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Spirits" Turpentine FUBLISKJSD AT J $1.50 a Year, in idvance. 8S88S888888SSS.3S8 88888888888888888 88SSSSSSSS38S8S8S sqjnoit g S3SS888SS8SS388S8 82888888288888888 SSSK88sraK8888 qiaoK I 88S888SS828888888 8gS888SS8SS88888 88838888,888888888 53 Hoots. I ei - - 3- - - c 50 00 OS O ii OS " K O 0 I ii-i7i-ii-ic4e Entered at the Post Office at Wilmington N. C, as second-class matter. Subscription The subscription price Price. of theWEKK v Star is as follows : single Copy 1 year, postage paid, $1.50 it 6 months. 3 tt l 41 (I 1.00 .50 UXtilfl-r SOLIDITY. Senator Butler, of South Carolina, in a letter to the Greenville Newst sets forth his views more fully in re gard to the coarse that the; South should pursue. The letter contains much that is similar to what he said in the interview on the cars before i -. . alluded to. liis views as to trie iM'iu'sity of the ...South remaining . i "-ltd" in a certain sense will be ap- in.e.l lv most, of the Souiheru peo i . i.i. . lie is not for mere sectional t.i.lit v, bin he is for that solidity winch will continue to guarantee imiit'Si home government.- He says: The lindiCHi pany uuve us carpet-bag-Alucnii ilumwvion ncd infamous Slate Kiive.ritnitiita for eight j earls. The Dem ocratic party has g ven us pur, - honest, h.ine Slate guverninents Tor four years'. As lm; uM the Democratic party cuutiuuea to g've us rood, honest Slate governments. 1 ma 'solid for thr Deriiocratic parly, uud I tiiu k every nnia who loves, his country tight io e. 1 do not niemi 'solid' in any scctioubl ! i,i:e, nr iu any sense which would iuter i. ic wi h the lull and loyal discharge of . t v-ry duly-due to Ihe National Govern ment And if the North 1 sees tit to gel ' lid from fheer perveisily, aud hecau-e wo are 'solid' for jiooil home governments, ntida pure upright, impartial aim:iiielra liii ot the National Government, then I t,y. we cnnuolht lp it. We can uu!y wif-h liit-in joy iu their "solidity,' and go on ut-u-nding toourowTi-buslnets.p We are more interested in the pu rity and excellence of State and 1 - county governments than we are in mere national questions As long as the people of North Carolina can ob tain men 'of unquestioned character I., iiurva ffiotn nnri Iiia rmhliit afTftirH are attended to with fidelity and promptness, a" proper i regard for economy combined with efficiency being steadily held in view, they can stand a great deal of bad government in Washington. With abundant crops, fair health, virtue and intelli gence among the people', due protec tion of life and property, and a de- termination to push on the car of progress, the people of jNorth Caro lina may for the next few years con siderless what the Stalwarts propose, whilst steadily maintaining the Dem ocratic HneB intact. As Senator Butler affirms, it is the Democratic party that has given the Southern people good, honest, economical government, and it is to that party alone that they must look for a con tinuance of the political blessiugs of the past." ' Our people should not be factious or fault-finding, but they should Horutinize the work of officials and see that they do their duty. We do not believe in sharp criticism save when deserved; nor do we believe- in praising men or measures simply be cause they are classed as Democratic. Toe Legislaluie is soon to meet. We hope prndeuce and judgment will prevail, and when it has adjourned that the voice of all discreet and thoughtful people shall be "Well il nit', jood and faithful servants.' I'liu hTAii is always glad to praise men and measures, but it will not approve simply because a Democrat or the Democratic party proposes a - certain measure.' Let j the - press-be faithful guardians of the. people's iij i.,ruuto Tf mihlirt mn I feel assured . 1. Ml 1. ..nnlnmnn.t 7 ill. iruull lllCjr Will UW Wliuuuuv "J " J of the State if they do wrong they will be careful and circumspect. Un fortunately there are papers that will not condemn a favorite or oppose a public measure of its party. They praise indiscriminately all that is done. The King can dp no wrong. But we have digresseu irom ine point with which we started; to keep up Democratic organization through out the South, as on that depends much of our f utnre security, happi ness and prosperity. It is the duty . ........ The V I ! i'-' " 1' VOL. XII. o& all good and true citixons to af filiate with that party whose past courso furnfohes the best guarantees of protection, of continuing the pre sent formtt'gvefftment7of securing honest and economical rule, and of keeping the white race in the South dominant. No man ought to be trusted who shows by his course that he is willing to bring the white peo ple of the South under the rule of "the alien and African combined.' The South, if it regards its own safety and prosperity, will never cease to be "solid" as long as there are unscru pulous men and aggressive fanatics urging the Federal Government to acts of oppression and threatening the liberties and happiness of our people by the combined agencies of Radical oarpet-baggery, Lome sC&l- iwagtMn and the negro, i We again quote from Senator Butler. lie says: "The Democrats of the South ought to remain impenetrably 'aolid,' not persever ingly so, or for the purpose of antagonizing any other section, or of getting control of the National Government, as some of the Stalwart demagogues falsely j charges us; but in 8elNdefeuce, and because it ia to hex best interest that Ehe be 'solid,' as she is at present situated and surrounded. By remaining thus 'solid the stands invinci ble against the attacks of those who bate aud a desirable abidiDg place for those who ove her." GDAHANTEBl AND GAUGES. Some of Governor JarvisV special friends among the papers take the position that he had nothing to do with the sale of the Western North Carolina Railroad, and that the Legislature alone is responsible. Our friend of the WHwon vityancj says : "We otiirtot coiietivn Ik.w 'our new State ndmiuisiraUou c-.ii be held responsi ble for the thiiigo, as the Western North Carolina Knilrid wad sold to Best & Co. witJumt constraints on the gauge, by an almost unanimous vote. Democrats and Kepubli cniis vied with e-ich other in their baste to get tid of the intolerable burden. If, in tm ir anxiety to sell," they forgot to incorporate in the leims of 8le auy condition restrain ing the purchasers from changing the gauge, the Legislature, it seems to us, and not our new btale adiuiuibtrulion,' ehouid be held V the fearful responsibility.'" This may be the correct view, but we thought really that liovernor Jarvis had much to do in the way of official influence in bringing about the Hale, and upon the terms accepted. If we were mistaken wo beg pardon. But peihaps it was impossible for the Legislature, organized as! it was, to secure -tbe proper "restraints. It may have been not so much -forget ful ness aT rnabilitv. We -think it was well known that it was situply impossible to obtain propor guaran tees for the sale that the friends of Governor Jarvis in the Legislature fought all efforts to obtain proper guarantees, and we believe that Best had laid down the law to the mem bers. One Senator acknowledged on the floor of the Senate that if certain guarantees were entertained that Best "would not buy." I How could any "restraints" have been adopted with such a Legislature anxious to oblige such an Administration? . The Louisville Courier-Journal does not believe the Philadelphia Times is correct in the statement we copied that the clause in j the Demo cratic platform "a tariff for revenue only" lost Ilaneock - his election. The Louisville paper thinks the state ment erroneous, and if not erroneous it asks bow it happened "that the same plank did not cost us so dearly in 1870 and in 1856, when, standing upon it, the Democratic j party won great national victories ?" Outside of the citcle of protectionists, and it cannot be said to be a very large one, no one iirthis country can be lieve seriously, that the war tariff should be continued, high, unequal aud oppressive as it is. If the North defeated Hancock because of the words "a tariff fo revenue only" be ing iu the Democratic platform, it must have placed btit little confidence in the sincerity 61 Garfield, a pro nounced free-trader. The Courier Journal says: M ' j "There-is nothing new in 'a tariff for revenue only.' Ills a - Democratic truism as old as the oart. v. I Tbe Cincinnati plat form, indeed, is'less offensive, because less abusive," aggressive i and specific, than any f its ptvdeeessors. J Tbe plaok was fully con&idered in 1 committee, and passed with but two or three votes dissenting. It was read Id the Convention and ratified unani uiously. The truth is, the late- campaign was based not on a prineiple. but on a de lusion; and Col. Mo.Oture rebuts himself as a wltoess When ; her ventures tbe opinion that the tariff plank 'cost Gen. Hancock more votes in Pennsylvania . than would have given him tbe State.' " ; That great English poet, Alfred Tennyson, in the grandest elegiac poem of the last two hundred years, In Memoriam, spetka of a "wide and wandering grate," which is highly poetical. We tried to use the latter Yesterday, but wo are made to drop into the time-worn "watery graves," with which we dismiss the subject. i WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1880. THE WA TO PROSPERITY A WD INDEPENDENCE. Southern papers are just now hav ing something to say about Southern industries and the way for our peo ple to act. The Stab, immediately after the election, said that our peo ple had their State Governments and they must go to work in earnest. The census of 1880 is full of encou ragement. It shows that the South is growing, is prospering. It shows that in spite of disasters and bad go vernment our people have made great strides in the way of recupera tion' and expansion. It shows that there are more encouraging signs in tbe hated South than in the insolent, aggressive North. It shows that the South is abundantly able to take care of itself even though there was no dominating and boastful North, and that its progress would be even greater if it had been kindly treated and fostered instead of being a vie- im of revolutionary sectional as saults. The South to-day is a very important factor in the growth and prosperity, of this country. When the Northern negrophilist and civil rights advocate undertakes to perse cute and depreciate the South and make it less productive and pro gressive, he is as stupid as if he had the fabulous goose that laid the golden egg and slew it. Let the South, for the present, give less heed to general politics, and devote its time and energies to de veloping its great resources. There is one thing our people ought to do. They ought to raise home supplios. They ought to diversify crops and become less dependent on the North. There are a hundred articles produced in the North and sold to our people that ought to be produced here in the South. We must cease to buy breadstuff s from Northern people, and we must not have our smoke nouses in uincinnati and Liouisvuie. Farmers of the South, stop that folly. We must have our own cotton mills. We must cease to buy and wear cotton fabrics manufactured in New or Old England out of cotton grown at our doors. Don't do that. It is wrong; it is suicidal. Let the COtton mills be brought to the cottou. We have shown often by indisputa ble facts that the South has a great advantage over New England in the manufacture of cotton. Raise home supplies aud manufacture our cot ton into fabrics, and we will grow more and more independent of the unfriendly North. . The South ought to do auother thing. It ought to form direct trade relations with foreign ports. Let the products of the South be shipped di rect to Europe and South America and other portions of the world. Let us trade with people who do not hate and abuse us. Let us be manly and self-re6pecting. Let us build up our Southern cities. Let us trade more with our own people. A leading Southern paper, the Montgomery (Alabama) Advertiser ', says: "The products and the trade of tbe South have been tbe real causes of tbe revival of busiaeas and the financial success of the United States Treasury in this country; but while tbe bouth has reaped little or the accruing benefits, the North bas grown lusty and waxed fat therefrom. Let tbe Southern money now invested in Northern stocks be withdrawn while such b toe lis are "hleb and be. put into manufactories and lmpcrtnng honses at home, and as tbe Kadi- cals will not permit ships to be bought in tbe cheapest markets, let foreign associa tions be formed who will buy with it cheap Clyde steamers and establish direct lines between Southern and foreign ports, and it will not only return larger dividends than it is now doing, but will make tbe south rich and prosperous." North Carolina has unbounded mineral deposits, the greatest variety of woods and most important fishe ries. She makes the finest tobacco grown on the American Continent, although Virginia gets credit for it, which ought j not to be allowed. When our people become a manufac turing as well as an agricultural people; when "her mines are more developed; when her farmers cease to buy the supplies that should be raised at home; when .wool-growing is 'developed as it can and should be; when a great spirit of independence is awakened and we cease to be hew ers of wood and drawers of water for a people in no sense our superiors and in many particulars our inferiors, who delight in using and despising us, then, indeed, will this fair land be The Great South. The grave New York Journal of Commerce perpetrates a joke, j Its leader of the 26th is headed "Stand by the Canals." Of course they will. What else can they do as long as they are frozen up? THE LBA8K OF THS RAILROAD. We gave yesterday an extract rom the account of the late meeting of the stockholders of the Atlantic Sg North Carolina Railroad, but we did not give all. . We supplement it with a few facts. There was an overwhelming sense on the part of the private stockholders to lease to the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad. The vote as published showed that, Col. I John L. Morehead, who repre sented 350 shares of private stock, declared unequivocally-that he was against Best's proposition under any circumstances, and the reason he did not vole for the Wilmington & Weldon offer was because he did not wish to commit himself but hoped or a still hotter bid from some one else. The bid of the W. & W. was $33,000; that of Best $34,000, and still the sentiment against Best was overwhelming. In fact, he stood no chance of getting but 39 votes, and a part of this was by his attorney, who accompanied him. The Kinston Journal says that "the State's proxy, in obedience to the Governor's telegram, refused to vote on the question, and thus de feated the lease." It says further that the "will of the private stock holders was overwhelmingly in favor of leasing." It then reproduces two extracts from articlesin the Journal of the dates of August 12th and August 26th, 1880. We give the gist of these articles: We took this to be an intimation that the State's Proxy would break up tbe meeting in September by refusing to par ticipate in its deliberations, but Gov. J ai vis, in his speech here last Saturday, put a quietus on that by stating that lie proposed to allow the wHl of Vie private stockholder to govern in the matter, and to allow them to lease volienever they desired and to whom they pre ferred:' "We think we can answer iu a very few words why the State's proxy will not with draw from the meeting: 1. Because Gov. Jarvis openly asserted in bis address here at Kinston tlut the will of the private stockholders should be allowed to govern in the matter. "2. Becausa Mr. F. M. Simmons, tbe State's proxy, on the lest queation of leas ing, at tbe June meeting voted aye along with about 1,300 voters ef private stock, aud afler'do voting upon full deliberation, be would never resort to a trick to nullify that vote, lie might change bis opinion as to the advisability of leasing, but would never consant to block the will of the pri- nmemrnrwmr? f . i i j t t.. j The Stab reserves all comment: for the present. PRACTICAL CIVI&. SERVICE FORSI. The country is sufficiently advanced in its convictions of the necessity of genuine civil service reform and it would stand a great deal in that direction. The present incumbent of the Presidential office has disap pointed every one. In some respects a good official, he has. brought reproach upon his Administration by his profound hypocrisy in regard to reforms in the civil service. He has palavered and promised and issued or ders concerning reform, but they have come to nothing. Indeed, this very Hayes Administration, that promised more than all other Administrations, has done less. Nay, it has been more distinguished for the abuse of its patronage and for its own violations of oivil service propriety than all others combined. Not satisfied with appointing to -office scores of the dirty scoundrels who stole the Presi dency for him and debauched the bain lot, but it has been a regular stump speaking affair, and from Hayes down there has been nothing like it seen before in our country. Every mem ber of the Cabinet hft his office and went out on campaigning trips, thus setting an example of official parti sanship and obtrusiveness and dem agoguery that is a blistering shame and stigma not only to the super serviceable fellows who did the scav enger work, but to the corrupt party that sent them out; The country will not listen With any patience to talk of civil service reform from Hayes and his set. The country has heard already far too much from them on that topic. But the country will be glad to hear from the Democrats in Congress during the "approaching session upon any proposed plan to reform the great and crying abuses of the civil service. It may be the opportunity of the Democrats to, begin a movement in that direction that shall prove of immense benefit to the coun try, whilst signalizing their own devotion to the best interests of all. The reply of General Gar field to the address made him by the association of Independent Re publicans of New York encourage! us to hope that he means more than SIM. . mere talk in the matter of reform. If wheo he takes his seat he shall be true to what he said on the 26th he can be of service to the country io a way not to be disregarded by any party or section, j Let only qualified ' men of unques tioned integrity be placed in office, and then let them be continued with out being at the mercy of partisan discrimination, and there will be much less corruption among the publio servants, and much less temptation to serve party rather than country. We hope the Democrats in the pres ent Congress will give their patient consideration to the subject of reform in the civil service that reflecting men of botkpKiesnow to be very important and imperative. Edgar A. Poe is to have a monu mental statue in Central Park, New York, if Mr. W. F. Gill, one of his many recent biographers, should be successful in a plan he has set on foot. He wishes the dramatic pro fession to aid in the matter, as Poe's father and mother both: belonged to that class. He wishes a series of performances to be given in January for the furtherance of the plan. Poe had more pure genius not histrionic than any man yet born of histrionic performers. The New York actors and actresses would honor themselves in an effort to honor the richly gifted Poe. We hope the project will prove a success. Ben Hill is getting a little sick of that letter. He is beginning to ex plain through a friend. It was priv ate aud was "in a time of depression and defeat." Bah ! Ben got caught, and that is the long and the short of it. Arrest sod Re torn of Two of tne Escaped Penitentiary convicts. Information having been lodged with Justice Gardner to the effect that the no lorious Henry Crews; and two other con victs, who were among the party who CS" caped from the guard in Jones county two or three weeks ago, were at a house about four miles from this city, warrants for their arrest were placed iu the hands of Officers C. H. Strode, J. W. Whitney, Daniel Howard and J. A. Ashe, who started ov. r. i . 4l uuiiuu i ucsua Biicniuuii iaoi iu cuusaxvt hnnaa in niiuetiAn - Ktah a toflBtitAn Htr h . -j coiorea people, iney iouna a numaer or Children and one man present, the latter being a stranger to them. The questioned the' fellow4 and be indignantly denied ever having beeniri the Penitentiary or know ing anything about any escape. Notwith standing his asseverations, however, it was determined to fasten the "bracelets" upon him as a matter. of experiment, which was done, and then one of the party. while the others were looking i around to see what else could be disco vered, examined bis clothing end found indisputable evidence of his identity as an escaped prisoner in tbe striped penitentiary garb which he wore beneath a plain Buit of Citizen's clothing. I He was thereupon marched to the city and lodged in jail, and It was further ascertained that his name was Jim Borden, -and that he belongs in Franklin county. About 8 o'clock the same evening, at tbe house of Emoline Croom.'mother of Henry Crews, in this city, another of the convicts, jwas arrested by the same officers, in the person of E. Walker alias E. Barker alias Charles Davis, sentenced for ten years from this county for breaking into the Cape Fear Tobacco Works building, in this city. He, too, was lodged in jail, and Thursday morning they started 'for Raleigh in charge of Officers Strode and Whitney. Crews kept out of the way of the officers and has probably left the neighborhood. We have refrained from mentioning the above facts sooner j from prudential rea- SOBS. s naicbed from Rum. For' nearly two weeks past officers have been on the alert for a young white girl by the name of Annie Knox, an orphan, who had been raised in the family of Mr. J. G. Branch, of Poikton, Anson county, and who suddenly disappeared -from her home and was known to be somewhere in this city. In order to stimulate tbe search lor ner a reward of $100 was offered for her appre hension, and finally, on yesterday, she was fouud at the house of one Jim Lassiter, alias Doc. Barnes, colored, on McRae, be tween Red Cross and Campbell streets, and is now held to await Mr. Branch's pleasure. Lassiter, it is said, came here from Charlotte. He was hailed ou the street after the finding of the girl by a party who was with the officer, when be drew a pistol, but. without attempting to use il, suddenly took to his heels and escaped to the woods. The eirl is apparently about eighteen vears of age. and quite preposesstne in appearance. Mr. Branch was telegraphed to and will probably come after her im mediately, i Piney Woods stock. A note from Cerro Gordo, Columbus countyinforms us that nine hogs were killed at Dr. J. M. McGoogan's place, on Tues day last, the net weight of which aggre gated 2,266 pounds; which is considered by Messrs. J. J. Baldwin, H. W. Folk and J. F. McMillan, who testify to the fact above stated, as pretty good forpiney woods hogs. NO. 6. Nomlnatlns a Bishop tat Nortn Caro lina. We learn from the Baltimore papers that a convention of the bishops of the Prov ince of Baltimore was held Wednesday at the archiepiscopal residence, Archbishop Gibbons Dresidinc. and there beirnr also present Bishops Becker, of Wilmington; Eeane. of Richmond; Kain, of Wheeling; Lynch, of Charleston; Gross, of Savannah; and Moore, of St. Augustine, F1h. The object of tbe meeting of the prelates was to determine upon tbe names of candidates to be sent to the Holy See, for'; the vacaut Episcopal office of North Carolina, which Father Gross, brother of Bishop Gross, de clined after being appointed to the office by the Pope. A number of names for the vacant office were proposed, and the bish ops proceeded to ballot. The three name9 receiving the lamest number of votes were then placed in an envelope aiyl ordered to be sent to swtneyout or wtnen me isisaop of North Carolina will - be selected. I he members of the Convention are rot per mitted to reveal the names of those sent to Rome. It is understood, however, thai Rev. John Foley, of St. Martin's Unmet', of Baltimore, received quite a large vote, and that his tame is auiof.i loose sect to Rome." Arrested on a Capias. Charles Hawes, colored, was arrested by Deputy Sheriff T. C. Miller, yesterday, on a capias isaued by Evander Singletary,Esq., Clerk of the Superior Court of Bladen county, charged with larceny. lie claimed ta be a resident of Topsail Sound, though he had been working here for some lime, and persisted in the declaration that his name was Charley Hall and lhat he was not the man they were after. His declara tions were made ia such a way, however, as to convince an observant person lhat he was playing a part, and finally a former citizen of iJlauen.wno was conversant with his history, and said he assisted in trying him on one occasion, came in aDd laenti fled him beyond question. It is said that be was arrested for stealing a sheep and broke out of the jail at Elizabetbtown. He is also accused or having at one time been mixed up in a similar manner in a turpen tine transaction, and he finally admitted that there was some trouble about a little tar, but he couldn't recall tbe affair about the turpentine. - He at first declared he had never been in iiladen county, lie was committed to jail, where he will be held to awatt the requisition of the Bladen county authorities. Tbe sensations of a momma Rob bery and Suicids. The little town of Mt. Olive, on the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad, was the scene of considerable excitement lhursday morning. Fust, the early risers discovered that Mr. Robert Kornegay's store bad been broken open during the night and plun dered to some extent, tbe object. of the thief, however, having evidently been money; but tbe cash drawer, - which was found torn from its fastenings, contained but little of the "needful" and the safe was too much for the thief's capacity. Tbe next scene on the programme, which was a very melancholy and tragical ono, occurred about 9 q'clock. Willie Soutball, I T- T i r- ' " I . nead dying instantly.- lie was a machine agent, bad just driven into town in his wagon, and had not been there five minutes when he stepped off behind a building to himself and committed the rash a . r Deceased was about 22 years of age and was well known in this city, having been in the employ of Mr. J. W. Zimmerman about two or three years ag .. : Deatb of a Former Wllminstonlan. The Staunton (Va.) Spectator announces the sudden death, on Monday last, at tbe Virginia Hotel in that place, of Mr. Elisha Shepperson, formerly of this city, where he was well known and much respected, be ing engaged in tbe .insurance business. At the time of his death, which was caused by heart disease, he was em ployed as bookkeeper by Messrs. Burke & Bradley, of Staunton. The Spectator says: "He had been rather complaining for several days, but was much better Monday and wrote a letter to a lady in Eastern Virginia, to whom he was soon to have been married; but whilst tbe boy car ried it to the postoffice be breathed his last. He was a quiet, unobtrusive gentleman. and greatly respected by all who knew him." Mr. Shepperson was about 66 years of age. 1 Cbange of scbednle. The fast train on the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad goes into effect at 3:40 P.M.; to-morrow (Sunday), the 28th inst. There will then be three trains per day on this road, and the schedule will be as fol lows: Trains will leave Wilmington at 6:40 A. M.,4:15 P. M., and 8:03 P. M.;and will arrive at Wilmington at 820 A. M., 9:55 P. M., and 10:10 P. M. The fast mail will stop only at such sta tions as per time in schedule, and win make the run from Wilmington to Weldon in 5:89 and from Weldon to Wilmington in 4:50. On the Wilmington, Columbia & Augusta road there will be only two trains, as here tofore, one of which will leave Wilming ton at 8:40 A. M., and arrive at 7:43 P. M., and the other will leave at 10:25 P. M., and arrive at 6-20 A. M. Tbe BrontwIcK Horror. In Tuesday's paper we mentioned the fact that the body of a colored infant bad been reported as found in a swamp near Summerville, Brunswick county, with its head and one arm missing. We now hear that a colored woman has been arrested on the charge of being the mother of the in f ant and with having committed tne crime, and that the evidence against her is very strong, though we have not as yet ascer tained her name. Vecetable Curiosity. We examined yesterday a curiosity in the shape of a potato which grew through the ring of a key which happened to be im bedded in the ground by it. In tbe middle it is shaped to the dimensions or the ring, while both ends are of the size of aa ordi nary potato. Tbe key is old and rusty, as if it had been in the ground for a long time. The potato is from the patch of Mr. James H. Durham, Sr., of Rocky Point. Tbe Wood Famine The scarcity of firewood in this city continues to be a source of anxiety and is really becoming a very serious matter, as there will necessarily he macb suffering among those unable to pay the exorbitant prices now demanded lor fuel. Cannot our railroad and steamboat lines come to the rescue of our suffering' citizens, and, by furnishing transportation at reasonable rates, induce persons to bring wood to tbe city for sale ? The Kinston Journal j rather goes for Gov. Jarvis in its last iftue abuoi his course concerning the lease of the A & N. C. railroad. Raleigh Visitor: A mulch at glass ball shooting was 'participated iu at bandford yesterday for a sixty dollar gun, and Mr. John T. Pullen, shooting for Mr. Hal. M. Worth, won the prizj. . Died, at his residence, uear Egypt, on the 35th inst, of paralysis, sged about 65 years, Mr. Orren Tyson, one of the most highly es teemed citizens of Chatham cou&tv. -The following are the officers of the State Sunday School Association, as chosen at the meeting held at Salisbury last week: President. Rev J. RumDle: Vice Presidents, Rsv. J.' J. Reno. R. R... Crawford. J . A. Ramsay, or Salisbury; C. G. Yentcs, of Greensboro ; Rev. (J H. Wiley, Winston; and U. A. Gudiitr, lcigb; Treasurer, Prof. N. F. Aid i -nan, Gretiisboro; Statistical Secretary, K. . A. Ebert, Salem; Corresponding Secutary, 11. M. Jones, Salisbury. ! Raleigh News- Observer : Thu Democratic vote for electors is 124,204; for Congressmen 120,402; forjudges 110,054. The Republican vote for electors is 115. 878; for Congressmen, including Green backers and Independents, is 108,?(i8, uinl forjudges is 1C2.2G2. The. contfcets an nounced by Cunaday aud Grundy will in .i amount to anything. We arj Infoi'm-d lhat neither can show a reasonable grytiud of conu st, and they can, in no event, hope lo overcome the Democratic nn-.j mil h m their districts. Monroe Express: Ve learn that a few days ago, while on their wsy honi from Monroe, a white boy named llini;.n, from Chesterfield county, S. C, IS ytih of nge, w&s shot by a negro by united Asgil Lancy, the bait lodging in the stum I der, and pioducing a painful wound. Ii seems that the while boy was riding oo one of tbe horses and tbe pegro in ihc waiH, when, without uy pr-v-c"tion whatever, no words having passed belweeu thein, liiu negro drew a pistol and fired on 'the while boy, with the above result. As soon as the negro shot he jumped from tbe wagon and ran into the woods, and has not been Been since. ' Toisool Home: Mrs. Dr. J. W. Earl, of Moriltoo, Ark., who has been visit ing her relatives and many friends in ttii State for several months, and who is at present stopping with her brother, Dr. R W. Joyner,; or Wil&on, received a telcrHiu last Friday, telling her that her husband died very suddenly tbe night before, at bin home iu Moriltou. Dr. E. was a foi mer resident of Nash county, having moved to Arkansas? about 8 years ago. Mr. Henry Thornell, of Edgecombe county, was at Sharpsburg last Saturday with ti.-.li for sale, and after disposing of them started for home about dark, when he was over taken by two necrocs who robbed bim of about $11 00. j The meeting of ihoJ Btockhol ders of the Atlantic & North Carolina Rail road al New Berne did not result in a sale The following resolution was unanimously adopted: Iksolvcd, That it is tbe sense of the stockholders of the Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad, in special meeting as sembled, that their road should be leased to the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad, or other corporations or individuals, upon such terms as may seem best to the private stockholders and to the Stale. -A resolu tion expressing preference for the pioposi tion for a lease was also adopted. We give it as we find it in the New Berne Nut Shell: The following was offered by Major John Hughes: Bcsolved, That with tbe lights now befoie us, we desire lo ex press preference for the proposition for a lease of this road to Li. it. iindgers and J. F. Divine for the sum of thirty-lhree thou sand dollars per annum, provided that the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad shall be come security for ijbe payment of the ren tal. A stocfe. vos. being . cajlciljfor, the vote resulted ayes 1.024 votes,' represent ing 3,340 shares; nays 389 voles, repre senting 7E9 shares. Rakish Jews-Observer: Mr. C. S. Luuiiaen, who wus injured more than a week ago by a gun, is nearly well. - We learn that the reason why Gen. Leach's vote is not so large as Mr. Bus- bee's ia that the county of Tvrrell omitted the names of Messrs. Loach and Everett in making up their returns. The col ored Grand Lodge of Masons, which meets in this city December 14, will hold its sessions "in the ball on the fourth floor of the Baeley building. More than 150 delegates are looked for. -And 0 concur with the Staii. An editor of a daily paper ought to be conver sant with a great many subjects before he ' begins his editorial life, because after he gels into harness his opportunities for ac quiring general Knowledge are restricted. -Wilton, uranvuie county, correspon dent: Last week seems to have been par ticularly fatal lo aged females in Brass- field a Township, to-wit: Mrs. Gideon Perry, aged 70 years, died on the 17lh of goitre. Miss Nancy Ineco, 78 years of age, fell and fractured her clavicle; death en sued in a few minutes. ; On the 18th, Mrs. Barbara Preddy died instantly from aneur ism, aged 90 years. On the 19th, Mrs. Elva Friechie died in two hours from the bite of a bull dog; aged 87 years. On tlm same day, Thomas Melville, Esq., aged 64, was thrown from bis buggy and transfixed by a stake near the roadside; death resulted before he was found; and at last accounts, G. Washington Rogers, Granville's lately elected misrepresentative, wa9 lying in articulo mortis. Charlotte Observer: It is per haps not generally known that there is a law on the North Carolina statute books prohibiting the shipment of palridges, dead or alive, out of the State. J. B. Gret- ter. Deputy TJ. S. Marshal, left Greensboio yesterday with five white men and one ne gro, who were sentenced by the Federal Courts at Asheville and Statesville, to terms in the Albany penitentiary, for vio lation of the revenue laws and other offences against the general government. Two colored men got into a difficulty at the Richmond & Danville depot yts'.er -day, when one struck the olher in the back of the head with the sharp point of a cot ton hook, tearing the skin loose and making an incision about an inch long. At a social gathering at the resilience of Mrs. Austin, in Sharon township, night before last, Mr. Willis Johnston, a young man about seventeen years old, took the floor for-a dance. He had scarcely taken bis position when he was stricken with paralysis and sank down upon, the floor. Before the physician arrived he lost- con-, trol of the muscles of the left side of bis body, and at last accounts was in a vety critical condition. - Mis. BenGeld, who was assaulted by her husband, Pin key Benfield, in Caldwell county last week, and severely cut with an axe, has since died. Benfield is acknowledged to be insane, and would have been in the asylum but for the fact that it is generally understood lo be fulL About the highest honor ever sought by the press of North Caro lina is to be elected reading or en grossing clerk of tbe Legislature. - Headquarters of the Western North Carolina Railroad have been established at Salisbury, tbe superintendent's and secrcs tary and treasurer's offices having been moved from Morgan ton. Mrs. Nat Gray died very suddenly of congestion at Ihe residence of her husband. Sunday eve ning, between 7 and 8 o'clock. Sun-. day morning ihe wife of Gen. W. H. Neal expired at bis residence in Steel Creek Township. 'Mrs. Neal was far advanced in years, the couple probably being tbe oldest in the county, having been married nearly sixty years.
The Weekly Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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