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We ask the Statcsville American to consider what we shall what-'kind of Government did IlamiUon favor? Gov. Hendricks stated correctly the other day the an swer to this inquiry. He said: "lie proposed that the Presideul and Senators should hold their offices for life, unless removed upon impeachment, lie proposed to subordinate and subjugate the MtiiiL-a to the United States by this remaik pruvisioii. Article 8, section 1, saye: Tiie Governor ur President of each Stale sli til be appointed under the nuthorily of Hi. United States, and shall have a right to in Ktisivi: nil lawss nbt-Ul to be panaed iu the buii. id which he S!iail be Governor or t'lihi.ieiit, subject to such quulitictttiutiy Hml rrtuhiii his h-i the Legislature of the Un'nt-ii .Sifitea khall prescribe." il ru ji -neil to d fine the Legislative power f-the Uintid Siuiw by these words: The LeglHla tuie ut the Uniied Stales shall hve power t pn s nil Iiiwh which Ihey shall judge inti.M-Hiy to the corumun defence aud Kitey nnd to the general welfare of the. Union. ' Under such a provision tlie 'limit if pjt-r wouid be the judgmuut and t!.-uH.! i e of the legislators. The preamble t.i ti e : Constitution, as adopted, declurce one ot its objects to be to 'provide for Ihe I'oiiiui .n defence' and to 'promote the gen eial welfare;' but it is not made a dctiniliou oi power, and secliou 8 of article i confer a ui.-n Congress the power to rniae revenue fur ihu- purpose of providing 'lor the com iii hi defence aud general welfare of the United States.' Then follows! an express c-iiuiiierution of the powers conferred upon CoOijivss. Uudf.r -Hamilton's, plan the . powers would have been general, and almost without limit or restriction- In the Constitu tiou, as adopted and umended, the powers are delegated, else they are reseived to the S ates and the people." j An abler inan than Gov. Hendricks or Mr. llanos, of the American has thus stated the case in his famons reply to Mr. Boatwoll, of Massachu setts, in the April number of the North American Review. AVo refer to Judge Black, a gentleman of as great purity and ability as is to be found among living Americans. He said : "At a very early period in our history the enemies of Republican principles were thoroughly equipped, and entered actively upou ihe struggle for supremacy. Some of iti-.tn gul into the Convention which framed the Constitution. At their head toaa Ham Won, who laid before the body (heir whole plan for a central government, which, if adopted, would have completely extirpated the rights of the States and tite liberties of the people; a Chief Executive for life, unim peachable for any misconduct; a Senate for life; a tri-ennial House of Assembly; a Federal judiciary 'for the I determina tion of all matters of general conflern;" the Governors, of the States to be ap pointed by tbe President. Of such a government, the tyranny and corrup tion must have become perfectly unendura ble if administered, as it was expected to he, by the men who proposed it; and doubt less it would, in a very abort time, have led to a monarchy in nanle as well as in subs ; stance. But the Hemillonian plan was de feated, and under the auspices of Washing ton, Madison, and their compatriots the present system was framed, by which certain powers, vpecificaUy enumerated, are bestowed on the general government, while all oQieis are expressly reserved to the States and thepeople; and ibis system is to be administered by agents oi the people's choice, strictly ac countable, subject to frequent rotation, and sworn lo keep within the limits of their le g! authority." This was the sort of "strong go , vi-rnment" the able Hamilton fa vored. This is the soit of "strong government" that Garfield, Ltepnbli .in candidato for the Presidency iu 1880, favors, and who is supported ly the American. Why do we say o? On January 20th, 1865, Mr. ttiirfield said in the House of Repre sentatives: '"I believe, Mr. Speaker, that the fame f Jefferson is waning and tbe fame of Hamilton waxins in the ettimation of the American people, and that ice are gravitating wwara a uronger government i 1 AM UJUAU WE ARE." Only two or three weeks ago, fifteen years after he had uttered the above daugerons and treasonable Bcntiiaent. he again extolled the II- II 'II 1 I V AJr tii V J II J .l:lKf..W . IS A U H . i 11 II episcopal vjnurcn in Bcmiana jwecK, and . f VOL; XI. "strong government" tendenoies and eulogized Hamilton. The i great Federalist is his modeD Hamilton expressly declared that the govern ment should bo given more oi 4fa monarchical and aristocratical cast.7 Now Garfield's party, before it bo came corrupt, announced the follow ing as its principle and doctrine in I860: "'.-1 Jr-fUjf "Tlut iho mainteoance inviolate of the rights of tbe States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according , to its own judgment, exclusively, ia essential to that balance of powers on which the perfection and endurance of bur political fabric de pends." ,fr,S :.:r' .. ' r::v;--! i;, '-",' Wd invite the American to read carefully that plaok lin its partyV platform jefor&t4arMdQri Robeson. Belknap. Williams. Colfax. and the rest of the bribe-takers and plunderers and usupera had be smirched its good name and sought to degrade and destroy the country. In 1860, the Republican leaders de clared most solemnly that the "right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively" ' must be "maintained inviolate." Nay, they even went so far as to say that this was absolutely "essential" to guarantee "the perfection and en durance of pur political fabric." These were wise and truthful words. The experiences of the last twenty years have only confirmed and intensi fied tho importance, necessity, and truthfulness of such a deliverance. AVo repeat again that centraliza tion is the tendency of the Republi can party. Its leaders Grant, Gar field, Logan, Conkling, Edmunds, Blaine, all, indeed, are tainted with this treasonable and damnablo heresy. It is nothing less than treason against the Constitution to favor and advo cate "a strong ; government." It is an assault upon local self-government, the rights of electors of the several Status acting through the State go verimiinitH, and, if successful, will uonvt-rt sovereign and independent States into couniies, and will trans mute the General Government into a va'ht despotic ; machine. Tho organs are ah :aly proclaiming lh this is aIjmjportaat fp&Et oi our great charter,-a 'Sovereign Natio," iimtea of a Confederation or ? Union of Equal Siaten. Mr. ! Hendricks spoke most justly when ho taid in his recent speech: I "The purpose and policy of the llepub lican party lias beep to weaken the States and strengthen the Federal authority. General Garfield is iii strong sympathy with his party in that respect, lie has favored legislation having that tendency." Mr. Garfiohli belioyes . that "every germ of tho Constitution" was di rectly ' inspired" i knd developed by Hamilton, who8 demanded that there should be incorporated into the sacred instrument more: "of monarchical i i i and aristocratical" ideas. The old contest between tlie advocates of the two great opposing ideaa of the Constitution is still being waged. The Republican party stands forth as the champion of Hamiltouianism, whilst the Democratic party ia the friend and defender of the Constitu tion of Washington, Madison and other illustrious compatriots, who resisted Hamilton aud his "monarchi cal and aristocratical cast." Is not the Republican party tho enemy of the .Constitution? Why, Mr. Boutwel), oi Massachusetts, one of tho most conspicuous Radioals of the day, in his' , paper iu the North American Review, in thp early part of this year, (page 273), says this: "We have chanced, indeed, in some nar- ticulars, we have annihilated the Constitu tion of Washington, tbe Constitution of the fathers. And ia . tbe unwritten law more sacred r May the people annvl tbe written law of the fathers and still be perpetually bound by their traditions t" Hero is an open acknowledgment that the Republican party had actu ally "annihilated the Constitution of the fathers." He spoke tho plain truth. The Republicans have "an nulled, and, in some instances, have actually destroyed,; "annihilated the Constitution." We will take up this subject again in a day or so and show what tho Radicals have done in the way of "annulling" and "annihila ting." . The great work for the Democratic party to do is to eestoee the Union and the Constitittion of oub fatheus. Popular liberty, violated rights, vindicated courts, annulled principles and privileges, annihilated muniments are to be restored. That is the great work to be done in this vear of crace 1880, under the leader- ship of that groat friend of the Con stitution and of Civil Liberty Win field Scott Hancock, tho soldier statesman. HH M W tttf U ' U 1 W kN'U 1 MY LJ Smith. Ms re.,2ned .he pM.or.e of.be. I S . ... . . - " i i n. i i i .i.i.i I,.,... . . ,. .. i I, I, ,i , . . ,, , , H .I,, , .I,,,, i xiiiunii i m v . - .. -.-.. s - " - - , , . i .- f . . . . . ; 1 . 1 ll J IT - I- i WILMINGTON, DISPLACBD BIGHTS. Before we enter upon' the main purpose of thip editorial we wish to draw ; attention to ' what ox Senator Christiancy, now Miniftter to Peru, said when he was on':the Supreme Court Benoh of Michigan. In view of the fact that he is a Stalwart, and behevea .with' other leaders of his patty that this is a' "NATION" that the Federal Government is abso lutely supreme over the people of what are called by way of courtesy and usage "States," his former opin ion, is interesting. He - knows the truth, but he prefers to Bin against light and .knowledge. ;Hero is what he paid in an opinion listajjase in a State tax law. was unconstitutional, because it was in conflict with the Constitution of the United States: The following propositions, I think, ex press tbe true theory of the several State governments in this Confederacy, so far as the present question is involved. Jiiacn State is sovereign and independent, except as limited by the Constitution of the United States. The General Government is one of special, limited and delegated powers only; and a power not conferred by the express terms of the instrument, or by necessary implication, cannot be exercised. In the 076 case, therefore, the inquiry is, has the power in question been granted i in ''the other, has it been prohibited f These propositions result from the very nature of State sovereignty and legislative power, and have been too long and too well settled in this country to need tbe citation of au thorities." His own State, Michigan, was in volved, and we thus see how fairly and wisely he laid down the law then. Now let us see what the Radi cal party has been able to do in their efforts "to annul" and "to annihilate" the Constitution of Washington and Madison. We again recur to .fudge Black's masterly reply to Mr. Bout- well, to be found in the North Ameri can lieview. That great lawyer, statesman, and writer said: J. am compeiiea to aamu mat mey olt. Boutwcll and his political associates) have annulled the Constitution, not in some, but in all particulars. No line or letter or it has escaped their destructive bands. Every right of the States and all personal liberty have been wantonly outraged. Trial by jury, habeas corpus, free speech, the elective fran chise, everything that tended to promote the great objects for which the Constitu tion was made, were trodden down. Tbe military was placed above the civil au thority, Mid the power continues to le claimed for slam.. us armies to shed the blood oi war in ueace' To nullity me most i I bill faf I Stales i pains and penalties against ten and eight millions uf people was forcibly injected into the "ttrwels of the Constitution itself, and there it lies to this day, side by side with tbe provision which forbids its existence, certainly, l agree with Mr. Boutwell that, tbe written instru ment by which our fathers sought to secure the blessings of liberty to themselves and their posterity has been wholly set at naught, and his tone of triumphant interrogation is not out of place when he exclaims, Is tbe unwritten law more Eacred ?' Assuredly not. ; A conscience which is bardy enough to spurn the restraints of the written Con stitution need not affect any remorse for refusing to accept a tradition. Having swallowed the camel, it is but the tony ot the Pharisee to strain at this gnat." Wo might rest the caso here, but as the Statesville American chuckled prematurely over what it thought was the Stab's inability to show wherein the rights of States had been abridged or displaced, or, to use ex-Secretary BoutwelPs words, "an nulled" and "annihilated," we will pursue tho subject farther, thanking that paper for having stirred us up in this direction. There is nothing in this campaign that is so important as the struggle between centralization and restoration. Garfield is the very embodiment of the one, Hancock of the other. If there were ho other great principles involved in the pending conflict this would be suffi cient to give vast signifioanoy to the election of 1880. If Garfield were without stain and without reproach, the fact that he is tho friend and advocate of centralization of trea son to the Constitution, would be enough to stamp him dangerous, and to arouse every patriot and freedom lover in the land io a pertinacious and resolved resistance to his claims and pretensions. Let ua look, then, at the rights of the States which haver been displaced by Republican action. First, the right to control their own Registration and Elections by allowing the army to be used as a posse comitates, -whereby a Marshal in the State of Louisiana, who was also Chairman of the Republican State Committee, employed detach ments of soldiers to go through the State and arrest the voters. This is a matter of history. Second, by passing laws to use the army as a police to keep the peace at the polls, whereby the State was de prived of her lawful constabulary authority, notably in South Carolina but also in other States, officers of the army, in command of soldiers pre- scribed the order of voting &nd who might and, who should not vote. Gen. Sherman, the head of the K C, PKEDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1880. army, styles vthe orders by which these soldiers were placed in South Carolina, "Political Orders." See his letters just published; This, too, is ;a matter of history. Until the soldiers were removed by the order of 'de facto President t Hayes, there were imposed 4 upin the people of Louisiana Governors, Legislatures and Senators who here never elected. That they were ' never bo elected has been ascertained aid decided both in he Senate of the;Jnited States, in he House of Representatives, and also in the Courtfct The State Go vernmeut has been imposed on Louisiana by forcej by the use of the -array -underrlhe Republican claim that the President had the right thus to recognize and make valid a usur pation. Now these are outrages of the greatest, most flagrant character. No party can approve or condone such usurpation sucb gross inva bion of tho rights of free, sovereign independent States arid live. Such action is a crime against civilization and civil liberty. It ought to damn against the day of remotest redemp tion any party that was guilty of bstering and sustaining such usurp ers, lurn to tho Uonstitutiou of the United States and to the Constitution of the State and you will see that it is provided that each State may choose its own Executivo and Leg is - ative departments. This being so, the usurpations of Radicalism are apparent lo the most stupid. As there are other important points to be presented we must defer them until another day. Thero is no ques tion: before the American people half so pregnant with unnumbered woes as that of centralization. Rev. Dr. Dabney writes from Germany that it is crushing tho poorer classes there. Whilst a writer in one of the English magazines say it is gradually destroy ing some ot the famous German Universities. It is a blight and a curso to any land and to any people. Tho party that dars to advocate it hero in "this land of the freo and home of thy brave" ehould be met by the determined resistance of all who fweroHhweraory of ? Aashington and who would maintain1 civil and reii; ions freedom on this Continent. Senator Bayard and General Roger A. Pryor will speak certainly at Co lumbia, S. C, on September 7th, at tho great mass meeting.? An excur sion from Wilmington on that day might pay. The World's Fair in 1883 -Informa tion Den! red. The Executive Committee of the United Stales International Commission, at New Tork, desire a list of those persons in cur State and locality, including every promi nent manufacturer and producer, who thero may be reason to believe would par ticipate and make creditable exhibits of their own particular productions in the World's Fair in 1883. This information is required because the preparatory work of the exhibition necessitates immediate knowledge as to how much space is likely to be demanded by exhibitors in the build ings to bo elected by the commission for exhibition purposes. Messrs. R. Y. Mc- Aden, of Charlotte, and D. Macltae, of Wilmington, are the Commissioners for the Stale of North Carolina. Cape Fear Itlce Farm. A correspondent, writing from Bruns wick county, says he has just had tbe pleasure of going around the rice farm of F. M. Moore, Esq., with Mr. Samuel Hall, the manager, and that it made him feel proud of old Brunswick once more, to see the beautiful sight of nine thousand bushels of waving grain, now about ready for the sickle, the result of good management, ener gy and industry. Our correspondent says that this and other instances that have late ly come under his observation remind him of the good old times long past, when the heavily-laden fields of golden grain along the grand Old Cape Fear gladdened the hearts of men, and that he now has reason to hope that the time is not far distant when the rice farmers of this section will resume their former position on the high road to prosperity. Death of a Straneer. There died at .the Seamen's Home in this city, a few days ago, a man by the name of William M. Smiib, aged about sixty years, literally without home or friends, except three whom sympathy gathered around him in bis last moments, and who did all that was possible to smoolhe his passage to tbe grave, tie was a native 01 uermuaa, a man of intelligence, and one that had evidently seen better days. In fact, it is known that he was at one time a prominent merchant of Hamilton, Bermuda. He came here last fall on the schooner Mary Ann McCann, in search of employment. It is hoped that this may meet the eye of some friend or relative of the deceased 6tranger. Attempted Suicide. We learn that a Mrs. Herring, residing at or near Burgaw, Pender county, at tempted to commit suicide on Wednesday morning laBt by taking an overdose of laudanum, and would have accomplished her purpose but for the fact that tbe ser vices of a nbvsician were secured in time to counteract tbe effects of the poisonous drug. Our informant had heard no cause assigned for tbe rash attempt. TUE GALLOWS, Execution of Stephen lilehardnoii. Colored, for the Harder oi ffIothr-in-X.aw on the Nisht o( Jnly 19th, 1880 Wonderinl Dis play of Nerve and Fortitude He wa Ready to Gn-Hlii Oonfettlon, &c Sec. Yesterday was the day set apart, in ac cordance with the sentence of Judge O. P. Meares of tho Criminal Court of New Han over County, at the August term, of , said Court, for tbe execution of Stephen Rich ardson, convicted of the murder of Lucy Phinney, his mother-in-law. The prime was committed on the night of the 19th of July last, about the hour of lLo'cieck, a the house of Robert Phinney, the husband of tho murdered woman, on tbe northeast corner of Sixth and Harnett streets, in that part of tbe cily north of the W. & W. R. R., and known as "Brooklyn." The date o the murder and the subsequent trial and conviction of tbe accused is of such recent occurrence as to render unnecessary more than a brief outline of the terrible tragedy. Stephen Richardson married Hester, a daughter of Robert and Lucy Phinney, but there was a want of congeniality on the part of the couple, and their married life proved anytbing but happy. The husband was in the habit occasionally of indulging to excess bis appetite for strong drink, and frequent quarrels between himself and wife were the result. This state of affairs cul mjnalud in a separation, and the fact that his wife was living in tbe same houao with her father and mother, who took the part of their daughter in any of the disputes which occurred between the ill-assorted pair, seems to ' have embittered bis feelings again8tlhem and led him. frequently to the indulgence of excessive outbursts of passion. On the night of the fearful trage dy Richardson appears to have been worked up to a higher pitch of excitement than usual, stimulated to a certain degree, no doubt, by whiskey, and upon visiting the house in which the couple had formerly resided, next adjoining the house of Robert Phinney, a quarrel ensued between the husband and wife, during wnich Robert Phinney told his son-in-law not to use his name in his quarrels with his wife. These words appear to have stirred up all the evil in Richardson's nature, and he thereupon went into his own yard, picked up an old shovel or spade, rushed to the house bf bis father-in-law, assaulted the old couple, killed Lucy Phinney, fearfully wounded Robert Phinney and inflicted severe inju ries upon his wife. He was arrested, tried at the ensuing term f tho Criminal CourU, convicted and sentenced to be hung on the 3d of September, only about f orty-five days intervening between the time of the murder and the day set apart -for the exe cution of the murderer. j From the day that sentence was passed upon htm the prisoner seemed to ! realize the shortness of the time given him on earth and the importance preparing for the great chaDgo awaiting him. He en couraged the visits of the clergy, several of those of his own color and Rev. J. P. King, of the Second (white) Baptist church, being unremitting upon him. He soon made a profession of religion, and from that time he has appeared perfectly resigned and submissive to the fate so surely await ing him, and displaying a degree of cheer fulness most remarkable under the circum stances. To those who visited him he evinced a ready diisposition to converse, and never tired of telling of the hope that sustained and buoyed him up in the trying ordeal through which he was passing. As the lime of his doom drew near he fre quently expressed the wish that the fatal Friday would come, so that "it- could all be done and over with." To the Sheriff, who called to sec him on Thursday after noon, and who told him that he regretted the disagreeable duty he had to perform, and that he hoped he would "stand up to it all right tomorrow," Richardson replied 'I am as ready as you are, sir." Yesterday morning, tho dawn of his last day on earth, the condemned man rose at an early hour, stating that he had enjoyed a good night's rest, and partook of a hearty breakfast of ham and eggs, biscuit and coffee. Soon afterwards he was visited by a number of ministers, among whom may be mentioned Revs. Cornelius Sampson, J. G. Fry, E. Morton, D. J. Sanders, A. M. Conway, Willis Wooten, "W. H. Bishop, and Edward Robinson, colored, and Rev. J. P. King, white, who sung aatLprayed with and for him until the fatal moment arrived. CKOWD ON THE STBEET3. In ihe meantime, notwithstanding the fact that not. so much as a glimpse could be had of tbe condemned man, or of the preparations preceding tho execution, not less than fifteen hundred to two thousand persons assembled on tbe streets adjacent, and nearly all of them remained there until the body had been cut down and removed. By far the larger number of these were colored people, but there was also quite a number of whites in the crowd. Great eagerness was manifested to obtain tickets of admission iuto tbe enclosure, but as the Sheriff is required by law lo issue only a limited number, all but the favored few had to possess their souls in patience and forego the pleasure (?) of seeing a human being hurled into eternity. TUB GALLOWS. The gallows, which was erected in the rear of tho jail, and which was remarkably complete in all its arrangements, was ten feet square, with a platform on one side about three feet six inches in width, aud on the other side a stairway two and a half feet wide, the whole height of the scaffold to tbe cross-beam being about seventeen NO. 46. feet, and the distance from the top of the drop to the ground about eleven feet, giving a fall of about six and a half feet. JThrougb the. wall of the prison a door had been cut, through which j the prisoner could be conducted to his place upon the scaffold. Through ibis door, previous lo the execution, all the preparations could bo distinctly beard by ihe prisoner, who was but a few steps removed ' from it, even 10 the testing of the rope which was made on Thursday afternoon; but he seemed to be perfectly unmoved by it. TDK LAST MOMENTS OF THE PRISONER 4bout twelve o'clock the Sheriff notified the: jailer that all, was in readiness, and in a few minutes the rear1 door of the tail wes opened and the prisoner iu charge of offl ceri and accompanied by the val roua min isters came out and mouuteT the scaf fold at twelve minutes past 12 o'clock, the condemned man being drsssed in light pants and black cloih coat and vest, with white gloves. A hymn was sung aa the prisoner came out and took Ida place, at the conclusion of which Rev. J. G. Fry, color ed, offered a lenglhy, jbut earnest and im pressive prayer, during which tbe prisoner frequently responded. L The Sheriff then asked the condemned if he bad anything to say, and he replied that he had. He stated that he felt that he had made his peace with God through the grace of Jeu3 Christ ; that he was at peace with all men and . ready to meet his doom, satisfied that through Ihe grace of God he was going lo heaven . He thanked all who had ministered tb his wants, physical and1 spiritual; felt that he had conquered the greatest of all terrors on this earth death and hence would die happy; that he 'believed that by faith he was to be saved and his sins forgiven.! His statement as to the crime was aa published below, and in addition he stated that he had freely for given Robert Phinney, his wife Hester, and all hia enemies on earjh, and was prepared to answer for his sins at the bar of heaven, assured that he should enter therein. He asked God to bless all present and lead them in the way of righteousness, and said that ho hoped to meet them all after death in the world to come. In conclusion, the doomed man asked Ihe blessing of God on the ministers in attendance and their work, that1 it might redound to the good of man and to the glory of God. At 12.80 the Sheriff read Ihe warrant for the ' execution, and a,t 12.34 Richardson stepped cn the irap door, and while the ministers and some of the other persons present sang Lytans, fhe Sheriff adjusted the boose, the prisoner told 'those around him good-bye, the black cap was drawn ove his face, and at 13 39 the trap fell -and. launched into eternity, liis death was in stantaneous and apparently very easy, the neck having been broken by the fall. As the body fell through the aperture one or two convulsive movements were noticeable, after which a spasmodic trembling was seen at long intervals, finally ceasing, and at the expiration of twelve minutes Dra . Winants ana Burbanks, who were in at tendance, pronounced life extinct. The body was then lowered into the coffin and afterwards turned over to Nathaniel Sim mons, the deceased's brother-in-law, and interred in Pine Forest Cemetery. While on the scaffold and throughout tho terrible ordeal Richardson was perfectly calm and composed, cool and collected, and evinced no sign of fear or trepidation whatever. Du ring his speech his voice was firm and loud, and ' he seemed utterly oblivious to the ter rors of bis impending fate. He also walked from his cell to ; the scaffold with a firm step, and not a tremor shook his frame while the rope was being adjusted around his neck or at any time while the horrible preparations were going on around him. The following is a statement made by the condemned man, and taken down as nearly as possible in his own language: RICHARDSON'S STATEMENT. "I am 33 years old, and have been mar ried thirteen years. I was born in Onslow county, but left there when I was only 11 years old. I formerly belonged to the late Gov. Dudley, and at his death tell to Kooert Dudley who sold me to a man in Virginia by the name of David McDaniel. After the fall of Richmond I came back to Wil mington, and have remained here ever since. 1 am a carpenter ny traae, ana have been employed at the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad between -nine and ten years." ; Richardson then went on to say that on the night of tbe murder he went over as usual to look after his house. At the same time his wife (Hester Richardson) was at Louisa Maultsby's house, near by, and she abused him very much. She then left Maultsby's house and went to her father's house, next door: opened her lather's oacK door and went "to abusing -him again; then he (Richardson) got mad and went out and commenced quarrelling with Hester, and accused her mother and father, Robert and Lucy Phinney, of being the cause or himself and wire not living peaceably together; then her father came out of the front door on Harnett street ana asked him (R.) not to use his name in the quarrel between himself and wife. Rich ardson says he then went out to the gate to meet him (Phinney) to reason tbe matter with him, and be rushed in the shop ana got his gun. Richardson then went back to his house and got a spade, returned and met Phinney at the Harnett street door, while bis wife and Lucy Phinney were try ing to keep him from coming out with his gun at Richardson. The latter proceeds in his statement: "I stepped up in the door and Phinney struck at me with the gun, and I struck at him with the spade, but missed him and struck my wife. My wife iumbed out and run; then we tussled with each other until we got to the Sixth street door. "Phinney's wife was in between me and him and I knocked her down and she fell in the street; Phinney run out of tbe door and I after him; when we got out tbe door we fought there two or three minutes; there I struck him several blows on the hand and two on the head; the next blow I struck him I knocked him down, ana then. amid the cries of 'murder,' I jumped and run, and left him with tbe gun by his side where 1 knocked him down. 1 was cap tured then and put in tho guard house, and now I feel that God has forgiven me for it all, and I have forgiven them for all they did. I did not sav I would kill them all and eat my breakfast in h 1, but that I would have satisfaction if I had to go to h 1. I did not go there to kill anyone, if I had I would have used tbe spade edge wise instead of sidewise." Weldon News: Rev. Dr. A. S. Smith- has resigned the' pastorale of the -Episcopal Church in Scotland Neck, and . ' preached bia last sermon there on Sunday. The Rev: H- G. Hilton, of Plymouth, has been: called and will 'protoabfy "pnacb at Scotland Neck y j - ' 1 . .. rj When Hallyburton, of 'the Mbr ganton Blade, got married be ban Jed over his paper to Halliburton Jr., saying that for the present his mind was directed to- ward;a "more-ethereal themca" than wilting editorials. We thought he wan Imppy when he was in Wilmington. f Morganton Blade: rh largest blackberry crop, ever known in 'Bui'ke caunty ia on a farm luJurrinc to Winfield Kiccaid, attended by T, C. & I J. Kirley. They report that 6ri about twelve ftcrt s of land ilhcy find iheir neighbors picked-he-- iween 3,ow.an.U a,WU pounds. , Tarboro Southern: '-Mrs. Jotsonh H. Rhodes was severely burned lapt wtt-k iu Williamston bv the upsetting of a gaso line lamp. The first annual fair bf the iiiugecombe and Pitt county Agricultural Society will bo held at Tempeiancc Uall Grange, McKeadreeville, Edgecombe coun ty, N. C, on the ntM of November, 1880. W iison Advance: Tho Roanoke Union of Tar River Association of Baptists met in ... Ihe Baptist Church in Wilson on Friday last, at 11 AM,-Kev. Joseph E. Carter was elected moderator, and Noah Biggs, Jisq , of Scotland Neck, clerk. The larger number of members oftbc body did not arrive until Friday 1 ftemoon and Saturday. ' Orphan's Friend: The old gentleman (?) who went to church last Sudday and took his seal or. the lan of an orphan, (thereby compelling tho boy to pull himself out of torture) ,ia cordially iu- vneu ,0 occupy a .wnoie ooncn at luoUr phtfn House (this) Wednesday nigbt, and hear the goepel; and may tho Lotd bnve mercy on his soul Charlotte Democrat: Remem ber that the Supreme Court of North Caro lina has decided that .theJapse,of . ihree years bars an action against a scaled oote. Unless tho idle, vicious negro boys are taught how to behave and learn bettor man ners, they will be troublesome citizens hereafter. .A little correction now may Bave them from the penitentiary or the gali lows in the future. - Toisnot Home: On last Friday, at the old depot about one mile from this place, a little negro boy named Wiley Kil lebrew went into the house where his iitth; brother was, and seeing 'a pistol on tlm shelf, took it up and said to his brother, "I am going to Bhooiyou!" and to make good his word he cocked the ptsxol and fired away, the ball entering the left cheek of his little brother and lodging near the car. D. W. C. Benbow, 10 tho Greensboro Patriot: Last fall I paid for 22 bushels of rye $16.50. For cutting it in June I paid $34, and for having it threshed this week I paid $21, making a total of $71 .50. There were 254 bushels, and it is worth $190.50, which sum will pay hand somely for not only seeding the land, but for the entire preparation of the soil for grass, ot which I have a beautiful stand. New Bernian: The work on tho New White Oak Pocoson road, from Trent to New River, is rapidly being pushed forward and we are reliably informed that the health of tbe convicts employed on the work is as good as that of those in tbe Western part of the State. On Satur day last, at 10 o'clock P.I.-r tho gin liouse and grist mill belonging to"Mr. Isaac Tay lor, was burned. It is supposed to be the , work of an incendiary. ChJfrlolte Observer: Agreeably 4otbe application made by Col. Thomas, superintendent 01 the instuuto ia tuia city, ; to the Secretary of War, under section 1225, Revised Statutes of the United States, Capt. G. W. Evans, 21st Infantry, U. S. A, has been detailed to serve, under the di rection of the Superintendent, as Professor of Tactics and Military. Science, at the Carolina Mi! "ftary Institute. - Capt. Evans is a Maryhuidor and brings high testimo nials. ' Raleigh Recorder: They have a postoffice in North Carolina .called "Shoe Heel." Central Baptist. And they have a postoffice iri Missouri called "Grubtown." Brethren G. W. Coppedge and R. D. Harper, two of our young brethren of tbe Tar River Association, organized a church at Oak. Level, Nash county, a week or two since. Rev. O. E. Hcrton, of Eliza beth City, reports a meeting at Sawyer's Creek with 21 additions; and a meeting at Shady Grove resulting in 40 additions. Goldsboro Messenger: From present indications we shall have a boun tiful corn crop. The cotton crop, how ever, so exceedingly promising but a few weeks ago, turns out to be badly damaged by rust and the heavy rains a few weeks ago. Fremont correspondence: The series of meetings mentioned in my last, conducted by Rev. N. M. Jurney, at tho Methodist Church in this place, closed cn Wednesday night last, with six more ac cessions to the church, making eight in all. ' Raleigh Visitor: Dr. Parker got into a difficulty yesterday at one of the depots on the Seaboard & Roanoke Rail road with another man, who struck the Doctor on the head with a bar of iron and broke his skull, and in falling he also broke his leg. -We are pleased to learn that Wake Forest College opened on yesterday under the most flattering circumstances, one hundred students being in attendance and twenty-five more expected last night. The prospects are that there will be two hundred students before the close of the session. Fayetteville Examiner: Diod, near Memphis.Tenn., on Monday, the 16th of August, Mrs. Elizabeth Parr, the last surviving sister of Beverly Rose, Esq., of this town. She was a native of Person county, N. C, but years ago removed, to Tennessee. At a meeting of the True tees of the Graded School, held last week, Dr. T. D. Htigh was elected President of the Board for the ensuing year. Mr. A. Graham wos reelected Principal of the School, Mr. Frank (H. Stedman, of this town, a recent graduate of the University, was elected as Assistant Teacher. ! Warsaw Brief Mention: The Union meeting of the Eastern Association, met on last Friday, with the church at Concord, about six miles from Magnolia, in Duplin county. Rev. W. M. Kennedy preached the opening eermon. The Eastern Association will meet at Bethel church, in Sampson county, on Tuesday after the first Sunday in October five weeks from yesterday. Bethel is about twelve miles from Magnolia, on the W. & W. R. R. We learn from Mr. L Royal, of Sampson county, that the churcn at Salem has just closed a very interesting meeting."7Eight were received into the church. - The school begins its second month with sixty-two pupils. U The following Grand Lodge officers of Knights of Honor were elected for the ensuing year: Dr. W. H. H. Cobb, G. Dictator, Goldsboio; J. M. Spraggins, V. D. G., Tarboro; Dr. R. F. Lewis A. G. D., Lumberton; Rev. L. A. Biklo, G. Chap lin, Concord; P. C. Carlton, G. Reporter, Statcsville; S. C. Schofield, G. Treasurer, Davidson College; Dr. D. Cogdell, G. G., Goldsboro; Jordan Stone, G. Sentinel, Asheville; J. C. Buxton, Winston, L. B. Hanes, Lexington, G. W. Blount, Wilson, G. Trustees; P. C. Carlton, Sup. Rep., Statesville; Theo. F. Kluttz, Sup. Rep., Alternate, Salisbury. The next meeting of the Grand Lodge will be held in Raleigh, on the 4th Tuesday in. August, 1831. it it 'J P IP1 it m 4 ill :1 9 si JL.l ill ' fit n i- SAK m 3 lit . ..'r4 1 i, a ill 1 Y? .fiav 1 ! 3$ i 1 ft-ii. i BEf I 4l t m i kS. ! J' : ' K' a NN ! fa ! f! i X ; ' H If If -., ti i - - ? ! I i i 1