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IIARNRTT OOUNTV AND JUOGK
Some of our exchanges arraign
o I
Judge Buxton at the bar of public
condemnation for his course during
. i. . r" .u.. it..ij r
nit) biiim ui ino uuiuuii reigu ui
terror. They charge him with hav
ing written to Gov. Holden repre
senting that Harnett county was in
such a condition of lawlessness that
h could hot hold the Courts in that
17.. ...nr. ... n D.illnnl
utiiiiiijr. i iv was up i.u tuu ikauiuai
spirit of theliour and asked for troops
to sustain and protect him in the en
forcement of the laws. We would
be glad to know that the charge is
not founded in fact; for, it true, it
aliows that Judge Buxton is as unfit
to be the Chief Executive of a free peo
ple as he is unworthy of the ermine
'Which he-has dolled so recentlv. lo
reflect upon the people of a whole
county, and that too without cause,
is a very erious matter; specially
when the le flection is coupled with
an appeal to a tyrannical and vindic-
iivi rrovprnmnfir fnr lrnnim lo nvnr-
- a l
awe and crush a law abiding people.
We cannot believe that the people of
Harnett were ever so disloyal and
lawless as to make it impossible or
dangerous for a Judge to hold his
court. .We know -how baseless as
well as infamous was the charge
against the people of Alamance and
Caswell when Gov. Holden pro
-claimed martial law and imprisoned
their foremost citizens, placing that The latik lhis Uiddle andertook m
j. . . r . . .1. i
infamous cut throat, Kirk, over them
VVh can but believe that the demand
t.ir troops on the part of Judge Bux
ton had as little warrant for such an
unheard-of course in the real condi
tion of affairs in Harnett county as
ilu-re was for ftio Kirk War an in
famy that should be kept fresh until
'the latest generation, to warn free
men against the encroachments of
arbitrary power in the hands of dan
gerous men; to quicken their love of
liberty and a government of law; and
to nhow them to what dangers and
ignominy their ancestors were sub
jectcd in the times of reconstruction
when wicked men were at the helm
and woes followed their rule.
If Judge Buxton yielded to the
evil iniiuencos that tilled tho very air
ana raminea ino government, otaie
and .National, at that time of sorrow
and humiliation: if he, wearing the
robes and holding the scales of jus-
. iui ma I
passions and persecuting spirit of
those dark and troublous days, then
nn. nnlo wQ l,o nltorlir nHl,n
. - . - - I
j,.- j i
to Bit as a jurist in any Court, but he
is utterly unworthy now of the confi-
uence and esteem m a free and
enlightened people. North Carolina I
can not afford lo have such a Gover- I
nor. lie might become alarmed, at I
his own shadow, or become persuaded j
by some vicious- councillors that
Suthern Democrats meant mischief, I
and apply to Hayes or DeGolyer
Gfufiold, if by force or fraud he
Hhould become like Hayes de facto
a. i
Cunby or Do Trobriand, or "Piegan"
j J w
ShiTidan to ride rough shod ovor our
people.
North Carolina has no use for "ex-
haunted judiciaries' or for men to
hold civil offices who were ready to
forget what country this was and
under what Government wo lived,
and who aided or abetted in tramp-
ling down with violence the liberties
of the people and the Constitution
which made us free. To hand over
the State Government to Radicalism
would be an act of. political suicide.
If Judge Buxton is innocent of the
VOL. XI.
oharge, then ho is still unfit to be the I
Governor of a free Common wealth,
becauso he is in sympathy with the j
party that dragonaded and plundered
North Carolina, he has never con-
demned what Holden and his set did, (
and ho asks North Carolinians to ele-
vate to the office of President a
&man
itv in
convioted of bribery and rascality in
i i
at least two transactions, and to elect
as Vice President a man of Michlnor
political ana personal morality that
John Sherraau could not stand him, I
but drove him from office branded I
with con uption. In the following
reflections upon the Harnett county
matter the New Bernian is pointed I
and felicitous: , i
"la iliosojiuk days, wbtuvwe had just
emerged from a desperate and bloody
atrugglt:, unparalleled in the history of the
worul, before the h t blood engendered by
the strife had cooled, but when we were ail
earnestly wishing fur pcuuc and a return
of frulerual feeling; thia Judge, whose
mission should have been to pour oil upon
thettoubled waters, stood ready and eager
to wideu the breach and to turn a peaceful
country into a theatre of war, and so array
its citizens in fratricidal strife that political
ODl b5 ,ecPeraled .and rei.ngprated by
ncrnin rtppnrhmnr on lmnnvpnohprl nnnntrv I
again drenching an impoverished country
in blood. Fic! fie ! North
Carolina will be slow to forget thoso dark
rlHvnimmp.riiatp.lv nflPr Ihp war nhin anma
of her own citizens, untrue to her I
best interests and to every noble and I
generous impulse, joined hffnds with her
enemies in humbling, humiliating, rending
and tearing her. It is well; for .North Caro
linians to remember these things, and by
irequent lecurrence to them, keep them
fresh and green in their memories for ages.
To forgive, is sublime and divine; to for
get, is not a matter of volition or option,
but even if lit were, to indulge in it would
be the consummation of human folly. No !
it is a duty we owo ourselves and posterity
to remember these things, eo that we may
be armed and on our guard to prevent their
lepeution." j
(iAUFIULD AS A IltCRO.
The name of the Garfield biogra
phers is legion. They all: want an
office but they are pursuing the wrong
course. A. thousand lives of liar
C1. !f 1 u 4 j
field will bring no pap, jfor he stands
about as much chance of setting
into the Presidential! Chair as old
Ben Butler. He will have nothing
to distribute. The gockl things will
pass over to the other side. But our
purpose was to note one r egregious
blunder of one Riddle,; who, in wri
ting Garfield's life failed to un-riddle
the great rascalities of the Credit
Mobilier and DeGolyer contract
scandals, but created a bretze suffi
ciently .lively to gives him trouble
and injure the hero of his scribblings.
He leflects upon Generals RoHccrans,
A. D. MoCook and T. jj. Crittenden.
connection with the battle of Chicka-
mauga,was to make Gep. Garfield the
hero. To do this he does gross in
justice to other able and more con
spicuous soldiers. The only way you
can make Garfield a hero is to do so
by robbing some one else. The facts
of the battle, and we merely glance
at them without elaboration, show
that llosecrans and his staff (inclu-1
ding Garfield) were
swept from
the field, on Sunday
morning, by J
the defeat of the
right wing, of I
the Union
army.
This occurred I
about 11 o clock. Garfield did not J
retnrn to the battle field until about j
4 P. M. Gen. Thomas, that able I
Virginian who fought agains his
. i
people and section, was in command I
after u o'clock, and was in everv
aen90 the hero a8 welj aa the CQm
mander on the Northern side in that
Mjattle. Seven divisions nover re-
tired, but Garfield did. The less
uiai is Haiu aoout uarneia at (jnicka-l
mauga, especially in comparison
with
Thomas. McCook and Critt.nnrtn
' I
1.. r. ., , 1
mo uuuer iurt.no nero oi ine uo- I
Golyer pavement contiact and the
friend and "pal" of Oakes Ames
"aid and mon it v."
It is evident that the Radicals
meau t0 make special efforts in the
South in certain Congressional Dis-
tricte. lhey do not mean to waste
money and chin-musip over States
tha- cannot be carried: for Stalwart-
am. But they will exert their ener-
gies and unload their pockets in those
I - i T-v" . - .
Democrats have small majorities,
Thdy will do their utmost in the First
District, for instance,1 in this State.
If J udge Sure would agree to become
a candidate and the Democrats of the
District would nominate him there
would be very little, if any, doubt as
...
to his election. But it is very doubt
ful if any other Demoorat will be
j equal to the task. Grandy would be
I hard to beat if nominated by the
Radicals. In this District a good
I deal of money may be spent, but we
I do not apprehend any serious danger
I to the Democratic cause. We think
WILMINGTON, N. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1880.
six of the North Carolina Districts
are safe. !
The Republicans will no doubt
make gains here and- there in nearly
all of the States, but the Democrats
will be likely to gain as rbooh as they
loso in the long-run;.' We take, it
that the present complexion of the
House will not be changed much jby
House will not be changed much by
the results of the fall elections We
hoDe stronsrlv for Democratic suoro-
. . ,
maoy iu me uouse, as we suan uave
need of it. With a Democratic Senate I
and a Democratic Executive we must j
have control of the House &!. To
I . ... . .1
make legislation effective and salu-
try au to carry out thoso economi-
c reforms necessary in the Govern-
raent there must be a majority in
both .Houses. - i ?
It is extremely necessary to be on
the alert. The Democrats must un
derstand that special effort and con
stant watchfulness are necessary in
the Congressional elections. The ex
ecutive committees and speakers
8hould have a special, eye. to the elee-
We would feel
BhQuld wake up on November 3 and.
find that three or four districts in
North Carolina had gone Radical.:
The way to prevent such a tro men-
Ana hmiin ;Q a mnrlr ninot it.
j - t
-to bo instant in season and out of
season, in this district tne wortny
Democratic nominee should be en
couraged and supported at every
point. He will do his full duty; we
must do our duty. Is there any man
who calls himself a Democrat who
can favor Mr. Can ad ay's election?
With whom will he cooperate if
elected? Think you ho would give
one vote for a Democratio measure?
Yoa fire extremely verdant if you do
think so, and are to he pitiod. Mr.
Shackelford is a tried Democrat. He
ia true to his party, and he merits the
48 tl. fcU B 1 aitjr . .
BUPPort of every man 111 lhe Anlr(I
district, da ne uemocTat or xpuDii-
can, wno tavors an honest govern
ment, and an equal and just adminis
tration of tho laws.
The Republican conference in New
York ic veals the plans of the opposi
tion. It was agreed, after full dis
cussion, that a campaign should no
made in the South, and aid rendered
whenever asked for. John Sherman,
as usual, made one of his false and
insinuating talks, in which he said
the Radicals gained a victory in 187G
(by stealing and rascality) and that
he favored canvassing in the South,
and giving "aid and money," but only
where it would do good. No doubt
'aid and money" will be forthcom
ing in this District. The Democrats
must go to work in earnest. They
see the peril, let them meet it like
men.
INFORITIAXION FOB IHK PEOPLE.
The Stab desires to spread all the
information possible during this in
teresting and very important cam-
paign. It is highly important that
the people be constantly reminded of
the first principles of our Republican
government and of all serious depar-
tnres from the old constitutional
paths. It is verv necessary that the
- i
people should have facta and figurek
concerning the cost of government as
well as line upon line as to the duty
0f sovereigns. Wo have had some-
thing to say already concerning State
expenses, and have copied some of
the points presented by I Gov. Jarvis
in nis soeecnes. we havo also re-
ferred to the great saving in the
countv cxnenscH whfln crntraHtnd
i n....u... . 1 ,
witu ue puoncan exiravaganco ana
waste. We propose to follow this up
i
from time to time. .Let us look at
some of the counties.
Take Richmond county. We see
it stated that the total I expenses of
this larce county under -Democratic
I roje wjjj not; exceed $5,000. Four
years ago in 1876 when tho Radi-
ai8 had charge the expenses were
$10,142 65. . Here we see that the
expenses are reduced more than half,
Why; in ten years, by the next oen-
I i!
I 1 w . w. UW
people of Richmond would have
saved more than $50,000. Who in
that county can be so blind and
fatuous as to wish to return to Radi
cal dominanoy ?
The Raleigh News says that the
Auditor's report will show that in
this county New Hanover the
taxes under Demooratio rule have
been reduced actually $10,000. Such
figures are more eloquent than ho
nied ihetorio or patriotic outbursts.
Look at Pitt county. We learn
from the Tarboro Southerner that the
taxes assessed are less than in any
county in the State. There is seven f
4ifl jiia. t J-i.- cs I
thousand dollars. irjiier treasury, bo
much for Democratic rule.- Do the
tax-payers of vteUr governed Pitt
hanker after Radical rule ? We trow
not. 'l
. Johnston county also shows excef-
lent results of. Democratic economy.
The count v tax in 1869 was! $13.-
The county tax in 1869 was! $13,
337.57.
In 1880 it is $9,179.1(5' a
aTintr nf mnw-thftntsiooo in nnn I
' . " . ;. v ' " i
year, rnis snows tnati democrats I
are' keeping their. ; promises and prac-,
ticirig reform and retrenchment.
Turn ext to tha flourishing conn
. .
ty of Edgecombe, and sco what les
son is there taught. We copy from
the Soutierner
''Expenses of county government from
December lskl875; io.recembcr 1st, 1876,
under ltepublican rule, U2.
"December 1st. 1876, to December 1st,
1877, under Kepublican rule, $ 18,777 55.
"December 1st. 1877, to December 1st,
1878, last year of Republican rule, $20,-
978 21.
"December 1st, 1878. to December 1st,
1879, first year under Democratic rule, $7,-
687 13.
December 1st, 1879. to August 1st, 1880,
I11UC luuumaut juwuuiaiiib &uiu,iu,'xcw av.
Can it bo possible that with such
facts before them the electors of
North Carolina can dosire a return
to ihe evil ways of Radicalism ? We
find the best presentation of the mat
ter of reform in county governments
in a recent editorial in that staunch
and judicious Demooratio paper, the
Raleigh Observer that is rendering
exceeding service in the campaign
we are working in ourselves night
and day and with whatever ability
and zeal we possess. The Observer
says:
"The first column of the figures given
below are the taxes laid by the Radicals
and collected in 1878. The second column
ia the amount of tax collected during the
first year of Democratic administration. It
will be perceived that where the Radicals
collected $167,986 the Democrats collected
only $127,360. being a saving of $40,626 in
these nine counties. In the same counties
iu 1877 the Radicals collected $179,206.48,
or $52,000 more than the Democrats collect-
ed there last year. And the runner we go
back the worse it gets, while, on the con-
trary, when the returns for the present year
are made for the counties, we Imvo reason
for savins tbe showing will be belter for
the Democrats than is made by the above
figures. But that is a matter not proved
We speak now only by tne ngures. ine
collections or county purposes in these
. a . ma
nine counties last year were only $127,d69.
The vear before, under Radical rule, they
were $lu7,yo, and tne year ociore mai
they were sfl79.206.48. The following is
tho tfthlc :
Collections, Collections,
1879. - 1878.
Detn. Rule. Rep. Role.
Bladen $ 6,425 51 $ 6,755 60
Cumberland 21,025 53 24,685 U7
Halifax. 14.918 11 19,216 86
Jones 3.884 00 7.356 65
Northampton .... 11,714 52 15,402 95
Wake 31,128 85 41,784 72
Robeson 9,331 74 14,511 06
Greene 2.279 85 5,122 92
Craven 26,498 12 33,136 75
Totals $127,360 33 $167,986 58
Halifax county also furnishes en
couraging results under the control
of the Democrats. The Radicals in
ono year stole $3,285:00, or what is
equivalent, they took it by bogus
charges. Even Judge Watts had to
take cognizance of the matter and
protect the people from the bench by
Judicial interference. This is a mat
ter of record in the Superior Court
of Halifax, earing term 1 875. The
sheriff was a defaulter to the amount
of $9,167.40.
say 8:
The Raleigh Observer
"An examination of the sheriff's books
I revealed the fact that he had collected $27,
i nn . . .... i
eoroniV
a deficit of 19.167.40. And of the $18,-
387.69, over thirteen thousand dollars had
been paid out in county orders ana jury
tickets, which he had bought up mostly at
a large discount.
"The above is only an illustration of
Radical maladministration iu the county of
Halifax. !
"Under the new system all that has been
reformed. The taxes are lightened, bur
dens are removed, and county affairs have
been properly conducted, j Shall we go
back to the system that rendered possible
in One OI IB8 IDOBl OpUieDl CUUDl iu UB
I in nnn nf thn mnot nnnlpnt pmmlira in thft
i state such a state of affairs as is above de-
tailed ?"
In Granville county the very best
showing has been made.; Two years
ago the county bonds were hawked
aoout tne streets at or o cents on
tne dollar; now they are at par. ' The
J savirig in two years nnder Demo-
cratio government has been consid-
erable, but we have not the statistics
at han(3' The Oxford
papers
Some
will
five
furnish them no doubt.
yeara ago the Radicals expended over
I dLn a ' 3 MI
I -
wound the court house.
I Chatham county is well managed
bv Democrats. The Pittsboro Re-
cord says that the rate of taxation is
less for 1880 than it has been since
the war. j
Wayne county is showing the
wisdom of having Democratio gov
ernment. The tax levy
is but 22$
cents for. each hundred dollars of real
and personal property, and poll-tax
at 68 cents. The Goldsboro Messen-
"During, tbe six years of Republican ad
ministration the tax rate for county pur
poses ranced from 31 cents to 50 cents on
the hundred dollar valuation, while the poll
raugeu irom ou cents iu fej.ou, buu yeu
wnen the Democratic County Commis-
sioners assumed control in 1874, they found
outstanding . unpaid , , claims against the
county amounting to fully $13,000, and an
indebtedness to the county school fund of
seyeral thousands more. ' The tax levy that
year was 50 cents. The recoras snow that
the county expenses had extra vacantly in-
18 59; to $14,390.41 in 1874: "' '.''
? 7?2F-:1.et us contrast Democratio rule.
in; iota the tax rate was reaucea . to zvi
cents and the poll tax to 80 cents. There
18 nojpeculatioirin county claims and all
vouchers have been promptly paid their
iae vaiue by the county treasurer, ana the
connty has been kept oat of debt.. The
annual expenses were $9,713.78 in 1876,
A 'And cn . - . amm i i ? ' "
UjW.io in lot 4, ana una present year u
will not be much above $8,000. .The county
Is jfree of debt and has a surplus to her
credit in the hands ef the county treasurer
of nearly $3,000, besides some $4,000 school
money.
YThe tax levy for 1880 is less than hair
what it was under Republican rule in 1874.
Then it was 50 cents, now only 22 cents.
The poll tax in 1873 was $1.00, ia 1874, 80
cents, and now it is reduced to 68 cents.
All this is the result of Democratic econo
my vs. Radical extravagance and corrup
tion."
No man of sense can read such
statements, and they are true, with
out satisfaction and pleasure. They
speak volumes for the fidelity and in
tegrity and economy of Democrats
in the management of the county
governments. Other ngures will be
laid before the readers of the Stab.
Read, reflect, and then go to work
for the party of reform and retrench
ment.
HKAVY BAINS.
Great Frcthet In tbe Capo Fear and
Its Tributaries Low Lands Flood
ed and Cropa Destroyed.
The present indications point to a
very heavy freshet in the Cape Fear, with
material damage to corn in the lowlands
along the line of the river. When the
steamer D. MurcJuson left Fayetteville at
8J o'clock Friday morning there had been
a rise of twenty-eight feet, and it was then
thought to be rising at the rate of two feet
per hour, and later advices report a lise of
thirty-two feet. Capt. Garrason reports
that as he came along he could just see the
tops of the corn-stalks in the lowlands
above the surface of the water. This will
be bad for the farmers in that section, as
many thousands of bushels of corn will
doubtless be ruined by the freshet.
The Raleigh News of yesterday says that
from every direction the intelligence is that
the rams of Thursday have done vast dim
age. The Haw river, at the crossing of the
Raleigh & Augusta Air Line Railroad was
higher than it has been known for years.
The Deep river also was very high, and the
destruction to tbe crops on the thousands of
acres, for one hundred and fifty miles along
the ; banks of the Cape Fear, must be
heavy.
The Raleigh Observer of the same dale
learns from passengers on tbe Air Line road
that (he Cape Fear river is very high, and
is flooding thousands of acres of the corn
lands along its banks.
The tame paper says :
"The results of the constant rains of the
past four days are disastrous. The streams
are in all parts of tbe State very high, aud
and the low lands are Hooded. The engi
neers on the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad
stale that the JMeuse and Tar rivers are
higher than since the great flood of 1878.
Tbe same news ia brought by the railroad
men from tbe Deep and liaw livers, and
from the Cane Fear, which they form.
"Thursday night the new bridge at Fool s
Mill, on the Neuse, yielded to the force of
the flood and was entirely washed away.
The bridge had not long been finished, at a
cost to the county oi souu.
"Tbe water in Crabiree looks like a lake
around tbe covered bridge, and travelers
that way yesterday had lo cross lhe creek
at Whitakers bridge."
Heavy Rains np tue Carolina Ceo
tral Blesest Flood la seventy-five
Years Trains Delayed bv tVaah
Onts &c.
By a telegram received by President
Murchison from Superintendent Johnson,
dated at Monroe, yesterday morning, we
learn that some one hundred and forty-
five feet of embankment had been washed
out near that point, which will have to be
trestled.. He had all the necessary timber
for repairs with him, but the rain still con
tinued, and would necessarily retard the
work. Under these circumstances he could
not say whether the train would be able to
cross during the afternoon or not.
Another dispatch, dated at Matthews'
Station. -ten miles from Charlotte, at 10.16
I a If n,.,.4 ih.l n.Ura .nnil. f...(n1
rain storm occurred during the afternoon
the trains would be able to cross all the
breaks by 4 P. M. Capt. Johnson con
tinues: "I have ordered Capt. Allen to run
all his trains this afternoon on their regular
schedule."
In consequence of the damage by the
flood the train which was due here at 9
o'clock yesterday morning did not arrive
until about 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
For the Star.
IiAVBINBUBG.
A Democrat! Campalea Clab Orean
Isot Pole and Flag Halalnc &c.
At a meeting held in the town of Laurin-
burg, August 2d, 1880, for the purpose of
I rr r r a fT a n rrvrlr TPn rvl toVi To win
and Dowd" club, A. F. Bizzell was elected
President, and H. F. Northrop, Peter Mc
Itae and Daniel Middleton Vice-Presidents,
Robert B. Clark, Sr., and C. Jeff. Riven
bark Secretaries, and J. D.Nutt Treasurer.
On motion, the President, other officers
and members were appointed a Committee
on Flag and Pole.
Motions were made and adopted to hold
a township meeting and fire a salute when
the pole and flag were raised, and Saturday
evening next was fixed upon for the time.
A vote of thanks was tendered Mr. L.
W. McLaurin for the presentation of a
pole.
On motion, the proceedings of the meet
ing were ordered to be furnished to the
Wilmington Stab and other papers for
publication, and the club adjourned to
meet on Saturday evening next at 5:30
o'clock. NetlIj a. Graham,
C. Jeff Rivknbark.
Secretaries.
NQ.41.
THE STATU CAMPAIGN. :
Mr..F. C. Robbing, of Davidson.
has been chosen Presidential. Ehjotor
T - it T,t r. I t-v . - ,
or me j? uiu district. . . . - . .
"A Jfollok8viilo correspondent writes I
us: ; A Hanpock and Jarvis Club was
organized at this place, on Saiurdav.
thfl 3 1 Bt nf .1 nlr mith .11 mnmhoro I
-r- vw..T, I. v.. " vu. c. I
btoidsboroMessenaer. '
Upposition to Hubb8is erowmir in
ts- . mi , f .
iuis jiBtricc. xne coiorea men ae- I
mand to he represented by one of 1
their own race, and not b v" camel-
natr wnit.n mon 'rnrhrvrn Ksvnthn i
cr: - I j
A writer in the Raleigh VW from
WllmififgtOn in giving a Jlist of the I
RTifialCerA LO hA hprA nn inn. Vlth nf I
Adgust, omits mentioninir ttiree verv
H: i . .i " t - t " i
i T ts 11a -mL
hah KnnhAA i I
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The Judge is no match on the
stump for Gov. Jarvis, who, is armed J
and fully-equipped as the law directs;
nn ontiroW nreont ;K 1I '
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ters relating to public or State affairs.,
Besides he has a good cause, and his
adversaries can find no weak spot in
his armor lialeigh Observer.
The Bolters Republican Conven
tion meets to-morrow for tbe purpose
ol nominating a Legislative tieket.
Thev will orobablv. also, recommend I
one or the other of the different can-
didates for each of the county offices
to be filled in the ensuing election.
Warren News. I
. ... I
jne ionowmg uepuDlicans will I
speak in the court house Monday I
nirrht : An or n sins Jlnnrw r.andidatfl I
for Attorney General ; VV. S. O'B.
Robinson, candidate for elector, and
Orlando Hubbs, candidate tor Con
gress. Gov. Jarvis and ex-Judge
Buxton will speak j in Wilson Tues
day. Wilson Advance.
The Democrats1 of Stokes have
nominated R. G. Glenn, of Danbury,
for the House of Representatives.
They also reoommended W . B. Glenn,
of X orsyth; for the Senatorial Dis
tnot nomination.
Rockingham
county's Democratic nominees are:
For Senate, H. R. Scott; House of
Representatives, J. R. Webster and
J as. D. Glenn. lialeigh, News.
We judge from occasional refer
ences in the press on tho south side
of Albemarle sound that Carrow has
aspirations for the Republican nomi
nation for Congress in this district.
He is summoning the clans for the
Republican Convention in Edenton
on the 26th. It will be either Jo
Martin, C. Grandy, or Sam Carrow:
probably Martin. Elizabeth City
Economist.
Major Dowd has received an invi
tation to attend a Democratic mass
meeting in Catawba the banner
Democratic Count V in thState '
Saturday, the lith, at. Hickory. Col.
Bennett and other candidates will be
present. Gen. Barringer shot
off his mouth at Morganton this
week. The silly stuff and bluster that
escaped has found its way into the
columns of the Statesville American
Charlotte Observer.
We are informed that but a few of
the counties have sent in their county
Democratic Executive Committees
to tho State Central Committee.
This is an important feature of the
party organization, and should re
ceive the immediate attention of the
Democrats in everv county. Con-
gressional District Committees should
also-' be forwarded to Democratic
State Headquarters. Do not delay
longer. Send them in. lialeigh I ia Ke-a-aue. wnp
t ; ' I pointment the wrestling match for the
JXeWS. I .I,,-,.;.. Holt rt THfTortTwKA rsama rff n t
have a ioint discussion at Kinston
to-morrow. Ihe Democratio
clubs of this city have appointed the
ionowmg committees to taKe into
consideration the advisability of
holding a grand State ratification
meeting in Raleigh, appoint a day,
&c : Of the Central Club, Oct.
i X tt a ri
Coke, George H. SnOW, George M.
Smedes, John D. Thompson, Mat-
thew Moore. Of the Young Men's I Fowler's cotton factory on Dry JPoint, is
Club, E. A. Jones, H. Heartt, F. B. our next conspicuous improvement. Con-a-Vii
rr ;n w xr t tracts for buildings and machinery all
Raleigh Observer.
Trenton, N. C, August 5, 1880.-
It has been raining all day: neverthe
less a large crowd of both parties
were out. Governor Jarvis here and
at Jacksonville gained many rounds
of applause, and made j several new
points, among them recurring to the
fact that Judge Buxton voted against
hiring out convict labor. The meet
ing proved to be a regular Dem
ocratic revival, and Governor Jarvis
was proclaimed to be the best de-
bater in the State. Mr. Kitchin
maae a powenui nauonai speecn, w
3 ' . i m. r. l t a
which one Prioe, a negro, replied,
and made many votes for the Dem
ocrats. Special Jjispatch to the Ha
leigh Observer.
Clubs are to be organized in every
township in Gaston. Maior W.
J. Montgomery, one of the most effi
cienc political wor&ers in uie uisinui,
. i - . i. " . i J " a. Z a.
will enter the campaign later in tne
season, it is said tnat ne is not at
all averse to meeting our esteemed
-W t M
townsman, Gen. Barringer, and con
tributing a few pages to the forth
coming biography. A well
known politician of Asheville in
formed a representative of this paper
some days ago that Lieut. Governor
Robinson would come forward with
the usual vote from tho region west
of the Ridge. He is a first-rale
organizer and is going to throw all
his energies into the race. Char
lotte Observer.
Mr. King, a young Raleigh mer- tract with the State, at least so far as build
chant, is dead. ing the road to Paint Rock.
- The Murfreesboro Enquirer
county 11,858 people. In 1870 it 9 273;
increase nearly 30 per cent.
Fayetteville Examiner The
crops of Maroett-are SHikinM.i;!L'
any uoiion, or waicH h inig. r cnp Ihnu
ever before will be prouucni . . .
. ... r.
The Wilson. Adoance says two
pjisjners cocapeu irnrj trie cou-ityjuil,
and Mr. Sawry ws thrown from anihv
and veiy seriously if j-md, bnvitiK two ?ih
oroKec. -
Rockinffh
man was found deai o Tuesday. iw. or
three miles Baull) Rockingham. The
c?r -3Uiy vfef :of. tbe P'"n ihat ho
lu'
. ...
"ciAiiygrainiouieuaieigh
Iredell, was nominated "fnr ' rWtiAt.
rzr .
usress m me saevenin uistrict. and Thos.
fr1!1" ot "owan county, for Preside
M"t or OQ me "cmat.c ticket.
wuauuiiB xrra; ,i o jsivera. im
Allauta messenger, tells us that lie brought
wateiornruTrir Vil
for his first square meal to-morrow unrt
uu lag uumainea Tne COmn imp.nth of ih.
St0'1?. ?.tate. Horticultural Society, by
wuum u was ioiwaruea.
lvaleigh JSevis : Amoncr th un-
inrtlinorn rra lemn n,l. v .
V '""c"" .."va oiuviuy vue ouruin
nf tlm ctuh a ut n.A..nK.:... nn.;... u....... "
csprings we see the naiiie uf Mr. Hawkins.
of North Carolina, one pir of
wtileenake wus tilled in Pc
f horses;
'endcr f.irin.tv
weeh. wnicu. moasured seven feet-six
'. . ,
inches in length, .and hfiteu iiiches around
the body, Mr. Davi-J Furrier, of Kerians-
vuie, measured it.
- Pretty Mary Anderson hasiust
celebrated her twenty-first birthday. Now
she can vote. Hold on, we mean she is old
enough to vote, riovided. &c.--Wilmiha
ton Star- We don't vote m ihis part of the
country until we celebrate the twentv-
second birthday. Warren News. We are
80 8orrv- .T.hen v?.u ought to emigraie n, a
more ProPl"OU8 ciime.-A
" : Kinston Journal: Mr. Daniel
xiarriBoo, m joncs county, near irenion.
Ba3 some extra nne corn in land close iu or
on the edge of the Dover nocosin. Good
judges say he has one field that will aver-
nvwve uwieis 10 tae acre. jar.
Wm. G. Taylor say6 as he was not allowed
to hunt deer he has been slaving foxes since
corn was laid by. He haa killed eleven
since that date. Major D. 8. Dhvih
lost his mill and gin house by fire lust, Fri
day night the work of an incendiary.
Loss about $1,000 no inturance.
Rockingham Spirit;- A terrible
and almost fatal accident, occurred at the
Erie steam saw mill in Montgomery county
on inursaay or last week. Mr. John
Scarboro, who attended the saw, in attempt
ing to oil some part of the machinery, had
his clothini? r.nnpht hv the raw nnri voha
I jerked upon it, and had it not been for a
pocket-book iu his pocket containing some
specie, and which was struck by the saw
and! served to stop its motion, ho would
have been sawed in twain. As it was he
was severely cut iu the side, but the doctor
says he will recover.
4- Charlotte Observer: Mr. Ben
nett Barnes' horse, "Col. 8prague," won
his third race at Saratoga, yesterday, as
will.be seen by our dispatches a mile and
a quarter ia 2.13. The Texas States-.
man of a recent date announces the death
on the 27th of July of Mrs. Margaret Mor
ris, wife of Dr. T. A. Morris, and says:
"Mrs. Morris was a native of North Caro
lina, Miss Harris, of Charlotte She was
married in Alabama to Dr. Morris, in 1844.
Gov. Vance hasn't forgotten how to
entertain any crowd he happens to meet on
tbe street, lie weighs 230 and never looked
better. -
Pittsboro Record: The wife of
i JftCoh'Dixon. living at Snnw nmh. AU
I manfce county, was kindling a fire to pre-
pare break fast lor two of their friends
whom they w ere expecting, her own fami
ly having eat.-;u and her husband gone to
his work. Very soon he heard her screams
and cries for help. Returning as quickly
as possible be found her prostrate on the
floor, with her clothing burned almost en
tirely off. ha was conscious, however,
and told how it happened, bhe had poured
kerosene oil on some wood in the stove
from a tin can, the whole sf which ex
ploded in her hands. Drs. Albright and
Freeman were called at once, but could
give no relief. She lived in great agony
for about six hours.
Tarboro Southerner: A daily
line of mail and passenger steamers has
been put on the Roanoke river to run be-
. T'ltn. v.Au a Ttr:ii:-..in
ThiBig aiiaetnat haaJ i0DgDceD neeaed.
I Nags Head, one of the most desirable wa-
I tering places on the North Carolina coast,
Runnymede Park on Saturday last. Thos.
I Ruffln Webb, white, and Henry Nettles,
I rr fmaA mwBara f ha orlaorlioarl inntoatanto
1 .,! :,: , nma &Bti
I Baker, colored, was substituted. Baker
i threw weoD twice in quick succession ana
I was declared tho victor.
Elizabeth City Economist: In
Callahan's Creek, on Croatan Sound, the
alligators are so thick that you ean hardly
row a boat for them. If you were to get
ovftrKnftTd thnvM unan von nn as ouick Bii
j a chicken would a grain of corn.
-Fairfield, in Hyde county, with
which place we shall in a few days be con
nected by a tri-weekly steam line, is a vil
lage of 500 persons, .with churches, a dozen
stores, a good school, and other things to
match. It ba9 the nehest back country
in the world; of such natural fertility that
stable manure will not increase its produc
tion. Fairfield is eighty miles from Eliza
beth City.
Raleigh Observer: We spoke a
day or two since of the removal of the co
lored iasane from the asylum here to the
new one at Goldsboro. The board of di
rectors of the new institution met at Golds
D0 onmoaa&BD l"e i1 7E.fS:"
boro on Monday, and the building was for-
,nll. aAnMintenderit. and Col. J. T.
I Lr . "
i Kennedy, or Wayne, is the steward.
We have returns from rorty.nve counties
in North Carolina, whose population in
1870 was 491,430. We make their aggre
gate population in 1880, 651,291, showing
an increase of near 160,000. These forty
five counties bad in 1870 less than half tbe
entire population; double their increase,
and we have 320,000; which, added to
1,071,381, would give the State a popula-
1 -4Ss4is rwy i ... m
i uon approacning- i.auu.uw. xne rate or
i increase buuwu kbuum uiiriu pertenv.
Uharlotte JJemocrat : Une of
the greatest inventions of the age is tho
machine for making ice. The factory in
this city is doing a big business, and has
reduced the price considerably. No
sensible man in Charlotte would now toler
ate in tbe city a corporation market house.
The semi-annual dividend of 3 per
cent, of theN. C. Railroad will be paid on
and after September 1st. A gentle
man who was with Mr. Best in New York
on Saturday last, assures us that he (Best)
has made satisfactory financial arrange
ments, and will push tbe work forward as
fast as he can. Our informant has never
had a great deal of confidence in Mr, Best,
but he savs that he is now satisfied that
Best intends to do right and fulfill his con-