Search was at
once made in the neighborhood and it was
found that he had secretly approached a
farm house, where he eichanged his striped
suit for a brand new suit of black, owned
bvan honest colored! man. It was also
learned that be had been seen in the neigh
borhood of the farm late in the after
noon.
Tbe Paaaport
The steam yacht Passport has been sold
to Mr. John T. Harper, of Smithville. It
is understood the price paid was $8,000.
The new owner intends to run her on the
river between this city and Smithville, as
heretofore, and she will resume her regular
trips Monday. See advertisement.
JUNE 25, 1880.
Another Richmond, la the Field.
The struggle for the cotton broom cham
pionship goes bravely on; but so far as:
beard from CoL Jno. D. Shaw, of Rock
ingham, keeps the lead, bis banner bearing
date of June the 10th, as previously re
ported. Another correspondent telegraphed';
the Stab from Laurioburgh yesterday as
follows:; .
"Place Richmond to the front and Marl-:
boro next. James Scott, of Richmond,
furnished us a full grown cotton bloom on ;
tho I4th inst , and W. L. Leggett, of Marl boro,
on the 16th.
'Fine rains and good erops everywhere.
and everybody betting . on a dark horse for;
Governor." -
Trial Justices' Court.
The following is the text of a law passed
at the special session of the State Legisla
ture, and ratified the 26th day of March,:
1880. We publish it as a matter of inter
est to the general public :
"That in all proceedings and "trials, both
criminal and civil, before, justices of the
neace. the iustice before whom the writ
or summons is returnable, snail upon affi
davit made by either party to the action
that he ia. unable to obtain justice before
him, move the same to some other justice
residing in the same township, or to
justice of some neighboring township if
there be no other juatice in said township ;
fromded, That no cause shall be more than
once removed."
The Cenim.
It will be several weeks probably before
we get the figures on the cenBUi. The
enumerators have to transcribe their lists,
and then some lime will be required for
correction. As the enumerators are not
allowed to make public the returns, the
exact result will of course not be known
until it is announced from Washington.
The latest guess puts the figures at 19,001 for
this city.
Judge Fowle'i Ratification speech.
Raleigh News Report.
People of North Carolina'. '
I address von as the people of
North Carolina because here as
sembled under the name of the great
Democratic party are the true repre
sentatives of the virtue, intelligence
and industry of our grand old mother
State.
I apper.r befor von at your invita
tion, a defeated candidate for the
nomination for the highest omce
within your gift, and yet I am proud
of the four hundred and sixty votes
whioh you have been pleased to cast
for me this day. And of these four
hundred and sixty I have a request to
make: unite with me in consolidating
the Democratic forces and electing
Thos. J. Jarvis our next Governor.
To my friends throughout North
Carolina I appeal in behalf of Dem
ocratic unity, for if this can be eltec
ted Thos. J. Jarvis will be elected
our next Governor by twenty-five
thousand majority.
For myself, since 1867, i have been
a candidate for no nomination but
this. And because you have not seen
fit to give it to me. my zeal for the
success of our common cause shall in
no respect abate.
My friends, since 1865 the btates
south of Mason & Dixon's line have
been the true defenders of that con
stitutional liberty which was the
grand bequest to us of our fore
fathers.
In my heart of hearts I believe
that our cause is the cause or our
country.
The success of our party means not
alone the preservation af our liber
ties, but as well the liberties of the
States beyond the Irotomac.
personal feeling or petty disappoint-
ment sinks int? utter insignificance
Let us be true to our trust. Mere
compared with the
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muK V paoffiX"ii
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1 can 0niv be done Dy tne success 01
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the true
country,
constitutional party of the
, That is the Democratic
party.
Let us therefore be nnited
and work together to attain this end.
lo our glorious country we nave
one obieot, arouna wmon our ai-
f ections may in common cluster. In
the North it is called the Union. In
the South the constitution. But it is
one and the same, for the union is
the constitution, and the constitution
is the Union.
The Constitution and the Union!
When I hear these words my mind's
eye turns to Virginia, the mother of
States and of statesmen, ana as x
gaze I see a noble river, and on its
banks a tomb, and on its" surface a
steamer, and as she passes, once
twice thrice, tolls her bell in honor
of George Washington, .the father of
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tne union.
And again I gaze, and in the dim
distance I see a mountain, and as 1
approach, upon the green slopes of
Monticello I see another tomb, and
upon it is inscribed Thomas J efferson,
the father of the Constitution.
God bless George Washington's
Union.
God bless Thomas Jefferson's Con
stitution.
God bless the Democratic party
their defender.
PERSONAL.
Now Gen. Grant's wisdom in
saying nothing is apparent. PMaddpAia
Jiegord.
Gov. Foster, in coming to the
defense of Garfield, admits that tbe De
Golyer and Credit Mobilier matters serious
ly reduced his majority at home in 1874.
Gen. Arthur is I firmly of the
opinion that Gen. Garfield ought to get off
tbe ticket. Failing in this, he thinks that
at least he ought to change places. Phila
delphia lima.
Gen. Ben Harrison says that
the voting for Garfield in the Convention
was intended as an experiment Many
of those who voted for him did not; think
that he would be nominated .
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NO. 35.
DAVIDSON COMMKNCKiriENT.
Beslnnluz;. or the . JBxereltea or the'
First Day Speech ol Dr. Bog, &c.
j LCharlotte Observer, 17tb.l
The exeroises properly began Sun
day when then baccalaureate sermon
was delivered in the old" chapel by
Rev. Dr. Hepburn, - the President,
and the annual sermon before the
Williams Association- Sunday night.
by Rev. S.Taylor Martin, of Hemler
sonville, N. C. -
The attendance yesterday morning
was aomewhat smaller than usual on
the first day. .., .
Kev. Dr. W. E. Boggs, of Atlanta,
Ga., the orator selected to deliver the
address before the literary societies,
was escorted to the chapel by the
students and spoke- for nearly two
hours to a delighted audience. " i
In the afternoon at 3 o'clock, Rev.
W. S. Lacy was to . have delivered
the annual address before the mem
bers of the Alumni" Association, and
7 o clock was tho hour fixed for the
orations of the representatives of the
Eumenean and Philanthropic-Societies.
This occasion has been render
ed doubly interesting in recent years
by the fact that the orators medal is
awarded on the 1 test to which the
representatives are then subjected,
by a committee selected by the fac
ulty.
A very large crowd is expected to
attend the graduating exercises to
day.
New method for Hirer Improvement
Baltimore Sun.
Tho necessity for the improvement
of the channels of navigable rivers
has taxed engineering skill and inge
nuity a great deal of late years. The
French have made, and are still mak
ing, great changes in the bed of the
lower Rhone, and in that of the Seine
also. The success of Capt. Eads in
the improvement of the South Pass
or the mouth of the Mississippi has
been so signal and the experiments
of the engineering department of the
army have been so extensive and
thorough that many new improve
ments in the methods of widening
and deepening channels may be ex
pected in the near future. Gen. Her-
I man Haupt, the well known civil en-
I gineer, was lately before the oenate
Uommittee on Uommerce with a
novel plan for bettering the navi
gation of the Ohio, which he
claims to be at once efficient and
a J
more economical than any device
now in use, or any one which has
ever been proposed. His general plan
includes a reduction in the width o
the channel, the reduction in the
slope or grade of the bed, and the
retardation of the flow of the current
by a process of alternate construction
and enlargement,! and by the use of
wicket dams to hold back the volume
of water and maintain the required
dpth at the lowest stage. These
dams are made so as to be automati
cally raised and lowered to suit the
needs of navigation. They are to be
constructed, moreover, so as to re
move themselves without human aid,
when the depth of the channel per
mits them to be dispensed with, or
thev can be partially removed on a
partial rise of water, so as to retain
the greatest opening compatible with
the flow of the stream.
The Bansllns Defense of Garfield.
New York Herald, Ind.l
A bull in a china shop is a faint
image ot the part Gov. Foster has
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flBTlfllV flVPtl infl limiLHU ILeDUUllUaU
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audience to which it was addressed.
In spite of it Gen. Garfield lost near
ly six thousand five hundred votes in
the election which followed its publi
cation. We never heard of this pam
phlet until Governor Foster took the
bold risk of advertising it. lie ( war-
field) is on the defensive in any event
until these grave charges are disposed
of. If he can refute them, let him do
it once for all. If he declines to
make any defense the natural pre
sumption will be that he has no de
fense which would help him. The
case against him has a terribly ugly
look as presented by his adversaries;
the recent apologies, of his friends are
as damaging as the original accusa
tions: unless he comes to the rescue
he is beaten out of sight before the
campaign fairly opens.
Riot in Kdsecombe.
LRaleigh Observer.
At a Republican meeting at Tar
boro yesterday; there was a riot,
which assumed a most serious charac
ter. A. McCabe. a prominent Re
publican, was killed by a pistol shot.
One Duggan, a white Republican,
was shot and seriously wounded.
RELIGIOUS NEWS.
William Reed died in a religious
meeting at East Douglass, Mass., while
earnestly praying tor a restoration 01 ueauu
Of the new Methodist Episco
nal BishoDS. Foss wiil reside in St. Paul,
Hnrst in Des Moines, and Haven in San
Francisco.
Father Hyacinthe will soon de-
er in London a course of four lectures on
iiii.. nh.;.)i.n;iv nnii hn nitinn
liver
"Positive Christianity." under the sanction
of tbe Archbishop of Canterbury,
Dean Stanley denies that be
will preside at a public meeting "to con
sider tbe project for tbe purchase or Pales
tine from tne Tumau government.
Lady Rolle contributed 40,000
to the erection of the new Cathedral at
Truro, in Cornwall. The Church of Eng
land will have to reconquer Cornwall, for
they are nearly all followers of Wesley and
Whitfield down there.
toirits Turpentine.
Two hotel men of Greensboro
had two fiBticuffa, J- R. Moore, of the
McAdoo received a eevere wound over tho
-Tltareigh JLdooeate: Key . t'.tf .
W. Stamey:' "The . revival at Hopewell
eicsed laBt Thursday mglit. K-sult, 44 ac
cessions and between 50 and 60 professions
of faith iu ChriT, ,
TheyoxmgBter" who runs the
local . coluraua of uhe Wilson Adeance is
after US again. -Oar tivu.e.is, attend lo
your iiwq columns, asu write auoui some
thing you understand
New Berne Record'. Thomas
J. Jarvis, oLPilt, whs boruioaied for Gov
ernor 00 the lirbt bli"t by lh StuJe' Coo-
vention yesterday. Let every Democrat
rally to bis standard, and give him a cordial
and enthusiastic support.
Raleigh Post: Proceeding from
its Ucsa headisin .were some ugly teatures
in ths conventiou to-day. A dead
head delegated convention is something
new id North Carolina, the like ol which
we never hope to see again.
Charlotte Southern -Home'. It
is rumored that Oliver H. Dockery - will be
Dowd's opponent in the coming canvass.
The rioneer Fire Company annually
present a gold medal to their moBt punctual
member anil most gallant lireman. This
jear it was won by Mr. A. A. Hand.
lleidsville Times'. Mr. Thos.
O Moore, a well to- do farmer who lives
about five miles from th'.s place, was look-
102 at some goods at VV unarua & lloi:kiub
to-day iumakc himself a suit of clothes and
remaiked that he bad not bought a iuit of
clothes nor the cloth to make Uietn of since
1844, about 38 years, all spun nau wove by
his wife. : - -;
Rockingham Bee : 1 he praise-
deserving ladies who conducted iue late
festival at Soead's Grove, realized $70 ior
the benefit of Ibc Methodist Church there.
on Dr. North'd Woik. Miss MtCall ia
a native of South Carolina; her mother, nee
Harllee, is a daughter of Gen. Harllee, of
Marion county. The complimented udy
is a splendid reader, especially in tragedy,
scarcely less so in comedy.
- Charlotte Observer : Dr. Craven
has held twenty-six regular commence
ments at Trinity College. He (Jar vie)
asked for an endorsement of his course as
Governor since his accidental elevation to
that. omce and has received it, after ouo of
the warmest preliminary campaigns ever
witnessed in the State, in wbich the zeal of
friends and supporters has occasionally
overstepped the bounds Of policy.
Kinston Journal: Last Satur
day and Sunday, were extra hot, the heat
measure runniog up near luu. ine
wheat crop just harvested is inferior, though
not quite as poor as was expecteu eeverai
weeks ago. The corn and cotton crops
are extra good. If no better offer
should be made at the stockholders meet-
in?, the sentiment of this section is to ac
cept this proposition and lease to the W. &
W. Koad.
Carthage Index: The pro
miscuous conferring of degrees by our
State institutions should be condemned.
The practice becomes more and more dis
gusting. Time was when to receive a de
gree from a college was deemed an especial
honor. Maj. Dowd is a native of
this county and has here many relatives,
warm friends and ardent admirers who will
be gratified at this merited complimeEt to
Moore's gifted son. The Major is a man of
no uncertain opinion, with nrmnees 01
character and decided ability.
Wilson Advance: We under
stand that on Tuesday, while Mr. John
Bynum, of Pitt, was engaged around his
wheat separator.one 01 nis arms was caugui
ia the machine and entirely torn from his
bodv. The closine exercises of the W ilson
Academy for colored people,, managed by
E. Moore, A. M., colored, came off last
Friday nighfc Rev. J. C. Price, a well
known colored man, wno laugni scnooi in
Wilson 8eve!l years ago, delivered the an.
nual address, md his effort is highly com
plimented by hosa who heard it.
Charlotte Press: The "Jarvis
Section" have carried the day at Raleigh,
which is not greatly to be wondered Bt; the
thing now is to carry the election with him.
During Col. Ham Jones' speech in
nominating Jarvis, when he made the allu-
sion, tio to Maivern mil ana us, uis
voice was drowned oy tne yens or me
Fowle men, who disliked the attempt to
create such a rallying cry in Denair or
Jarvis, and it was kept up ten or fltteen
minutes before quiet could be restored by
the chairman. -If there had been a
second ballot Scales, they say, would have
beaten both Jarvis and Fowle. uoi. v uuer
made the speech of the day. It is pro
nounced simply magnificent. Mecklen
burg, although her choice was for General
Scales, followed the deceptive instruction,
and cast her vote for Jarvis.
Lenoir Topic: We regret very
much to hear the Democratic .Executive
Committee sav "a laree number of good
SffiT,? SMtiSZZ
Democrats of this county are in favor of
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a fair neia. uiea, ai ow rewueuwiu
Burke countv, on the 8th inst., Mr. Robert
Alexander, in the 78th year of bis age.
Corn and rye are bringing 50 cents; wheat
$1 15, feathers and wool 40 cents, bacon
hams 10 cents, ginseng f 1 25. This
section was visited Saturday by a severe
wind, rain and hail storm. Considerable
corn and other grain were blown to the
ground, and fences, &c, blown down.
The peach crop is tolerably fair.
Mr. John Lane was instantly killed at Ore
Knob, on the 8th inst., by the accidental
falling of a bucket in one of the new shahs
where he was working under ground. De
ceased was a young man in the full vigor
0f ufe The health of the community
is not good. Elder E. F. Jones, a very
talented and young minister, is about help
less, supposed to be palsy.
Narrow Eacape of Dr. Hose from
Drowning.
Richmond Dispatch.
We learn by letter from one of tbe
party that the Rev. Dr. M. D. Hoge
met with an accident while traveling
in the land of Palestine which nearly
resulted in loss of life. While tra
veling along the seacoast between
Tyre and Sidon they came to the
mouth of the Litany river, which
empties into the sea about midway
between Tyre and Sidon. Dr. Hoge,
being in advance of his party, accom
panied by Mr. T. W. Pemberton, tried
to ford the river on horseback. After
having entered the stieam the atten
tion of his companion was called lo
the fact that a large sail-boat had
passed up the stream, which caused
him to think it was too deep for ford-
ins.
He called to Dr. Hoge to stop,
but just then his horse stepped over
Via nrPAinif.nnn hftd nf the river and
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plarJKed int0 the rapid stieam. With
L.-riS,prf11i 1ire3entje of mind Dr
wonoenui presence 01 mum ur.
Hoge turned his horse's head up the
stream, and after battling with tbe
torrent succeeded in urging him up
the height, and they were saved.
Everything has its ludicrous
side. Rev. Dr. Cushman, of New York,
wasonthe steamer Stonington, and being
very deaf did not learn anything about tbe
disaster until tbe boat arrived at Stoning
ton next morning after the accident.
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