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TUB CONGKKWNIONAL DI8TKIC I'S.
In our Congressional electrons we
see no reason now for despondency.
Vance, Armfield, Scales, Dowd and
Cox arc safe, we take it, and beyond
'any reasonable doubt. In the Third
, District, our own, there ought not to
he any doubt', and would not be any
if the Democrats were awake. 13nt,
we regret to say, that in Brunswick,
New Hanover, and itt possibly other
counties, there are greaf apathy and
indifference." This must be corrected.
Our people'muat be aroused. : Our
leaders must become active. The
voters musi be stirred and apjwjaled
io. The -tpeakersj must make ap
pointments and attend them. There
i.ii;;hl to be held a half dozen ; mass
"meetings' in ' Brunswick before the
It utioii. In V ilminlon there is au
apathy that in unaccountable. Are
iiir people willing ' that Canaday
shail be their ! Representative?
Will he in any sense repres.oit them?
Their we must arouse from our
ntipineuess and go to work in earnest.
We understand that at the public
iiiet-iint; called the other night there
whs but one ward chairman present,
and lie came in at the eleventh hour.
Jude iiu.sll defeated Col. Waddell
by 881 majority. jThat was dona by
p:iiliy. This District i.s Democratic
hy .it 1. asi 1,800 votes. It will be a
i.iii iintj shame' if it io lost, and a
Uaiiie;il is allowed to go ut Washinir
Lt.ii ir l he Representative of -17,000
a uiti: DeinocraLio voters.
Hie news we are in possession of
aiiilionzos the stalcmem that Air.
.John W. Shackelford, the Democratic
- candidate for the House of Repre
sentatives, will be elected by not less
than 800 majority. If the Democrats
will only do their; duty his m ijorily
will not be lt-s than 1,500. It. will
!i'ui;t:i.l an active campaign from
now out. In some of 1 lie counties
I'm- Democrats are active and deter-"
mined. Tiiis should le the casein
ail of the twelve counties Remem
her i here are but twenty-four more
working days before the election.
In the Second District we suppose
a Republican will be elected. If,
however, ex-Go v. Brogderi should
continue in the field, the result may
he different This will hardly be
the case. Mr. Hubbf, the, regular
Radical nominee, and Mr. Brogden,
the Independent Radical, wilt be able
to arrange matters satisfactorily, we
suppose, before the election. In that
case, as the District is Republican by
seven thousand majority or more, one
of them will be the choice.
In the First District, the' reports
are favorable for the election of the
Democratic candidate, Maj. Latham,
who is said to be a good organizer
aud an effective canvasser. In 18V6
Maj. Yeatesj Democrat, was elected
by 1,188 majority. In 1878 he was
beaten by Martin, Radical, by 51 ma
jorityi but there jwas another Repub
lican in the field, one Itespass, who
received 430 votes. The total Radi
cal majority was 481. The District
is Democratic under a thorough can
vas and a full vote. There is no
doubt of that. jGrandy, the Radical
candidate, is popular with his party,
i a man of some force and energy,
and will probably poll the full
strength of his party. The Eliza
beth City Falcon thif ks Latham wil
he elected by not less than 1244. It
takes Yea tea's majority in 1876, and
calculating the; increase in votes at 3
per cent, it reaches the above figures,
The Radicals ought not to have
but one Representative from North
Carolina according to tho present
VOL. XI.
arrangement of Districts. It there
is one more it will bo the fault of the
Democrats themselves a most cul
pable and inexcusable fault at that.
Ever vote possible should bo given
for the Democratic nominees, as in
the next House it is of the greatest
importance that the Democrats should
keep their ascendancy. . Democrats, J
do your duty. Quit you like freemen,
TtlKKGV AND THE POWKIIS,
We have been trying to under-
stand the European ; complications
and to master especially the Dalcigno
matter, Ihe only satisfactory in tor-
formation we are able "to gather is
that the Porte does not mean to
hirf in annA faith W tW.R.rlin
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treat v.- and that if Mnntnm at-
: . ; k - - - f
tempts to take possession oFTJulcig- I
no, which under the treaty it has a
right to'do, it will regard it' as a de
claration of war. In other words,
Turkey will make common cause
with Albania. That a war may come
of this refusal of Turkey to stand by
the treaty, in! which Russia and Eng-
and, if not other Powers, may be
involved, is somewhat probable. It
is said that tbo Russian people are
hot" for war.
They have beendissat-
J I
isfied from tho first with the peace I
patched up at Berlin, and they are
determined to force Russia into a
war with Turkey before two years
pass, l he hatred ot Moslem rule is
deep and ineradicable, and they mean
to wipe it out sooner or later. A
Philadelphia paper says of the situa
tion:
'The 'whole peuuisular is ripe for another
stiuggle wiih Tuiki-y..' The Pan-Slavonic
propaganda not ihe Russian Government
haasown it wiih weapons and officers.
A colliuion of the Monteueiins with the
Albanians may bring Servian and Bulga
rian troops to the scene of conflict. Such
a war w. u'.il be one ol rcai bitternes3 and
determination on both bides, and Greece
would have Jit share. The Albanians fight
well belter.1 pel haps, than either Slavs or
Greek; but they would be altHcked in front
and rear, by jiind and fcea at the same time.
It ruiKi'l sum h u the war would arise
in such a way thai England would be in-
voived in it through her i-fforis to carry
rito Jt;ei tiio provision it the treatyof
Jeilin. llui up-iii this the Kusiaii3 do not
count i hey li ive no confidence in the
present uiiuihirv, eutlicie'ui to itssuro them
of English supiiort . "
r rom dispatches from .London or
the 6th inst. it seems England is not
at all satisfied with the last Turkish
note. The Porto hasrowu insolent
with time. When Russia "was thun-
dering at the gates of Constantinople
the Sultan and his advisers weru very
humble, and but for England would
lave been humiliated: beyond repair.
ut now he demands tho demolition
of the fortresses on! the Danube and
the Turkish occupation of tho Bal-
ians. Russia will have to do its
rk over again, and tho next time
England will hardly raise its voice to
revent the final overthrow of Tur
key in Europe. - jf
The Star has mentioned more
than once thai the Radical managers
were not loo good to try any method
or to resort to any scheme by which
, lit1 .i , . .,
tho people could be robbed of the I
right of choice. IheSTABT months
ago mentioned ".hat
probable that the
it was not lm-
Lesislatures of
New York. Connecticut, and New
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vcmci i an iKuumiuaui. nuum uo i
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called totzether bv the Governors
falso Republicans) and the Presiden-
tial Electors be thus appointed,
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although there may be some State
law that would prevent such a pro
cedure. Tho Richmond Dispatch of
Tuesday says:
"The Cincinnati Commercial . quoted tbe
other day for the benefit of Senator Cohk-
Irnt; (at the lime io etrrcibna(i), the point of
a letter that paper had xcuivedr to this
effect :
You attach tbq much .importance to
diana. Wis 8fcal win wnhouvtbat Stale.
Tbe election of Garfield :.nd Atihur is cer-
tain. Senator ConJdingis about to render his
carry New York for the Republican ticket
ana save , ine campaign.; mm ne win ao
irrespective ui Auuiaua. . ,v,,.
"That means; we guess Indeed, we can
not imagine it has any other meaning that
lure of New York to bo convened and Gar
field electors chosen by tbat body 1
" We, for one, defy his malice and his
trickery, and his-arrogance, . and dare him
to do this villainous act. It would insure
the election of Hancock."
The moral effect would prove dis
astrous we must hope to Radical sue
cess. The people will not stand
everything. u' ' '. ' ' ;''
The King Mountain Centennial is
passing off in" good style. .The mill
tary display : is not much as was at
first hoped, but .the crowd and the
speaking and the enthusiasm make it
an interesting time. G The four States
of North Caroling rYinia, South
Carolina and Tennessee are all inter
ested in the celebration, as soldiers
from each participated in the very
important and docisive battle. North
WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1880.
Carolina furnished more than any I
other State. We are glad to see the
centennials of the battlesof the Revo-
lution celebrated in becoming style.
I he main thing m connection with
thora now is to remember the great
principle for which our forefathers
fought: the right of self-government.
Our fathers fought for civil and re
ligious liberty. Let us not forget
the lesson. Let us not cease to re-
vpr t hoir momnrioo rr tn nhoriVh tho
grand principles which they strug-
gied fGr through seven years of snf-
fering and peril and death.
WISB SUGGESTIONS FROM A DIS
TINGUISHED GREENQACKEK,
T TT- ITT XT T-T.;..
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wr.w- wmca we m 1
cenW;- he, . jgiyea, some of the .best I
.:";f ;-t !&M-i ?: o-o -. ... t
possible reasons for supporting Han-
cock and English. Be it remembered
he was the Greenback candidate for
Governor of Indiana in 1876. W e
can give ouly a few extracts which
speak for themselves and require no
comment. We commend the follow-
ing to the Greenback Democrats of
this District. Mr. Harrington says:
"T am of the oninion that so loner as the I
ReDublican nartv Is in Dower, there is no
I . - . I
5Pe 'Ktbe, "aIoa , t, !in?ir.WIOfm
desired bv the Nationals: that this Dartv. I
which has been in power during twenty
years, is a serious obstacle in the way of
eucce83. It has done all the legislation of a I
complain, if my memory serves me cor-
. . .v t v.i T
believe to bo the first step toward reform,
Votes for a third candidate contribute to
the support of that party. Onco tho dom-
inant party is out of power it will dissolve
fall to pieces of its own inertia, ana out
of it new organizations must arise. A
third parly cannot, under our system, suc
ceed while two principal parties occupy
the field. The destruction of one of tne
two dominant parties is necessary to the
success of a third. The Republican party
can only be destroyed by its defeat, be-
cause it is the party in power. Tho Demo-1
crane party cannot oe aesiroyea Dy ueieai.
for it is the dominant opposition party out
of power. The Nationals claim that the
Republicans have, by class legislation,
added millions to our public debt tbat
even greenbacks would have been taken
out of circulation if that party had not been
prevented by Democrats, x thins that
every voter who objects to such class-legis
lation, who desires reform, or the success
of a third p-rty, should, cast his vote for
the dominant opposing parly against the
party in p wer. Twenty years' continuous
power is long enough. Corruption will
creen in -vitu lapse ot lime. ana. oesiues,
such p-uiy loses the substanco of reprosen-
talion: it establishes an oligarchy of Doliti
cians, instead of a representation of the peo-1
pie. ine nomination oi xiancoca opens a
new era in the Democratic party; it intro-
duces the young, new life-blood of the J
brings it up to the standard of the times.'
This is a true bill.! Every word is
sustained by facts. There can be no
reform in the currency or in anything
else as long as the Republican party
is in power. Mr. Harrington sees this
most distinctly and points it out very
clearly. If an honest Greenbacker
really desires that the reforms urged J
by his party shall bo mado effective
. . , , , , .
in the future, he has but one course
left open to him
to
pursue he
must aid in destroying the Radical
party that is guilty of every act of
which tho National Greenback party
nmnloing A Mr TTarrir. rrt or. naTra
That gentleman is surely right when
he declares emphatically that
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Wo urge all former Democrats now
- aQi;; - . I n v i .
aiflaDS wun ine reennacs: pany
: .1- - rru:J Tv: . -i . :j . 1 1
" " xuitu xJishrmu io cousiuer won
r it
ine Poinw rai8ett y mr' Harrington,
one ot lheir ttmstea leaaers, and
.!, t . 1 .
certainly one or tneir wisest,
The Richmond ! Dispatch
Fowler was run out of the New York
j
Christian Advocate office by Rev.
J. L. Lafferty, editor of the Rich
mond Christian Advocate, "by his
powers of ridicule." That may be
true. Lafferty has more wit than
any living American as far as we
know, except Dr.i O. W. Holmes.
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1B aH lu" Ul lJOlIU8 aa n porcupine
is of quills, but he is not "fretful"
but a genial, big hearted man of fun
;ana wisdom, ills i ridicule ot poor
i . . , . . . , . .
A UWICJ wuoceuauieoH auu luiuaituuio.
We enioved it prodigiously, and were
almost sorry when the General Con-
ference kicked Lafferty's butt out of
the editorial chair.
The Union League Club of New
York is not all Republican it seems.
Many of the members " are opposed
to Garfield and have resisted the ao-
tion of the Club in tnvinsr monev to
aid in his election. The result is that
they are raising a1 Hancock fund by
voluntary contributions. ;
Fowler played four, says the print-
or JJoes he mean 'ki-ardsr' We vention of 1787 that framed the Con
said foul, intending to play upon the stitution, it was urged Vthat we never
parson's name. But the typo saw ua
one better, and out came the "four "
iwhatever thatmeans.
! -Sir Henry Bessemer, the great
ctjAl mannf Antnroi i V n a Kaon nrn t..
-with the freedom of the cily of London.
moims conckhhino thk a do p.
Tfae Con8titlUion wa8 ad ted and
went iQto effeot MarcMtht m9. B
the end of im aIl tbe State8 had
ratified but North Carolina and
Rhode Island. There was a very
heated contest in several of the States
over the question of adoption, and in
none was it more heated than in
North Carolina. There .were very
great fears entertained by the true
Republican leaders the real Demo
crats, of that time, lest the safeguards
were not strong enough. The people
in the States knew what had occurred
in the Convention; how there was a
strong centralizing party ', and they
feared that in the Constitution as
t j a . '. -J.-
irauieu urefc.HUU.auupi.eu m vn-
vention, there wsV not sufficient
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protection against "the assumption
of undelegated power, en the part of
Federal functionaries, by construc-
Hon and implication." (Stephens.)
This fear prevailed to such an ex-
tent that Patrick Henry opposed its
ratification and adoption. In no less
than seven States, Massachusetts
and Virginia included, important
fltnpnilmsnta vaova nmaA og nnnngaonr
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T f nrAT.anr I hA Ktotno Arvainot h a tsn
va T V t T u T
flohnationmt.a. Tr. was nnlu whan tha
. . ,
States that tho
wouiu Decomo a part ot tne oonstitu-
tion that lney agreed to ratify. It is
not too much to say, such was the
grave apprehension felt that Hamil-
& rr (
ton and others: would attempt to
oheat the States out of some, if not
all, of their rights by construction,
that the constitution would have been
ratified never without the assurance
referred to. Mr. Seymour under-
stands the matter, and hence in his
recent speech eai'd:
"We always find ihatthe men who use
the word and many like Senator Blaine,
love to call it a sovereign naiion are in
favor or a different consti uclian ul the con
stitution than has heretofore pn veiled. Mr.
Garfield openly states this whou he says
that the views held by Mr. Hamilton are
growing in strength, and be rejoices that
our government is gravitating to more power.
We una too that they favor the plans of the
same distinguished statesman of gaining
jurisdiction by constructions put upon the
words of the constitution."
The seven States feared Hamilton
and the strong government advocates
. rP. , tU. lUnn
W 1788. Ihey knew that Hamilton
and his friends had yielded to the
pressure in Convention, had accepted
the situation, bad urged the adoption
of the new Instrument, but they
feared their devotion; were unwilling
to '.rust them without farther and
stronger guards. So they deter
mined to have them.
Accordingly, the following was
urged as necessary:
"The powers not delegated to the United
Stales by the Constitution nor prohibited
by itlo tne atate9, are reserved to the States
respectively, or to the people."
aamuel Adams, one of the great
leaders of New England in bringing
on tbe war 01 independence, said in
the maSSaCDUSettS UOOVentlOU Ot the
proposed amendment:
"it is consonant with tne second Article
I in the Dresent Constitution, that each State
vendence. and everv Dower, iurisdiction
and right, which is not, by this Confedera
lioaexpressly delegated to the United States
in Congress assembled.
Now, why all this, if we have not
Btated the case correctly? There
was danger, and the States were pro
tecting themselves against falso in
terpretations and glossings, con
structions and implications such as
Webster, Story, Curtis, Motley and
other writers have resorted to since.
The amendment given above was
adopted and became a part of the
Constitution. There were other im
portant amendments urged and
adopted at the same time.
The friends of liberty and local
self-government had lived under the
old Articles of Confederation. They
knew that there were extreme men
who held that even then the Ameri
can people were but one Nation.
They . knew that efforts had been
made to consolidate the Federal
I Union. v In the "Madison Papers
n.
we learn that under the old Articles
there were men "who consid
ered the States as Districts of
people comprising one political
society." In Judge Marshall's Life
of Washington, in reference to the
very ct, we are told that these men
jconsidered theAmerican people as
iwuiiufa uui
articles, w e learn iartner irom tne
"Madison Papers" that in the Con
were independent States, were not
,u anA nDVr rtnu h m.-
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maaison aaus- mat. ii was buu turn.
he at ndeA
them, were intoxicated witn tne iaea
1 of their sovereignty.
Now if under the old Articles that
were mere ropes cf sand, as they
turned out, such monstrous views
and doctrines could be proclaimed
such bold, aggressive, dangerous
construction could be indulged, how
important it was for the friends of
liberty and of free government to
erect every possible safeguard against
such interpretations and construc
tions in the future. Mark you, the
old Articles had proclaimed distinct
ly th at "each State" of the Union
retains its sovereignty, freedom and
independence." Such construction
then was hardly on a par, however,
in its extravagance and absurdity
with that of Webster, Garfield, and
others of a later time, in view of the
special safeguards . aud barriers that
were introduced intcuthe; Constitu
tion, by the Amendments.
Tho authors of "The Federalist" un
derstood fully when they were urging
tho people of the States to adopt the
new Constitution, that the instrument
adopted by the Convention was only
a plan or a proposal of government,
and that it bad no power until ratified
by the States. In fact, the Constitu
tion itself distinctly sets forth that
it would continue to remain & propo
sal until it should be ratified by "the
Conventions of nine States," and
furthermore, and mark it, that it
should then be binding only "between
the States so ratifying the Bame."
If Virginia, North Carolina and South
Carolina had never ratified the pro
posal it would have had no binding
power over them; We say, then, that
Hamilton, Madison and Jay under
stood perfectly that the Constitution
was only a proposal of government.
In Number xxxix of "The Federalist"
it is said clearly and pointedly:
"The Constitution is to be founded on
the assent and ratification of the people cf
America,", but "this assent and ratification
is to be given by the people, not as indi
viduals comprising one entire nation, but as
composing the district and independent
States to which they (the people) respectively
belong. It is to be tho assent and ratihca-
tion of the several States, -derived from the
supreme authority in each Slate tb authority
of tbe people themselves. The act, there
fore, establishing the Constitution will not
be a National, but a Fedebal act."
Such was the teaching of Hamil
ton and his associates when they were
very desirous of forming a Union by
the adoption of the Federal Constitu
tion. It was because the people bo
regarded it that the Union was formed
and the Constitution was adopted.
After the Constitution was adopted
tbe advocates of a strong govern
ment soon began to show their hands.
North Carolina Delegates to tbe Ecu
menical Council.
The last Raleigh Christian Advocate con
tains the list of delegates from the M. E.
Church, South, that were appointed to at
tend the Methodist Ecumenical Council,
which assembles in London next year,
Amongst the appointments we notice that
of Rev. L. S. Bdrkhead, D. D., of the
North Carolina Conference, and now Pre
siding Elder of this (the Wilmington) Dis
trict. No better appointment could have
been made than that of Dr. Butkhead.
Thoroughly posted in tbe doctrines of his
Church, he will ably and faithfully repre-
cent the JUelhodisis or norm Carolina in
that body. Amongst the lay delegation we
notice the name of Julian b. Carr, of Pur-
ham, a prominent lay member of tbe M. E.
Cburcb, South; a fine scholar and a rising
young man. The Methodists of North
Carolina have surely placed their interests
in able bands.
Carolina Rice fllllla.
- The new Carolina Rice Mills, erected
near the foot of Chesnut street by MeEsrs,
Norwood Giles and Pembroke Jones, are
about completed, and on Wednesday the
machinery was put to a practical test and
found to work to the entire satisfaction of
the proprietors.4 Thoy expect to have the
( mills 1 permanently at work in a week or
two. Tbe engine is 70-horso power and
the capacity of the mills about five hundred
. . . rw. ti l .
DUSneis per aay. i no miner in cuarge, ai.r.
Ttnttfl nf f!hfirleston. civea it as hia ooinion
that the mills are as complete In every re
spect as any in the country. The machine
ry was erected under, the superintendence
of Mr. Brotherhood, of Charleston, S. C.
Ther building is of brick, 40x50 feet in
dimensions and four stories high.
We wish tbe enterprising proprietors the
most unbounded success io their new and
important venture.
Now bring along your rice.
Han. XV. at Bobbin ana our Dull
ness Interests.
The members of the Chamber of Com
merce and Produce Exchange called on
Hon.W. M. Bobbins at the Purcell House!
yesterday, to testify their respect and op-
. .. ... . m .iC :
preciauon oi mis eiiona iur iue impruve-
mem ana weiiare oi mia port wuue a uieiu
her of Coneress. !
Mr. R. E. Calder. President of tho Pro
duce Exchange, presented tbe different
members of tbe two bodies to Mr. Kobbms,
who at tbe conclusion of, tbe presentation,
expressed his appreciation of the compli
ment, in a short epeecn. . .
flladen County Nominations.
The following is the Bladen county Dem
ocratic ticket complete, a partial list only
of tbe nominees being given in our last:
House of Representatives N. A. Sted-
man,' Jr. . "
? - Sheriff Geo. P. Melvin. --
; Treasurer Robert M. Devane.
j Register q .Deeds -ohn M. Benson.
Surveyor James G; Gillespie. ,
Coroner Lucien. J. Hall.
NO. 51.
Criminal Court.
The following cases were disposed of inl
this Court yesterday :
Slate vs. George Myers, charged iwith
burglary. Case continued.
Stale vs. John Grady, convicted of man
slaughter at a former term of Court. : De
fendant resentenced to twenty years im
prisonment in the Slate Penitentiary; tbe
Supreme Court, to which he had appealed,
having confirmed tke action of the Court
below.
State vs. Love Ann Jones, convicted at a
former term of the Court of an attempt to
commit rape. Defendant resentenced to five
years in the State Penitentiary, the Su
preme Court, to which she had appealed.
confirming the action of the Court below.
State vs. James Wilbett, convicted of
arceny. - Judgment suspended on the pay
ment of costs and fine.
State vs. John Burnett, convicted of false
pretenses. Motion in arrest of iudgment;
judgment granted and defendant dis
charged.
State vs. llary Eliza Lively, convicted of
assault and battery. Judgment suspend'
ed on the'payment of costs.
A number of other cases continued over.
At 4 P. JVI. Court adjourned for the
term.
Died or Ills lujurlefi.
Mr. Peter Josephs, the engineer on the
Carolina Central Railroad who lost a leg by
an accident at Laurinburg on Monday, the
27th ult., died at that placs on Friday
morning last, between 9 and 10 o'clock,
from the effects of the injury. Mr. Josephs,
who was about 3(5 years of age, leaves a
wife and three children to mourn his un
timely fate. As before stated, he was well
known here, having married a daughter of
Mr. Thomas Williams of this city, and
was generally esteemed among his friends
and acquaintances for his many good qual
ities. His remains were interred at Laurin
burg yesterday.
Deceased was a member of tbe Laurin
burg Lodge of Knights of Honor.
Columbus Politics.
The unterrified Democracy of Columbus
county bad a fine rally at Whitevillo yes
terday. Capt. V. V. Richardson, candidate
for the Senate, and all the county candi
dates were present and several of them
made speeches. Capt. Richardson's effort
is highly spoken of.
Major C. M. Stcdman, of this city, was
also present, by special invitation, and ad
dressed the people with fine effect. He
was warmly congratulated at the close of
his speech.
We are glad to hear that the Democrats
of Columbus are full of zeal and energy
and will give an old-time majority for our
whole ticket.
C. C. Railway items.
One of the new heavy draught engines
purchased 6ome time since by Capt. Y. Q.
Johnson, Superintendent of the Carolina
Central Railway, arrived yesterday and
was sent un to the shops at Laurinburg. It
has been Darned tbe D. R. Murchison.
Air breaks have also been received and are
being put on the coaches, but all the ap
pliances and fixtures necessary tor a taster
scneauio nave notyei neen receivcu.inougn
ordered some time since.
. FBOIH ONSLOW.
Democratic Mass meeting Speeches
by Siedman. JdeLean and fffanly.
Correspondence of tbe Star.l
Onslow Countv, October 5.
Knowing that both you and the
readers of your paper would be glad
to hear the political news from this
sterling old county, I write j to say
that the Democracy have commenced
the campaign in earnest, and will
henceforth wage an aggressiyo war
fare until the polls are closed on
I a
the day of election.
Yesterday was agreat day for the
Democracy of Unslow. A mass
meeting was held in Jacksonville,
and a large crowd assembled to lis
ten to the speakers who were present
Dr. E. W. Ward, the Chairman of
the County Executive Committee,
first introduced Maj. Chas. M. Sted-
man, of your city, in a very hand
some manner. He spoke of him as
one who had been a success wherever
tried; alluded to his brilliant war re
cord, his career as a lawyer, a finan-
Cier ana a citizen, x snouia ao -maj.
S. an iniustioe to attempt a synopsis
of his speech. I know that I speak
the universal sentiment of all who
heard him when I say that but few
speeches delivered in Onslow county
since the war have created so pro
found and favorable an impression.
It was eloquent, logical and I full of
power. The special charm, however,
of his address was the manly and
generous spirit which characterized
it throughout. Surely if any man
had a right to complain of the result
of the Fayetteville Convention your
townsman had; yet so far from com
plaining his grand rallying appeal in
behalf of Shackelford was worthy of
any orator and of any man. It is
safe to say that no one ever made
more friends in Opslow in one day
than Cbailes M. Stedman.
The second speech was from our
Elector. D. IL McLean, JLaq., who
acquitted himself with much credit
the crowd being greatly pieasea py
his humor, anecdotes and pleas'ant
style.
Mr. Clement Manly delivered the
last speeoh of the day: he is worthy
of the name ho bears; his polished,
classical and able address won for
him the commendation of jail.
. The meeting in Jacksonville was a
decided success and' was productive
of good. ; Send your townsman, Major
Stedman, over to see as again, he will
always have a cordial greeting in our
county. UNsrow.
Spirits , Turpentine .
At King's Mountain a man
named Glenn, from. Greenville, S. C, was
cut by a man from Gaston county, JN. C.
The "Honorables" are c:rop
out all round.' Fellows who never b
office in their lives. , now appt-ar its
And yet there is not a peiaoa 1
Carolina biz enouch fool to alia
honor to such an empty sounding title.
Raleigh xfews and Observer: h
Western North Carolina ibev sav eaueeis
have been appointed in t xcisiof t!ie de
mand. Men who hive heieiofore voied
tho Democratic ticket ar given commis
sions, and are told that they wiil be Liven
four dollars a day if they can hod a e ill to
locate with.
Tarboro touthernerx We. men
tioned the fact last week thai llentv V.
Nelson, Postmaster -at Gieenv.lk-. Pnt
county, had defttulted in $2,000 and ab
sconded. .Now private advices infer ms us
that Joseph; J. Qancey, 17 or 18)eaisof
age, a orother-in-law of nelson, and bis
assistant, was arrested on Monday of last
week for robbing a registered letter of a
sura of money. !
Wilson Advance: Mr. Georpor
Evans, of Nashville, was born in March,
noa. tie never courted a woman isi his
life but intends to do so as soon as he
reaches hi9 one hundredth year. He cer
tainly has tafcen for h'.s motto in regard to
matrimony that of the song, and will "bide
a wee." Another f old man is Mr. Allen
Taylor, of Battleboro. He was born in
178-agad 93 years.
New Dernian". Mr. F. 53. Ernul.
of this county, whOBe farm is situated near
Streets' JCerry, showed us on Saturday last
a noe Duncn or UoDCord grapes which vcr.ie
not only neatly ripe but aire the secoud
growth of the season. Mr. Ernul states
that llm second Crop, if no frost appears
in the meantime, will fully maluie and
ripen within the present week. lie also in
forms us that in the event we have no frost
within two K-aeks from tbia time, he will
produce bis second growth of scuppernong
grapes. ; .
iialeigh Aews and Observer :
The chief marshal, Col. A. B. Gorrell, of
Forsyth, has requested tbe corps of assis
tant marshals of the fair to assemble in
Raleigh Saturday, October 1 6. Trains-
ore now running through to Ashevillc.
The winter schedule is now as follows:
Leave Raleigh at 3:35 P. M., arrive at
Salisbury at 10:20; leavo Salisbury at G:30
A. M., arrive at Abbeville about 5.00 P. M.
lhe storehouse and entire stock of
goods, belonging to Mr. J. C. Williams, of
Black River township, Harnett county, wrs
destroyed by fire at about 3 O'clock A. M.
We are glad to learn that tho Golds
boro Rifles wiil ba here at the fair.
Goldsboro' Messenger: The an
nual conference of the Disciples of Christ
is being held this week with th"e church at
Bethel, in Lenoir county. A very
painful accident happened Wednesday to
Mr. Cicero Cuttington, a worthy and in
dustrious farmer; of rikeville township.
He was hauling a bale of cotton to town,
and on the road his cart shafts broke sud
denly, throwing the bale forward and to
the ground.- Mr. Cuttington was caught
under the cotton and had his thigh badly
broken. A he next annual Conference,
os a united bod v. of the Methodist Protes
tant Church, will meet at Tabernacle, ten
miles south of Greensboro, on Wednesday,
Dec. 1st, lBbU
Lenoir Tonic: The Wilming
ton Star, one of the best edited papers in
the South, has entered its 27th volume.
Last Saturday tbe tobacco barns of D.
D. Coffey and Mr. Leonard, of John's
River Township, accidentally caught fire
and were consumed. . They were both fall
of tobacco. At "Fort Defiance," the
old family residence in Caldwell county of
tbe Lenoirs, is still preserved, tbe sword of
General Wm- Lenoir, which he captured
at the battle of King's Mountain. This
sword is of highly tempered steel, and has
Upon its seen blade an inscription in
Spanish, which translated reads: "Never
draw me without reason" "Never sheath
me without honor."
Charlotte Observer: Up to the
present time the King's Mountain celebra
tion has not proved a source of much reve
nue to Charlotte merchants. Major
Daniel was introduced es "the orator of the
occasion, John W. Daniel, of Virginia."
A compactly built man, scarcely above the
medium height, eminently strong and clas-.
sic features unconcealed by beard, dark
flowing bair over a forehead slightly re
ceding this was tbe figure which con
fronted the sea of eager and upturned
faces eager, for the eloquence of tbe
young Virginian, who has not yet reached
bis fortieth year, had preceded his coming.
He spoke an hour and three-quarters to tho
vast assemblage and held it spell-bound.
It was the story of tbe latter days of the -Revolution.
Kinston Journal: On Friday
last the gin house, press and a lot of lint
and seed cotton at Joseph Williams' were
consumed by fire. Mr. Washington
Barnes, near Kinston, reports tbat he has
gathered this year in the month of Septem
ber 17 bales of cottoD, averaging 495 pounds. .
from 17 acres. Of course tbe cotton in that
field is nearly all out. The Disciples
of Christ hold their annual conveution at
Bethel, in this county, during this week.
- M. Washington Barnes presented us
last Saturday some peaches just gathered
by him on the Yadkin Hill farm, from u
tree that bad already borne a full crop this
summer. Over 3,000 bales of cotton
were shipped from Kinston in September.
The sweet potato crop this yejrr is very
poor, caused by dry weather.
Raleigh News and Observer: The
failure oMhe State Guard to be present at
King's Mountain in a body is regretted by
all. Tbe Adjutant General and the autho
ities here are not to blame, but the Atlanta
& Charlotte Air Line Railroad positively
declined to transport our troops. The
other lines were perfectly willing to do so.
Six hundred flowering plants, given by
Wm. J. Best, Esq., President of the W.
N. C. R. R. Co., Asheville, N. C. These
plants are from Mr. Best's beautiful home,
at Caldwell, N. J. Last Saturday was
a glorious day. forjAsheville. It was the first
day that the railroad engine ever came to
tbe depot at tbe Swannanoa bridge, being
at which point it can naturally be termed
to be at Asheville, for it can never by any
probability be placed more ithan three
fourths ot a mile nearer the centre of the
town that it is now.
Charlotte Observer : Henry
Rhone, a young man living in Charlotte
township, recently picked 520 pounds of
cotton in one day, working from sunrise to
sunset. A small, but appreciative
audience heard-Miss Clarke at the Opera
House Tuesday evening. Miss Clarke
evinced rare talent and gifts in the beauti
ful art of elocution. Tuesday evening
at 9 o'clock Mr. J. B. Franklin, an old
and respected resident of this- city, died
at his residence, of consumption, af
ter a long and protracted decline.
Daylight yesterday morning disclosed
on tbe railroad near theMownof King's
Mountain the shocking evidences of a ter
rible tragedy which must, have occurred
sometime during tbe night before. It was
the mangled and disfigured remains of a
man whom a party of friends soon identi
fied aa those of a Mr. John Mauney, a citi
zen of Cherryville, N. C It was learned
that he had started towards King's Moun
tain from the Centennial grounds the night
before in company with a party of friends
who now recognized him. Some of them Ji ad
been drinking and the dead man straggled
behind the rest and got lost from them. It
is supposed that he lay down on the rails,
sunk into a deep sleep and was run over by
the train. " '
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