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TUB B A lit ROAD QUESTION AGAIN.
A 8 the matter is so very important
we recur to the proposition to settle
with the holders of the Construction
Bonds. It is not a question of
whether North Carolina will payits
.debts or not so much as it is
whether North Carolina will retain
theTw-nership in part of the most
important road within its borders, or
let it pass forever from under its con
trol. The Star is sick and tired of
the palaver about a "North Carolina
'system." That, is the sheerest. bun
come the most unmitigated bosh.
Bat the St ah does not believe in
aelingjin wisely in an important busi
ness transaction if it 'can be avoided.
Farther investigation into the
reo-:uuieudatiou of the Comraission
appointed by Governor Jarvis to,
represent the Slate satisfies us that
the proposition heretofore com
mented upon ought to. be accepted,
if nut in its entirety, atJeast in its
main features. That is to say, a
settlement cannot be avoided, and
the proposed terms seem to be as
fair as could be expected When , the
circumstances are viewed, and the.
whole question considered. The main
point of objection with us is the
time the new bonds are to run. We
i not approve of the furty years
proposition. We do not believe the
Legislature will or ought to agree to
thai time. Half the time ought to
Uj the farthest, it strikes us, for in
tweuty years the population of North
Carolina will be more than 2,300,
000, and arrangemeuts can be made,
sareiy, to either pay off the entire
, debt or to takre up the six per cent,
bonds outstanding, and, issuing four
per cent, bonds, place them in market
. to raise whatever may be still due on
the debt. North Carolina four per
cent, bonds will no doubt sell well if
the future is not clouded by now
unforeseen calamities. We believe
that when the business men of the
Legislature come to consider .the
details of the settlement with the
holders of the Construction Bonds
they will not favor the unnecessarily
. long period of forty years.
The idea should not get into the
tax-payers' minds that it is optional'
with the State whether it liquidates
its. debt or not. The North Carolina
Railroad is a very valuable piece of
property. We have reason to believe
; that the Richmond & Danville Rail
road, that leased it for twenty years,
some seven or eight of which have
expired, is making by its bargain,
and making'largely. There is no mort
. gage on this long railroad. There
are not many railroads in the United
States of which this can be said. The
great lines in the North are covered
all over with mortgages, but not so
with the North Carolina Railroad.
If the State meets the obligation
incurred in the construction of the
road, it will be very valuable proper
ty, worth many millions, and will be
the key, so to speak, to other roads,
Sf and will be controlled henceforth -by
the people.
The Commission is composed of
three well qualified gentlemen, name
ly, Messrs. George Davis, Montford
, McGehee and Donald W. Bain. No
one who knows them will doubt
either their capacity for such work
or their integrity of purpose. They
have viewedthe question in all of its
hearings, and they are. clearly in fa
vor of settling with the bondholders,
and upon the terms mentioned al
ready. Wo have indicated the point
to which we would object. "
We recapitulate: the present debt
is some $2,Y00,00Q. The Charlotte
VOL. XII.
Observer says $2,600,000, and it may
be correct. The State owns $3,000j
000 of stock in the road. This stock
is now-in the hands of a receiver,
who was appointed by the TL 8:
Court in the celebrated Swazey suit.
When the bonds held in 'New t York
and elsewhere have matured, then
the property will be sold like any
other property, uuder the- hammer
and to the highest bidder." If the
Stale arranges the debt the property
passes from under the control of the
bondholders or their agent, the re
ceiver. The Treasurer of the State
takes his place and money is saved,
thereby. The Charlotte Observer
says: - ' :
"Under the act .of Assembly , the State
Commissioners act in "a double, capacity :
they compromise or arrange the debt as
Commissioner, and tbey receive . and hold
all the old bonds a? trustees, until such lima
as tbey are directed to be cancelled by the
proper authorities. When these old bonds
come iu to their hands, as trustees, tbey will
have control of the' Swazey suii, and will,
of com ee, dismiss it, and save the now
enormous expenses in the way of fees,
costs and commissions, and vet hold the eld
bonds in trust
The same paper ; estimates that
$24,000 will be the sum applied an
nually to the sinking- fund, and .that
in forty years this sum invested an
nually will pay the new bonds at
maturity, and leave the State in pos
session of $3,000,000 without paying
one cent of tax. The debt now,
principal and interest, is over $3,200,-
000. The creditors propose to relin-?
quieh $624,000 a clear saving doubt
less to the State. The new bonds
will be not less than $2,600,000. The
interest will not be less than $156,-
000 annually. The i lease of the
Richmond & Danville Railroad will
continue for some twelve years, we
suppose. It pays $260,000 annual
rental.
We repeat, it is not a simple ques
tion whetuer or not the State will
meet its obligations. It is whether
it will allow a great State Railroad
to be sold at auction, and thus pass
forever from its control, or make ar
rangements to save it, and in the end,
without taxation, became the owner
of $3,000,000 of its stock. If the
needed steps are not taken the valua
ble property will be sold by a reoeiver.
What say the people? Shall this be
done, or shall the recommendations of
the Commissioners be adopted,subject
to such changes as subsequent dis
cussion and reflection may suggest in
the arrangement ef the details? The
Stab very much prefers the latter. -
THK OCCASION ISIPBOVBD.
The Wilmington Stab is perhaps not
aware that there are people not one hun
dred milss trom Wilmington who denied
whether that sheet bad any Democracy to
"bust" even long before Hancock 8 defeat.
aaaumry Citizen.
This is from the new Radical pa
per at Salisbury,editeJ by a man who
a few weeks ago was conducting the
most rampant Democratic sheet pos
sible. There are fellows who cannot
draw a distinction between fidelity to
principle and subserviency to men .
The Stab is the organ of no man or
set ot men ; of no clique or ring; but
it is a sincere, earnest supporter of
the great distinctive principles of the
Democratic party. It does not in
dorse all that Democrats may do. It
would not be worthy of the conside
ration of reflecting, conscientious
men if it supported a party measure,
right or wrong. There' is a differ
ence, sometimes as wide as the poles,
between party principles and a mere
party measure. We have never
asked the Democratic party for any
favors. We have always tried to
pursue the right, to be governed by
our convictions of duty, and have
supported every principle of the De
mocratic party that has given it cre
dit or influence. There' are always
questions of policy arising what is
best to do under given circumstances,
and here comes in a fair occasion for
variant opinions. ,
The Star has warmly supported
every Democratic State ticket, every
Democratic National ticket, every
nominee of the party for office, and
no man of truth and honor can ques
tion justly its fidelity to principle.
We would have paid no attention to
the Salisbury turn-coat if it were not
that some one might construe pur
silence into acquiescence. We do
not parade our principles or enter
upoa a def ence of our fidelity. Our
political course is a sufficient refuta
tion of all flings and innuendoes, come
from Radical or Democratic source as
-
ie case may be.
We are glad to know that the seal
and energy with which the Star sup
ported Hancock and the Democratic
ticket generally in the last campaign
has been warmly approved both by
WILMINGTON, N. C.r FRIDAY, DECEMBEHf 24 1880: 1
some of oar brethren of the press and I interests ; and greatest safety and. f popnlationrof .the.loegroer-wli! iave.i
by hundreds of Democrats inl this sec- I prosperity of tue peome of the South 'jwsen 'to !&&&Rte3 "swrM'v-
tSon who, unlike many others, "have are to, be found in harmonious con -1, Thr calculation is -not exoesslve. l
no price" for their principles.
THE
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IBtKEGlJI. AE&IT1ES CF THB
ELECIOBAL SYSTEM .
The evils of the present' electoral
system are being discussed,; and some
of our exchanges are poibting out
some of the probable conseauences
that might have followed.1 . In; orer
to arrive at a proper understanding of
the matter it will be necessary to ga
ther from many sources information
concerning the operations of the sys
tem.7 Take one view of
it. The
Philadelphia i: 7VMii monfirkna that.
all the Garfield electofs were chosen
in Northern States, where a Repub-
licin vote of about three millions and
a quarter carries 214 electoral votes,
while a Democratic vote t of nearly
three millions names but seventeen
electors. A change of two thousand
votes in the six and a quarter mil
lions would have given those seven
teen electors to the Republicans. On
the other hand, a change of eleven or
twelve thousand votes in the State of
New York would have reversed the
election.
; A candidate might receive a ma
jority of a half million of the popu
lar vote and still be defeated by little
Rhode Island in the Electoral Col-
lege. The Times mentions another
ininatw , Tfhrv.io Toioni haa hnt.
18,000 Republican voters. It yet
has four electoral votes. New York
has more than half a million Demo
cratic voters, and yet this year it is
not allowed to name one electoral
vote. So the voice of the people!
does not have a nl opportunity of
making a choice or expressing a pre
ference. ' The same injustice will be
f ound in a dozsn other places. Mis
souri, with 'one hundred and fifty
thousand Republicans, has no vote,
whilst the fifteen thousand Demo-
crats of Delaware name t$rce elect
ors.- The Times says:
"A system like this is certainly well cal
culated to encourage sectional antagonism,
and in a-i important election it must be
about im.oasible to prevent the arrayiDg of
one group of States against another group.
At the recent election had the electors been
chosen by Congressional Districts,with two
I or the state at large. there would have been
no solid South as now rigidly accepted, and
there would have been no practically solid
North. No large body of voters would have
been without representation." j
- If the evils be genuine and flagrant
and the inequalities great, why con
tinue it? Why will not the press
take hold of the matter without party
bias and sift it to the bottom. If it
is a good, fair,equitable Bystem,then
continue it. But if an evil, abolish it.
THK EDUCATION BILL.
In the debate in the Senate on the
Education bill Mr. Teller was a little
facetious, not to say sarcastic, in his
remarks. He thought that as the
South appropriated one dollar per
oapita for education he did not think
the proposed bill, which would give
each child in the South seven cents,
could improve their educational ad-
Vantages very greatly! The new
Senator from Alabama, Mr. Pugh,
advocated the bill and took occasion
to enunciate some necessary truths.
He reminded the Senate that four
and a half million of negroes had
been freed in the South who were
too ignorant to exercise (intelligently
the right of suffrage that slavery
had disappeared, and that sectional
ism remained growing out of distrust
and ignorance ignorance of the real
feelings, dispositions and purposes of
the white people of the South, and
ignorance of the colored voter. He
defended the whites of the South,
and deolared that they have been
united from no purpose or object
unfriendly to the rights, interests or
Tjnrsnitaof anv wMtion or of anv
people, WW oroolo, bntfor .
j - . j
ueieuce, ior, seu-preservauon.
This is the position the Star has
often insisted upon, as its files will
show. We have also affirmed re-
peafcedly that the people of the North
were utterly ignorant both of the
feelings and motives of the Southern
people and the character of the ne-
gro. i5ut however just the senti-
ments of Senator Push, , however
permeated with, a lofty patriotism
and a sincere devotion to the true in-
terests of the whole country, we fear
his words fell upon cold and unsym..
pathetic ears. The abstract of his
speech we have seen
shows that he
spoke wisely and earnestly. One of
his utterances impressed us as both
true' and timely. He told the Sen
ators that the unavoidable and anal-
terable results of the war had deep-
Rnfldhia convictions that the "highest
fiding s nationality njiyt nationality
resulting from centralized 4 govern-1
ment, but nationality secured by fidel-4
ity to the Constitution with all of
its delegations, prohibitions and lim-
itations of power, andjto the promo- J
tion of all thecrreat iobieots recited I
.! .m - - . r: t J
in it as reasons for the formation of i
. -
our indissoluble Union of indestruct-
... G .
lDle otates. . ' " '
We hope the South will -receive I
r - . I
such help as may be possible in edu- J
eating the now more than tfive mil-
& " . . , Z '
lion negroes from the General Qo-
vernt The NorhaTreope lib
rate4 -themvnd odhTSeiribltyt:
to see that they are hot left in a con
dition of ignorance which will for
ever disqualify them from exercising
intelligently the rights of citizenship
and sovereignty.
kAN
OBITUARY AND A
BBANGE.
KERlEia-
The Slater (Missouri) Monitor, of
December 11th, announces the death
oh the 3d inst. of Mrs. E. J. Robards,
reliot of the- late Col. Horace L.
Robards, of Salisbury, North Caro
lina, aged sixty-four years, born at
Ben Lomond, Goochland county,
Virginia. She had been sick but a
few days when the death of her
daughter, Mrs. Annie Keeling Rob
erts, save ner a biiock trom wnicn
she never recovered and which sent
her gradually to her rest. She had
not seen her only daughter for five
years. They were allowed bv a good
Providence to meet before they both
passed over the river. The funeral
sermon and burial services were per-
formed by the Rev. Mr. Woodruff,
Episcopal clergy raan, from Marshall,
Missouri.
Mrs. Robards was for many years
the admirable matron of the Oxford
Orphan Asylum. She web; indeed a
mother to the poor little orphan chil
dren who were under her watch-care.
The writer has kuowh her for more
man iniriy-nve years. large, warm
. "
hearted, intelligent Christian woman
nas euea. tier maiaen name wsb
Watkins, and her family is of the
best in Virginia. Thirty-five years
ago she rode in her carriage drawn
by four fine horses. Once in every
few weeks her elegant home at Ox-I
ford was open to the reception of the
ladies and gentlemen of the town and
neighborhood. She had her own
band of music and was the leader of
fashionable society. Five yearsl ago
we saw this fine lady, so pure and
good and generous, riding in a small
wagon, drawn by a mule, herself
seated in a common country chair,
the driver one of the little: orphan
boys over whom she watched with
mucu of molherly interest and
kindness, going to visit a widowed
Biste'r four or five miles in the country.
Mrs. Robards was in all respects one
of the truest women and finest ladies
we have ever known. Peace to her
spirit, and may her memory be held
in precious remembrance by those
whom she befriended both in her
wealth and in her poverty. She bore
her reverses of fortune with a cheer
fulness that was both rare and beauti
ful. .
THE BOOTH.
The South has more white popula
tion in 1880 than the United States
h when it engaged in the last war
with Great Britain. It has more
than four times the total population
of all the Colonies when they entered
upon the War of Independence. It
I is a p'ower of no little importance if
considered apart from the North. It
is believed that the white population
now amnnnts to 12.000.000. The
i - -
black, are snppced to aggregate 6f-
ouu,uuu. ine wnues are iu excess
over the blacks nearly 6,400.000.
There are nearly as many more whites
now than blacks as there were total
whites when the War of the States
begun.. The Columbia (S. C.) JReg-
1 ister hda an interesting article onthe
I South, whioh furnishes the Northern
politicians something to think about.
It shows that the whites of the Sonth
I increase much more rapidly in popu-
lation than the Northern people in
I crease, exclusive of the foreign ele-
I ment. It says the facts show that
the native population of the South
increases , 30 per cent, every ten
years. It shows by this rate of in
crease that by 1890 there will be
15,848,950 whites; by 1900, 20,603,-
I 735; by 1910 that is thirty years,
I one generation or jess there will
I be 26.783,725. By that time the
The increaseToasht t& be maintained
if the ionntry rebiainsai' peace, the
CTnion and -thtf Constitution are' pre-
served," iud.pth olBerity ' of the
country sboolbnftnne The hes
uter says with force-;: IIm-mA
- r'Maintamuijrour rata origrarwth; wjwcu
wo have dons from the,-ieundation ef this
X. rt-f :-. J-s.-
OTCtliiU.U A If lO IUUO OIIUOUl W flUi uiai,
without the. advent of single dminigrant
hUher Jrm abroad, the Soath,wlUfiWw.
tmt nf its own loina one of the moBt'rtower-
fill aggregations of white meqr ever known,
n oifriliizatinn unH thorp toill apt in B. VWb
interchange of population between-thesfr
Wapcwwngatw
railes, ot nearly 400,000 square mlle&ja eX-
cess of .the territory Tot (4ermany,,France;'
and the iJnUsh isles, ana nearly equal to.
the; territory
Britisa
LlSift miles.'
j'1 1
America lor Americans was
.1
the sloean of the North. The South
has another rallying cry: The white
men of the South must and shall
rule the South. There is not enough
intensified hatred; there is not enough
will-power however exercised in be
half of wrong; there is not endtagb
pluck and endurance and force in
Staiwartism to prevent such a con
summation. God Almighty never
made the white man to be the slave
and the inferior of the black man.
The laws of nature cannot be set
aside or overturned by the maljce
and will of a bitter and vengeful
Radicalism. The white men of the
South are the masters now and wil
I .: . L . r 0 t
refflaiu lUB " uiucru.,
and tte negrophilists and malignants
of the North cannot prevent it. The
Register finely says:
o(KlSK-
em land with its vast resources and varied
clime, counting within itself more of the
eed of rfttt civilized race than was
ever groaped together under the sun of
neaven utsioro vau cuuicuiuiara mu
patience or consent to condone the trifling
with their great future to satisfy the paltry
demands and selfish schemes of miserable
political hucksters, either at home or at the
North, .in dealing with the supreme de
mands of our civilization. To possess this
land and retain it for that mighty civiliza
tion awaiting this imperial Bection of our
great Union is one of those trusts the
Southern white men wiU never, can never
surrender."
Our friend of the Charlotte Dem-
I Qt .g jmaKng an earneat, and
., 5n ftnnnc,ii.in-n-iA.t.hfl rrt.
posed settlement of the Construction
Bond He is fortified bv another
writer who ia a prominerjt gentle-
nf cmv Mmanr.a in
ubHc affaire ,, We may refer t0
some of the points presented hereaf
ter. In the meantime we copy the
following :
"Our friend of the Wilmington Stab is
mistaken in supposing that after the State's
stock in the Road is surrendered to the
Bondholders, she (the State) will still be
responsible for $700,000. She is do more
responsible to the Construction Bondbold
ers beyond the amount of her stock than
she is to all. other classes of Bondholders
who are now getting only 15, 25 and 40
cents on the dollar for their old State
Bonds."
New York has a "Civil Service
Reform Association." Some one has
sent us its Constitution. The object
of this Association is most praise
worthy, but unless the President elect
should be more devoted to its claims
than Hayes, has shown himself to be,
we suppose, but little can be done.
When the President manifests to the
country that he is devoted sincerely
to ref orm,that a public servant should
be qualified fully for office, and that a
public office is a publio trust, then
we may expect the beginning of true
reform in the Civil Service, and not
ubtilthen.
New York is soon to be illumina-
ted from Fourteenth to Thirty-fourth
streets with the electric light, lne
Brush Electric Light Company is
doing the work. .
I TaiK of AbaudoamK ForUvnbuoD.
There is talk among the officers of the
garrison of Fort Johnston, at Smithville,
"at the Uovernment is contemplating me
i . . . ... . . ,
mT.S
i ronbIe about it. Thev have formed Quite
I n attachment to Maj. Graves and his
officers and men and will be loth toee
them leave; besides which they are very
naturally surprised that this, one of the
oldest military posts in the country, should
be given up, and they still hope the Gov
ernment may be induced to reconsider the
matter of its abandonment.
Produce Kxchtncei.
The successful efforts of the Produce
Exchanges of the cities that took action in
the matter of the "Suppression of Custom
House Statistics," referred to yesterday,
afford a striking evidence of the usefulness
of these bodies, not only in establishing a
uniform set of rules for the government of
the members, thus in almost every case
avoiding litigation, but also as showing
that by their united action ' tbey wield a
powerful influence for the public good.
We are glad to bear, in this connection,
that, our Wilmington Exchange has lately
had several accessions to its membership.
and that other applications are pending.
NO.9.
Svperior conn An I taportant Case.
Tfa attention 'ot the I Seperior Court ever
since Thursday vmorni8giOf. last week has
been takea up in the consideration of an
important case, being a suit by one of the .
( heirs of Ronald HcDougald far partition of
;ceft4m real estate that the said McDdugald '
left at hU decease. It aeems tbat he left'
-:will,' and one .of the, important questious,
among the many which came before the
Court,. was whether or nojtr under the con
struction of that will, he devised to his
-wife an estate for life ' or an. estate in fee-.
; And again,- T. 'C. McDougald, one of the
heirs at law. ' made - a 'mortgage of his io
..terestin the estate-during bla mother's life,
sind the question Is whether the mortgage.
eM is. barred by" Japae of time. There
ere many wise points of law involved and
'much legal acumen' has been expended in
the Various stages of the case; :J .il :
. ) The case, as we stated, was commenced
onj Tr8daorjung of last week; -the
eVidenceclbse obiKfesday-iaat, at' the
dinner hour; add Col'D. K.McRte, for the
plaintiff, consumed the evening with his
argument,' Major D. J. Dcvane, f or.the de
fendant, the ensuing (W.edafi8dav) morn
ing, and Marsden Bellamy, Esq., for the
defendant, the afternoon . and part of
Thursday morning; Judge Russell consu
ming the remainder of the day in the
closing argument for the plaintiff.
PENDEB COUNTY.
Proceedings or ibe County Commii
alonera. -
: The Board, of County Commissioners
met in adjourned session oaj Friday; pre
sent, D. Shaw, chairman, and Commis
sioners James H. Alderman and G. W.
Corbelt.
Eli R. Williams. Sheriff -elect, failed to
tender his official bond,- as required by
law, whereupon the ofhee was declared
vacant, and .the Board proceeded to eleci a
Sheriff in the person of Mr. Alfred C.
Ward, Democratic candidate for that posi
tion at the late election, and the Clerk of
the Board was authorized to issue the neces
sary certificate of election to Mr. Ward.
A. E. Taylar, Register of Deeds-elect,
presented a bond for five thousand dollars,
with D. L. Russell, S. H. Manning and
John T. Bland as sureties thereon, which
was approved, ordered registered and
placed on file.
John M. Daniels. Constable-elect of
Caintuck township, declined to qualify,
whereupon the office was declared vacant
and Franklin P. Hunt was elected to fill
the vacancy.
I. H. Brown, Coroner-.elect, came before
the Board and asked until the first Monday
in January to give his official bond, which
waa granted.
Tbe Carolina Central
In Georgia the Railway Commission
have reduced passenger fares on the lead
ing railway lines of that Stale to three cents
per mile. Here in North Carolina, where
we have no Railway Commission, the Car
olina Central Railroad voluntarily reduces
its fare to three cents per mile for round
trip tickets. This Company deserves great
credit for giving the public an opportunity
of showing its appreciation of cheap pas
senger fares. UnderAthe new management
the picayune policy which once made the
Carolina Central a laushinsr stock has been
abandoned, and every ert that liberality
and sound ' judgment can: suggest is being
tried to. make this great cojnmercial artery
of -Wilmington no; only a eource of profit
to its owners, but a real- and substantial
benefit and convenience to the people who
support it. It is a pleasure to know .that
under the enlightened policy which now
prevails the business of the road has largely
increased.
Progress of the American Union.
; We learn from the Charlotte Observer that
the poles of tbe American Union Telegraph
Compang bave.becn distributed for seventy
miles down tbe Carolina Central Road, and
a force of thirty hands began placing them
from Charlotte and had finished about five
miles on Wednesday.
The Observer adds; "The northern con
nection from Wilmington over this line
will be made through Charlotte, as the
company has no wires along the Wilming
ton &Weldon Road.- Tbe rates for right
of way offered by this road were declined.
New York and New Orleans will be con
nected directly by a duplex wire already
stretched.. Another wire, to Richmond,
WiU be stretched in a short time, giving the
comDanv three northern wires from this
point." !
The Carolina Central mall.
Within the next' few days the fast pas
senger and express train on the Carolina
Central railroad will also be a mail train.
It is hoped that the Post Office Department
will contract for a mail on both the night
and day trains; but, in any event, we are
authorized to state, there will be a through
and wav mail carried by the fast train
which leaves here at 9:10 A. M.
Immigration Department
People generally will be glad to learn
that Col. A. Pope, General Passenger
Agent of the Atlantic Coast Line, is about
to establish an immigration department in
connection with his office, and proposes to
establish enereetic agencies in different
parts of North Carolina, and will also visit
Europe in the interest of tbe praiseworthy
scheme. He should; have the hearty ce
operation of the people of the State in any
effort he may make to induce suitable lm
migration in this direction
superior Court.
In the case of McDougald vs. Bocham,
which has occupied the time of this court
since Thursday of last week, the jury were
unable to agree, and were discharged last
night, about 10 o'clock, when the court
adjourned for the term,
T--Theji2abethCSt
that the Windsor cotton factory hat adde d
another Clement'5 Attachment and a daily ;
set profit of $2&10;4b realized : -
; Mary FraociP ans'aged 24
years, aad of French descent oarher. lath- !
er'B sidehaa dlaappearedmysteriOusly from A
jonosioncoamyjirnere she livedo
l4i"A slSre- ir Lincolntor was rob ".
Ewmg 'were overfiauled with a prt 'of the
stolen goods trfd jilted at lacontOa. -
L- Capt. 11. S DaVti rill w as sen
tenced by Judge Eure to twelve monjhs J
imprisonment in the Guilford jail for shoot
ing Mr. Cv P.: ftfeisdenbair, as "are - learn
from the ixanot.-- ' : . . " v r'--- .
pi! A- dentist in Western Noft
Carolina, near the . Blue Ridge, aoVtrtises
that he will inseit tdil "eets of upper: teeth
lor ten dollars, and best material U9eT.8o
Papers selecting material for
tfofc manufacture ot a U.r 8. Supreme Court,
Judjge, and searching for great legal Jearo
ipg add ability; fail to mention the greatest
lawyer ip the State,. aa the barbelieves-aBd .
accepts, l bis is curious.
-r Saleni"JVws:";-newBpapeVdi-;
retted to "His SattwcJ Majesty,- HeU, Be- 5
low China, came Into the hands nfjbe .
route agent or meaatem tsraflca ltailroad,
aDd it puzzled tha old ntan how 'to dispose
of it. .He asked our. worthy P. M.. and he
answered in his usual quiet manner, "all
foreign mail matter go Norla."- 'And sp
ilwento V . .1- v v:r' '-' ': '
Petersburg Va. December -15. -
Information was received ncretbia after-'
noon or the shooting and killing of W. J.
Bradley near hia borne at Summit. N. .C,
yesterday, by a magistrate named James A.
Squires. Tbe murder was the result of old
grudges. The victim was about 60 years uf
age and a wellknown merchant and cotton
grower.
Tourgee published in the New
York Sun a fiat denial that he was bribed
while in North Carolina. But what about
the Fraud Commission 1 Wilmington Star.
Yes, and what about Tourgee cheating
that poor old darkey, Pharoab Glass, out of
bis money, which Bet him crazy, and caused
him to jump into a mill-pond in this counfy '
and drown himself ? This is the only in- .
stance we know of a dead negro -being
found in a mill-pond. Milton Chronicle.
But the Wilmington Stab says
Fanny is not the first "American Girl" who
ever wore fine clothes by a long odds. It
looks almost cruel to spoil a good thing like
this, but candor compels us to state that
Fanny is an English girl. Raleigh Star.
.Tne point or the article is that she played .
the "American Girl," and it does not mat
ter what her nationality is. In point of
fact, we suppose, she is American and is
the daughter of tbe once celebrated KL.
Davenport. J
A colored boy employed by
Mr. C. M. Kerr as house boy -in the ab
sence of the family several nights ago-
slept 18 hours witbout awakening, lie
went to sleep at 9 o'clock at night and
woke up at 3 o'clock next evening.
Greensboro Patriot. Rev. Dr. Deems goes
to bed on Friday night and is not awakened
until Saturday afternoon. ' He thus recu
perates from his severe labors. He has no
rest day on Sunday, so he uses Saturday
lor tbe purpose, which is sensible, very.
Stab. . , .
Raleiejh Visitor: A meeting of
the friends of prohibition was held in the
Common's Hall last night, at which an or
ganization was effected under the name and
style of tbe Prohibitionary Liquor Law As
sociation.of which the following gentlemen
were elected officers: President, Judge E.
O. Rsttdi; Vioo Prooidont, Et. Jl. Qndgr
Secretary, R. H. Wbitaker; Treasurer, N. .
B. Broughton. The following were ap
pointed a committee to prepare and issue a
call for a State Convention: Rev Thos. E.
Skinner, John A. McDonald, W. C. Kerr,
N. B. Broughton and E. R. Stamps.
The Charlotte Democrat is op
posed to lea ng the A. & N. C Railroad to
the W. & W. Railroad. Wonder if it is in
favor of leasing it to Best ? Wilmington
Star. If your question is intended to get
information as to our position, we will say
that we are not in favor of leasing the At
lantic & N. C. Railroad to Best or any other
person or corporation until tbe Legislature
has a chance to consider the subject, as it
had in the matter of leasing the Western
North Carolina Railroad. The Stab is
about as much of aa admirer of Mr. Best's
railroading ability as is the Democrat but
as he is almost out of the railroad business
in this State.it is not worth while to discuss
his merits. Cliarlotte Observer.
Charlotte Observer: The colored
people in that section of Logtown situated
below the North Carolina Railroad depot
were greatly stirred np yesterday afternoon
on account of the discovery of a dead baby
floating on the surface ef tbe water in a
well in the neighborhood. The mar
riage ceremony of Mr. J. L. Chambers.for
four years connected with tbe editorial
staff of the Observer, and Miss Emma Mc
Dowell, both of this city, attracted a select
company to the Second Presbyterian
church last evening. Ours is not the
only town that wants amendments to her
charter. Durham will also apply to the
next Legislature on the subject. Mr.
George Cobb was, examining his pistol, on
his way home late last night, when it went
off and broke one of bis fingers, the ball
'passing through it at the joint.
E. J. Hale writes to the Fay
etteville Examiner on 13th, from New York:
I have in press a scorching "Reply to the
"Fool's Errand," by Wm. L. Royall, late
of Richmond, Va., where he was a prac
ticing lawyer and editor of the Daily Com"
monweaUh, and now a lawyer in this city.
I could wish that some one in North Caro
lina had undertaken this task, which would
not have been, as Kenneth Rayner once
said in reply to a fellow member of the'
Legislature, "skinning a dead dog," for
Tourgee ia not dead by any means. Bat
his exposure should have come from among
the people whom he bad basely maligned.
Tbe pamphlet will be issued in a few days,
at the price of 25 cents. I think that Tour
gee must be qualifying himself to be the
Radical candidate for President. He may
not yet have committed perjury, but will
hardly allow such a trifle as that to stand in
bis way.
PEUSOKA Ij.
George N. Lewis, the former
husband of "Sylph," of whiskey ring noto
riety, died recently at Jerseyville, 111. -Gen. .
McDonald and the widow are said to be
mated at Nokomis, 111.
M. de Lesseps says he owns only
one share in bis Panama Canal project. He
bought it at $500, and tbe shares are now
worth $3,000 on the Paris Bourse. Simi
larly be purchased (founder's shares in the
Suez Canal.whicb to-day are worth $80,060. .
Mr. Vest, of Missouri, called
John Brown an old scoundrel in the Senate,
and then something was said on the Re
publican side of the chamber in the old
man's defence. Senator Edmunds thanked
God his soul is still marching on. .. . v .
Mile. Jeanne Bernhardt, Sara's
sister, arrived in New York from Havre a
day or two ago. She was dreadfully sea
sick all the way over. When her tall form,
encased from bead to foot in an olive
green cloBk and capped with a marvelous
piece of head-gear, glided along the gacg
plank tbe bystanders all exclaimed: "How
like the B. herself
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