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WHAT Wltb FOLLUIV.
. If Garfield is elected and Congress
ahottld be llepoblioan the South will
hive a hard time. Garfield has aur
r iirlt-rtd to tho Stalwarts. We all
km hViW bitterly they hate the
Sottiheru people. We all know how
ma! and viudiolive were Gai field's
uueranoAS in the House aainxt the
S h.; :TbC South can but xpect
tiitiX ail sorl of laws would be eo
ticlid, th direct intent of which
would ie to coerce, to subjugate the
S.Mtih. We believe that there is
- . i i . , .
U tiller ahead serious danger to the
whole country. We believe that
our most cherished and dear-bought
inatitotioDS are in danger. We be
lieve that force bills of the severest
kuv4 will be passed if the Radicals
iriarapb. We believe that Garfield's
iletion in 1880 means Grant's elec
tion in 1884, and then an over
throw of our Government an framed
by -AV ashing too and his illustrious
coiftpeers, and then the Empire. Our
existence as a free, independent, hap
py; and prosperous people is at stake.
The Portsmouth Enterprise thus
views the situation. It is addtessing
Virginians, but . its words concern
North Carolinians and the South
tqually. It says:
Tbe question ia not one cf cboice but
t.neTof aeci Silly. Do the people of Vir
KuU want to be placed back once more to
tbw coudition at the time of Grant's ad
miulBtraiion and the carpet-baggers, or do
tbey wot to continue to control their own
doovBstie affairs f Ou they want to see
their Judges again palled down, from tbe
bench, tbeir B'.ate officer turned out by tbe
bayonet and tbeir legislators submitting
tbeir creJetrtials to the inspection of a
corporal of the guard before they are al
lowed to enter the State Jlouse? Do they
wst to see every county overrun witb
d iroty eUc ion marshals arrestine legal
upon' false charges, aBd carrying
eUcUons by force and intimidation? Do
they, want aU tbe horrors of reconstruction
dnys and negro rule revived by a bitter
rMttiaan Concress and administration, by a
paity which is rallying its followers to the
tuoi4f hater Eren-in the Sooth itself tbe
Republican candidates are trjingtowake
up in the minds of the negroes their old
tiuta towards tne waites."
HlowTour llorn Billy Smith will
give a hundred lashes to tho colored
man who dares to vote for a Demo
orat. This is the specimen Radical
who hunted deserters in the war with
blood-hounds. It has been reported
time and again that the dark-lantern
bosh whackers have been fall of in
cebdiary talk in their harangues to
the negroes. White men of North
Carolina a great responsibility rests
upon you. ; Quit yon like men. So
bear yourselves on Tuesday next that
no detriment befals the Comraon-
wealth, ';'." "
AR PBN ABVOOATBOF COHSOLt-
D4TION.
- We mentioned that' the Weekly
Nciet,of Philadelphia, had been muoh
enlarged and had ohanged its name.
It professed to be fair and elevated,
but it was insular and Radical. It is
worse tharrirle "iruTitJosed. It is the
oan, avowed advocate of a "strong
fldveroment.w It ia not satisfied with
tho Conatitntion as framed and
amendeibut itmusthave itchaneed
completely and consolidated after
the? true Ilamiltonian pattern. The
Stab has long seen the tendency of
Radtoalism U centraliaation, and haa
often warned its readers of the dan
ger that threaten the Government of
ourj fathers. If Garfield is elected
Grant -will succeed him in 1 884. Then
weal ? V The children . running about
owr stTeets. when ffrayheaded,l will
. " 7 r"
be uvinftunder a very different form
of gpvtiniMetfrffrflr that under
which the gray heads of the present
were reared. It is inevitable if such
creature aa Garfield and Grant are .
to domtnate. But hear this new Pbilar
delpJaia Ra4ieal paper the exponent
of 'consolidation pnt forth its put-
VOL. XII;
'I
poses. There ia notojataking, f orhey
are coolly and deliberately stated, fit
is called The American. "ThB is
a misnomer clearly. . It ought ito
have been "The Empire or The Revo-
ttmoniti. tvo conv what it aavs
because it is edited with marked
ability and : will exert a danger-
ous, malign influence, vis i a fliw
of evil when such a paper can-boldly
proclaim its purposes in a creat1 com-1
tnerciai man ana oe sustained am
ply. That paper will bo read .by the
wealthy by those who control the
Radical party. It is a weekly at $5
a year, and is not intended for people
of sm 11 means. But hear it : 1
'We shall advocate the policy. of estsbo
lifchiog complete national authority, with
tuch chauea in our constitutional law as
fcUitl! enable -the ruuonal Government lo
extend to every; American citizen the prpv
...... i . ...l.iak J..-k. ..... afcl.. ...mM
ioju ciuacus. Wo uil eetk io pronaqte I
iwpg n,l
siijCo tlie- uoveruuieai WW; formed, . fey
wbicb cxluuial resinclioos on iia nulhoriiy
have been, removed aud Hie national nuibo
rity 'cuutoSidaied." t ' -f .
Garfield, Graut, the Empire ! Let
all patriots do their utmost in thia
contest. If we fail lo elect Hancock
f - - i !
wo sii all fail ! to preserve our present
form of government in all ' proba
bility. . I',. . ; .v -t:u--,-'
Every one who has any memory
or knowledge oi eveuts during
Grant's eight .years knows what 'a
corrupt, thieving set ho had around
him and in his Cabinet. Grant is to
succeed Gai field if the latter can get
the Presidency through wholesale
bribery, intimidation ai.U corruption.
The bargain has, been struck and no
mistake. Old Simon Cameron fixed
that up at Men tor. Grant, Conklfng
and old Simon5 Magus knew what
they were up to wheu they moved
on tbe weak-kneed and venal Gar
field. The New York Sun thus fig
ures out the Cabinet in 1884 :
The 'Old Guard' will come well to the
front bbould Garfield get in. Grant is to bo
nursed for four years -wi'b ibe tiliu of Cap-lain-General,
and a rouod salary well up
to tbe Prebi.ieniV, if Congress cau be cap
tured. Aa to the Uwbinel, why not good,
loyal, and tried jMlrmta l.k5lhe following:
Edwatds I'ifrrrjHJi.l, Secretary of Stat.
George S. BvutwelL tkcretary of the
Treasury. 1 . j
Citlumbu8 Delano, Secretary of tbelnte-
uor. i c
X7 ur r .1 1. i.. .. t ict
Georae M. I Hobtsoa; Secretary of the
Nsy: .... : 1 ' j : I
J a. J. v,Ttsweii, fostmttster uenerai. t
Land aulet W illiams, - Allot a;y-Se aeral '
It is doublfui if in any age there
I . . .
were as many utterly unscrupulous,
debauched and bold men as are now
dominating .the Radical party, Grant,
Uaineld, Arthur, Uameron, and a
hundred others. All black with crime
and totten with corruption. ,"
Tho Star does not go mad ovdr
an actress like Sarah Bernhardt, but
as she has arrived at'New Yoik and.
is the main topic of the fashionables,
oesiues newspapers iaaj,ave notom
more important ' on hand
we "ive ,
description pf-her; from one of Ute
admiring papers:
'She is of.mediuia &talarcj inclined net-
baps lo shlBesae;jjroejwadi';W 8
naturally quile- kw, rboovsaes totally j it
visible, uodar the flagy and disorder!
coiffure. . The hajr. UaOtia nekber reddish
nor bright golden, -as d'eacrSbed by" some
persona, but a warml bldndr,?, and of
neaiiniui a bue mat a dye is not even su
gested. Her features are extremely-flni
ana are not even remofeiy inaicauvel.aQr
Demuic origin, uer cueea.uoncs are ratner
high, and her eyes, which are steel blai,'
are, when ber lace ltf i repose prone to
dreaminess, but as 'soon as her face be
comes animated sparkle electricallW'Her
moutn is large nut pretty, and her teethase
fine, although the upper ones are perhaps
too long. Tbe most stUKtng part ' or ber I
face is her complexion, which is of a trap
ESff&SESaSs&SgtZ
from the siainew wbicb; many lidttesses
BreioreTer ocoiiipoupwauwg W-,puouc
Rev. J; J. Lafferty; editdrf rtbo
Richmond Christian : Advocate.
(Methodist), and iRev. :H.WJ Jack-
son, (Episcopalian): will edit u7te
Southern tPulpii? a periodical io 'be
published in Richmotidi Va:, iff Jahr-
uary. n subscription price, is f 1.5d
Such a. publication r is much needed-
Let it be evangelical and undenom
1 national, aud.ietit,, represent to itls
I best ability bkwpg 'o'CMip
South. . .,
a. r5k
At : Bishop npoggettVi f unejal ih
RichmondjRev. Df. John E Edwardg,
of the Methodist, Drs; Reid and Hoge,
of the Presbjterianjj Wdpr:.:,Mihni
gerode, 'of the Episcopal' Churches,
delivered, j addresses. tjWe copy f rom
the state:' 'u nn .i-:;.-: i
"Dr MrfrfdweliUponhe faithr
fulneas of the deteaocdraud-eatd Dr. Dog
gettwaespeehitlj' Whit,JWou be: called a
holv man. ! The loai. to ibe Yireinia Bible
1 Society fa the'deataof-thft jgood ininistex
1 Mild lMiMnl:fattidr; ,ik io aouyit-j. i
wonld be deeply fsfc
"Dr. Hoa cloaed lhe addresee John
Milton had eatoVoa -to death-bed : 'I am
like a letter .tati has been .fatuy.' written,
signed ana sealed; and now
be sea lob Us uestioalion.!r
ceased: His iettex had been
and has vane to reach its-destiaation
,r---r,i.i.m : j Mjuf.r.' :. u&jux
tyi&l
Hancock.
WILMINGTON,
Let us work. Every American
elector, u.ai sovereign.' A pure ballot-box
is bis throne. 'The-officeholders
are servants J' the i people are
tte' Master 5 So it was in the ptire
days, of ,thej Iepublioj.jso it must be
again, or we are lost.
' veiy araenoan sovereign
Every American
has
.athnty to wield, A duty nd -per
Ior,m' .f118 c?uniry " inaapger,,
ills
own liberties are, in serious peri L
The future of Axis own children hang
in the balance. If the ideas that
now domitiater ther -Republican ' 'party
should prevail unhappily in tho coun-
oils or the VJ nion. tnen . a genuine
democratic, government a goverp
ment - by the people and. for the
people will be destroyed, and ja
strong government a centralized
power, wiU4e substituted.. I
jrd yoaiprepared" lor ;och iraffct
yoaprepared
ou3 chango ? Do you . desire to see
tho best government upoo which tfe
sun shines as "he gallops across the
Zodiac" wiped out and a government
of an altogether different kind sot up?
Are you so tired of your bloods
bought liberties that you are willing
fo see them swept away and you arjd
your children reduced to a condition
of servitude of slavery ? A free-
born citizen deprived of his natural,
inalienable rights is a slave.
What then do you propose to ,do
to avert the dangers and save tne
co'dntry from despotism ? How shall
Grantisua and Garfieldism be stamped
out? Will jou refuse to exercise
your right of sovereignty and strike
one blow for liberty and the Consti
tution ? Will you sit down with
folded hands and say the "country
has gone to the bad," as wo hear it
expressed, and nothing can be done
to rescue it . from impending f ate ?
lie that would be free must bo the
first to strike the blow. Supineness
and dispair and ' indifference never
saved a coin try or even secured a
living. What then?
We say to every Democrat in the
Statej you have ' a duty to perform
that no other man can perform for
you. There is no proxy in the mat-
of sovereigut&under the Ameri-
can Constitution. You cannot dele-
gate to another the right to. exercise
your power or to do your voting.
Each man is responsible to God and
his own conscience for the exercise
of his influence and privileges, and
by his acts he must be judged. If
you refuse to combine with ail good
men in an honest and earnest effort
to save civil liberty and rescue the
country from ' the clutches of ; bad,
corrupt men, then you' ! aro 'sel
oondemned and guilty. ' ,
Cut you will not be supine or card-
less. ; You will do your duty as ja
good citizen; You will exert all your
influence in behalf of honesty and
economy' and justice and equal rights
and a pure ballot. You will combine
with: the millions of honest voters
rebuking the shameful anddespicab
frauds of 1876, and in vindicating thie
right of ; the American f reemen to
make their own selection and. to bavje
. .,ji, , i r... 77. jit -i i i
their votes honestly counted.
Remember that in 1876 JSamu
J. 2 Helen received more than one
million
mojority i of the while 'votte
cast
Think of that..' ' Then see whb
: "i-.- .-T 7 '' h i- v ,' i
I aits in his place. i A raud r ,
I'er.that tho party inoM
j Republican. Ji as stolen and wasted
. ttnAroza nf my1(,na nf thflnhl&t
money within the last .fifteen yeari.
L Remember that tho Radioal party
s . rapidly gravitating towards desj-
potism is rapidly becoming: a party,
favoring a destruction of our present
form of government: Garfield thanks
God and takes courage that we are
becoming nearer and nearer a" strong
government" a government ( of thp
Hamiltoniaoi model with regal pow
crs and an 'aristbcraUcaldass. j
KememDer tne,. great, nagram,
'"Wft.,'' :haYe een :Mf!?ilfaf
within a few days by that same .cor
rupttdangeTous,( revolutionary party
how it debadched the public; mor
als, bled
its employes, bought ' up
whiterf and , negroes, as ,4umb, dri
ven cattle" are papghtbow they
have lied against and misrepresented
the South. Remember these "things
and then act jhonest,
. hberty-lovingmen.Tr In all tpe ; bis-
;toryof our; country ( there has ; been
nothing comparable in deviltry and
Cbn&Upgs and Grarits, the Shermans,
the'Evarts hndJewells, and etbeoi
the Stalwart leaders ' and fuglemen.
I rlnrlrnpflB. irt nlfmrtfir tmii nnllntinn. in
Sa .waathe de- I degradation and recklessness to the
;:faUt ?rritteh 1 'i. '1V? VooA'l'-l'i -OJ1
t? i a"7Tj-. Ui ::. ..ii:-: '.,u ;..., ,
N. C, FfilDAY, JntOVEMER 5, 1880., , ,
Their papers have teemed with the
most unmitigated falsehoods and
slanders. Their public speakers have J
sought persisten'Jy ? to; degrade the
South, and fan tbe flames of - sec-
tional haired and discord. 'They
. . - ... . -A . ,
have left nothing undone by whiph
they hoped to deceive the voters loft
ino country anu grasp again me reins
of power. .- . ; .1 ,t :.; .'.,!
t 1 lul ;n k
Bntwe trust they will be disab-
pointed. We hope a large majority
of the American people will say on
Tuesday next that this great country
musi anu snau continue to oe, tree,
and that Radicalism a synony m fr
all that is devilish and corrupt shall
henceforth have ho part or lot in go-
verning a great, free and resolved
people. So be jU'j ' V j '
Freemen of North Carolina, do
youj duty. Deiratof the Thi
am3 failhfalt0 yourselves and to j
your children. - "Let all tlie ends I
thou aimestat be thy country's, thy
God's and truth's."
STATIC KXPBNDITITBKS-UHHAT
SAVING tO TUB PEOPLK, i
1869--Radical8 in power ex
! nenditures of State Govern
ment...... 776,476.ni
1870 Radicals in power ex- !
penditures.. 1,117,160 44
1878 Radicals in power for i
! three months expendit'rea 203.305.51
: In these figures there is noacooudt
taken of the millions of dollars raised
by the issue of bonds. We have the
enormous sum of $2,096,942.59 sis
the expenditures "in running the
machine" lor 2 years with Radicals
in oommand.
Now glance :at the following fig
ures, which; are official. The Radi-
cals had the Governor iu 1871, '7$,
'73, '74, '75 and 1876, but the Demo
crats had the Legislature, and -were
enabled as a consequence to cut
down expenses, as will be been:
Expenditures in 1871 ......
1872......
" " 1873
" . " 1874.
1875
.52.231.44
. 627,384 03
. 521.785.14
. 439.836.03
. 542,371.48
Total in five years
Average by Ibe year.
...$2,673,603.07
....$534,721.00
Average under Radical rule for
two years
030,818.00
Difference in saving in favor of
Democrats . by the year $412,096,
By putting Democrats in office the
tax-payers of North Carolina save
annually the laige sum of $412,096.
In other words, if the Radicals had
continued in power during the five
years indicated above the tax-payers
must , have paid $2,060,485 two
million sixty thousand four hundred
and eighty-five dollars more than
they did pay. Think of that.
But farther. Ia 1877, 1878, 1879
and 1880 the Democrats have had
control o all of the Depigment, of
th. Stu Gov.rpm.ot. Let M.
i
wuati expenuuures nave oeen uiauu
during these four years. '
Expenditures in 1877........$
Expenditures in 1878.. ......
Expenditures in 1879
Expenditures in 1880(estim'd)
599.154 73
508.615 49
.564,954 95
478,986 96
-r-
a i .. , u .) $2,146,712 03
Average for. four years. ...... .$536,678 03
' If the Radicals1 had continued m
power during ( these four years the.
TWinlfl tniiBt havfl naid a3.787.272. 1U-
. ' e U v ' t .v-
stead of.the above, In other words ,
thev saved $1,040,560 in four year?.
fAdd what they naved bthachande
in the Drecedincr five vears. besinfih
'with 1871. and we 1 have $$.701.045
, . , r o i
saved in nine years to.the taxrpayets
of the State. If the liadioais naa
continued in power until; 1880, th
would have drawn from f the ha
earnings of the oeonle nearly tour
million dollars more than they bavp
had to pay under Democratic rule; j
When we add the hundreds qf
thousands saved to the people in th'e
county expenses.! we have-enough tpi
make every man resolute in his? purj
oose to keep ' Radioals ' out of oflSce
henceforth in North Carolina. 1
":t A8 our tedders know, Landers; the
Democratio candidate for Governor
in. Indiana,, was notslpopulaf. - Porj
ter'A . nlnralitVT is 6.953. But the'
Radical candidate for Lieutenai
Governor, one Hanna, has but 4? 7
This in faet is the average 'plriraiitj
(of the ;!Raical State Wh(
will swear that IIanoockn . ea'nndt
overcome that average? If : it werb
not for colonizinc of negroes from
ITontfifttrvfcnd' RadiOal : whites from
w i
affiiiiLA, mSf. VHnwt.
MnnWanri and ' inther' ' States' 4 kiiowh
M4IUUVHVBM mmmmm, - 1 i
to be sate pr Garfield, we yhoulp
expect certainly good : returns, Irorji
Indiana.
Remember that if you fail.to xotp.
tow w au.wt, f
rionaan- ! f II i
-. ' nrne ftlectton on .Tuesday.' . ; i
i In- addition t to :tbei election J for
finite c.nta nnmiu, n n.i,ar ir
portaht elections wiji ' 'be held ' do
Tuesday hcxi. L'Conesslnen will be
d fr ia irtyhreeStatOB-
Mainej Vernionti'.OhiOi; Indiana Mod
Qri' WW ladVrthnm th?r
and in every Territory a deiegato
iu vougress win uu mcuteu. ojeguuji
"tures thac wiil choose each 1aUmlds
States Senator will be '. voted for n
r,. . nrtnnoM;nt iu...,,
Florida, Masssachusetts, Michigahi
Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska Ne-
irada',5 rHew- Jertieyi'' New Yor
Pennsvlvaaia. s.Teunesseei ; Tex
and Wiaoonsiu sixteen in all.. In
Colorado, CoQnocticu.tFlorida, UU-'
noi8, Iowa, Massachusetts, Micm- I
gan, ' f Missouri Nebraska; Neva
da Newj Hampshire New Jersey,
New York, North: Carolina, Pennsyl
vania, South Carolina, Tennessee and
Texas, State offie'ere,' all or in part;
will f be elected. In 1 nine States
a
shire, New York and North Carolina
constitutional - amendments, - pro-
posed revisions of the constitution,
Qr cuauKes tu uiiauuu law. win u
submitted to the popular vote. Thus
it will be seen the elections on Tues
day involve much moie than tbo
Presidential issue, although that
naturally overshadows all the rest.
Kxiraei from the lnfamooa Ualelcli
Standard Wbat Ooy Holden'a r-
Can 'Satd In 1869.
'But wherever else you! work dorft
foraet to work amona the women.
' Go after, the women.
then. And don't hesitate ; to
throw yonr arms around their necks
now and then when fheir, husbanas
are not around, and give them a good
Thev all like it. . Our
experience with female rebs is, that
with all their -sins they havo; ayaet
amount of human nature, and only
want to have it appreciated to be the
. . r lil
most loving creatures imaginauie.
Scallawags and carpet-baggers donft
f ai V therefore, as you? ' canvass
State, to look aftethe women."
the
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Bplaodo in Gar field' Washington
Life.
To the Jiditor of the Post: 4 " I
If Gen. GaTfield is the friend Of
the working people how does he ex
plain his conduct to an Hin;usn girl
for whom he proem ed a situation in
the Treasury, and then made her pay
him for it by teaching his children at
night, and, 4 unassisted, prepare the
boys for college.
. An English Woman.
Washington, Oct. 26.
" i " -
, Major Charles M. Stedman returned from
Bladen vesterdav. Toeether with Colonel
B. R. Moore be addressed the people Jit
Bladenboro Thursday. He says that u
Shackelford does aa well in all tho counties
of the District' as in Bladen, his majority
will not be less than fifteen hundred.
Major Stedman speaks in the highest
terms of the caoacity and skill of Mr. I: XL,
Smith, the'Chairman-of the County Execu
tive Committee of Bladen, as an organizer.
The Democrats of Bladen are making fa
red hot scan va83. Mr. Shackelford will
noli the full nartv vote, and the election of
Sn-SSPSSSSaSi
lj!!.!!
Mr. N. ' A. Stedman, Jr., 'over both the
cratic Executive
Committee
confidence.:
?-i
A "Devil Ftab.
. A gentleman who was present at tho Dem
ocratic meeting at.Macumber's Store a few
days ago, 1 says he was shown a genuine
Devil Fish." which was captured at the,
Sound some time since. It was in every)
wav similar to the representations or the
Ada attached to Coop's circus, except
fhot it wan mnr.h smaller, beine nrohablViSk
a very: ybtthg' one. ' President Batftle fit
Chapel Hill, has been written to concerning
the strange specimen, and it will probably
I find its way to the' Cabinet ot Cariosities
Sedirith the iUniversity,, This Ss
1 not the first "Devil Fish" that has bedn
wu"u ? "m . ;
PwilUakeplace rTake; Forest Colleie
-at;7 0"rtoCK-J!"riaay,;ine;jaia in8i. junior
Jptinajso latea piac.at2i o'clpckssnte
evening.
Kinston7"0r0 Oq the nigpt
otthe 18th inflt., Mr Kit-Bland, of Pitt
county, had Ibe misfortune to lose two
anaa-i 'resectivelv -Afrd 10 years.
They were attfcckeit with .congestive! ohir
anil- died witmn an nour ot eacu ovuer-
- Aflad easel of bereavement occurred
thia month in the family of Mrs.- wusoa,
I near Lenoir Institute. One of her oldest
sonsLi Albert -ii.' Wiisoa- af let ;a i long iu-
I nesff from typhoid feverj died ou the 1st or
Oatobefi and only uve days latera young
er brother, Benjamin Jt. wnson,' was caii-
f S Wm aV& a MMwtA lianaon t
r;L-. Wilson Advanced Last Fri
day, near Cedar Rock, Franklin .county, a
little child oi jonn may came wuwuww
'biriftrnine; '-John ' W. Farmer; 'Jr.,
who lives near Toisnot, in. thia county, was
shbt'and killed by his brother, Ed. B.i
Farmer, on 'Tuesday night, n Whiskey at
the bottom of it. The murder , was , com
mUted about three miles and a half from
Toisnot; near Lewis Jt : Roads, in tbe yard
of Mrs. Farmer, the, jnotber of. John anl
Ed. Tuesday the ' candidates 'Bpoke in
-Tnfainot.i : andd bothJ ithe.: men u were a in
town o hear the speaking, and as they wpre
In ibB naoll or doing, -iuey oum uu& iuu
. i it ii thnnaht lhat Ahe6a men-met
on their way home, and that a dtsputaarpse
hetweed thehi: which ; led to1 ihe murder..
i iiBir mimiBE tun iruin m i
Tbeir molher and tbo oyet jinmaies oicin
ihnnsa heard the, fuss, but none of them
1 ire dutbt the house; 'and
after the qhai!-
relling had bee? going oa some time they
heard the lOUd report oi a gun, ana neara
Ed. say, as heas leaving, "Damn you,
T'a rmt nrr now 'f.or wot A a to that eff ecL :
No one from the house stirred out in about
twentvininutes aflep the reoortof 1 the gun
dexultiriir ecJamatldri 1 and - they
did not know Hhat -either one was xiueu
nnilt .;Khnf VAmA AoAkTi il found John
ft hfaTjind.then' still itfdesth: s'The mui-
j, fleTer . irinj. '-J " v' ' ! - x -
NO. 2.
CIIABtllBII, OP COMIBEltOEj
Annual MeaUns or tbe
:,-! t ! til
Cnanaber
Election or Officer Keport ok ibe
Freideut. e. !
The Chamber of Commerce of this city
met in annual session yesterday, when ibe
rouowing officers were elected for. tbe
en-
i
iSalogyear:. '4 :
President A. U. VanBokkelen. .
1st Vice President li. Peecban. ' '
2nd yico President Ronald MaeRao. j
Secretary and Treasurer J.' L. Caniwel!.
Executive Council Geo. Uarriss, Jas. H.
Chadbourn, IL K Heide, James Sprunt,
W. L. DeRoaset; with tbe President and
Vice President of the Chamber, and Root.
E. Calder, E'reaident of tbe Produce
Ex-
f
chaDge.
Committee
on Br and River lmprove-
mcnt-r-Henry Nutt, James tl. Cbadboutn,
George ,IIarris8. . j .....4!.;,.; j
Meteorological Committee A. II. Van-.
Bokkelen, Wm. L. IDsRossei, George
President Van Bokkelen tubmitted aia
report to the Chamber J which 1s as follows:
'1 FBXSmWTi BKtoBT. i: r '"' -r j '1
uenuemenawce tue last annuarmeet-
ing of this Chamber such business as carpe
wunin tne line pi uuty nas been as rutly
considered and acted upon as was possible
for . advancing the interests of .commerjee
and this enmmunitv. I - - ; '
At tne: lime ot tne last annual meeting
the important, woik bcinsr done, by the
: United States Government toward closibe
New Inlet and increasing 4he depth pf
water from the city to the ocean, was af a
stage where a feeling of uncertainty sstj
its successful completion was entertained
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by some persons. All!
cause for fcucu aw
prehension has been
fully removed tie
massive rock dam. whicn closes rtew Inlet
m k! ' .'a. 1 -
nas oeen Drougui up to us proper neigai,
the sea face of immense granite blocks has
been laid, leaving only the capping to be
done with similar material as the sea Tabs
to perfect tbe same.
This dam baa given
full evidence ot dc
manencv. and will
remain an endaHae
monument of tbe wisdom of those wao
projected this mode of effecting a closure,
and tne efficiency or tne engineers and as
sistants who planned, directed and exe
cuted thia great woitk to its successful
completion under the
tending the same. :, . .
many difficulties at-
Tne Carolina sboals
have sufficiently in-
creased in height to render them bare of
water, except at bign tide, for a considerai
ble distance; at the stme time Fort Fisher
beach is rapidly extending towards the
shoals, wbicb will no! doubt result in the
lormauon oi a ueacju irom xon xisner
point to the beach beyond j thereby creatitg
the second barrier to JNew inlet and breaK-
ine off from tbe rock dam the force of the
ocean, wbicb of itself, it is capable of effec
tually resisting, i
The line of bcacb extending from New
Inlet southwest to Cape Fear has greatly
increased in width and strength. Tee only
swash across the samel while slowly depre
ciating, is by its counter currents gathering
material for its complete and r durable clo
sure. !
The ' operations of the steam dredre
Woodbury in deepening Bald Head chan
nel have been attended with results beyond
what , was at first considered probable.
When she commenced working, during the
spring of 1879, tbe depth of water was re
ported nine to ten feet at low tide she hasi'nfgbT; f On swl3dnifa-lTtth affcr-4 o'clock
been emctenuy woraea, oniy losing nme
when prevented working by too rough
weather and in receiving necessary repairs.
The soundings made during the month of
September past 6bow thirteen feet three
inches on inner ledge and fifteen feet six
inches on outer ledge of bar at low tide.
with greater depths between and beyond
these two ledges.
This increase in depth has been much
greater ia proportion during the latter pot
lion of the time the Woodbury has been em
ployed, caused oy improvements brought
about bv those directing her operations;
also, by, the increased scouring resulting
from the greater volume of ' water passing
Sffi
h. Intend'
through the enlarged passages with more
urrcui. . I.;.,.- ',,,7 j
intended dredging of the river to
Wilmincton has been ' deferred ia order
that the early completion of the rock data
and continued operations of the Wod&bury
would be assured.: To have bad the deep
ening of the river keep, pace . with that of
the bar might have been advantageous k
the immediate time, but it would have re
sulted in giving only the depth of water
first nrnvided fori while the thorouah closure
of New Inlet and the continued operations
of the Woodbury on Bald Mead channel
have developed the practicability or pro
curing and maintaining such depth of water
through Bald ueaa channel to me ocean
as will justify a depth or twenty ieet at tow
water in. the Cape Fear river from its en
trance to the city oi, Wilmington.
The! depth or water in the nver aiine
present time is not sufficient for the passage
of such class of steamers and sail vessels as
are' needed .. to do the business . which will
seek this outlet: this alone retards tbe large.
increase of business wmcn nas oeen nopea
tnr An1 .vtll eertain1v. be realizad' wbetn
the bar and river jare both of shfflciest
capacity.1' " ' ' ! ' ;' J.
. At the next teasion of Congress steps will
ho I.Iran In hnu. Annrrtnrint innfl nhtAined
looking to tbe deepening of the passage
irom, tne ocean io- wiimmgioa wiweoqr
feet at low water. A special meeting Of
this Chamber will be -called to arrange for
bringing- feeforgtCuneress the results al
ready secured, and the practicability of
ohtaining the desired depth of twenty ieet.
The closure of !New Inlet has proved
some inconvenience to that class . of small
veasela from other harts of this State trad'
ins with Wilmineton as used that passage.
finch trade should be retained: a survey of
the 8leus;nearto Bald Head, oyer Frying
Pan Shoals, sbeuld be made and buoyed
out, so as to admit the use of theame.by
this class or vessels, l nave learnea uu
such survey waainteadedk . ,;3r f vtn J
Wilmington as . a cotton port is steadily
advancing. The receipts from tbe present
crop to this date are largely in excess of, any
nrevious vear. The facilities for com
pressing and handling cotton with light
expense would give mis port equal, ana in
additional advantages with
other ports, creatiag demand and drawing'
urge quantities lor sate anu export as soon
aa onr navigation is improved partially.
With twenlv feet, as desired.' Wilmington
will be able to compete with any, port for
general business.
. A. H. VanBokkkleh, Pre s'dt ?
Coaoir Txei ft 1880. -
General Manning, sheriff -of the county
has collected and turned over to the connty
Treasurer taxes to the amount of S5,471.of,
of i which- t4.168.8U was credited to the
General and $ 1,303.75 to, the special luno.
Fire In Ooalow,
We leanrrthat
of mJ.
tbe-irfafcouse
David 8. ' Airman,
of Onslow county, was
I destroved bv' fire-
on the loth instant, to-
j thousand pounas oi see a coiion ana iweive
I bales of ginned cotton. No insurance. M
fuixer :,. Our mer-
cbants win closelbehr AoTes on eS cti..u dy.
until 4 O'clock K,M,.. . L
The Beacon. . of Greensboro,
says that tho students ate still coming in at
Greensboro Female Collece. tbe number
having already, rcHcLtd 108-; "
Charlotte ri Obseroerii, Mr. R.
B. WeddiBglon's .bsra and sin mVuw, iu
Providence township, shout 10 tnd?s liom
the city, together ijh-SQ bales of cotton.
were i totally . defctroyxd by tir: Tnesdny
nigbtj The Gte ia SubDOseu to be the wmk
of an Incendiary. - The loss is; about $2,500.
Charlotte Democrat- Ilr.
Frank Mi Deems,, a Norlb" Ca liua Im-v.
and a boo of- the Uev.Dr. C. P. De ms, of
New York citvi has been nomitiAttid tor tli
Legislature in the 14jh Assembly Distiict
oyma democratic party la tbe great mo
tropoliaor Kew; Yolk, ,, , , ,;s
lion Gazette: Mr?. Mar.
tha P. Eaton, reKct of the late Wm.' Etton.
died at her residence!., on ih Kmuinkn ,n
Friday eyening Jast, in the 74ih year ot bcr
age. iSbjarwas in her usual good health
Tuesday morning, when soon .after break
fast, she
was stricken, with
paralysis and
fell from'
ner cnair.
New Berne Nut Shell: A con
Of Mx.; Richard Russell, lining at;Cobton,
a icw iu lies irom mis city, oecsme tuvojved
In a difficulty with a colored man on Tots
day nUht, and :was dangerously; slabbed
with a knife by the colored man. The
wounded man was broucht to New Renm
for eurgickl treatment and the colored inau
was arrested and is now confined iu dhv. ..
street jaif. ' ' - : ' " -
Raleigh Fist for:- Sweet tota - '
jtqes 60 cents per , bushel in matkC
a.s tne passenger tram on the N.sfj. Riil
road, bound Wsftl, w s neur Princeton this
mpxnlng, a negro man ft 8 discovered lvinif
across the track..' Air breaks were put on
and j thxi engine reversed. The engine
stopped in three feet of the negro, fie was
approached by Engineer Swan and woke up.
ine nrst question - tbe negro asked was
VY bere is my bundle r
- M ilton Chronicle : s A great
humbug is the Great London Show that ex
hibited at Danville last Saturday so peo
ple say who aUended it, and a good dt le;
gatlOn Went from this town, no two of
whom. can agree Japon thai number of e e-
E hints in the ring. This show 'is said to
ave kept the ticket wagon" closed until
ticket Venders had pietty. nigh supplied He
crazy crowd with .50 cents lickt at t0
cents. i ' 1 ' :
Pittsboro Record: We stated
two weeks . ago that on the 23d of this
month the grading of tbe Cane Fear &
Yadkin! .Valley Railroad: would be com - .
pleted between the Gulf , and Greensboro,
and we are pleased to learn that the last
ahovelful.of dirt Was thrown on that day.
All the convicts .at work between . those
points have been put to work on the other
side of Gfeenfiboro and Thtfgf ading is be
ing pushed towards tbe mountains.- r
Raleigh Advocate: RewM. J.
Hunt, of Forsyth Circuit, writes : We have
held meetings at Pine- Grove, Brookston,
Concord, ML Vernon, Sharon, and Loves,
since my last report; souls have been con
verted at nearly all the above places
Rev. J.I B. Martin, of. Haw River Circuit.
Writes J I have held my last protracted
meeting for this year, and ' have received
sixty persons into ibe Church during the
year. Dr. Craven reported to us a-
gracious revival of religion in. progress at
Trinity, College, ; . ,.,
The New Berne JVut Shell thus
refers to the death of that devout Eervaut
of iGod, Rev. Ira T. Wyehe, who was, we
think, a native of Granville : "We learn
irom a friend at liSGrange that Mr. wyebe
had beendmewh&t unwell aioce-- Friday,
but was thought to, be bettej . pn- Bonday
Monday motning, Mrs. Wyche called to
him, as usual, but having no response, she
plaeed uer Load on ins face to find bim
cold ih death. Mr. Wyche was about 64
years of age, and had been engaged in tbe
work of the gOBpel ministry 42 years.
Charlotte Observer. ? Mr. J. W.
Wadsworlb, the largest horse-owner in thia
city, was atked yesterday if tbe epizooty
bad appeared to any appreciable extent
among the stock in Charlotte, . and replied
that almost all the horses in town bad it.
Day before yesterday: in ihe Federal
Court at Slatcsville, Sylvester Lomax, late
mail carrier on tbe route from Wilkesboro
to Jefferson, was convicted of robbing tbe
United States mail,, Mt. George H.
Elridge, connected with the Census Bureau,
has been in and about the city for a. week
past collecting information concerning the
mineral resources of this section ' bf the
State, the: production of mines and other
facts In connection with the development
of mining. He left recently for Salisbury
to prosecute his investigations . in , Rowan .
Yesterday a lot of mineral, representing
tbe dinerent varieties round in tnis country.
were, forwarded to.him at Salisbury.!
Launnburg Enterprise: , Jfrof.
Robert Harris, Principal of the Colored
Normal School id Fayetteville, died at his
residence in that town on Saturday . night
last, j -George,' 'a son of Mrs. Kate
Johnson, widow of the late Alex. J ohnson ,
was instantly killed in rayeiievme last
Saturday evening under very peculiar cir
cumaUncea, which have been related to us
as follows: A negro by tbe name oijonn
Smith walked into the storeiif Mr.'JI" D.
Cook, in an intoxicated condition, drew a
pistol and witbout provocaiion, Bnoi an oia
negro man who was-' in : the store; -the
ball . takins , effect in the old negro's
hand. Smith then fled, but was immediate'
lyi pursued by a deputy sberux ana a
Johnson, all shouting "catch him. T shpot
hint r etc., and When on xtew sxreei, in ine
southern part oi town, a negro living vw"
Mr . C. B. McMillan ran out with a double
barrel gun and shot into the crowd, the en
tire load of buckshot strikice Johnson in
the head tearing out the trains and killing
bim instantly; The negro tnen maoe nis
escape in the woods, but returned on Sun
day morning and surrebdered himself.
John Smith was stills pursued by deputies
Bvrd and McMillan, but at last accounts
had not been overtaken.! ' " '
Raleish News sand ' Observer :
Captain Den8onf we arei glad to hear, U
rapidly recovering, irom nia .niunes f re
ceived during fair week. ' - Mr. H. M
Cowan, of Fittsboro, has been appointed
bond clerk at tbe State , Treasury, to suc
ceed Mr. ' John M. Manning, who not Ion g -since
resigned' the position.;: Calvin
Howard, colored, was arrested by W; H.
Jones," at Holly Springs, and', broufeht to,
the city and lodged in Jail on yesterday.
He escaped from the.Eenitentiary seveial
days ago, and is said to have ' been under,
sentence for thirty yeaia jrrr .Leonidaa
Smith, a young' negro, employed at tbe gin
of Mr. Rufus H. Ivey; eight miles north of
the city was on Monday badly injured (by
the gin. A spike headed screw caught
him in the right armpit and tore out tbo
moscka of the arm. Trinity, Oetobe r
25, 1880. The societies of Trinity College,
at their last meeting; decided to hold our -anniversary
,on the 14th of January, 1881, i
and proceeded to the' election" of speakers.
The Columbian Society elected .R- II.
Broom, of Monroe, orator, and Phil. Hoi-''
land,' of New Berne D. N.Farnell.ot Ons
low, and R. A. Whitaker, of Jones, de
baters. .The Hespiau Society elected T.
is. May,' oi Liumoerton,' orator, and 'is. u.
i Airy, any j. rjyier, oi oouin varouna,
I debaters, c i ; . ; r n
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