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In 1878 ome seven thousand men voters, calling themselves Democrau,refused to vote. What was the result ? The Democratic nominee was defeated and in a decided Democratic District. Apathy an appaling apathy did it, and allowed a Republican to go to Congress in the place of the Repre- s rved for eight years in, Congress. ri you about to repeat this folly ? Are yH determined to allow another It'-publican to take his seat in the House as the llenroseniativo of the t ' Third District ?' VVo hope not, but vvIihi arc you doing to prevent it? Ar! .j ou at work? Have you made any effort to secure the flection of ui uf in or;iv.ic uanumaiu, dir. onacK- elford ? Do you- intend to do as you J hIp.i in - stay irom the pons ami thus help the canse of Radicalism? Do you call yourself a Democrat and y.-t wilfully help elect a Republican ? V-u know, if you have . any sense, tii:rt- by refusing to vote you aid Can ary in securing his election. If you prefer him to a sound Democrat vou . . n t n . " ! .1 M ought to cease to call yourself any thing else than a Republican. Have you considered the impor tance of having , a U. S. House of Representatives Democratic? If , Hancock is elected he would be crippled from the very beginning of his Administration if the Republicans controlled one branch-of the Con gress. His reforms and efforts at retrenchment would go for nothing to a very great extent with a Radi2 eil House to thwart him at every turn. In the present House the De mocrats havo five, majority. It will he very easy lo lose them. ."- It is tbtmghl three will be lost in Vir ginia alone. So it behooves every Democrat to be tip . and doing in be half of our Congressional candidates. Oar speakers in every county should givo Mr. Shackelford all the assis tance possible. The canvass must be made more active, more earnest, more thorough. ' 'Pi :.. J. L- ' T t' before too late. The New JSernian -of a few days ago, gave a somewhat dispiriting statement of the outlook "m this District. We do not believe there is ; danger bat at one point. Our people are wonderfully apathetic under the circumstances. In some respects it is the dullest Presidential campaign that has occurred within oar recollection. It is possible that the Democrats shall be beaten in this Distriot. It can be done, bat only with the consent of the Demo7 crats. If they do not work, and do tlAf. vnr a i li Air 1 timlA n n An tYiA morning of the 3d of November and iind a Republican office holder the Representative elect of the Third District. : We write plainly becaase we see the danger. If the Democrats are not more active from now until the election they stand a first rate chance of defeat in this District. This is not only tho opinion of the Stab, bat of persons who are well informed in other counties. .Hard work can save US. . Anathu th dn-nnt.hinr noliev. VOL. XI. will ruin us. So let us go to work in earnest. Lot every Democrat who may read this resolve to do his. ut- most in behalf of Haucook, Jarvis and Shackelford,! i and not to cease his efforts until the voting w over, and all will be well. And now just a word about this It is con Greenback movement ceived in folly and will end in fraud. Why do we say so ? Road. A gen- J tleman of intelligence and high character heard this within a week froni a leading Republican : There will not be fifty back - votes cast Republican Green in New Hanover county or tWOreenbaekcftodidaio 4 Kornegay, but they will be cast Fof Can ad ay. In every county but4 one in the District the arrangement or understanding has' been j perfected,. and it will bo so in that county before long.- j Such is the cheat. How do you i like that, Democrats, who are hob- nobbing with so-called Republican Greenbackers ? How do you fancy the idea of being used as a catspaw to pull the chestnuts out, of the fire for the benefit of j a Republican office holder seeking a higher place ? You will vote for Kornegay, jwhilst yOur Radical allies will vote for Can ad ay. You will be sold put if! you do not open wide your jejres. Stick to the old fold, the wolves are abroad. UHIKB TARING, GlKFIBLD AND DRGOLYEItj ' I j In Col. D. K. MeRac'tf speoch last Friday night he treated with exceed ing elaboration the Credit Mobilier j - j : and DeGolyer contract scandals. We have beforo given some of the facts connected with ,1 and will refer hereafter to tho Credit Mobilier scandal. The evidence is so abundant, and a clear statement of either case requires sojmuch space, that we have not gone into the mat ter at any great length. As tothe DeGolyer bribery jthe facts were es tablished in the Circuit Court of Cook county, Illinois, j During the cam paign the records in the Chittenden suit have been examined by scores of There is no judicial re- persons of both patties, better known case in the ports of the country than that of "George Chittenden, agt., Robert MeClellan et al. No. 12,181, Circuit i j . Court, Cook county, Illinois. The history ofj the case may be stated briefly. On June 19, 1864, "Emery A. Stoirs filed a bill asking for $100,000 against yeGolyer & Co., as G. R. Chittenden's share of profits arising from profits of contract which DeGolyer & Co. bad with the Board of Public Works at Washing ton City: Judge Doolittle appeared as Counsel for the defendants. Doo little filed an answer in the case, set ting up as a defense : 1st. That the contract was void upon its face. 2d." That the contract was void as against public policy, because o paid James A. Garfield, the $5,000 a member of Congress, for his influence us a Con gressman in getting the Board of Public Works &l Washington to give DeGolyer & Co. ! the contract. On the 10th of June, 1875, jan order was made by the Court upon Storrs to re ply or demur to the answer. Storrs demurred; full hearing'was had upon the demurrer, and: the Judge (Far well, a Republican), after a careful consideration ofj the case, overruled the demurrer. JTrom the decision no appeal Was taken, and Storrs did not reply to the answer. - Judgment was entered upj in ? favor of : the; de-: fendants, and " the ' . case,, as ; appears from the record was finally dismissed on the 1 1 th day; of May 1876, for want of prosecution. How does this case affect Garfield ? In what attitude does it place 1iim be fore the country ?. Every lawyer will tell vou if Mr. Storrs had had anv confidence in tho innocence of his cli- ent, Garfield, he would; have replied to the answer of the defendants land would never have demurred. The Judge, a Republican, and no doubt an honest man, overruled jthe demurrer, This left Garfield, the Republican candidate for the' Presidency, stand ing before the country ceivod $5,000 for being party to a fraud as having received a-bribe that he would use' -and position as . a hia influence' member, of the House of Representativeff and as Chairman of! the; Committee of Appropriations to secure a big, fat job for DeGolyer and MeClellan, the Chicago contractors. We V venture to say that in the- whole "history o Congress, there was never a more 1 H WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1880. shameless job. - It smells so strongly of corruption that all the deodorizers ever invented cannot keep it down Its stench smites the very skies and offends the nostrils of every honest freeman in the land.. . - ! What? do you tell us that a man is not corrupt who will, take a bribe of $5,000 for the use of- his influence tin behalf of knavery- and fraud? The DeGolyer pavement cost five times its value. At this very , hour a better pavement is being laid in Washing ton for one-fifth what was paid De GoJjfer. It was Garfield who .secured ho Appropriation fpr tho swindling I contractors, it .was , ttrarneuiewiio- ws ihe right bower" in the cheat. Without him there would have been no appropriations aud no swindling. It is a matter of record, in a Chicago Court, that Garfield received $5,000 for his influence in proouring a swindling job for DeGolyer & Co. t is a matter of record that De Golyer made $2 a foot clear on the pavement, receiving for his contract $400,000. The demurrer of Garfield admits that he received the $5,000. There is no attempt at denial, jit was because of the admission of the $5,000' bribe that Judge Farwell held that that fact made the contract ille gal and void. Judge Farwell is a Republican, be it remembered. I Col. McRao mentioned the fact that Storrs,. who was attorney for the whiskey ring rascals, had made way with the papers of the court. It is said he has them concealed in a vault. This fellow is making speeches for Garfield, paid to do so out of tho civil service campaign fund. Judge Doolittle has copies. This is the case. It shows precisely what . sort of a fellow Garfield is. Couple this disgraceful transaction with his Credit Mobilier rascality (another case of bribery) and his management of West Feliciana Parish in Louisi ana, in November 1876, and you have threo indictments against him, either of which ought to send him to the penitentiary. Deweosc, the ignorant oarpet-bag- ger who whines through his nose and makes all he can out of the misfor tunes of others, when misrepresent ing the Raleigh District in the TL S. House of Representatives, took a bribe for a cadetsbip. He did. not rob tho Government of a cent, but gave the appointment he held to a certain cadet for a consideration of a few hundred dollars. He was ex pelled, and very properly. We sus.. peot Garfield voted for it. But here is this Radical candidate for the Presidency this trader in jobberies this ready tool of the unscrupulous and "for a consideration" who was instrumental in robbing the Govern ment of over $250,000 for that sum was the excess of the charges for. the pavement over what it was worth and who received $5,000 for his very valuable services in behalf of : the swindling firm, he being Chairman of ! the very committee that must make the appropriation and that did make the appropriation at Garfield's ; in stance this James A. Garfield, this bribe-taker, this disgraced and ; de graded Representative of an Ohio distriot in Congress, is still allowed to hold his seat, Why this? If poor, obscure, corrupt Dewees was bounced because he received $400 for a cadet- ship, ;why should not Garfield be bounced also for- receiving a bribe of $5,000 for his services in robbing the Government of between $200,000 and $300,000? Let the honest voters of the land fix the seal of their condem- nation' upon this machine politician this Congressional, professional bribe taker. ! ' 80H1E OF THE EVIDKNCB IN THE VAVEimENTT CASK. : ' Gen, Garfield declared most posi tively; in his -speech delivered at Warren, Ohio, September 19th, 1874, that he made ah argument before the Board of Public- Works of the Dis trict of Columbia in behalf of the DeGolyer pavement plan. That our readers may see that we do not in any particular misrepresent the Radi cal candidate for the Presidency, we will copy his own -words -from his Warren speech. He said : T "Mr. Parsons came to me and said be bad an important case; he had worked a good while on it, but was called away . He must leave. He did not want to lose his fee was likely to lose it unless the. work was completed. He asked me if I would argue tbe case for him; if I would examine into lnei merits ot this pavement and make a statement of it before the Board. 1 "J made the argument. - -' f Now I have before me here.' viohatlTutd when I made the argument, certify cates irom Ubicago, bt iiouis, Baa Fran cisco. . Mr. Parsons went before that committee and told them what he knew of its merits, and ' told tlterri Judnd 1 argued that lease." -u - - Mark you, this was said before hi? constituents. When before the In vestigating Committee in February, 1879, nearly five years after his War ren speech, his sworn testimony was as follows : lit Nickerson I understand you to Say, Mr. Garfield, that you prepared a brief after Mr, Parsons went away, and that you filed it with the Board of Public Work9. Ia there such a brief on file ? - ' Mc Garfield My impression . is that I filed it, though I am not. certain. I know thai I stated to ffu Board of PubUe Works the points of ffie case. r , , 1 The Chairman You did make an argu- Mr! Garfield I made a careful studv-of tb cbso, and stated the points to the mem- berg fcf-lftfBMrdi i -M-w'TTr1 -tf- Npw this looks plain enough sure ly . file repeats before his constitu ents; on the huslinors that he did make au argument. He tells the In vestigating Committee nearly five years at ter wards that he "made a careful study of the case and stated the points to the members of the Board."- He also swears he made a "brief," but said "brief" cannot be found. The truth is nosuoh "brief" was ever "prepared" or "filed," and Garfield must have known it when he swore to the contrary. Now, when Garfield was - more closely examined by the Investigating Committee, what appeared ? Read the following : "Mr. Nickeraoa Did you at any time appear before the Board and make any argument whatever t "Gen. Garheld 1 do not remember that I did i but 1 did speak Ut Qov. Shepherd on the subject, giving my opinion in his favor." Now is not that lovely ? Was there1 ever more manifest false swear ing?! JVhat did this Gov. Shepherd say-4"Boss" Shepherd, as he is better known by ? Hero it is : "Q: You say, speaking of the itflueHce of Parsons, 'that it was followed by fre quent pressures by Mr. Parsons, and Gen. Garfield spoke to mc about it once.' Is that your best recollection now, that that was tut that was done by Mr. Garfield ? "Mir. Shepherd lhat was all that lie ever did. Us never spoke to me but once on Vie subject." So the "Boss," and he toas head of the Board of Public Works, only remembered one time in which Gar field "spoke" to him about the pave mentL Where was the argument? To whom did Garfield make it? The head-man never heard of it. Now let ui see if there is any other evi dence. Mr. Nickefson's testimony shows why Garfield was employed. He said on oath before the Investi gating Committee: "I was the owner of the ironizing process. I was to ironize the pavement and have a royalty. My interest in it was worth $60, 000 or $70,000 at least, and Mr. Parsons was employed with the assurance to me by Chitten den that he was able to reach Vie man who could secure the contract." Who was that "man who could secure the contract?" What says George R. Chittenden about it ? He is referred lo by Nickerson above. What does he say ? In a letter bear ing date May 30, 1872, addressed to DeGolyer and MeClellan, houses this language and it is important :: "Tbe influence of Gen. Garfield has been secured by yesterday, last nieht and to day's labors. . He holds the purse strings of the Urn ted States; is chairman of the uommih tee on Appropriations, and the strongest man in Congress. I can hardly realize that we have Gen. Garfield with us. It is rare , success and very gratifying, as all the-ap propriations of the District must come through him." Now is not the caso raado out? What is lacking to show Garfield's guilt? It is Bhown incontestably that he was mixed up in the swindle. It was 'a swindle; for, as we "have shown before, it cost the people no less than $250,000 and no value re ceived. They lost that sum. But the chief point we wish to call the attention of the reader to is the un blushing equivocation and falsifying of Garfield.1 He : simply tried to lie out of a difficulty; '; He wished to make it appear that he acted .really as ah : attorney, and that his $5,000 bribe was only a $5,000 fee. But he held 'the pffrse strings of the United States;" he was "chairman of the Committee on .Appropriations," and, therefore, it was a great achievement to capture him to "secure" his "in fluence,' for must ' not "all the ap propriations of the : District come through him?" So Chittenden thought and wrote to the Chicago contrac tors who received the $400,000, making $250,000 clear. ' How . did- this dirty transaction strike jthe honest people of the coun try ? ' What did the Republicans say about it ? We have published before what such leading papers as the New York limes and the New York 2W bune) said in" condemnation of the bribery and corruption.' We give a few lines additionarfroni a widely eircu lated Republican paper the New York Independent. Ua July 30th 1 1874, it said editorially: "The testimony - taken- in the-itrfestiga- Uoo -Qf. the District, of Columbia frauds showfa that Mr. Garfield received $5,000 for his aid in getting Ihrongh'apaVmg contract accepted by tbe District Government." t : What did his own constituents say. about his guilt? j Among .the resolu tions adopted by the Republican Con vention held at Warren, j.Ohio, Sep tember 7, 1876, among8tother things. it was resolved: 'We further arraign and charge bim with corrupt bribery in selling his official influ ence as Chairman or the committee on Ap-. propriation9 for $5,000 to the DeGolyer ravement ltiflg, to aid them in securing a contract from tbe Board of Public Works of the District of Columbia; selling his in fluence to aid said Ring in' imposing upon the , people of said District a ; pavement which is almost worthless, at a'Tprice three' tbe contractors; selling his lnaaence to aid said Ring in procuring a contract to pro cure which it corruptly paid $97,000 'for influence-,' selling bis influence in a matter tliat involved no question- or law, upon tbe shallow. pretext that he. was acting as a lawyer; selling his influence in a manner So palpable and clear as to be so found and declared by an impartial and competent court upon the issues solemnly tried."! What more need be said? Tho case is too plain for controversy. There can be no two opinions. That was a rouser in New York on Friday night. There was speaking in a dozen places, and thirty thousand Hancock men were in line. It was a grand sight, as described. The Tam many lion a&d "antiV lamb laid down together, the Herald says. Among the host of speakers were Senators Bayard Hill, Kernan, Hampton, Morgan, David Davis, and Whyte, of Maryland; Augustus Bel- mont, of New York. Representatives S. S. Cox, Singleton, of Illinois, Car- isle, of Kentucky, Hunton, of Vir ginia, Dickey, of Ohio; ex-Governors Bedle and Randolph of New Jersey, and Dorsheimer, of New York; ex Representative Waddell, of North Carolina, Speaker Randall, Represen tative Lane, Gen.' Blair, of Kansas, Dr. Messeyer, Dr. Philip Meikle, Jean Weiner and dozens of others. Just before the election Mr. Jeemes Blaine you havo heard of him swore that the Democrats were about to cheat the iunocent Republicans of Maine out of the election. Why, he said, that in one county alone Aroos- took mere were tne most sweeping frauds to be carried out, and that the guilty Democrats hadaetually bought 3,000 needy Republicans at $30 a head. We merely note this to place along side of his denial or apology which he sent to J-Ames Golyer Garfield that it was impossible for any frauds to occur except on the plantations. Here are his words: "I do not assert that the returns from those plantations were fraudulent, for 1 do not know it." lie 'merely asserts' tnat 'nowhere else is fraud practicable. ' If any one doubts that Greenbacker .Weaver is the political Mephistophe- les of this country he ought not to doubt any longer after reading the following from the Washington spe cial of the 22d to the Baltimore Sum Tt tiao nnmn in hn nn onen secret that during the recent visit here oiuen. weaver, ihn Orppnhnrb o.nndirlnte for the Presiden cy, he was in secret consultation for some hours with tbe Chairman oi tne itepuDiican i inncrrpnnmna i uamnaicrn uommiuee. as no " w a . nrno lomun tn nn nn nnA or ton other nre TV Bg B w n A V WW vuw - - J . . . Tl ? ff VIOUB occasions wnen in w aamngiuu. vreu. wr'a tvhnin nniiriie tinea tne Aiaoami election could not have been more cun ningly devised in ' the interest of the Ke- publican . candidates ir, as auegea very freely, arrangements to that effect were maria in hia intprvipwa with Mr. Hnhbelh The bolt from the Greenbackei'a Conven tion in Maine yesterday was uodouDteaiy due to hia efforts, but the Insignificance of it shows that his influence is not near so great as the Republican managers had been led to expect." 1 - One vote is sometimes very impor tant. Many men have been defeated from the lack of just one vote. A Governor of Massachusetts was eleoted years ago by one majority. But there ia a recent instance in the Maine election thus given in the Bal timore Sun : "A Mume' treftsurv clerk will nrobablv have thift nreaehed to him for the rest of hia life! . He concluded that it was useless for him to go home to vote,1 as Ms town,' Farmington, was always Republican by a good round majority, jsus wneu me .re- tnrno vorn in end counted it Was found that Farmington had flopped. The Fusionists carried it by one majority anu secureu me member of tbe ijegisiaiure." . The Greenbackers and Democrats inKansas are discussing the. advan tages of a fusion and it is thought they will fuse. In this District the Greenbackers and Radicals have fused, and now they ..have twp.jOan vassers in tbe field to wit, .KurniBl Kornegay and v Kollector; Kanaday, Korrect.. . Political, The GoldsborO; Messenger, .having. an nounced that Col. D.. Kr McRae would sneak at Ml Olive on the 7th of October, that centleman informs us that he- has re ceived hainvitation to speak there on that dav. and he could not do so if he had, in Mnaeaneuce of a Drior- emratement: but will address the people at Mt. Olive on tne 9th prox. if desired. NO. 49. Tun military and tbe tain Jeltfrailou. ' Kliie'a IUouu- We are officially informed 'ihfti it is not at al likely that tho Wilmiugtoa Light In fantry will goto King's Mountain under existing circumstances, and it will be quite a disappointment to the members of the company, who have for some time past teen! drilling and otherwise Drenarinn themselves for the occasion. Gen. M. P. Taylor is of the opinion that the announce- mentj Qf : Adjutant General Jones, as pub lished ia our last, will effectually do awav Wilhithe proposed military display at the celebration, so far es this Stale is concerned,-which will detract very materially from' the interest of the occasion. One of the most important features of the celebra tion was -expected lo ba the sham battle, ua4r taedirection of General Joseph E. Johnston, and this feature alone, in all probability would have.attractcd more peo ple to tbe celebration than anything else connected with it. Gen. Taylor thinks that, under the circumstances, hardly a single military company from this State will be present, if we may except aifew close to the scene of the proposed demon stration. The North Carolina State Guard. - We are requested by Adjutant General Johnston Jones, who writes U3 from Mor- ganlon, under date of September 22d, to state that tbe railway lines in North and South Carolina have in convention agreed to transport the military companies that attend tbe celebration at King's Mountain at two (2) cents per mile for the round trip. At this rate, in this season of the year. Gen. Jones says, it is impracticable to as semble the State Guard in force at King's Mountain. Tbe proposed encampment must be abandoned, and tents cannot be furnished by the Stale. Companies : that attend must go upon their own responsi bility, and as individual organizations, it be ing out of the power of the State authori ties, under existing circumstances, to aSord them assistance. Gen. Jones, however. promises to do anything in his power be forehand to proyide for the shelter 1 and comfort of such companies as may attend the celebration, provided ho is notified in time. Mullet lu Abundance. It is related of a member of the Legisla ture from one of the eastern counties, in good old ante bellum limes, that, upon being asked what were the principal productions of his immediate section, be replied, "Tar, pitch- and turpentine, and herrings in abundance." substitute mullets for her rings, and the same remark will epply with some degree of appropriateness to this sec tion jost about now. A friend who has been down the river on a lisbing expedition Owlvi.l UUJ t ft. Ml AO. of this city, .who has a fishery at Federal roint, caught at one nam, on Tuesday last, about sixtees thousand mullets, which. when salted down, wonld make in the neighborhood of eighty barrels. Hissein was so loaded down with them that rt curst,' or he would have taken even more than he did. He utilized every barrel that could be brought into requisition in which to salt his fish dowD, then filled a good sized skiS with them, and finally had to bury some for the lack of faculties in which to corn them properly to keep them from spoiling. : On the same day a party at tbe Oak Island fishery, near Point Caswell, took in about fifty or sixty barrels at one haul. Cautionary signals. A prominent Democrat of this city makea the suggestion that great care should be taken that the names of all our Democratic nominees are . correctly spelt upon our tickets, in order that no votes shall be thrown out for incorrect spelling, as was the case with one thousand for irregulari ties in printing Gen. Plaisted's name in the recent election in tbe state oi Maine, in this connection, we would call upon our Democratic papers in this State, which are printing our National and : Btate tickets at the head of their columns, ana whicn ior convenience all should do, to see that the name of David A. Covington appears as the candidate for elector in the Sixth Dis trict in place of Hon. K. T. Bennett, who is now giving so much satisfaction on tbe Superior Court bench. . Senator Ransom has notified the committee of invitation that he will speak at the Democratic mass meeting to be held at Jacksonville, Onslow county, October 4. GEN. HANCOCK, A LETTER CONCERNING SOUTHERN WAR CLAIMS. I By Telegraph to the Horning Star.l New York, September 24. Gen. Han cock, responding to Theo. Cook, of Cin cinnati, who had written to him concern ine the General's attitude on the question of Southern claims,' replies as follows, un der date of the 23d mat. : Your letter of the 20th inst. has been received. I regret that you are disturbed about that bugbear of Southern war claims. The people cannot be misled by it. To suppose that "rebel claims" or claims in the interest of persons who were in tbe rebellion can in any way or in any degree be countenanced is au imputation of disloyalty such as used to be made against the Democrats even when they were in the' army aeienaing tne country, do far as it touches me I denounce it. The Government can never pay a debt or grant a pension or a reward of any sort for waging war upon its ownexistence; nor could I be induced lo approve or encourage tne pay ment of such a debt, pension or reward. Nobodv expects or. wants such unnatural action.; To propose it would be an insult to the intelligence ana honor of our people. When the rebellion was crushed the heresy: of secession in every form and in every incident, went down forever. It is a thing oi the aeaa past, w e move ior ward not backward. If I were President I would ! veto all legislation which might come before me providing for the considera tion or payment of claims of any kind for losses i or damages by persons wno were in the; rebellion, whether par doned for not. ;;Tne public laws of civilization do not in general recognize claims for injuries, to property resnlting from the operations of war. Nevertheless our government has treated with great m dulgence the claims for losses and dam- Hires suffered by Union men from military operations of the war of the Union. But as hostilities were ciosea more man mieen years go, claims of that nature are now mostly in the . bands of brokers or persons other than the original sufferers, are becom ing stale.and is my Judgment might fairly be considered as barred by tne lapse oi nme, and if hereof entertained at all, should be subject to the strictest scrutiny. r . Yours very truly, Winjteld S. Hancock. h&Rin WB9 nrnwderl with nnilinrr rrnri r yesterday,, several of which were laden wun corn, lne average price of t ha" pro duct in bulk was 55 cents, i ; Winston; TjviAer vtnnbt Ihere are manvrfiltaanf ihn imttlnnV trini. Mountain scattered ovtr the countrv. WhlCh. if brought tiirih-r. Jwtmlil furm quil0 a collection of ( u-icsiH( t. i -4 Senator Vanco loves fun. so ho went to the circus at S.iiishury lie did not hearian vlhiru ill (liaimHIi as h& account of Ike You'h, Turn 0mp er'a and Tom Keoirh's "still -houaa pravcr meeiing." -- Kinston Journal: It m thrkiio-ht that he cry of the farmers a few weeks agosatmi a ionure in me-coitcm crop wus prema'ure, us some of them hive hlready houspd a pretty fair crop, and ;f course theylhave not ciH it ft!l thus enrft in rt. n- tember.-. . LaGrance Review : Wo' lam that jjaiversalism ia gaining an irjlluenco in um numiuuuuy. tiittTQ nas OCeo but nitiosgooa fodder saved ibis season on c- count of the heavv r&insl Thn lff rnm said io be excellent. We arc in the midst Of ekkness and death. ILenoir 2bvic: Rev. S. Wl Mnm-c D. Tj.cjf iJie ATii hrtrt jat 1 ninlv A.,iiti,' . died fiuddanly. irr Brownsville Tenni Raaf ' on the 2d inst. Dr. Moore was a native of Stokea county, in this Stale. ! lis early life ne uvea in Kaleigh, aud wag a clerk in ihu office of the Secretary of State, till! lilttt William Ilill. his uncle. Hp. frAihinti..! with distinction at Randolph M-ion" Col lege aoout it54i. ' t :Tarboro Southerner: Mr. .Tr.lm M. Cotton, of the Falkland section of Pitt, informs ns that typhoid fever ia racing with alarming iatamy, generally, over hu sec tion.) We henr of a successful ri-vivl Of reli?iOU Oil Ihll 11 iltirhn:o r.lirtlit 'iinii.r the pleaching of Itev. John N. Andrewa. two negroes were playing marbles last weefcwhen, upon a contention arising, one stabbed the other to -death, j No arrest. ;Goldsboro Messenger: Sampson county items: Bluman U. j Crumpler, a well-kaown citizen of Honeycult'd town ship, died athis home Wednesday morning last, aged 60 years. Gov. Jarvis offern a reward of $200 for the arrest of "Bill" Cashivell, who killed JethroCaison in Hall's towulhip on the nii;ht of the 17th of April last, f Our farmers all say taut the cum crop will pan out profusely. Worms are playing the very deuce with gardens in this locality. -Put down three-fourths of an average cotton crop for Sampson. Jackson Reporter : At a recent term fof one of the courts of 'Northampton county, one Ned Charlos, an old negro, was indicted by a young man for stealing corn from his field. The case came up for trial and the old man bad neither counsel nor money to procure the same. I The solicitor insisted on trial. The court asked if anv member of the bar would defend him, whereupon three of the most prominent members of the bar immediately consented to do so. They did defend him; the caso went to the jury, and the defendant vas discharged. . Elizabeth City Carolinian'. With the completion of the Railroad there is no reason why this part of North Carolina should not become the early market garden of Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and Boston. Our soil and climate arc specially adapted to the raising of the 6mall fruits and spring vegetables, these mature at least ten days earlier than even at Norfolk. -Hon. David Sbenck, Judge of the Sixth Judicial District. lie ia a man of fide ap ... i . . pearauce, in me pilots unu.vroi ot man hood.! beine fortv-five vears 'of aire, and is an ableiaser. ' ! Fayetteville Examiner: A pro tracted drought has dried up the sources of the water powers in tbe section of coun try lying around this town, and now that tho ginning seanon is on hand, tbe farmers find great dilSculiy in getting their cotton ginned ' We learn that typhoid fever is preva lent in Sampson county on I Bearskin and Little Cohera. Several persons have died, among whom is Mr. Blueraan Crumpler and his entire family. It is said, and Governor Vance is our authority, that du ring Grant's administration the man in the moon held his nose whenever be passed over. Washington City, . so strong was the odor of political corruption then and there. Charlotte Home: It is pretty well conceded that the yield of cotton in this county will be two-thirds of a crop and tbe yield in each of the townships ,is much tbe same as the average yield. Kev. Dr. Teasdale who has been conducting a revival at the Baptist Church in this ciiy, delivered his closing sermon Wednesday night, and is how holding a series of meet ings in Lincolnton. J net as wo ex- pected. They are trying lo start another daily paper in Raleigh to take the place of the slews or; uosemer, we haven't neara which. iTho cadets of the. Carolina Military Institute will go to the Centennial. Kaleigh can boast oi more papers man twenty counties in the west. Oxford lorchlight: We are glad to learn that Prof. James II. Horner has accepted the office of School Examiner tendered him by the Board of County Com missioners. Our Railroad authorities are buBy collecting sufficient funds to com plete the, O. & H. R. R. We are glad to learn that they have almost collected tho required amount. The whistle will surely be heard in our town at an early day. Mr. Elijah Satterwhite reports crops look ing fine in Williamsboro section. He says he has picked 6,000 pounds of seed cotton from eleven acres, and this is the first pick ing. From present indications the Oxford Female Seminary will have more than one hundred students the present ses sion, j Raleieh News and Observer: Capt. A; H. A. Williams, of Oxford, N. C, is in our city Hs came in the interest of the Oxford S Henderson uauroaa. vve nra clad to learn that' the contract with President Robinson, of the Raleigh & Gas ton Railroad, for the ironing and equipping . of this road, baa been completed. The work will be done at once. It will. we doubt not. be gratifying to the patrons and friends of Peace Institute to learn that the Rev. John S. i Watkins, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, has accepted the position of instructor of mental and moral philosophy and evidences of Chris- . tianily in that institution, and will enter upon his dutieB to-day. We learn from . Mr. John Burwellf the principal, that 140 young ladies have thus far entered. Pittsboro I Record: Mr. Rich mond Jones, of this county, informs us ' that he found a reptile last week that was. about six inches long, and bad eight horns and ten legs I We regret to learn that . yesterday, about 1 o'clock in tbe day, the residence of tho j Messrs. Luke Bros., at Iiockville.was accidentally burned. It is said thaf$800 in gold and $ 1,000 in paper cur-, rency was also burned. No insurance. Mr. John M. .Burnett, of this county. informs us that he has raised a pumpkin this year that measures, four feet seven inches in circumference. One day last week two men were digging s well sear Clover orchard Factory, in Alamance county, and met with a terrible accident. it seems that they were in the well pre- paring for a blast, which went off acciden tally and blew them out o: tbe well,- dis-.j figuring and mutilating them in a horrible ' : manner. One. of them, named Joe Yin- cent, it ia thought will die from his injuries. 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